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The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-03-04
GENERAL NEWS.

THERE were 25S business failures ir the United States for the week ended the 26th, according to Bradstreet's re- port, compared with 352 the week pre-. viOus.
 ADvICEs from Cuba stated that in a battle at Ceniza the loss of the Spanish under Gen. Weyler amounted to soc killed and wounded. In the battles at Cabaiguan the Spanish losses were re. ported to have been equally as large.
 HENRY M. KLEIN, who embedded S9,OO0 of the funds of the Farmers ma. tional bank of Lebanon, Mo-, while he was its paying teller, was sentenced on the 26th in the United States dis. trict court at Philadelphia to pay a fine of S10O and undergo an imprison. ment of five years at hard labor in the eastern penitentiary.
 REPRESENTATIVE JONES, of the Idaho legislature, has made an affi- davit, setting forth that he was bribed to vote for Henry Heitfield for United States senator It was said affidavits of similar character have been made by two other members.
 h hSohhtSIoND dU I ueTJO ITl1Clpt telegraphs paper in Havana that it is reported that the president of the Cuban republic, Salvador Cisneros, died re. gently from sickness.
 THE capitol at Wheeling, w. Va., on the 18th was entirely surrounded by water and accessible only by boat. The legislature was in session three hours with the temperature at 40 de. grees, the members keeping their hats on and overcoats buttoned.
 IT was estimated on the 18th that B. 900 workmen in Cincinnati and the Kentucky towns and cities opposite had been thrown out of employment by the stoppage of inundated factories, to say nothing of those kept fryn work by inundated homes.
 ANNOUNCEMENT was made at Louis vile, Ky, of deal by which 515 dis. tilleries had entered into combine. August Belmont, of New York, has agreed to finance the combine with 615, 100000.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-03-04
GEN. MAKING cSoMEz.

and Cabaiguan the Spanish losses arc reported to have been equally as large, but the Spanish dead and wounded were sent to Sancti Spiritus, and defi- nite figures cannot be obtained. In these two battles Gen.. Gomez com manded in person.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-03-04
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News.
WASHINGTON NOTES,


 THE silver republicans in the senate and house at Washington issued an address to the silver republicans of the United States on the 2Sd urging organ ization to the end that national con- vention might be called on the mone- tary question. A provisional national committee was called to meet at Chi cago on June s, 1897, and Charles A. Towne, of Minnesota, was named as chairman of said provisional commit tee.
 IN vetoing the bill granting pen sion to Maria Somerlat, President Cleveland said the rule which forfeits a widows pension on marriage ought to be strictly maintained. He also said he had examined 115 out of 206 special pension bills and many of them were not based on justice.
 PRESIDENT CLEVELAND delivered a most scathing criticism upon indecent newspaper publications in denying a pardon to James Wilson, sentenced in December, 1895, in Indiana to two years imprisonment for mailing ob- scene papers.
 PRESIDENT CLEVELAND issued proc. lamation on the 24th calling for an ex. tra session of the senate on March 4.
 THE report of the house special com. mittee to investigate the management of the Leavenwortb, Kan, soldiers home has been completed. It recon. mends the removal of the governor ot the home and the change of all officers.
 MRS. LETITIA c. STEVENSON, wife ot the retiring vice president of the United States, was reelected presi. dent-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Washington on the 25th.
 IT was stated at Washington on the 26th that J. H. Bingham, of Delta, O.. master of the National Grange, had been offered and had accepted the of. flee of assistant secretary of agricul ture, to succeed c. w. Dabney, of Ten. nessee. The latter gentleman will re. sume his duties as president of the uni. versity of Tennessee, an office which has been held open for him through this administration.
 SENIOR DE LONE, the Spanish minis. ter at Washington, received cable. gram on the 18th stating that the queen regent of Spain had signed the pardon of Julio Sanguilly, the American citi. zen imprisoned in Cuba
 MR. THURBER, secretary to the presi. dent, said on the 25th that President Cleveland had not received the resigna. ton of Consul-General Lee, nor had he been advised of any such resignation. Mir. Thurber likewise made an unqual. flied denial of reports that Gen. Lee had asked that warships be sent tc Cuba.
 SENATOR SHERMAN has given up the contest in trying to get the Anglo. American arbitration treaty ratified by the senate at this session and inti. mated that the new president would urge its ratification at the extra ses sion and that he was confident that the treaty would be agreed to in the end.
 A WASHINGTON dispatch stated that President Cleveland will not nominate any more postmasters while he is ir office,
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-03-04

