Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-25
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 gether at the corner Of First and Tenn pie streets, when suddenly one of them fired a pisiol and ran away. The other man fell with wound In tbe abdomen and Ees afterwards taken home where I. was found that lis name was BeDir- men Weinsn. Tas affair Is still shroud ed m mystery.
 WAsHIAGToS Aug. 2l-Discussion on the Fseuon srolIstiOn claims section was resumed but without concluding the debate the committee rose and the house proceed d to tbe consideration of res0- u,ions sc ,epting OB behalf of congress statutes of Richard Stockton and Phil lip Ke5rney presented by the state oi New Jersey to be placed in 3tstuAry dall. The resolutions were adopted and tbe house resumed considsEstica of the deficiency bill. No action taken and house Goyourned,
 SANTA Rosa Aug. 2l-Joseph Fry, one of tue robbers who killed constable Abe CrinRle, of Cloverdale. while the latter Eaa At.. nptiDg to arrest them, pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree to-day and will be sentenced next Tues day.
 TcLEDo, August 2l.-General Hsrri- son arrived st 4.3J r. m. and WAS met by reception committee who escorted lim to tte resIde1ce of Mr. CummIngs whose guest the General and wife will De. There was a large reception ID the syeniDg and General Harrison made lengthy speech.
 SAN FRASCIsCo, August 2l.-There was some agitation in grain circles to- day owing to the sudIen market sd- vance ia price of wheat. The market mad been strerg .heuing a d prices grad ually sdVsocing for several days and ..is morSing spot wheat in the legiti- nate market reached one dollar and 0 nslf Der censgl. Quotation for spot wheat last week was l 4lll to l4212 Speculation vas bT.sk tbis mornug. BuyCr5 oi 1888 wheat opened at GA and rose ai ones to 65 with liberal sales. From this figure the advance vss gradual until l66i was reached when ttcre ws5 slIgnt It action and marke. closed st l.66.
 BALTIyil IRE, August 24-Speoisl from Still POzd Keut Co, gives particulars of 'he cyclone yesterday afternoon. 4 .srge frame building cccueied as a eau nIng establishment by Black q Kre 6, af Bait more. WAS struck and completely demolished, 100 men, women snd child -en were at yo.k of whom niue were killed outright, three dangerously hurt, and 6 number slightly injured.
 pEs MoIsEs Is., August 22.-The Re publican State Convention net this morning.
 MmwAUKEE; August 22.-The Repub- licsn State Convention met st noon to- day.
 CHARLIE TON. August 22.-The Repub- iics4 State Cony nyention me. to-day.
 WIsBISGToS Aug. 2l-Morgan said .hst he would ask the senate tomorrow 10 proceed to the consideration O; the bill relating to the debt of the UaioD Pacific Tailroad company,
 Plumb sad Le hoped the bill would not be passed at this session ss be had & very important amendment to make to it aud FGld he would ask the senate to let the bill go over.
 Plat said he wonld insist on the con- siders,ion of the bill for the sdmIssion ss a state of Washington territory with out delsy, and after thst he would csll the bill for ihe admission of Montana and northern DakOts.
 The house Gm niment to the prohi- b.sion bill WAS concurred in and the bill goes to the President.
 The conference report on the naval appropriation bill was also agreed to- Adjourned.
 WAsHISCIoN, Aug. 22-The military com littee Of tbe senate reported a bill today granting the widoE of Gen. Shsr- idsu pensIun but reduced the amount from five to three thousand dollars.
 BALTIMORE, August 22.-Tha reports of the storm in the southern portion of the State show the damage to bs beyond the village of Ssiilpond ID Kent Co, with blown down, and ten people are re- ported killed.
 PIT BURG, August 22.-The Hangar isn Camp below town n submerged Rn6 many Hlngsrians barely escaped drown ing. Iae towns of Larimar, Shsfton, Irwin. Bean and Mayor are partially under water and many of the inhsbi- tant5 gre living. n upper stories. Iu ttis city wOrk nas been snspenie in many ni, snd factories. The railroads are tla grentest sufferers and 70 trains have arrived or departed over the B. ti- more au Oaio since yesterday. At o. 1ela ssstiOn there are seven acres of & and slide. EhIle every bridge and cul- vert on the Wheeling Division is washed away.
 PTTTsBURG. August 22.-The floods have almost reached their limit here. The damage will be quite heavy, Re ports from sjoining 'ls.ricts state that be valleys are overh wed and the dam age 10 crcps osn scarcely be esiimsted, The scene thls mor,ing was one Of great devastation. One person was killed.
 SAs FRANoI co Aug 22-The steam sLi9 City o' Obester, Csft. Wallace, ~hich let the dock at 9-S0 this morning Tor Eu-esR, California, WAS rua into sni sunk by the large iron steamship Oceanic, just arriving from China. The disaster occurred n a heavy fog cff Aioa- az aud nearly opposite For. Point Lines were thrown from the City oi Oee5ter to O,ea2lc immediately and nade fast whiie quick preparation was make to trausier the passengers to the Oceanic. This was done under the sn. psryision Of Capt. Wallace who remain d On the bridge until water was sweep ing over the deck of his vessel. The Chester flied rapidly and sank within a Few minutes sitter the collision. While it IS positively known that large nun. Der of passengers and all bat three oi the crew were saved 1t Is not yet known :ue exact loss of life.
 Capt. Wsllsce of the City of Chester describes the iog as bsiog so thick that It wEs impossible to see more than q few yards. He heard Oceanic's whistle which be answered and supposed they would clear each other, cut suddeoly be ssv her hull come out of the fog ana there WAS Q possibility of getting out of tke way. The boy of the Oceanic struck tbe Chester on port side md tte crash was terrible. Every effort vas made to get the passengers on the Oceanic but the Chester filled So rapidly hat she sank in ten minutes, and Il was i'm possible to get sll the passengers off The Captain vas among thoge Eho veut fo<n Vi;h the steamer. He said tbs people were ID the water on every eide of him sud he thinks thss very is- of them were esved. The Oceanic boats T e I A..a |