Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-31

attempt to set fire to the Jury room of the United States court occurred last night, but the fire was discovered be-
 fore much damage was done, l. was fouud that the floor had been saturated
 with oil and ignited. Another attempt
 was made at this same place four years ago. No clue has been obtained 10 the perpetrbtOr.
 DENVER, March 25-The thlrd annual
 meeting of the International Cattle Con vrutiOn Wss called to order by Governor
 Adams this morning. Three hundred
 delegates were present. President Head
 delivered the annual address and the constitution of the association was
 amended so as to give individual mem-
 oership instead of membership through
 local associations.
 WAsHINGToS, March 2S-Before the
 senate committee On interstate com
 merce, Dr, NorvIn Green, president of
 the Western Union Telegraph Company,
 sand lha; he did not believe that the
 Western Union property could be du-
 plioated for eighty millions of dollars.
 One objeciiOuRl feature of the bill re-
 ported by the post office committee, was
 the arbitrary section relative to the
 handling of messages according to the
 time of their receipt. This he modified Il by adding ''as near as possible" If the
 bill gave the interstate commerce com
 mittee the right tO say what charges
 were reasonable 1t would amount to the
 con tisc ati9n of the cDmpRnY's hnae. He
 would like tO have the amendment
 adopted setting forth the liability of the
 company to produce messages under
 subIe las, also limiting the damages to
 be pald for delay Tn the trRusm ssion of
 messages say to have one hundred times the amount paid for the transmission.
 NCGALRs. March 2S.-The collector of
 customs has suspended all the mounted
 inspectors along the Mexican border for
 q period of three months from April lst.
 He says the action was necessary ss the | appropriation las been exhausted. This
 seriously iuteTferes with the efficiency
 Of the customs service m the districts along the north and west borders of
 Mexico.
 GLOUCESTER, Mass, March 2s-Tht Norwegian bark Emigrsnt and the Anne rIcan barks VrsuvIus snd Noble StOd- dsrd are given up for lost IL IS believed 1 they were caught m the great gale. For | ts-fIve people were aboard the vessels.
 WAsHrSGToN, March 2S.-An investi- | gHtlon into tne alleged outrsges ID | Washington county, Texas. closed to- | | day. E. II. Raudall and Robert Moore, | both colored republicans, the latter ser yiBg hIs third term 8s q member of the | state legislature. testified that there was little if any interference with the cleo ion m theIr county and good feeling eI- isted between whites and blacks,
 SAN FRANCISCO, March 2S-Much ex- ci,emeut was caused at the county jail tIis afternoon by the discovery that Geo. Crane, the eastern crscksmAn, who was secently captured while trying to force open the safe in the onOk store in this city. bad escaped. Sberiff McMann im- me iia,ely telegraphed to all the sheriffs sloI the railroad lines giving descrip- iI"n ot Crane and offering reward for bis capture. Crane obtained permission Co take bath about noon and as a num- Ter of visitors were in the corridors at the time # Is believed that he took ad- vantage of the slight confusion aud pass ed out O, the building wiih the visitors unnotced by the guards. As soon as hIs escape wss discovered the deputy stationed st the door was suspended pending investigation.
 PHENIx, March 2S.-Dissrict Attorney Cox, one of the pursuing posse. who re- turned 10 day sRys thst the track of the Grbble murders, three in number. were followed directly ves. thirty five miles, then back ever the same track forty miles ID the Central mountain range. thence east into the Eale Lark moun- tsiDs. meanderinR through the highest peaks and coming out at Lsrks as a north point of the above range into Vulture desert. Saturday morning .bout ten o'clock the murderers were overhauled bY the Murphy and Cox party and five men of the posse made 8 run 10 head them of, but the BsssssIns took a position in a dry wash and await d the attack. After consultation 0 messenger was dispatched to Vultu e, fifteen miles away 10 get recruits to f-ct the capture fl the robbers, who 5ee.DZ the courier leaving on gallop, nd the bullion tO tighten their loads, and made a run across the desert m the direction of WickenburC. The posse gave chase on run for twenty-five niles, and when within four miles of WlckenburR, two of the robbers absn- ! loned their horses and took 10 the rocks G'oot. the posse pursued the re- mAIning,, ,,horsemen who ciro lated around NLlture peak, coming back within ' quarter ot amiie of VultIre camp and taking the same trail he had passed be fore. .returned tn secure his bullion and | travelled directly for the Gila river, a where he was killed. The posse wIth . the Ind Rn trailers are nos On the track II of the remaining two with every pros n Dect of capturing them, for the Indians d pursue the tTRil as we'll ID the night ss Ii n the day, the difficulty being tO keep h the men ID supporting distance. The Ii dead bandit vas identified as InOcente 2 Vslenzuels, for whom We'll, Fargo < Co. have a standing reward of S2j00 for the robbery of the Vulture stage a few D vears SEQ; also c reward oi Sl0OO for an 2 other stage robbery.
 MORALES, March 2s.-Frank Morris, . an old soldier, employed by the Sonora z Land Uc. of this city, was recently found dead ID Sonora. He accidentally shot ' himself through the heart. F
 WAsHISGToN, March 29.-Msjor Gen. Terry has written personal letter to the of war, saying he is In bad Il health and asking to be ordered before n the Hrmy retiring board. G
 TOLEDO. March 29-At 10 o'clock the el 'pec'al train bearing the remains of is Chief Justice Waite, rolled into the depot tl and the funeral party alighted. The | ,asket con aiming the body wss at once q removed to the hesrse and toe funeral V 'Ortege proceeded up summit street. N The remains we-e taken to the residence ts l' Richard Waite. brother of the de- al ceased, c. enable Mrs. Waite and other e, members If the family to obtain A pri- rate view, The cIty IS thronged with .trauoerz and buzi,a-s Ia an,;-oI.. ,-