Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-11-27
EASTERN NEWS.
Fol CTS Policy.

foi56IS Fo4lCy.
 NEW YORK, November 2j.-The Sun, Washington special says: The friend. Of Secretary Folger announce his man agement of the Treasury Department will be bold, even to aggressiveness They say the new Secretary does not be. heve III the policy of locking up enor. nous surplus, which the government is receiving day by day, and that he will put 1t all out. The amount of money at the command of the Secretary of the Treasury which can be used for the pur- pose of redeeming the public debt, is very large, and if FOlger is to do as his friends say he intends to do, the country may look for import reduction of the | debt within a short time.
 Premature Explosion.
 NEw YORK, November 25.-A prema- l ture explosion occurred at Greenwich Conn.,, yesterday, whereby five men en- gagged Tn blasting were instantly killed.
 Captain HOwgates Case
 WASHINGTON, November 25.-Judre Cox stated to-day that he would hold under advisement the question of fixing bail for Capt. Howgate, and suggested that m the meantime attachment pro- ceedlngs be pressed.
 Terribly Burned.
 HARRIsBURG, Pa, November 25.-Tbe Iron bars sustaining the doors of the cupalo of the new bessemer department of the Pennsylvania Steel Works. broke to-day and three men were caught by the rush of molten metal and terribly burned.
 The Way l. Was Done.
 PHILADELPHIA, November 25.-Theo | Hanel, the tax clerk who defaulted in l loII to the amount of SjOOO0 to-day de- | scnbed the method of theft resorted to | by fifteen receiving clerks employed in the tax department. He said he was in- structed to falsify his books by the chief clerk, Jacob Camp, and that he was promised by the tax receiver, Thos. J. smith, that his family would be cared Tor while he was in prison and that q sum was raised for him, but was stolen before It reached him. He says that the thefts wlll run dp into the millions.
 Collision and Death.
 SAVANNAH, Ga, November 25.-A col lslon this afternoon near the city, be- .ween freight and lumber train, caused he death of six train hands.
 Steamer Foundered
 PANAMA, November 16.-The steamer Albion foundered in a gale off Point 5urbacas and 32 of the 10 persons on board were drowned.
 Panic in Theatre. NEW YORK, November 25.-There was panlc at the London theatre last night. wing to break Tn the steam pipe. In he rush for the doors many were in- lred, but none killed. S
 A Train Robbery Frustrated. ! KANSAS CITY, November 25-An at- [ smpt to rob train near Spearville by 1 ve men who boarded the train, was [ 'ustrated by the action of the train ands. The robbers escaped. q
 Steamer Sunk. CIScINNATI O., November 25.-Tbe . ! I. Lane, descending the river. collid- 1 at $ o'clock this morning with the r ropeller W. F. Gallard, at Ashland. T. he Gallard was sunk out of sight al- :. ost immediately, and Mrs. Mead. the . 'ok, was drowned. The rest of the crew - caped with difficulty 4 misunder- ', andlng of signals Is said to have been r e cause of the accident. D, ?,
 Important Railroad News. cc ST. LoUIS, Mo, November 26.-H NJ Inf oxle, general manager of the Iron ar ountaln International and Great sr 'rthern, and Texas and Pacific Rail ar ads. accompanied by Seth Fink, Gen in Il Passenger Agent and several other R, lclals, left here to-day for Fl Paso and m redo, Texas, where they make pre- 10 llnary arrangements for running a bo