The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04

JAMES ELLINGTON was hanged at Boise, Ida. recently for the murder of Charles Briggs his employer, after a quarrel regarding wages December 20, 1894
 THE Chicago post office census gives the city population of L76o.0 .0oo, an increase of 200,C0o over that of last year. This census was made by the 983 regular letter curriers' The in- crease is little over II per cent.
 THE schooner Albion brought news to San Francisco of the probable loss of the schooner Lincoln in Alaskan waters. The Lincoln had on board about 30 persons. all of whom have un- doubtedly lost their lives. Most of the passengers were gold seekers.
 THE train service between Chicago and St. Louis was paralyzed on the 2Sth, not n train having entered Chi. cago from the latter city.
 AN appeal for aid has been made by the East St Louis Qll.) relief commit. tee, who stated that it was safe to say that 6, 900 families were rendered home. less. Mir. Paul w. Apt, president of the First national bank of that city, has been designated to receive all con- tributions sent.
 A FIRE which started in the candy factory of Williams x Bower at Sher- man, Tex, burned several other stores and entailed loss of probably Sl25,- stock of Williams & Bower. THE flibustering steamer Three Friends, which recently left Jackson. vile, Fla, with a cargo of arms and ammunition for Cuba, was said to have been chased by a revenue cutter and ran ashore on one of the Florida keys.
 A. E. MCDONNELL, of Rochester,N. Y.. recently broke the 10, l5 and 20 mile records on the road on the Corfu course. The time made was: Five miles, s:2l; 10 miles, 2l:25; l5 miles, S4:42, and 20 miles, 46:0l. Mcdonnell now holds all the road records up to 100 miles
 IT has been decided that the Luther an college, to cover the southern states, shall go to Charlotte, N. c. For some time it has been hanging between Char loGOc anu Soluh Otus so. Ss ~ "oo o- mored that S3,0oO, 900 was backing the enterprise.
 TIE scene at East St. Louis, Ill.,, on the 2sth was simply appalling. From tue river bank to the National stock yards, a distance of over a mile, scarcely building was left standing. The improvised morgues and hospitals were choked with the dead, battered out of shape, and had a steady stream of hysterical women and grim faced men passing through them looking for their loved ones A conservative estimate placed the number of dead at 150
 CHINCH bugs were reported as doing much damage to corn and oats in Bu- reau county, IL, and small green in- sect was causing much alarm to the farmers in that vicinity, it having to- tally destroyed one wheat field in two days
 NEW BADEN, 20 miles west of Gen. tralia, ILL, was practically wiped out of existence by the tornado on the 27th, only five buildings being left standing and the list of killed was re- ported all the way from IS to 3s.
 THE president signed the bill on the 27th which necessitates a years resi- dence in a territory before getting divorce.
 A SWITCH engine ran into a circus wagon at Chicago on the 26th, smash ing the wagon and injuring five peo- pie, three of them probably fatally.
 THE ferry boat Katharine was caught at the mouth of the Ohio river, near Cairo, H., on the 26th by a sudden hurricane and capsized and all on board, except the captain, engineer and clerk, were drowned, the dead mum bering probably 14.