Arizona republican., 1908-03-26
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OVER FROM TUcSoN-M. O.
 Bicknen. general passenger agent of the southern Pacific. was a business visitor in Phoenix yesterday.
 OCTAVE VISITORS-A F. Hurley superintendent of the Octave mine, accompanied by Mrs. Hurley. were in the city yesterday and guests of the Hotel Adams.
 KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS-The Knights of Pvthias will at their regu- lar meeting Friday night do work in the third rank All visiting knights are invited to attend.
 HOLINESS CONvENTiON.-The monthly holiness convention which was to have convened at the Free Methodist \church tomorrow has been postponed to Thursday. April ?.
 SEWING CiRCLE.-The lasl meet ing of-tte sewing circle of the ladies of the Baptist church will be held to- day at I D. m. al the home ot Mrs. Morse. 522 East Monroe street.
 ANOTHER CONSIGNMENT OF UTTONS-President F.. w. Lewis of the Taft club yesterday opened an other bar! of Taft buttons which are being given away without money and without price.
 A'TRlP TO YUMA-Eugene Brady ' 'O'Nci is going to Yuma tonight. II might be supposed that the object of his journey iS to see for himself how work on the Laguna reclamation pro ject is progressing, but that isn't it at all
 SPECIAL CARS-The M. X P. will soon inauguratc the system of running d special freight car attached to the regular passenger train. from Mari copa to Phoenix. on Tuesdays and Frideys. The purpose is to take care of perishable goods and give quick service into Phoenix during the warm weather when such shipments might suffer by a few hours delay. A sim liar service is now maintained between Mesa and Phoenix
 DEATH OF MRS. HAMMOND Mrs. P. L. Hammond passed away yesterday abOnt l o'clock at the Sis ters hospital and the body will be talk en tO Chattanooga. Tenn. for inter ment Mr. Hammond is prominent business man of that city and accom- panied his wife here a short time ago and they were guests of Hotel Adams. She was given the best of care and attention but her condition became steadily worse till death came
 TEMPE RETURNS TO THE PEN William Tempe. an Indian who was | serving a term in the penitentiary from this county and who while acting as a trusty escaped last November after robbing the house of Superin- tendent Rynning started on his return to Yuma last night. Tempe. when he l found himself at the end of his string d week ago. surrendered to H. M. Alexander of the upper reservation. ! George T.. Wilder. assistant superin- tendent of the prison. arrived in town i yesterday morning after the late fug- itive. accompanied by Sheriff Living l stone Of Yuma count-. Mir. Wilder i left last night with his prisoner \ POLICE BUSlNESS-The saloon ! man arrested for selling liquor to min [ ors will be tried today at 10 o'clock. | before Recorder Thomas. Several small boys had been arrested the day i previous for getting drunk and fined | s each. The man who sold the booze [ will mOw have to pay the penalty. The auto driver who ran through town the ether night without d light on his ma chine will be tried as John Doe today I at o'clock. A man yesterday re- 1 ported to the marshal's office the loss Of pocket book containing S192J in cash, railroad checks and notes and a l few other papers. He will give q re ward of Sl0 for the return of the property. Anyone who has any infor- nation on the matter should report to the city marshal.
 CHARLES J. PRUTCHER DEAD. Charles J. Prutcher died Tuesday night at his home. 620 South Second avenue. after only few hours of se- were illness of pleurO pneumonia. He is survived by d wife and q niece. Mrs. Arthur McDermott. formerly Of PhOe- nix bUt now a resident of Oklahoma City. The dead man has lived in Phoenix Cor abort ten years and was well known by many people and was highly respected byeai his acquain- tances. He was 6 ,ears old and was born in Germany but came to this country at the age of 2l, serving a short time in the union army during the civil war. Alter the war he fol-
  ity of whaler. finally leaving that vocation in San Francisco thirty years ago and sending to Germany for his wife. They made that city their home for twenty wears, coming to Phoenix ten years ago and entering tia employ of Louis Melczer. He Aas remained in the employ of Mir. Melczer and Alex Rheinstein or the Arizona Commercial company which succeeded to the busi- ness of the latter. ever since. The dead man was of q jolly disposition and always had joke or a pleasant word for every friend. His death will be sincerely mourned by many who were accustomed to greet him daily on the street or in the store. The funeral will be held in the Darlors of George F. Merr-man at 2:30 o'clock Friday