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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


 WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, late general manager of the Associated press, died at his home in Lake Forest, near Chi. cago, recently. He had been sick for several days with pneumonia. GREAT demand was being made at the headquarters of all parties at Washington for literature to be used in the campaign.
 SPEAKER THOMAS B. REED opened the republican national campaign of 1896 at Alfred, Me-, on the 29th, on his renomination to congress Mir. Reed discussed the currency question from the standpoint of the republican plat form.
 THOMAS WATSON is out in strong editorial in his paper at Atlanta, Ga, [, stating his grounds for accepting the populist nomination for vice president. It is regarded as an ultimatum that he will not withdraw.
 PosTMAsTER-GENERAL WILSON has is- sued an order to all railway mail clerks directing them not to take an active interest in the political cam paign, such as attending conventions as delegates, and so on. It was eX- pressly stated that there was no desire to control their political opinions.
 A REPORT was in circulation at Wash ington on the 29th that President Cleveland had taken the preliminary steps toward converting congress in September on account of communica- tion received from Consul General Fitz- hugh Lee upon the conduct of the Weyler campaign in Cuba.
 ROBERT GARRETT, ex-president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, died at Deer Park, Md, on the 29th. In recent years he had been mentally and physically unfit to participate in any business.
 TIE official stenographer of the dem- ocratic national convention at Chicago declares that Senator Hills amend ment to the currency plank was adopt ed, although the senator believed the contract clause was defeated.
 THE national committee of the peo- ple's party has decided to make Wash ington the headquarters of the or ganization.
 A RUMoR that Queen Victoria intend ed to abdicate in favor of the prince of Wales is current in London.
 WILLIAM F. HARRITy, until recently the chairman of the democratic na- tional committee, made the announce ment at Philadelphia on the 3lst that he had retired from politics.
 THE Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution pub lished telegram from Senator James K. Jones on the 31st that he could not consider any proposition for the with drawal of Sewall, but would entertain any fair proposition for fusion on elect oral ticket.
 THE political campaign of 1896 was opened at Madison, Wis, on the 3lst in the presence of 5000 people. Senator John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, and Clarence $. Darrow, of Chicago, pre- senting the respective sides of the cur rency question.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.


 A TIDAL wave recently inundated the coast of Hai-Cha, China. Many villages were destroyed and it was estimated that at least 4,OOO people were drowned. In addition an immense number of cattle also perishcd. The rice fields were submerged and famine is feared in the district during the coming fall. A DENVER, Col, evening paper print ed an extra edition on the 2d stating licans in that city it was decided to de- mand the resignation of Senator Vol colt on account of his support to the republican national ticket
 STEPHEN PERLETRlCE. an Italian at Chicago, was trou Uled with rats and to get rid of them he caught two, poured coal oil over them, set them on fire and then let them go. His house and the adjoining one both got burned down in consequence and Perletrice is in trou- ble with the police. the insurance com panies and the humane society. AT Columbus City, Ala., Maynard Covans and Miss Proctor and Miss Bishop took refuge in an old building from a storm, when the structure col. lapsed and Mr. Covans and Miss Proc tor were instantly killed and Miss Bishop fatally injured.
 A VICIOUS hog in Benton county, Ark, during the temporary absence of Mrs. Mary smith, attacked the wom- ans infant twins and her four-year-old boy, who were playing in the yard, and killed them.
 THE Columbus Buggy Co.,, of Colum- bus, O., made an assignment on the lst. The firm had branch houses in a dozen leading cities of the country. The cause of the failure was said to be the general business depression.
 Two Choctaw Indians became in- volved in q quarrel at Krcbs, I. T., and they stabbed each other to death, lit erally cutting each other to shreds. The killing occurred in a beer joint.
 ONa ranch near Canyon City, Ore, sheepmen and cattlemen engaged in a bloody fight, resulting in the death of five men.
 Two passenger trains collided on the Illinois Central road at Birkbeck, near Clinton, ILL. on the 1st and two per- sons were killed and ten injured.
 PLANS have been perfected for an ice trust in Chicago. It will ultimately take in the dealers of all the large cities of the country.
 NAT and Tom Butler at Cambridge, Mass, broke the worlds record of 2:O3 for the unpaced tandem mile, made on the San Jose, Cal, track, by doing it in 1858 3-5.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
AN EXTRA SESSION.
A Report That Congress May Be Called
 Together in September.

