Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-12

r terday on his way to Dakota. SpeakiI
 of the Huntington letters he said:
 think the letters Huntington wrote we very injudicious and unjust to mar cJngressmen aud senators, and that the did not fully eKplaiu-that Is he left
 doubt whether his adverse criticism VI;
 directed against them as friends
 enemies, or because of their weakne.
 as representatives. He spoke of ditfel
 eut parties among others myself as b, [ ing always right. Page declared that [ number Of the San Francisco paper when he was first nominated fC
 Congress intimated he was in th interest ol the Central Pacific, but h - contends his vote was never Tn heir iu terest unless it WAS his vote last Febru ary to consolidate under one manage
 ment the Southern Pacific wit
 connecting lines to the Gull He de clarei in his view the Kansas Pacif
 would fail to rescue the fourteen million
 land grant: he said be believed the dem
 ocrgts would favor free trade and ire,
 ships, but would not dare carry the doc
 tine into practice on the eve of presi
 dential election. He believed th,
 republican party has platform on whicl
 Co win, 'uncOmprOmising protective
 tariff"
 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-One of tho
 members of the California delegation
 has, It is understood, in preparation (
 resolution which is to be offered in the
 house ordering an investigation into The
 affairs of the Ala-k8 Seal Fur Company 1 He proposes s.t1r the facts are all 1 brought ose Co fJiio- it -p by bIli
 taking from the Alaska Seal Fur Co. its privilege of catching seals for the req
 son 1t has never carried out the proyi-
 siOns of its contract and has always
 violated it by catching more seals than
 allowed by law.
 ST. PAUL, Jan. 5.-Private advices from
 New York gives the following as the
 new list of officers of the Northern Pa | cItic railroad company: President and | general manager, rh0s. F. Oakes: Gen eral and chef engineer, Adua Ander- | son, who Is now chief engineer; Super intendent Of transportation, J. F. O'Dell, who Is now superintendent of the East ern Division.
 LEAvENwORTH, Ks- J an. j.-The office Of the Kansas PrOhibitionist, was en- tered by unknown persons tonight, who pied the forms. Half the type was thrown Tn a stove and melted.
 ST. LoUIs, Jan. Tn an interview recently published in St. Louis, Gen. w. r. Sherman speaking Of railroads in general, Is credited with having sad that some railroads notably the South ern Pacific, have been badly treated. They are as ciyalizers, simply lnvalu- able; the government could have af- forded to build them and give away miles on either side. Huntingdon is really entitled to the land grant be is trying to secure. l. is unfair tO call 1t a steal; the roads across the west have pat the Indian question in a manage able shape; there could now he no out break which could not be quellei before It had tim nr an opportunity 10 spread. Arizona without the railroad would not be worth a nickel.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 7-Congressman Calkins proposes at the first ehauch he has to introduce bill tC arbitrarily pro- hiblt the importation of French wines and brandies so long as prohibition on American hogs IS allowed to stand. He think congress will be forced to take
 peremptory measures ID order to reme- dy the injustice done to one of Our chief articles of American export.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Chas Delmonico, the famous restuaranteur, has been missing several days past. lie has been suffering from nervous pros5ratsOu which had effected his mind.
 CHARLESTON, $. C., Jan. :. The ther- mometer this morning at four o'clock stood l3 degrees above Zery, the cOldest weather ill l3j years.
 CHICAGO, January 7.-Horace White, Treasurer of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, stated yesterday that the amount due that company from Henry Willard was about S3i0O0O. This sum he said represents a balance Of running account between Willard, per sonally, and the Railway and Naviga- ton Company. IL was NillOrd's custom, whenever money was needed by the Oregon TraEscontinental Company, tO raise lt on hls personal credit. l have known of Willard niising as much as million dollars on bis personal credit for the purpose of helping the Oregon Iranscontintntal Company, or other cor porations in winch he was interested.
 CHICAGO, Jan. "A Washington spe cial says Mrs. Logan is credited with a neat political triumph gt President Ar thurs New Years reception. Noticing that the wife of Register Bruce, a col ored lady, was almost ignored by her sex, she quietly escorted her along the line and introduced her to each of the ladies assisting the president
 CHICAGO, Jan. The Times Salt Lake special says: In the tabernacle yesterday Apostles Cannon and Wood ruff both declared that Mormonism in all its features and doctrines would be continued, whatever congress or the country might threaten, and that the progress of the church could only be stayed by killing all the saints.
 ST LOUIS, J an. S.-Furiher particulars of the fire at the Convent Notre Dame of BellevIlle, Illinois, Saturday night, l state that when the rHiIs were | sufficiently cooled, volunteers went to 1 work to bring out the bodies- II was ! a terrible sight Rt times; searchers | would find two or three charred masses | hnddled closely together seemingly | seeking protection from advancing | flames; two bodies were found iu the | rear part of the building burned, with 1 an unrecOgnizable mass, but the | majority were found beneath where the | dormitory was situated. They semed l to have sought shelter in this room and | too lH'e to recognize that their escape l was impossible, the flames beneath eat ] ing away the support and letting down | the floor into the seething vortex Of fire | and smoke The total number Cf known l deaths Is twenty seven of whom twenty | two were pupils and five Sisters. Amopg | the latter, Sister Superior. The fire l in the furnace in the base | ment.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. Tt is understood l Huntington is trying to bring pressure l to bear upon CObb's public land com ! mittee to see If action on the Texas Pa | cifc land grant cannot be delayed | Huntington and his crowd do not eX l pect to get any favorable action from | this Congress. Congressman Cobb has l said he intends to bring in a bill this 1 week forfeiting the Texas Pacific land l grant.
 BALTIMORE. Jau. The Suns Rome ! special says. Archbishop Gibbons had a l final audience with the Pope yesterday, l to leaving Rome Tuesday. 1 The Pope confirmed the appointment of | Gibbons as apostolic dele l gate to preside at the Catholic council | in Baltimore in 1881. The Propaganda l gave a farewell to Gibbons.
 NEW YORK, Jan. s.-Judge Hilton | realized the danger he had incurred l when he refused tO negotiate for the | recovery of the body of 4. T. Stewart, | the attempt made 10 steal hls
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