Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-10-26

WASHINGTON, Ocs. 22-More than thou .and leaders of the Unitarian church, incuding scores of prominent dlvines, gathered in Metzerotts music hail today, when national conference of the Unitarian Christian churches vii! be formally opened. Norman B Eaton of New York was chosen president.
 PORTLAND. O.. Oct. 22-John Demp- sey, the prize tigbter, is dying. He says his death is the result of a blow given him by Fitzsimmons four years ago, but ths physicians say that he is dying of consumption.
 EL PAso, Tex, Oct. 22-A telegram received last night from FItzsimmon's people saying that Corbett will be invited to meet Fitzsimmons in a fight to the finish at Fl Paso. Fitzsimmons refused to ente. into the ''pillow throw ing" contest at Hot Springs because the assurance of fight to finish could be brought of at Ell Paso.
 HoT SPRINGS, Ark. Oct. 22-Stuart and Vendig state that in view of Fitz- simmons arbitrary stand. the contract between the club and fighters is abr . gated. The club stands ready to offer @ new contract W which.comprehends modi- ficstion purse offered of s25, 900 at most, nad the date of the battle two or three weeks later than the original.
 HoNG KoNG, Oct 22-The Black Flag chieftsin who has been holding Tai Wan Flu, the Chinese capital of Formosa, against the Japanese forces, has fled. It is expected that his followers will now lay down their arms. The Japan ese will probably occupy Auping today.
 LONDON, Got. 22-Edmund Tsttersall, head of the we'll known horse exchange firm, is dangerously i'll.
 EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Oct. 2l-The busi- ness portion of Fairchild was burned this morning. Loss $7O, 900.
 NORTH EAsToN, Mss., Dot. 22-Fx- Governor Oliver Ames died this morning of heart disease.
 BERLIN, Oct. 21-A dispatch from Vienna says that Field Marshal Dunst Adelshem and wife have committed suicide.
 DETROIT, Mich. Oct. 21-Don NJ. Dickinson was defeated for nomination for mayor in the democratic city D. vention.
 LONDON, Oct. 22-A dispatch to the Globe from Madrid quotes @ Havana dispatch to the "Imparoial" saying that Rabi the chief lieutenant of Maceo, the insurgent leader, held conference with bis friends to point out that further re- sietsnce to the Spanish forces is hope less and to study means to end the war. The result of the conference is not known.
 PARIS, Oct. 22-Ths funeral service with hlgh mass was celebrated at noon today at the church of St. Ferdinand des Ternes, for the repose of the soul of the late John w. Mackay, Jr. The re- mains were then conveyed to crypt at the church of St. Augustine, pendir g transportation to Havre. The body will be taken to the United States next week.
 The casket was covered with white and silver pail, buried beneath fresh crt flowers. It was conveyed to the church in hearse drawn by six horses and preceded by two four-horse cars, filled with floral wreathes. The interior of the church was draped ia black; the external decorations were magnificent. The front of the church was hidden with drsperies, surmounted by the armorial bearings of the Mackeys in ermine. Rows of candelsbra graced the entire length of the interior of the sac red edifice and in the center was a splendid ca,afalque surrounded by burning incense.
 BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 22-Miss IT EduCIe W tt0Iu W oo oSoih OICO' 1N RiCCA- dens of the W. c. T. U. There was practically no opposition. The other officers elected are: Vice-president att large, Mrs. L.. M. N. Stevens; cores poIng secretary, Mrs. Katherine Leste Stevenson, of Massachusetts; Recording Secretary Mrs. Clara 0. Hoffman, Cf Kansas City; assistant recording se- cretary, Mrs. Francis J. Bsauchamp, of Kentucky.
 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Oct. 22-Tne Episcopal convention closed this after noon. The pastoral letter of the bishop discusses the tendencies in the church towards ritualism, and on the other hand, toward too great liberslity, and declares wise thing to d. is to hold fast to the old position.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22-General Dickinson this morning announced that he had no further witnesses to call in the defence in the Durrant trial. The calling of witnesses in rebutt8l, there fore, began by the prosecution. The first step was to refute the statement of Durrant that the trustees of the church asked him to repair the gas fixtures at the church last April. Two witnesses testified that Durrsnt said he was wait ing for signal corps man at the ferry boat. Durrant had sworn that be was searching for Blanche Lamont.
 District Attorney Barnes said today