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The Arizona Republican, Tho Only Papor Between Galveston, Texas, and Los Angeles, California, that Publishes tho Full Dispatohes of the Associated Press. VOL. I. Pl-ICETSTIX, MONDAY MOTtNING-, SEPTEMBER 29. 1800. NO. 134 If, TH Kb Wlial lias Been Done This Session. Great Increase In AVork Over Last Congress. Over Thirteen Hundred Hills Passed Some of tho Most Impor tant Measures Enacted. Waniiinoton, Septeinlcr 28. In two or tlireo days tho long session of tho Fifty-First Congress will come to an end. It has been almost tho longest ever held. Although tho first session of the Fiftieth Congress lusted until Oetoler 20. tho present t-ession, by reason of longer daily sessions has far exceeded it in working time, and the amount of legis'ative work actually accomplished has been extraordinary, viewed in tho light of the previous Congress. Tho record so far is: Hills and joint resolutions introduced in tho House, 12.402; Senate, 4750. Total, 16,1)72, against 15,500 at the first f-ession of tho last Congress, which, in this matter, far excelled all previous records, Rnports made, 3215. Senate, 1817. (No account being taken in the Senate of other than written reports.) Hills p.iss.tl by tho House 1202 of which the Senate has pas.-ed 811). All thes-e S-l!) became laws or aro awaiting tiK- President's approval.. Ilv tho Senate 1100 of which 4SU have Ihhmi sent to the President, making a total numtHT of nlxjut Killo acts of law, against 1700 for the whole of the last Congress. Uf these acts 800 House and 275 Senate bills were pensions to individual. Aside from the Tariff" bill the follow ing aro some of the many important mea-ures enacted into law: Silver bill ; Customs Adminstrutivo bill; De-Kmdont and Disability Pen sion bill; Anti-Trust hill- Anti-Lottery bill; World's Fair bill; Admis sion of Idaho and Wyoming, Meat Inspection bill: Land Grant lorfeiture lull; Original l'ackugu bill; Additions to Navy ; also bills repealing the act of 18SS which withdrew practically all western public lands from settlement and providing that hereafter only actual reservoir situs shall be withdrawn and that iiu one person shall enter more than 320 acres; relief of the Mississippi Valley lioodsuircrcrs; l'ortago bike and Hennepin Canal and (Jalveston Hur ler projects; for large addition to the I lerical force of tho pension oflice; to adjudicate cues under new acts; pro viding for classification of worsted clothes in woolens; that no person in nine of peace shall be tried fordesertion after a lapse of two years ; to prevent desertions in tho nrmy by enabling recruits to "buy out;" extending the act for relief of railroad land settlers; several bills regarding Indian reserva tions and treaties; for census, farm mortgages, etc., aNo census of Chinese; increasing pension for total helplessness ; for an Assistant Secretary, each of War ami Navy Departments. Thcro were eighteen contested election cases before tho House and seven of the Republican contestants have been seated. The Senato seated the Repub lican Senators from Montana. .Seven bills have been vetoed by the President, three of them Public Building bills; two, bills authorizing the indebted nesH increased in certain cities or counties. One changing the Iwundarics of the ITncoinpahgrc Indian reservation, and tho other extending tho time for payment of lands purchased from tho Omaha tribe of Indians. Among the bills which passed the House but not yet passed by tho Senate are: tho rederal Election bill: National Iiankruptcy bill; Compound Lard bill ; to prevent the product of convict labor being furnished upon public buildings or works; Eight Hour Hack Pay bill; to repeal the timber culture law; Kight Hour Day bill. Among tho Senato bills which have not passed tho House an tho Shipping and Subsidy bill ; for relief of Supreme Court; granting California 5 per cent of tho proceeds of the sale of public lands; to enlarge Yellowstone Park ; to grant a right of way throughout vacant public lands for irrigation purposes; for com pulsory education of Indian children; for inspection of live cattle and beer products for exportation. Hlair Educa tional bill and the International Copy right bill defeated in the Senate and House respectively. Many other bills of prominence have not yet been acted upon by cither Homo. TIIK CI.ONINO WOltlC. Itut Little .Muni to Iiu Done by Congress lie fore Adjournment. Washington, September 28. How much time the Senate will consume