Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-08-29

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 Photographers Association and the lat Society of Military Photographers closed their annual meeting ln this city bI
 hoxling joint social reunion at tho Ma
 tional Rifles hall.
 VIENNA, Aug. 22.-It is stated that by
 the Kollman floods 6,GOO cubic meters oi
 stone have been hurled down the noun
 tains, Q distance of 700 meters. Three
 hundred men are employed in divertIne
 the water Sixty bodies have bean re covered, all horribly disfgursd, and have been buried ia boxes, sacks, etc., owing to lack of ooffins.
 NILES, Ohio, Aug. 22-The Rspubli- can state campaign opened today with great demonstrations. Over 3O,O00 peo- pie are in town, and there was a great parade and industrial display this af- teTkoon, closing with an elaborate ad- dress by Major Mckinley.
 KANSAS C1TY, Mo-, Aug. 21.-A dar- ing robbery was committed at Murray Switch on the Kansas City, s. Joseph and Council Bluffs railroad one mile north of the Missouri river bridge, about 1:30 o'clock this morning. The south bound freight train had stopped for conductor H. Cassil to sign at the bri1ge switch tower; es be stepped of the train two masked men with revolv- CTS leveled, ordered him to hold up his hands. They robbed him of his god watch and s14. They then took the conductor under charge to the caboose. Brakeman White was on top of the car fat hn same time one of them fired, killing him instantly. They then got on the train with the conductor and ordered him to signal the train to go ahead. AS soon as the tram WAS under headway they got off and made thcir escape in the darkness. Sheriff Lyndon of Liberty was notified and since an early hour this morning he end his deputies have been securing the country in the vicinity of of tce robbery in search of the robbers, but have found no clue to them. The killed brakeman lives at s.. Joseph and leaves wife and child.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 21,-CaptAin Barker. of tba Netherland line steamship Obam, which reached this port last nie ht, re- ports that twenty-four hours after leaving port on the last trip he becsms aware of plot among the firemen and stokers to take possession of the ship. The next day the vessel WAS stopped without orders from her officers, and the captain went below and asked what the trouble was. Peter Duzen, who acted ss spokesman for the crowd, said: "Wo have grown tired of this life and intend to run things to suit ourselves" Duzen picked up heavy iron pick and sprung at Barker. Inc latter drew his revolver and shot Duzsn. who fell to the floor and expired few hours later. The rest of the mutinesrs prscipitately to work. DuZen's body was buried at sea. On the srrval of the steamer at Rotterdam, Barker had the mutineeYs arrested and gave himself up on the charge of murder, although the shipping men are confident he will be acquitted. There were 5000 passen- gers on board.
 CHIcAGo, Aug. 21.-The dead body of Clsrl. Woodman. one of the wealthiest citizens in Omaha, Nebraska, and an in- fuent tial directoriin the Linseed Oil trust, was found thls afternoon in his room at the Grand Pacific hotel. Tho general is that the death was that of a suicide. Cause of such SD act is still . most peculiar mystery, and all of the do not by any means con- firm the theory of suicide, which is how ever strengthened by few strange and facts.
 LONDON, Aug. 21.-Ths tributes of the English press to the memory of the late Jemes Russell Lowell continue to appear on all sides and are conspicu- ous for their sympathetic utterances. The Truth and other weekly papers all contran eulogistic articles referring to the dead poet.
 LONDON, Aug. 2l.-Mme Patti de- clined an offer for 6 concert tour but has sigEed with Abbey for an operatic tour of America in the late autumn ard winter. Whstherishe will 20 with the Deressky company or with another company is not yet known.
 LISBON, Aug. 22.-A severe earth quake shock was felt this morning near central Portugal. No damage is report ed.
 PLYMOUTH, Eng, Aug. 22.-The Bal macedan cruiser Presidente Pinto, which was recently launced at Toulon, and which arrived few days ago for orders, left this port; destination unknown.
 BOONE, Iowa, Aug. PA slight frost felt here this morning, WAS reported quite sharp ct Denison and Vail.
 NEW YORK, Aug. ,22,-It now seems that one of the worst disasters happened Tn this city occurred just after noon to- day. It is believed mora thar 50 people lost their lives in two big buildings, at 70 and T2 Park Place. 4. A. Johnson, janitor in building directly across the street from where the the accident oo- cured, said he was standing on the steps at noon whsn he heard the sound of an explosion from across the street. Almost immediately the front walls of the two buildings collapsed, and the en- tire buildings cayed in with deafening crash. It came so suddenly it was inn possible for . living being to escape from the buildings. On the ground floor was a restaurant crowded with people.
 Other floors wers.occupied by the Southern Publishing Company, art de- slgners and book binders. The ruins burned fiercely. As near as could be learned the explosioS took place in the metal leaf factory of Rossnfeld & Co.,, on the the second floor of 72 Park Plsce. As the walls fell, many pedestrians who
 were passing the place were covered by brick and stone.
 The latest report concerning the eI- plosion, is that it was caused by steam
 which blew up the receiving boiler in a basement occupied by the Steam Heat ing Go. Bremen cut hole through the inside wall, out of which IT persons crawlsd, all of whom bore bruises. A rescue was called out from the nearest