The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-04-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

LATE Ouc hIHh ISSSHbiy til SS masked men armed with Winchesters and revolvers entered Campbell X Connors saloon, at Glenwood Springs, Col. and commanded all present to hold up their hands. They then pro- ceeded to help themselves to the money in the drawers of the faro table and roulette wheel, amounting to over $500.
 NEAR Jackson, Miss, three young women, on their way to an entertain ment with their little brother, were overtaken by an unknown negro, who asked them to let him ride. They de- clined and he undertook to force him. self into the vehicle, but they beat him off. Arriving at the entertainment they told what had happened and a posse was organized They found the negro and riddled him with buckshot.
 IN the classical conference at Ann Arbor, Mich, which was attended by representative educators from many states resolutions were adopted in favor of six years course in Latin and three in Creek in the high schools.
 DUN's trade review for the week ended the 29th said that signs of i'm provement were more satisfactory and that it was a peculiar feature that raw materials were raised before there was any larger demand fo- their finished products. The tone of the dry goods market had been irregular. The sup ply of cotton in sight was 2,2OO,0OO bales more than the worlds require ments for the year, with receipts for five months yet to come. Wheat had advanced 14 cents. Corn was lower, while pork, lard and hogs were higher.
 CLEARING house returns for the prin- cipal cities in the United States for the week ended March % showed an aver age increase as compared with the cor responding week last year of POS; in New York the increase was 26.2; outside New York the increase was l4.3.
 THE failures for the week ended the 20th (Dun's report) were 234 in the United States against 23s last year, and 42 in Canada against 30 last year.
 THE dead bodies of two colored babies were found in basement at Chicago. They had lived to be or 1 months old, and the police believe they were strangled to death.
 IN Pittsburgh, Pa, the fve-story malt house at Wainwright's brewery, collapsed. The weight of the grain stored in the upper floor, caused the disaster. The loss will be Sl5,OOO Everyone in the building escaped.
 THE northwestern portion of St. Augustine, Fla, was swept by fire on the 2sth, destroying forty-nine resi- dences and business houses, besides several smaller structures, entailing q loss of $lO0,000, with little insurance. A large portion of the residences de- stroyed were owned by poor people, and many families were homeless. TIE federal officials in San Francisco have unearthed a gang of forgers or ganized to flood the country with bogus Chinese registration papers. The ring secured forged certificates which defy almost the inspection of the United States officers themselves. It's mem. | bers include Chinese as well as white | men.
 TIE Presbyterian Sunday school mis- | sionaries completed their annual con- | ference at Detroit, Mich. on the 18th. The meeting was devoted principally to a discussion of the necessity for more men in the field. The Gospel Chariot, published at Topeka, Kan, was indorsed as the representative paper of the organization.