in discussion of theconfeience report on tho tariir cannot bo stated accuiately, but leaders on both sides think a vote can bo reached Tuesday. Final adjourn ment will come tho day after the report is disposed of. In addition to tho Tariir bill the general deficiency bill is the onlv other measure likely to receive tho attention of tho Senato. That is now pending in the House. With tho exception of a conference report and tho general deficiency bill the House has completed its labors and waits upon the Senate. While waiting some measure may Iks taken from thu calendar and passed. An eilbrt may bo made to pass two shipping bills sent over by tho Senato but this will lo .im.,.( rnumitiul l,v tlm Democrats and unless special provisions bo made for their consideration tho eirbrt will likely ail. (JONTKAIHOTOItV KKI-OKTH. About the Attempted Assassination of rrt'itKK'iii muz. Nkw Oiii.KA.ss, Septcmbor 28. The Vicayunt's San Antonio special says several Mexican gentlemen just from Mexico deny tho story of the attempted assassination of President Diaz, on tho A i im. attejuoon received the fol-l uNnVlh. r 1 night of Septemlier 15. Thev sav there was nothing in it beyond a discharge of firearms by a fow drunken soldiers, who had been confined. All tho samo railway men who arrived today, say of thirty-five conspirators twelve have- been arrested and aro con fined in the military prison. STILL AlrlCK TIIK OZAK. Another Attemnt to KIM III... In n Ilnllroiiil Accident. St. pKTKiisiu'na, September 28. An other attempt has been made upon tho lifo of tho Czar. This time tho conspir ators planned to wreck a train by which it was U'lievcd the Czar intended to travel from St. Petersburg to Warsaw. Obstructions were placed upon tho track in the shape of live sleepers which were wedged in between the rails. The train which was supposed to bo carrying the Czar crashed into tho obstructions and was thrown from the track. No details of tho outrage have been ob tained and it is not known whether any arrests were made in connection with the nffair. Heirs to MUllnm. Piiiiaiifi.fiiiA, September 28. rA spe cial to tho Ledger, from Bristol, says John Williams, a coachman with Mr.E. llowont Hristol, and his brother Wil liam, nt Blackburn, N. Y., have been left, it is said, over if7.000.000 by the death of their undo, Theodoro "Lun derick, of Pasadena, Cal. Why tho Strllic Failed. MuMiouii.si:, September 28. The strike of Shearers is a partial failure. The employers at Sydney have issued a manifesto in which thoy declare their refusal to hold a conference with the strikers is due to bad faith of the Unionists. tliilton .Milkers I.octiPil (lilt. Vienna, Scptemlier 28. One thou sand mother-of-pearl button makers have been locked out owing to tho Mc Kinloy bill, which manufacturers be lieve threatens to stop tho entire trade with America. SIL00TSIilS DAUGHTER ui.oonv wnitic or an kniiaoko katiii:i:. After MiinliTliisr IIU Child Kill Hlmseir Tho Young Hoii-lii-Lnw Made n Maniac by tho Am fill Tragedy. Peouia, 111., September 28. Meagre details of a horriblo crime at Lacon reached this city tonight. A man employed in the woolen mills was enraged at his daughter for marry ing a man last Saturday night against his wish. She went this morning to ask his forgiveness and ho shot her dead. Then he placed the remaining barrel to bis own head and pulled the trigger, blowing his brains out. The husband of tho girl has gone insane over the atl'air. ANOT1IKK ACCOUNT. Lvcon, 111., September 28. A terrible tragedy occurred hero this morning. For some time Joseph Baxter, a young Englishman employed at the Lacon Woolen Mills, has been courting Mary Siefert, a young girl who, with her father, worked in tho samo mill. The father objected strenously to their en gagement, and went so far as to threaten several days ago to kill them and him self unless they gave up the idea of marriage. Nevertheless the young peo ple were married Saturday night. This morning Siefert scut for Baxter, saying he wished to apologize for tho language used and becoino reconciled. Haxtcr went and had a pleasant inter view with his father-in-law and at the hitter's request sent in the bride to make her peace. Ah soon as she went into the room her father seized a shotgun and blew out her brains. Ho then placed tho other barrel of tho gun in his mouth and fired tho remaining chargo into his own head, dying instantly. The young husband tonight is a raving maniac. WHY McAtJLIITK I'AILKII. Opinion of tho "London