Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-16

Jackson. Miss, Aug. 12-The con. stitutionsl convention assembled at 12 o'clock today and was called to order by Secretary of State Gavan. 8. s. Oal- houn was chosen president of the coD- vention.
 San Quentin, August 12-Gusrd Bowen, whose arm was shattered by c rlchochetting bullet, fired by oonvicta last night, was smputsted today by Drs. White of San Rafael. and Durant of the prison. Guard Bowen came from Men docino county and had served months guard duty. He prevented the escape of the convicts Ross and Maynard last July.
 Denver, Colorado, August 11tb.- A Boulder, Colo, special says 6 burst iog waterspout in the mountains above town last evening caused the water in the river to Iise to @ fearful height aud in very few minutes cabin occu- pied by w. J King and wifi which was built upon the banks of the river near Solona was caught in the flood and both were drnwned. The railroad track is washed away so that no trains can run for three days Bouldsrs weighing two tons were washed down the sides of the mountains near Loveland yesterday evening. A hail storm ruined all fruit, wheat and corn crops over 8 territory ten miles long and two wide. Denver was visited this afternoon by a severe rain storm accompanied by fearful light ening during which several people were rendered iDsensibls but none fatally hurt.
 NEW YORK, August 11.-Gov. Hill has replied to Vice President Webb, stating General Farnsworth has been sent to | investigate the condition of the strike and the state will furnish aid to protect property. but troops are not to do police duty.
 GRAND CENTRAL.
 At the Grand Central depot this morn ing the passenger trains were going with all the appearance of usual regularity A telegram. to the General Manager from Syracuse says that order has been fully restored there. Vice President Webb is maxim arrangements to run the freight trains through.
 Reports from all along the New York Central indicates that the strike is prac- tically at an end. Passenger trains are running on regular time between here and Albany this morning and the delays west of there are unimportant, Freight has been practically resumed and the blockade of cars is being raised. LATER.
 All through the night and this morn ing it looked as though the strikers on the New York Central were slowly but surely giving out. Nevertheless both parties are as stubborn as ever. The Buffalo express or newspaper train went out on time at a. m. and before it two trains had been sent out over the Har- lem division. Vice President Webb con- tridicted,,the statement made last night that the fremen had struck. He declar- ed all passenger trains were running full ly manned at Syracuse. The proper pro- lection had not been accorded and he had telegraphed to Governor Hill for troops, He added that arrangements were being perfected for the moving of freight to-day.
 VICE PRESIDENT.
 "I have reason to believe" said Vice President Webb neither engineers or firemen will go out. Number of trains to leave Grand Central depot to-day is 120; customary number being 138 trains which has been suspended are local trains of little importance So far to-day no incoming frieght has arrived at any yards"
 An unexpected delay was made in the formation of the main column owing to the lateness of the arrival of the delsgs- tion and the difficulty of massing so large force. At 11:30 commander in chief Alger with a full staff of 800 mounted men escorted by the 18th Massachusetts Cavalry and headed by a corpse of mounted police rode to the head of the Illinois department band which struck up God Bless the Soldiers" and at the command of the leader the greatest military street pa- grant ever witnessed in Boston began to march.
 At o'clock snly six departments, those of Illinois, Wisconsin. Pennsyl vania, Ohio, New York and Connecticut had passed out of Commonwealth Avenue and it looked as though the last department would not get ofi before most of the afternoon had passed. Gen. Algsr reached the reviewing stand in Adams Square st LAO p. m. It is sx- pected to require five hours for the pro- cession to pass given point.
 Sau Francisco, California, Aug.13.- A Chronicsl special from San Diego says: Ernst Wolff is cattle dealer of L1 Jun ,, & small town on the Mexican line, about twenty miles south of here. A few days ago be crossed the line to set lot of cattle be had been pastuye- ing in Lower California and on return ing with them was forced to pay $500 to the Mexican officials as export duty. The next morning he crossed the line a. gain and was arrested and imprisoned twenty four hours, he claims, without food. Nh charge was made az sinss him but S10,000 bail was refused by the Msxicsns. Yesterday Is of his friends armed themselves to free him by force but finally decided to try strategy first. One of them went to the guard house with quantity of doctored nescsl and succeeded in dragging all the Mexican officials He then released Wolff and both fed back across the line. Fur tnsr trouble is feared.
 Ottawa, Aug, 13.-Advices received by the government of southern Alberta, Northwest Territory, are to the effect that the MormoDs who came into that country from Utah are corfupting the Indians with their doctrines. The gov ernmsnt has been to great pains to i'm press on the Indians the necessity of and refused them supplies l for more than one wife. There is every indication that the Mormon evil in the l west is liable to grow into 6 serious 
 Lewiston, Me-, Aug. 13-Ths census 1