Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-01-21

structed with reference to the treaty
 stipulation, and on the strength of the recently delivered opinion of the Attor' uev General has decided that the Chi uese had Q right to land and be trans ported across the United States. re- ouisition had acco-iiugly been made up on the Treasury Department to draft rules to govern such transportation ! Secretary Folcc-s own Opinioa was Tn
 conformity with the original opinion ot ! the Att0rney Generals that law could only be construed in one way, meaning ! that the Chinese could not land m this
 country. General Rosecrans said to- day: 1t was at the instance of passen- ! ger transportation lines that the Treas urv Department obtained the first Opin- ion of the Attorney General and issued ! its first instructions. It IS understood
 to be at the instance of these lines that
 the second opinion of the Attorney Gen ! eral has been givey. and the action
 Of the State Department taken
 WASHINGTON. Jan. I9.-S Secretary Tel | Ter in letter dated to-day expresses the | op.nIOn that the enclosure Oflarge tracts ' Of public land by barbed wire fence or
 otherwise, by stockmen, may be enIolned . as a nuisance, if 1t becomes detrimental
 to the pubic interest.
 i AMsTERDAg, Jan. lg-Ihree terrific ! explosions took place to-day ID a gun ! powder manufactury in Meriden, where nearly all the houses were unrOOfed by the coucussion. The neigbbOring tOwus and villages were damaged. The loss of life is unknown, but 1t Is feared forty 1 persons perished. Tbe windows in this city, which IS eight miles from Mer- . den. were broken.
 MILWAUKEE, Wis. Jan. l9.-The day l before the fire Schiller removed seveu hundred dollars worth liquors from the | Nevhall house bar room Co his private residence. The insurance men assert that Schlller's stock was worth hardly one half of the insurance. 4 terrible excitement and stamped iu the Grand Opera house. Calcium light machine
 on the stage exploded with fearful force. No fire. following cries of, "seep your seats from all sides and playing of the orchestra paTtIa.ly restored order, SO no body ID the audie-ce was hurt. Five of the stage people were hurt.
 MoREHEAD, Miun Jan. l9.-The Key City block. a brick structure which cost S4U,0tU vas burned ;1 tle ground early this morning. Forty persons living ID the block al managed Go get out safely, though many bad uarroW escapes. The building was owned by Bruins * Plevis and insured for S20.nU.
 ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. l9.-Yesterday Freddie Gehhardt in the hotel rOtunda roundly abused Colonel Cunningham a GlObe-DemOcrat Reporter for writing a bogus interview. Cunningham who l. an ex-confederate officer sent a chal- lenUe. Gebhardt wrote an acceptance but Mrs. Laugtry interferrd and in- duced Freddie to keep out Of trouble.
 LITTLE RCcK, Jan. ls.-James L. T0rrant, United States Marshal of tue eastern district Oi Arkansas and char man If the Republican State central committee died last night.
 SHREVEPORT. Jan. I9.-The engine of the Mansfield Top railroad branch of New Orleans q Pacific exploded at the depot at Mansfield yesterday. Engineer ShGckleford. Tom Mace fireman, Jerry Hardy brakeman were instantly killed Mrg. Ingals and MT. Sampson, a tele- graph operator were mortally wounded. Taylor, @ freight agent and several others were seriously huE.
 WASHINGTON, Jan 20.-The National
 BOa-d of trade approved such Congress action as Will secure the abrOgatlOn Of She Hawaiian treaty and adjourned.
 \ caucus Of the Republican memi CTS of the House was held immediately af- ter adjournment. RobesOn was Presi- dent Speaker Keifer offered a resOlu- ton which in effect declared that the Republicans of the House would pro- ceed to consider the Tarlff bill Tuesday next immediately after tue Naval Ap- propriation bil rhBll be disposed of and that U shall have preference over all other legislation excepting apprOpria- ton bills. The resolution was adopt ed. It was agreed there shall be four hours to a side, and that amendment shall be debated under the five minute rule. While there was perfect harmony in the caucus and generally expressed desire to pass the bill and so effect a revision of the tariff, several members expressed their intention to amend 1t and there was evident disposition tO have it un- derstoOd that there would be demands for modification from Republicans when tine bill gets under way. There were present at the caucus between l30 and i40 members, and It vas remarked as the most effective meeting of the kInd ever held by the party.
 BosToN, Mass. Jan. 2l-A dispatch from Dublin says that the whole of the north of Ireland Is m a most vretched condition owiDgtO thecOmple.e de>truc- ton of the grain crops ID Septe mber by the terrible tornado and the r0tting Of the entire potato crop caused by the constant ram. Relief k coming slowly and despair IS staring everybody in the ]