Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-07-13
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from the Rocky mountains to Nebraska and from the Iowa lines to Texas were swept Friday night and fields of grain at promised the most bountiful yield for many years were swept bare of vege-
 tation. The sea of ram was a5etted in
 it's work of destruction by tornadoes. It
 IS too early yet to sum up the loss, but
 rhe total Is appalling as those to whom
 the angry elements spared life have little left to sustain it. The storm em- braced an area of 200 square miles, the southwest corner of Missouri being the centre.
 The greatest loss of life is reported from Winona, Minn, where II corpses
 have been found with ss many more
 missing. The known loss of life will probably reach 43. This will be incress- ed when the receding water permits a
 thorough search. The loss of property can be placed in the millions.
 BEDDING, Cal, July S-The Bedding
 & Alturas stage was robbed early ths morning two miles above Morley's station, twenty-four miles from this city. Supervisor Buss and a passenger
 were not molested. The highwayusn took the Wells Fargo box and registered mail, securing s40O. The robber is believed to be Brady.
 MADEIRA, Cal, July 8-The bodies of eight Chinese have been found in the San Joaquin river at point of eigty miles from here. The Chinese had been working in the mines. It is not known whether they came to their deaths ac- cidentaliy or met with foul play. The officers have gone to investigate. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 5.-A hynopo- tist named Santonelli has just succeeded in making a successful test on Harmon Leonard keeping him in @ trance for seven days with all his physical functions suspended except the heart. He was guarded closely and physicians were sa- tisfied with the test.
 CHICAGO, July GA special to the Daily News from Washington gays: Western silver epublicans have out lined an interesting programme to be pursued ID the next national republican convention. Today a western republic an of national prominence, who arrived in Washington two days ago, disclosed the programme of the silver men in all it's details and It is so audacious as to startle the political managers here. The plan, be says, was agreed upon at a conferences of western senators held last month. The senators and other western republican leaders who participated ID 'he compact represent the western silver states and profess to be able to control the delegations to the next national re- publican convention from those states. These states are Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, Colo- rado, Nevada, Utah, California and South Dakota. These states are claim ed solidly for the agreement and the states of North Dakota and Nebrssk ka may yet join Tn the movement. 1t is the purpose of the western silver repub- lIcans to meet and choose delegates to the national republican convention in the regular form and when the conven- tion meet to present the name of Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania for president. If Cameron IS not acceptable to the re- publicans the convention will be asked to agree upon some other representative free silver republican. If it refuses to of thu hn from these western states say they will march out of the convention in a body, carrying with the committee as many of their free silver delegates from other states ss they can command. They will wait upon the democratic convention, not as delegates, because they cannot be admitted as such, but as commIs- sion knocking at the doors and asking for the nomination of free silver demo crst-Senstor Morgan of Alabama prs ferred.
 If the democratic convention fails 10 sct upon the demand the silver men VIII abandon both old parties. It ia not now the intention of the managers of the in- dependent political movement to pomi- nate 8 standard bearer for 1896, on an
 independent silver platform, but their efforts will be directed toward choosing electors pledged to the election o,Na free silver president regardless of personal preferences. The idea of nominating an independent free silver candidate pre- vailed until quite recently, but was abandoned as a piece of bad political policy, and failing to secure recognition from either of the national conventions, the silver men say they will seek to hold the balance of power ID the next cleo toral college and prepare one of the old parties to bring forward silver man in order to secure the election.
 The movement outlined is at present confined to the republican party. The democrats declare that they fear that a similar instruction may break out in their own party, led by southern demo- crats allied with western men on the money question. This is considered as very likely to happen should the demo crsts call their national convention first. and for that reason there WAS much talk today of postpouing the democratic con- vention until very late in order to give the free silver men an opportunity to work in the national republican conven- tion first.
 IIOmlucut ropuDliCdu lSdOoTS IOOdy assert that if it can be shown conclusive ly in the next national republican con- vention that the western repu blicans have arranged any such programme for boltlug the convention as that disclosed 1 today, the committee on credentials will | refuse to seat the delegates until they 1 pledge themselves to abide by the work | of the convention.
 COLON, Colombia, July 9.-The local l press hes endeavored to impress the canal commissioners that the Panams | Scheme is moTs practical than the Mic araguan.
 BUzzAKDs BAY, Mass, July 9.-Dr. Bryant today reported that Mrs. Cleve- land and the little one were resting quietly and everything progressing