Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-09-27

| the Metropolitan IeulplC tO lEAl.otO taD performances of Lulu Hurst, the Georgla wonder In her advertisement she of- fered $l,O00 tO Lulu Hurst to appear
 and resist her power, but no notice of | this challenge was taken by the Georgle wonder. A large audience assembled
 only to witness farcical imitation oi
 the Hurst performance.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-It IS under
 stood to be Tilden's purpose to make response to the resolutions of the Chi cago convention, which will be his last
 political utterance to the country. It
 will be delivered next week, probably.
 EUREKA, New, Sept. 23.-A fire this morning burned six buildings at Ruby | Hill, within thirty minutes. The loss IS about S7.COO. The heaviest loss was sus- tained by Mike Purcell, Si,OO0, insured for S2,OOO. The other losses are not h.
 sured. The fire was started by two
 children at play.
 SAN FRANCIsCO, Sept. 23.--Justlce
 Field, of the United States Supreme Court, has decided all the habeas corpus
 cases against the Chinese. The most important of them was that wife could
 not enter tue United States on her hus- bands certificate, but that she must have
 one of her cvn, issued by the Chinese
 government and vised by the United States consul at the port of her depar-
 ture. This decision Is important to the
 extent that 1t will bar, almost etfectualiy, the bringing of Chinese women to thIs
 country for immoral purposes.
 SAN FEANCIsCo, Sept. 23.-James Cor
 don Bennett returned East this after
 noon in his private car. He positively declined up to the last moment to be in-
 terviewed or state the object of his fly
 ing visit.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-PrOf. Gregory
 of the Civil Service Commission, has
 written loug letter upon the subject
 of political assessment. The chief points
 of which arc contained in the following
 extracts: To grand intent those sec
 tions of the civil service act which relate
 to contributions for political purpose,
 was two-fOld, to prevent the Use of gov
 ernment funds and officers to control
 elections Second, to protect govern
 ment employees from compulsory con
 tributions to political fund. A clerk
 IS employed to work for the people and
 not for party, and his pay comes from
 the people and not from the party, what
 
 gross tyranny t. extOrt from him any
 part of his earning by their removal or
 by promise of. promotion. The clerk
 outside of hIs clerkship is still citizen
 and as 8 citizen has common interest will all good citizens in the pros- perity and welfare of his country. 1 The common right to vote and ex- press opinions, to form associations | with those of like opinion and to use his | money m all lawful ways, but not tO | propagate his opinions as an officer or | emDlOye of the government. He is | strictly under the authority of Congress | m all his official work and relations and | must net violate any of the four pro-
 hibitiOns in the civil service act, but | away and outside of his official relations,
 beyond the real of bis duties tO the government and beyond his connection with governmental people and places he becomes a simple citizen and has all the duties, interests and rights of his fellow citizens not ID the public employ. Ibe Interpretation of the civll service laws are easy and the path only re- qulred by it IS plain to all who honestly | regard as its grand aIms the absolute defense of the ballot box from all cor rupt or corrUpting oflicials and the in- huence and protection of the govern ment officials from the political assess ment. For these two great public demands the law must and will be fully |, and fauly enforced.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 24-Mr PickereH, of the Railroad Bureau of the Interior has just returned from a regular tour of inspection and examina- ton of the accounts of the Pacific rail- reads. Pickerell, in a general cOnversa- ton about the condition of the roads, admitted that they were not now earn J ing as much as they did last year. This he Gscribed iO competition and conse- luent reduction of rates, but the condi- hon of the roads Is fairly healthy and .he business done k legitimate and in- c ,reasing Although the Central and Union Pacific have both passed iivi- lends, PIckerell considers them fairly s' paying properties. There are, however, e n his opinion, too many railroads in the n West for the population, and until the c country grows more they cannot pay ', 'ery big interest on the money invested f, the Union Pacific, Pickerell avs the main line IS carrying over Sl2,- q OO per mIle. The consolidated system n 'f 1,S2o miles IS paying more than oper- i, lting expenses and dividends; branch it ines, aggregatiDg 2,69O miles, are a drag, n however, many of them not paying ex- Ii ,enses. Should the lines not pick up, | ,r should they continue to absOyb the Ii earnings of the main line, the Union i, Pacific can at any time, as a matter of r policy, drop them, as 1t owns the stock c md bonds and can dispose of them by VI ale. IL may he considered wiser, how VI Na .Ns.u- A.. The Union Pacific proper {. Omaha to Ogden, Kansas City to Den v Ter, and Denver & Pacific are all doing n yell. f.
 WORCESTER, Mas, Sept. 24-The n of the Peoples party was c .alled tO order by Colonel A. c. Drink il water, who welcomt q the delegation to b he first convention of the Peoples ( ,8rty, the true Democratic party of the country. He W icOmei all, no matter O what their former political afilatiOn W night have been, and then alluded the E SoRderful campaign made by Butler T, Est year, notwithstanding all Opposi- b ion concentrated upon him by self il constituted leaders of the Democratic O larty, the press and the pulpit. These b | 7ater, ask us to follow them this year n Thlle they admit they were wrong last n ear. It k e mere presumption to say Il O the reprt sentatives of the opposite IS arty they are wrong. In advocating n he electIun of Butler We have men to c, ly the foundation of party that has ome to stay, and one which will yet be uccesSful.
 ST. LoUIs. Sept. 24.--The story comes rom Ottawa, Kas., that on Monday last 'arrie and Bessie Waterman, aged F. ll nd If years, daughters of James Water ai nan farmer, tied a rope around the U, eek of half brother years old, and h ragged bim about and beat him with si ticks until dead. The head of the ~ hild was nearly severed from the cut oi ing of the rope. The girls stated at ai orOner's inquest that they hated the " iild and wanted him dead. They were in cid for murder ~ lOSKERs. \. r., Sept. 2L-Mr. Blaine, Pp'' comuauV with chairman Warpar ,ud @