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The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-01-28
AUTONOMY NOT WANTED.

President Palma Says Cubans Will Never
 Accept Less Than Independence.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Thomas Etrada Palma, president of the Cuban junta, said last night: "There was and is but one idea for which the Cubans are fighting. We have had enough of so-called reforms, enough of promised autonomy. Every intelli. gent man would rightly condemn the leaders and participants in this move ment if anything short of independence were the basis of treaty of peace with Spain. 1t is claimed that Gen. Gomez is willing to treat with Spain on the basis of autonomy, and that a letter to that effect has been received by me. There is no such letter. He is made of too stern material to surrender on any such terms, particularly when in his latest letters to me he writes contentedly of his resources and glowingly of his con victions that this winters campaign will be most successful"
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MONETARY CONFERENCE BILL

Senator Cannon, of Utah, Introduces
 Measure for Confederation.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Senator Can. non, of Utah, has introduced the fol. lowing as substitute for the repub. lican international monetary confer. ence bill:
 Within % days after March 1, 1897, the presi' 1ent of the United States shall invite the lead. ing commercial nations of the world to appoint representatives to an international monetary conference, to convene on or before October 1, is97 at such place in the city of Washington al the president may designate; and also, within said 9e days after March 4, 1897, the president shall appoint five commissioners to represent the United States at such conference, the duty of which United States commissioners shall bt to urge the adoption by said conference of plan for the free and unlimited coinage of sill yer and gold at some ratio ranging between fifteen and sixteen to one by the nations repre- sented at such conference.
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UNIFORM COIN WANTED.
Congressman Beach Has Unique Scheme for Congress to Consider. ,

Congressman Beach Has . Unique Scheme
 for Congress to Consider.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Representar tive Beach is the author of the resolu- ton for a uniform standard of value in trade and commerce" for the west ern hemisphere, China, Japan and the Hawaiian islands. He said yesterday:
 Ihope that an arrangement may be effected for the holding of congress of the nations on this hemisphere, together with China, Japan and the Hawaiian government, which will agree upon @ uniform coin-either of gold or of silver-to be used for the purpose of inter- national trade between the countries in- terested. Every one of the govern ments interested in this congress has coin of its own. AS the coinage of metal is one of the highest and most carefully cherished prcrogatives of a government, the countries are apt to regard coins of other na- tions with some disfavor. This disfavor, take 1t, is without reason, for where the gold or sil- coin of one government has the same amount of fneness as that of another, there is no reason, why the coins should not circulate freely among the peoples of nations operating under an in- ternational agreement at their commercial value and without discrimination. By the arr engagement now existing we are compelled to do business with the countries of this hemisphere and with Japan and China through the medium of London exchange. The use of this exchange is cumbersome and inconvenient. and often in- wolves months of time in the settlement of ob- ligations between the countries
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COL. HARRIS VIEWS.

The United States Senator-Elect for Kansas
 Tells About What He Would Like to See.
 TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 23.-Col. w. A. Harris, who will be the new United States senator from Kansas, said yes terday:
 Iwant to see the government, according to the law of 1862, take possession of the Pacific railroads. This is matter of justice to the people and would prove valuable lesson in transportation affairs want to see the income tax made a permanent feature of government policy. whether 1t be by amendments to the con- stitution or by other methods. want to see silver restored to its former position as full money metal, without limitations I will CO., operate with every effort to bring this about by International agreement, but am not in favor of making our action dependent upon such an agreement am in favor of tarin legislation, which. in conjection with the income tax and internal revenues and other duties will provide ample revenue for all purposes of the govern ment
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A Wife Sues Liquor Men.

GALEsBURG, H., Jan. 23.--Mrs. Nellie Gregory began legal proceedings yes. terday against George Barry and S. G. Hoffheimer, prominent liquor dealers here, for sl0,OOO damages. A few years ago her husband, who was a prosperous farmer, moved here, and he is alleged to have squandered his property in drink. A few days ago he is said to have assaulted his wife. She charges that the saloon men named sold her husband liquor after notice had been served on them not to.
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CARNEGIE ON MONEY.

