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The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-25
UNCERTAINTY.

What gifts has Fate in store for mel
 (The coming year dawns soon) Shall at Indian summers fire
 Forget the flowers of JuneS Press grapes through days of purple haze,
 Dream through the autumn moon? Stir 10 the speCllled quail's clear note
 On chill December's noong Shall descry through bare black trees
 That shape l dread and know, A gaunt gray wolf with hungry eyes ! A.sllulRing through the snOwf An! down Dreads lane Death sings song So strangely sweet and low. He says; "Why hasten on thy path,
 give thee peace for woe." And down Hopes lane Sleep binds wreath Of peoples wrought with bay. He gives the pilgrim happy dreams
 To speed him on his way; For Hope, with tempting promises
 Through summers golden day, -Fultills in autumn's fruitod store
 The presage of the May. -Apast the lanes of Hope and Dread
 Where Druid oak trees wait, Fate spins the thread of tiny,
 Nor pauses soon or late Is it a strand of rainbow hue
 Or hack as night grown late? My heart is but towards heart
 dare not question Fate. Nancy M Waddle in N, Y. Independent
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-25
THE OFFICE HOLDERS.
Disproportion by States In the Government
 Departments.

Disproportion by States In the Governmeno
 Departments.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1Z-In the last appropriation bill providing for tho blue book, which gives the list of per- sons holding positions in the different departments, provision was inserted requiring that the number of employees by states be furnished. This provision has been carried out in the book just published. Representative Houck, of Tennessee, has made a comparison ot these figures with the census of 1890, showing the number of offices each state would be entitled to according to population. His object is to show that many states, of the south in particular, have not a just proportion. His figures show that the states of Alabama, Ar kansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi North Carolina, Texas Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee have but 2,540 persons in of- fee, about 500 less than the District of Columbia. MT. Houck thinks the civil service commission should make no more certificates for the states which have full quota, and that those which have more than their share should be speedily reduced. The following is the list showing the number now in office from the different states and the num- Der to which each state is entitled ac-- cording to population:
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-25
Twenty Years Apiece.

SALEM, IL, Jan. 19.-The three train robbers, Hardin, James and O'Dwyer, who held up an Illinois Central train in this city September 20, were to-day sentenced by Judge Burroughs to serve terms of twenty years each in the peni- tentiary at Chester.
 All three entered pleas of guilty to the charge of burglary and Jones pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder Hardinq and O'Dwyer were given the extreme limit of the law but Jones was given ten year sentence in each case, making twenty years in all Sheriff Helm started for Chester with his prisoners immediately.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-25
Three Persons Drowned.

CHARLESTON, w. Va., Jan. 1s-News of terrible accident was received here from New river. Thomas Delmo and wife and Joseph Rogers were crossing the river in small boat between Nut tallsburg and Fayetteville, when they lost control of the craft and were car ried over the falls, all three being drowned. The upturned boat was found containing two valises, and in them were two revolvers, two dirks, a lot of clothing and pair of boots. On one yalise was the address "Thomas Delmo, New York City" and on the other 'Jim Rogers, New York City"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-25
STILL ANOTHER.
Another Train Robbery Near St. Joseph,
 Mo.-Tbe Old Gang at Work.

Another Train Robbery Near St. Joseph,
 Mo.-Tbe Old Gang at Work.
 ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Jan. 1S.-North- bound train No. on the Kansas City, St. Joseph X Council Bluffs railway was held up at 12:40 this morning by three masked men at Roy's Branch, two and one-half miles north of the city.
 The train was brought to a stop by the display of a red lantern and the explosion of torpedoes on the track. The engineer and firemen were then ordered out, and they obeyed at the point of the pistol.
 Express Messenger c. E. Baxter was told to open the safe, and after refusing and being threatened with instant death he complied. The robbers took the contents of the safe down to the smallest scrap of paper, piled every thing into an old flour sack and left the car. They did not molest the pas sengers or take anything from the ex- press car beyond the contents of the safe.
 After completing their work they forced the train hands to line up beside the track and the robbers made their escape, running westward into will low thicliet Several shots were fired, but no one was struck.
 The robbery occurred in exactly the same place as the attempted robbery, in which two men were killed Septem- Der 25 last, and was accomplished in about the same way. Officers have no clew to the robbers identity, and there are no traces left behind.
 No information can be obtained as to the contents of the safe, although it thought there were several valua ble packages.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-25
THE ANARCHIST BATTLE.
Not So Serious as First Reported iron
 Carrarn.

