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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
THE BIG FIGHT.
Preparations for the Meeting Between
Fitzsimmons and Maher Being Pushed.

Preparations for the Meeting Between
Fitzsimm and Maher Being Pushed.
Ell PAso, Tex, Feb. 1O.-Bob Fitz-
simmons and Peter Maher will meet in
the ring in spite of official action, and
there is strong proba bility that several
Of the other carnival events will take
place. Dan Stuart SO declares and the
preparations are being made as though
no bar had been placed upon the events.
The only effect of the action at Wash
ington has been to make the promoter
and his associates more secretive as to
the plans. AT midnight Saturday
much of the paraphernalia for the
mills was taken from the city. Great
care was taken to keep the matter
quiet. The material presume bly,
went across the border into Mexico at
point north of here.
At meeting of Dan Stuart and his
lieutenants it was decided that on
the day of the big fight Bat Masterson
will be given charge of the train and
will have 100 men under his orders.
Jim Bates was given charge of the
equipment and Secretary Wheelock
was made master of transportation.
The New Mexico border is protected
by a posse of deputy sheriffs. At
Juarez, Mex, there are five companies
of Mexican national infantry, two of
the companies having been transferred
to the Juarez barracks within the past
ten lay,;
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
TRAINS WRECKED.
Stock and Passenger Trains Collide Near
Hannibal, Mo.

Stock and Passenger Trains Collide Near
Hannibal, Mo.
HANNIBAL, Mo-, Feb. iO.-Fifteen
persons were more or less seriously
hurt, and one cannot recover, as the
result of a collision at l2:4O o'clock
yesterday afternoon, between an east
bound Wabash stock train and St.
Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern pas
senger train coming south. The COLI
sion occurred near atunnel, one mile
north of this city. The stock train,
which had just emerged from the tun-
mel, struck the passenger train, crush
ing in the side of the ladies' coach and
throwing it over an embankment,
almost into the Mississippi river.
There were Is passengers in the coach,
and that none was killed is miracu-
lous fact. All were more or less bruised.
but only the following were hurt seri-
ously: II. f. Hudwell. Of St. Paul,
Mimi, arm crushed; Miss Eva Petit,
Hannibal, Mo-, eyebrow badly cut;
Miss NJ. Whitley, Quincy, ILL.,, hip
fractured, recovery doubtful; j. C.
Cohen. stockman, Minneapolis, head
cut; Mrs. Triester and son. Hannibal,
both cut about the head; d. c. Web
ster, engineer Wabash train, knee in
iured
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


THE right of the women CT Ohio to
vote for members of school boards was
sustained by close decision of the su-
preme court at Columbus on the 18th.
THE president on the 7th signed the
bill prohibiting prize fighting in the
territories and District of Columbia.
WILLIAM Ii. ENGLISH died at Indian
apolis, Ind, from infammatory rheu-
matism, superinduced by an attack Of
the grip. He ran for vice president on
the democratic ticket with Winfield L
Hancock ut the head in 1880.
GEN. JOHN GIBBoN, the famous Indian
fighter, died at Baltimore, Nd, re-
Gently, of pneumonia, aged 6s.
A MOVEMENT was reported among
leading republican politicians of Indi.
ana to send eX.President Harrison to
the national convention ut st. Louis
Us one of the delegates at large.
The local option bill was defeated in
the lower house of the Ohio legislature
at Columbus and the senate passed q
bill to increase the liquor tax to $500.
THE National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial union, which has been in
session at Washington, adjourned on
the 9th. The ''sub-treasury PLAN" to
which the alliance has been committed
for a number Of years, and the demand
for an increase Of the circulating me-
dunn to $50 per capita were eliminated
from the platform.
WILLIAM r. MORRISON, interstate
commerce commissioner. has denied
the report that he had sent tho Illinois
democratic leaders word that the free
silver idea must be abandoned or that
he would refuse to be candidate for
the democratic presidential nomina-
ton.
SENATOR MARION BUTLER has issued
an address calling for the organization
of the silver party in North Carolina
which has caused somewhat of a sem
sation.
EDWIN F. UHL assistant secretary OF
state, has been rendered the post Of
ambassador to Germany, to succeed
the late Theodore Runyon.
GEN. CAMPos, in an interview ut
Corunna, Spain, declared that the
troubles in Cuba should be ended
either by force of arms or the grant
ing of Cuban autonomy If necessary,
as the island could no longer provide
the necessary expenses for further
warfare.
THE National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial union met at Washington on
the 4th, nearly every state being rep
resented. j. +. Willets, of Kansas, was
president
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
FArrENINa HOGS COSTS ON,

