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The Coconino Sun, 1891-09-05

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The total population of Canada, accord accord-lag - lag accord-lag to tbo census is 4,283,444. English bookmakers havo been ordered to leave Boulogne and Calais, France. Prlnco Georgo of Wales has been pro promoted - moted promoted to commander in the British navy. Tho lumber mill, dry kiln nnd lumber at Clawson, Tex:,, were destroyed by fire Sun Sun-toy. - toy. Sun-toy. Lcs S75.000. Sixty thousand dollars damago was dono to Moses Coleman & Son's four story buDd buDd-tng - tng buDd-tng In Boston Friday. Excessive rains and floods are reported In lower Austria and upper Italy. Great damago Is being dono. Tho frost damage in North Dakota was not nearly so great as had been feared feared-wheat - wheat feared-wheat Was not injured. Tho third payment of J17.000 each has; been ordered made to each stato agricul agricultural - tural agricultural college under the recent law. Firo has destroyed twelve business houses on tho public square of Quanah, Toxas, causing aloss of '$30,030, ith t35,00d In Insurance. - surance. Insurance. It Is reported that tho Mexican govern government - ment government proposes to seize tho Tcbauntepeo railroad as not being built according to contract f The International mctcoroglcal congress has opened in Munich, Germany. Weather Bureau Chief Harrington is among tho delegates. The mackerel catch off the coast of Ire Ireland - land Ireland Is less than half tbatot last year. Tho business is threatened with failure In tho near future. Report from Manitoba, North and South Dakota and Minnesota aro that frosts did great damage to wheat and other crops Friday night. Six sailors have deserted from the Unit United - ed United States steamer Ponaaoola, now at San Francisco, because they ore afraid to go to China in her. By the explosion of a beer vat in a Cin Cincinnati - cinnati Cincinnati brewery Inspector Louis Birken Birken-busch - busch Birken-busch was ftruck by a heavy piece of tim timber - ber timber and killed. President Carnot of France will visit , England in the spring. The queen desires to decorate him with the highest grade of tho order of tho Batft, Professor W. S. Cbapjtn, profossor of engineering In Harvard snco 16S5, has been elected chancellor of Washington university, of St, Louis. A town meeting has ratified tho action of tho selectmen in offering a reward of 1, 1,-500 - 500 1,-500 for tho capturo of Frank Almy; tbo Now Hampshire murderer. Tho railway employes of Texas aro sign signing - ing signing a petition to the stato board against the sweeping reductions in freight rates as certain to reduce their wages. Two children of J. E. Nichols of Still Stillwater, - water, Stillwater, Ok., wero fatally burned by the ex explosion - plosion explosion of a can of powder with which they were playing last Monday. The national brewers' union In session in St, Louis, has decided to press moro strongly than over the boycotts against tho Anbcuscr-Busch and W. J. Lcmp beers. The petition of Louis Bulling, tho Sav Savanna - anna Savanna wifo murderer, for a writ of error and stay of execution has been heard by Supreme Judgo McFarlane and denied. Miss Lcnora Mitchell, tho New. York: actress, found shot In a railroad carriage; In England two weeks ago,dicd in London. Tho polfcc declare It was a case of suicide. Tho freo delivery experiment at smull tow ns of the country is declared not a suc success - cess success by tho postoffice officials, tho gross re receipts - ceipts receipts having decreased under the system. Ono hundred moro Chcrokces havo ar arrived - rived arrived In Arkansas City, They Joined tho colony on the Chcrokeo outlet, where sev several - eral several hundred of them already have claims picked. Postmaster Hugh Mulholland of Paducab Ky., has resigned because of the charges brought against him. The peoplo havo been demanding for somo time that bo bo removed. Mrs. Julia Fillmore Harris, tho last sur survivor - vivor survivor of a family of eight brothers and sisters, one of whom was Millard FUlmore, tho thirteenth president of the United states, is dead. Tbo North American St. George's union in session at Oswego, N. Y., has elected Dr. E. H. Smythe of Kingston, Ont,, presi president - dent president and Thomas Y. Yates of Washington, D. C. secretary. Whllo John Dexter and his wife wero attending tho funeral of a murdered man at Ada, O., Tuesday, their flftccn-ycar-old son secured a shotgun and nccldently killed his 12-ycar-old sister. Tho Grand Trunk railway tunnel under the