Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-05-23
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affairs, and assistant commissioner and
 offers in substitution therefor board
 of three Indian commissioners. The
 board is to consist of two members of
 opposite political faith and one army
 officer.
 BERLIN, May 19-During the debate
 in the reichstsg today on credits asked
 for Damarland German South Africs,
 pr. Ksyser, chief of the colonial office,
 declared that in the opinion of the gov
 ernment, Germany never should
 abandon her possessions in the south
 west Africa and expressed the hope that
 endorsements of 400 troops would be
 sent there by the end of the month.
 pr. Ksyser denied that Germany's
 action was intended to aid the British
 saying it was intended to maintain the
 German rule there and was of general
 political importance.
 SAN FRANCISCO, May 19-The police
 believe they have chain of ci.cumstan-
 tisl evidence which will surely convict J. E. Blanthar, the Austrian noblemsn of the murder of Mrs. LaDgfeldt, if they can catch him. So far however their efforts iu that direction have been un- successful and Blanther's whereabouts are still mystery.
 LIMA, Peru, via Galveston, Tex, May 19-The revolt against the authorities of the government which has broken out at Iquitos on the upper Amazon, sixty miles above the mouth of the Nspp, is chased in official circles here as a farce. It is only a question of time when order can be restored and free indignation is expressed against the treachery of csrtaiR government em- ployes there. President Pierola will dispatch two cruisers and troops im- medlstely to Iquitos.
 OMAHA, May l9-A special to the Bee from Humbolt, Neb. says: ''The train arriving here this evening brings reports of the frightful results of the | cyclone on the reservation adjoining | this county. They assert that 40 per- sons were killed by the cyclone on the | No particulars are obtain | able as all communication by wire is down. Those killed are supposed to be Indians, as there are few whites on the | 
 A special to the Bee from Falls City, Neb., says: This city and surrounding country are in mourning. with dead and injured in many families and the debris of the devasting clements covering everything. So far as can be learned at present, the killed are:
 Eight year old son of J. M. Hcucks, Mrs. Sam Sailor. Mrs. Schcok and John Smith.
 Injured: Wm. Brannon and wife, J. NJ. Houcke, Mrs. J. M. Houcks, Isaac R. Rhoades, son ard daughter of Rhodes, William Hinton, daughter of Nm. Hinton; tramp at the Missouri Pacific depot; and William Smith.
 KANSAS C1TY, Me-, May 19-A cyclone passed over Marshall and Nemaha counties, Kansas, last evening. One hird of the residence portion of Sene- "a was destroyed, five persons Killed nd fifteen badly injured. The new ourt house, school house and Catholic hurch ara among the buildings wreck d. Five hundred citizens are home- ess. The damage is estimated at Sl00.- t0 The dead are two children of M. ( lverhee, two children of Mir. Connell ( nd son of Peter Assemacher. The yclone also swept the towns of Sebetha, 'emaha county, and Frankfort, Mar hall county. 6
 INDIANAPOLIS, May 19-There has I een talk among a few we'll known i old standard Democrats of Indiana q Olis of forming an organization for Will am E. Russell. of Massachusetts for [ resident. A we'll known young Demo rat says he believes If such a club is c rganIzed it would be able to gather in good many members here Tn Indiana ! oils and throughout the state. There re also influential members of the par T ? who are in favor of the nomination U Secretary of State Olney.
 It Is believed that there are few 5 democrats, advocates of the gold | who will go to Chicago to C ppose the nomination of Gov. Mat news. if he decides to rely upon the C zee silver people for his support in the onvention. WAsHINGToN, May 10-Ths house e 1mmittee on lends has orc cred favor |, ole report on the bill for the mainten- c nee of school of mines in public il md states and territories by granting d ach state from the proceeds of the sale i, mineral lands Sl5,0O0 for the current ear and an annual increase of Sl,000 O ,r ten years. fl