Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-13

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 toms birthday. Shortly after o'clock, Col. Thos. l.. Casey, government engi- neer in charge, and his assistants, Capt
 Davis, U. $. A., and Bernard B. Green, civil engineer, together with master me- chanic, Mclaughlin, and several work men, standing on a narrow platform built around the stepping of the marble roof, near the summit, proceeded to set the capstone. It weighs $500 and was suspended from a quadrupon of heavy ioists, supported by the platform and towering forty feet above them. As soon as the capstone was set, the Ameri- can flag was unfurlod oyer head, and a salute of twenty-one guns, fired by bat tery in the White House lot, far below. The sound of cheers also came up faintly from 6 crowd of spectators gather ed around the base of the monument, while humber of invited guests were on the 300 feet of platform and in the inte- rior of the monument at the level. Spontaneous they struck up the "S: SPengled Banner" and other patriotic American songs. A steady dOwnpOur of rain had given place little while previously to brisk gale of wind, at this elevation blowing at the rate of about 55 miles an hour, and very few of the invited guests cared to avail themselves of the privilege of climbing nearly perpendicular ladder from the 500 foot platform to the dizzy height of 533 feet, from which three or four journalists and a half dozen other adventurers climbed and witnessed the setting of the cap stone, and subsequent ly ascended to the pinnacle. Meanwhile the Washington Monument society, rep resented by Dr Joseph M. Toner, Hon. Horatio King, Gen. Wm. Mckee Dunn, Daniel B. Clark and F. l.. Harvey, secretary, held a meeting on the elevated platform, at the height of 800 feet and when the artillery firing an- nounced the setting of the cap stone, they adopted a resolution offered by Gen. Dunn, congratulating | the American people on the completion of this enduring monument of our nation's,g ,gratitude to the father of bis countrys Among those present to-day | at the completion of the structure was one master mechanic who laid the corner | stone of this monument more than 36 years ago, and the old watchman of the | monument who had been continually | employed in that capacity during nearly | the whole intervening period. Tn flag | over the monument iioated to-day from l the flagstaff top which is GOO feet from the ground, thus displaying the Ameri can cO!ors at the greatest heighth on construction ever vet known in the world.
 LONDON, Dec. 6-In the House of | Commons the speaker announced that Il the royal assent had been given to the Franchise bill.
 LONDON, Dec. 6.-The Times says: The prospect that America will put a stop to the coinage of silver by repeating the Bland bill has unsettled business in India.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Dec. 6.-John Wal colt has instituted suit against W. W. Hnllisfer nf Sosta Darbara sOi S1OO,OOO | damages for the alleged debauchery of his wife. The complaint claims that the crime was committed during a period extending from 1875 to August 1884. He ayers in the complaint that he was unaware of the state of affai.s until August 18th of this year.
 WAsHISGToS, Dec. 6.-Representative Mercy has informed the house commit tee on postofiices and post roads, that he has received information from the senate which leads him to believe that if the house | passes the bill to secure cheap telegraphic | correspondence, the senate will accept | it as substitute for the postal telegraph | bill now pending before it. The house committee on education have instructed l Representative Willis to call up the edu- cational bill, if possible, and move to substitute for it the Blair bill, which passed the senate and is now on the speakers table.
 WAsHING-oS, Dec. S.-Senate- Mitch ell read letter from General Grant re- lating to the bill recently introduced to give him pension. General Grant ex- presses a hope that the bill will be with drawn. as under no considerations could he accept pension even if passed by both houses and received the approval Of the president. Mitchell states that he had introduced the bill because he was chairman of the committee on pensions, and the president had recommended a pension for General Grant. He Mitch ell had always felt that General Grant ought to be placed where he was when he resigned to accept the presidency. He laid down a great office he had won in war, but in deference to General Grants wishes, he withdrew the bill.
 | SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. S.-A mortimer commenced Saturday at midnight and continued all yesterday, and is still blow ing this morning. It Is the most severe ever experienced here, and the cold is in- tense. Street signs were blown down and windows blown in. Nearly all the vessels in the harbOr dragged their an- chors and several broke from their moor ings. The bay was so rough that passen- gers on the ferry boats were sea sick. The Amenca ship Edward O'Brien was blown away from her dock and her position became so dangerous that the captain paid steam tug S5,0O0 to tow him to a safe position. Two sections of the sea wall were badly damaged, and the new break water at the foot of Green street was completely washed away. Damage to vessels and wharves IS estl- mated at S15O.O00. Reports from inter- for points show that the violence of the wind was as great as 1t was around the bay. At Hanford in the San Joaquin valley, there was a slight sprinkling of snow. At Newhall three inches of snow had fallen, and telegrams received from there stated that 1t had been snow ing as far south as San Fernando tunnel. There was also a heavy fall of snow at Bakersfield and at Portland, Oregon.
 At Victoria, E. C., it was showing, at the latter point an extraordinary phe- nomenon was presented. While the snow was falling a thunder and light ming storm suddenly burst forth and
 the fall of snow ceased. It is raining this morning at Los Angeles.
 BALTIMORE, Dec. s.-The closing ses-