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The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

TIE Waverly hotel at Hot Springs, Ark, was destroyed by fire. It was full of guests, among whom were a number of cripples, totally unable to help themselves. They escaped unin- jured, but a number lost all their clothing save what they had on. Those who happened to be in the bath house attached to the hotel were panic stricken and lost their wardrobes. The colored right porter, William Barton, who was sleeping in the attic, perished in the flames.
 THE extra session of the Missouri legislature came to an end shortly after noon on the 25th.
 THE Central Bimetallic league, of Memphis, Tenn, has issued an address to the people of the United States call ing for a convention in Memphis on June 12 and 13, of those in sympathy with their aims, and requesting that delegates be sent to the meeting from every town and community in the union. The address also urges the people to form bimetallic clubs. The object of the convention is to formulate some definite plan of action.
 AN earthquake recently wrecked the town of Paramythi in Turkey. The dead numbered fifty and the injured i50.
 OSCAR WILDE, the apostle of estheti- cism, was convicted in London of an immoral offense and sentenced to two years Imprisonment at hard labor.
 A SOUTH Chicago electric car crashed into wagon containing five persons at Seventy-ninth street and Yates avenue. The wagon was demolished, one woman killed, another woman probably fatal ly injured and several others slightly | injured.
 LOUIS PENNE was drowned on the 26th at Cleveland O., by the capsizing of boat in which he was rowing with two companions. He was prominent German citizen.
 Ar Morehead, Ky, Marshal More. head and two deputies in fight while attempting to arrest William Sturgill, noted desperado, riddled him with bullets, killing him.
 Two young white men, John Halls. Jr., and William Royce, brutally as- saulted young woman and were afterward captured and jailed at Dan- vile, Ill., The citizens held meeting and resolved to lynch the culprits. The doors of the jail were battered down and ropes put around the necks of the two prisoners and they were conducted to the scene of their crime and suspended from the bridge. The mob numbered about 1000.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
PENSIONS FOR MOTHERS.
Several Important Decisions Made by Ass
 sistant Secretary Reynolds.

Several Important Decisions Made by As
 sistant Secretary Reynolds.
 WASHINGTON, May y27-Assistant Sec retary Reynolds has decided that in the absence of conclusive evidence showing the dependent or non-depend- ent condition of mother at the date of her soldier sons death her claim cannot be rejected solely upon the grounds that the soldier did not con- tribute to her maintenance.
 Secretary Reynolds also holds that the legal representatives of deceased claimant for bounty land warrant may prosecute for the benefit of the claim ants heirs or legatees, his claim for such warrant pending an appeal at the time of his death; that the act of February Il, 1s47, applies only to soldiers who were living at the date of its passage and were then in the enlisted service, those who thereafter enlisted and the family or relatives of such only; that the act of March. 3, 1855, applies to those soldiers living at the date of its passage and to widows or children of those who had died prior thereto; and that certificate or warrant issued jointly to several co-warrantees may not be recalled or cancelled after the death of any of them
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How much they suffer when ner- vous, weak and tired.
 Nervous prostration is lingering racking, living death to those afflicted, though wholly incomprehensibie to others. The cause of this condition is impure and insufficient Blood.
 Make the blood pure, give it vitality and it will properly feed the nerves and make them strong. Hoods Sarsa- parilla cures nervousness because it acts directly upon the blood, making 1t rich and pure and endowing 1t with vitality and strength-giving power. No other medicine has such record of
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

GEN. c. E. KELLY, who led detach. ment of Coxey's army to the national capital last year, left Oakland, Cal, re- gently for Washington, accompanied by his wife and two children in a prairie schooner. He believes tha, a monster petition will be as likely to obtain recognition from congress as crowd of hungry men camped on the steps of the capitol and the pur. pose of his trip is to obtain signatures to his prayer for national help in times of general depression. He will deliver lectures at all the places through which he will pass and will explain the pur. poses of his mission. H....
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
INSANE FROM WORRY.

