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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

SIscE July 1, 1895, the total mum be, of pension claims of all kinds has de creased 56,546 This leaves the aggre gate number now awaiting action 4s5,- 664. The actual number of claimants is however, only 41O,922. The differe nee fin the figures is due to applications. There are 176 5s5 cases of claimants to whom no pension whatever was issued. Tae mum Der on the pension rolls is steadily decreasing, the total number of pensions everywhere being little over 970, COG, slight decline. It is es- timated that 3O,OoO pensioners have died during the fiscal year which has just closed
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

AS the amount of silver dollnrs in the treasury availa ble for the re- demption of treasury notes has become reduced to Sl0.659, 152 and will be fur. ther reduced by redemption during the current month, the coinage of sil. yer dollars by the hints will be in. creased from sl, 800, 900 to S3, 900, ,OOO per month from the 1st of August in order that the treasury may have a sufficient stock to redeem notes pre-. sented in exchange for silver dollars. The amount of notes redeemed in silver dollars and cancelled from Novemb Der IA, 1891, to July IA, 1896, was S2s, 402, :. 2sS.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
Big Fire fin Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 0.-The car barns of the Chicago City Railway Co. on Cot. tage Grove avenue. near Thirty Ninth street, were burned Saturday night. The barns were 15O feet long, 400 feet deep, and occupied hree-fourths of a square. They were filled with cars, being the stable for the entire system. The company lost 554 cars, 160 of them being grip cars. Not a thing ip the building was saved. The loss is esti. mated at S5O0,OoO. The building and contents were insured for s3il.OOo
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
THE WORKERS NAMED.
Mon Who Will Have Charge of New York and Chicago Republican Headquarters.

Mon Who Will Have Charge of New York
 and Chicago Republican Headquarters.
 CANTON, O.. July l7.-Joseph H. Man. ley, Powell Clayton, H. c. Hayne, Charles G. Dawes, NJ. P. Scott, Cyrus Leland, members, and Gen. Osborne, Of Massachusetts, secretary of the re- publican executive committee. reached here last night from Cleveland to con. fer with Gov. Mckinley on matters pertaining to the campaign. While none of the details of the conference are given out it is understood that Messrs. Quay, of Pennsylvania; Manley, of Maine; Scott, of West Virginia; Clayton, of Arkansas, and Gen. Osborne, of Boston, will have charge of the headquarters in New York, while Messrs. Dawes, of Illinois: Payne, of Wisconsin: Durbin, of In- diana, and Leland, of Kansas. will do their work for the campaign from the Chicago headquarters. The campaign is to begin just as soon as buildings can be secured and prepared for the opening of headquarters. Speakers will at once be put in the field and set to work on the aggressive campaign such as has been mapped out by the committee. At the conclusion of the conference Mir. Manley said that while the opposition had chosen their vice presidential candidate from Maine and Mir. Sewall claimed the state, he had not the slightest idea that Maine would change her record of always voting the repu blican ticket.
 It is reported that the committee will make every possible effort to in- duce Mir. Mckinley to make trip through the west, or at least deliver some speeches in that section. Some western committeeman are strongly in favor of having the campaign open in Omaha or Lincoln, Neb
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
SON AGAINST FATHER.

Harold K. sewall Replies to a Question Concerning His Position with Regard to His Father.
 BATH, Me-, July lZ-Harold K. Sc. wall, son of the democratic nominee for vice president, left the democratic party year ago and has since been an enthusiastic republican worker. In reply to an inquiry from the New York Herald as to whether he would sup. port or oppose his father, young Sewall says:
 The republicans of Maine have never failed to carry Maine for their presidential ticket, and never will My relationship to the demo- cratic nominee for vice president has never affected my political action, nor will it now.
 HAROLD K SEWALL.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

IF William J. Bryan should get into the white house he will be the young est man who has ever occupied if Grant was AZ years of age at the time of his inauguration. Bryan will be put S7 years next March. Bryan's youth shows up when it is told that the average age of the 94 men who nave been presidents of the country is nearly S years. The facts show that Of the "A only four were under the 80 marx Those were Grant, Cleveland. ~ho was 4s when he started on his nrst term in 1885, and Pierce and Gar .e'a' .s who were 4s when they began tAelr careers as presidents.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
REIGN OF TERROR.
A Gang of Outlaws tarrying Things with .
 High Hand In Ohio.

