Arizona republican., 1903-05-15
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 the Town

KINGS DAUGHTERS.-The Kings Daughters of the Baptist church held their last regular meeting with Miss Nellie McFall on Tuesday evening.
 MISSIONARY MEETING. - The Woman's Missionary society of the Baptist church will meet on Friday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. L. A. Squier, 1922 West Washington street.
 CLOSING UP.-Major Ed Schwartz, who has conducted an Indian and Mex ican art goods emporium on Adams street during the tourist season will this evening close his place of business for the summer.
 A NEW CORPORATION.-Articles ot the Scotia Oil corporation were filed in the office of the county recorder yes terday. The capital stock is $15O, ,0OO and the incorporators are F. Richmond R. s. Wallace and Charles Martin
 GONE TO CALIFORNIA; T. Gil- lett left Wednesday, night for Los An geles to visit his brother whom he has not seen fer fourteen years. From there he will go to San Francisco. Eureka and Portland for an extended visit.
 NEW ORLEANS EXCURSION.-The Confederate Veterans reunion will be held in New Orleans in a few days and those desiring to attend may secure a special rate via the Nj &. P. leaving here on the 18th or 16th The rate for the round trip will be less than the usual rate one way.
 GOOD ORDER PREVAILS. - The chronic law breakers of this village seem to have been buffaloed by the in- stallatiOn of new republican police force and there is very little doing in violation of law ard order The only case in police court yesterday was that of drunken Mexican who was picked up by the marshal and sent below for five days by his honor. the recorder.
 MORE APRICOTS-J A. Wieder. the apricot king of this section. yestar- day brought to market another big wagon load of this early fruit The Newcastle variety is the earliest and therefore the fruit that is now ripehing. It is usually small apricot but some of MT. Wieder's fruit is exceptionally large.
 THREE COLLECTIONS postal facilities Of this city have again been improved, this time to the extent of a third daily collection of mail rom the letter boxes in the dusiness district The carriers now collect the mail from the central part of town at noon. lat 9 in the afternoon before the departure of the Nj. & P train and again in the evening about o'clock
 THE WORLDS FAIR BOARD.-The following additions were made to the list of honorary members of the world $ fair board by Governor B-odie yester- day: Coconino county. Mrs. F. l.. Renee of Flagstaff; Pima county, Mrs Mary Bernard Aguirre of Tucson and Mrs. John w. Small of Tucson: Sant& Cruz county. w. s. Chenowith of No gales. Mrs. Arthur Crepin of Patagonia, and Mrs. A. Harrison of Nogales.
 WATER USERS MEETING. The water users under the Salt River Valley canal have called a meeting for Tues day, May 19. at p. n.. at the associa- tion rooms, for the selection of a com mittee to negotiate for the acquire ment of that canal and to work in con- junction with like committees from the users of water under the other north side canals.
 AN ARIZONA PELiCAN.-Deputy Sheriff Oscar Roberts returned yester- day evening from the Buckeye country. While he was there he saw something that is not seen every day in this part of the country. a pelican. A flock of those sea birds came up to the canal, presumably from the gulf of California. A man shot into the flock, killed one and wounded another. The wounded bird has a pouch eight inches in dj- ameter and nearly two feet long.
 THE ELIAS MURDER TRIAL Nose Drachman came up from Tucson evening before the territory had fin ished its case in the trial of Elias for the murder of Officer Katzenstein. The defense will rest entirely on the in- sanity theory. The audience at the trial on Wednesday learned that the case is not being conducted for the amusement of the populace. One of the witnesses was a Mexican who sworl that he could neither speak nor under stand English and would have to have an interpreter Tn the course Of the examination he became excited and forgot his linguistic restrictions and answered one of the questions in Eng fish, That seemed so funny to the crowd that it roared. Then JudGa Davis cleared the courtroom and the ! trial proceeded behind closed doors.
 THE BODY BEAUTIFUL''-Th, many Phoenix friends of Mrs. J. NJ
 Pratt. better known in this city per
 haps as Mrs Nannette Magruder, ar' aware that she has been engaged for 2 ] long time in writing a book on the sub | ject of physical culture, in which lin@
 of activity she has won fame as 7 | teacher and lecturer. Information i: