Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-01

that part of the public debt now payable without embarrassing hls department Adopted.
 The bill repeating the test oath. which recently passed the House, has passed the Senate after being modified by an proposed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, providing that DO person who held a commission ID tne United States Army or Navy before the war and was afterwards engaged m military, naval or civil service m inc so-called Confederate states, shall be appointed to any position in the army IT navy of the United states.
 Lefevre offered a resolution recitinG that speculation and gambling in Amer icau farm products obtained control ot the market value of thOss products and directing that the committee on judiciary | prepare a bill prohibiting the purchase | or sale of wheat, corn, cotton, proVl- sions. and other articles of prime neces- ! sitv, unless actual transfer of articles or l warehouse receipt acc mpanles such I action; also the bill will give stability l to price of these commodities. Cox, Of New York and others. objected.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Ihe Demo | cratic members of the senate and house, l senator Pendleton presiding, met Tn ioiut caucus after adjournment to-day to appoint d Democratic congressional campaign committee. It was decided that the chairman should have Gs member of such a committee one person for every state and territory having Democratic representation m congress and that the committee should elect one person as member from every state and territory having no Democratic re- presentation and from the District or Columbia. An eX-cOmmlttae or three senators and five representatives as an executive committee to choose It's own chairman who shall be ex-ofiiclo chair man of the campaign committee, IS to be chosen by the campaign committee ot | representatives of the states that dld not name member of the committee IS ex- pscted to appoint some person within | two weeks.
 ! SAN FRASCrsCo, Eco. PA reduction | in the rates of the Western UniOn Iele- l graph Company is announced by Super ! intendent Jaynes, in th.s city. Under the order of the maximum rate for all mes sares from and between points on the ! Pacific coast and those east or the Ms l souri river will be one dollar. At pres ent through messages to the east have been Sl.jO during the day and Sl at night Under the new tarltf day mes sages will be reduced tO Sl aud night messages remain unchanged. The tar1t between local points IS reduced from thirty and forty cents to twenty-five cents, and seyenty-hye cent rates to sixty cents. The tariff between points in Nevada and California will be reduced from Sl to seventy-tive cents; seventy five cents tI sixty cents. Between points in California and Arizona from Sl 10 seventy five ceut-; to points in New Mexico from S1.2j to Sl; to points m Texas from Sl.JO to Sl 2j The maxi mum rates for points iG California has been fixed at seventy-tive cents, being a reduction from Sl. san Francisco be- ing centrally located ID the state. the rate of carrying the day messages from 1t to any part of the state has been fixed at yty cents.
 WAsmNGToN, Feb. 27.-Destruse, the Russlan minister, today presented tO the president telegram from ot. Peters burg from Degers. minister of foreign
 affairs, expressing the Czar's regrets at the death of Minister Hunt. The presI-
 
 ation of the Czar's kind feeling message,
 and of his own sorrow at Hunts death, and sympathy with Mrs. Hunt and the afflicted family.
 DRADwoon. Feb. Hilary Futile
 wounded in the Stoneville fight, was
 taken from the hospital at Spearfish last night and hanged.
 SAN FRANCIsCO, Feb. 27.-David II. Rosenberger well-knOwn attorney,
 was horsewhipped this morning by a couple of women. It appears that Ro- senberger resented the intrusion of the
 women upon his society at a ball last ? night. at the same time using very for cible language.
 , The blooded horse association stakes
 are open to April I2, at the Bay District course, and the races will continue there , untll April I9, on alternate days. It IS said that more trottiug horses are l framing this year than there ever were previously trained in California. A committee of citizens appointed tc ! obtain subscription in aid of the Ono river sufferers, today collected S5,2Ot
 'so,f-numeuIaJeIE sent to eacn of the
 towns of Augusta, Kentucky; JeffersOn- , vile. Indiana; Portsmouth, Ohio; Mid
 dleport, Ohio; telegraph and back service
 being free.
 CAIRO, Feb. 27.-The advance of English troops on Teb commenced be-
 fore daybreak to-day. Two hundred [ and fifty men left the garrison at Trin- . pitat and a force of 3.JOO advanced to
 the attack. It was expected battle
 would be fought about nine o'clock in the morning. The naval brigade joined General Gordon, with two nine puuuder-
 There is a growing anxiety in Cairo about the result uf the expe iItiOn. and unless the confidence of the English Is assured, serious apprehensipns may
 be felt. The black troops at Suakim
 have been found in communication with Ahmed Baroudi, second in command under Osman DIgma. Admiral Hewitt
 uas fOrbiddea them tO leave the camp and has stationed the gun6Oats Decoy and Sphyux % that theIr guns com
 maud the camp, with order Co open fire If there are any symptoms of mutiny.
 SAN FEANcIsco, Feb. 27.-The Bulle- tins New York speclal says the Erie
 Pal Disputch prints today the result of the canvass in New York, Penusylva-
 
 to n first and second choice of Republi- cans for presidential candidates The feeling is towards President Arthur as the candidate, and indicates the pros- poets of the party in several States The total result k that Blaine is first choice for presidential candidate in IJl coun- ties, Logan in 17, Edmunds in 33. Gen eral Sherman in 32. President Arthur in 29 John Sherman in l3, Postmaster Gen eral Gresham in S, Harrison in :, Lin coin in ,. Foster and OullOm each in ,, Washburne. Miller and Evarts each ID l. Blaine has the strong lead in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Lincoln leads in the choice for Vice President in all the above named States: also in Illinois general satisfaction k expressed with Arthur's administration, but there are few advocates in many States for his election.
 SAs FBANcIsCo, Feb, 27.-An Exam iner'5 Los Angeles special says Early this morning the body of J. E. COrdier. plasterer, who came here from Denver SIX months ago, was found hanging from a soaffoldIng in the rear of a new build ing on Spring street. It is a plain case of suicide, as he had taken the pr6cau- tiOn to pin piece Of brown paper to .he lapel of his coat. giving his address and all arrangements. He had made in- dicsions of a strong determination to kill himself. He leaves a wife and child in Denver. Among the witnesses for the inquest was young Italian named Antonio ROmoscO, aged twenty-eight years, who discovered Cordier's body banging to the scafolding. Being sum mOned as a witness SO affected him that be fell dead from heart disease.
 TIE following from the Medicine