Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-11-08

farmer leaving near Westminster wh yesterday shot and killed hls wife, anu tried to Kill hls son and daughters in law, was arrested late in the day an brought here. AphysIcian is examining him to test hIs mental condition.
 BELLEvILLE, H., Oct. 3l.-Genera Logan spent most of the day at the res idence of John F. Thomas, where h, received large number of calls. T. the afternoon he made brief addres in the public square. The tariff wal the principal feature discussed. Ht said the Democratic party was dolnl everything possible to break up Ameri can industries and to pauperize Aneri can labor. Democratic snccess, he said meant free trade. He presented statis tics in connection with his argument He leaves for Indiana tonight and vii reach Indianapolis in the morning ana place himself in the hands of the Re publican committee till the night before election.
 LONDON, Oct. 3l.-A Madrid dispatch to the Standard says: A meeting ef the Cabinet Council yesterday, presided over by King Alfonso, Senor Eldpayer Minister of Foreign Affairs. submitted for consideration, the conditions agreed upon between the United States Min. ister Foster and Senor AIbacate, Span ish Commissioner, for a special treaty of commerce with America. This treaty would be the starting point for new colonial and tariff policy Tn the Span ish West IndIes, as 1t would open Castllian colonies tO American competition against Spanish imports, but it would also admit Cuba and Porto Rico, into the zOllveraiue which Ameri- ca IS gradually forming with Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries around the Gulf of Mexico and in Cen tral America, on a basis of reciprocal concessions and discriminating duties to exclude British West Indles; the Central Amerlcan republics will receive the same advances from American dIp- lomacy shortly.
 The special Hispano-AmerIcan con- vention stipulates that its advantages sball apply only to trade between the United States, Cuba and Porto Rico, which is carried on under the American and Spanish flags respectively. By its terms, America will admit sugar, mo- lasses and raw tobIc free of all duty, and the duty on other articles imported from the West Indies will be reduced. Spain will place American flour and cereals imported into her colonies upon the same footing as those imported from Spain and will make a large re- duction on duties on cattle, salt. fresh fish and all but very few of American manufactured goods. Spain will also suppress cOnsular tonnage duties. which are now levied at American ports and promises further to reform custom house, harbor and sanitary regulations and fines Tn her colonies. Only strong government like that of SenOr CanOras Del Castillo, with dOcile m8jOrities in both houses of parliament, could ven ture to attempt such a departure from the prevailing Csstillian Idea of colonial policy and from the old system of protective tariff
 DENVER, Col, Oct. 3l.-The Tribune Republicans Socorro, New Mexico. special says: The passenger train this evening, while nearing Escondida, four miles north of here. on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, was fired into by a band of masked men. One woman Is reported shot. The town Is up in arms and Sheriff Simpson and fifty armed men are just starting in pursuit.
 NEW YORK, Oct 31.-The German steamer, Rheine, which arrived here to- day from Bremen reports that on OctO- Der 24, at P. In., in latitude 49 I-as slS sec, longitude 27 min. Il sec, she fell in with the Dutch ste,mer Maasdam, from Rotterdam for New York, which was all ablaze. The Rheine took from the boats the passengers and crew num- bering lS6 in all, and brought them to this port. The Massdam carried mIs- cellaneous cargo consigned to New York. The vessel was valued at S2OO,- coo. It was about 9 p. ID. when the Maasdam was first seen On fire. The boats of the steamship were picked up one by one as the Rheine approached. w. A. VandentOn, the agent of tho steamship company, says that the Rheine, with Captain Vsndersel of the Msasdam and the passengers and crew, will arrive at Hoboken this afternoon.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 3L-Capt. Nauderzee. of the steamship Msssdam, burned at sea, make the following statement: Left Rotterdam October Is with eight cabin and 133 stesrage passengers and a crew of fOrty-five men. All went well till the 23d, when We encountered q vio- lent gale, during which the petroleum tank commenced leaking. Next day at ? D. m. as one of the crew in looking for a leak with a lamp near the tank, 1t ex- ploded with loud report, the contents taking fire, and putting the ship into 6 blaze. Every effert to control the fire proved useless. About f p. m. ordered all hands into the boats, and at , D. m We were picked up by the steamer Rheine. No one was lost or injured in the slightest degree.
 SALT LAKE, Oct. 3l.-In the Conneliy polygamy case this afternoon, Judge Zane instructed the jury to find a yer dict of not guilty, which they did al once without leaving their seats. This action of the court is owing to the statement of the prosecution that eyi dence was insufficient to convict. Iu hIs charge to the jury Judge Zane said "I have an abiding conviction that the ends of justice have been defeated in this case by false swearing.
 NEW YORK, Oct. H.-Steamship Rheine arrived at her dock soon after d o'clock, with all the passengers and crew of the steamer Maasdam. Hundreds of relatives and friends of those saved from the lost ship awaited them. Captain II. c. Nauderzee of the ill-fated vessel salt to a reporter, i've had x cabin and liJ steerage passengers, aud crew or Al men. For several days prior to Ociobei 24th, complaints had been made to me | that the oil tanks, situated under bridge ou the upper deck, were leaking. That | day, Denver, one of my seamen, went with light into the oil room to make | an sxsmination. A moment afterwards mn explosion was heard and the sailor with burned face and hands, rushed back crying fire, firer We put into use all our appliances for putting out the flames, but they gained headway Then we took to the boats but We could save nothing of the cargo of private property; only the clothes we stood III could we take away with us. There was a heavy sea running all the time. The passengers created little or no cOnfuslo1 ! | think they were too much frightened aud justly so, to do anything but obey orders. The Rheine picked us up soon after 9 o'clock. "There were 5 person; in each boat" said Dr. smith We re mained near the burning sbIp, hopins that some vessel would see the light aue
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