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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
MINERS BEING IMPORTED.
The First Lot from Missouri Arrive in Dem
 yer to Supplant the Strikers.

The First Lot from Missouri Arrive in Dem
 yer to Supplant the Strikers.
 LEADvILLE, Col, Sept 26 The first delegation of 7J miners from Missouri arrived over the Denver & Rio Grande railroad at 4:20 p. m. yesterday. The train was special and was met at Malta, three miles out, by two compa- nies of militia. They escorted the train to the city, where it was met by 800 men with two Calling guns. The 75 miners were surrounded by soldiers and taken 10 the Emmett mine. As they proceeded along the street friends of the strikers crowded closely upon the troops and showered abusive epi- thets alike upon miners and militia. One officer finally drew his sword, striking one of his tormentors across the face with the fat side of the sword. The order was given to charge the crowd with gun butts and push them back to give room for the marching column. The march was then resumed without further incident.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
BYNUM OPENS HEADQUARTERS.
Chairman of the National Democracy in
 Chicago Hard at Work

Chairman of the National Democracy in
 Chicago Hard at Work
 CHICAGO, Sept. 26-W. D. Bynum, chairman; John P. Frenzel, treasurer, and C. V. Holman, chief of the literary bureau of the gold standard democratic committee, formally opened their headquarters yesterday. As soon as Chairman Bynum gets business well in hand he will call a meeting of the ex- ecutive committee and energetic cam paigning in the interests of Palmer and Buckner will at once be commenced. 1.-The sentiment in the east is all one way" said Chairman Bynum, who came direct from New York "A large majority of the democrats will vote for Mckinley. New York will give him 100000, if my advices are correct. There are states in which Palmer may receive more votes than Bryan. From what l heard in q private way, ] be- lieve New Hampshire will give Palmer more votes than Bryan"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01

AN electrical engineer has been ex- hibiting in London the model of his proposed sirgle-ral electric line for speeds of l5O miles an hour. The rail is fixed on V-shaped trestle, and runs up into the body of the car, which, as 1t were, runs astride of it. The car guns on twelve bearing wheels, and seats lS5 passengers, with space for their baggage. By running the rail within the car the lateral tendency of the train to run off the track is over come
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
NOISY YALE STUDENTS.
MT. Bryan Unable to Speak at New Haven
 Because of College Cheers.


 Because of College Cheers.
 NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Sept. 25.-.When Mir. Bryan appeared on the green here this afternoon to speak to severa; thou sand people, 300 or more Yale students broke out into their full college cheer, beginning with the frog chorus of: "Aristophanes," following with three long Yales, nine rahs. and "Yale and Mckinley" Again and again did they break forth and it was impossible for the nominee to speak. After or der was restored, MT. Bryan started to speak, but whenever he tried to make point the Yale students re. sumed their long cheer, finishing with Mckinley" as climax. Upon one occasion while Mir. Bryan was trying to obtain quiet, band doing escort duty to military parade on the ground nearby, burst forth with music. Mir. Bryan threw up his hands and refused to continue,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01

A RECENT dispatch from Hagerstown said: The monument on South noun. tain, few miles from Boonsboro, Washington county, Md, erected to the memory of George Washington by the citizens of Boonsboro in 1927, was either struck by lightning or dynamit- ed and badly shattered. A large DOT ,tioh of the handsome structure fell in a mass at the base. Some years aSo aI attempt was made to destroy the monument by dynamite and the pile was much weakened The work of lightning or vandals g s-w ss.w nights sno has completed the work of destruction.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
Bold Robbery fin Chicago,

AGO: Sept, @6,-Two men care fully disguised, committed daring robbery at the Union Foundry Co.'s of- flee in Brighton park yesterday after. noon and robbed the company of sl,6oo. They then escaped by means of buggy, but not before they had shot one and fired several shots into a crowd of people who were chasing them. A patrol wagon gave chase, but did not succeed in capturing the rob- bers. The foundry is in lonesome place at the extreme end of the Brighton park, and no other buildings are near it.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01

NEW YORK CtrY Is alarmed over the loss of immigrant traffic which is be. ginning to enter the country through the ports of Galveston and New Or. leans on the gulf of Mexico. The im. migrant business has been monopolized by New York for over a century and that city almost believes that immi. grants have no right to land elsewhere than at Castle Garden. It does not i.,- tend to lose the traffic and if further inroads are made in tie business it will demand that the steamship lines charge a higher rate to Galveston or the rail rates from New York to the west will be cut.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
KILLED WITH THE MACBETH.
Spaniards Surrounded and Cut to Pieces by
 Cuban Insurgents.

