Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-15

custom house officers being made known to Geronimo, he said he would dIe be- fore he woull give mp the stock; that his band would fight to the death with the result of putting two thousand Apaches on the war path in less than lorty-eight hours. Runners were dis
 patched fo tLe reservation by Geronimo, and about midnight the Indiaus broke camp and followed with the stock. The situation Is considered very grave, and as It Davis expressed t, "lf the de mand is insisted on 1t will result in the largest Apac1e outbreak ever known in
 Arizoaa and end in the eztermination of the Indians"
 YUMA, ,Macch II, ? p. m.-The east
 half of the town of Yuma is under wa
 ter. At about three o'clock this morn
 ing the water burst the temporary levee,
 and in less than an hour that portion of
 the town eas- of the main street WGs in-
 undaed. The destruction of property
 is terrible. Over one hundred houses
 have been destroyed 50 far, and many
 more must undoubtedly go. The water
 is three feet deep on Man street. and
 small boa's 70 up as far as the postoiiice.
 The floor Of the ~eatinel office isthree
 fee; under water. By strenuous efforts
 a few buildings in the flooded portion of
 the town will te saved, If no fur
 her rise occurs, but there is every ind cation tha the water
 will still increase. Great desEtutiOn is
 bound to prevail, as hundreds of poor
 people will bs aud are DOW homeless.
 This flood. added to the suspension Of rail communication from both the cast
 and west. leaves the town iH a depllra-
 ble condition. Business is almost ea-
 ti-eIy susp, nded, and al, who are able are hborinQ to save what property they can. TLe end is evidently TO; yet.
 TOMBSTONE, March 9.-The funeral of Constable Roberts, murdered by J. K.
 Adams yesterday, occurred to-day at
 D. m., and was the largest ever he'd ID
 this city.
 Flags were at half mast and tLe whole city was in mourning. The fire depart
 ment and civil societies participat Il
 Services were held at tbe Episcopal church. The lynching of Adams. which
 vas threatened yesterday. has oaen post
 poued to await the action of the courts.
 IT law fails, "quidado"
 SAN FRAScIsco, March IA Chroui- cle Salt Lake special says: No effort }
 Ias been made to return tO Alta aad
 bring town the bodies of the snow slide
 the mouutuins. Any eG.rt to get Co
 Alta will be fruitl-ss. All the bodies
 found prove to be horribly mangled, owing to the immense weight that f-u on them. In the Emma mine they had 10 tunnel thirty-iiVe fees through the
 snow and lee C get out S-epheusou's body, which Is not yet found.
 SAN FRANCIsco, March 1.-The Chi uese of this city, in response to an ap- peal for aid in behalf of the sufferers by recent floods in China, have contributed funds amounting to Sij.OOG, which bas been forwarded by telegraph Among The principal contributors are HuOng Queen Heisn, consul general, $500; Chi nese Ymca, S2.00O. Nearly all the trades unions gave largely, while some merchants donated Sl,JjO and 5000 each.
 YUMA, Garch 1.-The Gila river Is T sing rapldiy; 1t Is reported that the Colorado IS also rising from raius Tbe Glla is now six inches higher than m the great flood of 1862 The people h Ire are much alarmed for the safety of force of men is constructing at the levee; a portion of the town will l be inundated, and as 1t is l inhaOited by poor people, starvation is | staring them III the face :largefamilie VIII l be left destitute, homeless. It is feared | that the bridge of the railroad company will be washed away; the pump house | and section house of the railroad com pany at GIla Bend have been washed | away. All settlers in that section have | had their homes washed away One | family came near perishng. Adonds | station as reported by Supervisor Baker of this county, k threatened with des- .ruction. Mir. Baker rode into this place to warn the people that the Gila river will be at least three feet higher by tomorrow morning, in that case a large portion of the best part Of the town wi De damaged.
 WASHINGTON. March II. Senators Morgan and Gibson and Blair. of tie Public Lar ds Committee Of the Senate, O-day submitted e minority report to accompany the bill to declare the for eiture of the lands granted in aid Of he Texas Pacific. They express the 'piniou that the Judicial power or the United States Caunot be exercised to ehear to declare forfeiture OF tD relieve gainst 1t Tn the existing state of our avs.
 PORTLAND, Or, March I1.-Guvernor 'ewell of Washington Territory has rdered suspension until April fifteenth { the execution of E. NJ. Giaumi, who 7as to have been hung today for the murder O! Ricco years ago. The Gov rnor has information that a witness has lst arrived here by whom the complete innocence ct GIsnini csn be established. | has developed recently that a man nown ss Count Candian1. who vas a | ypical mountain bandit and leader rf ang of sugar makers of which Gianiui nd Ricco were members is not alto ether unconnected with the crime. He Ook very lively interest in the pro- scution of Gianini
 CHICAGo, March H. Postmaster Gen , rRl Greshan. who arrived here In-f irht on the fast express train from New ork. tO-diy completed the arrHnce- a ients tO extend the fast mail to Omaha. | he details as they were obtninea bv |, n associattd press reporter. are as fol- ', ,ws; The new service is to be over the hicago, Burlington S Quincy road, tue A rst tram leaving tonight at 8 o'clock n n and teaching Omaha at $ o'clock q 3 the eV nIng of the same day. This v am will take mail brought in by the e Ist train Tom New York, which leaves o lere at : D D. n. and arrives here at II ,:3O ?. T. next day. The new tram III catch f1d deliver the malls at all the p ations en route. The result will be a s, wing of .wenty-four hours time be- D, yeen New York and Omaha and all jo 1ints wat of Omaha to the Pacific " ,sst, as eiiast train connects at Omaha c ith the vast bound train on the Union DC acific one dsy earlier than heretofore. 10 eret0fors tie Chicago mail and moru- 10 2 papers lave left this city about pc )on. reaeii1g Omaha at 10 o'clock on m sxt forenton4 Now, by gong to press th half houi eIrlier, the papers will be " 1t on the last train and reach Omaha et urteen hturs earlier, and all interme- GU ate town II the same proportion. go