Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-01-28
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PACIFIC COAST.
sse-ialto ,hs CITIZEN

order for next Monday. Davis bil
 regarding special and general election
 n the Territory; Davis bull gIyiul authority for tLe governor to appOin
 when vacanries occur in the office O Probate Judge aHd the Behan bill t'
 collect taxes in COchise county yer,
 inde fnitely postpone |. Hughes gave
 uOtice that he would introduce an act C
 amend chapter 8 of the compile
 laws in relation to the Limitations "f actions; also the act to amend
 chapter t5 of the compiled laws re
 lating tO attachments. EXecutiv,
 session asked the Governor to wi5hdra~
 the nominations for prison commission
 CTS in order to hear from their cohstitu-
 ents. The object IS 10 manipulate and
 get ID personal friends. The House met
 at ten o'clock. Some bills were taken
 up and passed but nothing Of impor-
 tance has been transacted. Wardwelis
 stock bill mailed to interested parties
 to-day asking suggestions.
 PBEcoIr, A. T., Jan. 23-Tbe Couns
 cn met at the usual hour Masterson
 introduced a bi'l for the rec very of ore
 taken from mines by theft. Lemon @
 bill to secure hens and contracts tO
 mechanics, labOrers and others. Davis fl Pinal a bill to amend section f,
 chapter No. 10 of the compiled laws.
 Masterson a bill fixing the number oi jurors in criminal cases in iusiice's
 ,ourts. Adjourned till tomorrow.
 In the House Webb, of Maricopa, in- troducsd bl!l concerning distr.ct court reporters. Brown, of Pima, gave notice pf & bill amending the act to provide revenue for the Territory of Arizona in
 he several counties tLereo.
 Spec,al to the CrrIzsS.
 GRANT, A. T. Jan. = A man named Robert Tardy was shot and killed b, luhn W CUlburn about three mille
 rom Grant IL is reported that Col burn shot Tarly with a ca-bine throu-i [ hole behind the wall ot Jlburu's own
 oom and at the time Tardy vas staud
 ng with his back partly turned Tn, bullet passed from one sid'. to tue othe 1i the body causing death m few hours. COlburu is m the Guard house
 ( Graut awaiting the aruyal of 70, sheriff
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Jan. 22. A Berkelel ! iisprtch says that the mixiuE huus, l iud siN packing houses of the grra. l Powder works at Pc. Clement near Wr>l ! Bei kelley explode J at ! Ne,terday aiteI- | lOuu. The shock of seven eNplOsiUL, l we're felt in this town. Que wu.te man, | Foreman Conk aud between 4U aud G. | Chinese are known tu have been biUwb 1 to atoms. Nearly the eltire plant was .tstfoy cd by the fire which began m mediat-ly after the explOsiuu. 1Le 1 'uperintendmt was thrown a long d.s ] '''ee ir .t on, '.', i,-lnrir, ana Nesl I tjerkeley. Fire sull raging. X large containing over 2UO tons IS
 tlll safe. About eight tops exploded 1 Loss can not be estimated. The dwell ,u- houses one side uf the hIl me safr out an che glass shattered.
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 SAN FEASgIsCo. Jan, 22 Total loss by reason uf tue ey IlusIun will Teach not less than Siu,OJU The gIauI powder works sustained a dams ge of S6O.UO. T.r acid works 0i lujs0n k Co S4O.CUD. Gt Is imp, ,,Ibls Co a-cer- saIn tue exact loss of life. but it ls a,- sumed to be between 90 and iJ. The first explosion occurred about 2 o'clock 10 the packing hou+- ir which ahout 2OO pounds of powder Was stored. lt ls uot still known whether any one was killed by the first explosion cor not. As soon ss the packing house exploded number of thInaMen employed Iu Dther departments tied for their lives and Lad reached The open space where the mixing house exploited. killing most uf he men m their tracks. lt IS thought Jerdin and hOmpf; the superintendent ki led by thls explosion.
 In abOut a minute one of the smaller houses exploded. followed lmmedI tely ny a fourth explosion, which doubtless killed the surviving employees. A work man named August Forg0Isky was very seriously injured. All tLe other white men have been accounted for, and the dead are all ChiDamen. There are some thirty or forty houses nn the point occu- pied by employees at the powder works aud acid works, and most ot the win tlOws are shattered. Doors and sides m | many instances were dashed iu by tbe force of the cJucusslOn. Alter each | -xtIosion the wood work of the huIld- iugs caught fire and burned steadily for several hours. Eio.-s ts Pieyenl tus ]. Haw-s reaching ue main mBgHzit a, con tnniug au immense quantity oi powder, s G Q. happily successfully. The cOnse queuces would have been ID st frIghtful had the main magazine expludei, a- unr of the SuperlutsLdeutS stated that there k enough powder stored there to have destroyed every iIyInC thing un the lee nluSula. The Cat se ut the hrrt expo sion remains a mystery. Last evening Twelve bodies bad been counted lying in the dehr.s. and the Coroner invesii- gst;on will probably disclose more than double that uumi sr. A force of me1 was engaged last night eNiinguisbiug the fire and rec0ve ing the bodies.
 SAS FRANrIsco. January D. The . powder explosion near Bei kelley Is Go tine effect that ihe total number uf bod ies I, covered from the IuIus Is lG. far as known. Ihls uumLer 'uc.udes all who were killed. The Corouer's jnry made au investigate n' and rendered d verdict that the victims came Co their death by powder explosion the cause Of which is unknown.
 SAN FRASCIsCo. Jan. 23--A Portland iisu4tch says: There I5 DO :ruth wdat- ever in the reported fuuu6ering o' the steamship Oregon. The steamer a-- rived the.s in safety last night
 CHcAGo. Janua ' .2-The intense cold which has prevailed tue pa>J ihies days couti mes. This mnrriu at x o'clock was 23 below zero. The streets leafly d serted. railroad travel greatly In.pedoi. The snow IS pack, ID heavy drifts through which tLe trains [ re- their way with two vr -iBes and are arriving hours be- hind. The cold wave Is succeeded by much warmer weather. The ther. l5 degree higher than Chicago at Omaha
 CLEVELAND, Jan. - The thermom- lte- fell 5) degrees n thirty-siN hours and this morning stood three degrees below zero, promising to fall loTzr. A furious gale prevailed last night
 SAS FRANCISCO, Jan. 2l.-Theatriral circles are greatly sgItated over the sud den and unexpected closing of the Grand Opera House winch has been under tEs joint management Of Me-srs. Cuas. \. Andrews and l.. StOckwen for the past three mouths. 4 large placard on the door states that owing to the abscOui- ing oi Andrews ani StockWell there would be no performance. IL is report ed that St0ckwell has gone to Arizona. I he whereabouts Of Andrews k not ---.--- The .-I----- .-- .L- -.-----.--- |