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The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
An Ohio Town Badly scorchsd.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 19-The town of Manchester, on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railway, l5 miles from Wilmington and 40 miles from Cincin- natl, was reported almost wiped out oy lire yesterday evening. It has & population of 1,5oo. The telegraph and telephone offices are cut off so that no communication. can be had with the place. but message from Midland, the next station, says the town has been almost ai burned up Manchester is in Clinton county, O.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
A Boy Rolled.

Mir. Osborne is a very economical, but at the same time very irascible parent. One Sunday lately his boy Tom my deliberately disobeyed his father whereupon the latter seized his off spring, threw him over his knee, and proceeded to -ebulse him in his usually energetic manner with the palm of his hand. Tommy, who is something of a strategist in a small way, thinking to gain time, exclaimed:
 "Pa, remember I've got my Sunday clothes on. You will ruin them"
 That's fact" responded Osborne, releasing the youth. You can take them off while I go into the garden and cut dozen or so of peach tr ee switches "-Texas Siftings.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
BIG LOSS OF LIFE.
Report of the Blowing Up of tho Stean
 ship Kun Pal Con firmed.

Report of the Blowing Up of tho Steam.
 ship Kun Pal Con lrmed.
 SHANGHAI, Oct. 9.-Additional ad. vices received here from Kin Chow, near which place the steamship Kun Pai was destroyed by an explosion which sank her in shallow water, confirms the report that the loss of life was very great It is now an nounced that the explosion oc. cured in the forepart of the Kun pai, which vessel was loaded with troops. The explosion, the cause of which was unknown, completely wrecked the for. ward portion of the steamship, and only twenty-four persons of those on board of her were saved.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
He Forged Paper.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 1s.-A. K. Ward, secretary, treasurer and mana. ger of the Memphis Barrel and Head. ing Co.,. has disappeared, leaving out standing forged paper to the extent, 1t is said, of Sl00,OO0, of which $37, ,Oc0 is held in New York. 1000 in Chi cago, and various amounts by local banks. Ward left here Tuesday with his wife, and it is thought is out of the country by this time. Among his vic. tims are $. C. Toof, ". A. Williams, John L. Wellford and w. r. Taylor
 Mr. Toof, Wards father-in-law, has al. ready taken up $l5,0O0 of the paper.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
Shot & Daurhtsr.a Ioycr.

c HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Oct i0.-AIron s' sou.n' prominent young man of good 'a'ni'y. was shot and instantly killed yesterday evening, just across the river ao"' here, by Isaac Dotson. South r was m love with Dotson's daughter, pu' nad been forbidden the premises Dotson. Recsatly the couple have
 en meeting clandestinely. and Dot ,, s,u mas been watching for them. Last h. ne came upon South and his de.heart walking together. and
 nhawmg his pistol shot South through to . nead' Dotsop escaped, but is sure " VI captured.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
Postponed for <;ood Reasons,

MOUNT PLEASANT, ky, Oct. 19.-Bud oVerton was to have been hanged here yesterday for the double murder of "nS Loed, an old peddler, and his wife, ano as 1t was to be the first legal hang I's ever known in Harlan county, the esent was anticipated with great ex- recitation by thousands, who expected " witness it. The event has, however, oeen indefinitely postponed by the es' cape Of overton, aud there is still no eieW to his whereabouts
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
THE GOLD EXPORTS.
Its Resumption Again a Subject of Inter-
 est-Ths Reserve Getting Low.

us Resumption Again a Subject of Inter.
 est-Ths Reserve Getting Low.
 WASHINGTON, Oct 19.--The with. drawal of s4O0, 900 in gold at New York yesterday for export to Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, reduces the gold reserve to s92, ,siO,O5s. It has been several weeks since the gold export movement ceased and it's resumption, while not unexpected, is nnwelcome. It is believed, however, that it does not presage another on- sianght on the gold reserve to any great extent, although other small ship ments of gold may be made next week.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
HIS vALISe RECOVERED.

