Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-01-06

October amounted to $40, 1877 GOO. This
is 26l, 900 lie than for the same time
last year, although there will be de-
crease In the earnings of the road this
year, it will be less than that expert
enced by the railroads In other sections
of the country.
LONDON, Dec. 27.-The Pail Mall
Gazette publishes review of the trade
of the year compiled from the official
returns. II says: The trade during
1893 was worse even THAI in 1892. A
general gluou nov hangs over the
country's indus tries. IRE imports in
eleven months declined 100000
pounds compared with 1892 and the
exports declined 6,500,000 pounds
There has been ehrinkage of every
important class of imports and exports.
On the o.her hand American trade has
been steadily advancing, but what effect
the change in the tariff will cause is a
matter If conjecture. Brazil and other
South American republics, except Chill,
have been large buyers. Merchants
generally are looking with confidence
for an improvement in trade in 1894,
provided no serious strike or lockout
OCCURS.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Francis J. Doves,
the wealthy Chicago brewer, received
word at New Orleans that his child
was dying here and chartered an lii
nois Central train. The tracks were
cleared and Mr.. Dewes and his wife
were whirled over the 1000 miles at the
rate Of mile minute. He paid about
$1,000 for the trip and broke all records
between New Orleans and Chicago,
making the run In twenty-five and a
half hours.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec 27.-Gover-
nor Fish back has written letter to
President Cleveland compl lining of
the fact that the Indian Territory is an
asylum for dangerous criminals of all
kinds. The Litter is in part as fol-
lows:
"To the ent-Developments
incident to the recent train robbery and
murder at Oliphant, In this state,
renders it proper, it seems to me. that
L call your attention to the dangerous
relation in which the Indian Territory,
west of us, occupies to the states of the
Union, and especially to the adjacent
states OF Arkansas, Kansas, Texas and
Oklahoma Territory. Upon the person
OF one Of the captured robbers was
found a map of the route they bad
taken from the Indian Territory, 175
miles, to the seems Of the robbery. and
map OF the country around Chatta-
pooga, Tenn, showing that another
robbery vas contemplated at or near
that CITY. L have good reason to sls-
pect that very large per centage of
the bank and train robberles which
take place west of the Alleghanles and
east Of the Rocky mountains are organ
lied, or originate, n this Indian Terri
torv
Let me add that the refuge which
this sparsely settled rendezvous OF out
laws affords to a criminal, is con-
slant temptation to crime in all coun-
tries around. During the past twelve
months there were issued from the
state of Arkansas, Texas, Kansas and
the Oklahoma Territory sixty-one re-
questions upon the Indian Territory
auth rites for fugitIves, while we have
reason to believe that as many more
are hiding among their comrades il
crime in this asylum of criminals.
Criminals who find refuge in this
territory are rapidly converting the
Indian Territory into school cf crime
The federal Jail at Fort Smith is in all
seasons nearly full of prisoners from
this territory and the federal court
holds sessions contin uously through
nearly every month in the year. This
state of semi-chaos, aud farce govern
ment which exist in this territory sug-
gests very serious question whether
tie time has not arrived for the federal
government to assert its right to
eminent domain over this part of the
national domain and change its
political relations 10 the United States.
Not only the public good, but the
public safety as well as the highest
interest of the Indaiu himself demands
the change. Respectfully,
an. u. FIsHBACK, Governor"