The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-02
AT the old Front street theater at

AT the old Front street theater at
Baltimore, Md, an immense crowd as.
sembled on the eth to listen to He.
brew opera. One of the attendants
went to light gas jet which had been
eXtingushed. As he turned the cock
and applied a match it was seen that
there was no tip to the burner. Some
one in the gallery shouted, "Fire" In
an instant there was a mad scram BILE
for the door, A dozen policemen hur.
ried to the scene, and pushed through
the door and to the writing mass on
the landing. When the mass had been
cleared it was found that "a people
were killed. two fatally injured and
ten seriously hurt.
The failures for the week ended De.
cember 81 (Dun's reporD were 322 in the
United States, against $50 last year,
and 40 in Canada, against Al last year.
CLEARING house returns for the prin.
cipal cities in the United States for the
week ended Decembe 81 showed an av.
erage increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year of $685.
III new OTh Uuc lHCTcdSc was ~ os ouI'
side New York the increase was 1914.
BY the explosion of $50 sticks OF
dualin and 1000 pounds of black pow.
der, three men were killed at Hazel
ton, Pa, on the eth. The cause OF
the explosion was not known. One OF
the bodies was blown 60 yards.
TwENTy-TnREE federal prisoners
made their escape from the United
States Jail at South McAlester, /. t.,
on the Goth. They had in some un'
known way been furnished with a
skeleton key, and while all the guards
| but one were at breakfast suddenly
unlocked the Jail door, knocked the
guard down, choking him insensible,
after which they took his pistol and
made their escape, each running in a
different direction.
A SPECIAL. from Massillon, o., on the
Goth stated that the members of the
Royal Hawaiian band, which stranded
in Cleveland recently, were in de.
plorable condition. One OF them was
taken sick Christmas day and it was
found that he was starving. They had
been practically without food for sew.
eral days Massillon people were en-.
deavoring to put the band on its feet
Their instruments were held in Cleve
land under attachments.
THE saw mill of the Switzerland
Lumber Co. at Ashland, Wis, burned
to the ground the other morning. 1t
was supposed that Jack and Bill Noon
an, cousins of Jack Carkeek, the wres-
tier, were buried in the ruins
A New YORK dispatch on the Goth
said that Joe Vendig had made final
arrangements for the boxing carnival
which is to take place in Ell Paso, Mex.
The programme will be: February II,
Wallcott and Bright Eyes," the Texas
negro; February IL, Dixon and Mar
shall; February 10. Leeds and Ever.
hart; February IA, Maher and Fitzsim.
mons.
In head.end collision, which &C.
Cured between Chattahoochee and
Peyton, Ga, on the Georgia Pacific di.
vision of the Southern railroad, be.
tween two freight trains, two iremen
and brakeman were killed, one engi.
neer was perhaps fatally hurt and three
tramps received painful injuries.
A TERRIBLE battle between revenue
officials and moonshiners took place in
the Cumberland noun ains in Letcher
county, Ky, recently, in which one
moonshiner was killed and three others
were taken prisoners. A revenue Off.
GER was also slightly wounded. Sew.
eral stills were cut to pieces and about
1000 gallons of brandy and whisky de-
stroyed.
THIEVES broke into the post Office at
Harvey, ILL.,, on the night Of the 25th
and carried away Sc, 500 worth of post.
age stamps and $500 in money. The
postmaster is poor man, and the loss
will fall heavily upon him.