Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-12-15

epeclal bhys. au GAPlcciob oOSuAAc1 'A shaft No. 2, Garfield coal mine. last plight resulting in the instant death of Henry Wallace. mIuer foreman, and wound ng ten or twelve others. five of I them probably fatally. The mine has { been on fire since Thursday aud last night 6 gang was sent down 10 eDdesyor to extingulsh 1t. The men had been st work about three hours snd had the lire under control when gas iginited ID some unknown manner and an explosion fol- lowed. The mine is badly damaged.
 CHICAGO, Dec. I1-About POO officials of various railroads were addressed 10 day by Judge Cooley. of the interstate commerce commission, Judge Cooley seyerley scored the roads that have bcen guilty of determination in passanger
 rates by dealing secretly with scalpers.
 He intimated that he had sufficlent in
 formation to conyIct several agents of
 frequent violations oi the law and that
 unless the practice was stopped at once
 the offenders would be prosecuted.
 WAsHISaroN, Dec. Il-Proposals have
 been invited for upp.yinR the ordinance
 department of the army with one eight
 inch hnd eight fifteen inch pneumatic dynamite guns and the necessary sppli- auce-. Oue eight and two fifteen inch | guns gre Co be mounte1 at Sandy Hook, I \ J and two fifteen inch guns at each | nf the f flowing places: Fort Schuyler | | Winfield, Cal. The proposB will be
 opened scout the end of next month,
 NcaALEs, Ariz., Dec. l1.-Lsst even ing reguslr railroad pay train en rou e to ,this city was fired into rear Ban lg-
 nAcIo station, fifty miles sonth in Sono-
 rs. One shot passed through the car
 window and another through the cab of
 the engine, woundIug brakeman Borard
 in the head, It IS thought the deed vas
 committed for mis thief and not for the
 purpose of robery,
 . ROME, Dec. 1l.-A sensation has been caused by the Pope's refusal to bless the medals and relinQueries sent to Rome 3 by an Irish priest who intended them ' for distribution in Ireland. The Pope , stsrnly says: "I cannot bless them; the g people of Ireland are dis obedient. They 2 seem to prefer Gospel Dillon and ] O'Brien to Gospel Jesus Christ" '' WIsHISaIoS, Dec. ll-Ssndy and
 Grosvenor who supported tbe direct tax !, bill which the latter said was & measure . | of justice to each section ot the country z Buckalew of Ps. opposed Holly of taking z money from the national treasury for 1, distribution among the states and m the !; name of Pennsylvania he protested
 against throwing into her treasury the !, sum of twJ million dollars to dissrraDge S a we'll orceived plan and well indus trial fnan oisl system snd to test the
 wisdom and integrity O. her legislature. s Allen of Mississippi and Enleo of Tenn S also opposed the bill and after further 5 debate the committee rose and the house d adjourned.
 D. SAN FRAsCIsoo, December 1l.-Best
 Belcher, S,75 Crocker, co Choller 3.65 e. Con. Virsinis, 10.5O; Confidence 15.OO ee Gould & Curry, co; Hale < Norcros e. 75; Locomotive, 20: Peer. 60 Peerless R. l.65 Potosi, 320; Ophir, I75; Savage g- 400; Sierra Nevada, 3 55; Union; Con. y- 65; Yellow Jacket, 513
 ,e WAsHISGToS, Dec l2-But little morn n. ing business SO tariff bIll quickly tskei te up. The question being the amend a ment offered by Jones of Arkansas tt
 admit Hoop'orlband iron, cotton ties etc
 free of duty instead taxing 1t 10 cent s per pound The question whether O.
 | le planter and if so how much. Discussed "a st length y Berry and Hiscock, snt 10 after a long debate amendment rejected IS Yeas Is noes 23. Pacific railroad fund T. ing bill special order of ? o'clock passed ls over without action.
 es PARIS, Dec 1.-The Panama canal CIT .h sis cxcites great interest. Public sub In scriptions close tomorrow. There ar B. smsll prospects that The bonds will b h. taken. Financial houses have discredli at ed the report that the government VII T. eventually subsidiEe or givc gubfhLt te III for the Panama company as they beliCv el that Amerlcs wIll not tolerate the cor
 version of the Panama canal venture iu o to state enterprise. DeLesseps no' =, hopes to save the vrospect by invitiu
 England, AmerIca and other great pow CTS to contribute ID ratio to their ton tn mage with equal shares in control Of tb n canal
 iiI WASHINGTON, Dec l2-Tbe river an a. harbor appropriation bill wns repOrte gu to the house this morning and som
 changes made, As finally agreed upc es if appropriates Sll, ,9O6, $50. Follow in are some of he items. Humbolt, Cal u fornia, S67, GOO; Oeklsnd, Csliforril ao sI66OOO; Coos Bay, Oregon. S6O, OOC h YRauina Bay, Oregon, Sl00,OOO; osnf pc at Cascades. Oregon. sl50 900; Mout rt of OolumbIs river, Oregon, S250,OO, nt Lawer Willamette and Columbia river O Oregon, S60.0OO.
 ls WASHINGTON, Dec l2.-This sfternoO III the president sent the following nom he nations to tha senate. OrrIn B.. Hollsn 'si Kentucky, deputy first auditor of ireHi 1t ury, Vice E P. Baldwin resigned. Wa
 ter l., Bragg, Alabama, interstate con 'er merce commissioner, also large ruu cd Der of army and navy promotions an nd after recess the appointment of posi- ny msstors.
 WIsHIseros, Dec 12-Blsnchsrd ( h. La. reported river and harbIr bill. r' ng ferred to committee of whole. Sens' lse amendments to department of sgricu ng ture bill now concurred II. O'Neail ( ed Ind submitted report of committee O
 election in California contested slectio ed case of Sullivsn against Fulton. Th ed report which finds Ia favor of SallIvsi a1- together with the view of minority COT
 frming Fulton's title to sesD placed O u calendar, House then went into con m. mfttse of whole on direct tax bill. ire The direct tsx bill passed with amend Is. ments. Yees IFS, nsysSj.
 ,Ii BOSTON, Dec. 12.-Tvo medical s,uC d ents, Bluhme and Eichler fought a du, nd to-day with axes. Bluhme was mortsll
 wounded. The duel was the result of
 quarrel.
 T SAN FRAsCIsco. Dec. 12.-Infornntio sx received here states that the stesmC
 Yaquins Bay, which was recently pul .n chased in the east by the Oregon D m- yelopment Company, and which Tel ia, here last Tuesday on her first trip n. Yaquina City. was totally wrecked m Yaquins Bay th,s morning by slrikin he oa the bottom inside of the bay. IL n, believed the passengers and crew ai 'ss safe. The loss to the company will itb over two hundred thousand dollars, co' mi cred by insurance.
 'n' CLEVELAND, o. Dec. PA water mai no burst CD Hanover street early this morl
 , ing and 8 racing torren, went throug lAta tsc