The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-13
THE CITY NEWS
INPHRA0RHPnS.

district Attorney w. F. Cooper re-
t,1rcd on the Intc1 national this morn
inG rom Guaymas, where he has been
OF business 'rl1 for the past few
days. He says that he is in the race
for the nomination and will go before
the convention next Monday as an
avoWed candidate. This little bit of
news, no doubt, will cause another
chill to run own the spinal cord of the
push" Cooper has had a few friends
around town who have been working
without saying much.
The only real battle, on land. in the
Spanish+American war was that fought
at San Juan Hill. 1t was there Gov
ernor Brodie was wounded. 1t was,
in it's way, as potent as the naval vic
tories at Santiago and Manila, in
smashing Spanish pretence. Forum
ately it was we'll adapted for spectacular
reproduction-by a force OF sufficient
magnitude--and so for service as an
object lesson in martial achievement
Buffalo Bills Wild West presents it in
a magniicently realistic fashion. being
enabled thereto by the great number
OF trained soldiers in it's troupe, some
of them veteran Cuban insurgents and
others Roosevelt Rough Riders who
were actually in that engagement.
Buffalo Bill comes to Tucson on Sep
tember 30.
The Arizona Sportsman's association
has just received one of the handsom-
est trophies that was ever presented
to a western gun club. 1t is present
from N. Charles Gwyn, of New York,
who on his last trip to Arizona re-
quested that he might present the
sportsmen of the Territory with a
trophy. 1t is in the shape of an ele-
CANT silver cup, inlaid with gold leaf
and embossed with elegant designs.
Arizona Sportsman's Association,
Gwyn Trophy" is engraved on one
side. The cup was sent to W. A..
Adamson, president of the association,
and memberof the Bisbee Gun club
! The trophy will be shot for at Bisbee
October "a, 25 and 26, on which dates
. the Territorial shoot will come off.
Sportsmen from all over the Territory
, will be present at the event.
Governor Brodie received aftelegram
from the War Department last Tues
day, inquiring if the Territory would
: be represented at the coming maneu-
vers at Fort Riley Kansas. Arizona
will not be represented, as no officer
of the National Guard has found it
possible to attend The department
is preparing to make these exercises
yearly affair. and the expenses of all
representatives will be paid after this
year.
The new issue of postal ards desig-
mated as the Mckinley" card, has
made it's appearance in the city and
: has attracted considerable attention.
The local office will not have them on
sale until the old ISSUE, designated as
the "H'' card, has been exhausted.
The new card is devoid of decoration
and has picture of the late President
in the right hand corner. A coat of
arms also adorns the new card.
The old pueblo street railway COM
pany has again furnished the public
with an agreeable surprise. A bran
splinter new car has been installed on
the system and started to make regu-
lar trips on the recent Stone avenue
extension. The car runs to the pres
En- I, minus at Sixteenth street. The
public will APPRECIATE the additional
convenience of the new car.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Fred
Fleishman was held from the family
residence on North Church street this
afternoon at o'clock Services for
the dead were conducted in the cathed-
raj. Mrs. w. J. Kirkpatrick rendered
a beautiful vocal solo during the SER
q vices The coffin was bedecked with
4 floral tributes, an evidence of the
1 esteem in which the deceased was
j held in the community. All of the
] lodges of which Mr.. Fleishman is a
member were represented by pail
= bearers. Messrs. J. M. Ormsby and
+ S. E. Hazard represented the Masons
Harry Drachman and Fred Ronstadt
| the Knights of Pythias, Phil Brannen
the Elks and Andres Rebel the A. O.
U. w o. c. Parker conducted the
funeral.
Advance car No of the Buffalo
Bills Wild West show was attached TO
| No 10 this morning, The car is cer-
tainly novelty in the show line. 1t
is painted red and contains complete
| apartments for it's crew. The second
gang of bill posters were around town
this morning renewing THE old posters
| M he r; ards. The ca is in charge OF
| Walter Creighton. The big show will
| be in town on September 30.
Nose Drachman has received a let
ter from his brother-in-law in Ken
.nChv a. king him about the outlook
| and facilities in this section for to-
bacco raising. He says that the S. P
company has employed specialist OF
| the Agricultural Department to inves-
tigate the field in western Texas. He
is now corresponding with the railroad
people with a view to looking into the
AfizD'.a field. He has visited Tucson
several times, and is of the opinion
that this section is not only adapted to
| the plant but that it will easily raise
| two crops year. Here, without a
doubt, is a good place for our Cham
ber of Commerce to do little plugging
to push big thing along.