The Noted Manufactures Says That All
 Classes Want the Same Standard.
 JoHNsTowN, Pa., Jan. 23.-Andrew Carnegie rebuilt the public library here after the flood, and when he ar rived yesterday to speak under the auspices of the board of trade his re- ception was enthusiastic. He said that he doubted if manufacturing capital as a whole in this country had earned $1 in three years, attrib- uted the depression largely to the agitation against the existing mone- tary standard, which began about three years ago, and said that rich and poor, employer and employe, should be equally interested in the mainte- nance of the same standard, because the employer of labor is prosperous only when labor is prosperous.
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MAJORITY FOR HANNA.
Ohio Republican Legislators Favor the Ma
 tional Chairman for Senator.

Ohio Republican Legislators Favor the Ma.
 tional Chairman for Senator.
 COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 23.-The spacious lobby of the Hotel Chittenden was crowded yesterday afternoon and even- ing by members of the general assem- ply, state officials and politicians, and the all absorbing topic was the senior Ohio senatorship. About % members of both houses of the legislature came to attend the reunion, and most of them were attracted wholly by the talk about the senatorship. It was an utter impossibility to get 8 poll of the members upon their preference in event of a special session to elect successor to Senator Sher- man. Not over half dozen would even say they had a preference. The drift of sentiment, however, was against the calling of a special session, and in favor of the appointment of Hon. Mark Hanna to succeed Senator Sherman
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Hogs Devour the Greenbacks.

EXETER, N. H., Jan. 2S.-Daniel O'Callahan, we'll to do farmer of this town, is 80 years old and has rooted distrust of savings banks. When his son, John, tired of the hard work on a rocky New Hampshire farm and started west to seek his fortune, he left a roll of $500 in his fathers custody. The old man hid the money in the hog pen. The hogs scented the greenbacks, and one day succeeded in roofing them out, and, finding them palatable, de- voured the whole $500.
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THE TRADE SITUATION.
Increased Demand for Wool-Flour, Wheat,
 Corn and Lard LOwer-Failures.
 NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-Bradstreet's to.

Increased Demand for W0ol-Fl0ur, Wheat,
 Corn and Lard Lower-Failures.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Bradstreet's to- day says:
 The most encouraging feature of the trade situation this week is the increased demand from manufacturers for wool. The decision of print cloth manufacturers to curtail the output will emphasize recent sales of the heavy sur plus stock, and promises better market. To these may be added the increase in the volume of domestic bank clearings, a general steadiness of prices and the healthfulness of general trade in almost all departments. Conserve tism in granting credits and the preference by retailers and others to buy oftener. but in small quantities, continue to mark the course of busi- ness as not before for years. Demand is in- creasing in almost all lines, with few excep- tions, although very slowly A radical improve ment in the near future, based on a slow but healthful increase in the consumptive demand is, in the absence of unforeseen obstacles, almost certainty.
 Prices appear to include few, if any, that arc higher than week ago, while four, wheat, corn, lard, crude petroleum, tin, bessemer, pig iron and steel billets are lower. Wool remains firm at practically unchanged prices, but is likely to advance if the present demand con- tinues. Leather is also firm and unchanged as are lumber, cotton print oloth, pork, coffee and sugar.
 An unusually long list of business embarrass- ments continues feature of the state of trade of the week, the total for the past six business days being 429, or 49 less than last week, 88 more than in the week year ago, and liz more than in the corresponding week of 1895, 9l more than in the third week of January, 1894, and l27 more than in the like week of 1893.
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GEN. STEVENSON DEAD.