Not So Serious as First Reported from
 Carrara.
 ROME, Jan 17.-Later dispatches from Carrara say that the number of killed during the fight between the military and tho armed band of anarchists, which sought refuge in the hills near Massa, is not so great as the people of Massa at first reported. The official advices state that only eight of the an- archists were killed and from thirty to forty wounded. The people of Masss claim that at least fifty quarrymen were shot during the engagement
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-25

It is quoted likely that an amend ment will be offered to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill directing that the appropriation of offices be capitalized according to the population of states.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-25
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Comparison Between 1892 and 1893 Pub
 lished.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The compila' tion of the total values of the imports and exports of the United States for the year ended December 31, 1893, was com pleted last night It compares with 1892 as follows:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
TIE LOGIC OF THE BOND ISSUE

%, 157, 900 bushels above the average
for the whole period and 36, 200, 600
bushels larger than the crop for 1852,
in spite of the increase and population
and consequent greater demand, the
average export price of wheat dropped
from SLOT i'll 1884 to S1.O3 in 1892. 1t
is shown, therefore, that we must look
elsewhere for the cause of our de
preston.
Senator PETER takes up the ques-
tions of option dealing, of the alien
ownership Of land, the effect of trusts
and combines, unjust railway charges
and all the other evils which have
more or less influence on our prosperity
rs an agricultural nation, treating
each one in a mastery way. lie closes
with powerful statement of the
monetary condition of our nation,
which lie shows conclusivcly is more
responsible than ali other cases put to-
Gether for the poverty of farmers and
the total destruction of profits from ag-
riculture. He estimates that the pri-
vatc debt of the United States amounts
to SIG, GOO, 600, coo: the total public debt
including state, county and municipal
debts, amount to 50, ,O37, > ,170, $40. The
United States alone, then, has Il debt
of Sc, 900, 900, coo, while the total
amount of gold money in the world is
| only 50, 7772 900, COO The reason for the
appreciation in the value of gold is
seen at cnce. Senator PETER quotes
the statement that 'Wall street
moves the money that controls the
affairs of the world" and asks,
why should the bankers of Wall
street be permitted to move the money
h at controls the affairs of the govern
ment OF the United States and the
business affairs of the people," He
says that cur monetary system is un-
scientific, illogical and impracticable.
We are trying 10 do impossible things,
10 do q business of SIO0, 900, 900 600 a
year on basis Of $lO0, ZOO, 900, which
! IS equivalent to trying TO do Il business
Of $1,000 on Il basis of 81.
The remedies he proposes are to
bring the banking business under
gOvernmCnt control, to restore silver
coinage, and give the issuing by the
government of full legal tender paper
to supply the lack of money. Long
time loans on real estate at per cent
are also part of the plan, and their
necessity is shown. Take it altogether
the document is the ablest which has
been issued this year by any Of the
senate committees, and is being eager
y sought for by legislators all over
the country, because of the great
value of the statistics it contains and
for its clear, terse statements of facts
The senator from Kansas is very much
to be congratulated Field and
Fireside.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

