Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-02-06


 President of George M. Dustan, lste ID
 cumaen; of the office O, dIstrict.aitOr- hey ofthe United States for the South
 ern district of Alabama. IL IS not con
 sidtTet that the public interest will be
 promoted by compliance with sad reso-
 iutiOn and the transmission of documents
 and papers therein mentioned to the
 senate in executive session.
 Very respectfully, lSigued 4. Fl. GARLAND, Atty. Genl. 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29-J. \. Spreek- les President Sf the Oceanic steamship | company leaves for the east to morrow
 to let a contract for building S6,00,OOO
 iron steamship to be used on the Aus
 trallan route.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-Two men re- csDtly condemned to death for belong Iug to the Polish socIal revolutionary
 asso iatlon styled The Proleteriat, were
 executed to-day.
 Zary. Capt. of engineers, and Schauss, a pr.yEte gentleman also cOndemed tO
 death, had their sentences commutec
 to twenty years seryitude in Siberia.
 COLUMBUS Jan. 29-The joint Senate met ct lU 6. ID. and without transacting any business adjourned till tomorrow morn ing by the previous agreement of the two factions. The proposition of the conference committed, which has ID charge the arrangement of Q comprom- Ise measure, was submitted to the Dem ocTst caucus this morning and ratified. IL Las also been agreed to by the Re- publican caucus. The proposition IS that 2 special committee of six mem bcTs. of equal members polictIcally, shall make investigation of the Bamil- ton county contest cases and report specific findings to the Senate. The conference committee resumed business 6t lD:30 and expect 10 have something further to report to their respective caucuses by evening. The fight in the committee now will be one Cf the main issues: it IS which rules shall prevail Tn the contest cases whether, in dispOsiug Of the report to be made by the investi- gatirg committee, the three members of Hamilton county shall have the privilege Of ting. The differences are SO great between the sides on this point that 1t may result in killing all compromise mea ures which have been proposed. The conference committee at the noon rece-s had been unable to agree upon anything further, with indications that they were getting further apart oa the maiT issue,
 MATAMoRAs, Mex, Jan. 29.-One ofthe | mos; diabolical murders ever peroetra- ted Gn the frontier was committed in the | hear. of the city last night. An old AL | sultan Jewish merchant named AntonIo Blocs, while closing his store about 9 o'clock was almost beheaded by blow Tece,ved from behind with an axe. The | murderer then riflei the store of nearly | threo thousand dollars and escaped. | The three men who were last seen with | Block have been arrested on suspicion. |
 NEw YORK. Jan. 29.-Maud Miller MacSaye Mccormick, decided yesterday | to contest the suit for absolute divorce | against her by her first hus- | band, Arthur Lorirg Mackaye. Her de tcnss will be that the Mackaye episode | was not marriage at all and that di- vOrce cOuld not be granted where no | marriage las been accomplished. A claim | will he made that Mackaye induced | Maud Miller tO marry him through | fraud and misrepresentation and that the marriage ceremony was for that req son null and void.
 PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2S-A large num- Der of prominent citizens met in the Council Chamber this afternoon, in the interest of the Irish Parliamentary Fund. The meeting was opened by John N. Campbell, President of the Total Abstinence Union of Amerlcs, who explained that the gath ering was called under the auspices of the Council of the Irish National League of America. Mayor Smith was called to the chair and spoke earnestly In sympathy with the movement. After several other addresses, Robert M. Mo Wade started the subscription by an- nouucing the names of George W. Childs and Anthony J. Drexel for $500 each. This was the signal for a flood Df subscriptions, which continued till S5,JO0 was obtained. The officers of he meeting were directed to cable this Iact to Parnell, and a committee of fifty was appointed to raise addi- tional funds.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Ihe Mail and Express, in an editorial, after payIDg a nigh compliment to the army record of Captain Crawford, says: The tremen- lous difficulty of fighting these Indians ,an hardly be appreciated by ore who las not tired if. That portion of our army engaged in 1t has an almost im- possible and apparently entirely thank ess task. The people of Arizona con .inuslly cast slurs upon the troops for not eXtermiuatIng the Indians, and her heroic efforts are not appreciated except by their immediate superiOrs in he army. Possibly a solution of the may be found Tn the use of he local militia tO catch runaways , while the regular troops guard those on he reservations.
 NEW York Jan. 2S.-The Turf, Field md Farm, m its next issue, will an- iouace the permanent rttirement from he turf of Pierre LOrillard, who has or years figured SO prominently m the acing annals Of this country, and whose Ictories on the English turf with Parole md IroquOis made his fame worldwide. lIs racing stable will be sold at auc- ion. February Eth, including the well inown thOrourhbreds, Drake Carter. 'On dac, Emperor, Unaest and DeWdrop. Wanda will be retired for breeding pur- 'osts. LOullsrd retains his Rancocas establishment,
 NEw YORK. Jan. 29.-The Rockland ourty grand jury today presented two indictments against Rev. D. Brister of ( be Spring Valley Methodist church for ( n indecent assault upon Ida Downs. The accused pastor was arrsigned and ,lesded not guilty. He gave bonds ID be sum of 5000 to answer for trial st l he next term of court.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 29-The police authorities having ascertained that , ihilist plot was beIng formed, made a 1 Iescent upon the headquarters of the to-day and arrested twenty , hree persons. On the discovery of the , the police authorities, fear ng that injury to the czsr was intended, dvised hIm to return to hIs palace st i6tchinR. The emperor, however, de- lined to do So.
 LONDON, Jan. 29.-The Queen has ee- epted the resignation of Lord Sails ,ury and his cabinet and has summOnsd tr. Gladstone for consultation.
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