Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-09

empts from taxation on liquor traffic for revenue, and to provide against the evils !, resulting from such traffic. The pres ent administration of President Arthur meets with the hearty approval Of Re publicans.
 After the nominations for Governor a platform was adopted which, after re- viewing the record of the party, declares against the theory of tariff for revenue only, arguing it is opposed to the best interests of the American nation. It urges that the work tariff of 1877 be restored and that national bureau of labor statistics be at once established.
 WASHINGTON, June 6.-Judge Law renee. first comptroller of the treasury, has given an opinion in the matter of the right of the Utah and Northern Co. tn payment for services rendered in car rying mails for the United States. He holds as follows: First-Fhe act of March Sd, 1873, gives no right to any officer of the government to withhold from a railway company which did not receive aid in subsidy bonds of the United States payment or compensa- tion earned by it in carrying mails, even though such company is controlled by & bond-subsidized railway.
 Second-Neither the so-called Thur man act of May 6tb. 1878. nor the act of March Sd, 1879, gives any authority to withhold such compensation from a railway company winch received no aid in subsidy bonds from the United States,and the statutes relating to bond subsidized railways do not repeal or in any manner interfere with the statutes giving iurisdiction to the accounting officer of the Treasury Department.
 Fourth-The Utah and Northern Railway company is entitled to pay ment from the United States for its ser vices in carrying mails of the United States in pursuance of the Postofice Department.
 This decision finally determined in favor of the Pacific railway, the so long pending controversy of their right to receive payment in cash for mail trans portation services to the government on leased or non-subsidized portions of their respective lines.
 NEW YORK, June 5.-The Brooklyn bridge disaster inquest was continued this afternoon. The jury, after an hours deliberatiOn returned verdict in which they found that the death of the victims resulted from sufCeation by being trampled upon. They also found the officers and trustees responsible in not having the bridge properly policed. The accomOdations for foot passengers will be improved.
 NEW YORK, June 6.-It is reported that Cardinal McCloskey Is dangerously ilI NEW YORK, June GA Commercial Columbus special says, on Foraker's nomination.: The result can be traced to jealousy, faction fighting. and per sonal ambition. Foraker Is a young
 man, and with a good reputation among
 those who know him, but the trouble just now IS he is not known well enough.
 Perhaps his reputation is such that it
 will grow rather than diminish, how ever, between now and October"
 CHICAGO, III. June 6.-The Michigan Central announces sweeping changes in its running schedule, to take effect next Sunday, making a reduction in time be- tween Chicago and New York of one and half to four hours. It Is anticipated that the change will force competing lines to change schedules and possibly precipitate a time war.
 ST. LeUIs, Mo. June 6-George NJ Willing, an old and well known resident of this city and California, is about to institute legal proceedings to secure a tract of three hundred square leagues or twenty seven hundred square miles of land lying along the Gila river, run ming back to the Maricopa mountains in Arizona, which was acquired by Will ing's son from a Spaniard named Mi guel Peralta ID 1874. and the deed on which. was recorded at Prescott, Ari- zona, which, owing to the sudden death of Willings was not disposed of in his will. There are some complications re- gsrding ownership. but Willing, ST., and l his legal advisers are confident Of being 1 able to secure the land. The property l embraces several mines, aud is estimat- | ed at being worth at least ten millions. ]
 WASHINGTON, June 7.-Representa- tIves CObb. of Indiana, Dunn and Rosen- cranz have, through an attorney. sent communication to Secretary Teller ask ing him not to allow the filing on re- cord in the Interior department of any mortgage made by the New Orleans Pa cIfic Railroad company, on lands origi- nally granted to the New Orleans, Batsn Rouge and VIcksburg Railroad company, and by the latter transferred to the cor poration first named. The memorialists assert that such a mortgage has been ex- cuted and IS to be used as the basis for land grant bonds. That the contem plated transaction Is in violation of the law, and that there IS grave doubt ss Co the right of the New Orleans Pacific to avail itself of this land grant in any way whatever. Cobb, Dunn and Rosencranz also filed with Secretary Teller protest against any action on his part which may result in the issuance of certificates to the Southern Pacific Rail road for lands originally granted to 1 the Texas Pacific company. They assert ] that these lands were declared forfeited 2 by the judiciary committee of the house . of the Forty-seventh Congress. That the bill for the consolidation oi the f Southern Pacific and Texas Pacific , roads, by which the former hoped to ac- luire a shadow of title to these lands, { was twice defeated in the house, and the !, Southern Pacific company could not by i from the Texas Pacific com f pany acquire any valid title to the lat er's land grant. WASHINGTON, June In the Hill in- | Wm. C. Steinmetz. of New fork, expert, testified that in the con- il 'truction of the Philadelphia custom r iouse Hill had employed quarry instead k 4 net dimensions in measuring stone I lsed, thereby mulcting tue government A n a large amount. He was directed to ubmit a statement as Co the actual n