Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-08-08
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LONDON, July 31-A rumor tina
Queen Victoria intends to retir'
in favor OF the Prince OF Wales i
again current today. 1t is added tba
the court circles are greatly troubled re
garding the condition of the Queeni
health. Such reports have frequently
appeared in recent years, only to b'
eemi-oficially contradicted later. Blu
1T now seems that there may be some
actual foundation for the statements.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 31-There will bs
an important meeting of the executive
committs having in charge the state or
garizatlons or the gold standard demo
Gratis at the Palmer House headquarters
tomorrow. General Bragg, the chair
man, has issued the call. The work oi
bringing about national convention Il
progressing satisfactorily. 1t is is now
believed that from thirty to thirty five
states will be represented at the confer
enos to be held August 9TH.
ATLANTIC CRY, July 31-The list OF
AZ, injured 43. Telegraph operator Will
| nun Il a. VI 5iOu dCO eWitCu tCbocI, llCn-
sor, are in the Atlantic City Jail and will
remain there until after an official in
vestigation.
New YORK, July 30-Amopg the pase-
engers that arrived at this port last
night by the steamer Caracas from LIS
Guayra, wGs the son of Jose Msceo. who
was killed 10 Cuba recently. The young
man, 1t is said, h. Id the poet of chief OF
police in Port Limoh, Costa Rica, and
is, together with ten other young Gu
bans, on his way to the leland to Join
the rebel army. He learned of his faith
er's death on landing.
AUSTIN, Tex, July 30-W. E. Burt,
a member of enc of the most respectable
families 10 the city, murdered his wife
and two children, aged two end four
years, last Friday night and placed
their dead bodies in cistern. He left
the city Saturday night following the
terrible deed, efter advising several
| neighbors not to drink the water in bis
cieterp as it was polluted by dead cat
His relatives became alarmed at the dis
appearance of his family and began tc
| investigate and discovered the bodies
today. Burt bound his wife in a bian.
kst after tying foot and neck together
then dropped the body into the cistern.
Both children had their brsiue knocked
cut His brothers offered reward oil
$500 for his arrest.
SAMOA, July %, (per steamer Mono.
wai)-Tbe feud in Samoa between the
German portion of the population and
Americans and British residents in the
colony IS daily increasing in bitterness.
The Germans refused to attend the
| Queens birthday celebration and the
warship Fake left the harbor, it is al
legged, to avoid participating in the fes-
tivitles OH the Fourth of July. The
| Germans assumed a similar attitude,
not one member of the nationality at
tending the celebration.
ATLANTIC CRY, n. j., July 30-A' bed
wreck occurred this evening at the juno.
ton of the Philadelphia & Reading and
West jersey railroads just outside OF
this city.
PITTsBURG, Pa, July 30-The first
bulletin concerning the disaster at Steu-
benville, Ohio, was exaggerated as to
the loss of life, but property losses are
heavy. The trouble was caused by a
cloudburst which wrecked @ number of
houses but DO lives are reported lost.
BosToN, July 30-Prepsrations have
beel completed to receive in proper
style the members of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company OF Bos-
tor, who have been the guests OF the
Honorable Artillery Company of Lon
| don.
ATHENS, O., July 30.-The most de-
structive storm In the history of Sun
dey Creek valley, occurred at Gloucester,
mining towl twelve miles north OF
here last night resulting in the almost
total destruction of one o! the principal
thoroughfores OF the town. The fury
of the wind is indescribable. Buildings
were toppled over, trees torn from their
roots and the town to-day is q scene of
desolation. a uumbe of persons are
killed.
POINT PLEASANT. w. Va, July 30
Cologne, Nilsson county. was the ecene
of brutal murder last evening. Henry
n. Lyons had trouble with his wife
andEshe had gone TO her fathers home.
Lyons went to the house and inc uced
his wife to return home. When short
distance from home Lyons seized his
wife by the arm and, holding her, fired
two bullets into her head and body,
leaving Der dead by the road. Their
family troubles had been Of q trivial
character.
ATLANTIC CRY, N. j., July 30.-A
railroad accident horrible in Its details
and sickening in its results occurred
this evening just outside OF this city
and as q result about 100 persons are
either killed or injured. The Reading
railroad express which left Philadsl
phia at $40 O'clock this evening for
Atlantic City crashed into the Penn
sylvania train rs twas returning to Biigh
ton with party of excursioDlsts from
that place, Millville and peiQboring
lowps. II was loaded with passengers
and a rough estimate OF the killed and
injured at late hour place the num-
Der at one hundred. 1t is hoped that
this is an exaggeration but the mum Der
is ondou btedly more than fifty.
At the second signal toward the
tracks of the two roads diegonRily cross.
The Reading train was given the sig
cal to stop but it either failed to work
or the speed of the express was too
great TO be checked in time. It caught
the excursion train broadside and
pluoghed through literally clesviug il
in twain. The engine of the Reading
tram was shattered to pieces. Every
car on the excursIon train was Grams
med to its utmost capacity. The ex-
cursion train was made up OF fifteen
cars the foremost of which was bag
gage car. This and the next two
coaches caught the full force of the
crash and were utterly demolished.
What remainde of the third car was
tumbled into the ditch at the road
side. The responsibility for the &C
cident cannot now be fixed. William
Thurlow, telegraph operator in the
tower house, was arrested late tonight
and held pending an inquiry.