Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-07-26
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 owing presumably to the fact that it object is regarded Dy an overwhelming
 majority as not attaina5le The dele
 gates hope to inducr the rulers of th,
 world to dispense with their armies ant
 settle whatever difference. s may arise be
 tween them by arbitration. rhe peace
 society, although established some feN
 years, has not so far succeeded in con
 verting those who rule the destiny o
 nations to their views. All the Euro
 pean countries, since the society was or
 ganiZed, have increased their armies
 and navies so as to Ge prepared for war They would no doubt have pursued the same course had the society never been established, but those ' ho believe that the way to preserve peace Is to oe pre- pared for war, point tO this condition ol affairs to prove that the society has not made itself felt, and that it is in fact without influence. The United States is largel? represented, notably among the delegates being David Dudley Field, the distinguished New York lawyer. The chairman, in his address, urged that an earnest plea should be made to all na- tions, especially to the great powers of Europe, to gradually. mutually and sim ultaneously do away with their great armaments. The congress will be in session daily until next Saturday.
 ST. PAUL, July 17.-The Farmers Al liance and United Labor Convention met thIs morning and the report of the committee on resolutions was adopted It demands that the war tariff be radi- caliy revised, especially denouncing the Mat lnl htll h,. i,,F, of protection. It demands that the gov ernment control the railroads, favors an increase Tn the volume Of money, and demands the free coinage of silver.
 DENVER, July 7.-Frank Kellerm an, secretary of the German and Centen nial building and loan association is short in his accounts about S30,000. He has turned over to the association 230,- GOO worth of property and has resigned. He has not been arrested.
 STAUNToN, Ind, July 17.-Fox hunt CTS yesterday accidentally discovered a cave and last night explored it. The leader of the party stumbled over a pet ritied Indian woman, whose ornaments proclaimed her princess of a powerful tribe. Her shapely arms and ankles were encircled with bracelets of gold and bone, while around her neck was d band of human teeth. Three other bodies were found in less degree ot preservation, and scattered throughout the cave were speciments of gold jewelry and a collection of cooking utensils, axes, knives, ana tomahawks.
 GLASGOW, Va, July 1.-The Natural RriHora hoe haar e0lJ +o Mac achusetts and Virginia syndicate for S20,000 It was purchased from Col. H. c. Parsons and Hon. James G. Blaine.
 DURANGO, Col, July IF 7.-Marcellus Cancett, deputy sheriff of San Juan county, New Mexico, and a son of Cap tain Bancstt, of Az ec, was struck by lightning yesterday and was instantly killed.
 WASHINGTON. July 1.-The president sent to the senate to-day the nomination for Justice of Edward Pleeds, of Iowa, as associate justice of the supreme court of New Mexico.
 NEW YORK, July IS.-This morning, shortly before o'clock, flames burst from the switchboard of the Western Union telegraph operating room, on the seventh floor of the magnificent building on the corner of Broadway and Dey street. So rapidly did they extend that escape for employees was cut off, and of them were lowered from win dows by ropes to the tops of adjoining buildings. As far as know no lives were lost. The fire extended from the fifth to the upper stories of the building, in- cluding the Associated Press office, ex- ecutive office, and Western Union offices. The upper floors were devoted to res traunts and living rooms. The depart ment at this hour, SEQ, claim that the ire is under control.
 2p. m.-The fire originated under the room of the fifth floor, spreading upwards and destroying the operating room, Associated Press rooms, and Western Union restaurant Opera ,ars, numbering about fifty men and were just going to work, when q n essenger boy Tn the distributing roo Il discovered the lire, and raced up stairs -o warn them. So quickly did the flames spread that the distributing room was mass of flame and smoke before the | panic struck crowd succeeded in gettir 2 | through. But four men, cooks and wait | ITS m the restaurant on the upper floor, | nd their exit cut off by the flames, | which had devored the telegraph wire, | and other furnishings like | finder. They managed to escape | through a scuttle to the roof, and the | ,rowd below, in the street were horrIti- | d at the thought that there were no | way to escape. The longest ladder did | lot reach within 90 feet of the roof, but | l rope was finally thrown up and made | ast, by which the firemen pulled them selves up to the roof, lettin z down the | seven people m safety, as the flames | )urst through the roof up like great | overs.
 Later-The entire rpper part of the | is gutted, and every instru uent md wi-e rendered useless. II w the | ire originated no one seems to know but 1t is surmised that tWo electric light wires became crossed anI et the flooring on fire. Tie offices If | he Associated Press suffer rather more han any O. the others IF the grea' being useless, the Associated Press opened headquarters m JeIsev C'ty, -very facntV being aifj- -ded them by ilS OlnCldlS Ol lne EbunAN lNdlllI iUili- oad Co. No exact figures can yet be ,iven in regard to loss, but iJ wtll be leavy.
 All above the sixth floor is destroyed md the fifth and O her floors below ara oaked with water the Associated | Press loses it's instruments, and all its looks, papers and records dating from 645, besides yaIua ole reference libr .ry. he loss of which is irreparable Hon. William Heary SlnJh, the general man. ger, is personally heavy lnser by he destruct on of rare books and papers, many of which cannot be duplicated, 1 Ilso extensive correspondence of great ! -alue.
 General Eckert, Vice President of the Western Union, is the opinion that the oss of that company alone will not xceed S100,000, He also believed that hey will be able to employ considerable # the force in day or two. The As ociated Press will use the executive oom of the fifth the floor, and such 1 'ther rooms as can be had in the neigh ,orhood temporarily.