Arizona republican., 1901-01-02

subject to the call Of the chairman. In
| the afternoon the members of the exc
cutive committee met Col. VIM. Christy
at the Valley bank and the business of
| putting the bill into FORM was begun.
| The committee was DESTROYS of COM
i pl, ting it in time to mail copy last
night to Mr.. u. A. Fowler at Washing
| ton. The work. however, was not
| finished. but the committee announced
that il would be done today.
WATCH NIGHT SERVICES. = The
watch night services at the First Nj. f..
church were well attended and the SER
vices profitable to all. The bible study
lasted from to o'clock, and then the
annual, election of Sunday School OIL
GERS was held, resulting as follows:
Lloyd Il. Christy, superintendent; G..
| Il. Couch, first assistant; Mrs. l.. 5.
Hough, second assistant; Edgar VIII
son, secretary; Edwin j. Bennett,
| treasurer; Waldo Christy and r. Cree,
librarians; Mayme Cowan, organist,
and Prof. j. r. Miscellaneous. cnorister.
Religious services were then held from
II to IL o'clock. Miss Stickney sang a
beautiful solo entitled Improve the
Golden Moments The pastor was
delighted with the undivided attention
OF al! as he discoursed from the text,
What is Your Life?" Gospel meet
ings each afternoon and evening this
week
RECEPTION TO THE MEXICAN
CONSUL.-A reception was given Mon
day evening by Jose Samaniego Pro-
vencio at his residence, corner of Ari-
IONA avenue and Lincoln street, in
honor of Senior Diaz Prieto and family.
Senior Prieto is the newly appointed
Mexican consul, and large number of
the best Mexican people of the valley
were there TO meet and pay their re-
spects to him. The occasion was one Of
great festivity, and aside from the
music and sociability of the evening a
colossal feast had been prepared. So
much roast turkey and chicken had
been accumulated by the host that he
narrowly escaped mental collapse as
a result of his efforts to dispose of it,.
After satisfying the appetites of the
Spanish-speaklng colony he plead with
his English speaking friends 10 come
and pay their respects to the fowls
which had been sacrificed for the ban
quet board. He fed everybody and
then had provisions left. After the
banquet the young people present en-
gagged in dancing. 1t was most happy
occasion and one to be long remem-
bered by those present.
Ell PASO'S CARNIVAL Mr.. J. A.
Graham, advertising manager OF the
El Paso Mid-winter carnival, arrived
in the city yesterday morning in a
special car, in which he is travelling
over the whole southwest in the inter-
est of the carnival. Speaking of some
of the f atures Of the coming five days
| OF festivlty. MIR. Graham said last
! night: "El Paso Is making the greatest
Iprgparations for the midwlnter carnival
ever made for an entertainment in the
west. Those who attend will not be
disappointed in the number. of unique
attractions. Notably among them Is
the bull fights in JuareZ. just across the
river from FL Paso, from four to six
bulls will be killed daily during the
carnival week. On the top of Mt
franklln, oNerioohllS tue SilS' WIZ "
placed over $4,000 pounds of liquid
fire. which will burn for six hours and
will be seen for 200 miles away. The
contract has been closed with the Pain
Fire Works company and men are at
work now packing the chemicals on
burros to the top OF the mountain. The
two city plazas have been turned over
! to the carnival for the European and
Oriental midways, which will be il
Illuminated with numerous colored cleo
trio lights. The carnival will end with
| a brilliant ball. President Diaz oil
Mexico will be in attendance with his
official band from the Paris EXPOSE
: ton"