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The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
AN OKLAHOMA MURDER.
Farmer Killed by His Tenant Near Hen-
 messy.

A Farmer Killed by Ills Tenant Near Hen-
 messy.
 HENNEssY, Ok, July 13.-About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon two farm CTS, named William Holt and William Fowler, got in an altercation over some rent, and Holt shot Fowler, kill ing him instantly. Holt was living in a granary belonging to Fowler, who came to make some changes in the building, Holt's time having expired. Fowler was laying some boards in the loft, when Holt ordered him to como down, but he refused to do so.
 Holt then got his shotgun, and, en- tering the granary, again ordered Fowler to come down. Fowler said: II will as soon as drive this nail," upon which Holt took deliberate aim and fired, the whole load penetrating the victims left breast, tearing his heart to pieces. He then ordered an other man, who was working in the loft with Fowler to throw him down and come down himself.
 Fowler was a very quiet and inof- fensive man about 35 years old, and leaves wife and three children. The man who did the shooting is also mar ried and has two small children. There had been difficulty between them for some time
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
WHERE WE ALL HAVE BEEN.

O, know of a land where we all have been, Yet never may go again, Though we're women us brave as ever were
 seen,
 Or the biggest and strongest of men. In this wonderful land of which sing We never knew toll or care, For some one stood ready to fetch and bring, And we were the rulers there. Though we wore no crowns of gold or flowers, We were kings and queens by right, And the homage of love was always ours From our subjects day and night. .eOur royal robes were woven with care, Our beds were sillen and soft, We lived in ease and luxury there
 And we rode in our carriages oft. Whatever we did, the livelong day,
 We were watched by admiring eyes; And, whatever we said, or didn't say
 We were thought to be wondrous wise. And no matter how peevish or cross we grew, Or what tyrants we became, There was one at least, who loved us so true That she worshiped us just the same. And if we were i'll, or beset by fears,
 She would tend us with gentlest hand, And soothe us by crooning sweet songs in our
 ears,
 For we lived in Babyland. % God, forgive us our tyranny there
 And reward, where'er they may be, The patient and loving souls whose care
 Was ours in our infancy.
 Julia Anna Wolcott, in Farm Field and Preside,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
Double Execution in Mississippi.

MERIDIAN, Miss, July 14.-Fully G. GOO persons witnessed the execution of Will Sye and Will Trest, colored, at Ellisville, Miss, yesterday. Their crimes were confessed on the scatfold. Their necks were broken by the drop, and death resulted in ten and fifteen minutes. The crime for which the men suffered the death penalty was the murder in December last of Jim Smith, an old and inoffensive negro. Smith bore a reputation among the super stitious as being "conjurer," and was charged by his murderers with having conjured their wives. On the night of the 27th of December last, they visited the old negro's house and as he came out assaulted him with knives, cutting him to death.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
LABOR DEMONSTRATION.
A Big Meeting Held at Cooper Union, Nov
 York.

York.
 NEW YORK, July 13.-The labor dem- onstration held last night in Cooper Union to express sympathy with the strikers in Chicago and the west was an extraordinary outpouring of people. The hall was crowded to excess and 5000 people surrounded the building, unable to get in.
 The resolutions adopted commended the decisive action of the American Railway union in demanding arbitra- tion. Little sympathy was expressed with violence, but the resolutions de- manded the removal of conditions pro- vocative of violence.
 The government was declared to be in the interest of corporations and con- spring against the liberty and civil rights of citizens.
 The senate was denounced for rush. ing to the defense of monopolies and corporations in the sacred name of lib erty. The protection of the mail ser vice was declared mere pretext, and as private corporations have shown their inability to perform their duty as public carriers, consequently congress is asked to nationalize the railways.
 Sympathy was extended to the people of California and congress is asked to foreclose the nations mortgages on the Pacific railroads.
 In conclusion the workingmen were called upon to use their political rights.
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WILL NOT STRIKE.

