Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-08-24
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STOCKTON August 2l-The prelimi- nary examination of Nagle was held this morning at ten o'clock. As Nagle is in the custody of Federal authorities, his examination was postponed until Fri day. 3e viii be continued two days at time urJil the matter of jurisdiction is fsttlcG The District Attorney called on the Sheriff to produce the prisoner at the preliminary examination, and the Sheriff made return showing the issu- apce of a writ of habeas corpus by the Circuit court and the delivery of Naele to tae Federal authorities. As the oie:tiT had his counsel there, he could not take the advice of the District at toFney.
 -CINcINNATI, August 21.--Amid boom ing of cannon and cheers from the vast rGititude gathered at central station, the President arrived hereat quarter after ter o'clock The party secluded Presidei Harrison, Attorney General hlilicr, Secretary Rusk and others. Battery F. of Ohio National Guard, fired a salnte, which added to the cheering as the President made his way to his carr iage. After arriving at Burnett House, he was given a perfect oration. Later, at Builders Exchange, an address was made by President Allison of that body. ALBANY, August 21-In the cases of Chas Giblan. Jas. Nolan, and John Lew is, three of the five murderers confined in the Tombs at New York, waiting exc eution Friday, the Governor will grant ! Giblan a respite for GO days. Applied tions of Nolan and Lewis for executive clemency is denied.
 DLIMARA, N. Y.. August 21-Bad wreck occurred on the Erie Road, at Big Flats last night. Two freight trains | collded. and the fiagman sent back to signal No. ?, failed to obey orders. Two engines and about dozen | cars were burned. Ergineer Wallace and fireman Kimball were fatally scalGed.
 | SAN FRANcIsCo, August 21-William l T. Higgins, widely known as Republi- | can politician, died at his residence in this city, at 8 o'clock this morning. | Higgins was born in Ireland in 1879, and arrived in Boston when one year old. He came to California in 1S49, hay ing been married in the east. He had | been suffering from heart disease for the past two years. but was out walking Monday as usual, and was conscious up 1 to the last moment.
 PITTsBURG, August 21-The gasoline stiii of Miller & Son. exploded this morning with frightful noise. The en- 1 tire plant was destroyed. Loss nearly Sl, l,OO0,O)0. Theodore Miller, engineer, perished in the flames.
 l BAR HARBoR, August 21-Wm. Walter 1 Phelps, Minister to Germany, is guest of Blaine.
 LONDON, Aug. 21.-Home Secretary 1 ! at Iews has been in consultation with J, hl W. Addison, the leading counsel 10 D 'osecutior in the trial of Mrs. May bnch.
 LONDON, August 21. The strike of dock laborers is spreading. One | thousand men belonging to the Commercial Docks, joined the strik- CTS to-day. Socialists are trying to lead the movement, the red flag being dis played. Three thousand dock men
 marched through the city to-day. i REH0. Nevada, August 21.-The Sen otc Com;aittee on reclaimation of arid lands arrived here today. The party
 consist.-;i of Senators Stewart, Reagan
 ard ,io3cs, and Major Powell and R. J.
 Hinton of the United States geographi-
 cal survey, other senators having drop
 ped of at various places, The party
 met with receptions all along the line,
 being greeted with bands and fireworks
 at some points, The Senators are conf
 dent that Congress will appropriate am nia funds to enable surveys to be carried
 on. Major Powell estimates that an in
 creased appropriation of nearly S1,0O0,- 600 will be needed for the survey fund. The committee took much testimony at
 Salt Lake City, and important data was prepared. The committee have looked oyer reservoir sites, all told bringing
 70.00O,0O0 acres of arid land under culti- vatiou.
 SAN FRANCIsco, August 21.-The sen-
 atorial committee on arid lands arrived Tn Reno this evening. According to the present arrangement it will arrive in
 San Francisco Saturday, escorted by a
 special committee of the state board
 of trade. 4 conference of the state board of trade with the senators is now being arranged for Monday or Tuesday of next week. at which meeting pro gramme of visits to various parts of the state and coast will be agreed upon. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Ex-Governol
 Crawford, against whom 1t was proposed ! to institute proceedings for having, as . attorney of the Creek Indians received 10 Der cent of the S2,2S0.857 proceeds oi
 the sale of about 2,400,O00 acres of thelr
 lands in Oklohama. today filed with the
 Secretary of the Interior sworn state
 meDt to the effect that his original con. | nlro hr
 the Secretary of the Interior in 1885
 The rate of remuneration, however, waf reduced to 615 per cent. In 1888 the
 Creek national council approved the new contract restoring the old rate of ter
 per cent. Secretary Villas last February
 notified Crawford that unless he surren dered the contract and looked to the In
 dians for compensation he would defeat
 tue measure to pay the Indians, then pending in Congress. Crawford says be 1 agreed under protest to this arrange ment, and that the Indians fixed the compensation which he received.
 SAN BERNARDINo, August 21.-Ths
 superintendent of streets having report
 ed after an investigation, that great l frauds had been practiced in laying the
 cily' s sewers, the city council has passed 
 resolutions concerning the sewers. The citizens are preparing to hold indigna ti meetings at which the council is to be urged not to pay the contractors for
 their work.
 WASHINGTON, August 21.- Secretary Windom has decided to make change
 in the present method of the appoint
 ment of special agents of the treasury
 Hereafter those designated for appoint ment at stated compensation must ap- pear before a board of examiners for the purpose of testing their fitness, and ap- pointments will be considered probation ary for six months.
 WASHINGTON. August 21.-Neither the
 State nor the Treasury Department has
 had any further newsof the seizures of
 illegal sealers in Behring sea by the rev. enue cutter Rush, and it is thought the Capt. of the Rush could not have known