Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-10-05

SAN FRANCIsCo. Sept. 26-When the | trial of DurraDt was resumed this morn
 ing Sergeant Charles Reynolds testified
 that he found iD the study of the Rev. Mir. Gibson three pairs of shoes. On
 the sole of one was dark brown spot
 which the officer believed to bs blood. Messrs. Cheney and Burke, of the
 Cooper Medical college. upon whom the
 defence relied to prove an aiibi, both testified that they had no recollection of Durrant being at the lecture on the
 afternoon of April 3d.
 CHICAGO, Sept. 26-The declaration of princi ples read before the Irish con- vention declares that liberty is the birth. right of the Irish people. England has deprived her of every civil right, ruled with unexampled cruelty and brutal vindictiveness, burned churches and schoolhouses, and destroyed industries. The convention appeals to the American citizens to cooperate with them to gain the liberty of Ireland. Resoiutios were read sympathizing with CuDs.
 TRENTON, N. J. Sept. 26-The demo- cratic etate convention to nominate a candidate for governor, met here today. The platform adopted endorses the national administration. Alexander E. Gill was nominated on the first ballot for governor.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 - The Rev. pr. Tallmadge, of Brooklyn, hLs accepted a call to be pastor of the first presbyterian church of this city.
 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Sept. 26-The chamber of commerce, a handsome nvs story structure, erected in 1884 at a cost of 5l80,0OO, YVES damaged S30,000 by fire
 today. The less in contents is also l about $30,000.
 CENTER ISLAND, Sept. 26-The yachts Spruce IV. and Ethel Wynn started on
 their third race to day at l2:30. The Ethel Wynn led shortly after the start
 but 8t l2:45 the Spruce YVES two lengths ahead.
 The Ethel Wynn gave up the race 8'
 end Of the first round when the Spruce was almost nine minutes ahead. SAN FRANcIsco, Cal, Sept. 26-T he
 Atlantic express on the Central Pacific when leaving the city last night had E narrow escape. At West Berkley, going fifty miles an hour, the -engineel saw head of him large drove of cattle on the track As it was too late to stoI the tram he pulled the throttle wide open and cut five of the cattle into smal chunks. It was long heavy tram with cars f1ll of passengers. The engineer
 was bespatteTed with blood but the high
 of speed saved t5e train from derell | ment.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 26-Agent Lemar who hss been with Corbett in his train. ing quarters states that the champion has blood disease of long standing and
 that sores are appearing constantly around his knees, that be is nervous exciiable and weak and the dissipation of the past two years begins to tell or him fearfully.
 MONTREAL, Que, Sept. 26-A big forest fire has been raging ? days in the forests of the county of Athabasea and has destroyed hundreds of farm houses
 Tie village of Brawits Mills is wiped out. Cattle were burned in the fields and the inhabitants barely escaped. Hundreds of families were separated III
 their flight. The country from Brawits miiis to Ashton is charred and black ened waste. The fire is eating still further irto the interior. The destitutiOn ls pitiabe.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 26-The Herald's correspondent at Guyanquil, Ecuador, has telegraphed that the English steamer Condor collded there with the United States WAT ship Alert. No lives were lost, but the Alert sustained consider. able damage.
 Nzw ORLEANS, Sept. 26-The Cooper ntive Banking Association has suspend ed.
 ST. LOUIS, Sept. 26-Early today Rob bert Schmidt discovered the dead bodies of Joseph Reinische and Della Bowen near the Lindell railway entrance of Lo4er Grove Park. Each had been shot in the temple. 4 note from the girl WAS found On the dead mans body reading: Good bye to all, 1 shot my self" IL is supposed Rsinisch shot the girl and then shot himatlf.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 26-The de- partme9t of superior court n which Theodore DurIant IS on trial fer the murder of Blanche Lamont was the scene Of excitement yesterday morning. The announcement by the district sttor- ney yesterday that "the people rest" and the subsequent statement of the attor- neys for the defense that they would be ready to proceed today drew to the city hail crowd which could not secure admittancs to a room ten timss .hs slze of tho apartment set apart for trial. The fact that the defense in it's opening statement would reveal for the first time the nature of the evidence relied upon for an acquittal served to arouse public interest to q degree never before seen in California at trial of man for his life. The heat of the sultry day intensi- fled ID the crowded court room packed with ladies and prominent persons. AL though the occasion was of the greatest importance to Durrant, he was the most cool and impaseive individual present The defense first called for further crose-