Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-18

l esk ID SQc COuEtc Ol ulo IcuhEho O@- the f=herIes treaty offered the record of Sherman, Harrison and other late can didsies for the presidential nomln atlon snd said the president of the senate was right ID saying they were awkward on the tariff, currency and the Chinese questions. Steward said Harrison when 8 senator during the discussion of the nti-Chinese m Rsure had not uttered 8 word ID favor of Chinese immigration , his votes simply conformed to the trea- tv. Beck said the statement made by Voorhees, ID his speech at Terre Hante that Harrison voted fifteen times against the bill to restrict Chinese immigration had not been contTsdioted.
 1 Dolph said the people of the Pacific coast should not be deluded ID the mat ter. Mitchell also defended Harrison's record and said the only legislation On the Chinese question came from the Re publican party. After further debate | Allison presented conference report on the army bill which without being read was ordered tO bs printed 10 the Record to be acted on tomorrow. Adjourned. | CHICAGO, Aug. I5.-A system of whole sale letter box robbery extending over a period of two years. involving the thei, of thousands Of letters, including enclcs- ures of drafts. checks and pOstOfice or ders, sggregstiDg an unknown amount, | though known tO exceed SlOO,UOO, and explaining in part the numerous con- plaints made against the Chicago postal service, has been discovered by ,he po- | lice and United States postuflice inspec tors. Frederick VOn Ooerkumpf and ! Thomas J. Mack are ID custody. More arrests are likely to follow. Van OOer kumpf claims he IS a member Ot noble German family, while Mask is 0 cRrpen- | ter aud a cit'zen of the United States. The discovery of the gigantic piltering | of letter boxes came AhOut in Q curious and unexpected way. Non OOeTkumpi was indebted to his landlsdy End in pay n mt rendered her check which she sccs pted and returned him the difference ID cash. The cheek Is reported Co have been forged aud she placed the matter m the hands of the police who located hIn ID room on North Market street. Iu searching tbis room the officers were Gs- tonished tO find trunk full to the tcp with letters. They had all been opened | and bore no post mark and had She stamps removed. l. WAS then ascertain ed that Von Obsrkumpf occupied Cr- | other room, and when this was searched | another trunk full of letter all iu the condition described above were 'Ouud. | At another room 10 a hotel was found Q valIse packed with broken mail matter | snd lunch of keys, one of the keys Tor railway mail pouches and another would tit any letter box in tbe city. The cap | tured mail mstter was taken to the post office inspector, The envelopes c0ntsin- ed all sorts of queer thi~gs usually sent through the mall, from dry goods Egm- | plcs and bits of isSelry to writing pads and photographs. but that which show | ed the magnitude of the depredAtIOns WAS the presence of piles of insurance | policies, trusts, deeds, drafts, cheeks, money orders md prommissory notes | These represented in the aggregate nearly Sl00, ,000 The largest check was | for Sl00O0 drawn ty wholesale grocery houFe of ChiosRO on the COnilneutsl National Bank. Numerous other drafts ranging from {7.j0O to SlOOO0, and scores drawn for $500 eEcb were found Ven Oberkumpf was arrested Saturday snd confessed his guilt on Monday. The postoffice authorities are nov iu- vestigGtlng how the postal keys came II further arrests will follow, 1t being sup posed that some letter carrier anticiDa,- ing loss of his position, had a duplicRt,. Of bis key made snd gave is to Yon | Oberkumpf, sharing with him the pro ceeds. Teddy both men were befor- Commissioned Hsyue. Mack, who was arrested on suspicion, because he had | vouched for the geu1iress ot A check | Hr. .H-r | waived preliminary examination and vBs held to tbe federal grand jury uu- de. S5O0C0 bail. Won Oberkumpis case was continued until Tuesday in bonds os the same amount Both men are now in jail.
 CHICAGO Aug l6.-At the office Of the | trHiumaster of the Illinois Central, a sts.ement IS made that the Bcciient at South Lawn was not SO senous Gs 6t first reported, A passenger trsin rsu into freight, vrecking the fOrTost cars of the passenger tram and several frsIsbt cars. So isr as advised 70 loss of life occurred but two postal clerks and :hree passengers are badly u.ured.
 HoLTISGToS. ", Va. Ana, lG.-T6e | CemOcsstic state convention met tais morning. Senator O.J. FarelkGox vas elected temporary chairman.
 LONDON. Aug. 16-Advces from Ca yenne, French GuiAns. state that the business portion ot shat city has been burned. Loss S2,0O0,000.
 SARATOGA Aug l6--It has been decid- d to hold the democratic state cOuvsn- ton in Buffalo Sept F.
 TORONTO Aug l6.-EiwArd Haular. Jr. young son of uanlan ihe oarsular. whIie playIng wiGh matches last nigns, set Ire to hIs clothing ana wEs burned 10 death.
 FRE-So Aug l6.-t boy named Mur- phy Was found inaccessible and suffering from s gun shot wound 10 she head near his home last n-gbi. Ibis morning he rsiiied sufficiently to stgte tbat a Mexi- can boy named Jose ElOs had shot hiu, Eaos was arrested, iurphy's wound Is fatal
 CHICAGO Aug l6-Whea., cash S3ss Sept. s's. Corn, cash fl ZIG. Ssp.em- Der 45s.
 WASHINGTON, August l6,-Iu the house the fOrn1ostion appropriation bill wac passed Shis morning without s dIvisi0n.
 WAsHIsGT'S, Auguss 16.-Morgan' g motion in the senate Co postpone the isheues treaty till December wss de- tested y strict party vote. Yeas 24 nsys 27.
 ReRsn then took the floor On the pre- sidents annual message. During his speech he quoted from Blaine's Augus- Ia speech of yesterday sn extract in re- lstion to trusts. He said that Blaine hsd taken it upon himself % ridIculs Cieveisnds message on that subject and now posed as apOlogIst and defend CT of trusts.
 Tfe conference report on the army appropriation Vas taken up at the con clusion oi Reagsn's speech.
 CHICAGO. Aug. l6 A serious accident Is reported as having occurred on the Illinois Central Railroad, as South Lawn, fifty miles south of this place. n. 1:ij this morning. A telegram asking for ald and physicians has been sent {O this city and a rel,ef train Is starting for the scene of the Rscident under l stood that a pa1-eugsr and Prferht .rain