An Oklahoma Farmer Becomes a Having Maniac Because of the Drought.
 GUTHRIE, Ok, May 27-Two weeks ago w. R. Fox, a farmer, mysteriously disappeared from his home in Glencoe township and no trace of him could be found until yesterday when he appeared at the home of his son several miles away. rav. ing maniac, and attempted to kill his son. Five men had desperate strug. gle to capture him and he is now in jail in irons. He lost his mind because of worry over the drought, fearing that his family would suffer.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

A REPORTER sent from Atlanta, Ga to Houston, Tex, to report the confed- crate reunion wired his paper that it was stated that Gen. Schofeld would be candidate for president, and that his visit to the confederate reunion at Houston was in the interest of his can didacy. Gen. Wheeler and Gen. Joe Johnston were said to have planned the affair to capture the soldier vote and to get Gen. Schofeld's nomination on free silver ticket. It was believed at Houston that Speaker Crisp referred to Gen. Schofield when he alluded to "a western man with a war record"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


 AT the session of the Democratic Edi- tors association of the state of New York. on the 24th, resolutions were adopted that the democratic press of that state pledge itself to oppose any legislation looking to the free and un- limited coinage of silver There was only one negative vote.
 WILLIAM J. BRYAN, of Nebraska, spoke at Memphis, Tenn, on the money question, in reply to Secretary Carlisle's recent speech there on the same subject. A considerable part of Mir. Bryan's speech was taken up with comparisons of a former speech of See retary Carlisle with his later one on the same subject.
 ter on the 24th to the democratic edi- tors of New York state regretting his inability to be present at their banquet at New York city and touching on the party's duty in the agitation for the free coinage of silver.
 ON the 23d Secretary Carlisle made his speech on the financial question before the business mems convention at Memphis, Tenn, upward of 5000 people being present. The meeting afterward adopted set of resolutions einbodying their views on the monetary question.
 AN engagement disastrous to the Cuban rebels was fought on the 2lst in eastern Cuba. in which Jose Marti who was proclaimed president of the revolutionary party, was killed, and his body positively identified.
 TIE lower house of the Prussian diet on the 21st by vote of 157 to 92 adopted the motion of Dr. Arendt, urging the government to take steps in favor of an international settlement of the cur rency question with the view of secur- ing international bimetallism. The house also adopted an amendment proposed by Baron von Sedlitz, mem- Der of the privy council, that Germany would only act in the matter in con nection with Great Britain.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
Women Only KInOW|.

cures. Thousands write that thev suffered intensely with nervouspess and were cured by this great medicine The building-up powers of Hoods. Sarsaparilla are wonderful. Even few doses are sufficient to create an appetite, and from that time on fife healing, purifying, strengthening et. fleets are plainly felt. The nerves be. come stronger, the sleep becomes nat. ural and refreshing, the hands and limbs become steady, and soon "life seems to go on without effort" and perfect health is restored. Such is the work which Hoods Safsaparilla is doing for hundreds of women to-day.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
THE MEMPHIS MEETING.
Georgia Delegates Dissatisfied with the Kesult-MnY Call Another Convention.

GeOrEIa Delegates DIssatIslied with the
 Result-Mny Call Another Convention.
 ATLANTA, Ga, May 27.-When the Atlanta delegation to the Memphis sound money convention returned home it was announced that another convention would be called in the fall which would permit a discussion of the financial question. The Atlanta dele gates complain that the entire affair was cut and dried and that nobody had an opportunity to advance any argu- ment that conficted with the prear. ranged programme. The Georgia del egates offered resolutions for the re. peal of the state bank tax, but these were SuppreSSed
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KENTUCKY breeders of thoroughbred horses are greatly alarmed over the closing of the tracks at Chicago and the adverse legislation in New York. A few years ago Kentucky's annual crop of yearlings averaged over S1,OOO,. poo. but the business has dwindled down to one-third of that amount. Leading bree'ers expressed the opinion that unless something was done to ele- vate racing and put it on the high plane it occupied less than decade ago, the breeding business would be completely destroyed and the valuable studs in Kentucky would become al. most worthless. ..
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
An Appropriate Text.

