Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-06-21
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the navy was today directed to award the contract for an 8l60 ton arrnored cruiser to Cramp < Sons, of Philadel phia, at the bid of S2.9S1.00O. =:
 WASHINGTON, June 16.-The secretary of the navy has directed the award oi the contract for building the $500 ton cruiser No. to the Union Iron Works oi San Francisco.
 MERGED. Cal, June 16.-This afternoon the house of c. Smith, five miles south of this city, caught fire from defective fiue and was totally destroyed. A high wind was blowing and the fire spread to the barn and form there to the grain fields. The fire ragged five hours, burn ing :grain stacks and fields until strip of b miles in length laid in ashes. At one time it looked at if the entire country between Mercer and Chow Chil- creek would be destroyed People fiocked toward the fire in all directions and soon a thousand men were engaged in fighting the flames. The wind died away at sunset and the line of fire hay ing reached the railroad, track and country road a clear space 200 yards wide, the flames were brought under control. Loss about s20,OOO; insurance small. ., D.. WASHINGTON, June 16.-Concerning the silver bill Senator Jones of Nevada said today that several senators desired to speak, yet notwithstanding the agree ment to close the debate at 3 o'clock to- day, no one was prevented who desired to do so. He thinks final vote will not be reached for two or three days. He said it seemed quite probable now that the bill passed would be one proving for free coinage; that the effort to secure pledges of majority of the senate to vote against free colnage has been a failure. The list of republican senators favorable to free coinage. as given by one of them, includes Walcott, Teller, Jones, Stewart, Plumb, Ingalls,, Mitchell, Powers, San ders and Cameron.
 Daniels sad the fact that the world moves and that this was the age of pro- gress, never had been better demonstrat- ed than by the fact that Senator Sher- man, leader of the financial party of the United States, and who carried the sin gle gold standard over two continents, had proclaimed in his speech that he VI dS dI I1Sl dI dlNOCdlS Oi LuOncy .
 Allison addressed the senate in favor of the house bill amended by the senate. He considered it the wisest and best sol ution of the the question. Allison re- garded the pending measures as @ com- plete justification of the legislation of 1868, which contemplated the minimum monthly coinage at two million dollars and the maximum at four million.
 Vest commended upon the remarks of Allison, as new born zeal of the demo cratic senators in the cause of free con- age. He made statement to show that it had always been the democratic policy. If the democratic party had said nothing on the silver question in their platform of 'SS it was not because it had edreced from the position it has always held, it was becauss Cleveland was an eastern man, who did not sympathizs with the majority of his party on that question. Cleveland had come to the presidency imputed with preiudices against the New York bankers and was in once sense 8 sectional man. He had reason to believe now that Cleveland was better informed on the subject. Vest declared that on.the silver question there WAS no middle ground. Silver must be put on the same basis as gold.
 WOODLAND, June 1.-The first city election under the new charter passed quietly to-day. There was active work ali day by parties. The total democrats were elected to office.
 SAN FRANCIsco, June 16.-The new Chronicle building, one of the largest and most complets structures on the pass citic coast, was thrown open to the pub lie for inspection tonight. It has been under Construction for over year past and its builder, NJ. H. De Young, the proprietor of the Chronicle, has spent about a million dollars upon it. The edifice is ten stories in night and has Q frontage of .93 feet on Market and Geary stseets. Brilliant fire works and the tin est electrical illuminations ever witness ed on the coast were displayed from the roof and sides of the building tonight. Great crowds of people filled the street on all sides of the building, and gave repeated cheers. The proprietor had sent out several thousand invitations to friends and patrons of the paper. The first issue of the Chronicle is to be print ed in its new building next Saturday.
 WASHINGTON, June 15-Tho second amendment to the silver bill, striking cut the bullion redemption clause was agreed to; yeas 57, nays '. so that the clause will be cut out of the bill.
 The amendment striking out of the house silver bill the provision that treas ury notes issued for silver shall be leg al tender in payment of all ebts,sspublic and prlvate" was rejected; yeas IA, nays 50.
 The third amendment, striking out the sixth section for the free coinage of silver when at the market price of one dollar, for 37l1t grams pure silver, WAS reieoted; ye;s l6 nays 46.
 An amendment fixing the limitation act to ten years was rejected; yeas i nays d4.
 DUNBAR, Pa, June 17.-All hope of rescuing the imprisoned miners has been abandoned. An effort was made to enter the burning slope through the Mahoney and Ferguson mines, but it wa found impossible to get to the men through the former, owner to the for nation of the slope, and iD the Ferguson the air was so bad that it was impossi- Dl6 UO ICosSl odl u.oGduOe. lG udo OccH determined to shut off all fresh air and let the mine burn itself out, that the bodies of the men may be recovered. Early this morning Martin Markey, boss of the Anchor mines, made daring at tempt to reach the driftings ofthe Farm mines. He crawled over drifts and fallen slate to within 100 yards of the fatal chamber, and shouted again and again but listened in vain for response. The column of smoke grows thicker and thicker, indicating that the coal is burn ing instead or timbers and roofing. .a .
 WASHINGTON, June 1.-The. house went into the committee of the whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
 An amendment making a special ap propriation for the payment back of pay and bounties, was rejected. The bill was then passed. The house then went into a committee on the Indian appropriation bill.
 LONDON, June 17-Mary Anderson was
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