Arizona republican., 1902-09-02

ignorance of it, loaded it with anothe: The weapon exploded. severing the left hand at the wrist.
 w. F. COOPER IN NTOWN-District Attorney w. F. Cooper of Pima. coun- ty, who has been mentioned in con nection with the republican nomina- tion for delegate to congress, was in
 the city yesterday. He expected to
 remain in the valley a couple of days, | but he was called back to Tucson by | telegraph last night.
 THE JAIL ESCAPES.-Colo Kos terlitzky, commanding the rurales in Sonora, has joined Sheriff Lewis and posse of Cochise county in hunting for the prisoners that recently broke jail at Tombstone. Hector and Wane, the two men whom the posse. have been trailing for weeks, have eluded their pursuers in the Chiricahua mountains, and have crossed into Mexico. Colonel Kosterlitzky has hopes of surrounding the men.
 l TO HARNESS WATERS.-For some time past party of Flagstaff people have been interested in the project of harnessing the waters of Bright Angel creek, a tributary of the Colorado river in the Grand canyon, for the purpose of generating electricity for lighting and power purposes. For some time a corps of surveyors has been at work gathering the necessary data regarding the cost of the plant, and the report which was recently made is favora ble to the project. The plant will be in operation within a year
 WAS TOO BIG.-Yesterday afternoon much amusement was created at the entrance to East Lake park by wo- man of very generous proportions who, in trying to pass through the turnstile. found that the gate had not been ad- justed to one of her size. She man. aged to get partly through and became wedged. There was a large crowd be- hind her and they kept pushing, but ingress and egress was effectually stopped for the time. As soon as the crowd learned what the trouble was they became good-natured and waited until the woman could back out from the place
 SPORTSMEN'S TOURNAMENT. - The tenth annual tournament of the Arizona Sportsmen's Association, conr< prising the various gun clubs of the territory. will be held this year at Bis bee on October A. % and 26, two days at blue rocks and one day at live birds. The Bisbee Gun club, assisted by the citizens, will add considerable money to the purses, and a large attendance is promised from all the territorial clubs as well as a number of outside shoot CTS. The local club here will soon be- gin their fall practice, getting ready for the tournament. The regular monthly practice shoot and contest for the Peters trophy will take place tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
 A BIOGRAPHICAL ERROR.-It seems strange that many pee pie are so ignorant of the location of the Col orado river. it being understood by many that the river has it's source in Colorado Recently an author put song on the market entitled Where the Raging Colorado Wends It's Way" The song is the work of a Denver man, who thought the river was in Colorado. The song met with instant favor in the east, and a Boston pub fishing house sent an artist out to Col orado to take a series of photogra phs of the river with which to illustrate the song for minstrel trOupes and other travelling organizations that are desir ous of presenting the attraction. What was the surprise of the artist when he reached Denver to find that the Col orado river was in Arizona. 800 miles away. A railroad company was also taken in. and under the impression that Colorado was the field to be advertised subscribed literally to the scng.