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The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
THE DURRANT CASE.
The Defense Attempts to Throw Suspicion
 Upon Pastor Gibson.

Upon Pastor Gibson.
 SAN FRANCISCO, April 2d.-Rev. John George Gibson, pastor of the Emanuel church, was again on the witness stand yesterday in the preliminary examination of Theodore Durrant, charged with the murder of Minnie Williams. The defense believes it has a. case against the clergyman and will try to show that he and not Dur rant killed both Miss Williams and Miss Lamont. On the day preceding the finding of Blanche Lamont's body, her aunt, Mrs Noble, received paper containing the rings worn by the miss- ing girl. On the paper was written the names of George R. King and Prof. Schernstein, the apparent object being to connect these men with the girl s disappearance. Experts declare the writing to be the disguised hand of Durrant. In court yesterday counsel for the defense requested Rev. Dr. Gibson to write the name of King and Schernstein. The minister did so, but asked twice how to spell Schern- stein's name. Gibson was calm and collected on the stand and was a good witness. Nothing tangible against him was brought out by cross exami. nation and his testimony was con- cludad
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
WORK OF THE LAST CONGRESS
Over Twelve Thousand Bllls Introduced,
 but Very Few Became Laws.

WAsHINGroS, April 27.-According to figures prepared by B. $. Platt, en- rolling clerk of the senate, 72O bills and joint resolutions became laws dur ing the third session of the Fifty-third congress. Of these 2l5 were senate and 5O5 house bills and resolutions. During the entire congress 12, 2,223 meas- ures were introduced in the two houses, of which 2,952 originated in the senate and 9, 27l in the house. The senate passed 527 of it's own bills, but only 239 of these received favorable action in the house, while of the I'll house bills which passed the house 569 also passed the senate. The president vetoed or failed to sign twenty-four of the sem ate bills sent to him, while fifty-four house bills met the same fate at the hand of the executive. It appears from this statement that less than per cent. of the bills introduced during the congress became laws
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
UNCLE SANS ATTITUDE.

Why the United States Does Not Interfers
 in the Nicaraguan Affalr-Looking for
 Other Game.
 WASHINGTON, April 27.-As an ex. planation of the refusal of the admin istration to entertain Nicaragua's ap- peal for protection against Great Britain, it is now learned that the United States is reserving its energies so as to deal with the Venezuelan question becomingly when the crisis there, which cannot much longer be averted, is reached. The British gov ernment has been given to un- derstand that the United States does not take issue with it as to the right to exact an indemnity and reason able reparation from Nicaragua, con sidering the gravity of the offense committed by the Nicaraguan govern ment in expelling British official and British subjects from Nicaragua in de- fiance of all principles of international law and comity. The fact that the Americans who were expelled at the same time by the Nicaraguans were afterwards voluntarily permitted to return to the country has not in any degree served to palliate the offense committed against Great Britain, and against civilization, in the eye of the state department. In consenting to the execution of the British programme in Nicaragua, however, the state de- partment was very careful to give full notice that it should not permit the British to annex foot of Nicaraguan soil, nor to interfere with the repub- lican form of government there.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
WISCONSIN FOREST FIRES.
They Arc Raging Around Phillips and Prentice and Farmers Are Rushing to the Cities.


 Prentice and Farmers Are Rushing to the Cities.
 CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, April 27.- Word reached here yesterday that for est fires are again raging in the vicin- ity of Phillips, and it now looks as if that devastated region will again suffer a catastrophe. The woods near Preu- tice are ablaze, and the homesteaders and farmers are rushing into the city for safety. There have been several farm houses burned out, and there seems to be no probability that the fires will abate. The woods and trees are dry as finder, making them fit sub- jects for the fire to prey upon. Unless rain comes, they will certainly create wide desolation. The people of Prem tice have made an organized effort to keep the flames from entering the city. The nearest approach it has made is about A mile distant, and it is burning slowly toward the city. If the wind springs up the flames may be carried into the town.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
May Not Re Ratified.

