Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-04

' pate in the exposition shall be gwen Dy the board of managers instead of ty the
 President, 1t was passed
 NEW YORK, Jan. 3I.-A Post Wash 1 ington special says: The friends of tltZ | John Porter seem to have abandoned all hopes of passing his bill ID this Con- gress. It is learned that the opposition Is quite as pronounced ID the House as 1t was in the Senate. and the rules per
 mt so many parliamentary Obstructions
 there, tha. there Is probably no chance for 1t. Gen. Henderson. ChaIrmin m Of
 the House Military Committee, IS from
 Illinois, and quite as determined n hs
 hostility to Porter as Logan IS.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The Inmsn pier
 took fire about 2;15 this morning. The
 steamer Egypt, of the National line, had
 discharged most of her cargo, which had
 not been removed from the deck Guns and rockets were fired for tugs and the
 Egypt was lowed into the stream with
 her rigging somewhat damaged. The
 warehouses and the Egypt's freight
 were consumed. There were labOrers
 on the pier at the time the fire broke
 out and 1t is believed all got out safely,
 but there are fears that some lives were
 lost. Loss will not be likely to exceed
 s2C0OOO.
 NEw YORK, Feb. The Inman line
 dock burned this morning. The loss
 will be between three and four millions.
 The fire broke out at 2:S0 A. ID. The
 flames ran swiftly through the sheds
 and storehouses, and by three o'clock
 the immense dock was mass of fire.
 From the remOtest parts of the town, Tn
 response to frequent alarms, fire sppR-
 ratus came laundering down. The heat
 was SO great that effective work from
 land or river was nearly impossible. At
 three o'clock the steamship Egypt. lyIng
 at the dock, was turned into the stream
 sll sblaze from stem to stern, and
 through her rigging and her spars bore flames 10 the rigging of numerous other
 vessels lying at anchor. Nearly the en- tire fire department of the city was on
 hand, but many englnes could nOt bs
 utilized. At 3:SO the spectacle was
 grand Tn the extreme. The river front for many hundred feet WAS aolaze, and all attempts to save property on the h. man dock WAS abandoned, and the work of the iremen concentrated on the GuiOn line dock, adjoining. The fam Ous ship of that line, Alaska, was m the greatest danger. Tug boats and ferry boats are making efforts to save her by hauling her into the stream.
 WORCESTER. Mass, Jan. B. Frank lin Pierce, claiming to be a physician, was today held in S3,OOO bail for man slaughter, for causing the death of Mrs. Barna Remis, of Oakdale. He treated her for internal erysipelas by bathing 1,a aw he bandages saturated with that oil. The woman was literally blIstered and hsyed alive, and died after a week of horrible suffering.
 MINNEAPOLIS, Mlnn.. Jan. 3I-The farm house of A. D. Stage, near Dafsel, Minn., burned last night with the con tents. Four children perished in the flames. Stage, wife and baby barely escaped. They were nearly frozen to
 death in the storm before they could reach the house of their neighbors.
 WICHITA. Kan, Feb. l.-Betveen three hundred and four hundred men and one hundred two-horse wagons are camped on Walnut river one mile from Arkansas City, ready for q forward march to OkhlsOma tomorrow morning. The parties have been concentrating at this pOnt since Monday, chiefly from Kansas, few coming from Missouri. They are well supplied with provisions, etc. They are by no means the rIff-raff of the frontier, but substantial and re- spectable body of men. Many of them Of some wealth and position. Capt. Dave Payne will undoubtedly be made chief. This party expects to form Q Junction with the kansas City Org6nlZa- tiOn and other bodies from Texas at or near the proposed location. The Boomers expect tO occupy Oklahoma with from one thousand to fifteen hun dred men.
 DENVER. Col, Jan. 3l-At SOcoTrO, New Mexico, today, Sheriff Simpson brought to town . mangled Mexican as a prisoner. Last night he and another Mexican was paying theIr attentions to l the same girl, and to settle their claim ! locked themselves Tn room and went ! at each other with axes. The one | brought Tn chopped his rival ID a hOrri- 1 ble manner. ssyerIng the head from the | body. He, himself, cannot live
 LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 3I.-Gen. Charles F. Manderson, of Omaha, was elected | United States Senator. The vote stood | MandersOn 75, Stickei 20, Boyd r, MOr- | ton l4, Brown ,, Connor l, NettleEOn l. |
 NEw YORK, Feb. Kate Claxton, the actress, IS still confined to her bed. She Is said tO toe suffering from a severe cold and general exhaustion.
 ST. PAUL. Minn, Feb. 1.-Sabin wns elected U. $. Senator on the seventh bal lot to-day by Sl votes. Necessary for a ch0Ice, 69.
 KANSAS CTrr, Jan. 4l.-Theobald Bauer and Clarence Whistler have signed an agreement to wrestle the best two Tn three falls for $500 aside, to occur in Kansas City within ten days.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. I.-Bowen was if- iicted for corruptly endeavorinc to ir- iuence juror Dickson, upon the evidence gwen by Dickson. President Arthur has approved the joint resolution mak ng an appropriation for a complete census.
 WLKRsBABRE, Feb IA horrible case # death and destitution in Kingston | township was revealed today by the adies Of the aid society. A man named Leonard and his son were found dead in ,ed, the wife dying, and two young hlldren m the last stage of starvation. Relief was, Of course, at once given.
 NEW YORK, Feb. l-Richard K. Fox. 'f the Police Gazette, and Wm. F. Hard ng have been arrested, charged with prize fight between Slade nd Sullivan In the Police Court for 8 xamination they gave bail. Fox. in 1 ard, declares that the interference of the ohce IS ansOutrsgs. IT sparring en- srF n Tlsa rff III ! he trama Is illegal n
 BosTOS, Feb. l. Early this morning ] he wheel of the mill of the American 'owder Co.'s work at Action. Mass, ex- r loded with a terrible crash. shaking G he dwelling houses for many miles A round and demolishing the wooden Il -ame building Tn which ths mill is To- ated, as well as damaging other build F lgs of the company. NIne wOrkmen h ere killed or injured but the pecuni- J Y loss IS considerable. tl DENVER, Feb. Hast night, about lree miles from Crested Butte, occurred al ne of the most disastrous snowslides of nat was ever known in the Rocky noun ts sin region. Late in the night, 30 men ol nployed by Howard < Smiths anthra- te coal mines, were startled by an fl nlnOus rumblIng noise, and almost in- d; antly an avalanche was upon them. ar he building in which they were sleep or g was crushed to atoms, and its hu- an occupants were hurled down the pI Ountaln side. A rescuing party start si out as soon as the news was received. co fter several hours 0i indefatigable la- st pr they managed to uncover all the ty en. Philip Csrmin, Logan Inmaa, oms Richards, Wm. Moore, Chss. si etts, J. J. Raymond and ons other, sv me unknown, were found dead, eight Nj 10 others wounded, several of which wi ere fatally. All of the company's e1- eI