Arizona republican., 1900-10-03

l day Of two robberieS. The first Oc- | cured at the house of a man named
 Fuller, living near Glendale. He lost
 $22O. The money. consisting of ten
 $20 gold pieces. one $1O piece and two l lives, was concealed under a rug. The
 house was broken open. probably about
 9 o'clock, on Monday night. No tracks Were found about the house and there ' is no other clue. The other robbery
 was committed yesterday afternoon at
 the home of a MT. Holmes, living two 1 miles west of Mesa. A suit of black
 clothes. a pair of light shoes and other
 articles were stolen.
 i A POSSIBLE WINNER. For some time past the Los Angeles Times has 1 been publishing coupons which sub scribers were invited to fill out. making guesses on the census return of the
 population of Los Angeles. Among
 others responding was A. P. Wafbridge | of Phoenix, whose guess was 102. 516.
 Monday nights dispatches announced
 that the official figures were 1O2. .479,
 just S7 less than MT. Walbridge's esti-
 mate. The first prize offered by the
 Times is a $500 piano and if Mr. Wal
 bridge is seen with such an instrument
 under his arm people may know where
 he got it.
 l POLITICS IN TEMPE.-The demo- cratic campaign was opened last night | by big meeting in Tempe. C. c. Woolf | of kyrene called the meeting to order and introduced the chairman of the ! county central committee. Vernon l.. 1 Clark, who. after few remarks. pre-
 scented George Purdy Bullard candidate 1 for district attorney. MT. Bullard was l followed by J. H. Langston Jr.. candi- | date for probate judge, and Mark | Smith. who was alleged to be the nomi-
 nee of the democratic party for dele | gate to congress, concluded the pro-
 gramme with one of his typical l speeches which converts everybody-fOr
 a few minutes.
 A RICH SUSPECT. Early yester- 1 day morning word was brought to Mar shal Hooker that a man who was prob ably one of the Mesa pos,office robbers | was sleeping in the grand stand a the
 old fair grounds. The marshal and | Officer Hale went down and found
 him. He was very cool when he was l awakened. He said he was sleeping i there because he was broke and had no money to pay for a bed. He was searched and his pockets were found to contain much hidden wealth; $6S7 in
 cash and check for S25 on the Valley [ bank. The check was three months i old. The prisoner was recognized yes i terday IS an old cattIeman who had i sold out his stock to beat the tax gath ! erer some months ago.
 THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. -
 MT. L. T. Mansfield has la,ely returned from an eastern visit of month. He
 spent a part of this time in Michigan and a part at his old home in Ken | lucky, where his mother still resides. 1 There is little uhOught of and nothing 1 talked about in Kentucky but politics i Democrats say there will be no doubt 1 of the election of Beckham for gov ernor, and republicans and gold demo- | crats say that Yerkes will be elected
 by such an overwhelming majority that
 he cannot be counted out. The demo- { crats are directing their efforts princi- pally in behalf of Beckham, and con
 sequently are neglecting the national i fight. MT. Mansfield was asked wha;
 in his opinion would be the result. He said he thought it was an even break ! between Beckham and Yerkes, but that | Mckinley would probably carry the
 state.
 1 A SURVEYING CONTRACT.-AIr. l w. T. Smith returned yesterday morn
 ing from the Grand Canyon reservation. l where he is interested with J. C. Dob | bins, the civil engineer. in a govern
 ment surveying contract. Rapid pro i gIess is being made. notwithstanding i the rough character of the country i They have taken an additional contract 1 for surveying the Supaf reservation. l Both contracts will be finished by No
 vember 15. MT Smith said that the | lately reported loss of their instruments | had no other foundation than the run ! ming away of a horse on which a tripod | was fastened There was another tri- l pod in the outfit so that the work was 1 not interrupted. The horse turned up l at Williams with his burden unharmed.
 Mir Smith was asked what he thought of the Mark Smith and J. F. Wilson
 contest in the north. There isn't any"
 said MT Smith. Il didn't hear any
 thing about Mark Smith at all. There
 is a hard fight between Wilson and l Murphy"
 RAILROAD EXPANSION-A Gra-
 ham county gentleman who was in the city yesterday says that republican | ideas and principles are rapidly gaining
 ground in that county. Expansion is
 becoming popular, so much so in fact
 that the Arizona and New Mexico mar | row guage railroad will soon be broad | ened to standard guage, to keep up
 with the march of progress and incl
 dentally to further facilitate the de-
 Velopment of the rich natural resources
 of the county. Politically, republicans l have good cause for congratulation
 Governor Murphy has a host of good 1 friends in that county who will lend
 him all possible assistance in his cam | paign and the county ticket is hopeful
 of victory owing to democratic dissen- | sions. similar to, but different, from the | split in this county. There is an open
 disaffectiOn in the party ranks regard
 ing the candidate for district attorney | and the county convention turned down | the present sheriff who asked for re-