The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE Connecticut state republican convention met at New Haven on the 22d and declared for a gold standard, for the Monroe doctrine and protec. tion. The delegates go to the national convention unpledged. Fifty.two min utes after the convention came to order it finished it's work and adjourned.
 THE whites of Opelousas, La, were determined to prevent the negroes from voting and armed bodies of regu. lars and anti-regulars were assembling and it was predicted that the crisis was at hand and there would be blood. shed on the 21st.
 MRS. HANNAH CHARD cele ebrated her 10Sth birthday at her home at Terrell, N. J., on the goth. There were pres ent three sons, the youngest of whom was 66 years, 32 grandchildren, s2 great-grandchildren and l2 great. great.grandchildre
 Co., JOHN c LINEHAN, of Concord, N. H., has consented to allow the use of his name as q candidate for com. mander-in-chief of the G. A. R. at the coming encampment at St Paul, Minn. THE Massachusetts democrats in state convention at Boston named ex- Gov. w. E. Russell as their choice for the nomination for president The chairman of the meeting made speech in favor of sound money.
 A SYNDICATE of London and Paris bankers, it was said, proposed to fur nish the money with which Cuba might be purchased from Spain. The propo- sition was to furnish Sl00. 900, 900 to Spain and Sl0O, 900, GOO to put the Cuban government on it's feet 1t was thought by some, however, that such 6 settlement would not have the ap- proval of Cuban patriots.
 THE bimetallic conference, called with the view to paving the way to in transitional negotiations on the sub ject assembled at Brussels recently with delegates from Germany, the United States, Great Britain, France, Austria, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, Holland and Roumauia.
 CARIBBEAN TAUBENECK, of the popu- list national committee. in a recent in- terview at St. Louis, thought the six teen to one men would not have a majority at Chicago, but that the ad- ministration and the gold men would control the meeting.
 IS a recent interview Grand Master Work man Sovereign, of the Knights of Labor, said that R. r. Bland would not get the united support of labor men for president.
 THE republican state convention held at Staunton. Va. on the 23d elect ed delegates to the national conven- ton at St. Louis, instructing them by strong resolutions to support McKin- ley.
 TIE Pennsylvania republicans met in state convention at Harrisburg on the 23d and formally launched the boom of United States Senator Mat thew & Quay for the presidential nom- ination.
 TEE republicans of the United States senate in caucus on the 23d decided in favor of an early adjournment after the appropriation bills are passed.
 THE Bourgeois cabinet resigned at Paris on the 23d
 TIE conference for international arbitration at Washington closed on the a5d with mass meeting at Aliens opera house. in the course of which President Eliot, of Harvard, severely the policy of President Cleveland. Carl SchurZ stated if the United States wanted to be a great sea power she must establish navy twice as large as any two European powers. were adopted for g. per manent system of arbitration and urg- ing President Cleveland to take such steps as will best conduce to that end.
 THE United States government has called Spain 10 account for the outrage on Dr. Jose Manuel Del yado, an American citizen, on March |, in Cuba.
 THE congress of bimetallists at Brus- sells closed by adopting NJ Beernaert's proposal that the congress should be declared permanent until the question of bimetallisdn had been solved.
 Ar a meeting in M. A. Hanna's office | 1t Cleveland, O., the official Mckinley | 'adge to be worn by supporters of the presidential candidate at the St. Louis | was adopted. It is bright | ed satin ribbon. four inches in length. n the center of the ribbon a photo 'raph of Mckinley will appear, and in olden letters above and below it will e the words: .'Fatr;otism. Protection, William Mckinley, the 'eople's Choice"
 MISCELLANEOUS. IA CYCLONE struck Salem, Va, on the 4th, blowing down houses and barns nd aprooting trees. In one house de-