cuban Insurgents.
 KEY WEST, Fla, Sept. 25.-Advices from Havana last night, per steamer Mascotte, state that late Monday after. noon s7 Spanish troops started for Cal. abraza, eight miles from Havana. Tuesday morning five of the S7 re. turned to Havana and reported that their companions had been killed by insurgents shortly before reaching Cal. abrazar. The Spaniards said they were surrounded by about 200 insurgents, who poured in one volley and then charged with the machete. The five who returned were badly wounded, and were left for dead by the Cubans On hearing the story Spanish reri. ment was sent to the scene, and the bodies of the s2 Spaniards were found in heap. The wounds made by the machete were frightful, several of the Spaniards having been beheaded. The captain was killed in this manner Capt. Gen. Wcylcr has issued orders to newspapers not to publish word about the tragedy.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01

EDWIN II. BOONE, the "hypnotist" who buried John L. Douglas, of Indian. apolis, Ind, alive at Lexington, Ky, |, a few days ago, was afterward exposed in the opera house in that city by Orlic Jones, a subject" whom Jones had neglected to pay. Jones claimed that Boone's fcats were performed with the connivance of the subjects" and gave m exhibition similar to Boone's. In the presence of physicians and news paper men Jones controlled his pulses largely at will.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


 CHARLES w. RAYMOND left Watseka, H., for Mexico on the 22d to investi- gate the financial system of that coun- try in the interest of the National League of publican clubs.
 CHAIRMAN BUTLER, of the populist committee, denied at Washington that the Popalists had made formal de- mand upon the democrats for the with- drawas of MT. Sewall in the interest of Nr. Watson.
 PENNSYLVANIA sent two delegations to Canton, O., to visit Maj. Mckinley on the 2ith, one being from Westmore- land county, representing the mining industry, and the other from Oil City, representing the oil producing indus try. The marching of 45 young women, representing the 45 states, each carry ing basket of roses, was Q unique feature of the occasion.
 THE report of the commission ap- pointed last January to investigate the British Venezuelan boundary dispute proba ply will be made to the president shortly before congress convenes in December.
 REV. STANIsLAUs KAMIsKI, of Buffalo N. Y., was selected for bishop of the Polish Roman Catholic church of America by the convention at New York.
 w. D. BYSuM, chairman; John F. Frenzel, treasurer, and C. V. Holman, chief of the literary bureau of the gold fn rInrl ;, tfaa fnrn. ally opened their headquarters at Chicago on the 25th. As soon as Chair. man Bynum gets business we'll in hand he will call a meeting of the eX- ecutive committee and energetic cam paigning in the interests of Palmer and Buckner will then be commenced.
 WMLIAMJ. BRYAN made two speeches in Boston on the 25th, one at Music hall and the other on the common, big audiences being present at both places. Arthur Sewall, the democratic nomi- nee for vice president, was also present at the meetings and stated that he was on the ticket and was in the fight to stay.
 A DELEGATION of glassworkers from Marion, Ind, visited Maj. Mckinley at Canton, O., on the 25th before breall- fast. Then delegation from Craw. ford, Pa, which included students from Allegheny college, arrived, fol- lowed by a delegation of farmers from Wyandotte county, O., and another delegation of citizens of Tiflin and Seneca county, o. The last delegation presented the major with portrait of Gen. w. II. Gibson, sent by his widow.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
Irreparable.

You don't eat cheese, Miss Bender by?" said the hostess.
 70, mo-" replied the smiling young woman, T am a vegetarian"
 There was an embarrassing silence for moment and then she added somewhat hastily.
 II mean, of course, that cheese is made from milk, and milk, you know, is an animal product"
 What else did you suppose ] thought you meant. Miss Benderby?" freezingly asked the hostess.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
THE KING OF PAGERS.
John R. Gentry Goes the Fastest Mile Ever
 Made in Harness.

