Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-09-02
TELEGRApHIC.

SAN FRANC SEQ, A ug. 24.-At O'CLOCK
this afternoon the first spadeful of eartl
was turned for the midwii:ter far il
Golden Gate park. 1t WIS the occasion
of great ceremony.
Thousands of people were present
business was suspended in town, schools
closed and the national guard parade
salute was fired by United States ar
tillery and speeches read by prominent
citizers. Ships in the harbor were pro
fusely decorated with bunting a. d the
afternoon was general holiday. The
100000 guarantee fund has bs5n nearly
all subscribed 10y citizens and he work
of constructing buildings and preparing
grounds will proceed without Interrupt
ton until the fair opens.
FIRST sPADEFUL SOLD AT AU1TIoN.
Director General DeYoung took the
first spadeful Of earth, witch vas put in
silver casket, ard sold it to the highest
bidder. Five hundred men began work
at oncs on excavations for the site. 1t
is expected that large pgit Of the ex-
hibits in Chicago fair Till be brought
out here as congress has passed law
allowing foreign goods to be brought
here for exhibition purposes without
payment of duty.
The ceremonies today opened with
prayer followed by an address from the
president OF the day, r. p. Hammond.
Nj. III. DsYoung read report of the ex-
executive commi t. e. General W. III. L.
Barnes delivered an address, a. did
Irving NJ. Scott and Rabbi VoorsaDger.
Durlfg the ceremony OF turning the
first shsvelful OF earth salute of fifteen
guns was fred and a chorus of 1000
voices sang the national anthem,
america" The fair will be opened
January 1, 1894. and will continue SIX
months, to June 80.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-Ths senate
by a vote of thIrty-five to thirty adopted
a resolution declaring the appointment
of Lee Mantle as senator 10 Montana
Illegal. Vance moved to reconsider and
the matter will come up again.
BERLIN, Aug. 33.-VIce Admiral
secretary of state for naval
affairs, is said to have obtained the
of DR.. MIGUEL and several
other ministers OF his plan OF spending
IL :,
order that Germany may not fall too
far behind France and Russia in naval
armament.
MERGED, Cal, Aug. M.-The town Of
MERGED Fails, twenty miles north of
here, was destroyed by fire yesterday
The MERGED woolen mills,
vailed at S125, 900; Nelson's flouTlng mills,
525, 900, and the warehouse of the wooden
mills containing goods worth $4,000
were buried. The town has about $50
nearly all employed in the
mills. The wooden mills will not be re-
built. The insurance on the wooden
mills is $4,000.
WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, Aug. "a
The -paid attendance at toe fair yester-
day was l50,952.
This is Illinois day and warriors from
almost every nation on earth, equipped
with instruments of death and destruc-
ton were here and paraded through
the beautiful thoroughfares to the time
Of patriotic tunes played by scores of
national bands. Hundrei of thousao dis
Of people assembled here from every
cline to witness the parade and other
events Of the day.
Dies MONIES, Ia, Aug. Ex-Governor
Boies Was Ienominste1 by scclamation
amid tremendous ap: lause. Lieutenant
Governor Boston also received renomi-
nation.
At this point the report of the COM
ni tee On platform was read and adopt
I'd. The resolutions declared confidence
n the administration of President Cleve-
and. The present unfortunate tinan-
nal strirgency was laid al the door Of
.be r'pu blican administration and con-
yress was urged to give the country
early relief. The Sherman act was de-
bounced as a cowardly make-sbift which
has brought the present financial perils
md troubles upon the country. The
m mediate repeal of the silver 2uchase
use OF gold and silver as the money of
,he country on equal basis favored.
WASHINGTON, Aug. %. - Minister
Blount had another conference today
with Secretary Gresham at the state de-
oartmest, in regard to Hawaiian affairs
Nothing Is to Ce given out for publica-
ion at present. BlouQt concluded his
business with the state department To-
lay and will leave here tomorrow morn
ng for his home in Georgia. It is
earned that the report that Minister
3lount has resigned is premature.
3lount will probably return to Washing
on almost simultaneously with the
about September /, and the
VI ther course of the government on the
Hawaiian question will then be finally
considered.
The result of the negotiations for
lew treaty with Hawaii will not be
lnown officially until the president
communicates it to the senate in for
nal special message. From present in
locations it is not at all certain this will
,e done before the beginning of the
egular session of congress in December. |
hcAN bEIsNAhi'lNOg Sdl- ~ "a he
Farmers Exchange bank reopened this |
notning with about $4,000 in cash On
lands, being eighty per cent of the !
mount due depositors. large num- |
er Of new depositors opened account
7ith the bank and up to noon today |
epositsi had largely exceeded the |
mount drawn out.
WARRINGTON, Aug. 23.-There has |
zen considerable correspondence con-
erning the forcible expu sion of Italian
miners from Cripple Greek, Colo, be
ween Secretary Gresham, Governor
Vaite and Baron Fava, Italian minister
t Washington, but it is likely that the |
EXPLANATION offere3 the minister by the /
ia g department and Governor Waite
ill be satisfactory to the allan gov
rnment and that the incident will be
eclared closed.
After correspondence with Governor
Vsite, Secretary Gresham wrote Baron
ava that the attack was not due 10
ace prejudice. but to a feeling against
heap labor.
When Americans found themselves
by Italians they took forcibe