Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-05
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PACIFIC COAST

" this coast. 1t is IS.000 feet long, 4 inches in circumference and II inches in diameter; weight, 26 tons, and cost of construction in the neighbcrnOOd of | S2OO,OOO It is intended for the Cali | fornia street road.
 SAN FRANCIsCO, May 2.-The Inter
 nal Revenue Department sold yesterday l S55,OO0 worth of tobacco stamps, ln view ! of the reduction of the tobacco tax. A | great rush is expected to-day, as the merchants have to fill orders that have ! been on their books for month past. | About one hundred claims for rebate
 were filed.
 SAN FRANCIsCO, May 3.-The execu-
 tive committee of the Garfield monu- | ment proposed to be erected at Golden Gate park, have, after examination, con | demned the foundation constructed for
 the monument The contract had been awarded to Weisman, who sub-let 1t to | Griffitns, who in turn sub-let 1t to some one else. Weisman Vill be officially
 notified to-day that he must reconstruct | the entire foundation.
 The failure of DicEie Bros. shipbuild- | CTS of this city was due to taking con ] | ment k manifested, as the firm WAS | thought to be strong. Liabilities, SlOO,- | OOO, and SO far as present known the
 only available assets consist in a lien | upon the Mexican gunboat Democrata, ! to the amount of S9,OlO The lmmedl- | ate cause of the catastrophe was an at | tachment levied by A. B. 1lcGill on the | Mexican gunboat. This, in turn, brought others and led to the discovery that | Dickie Bros, who had contracted for the repairs of the Democrata, were | heavily iu debt, and unable to pay. | Among the creditors the heaviest are
 Hanson * O., lumber dealers, 5000;
 Coffen * Hendry, S22,O00; the Risdon
 Iron Works, Sl5 O00; Reuton, Holmes &
 O., 5000, besides a large number of
 small firms, including ship smiths, rig l gers and general material men. An examination of the stomach of Lottie P. Hunsinger, whose death occur
 red in Seth Cooks office, Nevada Block,
 on Saturday evening, revealed the pres
 ence of small pills, the nature of which
 will be determined by a chemical test. | IT they are of a poisonous or irritatiOnal nature an inquest will be necessary, as t Is full possible that the congestion of l the lungs which caused death may have
 resulted from drugs of the description mentioned. Miss HunsiRger's funeral
 occurred on Tuesday, at noon. Carroll and Roses bull terrier Wall l to- the best of his cla~s on this coast if
 not in the whole United States, was | poisoned last night in the dog show by some malicious wretch and died in spite of all efforts to save llm. The bull ! terrier "Ky-fy." shared his frte. The owners offer S301 reward for the dis
 covery of the poisOner. Others present added to the amount util the reward offered was raised to one thousand. The dogs superiority was so great that he was not entered for a prize, but merely
 placed on exhibition.
 A private letter received in this clty announces the painful illness 1T New | York of John W. Doherty, General Sup
 erinterdent of the North Pacific Coast railway.
 The announcement IS posted at the | Merchants exchange of the death of w. l B. Agard, m this clry. The deceased l was a retired merchant, and in former
 years was one of the best known busi-
 ness men on the Pacific coast. He was
 d member of the well known commission and shipping firm of Dupuy, FOulkes & l O.. and later of Agard, FOulkes < Co. The Garfield monument commission who condemned the foundation built m the Golden Gate Park has required that the foundation be reconstructed; that
 the present one is entirely unfit and un- safe to place monument on 1t.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, May 3-Paul Vande- vOOrt, COmmander-in-C Chief of the Grand A--~= of the Republic, of California.
 who IS nov in this cIty. will he tenderei
 a reception at the Grand Opera House I on Saturday evening The five city Posts and fifteen inter1or q. A. k. Posts will be present and ladies will partIci
 pate. The programme will consist
 mainly of instrumental and literary
 exercises. Vaudevoort was entertained
 by Thomas Post last night. There was
 very large attendance ot veterans, and
 most pleasant evening was passed.
 The inquest in the case of Mary Ann
 Flaherty, who on last Saturday was
 killed b. the elevator accident in the
 Nevada block, will be commenced to-
 morrow morning by Coroner Living
 stone.
 SAN FRANCISCO, May 4-Gustav
 Rasche, one of the periurers who testi- fled in the famous trial of J. NJ kal- lOch for shooting Charles De Young {: that six shots were fired on the night of the murder, was surrendered yesterday Co the custody of Sheriff Connolly by one of nis sureties. It IS stated that the surety was Miss Annie F. Kalloch, sister of kalloch. Ra-ha's bond was S2.OOO.
 He IS now in custody and very indig- nant at his desertian n by the Kallochs.
 It is definitely stated that the Bald win theater has been leased by Hon. Murat Masterson. of Arizona.
 Six additional charges have been filed against Gray, the defaulting Harbor Commission Secretary. Judge Lawler fixed the bond at S3,OOO for each addl- tlOnal charge.
 Claus Spreckles' denial that he had discharged all the nine-hour men has been confirmed by the men themselves, who state that SprecLles, through his barrel manufacturer, John Coster, z ace fully submitted to the reduction iu hours.
 IL Is rumored that the Central Pacific will build a branch to Knights Landing. near the line of the old Vallejo road, aId connecting with the California and Oregon road at Sacramento. The ob- ject Is stated to be the control of the transportation of grain from Sutter county, which now mostly goes by Wa ter.
 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 4--An Eagle Rock, Idaho. special last night says: W. B. Green, agent Cf the Utah | and Northern railroad, was shot at thrs s. times by E. l.. Whittel,. brakeman on the road. One ball went through his | lungs and Green cannot recover.
 J seph Beddie-ume was last night | found EIilty of the murder of Charles ] Jensen at Rush Lake, Utah, in 1879