Arizona weekly citizen., 1880-12-25
with the offense.


 vein, and after reading an extract frOI the Congressional Record covering tn question of the otfense, Bowman resolution was read, declaring that fo gross breach of the privileges of tn rules and decorum of the Honse, tn two members be expelled. | Bowman moved as a substitute tha a committee of three be appointed tt report without delay what proceed ings should be taken by the House. Seme Herald Statements.
 NEW YORK. December 20.-Thr Herald, quoting the statement of Si | Rutherford Alcock, that in 1872, 517- vessels entered Chinese waters unde the American flag, with tonnage O 3, All, 293. and in '79 only SIS vessel entered and cleared, with tonnage O 2,996, 532, says Surely the mos prejudiced and opaque minds in snC out of Congress may gather from thi! data the urgent necessity for some immediate effort to relieve American shipping from the restrictions now crushing it down, as we'll as legisla- tion that will encourage its revivaI and enable the country to share in the vast volume of the Pacific trade which will inevitably spring up when the Isthmus canal is cut.
 The same paper says: General Mcdowell IS a close personal friend of Garfield, and if Ohio is to be the choice of the next President, Me Dowell may be Secretary Of War.
 Suicides.
 SToCKToS, December 20.-AntOnio Parasigma shielded by shooting him self yesterday.
 ALyARADO, December 20.-The body of a well-dressed man has been washed out by the Alameda Creek with bullet hole in the temple.
 SACRAMENTO, December 20.-BalZ Sutter shielded Saturday night by hanging himself to the bedpost in hIs room at the hotel.
 A New Feminine Artifice.
 OAKLAND, December 20.-Yester- day man named Pearson, and his wife, from Sacramento, arrived at the Bartlett House. Shortly afterwards both took poison. The man is dead, but the woman is recovering.
 Drowned.
 SAN FRANCISCO, December 20.-J. C. Calhoun, an inmate of the Insane Asylum at Stockton, recently com mitted from Esmeralda county, Ne vada, was drowned near the city yes terday. He had recovered his reason and would have been discharged in a few days. He was a nephew of the late Senator Calhoun.
 Ireland's Revolution.
 DUBLIN. December 20-The cOun- try is drifting nearer to the rocks and nothing is done to save it. The wave of agitation sweeps with greater force through the provinces, and although it is met with q check in Ulster, mo- body can tell how long the barriers which the loyal feeling in Ulster i'm poses will be able to stand the re- peated shocks at Parnell's hands. Coercion has triumphed, while the Government shrinks from any attempt to cOunteract it.
 The ROwers.
 LONDON, December 20.-BOyd, of Middlesburgh, repeats his offer to TOW Hanlan over the Tyne course for $500 side, ten weeks after signing the articles of agreement.
 The Irish Problem.
 LONDON, December 2O.-Oavid R. Plunket. member of ihe House of Commons for Dublin University. speaking of the Conservative meeting at Chelmsford yesterday, said the Gov ernment was bound to fall. While deploring the Outrages in Ireland, he asked his hearers to take into account the influences which are brought 10 bear on his cOuntrymen by the agita- tors, seeking tO serve their own pur poses.
 James Stansfield, Radical member for HalItax, speaking at Somerby Bridge, said that as a member of the Commission on Agriculture he had spent some time in Ireland studying the Irish question. They had now, he said, to face great crisis, and he believed a remedy for the present state of things would be found.
 In Business for Themselves.
 LONDON, December 2I.-The BOors of Transvaal, South Africa, have re- belled against British rule. and set up a Republic for themselves, electing Paul Kruger President. There WAS no violence.
 Glad tO Hear IL
 SAN FRANCISCO, December 2l. The Southern Pacific Railroad is now open for business to within 45 miles of Fl Paso.
 Another Tramp Outrage.
 TRIPULO, Miss, December 2l.- Two tramps were given lodging at the house of one Bowen. During last night Bowen, his wife and a two year old daughter were murdered by the tramps. who afterwards set fire to the house. The bodies were found next morning. A posse of citizens pur- sued the men and caught one, whom they burned at stake.
 Murder m san Francisco.
 SAN FRANCISCO, December 2l.- Between 9 and 10 o'clock this morn ing Miss Frederlka Drell, single. a native of Germany, was found dead at her residence, 702 California street. One Of the roOmers m the house en- tered the old lady's sleeping apart ment and discovered her lying on a sofa, partly dressed. She had been choked with 8 part of a towel. Some valuable jewelry IS missing, and the object of the murder was evidently robbery. There is no clue to the per petratOrs.
 The Heavy Ram m California
 SAN FRANCISCO, December 20.-Re- ports from the interior indicate gen eral and heavy rain.