Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-05-13

ton. The general opinion is that the
opening day was a great success, augur-
ing well for the future of the Exhibi-
ton.
Evening;-The attendance at the
Exhibition had reached 10000 persons
before noon to-day. The weather is
delightful.
CHICAGO, May S.-The striking lum-
bermen have gathered to the number
of 800 or 400 this morning, and are en-
gagged in a riot at Twenty-second street,
near the lumber district. Nearly the
entire police force of the city has been
massed in that vicinity, and serious
fears are felt. Eight of the rioters have
been injured, two quite seriously, from
the discharge of policemen's revolvers.
One OF the officers whom the strikers
attacked came near being torn to pieces
by the Infatuated mob. There is no
work doing this afternoon. The strik-
ers were armed with pistols and clubs.
An immense crowd, aggregatng many
thousands are in the vicinity Of the
disturbance awaiting events. The
strikers are principally Ignorant for
eigners. The present actions are by
order Of the communistic council.
BosToN, May S.-Thos. w. Piper, |
sexton of the Warren Avenue church, /
who is under sentMRe Of death for the
murder of the ciild Mabel Young, in /.
the belfry of the shurch, has confessed .
that he was the murderer of Bridget
Landegan, IN 1873, and also the prin- I
cipal in the mysterious and nearly "a
tai assault on AI,ry Tyner, in Boston, 4
nearly two years ago. Piper declares
hat he had no motive for theses crimes,
particularly the murder of the child,
nd cannot understand how he came
o commit them. 1t is assumed that he
vas actuated only by a fiendish love
or bloodshed, ike the boy Jesse Pom a
roy who still lies in Jail. In his con- Il
essiOn of the murder Of Mabel Young, =
e says: took the bat from the lower
Dom before the commencement of the >
chool, to kill somebody. At the time,
carried it up tn. auditorium, but dur b
~ the session Of the Sunday-school P
took it from the auditorium, and il
lrried it to the belfry. After the close if
the school | came down stairs and y
pened he doors; then l went up
gain. | sent away some boys who
ere playing in the vestibule. After I
e boys had gone out and while l was NJ
the veSubule, a little girl came up
airs and l induced her to 20 with
e into the belfry. There l struck her
it'll the club two or three times, and
c fell where the blood was found.
len | picked her up and carried her
where her body was discovered.
The confession of the murder of
idget Landegan, in 1873, was equally
plicit. He was under the influence
whisky and opium. His execution
set for the Goth of May.
JERSEY CITY, May Sit is said that
IRE are peculiar circumstances attend
: the terrible explosion at the Bergen
mel, Saturday evening, which point 7
the strikers as the perpetrators Of 293
, tiendIsh deed. Olt Of six hundred
ployed, there are five hundred and
Y on a strike. The strikers de-
nded increased pay on Saturday but
" partial concession was made.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, May "a
citing of the stockholders of the c
nsas Pacific and the Colorado Cen
l consolidated lines vas held in this A
7 yesterday, for election of board
directors. The following were
tied Robert Z. Carr, John ID.
'ry, o. s. Greeley, Adolphus Meir,
phen Edgell, Jay Gould, Oliver
es, Sydney Dillon and James