PATCHING HOGS COSTS ONE
The editor recently heard of fa Nf.
fattening hogs at less than one aa nier
pound. This was made possible throusa
the sowing of Salzer's King Ra,,s h
yielding over 100 blu. per acre Co,sy'
Triumph Corn. yielding 200 bu u
acre. and the feeding on Sand v., per
Teosinte, Hundredfold Peas, etc S'
with such yields, the growing of how W'
more profitable than a silver mino '@
Salzer's catalogue is full o, No..
things for the farmer, gardener and or
izen, and the editor believes tba. y
would pay everybody hundred. II
get Salzer's catalogue before nurob. -
ing seeds. 4"S'
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND srr,..
with 10 cents postage to the Jobn .
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis ta a.
will mail you their mammoth seed c.t.
logue and 10 samples of grasses ~,
grains, including above corn and H." u
ley. Catalogue alone, Sc postage IA
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
DUEL WITH KNIVES.
Fearful Fight between Brothers at
Family Christening.

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Family Christening.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10 Carl Dah!ke and
Herman Dahlke, brothers, fought q
frightful duel to the death with knives
last night in the rear of No. POS Black
hawk street, the home of their sister,
Mrs William Stuy. There had been a
family gathering for the christening
of babe, when the brothers quar-
relied. Get out your knife" cried
Herman, land come into the yard. "
Pushing the women away, the two
men sprang down the steps to the
yard in the rear of the house. Each
had keen-bladed pocketknife in his
hand, and with screams of anger
jumped at one another like tigers. In
a moment they were slashing and cut
ting in fury.
Suddenly Herman gave a scream OF.
agony. Carps knife had shone under
the window-light for an instant, and
then was buried almost to the hilt in
Herman's head, entering at the left
eye. The unfortunate man foil to the
ground writing in agony. In the
meantime the whole neighborhood had
been aroused by the wailing of the
women and the children's cries of fear.
Men and women were ranged about
the fence, watching the deadly duel
between the brothers, but no one had
the temerity to attempt to interfere. A
policeman arrived just too late to
catch Carl red-handed with his
hrnthar.s h1n1I A child had 10
the corner and informed him, but after
Herman had fallen Carl jumped over
the fence and made his escape.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
Train Blown from the Track.

GEORGETOWN, Col, Feb. 10--The reg.
ular passenger train which left Denver
at eight o'clock yesterday morning
was blown from the track half a mile
from the depot here at 1910 o'clock.
Fren Van Sicklen, of Chicago, editor
of Fowler Truth, a bicycle paper, was
badly cut about the head. Mrs. Van
Sicklen, e. A. Eager, of the Union
Manufacturing Co., Toledo; S. C. Gil
lard, of the Dunlop Tire Co., Boston,
and j. p. Dazy, of the Referee, a
bicycle paper, were all more or less
hurt. The train was blown over at a
point within 1900 feet of where SINH.
lar accidents have occurred several
times before.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

Mr.. SPERRY's bill to provide for de-.
livery of letters in towns and other
places where no free delivery exists
says that whenever not less than 20
persons who receive their mail matter
through the same post office petition
the postmaster at such Office to appoint
carriers to deliver and collect the mail
from such person the postmaster is to
do So The carrier is to receive from
the person to whom the mail is deliv.
cred compensation agreed on, and if
no agreement is made, they may de-
mand not exceeding one cent for each
letter. They are to receive no other
compensation.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
.ADDITIONALD DISPATCHES.

