Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-07-19

cludeS some of the prominent capitalists
 Of St. Louis. The company was formed
 for the purpose of building the Los An
 geles, Pasadena and Glendall railroad.
 One of the incorporators, B. F. Hobart,
 lntimated that the road might ''go to
 the sea-" This it is believed means a
 project to build the road to San Fran
 cisco. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa
 Fe has long been seeking terminus at
 San Francisco, via Atlantic & Pacific, which at present is dependent upon the
 SouthsrnIP Pacific for access to the Golden
 Gate metropolis. This road has branch
 to Los Angeles, and it is regarded in
 railroad circles that the franchise con-
 tained in the improvement company
 may be of great value to the AtchIson.
 BIRMINGHAM, July 11.-This afternoon
 Alfred Cooper (colored) was hanged for
 the murder of Jeff Cooger.
 WASHINGTON, July 1.-The house
 committee on military affairs has direct
 ed favorable report on the bill to re-
 vive the rank of Lieut.. General in the
 army. A favorable report was also or
 dered on the bills authorizing the sec
 retary of war to employ 20 acting chap lains.
 i Perkins of Kansas presented to the
 conference report on the bill granting
 the right-of-way on the Mille-Loch h. dian reservation to Little Falls, to the
 Mille-Loch and Lake Superior road | WASHINGTON, July 1.-The president
 has approved the legislature judicial, and executive appropriation bill. | PHILADELPHIA, July 1.-The brewery of tho Henry Muller Brewing Co. was destroyed by frs this morning, to the extent of S1OO,OOO. Two men are badly hurt.
 COLUMBUS, July 1.-The democratic i congressional convention for the six | teenth district are having great difficult | ty Tn settling upon man to put against l Mckinley. The first ballet this morn ing the (3Sth) stood Monot 5315 Still we'll 4614, Warwick 34, Zimmerman fl, Lewis ', Welty '. A motion to adjourn until September 3rd, failed. Monot and Warwick were close together on the rif- | ty fourth ballot.
 LONDON, July Il.-Stanley is suffer ing from a severe attack of gastrics, and IS confined to his bed. It is feared that | the marriage to take place at Westmin- | ister tomorrow will have to be post ponsd.
 ST. LOUIS, Mich, July IA dispatch from Ithaca this morning, states that disastrous 1rs ragged in that town last night, and 2S buildings are burned. Ithaca is the county seat of Craitot county. Loss. S2S5,OO0.
 BERLIN, July 1l.-Bismarck in an ad- hot ha signed the Anglo German agreement in its present form.
 DUNBAR, July 1.-The coroner's jury Investigating the recent Hill Farm dis aster, returned verdict finding Supt Robert Long criminally responsible for the death of the men.
 BRAcKETT, Tex, July 11.-This even ing two soldiers took shelter from the thunder storm in one of the outhouses of the school house. A bolt struck the house, setting it on fire and killing one of the soldiers instantly and leaving the other insensible. The injured man will recover.
 MILWAUKEE, July 1l.-In the Knights of Pythias competitive drill Hastings. | Michigan divison, was awarded the first | prize of 5000, and the Erie division 2nd | prize of $500.
 LOUISVILLE, July 1.-The striking | brt kenen and switchmen on the Louis | vile & Nashville road resumed york this | afternoon at old wages, pending an in | vestigation of their grievances.
 WASHINGTON, July 1.-The president ! to-day sent to the senate the following | nominations: Col. Alexander McCoolI, | 9th infantry, to be Brigadier General; | G. Robinson, quartermaster, to be depu- | ty quartermaster, and Gen. Bank, Lieu | tenant Colonel.
 LAWRENCE, Kan, July 1l.-This morn ing q son of w. J. Gilmore, living two | miles north of here, was badly hurt | while working with twine binder. | While the machine was running he got 1 his pants caught in some way and one | leg was drawn into the wheels and taken | of. The boy is about 10 years old. His | body was horribly multilated. He will | die.
 CHICAGO. July LA frightful ex- plosiOn occurred tonight on the steamer Tioga, one of the largest vessels on the great lakes. Thirty eight persons were aboard the steamer at the time. The work of rescuing the survivors com mencsd almost instantly, and only two persons could be found who es capped un. hurt. To make matters worse fire broke out on the wrecked vessel and a huge volume of flame and smoke envel- oped the ssarchers for the dead and dy- ing.
 Bursting of the steamers boilers was the cause of the catastrophe. Tho ex- plosiOn occurred at the foot of Wash ington street, and brought people run hing in terror out of all the surrounding buildings.
 WASHINGTON, July 1.-The president to-day transmitted to congress two com munications from the secretary of state, enclosing report from the Pan-Ameri- can conference on coinage protection, patents, trademarks and copyrights in commerce between American republics. anC an action for the better production of public health against contagious dis eases.
 WASHINGTON, July 11.-Gibson ap- pealed to the chairman of the commit tee on commerce, Frye), to release the rigidity of the policy, to allow ships to be purchased abroad and sailed under the American flag; to take off tariff duties from materials, supplies and outfits that go into the construction and sailing of ship, and to accept as a compromise the policy of giving postal subsidy to American built ships.
 Vest offered as a substitute for the bill as to American merchant marines a provision for free ships to be used only in foreign carving trade, not in coast or lake trade.
 The bill went over without action af- ter an unsuccessful effort by Frye to have agreement voted on tomorrow.
 Adjourned.
 HALIFAX, Julo IA terrible disaster in Dartmouth tonight, at the ferry landing. The stage, containing 100 persons, collapsed and precipitated the crowd into the water, causing much