Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1890-03-08


Window has directed lease to be mad
with the North American Company, o
New York, and San Francisco, for th,
exclusive privilege Of taking fur seal
upon the islands St. Paul and st
| George, for - y. from May 1st
This company made three proposals FOL
the privilege. By the one accepted, The
company q >es so far as may be practi
cable, to ercoprage tho dressing, dyeing
and mar g of seal skins, within the
United States. The annual revenue tc
the government under this lease, will
be about SI,000,OOO as against S300,O0(
under the present lease to the Alaska
Commercial Co.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 2S'-The most cheer
ful indications that the present flood in
the Ohio river has almost reached its
limit, is colder weather and appearance
of snow this morning, a iset off against
a report from up the river which showed
that from Wheeling to Cincinnati the
river everywhere is rising.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. Dispatches from
various cities in Texas report that the
severest 'nOrther" Of the season pre-
vailed in that state yesterday. Rain
| 6ts-St anu ouOh lS1l ONCI ldIS6 DdIO W
the state. and mercury sank 20 degrees
below freezing spoint in many places
Fruit crop badly damaged and early We
| getabies destroyed. The same cold
wavo passed over Arkansas, and reports
say much damage WIS done to fruit and
vegetables.
SAN FRANCIsCo, February 2S-Denny
| Needham and Patsy Kerrigan fought
one hundred rounds at the California
Athletic club last night. when the ref
cree declared the fight off. He said he
| had examined the hands Of both men,
and found they could not continue the
| fight. 1t was 3:15 this morning when
the fight closed, after lasting six hours
and forty minutes. The contest was a
| walk around from the start, and there
were not moro than half dozen rounds in
which the men attempted any real fight
ing.
BIRMIEGHAM, ALA, February 2S--Ri-
chard Hawes. wife murderer, was hang
ed to-day. He stated on the gallows
that John Wyley did the killing and
was paid 500 by him for this service.
PRrscoTT, Feb. 2S.-Plans for aEoth-
er storage reservoir were we'll urder
way when the recent disaster happened.
The parties who are interested in it
state the construction of the dam will
be under the supervision of the most
skilled and competent engineers. twill
be located eight miles from Prescott,
and work will commence very soon.
PREsCorr, February 2S.-The work of
buryIng the victims OF the late dam dis
aster is about completed. Thirty nine
bodies were recovered and identified
while more persons are known to have
been lost. Property below Wickenburg
was badly damaged, but no loss of life
occurred as was feared. The people
were on the watch for the flood.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-General Miles
has filed with the house committee on
Indian affairs statement replying to
the assertions of Lieutenent Kenon, Of
General Crooks staff, in which he says
the young officer was not authorized TO
speak for the secre tary OF war! Besides
General Miles statement, Governor VOL
fey has fled copy of resolutions adOp-
ted by the Society OF Arizona Pioneers,
protesting against the passage of the
resolution by the house. In the letter
transmitting the resolutions the Gov
ernOr sharply scores Lieutenent Kenon
for over -officiousness.
PORTLAND, February 28.-A report
reached here this morning that Sheriff
Deilger, Of Xinlock, has arrested Silcott
the defGulting cashier of the sergeant
alarms Office, OF the house OF represen-
tatives, this afternoon. at Toledo, town
on the line Of the Northern Pacific, be-
tween here and Tacoma. The report
states that Silcott was palming himself
off as engineer in the employ OF the
Southern Pacific company Sheriff
Dellger started for Chahalitz with his
prisoner. No further particulars.
WASHINGTON, February 28-A num-
Der Of persons interested in postal tele-
graphy assembled in room IN the
house this morning. DR.. Norvin Green,
president of the Western Union Tele-
graph Co.; Postmaster General Wana-
maker with his assistant, Attoruey-Gen-
eral Finer Fardner, Hubbard and re-
presentatives from different telegraph
stations were present. DR.. Green began
his remarks by discussing the merits
and dement's of the European govern
mental telegraph system. lie stated
that while ia certain instances their
charges were lower than those In the
United Estates, they were conducted
at loss. lie presented table show
ing that the domestic companies had
$4,000 stations and handled over 6,C00,
600 messages annually, ds against 53,006
stations and 173,000,O00 messages II the
rest Of the world. The Western Union
controls ten -eleyenths Of this business.
DR.. Green believes the United States
Government has no business with the
telegraph.
PoRr TOWNSEND. February 2S.-Cus-
tom officers captured eight Chinese
aboard the steamer Olympian, being
smuggled over from Victoria, hid under
the boiler.
SAN FRANCIsCo, February 26.-The
jury in the case of John Levinson, re-
turned verdict that deceased came to
his death from arsenic poisoning, taken
With suicidal intent, in a fit of despon-
dency through i'll health.
Los ANGEsEs. February oS.-News
has just arrived of double fatal shoot
ing atfray this morning at Sangus. Geo.
Waltham and ID. Cook were hauling
wool and were overtaken by w. A. Gard
ner and W. L. Cornshal, when the latter
two men opened fire with Winchester
and revolvers. Waltham was instantly
killed and Cook died three hours later.
A dispute over some land was the cause
of the shooting. The assailants nave
not been arrested.
WASHINGTON, February 2S.-The de-
crease of the public debt during Febru-
airy is estimated at S3,5GO,O0O.
LONDON, February 28.-Lincoln's son
was cheerful during the day and took
nourishing food. He rested TRANQUILITY
tonight.
ST.. PAUL, February 2s.-It is report
ed that President Hill of the Great Nor
thern, proposes to run line from Anna
conda, Mont, direct to San Francisco.
Surveyors have made discovery which
will revolutionize travel in the north
west which consists OF break in the
Rocky mountains near Mays Fork, thus