The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-01-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

has been announced.
 IT was announced in Paris on the 18th that the president of the republic
 had sent in his resignation owing to
 criticisms from which his official posi- tion prevented him from defending himself.
 TIE president on the 18th sent to
 the senate the correspondence relating
 to the delivery to the Chinese authori' ties by the United States consul at
 Shanghai of the two Japanese students who were tortured to death as spies. AFTER balloting nearly two days the
 Arkansas house elected Hon. John c.
 Colquit speaker.
 THE Massachusetts senate reelected Senator Hoar by vote of 34 against John E. Russell with vote of f. TIE New Hampshire legislature has
 ratified the republican nomination of
 William E. Chandler for United States
 senator
 IN Raleigh, N. C., Marion Butler was
 unanimously nominated by the popu-
 list caucus to succeed Gen. Ransom as
 United States senator.
 TIE democratic city convention at
 Philadelphia on the 10th unanimously nominated eX-Gov. Pattison as its can didate for mayor.
 AMONG the passengers by the Empress of Japan, who arrived at Vancouver, B. C., from the Orient, was Paul Jones'" who started from Boston to travel around the world on wager. He left without cent or clothes and had to accomplish the trip in certain time besides earning S5,OOO. He had S4, 500 and had three weeks in which to get back to Boston.
 REPRESENTATIVE BRYAN, of Nebras- ea, has introduced bill in congress to provide for the coinage of the seignior- age.
 SENATOR DAVIS has reported from the committee on foreign relations a bill providing for government of any ter ritory which might by concession or otherwise become the property of the Limited States. The bill authorizes the president to appoint a commission of not less than three nor more than twenty-five members, who shall estab. fish form of government for the ac- quisition.
 TIE printing bill signed by the pres ident, has a clause in it reviving the franlsing privileges. The provision was never referred to when the bill was before either house and senators and members were equally surprised when informed of it.
 A LETTER was printed on the 17th | h,,S II,11 to Clark Howell, of the Atlanta Con- stitution, which will have an important bearing on the campaign of 1896 In it Sr. Hill expresses himself in favor of free coinage under an international agreement if possible, and if not pos sible, then for independent bimetal- lism.
 TIE Montana legislature met on the 10th in joint session and in the pres ence of 5000 people Lee Matte and T. II. Carter were duly declared elected United States seniors.
 TIE hearing before the house terri torial committee on the Oklahoma statehood bill closed ou the 16th. Those who spoke included Chief Har- ris, of the Cherokee nation; J. West Park, delegate from the Chickasaws; J. $. Stanley, representing the Chicka- saws, and A. P. McKellop. They op- posed the proposition to include in bill giving statehood to Oklahoma any portion of the Chickasaw country and any territorial form of government for the Indian territory.
 A dispatch from Pellin says that Gen. Wei, accused of cowardice, waS beheaded recently.
 DEMOCRATIC members of the house banking committee have adopted a reso- Lution asking the president and Secre- tary Carlisle for consultation to sug- gest some simple bill for the relief of the treasury upon which the warning factions can unite.
 M. FELIX FAURE was elected president of the republic of France by the nation al assembly on the l7th. In spite of the political crisis there was hardly trace of excit itement in Paris.
 IN Springfield, H., Senator Cullom | was nominated on the first ballot for ! United States senator, receiving lO3 votes; Willets, 2l.
 IN the luanO mousse resolution to | submit the woman's suffrage amend | ment to the voters at the next general | election passed. It will be signed at | once by the governor.
 TIE Oregon republicans in caucus nominated Senator Dolph to succeed himself in the United States senate. The vote stood: Dolph, 40; Fulton. 12; Tongue, II; scattering, o.
 SPEAKER CRsP's physician has or Gered him to take vacation. He has been suffering from neuralgia of the heart and the affection has induced serious disturbance of the hearts action recently, so that continuance of the duties of his office dangerously him.
 EDWARD O. WoLCoTr received the full republican vote at the joint ses- sion of the Colorado legislature and was reelected United States senator. The vote was: Wolcott, 57; Pence, 3s; C. $. Thomas, B.
 REPORTS were received on the 18th at the London stock exchange and the bourses of Paris, Vienna and Berlin that revolution had broken ont in