The Phoenix herald., 1879-12-05

CTS endorse the Presidents 8 financial views
 The Erie railroad is sho'ffs of funds and cannot pay interests due January l, by it.
 FATAL COLLISION.
 ENcLAIRE, Wis, Dec. 2.-.In a col lision on tho Little Rock railroad at thIs plate. this morning, four persons were killed, and three seriously wounded.
 About the same time boiler in mill exploded killing three per sons.
 MEETING OF CONGRESS.
 WAsHISoroN, December 2.-Both Houses met yesterday morning Everything in confusion. Great in terest is manifested ia this session, As business of importance to the country will be brought up. The California members, Berry and Pa checo were sworn in and took their seats.
 The Presidents message was received and read before Congress, this morning.
 It is expected that during the week, a great speech will be made by Blame on the over issue of silver coia-
 THE BATIPoLIs MINES.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 3d.-A company has been formed in this city to work tho Batipolis mines, i'll thu State of Chihuahua, Mexico. The capital stock, amounting to S3,O00,Ooo has all been taken.
 GRANTS NOTES.
 In conversation recently held with Con- Grant, by a correspondent he said that he sincerely hoped that the necessity for his nomination would not arise.
 JAY eoULD's RAILROAD
 Jay Gould is going to run his pro posed St. Louis and San Francisco railroad on the g parallel.
 JAY GoULD's PLANS.
 NEw YORK, Dec. 1.-The Public learns that strong Boston parties have been buying the stock of the San Francisco and Missouri road with tbc view 10 controlling it in har lnony with the Aichison, Topeka & Santa Fe. One thing is obvious, Gould means to control all railroad traflc south of the Iowa pool and all irafic between the Union Pacific and the Kansas Pacific and the Eastern States. Moreover, he seems 10 have ample power to attain this object.
 THE CHINESE
 The California Con gressmen will take early steps for the introducti"n of bill restricting Chinese inmI- grafton. The California delegation are united on this question as well as tAs whole Pacific Coast representa- ~iive., and will strsnuona1y urge the passage of bill to that effect.
 DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS,
 WASHINGTON, Dec 3d.-The Dem ocratic Senators held a caucus yes terday morning to consider the asi bility of revising the Democratic membership of Committees, prior to reappointment by the Senate No vacancies having been created in the Dsmocratic membership during re- cess, it was resolved that the minori- " representation shall remain as fixed at the extra session, and the Chairman was directed to notify the Republicans that the Committee po- titens, occupied by the late Senator Chandler, arc at the disposal of mi nority.
 PACIFIC COAST.
 HANGING BEE.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.-A dis patch from Yakima, Washington Territory, says that Samuskie and Kype, two Indians, were hung there today for the murder of the Perkins family in the Indian war two years ago. They met their fate with stolid indifference.
 RAILROAD MATTERS. SAN BERNARDISC, Nov 28.--Messrs Wilbur and Pratt, representatives of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe faiIroad, in company with F. 4 Hinchman and W J. Wiley, of San Diego, arrived here this evening overland from San Diego, and with MT. Marley, chief engineer of that company, are looking over the route via Cagon Pass.
 NEWS FROM THE ARCTIC. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.--The whaling bark Helen Marr arrived | from the Arctic Ocean last night. l She brings the officers and crew of the bark Mercury, abandoned Oct. . 24th, in latitude, Fl degrees 10 min 1 iites north, longitude, IS degrees west. Just north of Herald Shoals, 1 they left the bark Vigilant, in che l same pack of ice, frozen in, but the | crew were all well. Captain Hick l moth, of the Mercury, like other yhalers, thinks the -JcanDette may l be frozen up in pack ice, in which case they have little hopes of the vessel ever getting out, though the l crew may reach place of safety | The Mercury had on board, when !