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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
PRoHIslTloNIsTs IN SESSION.
The First Days Session of the Convention
 UprOnriOus-t rec Silver YlctorY.

The First Days Session of the Convention
 Uproarious-tr rec Silver Victory.
 PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 2s-Uproar. ious and caustic in the extreme was the first days session of the seventh national prohibition convention. At least one-half the time the delegates were in bedlam of confusion, and on several occasions the presiding officer had to call upon the band to play in order to quiet the disorder. It was fight between the broad gauge or free silver faction and the single issue or gold standard delegates from the east. The fight was precipitated few moments after the convention was called to order and at both the morning and afternoon sessions things in general ran riot The free silver faction car. ried the day, however, and at six o'clock yesterday evening elected c. w. Stewart, of Illinois, permanent chairman over A. A. Stephens, of Pennsylvania, who was backed by the gold standard delegates.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
FOURTEEN LOST LOST. '
Ferryboat Caught In . Hurricane at Csiros
 ILL, and the Passengers Drowned.

Ferryboat Caught In Hurricane st Csirss ILL, and the Passengers Drowned.
 CAIRO, H., May 27.-The steamer Katherine, used as ferry boat, was caught at the mouth of the Ohio river by sudden hurricane at s:3O o'clock yesterday morning and capsized, and all on board, except the captain, engi- neer and clerk, were drowned. The dead, as far as can be learned, numbe IA, among them Capt Rittenhouse, su. periHtendent of the Cairo City Ferry Co.,; Dr. Orr's two daughters, Mir. and Miss Stanley, of Wickliffe; Mrs. Will. liam. shannon and baby, of Birds Point, Mo-; Mrs. Mary Jones, of Jack. son, Tenn; Richard Thurman, of Wickliffe, and Charles Gilhoffer, a merchant of this city. Only three bodies-those of Thurman, Miss Orr and deck hand-have been recovered.
 The opera house and Union depot were unroofed, a number of trees de. stroyed and signs blown down, but no houses were destroyed or lives lost in the city. Five miles of telegraph poles were blown down on the Mobile x Ohio railway. It is impossible to tell the extent of the damage south of here, but it is believed to be very great. The storm came up very sud. denly from the northwest, just as the ferry boat had started from Cairo and while it was still in the Ohio river near the Illinois shore. The rain was very heavy and the people were all in the ca bin with the door shut. The boat turned over when the squall first struck it. The captain and the clerk were at the pilot wheel and were thrown out of the pilot house into the water and the boat turned over on them. They happened to be so far away that they caught the guard and pulled out from beneath her. Of those in the cabin only Dr. Orr and Joseph Curry got out.
 At Birds Point, Mo-, church and ten other buildings were partly wrecked.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
ONLY A STRAW.
shcvsng Winch Way the Trade wine
 wv Blows in the West.

A hundred statesmen travelling for ono of the largest mercantile establish ments in Chicago report that since the
 nomination of Mckinley at St. Louis became almost certainty their sales have been larger than in any two weeks for several years. These sales have been in goods for the fall trade and they in- dicate the almost universal belief in the western states that the nomipa- tion of man like Mckinley will be the beginning of good times. This feeling is not confined to merchants and deal- CTS who are republicans, but extends to those who are democrats. This is one case of many, and just at time when one class of eastern business men is intriguing to prejudice the case of Mckinley, all such cases become sig nificant, and they carry with their rec ord of confidence on the part of the people a warning to eastern men who are indifferent to or hostile to western sentiment.
 With good crops and commercial ac- tivity and confidence in the future the current in the west will turn toward prosperity. Those who have advised that certain moneyed men combine to precipitate panic to influence the choice of the St. Louis convention may find in the tone of business sentiment in the west, as we'll as in the tone of po- litical sentiment, food for reflection. The country cannot be prosperous with the interests of only one section pro noted. The east depends as much upon the west as the west depends upon the east. The true policy is one that con- siders the interests of both and that contemplates the least possible hostil- ity between the two sections.
 The republican party is strongest in the great middle. western and north western states. These states are too strong to be fouted at or antagonized in any special interest. The republic ans of these states are of the stalwart but conservative spirit. They can be reasoned with and influenced, but they cannot be browbeaten or influenced by threats or arbitrary conditions. They believe thoroughly in the principles of the republican party. They believe that with the candidate thoroughly rep resentative of these principles the re4 publican party will win great victory and the country will be restored to prosperity.
 The report of the 100 salesmen is . straw showing which way the wind is blowing in the west. They are nearer the people than are the men of Wall street. and there is no artificiality of sentiment and no color of prejudice or about their business transac- Inter Ocean.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
CONGRESS.
, Condsnssd Report of the Past Weeks Pro. | coodln1R.