A Report That Congress May Be Called
 Together in September.
 WASHINGTON, July 30-Within the past "A hours the report has been per sistently circulated that the president has already, taken the preliminary steps toward converting congress in September and it is asserted that the draft of the call is in the state department Acting Secretary Rockhill, asked this morning as to the truth of the report, fiatly refused to discuss the matter at all. The basis of the report is the commu. nication known to have been received some days ago from Consul-General Fitzhugh Lee upon the conduct of the Weyler campaign in Cuba. The report was taken by Secretary Olney to Gray Gables. The nature of the report can not be ascertained except that Gen. Lee scores Weyler roundly for con- stantly ignoring the rights of Ameri- cans and for repeated violations of the provision of the existing treaty be. tween Spain and the United States.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

LIGHTNING set fire to the barn on the dairy farm of William McGregor, west of Findlay, O., and the structure was destroyed. It contained 25 fine Jersey cows, and all efforts to save the ami. mals were unavailing and they were cremated.
 GEORGE WILSON was executed by the federal authorities in the jail yard at Fort Smith, Ark, for the murder of Zachary Thatch. He protested his in. nocence to the last.
 DISPATCHES from Mellette and other points in South Dakota stated that a terrible hailstorm swept over stretch of country GO miles long and five or six wide, beating the shocked grain to the ground and in many villages breaking all the windows on the side toward the storm.
 MRS. HENRY WEBSTER, the wife of a prominent county official, was fatally shot by John Webster, her oldest son, at La Porte, Ind, on the 3lst. The deed was committed because Mrs. Webster refused to give her son money that he demanded.
 THE United States treasury deficit for July in round numbers is SIP, 500, ,OOO. Receipts for the month were S29, 400, 900 and the expenses S42, 200, ,0O0.
 AN explosion of gun cotton in the chemical works at Maas & Waldstein at Newark, N. J., did considerable dam. age to buildings Fortunately, the ex- plosion did not occur during working hours, so there was no loss of life.
 FAILURES for the week ended the 3lst Dun's report) have been 2s1 in the United States, against 261 last year, and 40 in Canada, against 2s last year.
 GODFREY GOULD, colorcd, was lynched at Clarendon, Ark. on the 31st by party of 15G men for an assault on white woman.
 A BODY of striking miners went to the Hymera mine at Sullivan, Ind, set fire to the plant and then burned the mine below. The loss was estimated at S5O,00O.
 THE commissioner of internal reve- nue has submitted to Secretary Car. lisle preliminary report of the opera tions of his bureau during the fiscal year ended June 30 It shows that the receipts aggregated SAG, ,s3o,6i5, an in- crease of s3,5s4,537 over those of the preceding fiscal year. The expenses approximnted $4,044,3
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

Awful Disaster in q Railroad Collision at
 Atlantic City, N, J,


 ATLANTIC tITY, N. J.. July 31.-A railroad accident, horrible in its de- tails and sickening in its results. oc- cured yesterday evening just outside of this city, and as q result about 100 persons are either killed or in. jured. The Reading railroad ex. press, which left Philadelphia at $40 o'clock in the evening, for Atlantic City, crashed into a Pennsylvania rail road excursion train at the second sig nal tower, about four miles out from here. The Pennsylvania train was re. turning to Bridgeton with party of excursionists from that place, Millville and neighboring towns. ltwas loaded with passen ,ers, and q rough estimate of the killed and injured at late hour places the number at lOl It is hoped that this is an congregation, but the number is undoubtejlymore than 50.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
hood's Pills are the best af,,r ,r6irno--;,,-
A Village Bell.

