Arizona republican., 1904-03-02

crowd attended the various attrac- tions last night.
 A GIFTED VIOLiNIST.-Mr Ga- ginelli. who has but recently located in Phoenix, made his bow to Phoe- nix audience at the Mems concert in the Christian church last week and succeeded in completely captivating his large audience. His execution Of most difficult passages showed thor ough training and remarkable, skill. He modestly refused to respond to an encore, much to the regret of the music lovers. He has consented to again appear on the programme of the Mems concert in the Methodist church on tomorrow night. however, which will be gratifying to all who enjoy violin music. MT. Sterling will ac- company him on this occasion also.
 WOMEN'S CLUB ELECTlON.-Tne annual election of the Women's club was held yesterday. The following are the new officers: Mrs. w. F. Mich els, president; Miss Elizabeth Ken drick, vice president; Mrs. Joseph H. Kibbey, recording secretary; Mrs. Lewis w. Collins. recording secretary; Mrs. Walter Talbot, treasurer, and Mrs. w. S. Pickrell, auditor. The officers with Mrs. Dwight B. Heard, Mrs. B. A. Fowler and Mrs. w. H. Robinson constitute the board of di- rectcrs for the year. At the conclusion of the election tea was served by the social committee. A part of the pro- gramme was music by Miss Welch who rendered Paderewskis Minuet and a nocturne by Chopin.
 MARRIAGE OF GEORGE HUNT.- Every body in the territory knows George w. P. Hunt of Globe. He has been member of several legislatures of Arizona, sometimes of the house and sometimes Of the council. He has for long time been prominent in the business life of Globe and at present he is vice president of one of the na- tional banks there. Ten years ago people who knew him ceased to appre~ bend that he would ever marry. The bride was Miss Helen Duett Ellison. daughter of MT. and Mrs. Jesse Ellison of Ellison, Gila county. The wedding was celebrated at Holbrook on Feb. 24 MT. and Mrs. Hunt have gone to Mex ico on wedding tour and expect to visit many of the larger cities of that republic before returning to Globe.
 DROPPED DEAD-Edward Messe. OCllG- hllON II as IeHCnN dropped dead last night about six o'clock at the Star Lodging House There was an inquest and it was determined that death was the result of natural causes Messe had lived in Phoenix for uuar- ter of a century. He was a cook and had been employed in the restaurants of Phoenix from the earliest times and also in the mining camps Very little ic- EnnV-r, of h i-+c T.. supposed that he was a French Canad- ian. For several years he has been in receipt of an annuity of S2OO which was sent him in semi-annual install- ments. He had received an installment and had been drinking hard since From letters found in his possession it was learned that he had relatives in Detroit and also in Canada. Nobody could be found last night who had been here longer than he had
 WHO KNOWS J. D. CRAIG?-w. G. Hartranft, who is interested in a man. ufacturing enterprise in Craigsville. Va, and who is spending the winter in Phoenix. has received a letter from a fellow townsman, George s. Craig, asking him to make inquiry concern ing his brother, Jefferson Davis Craig, last heard from in Phoenix in 1887. The writer of the letter says his broth CT left the family home in Craigsville. Va, in 1883, for no other reason than that he wanted to see the west He wrote home regularly till January 12, 1887, his last letter, which stated that he was going into the mountains on a prospecting trip. No word of him has been heard since then. His brother will willingly pay any necessary eX- pense to learn if he is living and where, or, if dead, how his death oc- cured and whether or not he left any family. If living he is 42 years old, has light hair and fair complexion, is a little stopped. about feet, inches tall and weighs about 15O pounds.
 Why pay for other Maple when To-