St. Clair river at Sarnla, Can., and Port Huron. Mich., will be opened Septem September - ber September 19 In grand stylo. A grand banquet in the tunnel Is proposed. Sheriff Khnllno has captured James Wright near Mansfield, Mo., and w ill take blm to Snccdvlllo, Hancock county, Tcnn., where ho is wanted for the murder, In February, of Joseph Owen. James Roberts, tho prisoner suspected of the Columbus Grove, Ohio, bank rob robbery - bery robbery and murder, failed to prove an alibi at bis preliminary trial and was held to an alt the action of the grand Jury. Thcro is a chloroform fiend at work In Crawfordsvllle, Ind. Within tho past week ho has chloroformed tbo bedrooms of two prominent citizens, who, as far as they know, have not nn enemy in the world. The French Journal of tho chambers of commerce states that the Belgian govern government - ment government proposes to declare Antwerp and other Belgian ports freo ports, aiming to -. mako Belgium tho warehouse of Europe. Dr. W. H. Copoland, of Eufala, AbC, AbC,-was - was AbC,-was thrown from his bugg', and struck a telegraph pole with such force that both legs wero broken. Tho bone of ono leg was driven into the post, and had to bo cut out with an ax. Tho coroner's Jury inspected tho ruins of tho New York disaster aud found that tho walls wcro not poorly constructed. They will begin hearing testimony next week. A lot and a monument In Mount Hopo cemetery has been offered for the unknown dead. Tho Leeds, England, millers havo ad advanced - vanced advanced tho price of flour Is Cd per bag Cold and stormy weather prevails through throughout - out throughout the whole country. In many places tho crops In tho fields are under water or beaten down by the wind and Irreparably ruined. Farmers Are in despair. Will Sherriit, of Salt Lake City, whllo ' out driving, stopped his buggy In tbo resi residence - dence residence portion of the city, and, after tying his horso to a telegraph pole, shot himself through tho heart. Morphine was the cause. f The emperor tmi empress, Chancellor Von Caprlvl ana Ministers Boitttcher and Herrfurth went to Merseburg Tuesday to attend tbo Saxon fotea. The emperor's sunburnt face and healthy look wero the subject of frequent comment. w loading cotton planter of Pulaski co un ty, Arlt, repqrts that Jfreat damage' is bo- j ln rinn tri nnttrm h ttiV.'nr'mw wnyma TT. says tho Insects are fouud 'iailargonum-- fint for miles firnnnd. Un Aattmntnil tbn 1 . ,- . . . -.jT . . J

A Neighborhood Poud In Mibrasha tie suits In A kllllrif. DonapiIanv Kob. Aug. 28. A neighbor, hood tcrtd Which has existed for several months bctwocn J. P. Farr nnd C. Al Schultz, two resident faVmOrS with lands ndjoInIng culminated lhls morn. Ing in th hliootlng nnd mortally wound wound-vni - vni wound-vni Ol tho former by tho lattor. Tho Immediate causes which led up to this morning's tragedy aro those: Early ThnrV day morning of this weot rtVcu hoad of Farr's horses, Which bad brokon out of tholr paiAuro during tho night, toro found tu tjhultz's possession. Sbultz demanded $J damages; Farr off offered - ered offered 13, which was refused, whereupon Farr and his men tore down the enclosure and recovered tho animals, whllo Shultz startod for Gradd Island, bent on hiving Farr arrostcd for trespass, Falllug to pro procure - cure procure tho necessary patters for Parr's arrest bo icturnod homo late 111 tbo evening con considerably - siderably considerably tho worse for liquor. At daylight this morning ha aroso and lotung nu tamlly that ho would never eat, sleep or drink until ho killed Farr, ho Immediately bogon to proparo for tho Intended murder by washing out his gun and loading It with shot, bullots and chunks of lead. All things bolng In readiness ho calmly lighted his plpo nnd started for Farr's residence, half a inllo distant. Arriving thcro and seeing Farr In a Hold near tho houso bo walked up to within fifty feet of him and rulsod hU Run to his shoulder and Within full view of his torrlllcd family, nnd while Tarr was bogging him for God's sake not to shoot, ho dollbcrately discharg discharged - ed discharged tho weapon with tho abovo result. Dying or Hunger. London, Aug 'J7. A clergyman residing at present In tho provlnco of Ktznn, Russia, has wrltton a letter to the Pall Mall Gazette In which ho gives a harrow harrow-Ing - Ing harrow-Ing description of the sufferings of tho un unfortunate - fortunate unfortunate peasants of that provlnco brought on by the failuro of the crops, Largs numbers of them, ho says, nniab nniab-solutcly - solutcly nniab-solutcly starving. Many havo been unable to obtain bread