Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-04-18

q big dance hall and two new blocks
were demolished. A dozen houses were
auroofed. Twenty tents are scattered
about and gravel was hurled through
plate glass leaving only q hole az large
as the stone.
DENVER, April 13-The storm obated
last night and trains which were stalled
ON the divide between Denver and Colo
RADIO Springs yesterday we're moved to-
day. The Rio Grande and Santa Fe
roads are both opened, but the Gull is
experiencing great difficulty on account
Of the immense snow drifts in the cuts.
New YORK, April 13-15.OOO Italian
immigrants have arrived at Ellis Island
with ir the last few days and the author
tiles, VINO have sdvices that as many
more are coming. are appelled. Most of
them are paupers and only about ten
per cent will be allowed to land.
New YORK, April 13-A package ad-
dressed to Theodore Roosevelt, police
headquarters, and marked medicine"
WIS brought to the general post Office to-
day by collector of mail from the
down town boxes. The post Office en-
pioyees tore off the wrspplngs at one
end revealing the heads Of several mat
ches and bits of fuse. An examination
showed that by the vigorous tesring
apart of the wrapping paper, the matches
would have ignited and set of the fuse
which entered large cracker filled with
powder. The bomb was genuine, though
not so dangerous as to have proved fatal.
1t was clumsily made.
DENNER, Colo, April 13-The utJpsy
today, on the body Of Willie Tresdell,
the boy supposed to have been stabbed
TO death by Aokai, q Japanese cook, op
the Horner ranch, Friday night, proved
that be had been shot, bullet being
found in his heart. This bears out the
account of the affrsy given by the
Jap who claims that Mrs. Miller, the
boys aunt, in trying to shoot him &C
cideptly killed her nephew and he killed
the woman In self defense.
DENVER, Colo, April Ex-senator
Tillmsn arrived il Denver this morning
and was met at the train by the leading
democrats. Tonight public reception
will be rendered to the distinguished
visitor, and tomorrow night he will
address the state democratic convention
He said the outlook altogether favored
the idea that the democratic convention
would be controlled by the free silver
wing. He will probably not leave Der
yer until Thursday.
"Tm a democrat" said Senator Till
man today to Mayor McMurry "but if
l may be permitted to offer word of
advice to free silver republicans of
Colorado. send Senator Teller to the
| st. Louis convention as chairman of
the delegation with instructions, which
he will gladly obey, to lead his delega-
ton from the convention hall the
moment Mckinley or any other gold
bug is nominated for president, or any
other platform than one demanding free
silver without awaiting the consent OF
England" He concluded: "The coun-
try is going To-. Let Is show the
world that we know it and that We are
determined to interfere"
WArzEKA, Ills., April 1.-THE repub-
lican congressional convention for the
14th Illinois district met today and re-
nominated Joseph G. Cannon for con-
gress. Resolutions were adopted in
structing for Kinley.
New BEDFORD, Mass., April 1.-THE
18th congressional district republican
convention for choice of delegates to the
notional convention was held here to-
day. The delegates were instructed for
Reed.
CINCINNATI, April 14-At Newport,
KY, today the attorneys for the Com
mon wealth made the official announce
ment that they would prove Jackson
and Walling were together 10 Covingtor
suspension bridge soon after the murder
of Pearl Bryan and that they were seen
throwing the head of the murdered girl
in the Ohio river.
WASHINGTON, April 14-At special
meeting of the house committee on ter
ritoriee, today, the Arizona statehood
bill was taken NJ and reported favorable
to the house, by vote OF five in favor
to two against it. Those in affirmative
were republicans Scranton, Perkins and
Lefevre; democrats Turner and Cooper,
of Texas. Those against were repu bill
cans Hadley and Low. Avery was pair
ed with Knox, and Harris was paired
with Harrison.
Ovens of Kentucky was present, but
did not vote. The special meeting of
the committee, he said, had been calico |
for the purpose of hearing read the re-
port on the New Mexico statehood bi
and it was not proper that the Arizont |
statehood measure should be taken VI |
without warning, and that too while the |
members who opposed it we're absent. |
His request for the matter to go over to
the next regular meeting was refused,
however, and go he absented himself |
from the room while the vote was being |
taken.
Senator Morrill, of Vermont reached |
the age Of SO years today and the event |
was referred to in the opening prayer OF
the chaplain, who spoke Of the white
haired senator as bale in body, clear.
sound and vigorous in intellect, esteem