The Phoenix herald., 1882-06-16

l. talk of revenge by part of the col
 orcd people, though most of then < say the punishment was deserved. Q Storm i'm Colorado. nj DENVER, June 12-One of tn l. heaviest rain storms ever known il this section swept over Denver las 1, night doi'g thousands of dollar
 worth of damage in the city anr surrounding country. Severn houses near Platte river were swep !, away and two men and three chil
 drcn drowned. It IS feared other 7 lives were lost. At Golden, several houses were was ed away. The
 Cambrian fire-brick works were : struck by lightning and completely
 destroyed.
 Condensed TeIegrams- A meeting was held in H, de park,
 London, yesterday afternoon to pro- test against the Repression Bill. Thirty thousand persons were pres ent.
 The Furnace at Braddock, Penn syleanis, of the Edgar Thompson steel works exploded yesterday morning, fatally irjuriny assist mt Superintendent Allen and three other men,
 Mine Explosion.
 SAN FRANCISCO, J1ne 13.-A Vir- ginia City, New, dispatch says a premature explosi n of a blast t the Union Consolidated mine last evening instantly killed Jno. Black and F. Brown. Jno Beargo was fatally injured and R. Hicks serious ly hurt. No other men were Tn the drift at the time of the explosion. The cause of the explosion is not known war blown all to pieres.
 Indians and Cowboys.
 CHICAGO, June 12.-6eorge A. For sythe is here. In an interview re- gardirg the Apaehes, he says: Sec retary Teller's policy in disarming the Indians meets with the warm appr wal of all officers, and will do much towards preventing outbreaks an.i raids. The rapid development of railroads in Mexico and purtions of Arizona is also doing much to se4tle the vexed Indian question. The proclamation of tho President to the cowboys, while somewhat sneered at has really been product i've of muoh good, although the cit l izens of the two territories had com bined to put them down in many instances. With .he Indians and cowboys out of the way the mining and grazing interests of these Terri tories will appreciate rapidly.
 About Blaine.
 CHICAGO, June 13.-The Inter- Ocean's Washington special says: The report winch again comes from Maine that Blaine will run for Gov ernor, is discreiited here. Last week Blaine told your corresponj- ent that he was out of politics and that he was. coal merchant. ]
 CompuIao. Retirement.
 WAsAINGToS, June 13.-The house has con urred in the Senate amend nent to an army appropriation bill fixing compulsory retirement in the army at the age of 64 years.
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 Democrats sanxuIne.
 WASHINGTON. June 13.-Since the majority in the House f Rep-esen Atives has unseatei hree Southern Democrats who claimed 10 have been elected, reports lere reached the Democratic man. .gers have of great disonuragementt F .mong the Southern Democrats. Tue feeling seemed to be that if the | obtained majority in he next House they would proceed O unscat every Southern Democrat !. whose seat was co'.tested. and the md the cone equ. nee would be tha- candidates in close districts could ee very little encouragement for hem 10 make conrrrssional race. These reports excited no little D. , , ehensioh here, ard alter confer ing to gether he Southern members /, ieclded o make a thorough canYass for the purpose of aseertaining, If what he political complex ion of the next house would proba- :, lIy ne. Two of the members have make his canvass within few days md as a result of thcIr inquiries rave figured out a Democratic ma ority of ten in the next House 7 They reach thi- con, fusion hy count ing on sure gains ss follows: In South Carolina, Hi lois, Wet Virginia, Wisconsin and "alifornia one each; Texas and ania five each; Indiana and lhlo three each; New York two, 2 md Missouri four. They expect :. O make other gains in such States ls Massachusetts, Maine and New but these do not enter nto ihe figures upon which they ,ase the probable majority of ten The only State in which they expect less in Nevada, and they think the hanceS are that they will lose but