Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-02-24
TELEGRApHIC.

] we're with him ana VINO are IN jail. lie
died this morning without regaining
consciousness. A Mexican named Ig-
nac;o Camacho was sandbagged and
robbed of S2S aud mis- watch last night
on lower Fourth street. He Was found
unconcscicious. There is no clue to
the perpetrat0r.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE house is
without a quorum on the Bland seig-
norage bill and the tactics of yesterday
was resumed.
Chicago. Feb. 1.-THE grand jury
today indicted Lieutenant Nancy for
the murder of Captain Hedberg, of the
United States army, at t'ort Sheridan.
Be TON, Ills, Feb. 17.-InvestigstiOn
shows that the recent blizzard totally
destroyed the peach and p um crop in
Southern lllilois. Currants and cher
ries were badly damaged.
WASHINGTON, Feb L. Woman
suffrage convention was photographed
ia group and then took mp the ques-
tion OF the place for holding the next
annual convention. Atlanta city was
| chosen.
WAsHHGToN, Feb, 1.-THE date
| OF hearing the suit of Pollard against
". G. 2. Breckenridge was today set
for March 8th.
81. HELENA, Cal. Feb. 1.-THE wine
celisr owned by DR.. q. B. Glare and
rented by john NJ. McPike was des-
troyed 10y fire. Two hundred thousand
gallons Of wine we're destroyed; loss
$4,000.
SANTA ANA, CAL, Feb 17.--George and
Lewis Emerson, brothers, came down
from the mountains this morning and
gave themselves TO ihe therltf, saying
that they had killed Mexican who at.
tackled them with clob. The trouble
is the outgrowth of a disputed govern
meut claim which the Mexican was at
| tenn mptlrg to steal from the young men.
WARRINGTON, Feb. II. - Wheeler
moved to non concur in the senate
amendment to the Oklahoma railroad
| townsite bill, to effect the elections to
| be held in the counties OF l.. and y.
within thirty days, to fix the location Of
the county seats of those counties.
Hopkins, OF Illinois, moved to concur
and spi itsd debate followed.
RIO, Feb. 16. yellow fever hes
broken out on the United States snip
Newark. he ship ba5 been sent south
t. cooler climate.
NEBRASKA. CRY, Neb., Feb. 16.-J. S
! Morton, secretary Of agriculture, was
| banged in effigy at bis home in this city
last night. The perpetrators are not
! known.
! SAN BERNARDIYo. CAL, Feb. I6-The
! M0ror 60 Gold Mining and MiiinG com
| Dany purchased 10-stamp mill and
| will have it in active operat on within
| few days on their valuable ciaiT. On
| the 2O0-foot level crosscuts show 27 feet
! OF ore. going from IS to $50 per ton.
Three tons worked as sample yielded
800 per ton.
Los ANGELES. Feb. l7.-Shariff Cline
returned from r lscos this afternoon. H
| sa d the robbers are waiting up in the
| Ventura mountains All the officers
have been warned and 1t is expected
III Il the men will be captured before
night.
The bodies OF Arthur Masters and
| the tramp were brought 10 this city and
are now lying in the morgue at Garrett
! il SampsOIs. where an inquest will be
held this evening at o'clock. Upon
the person of the tramp was found
letter addressed to Harry DAILY, 125
Wall street.
The report that either the fireman or
! Harry DAILY was shot is ia Sc. The fire
man was killed by being caught between
the tender and the engine, while DAILY
was killed by beng thrown under the
tender.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Bland today
| began his coercive tactics to compel
vote on the silver seignorage bill. \
bulk of the repu blicaus and the demo
cratic opponents of the measure inaug-
urated fiihbuster, with the intention of
forcing him to produce quorum of ad-
vocates of the bill to pass it, and the
| entire day was consumed in roll calls.
At o'clock Bland abandoned further
| attempts to secure a quorum, and after
passing resolution instructing the
| sergent at arms to telegraph for alb
senteea, q recess was taken until p. N.
he evening session being devoted to
the consideration of the private pension
bile.
Bland expresses the opinion that he
will have q quorum p esent tomorrow,
but the gen raj impression is that he
Will not be able to secure a quorum
| until Monday.
SAN FRANcIsco, Feo. l6.--When the
convention re-assembied this morning
the contention of the Nicaragua can al
question was resumed. The discussion
was more animated even than when tie
matter was first under consideration and
the debate at times was almost acrlmi-
Gus.
The matter before the congress was
an amendment by Delegate Thompson.
of California, to a resolution reported
10y tie committee.
The convention took up and passed a
| resolution memorializiDg congress in an
act eff legislation donating to the vari-
Gus states and territories all arid lands
within ther boundaries susceptible 10
irrigation, prescribing such conditions
as will sacure lands to actual settlers
through purchase from the state.
| An Intellectual attempt was made 10
pledge congress in favor OF q system
Of irrigation and control of srio land
by the general government.
| The convention tomOrrCw will be ten
dered aD excursion on the bay by the
chamber of commerce of Oakland ard
San Francisco.
SAN Francisco, Feb 16.-A remark
} able funeral took place at the Mid
winter fair grounds this morning. 1t
was, that of Carlo Thielman, the lion
tanner, who was mortally wounded by
lions 10 the arena OF BgOnes wild ami
NAL show a few nights ago. The SER
vices were held within the cage, where
were confined from day to day the
fierce brutes which manged Thilman's s
person. As the services went on they
, were from time 20 time Interrupted by
the fierce rosrs from beasts in their
cages hard by.
These suggestive and uncanny
sounds were supplemented by sights as
strange. In the throng drawn to the
scene we're natives from every corner OF
the globe. Grouped together on the