Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-11

failed to receive final action in the House. It provides for creating a dis trict to consist of the counties Of Santa | Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles and San ! Bernardino, of which Wilmington whl be the sole port of entry and Santa bar bara a port of delivery. The present distrlct of San Diego is to be reduced to the county of San Diego. San Francisco district will remain unchanged. | The Result Of Avarios TOPEKA, December 9.-Great frauds on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road have been discovered, consistiny e [ a combination among boss section men, | boarding house keepers and others along the line, by which fictitious names | were carried on the pay roll. 1t Is sup | posed that POO men have been engaged h the swindle and Sl00000 or S2OQOOO have been stolen. Eighteen men have | been arrested. The list includes fifty prominent and rich men. fen attach ! ments to the amount Of SSO0N have been issued and large amount of prop | erty levied upon.
 The Epidemic. CINCINNATI, December 9.-Smallpox IS increasing.
 Swift Ret-Ibztioa-
 AUGUSTA, Ga, December 9-At Mos COW, Alabama, Crarey, negro, killed Mrs. Armstrong and her mother. Arm strong himself then appeared and shot the negro dead.
 Colonel FoTney Dsad
 PHILADELPHIA, December 9.-COlonel John W. Forney died at three o'clock this morning.
 Fisn.Esh Des.gzs.
 NEW YORK, December 9.-A promi- nent Irish agitator says Of McNamgra, who Is wanted in Montreal for an at tempt to blow up the public buildings of Montreal, that he is in the city. The intention was to blov up the court house of Montreal, the RArliament house at Ottawa and the htsenal at Quebec ODOnovan R6ss- at the head of the movement. Two his men burned Woodstock, New Brunswick, recently. The Nihilists are not 90 well organized. The man who made the bomb which killed the CZar is employed by the soci- ety, and there Is no lack of science or money to carry out the plans.
 For the Cause of Education.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.--Senator Farley to-day introduced a bill granting to the State of California per cent. of the net proceeds of all sales of public lands in California, the money to be dedicated to the support of the public schools.
 Further Arrests fer Frauds.
 TOPEKA, Kansas, December I0.-SIxty more employees of the 4. T. & $. F. k. R. were arrested to-day for frauds.
 Tho Gibbtt. LITTLE RoCK, December 10.-Howard Edmunds was hanged yesterday for the murder of his cousin and sister-in-law. whom he seduced and klled to cover the crime.
 Brady on Wall Street
 NEW YORK, December 10.-Star Route Brady has gone on Wall Street.
 Washington Gossip.
 WASHINGTON, December 10.-Much has been said about the alleged efforts of Secretary Blaine to remain in the Cabinet, but the truth is he was the one first to insist upon retiring. The Presi- dent said to a Republican Senator re- gently that if Blaine had not insisted upon resigning he would have allowed Garfields cabinet to remain intact until the ith of March. Blaine would 20 out and this compelled the breaking mp of the cabinet.
 Senator Cameron IS antagonizing rep resentatlye Scranton in the appointment of the postmaster at Wilkesbarre Scranton committed himself to a man named Smith, and when he supposed everything was all right, Cameron claim ed the place for another man. This may cause a split in the Cameron party in Pennsylvania.
 Col Foraey's Pal Bearers. PHILADELPHIA, December To- The coffin, containing the remains of .Johu W. Fornpy, will be borne to the grave on Monday noon by Gen. w. <. Hancock. Congressman W. D. Kelley. Gen. D. E. Sickles, ex-Speaker Randall, ex-COn- gressman F.. D. Hart, Congressman X. J. Carlen, Col. A. k. Mcclure, Geo. W. Childs, Daniel Dougherty and Louis C. Cassidy.
 Findings in the Whitaker Case. WASHINGTON, December I0.-Judge Swain denies that he opposes the find ings in the Whitaker case, and will not say what the decision is until submitted tC> the Secretary of War.
 - 4 soi9Saust. - PTrTsBURG, December 10.-NeEs or g l terrible and shocking holocaust, which occurred at Rock Cut, seven miles from this city this morning about three o'clock, by which l6 men were burned to death and a large number fatally burned, has been received here. The fire occurred in q boarding house in which were nearly fifty workmen wh were employed at Davis Island Dam.