Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-09-05

tbe Wabash. They allege es the reason
 Tor withholding information of their
 proceedings from the public, tha, it
 would expose their tactics to the rail-
 road people, who would pot fail to take
 measures to forestRll their effect. LO-
 cslly the situation continues unchanged.
 A. c. Cou yhlid says that general strike
 is not imminent, and not likely to oc-
 cur for several days.
 NEW YORK. Aus. 2S-Dispatches printed here, from San Antonio, Tex,
 says information from San Marcios re-
 ports that . mob of 75 persons at Blanco
 oD Wednesday night went to the jail
 and demanded of Sheriff Jackson the
 keys. Jackson said he did not have
 them; he also declared he could not pro-
 cnre them. After n severe struggle
 Jackson was oyerpOwere1, the keys
 were found on his person, and the mob entered the jail and took out Locky. the
 man who committed the wholesale mur-
 der in Johnson City few days ago.
 They hanged him, after obtaining from
 him a statement in regard to his crime.
 Locky made full confession and said
 he had intended to kill all the members
 of three or four families besides those
 whom he murdered. and was prevented
 from doing SO only by his cartridges
 giving out
 SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1S-Tbe persls- | tent rmds made of late on the Chinese gambling dens. has brought about An organization of a novel enterprise by number of wealthy Chinese capitalists,
 with the purpose of fcouuierGctingths c loss consequent upon these efforts by the po- | lice in behalf of law and order. Ten ! Chinamen have bonded themselves to- gether to form an assurance company to cover the damage done in the shape of broken doors. etc, by the police while ! obtaining forcible entrance into gRmb- | ling places. It is also understood to | pay the fines of those arrested for being found in gambling dens and opium joints.
 CHICAGO, III. Aug. 2S-A mysterious | double murder WAS committed about ! F o'clock last night at Geneva, Kane | Co. Illinois, the victims being two of | three officers who constitute the police | force of the town. The deed was con- mitted right in the centre of the place near tbe court house, and some dCzen shots were heard by residents in the neighborhood Ia quIck succession, at about midnight, but no one left his bed { to find out the cause of the turmoil and l it WAS reserved for a party of merry
 makers returning from Quincy, about l l a. n. to find the bodies Of the murder ed mea and raise an alarm. Officer Me Matt was found dead, wltI a bullet ! hole in the region of hIs heart. his reyol- Yer with five chambers empied lying near him. Several rods away lay officer ] Grant Tn dying condition. Several burglaries have recently been committed and 1t IS supposed the officers were kill Cd ny the burglars in aa attempt to ar res: them.
 SAN FEasCIsco. Aug. 2S-H. W. Shaw, better known as Josh Billings, the num- orOus writer aId lecturer, arrived here yesterday. He vIll lecture at different places during his proposed soIourn ot one year in this state, which will be mostly spent m southern California. PORTLAND, Ozn, Aug. 2S-Three fatal cases Of poisoning among children have occurred rear the town O. Fossil in Eastern Oregon within one hour. A three year old boy of John White, a blacksmith. got hold of can of cOncen- trated I've and drank some Of its con- tents. Before nedIcal assistance could l be secured, the boy died in the greatest agony. Shortly after the accident oc- cured hev. Jas. Young, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, by some oversight gave two of his children an
 overdose of medicine containing lauds- mum, '.nch was administered for vhooping cough. One of the children was aged 3i years. and the ether six ! .1 m hal a n hour. All three children were buried at the same time.
 MADRID, Aug 2S-The government has closed the doors of the Army and Navy ' Club. because the officers belonging to | club have returned their German deco rations, aud because the club has struck | from it's list of honorary nemoers the names of German officers and that of | the Crown Prince of Germany. The press and army arc disgusted by the amicable attitude that has been suddenly | displayed by the cabinet toward Ger
 many. Ministerial papers have adopted
 a modified tone, while the opposition | journals attack Germany with increased
 vigor. The result IS that seven of the | latter papers have been seized and will
 be prosecuted. Public feeling Is more
 decided than ever against concessions
 to Germany.
 EMPoRIA, kansas, Aug. 2S.-Dr. Gard iner, of thIs city, who made 8 chemical
 analysis of a part of the liver from ths body of the late J. R. Wslkup, testified to-day before the Coroner's jury that he found arsenic therein, and that MT Wal Eup's death was caused by arsenical poi
 soniug. No report has yet been receiy- ed from the chemist making the anal ysis of the portion of viscera sent to Kaaaas City. Mrs. Walkup and her
 cousin are still in custody.
 NEW YORK. Aug. 2S-Secretary Turn
 CT, of the Executive Board, Knights of
 Labor, said this forenoon that the mem
 bers of the Board would retain their
 quarters at the Astor House until to-
 morrow evening. They expect by that
 time to receive GD answer from A. A. Talmage, General Manager of the Wa
 bash railroad, as 10 whether or not the
 eompany will reinstate Knights of La bor 1iischarced June l6. lf the com
 pany agrees to this, all trouble will be
 at mn end, Turner further saId that the
 Executive Board had not made any de-
 mand for the discharge of those men
 who had been employed Tn the places of
 the Knights of Labor. They simply re-
 quested that the discharged men be re-
 instated.
 |. GALVESTON, Aug. 2S-A general strike among mEcbiuists, carpenters and labor
 CTS ID tho shops and yards along the liue of the Gulf, Colorado 6 Santa Fe
 railroad took place at noon to-day. En order to tue effect having been issued
 by the Grand Council Of the Knights
 Of Labor. applying to all lines the work
 men on winch had a just cause ot griev-
 auce. The Santa Fs was included m this class Ot corporate offenders on the
 ground that men employed on the line
 received less pay than those working for the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, : aud that they had not been honestly
 dealt with. In this city an attempt was made to prevent the departure of tie
 evening passenger train by blocking the
 track. The police, however, interfered
 and removed the obstructiOn without opposition. Trains are HOW running as ! usual and thus far the effects of the