Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-02-21

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Judge E. W Wells, of Prescott, ArizC na, has been appointed fourth Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona by the President.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Marcus Smith. delegate from Arizona, slipped and fell on the marble floor of the Riggs House last evening ana broke the small bone of his right leg. He is doing we'll this morning.
 NEW YORK, Feb, 17.-Ben. Ali Haggin dled at o:3O thIs morning. The cause of oeatn was pneumonia, which set in Sun day. J. IS. Haggin, the California million are, his father, Is on his way across the Atlantic and IS expected to arrlve Mon day.
 PARIS, Feb. 17.--A dispatch from buenos Ayres announces that the gov ernment troops were defeated at Coquin- DO end QuIliota by insurgents. The forces are rapidly increasing in numbers, ana are advancing upon the capital. Santlago and only a few other towns remain loyal
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.-The steam ship Austra 8 arrived today from Homo lulu. The Fl swaiians were employed when the ste lmer left in making pre- parations for the burial of King Kala- haua on the 18th inst. DOUGLAS, Texas, Feb. IA negro named Tom Robln was lynched last night. He IS notorious character and guilty of many crimes.
 PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. 17-This morn ing both the Allegheny and Mononga- hela are 26 feet above ordinary height, rising at the rate of seven inches an hour. Families are moving from houses on lower part of the Allegheny, Re. ports show that towns along the rivers are flooded, bridges being carried away and the general loss great. AT JoHNsTowN. JoHNsTowN, Feb. F, The water re- ceded some during the night but now is within six inches of its highest point yesterday. All Cambria and the lower part of this city are under water.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The run on the American Loan $ Trust Co. continues. NEW YoRs, Feb. 1.-The family of General sherman today decided to al- low friends of the dead hero and all old war veterans who fought with him the opportunity to view the remains to- day and tomorrow.
 The regular military guard remains in the front hall, while squad of police men keeps the people in line. A cast of the face of the general has been taken, and pronounced a success. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17-Miss Ava Willing was married today to John Jac- ob Aston, the son of William Astor. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The body of the late Admiral David Porter was laid to rest this afternoon in Arlington.
 Not since the burial of Sheridan has Washington witnessed such an imposing funeral. Every branch of the military and naval service was represented. EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. IT, Teller Ritter, of the First National Bank, was arrested today on charge of misappro- priating S7SOO0.
 ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 17-Ignatius DoDnelly, the author of "Cryptopram" and member of the state senate, has brought suit for libel against ex-Con- gressman King and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, for S10OO00 each. The newspaper is charged with print ing letter written by King claiming | that Donnelly received large sums of money for his vote between the years 1870 and 1880.
 .fARrS, Feb. 1f.-Ine ueatII Johann Barthold Jongking, the Dutch painter, is announced. ROME, Feb. 17.-Inquiries made today shows that the Pope's letter to Cardiua. Glooons on the question of school edu- eaton in United States is of a pacific nature.
 ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. Stockholders of the St. Louis Sugar Refinery Com pany have been notified of a meeting to be held Feb. 26th, to consider the pro- position to sell, convey and dellver all It's property and dissolve the corpora ton. Lockland, vice president of the company says:
 The property is already sold and this meeting IS to ratify the sale, but as the company's stock IS nearly all held by the directors and as the directors made the sale, the stockholders meeting to be held will be mere formality. It IS thought that the St. Louis refin- cry will resume business when the pre-. sent duty on sugar is taken of next April. The refinery is one of the larg- est in the country and has been shut down for more than two years. Several hundred hands were empIoyed when it was Tn full operation. It is a member or the American Sugar Refinery Com pany.
 APPROPRIATION BILLS
 WAsHINGToN, Feb. IT In the senate the conference report on the fortlfication bill was agreed to, and diplomatic and consular appropriation bills were taken up. In conference on army appropria- tiOD bill 1t was adopted.
 In the house conference on the appropriation bill it was adopted and the house went into committee of the whole on the Indian appropriation bill.
 CREDENTIALS FILED.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The creden- tials of Senators Jones of Nevada and Mitchell of Oregon for term beginning the fourth of March next were filed.
 sTANFoRD's BILL.
 In the senate the finance committee reported back adversely Stanford's bill to supply the national want of a sound circulating medium and it was placed on the calendar.
 Pending question an amendment to increase the salary of the Minister to Portugal to Sl0,OOO was introduced.