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The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
PENSION POINTS.
Some Interesting Figures Complied from
 Pension Agent Clicks Report.

TOPEKA, Kan, July 26.-Pension Agent George W. Clicks latest report to the government, which was made the last day of June, contained vast amount of statistics concerning the pension business in this district, much of which is interesting to old soldiers in particular and citizens in general The statement showing changes in the pension roll during the year ended June 30, 1894, contained the following interesting facts:
 The number of pensioners on the roll at the beginning of the year was 101, ,423; at the close of the year the number was 1O4,917. During this year the number of original pensioners en- rolled was 4,041; the total number of pensioners added during the year was 7,039. The loss to the roll by allow ance under act of June 27, 1890, was I'll; by death, 1,S0i; by re.marriage, 1ss; minors by legal limitation, 166; by failure to claim, 154; for other causes, 762; by transfer to other agencies, 300; the total loss was 3,545. The number of restorations and renewals of pen sioners that were dropped from the rolls were 227.
 The sum of $3s1, ,67s. 90 was paid as back pay to 1,229 pensioners during the year.
 The reduction in rate of pensions during the year amounted to Ss,127.
 One thousand, five hundred and for. ty-six pensioners have been increased during the year, the total amount of this increase being SSs,6s6.
 At the end of the year there was only S34, ,55S.79 due for which no vouchers had been presented.
 The number of pensioners in the various states and territories on the rolls of the Topeka agency June 30, 1894, was 1O4,9 ,9l7, and the total amount disbursed for pensions at the Topeka agency for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894, was $14, ,7G3, 4G2.45.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
CAMDEN BOUGHT SUGAR.
Evidence Given Before the Senate Sugar
 Trust Implicates the West Xirginian.

Evidence Given Before the Senate SugaP
 Trust duplicates the West Virginian.
 WASHINGTON, July 25.-Edward O. Levy, New York broker and employe of Wheeler & Co.,, of New York, was before the senate sugar trust committee to-day. While not member of the firm, he acts as a personal representa- tive of MT. Guillardeau, of that firm, in his absence, and it is understood that his testimony substantiated that given by Mir. Guillardeau before the commit- tee, and that it related to an order for sugar stocks alleged to have been given by Senator Camden.
 The committee still refuses to give out the testimony, but the members unite in saying that the testimony is important, and that if they are able to complete it on the lines which they are following the result will be either to fasten the charges or bring them to point where their falsity can be estab- lished.
 The chain, however, will be incom- plete so long as the committee fails to find one witness for whom search is being made. This witness is said to be Samuel G. Battershall, who formerly represented the New York firm of Seymour, Young & Co. in this city. Witnesses have so far been examined and Battershall is the man, who at one time, had in his possession orders from senators for the purchase of sugar stocks. The committee regard the disappearance of witness wanted at this time as sipnificant
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
SERVING POTATOES.
Cook Them In a Different Way Each Day
 In the Week.


 In the Week.
 On Sunday have them mashed-not pounded into a sodden mass, but whisked into creamy substance. To attain this they should be peeled, steamed, broken with 8 potato whip, moistened with milk and butter, sea- soned with salt and pepper and beaten like batter until they are very light.
 On Monday bake them in their skins. They should be washed clean, baked in good oven and served at once. For Tuesday they may be peeled and baked with roast. When the meat is within half an hour or so of being ready lay them in the gravy under it and bake until they are covered with q crisp brown skin. On Wednesday serve them in Kentucky style. These are sliced thin as for frying, soaked in cold water for half an hour, put in a pud- ding dish with salt, pepper and milk and baked for an hour. On Thursday serve thom fried whole. Peel and boil them. Roll in beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs, and fry in butter. On Friday have potatoes la Parisienne. Wash and rub them with coarse cloth until they are skinned, drop into boil ing water and boil until done. Have ready in saucepan some hot cream and butter, little green parsley, pep per and salt. Pour the water off the boiled potatoes, cover with this and let it stand. On Saturday boil the pota- toes In their skins and serve with butter.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
How to Polish Steel nuckles.

