The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-05-30

I THE race for the claims in the Kick apoo reservation came off at noon on the 23d, Hundreds of women started. and exhibited the same amount of enthusiasm as the men. Every quar- ter section has from two to half dog en claimants and long before night many settlers. were turning back dis gusted at the fewness of the claims and the miserable quality of what there were.
 A STRANGER giving the name of Lampson tried to buy farm of Assess or Andrew Page, of Alexander, N. Y. During the deal third man appeared with the three card monte game, in which all took part. Page finally got possession of $5,000 of their money, but was forced to return it at the point of a revolver.
 CATHOLIC missionary workers are about to start movement of the greatest importance among the masses of population in Cleveland, O. It might be called Catholic Salvation army movement, except that some of the odd features of the Salvation army will be omitted.
 AN explosion of blast at the Smith & Eastman section on the drainage channel at Joliet, H., killed one white man and two negroes.
 Two young men and four young women were paddling about on raft on a pond near Effingham, H., when l I ,,,,l two women were drowned. HUGH MCCULLoCH, formerly secre- tary of the United States treasury, died at Washington on the 24th. He was over 50 years of age.
 A REGENT St. Petersburg dispatch stated that in the town of Kobueden 200 houses had been destroyed by fire and in the village of Rushany 25o houses were also burned. During the confiagrations total of fifty persons were killed and very many more were injured.
 NEAR Cheyenne, Wyo.. a rear-end collision on the Denver Pacific railroad caused the death of Engineer Gray and Fireman Fuller.
 FIFTEEN of the leading leather man. ufacturers of Newark, \, J., repre- senting the largest owners of prepared leather in the United States, have sent out letters to dealers ip every section of the country notifying them of an advance of from 50 to 100 per cent. on cured stock. The action, the circular stated, was made neces- sary because of the scarcity of green salted hides. A capital of SIG, GOO, GOO was represented at the manufacturers meeting.
 THE Opera House block, the Vivant hotel and several other buildings of Antiaco, Wis, were swept away by fire on the 22d. A number of hotel guests had to jump from the windows and several received severe bruises in con. sequence.
 AT the Monongah mine at Wheeling, w. Va, Pole carelessly ignited a can of powder and terrific explosion fol- lowed. The smoke was driven through the mine and suffoeated four miners and seriously affected quite number of others.
 FIRE broke out in the tobacco and cigar factory known as the Flor de Fumas, at Havana, which contained a large amount of stock, and damage es- timated to the amount of Sl50,O was done. While fighting the fire eighteen firemen were injured, two of whom will die.
 F. A DISPATCH from Guthrie, Ok, on the 2ith said that the honest settlers were returning from the Kickapoo country disgusted, sore and mad. Everything of any value in the entire reservation had been taken by sooners. All the wild stories of bloody battles and violence have been exploded, the opening simply having been bowling farce, with no tragedy whatever.