Arizona citizen., 1876-12-09

NJ. Evarts, Secretary of State; B. II
 Bristow, Secretary of the Treasury
 James G. Blaine, Secretary of the In
 terior; General Futile, Attorncy-Gener
 al; Carl Schurz, Secretary Navy; J. D l. Cameron, Secretary War; Marshal D Jewell, Postmaster-General.
 WASHINGTON, December G.-Presi . dent Grants annual message was sen - 10 Congress yesterday. IL is one of - his briefe-t, and tO the astonishment Oi all and disgust and anger of all classes . of newspapers, it utterly avoids all mention of the present aspect of DO . lilical affairs It recommends changes in the naturalization laws, making
 ability to read and write the English
 language a lest for granting the voting priveIege; it rcproyes unwIse reduction
 of appropriations; it regrets the failure
 of the effort 10 acquire the island of 'dh l(Otliu-bs it SnpNS tlldl uuIlu1
 his administration there has been a
 reduction in taxation Of $500, ,O0O.0O9.
 while the public debt has been dimin-
 ished Sf3O000,O00, and the annual in- terest $35, 100000.
 ! WASHINGTON, December 6.-In the
 House, Speaker Randall in the chair,
 the contest over the admission of theI
 Representative from the new State of
 Colorado continues. There is a delerm-
 ined effort on the part of the Demo- crats to keep him out. This began at
 the opening of the House, when the Colorado member was refused admiS- sion SD as 10 participate in the election of Speaker, and the squabbling still goes on. In the Senate, Eimunds sub mited motion fnr investigation of lhe manner of conducting the elections in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida anl Lou'siana Motion was adopted Edmunds de clarcd tha, the whole truth concerning the situation of affairs in those States should be shown.
 BRoOLYN, December 6.-The Brook lyn theatre was burned last night. The fire broke out during performance. A scene of lndescribable horror ensued. The struggle of the mass of humani beings to get out was frightfll. Many pcri>hei in the flames. Seveniy-fvri dead bodies have already been taken from the rains and there are 20 or 3G. more in sight. There are still SC miss ing, registered at police headquarters. : The excitement in the community i, !, intense.
 BRoOKLYE, December 7.-Additional ! particulars of the burning ofthe Brook yn theatre are as follows: The fire f caught in the drop curtain and spread .. 'apidly til all the parts were ablazr. md the people in the upper circles ,iled upon those below Lt,t evening .. .jO killed and injured had been found ., nl removed ana sill more in sight. o | k thought ihat not less than 150 peu- % ,le lns' their lives. z
 NEW ORLEANS. December G.-ThrI f, alcial announcement of rhe Presilen ,r ial result in Louisitna his been an a nunced The lowest Hayes eleclor p as f3l7 m tjority. and the highest hts r, ji7 majority. The above nailriliesIa o not include upwards of 2O)0 Repub o can votes which were thrown out' a, ecause of informaliy ID the tickets ii
 TALLAHASSEE. FLORIDA, Dtcembe. ,o Tine onicitl result of the Prcsiden- al al election ill Florida is declared and ru ives Hayes s36 majority. ih MONTGOMERY, ALA December G. d' he Republican electors will meet to- ly and voc for Hayes and Wheeler, Ien contest the State Ut COLUMBIA, $. C., December G.-The ,, vii con,ttbulury f'rce have repl icei h. .e troops at the State HIu.e. Tle ,L .naje aId House, in joint session. have h, ,c!a-ed Chamberlain duly elected co Overnor of the State The yOtas of v, lgeiield and Lau ens counties were ,, rnwn out for fraud The excitement ,.;
 intense. Hampton is in a yIolen r ge, and backed by his re;ainers ro years he will be Governor, no matter ,., hat the cost