Arizona republican., 1900-07-26

substitute. Collins is a recent acquisi-
 tion to the [ am and is an artiSt of
 speed and twisters. He formerly op-
 erated the front end of the battery on
 the Tempe nine.
 RECEIVING THEIR WARRANT. -
 Readers of The Republican will re
 member that the colcred MazOns of thi>
 tity have been considerably agitated
 for the past few aeks over a cOntr0-
 veTsy that arose between H. II. Harvey
 and J. Ii. Redd. relative to the author
 ity pf the latt5r in the institution of
 certain Masonic orders. It was an nounced yesterday that everything was
 now peaceful and serene and that the
 nv chapter of the lodge of perfection
 had received it's warrant from the highest authority and is prepared to do
 work in the Scottish Rites from the
 fourteenth to the eighteenth degrees. both inclusive.
 A BRAKEMAN KILLED A de- plorable accident occurred on the upper
 railroad spur al the United Globe
 Smelter in Globe last Saturday for5- noon. resulting in the death of HOrati1 N. Lyon, a brakeman. The Silver Belt Says: Deceased was one of the crew switching coal cars at the sm5lter. Two cars Were shunted onto the spur from the switch and Lyon wa. on the rear end of the forward car. The spur is only long enough to hold five ears. and the two cars shurted were moving at an unusual rat of speed The spur passes under the terminus of tie cable tramway and the brake on a cai. can nc, be applied until after the car emerges from cover. about sixty fest from the and cf the spur ever deep raVine. The cars were moving SO fast that Lyon did not have time to put on th5 brake and the car on which h stood went over the small bulkhead Ca IOXlO timber bolted 10 the stringer). and Tell to the bottom of the gulch When the car struck the buIbhead Lony was pitched far out into the ravins and fell n the rocks. fully sixty feet from the md of the track. His neck was broken and the body otherwise mangIed. The coroners' jury did not fix the r=sponsi- bil:ty."
 CAMERA SUPPLIES HIGHER. - There ara few places where. for a large part of the year. cameras are in more general use than in Phoenix and it is inter sting to learn that th= past few m-nths has seen an advance in price on nearly all classes of photograph supplies. and devotees of the amateur camera. pav more foE their fad. Tbe greatest ad- vance has bs-n on paper and ras to not less than 50 per cent It is the result not so much of the con- d1tlons which have been outlined as of the fact that the supply is practically under the control of one firm. There are numerous makes of paper. but the best are imported from Germany. A few months ago the Eastman Kodak company obtained an option on all this product imported to America for th. next five years. Within three days tha price of paper rose 50 per cent. It is stated that the domestic paper may be secured at price greatly below that paid for the German product. but that who wish to have the reputation of doing the best work do not us 1t. As soon as it becomes. DOS sible 10 manufacture a high grade Of the material in this country the market will be broken. The price of plates has also advanced. They now cost the ar list some 20 per mt more than for merly. Chemicals have advanced about ltr-cent.. In fact. everything used in the practice of the art is higher. with the exception of gold, which remains the same"