Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21

II house, with amendments, changing tn . salary from 5000 per annum to s6OO, an extending the necessary period of res
 dence to three years. After extende
 discussion concurrence was refused i |: the salary amended. Upon the residenc . clause the amendment was concurre
 in As a conference committee tn President appointed Messrs. Brady an,
 Doran.
 4 me ssage was received from the Gov ernor, instructjne the house that he hat
 approved the bill appropriating SlOO for defraying the expenses of the specia joint committee on investigation of ter
 ritorial institutions.
 A message was received from the Goy ernor announcing that he had signed the following measures: Council bil
 No. 10, relative to stock and sanitary commission; Council bill No. F relative
 to frauds and fraudulent conveyances
 Council bill No. 19, relative to roads and
 highways.
 In response to request from the
 Council the Governor returned Council
 bili No. Il, relative to the residence of
 the Territorial Auditor and Treasurer
 without his approval. Upon question,
 the Council refused to pass-the bill over
 the vote of the Governor.
 House bill No. fl, for the protection
 or domestic animals, reported from the committee on Territorial affairs, was
 read third time and recommitted to the committee.
 WASHINGTON. Feb. la.-Admiral Por- ter died this morning.
 The death was very sudden. It oc- l cured at his residence here,and was the result of a fatty degeneration of the heart. The Admiral awoke at 4 40 this morning and took nourishment as usual. At eight o'clock the Admiral's son Richard, who slept by his side. mo- ticed change Tn his fathers condition. He was breathing with difficulty and seemed to be choking. The household was at once aroused and at S:15 o'clock the admiral gasped convulsively and ex- pired without word
 Word was at once sent to the presi- dent and secretary of the navy and flags on the White House and on all public buildings were placed at half mast. Secretary Tracy promptly visited the family and the president and others sent messages of condolence.
 Special to the CITIzES)
 SAN MARCIAL, Sonora, Mex, Feb. J3- We have struck with the diamond drill at the depth of 393 feet, a vein of pure anthracite coal, which was found to be 22 solid feet of coal of the best quality. We have passed it and the drill is still in the carboniferous formation.
 F. H. GARCIA.
 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 13.-The Nation al Miners Convention adopted resolu- tIons that all mine workers in the United States will strike for eight hours as a -day's work on May first next,
 AURORA, Ills, Feb. 13.-Early thls morning the mercantile block of the largest business building in this city oc- cupied by about twenty-five tenants was almost entirely burned. The loss is fully s1OO,OOO; partially insured
 BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 13.-Noah | Walker & Co. today executed deed for | the benefit of his creditors of bond l filed in the sum of Sl25,OOO.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The president | and most of the cabinet will visit the | Pacific Coast soon after the adjourn ment of congress.
 PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. 12-Miss Kate | Drexell has taken the black veil of the l new Roman Catholic order of the Bles- sed Sacrament.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13,--The steam or Monai, which left here Saturday for Australia was sighted of coast this aft ernoon returning, probably on account of some accident to her machinery.
 LONDON, Feb. 13.-A dispatch an nounces that the natives of the Shan states recently ran amuck. They shot Major Nixon, Lieutenant Jameson and two sepoys dead.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 13-Flint & Co. to- day received the following cablegram from Chili:
 Pisagua is bembarded and burning. The blockade has ceased at Valparaiso.
 NEW YORK, Feb. l3.-At seven this one of the attendants came to the door and announced that Gen. Sher- man passed last night comfortably. He had partaken of nourishment several times and at that hour was sleeping. Dr. who remained at the bedside, the opinion that the general had chance for recovery, especially if he continued to do as we'll through the ( day as he did through the night.
 GEN. SHERMAN NOT A CATHOLIC.
 At half past ten o'clock today P. T. Sherman, the generals son, when spoken 70 regarding the published statement | hat the general had received extreme f lnction, emphatically denied that such { vas the case.
 Ire general, he said was not a Catho z ic end had never been one. The fami- T J this morning are quite cheerful, as 2 hey now entertain hopes for the gener- Il's recovery. Some trouble ls,experienc- d in keeping him in bed NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Ex-P President Cleveland in an interview with Herald I eporter refused to say anything in re- ard to the letter purporting to have h 'een written Dy WattersOn to him. Cleveland said: "Gov. Hill and are on the best terms p nd always have been. We had no pri- fl ate conversation on the evening of the q inner. 1 did remark that notwith- landing the recent democratic cyclone a a the country the demoerrtic party g ave good deal to do to beat the re- ublican party. i, PIrTsBURG, Feb. 13.-J. $. Coxey, of a Iexington, Ky, owner of the Dixiama = tud has decided to make Robert Bon U er an offer of s12,OOO for the privilege of g reeding Maud s. to Acolyte, MT. COxey T 3 own the foal. Acolyte was bought oi or s40,000 and is the sire of the yearling u 'ilgrim, who showed 2:20 gait, whose sl wner Col. H. B. Hopper would not sell p i'm for s50,000. rC