High Hand in Ohio.
 CINCINNATI, July 20. A special to the Enquirer indicates Q reign of terror in the counties of Scioto, Meigs and Gal lia, bordering on the Ohio river. At Portsmouth the Second Presbyterian church was badly damaged by dyna' mite. Previously there were attempts to blow up with dynamite the powder house of the street rail way company and the Offnere school building. A gang of 27 outlaws are said to be evading all efforts of the of ticers and posses to capture them :n Meigs and Gallia counties. Several people have been robbed on the high ways and many houses have been bur glarized. Yesterday the large stock barns of Judge H. A. Kentz were burned by incendiaries. Vigilance committees are on duty around Pome- roy and Middleport
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

THERE is a possibility that the pro ject of the late Brick" Pomeroy to tunnel the Rocky mountains may be revived. Friends of the widow and some of the largest stockholders have been casting about for some way to get back the money-$l, 900. OOO-sunk in the tunnel Experts are now in Colorado examining the property, and when their report is made the stock. holders will decide whether to go on with the job Brick Pomeroy thought that by tunnel, which could after. wards be used by railroads, unlimited supplies of gold, silver and other met als would be laid bare.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
An EiOpiug Couple Arrested,

LoGANsPoRT, Ind, July 2O.-Rev. G. E. Scott and Dora Dorian were ar. rested here, the result of circular letter offering $50 reward for their ap. prehension. They eloped from Water. loo, Ia., July 2, and, coming directly here, registered at leading hotel as man and wife. Scott is 45 years old and has wife. The girl is l5 and the daughter of prominent Waterloo citi. zen
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
RUSSELL DEAD.
The ex-GoverRor cf Massachusetts Foaod
 Lifelesa in He'd.


 Lifelesa in He'd.
 BOSTON, July l7.-Ex.Gov. w. E. Rus. sell, of Massachusetts. was found dead at the camp of E. F. Dutton at St Adelaide, Pabos, Cue, yesterday. he was as we'll as ever when he re. tired last night, but was found in bed dead this morning. The cause is thought to have been heart disease. Col. H. E. Russell and Col. Francis Peabody, Jr., left for Massachusetts with the body.
 Sketch of Ills Career.
 William F. Russell was born in Cambridge. Mass. September 6. 1857. He entered Harvard college in 1873 and is described during that period as hearty. manly, out-of-door student. who loved to lead the cheering at the boat races and ball games After his graduation from Harvard in 1877, young Russell took a three years course at the Boston university law school. In 1881 he was elected a member of the Cambridge council and two years later to the upper house.
 Mir. Russell had become by this tin-s the leader of the younger element of his party in Massachusetts and when 1t gained the ascend- ency, which 1t did shortly he was made the gubernatorial nominee. This was in 1888 when the tarin was the leading issue all over the country and his campaign was devoted to the discussion of this question His advocacy of reform upon these lines gained him national note which compensated, in measure, for his defeat by Coy. Ames Despite his defeat. how ever, he had pollei l,O0O more votes than Mir Cleveland, who was running simultaneously for the presidency.
 In 1859 Mir Russell ran against Gov Bracket and was defeated again. although his oppO- nent's plurality was reduced from 29. GOO to G. 7'5. Russcll's hour of triumph came the suc- ceeding year, when he was elected upon his third nomination, being the 3Sd governor of the state, the youngest man that ever sat in the governors chair in Massachusetts. and the third democratic Incumbent since the war. In 1891 he was reelected, although every other candidate upon the ticket was beaten.
 During the last five years of his life ex- Gov. Russell held no public office. but the ex- governor was long considered Q presidential possibility. and he was indorsed for the nomi- nation by the Massachusetts democracy. If the sound money wing of the democracy had controlled at the Chicago convention last week his chances would probably have been inferior to those of no other as pirant
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
TORNADO IN NEW YORK.

