Arizona republican., 1903-12-16
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A RETURNING STUDENT.-Mrs. | George B. Lewis returned from Ash 1 Fork yesterday morning. where she
 went to meet her stepdaughter, Miss
 Georgia Lewis, a young lady of fifteen
 who has been attending school in Colo rado.
 OUT AGAIN, IN AGAlN.-Maria Brechtel got out of jail Monday. but | she got in again yesterday. This time | the police brought along her husband and man named Mackay. All were charged with drunkenness and the making of a rough house.
 THE OLDEST NOTARY.-The old est notary public in Arizona in point of continuous service is P. K. Hickey. Mir Hickey yesterday received his sixth commission. His first was issued
 to him more than twenty years ago and he has never since then been cut of office.
 DEATH OF MRS. WATSON PICK REll.-Mrs. Watson Pickrell. of Tenn pc. died this morning after 1 o'clock af- ter a long illness. Mrs. Pickrell was forty years of age. She leaves beside her husband a daughter and three sons. The funeral will take place from the house tomorrow at an hour not yet fixed.
 BAPTIST SOCIAL.-The Whatso- eyer circle of the Kings Daughters handsomely entertained their friends in O'Neill hall last evening. The at tractive musical and literary pro gramme included piano and violin duets by Miss Grace Hilgen and MT. Charles Loebm piano solos by Miss Halsey and Miss Higen and selections from Burdett, by Dr. Halsey. Light refreshments were served
 SHERIFF COOKS VACATION.- Sheriff Cook ts making a longer stay !n the east than he contemplated when he went to Illinois nearly month ago after F. s. Webster. charg- ed with embezzlement. Webster is seeking his release by the habeas cor nus outlet and the time for the hear ing has been set al various times. IL was to be heard last Monday but it was not. A telegram from the sheriff was received yesterday saying that it had been postponed until Dec. r.
 A WELL FILLED INSTITUTION.- There are now 23S inmates in the ter ritOrial insane asylum. That seems like a large number for the population of the territory. It is seldom taken in to consideration though that the great CT part of the unfortunates are not citizens of Arizona. Sonora is one of the most generous contributors to the asylum. Many of the inmates are pe:- sons who came here from the east and north in III health and whose minds gave way under the disease. Califor- mia is also largely responsible for the filling of the asylum. It has been the z in, !, h ern part of the state to make this te.- ritory the dumping ground for their weak minded and their indigent. This county is one of the few in the United States which never inquiries as to the residence of those in need of help.
 FIELD -COALTMAN. LA quiet little wedding was celebrated last evening at 7:30 o'clock, at St. Mary's Catholic church in this city the principals be- ing MT. w. Fl. Field and Miss Carrie Ccaltman and the officiating clergy man being Rev. Father Matthias, pas tor of the church. The groom had prepared for the reception of his bride, a cosy little cottage at No. 422 East Monroe street, comfortably furnished and well DrOvisioned, and they began housekeepine at once. The groom is an estimable young man who is en- ployed as a linotype operator in The Republican office, having come here from Des Moines. la. about three months ago. The bride is also from Iowa. having arrived here recently from Clinton. the acquaintance of the young people having been formed in the home state. The future is bright with promise fer them and during their short residence they have made many friends who will wish them well.
 A. O. U. w. ORGANIZER.-Henry w. Gates, an organizer for the Ancient Order of United Workmen, arrived here yesterday morning from Congress and will be in this city and vicinity for two weeks or more, his purpose be- ing to recruit the membership of the local lodge, which is already a strong organization. MT. Gates is one of the hest field workers that ever devoted his energies to the building up of any fraternity and has the record of being the most successful man the Workmen ever placed in the field. For the last ! two years and half he has devoted 1 himself almost entirely to this juris- diction. During that time the mem | hershio has grown from 900 to 3,o2S. Many more than that have been inttia- ted hut as IS always the case lHSIS have been many suspensions, the above figures being the net increase. Speak | ing of his recent work MT. Gates said | that Monday night before he lett Con | gress for Phoenix he initiated g mem- | bers In Jerome the Tuesday before. he added 26 to the membership roll by initiation. Williams was the last | town visited before Jerome and B were added to the roll there. On his | journey north he stopped some time in | Prescott adding 46 to the lodge mem- | bership.
 A NOTABLE PHYSICIAN.-Dr.- H. | R. Dunham of Rutland, Mass, spent | yesterday in Phoenix, a gust of the Hotel Adams. Though he comes as a tourist his visit is in the nature of professional work. He is at the head | of the Massachusetts state sanitarium | for tubercular patients, an institution | that is doing a most deserving and | practical work for humanity. Its pur- pose is to provide sanitarium treatment for those who have not the means to secure it in private institutions, The ! charge to these patients is four dollars l