Made in Harness.
 PORTLAND, Me-. Sept 25.-John R. Gentry yesterday, at Rigby park, paced the fastest mile ever made in harness, and placed the worlds record at BOOK. The runner was at the pacer's throat as they made the first turn on the stretch. Gentry went steadily and with apparent ease, the runner having hard work keeping his position The judges caught the quarter mile at :291, and the second quarter vas made in BOA, making the half mile in :59IG. The runner, by the use of tie whip, was keeping up at Gentry's wheel, but was making hard work of it. The third quarter was made it 3aA, making the three quarters in l:SOA. As they turned into the home stretch and caught the wind in the teeth the crowd yelled wildly. The pacer made great spurt, considering that he had the wind in his teeth, and made the most remarkable quarter of the heat, :30H, making the mile in 2:00H. just one sec ond less than the former best record first made by Robert J. at Terre Haute in 1895, and equaled this year by Gentry. When Starter Culberson an. nounccd the time the crowd broke through the fence and crowded out on the track and around the pacer, cheer ing wildly. It is believed that had Gentry not had to contend with the wind he would have made the mile in two minutes easily.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

AN an,i-masonic congress mas opened at Trent ..us,ria, with delegates pSes- ...V rom nll European countries and group of French Canadians, the prince bishop ef Trent presiding, The object ,of the congress was "t5 make known to all the immeas~Ha ableness of the moral and matcris. evil the church and society have suffered through free ma lsonry hnd to seek an antidote."
 THK+:E big rats attacked the two. months-old baby boy of Isaac Asher at Baltimore, Md, gnawing its face, head and neck to such an extent that he died in short time. Mir. Asher heard the infant crying, and as he entered the child's room the rats jumped from the baby's couch and scampered off
 TOM WATSON, populist candidate for vice president, has telcgraphed to the New York World review of the po- litical situation, in which he said that Chairman Jones Would make the blum. der of his life If he listened to the fusion leaders and believes Q full popu- list vote can be had for Bryan ana Sewall on the ticket. yr. n
 HARRIS BOONE, colored, shot the town marshal at Sparta, Ga. in a fuss and some citizens then Slot Boone to death. r.n-,,
 TIE payc.sster of the Lougdalc Iron Co. was rdasng"on an engine on the Short Line railway near, Charleston, w. Va. on the 27tb with g., 500 to pay em ployes, when he was held up by a robber and the money secured. Shots were exchanged and the paymaster was killed, the rrobber escaping. A posse went after the robber and lynching was expected.
 THONassKIDD, aged IA, was murdered at Dalton. O.. on the s7th by his play. mate, Carl McIlharey, aged seven. The boys quarreled.
 A WRECK occurred on the Pennsylva. mia road between Baltimore, Md, and Washington on the 27th. Five freight cars were derailed and piled in heap. Nobody was hurt.
 Mss CATRIE HoRNER, of Westminster Md, was informed by her lover on the 27th while walking in cemetery that he could not marry her and soon after wards she was found dying on grave from poison.
 DURING democratic rally at Mount Erie. IL. a team belonging to Joseph sunday ran away, throwing the five occupants out and severely or fatally iujnrinr all of them.
 COUNTY TREASURER c. F. MORRISON If Troy, N. Y.. reputed to be worth $500, GOO, has teen jailed, charged with the cm tezzlement of S250, ,OOO.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01

MRs MAMIE DAVIS, a comedy widow, wanted to marry Andrew Wells, a we'll to do farmer of Girard county, Ky, but her parents opposed the match and locked her up in her bed- room and removed her clothing. She succeeded in escaping in her night robe and met her lover near her house, who lifted her astride of his horse and carried her several miles to the home of a mutual friend, where, almost numbed with cold, clothing was pro- vided and a buggy was procured, in which they drove to Lincoln county, procured license, and before daylight they were married.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
EARL LIS THANKS.
The ch'r"sc Statesna-'s Delayed Eulogiun
 of America Made Pubiic.

The thir"se Statesna-'s Delayed Eulogium
 of America Made Pub;ir.
 WASHINGTON, Sept, 25.-Acting See. retary Roclshill has received from United States Commercial Agent Peter. son at Vancouver, E. C., the following note, dated September {:
 At an interview given the coasus If this ei,y on board the steamship Empressof of China Iust previous to her departure for, f-oAE Etng to- day, His Exceiency bi Hung Chans, yIceroy of China, requested nc to become th. bearer of the following message to my Government:
 "I was greatly impressed Ty the courtesy and kindness extended 70 mo sy the government of your couH'ry, which r.sIrd as the model gov. ernmens or weS.ern civilization. I shall ever retain the most pleasant memories of my visit to the Unitei Stasls, and I desire you to make my greetings to -Four country most cordial. as will ta<e leaSe. of America"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
BRYAN AT BOSTON.
He and Scwall Address 10000 People In
 the Big City.

