Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-07

way Tor railroad to commence at Tepic.
 state ot JalescO, and run northwest to
 mszitisn, on the coast ID the State of
 SinaloA, thence northwest through that
 state, touching @ number of important elues and connecting with the Southern
 Pacific at Yuma.
 PIrrsBURG, Dec. 3l.-A passenger train
 on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
 railroad ran into double header freight
 near Meadville, Ps., this morning, and
 vas totally wrecked. It IS expected
 that forty lives were lost.
 MILWAUKEE, Dec. 3l.-The Emanuel
 Presbyterian Church, one of the finest
 ID the, city was totally destroyed by fire
 at sn early hour this morning. Nothing
 put bare stone walls are left. Loss,
 s2OO,OOO; insurance, SS5,000.
 WASHINGTON. December 3l-Senstor
 Oullom will lntIoducs an amendment to
 hls Postal Telegraph Bill immediately
 after the resssembliDg of congress. msk-
 ing press rates for night and dsy papers
 the same. The lowest rate for one hun.
 dred words wlll be twenty five cents for
 five hundred miles or less, and the high
 est rate fifty cents for 1000 miles or over.
 MAoHAIs, Me, December 3l-Ths gale Wednesday pight is said by experi- enced sesmen to be the heaviest e1peri- enced ID that section since 1869. At J Jonesport a large number of vessels were driven ashore and four stranded Houses were damaged and barns unrooi- ed In several shore towns.
 NEW YORK, December 3I-Dissrict Attorney Maritime has fled 6 memoran- dunn in the matter of tte charges made against Jay Gould and Russell Sage by the bOnd-holders of the Kansas Pacific railway, in which be recommends that Gould and Sage be indicted by the grand jury.
 ST. PAUL, Min1.. January "A Wirul- peg special to the Pioneer Press says tbGt some tune ago the Free Pres charged that the NCrqua Government had missppTOprIRted some SG0.00O be. longing to R hslf-breed miuer. This the government denies. The same pa per will tomorrow publish the affidavit of Arthur Sylvan. that he was sulho.- iZed to collect this claim. but hgd his cheeks refused repeatedly. The bank officials state that the funds were with drawn by the Government. the checks being signed by Harrison. the new Pre- mier. Interesting developments are ex- pected.
 READING. Pa. January 2.-To-iBy Ru informal meeting of representatives from the Knights of Labor assemblies ID this city. whose membership consists of Reading railroad em- V.1.w.a La1I was again fully discussed and it WAS given out Bs the sentiment of the eIn- ployes that under no circumstances would they strike because they consid- cred IL impolitic and on the ground thst It would not help along the cause of the Knights of Labor. 4 number O! in neighooring towns tele- grsphed here that they will be guided by the action of the Reading RssemS plies. A quantity of freight and 1900 cars of coal passed through here to-day. About eighty men were employei here to-day and sent to Port Richmond to take che places of strikers.
 PORTLAND, Or, January 2,-The San Francisco express which lett Portland afternoon for San Frsnci-co, met with 8 serious accident this morn.ug about three o'clock. causing the desth Of Sandy Van BureD, the fireman, and Robert Roberts, 6lso 0 locomotive fire man. who was On the train at the time. When SIX miles north of Riddles, the lo- comotive ran into a small land slide. | The jar caused by the collision, brought down a regular avalanche of earth and stones, completely burying the engine | and tender, on which the unfortunate | firemen were. The engine upset just as Roberts and Van Buren lesped ont. | Both were caught under IL and instantly | killed and the bodies were badly max | gled. The accident will cause nearly | twenty hours delay to trains, meantime, the transfer of mails, passengers and eI- press will be made, A special locomC- tive was sent out to bring ID the dead | bodies. There was DO one else injured |
 ST. PETERsBaRG. January 2.-A | Franco Belgian backing syndicate is seeking siIty years concession from | the government fOrthe construction Of a D naphtha conduit from Baku to Bstoum, | with rights of exporting the DBphtha | products duty free. The Council of the | empire and the firms interested iD | naphtha trade oppose the granting of such & concession, but the government | isvors the idea, hoping, it IS sad. to con tract loan in exchange.
 SAN FRANCISCO, January 2.-An Ex- aminer special from Salt Lake says that late yesterday afternoon, Jim Madden | and James Baxter started 10 walk from | Park City on the trail to the Rochester | mine in the Snake creek district. They | had proceeded about four miles when B l snow slide occurred, pressing tbe trail, ! and burying Baxter. Madden immecl- l asely vent for assistance and A force Cf men began the work of rescue at once. | Although tbe men worked all last night l and to-day, SO far as heard, the victim ] has not been found. Baxter IS an old | California and Nevada miner.
 ROME, January 2-The Pontihcsl | mass to-day was A great success, snd | thousands of people thr0nged St. Pe- ter's square early this morning, waiting l for the opening of the cathedBl. Sixty ! thousand admission tickets had been | is=ued. and the cathedral was packed. | The Pope entered at S:30 a. m.. followed l by the Cardinals in procession. He Holiness was received with loud aud long continued shouts of Long live the Pope" The music of ihe mass was deeply impressive, and many persons ID the audience were affected. The Pope blessed all those present and left the at II ID. The whole sndi- ence expressed its joy by the clHpping of hsnds, waving of hats and bandkeE chiefs, and the most enthusiastic accla- nations. Later in the day hIng Hum bert expressed himself to the deputa- ton from Parliament. as being highly with the smoothness of the which be said was the best proof of the Pope's liberty m Rome. cardinals and 2SS hrchbisn- ops and bishops were present at the mass, and it is estimated that there were 5000 persons ID the audience. The Pope prayed for a long time Tn bis private chapel. and then received tue homage of the Court ot Cardinals. While assuming the sacerdotal vest- ments the Ppoe was overcome wllb emotion snd tainted. Strong salts were and be returned to con sciousness. He then sssended the ses'- atorial chair and was borne on ttr shoulders of the Sedisari attended by Cardinals into St. Peters cathedral Just before he was fully vested for the altar he again tainted, remaining up- conscious few minutes. The mass oc- cupied tventy-eight minutes. After