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The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

A cowARDLY and villainous attempt to defraud widow out of large in- surance bas ended in ignominious fail ure on the part of the company mak- ing it. Sixteen years ago one J. w.. Hillman was killed in Kansas after taking out a policy on his life. There was said to be suspicious circumstances in connection with his death, and re- gently l.. E. Herndon was arrested in the Huachuca mountains of Arizona and variously charged with being Hill man, with having murdered Hillman, etc. It was alleged that the two men bore striking resemblance to each other, and altogether the case was considerably mixed up. But it Ina: been proved beyond doubt that Hill man is dead, that Herndon is not Hill man, and Herndon has been set fret and justice will at last be done th, | widow
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13


 TIE annual report of Governor Hughes to the. Secretary of the Inter- for, copy of which we acknowledge, is a comprehensive and creditablc pre- sentation of the affairs, progress and development of the territory. Each department is most thoroughly and in- telligeutly treated, so that the reader has before him complete mental pie ture of the great Territory of Arizona. Speaking of the.reform school, the re, port says: "The location is most de. Sirable on account of the climate, hygienic, social, moral and religious conditions, and it is equal to, if mol better. than any other location in the territory.n On the question of state hood his exccllcncy says: "Now that the bill for the admission of Arizon; has passed the house of representative: and is on the senate calendar, having been favorably reported by the com mittec on territories, the people ar, inspired with the hope that the day~o our emancipation from terriloria bondage is near at hand"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

The Social Economist for December discusses briefly, but as thoroughly as in ifs leading articles, inc many social and economic topics which are taken up in its "Eiitorial Crucible,n ils "Econonlics in the Magazines, and it's Review of Books" In it's review, for instance, of Booths work on 1.-The Aged Poor in England and Wales, Y the political economy of poor relief and pensions to old age is editorialIy discussed, SO of Spcnccr's .Principles of Ethics" and Hobhousc's .Labor Movement" The aim is to show not merely what the book teaches. but wherein its teaching is wise or other wise
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

SENATOR BERRY, of Arkansas, intro duced bill providing for territorial government for that portion of the h. dian Territory occupied by the five civilized tribes. It abrogates all treaties made with those tribes, except those portions relating to land titles, and allots l60 acres of land to each member of those tribes and provides that the remainder shall be sold, and the proceeds turned over to the Iu- dians, whose hOmestcads shall be free from taYation.
 A LATE dispatch says: The engin- eers and firemen of the A. & P. railroad have become tired of paying grand of icers from SlO, ,OOO to $20, ,000 year in addition to excessive local dues, without deriving any benefit there from, since they cannot, it is said, rely upou their grand officers in time of trouble. for the reason that the lat ter have taken sides with the company and suggest the discharge of the men on account of the A. R. U., without hearing the mems defense. The en- gineers and fremen have engaged an attorney to look after their interest. Such course will not cost each of the men one quarter of what he pays into the local lodge for quarterly dues.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13
County Notice,
OFFI CE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS !
 DE GQCANINn GNIrNTY ARIznNA

OFT ICE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
 OF CoCoNINo COUNTY, ARIZONA. NJ OTTCE is hereby given that the Board of lN Supervisors of Coconlno county, Arf- zona, will receive bids until January. 1895, for furnishing the county with the following sup plies for the year 1895 to-wit: Stationery, printing and publishing. Care and maintenance of indigent sick Medical attendance and medicines for indi- gent sick.
 Board of prisoners, meals to be delivered at jail.
 Bonds In the sum of one thousand dollars will be required for the faithful permorm- ance of contract.
 By order of the Board.
 C. A. BISH Clerk
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

TRAINMEN are now taking an oc- casional shot at the pestiferouS hobo. If they should happen to shoot ctraight and kill one they might not call it murder, but the law should. While we have no sympathy for the profes, siOnal hobo we realize that many good men have become tramps from neces' sity, and oyer-ardent trainmen should Use little discrimination.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

