Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-05-31

IlIISbURCi, May O-A severe ral and electrical storm passed over wester } Pennsylvania this evening, doing gres
 damage to property, and resulting the loss of several lives in the east, an ID this city houses were blown dowI trees uprooted, and small buildings d. molished.
 A large number of persons receive slight injuries, but none fatal. At Mo
 heesport the water was five feet deer
 anf a number of houses below the grad
 were submerged. At Greensburg, Wn
 Fry was killed by lightning. Nea
 Washington, Pa, lightning struck del
 rick on the Miller farm, sbattering 1t an
 killing Wm. Furman, seriously injurin
 Wm. Gates, and stunning two others.
 VIsALIA, Cal, Nay Yesterday
 while Mrs. J. H. Hawley, living nea
 Dudley, this county, was absent iron
 home short time, the house caught fir
 and burned down. She had left thre
 children on the bed asleep. On
 daughter, six years of age was burned tC
 death and another child is not expected l to b-e.
 SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-Last evening | -,ii 70. Ls OhdpLAdlls Wll6 Ol CS WcdlOul
 mining man residing in Oakland, attend
 ed the commencement exercises at Snel
 sem mary, her daughter being one of tht graduates. As the Chapmen residence
 had been entered by burglars some time
 before, she placed her diamonds, valued
 at S1.OOO In her pocket. At the close oi
 the exercises she discovered that the
 diamonds were missing. The police
 were notified, but as yet no clue has
 been found.
 BOSTON, May 23.-In the circular is-
 sued by the ..tchison, Topeka and Santa
 t'e road formally announcing to the
 stockholders the acquisition of the St Louis and San Francisco road the first
 preferred stock is not disturbed and to
 the holders of the preferred stock are given one and three eights shares of the
 Atchison stock for one share of the St.
 Louis & San Francisco and to the holders of con mon stock three quarter shares of the Atchison. The Atchson | issued S2l 100000 new stock, out of
 which S25,2S5,l75 will be delivered for Frisco stock and equities.
 HoT STRINGS, Ark, May 23-Miss Florence McKeagh, while out riding this evening just north of this city, was shot at twice from ambush by an un- known patty. The first bulIet struck the body just above the heart. The se- cond one pierced her riding hat. She managed to retain her seat in the sad dle until she reached neighbor, where assistance was rendered. She will prob ably recover.
 RICHMOND, May 23.-The State news paper leads off to-day in confederate decorations in khonor of Gen. Lee. Its building is covered from top to bottom with confederate flags. Only confederate colors are displayed. A legend on the forcade of the building reads: R. E. Lee, Americas greatest man." This is to be followed tomorrow by 20-page paper styled "Confederated Edition" til- led with war articles, "reminiscences and confederate battle songs
 - GIs1CAGo, May 23.-The joint commit tee of the Central Traffic and Trunk Line Association has voted to accept agreed percentages or through rates of S1.50 per hundred pounds from authorized Pacific coast points to New York, Phila- delphia and Baltimore, and S1.50 to Boston on fruits in full carloads, at risk of owner, upon freight trains of ordinary speed. For carrying at accelerated speed S2.20 to New York on five car loads or more, or S2,50 when in quantities of less than fine carloads.
 WASHINGTON, May 23.-Senator Stan ford, speaking in the senate to-day on hIs land loan bill, pointed out that mon ey borrowed of the government at per cont. on agricultural land security could rapidly find use at higher rates in en- terprises and the former thus be bene- fited. .o
 He said the bill provided for what might not improperly be termed revo- lution in finance, and he did not expect it to be adopted until considered by the people and met with their approval. The oil was referred to the committee on finances.
 The naval bill vent over. Call offered a resolution calling on the president for information as to the landing of armed forces for the revenue cutter at Cedar Keys, Florida, t1 prevent the forcible ontry of house and the pursuit of citizens On motion of Edmunds it was laid over and the executive session of the senate adjourned.
 WASHINGTON, Nay 2}.-The house com mittee on elections to-day acted upon three contested election cases, those of Langsdon vs. Venable, 4th district of Virginia; Miller vs. Elliot, 7th district, | South Carolina, and Coleman vs. Nor gan. 2nd district of Mississippi. In the 1 first two cases, the committee filed a re- port in favor of seating the republican | but in the other case the re- | port is in favor of sitting member, Nor gan. democrat.
 The amendment appropriating S125,- | GOO for securing a continuous navigable | water way between Lake Michigan and ] the Mississippi river, was rejected. When | the paragraph appropriating S1,50O,CO0 i to the construction of the Illinois and | Hennepin )canal was reached, 1 Turner, of Georgia. made point of or dor that the committee of whole, had | no jurisdiction over canals. Pending | decision the house took 9 recess till ] evening.
 LEWISTON, Ills, May 24-John Ryno | was riding along the country on abuck- | board drawn by one horse yesterday, | when within few miles of Breeds, Ky no heard the chatter of hoofs from be- hind and looking over his shoulder saw | a large white mare was after him. The | hruit was mad and green saliva was fly | ing from her jaws. Her eyes were wide ly dIstended and she gave vent to fierce | shrieks, as she flew along. Ryno whip ped his horse into a dead run and race | for life began. The mare gained upon him and was soon snapping and biting at the buck board and at Ryno and his horse. The greatly frightened man lash ed the mad brute with his whip but to | no purpose. Just then passenger train on the Toledo, Peoria &Western appeared | in sight, attracting the mare's attention. She stopped, stood and watched the | train approach until it had come up al | most opposite Der. Then she jumped | and dashed across the field and pursued | the train, keeping as close to the coaches as possible and snapping at them as she ran. The engineer threw the throttle | wide open and train and mare fairly flew | The DaSSenpers watched the race from