Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-09-12
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 NEW YORK, Sept. 3-The Spanish col ums of the Panama Star and Herald, O Aug. 2Otb, contain a report Of the pro ] cee e1ings of a court martial that met oI f the l7th instant 10 try Pedro Preston
 who has since been executed. Foul
 witnesses were brought before court anC declared that Preston was the prlncipa
 leader Of the destruction of Colon or
 the 3lst of March. After having heard
 the prisoners detenfe, the court ordered the room cleared aud then delibersted
 as tO the sentence. All votes but one
 were for hanging Preston at once. The death warrant WAS signed and the pris.
 oner called in and he vas informed oi
 hIs sentence. He heard the sentence
 read with great composure. Up 10 his last moment he had priest by his side
 When upon the scaffold Preston spoke
 few words calling upon the Colur1-
 blans tO believe his innocence Cf such an
 atrOclOus crime. Notwithstanding all
 hIs repeated protests of innocence, there
 was but one voice ot unanimous ap-
 prOval, when the car was removed from
 under his feet and the body left to
 swing on the scaffold. Preston was
 hanged soon after midday on the 18th
 ulto. The execution was witnessed by
 an immense crowd of all co!ors and na-
 tlonalties, 6 greater part of which prob
 ably never witnessed such scene be-
 fore. Death seems to have been instsn- taneous, a. no show of life was apparent
 three minutes after dropping.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3-Mrs. Schoe- nemann, who was shot on Tuesday by her recently divorced husband, J. r. Hansen who also shot himself at the time. died yesterday. Her death was followed early this morning by that of Hansen. The latter declared shortly before he expired that Mrs. Schoene- mann was shot accidentally; that he drew the pistol to shoot himself when she rushed for him and attempted to seize the pistol which in the struggle went of with the fatal result stated.
 PANAMA, Sept. 3-The leading topic of conversation at present IS the contIn- ued arrival of the Pacific mail steamers without the customary New York and San Francisco mails, which causes much inconvenience iu thscOmmerciRl community. New York mails of the let and 10th came via JamsicG by the Royal mail steamer.
 ADIRosDAcKs, NY. Sept. 3.-Presi- | dent Cleveland returned nere last night. l IL Is expected that he will remain un- til Saturday morning when he will leave | for Albany and Washington va Platts- l burg.
 LONDON. Sept. 3.-Mr. Stead, Editor oi | the Pail Mall Gazette, telegraphs from | Switzerland that he alone IS responsi- | ble in the Eliza Arms;r1ng case and | tL at Mrs. Jarrett was the unwilling agent | and that he will return to London at | once and answer for himself, and that he IS certain to clear himself from sl | blame.
 ERIE, Pa, Sept. 3.-The appearance and rapid spread of Texas fever among cattle along the line of railroad has ere sted much excitement among the farm CTS It R dozen instances herds have been seized with the infection, and ef ter three or four days terrible suffering have dIed without an exception. Dr. Germsr, President of the State Board of Health, and Dr. Bryce, State VeterIna- rian inspected tbe infected districts to-day, and pronounce the trouble to be Texas fever. Mayor AdAIDs nds izsued 6 proclamation ordering all COWS and cattle to be kept within their respective inclosures, and other measures have been taken to prevent the spread of the disesse. Autopsies held demonstrate beyond a doubt that the disease IS Te1as fever, snd the investigation shows that the disease WIS contracted from diseased cattle in transit for New York from the West over the railroads. There IS great furore among the farmers.
 HUSTISGroS, Pa, Sept. 3.-COnsIder- able snow fell last evening at Houtzdale and along the base of Stone Mountains this county. The weather IS extreme ly cool
 SAN FRASCIsCo. Sept. 3.-The follow ing letter, showing how raisins from cholera infected Spanish ports can be imported into this country notwlthstand- ing rigorous quarantine precautions, IS published in the Chronicle.
 NEW YORK, Aug. IA, lSS5.-To A. Gar ret & Co-GBSILgMES: Yours of the 18th inst. is at hand. In reply would SAY that suspicion will attach to a vessel from 6 cholera-infectsd port more than to cargo composed of well packed fruit, wines and original packages of merchant dise. It is not impossible that IL would be required that such cargo should toe discharged at quarantine; that the yes sel might be cleansed and disinfected be- fore proceeding to the oIty. This would necessarily cause little delay but some additional expense in dischsrging nt a distance from the city. Fruits gathered in infected districts, but packed and shipped from a non-infected port will not on that account subject the vessel to delay at quarantine.
 Very respectfully,
 (Signed) WILLIAM Nj. SMITH,
 Health Officer, Port of New York.
 This letter has created great excite ment among rsisin dealers m this city. They view 1t As an outrage that Spanish | raisins, infected with cholera germs, should be permitted to enter this cOun- try. when full supply of clean, healthy | fruit can be obtained from California. The matter will be fully discussed in the East, with every probability that DO raisins nor fruit of any kInd coming | from Spanish infected poIts will be per mitted to land.
 PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3.-The Press has a long story of the adventures of Mrs. Mary Eliza D. Batemau. a widow | 46 years old, with four children, who wss | captIvated by Sheridan Waite, clergy | man, and keeper of a ssuitarium at Vine ! land, \. J., who induced her to accom- | pany him to California last month. The Press says Wsite's sect Las a colo l ny founded at Pasadena, q few miles l from Los Angeles, where the faithful . live in a community. Two of Mrs. Bate l mans children were sent on to the colony | in June, to be brought up Tn accordance ! with the faith. Mrs. Bateman intrusted l s9OO0 with Waite. The couple reached 1 San Francisco on the 29th. when Mrs. l Bateman WAS told that important bus mess would call her partner back to Chicago. He represented to her that number of proselytes were to meet him at New York, and l said that be must meet them. He endesvored to have Mrs. Bateman go l on to the colony, but she would not al- | low him to part from her and insisted upon accompanying him back to Chic ago, where he managed to separate from her. She returned to Philadelphia and put detective on the case, who became