Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-02-11

stole a march on the Hawaiian con- missioners OF the way to Washington to pre sent tho claims on the provisional As soon as the news of the revolt became known CleghOrn packed hls grip and took the fret train for Washingt n, with the result that he arrived at Chicago IS hoIrs ahead of the commissioners and vii! reach the capitol that much in advance of them. His puspo 6 is to present the claim of hs niece 10 the United States govern mt mt before the commission appJin ed by the provisional government arrives at the national capitol.
 He will lay before President Harrison the claims of his nisce Princess Kepio lani and will plead for the establishment of a protectoIate with the princess as Queen. He said: II do not think the provisional gove -nment will last long for I believe UnItels States will es- tablish protectOrate insJesd O. annex ing the stands E gland will certainly not permitannexation without making vigorous pro est and grtat deal of trou- bic. Ii UDlted States will not see th- justice and right of the claims 1 will jay before it, 1 shall go 70 England and ap- peal 10 Great Brit in "
 The overland train bearing the Ha- waiian commissioners reached the Northwestern depot at 1925 p. m. After hfs'y greeting to some Chic ago friends the commissioners bundled in O an omnibus and. were driven hur- riedly to the Fort Wayne depot and with not ever half hour inside the city limits were speeding east~ard over the Pennsyvania road to Washington.
 Cleghorn is due In Washington a. 6 o'clock tonight, which will be too late for an audience until tomorrow noon. The revclu i0nIsts will reach Washing ington by 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, and vii stand an equal chance with Cleg- horn.
 PARIs, Tex, Feb.-Henry Smith the negro ravisher of four-year- old Myrtle Vance, has expiated in part his awful crIme by death az the stake.
 Ever slnce the perpeyration of the crime this city and the entire surroundir 2 country has been in wild frenzy of ex citement. When the news came last night of his capture at Hope, Ark, and Identification, the city was wild with joy. Hund eds of people poured into the city from ihe adjacent country and the word passed from lip to lip that punishment of the fieud should be death by fire.
 The whisky shops were closed, unruly mobs dispersed, schools dismissed by proclamation from he mayor, and every thing was done in business-like man ner. =
 Law was laid aside and citizens took into their own hands the inhuman beast and burned him at the stake.
 YUBA CITY, Cal, Feb. 3.-Last even ing Mss Pauline Newcomb and Willard Woodwork two prominent young peO- pie of this town went rowing up Feather river. They failed to return and search ing party found the boat partly filled with water and the occupants missing WoCdworth's overcoat was also found It IS thought tue couple tried to change seats ard the boat capsiZed. Wood worth was a gCOd swimmer but M .ss Newcomb WAS he wy woman and proS- ably dragged hlm down. The river is being dragged for the bodies
 NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-In a fire in a six story tenement house a family of three people was suffocated and thres others injured.
 WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb 3.-In the | House tue anji-OptiOn bIll was referred to the committee on AgrIculture. LONDON, Feb. 3.-In the House oi Commons today, Ashmead Bartlett, Con, servatlve, questioned tte government a. tO advices It had received from Hawai- and further enlightenment as to wb5t | the British government intended to dc in the ma ter. ST Edward Gray, par Il,amentary secretary of the foreign office replied in effect that the information re- ceived by the government generally agreed with the cable news published in the newspapers. He added that tn government, as far as at present advised | did not interd to send warships to Hone lulu. The government cons idered the lives and property Of British subjects iu Hawaii safe under American protection (Cries of Hear! Heatr)
 In conclv sin SIT Edward declared inert was no foundation whatever fCI
 ha report that the British Jvernment had made protest to the government at Washington regarding the Hawaiian island.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3.-Te,ler in h's petitions against a rep al of the sherman act today deciar, d that in his judgment d -cided major ty ou both sides of the chamber was opposed at this time to tae repeal, and that it could not be made a party question al the next session what yer m'ght be the inclination of the incoming President He could not understand what the Presldent-elect has to do with 1t.
 ST. PAUL, Miun., Feb. 3.-The weather is st.l very cold throughput Minnesota and Dakota. At Grand Forks the ther- mometer is forty below with stiff wind
 SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb. 3-WaLter Holmes was harged here this morning for the murder OT his wife. He beat her into inseDeibility and burltd her alive. He was convicted on testimony of his nine year old son.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 2.-Judge Jack on, appointed to succeed .amaf, IS a Democratic ex-senator and at preseni judge of the United States Court for the district em mbracing Tennessee
 Inquiry about the clpito. shows the appointment Is considered fiOm judi cal and not poll ical view as sPlen- did one. Two Republican memb rs fe sore over the selection of a Democrat and states-rIght5 man, but when asked as to Jackson's personal fitness CO., ceded hIs character ard abilities all tha could be desired. The selection was practically no rore pleasing to some of the Democratic representatives who re- call the fact that Judge Jackson is a leader of up School Democrats of Ten uessee." The men said, however, that the new judge IS strong, clean and able.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Cal, Feb. 3.-At the request of W. H. Beatty, counsel for the Citizens Defense association, Judge Wallace today dismissed the charges aQainst EX Assem blYman ElWoOd Brun-