Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-28

" NASh1NOION, Oopl. ZO.-OeCT0JdTy y Noble has transmitted to the director of the geographical survey a report by special agent Morrison on the condition of the Casa Grande great house ruins in Pinal county, Arizona, with instructions to take necessary steps to repair and protect the ruins under authority grant ed in an act of March ?, 1889, appropria- ting 5000 for that purpose. The ruins are regarded as one of the most inter- esting remains of the prehistoric age found on this continent.
 Special Agent Morrison says: "The front of the main building measures 60 feet and 43 feet wide. The first story is 13 feet high, the second feet, third and fourth. feet. The greater part of the upper story has disappeared. The walls are between four and five feet thick and the material of which they are construct ed Is almost indestructable concrete lulJ of fine gravel sand and cement, c.osel: -eseia5iiag graLo,its:c now used in v .sllngyDn. ine waiis, both inside an: outside are plastered With cement, whcl cings to them with wonderful .i@5ity, on the inside being smooth and g.os-v 8s the bs4, lari finished inter iass ot .be present day.
 Tho i.ral s+sIs '- lsar.y h.Iei up vii Grabbing aa5t.e a4-- 5irif5,a, sand of toe plains. Inc doles .d which the ceiling timbe~s were placed, ar5 plainly visible, but every particle has been car ried away by relic hunters, and the dis integration of the walls has been 30 rapid of late years that if measures are not immediately taken to strengthen them, the whole structure will fall into a shapeless ruin."
 The report says that for miles around the mysteri ous Casa Grande, noun ds now hardly distinguishable from the desert sands, bear indisputable evidence of having been at some remote period, adobe structures. Morrison says he is convinced that tho old Casa Grande was not used for either religious or war-like purposes. The superiority of architec- ture of it has outlived all other struc- lures by which it was surrounded. The small apartments into which it was di- vided, and the elegance of the interior finish, all point to the conclusion that it was the palace of the King or Chief who governed the primitive American who inhabited these vast domains ages be- fore the Aztecs or Toltecs. The most ancient of traditions of the Pimas and Papagos, who yet live here where their fathers lived for centuries, alluded to them as the Ruins" The earliest his toric record we have of the Casa Grande was given by the famous Spanish Cav alier and explorer, Cabeza de Baca, who discovered it during his journey across the contin mt, about 1537. A few years later the famous explorer Don Fran co de Coronado, Governor of New Cali cia, who led an expedition into New Mexico, states that the Pima Indians, then 320 years ago, had no knowledge of the origin or history of the town which they believed had existed there. It had always been ruins to them, and to theIr ancestors. Kilo and Mange, who visited there in 1894, also gave an account of twelve other runs in the vicinity. Fla ther Pedro Faut, in TIT found them in much the same condition. He describes the main building as an oblong square, facing the cardinal points of the com pass, the exterior wall extending from north to south 430 feet, and from east to vest 320 feet. We thus see," gays ',iorrison, what the storms of 1l0 years made, and the necessity of immediate action to save the remnant from com plete destruction.
 SARATOGA, September 25-The Re publican state convention was called to order this afternoon. Chauncy M Depew was chosen temporary chairman. After three cheers were given several times, he addressed the convention When Depew referred to rumors of Re- publican dissention in the state, and then showed that the Republican party of the state were all here, dele gates shouted their approval, and craDed their necks to see how Ex-Senator Mil Ter, and Senator Hiscock, received the utterance. Both these gentlemen were immovable of feature. however. The usual committees were appointed, and recess taken until 3 o'clock
 NEW YORK September 25-The jury in the Ives case disagreed this morning and were discharged. They stood ten for conviction and two for acquittal. Ives was remanded to the Tombs prison.
 BosroN, Sept. 25-The Republican state convention was called to order this morning. The usual committees were appointed and ex-governor Robinson was selected for permanent chairman.
 KANSAS CITY, September 25.-The Bankers Association met here today, One thousand bankers were present from all parts of the country.
 BERLIN, PENN, September 25-Yester- day boiler at the saw mill of Pritse Bros, exploded. John Pritse, Edward Pritse, Olivor Ross, David Ross, and Da- vid Baker, all well-known young men of this vicinity, were instantly killed. Two brothers named Brandt were badly in- jured, but may recover. The mill was completely wrecked.
 WINoNA, Mss, September 25-Early this morning a mob of two hundred citi- zens entered the jail and took Sol Pur rell, negro, and hanged him to rail road trestle. Purrell was accused of as- saulting fifteen year old daughter of prominent citizen.
 SAN RAFAEL, CAL, September 5 Last Monday evening George Heary, a guard at the San Quentin prison, M. T. Smith, railroad foreman, T. Robinson, a harness maker, and Charles Chenette, a saddler, left San Quentin in a small boat on fishing excursion. The bay was rough at the time. They have not been seen since, and it is believed they were drowned, as their boat was found upturned in the bay last night