For more than 20 years the ouai,. .,, town of Bowmansville, Pa, ba. t, what is known as a village bell, T. .ta 'a swung between two high upright no,a. m and was paid for by public subscr;n,;a a The leading object of its rinpipg S,Vn is a announce to farmers and other workino " people the time of day. The tlrs, Hag hag in the morning nt Bowmansville is ,h. M signal for the people to arise, and . is summer most Of the residents are on, that early. The II o'clock hell w aa nounces that it is time to leave tho fold. and prepare for dinner. A, fou, o'clock in the afternoon they nrenor, for supper when the bell rings. Tb;. bell saves the farmers and town fon.. the necessity of providing dinner bans of their own. The people in this vio;n ity rely upon it as much as other foIr,, do their watches and clocks.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
THEY STlCKs TO M'KiNLEY.

Colorado State Republican Committee
 Does Not Follow Senator Teller.
 DENVER. Col, July 30.-By a vote of AS to 3s the republican state central committee yesterday adopted the fol. lowing resolutions:
 Believing that the best interests of the United States, as we'll as the state of Colorado, demand the election of William Mckinley as president. and Garret A. Hobart as vice presi- dent of the United States, as nominated at tho St. Louis conventions: therefore, be it
 Resolved, That it is the sense of this meet ing that the commit tee shall take such steps as are necessary to place before the people of the state of Colorado for their suffrage in Novem- Der straight republican ticket, headed by re- publican electors, who will cast their vote, if opportunity offers, for Mckinley and Hobart
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
RATES MUCH TOO LOW.
The Railroads Are Handling Grain Way
 Below the Profit Mark.


 KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 3O.-There was never a time in the history of the west when the farmer was able to send his grain to market for as little as at present. There has never been time when he had so many markets from which to choose. There has never been time when there were more lines hot after his shipments, willing to consider his conveniences and afford him every advantage and &C., commodation possible. Rates have gone all to pieces, and it will be next to impossible for the compa- nies in the rate war to secure an ad- justment and restoration before the bulk of the surplus is moved and a large portion of this seasons wheat has reached the market. It is certain to be a costly fight for the lines and the glory of having won out in hot rate war will be purchased at sacri- flee of revenue,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES.
Secretary Carlisle's Views as to Their Value
 should Free Silver Be Adopted.

Secretary Carlisle's Views as to Their Value
 should Free Silver Be Adopted.
 LITTLE RoCK, Ark, July 3l.-A state- nent was widely published by the press few days ago that President G. l.. Greene, of the Connecticut Life In- surance Co.,, of Hartford, had issued & circular letter to policy holders notify ing them that in. the event that the government adopted the free coinage of silver the company would be com pelled to pay all claims in depreciated silver coin. F. w. Alsop, of this city, sent 8 clipping of this statement to Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle, with request for an expression on the subject He has received a reply from MT. Carlisle, which is in part as fol- lows:
 In case free coinage of silver should be established in this country presume insur- a1ce companies and all other institutions would continue to make their payments by checks and drafts on banks as heretofore: but, in my opinion, the whole volu me of our cur- rency would sink at once to the silver basis and these checks and drafts would be paid in silver dollars or their equivalent in gold or its equivalent as is now the case. l presume no one supposes for Q moment that 1t would be the duty of the government to attempt to keep the standard silver dollar. coined free for private individuals and corporations. equal in value to gold dollar: or, in other words, that it would be the duty of the government to attempt un- der system of free coinage to maintain the parity of the two metals The dollars would be coined on private account and delivered to private individuals and corporations as their own property, the government having no inter- est whatever in them, and being, therefore, under no obligation to sustain them by guar anteeing their value
 Under our existing system all silver dollars are coined on account of the government and are issued by the government in payment Of it's expenditures and other obligations. and 1t would be an act of bad faith, therefore, to per- init them to depreciate. Very truly.
 q CARITcTr
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

MEETING of prominent sporting men and managers of different ath- letic clubs was held in New York city to form protective league. After considerable discussion it was agreed to name the new organization the American Sporting Protective league. Its object is to promote all kinds of professional sports. The or. ganization will endeavor to take in every prominent athletic club in the United States. It will be run on the same plan as that of the National Base- ball league.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
GoRMAN NOT A BOLTER.

