Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-02-10


q total loss. The Temperance Billiard
hall was located on the ground floor,
in addition the second floor contained
the Foster house, one OF Sanger prin-
cipal hotels, besides several offices of
professional men. Very little of the
contents Of any of these were saved.
The total loss is about $4,000. There
was but light insurance on the build
lngs, but several business houses were
fully covered. The fire was undoubtly
lncendIary as a man Was seen running
from the building at the time the fire
was discovered.
LONDON, Feb. 7.-Silver took another
drop today, the price of bar silver
reaching the lowest point in many
years. The market is fiat at twenty nine
and thirteen sixteenth pence per ounce.
LoNroN, Feb. THE morning papers
comment upon the fact Of silver touch
ing the record price. The Times
regards the matter seriously and in it's
financial article says it attracts atten-
ton from many interests.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. An ex-
plosion Of natural gas in the house of |
Louis Kurechler early this morning
resulted in the loss of one life, that of |
Ronsa Kurechler, agend ID. Charles, !
aged ii was seriously hurt. Two others I
We're slightly injured. The money loss
is small.
HERMosLLo, Mexico. Feb. "A |
campaign against the rebeilious Yaqui |
Indians OF northern Mexico Is being or |
ganized by General Louis Torres |
which 1t is hoped will be effectual in |
completely breaking the power of this |
trou blesOme tribe. A campaign to /
death is to be Inaugurated. It is ill.,
tended it shall not come to close I'M
til the Ysquis are extermined, If that
Is the only way they Can be subdued.
Ii they escape and attempt to cross
the border into the United States to
form union of war with their cousins,
the Apaches, General McCOok of Den
YER, close friend of General Torres,
will cooperate with his troops ID Ari-
iona and New Mexico in bringing the |
Indians to surrender.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Senator Cam
eron, of Pennsylvania, presented large |
number OF petitions against the Wilson |
bill.
Cameron also presented an amend |
ment to the bill postponing till January |
l, 1896. date for it to go into effect. |
Dolph presented a resolution recitin2 |
that the finance committee has refused |
bearing on the tariff bill aDd directing |
all memorials and protests presented |
to that committee and senate, to be |
printed as senate documents 1t went |
over and the federal election bill was !
then taken up and Hoar took the floor |
against it.
IN THE HOUSE.
The indications at the opening of the |
house were that democratic quorum |
would be secured to pass the McCreary |
resolution condemning minister Stevens |
and approving tie course of President !
Cleveland, declaring against annexa-
tion or the assumption of protectorate |
over Hawaii. Reed renewed his fill |
clustering by making a point of order |
that the adjournment of last night did |
not vacate the proceedings under the |
call of the house 70 enforce attendance, |
and that the only thing in order was |
the report of the sergent at arms, or if |
the chair held all the proceedings
terminated by adjournment it also
vacated TIE order revoking leaves of
absence. The speaker overruled the
point of order, holding that all proceed
ing under thu call terminated with adj
journment and that the order revoking
leaves of absence executed itself. Roll
was then called On the passage of the
McCreary resolution, republicans re-
freined from voting and the democrats
failed to muster a quorum the vote
standing ia TO three. Springer made
point of order, that as there were four
vacant seats, III instead 179, should
constitute quorum. after some debate
the point of order was sustained and
the resolution declared passed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-ThOse who
voted 10 the negative were Daniel, of
New York and Adams, of Pennsylvania;
both republicans and Cummings, of
New York, democrat. After some
sharp spsrring between Reed and the
speaker on points of order it was by
unanimous consent decided to have
another roll call ard the speaker with
drew his former decision.
When it became apparent en- the
second roll call that the democrats
would have aquorum the republicans
voted against the re- olutlon. 1t passed,
III to rs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. THE urgent
deficiency appropriation bill as reported
by the appropriation committee today,
makes among other appropriations, SO
600 for the enforce ment of the Chinese
exclusion act.
FAMOUS RESOLUTION LOST.
Boutelle's Hawaiian resolution lost
by vote OF 81 to 191.
RADICAL CHANGES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1T is under
stood that the draft OF the tariff bill, as
revised by the subcommittee of the
democratic members of the senate
inance committee, is being printed,
Among the changes said to have been
made are one cent pound on all kinds
Of sugar; two cents on coffee; thirty
cents ton on coal, and duty on iron
pre-. Also that the bonded period on
whiskey be made five years. 1t is also
to be the intention to
report the bill next week.
The income tax remains in.
WASHINGTON, Feb 6-Secretary Car
isle, accom- panied by Representative
appeared before the house COM
nittee on judiciary today. Ii was de {
'eloped later that the secretary's visit
With Bland did n, mean that the for
ner intended u lend bis influence to g
the passa Cf the seignOrage bill. {
they had yet casually at the secreta-
US office. and ~ Mr.. Bland was going s
% the capitol Carlisle accompanied him a
or the pur of talking over the Il
Bland bill with the silver leader.
These talks brought out the fact that
he secretary was not strenously OPP
,os, d to the coinage of seignOrage. al
hough he did not approve of some of
be propositions IN the Bland bill.
He said the seignOrage bill would be
defeated by eight or ten votes if full
nan hershin cnnld he saclred hnt this