Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-05-09

kEotttuoo ofOec HUH tuo hVeu8eu OArrOL- ites.Shsriff Stanley sprung the trspat l0:47 6. ID. and Taylor shot through to death. Not a muscle quivered. In eleven minutes he was pronounced dead. Old Mrs. Meeks who stood near the scsffold almost tainted.
 DENVER, April 3O-Robert Campbell. aged 40, nephew of Col. Randall's wife, committed suicide at his residence in this city today by shooting himself through the heart. He was Respondent on account of the loss of his positions and mining speculstions and Cripple Creek. He owned buildings in camp, which were burned. He was worth S100,OO0. He leaves a widow and four children. The wife attempted to shoot herself but was restrained.
 SAN FRANCISCO, April 30-Mrs. Booth Tucker, consul of the Salvation Army for the United States, is very i'll here and will probably have to cancel all her coast engagements.
 SPRINGFIELD, H., April 3O-James A. Rose was nominated secretary of state on the third ballot. in the repu blicsn convention today, receiving all the Cock county votes. The vote for him was 768; for I. N. Pearson 566.
 PHILADELPHIA, April 30-Tbe six etory building of the Junior Order of American Mechanics was burned last night Lose, 52l0,C00.
 PHILADELPHIA, Penn April 30-Hara- ilton DIsston, the veil known sa@ man. ufacturer, dropped dead this morning in the Templsr National bank, of which he was director. He was @ leader in the republ party.
 PHOENIX, April Ex-Governor Frank lin today appointed M. J. Nugent, of Yuma, superintendent of the territorial prison and J. F. Wilson, of Prescott, at- torney general to fill the vacancies oc- cssioned by the reslgnatlons of the ap- pointees of Governor Hughes.
 DENVER, Colo, April 30-A mass meet ing will be held here and at Colorado Springs, today to consider measures of relief for Cripple Creek. Secretary Jackson of the Chamber of Commerce, who went to the camp last night, reports nearly 5000 people destitute and many homeless. There is not enough provisions | ID the district to lsss 24 hours and great
 many need cooking utensils.
 l SHANGHAI, April 30-Five foreigners
 and fifty natives lost their lives in col
 lision at Woo Sung this morning, be-
 tween the steamers New Chang aud On | Wo, sinking the latter. The United
 States steamers Detroit, Yorktown and
 Boston, went to the assistance of the On | Wo and rescued mary people.
 PITTsBuRG, Pa., April 30-The Bal
 timore & Ohio Cannon Ball express east
 bound, was derailed near Washington,
 Pa., at 6:l5 this morning by a broken
 axle on the engine. Patrick 0. Flaherty,
 fireman, was killed; Henry McBurney,
 engineer, and J. M. Nicely, baggage
 master, were seriously injured. The
 passengers were shaken up but not hurt. HARRISBURG, Penn, April 30-Gover-
 nor Hastings has refused to grant a res-
 plte in the case of H. H. Holmes. CLEVELAND, O., May Three thous-
 and people were in the hall this morn-
 ing when the great qusdrennisl confe--
 ence of the Methodist Episcopal church
 was called to order by Bishop Bowman.
 Nearly every country on the globe was
 represented. Bishop Bowman announce
 ed that the bible which he used in the
 services was the one which was used by
 John Wesley in his study in England
 This historical treasure was presented
 to the conference some years ago. Bish- op Ninde read from this bible the l03rd
 psalm. Bishop Vincent read the hymn after which prayer was offered by Bish- op Foster. Rev. Dr. Uphsm, of the
 Drew Theological seminary, closed the devotional services.
 When the name of Lydia B. Tremble
 was announced delegate was immedi- ately on his feet and made motion that his name be omitted until the committee could determine that her election YVES legal. For a minute it looked as if a fight had started. Bishop Bowman, however, refused to entertain the mo- ton, as be declared the convention was not organized. The tumultuous 8p- plsuse which followed the ruling of the chair indicated the strength of the wo- man suffrage faction in the delegation. This was ths first skirmish and as other names of women delegates were called DO exception was taken, and the secre- tary continued to call the roll. The conference decided to fill vacancies from the reserves and to adopt the rules Of the last conference. The fight ever the rights of laymen on the floor of the con- vention was precipitated by Bishop Daniels, of India, who presented 8 set of resolutions claiming the right to choose committee on which to serve in the same manner as ministerial dele- | gates have made their choice of con- mittees upon which they will serve, any | previous arrangement notwithstanding. | When the tumult following the presen- tation of these resolutions subsided | Bishop Bowman ruled them out of order, still oontendiug that the organization of the convention had not been perfected.
 WASHINGTON, May Tn the senate today Butler, populist of North Caro- lima, presented a bill making the Mexi- can silver dollar and the Japanese yen,