Arizona republican., 1903-02-02

least one-half of the debt Rev. Wag- ner reported S107 raised in cash with
 other subscriptions to be paid. About
 thirty people were present. On ac- count of the stormy weather the con-
 gregation last night was small. The report created enthusiasm and those
 present in a few minutes raised the
 collection to the above amount.
 THE OLDEST LETTER-What ap-
 pears to be one of the oldest documents
 eXtant outside of the archives is a let
 ter in the possession of N. C. Webster.
 It bears the date of February 25. A. n.
 1903. Mir. Webster was showing it to
 some of his friends yesterday and one
 of them wanted to know if he had kept
 it in his trunk ever since. According
 to the date of the letter it lacks little
 less than a month of being 100 years
 old. It is adressed to him and he is
 not nearly, century plant. He re-
 ceiyed the letter only the other day.
 Putting all these circumstances to-
 gether it appears that his correspon-
 dent had got not only the centuries
 but the months mixed.
 BACK FROM MENICO.-W. F.
 Deity and w. c. Foster of this city. general manager and secretary of the Arizona Mexican Copper company. re- turned yesterday morning from a visit to their property in Sonora and report that development is proceeding rapidly and the results shown are very fiatter- ing. They were accompanied to and from the mines by J. F.. Hubinger ani F. D. Welcome of New Haven. AIr Hubinger is the president of the com pany, and il was through him largely that it was financed. Mir. Welcome who is connected with F. G. Keith & Co, shoe manufacturers of l5roctOn, is also a stockholder in the enterprise. Both gentlemen announce that they are greatly pleased with the appearance of the mine and believe their investment has been wisely made
 RURAL FREE DELIVERY.-Rout No. l, No. 2 and No. of the rural free delivery will begin the distribution or mail matter from the Phoenix post office today. The farmers generally liv- ing along these lines are putting up mail boxes and otherwise showing a ] disposition to help the carriers and at the same time receive the benefits Of | this latest postal convenience. In the | investigations made by the postofice | authorities one fact has been discover | ed that it would be pleasing 60 have | impressed on the minds of certain sena- ! tors and others living in the United | States who think Arizona a land of ig- | nOrance and ilHteracy. That is that | along the routes of these three rural | delivery lines there is hardly a family | that does not take one or more daily | papers, and over 300 families are served | having a total population of somewhere | in the neighborhood of l.SOO.
 FAVORED BY FORTUNE.-Mrs | Marsh and daughter. Miss Marsh of | Dakota. are in the city guests of Mr. | and Mrs. Harry Kennedy. They have 1 good TeascI to believe that they are among those who are not destined to b. killed in d railroad wreck. for in the last week they have passed through three such incidents without harm | other than very unpleasant sensations Between Dakota and Kansas City they were mixed up in a wreck that de- stroyed nine cars. Soon after leaving Kansas City they were in another smssn-up that was considered a very close call. and a day or two later they had the distinction of being passengers on the limited westbound train that practically ended its career at Vail's station. But while they feel compara- lively immune from the wreck bacilli. they don't care to take any unnecessary chances