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The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
NEW PosTMAsTER.aENERAL.

Congressman William l.. Wilson, or West
 Virginia, Nominated to Succeed Mir.
 Bissell.
 WAsHINGToN, March 1.-The presi- dent has nominated William l.. Wilson, of West Virginia, to succeed Wilson $. Bissell as postmaster-general.
 William L. Wilson, the new postmas- ter-general, is best known to the coun- try in connection with his recent tariff work in congress. He has been a tar if student since he first entered con gressional life in 1882, but it was not until the present congress that he be- came chairman of the ways and means committee and as such the official lead CT of the majority in the house. Prior to his first election to congress in 1882 he had taken little part in politics, ex- cept in being delegate to the demo. cratic national convention at Cincin- nati and subsequently, an eleetor at large in West Virginia. Early in 1882 he was chosen president of the University of West Virginia. This would have fixed his sphere of work had it not been for political eruption and party split at his home. in Charleston, w. Va, which was settled by the opposing fac. tions uniting on him. He finally won by nine votes. He was then reelected by six successive congresses. He received good committee assign ments from the first, going on the judiciary, appropriations and ways and means. His eX perience shortly after the war as pro lessor of law in Columbia college equipped him for the work on the jul dietary committee. In the four con. gressional eras of recent tariff changes
 the Morrison bill, the Mills bill, the Mckinley bill and the Wilson bill-he
 ook the leading part.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
GEN. RESELL RESIGNS.
He VIII Retire from President Cieveland's Cabinet-Wilson Will Be Ills Successor.

He VIII Retire from President Cieveland's
 Cabinet-Wilson Will Be Ills Successor.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Postmaster- General Bissell late yesterday after. noon placed in the hands of President Cleveland his resignation, to be &C., cepted upon the appointment of his successor. An Associated press re- porter called upon him, and, in reply to questions, Mir. Bissell said: "I have placed my resignation in the hands of the president. The reasons for my so doing is that my professional work at home demands my attention, and feel that I cannot longer remain away from it. The business of the depart ment is in good condition, and it's transfer to my successor can be made without affecting the public service"
 It can be stated that unless the presi. dent changes his mind, Congressman Wilson's name will go to the senate as the successor of Mir. Bssell, and it is more than probable that he will be honored by an immediate confirmation on the part of the senate, as was sena- tor Ransom few days since, when he was appointed minister to Mexico.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
FOR GRAND ARMY VETERANS.
Tho COmmander-in-C Chief Urges Posts to Reinstate Worthy Suspended Comrades.

Tho COmmanuer-tn-Cnle1 urges fOsUS to
 Reinstate Worthy Suspended Comrades.
 ROCKFORD, H., Feb. 2s.-Commander- in-Chief Lawler, of the G. A. R., yes terday issued general order No. :. In it he urges every post to appoint de- linquent committee, whose duty it will be to work for the reinstatement of worthy comrades who have been sus- pended on account of arrears, and urges the importance of giving prompt attention to contributions for the decoration of graves in the south on Memorial day, as acquisitions for flags and funds are already coming in. The commander returns thanks for the loy- al and universal response relative to text books and histories in the public schools, and the appointment of aids in eighteen states to assist in the intro- duction of military instruction in the public schools is announced.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
Wheat and Corn a Little Higher-Market
 for Cotton Goods Active--Failures.