Boys" said teacher in a Sunday school, "can any of you quote verse from Scripture to prove that it is wrong for man to have two wives?'
 He paused, and after moment or two a bright boy raised his hand.
 Well, Thomas?" said the teacher, encouragingly.
 Thomas stood up ard said: ''No man cap serve two masters. National Tribune.
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TIN PLATE INDUSTRY.
Its Marvellous Growth the Past Four Years
 in the United States.


 In the United States.
 NEW YORK, May 27.-The Metal Worker says: The marvellous growth of American tin plate manufacturing in less than four years presents one of the most remarkable instances of in dustrial effort in history. From noth- ing it has become an established in dustry of large proportions, which all ready gives employment to some 15, COG hands. At the present moment, so far as can be gathered from the latest re- ports, there are in actual operation twenty-eight tin plate works proper, rolling their own black plates. Ten more are building, two or three of which are practically complete and ready to start up, while the majority of the others are expected to be in operation by July l.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
GRESHAM VERY ILL.
A Change for the Worse Takes Place-Hi
 Son Photographed For.

Change for the Worse Takes Place-His
 Son Photographed For.
 WASHINGTON, May 27.-A decidedly unfavorable change in Secretary Gresh am's condition occurred last night and it is said that for some time he was in a very serious condition. This change, it is stated, was the result of recur. renee of the stomach troubles from which he suffered so acutely earlier in his illness, and he experienced consider able pain and tossed about restless. ly, unable to obtain any rest His physician was with him for several hours and left him in the early morn ing. Although somewhat better, he still felt the effect of the attack last night, but was reported to be easier. It is understood that his son Otto and Mir. Landis, his private secretary, have been telegraphed to come to Washing ton
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
APPEAL ITO BIMETALLlsTS.
An Address Issued for a Silver Convention at Memphis June I2 and I3.

- Ht MeHphIs Juhe IF and I3.
 MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 27.-The Cen. tral Bimetallic league, of this city, has issued an address to the people of the United States calling for convention in Memphis on June l2 and 13, of those in sympathy with their aims, and re- questing that delegates be sent to the meeting from every town and commu. nifty in the union. The address also urges people to form bimetallic clubs. The object of the convention is to formulate some definite plan of action.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
At Their Old Tricks.

MT. Casey-I hear that the weddin of Alderman Mullaney's daughter wor not such pleasant affair, after all.
 Mir. Noonan-How's thot?
 About twinty of his ward heelers got to repeating at the supper table, an, in consequence, some av the late guests got nawthin' to ate. ."-Buffalo Express, A.A
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
Showers in Nehrasl.a

OMAHA, Neb., May 27.--It rained in many parts of the state last night and continues in the western counties to- day At North Platte an inch of rain fell an hour. Polk county received a drenching. Crop prospects are mate. rially improved.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

THE direct loss in crops, the damage to machinery and stock and the de crease in the value of land due tc weeds in this country amounts to SlO,, 100000 year, according to the esti mate of Botanist F. V. Coville, of the agricultural department, and the loss is sustained almost wholly by the farmers. His bulletin embodies a mum Der of important directions for weed eradication, and urges that these methods be incorporated in our system of practical farming. Broken land should not be permitted to remain idle and moving or cutting off the main stems of weeds is deprecated.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
Ex-secretary whitney in ravor

NEW YORK, May 2T.-The Telegram in it's late edition Saturday night has an interview with a cabinet official practically confirming the report that ex-Secretary w. c. Whitney is the ad
 ministration's choice for the demo. cratic presidential nomination in 1se8
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

PARTY lines were not drawn in the recent income tax decision of the United States supreme court Two re- publicans and two democrats voted for the law, and three republicans and two democrats against it.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

THE illinois Society of Colonial Wars" wants to forbid by law the use of the American flag for common pur- poses, such as decoration for any business house; for religious purposes, as by the Salvation Army; for per sonal adornment, as lapel buttons; in theatrical entertainments; as trade mark and for almost any purposes ex- cept those of the army and navy.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
PASTED FORTY DAYS.
Remarkable Endurance of an Oklahou Farmer Inspired with 2 Religions Idea.

