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The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
The Kickapoo Reservation.

WASHINGTON, May 1s.-The school in- demnity lands selected by Gov Rem frow in the Kickapoo reservation as approved to-day by Secretary Smith, and in consequence to be reserved from settlement by the presidents proclama- ton, which may be issued any day, opening the reservation, as here de- scribed, not in the formal terms usage requires the proclamation to follow, but in the manner most conveniently adopt ed to the use of intended settlers. The selections given are exactly those which will be specified in the procla- nation. They aggregate s7,66s acres, 32,711 being in the Guthrie land district and 54, 957 in the Oklahoma district.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
CHILL ADOPTS SILVER.
That Country's Future Currency System
 Will Favor the White Metal

That Country's Future Currency System
 Will Favor the White Metal.
 WASHINGTON, May 1s.-The text of Chili's currency conversion bill, as passed by both houses of congress, has been received here. It provides for special payments from June 1, 1895, two weeks hence, and as both metals are to be utilized the change promises to have an important effect upon the worlds supply of the metals. The president of Chilli is empowered for the term of three years to coin Slo oOo,- 900 of silver. All of the proceeds from the sales from nitrate beds shall be de- voted exclusively to the purchase and coinage of silver. Three gold coins of S20, S1O and s are also provided for. The silver dollar is to weigh twenty grams and is to be s35-1OOO fine. Silver is not legal tender above $50, except to the government, where it is received as gold.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
CARLISLE STARTS.
The Secretary of the Treasury Goes to the
 south to Speak on the Monetary Ques-

The Secretary of the Treasury Goes to the
 south to Speak on the Monetary Ques-
 ton.
 WASHINGTON May O.-Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle and party left Washington Sunday for the south, where the secretary is to make several addresses in support of the sound mon- ey policy. The party will reach Coving- ton, Ky, this morning, and in the even- ing Secretary Carlisle will speak at the rink. Thursday afternoon he will speak at the convention of sound moneyites at Memphis. The following Saturday afternoon he will make an address at Bowling Green, Ky, and will then go direct to Louisville. He will speak at Louisville on the follow ing Tuesday. His return to Washing ton will be made the Wednesday after.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
THE INDIAN POLICY.
Breaking Up of Tribal Relations the UIti-
 mate Solution Of the Indian Problem.

Breaking Up of Tribal Relations the UIti-
 mate Solution of the Indian Problem.
 WASHINGTON, May 1s.-The policy of the administration regarding the h. dians indicated in the presidents letter to the Dawes commission is not to hasten the consummation of citizenship by the Indians until they are ready to exercise properly and intelligently its rights. This is due to the interest taken by the president and Secretary Smith in the welfare of these wards of the nation, and the fear that those who have not yet attained sufficient degree of civilization and intelligence to protect themselves would be merci- lessly cheated out of their possessions by shrewd and interruptions white men.
 The ultimate solution of the Indian problem, the president believes, lies in the breaking up of the existing tribal relations and the allotment of the In- dian lands to individual owners, to- gether with an assumption of citizen ship by all the Indians. But this can only be accomplished gradually.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
A California Freshet,

STOCKTON, Cal, May 1.-The levee near Paradise cut broke yesterday and the waters of the San Joaquin river are flowing over the country from their banks to Moore's landing, distance of 40 miles One-fourth of the inun- dated land is in wheat, the rest being grazing land. The San Joaquin is higher than ever before, the heat of the last few days having melted a great volume of snow in the mountains.
 Near Fresno, the Kings river over flowed it's banks on the Laguna De Tache ranch yesterday, destroying LILO acres of fine grain. The break commenced in the James canal, and is 80 feet wide.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
A MONEY DISCUSSION.
Stirring Debate Between Prof. Laughlin and tho Author az "Coin's Financial School"

Stirring Debate Between Prof. Laughlin
 and tho Author az "Coin's Financial
 School"
 CHICAGO, May 1s.-A stirring politi- cal encounter took place last night, hardly paralleled in the west since the struggle between Lincoln and Douglas, just on the eve of the civil war. The platform combat ants were two giants of the opposing sides in the raging finan- cial controversy-J. Lawrence Laugh lin, professor of political economy in the University of Chicago, the favorite authority of President Cleveland, and William II. Harvey, author of "Coin's Financial School" Not half the people clamoring to be present could have been accommodated had the Auditorium itself been secured for the meeting of the champions. The spacious rooms of the Illinois club on Ashland boulevard were crowded to almost suffocation. The proposition discussed was as follows: '"Resolved- That the United States should at once enter upon the free coinage of silver at the ratio of l6 to 1, independently of the action of any other nation. "- Both speakers were literally applaud.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
A LAND RULING,
Important Decision by the Secretary of the
 Interior in n Land Contest.