SHANGHAI, April 27.-A dispatch re- ceived here from Pelsin says that affairs there are in critical state. Some of the generals favor a continuance of war. The censors object to Viceroy Iii Hung Chang and the terms of the treaty of peace between China and Japan and the officials are claiming that the em- peror alone should decide upon the terms. The ratification of the treaty. consequently, is uncertain, and if it is ratified it is feared that there will be trouble with the army.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
MExlCO'S CATTLE.
Only a Small Surplus Available for Ship
 ment to This Country.

Oh2y VI tNhiiaDle Snlp-
 ment to This Country.
 TUXPAN, Vera Cruz, April 2o.-A num- Der of American cattle dealers are ne- Totiating for the purchase of the large herds which are held in the Huasteca district, state of Vera Cruz, and which range over portions of the states of Puebla and Hidalgo. The herds are practically the bulk of the cat tie remaining in the entire re- public for consumption and ex- port, and high prices will proba- bly be realized. There has been movement on foot to ship large num- per by sea to New York. Beef and all iinds of meats are steadily rising in price all through the country. The supply of stock in other parts of Mex leo is hard to compute with exactness, out from none of the cattle districts ,an any considera ble amount of stock oe shipped to the United States mar kpIS
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
GOING BACK TO ROME,
Mgr. Satolli, the Papal Delegate, Preparing
 to Leave Washington.

NEW YORK, April 27.-A Washington special to an evening paper says: Mgr. Satolli, will, it is said, leave for Rome in the latter part of May. His secre- tary, Dr. Rocker, will accompany him, and it is understood that Cardinal Gibbons will sail on the same steamer. While the departure of the papal dele gate is ostensibly on leave of absence it is doubtful if he will ever return. His health has suffered in America from climatic reasons. It is expected that he will be raised to the cardinal ate at the next consistory. What his future mission will be is unknown, but there is rumor that he may go to Portugal, the climate of Lisbon being agreeable to him. The present nuncio to Holland is regarded as the probable successor to Mgr. Satolli in Washing ton
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
Reservations Leased.

WASHINGTON, April 27.-The lands in the Wichita reservation and also in the larger Kiowa and Comanche reser- vation have been leased for another year. Some days ago it was announced at the interior department that the In- dian agents on these reservations had been notified to invite bids from cattle men for the grazing privileges on these lands. Yesterday it was stated that the secretary had decided not to wait longer for bids, but to renew the leases of last year for another year at the old rate. This gives the land to Dan Wag. oner and his associates for 6 cents an acre.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
Oklahoma Veterans.

PERRY, Ok, April 26 6-The terri torial encampment of c. A. R. met here yesterday. Besides the c. A. R. the Sons of Veterans and Woman's Relief corps will also hold sessions. Department Commander Cummings, of Kingfisher, is here, and Commander-in- Chief Lawler, of Chicago, will be here to-day. Perry is covered with bunting and flags. The programme yesterday was interesting, and over 1000 people attended the campfire last night. Every train is loaded with delegates. Judge Bierer, of the Fourth Oklahoma judicial district, delivered an address last night.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
THE STAMP CoUNTERFEIrs.
The Copper Plates for Printing Them and
 Other Utensils Found.


 WASHINGTON, April 25.-The post off, fee inspectors are satisfied they have uncovered the whole conspiracy to counterfeit postage stamps, Col. Wheeler, chief of postal inspectors, said yesterday that the case was clear and conclusive against Morrison, alias Jones, whom Inspector Stuart caught in Chicago, and probably against the Mack woman arrested at Hamilton, Ont, whose real name is McMillan. When Capt. Stuart caught Morrison he found in his room the copper plates with which the stamps were printed, a machine for cumming the backs of the stamps and another device for perfor- ating them. Col. Wheeler has several sheets of the commercials, and he re- gards them as remarkably good ones. Probably Morrison had not got rid of over S1 ,OO0 worth of the stuff. There were no stamps found with the plates, however, and there are doubtless a good many hidden elsewhere.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
Horse Meat.

PORTLAND, Ore, April 25.-Advices from eastern Oreyo are to the effect that thousand horses had been sold to Portland parties to be slaughtered and the meat to be canned and offered for sale, but who the parties are cam not be ascertained. Members of all butchering firms in this city were asked about the matter to-day, but all denied having any knowledge of the sale of the horses, or the purpose of She parties to slaughter them for profit. One of them had heard that there was such a plan on foot. It is supposed that the reports are correct.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
The Steady Increase In the Industrial
 World StiIl Keeping Up.


