Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-07-09
NO. 9.

provisions which prohibits any Senator
 or Representative from being questioned
 for any remarks spoken in debate
 States that on the 20th of January S2,
 Sir l.. LeOnel Sackville!West, accredited
 Minister of the British Monarchy in this
 city,calledhpon' 'SecretaryI IFrelginhuysen
 and questioned the remarks delivered in
 the House before by Robinson and ex-
 pressed his disapproval of the resolu-
 ton of the Committee on foreign affairs
 and closes with the following resolu-
 ton.
 Resolved, That the Secretary ot State
 is directed to inform this House, without
 reference to it's incOmpatibility with the | public interest, whether the said British ! Minister suggested any punishment for those who had spoken in that debate, Jan | uary 24, without hls leave Whether he suggested the appointment of a British | censor to revise before publication speeches delivered in the House and Senate. Whether he suggested person best fitted to administer soothing syrup to the British lion when disturbed by
 the eagles irony. Whether he suggested
 an official recognition of the New York Tribune founded by Horace Greeley, a member of the Irish directory of 1SiS as Britis h organ in the United States in manifest iniushce to the equal cliam of the Times and whether the said British Minister suggested that as we had saluted the British flag at Yorktown, he thought We had perma- nently pulled down our own. Together with as full report as possible of the conversation which passed between said Minister and the Secretary of State on the 18th of January 1882.
 PTTsBURG, July 4-The Steamer Sciota with an excursion party of 800 persons cOllided with the John Lemas near MengO Junction, Ohio. One hun dred are reported drowned. The SciOta was coming up the river under full head of steam. When about half mile from MengO Junction the John Lemas was sighted coming down. The pilot of Sciota whistled for channel, but owing to a misunderstanding both boats took the same side, the Lemas striking Sciota and sinking her in Effect of water. In three minutes from the time ol the collision the scenes on the Sciota were heart rendiDg and the life strug- gles were frightful to behold The Lemas was only slightly disabled and went to work at once to save those on board the unfortunate Sciota. This task was rendered easier by the bright moonlight and no doubt many lives were saved from this reason. It Is now believed that the first reports were exaggerated and that the loss of life will not exceed twenty persons.
 WASHINGTON. July 5.-The Senate Committee on Commerce nearly finished to-day the consideration of the river and harbor bill An amendment was adopt ed to increase the appropriation for the improvement of the Mississippi river be- tween Cairo and Head of Passes to five million dollars This added to the House bill one million dollars. One hundred thousand dollars was also add ed to the House bill for the improve ment of the Missouri river. The amend ments made by the Senate committee and to the bill as it came from the House about two mlrion dollars. mRk- ing the amount tc be appropriated more than nineteen million dollars.
 According % returns made for the year ending 1881, by the United States Internal Revenue Department there are in Arizona seven hundred eighty-seven retail and thirty-three wholesale liquor dealers, or places where intoxicating liquors are sold. That will give, by talk ing into consideration the retailers alone. one saloon or liquor bar to every fifty one inhabitants of the whole Territory. In Montana the percentage Is the same. In all other States and Territories the difference is much greater West Vir- giniR, as z Democratic state, being in that respect an anomaly as she has less saloons than Arizona with population nearly fourteen times as great, or eight hundred and seventeen inhabitants to one retail liquor shop. With such a showing for a Democratic state 1t IS but fair to suppose that most of the drink ing is done on the sly.
 Dr. Shrewsbury Of whom it may be said that no better dentist ever came to Tucson leaves this evenlne for a few months soiourn in Cali fOrnia, hard work and hot weather