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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
A KANSAS OUTRAGE.
Masked Men Deliberately Sever the Left
 Hand of Ed Walah It Horton.

Masked Men Deliberately Sever the Left
 Hand of Ed Walsh at Horton.
 HORTON, Kan, Jan. 9.-Last night three masked men went to the home of Ed Welch, living at the edge of the town. Welch was called to the door and covered with gun and told that if he made an outcry he would bs killed. They then blindfolded him, and, after taking suit of clothes, his watch and s14, all the money he had, they led him about 200 yards from the house and threw him on the ground. Then one of the men cut off Welch's left hand at the wrist with an ax or hatchet After tying a string around his wrist they left him. He wandered about for two hours before he found aid. At II o'clock Dr. Reynolds dressed the bleeding arm and Welch is doing as we'll as could be expected. Welch's wife was away from home, and he says he could not identify any of the robbers.
 No reason can be assigned for sd barbarous an act, as Welch has no known enemies. Excitement runs high.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
PLAN OF THE SYNDICATE.
Hr. Morgan Will Bid for and Expects to
 Get tho Entire Bond Issue.

Hr. Morgan Will Bld for and Expects to
 Get the Entire Bond Issue.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 10-From a sub scribing member of the Morgan bond syndicate, the following facts have been obtained. The syndicate expects to secure the extire SlOO, 900, GOO four per cent bonds which are to be sold by the treasury on February 5. Mir. Morgan will bid for the entire issue and expects to be awarded the entire $lOO, 900, OOO He will take all or none. The reason for MT. Morgan's confidence of entire suc- cess is that he will make an offer so advantageous that no other proposition can stand in his way. This offer is to purchase the entire SlOO,- 900, 900, payable principal and premium and in addition furnish an amount in gold equal to one-third of the issue, or s33, ,333, 333, ,33 in exchange for green. backs. The government reserve will thus not only be brought up to the recognized limit, but will have large surplus for its protection.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD.
An Exciting Convention In Which Contest
 ing Factions Accomplish Nothing.

An Exciting Convention In Which Contest
 ing Factions Accomplish Nothing.
 OKLAHOMA Cry, Ok, Jan. 9.-After one of the most intensely exciting con. ventions ever held in the territory, tho statehood convention adjourned at SIS yesterday evening, Laving accom- plished nothing. Its closing minutes were full of indescribable confusion, delegates acting like maniacs, and all trying to see who could make the most noise. The delegates which composed the two great factions in the convention, the single and double staters, spent she forenoon in caucus, each scheming for control Of the convention. At 10:30 o'clock the delegates filed into the hall and the leaders of each faction said there was nothing like unity of action to be expected on any proposi- tion. Chairman Hensley declared car- ried the motion to appoint five on the committee on credentials. The dele- gates from the Chickasaw nation were recognized and the committee on ere. dentials retired.
 The committee on credentials was to report at 8 o'clock, but when that hour arrived they were not ready. and 8 motion to adjourn sine die was declared carried by the chair. Then pandemo. nium reigned for half an hour, and was finally quieted by Sheriff Deford turn. ing out the lights and ordering them
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16

pipes on the doorstep. It is ignorance Tn solitude--contentment in poverty. IL IS half an hour since the wife joined her husband, and yet not a word has passed between them. She knits and smokes and raises her eyes only at ioag intervals. He smokes and thinks and ms gaze is on the tree-tops across the road. Queer people, these mountain eerS of the Cumberland. They are stolcal, silent, wary, morose. They are a"ays thinking and thinking. They seem suspicious even of each other.
 ihey come and go-they live-they die, out as no other class of people. They nave their ways, and their ways de-
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
Delay for Intrudcrs.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The house committee on Indian affairs W ill report with amendment the concurrent reso- lution suspending the operation of the order under which the 5000 or 1000 in- truders in the Cherokee nation would otherwise be evicted. The amendment will give the intruders year of grace. Its adoption is practically assured and before the expiration of the period it is possible that the Indian territory problem will have been solved.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
SOUTH AFRICAN TROUBLE
The bosrs Demand the Surrender of All
 British Rights Over the TransvaaL

