Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-01-11
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, NEW YORK, January 3-A Washing
 ton special says tEe president Is strongl in favor of SecretaryWi ndoms recon mendation that the government accep silver bullion and issue certificate
 therefor at market rate. He regards i
 as as brilliant step towards the deter
 imitation of the silver problem and ha
 little doubt he will express his opinion in a communetion to Congress at al
 early day. A bill.embodyin ing the recon
 mendation of the secretary will be sub
 mitted to congress soon. Its fate in tn
 house is problematical. There is littl,
 doubt that the majority of the republi
 cans in tho senate and some democrat:
 in the senate favor of the bill.
 TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 3.-The dead
 body of Mrs. Kniffin, wife of pr. s. Knif
 fin, was found on the floor of her bed
 room this morning. Near by lay the
 unconscious figure of young lady who
 had been visiting the family. Both had
 apparently been chloroformed. Deed
 supposed to be done by burglars. Miss Purcell, the young lady boarding
 with the Kniffin family recovered and
 said during the night she was awRkened
 by Mrs. Kniffin who was screaming "b1r=
 glars in the house." Miss Purcell sprang
 from bed to call for help, but was seized
 by man who applied a drug to her face. Mrs. Kniffin was seized by another
 man who pressed the end of the bed
 quilt saturated with chloroform to her
 nose. That was the last Miss Purcell
 remembered till rescued by physician.
 The whole house is in great confusion,
 every drawer being emptied and furni-
 ture scattered about.
 LONDON, Jan. 3.-No lives were lost
 by the stranding of the Steamer Persia on the Island of Corsica, Steamer is still aground and crew are aboard.
 MADRID, Jan. 3,-The ministry re- signed. Dagaste will attempt to form a new cabinet on the basis that he will reconcile liberal groups.
 WAsHIGToN, Jan. 3.-Congressman W. D. Kelly, of Pennsylvania has probably appeared an the floor of the house for the last time. He is suffering from veru- lent cancer in the throat and is too weak to be moved from his apartment in Riggs House.
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Jan. 3.-The fifth span of the iron bridge built between Holyoke and South Hadley Falls was blown down this morning. One work man killed and two others hurt.
 PHILADELPHIA, Pa, January 3.-Wil- lie Gaylord, for years heavy manlpula- tor of railroad securities and organizer of railroad corporations, committed sui eide this morning in his cell in the coun- ty prison. He was awaiting trial on charge of fraud in negotiating railway bonds.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-A dispatch from Bowers landing on the coast north of this port states that the steamer State of California, which is three days overdue here, was off that place at s | o'clock this morning, with her shaft | broken. A tug has been sent from San | Francisco to Bowers to tow the steamer | lere. Accident happened Monday = er- loon, and since that time the camer | las been proceeding slowly unc s-L. All on board safe.
 PrEyIx, A. T. January 2-JcHn Eco, md William Collins, rancher liy v hr,o rliles from this city, had a ,li m 2 | his 2 crnoon. Collins jumped e.i tf 9 | oad O hay and Pool struck him on the l lie, W h m ax. Collins will prool5ly lie. and Pool IS in jail.
 LONDON, January 3.--Peter Jackson ent cable to the United States announc- ng his acceptance to the challenge of Tohn l.. Sullivan to fight for 1000 pounds
 side. He will sail for New York Jan lary 18th.
 COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 3.-In the Senatorial contest it is reported all andidates for speaker of house with lrawn in favor of Kysell, who is Brice's sndidate. The union formed it is umored will seat Marquis for Leut. Governor. Cambell against Brice for senator.
 PORTLAND, Or, January. 2-About me inches of snow fell here last night, 'eing the heaviest snow fall for five ears. A great many people are out eigh riding.
 SAN FIANCIsCo, January 2.-General ). o. Colton was formerly with Stanford and others in he ownership and control of the Gen. ral Pacific railroad and a number of ther enterprises involving millions of ollars of capital. General Colton died q the year 1878 and about year later ! settlement was made between Mrs , ,olton and the parties who had been as- ociated with her husband In the rail ray enterprises. An agreement was inged by all the parties at the time the ettlement was made, but about two ears afterwards Mrs. Colton claimed to { ave discovered many errors in tho cal { ulation upon which the agreement was ased, and in May 1882, she commenced suit against Stanford and others for he revision of the agreement on the round that it had been procured trough false and fraudulent represen- ations. The defendants in their re- ponse deny the charge of fraud and av- erred that Cotton during his associa- ion with them had fraudently appro- riated to his own use large sums of honey belonging to the defendants.
 After trial lasting two years, judge : lent was rendered in favor of the de- From this judgement Mrs. iolton appealed. The decision of the upreme court today affirms the judge lent of the lower court and denies the notion of new trial.
 III pdSSiuS upOu lIlS pOluGS IdlsSu Oy | he plaintiff on motion for new trial, ( he Supreme court follows closely the I and findings of Judge Temple. {; n the fact that the jurists' decision is ustained at every point, it is affirmed nat Stanford, Huntington and Hop f ins and Colton were not partners Tn he legal sense, but their relations as l ailroad builders and managers of the f were of confidential char S cter only. The death of Colton dissolv- d thls trust relations within the mean lg of tho code and Mrs. Colton only } lcceeded to his interests, She dld not nd could not have succeeded to the re- ltions which her hunband bore to the ( ailroad magnatss. As a matter of fact he did not decide on their statement of I he condition of her husbands atfa S , ut she called on Samual w. Wilson, :. distinguished lawyer, and Lloyd Tevis, . skillful financier to procure settle lent. They expended six months in Colton's affairs and finally ncceeded in effecting a compromise, hich Mrs. Cotton accepted and with f