Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-11-14
A Number of Interesting Events Told in Short Photographic
 Reports.

NEW YoHK, Nov. 9-Frauds in the ex
 animation of applicants for the police
 force are alleged to have been discover | ed which may stfsot persons connected
 with the civil service branch of the de.
 pertinent. For montbs 1t had been not.
 co thst persons below the average intel 1 llRence passed examination while theii | superiois in education failed to obtain
 the required percentage in rating. This
 fact led to an investigation which show.
 ed that nsny Of those takIng examina-
 tions were supplied beforehand with s
 list of questions to be asked them | They are said to have paid $3O0 each for | tbis lIst.
 NRw YORK, Nov. 9-The U. S. battle
 chip, Texas, while lying at Cob dock,
 Brooely navy yard, tbis morning had a | l3-lnch hole stove in her side caused by | breaking her Cook, and she now lies on | the bottom of the dock with her engine room fuil of water. The Chapman Dsr- lick and WrecklDg company were noti- I led snd have seut the wrecking tugs Wm- E. Chapman and Hustler and the | tugs w H. Lewis and Astoria to raise
 tbe surken ship.
 JoHANEsBURG, South Africa. Nov. g. | AI d RAtLO OckWOcn Joe O.
 !hs Australian tesvy weight. and "Den-
 yer" Ed. Smi,b, of Colorado, Goddard won "a four rounds. Mike Doolsy has | challenged Joe Goddard.
 BOMBAY, Nov. 9-Serious rioting oc- l cured yesterday st Shotsput. Five | thousand men footed 15O0 bags of grain. he ioiice fired upon the mob killing four men sGd wouuding six. A further outbreak Is expected, as Shotsput is in the worst of the famine trscke. DALLAS, Tex, Nov. 9-Frast last night destroyed Inc last of the cotton crop which had been left late in hopes of bet ter prices.
 LONDON, Nov. S-The Saturday Re- View publishes an article on Canada
 aud the Imperial Customs Uoiou," in
 which It calls attention to the spirit of
 dissatisfaction with the empire which is
 at work ID Canada, and says:
 "Canada's geographical position re-
 garding the United States Is 8 natural
 aid To the propagation of this spirit and
 annexation to the United States would
 oe the logical outcome. What needs to
 oe done iu the direction of customs sbould be done quicklJ."
 The Manchester Guardian s8ys: "It IS whispered among bImetsilists that Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for colonies, during his visit to the United States has tecOme converted"
 The new arch bishop of Canterberry,
 pr. Temple, Is already in very bad odor
 with the liberals. Speaking at @ church convention Thursday, hs complained of the free education act and urged increas- ed concessions to the voluntary schools iD order Co enable them to compete with board schools. He referred to the high salaries of teachers in the latter schools for which the Dsi!y News take him se- verely to tack, saying:t
 "As head master st Rugby, Dr. Fem pie received 400 pounos yearly; as oishop of Exeter he received 5000 pounds; as bishop of London hs re- ceiyed 10000 pounds srd as archbishop of Cso,erberry he will receive 15, 900 pounds. That he should go out of his way to attack the extremely moderate incomes of this singulsrly industrious o'ass Is both impudent and contempti- bls,"
 The Investors Review this week points cut that A bicycle companies Were hoated durii the past year with eoSA "i Oh uCotiy I1yCOV,oOO pOuuuo aDd out of the purohss price of 9,0S4- 2f0 pounds veudors took over S,0O0,000 pouDds in each showing, 1t is claimed, @ dSCiued preIererce for soverelQus over the shares. The Review thinks this in- dustry overdons and American ms- chlnes will eventually drive the high | price British goods out Of the market.
 PARIS, Nov. 8-Wbsn the Sultan re- h.o N -k- delivered by Nj. Hsnota, minister of | foreign affairs, in the chamber of depu- | ties, November 3rd, upon the Armenian | question, be seat his secretary to M. | Jules Can bon, French am bassador to | Turkey, to inquire concerning the mat ter. When the representative of the Sul- tan conferred with NJ. Cam bon at Pers, he wes informed by the Frenchmsn that | under instructions It was stated it was imperative that the Sultan must adopt a certain number of measures calculated to reassure the pubic and give Europe 
 The Turkish envoy to Paris, Munir Bey, has now informed NJ. Hsnots that he Sultan, upon receipt of M. Gam bon's message, imme ediately decided to adopt | the following measure:
 LiOeTatlOD rom tlS pIlsOD6 or the Ob- tomsn empir- of prisoners against whom DO charges have been preferred. Is- suance to tie police or orders that all | peacesble ii ;:nenisns must not be per secuted. T. e immediate convocation of the ArmeLia; national as soci8tion for the purpose cf electiGg @ patriarch.
 It is also announced that Mszhar Bey, accused of being responsible for the murder of Father Sslvator, would be tired by court martial The Vali of Di8I bekir will be dismissed from office and defi0iie instructions will be sent all vslis that they must repress all further acts of violence. Furthermore it is stat ed the ministry instruction will estimate the cost of rebuilding Catholic convents in Asia Minor partially destroyed during the recent disturbance and sid given residents of those districts reported to have suffered severely during the recent trouble.
 The sultan also promised to imnedl- ately issue decree enforcing the re- forms granted in 1895 to six villayets in Armenis. In addition he agreed to ex- lend these reforms to other provinces. It ia stated the minister of foreign af- fairs issued instructions to Nj. Cambon to carefully watch and see whether these promises made by the Sultan are carried into execution.