Arizona republican., 1905-12-22

ma Cattle Growers association of the
 holding of the annual convention of
 the association here beginning Decem-
 Der 2S. The convention will be in ses-
 sion during the last three days of the Ialr. The convention had originally been called to be held beginning De- cember 3, but was postponed for the
 same reason that the dates of the ter
 ritorial fair were changed.
 1 THE SNOW-CLAD NORTH =
 George N. Marshall, local manager for
 the w. H. Constable company who re-
 turned yesterday afternoon on the day | lght express, says the northern part l of Arizona, particularly that portion | SraVersed by the $. F. r. & r. road
 IS enjoying a snowStorm as heavy as
 any 1t has had for years. At Jerome
 at noon eighteen inches of snow mad
 fallen and this fall had kept up in pro- portion as far south as Congress where there had been foot of snow up to o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 Prescott had a little over a foot of
 snow at o'clock. At o'clock last evening the snow was still falling in
 Prescott and the weather had turned very cold.
 PlTTMAN- -McMURREY At the home of MT. and Mrs. Clint B. Lau-
 ver' 234 South First street, yesterday
 afternoon at o'clock, Judge J. NJ. Burnett united in marriage Miss Yer
 gie McMurrey and William N. Pitt
 man. Only a few intimate friends of
 the contracting parties were in at tendance. The bride recently came to
 Phoenix from Fl Paso, where MT. Pitt
 man formerly lived MT. Pittman is in the pmnlOV n bn CnnScIi1ata1 rTal ephone and Telegraph company in the capacity Of lineman. He has many friends here and in other cities in which he has resided. It was the plan of the couple to be married in Fl Paso several weeks ago, but owing to the floods washing out the bridge at the Glla river the important event had to be delayed. Later their plans were changed and the bride came to Phoe- nix.
 KNEW MURDERER'S VICTIM-I Dick Newton, collector for the tele- phone comnay, who came to this city from Philadelphia, where his parents make their home, was well acquaint- ed with Bob Rutherford. who. accord ing to the press dispatches, was killed l by desperadoes in Mexico south of Fl Paso several days ago. At one time | they attended the Penn Charter schooLt in Philadelphia at the same time and have since kept up the acquaintance | formed then. About two months ago | MT Newton had a letter from Ruther- | ford inviting him to visit him at his | ranch in Mexico this winter and MT. Newton thought very seriously of ac- cepting, but other matters coming up made it impossible. The man who met f death according to Mir Newton was a | very intelligent young man and with Il his wife was very popular in the sec ton of Philadelphia they made their nome.
 GATHERING OF WAR VESSELS The RepresitO fleet is gathering in the waters of the Florence reservoir quick y following the declaration of war on iucks. Two steel armored vessels of he squadron passed through the city 'esterday enrOute to the scene of ac- ion. They had been procured through he naval agency of Pinney &, Robin on, who in violation of the neutrality ules, procured the vessels from a na- al contracting firm of Salem, Ohio, nd turned them over to the Represito |