Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-04-14

| @""f .f~~io4 say 6 tue Slchtc1t IEcc lct-
 ever known in this country vas ex-
 perienced ls-t night. Rock Falls, a
 town on the Shell Rock river, was com
 pletely inundated. The Iron bridge,
 l55 feet long, aud & dam are both gone.
 The damage tO property will not fs!l
 short of S25,OO0. Houses and barns
 were crushed and sometimes swept
 entirely away. The family of Mir.
 OrnkshanE had a narrow escape. theIr
 house being crushed like aa eggshel!.
 The house In which Mrs, Anderson
 lived with her five children was swept
 away but they escaped onto some tioai-
 ing ice where they remained barefooted and m their night clothes uutil morning
 when ihe water receeded and they were rescued.
 WAsHIEGToS, April 6 6-The silustlon m the house remains upch an Sed. To-day
 Was spent ia the roll calls and flibus- teriog and ss 30 the house took a re- cess until tomorrow.
 NALPnRAso, April 6,-FOur men were killed Oy dynamite ID a mIll explosion here this morning at Mjller's Station. Ihe shock shook the buildings in Val pairaso,
 DEs MoIYEs April G.-In the house to- day resolution providing for on amend mont to the constitution granting the right oi franchise to women, passed Iy a vote of 0 to ?.
 BERLIN. April Ct IS affirmed to- night that Emperor Frederick insists upon the marriage of his daughter to Prince Alexander.
 SAN FRASCIsCo April 6-The Prohi- bi'ion convention has adjourned sine die,
 MIDDLETON. Conn. April 6.-At to days session of tue New York East Methodist Conference, resolutions were passed lnstructiDg the delegates 10 ask for the appointment of committee to consider the order of the federal gov ernment prohibiting the use of Indian bibles n Indian mission schools and 10 consider the question Rs to whether the government has the right to pro- hibit the use of native languages m in- stitutions that receive no pecuniary support from the government.
 PABKERsBURG, ". Va, April 6,-Cspt. Paul BJy ntOn entered the river about 3 o'clock this afternoon and began his thoussnd-mi!s journey down the Ohio river.
 NIRGTSIA, Nevada, April 6-This morning Joseph Shannon. printer, vas shot and killed st mine three miles east of Steamboat Springs in Washoe county. The victim was the owner of the mine and was engaged Tn develop it. His slayer was working on shares ID the mine. The shooting was the out come Oi quarrel sbcu, tine property.
 PITssBURG. April 7,-Osiug to the de- pressiOn ID the pipe trade and the labor troubles which caused the stOpp6ge Oi the mills for nearly four months the Ette Iron and Bolt Go. and the COnti- mental Co. have suspended payment Liabilities given a. one hundred twen- ty-seven thousand dollars, and assets consisting valuable manufacturing sites, mills, ctr, amounting to over nine hun dred th lsand dollars.
 NEW YORK. April 7-HsDs Stsckried and his wife Fannie, s handsome young woman, took poison th:s morning and died. Hans, tbis afternoon, after he had been moved to the hospital, stated that extreme poverty was the cause of the suicide. The husband being out Ot work for some time, and the couple being obliged io live on crusts of bread for several days. They left baby which was transferred to the police head quarters.
 LoNDoS. april 7.-1he Trans Atlantic steamer companies are stopping the booking of Irish immigrants because the number of applications for passage are greater than can be accommodated.
 NEW YORK, A--;I 7.-Nothing definite can be learned As Jo where the funeral of Jacob Sharp will be held, and even the Ese dept iu ignorance ss to the tune. |, is believed he will be bur jed tonight, Es the relations are desir- ous to avoid the obtFlsion of curious seekers.
 DENVER. April 7.-The Booth Barrett Combination msde it's final appearance in the Tabor Grand tonight ID Julius Caesar The engagement was the most successful ever played. the receipts for the week being over S2j,OeO,
 CHICAGO, April "A special from Ma son City. Iowa, says the greatest treshet ever known in this country wss eIpe- rienced last night, The town of Rock Falls on Shell Rock river, experienced 1t mos, disGstrously. The iron bridge, I5O feet long. aud the dam are both gone and .he damage tO property there will not t6ll short of S2jO,OJO and the town of Rock Falls south of the river vas con- ple;ely inundated, houses and barns are crushed and swept away and m DO vsstIge remains of what was before substantial structures, and the house. of Mr. Crcokshanks, where be lived with hIs wife and three children wGs crushed ike an egg shell, they having s narrow escap7. The house ID which Mra. Andersen hvsd with her five children wBs swept from i:s foundation l and fiosted against some trees, where ! it lodged the gOmsD and children es- caping on floating ice where they re- | manned baref0Oted and ID their night | clothes until daylight, Shen .he wn'er'el | sad their ra- cue was s.msde. The lsr2e l bridy event out when the Ice gorge gave 1 WAY. and portions oi ths tressleaud l strinEers are now t0 be seen On the farm oi J. H5rrit, where they wers bouFn l by tbe flood two miles below. Miles of ! fence gre torn from inc land whore the water WAS never known to reach before. When the water receded it left immense piles Of ice on tGe streets, the light cakes three feet thick Gre piled up ten 10 fifteen feet high and it will he three weeks before they melt and make the streets passsble. h looks like an im- mense arctic iscene with the roofs houses protruding through the ice.
 WASHINGTON, AprIl 7.--Messrs. Oates, Breckenridge and other members of the house opposed to the direct tsI bill, had 6 short conference this morning touch ipg the present dead lock in the house. h is understood tbst the conclusion reached was that the house took a recess from some time Co day until Monday maintaining the present parliamentary status of the bill, and that the demo cratic caucus to- night should determine the future course of the house ID regard to the matter.
 T.xurrp Anvil Q-An agreement was