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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
ALARM IN HAVANA.
Cuban Insurgents Attack the City's Wster supply, Using Dynamite.

supply. Using Dynamite.
 HAVANA, June 15.-The city waa startled and alarmed Saturday night at nine o'clock by the noise of two sue. cessive explosions which shook the ground for a long distance and were heard for miles Consternation pre- vailed for time, as it was feared this was prelude to an attack or series of similar explosions. It was soon found that the stone bridges of Cristina and Concha and the aqueduct of Fernando Scptimo were the points that had suffered from the dynamite. The bridges were partially destroyed, and the pipes on the aqueduct, upon which the city is de- pendent for its water supply were much damaged. It cannot yet be stated how extensive is the damage done. or how long it will require to remedy it There is no doubt left that the dyna- mite which caused this wreck was placed by agents of the insurgents. It has been their determination, an nounced some time since, to cut off the water supply of Havana and to serve to make it as nearly inhaGitable as possi. ble. The greatest apprehension is felt on account of the secrecy and effective. ness with which the insurgents have been able to carry out the outrage.
 It is believed the insurgents are bent upon investing Havana by cutting of as much as possible the supply of nec- essaries, though not by actually be- sieging it. All fruits and vegetables and fresh meats are unprecedentedly high priced and difficult to obtain, and milk is of the poorest. such as is brought in being much adulterated be- fore it is delivered. There is much fever, and smallpox has broken out here and, in the unwholesome state of affairs, to become epidemic. Many are suffering from measles and there is much intestinal trouble among the of the city, owing to the poor and insufficient food. The fail. ure of the water supply under these is dire calamity.
 council of Spanish generals in Cuba has decided to suspend operations against the insurgents owing to the rains.
 Gen. Gomez's force of 5000 was de. feated recently on the plains of Sara toga near Najara, province of Puerto Principe, after fight of AZ hours, by Jiminez Castallano's troops. Gomez lost fully 500 men. Gen. Goday's com nand, which reinforced the troops, lost four soldiers killed and two officers
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

IT was reported at Canton, O., that Congress lake, 20 miles north of that city, had broken through its banks and flooded the adjacent territory. The report said many people were killed and injured and the towns of Middlebranch and Oval City swept away. Details could not be obtained as telephone and telegraph communi. cation was cut off. A report over a railroad wire said over 200 people were killed.
 | BLACKWELL, Ok., was recently great ly excited because members of the Baptist church would not allow the United States flag to be unfurled in- side the church during a G. A. R. re. union. The G. A. R. post passed reso- lutions denouncing the church trustees, and all the church people have come back with hot retort.
 THE attorney.general of Wisconsin has brought suit to have the franchise revoked and a receiver appointed to wind up the affairs of the National Manufacturing Co.,, of Dartford, as it is creating, he alleges, a lumber trust extending over Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio and Kan. sas.
 Two business blocks, containing half dozen stores in Lamar, Col, were destroyed by fire. The total loss was $50. 900.
 REPORTS from peppermint growers in all parts of southwestern Michigan said that grasshoppers were doing great injury to the crops. In some localities the insects had eaten the entire foliage of large fields. The yield of oil will be considerably less than last year.
 THE stone bridges of Cristina and Concha and the aqueduct of Fernando Septimo, upon which Havana was de- pendent for it's water supply, were blown up by agents of the insurgents. Much fever and smallpox was existing in Havana and altogether the city was in deplorable condition. A council of Spanish generals had decided to sus. pend operations against the insur- gents owing to the rains. Gen. Go. mez's insurgent force of 5000 was said to have been defeated by Castallano's troops.
 STEP PALMER, negro. was executed in the city jail yard at Jackson. Miss. on the 18th. for the murder in Decem. Der last of Charley Cordell and wife, newly married colored couple.
 SARAH ANN ANeGLI., who alleges she is the widow of the late Jay Gould, has begun suit in New York to recover her dover right in the Gould estate.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

