Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-20

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 'r MONTEREY, (Va.,) Dec. I2.-For some IT weeks past rumOrs have been in circu n lation here about subterranesn fires n the mountains along Back Greek. The
 phenomenon vas fully investigated yes 8 terlay. Ascending the summit, the l, ground was found SO hot that men could !. hardly walk upon it. They then began t to dig. and On reaching q depth of @ twelve inches found the earth smoking [. and burning, The earth from its sur @ face to fire was in a high state of ] precipitation. Upon exposing the burn l ing substance to the air 1t gleams with l a livid heat, sparkling and cracking, - and sends forth volumes of smoke. Two 8 columns of smoke came out of the open 5 ing made, one of dark red hue and the . other black, each retaining it's distinct
 color until it disappeared from sight. , The substance dug up looked like brick
 dust, and could be squeezed into ball,
 like wax.
 CLIFTON, Dec. 15.--The storm which began on the night of the :, continued during the entire week until this morn
 ing. Old settlers declare it to be tise se- yerest ever experienced in southeastern Arizona. At the different mines back of
 Clifton, the snow lies on the ground to
 the depth of fifteen inches. At an early
 hour this morning two miners named
 Robt. Murphy and DOminick Mulligan,
 left saloon in Morenci and started
 afoOt for .he Coronado mine, distance
 of three miles over a rough trail. The snow was blowing and the thermometer
 at zero. When about half the distance,
 Mulligan gave out, being exhausted by cold and fatigue. In vain Murphy en- deavored to keep his companion moving, at last discovering light which Murphy
 believed to be a camp fire on Coronado hill, he left Muligan and hastened on to get assistance. The light proved to be on the Metcalf hill where Murphy arrived just before dawn. Procuring help he started back to the place where he had left Mulligan, whom they found frozen stiff. Mulligan was aged about 30 years and came to Clifton three months ago from Kingston. New Mexico.
 | SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.-The Alta published this morning an article that has created a most profound sensation, as was remarked by gentleman referring to it, '.it has turned some upside down. The article in question is headed as fol- flows: Piracy; Honolulu captured and sacked by an armed force, The kings public treasury and merchants despOiled. Over S3,0O0,000 in coin and plate car ried of. The palace a.ld town Tn posses sion of the pirates for nine hours. No | ,k IL, TIg Bishops bank was plundered. The es- cape of the fillibusters was made next morning. The probabilities are that a pursuing vessel will be at one despatch ed from this port" The articles occu- pies two columns, written evidently by some familiar with Honolulu and the in teriOr of the palace and other buildings mentioned, and presented with such an accuracy of detail as to readily deceive the most intelligent reader. But the Alta explains the whole thing in an edi- tOrial note, published in the same edition, which reads as follows: 1.-The narrative on the first page shows what might be accomplished in the Hawaiian kingdom by small body of desperadoes. H W. Severance, Hawaiin consul in this city, | in a note addressed this morning to the Associated Press, says the statement contained in the article has no founda- | ton whatever, and several of the leading | merchants largely interested in the Ha- | vain trade, pronounce it pure fabrica- | tiOn. The excitement 1t created was so great that several passengers who were to sail this morning on the Alemeda for | Honolulu, decided not to go, but when it | was explained them that the article was nothing more than well written bit of | romance, they went on board. General Turnbull manager of the Alta, stated | this morning that the article was written | with the direct purpose of showing how | easy such an event could have occurred, | and in this way point out to the Hawaiin government the necessity of taking such | measures and creating such defenses as would prevent the possibility of such an occurrence.
 WAsHINGroS, Dec. -Senate-LO- | gan presented large number of peti- tions from tobacco and cigar manufact- ures and labor organizations of Illinois,
  against the ratification of the Spanish treaty. The chair laid before the senate Van Wyck's resolution heretofore offered to them relating to the Spanish treaty. and requiring the committee on rules to report rule providing for the considera- ton of commercial treaties in open ses- sion. Miller of California, said this mat Na- mittee on foreign relations and moved reference resolution for the committe on | Senator Van Wyck's resolution for the discussion of commercial treaties m open | session It was referred to the commit tee on foreign relations.
 SAN FRAScIsco, Dec. 15.--Judge Sawyer of the United States circuit court rendered an important decision today. It was in a suit in equity, brought by the Southern Pacific railway company against II. J. Dull and Edward Shiefflih, to gain possession of one quar- ter section of land in Los Angeles county, to which the railroad claimed a title under land grant awarded by Congress July, 1866. Judge Sawyer decided 1t m favor of the company, on the ground that the defendants did not settle on 1t until July, 1881. while the railway had prior rights under the congressional act.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The Tribune of Tuesday will say editOrially that MT. Blaine desires to have it stated that all the reports ofinterviews held with him since his arrival in Washington are en- tirely unauthorized. The one m which he is represented as discussing his rela- tions with MT. Conkling has been exten- sively published throughout the country, but is, from beginning to end, an mex cusable forgery. MT. Blaine asks that bis friends will do him the favor to discredit any and all interviews which may be imputed to him If he has any occasion to communicate with the pubic be will do so over his own name.
 SCHENECTADY, V. r., Dee. lj.-Ihe city bank of Schenectady suspended this afternoon.
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