Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-06-14

M. White; Vice-P Presidents, W. J. Finnin, 10 Hamilton, Israel Lamton, Peter Hopkins. A. Rhiel. J. II. Matthews Secretaries. R. G. Fslk, Geo. w. Pick ham. NJ. P. Ward. J. w. Hughes, II. B. Goldstein. Sergeants at Arms, F. Burns, Jas. Riley, J. H. McCausland, Wm. Van | Praig. The order of business. Report and consideration of resolution; cleo 1 fion of State Central Committee; one member from each senatorial district and one from each congressional dis | trict, subject to confirmation by conven' I ton; five to be elected by the cOnven- | tion. Chairman and secretary ot said | committee to be chosen from tue entire convention; third, election of electors | 2 at large, one from each cOngrsssIOna | district; fourth, election of 10 delegates | to the national convention; first, two | from each c0ngressIonal district Co bt
 reported by the respective districts ana
 confirmed by the convention; second ! four at large. On mOtlOn of Spencer, ("
 StanislGus. the report was considered seriatim. That portion Of the TepoTi in reference to officers recommended D!
 the committee was adopted. The vice presidents were escorted tO the plat form.
 In answer to calls from th' convention each made brei
 speech returning thanks for the hOnol
 conferred. The first clause of the OrdeI of business was adopted. Senator . Spencer, of StanislaIs, moved to sub
 stitute for the proposal 10 elect com
 mittee of men by senatorial districts th'
 words: from state at large
 Lieut.. Governor John Daggett, attor ney general and TecreHnt senators
 and assemblymen discountenanclng tho tax compromises; Teaffirmlng Sunday
 law; a plank of the San Jose platform | invoking congress to legislate Ggains
 the interference ID state affairs by feder al courts; opposing railroad interference,
 in politics; dlscOuntenancing high tarii
 and the holding of large tracts of lanI by nonresident aliens; restoration ts
 the pubic domain of forfeited lanC
 grants; requiring Chicago delegates t'
 have plank in the platform agalns
 national banEs; condemning the prac tice of county commissioners choosing
 delegates tD conventions; demand ing railroad commissioners tO re-
 duce transportation rates so a'
 to remove the crop of 1881
 favoring the proposed constitutions
 amendment for publication of providing
 texts books by state; declaring Tilder
 and Hendricks first choice of Californi;
 Democracy; Thurman, second and re pudiating presidential aspiration o
 Stephen J. Field and pledging delegate;
 to Chicago to vote against him.
 Chase, of San Diego. moved to amend the resolution referring tO the hOldlnl of land by aliens, SO as to read that per sons who have declared their intention
 of becoming citizens to hold land. The change was agreed tO.
 F. J. Sullivan, of San Francisco, h.!
 been nominated for Congress from th'
 Fifth district.
 | KANSAS CITY, Mo. June 1.-The dls
 appearance of Alfred Sheldon, of Kansas City. agent of the Blue Springs, Nils
 sOuri, Milling Company, noted some
 weeks ago, becomes more mysterious Sheldon IS an Englishman of consider able property and when he disappeared there were TumOrs of shortage of ac, counts. Mrs. Sheldon has sInce read two letters in a hand which she recog
 nizes as her husbands: one dated Kansas | City: the other Blue Springs. in which | Sheldon says he IS held iu durance by
 command of the members of the milling
 company, who claim shortage and de
 mand a settlement. The friends of | Sheldon m England referred the matter | to the British government and the | authorities instructed the English con- sul at New York to investigate the mat
 ter. Letters from the consul have been received here by police officials.
 I M h.. | ing of the House committee on apprO- priations to-day the following resolution was offered by Mr. Randall and was adopted as an amendment on the gen eral deficiency bill; the vote was six to :. party vote of those present: That no Senator. representative or delegate in congress, Or senator, representative or delegate elect, and no officer, clerk or employee of the United States or any department, branch or bureau thereof. or any person receiving any salary or compensation from moneys derived from the treasury of the United States, or any contract under the United States Government, shall give or hand over to any person or persons, directly or in- directly, any money or other valuable thing on account of or to be applied to the promotion of any pOlisi 'i object whatever. That any person guilty of the violation of this provision shall be guilty of e misdemeanOr and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding Sj.COO or impFison- ment for thc term of three years or by both fine and Imprisonment m discre- lion of the court.
 STOCKTON, Cal, June 11.-The follow ing are the delegates elected to the Democratic national convention: First district-DeunIs Spencer. II. C. Wilson; Second district-J. ". Brec6erinridse, Niles Sedrles. pledged for Hidden and Thurman and to oppose Field; Fifth district Maurice Schmidt, Laurence Archer, pledged for TIldcn and tO 0p- pose Field; Sixth distrIct-L. J. Rose, \. E. Butler, instructed for IIldeu and 1 Thurman aud n resolution instructing ! them not Co vote for Field under any l Fourth district John ?. | Wright, Louis HOltZ. instructed Tor Ill- 1 den and Hendricks.
 SAN FRASCIsCO. June ll.-Crop re- | ports received from all sections of the | state show. contrary Co expectations, l that the rains of Sunday and Monday . to not appear Go have materially injur- | ed the growing grain.
 In case or Mrs. Louisa Sack. supposed l to have committed suicide by strychniEe | at Oakland, on Saturday night. the cor oner's jury returned this peculiar ver- dict: We are unable to find when or where poison was purchased or how IL was administered, but II taken by her own hand We are of the opinion that she was driven to do it by extreme cruelty of her husband
 The scene Of the stage robbery com nitted on Sunday night was at the foot )f Arrastra creek hill about ten miles