Arizona republican., 1901-01-22

son and committee consisting of Judge Barnes. Attorney General Aims worth and Hon. John c. Herndon were appointed Co draft re solutions of re- great and condolence. A motion for a hearing of the mining suit of Wiser, appellant. vs LaNler, appellee. from iavapai county. was denied and Mir.
 Gallagher, a Chicago attorney repre- senting the appellant from the district court moved for an appea! to the Unit cd States supreme court. The case of
 Taylor ys the territory, from Gila county, and Ward vs the territory, from Graham, were submitted.
 CHARTER COMMITTEE MEETS. -
 The city charter committee, appoint ed by the city council and the Phoenix board of trade to draft a new char ter for the city of Phoenix, held a postponed me- ting at the city hall last night at which
 some slight revisions were made. It was thought week ago that the charter was ready to be presented but certain clauses required further dis cussion. The charter was not fully shaped last night and another meeting will be held on We'd nesday at 1:30 D. m., to com plete its formation. Major J. w. Evans, chairman of the committee. presided last night and with the excep- ton of Dr. J. M. Ford the members of the committee were all present. They are: ]. w. Evans. Aaron Goldberg. Dr. L. II. Goodrich. F.. Sunderland, E. A. Fickas. H. II. McNeil, w. E. Lount and City Attorney Bullard,
 SUING THE COUNTY. Henry Haupt of Gila Bend filed a suit against the county yesterday in the district court asking for $9SS.09 damages. The case has been referred to before in these columns in the proceedings of the board of supervisors and its his tory is set forth in brief in the com p,aint, which says that on October 2I, 1900 the house, contents and other property of the defendant at Gila Bend to the value of $9SS.09 was destroyed by fire by the county through it's agent, Dr Woodruff The complaint further says that a claim was filed with the board of supervisors and on November r.. 1900, the board allowed the com p,dnant $400. which amount was not satisfa tory and was refused. The other side of the story is that the house was destroyed by reason of its having previously sheltered persons afflicted with a contagious disease and that the board had spent the difference between si00 and the amount asked for for the benefit of the plaintiff and his family in one way or another.
 A NOTABLE VISITOR. Among the notable persons now in the city is Dr. John F. Boucher of Baltimore. Md. who with Mrs. Boucher. arrived here Saturday morning. Dr. Boucher is pr sident of the largest ladies semi nary in Baltimore, an institution un der the jurisdiction of the M. F.. church, He has founded many other schools and is well known educator. He has been pastor of nearly all the leading churches in Baltimore at one time or another. II has also travelled extensively and accompanied Bishop CranstOn in his t-mr around the world which was completed last year, and during the trip he visited nearly all the importaEit missions in India, China and Japan. They were in China when the Boxer troubles started and had some experiences that were more thrilling than enjoyable. Mir. Boucher is re- puted to be d man of considerable wealth and is onn of the most liberal men in the church in the support of fAt fprfa t,atS- S--fT l.. tack of la grippe recently and having had no vacation for long time he came here for few weeks rest.