Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1890-03-22
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the province, caused oy anita; ;sonism be-
between two candid Ltes of the constitu-
tional party FOR presidential nomination,
has assumed grav proportions. At Pu
TO there was ii &C dis!On, resulting In the
loss Of a number of lives and the pillage
of many houses. There was also COLI
sion at Huaata, many on both sides be-
ing killed, incl' ding both chiefs OF the
parties, Seroc Azonl, deputy OF con-
gress and be id of revolution, and DR..
Urbina, chic OF Rosas party. DR.. Urbina,
after me lbers OF his family were
killed, took refuge with others in a
church where llany women and children
and old people had alre ady gathered.
The priests eshorted the outlaws To de-
sist from th II butchery, but they were
drunk and threatened to burn the
church, whel DIR. Urbina, knowing that
he was the cause of their action and
wishing to save the lives of others, de-
termined to sacrifice himself. and after
receiving tho belediction of the priests
went out to the gIerillas and was muir
dered. Not satisfied with this they CON
tinued the career of butchery for hours
and over 100 lives were sacrificed.
| New ORLEANS, March 13.-The river
was six inches above water mark of
former years. i large part of the city
| below Canal tire, Is entirely submerged
and the wafer at the custom houses is
over the sidewalks and coming up rapid
| ly. The water is flowing out of Canal
street, and indications are that the en-
| tire business portion of the city will b
covered with water before morning.
Later-The levee has broken and a
portion of the city upon the river front
| is entirely submerged. The water is being |
pumped out at the back part of the city |
into Lake Po tchertrian. 1t is feared |
| the water ma, exceed the capacity of |
/ the pumps and flood the whole back |
| part of the city. 4 large fire has been |
raging at the Soules brewery. The |
bonded warehouse on one side of the |
| brewery and one of the largest oil mills |
of the south. on the other side, are both |
on fire.
PREsCoTT, March 13-The people |
here are very indignant over the dis |
charge Of Dan Burke, the man who was |
sent to warn the people along Has |
sayampa river of the danger prior to |
breaking of Walnut Grove dam, and in
stead of doing so became intoxicated |
1t is supposed that some sixty persons /
lost their lives on this account. and he |
was arrested by Sheriff O'Neill on the
charge of manslaughter. but he has
been released on the ground that there
is 10 provision of law in Arizona under
which he can be punished.
ALAMos, Colo. March 13.-The Rio
Grande railroad has 300 snow shovelers
at work opening the blockade across the
San Jaun range at Cumbres, on the
east side of the divide. Snow is report
ed to be sixty feet above the top of tele
graph poles, and for miles on each side
is from % to 30 feet deep. II is the
deepest ever known in this locality.
The cold is very severe, and this morn
ing was 22 degrees below zero.
MLNHEAPoLIs, Mimi, March b The
trial of the first three persons charged
with the OIeson lynching at White Hall
was concluded to-day, as far as tcsti-
money is concerned. The wifi and son
of the murdered man, and Ole Sletto,
well-to-do farmer were on trial for mur
der in the first degree. Thirty others
will plead guilty to the charge of riot
ing.
SAN Francisco, March 13-Custom
House Officer Crittenden made seizure
of $500 dollars worth OF opium early
this morning, and captured man giving
the name of William Bourne, who was
afterwards held Oh the charge of SNUG
Cling.
The ofiicor saw Bourne pass near the
Arctic works in a small boat which con |
tanned some bags. He ordered him to
stop, but the man rowed away and Crit
tenden fired six shots at him. 4 launch
u-aC r,roc.,-aG nd mon COON Oxor |
taken, when the bags were found to cen
tain opium and the seizure made.
Bourne said he got the drug from o
schooner and supposed it was coal.
WASHINGTON, March 13-David Harp
ster, president of the Ohio Wool Grow
ers' Association, apd Judge Lawrence.
member OF the same association, have
prepared for publication statement ex-
planning the wool schedule in the tariff !
bill, now under consideration by the
house committee on ways and means, in
which they say that provisions for car
pet woods are the best ever incorporated
in the tariff law, and these are woods
that just now are iniuring the wool in !
dustry of the United States. They re-
commend the passing of the Mckinley
bill
CARDwELL, Kans., March 14.-Eight {
hundred families of Cherokee boomers
have decided TO move into the strip on
Sunday. Capt. Burbank, Z. s. A., tried
to dissuade them, but they told him that
they would goin if they had to fight. :
Burbank has telegraphed for reinforce =,
ments.
1t is reported that company OF Unit
ed States soldiers, from Oklahoma City.
are already in the strip waiting the ad-
vance of the boomers, and that a special
train Is to bring reinforcements from Ft.
Leavenworth. A rush OF all classes has
continued all day, and by sundown ten
thousand people will have entered the
strip.
KANSAS CITY, Kansas, March 14-News
of the passage through the House OF Re
of bill extending territor-
ial government over the Cherokee strip
together with the Oklahoma territorial !.
bill, was received here, by the Cherokee
boomers with great JOY. This morning
a rush for the strip was made by thou
sand or more families. They are deter
mined to stake claims regardless of op-
position by the military. !
MANSFIELD, Ohio. March IA fast {
vestibule train on the Baltimore & Ohio, t
ran into land slide this morning. The y
engine was thrown into the river, and |
Fireman Thos. Bolands killed. Engi- r
nee-s Mccoy and Hart were seriously in :
jured, and passengers severely shaken
up. t
PoTAsKEY, Mich, March 1.-THE
Daurle company wooden ware factory {
burned this morning. Loss, 100000; in l
S france, $4,000.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-Perkins
Kansas) stated that an erroneous i'm : !
preston had gone out that according !
to the provision of: tho SOk ahOma I
bill passed yesterday, the Cherokee
outlet had been declared open to settle I
ment under homestead laws. He de- l
clared the Cherokee outlet not open
to settlement. House then went into l