Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-07-16


 in Midlothian by greatly decreased maj lrlty.
 WASHINGTON, July 13.-Seuate on as- sembling took up civil appropriation bill pending Quay's motion for adopt ion amendment closing Worlds Fair Sundays. Motion to lay it on table de- fested II to 45.
 ST. PAUL, Minn,, July 13--1he first state convention of the Peoples Party met here today. A. D. Stewart tempor- sry chairman. Ignatius Donnelly made long speech. Recess then taken until this afternoon.
 VANCOUVER, WAsH'N., July 16.-Five comnanies of the Fourteenth United s ates Infantry left here this morning at seven fully equipped for field service, | taking special tram to the Occur D'Al me mines under orders of the de- partment commander.
 FRANKLIN, KY, July 13.-Shortly af- ter midnight mob took J. k. Redfern, ! (whi'e) from jail and hanged him for Killing Ii. B. Dunn, the circuit court clerk, who was shot while trying to eject Redfern from one of his houses. Red , fern also fatally wounded negro who was accompanying Dunn.
 CHICAGO, July 13.-The secretary of state granted a license to carpenters council of this city to form an lndepend- eot military organization. Fifteen hun 1 dred workman of thls city have already | joined the organization. which 1t IS ex- | pected will reach 5, ,0C0 inslJe of week. | The obj ct IS 10 enable labor to fight | nrivafa oruoa1 iob fof may bring to settle labor disputes.
 PEORIA, Ill.,, July l3.-The capsizing of the steamer Frank c. Folsom" with attendant loss of life last night caused by the attempt to head the boat for the shore during gale, thus exposing her broadside to the wind. The excursion ists had been to Lake View park to witness the production of the Last Days of Pompeif' when the vessel over turned. It was in sixteen feet of water and one hundred yards from the shore. The first boat that reached the steamer was nearly swamped by the half drown ed passengers. Other beats came to the rescue and twentysix persons were taken ashore. Nine are known to have perished and sixteen yet to be heard from.
 SAN DIEGO. July 13.-R. J. Wood ward, the Ventura farmer, who for several weeks has been preparing to make balloon journey to New York, made the ascent at 9:l5 this morning in ti.e presence of several hundred people. His balloon shot up like a rocket to d great helght. It first struck a current of air that moved the balloon rapidly toward the ocean. Woodward threw out his edibles, ballast aud everything else except anchor to make the balloon rise higher. Finally he struck a cur rent of air which bore him rapidly In- ward. At lO:15 he disappeared from view. : telephone message from Fl COaJon says he passed over the valley and IS travelling rapidly southeast. Signal Observer says Woodward is in a current of air having about D miles velocity and thinks Woodward will never be heard of again.
 PITTsBURG. July 1.-The cong ress- 1 ioual committee continued the Home stead investigation this morning with further examIna atIOn of Prick of the Car neyie company. He detailed the treat ing with Pinkertons to furnish guards for the Homestead property. He sad arms were consigned to the UnIon Sup ply company. who delivered them to Captain Rodgers of the Pinkertons. Prick was not sure, but supposed he had something to do with furnishing arms. Chairman Boatner of the com nj ttee declared the scale of wages paid as explained by Frlck was the highest wages ever heard of. Capt. Rodgers tod of the trip to Homestead. He said the strikers fired first. Sheriff McClsa ry testified that the Carnegie company notified him a week before the men went out there would be trouble and that they were arranging to send 300 men to Homestead and wanted ;hem | deputized.
 WASHINGTON, July 12.-Capt. H Hooper, commander of the revenue steamer Cor win, has made brief report in regard to the SC Zure of the British steamer COquitlaD. He has turned the vessel over to the marshal at Sitka and will transmit full report as soon as pos sible. He estimates the value of the vessel and cargo at S10O,0OO.
 It appears that the Coquitlan entered a harbor of tho Usited States not port of entry without permit from the GUS | ceived cargo Tn violation of law. and engaged in towing within the jurlsdic- tion of the United States, and has for these facts subjected herself and cargo to confiscation and her officers and crew to fine and imprisonment. 1t also ap- pears that the captain and owners of the COquitlan were warned by Collector Milne, of Victoria, before sailIng that l they would run great risk in what they proposed 10 do. He advised them to make transfer on the high seas, but they refused to be governed by his ad- vice. It states that the United States authorities have several grounds for ] seizure.
 The sealers of Victoria concede that the iZure Is blow which will cut of further sealing for this year, ss only twelve of the largest Canadian vessels had received supplies before the Go quitlan was taken in charge by the l United States revenue cutter CorwiD, and the remainder will be compelled to g.ve up trips and return to port. It IS reported the poachers have been un I usually active. the weather favorable, | ana the slaughter indiscriminate and l unrestrained, and as consequence the catch to date aggregates upward of B. 900 seals, the largest ever made in the North Pacific.
 PITTsBURG. July 14--The employees of Carnegie upper and and lower union mills in thls city struck at noon. The gas wss turned of in all the furnace | By 3 o'clock thls afternoon the men in all departments will be out and mi Is shut down. The men struck because | the company refused to confer again with the Homestead men.
 WAsHINGToN, July 14-Shermsn in troduced bill repeating the present silver act which provides for monthly purchases of bullion to take effect Jan