Arizona republican., 1901-04-20

man, IefnhpS lne cnlet incident or an
 excellent programme was the Mar
 riage of the Lily and the Rose"
 WELCOME HOME.--About thirty
 brave American boys who have been
 serving their country in the Philip pines for the last year and q half will
 return home this morning via the M.
 & F. railroad. and will be given royal
 welcome by relatives, friends. sweet
 hearts and the citizens generally. They will be met at the depot by the mill
 tary organizations of the city and es-
 corted through Washington street.
 A committee consisting of Captain G.
 D. Gray and T, K. Elvey of the Grand
 Army of the Republic; D. D. Draper
 of the Rough Riders; Captain r. w.
 Hill of the the First territorial voIun-
 teers, Major James McClintock and NJ. A. stanford, who has q son with the party. went to Maricopa last night to extend fratsrnal greetings
 and escort them to the city. Company E. N. G. A., will meet at the armory at : a. m. and march to the depot. To- night the returning heroes and their friends will be banqueted at Coffee AIS place, and it is no idle prediction
 to say that nothing will be too good | for them. At a late hour last night
 the train carrying the soldier boys was reported an hour late, so that in all ! probability the M X P. train will be an hour late this morning. The Linn | tied was reported three hours late. but l the M. & P. train will not be held for it.
 AN EXPLOSION.-The acetylene gas plant in the relr Cs the Anheuser sa- l loon eXplcdSd yesterday afternoon, ere
 ating great excitement but doing liG tie damage except to sainge the hair of | A. McCamley and V. R. Norris. both Of whom were working wtth the generator. It has to be cleaned occasionally, and for this purpose the generator was opened hours before and lt was suppas- cd that all the gas had escaped. The gentlemen named not realizing that anything innamable was left in that vi- cinity. approached the machine wllh | lighted oigaTs. The explosion followed, | breaking a few panes of glass in the | Anhauser and the Hoffman and twist ing the iron shed. Mir McCamiey said | last night that there was no one to blame for lJ, as it was his own careless
 u,ss.
 BlSBEE LODGE, NO. G71, B, P. 0. .. | The delegation of Eiks that went to
 Bisbee to institute Blsbee Lodge, No.
 671 has returned covered over wi;h glory and filled with good cheer. They were met at the depot in Bisbee by d committee headed by the Copper Queen : bard. 4 pI'JcessiCn was fcrmed, hcai- l cd by $. J. Nicholson, district deputy | exalted ruler in a carriage, and fol- ! lowed by the visiting Elk.r a purple i goat aa.d a herd of ll0 fawns. Tne pro-
 cs sion wOunt it's way through the principal gulches Of the town and to the | Copper Queen park, from where the visitors were taken to thsir rooms. Din ner was served, after Which they met at | the lodge room ana worked until ; | g. m.. initiating the entire herd of llO l raWns. Tuesday was devoted to sight | seeing and the installation Cf the fol- lowing officers; EsteemcU leading knight, Emil Marks; esteemed loyal | knight, pr Harrington; Esteemed lee uring knight, Dr. Sweet. A big process sion was then formed that made tho ! first enc look like Ih!ry cens, and the ! visitors tuilI ldNalo NStt ii4sA' NA'NN. i through all uae gulches and over all the hills in ,he township. Tuesday evening the band escorted the whOle'har1 to the | theater, where a banquet was served, ! lasting from o'clock until in the morning. Wednesday the visitors. start | ed home. stopping ,n Tucson from II a. | m. until D. m., during which time they | brovseG wlth he Pima herd which had | been corualled during the day by blr i rodeo.
 1 DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLU- TION.-The Daughters of the American 1 Revolution held an important and en- ! joya3le meeting yesteIGay afternoon at : the residence of MT. and Mrs. Jerry Mil lay. The occasion was the anniversary 1 of the battle of Lexington, and the spe- | olal interest that attached 70 the cnap- ter meeting here was that Mrs Hugh i Price the slate regent of the order' preyent,,l ts the chapter its charter | The meeting and the subsequent festl- 1 yitles !ar.ed from 4 untN o'clock The