Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-03-06

II GU tnerevlth, and said committee is fur is ther authorized and directed to ascer. l. tain and report whether either of the g telephone companies herein mentioned, F' or their officers, agents and employees '- nave in any manner improperly IDhu- l. enced or attempted to influence officials or official action through the pubic ! press, and if so, when, by whom, and iE q what manner such influence was exert
 ed, or attempted to be e1erted, and 8 what newspapers or newspaper were SO - used Or attempted to be used by them g Said committee shall have the right to [ send for persons and papers, administer 2 oath, to sit during the session of the house, to employ a stenogrsphsr and to 3 incur any and sll such necessary and
 reasonable expenses as may bs required
 for the purpose of conducting such in- vestigstion. not to exceed the sum of
 SlOOO, which shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the house upon prop
 CT vouchers certified by the chairman
 and one other member of the committee. and may report st any time.
 Alter c briet but excited debate, dur
 ing which Gibson of West Virginia bit terly criticized Pulitzer whom he sc-
 cused of skulking behind the columns of
 newspaper to attack men instead of attacking them on the floor of the house,
 the resolution reported from the cOm-
 mittee on rules was adopted.
 ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26-A speoisl from
 Houston, Teras, to the Post-Dispatch says that the Houston Savings bank closed its doors this morning. Some of the banks heaviest depositors withdrew their funds yesterday afternoon, and later Tn the day asked that a receiver for the bank b6 appointed. ID, T. Smith was appointed receiver this morning. and the bank IS now in his hands. The total amount of money with the bank is S216OOO. The failure is due to the heavy run upon 1t at the time when the Houston City bank failed recently.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The commit. tee on coinage will introduce a rssolu ton to commence the debate on the silver question Tuesday.
 FL PAso, Feb. 27.-A party left here to-day to disIDter the body of the late | Captain Crawford The body will be | taken to hIs old home at Philadelphia. | The Mexican general, Vega, who has been sent thither by the Mexican govern | ment to investigate the killing, will facilitate the removal and shipment of the body.
 NEW YORK, Feb, 27.-Fire broke out ] | today from some unknown cause of the | stable of Patrick MsckRy on Magnolia l street. A high wInd scattered the flames | and burning embers m every direction. l | The fire soon spread tO Mscksy's house | and in a short time both were demOlish- | ed, causing a loss of S25. 800. The flames communicated to the Lutheran consis- | tory and the CipronS Hill railroad depot. 1 The fire could not be checked and the | horses were rescued with difficulty.
 TORONTO, Canada, Feb. 27.-Ap scci- dent occurred to-day on the Northern | railway. Besides the news agent who was | killed, twenty more or lees were injured. | The night was intensely cold and many | | of the wounded were frost bitten. A | farmers team took fright at the sp. preaching train and ran into 1t, one of the horses jumping in between the ten | der and baggage; the result was that the | baggage and mail and the passengar coach left the track and rolled down the bank forty feet. The baggage and mail cars took fire and were destroyed, bat most nf the mail was saved. The fia.es broke out n the passenger cOsch but | were eItinguished. The loss IS not yet known. | LONDON, Feb. H.-A sensation has been created by the testimony of . ser want in the case of Rev. Dyson, A Wis leysn clergyman, charged with Mrs. Ad- | elaide Bartlett for the alleged killing on New Years eve, by chloroform, of her husband. Edward F. Bartlett, of Pimli- co. The prosecution contend that sev- ersl years ago Bartlett, failing in health, | surrendered his wife to Dyson, who was | their family pastor; that Dyson subse- | quently maintained Q husbands rela- | tons with Mrs. Bartlett, in her home, | with Bsrtlett's approval, but unknown | to other people; that last autumn Bart | lett became desirOus to regain possession | of what he had surrendered, although | the lady insisted on keeping faith with her pastor. But Bartlett became SO per sIstent that Mrs. Bartlett resorted to vI- Olence, overcoming him by stupefying him with chlorotorm; and on New Years eve. when he approached her bed with particularly violent demonstrations, she sprnkled such large quantity, which had been procured by Dyson. in her husbands face that he fell back unoon- scious and died from the effects. The defense is that death was accidental, and that chloroform was used with no criminal intent But the prosecution intend to prove that Dyson and Mrs. Bartlett killed Bartlett in order to re- move him, as sn obstacle to theIr contin- ued union. Dyson, on bis preliminary examination, swOre that while he and Mrs. Bartlett expected to marry ID case of Bsrtletts death, their relations had always been of the most innocent nature. The servant who testified for the prose- oution swore to the frequency and durs-
 tiOn of DysOn's visits to Mrs. Bartlett. The witness said that whenever the clergyman called in cold weather Mrs. Bartlett placed slippers at the nre for him, and that generally she pinned the blinds to the windows of the room in
 which she entertained him. The ser want swors she saw Mrs. Bartlett and
 the preacher sitting together on the
 floor. and had also seen Mir. Dyson sit
 hng in low chair. with Mrs. Bartlett
 ou the floor before him with her head ID
 his lap.
 SAN FRANcIsCo. Feb. 27-Lieut q. W.
 Graydon. of the Ordnance corps, U. s. A., this evening caused the arrest Of
 George E. Warren. assistant clerk of the
 Palace hotel, on chsrgs of felony and embeZZlement. Graydon say y6 tnat Wnile
 absent in Japan recently he caused funds
 amounting to Sl0O0 to be telesrsDhed in
 advance to hIs credit at the Palace. On
 his arrival be found that the money had
 been obtained by Warren who refused
 to deliver it when requested to do SO.
 Alexander Sharon and the Palace watch
 man, Jackson, qualified as Warren's
 sureties ID the cum ot S2UOO.
 AUGUSTA, Me. Feb. N.-The severest storm for yesrs visited Maine yesterday.
 and the wind blew almost e hurricsps. The snow driited badly. blocksding the roads and greatly impeding travel.
 ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2-The Missouri and Arkansss division of the TsIAs 4 St. Louis railroad was sold at public aus tion ID this cIty to-day 10 6 represents- . tiveyof the bond holders of the road for s7,4Ol. .OOO. G. u. Tsnbroeck of New York
 representing eastern capitalists, offered !, sT,4OO.OOO, over which figures his in- ] structions, he said, would not allow him to bid.
 NEW YORK, Feb. T-The scenes of } yaa.ardav vare repeated today No Be-