Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-08-27
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 throne of Ireland, has been writing t
 Gladstone to urge on his royal sistel
 Victoria, that she renounce her title L
 his country. He does not appear to b q crank.
 LITTLE RocK, August 23.-A Texa
 special says near Kauffmann on Monda.
 two cOnvicts working with a gang ol
 the Texas Central Railroad seized Win
 chester rifles from the guards and es capped into a thicket. A posse of armed
 men, with bloodhOunds, went in pursui
 and overlook the convicts. A fight en
 sued, in which two of the posse wer,
 dangerously wounded, but the convict
 escaped unhurt and are still at large
 but pursued.
 WASHINGTON, August 23-Army of
 fcers are quite affected over the court
 martial of Colonel Joseph Taylor. being
 tried in Cincinnati for trying to hay, his orders revoked through COngres | siOnal influence. This Is connected witl
 one of the greatest scandals at present
 in both the army and navy, namely, the
 use of political influence in determining
 the duty of military officers.
 BROWNSVILLE, Texas. August 23.-
 Thirty-five new cases of yellow fever and
 one death yesterday. Fifty-four new
 cases Of fever reported to-day and four
 deaths the latter all Mexicans. The troops in Fort Brown are in excellent
 health Nine deaths in Matamoras, but few new cases, and those are confined
 to the suburbs. Weather very fine.
 SELMA. Ala, August 23.-At the Dem OcratIc Congressional Convention of the fourth district today, C. M. Shelly was nominated both for the vacated seat in the pr,sent Congress, and for the sue cessOrshIp in the forty-eighth Congress.
 HANNIBAL, Mo, August 23.-Two negroes, Jno. Kennedy and Edward Murphy, brutally assaulted white girl SIX years old named Dora Kimball in the suburbs of the city and were caught in act by D. H. Courtney. Murphy was captured by Courtney and a great crowd of excited citizens turned out to hunt Kennedy. After a long chase he was captured and lodged in jail. The father of the outraged girl made an intellectual attempt to kill him. Both prisoners wlll have an examination tomorrow when 1t IS thought they will be lynched.
 WASHINGTON, August 23.-Totten closed hs argument in the Star Route case to-day. He was followed by Me Sweeney, counsel for the defense before the conclusion of McSweeney's argu- ment the court adjourned.
 NASHVILLE, N H., August 23.-A fire th!s morning burned the Aderondack Hotel, Nolete House and thirty build- ings, comprising stores and dwellings located on front Of Main and Vine streets.
 LARAMIE, August 23-Last evening at Rock Creek, a hunter named Gibbon, shot and instantly killed Robert Aiken. q clerk of c. E. Clays. The murderer was arrested after five p. m and between nine and ten the citizens took Gibbon out and hung hIm to a box car.
 CHIcAeo, August 23.-Messrs. White and Doble, the California owners Of Mono Chef, a short time since issued a offering to trot their stallion against Non ArnIm, owned by COmmo dore W. \. Kittson, of St. Paul, for l $500 side. Budd Doble announces | that the challenge has been accepted and the race will take place at Minuea- polls during far week in September. | Col. King adds S2jU0 making the total | -O winner, S12Ol The race promises to | be a sensational one on account of the | noted character of the horses concerned | md the prominence Of their owners.
 DOVER, Del, August 23.-The Demo ,ratlc State Convention met here to-day. Jhas. C. StOckley was nominated for | Governor ou the first ballot. Chas. B. Love was nominated for Congress by 
 NEW YORK, August 23-The Tribune's Washington special says a conviction prevails th,t the remarkable story sent rom Alabama about a conspiracy mong the blacks to murder all the whites Tn ChOctaw county IS the inven- ion of bulldOzers, and that the hanging f Jack Turner without trial IS only the eginning of another season of politi- al terrorism.
 WASHINGTON, August 2i.-The Star avs the collectors of the Republican Committee, are working be army and navy departments to-day. Iowhere less than two per cent. of sala- 7 IS received.
 CHICAGO, August PA four story uilding at the corner of State and ackson streets, occupied by Singer & teebles, parlor suit company, burned | lis morning. The building was well u:ted and the contents mostly destroy l. At nine o'clock the fire was still ufning.
 CHICAGO, August 2f.-The Prohibition after recess yesterday Iected D. J. Kanouse, president and ne president from each State with , Inor officers, the secretaries being dies. Some ringing speeches made , ld the convention adjourned till to- : ay. CHICAGO, August 24-The picnic at [ gden's grove yesterday for the pur- , raising funds to build monument to [ ie memory of John Brown was a dis raceful failure so far as raising money z concerned. About three hundred per- ms were present and the expenses consumed the receipts. It l. as badly mismanaged. CHIcAGo, August 24-There was q O z explosion of an iron mould in the n Orth Chicago Rolling Mills at south licago, yesterday evening. Three pit. en, Albert DObbins, Wm. Roach, and | a go. Hay, were horribly burned; one I Ill die, the others may recover. The n often metal was thrown all over the un- rtunates by the explosion. CHICAGO. August 24.-Little Rock c ecial advices have been received that nth, who attempted to outrage white ly, has been lynched by a disguised D rty, who shot him to death. W DENVER, August 24.-Judge W. D. u slley, of Pennsylvania, addressed a Ii 'ge audience in the eastern hall of the ', position building last night on the nj tgrowth of Colorado in the last ten ta lrs and the reduction of the internal ta 'enue tax. It was a masterly effort a, AUSTIN, Texas, August 24-The Re- m blican State Convention met and re- ar we'd that the Convention make no VI but support the liberal ID vement, giving its entire aid and vote II Hon. G. W. Jones for Governor ot TOPEKA. Kansas, August 24.-The cs eenback State Convention elected H. be Philips temporary chairman, K. O. er temporary secretary, and ra pointed the usual committees. It an n adjourned till evening. ri JACKSON, August 24-The Democratic te Convention to-day placed the fol- tn ing ticket in nomination: Governor, DO ish W. Begole; Lieutenant Gov Ire or, Eugene Prirg gle; Secretary of to, te, A. J. Shakespeare; Commissioner he State Land Office, John F. Van be- 7anter; Superintendent of Public h. En