The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-04-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

I
 BRIG GEN. OLIVER LATHRoP SHEP- pneumonia, aged Sl.
 THE officials of the Brazilian lega- tion in Montevideo have received a dis patch saying the rebel warship Aquida. ban, formerly flagship of Adm. de Mello, has been sunk off Santa Cathar- ina by Brazilian Torpedo boats. THREE thousand democrats met in San Francisco on the night of the 16th and passed resolutions denouncing Sem ator Hill for his recent utterances in the senate, and also condemning the course of Thomas J. Geary in refer ence to the Wilson bill. The resolu- | tions were to be laid before the United | States senate.
 SENATOR PALMER has introduced a ] bill repeating the state bank tax, but prohibiting the issuing of money by state banking institutions or by any other corporation or person except na- tional banks.
 SENATOR VANCE's body was followed to the grave at Asheville, N. C., on the | 18th by large concourse of people The body laid in state in the First Presbyterian church in that city for three or four hours.
 THE 18th was the day fixed for the Justification of Juan d'Avilo Diego. of Cadiz, and some 15, 900 Spanish pilgrims, headed by l50 bishops, marched to St Peters, at Rome, where the pope off, ciated and bestowed his blessing upon the assembled multitude. SENATOR CoCKRELL has introduced a bill which extends the homestead land grant acts to include all members of an organization called the Missouri home guard, who served ninety days, and were paid by the United States and had been honorably discharged. It vali- dates all homestead entries heretofore made by members of this organization. ON the 18th New England celebra ted Patriots day as legal holiday l SECRETARY GRESHAM has received a brief cablegram from Minister Thomp. son at Rio, confirming the report of the sinking of the Aquidaban by the gov ernment torpedo boat the surrender of Mello and 1,20O men, with his ships, to the Argentine government at Buenos | Ayres and announcing that the rebel | lion is ended.
 | SANGAMoN county, H., democratic convention has indorsed William M. | Springer for congress. Vote was unan- | imous.
 | HoN. J. T. JARVIS has been appointed and has accepted the United States sem atorship to succeed the late Senator Vance, of North Carolina TIE grand duke of Hesse and the Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Co- | burg daughter of the duke of Edin- burgh) were united in marriage on the | 18th in the presence of brilliant as- semblage.
 THE Tillman dispensary law has been declared unconstitutional by the supreme court of South Carolina THE president on the 18th sent to the senate list of 151 army officers nomi- mated for brevet rank as reward for gallant and distinguished service in Indian campaigns
 GEORGE J. GOULD has purchased the Vigilant The gentlemen who had the yacht built last season to defend the l American cup against the Valkyrie de- 1 cided to accept the terms offered by Mir. Gould Mir. Gould is to pay S25,- 900 for the boat, and probably intends to race the Vigilant.
 THE betrothal is announced of the czarewitch of Russia Grand Duke Nicholas) to Princess Alix Victoria Helen Louise Beatrice, of Hesse. THE demonstration of the Working mems Protective Tariff league against the Wilson bill was begun in Washing l ton on the 20th.
 c. II. SPOIL, one of the attorneys for the defense in the late Pollard Breckin- ridge suit, has written sharp letter to Judge Jere Wilson, leading counsel for 1 the plaintiff, refusing to accept his retraction of charges made against Stoll in connection with the alleged | forgery of the famous black border let | ter introduced at the trial, charging Judge Wilson with deliberately stating what he knew to be untrue and strong- ly intimating that a duel would be necessary to afford him (Stoll) ample satisfaction. Judge Wilson treated the matter very inditferently and charac- terized the affair as nonsense. EX-Gov. AND Ex-CoNGREssMAN J. W. THRoCKMoRToN is confined to his home in Mckinney, Tex, with serious kid ney trouble and is not expected to live longer than couple of days.
 E. $. N. MORGAN, ex-secretary and acting governor of the territory of Wyoming, died at his home in Chey- enne. Deceased was twice member of the Pennsylvania legislative assem- ply and was appointed secretary of Wyoming by President Garfield.
 MISCELLANEOUS.
 By the explosion of boiler at Keo- kuk, la, at the Hutchinson electric light plant, three men were instantly rak s..s