Arizona republican., 1906-04-17

crease over last years taxes of $2,-
 23O.O3, indicating that the insurance
 companies have not been idle even
 thougn they were being investigated. | AFTER ESS-Paul Hesse. general agent of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance company, of Philadelphia. is
 in the city in the interest of his com
 pany. His headquarters are in San
 Diego, though he recently came from the city of Mexico, where he repre- sented the same company.
 ! G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT-The an inual encampment of the G. A A. de- i partment of Arizona will be held in Phoenix next Wednesday beginning at ] 10 o'clock. In the evening the ladies of the Relief Corps will give spread
 in the Monihon hall but it will have to be held early as the Odd Fellows will require the hall the same evening" After the annual spread the annual in- stallatiOn of officers of the G. A R. will take place.
 GOOD TIME COMlNG-Those who keep in mind the good things ahead ought not to forget the wild flower excursion next Sunday to be given by
 the Fraternal Brotherhood, on the P
 & E. railroad. to the buttes tunnel
 Though it is a fraternal project it IS
 public excursion and all who desire
 to take advantage of the cheap rates
 for days outing, are invited and will
 be made welcome. It is a pleasing
 season of the year for excursions and
 picnics and it is expected many will
 avail themselves of the opportunity.
 MIR. JACQUITH'S NEW POSITION William k. Jacquith, who for the last five years has been connected with M. Goldwater & Bro, has severed his connection with that firm and has taken charge of the dry goods de- partment of the Boston store MT
 Jacquith is one of the most expert dry goods men on the coast He is equally familiar with the needs and tastes of the Phoenix trade and the best means of meeting them. His connection with the Boston store means the enlarging and improvement of that already important branch of the concern.
 HIS ONE DEFENSE-Five offend CTS were before Judge JOhnstone yes terday each charged with disturbing the peace. They were sent to jail for five days. The men so incarcerated were Marcel Garcia. Gill Soto, Jesus Duarte. Julian Martinez and Frank James. None of the offenders offered d except Marcel Garcia. He asked that an interpreter be summoned and when that was done he. in a dignified man. ner, informed the court that in no way was he connected with the family of Andy Garcia an old time and enthu- siastic offender of the law in this pre- cinct.
 TURNED BAPTIST-Charles Gitt- ner was not born a Baptist but if there is any virtue in immersion he ought to be one now. Yesterday he under took to cross Salt river and found that some one had removed the bot tom from that particular part of the stream. He and the horse he was driving both went down for a confer ence with McGinty and on their return managed to founder to an island The island proved to be less firm and more treacherous than the water as it was composed of quicksand with nothing of any moment underneath it except q large supply of specific gravity. SD MT Gittner urged his animal on into the next channel The contents of his buggy began to float away by this time. among them horse collar. 1t occurred to him that he could utilize 1t as a life Dreserver and as it was closer tG him than the shore he made dlleI II iedNlllB the horse 10 ms late. The scheme worked and he got home in fine shape, covered with glory and horse hair.
 TALLYHO ACCIDENT-There was a tallyho accident involving a supple mentary runaway on the Tempe road mile this side of the asylum about six o'clock last night. The most ser 1ous consequence was the necessary shooting of a horse but there might have been fatal happenings to num- erous women and children. tally ho with load of women and chil- dren, was coming toward Phoenix drawn by four horses. The breaking of line lost the driver the control of the leaders which started to run For tunately for those in the vehicle the leaders managed to release themselves from the wheel team so the tallyho was soon brought to a standstin. But the runaway leaders in their mad flight overlook and frightened a horse hitched to a buggy driven by a man residing on the ClaysOu rauch. This horse ran away overturning the buggy and cutting the tendons of two feet so badly that when Dr. r. Q. Rich mond was summoned he deemed it necessary to shoot the horse and did SO