The Ad'rondacks Visited by a Funnel.
 Shaped Cloud-Much Damage.
 SARATOGA, N. Y., July l7.-A de. structive storm swept through the Adirondacks yesterday afternoon. A funnel-shaped cloud struck the earth between Fort Edward and Argyle, Washington county, destroying farm dwellings and barns. Near Burke. town and in Moreau Il buildings were wrecked. Between Argyle and North Argyle, property valued at $i0, 900 was destroyed. There were many mirac. ulous escapes, but no loss of life is re- ported.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Man.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


 WILLIAM J. BRYAN. the democratic nominee for president of the United States, made a speech on the 14th or the money question, comparing the blanks in the platforms of both the democratic and republican parties. IT was reported on the 4th at New York that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr. had been stricken with paralysis.
 DIAz has been reelected president o1 Mexico.
 A RECENT Washington dispatch stat. ed that the relations between the United States and Russia were some. what strained, the Russian govern ment insisting upon it's right to punish any Russian who falls into its power after becoming citizen of the United States.
 A SEATTLE, Wash., dispatch of the 18th stated that Gen. Duffield, chief of the coast geodetic survey, had arrived at that city on his way to Alaska to gather information bearing upon the boundary dispute with England.
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY HAMLIN, of the treasury, has issued a brief state ment on the political crisis. He thinks there should be no republican. no dem- ocrat, but union of the loyal citizens of the republic against the forces that controlled the Chicago convention. AS he had just before had 8 conference with President Cleveland at Gray Ga. bles, it was believed his statement re- flected the views of the president on the present p olitical crisis.
 MORE than 100 replies had been re- ceived up to the 18th by the committee at Chicago which issued the call for a sound money democratic convention. The replies came from Maine, Michi. gan, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wiscon. sin and Indiana. The plan favored was the appointment of a national commit tee which could meet in conference and issue call for convention.
 Ex.Gov. w. E. RUSSELL, of Massachu. sets, was found dead at the camp of B. F. Dutton at St. Adelaide, Pabos, Que, on the l6th. The cause was thought to have been heart disease. He was 39 years old.
 WILLIAM $. HOLMAN, the watch dog of the United States treasury, was nominated on the fifth ballot on the 17th by the democrats of the Fourth Indiana district for congress He is now v years old.
 ACCORDING to private advices from Havana Gen. Jose Maceo, the Cuban insurgent leader, was killed in an en- gagement in the Cato hills.
 J. J. O'CoNNOR, of Savannah, Ga, was reelected president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and Thomas J. Dundan, of Columbus, O., treasurer
 WILLIAM c. WHITNEY, of New York, has formally bolted the ticket nomi- mated at Chicago. He said nothing could induce him to vote for Bryan or to assist in any way in his election. Beyond that he was silent
 TIE correspondence which has passed between the United States and Great Britain respecting the esta blish- ment of a general system of arbitra- tion for settling disputes between the two nations has been made public. The correspondence denotes an ad. vance in the direction aimed at, but a arbitration treaty between the two countries seems still very dis tant
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

IT appears that of the 50 establish' ments in the United States that have adopted the profit-sharing system, only l2 have continued it Five have aban' doned it indefinitely and 33 perma. nently. Such plan works very we'll so long as there are profits to share.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

A SCHEME is on foot to erect gigan. tic model of the globe, surrounded by staircases, twice the size of the pro. posed globe, for the Paris exhibition. The scale will be ths of nature, and the globe will take two years to build. London will be about the size of an English penny. Anum- Der of public men have written letters favoring the idea.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

THE total production of crude pc. troleum in the United States in 1895 was 52,9S3.526 barrels, valued at S57,- ,279, against 49, 344, 5l6 barrels in the previous year, valued at s3a, 522 ,O95. Since the beginning of operations in Titusville, Pa., in 1858. the enormous total of 09,7l3, 4O3 barrels of crude pe- troleum have been produced in this country, of which 5l6,657,a6O barrels represent the product of the Pennsyl- vania and New York oil fields.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

THE Brooklyn Health Culture club will early in October, on a rainy day, come out in their new common sense" costumes The object of the club is to set an example of sensible dressing. The club is composed of society and professional women.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
Mckinley and Bryan at Topeka,

TOPEKA, Kan, July 2O.-William J. Bryan will address the people of Kan. sas at the Topeka fall festival, Sep. tember 30. The day following Mai. Mckinley will be here and speak to the old soldiers state reunion. Posi- tive promises have been secured from both presidential candidates, and the people are preparing for a great time.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

