Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-08-22

accidently an overdose of chloIoform. In order to pin him down to th con- fession he was asked to sign a state nent to that effect, and this he did, in the presence of Feveral witnesses.
 DENVER, Col, Aug. 19-No action has thus far been taken by the Knights of \ Labor employees Of the Union Pacific upon the St Louis Order aud Wabash | freight is being handled as usual. Rail road officials claim the order will oe ignored by the Union Pacific Knights.
 PARIS, Aug. l9-The Preiect of Police cOncurs with the decision of the muni- | cipsl authorities tsvoring the cremation o' deceased bodies from the St. Louis hospital, on the ground not only ot econ- omy, but such a course will reIIeve the crowded cemeteries.
 RoNE, Aug. l9-The Reform. says: "Vecci and wife, who were arrested with | Signor DOrides, editor of the MOniieur De Rome, for ceiling to foreign powers the plans of the Italian maritime de- fences, have attempted to commit suI- eide. RIssegna says DOrides intended the plans for France"
 LONDON, Aug. l9-A man who refused to give his name Was arrested here last Saturday on the charge of havi. ab- ducted for immoral purposes a glrl un- der thirteen years of age. As it is the fist case of arrest under the provisions of the criminal law amendment act, great deal of attention was attracted to the prisoner. He attempted to conceal his identity, but was today found to be
 John COu bert, of Surrey. who had for long time been assistant at 43 Felter Lane, and who had been "shadowed" by the detectives Of scotland yard for fully eighteen months as adynamiter.
 PARIS, Aug. l9-ROchefort. in his pa- per "Entransigeans," continues to de- mand vengeance on England for the sl- legged murder of Oliver Pain. He still thinks Lord Lyons, the British ambass- dor, should be made the object of attack by the friends of Pain, and advises them to publicly insult that gentleman.
 MADRID, Aug. l9-There were 4,24l new cases of cholera and l,33S dss-hs throughout Spain yesterday.
 FORT RENO, Aug. lS.-News has been received of desperate fight between a number of cowboys which occurred at the ranch of Frank Murray. thirty y-fve miles southwest in the Chickasaw na- tion. A party of twenty-five COW ooys | r, de up tO the ranch and fired about loo shots at the boys inside the ranch cabin with whom they had quarrel ove- burned stack. The boys inside, being we'll armed. returned the fire with dead Iy effect, killing Dick Coyart and ser iously woundiDg Dlck Jones and Boh Woods, of the attacking party. This makes four who have been killed over the trouble at this ranch since ADul. Covart, who was killed, and also Jones and Woods have been notorious charac- ters in the Territory.
 ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1s.-Nery little of general interest has been developed in the Maxwell case today. He had a number of callers during the day. The police authorities restricted the permits and allowed but few persons to see him. The chief event ot the day was the re- tainIng of John l. Martin by Maxwell as counsel, who says that when formal action IS taken against his client he will DO: waive a preliminary examination. Maxwell Is still m the police mold over and 1t has not transpiTei when he will be turned over to the sheriff. His Gt- torney has given hIm permission to- write for the newspapers, and ID all hkelihCud he will begin business at once and thus derive a httle revenue. He claims to have E600O iave-ted in Eng land m the funds, and expects 10 ar range for the transfer of some of 1t here. but just now he Is without dollar and wholly dependent upon the police au- thorities for everything he requires.
 WAsHfSGToN, August lS-The Chief Clerk of the War Department will act as Secretary ot War during the absence of Secretary EndicOt'. The Secretary will be absent from Washington till Oc tober let
 FIrst Comptroller Durham has wrIt- [, letter to Mir. Loring, ex-Commls- sioner of Agriculture, in which he say 8 that the latter IS in error Tn suppOsing that any rejected accounts were for machinery" or experiments" He ex- plains that tbe claims disallOwed amount to about S2O,OOO and were sole | ly for expenditures for seed and labor. | and concludes his letter by saying that | unless LOrIng has some some further | statement to make he shall proceed in | the case under due process of law.
 Acting Postmaster General Stevenson | to-day declined the proposition of the | American District Tel. graph Company | Of Philadelphia 10 take charge of the | immediate delivery system of that city | on the ground that the law cOntem- | plates the maintenance by the Depart | ment Of it's own delivery systems.
 Commissioner ThOman. of the Civil | ServIce Commission, thinks that the | messengers to be selected for the dellv cry of the special ten cent stamp letters | will be appointed under the civil ser vice law.
 CAIRO, Aug lS-lnfOrmation has been | received here that civil war has broken out at KhartOum, that the treasury has been sacked and that the MahdI's sue cessor and other officers have been killed.
 COSsIASTISoPLE Aug. lS-Mr. HeAb, | the United States Consul. has ssnt Q | the Porte another protest couched ID | stronger terms than those of hIs first | protest against the expulsion of Ameri- | cans from Jerusalem on the ground of their being Jews. Mir. Heap points out that their eXpulsions are ID viola ton of the treaty stipulations, and are hable to cause serious difficulty. He has also referred the matter tO the gov ernmeD. at Washington.
 NEW ORLEANS, August lS.-Captain s. fl. Back, recently appointed pOstmas- ter, has resigned the Director General ship of the New Exposition. but will remain Director General of the old EX- position Company, in liquidation.
 BRAIDwooD, Ills, Aug. 17.-A prize fgh. took place five miles east of here at daylight this morning between Adam Patterson, & saloon keeper, and George Mulvey, s miner. both from BIacevIile, a small town near here. for purse Of SjOO, in which Mulvey knocked out Patterson after one hundred and thir y- eight rounds. At , o'clock this morning the sports began L. leave for the scene the battle and all available couvsyance- was put in use. The crowd assembled at corners of Will Grundy snd KankBkee counties. Stakes were driven 1st across the hne in kankakee county. At 5:lj about eight hundred people had assem- bled when tune was called. The men fought according to the London Prize Rlng Rules, with ive-Ounce hard gloves. Il |