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The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

| MEssRs HoRR and Harvey, according to agreement, gave to the press on the 9th summary of their views about the late debate between them on the silver question.
 SENATOR PEPPER, of Kansas, was the principal speaker at the meeting of populists in Fort Worth, Tex, on the 7th. He arraigned the present admin istration for its financial policy and accused Carlisle of law breaking in is- suing bonds; spoke in favor of the Omaha platform, and denied that he was in favor of new party. THE United States commissioner of labor has forwarded to the secretary of the interior his report on the opera tions of the eleventh census during the fiscal year 1s94-5, Seven volumes of the report, giving the names of the veterans of the war, their rank, serv- ice and present address, have been turned over to the pension office.
 HON. R. G. HoRR and A. J. Warner debated the money question at Lake side, O., on the 7th. They were greeted
 
 ble to decide the direction in which the sympathies of the audience lay, as each happy hit of either speaker was equally followed by applause.
 JUSTICE HOWELL E. JACKSON, of the United States supreme court, died on the sth at his home near Nashville, Tenn. He had long been i'll of con- sumption, but in the spring was able to sit on the rehearing of the income tax cases and assist in overthrowing that law. He was appointed by Presi- dent Harrison to succeed the late Jus tice Lamar on the supreme bench.
 THE state departm ent at Washing ton received a cablegram from the United States consul at Port Louis, Mauritius, that Mrs. Waller, wife of the ex-consul now in prison in France, will be sent by him on steamer to France in accorda nee with the depart ment's instructions.
 IT was said that President Cleveland would not appoint a successor to Justice Jackson, the recently deceased member of the federal supreme bench, until congress meets. A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky, stated that Senator Lindsay would be pressed for the va- cant justiceship and that Secretary Carlisle would then be reelected to the senate.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
soLoN o. TEACHER DEAD.
The Noted Kansan Passes Away at His Home In Lawrence.

Tho NOteu hhnsAn fAa8eR AWAY at HIS
 Home In Lawrence.
 LAWRENCE, Kan, Aug. 12. - The death of Judge Solon O. Thacher took place at his home in this city at 5:3O o'clock yesterday morning, surrounded by his family. He was conscious to the last and had known during the past week all that had been going on in his waking hours. He slept much of the time, and thus the report got out that he was unconscious. Judge Thacher was sick little over two weeks. He had gone to Colorado for his health, but soon returned. On the way home the train was delayed for thirty-six hours by high water, and during that time it was impossible to get anything to eat. This aggravated his case, and since coming home he sank rapidly. Judge Thacher was born in Hornells- vile, N. Y., in 1880 and in 1856 graduated with high honors from the Albany law school. Soon after the Fremont campaign in 1856 he moved to Kansas, locating in Law renee, where he took an active part in the free state contest then raging. He was temporary presiding officer of the Wyandotte constitutional convention in 1859, and in 1864 was the republican union candidate for governor but was defeated by Samuel J. Crawford. Judge Thacher filled many local offices, both by appointment and elec- tion. He served as district judge from 1859 to 1864, when he resigned. At the time of his death he was serv- ing as state senator from the district composed of Douglass and Jefferson counties. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at o'clock in the Plymouth Congregational church at Lawrence, of which Judge Thacher was a member
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
MISCELLANEOCy,

