Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-15

Bishop Kendrick conducted confirma-
ton services at Grace church yesterday
after the regular morning SERVICES.
Sixteen were confirmed.
mum Der of gentle Zephyrs from the
desert came to town this morning bear
ing strong irdications that rain storm
is coming soon.
The following deeds were filed today
Mauricio Gonzales to Maria de Mungia,
lot IL, block l40 Josefa Henderson to
M. J. Duffy, lot 8, block ll2. Francis J.
Heney to Lizzie Borton.
There is more building going on in
Tucson this year than was ever known
in the history of the city. New business
blocks are being built and handsome
residences, and the city is experiencing
quiet boom.
The case of the territory vs. Maurice
Moreon is on trial IN the district court
today. The defendant is charged with
stealing jewelry, etc. At 3 30 this alter
noon the jury came in with verdict of
guilty.
C. D. Parsons ,year-old child wan
dered away yesterday afternoon and the
family was thrown into great alarm for
several hours. Marshal Taylor and the
other local officers were out looking for
the child and at o'clock the little one
was found at the house of a Mexican
family.
The work on the sewer has reached
Zeckendorff'a store on Main street and
is being pushed rapidly. Traffic at that
point has been stopped temporarily, but
the inconvenience will not last long. It
will be fully recompensed by the con-
venience of the completed sewers.
The trees in the court house yard are
being sprinkled with a preparation
which ia sure cure for bugs. The bugs
had started in early to destroy the leaves
and precautions have been taken TO kill
the bugs and save the leaves. The
court house yard looks very pretty with
its springtime green and the cool shade
oil the mulberry trees.
The attendance at the bali game yes
terday was 1900. The excursion from
Bisbee brought about four hundred, and
two hundred were unable to secure
tickets at Bisbee. A large number
came from Tombstone, st. David, Ben
son aud other points. The crowds spent
the day taking in the city, visiting the
university grounds and other places OF
interest.
Max Fueschel of Baltimore who has
been stopping in the city some time,
died this morning OF consumption. He
came here for his health in the last
stages of the disease. Deceased became
known in local musical circles and was
popular. He belonged to prominent
family in Baltimore.
The 'team OF Elks, which has been in
training for sometime" in order to pro-
perly initiate the Bisbee boys who will
comprise the mem mbership OF the new
order at the camp, departed on this
mornings train for Bisbee. Those |
who went were Jim Finley, Jack Moore,
Billy Clack, Gus Hoff, A. Bernard. Paul |
Herrmans, Oscar Ritchid, G. A. Smith,
N. c. Wilson, Sam Drachman, III. ID.
Underwood, selim Nicholson, DR.. Wal
ker, Ralph Sturgss, Stanley Kit. |
George Kit.
An uncle Of the late George Wheatley |
has written here for information in re-
gard to the death of Wheatley. 1t will |
be remembered that Wheatlev was as
phyxiated at his camp near Oracle, in |
February, together with two Mexicans
who we're sleeping in tent with him. |
The men were suffocated from gases |
arising from Goals. They had brought
the Goals in and placed them in dutch
oven to heat up the tent during the
night, and closing the tent went to bed.
Death resulted and the bodies were
found the day following. Wheatley had
no relatives in this country.
W. H. Twomey is in the city today
from the Congress mining camp in
Graham county. He is stopping at the
San Augustine and will remain here
several days. Mr.. Twomey Is one of the
'ld-time mining men of Arizona. He is
'he manager of the Congress company's
operations and they are engaged in ex-
developing their mines. Last
February terrible accident occurred in
he, workings of the Congress, when
even miners were killed outright by an
explosion of powder. The powder was
n magazine located on the fifty-foot
evel, and the men went there from the
over workings every noon tor fresh
upply of dynamite, fuse and caps.
low the explosion occurred will always
emain a mystery, but it ia believed
hat one of the men dropped cigarette G
mong the sticks which encountered a |
'ortion of powder and the explosion q
ollowed. Mr.. Twomey says that no