The A. F. of l.. in Sympathy with the A. R
 U. but Decide Against a General Strike.
 CHICAGO, July 1.-The conference of the American Federation of Labor ad. journed at 7:S0 last evening, after hay. ing decided against general strike. The petition of President Debs, of the American Railway union, was indorsed, however, and S1, 900 voted for defense fund for the coming trial of Debs. The executive council of seven will hold a final session to-day. A long address was issued to the public, giving the reasons why a general walk out should not be ordered.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
TRAIN WRECKED.
\ Fridge in California Sawed Under and a Train with Soldiers Wrecked-Four Killed and Several Injured.

\ Fridge in California Sawed Under and
 Train with Soldiers Wrecked-Four Killed
 and Several Injured.
 SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 12.-For over twenty-four hours United States regu- lars have been on the field in Northern California, but the railroad blockade has not been broken. In fact, the sit uation last night was deemed more se- rious than it has been at any time here- tofore. Human life has been sacrificed at Sacramento, in a horror wherein a train plunged through trestle, the nnderpinning of which had been sawed out
 The dead are: Samuel B. l.. Clark, engineer; Private Byrne, Private Lub- berding and Private Clark. The wound ed: Private Daumler, injured about head; Private Wilson, left leg seriously lacerated; Private Dugan. left arm cut off; Private Ellis, internally injured.
 All of the victims but one were sol diers. As result the feelings of the strikers and the soldiers in the field have been wrought upon until the men composing the contending forces are not only determined as before, but ugly and desperate.
 Twice during the day were the troops ambushed. The first attack from under cover was early in the morning when company of state militia was fired on. The troops re- turned the fire and killed Japanese boy, but none of their assailants, who AnI
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
More Earthquake Shocks.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 12. - Fou fresh shocks of earthquake were fel, here to-day. At the grand bazar the jewellers quarter fell to-day, occasion. ing the greatest confusion. The mer. chants fled in terror, leaving their valuables behind them. Many shop. keepers and passers-by were buried beneath the ruins. It is impossible to give the number of people killed and injured but it is known that in this city five were killed and that in the suburbs over 15O people were buried beneath the debris.
 On the island of Halki nearly all the houses were wrecked. A portion ot the Ottoman naval college fell, killing six people and injuring several others
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ITEM MPERANCE.
The International Convention Listens to
 Addresses by Three Noted Men.

The International Convention Listens tc
 Addresses by Three Noted Men.
 CLEVELAND, O., July l4.-There was no diminution in the attendance at the various meetings of the Christian En deavor convention to-day. The exer cises at Sangerfest hall began at 9:3( o'clock with praise and prayer serv. ice, followed by an open parliament, the subject being "The Pledge" con ducted by Rev. R. V. Hunter, of In dianapolis, Ind.
 John c. Woolley, the famous temper ance orator of Chicago, followed with an address on Christian Endeavor vs, the Saloon" After the appointment of the various committees and an ad' dress by Rev. Smith Baker, D. D., ot Boston, Mass, the convention ad' journed until evening.
 Last night the annual address o1 President Clark was read.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
Three Incendiarx Fires.

JOLIET, H., July 13.-During the past twelve hours three barns have been burned and three horses perished in the flames. The work is that of tiends, as the fires in all cases are start ed with kerosene. No arrests have yet. l been made.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
A Wise Scarecrow.

q say," said the tramp to the scare' crow, let's swap clothes"
 Mot l." said the scarecrow. 'Fact is, it would never do."
 "Why not?" said the tramp.
 "Well, tLe crows, seeing me, are scared. They think I'll run after 'em. But if they thought I was like you they'd know I'd rather fall asleep. I tell you, old man, crows know a thing or two. They judge by appearances. -Harper's Young People.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
Killed in a Duel.

ST LOUIS, July 12.-A special to the Republic from Birmingham, Ala, says: News comes from Liberty, Blount county, of deadly duel between two young men who were rival suitors for the affections of country belle. John Spears, aged F years, and Howell . 'Rainwater, aged 1o years, were she principals
 They decided to settle their differ ences with pistols and went into the woods at sunrise yesterday morning. As a result Rainwater was shot through the heart and instantly killed. Spears was unhurt He is now in jail on the charge murder.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
Erastus wiman Legally Favored,

NEW YORK, July 13.-Justice Bassett, in the supreme court this morning, granted certificate of reasona ble doubt in the case of Erastus Wiman. This acts as stay of sentence and pre- vents the commitment of Mir. Wiman to the penitentiary.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
Robert Edwards Found Dead.