ON the Sth Urban Els, at Baltimore, Md, shot his brother-in-law, Charles A. Pfeffer, in the right arm, then shot Mrs. Margaret Pfeffer in theSeft breast and finally shot himself in the fore head. The wounds of Mir. and Mrs Pfeffer are, slight, but his is probably fatal. It was thought Els was tenn porarily demented.
 JACOB GIeAx, retired banker who had been suffering from illness and was so weak he could barely walk, tot tered to the depot of the Cincinnati & Muskingum railroad at Zanesville, O. :, on the 9th and got down on his knees beside the track as a train started and placed his head on the rail, and before anyone could reach him the wheels had passed over his head, crush ing it and severing it from the body.
 Ar Ogdensburg, N. Y., early on the 9th, fire started in the lumber piles of the Skillings, Whitney & Barnes Lum- Der Co.,, in the eastern part of that town. The loss was put at S13O,O00 to $150,O00; insurance, $05, 1000.
 THE failures for the week ended Au- gust Dun's report) were 225 in the United States against 264 last year, and 43 in Canada against 54 last year.
 DEPUTY marshals, who have been fol- lowing the Christian gang of outlaws since their escape from the South Enid jail, came upon their camp about 30 miles east of South McAlcster, I. T., and managed to shoot one of the out laws dead, whom they claim to be Bob Christian. The rest escaped.
 THE United States civil service com mission will hold another special cx- animation at Washington on August 2s to secure eligibles for the position of compositor, pressman, book binder, stereotyper and electrotypcr in the government printing office.
 AT San Quentin prison, California, Fremont Smith was hanged on the 9th for the murder of two fishing com panions.
 THE house of w. M Brown, of Co., lumbia, Ok, was burned to the ground by vigilantes who found stolen horses in his barn and suspected him of horse stealing. The family was notified to leave the country in twenty-four hours. The county attorney has or dered full investigation.
 A BIG crowd at Buffalo, N. Y., on the Eth witnessed the struggle between Joe Patchen and Robert J. for the su- premacy. Patchen repeated his Cleve- land victory on Roberts own stamping ground, but was forced to put in four faster heats than he did before. The four heats averaged 2:05H. The purse was S5,000.
 A SERIOUS accident occurred on the Atlantic & Pacific railroad at Grant station, about 100 miles west of Albu- querque, N. M., on the night of the 7th, two sleepers and two coaches of a train from San Francisco being ditched. It was reported that twelve people had been killed and twenty-five wounded.
 IT has been decided at Washington to institute suit at once to collect from renters of allotments to Indians in Oklahoma the amounts due the Indians.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
HELD TO ACCOUNT.
The United States Win Use Vigorous Meas
 ures with China in the Missionary Mas

The United States win Use Vigorous Meas
 ures with China in the Missionary Mas
 sacres.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-The acting secretary received a telegram from Nashville signed jointly by the South ern Methodist and Presbyterian mis- sionary societies, confirming the re- port of the outrageous character of the Ku Cheng massacre, and urging the state department to protect the Ameri- can missionaries in China. He responded by telegram that United States Minister Denby had al- ready taken the most vigorous measures to secure the safety of Americans and that renewed instruc- tions to that end had been mailed to the minister. The state department expects to procure full and ample rep aration for the damage sustained by Americans and Minister Denby has al- ready made a most vigorous demand on the Chinese government to that ef- fart
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
CUBA'S NEW PRESIDENT.
Gen. Maso Elected Leader sf the ProyI
 siOnal Government.

Gen. Maso Elected Leader sf the Provi-
 sional Government.
 NEW YORK, Aug 12.-Cubans in this city are delighted at the news that a provisional government has been formed in Cuba with representative men as its officials. Col Lopez de Queralta, prominent Cuban patriot, said: "The president elected, Gen. Maso, is Cuban to the very core of his heart. He is native of Manga nillo and the owner of vast property in Cuba. Gen. Maso is about 5 years old and has a record as a valiant sol dier. In the revolution of 1868 to 1870 he was commander of an important di- vision and distinguished himself on the field of battle. All the men select ed for the new government are capable and brilliant, and the Cubans of this city regard their election as significant of a glorious epoch in the history of our island"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

