The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-02-14
TIE funeral of Ward McAllistor took

LIE 1uneral Ol Wdru McAillStcT lOOh place at New York on the 4th. The crowd at Grace church was most unruly, attempts being made to steal flowers and even whole floral pieces CLEARING house returns from the principal cities of the United States for the week ended February 8 showed an average increase as compared with the corresponding week last year of ll.9; in New York the increase was 1S.7; outside New York the increase was 0.9.
 REPORTS from all over the country on the Sth showed that trains had been delayed and much suffering caused by the recent cold snap. In the southern states fruits and vegetables were re- ported killed.
 A BILL was introduced in the Okla homa legislature to abolish all dis criminations against the negro on rail- ways. in schools, etc.
 FAILURES for the week ended Feb ruary (Dun's reporD were 2sl in the United States against 3S5 last year, and 5s in Canada against GO last year.
 LIFE boat No. 3 of the sunken steam CT Elbe was brought into Lowestoft, Eng, empty on the Sth. One of her air tanks was broken. This was the missing life boat which it was hoped contained survivors of the disaster. A SCHOONER encased in ice, with three of the crew frozen to the roof of her cabin, came ashore on the north coast of Martha's Vineyard, Mass, re- gently. She was at once boarded by the life savers, who found her to be the T. B. Dickson, of New York, bound for Rockland, Me.
 JACOB K. CUMBERLAND, formerly of Mexico, Mo-, was hanged at Fort Madi- son, Ia., on the Sth for the murder of James Roberts and son of Shelby county.
 ONE man was killed and several others were badly injured in Klaess coal mine near Belleville, III. While a number of miners were digging away at a bank of coal the embankment caved in, crushing the workmen be- heath it.
 NEAR Danville, in Yell county, Ark, while Mrs. Baker was at the COW pen milking. big bear entered her house and made off with her 4-year-old child. Mrs Baker gave chase with dog and recovered her child, who had been severely bitten by the dog.
 BY the bursting of boiler in the Fl Paso (Tex.) steam laundry three men were fatally injured. The explosion broke all the windows in the block and a piece of the boiler, weighing seventy five pounds, was thrown four blocks, over three-story buildings.
 JIM FRENCH and Cherokee Kid" members of the Cook gang of despera- does, rode into Catoosa, l. T. A Texas cowboy in Patton's store opened fire on them, killing the Kid" French then shot Manager Irwin of the store through the body and Irwin shot French through the body and right eye French rode to a house and or dered the occupants to put up his horse. A crowd soon assembled to capture the dying bandit. Hearing them approach he looked out of the window and re- ceived load of buckshot in the face, almost tearing his head off. IN Plymouth, Ind, fire destroyed property to the extent of S90,000. IN Rockville, Md, during ware house fire, a chimney fell, burying three men. They were seriously if not fatally injured.
 TIE three great four mill companies of the northwest are engaged in war that promises to bring prices down to figure that, from the standpoint of the miller, will be ruinous. The Pills bury -Washburn Flour Mill Co. has made n cut of l5 cents per barrel to meet the price of its competitors-the Washburn-Crosby Co. and the North western Consolidated Milling Co. A cut below 8 was expected before long.