Ans ooers Demand the Surrender of All
 British Rights Over the TransvaaL
 LONDON, Jan. 10.--Outwardly, al least, there is little, if any. change in the political crisis between Great Brit ain and Germany, brought about, it is asserted, by Emperor Williams sup port of the south African republic iu face of the suzerainty of Great Britain over the Transvaal. A dispatch from Berlin to the Times says: It is explained that Germany only desired to protect German resi-. dents and its consulate at Pre- toria by dispatching an armed force from Delagoa bay, and that no arrangement on the subject had previ- ously been made with Portugal. This has tended to produce a better feeling. But this slight change of sentiment has been enumerated by the receipt of n special dispatch from Pretoria, saying that the Boers demand the surrender of all British rights and suzerainty over the Transvaal and the pre.emption of Delagoa bay and the canceling of the charter of the British South Africa Co. It is further stated that the Boers have arrested, on the charge of treason, eight leaders of the recent movement among the Uitlanders at Johannesburg.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
Tho hrchbIshop Upheld.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10. l0.-Documents from Rome req firm the decision of the prop. aganda that Archbishop Corrigan did not err in removing Dr. Burtsell from the parish of the Epiphany. In addi. tion to this the archbishop was directed to inform the signers of the monster petition for the reinstatement of Dr. Burtsell that the case was finally closed, and any further appeal would not receive consideration. This ends tie long drawn out controversy be- tween the archbishop and the former rector of the parish of Epiphany, leav- insc the archbish, p master of the situa- tiOn,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
HAD TO KILL.
4 Bit of Life and Death in the
 Cumberland Mountains.

CABIN beside the rude trail leading up the slope of a mountain-two or three acres of half cultivated ground poverty within and poverty with out. An old and half-starved mule
 wandering about three or four dogs lying in the sun--a mountain eer and his wife
 smoking t h C r
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16

Seehd from father to son. By and by '"e man speaks. Without taking his t!sS t rom the tree-tops or the pipe from A'S mouth, he says:
 Ioe's a-comin'." h@ckon he ar'," replies the wife, without looking up.
 quarter of a mile down the trail is s s;s man walking slowly and carrying a '"e on his shoulder. Neither of these ~" 'Ae doorstep have seen him, but N'c'f quick ears have detected the grU'u y, or footsteps among the stones. 1"'E oo not look after speaking. Their %rS ,' "Ee not fixed upon him until he ,I"n0S ,,S b"forc them and lets the butt of 1'n .,I, I'M" Tall to toe ground.
 No"Gy?" says the rew arrival.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
NEW INDIAN COMMISSION.

A Bill Introduced to Abolish the Ohlco of
 commissioner of Indian Affairs.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.-Mr. Teller has introduced in the senate bill to abolish the office of commissioner of Indian affairs and to create in lieu thereof board of Indian commission CTS. It provides that the president shall appoint from civil life two h. dian commissioners to hold office for four years, and of different political parties; and to detail an officer of the regular army to act with the commis- sioners above provided for; the pay of the commissioners to be $5,OOO per an mum.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
Fire in NAy York.

NEW YORK, Jan. l0.-A fire started at l1:3o last night in the five story building, 596 and 59S Broadway. which at one time threatened to destroy the block. The building was consumed with loss estimated at SeOO, 900. How the fire originated is not known.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
Six Dead Stowaways.

LONDON, Jan. 1O.-In the tank of the steamer Hermann, which arrived at Hull from Buenos Ayres, was found l5 stowaways. Six of them were dead and the remaining nine were in an in- sensible condition and would have died in a few hours.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
Broke Through the Ice.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9--John Stew ardson, 3s years old, prominent archi. tect, residing on Montgomery avenue, Chestnut hill, while skating on the Schuylkill river below the Girard ave. nue bridge and just opposite the stone steps in the park, broke through the ice last evening and was drowned.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
MUST PAY INDEMNITY,
If tho Sultan Attempts to Trifie, Uncle San
 Will Use Force.

Will Use Orce.
 CHICAGO. Jan. l0-A special from Washington to the Times-Herald says: Unless the Turkish porte makes prompt reparation for the burning of the American mission buildings at Harpoot the indemnity of S4oO, ,OOO de- manded by this government will be collected by force. This statement was made by high official of the government He accompanied it with the proviso that it is believed the porte will make the demanded reparation when it perceives that the United States is not to be trfied with.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
a lsanls Burginr,zed.