PERRY, Ok, July 14.-Robert Ed wards, man 60 years old, formerly of Kansas, was found dead on the side walk here this morning. He is sup. posed to have died from heart disease. Edwards was held in high esteem. He was a candidate for the legislature from his county.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
Fishing Boats Missing.

BLBoA, Spaln, July 14.-Twenty fish ing boats which were out during a re- cent storm are missing. Two of them, be- longing to Bermao, IA miles from here, having seventeen men on board, are known to be lost
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19

-Oldun-"As poor as you are and going to marry?" Yungun-"That's what" Oldun-"Has your wife any thing?" Yungur-"No; but she will have" Oldun-''What?" Yuugun--- "Me."
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County Gail.

The Democratic voters of
Wayne county are requested to
assemble at the usual place of
meeting III the several township
and voting precincts in said
county on Saturday. the 9TH day
.of-July. 1894. at 3 o'clock p. M,
to select delegates to the County
Convention. which will be held
in the City of Goldsboro on Sat
|urday. the 18th day of July, 1894
at ~ o'clock M. for the purpose
of electing delegates to the State,
judicial and Congressional Con
ventions.
each township shall be en-
titled to cast in the County Con
yention one vote for every
twenty-five Democrats votes,
and one vote fas fractions of fiji
teen Of such votes, cast by that
township at the last gubefnato-
rial election, but may send as
many delegates as it chooses"
! By order of the County Elk
ecutive committee.
L. F.. DORTCH,
Chm'n CO. Elk. Co.
June %, 1894,
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IaikeyiIie Letter,