Important Decision by the Secretary of the
 Interior in n Land Contest.
 WASHINGTON, May 1Z-The secre- tary of the interior yesterday rendered a decision in the case of Cagle against Mendenhall from the Perry, Ok, land district, which was argued before him Wednesday. The decision of the com missioner of the general land office is overruled and Mendenhalrs en- try is to stand intact. The secre- tary holds that settlers who acted in obedience to the instructions given by the department forbidding entry from the Ponca and Osage reservations should not be deprived of their rights, and therefore directs that the contest of Cagle, who made "the run" from the latter reservation, be dismissed. The secretary's promptness in rendering the decision was due to the fact that there are a number of other contests now before the department in which the same question is involved.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
MOST HORRIBLE PUNISHMENT.
Three Florida Negroes Played Alive and
 Then Turned for a Fiendish Crime.

Then burned for a Fiendish Crime.
 ELLAvnLE, Fla, May 20.-Three negroes were lynched Saturday night in dense swamp on the Suanee river by white men for assaulting white girl It is reported that they were fayed alive and then burned, after being sub jected to frightful tortures. The crime for which the negroes were so horribly put to death was one of the most ter rible in the history of this section of Florida. The scene of the crime and retribution was in Lafayette, the ad- joining county to Madison on the south.
 Miss Mamie Armstrong, the beauti- ful daughter of prominent Lafayette county farmer, left her home five days ago to spend the night with neighbor who lived ? miles distant The next day Miss Armstrong's father went to the house to bring her home and was alarmed to hear that nothing had been seen of her. Mir. Armstrong alarmed the neighbors and a search was made. The woods were secured and the Suanee river dragged. Finally, about midway between the home of Mir. Armstrong and the neighbours house the handkerchief of the girl was found clinging to bush, and all around were evidences of desperate struggle.
 The searchers followed the trail thus indicated, finding that the girl had been dragged into the woods. After proceeding for a mile the corpse of Miss Armstrong was found :n thick clump of bushes. The body of the girl was in horrible condition. Every shred of clothing had been torn from it and she had been assaulted. The lower linn bs had been torn apart, her head crushed and her throat cut. It was evident that the girl had made a desperate fight, for under her nails were found pieces of black cuticle, which she had torn from her assailants. ...'
 Sam Echols was suspected and threatened with instant death unless he confessed. He did so, and impli- cated Sim Crowley and John Brooks Echols said they kept the girl for twenty-four hours before killing her, forcing her in the meanwhile to sub init to the most horrible indignities. The greater part of the time, the negro said, Miss Armstrong was uncon- scious.
 Having secured the negroes impli- cated by Echols, the white men proceed ed with the three fiends to a dense swamp on the Suanee river, where they were made to suffer torture similar to that they had inflicted on the girl. The white people are terribly aroused and swear they will exterminate the ne. groes if these outrages are continued
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
WORLDS OUTPUT OF IRON.

Some Very Interesting Figures Presented
 on the Subject by Mir. Berkenbine.
 WASHINGTON, May 2O Mir John Der kenbine, the iron ore expert of Phila- delphia, has prepared for the division of mineral resources of the United States geological survey an exhaustive report of the iron ore resources of the world, in which the iron ore in 1893 is estimated at about 52, 300, 900 long tons. The portion of this report relating to the United States shows the total pro. duction of iron ore in this country in 1894 was 11,s7s, 679 long tons, of 2,24O pounds as compared with Il, ,5s7, ,629 long tons in 1885,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
JUDGE PRIEST RESIGNS.
Federal Judge of the Eastern Missouri
 District Out-His Successor.

Federal Judge of the Eastern Missouri
 District Out-His Successor.
 WASHINGTON, May ls.-The appoint ment of Elmer B. Adams to be United States judge for the eastern district of Missouri must have been as great sur prise in that state as it was to politi- clans and even to the department of justice in this city. He succeeds Judge Priest, who was appointed less than a year ago by Mir. Cleveland. The cause of Judge Priests resignation, which was brought here by same parties who secured appointment of Judge Adams, was due to the somewhat remark able fact that he found it impossible to support his family upon the salary of the office, 5000 year. Judge Priest owed his appointment to the in- fuence of ex.Gov. Francis, and when he determined to resign he first noti- fled that gentleman, in order that he might name his successor. Gov. Francis is now in this city, and Judge Adams appointment is due to his presence here.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
THE GOLD STANDARD.
Ex-Congressman Bynum, of Indiana, De-
 clares In Favor of It.

