The Coconino weekly sun., 1893-10-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mall
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

IMPORTATION comes from Secretary Carlisle that all presidential appoint ments have been hung up until the senate acts upon the silver question.
 MAURICE DE MACMAHoN, ex-presi- dent of France and marshal of her armies, died at his home. Chateau La Foren, on the Loire, on the 17th. He was born in 1908. THE Count and Countess Butcher, de- scendants of the famous Marshal Butcher, were murdered by their gardener, near Griefswold, Pomerania. l The murderer then committed suicide. GEO. KAMEKE, German eX-minister of war, was buried with military hon ors. Prince Frederick Leopold. of Prussia, represented the emperor at the funeral.
 ADM. AvELLAN and the officers of the Russian fleet were given an enthusi- astic welcome to Paris by thousands of excited Frenchmen.
 REFRESHMENTS CURTIS has intro duced in the house bill to do away with large number of ports of entry which do not pay the expenses of the officials
 CHARLES FRANCOIS GoUNoD, one of the most eminent musical composers of the present time, died on the 18th. He was 75 years of age and was born in Paris.
 THE report that young Fair had been taken to a lunatic asylum was false. His father will have nothing to do with him, and he may run his protiigate bent for what any one else cares
 THE twenty-fifth anniversary of Car dinal Gibbons elevation to the epis- copacy was celebrated with great pomp at Baltimore, Md.
 AT Buda Pesth Herr Duetsch, parlia- mentary editor of Pesther-Lloyd died of Asiatic cholera.
 Ar Utica, N. Y., the widow of Roscoe Conkling died from the effects of an apoplectic stroke.
 EMPEROR WILLIAM has accepted the resignation of Gen. Non Kaltenborn- Stachau, minister of war.
 THE political situation in Austria is greatly strained and dissolution of parliament is anticipated in the near future.
 AT Trenton, N. l., beautiful menu ment was unveiled which commence rates the famous battle of the revolu- tionary war.
 LUCY STONE, the well known woman suffragist, is dead.
 JOHN E. CHRISTIAN, professor of math- ematics in the Virginia agricultural college, is dead His death was laid to indigestion turning into consump- tion."
 SEVERAL Berlin dealers in anti Semitic books have been prosecuted flor insulting Caprivi by printing in the books a political picture called The Jewish Alphabet"
 JOSEPH PULITZER, his son and daugh- ter, have sailed for Europe.
 ACTING on the advice of Russia, the countries of Greece, Servia and Mon tenegro have formed protective alli- ance.
 SENATOR COKE has replied to the Fort Worth, Tex, chamber of com merce, saying that he will not vote for a repeal of the purchasing clause of Illt plll u pAoN for silver coinage.
 TIE senate in executive session con firmed Van Alen as ambassador to Italy. The vote stood 30 to 22.
 TIE senate unanimously confirmed ex-Gov. Click for pension agent at To- pella, Kan.
 Nan interview John l.. Sullivan said he thought the Corbctt-Mitchell fight would come off at Roby, Ind. He hoped Corbett would win. Sullivan said he had no intention of re-cntering the ring, but would devote his energies to the theatrical profession"
 IN the battle between the British forces and Matabeles in South Africa the latter were defeated with heavy loss. An advance is now being made to Buluwayo.
 THE government of China has as- sured this government that an eXten- sion of the provisions of the Geary act will be acceptable.