Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-12-25
TELECRAPHEC .
HELD FOR MURDER.


 Sarah Kennedy, who shot and kill,
 ed her husband a week ago to-day
 has bec1 held for trail before tho
 criminal court on the charge oi
 murder with bail fixed at $10,000. | WINTER AND DEATH IN OREGON.
 PORTLAND, OREGON, Dec. IS. A
 terrific snow storm is raging in | Willamette valley. Railroad trafiC
 is suspended and the river steam
 boats are laid up. Suow also is re-
 ported in eastern Oregon and three feet at the Dalles. Moses Soloman,
 travelling agent for Bissinger &
 Co. of this city was found dead at
 Albany in the snow near the depot.
 He had perish from exposure. DEATH OF AN EDITOR.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1S-The death Of Frederick Marriott, pros
 prletor of the News Letter, was an nounced this morning.
 THE PRoPosIT. ON TO ANNEX NEVADA.
 RENO, Nev., Dec. 1S.-ln regard
 to the proposition of the Philadel-
 phia Press to annex Nevada 10 Cali>
 fornia and divide the result into
 northern and southern state, the
 Reno Gazettee says: "Thc people
 of Nevada see no reason for change
 and will accept none. Their state
 organization falls on their own
 shoulders, and they are abundantly abl. to sustain it. Nevada has con tributed in the past and will in the future, her full share toward the national government and national prosperity, her mines, cattle and farming, give her q permancncy."
 OPENING OF THE EXPOSITION.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The invi- tation sent out by the Secretary of State, III name of the President, fer the eremonles in Washington, in connect on with the odening of the Wor Ids Exposition at New Orleans, namad the hour Of 12 30 D. m. as the same, when the formal exercises at the executive mansion would begin. Before that time this afternoon, 150 or 200 invited guests. comprising some of the best known people in Washington and including a large number of ladies, assembled in the spacious east room of the presiden- tial residence. where the ceremonies were to take place. Among the dis persons who strolled back and forth through the east room, talking ard listening to the music of the martial band and awaiting the beginning of the cere- were most of the members of the diploma tic corps and Presi- dent Arthur's cabinet with their wives, the president of the senate with their wives, the president of the senate and speaker of the house, W. ". Corcora and George Bans croft, the eminent historian, Law renee Barrett, Gen. Van Vliet, Min ister Foster with Mrs. Foster and their daughter, Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia Marshal c. McMichael, MT Chief Justice Waite, MT. Jus> tice Fieldsand many others There were also special committee from the house and senate, representing all the states and territories in the l Union. Several states were repre- sented by commissioners At the instrument table sat MT. Maren, manager of the Western | Union office, who had been arranged | with for the occasion, was to manN age the-telegraphic part Of the cere- monies. About 15 minutes before .wo o'clock the operator at the Expo 'ition. building in New Orleans, announced the arrival there of the officials and board of managers, and | ] notice to that effect was given to President Arthur A moment later he later, preceded by Marshal Me Michael. and accompanied by Vice President Edmunds and Gommis- sioner Morehead, entered the east room, followed by Speaker Carlisle. Secretary Frelinghuysen with Secre- arcs Lincoln, McCulloch, Chandler ind Attorney General Brewster and members of the diplomatic corps md other distinguished guests.
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