The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-02-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THERE will be an important meeting in Washington of men interested in the arbitration bills now before congress. Chairman McCann, of the house com mittee on labor, expected the chiefs of the order of railroad conductors, fire men, trainmen, engineers and brake men, to confer together and, with At torney-Ge Olney and Strike Con- missioner Herman, to appear before the committee on labor. It was under stood that they favored the Olney plan and that the members of the strike commission were willing to accept that, with minor amendments, as a substi- tutc for Wright's bill.
 IT was reported in Colon that serious trouble had occurred in the interior. Troops had been sent to Gauca, the largest of the departments of Colombia.
 THE senate committee on priv ileges and elections has voted that as the 4th of March was so near, when the term of Senator Martin, of Kansas, would expire, it was ineXpedient to give any further hearings in the case of Ady vS. Martin.
 TIE two houses of the Arkansas legislature balloted separately for United States senator on the 20th, and James II. Berry, democrat, the present incumbent, was chosen. The election of Berry was to be declared in joint session on the 30th.
 TIE house labor committee has agreed to report favorably the labor arbitration bill prepared by Attorney General Olney as amended at the in stance of the representatives of rail Dad employees who were in Washing ton.
 TIE state department at Washington has been informed by our minister at Madrid that the Spanish senate has placed the United States again in the most favored nation column as to duties on imports into Cuba and Porto Rico. This restores the customs rates under which the United States has en- loved large trade in flour, bread. stuffs, lard and other products with those countries.
 TIE senate has ratified the treaty with Japan.
 WEI HAI WEI was captured by the Japanese after two days skirmishing. The Chinese bolted when the actual assault was made. It is stated that their loss was 9,OOO men. It was re- ported that during the fighting all the Chinese men-of-war and ships in the harbor sailed away uninjured.
 TIE republican caucus at Olympia, Wash, nominated Congressman John l.. Wilson for United States senator. Wilson received A votes; necessary to a choice, Al.
 TIE twenty-seventh annual conven- ton of the National American Womans Suffrage association was called to or der at Atlanta, Ga, on the 3lst by Miss Susan B, Anthony, its president, The stage was decorated with flags of the national and state suffrage organi- cations and the members of the con vention all wore yellow badges. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw opened the pro ceedings with prayer. The roll of del egates was called by Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, recording secretary, and a majority of the states were found to be represented.
 HOLMES CONRAD, of Virginia, has been appointed solicitor-general of the United States by the president, vice Maxwell, resigned, and J. NJ. Dickin- son, of Tennessee, assistant attorney general.
 SENATOR MARTIN, realizing the inn possibility of getting his bill through, of permitting soldiers, sailors and ma rines, who have lost their homestead rights, to acquire title to other land as if such had not been the case, has of fered the same measure as an amend ment to the sundry civil bill.