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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
MovHeRs AWFUL CRIME.

Poverty Leods the Wife of Kansas
 Farmer to Psissn Her Eight Children
 and Hang Hersslf.
 MARYsvILLR, Kan, Jan. 15.-Mrs. Joseph Hildsbrandt, wife of farmer living six miles south of this city, ad- ministered poison to her eight children yesterday forenoon, and then hanged herself to a rsfter. Seven of the chil- dren are dead, and the other is not ex- pected to live. They range from two to IA years of age. The cause of the tragedy was undoubtedly poverty. MT. Hildebrandt is sufferer from cancer, and is now under treatment in a Kan sas City hospital. Mrs. Hildebrandt, it is supposed, became Respondent, and possibly insane, because of her hus- bands illness, and her inability to pro- vide for the family.
 The poison which caused the death of the children was administered with the morning meal Shortly after they had finished breakfast all of the chil- dren were taken i'll and in short time four of them were dead. The mother refused to go after medical attendance, and did not arouse the neighbora Finally one of the neighbors came in and, seeing the situation, went after help. When he returned he found three more of the children dead and the mother missing.
 A search was at once made, which resulted in finding Mrs. Hildebrandt in the barn, where she was suspended by rope around her neck. Death had come to her some time before her discovery. She took dose of poison at the same time that she gave it to her children, but it failed to cause her death.
 It is generally believed that since MT. Hildebrandt has been in Kansas City the family has suffered for the ne- cessities of life. It was almost desti. tute when he left.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
MORE INSTRUCTIONS.

Another Circular from the Secretary of the ilessnry-The Bond Syndicate Dis-
 WASHINGTON, Jan. l6-Secretary Carlisle last night made public the fol- lowing circular modifying the condi- tions for payment on the advertised bond issue:
 TREASURY DEPART MENT, OFFICE OF THH SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, Jan. IS, is96- Treasury circular No. 3l ,898, dated January 6, lS9o, inviting proposals for the purchase of one hundred million dollars (BiOo, 900 OOO) of United States four per cent bonds. is hereby so modt- ned that, after the payment of the first install- ment or 2o per cent, with accrued interest, as required In said circular. the remainder of the amounts bid may be paid in miscellaneous of 10 per cent each and accrued interest at the end Of each l5 days thereafter, but all accepted bid- ders may pay the whole amount of their bids at the time Of the first installment, and all accept ca bidders who have paid all installments pre- viousiy maturing may pay the whole amount of thelr bids at any time not later than the ma turity Of the last installment. Accepted bid- ders who pay the whole amount at the time of the hrst installment. or at any time thereafter, as provided above, will be entitled to receive at the date of the payment the whole amount of bonds awarded to them, and accepted bid-
 
 to receive at the dates of such payments the amount of bonds paid for.
 JOHN c. CARLISLE,
 Secretary of the Treasury
 DISSOLUTION OF THE SYNDICATE
 NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-Mem bers of the government bond syndicate received in their mail yesterday morning a cir cular letter from J. F. Morgan & Co. releasing them from their commit ments to furnish their pro rata of slOO,. 900, GOO in gold, and a second $lOO, 900, |. 900 if desirable, taking their payment therefor in four per cent government bonds The reason given for the dis solution of the syndicate is that the ''all or none," and therefore Mir. Nor gan was unwilling to make bid un- der the prese nt circumstances, as he might seem to present for consideration by the secretary of the treasury the throwing out of smaller bids made in good faith under the pub lie call. The only emergency, in Mir. Morgan's judgment, which would justify such course would be the fail- ure of the public to respond to the call of the government It has been neces- sary to delay the dissolving of the syndicate up to the present time, as every financial interest required the protection offered by the knowledge that the syndicate was in existence, prepared to make the loan a success under any circumstances. The circular concludes: "I feel perfectly satisfied that there is no question as to the sue. cess of the loan"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
Kanaaa Extra Session.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 15.-Yesterday was set by Representative Street for the special session of the legislature,
 but the meeting has not materialized.
 The only officer of either body to ap. pear for duty was Tome Jordan, ser geant-at-arms of the house. who came in yesterday. He confessed that he had come to do business, but later he got out of town and has not been seen since. In the morning dozen or more members of the senate or lNouse strag- bled in but nobody would admit that he had come to attend a special ses. sion. All declared that they were on other business.
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J. K FORAhEH was escorted to the hall of the house and was received with great applause. He then ad- dressed the general assembly briefly.
 Joseph Benson Foraker was born July B. ls4s on farm in Highland county.O. July l4 1862, when only past his 16th birthday, he enlisted as the first private in company A, S9th Ohio in- fantry and was made orderly sergeant of the company for having secured the most recruits. He was promoted to be first lieutenant in February, 1881. and commanded his com- pany at Mission Ridge He was with his regiment In the arduous and bloody cam paign which eliminated at Atlanta, and was an aide on the stan of Mai Gen. Slocum, of New York. during the march to the sea. and the brief and brilliant campaign from Savan- nah to the Carolinas. He was mustered out. the last man in his regiment, June IS, 1865, with the brevet rank of captain. He was not then quite % years old. In April ls19 in his 33d year. he was elected to the superior court bench of Cincinnati for five years, but served only three, when he was forced to resign by ill., health. In 1893 he was nominated for governor by the republican party, but was defeated by Judge Hoadley. In 1883 he ran again for gov- ernor against Judge Hoadley. whom he de feated. He was reelected in 1887 and in 1859 was beaten by James k. Campbell, who was the predecessor Of William Mckinley.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23