LONDON has been aroused to the ne- cessity of having 3O-foot channel open into the Thames at all stages of the tide in order to be able to compete with Southampton and Liverpool. Ves- sells drawing p feet can pass only l3 days in the year and those drawing 25 feet on I25 days.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

ACTING under an act of the legisla' ture passed at Albany last winter, Warden Sage, of Sing Sing prison, will at once inaugurate the Bertillon sys. tenn for the identification and measur. ing of the criminals now in Sing Sing prison. There are l5 measurements in all. If the Bertillon system becomes universal it will be no trouble to To. cate the wherea bouts of any criminal
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
Greece Preparing for War.

ATHENS. July 20.-The Greek gov. ernment has decided to send reinforce. ments of troops to the Graeco-Turkish frontier, owing to the strained rela. tions between Greece and Turkey i'm. mediatcly growing out of the Cretan insurrection.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
Gov. Stone to Sneak i'm A,.h.,.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 2Q--William J. Stone, of Missouri, has accepted an invitation from the state democratic campaign committee to make series of speeches in Alabama during the week prior to the state election, which occurs August 3.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
Awful Loss of Life.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20. News re. ceived from Japan up to July 3 states that the loss of life from the recent tidal wave was between 25, and 30. O00 The government has received re. ports from all tine devastated districts. and it is thought all the victims of the disaster have been found or accounted
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

THREE ten.inch steel breech-loading guns are about to be mounted at Old Point at the mouth of the James river. They are 3l feet long, weigh 67,OOo pounds each and have a range of many miles. The idea that Uncle Sam is doing nothing for coast defense is q misapprehension.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

THE Maine Bible society has, during the past year, found 955 towns in the state without religious worship, and half the families visited were found to be without religious influences
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

AHEAvY rain occurred recently near Karnes City, Tex, and after it was over the prairie was found to be GOV. cred with live fish of the perch variety.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23

THE average cash capital brought in by the immigrants who landed on our shores during the last fiscal year, as reported by the treasury department. was S7l.63
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE latest census gives London 6 population of 6. .l77,9l3.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
A
 Colorado Summer

Is the title of an illustrateo book descriptive of Resorts in Colorado reached via the santa Fe Route. It tells where va' cation may be pleasantly spent Address G. T. NICHOLSON q. p. A., A., T. & s. F. Ry'' Chicago, fer a free copy.
 Summer tourist rates no" m effect from the East to Pueblo Colorado Springs. Manitou ana Denver. The way to go Is VI" the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-26
COMPULSORY PILOTAGE.

There can be little doubt that COM
pulsory p.lotage bill will be introduced
into the legislature. 1t VIII be urged that
at present the business is so precar1ous
that IL does not justify maintenance of the
feet, and unless legislation makes pilot
age on Puget sound compulsory they will
have to go out OF business. and the result
Will be detrimental TO local maritime COM
merce.
Portland. Or, complained bitterly of the
compulsory pilotage law for Columbia
river; and the experience of nearly every
port is that where pilotage is needed the
supply of 1T soon accommodates itself TO
the demand. The moment there is an at
tempt TO create a demand there is a bar
set up to trade.
Instead of devis.ng new tolls to put upon
ships coming into our ports we should be
seeking means 10 remove those that exist.
Seattle did a wise thing when 1t made 1t
as profitable to Sound vessels TO take
water here as to go elsewhere. 1t made
another good investment when 1t bought
the anchor buoys. We want all the ships
that will come. and when they come they
should be made welcome, not scared off
by restrictions. There is no need for COM
pulsory pilotage on Puget sound. To
build up a sea traffic and then figure out
how wealthy we would be II all the ships
paid tribute is ike the calculation OF the
man who has invited a great number of
customers to his store by advertising low
prices, and then figures what profit he
would make by raising them aga.n-and
undertakes 10 do 1t. He can raise the
prices. but he cannot keep the customers.
We advertise far and wide the advan-
tages OF Puget sound, with its facilities
for ships SAILING almost to our wharves,
and H. after we have attracted those
ships, We seek TO make them pay pilotage
as IL we had no such advantages. We will
only drive them away,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-26
TECHNICALLY N EDUCATION.

