Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-06-13

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a battle that the Magallanes came Ou
, victorious at the battle and at one
= decided TO pursue the government yes
sells ard if possible destroy them befUr
they could re retiiied fer sea.
!, The crews of the government vessel
O uId no. SUSPECT That Lue attack would b'
renewed SO soon. The Magal!anei
quietly entered into the harbor Of Val
paraiso at night and ranging alongssit
The crippled Aides, poured broadsidE
! into her, Filling nearly half of the crew
and completely rlCdling her and
! dismountlpg her guns. The alarm WAS
! sounded in the fOrIs, but the vessels lay
50 close together that the gunners in the
forts dared not fire for fear of hitting
their own vessels
The Magul anes now attac' ed the
Lynch. which returned her fire. 4 boat
which had been sent from the Lynch to
attack the Magall mes with q torpedo
was blown out OF the water and tn ;
| sInokeStack of the Lynch was carried
away. la the meantime the Gondell
steamed 10 outside OF the Mfgallanfs S,
thus getting the latter between Two fires
The Magalianes was shot through and
through and over forty Of her crew were
soon dead or dying. The night was
dark and her captain resorted to ruse TO
I escape from h:s dangerous position.
The MaSalanes ceased firing and went
stern, leaving the government vessels
| pouring shos into each other until the
Gocdeii began filling rapidly. The
| rick was not discovered until the Mag
| 1lIanes had crossed the stern Of the Con
Z deli, pouring n orOatis.de that nearly
| demolished the latter. It dismounted
4 -.
| ,iondeii's crew. The Magallanes then
steamed out Of the harbor followed by
shower OF shot and shells one o.
which exploded Oh her deck, tearing q
| Dig hole and dlsmountinE pivot gun and |
xillIng four men. The vessel then steam |
I'd 10 Cadena.
The fight was one of the hottest of /
The war and over oGe hundred men were |
xillsd and many wounded r.e Gon- |
iell had TO be beached to pT5;el, her |
from sinking and the Aldea was so bad |
y damaged that it will take long time 1
20 repair her. The Lynch was also /
badly damaged and IN addition 10 the |
Oss Oi half Of her crew four out OF her j
six officers were killed, including the |
commander. There were three fighting |
var ships in the harbor at the time of !
he engagement,
CHICAGO, June 6.-An effort was made
N the federal court today 10 have
luashed the indictments against Geo.
Gibson, ex secretary Of the whisky trust.
dis attorneys are arguing that there IS
no federal statutes covering the c6Gs.
Judge Biodgett took ,he case under al
v.sement.
PHILADELPHIA. June 6-Mayor Stuart
IN complirnce with an order of the CITY
council has sent a letter 10 President
Harrison, asking him to have Il thorough
uves,igatisn into the action of the
United States treasury department. in re
.ard to lis delay in closing the Ke! stone
Bank, of Philadelphia.
MILWAUKEE, June 6.-Early ttis
morning the Island sash and door COM T.
narv plant at Clinton burnel. Loss,
estimated, 100000; insurance $4,000.
NEW OPLEANs, June 6.-This after
noon shooting occurred between DR.. |,
O;iphant, president of the state board
# health, and Geo. Dupree. editor Of
The Daily States. Dupee fired five shots
and Olphant one shot. Dupee was hit
through the face while Oliphant was un-
hurt.
CI.ETELAND, Ohio. June 6.-The build
ings of the Cleveland Hardware Co.
we're burned ID the ground TODAY. Loss,
$4,000. Insured. SlO0,000.
L
ST. LOUIS. June 6-Circuit Judge
Thayer has denied application Of stock
holders of the st. Louis Il San Francisco 7
railway to restrain the \. Il. & S. +. :
from the issuing of blanket mortgage :
for fifty millions. II
CISCINNATI, June e5--Llghtning struck
a barn on the Bughan farm at Wood d
lawn, this morning, and set 1t OIL FIRE d
Ii was consumed with eight blooded L
horses, among which was to- $4,000
stallion, Tom Rogers. The total loss is
$4,000.
YUMA, June 5.-Goyernor Irwin an
pointed 4 Frank mayor of Yuma to till q
the existing vacancy. The appointment j
give, general satisfaction. :
ALBUQUERQUE June 5.-A great fad
Of native riaileub!e iron, containing GO !;
per cent Cf 2Urs iron and 2 per cent Of p
nickel. has jIst been made on the line of a
the Atlantic and Pacific railway, sixty E.
miles west OF this Guy. Samples of the Il
menal brought here for analysis indicate
that the metal has passed through Y
process of volcanic smelling which has q
left il almost entirely fTee from alloy .
and highly nall able. \ metaluFgis
scientist from Philadelphia will mest II
Major !. ". DOnnelly, land agent of the u
Atlantic and Pacific company. at this
place on Monday aud Wa proceed to
examine the property with & si-w to
determine the quality of the metal it c.
contains. The vein is reported to be 400 I
feet wide and mile in length. >,
SACRAMENTO, CAL, June 5.-Another
brutal crime was committed here last Il
night. Late this afternoon the police II
were informed that q woman had been n
assaulted at house on 22ud street. 2
The officers went tn she place and G.
found a woman na ne1 .irs Spillman il
bed in the house OF Mrs. Gehrlng. The
woman pre- ,eD;ed horrible appearance. O
I be skull over the efG eye hal been car I,
ried away or crushed In and the br in r
protrude through the orifice. The t, &c I
was covered with blood and the lefj eye j
was badly bruised. The woman succeed
ed IN te ling the chic of police the story ! q
of her Injuries. She said she had gone I
TO bed last night when at about II |
o clock there was brock at the door. q
She asked who was there and men re-
piled they wanted whiskey. Mrs. Spill
man replied there are none 10 the house,
and Immediately the door was hurst in {
and three men rushed in. One OF them
instantly struck her over the left eye
with heavy instrument, knocking her
senseless. She thinks, however, she can
remember seeing the men rTn as soon as
the blow was struck. The men were all
strangers TO her and she could not
identity them.
At 1 o'clock this morning Mrs. Seufer,