Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-31


 Elbe are flooded for distance of man,
 mIler; hundreds of villages are sub
 merged and Hn enormous amount O
 damage done and many lives lost.
 LONDON, March 2z.-Tbe Sultan c
 Zanzibar IS dead.
 RoME. March 27.-It is reported tbs
 ths Queen of EnglaLd will witness th'
 review of the Italian and English men
 of- war at Leghorn,
 CHICAGO, March 27.-Dispatches iron
 the northwest continue 10 report sever'
 storms of sleet and snow. In northern
 Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota, one and
 half feet of snow have fallen blOckiDI
 the railroads badly. The little town O
 Revillo, Dakota, Is completely blocked iu and without fuel, the people being con
 pelled to break up furniture for fires. l.
 IoSs a sleet storm prevailed for two day
 and the weather has been a great des
 colder. It IS feared that wheat is serious
 Iy injured. The flood m the Missouri
 River Valley grows more threatenlns
 from day to day ss the gorges are be coming strouget with the cold westhe-
 At Jack son, Nebraska, the people hav'
 abandoned their farms in the low land: and are seeking shelter on the hills.
 LOUISVILLE, March 27-Judge s. G Sharp, chairman of the democratic state executive committee, was today noml' hated md confirmed as treasurer pro tenn of Kentucky.
 PHsSIx, March 27.-The posse ID pur suit of the nurderers of Captain Gribbi and party has succeeded in capiuring oue of the robbers, s MeIIcan, and re. covered Grbble's watch and iewelry aud part of the bullion. Further develo p. menis may be looked for.
 NEW YORK. March 27.-E. c. Rand, a member of the last November gtaud !u- ", presented the dis,riC. attorney VI D s letter which he received from President Charles Francis Adams, O. the UnioD Pacific road, which he received last Oc- tOber, ID answer 10 R telegram sent by Rand asking if three million dollars O. Denver Pacific stock converted into Union Pacific stock was sall hsld by the latter company as asset. President Adams replIed that after it he'd be- D con versed ito UnIon Pacific stock, the Denver Pacific stock had been cancelled and Union Pacific stock then issued tc Mir. Gouid in exchange for the other se- ouritIes, some of which were still ID the treasury of ihe Union Pacific. He adds that the transaction turned out extreme ly profitable to the president of the con solidsted company.
 NoGALEs, March 27.-The officials of the state of sonora have beeu notified that the Series Indians, tribe iDhsbit- tug Tiouron islsnd in the Gulf of Cali 'ornis, have crossed over the strait Oi lofiernB.lliO to Sonora, where they are uepredations on En ext-n- slve scale. The aGtIng Governor, Cor Tall, Is making preparations to dispaica troops to the scene of the trouble, The IndIans number sb ut three hundre1 and are remarkable for their great height, all beng over six feet Many 2 ciaim that the Series are cannlbai-, be ,ause of the fact that they are the on y Indians ID North America using poi 'oned arlOgs aud subsisting upon un- cooked food. In siZe, appearance ana sngusge they differ from all other North AmrTican Indians and resemble MalByans. 4 party of Turks who visi d Hburon Island some years ago, clsim hey suoke the language of the Turk. Ih5 Mexicans regard the Series with treat fear.
 Sulnvan, miner employed in the Hale ! Norcross mIne was killed this after loon. He was engaged m carrying tim ,ers through Q drift connecting the orth and south uprsisers above the ven bundred foot level; when be sch d point about forty feet south oi the forth uprsise, slab Of rock weighing lesrly two tons, slid ID upon him from he wal of the drift and crushed hIm O death.
 PHILADELPHIA, March 27-The state nenE of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and Iron Companies, for the hres months ending February @, 1888, hows a decrease m the gross earnings f nearly two and 6 quarter millions of IOllars.
 PORTLAND March 27.-Tbe state cor ention Of the prohibition party meet O. morrow at Portland. Tn this cUpve"- on women will have voice snd vote sl- b ugh shIs Is denied them at the polls | large representation IS expected, Al- hough some counties will not ba repre- enied owing to the neglect cf the party a organizing,
 CHICAGO, March 2I-Many of the Oads represented at to-iay's meetirg ppOsed the conditions imposed by She Burlington ani Northern in Hgresing ,o estore rates, and an adjournment was akeD until tomorrow. If there IS 70 of tO-isy's scIion a war D rates Eili probably open.
 D1BBs FERRY, x. r., March PA We're explosion was felt throughout Vest Chester county thIs morning and | was received by telephone | Q the effect that g large quantity oi | oSder had exploded in the 5 ickney | 0wder factory near Ash Ford. On tht | pot where the mills stood there IS a hole | 9 the groun1 big enough 10 bury B l ouse ID. Twp vorkmen were blown Co l toms, they being the only persons in or ear the works.
 NEW YORK. March 27-It is stated that 1. the annual meeting of the Panama | '4nal O., which will be held ID thIs city | D next Monday. there will be complete hange of management.
 WAsHISGToS, March 27-The Senate D motion of HOar, accepted sn invita lon
 WAsHISGToS, March 27.-The Senate esumed consideration ot the house bill pr the purchase ot United States bonds ending tn question Of an amendment y Stewart authorizing the deposit oi old and silver bullion and the issuance
 coin certificates therefor.
 Teller addressed the Senate. He re ea'ed the statement that the deprecia-
 'n ofsllvsr was not due to its overpro- ncti1n. He denied that it had fallen nd said that 1t would not bu. of much 0li DOW as ID 1883, but it would bny gre wheat, corn, land or manufactured pods than it would then. IT. was not scsuse Of overproduction that there was I'h q divergence between si ve, And old. but It was because of the demone- zstion of silver.
 On motion of Sherman a committee Of 7- senators wss appoint q tO attend 70 ie funeral of Chief Justice Waite at To- lo. Senators Sherman, Alison, Gray, warts and George were appointed. It as suggested by sherman that in the lsence Of these senators further consid stion of Biand's bill be deferred.