Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-02
Special to the CITIZEN.

| Special to the CITIZEN.
 FLORENCE, July 28.--A terrific storm
 struck this town last night, and houses
 were demolished all over town, and sv-
 erything was damaged considerably.
 The storm lasted about five hours. MT.
 Arnett was struck by lightning but is
 not dangerously hurt. The north wing
 of the new court house was damaged to the amount of several hundred dollars. About three inches of rain fell.
 BUENos AIRES, July 28.-The revolu-
 tlonary movement continues to spread The fighting between the government troops and the revslutionists to-day was desperate. The government forces are defeated and a thousand of them are killed or wounded. The navy has joined the revolutionary movement. The in surgents' artillery bombarded the gov ernment house and barracks, to day. A 4-hours' truce has been arranged.
 WASHINGTON, July 28-- Telegram was re- ceived this morning by acting Secretary of State from Minister Pitkin, at Buenss Ayres, stating that a revolution in arms was in progress, the army divided, and
 siege declared.
 MANCHEsTER, July 2S.-A fearful ac- cident has just happened in the New Manchester ship canal Two workmen's trains, through some unexplained st1- pidity of the switchman, collided, and ten workmen were instantly killed and sixty others injured, of whom 20 it is said, will certainly die.
 n ba Ciz ro6 believed at least 90 are fatally hurt. Special to the CITIZEN.
 CASA GRANDE, A. T., July N.-This section was visited last night by one of the most severe thunder, lightning and wind storms that have ever been ex- perienced here. The clouds rolled up in great black masses to the south and west and the lightning display was some thing grand beyond description. The wind rose and soon swept over the plains | with great velocity, blowing down two buildings in Casa Grande. A house and | barn, about seven miles from here, were fiattened to the ground. The new court | house at Florence which had been com | pleted to the second story, was struck | by lightning and one-half of the magni- | ficent structure Is total wreck. The | loss to out-buildings, orchards, etc., is supposed to be great.
 BOSTON, JULY, 2S.-The Steamer Mil Ter arrived from Baltimore reports that on the 26th two boats were picked up containing twenty men, the crew of the British Steamer Charles Moran, from New York for Vera Cruz, which was sunk by an unknown schooner.
 ST. LOUIS, July 2S.--John H. Douglas treasurer of the Knapp & Stout Lum- Der CO., one of the largest concerns of | this kInd in the country, was arrested late last night on the charge of killing ployees.
 SPRINGFIELD, H., July Ex-Governor Tier has issued warrants to the Sher- if of Cook county for the custody of Frank Woodruff, alias Black, upon a re- guisition from the governor of Kansas Woodruff is charged with stealing a mare in Olathe Kansas.
 WASHINGTON July 2S-The bill to pension all surviving officers and men of Powell's Battalion Missouri Mounted raised during war with Mexico, was passed.
 Aldrich offered resolutions fixing the daily hour of meeting at II a. m., and some discussion followed.
 The Resolution was agreed to with the understanding that the Senate ad- ourn at '. Aldrich moved to proceed with the consultation on the tariff bill, and Gray moved to proceed to the con- ;ideration of the house bill for the trans Ter of the retinue of the Marine to the Navy department. The latter motion vas agreed to; yeas 26, nays 9. Cock rell then continued his argument in the opposition.
 ATLANTA, Ga July 2S.-The Supreme court has refused a new trial for Tom Weetfolk, who murdered nine persons in 8ibb Go.