Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-07-11
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is Methodist girls school was attacke
ID and burned May 25th by the Chimes
ID Several other mission buildings were a
:" so attacked and would lave been de
.e molished but for the interference of
1t body of Chinese soldiers sent by tn
J. viceroy only after urgent appeals ha'
II been made 10 him by the. missionaries
E. On the Sunday previous the mission
Il aries were semi-officially notified tha
il their premises would be;burned, and &C
It cordingly twenty three missionaries ant
g all the woman and children Of the En-
+ glish and American missions took pas
: sage on a steamer for Shanghai the day
n before the ricts.
/ Trouble is anticipated at Kiu Kiang
Y and the residents are sending their valu.
Q ables to Shanghai.
: Over twenty sisters have been cap
:. tured at Wuhu, and the local magis-
e trates have permission to kill the lead
: > y, mobs on the spot. Notice was
/ given by the authorities that eleven
members of the mob would be beheaded
May %.
A telegram received at Shanghai June
l, stated that the rioters had burned an
old French church at Tai Yang, which
had stood for 200 years. A fanatical
mob surrounded the mission buildings
overpowering the mandarin and soldiers
and burned the church and other build
ings. They dug up the bones in a
Christian cemetery, piled the skulls in
heap and dragged the mandarin to
the spot by his queue.
The foreign ministers at Pekin have
informed the Chinese government that
if the foreigners are not protected they
will take vigorous action.
San RAFAEL, July 2.-This morning
Mount Tamalpais loomed up with its
normal app, arance, The air seemed TO
in the vicinity of Ross Valley and
Tamalpais Snation has been extinguish-
ed, and most Of the fire frightened peo-
pie have come to town. William Elliott,
| foreman of the San Rafael Water Com
| Lamunitas, reports the fire out on all |
sides OF the mountain except above the |
large reservoir, where it is burning in |
the direction of the summit. Elliott |
stated that bsfore The evening the fire |
volid nave spread its5if through only |
a pisce OF a few bUnared acres ia that |
vicinity. Reports from Corte MADEIRA
and Mill Valley state that the ire is
completely under control, and that no
further damage can possibly be done.
The estimated path OF the fire covers an
area OF about 5000 acres.
SALToN, July AT O'Clock this af
ternoon strong wind from the west
was backing the water in the desert
lake to the south and east, and at noon
the depth OF the water three miles from
SaltOn was twenty~SiX inches. This is
the deepest point and the water was
rising very slowly.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Attorney Gen
eral Miller has appointed Elisha NJ,
Sanford, AS special assistant U. s. attor-
ney for service at Prescott, Arizona.
New YORK, July 3.-The following
dispatch was received at the Erie rail
road Office OF this city from Cleveland:
a freight train ran into the rear end
No. 9, at Ravenna at 2:32 a. m. The
engineer Of No. S was doing some work
on bis engine which had been standing
still about eight minutes but had flags
cut for thirty car lengths on the straight
line. The engine and two sleepers were
bunted up, and as near as | can learn
seven were killed and about ten injured.
4. NJ. TUCKER, G. M
CINCINNATI, Jul, 3.--OwIng TO the
of some one in leaving the ,
switch open a heavy freight train run
ming at the rate of 40 miles per hour
struck the passenger train with full
force, near kavenna Ia the wreck were
evidently Findlay and Cincinnati pas t
exclusively. Their cries for /
help arose from the train, mingled with
the dying means OF others whose lives :
were being crushed out The steam
from the freight ebgiIe, and {
soon the wreck caught nre and the
flames crowded upon this debris.
4 few persons who escaped without
injury worked we'll. There was almost /
power on their efforts to {
rescue the others. In several instances
the persons were slowly burned to |
death, while pleading with their last {
breath for help. The wreck was most
complete. Cars were piled upon and +,
across each other in an almost solid +,
mass. The small rescuing party worked {
at disadvantage, and as rapidly as the
injured we're found they we're conveyed
to the STATEN, where physicians render
ed all assistance possible. The fire was
finally eXtinguished, but not until sew ,
eral peo; le perished. Relief trains with {
corps, physicians and nurses soon ar
rived from Cleveland and other points,
and those able to be removed were seat
10 Cleveland and PLACED in the hospital
theTe. The dead we're removed to
unGertaker'5 rooms ct Raverna. where
they Will await identification. The
coroner's jury will begin the inquest
this afternoon. The company of Off
cials now here will make a complete in
yestigation. 1t is rLmored that three
members of the Pittsburg baseball
team were killed, but this is not believed,
as they play another game in Cincinnati
today.
NINETEEN KILLED.
YoUNGTowN, July 3.-Nineteen passen-
gers were killed and burned to cinder,
at three O'clock this morning by freight
train telescoping passenger tram on
the Erie road at Radenna, Ohio. Thirty
eight or forty are injured. The passen-
ger train was standing at the depot |