FIRE destroyed the National Linseed Oil Co.'S plant at Piqua, O., on the 24th. Fifty thousand bushels of barley were burned.
 BENNIE BAYER, aged 12, was racing on his wheel with another boy on 8 street in Indianapolis, Ind, and had his head down, when he ran into a wagon and was killed almost instantly.
 LOUIS CRARY and Eugene Ralston were blown to pieces by an explosion of nitro-glyccrine near Pittsburgh, Pa. The stuff had just been shipped and they approached it to put it in ware house when it went off. Surrounding houses were damaged by the concus- sion.
 AYouNe negro named Charlie Brown attempted to assault farmers daugh- ter at Soddi, Tenn, and when posse attempted to arrest him he fatally shot a deputy. The mob then strung up the negro and riddled his body with bullets.
 RUMoRs of a probable war between Spain and the United States caused great excitement at Jacksonville, Fla, and the arrival of the cruiser New York for coal and the hurried depar- ture of the Newark and Vesuvius to join Adm. Bunce's squadron added strength to the war rumors.
 TIE New York Sun on the 26th said that Col. John J. McCook had positive ly declined to enter President McKin- ley's cabinet as secretary of the inte- rior.
 A CINCINNATI dispatch recently stat ed that Scott Jackson; who with Wal ling will soon be hanged for the mur- der of Pearl Bryan, is writing a con- fession and that a Cincinnati newspa- per had offered $5, ,OOO for it.
 THE senate at Olympia, Wash, passed the bill for an amendment to the con- stitntion conferring elective franchise on women, the question to be submit ted in the next general election, in No- vember, 1898. As bill of similar pur- port has passed the house there is every reason to believe that this bill will be agreed to by the house without serious opposition.
 SOUND money men from many cities recently gathered at New York to at- tend the conference of the Nationa! Sound Money league. It was proposed to have an executive committee of 21 members and to divide the country into II districts, at the head of each to be one of the vice presidents. George E. Leighton, of St. Louis, was elected president.
 A TRAIN on the Southern railway ran into wagon filled with people near Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 24th and seven persons were killed.
 LoRENz HABER, cooper at Dubuque, 1a., was choked to death by piece of beefsteak sticking in his throat.
 A RESOLUTION was introduced into the lower house of the Oklahoma legis- lature calling for a convention of all free silver states at Denver, Col, on September 10 to discuss proposition to issue state bonds of $10, s2O and $50 and to boycott national bank notes. The resolution was referred.
 SMALLPOX is spreading in Cuba, there being 1000 to 5000 cases in Havana alone, according to 8 dispatch on the 22d.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-03-04
FIGHTING IN CUBA.
News of Engagements Disastrous to the
 Spanish Reach Havana.

HAVANA, Feb. 27.-Advices from San- ta Clara are that in the battle at Ceniza the loss of the Spanish under Gen. Weyler amounted to 800 killed and wounded. In the battles at Calabazas
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
Will Probably Be Entered.

Gcmmc T.. ID. McGuinness, attorney for
the complainant and certain other crcdi.
tors asked permission of the Appellate
court to enter decree providing for the
distribution of about $3.50 MIR MitclST
~ tho firm of BasSett a Mitchell who ap-
pcarcd for Attorney Goldsworthy said he
was informed that thcrc were claims not
provided for in the decree amounting TO
$500 The court intimatcd that the par
ties holding these claims had had consid-
erable time TO put In an appearance and
took the decree. IL will he entered within
a few days unless substantial reasons
against IL are given. I. W Robinson Is
associated with Mayor McGuinncss
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
DID NO WORK YESTERDAY.
FitzsiInInons Suspended Training
Temporarily Yesterday.

Work continued ns usual ON Dan
Stuart's big amphtheatro at Carson,
yesterday.
Fitzsimmons did no work at all. He
spent good part of the morning writing
letters to friends. In Stuart 5 headquarters,
and then drove 10 the race track to get
a look nc the structure in which he hopes
10 defeat Jim Corbett.
Accompanied by Julian, Fitzsimmons
drove back 20 quarters for dinner but
the pair returned TO town early i'm the
afternoon and remained until sundown.
Julian announced that his man would
take no exercise today ON account OF the
funeral of Mrs. Julian i'm New York city.
There was big crowd at Corbctt's
Headquarters. During the morning show
the handbaJl court or at least that section
which il set part for sightsecrs, was un-
comfortably crowded.
A hammer thrower from the Pacific
coast. who has been eager for several days
to put ON the gloves with Corbett, was
accommodated
His first lesson was decidedly interesting
To the spectators but the athlete in ques-
ton will in all probability stick to his
own particular branch of athletics in
future.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01