Pikeville, n. c.. June %, 1894.
Dear Argus: All crops are now
needing rain.
MIR. j. D. Hooks and Mrs. NJ.
A, Winbon have returned home
from Kenly where they have
been spending some days With
relatives and friends.
Miss Della Edgerton. of Pink.
ney. was in town Saturday on a
visit much to the pleasure Of her
numerous friends here.
Mr.. S. B. Adams went up Ra-
leigh Saturday to visit relatives.
MI. and Mrs. Rufus Edmund
son and Mr.. "'Ad" Smith re-
turned home yesterday from a
pleasant visit to relatives and
friends in the Eureka section.
Mr.: J. D. Smith returned home
from a visit to relatives in Saul
ton.
Miss Ella Vail, of the Salem
section who has been spending
some days very pleasantly with
friends in our town, returned
home to-day, Rev. w. A. Terrell.
a young Missionary Baptist
preacher of Black Greek, preach
two excellent sermons here Sun.
day morning and Sunday nigh
to large and appreciative audi
ences. It was his first visit here
and he expressed himself as be
ing highly pleased with our little
town and its people.
Il Fl
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40 ~ q DargaInY she asked, brusque-
~, In conclusion.
YES" job Smith, tramp, or who
ever he was, answered, perceiving be-
hind the woman's rough and forbid.
ding exterior a few traces of human
k~indliness. and glad enough to avail him
self of her proposition, which would
serve both her purpose and his own for
the present
Sc 1t came about thatshe took up the
work about the place, doing this wom-
ans bidding, who in her secret heart
was often sorely tempted to break her
word with this stranger and question
him concerning that past that was as a
sealed book. But she dare not, for
the forlorn tramp had now grown
full, handsome and almost rosy with
his out-of-doors life, with blonde beard
and hair we'll streaked with gray, his
dark, fathomless eyes only adding to
his distinguished looks
But they had both held fast to the
bargain made that spring morning, he
working away through the golden
hours patiently, steadily, always ST.
lent but never moody; she nagging,
scolding, driving the household about
as the whim seized her, including the
stranger, until one sparkling morning
in autumn, when the white hoar-frost
trimmed the fields and a chill east wind
came up from the water, drying up the
sap in the trees and rustling their
leaves like paper, he disappeared as
mysteriously as he came. Gone away
into the wind and night, ever as he
came with them. Several months later
the postman left this note at the door:
| Twas o stranger and ye took me in; naked,
( hungry and thirsty, We clothed, fed and gave
me to drink InasmucE as yo did it unto one
of the most unfortunate and least deserving of
Gods children, who bat fer your kindness
would never have known the great 10y the
world yet held for him, yc did it unto Him. I
beg you to accept the incloscl check In his
name. JOHN SMITH, Tramp"
1t was some years later when a hand
some gentleman with snowy beard and
hair, accompanied by n lovely young
woman, lifted the gate latch and came
up the same walk that the tramp, John
Smith, had come one fresh spring
morning, and confronted the fierce
looking woman at the door. who now
greeted them, and who learned that
the tramp, who submitted SO meekly to
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climbing up the eastern slope with the
crimson avant-couricrs of the dawn
close at her heels. The wind came
whistling in across the level ground,
with the sharp sting of chilly waters
on it's breath, where beyond the comb
of the hill could be felt rather than
seen the gray-blue fields of the sea
1t was the time of the year when 1t
passes from age to you tn, puts off its
sober. ermine trimmed garments, and
Ions its bright emerald robe, bordered
with daisies and buttercups. The ice
was all melted from the caves, and the
time for the return of the swallows
was near; saucy Robin, with his
waistcoat a fuller crimson, was already
on hand, and from the dove-cotes came
the sounds of tender cooling notes;
about the chi1nneys h twittering Of
many sparrows.
She could not tell from whence came
the stranger, except it was from the
wind and night, and his Journey must
have been painful and full of mishaps.
His clothes were tattered and orn
Only a remnant Of a hat and coat re-
manned to suggest their former state.
His feet were almost on the ground,
and showed great red and white bis
ters as he lfmpcd rather than walked;
his face was whittier than his rag of a
shirt, and his gaunt eyes had Q hunted,
hungry. yet defiant, look, pitiful to see.
Sticking in his ragged hair and beard
were bits of straw. while across his
forehead vas an ugly red welt.
Where did you come from, and ore
you brute or human?' asked his tall,
angular, sharp-featured woman in a
/ .
opened the door in response to his tim
ia knock.
From your barn just now, madam,
and / am or was once, at least, human;
but for the love of heaven give me
something to eat or take a gun and
blow my brains out quick, for I am
more dead than alive now, as you
see"
The woman looked at him suspicious
ly, the n across the room toward a bu-
reau which stood in one corner. Fol-
lowing the direction of her eyes, he
staggered across the threshold of the
door, but she turned on him savagely.
at is in the right-hand corner of the
upper drawer" he said, pointing in the
direction of the bureau as If to hasten
her purpose,
'Been peekln In al n nave
your" she snapped back at him. Then,
walking over, she opened the drawer
he had indicated and took out an ugly
looking revolver of bulldog pattern,
and placed it within a few feet of the
mans head, and said:
"You may come in, and / viii give
you all you can eat and some decent
clothes; but stir one step too close OIL
take one liberty and you are a dead
man.
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DOLLY.


A dear little maid with eyes as brown
AS the autumn leaf when 1t hutters down
the pool below, and a dainty mouth
As red as q rose from the June-sweet south
Soft fair checks with q changeful flush
AS sweet as the red which the twilight hush
Or tho moons first silence brings to tho sky,
When swift through the silence the swallows
fly.
This is a portrait of Dolly, sweet
Slender and dainty from head to feet;
Loving and thoughtful beyond her years
Yet filled with the glndness so near to tears
An April day with q sunshine beam,
And a pattter OF raindrops through all Its
CLEAN,
A nature tender and true and strong,
AS rhythmical-sweet as a passionate song
All. dear little girl so pure and true,
What shall I say to a child like your
Is there q sermon which / can preach,
Perchanee a lesson my love can teachf
Then take this hint-when the years have
flown
And you stand In your womanhood alone,
Keep your heart as sweet as 1t is to-day.
And the sunshine Of love shall gid your way.
e. M Colson, in Inter Ocean
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G BUREAU
ATLANTIC HOTEL,
MoREHEAD CITY. June %.


