The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1896-03-26

THE failures for the week ended
March 20 (Dun's report) were 2s1 In the
United States, against 27s last year,
and 40 in Canada, against IS last year.
In the MEMO hotel at New York
Robert Herman, bartender, and
Lizzie Crater. domestic, were found
dead. II was believed the man shot
the woman and then himself.
A BUILDING at Chicago occupied by
the Electric Light Pictorial Enlarging
Co. and Marshall Fields shirt factory
was destroyed recently by Gre. Loss,
$4,000.
THE press and public at Madrid have
expressed disappointment and impa-
thence at Gen. Weyler's failure to sup
press the Cuban insurgents.
THE president has issued proclama-
ton withdrawing from disposition
under the homestead law all that part
of the public lands formerly known as
Greer county, Tex, until decision
should be reached as to tho merits of
the Choctaw claim to this country.
Persons who settled there prior to De.
Gem Der 80, 1887, are not to be disturbed
in the meantime.
A BERLIN dispatch stated that lep-
rosy was spreading rapidly in the Bal.
tic provinces and that the Prussian diet
was about to improvise q special
asylum for the afflicted.
The village of New Riegel, O., was
intensely excited on the 10th over a
tragedy which will result in two
deaths John Noes, wealthy brick
manufacturer, shot and fatally wound
ed his recently divorced wife and her
sister, Miss Katie Smith, because Mrs.
Noes would not 60 back and live with
him.
A LONE highwayman attempted to
hold up SoSthern Pacific passenger
train near Talare, Col. In a duel with
the robber two deputy sheriffs were
badly wounded and the robber was
shot dead.
The London Standard understands
that the British government does not
propose, as result of the resolution
passed by parliament the other day
calling attention to the evil effects Of
the fall in tho price of silver, to take
any steps in the direction of an inter.
national bimetallic conference, but
that it is willing to consider the OPEN
ing Of the Indian mint to the free coin.
age of silver If the countries of the
Latin union are disposed to reopen
their minis in the same way.
NEAR Hennessey, Ok, Mrs. j. Bow.
man, an aged lady partially paralyzed,
was burned to death while at home
alone.
BURGLARS used SO much dynamite on
the safe of the bank at Moulton, Ia,
that they demolished the vault and
shook up the town and were obliged to
run off without securing any booty.
A BOILER exploded at McLurkin's
mill near Caledonia, Ala, and three
men were killed and another fatally
injured. The cause was an imperfect
safety valve.
Louis DUTToN, widower, aged 3s
years, was cremated in a barn near
Monmouth. III. The building, seven
horses, hay, grain and farming imple-
ments were all burned.
ABOUT 1000 more tailorS struck on
the 18th at Chicago in support of the
strike recently inaugurated by the
clothing cutters. They claimed to
have grievances and said their wages
had been reduced until it was impossi-
BILE to live on the money they received
for their work
A PASSENGER train on the Penn
sylvania road ran into a live stock train
on the 18th and the engineer and fire.
man of the passenger train we're killed
and dozen others more or less in.
jured. A hundred sheep were killed.
The cars caught fire, but the passen.
gers went to work with snow and pre-
vented it spreading. Some cars were
broken to splinters.