Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-07-26

day, sneak thieves entered the Bliss
 Cottage here, and got away with 5000,
 worth of diamonds and jewelry. Tn,
 cottage was occupied by l.. Morton, tine
 Vice-President, and his partner Bliss anC
 their wives. A reward of 3I9O0 is offered
 for the recovery of the jewels.
 NEW YORK, July 1S.-The Herald says
 There have been perfected in the offices
 of Seligman & O., an arrangement
 which glves California a finely equipped
 standard guage railroad, which is tc present consolidated form. and run
 from Sar Francisco i6O miles north
 through three of the most productive counties of the state It will avoid fall 1 ing into the hands of either of the great
 Pacific lines. Important negotiations
 concerning the line have been in pro
 gress Tor a month, the late James M
 Dcnahue having been engaged in the
 enterprise.
 WASHINGTON, July 18.-The commit tee on rules reported resolution pro i Vldlng that the house immediately pro- ' ceed to the consideration of the "Ori- ginai package" bill. The previous ques
 t!On to be considered ordered for Mon day, and that the house shall consider
 the Bankruptcy bill, previous question
 to be considered ordered for Wednes-
 day.
 The committee on elections decided
 two msre contested cases in favor of the | republican contestants. The Florida
 case of Goodrich vs. Bullock was decided | h favor of Goodrich, and Tn the West | Virginia case of McGinnis vs. Alderson,
 the decision was in favor of McGinnis. WASHINGTON, July 15.-After unim- | pOrtant business the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill was re- sumed, and Reagan continued his ar gument against the amendment.
 CAIRO, July 18-Eugene Schuyles, The American Consul General here, died | to-day.
 NASHVILLE, July 17.-In the demo cratic convention this morning five bal lots for governor were taken with no material change. Patterson gained slightly at the expense of Butler and Taylor.
 BRIDGEPORT, Cal, July 1S-Word was received here to-day that Dr. D. V. Goodson and A. s. Montronse were blown up by the explosion of boiler at Bodie.
 Goodson was killed outright, and Mon trose had both his legs blown off and his head badly crushed, and will undoubted- ly die.
 WILCOX, Ariz., July 1S.-The Star special says: News has just reached here that Lieutenant Micky and his scouts, while in a battle this afternoon with the Kid gang in the Sierra Ancha mountains, killed Wahlantap, the others escaping into the mountains and the officers and scouts following close, and it is thought they will soon be captured. Wahlahtap's head was sent to the near est post for Identification. He is one of the Indians who killed Sheriff Reynolds last fall and IS supposed that he, with the Kid gang, murdered Hardie short time ago in Fuckers canyon.
 WASHINGTON. July 18.-Taylor advo- cated the senate original package bill. Culbertson, of Texas, and Adams of Illinois, both opposed the house bill. Reed, of Iowa, spoke at length against tie supreme. court bill which congress had the power to remedy. Pending fur ther debate the house took recess and held an evening session to consider pri- vate pension bills. No quorum being present nothing was done. Allen said within the country designated as arid regions there was a population of be- tween two and three millions. Great communities had guarantees of lands which had existed up to this time, but suddenly without note of warning two fifths of the area in the United States had been reserved from settlement in order to consummate their policy, state land and territorial lives would have to be ohliterated and vested rights abso lutely ignored. He earnestly protested against such legislation. Allison said he desired to put himself on record as against any appropriation for continuing irrigation surveys. He was firmly con- vinced an immediate stop should be put to surveys. The result of it's contin- uance would be to involve the govern ment in an enormous expenditure and | After further discus sion by Plumb, Cockrell, Teller and l Stewart, an amendment was agreed to. l An item of S720,0O0 for irrigation sur vey, S50,000 for engraving maps, and | S7 300 for office rent Tn Washington were | stricken out, and the bill laid aside, Ali | son giving notice that he would ask con- | gress to remain in session tomorrow un- til it was completed. Conference order | ed on lands forfeiture bill. Adjourned. |
 ATCHIsoN, Kan, July 1S.-There is a case of cholera ia this city. The vic tim is Mrs. W. k. Bishop. Two promi- nent doctors have pronounced it case | of undoubted Asiatic cholera.
 Los ANGELES, July 1S-Hon. J. M. Damerou was arrested to day on the | charge of having on the 1st of May affix ed the name of $. NJ. Perry, chairman of the county board of Supervisors, 70 a note of S1OO, discounted by the Califor- nia Loan Trust Co. Dameron was for merly assemblyman from this district.
 CHICAGO, July 1S.-The Tribune says the Northern Pacific and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad companies are to join hands at Chicago and form a continuous line from ocean to acean. The purchase of eighty acres of land in Cicero yester- day marks the junction point where will be erected the car shops of the Northern Pacific railroad. Freight will be run cars in any city.
 SAN FRANcIsco, July 19.-The San Francisco steamship China, arrived to- lay, twenty-three daysfrom Hong Kong, .n2 thirteen days from Yokohoma. Chinese advices give particulars of the loss of the steamship Tangtsee, on Sad lie Island. one of the Hieshan group, on June 18th. The vessel belonged to Silmssen & O., and left Hong Kong, June l1th, for Shanghai, with cargo of balled yard opium and Sl0O,OO0 in treasure. There were seventy eight souls al. told, on board the vessel. She ran into thick bank of fog, which con tinued all day. About , o'clock the