Caedinga.
 IN the senate on the 26th Mir. Sherman got the hlled cheese bill taken up and Mr. Dubois Qda) made an amendment adding a cents per barrel to the tax on beer, but after Q general debate the bill and pending amendment were displaced by the bond bill, which was adyo- cated by Mir. Prtchard (N. O and opposed
 by MT. Lindsay Ky.) A bill was passed to pension the widow of Gen. George Spencer at s7a month. MT. Vest presented resolution from Kansas City Typographical union favor ing the standardization of telegraph lines, and Senator Cockrell presented one against tho repeal Of the Imprisonment clause in the inter- state commerce law for violations of It's pro- visions The house passed the bill for the repeal Of section 6l of the present tarifr law, providing for u rebate on alcohol used in the arts or for medicinal compounds and also agreed to the senate amendments to the bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river at St. Charles, Mo.
 The senate on the 27th defeated the proposi- tion to increase the beer tax 7j cents per bar rel by the vote of 3i to 2I The vote was taken as soon as the filled cheese bill was taken up, the beer tax proposition being submitted as an amendment; with the amendment disposed of the cheese bill was further debated, but rot disposed of The debate on the bond bill pro- ceeded after two o'clock Mr. Hansbrough, of North Dakota, and Mir Daniel, of Virginia, speaking for and Mir. Elkins against the bill A partial conference report on the naval np- propriation bill was agreed to The house spent almost the entire day discussing the sen ate amendment to the general deficiency bill approprating slO27,000 for the payment of about 700 French spoliation claims, S5iS, 900 for 3a5 war claims, found to be due under the Bow man act. and several other claims The amend- ment was finally agreed to- The remainder of the session was taken up in considering the conference report on the sundry civil bill,
 WHEN the senate met on the 2Sth the house resolution directing the secretary of war to provide tents for the St Louis and East St. Louis storm victims passed and was immedi- asely signed by the president The bond bill was then further discussed, Senators Daniel and Pefer speaking in favor of it. As soon as the journal was read in the house Mir. Bar tholdt (Mo) offered n resolution that ,he sec- retary of war furnish tents to the St. Louis storm victims. which was unanimously adopt ed The conference report on the civil service bill was then considered
 THE anti-bond bill was further debated in the senate on the .9th, and the body then ad- Journed until Monday. ... The house spent the entire day in debating the Johnson Stokes election contest from the Seventh South Caro- liua district The veto message of the presi- dent disapproving of the river and harbor bill was received and referred and the naval ap- proariation bill sent to further conference. Pension bills were considered at the night ses- sion and the house adjourned until Monday.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

DA general democratic tumble is predicted for this fall, and the party is having difficulty in finding a man to take the leading roll.-Chicago Trib- une.
 OThat treasury gold reserve is slow ly but surely slipping away, and the democrats maintain that there is no necessity of tariff legislation.-Cleve- land Leader.
 DIn 1892 democrats loudly pro claimed protection for revenue only,~ and then set about to make tariff for deficit only," and raised "thc revenue" by issuing $2e2, 100000 of bonds.-Chi- cago Inter Ocean.
 OThe democratic papers are now busily engaged in discussing the point of danger in McKinley's nomination. If the Ohio man shall be nominated the only point of real danger will be the democratic camp.-Iowa State Register.
 OThe present democratic admins. tration has increased the public debt more than it was decreased by the pre- ceding republican administration; and there you have a conclusive argument in favor of a change.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 us 0Democratic editors who can find time to discuss the probable action of the republican convention at St. Louis, in the face of the certain division of their own. party which is coming at Chicago are capable of showing great coolness under trying circumstance Leader.
 DThe howl against Mckinley o7cr the currency question is from men who believe that "the currency" is the great question at issue. The republican party doesn't believe that. It protection to American industries and American ia- Dor. The currency is good enough as it is. No country in the world has bet. ,ter.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
INDUSTRIAL STARVATION.
Eastern Concerns Crippled by the Demo-
 cratic Tarin.