TOLEDO, O., Jan. 9-The private bank at Fayette, Fulton county, 40 miles west of here. was entered by burglars, the safe broken open and everything of value taken. The rob- bers probably got at least San 900
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
EARTHQUAKE IN ASIA.
Several Towns Destroyed and Over One
 Thousand People Killed.

THOuHanu FeUpT6 1KTIIed.
 TEHERAN, Persia, Jan. 1.-Two earthquakes have occurred in the dis. trict of Kahlhahl. The first was on the night of January 9. The large village of Janabad was destroyed, sev- eral others were partially ruined and 300 persons were killed.
 The second earthquake occurred the morning of January and was felt over an area of 100 miles The town of Goi was destroyed and 1000 houses were demolished. In ad. dition great damage was done to many villages. The loss of life was very great. There were 800 per- sons killed in Goi alone and large num- bers of cattle and sheep also perished.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
HanUed.

AUGUSTA, Miss, Jan. 9.-F. D. Ha- thorn, white, and Thompson Wade. colored, were hanged here yesterday afternoon for the murder of Mrs. Ha- thorn. Fully 5000 people witnessed the execution, which was public.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
O,,.v I,oomed for Prrsident. t.

RosToN, Jan. 9.-The Transcript (independent) last night published special from Washington, which as. serts that Olney is the choice of the leading democrats for the presidential nomination
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-16
Hipolyte's Government ,renk,ng.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan. 9.-Advices received here from Port au Prince state that there is an increased feeling of uneasiness about the Haytien re- public and the government of Presi- dent Hipolyte is breaking. Minister of Public Works Prophete has tendered his resignation.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-02-27

The press dispatches announce that
on Monday forenoon : mob 81 citisens
Of the town Of Mitchell entered the o.
dec Of the Mail, : newspaper conducted
BY Robert Mcbride, demolished the
type and machinery. and burned every.
thing that could be burned. Of the -.
terial n the of6ce, Ii the middle 81 the
street. The cause Of tho mob,s act ~
2 three-column article upon the life 81
John p. LAwier, whose sudden death
occurred In Sioux City O the Garrett
son hotel = few days ago. The act d
the mob deserves censure % some az
tent. This y not ! country Tor mob
law, nor for violence. The Law Of inc
land should BE- invoked 10 every il.
stance where Injury 4 recsivsd, and
che reaorting % such deeds . that I,
Mitchell should b punisbed With ..
verify. a perusal Of the article de.
velopes n mind nothing PARTON.
larly Questionable !, yet no doubt Il -
some lOoAl Significance In. conuectioi
with the virile and nasty attack, s.
Tho Mail Tor yeass. This 10 douh1
caused tha wrath 81 the citizens i,
whom John ID. Lawler was highly e.
regarded. almost dolised.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-02-27
AN

Conditions political are assuming q
unique phase in this state just at pres
emit 20 far a. republicanism is concern
ed. On the eve Of choosing delegates
TO represent the state at the national
convention, re find that the paramount
issue 10 not . matter Of national mo-
ment, neither 10 it pertaining to q sim
gle principle which might come up be-
fore the national convention. States
men OF renown and active can
didates = shut out Of all con-
sideration. Their policies, their
plans, their personal character
istics, all count for naught. Protec.
ton. public economy, and foreign at.
fairs Z Insignificant factors, appar.
emily, and all subordinated to the one
huge, overt0wering, mammoth ques.
tion-railroad rates in the state 81
South Dakota. The campaign from
now on-according to the Minnehahs
county standards whether or not w
shall have suitable railroad Legislation
from the hands Of q convention to se
lect delegates to the national body! Il
makes no difference whether the state
10 for Allison, or Mckinley or Reed
just 20 that the rates may be fixed Il
the satisfaction Of the citizens from the
hands Of . gathering that has no lega
standing whatsoever
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-02-27
4 GONE CRAZY.

