Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-21
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resigned. Otner cnanges ln the haulf- slty office are probable.
 YUMA, January 16-Justice of the Peace Ringwsld has adiudged the board of Supervisors guilty of contempt of court and has sentenced them to one hundred days in the county jail
 OLYMPIA, W. T., January l6-The woman suffrage bIll passed the lower house to-day. This makes the bill law unless il is vetoed by the governor.
 PirrsBUBG. January 16-The great steel gun cast solid at the Pitteburs works last Wednesday was taken from the mold to-day and found to be per feet.
 MILWAUKEE, January 16-Specisls from various portions of Wisconsin in- dics.e that last night was the coldest Tn years, the thermometer ranging from 30 to 60 degrees below zero.
 NoaALEs, January 16-A Mexican by name of Estrada, was arrested here last night for the murder of Brown, livery mar, near Florence recently. The mur- derer took team and large amount of money with which Brown was on his way to purchase horses in northern SO- nora.
 ST. LOUIS, January 16-Three cars were thrown down Rn embsnkment and twelve persons injured, one fatally, oD the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska road at Willard to-day,
 WASHINGTON, January 16-Ihe secre- | ssry of the treasury has transmitted to congress sn estimate of Sl5O,57l to GOV er the deficiency nj the appropriations for the postal serylce for the present fs- cal year.
 SAN FRANCISCO, January 16-The jury in ths Mcdonald case, returned a yer dict of Rcquittsl this afternoon after 6 deliberatlon of less than an hour. The jury gave insanity ss the reason for &C., | quittsl.
 WASHINGTON, January l6.-A resolu- tion was introduced by Hale which di- rects reciprocity with any or the North | American states or political division which may adopt a republican form of government and declaring that such divisions be admitted to the Union on s vote of congress.
 The senate confirmed Lamar, VIlss and DickensOn. The vote on Lamar was twenty-eIgbt to thirty-two. Messrs. Riddleberger, Stewart and Stanford voted with the democrats for the confirmation of Lamar. All the others voted or were pared on party lines.
 HALIFAX, \, s., January l6-The AL drisn coal mInes at Stetterton were dis covered to be on fire Saturday night and four men bs fly injured by sn explosion. Fifteen men who were in the Halifax pit had s narrow escape. Two eIplo- sions occurred yesterday, demolishing buildings and machinery.
 WAsHINGToS, January l6-Anderson of Kansas offered this afternoon a rese- lutiOn directing the committee on con- mrrce to investigate the extent of causes and effect upon interstate com merce of the continued failure by tae Reading railroad to transport such in- terstste trade and report to the house by 8 bill or otherwise. Referred to committee op commerce., | Under the call of states the following bills snd resolutions were introduced and referred:
 McKenns of Cslitornia-To increase the appropriation for pubic printing at Sacramento.
 | Hayden of Massachusetts-Toe estsb- fish postal telegraph system. | Wilson of MInnesotR-To place lum. Der, coal and slat on the free hst. | McAdoo of New Jersey-To preserve to the public use springs and streams of water ID the territories.
 Outhwsite of Ohio-Amending the Pacific railroad acts and to insure to the United States payment of all indebted ness of the certain companies therein named.
 kilgore of TeIss-Abolishin the tax oa tobacco and duty on lumber, coal, salt, wool and blankets.
 | Dickey of Mississippi-Plsciug all kinds of lumber on the free list.
 LATHRoP, Cal. January I6-This evening as the Los Angeles overland train vas approaching the depot here 1t collided with switch engine as it was backing nut of the side track. The oyer land consisted of twelve cars and two engines. The engineer and fireman of one of the engines jumped or they would have been crushed to death. Engineer Taylor and the fireman of the other engine could not jump, owing to no time, fortunately no one vas injured. The three engines are totally disabled. One engine lies on top of the other and is more than forty feet in midRir.
 WASHINGTON, January 16.-The secre. tary of the treasury has submitted to congress the draft of a bIll prohibiting the importation of opium containing lezs than nine per cent of morphine, and authorizing the treasury to seize and destroy all opium prepared for smoking The secretary ssys if congress still desires to obtain B revenue for the i'm. poriation of opium for smoking, the present tax of ten dollars per pound should be msteri-lly reduced SO there would be less inducement for snug gling.
 READING, P. A. January l6-The last coal shipped down the Reading railroad from the Schuyikill regions was on Sat urdsy; since then Lot pound has come down. The fact that no coal has been shipped during the past foriy-eighi hours has been eagerly seized upon by delegates who attended yesterdays con vention. They say that this shows the | -OllulIl bt chIlhGIt hll over the Schuylkill regions
 SAN FRANCISCO, January 16-In gen ersl the cold weather still continues here. A slight snow fell this evening. but by midnight It had all disappeared. There Has enough fell, however, to vhi.en the streets for two or three hours,
 ROCHESTER, January IA collision occurred early this morning or the Erie railroad between Ayocs and kanoba. The engineer was killed snd.the firemen seriously injured. Several passengers are reported injured, but no facts are obtsint ble.
 NEW YORK. January l7.-It IS an- noIuced that Gov. Hill offered to sp- point Col. Fred Grant quarantine com missioner in place of T. c. Plstt, but | Col Grant declined.
 NEW ORLEANS, January 7.-Freezing weather IS reported all over northern Louisisna extending ss far south ss | Baton Rouge. Snow and sleet Is report | ed st several points.
 CrTY OF MEXICO, Jan 1.-The gov ernment has forwarded to Washington a