The Maryland Politician Will Advise Ma
 tiOnal Chairman Jones Privately.
 WASHINGTON, July 3l.-Senator Cor. man, whose long experience as a cam. paign manager would make his serv. ices almost invaluable to the new com. mittee, has agreed to give to Senator Jones the benefit of his counsel and advice. He does not. however. it is un. derstood, desire any official connect tion with the committee. but if the head. quarters are located here he will be constantly in close touch with the work as it progresses.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

THE demand on the treasury depart nent for the new Sl silver certificates is something unprecedented and has already taxed the bureau of engraving and printing much beyond its capacity. These notes are being issued at the rate of s4o,OOo a day. Many bankers have offered gold for them, and it was said that they were rated at premium in Wall street. Owing to the limited stock on hand the treasury is able only to issue them at present in redemption of old and worn out silver certificates The new g. and S5 silver certificates will be ready for issue soon.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

TIE figures given out by the agri- cultural department for July indicate that the year 1896 will be record- breaker so far as crops are concerned. Corn promises 9, ,154 ,6OO, 900 bushels this year, or 3,40O,0O0 bushels in excess of last year. Wheat is figured at 434, 776,- GOO against 467, l02, 947 last year. Cotton stands better, according to the July estimate, than in any year since 1887; it is three points higher than 1894, the year of the largest crop ever grown. The condition of tobacco is given at ".5 per cent, against s5.9 last year; potatoes % per cent, against 91.5, and oats and rye away above last year.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

INSURANCE against non-employment is an accomplished fact in Cologne. Workingmen who have resided two years in that city and are over IS years old can join the society. The dues are Six cents per week. If no employment can be procured for member during the dull season, 50 cents per day are paid to him if married, 3S cents if sim gle. The city has started guaranty fund for the society with S6.OOO, to which Sl4, 800 have been added by sub- scription among employers. The so. ciety hopes to enroll enough members to meet all liabilities likely to occur.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

THE Pennsylvania railroad has cap- ital Of ss57,o75,6o 600 and l5,43O miles of track, which traverse 13 states. It has 3,75G locomotives, which consume 2O.- 900 tons of coal day, and make runs equal to the distance around the globe every two hours. It has 3,935 passen. ger cars, l54,0o0 freight cars, $50 Pull. man cars and 241 other cars. making total of l5s,5a4 cars, which make a Journey equal to the circumference of the earth in every eight minutes. The .o.ai annual revenue of the road is slSS' S'Ooo' 'oOo-equal to Ss72.5 .5O6 day and sl5,5s5 every hour of the day and night. It has over lO0, 900 employees.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

MIR T. RUDDIMAN JOHNSTON, a fellow of the Royal Geographical society, is going to erect in London terrestrial globe which will show the earth's sur face on a scale of about eight miles to the inch. This means that the globe will have a diameter of 80 feet, or about double that of the big globe which was exhibited at the Paris expo. sition in 1889. Every geographical feature of importance will be shown and named, as we'll as every city and town having 300 inhabitants or more. This miniature world will be examined from spiral gallery, the globe slowly revolving.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
No Active Part in the Campa,pn.

WASHINGTON, July 30-Postmaster. G9peral Wilson has issued an order to alIrailway mail clerks directing them not to take an active interest in the political campaign, such as would be involved in their attending political conventions as delegates, making political speeches or assisting in the management of political campaigns. The postmaster-generars circular ex- presslv states that he does not desire to control their opinions on political matters.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
CLOUDsURST IN OHIO.
Two Hundred Persons Rendered Homeless
 by n Torrent of Water.

by n Torrent of Water.
 STEUBENvILLE. o, July 3l.-A severe storm, like cloudburst, occurred west of this city yesterday afternoon about four o'clock and within q period of 30 minutes n mighty torrent of water had spread de>olation along both Par mars and Fishers runs in the lower part of this city. No live, were lost, as persons along the creeks who saw the water coming down the valley ran from house to house warning the people. Everybody fed. many wading knee deep in water from their house to the hills which line both sides. Two hundred people were homeless last night as q result of the flood. The damage will aggregate all of s2O0,O
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
A Ten-Thousand-Year C,ocr