CANAIGRE is attracting widespread
 attention throughout the world. The
 president of the University of Arizona has been asked to send roots for trial tc the Cape of Good Hope, the Hawaiian islands, Australia, Canada, Argentine Republic and to many states and terri tories from Oregon to Florida. If the crop csu be economically cultivated, it will be the basis of an enormous in dustry, and Arizona, being one of its native iaunts, the benefit to the ter ritory will be iuealculablr. IL seems, therefore, remarkable that these new
 experiments are really the first 10 be made under conditions enabling re- liable conclusions to be drawn. No
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

TIE Albuquerque "Citizen" says that Wells, Fargo X Co. are not pay ing their full share of taxes in New
 Mexico. It is the same way in Ari-
 zona. The company has avoided the merchants tax and there is no reason why the Wells-Fargo company should escape this tax, when all our local merchants and bankers have to pay it.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

TIE OASIS, which recently moved from Benson to Nogales, seems to have caught on at the latter place. Editor Bird has moved three times in the past few months and we guess it pays to be Bird of passage in the news paper business.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

THE man that hoards money in times of business depression is guilty of crime, for in the sclence of eco monies it naturally follows that the woes of the suffering poor are aug mented by this policy
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

FLAGSTAFF should have night policeman. The merchants should urge this as matter of protection to their interests.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

one actually knows the cost of grow
 ing the root, because all eNperiments- hitherto made have only been quail tatiye.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

SANTA CLAUS is coming, but the in- dicatons are he won't have much of hump on his back this year,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

Advertising rates given upon application Address all communications and make aIl remittances to c, M FUNSTON, Flagstaff Arizona.
 Entered at the Flagstaff post office as sec onl-Class matter,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13
UNITE the moncybags.

LET the money circulate, Stagna- tion begelS business gloom.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13
THURSDAY. DECEMBER IS, 1894.

Subscription rates, ono year, ......,.... i'O0
 six months %. .,.... 2.V0 three months, l,OC
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-13

Hoods Pills act easily, yet promptly and efficiently, on the liver aud bowels 25c.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

tomato pack in 1889 was 49, 6s,4ss
cans, which cost ST., OOo, 900, and sold
for SIS, 900, 900. This is u tidy little
industry, practically the work of the
last fifteen years. Canning only be-
gan twenty five years ago, with sweet
corn in Maine and tomatoes some
years later. One half the sweet corn
is still canned in Maine, and five
years ago 10, 200, 900 cans were put
up yearly.
The tomato pack is three times as
large. but, like corn, it has increased
little in the last five to eight years.
The pack this year is only ~ per cent.
larger than in 1881, and the incicas,
then for three years has not been
large. 1t is true the production sank
in 1885 to half the present amount,
and taking the average of the years
's3, 's4, 50, compared with SO, 80,
'SS. the increase amour S to one
third. But III the last eight years
be considered this important trade
in turning out TODD has not kept pace
with turning out railroads or build
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19
CAR is VERY SICK.
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS TRY TO
KEEP II QUIET.
Probable Exact of His Dca.n on Euro
pean Policies Talk OF Ills Successor
Heir Apparent 1. Mentally and rhysirally
unsound-rrema:urely Reported Death.
NAV 1nxc,v. Au E,-.,.c.

Tho serious illness Of tho mperor
of Russia continues to alarm the whole
OF Europe. 1t is extremely difficult to
get any correct news of the trI, conii-
ton of his Imperial Majesty, as onl.,
the most msager daily bulletins are
issued. However,, there is no disguis-
ing the fac. that the Car is worry sick
indeed. There is already any amount
OF speculation on what effect the En-
peror's death will have ON European
politics. and tao iluctuatians of the
money markets can be directly traced
to this source. In the BONUSES of all
Europe Saturday and in every center
of finance On the globe there was more
or less unea,iness anent the reports
that came tron S.. %lelcr.burg that
the Car was dead. True. the report
were no sooner in circulation than
they were denied, but denials from a
source where suppression and mystery
are the rule do not leassurc entirely.
And lu-t such news has been expected
from st. Petersburg. has been expect
ed for many weeks.
Weeks ago Alexander ILL.,. prey to
fears of assassination following the
Peterhof plot of Aug. q. half dcadf from
dropsv and Bright's disease, his mind
q shattered wreck, was Carried in u
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