Eastern Concerns Crippled by tho Demo cratic Tarin.
 The depression in the great industrial interests continues, and will do so until adequate relief is obtained by the enact ment of properly protective tariff law. Reports from the great manufacturing centers of the east show an enormous aggregate suspension of work, or of re- duction in the number of hands em- ployed, and also of the amount of wages paid.
 These facts once more demonstrate the fallacy of the democratic promise that free raw materials would give pros- perity to the manufacturing interests. The Wilson law allows wool to come in Tree, but the woolen industry is not pros- porous. Below is given few sample cases from among a large number of reports recently received at New York, and among them will be found Q number of establishments whose raw material $ wool:
 The mill of the Waterloo woolen com pany, Waterloo, N. Y., manufacturers
 
 and suitings. is running only three days a week.
 Tobias H. Walters, hosiery manufactur- CT, trading as the Myra Hose company, IF North Front street, Philadelphia, has as- signed for the benefit of his creditors.
 The Cutter Silk Manufacturing company, West Bethlehem, Pa., has assigned. The company is capitalized at $500. 900. and in May of last year issued bonds for sl00 OOO.
 Tha Methuen, Mass, has reduced its running time three days a week from lack of or ters. English competition gluts the mar ket.
 The Merrimac Manufacturing company has lately closed its doors at Lowell, Mass This curtailment of production, with that of other factories lately closed, gives a total of at least GAP silent spindles in New England
 pany. Clinton. Mass, have closed for an in- definite period.
 The Merino Manufacturing company, of Olneyville, R. l., and all the mills in the Woonasquatucket valley have decided to reduce the running time or cut the wages at once.
 The Merrimac Manufacturing company, of Lowell. Mass, will shut down their cot ton and print works. throwing out 2,SOO em- ployes and stopping a weekly pay roll of S20, 900.
 The Wilton (N. H) Woolen company has shut dowa for. an indefinite time, throwing about 800 people out of work
 The plant of the Halifax hosiery mills at Lakeport.. N. H.. was knocked down ct the recent auction to Hiram Leonard; of Boston. for $l0.7OO. The property cost over sl0O00O.
 With reference to the grand transporta- tion scene now going on at the Lawrence mills. Lowell, Mass. an official of the company says the change from cloth to hosiery manufacturing will cause reduce tion of from 1.5o0 to 2,000 names on the bay rolls of the conpany.-Toledo Blade.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
l.sl4-. -s9-. '. ' Y. -s. 1''-7 ' , " -.',
 M'KiNLEY LIKE LINCOLN.
The Ohioan Ia Pursuing the Same Coars
 Under Similar Circumstances.

The Ohioan Ia Pursuing the Same Coerse Under Similar Circumstances. Those who are old enough to remen-
 Der the campaign of 1860 will recall the fact that previous to the Chicago con
 vcntion the political interrogatoro
 were after Lincoln just as they are now
 after Mckinley. They insisted that he
 should define his position on the fugi- tive slave law and tell what he would
 do in the event of the secession of the
 south. Their pretended anxiety about
 his views in those respects was simply a trick, of course, to draw expressions from him that could be used to his dis advantage. But. the device did not
 work. He was politician of too much sense and experience to be caught in such trap. In answer to all inquiries of that sort, he pointed to his record, and said he must be judged by it as to his opinions and purposes. He under stood very we'll that the persons who thus questioned him were not honestly seeking information or striving to serve the party or the country. but only try ing to prevent his nomination. They called him streddler and accused him of cowardice and insincerity, but he preserved an amiable silence, neverthe- less, and left his case to the people. The result proved that there had not been any necessity for him to speak; and certainly there was never any cause for regret that he was nominated and elected
 The fact that Mckinley is now pursu- ing the same course under similar cir cumstances only goes to show that he IS like Lincoln in the way of detecting the object of his interrogators and deciin- ing to assist them in accomplishing it. He has been Q conspicuous figure in public life for many years, and there is no lack of testimony in his numerous speeches as to his views upon all inn portant issues. The people know all about him and are entirely willing to trust him. There is nothing for him to say that would be likely to make the country any surer that he is a man of ability, integrity and patriotism; and his self-respecting refusal to gratify his opponents by answering their inn pertinent questions will confirm and increase the public feeling in his favor. He has perfect right to "hold his breath" as it is fippantly called by democratic organ, and as a matter of propriety. he cannot do otherwise. It would be decidedly in bad taste for him to assume the function of outlining a platform for his party. That is the business of the convention, and he has nothing to do with it. There is not the least danger that he will fail to abide in good faith by the action of that body on hil pending questions; and there is just as little reason to doubt that the St. Louis platform will be perfectly satis- factory in every way to the voters who are going to elect the next president. That is the appropriate and conclusive answer to all inquiries that are obvious ly intended to serve dishonest and purpose.-St. Louis Globe Democrat, '
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
TIE MErAop,sTs.
Tho Bishops Select Their Places of Rssi.
 donc0.