PETER L. ATKINS took Maud Kelley
out driving on the night of the 9th.
They crossed Waikiki river near Mid
dleton, N. Y, and in the darkness At
kins drove off the road into flooded
meadow. A man went to their assist
ance with lantern, but could not sue
cor them and the two succumbed to
the intense cold and sank beneath the
flood after an hours suffering.
THE schooner Florida, coal laden,
was discovered half mile off Sails
bury beach, near Amesbury, Mass, in
sinking condition on the 9th. The
life-saving crew attempted to reach
the vessel with line but failed, and
seven men were drowned.
FIRE started from an unknown cause
and burned an unoccupied cottage at
Brooklyn to the ground on the 9th.
Later in the day while crowd was
viewing the ruins the chimney fell
without warning and instantly killed
two children and seriously injured a
man.
JAMES HENDRY, IA years old, stabbed
and killed his older sister, Sallie, at
Greenville, Tenn, on the 9th. The
boy became angry because she would
not prepare his supper quick enough
and plunged knife into her abdomen.
FREDERICK ZUERsT, living near Cush-
ing, Ok, who has been beating his wife
and children brutally of late, was
dragged from his bed by u dozen
masked men, tied to tree and given
100 lashes on his bare back. He was
then informed that if he kept up his
brutality he would be hanged next
time.
THE derailing of truck on a Cleve-
land, Canton G. Southern mixed train
near Dell Roy, O., on the 9th threw a
passenger coach down an embankment
and the car caught fire. Eight persons
were severely injured and miner was
badly burned.
AT a church in Clifton Prairie, Tex.
the Williams boys met the Walker
boys on the 9th and there was a fight
between them, pistols being freely
used. One of the Walkers was killed
outright and several on both sides
were seriously wounded. 1t was the
climax to a feud of long standing.
CARL DAHLKE and Herman Dahllxe
brothers, fought frightful duel with
knives at Chicago. There had been n
family gathering for the christening
of a babe, when the brothers quar-.
relied and Carl buried his knife in Her.
mans head, entering ut the left eve,
and the unfortunate man fell to the
ground in agony Carl then made his
escape.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

JOHN B. ROBINSON, of South Africa,
Is thought to be the richest man in the
world. His fortune is estimated at
$3.50, OOO,O 900. In 1878 Robinson was in
debt. He had kept grocery store in
the Orange Free State, but he could
not make both ends meet He and his
wife begged their way for 300 miles to
imberly. Here Robinson laid the
foundation of his enormous fortune by
picking up a rough diamond worth
81, 200. His ambition now is to be
worth 81, 900, 600, 900.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
FIVE YEARS FOR COLEAN.
Embezzling Cashier of the Fort Scott State
Bank Sents need.


Bank Sentenced.
FORT SCOTT, Kan, Feb. l0.-J. R.
Colean, who a few days ago pleaded
guilty to the embezzlement of $1,000
from the State bank, although his
shortage amounts to $5l, 1000, was sem
fenced to five years at hard labor in
the penitentiary. Before receiving his
sentence he made his first statement
since being arrested. He said that al
though some believed that he had some
of his stealings hidden, it was not so,
and that he was penniless. He then
broke down and sobbed piteously, al
though his wife tried to comfort him.
While delivering the sentence Judge
Walter L. Simons took occasion to con.
denim vigorously the inequality of the
present state law which places the
maximum penalty for ENLIGHTENMENT
at five years, while the maximum PEN
atty for burglary is ten years.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

EGBERT BoRCHGREvINK, the Norwe-
rian explorer, is arranging an expe.
aition to the south pole next winter.
The scheme that the explorer has in
hand is to travel over 100 miles inland
on snow shoes and sledges, with three
Norwegian companions, till he reaches
the south magnetic pole. He expects
that it will take him more than two
years to do so. He says n commercial
company has been formed in England
for the purpose of whaling and this
company has agreed to send out an ex-
petition next September. Eleven
scient lists are to go with the expedition.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

THE news comes from Brandenburg
Germany, of discovery which excites
the deepest interest in scientific, com
mercial and industrial circles. Dr.
selle has contrived a Photographic in
strnment which will in minute details
reproduce the various colors of objects,
persons and landscapes brought within
a specified range of the camera, the
colors losing none of their original
brilliancy and shade. DIR. Selle sent n
number of photographs in colors of
rose bushes, peacocks, crazy quilts and
tropical butterflies to some experts for
their examination, which we're greatly
admired.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

The cattle growers of the United
States will probably have to encounter
in the not remote future vigorous
competition in the European markets
from Australia That land of vast
areas of cheap grazing lands is capa-
BILE of producing an enormous supply
of meat and the quantity is increasing
from year to year. Shipments of live
cattle from Australia to Europe have
not been very successful. but it is said
that chilled beef has been sent from
Sydney to Liverpool in such good con-
dition as to sell in the markets at the
prices obtained for beef shipped from
Chicago.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
Went Over an Embankm

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. TO- THE derail.
ing of a truck on Cleveland, Canton
& Southern mixed train near Dell Roy,
O., late yesterday afternoon threw n
passenger coach down an embank-
ment. The car caught fire. Eight
persons were severely injured and one,
J. Il. Trip, miner, was badly burned.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

