Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-02-01

Truckee and NaGSwOrth WILL all De moving tonight, and that the blockade is practically over. Overland train will probably leave here at eight o'clock thls evening. The main difficulty now IS the slippery condition of the track, causing consant breaking of trains.
 WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-Vandever, of Colorado, i.jt. ~3uced bill establishing an Iuoi.n Industrial School in CalifOr- mia. The house passed bill providing that in case pension claimants are de- pendants on parents they need only show that they are without other
 means of support than manual labor. WASHINGTON. January 2S.-Merrlll on l introducing bill authorizing issue of
 Treasury notes on deposits of silver bullion wanted it referred to the com | mittee on finance, said that the commit tee had sent communication to the secretary of the Treasury asking hun to | formulate a bill in accordance with his
 recommendation Tn relation to silver.
 The bill had been received without com
 municating himself with any member or the committee. He asked to have 1t
 printed and referred
 Senrte passed the direct tax bill.
 VIVA. Cal. Jan. 2S.-Hotels and prin-
 cipal stores burned last night.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28.-Revenue | Cutter Richard Rush, will leave here at
 f o'clock for the north. She will carry twenty four pouches of letters and 200 | sacks of papers and ether mail. which | arrived on delayed Southern Pacific at
 2:3O D. m. At ten o'clock this morning, one hundred deaths reported since Fri
 day last at o'clock, fifty-six being
 from lung diseases.
 HALENA. Mont. January 2S.-The su-
 preme court today decided the Tomp-
 son mandamus case in favor of the Re | publicans. Effect Of this Is making the
 Republican body the legal legislature.
 NEW YORK, January 28--Judge O'Brien has decided the Suit of New | York base ball Club vs. J. M. Ward, in | favor of the Brotherhood.
 WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-The Republi-
 can caucus tonight was harmonious. | The new code of rules will hot be ready
 for several days. There was a long dis cussion on the possibility oi not main l taining a quorum to meet the demo cratic opposition. Four Republicans | cannot be depended ou, three arc ab- | sent on account of sickness, and the | whereabouts of one is unknown. Nev- i ertbeless the Smith-Jackson election | case will be proceeded with. Other l contestants will be postponed until all members are present.
 | WASHINGTON, January 27-President | today sent the senate correspondence | from the state department and Chinese | government, most of which was pub lished during Clevelands administra- | tion. July last. Chan Yien Hoon wrote i to Secretary Blaine, expressing his amazement at the supreme court affirm | ing the exclusion act. He said: "When | it is remembered that the treaty
 relations established express satisfac- | tiOn to the U. S., and every request | further stipulated met with spirit of complacency, you must sympathize i with my astonishment. What body which represents the intelligence and
 justice of the great Amerlcan people
 should trample these treaties under and | grossly insult a nation which held
 them sacred" Minister says some way should be found whereby the action Of
 Congress should be undone.
 SAN BERSARDINO January 2T-StGrm
 has ceased but more rain is expected. | Tho late storm was the hardest of the
 season, the streets having been flooded, but the water has all been drained of.
 AUSTIN, NEv.-The SHOW blockade has
 not yet been raised. Food is gett ng
 scarce, and at Belmont, % miles from
 here, there is no coal, and oil and four
 supply is almost exhausted. Sheep and
 cattle are dying.
 | SONoMA. CAI.-No rain has fallen for IS hours. With the exception of the
 drowning of l.. J. Sullivan, and washing | away of the bridge at Glen Ellen, no
 great damage has resulted from high
 water in this valley.
 MILTON, CAL-The storm has ended but the roads are in bad condition, and no stage has arrived from SOnoma since | Friday. The Calaveras river, which Ov
 and drowning stock, Is now rapidly re- ceeding.
 BAKERSFIELD, CAL-River is constant | ly falling, but several washouts have
 occurred. The storm cleared away last 1 night.
 CoLUsA-River has been falling all 1 day, but the water on the flooded dis | trict is about the same. No estim te Of losses can yet be made, but no further
 damage is expected. Mail from north
 ern points arrived to-day and that from
 the south is expected early in the morn ing. The narrow gauge Is running
 trains on time to this city.
 HALIFAx- severe storm Saturday along the coast wrecked several vessels. Crew of the schooner Kelley were in the rigging Is hours Three were lost. and
 the remainder were nearly frozen. Los ANGELES Tine laying of the cor ner stone Of the reform school at Whit
 tier, which was to take place Wednes- day, has been postponed for two weeks on account of railway washOuts.
 SIssoN. Cal-A strong south wind to- day. indicating snow storm. The sun shone occasionally this morning on the surrounding mountains. The condition of the railroads is worse than ever. The snow blows still remain where they were week ago. The snow thaws in the day time and freezes at night, making the mass very compact and difficult to re- move. Tho enormity of the work may be seen when over one hundred miles is to uncover.
 SAN FRANCIsCo-At a late hour last night the situation of the blockade on the Central Pacific and Oregon lines is not so favorable as expected. On the former, while the snow has been almost cleared from the track in the mountains, a new obstacle has arose. On this side of Reno, between tunnel 13 and Verde, the snow melted into slush and then froze into solid ice. Track is covered with this formation for D miles. Same condition also exists for a short distance west of these points, and further up the mountain Trains will probably not reach this city before Thursday night. Supt. Fillmore estimates the loss of the Southern Pacific at $75,000 per day, and total loss of nearly million. Thirty five hundred men are now employed in the mountains and repairing the wash