The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

AT the session of the National Live
Stock exchange at Chicago on the
9th, Mr.. Frank Cooper. of Kansas City,
reported that the committee had
framed an ideal chattel mortgage law
which 1t hoped could be placed on the
statute books of the various states
when the next legislatures assem- bled.
It was decided that memorials be ad-
dressed to congress recommending that
national political conventions be held
sixty days before elections and asking
congress to endeavor to raise embar-
goes on American live stock and meat
products as now in force in foreign
countries and to repeal the special
tax on olemargarinc.
A FIRE broke out on the 9Th in a
warehouse at South and Water streets,
New York, occupied by E. F. briggs,
and others. On the fourth floor fully
$4,000 worth of firecrackers were
stored. These exploded and made the
work of the firemen dangerous. On
the top floor large quantity of pow
der wasalso stored. The fremen man
aged to cut a hole through the roof
and put out the fire. The loss on the
building and it's contents was esti-
mated at $3.50, 900, much of which was
caused by water.
The town of Mariestad, Denmark,
has been almost wiped out of exist
ence by fire. Three-fourths of the in
were made homeless.
THE Krebs, l. r., miners who recent
ly struck resumed work on the 5th, but
called general convention of miners
at South McAlester, I. r., on De-
cember 8, at which time they will
endeavor to compel the mine holders
to pay the advance asked. The mine
owners claim that on account of the
present condition of the market they
cannot accede to their demand.
BENJAMIN YOUNG was burned to
Heath in a tenement house fire at Glow
ersville, N. Y, recently, and several of
the other tenants narrowly escaped
The same fate. The fire was caused by
The explosion of a lamp.
ALL the passenger lines of the Chi
,aco, Burlington & Quincy railroad
will be consolidated under one head
On January |, and P. s. Eustis will be
made general passenger traffic man
ager.
MAJ. W. s. ANDREWS, ex-street clean
ng commissioner of New York. was
expelled from the Loyal
Legion for conduct unbecoming a gen.
,leman.
The magazine of the Humes Torpedo
Co., 9 miles south of Butler. Pa, was
blown up on the 4th by the explosion
IF 1000 pounds of nitro-glycerine.
George Boston and J. Black, who were
IN the magazine, were blown to atoms,
while only shreds and splinters re.
NAMED of their horse and wagon.
in Butler were shaken and
much glass was shattered. Nothing
whatever remained of the magazine
building.
AT Gladstone, Man., recently, during
The absence of their mother, three
named CANCEL, aged 4, and 1
year, were burned to death. They were
playing with fire and set fire to the
house, which was burned to the
ground.
A FREIGHT wreck occurred on the d.
Z o. railroad at Demmler station, near
Pa, recently by the
breaking Of an axle on one of the cars.
cars were derailed and sew.
raj Of them telescoped. No one was
lurt.
The third floor of the wholesale gro.
,ery house of Schnull & Co. at Indian
lpolis, Ind, gave way on the Sd and
he heavy stock piled on it was carried
o the first foor. Flames at once broke |
nut and spread to adjoining premises
With such rapidity that the occupants
rad barely time to get out. a strong
Wind blowing. Seven firms were burned |
nut and $500, 600 damage done. Several
'remen were carried down by falling
walls and it was believed that two
voulC. die.