The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-10-18
FAILURES for the week ended octo.

FAILURES for the week ended Octo. | Der 12 (Dun's report) were 211 in the United States, against 39S last year; in Canada 43, against 42 last year. CLEARING house returns for the prin- cipal cities of the United States for the week ended October 12 showed an average increase as compared with the corresponding week last year of 30, in New York the increase was s; out side New York the increase was 5.5. AN incendiary fire at Fulton, Ia., de, stroyed an entire block on the 18th. The loss was heavy, the structures de- stroyed being Rhodes hotel, the Full ton grist mill, the Fulton steam laun- dry, Snyder's wood and coal yard and the ice company's stable and horses and the Northwestern freight offices. ANOTHER industrial army was being formed in Oakland, Cal, by Gen. Kel. ley, and if all goes well until next spring another army will commence a march to the capital.
 EUGENE V. DEBs and the other di- rectors of the American Railway union have mailed 100000 copies of an appeal for reorganization of the old order On roads opposed to the American Railway union the men are urged to organize secretly and promises of ample protec- tion are given to them by the signers of the appeal.
 TIE northbound passenger train on the Richmond, Fredericksburg x Poto- mac was held up near Quantico, Md, by obstructing the track. The seven masked robbers forced the messenger to open the safe. It was thought they got S50,000
 A REGENT ruling of the supreme court of Oklahoma knocked out many di- vorces granted by probate judges but the parties were renewing them in the district courts and hundreds of suits had been filed within the last two weeks.
 FOUR earthquake shocks were felt in Athens on the night of the 10th.
 NEAR Fort Recovery, O., while thresh- ing grain in barn, a spark set fire to the straw and the barn quickly became a roaring mass of flames William Greer
 
 escape and perished in the flames. Ma than Greer was severely burned and may die.
 THERE now seems to be very little doubt that Heavyweight Champion James Corbett will defend his title against Bob Fitzsimmons, the cham pion of middleweights. The men met at New York and after an hours par leying they and their managers agreed to fight to q finish at the Flor ida Athletic club, Jacksonville, Fla, for purse of S41 .000 and Sl0,000 side, any time after July 1, 1895. The battle will probably take place in the fall of next year, the date being left to the club.
 THE southbound freight on the Ashe- vile S Spartanburg road ran away on heavy grade on Saluda mountain on the 9th. The crew remained on the flying train, which ran to the bottom of the grade, miles, and then left the track, the engine and fourteen cars piling up in deep cut. The latest ad- vices said Engineer German and a col ored train hand had not been found. Fireman Cork was buried under the wreckage and it was thought he was dead.
 GRANDY MOORE, 12-year-old white boy, was arrested at Bells, near Mem- phis, Tenn, charged with wrecking the fast mail on the Louisville < Nash vile in which several persons were in- jured, some probably fatally. The youthful train wrecker confessed his crime, and said he opened the switch to see what would happen.
 THE American board of commission CTS for foreign missions opened its an nual meeting at the Congregational church at Madison, Wis, on the 10th with about 1000 delegates present.