Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-01-18

Moscow, Jannary 15.-Judge John Lee Logan, assistant justice of the su- preme court of Idaho, died at Lewiston to-day.
 CHICAGO, January 15.-The National Convention of the American League was called to order this morning with delegates present from 21 states and the District of Columbia.
 WASHINGTON, January 16.-In the house to-day Mckinney of the commit tee on rules reported a resolution for the appointment of a committee on the Worlds Fair, to report plan by which the house can determine the location of the proposed fair, and subsequently, to report bill providing for the fair.
 Cannon, of Illinois, for minority of the committee reported substitute resO- lution providing that the matter be left in the hands of the committee on foreign affairs, which committee has had the question under consideration heretofore. A very lively debate follow ed, and at 1 o'clock little words like ''kickers," ''bad faIth," and unfair treatment" were being applied to the action of representatives of Chicago by the friends of other cities. Cannon finally approved his resolution as sub stitute for the resolution reported by Mckinney, and it WAS defeated, yeas 140, nays 142. Without casting imputa- ton on any one, Springer demanded a recount of the vote. Recount resulted in the adoption of Cannons substitute, l36 to 134.
 WASHINGTON, January 16.-The spe- cial house committee appointed tc in- vestigate the Ohio ballot box forgery, began work this morning. McKinly was the first witness.
 LONDON, January 16.-Parke, editor of the North London Press, was found guilty to-day of hbeling the Earle of Ruston, in connection with the Cleve- land scandal and was sentenced to one year imprisonment.
 BALTIMORE, January 16.-The steam ship Eardale, Captain Carter, has arriv- ed from Cuba with Steward Walker in | irons, charged witr an attempt to poison the crew and officers. He acknowledges having put jolap in the food as he had a grudge against the second officer. All poisoned officers have fully recovered.
 FoRT SMITH, Ark, Jan. 16.-The hang ing of the 6 condemned murderers took place at 12:12 D. ID. The men executed were Austin, the ChOctaw: John Billy, Thomas Willis, Sim Join, Jimman Bur ris, and Jefferson Jones. The crime for which Austin paid the penalty was un- provoked murder of Thomas Elliots in May, 1883. John Billy and Thomas Willis, both blOoded Choctows, were con victed of murdering a man whose name is supposed to be A. B. Williams. Will Hams had refused to give the Indians whiskey and they killed him. Sam Join, | and Jimman Burris are also Choc- tows and murdered Houston Joyce, of Franklin, Texas, in November 1888 for money. The last named man was Jeffer- | son Jones, another Choctaw, whose vic | tim was an old man named Perry Will son, whom he killed while going through | the Territory in March last.
 | WASHINGTON, Jan. 16-Butler, after | the introduction of miscellaneous bnsi- ness, began a speech on his bill to pro- vide for the emigration of the negroes of
 the South under the direction of the Quartermaster-G General of the army and
 appropriating S5,G0OOO0 to carry out | the provisions of the bill.
 | The senate passed a concurrent resolu-
 ton requesting Secretary of Treasury
 not to take any steps toward the new | leases of the seal fisheries until after February 10th.