Arizona republican., 1902-02-13

 day before for snatching purse from the hand of Mrs. .Feliers. was con tinued until g o'clock this morning. The case of Dick Watson. charged with committing a murderous assault on Juan Arros was also continued.
 COMPANY EXAMINATiONs.- H | Company. N. G. A. has been conduct ing examinations Tuesday and last night, for the grades of sergeant and corporal. Announcement Of the sue cessful contestants will be made to- night and the commissions will be issued. The company now contains forty-live men. h will turn out on Washin%ton's birthday.
 A NEW EOY=Another assistant was added to the force of the district at
 torney's office yesterday morning. He weighs about ten pounds He may have cGnsiderabl influence in regulating
 office affairs. but for the present he will
 take no part in court proceedings Dis
 trict Attorney Edwards says he will not
 be Cver-hasty in seeking admission to
 the bar. and there is no necessity for it.
 as there is no vacancy on the supreme bench a. the present time. This is the
 third clerk Mir. Edwards has that
 boards at his own table. but both the others are of feminine persuasion.
 \ NEWSPAPER CHANGE-The
 Arizona Democrat was yesterday ab-
 sorbed by the Graphic Publishing com pauy and from now on will be editorially conducted by sam r. Webb. 4 linotype has been ordered and when it comes the Democrat will be changed from d bi- weekly to Q daily. It is hardly neces-
 sary to mention that it will continue to be strongly favored with democracy. The Democrat was started several years ago by Dr. II. A. Hughes, but within few months it was suspended. Something more than a year go it was resuscitated by J. II. Robertson. THE DEATH OF FRANK PRO THERO.-County Treasurer Walker yesterday received a letter from san Francisco informing him Of the recent death of Frank ProtAero. of which mention was made by The Republican the day following its occurrence. Pro Jhero had been uucoua, ious for several days before he died and for a ucen before the end was constantly ex- peCted. His ailmert was a cancer be- tween the lungs and the liver. with " hich ne had been afflicted for several years PrutbeTo had been confined at the Bucna Vista SanatOT.un f.c- some months.
 FUNERAL OF MRS ISAAC.-Mauy friends attended the fUDerG! services for Mrs. Jennie N. Isaac. which were held at the family residence on Wed nesday morning. Rev. LSy-is Halsey. ! Of the Baptist church. gave a short discourse. paying earnest and heartfelt tribute to phe departed. She lived l. minister to others, and her memory is blessed. The choir sang Watching and Waiting and ''TEerell Be No 1 Dark Valley" hymns which were l loved by Mrs. Isaac. The friends were unable to reach Mir. Eli Isaac by tels- ! gra ph. Other members os the family were all present.
 i CONCERNING A COPPER DEAL l Nr. D. Nj Ri1rdan. agent for the Cen l cral Electric company. arrived in the : city from the north yes tarday morning | AIr. Eiordan was asked regarding the ! story sent out from Boston some time 1 ago that the General Electric had a-- l qJirelI a big interest in the Greene 1 Consolidated. He said that the Cen l crci Electric had for some time held . stCc5 in the Greene Consolidated. and i that one of it's members was an olfs,ai- ! of the Greene company Negctia tior,s. hg said. had been in progress for sne purchase of a large amount or stock. but that they had not been concluded.
 Mir Riordan left for the south ias,
 night
 PROFESSOR JAMES BETTER Pref. George Wharton James. who was
 badly bitten by a rattiesnaEe at the Curi1 Tuesday afternocu. is very mach better, though h- is still confined to his
 bed and suffers consid era ble pain. His arm is badly swollen. but so far as can
 be determined the poison has not ex-
 tended beyond the uppes arm. He is
 IeCciviGg the constant attention of a
 trained nurse and continual treatment
 for reducing the swelling. Conditions
 are gradually though slowly imp-Jviua
 and i- is believed Professor James vii
 be able to continue his journey to tn Grand canyon in a few days He is un- de- enga geTnent to deliver a course 1i ' lectures in New York city beginning . about March l. and 1t is therefore nee CssITy fer him to make rapid recovery IIe has a most excellent physique and . In other respects his health is perfec+ Tn this respect he is indeed fortunate { for had he been a man of fragile con
 stituticn he would have lost the figh, % The snaka was about the worst speci } men that one could come in contac i with. owing to it's age and size and tn Q acce pted theory that a reptiles venom 7 is most deadly after d long period O , torpidity.
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