Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-04-11
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Providence, April 2-Nearly complete
election returns show that out of total
vote Of 505S2, as against 44llO in 1895,
Governor Lippitt has received a pIurali-
ty of 1127S, an increase of 467 over bis
plurality year ago, Lat year the dem
ocratic minority was nine in the legisla-
ture, this year it is reduced to six.
SAN Francisco, April 2-More than
2C0 prospectors will leave here for Alas
ka within two weeks. They 60 to Cooks
Inlet.
MINNEAPOLIS, April civilian Hale,
who disappeared March 3rd, st syria.
cuse, N. Y. has turned up in this city
with strange story. He claims he was
slugged in the Central railroad yards, at
Syracuse, bound hand and foot, robbed
of S240 and thrown in box car. For
three days and nights he layed without
food or water. His hands grew til q and
he slipped the ropes off and managed to
open the car door and when the train
slowed up he jumped out. He called at
farm house and learned he was near
st. Cloud, MINI. For three weeks he
he was cared for by the farmers family.
OAKLAND, April "a fire here early
this morning did $4,000 damege. 1t
started in Cashmore's paint store. on
Broadway near Eleventh, and spread to
the adjoining stores. The damage done
is as follows: j. @. Ainsworth estate
owner of the buildings $3.50; Cash
more's paint store s4,OO0; Kohier & Chase
pianos $500; Briggs Millery $500;
Thomas dye works 500; Moran's cloth
ing store $500. All is covered by in
eurance. The cause of the fire was
spontaneous combustion.
RoCK-IsLAND, H., April 2-Hundreds
of persons today visited the Baetian
Farm which is in possession of the
sheriff. The finding of the decomposed
body of John Louderbesh nnder q pile
Of rubbish On the farm yesterday
SUI CDkthCEb lAC kc6idi OCiCt tDot
Baetian committed suicide on Marck
3rd lest, because he feared bis criminal
record wac about to be laid bare. Four
lGborers upon the farm mysteriouely
disappeared shortly after they were
paid off and the discharged are believed
to have been slain by Bastiap.
WASHINGTON, April 2-The commit
tee on rivers and barboTs decided that
Santa Monica will get no appropriation
from this congress. San Pedro will get
$4,000 to continue work on its inner
harbor. After a discussion as to the
comparative msrit5 of Santa Monica and
San Pedro. the committee by a vote OF
s to struck out the entire sppropTIa-
ton for both pisces. Then member
Of the committee moved that 5000 be
appropriated FIR dredging the San
Pedro harbor. This was considered too
small and after some discussion o
paragraph was inserted in the bill
appropriating fifty thousand dollars for
dredging the Saa Pzdro harbor. Sen
etor White hopes to have the San
Pedro appropriation increased in tie
senate. Santa Monica gets nothing.
WASHINGTON, April 2-Some features
of engineering work upon the Near
aqua canal were discussed today, before
The house committee on commences
from the standpoint of an engineers
experiences in large enterprises. Mr..
Linden W. Bates. Of Chicago, described
the dredging machines and operations in
the Chicago drainage Canal, and assert
ed that by the use OF machinery and
business methods work on the Nicarae VA
canal could be done for less than the
cempany's estimates. The construction
OF the canal be sa,d would inaugurate q
new era for the Pacific coast and greatly
increase the earnings of railways in
that section.
CHICAGO, April "a sensation was
caused in the ranks Of the striking cloth
ing cutters today by the desertion of
Cbas. G. Alberg who went to work. AL
berg was one OF the leaders. He was
ex-president of the union and during
1893 and 81 member OF the national
executive board of United Garment
Workers of America.
WASHINGTON, April 2-Todsy's meet
ing of the house committee on terrific
ries was devoted to discussion of the
Arizona and New Mexico statehood bill.
No vote was taken. Delegates Murphy
and Catron asserted that the opponents
Of statehood were doing the talking
merely as filibusteripg move, conse-
quently the meeting was rather warm
one. The two delegates exerted their |
but nothing could induce the |
to vote and it refused to be |
drawn into a debate although the op-
Of statehood asked many ques-
tons. To prevent the consumption of
time the delegates declined to answer
most of The questions, taking the ground
that the matter had been thoroughly
discussed already. Only test vote was
upon the consideration Of
,he bills which carried by vote of TO
/. Those voting for consideration were
Perkins, Lefrever, Avery, Harris (repub-
icsn of Ohio) Turner democrat of Vir-
gina; Cooper Of Texae, democrat.
Against consideration, Knox, of Msssa-
,husetts, Taft, of Ohio, republicans;
HARRISON, of Louisiana, democrat;
l-aro "a Kopfuol-y dop,oor,t