Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-12-19

yond some business disputes di.
 not know why he should shoot him O
 take his own life. Benson k vel
 known on tine coast, having resided her,
 fourteen years. Last July he failed fOl
 S20,OOO. but succeeded in arranging hil
 affairs Since then he has secured somi
 valuable government land dredging con
 tracts. The trouble IS traced to a bal
 ance of some five thousand dollars
 which Brown claimed as due him
 which Benson disputed. It is sup posed the demand for this money led tC the shooting. The condition of Ben sons office when the police entered showed that there had been a sever, struggle between the two men and Ben
 son was trying to escape when Brown fired. Brown IS the son of A. l.. Brown of Cheyenne, formerly chief clerk ID the United States Surveyor Generals office in that city. Benson's wounds, although dangerous, are not believed to be fatal
 NEW YORK, Bec. 1.-The last sad rites over the body of William Wander. bilt were begun thIs morning when the body of the deceased was removed from the ice box to the coffin which was then taken to the bedroom CD the east side of the house. As the appointed time for the beginning of the services approached, carr -ge after carriage drove to and left their occupants at the entrance. Each carriage bore a coRchman aud footman end all these wore mourning hveries. Shortly before 2 o'clock the immediate family looked for the last tune upon the face of the deceased. The seIvIces were conducted by Rev. Dr. Cooke. They were simple and touching. consisting of a prayer and few words of remembrance and consolation The coffin was then closed and Mrs Vanderbilt retired to her apartment which she has occupied since the death of Mir. Vanderbilt. The coffin was raised upon the shoulders ot the undertsker's assistants sndpreceded by the clergyman and pail bearers was borne down the broad staircase through tbe corridors and through the open doors never to re enter. The funeral pro- cession started for the church. There were no crowds on the streets through which the procession passed and the police along the line almost toutnumbered the sight seers. At l0:l5 the doors of St. Bsrtholomev's church was opened and the porters bearing upon their shoulders the crfiin passed down the center aisle. Proceeding the coffin walked the pail bearers, wearing white sHshes. The deep tones of the or gan was heard as the procession moved down the aisle of the crowded church. Rev. Dr. Cooke sccomps- nied by his assistants walked in advance of the solemn proces- sion and read the well known lines from the burial service: "I am the resurrection and life, etc" Following the coffin came the members of the Vanderbilt family headed by Cornelius Vanderbilt and wife. When the music of the fun eral march ended the choir sang: Lord Let Me Know My End" After the sim pie service for the dead had been read she choir and congregation united ID singing: Nearer My God to Thee" The ioor ot the church swung back and the solemn procession re-entered the street and proceeded to t1e cemetery. No one was admitted except friends of the family and representatives of the commercial, business or educational bod ies and as result there were less than one hundred ladies admitted to listen to the servIce. Prominent among the bus mess men were the presidents and heads of all the roads with which Mir. Wonder bilt had been connected.
 DySvEH, Dec. lO.-P. r. Wilcox. e1- agent at the San Carlos reservation, this afternoon wrote letter saying that the recent report of Gen. Crook n Bt- tempting to show that the outbreak of the Apsches last June was due to the opposition of the interior department 10 the military control agreed to between tle secretary of war and secretary of the interior in July, 1883, presents the mat ter in an unfair light, and demands a statements of facts. Tt is not trUe," he says, 'that upon Crooks return to the department of Arizona Tn 1882 that the Apach-s were huddled around the agen- cy with no land for them to cultivate. IL was imperative that the Indians should be within reach of the agency so long as !. was necessary to issue food. At the request Ot Crook and upon assurances that he would be personally responsible for the good conduct and self support Of the Indiana, consented to the removal of 700 to Fort Apache, and at all times asked Crooks assistance in controlling refractory Indians. There was no trouble at San Carlos until Crook brought 10 the reservation the hostile Chiric6huas armed for war, against my protest and in defiance of the contract with the San Carlos Indians and the agree ment of the secretaries of war and interior which was; the war depart ment shall protect the Indian agent in the discharge of all bis duties. The
 aN ell c Na- he absolute control of Crook who issued their supplies and at no tune from their return to the reservation to their depsr- ture on the war path were they sp- preached by the agent or an emplOye of the interior department with the pur- pose of influencing their actions, and after the appointment of Csp;aIn Pierce as agent there was not one outrage committed upon a white person, since which time two berders have been killed at Apache, boy at the subagency and a man at 6 COW camp near Fort Thomas.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The president today sent to the senate for cOnfirma- tion tue names of about five hnndred persons appointed during recess.
 CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-The swItchmen  employed m the Chicago, Burlington < Quincy railroad yards have struck. The night men quit last night and the day men are expected to go out this morn ing. The trouble Is continuance Of the misunderstanding of some weeks ago. The night men went to work at o'clock p. n. aud they were frequently compel led to quit by the engines being called which stopped the switching and they were paid only for the actual tune put Tn while they demanded a full nights pay if they ROrked until midnight and @ half nights pay If they reported f,r duty at all The company scceeded to the demand, but recently the operst- atives found so they claim, that the company had failed 10 keep their agree ment and after giving notice two days ago, struck last night.
 NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-The chamber of commerce held a special meeting to-day to take action upon the suggestion con tatnal m the prasf1ant'a unasaaCa m ra