The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. PEES1DENT HAvEMEYER, of the sugar trust, states he does not intend to an% swer the open letter of Congressman Harter, requesting a statement of the earnings and actual capital of the trust and other information relating to it.
 TIE democratic senators held con- ference on the 24th and at adjourn ment the belief prevailed that the party differences would be healed and tariff bill passed.
 TIE democratic senators in caucus on the 18th adopted the Jones resolu- tion sending the tariff bill back to con ference without instructions whatever to the conferees.
 THE senate committee on territories has ordered favorable reports on the bills admitting New Mexico and Arizona to statehood. These bills have passed the house.
 JUDGE LYMAN TRUMBULL, of Chicago, has declined to act as government ar bitrator in the Pullman strike.
 ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL HALL s decision making the dictum of the Cherokee nation conclusive as to Cher okee citizenship has been approved by Secretary Smith and ends the most notable controversy of the Indian coun- try.
 TIE civil service commission is mak- ing preparations for the examination of persons nominated by the secretary of the interior for assistant teacher ships in the Indian service. Examina- tiops will be held August at Shoshone agency, Wyo.; Rosebud, S. D.; Fort De- tiance, A. T.; Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Fort Hall, U. T.; Arkansas City, Kan. i; Fort Totten, N. D.; Greenbay, Wis; Fargo, N. D., and St. Paul, Minn.
 IN the French chamber of deputies on the 26th the anti-anarchist bill was adopted by vote of 26S to l63.
 TIE senate committee on appropria- tions decided to report an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill making an appropriation of S200, GOO for government building and exhibit at the cotton states and international exposition to be held at Atlanta next year.
 TIE bill of Mir. Meikeljohn, of Ne braska, which provides that all lands allotted to Indians where patents have not issued shall not be subject to local and state taxation, and that the gov ernment shall pay that tax, was con- sidered by the committee on Indian af fairs on the 26th. No formal conclu- sion was reached, but the tone of the remarks made was not favorable. Con gressmen representing districts con taining some of the allotted lands are for the bill. It is felt to be hardship in those localities that these lands oc- cupied by Indians bear no burden of taxation.
 THE French deputy, Degchanel, re- gently sent a challenge to M. Clemen- ceau in consequence of an attack upon him in Clemenceau's newspaper, La Justice.
 A DUEL with swords was fought be- tween M. Paul Deschanel and M Clem- enceau in France. NJ. Deschanel was wounded in the cheek. The duel was on account of an article published in Clemenceau's paper.
 HosTILITIEs have commenced be- tween China and Japan in Corea. Two naval battles are reported as having taken place and the Chinese defeated with great loss, the steamship Row Shung being sunk by the Japanese.
 THE silver wedding of Crown Prince and Princess Frederick, of Denmark, was celebrated on the 27th. The streets of Copenhagen were thronged with peo- pie and elaborately decorated. Nearly every court in Europe sent presents.