Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-01-25
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Columbia arrived form Portland witt ' the body of F. J. Barker, steerag ,. waiter aboard While the steamer Wa . crossing the Columbia river bar gall ! was blowing, and Barken was throw1 to the deck and his skull was fractured He died yesterday.
 2 Andrew White. former secretary anC 3 treasurer of the iGold and Stock Tele- l graph Co, was arrested to-day on .
 charge of forgery preferred by the presi dent of the company. 1tsiS charged that l White committedf number of petty , forgeries while connected with the com pany, amounting to S25,O0O.
 YoRK, Pa, January 17.-John 'Roehn,
 a mechanic, wss discovered by his wife : sitting on a chair in an upstairs room of his house last evening, with his cloth l ing burning On her attempting to ex-
 tinguish the flames, she found her hus-
 band dead. Investigation showed he had been shot through the heart, and that the shot had set fire to his cloth
 ing. How he was shot is yet a mystery.
 His wife was down stairs and did not
 hear tine shooting. 4 shot gun stood in
 the adjoining room and had burnt pow der at its muzzle. which showed that
 the weapon had been used. Another
 strange feature is that rifle cartridge,
 complete and unexploded, was taken
 from the mans body. Deceased leaves
 wife and nine children, one only four
 days old.
 | BEDDING, Cal, January 17.-Thomas | Barres, a gambler. was stabbed and kill | led in q saloon here early this morning,
 by James Garrety. The stabbing was
 don with a penknife, The men were
 drunk at the time and had been quarrel | ing.
 JoHNsTowN, P, Jan. 1.-The limited | express, west bound, on the Pennsyl-
 vania railroad struck and killed Edward Gallager. aged +, and his brother aged 1j. and Mrs. Kate Stockhouse, a married
 sister. aged 9, at Morrellsville, near | here last night.
 CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 17.-Editor E. Progresso has been sent to jail for de- l flaming Adelina Patti.
 PARIS, Jan. 17.-Figaro says Portugal ! has complained to Bismarck that Great l Britain has violated the Berlin treaty as | heretofore, and asked that conference be convened to discuss African affairs.
 DENVER, Jan. 17.-No trains have passed between Alamossa and Denver since last Friday. The passenger train which left AlamosSa on that day, pulled by three engines, is now bound three miles this side of Cumberes and is off the track. Snow blows are at work, and t is expected the road will be opened some time tomorrow.
 WASHINGTON, January 16-Among the bills reported from congress and placed on the senate calendar was the following: Fer the removal of the In- dian prisoners in the east (Geronimo's band)to Fort Hill, Indian T rritory. Butler, in speaking on his bill to pro- vi1e for the immigration of the colored people from the southern states to Afri- ca, said: What has become of the 200.- coo Indians in this country, end if 15,- 000 Chinamen iS difficult problem then the most pro ound inquiry applied is what is to be inc fate of SIX or eight | million negroes. It has been the expert | euce that while negroes live in large mas | ses and exceed their white neighbOrs in | numbers. not only the negroes advance 1 in scale of civilization but actually re- | trograded, so that no friend of the ne groes could oppose the bill. As to the | effect on the southern states, he said | that if the south could be thus relieved | Cf part at least of its superabundanoe of | cheap labor it would be such that immi- | grafton of white, intelligent, progressive | citizens would be the future pros, eri- | ty of the south.
 Hoar and Blair denounced the meas | ure. Hoar said the proposition was the | most astonishing ever heard in legisla l tive history, senate or legislative history l of any free civilized country.
 Dg..- I ,l.. ,e .f eight million colored people, ten thous- | and white people were exported to Afri- ca and kept, the whole difficulty would | De settled. The bill went over the ac |
 ion.
 Teller presented the credentials of | Sanders and Powers as senators elect | from the state of Montana. They were | referred to the committee on privileges | and elections.
 Senate bill to amend article 13 of rule | and articles of war in relation to deser- | ton, was taken from the calendar and | passed. Tie senate then adjourned till l Monday.
 SAN FRANCISCO, January 16-The | California Athletic Club is anything but | pleased ut g telegram received from | John l.. Sullivan, that he will not meet | Peter Jackson for less than 5000, and | even then he will nOI make arrange | meAts nntll after he is through with the l Mississippi authorities. The club | claims he verbally agreed with one of l their represen tatives to fight for S150OO, l and the members say it is probable the | club will let him cool of fer q while.
 BEDDING, Cal, Jan. 16-There was a strong south wind yesterday with sleet | and snow. Two inches additional snow | fell last night, and railroad travel is | stopped from Oregon-no train since | Wednesday morning. A cave-in in Sis | kjyOu tunnel is reported, Wires are l down and the overland train going north | is there awaiting orders. Freight trains | are badly delayed.
 SALT LAKE, Jan. 1G'-An accident oc- cured on the ,s yoming division of the | Union Pacific yesterday at Hampton. A | rail spread as the train passed over l switch and the express and baggage cars | and a first class coach rolled down the ] embankment and was broken to pieces. | None Of the passengers were Xxi led but | a dozen were injured, some seriously.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 16-The statement | made by lawyers in the Stewart will case 1 this afternoon is that litigations are | settled. Judge Hilton returned all he | received during Mrs. Stewards life and | all he ever claimed except he has releas | cd the estates from indebtedness $9o7, 45I. Al parties interested will receive | what the will entities them to.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, January 16.- l.. D. | Stone, q harness dealer of 422 and 42i l Battery Street, was announced insolvent | this afternoon. The liabilities are S204- | 650. The assets are practically nothing. l The real estate is valued at Sl0S,000 but | there are membranes on it to the | amount of 5135,000.
 WASHINGTON, January 16.-The | appointment Of ". \. Harwcod as post i master at Tombstone, Arizona, was con firmed today. TheO. Roosevelt, of New l York; Hugh $. Tomson, South Carolina,