Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-19
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DIX PRESCOTT, 4. T., Jan. l2.-Ihe 5 at preme Court this morning affirmed tl
 judgment of the District Court ID u
 case of the Territory agaluss JoseF
 Casey.
 ToMBsToSE. Jan. I4-Gherc was
 cutting scrape here last nigh
 near the foot of Alleu stree, b5tweel e two women of town named No-cy Kat l. and Annette. during which 5be latte q was stabbed in the shoulder arm auC
 eye by Kate. Jealousy is reported to b . the cause of the difficulty. The wound although serious will likely not prov
 fatal. Kate has skipped the town.
 The Mexican consul here has forward
 ed letter to Governor Tritle, detailiai !, the pursuit and capture of Big Dai 3 Dowd by Deputy Sheriff Daniels, ol e Mencan soil. contrary to the treat. 8 stipulations between the United Statel
 and Mexico. The consul in the name O
 Mexico protests agaisnt said action qua asks al investigation by the governt ment
 It is reported that Billy Delaney the
 last of the Bisbee murderers has been
 captured by Mexican officials and is
 now held at the line waiting for the
 necessary papers to have him turned
 over.
 PRESCOTT, Jan. 1.-The stage from | n.
 route was robbed last night by one man,
 two miles north of GIllett. The mail
 pouches and treasure box were taken.
 SAN FRANCIsCo. Jan. 12.-The Mexi-
 can yellow fever sufferers relief com
 mIttee report having collected s6,300. of
 which there has been sent to Mazatlan
 S2.5OO; Guaymas S2,250; La Paz; $500;
 San Bias S550; Msnzanillo $500.
 In United States District Court yes
 terday Judge Hoffman remanded four
 Chinese habeas corpus cases, in order he
 said, to give the United States Attorney
 an opportunity to have Chinese arrested
 for belng unlAwfully in the country.
 This morning Judges Sawyer, HcfT- man and SRbin, will sit as committing
 magistrates, in the cases of the Chinese remanded who have been ar l iS7seU iol DS4ls uAia"iuli! III tAo COuh-
 try.
 PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. I2.-To-day. ! about 2UO railroad laborers, recently dls- charged from the Baker City branch, | took forcible possession of the passenger and mail train a. Pendleton bound west, | and pre-emptOrily demanded that they should be brought down to Portland | free. The officials refused and ordered ! the crowd to leave; they declined to pay | fare or get of. The sheriff and a large posse was called in, but proved powerless as the train was on the Umatilla Indian | reservation and the State authorities are without jurisdiction. The crowd of rioters then defied the officers, when | military assistance was invoked. General Miles commanding the depart ment of the Columbia being telegraphed to immediately sent two companies from Fort Wala Walla to proceed to the scene of action. The troops reached PendletOn yerterday eyenIng; the crowd refused to yield and still hold the train. AbOu. three hundred roughs and hoodlums from PendletOn came over to assist the rioters and the crowd now numbers over 800. There is DO Dloodshed as yet. The sol AAAtAh tAN fAAAhfAAAI WI lSNNA IN4f A+aAA AAAN mail and express cars were detached with great difficulty and started for Portland tonight. The passenger cars are still delayed, being in the possession of the mob. The result of the affair is as yet uncertain. Very serious difficulty IS feared and blOodshed is inevitable. Un- less the rioters yield more troops will be sent to morrow. The rioters have al ready lad themselves liable to very heavy penalty for stopping the United States mail
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Jan. 1.-The Chroni- cle publishes an interview with Con- gressman Hewitt, in winch he explains his conduct in relation to the O'Donnell l resolution introduced in the house by him. He states: 'I did not ask any one to oppose the resolution; on the con- trary. my object in showing 1t to certain | republican members was to avoid objec- | ton. As to my call upon Minister | West. it was a social one. While talk | ing over the topics of the day Minister | West asked if I objected to stating my | reasons in offering the O'DOnnell reso- | lution. I told him, as l had told our | Secretary of State before the resolution | was offered, that If O'Donnell was an | American citizen, It was the duty of the | government to see that he had fair | trial. No apology was offered for the | introduction of the resolution, because | none was needed.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-The Alta | states that the Alaskan iudgsbip will, in all probability, be offered to Ward Me Allister a nephew of Hall McAllister, of | this city.
 Mrs Howe, of Alameda, committed | suicide under pectliar circumstances | last evening. She boarded a train at | Park street station and at a point where the two local trains meet, she jumped | of with her child two and one-half years old in her arms. She was struck on the | head by the cowcatcher, infiicting deep | cash. The child also received a deep | gash in ite forehead. EThe train was stopped and the woman aud child picked | up. The former died few minutes | after. Her husband, on learning ot the | circumstance. became almost frantic and | so violent that two policemen were de tailed 10 take charge of him, fearing be | might destroy his life. Trouble between | the husband wife is stated to be the | cause of the act. Another account | states that 1t was the result of accident. | Mrs. Howe, believing that she had | reached Webster street station, stepped | oF and was struck by the train that was | passing
 Report reaches here that the steamer | Arcata, which sailed from this city on | the 9th, in ballast for Coos Bay to load | coal, was disabled and deserted by the i captain, when twelve miles o1f Empire | City. The propeller shaft snapped and the vessel became unmanageable. There were thirty passengers on board and as the wind was blowing a gale ct the time, the greatest excitement pre- vailed. After beating about for two days unable to get assistance from shore, the steamer Walla Walla hove in sight, but for some reason unknown to the passengers, sailed away without taking the disabled steamer In tow. It IS sup posed the captain of the Walla Walia asked too high an amount for salvage. The passengers manifested the greatest indignation. The captain of the Arcata then provisioned a life boat and &C., eompanIed by two sailors, started for the shore. The desertion Of the captain from the vessel produced n most de- pressing effect on the passengers, who firmly believed they had been left to their fate. First officer Marshall, in whose charge the vessel was left, decided to head the vessel. under Can vass, for San Francisco, and when about twenty miles of the heads. was picked up by the tug Sea King and l safely brought into port. Nothing has been heard of the captain since the day | he deserted the ship.
 SAN FRASCIsoo, Jan. 14-It IS estim- ated the amount of wheat on hand In | California on January 1st, 1884, was sixty-eight hundred thousand centals; | barley, twenty-five hundred thousand. ! The Alta this morning publishes the l fnIlnHinr from stocks on hand: "It is ]