The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-14

WHILE chasing Q rob0er from Ill store Thomas J. Marshall. proprietor of the Golden Rule dry goods store at Chicago, was shot twice and died a few moments later on the sidewalk in front of his place. The robber escaped after wounding two other persons. The robber entered the store and ap' proached Miss Hattie Garrettson, the cashier, and demanded what money she had. She screamed and Marshall came to her aid, chasing the young fel. low out to the sidewalk.
 THE New York grand jury has found indictments against James B. Duke and nine directors of the American Tobacco Co.,, charging them with con ducting monopoly in the paper cigar cite trade.
 AMERICAN missionaries at Timpany, Africa, reported that Il natives were recently burned alive there on the score of witchcraft
 A FIGHT between negroes and Hun. garians at Keystone, w. Va., on the sth resulted in two negroes and one Hungarian being killed. Two others were also injured.
 THE rouudhouse and l2 locomotives belonging to the Queen & Crescent Rail- way Co. at Sumerset, Ky, were de- stroyed by fire recently. Loss, S300,' 900; fully insured.
 BY vote of 4?5 to 96, the Methodist general conference at Cleveland, O., on the 7th decided that the four wom' en delegates might retain ther seats. The decision was reached simply as the result of compromise, and with the understanding that it should not preju- dice the claims of the women in the future or esta blish precedent for flu. ture conferences to follow.
 CRACKsMEN blew open the safe ot Frank Novak, at Welford, near Cedar Rapids, Ia., and secured S2, 900 in cash and 1000 in securities The safe was regarded as burglar-proof and set with a time lock.
 OFFICIALS of the treasury at Wash ington were gratified at the rise in freight rates on gold export shipments and think the result will have the effect of preventing for time gold going out of the country.
 JOHN PorULNY and A. Purski, two saloonkeepers of South Chicago, were found asphyxiated at the Hotel Crystal on the eth. They retired to their room under the influence of liquor and, il was supposed, turned out the gas and then accidentally turned it on again.
 THE war department has sent out a circular to the commandant of each post to report on the condition of off. cers serving at such posts, with a view of placing those physically incapacita- ted on the retired list at an early date.
 IT was rumored at Washington that the free coinage democrats of Kentucky had decided to make their fight against Secretary Carlisle under the banner of Vice President Steven son, and that Mir. Stevenson had ac. quiesced in the arrangement There had been several informal conferences among the leaders, it was said, and the result was determination tc bring out the vice presiden. as the chanp pion of the white metal.
 ABOUT 1000 men stopped work and demanded salary at the shipyard of the Newport News (Va) Ship Building and Dry Dock Co., on the 4th. This action on the part of the employees was brought about by the new time sys. tenn, called the clock system. The men claimed that much time was lost in the morning and at dinner hour on nc. count of having to wait in turn to reg ister.
 GEORGE CANNON and Thomas Ather. ton. two miners at Whitwell, Tex, ignited the fuse of blast Because it did not go off they went to examine it and Caunon's head was blown off and Atherton died an hour after