Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-03
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yer and fired three shots at @ young rela- tive of Whites who was across the street behind tree. White had stepped in side the store, but. hearing the firing, came out again and fired second bar rel at Ward, who fell. While he was lying on the ground two of Whites re- latives, one of whom Ward had already shot and whom he thought had shot him, walked up and fired seven shots at Ward, all of which took effect. Ward IS in s very critical condition and 1t IS thought he cannot live. Dr. White and his two relatives have been arrested and were bsiled in the sum of seven thous- and each. The shOotIr z was the result of an election controversy.
 BosTos, Sept. 2S-It IS stated that the bank examiner who has been inyestigat- ing the affairs of the Birmingham Say inRs Bank, whose cashier, Coleman l.. Adams, committed suicide last August, has discovered that Adams WAS default CT to the extent of s22S, ,O00. Adams suicide was sudden and uDexplainable at the time and though there were sus- picions Of probable irregularities, no such extensive dedication was looked for. The bank exanmier has applied for CeA@ from doing further business until its business can be strsightened out.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 2S The Cape May challenge cup presented by James Cor don Bennett m 1872, will also go to Eng land, as one of the Genesta's prizes, she having won her last perhaps easiest vic- tory oy beating her former competitor, the schooner Dsuntless, in a race from Sandy Hook around Cape May light ship and return. The Genesta had the lead at the start and keptit throughout the race.
 PIrTsBURG, Pa, Sept. 27.-Ihe eIplo- sion on Saturday afternoon, supposed to have been caused by a shock of earthquake is now thought to have been the explosion of a meteor. h. quiries have been sent to the city from points 90 to 40 miles distant, asking the cause of the explosion. There were five or six detopRtiors in rapid succession and the course of the sound was from north to the southwest. At Mansfield. about five mil,s distant, there was the greatest cOnsternAtion, particularly among the miners at work in coal pits m district. Thus far the place where the meteor fell has not been discovered.
 PARIS, Sept. 2s-Reports received to- day from the various parts Of the Alps MariIimes, southeastern department O! France, shows that the cholera IS spreading throughout. the district.
 MADRAS, Sept. 2s.-The municipal au- thsrities have extended the right of sui frage to women.
 GALVESTON, Tex. Sept 29-The News Austin special says: "A horrible tragedy was enacted last night In which n negro man and negro woman were brutslly murdered by having their skulls crushed with an axe. They were servants m the family of W. T. Burn ham, editor of the Court Reporter, and occupied a shanty m the rear of his premises, on Guadalupe street. Tine names of the victims are Orange Wash ington and his wife, known as Grace Vance, Patsy Gibson and Lucinda Bodery. From the testimony and sur roundings It appears that the sssassins entered the room of the sleeping occu- pants through a window and before any of them were awake they succeeded m | striking all four of them on the head with an sx. SeiZing Grace Vance, they dragged her through the window snd threw her over fence and then pulled her through the weeds across a vacant lot to a rear stable. At this place she must have recovered conscious ness, as evidences of great struggle nre seen all around. She was overpOwered and her head battered to a jelly with a brick. While the fiends were committing this horror Lu- cinda BOdery recovering somewhat from the blows she had received. regalnsd sufficient strength to get up, aud light s lamp Tn the shRnty. One of the sssas- sins seeing the light returned and, stick irg his head in the window, cursed the woman and ordertd d her to put out the light. At seeing him she screamed and ran from the building. He leaped through the window put the light out followed and overlook the woman just as she got to the front gate. There was another desperate struggle during which BurnhRm, who was awakened by the wOman's screams, threw open his front door, not knowing S murder had been committed and thinking the dis turbance was a simple lrow; he leyeled his gun at them without aa intention of shooting and ordered them Co cease theIr noise. The woman by desperate struggle freed herself from the assassin and running to Burnham threw her arms around him and implored his pro- lection saying the man had murdered every one m the shanty. The murder. CT ran away Rs soon as the woman 3D. peHled to Burnham. The officers, how ever, think they will capture tbe mur- derers, as they have several clues and a description obtained from Lucinda BOdery. Grace Vance was dead when found.
 OMAHA, Neb.. Sept. 29-A formal an- swer of the Knights of Labor to the re- cent manifesto of Manager Galloway, of the Union Pacific, has been received at headquarters, from Denver. It is lengthy document, signed by executive committee Of the Union Pacific em- ployees, Thomas Neesham, chairman, its substance beng criticisms of Gallo ways letter and charging hIm with try ing to mislead the public; accusing him of making misststements and champion ing the cause of the Chinese; charging him with knowing that both BeckwIth and Quinn and ID. O. Clara, the former being contracting agent and | coal department, were Apprised of the grievances that occurred at Rock Springs and instead of trying to redress the same he added to them. The knights emphsticslly state they abhOr the action taken by the outraged miners as much as any one; they inform the Unicn Pacific that It can get all the white la- bor 1t requires from citizens of this country and there Is no excuse for the retention of the Chinese. I've are law abiding citizens," say they, land we mean tO remain so until our rights snd liberties are ieopsrdized, then the first law of nature will guide us They charge Galloway with an abuse of con fidehee Tn giving recent private cores pondence to the public; they further state inst they did not make any de- msnd, but simply sent n request or petition asking ihe Union Pacific dIrec- tors to remove the Chinese from the compsny's employ. It is now being cir culRted in Omaha snd sll along the en- tire road for signatures Of citizens as well as employees.