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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
NOT VERY GOOD PAY.
Methodist Theological Students Borrow
 L.avlshly and Pay Stintediy.

Methodist Theological Students Borrow
 Lavlshly and Pay stintediy.
 CLEVELAND, O., May 11.-Since 1873 the board of education of the Metho' dist church has been loaning to indi. gent, deserving students money with which to complete their studies neces. sary to make Methodist ministers or missionaries The loans were for long times and on easy payments. Rev. Dr. Charles H. Payne, of New York city, the corresponding secretary of the board, presented in pamphlet form a report upon these loans, embracing the entire g years during which they have been given. This report showed that S603, 900 had been paid to students and that only the sum of S5o,6O0 had been returned. At the meeting of the conference committee on educa' tion this matter came up in the form of a motion for a subcommittee to look into this appar. ently extraordinary state of affairs. Gen. James l.. Rusling. of New Jersey, declared that the loan system was evidently turning Methodist divinity students into paupers and that it i'm. paired their usefulness and was bad thing in all ways. Rev. J. H. Clenden. ing, of Fort Smith, Ark, said that he could scarcely believe his senses when the figures were placed before him. The effect of the system on the stu dents could not, he said, be other than disastrous. Men who would not pay their debts, he declared, were not fit to be Methodist ministers.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
HALF A MILLION LOSS.
Big Fire In Ashland, Wis.-Three or Four
 Men Burned to Death.

Big Fire In Ashland, Wis.-Three or Four
 Men Burned to Death.
 ASHLAND, Wis, May 1L-This city experienced great fire yesterday. Half a million dollars worth of milling property and lumber went up in flames. The Shore Lumber Co.'S mills the largest on Chaequamegon bay, is a smoldering ruin, together with sev- eral thousand feet of lumber dock, upon which was piled l9, GOO, 900 feet of lumber. The fire started in w. R. Durfee's lumber dock. The mill was surrounded by water, with wooden tramways leading to the shore. When the flames burst out in great volume and enveloped the mill and dock all the men but four succeeded in reach. ing the tramways The origin of the fire is still mystery. but it is pre- sumed that a spark from some cm. ploye's pipe started the fire. Figured approximately, the loss on milling property and docks will reach S275, OO0; on lumber. S22s, 900. The bodies of three men have already been recovered and another man is missing.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has further amended the civil service rules by ar order issued on the sth bringing into the classified service the interstate commerce commission, which will em' brace about l4O persons.
 THE Indiana republican convention at Indianapolis on the 7th instructed its delegates for Mckinley, the ex. pected tussle between the Harrison and Mckinley factions not taking place. Gen. Harrison did not visit the convention. The platform declared for sound money, favoring bimetallism on an international basis and condemn ing the free and unlimited coinage o1 silver at sixteen to one.
 THE democratic state convention met at Nashville, Tenn, on the 7th. II was free silver convention from start to finish. Ex-Gov. Robert L. Taylor was nominated for governor.
 THE prohibitionists of Arkansas held their state convention at Little Rock on the 7th. The platform adopted favors free silver, woman suffrage, government ownership of railroads, telegraphs and telephones, and con. tains the usual prohibition plank.
 THE democratic convention at Tren. ton, N. J., on the 7th declared for a gold money standard and warmly in. dorsed President Clevelaud's admins, tration. No effort was made to in. struct the delegates
 THE republicans of Michigan met in state convention at Detroit The dele. gates were instructed for Mckinley. Both the gold plank submitted by the majority and the silver plank submit ted by the minority were squelched and the money plank of the Minneapo- lis platform of 1899 was substituted.
 IT was rumored at Washington that ex-Postmaster-Gener lWanamaker was angling for the vice presidency.
 GEN. LEFEvRE, for many years dem- ocratic congressman from Ohio, said to a New York Journal reporter that con- ference of democrats had been held in Washington at which it was ar ranged to nominate Cleveland at the democratic national convention in July. He said that Pattison, Russell, Dickinson, Carlisle and others were simply stalking horses for Cleveland, and that they were bent on nominating Cleveland and the federal patronage had been used to defeat the silver dem ocrats in Michigan and elsewhere so as to insure a sound money plat form on which Cleveland could run.
 Col. NORTH, the nitrate king" one of the richest men in the world, died suddenly in London on the 5th.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
WISCONSIN, GOT FIRST.
Result of the Interstate Orstorical Contest at WarreDsburg.

