Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-05-10
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PHENx, May 5-The jury at nine O.. nj. Saturday, in the case of James
 Shadrick who shot Geo. Phelps in this
 city, brought in verdict of guilty of
 murder in the second degree. Judge Pinney sentenced him to imprisonment
 Tor life.
 CLIFTON, May 5.-George N. Wise, .
 brakeman on the Arizona and New
 Mexic6 Railway was instantly killed this afternoon at the ,ur three miles
 from this place. lie was engaged in switching three cars and after putting on the brake to the forward one started
 to jump to the second car but fell | between them and was run over by two cars. Every bone in his body was
 broken He Was an es,imable young
 man; age about 22 years, and came on to the road about one year ago from Cascade, Iowa.
 PRESCOTT, May 6.-C. A. Bell, car penter, attempted suicide to-day by cut tiug his throat in three places. He is expec. ed to recover.
 CHARLESTON, May w. Mcfarland, commonly known as stormy Jim" had a fight with a man named Screw few days since in which Stormy was badly punished. This morning as Screw was sitting in front of a saloon, Stormy ap- preached from behind and strucA him several blows over the head with a wagon spoke; a fight ensued, during which Screw secured the spoke and struck Stormy several times, vLer upon Stormy drew his SIX shooter aLd press ing 1t against Screws stomach pulled the trigger, but a bystander having caulh, hold ol the pistol the bullet was harmlezsly discharged. The combat ants, furnjture and bystanders were plentifully sprinkled with blood.
 S.N FRAScIsco, May 3. - The Chronicles Washington special says: l. IS uuderst,O Od that General Rose crans wI!l ue formally placed H. tLer4ce for the Dem lcratic presidential uomna- rion ihIs week by his frieud,. fully seems to be reco-ulz-d Us a represent atIve of ho-ecfans III the matter.
 WASHINGTON. May Representative of the MIn ral Be!5 Tai road company of Arizona were OeiO the Senate commit tee on public lands thls morning. They ask tine privilege of purchasing from the government 64O acres Ot land for every mile of the track they may lay, at SL25 per acre.
 CHICAGO, May 5.-The Times St. Louis special says: he consolidation of the St. Louis and San Francisco road with the AtcAi=On, Iopeku and Santa Ee, for wlich negotiations are said c. be peud- ing, woulI Ilcluie the ownership of the Atlantic and Pacific ad with 674 miles completed tack, giving the cousohda. tlOn an acarrZate of over l, coo miles.
 LONDON, May 5-The officers of the City of Rome are ol the opiniO1 that the missing steamer State If Florida struck an iceberg, as the Captain oi the State rf Pennsy y.vaDia reports ice ID the region n which the Florida Is supposed to have been about the time of the disaster. The Captain of the City of Rome reports that he was siglalled by passing vessel, but was unable to read the slguals; there was nttle or no wind. | It k now believed that this vessel has on board the rescued passengers and crew of tue Florida. The next news concern the mlssIng steamer Is awaited from America.
 ToRoNTo. May j.-The Canadian De DGrtmeut of Marine las ordered the pur- chase oi q Newfoundl4n whaler, with 1 which 10 explore the Hudson Bay and l establish the prac6cabIlIty of a short ! steamship lina to Europe for the north | western Lruln trade.
 ia hsEE 5DEYP555 D9P5, \ u 5aIie 5Ie enGyibnS ylblaae re- mains but the smoIldering feed barns. | The residents are comyelied @ sleep in ] the barns. Many spent the night m a | mIl, sleeping Tn sawdust They have | lost everything.
 SAN FRANcIsCo, May 5-Lelaud Stan ! ford and wife arrived ID Nv York yes | terdhy on the steamer Germ auic. They ] drought with them the remains cf their 1 son who died lately n Italy.
 DUBLIN. May j.-M chaei Davitt has | abandoned politics, and goes 50 Aus i { aha.
 SANTA Rosa, Cal, May 5.-Some dis satisfaction having been manifested at l the acton If the Dem 1cratio county | central committee, n rlectlng delegates | 10 inc state convent, n. the committee | met yesterday, Hnl tLe action was re- ! scindeL Delegates will be app rtione | on the Stoleman vote basis. The con Ten'iOu wll be held at Headsburg on h lne 3d.
 LONDON, May D. Empress Ann. widow of Emp TOT Ferdiuaud ", oi Austria, died yesierlay et Prague. aged so years.
 NEw YORK, May 5.-The steamship Alaska arrived to-day and brings TO news of tho steamer Florida
 NEW YoRK, May 5.-The Forest fires on Long Island were extnguished by rain.
 VALLEJO, May 5-The Far-agut bank building, one of the Gnsst structures in the town, was partially de-troyed by lire yesterday. The loss K about eight thousand dollars; insured.
 WAsHISGIoy. May D. SENATE Van Wyck introduced a bill to ressric! aliens and foreign co panies and corporations iu ownership of pubic land and or any land ID the IrrrItOues; referrgd. The following is the text of the blil: Be il enacted that 1t shall be for any person or assocIation of persons not citizens of tue United States or for any corporation or com pany organized under The authority of any foreign State. prnce, or Potentate ,o acquire title from the United States to a greater quantity of public lands than an individual C ctiZan 'f the United States is authorized to enter under settlement and improve nent laws, thereof, or to acquire, receive IT hold by deed, grant, demIse or trust, hereafter executed any greater quantity Df land iu the Territories of the United States than Gi0 acres.
 LONDON, May G.-The Porte under tands that the conditions upon which he French consent to a confereUce with England upon the Egyptian question .ra: That Euglaud will give up anuexa- ion and the protectorate, and on the ] lther hand France recognizes the ser [ ics rendered by England iu Egypt and | apuiaeaaz in fba --rlt ,F Tp-f.,1 4 ] {,