Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-01-04

= e- petition foc divorce from his wife or e grounds of adultery and naming Charle. }. Stewart ParneH a3 coespondent. The r SD citic acts alleged to have taken place | during period extending from Apri |. 1886, tO date Of petition.
 n ROCHESTER, Mass, December 2S.-
 Wm. Mayor, q well-tc-do farmer living
 near Mount Vernon, killed his wife and Il daughter, Mrs. Depew and her little 3 girl last night. The family had all bson f cOnvefsing Tn the evening and after they t retired, Mayor arose, took revolver and r shot his wife as she lay asleep. Going | into the apartment occupied by his 3 daughter and her child he coo fired a bullet at Mrs Depew and when it failed to kill her pr duced an axe and knocked } out CT brains; then pulled his little grand daughter from beneath the bed covering and with one blow of the axe . split her head open killing her instantly Major then rushed into the room where his little 5onaasleeps, but finally left after
 telling tke boy to get S150 which he
 would leave and devide it with
 his sisters. then he passed from the
 house and up to tho present time noth-
 ing has been heard from him. It is be-
 iieycd that he went to neighboring
 farm and killed himsolf. People are
 searching for him. Mrs. Mayor is etili
 alive but cannot survive; others in | tanly killed.
 ROCHESTER, Mass, Majors body was
 to-day found in barn, whero ho com mited suicide.
 | OPoRro, December 2S-Ex- Empress
 of Brazil, who was visiting this city, with | Doa Pedro, died to-day. IL is believed her death resulted from heart disease.
 PORTLAND, Ore, December 27.-At 1:30 this morning the Union Pacific steamer Oregon plying between here
 and San Francisco ran into and sunk the British ship Clan Mckenzie iE
 ballast frcm l;io Janeiro, at Cailin Rock l
 on the Columbia river, thirteen miles |
 from this city. Charles Austin and |
 Matthew Reed, two colOTed sailors, were |
 instantly killed. They were asleep in l
 the fCTcastle Of the Mckenzie when the |
 Oregon struck her, sharp plate of ! iron ran into the bunks On which thet sailors wer9 lying cutting, the men in
 halves. They wers struck in the waist | and the upper portion of each body drop
 ped in the river and sunk. Charles Fish.
 coal heaver on the Oregon, was injured 1 but ret fatally; a sailor on the McEen- zie was badly injured but will recover
 At Coffin Rock the Mckenzie came to
 anchor last night to wait till morning
 and high tide, in order to go up the river l. Captain Simpson her master, said: My watchman was on deck and had pu out t! lights, the mast bead,and side lights,
 and l was sound asleep when suddenly
 1 was awakened by a tremendous jar and crashing and heard water pouring into the hold. l immediately gIt the
 boats out, and took my wife and CIV to shore. At the time of the collision the Oregon was running under slow sail and ran her bow on the port side into the starboard bow Of the Mckenzie. dis tance of 30 feet. tearing off tn Oregou's
 bow completely and ripping up the deck and railing for about 40 feet from the forecastle. About 20 men were sleeping 1, the hunks. Only after several hours work cid the Oregon succeed in disen- tangling herself. The state rooms were flied with passengers, who were thrown out" The Oregon took the crew ard captain Of the Mckenzie on board and steamed to this city, and left the latter vessel sunk in 515 fathoms of water. The loss to the Oregon IS about S8000, while the damage to the Mckenzie is hard to estimate. She cost SS0,O00, and is insured.
 MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2S.-Sensation of the day here Is the discovery that J. MOnasch; financial secretary of Turner's Building and Loan Association, is short in his accounts. Discrepancy estimated at S25.0C0. MOnasch is anxious to make settlement. Not likely that criminal prosecution will follow.
 WASHINGTON, December 27-Acting upon instructions from the war depart ment General Merritt has ordered two companies of cavalry to Oklahoma to re- main there until after the local election on the Both inst.
 SAN FRANCISCO, December PA fire started about 10:30 tonight in the old Jesuit church oH Market street. oppo- site the Baldwin hotel. The building 7 which had been occupied by stores and offices was greatly damaged and some ( furniture and merchandise was destroy ; ed. The loss will probably reach sever al thousand dollars.
 NEEDLES, Cal, December 27-C. W. ! Davis, day telegraph operator at Peach z Springs, Arizona. was shot and killed ( last night near the telegraph office at l this place. o. l.. AmbTcs, night op- . orator. who is charged with the shoot ing has been arrested, and is now under i guard. There are fears that he may be ( lynched before the sheriff of the county 1 arrives. The shooting is supposed to i have grown out of fight which the men | . had yesterday, ia which Davis was bad ly beaten and kicked in the faco and q head. [
 PASADENA, CAL, December 27-The C damage by the late storm to property | will reach 5f0,OO0, mostly public proper ty. A slight damage was done to the orange and lemon crop. The city Is absolutely cut of from outside conmun- ] ication, except telegraph, since Monday. This evening one wagon load of mail ( came from three loads sent Tn by the railroad company.
 SAN BARNERDINo, CM., December 27- There is 10 truth in the rumoF of the ( damage to the Bear Valley dam. If it f was going it would all go at once. The i Santa Ana river is now falling. IL is showing heavily in the mountains this afternoon. (
 K>YsAs CITY, December 27-Tho In terSt3J9 Lana LO., a5alhSJ Nhlcn J uCs5e Brewer recently rendered an adverse decision in the suit with the Maxwell Land Grant Co, will file pleaGings in Denver in few days for new trial. '.
 ST PAUL, Dec 30.-Advices seem 50 i indicate ;he great snow storm of Satur I day extended over large area, the csn- { ter of disturbancs appears to have beaI at Huron. where the storm hecans vir tually blizzard. People did not ex pose themselves on the prxries and TO bad results followed. At Winona tie rain dscended in great sheets and tas whole city is flooded. Duluth was wis ited with a severe biizZad. ushering Tn { the heaviest snow fail of tine season. Much damage has been done in the city