Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-06-11
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tial contest is growing N interest hour
ly. Men are becoming unduly excited
/ Blaine's friends have forced him int,
position OF a passive candidate, anC
the Harrison people do not hesitate Il
. say many csustlc things about the Sec
retary's position, Insisting that gooc
faith will compel him to write another
letter of. declinatiou. If this letter il
not forthcoming in two or three DAYS
it Will DO ifnro ssible to predict what he
Convention Will do. The intensity OF
the situation may "e understood wheI
Il is stated the representatives of the
Associated Press are questioned every
hour by the ANXIOUS party leaders a:
to whether any declInatIon has Ueeu
made, or is expected at Washington
from Blame.
LONDON, June 3-Lbfeche won the
Oaks prize.
BILL NGs, Mont. June 3-The Bill
lings and Grear Falls Stage was held
up by masked men yesterday and the
treasury box and mail taken. Passen-
gers unmolested.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-Secretary
Blaine told the Associated Press report
~ this afternoon that be would write
no more communications IN regard to
the presidential nomination.
PRAGUE. June S.-The roll Of casual
ties IN the disaster of the Birken berg
sill YER nine increases. 1t is now
known that fully four hundred miners
!, st their lives. Many bodies were
burned beyond recognition.
VIENA, June 3,-The Mail train was
wrecked by tornado near Nowska sta
ton, last night Had fea full exper-
fence. A sudden compete darkness
Fell upon the train and the engineer and
fireman crouched on the floor of the
engine. A terrific gust lifted the CD
Inc, weight seventy tons, ana five car
iages and threw them over the enbauk
meDt,
MINNEAPOLIS, June 9.-The Blaine
leaders are working hard to bring about
break to him from Harrison. ms
precedent by the other instructed
delegations to prevent further breaks
and TO mar the feeling from Maine
whenever possible. This is TO be helped
along by argument. Harrison's instruc.
lions are only given on suppositior
| that Blaine will not be candidate, and
that the strong Blaine sentiment in
their State will now Justify then in ig-
noring instructions gwen under mis-
| apprehension.
Sr LuUIs, Mo-, June 3.-The Nicara'
qua canal convention re Assem- Died at IL
o'clock this morning. Committee on
pei manent organization named Hon
George l.. Converse Ohio, permanent
president, Horace Davis, California Sc
pior wee president with az additional
vice president for each state aud eXecu
| [ e committee on the same basis as per-
manenJ secretaries. ID. IL. McAdam and
J. G.. Broadwell, committee on rules, de-
| cIded that ali resolutions De referred
without reading and ali speeches be
limited to ten minutes. Invitation from
tne Worlds F ir aLthorlt es to the Nc
.araugua Canal convention have been
issued to be present at the Worlds Water
W dy a. AJulCIGO III lNUD. II
vas referred to the Executive Commit
tee. The report of committee on Reso-
lotions was then presented and read.
The report endorsed the Canal as
feasible. and recommended government
assistance. with protection secured to
the governments interests, and recon-
mended investment In the Canal Com
pany; the securities t. the American
people, and directed the appointment IF
two committaes-one to visit each of the
Great National Convent ms of the pu-
litical parties 20 secure the Endorsement
and the govercment control of the
Canal. The report WIS adopted. Al
ter an address by the Rear Admiral tne
convention adjourned.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-The following
correspondence explains itself:
In THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 4
To THE PRESIDENT:
respectfully beg leave to submit my
resignation of Office as Secretary of State
of the Unired States, 20 which was ap-
pointed by you on the 9th of March,
1889. The condition of public business
in my Department of State justifes me
IN requesting that my resignat may
be accepted Immediately. 1 have the
honor to be, very respectfully your
obedient servant,
JAuEc q Rr ,TNE