Remarkable Endurance of an Oklahoma
 Farmer Inspired with a Religious Idea.
 SOUTH ENID, Ok, May P Eugene Busch, farmer living miles from this city, completed Saturday at D. m. a fast of forty days. There is no doubt in the minds of his neighbors and local physicians that the fast has been genuine. He has been reduced from heavy, thick-set man to a mere skeleton. He claims God told him to fast He has founded new re. ligiou called Evening Light. His fol. lowers already number over thirty, all of whom were present at the expira. ton of his fast.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

BEFORE the last election in New York Tammany had enrolled on its roster 35,OOo names. An enume ration of it's membership since the landslide which resulted in the election of MT. Strong to the mayoralty shows q falling off of about 40 per cent, or a total of about 10000.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

JUDGE J. P. OCoNNoR, national presi- dent of the Ancient Order of Hiber- nians, initiated 600 members at St. Louis recently. This broke the record of the order in the matter of initia. tions
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

Ar recent meeting of the Chicago Woman's club it was voted to obliter. ate the color line as bar to ember- ship and to make character and intelli- gence the only qualification for mem' bership, race, color and creed being all put aside.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

GUY ARCHER, an insurance agent, was taken to jail at Ottumwa, Ia., charged with embezzlement He com. mitted suicide the next day with mor' phine.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

TREASURY officials said that steps would have to be taken to secure addi. tional revenue to meet the legitimate expenses of the government, now that the decision of the income tax cases had deprived the treasury of fully S3o,. 900, 900. Nothing could be done until congress meets, and, as the president had emphatically declared that he would not call an extra session, nc substantial relief was expected until next winter. It has been suggested that an additional tax ou beer would be the best means of increasing the revenues. It was also said that whisky and tobacco could stand more tax.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

ABOUT 5000 more railroad freight cars have been ordered in the first five months of the present year than were built during the whole of 1894.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Makes Pure Blood.

LAwYER-"You will get your third ont ot the estate, madam" Widow-"Oh, Mr Bluebogs How can you say such a thins with my second hardly cold in the grayes'' Puck
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

IF the experiments now in progress succeed paper stockings sized with po' tato starch and tallow will be put on the market and sold at cents a pair.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

CANADA is unwilling to annex New foundland and assumes its debt Of S15,- 900, OO0
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

MR. ROBERT T. LINcoLN's friends are said to be assiduously pushing him for the presidency.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

A PERSON who attempts suicide in New York and fails is liable to be sent to prison for year.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

AVOID him who, for mere curiosity, asks three questions running about thing that cannot interest him.-Lavater.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

A HOBBY sometimes runs away with its rider, but unfortunately ikcan't throw him and kill him.-Galveston News.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

TIE man who considers himself all wool and a yard wide wants to make himself felt.-Galveston News.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

TIE country editors of New York state favor David B. Hill for the demo- cratic presidential nominee
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

WERE we eloquent as angels, vet we should please some people more by listen ing than by talking.-Colton.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

