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

RIT0RY, SATURDAY MARCH 8
/ SPOKANE, FALLS, February 28.-A
spec-~.r from Genesee, Idaho, says ol
- bsday morning the thermom ete
AZ degrees below zero, and hun
bf cattle aredying.
APoL1s, MD, February 28-Gov
nckson has approved the act t
1Ict the state, five out of SIX con
> 5ional districts, and Maryland il
conceded to be democratic.
ICAGo, February 2S.-Detective Pit
n reports that while in Texas few
kago, he met an old Chicago gam
Z, who told him he saw John Graham
the missing Cronin jury briber, neal
2nun<Geua, Mexico.
- AsHINGToN, February 28-The house
to-day passed the urgency deficiency ap-
preparation bill. 1t approDriates S23.-
65O,0CO, the largest sum being S1.6O0GCO
| for pensioners of the war of 1922 and
| the Mexican war.
| Representative Hutchison from the
committee on military affairs to day re-
| ported to the house on the army appro-
/ prlation bill. The total appropriation
carried by the bill is S24,45S, DO, and the
| estimates submitted by the department
| aggregated s25611, ,674.
| The house committee on agriculture
| this morning resumed the hearing of
| the proposition to regulate the manu-
| facture Of lard and lard compounds
and place the latter under the control of
| internal revenue. Col. Brigham Master
| of the grange, patrons of husbandry,
| spoke in favor of it.
WASHINGTON, Feb, 2S.-The senate
proceeded to consider the bill reported
from the committee, proposed January
10th, granting pensions to soldiers and
sailors incapacitated for the performance
OF manual labor, and providing for PEN
sions to dependant relatives of deceased
soldiers and sailors. Davis, chairman of
the committee on pensions, said the
annual expense under the bill would be
s35, 900. The bill went over without
action.
CINCINNATI, March 1.-The water is
still rising at the rate of half an inch an
hour. 1t stood 56 feet 10 inches at l
o'clock.
New YORK, March 1.-Chauncy NJ.
Depew denies he contemplates resigning
as President of the New York Central to
become candidate for the presidency
IN 1892.
New YORK, Feb. 90. The funeral of
the late Minister Pendleton will be held
in Cincinnati one week from to-day
OKLAHOMA, March l. News from
Shawnee, 80 miles east of the city, says
the dead bodies of man named Holmes,
his wife and children were found Thurs
day. They were returning to their
claim when killed. 1t is supposed they
were killed for their money by outlaws
that infest the Pottawotmie reservation.
No clue to assassins.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The senate
committee on privileges and elections
took up the Montana Senatorial contro-
versy to-day. Several hours we're devot-
ed to discussing legal questions involved
but no decision was reached. Chairman
Hoar and Gray were appointed a sub
committee to collect facts and report to
the committee next Saturday.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-Taulfee is
resting easy this morning; no material
change in his condition; it is thought he |
will recover.
Kincaid passed rather a comfortable |
but sleepless night An attempt will be |
made to have hlm admitted to bail this |
afternoon. A number of offers by per-
sons who are ready to become bonds |
men for him, or to render legal aid has
been made here by telegraph from
prominent Kentucky men. Taulfee's
chances for recovery are very good. He |
is greatly improved. No attempts have
been made to probe the ball as it is do
ing no harm where it Is for the present.
LONDON. March IA dispatch re-
ceived this morning states that the Brit
ism steamer Quetta, from Australian
ports, for London, lost. Number of
persons drowned not definitely known,
but from the dispatch it is feared a
number perished. The Quetta had 27
first-class passengers, crew, 1l2. The
managers of the line 10 which the
steamer belonged do not believe the re-
port.
LATER.-The report = 'hc lost steam
er Quetta, is coiiir.nod ut Lloyds. Ad-
vices says 200 lives lost. The steamer
struck a rock not shown on the chart at
9 o'clock last night near Somerset, in
Torres straight, northern extremity of
Aust ALA, and sank in three minutes.
VALLEY FALLS, Kas. March IA
bold bank robbery occurred here this
evening. A masked man entered Hicks
& Gebhard's bank tabout o'clock and
held up the cashier with two revolvers
and robbed the bank. President Geb-
hardt is absent. The robber escaped,
though the town turned out in five min
utes in hot pursuit.
ST. LOUIS, March 1.-The German
Federation of Labor of this city publ
shes to-day a petition to the senate
praying that body not to rati-
fy the pending or any other extraordi-
ton treaty with the emperor of Russia.
CINCINNATI, March 1.-One hundred
and thirty-three indictments against Sd
loon keepers for selling liquor on Sun
day, contrary to an old statue of the
state, were returned today by the grand
jury in Covington, X ntucky. This in
cludes all saloon keepers in Covington
except two.
Special Despatch to the CITIZEN.
GLOBE, A. T., March 3-Information
has just been received here of the kill
ing of freighter named Herbert, nine
miles west of Fort Thomas, last night.
His wagon was burned and horses tax
en-. Troops from Fort Thomas and San
Carlos went to the scene of the murder
last night. The corpse was found one
mile north of the point of rocks on the
San Carlos road, and will be taken to
Fort Thomas to-day. The Indians cut
the telegraph wire and took down a
pole, an evidence that they are becom-
ing more civilized in crime Particu-
lars are very meagre as to the number
of Indians implicated or the direction
taken.