GEORGE SIMPSON, aged eight; Robert Simpson, nine; Charles Larson. ten; John Fitzgerald ten, and Edward Fitz- gerald, nine, were locked up at Chicago recently on charges of burglary. The children were the confessed leaders and senior members of gang of infant burglars to whose doors have been traced several robberies So skillfully was their work executed that the DO. lice inclined to the relief that it was the work of experienced crooks.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

| A TELEGRAM from New York on the
 18th stated that the six leading mafiu' lecturers of fireworks in the United States were planning Q trust to save themselves from ruin because prices had gone below cost BILL WEST, the notorious Indian ter. ritory murderer who escaped from jail at Topeka, Kan. while under sentence of death. was killed at Illinois, Ok, while resisting arrest. A DISPATCH from Bombay stated that the British warship Bonaventure, while making q passage from Colon ba, Ceylon, to Pondicherry, capital of the French settlement in India, lost 70 men by sunstroke.
 MANY concerns were burned out by a fire at Hico, Tex, recently, includ- ing the Hico Review. Loss, S5O,O
 IT was reported on the 12th that the Turks had pillaged and burned 20 hamlets in the interior of the island of Crete.
 FIRE broke out in what is known as the Oklahoma district at Whiting, Ind, and Mrs. John Homer, aged 3o years, and her small son and daughter perished.
 FIRE destroyed the building of the American Horse exchange at New York on the llth. About l5O valuable horses perished and 100 fine carriages were burned. The value of the prop. erty consumed was estimated at SoOO. 00o Among the horses destroyed was Elsia G., trotting horse worth S7,5OO, with record of 2:l9T.
 ONE hundred and eighty cans of dy. namite exploded about a mile below Lilly Pa., with frightful results. One man was killed and six others fatally injured. The men were getting ready to make blast when the explosion oc- cured. The steam shovel which stood on the track was hurled 200 feet away.
 THE town of Topac, Mex. was re- gently visited by tornado, accom- panied by waterspout Three .fourths of the place was utterly destroyed and IS dead bodies were taken out from the debris and 30 more people were missing and supposed to have been killed. Many others were so badly in- jurcd that the last rites of the church were administered to them. Some of the streets were eight feet in mud and rocks that. rolled down from the moun- tains.
 w. J. YoUNa, the lumberman and philauthropist, who was reputcd to be worth from S6, OO0, 900 to SIG, 900, 900, re- gently died at Clinton, la.
 PARIS BRYANT and his brother George, two young farmers near Mar Ia, have been arrested for counterfeiting. They made full con- fcssion.
 A TORNADO occurred at Wyeth City. Ala, on the 9th. Thirteen houses were literally blown away from the face of the earth and two persons were silled, besides hundred or more in. ured. .
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
A GIGANTIC project, that of building

A GIGANTIC project, that of building second pipe line from the Indiana oil fields to Whiting, Ind. has just been made public. The new line will be l6O miles in length, beginning in the fields of Wells, Blackford, Jay, Adams and Grant counties and extend ing northwest through Huntington, Wabash, Miami, Kosciusko, Fulton, Cass, Marshall, White, Pulaski, Starl<c, Laporte, Jasper, Porter, Newton and Lake counties to Whiting. where im- mense refineries are to be erected at an outlay of several millions. Work on the right of way is being pushed rapidly,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

iaE railroad systems of the country are about to be revolutionized and it VIII be no strange thing if we are able to rush about at an unconce;v.bls speed within few months, writes n WashingtoA correspondent To New York in two hours from the capital; to breakfast in Gotham and lunch in Chi. cago, and take our next breakfast in view of the placid waters of the Pacific. are what is promised us The latest invention. is what is known as the brott RaHid Tranit Bicycle railway. It combines the principles of the mos, improved elnctric motors aud the track ss constructed with single rail.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

EDWARD NJ. BENTLEY, of New York, has jGst patented an electric blow, which runs back and forth across q field and turns up the soil in fashion that would have made pioneer farmers of hundred years ago stand dumb with amazement His invention calls into use the most recent developments in the line of transmission of electric power. A power house in a centrally. located village can furnish motive force for all the farm work to be done within Q radius of many miles
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
ONLY SIX LEFT.
Forlorn Report About the Colony of TopoiobampO.

