Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1882-11-24
The Tarin Commission

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The Tariff Commission.
NEW YoRK, Eov. 21-Ths Secrs
tary OF mo Tariff Commission say
che report will not be ready befor,
Decen Der 4th.
War and Rumors OF war.
WAsHING1oN, Nov. 22-Private ad
vices announces the death in New
York this morning of Tariff Com
missioner McAvice Malone.
Senior Neott, Brazilian Minister
here, in an interview tonight, says
the published rumors of a coming
conflict between Brazil and the Ar.
gentine Confederation, for disputed
piece of Territory, are entirely IN
POUNDED
Against Marriage Associ lions.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 22-Assistant
Attorney General Truman is prepar-
ing an elaborate report on the South
ern Marriage Association and kind
red societies, which is to be submit
ted to the Postm ister-General to-
morrow. 1t is understood that he
takes s'rong grounds against the
legality of such concerns.
VIrginIa's BondhoIdcrs.
RICHMOND, Nov. 22-The Virginia
Funding Act of III contains pro-
vision that there shall be collected
tax of two cents on one hundred dol
ars for sinking fund to pay of the
principal of the bonds. Counsel for
the London bondholders to-day ap-
piled for a mandamus to compel the
State officers to collect the tax
lBteel Manufactures to Close
Down.
n CHICAGO, Nov. 22-The threat of
teel mills to shut down in view of
Improbable outlook, is the general
|theme of conversation to-day.
steam ship Vyearmouth Wrecked.
QUEBEC, Nov. 21-Advices re-
ceived state that the steamship Wear
mouth, for London, lumber laden,
was wrecked during gale and snow
storm on the Magdalena Island, on
Sunday night. The whole crew per-
ished except four, whose names are
Mccall, Townsend, Martin and Chief
Engineer Hutchison. The vessel
and cargo are insured in London.
Later.
QUEBEc, Nov. 22-The Wear
mouth went ashore at half al hour
after midnight. The gale and snow
storm was terrific. The crew hung
to the vessel until II o'clock yester-
day, when she broke up. The crew
twenty men, sixteen were
drowned while trying to reach the
land. The vessel was owned by J.
s. Barwich Sunderland; she does not
belong to any line.
Public Funerals Forbidden IN
Boston.
Boston, Nov. 22.-Owing to the
prevalence of diphthevia and other
contagious diseases, public funerals
are forbidden by the board of health.
ThurIow Weed Bead.
NEW YORK. Nov. 22.-Thurlow
Weed died this morning at 8:55.
Fatal Flames.
Providence, R. l., Nov. GA
Ore occurred this morning in the
Calendar building, a brick structure
situated between Sabin and Cove
streets which resulted in serious loss
Of life. The building was four sto-
ries high and occupied mostly by
jewelry shops. The fire originated
in the middle of the building on the
third floor, and was caused by the
Ignition of 1O-gallon can Of naph-
Ina. A room filled with light, in
aammable clothes was next to the |
and b,fore word of warn
ing could be given, the escape by the
stairway was cut off by the flames.
On the fourth floor there were forty |
operatives, equally divided as to sex,
when the flames swept up through |
The floor The employees made a
rush for the windows, but there was
40 fire escape on the building. Just
ACROSS an alley way. about fifteen
Teet wide, at the end of the Calendar |
was two story wooden
The operatives then made
/ rush for this end of the building
on the alley, and panic
snsued. The roof of the wooden
building was about twenty feet be-
low the window sill where the ex-
cited girls had congregated. The
persons in the rear crowded and
pushed those when in the act of
jumping, and many fell short, and
others were injured by being jumped
upon after they had reached the
-oof- The dead are Emma Massett
Ind Bessie Cobb The injured are
Mary McSeorley, Mary Hurley, EN-
ma Mathewson, Mrs. johnson, Mrs.
cud ", and Thomas Mann. A man
Smith fell to the grou I'D,
vas not hurt. Mary Davis jumped
rom the roof and had leg broken
George irant jumped from the win
low to the roof and had leg bro
Ken. George Clark tried to extiu-
,uish the flames, but had to flee for
ais life, and hung to telephone
wire till the fire department came
/ ladder raised under him proved
I've feet too short, but fireman
mounted to the top and caught the