Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-01-18

SAN FRANCISCO, January 14-Four men from Placer county appeared at the county jail day for the purpose of | identifying Williams, recently arrested here on the charge of robbing numerous stages in the interior of California and | especially in the northern part. Two of the men met Williams in the road and talked with him the night before the rob bery ot the stage near Auburn last month. The other men are the stage driver and passenger, and they possi- lively identify him, although he was partially masked. During the identifi- cation, Williams coolly smiled. and said, the gentlemen must certainly be mis- taken"
 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. - Judge Shafter of the Supreme Court rendered decision in the Sharon case this morn ing, which virtually ends that famous litigation. Judgment was on motion to dismiss the answer and on demurrer of answer. Both motions were over ruled by the court. The principal point ln the present controversy was on a de- murrer Of answer made by the Sharon heirs. In the latter documents they in- corporated a decree of the United States Circuit Court by which alleged marriage contract was then declared a forgery and ordered cancelled. Judge Shafter held that the decree was in force in all courts and that contracts has no legal existence. He ordered the Sharon case postponed indefinstely.
 WASHINGTON, January 15-The house committee on coinage, weights and measures, called on Secretary Windom this morning and discussed inform ally the question of silver coinage. The Secretary said he was preparing a bill comprising the features of the plan mentioned in his annual report which he expected to have ready for submis sion to congress Monday.
 LONDON, Jan. 15.-An extensive rob- bery of the Turkish piority bonds and National Bank shares have been dis covered. The securities were stolen ir transit from Paris to London.
 BOSTON, January Charles K. Dan sorth, over twenty five years cny editor of the Boston Herald. died of pneumo nia this morning; aged 6I.
 COLUMBUS, January 15-The house and senate met in joint session, and for mally declared Calvin s. Brice elected for the United States senate. Brice made a brief speech of acknowledgement. | WASHINGTON, January 15-Shermar introduced bill to provide for a per mancnt national bank currency; it wa: referred.
 Chandler offered resolution, whicE was referred to the committee on con | pctr | ha tee on immigration to investigate the various laws of the United States anC of the several states in relative to immi grafton.
 The senate then took up Morgan's re solution recognizing the United State! of Brazil as free independent sovereign states. Turpel spoke in support of it. | NEW YoEK, January 15.-The follow ing, arrested for participation in tn, Sullivan-Kilrain fight at Richburg Mississippi, were brought before thu District Attorney to-day:-Williau Harding, Jim Wakely, William Muldoon Mike Donovan, Mike Clearry. In spector Byrnes had received extraditioi papers from Albany this morning. Tn, parties were afterwards brought befor, Recorder Smyth to argue the question O admitting to bail. Pending an agree ment on the question the men wer, taken back o police quarters.
 | GLADERsTU, Mass, Jan. 15.-A tele gram from Harrington, S., reports tn, schooner Ben Hur, of this city, wrecked at Blanche Point, M $. and nine of he crew missing, including Captain Thorn ton.
 LISBON, Jan. 15.-At 1 o'clock thi morning the police arrested 70 person. who were parading the streets andshout ing Down with England"
 | CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 15.-Th, legis ature will soon decide the contes between Judge Flemming and Gen. Golf The democrats have a majority agains the ballot as it now stands. It is un derstood TO definite plan of action ha yet been decided by either side.
 SAN FRANCISCO, January 15-The an nual meeting of the California Fruit Union was held here to-day. President c. E. Platt, of Sacramento, presided Secretary sairbank submitted a long report of the board of directors, giving history of the Unions work during the year. The report states that 991 ful car loads of fruit were sent to agents ot } the union in the east; during the pas season gain of Al car loads, over the shipments Of the previous year,. In ad ditiOn to these it is estimated 600 car! were sent out by the union to point. where there are no agencies. It is esti mated that the whole number of cal loads sent out by members of the unioI to points where there are no agency i. about 1900 out of the total of 2432 ca loads of fruit sent east by the state al large. The net sales of 905 of the 90 car loads sent to eastern agencies amounted to S338, 8,230; gross sales S960, 726.
 GRASS VALLEY, Cal. January 1J- The train on the narrow gauge railroad arrived this afternoon. coming from Col fax seventeen miles, in 69 hours. Tn, train will try to go to Colfax tomorrow The food supply is getting short anC miners are laid off for want of water for power.
 | WASHINGTON, January 15.-Represent ative Stew, of Vermont. to-day introdUc @ bill declaring no Mormon illcgiblt to vote at any election, or hold civi office in the territories of the United States, or be naturaliZed as a citizen O United States, or settle upon any publi, lands. Voters are required to make oath that they do not belong to tn, Mormon church as preliminary to exer cising the right of sufferage.
 WASHINGTON. January 15.--The maya board appointed to formulate a plan fol building the navy recommend, in a re port to the secretary -of-war, the con struction of twenty new vessels of diff ferent types and sizes, these to be built according to the plan of the board ir fourteen years, and to cost, with theil maintenance during the fourteen years 52S0,O0O,OO0. The scheme of the board comprises the following vessels: Thirty five battle ships, 5000 to 10000 tons, az gregate cost Sl,S00O00; rams of 3JO tons; S1,80O0,000 each; nine harbor cruisers, 6,2O0 tons. to make 19 knots per hour, s3O0OOO0 each; twenty pro- tected cruisers, 1,200 to 7,600 tons, to