Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-11-29
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11uuUuAl ! u BERLIN, Nov. 2L-At to-day's sittin
 Of the committee of the Congo Comic,
 ence, John M. kass ID, American delt
 gate, made certain proposals with refer ence to the frontiers of the Conr basIn. The technical delegates to in conference have hot been examined il
 regard to the question. The cUnferenc
 will meet again Monday. Itis gensTall
 believed that England Eas agreed f,
 recognize the International African As
 soclatlon as a state. It is reported tn,
 agreement of Germany with the Inter
 national African Association consists O
 two parts. The first part enumerate,
 the guarantees the Association will civ,
 to Germany. The second part enumer
 ates that Germany will recognize in,
 flags of the International African Asso
 citation as the flag of friendly state
 The members of the Congo Conference
 dIned with the Emperor tonight, and al
 the request of the Emperor each dele,
 gate was formally presented to hIm by
 thelr respective Ambassadors. There
 were eighty guests at the dinner, melt d.
 ing the Grown Prince Frederick Wil.
 liam, his son Prince Frederick William
 and the royal family, together with gen
 erals, ministers and court officials. Bis
 mRrck sat opposite the Emperor. There were no tOasts offered, but after the
 banquet the Emperor entered into quite
 a lengthy conversation with several del egates.
 RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 2l.-The EIc- CCrmIck electoral board bill recently
 passed by the general assembly, was re-
 turned today by Governor Cameron
 with his objections. The blll provides for the election by the Legislature of the county aud city boards, tO be in- vested with power tO appoint all registrars and judges of election, the effect of winch action will be to place the whole election machinery ia the hands of the Democrats. The governor objects to the bill mainly on the grounds Of partisan Legislation, insisting that the appointment of registrars and judges uf election should be from the opposing political parties, and the present bill can be so constructed as tO make 1t im- possible tO have the different political parties represented in these appoint ments. In the Senate tie bIll Vas passed over the veto by vo;e oj twenty two to nine. The House took ns action to-day.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Nov. 2I--A. the last day of ihe Fall Meeting of the Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association races, Finnigan stakes, two year odds, mile, Estelle made in l:ii; Fame stakes, three year odds, two miles, Freia, 3::,2; Bail- win stakes all ages, four miles. Lucky B., 726is Handicap stakes, mIle and a quarter, Philip S., 2.US Consolation purse. Sweet BIiar, l:i4.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-The commis- sioner of agriculture in his annual re- port, m which he estimates the current productions of agriculture of the United States, at four billion dollars, says the area IS so much beyond the require ments of consumption n this and other countries as tO dep-ess the price to q point unprecedented in recent years. This arises in part from the rapid and extensive settlement of the northwest ern pralries, which he thinks will not increase at the present ratio hereafter.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 2L-The organiza- tion of bureau of animal industry, the commissioner says, has led tO greatly increased number of demands for in- formation. The existence of dangerous diseases has been more promptly and fully reported than heretofore. On tue subject of forestry inc report says: While the destruction of our forest is gong on at constantly increasing and alarming rate 1t is gratifying to know that the work of planting trees for WInd breaks and forest purposes is rapidly in- creasing, especially Tn some of our west ern states and territories.
 ALBANY, \. T., Nov. 2l.-The State canvassers met at rOOn; all present. Secretary Wood announced the foJtinEs of the tables as follows: Highest Dem ocratic elector. Preist, jG3, ,lji; highest Republican electOr, Carson, JG2,0Gj: plurality 1,l49. Lowest DemucraJic elec'or, Ottendorfer, JG3,0iS; lowest Republican electOr, Zarris. 6l,y1l; plurality, l,077. Highest Prohibition elector, Miller, 2j,0O6; lowest, Eilworth, 2l,94S Highest Butler, eiectOr, O'DOn- nell l7,O0i; lowest, Campbell, lG.1Jl. After the announcement the members of the board signed the tables and cer- tifcates.
 WALLA WALLA, Nov. 2l.-O. Johnson, the Northern Pacific express agent, charged with the embezzlement of SlS,- OOU sent by Ladd & Tilton, oi Portland, to his care for A. Bennett, AinswOFth, w. T., has been acquitted.
 QUEBEC, Nov. 2I.-In letter to a To- cal paper last night, Retired Paymaster Sir Hill, of the royal navy, suggests that the Dominion propose tO the Imperial to transfer JamaIca tO the United States on condition that the United States give to Canada that small part of New York state and SD much Ot Maine as will square the Canadian terrl- tory by the iJth degree of north lati- tude.
 SocoRRo, \. NJ, Nov. 2l.-To-day the accused train wreckers, J. W. Pointer, Punch ComIus, Edward White and Jeff. Kerkindoll, were arragned on two ln- dictments based upon the confession made by Edward White. Tue eases were set for trial on Monday. William Allen, OyertOn. Vincent and Owens, members of the gang, were also indicted but have not yet been traIied down. They are believed to be crossing Ari- zona and beading for the Mexican Dor der. Besides the indictment charging them with firing into the cab of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe passea- ger train and attempting tO wreck the train with a view to robbing the express ear. an endeavor Is making to have them indicted for obstructlug the passage ot the United States mail The gang Is to be given a speedy trial, the railroad company being determined tO make an example of them, in the hope Of putting a stop to further attempts of the kind ID the southwest.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Nov. 2l.-The condi- tion of De Young is becoming more serious. He passed a restless night. hls sleep broken, stomach troublesome and his fever higher. He Is resting easier this morning.
 SAN FRAScIsco, Nov. 2l.-The custom house officers have completed their search of the steau ar City of Bro klyn, ! which arrived two weeks ago from Puget ] Sound and was supposed to have on board a large quantity ot smuggled l oplum, but none was found. The Cap ! tain says the smugylers along the Sound ] started the report so as to turn the at 1 tentiOn of the authorities away from themselves