Weekly Phoenix herald., 1884-01-24
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THE ,roNrEzuMA nuRNKp.

THE lroNTEZUMA BURNED.
 DENVER, January 1.-The grand
 Montezma hotel at Las Vegas Hot
 Springs, N. NJ. burned thes afternoon.
 The fire originated ln the tasement,
 It is supposed from 0 gasoline ma l chine, and in thirty minutes the
 house was in ruins. The guests, mum bering 100, lost everything, barely
 escaping with their lives. Froz"n
 fire plugs 1cnderd the fire departs ment powe1less. The hotel was owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad company, and was one of the finest structures in the west. Loss S50O,o00. IL was in sured for less than slOO,O0o, distrl- buted among large number of companies.
 CALIFORNIA cULLINes.
 SAE FRANCISCO, Jan, 1.-The failure of Kelly, Guchrist 6 Co.,, wholesale liquor merchants, is an nounced. Liabilities, $s9,0O0 of which S40,OOO is due eastern houses. Assets, estimated, s50,O00.
 Replying to letter of Con gress- man Sumner, asking for the estab- lishment in San Francisco of special signal office for the Pacific coast indications, General Hazen says that it is, and has been, his in tention to establish an office here, but he has been prevented by lack of sufficient number of skilled off ccrs to do the work. He also points out that lack of competed officers is mainly due to insuficieRcy of pay allowed by the government. A VICTORY FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
 VICTORIA. B. C., Jan. 1.-The house to-dav passed a measure. giv> ing woman the right to vote for school trustees, and making them to slt as trustees. A married woman, whose husband is a voter may also vote, thus glvIng two votes to each family.
 GOULD TALKS RAILROAD.
 NEW YORK, Jan. IT, Jay Gould | is reported as saying that Willard | was a man unknown in railroad cir> cIes but who attempted to engineer | a gigantic enterprise the cost of | which nsither he nor any of the parties interested with him in it had any correct i'd % Comparing the cost of construction, 0o...l says the Northern Pacific cost $5.0UO raore to the mile than his southwestern !, system, although about the same k ind of road, He considers the prospects for the coming year good | Material is cheap; the popul ation is increasing; money is plen> tiful-in fact, added Gould, money 1 is drug; s2OO,OOO,OoO are lying idle in Wall street to-day.
 THE PENALTY OF BRIBERY.
 NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. IT, Judge Carter sentenced ex>Speaker of the Assembly. John Egan, 10 i,ne it hard labor for one month in the penitcntiary, and $500 fine, for attempt 10 bribe Assem- bIy, ! man Armitage. The court took into the plea of guilty, -he prisoners health, and the peti- lion for mercy, also the fact that Egan is forever disqualified from hclding an office of trust or profit under the State.
 DELMoNICo's FUNERAL
 NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The funera- 1f Charles Delmonico took place to- lay from the Catholic church of 5t- Leo, whither the remains had been taken, at an early hour, from he tate residence. Tie ladies of he family continue prostrated with grief, and were unable to attend the -eligious services. A solemn mass -equiem was celebrated by the pass or of the church. He also preach d brief eulogy. The body was placed in Delmonico's vault in old 5t, Patrick cathedral.
 PORTLAND PARAGRAPHS.
 PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 17-An East Portland physician was charg> d to-day by Mrs. Overhclz with having drugged ard outraged her when she visited his office. He waived examination and is held lnder $500 bonds.
 The several railroad companies centred here will serve notices on labor contractors that after February 1st the wages of all Chic lese laborers will be reduced to eighty cents per day. An agent Of Session, Wallace & Co.,, California is in the city, and is un- ierstoed to be offering $50 per ncnth for laborers.
 E. P. R. R. STEAMERS.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The Austri> m Minister of Commerce has ap- proved the scheme for a merchants me of steamers between Trieste md New York. The Southern Pa. .ifio rail road haa arranoed for a di