 World still Keeping Up.
 NEW YORK, April 27.-R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Neither the rising speculative markets nor the steady gain in industries has ceased, and it is wholesome that there are fewer signs of hesitation in the pro- ductive industries than in speculative prices. Wages strikes grow more nu- merous and cause some trouble and re- tail demand lags behind wholesale, and jobbing purchases behind production in some branches, but through many conflicting reports the fact shines out that the industries are gaining, not with rush and whirl, but more safely.
 It is less clear that railroads are in- creasing their earnings or that over production of cotton will be cured by the advance of 13s cents in price, or that cornering short sellers of wheat will help to market the large surplus. Butrevival of activity in all these di- rections helps confidence to take the throne so long held by distrust
 Wool has sold at the lowest price on record this week, 16 cents for Ohio and cents for years Texas and offers to clear old stocks before new supplies come forward tempt manufacturers to purchase beyond present needs. Sales of foreign, SLY, 300 pounds in three weeks of April, against 9,292, 800 domes- tic, make the total F, ,40G, 800 against 15,9o6, 100 in 1892 and less, of course, in 1893 and 1894.
 The failures for the week have been 240 in the United States, against 179 last year and 37 in Canada, against 26
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
Nicaragua's Last Hope Gone.

WASHINGTON, April 27.-The Nicara- guan minister had an interview with Secretary Gresham yesterday about the trouble of the South American re- public with England and it was stated that the secretary gave him to under stand that the United States would not interfere in the matter, President Cleveland holding that the dispute was one entirely between Great Britain and Nicarapua
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
AN EXPLOSION.
A Wagon Upsets with 7aO Quarts of Nitro
 Glycerine.

FoRT WAYNE, Ind, April 27.-William Ulmer started this morning from Bluff ton to the Montpelier oil fields with 72O quarts of nitro-glycerine in a wagon. When ? miles from Bluffton the wagon wheels struck the root of a tree and upset.
 An explosion followed which made a hole 60 feet across the top and 15 feet deep. Four or five large oak trees were blown down and carried dis tance of 500 feet Ulmer and his horses were blown to atoms.
 Window glass was broken in houses for miles around and the shock was plainly felt in this city, distance of 25 miles from the explosion.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
Removing Illegal Settlers.

GUTHRIE, Ok, April 20.-Much excite ment exists in the Sac and Fox agency over the putting in force by Gen. Thomas of the order removing illegal settlers from the reservation. A force of forty Indian police, mounted, have rounded up no families and are driving them from their illegal settlements.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
MANY MILLIONS INVOLVED.
Question as to the Illegal Collection of In-
 come Taxes Under Former Laws.

Question as to the Illegal Collection of In
 come Taxes Under Former Laws.
 WASHINGTON, April 20.-Since the decision of the supreme court in the income tax there have been frequent references on the part of attorneys to the liability of the government for sums paid on incomes from rents and invested personal property under for mer income tax laws. It will be remem- bered that Attorney-General Olney, in his brief on the subject of rehearing, suggested that congress could not escape making provision for the re- funding of these amounts if the deci- sion was to stand.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
GEAR FEARS EDUCATION.
Growth of Revolutionary Ideas Attributed
 to the Spread of Knowledge.

70 the Sprehd or hnowIedge'
 LONDON, April 29.-The Chronicle prints the text of long letter sent secretly by the Russian minister of the interior to the minister of education in which the former attributes the growth of revolutionary ideas among the people to the adoption year ago of schemes for popular education, which nave been taken advantage of to distribute broadcast gratis, books in- culcating ideas that are subversive of government. As a result of the letter, measures have already been taken for l more strict control of the Russian educational institutions.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
A Fortune Lost at Faro.

NEW YORK. April 20.-It is stated on the best authority that James F. Cald- well, the veteran race horse starter, lost S55, 1000 in faro bank at Little Rock, Ark, while officiating as starter at the races there.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
ANOTHER FRAUD ORDER.
Mail Delivery to the Publishers Collection
 Agency Stopped.

