The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

TIE anniversary of the great fire was cele ebrated at Chicago on the 9th by an immense parade of the friends of the gold standard, about 75,O00 men being in line. At night the friends of free silver had their innings and murched over practically the same route. Two great mass meetings were held at night by both parties Chaun. cey NJ. Depew spoke at the gold stand- ard meeting. He was escorted to the Coliseum by 1,5O0 wheelmen.
 THE morocco factories of Garrett X Barr, Charles Baird & Co. and Wash ington, Jones & Co, at Wilmington, Del, wore damaged by fire to the ex- tent of S26O, 900 and William McNeal, a fireman, was killed by falling walls.
 DUN's review of trade gives the mum. Der of failures for the week ended the 9th in the United Sta tes as 296, against o6s last year, and in Canada 46, against 53 last year.
 FIRE at What Cheer, Ia., destroyed the Reporter newspaper office, the post office and several adjoining buildings.
 ALBERT BRAY, aged 30, a prosperous farmer and very religious man, living near Noblesville, Ind. cut the throats of his wife, his nine-year-old son Carl. his two-year-old daughter Edna and himself. Bray, owing to sickness in his family and some financial embar- rassment, had lost his reason.
 Two of the best business blocks in Corning, Ia., were entirely wiped out by fire on the 9th. The blaze orig mated in Reinold's elevator. The flames made quick work of this and spread to two box cars in the C., E. X 0. yards When one of the cars was almost consumed it was discovered that an unknown man had either per ished in the flames or had been mur- dered and placed there by tramps. In less than two hours the blocks were in ruins and s2OO,0OO worth of property had been destroyed.
 AT Mount Junction, Ga., Gus Will. Hams, a populist negro, struck ticket out of a democratic negro voters hands. The democratic negro struck Williams and Williams fired at his as. sailant, but missed his aim and shot and instantly killed Engineer Middle. ton, of the Central railroad, who was an onlooker. Bystanders at once lynched Williams and riddled his body with bullets.
 THE third quarterly payment oi Sl0O, 900 to the Osage Indians was made on the sth. Many gamblers were al Pawhuska. I. T., and the few marshals were powerless to prevent depreda' tions. Two gamblers, Jones and Ev. ans, defrauded some full.bloods and Indians ran them out of town and i, was reported beat them to death. FROM the indications on the 8th every mine that was in operation before the strike at Leadville, Col. will have been started again within SC days Barricades, blockhouses and sentry boxes have been erected about most of them and men were coming from outside, and with those who are daily applying for work will give the mines full force as fast as they are wanted.
 THE great fire at Guayaquil, Ecuador | was believed to have been of incendi ary origin. Some arrests have been made. Many people lost their lives during the confagration, and the losses were estimated at S54, 400, ,000 The populace was furious and demand the prompt punishment of the guilty. THREE men were drowned in the Mississippi river near Meyer, H., by their boat capsizing.
 THE safe of the bank at Shelby, Neb. was blown open and &, 100 stolen.
 THE Bank of Clatonia, Gage county Neb., was robbed of $l,50O by being blown open.
 MRS. JOSEPH SKINNER, of White water, Ind, committed suicide by drowning in rain barrel.
 THE nut and bolt works of Anderson Ind, has joined the trust and an sd vance in price is looked for.