Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-12
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l FcpoTttu anu pebc"u oh ne calendar Wh- tbe senate bill retiring certain disabled army off .ers and t1e house bIll prom L. lns army officers after twenty years con- lnued service ID one grade. IL provides Tor additional quarantine ststlous at SEn Diego, San Francisco Auu Pugent Sound.
 The President vetoed the bill grant ing pensIon to Emily Mills.
 The land grant forfeiture bill was again taken up and laiu aside. Palmer IT. dorsed the senEie ID advocating tns bill 10 establish bureau of animal in- dustry to facilitate the expo tation of live stock and thelr products. Vest said he could not support the bill HDd proceed ed 10 speak on what he called the ''cst- tie syDdIcste.' lie said there were five men or firms Tn the city of Chicago who regulated the price of cattle every day toy their msnipulstIons of the market, ne characterized this pool as the most infamous snd tryrannous which had ey- CT existed in the United States.
 Plumb concurred in this views and said the damage to the state of Ksnsds during the past five years had been more than forty million of dollars. The syndicate bad committees nov with the money of the "stock ring" in their pockets 10 get congress to give them control of the question of cattle in quar- sn;ine. He sad he would vote ouly to give the commissioner of agrIculture all the power proposed to be given 10 the commission. After luther discussion the bill was lad aside and the senate sd- iOurned til Monday.
 SANTA CRUZ, May 3-Judge McCsnn in overriding demurrer to-day to in | dictment in the case of Jessie l.. Ora ham on trial for the murder of one Ben nett 3S years ago, he'd that Gen. Riley was vested with lower by the President of the United States to govern CaiIfoT- nia at that time and that the courts We're properly constituted to try cases prior to the admission of California as a state and that indictments properly drawn must hold so far Bs the statute of limi- tstiOn is concerned. The prisoner plead not guilty and was held 10 answer. His trial WAS set for June llth.
 PROVIDENCE, May 3-Rspublicsn State Convention held here to-day. The fol- lowing delegates s'-largs were elected: Fred N Marcy, Providence; W. R. Walker, Pawtuckeit; Riohsrd rhorney, East Green vich. ana George CrsnstOn, Neorth Kingdom.
 WAsHISGToS. May 2-Wllson of W. l Virginia. speaking on the tariff bill saii Vhs ever added wealth had come to the | United States was from the rapid settle ment of the government, continued en- terprise and industry of its people and it's mineral and other resources. and the prote ctiOn syst m calmly points II out ss it's fruits. though IL had nothing more to do with them than with the mo- ton of planets or wave ,f seRs. O. Bontelis pressing bIm fpT the rate of farm wages in the west Wilson refused q direct reply. Alton. of Massachusetts Drngly of Msiue and Mckinney of New Hampshire spoke on tae bill and the house adjourned.
 WASHINGTON, May 3-In the senRt to-day the house bill for the appoint msnt aud retirement of Gen. AltrOd | Pleassnton with rank of colonel, WIS fsvorRbly reported with an amendment giving bim rank of mujJr.
 | The bill for n more rigid exclusi'n of | Chinese migration was introduced bS | Stewart The discussion of the un- earned land grants forfeiture bill vas then resumed,
 IsDIASAPoLIs May 3-The republi- can state c0nventi"n met tbIs morning and Richard W, lhOmJ son was chosen permanent chairman, Resolutions pre- l seniing the name of Gen. Benjamin Harrison a. & candidate for the Presi depcy and iustructln9 the delegates st large to vote and work in connection with the district deleg ties for securing nls nomination unanimously passed. Another resolution sending greetings to Senator Ingalls, for hIs "scstbIng ex- pose" of the reasonable record of SenR- tor Voerhees was also enthus 6sticBlly adopted and an invits sion tendered Sen s-or Incalls tO address the Republicans of Indiana. Albert G. Porter, Col. Ri chsrd ". Thompson, James N. Huston and Clem -tudebrker were chosen dele gate al large.
 PHILADELPHIA Msy 4--General mas. ter W. K. POwderly has written let ter in which after quoting from letters fr"n all the secretaries ot the country giving hIm advice as to what should oe done at lthe coming election he ssys' "I take this opportunity to say l sm not & candidate for anything dont Ia vor turning the Knights of Labor into party"
 Hor SPRINGS Ark. May 4.-John H Atkins. ex- Chief of Police, was found IT a saloon last night fatally shot through the body. Hc said Sample livery man and Bryant saloon keeper had shO' him and they were arrested. Atkin' had two fights ID the afternoon with Sample and afterwards retutDed tto th' saloon armed, and the firing commenc- l zl ha antarpd
 CHEBRoaAS, Mich. May "A heavy gale last night opened the Straits o Maekinaw and probably the lsrges grain fleet on record passed down thu morning.
 BosraN, May 8 - The Post says to day. "rbere has been whispers Tn th' air for some iIme past regarding 6 oiI deal on foot in the AtchisoD. lt nov trapspires (and We have our information from good sources) that the something in the air is @ grand consolidation o . het,a,. the absorption Of the St. Iouu and santa Fe railway system, by th' Atcbjsop, Topeka and Ssnts Fe. It | B fu-,bsr reported that his transaction I s ny.otIcaiiy accom- olished. barring de tails. which are being closed up by Col
 Nntt. president of the A. 6 P. l; ! } cIaimed that the whole matter will o' closed within-s week at the furtheLest
 The absorption of the St. Louis and :
 Fl means the absorption Of the Ahsnn . and Pacific and its numerous feeders giviug the Santa Fe control or soou sieht thousand miles of road.
 VIRGINIA, New. May i.-Ssm blac - was killed by his brother John; thi - nornipg. The brothers were hear = onsrrrling by some men ID sn adIoinin q bnildiup, when two pistol shots Wer
 f;~ed. and John Black emerged from th
 building with pistol covered Wit s blood. ID bis hand. He went at once [ Inc Sberif-s office and gave himself nI His brother ~ss found lying on th
 aoor with the front of his skull crushe in John says his brother fired w
 sbots at him and he was forced to N
 b,rn in self-defense. The story IS DC
 halieyed, as a bullet wound wss found O
 Ssmuers body. The brothers wer . heavy real estate owners in this cit! W.sH1seros, May 4.-The Secretar of inc Interior to-day transmitted to to
 bouse a report by Gov Swlneford'
 AIssks. upon the operations of the Alas
 Seal & Fur Go. in which be alleges tn