The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-11-21

British cruiser Edgar was reported to
have been lost in Japanese waters and
forty.eight men who were on board of
her were drowned.
l. A NATIONAL organization of agricul-
tural newspaper men was organized
ut Chicago on the 18th. 1t was named
the Agricultural Press league, and the
officers for the coming year are: M, j.
Lawrence, president; J. w. Wilson,
vice president; J. d. Conner, treasurer.
The next meeting of the league will be
held in Chicago next March.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended November Is showed an av-
erage increase as com pared with the
corresponding week last year OF 14.5:
in New York the increase was l6. O.;
outside New York the increase was
Ills.
A YEAR ago John Byers, a farmer,
living near Chandler, Ok, was shot
and killed while returning along the
road from church by Peter Glass, ne
gro neighbor, who claimed that he was
hunting and in the dark mistook Byers
for panther. The jury brought in q
verdict Of guilty of manslaughter, the
punishment being not less than twenty
years in the penitentiary.
A WINE merchant at Paris. France,
named Domergue, suddenly went in.
sane and shot his wife and mother and
then began shootingfat passersby from
his window, killing three persons and
wounding n number of Others After
using up all his ammunition he barri-
caded himself in his house, but was
finally arrested by the gendarmes.
IT was recently reported that twen-
ty-fve immigrants on their way to CAL
ifornia from Oklahoma were in fear.
full condition on the Colorado desert.
They had abandoned their worn-out
horses and their food was almost ex.
hausted. A Southern Pacific train
stopped and gave them a barrel of
| water.
JACK MrLvANE and J. T. Martin,
Living about 20 miles northwest of
Perry, Ok, began fight over II tract
of land. when their wives joined in.
Mulvane was badly cut by Martin and
Mulvane's wife dealt many hard blows
to Martin and wife with hoe. 1t was
thought Mrs. Martin and Mulva ne
could not live.
EDITH Crow, a 3-year-old daughter of
Gus Grow, living at Sherman, Tenn,
met horrible death recently. The
child attempted to put out a bonfire
burning in her fathers back yard,
when her clothes took fire and her
flesh was literally roasted to the bone.
AT the meeting of the Knights of La
Dor at Washington on the 18th the ad.
dress of General Master Workman
Sovereign was devoted to the alleged
treachery of those who headed the re-
cent revolt against the general officers
of the order. He appealed to the as
sembly to give to his recent order boy
cotting national bank notes it's official
sanction and denounced the action of
the bankers convention at Atlanta,
Ga. General Worthy Foreman Bishop
called attention TO the evolution of
machinery during the last few years
and the elimination of human skill
from all forms of productive indus
tries.
THE district court of appeals at Wash
ington has affirmed the decision of
Judge McComas in the case of Capt
Henry w. Howgate, convicted of for
gerry and Justification of accounts
Howgate was sentenced to four years
on each of two counts. Howgate has
surrendered himself An application
for pardon will be made.
EDWARD WEMPLE, an ex-congress-
man and an ex-otiicial of New York,
was arrested at his home at Fulton
vile, n. Y, on the charge of arson.
His friends claimed that his mind was
unbalanced through dissipation.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
FIRE destroyed the sash and blind
factory at Meridian, Miss. A large
quantity of lumber was also con.
About the time the above fire
seemed under control, fire broke out in
the Citizens compress and warehouse,
which, together with large quantity
OF cotton, was entirely destroyed.
Losses-Sash factory, 100000; ms ur-
ance, S32, 600; compress warehouse and
SoSsc', Tii-.pOo, luilS luSuTcus WI
hundred and fifty men were thrown
out of employment as consequence
Of the destruction of the sash and
blind factory.
AN electric car at Cleveland, O.,
plunged over the draw into the river
[O1 feet below on the night of the 10th.
All those in the car who did not jump
we're drowned. The car struck the
stream with great splash and disap-
oeared from sight Fifteen dead
bodies have been recovered and four
we're still thought to be missing. For
'ome reason the signal that the draw
vas open was not needed. The scenes
bout the river while the work of res
'ue was being prosecuted were pathetic
II the extreme.
A RIOT took place in camp of char
,oal burners south of Durango, Mex.
in the killing of ten men and
he wounding of several others. The
ANN had a populatiOn of about 100