Hportmnaii"of tho lllif fighter. I-oxdok, September 28. The Sports man says McAuliffo's arms were soft and flabby and he appeared light below the knees just where he required sup jort. With fully two and a half stono to get ofr, ho was at a great disadvantage in training which weakened him consider ably and in somo measure accounts) for Ids collapse. Our opinion of McAuliffe is that he is too big over tho spine for a pugilist. ltcslgn IIU Pastorate. New Yokk, September 28. Rev. Richard Harlan, of tho First Presby terian Church, and son of Su premo Court Justice Harlan, sur prised his congregation this mom ing tiy announcing that ho had decided to resign his pastoriuo. To a reporter Mr. Harlan said ho did not caro to discuss tho reason which had led him to resign. While ho was absent on a vacation an article was published reflecting somewhat on his work, but Ids intention of asking to bo relieved of this, his first charge, antedated that by several months. Winter lU-eiin In Northern California. Smititv City, California, September 28. A rain storm which has been gathering strength for many days, came down with great force this afternoon, accompanied bv loud thunder and vivid lightning. The mining developments will soon have to be suspended lor the present season. Suicided In Church. London, September 28. flic morning services nt St. Paul's Cathedral was in terrupted by a horriblo tragedy. Dur ing the servico a man named Easfon, in the congregation, committed f-uieido by shooting himself twice. To Confer with Kmployers. New Yokk, September 28. A com mltteo representing over 10,000 men cm: ployed in the train servico on tho Erio system now in the city projwse con ferring with the officers in securing a now schedule of wages. m ii i Fire on (lie Water Front at Seattle. Two Large Wharfs Partially Destroyed. A Second Mortgairo Swindle Like the Dick Adair Discovered at Los Angeles. Sn.vrn.K, September 28. Firo broke out at 8:150 tonight in the-outward end of Harrington & Smith's warehouse in a pier 500 feet long between the foot of Yesler Avenue and Main Street ami be fore it could be extinguished destroyed one-half of tho warehouse and wharf and nn equal part of the Hatfield wharf adjoining. The firo was first discovered by the watchman who saw the flames bursting through the roof immediately over where 100 tons of hay were stored. lie immediately sent in a general alarm calling out tho entire firo department but before it arrived two hundred feetof the wharf and the one adjoining wero inflames. Hard work by the depart aient extinguished the flames after half an hour. Hamilton & Smith lost 100 tons of bay, 400 barrels of lime and 400 barrels of cement. Their loss is estimated at $0000 on stock and $10,000 on the wharf contents fully insured on wharf. Hatfield's loss is about $4000 on his stock of lime, cement and hay, which was insured. Tho wharf is owned by Ed L. Terry. Loss, $8000; insurance, $3000. The firo is supposed to have started by a spark from tho pipe of a vagrant sleeping in Hatfield & Smith's warehouse. .MOKTOACi: HWINDLK. Suit llroiiRht Against u I.os Angeles Notary unci IIU lloiidsmeu. Los Anueles, September 28. Suit has been brought in the Superior Court of this city by Edward Hatton against A. C. Holmes, a notary public in this city, and against Henry Hamilton and George Hansen, his bondsmen, for $1000 damages for making a fraudulent acknowledgement. This case is very similar to the Dick swindle, recently perpetrated in San Francisco. Complainant recites that on Decem ber 31, 18S9, defendant took acknowl edgement of persons who falsely repre sented herself to bo Mrs. Maria J. Keifer ton mortgage purporting to be executed to plaintiff, by herself and husband, J. W. Keifer, upon certain real estate to secure a debt of $1000 and interest, set forth as due plaintiir from them. Complaint nllegesthat the mort gage was a false and forged instrvmcut. of which Mrs. Keifer and her husband had no knowledge and, that the person who signed and acknowledged the same was not Mrs. Keifer at all, but some other person. Defendant Is alleged to have negli gently and falsely certified that the person personating Mrs. Keifer was well known to him to bo the genuine Mrs. Keifer described in the mortgage. Plaintiir by reason of the acknow ledge ment accepted it ns security and paid $1000 to tho pretended agent who then left the State and has never accounted to Mrs. Keifer and her husband or to plaintiir for the sum paid. Ho therefore asked