Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-07-28

Gear of Iowa (Rep.) voted with th
 Democrats on the cotton tIes amend
 nent. Randall was paired vitI
 Hogg of West Virginia The previou
 question was :hen ordered on the fna
 passage and the yeas and nays ordered
 SoEdsn had read letters from Rsudal asking to be pared with friend of iht
 bill and expressed himself distinctly Op- posed to its passage. A vote wss thel taken on the finsl passage of the bil and resulted, yeas 162, nays l49. Sow den of Penpsvlvanis, GreenmAn AnC the bill. Fitch of New York snd Nelson of Maine (Reps. voted for it. Four inde pendent members also voted aye.
 When the speaker announced d the pas sage af the bill ths democrats broke ID to cheers and waved bandsnas wildly ir the air. Bontell (republissn) ironically moved to take recess till eight o'clock Rs this vas the ,,27th anniversary of the battle of Bull Run. The republicans ID turn greeted this sally with laughter and applause. A motioDn 60 adjourn tll Monday was defeated and the hOuse took recess till $ p 10,
 SANTA FE- \. Nj. July 2l.-A disas- troops fire occurred in this city early tnIs morning by which the Catron building and the Opera House ai the northeast corner Of the plaza, were totally con sumed snd several others injured though not to any serious extent. This build ing contained the Daily New Mexican printing office, the post office. Welimers news and book store, and the offices of the extensive law firm, of Cstron. Knsi- bel 4 Clancy. The building aud con tents were entirely destroyed inoludin z portion of the night mail Esiting dis tributiOn and delivery in the morning. The most serIous loss was the extensive and valuable library O; Judge OssrOn. containing many rare and costly law books and manuscripts many of which cannot be replaced. The following are the losses: New MeIicsn printing com pAny, Sl5,OOO. postoffice $500. Splits jew slry store 5000. Welimer S7, 600, Cairon knsibel I ClAncy's library S20,O0O. The loss on the building is s2S.000. The insurance ss follows: New Mexican printing company $500. Insurance of Englspd sl5,OO0, West Chester of New York. Sl. 500 in Commercial Union, Os- irons library Si00O, furniture Sl 800 in Lion snd Scottish National, Clsncy's library s9O0. furniture fl000 in Impe- rial of London. SpitE S7O0 PheniI, Hart ford. $500, stock German American, Weltmer SlOOO, Orient, sl000 Imperial and S2OOO Etns, New York. SeliRmsn's office furniture 5000 Germsn-Ameri- can.
 PITIsBURG, July 2L-There IS great excitement in the city regions over the revival of the Pithole oil field. Pithoie has for nearly s quarter of a century been considered "sucked orange" and the oil right of 100000 acres has been bought for SlO0. Now the excitement is grester than in any other field in the region, not excepting Bsgestovn. Beck brothers have been pushing the drill around Ple6santyille 60 successfully that have been encouraged 10 test the old Pithole region and the result is one of the surprising things of the oil region, ID this old and long since abandoned territory. They now have seven wells that are good for 5000 barrels & month. There if some difference of opinion re- gsrding the sand, but it is probably 6 lower horizon than the rich sand Of 1885,
 
 in the world and gave it a population of IT, coo 10 20,000 in few months. Great schvIty is reported ID the field among lease hunters snd large production in this oil field IS expected within a fsg u onths,
 WASHINGTON July 21.-The senate to which was referred the re- port of the Pacific railroad commission srs, had a short meeting this morning. No important business was transacted and it adjourned to next Friday when questions as tO whether or not Out wsite's bill will be reported and pressed To passage in the senate, n advance action by the house will be considered
 CHICAGO, July 2l-A Lincoln, Neb., special tO the Times says: Messrs. Hoge and Murphy arrived here this morning and were royalty received by the strik- FITS and trades unions generally.
 SAN FRANCISCO July 2l-Miss Lucy R. Johnson uns of the visiting school teachers of the National educational ss- was taken sick last night after from 8 tour through Chins- town and despite the efforts of the phy- sicisDs became gradually worse and died this morning. It is supposed she died Dt heart disease, Her home was in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. but she bad been engaged in teaching a, Lara mic, Wyoming, for the last TWO years. She was about 26 years of age.
 NEW YORK. July 21.-Teemer won the three mile single sculling race for the $500 purse between John Teemer. Geo. HOsmer, Albert Hamm and James A. Ten Eyck, which was postponed from and rowed to-day on Jamaica Bsy. Time 200.
 CHICAGO, July 2l.-The examination of John 4, Bsuerism, accused under the state law of procuring dynamite 10 be brought into the state for illegal pur- poses, was held to-day. The principal witnesses were the informers BOwles and Smith. They told much the same story ss when before Commissioner Hsyne, and Bsuerism was held 10 the criminal court under bonds of $500, which he furnished.
 NEW YORK, July 2l.-Mike Conley, Of Ashland, WiscopSID. has cabled Jem Smith, champion, accepting the lstters to fight any man 10 the world, KIlrain not excepted, for g. 800 side. There seems Co be every prospec: that the match will Se arranged The fight is 10 take place either in France or Spain.
 PHILADELPEIA, July 23-Dr. R. ". Martin, who has been ID attendance upon ex- Speaker Randall. at Washing ton, and who visited him yesterday. den jed this afternoon emphstically the published to the effect that doctors MallEn and Lincoln has sRid thst Randall IS suffering with cancer of the stomach. Said Dr. Martin: "II IS DO more cancer of the stomach than 1t is cancer of the head" Drs- Msllan and Lincoln both deny having made the statement credited Co them.
 WAsHISGToN. July 23. - President Cleveland to-day transmitted to Con- gress bis fourth annual report oD tbe civil service commission, covering the period between the 18th of January. S6, ard the first of July, 'S1. The first half of she message is s atistics; the seoond half gives the Presidents views on civil service reform, which reform be states, liI making progress. He holds that the administration of the govern
 nent io its executive branches have bsen and still are often annoyed and irritsted by disloyslty 10 the service IF some of the employees who remain IT place Gs benefcisries and relics and re msinders of the vicious systems of sp poiutment which civil service reform WAS intended to displsce.