Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-16
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INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 12.-The Chicago
 & Atlantic railroad was sold under aferclosure today for five million of dol lars to representatives of the Erie road 1 which thus secures an entrance into Chi
 age.
 1 DOVER, Aug. 12.-Ths dem cratic state convention assembled here today,
 Thos. F. Bayard was appointed chairman
 of the committee on platforms.
 YARMOUTH, Aug. 12.-Salvator de-
 feated Tenny in the race for champion
 stakes to-day. Time 2:l51S.
 WASHINGTON, August 12.-Ths house
 Anti-lottery Bill was favorably reported
 to the senate.
 SACRAMENTO, Cal, August 12-Arthur McEwen was arrested here this morn ing on d complaint of Justice Fox of
 ths Supreme bench who accused him of writing a lbelous article in connec-
 tion with the Jessups case, charging
 the complainant with being the father of
 a child by restaurant girl. McEwen
 was released on bonds.
 l NoGALEs, Aug. 12-The railroads lead
 Ing too and from this vicinity are m .
 terrible condition. A force of men are
 at work on the Arizona & New Mexican
 road, but are making little progress. Since the washouts we have continued
 to have heavy rains. The crops in So- nora are all destroyed.
 BOSTON, Aug. 13. Gen. Alger, ad-
 dressing the G. A. R. to-day, said: 'The
 condition of this organization is excell-
 ent. The total memberships on the
 rolls is 45S.230, against 427 ,98l year ago." Referring to the pension legisla
 lation, be said, Let us be just to our law. makers, even though they have not given us all we asked. No country on
 earth is, or ever has been nearly 70 gen.
 erouso it's soldiers as ours."
 NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-The running of passenger trains has resumed its nor
 nal condition. Freight trains will be
 more regularly mo 'ed to-day.
 SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 12.-The out,
 look for California is for fair weather.
 SAN QuENTEN, Cal, Aug. 12-The es- capped convicts Turcott, Hanlon and Manning after reaching a gulch near
 Laurel Grove, threw up breastworks of | limbs, stumps, and soil around clump of trees in dense thicket and secured
 a commanding position. They stood siege about eighteen hours firing at | their bssiegers every once in while, but not to kill. Guard Bowen, of Men docino had the stock of his rife and the bones of his right forearm broken by a | shot. After holding several negotiations | with the sheriffs and being convinced | that no one was killed, and probably se- | curing some concession they surrender ed their winchester to Sheriffs Standly of Mendocino and Hesly of Marin. They were conducted to San Quinten | prison. It is surmised that the cousin of Manning was the party who cached | weapons on to the prison grounds and the officers are after him.
 CENTRALIA, Mo-, August I2.-The borers state union convened here to- day.
 SAN SALVADOR, August II, 1890.- | General Alfonso hungary, the revolu- | tionary Guatemalan General, has taken possession of the telegraphic line at Chiquimula and is now in communica- \ tion with the capital. Word has been | received from him that his troops of l revolutionists numbering nearly 5000 | men, well ofioered and armed. Irun- gary says that he expects to be rein | forced by a number of revolutionlsts from Jutiapa, numbering about 900, | and when these are all combined he | will march right on to the capital of Guatemala.
 He has rifled the armory and arsenal | as we'll as powder magazines at Chiqui- mu,c and completely routed General Papio Portals troops, who fled in dis l may toward the capital. General Porta was taken prisoner by 1rungary's men, and afterward escaped. Barillas asked Captain Danielson of the steamer Memphis to wait for him at San Jose and convey him out of the country, for which service the captain was promised S10,O00, but Danielson sent reply stating that he could not do it. LONDON, Aug. u.-An engagement has taken place between the force of the rebel Arabes and the army of the sultan of Morroco. One hundred prisoners were captured by the rebels and all mas sacred. Among the captives was the son of the governor of the province in which the rioting took place. Portions of his body was cut of while he was alive. It was then toasted and he was compell- ed by the leader of the rebels to eat his own flesh.
 WATERFOWL, Aug. 1.-The westbound flyer on the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg, this morning collided with the freight cars on the siding at Adams Center. Four freight cars, engine, bag gage car and one first-class coach were badly damaged. Though the front of the coach was torn completely away, not passenger was injured. The fire man sustained severe bruises. Trains were delayed but few hours.
 BERLIN, August 1l.-During a storm l at Crefeld to-day. house containing | fifty inhabitants fell. Thirteen persons l were killed. Twenty of the injured were rescued. Twelve are still buried 1 in the wreck.
 CLEVELAND, August 1.-Two schoon- l CTS went down on Lake Erie within a | few miles of Cleveland last night, dur ing gale. They were the Fannie l.. | Jones" and "Two Fanies." Capt. B. | Cuttings was drowned. The others were | rescued.
 LONDON, August n.-Cardinal New man is dangerously i'll at Bermingh8m, from pneumonia. The last rites have been administered.
 PITTsRURG, Aug. PA striker of machinists, for nine hours work is spreading. Three thousand men are now idle. The principal fight seems to be against the Westinghouse interests. By tomorrow it is said all the employees in the Westinghouse concern number ing 4OOO will be out.
 The making up and sending out of reight trains is proceeding without any isturbancs.
 San Quentin Prison, August H. This afternoon about o'clock three convicts named Hanley, Turcott and Manning, who were repairing 8 wind mill belonging to the prison, made tbs,r