for woeks, and in their ef efforts - forts efforts to sustain life they havo been com compelled - pelled compelled to eat grass nnd loaves. In ono of tho villages of tho provlnco consisting of 140 bousos tbo clergyman vtsltod all tho peasants. Here were found slxtoen persons in a terribly emaciated condition, slowly and painfully dying from starvation. Of all tho residents of tbo houses, only twenty wero found eating ordinary food In a quantity sufficient to keep tbcm olive. Visits mado to a number of other villages revealed a similar state of destitution and distress. In all of them number) of persons wero found cither dead or dj-iug from starvation. Thcro was no Immediate prospect of any betterment in the con condition - dition condition of thp peasantry and It Is feared that, driven on by the pangs of hunger, thoy will attempt to gain food by any means, lawful or unlawful. Strong mon look upon their wives and chlldron slowly dying for want of broad and It is not to bo expected that under such conditions they will be sonslblo to any law save that which dictates to them tho preservation of tho lives of their fam families. - ilies. families. Thcro is much excitement throughout tho provlnco among tho pooror classes and an outbreak may occur at any tlmo. I'Ired by tioonicr. Caldvs ell, Kan., Aug. 23. All yester yesterday - day yesterday this town was enveloped In a cloud of smoko coming from tbo Cbcrokeo strip. The action of tho administration la al allowing - lowing allowing tho Cbcrokccs to hold the cattle in tbo strip so Incensed tho homo seekers that a meeting was called, and nlthough.it was held with closed doors, It now is known that it was for tho purposo .of call calling - ing calling volunteers to burn every spear of grass In tho Cbcrokeo strip. Those volunteers took tbelr departure Monday night and scattered In ull direc directions - tions directions and tho work of yestciday is only tho beginning of what will bo done. The Cherokoos havo called on tho milita military - ry military to try and suppress tho incendiaries, but they aro powerless. Tboro aro not enough soldiors near the strip 'to prevent tho homescekers In accomplishing their ends. Thoso mon know every? foot of tho strip and n wholo regiment could not cap capture - ture capture one boomer or convict him uflor ho Was captured. The homescekers aro thoroughly organ organized - ized organized and thcro actions aro sccrot. 1 boy declare that as long as they are kept out of the strip that no ono shall bo bcuofltod by tho land. The Missouri Alliance. WAnnENsiitmo, Aug. 23. After a long and stormy mooting tbo stato AUIanco in session at Pertlc Springs elected Lovcrctt Leonard of Sailno county for Its president In placo of O. II. Hall who sought a ro-clcc-tlon. Hall was strongly opposed to a third party and has many tlmos denounced tho sub-treasury plan. Tho voto stood 80 to SO. Pierco Hockett of Bates county was elec elected - ted elected vice-president. Mr. Leonard, tho president-elect, Is ono of tbo most prominent stock raisers and agriculturists In tho state. Ho resides at Mount Leonard, Sailno county, nnd has novor held any political ofllco. Ho was born In Cooper county. Mo., In 1S37. Ho has always been a farmer. Ho removed from Cooper to Sailno county In 1803. Thoso who aro best acquainted with him say that ho Is ono of tho most honornblo gentlemen in tho country and absolutely beyond reach of corrupting influences. It Is understood that his election moans a third party organization. Procter Chosen. Montpelieu, Vi., Aug. 27. Governor Pago has formally notified Hon. Kodflcld Procter that ho has dotormlnod to tender to him tho appolntmont of United States Senator to succood Hon. Geo. F. Edmunds, who resigned tho high offico last spring. Ho says ho has roached this conclusion after consulting with tho reprosontatlvo men of every county In tho stato. Fitzgerald Call a Meeting. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 27. President John Fltzgornld, of tho Irish National Lea. gue of America, to-day Issuod nn addross calling for a mooting at Chicago, October 1 and 8 next, of tho rnombcrs of tho Irish National Loaguo and frionds of tho cause In Amorico; The Martinique C clone. Paris, Sept, 1. Tho official estimates ol tho damago dono by tho recent cyclone which swept over tbo Island of Martinique place tho amount nt 10,000,000 and say that 378 pcoplo lost thoir lives. President Carnot has signed a credit of 8200,000, which sum Is to bo used to assist the Mar Martinique - tinique Martinique sufferers. A Terrific storm. HALirAS, NovaScot!a,Sopt. 1. A special cablogram from Burmuda says that a tor rifle storm raged thoro yesterday, lovcllng stouo walls uprooting troca and dostroyinc telegraph wires. It 'W lUe greatest itorm since 18S0 " "" "-