TIE Central Stamping Co.'s plant at Newark, N. J., which covered ten city lots was destroyed by fire on the 1lth. Many of the firemen had narrow es- capes from falling walls Loss, S500,- | 900; insurance, S250,000
 CHAMPION CoRBETT and Bob Fitzsim- mons, the pugilists, met in cafe in Philadelphia on the night of the 10th and there was rough and tumble | fight between the two for about three minutes. When the fight ended the restaurant was in demoralized condi- ton, broken chairs and glasses lying all around.
 TIE steamer Gypsy was run into and sunk in Long bay, an arm of Lake Winnipesaukee, in New Hampshire, by the steamer Mineola. The passengers were rescued. The pilot of the Mine ola claimed there were no lights show ing on the Gypsy.
 A MOB of forty men went to the Springfield, Ky, jail to lynch two ne- gro brutes confined therein. After getting the keys from the jailer the mob could not open the doors. They then tried to batter them down, but they were too strong. Finally they gave up the job and said they would be back again. The sheriff afterwards spirited the two negroes to Louisville.
 BEN CRAvENs and Bill Crittenden. two of the most desperate men of the territory, who were jailed at Perry, Ok, for cattle stealing, broke out on the 1lth and made their escape. A posse of twenty men went in persuit of them and Ben Cravens was killed in the fight. Big Susan," a sweetheart of Crittenden. has been arrested for aiding the desperadoes to escape.
 GEN. MAso has been elected head of the provisional government formed in Cuba. All the other men selected were said to be capable and brilliant and Cuban patriots all over the country re- gard their election as significant of a glorious epoch.
 AT Cincinnati two electric cars col lided on the i1th and six persons were injured, three seriously.
 THE interior department has decided that parties making runs into Okla homa from Indian reservations are not entitled to hold their claims.
 JUDGE FUCKER, at Carrollton, Mo-, refused the motion for new trial for the Taylor brothers, convicted of the murder of the Meeks family. and sen. tencedtthe prisoners to be hanged on Friday, October A.
 THE death of Judge Solon o. Thacher. of Lawrence, Kan, took place on the 1lth, aged 65 years.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
YELLOW FEVER RAvAGES.
The Plague Spreading Over Cuba-Small
 Fox Victims In Eagle Pass, Tex.

The Plague Spreading Over Cuba-Small-
 Fox Victims In Eagle Pass, Tex.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-Writing un- der date of August 3, the United States sanitary inspector at Havana reports to the surgeon-general total of eighty-three deaths in that city from yellow fever during July, twenty nine of which occurred the last week. During the last week there were eighty-five new cases. The disease continues to increase there The surgeon-general is also advised that yellow fever is prevalent in nearly all the cities of importance on the Pacific from Santa Ana, Salvador, to Acapulco, Mexico. The latest reports from Eagle Pass, Tex, are that out of 355 returning negro colonists quaran. tined there, there are ll5 cases of smallpox.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15

ONE of the leading officials of the Western Union Telegraph Co. claimed that it had secured an invention which would send from New York to Chicago, in quadruplex over one wire, $50 words a minute and have the copy at each end produced upon printed page. The new method may make the cost of telegraphing so cheap to the company that it may encourage the enlarge ] use of the wires by radical reduction of rates. The time is at hand perhaps when the post office will find itself un. able to compete with the telegraph.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
oMAHA's SITUATION GRAVE.
The Old Police Board, Beaten in Court, Re-
 fuses to Retire.
was a member

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 12.-Judge Hope wells decision Saturday afternoon re- fusing the application of the mayor and the two other members of the old police board for an injunction to pre- vent the new board from taking con- trol has not quieted the old board. It called out the seventy-fve special policemen appointed last week and put them on duty guarding the city jail with contingent of thirty of the regular force. c. II. Brown, a member Of the old board, is quoted as being re- signed to retiring to private life, but the mayor and Commissioner Denver, the two others of the old board, who have not submitted to the new law. are standing out. Proceedings for a writ of custer by the new board is the next step naturally, but the new board is keeping its programme secret beyond assuring people that it will not be found resorting to violence or in any way breaking the peace. =.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
DRUNKEN MOB FoILED.
Unsuccessful Attempt to Take Two Negroes from JaIl at Springfield. Ky.

OuSuCCchbiui attempt tO tHkO TWO negroes
 from JaIl at Springfield, Ky.
 LEBANON, Ky, Aug. 12.-A mob of about forty men went to the Spring field jail about l o'clock yesterday morning and demanded of the jailer sthe keys leading to the cells of Mat thew Lewis and Jess Ray, who as- saulted Mrs Shields (white) recently. The jailer, seeing resistance was useless, handed over the keys, and the mob ot once proceeded to business. As everybody in the mob was drunk, none of them seemed to be able to unlock the jail doors. After working at the locks and bolts without success, they procured sledgeham- mers and tried to batter down the doors. The doors proved too strong for them, however, and after two hours hard work. they abandoned the ioh They then e.nptied their revolvers into the cells of the jail, but no one was hit. Returning the keys to the jailer, they told him they would be back again at night, and left town. The mob was composed of men from Washington and Marion counties, nine, it is said, being from this city. The sheriff of Washington county passed through this city yesterday with Lewis and Ray on their way to Louisville, where the two negroes will be confined until the excitement at Springfield is over.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
THROUGH 4 BRIDGE.
A Trains Fatal Leap into a Stream Nea
 Bainbridge, 0.

