Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-02-01

were the center of an animated group in
TIA ID ear chamber where senator's gather
edI &c extend them warm welcome.
The Rev. DR.. Mlburn, the blind chap
lam, prayed eloqueptly for the bleeding
Armenisns.
Baker, OF Kansas, presented a petition
from Mrs. Waller, wife of ex-United
States consul of Madagascar, reciting
her husbands arrest, trial by q drum
cad court and transportation in chains
to French prison. Mrs. Walters pc
tition recites: 'By these acts France
has held my husband, On American citi-
zen, az an imprisoned felon for the past
ten months and l believe and am sure
had my husband been a subject of Great
Britain be would long have been reless-
ed" Mrs. Waller asks the American
congress to take suitable action.
PETER populist of Kansas, offered a
resolution calling upon the interstate
commerce commission for information as
to discrimination on passenger and
freights to and from the Missouri river
points. The resolution went over.
The Utah senators then drew lots.
Cannon won the long term expiring on
March 3, 1899; Browns term until
March 3, 1897.
At 10 o'clock Hansbrough rep. of
North Dakota, addressed the senate on
a resolution instructing the secretary of
agriculture to execute the law concern
ing the distribution Of seeds.
Rumore have been circulated here for
several days that Senator Mitchell of
Oregon had decided to vote sgaingt the
free coinage bill. The senator says be
will vote for the bill and says it will pass
without the votes Of the Utah senators.
In the house today bill was passed
on motion of Towne of Minnesota, to
amend the act of 1889 for the relief and
civilization of Chippewss' so as to per-
NIT the secretary of the interior in his
discretion to select pine lands in the
reservation in blocks of 10000 acres or
less. Some 1000. 900 acres are to be sold
undr the act Of 1889.
When the passage by the senate of
the Armenian resolution was announced
Quigg, of New York, a member of the
foreign affairs committee, moved that
the senate resolution be substituted for
that OF the house.
Hepburn rep. of Iowa has given notice
of an amendment to the Armenian reso-
luton instructing the president to give
the Turkish minister his passports and
end all diplomatic relations with Tur-
key.
Hit, chairman of the foreign relations
committee, rebuked Hepburn for his
extraordinary proposal.
Hepburn's amendment to the Arme-
MAN resolution to give the Turkish min
ister bis passports was defeated.
CARDIFF, Wales, Jan. pa terrible
explosion took place in a colliery at T8y-
lorstown. The shafts were shattered
and the whole town shaken, causing a
wild excitement. Fifty-four miners
were below when the explosion occurred.
Several reached the surface with the
dead body of another. 1t is supposed
that nearly all the remainder were
killed. Rescue parties have been
hurried to the scene, but the work is
very dangerous as the pit is on fire.
LATER-Advices say that q dozen
bodies have been recovered from the
oolliery, but that twelve men are still
missing.
BERLIN, Jan. 27-United States am
bsssador, Theodore Bunyoun, who has
been i'll for some time awoke about mid
night and complained of suffering 8
pain in his heart. DR.. Grunnan was
summoned. When he reached the
ambassadors residence he found
Bunyoun was unconscious. He died at
l O'CLOCK. Death was painless and re-
suited from heart failure.
BERLIN, Jan. 27-Emperor William,
alarmed the Berlin garrison early this
morning, the occasion being his birth
day. There was reception in the
White Hall OF the Scloss in the fore
noon. He conferred the cross of Grand
Commander of Hobenzollern family
order upon Prince Hohenlohe, imperial
and decorated the minister
of Hnebsndry Won Hammerstein
Loxten, with the order of the red Eagle.
There was family dinner at the Palace
this afternoon. William was born
January 81, 1859 and became emperor
June IA, 1888.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S-The senate
Marble room Was completely filled today
by a delegation Of ladies from the
National Equal Suffrages association,
who appeared before the senate COM
nittee on woman suffrage to present a
plea for recognition at the ballot box.
Senator's Call and PETER were the only
mem bers of the committee present and
hey arrived late. Speeches were limit
I'd to five minutes. The speakers were
presented by DIR. Annie Shaw.
The speakers dwelt upon the right of
emale sex to equal participation with
Len in shaping legislation end almost
III referred to the injustice of taxing
women without their vote. The delega- !
ion visited the judiciary committee of
be house.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 2S-Adolph |
'utro, of San Francisco, who secured
be introd uction of bill in the Ken
ucby legislature to revoke the charter
( tie Southern Pacific railroad compa-
y, is making every effort possible to
ecure the passage of the bill and is now
repairing history of the workings of