for Cotton Goods Active-Failures.
 NEW YORK, March 2.-R. q. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
 Wheat is lM cents higher but clearly not be- cause western receipts are trifie less than a year ago, not because exports from the At lantic coast are small. Spasms of speculative activity must be expected during every season. and when prices are at the bottom. such spasms can only mean an advance. Nothing Is seen to justify any material rise. as supplies in sight do no: decrease more than they would naturally on account of bad weather. Corn is only shade higher with western receipts much smaller than last year.
 Cotton dropped a week ago to 3.53 cents, the lowest point ever known since modern classlt- cations were adopted, and has not yet risen. the whole market turns on the fact that stocks of American cotton here and abroad are con- siderably larger than ever.
 The market for cotton goods Is fairly active and the demand improves in some grades, but is on the whole decidedly disappointing, though this week there has been no sensational reduc- tion in prices. Undoubtedly the accumulation of goods continues, and is most dangerous for the trade. The sale of wool at the three chief markets during the past month have been 2O303,550 bounds, against ls,i4i,l3l last year, and 23 iS9 900 for the same weeks two years ago, and while the mills making low grade goods are fairly supplied with orders, 1t is a most unwholesome feature that numerous cam cellations are reported. indicating the goods supplied at exceptionally low prices do not meet the expectation of buyers. On the other hand, the demand for the goods of better grade seems a little better than expected.
 Failures for the past week have been 25o in the United States against 26i last year, and in Canada 38 against i2 last year.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
The Revolution in Cnba.

MADRID, March 1.-According to off, cial dispatches received here from Havana, Cuba, the rebels in the prov ince of Santiago de Cuba number about 12o men. It was added that the town of Baire has declared in favor of the rebels, but a later dispatch from official sources announced that the insurrec- tionat Baire had been quelled. It is also officially announced here that the Spanish troops defeated the band of rebels reported to have asse m bled in the province of Matanzas and these ad- vices confirmed the report that Manuc cl Garcia, the notorious rebel leader, W as killed during the engagement.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
CURRENT COMMENT.

Secretary Carlisle must often, oh, very often, regret that he left his place in the senate to earn place in the contempt of all his countrymen.- Iowa State Register.
 eyOne of the strongest props of the public credit is the foregone conclusion that there will not be another dem- ocratic administration in the next thirty years, at least.-St..Louis Globe Democrat.
 eW Under the Mckinley policy of protection our esteemed friends, the foreigners, were obliged to chip in live ly and pay the expenses of the govern ment. Under the democratic and free trade system we run behind in our ex- penses and call upon foreign capital ists to buy our bonds, upon which we agree to pay more interest than they can obtain by investments at home. And yet the American people put Mir. Cleveland in the white house expressly to try this experiment. That they sin cerely regret their folly does not help matters just at presently. Y. Ad. vertiser.
 w With the Wilson brand of states manship to reduce the national reve- nues to point away below the fixed charges of the government, and the Carlisle-Cleveland brand of statesman ship to supply the deficiency through an enormous increase of the country's interest-bearing debt, the American people are just now witnessing an im' pressive demonstration of the peculiar economy introduced by the old sailort who, when he found his blanket too short, cut half yard of the foot ot the covering and sewed it on to the other end, and then shook hands wi:b himself over his extreme clevorness. = N. Y. Tribune.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
FoURTH-ClASS PoSTMASTERS.
A Number of Appointments and Removals In Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.

A Number of Appointments and Removals
 In Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
 WASHINGTON, March 2.-Fourth-class postmasters appointed yesterday were; Fawling, Cherokee nation, l. T., w. A. Fish, vice ". P. Brice, resigned; Welch, Cherokee nation, I. T., J. F. Dowell, vice w. S. Dowell, resigned; Arlington, Reno county, Kan, Anthony Roetzel, vice Samuel Trembley, removed; Sea. brook, Shawnee county, Kan. ,C.C. liar. rison, vice Elizabeth D. Hampstead, removed; Seaman, Linn county, Kan, J. B. Dedrick, vice A. F. Condra, resigned; Cash, Macon county, Mo, C.. w. Tolbert, vice Maggie James, re- signed; Latham, Moniteau county, Mo-, Ellen Latham, vice Mary Henry, re- moved; Ponce De Leon, Stone county, Mo-, G. E. Curtis, vice Joshua Flood, removed; Shelby, Linn county, Mo-, w. J. Whisenand, vice w. F. Simmons, remoya1
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
LOSS, ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS.
The Tremendous shrinksge of Crop Val
 ues In the United ktates.

