Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-07-28


 supplies the engine from the boilers, caused the catastrophe. Most of the
 men were asleep at the tine. The vic
 lns were Wm. Page, Wm. Harrington,
 hobt Jones, Wm. Biglow, Charles Lus- ter, George McCsnn and Wm. Kelly, all
 Belong m PIttsburg or neiRhboring ', cities. When the explosion occurred the machinery stopped and the boat wGs , toved ashore, The captain and other survivors then proceeded to the after cabin where Page. McCann and Hsrriug- ton were found dead. Two of them were 2 lying ID their births. The other four men were lying in different parts of the cabin. They were still alive bot fright fully burned. Three of them died in s ! few minutes snd the other fingered two hours. Chas. Chambers the only other ! occupant of the cabin was blown through door way, but was uninJured. The officers of the boat cannot explain the cause of the accident. They clam the machinery was in excellent condition when inspected last February,
 WASHINGTON, July 20.-In the house to-day the conference committee report on the river and hsrbor bill was pre- , sented as agreed upon in the con ference. The bill sppropristes s22, 277116 The conference report was adopted, The net amount of appropriation IS increased over two million three hundred and seventy-fo thousand dollars. The present bill real ly carries appropriations for two years from June 50. 'S7.
 NEwBERa, N. J., July POE. P. Roe, author of many popular novels. died here this morning.
 DEEP RIVER. Mich, July 2O.-Heavy forest fires are raging over all AreDsc county, All ihe way between this place and Gladwin timber ot all kinds is beng destroyed. fences burned and other property damaged. Many farmers have mad 10 fight for their homes. There hss been no rain of any consequence here for three months.
 I WASHINGTON July 20.-The senate by 6 vote of 4I to 20 confirmed Fullers nomination as chief justice of the Unit ed States.
 The speaking on the case VAS done by Senators Edmunds. Evsrts and Stewart, in opposition and by Senators Fsrvell and Cullom Tn defence of Fuller. The democrats dId not speak.
 MONTICELLO \ Y July 2O-Isck Allen was hunR today for the murder Of Ur- sulA Ulrich last Ontober. Allen had an iron nerve. He put the moose around bis own neck and said "Lst her go Gal lsgher."
 LAREDO Tex, July 20.-The report of the disastrous wreck of 8 construction train on the Mexican National railroad ID which fifteen men were killed has reached here.
 WAsH1XGroS, July l9-Wm. Riggs, Of Los GatOs, California, has been ap- pointed cadet to Wee: Point.
 WnSEPEG July 2O.-Militis officers have been ordered to hold their con- mAnds in readiness to proceed on short notice. to British OolumbIs and thence north to Skein river to assist ID quietinR an Indian out break there. | WAsHISaroS July 2O.-The senate | closed doors et halt past twelve to-day | and proceeded in secret to the formal consideration of Melville Fuller's nomi- | nstion 10 be chief justice of the United States supreme conrt. One senator ex- pressed the opinion that matter would be disposed of in two hours. | WHEELING, W. Va, July 20.-It is es- tiTuRted teddy that Rt least p lives were | | lost by the floods last plight, caused by | | the terrific rsinstorm. Fifteen bodies | | have been found. The loss to property | IS sbOut SlJ0,OOO, Search this morning | resulted in ihe discovery of a number of | bodies near TrisdelphIa. Most of them | were found in 6 drift which had collected | at Elm Grove. Later reports from Trsdelphis shown | the destruction more appalling there | than anywhere else, Half the village | which has six hundred inhabitants IS | swept away Bnd 70. veshRe of the | l houses remain. All the inhabitants ex- | Cept those who perished have taken re- | fugs on the hills and some relief has | been seut from here. Fifteen miles of railroad aud forty miles of telegraph | | lines are destroyed. Ten lives are known | to have been lost in this city and nun ber are reported missing. Three houses | on the banks of Caldwell Run, which | pnsses through the city, were swept | away and the occupants drowned. Two cemeteries were washed out and the | coffins with bodies aOated down the river
 MARQUETTE, Mich. July 20.-The Min ing Journal says the richest lot O: ore | ever taken from mine east of the l Rocky mountains wss brought into Ash | Springs this morning from Lake Supe- rior Co.'S gold shaft seven miles north east of there. Over three hundred | pounds of rock was dislodged by sin gle blast. Chemists place the value of the 900 pounds at Sl0,OO0 and other | person are confident that the assay will | show S6O,OOO NoGALEs, July 20. - Jesus Chris | AguIrre, prominent Mexican civil en gineer of this oity, who is connected | with the Sonora Land O., of Chicago, has been lodged in the isil st Mazda | lena on a charge of contempt of court. | Aguirre was on the train at the time Of the Sonora tram robbery and murder | ls,t May. He telegrsphed the Mexican | authorities that the robbery was com | mitted by Mexican customs guards. | | Several guards were promptly arrested but established their innocense. Aguirrs WAS then arrested under the Mericsn law charged with uttering cslumny. He succeeded in securing hIs liberty, but when ordered by the court to tile bond failed to do so and remained on the American side, Finding him on the Mexican side yesterdy officers made the arrest.
 CHICAGO, July 20.-Ansrohists Chil- boun and Chspek furnished the required bonds last night and were released. Kroneck, the arch conspIrstor, IS stll ID confinement. Inspector Bontield says the case IS complete with the arrests sl- ready made. Ole or two others may have known of the plot but not to an extent that they could be convicted. Any further arrests are therefore lm- probable except for the purpose of hold ing them ss witnesses.
 MELVILLE, July 20-This afternoon c oaboose and car loaded with wood and attached to 0 freight train were thrown from the track by a switch being left open, They fell down 6 grade and the wood car was demolished and the osboose badly wrecked. In the csboose was s young man named Calvert who WAS ta- ken out unconscious and badly injured about the face and spine He Is not e1 pected to live.
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