Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1890-03-01

Wilson, the colOred cham )Ion heavy
weight of ST, Paul, has 81. -led articles
for fight to 4 finish with oo Choynski
next month, st the Golden Gate Club
for a purse OF 81 500.
WAsHINGTox. February. 20-By spec
ial order today was set aside by the
house for debate on report Of tho com
mittee on the worlds fair. The galleries
we're well fled with spectato s. The
usual preliminaries of routine business
was followed 10y a message from the
president, relating to the Sisseton and
Wahpton Indian agreement. Morrill,,
of Kansas, presented a conference re-
port on senate oil to increase the pen
sion for helpless soldiers. lie explain
ed that the bill involved the expendi-
ture of S4Q0, GO or SJC0.OO0for this. The
report was adopted.
Chandler opened the debate on worlds
fair by explaining provisions OF two bills
before congress. One was intended for
use in the fair should go to New York,
Chicago or S.. Louis. and provided for
an appropriation by the government of
a million and half dollars to make its
own exhibit. The other was drawn for
Washington, il held here, ard the money
would be raiss d by the district govern
ment, by the issue Of bonds. Flowers,
of New York, followed in beha Of New
York, Moore, Cummings, Tracy and
Quinn all favored New York. Hit then
opened debate for Chicago and was sup
ported by Adams, of Illinois,
SAN Francisco, February 20-The
jury trying James Ii. Jordan for the
murder of John Haggerty. returned Il
verdict of murder in the second degree
to-day. Haggerty abused Jordan, who
was a barketper, for refusing 10 give
him any liquor.
ALBANY, February Ex-Governor Hill
has signed the worlds fair blll.
WOODLAND, February 2G-The case Of
A. j. Palmer, charged with cmbezzle-
ment by Senate s'air was concluded to-
day, and the defendant promptly dis
charged by Judge Ruggles.
VICTORIA, 3. c., Feb. 0.-Intelligence
has been receiv' q that the recent wealth
er in Nicola viii have serious results for
stock raisers in that vicinity. Destruc-
ton of feed by grasshoppers last season
was serious blow, but with two and
half feet Of snow, frozen hard by the in
tense cold, the chances are that cattle
and horses will die by thousands on
the ranges. Horses have been found
frozen stiff, standing in deep snow oD
hills. 1t is difficult at present to esti-
mate the loss of stock, but large pro
portion will perish.
PITTsBURG, Feb. 20-President Har-
risOn arose early, and after breakfasting
at the Duquesne club, visited points OF
interest under the guidance OF Andrew
Carnegie. This afternoon a reception
was held at the court house. This ev-
ening the Carnegie Free Library was
dedicated by the president.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 20-The Novassa rio.
ters were sentenced this afternoon. Geo.
S. Key, Henry Jones and Edward Smith
were sentenced to be hanged on March
Doth. Fourteen men were convicted OF
manslaughter and sentenced to terms in
the penitentiary from two to ten years.
CHICAGO February 20.-J. B. Kelly,
the Cronin suspect who was brought
here from St. Louis yesterday, was re-
leased this morning no one being able
to identify him as j. Z. Simmonds, the
man who bought the furniture found
in the Carlson cottage.
VICTORIA, B, c., February. 20.-The
Coroner's inquest held this morning on
the bodies found at the bottom OF the
pond in eight feet of water with skates
still Oh their feet, The jury returned a
verdict of drowned 10y breaking through
the ice while skating Wedncsd ~ night.
PARIS, February 20.-Forty three
bodies have been taken from the colliery
at De Cisco, where the explosion occur
ed Tuesday night. Eight miners badly
injured have been rescued.
SACRAMENTO, February 20-The cy-
clone and rotary plows have at last bro
ken the snow blockade on the Sierra
Madres, and if no more deep snow drifts
upon the track trains will again be run
ming within "a hours The number Of
east bound passengers who have been
delayed at Colfax returned 10 Sacramen-
to tonight, and will proceed eastward by
the southern route. One Of the east
bound trains which have been on the
road for five days succeeded in reachipg
Truckee to-day. No trains will be sent
out until all the rails have been fianged
out in order to inure safety.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2L-The senate
conference report on bill to increase
pensions to totally disabled pensioners,
was presented by Davis and was agreed
to as reported, and placed on the cal
ander; one providing for sea coast de-
fense, and for the establishment of gun
factory for finishing and assembling
l.. M s,s.t
Edmonds introduced a bill to reorganize
rank and pay OF the navy was re-
ferred. The senate then proceeded to
the consideration Of hous. bill to pro-
vide for town site entries OF land in
Oklahoma.
HELENA, Mont. Feb. 21.-Fire broke
out in the granite block, in which the
hall of the republican Legislature was
located, early this morning, and the
building was Quilted. Loss to building
$4,000 and to stock of the
Helena clothing stose $4,000; insurance
about half. Nearly all of the records of
the republican house were saVel.
TOLEDO, February 21-E. P. Brecken-
ridge, tinware, and Smith & Holdman,
elevator fixtures, burned out this morn
ing. Loss Sl3O,UUi.
New ORLEANS, Feb 21.-Jake Kilrain
is about to retire temporarily. He has
been on the down grade for some time
and recognized it was best to accept the
advice Of Muldoon and others. Rheu-
matism, or something else, has been
gradually getting the best of .hiIa. He
can hardly close up his hands. His
shoulder is lame and his legs very sore.
1t is decided that he go to Hot Springs
as soon as possible. to remain there for
five weeks.
WASHINGTON, February 21-Hooker,
of Minnesota, proceeded to address the
house on the Worlds Fair bill.
WAsHINGTON-Mil of Tex, made a
speech, objsc'lng the bill altogether
as matter with which the government
should have nothing to do. He would
prefer st. Louis as the site. and when
that question was decided would vote
against the bill altogether. Morse, of
Massachusetts,, announced that he
would vote against the bill because he
thought Washington was the only site