The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-11-14

peen eiec -eU, WINE oI the ioI Demvrrt,>
who voted for the motion to consider tie
Morrison bill nearly 100 are reelected. On
the basis of these figures the supporter of
the Morrison Tariff bill will perhaps b,
found to be increased IN the Forty-ninth
Congress.
Congressman Murphy, of Iowa, was here
tuesday, and Is rs earnest I'm behalf of the
Henncpin canal as he was last winter. he
came here to get some statistics OF internal
commerce OF Mr.. NimmO, OF the bureau of
statistics, and intends to go to Ottawa. Can
ada. for Information On the of
the Welland canal. Then he will return To
Davenport to attend u meeting called for
the 10Th inst. in the interest of the Henne-
pin canal, which will be attended by sever
for the canal as an independent measure is
on the calendar, and will be reached early
Ill the approaching session.
ARIZONA AsPIREs TO STATEHOOD.
+. A. Trittle, Governor of Arizona, in his
annual report to the Secretary of the Inter-
Tor, after referring to the prosperous cOndi-
ton of the Territory, says the unsettled
condition OF the IMMIGRANTS to the Atlantic
4 Pacific and Texas & Pacific Railroads be-
fore Congress Is preventing to q great OK
tent settlement of the Territory. The Gov
ernor says that unless extended immigra-
ton of Mormons into the Territory is re-
strained by law he fears violence. He urges
an appropriation for the sinking of artesian
wells in the higher valleys, of Arizona,
which will render fertile hundreds of thous-
ands of acres. The report also urges a geo.
logical survey by the Government, and the
establishment of q branch mint. In cOnclu-
sion, the Governor says that the time has
arrived when the people of Arizona should
be allowed to vote for the President of the
IlnIfnI Aflfas nn6 thnf flntr IAalArnta a,
Congress should be permitted to vote and to
exercise the rights OF Representatives of
States.
ANNUAL REPORT OF LIEUT.-GEN. SHERIDAN
The annual report of Lieut. Gen. Sheri-
dan has been made, covering the period
from his assignment to the command of the
army, Nov. /, 1883, to Nov. l, 1884. He says
the services of the military in the West
cannot be safely dispensed with for many
years to come. Much attention has been
given to rifle firing, and high scores attain
ed. 1t would now be impossible for q close
line Of battle to stand up before q skirmish
line composed OF our qualified marksmen.
The Northumberland expresses great in
terest In the National Guard of the States,
and thinks Congress should designate the
number of men each State should have, and
provide for them arms and camp and garri-
son eQuipage whenever State Governments
themselves appropriate substantial sums
for the support of their respective military
systems in such manne that these sums can
not be affected by party legislation. EX-
cepting for our ocean commerce and for our
seaboard cities, he thinks we should not be
much alarmed about the probability of wars
with foreign powers, since it would require
more than a million and Il half of men to
make a campaign upon land against us. He
invites immediate attention to the defense
less condition of our seaboard cities, and
recommends tine early beginning of q gen.
eral system of Seacoast Notifications. Gen.
Sheridan thinks Fort Riley, for all purposes
of the cavalry, should be made an establish
ment worthy OF our great country.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONs.
A decision was rendered by the supreme
'Ourt of the United States in the Alabama
claim case of the Great Western Insurance
company, appellant, against the United
States; appeal from the court of claims.
This was II suit brought by the insurance
company to recover $500, G35, with interest,
alleged to b. due it from the Geneva award,
found on account of a wal risk taken by
The appellant upon vessels destroyed by cOn.
lederate cruisers. The court Of claims dis.
missed the appellants petition upon the
ground that it had no jurisdiction. This
court aflirlnS that Judgment, and holds that
the court of claims was prohibited from
taking jurisdiction by express statutes. AS
10 the merits OF the controversy between
the appellant and the United States, aris-
ing ont of the GENEVA convention, this
court declines to express any opinion, for
the reason that Il special t"ib nal has been
appointed for the Diet 'rmiAltion of such
questions.
A decision was rendered IN (, case grow.
ing out OF the prOlibitOr,' itw IN Kansas,
entitled John Foster, co.uitr attorney OF
Saline county, against tn y t. ut Kansas
eX rel. w. A.. Johnson, attorney general.
This was n suit brought ny nc attorney
general against Foster to remove him from
office because he had negl cted 10 prosecute
persons guilty of selling intoxicating liq-
uors in the county, in violation of n statute
the state known as the pro iibitory liq-
uOr law. The trial below, before u jury,
in a verdict against the defendant,
and Judgment thereon removing him from
office. He appealed on the ground, first,
that the prohibitory liquor law wa uncon-
stitutiOnal, and, second, that inasmuch as
the proceedings against him were under
writ quo warranto, which in Kansas was q
criminal proceeding, he was entitled to
trial in accordance with the criminal code.
This court aflirms the Judgment of removal
PENDANT would raise in his own defense
have already been decided against him.
INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT.
The annual report of the commissioner
internal revenue contains some interest
figures. AS u tobacco manufacturing
state Virginia ranks first, New Jersey sec
Ond, Missouri third, North Carolina fourth,
New York fifth, Kentucky sixth, and ILL
nois, which works up over 5000, 600 pounds
of leaf annually, seventh. OF the $780, 6S
retail liquOr-dealers in the country, 10,S72
are In Illinois; and New York, Ohio, and
are the only states that have
more. New York, with less than double
the population of Illinois, has three times
as many retail liquor-dealers. Prohibitory
Maine has ga retail liQuor-dealers; Kansas
has 1,94S, and Iowa has 1887. or had OH
April 80 last. Wisconsin has G, 1867: Michi-
gan has 1858, and Indiana 1854. Vermont,
which has a Maine law, has 4S9. The retail
number 1000 less for the last
special-tax year than for the year before.
In the number of cattle fed at distilleries
Illinois Is at the head Of the list, with no
other state approaching it. In that state
nearly 21,0G0 cattle gained 5000, 600 pounds
while fed at distilleries, and of these cattle
over 1000 were in the Chicago district, and
1900 in the Peoria district. Kentucky
ranks next to Illinois, but there only IL, 600
cattle were fed at distilleries. In the whole
64,420 cattle gained 1850, 600
and AZ, 1916 hogs gained 4,333,0O0
while fed at distilleries. The
amount of spirits. produced and deposited
I'm distillery warehouses during the past fis-
cal year was slightly greater than the
amount produced and deposited in the pre-
viOus year, but the amount of spirits re-
naming in bond June 30, 1884. was about