RoTLAhD, VU, Aug. S9.-When tho $ dBnt arrived at Windsor yesterday ram was falling heavily. Senator Evarts was thofd to welcome lilm. After luncheon the piesjd'en't wad conducted to th,e town hail, anM, beln'g'ibcrdlhlfofluccd said: "It fs pleasant to be hero today at the hom6 of my esteemed friend tad four followtownsmaff, the H6n. William Evurtsv I am glad that ho has Introduced Into Vcr Vcr-m&ni - m&ni Vcr-m&ni model farming laughter and ap- plauso) and has shown you what tho InConW oi a xurgacny Jw prutucwtuu uum woi woi-tlllzatlon - tlllzatlon woi-tlllzatlon of a farm laujblcr and applause. He has assured mo to-day that his farm yields a not income. I accept ti8 state statement - ment statement of my hostwlth absolute faith aUd yet Mr. Evarts' reputation as a bookkeeper Is not tho best In tho world. Laughter and applause. "It Is pleasant to seo him and to bo for flwhils In his ganial presence and to have this Journey Illuminated by a visit to his home. I bOpo he may dwell long with you In peaoa and horior as ha will always dwell in tho honor and esteem of our whole peo people." - ple." people." Applause. Awful Destruction In IliuHa Behlin, Aug. 30. Husslan newspaper entirely confirm tbo recent reports of ter terrible - rible terrible distress among tho peasants in tho valley of tho Volga. Tho peoplo aro in a condition of tho utmost destitution, with without - out without clothes nnd without food, wandering aDout In rags oa the vergo of starvation. Swarms of families have left thoir homes and resorted to begging on the roadsides. The situation of the entire population Is extremely critical. The Kleff Lanin, published in Kieff, con considers - siders considers the condition of the peasants desper desperate. - ate. desperate. Already immersed in poverty and In Indebted - debted Indebted to the stato, whllo their taxes, which thoy aro unable to pay, continue to accumulate. By next spring tho entire Husslan peasantry will probably be bank bankrupt. - rupt. bankrupt. Reports from Warsaw show that tho poasants of Central Russia are emi emigrating - grating emigrating by tho wholesale; 50J men have al already - ready already abandoned their families in .prdcr to emigrate, Another Awful Wreck. Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 29. (Jne of tho most disastrous railroad wrecks known In tho annals of the state occurred at Boston bridge, on tho Western North Carolina railroad. A passenger train known as the fast mall, composed of a baggage and mail car, second arid first class coaches, Pull man's sleeper and Superintendent Bridge's private- car, "Daisy," plunged off a stone bridge, at least sixty-five feet high, wreck wrecking - ing wrecking the wholn train and carrying death and destruction with It, Tho sccno at the wreck beggared description. It was only through tho most heroic efforts of those who had hurried to tbo scene of the wreck that tho Injured wcro not drowned. The accident was caused by tho spreading of a rail. The list of the dead numbers tw cnty, and twcnty-nlno more were badly injured. Raging Torrent In Jeraey. Newark, N. J., Aug. 30. For many years tho cast has looked upon Kansas and Missouri as tho home of destructive storms of wind and rain especially of tha deadly tornado and the destructive cloud cloudburst, - burst, cloudburst, but tbo present season has brought theso storms to the east, while tho west has been almost wholly free from them. A tornado swept over the lower part of this city yesterday. It was a funnel shaped cloud, doing much damago, but destroyed no lives. Its freaks wero peculiar and startling. Borlln, N. Y., wns visited by a cloud burst that did damago unparalleled in that vicinity. Not a Rich Find. San Francisco, Sept. 1. Governor Col Col-cord, - cord, Col-cord, of Nevada, Is In this city. He de desires - sires desires to warn tho public against rushing into Nevada to work tbo Pino Nut mines. Ho says tljat while Senator Haines Is undoubtedly honest in his opinion of the mlno, ho Is not a practi cal miner and is too enthusiastic. Governor Colcord soys ho has been over the Pino Nut region and saw no indications of rich mlnoral strlkos. Tho claims at Pino Nut are all taken up nnd It is useless for peoplo to go thcro now. Postal Investigation. Washington, Aug. 3J. Postmaster Gen eral Wanamakcr has scut a personally signed letter to tbo postmaster at each county scat throughout tho United States, asking him, for tho public good, at his own expense, to mako a personal visit to each postoffice In his county and mako a de tailed report upon Its conditions. A list of sixteen questions has been prepared and tho man from tho county scat postoffice is to propound tho list himself, answorlug some which Inquire the result of his obser observation. - vation. observation. Sued III tai eelheart for Flirting. