Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-09-22

IlLLluE llLu III t-c aAhASs FAccar4- | lamlng hlm for hfe. The Sheriff accompanied by two Indians started in pursuit, but before they found him he had shot himself and died soon after. At about seven o'clock the body was brought in and an inquest held. The verdict of the jury was in &C., cordance with the above facts. No papers could be found among his effects which disclosed his name. He was evidently insane.
 GUATwAs. Mexico, Sept. 2O.-owing to the fact that the board of health Of this port are persons who know absolutely nothing of medicine, severe comment Is made by the people on their vacillatlng action. The cold wave. which with an abundance of rain, swept over Quay mas has produced fatal results in respect to those who were down with the fever. The mortality record has risen but the new cases have decreased. Total deaths, thirteen; new cases. four. Since the rain, the sun has come out with all its force and the thermometer at twelve m. to-day marks ninety-fOur degrees. Sew eral convalescents have had a relapse owing to want of care. The total number of deaths from all causes from August twentieth to date recorded, are one hun dred and sixty-eight. Dr. MatteOs, of the Sixth battalion, is improving and will soon be out. Three cases terminal ing fatally have occurred at the depot The exodus of persons who are conval- esceut has ceased. Mir. Frank Smith, who IS profuse in his statements in re- gard to the fever, IS informed that no sensational reports have been sent by your correspondent. Who the reporter of the Arizona Star is, at present Is un- known, but these reports are of the kind | designated as regard MT. Swift's state ments. Your correspondent affirmed and proved that to-day Guaymas has not less than one thousand to fifteen l hundred less population than on the sixteenth day of August He is also in- | formed that Dr. 4. 4. Mix, vas not dis ! charged from the employ Of the Sonora R. R. Co, for mcompetency nor for drunkenness but resigned to take charge of the Sinaloa and Durango R. R. hos pital. Your correspondent has nam tained from the first that the prevailing fever here Is not the yellow fever but simply a very malignant type of malarial fever and not contiguous.
 CAsAs GEASDEs, Sept Bay courier via COrralitos and the Santa Maria river to San Jose, thence by wire. The l Apaches are still close by, but have shifted their camping ground a little further away from the town. Ju is chef in command. Geronimo second, l and Mana thlrd. The Indians have been trading horses and guns for such ] supplies as they need, but no ammunition 1 Is allowed to be sold them. A small l Mexican boy who traded ten cartridges was instantly placed III jail LaI ge ! quantities of mescal have been supplied ! them. There are now som 4DD trOOpse here and large bodies on the way but 1 am forbidden to give any account of the l exact numbers or their movements, by Major Ornate, the commanding officer
 A terrible conflict may break out any moment; It k simply a question of a short time. Will d1 my utmost to keep you posted.
 SAN FRANCIsCo. Sept. 20.-A CnroLi- cle special about the dinner given to tae Willard party at Victoria, B. C., says that Premier Smith, in speaking to the toast of "Ihe Queen,' took occasion to say that the annexation of British Columbia or any part of It tO the United States was impossible. but that the future would bring Co pass the anexation of a part of the Pacific coast, a section of the United States to British Columbia. Continuing tine speaker said: Tt is a matter of deep conviction with me and many others who have attentively con- sidered the drif; of affairs in the United States that t1e country can't continue undivided; its elements of population are too varied and interests Of its different sections too diverse. The day will come when it must go to pieces and when that day comes British Columbia will be glad to take in her open arms that fragment which IS her nearest neighbor." The in- dIgnatlOn of the Amsricans present ai the utterauces of such statements was great, though as hosts they fOrbore to express 1t.
 SAN FRANcIsCo. Sept. 20.-Gen. Win. field S. Reyes Of this city has applied for a divorce from his wife on the grounds that she had been previously ] N, Kelly, which fact he alleges had been kept q secret from him by her. Mrs Reyes denies the allegation or that she was ever married tO anyone except her present husband, Gen. Reyes Owing to the high social position of the parties the case attracts much attention. Pro ceedings will come up shortly in one of the superior courts.
 GUATMAs. Sept 9.-Yesterday's rains have checked the fever and no new cases have been reported since last night. By order of the Prefect pastiles are being burned in the streets to aid the purifcatiOn of the atmosphere. The business houses are re-opening.
 SAN FRAscIsco, Sept. 19-General Mcdowell, late commanding the Pacific | To D. buggy yesterday, and his injuries at first were supposed to be slight, and little attention was paid to the matter. To- day they assumed a more serious turn his mind wandering,With relapses into a comatose state. His friends state that his injuries are much more serious than can be supposed.
 FL PAso, Texas, Sept IS.-Various re- ports have reached here concerning a conflict between Mexicans and Apaches. Nothing definite has been received. \ special from San Jose, a station on the Mexican Central, says that numerous rumors came into OiC Caliente, sayin z that ADaches were rounding up the stock, and that general consternation prevailed all over the country. We have two correspondents in thefeld, who will keep you advised of the movements of the Indians.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 19 Intelligence received today from GuAymas au- nounces the death at that place, by vel low fever, of George B. ReckelsOn, an old resident of this city, and Ot the ser ious illness from the same disease of Wm. 5. Hooper, a member of large shipping firm here. It Is supposed that many other Americans have succumbei to the disease, but 1t is impossible yet to obtain their name-. The actlou of the Mexican authorities in secreting the existence of the yellow fever k severely condemned AS 1t Is now known that many were suffering from the disease long before the authorities permitted II to be known.
 DENYING, Sept. 20.-A shooting scrape occurred at or near Gage last night, ID which son of Beach, of the Prescott Miner, was shot. The row came over a faro game at which young Beach WAS playing; he was winning very fast and lt was said the game was being thrown