A St. Louis Lawyer Who Had Raised the
 Seventh Missouri.
 ST. LOUIS, Ja,1. 25.-Gen. John D. Ste venson died at his home here after a protracted illness. He served with dis tinction in the Mexican and civil wars. At the breaking out of the latter he raised the Seventh Missouri regiment, and, for meritorius conduct, was made a major-general of volunteers in 1865. For services at Champion hill he was breveted brigadier-general in the regu- lar army, of which he had been com missioned colonel.
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Demand for silver Certificates.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-The secre- tary of the treasury has informed the senate that unless immediate steps are taken to increase the daily delivery of silver certificates of small denomina- tions by the bureau of engraving and printing the stock of such certificates in the treasury will be so depleted as to prevent the redemption of the de- nominations usually called for by the banks. He recommends an appropria- tion of $48, 900 for increasing the force to keep up with the demand.
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J. R. Burton Honored.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 23.-J. Ralph Burton, of Abilene, last night received the caucus nomination for United States senator by the republican mem- bers of the legislature. The formal ballot stood: Burton, 29; Bowersock, 4; Caldwell, 2; Hood, 3; Ingalls,, 5; Lobdell, 1: E. N. Morrill,, 1. The next ballot settled it, Mir, Burton Pettin" 10; Gen. Caldwell, 6, Ingalls,, 8. The nomination was made unanimous, on motion of Jackson, of Comanche. The caucus decided to iudorse Henry C. Payne, Of Wisconsin, for cabinet posi- tion. This action was taken at the re- quest of number of republicans, formerly of that state.
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A TERRIBLE CRIME.

An Indiana Couple of Note Killed in Their
 Home by Two Men.
 FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind, Jan. 25. This morning the bodies of Samuel Kirby and his wife, two of the most highly respected people of this county, were found in their room. They had been killed with an ax. Bloodstains were all over the walls and floor. Tracks in the snow without showed two different footprints. An ax was found outside the house stained with blood. Bloodhounds were put on the trail
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CLOTHING TRUST.
The Big Manufacturers of America Form .
 Combine,

The Big Manufacturers of America Form .
 Combine.
 NEw York, Jan. 23.-After years of quiet but persistent effort, the clothing manufacturers of the country have finally organized combine, to be known as the National Clothiers' asso- citation. The avowed purposes of the combine are to do away with long credits, excessive ratings and the cancellation of orders; and to promote harmony where rabid competition has heretofore prevailed. According to the organizers, it is to serve purely as board of trade, so to speak, for the clothing industry. They assert with vehemence prices are not to be tempered with and that each manufacturer will be at liberty, as heretofore, to conduct his business as he pleaSeS.
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A Crew of Nine Men Drowned.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The three-mast ed schooner Nahum Chapin, Capt. Arey from Baltimore for Boston, went ashore some time last night near Quogue, L. I. The vessel is a total loss and the crew, consisting of nine men, vert drowned. A fierce gale, accompanied by a heavy driving rain, prevailed al the time and it was impossible for tht men to get ashore or for the people who gathered on the beach to aid them The storm was the widest that has oc cured this winter and vessel and crew were doomed the moment she went ashore
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Railroads Are Unconcerned.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-Railroad officials are seemingly taking little interest in the measure before congress to make railroad ticket scalping illegal. The opinion is generally expressed that the bill will never get the indorsement of the house and senate. While there is no doubt probably that the scalping business will never be regulated or wiped out except by federal legislation, the present measure comes too near being discrimination in favor of the owners of railroad properties to stand the tests of the courts.
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INTRUDERs MUST GO.
Secretary Francis Issues an order to vacate
 by February 6.

Secretary Francis Issues an order to vacate
 by February 6.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The white intruders in the territory of the five civilized tribes must go. Secretary Francis of the interior department off cially decreed this yesterday. Late in the afternoon, just before starting for St. Louis, where his mother is very ill, the secretary signed the order warning intruders. The order as framed by the interior department sets forth that all persons who are not on the citizen rolls of the five tribes as compiled by the special com mission, or who have not appealed from the findings of the commission by February 6, will be regarded as in- truders, and, as such, will be uncere- moniously busted.
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A REVOLVING CONDITION.

The Famine in South Africa Drives PeoI le
 to Eating Dead Animals.
 LONDON, Jan. 23.-A Capetown dis patch says that reports have been re- ceived there that famine exists in Rho desia. Thousands of terribly emaciated native women besiege the native off, cials at tBuluawayo, ,clamoring piteously for food. The natives are focking to Buluawayo and exhuming the carcasses of cattle which died from rinderpest and which were buried six months ago. They devour these, and as a conse- quence a terrible mortality prevails amongst them.
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BOILER BURSTS.
Five Men Lose Their Lives on Board the
 Collier Madeleine.

