The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-06

TWENTY-FIVE houses and business premises were totally destroyed and 12 others partially destroyed by fire at Grass Valley, Cal. Loss, slbo,oOo The fire was believed to have been of in. cendiary origin.
 A TERRIBLE fire was reported raging in Libau, Russia. on the 31st. Several streets were in flames and the firemen were unable to cope with the situation. Libau is seaport town of Russia on the Baltic. Its population is be- tween 25,O00 and 3O,O0O.
 THERE were four suicides in Chicago on the 3lst.
 ARDMoRE, Ok., received its first bale of cotton on the SOth and it sold for seven cents. A premium of $2O was paid the owner for his enterprise.
 Two men were fatally injured and three others severely burned by the explosion of tank at the Standard Oil Co.'s works at Cravens Point, Jer- sey City, N. J.
 THE intense heat still continued on the 3Oth in St. Louis. Cincinnati and Indianapolis. In St Louis there were fully 50 prostrations, ten of them being fatal, with prospects of several more proving so. In Cincinnati 29 prostra. tions were reported. five of them being fatal. In Indianapolis two deaths were reported. Dispatches from many other cities indicated much the same condition
 AN awful railroad accident occurred on the evening of the 3Oth near Att lantic City, N. J., where two railroad tracks cross one another. An express train crashed into an excursion train broadside and plowed through, liter ally cleaving it in twain. A rough es. innate placed the number of killed and injured at 100. but it was hoped that this might be an exaggeration. The number, however, was undoubt- more than 50.
 AN insurance company recently sent a circular to its policy holders and said in case free silver was adopted it would have to pay all claims in depreciated silver coin. Secretary Carlisle was asked for his opinion on the matter, and he stated that if free silver was adopted the dollars would be coined on private account and the government would be under no obligation to keep them equal to gold and that our cur. rency would sink Ut once to a silver basis.
 THE hot weather on the 2Sth pros- trated more than 60 militiamen at Camp Lincoln, near Springfield, III.
 EIGHT lives were lost in and about Pittsburgh, Pa., by three fierce wind, rain and electric storms on the 27th. Several buildings were demol- ished and eight or ten churches and many other structures damaged. In- cluded in the list of fatalities given was that of 13 miners at Cecil. whose boarding house was washed away, and seven lost their lives.
 A FIRE in Potter county, Pa., from the explosion of lamp, burned three stores, the Sentinel newspaper office, hotel and three barns. Edward Burgh- dough, who lived in one of the build- ings, was burned to death in attempt ing to save some money he had left in his room.
 A WILD woman was captured in the swamps near Palmer, Tex, by Deputy Sheriff Vestel and another man. She was a giant in stature and her hands and feet were twice the size of a mans.
 A DISPATCH from Chee Foo stated that the German gunboat Iltis was lost in typhoon on the China coast. Only ten of her crew were saved. The ves- sel mounted 20 guns.
 THE Gus Gennins, a towboat, sprung a leak near Evansville, Ind, and sunk. She will be total loss.
 OSCAR GILcHRtsT was watching n game of ball at Youngstown, O., when a foul fly knocked his eye out of his head.