Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-04-27

| NEW IOHk, ApIll lJ.-dG DID JnlS d
 ternoon three alarms of fire and ca
 for ambulances crested quite sensatio
 on Fifty ninth street and Ninth Avenu,
 The fire was in Wilcox & Co.'S large Tt
 finery. Vanderbilt elevator "A, whic
 is near by burned, and elevator "B" is il
 flames. The damage is now estimate
 at s1,5OO,OOO. Some people have bee
 killed and several badly injured,
 LATER.-The largest and fiercest fir
 witnessed here for years swept the eas
 bank of the North river clear to-day
 from 95th street to Goth street of tha
 street which ran to the river. It de
 stroyed more than s1,5OO,OOO worth O property belonging to the New Yorl Central Railroad company, at at leas S5O0OO0 worth of lard, flour and the lik,
 belonging to other persons, notably, N
 K. Fairbank, the great Chicago larC
 mercnant. The flames destroyed twC
 big elevators of the Vanderbilt system
 and the big brick building stretching
 from 59th to Goth street and occupied
 jointly by the Fairbank lard refinery
 and the ROsseter stores, and wiped out
 the dock property of the New York Cen
 tral railroad from 59th to Goth street
 Henry Benning, workman in the Fair.
 bank refinery, was killed by jumping
 from a third story window and many
 others were injured by jumping, but in the great confusion attending the con fiagration the names and exact injuries of but very few were attainable. Ru- mors were rife all the evening that a number of workmen were caught and burned in the refinery, but it has been impossible to verify them.
 CALDWELL, April 19.-To-day one thousand covered wagons were slowly moving along the Reno trail. They are as fine body as ever went into a new country and most of them are from Kan sas and Nebraska. Guns are on every wagon and across every saddle bow. The owners are men who will use them to keep peace and not to make trouble.
 CALDWELL, April 19.-The stream of wagons continued unabated all through to-day. One man living close to the bridge line kept count of teams passing and up to o'clock this afternoon, 1;153 had gone to Oklahoma.
 WELLINGTON, Kan, April 19.-A cow boy from Caldwell who arrived late last night says the Cimmaron river is very high, and up to the time he left there, eighteen persons had been drowned in trying to ford the stream.
 WELLINGTON, Kan, April 18.-Word was brought here last night from Pur- cell by man who was there yesterday, that a great deal of lawlessness exists along the southern border of Oklahoma. One man was "held up" on the street in Purcell in broad daylight and robbed 1f $500 Boomers have either purchased )r hired every available horse in the and will mount and wade through the Canadian river just before loon. On Monday, when the signal is o drop at noon, sharp, there will be a desperate land race on the opposite ,ank Gamblers and toughs declare hat they will let no one pass certain distance who is not one of them.
 WASHINGTON, April -Supertindent Bell of the foreign mail service, received
 communication from the postal author ties of Germany recommending the as- ablishment of a sea post offices for the of the German and Ameri- an mails on ship board. The secretary f the imperial government Post office n his communication thinks these post ffices could greately facilitate the work f American Exchange officers by ,distri- 'uting the mail from Germany for Imerica during a trip from Germany to Jew York, and vice versa for immediate from terminal ports
 PITTSBURGH, April 19-A special from lima, Ohio, says the Standard Oil Com any to-day closed deal whereby they ecame possessors of majority of the tock of the Ohio Oil Company. This | ives them control of the Lima field. l he Ohio company is composed of an ssociation of producers. In this field | heir leases cover 15,0O0 acres, with a | ally production of 5000 barrels of oil. | considerable portion of the territory | yet undeveloped. The prices paid for | he stock is said to range from 90 to 75 l ents. c. F, Lufkin conducted the bu- | mess for the Standard company. They | ave large force of men engaged in en- | ,rging their refinery grounds here with | he intention of making the Lima works | 1e greatest refinery in this country.
 PRESCOTT, Arizona, April 19.-The | bel case of T. w. Johnson against Rob- | Tt E. Morrison, lately appealed by de- sndant from Apache county, has just | cen reversed by the supreme court. he case arose out of an article pub shed in the Albuquerque Citizen by le defendant concerning Apache coun- 7 affairs, in which the words fine ork" appear. The words are charged | y the plaintiff to mean bribery and cor lption.
 At Philadelphia-Athleticts3 3, Brook lnd2.
 At Cincinnati Cincinnati 4, St Louis
 At Baltimore-Baltimore 3, Columbus
 At Duisville e-Louisville 5, Kansas its 8.
 WASHINGTON, April 19-The orders gned by Assistant Adjutant General elton supposed to have resulted from le cabinet meeting held this afternoon ave been sent to the commanding gen. ral of the division of Missouri at Chi ago, notifying him that the president | as directed General Merritt to act in onjunction with the U. $. Marshals in warrents; making arrests and uelling riots in Oklahoma.
 PITTsBURG, Pa April 19lThis yasjj 1e hottest day of tic year, the emercury sachIng S2 degrees in the shade. Two en were overcome by the heat.
 WASHINGTON, April 19.-The board of ureau officers which have been con- dering the proposals received for build lg armored coast defense vessels have ,ported to the secretary of navy. It is that the board finds it is not ossible to build the vessel under the west bid, S160OOO and comply with the 'rms of the act of congress fixing the ,tal cost of naval rams, batteries and ,her naval structures to be built under s authorization at S2,OOS, 900. The sxt move of the department is to re- lvertise for proposals and if that fails secure a reduction then an appeal to ,ngress will be made for an increase in le limits of the total cost.
 LITBoN, April 22-Forty two of the crew and 320 passengers ar- ved here on the steamer "Acar" from 3 Azones. The Danmarck's engines ara disahlad op March dth Naxt dav |