Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-12

| his family ID public service, was m de ! two rules during fhe wprk of revision. ! In rule r. the only change IS one. BISMARCK. n, May 9-The steamer | Bil Horn, whi 'h left here April 2Jth, ! loaded with 2S5 tons of general mer- : chaudise consigned Co Montana mer- ! chant, struck slag on the morlIng of ! May Sth. five miles below P ppIar river, ] causing her to sink above her main deck ] in five minutes. The boat and cargo are | reported a total loss. The steamer WIS
 valued at S2O.OOO: no insurance. The
 cargo was fully insured.
 | MILWAUKEE. Wis, My 9.-A special | to the Sentinel says: A collision nccur- ! red on the Madison division of the Chi cagO and Northwestern ruad between a ] passenger and freight train. The acci- ! dent Is supposed to have been caused | by negligence. David Men ls. a fire | man, and number of others injured T. | IS impossible Co get further particulars, ! owing to the reticence Of the railway ol- | ticials.
 NEW ORLEANS, May 9-At Ferry | LandinG, opposite here, D. Hutch inson. cattle dealer, deliberately went ! into the store of Juhn Belcher last even l ing, and shot a young man named ! Lyons, who was standing on the front ' gallery. Lyons was Beicher's clerk. Two balls entered Lyons left breast. After being shot. Lyons stepped inside seized a double barreled gun and fired on Hutchinson, who was running, striK- ing him m the thigh. Lyon fell on the ! gallery and died. The cause of the l trouble Is unknown.
 PALESTINE. Texas, May 9.-The in ! ternational freight clam department moves tomorrow night from here To ! Texarkana, where lt wlll be cOnsohdated
 with the freight clam department of Gouid's roads, centering at that point.
 NEW YORK, May IO.-The Standard OIi Works, of Jersey City, were struck by lightning early this morning, and seven oil tanks have already exploded. The fire k still raging with terrible force. 1 More disasters are fea ed lLe estimated loss IS SJ00,UO.
 lOa m.-Ihe fire at the Standard Oii 1 COmpany's works, New Jersey, K stIlI
 raging, and IS now near the tanks of the Jersey City track, where ljU,UUO barr i~ are stored. Thus far jDO,UUJ barrels uf
 OIl have been destroyed, including 2JI.- OOJ barrels of refined oil stored ID a
 sJorehou-e. It k now thought the loss will reach SIJl0OJ About the New Jersey Central track 15GOJ barrels are stored.
 LArER-The fire Is now under control.
 1t Is though the loss will exceed mil lion and a half Twelve large tauz k,
 eighteen cars, SIX barges, dredger,
 three docks and i've brick buildings
 were destroyed. The quantity of cIl
 cUnsumei ., not known. Inc Amer.cau
 losers, besides tine Stan lard Ou Co are
 several other oil firms, who each lose
 from four hundred tU seven hundred barrels of uIl.
 II The w1rEs of the Standard
 OIi company, at C0mmuuipaw the most
 extensive iu tuIs e ultty, are on fire ana
 aOJut oue-naH the property Is now de-
 strUy-d. he fire started IluI- the severe storm thIs mpr-llg. One ui che
 large tanks near tine start was struck
 and exploded by lightning. he bIru-
 ing Ou poured out ukr du argry rIvrI
 and poured down the avenues .etwreu
 tine rows of enormous tauas toward .ue
 rlver. In a short tune the imss com
 munIcated with three large talA-, aud
 
 terrific force, and fragments ui Irou were
 hurled distance ut half a MIIt,
 and the burning ou scattered II all directions. The e4-I-e Ere
 Department Was summ,lei, but tueir services We're almost useless, as tue
 burning streams of ul poured thrJUgu
 the yarI, firing tank after tank oD ;ht east side, aud hck-i up buildings aud
 H. .|v q
 the barrelled oil vas kept was attacked and succumbed. The eugJre house
 went next, and the oil and wa-er pump houses, sunken tanks and machine shops quickly followed, and the vi ole easterly side of the works Is a seethIlE
 mass of flames. Despite the treneLd1us heat and binding smoke, [ tremeu are working vsiautly in the hope of checking the progress of tue flames, but It appears at this hour that the Vast works wIll be destroyed, and IJ k feared the flames will reach out and consume property Tn the neignbOrhoOd. People are desertIng their homes and moving out what IS valuable Of their effects. T. IS estimated there were 50O,UOO gallons of oil in tanks, and the loss of property already laId Iu ashes will reach a million dollars.
 ll.30 a. m.-The oil fire is still raging. The Eagle Refinery Is Iu danger. fl the wind continues southeast the remaining buildings may be savei. six lives lost.
 BosroN, May IO.-At the Tewk,bIr, inquiry to-day, Juo. Bacon and two em- plOyees testified Co tanning two human . skins, one black and the other white
 CHICAGO, H., May 9.-Oficers at Gen ] eral Sheridan's headquarters m tnis city . do not credit the rumIrs Of the disaster . to Crooks column. N hIle 1t Is true they have no recent advIces from Crook n person, they are m a way of IeceIvlug communication from any point m fexts or Now Mexico ID ease of an engage ment, and particularly SO Iu the case of a disaster. Any report which Genera Crook might make of operations m or from AriZ1na would go Co ths head quarters of the department of the PacI- tic. at San Francisco, and the head quarters of the department here would not be m receipt of any official report direct.
 A Washington special says: The at- tentlon Of Secretary Lincoln having been called to a report that Crook would
 
 ing the Mexican border, Lincoln says. Tt Is perfectly absurd. I nave not the idea that Crook iIi auytllu. got Iu accordance with tbe agreement between Mexico and tlIs Glv--nm-a because he Crook said m his dispatch that he would uotT
 DENVER, May 9-The dlmace by tu- yesterday vIll probably ag - ,regate {1j,Uu Hardly res druce ur public building il the city es 'Aped Iu- ury. Vegetable and Howe glrieus ru he city aud v.cIuIfy are complete yreck7- FrIIt trees suffered con~Ii-ra- . ,le. Every variety ut i-Ut Is sfIieI ' The loss to raucum-u iu th mediate lcinity of Denver k very heavy. HaI d be storm been general throughout toe Id 'tate, the loss would aggregate millions q
 DESvEB, May 9.-Lieu-euant-. Tov- !. rupr GrIrr VAS taken with smallpox {. esterday while visiting hi- cattle ranch 'l ear Las Vegas. No fear of a disastrous f, -rmlnauou Is entertained B. LAKE CITY, Col, May 9-C. B. Hi.k- h lan, late receiver of the Lake City land iiice, IS a deiaulter Tn the sum of S1O,- |. OO.
 WASHINGTON, May 9 9-The president r' as designated John J. Knox, comp \ roller of the currency, Go act as commIs- . toner of internal revenue today from he 10th instant. The term of Deputy IT Rodgers as acting com ; lisslOner will expire tomorrow. He s1 ould not be legally designated to act m 'r a longer period. Knox was de-is- nj ated by the president upon the recon z, iendation of Secretary Folger. GALVESTON, May lO.-By the defalca- ID on of Major WassHu, the Government
 a loser of S24O0O; Sl9OD0 had been Ut away by Wassou before he left ;5e iere. .t