Arizona republican., 1901-08-18


 ton a little before midnight Congress seemed to be burning up. It was at first thought that the mining company's property was on fire. In reply to telephone message 1t was stated that the fire was in the old town and was confined to eight or ten small build ings.
 w. N. Tiffany yesterday received from Selma, Cal, box of assorted fruits. the gift of Geo. B. Otis, formerly con- nected with the imperial Land com pany here. They are of a kind which never find their way into the markets, peaches as big as pumpkins and grapes as big as peaches These are the sam pies by which the fruit growing indus try of that state has been advertised from the earliest times.
 FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCI ENTlST-Corner of Center and Jeffer- son streets. Sunday school, 10 a. m. {; services every Sunday at II a. m. and every Wednesday evening at o'clock; subject for today Mind golden text, Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee" Isaiah 26-3 Mrs DAlta Gi.land will render, 'The Fa- therland of God P. A. Schnecker).
 CHANGE IN HOUR OF FIRE RM.--Beginning on Monday, the hour for the practice fire alarm will he changed from D. m. to 6:90 p, m. This is made necessary for the reason tha. il now gets dark at an earlier hour than when this special practice was begun and the notice is given so that citizens who hear the bell half hour earlier than usual will not become unduly eX- cited.
 SCHOOL OPENING.-.Phoen peo- | pie who are now spending their summer vacations abroad will soon begin theiS homeward flight, and before anothes month rolls round probably all thos; who have children of school age vii be back. Already inquiry is being made | by parents abouv the date of the open | ing of school. For their information il | is announced that both district and high schools will open on September | 16th.
 DEPUTY MARSHS EVASION | Deputy Sheriff Marsh of Congress sue ceeded in getting out of town on Fri ' day night or yesterday morning with John Baldridge, the man charged with Kidnapping, notwithstanding a writ of habsas corpus. It is possible, though that the officer has put himself into a hole out of which he will have as much trouble crawling as Ba.dridge will have. Though no service had been made on the officer he was informed that the writ had been isued. It is given out that trouble is in store for | him.
 KIDNAPPING STORY. - At lat, hour last night 1t was rumored that { Kidnapping incident had occurred in tn, south part of town somewhere yester day, but names or anything else to yer | fly the story could not be learned anC nothing has been given out by tn police or county officials. The story k that husband, desiring to kidnap hi l own daughter from her mother, ap ! peared at the house in a buggy and go the girl into he buggy, when tn mother protested and the husband struck her with the handle of the bugg. whip, later striking the girl fos som reason. Whether he got away with tn game or not was not announced.
 OFF FOR THE EAsr.-Mr. Georg A. Mintz, grand secretary of the l. . O. r. lodge of this jurisdiction, left O. this mornings train for Prescott, wher he will spend a day. resuming his jour ney on the next train, to Indianapolis where as delegate from this jurisdic ton he will meet with the sovereign grand lodge in annual session. Nh Richard Humphreys of Bisbee. gran
 master of this jurisdiction and repre- sentative of the grand encampment O Arizona to the sovereign grand lodge arrived here yesterday morning. an
 will spend the day in Phoenix. He vii leave on Monday mornings s. F. P. ( F. train. joining Mir. Mintz at Prescott
 when they will continue their caste.
 journey together.