Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-10-27

far as to refuse his business. This latest movement is liable to influence the Northern Pacific tomorrow.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24.-The Mexi- can consul in this city has received 8 dispatch that Mazatlan is now free Of fever. This Is contradictory of informa- ton received through other sources. The official dispatch, however. IS dated the 22nd and later than other news re- ceIved from that port. The telegram further states that vessels leaving Mazatlan will be furnished with clean bills of health. The committee raising funds for the Mexican yellow fever sufferers report a collection S2,200 in ad- dition to past list; l,5O0 tickets have been sold for the ball to be given for the same object.
 PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 24-An Ore gonian special says: Both of the west bound stages were robbed yesterday foul miles from Meahama by single high wayman. He only found a few dollars among the passengers of the first stage' but in the second Wells, Fargo < Co., g treasure box. How much it contained is not yet reported. No resistance was made by any of the passengers on either stage.
 PREsIDIo, San Francisco, Oct. A. The following has been received from San Carlos, A. T., dated October 23, and addressed to J. c. Kelton and the Adiu- tant- General at San Francisco:
 Three Chiricahua men and one boy came in to-day and report that they left the Chincahuas near Casas Grandes nineteen days ago, and that all the re- mainder of the Chiricahuas who left be- hind ID MexIcO were to leave thelr camps for San Carlos the next day. The Indians here who came in reported that Juh was drowned some time since while drunk.
 A copy of this dispatch has been tele- graphed to the Adiutant-GeneraI at Washington.
 Signed. GEO. CROOK,
 Brigsdier-GeneraL
 SAN FRANCIsco, October 26.-J. A. Robertson, formerly of this city, just returned from Mexico and fully con firms all that has been said of the ravages of the yellow fever at Mazatlan. He went there in August last to buy a sugar plantation and was caught with the fever, but recovered a few days be- fore he left. He says: "I went to the cemetery where l learned from the gate keeper that during the two months of the fever there had been passed in from 3,500 to 5000 dead. He was not sure as to exact number, as some days they came SO thick 1t was impossible to keep the tally; 1t IS said that in one week the death roll numbered fully 900. The American colony was severely attacked: among those known to have died were: A. Musselman, of Dixon, California; A. W. Rogers, Horace Adams, Porter Holmes, George Rufner, John McEwen. all Of San Francisco; Robert Porter, of PennsylvanIa; Marcus Monroe, Victoria. B. C.; William Cornelius, of Virginia City. These are only the names," added Mir. Robertson, "Of those I can think of at present, but there were many others" He says most positively that the dnnger Is not over at Mazatlan, and that it Is criminal tO say that it is; this hatly con tradictory of Q statement that port authorities at Mazatlan were willing to give. Steamer Granada received clean bIll of health.
 PORTLAND, Oregon, October 26.-Ben Holiday has commenced suit against his brother Joe for the recovery of prop erty now held in trust by Joe for Ben. The suit will involve the largest amount ever in litigation in Oregon. When matters were tightening around Ben be borrowed one hundred and sixty thousand dollars from Joe, deeding Co him hIs property in Portland under that when the amount bor- rowed was repaid the property should revert to Ben. The debt with interest now amounts to two hundred thousand dollars, the value of property at the time transferred was about SiOO,000; to- day 1t is worth two millions. If Ben secures the property he can pay all his debts and have over a million left