Herr A. Noil. of Berlingen, Germany has invented clock that will run rG 900 years without being would up, oftcr it is once set going. It is also provided with hands which will correctly noin, to all the changes of the moon, days nt the week. months, etc. from now until the end of the year l1,s96 A.D
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

AFTER devoting year to experi- ments Tesla announces that electricity can be transferred as a motive power without loss over distance of at least 800 miles
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
MT, Bryan's Notification.

LINCOLN, Neb., July 3o-Upon re- ceipt of intelligence from New York that the hall at Madison Square gar den could be secured for that date, a!r. Bryan announced that he will re- ceive the notification committee of the democratic national convention there August la
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
4 "CHUTE" ACCIDENT.
Four Children Killed at Sunday Schoo
 Picnic In Knoxville, Tenn

Four Children Killed at a Sunday School
 Picnic in Knoxville, Tenn.
 KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 3l.-A terri ble fatality occurred at Lake Ottozee, a summer resort, five miles from this city, yesterday afternoon. A Sunday school picnic was in progress and the recently.erected ''chutes'' were doing a good business. As one of the boats came down the chute, having aboard 13 small children, a row boat crossed its path as it struck the water and four occupants of the row boat were killed or injured,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

MEXICAN veterans will celebrate the 5Oth anniversary of the war on August 19 and 20 at Vandalia, H., the home of Ferris Forman, the only living colonel of that war;
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
BIG SPORTING SCHEME.
A National Organization to Promote A
 Kinds of Pr0fessional Srnr4

A NHtfUhHI OrEan1ZatiOn to PrOmOte AlI
 Kinds of Professional Sport.
 NEW YORK, July 3l.-A meeting of prominent sporting men and managers Of different athletic clubs was he Id in this city to form protective league. After considerable discussion it was agreed to name the new organization the American Sporting Protective league. Its object is to promote all kinds of professional sports. The or. ganization will endeavor to take in every prominent athletic club in the United Sta es It will be run on the same plan ns that of the National Base. ball league
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

REV. MR. BALDWIN, of Scotland, S. D., recently performed unique mar. riage ceremony, about 700 miles sep. arating the contracting parties. The bride was at Scotland and the groom was at q point in Indiana, the cere- mony being performed by telegraph.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

Co., TAYLOR, of Chicago, recently wired acceptance of the challenge of w. w. Hamilton, of Denver, Col holder of the worlds mile bicycle rec ord, for a race between Hamilton and Joe Patchen over mile course. The race will take place some time in Au- gust. and, unless other arrangements are made, it will be in Chicago.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
Fell into n Cistern.

ALTON, H.. July 30-Paul Ceiling, aged five years, was drowned yesterday evening. With some other children he was play 'ug in Q neighbours yard, and sat on a rickety cistern box and the lid caved in.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

AN untamed swallow, which had it's nest in farm near Chetwynd, Eng, was caught and taken in cage to Lon- don, where it was released. It returned to its nest in so minutes, having ac- complished a distance of l45 miles at the rate of nearly two miles minute.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

THE consumption of horse and don- key meat in Paris is rapidly increasing. The records show that 30,O0O horses were used for food in that city in 1895.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

BRAZIL, Ind, July 3O.-John Clark Ridpath, of Greencastle, the historian, was yesterday nominated for congress by exclamation by democrats of the Fifth Indiana district.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

IT is the opinion of Connecticut ex- perts that more .than half the coffee sold in this country is sham and a swindle
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

THERE are 334, GOO hairs on the human body. Prof. Charles Stewart, an Eng fish scientist, says he has counted them,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

TIE Seth man was recently hanged on the gallows at Fort smith, Ark, by the federal authorities
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06
CURRENT COMMENT.

IT has been estimated that the nn- thracite coal supply will be exha usted in 100 years,