Five Men Lose Their Lives on Board the
 Collier Madeleine.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.--The French collier Madeleine arrived to-day from Callao. One of her boilers exploded soon after the steamer left Callao, kill ing five men and injuring several oth- CTS. She put into Acapulco for repairs. After leaving Acapulco Chief Engineer Obe had a quarrel with Chief Officer Diamond and the engineer shot and se- verely wounded Diamond and also cut him with knife. The Madeleine re- turned to Acapulco, where Obe was left in the hands of the Mexican au- thorities and Diamond in hospital.
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A GOOD DAYS WORK.
Bank Robbers Caught, Tried and Sentence
 In Less Than 24 Hours.

Bank Robbers Caught, Tried and Sentenced
 In Less Than 24 Hours.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 23.--Four men, who Thursday attempted to rob Henry Pinkus' bank on Grand street, will be taken to state prison to-day. They are Jacob Decker, with many aliases; John Murphy, George Davidson and George Vidt, alias Liddell. All are ex-convicts. The prisoners were taken before the grand jury yesterday afternoon and all were indicted. Vidt turned states evidence. They were at once arraigned, pleaded guilty and were sentenced.
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Duestrow.s Money All Gone.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22.-The share of Mur derer Arthur Duestrow in his fatheri estate has been about $15,0O0 year but he owes more than he could pay i he were to live 20 years and should no spend cent. Not only is there nc money for further trial purposes, but his leading counsel, ex-Gov. C. P. John son, who received $e, 900, has, according to his own testimony, paid out to Due strow's behalf $3,50O of the $e,oo0.
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AWFUL FATALITY.

Twenty-Five Hundred People Are Victima
 of an Earthquake in Persia.
 LONDON, Jan. 22.-A special from Te' heran, capital of Persia, received here, says that 2,5Oo persons perished as g result of the earthquake which oc cured on Kisham island January IL Kisham island Is the largest in the Persian gulf and is situated about 1s miles from its entrance. Its popula tion is estimated at 5000, mostly Arabs
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Three Roads Will Go into One,

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 23.-The News says the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railway will soon be thing of the past, and when it goes out of ex- istence the Bedford & Bloomington and the Orleans, West Baden & French Lick roads will go with it. What was once those roads will be the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville, and it will be road practically freed from the old debts.
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Rofuse to Ride on Passes,

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 23.-Shortly be. fore the opening of the legislature yes. terday the railroad companies sent passes to each senator and representa-, tive. Senators Hart and Sheldon and Representatives Trueblood and Roth weller sent their passes back. It not reported that any of the other members have done likewise.
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A Sod schoolhouse Collapses.

PERRY, Ok, Jan. 25.-Near Bloomer, 20 miles northwest of here, sod schoolhouse where Miss Jennie Making was teaching, caved in and several children were buried, but all but one boy, who may die, were rescued with slight injur.es.
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FROZEN TO DEATH.
Two Children Found Crying Over
 Their Mothers Stiff Body.
A NEGRO LYNCHED IN FLORIDA.
\ Big Fire In Chicago-A Schoolhouse Col lapses-A Man Frozen to Death on the Prairie--A Boys Dor
 mltory Burned.

