Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-05-12
EASTERN.

] WASHINGTON, D. C., May g.-Secre-
 tary Lincoln and Teller have been con
 sidering the case of Chief Moses, Of the ! Neg Perces Indians, who have been dis | posed to be troublesome because of an | executive order cutting of a portion of | the Nez Perces' reservation in Idaho. | Moses laId the complaint before the War | Department, pos lively refusing to enter ! into negotiations with the agents of the | Interior Department. He desired to come to Washington to talk the matter over. Secretary Lincoln and Teller are
 considering the advisabllity of bringing
 him here.
 CHICAGO, May g. Lizzie Robinson, alias K tlstpn, said Go be 2 nsice of Ral-
 ston, of California, was picked Up by
 the pulice today and taken to the hospi-
 tai
 GALVESTON. Texas. May g.-The News
 Waco special says: l.2OO visitors and
 delegates to the Southern Baptist Con
 vention, ,and eight cars from Georgia, Ala
 bama. Mississippi. and the Carolinas ar-
 rived at D. ID. The Tenn essee delega-
 tion come on a special via he Indian
 Territory. The Missouri aud Ark1nsas
 delegation IS expected tonight Every
 train Is bringing in Texas delegates and
 visitors.
 MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 9.-Mayor
 Stowell has issued an order Co close the
 saloons at midnight, and that the police
 shall not drink liquor while on duty.
 To-day he received a threatening letter
 which declared that the saloon keepers
 had deciied to kill hin if he enforced
 The orders. The letter was siynet "h
 NJ" the initials of NIT Miller, Of the
 firm of Miller < Holtz. saloon keepers.
 yhO vas refused a hcence because he
 would not close at midnight ani declared openly hIs intention tO violate the order.
 BOSTOS, Mass. May S.-The Legislative l. committee appointed Co investigate the l. facts regarding the alleged lnvaliiity of ! Governor Butler'~ first ve-o neid a secret ] session this morning. One of the Gov ! ernOrs private secretaries was summ1i -d !. to testify. but be refused. Joint-blauk. Co ! make any statement. The cImm'fta,- IS considering the advisabIlity of ordering him under arrest.
 The House thIs mOrn ng suspended the rules and passed and sent at once to the Senate all the charity approuria- tion bills before acted upon. incluSng bills for Tewksbury, Concord prison. Munson, Sherbourne, BrIigeWa'er aud Lancaster. All the other charity aD- prop-iatiOn bills were acted upon favor ably by the Democrats without oup1si- tion, and they will rely on the Governor to veto the bills.
 W sHIEGToN, D. C., May 9.-The civil service rules were this morning approved ny the President substantially as printed on Friday last. The rules as approved ale tweniy-two in number. The clause preliminary to the rules, containing the pronulgatiou, is recast in form SO that 1t be gins with President" and goes on 10 say, that it is hereby promulgated. Rules one, two, three and four are uu- chan ged; in rule five. winch provides Tor this classification of service, the only chan ge Is made as to call 1t frst-class depi rtmental service, instead of classi- fed service, as the Washington reason given being that the service at the cap ital IS all departmental. No change has { been made m the rule m regard to com DetiIve examination. The changes u rule seven are to have the orthogra- phy of one subdivision dropped and put ] .u nrsts and writing also on the first sub and put 1t on a fourth. The ( reference to fifty per cent of complete proficiency in examination is stricken out and left as point to be ohtained A I 'uting change has been made in rule tight, by adding two words SO that the -ule nowProvides that no question dur 1. ng examination shall call for an express 'ion of any political or religions opinion. 1T known These two words are added ! lor shall any discrimination be made ! oy reason thereof Tie words If known" Ire believed to make the rule more 'ointed and emphatic. Rules and 10 ! Ire not changed. In rule II. slight i IS made; the fifth subdIvi- ' non requiring the sprliHo-- to state moDg other things to which he IS re- Iuirsd to make. oath. to lis own moral