basis," stopping "unwarranted inter- ference of pensions through biased complaints" and fixing $500 a year as the limit of income which bars a widow from receiving a pension. Gen. Walker said:
 We want the practice of sending assassins of pensioners rights through the country at the beck and call of everyone who has some per- sonal aim to serve, to stop Tho Grand Army Of the Republic is in favor of using every means to stop fraudulent operae;vus. put in % cases out of 100 1t is not tho pensioner guilty of fraud in cases investigated, but those i'm porsonating pensioners. Among no body of fnea is there less fraud. We believe that. ex- cept where otherwise by special legislation, all pensions should be issued uniformly, the widow of colonel receiving the same pension As the widow of private.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
ANOTHER ARMENIAN APPEAL.
Tho Public Asked to Insist That the Red
 Cross Enter Turkey.

The Public Aaked to Insist That the Red
 Cross Enter Turkey.
 BosroN, Jan. 1.-The following is an appeal to the people of the United States by the Society of the United Friends of Armenia:
 The attitude taken by the sultan and the porte in refusing to allow the American Ma tional Red Cross society to enter Turkey Is a special insult to the people of the United States and an insult to civilization at large. If the Turkish government is successful in It's refusal to permit the Red Cross to give food and cid to the starving Armenians the next step 1t will take will be to stop the distribution at present given by the American missionaries Therefore. we beg Tn the name of God aud hu- maEity that the people of the United States will raise their voice in ono solid cry, from the platform and from the press, and from all quarters of this country, that the Red Cross shall enter Turkey without delay.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
THE TRADE SITUATION,
The Present Status of Commerce s,A Finance Psrplexing to Business Men.

The Present status of Commerce s,6
 Finance Psrplexing to Business Men.
 NEW YORK, Jan. ls-R. G. Dun q Co.'S Weekly Review of trade says:
 The situation could hardly be moro perplex. Ing for business mon. Practical merchants manufacturers or bankers can have little sym- pathy for those who minimize their diniculties No one doubts that the government will raise money to meet obligations, but how far the money market will be disturbed or the treas. ury reserve first diminished, no ono can say Tho business world cannot know as yet how far foreign questions may upset calcula. tions, though there seems to be every reason to expect peaceful settlement. It cannot know what may be the duties on any important article in the important class of imports month hence: whether i'm. ports are likely to exceed exports and draw away gold; whether the deicit of revenue will continue. or what other taxation will be levied Failure of the senate to take any action upon financial measures proposed by the prcsiden, or those passed by the house affects unfavor. ably all branches of business. Under such ad- verse circumstances it is actually encouragina that shrinkage in transactions and resultinu commercial disasters have not been greater But four large failures within day or two in. dicate that the same condition cannot continue without much embarrassment
 Speculation in products was not very active and wheat was practically unchanged, though Atlantic exports for two weeks. flour included, have been 4.is3,l90 bushels, against I.273. Ia, bushels last year. Wheat receipts still make short crop predictions ridiculous. amounting for two weeks of January to 5,4si ,976 bushels against 1859, l2e last year. Corn receipts were also liberal. and exports about Eve times last years. Cotton receipts still indicate a yield not as small as Mr. Neill's reiterated estimate of o,S00, 900 bales, nor as large us the 77OO 0od bales estimated by others, but 1t is yet to be seen whether supplies held for better prices arc of consequence. The price declined an eighth with accounts of narrower demand by spinners abroad and declining prices for goods in this country.
 No branch of manufacture has progressed for all arc unavoidably waiting. both for set clement of financial doubts and for demand which does not yet appear Cotton goods arc not quotably lower, but concessions to secure business are reported In many cases, and many of the mills have been running largely in an- ticipation of orders not yet received. There Is little better inquiry for staples, with indica- uons that dealers stocks are running low,
 Failures for the past week have been much larger in magnitude, numbering 3sS in the United States, against 373 last year, and si iu Canada, against Go last year.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
Blackburn Aba udons Hope.

