Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-05-12
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| lngIOH spcclJl 10 tue NEWS says: "A pro-
position of the wcoien manufacturers TO
the senate committee on wool tariff mas
been made and is as follows:
1.-THE Mckinley tariff TO remain uu>
touched until January l. 1895. Then a
reduction OF 10 per cent is to be made
to be ful'owe1 annually by similar re-
ductioo until absolutely free trade con.
ditions are reached. This schedule has,
il is understood, teen submitted to the
New England manufacturers by demo-
cratic woolen manufacturers, and they
have agreed to it, and it is claimed that
virtually al! the wooden manufacturers
OF the United States have signed the De-
tition."
SAN FRANCIS O, May Judge Lew.
today, sentenced murderer Frederlcks to
be hanged at San QuenGin in July.
PARIS, KY, May There is an i'm
mense crowd in town today to hear the
1 Opening speeches in the congressional
| campaign. Settle, his opponent, has
| forced Breckenridge to division of
time.
WASHINGTON, May Chief Croker's
purpose ef resiguing as head of Tam
many WAS authcritiatively made known
to tt g leading New York members of
congress today, ia a telegram from
Croker himself.
WASHINGTON, May THE president
to-day nOmiuat d Nicholas A. Covarru-
bias OF California, to be marshal for the
southern California district.
WICHITA, Kas, May The state
national bank, considered one of the
strongest in the west. has suspended.
l.. ID. Skinner was president AID the
LON bards were interested. Large deposi-
tors are left and the bana is in a bad
financial condition,
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May General
Fry and army filed out of camp today Oh
their march to Washington. "a viii
reach Washington he thinks W - 600
IN the treasury from ths s,le OF r !;
book SAFE "a u
!. s sf@rr1 Pa Pa, y .ay Coke esio,
but 700 men arc today. At Moye
strikers arc working. Crowds o
nen ont - sem bled there to keep tn
to dlspsr, 1erff Wilhelm will endeavo
of iniy . the crowd, also serve notice
nresF notion upon Michael Barrel
apC Lebt of the Uni ed mine worker
- other labor leaders to restrain Their
rom treepassing upon property owne
by the Rainey Coke company.
WASHINGTON, May z. Representative
Bland has received letter from Repre-
= sentative Allen, of Mississippi, membe
8 o. the coinage committee. stating tina
I he desired to vote to report the FIRE
coinage bill, but that Representativ
,, Tracy ard Harter objected to prox
l voting, thus the free coinage bill is at
t stand still until Allen returns. The
the ant silver men hint that anothe
absentee will further postpone reportin
the bill.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 7.-Abou
midnight a mob of 200 men went to til
, mines of Price, on Horse creek, belong
ing to the Walker C mpany, where tn
miners refused To join the strikers, an
put dynamite under the boilers and ble'
them up. They destroy ed the mai
ways to the mines, some supplies an
) other property.
At the Victoria mines they blew up
railroad car loaded with timbers ant
several other cars they turned loos
down hill.
SAN FRANCISCO, May Joseph F
E lott, business manager of the Chrou
icle, narrowly escaped death from pis
oil shot fred by Jake Rudolph, we
Known local politician. In the Chronicl
dolph entered the office and was mat
ing noisy demonstration when Mr.. r.
lott il terfered. Rudolph drew a pisto
,, and the business manager closed wit
. him. An exciting struggle ensued an,
Rudolph managed to fire at Elliott
, the bali ranging downward and strikin
quaHtity of loose coin in Elicit
trousers pocket. saving him from seriou
injury. The cause OF Rudolph's attac
is not yet known. He is said to hav
been hunting Mr. De Young. Rudolph
mas beeu arrested.
WASHINGTON, May The defess
had the opening today In the trial o
Coxev, Browne and Jones for their ia,
day demonstration. Attorney Hyma
made the opening statement Tor the de-
Tense. There was no denial or defens
for what the Commonwealers had done
|, He began the defense by saying thai
the sane would CONSIST in the lawfulnes.
If their action. He could remember but
one similar occurrence in history. he
thereupon produced bible and begar
TO read scriptura passages.
He read passages of the old testament
reciting how the Lord had commanded
Moses to take eff his hat because b,
trod on hol" ground.
1t WAS evident from this statemen
that the defense would be based on III
brutality of the police toward Browne
aud would be shown that Coxey haG
not W liked On the grass and was will
Browne driven through the shrub Der,
Oy the police.
Frank Harper, a newspaper man, wa.
the first witness. He was certain / ba
Coxey did not walk on the grass but va
rious other persons were allowed to re
main on the grass wit bout being ARE. IT
I'd, among them Senator Allen Of n .
braska.
One witness saw the police drive the
people on the grass.
Coal GATE, /. t, May 6.--Dave b.
hannon, half breed Cnoctaw and TO
torious character of the Choctaw Ma.
lion, was shot aud killed at this pla ce
;oday. Before expiring Bohanuon sue
ceeded III fatally woun ding one of his
! assaiants. Bohannon's assaiiants re-
tr. ated to shaUty On the outskirts of
the city. They defy The officers 10 AZ
rest them. More blooished is sure to
follow. As Bohannon's friends will avengs
his death.
LEXINGTON, May 6.-This evening at
a meeting of Mount Horeb church. oil
which Colonel Breckenridge is mern-
Der, and over which his father orce
| presided, he was summoned to appear
M. Breckenridge confessed his gui t 10
about the same way he testified in the
| Srit at WASHINGTON aud HDpiissi 70