Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-08-22

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the woods by man supposed to b,
white, who horribly outraged her. AT
ter bringing her back he deposited tn,
bleeding burden on the porch.
BUTTE, Mont, Asg. IA B. L.. Bones
tell, stayed away from home last nigh
returning at 5 O'Clock this morning. I'll,
found his wife in bed with Frank Cole
printer roomer in the house. Bones
tell shot Cole dead.
1 ELLENsBURG, Wash, Aug. IA pro.
position submitted to the Joint confer.
ence by the poQulists and agreed to by
silver repu blicans at 3 a. a., makes the
following distribution of officers for the
populists: Governor, lieutenant gov
eraor, secretary, treasurer, auditor, land
commissioner, two electors, one con-
gresham. For the democrats: Judge
OF the supreme court, state printer and
two electors. For the silver republicans:
Attorney-general and one congressman.
All the conventions met this morning
and received the reports of the confer
ence committees but without action on
the reports the conventions took recess
for an hour to give the committees
further time to confer, the democrats
being dissatisfied with the distribution.
| WASHINGTON. Aug. IA - Without
questioning the authority OK the re-
ports that come by cable from Norway
announcing the return of the Arctic
explorer, Nansen, safely from his novel
and adventurous voyage 10 the Fran,
Commodore Melville, chief engineer of
the navy, who was a member of the i'll
fsted Jeanette party which served as q
pattern for Nansen's attempt upon the
north pole, holds that the result of the
explorers voyage as now understood
here clearly proves that Nansen's theory
of polar drift is groundless.
| In the opinion of Melville, Nansen has
only closely psrslleled the celebrated
voyage of Wyprecht and Payer in the
Tegethoff i nd has followed their drift.
The Tegethoff rounded the nor,h point
OF Nova Zembla with the intention Of
traversing the north coast OF Siberia.
Her commander got in the ice and
dritted north and east while the gulf
stream favored in the early fall. After
wards when the stream lost it's force
they drifted south and west bringing up
on Wiliz Island, one of q small group
southwark Of Franz Joseph Land. Dur
| ing the winter their ship was crushed
| and in the following summer they escap-
ed in their boats and were picked up
off Cape Nassau, one of the headlsnds
of Nova Zembla.
Melville Gays Nansen's experience was
similar. He did not enter the ice Oh
the side OF the polar basin from where
he was picked up, so his trip fails utter
ly to prove that q current exists that
may be relied on to carry a ship across
the polar waters and bring it down Oh
the east side of Greenland.
SAN FRANCIsCo, Aug. 1.-THE latest
theory in connection with Theodore
Durrant is that he was insane at the
time he committed the murders OF
Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams
In Emanuel Baptist church. Some
time previous to the murders he was
sick and confined to his room for six
weeks, being delirious part of this period.
His friends now say be had not recov-
cred from this attack at the time he
committed the murders. 1t is still un-
certain when the supreme court will
consider his appeal which is now form
ally before that body. Durrsnt's At
tendeuts at the county Jail rIdicule the
idea Of insanity.
DENVER, Aug. 14-Georgetown, Silver
Plum, Bisckhawk, Central City and
Idaho Springs and Clear Greer valley
are once more connected with the out
eide world by rail. The Colorado rail-
road was reopened today and the Gulf
officials Sre congratulatiDg themselves
on having accom- plshed a remarkable
bit of railroad construction at top speed.
On Friday, July "a, torrent came down
Clear Greek canyon carrying everything
before it. Six miles OF road bed dissp>
pesred entirely and the track rendered
impossible for as many more. A nav
pathway had to be made, in some places
blasted out Of solid rock. The track
and roadbed as soon as few finishing
touches are given will be IN better con-
dition than before.
CHICAGO, Aug. 14-Officisl notice has
been made by the Great Northern road
of it's agreement witt the Nippon Yusen
Kaisha, which 10 said to be the most
important carrying organization in the
orient. The Great Northern says that
through it's connection with the organ
ization it will handls freight for all orr
entail points. The first steamship to ar
rive under the new agreement will reach
Seattle the last day OF the present
month and sailIngs will De monthly
thereafter, there beng one boat each
way In every month.
The Southern Pacific road bas enter
ed vigorous protect against the action
of the Western Passenger association in |
changing the method Of collecting and
dividing the 50 extra which WAS charged |
on homeseekers business. The Southern |
Pacific at first refused to run excursions
under the new plan bat has charged
it's mind.
WAsHINGToN, Aug. 15-The Chesa-
peske L Ohio express, bound from
Washington to Cincinnati. was thrown
from the side track at Rsvenswood, Va,
eighteen miles below Washington at |
1919 this morning, by train wreekers.
The engine, mail car. express car and |
one truck OF the combined baggage and |
smoker were dersiled. The only par
con injured was Baggegemaster E. s.
Coffmsp, whose back was hurt by being |
thrown from a chair. The rails had |
been tempered with just beyond the
curve, which prevented the wreckers'
work being seen until the train was
close on to the spur. The wreckers
tried to shoot the fsgmsn who went to
fac the train following.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. blast night
the steamer Oceanica, Of the Lahigh
Valley Transportation company fleet,
collided with .he propeller WIN. CHS
holm, in New Channel, Lake st. Clair.
Both sank. The Oceanica was loaded
with coal from Buffalo to Chicago. The
Chisholm was loaded with iron ore,
hnnnd from Marnnetfa to Ohm nnrfs