The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
 Mss JULIA STEVENSON, daughter of the vice president, was married at Washington on the 2d to Rev. Martin Hardin, son of Gen. P. Watt Hardin, of Kentucky.
 TIE body of the late James q. Blaine will be taken from Oak Hill cemetery, Washington, and reinterred at Angus ta, Me. Mrs. Blaine has purchased three acres on the front of the hill for the purpose.
 IT was announced at Des Moines, Ia., on the 2d that Senator Allison had se- lected John N. Baldwin, of Council Bluffs, delegate from the Ninth dis trict, to present his name to the con. vention at St. Louis.
 CHAIRMAN HARRITY. of the demo- cratic national committee has pre- pared an estimate of how the Chicago convention will stand on the money question. He gives the silver men 497 delegates, the gold men 3s7 and puts 92 in the doubtful column.
 Gov. BRADLEY. of Kentucky, has withdrawn his name as a presidential candidate.
 RUSSIA has warned the Turkish gov ernment that Christian massacre in Crete would unite the whole of Europe against Turkey.
 THERE was some talk going the rounds at Washington that Chicago would be made the democratic head quarters for the coming campaign.
 ALEXANDER II. MCGUFFY, author of a series of eclectic readers and spoilers. known to the school children of several generations, died recently at his home in Cincinnati of old age. He was 79 years old and was born near Youngs- town, O., of Scotch parents.
 MRS CLEVELAND and her children left Washington on the 4th for the presidents summer home at Gray Gables on Buzzards bay, Mass. The president will follow soon after the adjournment of congress.
 A WASHINGTON evening paper inde- pendent as to politics, published on the 4th this paragraph: 'The opinion is held in very high quarters that even President Cleveland and members of his cabinet will not support the dem- ocratic ticket if silver man is nomi- mated, but will vote with the repub- licaps if they adopt a gold standard platform at St. Louis"
 THE democratic state convention at Staunton, Va, on the 4th adopted a free silver platform and wanted Sena- tor Daniel as one of the nominees on the presidential ticket
 SPEAKER REED recently informed Senator Lodge that he had given no countenance to the use of his name for the vice presidency and that under no circumstances would he accept the honor.
 TIE international arbitration con- ference opened a three days session at Mohonk Lake, N. Y., recently. Ex- Senator Edmunds. of Vermont, pre- sided and about l3O representative men and women were present The gen. sral subject discussed was the best means of securing permanent court of arbitration to determine questions in dispute between nations and es- pecially between the United States and Great Britain.
 THE silver men had everything their own way at the democratic state con- vention at Lexington, Ky. The dele yaticn to the national convention was instructed for Senator Blackburn for president.
 TIE democratic state convention met in Jamestown, N. D., on the 4th. The delegates were instructed to vote for free coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of sixteen to one, and to vote for candidate for president who would stand on that platform.
 IT was stated at Washington on the ith that Mir. Mckinley would make no answer to the query sent him by the Catholic clubs, asking whether he 1 twill in the event of his election to the presidency discriminate against Catho- lies on account of their religious be- lief"
 A SPECIAL from Frankfort, Ky, on the 5th stated that Gov. Bradley denied that he had withdrawn as a presiden- tial candidate and said that his name would be presented to the St. Louis convention. The special also stated that a movement had been started for Gov. Bradley for vice president.
 THE St. Louis Republic on the 9th printed an interview with Perry Heath, of Cincinnati. in which he gave what purported to be Maj. McKinley's position on the finance question, which is, briefly stated, that whatever the re. publican national convention adopted as its platform would be the Mckinley platform and intimating that conces. sion was likely to be made to silver men. Mir. Perry Heath also stated that tariff would be the great issue of the campaign.
 SENATOR HILL was said to be an avowed candidate for tem mporary chair man of the national democratic con- | vention at Chicago.
 --------------- MISCELLANEOUS. THE plant of the Sebewainp Mich. ! Brewing Co. was destroyed by fire on the 3d.
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