Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-12-05
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The three tar

| if Cases involving the constitutionalit,
OF the Mckinley tariff act came I'D fo
argument in the United States suprem,
court this afternoon. All the Justice,
were present. Notwithsta ding tn.
great Importance Of the cases only
small audience listened to the cases
Three points are involved in the decis.
ion OF the suits and the court heard al
the cases as one and made an order b,
which each OF the attorneys represent
ing the three firms were assigned one OF
the points at issue to be- reviewed IN the
opening argument, Mr.. w. B. Smith OF
New York argued the bounty claims
contandirg that bounties were uncon
stitutIonal and that the bounty section
idvalidated the whole act. Edwin r.
Smith, ex assistan: attorney general
and now OF New York, argued the recip-
rocIty feature of the Mckinley act.
maintaining that it was pelogation o!
the taxing power to the president which
vitiated the whole act. n. U. Bliss,
OF ChicHgc, argued the third point that
the law YVES unconstitutional because of
the omission OF the tobacco rebate Sec
ton .Iom the bill assigned by the pres
ident. After he mad stated his obiac-
ton. Justice Bradley asked: "Your
position then is that whenever an enroll.
ing clerk by accident or by fraud hap
pens to omit a section Of law although
the law is reported to the president and
signed also Is invalid?' Mr.. Bliss-Yes
sir. The argument will BE- continued.
LEADvULLE, Col, Dec. 1.-The Grand
hotel burned this morning. Nothing
was saved. 1t is believed a man named
Matthews, who was ly ing sick in the
house, was burned.
PREsCoTT, Ariz., Dec. Nv. w.
Morse, who was shot in the leg in an en-
counter with locoed COW Sunday, died
this morning from the effects Of the
shock to the system. The leg was am
putated at the nip joint, but be never re
covered.
New YORK, Dec. DIR. Fuller, Cyrus
Fields attending physician, issued a
bulletin this morning, saying his
patients condition was somewhat better
than yesterday morning. 1t is now
known that Edward Field not only rob
bed and deceived his partners, but stole
every cent his trusting father had.
Field realizes the fact that he is penni-
less in his old age, for as he lay on his
death bed yesterday he said to an old
friend: II am as poor as the day /
came into the world"
GILA BEND. Dec. "A petition is be-
ing circulated throughout the territory
for the pardon OF officer G. B. Stock
ing, sentenced TO one year in Yuma for
maltreating prisoner in the Florence
Jail, is being numerousiy signed.
PARIS, Dec. 2. The condition Of ex-
emperor OF Brazil, is exciting the gray
est appre tensions. He WAS attacked by
a chill yesterday, and since then con
tlnues TO grow worse.
PARIS, Texas, Dec. 2-The Texas ex-
press which was robbed Monday hight
a Glendale, reached here last nIgnt.
The express messenger says the haul
made by robbers may run up into hun
dreds of thousands OF dollars.
ST. LOUIS, Deco Adams Express Co
now state their loss will be about S75.tOOI
by the robbery Of the FRISCO express
near Glendale. Detectives failed to
lind any trace Of the robbers.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2.-Justice Woodman
today decided that the anarchist assem-
Dlies raided. were unlawful ones. He
tined the leaders 500 each, and others
sl0 each. These fines, at the instance OF
he city prosecutor, were suspended.
This action was presumably taken for
The purpose of an appeal to the higher
courts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ut is stated at
the Chinese. legation there has been a
dispatch received there stating that
skirmish had recently tax
IN ylace between two Italian war ships
and the Chinese navy, and that the for
ner were sunk in deep water.
BERLIN, Dec. 2.-Despatches today
rom Pekin state it is officially an.
bounced that the reports Of disturban-
yes in Mongolia are grossly exaggerated.
The movement is a purely local one, and
entirely devoid OF danger TO the imperial
government. 1t is believed, however,
that the revolutionary movement is of
much greater Importance than the
Chinese government would have the
outside world to believe.
PARIS, Dec. "A priest who has long
been engaged in foreign mission work,
returned here from Marceserla. He ex-
pressed doubts as to the truth Of re-
ports telling of massacre at the Bel
ylan mission. The government had ten
thousand troops at that place, all
armed with the latest and most i'm
proved style :of European weapons. 1t
s estimated 1900 Christians are In Man
,Jooin.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2-The United
States armored cruiser New York was
aunched this afternoon from the yard
If the Cramp Ship Building Co., in the
presence OF 1900 people, among whom
we're the secretaries of the navy, trea
Jury and interior departments, United
states senators, congressman, high
naval officers, and representative bust
less and professional men from all parts
# the country, Miss HELEN Page,
laughter of Seaver Page, secretary of
he Union League Club of New York,
'hristeEed the cruiser. Unusual inter |
st was excited IN the construction of |
he cruiser, the vessel marking al era
n the annals of American ship build |
ng.
When the New York Is finished she |
will be the most formidable cruising |
essel that ever foated the stars and |
tripes. She is the largest and most |
'owerful engined steamship ever built
outside of the European ship yards.
NoGALEs, Dec. Total votes cast 12l
or the constitution "a, against, 81.
PRESCOTT.
Prescott, Dec. AT the election for
be adoption of a new constitution to-
ay, 500 votes were polled, resulting in
majority of 16C IN favor of statehood.
CoCaIsE COUNTY.
TOMBSTONE, Dec. l-Compiete returns
rom the county, with the exception of
cree small precincts yet to hear from,
ives the constitution 800 majority.