Tho BMhops Select Their Places Of Reshs
 dence.
 CLEVELAND, O., May 2a-A surprise was sprung upon the Methodist Epis. copal general conference yesterday when Q motion was made and carried to refer the report of the committee on constitution to commission to re. port four years hence. This report has been under consideration for three days and has aroused much bitterness. The reason for yesterdays action is believed to be a desire for a constitu. tion which will depart more from old lines than did the report of the committee. There is feeling that the laymen should be given more equal representation, and it is. hoped that it may be granted in the consti- tuition which the commission will pre- pare. After the report of the commit tee on Epworth league, which recom- mends that the Epworth league, in ex- tending the spirit of national co-opera- ton to the other young peoples soci- sites, should never become affiliated n any manner with any other society which was not distinctly Methodist, :he conference adjourned until three o'clock.
 The bishops have selected their places of residence as follows: Malla- lieu, from Buffalo to Boston; Fowler, from Minneapolis to Buffalo; Fitzger- aid, from New Orleans to St. Louis; Joyce, from Chattanooga to Minneap- oils; Newman, from Omaha to San Francisco: Goodsell, from San Fran cisco to Chattanooga; McCabe, to Fort Worth, Tex; Cranston, to Portland, Ore. Foss remains in Philadelphia; Merrill, in Chicago; Andrews, in New York; Ninde, in Detroit; Walden, in Warren in Denver; Hurst, in and Vincent. in Topeka.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
iNSANIfY'S DESPERATION.
Mrs. Morris, Aged S3, Prevented from
 Committing an Awful Deed.

Mrs. Morris, Aged S3, Prevented from
 Committing an Awful Deed.
 KoKoMO, Ind, June 1.-Mrs Mary Morris, of Center, this county, at tempted to kill her daughter, son.in- law and children, stealthily approach ing their bedside with a knife to butcher them while they slept. She then tried to cut her own throat. Mrs. Morris, who is s3 years old, was after. wards adjudged insane, and will be taken to the state asylum. She was injured by a fall 25 years ago, but de- veloped no symptoms of insanity untib now. Her youngest child is 47 years old.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
FIGHT WITH CIRCUS MEN.
Five Reported Killed and Several Mortally
 Wounded in an Indiana Village.

Five Reported Killed and Several Mortally
 Wounded in an Indiana Village.
 VINcENNEs, Ind, May 27.-At Fort Branch. small village south of here, last night circus steam boat landed. Liquor was sold on the vessel and all were drunk and disorderly. The sale was ordered stopped, butlittle atten. tion was paid to the orders of the town marshal. A posse of citizens was deputized and marched to here the boat was moored and made an attempt to arrest the circus men. A prolonged fight ensued, in which it is reported that several were mortal ly wounded and five killed.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
BAKER TURNED DOWN,
Sixth Kansas Popuiists Nominate Lawyer
 for Congress.

COLBY, Kan, May 29-N. B. Me- Cormick, of Phillips county, was nomi- mated last night on the 27th ballot by the Sixth district populist congressional convention, after spirited contest From the first the fight was against the re-nomination of William Baker for fourth term, with the field repre- sented by nine candidates. Although Bakers friends succeeded in capturing the organization, the fourth term is- sue was too much for them, and after an adjournment his delegates divided among the other candidates
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
SETBACK FOR ENGLAND.

