Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-06-21

meeting of the city hall commissioners
 o-day Architect Wright, who was ap-
 pointed to inquire into the condition of
 the contract work performed on the
 walls of the northwest wing of the new
 city hall, presented his report.
 lie stated that forty three openings
 had been made in differen. parts of the
 wing, and that one fourth of those were
 fouad to be filled with rubbish instead
 of solid brick. About fifth of defec-
 tive brick work was also found, and the
 most serloUs defect found is in the four
 great piers supporting the heavy iron girder and which would have to carry a
 weight of hundred and fifty tons each.
 The piers are filled with rubbish and
 will have to be taken down.
 An arch is also found to be defective. 4 communication from the contrac tors, McCann and Riddeil, was read, in
 which they expressed willingness to
 put the work in perfect condition, and
 claimed to have information that Geo. | Hanks, the man who pointed out the de-
 fective work to the commissioners, caus
 ed two barrels of stutfing to be placed in ] a few separate places within the walls, i and intimated to some fellow workmen
 that he intended to profit by them by sell | ing the information to the newspapers.
 McCann testified that he thought that
 five hundred dollars would cover the cost necessary for repairs.
 | A number of wOrkmen testified that
 Hanks had said the walls were stuffed
 and that he intended to make money | out of 1t.
 | SAN FRANCIsCo, June 13-Steamship Australia arrived from Honolulu to day, | bringing. .advices up to June s. In the le-
 gislative assembly June ,, the:committee
 on foreign affairs, acting under instruc- ] tiOns to inquire whether negotiations | for the renewal of tho present treaty
 with the United States on the part of the cabinet or any officer of the Ha-
 waiian government has been calculat- ed tOprejudlce or jeopardlze the pOliti- | cal or commercial independence of Hawaii, reported four charges against | Minister of Foreign Affairs Austin, ac- cusing him of not having fully complied with instructions of the house to com municate the full correspondence of the treaty, and in having abstracted one of the most important documents, in the shape of a letter from Minister Carter, containing valuable suggestions about the treaty; also in having.retained other letters from Carter touching on the sub ject, on the plea that they were private personal communications.
 They also charged that the minister refused to transmit the minutes of nu- merous cabinet meetings between April and September, 1889, at which time pro- posed treaty was discussed. The com mittee held Minister Austin to be guilty of disrecpectful action.
 PHILADELPHIA, June 13-This morn ing two pistol shots were heard in the ceiler of dwelling on Maple..street, be- low Cumberland. Upon several pedes- trains entering the place they found Wm. Collins and Charles Dermer both lying on the floor dead. Both were about 90 years of age.
 LONDON, June 1.-The St. James Ga Zette says that a complete set of proofs of Stanley's forthcoming work were ob- tained by a person who offered the cop les to one English paper, and two papers published in the colonies. The copies were accepted, but their publication was thwarted by the issue of a circular by the house which is to publish the book, warning any person against publishing the work under heavy penalty.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.-F'ire at the | Pacific Oil Works broke out again about | f o'clock this morning, and 1t was only | after hard fight the fire was kept from | spreading. One of the walls fell out and | crushed in the roof of Gundlach & | Co.'S wine warehouse. Gundlach esti- mates his loss at S200O0. The fire will not | l. -Hc,Il 1eI for Capt. White, of the fire patrol, estimates the loss at S100,OO0, but Kittle & Co. claim their loss alone will exceed that amount.
 WAsHINGToN. June 14-Amoug bills passed by the Senate was one to pro- vide for a reduction of the Valley h. dian reservation, Cal. It provides for allotments Of agricultural lands to In dians in severalty; allotment of timber and grazing lands for joint benefit; ac- quisition at appraised rates of land now held by purchasers; survey of all re- malnder into 6i0 acre lots and their sale at public auction, the proceeds of which are to be deposited in the Treasury and expended annually for the benefit of the Indians.
 Senate bill for the relief of the Mis- sion Indians, Cal. provides for the ap pointment of d commission to arrange a just and satisfactory settlement with the Indians for their lands.
 LONDON, Ont, June 14.-Henry Smith was hanged this morning for the mur- der of his wife in February last.
 BosToN, June 14-Teemer has tele- graphed acceptance of the offer of SIO00 purse for race at Point Pines between himself, Hanlan and Gaudaur, on June 27th. Hanlan declines to row for less than S5000.
 LOUISVILLE, June 14-Edwin J. Elliott, who was found short In his accounts with the Louisville and Nashville Rail way, says that he used S30O0 of the con- plny's money and no more, and that amount he will make good.
 TOLEDO, June IA slight shock of earthquake lasting seconds, was felt here at 2:20 8. m.
 It is now learned that what was taken to De an earthquake at 2:20 this morn ing was caused by an explosion of five tons of nitro-glycerine in Casteline & Co.'S works, near Findlay, Ohio, 40 miles from here. The works are torn to slivers, and hole ploughed in the earth deep enough to take in four story building. Much glass is broken in Findlay. No loss of life.
 BERLIN, June 14.-An enormous meet ing of social democrats was held in Laol- kasbrauerli at Moabit suburb. The i'm mense building was packed to suffoca- ton. Thousands were unable to obtain admission. The meeting was very ex- citing. and the speakers freely criticized the policy of the Emperor and passed a resolution censuring the Kaiser for his labor rescripts, stating that the people demand a full and unrestrained share in government of the Empire.
 WASHINGTON. June 14-JohnJ. Dayen- port, United States supervisor.iof election, was with the house caucus committee