side of the front windws would be
found Very convenient during bust
ness hours. The bank counters, fit
tings and finish TN this floor to be of
ash. filled. Floors of hardwood with
a neat border.
The second iloor contains library,
rcadin9-room, etc, and is reached by
Il separate entrance and an easy
staircase. The dclivcry-desk being
placed in the position shown. renders
1T easy for those requiring books. ETC..
to get them without entering read
ing-room. and the librarian can thus
see all who come and go. as we'll as
see into the rcading-room. The
work room is required for I'M
packing. covering and labelling
books, etc, while the vault makes
an excellent tire-proof room in which
to store valuable papers, or to he
used for town records, etc. The
reading-room is Il pleasant room. and
with its open fireplace, in which IL
wood fire a lie burnt, would he IA
pleasant place to while away an even.
ing in reading. The book room is
neatly arranged so as to store about
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

hospital car from his imperial palace
to his hunting lodge-a palace itself =
in the leloweschki fastnosscs. There
he ha; been since. under the care of an
eccentric old physician of Moscow.
Sacharjin by name. whose methods are
the quack s, laughed at by all the med
zeal savants of Europe. ~ madmun
curing another" it is whispered N st.
Petersburg. But sacharjin cured the
Emperor's lesser ills on IL previous oc-
ca>ion, and he is the only person hold
ing the imperial confidence to-day.
Under the best of condition, it is
generally believed that She Gar can
never recover from his present illness.
and hisdeath willce. tainly lrecipitate
IL quarrel over the succession. The
Grand Duke Nicholas is the heir APP
parent to the Russian throne, but he
was never normally strorg either
mentally or physically. and it is
will be compelled to abdlcate in favor
of his methe.. In the present unset
tied condition of European affairs the
death Of the Car will he more than of
usual moment. involving as it may.
complications which might involve the
Ieace of Europe
Alexander Ill. was born March if,
1916. He succeeded to the throre on.
the death OF his ia her. who was killed
by the nihilists March Ii. 1897. He
was crowned at Moscow, March .,
1882. He married in 1862, Mary l'eo-
dora. daughter of Christian IN.
King of Denmark. He narrowly cs-
caped death with his whole family in
an accident on the T~ranscaspian hail-
way in ISIS.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

vault is very large, and should be
built upon Il sol'd granite foundation
interior lined with IL stee. case one
inch thick, newt to which should be
granite stoncsone foot thick. dowelcd
together with steel bowels. then OUT
side of this n foot thick with best
hard brick, laid i'm Portland cement;
the doors TO be double, with heavy
iron vcstibules, grouted i'm with
Portland cement. the top covered
with railroad iron. on which place Il
floor of granite thoroughly groutcd,
etc. A guard room could he here
placed between the bank-vault and
the li~brary-vault. This ;oom could
be reached from lavatory. and by
having an opening over vault door,
the guard could control the entrance.
The private Office would be found
very useful for directors meetings,
and private business generally. The
cellar contains the necessary room
for heating apparatus, fuel, etc. and
is reached by Il stairway from direct
orsIroom. having noout>idc entrance.
The Sidewalk desk in business rom
is an Indispensable feature in all
banks, and the settees placed each
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

enlisted tho sympathy Of many high In
government clrcles. Through his Of.
forts the Weather Bureau was organ.
ized in $50 and Howgate was put at
Its head. Then Howgate began to 10
o prominent fig re in Wa ,hington so.
'clety. The elegance of his dinners and
entertainments which ave the Presi-
dent attended, not 20 sEeak of Cabinet
ofcers ana Senator'S, the splendor of
MS horses and equipages and the
teaut.y of his home. all en- pircd to
make him q conspicuous rersonags. He
!e1 the gayest of lives: he spent money
law silly aad he seemed neither to
know or care how much he flung away.
AT first al went on merrily enough:
tho ! came ugly Whispers and before
10 = such ac.usati ms were made that
Howgate vas forced to give up his
positl,n IL. An in, estigation was made
and it was found that Howgat, had
pun sued q systematic cour.e Of forgery,
larceny and elnbeZzlement and that his
FccllatiOns reached the large sum of
10000. On one OF thu numerous
charges against h IN he was a,.rc .ted.
in prison Howgate "a treated with
cNtren @ consideration and allowed Il:
great degree of liberty. Among ether
privileges he was permitted to go
home under an officers carr at stated
times to bathc. Howgate t-ok advan-
tage OF this leniency and escaped,
taking with him aycung woman known
US Nellie Burril. with whom he had
teen living and she has been
with him ver since. For six years
they were fugitives, now travelling
through the far South and now
making their way through the
dense and %unsrodden forests of the
Northwest. Six years-ycars of fear
and torment. six years of dread of
punishment and suspicion of every
passed. and then. though
wishing to end his suspense and give
his enemies u chance to take him,
Howgate and Nellie came to New York.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