Buckles are to be found upon every part of woman's toilet, and, of the many chic varieties, those made of steel take the lead. Old-fashioned specimens that look as if they might date back several generations are greatly prized. "How can I furbish them up?' is the query of the fair owner. Boiling oil acts as a cleansing agent. The buckle to be renovated is dropped in oil that has been heated. It is left there for an hour, when the polishing process be- gins. The best polisher you will find is the ever useful chamois, or, if you prefer them, the inside of an old kid glove or soft piece of leather will do the work nicely.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
FATAL FLAMES.
A Destructive Fire, Attended with Loss of
 Life, at Washington.

Life, at Washington.
 WASHINGTON, July 2G-The Knox stables on B street, the Adams Ex- press Co.'S stables, eight two-story houses on the alley north of the Knox building and two small frame houses back of the Adams stables were de- stroyed by fire early this morning and six or eight residences were more or less damaged. The total loss will ex- ceed S250, 1000. The cause of the fire is not known.
 The bodies of the following named firemen, crushed to death under fall ing walls, have been recovered: Sam uel F. Mastin, Michael Fenton and Dennis Donohue.
 The above were fremen of No. com pany. A number of firemen were in- jured and one of the Knox stable em- ployes was burned and may die. Fully a dozen fremen and policemen were overcome by heat and had to be carried to places of safety.
 About 25O heavy draught horses, nearly all the companies express wagons and the contents of the large storage building were burned.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
Terrible Accident to a Boy.

LANCASTER, Pa, July 25.-Orville Johnson, the s-year-old SOD of Kirk Johnson, prominent business man of this city, is lying at the point of death as the result of picking up yesterday morning the end of live electric wire charged with 2,2OO volts. When he caught hold of it he was drawn from his feet and swung back and forth like pendulum for fully five minutes, flashes flashing from his hand all the while. Hi, screams attracted num- Der of persons. who secured clubs and knocked the wire out of his hand.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
LilIuokslapi Enters a Protest.

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The president submitted to the senate yesterday, as part of the Hawaiian correspondence, a letter from Minister Willis, dated June 23, in which that official reports the receipt on June 2l of a protest signed by Liliuokalani, reciting from her standpoint the facts prior and sub- sequent to the overthrow of the mon- archy; protesting against all such acts, and earnestly requesting that the United States will not extend its recog- milton to any such government thus formed.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
Car Works Start Up.

CHICAGO, July 26.-The Allen Paper Car Wheel works at Pullman started up yesterday with about dozen men. The officials of the company say they have no connection with the Pullman company beyond renting power from it; that they have notified their em- ployes to return to work, guaranteeing them protection, and that unless they return the company proposes to go ahead and operate the works with new men. There is no evidence of weak ening among the Pullman strikers. They have perfect bicycle patrol sys- tenn, and keep all who show disposi- ton to return to work under espionage.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
Sentenced tn ,Inliet.

DENVER, Col, July 25.-Judge Hal lett. in the United States circuit court yesterday, overruled the motion of J. T. Cochrane and A. R. Sayre for new trial and sentenced them to five years each in the United States prison at Joliet, III. Cochrane and Sayre are the president and cashier respectively of the First national bank at Del Norte, and the offense for which they were arrested and convicted was sending false reports of the condition of the bank to the comptroller of the curren- pv
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
DEBS' DEFENSE,

The Court Decides That His Answer Is Not
 Sufficient Reply to the Charge of Con-
 tempt.
 CHICAGO, July 25.-Debs and the other officers of the American Railway union met with decided reverse yes terday in their fight against the prose- cution for contempt in the United States court. The court decided that the answer filed by the defendants is not sufficient reply to the charge of contempt, and the motion of their at torneys that they be discharged was overruled. This morning the court will hear the evidence of the govern ment to sustain the contempt charge, and the defendants will be given the opportunity to produce evidence In their defense.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
A Triple Murder.

