The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-26

hN SApAooAoho o1 TOO pOuhuo VI PON''ASA at Fort Pulaski, at Savannah, Ga., shook the earth, fatally wounding Ordnance Sergt. William Chinn, seri- ously injuring his mother-in-law and setting fire to the fort.
 IN Brazil, Ind, Conductor Burnett, a non-unionist on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, was attacked by a crowd of strikers and badly beaten up.
 A SPECIAL excursion from Albion, Ill.,, to Marengo, Ind, was wrecked about miles east of Oakland City, Ind, on the 2Oth. The wreck was caused by the breaking of the engine trucks. The baggage car was turned over and burst into splinters. Melvin Stanley was killed beneath the wreck. There were in all ten or fifteen injured. The excursionists were all members of the churches or congregations of AL bion, H., and were on their annual picnic excursion.
 Ar Newark, N. J., by the explosion of a boiler in Benjamin J. Achine's hat factory, that shop and six frame tene- ment houses in the rear and on both sides of the boiler house were envel- oped in flames. It is believed that sev- eral lives were lost
 CLEARING house returns for the prin- cipal cities of the United States for the week ended July 20 showed an av- craze decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year of 15.5; in New York the decrease was 23.5; outside, 4.5.
 A MOB of thirty armed men overpow- cred the jailer at Woodville, Tex, and broke down the doors. They went to the cell where William Griffith was confined and took him out Proceed ing to the Southern Pacific water tank, they hanged and shot him. One of the shots fired into his body nearly cut his arm off.
 FAILURES for the week ended July 20 Dun's report) were 236 in the United States, against 467 last year; in Canada A, against 25 last year.
 ALLEN MYERS, an alleged negro con- juror, was set upon by mob of negroes in Rankin county, Miss. He was fatal ly shot by Ellis Hemingway, Jack son colored man.
 A DISPATCH of the 10th from Ports mouth, Eng, said that Trinity house boat, having crew of seven trained wreckers on board, was en- gagged in blowing up the wreck of the yacht Azalia in the Solent, as it was dangerous to navigation, when in some manner a dynamite cartridge exploded, killing the seven men and shattering the boat.
 THE federal grand jury at Chica go have returned twenty-three indict- ments in Judge Seaman's court. In the twenty-three indictments were in- cluded the names of about seventy five individuals, who are charged with violating the federal statutes during the railroad troubles of the last three weeks. District Attorney Milchrist refused to give the names of any of the indicted persons beyond admitting that there were several new indict- ments against Debs, Howard, Keliher and Rogers, the chief officers of the railway union.
 THE most serious fire of the year in Minneapolis broke out on the 10th and before it was extinguished had de- stroyed property to the value of over 0,000 leaving in ruins one of tn finest market buildings in the country Thirty horses and thousands of fowls were burned. The fire spread to the livery stable, store and office of s. B. Matson and the residences of Doll Mat. 1 son and c. E. Howard, which were de- stroyed, and number of other busi- | ness and private buildings were dam aged. Several fremen and horses of the fire department were prostrated by falling electric wires.
 ON the night of the 18th Gen. Miles signed general order removing icd' eral troops from Chicago.