Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1890-03-22


time since the House decided the ques-
tiOn of the site full committee of the
Worlds Fair met to-day and received
the report of the subcommittee in the
shape of bill, providing for fair with
amendments made to suit the wishes of
Chicago people. The proceedings were
not entirely harmonious. and before the
conclusion of the session it became evi-
dent that New York representatives
were disposed to differ from. the sub
committee in respect to the financial
scheme and other important details.
As soon as the first section bill had been
read provided the fair be inaugurated
in 1892 in ChlcagOl, Hatch moved to
strike out the word "Inaugurated" and
insert "held," his object being to require
that the fair be held in 1892. Rejected.
Another divergence OF opinion was
manifested when the fifth section was
reached. This section empowers the
national commission to accept the site
and plans of buildings rendered by the
Illinois corporation, after Ssthey are satls-
fed that said corporation has actual
bona fide and valid subscription TO
its capital stock of. ..at least five million
dollars which not less than five hundred
thousand dollars must be paid in and
the further sum OF five million
dollars, making in all ten millions,
be provided by said corporation in am
pie time for its needful use during the
prosecution Of work for the complete
preparation for said exposition. Bel
den offered a resolution to the effect
that it is inexpedient to adopt bill on
the subject of the worlds fair until
Chicago furnished site and a million
dollars security. This resolution was
debated at some length and was modi-
fed as follows: ''When a guaranteed
fund of ten million dollars is secured
the sufficiency and legality Of which is
satisfactory, the committee Will report
the pending bill with such amendments
as the committee may agree upon" De
bate upon this proposition was cOntin-
ued until the committee became weary
and they Immediately adjourned until
Monday. The chairman and Pitt Bow
den and Springer expressed the opinion
that Chicago had already Civ sulfi-
cient quantities, but the New York and
st. Louis people insist upon having
the mattet more accurately defined
During the discussion, the chairman
presented a paper signed 10y Lyman
Gage, chairman of the finance commit
tee, in which he stated that subscrip-
tions had been made to the Illinois cor
poration to the amount of five million
dollars and more, and that he assured
the committee the additional five mil
lion dollars would be forthcoming for
the purposes of the fair, in ample time
as was duly provided for in the bill.
Mor,l
ing of the Worlds Fair committee today,
the absence of two members was favor
able to Chicago. 1t was voted TO IL
the time of opening the on April >, 1892
and closing in October. At meeting
tomorrow an attempt will probably be
made to reverse this action, and fix it on
October 18th, 1892, and the regular op-
ening in April 1853.
BUTLER, March IA courier from
80 miles west of here, re
ports that town burning. A bucket
brigade is fighting the flame, with little
hope of saving the town.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-While petit
tions were oeing presented, Cockrell rose
to present a remOnstrance against the
treaty with Russia, but was
notified that 1T was matter for the exc
cutive session.
JACKSON, Miss, March 17.-In the |
case of John l.. Sullivan, for prize fight |
ing, in the supreme court. judgment |
Of court below was reversed. Sullivan |
was held under bonds to answer such |
as may be found at the next |
term of court.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE decom- |
posed body of a man was found yester |
lay in the Potomac river. The wife of |
Benjamin A. Jones, defaulting pay clerk |
IF Major GoodlOe, of the Marine Corpse,
his morning identified the body as that |
If her hu:band, who has been missing
since Christmas day.
WASHINGTON, March 17-Chas. Fran
is Adams appeared before the house
committee on Pacific railroads this
morning and submitted printed reports
If arguments previously made by him.
He then discussed the Frye bill. THAT
,ill,,, he said, placed Union Pacific and
Central Pacific on very different re-
ations to the government" He did
lot object to the general provision of
he bill, nor insist chat the Union Paci-
ic should be placed OH equal terms with
ne Central Pacific. He thought. how
ver. that the provision of the bill i'm
,osed as heavy a load as Central Pacific
ould bear. The Frye bill was a good
nd fair bill in many respects, but there
we're few material points in which he
would like to SEQ IL modified.