LEXINGTON, Mo-, Jan. 25.-The first fatality from cold here was reported yes terday. Martha Lacy, an aged negress, was found frozen yesterday morning. She had no home, and had sought the scant shelter of the basement of di- lapidated old frame house. In the basement was what had once been a bedstead, and it was upon this she was found frozen stiff. With her were her two small children. crying with the cold, but refusing to leave their mothers body. They were just alive when found. There was no bed cloth ing of any kind on the bed. This was by far the coldest day of this winter here.
 A NEGRO LYNCHED.
 TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Jan. 25:-Pierce Taylor, young negro, who attempted an assault upon Miss Emma Apthrop last week, was taken from the jail last night and hanged to a tree in the jail yard. Taylor had confessed to the crime. Early yesterday morning the mob of about a dozen men, most of them negroes, went to the jail, and at the point of pistols secured from the cook the keys to the outyard of the jail. Other doors were broken through with sledge hammers, until the negro was secured. This was the first lynch , ing that has ever occurred in this country.
 BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO.
 CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The Northwestern Stove Repair Co.'S factory, 225 to 2s7 West Twelfth street, was destroyed by fire last night. When the fire engines arrived it was found that the water in every fire plug in the neighborhood had been frozen, and 15 minutes elapsed before stream could be brought to the flames. The damage on the con tents is $500, ,OOO and on the building is S125,OOO Three firemen and a watch man employed by the stove company were injured during the fire.
 A sCHOOLHoUsE CoLLAPsEs.
 PERRY, Ok, Jan. 25.-A schoolhouse built of sod near here, collapsed and 25 scholars were entombed for some time. Trustees of the school district plowed up the prairie and built a schoolhouse of turf. They employed Miss Jennie Jones lD lttGh. | nc hCuOOi4lpuSt CbA- lapred and every child with the teacher was eutombed. Several children will die from injuries, and the young teach er is in a critical condition. All had to be dug out.
 FROZEN TO DEATH IN A FIELD.
 HAMILTON, Mo. Jan. 25.-Frozen stiff, the body of P. K. Startling, negro coal miner, was found on the prairie one mile east of town yesterday morning. Startling was drinking man, and had been drinking Saturday night. In the evening he started to walk from this place to the Caldwell coal shaft, where he lived in shanty. The cold wave was too severe for him and he perished on the way.
 BOYS DoRMITORY BURNED.
 COUNCIL BLUFFS Ia., Jan. 25.-Fire Yesterday morning partially destroyed the boys dormitory of the Christian Home orphanage. One hundred boys were sleeping in the building when the fire broke out. All were rescued. The Bremen had terrible combat with the cold. Damage to the building, SS,OOO, with no insurance.
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AWFUL DEATH LIST.
Three Hundred People Perish in a Panic in
 China.

China. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-Advices from the Orient per steamer Gaelic tell of a terrible panic in temple at Kwong Tow, China, in which 300 men, women and children perished. During a theatrical performance a lamp was broken which set the temple on fire. The main entrance was closed and the two smaller exits were also choked. Of the 40 actors in the performance four escaped.
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lar framework open, ana also an open strip in the center. Thus four lifting surfaces and four guiding sur faces are presented to the wind. Yes terday, when the breeze freshened to a 15-mile an hour gait, he was hoisted AZ feet into the air by his kites so that he could see over the caves of the officers quarters and down the bay. The force represented by the pulling of the four kites is estimated at 400 pounds.
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armICa m WaTIare. HlS KItes are eel
 ular, with rectangular frames of spruce and cotton string and cotton cloth in strips stretched around the end of the frames, leav- inr. hnth ends of thp rnctnnrm-
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TO ASCEND BY KITES.

Lieut.. Wise Has a Novel Plan to Conduct
 Modern Warfare.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Lieut. Hugh D. Wise, of the Ninth infantry, U. $. A., on Governors island, has for six months been studying and experimenting with kites as a means of assisting
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THE FREMONT ASSOCIATION.
First Reunion of the Men Who Organized
 the Republican Party.


 First Reunion of the Men Who Organized
 the Republican Party.
 PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 22.-The first reunion of the men who, in Pittsburgh in 1858 organized the republican party. was held in the old city hall last night The meeting was called to order by James Abel, president of the National Fremont association. Nearly 100 let ters of regret were read from promi' nent republicans all over the country. Gen. Horace Porter, chief marshal oi the inaugural parade on March l, has rendered the position of honor to the Fremont association. Gen. Porter, iI his letter, remarks that as the first re publicans in the country, the members of the association should be the first to lead a republican president to the white house. The association has ac cepted the invitation and will lead the inaugural parade.