the Big City.
 BosToN, Sept. 20. Last night was an eventful one in Boston. and a tenn porary Hull foreshadows the excitement to-day. w. J. Bryan and Arthur Sew all, democratic candidates for presi- dent and vice president, addressed two monster crowds, one on the Boston common, and the other in Music hall. Conservative estimates say 10000 per- sons were present at the first gather ing and at the latter the house was janmed ard thousands we.e turned away. George Fred Williams addressed the democrats will be held in Music hall. George Fred Williams addressed the meeting at Music hall prior to the appearance of Mir. Bryan, and the widest enthusiasm and excitement marked his address. He made severe attack on the gold standard element os the party.
 While the excitement during Mir. Williams speech was at it's height, Mir. Sewall and later MT. Bryan appeared, and were greeted with uproarious ap- plause. Mir. Sewall said:
 Fellow citizens of New, England, it is with satisfaction to me that have this opportunity to see the great results of the democratic party, and to see your cand idate for president. and will Llso say with great satisfaction that I am his associ .te on the ticket. No less a person than himself asked me that question tonight, whether was on the ticket or not. l am glad Of the opportunity to say, vain as it may appear for me, your nominee for vice s, n statrA1 as.1 hA always be during this campaign, and he will not decline until after his election on the 3d of November My friends, we are in this fight to Stay
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
American Bicycle Record Broken,

CHICAGO, Sept 2G-The Amesican record was broken by four men in the 24 hour bicycle race which closed at the Coliseum at nine o'clock last night The score at the finish was: Gimm, 4s6 miles LIS yards; Waller. 4s2 miles 96s yards; Schinner, 4G2 miles 567 yards; Miller, 459 miles oS3 yards, and Myers, 527 miles SS7 yards.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01

Mss ELLA COLLINS, daughter of a New York tailor, will be the first wom- an of the United States raised to a throne by marriage. She will shortly become the wife of Col. John r. Hoobs, who, under the name of Oumalea, reigns over the semi.barbarous people of the Jilka islands in the New Hebrides group. Col Hoobs was born in South Carolina, and after wandering life full of strange adventure settled on one Of the Jilka islands. Since then he has become the undisputed ruler of the l,@0O or more people who live there under the title of king and the title is to descend to his children.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
WillYbOY's Revenge.

''I have no use," scornfully ex- claimed a bloomer girl, ''for youth who parts his hair in the middle"
 And I have no use," replied Willy boy, with more spirit than he had shown for 2l years, "for a young woman who parts her clothes that way" And he gazed at her neither trimmings until she nearly choked with indignation and dodged behind a table. Willyboy was revenged.-Al- bany Argus.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01

WILLIAM $. WITHAM, a delegate from Atlanta, Ga., to the convention of the American Bankers association recent ly held at St. Louis, enjoys the dis tinction of being president of 2l differ. ent banks. All the establishments are located in Georgia country towns, the aggregate capital being s7OO, 900. How ever, each bank is separate from MT. Witham's other interests. He reported that the average earnings of these in- stitutions last year was 1524 per cent. Mir. Witham pointed with satisfaction to the fact that not "country bank in Georgia had failed since Lees sur render at Appomattox.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
NIISCEI.LANEOIvy.