Rank Commhsioner Breidenthara Valua-
 bies Wili Be Restored to Him.
 TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 10.-The assets of the defunct Fort Scott bank which Bank Commissioner Breidenthal left in a yalise on the westbound Rock Island train in Kansas City on Wednesday night were located at the Rock Island baggage room in Denver yesterday and will arrive here by express. The as- sets consist of notes, mortgages and other securities to the amount of $l2O,- 0nO
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
TWO CHILDREN LOST,
In Railroad Wreck Near St. Joseph Two
 Little Onea Disappear.

In Railroad Wreck Near St. Joseph Two
 Little Ones Disappear.
 ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Oct. l9.--The Santa Fe train from Lexington junction, due at the St. Joseph Union depot at 1O:45 o'clock yesterday morning, was wrecked opposite the St. Joseph fold ing bed works at 1O:35 o'clock. The accident was caused by defective switch, which derailed the engine. baggage car and one coach. During the excitement thatatten the wreck Mrs Creishopper, of Plattsburg, Mo, became separated from her two chill dren, boy of years and 6-year-old daughter. She called at the police station expecting to find her children there, but the police had not seen any thing of them. They were still miss- ing late in the afternoon.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
NEW PLAN OF EVICTION.
Indian Police Bind Intruders and Load
 Them Into Wagons.

Indian Police Bind Intruders and Load
 Them Into Wagons.
 FENDER, Neb., Oct. 10.-The Indian police have adopted new way of evicting settlers from the reservation. The following is the manner of treat. ment in the case of Claus Swanson, who was the first subject treated under the new method: Finding him at work in the cornfeld, with nearly full load of corn on his wagon. they proceeded to bind him hand and foot, load him into the wagon and drive to the agency. After unloading his corn they released him, with the suggestion that he wend his way to parts unknown. Evictions continue daily.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
Wool Lower Hero Than in Europe.

BOsToN, Oct. 1S.-The American Wool and Cotton Reporter says: The market has strengthened the past week. The feature of the market which commands most attention is. of course, to be found in the fact that the American market is considerably be- low the European.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
DEATH IN 4 WRECK.
Three Men Killed on Account of an Oper
 Switch.

Three Men Killed on Account of an Open
 switch.
 DECATUR, Ind, Oct. 19.-Word has jvst reached here from Ceylon, l7 miles south, that the pay car on the Grand Rapids x Indiana road was wrecked, and three men killed and several badly injured. A gang of bridge workers had pushed their car on switch to let the pay car pass, but neglected to close the switch, and the train. running 50 miles an hour, dashed into them. The pay car and engine were wrecked. Physicians from this city and a wreckiny train went on the scene. The dead men TO. sided here and have families.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
FRAkER IS INDICTED.
Obtaining Money Under False Pretense
 Cited on Four Counts.

Obtaining Money Undcr alse Pretenses
 Cited on Four Counts.
 KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct 19.-The grand jury of Ray county at Richmond to-day returned four indictments against Dr. George w. Fraker. Three of the indictments charge an att tempt to obtain money under false pretenses. The fourth charges an attempt by fraudulent representations to cheat and defraud. The findings of the indictments occupied the att tention of the jury four days. Scores of witnesses testified and left the grand jury impressions strong enough to warrant their action in the matter.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
storms on Italy's Coast.

ROME, Oct. 19-Severe storms along the Italian coasts have caused num- Der of fatalities and done much dam- age to property. Already fifteen deaths have been recorded and it is likely that more will be reported. There have been heavy losses sustained by the drowning of cattle, and the damage to property has been immense.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
wALLER'S NEW QUARTERS.
Taken to Prison at Mines for the Benefit
 of His Health.

PARIS, Oct. 19-John L. Waller, formerly consul for the United States at Tamatave, island of Madagascar. who was sentenced to twenty years Imprisonment on the charge of conspiring with the Hovas against the French authorities in that island, has been removed from Clairvaux prison to the prison at Mines, capital of the depart. ment of Gard, the climate of the latter place being better suited to the prison CT, who is far from enjoying good health.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Two iyen Killed and Others Wounded Ii
 a Mill Near Paris, Tex.