the double toiied Goals of the cast,
whose miners are starving because
they can not eat the products of the
west. All this is the direct result OF
class Legislation and special corporate
privileges. While these conditions ex-
ist in the runis of industry, there is
another class of men who are massing
colossal fortunes and welding almost
irrestible power in state and national
affairs
greedy money oligarchy has been
given the power to eXtort from pro
duction princcly profits for the use of
that necessary medium of exchange
which the government should secure
to the people free of toll An avarici.
GUS railroad monopoly has been given
the privilege to levy cXtortionate con-
tributions upon every product of labor
in transit from the point OF production
to that Of consumption. A purchased
press is permitted to poison, mould and
mislead public opinion to conform tc
the famous schemes and plots OF the
predatory classes The soil, too, under
The pressure of money stringency, high
rates of transportation and usury. is
slowly but surely passing from the
control of the yeomanry to the lords
OF capital. These are the outgrowths
Of pernicious policies and vicious lcgis,
lation
Are there no political issues? A re.
publican government requires republi-
can systems of finance, commerce and
cooperation. Nothing but monarchy
can exist on the foundations we have
lald. The public mind has been pois-
oned and led astray by the false teach
lngs OF subsidized press and of hire.
ing dcmagogues. This influence must
be countermanded, or our liberties and
our republic are lost. The people
must be enlightened and educated.
Press must meet press and orator must
meet orator, and the truth thus tested
IN the interest Of reason and common
sense, will triumph in the end
o. At the close of the late civil war.
when our battle worn banners were
furled in victory, we imagined that
our republic had undergone It's severest
test, and that constitutional liberty
and political industrial freedom bad
been firmly and permanently cstab-
llshed. But the Developments of the
last dozen years, and the strides OF
corporate monopoly to over ride pri-
vate and individual rights and 10 usurp
the control of sovereign authority. ad-
monish US that we are confronted by
more powerful and dangerous confed-
eracy than the southern, that our re-
public is again on trial, that ''eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty" and
that outside the lines of the two old
parties there are momentous issues in
volving the veal of humanity and of
civilization.
To overthrow this corporate mono
poly is the mission of the Peoples
party. That is what Populism means
The Sentinel
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
DEBS FOUND GUILTY,
: THE STRIKE LEADER GIVEN SIX
MONTHS IN JAIL.
Three Months for the other A. R. L.
Directors-Juige Woods Renders an
Exhaustive Decision Upon the Famous
Pullman Strike.

CHICAGO, Dee. 15.-"Guilty as
. charged" was the finding announced
to-day by United States Circuit Judge
William Woods against President
Eugene V. Debs and all of the direct
ors of the American Railway union,
accused of contempt of court in vio-
lating the strike injunction last sum-
mer.
Judge Woods, after announcing his
finding, said that it was not in accord
ance with procedure in such cases to
permit the defendants to say why
sentence should not be passed, but in
this case the court would allow it.
Debs was sentenced to six months
in the county jail. The others on
trial were sentenced to three months
each except McVane, who was re-
leased because there was no evidence
against him.
In deciding the case Judge Woods
delivered an exhaustive decision COW
ering every point in the case.
The right of men TO strike peacea-
bly,, and the right to advise peacea-
BILE strike, which the law lid not pre-.
sumo impossible, were, the judge
held, not questioned, but if men en-
tered into a conspiracy to do any un-
lawful thing, and in order to accom-
plish their purpose ordered men to go
upon strike, knowing that violence
and wrong would be the probable out
come, neither in law or morals could
they escape responsibility. Pull
man cars in use upon the roads were
instrumentalit;es of commerce, and it
followed that from the time of the an
nouncement of the boycott the Amer
lean Railway union was committed to
a conspiracy in restraint of interstate
commerce, in violation of the act of
July ,, 1890, and that the members of
that association and all others who
joined in the movement became GRIM
inally responsible each for the acts of
others done in the furtherrnce of the
common purpose whether intended by
him or not The officers became re-
sponsible for the men and the men
for the officers.
In passing sentence Judge Woods
said punishment should be neither
vindictive nor trivial. These men
were in wilful contempt, under what
legal advice he should like very much
to know. These men were the lea ders,
in great measure, of law breakers,
and were responsible as leaders.
Ignorant men who followed them
had been punished. Debs was more
responsible than any other. He was
q man of marked ability and power
over men and he (the judge felt con-
strained to discriminate between him
and the others The punishment
against all defendants except Debs
would be three months in Jail, and
against Debs six months.
nha 1af
ticularly crushed by the punishment
Debs whispered few words to his
sister, who sat near, and they both
laughed heartily. Howard and Hogan
exchanged smiling glances and Keli-
her grasped his attorneys hand and
appeared to offer congratulations. 1t
was evident that all had expected
much heavier sentences, and all wore
looks of relief.
The court announced that. the pun
ishment was not to take effect for ten
days, III which time the defenda is
attorneys will prepare an appeal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

