The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-18


 team was killed.
 THE League of American Wheelmen In annual convention at Albany, N. Y., on the 18th declined to admit profess sionals, no matter of what standing, to either full or associate membership in the league and also declined by a heavy vote to allow local option for Sunday racing.
 A COMPLETE canvass of the Ohio as- sembly was made by Joe Smith, the confidential secretary of the president elect. The result was that the sup porters of National Chairman Hanna of the assembly is called to elect sue cessor to Senator Sherman Hanna will be elected by large majority. THE statement that the capi- tol at Springfield, H., is unsafe badly frightens members of the legis- lature. Architects have declared that the foundation is weak and the dome is i likely to fall any moment. THE cashier of the First national bank at Saltsburg, Pa., was held up at noon in the bank on the 18th by ne- gro and made to hand over $400. Tho cashier gave an alarm when the negro left and the robber was captured and | the money recovered.
 ARTHUR T. German, of Baltimore, Md, who is said to be q nephew of United States Senator German, was married at Detroit, Mich., on the 18th | to Miss Annie Whitman, of the Wood ! Sisters Burlesque Vaudeville Co. The | marriage was performed on the stage and the bride appeared in tights. FAILURES for the week ended the 18th Dun's review) in the United States were 267, against 321 last year. AN incendiary fire at Plano, Tex, on the 11th burned nearly 30 buildings, in- cluding the business part of the city.
 The loss was upward of S100,000, with practically no insurance. The post office was destroyed, but the malls were saved.
 THE boiler of Wyrick Bros sawmill,
 near Magnolia, Ark, exploded and Cal
 houn Wyrick, white, and John Lewis,
 colored, were killed outright. John | Wyrick, one of the owners, was fatally
 scalded and six other mill hands were
 seriously injured. The explosion was | due to want of sufficient water in the
 boiler.
 | A TELEGRAM from Sitia, Crete, on the
 11th reported that 13 villages were in
 flames and that the Christians were
 killing the Mohammedan inhabitants
 THE livery stable of F. NJ. Gilbert,
 Jr., and the blacksmith shop adjoining | nf Ia4Fa Inl 1N,,r, ,aI The contents of the stable were en-
 tirely destroyed and eight horses per-
 ished. The fire was supposed to have
 been incendiary.
 GEORGE FowEE, aged 23, son of Squire Joseph Powee, blew up his fathers
 home at Vincennes, Ind, by putting l gunpowder into the stove. The stove
 was blown to pieces and the house
 shattered, but no one was killed. The
 son said he wanted to kill his father
 and stepmother.
 A FARMER went down into his potato pit near North Branch. Minn., and was overcome by the deadly gas, two sons | and their mother also went in, one at a | time, to rescue the others, and were | likewise overcome. When help arrived they were dead.
 THE 21st annual encampment of the | Grand Army of the Republic, depart | ment of Nebraska, opened at Hastings on the 10th. Norfolk was chosen as the place for holding the encampment | of 1898. Senior Vice Commander John A. Earhardt, of Stanton, was unani- mously chosen department commander. | TIE board of trustees of Washington and Lee university at Lexington, Va, on the 11th unanimously elected Post mastsr-General Wilson president in place of c. w. c. Lee, who recently resigned. It was understood that MT. Wilson will accept the position and enter upon the duties of his office on July next.
 A DARING robbery of burro train loaded with $3O,O0 worth of silver, which was being sent from Sombrete to San Felipe, Mex, was reported. The train was accompanied by an armed band. The robbers captured the burros and no trace could be found of them.
 FRANK YocUN was found guilty of assault and battery, and sentenced to 60 days in jail at Ogallala, Neb., on the 1lth for killing yonng man named Evans during a charivari row at the depot last December.
 THE much-discussed fancy ball of the Bradley-Martins came off at the Wal dorf hotel, New York, on the night of the 10th. The costumes were exquisite and the function eclipsed everything of the kind that had ever taken place | before.