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 1. Social circles of tho Twin cities aro on a broad smllo over the mmarkablo suit brought by John W. Turnor, of Minneapolis, against Miss Ella Terwllllgor, a pretty brunetto of 20 summers. Tbo suit Is for (5,000 damages, and tbo young roan claims this amount on tho ground that tho young lady is a com common - mon common flirt. A Ripe Old Age. Bostov, Sept. 1. To-day Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes reached his 82d birthday. No quotation could bo made that would moro thoroughly show forth Dr. Holmes' chief characteristic that of unfailing good humor and cheerfulness than the piquant ono of his own: "It is better to bo 70 years young than to be 40 yoars old." Judge Its) Dead. Carrollton, Mo., Aug. 28. After a lingering Illness ex-Supremo Judge R. D. Ray died jostcrday in tho 74th year of his ago. Judgo Ray was born in Kentucky whero ho was raised and educated. In 1839 bo moved to Missouri and located In Carroll county, being admitted to tho bar In tho same year. A Kentucky Mob. Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 80. A mob of 150 men came Into town yosterday, morn morning - ing morning nnd taking tho negro murderer of Frank Hughes out of Jail hung him to a black lo locust - cust locust treo. Tho mob came In from tho direc direction - tion direction of Peak's Mill neighborhood. They camo on horses and In vehicles. Ou for Canada. Louisville, Ky., Sept, 1 Major Wil William - liam William Tillman, cashier of the Falls City bank, and till this month ono of tbo sink sinking - ing sinking fund commissioners of Louisville, has gone to Detroit, It Is believed to bo ready to escape to Canada. H. Sanders, former formerly - ly formerly United States bank examiner, assignee of tho Falls City bank, has found a short age of $3,0J0 In Tillman's accounts. Upcoming Grave. Berlin, Aug 30. Tho Munich Altgeme lno Zoltung has received a tolegraSTgaylng (bat tho situation In Cbina''sjexco'cdlngIy grave, and that combJnedTftctloa "1'y the rowers js imperative, rj! m jar I

flUillHlF, 0k., Aliff. 27,"-A rattSU lUMlInff of colored people was held hero yotteraajr and resolutions adopted hotlfyWjf ''(Kir" pcoplo ifi tllo South". td bd hpro promptly' on tlio 10t.b at fletttembor td bdlat the! lands adjacent td Oklabbmri Ahd sfceuro homes. That tilts' messago means more than It ;ays Is buldcnt to a Casual observer; that thct'O 'will be ad lilflui b'f people, both1. Whlto and colored, Into this torVltory thorp Is no doubt; that tho colored people havo been preparing and will swarm liko bees Is an undisputed fact, as far as can bo judgod from tbo present Indications. Cir Circulars - culars Circulars by the thousands have bcon printed and sent out of tho most alluring charac character, - ter, character, depicting to tho black brother of tho South as to whoro ho can livo without work. Already these circulars have caus caused - ed caused ah lnilux tit pcoplo bbro who afd shift less, Indolent and not self-sustaining. When tbo raco comes for homes in tbd now lands to be opened there will unques unquestionably - tionably unquestionably bo a scramblo unprecedented In tbo history of this country. As an indica indication - tion indication of how prices of ammunition have in increased, - creased, increased, a package of cartridges that sold for 50 cent 9 is worth 1 to-day. Old sottlers and now arrivals aro aliko purchasers. To a certain extent thoy buy secretly, but it Is writh a determination. Every manner of convoyanco has been engagod and horses stand in thoir stalls saddled ro&dy to con vey the anxious settler to bit claim. Wonderfully Fast Traveling. Philadelphia, Aug.29. A milo in thirty thirty-nine - nine thirty-nine and four-fifths seconds, or at the rato of over ninety miles per hour, is tho fastest run eer rondo by a railroad train. Tbo unparalleled feat was accomplished to-day on the Bound Brook railroad, between Ncahamlny Falls and Langhorn, by en en-glno - glno en-glno 203, drawing two ordinary coaches and Prosldcnt McLeod's private car, Head Heading, - ing, Heading, which Is equal to two coaches In weight, Tho fastest flvo miles 8:2U 4-5; tho fastest ten miles in 7:12, averagiug 0:43 per mllo. Old Soldiers of Kalian