Arizona republican., 1902-02-08

ing contracts in all parts of the eoun- try. Within the last four years. or since any contracts have been awarded until | now, "a law has been passed requiring. 1 that the contractor must reside in the state where his contract is.
 RETURN OF GENERAL ANS WORTH.-AttorneyG General Ainsworth returned yesterday morning from
 Washington. where he went on legal
 business a month ago. While he was there. with Governor Murphy and oth- CTS, he appeared before the house com mittee on territories at the hearing of the Arizona statehood bill. Regarding | the prospect of admission the attorney general could not say, but it was his opinion that the bill would fare well | in the house. Speaking of the dispnsi-
 tion of the charges made by Eugene < Ives against Governor Murphy. General 1 \insWnrth said that they were passed
 upnn by the attorney general for the department of the interior who pro nounccd them baseless. Some of the accusations made Were so ridiculous that they were laughed out of the de ] partment.
 GOOD BYE VENUS The planet | Venus. which has been very much in ] evidence for some months past in the southwest and west. and which a while
 back played joint engagement with | Jupiter and the moon, took her de-
 parture last evening behind the western horizon and will now hibernate for g | time. Recently she has been restless and very anxious to get cut of sight. travelling at an unusually rapid rate.
 and last night she crawled behind the western horizon before it was hardly ! dark enough for her to be seen. A re- | porter was fortunate in securing fare 1 well look at the star last evening | through L.. C. Mastens telescope. and ! the view paid well for the trouble The | star looked like new moon in shape and through the hay atmosphere il 1 presented all the cclcrS Cf the rainbow ! \ CELEBRATED FINANCIER-aI! i ". A. Rule. wife and family. of Kansas City. are stopping at the Hotel Adams. IThey reached Phoenix from California yesterday morning in a privaC. ear. and will leave for Kansas City tCaror- i row morning. 1r. Rule is cashier of the National Bank cf commerce at Kansas City. one of the strongest
 banks in the United States. and he is known throughout the country &s one of the abIest financicrS iu the west The remarka ble success or the Na- tioHal Bank Of Commerce is due nearly Ttllt-l tf w Q 4itti4l LIT sh flfrfI- US president. and Mir. Rule. and close ap- lTIication to business through many years made il necessary for Sir. Rule to take q rest. The Kansas City papers reported when he left for the Pacific coast several weeks ago. that he was in bad health. but his appearance yes
 terday indicated ,hat he was ir
 Isple1Gid form once more. in company
 with Attorney General Ainsworth he
 took a drive over the valley
 4 REsCRRECTION.-E Fay
 Tor. who it vas feared Was dead because
 ne had E-t been heard or in the crim-
 mai courts. has been rasurrectcd All
 this time while the community has been
 worrying about him h. has been in con
 l csaiment at WiCkeuburS. He was
 I brought down in the custody oi an cffi-
 ! cer yesterday morning. having beeu , committed to the county jail by Justice , Boyd for an assault on Belle Washing ton with whom he has been living. The . justice sent word along that h. believed Taylor owed tEe county or the city a
 part of a jail sentence; that he had . escaped one time in the midst ob a term s Taylor will be better remembered ir ! this town by reason of his having beea
 the target Of his wife's aim in one oi
 their many encounters. When h. was , subsequently taken to the hospital and p examined his intestincs presented th. ! appearance of having been riddlad b, D 2 Calling gun. There were twenty p seven puEctures. The doctors saw nc . hope for him. but they worked on hin p for practice. with the result that | miracle was performed.
 f ARBOR DAY.-Arbor day was recog'
 HiZed here yesterday by the closing O. { the banks and public offices and hf @ some planting Of trees. It was not . g great day for tree planting. hovevc. f for that is an occupation indUl-eI ir ? here 10 q liberal extent every day dur d iaS the planting season. The day i - most observed by the schools with ap k prOpriate exercises and usually tn a planting of class trees. etc. The stu | dents of the Lamson Business collee d in the afternoon took the Indian schoa
 car and rode out to the Lamson ranch 2. where each student planted and name q a tree. After this proceeding the stu - dents were served with chocolate am IT cake. so the afternoon was aItogethc !. ! d pleasant outing. The central sehoc e children concentrated the greater par @ Of their efforts on an exhibition give 9, last night in the auditorium of tn s high school building. Another enter n tainment will be given tonight by othe e classes of the sams school. The holder of season tickets will be allowed to vet II tonight on which grade did the bas
 work, so unusual interest in the eShiai