The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-11

THE steamer Virginia collided with the schooner Mary A. McGregor while the former was on her way from Mill waukee to Chicago with 200 passengers on board. panic on board the Vir' ginia followed. but the quick decision of the captain in altering the course of the steamer just as the two vessels came together prevented horrible lake disaster. A thick fog prevailed at the time on the lake. The Virginia had large hole made in her side.
 Two men died from the effects of the heat at Chicago on the 9th. One was Christ Anderson, saloonkeeper, and the other was Polish dock laborer. The mercury did not go above ss, but the humidity was very great and made the heat terrible. Ernest Berkman was also overcome by the heat in the evening and will probably die.
 THE United States Church army, . body like the Salvation army, has been founded in New York. Col. Hadley commands it and ex-Postmaster AOtuuo odhiCo ID OkC0cuECIs
 THE failures for the week ended the 5th (Dun's report) were 234 in the United States, against 195 last year, and 29 in Canada, against :5 last year.
 JOSEPH WINDRATH was hanged at Chicago on the 5th for the murder of Carey B. Birch, receiver of the West Chicago Street Car Co.
 A TROLLEY car of the Milwaukee Electric Railway Co.,, was fired into by strikers or strike sympathizers on the night of the 4th and the motorman was fatally shot and the conductor badly wounded.
 THE Boylston brewery, one of the largest in Boston, was destroyed by fire on the 9th in 45 minutes The loss was fully s5oo,ooo
 J. H. HILDEBRANT, of Johannesburg, South Africa, on the 5th offered to match Peter Jackson against Corbett for S40, 1000, the loser to receive SIG, 1000, the fight to take place in London, America or South Africa Billy Brady accepted the offer on Corbett's behalf, but Jackson refused, giving no reason for so doing. Hildebrant then offered to match Denver Ed Smith against Jackson for sl0,OOo This Jackson also refused.
 THE American line steamer St. Paul recently broke all records from South. ampton, Eng, to New York, making the voyage in days and 5K hours.
 THE American Fruit Growers union was organized in Chicago on the 4th. Its object is the bettering of the condi. ton of every man in the United States who raises fruit for living. All the big fruit states of the nation were rep. resented at the meeting.
 A DETACHMENT of volunteers from the Fifty-Fourth Ohio national guard were detailed to fire salute on the 7th over the graves of 2,50O confederate dead that are buried at Columbus, 0.
 SIR WALTER won the Brooklyn handicap on the 4th, 10000 people witnessing the race. Clifford was only a nose behind.
 MR AUSTIN CoRBrN, the multi-mil. lionaire, of New York, died on the 4th from injuries received by the running away of the horses attached to his car riage. The driver was injured inter- nally and also died. Austin Corbin was often called the king of Long Island.
 A REGENT dispatch from Athens said that Turkish detachment of s5 men which returned to Vamos, the town in the island of Crete which was recently besieged, in order to remove war ma. terial, was cut to pieces by the insur- gents, only two of them escaping.
 A TRAIN on the Northern Pacific left the track near Livingston, Mont, the other night and three tramps were killed and several trainmen injured.
 AN 1l-year-old daughter of w. M. Mcdonald, of Kingfsher Ok., was burned to death. She attempted to make fire with kerosene.