Two Nen Killed and Others Wounded In
 Mill Near Paris, Tex.
 PARIS, Tex. Oct 19.-A courier has reached here bringing news of terri. ble boiler explosion at N. K. Dillard's mill on Slough creek, g miles north- east of this city, in which George Johnson. the colored engineer, was killed outright, J. w. Jackman mortally wounded and five or six others badly injured, some of whom will probably die. The body of Johnson was found some dis tSnce from the place, torn and man. glcd in frightful manner, a piece of iron having gone entirely through his bOdv
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
Rig Shoe FactOry shuts Down.

CHICAGO, Oct 9-The immense shoe factory of Selz, Schwsb & Co.,. in this city. has becI closed because of the cratic course of the leabher market Between 700 and 800 men and women are thrown out of employment
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

AN amusing printers error occurred in . nopncing the marriage of young city man to the daughter of a naval instructor ct Sheerness, few words of @ telegram which apparently belonged to some note from China or from Armenia were printed after the interesting intelligence. They read as follows: 'Trouble is ex- pected."
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
A BiC Regular Army.

Tho mightiest host of this sort is the army of invalids whose bowels, flyers and stom. achs have been regulated by Hostetter's Stomach Bittcrs. A regular habit of body is brought about through using the Bitters, intestines, but by reinforcing their energy and causing flow of the bile into its proper channel. Malaria, la grippe, dyspepsia, and a tendency to inactivity of the kidneys, arc conquered by the Bitters.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
Saw It at Once.

"Did you notice," said the inquisitive passenger to the man in the next seat, "how terribly vivid the lightning was last night?"
 The man in the next seat nodded feebly. ''I was struck by it," he said.
 And then the inquisitive passenger noticed that the man in the next seat appeared to be done up as one who might be on his way to a hospital.-N. Y. Recorder.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
Fifty Egyptian Workmen Drowned.

ALExANDRIA, Oct. 19.-A ferryboat having sixty passengers on board col lided near Cairo with a steamer which was at anchor, and capsized and fifty of those on board of her, mostly work men. were drowned.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
Completely Crushed.

''Cheer up, old man. A woman's no often means yes, you know"
 But she didn's say no. When l asked her if she would marry me she said, I will, don't think didn't even get treated with respect. "-Indi- annapolis Journal.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
The Skill and Knowledge

Essential to the production of the most per feet and popular laxative remedy known, have enabled the California Fig Syrup Co. to achieve great success in the reputation of it's remedy, Syrup of Figs, as it is con- ceded to be the universal laxative. For sale by all druggists.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

TEAcuER-'Are there any exceptions to the rule that heat expands and cold con tractsW TOmmy--"Yes'm The ice-man leaves a lot bigger twenty-pound chunk since it got colder. r."-lndianapolis Journal.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

'sTnERE's one good thing about the melan- choly days of autumn," said Sneersby. "What is thatl" "When man gets plain, ordinary cold he can't go about calling it 'hay fever Washington Star.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

How My THROAT HURTs!-Why don't you use Haie's Honey of Horehound and Tart Pike's Toothache Drops Curein one minute.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

SEDITIoN is bred in the lap of luxury, and it's chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine. Bancroft.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

I CAN recommend PisO's Cure for Con- sumption to sufferers from Asthma.-E. D. TOWNSEND, Ft Howard, Wis, May 4, '94.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

NEVER think he is quite ready for anoth- CT world who is altogether weary of this. - HI A Hamilton
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

A QUESTION in geography-Are the Scot tish lochs fitted with quaysl = Boston. Transcript.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

BEECHAM's PILLS for constipation 10c and 25c. Ct the book (free) at your druggists and go by it. Annual sales 100000 boxes
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

ARrIsr-"I thought you said you were Frenchn Modcl-sOn, no: said used to be in French laundry. y."-Sydney Bulletin.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24
, Halls Catsrrh Cure
 constitutional Cure. Price 75c.