A Trains Fatal Leap into Stream NeaI
 Bainbridge, 0.
 GREENFIELD, O., Aug. 12.--The bridge across Paint creek, on the Ohio South ern railway, near Bainbridge, O., gave way yesterday afternoon under load ed freight train bound north. The bridge, engine and ten loaded cars all went into the creek, taking with them Engineer Clint Radcliffe, Fireman Howser and Brakeman Thomas Byers, who were buried under the wreck. The water is l5 feet deep at that place, and the bodies of the dead trainmen can- not be recovered until the wreck is re- moved. The engine jumped the track on the bridge from some unknown cause
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15

A RECENT dispatch said: It is not at all improbable but that the Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight may take place on Indian territory soil. It is well known that the authorities of Texas are bit terly opposed to the contest taking place at Dallas, and Gov. Culberson says the fight shall not come off on Texas soil. There is no law on the statute books of either the United States court in the Chickasaw nation or the Indian courts to prohibit prize fighting or sparring matches and the pugilists will meet with no obstacles whatever by simply crossing the line on territory soil.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
OFFICIALS of the Pennsylvania rail.

OFFICIALS of the Pennsylvania rail- road are arranging to equip all the cars used on the Chicago limited, between New York and Chicago, with a Clay mond telephone instead of push buttons on every berth and every seat on that train. The Claymond invention promises to revolutionize the transmits sion of speech over wire. These tele- phones are in extensive use in Europe. and they can be so cheaply constructed and so easily operated that the Penn sylvania proposes putting one into every signal tower along the entire ex- tent of it's lines between Philadelphia and Chicago.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15

ACCORDING to statistics received at the Indian bureau, 3O,OOO Indians are now engaged in farming, stock rais- ing and other civilized pursuits. Dur ing the year they raised over l,373,- 900 bushels of corn and other grain and vegetables in proportion. They own over 100000 head of cattle and 1,2s4,O 900 sheep. About 22,OOO Indians voted at the last election. It is esti. mated that 30,000 out of the total In. dian population of 247,OOO are church members. Out of the 247,O0O, 1s9, 900 are self-supporting, and 35,ooO pay taxes
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15

Beecham's pills are for bilious ness, bilious headache, dyspepsia, heartburn, torpid liver, dizziness, sick headache, bad taste in the mouth, coated tongue, loss of appetite, sallow skin, etc., when caused by constipation ; and con- Stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them.
 Go by the book. Pills Ioc and 25c a box. Book FREE at your druggists or write B. F. Allen Co.,, 365 Canal Street, New York.
 Annual sales more than eocoOO) boxes.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
DETROIT GOES TO FOO CHOW.
The American warship Will Be Ready ta
 Enforce Any Demands.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l2. The navy de. partment yesterday afternoon received a cablegram announcing Commander Newell had sailed from Shanghai with the Detroit for Foo Chow. Foo Chow is about 400 miles south of Shang. hai and is the nearest seaport to the scene of the rioting at Hwasang and Ingbok. The dispatching of the Detroit to Foo Chow was construed here to mean that both Minister Dem by and Adm. Carpenter are fully alive to the situation and propose to have an American cruiser as close as possi- ble to the scene of the disturbances for the protection of such of the mission. aries as may flee to the coast, and also to enforce such demands as may be made.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15

A NEW YORK paper prints an article setting forth the claim of Mrs. John Angell, of Rouse's Point, in that state, to have been married 70 the late Jay Gould when he was only F years old If this claim is established it will up- set the disposition of the vast estate and render null and void all the deeds and titles heretofore made by Gould.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
JAIL BREAK AT PERRY.
Two Desperate Characters Successfully
 Gain Freedom and Elude Officers.

