Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-30

The table lands were yI-itsd by unprecedented raiGs oad avery stream Sss converted ioso tor rsnt. Many Cities and towns are iuuu- la,pi and SIlao and Leon partially der- rroysd. The greatest desttuc ion fsii mon the latter place, the city was Hood ,.d on the IS b aDd the fOundsuons Oi houses (p:IncIpally sdObel weakened, m. peooie beiIeyed tbt mSelSes safe and retired aS nisht. During the night the -nin increased sDd the water Tcs-. Houses fell aud loss of lie commenced. The unfortunate sleepeTs were either ,rushsd to death or drowned. Some of The ps ople found refuge on high grouad Rain cop,iausd to fall the DsIt day aud ,eople were without clothes or shelter. Ii Is estimated that seven huudred iive- vera lo.t. One hundred aud eleven bodies were recovered without moving sry ruins of houses Two CT '!re- th"u- .and bai!dinCs were de-ir0yrd and the Io~s rs es::msfed Gt tao Ill.iIOO dollars. Tn re are also mary bad wsshOuta oO the N-xrca7 Centrsl. The st .te of Suana- ls,so and the federal government are doing much to suoJCr tbe victims ot the flood. Money, food and clothing gre be ing sent from the City of Mexico. Ibe los, reports from Leon are k-srtrendlng, the whole population are working into ihe rnips of fsllen hCusts and nearly everybody has lost fr ends and those who have moi. have seen their earthly pos sessions disappear m a night. he estl- mated loss of liie and property given are the smallest reported, and are certaibl' githin the bounds of ruth. A disps'co from Fl Paso says that the informallop received from the flooded districts ID Mexico IS that fifteen hundred lives were lost by foundation. One thousand bod les have been recovered. Leon is . ciiy of 10000 inhabitants. The M"IicaD Col lee,or of Customs at Paso del Norte re- ceiysi an cficisl dispAt, h s,surg that one hundred miles of ihe Mexican Gen. tral rAilroad is impossible. lt will he sen days before the mails can get t5rough. End twenty before frieght can be moved.
 CHicAGo, June 26-Estee Crocker 1 Haypilud apd all other Pacific coasters and delegates to the convection. enough 10 fill six cErs, lett this morning Tor la iisnRDoli. to co T on General HG'Tison and congratulate him on hIs nomina' tIOn.
 ISnIASAPoIIs, IUd., June 26-Gen Harrison las; night received the follow ing from Blame.
 LISTETHGow, Scotland. | General Harrison, IDdiEnapolis:
 CT congratulate you most heartily \ upon the work Ot the National COnveD nop. Your candidacy Wiii recall tri | umphant enthusiasm and assure vic | .orious conclusion which fOllnGed soui | zrsudisiheI's nomination n lSiO. 10u | election will seal our industrial inde | penience as the declaration Ct 1876 ' winch bears the houOred rsme of yCul grandfather, sealed our political inde pendence.'
 | lSenBtor Eimunds to whom reporter | conveyed the information of Hhrrison: ! nomination said, He hes always com mandei my admiration and respect. He will be elected and will make a first rate President"
 Senator Hsw!ey said, Harrison il admirably qualified for the presidency Not a solitary syllable can be- said sRs'ns his private fe and his public lie hal been conspicuously oommendable, WI sn win with him,
 ! CHICAGO, June 25.-Ma.hiss Schreine wnI,ewsshCr. was discovered esrly this morning burned badly and iyinG | near the house where be lived, He hEC come home drunk and his clothes hRC beer ss,urs.e1 with kerosene and fired His wife and mother-iu-lBw and board CT named Herbert are suspected, and art now under arrest.
 LONDON June 26-The towns of San dovsl and Umes. Cn the Gulf of Bothnii in the heart of the l1mber district, hsvt been almost destroyed by fire, The los reaches sj.09O.OO0.
 LONDON June 26-In the House O Commons to-day. &orley's mO,ioD cen turing the government for BdnInistrR ton Of the Irish crimes act was rejected 306 10 273. Gladstone wss among thI speakers against the motion,
 WASHINGTON June 26. - Tonight bulletin says uuies unfav0rsble chang, occurs it is propo ed to remove Genera Sheridan ,O his cottage at NOnquiti Msss. It possible he will leave Wash. ington Thursdsy next,
 SAs FRAsCI.cO June 26-I take pleas are h forvaciinR the eccOmnsuy inl messages dated OhIcago June .6, 10 F Jaynee, San Erarcl-oO, The quantity o matter transmitted over th Western lines during session of Democ.atic al' Republican Conventions, was unusual. large and their servics most ehc,ent anC satisfactory, I beg to thank tbe em ployees for their devoted stteptlon t' duty during the perIod nsued
 tSigned) R. c. CLowRy.
 General Sup,.
 NEW YORK, June %. k, C. Clowry, General Supi. Chicago:
 The fact tbGt SO large q service could be SO promptly pe-formeG Is DO. only sl evidence of our sfficieot facilities but [ splendid tribute 10 the zeal a3d cspsbii itias of the whole s.RN concerned, |, whom 1 beg yen will add ny thanks t' your ogn.
 Signed TEos T. ECKERT
 General Manager. | ISDIANAPoLIs, June 26.-I he excite ment Ot yesterday, caused by Genera Harrison's nomination siill continues The city is dispOsed to spprecigte tb' honor sLd novelty of having presi5en tial candidate and determined to get al ihe enjoyment out of 1t possible. Crowd of people thronR the streets. GeOers HSrrisob was not ct bis office during the day although a friend was on hanC and the relic hunters made a good be- xinniE ct chipping away The front fence At 3:30 train from Chicago brough the Vermont delegation sOlid and par ot Massachusetts and other New Eng land states and some of the delegate, from Virginia and GeOrgia, with JobI c. New. They were escorted sl once tc General HsrrisoB's residence where RI informal reception Tas held.
 CHARLEsToS, IT. June 26-Wm. Moor, cOlored, who cIiminsily assaulted Mar ] Bingham at Nolton Saturday night. wa. taken from jail this morning and lynch ed by masked men,
 CoSsIASTISoPLE June 26.-Ths raiif cstiou by Turkey of the Suez Canal con vention, by England snd Turkey IS an nounosd.
 BERLIN, June 26.-The North Ger man Gazette, slludiD0 10 the interview | x--arE h. I,E in wuh k. I