The new Banigan building is TO he
located on Westminster, Union and Mid
die streets, with a frontage of y. feet 6
inches and depth of los feet inches,
There are To bc seven stories with n total
height Of l0i feet building material,
brick. with stone trimmings. The foot
ing is 10 he Of concrete with steel rein
fUrccmcnts under tfc columns.
Foundation walls are to I've 3 feet 8
inches; external walls 80 inches to third
story; - inches 10 sixth; 20 inches to roof.
Party walls, 2i inches to fourth story 20
inches To sixth and l6 10 roof.
The size Of the girdcrs feet, IL inches,
90 pounds to the footl and paired for all
floors. There are TO he terra Gotta arches
ON steel. There are 60 be two passenger
elevators and one for freight.
Martin and Hall arc the architects for
both buildings Horton and Hemenway
will build for the William n. Low estate
and the contract for the Bunigan block
H. awarded to Norcross Brothers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
THE WEEKS BOXING BOUTS.

The boxing bouts scheduled for the
present week are as follows:
Monday, Jimmy Barry vs. Jack Ward
20 rounds; Billy Vernon W. Jack DAILY
IL rounds; Joe Flaherty VS. Billy Ahearn,
10 rounds; American Athletic Club, New
York.
Casper Leon VS.. George Church, Empire
A. c., Buffalo.
Tommy Danforth VS.. Jimmy Devers,
Jackson, Mich.
Owen Zeigler VS.. Jack Bennett, Danny
McMahon vs.i Andy Rambo, Bull Nc
Carthy vs. Horace Leeds and Jack Lynch
vs. Billy smith; Quaker A. c.. Philadel-
phia
Mike Sears VS.. Frank Zimpber; Kings
ton, y. Y.
Wednesday, Joe Walcott VS.. Tommy
Nest. broadway -A.-G., New York
Friday, Jack McAuliffe's benefit. He
will meet three lghtweights
Saturday, Dick Moore vs.. Billy Lecdon,
Nonparcil A. c., Philadelphia ~
( Joe Bertrand VS.. Barney Mccall, Chicago.
Frank Bryant vs.. sam Bolan and Bob
Quade vs.. Charles Roden; Broadway A. G.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
Biz Peruvian stamp sale.

New York March 1.-The consul gem
-eralof Peru Ae'r-ferk has received
official notification of an intended stamp
sale of great magnitude by his govern
ment The director general Of postof-
fees and telegraphs Of Peru will receive
bids in Lima from philatelists for 1885,
09S obsolete postage and revenue stamps
issued by that South American republic
The stamps Will he sold as an entire lot
or divided UP into various lots, but no Of
fer OF less than $4,000 will be considered
by the Peruvian government. May 81
next IL the last day that philatelists can
file their offers. A list OF the stamps has
been sent To the Peruvian consular rep
resentatiVes. Each bid must he accom-
panied by a deposit of at least 10 per
cent of the reserve price put upon the
stamps. or $500. IL the bidder is not
successful, this deposit will be returned.
Successful bidders viii be notified. and
they VIII bc credited with the amount OF
their deposit on the amount they bid
The sale of such an enormous quantity
OF obsolete stamps is likely to play sad
havoc with the ruling prices now pre-
vailing in stamp collecting circles for
certain Peruvian varieties. The great
bulk Of the collection represents issues
since the year 1874.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
HELD FOR ADJUSTMENT.
Cases Growing Out OF Troubles OF
Martin Murray.
Judgment Creditors Sex 20 Collect From
Surelies on Bond.

Today i'm the Appellate court two eases
of considerable importance, ON account
of certain points i'm regard 10 the msol-
vency laws involved, were heard by Judges
Stlncss and Tillinghast.
The cases were those Of Hunter I.
White ct al. vs. Bernard McCaughcy, ct
al and Of Hunter c. White ct al. ".
Martin Murray et al The defendants in
both cases claimed that the insolvency of
Martin Murray of Pawtuokct the con
tractor of the obligations sued upon WAS
"A bar 90 any proceedings The facts i'm
the first ease, as stated by Thomas j.
Barnefeld, counsel for the plaintiffs, are
that i'm June 1896 John Carter a Company
of Boston and The jefferson Paper COM
pany Of Black river. y. Y, began suits
against Martin Murray and Deputy
Sheriff Carlos Rogers and the personal
estate of Murray was attached. On the
day of the attachment Hugh J. Carroll
"for and i'm behalf of said Murray as
principal gave bonds and the attachments
were released and bonds accepted. In
November 1896 final judgments We're
obtained i'm the suits against Murray and
neither Inc nor the surctics on the bonds
have ever paid or satisfied, and payment
is still refused.
on October Isl Murray filed his petition
i'm the Appellate Court 70 be declared an
insolycnt and the petition was granted.
The present action was begun 10 recover
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01

