Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-12-11

the senior partner in the firm, retired
 from active business pursuits severa
 years ago. He Is reported to be a mil. liOnalre and as his name still appear
 on the sign over the office, the creditor have faint hope of receiving et leas
 Q portion ot their losses The thre,
 younger brothers, Sol, Louis aud JscOS | departed this morning on foot.
 Great excitement prevails Ia the com
 munity at the failure, Ind If the mem
 bers of the firm had not slipped out ] unpleasant consequences might have 1 resulted. The brothers are supposed tC
 have secured an ample fortune by hold
 ing nearly every cent in coin deposited
 with them since the rise in shares be. gan. Their business was enormous. the receipts n a single day sometimes foot. i1g up S60,OOO, deposited for the pur. chase of mining shares.
 NEW YORK. Dec. 2-MIning shares were excited and strong throushout tEe day. It was reported that C4lifornia and Virginia would pay a dIv.deBd of Sl Der share in few days.
 WAsaISsIos. December The Sec reiary of Var has approved the request made by the chief signal officer that Lieut.. Gseely be retained on Gu.y in iEe signal office as assistant to Gen. HsZ r, who is ID i'll health.
 SAN FRANCISCO, December ? 2-The ex- citement which prevailed to-day in min ing shares. has no; been equ4led since
 lS1S Old stcck Epeculators Vhp though the glory of the golden state had departed with the new constitution, , braced up and looked on with amaze ment at the crowds that besIeged the brokers offices. The fact that ConsOli- dated Virginia had reached nearly fifty seemed only to whet their appetites to get more. Prudent ones told them the t;de was about to turn, out they only laughed ID their fac s and said "uo. It IS good for s hundred" When the morn ing board opened Ophir was sent to 2l IR the highest prIce reached since the Sier- n Nevada deal when 1t sold for an even hundred. Gould X Curry not to be outdone, went to IA n. and then Con solidated Virginia which closed last night at for,y-nine and hali. opened at tifty-two. At this moment everything bOOmed and fortunes were to be had for the asking of them. The session. how ever. had hardly closed when news ar rived from Virgioia that the FrEnkels had gone up for s million. This was a staggerer and weak ones hauled. Hard. ly had they recovered fro l the blow when the announcement was made tbst F c. Hooker one ot the stEunchest brokers of Pine street, and sOn-iu-lAw of ex-SenAtOr Stewart of Nevada, had pulled down hIs blinds with liabilities runuing up into the hundreds of thou sands. Had this latter announcement been quickly followed by another of an equal grave character the result would have been a general stampede all along the line, bringing run tO many. For tuDa,ely none took place and these who were playing for their "all" where given a few minutes breathing time before the worst Oyertook them.
 SAN FKAScIsco, Dec. 2.-An iDiunc- ton hrs been issued by the supreme court eniuiBIng ROsenbaum ( Speiline. who are acting as the agents Of Baldwin Gardiner. the sb-eUnding stock broker, from paying any further sums ID the settlement of claims BgaInst Gardiner. When the injunction was served nearly S2000O had rsen paid cut to creditors on 3TIs ceuts on the dollar. The agree meut Of the injunction was the result of c petition filed by a number of dissatis fled creditors that Gardiner be declared insolyent, The Pacific Stock Board, of which Gardiner was president, has de clared tine position vacant Louis Mar sh Il, formerly vice president, has been elected tJ the vac6nt office.
 NEW YORK, Dec. "A Washington special says: Mrs. JohE Davis, secoud daughter of the late Secretary Freling huysen and wife Of Judge Davis Of the court of claims, has become a hopeless invalid. She has never recovered from the injuries received by being thrown from a buggy at Lenox, Mass, last sum mer.
 SAv JusK, Cal, December A mes sare WIS received this morning by the attorneys for Jung Qusn Sing. convict ed of the murder of Henry Nanderyor aud sentenced to be hung tO-morrUS, that the sentence bad been cOmmuted to imprisonment for life.
 SAN FRANCIscO, December 2.-The money collected for the relief oi the Charleston suffcrers, amounting to Sll.- 547, has been forwsrded.to Mayor COur- tenay, of Charleston. This amount pes not include the S7.OOO. proceeds of the benefit given at the Grand Opera House for the sufferers.
 SAN FR.SCIsCo. December 2-The costum officers today seized twen'y thousand dollars worth of opium on iii- steamer RiA Jan,ero, recently HrTiy,.i from Chin. The drug vas found iL the coal bunEcrs.
 WAsHISGIoS, December 2.-The pre- sident's message is practically compiet- ed, and the clerical force at the White House is now engaged ID preparing copies for the houses of congress.
 OTTAWA. Ontario. December 2.-Mem- bers Of tie geological Euryey staff en- gagged in Investigating the coal depOsIts m the Saskatchewan regions, state that the coal supply in the northwest IS sbso- luteiy inexhaustable. The whole district lying between the Rocky Mountains and Fort Pitt is one vast series of coal beds, both hard and soft. of the best quality.
 VIRGINIA. New, December 2.-L. B. Frankel k Co, the oldest stock broker firm ID Storey county. filed petition 10 insolvency thls morning. Their liabili- tles foot up to S9l5, 600; assets nominal The list of creditors includes most of the prominent men and operators on the coast. The following are the names of the heaviest sufferers throuS Sh the sus- pension; $ l. Jones. superintendent ot the Crown POin. and Belcber, S3OJ JOOJ; Gen. Heating. superintendent Of the Savage and Hale k Norcross, SJOOJO; Col. F B Boyle, of the Alta, S2lOJJ. The list includes the names Ot scores of miners and clerks with a light sprink- ling of young ladies aud mstrOos.
 GLOBE, A. T.. December 3-H. N. Tn 'mpson was sentenced to one day in jail and twenty dollars fine for an at- tempt 10 pack 8 jury. There Is still sn indictment pending against him for per jury. The court has adjourned for the term.
 SAN FBAScIsCo, Dec. 3-The excite ment m mining stocks was not permit ted to lag. Shortly before noon Ihe armour cement wss made of the suspen- sion Of K. T. Morrow. Morrow IS not & broker, but had made many contracts io deliver stocks et Q gwen figure much be- low the present qu1tatiots. He claims to he GOrih a million dollars over his liabilities, aud hIs embarrassment will only be temporary. Immediately after thIs came the announcement of the fall- ure of J. Mckenzie. 8 stock broker. lis