Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-02-01

l WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Francis
 Hanlon has been appointed store keep
 CT and gauger in first district of Califor
 nia.
 T. J. Ritchie, of Ohio, was before tn,
 committee on ways and means to-da,
 and argued for the free importation ofsCanadian ores. Ritchie declared tha
 one third of the members of Canadian
 parliament had decided to adopt tn,
 Buttworth reciprocity bill as their plat form.
 Butterworth then addressed the cor. mittee in support of his reciprocity mea | sure.
 The senate committee on naval affairs held important meeting to-day at which after cOnsiderate discussion the com. mittee decided upon policy which will govern it during this congress. | DELTA, Cal, Jan. 24-From seven tc ! eleven inches of snow fell last night and i 1t is still storming. Three large land slides have occurred near here, which will prevent the relief train from reach ing imprisoned passengers at Sims,num- bering nearly five hundred. The situa- tion Is very serious in consequence, and no safe venture can be made as to when | train can get through.
 SACRAMENTO, January 24-The rotary steam blow on the Central Pacific broke | down at three o'clock this morning when within sight of imprisoned passen- ger train, at Blue Canyon. If the blow can be repaired this train can go through to Colfax, and from which point the ala %~~ C.. CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-The Mail says it is reported on the board that settling clerks of s. P. Hutchinson, by series of cross trades, made to certain brokers, have swlndled Hutchinson out of a very large sum of money. The amount taken was reported to have been as much as one hundred thousand dollars. CHICAGO, January 24.-The Nellie By special train arrived here at eight o'clock this morning having made the run from San Francisco in seventy-one hours.
 CHICO, Jan. 24-Grave apprehensions are felt ln the river bottoms over waters now fallen very low down in the foot hills, to an unprecedented depth. Warm AoAh obOi HI thO ldSJ buIcc udy6 snow rapidly. Both the Chico creeks have been higher than last flood. Sa- cramento river is within two feet of the banks and is rising rapidly.
 SACRAMENTO, January 23.-According to present indications there are no hopes that the blockade on the SIerras which has now lasted nine days will soon be broken. This afternoon the rotary plcw with four engines got struck in the cut near Shady Run. There are several cuts between Towles and Shady Run where the banks are so high that the rotary will not throw the snow over the enbankment, burying the blow com pletely. There is nothing to do but to back for distance and take run for the bank of snow Snow is falling on the. hills again and this evening up in the cuts sis covering the road. The in- dications are that tonight will be a stormy one.
 John Coglan, the operator at Cascade who has been sick with pneumonia, died last night.
 The only person on the imprisoned train at Shady Run who seems seriously affected is Mrs. Heath, mother of Ida heath, of the Howard iAthenaeum Taeatrical company. A few evenings ago she plunged into snow bank, but was dug out by the passengers. She was locked in one the coach apartments but soon climbed out of the window and was found beneath the coach almost sensoless, having received an ugly cut on the head. It is drought she will recover.
 LATER-The situation tonight is practically unchanged on the Central Pacific and Oregon lines, and the snow bound passengers DO nearer freedom than several days ago. Snow is falling fast and freezing as fast as it falls.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24.-The snow which has recently fallen to an unusual depth in the foot hills in the northern part of the state is now reported to be going away. before the rains, and the Sac ramento river and tributary stream are rising rapidly at Thama aad Davisville. At Croning, the water is running through the streets, flooding the basements in the town.
 At Colnsa the Sacramento river rose five feet during last night and is still rapidly ri,ing, while at Red Bluff the rIver has rached the twenty foot-mark and IS stl llrlsing at the rate of four in- ches to the hour. Snow is fallingin the Siskyou mountains and several large land slides have taken place along the Oregon and California road between Del ta and Sims, which will keep the roa d closed several days.
 HERALDsBURG, Jan. 24.-The Russian river is overfiowing it's banks. All the Russian river valley is flooded. Many families were brought down to town in boats this morning. This floood has never been equalled in the memory of the oldest inhabitant.
 SAN FRANCISCO, January 24-Tele- graphic advices tonight to the Associa- ted press from thirty or more places in Northern California, state that heavy storms prevail. Rain has been falling and snow melting and the creeks and ri vers are now running almost to the bank tops. She rain still continues and a flood greater than that of a few weeks since is threatened. The danger is greatest in Sacramento, Aapa and Sono- ma valleys,
 CLEVELAND, January 24-A conven- tion called by the committee of ladies connected with the non-partisan w. c. T. U., for the purpose of organizing a national union was opened this morning at Music Hall. One hundred delegates from dozen states were present. This morning was devoted to prayer and bi- ble reading. Mrs: Ellen J. Pliney, of this city, is presiding.
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