Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-02

WAsHISGroS, May 26.-Gen'l Sherlder reported better this morning.
 MONTREAL, May 26.-A new gssometel , at POchelaga gas works exploded this
 morning. Twelve to twenty men are
 supposed to have been Tn the building
 at the time. Five bodies recovered, the
 other are burned in ruins.
 Up 10 l030 this morning ' dead
 bodies had been taken from the mine.
 Most of the bodies taken out were only
 slightly bruised and 1t is supposed that
 death was caused by su:fOcstion. Men
 who were on the roofs were blown JO
 eet ID the sir and sustained severe ill.,
 lnries. lis supposed that as many ss
 30 men or less are injured, The build
 ing IS Rn entire wreck, The explosion
 was caused by leaking gas becoming ig-
 nIted by a lantern which one Of the men foOlishly carried into the building.
 The report IS that seven bodies were
 taken from the ruins and that so far as
 known persons lost their lives and 6
 were fatally injured, 3 of whom vIll die. | Officials state that 1t will be impossible
 to give the correct loss at present,
 PHILADELPn1A, May 26.-Mrs. Cleve- land left here for Princeton New Jersey | in president Roberts private car accom- | panied by Mir. and Mrs. Roberts, Mir. and Mrs. ChiIds and several other. At yesterdays meeting of the excutive com mittee of the Presbyterian home mission, Mrs. Cleveland was made life member.
 WAsHISGroS May 26.-While General Sheridan IS better he is still in a criti- cal condition and the heart may at any time refuse tO perform it's functions. There are no signs of paralysis or sppo- plexy ss sisted. Upon explanation of the physician that his condition was pre- cartons the General consented yester- day to have his will drawn; though he stoully resisted at first. One of the doc tors sgld the General will never be well again but i've hope to brace him up until be is sbl-. tO travel and then send him down to Nantucket where he has iust finished cottage. Sea air will be good for him and the sooner he gets away from Washington the better.
 NEW YORK May 25.-When the fede- ral senatorial Investigating commission resumed their hearing this morning, Senstor SpoOner announced that chair man Hale agreed with him that under ths senate resolution appointing the commission 10 was only empowered Co investigate the workings of the civil ser vice law under the present RdminIssra- ton, and could not so back 10 previous administrations.
 ST. LoUIs May H.-The assignment .Fa su sv fha unaFf tho democratic convention for working re- porters have been completed. Tue con vention will be held n 6 long nArrow hall, SO that it has been necessary to re- strict rhs accOmOdatIons wbicl we're pro vided for newspapers very much more than had been intended in the original scheme of the local committee on ar rsnyenents, acting under the imperative directions of Chairman Bsrnuin, of the national committee. The total number of press seats provided will be PAS, of which the press committee made Rn equal an impartial distribution among she leading journals of sbe country. The number Of seats and She location ofseats assigned to the different papers were de- tern ined after the consideration of near ly six hundred formal applications with h NArN AO tAC AEAAAANG AAFNAAR1~N H@ @N' applicant. Notice has been forwarded to every paper to which one or more seats have been assigned. advising them of the action of theIr application This notice states how many seats have been | allotted, not more than three to any paper outside of St. Louis, and gives the number Of each seat. Tickets and badges will not be ID St. Louis for distribution until Monday, June 1. on which day they can be obtained at the office of the local committee ID arrangements, 4l5 Olive street. St. Louis. No notice will be sent | those papers to which seats are not assigned. The failure to receive notice
 will give sufficient indication Of the action on their applications.
 WAsHrsG1oY, May 26.-Gen. Sheri- | dane condition is extremely critical to- night, and desth at any moment would
 not be unexpected. He had recur- renee of the heart troule sbout o'clock | this afternoon, accompanied by serious sinking spell which gave great alarm to the physicians, who immediately took | powerful measures to rally hiT1- These
 remedies only give partial relief, and st | lO.3O tonight the four physicians who | have been in attendance are st his side,
 closely and anxiously watching every | symptom. The action of the heart is | still very feeble and has responded but | imperfectly to the remedies administer | ed. The attack came almost without
 premonition. slight feeling of faint ness being the only thing which warned the physIcisns that the crisis might be
 et hand. Up to about ten mlnntes of | five the general had been doing very
 well. and the family were m cheerful
 spirits at his strength and the interest in passing events shown by the sick man. No symptoms of a recurrence of the failure of She valves of the heart had appeared, and as the attacks of the day | prryious occurred ID the morn ng 10 was
 hoped that be would quickly rally and | then become better able to meet any | futurs dangers. AS soon as 10 became | evident. however. that & valyular failure of the heart had again set n they saw l that their cherished hopes ot success | v-ould not be realized. Everything
 possible was done for the patient, but l Fith cnly imperfect success. DIgltalls and whisky were administered and tiu- ally a blister was put over the heart. | These applications stimulated the heart to increased action, though not to the
 extent desired. The plaster was not in tended SO much tO cOuntersct the pres ept attack as to prevent subsequent one, The generals return t0 rearly | normal condition, which he had been in since his illness. was slower than from any of the previous attack: "lt
 was pretty severe" Ats o'clock he had
 recovered somewhat from this attack
 and wss getting comparatively better. He wss still the object of earnest sOlici-
 tuie. however, and the doctors d'd ret leave his bed. Mrs. Sheridan also re
 mained constantly near. The attack
 was unaccompsnied by pain and be IS
 conscious snd thoroughly aware Ot the
 crayiety of the situation. A bulletin
 stating his condition was tO have beer given to the press st S;30 o'clock. but
 owing to the extremely critical coDdi-
 tiop of the general II was not issued un til 10 o'clock A few minutes after ths ] hour one of the aides stepped out ot th' house on to the portico and gave to th' newspaper men who gathered srount
 him inc oficisl statement of the physi
 cisns.
 WlsH1SGroS, May 2S-At S45 o'clocl
 Gen. Sheridan was still alive, but yer. . low. Another bulletin will probably b Na aH@NaU