judgment against Mr. Holmes and his bondsmen. SHOOTING IN HACKAMKNTO. Llrely Chuso After u Chinese Purse Switcher Northern KiiIiim. Sacuamento, September 28. Two Chinamen were gambling this even ing in Chinatown when one laid a purse containing $100 on tho table. The other snatched it and ran. Tho first one pursued him and on tho sidewalk tho thief drew a pistol and shot nt his pursuer. The latter was not hit and kept up tho chase and the purso 8iiatcher fired two more ineffee tual shots at him and finally escaped in a dark alley. Tho shooting occurred in a thicklyset tled part of Chinatown, where there is always a crowd of Cliinamcn on the sidownlk, and the wonder is nolwdy was hit. Several showers of rain fell here to night. Away to the north wero frequent flashes of lightning, with apparently a heavy storm somewhere in the moun tains. Fruit shippers say a few storms will spoil grapes lor shipping, causing the fruit to mold. IN THIS I'llCST l)i:OHEE. A I'ort Tnnscud Italian round Guilty of Murdering IIU Employer. Pout Townsenp, Wash., September 28. Tho jury in tho case of Dominico Coclhi, who is on trial for tho murder of John Deletes, his employer, brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree this morning, after being out five hours. On tho night of July 2 Coella hit Deletes on the head with a hammer, stunning him, and then cut his throat with a razor, nearly severing his head from tho body. Ho was captured five days later in the woods by three olliccrs, through tho aid of an Italian named Joe Massoni, who received a reward of $200. Ho confessed the crime. Deletes was known to have kept a largo sum of money in a trunk, and tho murder was committed for robbery. Coella claimed that the deceased owed him money. The defense will ask for a new trial. KILLKD IN A WKKCIC. Two Moil Stealing a Itldo Hnv Their 1.1 en Crushed Out. Tenino, Wash., September 28. A special freight on tho Northern Pacific from Portland ran into the rear of Pa cific Mail No. 2 in front of the depot today. Two men were killed, the head miii,i .iJiiHn3!2Ho,iiTO,offreo cbjngoliindiaga of one being completely severed from his body. Hoth trains were running towards Tacomn. Th? freight had sidetracked at Kucoda to allow the mail to pass. Tho latter left Kucoda at 12 o'clock and the freight left at 12 :10 p. m. The mail had been standing at the depot at Tenino about four minutes when the freight came around a curve at a speed, tho engineer of the freight stated, of about twelve miles per hour. Engineer Lavclle discovered the dangerwhen about 150 yards behind and immediately reversed liis engine. The air pumps wero broken and failed to work and the freight went crashing into tho Pullman car on tho rear of tho mail train. Fortunately, tho rear car stood the shock, and thereby averted a terrible disaster. Behind the engine of the freight was a lumber car in which two workmen wero stealing a ride. As the crash came the engineer and Fireman J. Harrett jumped, but tho workmen were caught and horribly mangled. Died of IIU Injuria. Mauhnkz, Cal., September 28 Nich olas King, the saloon keeper who was so badly burned in yesterday's firo at this place, died this morning of his injuries. Ho was terribly burned, all tho skin together with the finger nails, being burned off. He leaves a sister as his only relative. Dangers to Iloyalty. Kelokape, September 28. Whilo the young King of Servia, accompanied by his father Ex-King Milan, was returning from a drive today, a cartridge was exploded beneath "the carrioge. The authorities allege the explosion was purely accidental. As far as can be learned no one was injured. Kngland Takes Possession. Paris, September 28. La Gaulois says the English Government has pur chased a large building at I'ort Said and is transferring it into a barracks fortress which will soon be occupied by British troops. This will give England posses sion of both ends of the Suez Canal. NEGLECTED HIS DUTY SKUIOU.H IlKSULTS I'OLLOW ON A KAII.ltOAI). Tito 1'relglit Trains Collide and a Number of .Men Killed llccauso n liny Tailed to Deliver a Message. Zanehvim.e, Ohio, Septemlier 28. About 1 o'clock this morning a disas trous freight train wreck occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near Pleasant Valley, a short distance west of this city. Orders were given the east and west bound freight trains to pass at Klaek Hand, but the operator at that place failed to deliver the order to tho east IkjuiuI train. Later he saw his mistake, telegraphed