Arizona republican., 1903-04-02

PRAYER MEETING. - The prayer meeting of the Baptist church will be | held at 7:30 this evening at O'Neill hall. It is expected that delegates will be appointed to attend the annual con- vertion to be held in Mesa next week. | MAY WORK THE PRISONERS At the last meeting of the board of su pervisors the sheriff was given permis sion under the authority of Paragraph 1 1197 of the revised statutes to employ | the prisoners in the county jail on the public avenues, streets and highways or in any public works so that they will
 not be brought in competition with free
 labor. | S. A. W. V. BALL.-There was a good attendance last night at the Spanish
 American War Veterans ball and all
 present enjoyed an exceptionally good l time. There was a notable display of relics and souvenirs of the war with Spain brought from Cuba and the Phil | ippines. Governor and Mrs. Brodle
 Colonel McCord. Colonel McClintock, Captain Alexander and all the officers
 of American forces during the Spanish war who are now in the city were in
 attendance.
 MISS PEARSON'S FUNERAL.-Fu-
 neral services for Miss Alice Pearson were held at Easterling's undertaking parlors yesterday afternoon. Many sympathiZing friends were present. Rev. Dr. Halsey, pastor of the Baptis, church gave short address. Mrs. Cooper sang the Holy City" A choir from the Baptist church sang several
 of Miss Pearson's favorite hymns: I..C Peace," and at the burial service: Tn the Sweet By and Bly, The casket was covered with flowers, the offering of Mrs. Dwight B. Heard and other friends.
 A TRIBUTE TO COLONEL WILL
 LIAM CHRISTY.-On last Sunday
 there was an impressive service in the
 First M. E. church. The sermon was
 touching tribute to the life and char
 acter of the late Colonel Christy. In
 his death the church has lost an efficient
 officer and loyal friend. His memory
 will be cherished by every member and
 especially by his associate officers. The
 church was gracefully hung with Amer ican flags, all sadly mingled with the somber drapings of mourning. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors and their
 works do follow them"
 THE COURTS.-There. were sessions yesterday of both the territorial and United States courts. In the latter venires were ordered for grand and trial jurors, the former returna ble
 April : and the latter April 19. Venires were also ordered for territorial grand and trial jurors. The grand jury will be impaneled on April 13 and the trial jury on April 20. In the Bake suit the hearing of the application for an in junction was continued by agreement
 of both parties to April ?. In the case of A. L. Henshaw and others against the Salt River Valley Canal company and others the plaintiffs were given
 until April 10 to file their fourth
 amended complaint.
 VOLNEY B. CUSHING.-The people of Phoenix are to be congratulated upon the opportunity which they will enjoy this week of listening to one of Ameri- ca's foremost orators and reformers in the person of Volney B. Cushing Of Maine. MT. Gushing ranks with the | Coughs Woolleys and Sobieskis as q 1 platform speaker, and his ability is ap- preciated by those who do not agree with him. He is touring the country ir. the interests of the current temperance reform movement, and will deliver four ! addresses in Phoenix. The first will be in the NJ. E. church. south, this even | ing at o'clock, and on tomorrow even- l ing he will speak in the Presbyterian
 church. On Saturday evening he will appear in the Fifth Avenue Christian church, and his closing meeting will be
 in the M. E. church on Sunday after
 noon at 3 o'clock. These meetings are
 free.