ANTHONY CoMsToCK, of the Society
for the Suppression of Vice, will ask the
New York legislature to pass bill
prohibiting the appearance in public
of women in knee dresses, tights,
boomers and all feminine raiment.
Living pictures, burlesque shows and
comic operas are also to be suppressed
by the Comstock bill, which has for it's
object the elevation of the American
stage
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE clearing house returns for the
week ended February 8 for the follow
ing cities were: New York. $500, s62, POS;
Chicago, Ss4, s65, 45l; St Louis, S23, sO3,-
600; Kansas City, S9,6O4, 765; st. Joseph,
81, 262, 600; Topeka, Si52, AS; Wichita,
S3sS, 679; Omaha, S4,4l7,494.
AN unknown man was decapitated by
the wheels of a Hannibal & st. Joseph
train on the river bridge at Quincy,
has been impossible on account of the
fact that the head fell into the Mis-
sissippi.
STANHoPE RoYsTER, who shot and
killed Banker Mcfarland for betray-
ing his daughter, was acquitted of
murder after weeks trial at Boone,
Ia. The jury was only out five min
utes. When the verdict was announced
men aud women rose to their feet and
cheered, hats were thrown in the air
and handkerchiefs waved in every
hand.
THE Congregational church in Au-
burn, Mass, founded in 1776, has been
destroyed by fire.
THE treasury officials on the 18th
completed the computation Of bids Of
fered for the new bond issue, from
which it appears that the amount of
bids above that of j. P. Morgan and his
associates (sl106s70 was 500, 7ss, $50,
and that the amount which will be
awarded to the syndicate therefore will
be S33,21l,35o, or approximately one
third Of the whole issue. The number
of successful bidders was 7sl.
JOE MERRIFIELD, aged IL, shot his
brother, aged seven, with Winchester
rifle at Hedrick, Ia, on the 18th, and
then blew the top of his own head off.
The father had left the boys together
in the house and they quarreled. When
neighbors came in both boys lay dead
on the floor.
RECENTLY the women of Black Jack,
Tex, called on two men there who
sold whisky and malt tonic and asked
refusal large body Of women gathered
at the Baptist church and from there
walked into the houses where the
whisky was sold and began the work
of destruction with axes, hatchets and
hammers, totally destroying all they
could lay their hands on.
THE failures for the week ended
February Dun's reporD were 1928 in
the United States, against PSI last
year, and CO in Canada, against So last
year.
BENJAMIN RATCLIFF, the slayer of
the entire school board of jefferson
district, Park county, Col, was hanged
at the penitentiary at Canon City on
the night of the 7th.
ROBBERS entered the home of Mr..
Casper Wagner, near Pittsburgh, Pa,
and bound him and then held lighted
matches under the bare feet of his wife
to compel one Of. them to tell the
whereabouts of their wealth. The
husband finally told them where to
find it and the robbers, after getting
it, then tortured Mr.. Wagner to see if
they could extort any more. Mrs.
Wagner was reported dying from her
injuries.
THE sultan of Turkey has replied to
the autograph letter of Queen Victoria,
which, it is understood, was a personal
appeal to the better nature of the sui
tan against the condition of Asia
Minor. The sultan sympathizes with
the humane sentiments expressed and
declares that the reports of the mas
sacres were spread by evil disposed
persons. He also asserted that it YVES
the Turks who were first attacked
while praying in the mosque.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

Mr.. Cyrus Edison, who was at one
time the commissioner of health OF
the city and county Of New York,
has made discovery which, it is
said, may solve the problem of the
cure of consumption. After numer-
Gus experiments he has produced a
fluid which he calls aseptolin. 1t con.
tains 2. rs per cent. of carbolic acid, and
to every ounce of it there is added one
hundredth OF grain of a new salt called
pilocarpin- phenly-hydTox;de. The ssep'
tolin is injected under the skin and
into the blood. 1t has also cured every
case of malaria and la grippe in wbic'
1t has been tried.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
FEE SYSTEM MUST GO.
United States MarshaIs and Attorneys WI
Soon lie Placed on Salaries.

NVWttS VIII
Soon lie Placed on Salaries.
WASHINGTON. Feb. TO- The sub-com-
mittee of the judiciary committee hav-
ing in charge the bill to abolish the
fee system for the payment of officers
of the United States courts decided to
recommend that the bill, as amended.
pass. The bill, as changed by the sub.
committee, and as it will be reported,
will provide that all fees be turned in
to the government; that United States
attorneys and marshals shall receive
from $4,000 to s5,ooOa year, the amount
to be based on the amount of business
transacted.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
GREW OF SEVEN DROWNED.
Schooner Florida Goes to Pieces on the
Massachusetts Coast.