The German, the Scandinavian and
other northern races used to keep, at
the time of the winter solstice. great
festival known as .sYule peace" or the
Twelve Nights. At this season the
forces of nature-personifed by all Pa
gan people-were believed to be en-
gagged IN a grand conflict. Gods, god
desses, giants and ogres were strug-
Cling together with desperate enmity,
ghichiended only when Thor demol-
ished the castle of the ice king, and
Freijas goddess of spring. foreshadowed
coming life, l;gist and warmth. Cd
mythology is filed with striking and
beautiful legends of this turning point
Ia nature.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

see me, so Good onli go out bi the
woods an wait time 2 go holm. got
so cold most cride and mi face felt
like it was froze, an how wisht had
gone . scool and not plade 1oolxy. then
Il man cum Il long an wanted 2 no wat
was hangin round 4, en- sed i did
ent no, an the man sed had better
moiv on or he wood arrest me a sus-
pichous caracter, 50 moved on. kept
on movin on till icum near he scool,
an wen saw the boys comm out
started holm.
irushcd in the house like always
do wen cum holm frum scool an put
mi slait on the table. ma luked at me
KNOWN ike. j got a merit in scool 2
.da4 bein gud, sed, coss thay wos sum-
thin inside of me wat kept sayin, gor-
gle, ma is ON gu. she knows u amt
been 2 scool. an then ina sed, IL yung
raslil Il no u wosent . scool2 da. an
sed, ma sdu II want. me =. chop sum
wood. an ma scd, no, but want . no
wy IL dident go3 scool 2 da. bill ion
son wos here with "a note frum the
teecher sayin that u 1vosent scool
dldent no vat p say, SO dident say
nothin, but ma sed ske wood fix me
playin hooky, eShe sed she was gone 2
tel sandy Gloss not to give ami presents
wen pa cum holm he wiped me, an wen
went to scool next da the teecher
wiped me. no, lftel boys, don't pla
hooky. it amt no gud, coss won't
get no crismus presents an yure pa
vii wip u gorgie.
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several million tramps; is driving our
farmers TO despcra tion; is bringing on
another gold scare by Withdrawing
; gold; is fostering panic in wheat; is
| inpovcri>hng Wall street, which can
not flourish while these conditions are
being brought about, and is causing
all the great railways of the country
to be run at loss, thus forcing them
into bankruptcy.
At every stage of these expressions
our farmers, producers and wage peo-
pie hav~ protested and pleaded in
vain.
"A power whose character is thus
marked by every act of avarice and
greed which may define a tyrant is un-
fit to dictate the financial policy of
this great nation, flowing Us it is with
milk and honey.
The agents OF the gold trust, in this
country have been deaf to the voice of
justice and consanguinity, and by the
failure Of all their prophecies as to the
blessings of the gold standard, have
proclaimed themselves unworthy our
trust and confidence
We. then, as the representatives of
the toiling masses of our poverty
stricken country Of the United States
of america, appealing to the supreme
judge of The world for the rcctitudc Of
our intentions, do, in the name of the
good people who toll for their exist
encc, declare that we arc absolved
from all allegiance to this British gold
trust, and as a free and independent
people, all financial dependence on
Great Britain is hereby wholly dis
solved, and that if driven to the last
CXtrcmity we shall demand the pay
mcnt OF all debts due the British gold
trust in coin" as provided in the origj-
nal agreement and not in gold Of which
the trust has sole control. And for
the support OF this declaration, with 4
firm reliance on the protection Of di-
vine providence, we mutually pledge to
each other cur lives, our fortunes and
our-sacred honor.
And we agree, as brethren in the
same holy cause, to further aid each
other in the worl, Of restoring pros
perity and rescuing our country from
the curse of falling prices, by forming
American Independence ana silver
league clubs in those parts of the coun-
try respectively where we have our
homes, or the homes of which we may
have been robbed by the British gold
trust st-Writtcn for the Bi-Metallist by
Eugene Bloodgood Beebe.
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A. Chr;stmas Romance.

