Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-06-27

consisting of thirty-five men. bound FOL
| the Soudan. to enlist Arab chiefs against
the British, has been msssacred to 9
man, is confirmed. Mem bers of the
Mores expedition were killed neal
Csdames.
RAYMOND, Cal, June 1S-The Yo-
semitic stage was robbed five miles from
here today by high wayma who hac
several accomplices in ambush. He So.
cured $1,000 from the passengers anG
$50 from the express box.
PREsCoTr, Ariz., June 18-J. J. L.
Valentine, foreman of the Leland Stan
ford mine on Groom creek, entered G
SHAFT yesterday in which two shots haC
just been fired before the smoke cleared
away and was sutfocated.
YoKAHAMA. June I9-It is estimated
that 10, 900 people were drowned by the
tidal wave near the island OF Yesso in
the northern part OF japan, which &C
companied succession of frightfu
earthquakes lasting about 20 hours. In
addition to the town OF Kun assie, which
uas wholly destroyed, many other coast
towns have been washed away entirely
or in part.
New YORK, June 1S-The wedding
Of Miss Grace Wilson and Cornelius
Vanderbilt is announced 10 take place
today at the home OF the brides par
ents in Fifth avenue. The affair will
be very quiet, and only the immediate
friends Of the family will be in attend
ance. Miss Grace Wilson Is a band.
some young woman of the distinctly
blonde type. Cornelius, Jr. has nc
private fortune, but will undoubtedly
come into good share of his fathers
fortune; be is also favori;e with his
grandmother, who has, it is said, made
liberal provision for him in her will.
PREscoTT, Ariz., June 18-Billy Ne.
han, ex-pugilist of considerable note,
who has figured here in connection with
diamond robbery, was found guilty by
jury of grand larceny here today. He
is brother OF Chas. Mehan, the Chin.
csc inspector for Arizona.
BUTTE, Mont, June 20-The demo-
cratic state convention met here this
morning. The chairman said the one
great issue before the people was the
free and unlimited coinage of silver al
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ST. Louis, June 20-The controlling
spirits in the peoples party have pre-
pared en- address to their followers
throughout the country advising them
to make Henry M. Teller the nation al
standard bearer. The address will be
given outfor publication late this even
ing.
LONDON, June 19-Commenting on
the st. Louis convention the Daily
News Gays: An important fact lie not
that McKinley's nomination was eener.
ally conceded but that he was compelled
to stand on gold platform. it shows
thGt the great party which is now be-
lieved to represent the political destipies
of the United States has repudiated ell
designs Of tampering with the currency.
1t also forces Mr.. Mckinley to fight
rather as a monometslist than as q
protectionist.
President Cleveland has done his
best to relieve the democratic party
from the suspicion OF financial unsound-
ness, but they are not all orthodox eco
nomists like Mr.. g levelsnd and Nc
Kinley will have to uphold the flag of
commercial honesty. 1t is true that
the repu blican convention accepted BIZ
metallism as a practical policy if car
ried out by international agreement but
as no such agreement is possible this
pious opinion may he neglected. The
must be congratulated, il
not upon their candidate, at least upon
tLeir refusal 70 have anything to do
with mischievous delusicns.
The St. James Gazette discussing the
effect of the-presidenoy of Nj Ior Nc
Kinley and the relations between Great
Britain and the United States says: 1t
cannot be said that the democrats IN
der Messrs. Cleveland and Olney have
shown too friendly split but We fear
We must not hope for better things
from the republicans. Jingoism is not
a monopoly of one party and we shall
be lucky IL We escape further causes OF
during McKlnley's regime.
We shall be lucky too il We succeed as
speedily rs possible in arranging for
arbitration of what the
Marquis OF Salisbury spoke yesterday"
In conclusion the st. James Gazette
Great Britain upon the
fact that if Mckinley is elected the
60 So,
obligations in honest money.
The Westminster Gazette says: THE
protection policy which the party
adopts doubtless will be as Injurious to
our trade as before but for moment
there will be a sense of relic, at the
act that the republicans are not again
with the currency"
The Pail Mall Gazstts says: The
noliowness OF the silver fraud was shown
1t the st. Louis convention"
LONDON, June 19-The financial
article in the Times ssys: "Speculators
10 the railroad market yesterday were
that the public did not
,ome in as had been hoped on the mere
that the gold plank was |
included in the national republican |
platform. The explanation Is that the |
public wisely determined to wait until |
solution OF the question Is
o. fair way OF being attained. Amer
can public men and journalists who
ak and write as If European investors |
md spectators had some object in
holding aloof from American securities
ire utterly mistaken.
"Nothing would please the people
h14
o buy securities il they thought they
we're safe. Spectators and the public
re only too ready to accept and call
attention to the slightest sign that
here Is prospect of the currency sys-
EN- OF the United States being reform
d. But We have been disappointed too
,ften to commit ourselves to any extent.
! definite declaration expressed in the
ots OF the people of the United States
n favor of gold We are sure would be
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