WE may read, and read, and read again. and still find something new, something to please, and something to instruct.-Hardis.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

'YoU never told me Miss Fairgirl was an athlete" Well, is ;, shen r,aI "Yes, & she has
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

WE have more power than will; and it is often by way of excuse to ourselves that we fancy things are impossible. Rochefou. cauld,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

BUsINRss MAN-"Are you a good whis- tier, my boyl" Applicant -'Yessir! daisy" Business Man-"Get v'-Boston Courier.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

A PUBLIC compliment never offsets pri- vate growl.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-10-24

IN solitude, where wo are least alone.- Byron.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-30
BETTER VENTILATION.

Important Alterations I'm the Senate Win.
of the Capitol at Washington.
There will be some very considerablr
improvements in the arrangement O,
the rooms at the senate wing of tine
capitol when congress reassembleS.
among them the removal of the senate
post Office from the inappropriate 10.
cation in one of the corridors on the
ground floor to the large room hereto
fore occupied by the committee on
patents. The new location for the post
Office adjoining the eastern entrance TO
the senate wing is particularly well
chosen because of commodiousness and
its convenience of access. BY this
change the large corridor will be
cleared of obstruction and the venti-
lation of that part of the building will
be improved, as fresh air from outside
can then be admitted to the building
through the windows, which have
hitherto been closed. This is in ac-
cordance with the recommendation
made by the scientific expert who spent
some time investigating the possibili.
ties of improving the ventilation of the
capitol building.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-30

maging through the rooms of the old
structure workmen came upon spin
ning-wheel covered with dust and
worm-eaten. The old spinning wheel
excited much discussion and curiosity.
People were at loss to account for the
presence of this article of domestic use
in such place until some remembered
that such a wheel had been used in
scenes of Faust" and Martha"
Then it turned out that this was the
wheel which had been used by Jenny
Lind when she sang in the opera of
Martha" at this theater. 1t had been
brought to America from the Hay
market theater in London seventy-six
years ago, and having been an old one
at the time. is believed to be at least
one hundred years old.
Nobody knows who built the old
theater. 1t is known to be at least
seventy-seven years of age, but its
early days are shrouded in uncertainty.
Its late manager says that in his opin-
ion it is the oldest theater in the world,
standing in its original condition.
1t has been impossible for years to
get anyone to sleep in the theater be-
cause of a popular superstition that it
was haunted. On account of this abb
sence of Waterman queer thing hap
pened many years ago which is still re-
lated in Savannah as mysterious. The
manager coming one morning to the
theater found in the center dressing
room hole about two feet in diameter
burned right through the floor. There
was no other evidence of fire, and an
examination showed that there had
been no means of ingress to the build
ing through the night.
The hole in the floor was IN the ex-
act spot where an actor some time pre-
viously asserted he had seen a ghost,
which is supposed to have taken this
means of passing to the cellar rather
than go to the inconvenience of de-
scending the stairs. Negroes in Savan-
nah have always avoided the old thea
ter at night, and many have related
stories of ghostly AUDIENCES assem-
bling there and of faint, ghostly APP
plause heard in the small hours OF the
morning issuing from the deserted
building.
zEA4a. - ~~SA
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-30
Gold from Cremated Rats.

1t is said to be a common practice for
the boys in watch and jewelry factories
to kill the rats that infest the buildings
and burn their bodies to obtain the
gold. Many oiled rags are used in
Furnishing watch cases, and in time
they become impregnated with gold.
The rats eagerly devour these rags, and
a few months of this kind of diet fills
the interior mechanism of the rat with
a gold plating. Twice year the boys
have a grand cremation. The rats are
caught by the hundreds and burned in
a crucible. The intense heat drives off
all animal substances and leaves the
gold in the shape of a button. The
amount of the precious metal obtained
in this way is not large, but it gives
the ingenious youngsters considerable
pocket money. In some factories young
Napoleons of finance buy up in advance
the shares of their fellow workers in
the rat colony.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-30

made by Prof. Huxley, ana wnlcn Gre
ated stir among scientific men, was
one that the coal beds of England were
not formed, as previously supposed,
chiefly from trunks of trees, but almost
wholly from pollen of lycopodiums,
tree ferns and other cryptogamous
plants. He held that as there was no
wind during the carboniferous period,
the pollen fell annually in layers of
almost even thickness. From these
layers he made an estimate of the dura-
ton of the carboniferous period, and
his figures showed it to be the shortest
of all preceding the present one, aggre-
eating something less than half mil
lion years.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-30
MRS. BRONSON'S MISSION.
Will Try to Save the Female Out
laws Of the West.
The Plucky Little Kansas Widow VIII
Try to Have Number of Abuses in
the Government Service Cor
rected without Delay.