A Forlorn Report About the Colony oi
 ropoiobampO.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 1a - The steamer Coos Bay, which has just ar. rived in port, put into the harbor at the mouth of the Fuertres river on the Mexican coast, the nearest point to the colony of Topolobampo, and the cap- tain reports that of the several hun. dred families who emigrated there eight years ago but half a dozen per. sons remain. All who could get out of the country have done so and the re. mainder are destitute. The Coos Bay was the first vessel seen by the inha b. itants in two years. Mrs. Anna Diggs, of Kansas, was connected with the en. terprise at one time and Bank Com. missioner Breidcnthal has been its president
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

TIE newest fad in jewelry is an en- graved diamond and a prominent Par isian jeweler has turned out bicycle scarfpin made out of two single dia- monds. The result is an exact repre- sentation of bicycle in miniature, made entirely of diamonds. Hitherto 1t has been considered impossible be- cause no tool could be found hard enough to cut the stone The use of electricity, however, renders this pos sible.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

BUTTER.MAKING in one minute, with economy and with many valuable safe guards from disease, as compared with the old-fashioned churning system is something that Consul O Neill at Stock- holm tells of in report to the state de- partment. This is done by simple ma chine known as the radiator. It makes the butter directly from sterilized milk. The machine promises to revolu. tionize ebutter-making.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

IT appears from statistics just pu b. lished that there are about 2,5OO news papers and periodicals printed in Paris every week, more than appear in all the rest of France. Of these 1O7 are political, 1O9 illustrated, 10S devoted to fashions, l9O to medicine, over 200 to finance and 60 to sport.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
TWO HUNDRED KILLED.
An Awful Disaster Reported to Have Oc.
 cured at Canton, O.

An Awful Disaster Reported to Have Oc.
 cured at Canton, 0.
 CANTON, O., June l5. It was reported here that Congress lake, 20 miles north, body of water about one mile in diameter, had broken through its banks and flooded the territory south. The report says many people are killed and injured and the towns of Middle. branch and Oval City are swept away. Details cannot be obtained except by driving to the scene, as telephone and telegraph communication is cut off. A report over railroad wire said over 200 people were killed.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
Grasshoppers fin Indiana.

SOUTH BEND, Ind, June 15-Grass- hoppers are doing immense damage in portions of this county. Alex Smith,
 of Center township, has 80 acres of wheat, from which every blade has been eaten. Fifteen acres of potatoes and large field of oats have also been
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
Tornado Blew Him n Fortuna.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., June l5.-George De Long, berry picker, had wealthy uncle killed in the St. Louis tornado, and has received word that he has been left fortune of sl5o,0Oo. He proved his heirship by telegraph, and will go at once to claim his windfall. He is about 30 years old.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
To store More sIlver in Nev y,rr

NEW YORK, June 15.-A steel chest. 12x12x10 feet is being constructed for the sub-treasury here, which will pro. vide additional storage capacity for s6,00O,0uo. At present there are in the sub-treasury vaults 50.0OO,00 silver dollars and LOGO, 900 su osldiary coin.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
Flag Was I,arred in rburcb

PERRY, Ok, June l5 Black we'll, Ok 30 miles northwest of here. is greatly excited because mem bers of the Bap. tist church would not allow the United States flag to be unfurled inside the church during a c. A. R. reunion. The G. A. R. post at that place has passed resolutions denouncing the church trustees, and all the church people have come back with a hot retort.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
Four Killed by Lightning

CLARKsvILLE, Tenn, June IS. The report of the deadly work wrought by lightning at Tobaccoport, river land. ing, reached here. A house in which a numSer of white and colored boys had taken shelter was struck, and four were killed-Robert Brandon, white, and three colored boys.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
A Cyclone In the O,npe NatIon.

PERRY, Ok., June l5-A cyclone wis., ited the Osage nation Friday. The residence of J. A. Plomondon was com. pletely wrecked, but fortunately the family was in the cave and escaped uninjured. Twenty or more houses were blown down.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
An Important Difference.

To make it apparent to thousands. whc think themselves i'll, that they are not af. fiicted with any disease, but that the system simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort home to their hearts, as costive condition is easily cured by using Syrup of Figs Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company only, and sold by all druggists.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

ALIcEToN, Wis, the town without a woman, has lost it's distinction. Its postmaster, Mir. r. H. Metcalf, has re. gently married wife, and other citi- zens are expected to follow his example
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
Double Murder in rex.s.

