Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-09-06
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 CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-An Helena, Mon tana, special says: Governor Crosoy states that a special agent sent by mm to inquire into the condition ot the Pigeon Indians has just returned and found that these Indians number about 2OOO and are dying from gradual starya- tion at the rate Of one per day. The men and women are guant and spirit less and the children are emacl6ted- All are so weakened by the lack Of sui ticient food for the past two years that dreadful suffering and death will occur shortly. The appropriation for thls year only permits the agent to issue two and three pounds of bad flour per week, which is entirely inadequate to .he sup
 port of well people. The governor re- ports thIs unnatural and inhuman state of things aud calls upon the secretary of the interior to assume the respOn- sibility of issuing full rations until con gress meets in December.
 GALVESTON, Sept. 1.-Ghe examIna-
 ton before Commissioner Spann was
 begun Friday in the conspiracy case of
 Emil FIancais against Governor John
 Ireland, Penitentiary Superintendent
 Gore and five penitentiary guards. The
 testimony m the case had proceeded so
 far as to show that Francals hss been
 convicted and confined in the peDiten- ! tiary for something over four years,
 when the proceedings were cut short by
 the appearance of United States Dis
 trict Attorney Stratton, who dismissed
 the entire proceedings, and the pris- knV,
 had communicated with the attorney
 general at Washington m reference to the proceedings and received instruc-
 tiUns from the acting attorney general.
 stating that section 5510 of the revised
 statutes, did not apply to the case as
 submitted to the department of justice. Upon this ground the case was dis | missed.
 TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept. 1.-The State
 convention of the anti-mOnopolists of
 the greenback labor reform party nomi-
 mated the following State ticket: For governor, H. l.. Phillips, of Miami
 county; lieutenant governor, John w. Breidenhall, of Labrette; chief justice, II. F. VrOOman, of Shawnee; associate
 justice, J. D. McBryaD, of Chautauqua;
 treasure, D. H. HIfielbOwer. of Miami;
 auditor. W. H. T. Wakefield, of Dicken-
 son; attorney general, H. L. BIusb, of
 Elke; secretary of State. J. c. Hubbard,
 of Shawnee; superintendent of public
 instruction Miss Fannie Randolph, of
 Lyon. After the selection of electors
 and members of the State central com
 mittee the convention adjourned.
 MARION. Mass, Sept. 1.-Rear-Ad.
 miral Andrew Allen HarwOOd, of the
 United States navy. Is dead.
 EVANSVILLE, Sept. 1.-The loss of the transfer steamtr Belmont and the drowning of ten or fifteen persons is
 confirmed. A hurricane this afternoon capsized the boat at Stanley's, three miles above Henderson, turning her completely over. She was going to
 Henderson with the barge containing the passengers of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The boat separated from the barge. All on the latter were saved and ail on the boat except four or five were lost Among those lost were Capt John Smith, E. c. Rach and son, prominent merchant of Evansville, Miss Laura Lyon and sister, Sallie Bryant, a teacher here, and her mother, also Mrs. l WoOdtree, of Henderson, and a lady and 1 babe, with a satchel with a card in 1t marked Miss Hattie Murray, Brook l fieid," Alabama The bodies of the l three latter were found. The beat IS a | total loss; Sl50O0 marine insurance. | The telegraph and telephone to Tender son Is broken.
 WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-SInce Captain | HOwgate left here two years ago to es- cape the prosecution for embezzlement | as an officer of the United States Signal | Service, after making his escape from | the custody of the Marshal, there have J been frequent inquiries by detectives as to the amount of reward for his recap turc. Recently a detective came here with information that he knew How gates whereabouts and could produce him If money enough was offered. He. however, could not find that any re- ward couli be paid DhIs information was to the effect tha. HOwcate has s:-ce been Tn southern MaryIanG.
 OAKLAND, H., Sept. This after noon Taylor DOaue and Tom Brown, both hard characters went to the resi- dence Of Edward McCoDkey, young farmer, and ayOwing intention to ''clean him up" While a rough and tumble fight was progressing between Doane and McCOnkey, Brown attempted to help his partner, seeing which a half witted employe of McCOnkey, named Dean, brsined Doane with scantling. Brown immediately emptied three cham bers of his revolver into Dean, when he was himself felled to the ground by shower of blows from an iron pipe m the hands of McCOnkey. The latter sur rendered to the authorities Dean and Brown are both dying. Doane's death was instantaneous.
 NEW YORK, Sept. I.-The national of the national Labor party met this afternoon, John Romeyu pre- siding. It was decided not to hold convention at Chicago as in- tended. The following declaration was issued: In view of the general union of the various labor and reform move ments undsr the banner of the Peoples Party which embOdles m the main the l reforms urged by this organization, the committee of the national Labor party declare our approval of our cooperation with said Peoples ! Party. Local organizations are hereby directed tC cooperate with said in tins campaign in sup port of the people 5 champion, Benjamin I r. Butler.
 BosToS, Sept. IA call by the Peo- ple's Party to voters of Massachusetts l for a State convention at Worcester on ' tbe 9th instant, deDOunces free trade [ and leaning toward the Chicago Demo cratic platform as inimlcal to the work , Ingmen of America and departure from true Democratic principles.
 NEW YORK, Sept. Loving to the Chinese war teas have sharply advanced both here and in London. In Inc latter city the advance has been ( equal to , cents per pound.
 RONIE, Sept. 1.-The report of the ray- ] ages If cholera in the various Italian ' districts shows for the past twenty-four | hours 40 new cases and 45 deaths. 4 panic prevails in some districts infected with cholera. In many iu- '; stances physicians attempting to minis- Ter to cholera patients have been bru- ally msltreated. Persons mzking these assaults labor under the delusion that he doctors are engaged n poisoning ! people. Y.