The Tremendous shrinknge of Crop Val
 .ues In the United States.
 The Bankers Magazine goes into m impressive calculation of how much the country has lost by the low prices oi farm products.
 It says that if the three great crops of wheat, corn and cotton for 1894 could have been laid down in New York on the 1st of January, 1895, the aggregate market value would have been Sl, 17s,. 256, 93s, against valuation of $1,253,. 1s7, ZIG for the crops of 1893, and of Sl,' 544, 749, ,724 for the crops of 1892
 This is, of course, an arbitrary standard; but it is probable that the New York price is, upon the whole, as good standard by which to judge oi the relative value of the years crops as any other that can be adopted:
 The following table, made up from the reports of the department of agri- culture, gives record of the average prices for various staples received on American farms and plantations since 1899, compiled from the rates ruling on or about December of the respective yaArS:
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
Remember the Facts!

Why purchase gold? To restore the gold reserve to the S100,000,000 limit. Why was the gold reserve not main tained by this administration as it had been by all its predecessors? Because it was used to meet current expenses. Why was it used to meet current ex- penses? Because of deficit in the treasury. Why was there deficit in the treasury? Because of tariff tinker ing by those who denounced protec' ton to home industries as fraud and reciprocity with foreign nations as 'sham." And so the president pays 3% per cent. interest on loan for the ostensible purpose of replenishing the gold reserve-but for the real purpose of making good tariff reform deficit Remember the facts!-N. Y. Mail and Express.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
THE SAVANNAH TROUBLES.
Slatterly and His Wife Speak to Crowded
 Houses In the Southern City.


 Houses In the Southern City.
 SAVANNAH, Ga., March 1.-Yesterday was another day of intense excitement in Savannah. Feeling seems to run high, though there has been no hostili- ties of any kind. In the afternoon Mrs. Slattery lectured to GOO women in Odd Fellows hall. Many of the ladies at the lecture were escorted to the hall by their husbands Policemen were stationed in the square on which the hall fronts. Toward the close of the lecture crowds collected in the vicin- ity, and Slattery and his wife were fol. lowed to their hotel by thousands.
 At night Odd Fellows hall was crowded to it's limit and many were turned away. Fully 1000 men were in the hall. A large proportion were armed On all sides men were ready for mob. Outside the hall the entire police force, with the exception of a few men scattered through the audi ence, were distributed so as to com mand the entire vicinity of the hall. Inside the hall Slattery received an ovation, and throughout his lecture ho was applauded and cheered.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
Firo and Panic.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2s.-Fire started in the Kaestner building in the heart of the west side factory district of Chica- go. The building was crowded with men and women employees and in the panic which resulted many were knocked down and bruised. In the Lan- caster caramel factory, several blocks from the fire, the alarm was sounded and 29O children at work made rush for the exits and running down the stairways trampled under foot many who fell. Eleven were picked up un- conscious by the ambulances The loss by the fire was $30o,OO0; well in sured.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
DEBS AGAINST STRIKES.

The Railway Union Leader Advocates Re-
 dress of Grievances by Ballot.
 CHICAGO, March 2.-In speech at the auditorium last night President Debs, of the American Railway union, charged that the General Managers association, through its agents and em- issaries, was immediately responsible for the rioting and destruction of prop erty during the railroad strike of last summer. In conclusion he said that he had little hope from strikes to help workingmen. The only salvation he saw was for them to cease their fight and unite at the ballot box to elect good men to office.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
AWFUL DISASTER.
Explosion in a New Mexico Coal Mine
 More Than Score Killed.