Baxtek Spkinos, Kas ,Aug. 23. Tho old soldiors' reunion Is tho most successful of the kind oor held In the stato. The at tendnnco numbers about 110,000. Governor Humphrey, Tim McCarthy, Gen. Caldwell nuu Low Hunuack addressed the crowds. This reunion is an annual arrangement. Tho old soldiers of this section of tho coun country - try country united and purchased tbo grounds. Over 500 tents aro erected In the aarno man ner as aro buildings In a largo city, with strcots and alleys regularly platted and nnmed. A Point Tor Cattlemen. Wichita, Kas., Aug. 28. Tho cattlemen have scored another point In tho Cherokoo strip qucstlou, as was evidenced to-day by tho spocial instructions telegraphed United States Marshal Grlmos from Washington to sw ear in as many deputies as may bo necessary to clear tho strip. If any ponons suspected of any intont to make settle settlement - ment settlement and tu arrest all attempting to burn tha pasturo or to locato on claims. North Dakota Chilled. Cnuncu's Fehry, N. D., Aug. 29. A heavy frost last night did damago to uncut grain. Tho thermometer registered 23 deg. Ico was found on tho heads of wheat in many fields. Farmers tried smudgo flros to a very great extent, but somo did not commence early enough, waiting till al almost - most almost freezing point before starting flros. About 43 per cent of tho grain Is cut and half of tho balanco Is very ripe. A Grout Scheme. Sin Fhancisco, Aug. 29. To Sarah Bernhardt belongs tho credit of projecting tho most audacious theatrical schomo oa record. Tho ldoa Is a tour of tho world on record. Tho Idea is a tour of tho world on a specially chartered steamship of not less than 3,000 tons, carrying tho company, scenery nud incidentally freight to help do fray tho expenses, which would bo nearly $1,000 a day. Fx-Nenntor Pomeroy Dead. Worcester, Mass., Aug. 29. Hon. C. S. Pomeroy, ox-United States senator from Kansas, diod at tho residence of Mrs. J. C. Whiten, at WhltlnsUllo, jestcrday morn morning, - ing, morning, aged 70. Tho causa of Mr. Pomeroy's death was Brlght's disease. He had been sick for nearly a year and has been in Whltiuvllle since last June. Ho was con connected - nected connected with tho Whltlu family by mar marriage. - riage. marriage. The Oklahoma Alliance. Oklahoma Citt, O. T., Aug. 27. Tho Farmer's AUIanco of Oklahoma has Just concluded a largely attended territorial convention. Delegates were ptcsont from cvory county In tho territory. Tho Otali platform was unanimously adopted, also resolutions favoring tho Immediate ovacua ovacua-tlon - tlon ovacua-tlon of all cattlo from the strip and Its im immediate - mediate immediate oponlng to sottlomcnt. Massacred by Savage. Washington, Aug. 27. A catastrophe Is reported by tho treasury department from the Arctic regions. It is said that tho crows of two small steam whalers winter wintering - ing wintering near tho mouth of tho Mackenzie, nbout flvo miles cast of Point Barrow, havo been massacred by the natives of that region. All told tho crows of the two ves vessels - sels vessels numbered sixty persons. Peasants In Distress. St. Petersruro, Aug. 30. Indications of distress among tho peasants aro becoming numerous. The German colonists along tho Volga, who havo hlthorto been prosper prosperous - ous prosperous farmers, aro now In great distress. Klots among tho pcoplo to prevent tho ex exportation - portation exportation of ryo are reported at Vitobsk, Dunaborg and olhcr places. Francis at Iloldcn. Holden, Mo., Aug. S9. Gov. Francis delivered nn address at tho Johnson coun county - ty county fair, eulogizing Missouri and Johnson county. Ho took occasion to rebuke what ho termed tho calamity howlers. Senator Cockrell addressed tho pcoplo to-day. flreat Trotting. Independence, la., Aug. 29. Tho threo greatest straight heats on record woro trottod at tho groat races hero to-day by tho mare known ns Nancy, In 2:12, 2-Jia nnd 2:11. Arrested Tor Arson. Memphis, Sept. 1, S. C Stone, an ex ex-preacher, - preacher, ex-preacher, who has had at different times, charges In half a dozen places In Tennes Tennessee, - see, Tennessee, Mississippi nnd Arkansas, nnd who was at ono timo presiding elder iu tho Greonvillo district of Mississippi, was to today - day today arrested on a chargoof arson. i Not Too Much Cupltal. Chicago, Aug. 9. President Miller, in his annual report of the Chicago, Milwau Milwau-kco - kco Milwau-kco & St, Paul, given out to-dav, denies the churgo that tho principal Ulcs of rail railroad - road railroad are ovor-capitallzcd and asserts that these roads cannot be duplicated for tbo present, capitaiiza.tioa.

