Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-09-18

English squadron. The PreDieEs o' ii.e
 Austre!-,.n cO.Ouirs 6Tr about tO lCid a
 cOntercuce to consider the sliu1tlOu.
 ELPAsJ, Texas, Sept. l6.-liepor;5 sre
 circClajeI to-day that hostile Avagl-5
 are Gep-edaiiug near the SaBa,i ALL-
 ing CI--rIc. in ChIhuahue, and ArCund
 Lske Gazman, about JO miles sOash-
 west Oi PasO del Norte. These reports
 are fal-a Iu every particular. They were
 caused Gy OHtrRges committed hS a
 band of MeNcaa maTEudeTs and horse
 thieves. A few days ago ranch hOH-6
 of the Corral DepIedra, between Lake
 Guzman aad Sunhl, was burned down.
 after some stores contained m It had
 been appropriated. The large kerd of
 horses Ht the corral had, however, not
 been disturbed. This proves eOuclu-
 sively that the msrauders were not In
 disns, for they would have gone alter
 the horses first ot all. Is Is pretty cer-
 tan there are no m re hostile Apgches
 on the war path, but that :hey are all
 m the hands of the military.
 NEW YORK. Sept. 16-R Porter Ashes
 horre, Gum. won the second race, .l
 miles, at Couey Island to-day; BbrLun
 2nd, Heel and Toe 3d. Time 2:l2
 CHICAGO. IL, Sept. l6-Ths First
 National Convention of She anti saloon republicans began its session m thIs c!tJ
 tLis forenoon. In addressing the Con
 veutiou, Senator BlaIr, whO W@~ cLC-eL temporary chairman, sad ."Ne EEe hert for ihe destruction of JLe run tfst-ic thr, uShou. this country nad throIs bout the world. l think 1 speak :La l,-lti- merts of the convention when l ssy that as between free rum and low hceLsO, We are in favor of low license, and betweet low license and high lice Sc, We '.r, lu favor Ot the high (cEeersl; that as Ss tween high license and ptOlIb.tlCn Sc are m favor oi prohibition" tmOr. cheer Ing} Blair went CD tO say that th,y met ss republicans; tLey were IL tLat party and could not be driven Cut aid he wss oLe Oi thOso who b5leytd .t vas only through the republican party that the suppreesiOI Ot the liquor sraiio could te secured.
 SAN tKANCIsC1. Sept l6.-The k,.l- iug of Eivt'd l'IrFirs rssLE.ed an other phase ls-s. h., u, NL4CL wlIi pc b. ably end m dispelling tLe mystery which has heretofore surrounded tte case. Late last night the detectives Te- ported that they had found five witness es who saw the quarrel between lllg- gins and his wife in the hallway of the house where he w6s killed. They state that after some angry words had passed between the couple, Mrs. Higgins drew a knife and stabbed her husband, and add that ID the excitement which fel- lowed Mrs. Higgins found an OppOrtun- ity tO dispose of the knife and tine tO cOncoct the story of suicide. The wit nesses are J. Rollins, c. IL Thur5er, H. C. Spesls and Emil Martin-inmstes of the house-and Mrs. Lambert, the land lady of the house.
 CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-The con mittee of permanent organization reported the name of eS-Senator William WindCm, ot Minnesota, for permanent chairman. He was unanimously elected. WheI the new chairman appeared before tEe COuvcn ion. be said: Gentlemen Of the - highly appreciate tEt great honor you have conferred UPJI me. There are possibly uthsr gentle men present who could state better laL l can the precise purpose of this convtu- ton. We are under csI Cf true GuC loyal republicans, desiring through tEa rarty Co accomplish what ve believe Co be Of great good tO the American people The record of the party for twenty year showed it's willingness to Crappic tLi- new issue aud carry it to victory. The issue wGs as < -yS us any the republic had to meet. In fact, 1t resolved itself to the question whether the saloon va to dominate ia the politics of the raiicn. ! He spoke on the general issue: hs touched on prOLibitlCuists and said tLa. | It was his view that they could curry out their purpose in better wa, Iu | getting leading of the republican Ea-ty, they would find that that party saId hat slavery should extend no further, ind on that platform sibvOTJ was Lu>O- utely sbOi'shed- It the publican par y would declare for s nigh Incense anal Ocal option and i-cCgulGe the rights # the people tO vote Ou this question lIrectly when they wished to do SO, all overs of t,mPtsance would follow that cad.
 The report of the committee on reso- utiOns WAS Bs follows
 FIrst-Thht the h9uOr traffic as IL 'xIsts to-day ID the United States, k he enemy ui society. fruitful source f corruption m politics, the ally oi .nArcby, the school of cTIme, and with ts svOwed purpose of seeking tO cor uptly control elections and legislation. B s menace tO the public welfare.
 cecOnd-Ihat We declare war against he saloons.
 Third-We believe the national gov rnment should absolutely prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating lquOrs m the District of Columbia and 1 ll the territories of the United States. ]
 Fourth We believe the best practical lethOd of dealing with the ii9uOr traffic 3 the several states ls tO leJ the people ecide whether u shall be prohibited by |
 submission of constitutional amend ] tents, and until such amendments are | dopted, by the passage of local option leans.
 Fifth-A large annual tax should be 'vied upon saloons, apd they should Je Jade responsible for all public and rivate injury resulting from the 'affic.
 Si1th-That the republican party. hereveF and whenever in power. wlII enforce whatsoever ordin- lces, statutes, or constitutional amend enss may be enacted for the restrle- n, on or suppression of the liquor traffic. l ii Seventh-Thst We approve the action ! O
 congress and those states that have q Ovided for teaching the physiological g iects of intoxicsnts in schools, and we = rnestly recommend tO every state le.-I ature the enactment of such lava ts all provide for thorough teach1u., of t ch effsc tO our children. Eighth-We demand that the repub- !. an party shall take a firm and decided "a if ss friend or ss the enemy of sa- lus. We pledge ourselves Go ,lp our most to the cause of the party thqt ses such a stand, and We call ulcp All i nperance rnen and all friends of 5r-I .nity or whatever party. or name, Co n With us m securing this object. and support of the republican party. -o as lt shall adopt them.
 J be resolutions were alopsed as o.e, with only three dIsse ming vo,es. national committee was tben appoint. and the convention adjourned. -. SAN tBANCIsCO. Sept. I6.-Byt. Mai. cH 'hsrd A. Pond. formerly captain I2tb Er iantry, |. S. A.. died at San Rafael B 7 morning. Major Pond enlisted m pa J and served through the war gg DETROIT, Mich, Sept. l6.-A storm '' s afternoon extended over most of ,Lg L.