FRANKFORT, Ky, Jan. 15.-Senator Joseph c. S. Blackburn has abandoned all hopes of his election. He and his managers nave conceded the fact and one of the most prominent, Phil B. Thompson, Jr., has left the scene of action and returned to Washington. The only remaining straw at which they are clutching is the hope that some plan may be adopted upon which the election of Dr. Hunter can be prevented. Senator Blackburn said yesterday to one of the men who will vote for him if an election is held, that this can only be done by revolu> tionary methods
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
TO URGE PENSION REFORM.

A Committee Headed by c. A. R. Com.
 mandor Walker in Washington Seeking
 Legislation.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. l7-The pension committee of the Grand Army of the Republic met here last night. Those present included Benjamin Brooke, of Philadelphia, chairman; Gen. w. w. Dudley. A. s. Shaw, Attorney General ketchum, of Indiana. with Gen. Walker, commander-in-chief, ex-officio. Gen. Walker will later appear before the house committe on pensions and urge legislation placing the pension office administration on a "busiuess
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
Many Men Thrown Out of Work.

WooNsoCKET, R. l., Jan. 16-John J. Bannigan, general manager of the United States Rubber Co.,, gave orders yesterday for the indefinite closing of the United States Rubber Co. $ works at Millville. The order went into ef- feet at noon and 1000 men are thrown out of work. No reason was given for this sudden shut down and Mir. Ban nigan, when asked about it, refused to discuss the matter. He intimated that the Woonsocket plant of the company might shut down, but would not say when. The Millville plant has been running only three or four days week of late'
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
OFF FOR LIBERIA.

Arkanaas and Alabama Negroes to Start
 from Savannah for Africa.
 BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Jan. 17.-One hun dred and fifty negroes, men, women and children, arrived here yesterday from St Francis county, Ark, to join a colony of about like number of Ala bama negroes, to go to Liberia, Africa. The negroes go under the auspices Of the International Migration society. ot this city, which last week chartered the steamer Laurda in Philadelphia. The negroes will start from the port Of Savannah. The crowd which came ierc yesterday had two cars of bag gage in boxes, trunks and bundles
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
HOMES FOR WAITS.
The New York Children's Aid Society Sends
 . Delegation West.

The New York Children's Aid Society Sends
 a Delegation West.
 NEW YORK, Jan. l5.-About 45 boys and girls. from six to 16 years old, left the office of the Children's Aid society yesterday to go to distant homes found for them in the south and west. They were divided into three nearly equal parts, whose destinations were Union vile, Mo-, Garnett, Kan, and Jackson. vile, Fla. In or near these places are the farming families into which they will be received. The large num- Der of the children were boys from l2 to IS. The society sends out such a party early in January of each year, and hence designate it as the ''holiday company" For forty years it has been finding homes for otherwise homeless children, and has found not less than 75,OO0.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
Fourteen Were Poisoned.

