Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-06-15

Beaver has invited Governor Hill O : New York, to join him in special proc
 lamation to the people of Pennsylvanii and New York, asking for contribution in the churches to morrow, for the suf ferers of the Seattle fire and appointing Grover Cleveland, George w. Childs anC Jay Gould as a committee of distribu
 tion.
 | MONTREAL, June 8-Phidham of Aus
 tralia is here making inquiries about the
 Canadian Pacific Railroad as mail route
 in behalf of Australia. He says there is
 a very great feeling of annoyance in Aus
 tralia against the American government for not assisting the mail service between the two countries.
 | CHICAGO, June 8.-Peter Mcclellan on the stand in the cronin inquest this morning, testified ths the came here from Philadelphia which he says was the re- suit of a quarrel about woman. On the night of the murder witness was in Pullman.
 SEATTLE, June S.-The burnt district comprises about 130 acres, comprising the solid built portion of the city. At a i conservative estimate the loss will be fifteen million dollars and most probably twenty. The insurance is small and many merchants are bankrupted and others are seriously crippled. WASHINGTON, June 8.-In recognition of the services rendered by King Mataafa | during the hurricane at Samoa, the navy department will send him a whale boat of the latest model, accompanied by an | autograph letter from the President The boat will be accompanied to Apia by committee made up of surviving officers. They will leave probably next August.
 Admiral Kimberly has recommended that the Trenton and Vandalia be aban- doned. They probably will be. WASHINGTON, June S-In the case of Captain George A. Armes, U. s. A., re- tired, sentenced by Court Martial to be discharged from the service, the Presi- dent has commuted the sentence in con- sideration of previous good service and some mitigating circumstances connect ed with the offence, to confinement with in such limits as the Secretary of War may prescribe and the deprivation of the right to wear uniform and the insignia of his rank for five years.
 JoHNsTowN, June 10- There is no change in the general situation.
 WILKEsBARRE, June 10 The local passenger train was derailed by broken axle this morning. It rolled down an embankment. There are no fatalities, but six persons were seriously injured.
 ROSEBUD, Dak., June 1O-The feeling among the Indians is now almost unani- nous in favor of the bill. High Hawk and Two Strike are the only prominent Indians who have not signed.
 WASHINGTON, June Surgeon Gen eral Hamilton is in Johnstown He re- ports no danger of an epidemic at Johns town.
 NEW YORK;. June 10-The Grand Jury have found an indictment against Drs Irwin and Ferguson who performed the autopsy on the body of Washington Irving Bishop the mind reader, for violat ing the sanitary laws.
 JoHNsTowN, June 10.-Sixteen bodies were recovered this morning of which five were identified. All were residents of Johnstown. Rev. Father Troutline, pastor of the church of the Immaculate Conception, reports out of a congrega- tion of $50 he has certainly lost 113 and thinks that probably the drowned will reach 150.
 PIERRE Dak., June 10-Engines start cd to-day to survey the road through to the Pacific coast. The road is to be called the Midland Pacific. Pierre will be the eastern terminus, It Is believed to be backed by the Illinois Central.
 CLEVELAND, June 1S.lThe excitement caused a month ago by the disappear ance of pretty Maggie Thompson, aged 9 years, has been revived. The remains were found under the house of Henry Leith, a neighbor of Thompson's this morning. A son, Otto Leith, aged 16, confessed that he attempted to ravish the child, and failing, he murdered her and concealed the body.
 DETROIT, June 10-A. s. Hatch, su- perintendent of the electric light works at Johnstown, says that liquor is respon- sible for the loss of at least three thou sand lives during the flood. He says that after the water rose the first floor the men invaded the saloons and nearly one thousand drunken men were in the streets. They caught and dragged others down, and their families perished for lack of their assistance.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 10-Up to noon today the subscription to eJohnstown relief fund, amounted to over sixty thou sand dollars.
 MILWAUKEE, Jane 1O.-Sam Tip Jap ho 01 0f0 IA @1o girls into his laundry for immoral pur for fifteen years,
 LocKHAvEN, Pa.,-The citizens to-day issued call to the people of the United States for aid to clear the debris from the streets and thus prevent an cpl demic.
 UTICA N. r., June 1O.-A cyclone pass ed through Port Leydon and the adja- cent coantry yesterday afternoon, over turning houses, trees, fences and dama- ging crops. The loss will be very heavy. The streets of Port Layton are impassa ble on account of the wreckage. Only one life was reported lost.
 SEATTLE, w. T., June 8.-The entire
  ing but shocking ruins. About three o'clock Thursday afternoon some turpen- tine caught fire in the basement of a two story building on the southwest corner of Front and Madison streets The alarm was instantly turned on and the volunteer fire department responded promptly, but it was impossible to make headway against the flames. This build ing, like most others of it's kind in the business center, was not detached, but was the corner of row of frame build ings, all joined together and of various heights. Within ten minutes from the time it started the flames developed into a confagration. The adjoining building was a wholesale liquor store, As soon as the fire reached the barrels the liquor exploded with terrific report and scat tered the timbers about. The Denny block was soon licked up completely. This cleaned ont the entire square. The