One Of the expressions Of Cal Of the
Sioux Falls Press ~ the recent Petit
grew mass meeting was to this effect
the marble floors ofo. congress will
pawn with GRIEF etc. We are inclined
% think they will have . congested
chill er suffer m attack OF ennui when
the floor" reads Gals editorial Of
Tuesday, .How the Change Has
Come" To person who was at the
meeting IN Huron, and knows all about
the proceedings the statements made
10 the editorial are % far from the
truth that tho only natural inference is
that Cal u crazy. Cal wouldn't lie:but
he frequently lAbors under the effects
Of mental c~ontortions for which his
conscience.eannot Be held to q strict
accountability.
-INN& 4FA $50
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-02-27

Quite ! number q orr exchanges favor WIN.
3. Al1son Tor our next president. OF course
y Al Me-. xq ~ i 49, :1 Sy.Ip. SRs,iiss g s.. ds%ccre; =. ~
solns one sei d Wha1 Aero g about senator
Alas0n n particularly ree0mnond him when
s g ssa : 81; s1on I ~ So s s ssSsi E sssi5isas men
His ability o. the questions Of rev-
enue and finance for one thing. He
did moro for the Mckinley bill than
ACKinley himself, and In the senate
there wore :.406 amendments made TO
the measure, changing the tenor and
form Of the leading features. He pre-
pared the reciprocity feature Of the
bill, although Mckinley at first Was
6erosly opposed 70 II.
That he has no superior In congress
In financial knowledge and skill and re-
source in dealing With the currency IL
known % The whole country. Presi-
dents Garfield and Harrison, who had
long served with Senator Allison In
congress-, conspicuously recognized his
soundness and 6rmness and skill and
resource Ia finance when they pressed
him p~ersiseently to accept the port
folio Of tho treasury In their respective
administration. While he IL known
% b : bimetalist, and favorable to the
use Of al the silver thAt can be kept ct
: parity with gold, and while in his
noted amendments 70 the Bland free
coinage bill Of 1878, and alse - chair
man Of the American delegation to the
Brussels monetary conference, he
showed himself . friend Of silver, and
hopeful 81 II rehabilitation By inter-
national agreement, yet above al
things he b In favor Of . sound cur
rency q the greatest essential In the
prosperity Of the country. He stood
like : rock against greenback imitation,
and pressed for specie resumption, and
VA Of the committee that reported
that measure. He has voted uniformly
against the free coinage OF silver, be
lieving that It would, without national
agreement " greatly changed condi
tions, bring the nation TO another de
preciated currency. We owe 70 hin
largely tho silver certificates, the gold
certificates, and now the suggestior
Of excheQuer notes 70 meat the presenl
deficiency IN revenue. and which were
approved 81 both sides 81 the house .
i representatives.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-02-27

MinnehAhA republicans hold their
county convention on March Il %
select delegates 70 both state conyen-
upns. The pot q .'discord soup
garniahed wish s'comhine.n : l. rail-
road. with I United States senator Tor
acook viii aoon b dished up for the
exalted tastes 81 the populace.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-02-27

Judge PAlusr delivered ! ono hours
speech Il the Sioux Falls meeting,
which 1of candor md e~xplicitnea ~
practically ! noted one. Tho Judge
Rsnsrally handles ! question without
gloves, md IL this instance there ~
no reservAtion n my kind Or chAracter.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-08-01
1'hoPiirSt
National
Bank
Of Chicago.
faid.in Capital, $S,OO0,OOO
Surplus, &,M,OW
o8s3s30112eo
LYMAN ]. GAGE, President.
JAS. B. r0RGAN, Vice President.
RICHARD J. STREET, Cashier
HOLMES H0Gg, Asst. Cashier.
FRANK E BROWN, "a Asst. Cashier,

