The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-16

' A DlSAsTEOUS wreck occurred upon the old Bee Line division of the Big Four railroad, near Muncie, Ind. The third section of a Chicago meat train of thirty cars was flying along down grade at the rate of 30 miles per hour when the rails spread. The engine and six cars passed in safety, but the following eighteen cars were piled 50 feet high. Seven tramps were on the train, and one of them was buried be- meath the debris.
 | lN the mine of the Colorado Fuel .& 1 Iron Co. at Sopris, near Trinidad, a terrible gas explosion occurred early on the morning of the 10th which re- suited in the instant death of four per sons and the injury of two others. , Had the explosion occurred during the daytime the results would have been frightful, as ordinarily there are from 200 to 300 men employed in the mine.
 CLEARING house returns for the prin- cipal cities in the United States for the week ended May 10 showed an average increase as compared with the corre- spending week last year of 25. 6; in New York the increase was 36. 5; outside New York, 1O.6
 A TERRIBLE tragedy was enacted on the sidewalk at Philadelphia on the 10th by August Topper. He shot Clara Herhold twice and then sent bullet into his right temple, killing himself almost instantly. The girl was re- moved to a hospital, where she died half an hour later. Topper was des- perately in love with the Herhold girl, who was servant in his family, but his advances were coldly received as he was q married man.
 TIE failures for the week ended May 10 Dun's report) were 227 in the United States, against 200 last year, and 34 in Canada, against 42 last year.
 SOON after a. m. on the 11th fire occurred at 10 sherman street, Chi cago, q cheap rooming house, in which one man lost his life and ten others were injured, four of them probably in fatal manner. The fire was quick ly extinguished.
 JOHN CAMERON, clerk to the Cincin- natl board of health, died on the 9th from the excessive use of cigarettes The deceased starved to death, and from 1sO pounds he fell to ninety pounds. He smoked fifty and seventy five cigarettes day.
 MosEs NEAL, of Oklahoma City, has been appointed to look after the allot- ments of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. They have in all about $500 nl nd ,e la ,pta them so that improvements can be made.
 PETER aged T2,was found dead in his Oed in an attic room of a business block in Muslicgon, Mich. He begged his living from door to door and was never suspected of having cent. In the mattress under him was found hidden over Si,OOO in bonds, cer- tificates and cash. He had literally starved to death.
 ALL the union molders in Indianap- oils, Ind, struck on the 9th for a rigid | scale of wages from S2.25 to S2. 50 per day. They were receiving from S2O9 to $40. A recognition of the union | was also demanded. The owners of | the ten plants involved will, they said, | grant neither demand.
 LIGHTNING struck small boat in the | harbor at Duluth, Minn., during storm on the 9th and two of the occupants were instantly killed.
 IT was reported on the 26th that the British had occupied Corinto and that the Nicaraguans would not pay the in- demnity demanded until compelled to do so, in orGer to avoid being forced to resign office.
 TIE biennial congress of the Aneri- can Trotting association was held at Chicago on the 7th. Besides the cleo tion of officers several changes in the rules of the association were made.