SHE--''The groom seems quite cool" He 1.-The bride is from Boston. .n-Life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-06
SOME ONE TAKE THIS
CHILD. SHE HAS. NO
PARENTS. :

with a string he placed the placard
around the neck of the little girl This
done he took her In his arms, kissed her
again and again, pointed to the smoke
that was becoming blacker and longer,
and told her that water was coming
When the rails began to sing of the ap-
prOach OF the coming train, he placed her
near the track, and then ran and hid
himself behind the dugout. From his hid
ing place he looked out and eagerly watch
"a the child, while the rattle and clanlor
and thunder Of the train grew louder in
ais ears on it came with rush and roar,
and few past the station in a gale Of wind
and dust The mans heart died within
him. and then it beat wildly again. The
train had stopped several hundred yards
past the station and was coming back to
The sentry-box. The engineer had seen
the tattered flag.
AS the long train rolled slowly back
ward, curious and inquirinE heads pro-
fruded from the car windows. The gold
ernblazoned conductor stepped off and
looked around him in wonder. Not for
several moments did he discover the child
Immediately there was a crowd about IL
and the piacard was passed from hand to
hand A white-jacketed porter came out
Of a Pullman car and placed q wooden
STEP on the ground before it. He was fol-
lowed by a lady in black, who descended
from the car and joined the thrOng A
pair of yearning, eager, beSeec hing eyes
watched Il all from the dugout. To the
man in hiding it seemed that the deternl-
nation Of his child's fate never would be
Finally he saw the lady in black take
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-06

the child In her arms, kiss II and re-enter
the car with it. The passengers scrambled
back into the cars, the conductor waved
his hand and the train moved on.
Then the father came forth and gazed
longingly after the departing train--gazed
at II until It became smaller and smaller
until 1t became a dot In the plains-untii
1t vanished-and he knew he was alone.
He stretched himself on the baked
ground that night to sleep, but could not.
Two little stars in the firmament-modest
little stars were near tOgether-reminded
him of the eyes of his child, and he tried
to fix hts thoughts on them and on her,
but it was vainr-he could not forget his
thirst.
The terrible sun rose the next day ana
looked down upon him as its victim. lie
endeavored to eat some OF the bread he
had saved. but the dry crumbs We're tor
.ture to his throat. One thing only was
there to do--to follow the track until an
inhabited station was feached-but there
was no salvation away from the railroad
ing eyes fixed on the ever-recedinE point
where the glistening rails met IN the Iar
perspective. But sometimes his gaze wan
sdered even further on TO where It surely
seemed that blue-green trees were bathing
their feet in cool, still water.
At noon when resting for awhile, he
heard the rattle Of an approaching freight
train. Hope swelled up within him as he
stood on the track and made frantic mo-
tiOns to stop the train. The trainmen
merely laughed at him. He did not know
he had employed the favorite Tuse or
trarnps Freight trains were not for the
accommodation Of such gentry.
After this his progress was very slow.
his journey He may have been delirious
or he may have been quite sane A train
stopped for him and took him on board.
This they always do when they kill a man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-06


Chicago is nothing II not original in
deviltry. That was a most peculiar funer-
al and wake IN the Windy City the other
day. The dead man had been a great
champagne drinker all his life, and, hav-
ing a comfortable fortune determined that
A week before his death he telegraphed
for two of his most intimate friends one
in Cleveland and the other in Cincinnati,
to be the watchers at his bedside from the
day Of his death to the hour Of his funer-
al. and made both promise to drink moth
Ing but champagne during the wake
Well, they did as he requested Beside
the coffin they sat for three days, with a
dozen cases of the finest wine close at
hand. and when the day of the funeral ar
rived the room was filled with empty bot
ties. One bottle, magnum, was placed
in the coffin 70 be buried with the departed
1t is said that the friends could not bear
TO see full bottle buried, so they sent
an empty one into the grave just to fool
the corpsei Not having changed their
linen for three days of wake and drunk
selves in trim for the funeral. When thew
started back to the house they found that
they were lost. After wandering here and
there for an hour they stopped a wise
looking cabby and asked If he knew where
their departed host lived. to which he made
reply that he was not sure, but If they
would take a stroll up Prairie avenue TIL
they came to the first house with crepe
on the door and a funeral outside il
fur" Fortunately, they arrived too late
for the funeral, but there was plenty Of
wine left, and in it they found eonsola-
ton.