The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-02-22

JAMES E. STONE, the murderer of the Wratten family of six persons, was hanged in the prison at Jeffersonville, Ind, on the morning of the 18th.
 TIE state normal and training school of Oneonta, N. Y., was burned recent ly It is said there was S75, 900 insur- ance, but the loss is fully double that amount
 TIE senate committee on Indian af- fairs has ordered favorable report on the bill providing for the sale of the unsold portion of the Umatilla land reservation in Oregon.
 TIE Mississippi river, near Memphis, Tenn, is changing its current and much good land will be ruined.
 PROF. HOLDEN, of Lick observatory, describes the new star, Norma, as hay ing nebulous spectrum.
 THE Big Muddy Coal & Iron Co, at Murphysboro, H., gave notice of 10 per cent. reduction in the wages sched- ules Over TOO men were affected Other mines will follow suit
 TIE army ordnance bureau is mak ing experiments at the Sandy Hook DToNlhR RIOuLlNlS NlLh u iiCW ulSdpptdI- ing carriage for siege guns. It is On the Raskazoff type and was recently purchased in Europe
 THE cold in the Panhandle of Texas has been very severe and thousands of cattle will be lost in that country.
 ACCORDING to the treasury report, exports of breadstuffs from the United States for January, 1894, show falling off compared with the same month in 1893.
 SECRETARY CARLISLE says the gov. ernment will not guarantee the Chero- kee strip bonds. The government will merely pay the instalments as congress votes the money. The Cherokees can do what they like on the strength of 1t
 ABOUT 190 farmers of Morgan coun. ty, H., have been swindled by map agents.
 THE silk ribbon wcavers' strike for increased pay st New York, which has been pending foS rom7 time, went into effect on the 18th. The strike is con- ducted by branch No of the Silk Rib- bon Weavers' union, and includes $50 men. It is estimated that the strike will throw out of employment over 2, 900 women.
 A BOLD train robbery occurred at Roscoe, near Los Angeles Cal, on the 18th. The amount secured is supposed to be large.
 DUN's Weekly Review said there had not been any improvement in any line of trade during the week ended the 10th and the outlook was not encour- aging. Failures for the week had been 323 in the United States and 55 in Canada, against 197 in the United States and S6 in Canada last year.
 SYDNEY, Australia, advices say that the iron steamer Alert, while on her voyage from Port Albert to Melbourne recently sank in terrible gale, and of the fourteen men aboard but one man. aged to reach land to tell the story of the disaster.
 THE annual report of President Blackstone of the Chicago & Alton shows that road has not added to it's mileage in 15 years. THE New York board of health has taken steps to prevent the spread of pulmonary tuberculosis.
 SAM SMALL has published card at Fort Worth explaining how saloon ad- vertisements found their way into his Oklahoma paper.
 KNOXVILLE college, one of the best known of the institutions for the higher education of negroes, was recently damaged by fire. The boys dormitory, chapel and main building were de- stroyed. with loss of S50,OOO All of the 25O or 300 pupils escaped without injury. Nothing of the contents of the building was saved.