Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-09-04

. D one of the special envOys sent to Chin Tor the negotiation o;the treaty betwee the United States and that countr, known as the "Restriction" treaty. Nh ! Swift ves married Co the daughter C Col W. c. Wood, of this city, in lSJ!
 de has written several books ard IS sC
 knJTledged to be one of the sbles
 neEspgpeT writers on the Pacific Coas
 Los ANGELES, August 27.-The con
 veutiOr met at 10 o'clock this morninI anu InteBse excitement prevails. 1 fuIl quorum was present. the roll cal
 was dispensed with. C0nkling proposed that as the delegates were anxious t, finish all business by tomorrow tho candidates for governor receiving th, fe west votes be dropped, but the resOlu- tiOn was tabled. The convention ther began ballOtIng again for governor, witI the result given elsewhere.
 The San Diego delegates winch had voted for DimOnd went to Hartson. and the Sanla Clara delegation which had cast m yesterdays balloting ten votes Tor Dimond, went Tn body, excepting cue, to Swift. The roll was then called | for the eighth ballot. The San Francis. co delegation was the first to break and san Luis ObispO followed At this point It became evident that Swift was the man. The Sacramento delegation changed eleven votes from Dimond sud Reed, to Swift, ard then ID rapid succession, Mendocino, Nevada, Shasta, Santa Cruz and SOnoms an- nounced their votes for Swift. So great was tue confusion at this moment that Chairman Barnes said it WAS impossible to keep up with the changes. shouts were made tO call the roll again, and after succession of yells of Yes ''No," the chairman ordered it called. When the ballot was finally taken, it showed as follows: Swift 525, D!mond 7i, Reed 20, Harrison, 3G.
 Les ANGELES, August 27.-The con- yentiOn met again at 2 o'clock. John F. ; Sitt briefly returned his thanks to the delegates for the honor they had con- feFre1 on him by nominating him for governor of the state. The present in- tentions are to nominate a Lieutenant governor. secretary Of state and comp troller before tine evening recess. The race for the former lies between JChn- son, of Sacramento and Adams of San LuIs ObispO.
 MIDELETowN, Y. r., Aug. 27-The Eilenville Press announces that its fer mer editor, Deputy State Comptroller IhOmss E, Benedict, has been rendered by President Cleveland and has accept ei the position of public printer, at Washington, and will assume the duties Of the office at once.
 Los ANGELES, Aug. 27-In 2nd con- gFessionRl district, J. c. Campbell, of San Joaquin was nominated for con- gress.
 Waco, Tex, Aug. 1.-The republican sist5 convention yesterday nominated 8 fuil ticket headed by A- M. COchrane, of Dallas, for governor.
 NEW YORK, Aug 27.-John Roach. the skip builier, IS dangerously i'll st Hotel BalmOrel, Mount McGregor. He has been confined 10 his bed for the past four or five days, during which time he has tasted no solid food of any kind, but has lived On nourishment prepared under the doctors direction. The di- rect cause of his illness IS said to be disorder of the stomach and indigestion, the seriousness of which is increased by his impaired vitality and loss ofstrength.
 DENIAL.
 MoUNT ACGREGOR, Aug. 27.-The statement made that John Roach is Sc riously III here is emphstically denied.
 ATHENS, August 2S-Greece has again been visited by sn earthquake. The loss Of !Iie, according to the best intorma- mstIon. reaches the enormous figure of 3U0 The village of Pyrgo and town of Philistra. both situated on the western coast of MOrea. were the chief sufferers. In PyrgO not house IS left standing, while Philiatrs Is almost swept from the face oi the globe. Shocks were exPeri- ence throughout the whole of Greece ID a greater or less degree. In the town of SaIte, every house was damaged and the inhabitants fled to the interior to the open country. Several towrs in Italy were also visited by the earthquake, but not to any serious extent.
 SoFIA, Aug. 2S.-The trial by court martIgl of ZankoT and Gruoff and the metropolitan Clement leaders of the revO.utiOnists VhO forced Prince Alex auder tO abdicate. has been finished. ZankOfT snd GruOff were sentenced Co death and Clement sentenced to imprIs- onment for life.
 LENBERG, August 2S.-Prince Ale1an- der leaves here to-day for Bulgaria. He will go via Guirgenovo, RoInsnis, and expects tO reach Bulgarian territory by tomorrow. His brothers Francis and Ludwing are with him and will be his travelling companions.
 LONDON. Aug. 2S-The Russians re- fused to allow Prince Alexander sa- loon. carriage or servants, and only re- leased him after Emperor William had telegrspEed to the czar on the subject. Turkey IS massing troops on the Rou- melisn frontier. Daily councils are be- ing held at COnstaptinople to consider the situation.
 PARIS, August 2S.-A dispatch from Jsssy to "Iempse' says that If the pow CTS prevent Prince Alexander's return the Bulgariaus will proclaim repuo- lie.
 LoSDoS, August 2S.-The Gazette, of St. Petersburg, advises Alexander not to resume the government of Bulgsrls, as such step would only result ID a sec- oud and more decisive overthrow.
 CoVsIASTISOPLE, Aug. 2S-The gov ernments of Germany and Austria con sider that the recent events iD Bull garia impose on England chiefly the duty to take the initiative ID any foreign action for the settlement of Bulgarian affairs. ThIs opinion has been officially communicated tO the Porte.
 NEW YORK. August 2S-Lswrence Donovan, a printer employed on week ly psper, jumped from the Brooklyn bridge for a wager ot $500 at 5:30 this morning. A boat was ID the river, con taiuIDg some friends who picked him up. He was not injured by the jump.
 Los ANGELES, Aug. 2S-The first con gressionAl district convention nominat- ed Chancellor Hartson for congress by exclamation. He declined, but the de- cliuation will not be accepted.
 CoNEY ISLAND. Aug. 2s-The fourth race, three quarters Of mile dash, was won by HagSin's FIreLzi. Time, l:l5. Orifiamme, California bred, started but was not placed.
 SARATOGA, Aug. 2S.-Ihe first race, one mlle, was won by Bsldwin's Es- trelia Time, l;4i. Ashe's Bennett was