The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-10-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

l ard, commanding the department o1 the east, has been made public The general recommends an increase of the army as the best method of preserving the peace until many veXatious ques tions, which are now troubling the country, are put at rest by a solution satisfactory to the people of the nation He also expresses the opinion that oul coast defenses are in fairly good condi tion, and that, in conjunction with our ever increasing naval armament, there would be little to fear from outside az gressions-
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY REYNOLDS, oi the interior department, has decided that section 47ls of the revised stat utes relative to the payment of accrued pensions was applicable to pensioners under the act of July 27, 1892, granting pensions to the survivors of certain In dian wars. He also held that the sec tion authorizes the widow of the de. | ceased soldier to prosecute his pending claim under that act and receive the accrued pension to the date of the sol dier's death. This action reverses the decision of the commissioner of pen. made in May, 1893.
 DR. GEORGE yoN SCHMIDT, the Ger man traveller stopping at Minneapolis, Minn., on the 18th claimed to have re ceived another cryptographic letter from Russia that students, military men and clergymen were in a conspiracy to set aside the czarowitz and place Prince George on the throne.
 IT was believed in government circles that the ameer of Afghanistan was dead, although no official confirmation had been received. In view of the demise of the ameer, the situation at Caboul was considered to be serious.
 A TELEGRAM from London on the 18th said that the czar of Russia was in such critical condition that his phy- sicians had given up the idea of having him moved from the Crimea, where he now is, to Corfu, and that his death was only question of few days. His immediate relatives had been tele- graphed for. The news had created great consternation at St. Petersburg
 THE Japanese parliament opened at Hiroschima on the 18th and the speech from the throne was delivered by the mikado in person. He declared that he was greatly pained that China should have forgotten her duties in re- gard to the maintenance of peace in the east in conjunction with Japan. "She having brought about the present state of affairs, however" he proceeded, ''and hostilities having been com menced we will not stop until we have attained our object"
 NATHAN STRAUs, the New York philanthropic millionaire dry goods merchant, has sent a letter to James c. Martin, chairman of Tammany's executive committee, formally declin- ing to stand as the Tammany candi- date for mayor.
 THE czar of Russia's condition on the 18th was critical. He had taken to his bed and his relatives were gathering around it. Prayers were offered up in the Russian churches for his recovery. It was reported that unless his death precipitaed matters council of re- gency would be declared on October 26.
 LATE dispatch from Shanghai said that the Japanese at the Yalu river tried to surprise the Chinese under cover of darkness but failed and re- tired after desultory fighting at long range. The Chinese claimed that they inflicted losses on the Japanese ad- vance guard.