The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-30
The CITY NEWS
INPHRh0RHPHS.

At o'clock this afternoon train No
9 was reported in two sections. The.
first will be forty minutes late, and
the second about one hour No. 10 is
on time.
This was court day in the district
court. About forty cases on the civil
calendar were set for trial. There
are but four jury cases on the calen-
dar. The following suits were dis
missed: Colin Cameron VS.. U. Ber-
reda Robert Perrin vs.. 0. P. Evans
ct al; E. c. Bartlett VS.. George Daily
ct al; H. E. Murphy VS.. Norton Drake
& Co.; A. G. Brady VS.. G. E. Lowe ct
al; Carlotta Sotello VS. Ramon So
tello and the matter of the guardian
ship of Rube Hopkins This was an
appeal from the probate court. The
case entitled the City of Tucson VS..
w. p Woods ct al. was set for
Wednesday. November 19. This is
Ncommonly known as the second wedge
case.
A suit entitled the Tucson Meat
company VS.. John Ivancovich was filed
in the district court late yesterday
afternoon. The plaintiff alleges that
the defendant is unlawfu1ly holding
certain property, value dat $500, which
belong to him.
Norris & Rowe's dog and pony show
was handicapped last evening by the
heavy rain, and only showed to a
small crowd. The show was billed to
appear in Phoenix today. but wash
out on the Maricopa road made it inn
possible to reach the capital city. They
have decided on this account to give
| their regular performance in Tucson
| tonight The afternoon exhibition
was we'll attended, and the evening
shw should draw a big crowd. The
| tents are located on the military plaza.
| There was a regular lake at Eight
eenth street and Sixth avenue this
morning 1t will be remembered that
the city filled in the arroyo at this
point some months ago. This is the
first rain which really tested the en-
bankment 1t also showed the city
officials where a grave mistake was
made. and consequently there was no
outlet for the big supply Of water. A
culvert will now have to be put in at
an extra expense.
In spite of the fact that the morning
booster gave glowing account OF
Mexican Democratic meeting Whlcn
was supposed to have occurred last
night, the meeting was not held. The
inclement weather made it necessary
to postpone the meeting until tonight.
1oo hn1 n
clubs headquarters on, South Meyer
street tonight. A few good speakers
will explain the issues at stake, and
a pleasant time is assured. The
voters in that section are urged to
attend the meeting tonight and hear
the issues honestly discussed.
The storm yesterday afternoon came
very near playing havoc with Congress
street. Wherever connections were
made recently with the sewer, the
water undermined the street easily,
and soon caving set in. Several
places caved in this manner, making 1t
necessary to place lights along the
street. 1t was feared that the deep
sewer would be undermined and start
to cave in the same manner. How
ever. it held we'll and only small places
had to be filled in today.
Another clever burglary was perpe-
trated in the city last evening about
6. The residence of E. W. Collier
on Ochoa street was entered by some
unknown person Or persons, and
number of articles were taken, among
them being a fine shotgun. The thief,
as usual, left no clew. These frob-
berries are. without a doubt, being
done by the same parties. People are
warned to look after their residences
more carefully hereafter, and the po-
lice will not be long in running the
culprits to the ground.
The Odd Fellows will be in session
at their hall this evening"
The Pima tribe of Red Men will
hold regular session tonight.