Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-08

county committee and 6uperl rlnteudent or schools. The troubles grew out of the present investigation into the manage ment of school affairs Bowen abused Kennedy, calling him and his brother thieves, and when Kennedy remon- st-ated Bowen pulled out knife. Ken ntdy then fired four shots. Kennedy IS under arrest.
 WASHINGTON. March The Treas- Urer ot the United States Las prepared a statement showing that tue total coin age of standard silver dollars under the act of February 2S. 1878, Co March l. 1881, was SlG6, ,12j.l19; held in the Treas ury offices and hints, Sl2G, ,S22.399: out standing, S3J,3O2, 20. or the amount held by the treasurer there are held tc redeem outstanding silver certificates S9i,2iLl2l, leaving owned by the treas ury S3Qj7L6IS.
 WASHINGTON. March w. 4. Bur lelgh, formerly a delegate in congress from Dakota, bu; ROW resident of Mon taua, was before SprinCer's committee today, ana examined in relation to the O1icill cOEIrct Cf Judge Conger. one ot the district judges of Montana. recently succeeded by Judge CoJurn. of Indiana. The witness testled that Judge Cou ger was under the influence of liqucr SO often tat business suffered. Burleigh bad seen hm -u tD sleep on the bench while Important cases were being heard. The delay in appointing successor to Judge Couger, Mr. Burl5lgh asserted, had cost t1e district from seyeuty-iive to one hun ured tbOUsa-d dollars, and had also cost the government go large sum.
 Tx Chief Justice Shannon said he had investigated tIe charges against COuger. Testimony from two counties of Con gers distric. had been Iu favor of him while from two Ctbcr counties there had been evidence against hlm. Judge Shan non testified iu regard Co the charge of gambling that he knew COnger while holding term of court at Miles City. and played poker for money on sunday afternoon, while during the morning of the same day De had delivered an ad- dress before a Sunday school On an other occasion, fine witness said he found Judge COnger playing stud poper end faro for money, cigars and drinks. In relation to the charge of having disrepu- table associations, Judge Shannon sand Judge Conger mad been seen in Miles City, June, 1882, at a dance given by colOred women of had repute.
 LONDON, March Tho bust of Long fellow was Unvailed this morning. The ceremony was performed by Rev Geo. Brothers. The Earl Granville, Sir Hugh Childers. Minister Lowell Alice and Ann Longiellow, daughters of the poet, Mary Anderson, Monc1re D. Con- way and Theodore Martin were present. Earl Granville made a speech eulOgistic of the charGc.rr 1f the American poet. Minister Lowell also made a speech and accepted the tribute Co bis memory, thus placing bis memorial iu the poet com m0uer between tLc bU-is uf Chaurer and Dryden Iu tine name of the Amer can people.
 SAN LUIS OHIspC, March IA fatal shooting aiiray occurred here tonight. by which B. F. Morris, prominent sheep man o5 this county, lost his life, and George NJ. Walker, a carpenter. was probably fatally wounded. There long existed au ill feeling between the men. It k not known who fred the first shot Morris was killed instantly, and It IS believed Walker will not live until morning.
 ST. PETERSBURG, March l.-The funeral services of the late Minister Hunt will be held Tuesday next
 HAERsBURG, Pa., niarch Fifteen pounds of dynamite iu a small shanty in the lower part of the city accidentally exploded this morning, damaging six teen buildings. No one was seriously injured.
 SAN FRANCISCO, March This morn 1nrr 1T ur-nr. Hurtf cent % I'M r.. Charles D. Jacobs. of Louisville, Ky, to be distributed as the latter sees fit, among the sufferers by the Ohio floods in Uniontown. Cassyyille, Raleigh. and Smithland. This makes SI, loo forwarded from this city.
 LoEDsBUEG. Y. H., March Fred. Anderson, formerly butcher n this place, was murdered and robbed of a span of horses and wagon ln the San Simon valley, about twenty-five miles north of here, the day before yesterday. When found the coyotes had partially devoured the body. There is no clue tO the murde-ers.
 WASHINGTON, March 3.-Murat Hal stead, the celebrated editor, has been here a week. but unlike nearly every other stranger here, HalStead frankly admits tha. be Is here to help make the next President Halstead has called on alt the presidential candidates and says that talthough Logan and Arthur are good men and weigh a required number of pounds. neither has much show of the nomination. Halstead says that be had a long and friendly interview with Blaine and that he told him he was not q candi- date for the Presidency and he did not think there was any prospect Of his nomination and he was not giving Q mo- ment's thought or attention to the sub ject. Mr. Blaine said that he was en- gagged in literary labors that were more fascinating to him than politics had ever been, and that he had put everything else out of bis mind. "I feel justified in believing" observed Halstead, that Mr. Blaine meant every word he said" Hal stead thinks Blaine would rather be Secretary of State than President. and aspires to that office under the next ad- ministration. The gossip of politicians here. however, demonstrate that no mat ter what Blaine says he will surely be placed in the race
 HAL1FAx. March 8. - The steamer Juliette from New Castle, England, re- ports fearful storms and seas and revolv- ing hurricanes and heavy fields of ice and immense innUmerable Icebergs sighted; two masted steamers, apparently hard and fast between two bergs, but could not make out the names. Later they passed au oil cake or petroleum ship on fire; the crew is believed to have been rescued by passing ship.
 SAN FRANCIsCo. March 3.-Wm. Ky borgs, bar tender, while suffering from delirium tremens. killed himself by mp ping open his abdomen and several slice. from thigh.
 LONDON, March 8. The first declars- ton on the part of the Irish National League in opposition to Henry Georges land scheme was made at q meeting at Cork, Sunday, at which, the scheme was declared impracticable.
 CHICAGO, March 3.-S. P. Davis, of San Francisco, was in the city yesterday. on his way to Africa. He represents NIT. PorIce, of San Francisco, and IS in charge of the largest shipment 0f mining ma chinery known to railroaders. To carry this a special train of twenty box cars,