The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-07-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

HE Ohl Ol Idlc llclcdISu men from Harvard for the thirteenth time at New London, Conn.,, on the 2sth. Harvard was beaten by thirty. five seconds, or nearly ten lengths. The distance was miles, on the Thames, down stream. The official time was: Yale, 2I;3C; Harvard, 22:O5.
 TIE failures for the week ended June 2s (Dun's report) were 255 in the United States, against 2l4 last year, and 22 in Canada, against 35 last year.
 THE reorganization committee of the whisky trust applied for an Illinois charter on the 2Sth to operate seventeen plants of the old Distilling S Cattle Feeding Co. The capital stock was fixed at S35, 900, 900. Chicago was given as the location.
 BAD ToM" SMITH, horse thief, in- ceudiary and wholesale murderer, was hanged at Jackson, Ky, at p. m. on the 2sth In the presence of 5000 people, who had come from miles around. He made a speech on the gallows
 CAPT BLANCHE Cox, of the Salva- tion army, an intelligent and refined woman, has gone to jail for thirty days for preaching in the streets of Colorado Springs, Col. She would not pay fine imposed upon her or allow her friends to pay it for her.
 TIE Epworth leaguers, who were holding convention at Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 2sth stormed Lookout mountain before daylight to the num- Der of 2,OOO and held a devotional meeting at sunrise on the historic mountain. Addresses and routine pa pers were afterwards read during the day. At the night meeting the big tent was filled to overhowing, 15, COG people being present.
 BOTH the north and south bound stages running between Klamath Falls and Ager, Ore, were stopped near Topsy grade by lone highwayman, who took the registered matter in the mail pouches and relieved one pas senger of 2 small a!-?ugt of cash, INDIGNANT citizeas congregated in the council chamber at Denver, Col on the night of the 27th to prevent the aldermen passing an ordinance favor ing the water company. Threats oi lynching were openly indulged in. The mob were given to understand that the ordinance would not be passed and they left. The council then put through the obnoxious ordinance. Al. most the entire police force had to guard the residences of the eight aldermen but no overt acts were committed.
 DURING a religious procession at Sar Matted, near Ferrol, a port and one ot the principal arsenals of Spain, dis pute arose as to who should carry the picture of the patron saint The crowd fought with knives, sticks and re- volvers and forty were injured, includ. ing the parish priest.
 SAN FRANCISCO was visited by SC were fire on the @7th, acres of ground being burned over and 100 familie. made homeless. The fire started in | box factory and the flames spread rapid | ly. A number of wool warehouses anC wineries were destroyed. One woman was burned to death while attempting to save her belongings and a numbe of horses were burned in their stables Probably $2,OOO,000 loss was inflicted with little or no insurance.
 DUBUQUE, Ia., had prematur, Fourth of July celebration with pyro technic effects on the 18th. A farme entered the Golden. Rule departmen store to buy hat for his wife ant dropped ashes from his pipe into $7,0OO display of fireworks. Every thing went, including plate glass win dows, sky rockets and the last remnan of the stock. There was series o terrific explosions, which brought tn towns population to the scene, and il the midst of the excitement the farme disappeared.
 A MISSOURI, Kansas 6 Texas freigh train was badly wrecked near Nc Alcster, I. T., on the 26th, eight or min cars, including one car of stock, wer ] derailcd. and the cars smashed.