Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-03-28

which it is prescribed in the federal
statutes and allowing the jury to return
verdict qualified without capital pun
ishment" il cases of rape and murder,
was passed, ITO to CO.
Hit, chairman of the for sign affairs
committee, called up the message OF the
senate announcing the senate's disagree
ment to the conference report on the
Cuban resolutions. On bis motion the
hors9 IL isted on its substitute for the
senate resolutions and agreed to fur
ther conference asked for by the senate.
1Gc placement of the Cuban reso-
lutions lad no apparent effect on dimin-
ishing the attendance in the senate gal
leries today, rs it was expected the
Mills resolutions, proposing the use of
the army and navy in taking possession
| OF Cuba and holding 1t until the people
had established local self government,
would occasion further debate.
A bill passed amending the law pres
cribing the death penalty for Indians
convicted of rape and leaving the pun
ishment discretionary with the court.
A resolution offered by boar was
adopted requesting the president to
transmit to the senate all dispatches
and correspondence, etc, from Novem-
Der 8, 1S75,to 1878, concerning the pacif-
ication OF the pending conflict in Cuba.
Mills was recognized at this point in cup
port OF the Cuban resolution introduced
by him yesterday. He said the resofu-
tions heretofore before the senate were
steps in the right direction, but very
short steps. The people Of Cuba had
far greater claims on US than mere rec
ognition of belligerency.
Conferences on the Cuban resolutions
adjourned at 3.l0 p. m. without reach
ing an agreement. They will meet again
tomorrow at 2 o'clock.
New YORK. March 24-Althouah the
| republican state convention had been
called to meet at noon, it was half an
hour later when the gavel fell. Hackett,
chairman of the stats committee, called
the members to order. A few minutes
earlier, ex-senator Platt entered the
hall. As be he did so the delegates and
spectators chsered wildly and the band
playing "Hail 20 Chief" After roll call,
Chairman Hsckett called upon Senator
Cornelius r. Parsons, of Rochester, to
act % temporary chairman. At 116
the convention adjourned until o'clock
this evening.
| MINNEAPOLIS. March 24-Just before
the state republican convention was
called to order this afternoon it was
announced that Senator Davies had
wired TO Congressman Tawney with
drawing from the presidential race
owing to the refusal of three Minnesota
district conventions yesterday to endorse
his candidacy. Minnesotas eighteen
votes at st. Louis will be for Mckinley.
Before adjournment the following
resolutions were adopted by rising
vote: Resolved that the well consider
ed and pronounced preference of re-
publican Minnesotans, for,presidential
STANDARD bearer, in 1896, is William
Me- y, emphaticaly the growing
ch, ice the republican voters through
OF md.
Pa L DELPHIA, Pa, March a.
Samuol P. Langdon. a wealthy coal
operator was arrested today on suspicion
of hsv,ng been implicated in the death
of Amaze McGrsth, found dead in bed in
a Giferd Avenue house last night.
Laugdon is "a years old and the girl Is.
The couple had been living together
under the names of McGrath, Mcdonald
and Lsngdon. Langdon was in the
girls room nearly all day yesterday.
The body undiscovered by a ser
about three hours after he left. She
had been dead twenty-four hours. She
was the daughter of we'll known busi-
ness man.
WAsHINGToN, March 23-At 2 o'clock
Mills, Of Texas, introduced joint
resolution directing the PRECEDENT to
request Spain to give local self govern
ment to Cuba and in event SPANS re-
fussl, the president is authorized to
take possession af Cuba, using military
and naval forces for that purpose and
holding it until the people of Cuba can
establish local seif government.
WAsBINGToN, March 23-As 3 o'clock
the motion of Sherman to refer the
Cuban resolutions to the conference
committee was adopted without division.
The senate at once turned to other BUSH
ness and the galleries did
not reslize for some time the Cuban
resolutions had been sent back to con-
ference; the chair announced Sherman.
Morgan and Lodge as senate eonferees.
The legislative appropriation bill was
then taken up.
DUBOIS. Pa, March 23-A terrible ex-
plosion Of gas occurred in the Bsrwind
White shaft, in the eastern limits of this
city today, and fourteen miners were
killed. The mine is a new one the COM
pany had been opening up. Nearly all
the bodies have been found.
WASHINGTON, March FISHERMAN has
given notice in the senate that be will
move to recommitt the Cuban resoiu-
ions to the conference committee.
Sherman said his object was to secure
uch notifications of them as will
atisfy the scruples OF some senator's
Who are opposing the resolutions and to
ecure vote at an early day.
WASHINGTON, March 23-The presi-
emf TODAY SAINT tn the senate the nomir-