Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-03-06
OVER THE WIRES.
suicide


 SAN FRANCIscO, February 2S.-Peter Bouef, lately from Los Angeles, who was recently swindled out of s24OO by the |" poodle ringers" committed suicide last night by throwing him. self into the bay.
 shipwreck.
 ST. JOINS, \. F., February 2S.- The bTigantine Isabel was wrecked at ! Guel Island and all hands lost She sailed from New Foundland in a snowstOrm on Tuesday last, accom- panied by a violent gale. of Guel ! Island she ran ashore among the rag | ged reefs, and not a moment was al- | lowed the unfortunate officers and crew 10 make a single effort 10 save ] their lives.
 | Orphan Asylum Burned-Loss of Life.
 SCRANTON, Pa, February 27.-The Orphan Asylum at Hyde Park. Scran- ! ton, burned tonight. Fifteen chil- | dren were taken out dead, and two ! are missing. At half-past Sister ! took them to their rooms and locked ! the doors. Descending tue stairs she | discovered smoke issuing from a room | in the second story, and opening the door, she was driven back by the clouds of smoke The fire was raging along the ceiling, making its way 10 the upper floor. The alarm brought l four or five companies. The flames were raging fiercely when the firemen went 10 work. They were informed of a belief among the Sisters that some of the children were still in the build ing, and made an effort to reach the upper floor. In a short time the flames were beaten back and the door of the dormitOry burst open. The victims of the fire were found beneath their cots. Only two were touched by the fire, but all had evidently been dead some time Of the seventeen children burned fourteen were boys and three girls. The building is the St. Pairick's Orphan Asylum, and Is occupied by a number of Sisters of Charity, and under their charge were 40 children, ranging from six to twelve years, boys and girls.
 Senator Carpenters Funeral.
 WAsUINGToN, February 2S.-The funeral of Senator Carpenter took place this afternoon. The house was filled by personal friends, including members of the cabinet and both Houses of Congress, judges of the Supreme Court, officers of the army and large number of prominent ciu- Zens with their families. The Wis consin State Republican association formed a double lIne on either side of the porch 10 the hearse and carriages. The pail bearers were Senators Lo. gan, CunklIng, Cameron, of WlscOn- sin, and COckrell, and Representa- lives Tucker, Lapham, Page and HaZleton. The colin was almost covered with flowers.
 Congressional.
 WASHINGTON, February 2S.-The House met in continuation of Satur- days session.
 The portrait of Frederick A. Null enburg, Speaker of the First and Third Congress, was presented the House and accepted.
 The House proceeded to vote upon amendments to the sundry evil ap- propriation bill. The amendment appropriating S200, 900 to enable the Secretary of the Navy to establish naval cOalinG stations on the lsthmus of Panama was agreed to. Ayes 124, nays SJ The bulk of the affirmation came from the Republicans and the bulk of the negatives from the Demo- crats. The House then adjourned and the session of Monday commenced.
 The consideration of the civil sun dry bill was resumed. The amend ment instructing the Commissioners on the part of the United States to the International Monetary Conference to agree 10 an adjustment which does not recognize silver coin as part of the system, and the Governments joining in such a conference, was re- jected and stricken from the bill
 Betrothed.
 NEW YORK, February 2s. It is now confidently reported that there is an engagement of marriage between Whitclaw Reid, of the New York Tribune, and the daughter of D. o. Mills, the millionaire.
 The Walking Match.
 NEW YORK, February 2s.-Five thousand 1 ersons, including ROwell and Waugh and the trainers, witnessed the start last night of the six day con- test for the O'Leary belt, now held by Hart The contestants number 19. The first to cover Q mile was Beems (wheelbarrow Berry,, in 6 minutes and s seconds. Hart, Beems and Hughes were running abreast at the end of the second mile, which they covered in i2 minutes and 3S seconds. They passed the score in bunch at l2 o'clock, 13 minutes and $ seconds, having completed miles. At II am. Hughes had made 6S miles, Beems 66 Krohne Co, Panichot 64, Sullivan 65, Hart GO, Howard 53, Allen 56, Ennis j1, Lyman 51, Curran 52, LacouZ 56, Bendigo 4, Campana 47.
 No Chinese Need Apply.
 CHICAGO, February 2S.-Judge Mo- ran, in the Circuit Court this morn- ing denied the application of Moy sam, a Chinaman, for naturalization. The Judge says as the necessary proOI good moral character and residence in the State and United States, etc., was sufficient, the sole question was whether a native of China, or Mon golian, might be naturalized under the law of the United States. The law originally stood that any alien, being a free white person, might be- come a citizen, and this was subse- quently made to applications of Afri- can nativity and persons of African descent. He cited the language or Judge sawyer in a similar application to the United States Circuit Court in California, who denied the applica- ton. saying; '' am, therefore, of the opinion that a native of China, or Mogolian, is not a white person with in the meaning Of the act of Congress" Judge Choate, of New York, was cited as reaching the same opinion, as there was a period when Chinese might have been lawfully naturalized, between the passage of the revision of the United States statutes and the act correcting errors and omissions in that version. in February. 1875, the