Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-06
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luuuUuul II.
 CITY OF MEXICO, via GALVESTON, Dee. 2-Diaz was quietly inaugurated fresi- dent Of Mexico yesterday.
 The United States South American Commission also arrived yesterday.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 2:-Senator Dawes to-day introduced and had referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs bill conferring citizenship on Indians.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, Dec. 2.-Examiner's Tombstone special says: Daniel Dun can arrested here to-day by Under Sheriff Wallace, on a charge of murder an indictment was found against hlm by the lnte grand jury for complicity in the hanging of a Mexican boy named Ouinones and also for one of the parties implicated in the recent murders m the Huachuca mountains. Duncan's brother and man named Mcfarland, ''StOrmy Jim," were arrested several days since on the same charge.
 LONDON, Dec. l.-Carl Schurz has written a letter to Prof. Bryce upon the double working chambers of Legislation in America. SchuTZ says that popular judgment Is right m regarding double chamber as necessary and a part Of Amrrlcan political institutions. Any proposal to abolish these legislative bolIes would find no consideration ID tue United States. Americans are justly proud of their Senate, winch does not represent any privileged class or separate interests but IS extremely useful as part of American legislative machinery. X letter from SchurZ on this topic arose from references by Prof. Bryce asking hIm, If he considered 1t advisable. for England to costinue the house o, Y'9ds as legislative body.
 PRESCOTT. X. T., Dec. l.-The poly gamy case of Peter J. .ChristofTerson was concludei today. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant is n prominent member of the Mormon Church and had charge Of the CoOpera- tive store at Apache county. The yer dict gives universal satisfaction. The Mormons threaten vengeance against the court.
 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.-The Times DanvIlle, Pennsylvanla, special says: Two men digging roots on an island n the Susguehanna river struck a metal box containing coins amounting to nearly S47,OO0, including Sl6,OO0 ID Mexican silver dollars. S30,OOO in gold dOublOoDs, and nearly Sl0,O)0 in small silver coins.
 LONDON, Dec. 1.-Bernsrd Cnleridge, son of Lord Chief Justice Colerdge, Is endeaVoring to arrange a compromise with Adams, barrister, to whom the jury lately accorded verdict for Sl5,OOQ. Coleridge has offered to pay all the costs of the prosecution and S5.OOO cash to Adams to finally settle the matter.
 OMAHA, Dec. At Osceola, Polk county, a man named Smith, on Thurs day night. fatally shot his wife, and when jailed cut hls own throat Previous to the shooting the man had been put un- der bonds to keep tbe peace at the In- stance of hls wife, and before that hHd been charged with incest, his daughter being the victim. Of the latter charge, 1 however, he was acquitted by expert evidence.
 LONDON, Dec. l.-The Engliss eIecu- tive department at Dublin continues to report the spread of disaifection among 1 the people, and general activity Tn se- cret societies in recruiting their num- | bers. The NatiOnallsts make open boast of their great increase, and Young | Ireland societies are multiplying rap ! idly. Numerous public meetings are being held by the Young Ireland socie- ties in tue provinces, at which consider able display Is made Cf the Irlsh-Amer- ican friendship and Boer flags.
 ELIzABEIHTowS, Ky, Dec. L-The boiler of a sawmill near here explode | today. tearing the building to pieces and ki...ng John Morgan, James Nor | gan. Richard Eigg and four others whose names are unknown. Two others are probably fatally injured.
 Annually for the past SIX years. there have been coined m compliance with the requirements of the act of ' February 2S, lo1S, more than 2i,O1,UOO silver dollars. The number now out standing n reported by the Secretary to | be nearly lS5.000,OO0, whereof hut little more than 4J,OU0,OO or less than - per cent. are in actual circulation. The mere existence of this fact seems to me to furnish itself a cogent argument for the repeal of the statute winch has made such fact possible. But there are other and grGver considerations that tend in the same direction. The Srecretary avOws his conviction that unless the coinage and the issuance of silver certificates be suspended silver Is likely at no distant day tO become our sole metallic standard. The c0mmer- cisl disturbance and the impairment of the national credit that would be thus occasioned can scarcely be Uyeresti- mated. l hope that the secretary's sug- gestions respecting the withdrawal from circulation uf the one dollar and two dollar notes will receive your approval. It Is likely that considerable portion of the silver now incumbering the vaults of the treasury might thus find its way into the currency.
 While trade dollars have ceased, for the present at least, to be part of the currency system, some provision should be made for their surrender to the gov ernment In view of the circumstances under which they were coined and Of the fact that they have never had legal tender quality, there should be oifered for them only slight advance over their bullion value. The Secretary m the course of his report considers the propriety If beautifying the designs of our subsidiary silver coins and of so increasing their weight that they may bear their due rstIo oi the value of the standard dollar. His conclusions in this regard are cordially approved.
 In my annual message of 1882 rec commended the abolition of all excise taxes except those relating to distilled spirits. This recommendation Is now renewed. In case these taxes shall be abolished the revenues that wIll still re- main to the government will, m my opinion, not only suffice to meet its req sOnable expenditures, but will afford n surplus large enough to permit such tariff reduction as may seem to be ad- visable, when the results of the recent revenue laws and commercial treaties shall have shown m what quarters these reductions can be most iudiciOusly ef- ected.
 One of the gravest of the problems which appeal tO the wisdom of Congress for solution Is the ascertainment of the most effective means of increasing our