The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-16
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLTTfCAL
 J. ID. BUCK, acting president of tho
 Theosophical society in America, ha.
 called meeting of the members al
 New York on April 26 and 9! ant
 wants all who can to make special effort to attend it.
 A SPECIAL from Madrid said that the
 Spanish government had completed
 the preparations of sending to sea 8
 squadron of IA vessels and that the
 movement of the fleet would depend
 lon President Cleveland's course on the
 Cuban resolutions
 Ar the recent meeting of the nation
 al advisory board of the A. P. A. al
 Washington it was decided, so it was reported, to press the name of Con- kgressman William S. Linton, of Michi. gan, as its choice for president and to
 arrange for vigorous campaign.
 THE Cincinnati Commercial Ga zette printed on the 9th communication tfrom w. J. Harrity, chairman of the democratic national executive commit tee, booming ex-Gov. Robert E. Patti fson, of Pennsylvania, as the demo- cratic candidate for the presidency.
 'Ex-Gov. BROWN, of Rhode Island, was stated to be candidate for vice presi- dent of the United States
 w. s. LINTON. of Michigan, was be- ing boomed for the presidential nom- ination in illinois, and it was stated that in most of the counties of that state Linton clubs would be organ ized. An order had been placed for 50,00o Linton buttons to be worn by member of the clubs.
 THE London Chronicle published a dispatch from Rome on the 9th giving a letter from Cardinal Rampolla ex- pressing the satisfaction Of the pope at the efforts made to decide interna- tional controversies by permanent tribunal of. arbitration and also stat ing that his holiness had congratulated Cardinal Gibbons, Vaughn and Logue for having signed an appeal for Anglo American arbitration.
 ,A&sPEciAL to the Chicago Evening Post from New York on the 9th said that report had reached there from that the president had made most startling move in the Cu- ban matter. It was said to be neither more nor less than a personal letter to Senor de Lone, the Spanish minister, asking him to urge his government to take action at once to stop hostilities before the e'United States intervenes. A REGENT poll of the democratic nem bers of congress showed 3S in favor | 'f the nomination of ex-Gov. Boies, of 1 .owa, at the Chicago convention, 2l for iov. Mathews, of Indiana, and Il for Cleveland. Those refusing to express hemselveswere supposed to have Cleve- and leanings.
 HE Cuban insurgents under Maceo were said to have defeated the Spanish roops four ttilnes recently in the province of Pinar del Rio, the Spanish oss being l,5O0 killed and wounded, ut the government suppressed all in- ormation about the battles.
 Co., JOHN A. CocKERILL, the well- nown newspaper correspondent, died n the 10th ofapoplexy at Cairo, Egypt, ged.hl. He went to Japan year ago s'the New York Herald's correspond nt 1t was during his stay in St. 'ouis that he became involved in a itter political quarrel with Col. Slay- ack, which resulte in Cocserill kill. lg Slayb back.
 sA CHICAGO Times Herald's Washing. ,n special on thei1Oth stated that Sen , tor Cnllom had written letter with . rawing from the presidential con ntest. , ut had mot decided when to make it uhlic. As soon as the Reed and Alli- , m managers heard that SenatortCul- , m had written a letter of with I sawal, they droveiin hot haste to the ' house and implored him not , , take the step The senator may r scide however, toegive it to the press an early day. 6 s'REsIDENT 'CLEvRLAND has made a .+ rmal proposition to Spain that the 7, ,od offices of the United States be ac- = pted in meditation between that = Htry and Caba. The proposal was n ade in a cablegram of instructioas 2
 our minister at Madrid. The note ,, 'ings to a crisis the relations betweea |, e United States and Spain, which ' i've been unsettled since the outbreak T.
 the Cuban rebellion. t