Ex-Congressman Bynum, of Indiana, De-
 clares in Favor of It.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 17.-Ex- Congressman Bynum last night de- clared unequivocally for single gold standard. He said: "No permanent restoration of confidence can take place until the treasury of the United States is put upon sound basis. Un- der existing laws the treasury must, on demand, redeem the national bank, greenback and sherman notes and practically the silver certificates, in gold. More than a thousand millions of currency is being epheld by a gold reserve of S100,G00,O00, This condition of itself was enough to shake confi- dence in the soundneSs of the system.
 ''Gold is the standard of measure ment of values throughout the world, and whether we maintain it or not as the basis of our financial system, our trade and commerce will be carried on and values ascertained and settled by the same memorable laws which fixes the relation of products throughout the civilized country. Every country in the world, no matter what the character of its currency, measures values by the gold standard. If it's currency is below the standard, prices are augmented to compensate for the depreciation. If all the great com mercial nations would enter into an agreement to coin both gold and silver at a ratio approximating their com mercial equality, the price of silver would, no doubt, be given sufficient stability to hold it up to its coinage value. There is, however, but re- mote possibility of an international apreement"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
THE kICKAPoo COUNTRY.
Clerks Engaged on the Presidential Proc-
 lamation to Open It.


 WAsHINGToN, May 17.-Under direc- tions from the commissioner of the general land office clerks are engaged in the preparation of the presidential proclamation which is to open the Kickapoo country to settlement, but the fact that the school indemnity se- lections made by Gov. Renfrow have not yet been passed upon retards the work. It has not been decid- ed whether the proclamation shall recite the descriptions of the allot- ments and the indemnity selections and declare the remaining lands open to settlement, or whether the remain ing lands shall be described separately as to each tract, and those not included specifically in such description be designated as reserved from settle- ment. Whatever the method adopted, if the governors selection be admitted, it remains certain that there will be less than 600 claims of 160 acres each, and the scramble of 15, 900 or 10000 set tiers will, it is feared, occasion trouble.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
TOTTERING.
The Downfall of the Hawaiian Republic
 Likely Soon to Occur.

Likely Soon to Occur.
 SAN FRANCISCO, May 1S.-An evening paper prints the following: Private letters received from Honolulu by the steamer Australia declare that a change of administration will soon occur there. At recent conference between Mir. Thurston and President Dole and other members of his cabinet, the former declared that the only hope of permanent peace on the islands would be realized in placing Princess Kaiulani in the position on which the former monarchy proposed that she should some day have.
 Passengers on the Australia have confded the fact that the republic is on its last legs. Various big organiza- tions are breaking away from Presi- dent Dole, and the opposing forces, which were somewhat subdued after the recent uprising by the show of arms made by the government, are now becoming more bold. "An alarm is looked for any night" remarked a passenger, 'and if it is, you can expect to hear of the downfall of the repub- lie. There is no escape for it. The people are dissatisfied, and particular ly the Americans, who, if aroused, will find at their sides all the assistance they need to effect complete change in the government"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS,
The Supreme Council Closes It's Annual
 Session by tho Election of Officers.

The Supreme Council Closes It's Annual
 Session by the Election of Officers.
 OMAHA, Neb., May 2O.-The tenth supreme council Catholic Knights ad- iourned it's session late Saturday after noon. Mobile, Ala, was selected as the next place of meeting, Washington be- ing the only competitor. The officers elected are: Supreme president, Ed ward Feeney, of Brooklyn; supreme vice president, Charles J. Ott, of Gal weston, Tex; supreme secretary, w. S. O'Rourke, of Fort Wayne, Ind. supreme treasurer, c. J. Kershner, of Toledo, O.; supreme trustee, E. D.. ScGuinness, of Providence, R. l. The next meeting takes place in 1897. The organization decided against further tax for the sinking fund The council has supreme representatives in three priests, Rev. Fathers J. H. Tihen, of Kansas, J. J. Gore, of Michigan, and r. OKeefe, of New Mexico.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
OMAHA'S DESTITUTE.
Unique Plan to Furnish Employment
 Those Who Desire It.

Unique Plan to Furnish Employment to
 Those Who Desire It.
 OMAHA, Neb., May 20-The plan to relieve the destitute families in Omaha by furnishing them ground and seed for garden has worked successfully. The agricultural commission has under it's care AT garden plots, that being the number of heads of families sup piled with seed potatoes and garden seed. In addition number of men have been furnished seed pota- toes for several acres each, on condi- tion that one-fourth of the crop be re- turned to the commission for distribu- tion among the poor next winter. The associated charities expects to raise over 10000 bushels of potatoes, which will be distributed by it and through the different charita ble institutions.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
DIRE DISTRESS.
Enc Condition of Miners In Osage County
 Kan, Deplorable.

