Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-09-05
TELEGRApHIc.

"a Tuesday this town was eEveioped IN
:. cloud OF smoke coming from the Cher.
\ okoe strip. The actions of the admin
istsa:ion in allowing the Cherokees tS
O. hold the cattle in the strip has 30 in
? oenssd the homeseekers that a meet
, ing was called, and although it ~as
held with closed doors, it now is known
that i, was for the purpose of calling for
, volunteers. took their departure Monday
night and scattered liz al. directions and
the work Of Tuesday is only the begin
ming Of what will be done. The Cher
okees have called on the military to try
and suppress the incendisries. but they
are powerless.
new YoKK, Aug. 2i.-Jam 8 z. Lyon
has brought suit against Senator Will
lam M. Stewart Of Nevada for 81 ,000, ,OOO
damages. The suit grows out OF
complications over mining deals, among
the properties concerned being the En-
ma mine Of Utah. Lyon asserts that
Stewart, while acting as his attorney,
conspired with Il. w. Park and others
TO deprive him Of his minnE. lights.
Stewart, he alleges, made sta;snents to
him regarding the property which led
him to dispose of his holdings for 5000
600, while Stewart realized 5000, COO by
the desls.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. IA telegram from
st. Joe S., 8 that dispatch was receiy-
ed from Travelling Passenger Agent
Baxter. Of the Burlington at Kansas
Z ~
left with Gilbert Harris OF that city, for
| him. 10y a man who held him uY on q
Frisco train near Springfield, Mo-, swo
| years ago. Baxter wes even more
| surprised Upon receiving the money
than was Harris when the conscience
| stricken robber walked into his ofies
and returned what he had stolen.
CHARLOTTE, Aug. 27-One Of the most
| disastrous railway wrecks known in this
| state occurred about o'clock this
| morning at Boston's bridge pear
StatesviIle, on the Western North Caro-
[ lima road. The west bound passenger
| known ss the fast mail was composed Of
| baggage, mail, first aud second class
| cosches, Pullman sleepers and Superin-
teDdent Bridges private car loaded with
passengers. The sleeper usually con-
tains good mum Der OF passengers from
northern POINTS and last night Nas no
| exception. Just sitter leaving Statesville
there is high stone bridge spanning
| Third creek and down into this creek
plunged the entire train, g distance of
sixty-fve feet, wrecking the whole train
| and carrying death aud destruction with
| it. Twenty persons were killed out
| right, nine were seriously injured and
twenty were badly bruised. The night
was dismal and to add horror to the Sit
uation the water ia the creek was up
and it was only through the most he
roic efforts Of these who hurried 10 the
wreck that the injured we're not drowned.
the accident wss caused by spreading
rails The bridge is and not injured
Trains are running on time. Twenty
dead bodies are nov lying IN warehouse
in Statesviile.
New YORK, Aug. 27.-Six thousand
and two hundred dollars have been sub
scribed 10 the rel ef fund for the fsmi-
lies Of those who perished in the Park
Place disaster. Mount Hope cemetery
association has offered TO donate lot
for tho intsrment OF the unknown
dead.
TROY, n. Y, Aug. 2S.-The whole east
ern part Of Rensselaer, county wac deluged |
by cloud burst last evening. Three |
dams were washed out at Sand lake.
Damsge TO the amount OF 100000 was
done to mills, and several houses we're |
washed sway. At Smsrt's paper mills,
this olty, uIe end o; the mill wse torn
out, and bridge carried away, q dam
sge Of $4,000 being done. It ia believed
the total damage will resch half mil. |
lion dollars. Several persons were
drowned.
FcRr WORTH, Tex, Aug 28.-General
Cryenfurth, in charge of the government
rain experiments at Midland, is iubilant
over his successful experiments. He
says that his principle Is correct.
MELBOURNE, Aug. 2S.-This morning
the steamer Easily struck the steamer
Gambler, amidships, crushing La the |
Gambier's side and sinking it 10 seven
minutes A scene OF terrible coDfusion
followed. Passengers rushed for the
boats without waiting TO Gress. There
as no tine TO cast boats, and when the
steamer sank she carried with her FIVE
saloon and fifteen cabin passengers
The crew Of the Easily rescued msny
persons. The Easby is considerably !
damaged. /. is claimed that proper
lookoute were not on either steamer.
ST. PErERaBuRo, Aug. N.-Details ere
reported OF rloting at num Der OF r;Gces.
oecasioned by the peoples protest |
14 - =
Vitebsk the people attacked the rail. |
road officials and plundered the resi-
dences CT the gram dealers. 4 fight be-
tween the troops and the rioters fol
lowed, and two OF the latter were killed |
and several wounded.
GEoEGETowS, KY, Aug. 2s,-This
morning a mob Of 100 men came 70 town,
oyerpowered the iailor and hung Dud-
ley, the negro who murdered Frank |
Hughes. The negroes threaten to
cause trouble.
Nav YoeK, Aug. 2s.-This morning
thirteen Of the unidentified victims Of
the Park Place explosion were buried at |
the expense OF the city.
WASHINGTON, Asg. S.-Sothing OIL
cial or unofficial wes received at either
the state or navy departments today Of
the reported surrender Of the Chilean
congressional army ct Vita de! Mar
Tuesday. IL the surrender did take
place, absence of any irfo-matlsn from
either Minister EgaD or Admiral Brown,
is believed te be due 70 interruption Of
telegrsphic communication.
Nav YosK, Aug. 2S.-Cha,Ies +.
Flint, Chilian consul at ttis port, 10 in
clined 10 doubt reports thnt the insur-
gents army has surrendered. as he is
confident he would have received con-
firnatory adyices from Valparaiso If
such we're the care. The news yester-
day came from Santiago. q hundred
miles from the scene of battle.