More Chan Score Killed.
 ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Feb. 2s.--White Ash coal mine, 3 miles from Cerrillos, was the scene of terrible explosion a little before noon yesterday. Thirty seven men were working in four levels when the disaster occurred. Not until evening were searchers able to descend, owing to the poison ous vapors. In the course of half an hour several dead were sent up. Then it was feared that not a soul of the thirty-seven had escaped. Later in the evening eleven dying miners were discovered in a bunch. They were probably overcome in an effort to escape. The explosion is thought to be due to accidental breaking into an abandoned chamber charged with gas.
 Owing to the smoke, dust and nox- ious vapor that filled every approach to the workings, two hours elapsed be- fore any progress could be made toward effecting rescue, and the efforts were cruelty rewarded, for up to o'clock but one miner had been reached. His dead body was found near the en- trance Three hours later the res. cuers succeeded in reaching the left fourth level and the dead bodies o1 several men were brought out The sight about the mine was heart-rend' ing in the extreme. Frantic wives many of them carrying babies in their arms, having children clinging to theil skirts or to them, stood at the entrance of the mine for hours, amid tears and prayers, watching and waiting, while hundreds of men vainly struggled tc gain an entrance further into the mine
 So dense was the smoke at one time during the afternoon that many thought the mine had taken fire ant the conduct of the wives and mothers when this was announced as prob ability was pitiable in the extreme. Up to o'clock the gas continued te pour forth from the single opening 1T the mine in such volume as to make the progress of the rescuers very diff cult, but an hour later the noxiou' vapors cleared away and the work ot recovering the dead bodies began to b, more successful.
 Twenty-two men are still in the low CT workings of the mine, and it is no thought possible they are alive. Th' mine was worked through single in cline shaft extending 5000 feet in a an incline of 30 degrees, ant seems to have been defective a respects ventilation. The mouth O the shaft is the sole means o egress. Nobody seems to know jus how many men went into the shaf this morning. Ordinarily 150 men ar employed, but being Wednesday, it i said scarcely half the usual quota o men were at work. Representativ Leaden, lately employed there, sai' last night he is confident that not les than eighty-fve men must have beer in the workings at the time of the ex plosion. The latest reports from tn scene by telephone are that twenty two dead bodies have thus far been re | covered
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
OUR DIVORCE LAWS.
They Are Discussed by the Council of Women at Washington.


 WASHINGTON, March 1.-Complaints against the present system of divorce laws was the burden of yesterdays session of tho National. Council of Women. The discussion was led by the official report of the committee on di- vorce reform, read by Chairman Bottelle. Dietrick, of Massachusetts It embodied responses received from a number of state governors, who were asked to call the attention of the legis- latures to the status of the divorce laws and to appoint committee to consist of an equal number of men and women to consider the matter. The question, the report says, was one vitally concerning the happiness and welfare of 70,0O0,000 people, of whom half are of the female sex, and added: 'Women should thoughtfully consider the signifi' canoe of the fact that thirty-one of these masculine servants of the peo. pie made no response to this just re- quest of representative women. Only two, Gov. Greenhalge, of Massachusetts, and Brown, of Rhode Island, promised to do all in their power to carry out the request The governor of South Carolina wrote that that state had no divorce laws, and its people were better satisfied than their neighbors whose states have divorce laws. The report said that the fact that ty' three states have appointed bodies of men to tinker with divorce laws, with out appointing any women, ought to show women in what estimation the men of the United States hold their opinions"
 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Grannis, of New York, president of the National Ciyi lization league, for the promotion oi social purity, advocated universal marriage and divorce law throughout the federal government, recognizing no divorce except for adultery.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07

cy Now that the republicans are in control of the popular branch of the Missouri legislature, they have deliber- ately resolved to restore portrait of Abraham Lincoln to the place in the chamber from which it was indignantly removed by the democrats some thirty years ago. This threatened demonstra- tion of offensive partianship will doubtless excite the violent opposition of many of the most distinguished moss covered bourbons in "Old Missoury."- N, Y. Tribune
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
Forty-fve Killed.

CITY OF MEXICO, Mex, March 1.-An excursion train coming into the city on the Interoceanic railroad met with an accident yesterday afternoon. While rounding curve on the side of a mountain five coaches jumped the track and went down the canyon. Forty-two people were killed and thirty or more seriously injured. The acci- dent occurred about 40 kilometers from fhiS nitu
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
Another Nebraska Bank Closed.

HoI.DREDGE, Neb., March 2.-The Holdredge national bank failed to open its doors this morning and the comp troller of the currency has been noti- fled to take charge. It has capital stock of $50, 900. No statement of assets and liabilities has been issued.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
FROM PULPIT TO STAGE.
A California Minister Finding Preaching
 Unprofitable Becomes an Actor.