The public school teachers OF PhEsdel-
phaa are Just now interested IN discus
s.oa upcn shs subject OF drawing. ana
there Is an earnest effort being made 20
bring about q change OF system. II IS
fouad ;hat While children have = great
desire % draw, they are discouraged by
the dlfsoulty % making geomvlricsI Hg-
ures. tt = now believed ta&s ,ss kiader-
gartea pan of modelling mlgat "a adapted
20 the teaca.ng OF drawing. and some ex-
ce}aat reasons are glvea fos e.
TIE best contribution 20 the controversy
Is made 6y TIE director In drawing OF the
Philadelphia schools. who sDaufully aa-
mlss thks ghs theory BE has applied, FOL
lawiar upon ere us0al negeois. Is unsat-
tssacsory. I4e says.
ssfu drawing the early work should ne
80 free ard spontaneous as early soeessh.
N-slt enc k.nte-sarrsns II mechanical
driU i ghe rlSaS fouuGAuoa tor thouxat
through eraw .ss surely tse earlier the
foua3Gsioa - ESTABLISHED 80 better for
ere ra.H Bvt vAas - tha method o. TIE
intelligent ksnSerraTlnegf WAY. sae tets
tee pup3.s 30 take = sieee 81 caArcQAl q
wax Or souas ctssr saft mea3urn taas xalil
make a soft. rasat IRE. asa drxw what
ever they see - arr working aNoat TIE
q =. resusss are crude 60 - sure. but 10
teF~e 20 express something Is aroused.
ard tae proper neeno3 - csgshlssaei BY
s. asrecglag re sttengaoa. oaee-vsas
aaa teaant - p.csarssE. WhGs more
&oea sAs &rsAzs &e1 wa&s less saoaA the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-26
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Gladstons's little granddaughter. Doro-
thy Drew never wears shoes and stock
ings at all either in the house or out Of
doors. except in town.
Gen. $. Y. Leger, the minister 10 this
country from Hdiu. who recently arrived
IN Washington, Is described as a hand
some man. OF middle stature. dark In com
pieNion. with a black mustaChe, and i'm
peri2I. he does not speak English.
Fletcher Aguew, a bright young s0pho-
more In the Northwestern university at
Evanston, has joined the salvation Army,
and turns our and marches with the pro
cesslOn every night. lie Will be assigned
70 army work as soon as ne graduates
There is no Use for anybody 20 20 to
Evanston who does not expect 70 be re-
llgtous.
The cross of the Legion OF Honor has
been bestowed on many men. scientists
philosophers and soldiers. but on only two
women. Rosa R0nhcur was the hTst TO
wear the coveted red ribbon. and now SIS
Ter Marie Caant@L a nurse ara pun in
Tours hospital. who has been Win the
French army IN the field. and rendered
valuable services, have been rewarded
with the cross.
Visitors 70 the New Forest have noted
the monument which marks The spot
where William Rufus was shot by Sir
Waiter Tyrrell The body OF the king was
removed by i local charcoal burner named
Purkiss- Il IS not generally. known mat
his descendants stu live close by, and
stin carry or the business Of charcoal
burning Indeed. the purklsses OF the
New Forest are as proud Of their Gnoroken
line OF charcoal burners for - years a.
any aristocrat OF his genealogical fres.
The election az 4. s. Clay 70 succeed
Cen. John i. Gordon as senator from
Georgia ends what was known as the
"Eouroon reg ne. IN the cracker state.
ard a military title from the late Con
se-ferRte government VIII no longer en-
title q man 20 any poll Office 10
which BE may aspire. After the war tho
Democratic party Of the state vas G0Dl-
mated 6y Robert I1ognbs. Joseph a.
Brown. Alexander Stephens AID John B.
Gordon IA TURN Gordon was a lieutenant
general IN fae Confederate army and was
second la command 20 Lee at AppornRk-
tax. he hears on ais Lace = scar froEa a
sword eat received ia battle When he
Ras running for governor OF Georgia 4
few years ago. his Political opponent said
- hirn one day. General. IL that battle
scar vas auyW here except or your face.
yoa would never hAvs been heard OF II
Georgia politics.