Result of the Interstate OratorIcal Contest at WarroBsburg.
 WARRENsBURs, Mo-, May a-The In. terstate League of State Normal Schools, composed of the states of Kansas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri, held its first annual orator. ical contest at the normal chapel in this city yesterday evening. Harold D. Hughes, of Wisconsin, was awarded first honors andsa $50 check. l. J. Bradford, of Kansas, came in for sec ond place and received check for S30; Illinois was third, Iowa fourth and Missouri last
 The decision did not please the audi ence and number of misses were heard. At the announce nent of the winner there was faint applause, which gradually diminishoi in vol tune as the man who announced the decision proceeded down the list, and when the last man was named the drop of a pin could be heard. Many prominent peo- pie in the audience expressed the opin- ion that Illinois and Kansas should have received first and second honors, respectively. The next contest will be held at Emporia, Kan. The judges were: On thought and composition, Rev. J. A. Hinsdale, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Ella c. Sabin, Fox Lake, Wis; Isaac Loos, Iowa City, Ia.; Prof. Gilbert, St. Paul, Minn.; Prof. J. H. Freeman, Aurora, Ill. On delivery, Prof. H. c. Fellows, of Topeka, Kan; Prof. E. D. Thorp. Kansas City Mo; Dr. Joseph Robbins, Quincy, Ill.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
PULLMAN WILL CONTROL.
His Friends in South Carolina Have Carrie
 the Democratic Primaries.

His Friends in South Carolina Have Carried
 the Democratic Primaries.
 WASHINGTON, May 9-Democratic county conventions have been held ip every county in South Carolina to elect delegates to the state convention, which meets on the 18th of this month. The free silver men carried every coun- ty but three. and in one of these the delegation was divided. The bolting idea predominated in all but few of the counties. While no open instruc- tions in favor of bolt were given the county delegates, resolutions against bolting were tabled wherever intro- duced. Senator Tillman's course was approved in nearly all of the conven. tions. Tillman and his friends will have complete control of the state con- vention.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

MICHAEL WELSH, Dan Morrison, Mary
 Berry, and Maggie Calder went out in boat on the lake at Chicago and Mir.
 Welsh and Miss Berry were drowned and the other two were only saved after an exciting struggle in the water. The overturning of the boat was due to the hilarity of Welsh, who persisted in rocking the craft in fun.
 THERE was reported to be a general demand in Spain for the execution of filibusters captured on the schooner Competitor. The carrying out of the death sentence was said to be delayed, however, owing to the representations of the United States government. The situation was decidedly critical NEAR Eastman's Mills, Ala, Redden H. Williams, a prominent white farm CT. was lynched by mob of 40 masked white men for making an assault on his 16-year-old daughter. The man was being taken back to jail by an off, ficer, after a preliminary hearing, when the mob took the prisoner from him and hanged him to tree. L'ANsE, Mich, has been practically wiped out by fire, the L'Ause Lum Der Co.'s mill and nearly all the business houses in the place being burned. Two hundred persons were made homeless. The total loss is placed at S25O, ,OOO; small insurance. The mill had been idle for several days owing to strike. At Nunising, Alger county, the entire population was reported fighting flames in an effort to save the town, and forest fires were raging in several other counties.
 No CARS were run at Milwaukee on the 10th and there was no rioting. The strikers. nearly 1000 in number, pa- raded the streets in the morning. The strike was believed to be practically over, the company having all the men it required to operate its cars and re- |fusing to treat with the strikers in any way.
 THE steamer Monowai has brought news to San Francisco of the whole |sale massacre of traders and mission |aries by natives of the islands of Man. hing straits and Solomons The mas- sacre was followed by acts of canni- balism. Many missions have been abandoned as the result of the atroci- ties of the natives.
 HALF million dollars worth of mill. ing property and lumber went up fu flames at Ashland, Wis, on the 10th. It is presumed that a spark from some employees pipe started ihe fire. Three men were burned in the Ire and their bodies afte erward recovered.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
A PARsoN AND A p,o

