Arizona republican., 1901-12-17

said to be a movement on foot in the Phoenix aerie of Eagles to eXpel Ed Ruppert. one of the charter members. from the Eagles nest. It has been brought to the notice of the aerie by Theodore Haffner that a few nights ago Mir. Ruppert, being on his way home from the lodge, was unable to fly across the town ditch and fell in- It has been decided by the aerie that he ought to limit his membership in secret societies to those of the Elks. the Buff faloes, the Tortoises. the Fishes and other animals and reptiles which only walk or crawl or swim.
 THE WHISKY LICENSE CASE The case in Justice Gray's court yes terday against local druggist accused of selling liquor without q license was held up by a demurrer offered by the defense and including q motion to dis miss. the ground being that the com plaint does not substantially conform to the requirements of sections S24-5-6 of the penal code. and for the further reason that the facts stated in the com plaint. do not constitute a public of fense. The demurrer was argued and taken under advisement till this morn ing.
 NEW RATIONS.-Articles of the following corporations were filed in the office of the county recorder yes terday: The Fellows Mercantile com pany. capital stock S25. 1000. incorporat- DTS l.. F.. Fellows and John Sherr-itt of Johannesburg. Cal; the Union Oil and Gas Refining company, capital stock g. 500.000; the Lucky Strike oil com pany. capital stock $50.O00. incorporat- DTS w. J. Mathews. F. w. Sears and E. w. Chase of Denver; Riverside Cop U.a lEtFs incorporators C. J. Parker, M. J. Trim ble. Charles Shellenberger. F. L. Dyer. J. M. Greybill and C. H. Thompson of Los Angeles.
 TIMELY ERENCE-Deputy United States Marshal F. w. Hin came in yesterday from Florence and the and the Sacaton reservation. where he went to take charge of a Mexican pris- oner who had been arrested by the In dian police for an infraction O. the rules of the reservation and the laws Of the United States. The Mexican foolish ly tried 10 stand the police off with a gun and fired three shots at them. They rushed in on him. captured him and ho ;-tied him and left him in that con dition of security until the deputy mar shal arrived. He was bound in such l manner that if he had not been a man
 
 have lived until the officer came. The popular sentiment among the Indians was growing so strong against him that he believed it would reach a point where they would find if advisable to make way with him.
 BETTER POSTAL SERVICE.-Post- . master J. C. Adams yesterday received word from the postofice department authorizing him to employ two addi- tional postofiice clerks for six months during the winter season to facilitate the transaction of the extra business during one-half of the year. Mir. Adams says that ever since his appointment he has been clamoring to the department for more help and larger salaries for employees, as the salaries allowed by the government when he took charge of the office were not sufficient remuneration for capable clerks. and the result was that good assistants were hard to keep. better inducements being constantly offered. Last July he secured 25 per cent raise of salary for the clerks and it materially helped matters till the winter business set in. Then came extra work and the clerks could not keep up with it. With two more clerks he hopes to give much better service than here tofore-
 SUNDAY NCES.-Jerry Matthews was in Justice Burnett's court yesterday. charged with a disturbance of the peace The day before he had gone wild at Coffee AIS and a deputy sheriff had to be sent for. Deputy Sheriff Niceuer took him to jail. It was learned that he had been sent to the asylum from Naco and had recently been discharged. It was also discovered that he was drunk. He was taken into probate court yesterday morning, but Judge Langston decided that the case was one which lay rather within the | jurisdiction of a justice of the peace Matthews said he was ready to plead guilty to anything that might be ! charged against him. for he said h. was so drunk that he had no recollec- ton of anything that had occurred on { Sunday. He wanted to leave town at once, but Justice Burnett told him that 1 he needed rest; if he were sent out in his nervous condition it would be sui | eide. to which the authorities whc should permit him to go would be ac | cessory Matthews was accordingly sentenced to the county jail to rest fo' period of seven days.
 
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