The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-25
DANIEL BENTON, alias Bill Newby,

| convicted Of presenting false pension claim, was brought to Springfield, IL, from the Chester penitentiary, and after giving S2.5OO bond was released, pending the decision of the United States supreme court, which granted a supercedeas in the case. THE board of Kent county, Mich, su- pervisors has offered reward of $500 for the arrest of the murderer or mur- derers of Mrs. Miles McKendrick. RUDOLPH J. PEsCHMANN, the confessed murderer of Mrs. Schrums, was ar raigned ir the municipal court at Mil waukee. He waived preliminary ex- animation and was held for trial with out bail.
 F. D. WANAMAKER, claiming to be a nephew of x-Postmaster-Gener Wan amaker, and to be in the employ of the government, was arrested at Fostoria, O., charged with disposing of a fraudu- lent draft to the proprietor of the Elm pire house at Tiffin, O. He is now in jail awaiting hearing. THE Royal Furniture & Carpet Co, of St Paul, Minn., has assigned A re- cent statement made by the firm places the assets at S125, 900 and the liabilities at $55, 900.
 Ar Cheyenne, Wyo., in the United States court, William M Masi late postmaster of that city, was acquitted of the charge of embezzlement of postal funds
 THE Wyoming supreme court has de- cided that ditches and water right pass title with the transfer of the land on which they exist.
 THREE young men were on trial for two days at Carthage, H., on charges of cruelty in killing cats
 REV. CHARLES INGHAM, an American Baptist missionary, was trampled to death by an enraged elephant he had shot in the Lower Congo.
 No more obstacles are to be put in the way of Chinese desiring to estab- fish cotton mills at treaty ports, on condition that they pay royalty of tael per bale.
 ALBERT BAMBERGER, the murderer of the Kreider family of six persons in North Dakota, was hanged on the scene of his crime.
 WILs HOWARD was hanged at Leb- anon, Mo, for the murder of deaf mute Howard had been mixed up in Kentucky feuds and was reputed to have killed many men and been guilty of other crimes.
 THE Pittsburgh (Pa.) Brass Co. has been placed in a receivers hands. As- sets, S400, 900; liabilities, Sl75,OOO.
 THE sheriff killed, a convict fatally wounded, guard dangerously injured, was the result of a battle with several escaped convicts near Pratt City, Tenn.
 CLEARING house returns for the week ended January IS showed an average decrease of 86.s compared with the cor responding week of last year In New York the decrease was 46.0; outside, 22.4.
 NINE men were killed by an ava lanche in the Rocky mountains near Fort Steel, E. c.
 A WELCOME rain was reported in Kan sas and Missouri on the 10th. The drought had lasted many weeks.
 BIG passenger pool to control all business between the Allegheny and Rocky mountains is the latest rumor in railway circles. It may relate to ex- cursion business only.
 FORTY negro families in Monroe county, Ark, are preparing to migrate to Liberia
 TIE Exchange bank of Ottawa, Put nam county, O., Samuel S. Slauson, president, has assigned to Dr. w. F. Reed.
 COMPTROLLER ECKELs announces that the First national bank of Great Falls, Mont, which has been in trouble, will resume business shortly.