A California Minister Finding Preaching
 Unprohtable Becomes an Actor.
 SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.-Rev. Henry Walker Harris, who has been attached to the Church of the Holy Cross, Oak. land, for the last three years, although not directly connected with the church and who has been holding evangelistic services in the tabernacle, has relin. quished the church for the stage, be- cause his religious work has proved unremunerative. Influential friends all but secured him an appointment as naval chaplain, but his age disqualified him, being over 35. Alexander Salvini advised the stage and he is to appear next week at Morosco's as the recruit ing sergeant in Tn the Ranks"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
KOCH'S LYMPH FOR INSANITY

An Austrian Professor Claims to Cure
 Lunacy with Tuberculine.
 LONDON, Feb. 2s.-The Chronicles Vienna correspondent says: Prof. Wagner,of Vienna university, expound- ed cure for insanity to the medical society yesterday. He injected Koch's tuberculine, causing fever, after which the insanity diminished. He repeated the treatment a few times, each injection lessening the insanity, until eventually it vanished.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
ANOTHER BUILDING CoILApsEs
Catholic Church Destroyed.

JoHNsTowN, Pa., March 3. - St. Josephs Catholic church burned yes
 terday. The loss is SsO, 900; insurance, s20,000. Two men, Lewis Pfarr and George Foltz, were probably fatally injured by the fall of a brick wall while they were examining the ruins.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
The New Mexico Horror.

Los CERILLos, N. M., March Tt is believed that all the victims of the White Ash mine explosion have been taken out of the mine. The dead num- Der twenty-five and the injured eight cen. Late at night eleven of the min CTS were discovered huddling together in one drift, where they had been over- come by the pas
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07
FALLING BUILDINGS.
workmen Crushed Under Tumbling Walls
 in New York.

NEW YORK, March 2.-An accident, by which at least three workmen were killed and twelve others injured oc- cured this morning at Tenth avenue and Forty-third street. The old build ing at the northwest corner, formerly used as malt house-by A. & E. Schuy- Ter, was being torn down at the time the accident occurred. For two years it has not been occupied. The portion of the building that fell is the old kiln house and was six stories high. For three weeks gang of men under Con- tractor George O'Keefe has been tear. ing down the building. Yesterday morning most of the gang were at work on the old kiln house, on the Fortv-third street side. During the first part of the morning a portion naked wall in the Forty-third street side was left standing. Suddenly there was terrific crash. There was a roar of falling brick and timber that was heard blocks away and a great cloud of dust went up. In the midst of the roar were heard the cries of the men, many of whom had fallen to death. The three upper stories on the Forty third street side had toppled into th. interior of the building. Tons of brick and mortar had fallen on the workmen.
 ANOTHER BUILDING CoILAPsEs.
 NEW YORK, March 2.-The building at 151 Orchard streeet, one of row of five-story buildings in course of con struction there, fell at o'clock yester- day afternoon. One man was killed and eleven injured. Of the injured
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-03-07

The corn price for 1894, 45.6 cents per bushel, is 6.3 cents higher than the average price for the decade 1ss0-9O, and is cents higher than the average os the last four years.
 The wheat price, 49.s cents, is the lowest for twenty-five years, and is 33.s cents lower than the average for the decade lSsO-90, and 22.1 cents less than the average for the last four years.
 The price of cotton is at its very minimum. Comparing the prices for 1894 with those of 1892, it appears that, with the exception of corn and oats, prices have declined 20, 30, and even 40 per cent.
 The Bankers Magazine finds that, accepting the best trade estimates, the loss on the 1894 wheat crop, as com pared with that of 1892, is Sl11, 426, 900. If we accept the United States official estimate of the 1894 wheat crop-name- ly: S225, 300, 900, the loss, by comparison of 1892, would be S136, 100000.
 Next comes the cotton crop for 1894, whose yield has been estimated at the enormous total of 9,565,27 bales. The following table gives the values of the cotton crop for three years past: