Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-11
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furnished as many as fifteen hundred to the West Shore railroad. His profits were made frc n the supplies furnished tbeee fifteen hundred. He boarded 30C of them and the others combined to present him with a half dollar apiece The West Shore road paid him fixed salary of two dollars per day.
 Geo. II. Simmons, special agent of the treasury, testified that he had examined the question uddeT several aliases and that under the name of Philip Smith be was introdu uced to Tragic and SIc 2, and these men agreed to import men from Italy st Sl20 per day and have them here in two months, They were 10 allow the witness five per cent of the gross receipts.
 Furthe- testimony proved that Tragic and Sica had been importing large nun. bers of men under contract.
 CHICAGO, Aug. -Dr. John 4. Brooks Tn his letter accepting the vice -presl dentisl nomination on the prohibition ticket. says: "The propriety of rcmov. Ing the tax from whisky must depend entirely ou the purpose to be accom- plished by such removal. The tBliff 1t. self pleads the right of existence on ac- count of recognition by the government and the revenue 1t pays into the public treasury. Strike down this defence and an outraged public would not long sui. Ter this indignity."
 SAN FRASCIsco, Aug. 6.-It IS now gn. nouoced by the Oceanic Steamship O. that their line plying between this point and Auklsnd, New Zealand and Sydney, Na,, Ga,rsh Uala5 ,-,1 ha Trst upon the expiration in November next of the existing contract between the company and the cOlORisl governments. It Is understood that the New Zealand and the New South Wales government are about tO discontinue the subsidy ot thirty thousand pounds which they have been paying the company for carrying the mails. and the officers of the com. psny claim that they have been unable to get any sId from the United States government except twenty thousand dol lars per anDum sea postage,
 SACRAMENTO, July 6.-Tbe governor has declared the day on which Cali forniR WAS admitted into the UnICu Bs a legal holiday and will issue t. procls. nation this week, As September 9'h falls on Sunday he has designated the l0ih as the holiday.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6.-Jokn Me. Nulty, Lon SshOreman, who shot Dnc killed James Collins some time ago, Was cOnyi ted of murder m the first degree to-day.
 SAN FRASCIsco, Aug. 6.-Three Ei- vances of cent pound were made to- day on all prices of all refined sugars. Dry graUulated IS now : cents per pound and markets firm.
 WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.-Blair intro duced s B joint resolution. which was ie- ferred to the committee on foreign re- lations, requesting the President Co open negotiations looking towards the settlement of all differences between England and this country.
 A. J. Vance then addressed the sen ate in support of the fisheries treaty. He said the opposition of the Rspubli- cans was due to their desire of obtain ing Irish votes ID the presidential cleo ton.
 Rswley's Iesolut on authorizing the appointment of a committee of seven senators to take joint action with the house committee ID relation to the Ob- sequies of Gen. Sheridan was adopted srd Hawley. MandersCn, Cullom, Stew art, Hampton. Gibson and Gray were appointed as committee. Senate then adjourned.
 WAsHISGToN, August 6.-ln opening this morning the chaplain referred to the death of feneral Sheridan and com mended the widowed and fatherlsss to thei Almighty's protection. Routine business WAS interrupted by c message from the President announcing the sad fact.
 Wheeler of Alabama, said he h-d pre- pared resolutions appropriate to the oc- cssion but would givs way to the com mittee on military affairs.
 Hooker Of Mississippi then Uil cred re- solutions expressing profound grief Of the house st the death Cf c neral Sheri- dan aud thas 1t adjourn as a mark of respect to his memory. That the speak CT appoint q committee of seven mem bers to confer with like committee of the senate, who after consultation with the family of the deceased, shall take such action gs may be appropriate m Ee- gard to the pub.ic Obsequies.
 Hoo ksr then addressed the house briefly on the career of the dead gene rgl which he said was singular mark of the fac; that in this country there was DO position Tn civil or military il'e th8. was not within She reach of the humblest citizen ID the land, In the battles of the civil war he had won prom thence second only To that of the great leaders of the federal forces, and while he lay on bis sick bed congress had con tersed this rank upon him.
 Outcheou of Michigan, sad Sheridan entered the volunteer services of tSe United States Es Colonel of the Second Michigan cavalry and Michigan had al- ways claimed hlm ss her own SO far as his volunteer record was concerned. The black steed on which Sheridan rode into the frey from Winchester !" wsnty miles away" was the gift Of citizens of Michigan.
 sEGrosvenor seconded tue resolution on the par. of Ohio and said Sheridan's name would ultimately be remem beTed ID connection with the peculiar line of "Ssr cavalry" ID which ha made hIu- self cons sp;cuous. It has often been said be vas regarded to some extent as reckless toidser. Meeting General Sherifau ouca he sad Of thls matter:
 
 II never made q move in my life that was no. studIously snd carefully p!sn- ned"
 The resolutions were unanimously adopted and the house adjourned.
 WAsHISGToS. Aug, 7-Gen. McFeeley, Gen. D. Il Rucker, (-etired) and Major Lideker, of the army, visited Arlington cemetery to-day snd selected site for the grave of Gen. Sheridan. The Sec re,ary of War this afternoon issued general order to the army reciiinR the facts in the military career of Sheridan and ordering the flags of all military sts- tions st half mast Seventeen minute guns will be fired on the day following the receipt ot thls order and the usual badge of mourning displayed for thirty days.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-Gen. HovSrd telegraphed to the Secretary of War 10 the effect tha: Gen. Niles las. dispatch to him did no. signify 8 premedltsiei ( outbreak of any extent on the part oi he Indians on the San Carlos reservs- tion. Rssistent Adjutant kelton to-day ssii the recent outbreak was merely 6 drunken squsbble among the Indians 6 d that there was every prospect that they would remain on the reservation and return 10 camp.