CALDWELL. Tex, June l5.-At Tunis, ten miles from here, Jesse Massey and J. T. Chance, both white, were foully murdered Saturday night by unknown parties. Massey received 22 buckshot and Chance l2
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

THE children's subscription for a monument to the late Eugene Field, the western author, amounted a few days ago to SsS4, 56, and 1,3l9 subscrib- CTS were represented.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

THE new watch is to have a phono. graphic cylinder hidden away and at the hour and at each quarter of an hour a tiny voice will be heard giving you the exact time. You will simply touch spring, hold the watch to your ear and it will whisper the hour.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

COUNTING in clerk hire, mileage and incidentals, a member of congress now receives total of about l2,650 for his two years service.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

PROSPECTIVE CoNTEsTANT--sThe testator was very ignorant man and drew the will himself" Lawyer-"ln that event l can offer you small encouragement '-Detroit Tribune.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

"ETHEL, did you really steal that etching from borrowed bookm "Y,s, l just had to-the curve of the chin and throat were 90 perfect "-Chicago Record.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

TIE New York board of health an. nounces that tetanus antitoxin is a sure remedy for lockjaw.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

CRUEL.-sI know that age is telling on me- said Miss Sere.eaf. "Yes. dear; but you needn't mind so very much. It isn't telling the whole truth. .n-Sketch.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-18

"YouNG man." said the merchant to the prospective office boy, "are you fairly well educatedr' II be-" replied the boy, proud. ly.-TitBits.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-09
Horses and Mules.

have leased the sales and boarding sta.
bles of Messrs. Leach 4 Barbee, corner Mar
tin and Blount streets, and have on hand
now about fifty head of West Virginia
horses and mules, suitable for driving,
draught and farm work. This stock Is
bought direct from the farmers who raised
1T. A large supply OF horses will be kept al
all times, and we can supply your needs.
j. w. LlTTLEPAGE.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-09
CONVENTION IN GRANVILLE.
The Popuists to Meet June 10 and the
Democrats June 20.

Oxford, \. c., June 8.-(Special) ~
The Populist convention of Granville
county is called to meet in Oxford
on Wednesday, June 10th, and the Dem
ocnatic convention will meet on Satur-
day. June 20. Both are called to elect
delegates to the State and district con-
yentions. and to nominate candidates
for county officers.
1t is possible that these two parties
viii fuse upon am equitable division
of offices.
The friends of Judge A. W. Graham
will present his name for the nomina-
ton for Congress in this the Fifth dis
tr.ct He will not be candidate for
the nomination of Judgeship.
Mrs Luther w. Stark, nee Miss Annie
Smith, died on Sunday morning. The
announcement of this sudden death
cast a gloom over this community,
" here the deceased was universally
popular and admired for her many
womanly virtues. Mrs. Stark was on
a visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
about five years, and leaves a devoted
husband and two children, and host
of relatives and friends to mourn her
premature death. This is one of the
saddest deaths that has occurred i'll
our vicinity for years. The funeral
will be held at the Presbyterian church
this afternoon at o'clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-09
SAMPSON COUNTY DEMOCRATS
Judge 8oykin Endorsed For Associate
Justice of Supreme Court,

Clinton, \. C., June S.-(SpeciaD-
The Democracy of Sampson met in
convention here Saturday afternoon,
the 9th. Delegates were elected to the
State, Congressional and judicial con-
yentions. Strong silver resolutions
were adopted. Mr., H. j. Hines was
elected chairman of the county eXecu-
tive committee.
The following resolutions, endors-
ing Simpsons favorite son, Judge E.
r. Boykin, for Associate Justice of the
Supreme court were unanimously and
enthusiastically adopted:
The people of Sampson are glad that
their county man, Judge L. T. Boyl1in,
has gained the esteemaand confidence
of all classes and conditions of men
in the State.
Although still young a man, he
has served the State in one capacity or
other with fidelity and ability for six
teen years. On the Superior court
bench he has been patient and just.
He has formed his own opinions. He
has known neither friend or foe. Poll
teal associates have had no part in
his judgments, Position and wealth
have not seduced him from rectitude
Mercy to the weak and erring Punish
ment to the vicious, justice to all
has marked his career. He has judi
cial mind. He is a student of the law.
He is well versed in it's principles. He
is chaste and vigorous writer.
Therefore we commend him to the
State as a suitable man to discharge
the Office of Associate Justice of the
Supreme court.
The outlook for Democratic success
in Sampson this year is bright, even
many Populists have come back and
others are coming. The only hope for
free silver lies through Democratic
success and many of the more intelli-
gent Populists recognizing this are
ready to take their old position in the
Democratic party with view of Sc
curing a restoration of silver.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-09
A SONG IN THE PARK.

