Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-03-17
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NEW FORK, March l3.-lt IS reported | tbs several persons perished In the storm last night. Communication IS still entirely cut of with all points south of New York. No surface cars are run ping ID the city as the SHOW Is frozen so hard that the blows cannot be used. East River is frozen hard this morning
 and many persons from Brooklyn walk ed across. Dispatches from PhilRdel-
 phis last plight said the storm was the
 worst ID over three years. No trains are
 running and LusiDsss is suspended.
 CHICAGO, March 13-The wires of the
 Western Union Telegraph Company,
 which were completely dt molished be-
 tween Chicago and Eastern points, by
 yesterdays storm, are still m very bad
 shape. One duplex wire to New York,
 Washington, Baltimore End PhIlsdei-
 phis, IS completely cut oil from direct
 communication with the west.
 PITTsBURG, March I3.--Business GU
 Pennsylvania railroad between this city
 and Philadelphia IS completely para lyZed. Suoh a blockade hss never been
 in the history of railroads in this section.
 All the trains are snowboupd and but
 little promise of their getting ou. within
 the next 24 hours. The thermometers Ht
 most places Is below zero. No mail has
 arrived from the east since last evening
 and telegraph communication IS almost
 entirely cut of.
 WAsHISGTOS, March l2--The secreta-
 " of the interior requested the attorney
 general to institute B suIt for the cancel
 lation of certain timber GU ture patents
 in the Hnmboli. California land district,
 which il Is claimed were procured
 through fraud
 WAsBISGToS, March l2-AmonR the bills
 introduced was Huniing,oa'F, providing
 a settlement of the debt of the Central
 Pacific Rsilrosd Company and a bill pro- | vidIng for commission to investigate
 the trasts and repeal the protective tariff
 on all industries belonging to trusts. A joint resolution wss passed for iuyestI- gstinR ;hs practicability of constructing
 reservoirs tor the storage of water in the
 ard regions of the United States. Bsyne,
 of Pennsylvania. rising to & question Of
 privilege, offered preamble and resOlu-
 uon looking 10 sn inquiry by the com
 mi.tee on rules into tue alleged refusal
 of the committee on ways and means to |
 grant C hearing to producers and manu-
 lecturers ID relation .o the trust. The I speaker sustained Breckenrige's point of
 order against the resolution and after l
 consideration Otths District Oi 1iumbia l
 business the bOuse adjourned,
 ST. LoUIs, March l2-It is reported l
 that starting develOpu en Is have come to |
 light at God HIll. one Of the towns where |
 mines are worked b. convict labor. A |
 negro convict. namsd Williams, was fog
 gei to death and Moses Harry (uhite)
 WIS kicked 70 dSsth by fellow convict who had been urged on by the warden.
 who it was learned VAS in the habit of
 making prisoners fight. Ina body of
 Mark Elder indicated a violent death. 1t
 has also developed that Hum mel, snCth- CT convict, wss beaten to death. As the investigation continued other horrible details came to igh. and the citizens threaten 10 hang the warden and tear down the prison barracks.
 NEW YORK. March l2-Ihs severe snow storm which ragged this morning IS general in New York state, COnnectI- cut and points south. From all the surrounding countries comes .he same report of the severest snow and wind storm n years. Business IS virtually st stand still. The down town houses  arrived with mails this morning and work st the pos;Office is suspended. Hundreds of telegraph wires gre down, the ferrys between New York, Brooklyn and New Jersey are runnIng once Rn hour or less, the wiud attained velocity of 64 miles ab hour,
 The storm is increasing, l: Is hbso- luteiy npre cecented, all business being psrslyz d at the stock exchange, courts and elsewhere, every street car ID New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and the . elevated trains sre stopped. Brooklyn | bridge and the ferries are almost shau- doned and the down town hotels sre crammed with suburbsniies, the west erners declare Dskois never furnished a blizzard equal to the one in New York to-day. q
 WISSIPEd, March l2-A terrific bliz- gard is ragIng on the north shore O, Lake Superior, and trsips on the Canada Pacific are completely blocksded. Are port IS current that trestle gave vssy S ss North Bay throwing a Canada Pacific passenger train m the chasm. The re- port Is uncobfrmed.
 NEW HAyES, Com, March I2-The [ storm in this vicinity is very had. No trains arrived from New York this morn- , ing.
 TRoY, March l2.-The snow in west ern New York Is fi | sl inctes Ceep and still falling. Traffic |. greatly impeded C
 SAN FRANCISCO, March l2-W5rd WAS ti received here to-day from the agent of n Wells, Fargo & Oc. at Fl Paso to tbe effect that United States Marshal Meade u of Arizona, whose arrest by the MeYi- = can authorities at Jsno-, ID the state of V WAS reported Saturday has been released from custody. U
 It IS stated that the arms o, Meade ~. and party were taken from thsu and '' they were allowed 10 walk about line town but not to leave 1t. r, The understanding is tbat Meade and ss party were not srrested beoguse they | .r were pursuing the Stems Psss train l ci robbers, but because they went into " Mexico with horses sud arms without SC being examined and arms without be- m ng examined by custom house author ties. The charge against them Is snug gling. * It is understood that Governor Cor 6l ilo, of Chihuahua, has promised to ss. 45 lst ID every way possible, any United N States officer ID pursai. of robbers if 60 ie should present proper passes. and lO be governor says that be will lsy the U whole BffsIr before the authorities at tbe c, )ity of Mexico,
 FL PAso, March B Governor C.r,l- 0. of tha state of Ohibushus, Was ip R1 'sso del NOrte to-day. and be stated thai .h s soon as heard that Marshal Meade was Il u rreste1 al Jcdos be telegraphet the Cs act to the federal government si the T- )ity of Mexico, and President Diaz di- I ected him to order the release of the ss risopers but not to return their arms o;. iovernor Csrillo at once dispatched ~ ourier to Jsnos Bnd the prisoners were U" elessed. President DiaZ said tbe Mexi- Oe an government would gladly detail of cers to aid the Marshal ID the Capture any train robbers If the aid was ask fro l. but the action of the Marshal in m, 1rsuing the robbers without the treaty ipulstions or the permission of Mexico, 'uld not be overlooked. Governor tht srillo told Consul Msckey at PsSo del roH orte that he had sent 6 description of yal aa.nfa ,e.k sr Nk,s s--- | l..