Arizona republican., 1905-04-22
OF LOCAL
INTEREST

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 BAPTIST cHURcH-There will be services at the Baptist church at the | usual hours with special music, morn ing and evening. At the evening ser
 vice Dr. Halseys theme will be "A Substitute for the Saloon"
 A BABES FUNERAL-The funeral of Edwin the infant son of MT. and Mrs. R. P Bales will take place this afternoon at the residence, No. 220 east Madison street at o'clock this after
 noon. Friends and relatives are invited
 to attend.
 A SURPRISE PARTY-A surprise party was given last night at the home of Miss Bessie Brown on west Wash l ington street and those participating had a very pleasant time. The pleasure
 was somewhat alloyed by the conduct of three mischievous boys who stole most of the refreshments. After search ing the house without tangible re- suit it was decided by the refreshment committee that the party would have to get along without lemonade and pop corn.
 w. U. MONEY TRANSFER SER VICE-The Western Union Telegraph
 company has extended it's money trans
 fer service to foreign countries. The local Western Union office will accept
 money to be transferred by cable to all points in Great Bri;ian and Ireland, France. Switzerland, Germany, Aus tria- Hungary. Italy, Sicily, Spain, Portugal Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Russia in Europe, Roumania, SerVia, Greece, Corsica, Sardinia and all other countries in Europe. They also transfer money to Alaska, Cuba and the Philippines.
 FIRE ALARM-The fire department
 was called out about midnight in re- sponse to an alarm from box g, but there was nothing for them to do when they arrived. There had been a blaze in a barrel behind the California rest aurant on the east side of First avenue
 and it had extended to the framework of the kitchen shed. When it first shot up it illuminated the alley in great shape. but the California Japs were
 quick to their hydrants and by the
 time the fremen got there the fire was
 out and the Japs had gone back to bed. ! And it's no reflection on the speed of
 the department either.
 SCOUTS RETREAT-"The Scouts"
 a rough rider organization with which President Roosevelt never had any
 connection and which not only holds
 annual but daily reunions at the Ford
 hotel now has an official barracks
 liar from the madding crowd" and in
 a place no one but a scout could get
 to. They hunted all over the world
 and a large part of California and fin
 ally decided that the only proper place
 to sleep in the summer time was on
 top of the natatoriUm at the corner or
 Jefferson street and First avenue. They
 rovt- er, cyao oraI i'm b1rfTIfno clrrb
 house there and anybody who has a
 private balloon yacht is invited to call. | BOUGHT A FRACTION-w. K
 James reports the sale of a very small piece of real estate but the transaction
 involved more money than is often
 concerned in the purchase of a ranch.
 John Noble who some time ago bought
 the Gregory House has now bought the
 twelve feet adjoining it on the east
 completing his full lot iron age of fifty
 feet. The consideration was $500.
 and it is presumed the transaction is
 preliminary to the erection by MT.
 Noble at an early day. of fine busi-
 ness block on the proper y. At least 1t was understood when he bought the
 Gregory house that that was his ulti-
 mate plan. Dr. Win Wylie sold the
 ground as trustee for an estate
 AM ELEVENTH HOUR CONFES- .i SiON-Manuel Ortega who had been
 sentenced by Judge Kent to three
 years in the penitentiary for the burg
 lary Of Wilson's second hand store yes
 terday admitted his guilt by sending
 for Deputy Sheriff Joe Balsz Ortega had all along contended that he was not guilty but when he saw that the worst
 had come to him and when sentence
 had been passed upon him there was
 no use in concealing anything. Among
 the articles which had been stolen in | the burglary were a lot of revoIvers and razOrs. When the deputy sheriff | called upon him Ortega told him that
 he desired to rectify matters as much as possible and he told him where he could find one of the revOlvers and one
 of the razors. The rest of the plunder
 had passed beyond his control
 AN INSOLVENT PARTY-Demo- cratic leaders are confdentially stating
 that fusion with tha citizens party
 was not a wise financial move. It had been stated some time before the flu
 sion was effected that the citizens fund contained $1,84S. It was further reported that on account of the pop ularity of the movement contributions were steadily pouring in so that the democrats were led to believe that the fund was something immense. That fact may have had something to do with the reasonable terms which the l democrats offered. But ona of them s complaining last night that the party was utterly without funds and that
 sentiment would have to take the place of money was asked what had become of the citizens treasure. He replied 2