WASHINGTON, April 27.-Fraud or ders were issued yesterday to the post masters at St. Paul, Pittsburgh and Chicago, forbidding the delivery of any mail matter to the Publishers Col lection agency. The agency, which has offices all over the country, has per sisted in attempting to enforce the so- called newspaper laws" in spite of the warnings of the post office department One of the chief clauses of these Jaws" is that if person takes paper from the post office he is liable for the sub scription price of it, whether his time is out or not, or whether he subscribed for it originally or not.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
OVER A HUNDRED DEAD.
Further Details of the Breaking of the
 Dyke Near Epinal, France.

Dyke Near Epinai. France.
 EPINAL. France, April 29.-The list of the fatalities caused by the break ing Saturday of the great Bouzeey dyke in Epinal district of the Vosges increases every hour. One hundre d and fifteen deaths have already been reported, but only fifty bodies have been recovered. It is believed that the death list will be greatly in excess of the figures above given when all the districts are heard from. It is supposed that many of the dead were swept into isolated places where it will be long time before the bobies are found
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
HoNoRlNe GRANTS MEMORY.
The Anniversary of the Generals Birth
 Celebrated In Several Cities.


 Celebrated In Several Cities. NEW YORK, April 29.-The seventy third anniversary of Gen. Grants birth is being more generally celebrated this year than ever before. In all the large cities of the country there were commemoration meetings and din- ners at night. At Pittsburgh the Americus club will give banquet. at which Senator Allison, Congressman Grosvenor, Congressman Hepburn and Senator Aldrich spoke.
 At Galena, Ill., the old home of the general, there was a presentation by II. II. Kohlsaat to the city of Nast's painting of Lees surrender. The paint ing is l0xl4 feet and contains ten life size figures, including Gems. Grant, Lee, Rawlings and Parker.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
The Weekly Bank Statement.

NEW YORK, April 29.-The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Reserve, increase. S5,5s9- TOO; loans, decrease, S216,S00; specie, in crease, ,S1, ,6GO, 5OO legal tenders, increase, S5G, 343, 400; deposits, increase, $6,4l5,- 200; circulation, decrease, S17, The banks now hold s25, ,27O.675 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
BREWER'S FINE RECORD.
The Eastern Crack Shot Kills One Hum
 cred Birds Without Miss.

NEW YORK, April 2o.-At Dexter park, Long Island, Capt. John Brewer started for wager of $50 to kill ninety out of 100 birds at 30 yards rise with 30 yards boundary, but made record of 100 straight kills He shot in fine form, killing them cleanly in the air with the first barrel, also hitting them with the second barrel before they touched the ground. He only used the second barrel from force of habit.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
INCOME TAX MIDDLE.
Department Officials Much Confused at tn,
 Status of the Case.

Status of the Case.
 WASHINGTON, April 27.-Treasury officials, officers of the department of justice and attorneys for the income tax contestants are alike confused by the new interpretation semi-officially placed upon the supreme courts order with relation to the income taxes. It appears that if Justice Jackson attends, and the cases are ar gued, the court will then affirm or set aside its decision. If he does not come, the court will remain equally divided and nothing more can be done, at least at this term,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
HAS HE coRNERED wHEAT3
A Chicago Newspaper Says Armour Con
 trols the Entire Available Supply.

troIs the Entire Available Supply.
 CHICAGO, April 29.-The Post says that F. D. Armour has practically cor nered the wheat market, controlling all available wheat. William H. Wallace, who is supposed to con trol all the stock of contract grade in New York, is closely connected with Armour and is in with the latter on the deal Armour's holdings are said to be enormous and his cISsrol of the stock is said to ks tE1 real cause of the advance in prices.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-02
STRICTLY MODERN FARMERS.
South Dakota AgrIculturlsts Use Wire
 Fences as a Telephone Circuit.

FehCes hs A IeIepHOhe CIrCuIt'
 YANKToN, S. D., April 27.-A number of farmers living 10 miles west of here have established telephone system. Their farms are surrounded by barbed wire fencing, and each farmer is sup piled with transmitter at his house, connected with the wire on his fence. The staples have been removed from this wire and insulated fasteners sub stituted A cell battery has been con- structed and the farmers are now able to converse with one another The ex- pense for the entire system did not ex- ceed S25.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23
Only n Question of Time.

