Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-03-12

SAN DIEGO, March 8.-A party of prospeotors who were in the New River region of the Colorado desert at the time of the earthquake have just re- turned and bring in the story of blaz- ing volcano. We were on the lower La guna mountains close to the Mexican boundary lire and about ha way be- tween San Diego and Yuma, they said, when the earthquake occurred. It was felt sharply then and our first thought was to look for the outbreak of the vol canO. but to our surprise instead of an outbieak, smoke and hay steam, which Is always visible in COchise rarge, at first entirely disappeared and the first day after the earthquake the entire des- ert WAS as clear as a mirror. That night a change came. We beard -umb- ling noises and next day the smoke re- turned and Was blacker than ever and that night from the mountain tops we could plainly see flame shooting up; the volcano appeared about forty miles away and was located In Mexican territory. The ilanie was not high above the level of the desert and appe ared to come from pit hole.
 WASHINGTON, March S.--The Cabinet meeting today as important, notwith- standing the absence of Blaine, Foster and Noble. The entire session was de- voted to the consideration of the Boring Cn in was unanimous that the position as- sumed by the British government in op- posing the renewal Of modus vivendi, was untenanable and not justified by the condition of the sealing industry. It was argued that the opening of Der ring sea this season to indlscriminate slaughter by poachers would undoubt~ edly result In serious injury if not total destruction of the industry and thus de- feat the very object of the negotiations. 1t was decided to insist on a modus viv- endi somewhat similar to that of last year.
 COLUMBIA, s. O., March S.-Mrs. Ad- die Bachma, left her six-months-old baby sleeping in the house and stepped out. After she had gone, Bud Harris, a little five year old negro boy, who lives next door, slipped in, carrying a bent piece of iron with sharp point. He stole quietly up to the cradle and repeatedly brought the fearful weapon down on the skull of the sleeping infant. Seeing the blood spurt everywhere, he fled to the yard. The child's mother, having heard the screams, rushed back to the house to find the infant saturat- ed in blood and dying. The boy mur- derer was found sitting at the front gate, digging holes in the ground with the bloody weapon. He frankly con- fessed the deed.
 ATHENS, March S-The story pub lished Tn the Paris Eclair Saturday last stating that 300 supporters of Delannis, eX-Prime Minister, had been placed un- der arrest and that all memb bers of the DelanniS cabinet were being closely watched, is emphatically denied by the authorities here,
 As to the stories printed abroad that the people throughout the country are arming for rebellion and that altogeth- CT the situation is very alarming, is laughed at sby those best qualified to judge of the state of affairs.
 No revolution is impending and Der feet quiet reigns.
 SACRAMENTO, March S.-Just after the polls closed in the municipal election this evening, San Francisco politician called Big Neck Smith shot and killed Patrick Brannigan, piasterer, during a quarrel about election. Smith shot Bran nlgan twice, and as the latter fell Smith placed the pistol to his head and fired a third shot. Brannigan died instantly.
 DEs MONIES, Iowa, March 8.-The Senate this evening adopted the Gath license bill. 1t provides for county ops tion license or no license to be deter mined by special election which may be called upon petition of one of the legal voters of any county. If it passes the house 1t will be a substitute for the pro- hibltory law.
 GRAND FORKS, N. D. March S.-The prohibition convention met this morn- ing to elect six delegates to the Nation al convention at St. Louis, June IT. Al liance and independent forces attempted to capture the convention, but after a 6nul P uG hlluOIOh.
 HIAwATIHA, Kans. March S.-The members of the Presbyterian church of this city held prayer meeting this af- ternOon to pray that the Worlds fair be not kept open on Sunday.
 MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 9.-A mob took from jail last night and lynched Calvtn Mcdowell, Tom Moss and Will Stuart, leaders of a negro gang that killed four deputy sheriffs Saturday night.
 The bodies of the negroes were hor- ribly disfgured. They were brought to the city and an inquest held. At 10:30 word Was received that negroes were as sembling at "ihe Curve Judge Du- boise immediately equipped 150 men with Winchesters and they have left the clty for that locality.
 Morning light disclosed the dead bodies if three negroes, riddled with bullets and partially covered with brush, lying in an open lot about mile and a half from the heart of the city. The negroes were those taken from jail by s5 EenJy-iive masked men aud shot to death. Their crime was the ambush- ing and shoo5ing down Saturday night