The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-11-01
MISCELLANEOUS,

A LAW clerk in the interior depart ment at Washington was stricken with smallpox on the 26th and when the clerks came back from their noon lunch a state of panic prevailed. Dr. Wood ward, the health officer, made an urgent appeal to Secretary Smith to close the entire interior department in the interest of public health, and an order was issued closing every bureau until the 29th.
 TIE Farmers and Mechanics bank at Malvern. Ia., was visited by bur glars recently and g., 900 in cash was stolen. Nitro-glycerine was used in opening the vault, but the thieves did not thoroughly understand its use and the building was practically blown to pieces and the money and other con tents sent crashing into the street. The explosion aroused the whole neigh borhood.
 DNS's review of trade for the week ended the 26th said political excite ment in many states caused a slacken- ing of some kinds of business, but in- iications were more favorable than a week ago. The prices of farm products had not improved much, although corn was higher, without any very clear reason. Wheat was lower. The cot ton receipts indicated that the crop will probably be the largest ever pro- luced. The demand for wool was not large.
 CLEARING house returns for the prin- cipal cities of the United States for the week ended October 2G showed an average decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year of 0.S; in New York the decrease was 6,4; out side New York the increase was 6.4.
 SAM ROCK, an Italian laborer at the White stone quarry near Bowling Green, Ky, shot his wife and 7-year. old daughter. The wife is dead and the child cannot live. Rock was jailed.
 TIE Presbyterian synod of Oklahoma and the- Indian territory convened at Guthrie, Ok, on the 2jth and was to be in session three days.
 WASHINGTON was having smallpox scare on the 25th and it was estimated that over 5000 people were vaccinated on that day. An order has been issued by the interior department closing all the rooms in which the persons affiict ed with smallpox worked, and all per sons engaged in the rooms have beer given leave of absence and orders tC stay away from the department. DURING the consecration of churcf at Trokh, Russia, lamp was upset which caused a cry of fire to be raised and panic followed. During the rusl | for the doors two women and three | children were trampled to death anC twenty-seven people seriously injured
 IN collision between two freigh trains on the Kosloff Waronesch rail road in Russia, twenty-two cars were demolished and ten trainmen killed.
 A RECENT dispatch from Yokohama Japan, said that 5000 houses had beer destroyed by succession of earthquall shocks and. as far as known, 260 live had been lost and large number o people injured.
 CHIEF HAZEN, of the secret service a Washington, has received from Roches ter, N. Y., new counterfeit S5 treas ury note, with the Thomas head. Tn bill was a very poorly executed etche' plate. The features of Thomas wer blurred and the lettering and 1ath work very poor. The panel containing the treasury number of the bill ha parallel lines in the counterfeit, and il the genuine they are oblique. 1 SECRETARY HoKE SMITH has notitie Pension Agent Click, of Topeka, Kan that $3, ,5OO,0OO has been placed to hi credit for the payment of Novembe pensions in his district. As the 4th 0 | November falls on Sunday, Agen Click has given notice that voucher are not to be dated or forwarded t him prior to November ,.
 | ARRANGEMENTS have been complete
 for an interstate drill to be held i
 Memphis, Tenn, on the 20th Militar companies from all parts of the Cnite
 States will take part in the contes
 Citizens have raised purse of S100C
 to be distributed as prizes to the bes
 lIilled companies.