The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-04-18

the Atlantic Refining Co. was totally destroyed by fire. Shortly after the fire broke out. one of the large tanks, containing 2,OoO gallons of oil, ex- ploded, but fortunately no one was in- jured. The loss will reach fully S5O,- 00O The origin of the fire was un. known.
 A SERIOUS riot occurred at Sloan Springs, Ark, recently. Four men were killed and several others serious ly hurt. For some months there had been trouble among the men who were employed on the railroad construction work, and were made up of foreigners and natives, and race prejudices at last broke out.
 Ar Angels Camp, Cal, the dam of the Utica NJ ming Co.,, 3 miles from town, broke. Fifty feet of the north wing gave way, and the volume of water it had confined rushed toward the Mokelumne roaring torrent bear ing with it the body of one man and the fragments of buildings that were in it's path.
 A PHOTOGRAPH counterfeit of the S5 issue of the American Exchange na- tional bank of New York city" series of 1882, check letter r, charter No. 1894, bank No. 1Oi, ,79s, treasury num- Der V l23Oosl, portrait of Garfield, has made its appearance.
 SECRETARY MORTON has written a letter to Dr. Salmon, chief of the bu- reau of animal industry, asking him to instruct his agents to make thorough inquiry into the high price of beef, and to furnish him as rapidly as possible with all data at their command show. ing what diminution, if any, there Is of the cattle supply of the United States for 1895 as compared with previous years.
 TIE citizens of Porterville and Visa lia, Cal, organized vigilance commit tee to rid that portion of Tulare coun- ty of the lawless element and they ordered a supposed outlaw to leave the country. He opened fire on the crowd from his cabin and badly wounded three men.
 CHARLES HART was hung shortly after midnight on the ilth in the state prison at Columbus, O., for the murder of Elsie and Ashley Good, children : and years old The children were gathering nuts in the woods, and Hart, who was only IS years old, joined them. Accorning to his own confess sion he killed the boy and then rav- ished the girl, afterward killing her, and burned their bodies in log heap, having first dismembered them to con ceal their identity.
 AT Covins ton, Ky, State Senator Goebet shot and killed John Sanford, president of the Farmers national bank. The immediate cause of the shooting is said to have been the Goebet road law. Sanford is president and owner of several turnpikes. Sem ator Goebet secured the passage of n bill reducing the tolls. This was bad for the turnpike stock and Sanford was reported to lave used severe terms in talking about Senator Goebet and his law.
 Ar Easton, Pa, on the 10th the water in the Delaware river had reached P feet above low water mark, the high est known since 1879. The electric cars were compelled to stop running, as the water was in Edison station and the machinery was useless.
 PETER MAYER has signed articles for a fight with Steve 0Donnell, to take place under the auspices of the Allan tic Athletic club, at Coney Island, N. Y.. on Thursday, May 30. The conditions are Marquis of Queensberry rules, five ounce gloves, limited to twenty-five per cent. of the gross receipts, of which the winner is to have three-fourths, the loser one-fourth, the fight to be at catch weights.