The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-11

were starving to death and would have to be sustained during the unfruitful season. The state has already ex- pended S65,000 for provisions for the sufferers.
 THE Northwestern national bank of Great Falls, Mont, on the 9th posted a notice announcing its suspension. The board of directors and officers charge that the trouble is due to a dedication on the part of the cashier, Benton D. Hatcher, of S1S0,000.
 A REPORT was received at Vienna on the 5th of the massacre of 1,5OO Chris tians in the villages of the islands of Crete by Turkish troops.
 THE number of failures in the United States for the week ended the 5th were SO5, according to Bradstreet's report, ss compared with 326 the previous week and 33S in the corresponding week of last year.
 THE Connecticut legislature voted down a resolution calling upon con gross to recognize the independence of the Cuban republic.
 AN unconfirmed report reached Guth- rie, Ok, on the 4th that the Sac and Fox Indian agency had been raided by outlaws, resulting in the killing of three men and the wounding of the agent, Gen. Thomas. The telephone wires were cut. A payment of $a6,OOO was in progress at the agency.
 CHARGES have been preferred against Agent Pearson, who has charge of the Pottawatomie Indians in Kansas. Itis said that he has been remarkably de- relict and that the law has been ire quently violated on the reservation un- der his charge.
 THE Oklahoma house passed the marriage contract bill. It prohibits the intermarriage of whites and ne- groes or Indians, and especially pro hibits that no man shall marry his | own mother-in-law.
 REV. DR. JOHN A. BROOKS, a we'll known divine of the Christian church and prohibitionist candidate for the vice presidency in 1888, died at Mem phis, Tenn, on the Sd of heart failure superinduced by paralysis. IKE British steamer Jason, which arrived at New York from Jamaica, | picked up the crew of ten men of the sinking schooner Mary Sprague near Crooked island passage and brought them to New York.
 WHILE exercising on the rings in the gymnasium of the Twelfth regiment armory at New York Robert Marmont fell to the floor and was killed instant ly. The distance was only six feet, but his neck was broken.
 l THE recent wreck of the Great North ern passenger train near Wenatchee, Wash. came near being one of the most disastrous of railroad casualties. A tourist car containing 32 persons, in- cluding II babes, caught fire. The car was hurled into an embankment of snow. It was only after the greatest exertions that the inmates liberated themselves by breaking the windows. JOHN LANE, of Grand Rapids, Mich., in consideration of S25 has, under writ ten agreement, sold and released his wife to James II. Hurst All con- cerned were celebrating the event on the 4th.
 JOSEPH L. RAwLINs was elected at ! Salt Lake City on the Sd on the 53d ballot as United States Senator for Utah.
 THE First national bank, of Griswold, Ia., has failed. Assets, S147, 1000; iabil- ities, SsO,OOO.
 THREE raftsmen, John Adkins, Sam uel Weddington and Jonas Blevins, were drowned in Pike county, Ky, by the breaking of log boom in the ice run. The dangerous condition of the i river prevented any attempt at recov- ering the bodies.
 A SPECIAL to the Chicago News from Washington on the Sd said that at the request of Maj. and Mrs. Mckinley no wine nor other intoxicant will be sold at the inaugural ball.
 As John Shinaman, of Greenhead, Ok, was going home from town after dark he heard coal oil dropping out of can in his wagon and lit a match to investigate. The oil in the straw ignited, burning the wagon, killing the team and fatally burning Shina- man.
 A FIRE gutted the Arnold block at Amsterdam, N. Y., on the 3d. Loss, s75, ,OO0; fully insured.
 THE schooner Biscayne was wrecked off the Florida coast by the explosion of gas engine and the captain, mate and sailor were drowned in the surf.
 IT was currently reported at Canton, O., on the 2d that there were over 100 cases of fever in that city due to the bad water supply.
 GEORGE E. BUTLER was arrested on the shin Swanhilda which arrived at