SANTIAGO THE SURRENDERED INSURQENTS. TO The Chilean Capital Iteported to Uav cen Given Up to the Uongrss Uongrss-atonal - atonal Uongrss-atonal Arm and llalran llalran-ceda - ceda llalran-ceda dim Up All. ., qantlBKo CaptKrtd. Vaipaiuisc, Chill, Sclt. I. Santineo has formally surrendered, tho triumph of the Congressional party is comploto, and poace and nutot mav be lonknd for In Chill bb. foro many days havo passed. After the crushing defeat which Dalma Dalma-cedas - cedas Dalma-cedas forces met with nt tho hands of General Canto's troops, on tho hills back of this city yesterday and the subsequent entry or tho conquering army into Val Valparaiso, - paraiso, Valparaiso, tho fall of tho capital was only a quostlou of time. Tho Insurgent loaders Intended to make lc a question of only a vory short tlrao, too, for actlvo preparations woro bolng made to scud n forco of men sufllolent toOYcr toOYcr-como - como toOYcr-como all possible opposition at Suntlago as soon as tho railroad could bo repaired and arrangements made for tho transportation of tho troops. All this was mado unnecessary, however, for early this morning word was received from representatives of llnlmaocda at the capital asking for a conference with a vlow to surrender. Tho requost was readily granted and Oneral Baquedano, who was formerly commondor-ln-chlef of tho Chilian nrmy, was designated to act for tho Congregationallsu. A mooting was hold and tho tonus of tho surrondor wcro arranged. To all Intents tho capital Is now In possession of tho Junta, and within a fow hours It will be actually iu chargo of their officers. Will ITIake II Ilnlu. - Midland, To., Sept, l4-flx-Snalor Collins of Corpus CbriyJ and a party aro hero to Investigate n u the truth of tho reported success o! the government rain making party. They say that they will carry on Uo experiments until tho success or failure of tho theory Is determined bo bo-yon - yon bo-yon a question. Senator Collins boys: "Phis thing must not bo dropped now, as It Is too Important. Wo are hoar to ln ln-cstigato - cstigato ln-cstigato and to L-arn, and not to mako statements. YVo reallzo that tho govern government - ment government appropriation for this purposo was small and probably not ouough to carry it very far. Wo shall wait till after this party makes their final tost at FJPaso, and u His, not then further demonstrated as on nosolutofact, woproposoas Individuals, backed by our own counties and many very strong financial interests, to mako a similar and concluslvo test. Wo rcaliio that It Is necessary to romovo overr dnuht hofnre tho government can ba exnected to land any further assistance, and that Is what the Individuals wo represent propose doing. Oor Mngara In a Snltboat. Niaoaih Flits, Sopt 1. About 0 o'clock last night, James Orceuwood loft Navy Island ift a sailboat bound for Chippewa, Car, where bis homo Is. Tho Island Is situated about two miles abovo tho falls, nud on tho Canadian sldo of tho boundary lino. Tho trip across to main land Is n risky ono. Greenwood did not reach homo und this morning search wns wait) for him. When It bocatno known Uat ho had loft tho Island for Chlppowa tho conclusion was lncvltablo that bo had met with an accident and boon carried ovor tho falls. Soarch was mado In tho gorge and In tho eddies bclpw tho Horscihoo Falls. Pieces of tho boat wore found. Grconwood's death occasions troceral sur- prlso hero, as ho was a young man thor thoroughly - oughly thoroughly acquainted with tho river. A Lttiintlo IloIIed to Heath. PaiuvEiishuko, W.Va., Sept. 1. Another horrlblo doatU nt Woston asylum has leaked out, causing a great deal of Indig Indignation - nation Indignation against tho authorities. Although tho asylum authorities havo endeavored to conceal or cover up the affair, it Is now Lnoun that a day or two since W. F. Cook, a clgannaker of this city who was scut to tho asylum about ono yoar ngo, win permitted to go Into a bath bathroom - room bathroom uiono and to remain a long timo without nny survolllanco. Whon tho at tendant lookod In ho found Cook in the bath tub boiled to doatb. Whon tho officials undertook to got Cook's body out of tho tub the flesh actually foil from his bones, leaving nothing but a grinning skeleton. For llio Sub-Treasury. WAnnENsDimo, Aug. 30. Tho anti-Hall men scored another victory in tbo Alliance meeting to-day, In tho election of delegates to the convention at Indianapolis next November. Every dclcgato Is an avowed supporter of tho sub-treasury scheme. Hall's namo was boforo tho convention, but ho wisely saw that ho