Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-11-04
From Wednesdays Daily.

going passengers on this morning
train.
P. W. O'Sulivan has gone to Sal
Diego in response to q telegram an
nouncing the serious illness of hi
wife there.
Passengers for California we're
Thomas Jones, Los Angeles; G. C
Byrnes, San Diego; h. A. Squires
San Francisco.
c. L. J. Smith, representing tn
Remington Typewriter company, will
headquarters in Phenix, is visitin,
Prescott.
Edward Grunsfeld, general manage
for New Mexico and Arizona Of tn,
Equitable Life Assurance company
left this morning for Flagstaff.
Sample copies of the American
Boy, a magazine for boys can be seer
at this office. 1t is given free with {
subscription to the Journal Miner.
John R. Norton, cattle king of the
Salt river valley, is in town. He will
ship four or FIVE car loads of cattle
from Del Rio to Phenix tomorrow.
U. I. Clotfelter, attorney for Ari-
IONA of the Santa Fe railroad company
is expected to arrive in Prescott next
Sunday to take charge of the office
here.
Charles E. Ashley, of Prescott, has
been elected a member of the board of
managers of the Arizona Baptist con-
vention, vice Rochester Ford de-
ceased.
James Cashion, general manager of
the Grant Construction company, and
John Burton, secretary and treasurer
of the same company, came mp from
Phenix this morning.
The Chinaman who owns the gar
dens just north of town near the old
city water works dam was arrested to-
day charged with killing a COW that
had broken into his corn field.
Habeas corpus proceedings we're
heard this afternoon on behalf of
A. A. Pratt, who is under bonds to
appear before the grand jury. Judge
Sloan took the case under advisement.
E. W. Gillett, mention of whose
serious illness, in San Francisco, of
appendicitis has recovered sufficiently
to assume the duties of his office as
general passenger agent Of sthe Salt
Lake railroad.
The territorial industrial school at
Benson will be ready for business De-
cember l. Probate Judge O'Brien, of
Tombstone, formerly of the Whittier
school in California, has been ap-
pointed superintendent.
The man who stole a case of razors
from W. P. Covillaud's store on Sat
urday night pleaded guilty on Tues
day afternoon before Justice Talbot
and was sentenced to ninety days in
the county Jail.
Judge n. G. Layton, territorial sup
of public instruction,
came up on this mornings train on
official business. Judge Layton is
securing an educational exhibit for
the st. Louis exposition, and among
other things wanted for it is picture
of Prescott's public school building.
A petition for an alternative writ of
mandamus to compel the territorial
board of equalization to make return
of the assessments of the Santa Fe,
Prescott q Phenix railroad to the
boards of supervisors of the various
counties through which this railroad
runs, was filed in the district court
yesterday, by Harry ]. Bennett,
through his attorney, Bissel Thomas.
Gazette.
County Recorder P. j. Farley had
to call in the services of Machinist B.
Tilton this morning to get the doors
of his vault open. The key used for
the lock of the vault is a pronged
affair, and one of the prongs became
broken off in the lock and prevented
the bolt from being moved. The vault
door had to be battered in as there
was no way of getting at the lock from
the outside. No serious damage was
done however to the door and the lock
escaped uninjured.
The free reading room which has
been maintained under the Bank of
Arizona for about a year and a half
will be closed on Saturday night and
on Monday morning the free reading
room connected with the public Ii
brary will be opened. The library
proper will not be opened on Monday
as the books have not yet been prop
erly arranged but it is expected that
ii will be opened early next month.
The journal Miner editor visited
the Prescott Athletic rooms last night
and witnessed the boys class GO
through their gymnastic exercises.
under the tuition of Prof. MacNahon.
The latter certainly understands his
business and the boys take great in
terest in the exercise. The club is a
worthy institution, and is worthy of
liberal patronage. Its equipment is
all that could be desired for the pur-
pose, first class IN every respect. The
boys evening classes meet on Tuesday
and Friday evenings. On Monday
and Thursday evenings there are
classes for ladies which are attended
by about twenty five ladies. There are
also day classes for boys and girls, Cd
separate days.
W. b. Biddle, freight traffic man
ager of the Santa Fe road went up to
Ash Fork last night nv speciaI train