The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-03-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL


 of Germany, is devoting great atten- tion to bimetallism, and that he desires the government to take every step pos sible in order to prevent further fall in the price of silver.
 THOMAS F. BAYARD, United States ambassador to Great Britain, emphat- ically denies the report that he intend- ed to tender his resignation.
 THE Edinburg Evening News of the 27th announced that Mir. Gladstone had resigned the premiership, but would retain his seat in the cabinet md also continue to represent Mid lothian in the house of commons.
 A PARTY of patriotic Kentuckians are taking steps to purchase the birth place of Abraham Lincoln in La Rue county, Ky, and convert it into park.
 COMMISSIONER CARROLL D. WRIGHT, of the bureau of labor, addressed the house committee on labor in opposition to the bill introduced by Representa- tive Doolittle, of Washington, to make the bureau department of the gov ernment with its head cabinet officer. Delegates from the Knights of Labor and other organizations were interest ed listeners
 SECRETARY CARLISLE received a let ter from J. T. Raplee. New York, in which he makes a proposition to pur- chase from the government on behalf of himself and associates from 50,00O,- 900 to 5000, 900 ounces of silver bullion now in the treasury at 65 cents per ounce, providing that congress shall enact law levying duty of 1259 cents per ounce on all silver coined or uncoined that shall be exported from the United States within the next five years
 AT Pittsburgh, Pa, Pete McNabb, pitcher of the Boston club, shot and dangerously wounded Louise Kellogg, of the Alvin Joslin Co.,, and then killed himself.
 JUDGE J. W. McDILL, of the inter. state commerce commission, died at Creston, Ia., of typhoid fever, aged 60 years
 IN the Iowa senate the woman sui frage advocates sent in petitions with over 5000 signatures asking equal sui frage rights for women. As the hour for a vote on the woman suffrage drew near, women crowded into the galleries and on the floor. The question was the Jam'son joint resolution for an amendment to the constitution grant ing women tSe right to vote in all cleo tions and to hold any office in the state. The constitutional amendment was de- feated by vote of 20 to 26.
 THE twenty-frst annual session ot the Illinois Equal Suffrage association began at Danville, H., on the 1st DR. W. F. POOLE, librarian of the Newberry library and one of the best known librarians in the country, died at his home in Evanston, IL, of nerv ous prostration.
 IN the Italian chamber of deputies Premier Cr;spi read extracts from a reC hot anarchist proclamation, which sait Death to the king! Down with taxes Burn the Mairie" and so on. | created great sensation.
 COUNT D'AUSAY, French minister tc Copenhagen, has been dismissed iron the diplomatic service on suspicion tha he was the author of newspapel article which divulged certain stat' intrigues.
 IT was reported from London tha Mir. Gladstone had told the queen tha owing to his extreme age and infirmi ties he could not long continue to beal the responsibilities of the premiership | COMMISSIONER LoCHREN, has sen Judge Long, of the Michigan suprem' court, second formal notification tha unless within thirty days he established by additional evidence his right to hi present pension rating, his pension would be reduced to $50 month.
 THE pope celebrated his stth birth day and the sixteenth anniversary o his coronation on the 2d.
 SENIOR PRUDENTE MoRAEs was elect ed president of Brazil and Senhor Vic torino Periera vice president
 GEN. JUBAL A. EARLY died at Lynch burg, Va, on March ?, aged 7s years. |
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