Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-16

question which occupied so much ot their time on Saturday, whether or nOt to admit the new Senators before the election of Secretary. No decision was reached and the caucus adjourned.
 Senate Special Session | WASHINGTON, October u.-Imme- | diately after the reading of the ! journal Ednunds, rising to aquestior ! of privilege, moved that the oath of of | flee be administered t. Nelson A. Ald- rich, Senator elect from Rhode Island ! There being no objection it was agreed to and Aldrieh sworn in.
 | Edmunds then made similar motion | Tn the cases of Senators elect from New ! York.
 ! McPhersOn interpOsed and stated that | he desired to present a petition pending that motion, and that he held in his | hand a communication from certain members of the New York Legislature | alleging certain reasons why Lapham and Miller should not be entitled to | seats. In regard to the allegations he ! knew nothing. He did not present the | petition with any desire to delay action | upon the administration of the oath. He offered the petition and would refer 1t at the proper time to the appropriate committee.
 Edmunds said that as the petition re- ' ferred to the prOpriety of swearing in ' the new Senators from New York. he | would not object to its reception at the | present time. The petition was received and laid on the table, and the oath of office was administered to the Senators from New York
 A committee consisting of PcndletOn and Anthony was appointed by the pre- ' siding officer to wait upon the President aud Inform him that the Senate was ready to receive any communication he might be pleased to send them. 1 Recess for half hour.
 ! After recess Edmunds offered @ resO- ! lutiOn declaring standing committees and Senate as they were constituted at | the close of last session of the Senate tO be continued for the present session and authorizing the president pro tenn. tO fill ' any vacancies which may exist therein.
 Harris asked that the resolution lie over one day under rules. So ordered. The committee appointed to wait on the President reported that they had performed their duty.
 Denocraus Caucus.
 1 WASHINGTON, October l0-Imme- | diately after the adjournment of the | Senate yesterday the Democratic mem l bers held q caucus, lasting until after 1 five o'clock in the afternoon. The ques- ! ton of admitting the three. new mem | bers, after considerable discussion, was ! disposed of by appointing a committee | Co examine their credentials, as well as to consider the protest of the Demo cratic Senators and Legislature of New | York against the admission of Lapham and Miller. The committee consists Oi | Senators Garland, Jones and McPher- | son and are to report tO the caucus to- morrow morning, when the decision will probably be made whether the New ! York Senators shall be sworn at once or or their credentials referred tO a com mittee of the Senate for investigation !. The caucus also after several ballots nominated two Washington candidates for Secretaryship. No decision reached Secretary tomorrow.
 Another Defaulting Cashier.
 | CONSTANTINE, Mich, October I1.-C W. Fonded, cashier Of the National Bank. has been absent since September I2 \ large deficiency in his accounts is now reported.
 New Senators All Right
 WASHINGTON, October 1.-The Dem ocratic Senators met this morning. Tn, committee appointed yesterday evening tO examine tine credentials of the new Senators reported that they had found nothing on which to base objection The report was properly adopted an, the caucus adjourned
 The Garfield Memorial Hospital. ! WASHINGTON, October 1.-The execu tive committee to provide for the cree ton of the Garfield memorial hOspita
 met last evening General Sherman
 Secretary Blaine and Dr. Buzy were ap
 pointed committee to draft nationa
 and international appeal for funds.
 ways and means committee was also ap
 pointed. Great interest was manifested
 and there seems to be sanguine belle
 that the undertaking will be successful
 Destructive Fire.
 NEW YORK. October 11.-Last night fire m the Fourth avenue street car sta
 bles, between Thirty-second and Thirty
 third streets, destroyed the entire blocl
 4 numbeg of horses were burned. Los on the stable, SSG91 Tue flame crossed the street, setting to f0rnitur
 store and storage house, destroying q
 building and contents. Loss on build
 ing, furniture, pictures, etc, S2O0,OOo.
 Ruled Out
 ALBANY, October 11.-It has been de
 cided to exclude Tammany and Irwin
 Hall delegates from seats in the conven
 tiou.
 They Did It All For Love.
 LITTLE ROCK, Ark, October Tn
 Missouri train robbers, recently cor yicted, are ordered to the penitentiar for seventy years each. When intel viewed they proved to be mere youths . One of the robbers stated that they wer l all poor boys and were in love with som
 girls, they were in turn loved, and dt sired to get married, but having n , means laid plans to rob the train. At th
 time of arrest they were on their va , home to get married.
 r Foxhau Wins the Newmarket Race. WASHINGTON, October 1.-The New ? market race for the sweepstakes, was wo ! by James Keene's FOxhall; Cheppendal l second, FOndler third. Nineteen horse , ran. Foxhall won in the commoues , canter by about ten lengths.
 Progress Of the Texas-Pacihc Railroad.
 LITTLE Rock, October 1.-The G; g zette's special, dated end Of the Teya l and Pacific Railroad track, says: Tn l road is now completed and in Operatio b at a point 1l5 miles east of Fl PasO an r l92 miles west of Dallas to the Lympl I mountains, 400 feet above sea level an V 4,20O feet above Dallas. About l2 milo b Cf track-laying is the average ever - week, at which rate Fl Paso will !
 reached before the first of Januar
 Grading is all completed except fe
 miles in Carizes pass, which will be fiji s ished in three weeks. Bridges, 1G0 , number. between San Rachael and Eag D pass, are being put m as fast as tf - track approaches. Over 100 traclSme . are employed on station houses and d
 pots: water tanks are put in every 2DmIl' r aud where springs are not found vel 2. are dug by steam machinery and a t abundance of water obtained. The traC , laying force IS kept mp to three hundrt - men and fifty teams. Seventeen cars z iron and forty cars of ties per day a - used Telegraph wire is kept up vii
 the end of the track. The weather
 frosty. There are no cattle on the ran. s west of the Pecos except two hundr, C head. \ sufficient range exists west e the PecOs to feed all the cattle and shet d ir the mountains. All game IS abundaI s There have been no Indians along f d two months. On the first Of Janua