Los ANGEIEs, Cal, July 27.--Joe Craig, an ex-policeman, killed his di- vorced wife, her brother, George Hun ter; his father-in-law, William Hunter, and then attempted to shoot himself, but only succeeded in making a flesh wound
 His wife secured divorce from him three months ago upon the grounds of cruelty, and Craig, who is reported to be possessed of a very quarrelsome dis position, has never lost an opportunity to make matters unpleasant for her. Revenge is thought to be the cause of the murders.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
DeuntY Sherifrs Killed.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 25.-War has broken out again among the striking miners, Since o'clock yesterday af- ternoon two deputy sheriffs have been killed, third fatally wounded and a fourth badly hurt. Two desperate strikers did it all, and they were last night surrounded on the mountain near Coalburg, refusing to surrender. The officers are determined to take them, dead or alive, and will close in on them as soon as more military reaches the scene.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
Mine Officials Killed.

WnKEsBARRE, Pa., July 27.-At the Exeter shaft of the Lehigh Valley Co. at Pittston the bottom fell out of the carriage as it was descending the shaft to-day and Col. Mason, superin- tendent; Robert Mercer, assistant su- perintendent, and William Wilson, an other official, were precipitated to the bottom. Mason was killed outright and the other two were fatally injured. The men were going down into the mine on tour of inspection.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
Lightning's Frightfui Work.

DOVER, Del, July 9. - During a thunder storm yesterday afternoon Mrs. E. E. Clement, wife of promi- nent farmer, living about 9 miles south of Dover, wasstruck by lightning, and all of her clothes burned off. A horse standing near by was struck and in- stantly killed. Two colored boys who were standing beside the horse were also struck, one being paralyzed from the waist down, while the other one had his arm terribly lacerated. The house near which the team was stand- ing was not injured in the least. Mrs. Clements case is serious one, and if Is doubtful if she recovers.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
ANOTHER COLORADO OUTRAGE
Masked Men wantonly Kill sheep and
 Make Threats.

MEEKER, Col, July 27.-Masked men tied and blindfolded Gen. $. Alsebrook and deputy sheriff, whom Mir. Alse- brook had placed in charge of his sheep, and stabbed and clubbed to death about 25O head of sheep, after which they rode over to Smith X Trimmer's camp and shot 1Ol fine blooded rams.
 The mob gave Alsebrook five days in which to leave the country, informing him that they had a secret organiza- tion of 300 members in Garfield, Routt and Rio Blanche counties, who were sworn to rid the country of such people.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
AsksIeare tn Rednee Pay.

OMAHA, Neb., July 27.-S. F. Barnard, receiver of the Omaha & St. Louis road, which extends from Council Bluffs to Pattonsburg, Mo-, and is operated as the north end of the Wabash system, is in the federal court to-day asking to be authorized to cut the pay of the em- ployes an average of 10 per cent. The employees are in court opposing it.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
DEADLY COLLISION.
Railroad Trains Crash Together and Eight
 Persons Are Killed.

hAilrOad JratnS Crasn IOEeUner anu EhEht
 Persons Are Killed.
 TExARKANA, Ark, July 25.-The col lision of the north and south bound Texas X Pacific cannonball trains yes terday near Queen City was caused by improper service in train orders. One engine was completely wrecked and the other badly disabled. The baggage, express, mail and smoking cars of both trains were shattered into splinters.
 The list of dead numbers eight, as follows: Charles Holland, postal clerk; Mike Voltz, postal clerk; Ed Bee, postal clerk; Ed Grimm, engineer; AL len, fireman: Fred Marshall, express messenger; James Jones, porter; un- known man.
 George Bean, a postal clerk, was badly injured.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
WOMAN AND HOME.
FIRST YANKEE BONNET.

