Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-12-26

tuo otEeCsoIe Oi suo uoluncb O6Dk, would not talk today when seen in his palatlal home in Evanston. Through an inti- mate friend, however, be made 6 state. ment calculated to inculpate several di- rectors ss we'll as two or three meo not concerned with tbe bank. "W. A. Ham, mOnd is to be made the sospegoat of the failure Of the National Bank of Illioois," !" said the friend. "Hammond is & broken man today, but not any more to blame for the amount of money loaned on Call umet securities than other men of the hnance committee of the bank and di- rectors. 1t was necessary to the pur- posee of a man connected with the South Chicago city railroad and an officer of one of the best known banks in this city to depreciste the Calumet electric roads stock and to this end these two men brought about the wreckDg of the Ma tioral Bank of Illinois. Or the banks funds g, ,475,OOC had been loaned on Cal umet securities. The plan is to depre oiate Calu met stock and then buy it. Then combine this valuable property 63 miles of new track, equipment and franchise, with the South Chicago rail- road, eventually combipibv witn the Chicago City railroad, and make @ for tune of millions in few years."
 ST PAUL. Dec. 23-The sta:e bank examiner, Kenyon, was still in charge of the Bank of Minnesota today, re- celvers not having yet been appointed. Frsnk Seymour has been decided on for one of the receivers, but the second is yet to be selected. There is DO ex citement in business circles. The assur- apce that depositors will be psid in full ie given 5y the stockholders who indivi- dually could more than pay the deposi- tore.
 SIoux.CITY, Ia., Dec 23-The Par sons, Peletler Dry Goods company, one of the largest houses in Sioux City, did not open today. The stock IS iu the hsEds of mortgages who hold claims tor S9l. l.533.
 WAsHINGToN, Osc. 23-The president signed the pen ion appropriation bill and urgent deficiency appropriation bili. The latter carries 70 iuiy naval appropriations. The chIefs of naval construction and steam engineer have been notified that they may continue repairing ships.
 ST. PAUL, Dec. 23-A Glsndivine.
 Mont. epec'al to the Despatch says: A lire early this morning destroyed the extensive machine shop and all but one section of the roundhouse belonging to the Northern Pacific; loss s55. 900 Four teen engines ware saved by being push ed out by hHn0 All the machinery and four engines undergoing repairs were destroyed. The origin of the fire is un- known.
 CoNsTANTIsoPLE, Dec. 23-All am. bassadors have now received instructions to concert proposal with view to im- proving the situation in the Ottoman empire. The proposals. before being submitted to the Sultan, will be referred to their respective governments. All powers, including Russia, ss repeated ly announced during the past few months, agreed in principle to the e.- pediency of employing coercion should the Sultan be recalcltrspt, but the form of coerolon will not be determined until the emergency arIses.
 LONDON, Dec. 23-As frequently announced from various capitols since the visit of the Czsr to th- Queen, iu Der, the powers have fl ally be- come convInced that the Sultan's pro- mises amount to nothing and are deter mined to begin a policy of coercion. All iDform stlon points to the accuracy of the news received today from Con and cabled to the Associated Press. The Marquis of Salisbury op Monday summoned ambassadors to the foreign office anu communicated to them the vIews of the British govern Deot on definite proposals to Russia Tor joint intervention, 10 order that each ambassador might tcommunicate them to Jig govern ment.
 GUADALAJARA, Mex. Dec. 23-Parti- culars have been received here of desperate affrsy at the ranch of Juan VIdrio. Vidrio had trouble with hls employees and thirty attacked him. Seriously wounded. he took refuge 10 his residence and fired on bis sssiants killing two and wounding seven badly. rSepty members of the mob have been arrested and will probably be shot.
 PoRrLANp, Ind. Dec. 23-A nitro ylycerine magazine near Montpelier exploded today with terrible force Harry Adams and Geo Peack were blown 70 atpms. A great hole in the ground is he only mark left to show the location ,f the building. The shock was felt for nlles around
 LONDON, Dec. 23-Earl Ruesell's Riverside residence, at Maldenhead, on he Thames was Rutted by fire early his morning. It is rumored that th, ire wac of incenuisry origin. Since the rIsl of the Earle suit against his nother-in-law, Lady Salina Scott. be ,ss received several threatening letters. |
 WEST SUPERIOR. Vie. Dec. 23-The ,ank of West Superior did not open his morning. It is small institution, with capital and surplus of SIO0.0O0.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-The Board of | Naval officers just presented to Secre- ary Herbert, Colon, for defense of the | Atlantic coast in case of war
 BosruN, Msss., Dec. 23-Couductors | md motormen of the West Eld street | allway voted to Grmand formal re- ognition in the conductors and motor nsns union. If recognition is not accorded by l2 o'clock tonight the men sy the rosd will be tied up.
 WAeHIsGToN, Dec 2a-It is authent- cally reported that the department of ustice contemplates action at sL early late looking to the foreclosure by the on the Union Pacific, witc | be probability also of similar proceed ngs against the Central and Kansas 'sclfio. Such step is considered in 'erativs to protect the governments pterest and has been deferred In view f impending action by congress. A cry light portion of the first motgsee 'oi de as well as seoood motgsge will nature with the beginning of 1897 folders of first mortgage bonds would sturslly have priority over the govern. nent but 1t ia sad the attorney genert ss construed the amended Pacific rail- oad sois as conferriog ample power upon he QOyernmeDt to proceed irrespective |