from the defendants for the breach of the
conditions of the bonds. Jury trial was
waived and the cases sent to Appcllat
division.
The plaintiff urges that the insolvency
proceedings cannot afTcct the present
action because said Murray, who has been
declared insolyent, is not a party 20 the
bonds because the defendant Carroll
though signing the same for and i'm behalf
of said Murray is the principal, also be-
cause even if Murray was party 10 the
proceedings the plaintiffs being now resi-
dents and no party to the insolvency pro-
cccdings are affected by the laws of this
state, and also because if Murray Is not
liable there is ample ground of action
against the other defendants.
IN thc second CilSo The real party I'm I'M
tercst l. John II. Mcadcr, who previous 10
tho insolvency proceedings attached the
estate of Murray which attachment was
released on n bond. Attorney H. c. Curtis
maintained that this bond could not bo
affected hy the insolvency proceedings
Mr. Meadcr recovered Judgment and like
the complainants I'm the other ease brings
his present action to recover on the
bond. In the first case there seems to he
some doubt a. 60 whether the insolvency
proceedings were begun soon enough To
affect the rrcleaSe of either Murray or
Carroll as principal or surety.
The court held both eases for advise
ment
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
sale Of Lsconia Car Comp.,v.

Lacon'a, ". H.. March wv. u. Eel
lows, JUDGE ~ the probate court, has
Granted Dennis o'Shea, assignee OF the
Laconia Car company. license to sell TIL.
real and personal property Of the old
company ~ private sale. The sale is 20
take place within a few days, and the
purchaser viii be a corporation com
posed of parties largely outside OF this
city. The capital stock OF the new com
pany is S2oe,0p9 with privilege 10 In a
crease TO 100000. and the city will be
asked to cyempt the new corporation
from taxation fOr 10 years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

Captain Goodridge of the Harvard ice
polo team is highly incensed over the
failure of Brown to play off the second
game of their series. Appearances Ger.
tainly point To the Providence team try.
ing to 'crawl, as IL has had chances TO
meet Harvard, but failed to respond
The date of the 25-round contest be-
tween Champion George Dixon and Frank
Erne, who got "a decision over Dixon,
has been set for March,9 at the Broadway
A. c. They meet at 124 pounds for the
championship and half of the gross re-
ceipts.
Barney Farley of Frisco, who has
probably trained more fighters than any
man in this country, and who is known
as trainer the world over, has retired
from business.
Monbars, 2;l14, can't keep away from
the auction room. He turned up at the
Splan sale but was not offered, owing to
his reputation of always being bid in
Billy Mahoney of Boston left for Florifs.
last night. He will reach Carson i'm time
TO see the big battle. Jimmy Colville has
decided not TO go.
Boston" Jimmy Carroll the famous
lightweight, last defeated by Jack Nc
Auliffe, has opened IA gymnasium I'm San
Francisco.
Sphinxctta and Robinette have been
shipped from Boston TO New Haven.
They will be raced in George Spears
stable.
sam Wilson has been quite Ill with the
grip at his home at Lexington, Ky. He
will come north within few days
None of the three fastest stallions-Gcn-
try, Pointer nor Patchen-will be in the
stud this spring.
J. Malcolm Forbes may send the a-ycar-
old colt Nordofr, TO Austria to fill stake
engagement
A hearing on the'proposed new speed
way will be held at the state house We'd
ncsday morning.
II. l.. Arthur, the Brooklyn trainer, will
have Fred Kohl and Fred :. Moody If
they arc campaigncd.
Allegheny Boy, 2;27I4, is dead. He was
the sire of Rosewater, 2:l3h, and Harry
McNair, 2lS.
The Northwestern breeders association,
with headquarters at Chicago, will go out
of existence.
Gertrude Russell, 2:23l6, sister to Palo
Alto, 2:osA, has colt ut foot by Dexter
Prince.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
YALE-HARvARD FOOTBALL.