vas an intimate friend of the Hor-
ton boys, and on the strength of that
was invited to spend Christmas with
the family. OF course l went. / was
desperately in love with May Hor-
ton, but L had kept my secret well
from the boys.
There were hosts of relatives, a bio.
dinner and plenty of fun after it.
Mistletoe hung in tempting fashion
from the gas fixtures, and opportuni-
ties were not neglected. Dancing and
meIriment were at their height when
quietly made my way to Il curtained
bay window, where hoped to find the
darling of my heart. In dusl1y cor
ner sat dark little object, and for
fear somebody would seek the lovers
hiding place Immediately commenced
to pour forth my love. Twice she re-
pulsed me. Twice | drew her head
down on my shoulder Then suddenly
she tore herself from me and shot out
INTO the parlor like Il comet, screaming
at the top OF her lungs:
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EARTHQUAKE AND VOLCANO.
Whole villages Swept Into the Sea on
the New Hebrides Islands.

Whole Villages Swept Into the Sea on
the New Hebrides Islands.
VICTORIA, Dec. Is The Australian
steamer Warrimoo which has arrived,
brings startling news that a majority
of the islands of the New Hebrides
group are passing through baptism
of fire, earthquakes and volcanic dis
turbances, threatening the very ex-
istence of several of the largest and
best islands, including Ambrym, cele-
brated for excellence of its coffee
On the latter an entire village of ma
tives was recently carried into the
sea, the loss of life being estimated at
sixty to seventy five men, women
and children, while in others of the
group fatalities are also reported. A
layer of ashes from two to six inches
deep covers the once fertile fields
AT Epi, on November ,, there was a
severe earthquake in the carly morn
ing, which opened an entire volcanic
crater on the west side of Ambrym,
and on the next day the whole island
trem bled. Since then it has opened
in five or six different places. Even
the island of Epi, which was much
less affected, had up to the 7th of
November felt sixty-three distinct
shocks and for weeks had been COW
cred by clouds of ashes and smoke.
Traders aud planters living on Am
brym have fed precipitately to Port
Sandwich (Alalicollo), the nearest
port, in many cases abandoning all
their possessions.
On the 18th of November an earth
quake shock rocked Ambrym from
east to west, causing the ground on
which stood a small native village
to slip with the houses of the inhab-
itants into the sea. 1t is impossible to
state the extent of the fatalities, but
the lowest estimate of the loss of life
is fifty. Owing to the lateness of the
disasters details were not availa-
BILE when Warrimo left the South
ern seas, although natives from all
the volcanic islands were fiocking to
the centers of civilization for safety.
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Populism Means Som ething.

As between the democratic and re-
publican parties, there is no issue.
Why should they quarrel or differ in
their views of public policy? They
are the right and left wings of the
same vulture. Corporate monopoly;
guided by one general head, guarding
one common interest, and depending
for vitality upon the life currents of
one heart. They are well-broken
and trained team, harnessed to the
chariot of state.
But are there no political Issues?
Individual enterprise is groaning and
struggling in the grasp of privileged
and law-favored corporations. Labor
tolls Cor a pittance. barely sufficient to
keep the wolf from the door. Skilled
hands and clear heads go up and down
the streets begging for the most
meaial employment to keep soul and
body together. Our soil, our hills, our
rocks and our forests are pregnant
with the elements of untold wealth, and
millions of strong arms are ready and
anxious to touch these inexhaustible
resources with the hand of industry
and bring forth wealth, and with
wealth, happiness and prosperity, but
are forbidden.
The best farmers are unable to
emancipate themselves from mortgage
bondage Barriers of monopoly are
thrown across the channels of COM
merce, demanding such toll on pro-
ducts to market that the northwest
can better afford to make fuel of its
breadstuffs than to exchange them for