Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-03-27

ton, ID. c. Feely and x. J. Haines were
 empowered to appoint sn executiv,
 committee of twenty, whose duty it shsl
 be to devise ways and means for self
 protection.
 WAsHINGToy, March 22.-Secretary
 Lamar has sent letter to Attorney
 General Garland, asking him to disec,
 the proper United States attorney t,
 bring suit against the Southern PacifC
 Railroad for l4,OO0 acres of land situated m Los Angeles county. This land. for
 which the company received a patent, lies within the Rancho San Jose. The mistake winch gave the lands to the company arose by an erroneous survey.
 NEW YORK, March 22-The telegrams sent out from Washington to several | afternoon newspapers concerning the illness of ex-President Arthur, and In- timating that he could not live week, are denied by the intimate friends of General Arthur here. Mir. Knevals, of the law firm knevsls & Ransom. of which General Arthur is a member, was shown the dispatch, and sad: There Is not a word of truth in It. saw Mir. Arthur yesterday. He Is ill. but not dangerous ly so."
 AtGeneral Arthur's residence in Lex InRton avenue tonight 1t wss difficult to obtain much direct information An attendant stated that General Arthur could not be seen. He was ill, but able to sIt up The physician who attended him, IL was said, came only once day. The nurse who attended the General was not in, and there was DO one who could give any more definite statement
 JERSEY CIrY, N J., March 22-About twenty missionaries sailed this after noon on the Inmsn steamer City of Chester, to ion Bishop Taylor, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Africa About a year ago Bishop Taylor, with a volunteer company of missionaries, went to the coast of Africa to commence the work of christianizing the natives. The party remained on the coast, near the mouth of tho Congo river, gradually growing acclimsted, before they com lnenced their march to the interior, which IS their ultimate destination. Several weeks ago Bishop Taylor made call for more volunteers. IL was in response to thIs call that the party on the Chester sailed thIs afternoon. Prominent among the number were Rev. MT, Shorthand of Oregon, Rev. Mrs. J. Fl. Cooper of Wisconsin, Dr. and Mrs. Clark Smith and four children of Oregon, Dr. Harrison of Ohio, Surveyor Bun of Oregon. Mis- siOnares Cameron, Steele and Walker, Mir. and Mrs. Elkin of Ohio, Mir. Baker of Brooklyn and Mir. Sartoer of Missouri. Among the party are to be found far mere, merchants and teachers. The company will be divided into two or three parties and will establish line of stations across the continent. Besides the work of evapgelization, the mission aries will teach the natives to read and write. The women swill be taught tn sew, and the men will be instructed ID some trade. The party carried with them sealed instructions from Bishop Taylor. They will probably travel jV0 mIles into the interior of Africa. They took with them large amount of sup plIes, including canned goods ot every description and agricultural Imple ments. Large rafts packed in sections and to be used in conveying their pro visions down the river during the jour ney into the interior were among the outfit. There was large gathering of clergymen and laymen prominent iu the Methodist church at the dock togsee the missionaries of and wish them God speed.
 WAsUINGroS, March 22-The bill granting a pension of S2OOOO year to the widow of Gen. W. $. Hancock was passed. Yeas 166, nays 47.
 WASHINGTON, March 22-Logan sub mitted the following resolution and ask ed thAt it might be printed and lie over, that be would call 1t up on some future day, and submit some remarks on 1t:
 Resolved. That the sessions of the Senate commonly known as executive sessions SO far as they apply to Domin- nations, cOntiImatlons or relectloDs shall be held with open doors, and that pub lie record of the same shall be kept same as of Legislative sessions.
 The resolution was ordered printed and to lie over.
 NEW YORK, March 22-The Star gives sixteen columns of extracts from the new novel Uncle Daniels Story" which it says on good evidence that both internal and external, we attribute to Gen. Logsn's nOve! story of the war Cultul mdtle up ul udIIollNcs- boson some months ago denied having written such book.
 PoTTsvILLE, March 22.-A terrible accident occurred this morning in tun nel on the Pottsville and MspOnoy railroad at Horseshoe curve just out side the city. Shortly after the day shift went on, tremendous fall of top rock took place burying twenty work men, mostly ItslIans. James Wright and an Italian known as Number Five were killed outright and several others seriously injured.
 BERLIN, Mar. 22-Emperor Williams complete resGor0tIon to health IS sscrlb- ed 10 warm weather now prevallns. To-day is the s9th anniversary of the Elm peror's birthday. The newspapers take