"ALLATIN. Tenn. Jan. F. Fourteen persons were poisoned at the home of l. J. Merryman, n farmer living three miles from Dixon Springs, Tenn, re- gently, Merryman invited his neigh. DOTS to assist him in clearing some iahd' Twenty-eight assembled and after eating dinner A of them were .aNen violently sick with all the symp- toms of poisoning. Physicians were summoned and by the use of stomach puM ps and poison antidotes succeeded III relieving the patients. Three are ,n m critical condition. An investiga ton will bc made.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
GEN. CAMPos REMOVED.

He h No Longer Com mnandsr of tho Span.
 iah Forces in Cuba.
 MADRID, Jan. ls-The cabinet has unanimously decided to supersede Cen. Martinez de Campos and his lieu- tenant, Gen. Arderius, owing to diff. ferences which exist between them and tho political parties in Cuba Gen. Marin and Gen. Pando, who are now in command of Spanish troops in the province of Santiago de Cuba, will re- place Gen. Csmpos and Arderius tenn. porarily. Gen. Polavieja and Gen. Weyler are both mentioned for the post of commander-in.chief in Cuba. It is understood that Polaviejs will bo appointed.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
s1oO. ooO. GOO for ro.st Ds,.n,a.,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Senator Lodge introduced an amendment to the forti- fications appropriation bill, authorizing a popular three per cent coin loan of S1O0, 900, 900, the proceeds to be used in providing for the defense of the coast, for the manufacture of guns and the erection of forts and batteries.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23

State Register to-day made practically the first formal announcement of MT. Allison's candidacy. In an extended editorial that paper says: r'-
 The republicans of Iowa present the candi- dacy of Senator Allison especially to the states of the great northwest which have always been first in the affection of the Iowa senator and have always been first served by him. Senator Allison is part of this great northwest He came here when this region was in It's infancy. He has grown up with it He knows its wants and he will know how to serve them He be- heves in Iowa, but he is a near neighbor of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota. the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Misssouri-these states are the empire from which he halls
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
,Jameson tO Nc Released.

PRETORIA, Jan. 1a-It is officially stated here that Dr. Jameson and the others who are in prison with him will be released internationally by the Transvaal government, and that the Uitlanders, in due course of time, will be enabled to make their demands clearly understood.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
OKLAHOMA NATIONAL BANKS.
Abstract of I heir Condition at the Close
 of Euaineas December 13.

Abstract of I heir Condition at the Close
 of Nuainsss December 13.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1s.-The abstract of the condition of the Oklahoma na- tional banks at the close of business on Decent Der IS shows the average reserve to have been A. 10 per cent , against 4a. s5 per cent on September 2S; loans and discounts decreased from $685. to s373,5sO; stocks and securities, from s142. 19s to $1lO, 7so; gold coin, from s20, 35s to $l2, 25o; silver dol. lars increased from $5,l9o to S9.972; total specie decreased from $2s, 6s7 to 27,2l7; lawful money reserve, from S63, 3s7 to S62, 7os: individual deposits, from 365o, ,545 to S617, ,234.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
Has the Red Cross Treaty Rlxhtsf

CHICAGO. Jan. 15.-Mrs $. E. Gross, a member of the Red Cross society, said: 1.-The Turkish government has a treaty with the Red Cross which will give Miss Barton free entrance to Ar menia, and protection while she is at work. This was the reason the mis- sionaries asked to have her sent there. They all knew the government would not dare modest her, or interfere with the work of the Red Cross. The Red Cross does not go into forlorn hopes, and this movement will be carried through"
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
Mir. Harrlson Will Surely Wed,

NEW YoHK, Jan. l5.-The statement has been given out by a close friend of Gen. Harrison that it was true the ex. president was to marry Mrs. Dimmock, but that the marriage would not take place before Lent, and that formal announcement of the engagement would be made before that time.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23

PRESIDENT HATCH elected. R @ ol u . tions were adopted instructing the secretary to advise the butter dealers in cities of over 50, 900 inhabi- tants. located in states having laws regulating or prohibiting the sale or manufacture of oleomargartne, that the best way to reduce its sale is to form organizations, employ detectives and lawyer and make cases with the assistance of the department, whose duty it is to regulate the sale or manufacture of the article; also instructing the officers of the union to petition the secretary of agriculture regarding the necessity for purity in agricultural products and use his in- fuence to have the recent ruling of the treasury department as to trade marks and labels on oleomargarine re- issued, sustained and enforced.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
Ills Eighth Daughter to Marry.

