Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-03-13


 the road after lthe others. About l5l
 yards further down met Dr. Powers
 he looked at me and I said Good morning doctor He said, putting his
 hand back in his pocket, I will light You 8 duel I had a gun ac. ross my saddle. I picked it up and told him dId not want to fight. He kept on trying to draw hIs pistol and I pointed my gun at him. He struck a. It with his left hand as if to push if aside or grab 1t. then fired the left barrel at him. The horse whirled around and brought us face to face. He seemed to be pulling something from his pocket. 1 fired another barrel as soon as l could. In firing the first bar rel l intended Only to disable him and the second shot intended to kIll him Tn defense of my own life. I believed ID good faith that my own life was in danger, based on reports I had heard and my knowledge of the mans charac- ter. At the second shot Powers was on horseback. After the second shot he fell forward from his horse right where the road crosses gulch. 1 then rode away and came home. l came up with Irwin about % or loo yards away and | WfLA OA hANA LAAA tAH hH uA- lOut. UDOn cross examination witness testified that the killing took place about 4:3O or QUO m the evening and that Irwin took no part ln the matter; he did not have 6 gun.
 Question-DId you not induce many persons of that neighborhood to assem- bls at Willow Creek for the purpose of lynching Powers?
 Answer-I decline to answer
 Witness here stated to the court that be had taken solemn oath never to di- vulge any thing that would tend to im- pl4cate others Tn the affair and that not a penalty the court could infiict would induce him to associate other parties with the killing. The court adjourned til. tomorrow at ten o'clock.
 BAN FRANCISCO, March j.-Genersl Henry M Naglee, the well known Santa Clara vlticulturisT, died to- day at the Oc- cidental hotel, of neuralgia of the stOm- ach. The illness WAS caused by expos ure brought on by too close attendance st his canal work in San Joaquin coun- ty. Gen. Nsglee was 6 graduate of West Point, and distinguished himself in the Mexican war and Tn the war of the rebellion. He came to California with Colonel Stevenson's regiment and opened the first banking horse, with Colonel k. H. Sinton, Tn this city. He leaves two daughters. one of whom IS attending school in Philadelphia. The other WIS with him at the time of his death,
 SAN FRASCIsCo, March 5-Round trip tickets to Chicago were placed on sale today at S9i. The west bound ticket is unlimited.
 WINNEMUCCA, New, March 5-Clarence Gray, RlIas Isham COllin>. was executed to-day for the murder of F. II. Scott on Christmas eve. 1884 Gray who had been feigniag insanity since January 24th, recovered bis reason yesterday up on being informed that there was no hope for him, as suddenly as he appear ed to have lost it six weeks ago. He slept well last night, ate breakfast, made | hi, toilet this morning and walked to the | sc6fTJld with n steady step. He made . short speech denying his guilt but i'm | pli ,ating no one else. The drop fell at | lI,5. Five minutes later Dr. Hanson pronounced life extinct.
 SAN FRANCISCO, March 5-The steam CT City of Topeka, belonging to the Atch- ison, Topeka d Santa Fe railroad, has been ordered up from Guaymas and will if necessary run below this city and San | Diego. IL was stated to-day that RnOth- CT steamer has been chartered by the same line.
 l SAS FRANCISCO, March j-The latest point raised by the Chinese in their fight against the laundry ordinance, Is con- tained in petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed to- day by Chinamsn who has been arrested charged with vIOlst- ing the laundry ordinances. The point be tried to make Is that the board of su- pervisOrs IS no: legal body and hence | it's ordinances are illegal. Section q, | nrticle eleven of the constitution says that in every consolidated city ot more than 100000 inhabitants there shall be two boards of supervisors or houses Of | legislature tO consist of twelve persons each. He claims that under this section | the board of supervisors of San Fran | cisco which consists of a single board of twelve men, is not q legally constituted body, and that consequently the Ordi- nances are invalid. The writ of hRbeas corpus was issued and made reiurnsble March Sth.
 | GALvEsroS, March 5-The meeting of | local trades assemblies adjourned after | midnight It was determined that the | Mallory boycott should be immediately | enforced against Gulf, Colorado, Santa | Fe and Missouri Pacific roads. The | orders will be at once issued that every | Knight of Labor working on any of thIs | lines must refuse to handle freight con | signed to or from the Mallory company. | This will bring matters to a crisis, as | the roads will be compelled to discharge the men who refuse to handle bOycOtted freight, and then . general strike will | probably follow. Special news from | Dallas says that the strike on the Texas Pacific railroad at this point has thus far DO appreciaole effect on business. The attempts made by the citizens com mittee at Marshall tO effect settlement by arbitration completely failed. The three days allowed by the receivers of Brown and Sheldon for the strikers to resume work expired yesterday and the receivers have prepared a circular which will be issued today notifying the men who refused to return fo work that they are no longer m the employ of the com
 pany and warming kers not to con-
 cregate sbOut the station warehouse and
 try to intimidate those who are willing
 to work. The circular says If the men
 persist in such intimidation the receivers
 will ask help from the |. 5. court.
 WASHINGTON. March J.--The educa
 ton bill has passed the senate by vote
 of 36 to II.
 Los ANGELES, March 6.-First clas: limited tickets from here tn Kansas City SI; Chicago S; New York S2O Third class, one or two dollars .less Much business Is being done.
 SAN FRASCIsCo. Mar. 6-Limited tIck cts underwent another decided cut thu morning. The following open rates wer, } made by all the roads: To Chicago, S2O New York, S3j: Boston, S3I. Roun, trip tickets to New York, allowing thir ty days stop over. were sold this morn ing at S92 D; similar tickets to Chicago Sb2.50.
 KINGSTON, Tex, March 6.-W. < ' Howard, editor of the Hunt count
 Chronicle, deliberately shot A. Russo . on the street yesterday. Howard dls i charged both barrels of 6 shot gun a = Russell. A stray bullet bit a spectato