All classes Of high.srade Investment
Bonds bought ana sold. Accounts Of
Merchants, Banks, Bankers and Corpora.
lions solicited. Travellers Circular Let.
ters Of Credit issued, available In all
parts Of the world. Commercial Credits
furnished for use in Importation Of Mer.
ehandise from Foreign Countries Trans.
fers by Cable to the leading cities Of
Europe, Asia and Australia.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-22
NEW YORK PRODUCE.
Wheat Options Dull, Closing ut a
Slight Decline.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20. : Flour-Receipts.
IA, 800 bbls; exports, $4,000; very dun and
rather easy with wheat. Wheat-Exports
1O7, 900 blu; spot weaker; No. / hard. 1%c
T. o. b.; options were dull all day within a
narrow range, closing 1sQ5sc net decline;
after opening weaker under increased Ar
gentine shipments and unsatisfactory cables
prices rallied on cash demand West fair
clearances. expected large decrease in the
next visible and export business but finally
weakened under evening up Of long holdings
Tor the holiday; No. 2 red, February, closed
PIC; May. 71@71 slice, closed 711sc. Corn
Receipts. 1900 bu; exports, 500 bu; spot
active; No. g. 36Ac; options quiet, but after
opening easier with wheat, rallied sharply
on light offerings and good local demand,
and closed BQAc net higher; February
closed $3.50; May, 3e@a6Nc closed SsAc.
Oats-Receipts, 1860 bu; exports. 400 bu;
spot quiet but firm; No. 2. 255s@25Mc; op-
lions ruled dull but firmer with wheat, clos
ing 6Qasc net higher; February closed 25%e;
May, 25120257se, closed 255sc. LardESteady;
Western steam closed $5.70@5.721a; May, s.. 80;
refined, steady. Pork-DulL Pig Iron-Quiet.
Sopper-Firm; exchange, s10.75@1t. Lead
Firm; exchange, $3171k@3.2O. Tin-Steady;
straits, $l3.2o@l3.35; plates, quiet Spelter-
Steady; domestic, 81 Cottonseed OfI-QuIet.
opened barely steady at 10@20 points decline
and ruled dull and featureless, with trading
mostly local; declined under weak cables and
slack spot demand; closed steady at 5610
points net decline; sales, 1900 bags, ineII,d
Ing March, 12.40@1255c; spot Rio dull No. 7
1910; mild dull; Cardova, 16&@17%c, sales
1900 bags Guatemala, p. t.; 1000 bags Blu
caragana p. t.; 300 bags Maracaibe, p. t.;
Sugar-Raw firm; refined quiet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-22
ST. PAUL MARKETS.
Grain Shows Renewed Firmness and
Activity.

Activity.
Quotations on hay. grain. feed, etc., fur
nished by Griggs Bros, commission mer-
chants.
WHEAT-No. 1 northern 5sA@6oAc: No. 2
northern, 5s@591ac.
No 2sSssge My No. e yeos So0a 94S asasna
o HbIts ADVANCE fully mantained No
pies no grade OATS 161a@17hc.
naRt Is1t SSls aaSs5o; lower grades. IT
GRoUND FEED ETC. NO No. O. i1s sicSfo.5o
No No; 2. s1o Is No. 8, s11@11.5o; Coarse
10. Bran and Shorts - Bulk bran, s7.25@7.50.
Shorts, $7.25@S. Middlings, $S@950
HAY-Choice Southern upland, $6.50@7;
No wild. .s5.5O@s Is: lower grades. s4@5.25
choice timothy, $9.50@10 No. timothy So
@s;5o: No. 2, s7.5O@s. Hoat and rye straw,
BEANs-Brown. s1.15a1. 20; medium. hand
p pic se s1.15@L2O; navy. hand-picked. s1.2o
PEAs-Yellow. per blu. s5@75c; green. per
BUTTER-Fancy separator, 17hc; extra
creamery. 15a@16kc: first creamery, 13@14c;
second creamery, R@13c; fancy dairy, e14315c;
ey yst ro daa ahd es1 c Ss 5
and print, straight, 7@71sc; common roll and
print. 61z@7c; packing stock, 61s@7c; grease,
CHEEsE-Ful1 cream 1o@1o1hc; primost. 40
6; brick cheese 9@12c; Limburger cheese.
9@11kc; Young America, 10Q101ac; Swiss, Ii
q 121ac; skins, 3@4c.
EGGS-Fresh, cases returned, 12c.
DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys selected 49,
13c; turkeys, mixed, 11@12c; chickens, ii
@12c; chickens. mixed 9@1Oc; hens, 7GD7kc:
ducks. 10@12c; geese 9@1Oc
APPLES-Fancy standard, Dbl, s36s .25 ::
fancy: Dbl, 81 5O92.75; standard, $262 %:
fair, $1,000. MO- =. y y go
POTATOEs-sweet Jerseys, per Dbl $s@3 25:
sweet. Illinois, per Dbl, s292.25: sweet, kan.
sas. S1.75@2; Minnesota. 14@16c.
GAME AND FISH-Jaeksnfpe, 75c6s1
ducks mallard per doz. $4,000; ducks. teal
per doz, $1.50@1.75; ducks. common, per doz'
SOL so; black bass. 10@11c; pike, 5000; pick
brant, per doz, Sc. f w. s0~''
DRESSED MEATs-Mutton. packing hous.
stock. 5@6c; mutton. country, 4@41sc; veal.
fancy. 6@61ac; veal. medium, 405c: lamb
spring. 5@6c: hogs. sS.75dD425