Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-12-09

but no business of Importance wa
transacted. Only routine matters wer,
looked into and the prospects for tb,
future discussed.
Gustav Marx, the Chicago bandit,
has withdrawn his plea of guilty anC
hired an attorney to defend him.
f. P. Cruice, who has been trying
to leave for the past two or three days,
but who has been detained by bust,
ness, was successful this morning in
getting a~ay for a visit east. He will
be absent for three or four weeks.
j. F. Roberts, E. Mitchell and W. F.
Mannell, left on this mornings north
bound train with tickets in their
pockets emitting them to trip to
London.
Mrs. May luck Fine is arranging to
give another musical entertainment in
the Odd Fellows hall, the date hav-
ing been fixed on Friday evening, De-
cember II. She will be assisted by
several we'll known musicians of the
city.
George Walker, the we'll known en-
gineer, is confined at the Mercy hos
pital as the result of a severe surgical
operation which was performed recent
ly by DIR. Smith. He is said to be
making fine recovery and will soon
be holding the throttle again.
The United Verde Copper company
has been compelled to close down its
smelter on account of lack of coke.
The shortage is caused by the strike
of coal miners. The company, how
ever, has a shipment of coke on the
way and will start up soon again.
The interesting letter from Panama
published in this issue, from former
resident of Prescott, in which he gives
thrilling account OF the stirring
events at the above place subsequent
to the creation of a new republic
brings the subject right home to the
readers of the Journal Miner.
Col. Epes Randolph, general mana
ger of H. E. Huntington's electric rail-
ways in Los Angeles, has been ordered
by his physician to spend the winter
in Tucson for the benefit of his
health which has been quite poor of
late. He tried living for awhile on
Echo mountain near Pasadena, but
did not receive anticipated results.
|. T. Stoddard will retire tonight
as secretary of the territory that Is if
he retires at the hour that honest men
are supposed to- and will awaken to-
morrow as acting governor. Governor
Brodie will cross the line between
New Mexico and Arizona en- route east
during the night, when the secretary
of the territory becomes acting gov
ernor.
Petitions are in circulation in diff
ferent parts of Texas urging Gov Ian
ham to call special session of the
legislature for the purpose of repeal
ing the general election Law, which
was passed at the last session of the
legislature. 1t is asserted that it is
so cumbersome and complicated in its
provisions that it is impossible to hold
an election under it.
The Ladies Aid society of the Con-
gregational church sold $50 tickets to
their Tour Around the World'' en-
tertainment, including children's
tickets. After paying all expenses
they have $780, 81 net profits on hand.
This is snug little sum to be sure,
but it represents whole lot of work
and sacrifice on the part of the ladies
and was fully earned by them.
Robert DeLarge, one of the pioneer
mill men of this section of county,
came in yesterday afternoon from the
Jessie mine where he has been assist
ing in putting up large hoist build
ing, and left on last nights train for
Phenix from which place he goes to
the scene of the great Tonic Basin
reservoir where he will be engaged as
an assistant engineer in the construc-
ton of that great enterprise.
Yesterday the work on the Tonic
Basin road at Mullen's Camp was in
definitely suspended, says the Phenix |
Gazette. The cause of the cessation |
of work is not known but it will be |
until the interior depart |
ment finds what the county is going to |
do in the matter OF voting bonds for
the construction of first class road |
to the basin. If the bonds fail, the |
road will probably be built in from
Globe.
Since a previous mention of the |
song, "Old jerusalem" composed by
Mrs. Mary j. Jack, the Journal Miner |
editor has had the pleasure of hearing |
it sung with piano accompaniment, |
and is prepared to say that it is a |
beautiful piece of music, and will |
doubt become popular at |
once. 1t is appropriate for Christmas |
music and will be produced in one or |
more of the churches this season.
The song is on sale at Wooster's for
20 cents copy.
Bids are now being advertised for |
by the interior department, for the
of the tunnel, $50 feet |
more or less, that is to be dug through |
the solid rock at the site of the Tonic |
dam and at its north end. This tun-
mel is to lie used 10 divert the channel
Of the river during the construction
of the dam AMI ,er is completion as
the main outlet for :he irrigation wa
ter that will be iHpodnded IN other
words, it is to lie he fTst coustruc-
ton work that will be actually q part
of the dam. |