Arizona republican., 1900-09-03

Still Joe Wouldn catch on. But just
 the same, when my boys were qu uas-
 toned l stepped bravely up to the judge an told him to give k tu 'cm | straight an nary man was turned 1 down. They make me tired" he said. 1 as he walked away. These Phoenix
 fellers are dead easy when il comes to l politics.
 COLORED MASONS.-C. R. Robin
 son, grand lecturer of the colored Ma 1 sons of the jurisdiction of Colorado.
 which includes that state. Montana. 1 Utah. New Mexico and Arizona. has
 been in the city for few days giving ! instructions to the local lodge He is on
 his annual tour. on which he is expect
 ed to visit every lodge in the jurisdic-
 ton. He is very well pleased with the | condition of the Phoenix lodge and finds
 it equipped with a very competent set of officers. The lodge on the other hand l appreciates the visit Of the grand lee 1 turer and has been greatly benefited l thereby. The order is fOurishing throughout the jurisdiction. Mr. Rob l inson leaves this morning for Prescott. ] and will return to Phoenix in a few 1 days
 | CATTLE AND MINES.-Wiley Old man was in Phoenix yesterday from his i Sunrise mine on Queen creek, three miles above Pinal. He reports some ! good rains recently and says Queen creek has had a good bath. The grass is springipg up on the range and cattle men begin to feel better Quite a num- Der of cattle died before the showers and it began t. look blue for the stock men. But he says mining with him is more satisfactory than punching cat tle:' The Sunrise is a copper and sil- yer property and they are shipping ore continuously by way of Tempe. The last shipment went T per cent in cop pcr and $9 in silver. which is a very satisfactory showing. Speaking of the Silver King, he said there are about a dozen men engaged in chloriding there and making good returns.
 FIRE IN LODGING HOUSE. -I Shortly after noon yesterday a fire in the kitchen of the Star lodging house at First and Jackson streets. called out the fire department. The blaze had gained a good start when the depart ment arrived, but a strong stream soon had the fire out and the rear of
  to the interior of the house and fur niture was considerable. water doing as much harm as the fire. When the fire occurred the engine was undego- ing repairs, but fortunately the water pressure was unusually heavy and capable of the production of a stream strong enough to do the work. else a serious conhagration would probably q na lO.l .lc.ir, iz. an old structure, a veritabla fire trap. and surrounded by like buildings. The loss will rlt amount to more than $150.
 H. HOOKER's JOKE. The little practical joke played on Bob FrOmm, chief of the Phoenix fire department, at San Francisco. whereby he was put under surveillance by the police, on suspicion that h. was a confidence man, recalled to the fire boys yesterday hoax which Hi Hooker. of the police department, played upon a cousin here several years ago. A cousin of MT. Hooker came to visit him. Mr. Hooker arranged to have his guest arrested as soon as he reached the city and held on trImped up charge of having broken the quarantine law of Colorado. whence he came. Ac- cordingly the cousin was met at the train by a couple of officers and de- spite his protesJaious was taken in charge and brought before the record CT. After due ceremony that official inflicted d fine of drinks for the crowd and just at this moment Mir. Hooker walked into the court room.
 END OF CAMP MEETING. The annual camp meeting of the Methodist church south, at the grounds north east of the city. was concluded last evening. The m eting has been in ses- sion for two and a half weeks and has been productive of much good. Rev. MT, WeemS states that over fifty con- versions have been made and nearly Is many accessories to the church. The meeting has been in charge of Rev. MT. Weems, assisted hy Rev. Dr. J. w. LOwery of Corsicana. Texas, and F. T. Caton of Hubbard City, Texas. These two gentl- men will leave t1day fo- California to conduct a series of meet ings. Rev. MT. Weems says that while there were not so many conversions as at last years meeting, a great amount of interest has been shown. The grounds have been much improved and