Arizona republican., 1903-08-09

 Arizona Independent Order of Good Templars, will convene in Prescott on August l9, and remain in session two or three days. The s. F.. P. & P. rail- way has made q rate of one fare for the round trip from Phoenix and Ash Fork for the occasion. the return limit being August 31. It is expected that each of the seven lodges of Maricopa county will be represented. Grand Sec retary Walbridge is now in Prescott arranging for the session.
 ANOTHER MUSICIAN. - George Colze, the director of the Pioneer band. has had such wonderful success with that organization that he proposes to form family orchestra of his own. Yesterday morning his cornet player q gentleman soloist. arrived from the land of dreams and seems to have re marka ble fitness for his work, judging by his lung power. He was of the reg ulation size and weight for infant mu- sicians.
 LECTURES ANNOUNCED. - An nouncement is made that Rev. J. Ed ward Donovan of Paso Robles, Cal. will deliver two lectures in the Chris tian church on Monday and Tuesday evenings respectively. The subject for the Monday evening lecture will be- Social Life in the Far West" and is q lecture for married people only. The second lecture will be on, Who Holds the Balance of Power" and will be q lecture for men only. Rev. Donovan is highly recommended as public speak CT. His lectures are said to be of d deep religious tone and ill thought are far removed from the commonplace There will be no admission fee.
 THE CLIFTON TROUBLE-Fo the last week rumors have come to Phoe- nix of more mining trouble at Clifton and Morenci. Some of them went so far as to hint that violence had actu- ally been resumed there. As a matter of fact there has been no trouble since the putting down of the late outbreak. It is reported. however. that strong organization of miEe workers has been formed in the two camps and that d strike will be ordered next month un- less the companies accede to the de mand made before the late insurreC- ton.
 ENERGY FROM THE OUTSIDE Yesterday afternoon a schOOlma am of the city schools was complaining to Professor Lee, acting school superin- tendent, of the excessively warm weather. Professor Lee told her that | the sun was the source oi all energy and people ought instead of feeling | enervated in the summer time. to be l possessed of greater energy. Go out 1 into the sunshine" said he and you | will receive enough energy to last you through the rest of the year" That may be so.' replied the teacher. but | if Jeffries should come along and strike me powerful blow I would no doubt | receive a great deal of energy. but I do not believe it would greatly bene- i fit me"
 | NO. 54 HAY will prob ably not be the name. though it will be the number Of the new school dis trict which has just been ordered cut off from the Cartwright district for the | greater convenience of many of the l pupils attending that schcCl. Some of l the patrons of the new district were in i the city yesterday making arrange ments for the completion of the organ iZatiOn in order that .they--may pro ceed with the building of d school house by the beginning of the school year. The first thing is to secure a 1 board of trustees. One will be named upon the presentation of properly signed petition to the office of the su- | perintendent. The trustees will no doubt be Lin B. Orme. w. H. Wiley and George Chittick The matter ot | naming the district was also brought up and the suggestion Was made by one of the representatives of the dis trict that it be called ''Hayseed."
 DEFEATED BY A TECHNICALLY The only case in the police court yes | terday was that of the Mexican charg- ed with cruel treatment of a horse and it resulted in the discharge of the de- fendant. The city attorney being b. sent, the city humane officer was rep resented by Probate Judge Phillips. The horse was brought around for the re- corder to look al and the testimony oi the humane officer and Policeman | Moore was given, regarding the con- dition in which they found the animal The fact that the horse had been cru ely treated was well established, but Attorney Alexander for the defense
 brought out the additional fact thai
 none of the witnesses for the prosecu-
 tion had actually witnessed the mal
 treatment. When arrested the Mexi
 can and MT. White, who owned tht
 horse, were across the street, and SC
 far as could be proven in court al
 Apache Indian might have slipped III
 behind the horse and chopped him t
 pieces with a cheese knife. The prose
 cution had depended upon Bob Hud
 son to testify to having seen the Mexi
 can abuse the horse, but it happened
 that yesterday was just the sort of day the catfish are supposed to bite and Robert went down the river earl. in the morning with fish pole and of hn