The programme for to-day's
morning session could not be
carried out owing to the absence
Prof. P. P. Claxton and Prof.
E. A. Alderman. A letter Was
read from the latter, expressing
regret at his inability to be pres
ent. In their place, Mr.E. B. Smith
of Atlanta, Ca, read his lecture
on Character Building" 1t was
full of instruction to the teachers
in the moral training of their
pupils. He said that the ideal
one has of life, the altar in his
heart at which he wOrShipS,
forms character and char
acter is what one is, not what
he can do or what he possesses.
There are two things that deter
mine the action OF, a persons
habit OF tendency and character:
and if one is ruled only by habit
alone, he will almost invariable
yield to temptation. The speaker
urged the necessity Of implant-
ing the right principles in chill
dren in the schoolroom.
At the evening session Of the
Assembly, Rev. L.. t. Rightsall,
President of Carolina Christian
College Ayden, n. c., lectured
on american History" An out
line of the history of tie colonies
was given; he said that while the
English constitution was formed
by English history, the American
history has been made by the
constitution. He gave many
valuable points concerning the
teaching of the history of our
country.
Another very large crowd came
in tonight, but Mr.. Perry finds
good accommodations for all.
Among the arrivals were Super
intendent of Public instruction
Scarborough, Superintendent M.
G. S. Mobiles, of Wilmington,
and Mr.. Harry Skinner. The
following arrived from Colds
boro: Hon. G. B. Aycock, DR..
ard Mrs. a. O'Daniel, Mr.. A.
p. Slocumb, Mrs. w. H. Smith
and two sons, Miss Rebecca
Humphrey and Miss Daisy
Smith.
The Goldsboro Rifles will
leave tomorrow, after the most
enjoyable encampment in the
history of the company. The
last afternoon was spent in Beau
fort, where they went at the in
vitation of the Beaufort base
ball team to play a game Of ball.
The following constituted the
nine: Pearl c, King p, Lewis LIST
b, Howell End b., Miller 5 s,
Creech 3rd b. Giddens f, Har-
per c f and Holt f. Although
they We're ingloriously defeated,
yet when their lack of training,
and inexperience in playing. il
twelve inch sand is considered
they may be excused. After the
game the company gave a skirm-
ish drill, and walked up the ole
town with the cracks of THEN
rifles. They took the place by
storm. in two senses Of the
word, as they won the hearts OF
the Beaufort people, and were
royalty entertained. The Beau
fort ball team and several young
ladies We're the guests of the
Rifles at supper tonight. il
camp.
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her unruly temper and fiery tongue
laShings, was a man of wealth and Do
sition. with Judge and honorable pre-
fixed to his name, which was not
Smith, but, who, in a fit of furious pas
sion, blinded by jealousy, had shot, as
he supposed fatally, his wife and q
trusted friend. His wife had fallen
wounded and bleeding at his feet,
while he spurned the explanation she
tried to make. He, guilty of a double
murder. as he supposed, turned and
fed Whittier? He cared not Only
to escap the haunting sound of pursu-
ing footsteps, which became to mis-
ov~erstrained senses like the football of
a multitude more terrible than an
army with banners, hot after him. be
hind him doomed the great stone walls
of prison, with a scaffold and dangling
rope. For such crimes men hang. Do
they not?
Thus was he driven on and on, until,
frenzied by physical suffering. he
begged for mercy of this strange
m
But as the months went by, and the
color and warmth Of the earth began
to fade as the year took on the changes
of age again, the sweet pleading face
of his wife was ever with him, and a
child's voice, pure and sweet, was call
ing, mistakenly calling for him.
He watched the swallows flying
southwark. with wistful longing, for
their flight recalled a happy home, far
away in the direction they were going;
an old garden where blossom and vine
| ran riot in luxurious profusion; where
the hooking bird sang in reckless Joy,
filing the warm, delicious days and
nights with ravishing melody.
The fragrance of the roses and mag
nolias vas about him; a golden haired
child whose laughing voice rivaled the
sweet bird notes, and whose face was
| fairer than the flowers, was ever call
ing his name, and he.rose and followed
the voice, back to the world and home,
where wife and child awaited his com.
ing.