Arizona republican., 1908-07-20
OF LOCAL INTEREST
oE r. b. RENNETT-

FUNERAL OF T. D. BENNETT The funeral of Thomas D. Bennett will be held this morning at 10:3O o'clock in the parlors of George F. Merryman. There will be a church service con ducted in accordance with the Epis- copal ritual after which Phoenix lodge No. SS5 B. P. O. Elks will take charge.
 VISITING HIS OLD HOMER c. Keith, who is in business on North Tenth street, in BrilIs addition, left on Saturday night on a visit to his old home, at Caldwell, O., after an absence of three or four years. He will spend a month or more in that part of the country, returning to Phoenix about September |.
 PETTY OFFENDERS - Saturday night an Indian on horseback ran his mount wildly through Washington street so rapidly he was out of sight before the police could get hold of him. Before morning though both he and another Indian, mounted on one horse were arrested for drunkenness and jailed by officers Sullivan and Ccnnor. About o'clock Saturday night Aleiandro Sanches started a rough house at the O. k. store on South Seventh street. Marshal Moore and Officer Sullivan brought him to jail but the fight was all out of him before the police arrived Another Mexican was locked up Saturday evening by the police for insulting two Mexican women.
 MESSAGE OF SADNEsS-PhoeniS friends received a telegram from Los Angeles last night, saying that Ben jamin Robinson. known by his famil iars as Benny" was dying in that city The young man came here a couple of years ago with his mother, residing on North Center street. He was employed in the Home Savings bank until its consolidation with the Valley bank, after which he went to san Francisco. In that city he con tracted a severe cold that developed into pneumonia from the after effects of which he is now towering between life and death. His many friends here will hope that there may be a change for the better.
 THE WITNESS NAILED DOWN. An attempt to free by habeas corpus proceedings Charles Holz of Coconino county, who is held in custody as a witness for the territory against Mrs. Barbara England, charged with poi Soning her husband at Flagstaff, failed on Saturday in the district court, says the Journal Miner. Attorney Jones, who represents Holz, attacked the constitutionality of the act which per- mits of an important witness being held under bonds when there is reason to believe that he intends to get out of the jurisdiction of the court. Judge Sloan denied the motion and then At torney Jones asked that the bail be reduced to $500. This was also denied and after furthers argument the court reduced the amount from S5O00 to 5000. It is believed that Holz will mot be able to secure even this sum in Flagstaff.
 SEVERELY CUT-Ed Earnhart,. engineer at the Phoenix mine arrived al the Sisters hospital yesterday morning about o'clock with d cut in his upper right arm that would have resulted fatally hours before, had some one not stopped the flow 0f blood by tourniquet cleverly applied Earnhart shortly after noon Satur- day was carelessly handling a big bowie knife when he accidentally stuck it into his arm, severing two large veins and puncturips the artery He bled a great deal but the arm was finally corded so tightly the circula- ton was stopped and it remained so during the ensuing eleven hours be- fore he got to town and secured sIriyi- cal attendance. The artery was sewed up and the veins sutured and last evening the pulse in the arm was reg ular. Inquiry of pr. Redewill who dressed his wounds brought the infor- nation that his pulse was beating regularly last evening and no compli- cations are expected, though eleven hours was long time to keep an arm without circulation, in this sort of weather
 GUARDSMEN TO THE FRONT Chester Mathers, with Priv ates Smith, Jones, Morales and An dres of company B, one man from A of PhoenTx and four men of company from Tempe. left on this mornings train for Camp Brady, where they go to put the camp in order and get the targets ready for those who will compete for the team that will represent Ari- zona at the national shoot at Camp Perry, O., in August. Sargent Ly- man LaTourrette, Corporal Geo. w Peterson of company B; Capt. F.. P Grinstead of company A, and Ser geant A. Gossard of the hospital corps will leave Wednesday morning for the camp to take part in the practice. These men have been do- ing some hard work of late, often at the range over night that they might be able to take advan- tage of the late evening and early morning and that they, might get