"That little bill, )" said the debtor pleas
antly. "Oh, yes, of course. Well YOU
need not worry about that any more. I've
got things down TO system now"
You've been a long timo doing It,"
suggested the creditor.
II realize It," returned the debtor, "but
It's all right now. You see, $50 Is more
than can afford 10 lot go of at any ono
time, but now / can get IL together with
out missing 1t. You see, man never
misses his small change, so I've bought n
little bank that l can drop IL into every
night. You've no idea how fast il accumu-
latcs."
i've heard of the plan before, said
the creditor IF man lives up TO IL and
doesn't hold out on the bank, it mounts
up rapidly"
"Oh, L live up TO it," protested the
debtor. II put every cent of small change
into IL every night, and it all for you"
II may hope then
My dear sir, you may more than hope.
The system makes the payment in full an
absolute certainty. 1t ovorcomes all OBJ
staclcs and it's only question Of time
How much timer"
We'll, that's rather difficult to say.
You see, the amount OF small change /
find in my pockets varies, and"--
What do you call small change"
Pennies. L What's thatY oh, well,
sue IL you want to. That's what man
gets for trying 60 do the rig< thing -
Chicago Times Herald.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23

II Is closely In keeping with the whole
train OF argument to say word In regard
To early marriages, writes the Rev. Charles
III. Parkhurst, ID. d., In an article on "The
Safeguards of Marriage " in The Ladies'
Home Journal. That is the natural order
OF event. Divine intention seems quito
distinct upon the matter. Such marriages
when properly consummatcd aro n means
of personal establishment and security TO
the parties implicated. For young man
or young woman To be wholcsomcly mar.
riod Is the next step TO being rcgcncratod.
To be out OF that condition Is counter 10
nature, and TO disregard nature subjects
10 all kinds Of exposure II IL somcsmos
forgotten that Eaturo's arrangements and
Intentions are In the nature of divine or
dinancc, which may bo of the same au.
ihoritatiycness rs though drafted literally
ind included In the docaloguc.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23
Nervous Brcakdovps.

There is curious modern theory about
nervous breakdowns which may bc worth
stating. Some physicians say that just
before the nerves "go on strike" they full
I'LL their functions most fully and easily,
deluding their unsuspccting possessor with
the idea that his mental capital Is mex
haustible and thus intcnsifying the break.
down. Certainly this was the case with
Lord Randosph Churchill In 1885 and 1885.
On the Other hand, there arc medical au.
thoritics who cherish the hypothesis of a
slow and gradual wearing out of the merry.
Gus enorgy.-London Saturday Review.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23
ticians and discuss matters with all the
enthusiasm OF the eve Of election.

ticians and discuss matters with all the
enthusiasm of the eve OF election.
AS diversion, a coo ler-off, a distracter
OF mind In season OF mental distraction,
we commend the bright young men of
our neighbors on their discovery. What
they write is OF no particular account.
and nobody is expected to read 1t
seriously. But whatever Stiffness may be
devised shall meet with our hearty ap-
proval so long as it contributes to the
comfort OF the overworked, not to say
overheated, fellows who pursue similar
profession to our own in the employ OF
the only two reform newspapers in Provi-
dence. These days are getting to be well
nigh unbearable, and we begrudge our
confreres nothing SO welcome as must DO
their plunge into the cool waters of next
falTs politics. We admire, too, their
delicious ingenuousness in pretending to
be engaged, not in voicing their own
opinions, not in seeking their own relief
from the super heat, but in representing
tuckered-out community who are sup
posed to be rising in wrath, these hot
days, on political issues, which are pre-
sumed, just for the fun OF IL, to be figur-
ing in the imaginative politics Of next
fall thus created for summer diversion.
There were, we believe six OF the famous
taiiors OF Tooley street who issued
manifesto beginning: "We, the people"
The people" represented by the summer
political writer's on our two interesting
neighbors are, accordingly, just four less
than the authors of that memorable dec
laration.