the operator here that there would be a wreck pretty soon and left his post. Ho is a mere boy. Hoth engines ami a number of cars filled with merchandise, were piled up in great confusion. Eight men were killed, as follows: John Buckingham, engineer. W.m. I'keehtone, fireman. Fkeeman Kei.i.eii, brakcuian. J. Cochrane, Hen SiiAiir, Glenn Hush, . Geo. W. SroNiuiuiiN, Tosi McCltAIlY. One unknown man was also killed. ISngineer John Kemp had a leg cut--iff and l'ireman Wilson was badly lirrrt. Those not employed on the train were beating their way from Columbus. PiTTsiiuno, September 28. The trains met on a sharp curve and the west bound train had just emerged from n piece of woods, so that neither was checked in speed. Tho engines crashed together with an awful force and freight cars to the number of twenty-five were piled up to the height of twenty-five or thirty feet. Another Ilaltlmoro and Ohio Wreck. PiTTsiiuno, September 28. There was a collision on Kurncsvillc Hill, on the Haltimorc and Ohio, today, between an express and a passenger train. Rail way ofiicials state that no ono was hurt, but that both engines and an express car were ruined. Itallroml Wreck In Pennsylvania. CbAiuoN.Pa., September 28. A freight train, on the Pittsburg and Western, leaped a trestle near Sheppardsvillo this morning, killing Fireman Elder and Hrakeman Shreckengost and fatally injuring Engineer Woods. ON TIIK DIAMOND. ItemilU of tho Sunday Gaines Hoth Kant and Went. Sacuamento, September 28. Error making on the part of Sacramentos lost them the game to Oakland. In tho third inning the Senators saw they could not bo in the contest and allowed the visitors to win by a score of 9 to 4. Stapleton and Godar's errors cut an important figuie in tho visitors run getting. Both pitchers were touched up quite lively. Toledo, September 28. Toledo 11, AtheleticsO, second gamo, Toledo 15, Athletics 1. bt. Louis 1, Baltimore 4. St. Louis 8, Baltimore 1. Columbus 4, Rochester 2. Columbus 2. Rochester 1. Called at end of fifth Inning on account of dark ness. Louisville 3, Syracuse 10. Louisville 11. Syracuse 4. San Fkancisco, September 28. San l'raneisco 10, btockton 3. Clearing House, Kxchangen. Koston, September 28. The total gross exchanges for the last week as shown by dispatches from the leading clearing houses of the United States and Canada is $1,174,027,012, an increase of 15.1 per cent as compared with corres ponding week of last year. apprchendSthatiSatt'olliUl unfavorablffectlthoirresidenuijagree? W 111 Clippings From Our Local Exchanges. Starting the Indian School at Mohave. Items of General Interest Culled From All Over Arizona Some Political Pointers. From the Mojavc Miner. Professor S. M. McCowan, the Super intendent of tho Indian Industrial School at I'ort Mojavc, expects to have everything in readiness to open school on October 1. Alwut twenty-live Indian pupils are expected to bo in attendance at the time, and the number will be increased in n few weeks. Tho boys will bo instructed in the various trades, besides farming, and the girls, who will be under the charge of Mrs. McGowan, will bo taught cooking and sewing, aside from the regular elementary English course. Professor McGowan and wife aro from Dakota, where they were con nected with a similar school, and have hail a number of years' experience in these Indian schools. Mr. McGowan has no doubt of tho final success of this school, although the Indians of the various tribes do not at present take kindly to the idea of tho school. The Professor has the energy and patience requisite to make the school a success. and it is earnestly hoped that his utmost expectations in" this respect may be rcauzcu. In Yavapai County. From tho I'rescott Journal-Miner. The original design of the Senator Company was to erect a ten-stamp mill at their mine. Later developments in the mine have proven so satisfactory that the plan has been changed to a twenty-stamp mill and by the time that is completed It would be no surpise if they iminediaeely increase it to forty stamps. The members of the O. K. hose com pany, which won the Fourth of July rac6. lnwe received their gold badges. They are very beautiful in design, hav ing the owners name and the name ot the company chased on each. Arizona l'res4 Association. From the MaJata Mine. It has been suggested that the Arizona Press Association meet in Phceuix during the week of the Territorial Fair. The suggestion is a good one. as a good many members o( the l'ress will bo