Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-07-25

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 TACosIA, W. T., July 1s-W. NJ. Whit, shot and killed James MeMillan O
 sumner, yesterday at Councils Prairie
 = miles east of of Tacoma. The trage dy occurred on the ranch where Whit,
 l,vcd ard which had been in litigation
 for some time. McMillan foFeclosed ( mortgage and claimed the hay crop White was cutting the hay when McAlil-
 lGn, under advice Of counsel, started to
 cut 1t also. White ordered McMillsn off and the latter was preparing to go,
 when White drew a revolver and fired
 twice. but missed both times. Then
 GcAiillRn returned the fire with a rife
 which he had taken from bis wagon;
 Tie tenn took fright and started; Mo-
 Milan turned to check them and White,
 taking advantage of thIs, leveled his re-
 vOlver the third time and shot, ball pen
 etrating McMillan's skull three inches
 back of the right ear. As McMills
 was falling he seized the gun and struck him above tue right eye. The npunOed rasa died in q few moments.
 He leaves a wife and five children
 White was arrested and is in jail.
 LONDON, July y1S.-Dispstches received from Paris this afternoon report that the French foreign office has received information which shows conclusively that the Russians are determined on seizing HeTat and that the massing of Russian troops are now going on at Zsl- pikar Pass is for that purpose. The cabinet council now being held and the | liGsso-Afghan boundary question is the nhInaN nf khn aul l,f.4a "a annarlaraesAr
 PHILADELPHIA, July lS.-Ths operst- ing room of the Western Union Tele- graph Company was burned at two o'clock this morning. Connections in all directions were destroyed.
 IT. McGREGoR, \. I. July IS.- General Grant slept less than usual last night, owing to the stifiing close ness of the atmosphere which rendered sleep well nigh impossible for the members of the Generals family and others on the mountain. The patient was quiet and without pam and dozed much of the time but did not enjoy his sound sleep until late and then had on- l ly about few hours of solId sleep. His pulse this morning IS about so and, although he is feeling listless as the result of a restless night, he shows but little weakness. This morning be left his room at about six o'clock and went t. sit on the veranda in the cool morn ing breeze. Thls morning tho sick mEn IS trying to make up for the night by doZing in his room.
 PHILADELPHIA, July lS-The express train on the West Jersey railrOed ran of the track at Newfeld Station this morning. The engine was demolished and the engineer, George Murphy, re- ceived injuries from which he expired in a short tune. 4 number of passengers were slightly injured. The engineers brave conduct m remaining at his post averted more disastrous results. The accident was caused by a misplaced switch.
 CLEVELAND, O., July lS.-All quiet at the scene of the strike to-day. To-day was devoted to the payment of the or the strikers wages an event that has anXiously looked forward to in some quarters, but there are no indications of trouble. The men began to assemble early, but have indulgsd m no warlike demonstrations, those employed at the wire mIll, about l5O0 in number, are being paid their stipends at the mill office.
 Los ANGELES. July l7.-Ihe residence of Governor S;O1eman at San Gabriel vas completely burned ct 6 o'clock thIs morning. The fire was first seen up- stairs in a store room. All the furniture up stairs was lost, but part of the fur Iiiure down stairs was eaved. The Gov e-ror's army uniform saddle and var ions relics were lost, together with oil painting- and books Of engravings wOr.n S4OOO His private papers, dOcu- | mtnts and also piano were destroyed. | The house was wholly burned ID three | quarters of an hour. Governor Stone man was stopping at hIs sisters place | Miss R. c. StOnemBn, half a mile away and was not told of his loss until 9 o'clock. The loss IS heavy to him, not SO much on account of intrinsic value, as the worth of the RssOciatiOn relics. | the amount of the loss and insurance are not known yet.
 SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-The election l of officers of the Los Angeles and San Diego Railroad Company resulted in the reelection of the old officers and direct | ors. President, ChHs. F. Crocker; Vice President, Timothy Hopkins; Secretary md Treasurer, r. \. Douty; directors, Chas. F. Checker, Timothy Hopkins, F. 5. Douty, W. 4. Brown, Chas. Orocker | and W. V. Huntington.
 CAIRO, July 17.-Arabs of the upper | class believe that Fl Mahdi IS dead. | Lupten Bey with his garrison has ar- rived at SenRar. The famine m kordo- | fan has become terrible and has extend ed to Khartoum. The hostile Arabs will | not advance to DOngOls for several months.
 SAN FRAScIsCo, July l7.-John Skae, | 6 well-knOwn mining man of this state l and Nevada, died here to-day, after a | brief illness.
 kASKAKEE. H., July 17-Dr. Utley. of the state board of health, completed his | at Momence of the dried l beef poisoning and says: "rhe poison ing was surely caused by beef. After | careful examination, 1t seems impossible | that persons putting up that meat did | not know 1t was poisonous. The exact | nature of the poison, because of inferior | microscopic facilities here. am yet un- able to determine. The investigation | was necessarily incomplete, because no | post mortem was held. Were the pow CTS of the state board of health enlarged, | guilty parties in such cases could be | more quickly found and punished"
 SALT LAKE, Utah, July 17-At sunrise this morning Deputy Marshals drove into TOele City, Utah, with a number of | warrants and subpRnas. Two houses | were visited and John Bowen and Hugh | $. GOwsn were arrested, the former for | unlawful cOhabItatiOn. and the latter | for polygamy and unlawful cohabitation. | The families were subpPnaed as wit I uesses. By the time thIs was done the | had swarmed. some jumping on unssddled horses with rope halters | for brIdles. some running through fields | and over fences and others rushing to | the hills to hide. When the officers had | secured the occupants of the first two houses nobody else was to be found. | The examination of the two above named begins tomorrow.
 CHICAGO, July 17-Frederick c. Por- ter, oi Porter Bros, leading fruit dealers of the west, died yesterday. He was the pioneer dealer in California fruit.
 WASHINGTON, July IA fire broke