Made by Miss Botsoy Metcalf. of Provi-
 idence, R. I.-At First Her Work Was
 Assailed from the Pulpit and by the
 Press-Preachors Supposed It to Be an
 Invention of Satan.
 Until some years after the revolu- tionary war all the straw bonnets sold in this country were imported from England Even those patriotic daugh- ters of the revolution who refused to drink the taxed tea went on buying and wearing the imported bonnets until young American girl made one for herself. and thus set the fashion of independence for others It was in 179s that little Betsey Metcalf, of Providence, R. l., saw an English Dunstable straw bonnet in the window
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
Woman Killed by a Train.

EFFINeHAM, IL, July 25.-Mrs- Eliz- abeth Taylor and girl 13 years of age were caught on the Vandalia railroad bridge by freight train. Mrs. Taylor was thrown from the bridge and in stantly killed, while the girl displayed rare presence of mind by lying down on the edge of the bridge outside the puard rail and was unhurt.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
The yigilant Wins Another Race.

RoCHE's POINT, Southampton, July 25.-The American yacht Vtgilant won to-day in her twelfth 50-mile race with the prince of Wales yacht Britannia. The Vigilant won by minutes 32 sec- onds, without counting time allowance, and by minutes 22 seconds, if the esti- mated time allowance which she gives the Britannia, minute 10 seconds, is allowed. The score now stands 9 to in favor of the Britannia.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
Forest r,ros Attaok DuIutb.

DULUTH, Minn., Julys5 Forest fires are doing considerable damage around Duluth, and have now appeared within the city limits. At Amnicon, 22 miles from here, bridge on the Northern Pacific, 150 feet long and 30 feet high, was destroyed. It will delay trai ns for savaral davS
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
Rolled Water for the Skin.

If one cannot have hot and cold wa ter in ones room, one may at least, by taking a little trouble, have only boiled water in the wash-pitcher. It need not be warm, but it should once have been so. Only those who have tried it know what difference therN Is in its softness, and how good 1t | for the skin.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
Fifty-three Lash es.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 25. .y-Six masked men called George Heron from his bed at Burney station, east of here, on the Big Four, tied him to a telegraph pole and gave him fifty-.hree lashcs with beech switches.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
KILLED BY AN ELEVATOR.
Four Men Crushed to Death by the Falling
 of Cage.

of Cage.
 NEW YORK, July 25.-Four men were instantly killed yesterday afternoon by the falling of an elevator in Clausen & Prices brewery. Their names were: Louis Baer, Bernard Smith, Tony Far rell, Henry Hombein. William F.. Em- ert was fatally injured.
 The cable of the elevator, which was used for hoisting grain, broke and the car fell on top of the men, who were down in the nit.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02

TENDER new peas are appetizingly served in cases. These are made of mashed potatoes stiffened with little flour and baked in huted cake tins, the center filled with bit of bread. This is then removed and the peas poured in.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-02
DRAPERY FOR PIANO.

It Hides the Ugly Wooden Back of the
 Instrument Completely.
 The drapery on the cottage piano is quite a new invention, giving an unu- sual perspective to the otherwise very
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-03-21
BLANK s Co.

A little study will enable you tc
evolve many other attractive ways OF
setting up your ads. in The Astorian
type. There is hardly any limit to tho
combinations possible. Large type eatc
space, but you are not obliged to use it
in order to r@'e SNOWY ad. in Th5
Astorian. Still we would advise you, i!
using the plain type, to have your ad.
on those pages of The Astorian where
all advers. are so set up, as then your
small ad has an equal chance of being
seen. A plain ad. might be lost to
view entirely when printed alongside OF
fancy type neighbors. There the con-
trast is against you, but on the page
with other ads. printed in the same
type as yours the advantage of the
most attractive setting is yours if you
but choose to have it so.
The advertiser who has his eyes and
wits about him has his finger on the
public pulse and knows its beat. In
cases of emergency his art and wit
may do wonders. Observe the unique
use which Yankee advertiser makes
Of the classics. This man had dog col
lars municipalities and rubber stamps to
sell. 1t was most unpromising theme
for what can one say of dog collars?
Here are some of the things he said:
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-03-21
WILL CURL YOUR HAIR.

