Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-04-12
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phia, arrived here this morning to Worh in the foundries in this city now affect ed by the strike. AS soon as the tram arrived at Oakland, they were met by delegates of the moulders' union, and several of them were induced to join the strikers. The balance were taken across the bay in tugs and sent to the differen fouudries.
 CAIRO, April 7.-Stanley left to-day for Brussels.
 WASHINGTON, April 7.-Senator Spoon CT. a member of the committee on privileges and elections, made an argu- ment in favor of the majority report, that Power and Saunders, republican claimants. are entitled to seats; and after the executive session, the senate adjourned.
 in the senate to-day Reagan, of Texas, presened petition from the citizens Of Maricopa county, Arizona, protesting against the establishment of the land courts.
 NEW YORK, April Tn regard to the statement Sullivan is said to have made. that he could put Corbett to sleep in four rounds, the latter said: l will give him an opportunity to try at my benefit at the 5th avenue casino, Brooklyn, next Monday night, when I will spar Sullivan five rounds, and if do not succeed m besting him, he can have the entire gate receipts. I am also willing to wager from S5OOO upward that he cannot put me to sleep in four rounds.
 LONDON, April S-The barbarous mur- der of Helena Mont, disrsputabie wo- man, at Hobersthal, near Aix la Chap belle, created great excitement. The woman was killed in a mysterious man ner in the open street. Her throat was cut from ear to ear, her body disembow- eled and otherwise mutilated, after the style of Jack the Ripper. The woman had been drinking with Chinaman all the afternoon in a low den. The pair | parted on friendly terms, but it is sup | posed that the Chinaman lay in wait for her and murdered her.
 WASHINGTON, April 7-International American Conference will start on a southern -four the 18th inst, and return to Washington May 16th.
 SAN FRANc1sCo, April 7.-The suit of | | D. M. Delmas to recover S21,OOO, the value of certain claims against the judg- | ment Cox recovered in his suit against Charles Mclaughlin, resulted in the l jury to-day awarding Cox S22, ,862. Del
 mas purchased the claims ID the last named suit, and Cox claimed that 1t was | chase was made.
 WASHINGTON, April "A bill was re- ported to the house providing for the ap- l pointment of a commission on the al 1 coholic liouor traffic. The report of the committee gays that a large part of the people have for long time desired an
 honest, impartial and thorough investI- | gation of the liquor traffic in all It's | rhsses. Reference is made to injuries | by similar commissions in England, | which had a remarkable result and warrant further investigation. Reports | from domestic circles indicate that the | liauor traffic causes four fifths of all | crimes committed, wastes one half ol | taxation, causes an expenditure of SSC0.- | 900 year in drink, incapacltates men, | tally and physically, half million peo- | ple for labor or business; causes three fourths of the pauperlsm of the country. and is responsible for the fearful in | crease in insanity and imbecility, and does no good to anybody. | ST. LOUIS, April S.-A special received at three this morning says that Prophets town was blown away by tornado. The only definite news obtaiRed, was receiv- ed from the train hands on stock train | that pulled out of Prophetstown jus; after the disaster. The train hands say that either tornado or cyclone swept over the town. The ruin Is terrible
 They say fully fifty lives are lost. The | only names of the dead obtained are | William Vance, station agent; Charles | Murry. an old man employed by the rail | road, and Frank Wilson or Nelson.
 another railroad man. The train men
 think that eight persons Tn Wilson's or | Nelson's house were killed. At 3:3C
 telegrams were received verifying the re port of from forty to fifty people killed. | LATER R-CmCAGo-A dispatch just re- ceived from the railroad agent at Pro
 phetstown is as follows Cyclone struck | Prophetstown at last evening. Mum
 Der of houses blown down and several
 persons hurt.
 CINCINNATI, April S.-By yesterday $
 city election, Samuel Hunt, (Dem.) for
 Superior Court Judge, has 3,0GO ma jority; Emile Reihse, (Rep.) for Clerk of
 the Probate Court, has 2,COO majority. The other two democratic candidates were elected. The council has a repub-
 lican majority of two, and board of edu- cation, of six.
 CHICAGO, April 8.-The plubmers strike is still going on. At last rights confer once, master plubmers agreed to pay a
 minimum of S3.55 per day to all journ-
 eymen, and an increase of p per cent
 for junior journeymen. The plubmers
 are satisfied with this. The juniors who
 struck to aid the journeymen, are not
 satisfied with the proposed D per cent
 increase of wages.
 Tie carpenter strike is still going on
 although the men will probably appoint an arbitration committee this afternoon
 to confer with the master carpenters.
 The cigar makers have won their fight. Hereafter there will be none but
 union cigar makers in Ch'cago.
 SACRAMENTO, April S.-Gov. Water
 man to-day sent a pardon to Arthur D.
 January, who was sent to prison for ten
 years for stealing nearly S60,CO0 from
 the state treasury, while employed as
 deputy under his father. January IS a
 victim Of consumption.
 WASHINGTON, April S.-The Secretar,
 has appr oved the finding of not guilty
 in the case of Commander Joseph Is
 Coghlan, recently tried by "a court
 martial. The charges being conduct
 unbecoming an officer and gentleman
 and conduct to prejudice good order
 and discipline. The offence consisting
 of writing and causing to be published
 in California newspapers an article con-
 demning and abusing in unmeasured
 terms the present administration of
 Naval affairs.
 SAN FRANCISCO, April 8.-The annual
 election of directors of the Central Pa
 citic R. R. O., occurred to-day There
 was no opposition to the r, gular ticket
 which includes Leland Stanford, c. P.
 Huntington, c. F. Crocker, c. E. Roth
 erton, A. N. Town, Timothy Hopkins
 and E.. II. Miller. The stockholders of | tho SOnthern Pacific wiIl maat to-pOr