there. Hut. as the season is a busy one and a good many cannot attend nt that tunc, would it not be well .'or those who are present to organize, nnd call a meet ing tor Eomc time in December next. The press organization, if conducted on a strictly business basis, will be pro ductive of much good to newspapers of the Territory. A Question to Mr. Ilrndy. Tombstone Epitaph: Why did not Mr. Brady, when he knew of Stevens' shortage, have him arrested, instead of letting it go on for months and finally permitting him to get away? And why does ho now seek an electkfn to the Legislature? Ts it for tho purpose, in the unlikely event of his election, to vote for a bill to relieve himself of the payment of the Stevens defalcation?' It looks that way. Territorial Jolting). From the Tucson Citizen. A prominent gentleman of this city in reply to our question, "What has Mark Smith done in Con gress?" says: "Mark is the crack billiard shot of the House." The answer is entirely satisfactory. The Indian school buildings pre sent a fine appearance, verandas lately put on being an improvement. The number of children now attending school is 110, ngainst seventy-two last year. Tho lack of seats, now en route, makes the work at present somewhat crowded. Forty more children will enter tho school when all arrangements are made. Ere many mouths Tucson will have a free postofiico delivery, the population of tho city being 5092, the limit being 5000. The amount of money handled annually is over $10,000, and tho amount required for a free delivery office is ifGOOO. This would also indicate that the average of money spent for mail in Tucson is much higher than the averago in the East. Tho Sonora railroad is heavily rushed with business, and owing to lack of cars ore shipments are being seriously delayed. At Henson and Deniing'nre hundreds of tons sidetracked waiting facilities for moving, and at Crittenden the station platform is piled so high with sacks of oro that it will not hold another one, waiting for cars in which shipments can bo made. Much of the ore nt the mines in the Harshaw district arc now being held at the mines until regular railroad traffic can be re sumed. Tho ore sacks aro undergoing much damage under the combined action of tho sun nnd rain. The 'District Court of Cochiso ad journed Saturday morning. The Great Register of Yavapai county contains 1875 names at present. James R. Lowry has accepted the nomination for Shcrifif on the Demo cratic ticket in Yavapai County. The Republicans of Moluue county will meet Wednesday to nominato can didates for tho various county offices. The number of voters registered in Pima County is 132:1. The number will certainly ieach 1500 before election day. Tho Republican County Convention of Cochiso county will meet in Sehicllelin Hall. Tombstone, on Wednesday, October 1. Yuma Times : So far not quite 315 names have been registered in the county. It looks as if the vote this ycr will not equal that cast at tho last .)DFi election. It is thought that the decreaee is caused by the Election law passed by the late Fiftcsnth legislature. Maria J., wife of defaulter Fred W. Smith, ex-Receiver of the Land Ofiico nt Tucson, is suing tho absent "Major" for divorce in the District Court of Pima county. The Tucson postoflice will again be made second class, the business of late having increased very rapidly, bidding fair to go considerably above the $ 10,000 per year limit. There were no criminal cases on the docket at the last term of the District Court in Mojavc County. Judge Good ing complimented the county upon the fact that no criminal business was pre sented, and stated that it was such an unusual thing that it deserved more than a passing mention. Tucson Star: The neat sum of $210 has been contributed toward building a school bouse at Turquois. There are sixteen school children there. It is proposed to exact a contribution of .'5 from each candidate before the people, which sum will bo placed in the contri bution box for the same purpose. Tombstone Epi'aph: In the attempt fo carry Maricopa the Democrats of that county have given the nomination for an important oflice to a man by the name of Hakes simply because be is a Mor mon, leeling sure that by so doing they will "seal" the Mormon vote to them. They should have given out the rest of their nominations to other men simply because they were Catholics, Methodists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, or mem bers of various other sects. If thev are