AMEsBURY, Mass, Feb. TO- - The
schooner Florida, coal laden for an
eastern port, was discovered half a
mile off Salisbury beach, in a sinking
condition. The Plum Island saving
crew attempted to reach the vessel
with a line but failed. At ten o'clock
the Florida went to pieces, when the
masts gave way, letting the seven oc.
cupants into the sea. Two of the bodies
were washed ashore. The life.saving
crew could do nothing, as no boaI
could stand the sea.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
English Was Wealthy.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 10-The
funeral of William H. English occurred
from English's hotel, the late residence
of the deceased, yesterday afternoon
and was one of the largest ever held
in this city. Mr.. English was the
wealthiest man in the city, his prop.
erty being estimated at from IS, 900. 600
To Al. 600. 900.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
A "New Woman" Not Wanted.

CHICAGO, Feb 1O.-Voters of Edison
park Saturday decided that they did
not want new woman" for police
magistrate. The town has 81 voters
Fifty-three turned out, and Of these 81
voted against Miss Florence King and
% for her. The 'horrid man" who
captured the prize is Charles A. WHEEL.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
A FATAL RIDE.
A Young Couple Drive into Nine Feet of
Water and Are Drowned.

'''s''' 's'''t ''f' H1'""HOU'
MIDDLETowN, n. Y, Feb. l0.-Peter
L. Atkins took Maud Kelley, aged 81.
out driving last night They crossed
Waikiki river Mt Hoskin's bridge, and
in the darkness Atkins drove off the
road into the flooded meadow. The
water was nine feet deep and the two
stood on the seat of the wagon calling
for help. A Frenchman named Baupre
went to their assistance with a Ian
tern, but when the water reached his
hips he was obliged to retire. The
two succum bed to the intense cold and
both sank beneath the flood after an
hours suffering.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

THE New York World recently stat.
ed that naval officers in that city
and Brooklyn declared that it was
the intention of the government to
place the navy on as complete war
footing as possible in time Of peace
and demonstrate what the United
States can do in the way Of a coast de-
Tense fleet to guard our shores, both
on the Pacific and the Atlantic.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

LONDON, Feb. lot has been noted
that there will be strong bimetallic
representation in the next parliament.
The committee now numbers 1875 men,
bers and is much stronger than ever
before. The bimetallic question, it is
said, will certainly come before parlia-
ment during the month of March.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
TO EXTEND PENSION LAWS.

Congressman Clark, of Missouri, Has Bill
to Include Officers and Privates of the
Militia.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Congressman
Clark, of Missouri, introduced a bill in
the house which provides that the
present provisions of existing pension
laws be extended to officers and pri-
Yates, their widows and children and
dependent fathers and mothers of
militia men raised in the states
from 1861 to 1865, who performed
service to the United States, or
were subject to call for period of 90
days. 1t is also provided that certifi-
cate of discharge from either the state
or federal government shall be prima
facie evidence of service rendered, and
shall entitle the person named therein
or his heirs to receive u pension.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
TWO CHILDREN KILLED,
Caught Under a Falling Chimney While
Viewing tho Ruins Of "A Fire.

Caught Under Falling Chimney While
Viewing the Ruins OF u Fire.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 10.-Two children
were instantly killed and one young
man seriously injured as the result of
fire which occurred on Fort Hamil-
ton avenue. The cottage was unoccu-
pied and the fire started from an I'M
known cause and the building was
burned to the ground. Later in the
day while crowd of children and 9th.
ers were viewing the ruins the Chin
ney fell without warning, burying the
three mentioned.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

LINDsBoRG, Kan, Feb 1O.-The
Bethany college people and the citi-
zens of Lindsborg are jubilant over the
gift of fine $1,000 three-manuel pine
organ, donated by the well.known M.
+. Moller, of Hagerstown, Md
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13
Very Awkward Indeed.

This is precisely the kind of mistake
man makes If he turns out' on the T 49,
side Of the road when a vehicle comn ao ny
ward him. No less absurd is the error "
the individual who takes drastic medici,ooSS
to relieve his liver. That organ is on the
right side, and the road to its relief is Hos.
adapted to the relief OF dyspepsia, cons,im S'
ton, kidney and rheumatic ailments r a%,
malaria. "nu
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Feb. 10-Gov.
Stone has offered reward of $500 for
the arrest and conviction of the rob-
bers who held up the Missouri Pacific
freight near Nevada, January Is
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-02-13

A RUSH of miners for the gold fields
of Alaska is reported from the largo
cities on the Pacific coast. Some Of
the prospectors say there is more gold
in Alaska than in south Africa, and
that the precious metal in our Arctic
territory is widely distributed.