Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-06-09
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| SPOKANE, Wash, May 31.-The town
of Con- Connolly. Wash, has been swept
| away by flood. Every business house
and many residences have been destroy
ed. Mrs. Almira Keith lost her life.
There is much suffering as nothing was
saved. Con-Connelly has 700 people.
1t is believed there vas cloud burst
aud dam near has been broke.
PUEBLO. Colo, May 3l-Rain fell all
over eastern Colorado for the past thin y
six hours, and is the heaviest known.
The flood here is the worst ever expe-
rienced. The Arkansas river has broken
its levees ID six places and sea covers
au area of three quarters of mile
square. In this city the water is rising
above the first floors of the buildings
and hundreds of men in boats are
reccuing families and goods. No loss
life is yet reported. Five railroads
running into cry are tied up owing to
washouts, land slides and wrecked
bridges. Communication with the MOI th
is cut off as we'll as wires which are all
down.
WASHINGTON, May 3l.--Senator Mills
Of Texas voting no, today the senate
passed resolution declaring that the
| United States will not interfere with
Il affairs of the Hawaiian Island and
United States will regard Interference
by any foreign power as an unfriendly
act.
LONDON, May 31.-A Californian, who
gave his name as General John Hew-
stone, is charged with causing the death
of George Burton, musician, yesterday,
by thrHsting the point Of az umbrella
into his left eye. He was remanded
today for week. Bail was refused.
CRIPPLE CREEK, May 3l.-Owing to
washouts on the Florence and Cripple
Creek railroads, Governor Waite will
be unable to reach Colorado Springs for
z conference with the mine owners
before tonight. 1t is thought his MIS-
sion will be fruitless. The situation
here is unchanged today.
DENVER, Colo, May 31.-The United
States court, Judges River and Hallett
udS I6lu5tu W SIduU Ill
Injunction to restrain the miners union
from interfering with the working of
the Raven gold mining company, at
Cripple Greek, fer lack of jurisdiction.
The injunction was asked for on the
ground that the government still has an
interest in the mining claims which the
company is acquiring under the
mineral land laws.
WASHINGTON, May 31.-Col. Fred G.
Ainsworth, chief of records of the pen
sion division, indicted for msnslaught-
er on account of the Ford's theater dis
aster last June, in which more than
score of government clerks were k lied,
is now free. Justice McComss, OF the
criminal court, today ordered the indict-
ment quashed because 1t did not show
that the falling of the building was due
to the personal neglect of AiDsworth.
Los ANGELES, CAL, May 31.-Della
Moody, wife of Captain l. E. Moody.
who suddenly dropped dead from heart
disease while ejectIng a boisterous
stranger from the Los Angeles theatre
last Thursday, was found stretched
across the newly made grave of her
husband, at Evergreen cemetery, this
morning with bullet hole through her
heart. She had committed suicide.
LONDON, May 3O.-The exhibition at
the Alhambra last night of Doves bull
let proof coat was more interesting and
satisfactory. Dove himself wore the
cuirass. A Lee Milford rifle and cord
lie cartridges were used. Two shots
were fired at distance of fifteen yards.
The only apparent result was slight
movement of the back and upper part
of Doves body. His feet and legs re-
manned perfectly steady.
PARIS, May 30.-The La Patrie today
announces that the notorious Turpin, |
whose name was some time ago pro-
minentiy before the public in connec-
ton with the invention of an explosive |
known as mellnite, AMI who was sub |
imprisoned, angered at the |
of France to purchase his |
latest invention, has left the country
and sold it to the powers composing
the drebund secret of the manufact-
ure of terrible war machine. The
latter is said to comprise an explosive
and new projectile which is claimed to
transform the art of war
'oAO ohA bhO WhlCA
is waged, rendering It's possessors
urgings of foreign sovereigns
ana received several million francs on
account.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-Mr. Pet,igrew
IN his speech before the senate yesterday
On the tariff bill declared: "That the
Wilson bill was a swindle upon the
people of South Dakota in every res
3ect. IL robs the farmers, it robs the
IN miners and ruins our mica indus
.ries." 81 have O feeling which ap-
oroaches contempt for the representa-
ives of New England and the east in
his body who, in making tariff
peeches, have shown q silver lining to
| dark cloud OF their insincerity. For
% years and up to date they have vot-
ID on every occasion to destroy silver
nd put the country on a gold basis;
md having accomplished their object
nd ruined silver, cotton aud wheat
PRODUCERS, and in fact all other pro-
ulcers, they now turn to US and say:
We are friends of silver"
81 want to say to you gentlemen,
We are going to vote with you against
he Wilson fraud from principle, be-
ause we believe in protection to
Imerican laborers and American in
ustry. Your SMILES aud your talk
bout silver does not fool us one psr-
lcle; We see your cunning and your
uplicity. | am convinced that the
My people who hold logical position
i this controversy are the silver men
the west, who insist that free coin
ge of silver and protective tariff 90
and in nand; that this is the true
octrine of the republican party and
nat upon this platform alone can the
epublican party remain In power"