going to introduce religion into politics they should give all the denominations an equal show. To be Whipped Into Hubmlmdon. Pakis, September 28. The French Government is preparing an extensive expedition against Dahomey with, the object of compelling the King to submit to trench authority. I.aco Factories Clone. Calais, September 28. Eighty lace factories here have closed in consequence of the strike A BRIGHT PROSPECT. KI). WEUS, OP I'KESCOTT, Sl'KAKS OF THIS C1TVS I'UTUKE. ItellnTen It Will Yet Have 33,000 Inhab itants A Itallroad Needed to Connect Maricopa and Yavapai Counties. Ed Wells, of Prescott, is one of the best known and most highly appreci ated men in Arizona. An attorney of acknowledged ability and a successful man of business, it is indeed flattering to Phucnix that he has evidenced his faith in the development of the Capital City by erecting in it two substantial and attractive dwellings. Mr. Wells has been in Plucnix for the past week attending to tho furnishing of his new buildings and expresses him self as more than pleased with the pros pect for the winter, and, indeed, for all future time. "That Phoenix will be a city of 25,000 inhabitants and that soon, I have no doubt," said Mr. Wellst yesterday to a Rki'Ublican representative. "This val- loy has a wonderful range of products arid marvelous fertility and will raise Phoenix to a high position. "Whatever prejudice may have existed in years gone uy in Prescott as regarded Phoenix, has, in my opinion, largely disapieared. There never was any cause for its existence, for the interests of the counties of Yavapai and Maricopa are identical. Being entirely dissimilar in products and industries, they will never clash in a common market, but will find mutual profit in exchancing with each other their commodities. That this may be done requires a connecting railroad. That this railroad should be built is beyond dispute, and the counties should confer together as to the best method of accomplishing its con struction. 'Prescott needs barleyt hay, fruits and other products, while from the North can be exchanged lumber, of which you now stand so much in need. Plucnix would be benefited froin n business and agricultural standpoint while Yavapai would gain in securing the necessaries of life much cheaper and in tho added development of the magnificent mining resources of Yavapai County. When tho heat of summer is wilting the people of this valley, they could take transportation and in a few hours he among the peaks of the Brad shaw Mountains; while, when the biting cold of January and February is preventing work in Prescott, how pleasant it would be to slip down to Phoenix and enjoy the sunshine and balmy air. Yes, Yavapai and Mari copa counties have identical interests and with proper effort may become also profitable to each other." Mr. Wells leaves for homo tomorrow, via Black Canon, but will not fail to return for another visit before long. AN ISII'KNDINO CUISIS. Wholesale Lockout Threatened In the Scotch Iron Trade. Lospon, September 28. A crisis is impending In the Scotch iron trade. Masters have given notice to their men of a wholesale lockout on October 4, unless an amicable settlement of the dispute is eflected in tho meantime, of which there is no present prospect. Fires in a number of furnaces are already out. The threatened stoppage of the production has caused an excite ment in tho iron warrant market. Drowned Herself. Hyde Paiik, Mass., September 28. Mrs. Hayes, about 50 years of age, wife of Dr. Charles C. Hayes, drowned her self in the Neponset River this morning. Tho body will be taken to Addison,Wis., where tho father of the deceased, Ex-Governor Mills, of Wisconsin, re sides. Mrs. Hayes was a very refined and estimable lady and her death is a great blow to the community. Attacked by Strikers. Sidney, N. S. V September 28. A crowd of strikers nt lurked the drivi rs of a number of vnns lnitdcd with non-union wool. The police dispersed the mob. i'C1 A 71? LAJLi Burning of a Large Pack ins: House Immense Amount of Meat and Lard Destroyed. Futile Attempts of the Firemen to Subdue the Flames Surrounding- Property Saved. Ciiicaoo, September 28. The Anglo American Packing Company's establish ment at the stock yards was damaged by fire early this morning to the extent of $050,000. The fire was one of the worst the department has ever had to deal with. An alarm was turned in just before 2 o'clock, w hen the flames were seen in the packing room. When the first engines