Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-05-09
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a for the year beginning today has no
II been signed.
e New YORK, May 1.-About 4,5OO men
e representing the different building trades
OF this city, are en- strike today fol
b eight hours as days work.
), LOGAN, Pa. May 1.-None of the mines
: are running in the Hooking Valley today
T except the Stratsville.
( PITrsBURG, May IAN eight hauI
o strike in the building trades was insug
urated today, and out of 5000 men 2OCl
are out.
TRIMBLE, o., May All the mines in
L the Lucas district No. 9, about 100 men
3 went out today.
OTroMwA, Iowa, May Miners in
J, the south district OF Iowa laid down
: their tools last night.
SPAwNEE, o, May IA message from
{ Vice President Nugent, this morning,
, instructed the miners of this district to
stay out as no settlement is reached.
PITsBURG, May This morning
between 5000 and 6000 railroad miners in
the Pittsburg district went out on a
strike, Pending adjustment OF wages.
, Miners convention, now here.
New YORK, May 1,-Dispatches from
districts in eastern Pennsylvania show
; that everything is quiet. The miners
are reported to be uneasy IN few dis
tricts, but all are awaiting the outcome
of the eight hour movement in the west
New YORK, May 1.-At noon today.
Associated Press dispatches from
Europe show that "May Day" is pass
ng off more quietly than was expected.
In Paris and Marsilles there was some
rioting and il Belgium large number
of men went on strike, but nothing Sc
ious is as ye reported.
PARIS, May Reports from
European capitals do not indicate that
the peace will be disturbed today by the
labor riots.
SANTA CRUz. May 1.-The president
and party arrived here this morEing
and had an entL usiasiIc reception.
SAN Francisco, May president
Harrison and party returned from
Santa Cruz shortly before noon today
and were at once conducted to rooms of
cham Der of commerce IN merchants eI-
change BLOCK which has been tastefully
decorated with bunting and evergreens.
Here reception was held by the cham
Der of commerce assisted by other COM
mercial bodies Of this city to which
Mexican war veterans, California pio-
neers aid members of several scientific
associations were invited. The presi.
| dent, postmaster general and Secretary
! Rusk made brief speeches which receiv-
ed much applause. At the close Of the
reception they proceeded to attend
the Grand Army May Day celebration
at Mechanics pavilion.
BERLIS, May Later returns now
show that the return OF Prince Bis
marck to power is certain.
CHICAGO, May 1.-The weather is per-
feet today. Large crowds and great en-
thusiasm characterized the labor DEM |
onstation for 8 hours IN CLi:ago.
The brick layers union, about 1000 |
strong, did net take part in the parade. |
Other trades union generally were repre- |
sented, and marched 10000 strong.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-Secretary Foster
designated w. 81. Williams inspector in |
customs service for duty at seal islands |
during the coming season.
VIENNA, May la Russian named |
! Glikotf arrested for the murder OF Belt |
| chetf the Bulgarian minister of nnance, |
has made confession. He has been |
sent to Bulgaria.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, May LIB. P. |
Hutchinson, ths missing board OF tIa1e |
man of Chicago, has been found here by |
| the police.
WASHINGTON, April 30-Superin-
tendent Porter % the census bureau to- |
day made public a bulletin, on the SUBJ |
iect of irrigation in New Mexico. 1t |
shows that in the territory there are
3,035 farms that are irrigated out of a |
| total of 4,164 not including those of the |
Pueblo Indians. The average size of |
the irrigated farms on which irrigation |
is practical is 297 acres. The average |
| first cost OF water right is S35S per acre |
and the average cost of preparing the |
soil for cultivation, including the pur-
chase price OF the land, is Sl2 90 per |
acre. An estimate has been made OF |
the cost OF bringing the land from |
wild state to cultivation, excluding cost |
of water but including plowing, grub
| bing, cutting mesquite, fencing and |
| leyeling, or otherwise preparing the |
ground fer irrigation, The cost ayera- |
ges Sill per acre. Assuming the ori- |
ginal purchase price Of the land, not in |
cludirg the Mexican grants, to have |
been Sl.95 per acre the cost OF prepar /
ing the ground as above stated, is SILL |
| per acre, and the first cost OF water |
right, 30 0S per acre. The entire cost Of |
the farm has averaged SIS "a per acre. |
4 II, ha
On the present value of the irrigated |
farms of the territory including build |
| ings, fences and other improvements is /
placed at an aYesage Of S90.Q3 per acre
showing on an apparaat profit, less cost |
of Buildings of S32 Al Eer acre. Compar-
| ing the average expense OF water at 81 81 |
per acre with the average annual value |
of production which is Sl2.30 per acre, il |
appears that the average annual return |
per acre is S11.25.
Two per cent of the farmers Of the |
| territory own over a fifth of the product, |
excluding the non irrigated acres, and |
the remaining 90 per cent OF irrisatOrs |
! cGltlvats farms whose average size is |
n acres.
| MOLINE, H.. April 30.-It is reported |!
| here that the Moline plow and wagon |
company has sold out its business to |
Leech, HigginsOn & Co, OF Boston, for
S2,400,000,
CHICAGO, April 30.-Ex-Senator Blair
left this evening for Washington. Prev |
lous to his departure he said to re
porter: "My diplomaticfuture is some
what problematic now, but have been |
given to understand | may be sent to |
Japan, to succeed the late Minister Swift. |
That will suit me equally as we'll, if not
better"
SAN Francisco. April 30.-The match !
race between the Undine stables, Rinfax. |
and the Maltese Villas stables, Geral- |
dine, six and half furlongs, for $1,000, |
Rinfax won in l:2O14, breaking the re-
cord.
! LGs ANGELES. MAY LII is rancrted ]