Arizona republican., 1903-06-30

SENT TO THE ASYLUM.-Mrs. Hickman. who was arrested on Sunday afternoon on a charge of insanity. was given an examination in probate court yesterday and was committed to the asylum.
 CONVENTION OF SHERIFFS -
 -Sheriffs Lewis of Cochise county and Roberts of Yavapai arrived in the city yesterday. The latter is on his way to Yuma with a Mexican who had been sentenced to the penitentiary.
 ROAD ORDERED OPENED.-The board of supervisors was in regular session yesterday The only business outside of routine matters was the or dcring Of the opening of q road from Central avenue and the Black Canyon road between sections 20 and %. The road will be half a mile long. C. F.. Wood William Mathie and County Surveyor c. R. Sturdevant were ap- pointed appraisers.
 REGARDLESS OF EXPENSE.-Hi Eldred and family and the family of Supervisor Miller will leave today for Santa Monica. MT Eldred will andeav- or to establish a new fishing record. He does not know how long he will stay but he is not going to permit the pleas ure of Mrs. Eldred and the children to te cut short. He says that when Ee gets ready to cone back he will give Mrs. Eldred S20 and she may stay through the whole season if she wants to stay so long. He says he doesn't care if she spends every cent of il.
 NEEDLESS FIRE ALARMS.-A good many people in this town have got into the habit of turning fire alarms in without provocatIon or fore thought. Yesterday evening an alarm went in from somewhere in the Second ward. and the whole department and half the town turned out. The fire was found to be a pile of refuse on North Center street. The alarm had gone in from a distant station. Some man had seen blaze at so great distance that he could not make cut what it was and he sent the fire department to see
 MESA PRUNES.-J. $. Laney, who lives on a farm one and half miles west of Mesa City. yesterday brought to the board of trade room a consign- meDt of piums of the Prunus Simoni variety. They looked good to Secretary Van der Veer, who immediately fixed uD d lidI Ol lilcII IbE us DldN iDOSSS-
 FUNERAL OF MRS. McCORD.- Funeral service for Mrs. NJ H. McCord will be held at the Presbyterian church at o'clock this morning. The service will include memorial tribute by Rev. pr. Halsey, pastor of the Baptist church, a solo by Miss Utley. hymns by Miss Utley. Mrs. Sloan. Dr. Dodsworth and Mir. Coggins. The interment will be private.
 JUSTICE ROBERTSON'S COURT Francisco Estrella. who was arrested on warrant issued by Justice Rob ertson charging him with having dis ciplined his wife with a strap, yester- day took d change of venue to Justice Burnett's court. Elmer Warren. who was asked to show cause why he should not give q bond for keeping the peace. was discharged, the testimony not war rantinS the court in demanding such a bond. William Drumm, better known tO his intimates as Coyote Bill. was arrest ed on the complaint of Mrs. l.. A. Simms. who charged him with abuse and ill-trea tment through the unbrid- ling of his tongue. He rIeaded guilty to the charge, but claimed in eXtenu- atiOn that it was the liquor that he'd tEe reins to his tongue over which he hal lost control. He was fined fit een collars ard being short of change went t. jail to serve the sentence
 A COPPER AUTHORITY.-Hora J. Stevens Of Houghton. Mich. spent yesterday in Phoenix, leaving last night for Los Angeles. After q short vist in that city he will return to his home in Michigan. Mir Stevens is the author of the Copper Hand Book a volumne containing more tabulated in- formation in respect of copper mines and copper production than any other work. He is also a well-known writer nr, 1,ninitnnr rrr a tni.s {. nh cnrracrlnnd-