Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-25
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1.-The Confession of ReTdell was not . surprise tO the public or defense. The govt. only obtained his confession recently, but for several weeks past he has been under its protection. He feared personal violence at the hands of the other defendants and the government gave him an armed es- cOrt to protect him. Rerdell says he has been once assaulted and important pa peTs taken from hIm, on the day he and Winer spent m jail at the conclusion of the last trial He has valuable dOcu- mentary evidence i'll his possession that will be submitted. Rerdell once before made confession tO ex-AttOrney General McNeagh, but afterwards repudiated the defence. He says that he can prove him to be perJurer.
 WAsHINGToN, Feb. 17.-HOuse Skin ner introduced bill appropriating half a million for the tloodi sufferers. Wheel CT introduced a bia appropriatIng SgO0,- OO0 same purpose. Referred.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Wall street red icule the story Of Jay Gould's intended excursion.
 RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 17.-The Council appropriated 5000 for the flood suffer CTS.
 CLEvELAND, O.. Feb. l7.-Seven cars of the express train on the Cleveland and Columbus road was ditched by a slipping rail a mile north Of Galison to-day, while running at the rate of k miles an hour. Robert Cudill the draughsman of C. c. c and l.; Rev. D. r. Fauls, of Shelby, and an unidentified person were killed, three persons were injured.
 MEMPHIS Tenn. Feb. 1.-The river is within two feet seven inches of the danger hne and rising ten inches daily. It will go oyer the banks Be low, the planters are preparing for trouble. The ailroads all right
 DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 17.-At the joint caucus of all parties of the Legis- lature on the Senatorial question last night, the Ferry caucus labsolved it's adherence from all obligation.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 1.-The House appropriated SlO0 cooler the food suffer CTS. The Senate will concur. S40OOO had been previously appropriated.
 CINCINNATI. O., Feb. IA special says that provisions are going up at a frIghtful rate. Starvation prices are be lng charged by many dealers.
 CHICAGO, H., Feb.i IA special to the Daily News from Joliet says that the Diamond mine at BraidwOod, a min ing town south of that point. has cavsd in.
 CHIcAGO, H., Feb. IA. L. Sweet, president of tine miners comprising the Diamond mine, has information that JOO men were in the vsriOus shafts this afternoon when the ground jagged in. Sixty-twO were ID one shaft which caught the bulk of the falling debris and was instantly flooded. Every one of them were drowned or smOthered in less than five minutes Their bodles were buried beneath lots of earth. 4 hundred shafts have been e1cavated. and the miners not m the one unfortunate shaft es- caped- It will be many hours before the first bodies can be reached.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. I9.-A joint reso- lutlon was offered in the House by MT. skinner which provides for an equitable distribution of the surplus money in the United States Treasury. It sets l forth that the revenue IS greatly m ex- cess Of the needs of the country and de- ! clares 1t expedient to repeal all the in- ternal taxes except those on hquOrs, and directs all the surplus in the treasury after redemption of bonds to he divided