Lo in the darkness thou waitest still,
Only for me to do thy will;
But, sweet are the violets on the hill;
And | dwell in the dark alone.
Lo when the storm-winds do their
will
I see thee like a rainbow still;
But sweet is the ripple of every rill:
And | dwell in the dark alone!
Thy voice is far sweeter than song of
birds
Thy voice is far sweeter than human
words;
But hear the tinllle of lowing herds,
And dwell in the darkness alone!
| think of thee, Lord, in the storm and
strife;
I think of the sweeter and larger life;
But Ilove my children, and love wife;
So / dwell in the dark alone!
O Lord, thou hast fashioned the earth
and skies,
And the sunshine comes and the sun
set dies,
But O for a woman's beautiful eyes.
So | dwell in the darkness alone!
Christ of the beauty that waitest still,
Give me the strength to do my will;
heaven so chill,
That I dwell in the dark alone!
r. L. STANTON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-09
VEST ON STEVENSON.
His Silence on the Silver Question has
Put His Nomination Out of the Ques-
tion.'


1t is now an assured fact that
BANDS name will be presented at the
Chicago convention for the nomina-
ton of President on a free silver plat
form. Matters have so far progressed
that it has been decided who will
make the nominating speech. This
honor will devolve on Senator Vest,
who has been asked by letter if he
would do so. and has replied in the
affirmative. Incidentally in this letter
Senator Vest explains his feeling about
the candidacy of Vice-President Ste
yenson in no doubtful manner. He
says: "A friend wrote me to-day from
Missouri that statement had appear
ed in the st. Louis Republic to the eff
feet that Cocllrell and myself had come
out for Stevenson as the Democratic
nominee at Chicago. So far as | am
concerned, that is a lie, made out of
whole cloth ] have never had the
slightest idea of supporting Stevenson.
While my personal relations to him
are of the kindest description, / have
repeatedly said that his silence upon
the silver question, while the balance
of us were going through a furnace
seven times heated, has put his nomi-
nation out of the question. This is no
time to give the flag to men who have
remained in the brush while others
have been doing the fighting. Wash
ington Post.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-09
EN-GO\. JARVIS VIEWS.

\ Raleigh correspondent of the
Washington Eost says:
"EN-Go. Ior Jarvis, on being inter
viewed. I'D not say whether he was
in favor JG nominating on the 25th or
not, bu MS views of the political stu
alton are favorable to nominations
on that day. He said that, il now being
certain that the National platform will
declare unequivocnlly for free coinage
Of silver at the ratio of Is to l. and that
an original free silver man will be nom
mated on this platform, there viii be
two tickets i'm this State for electors
and State officers, to-wit. the Republi-
can and Democratic, because, in his
opinion, a very large majority of the
Fopuists under these conditions, will
support the Democratic National and
State tickets. He further said that
with this situation and with the Repub-
leans supporting Mckinley on a gold
bug platform, the Democrats would
easily regain control of the State in ev-
cry department.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-09
THE TOBACCO CROP DAMAGED.
A Lecture by a Returned Missionary
From China.

Scotland Neck, n. c., June 8.(Spe-
cial)-Rev. T. C. Britton, missionary
to China, lectured in the Baptist
church here yesterday on the work of
the missionaries in that country. His
lecture was greatly enjoyed and was
full of interest to many who had not
heard a returned missionary tell the
story of that heather country before.
Mr. Britton preached at night and
after the sermon he administered the
ordinance of baptism, baptizing three
persons.
Tobacco farmers say that in some
places the crop is not doing SO well
now, caused perhaps from the very
heavy rains.