arrived this room was a mass of flames. Water had little eilect on the grease-soaked floors and the fire soon reached a room where thirty-two tanks of lard were located. These exploded, one after another, and the melted lard added fresh fuel to the flames. The heat was intense, and the firemen were forced back and compelled to work from a distance. The flames then Fpread to the cooling room, where the carcasses of nearly 7,000 hogs were stored. They burned like oil. Water seemed useless and twenty engine companies at work made little headway. More engines were summoned but two hours after the fire started the roof fell in and the flames seemed to spread more rapidly than ever. A hundred streams of water being poured on the lire appeared to have no effect. About this time, the flames reached a lot of saltpetre and the fumes from this stifled the firemen, overcoming several of them. The Fire Marshals directed all the efforts of their men to preventing the spread of the flames from the Anglo-American plant. With in a short distance of the establishment are several other large packing houses, and for a time it was lea red that the flames would communicate with them. The firemen secceeded, however, in keeping the fire within bounds. At 0 o'clock this morning it was seen to be impossible to extinguish tho burn ing pork, but water was thrown on it to keep the fire down as much as possi ble, it w ill have to burn out and it will probably be a day or two bcfoieitis entirely exstinguished. The fire department succeeded in sav ing the other portion of the Anglo American plant from serious damage. The loss is entirely covered by insurance. The company that bus liecn conduct ing the business is composed of English men. Recently, however, a new company was formed, known as Fowler Brothers, limited, incorporated in Eng land with a capitalization of 750,000, with a proposal to acquire the business of several linns here and elsewhere. MOIILEY'S KXl'KKIENCK. He Kefuses to Rive an Account of the Tlpperary AOair. London, September 28. John Morley, who returned to England from a tour of investigation in Ireland, was asked yes terday to give an account of the affair at Tipperary and to describe his general experience in Ireland. Ho declined, however, to say any thing about his trip, giving as a reason his intention to make a speech, on Mon day night at St. Helens, when be will tell the whole story of the condition of affairs in Tipperary, and the treatment to which the arrested Nationalists had been subjected. All that Morley would say in the meantime was that ho had been consulting on Irish matters witli Gladstone,at Hawarden, and would return there to assist at conferences between the leaders of tho Liberal party, which will be held during tho coming week. KSCAl'INO OAS Causes the Death or a Young California Woman. New Yokk, September 28. A young woman, known as Mrs. Bradley, but who is said to be Juniata Sargeant, for merly of San Francisco, died in her apartments at 147 West Thirty-Fifth street last night from asphyxiation, caused by inhaling illuminating gas which escaped from an open burner. Whether it was a case of suicide or an accident will probably never be known, but from the dead girl's colored servant it is learned that her mistress came home somewhat the worse for liquor about midnight Friday night, and re tired to her room with a bottle of liquor. There was a half open window near tho burner from which the gas escaped, and a sudden draught of nir might have blown out the light. She was found unconscious vestcrdav morning. The remains will be forwnrdetl to California. Cold 111 Mississippi. Guenada, Miss., September 28. A cold wave struck this section yesterday evening. It is raining now, but should it clear off a heavy frost will occur tonight. The weather is unprecedented for September. Woolen Mills Shut Donii. Jackson, Tenn., September 23.' Tho Jackson Woolen Mills have assigned. Liabilities $100,000, assets not yet ascer tained. The failure grew out of the recent failure of the Jackson Bank. Unlimited Currency. Rio Janeiiio, September 28. A decree has been issued by the Government authorizing an unlimited issue of cur rency on a gold basis by the National Banks. Speculation is greatly increasing- Consul to bo Transferred. Rome, Segtember 28. Tho Italian Consul at San Francisco is to be trans ferred to Amsterdam. kftvifULWiu HaUE nuu i W1MUU 0 I have beeriJrohbingTetjerJjl not6878bond8?iindlojrafts?t1 am. m in GenGralHMilesYrTrfni-rn