Arizona republican., 1903-12-29
pEATH OF MRS. sTAPLEToN.-

DEATH OF MRS. STAPLETON.- Mrs. D. s. Stapleton. died in Tucscn about il o'clock Sunday morning of l Iperitonitis. was the sad news brought to the many friends-of herself and hus- ! band in this city yesterday. Mir. Sta pleton will leave Tucson this morning with her body, which will be inferred at her former home in Assumption, IT. MT. and Mrs. Stapleton lived for soma time in this city previous to a year and a half ago, he being employed in the Key stone pharmacy and both being very popular young people. After going td Tucson, Mr. StapletCn went into busi- ness'for himself, now being the propri- etor of the Arcadian pharmacy
 sPANISH WAR VETERANS Forty members are now eprolled in C;,Ma Lawton. Spanish Amefican War Veterans There is no reason why q societv of that size should not be Tn a prosperous condition and have re--.;-
 nr meetings. The camp has money ht the treasury and among its members. The governor of Arizona. the United States marshal. the Phoenix post master. several of the leadin- lawyers and other prominent men of PEoeni,. The camp will meet tonight at 30 in the shorthand department of the Lamson business college All mem bers are earnestly requested to be present. An election of officers for the ensuing year will be held ard a regu- lar place of meeting will be decided upon.
 RAIN WhNTED.-The Salt River valley is not the only place ia the world that would welcome a good soaking rain just now. R. II. Benton. the cattle buyer returned from San Diego yesterday morning and says that while that country is seemingly prosperous and full of tourists. there is an overshadowing fear that the dry weather is going to hang on longer than most people want it to. They are still hoping for rain and comforting themselves that it sets one day nearer every twenty-four hours. Mir. Ben ton shipped five cars of cattle from Gila Bend Sunday. Hey were fatten- ed in the Buckeye country and driven to Gila Bend as being a little nearer and also little shorter freight haul. He has some cattle in .tae valley al ready bought and expects to continue shipments at regular intervals.
 HAS GONE TO SEE-George Ham lin left for Los Angeles on last nights NJ. Sz P. train. He may be hack in q week or he may go to San Francisco and from there east to New York be- fore he returns. His business is to look at machinery for the reduction Of the ores of the Relief mine. Fo- sis months past the Relief mine has been in need of q plant of some kind bur the necessary capital was not easily raised and matters have been delayed. The finances of the company now war rant them in taking steps toward the building of some kind Of reduction works. even though not as large per haps as Mir Hamlin at first thought advisable. He is going to see what he can find in los Angeles and if nothing impress him properly he will con tinue his investigations further. A good ore body is developed and it's value is apparent to all who have seen the mIne. II is only a question of putting up proper machinery to reduce the ores when Maricopa couRty will boast of fine producing mine.
 A TRANSPORTATION TANGLE.- Modern methods of transportation are generally well ordered but once in a while thew become terribly mixed up as they did yesterday afternoon on Washington street A horse attached to single buggy became frightened yesterday in front of Alkire's store. Tn the buggy were the wife of Dick John son. another lady and a child. The horse ran across the street and crash ing into Stevens hack the buggy was overturned the shafts broken and one of the hack horses was cut loose from his moorings and gashed a little here and there. Two or three bicycles were drawn into the vortex of the mael- strom and suffered partial dcstructiou while the horseback riders on the. street escaped narrowly The occu- pants of the buggy were unhaTmed other than the scare they received, though the bystanders were fearful they might have been injured inter nally. Just at that moment Dr. Stroud came puTinS down the street in his automobile and the women were load ed into t and carried a safe distance, when it was discovered they were un- harmed and the doctor carried them home. They left the house in the one horse shay of q bygone generation and returned home in the most moderI style. Nevertheless the change was too sudden to be really appreciated as one or two turns of a similar nature would land them in the middle of the next century. SO far ahead they would be lonesome. elf "a locomotive had been able to break into the game yes terday honors would have been even with all the inventions of modern man for travelling purposes. except the fer