Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-03

Bell Boy. to Frankfort, Ky, parties fol SS5OOO. StockbridRe purchased bin from Senator Stanford for S5OO0, and to days prics ia said to be the highest eyel paid for three year old colt.
 WAsHISoToS, February 24-Senste- A bill to prevent pool selling, gambling and betting Tn Washington favorsbly re ported.
 House-The ssnste bill to carry into effect the international convention, J4tt of March, 1884. for the protection of sub marine cables, passed.
 A bill establishing q United State: Land Court to adjudicste privste land claims in Arizona, New Me1ico and Col orado. favorsbly reported from commit tee on land claims.
 Senate bill to grant pensions, reported favorably and placed on calendar,
 House committee on invslid pensions have decided to report isvorably ex' prisoners wsr pension bill. IL grants pension tO all who were thirty days or more confined in confederate prisons and gives them S2 day outright for each day more than thirty they were SO imprisoned. Favorable reports Blso will be made on bills increasing pension for total disabilities to $30 per months.
 The House Committee on Pacific rsfl- roads to-day received a letter from c. F. Huntington giving a statement as to what the Central Pacific has done towsrJs paying its debt st maturity. He states ihe entire deht could have been paid in the early part Of the 2Oth cen tury out of the sInkIng fund winch the directors created for that purpose m '7S, but that the passage of the " thurman set soon afterwards put an end to the com psny's voluntary efforts to pay its ir- debtedness. He says that by this act and also by giving aid of other compet- ing roads the government impaired the earning capacity of the o. F. and thereby its own security for the debt.
 SAN FRAScIsco, February 24-Judge Toohy to-day fixed the date of the exc culiOn of Lee Chuck, Friday, ApIil 6lh.
 DENVER, February 24-Ariicles of iu- corporation were filed to-day of the Pueblo, Gunnison x Pacific Railroad Cc. Capital stock S5,cOO,OC0.
 Los ANGELES, February 25-Fred- erick Anschlag, the murderer Of Char ies B. Hitchcock Bnd wife. was sentenced to be hanged by Judge Cheney to-day. The date of execution Is not yet fixed. The court room was crowded while She sen- tence was being pronounced.
 ALBANY, Or, February 24-Tbe Ore gon Pacific Railroad Co. began suit ID the circuit court today against the con- tract of G. w. Hunt to recover SlJ0,OOO damages for non-perforuGuce of con tract on the extension ot the road east ward across tEo state.
 DENVER. February PA Canon CIty special sIys: The Exchange Bank, owned by Mu'ock Bros. teddy made sn assignment to E. E Guuaer, their cash fer. The assets are Sl22, eco AL ] lisbili- iIes S144,OO0. SiDking oil Selis in Flor ence district IS thought to be the cause of the failure.
 SAN FaASCIsCo, February 24-Mrs. Kate MeD1uuu-b, sister of the late mil lIOnalre, OBrien, has purchased the Cal ifornia theatre for Slz7,OOO.
 SAN FRAxcIscc, February 2i-Ex.As- sessor Louis Holiz to-day made sn ap-
 
 ward Townsend. bnsicess manager of the Examiner, on a charge of criminal libel, Co the effec; that HOltz was con nected with the opium smugglers.
 SAN FRASCIsCo. February 24-Au- thentic statement was made here to-day that the sugar syndicate formed to fight the eastern trust has been finally com pleted and it is stated will commence operations with a paId up capital of ten million collars. Outside of California the parties principally interested are in New York, Boston. Baltimore, Jersey City and Philadelphia,
 SAN FRANCIsCo, February 24-At the trial of John 4. Dimmig to-day, for the murder of Benhsyon, Dr, D. L.. Harlow testified tbat on the night of Bsnhsyon's 6 death be saw man and woman trying to get another man. whom he supposed was BenhAyon. to go up Gesry street with them. He positively identified the man to-day Gs Diumig and the woman ss Mrs. Zeising.
 WASHINGTON, February 24-The sec retsry of the interior has received re- port from SpecIel Agent Mason, cherg' ing the Aver Lumber Go. of Flagstaff, A. T.. and the AIiZona Lumber Co. have caused to be cut from public lands n said territory, nearly l0,500,OOO feet oi timber and 2j,000 railroad ties, value o' inc timber at tbe mill Sl43,570. of the ties. sl0.OO0. Both civil and criminal proceediuRs are recommended.
 WAsHIyGToS, February 24.- The house committee on Pacific railroads today heard testimony regarding report of the Pacific railroad commission.
 Littler, member of the Pacific roadway oommis siou, took the witness stand m the case of the Unind Pacific. He called attention 10 the fact that the bond aided poriion of the road did not embr-ce the terminal facilities and property al Omshs Kansas City and Denver which was worth a million dollars. The promoters of tbe scheme must have forseen there vould be a fsilure to pay tue government loan aud had concluded that valuable termlnal property should not be covered Inv tbe lien. The government would mol have much trouble in dealing with tho Union Pacific, as the country througf uhlch 1t and branch lines run Is wonder fuIly fertile aud capable of sustaining great system of rosds.
 Outhwsite asked how 1t would do t' take all the errniugs of the Central Pa cific for the next ten years snd at th, end of ,ha, time go for the men who hac robbed the company.
 Idttler replied that under that plaI the government would not get dollar The Central Pacific was leased to th' Soutbern Pac tic. and it was in the pow CT of the lstser to so keep the books anC SO sdjus. the matter that not dolia uould ever get into the government possesslon, "We are absolutely with out remedy until the maturity of tn debt"
 SAN FRANCISCO. February 24-NatuI al gas hos been discovered on farm Il Ss1 Nateo county. about six miles sout of Redwood City. \ hundred foot vel ves sunk year SEQ. and now one of 1000 or l5O0 feet will be sunk. Gas ha also been discovered in Contra Cost county at point about fifty feet abov tide water.
 CHARLESTON. February 25.-Presiden Cleveland and party arrived here thl morning and were rechived,st the static by the mayor and a committee Of eight aldermen and citizsns They droy through the principal streets with mi Itary escort consisting of the Chsrlesto Light Dragons and German Huzzari Upon the arr1val of the train presideE tlsl salute of 2l guns was fired by de