Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-14
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WAsHISGr0S, Jan. 6.-The Carlisle lhoeoe contest wes taken up before the house committee on elections tbls morn ing. Thoeoe was present with counsel. counsel saId that Carlisle himself had acknowledged his defeat on the night of the election. Phoebe also addressed the committee and said tha, on the night ot election Carlisle's friends held conference and decided te hold back the returns until they could be forced to give him majority. The committee went into secret session at 2 Q. m.
 Gen. Sypher, in the presentation of his clients case in the Thoebe-Csr!lsle contest before the House, said in seven or eight precincts in Carroll county the poll books were written and signed and certified as to all the names in one hand writing and 1t was evident that all must have been written after the election by one man, a5 he could not hsve been m all inc precincts at once on election day. Counsel said Carlssis failed of election through neglect in some precincts. No tickets were printed until 5 o'clock and there was virtually no election in some precincts. In Boone county two hundred votes were cast on election day, but the returns finally showed 56I votes. In Carroll county there was practically no election. He He could show voters had failed to 20 to the polls on election day, but when they found Carlisle was defeated they voted noxt day. Not only was this the case in Carroll, but in ali the outlying counties. Counsel took up affidRviis of contestant that CsrlIsle's friends had corrupted his (Thoebe's) attorney and induced him 10 abandon the case aud suppress testimony. Sypher sad they had been given the name of the man who purchased Attorney Wood and i' Informansts told the truth he Was relative of Carlisle. The price named was S25O. Thoebe's affidavit next read where he accuses Wood of delaying the taking testimony, telling him (rhoebe) there might be money i1 It for both of them If be would withdraw from the contest, Sypher said there was not the least ground for reopening the Case and declared that Carlisle was before the committee and could not refuse to in vestIgste Thoebe's claims.
 NoGALRs, January 6.-Informstion of the killing of Ersclio Bernsl, the famous | Mexican bandit, has beea received | Bernsl and a portion of his followers had 8 desperate fight yesterday near the town of Cossls, SinaloR, with Mexican troops, during which BernRl was killed. l His mother and three or four followers were captured. The bandits remains were taken to Cosala where they are at present. The cRptives were lodged in jail at Cossls. The fight was short, but bloody and desperate. No further par ticulsrs are now obtsinsble, as the gov ernment wires are being used for the transmission of the official report of the affair. The loss on both sides is unknown, but IS supposed to be very heavy.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, January 6.-Most of the changes in the freight trffic develop | ed ct the recent meeting m Chicago, which gnes into effect January 18th. sffect west bound freight. East bound schedule through to New York and com | mon points from Sao Francisco, Sscr8
 mento, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego and other California points from Port land snd Astoria (by Canadian Pacific Northern Pacific or Oregon short line) and Tacoma q Seattle (Osnsdisn Pacific or Northern Pscific) will be as follows: | Firsts clsss, S4 per hundred pounds; second. S3.20. third, S2-50, fourth, g 20, fifth. g., sixth. SJ.75, seventh. sL5o, eight, Sl,25, ninth S1. Rates from the same pom s to Buffalo, PittsburE and | common points, range from S3.65 to Sl.O5 To Detroit Toledo etc., S.340 to SL25. To Chicago and Milwaukee, from S325 to S1. To St Lotus New Orleans | and Missouri rIver points, from 8 10 to Sl. To Omshs Minneapolis and Kansas | City, Atchison Galveston and Houston. troln S3 to Sl. On special goods beans brandy and hides, there are few changes. | On canned goods from Pacific coast ter minals to New York from Sl 10 SLJO. On secured wool, S2. On oranges Rod lemons by passenger tram service, Sl.i Rates to Missouri river poI0ts Tor the semi-trpicsl products. Sl.9O for passen- ger service and S1 by freight train. To St Louis and common points tbs rates are S2O5 and S1.I0.
 Los ANGELRs, January 6-The store of Evans & Conwell was entered by bur glars last night and robbed of nearly tif- teen hundred dollars worth of goods, consisting of jewelry, wearing apparel etc. The safe and money drawers con- tsining eight hundred dollars, were not touched. The cracksmen escaped with their plunder and there IS no clue yet to
 them.
 CHICAGO, January 6-SuIt was begun in tine superior court to-day by the Horn Silver Mining Go. for S5,5OO against one of its directors, August D. Bynam, who lives in this city. This is one Of nun
 Der of suits, all the rest ot which were
 begun in New York against director
 there. to make the compsny's directors
 responsible for the dedication Of S4JO, 900 by Chss. G. Frsncklyn, former pres ldent of the company.
 LIMA, January 6-Priyste sdviees
 from Valparslso say the cholera has m
 creased to an alarming extent m ths'
 city. The number of cases are reaching
 dailS 130, of which about ninety art fatal.
 !. SAN FRANCESCA, January 6-TwentI
 cases of smallpox were reported at tn health office to-day, of which nine wer' verified and the patients removed to tht , pes, house. The health officers started
 to investigate the others. One small
 pox patient iIed at the pest house to
 day.
 WASHINGTON, January 7-The com mlttee on elections, after brief secre , conference to-day, postponed the Phoebe Carlisle contested election case unti
 next Saturday in order to give Carll,l' an opportunity to make formal reply if he chooses to submit any. The com mittee has notified the various counsel
 in other contested cases to appear fri
 day next so that day may be named TO the consideration of cages,
 ' A letter from Speaker Carlisle ws | laId before the house committee oi election to-day in which the Speske ? says, that any course the committee ms l choose will be entirely satisfactory | s him, but as counsel for Thoebe has ask I cd to reopen the case and that addition
 aI testimony be taken. he ought to hay
 an opportunity to examine papers an B take such steps ss may be thought proI t er. before the application now pendln e is disposed of.
 l. ST. PETERSBURG. January 7-Eigh e nibjlists, including Cossack K. Bchor !, oVf. condemned to death for mskln I sn attempt upon the life of th a &o Ln n1aa 10