Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-12

says tlst noted OOnfefe ferate block - runner named Robert Segdeu or Charley Da.e confessed to hIm after he o.o-e of ,he war tba, while Sul,a1E iay Ca: Nvu- l phis wharf, be smugGisd b lssx iuu. ot cal n which wss coBCetlCc . torpedo which he deposited Ou :Ee hrst pIe Sew lens whereabouts are now u,- known.
 PHESI1, A T., May 7-Convepti ton as semblsd aI 10 o'clock this mornipg, and after tff.ciIBg temporary OrganIE4tiyu and appointing committees, adjourned until p. m. The Zu.icz esosd are making A hard fight for cnutr.l Of t5e convention, and me adOpii11 ot reaolu- tion- endorsing Zuliek's admIcistraiioi. have made DO head vay. Geo. H. S;evels ssd Bert Foster. Znlick's oandIda;es for Delegates to St, Louis. have given up that fight. Gem oinationa are being formed looking towards th, selection Of Berry of Tombstone and Herndon of Prescott, as dele gates. A vBst amount of VrHnRling is going on aud looks as If the convention might bust ID m row. Both sides are very bitter. The chan are against Hughes being selected as n delegate.
 4:45 p. m.-Tha convention has jus, succeeded in elsc:in4 J. 5Bunoh, O; Ansche. Chairman, with Dr. 4. Trippel, of Gila, Secretary.
 CHICAGO, May IA special from Wichita reports terrific cloud burst at Ms zs. near that city. The ram fell ID ness was equal tO that of night and peo- ..N. I.. sg were turned into rivers and Q number of houses were washed away. One house was carriei int the kGDsas river and the whole family drovIed.
 CHICAGO, Msy "A D lily News Wash ingtOn spec, al says; There Is a story ID circulation thH, EimunGs will have the nomination of Fuller hung up until after the election n order to cover possible chance of ksving Republican President who will appoint another man.
 NORFOLK VA., May : British Steam CT Benison frOn Matanzss to Phllsdel- phIa was towei here to-day in distress and reports being in a collision yester- dcy during the fog with the steamer Eureka from New York to New Orleans. When the fog lifted the Eureka was nowhere ID sigh. 1t is feared she was sunk.
 WAsmsGroS, May Representative Brown. of Ohio, today introduced a bIll modifying ihe Civil Service law. IL makes eligible for appointment without teIDg required to pass civil servIce ex- animation all hOnOrsbly discharged Fed ersl soldiers and sailors of the late war upon satisfactory evidence ot good char acter snd capsbility.
 Several amendments have been incOr- poraied 10 the I;Iver and Hsrbor bill since last before the house. Tae HpprC- priaiion for Hum boldt HarbOr Is reduc- ed from Sl5O.OO0 to Sl25,0O0 while ihr' for Oakland Harbor increased from Sl1j, OOlto S201,0O0 A bill wss introduced ia the tous- by Townsend sppropristiu 2 $40 OOO for the erection of a statue to the memory of Gen, Hancock.
 NEW YORK. May At general cOp- ference of the Melhodi.t Episcrr6l Church to-day it was decided to excluds UCmsn from seats ID the present Gem ference. and suOmil the question OttheIr eieglbi.ity Co future general con terence aud 70 annual conferences tO a vote of the Church.
 WAsHISGT N, May 7.-At a a meeting Gf the senate committee on IndIcisy y to- day DO action wa- taken on she nOmina- ton of Melville W Fuller to te chief jus'lce, except formal reference 10 the sub committee.
 The senate committee on public build ings to-day ordered favorable reports Cn bills for pu lie buildings st R'nC, Nev s60,OO0; and Virginia City, New, S25 OJJ.
 WASHINGTON, May "A petition for a reheariug of the Bell TelephoOe cases were filed in the Supreme Court to-day | hy cCunsel Of the P.ople Telephone CO., ! who claim Daniel Draw anZt IS the ln- veutor of the telephone. Toe decision wlll be announced next Monday The | application can be granted only on the | rsquest of one of the three justices wh0 concurred in Chief Justice Wsi'e's opin- ion upholding the validity of Brhs | ciaim.
 NEW YORK May 7.-The great six | days walk for the worlds championship opened At Madison Square Garden las night. There we're fl starters inclpdIng
 many well known pedestrians. Among those iu front where the woId was gwen were Guerrero, Lit,lewOOd end Hertz | Each entry pays $50 and lust make lOC | miles ID the first twenty four hours to stay in the rEce and the breakers o; Al. | berto record is to receive thousand dollars. Many people remained m Mad | isou Square until daylight thls morning | watching the pede-trisus. About | o'clock Panco. retired from she context