Arizona republican., 1901-02-04

lncheS Tn heignt, f0rty-nlne years Oiu,
 with black hair and very thin.
 MIR. HALsEY's CoNDITgoN.- MT.
 William c. Halsey of Stanford uni-
 versity is in Lane hospital, San Fran
 cisco. The news received from him
 yesterday was such as to cause his
 friends great anxiety.
 STRICKEN WITH APoPLExY. =
 Mrs. T. E. Howes was stricken with
 apoplexy yesterday and at late hour
 last night her recovery was doubtful
 She is winter resident, she and MT.
 Howes having spent the last three
 winters in Arizona. Their home Is in
 Pennsylvania.
 DEATH OF M. A. WEAVER. MT.
 Merrick A. Weaver of Bedford, Iowa,
 died yesterday at his residence in
 Brlll's addition. He was 63 years of
 age and came here recently for th.
 benefit of his health. He was gen tlcman of considerable prominence in
 his home town and his wife and other
 relatives were with him in his last hours. The remains will be taken ba ck to Bedford for interment.
 LOCAL TALENT ACTIVE. --Phoe- nix talent will shortly put that
 roaring comedy "The Cheeful Liar" on the boards under the direction of Miss
 Mary E. Haskett. The cast will in-
 clude some of the best known enter tainers of the city, whose names will
 guarantee an evening of rare enjoy
 ment. The play is said to be lively, and full of fun and ludicrous predica- me fS eta R,,i- would not indicate anything out of the ordinary, but correct conclusion can- not always be formed from mere titles.
 RAINS EFFECT ON GOLF. - The heavy rains have temporarily caused a cessation of operations at the Country club. The muggy weather and the wet links have kept the golfers at home and the club house has been almost deserted. Previous to the rains a hundred ambitious players were practicing assiduously and are now waiting lmpatlently for q chance to resume play A number of excellentl players are developing from the be- ginners and promise to force the more experienced players into hard effort to retain their honors.
 LAWMAKERS IN soCIETY.-Mem-l bers of the legislature have been reveling in social matters in a small way during the past week. On Thurs day evening, at Clark's, Mir. T. E. Campbell member of the assembly. | from iavapai county, gave a dinner in honor of H. J. Allen, of Jerome. Mir. | Campbell, Mir. and Mrs George Cook were the guests. On Friday night MT. | Allen gave a dinner in honor of Mir. ! and Mrs. Allen. At Tuesdays dinner Dr. s. B. Claypool, councilman from Gila county. entertained party of ten members of the legislature. E. S. Perkins, councilman from Navajo county, gave dinner to nine mem- bers on Friday. At lunch Saturday General c. M. Frazier entertained six At lunch, on Saturday, MT. W. J. Murphy entertained a party of New York physicians who are here looking into the advisability of placing D sanitarlum near Phoenix.
 POET SCOUT COMING. - Cap- tain Jack Crawford. the famous poet scout, will probably be in Phoe- nix next week, for two entertainments. Mir. A. P. Walbrldge Is trying to ar- range for his appearance in the Chris tian church on next Monday and Tues day evenings (the 11th and 12th), and also for his appearance in other towns In Arizona as we'll. Captain Jack IS not a preacher or a temperance lectu- Ter, but his entertainments are of a high moral character, and he Is in great demand by Y. M. c. A. lecture bureaus, and kindred organizations. His entertainments are unique, and he s without a rival in his particular line. It will be rare treat to the people of Phoenix and neighboring towns if he ,an be secured for season. He has recently appeared in Los Angeles three .imes in six weeks, and draws larger audiences at the close than at the be- ginning of his engagement, Captain Crawford has written many poems hat have become household classics with us. Some of his best known pro- luctions are "The Heavenly Tele- ,hone," ''The Old Kentucky Rifle" Thirty Years Ago." Corporal Bilps Tribute to Grant" Sunshine" and 'Rattlin' Joe's Prayer"
 BAND CONCERT.-The attendance It the band concert yesterday was much better than expected considering he forbidding appearance of the weather and the counter attraction of he Godowsky concert at the theater.
 FIFTY GENTS WORTH.--A couple # well known and full grown, but mis- guided, youths, had a lot of fun last ,vening on Washington street. One f the boys accused the other of having fifty cents from him at some previous time and refusing to return he money He also said that fifty ,ents was sum worth fighting for md he was ready to settle 1t that way f the other youth was agreeable. He