Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-15
EASTERN.

CHICAGO, Dec. 7.-Gsneral Hancock left today for San Francisco.
 NEW YORK, Dec. S.-At the annual dinner of the Brooklyn Revenue Reform Club Henry Ward Beecher was present and made a speech strongly advocating the abolition of the tariff laws. Senator Anthony has SO far recovered as to be able to leave for Washington tomorrow. Weather pleasant.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. S-RepresentAtive Parsons of Illinois, will on Monday in- troduce q bill for the forfeiture of 50,- 100000 acres of unearned land grants; heading the hst with 100000 acres claimed by the Texas Pacific roads.
 NEW ORLEANS, Dec. S-The grand jury returned q trne bill of murder against Troisville Sykes for killing Kate Townsend.
 CHICAGO, Dec. S.-A delegation left this city for Washington to-day for the purpose of attempting to secure the holding of the National republican con vention in this city, and will appear be- fore the committee at itB coming meet ing.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-At meeting of the members of Congress from the Pacific cnast States, held to-day, the ob- iect of which was to secure unanimity among the Pacific coast representatives and senators, m respect to legistIon be- fore this congress in interest of the peo- pie of the Pacific coast, especially in respect to remedying the defects of the present Chinese restriction act It was decided to prepare a bill to remedy de- fleets, present one to representative Gus sidy and one of the committee ap- pointed, ,favOring the adoption of the pass port system for Chinese emigrants, to be revised by United States consuls before persons holding them can go aboard of vessels for the United States. This was one of the features of the twenty year restriction bill vetoed by President Arthur. Among other items, the sppro- prIstion for the Indian servIce next year an increase has been aseed for and recommended: Arizona, SlS,000; CalI- fordia, Sl6,000; New Mexico, Sl0,0O0 Increases for other states and terr1torles have also been asked for. The postal telegraph bill of Senator Edmunds has been supplemented by the one of Sens- tor Hill Monday Sumner, of Califor-
 
 the house.
 BosToS. Dec. s-Captsin Baker, of the bark Bessie, has arrived. He reports having witnessed terrible scenes in the straits of Sunda from an earthquake wave. He says the water for miles was covered with trees and corpses. The sea for 500 miles was a sen Of lava. The most fearful thing was the sea of corpses. For nearly three days we came across body after body of persons who had lost their lives in the earthquake. One man counted sixty Tn plain sight at once. Thousands must have perished.
 GLOUCESTER, Mass, Dec. 10-The Annisqualm mill at Rocliport was burned this morning; loss, S400,O00; insurance, $3O0O00.
 CLEVELAND, Dec. lO.-The Union rolling mills were burned this morning; loss, SSOO,OOO.
 ERIE, Pa, Dec. l0-This morning Mount Hickory rolling mills of this city burned; loss S200,0OO, insurance. s9O- 0OO.
 CHICAGO, Dec. l0.-During the course of conversation yesterday with a re- porter Senator Jones expressed the opinion that this country was evidently vergIug toward hard times. The re- porter asked: "What is your opinion oi the political situation" Carlisle's cleo. tion of course means democratic party committed to tariff reform and fortune; was glad to seeit-it will cause a health. fer state of politics. This dividing oi two parties on a live issue rather than to have gone into another presidential