A CONSTRUCTION train of l2 dump cars on the Butler X Pittsburgh railroad went 'over an S0-foot cmbankment, near Butler, Pa, owing to the failure of the brakes to work. One man was killed and number were badly injured.
 GEORGE DIXON. of Boston, and Tom my White, of Chicago fought 20 rounds to a draw on the 25th in the Broadway Athletic club at New York. Preceding this fight Danny Mcbride, of New York, and Johnny German, of Long Island City, fought ten rounds, and the referee gave McBride sae decision.
 DUy's review of trade gives the num- Der of failures for the week ended the 25th in the United States as 3l5, against 2l6 last year, and iR Canada 39, against 30 last year.
 THOMAS WILLARD, aged 50. started aero. ss the Ohio river from Wheeling, w. VI. in a boat with his son and two g,-ls, ecs,i l6 and fl, and when in the middle of t,..e river he rocked the boat to friphten the girls and it capsized. The man and one of the girls were drowned.
 oiI an explosion of gas in the Phila- delphia X Reading Co.'S Middle Creek colliery near Fremont, Pa, Ave MGn were burned and two of them died q few hours later and two others were fatally hurt.
 THE annual session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at Dallas, Tex, adjourned on the 18th. The recommendation for revised Rebekah ritual was adopted. as was the revised ritual for the Patriarchs Militant A universal sign of distress for the Re bekah branch was adopted.
 CLEVELAND on the 23d secured the right to defend the Temple cur with Baltimore by defeating Louis vile. The end of the National league season will see Baltimore in first place Cleveland second and Cincinnati third YALE students broke up meeting at New Haven, Conn.,, William J. Bryar being obliged to quit speaking in con sequence of their yells.
 THE oil mills at Ennis, Tex, were re gently blown up with some explosive supposed to have been dynamite. Loss S6O, GOO; insurance, S40,OO0. Gov. RENFRow, of Oklahoma, hal filed with the secretary of the interior his annual report for the year ended June 30, lS96. It contains lengthy statement as to the agricultural inter ests of the territory.
 THE American Humane association opened in annual convention at Cleve land, O., on the 22d, nearly all th' principal cities of the country being represented.
 THE grand session of the Selec Knights of America opened at Peoria H., on the 22d, 400 delegates beini present.
 THE 22d annual convention of tn American Bankers association close' at St. Louis on the 24th. Robert J Lowry, of Atlanta, Ga., was electe' | president.
 GEORGE LEEpER, livery stable maj at Paducah, Ky, was in drunkel stupor and the rats ate the soles o1 his naked feet and left him crippl for life.
 MRS JULIA BRADLEY, of Peoria, Ill.
 has bestowed all her fortune, estimates
 at $2,2OO,ooO, upon the university o
 Chicago on condition that brancl
 school shall be built at Peoria.
 TIE Dublin Express said on the 22
 that the police had discovered larg
 quantities of dynamite and pile o
 detonators at Marline park, near Gal l way, in disused house.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
Gold Movement Will Continue.

NEW YORK, Sept 25.-Representative foreign banking houses estimate that of the first Sl5, ,O0O,Oo in gold imported recently about SIC, ,OOO, ,OOO was shipped against sterling loans and about S5,- OOO, ,OOO against commercial bills. Of the balance of the $40, 900, 900 or there. abouts engaged in all to date S25, ,OOO,. 900 was drawn against commercial bills. It is still believed the etfiux of gold from Europe to the United States can only be temporarily, if at all, in- terrupted.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
A Fire in R ,yall.

COLUMBUS, Ind, Sept. 26.-A fire in the hospital department of the county jail this morning caused loss of s2O,- 900. no insurance. The fire was started by q prisoner named Alexander Bell, with the intention of escaping. Three located.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01

E. J. MATTsON, a clerk in hotel in Minneapolis, Minn., died about tive minutes before telegram reached the hotel announcing that his uncle in New York had died and left fortune of upwards of sl, 300, COG to himself and his sister
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01

Gov. HASTINGS, of Pennsylvania re gently pardoned John Bardsley, who misappropriated over S500,00O of city and state funds while city treasurer of Philadelphia. The governor gave no reason for his action.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01

AT Memphis, Tenn, A. K. Ward the $500, 900 forger and embezzler, who has been ont on bail for several months, was recently again indicted for forgery on three additional counts, amounting to 5000. This makes 95 indictments, all told. If found guilty on all the counts Ward will have to serve l, ,425 years in prison.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
Foraker Will Speak in Kansas.

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-It is announced at republican national headquarters that on account of the demand for Senator Foraker's services he will not be sent to the Pacific coast, such a trip taking too much time. He will, how ever, speak in Iowa October 5 and 6; Nebraska, October and 8; Kansas Co., tober Q and 1O
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-01
Killed Her Husband.

CHICAGO, Sept 25.-Harry M. Con- way, 2l years of age, was shot and in. stantly killed yesterday evening by his wife, Grace Clark Conway, who was only IS years old. The Conways have been living in Chicago but three months, he coming from Lyons, Ia., and the home of his wife before mar riage being at Rockford. III. Tho couple had frequent quarrels over tho attentions paid by Conway to a young woman in Sterling, Ncb., and it was during one of these quarrels that the woman killed her husband. She shot herself through the heart immediately after.