""s' "ss Enectivei in One Gas. w.
 m the Other. Tried
 A poor woman came to ,ha
 the parish with the request. parsou ..r of Passn' my old SOW be took cr0., s,'ease, wish, now, you'd be so cooS Sei bad. come and say a prayer over ber as to-
 "A prayer! Goodness presarI
 cannot come and pray over a eas ai [ ble." no' poss.
 "Her be cruel bad, proar;n. won't eat her meat. finer dies ID n,sa,e ana -whativer shall we do r the r';Ss paSsn wrout bacon sides and ham, S'u,er ne dear! Do'y. now, pass'n, come ans oA' a prayer over my old sow" Say
 "I really, really mus, m. s,, my sacred office. Sally, indeed, Irars mDis notv' must
 ''oh, pass'n! Do'y now" and .,. good creature began to sob 'ue
 The parson was tender.h, man and tears were too mueb 'tsa n agreed to go to the cottage sea n ne pig, and do what he could. 'ie
 Accordingly, he visited the ns.;o. which lay grooming in the stve
 The woman gazed wistfullv Q, :. pastor and waited for the rrsn .us Then the clergyman raised his Is r;.h. hand, pointed with one finger .t .l ls SOW and said, solemnly: If tbon r II' est, o pig, then thou livest If ,hor m diest, o pig, then thou diest" 'O
 Singularly enough, the SOW was ,s, ter that same evening and ate a li,,ls wash. She was we'll and had wboI,s recovered her appetite next dav
 Now, it happened, some months a,,., this that the rector fell very ill with quinsy that nearly choked him n. could not swallow, he could bardIS breathe. His life was in immipsn, danger.
 Sally was a visitor every day at .bs rectory and was urgent to see the sicL man. She was refused admission. br, pressed so vehemently that finally sbs was suffered-just to see him. but sbs was warned not to speak to him or. expect him to speak, as he was unable to utter a word.
 She was conducted to the sick.room and the door thrown open. There she beheld the pastor lying in bed, groap. ing, almost in extremis.
 Raising her hand, she pointed at him with one finger and said: If tbop livest, o pass'n, then thou livest! If thou diest, O pass'n, then thou diest"
 The effect on the sick man was-an explosion of laughter that burst the quinsy and he recovered.-Sundsv Magazine.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

A MOVABLE observatory has been equipped and an astronomical expedi tion planned which will be the most i'm portant of the century. Percival Low. ell, of Boston, and Dr. See, of Chicago, will be the two principal scientific workers. Their operations will begin in July from the observatory to be erected on the lofty plateau near the :ity of Mexico, and will probably be continued in 1898 somewhere down in Peru. Mr. Lowell will study the planet of Mars in q systematic way that has seldom been pursued and Dr, See will search the southern heavens for double stars
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

THE death of Col. North, the nitrate king" at London has removed from the world of finance remarka ble figure. Utterly devoid of education anl unable to put two sentences to. yether without violating grammatical rules, he yet loomed clearly and dis. tinctly above men who added to their power as financiers the mental gifts which gave them a place among the leaders of thought Col. North was a man upon whom the fickle goddess bestowed her smiles with unusual lav. ishness and everything he took in hand seemed to prosper.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
NOW AN ARCHBISHOP,
Johu J. kain, of St. Louis, Receives the
 Insignia of his Ofiice.


 Insignia of his Office.
 ST. LOUIS. May H. Amid the most solemn, impressive and resplen- dent ceremonies within the walls of the old cathedral. Rt Rev. John J. Kain, arch bishop of the diocese of St Louis, was yesterday invested with the order of the pallium, the sacred in- signia of his archiepiscopal office. This is the first time in the history of the archdiocese of St Louis that the investiture of the pallium upon the archbishop has been solemnized. A large number of most distinguished dignitaries from all over the country graced the occasion by their presence, and assisted in the ceremonies The conferring of the pallium was per- formed by Cardinal Gibbons, of Balti- more, who was assisted by g arch bishops and bishops and 100 or more priests
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

