The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

CHEROKEE BILL got his hands on a revolver and attempted to liberate the prisoners confined in murderers' row of the United States jail at Fort Smith, Ark, on the 26th. Larry Heating the oldest guard was killed. The desper- ado finally surrendered his revolver to Henry Starr.
 AT Bochua, Westphalia, an explosion of fire damp and coal dust occurred in the Prinz Von Pruessen mine and twenty-five dead and eleven injured men were found in the pit and there was possibility of there being more. There was heartrending scene at the mouth of the pit, relatives of tho dSSaad and injured being congregated there.
 WuL!aY FRsDERIcKs, who murdered Cashier Herrick in an attempt to rob the San Francisco Union savings bank in March, 1894, was hanged at the San Quentin penitentiary on the 2Gth.
 TIE failures for the week ended July 26 (Dun's report) were 202 in the United States, against 249 last year, and 27 in Canada, against 30 last year.
 Mas. ELIZABETH WILDGRUB, of Lake Bay, Wash. made desperate attempt recently to murder her two daughters, aged T and 10 years, respectively. While the children were sleeping the mother went to their bedside and at tackled them with a hatchet, cutting and hacking them with the strength born of insanity. The children strug- glcd for their lives and succeeded in escaping out of doors.
 CLEARING house returns for the prin- cipal cities in the United States for the week ended July 26 show an average spending week last year of 20 ,; in New York the increase was 23.7; outside New York, 63.
 TIE treasury department has de- clined to entertain the protest made by the vice president of the humane so- ciety against the admission into this country of bulls and toreadors from Mexico for bull fighting exhibition at the Atlanta Ga exposition. The society asked that the bulls be ex- cluded on the ground that they were immoral instruments and the torea- dors that their admission would vio. late the contract labor laws.
 TIE secretary of the treasury on the 25th directed that the money paid into the treasury on account of the income tax (S77, 11D be refunded upon the filing of claim and action thereon.
 TIE Transmissouri roads continued the work of forming passenger asso- citation at Chicago on the 18th. It was decided that headquarters for the new association would be at Kansas City.
 THE situation between the ingrain carpet manufacturers and their strik- ing weavers at Philadelphia on the 2ith had assumed the nature of dead. | lock- Both sides were awaiting de velopments and overtures from the other and both were equally confident of their ability to hold out.
 AT Freeport, ILL, on the 24th 10000 people witnessed the mile trotting race between John k. Gentry and Joe Patch en for a purse of S3,OOO. Gentry won easily, making the mile in 2:G4%.
 THE city waterworks at Ironton, O. were burned on the 24th. Loss, SlOO, ,000
 TIE story recently telegraphed from Hennessey, Ok, about battle be tween deputy marshals and the Wyatt and Doolin gang of outlaws, in whicf Wyatt was killed, Doolin wounded and captured, together with six other out laws, turns out to be that posse O farmers. whose horses had been stolen overlook three men near Sheridan witt stolen animals in their possession, ant killed one and captured the other two Neither of the captured men was Bit Doolin, but the dead man bears sligh resemblance to Zip Wyatt.
 GREAT excitement prevailed at Mar shalltown, la, recently over an act O vandalism. The cemetery at the Comi soldiers home was entered by an un known miscreant, who, with sledg' hammer, defaced and broke off at tn, ground forty-six marble slabs etectct by the government at soldiers graves