Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-06-16

| this evening for the consideration of prl vase pension bills.
 PIfrsBURa June 6.-A deficiency o $l5, ,65O IS discovered in the accounts o ex-Sheriff Gray of AlleEhany county who retired from office few weeks sg, on account of sickness. The sheriff doe not deny there may be Q deficiency sris ing from unbalanced books and has ask ed for an expert examination.
 BOSTON June 9.-Nesrly all of th, Massachusetts delegates Co Chicago. snC several members of the state censra committee met and made an ineffectus attempt to unite on a candidate for pre- sidency. The delegation is divided in preferences between Gresham, Sher man. Harrison snd Depew.
 WEST POINT, N. Y. June 9Th, graduating exercises of the military academy commenced to-day with a cav airy drill in Riding Hall. The smal galleries were crowded, and the cadets gave @ splendid exhibition of horsemAn- ship. jumping hurdles, cutting of i'm sginsry heads while riding full speed vaulting into saddles and pertormins other fests. The last drill sil taks place this evening. and the sermon tC graduating class will be delivered to morrow.
 WAsHsGroS, June D. The crop re- port issued by the Department of Agri- culture, shovs some reduction in the seeding of the winter wheat area, in some states. though the average breadth Is but Alightly reduced. In several western states there WAS considerable loss in area, from freezing. The compsr. stiye reduction of breadth is about one snd three tourths million acres. The reduction for the entire winter wheat region IS placed at seventy-two per cent. srd there has been c slight average de cresse for the spring wheat region.
 CINCINNATI, June 9.-An attempt was msds to rob train 6 few miles from here, last night. The robbers appeared on the platform of the baggage car and fired through the door striking baggage master Joseph Ketohum in four places. One of the robbers was knocked od the car by the engineer and all escaped in the darkness by jumping from the train which was running st full spred.
 BosToS, June 9-Nssrly all the Mssss- chusetts delegates to Chicago and sey- ersl members of the state central com mIttee dined together iu this city. this afternoon and informally discussed the candidates. An effort was made to unite the delegation on some one man, but the attempt failed. The dele gstion is divid- ed m its preference between Gresham, Sherman, Harrison and Depew. IL was thought that Depev might become the general choice, but 1t may be ssid au- thoritatively that the delegation cannot be united in his favor.
 PHILADELPHIA, June 9-The fling of papers in the suIt of Count MiltkowitZ against Wharton Barker, caused 6 sen sation in financial circles in this city to- day. Barker refused to See newspaper men. One of the subscribers to ihe blind pooT said to-day that Barker has tue Count on the "hip." Barker has receipts for sll money spent iu China. We never agreed to give what he claims He was to get nothing except cash con- sideration for services and & small inter est ID the company. We are still at work, but of course Mitkovi,z is not with us, and until We are quite through We cannot tell the public just where the concessions stand. You can say, how ever. that ve expect to put the scheme through. don't know what Mir. Barker intends to do sbout the Counts suit, I don, suppose he will pay much aiten- ton to it.
 AUGUSTA, Me, June 9.-lt may be 6 surprise to many in the nght of Blsine's two letters of deolination, that there is 8 we'll defued and strong feeling manifest among some of Blsine's friends here. that he may be .he candidate of the party in the coming campaign. The nomina- ton of Thurman IS regarded by the re- publicsns here as very wise one, and as strengthening the party in the west. "What is to be done? the Blaine men ask Almost daily reports are received here from different sec ions of the coun- try lsmenting the withdrawal of Blaine and declaring that 1t cannot be accepted. Colonel Allen, delegate from the third Maine district, who has just returned from the west says he finds the Blaine men decidedly set against the dsclinstion and opposing its acceptance with deter minstion. Many republicans here think that the only thing to do if the demand for the Name man continues. it is Co nonicste him. It is acknowledged that he does not want the nomination. but ii IS said by his supporters that if after re- pssted bslloting the relative strength of the other candidate does not change ms. terially, then the convention ought tc turn to him as one man, and give him their unanimous and hearty endorseme li In such sn event, they ask, can he refuse to accept?
 CHICAGO June 9.-"The republicans will win next fsD just ss sure ss the dsy is long," said Judge M. A. Luce, of Sar Diego California st the Pacific Hotel last evening.
 "Judge, is tbere any Gresham senti- ment in your ststeT
 Well, one bears more about Judge Gresham in our state than any other candidate. You know, of course. ve were for Blaine out there, but VIC are | for Gresham nov sud think l sm right when say most of our delegation will cast votes for the great Iurist when they come 10 the Chicago convention There may be one or two exceptions You see | Gresham has a good record for our peo pie, and an no,her.thing just now you heal . sood deal about Cleveland and Thur man carrying California. The Cslifor- ni. dslea ssion to the SL Louis oonven tiou made a good deal of noise, but Cal itornis vill go republican sure ss fate. Il is bound 10 do it. Why only 6 fes days before left was talking Co ont of our most prominent citizins, 6 mon led man, and be is not 6 msnufsoture either, and is lifelong democrst, sait he: If they nominate Grover Cleveland at St. Louis, will not vote for him sm afraid of his position on the tariff
 We don't want s man president of th United States who will be for ever harp ,ng congress to reduce tariff There ar
 lot of men like hsm on the coast, con
 tinued Judge Luce. The republican
 are sure of carrying three ot the Psoih
 ooast ststes just like they earned Orego
 lev days SEQ.
 VIENNA, June 9.-Herr 6molks rs elected president of the Austrian delsst tiou to-day. In sn address 70 the men
 bers hs referred teelinaly 10 the death
 Emperor William of Germany and eu losized the present German empero who, he said was inspired by the sam noble and pescesul spirit that hsd II ] spired his father. , The Hungarian delegstiou electe Herr Ludwig Lurzs, president.
 PTrrsBuRa, June 9-The nstion [ committee of Knights of Labor Irc | workers, which has been in session f' : | .a,o,r,sd thfa aftaruOf