PERRY, Ok, Aug. l2.-At o'clock yes terday morning two noted United States prisoners broke out of the fed eral jail here. The names of the fugi- tives are Ben Cravens and Bill Critteu. den. The latter is halfbreed Cherokee Indian, and he and Cravens are classed as two of the most desperate men of the territory. There was a reward of $500 for Crittenden's capture on charge of murder in the Creek na- tion. A posse of twenty men went in pursuit of the prisoners, and news reached here at noon that posse came up with them 20 miles west of here and Cravens was killed. Big Susan" was put under arrest for aid- ing the desperadoes to escape.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
France Getting Uneasy.

NEW YORK, Aug. l2.-The Worlds Paris correspondent wires that there is an uneasy feeling in the French gov ernment circles regarding the Waller incident, and the opinion is freely ex- pressed that the American ex-consul was far too hastily judged, and that unpleasant consequences must follow if the United States government per sists in its demand for an official copy of the proceedings at Walters trial.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
The Sworn Tormentnrs

Of the Spanish Inquisition never inflicted tortures more dreadful than those endnreS by the victim of inflammatory rheumatisrn
 The chronic form of this obstinate maladv is sufficiently painful. Arrest it at the start r3 with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and avoid
 becoming lifelong martyr. The Bitters will remove malaria and kidney complaints. dvsI peDsia, constipation, nervousness and nep- ralgia, remedy debility and hastens conys. lescence
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15

TIE state department at Washington has been notified by Ambassador Eus- tis of the unanimous passage by the French chamber of deputies of reso- lution looking to the arrangement of a treaty between the United States and France by the terms of which any diff ference that may hereafter arise be- tween the two countries will be ad- 1usted by arbitration.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
The Most Pleasant Wau

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The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15

A NEW YORK World cable special says: "A number of weathy Spaniards have addressed communication to prominentand rich Catholics in France, Austria and England, proposing to raise fund to purchase Rome from Italy and thus free the pope from his imprisonment and make him again a temporal ruler. Italy's almost bank rupt condition is quoted as reason for the belief that the government would accept the proposition. The scheme seems wild enough were it not that Italy's condition is rapidly driving her helplessly tax ridden people to- wards anarchy.,'
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
Oh erokee Bill Convicted.

FORT SMITH, Ark, Aug. 12-Chero. kee Bill was convicted this morning of the murder of Larry Readings, the jail guard. The jury was out only thir- teen minutes. The defendant took the verdict with perfect composure. He will be sentenced to-day. Cherokee Bill may be hanged before the other six that are to hang October 9.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
Utah Women May Vote.

SALT LAKE. Utah, Aug. 12.-Judge Smith handed down decision Satur. day at Ogden, declaring that women in Utah had the right to vote for the ratification or rejection of the new constitution and also for the officers of the proposed state.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
Extra Policemen stiIl on Duty.

PRINCETON, ILL, Aug. l2.-The ten extra colored policemen are still on duty at Spring Valley and the mines are in operation, about 900 men, or about one half of the force, going to work. Barney Rollo, the Italian, is still alive, but the physician says his death may occur at any hour
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15

ARCHIBALD COLEMAN and Charles II. Taylor recently started from the capi. tol steps at Washington for a tramp around the world. They went on a wager of $500 that they could make the trip without funds, earning their way as they proceed, within fourteen months Coleman is said to be the son of Detroit banker and Taylor is a Washington toy.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
An Indicted Murderer Ambushed

TExARKANA, Ark, Aug. 12.-C. G. Ross, prominent farmer of this neigh borhood, was shot and killed from ambush while strolling about, his premises. Ross was under indictment for the killing of Robert Pitts short time ago, and it is thought that Pitts sympathizers had something to do with the murder. No arrests have beer made vet
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15

THE London Times, discussing bi, metallism recently, said that France was not likely to accept any ratio but l516 to l, and that ratio of 35 to l would not receive attention from the silver men, or the so-called bimetal- lists, who were really persons with sil- yer securities to sell.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-08-15
Our Forest Reseryes

WASHINGTON, Aug. l2.-At the next session of congress strong efforts will be made to procure the passage of a law for protecting from the ravages of fire and the ax the public woodlands and particularly the forest reserves.