The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-11-19

from Key West, Fla, on the 18TH
stoted that Capt Gen. Weyler took the
field as commander.in.chief of the
Spanish forces and made an attack on
the camp of the insurgents under
Maceo at Pinar del Rio; that the Span
ish generals Echague and Malguseo
were killed and Weyler slightly wound
ed and that Maceo succeeded in rout-
ing Weyler and his troops The result
of the battle caused great excitement
in Havana.
The barn and stable, of Col. Bob
Maddox's stock farm near Fort Worth,
Tex, were destroyed by FIRE on the
18th. The loss was fully S55,00N The
Ere was said to be Of incendiary origin.
Nine fine horses were burned to death.
The barn was the finest in Texas
The final examination At London of
Edward j. Ivory, alias Edward Bell,
the saloonkeeper of New York and al.
legged Irish dynamiter. was sensation.
al. tho principal witness against him
being Jones'" British spy who had
gained admittance to secret Irish SO.
cieties in America and also possessed
the secrets Of the Clan-na-Gael associa-
tion. Ivory was formally committed
for trial.
DELBERT BERKsHIER, II years old,
was arrested as he stepped o # train
at Burlington, Ia. on the charge of
having kicked girl off train at
Bushnell, ILL.,, causing he to fall be-
meath the wheels, whereby her body
was cut in two.
A POSSE of deputy marshals on the
18th brought in and lodged in the Jail
at Guthrie, Ok, squad of 10 whisky
peddlers captured in the Usage reser-
walton.
THE courthouse at Taloga, Ok, has
been burned, with some of the records.
The fire was thought to have been in.
cendiary.
The Baptist congress of the United
| States convened in Nashville, Tenn,
on the 10th for three days session.
AT the ninth annual commemoration
of the hanging Of the Haymarket bomb
throwers, held at Chicago on the 18th,
Mrs. Lucy Parsons language was SO
violent that she was led from the stage
by the police.
A MESSAGE was received by Mr.. Nc.
Kinley on the 12th from Joseph w.
Babcock, chairman of the national
congressional committee at Washing
ton, saying: 1--WE have elected col
sound money republicans, sound
money democrats, i45 democrats and
populists and free silver republicans,
with tire districts in doubt, one from
Wyoming and two from South Da-
kota."
THE magnates composing the West
ern Baseball league went into session
at late hour on the 18th ut Chicago.
Ban johnson was reelected president
and the old board of directors were re-
tanned. It was agreed to keep Column
bus and Grand Rapids in the league
for another year. The schedule COM
mittee will meet in Milwaukee in
March to arrange the schedule of
games for the coming season.
WARREN B. MASON, of Chicago, was
recently killed by his folding bed. In
getting into it he Jared it and the top
fell on him, breaking his back.
I ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
AT midnight on the 18th the switch
was turned at Niagara Falls which
harnessed the mighty cataract TO
Buffalo, N. Y, and henceforth the
street cars and factory wheels will be
run by the electricity generated at
the falls and sent to Buffalo, 81 miles
distant. A salute of 81 guns was fred
when the switch was turned
The Mekesuka mission, erected by
the Seminole Indians 80 miles east of
Shawnee, Ok, at a cost Of $50, 900, was
entirely destroyed by fire.
A FEUD between the Taylor and Shell
by families in Ballard county, KY, re-
suited in the killing of two Taylors
and the fatal wounding of Merit Shelby.
WILLIAM II. Cox, the 'squatter,"
who has been trying for many years to
prove his right to $50, 600, 900 of real es-
tate along the lake shore in Chicago,
has discovered, it is claimed. that the
United states never had the right to
grant lands in the northwest territory.
If Cox succeeds in establishing his con-
tention the titles to the homes of
about 10000. 600 people in Illinois, In
diana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio
will be placed in jeopardy.
CHARLEY ALLEN, negro, was shot
to death by mob near Mckenzie.
Tenn, for ASA ulting white girl.
WILLIAM j. BRYAN delivered three
speeches in Lincoln, Neb., on the l4th
which had been previously announced
as the opening guns Of the political
campaign of 1900.
In the Vanderbilt-Tennessee football
game at Nashville, Tenn, on the 14th,
a scrimmsge occurred between the
players and good many bruises were
inflicted. The university of Tennessee
team left the field and the game went
to Vanderbilt.