The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-03-11
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
 SECRETARY FRANCIS has named w. H. Mills, of New York, and w. r. Cole man, of Missouri, as the allotting agents for the Wichita reservation.
 PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on the 2d vetoed the immigration bill on the ground that the educational test was unnecessarily severe. He said that it was indefinitely better to admit 1000 immigrants unable to read and write than one educated and unruly agitator.
 THE international monetary confer ence bill became law on the 3d, President Cleveland having signed it.
 MR. MCKINLEY was presented at Washington on the Sd with beauti- ful badge, the official emblem of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. It was the gift of the members of the fraternity at large.
 Gov. BUSHNELL. presented to National Chairman Hanna at Washington on the Sd the commission and certificate which will make him senator of the United States from the state of Ohio to succeed Senator sherman, who ten dered his resignation the same day.
 MR. CLEVELAND took formal leave of President Mckinley on the 4th and then drove from the white house with Capt. Evans to the wharf to take the lighthouse tender Maple for a ten days fishing trip in the North Carolina sounds.
 THE total coinage at all the hints Nzl. this amount S1O, 152, ,000 was in gold, S1,- 9.793.65 silver and SS6, ,0S9. 36 minor coin.
 AN important order has been issued by the United States war department closing all Qualifications and coast de- lenses from public inspection. No one is to be permitted to view these works in the future except for good military reasons, and descriptions of them are prohibited.
 TIE commissioner of patents reports that for the calendar year of 1896 there were 43,9s2 applications for patents, designs and reissues; 23,273 patents were issued and reissued l,sI6 trade marks, labels and prints registered and 12, 193 patents expired during the year. There are left pending action q total of S,sG7 applications. The num- Der of applications exceeded previous years by nearly 5000.
 MR. MCKINLEY took the oath of office as president of the United States on the 4th, Chief Justice Fuller adminis- tering the oath. The new president then delivered an address. The inau- guration ceremonies were the greatest in history. Over 10000 men were in the parade. The ball in the evening was the climax of the day. The presi- dential party was present for about an hour, and when it left the ball was formally opened.
 A SPECIAL from Guadalajara. Mex, said that almost warlike spirit was being aroused among the people of Mexico by the coming of Messrs Bruce, Stone and Pierce, of Boston, to enter into negotiations with the Mexican government for the return of the flags captured by the Mexican troops dur ing the war of !S47. Some of the news papers denounce Americans and de- mand of the United States, at the can mons mouth if necessary, q cession of all the territory taken from Mexico, specifying California, Colorado, Ne vada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
 CHAIRMAN GRosvENoR has issued a call for republican members of the Fifty-Fifth congress to meet at Wash ington in caucus on March 13 for the purpose of nominating candidates and other business.