Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-08-10

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 PLAINFIELD, August 1.-The estimate of damage done by the flood from the broken dam at Faltville to the Cadmas | dam is $25O,OOO. The large upper dam | at Faltvills is reported as leaking badly. | It holds back lake mile and aquarter long and-if it gives away Scottish plains and Farvood will probably be swept out of existence sand Plainfield be inunda ted.
 .CLEvEIAND, August 1.-Axtell, the wonderful three-year old, went a mile today for s25O0, beating his own record. He made it with a running mate in 2:1494.
 NEW YORK. August 1.-The steamer La Champagne of the French line which left yesterday for France, had among its cabin passengers no less than twenty three members of one family. MT. F. Madero, the proud father, is Mexican official, and is taking hisitroupe across to slow them Paris. Their names Occu- pied formidable portion of the printed list of passengers.
 RICHMOND, Aug. 1-The James river Is seventeen feet above low water mark, and rising at the rate: ::of four inches per hour. The wharves are we'll under water and the adjacent streets and gas works are also flooded. Business is suspended in the inundated districts and goods are being moved.
 NEW YORK, August 1.-President Geo. Gould of the Pacific mail received a ca ha If on board the sunken steamer Granada, has been recovered.
 WASHINGTON, August IT c. Miller has been appointed postmaster at Lake side, Cal.
 Superintendent Porter of the census bureau to-day appointed Henry Carol, D. D., editor of the New York Indepen- lent, special agent to collect church sta tistics.
 LONDON, August 1.-Boulanger attrlb- utes his defeat in the elections for coun- cils, to the ambition of local candidates.
 SALEM, Or, August Articles of consolidation and agreement between the Oregon Short line, Utah < Western, Utah Central, Utah and Nebraska, Ogden & Syracuse, Idaho Central and Nevada Pacific railroads were filed in the secretary of states office today. These companies are to unite under the name of the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northwestern.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, August At a meet ing of the directors of the California Athletic club tonight, the Murphy Murphy fight which was partially fin ished was indefinitely postponed, ,and the purse of S1 ,245 divided between the men. The fight of Frank Murphy and Tommy Warren fer $500 was arranged, and will probably take place September next.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-There is still no signs of clearing weather. At 8 o'clock this morning rain fell in torrents for about 50 minutes, flooding the streets and cellars in this city and Brooklyn. A dispatch from Taunton, Mass, says the same storm visited that section of the country. At New York the streets are flooded. Travel and business are sus- pended.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Despatches from many points inIfarming districts within radius of one hundred miles of this city. show general damage to crops. Total losses R New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, will amount to between three and four hundred thousand doll ars, perhaps more. Grain, potatoes and small fruit crops suffered.
 MoNMorH HoT STRINGS, WYO., Aug. 3 Reports of terrible danger and great loss from forest fires in the Yellowstone National Park was much exaggerated; almost wholly unfounded. There have been, and are yet, fires, but soldiers have worked hard and successfully to overcome them.
 WASHINGTON, August 3-Commodore w. E. Fitzhugh died in the hospital of the Navy Home, Philadelphia, this morn ing, aged 5 years.
 AMSTERDAM, August B. Intelligence has been received of fight in Acheen, Sumatra, between natives and force Of Dutch troops Nineteen Dutchmen were killed, and 2 wounded.
 WASHINGTON, August t3-Commisioner of Pensions Tanner has made public statement of the number of cases made special" from the date he assumed charge of the Pension office. March P up to the 23rd of July, shows that dur ing that period these were made special, 958 claims.
 LONDON, Aug 3.-Emperor William was to have reviewed the British fleet in Spithead: today. but the review was postponed until Monday on account of heavy storm and steady rainfall all day. On account of the haze the review could not have Teen seen Efrom shore. It is a holiday for the stock exchange. and Mon day also will be holiday.
 LoUIsvILLE.Aug. 3.-John l.. Sullivan, in charge of d Deputy sheriff from Miss issippi, stopped here this morning and visited Chief Hughes of the Fire De- partment, at the Chiefs office. Sullivan held levee to about thousand of peo- ple calling to see him. At 1920 he left for New Orleans.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Assistant Sec retary Tichnor is said to be more com fortable this morning, although still sui fering severe sciatic pains. He will be taken to some health resort as soon as he can be removed.
 ELIZABETH, N. J. August 3.-The damage by the storm in Essex county IS estimated at half million.
 NORTH EAsToN, Mass, August B. Gov Ames is very sick man, and the slightest exertion is;liable to carry him off. His physicians say he must give up all business and political engagements, and if he undertakes to receive President Harrison next week, he VIII be in Im- minent peril.
 SAN FRANCISCO. August 3.-Col. Robert Tobin, commander of the third regiment N. G. O., was found dead in bed at the Union Club building this morning. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause. Col. Nobin was to have gone to Ukiah this afternoon to attend the annual encampment of his regiment.
 PITTsBURG, August g. The coke strikers are |. weakening already. The strike promises to be a failure. The | men at Youngstown, Moorewood and