Northen two years ago. These are
some of the results apparent from the
official leturns received from Wcdnes.
days elections. 10 u larse extent, a
dispatch says, the contest for the
governorship has teen fought on
national limos. The State platform
called for the immediate free coinage
of silver, without respect to the wishes
OF foreign nations. The Unofficial re-
turns at first indicated that the State
had gone Democratic by O.OUO. But
these figures. as the official counts were
made, rapidly dwindled until the Dem
ccrats do not claim more than $4,000,
while the Populists declare that re-
turns from the country counties will
reduce the majority to not more than
10000. Several of the strongest Dem
ocratic counties in tho State have been
carried by the Populists. and with but
few exceptions every county in the
State shows Populist gains.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19
APPEAL TO TIE PUBLIC.
Things Growing Worse in the Model Town
Where Pullman Cars Are Built.

Some hundreds of peop'e in the
model town Of Pullman, I'LL. are grad
ually starving 10 death. Startling as
i, this statement it is literally true.
Since the great strike OF June and July
ended the people there have continued
to exist only because of the charity of
others. But after the public interest
in the strikers had died away the sup
plies which were being furnished to
the needy in the town OF I ullman cars
slowly but steadily decreased. The
clima.s has now leen lie; cled. Seven
hundred people who applied ut relief
Headquarters the other day we're till
that there was nothing for them.
Undoubtedly something will he done
at c for the deserving Loor at Pull
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

Yet that it is by no means impossible
is shown ~ the ease of Capt. Henry
w. Howgate, who was arrested recent
~ in New York. Tor twelve years
search has been made for him high
and low and he could not be found.
The whole machinery of the GovcrE-
ment secret service had been brought
to bear on the case without avail. and
yet. when finally discovered, Howgate
it was found had heen living in the
very heart OF New York for the past
six years, known to many men as q
studious and intellectual bookseller,
and respected by all who knew him.
Twenty-Five years ago Henry How
gate arrived in Washington poor, but
handsome, strong and youthful. He
began to interest himself in meteoro-
logical studies, and as time went on,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

seven thousand volumes, the aicovcs
containing the books being we'll
lighted. This floor throughout be.
ing finished in pine in the natural
color, with cut and inciscd work
picked out in color. The stairs of
hard wood. The floor of hard wood.
The first story is brick and stone
construction, the upper story being
shinglcd: roof covered with black
slate. Such Il building as this is an
ornament to any town, and certainly
is a paying Investment. rs it is by no
means expensive, the whole of the
work to be done in q substantial
manner at Il cost of SIS. 900.
Copyright by Palliser, palliser ~ Co., New
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

Howgate had ALWAYS been Il man of
literary tastes and a knowledge of
books and SD it does not seem unnat-
ural that he should open, as he did. IL
secondhand book shop. He adopted
the name of Harvey Williams. and
soon became known to buyers of books
as a gentleman, refined and elegant in
manner. and as IL ,eclusc and student.
He lived very quietly with Nellie as
man and wife. but he made no especial
effort at concea!ment beyond adopting
another name. Here. Justice. lame
and shod with lead, at last overlook
the guilty man,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