A SEVERE storm passed over Clark, S. D., recently. J. H. Lindland's house, l2 miles south, was taken up by the wind and carried distance of 50 feet and destroyed. There were ten per. was killed, while other mem bers of the family were more or less injured. | Upwards of two inches of rain fell in three hours.
 MRS RoxBY, of Lexington. Ok. while filling a lamp spilled considerable oil on the floor and on. her clothes. When she struck match to light the lamp her clothes took fire and she was burned to death.
 Ar Rome. N. Y., John Watson Hil. dreth, one of the boys who wrecked a New York Central express train, was convicted of murder in the second de- gree and sentenced to life imprison- ment. His two young accomplices were given 40 years each.
 AT Butte, Mont, 25O miners, com. prising all the employees of the Rarus mines, struck because the foreman re- signed on account of dislike for Time Keeper Applegate. General Manager Heinze put new men to work and the strikers drove them from the mines with threats of violence. A threat was made to hang the new foreman, Gib. bons, and he was forced into car. riage and driven away. Trouble was feared.
 FAILURES for the week ended the sth were, according to Dun's Review. 23s in the United States, against 2s7 last year, and 24 in Canada, against 34 last year.
 THE carpenters of Detroit, Mich, de- cided to strike on the llth for an eight. hour day.
 AT the Methodist general conference at Cleveland, O., the lay delegates showed their purpose to eurtail the powers vested in the ministers and make the conduct of the church more democratic.
 JOHN WALDRIP, who, while serving a term in Coalburg penitentiary for larceny, brained a fellow convict Jas per Thornton, with a coal pick, was hanged in the jail yard at Birming- ham, Ala, on the Sth. Waldrip de. clned to make any statement while on the scaffold and died without fear. The sheriff stole march on the news papers by haSing it an hour earlier than customary, so that nobody was present but tesv officials.
 H. H. HOLMES, che murderer recently hanged at Philadelphia, was buried on the sth in cement, his tomb being a solid wall of rock in the Holy Cross cemetery.
 WALTER MAIN, employed on the new Santa Fe bridge at Guthrie, Ok, stepped off the bridge backwards, fall ing 20 feet and sustaining fatal in. jurics.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

THE great electric locomotives used m une Belt Line tunnel at Baltimore, Md, are powerful engines, and the luickness with which they can be started is astonishing. Their speed, too, is sgreut They have made 61 miles an hour on an up grade, which is equal to 70 or 80 on the level. They expect to pull A0O-ton passenger train at the ute of 45 miles an hour. The advan- age of electricity over steam as motive power is not only in its steadiness. The smoke from the steam engines makes dirt and poisons the air of large :ities. The sparks are very dangerous and the noise disagreea ble.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Wheat in the Southwest.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, May 9.-Rober Atkinson, Jr., of Ottawa, Kan, secre tary of the Kansas Millers' Mutual In surance Co.,, was in the city yesterday and gave a most encouraging report O the condition of the wheat crop ir the southwest. The splendid opportuni ties he has for observation and his lons experience in the wheat and milling business make his statements wortf the more in the face of the discourag ing reports sent out within the last week.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Fatal Storm in South Dakot

CLARK, $. D., May 9.-A severe storm passed over here Thursday night. J. H. Lindland's house, l2 miles south, was taken up by the wind and carried distance of 50 feet and destroyed. There were ten persons in the house. and Mrs. Lindland is reported killed. while other members of the family are more or less injured. Lightning struck in five places here and upwards of two inches of rain fell in three hours
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

ACCORDING to the census of 1890 $here were in all 20, ,6ls, 307 mem bers of churches in the United States. The statistics for 1895, however, according to Mir. Carroll in the Forum, show that this aggregate has in five years been Increased to.e4,646, 5s4, a gain of 4.02s, PIT. In the same period there has been a gain of '2s, ,075 churches and 2l, ,6l6 min ssters. It is estimated that it requires an annual expenditure af not less than $15a. .0O0, ,oos to run the churches in the United States, all of which is raised by SOlsntary contributions. The present value of ehurch property Is estimated by Mf. Carroll at $500, OOO, OQO.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
UNNATURAL FATHERS CRIME
He Assaulted His Daughter and Neigh bOrl
 Waited Not for the Law.

He Assaulted His Daughter and Neigh bOri
 Waited Not for the Law.
 BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May ll.-Nea, Eastman's Mills, Redden H. Williams, prominent white farmer residing near Manitou, Green county, wa, lynched by mob of 40 masked white men. Williams was arrested on the charge of making an assault upon his l6-year-old daughter. At the pre-. liminary trial the evidence indicated his guilt and he was held to the grand jury and ordered committed to jail. While Deputy McCracken was taking Williams to jail at Eutaw he was met by mob near Eastman's Mills and the prisoner taken from him and hanged to the nearest tree.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Foraker Denies a Story.

