Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-21
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WAsHIsGroS, January l8-The nat iopaI democratic committee will meet ID this city February 22nd to fx the time and place for holding the national dem ocratic convention.
 WASHINGTON, January 18.-Carlisle's condition is considerably improved this evening.
 LINCOLN, Neb., January Ex-Governor Tbayer to-day proclaimed quarantine sf:e: February 1st sgaInst all cattle shipped from New Jersey and Delaware and several counties of Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and Illinois. It slso prohibits the shipment from March Ist to November 1st of all cattle from the states of Texas. Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina and the Indian Territory.
 WASHINGTON, January 19-The first skirmish on the subject of revenue re- form, took place to-day in the committee of ways and means. Mckinley moved to take up and consider his bill repeal ing the tobacco tax. Ih the discussion that followed, 1t appeared that the dem Ocrstic majority proposed to take up the general tariff reduction bills before con siderIng any specific reduction bill. McKipley's motion was lost by strict party vote. The committee on sppro- pristIons proposed this morning, an sn- nusl pension bill which appropristes SS0,275, 800.
 Speaker Carlisle much improved this morning.
 NORTH HUDSON, Ind, Jan. 19.-A match for the light weight championship of the west and for Sl 900 side between Harry Gilmore, of St. Paul, and Billy Myers. of Strea,er, Ill.,, took place here this morning. The men had only fought twentY-eight seconds when Meyers got ID a terrific blow on Gillmore's neck completely knocking him out. Myers was declared the winner.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The National Democratic Committee will meet m this city February 22nd, to fix time and place for holding the Democratic convention.
 ST. PAUL, Jan. 19.-The latest esti- mates are that there has been 2l7 deaths by the recent blizzard. The remains of many people, who are reported missing, may not be found until the snow dissp- pears in the spring.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Ths subject of revising and amending the land laws was again under discussion before the House committee on public lands to- day. Delegate Smith. of Arizona, urged the committee not to reduce the size of the desert land entry to less than 64O acres. contending that nothing less would induce men 70 bear the hsrdshIps and expense of irrigsting and improving srid lands.
 PIERRE, Dak., January 19-Trains have been ordered to await the aba,e- ment of the storm. The signal office at Fort Sully reports another blizzard from the north and predicts 8 terror. The mercury IS now l5 below Zero and still falling.
 RED BLUFF, January 19-The steam four mill owned by G. K. Willard, was entirely destroyed bY fire last night. The total loss IS $30,OO0. including the improvements and machinery recently put in, valued at S12OOO. Insurance about S15,OO0.
 OMAHA, Neb., January 19-When the whole record of the loss of life from the recent storm is complete it will chow the largest number of deaths ever known to have resulted from a similar occurrence. Unprotected cattle were frozen by the thousands.
 DUBLIN, January 19.-The United Ireland alleges that the government had arranged for the arrest of Canon O'MshoDy and Canon Keller. who charged Major Roberts, governor of the county jail. with the corruption of young girls, but had been dsterred from enforcing the measure by the knowledge that every Catholic constable in Cork. ordered to take part ID msklpg the ar rests would have thrown his arms.
 WAsHNGToS. January 19-McKenus of California. has been instructed by She House Committee on public lands to re- port fsvorsbly to the House his bill granting five per cent. of the amount from cash sales within California, to the state. The effect ofthe passage of this bill will be to give to the state for school purposes, s4S0,0O0 now in the treasury.