Cannot Make War with Egyptian Money
 Without Bondholders' Consent.
 LONDON, June IA Cairo dispatch to the Times says: The decision of the mixed tribunal is an open secret although it will not be delivered until Monday. It will support the French contention, and thus virtually decide that the Egyptian government cannot make war against the Khalifa, or even resist Soudanese invasion, without the consent of each member of the debt commission,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM.
Texas Convlcts Make Bold Attempts t,
 EsCape from Priaon.

Io1"S Oonvlcts Make Bold Attempts to
 Escape from Prison.
 HUN TsvlLLE. Tex, May 27.-"Jim' Morton, convict serving 3 l2 year term at the state penitentiary for safe robbery, managed to unlock his cell and to release Convicts Wilkerson, Stevens, Brunson and Tullis. They attached dynamite cartridge which had been made in prison to an iron bar in a window leading to the outside and tried to explode it, but is failed to work. Wilkerson was shot and killed by C. Alexander, @ guard, and his com. panio-s forced back to their cells.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
McInerney Nominated for Senator.

BATON RoUsE. La., May s.--The democratic caucus, which lasted until midnight, nominated $. D. McInerney to be United States senator, Elan chard, Price and Blackwell withdrawing in his favor, thus leaving the contest be. tween McInerney and Dsaegre.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
REELECTED MRS. HENRoTIN.

The Federation Of Women's Clubs Chooses
 OHicers for the Ensuing Year.
 LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 30-The Fed aration of Women's clubs to-day re- elected Mrs. Henrotin, of Chicago, president. Other officers chosen are: Vice president, Mrs. Alice Ives Breed, of Massachusetts; recording secretary, Mrs. c. P. Barnes, of Louisville; corre- spending secretary, Mrs. P N. Moore, of St Louis; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Trumbull, of Colorado; auditor, Miss E. Laws, of Cincinnati.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
Reformed PresbyterIans,

~. INNclNNATi, May 29.-Rev. J. c Smith, o ~ |incinnati, was elected moderator tL r,er Rev. T. P. Robb, of Linton, Ia., of
 p' general synod of the Reformed
 csSoyterian church known as the
 SNo'enhnters. Rev. F. N. Foster, of
 I'ew ork. was elected clerk and Rev. t, I. A, Block, of Iowa, assistant. It was ,os ss'0ea to hold the next synod in Bos.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
SteaIner Thraa Erlands.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May 29.-A re. po'' mas reached Miami, but is yet to De confirmed here, that the filibuster- ,uS steamer Three Friends, which left aefe recently with cargo of arms and ammunition, bs. ostensibly for Key West, Du' W really for Cuba, was chased by a ,s'ehne cutter and ran ashore ou a T Ivei on Upper Matecumbe, one of the Florida keys.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
Stricken Dead on a street.

SEDALIA, Mo, May 2o-Russell Jen. nings, an old citizen of Sedalia, and the Iersonal friend and schoolmate of f. T. Barnum in his younger days in Connecticut, died suddenly of heart failure on the sidewalk in front of his house this morning. He was the in- sentor of au improved vehicle tire c h hriDlser
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
Died In a Drunkoo stp,or.

,,, KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 2a-James T'annery, brakeman for the Maple Lear road, living in Kansas City, Kan, was found in an unconscious condition rom overindulgence in liquor by m 1a'cer "! early yesterday morning, at Ninth and Mulberry streets. He was sent to Central police station in the Smoulance, where he died three hours .a'er without recovering conscious ness "
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04

DThe republicans have way of looking out for the farmers markets and the artisans pocketbook as we'll. It is to protect the country against low wages and the low-priced productions of competing nations. A protective tariff will do it. and it is sure to come with the next republican administra- ton. commencing March 4, 1s07.-Al- bany Journal.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04

J. K. Ridgely Nominated for Congress.
 INDEPENDENCE, Kan, May 2s.-The populists of the Third congressional district held their convention at Cher- ryvale yesterday. J. E. Ridgely. a merchant of Girard, was nominated for congress. Every county in the dis trict was represented.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
Seven Killed at Mexico, Mo.

MEXICO, Mo-, May 2s--A terrible cy. clone visited this county yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. From pres- ent reports about seven were killed and 25 wounded.