Kan, Deplorable.
 TOPEKA, Kan, May 17.-The condi- ton of the coal miners in Scranton, Osage county, grows worse. Some of the families are on the verge of star vation, with nothing in the house ex- cept little four given to them by the township trustees upon the au- thority of the county commissioners The total amount was 1000 pounds distributed among the families of 200 men who were out of work. This has been consumed, and the commission CTS are not able to give any more relief, the county being in bad condition financially. If the relief to the Scran- to be extended also to the Peterton and osage City camps, where the situation is as bad. The average pay of the miners who are at work is from s to $l0 month, not that amount a week, as Labor Commissioner Bird had been informed. Some of the pay checks for two weeks work yesterday ran as low as and IS cents. One man declined to go after his check, because he knew it was less than the months rent he owed to the company. The house rent now is S1.5O month; formerly it was S3.
 Gov. Morrill, has forwarded to the Scranton committee a balance of S41 from the fund contributed from various sources for the relief of the western blizzard sufferers last winter. He also has asked for additional information of the condition of the unemployed miners. To the county commissioners of Osage county he has addressed communication asking what assistance the county and the citizens generally can render.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
Child Labor In Wisconsin,

ASHLAND, Wis, May 1S.-Ethelbert Stewart, special agent of the United States bureau of labor, is in the city gathering labor statistics. He has been all over the state, and is about com pleting his report on Wisconsin. He says there is more child labor in pro- portion to manufacturing institutions in this state than in any others, and in regard to wages, hours, etc, labor is worse off than in any other state in the union except Pennsylvania. Mr. Stewart is gathering statistics from 1887 up to and including the Debs strike.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
THE DAWES COMMISSION.
A Hint at the Policy It Will Adopt-The
 Five Civilized tribes.


 SOUTH MCALEsTER, I. T., May IT, All of the Dawes commission except Senator Dawes arrived in the city yes terday morning and will probably To- cate permanent headquarters at this place. The commission, while refss. ing to outline the future policy, inti- mated that they will first endeavor to gain the consent of the Indians to in- corporate towns and cities, giving titles to lots and real estate, the one thing which at present most affects commerce and the non-citizens of the territory. The policy, as outlined by Secretary Hoke Smith, will be to prove to the Indians the impossibility of per manently continuing the present form of government of the five civilized tribes, which is apparent to those who consider the great difficulty already experienced, even by an administration favorable to the enforcement of treaties in preserving for them the rights guaranteed by the gov ernment; that the time will soon come when they will have to change their present system, and how much better it will be for the tribes to negotiate with the commission in order to perfect plan by which the change will be accomplished favorable to their rights, rather than violent abrogation of the treaties and setting up by congress the desired government in the territory. The chiefs of the various nations have arranged to meet at an early date in council for the pur- pose of protecting their rights, as well as to treat with the commission
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
Wrecked by Dynamite.

MUNIcE, Ind. May 1S.-At Parker, 8 miles east of here at an early hour yesterday morning the boarding house of Mrs. John Hewitt was wrecked by a dynamite explosion. Mrs. Hewitt and her daughter were taken out of the wreck unconscious and both are terribly injured. Mrs Hewitt is in jured internally and her daughters legs are crushed. Four other occu- pants of the house were slightly in- jured. Mrs. Hewitt was living apart from her husband and when he ap- peared at the scene of the disaster Mrs. Hewitt accused him of causing the out rage.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
Susnension Ordered.

PITTSBURGH, Pa., May TIA resolu- tion ordering a general suspension of work in all the mines in the Pittsburgh district was adopted at the miners convention here yesterday. It was also decided to establish camps at all the pits working below the rate. The convention was one of the largest ever held here and the sentiment of the men was for calling out all the miners whether working for the 69 cent rate or for the 60 cent rate. Many of the delegates favored demanding 79 cents, but it was finally decided to demand the old wages
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-23
THE FRAGRANT CIGAR.
Excessive Smoking Said to Be Hurting
 Secretary Gresham.

WASHINGTON, May F. - Secretary Gresham's illness is thought by some of his friends to be in part due to his excessive smoking. The secretary has been for many years great smoker of rather strong and poor cigars It is believed that he might now rally faster if he had not smoked so much.
 Secretary Morton has stopped smok. ing altogether. Postmaster-General Wilson, who did not take up smoking until after he was 40, has become so fond of his cigar that, like Gen. Grant, he often eats dinner for the sole pur- pose of making cigar taste just right. President Cleveland some time ago, on the advice of his physician, gave up smoking till after dinner, and even then he smokes at most two cigars.