The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1896-10-29

WI b1ah WV thAtoo oOONo ANOSSHOAS
Miss, with q big load. In sinking she
settled up to her boiler deck and It
was thought she could be saved. The
boat was valued at $40,O 900 and was in
sured for $4,000 No lives were lost,
bat most Of the passengers lost their
belongings.
DAN CRKEDoN, Of Australia, and
Henry Baker, of Chicago, fought a 90
round hout at Maspeth, L. l., on the
Esd. The referee decided in favor Of
| Creedon.
FITzsMMoNs and Sharkey have been
matched to box ten rounds at San
Francisco on December for purse OF
$4,000. The winner to take all.
NINE Indian territory criminals es.
capped the other night from the United
States jail at Fort Smith, Ark.
COLUMBUS DELANo, who was secretary
Of the interior under President Grant,
died at his home near Mount Vernon,
O., on the Esd, aged 81.
| ACCORDING to Bradstreet's there were
292 business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 23d, be-
ing S3 more than in the corresponding
week last year.
AT the warehouse of Ed Strauss at
Waco, Tex, boy was employed in
emptying the powder from some car
tridges when one exploded and the
sparks touched off lot Of powder
kegs, but fortunately no one was seri-
ously hurt.
The town of Kuroff, in Russian-Po-
land, was almost totally destroyed by
fire and 1900 persons made homeless
MRS. CONSTANCE Book, aged 81, was
struck and killed by Chicago & Alton
passenger train, while crossing the
track at Bloomington, Ill
SECRETARY CARLISLE spoke at Gov.
ington, KY, on the 22d. The meeting
was very disorderly, many in the crowd
cheering for Bryan. The secretary
was interrupted continually in his
speech and eggs were thrown about
the hall. At the close Mr.. Carlisle was
escorted to where he was stopping by
90 policemen. Many insulting remark S
were made by the hoodlums gathered
about the exit of the hall.
THE Bank of highlands rate of dis
count was advanced from two per
cent to four per cent. on the 92d.
Hon. JUSTIN MORRILL, has been re-
elected to the United States senate by
both houses of the Vermont legislature
in joint session.
AN Omaha, Neb., dispatch said that
the freight car famine was assuming
alarming proportions in the west The
roads needed cars for extra freight, for
all the wheat in the couatry was being
rushed to market during the present
high price
BEsIEGED by infatuated negroes, j.
lumber mills, near Chipley, Fla, de-
Tended himself with such effect that he
killed two of his ASSISTANTS and wound
ed four others. Criglar become in
volved in quarrel with one of his en-
ployes and the other negroes drew pts.
tolls and began firing at the manager.
For an hour the battle continued, and
the negroes were preparing to set fire
TO the Office in which Criglar had TAX
en- refuge and cremate him, when a
train crew and passengers rushed to
Criglar's aid and dispersed the negroes.
The national convention Of musi-
clans, in session at Indianapolis, Ind,
effected o complete afiliation with the
American Federation of Labor. Owen
Muller, of st. Louis, was elected presi-
dent.
The principal event at the sesqui-
centennial of the university at Prince
ton, N. j., on the 22d was an address
by President Cleveland on the duties
and responsibilities that college men
owe to the cause Of good government.
THE sale of the Tom boy gold mine at
Telluride, Col, has been made to a
London syndicate for $4,000, 900. It
was bought year ago for compare
lively small sum.
GEORGE FRAZIER and wife, colored,
were crossing the railroad track near
Lexington, KY, when q train struck
their vehicle. The horse was cut in
two and Frazier and his wife killed.
A MAN named Hairne was driving
across the Illinois Central tracks near
Nswall, Ia., when train struck the
wagon, killing the man and one of the
horses.
SPARKS from an engine burned the
car sheds OF the Powell's Valley rail-
way at Bigstone Gap, Va.
| THE stoneware works Of Whitmore,
Robinson & Co., at Akron, o., were de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, 100000; insur-
ance, half as much. Two men per-
ished In the flames ..
| GEN. NELSON A. MILES, commander
Of the United States army, was at
Andarko Indian agency on the 2lst,
with w. X. Vanderbilt as his guest.
They were taking in the annual target
practice on the Wichita reservation,
which is to continue until November l..
To swell the prohibition vote in
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