Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-05-15

are lls ldflbE Hhu flee December, for his violation, forty cali- dren under the age ot consent. The girls were all daughters Of EorkinRmen. The developments in the case have aroused the intense indignation ot the authorities.
 WAsHINGToy, May I0-In Ne. Gl9. Co. of San BernardinJ vs. the Southern Pa citic railroad company, judgment of the c,rcuit court IS affirmed. In ihls case as m other California railroad tax cases, tl,. assessments. in the opinion of the court. speaking through Justice Harlan. inproperly included the fence upon the line of the railroad. Justice Harlan de- livered the opinion.
 In 464. County of Santa Clara vS. the Sou.hern Pacific railrOsd company; 622, People of the state Oi California ys. the same; 62I, people of the state of Callior- mia ys. the Central Pacific railroad com papy. Justice Harlan delivered the Opin- ions of the court.
 These are what are known as the Cal ,fornia railroad tax cases and were broucht to recover county and state taxes claimed to be due by the railroad conpanias. which were assessed under section 3G6i of ths political code of Caii- fornia. The special grounds ot The de- fense were that these were not state pro- visions; that the provisions ot the con- stitution and laws of California in re- spect to assessment for the taxation Ot inc property of railroads operated m more than one county. are m violation oi the I4tn ame ndmeDt to the constitution, as they require the assessment ot prop erty at its full money value and mbkIng no deductions for mortgages on proper tv assessed. that section 26ii of the po- litical code was DOi cOusntutlonally en' acted by the legislature. and had mol the force of the law. The maj Jrl'y Oi the court dId not think that lt vas nee essary to consider the question or the constitutionality of the law by when the case was determined by the cour' belo Y, but affirmed judgment upon the ground that the assessment can't be the basis of the judgment against the com pany. Justice Field n a separate opinion says: l argue the judgment Ol the court n this and other tax eases but regret i, has not been deemed con sIstent with its duties tO decide i'm portant constitutional questions In- NOlNEu A4NGAlAAf hAN LAN4 "-- SO fully considered m the circuit court that Tn assessments according to whlct taxes claimed We're levied an unlawful and unjuss discrImlaatiOn, was made between the property of defendants and the property of individuals to it's sdvan tage, thus sUbjecting 1t to an unequal share of publIc burdens, and to that ex tent deprlyiug O. that equal protection of the laws, guaranteed by the 18th amendment to the constitution. The question was one of transcendent i'm po-tance, be said, and It will come tC this court and continue to come until II Is autbOritively decided in harmony with the great constitutional amend. ment, which insures to every one what. ever his position or assOcIatIOn may be, equal protection of laws.
 CHIcAGo. May IO.-The anar ,hists made an attempt tn hold meetings yes terdgy iu several Of their customary ss- sembIing places, but were in each case dispersed by the police. At one place two hundred men were found by a detail oi police. They said they were the Lead Carriers UEion, and wanted to ar- gue the point with the police lieutenant. The police We're ID no mood for argn- ment and after searching every man present, ordered them to return Co their homes.
 BELFAST. May 1l.-Beltast papers to- day publish an advertisement inviting tenders Ut 20.00O Snyder rifles and the same number Ot bsyonets, tO be deliver ed at Antrim on or before June lst next.
 SAN FRANCIscO. May ll.-Indications for the succeeding tEirty-two hours m CalifOrnie: Generally fair weather.
 CHIcAoo, May II.-There was no at- tempt tO resume operations m the West Side lumber district thIs morning, and the 5000 to 10000 men employed n the yards and blaming mills are still idle. The yards m the north and south diyis ions of the city and at south Chicago yari- and blaming mills have fully re- sumed or the old l'asis of ten hours work and ten hours pay, SO that the lumber business of the ciiy is m reality only lightly affected. Rs the class of fur niture workers constitute the only one still holding out for eight hours.
 BosToS. May ll.-Dr. Frederick A. Palmer, 73 years of age, one of the best known physicians in the cIty, while on the way to Portland last night, jumped from the steamer into the ocean with his four-year-Old grandson, Oi whom he was very fond. Both were lost. The cause IS an entire mystery.
 CHICAGO, May 1.-The boot anu shoe manufacturers who tried the eight hour system as an experiment are considering the advisability Of returning to ten hours. Evldeuces of the presence Of great strikes are rapidly disappearing in every portion of the city.
 WASHINGTON, May 1.-The president sent the following nOminaiiOns tr the senate today; Clarence Ridgeiey Great honse, of California, to be consul general at kanagawa. The nomination. lOi " hrre1 Green for that position has been with drawn.
 SAN FRANCIsCo, May ll.-Early this morning James Sullivan shot and killed E. <. McWOrthy, on the corner of Du- pont and Sutter streets. The murder was the termination between the men of quarrel abOut two women. Me Worthy was about thIrty-seven years old and Q gambler by profession. Sullivan piled the same trade and is ten years younger. He was arrested and charged with murder.
 LONDON, May 1.-The Porte has noti- fled the powers that q body of Greek ir- regulars is advancing toward the iron tier and that the Turkish troops have been ordered to repel IL. The Ottoman bank will advance tue Porte S3,1CO,OOU.
 PTTrsBURG, Pa, May IA freight wreck on ihe mountains on the Pennsyl yGnis road last night denoralized 25 cars, killed three men outright and Ob- struciej the track so badly that 1t will take F hours to clear It. The acciient was the result of heavy storm which swept along Connemaugh Valley. Near COnnemGugh station number Of empty cars were standing on siding. The tor nado picked them ID and carried them over to the main.track. The heavy west bound freight train, going at the rate of 3O miles per hour. came along about midnight and crashed into the Obstruc- tiOus before the engineer had time to reverse his engine. Conductor Thomas Corners, engIneer Thomas Mowsy and fireman Michael Myers, were killed, all instantly. The remainder of the crew escaped with slight injuries
 SAGE CITY, Mo. May PA violent storm struck thIs place at o'clock yes- A. T E..n l.