Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-05-15

 n legsi holiday by Governor Stf Den6D, ans celebrated today by all J1s iiades unious of tue city. and vss Reu -.ally received as a holiday by the banks, pub Iic fiiceTs huI business irma- A plcnlc and e.tertsinment Ct NoolSard's gar d,ns under tie aufplccs 0t ;he tederateU trqi., filled the programme ot the cay. Tha ie-..iIug feature 0l the celebration
 .a- IorcElgEt procession tonight. A few hours before U staried eOth eloes of the thornughfsres along the route ot march were crowded with people a. well as the windows and roofs Ol the build ircs lining tbese strC cts. The Proees- sion started at about $50 r. n. and took over Gn hour in YGssipg gwen Doipk. Fireworks were discEIrRed dor mo the entire march by those III hEe anil ,lso by spectators from IEc windows and sidewalks, and the pyrotschnic dis Dlay with torches carried hy the maFcl- CTS. serve q tC brilliantly illuminate the entire route Of the procession. Ind pro- cession was reviewed by Governor Stone man. The Senmel's uDlJu, which pre- sented 0 rruoarkaby iiGe BfrearHnee In sailor costumes, were loudly cheered. The three masted schooner winch they carried in line was h prominent feature of the parade.
 ATHENS. May II. The minister ot the interior 10 the late cabinet and who fs- vOrs submission 0 tAe wlshes of me powers, has agreed to form new min istry. He promises to disarTl the GIeek | army.
 Sax FKASC-sCo, May 1.-The demo cratic state committee to-day Gsc,ded to hold the next convention in ,h,s city, the 3Ist day of ext August.
 WASHINGTON, My 1.-The special order for today was the consideration of the business reported from the COm- mitlee on private land claims. The house after reading the journal went ia
 to a committee of the whole on the bills | prc vidIng for the appointment. Of a com missIcu to ascertsi and settle prIvaie | larG claims iu New Mexico, AIlzOna and | c icIadO.
 1 The bill provides fer the appointment | ofthree commission CTS wGo shall receive
 & salary of SJlUJ ,acl ald serve for four
 years, for the puITu=e Of adiu iIc ting | Spanish aud Ntxicau nua ci.lGls ID New MexIe Ar.zJus aIii Colorado. In
 deciding va.d.ty aLl clam, tLe com
 mission shall te governed oy tue pro
 visions of the treaty with Mexico, the
 law of nations, The law, usages and GUS
 toms of the government from which The
 claim is derived. and tue decisions of
 the United States Supreme court.
 On mOtiOn oi Reagan, of Texas, an
 amendment was giOPted providing that | before the title tl any clam shall be | confirmed the clajmLu: shall show that
 all taxes due territorial and municipal | governments have teen pad.
 On motion of HewIit, Of New York. an
 amendment vas aIopted providing that i whenever E claim is presented to the | commission, it shall be the duty of ;hv | commission before proceeding to hear
 the same, tO determine the extent there
 of in numbers oi acres, and E.i final de- cisions stall be limited by the prelinin- | a.y determination, ani the commission | shall not include in its determination auy land in excess Of the amount In- | tended tO have been granted n the orig inal. McAdro, ot E-s Jersey. offered an amendment providing that DO alien or person vho IS not a ci;izsn of the United States shall acquire title tO any land subject to the decision of the cOmmls- sion unless his right to the sane was clearly proved by one of the treaties re- ferred tO in the bill. Agreed to.) The committee then rose and the bill was passed. WAsHISGToS May 1l-Hcar presented a | memorial cf the republican central com mittce Of Ohio, stating ;Eat the election of Pcyue Co be United States senator was secured by bribery, frsud and cor ruptiHn, and requesting that the senate investigate the matter. Referred tO the committee on privileges and election.
 KANSAS CIrY, May IA fearful storm of wind and ram swept over ;his city to- day, continuing from n o'clock to noon. The court house On Second street was totally destroyed above the second story. A number oi persons were hurt there. but none killed as far as known at this time. LathTOy's school building at Sth street was partially wrecked and many 1 children were caught ID the ruins. seven | are said to have been killed and the full l extent of the disaster is not yet known. l An overall factory On Secoui street was | bloSn down and five deaths are report ! ed from there cut oi fifteen girls al work | in the building, while nearly all the | others are wounded At n o'clock, a |
 
 badly hart besides thOse killed. The | old water works building near the court | house was blown down and one or two | persons are missing there. At the West ern Union Telegraph office but Cne wire | is working out fl the city, cOmmunlca- ton has been established with St Louis | over that wire by way of Dallas, Calves ton, New Orleans and Memphis. The | span of the bridge next tO Harlem was blown of and forty persons are reported killed at the bridge.
 One span at the north end Of the raIl- road bridge across the Missouri rlver was blown into the river blocking the Hannibal. s. Joseph. Rock Island, Wa bash and Kansas CIiy, St Joe Bnu Council Bluffs railway.
 At 2 p. m.. as nearly as can be learned | 6rlid the IntsIse excitement 6rd coniu- sion. RhOut twenty persons are known to be killed. Frank Smith. of Smith S MOfiitt, owners oi the spice mills, situ- ated in old work building corner Of Second and Main streets, was killed. Deputy Sheriff D1ugherty was buried m the ruins Of the court house, and st 3 o'clock the searclers arc reported to be in sight O' bis loiy A teamster who took refuge .u tbe court house IS also missing. At Lathrop's school eleven children are reported dead. Oi four buildings wrecked all are more or less unsound. The school building has been twice condemned and court house by many IS considered unsafe. No one was killed except in ;he four houses. The storm though entHiling SO heavy loss Cf life was nothing of the nature of the tornado that visited the city three years ago. 1t VAS a violent wind accompanied by flood of water and some haII, turn ing macy streets into rivers. Signs, shutters and ciimleys were blown down by the gale and a number of vehi- cles overturned.
 SAS FENSCIsC1. May lL-As today was workIngmen's holiday. it being le- gal by ihe gove5uoT's' proc amaiiou, the stock board clOse6 for the day.
 CHICAGO, May 1.-The Daily News in it's issue to-morrow will devote itself tn a description Cf the work Cf the AssCCi- ated Press, the scope of its news field. tia rnethois for collecting tha hanuan-