Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-10-23

GALVESTON, October BIT c follow
 ing account Of the great disaster at Ss
 biHe Pass wss teiegraphed last eight {
 Houston: Beaumont. October lj: Ou
 town IS in intense excItenlsBt co Inc new
 just received from Sabiue PRss. It
 news of a terrible loss of life and de
 straetion of property ID tbhi place iron
 high water. We have now 20 telegraph ic comm1r cation with the pIss, ths
 wires all being down, but Au -Dgloe ar,
 rived here tO night over the East rexa! railway that left there about SIX o'clock Two citiZens Eho rOTed in a small bua
 across Rn expHnse | tossing waters fo
 1 distance oi several miles from th, town of Ssbins to tue railroad track
 care In on the engine GDd gave a heart rentlug account of the sffsir They say the Eaters began to invade the tUwI Iron the gulf and lake together. about : o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and rose with increased rapidity. The citizens Ol the doomed pace did not reel Z3 tue m. mir raut dspgPr untI n was too late to escs 9e. When safety by flight wBs TO. cogIized as being out ot the question, the people Eho were situated sO they cou | do Eo, b-t1ox themselves to houses and .csOrts EdjldgsG tu be ,aiest. The water kept risiBy, gLd between md 3 o'clock the s3siler houses iUgda to yield to the Ta-Isiie -s force oi the waves and not only moved from their fOunda- tons. but turned on their sides and topr. 4 little latter large house began t0 glye away aud death by drowning seem-d inevitable for every citizen of the place. With the yielding of the smaller houses several persons who had remA ned m them were drowned, and when the residences and business places began to crumhle the fatality began 10 double. The list of those known to bs drowned comprised over fifty human beins 2. among them some of the leading fami es of the place. There are others, and many of them, doubtless, drowned vitholt any one nov living knowing anything of ii. It IS feared that whole families in different parts of the place have been swept away without leaving a persoO and vestIge to indicate their horrible fate. On receipt of this news 'ha c; .izens ot Beaumont immediately bsgar. preparations for relief. The East Texas railroad placed m engine at their disuoG5.l and party fl men have gone Co Orange tn carry the rews there and procure boats and start for the sccle. The damage to property st SabIDe has been very great The lands ot the town were owued by New York capitalists who r.s0 own the adjoining lands and sse;e coming Co make Sabine Pass an important port on the gulf coast.
 CHICAGO, Oct. l5. The situation at the stock ya.ds was further complicated this morning by the refusal oi twelve hundred beef and sheep butchers em- ployei by A=nOur to go tO work. Knight of Labor Barry. rent here from Rich mDnd to try 'o effect statement, says be is sati-fiei h. can do DO good hare, Rs packers will not treat with bIm as an association and he will leave for Richmond immediately to lay the case before the knights' convention.
 NEw YORK, Oct. l5-The county dem oo=Rcy OEgsnlz .tion last night held its county convention and TsmmRny's nom- inailnn os Hon. Abram ;, Hewitt for mayor, was endorsed.
 PHESIx. A. T., Oct. 15-Tbe long con tcs,e3 g, :ling suits of the Phenix Min ing Co. vs. 5. F. Mack, and Seymour y5. S. F. Mack, involving the title to a val uabie group of mines ID Cave Greek district. were finally decided against Mack to-day. This ends the case and will inaugurBte new era ID mining circles here.
 CHARLESTON, 5. C., Oct. lj-There was slight but distinct shock ot earth quake shortly after four o'clock this morning, which made the windows rat tie and did DO other harm. The same shock was felt at Sunmerville.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. l5-The president, accompanied bY LlmoLt, end Miller, commissIoner Ot internal revenue, and several members of the WOOdmnnt bsh- ing clur. left here last night for tle club bous- at WoOdmOnt. Md Itis nr; knowD wh,n the party will return
 CuICACo Oct. l5.-The order to beet and sheep killers to strike this morning was confined to the Armour establish ment. The beef depots of other houses are running ns usual. ThIs IS taken as an indication that the fight by the Knights Is being directed solely agaInst Armour and ,he states 1t as hls vieEs that the general assembly Ot Knights will not cOuutensnce the move, as he declares the situation is the same ID all houses and that the only difference in that hss firm k employing a larger number of men than any other. Ihc Armour firm IS not attempting to O?er ate either its beef or pork killing depart nents this morning. The firm now has SIX hundred men at work preparing goods for shipment, but announces thu; IL will start mp all branches as soon ss c sufficient number of workmeL has been engaged. Gud tO this end IS offering large inducems nts Co men to enter iLto it's employ. The firm does not expect to be able to resume in all it's depart ments for two or three weeks.
 LONDON. Oct 15.-The coal mine own CTS O., Fifeshire, Sc tlsnd. refuse to con- csds to the demand of the miners for an incresss of ten per cent in wages. The mines throughout Scotland are ID favor of a general lockout unless the men ahats their demand. Thirty-five thou sand miners would be involved ID such a lockout.
 BUFFALO, October 1j-Ihe gale which visit .i Buffalo last night did a vast anouutot damage. For a tune the wind reached the velocity of seven ty'mil.s m hour and ou the lake front, in the vicinity of what is known as the Seswall forty small huuses were totally destroyed ny ihe wInd and water and the occupaut, had to fly for their lives. Several perpnIs are knOSn to have per ished, tt the present tme. On the Hamburg turnpike. nelr the clty. tSen- " or thirty fami!iee have been rendered destitute and an appeal for aid bas been issued. Throughout the oi.y, many buildings are damaged. The scenes on the besch this morning from the foo; of Garrison street for half 6 mile or more to the east bsfilss description The peo- pie were passing ID crowds over heaps of wrecked houses and along the beach near the seawall where houses had stood on spiles Of the forty or more houses that stood iu that part of the island yes terday, but three or four renamed m tact
 SAS FRASc-sCO, October l5.-Wiiliau Gillespie Walker. nephew of James G. Blain e snd son of ite letters fsvorlie sister. whose funeral took place on the day of President Clsvelsui's lnaueura- tion, has entered the order of the Jesuit ] fathers at Santa Clara,
 CIIY OF MEXICO, October l5-humors which originated in the United State: O. the assassination of General Gonzales