The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1894-12-20

GEORGE LAyIGNE and Andy Bowen
fought at New Orleans on the 14th.
In the eighteenth round Bowen was
knocked out and carried in serious
condition from the ring to the hospital
Lavigne was detained by the police.
THE action begun by the republican
state central committee of California
to contest the election of James H.
Budd, as governor, has been thrown
out of the state supreme court.
THE American Federation of Labor
at Denver, Col, on the l4th discussed
the political programme" which was
submitted by the last convention to
the unions, to be acted upon by them
and then by the federation. A chart
was presented-showing the relative
number and wealth of workingmen,
business men, capitalists and million
aires-by Thomas j. Morgan, of Chica-
go, and he made n speech vigorously
advocating socialism.
THE jury in the Millington lynching
case at Memphis, Tenn, brought in a
verdict of not guilty in the cases of
Richardson and Smith, and nolle
pressed the balance of the cases
PRESIDENT EUGENE V. DEBs and all
of the directors of the American Rail-
way union, accused of contempt of
court in violating the strike injunction
last summer, were found guilty as
charged and Debs was sentenced to six
months in Jail and the others to three
| months.
| COMMISSIONER LAMoREAUX, of the
general land office, has framed bill
for the action of congress to constitute
a land court to hear and decide all con-
tested land cases.
| News has been received that the
New Hebrides islands in the Pacific
ocean were passing through baptism
OF fire, earthquakes and volcanic dis
turbances. Many lives were said to be
lost, an entire village being carried
into the sea on one island.
The largest and most destructive fire
known in years has swept over large
portion of the plains near Deane, Tex,
and was still burning to the south on
| the 18th.
AT the convention of the American
Federation of Labor on the 18th the
auditing committee made its report,
| showing balance on hand on Novem-
| Der of S5.19l.79 A resolution against
land monopoly was adopted.
THE United States grand jury has in
| dicted thirty-six leading men of Muir
ray county, Ca, for whitecapping.
THE vast cattle interests of the west
are about to grapple in death strug-
gle with the sugar trust and Armour,
Morris and Swift, the Chicago packers,
will direct the fighting. They want
the tax on sugar removed, as free sugar
means more exports of meat. In the
fight the meat men think they can
command the support of the senators
from the west and south.
ACCORDING to dispatch from Odessa,
Russia was massing troops on the
boundary adjacent to the scenes of the
recent Armenian outrages.
The London Jewish Chronicle as
serted that the Rothchilds secured, as
a condition precedent to their placing
the recent Russian loan, promise
from that country that the Jews in that
country would be accorded better
treatment than they had heretofore re-
ceived
MEMBERS OF the boards of supervisors
of seven counties in southern California
recently held meeting at Los An
geles for the purpose of urging divi-
sion of California by forming a new
state of Southern California. The
| diversity of climate and productions of
| Ia r,,l
ern California were urged in support
| of the movement.
BY q vote Of nine to eight the house
committee on banking and currency
decided to report Secretary Carlisle's
| plan for revision of the currency.
JOHN HUNTINGTON, collection clerk
| of the Citizens state bank, of Council
| Bluffs, Ia, was questioned about a
missing check for $500 on the 10th
when he deliberately shot the two of
fcials who were investigating the
affair and then put a bullet through
his own head. The two officials will
probably recover. ....
SECRETARY MORTON has determined
this year to devote his quota of free
seeds, amounting to one-third of the
whole, to the farmers in those western
states that have suffered so severely
through last seasons drought.
4. b. MOSES, president, and J. l..
Bristow, secretary, of the Interstate
Irrigation association, have issued an
invitation to the various states con.
| cerncd to general session of the as
ISOLATION at Ell Reno, Ok, on January
| % and &C.
Two passenger trains collided at Red
fern, N. S. W, and twelve persons
were killed and many others injured.
A DUEL with pistols took place on
the street at Benton, Ala, recently be.
! tween Tom Saint Clair and Reuben
Mauck. Saint Clair was killed, Mauck
slightly wounded and a negro woman
seriously wounded.
THE house committee on post offices
and post roads has concluded to recon-
mend that S35,0 900 be appropriated to
| be used in chasing bandits who hold
up mail trains. The last sessi on al
lowed $4,000 for this purpose and