CINCINNATI, May 1l.-Senator-Elect J. R. Foraker vehemently denies state. ments printed here yesterday morning which charges that he (Foraker) was backing the A. P. A. movement against Mckinley. Senator Foraker denounces the statements of the dispatch as false and says, moreover: II am going to the convention for Mckinley solely for the first place to such a degree that I have as yet no choice for second place. 1"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

TEE growing belief among scientists that the successful navigation of the mir is only aquestion of time leads a writer in the North American Review to discussion of the influence which balloons and air ships of various kinds are likely in future to have upon war He winds up by saying that we may look forward to shorter wars in the future, and, since the conflict of the air ships will be the decisive factor of & battle, the relative importan of large nrmies and navics will be diminished. To be without air ships would be CT. tain defeat to Q nation in war, eye, H her antagonist was small nation.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

TIE statement is made that the wheel craze is depressing many lines of industry, such as horseshoeing. boot and shoe repairing, the livery business, etc. Also that it is interfering con. siderably with tne sale of cigars and cigarettes, the dispensing of beer and other liquid refreshments, and the -ending of ice cream. All of these varied employments are said to be un- favorably affected because of the wide. spread use of bicycles.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

TIE commissioner of patents, John S. Seymour, recently transmitted to congress- report of the operations of the patent office for the calendar year 1885. During the year there were 39.- l45 applications for patents and 2l,99s patents granted. The number of patents which expired was l2,345. Of the patents issued 19 949 were to citi- xens of the United States and 2,O4Q to citizens of foreign countries.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
BUTCHERED BY CANNIBALS.
Wholesale Massacre of Missionaries fin the
 south Sea Islands.

south Sea Islands.
 SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-The steam CT Monowal brings news of the whole sale massacre of traders and mission aries by natives of the islands of Manning straits and the Solomons. Malayta savages butchered an entire boats crew of men from the brig Rio Loge at Rubiana, one American and two French traders being slaughtered. The murders on the island of Manning straits were followed by acts of canni- balism. A small trading schooner owned by a French trader was at- tackled and the owner and his Ameri- can assistant and eight peaceful natives were lured ashore and beaten to dea tn and the trading station was sacked. Two English missionaries are missing, and it is supposed they were also mur- dered
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

INSTEAD of presenting medals to the soldiers who especially distinguished themselves in the late war with China, the Japanese government has pur. chased IS, 900 watches, at S2. 50 each, in Switzerland, which will be given to the brave fellows.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

N the Suffolk supreme court in Bos. ton one day recently Judge Maynard heard and disposed cf 5Odivorce cases. The court sat only six hours, and thus ground out divorces faster than mar riage cermonies could be performed, an average of one every seven minutes
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
A Store Wrecked.

PEORIA, H., May 9.-The wholesale fruit store of Thomas & Co. was wrecked this morning by the careless. ness of an employe of the gas com. prny. Al Thomas, the proprietor of the store, was blown through win. dow. Thomas Ballentine, of the Jour. nal, man named McNomary and Til. lie Ehlen, employees of Thomas were badly injured.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Drowned HerseIf and I,.h.

PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 1.-The bod V of Miss Lou Kiefer and dead babe. clasped in her arms. were found in the Monongahela river yesterday. The inquest developed that the young mother had jumped into the river with her baby
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

MRS. H. LAsTBY and her dauc hter Clara started from Spokane, Wash. , recently to walk to New York. They live on a farm near Spokane and hope to make enough money in the venture to lift the mortgage.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

DURING the recent municipal election contest at New Orleans, nearly If, 900 fraudulently registered names were stricken from the polling lists.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14
Earthquakes tn Ecua dor.

PANAMA, May 11.-Puerto Vieio, capital of the province of Manabi, Ecuador, with population of 10, 1000. has been entirely destroyed by two earthquake shocks, succeeded by floods inundating the city. Many lives are supposed to have been lost,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

THE Railway Age, after a careful survey of the field, thinks that the number of miles of new track that will be laid in 1896 will be between 2,OO0 and 8. OOQ