Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-03-05
TELEGRApHIC.

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 wide and af.;r running along the $. P. } track for about two miles extends of
 ort of sight to the south. At this time
 last year there was not drop of water
 visi:ele although there was a quantity d few inches below tue surface of the siDk. IL was Dot until several m n ;hs later that tIle floods occurred in the G:la
 aud tie Colorado rivers caused by the melting snow ana only in August that the Water ia the Saiton sink be- gan to attract attention. The snows in tht mountains at pregent are heavier than fer years and coming as the waters | will when they melt on the land already | In | large part saturated, q fake, of un- eXampled extent, will probably De l creGted. Old residents believe that about hundred miles of the track of 1 the SoUtheGn Pacific which lies m the 1 desert below sea level will be overiiowed. 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The net result of the democratic caucus tonight called b. H2rJer aDd other anti-siiver men seems to be that the siYer qustion is | about %heTe 1t wIs before the caucus. i The free silver mCU are evidently Tn the 1 majDriJy out the mlnor'y are not will ing to De bound by caucus action. A ! resolution was submitted III the Caucus ] by antls declaring in favor of the con ! tlnued use of gold and silver as money 1 and unaiteTaDy IL opposition to any leg i isiation which drives either metal out of | general clfcuiauoE; further that injus tice to the democratic party, and w,th 1 due consideration for the general busi
 Less, industrial and financial interests oi
 this nation it Is deemed the duty of dem
 ocratIc members to defer definite acton
 O. the subject of free coinage questions 1 it's wisdom and justice distinctly made
 the elections of 1892.
 ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25.- The joint com
 mittee in whose charge the matter wa | placed by the industrial conference at
 today's session selected Omaha, Ne | braska, as the place of holding the nom | mating convention of the newly-born third party July 4th. 4 formal cal
 Was issued urging citizens who support
 1t to meet on the last Saturday in ! March m their respective towns and viii | lages and .oid public meetings to ratify i the demand and take steps to organize prepara' oTy to electing delegates to the { national convention. 1t calls upon all duly qualified voters in the United States m favor of these principles to sea1 daiegateS to the national conven tiOn, Tn basIs of representation is four delegates from each congressional district and eight delegates from each state.
 NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 25-a number of resolutions We're introduced at today's session Of toe trans-Mlssissippi conner olal congress. Among them were the following: Asking for cheaper tele graphic rates throughout the union,
 said rdtes to be fixed by congress and also favOring the postal telegraph sys- tem, ais1 u allow foreign capitalists to invest In mining property and remove the present limitation of the amount
 Reld by irrigation companIes. PHENIX, Feb 25-The five per ceut ter rliorial bonds issued under the WOlfiey funding act nave been sold to k. J. Hor ton of New York city on contract with the territorial loan commissioners
 Horton agrees to pay the entire amount Of money immediately upon the delIr- cry Of the bonds. amounting to Sl,500,- 0O0. Interest beg;ns from the date of delivery, The sale will effect a great relief in financial condition of the ter rltOry.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Feb 25-At 4:30 o'clock today the jnry in the Curtis case
 was brought into court and again an
 bounced that it was unable to agree. Tue court thereupon ordered that the ynrOrs te discharged. They stood ten for conviction and two for acquittai.
 The case will bo called again Sat urday morning when it will be set for hearing.
 PHENIx, Feb 25-A bar of gold bul- hon weighing 340 pounds was a mIne in this vicinity. It is
 It is the product of a SIX weeks run on
 Harqua hala mine. WAsHINGToH, Feb. 26.-S5cretary No bla was examined today by a specia house committee, appointed to inveEti-
 gate the management of the pension
 offices.
 WAS HINGroS, Flo. 26.-The president left Washington thIs morning, in t special car, IT Virginia Beach, Va, where he expects to enjoy a weeks res- pite.
 BERLIN, Feb. 26.-The police dis persed a mob toCay and captured sev-
 eral ringle iders. The emperor was
 cheered by the mob when he rode fOrtl with aides.
 MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. 26.-Wili Gibson and Rube Marshal, white con vicis, We're shot at Wetumka, while at tempting to escape. Gibson IS dead anO Marshall will die. ST LOUIS, Mo. Feb. 26.-The execu tive committee of the nOtional commit tee of the peoples party meet at Omaht May II, to perfect arrangements fo holding a national convention ther,
 July l4
 CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-The entire fore, "f staff makers, em plOyed on the World's Fair rounds, struck for an advance O. five cents an bour in wages. Contract tors say the strike will not delay wOTk aud that they will be able to ill the strkero' places.
 WASHINGTON, Feb 26.-In the senate special message from the president or the subject of the claims of the Wichits
 and affiliated tribes of Indians, ip Oklahoma territory, was referred to the committee ou Indian affairs.
 X conference was ordered on the cen
 sus deficiency bill to have Allison and Cockrell appointed conferees on the
 part of the senate.
 \ joint resolution to provide for the international bi-metalic agreement hay ing been reached on the calendar it was !! laid over without action.
 Consideration ot the Idaho election ! c3se WaS resumed.
 Senator D llrh, from the committee
 on foreign affairs, today reported to the
 senate, adversely, the bill introduced by Sherman to prohibit the coming of i ;1hfpase to tha ITaited StataG