Arizona republican., 1903-12-26

Ol AIS. 1dSCOes GdDIlSl ElltT, d nepn'
 CIV of MT. c. N. Etter and MT. Brittor
 Bowker, in charge of the school in dis | trict No. 14. It is said that the re.
 union was completeS it was not quite
 so, for there were two sons of MT. anC Mrs. Etter in business at Wickenbure
 who were unable to be present. Of al
 this large family. all are living.
 LOS ANGELES SHAKEN.-There
 was d violent earthquake shock al
 Los Angeles yesterday. A telegraph
 operator there in communication with
 the local office said that it was the
 worst he ever experienced. He added
 that at the time he was speaking Oi | it he was still so nervous from the shaking up that he had received that
 he was handling the key with diffi-
 culty. The Associated Press telegraph
 office in Los Angeles is in the top
 ot rHe Wlson o.ock, so high aOrvo
 ground that the occupants of iU woIlG
 get the full effect of an earthquake shock.
 THE COUNTRY CLUR.-The regu- lar weekly meeting of the Country club will be held this afternoon. Hiss Ham cock and Miss NeWby will serve. The musical programme will be filled by Professors Johannsen and Mansfeldt ". F. Strobrdge. accompanist. After this the interstate golf tournament will take place. It is expected that play CTS will be here from Tucson. Pros colt and the Tempe normal. The rep utation of Phoenix will be defended by Jack Ainsworth and the sons of Rev. l.. A. Penick. who have just returned from school for the holideys, and by C. P. Morton and Roy :. Goodrich.
 HE WAS IN ARIZONA BEFORE- George Steele, of Kansas City, arrived in Phoenix yesterday morning. He has for some time been stopping in Los Angeles. Mr. Steele is an uncle Of s. $. Green. This is his first visit to Phoenix, but it is by no means his ;Irst visit to Arizona. He passed through the territory in 1859. before there was dream of Phoenix and he spent some time at a stage station on the Giia where he was engaged for a time in making adobes for man by the name of Sutton. While he was there d duty came to his hand which was far more exciting but none the less necessary than the making of sun dried bricks. The Apaches raided the station one day and every white man turned ont 
 expected every man to do his duty. The Indians were driven away. Mr. Steele afterward visited the coast and engaged in brickmaking at Los Ali geles amid less dangerous surround ings. He has not been in this part oi the country since. MT. Green saw his uncle last thirty years ago.
 CHRISTMAS AT TIE JAIL.-A of ha \ C. T. U. met at the jail on Christmas morning. accompanied byRev. Mir Key holds, missionary to the Spanish Am orleans. Several hymns were sung. Then MT. Reynolds made a snort ad- dress on the birth of Christ to the Spanish prisoners. They seemed 10 appreciate it as he told them in their own language Miss Broadorook of fered a touching prayer followed by an earnest appeal to the boys to turn to their mothers God. by which time they were deeply impressed. She then asked them to jcin in singing Blessed be His Name" many voices joined in the chorus. Mrs. Emma Battin then save one of her kindly talks to which all the boys listened attentively. In the clos ing hymn. There's not a Friend Like the Lowly Jesus" many of them join ed reverently. After wishing all a happy Christmas, a gift of fruit, con fectionery and other deliCacies was given to each man. It was received with many thanks. The ladies of the w. c. T. U. wish to extend their thanks to the sheriff and others, who did all in their Dowe~ to make the visit pleas ant to them and beneficial to the pIis- oners.
 KNIGHT TEMPLAR TOASTS. Members of the Phoenix Commandery No. 3, K T., and sojourning knights. yesterday held the usual Christmas service at 9:3O in the morning in the Masonic hall This service consists mainly in the drinking Of a toast to the grand commander of the Knights Templar of the United States wnO at the present time is MT. Bates Stod- dard. The service is a very pretty one and a short reference 10 it will be in teresting. Some time previous to each Christmas the grand master sends to each commandery his toast for the oc- casion, the same toast. of course. to all communicates. The eminent com mander on Christmas, when the knights are assembled, gives the toast and it is responded to by some knight who has been appointed for the office, and drunk by the whole com- pany. A feature of special interest is that at the particular moment when the toast is being given the same ser vice is in progress all over the world, so that the grand master knows that knights everywhere are at that in- stant drinking his health. To illuus- trate: when the Phoenix knights were yesterday gathered at 9:3O o'clock knights in New York were also assem- bed, the hour being F m. At the same moment the knights in Philippines were engaged in the same way, though the hour was 1 o'clock a. m., and in China it was 6 D. m. The re- sponse was made here by Tho-a-; Armstrong, Jr., who is the grand com mander of this territory.