Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-26

pany passed a resolution to day express ing their appreciation of ex-President Stanford and of his services, integrity and ability with which he has directed
 the affairs of the company. PHILADELPHIA, April 18.-Henry w. King. ex-prefect of the state institution for the blind, on trlal for the past tive days, charged with immoral practices with blind boys in the institution, was found guilty to-day.
 WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The Pan. American conference practically con- cluded labor to-day. There was warm discussion this morning on the report oi the committee on general welfare, in re- gard to arbitration.
 ArcHIsoN, Ks, April 18-Farmers liv ing in the eastern part of the county report that a sort of wire worm is doing great damage to wheat.
 QUEBEC, April 18.-The schooner An. Tie May was lost off this port Wednes- men were drowned.
 NEW YORK, April 1S.-This was the last day which immigrants could be landed at Castle Garden. The Barge office will be ready to receive immigrants tomorrow.
 DENVER, April 1S,-Ihe G. A. R. en- canpmeut to-day elected D. l.. Holden, of Pueblo, commander of the depart ment of Colorado and Wyoming.
 SYDNEY, N. s. w.. April 1S.-Heavy rains are prevailing and the Darling river has overfiowed It's banks. The town of Burke is inundated and the resi- dents were compelled to flee to a place of safety.
 BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 1S.-Ben Elsey, cocred, was hanged this afternoon; his neck was broken. Elsey was executed, fer the murder of J. Meadows railway conductor in January, 1889. Eisey mur- deTed and robbed an old farmer and his wife in Douglass county, Ga, five years ago. lie shot a policeman in Atlanta and in December, 1858, robbed and mur- dered Gn Italian peddier near here.
 WASHINGTON, April 1S-Tabor Wright in his annual report deals solely with railroad tabor. At the end Of the last fiscal year the number of railroad cop posdtioIs i'll the United States was LIS; mileage, G,400; number of em- ployees. Go9,9l2 The report shows that 224,J50 individual men were em- Pl0yed on an average of l47 days each q year, receiving S243 on an average of actual earnings for the year employed.
 NEW YORK, April 1S-At the general term to-day was dismissed the appeal of DilwOrth ChOate, the reporter now in Ludlow street jail for contempt of court in concealing himself in the jury room where the Flack jurors were deliberat- ing. lie will have to complete his sen- tence.
 SHELBYvILLE, Ind, April Estate was arrested to-day on the charge of having by fraudulent means secured,the annulment of marriages of soldiers widows and then having them reinstated On the pension rolls.
 ROCHESTER, N. r., April 1S.- Abraham Bogotidus, superintendent of the smails here, was arrested to-day. with rnhhinG tha mailS
 CHICAGO, A pril Washington Por- ter. of this city, who has extensive fruit interests in California, and who just re- turned from there says: "California will probably appropriate a million dol lars for her exhibit at the worlds fair. Governor Waterman says he will favor the appropriation of such an amount. and it seems safe to suppose he under stands the general sentiment. The fruit interests will raise a million dol lars for their exhibits, and the growers of the southern part of the state will ask for several acres of space Tn which to lay out group of orange and lemon trees. which will blown and bear fruit during the hot month of the fair.