Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-09-22
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 central committee.
 { NEW YORK, Sept 17.-The Seventeenth
 United States infantry expect to bt ordered to Davis Island which will b.
 raised from a recruiting station to [ complete military post. This makes
 the policy of the department of with drawing all the troops from smal
 western military posts where they have been guarding the redmen ard concen trating them near the large cities were fractions of the population have become ] mor dangerous than the redmen. | WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-By general order of the department. Forts Bowie and ;an Carlos, Arlz., and Fort Marcy N. NJ. are to be abandoned.
 CITY OF %ExICo, Sept 17.-The eighty-fourth anniversary of the decla- i ration Of the independence of Mexico was celebrated by imposing demonstra- tions. President Diaz made a strong speech, and suggested that unless Guat- emala changes her cou ,se there will be trouble.
 CHICAGO, $ D. +. It is annou ced that General Mi e5 will be transferred to Governors Island, to succeed General Howard. Miles will be succeeded by General Ruger.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. IA general en- gagement between Jfe Japanese and Chinese forces at Ping Yang is sn- nOunced near the northern frontier of Corea on the 18th, and resulted in de- cisive victory for the Japanese.
 The Chinese were caught in their in- trenchments, and when surrounded be- came panic stricken. Many were cut to pieces. The Chinese position was de- tended by 10000 men, few of whom es- capped. The Chinese loss g estimated at 16,000 killed and prisoners.
 The Japan; go joss was thirty killed and 270 wounded. The Chinese were officered partly by Europeans. An i'm
  munition and like were captured.
 The fugitives, without arms, are being pursued, and will undoubtedly be over- taken and captured.
 PHoENIx, Sept. 17.-J. c. Herndon, of Yavapai county, has been nominated for delegate to Congress, and Judge Joseph Campbell, of MarIcopa county, for councilman-8 -8t-large. by the democratic convention assem bled Lere today.
 WAsBINGToN, Sept. 16. Great anxiety Is felt by the officers of the army and their friends over the order making as- signments of troops, which have been prepared by General Schotield and 3D. proved by Secretary Lam nt. The ord CTS were ready for announcement today, but 1t WAS decided not to make them public until Monday. IJqu ries came to the department from many quarters to- day, but no intITnation of the forthcHm- ing changes were given.
 CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-D. P. Sesrle, on a 20poun6 bicy cle, with tires weighing but two and three-quar- ter pounds, started from the city hall at 10 o'clock today, expecting to reach New York at p. ID. Thursday. thereby low ering the record so far as to make it in accessi6le to any but extraordinary riders. He wlll De paced through by re- lays. He expects to ride tbirty hours and rest ten hours alternately.
 OLYMPIA, Wash. Sept. 16.-1he mill | tsry court of inquiry appointed by Gov ernor McGraw to investigate the conduct | of the Spokane, Tekoa and Sprague mi | litia com pauies during the trouble grow. | ing out of the recent strike, finds that | company G, of Spokane, was guiity of | mu Inous conduct at Tacoma July ', and that all the members then pres~nt, except U-srles E. Nelson, participated | pr acquissced ID the mutiny; that Lieu tenant Colo-el Mccarthy was right in | arre.ting the company, Id that General Curry made grave blunder in releas- ng 1t
 Tn. court recommends that the con- D p-ny Oe disbanded and would favor dis honorable discharge of the mutineers, put for the fact that court martial would be necessary to impose this sen- .ence.
 Tha court finds that Captain Stesrns, of Iekoa, in permitting his company to be stoned by the mob at Sprague was abso- utely wanting in proper knowledge Of ais duty and recommends his discharge. The court finds that while a cOnsIdera- ole number of troops at Sprague were n sympathy with the strikers, there was 10 disloyslty except on the part of Smith Evans, who organized squad of men o cheer the mutineers at Tacoma, and Sergeant A. P Sulley and Private Ken ledy, who deserted at Tacoma. The of Evans, Sulley and Kennedy $ recommended.
 Governor McGraw has approved the inding and issued orders to carry them nto effect.
 Waco, Texas, Sept, 16.-At Gstesville, he terminus of the Cotton Belt, forty hree miles west of here, yesterday n fa- al street duel took place between J. l.. Goodman, editor of the Peoples Voice, md R. c. Armstrong, editor of the Star, both weekly papers. The duel grew out ,f a personal controversy in the papers ,ver tue El. Cash lynchin2. Goodman vas slot through the heart and Arm trong through the bowels. Both are lying. J. c. Beem3n, a byetander, was atally wounded in the neck by stray Ihot.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S-It is believed hat Senator Jones, of Nevada, will re- ire from the senate at the dictation of he republican state central committee. It is stated that if he does not, the pro- yramme is for the republican senators 70 caucus on the reasss bling of the senate and remove him from the three on which he was placed in ,ne interest of the republicans.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IS More trou- las been stirred up over the senate tar if bill, and some people are crying out 'or free trade. Six months ago the new