Mrs. Ruth Bronson, of Wichita, Kan,
the philanthropic little widow who has
taken upon herself the task of reclaim
ing the female outlaws of Oklahoma,
has started for Philadelphia to secure
the cooperation of eastern women in
her work. She will appeal principally
TO societies of Quakers. She will also
visit Attorney General Harmon to lay
the case before him, as she claims that
female outlaws are made through the
hectoring of the army of deputy United
States marshals that are continually
riding the territory hunting for GRIM
inals. These men, she says, receive as
compensation for their services the
costs allowed by law, and it is therefore
to their interest to make as many ar
rests as possible. When they cannot
friends for harboring them or other
wise prosecute them. The result is
that young country girls frequently re-
sist the officers and that act makes
them outlaws. Once proclaimed out
laws they become desperate and not
infrequently help the actual outlaws
in order to spite the officers that have
prosecuted them. As evidence of this
Mrs. Bronson says that female outlaws
exist only where deputy United States
marshals have the execution of the
law. There are now seven female out
laws, or female bandits" as they are
called, in the federal jails of Oklahoma,
and twice as many at large hiding
among sympathizers in remote places.
Maud Clark, one of the latter, told
her story to Mrs. Bronson, who lives
at Woodward, and it was so touching
that Mrs. Bronson decided to investi-
gate several cases, and found all of
them of similar origin, their trouble
being traced directly to the hectoring
tendencies of the deputy marshals.
She proposes to expose the matter, or,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-30
OUR OLDEST THEATER.
Relic of the Early American Stage Being
Torn Down in Savannah.

A building believed to be the oldest
theater in America is now being de-
molished at Savannah, Ga, to give
place to a new amusement structure
with larger seating capacity and all
the modern improvements. The Savan-
nah theater was built in 1918, and has
remained up to the present day prac-
tically without change. During all
of this time it has witnessed the growth
of Savannah from a small and ill-paved
town to one of the finest cities in the
world, and war and pestilence have
ragged about it without altering its
original character.
There are many traditions con-
nected with the old structure now be-
ing torn down, and it has harbored
within its walls all of the great theatric-
al,lights who have made the history
of the American stage. When rum
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-30

as she expresses it, to turn the search
light on the government system of exc
cutting the law in Oklahoma.
81 am unknown" she said, land
therefore cannot do much, but think
can interest the women of the east in
the matter, and by their influence Sc
cure at least an investigation of the
work of the deputy marshals."
Mrs. Bronson is little woman with
a>good deal of grit" She is educated
and refined. She does not recommend
religion as a means of retaining the
outlaws. 'They felt that they have
been driven beyond the pale of the law
by the deputies. she says, land when
they find out that the government will
show an inclination to stop the prevail
ing method of breeding outlaws among
the young women of Oklahoma they
will then be reclaimed of their own
desire, for none of them that l know is
wicked by nature or inclination"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-30
Animal Having the Most Teeth.

The animal having the most teeth is
the great armadillo of south, central
and northern South America. 1t is a
fact well known to most people that
the normal or average number of teeth
in mammals is 80, 16 above and the
same number below. The great
armadillo, however, is an exception,
having from 90 to 100. He has from "a
to 26 in each side of the upper jaw, and
from % to "a in each side of the lower
jaw. Another pecrliarity lies in the
fact that they are all molars or grind
ers. They increase in size from front
to back, instead of from the root, and
are wholly destitute of enamel.
The Origin of Coal Beds