The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-06-13

y department at Washington for use of persons who have claims against the government for the refund of the in. come tax. The refund will be made under section 2220 of the revised stat | utes, which authorizes the commis- sioner of internal revenues on appeal to refund all taxes erroneously or ille- gally collected. Every dollar of the income tax already collected will be repaid to the persons from whom the | collections were made.
 CLEARING house returns for the prin- cipal cities in the United States for the week ended June showed an average increase as compared with the core spending week last year of 25. 8; in New York the increase was 33. O; outside New | York, 1894.
 THE great relay bicycle race of the red and blue between Chicago and New York, was finished at 1856 o'clock on the morning of the sth. The actual time of the race was 65 hours, B min utes This has broken all American records for relay race.
 AT Lexington, Ky, on the 7th George Green, colored, shot and instantly killed his wife and her stepfather, named Henderson Weakes, and then attempted suicide. Greens wife left him, going to the home of her mother. Green was still alive, but had two large holes in his head.
 THE conference of arbitration con- cluded its session at Lake Mohonk, N Y., on the 7th, with the discussion of the question of enlisting an education in favor of peaceful settlement of international controversies. A declar- ation of principles was adopted and a request was preferred that our govern ment take steps looking to the consum- nation of treaty of arbitration be- tween the United States and Great Britain.
 A TRAMP stopped at the farm resi-. | dence of J. E. Simmonds, 15 miles south of Guthrie, Ok, and demanded food. Mrs Simmons, who was alone, went into an outdoor milk cellar to get the food, when the tramp locked her in and proceeded to rob the house, finally setting fire to it as he left. Neighbors attracted by the fire broke open the cave door and let Mrs. Sim monds out. A large posse searched for the tramp, but unsuccessfully. A SPECIAL from Sturgeon Bay, Wis, on the 9th said that the tug John Evenson was sunk off Foscora by the steamer Weston Stephenson. Martin Boswell of the Evenson's crew was drowned. The remainder of the crew were rescued.
 THERE was tremendous cloudburst recently over the Wurtemburg portion of the Black forest district in Ger. many. Many houses were swept away and many persons were missing and it was feared that they were drowned Ten persons were drowned at Ballin- gen, seven at Krommer and ten at Lannfen.
 Two farmers living 13 miles south east of Pond Creek, Ok, quarreled over the settlement of pasture rent, and as one by the name of Snider turned around to leave the other man, Henry, emptied load of buckshot into his back. The murderer was arrested.
 A DURANGO, Col, dispatch said that a majority of the Utes signed the rati- fication of the removal bill on the eth and will go on the new reservation. Those wishing to take land in several ty will select lands on the west end of the reservation. This throws open for settlement all of the present reserva- tion in La Plata and Archuta counties.
 EUGENE BUSCH, who recently lasted forty days, has been pronounced in sane by the county commissioners at South Enid, Ok. Physicians differ, however. as to whether he is really in- sane or delirious from overeating at the close of his fast