WASHINGTON, Jan. F. The engage ment is announced of Miss Katharine, eighth daughter of Chief Justice Full Ter, of the United States supreme court, to Mr. Beecher. of Buffalo, cousin of the late Henry Ward Beecher.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
Fifteen Killed in a Coal Mine Fire.

MACHRIsGHosTRAU, Silesia, Jan. 15.- A disastrous fire has occurred in the Herminigildo coal mine, with much ioss of life. Fifteen bodies have al. ready been recovered and r injured miners have been taken out
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
Nineteen of tho Crew Drowned.

DOVER, Eng, Jan. 16.-The steam. ship Cesgar, of Barcelona was sunk in collision with the German ship Nereus during a fog off Ramsgate last evening | and l9 of her crew were drowned.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
Ex.Copsress man Lawisr Dead.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1s-Ex-Congressman Frank Lawler died of apoplexy this afternoon. Hs had been active in pol- itics for quarter of century and was a prominent candidate for the office of postmaster of Chicago three years ago
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23

t h e ir re s pective acts of Tuesday in selecting Joseph B. Foraker as United States senator. His term will be gin March 4, 1897. The vote tood: For aker, 1lG; Calvin s. Brice, B. The sem ator-elect, who was in waiting at Gov. Bushnell's s O fiji c e,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
ALLISON FOR PRESIDENT.

The IowD State Register, for State R0pub.
 licans, Presents His Name.
 DIES MONIES, Ia., Jan. 1a-Senator William B. Allison arrived here last night from Washington and emphat. ically denied the rumors that there was a serious disagreement between him and his Iowa managers. The Iowa
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23

meeting next year will be decided by
 the executive off, cers. Ex-Congress- man w. H. Hatch, of Misso uri, was elected pr esident; D. w. Wilson, of Elgin, H., secre- tary, and George Lynn, of Chicago,
 treasurer. Most of the form CT vice presidents were re-
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
HIS ELECTION COMPLETED.

Sketch of the Life of Hon. Joseph H.
 Forak
 COLUMBUS O., Jan. 16.-The two houses of the legislature to-day, in Joint session, at 12 o'clock confirmed
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-01-23
HATCH CHOSEN PRESIDENT.

The National Dairy Union Completes an In-
 teresting Meeting at Chicago.
 CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-The National Dairy union concluded it's convention yesterday. The time and place for
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-18

ani wy m o.. la $50 .-f- wer
lnese fifteen states 10 0j5.5.J shec
there were In 1895, IN these same
states, 10, sol, s37 iheep. This ouent u
be able 10 furnish lair average o. the
state u the business throughout the
nation, though Of oouuo 1t Is mlslead-
ing " applied 10 states individually.
In Ohio and Tsxns. for Instance, the
decrease In 1895 rs compared with tho
total OF 1880 IL more than a million
hoao; In Minnesota and kinea, The
number at the close Of 1895 was
ICES than half that shown ny tho
10 ufns Of 1890. On tho other band
Utah shows gain during the i've
yesrs Of 400, 900, A. does Wyoming also;
Indiana has gained $4,000, Norm
Dakota has more than doubled her
number during the i've years, and
Michigan reports an decrease Of over
million.
These returns are from such diverse
parts OF thtloountfy thai the gain Or
loss ca not DO regarded a. sectional IN
any way. The interesting question l.,
Why should there DO such a tfomen.
dous Increase ia sone states aud an
equally surprising decrease Ia othefa
near by Why should Kausas anu
Minneiota l5se aud Wyoming ami
Michigan gaiug Explanations viii no
doubt Ue many, vaiious aud ingouiou,;
but one thing seems plaiu, aud tnat u
that otwlihstauding the prediction as
10 the killing " the sheep Industry by
ifeo wool, the said indus,ry 10 not yol
dead by any mrale. Another ming
sand perhaps this viii e. a. fat a.
anything 81 se IN solving the quorles
above prOplunieI-that tho snoep has
81 value outside OF and beyond his
tietcti hib carcass IL a largely consumed
and ~ iniispensable food produo, Ia
America.