man: County Commissioner David
kallis /, tho. oughly in earnest in the
work which has fallen upon him. He
says: AS soon as possible | am going
to secure n large storehouse of some
kin and then | ain going to ad lress u
circular to the citizens of Chicago.
Money will mo- be asked for. We will
ask for provisions of all kin S. and
everything that cou d possibly b. of
am IL @ to the sufferers. After these
things commence to como | will Sc
cure the services OF several charitable
women who will visit Pullman every
day right along. Upon O dcrs from
them the things they think necessary
will be sent by wagons direct to the
homes of the destitute. This scheme
will be kept up throughout the winter,
or at least until it is no longer neces.
sary. This is the only way provisions
can be distributed to the satisfaction
of the givcrs and those who re Give
them. ] am going to commence work
as soon as it can possibly be done. and
l am sure that upon the report OF the
committee the County Board will give
us a good supply to start with"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19
BANK AND LIBRARY.
DESIGN SUITED FOR A SMALL
TOWN.
The First Story Is of Brick ami Stone Com
struction. the Upper Story lseing Shin
glcd-Isoof Covered with Block State
Interior Is Commodious.
Govt. About se.0oO.

This design shows Il COOL study for
q bank and library, suited to the re-
quirements of Il small country town.
The first or ground floor contains the
banking-room, which is large and
spacious, and adapted to the wants
and requirements of both national
and savings bank. The business
room is reached by Il separate en-
trance through a tiled vcstibule. The
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19
Moro Hain.maAinr-

a French savant has leen "rain.
making" by a process different from
the American mi of exploding dyna-
mite. He sends Il lightning conductor
INTO the clouds by means of q kite.
and discharges the electricity of the
clouds. thus producin. condensation
OF the vapor, and. as he alleges, rain.
The experiments are still in progress. /.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

day in November,
when that DO d v
meets. -Four Con-
ne =sional districts
OF Georgia may elect
Populist Congress.
men in tho national
election, which oc.
,urs on the same
day. Tho majority
o. w. Y. Atkinson,
Tor the governor.
ship, will be only
about 10000, instead
of the 10000, which
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19
Facts Abput Tomatoes.

The tomato is IL useful and whole.
some vegetable which rarely figures
in statistics. 1t is not mentioned i'm
the last census. But this is the fault
of the census, not the tomato. The
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19

= l'oA ossAu Va IAoUlSS
though all the re-
sources of the law
We're brought to bear
against him and
sh ould live quietly in
New York, going in
and out among men.
attending to his own
b i without
hindrance or harm.
such q case shows an
extraordinary cour e
of luck and, if one
Should read of it in
Il story. one would
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19
YOUR FOREIGN COINS.

Uncle Sam Has Placed a New Valuation
on Them.
The Director of the Mint has esti.
mated and tho Secretary proclaimed
the value of foreign coins as required
by section 25, of tho act of Aug. 70,
1884. The changes made are as fol.
lows:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19
Thc Corntry Humc.

The home habit and the custom of
conserving homcs-in short, the love
of home and land-is the basis of
public tranquility, prosperity, and
safety. Permanent homes for all the
people, and as many of those homes
in tie country as possible, are the
best instrumentalities for strengthen
ing and perpetuating popular govern
mcnt. Love of home is primary pa
triotism. No conspiracics. 10 anarchy.
are evolved in the quiet homes of
the country, and to them and the
sacred and sincere love of them the
friends of democratic government
must look for the preservation and
%perpetuation of civil liberty in Amer.
lea. Only those who " and love
the domicile wherein they dwell will
properly conserve the republic. The
United States is the concrete of
homes of 60, 600, 900 of people. The
homes are the integral parts of the
American republic 1t is made stro1g,
v%irtuous. and PERI ctual by the eli ar
acterof its homes, and, as the Indian
declared, with poetic pathos. "l'he
land is our mother" 50 may the
republic declare the cultured home
its mother, and no republic can exist
and thrive except as the conscrvator
OF all the homes of Il cultivated, com-
Portable. and contcntcl citizenship.
j. Sterling Norton.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19
Value Value
July, 1894. Oct. 1884
Rolivars Of Bolivia
PaaO nj (lautro1

The estimate Of tho value Of coins Of
countries having a single silver stand
ard is made up on the average price Of
Sept. 90. 1881. viz: SO. 64la7. There have
boon added 10 tho list the Tien Tsin
and Che Foo taois OF China. These
values T stated to govern in the set
Element OF customs duties.