Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-02-18

" house to-day a bill was introduced su- thorizing the election of delegate from the Iodisn Territory to the 5lst con gress.
 Bland of Missouri introduced a bill to prohibit the coinage of s3 gold pIeces. Referred.
 WASHINGTON, February 13-A bill for a com olission on the subject of alcoholic liquor traffic was reported and placed on the calendar.
 Stewart offered a resolution calling on the secretary of the treasury for inform ation ss to the segregation ct pubic lands capable of irrigst On from other lands. Adopted.
 Morgan's resolution instructing the iudIciary committee to inquire and re- port whether congress had the power to enact laws 70 prohibit within states the sduiterstion of food whether If sucb D. Rer exists, is 1t part of the power oi taxation, or results from the power to regulate commerce beiw states,
 On the resolution regarding the inef- i,iency of the civil servIce, Reagan ai- dressed the senate in defense of the ad- mlnisirgtlOn,
 FRESNO February l3.-A man by the name of Daniel Murphy was fouod ID the wooded bottom of k'ng river, near Centerville. having nothing on but an uudershirt. The parties who discovered him chased him on hos-ebaok aud caught him with lRsso. He can give no account of himself whatever snd WAS brought to the jail yesterday where he lies ID 6 precsrlous condition on account of exposure.
 ALBUQUERQUE, February l3. The death of Joel Herne, one of the eight re- manning survivors of the war Of 1872, is announced. His demise occurred at Tiptonviile, thIs territory.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Among the bill~ introduced and referred was the following: For compensation for ser vices for female nurses during the war of ths rebellion. Blackburn offered a resolution declaring it not in order lex cept by unanimous conseni) for Ihe committee on appropriation to report the bull without having had IL under 'nsid- erstiOo ten days or more. Referred to the committee on rules,
 NEW YORK, Feb. IA short time be- fore 10 o'clock this morning as Reed avenue street car filled with people was passing under Q long derrick used ID erecting the elevated railroad structure on Broadway, near Summer avenue. Brooklyn, the ropes sustaining the der rick gsv way and the derrick fell on the car crushing IL ID like an egg shell. Seventeen passengers on the car were in- iured and two killed. IL is said that some persons were buried underneath she ruins and workmen are now engaged in moving the debris 10 learn It tkeIe are any other victims of the disaster.
 Lster:-Seven people are now believ- cd to have been crushed to death by the street car.
 Lster:-It is now definitely learned that Ouly four people were killed in the Brooklyn street car sccIdent. Four of the wounded are reported likely to die.
 WASHINGTON, February 1.-The com mitter on commerce to-day decided 10 report fayOrsbly tbe bill to grant 6 char ter tO the Mic ,ragus Canal Co. The committee inserted two amendments ID the origiDal pill, the first requ ring a maj 'rity of the directors of the company to b. American eitiZens; the second pro- viding that the president Of the com pspy snail be a citizen and resident of the Uoited Stst-s~
 The esub-committee Jf the committee on banking and currency VilI report to full c mmittee gIth favorable recommenda- tioDs, the bill authorizing an issue Of not more than ten million dollars oi fractional currency, 10 denominations of 5, 10 25, and fifty cents.
 The house committee on judiciary has agreed 10 isvoIably report on the di- rect tsz bill whi 'h has passed the senate. IL TRs amended by the com nittee SO ss to direct the lgovernors, who have the disbursement Of mnrey, to make pay ments directly to those entitled tn them 4 favorable report has also been deter mined upon the Hosr resOlu ioDs Co smend the Constitution, changing the insuguratIon dsy of Ina president from March 4ih to April 31sh.
 PANAMA, February IA serinus riot i< reported from GusysQuil, growing out of the accommodation of the iniges of the supreme court bv a Spanish priest temporarily in charge oi the bishopric. The mob, ID which were many O. ihe b st known oitiz sns, stoned the bi-hop TIC and the residence of Dr. Nervia. legal adviser of the ep'scopste. Dr. Nervis and tbe police fired op the croUd and sounded several. More trouble is feared.
 LONDON. February l4.-There has been heavy snow storm in the west of England. Scotland sDd Wales TwO rains are showed up between Bath and Bristol
 NEW YORK, February II-It is re- ported Ob Wall street tE6t the Rock Island railroad proposes 10 eI'end its lines twelve hundred miles, ruDpiDR bn sNtensIon to Denver and the Gulf of Mexico. For which work hirty million dollsrs of new bonds will be issued.
 WAsHIY GToE. February 1.-The Score 'sry of the Treasury has ordered a special agent tO go tO Ws.ertown. N. I and make thorough investigation of the sllt ged opium frauds.
 CHICAGO. Februsry 14-Whest, cash. 95 1-16 May, sl 3-16. Corp, cash, 46 .. May, 505s.
 NEw YORK, February l3.-Bar silver, 965S.
 LONDON, February 14-It is officially announced thBt SIr Michael Hicks Beach has been appointed Presi6eDt of ths Board Of Trade in place of Lord Stanley of Preston, who wIll succeed Lord Lat B. downe As Governor General Of Canada.
 WAEHISGroS, February 14:h.-The much-dIsoussed controversy between Gs neral Sheridan and the Secretary of w ar will be transferred to the Cspi.oL Repre- sentative Wheeler of Alabama introduced A bill to defioe the respective powers of the Secretary of War and LIeutcDaut- GeLersl. but immediately wiihirev 1t at the request of Secretary EodIeoTt, who decided to examine II and make some suggestions. The bill pr r'vides tha, the LieuteDant- General shall have power to change the stations of regiments and detail of officers st his discretion. with out interference from the discipline of the army under his charge. IL is an old question which has been the cau-e of di,putes ever since the time Of Washing ton, and it IS time it was settled.
 WASHINGTON. February H.-Senator Stewart from committee on mines and mining, today reported til to amend the alIen land law by providing that il shall not ID any manner stfect tue title to mineral lands or mining claims in the