Manager Fuller and Captain Cabot of
the Harvard foot ball team yesterday had a
consultation with. Manager Twitchell and
Captain Rodgers of Yale for the purpose
of arranging the details connected with "a
football game next fall.
As these representatives did not have
full authority i'm the matter needing the
consent of the faculties of the two uni
vcrsities, nothing definite was decided
upon. Captain Rodgers said that they
had merely discussed the different pos
sibilities for the date and place Of the
game, and that in the near future, after
the faculties had been consulted, he and
Mr. Twitchell would meet the Harvard
officials at Cambridge, when final arrange
ments would be made.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
Two Will be Erected on
Westminster Street.
Contracts for Low and Bani-
gan Buildings Awarded.
Latter to Be Seven Stories in Height
and OF Brick and Stone.

The official preliminaries for the cree
tion of two more large business blocks
on Westminster street were completed
today and Inspector OF Buildings Spencer
b. Hopkins has granted permits % build
to the William II. Low estate company
and to Joseph Banigan. Both build
ings are 10 be located ON the territory
designated by pat ~ of the assessor :
Office
The William III. Low building which
has already been fully decorated in the
news will bc located ON the north side of
Westminster street just east of the Boston
store.
IL is go bc of brick with stone trim
mings of six storecs and 80 feet high
The ground dimensions ar ~ feet front
and no feet depth. The fdottags will bc II
con, retc; the foundation walls 3 feet Is
inches thick; the external walls - inches
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
Foul Play Feared.

Portland, Me, March mo trace has
been found of the missing Westbrook
drummer. +. c. Wentworth. who was
last seen in the Eagle House. Haverhill,
a week ago FArttdTy. Deputy Sheriff A. G.
Chute OF Westbrook, who has been at
work on the case a week. returned home
Sunday morning, and is unable 10 sug-
sest even possible theory for the So
luton of this mysterious disappearance
Wentworth was the travelling salesman
for a Bangor wholesale house, and il is
feared that he met with foul play
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
FOR AN AMERICAN HENLEY.

Tho board of trade are making siren
uous efforts 10 bring the college boat
| races back to the Thames river, and also
inaugurate an American Henley, wherein
all amateur clubs can compete. The COM
mittce recently appointed to communicate
with the colleges and rowing associations
throughout the country have received
very flattering encouragement, and il is
believed the scheme will prove success
IL is realized by the committee, however,
that the absence of Yale or Harvard from
tfrr 7 hH1rUs wUUtd Be a great loss in the
undertaking, and for that reason Propric-
tor Blanchanl of the Pcuuot House, repre-
scnting the board of trade Regatta COM
mittcc, has been i'm consultation with some
of the college navy officials during the
past week.
Yale and Cornell have expressed will
ingness for the races to he rowed on the
Thames i'm preference Ia the Hudson, but
Columbia l. undecided, owing to the
strong inducements held out 10y the citi-
zcns OF Poughkcepsic.
Notwithstanding that the date of the
big race between Yale. Harvard and Cor
neil has been settled upon as Juno % the
course has not been chosen, and will not
bc until another meeting of the rcprcscn.
tativcs n month hence
Meanwhile. lIaryards and pennsyl-
vania's officials will he visited by mem
bcrs of the New London Regatta commit
tee aud Rrcat inducements In tho way Of
transportation and financial aid generally
will bc tcncrcd all the navics
The proprictors of tho Pcquot House
have offered $500 as n nucleus for bringing
tho crews here, and il il believed the mcr-
chants will also contribute generously TO
the fund.
a canvass has been made of the rail 1
road and steamboat lines and low rates
have been guaranteed both the oarsmcn
and the visitors The telegraph companies
have also acknowledge q Willingness tn
share In the expense of bringing the
crews to- the Thames. realizing the grcatcr
convenience and rrcf' here than at
PouRhkccpsic. The Postal Telegraph is
especially interested, as they have four
miles ~ wire stretched 10 The crews quar-
tcrS which Il practically valuclcss should
aquatic- De- abandoned on the Thames.
WILL HAVE Az ENGLISH BUILT
SHELL
IIaryarl's crew will take mo- chances
against Yale and Cornell in the boat ecc
TO be held i'm June. The crew will use
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-01
(! GPORTING !
!, ....... GOSSIP. !!


several boats, but the one that Mr. II. =.
Lehmann, Harvard's coach, hopes to have
Harvard win the race in will be an Eng
lish craft built after his ideas. Mr.. Leh-
mann when he went across had in his
pocket the plans and dimensions of a boat
just suited for the crimson crew. Claspor
OF Putney ON tho Thames has built the
boat. IL will be sent over in the boat
with Mr. Lehman when he sails for this
country this week. Mr.. Lehman is ex-
pcctcd mt Harvard about March II.