In these days of genius and discovery
1t is frosty morning If some new ap,
lication of electricity Is not reported
The latest is the electric curling iron
that fills several long-felt wants. 1t is
kept at an equable temperature by a
current that Is regulated by the touch.
There need be no more reaching up to
out-of-the-way gas Jets or plunglng the
iron into the heart of grimy and smok-
Ing lamp. In medicine and surgery cleo
tricity Is of great service. In a dem
lists Office the power for grinding
comes from a motor, and there are
many devices in use. A tiny electric
lamp can actually be put into the cavi-
ty OF n tooth, so that the interior may
be plainly seen.
DIR. o, B. Estes has one Of the finest
electrical outfits in the state in his
Third street offices. There is n total
capacity of 400 volts, and every con-
ceivable kind of a current can be Great
ed and kept under control There are
nearly half hundred different attach
ments to the machine, and for the eau
terization Of sores, bites and wounds Il
wire is employed at such white heat
that 1t leaves no pain whatever. The
other day. during friendly call, the
doctor slipped dlminutive electric
lamp down a. rubber tube into a report
ers stomach, and was able to tell at a
glance what kind OF breakfast ii was
that kept body and soul together in his
case
(. " VIII satisfy two hours curiosity
to watch the multitude of uses 10 which
the doctor con successfully usc elec-
tricity in surgery.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-03-21
THE TARIFF TINKERING
The Bill in the Hands of the
Full Committee.
VARIOUS ADDITIONAL CHANGES
Proposition to Repeat Reciprocity
Treaties Negotiated Under the
Mckinley Act.
Associated Press.

washington, March 20.-The demo
cratic members of the finance commit
tee have completed consideration Of the
tariff bill and it was submitted to the
full committee OF republicans and dem
ocrats today The most important
change is in the sugar schedule, g
change being made by which an add
tional duty of 18th OF cent per pound
Is given on all sugars above SO degrees
by the polariscope test, or which are
above No. 16, Dutch standard, In color
The provisions abrogating the Ha'
waiIan reciprocity treaty were stricken
out, and specific declaration inserted
repeating the reciprocity treaties nego-
tlated under the Mckinley act.
Other changes are: Lime, Is per cent
ad valorem, instead Of 10 per cent In
the Wilson bill, the duty to include the
value Of the covering or barrels; tin
plate, terne plate and taggers' tin, /
cent per pound, instead Of 1-5 cents,
and provision that the rate shall take
effect October /, 1894, restored; lead and
lead ores, duties unchanged from the
senate subcommittee rates as are iron
ore and coal duties; oatmeal, 15 per
cent, instead Of 20; collars and cuffs, un-
changed, but shirts and all other un-
provided-for articles, partly of linen, 50
per cent, instead Of 35 In the internal
revenue schedule the present taxes on
cigars are substituted as to cigars
Weighing more than three pounds and
cigarettes not Weighing more than that.
The provision In the income tax amend
ment relating to building and loan as
sociatlons, which was accepted by the
house and which the senate sub-com-
mittee struck out has been restored,
with a proviso that a tax shall not be
levied on such as make no loans except
to shareholders to build homes.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-03-21

This he said every day, each time
using another incident of past or cur
rent history, or quoting different au-
thor OF ancient or modern times. Az
ways winding up with some absurd or
comical allusion to the universal and
crying need for dog collars, name plates,
etc. and apparently proving the impos-
sibility of being happy in this world
without them. Who with canine
could resist these appeals? who with
a front door would let it go bare; who.
indeed, would write his name with pen
when a rubber stamp could be had with
which to do it? Novelty is the great
charm Of advertising. Originality is
what the world sishs fol-, Pc original
and your fortune Is made,