The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1896-11-05

fight before the Broadway Athletic
club at New York on the 30th, which
was stopped by the referee in the fifth
round and given to, Ernst. The bout
was for IA rounds at 1875 pounds.
Pearce had the advantage of height
and weight but was no match for Ernst.
WHILE A. E. Willston was speaking
at Prestonsburg, KY, some persons at
tempted TO howl him down. An effort
was being made to restore quiet when
q young man named Mari pulled a
knife and plunged the blade into the
back OF man named Perry, killing
him almost instantly. Alynching was
narrowly averted.
RoLLA HEIKEs, of Dayton, O., broke
the worlds record for rapid firing at
clay pigeons at Cleveland on the 80th.
Ne broke 100 birds out of los thrown
in three minutes and seven seconds.
He broke 6s straight targets, and
clipped one minute and 13 seconds off
the worlds record of 100 birds.
HOG cholera was reported prevalent
in portions of Indiana, many farmers
near Amboy having lost hundreds of
head, one stock raiser suffering to the
extent of $500.
The failures for the week ended the
SOth Dun's report) were 246 in the
United States, against 200 in the corre-
spending week last year. and 81 in Can
ada, against 81 last year.
A DISASTROUS collision happened on
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railway on the Goth near Wapakoneta,
o. The through fast freight ran into
three loaded oil car tanks, which were
left on the main track by local
freight They were set on fire by the
engine, destroying the engine and
about ~ loaded freight cars. The en-
gineer, fireman and brakeman could
not be found and were supposed to be
in the ruins. The Manhattan Oil Co. S
pumping station caught fire and was a
complete loss.
A REPORT reached Paris, Tex. recent
ly that three men had been murdered
on boat on Red river, few miles be-
low Arthur City.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred in
No. 8 mine of the Lehigh & Wilkes
barre Coal Co., South Wilkesbarre, Pa /,
on the Goth. Six men were brought up
dead and three injured. Twelve more
were reported missing, and it was be-
lieved all Of these had persisted. An
explosion of gas also occurred in No. 8
Baltimore mine. Anthony Ritzsi, a
Hungarian laborer, was killed, and
James Conway, the Waterman, and
two Polanders were badly burned.
JAMES KELLY, miner at Butte.
Mont, who accused his sweetheart,
Jessie Hill, Of unfaithfulness, shot her
and, turning the gun on himself, was
killed immediately.
The schools at Galesburg. Ill.,, have
teen closed on account of the preva-
lence of diphtheria.
MRS MYERS, over so years of age,
was run over and literally ground to
pieces by Mobile G. Ohio train near
Hill Creek, Ill. She was walking on
the track ana failed to see the ap-
preaching train.
In Lincoln county, W. Va, ira Saw
yer went coon hunting with some COM
panions, got separated, made a fire
against a tree and went to sleep. The
tree was burned through and fell on
him, pinioning him and he was burned
SO badly that he died soon after his
friends found him.
ABOUT ten miles southwest of Sher-
man, Tex, in Squirrel creek bottom, n
tornado on the 2sth did considera BILE
damage in uprooting trees and demol-
ishipg things in its path. Every mem.
Der of the Hayes family was hurt
CHARLES KAISER and wife, Emma,
were held up by two highwaymen on
lonely road near Bridgeport, Pa, on
the night of the 2sth, and Mrs Kaiser
was shot through her head and instant
ly killed, and her husband was wound
ed in the arm by second gunshot
The robbers secured all their valua bles
and then made their escape. The
whole surrounding country was aflame
with indignation and horror.
JUDGE ELMER 5. DUNDY, for 80 years
federal district judge for Nebraska,
died at Omaha.
FARMER MARTIN CRAWFORD and 10.
seph Jones, of the southern part of
Pawnee county, Ok, fought with SHOW
els and axes over the money question
and both will die, while Mrs. Jones,
who attempted to part the disputants,
was suffering from blow on the head
that may prove fatal.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN, of Boston, the
ex.pugilist, is a victim of cancer in his
right hand and may lose his arm.
AT Carbon, ILL.,. n mining town, in a
political quarrel an Italian fatally
stabbed John Hays and then escaped.
FIRE destroyed the First national
bank and three other business houses
at Ladonia, Tex. Loss, 100000
FIRE island, which was purchased by
New York city as a quarantine station