would suffer de defeat - feat defeat and had his namo withdrawn. Tho delegates cro as follows: Loveretto Leo Leonard, - nard, Leonard, of Sailno county; Dr. Ewlng, of Johnson county; Georgo Williams, of Polk county; J. M. London, of Macon; P. D. Kcnyon, of Cadwcll county. Tho Chilean War. Wasuixotov, Sept, 1. Notwithstanding tho dispatches received from Valparaiso and Santiago by tho nowspapors, govern government - ment government officials havo gravo doubts regarding tho real statoof affairs In Chill. That tbo Insurgents captured Valparlso tboro Is no question. It-may bo that 4,000 men woro killed In the conquest and that Balmacoda, president of tho Kopubllo fled. But. tho Inter dispatches announcing tho surrender of Santiago and tho resignation of Balma Balmacoda - coda Balmacoda Is quostloncd. Tho situation in that distracted country must indeed bo a sad ono at best, Changing Hondo. Wasui.noto.v, Aug. 80. Information has boon received at tho treasury department that certain bankers in Now York wcro selling 4 per cent bonds and buying 4 bonds with a vlow of having tho latter con continued - tinued continued at 2 por cent and using them as a basis of circulation of national bank notes. Thcro has been an Incrcaso of over 15,000, 15,000,-000 - 000 15,000,-000 In this kind of circulation slnco July 1, and It is understood that thoro Is a strong disposition on tho part of several banks In New York, Chicago and Philadelphia to still further Increaso It, Illnchbnrii In no Danger. Louisville, Sept, 1. It Is roported here that Senator Blackburn was yesterday striken with apoplexy at Newcastle about sixty miles from Louisville. Ills friends havo kept tho matter sccrot to savo him annoyance. Ho rallied rapidly and Is thought now to havo qulto re recovered. - covered. recovered. Broken With Dynamite. Socorro, N. M., Aug. 80. Largo quan quantities - tities quantities of dynamlto have been exploded from tho1 highest poak of tbo Socorro mountains. Yosterday, as a result, tbo heaviest rain tho year ion, breaking tho drouth,

TERRIBLE PRAifiiE' MriE boUth fJAKdtA. irJ Orais Totally Devoured for Hpaoe of Twenty lilies An Immensa Amount of Haystacks and flrald ltdliied: Many Farmer Itutiicd. Faclkton, S. D, Sept. 1 All of tho northwestorn part of Faulk county was burnod lost night by a tcrrlblo and most dostruotlvo fire, twenty miles wldo and ex ex-tending - tending ex-tending from Faulkton, fifty miles north northwest. - west. northwest. As far as tho eyo can reach tho sky was lit up with burning stacks of haV nnd gratoi Tho farmer's dro ruined. Tdr a sjii'co of twenty miles not a foot of grass is left for stock that oscapod tho flames. Tho damage can't bo estimated yet. A heavy galo fanned the flames. A Smooth Swindler- WicniTA, Sept. 1. Tho boldest robbery of grain ever known In this section is ro ported from Kingman county. John My rlult, a fanner from tho southwestern part Of tho county, had rcntod a ploce of wheat land closo to Norwich. After cutting nod stacking his crop ho went homo. Tho rented laud Is a long way from his own placo nnd Myrlck Is, therefore, un unknown - known unknown to tho neighborhood of Norwich so that whon a stranger present presented - ed presented himself under tho namo of Myrlck thcro was none to question his title to tho wheat. After being In Norwich a couplo of days tho supposed Myrlck had bis plans porfoctcd. A throshlng outfit was en en-gaged - gaged en-gaged and teamsters to cart tho grain to Norwich, tho work to bo done at night be because - cause because of a tendouoy to sunstroko which ptoventod him from working In the sun, alleged tho supposed Myrlck. Tbo plans worked to perfection. Boforo morning tho best part of tbo wheat had been threshed and delivered to a buyer in Norwich and the money safe In the robber's pockets. By telling the threshers to bo there tbo next night to finish up tho stranger avoided pay paying - ing paying for tho work already done, but when oveniug camo no Myrlck appearod and it was afterwards ascertained that tho nan had left Norwich by tho early morning cast bound train, taking with him the proceeds, about tl.000. There May lie a Duel. CiunLESTOX, S. C, Aug. 29. Dr. J. Wil William - liam William Stokes Is president of tho Fanners' A lllahco of this stato and editor of tho Cotton Plant, tho AUIanco organ. At tho recent dobato on the sub-treasury schemo nt Prosporlty, S. C, Senator Butlor assert asserted - ed asserted tho scheme was Impracticable and dls dls-hono.it, - hono.it, dls-hono.it, and among other things said thcro w ero men who would bor-ow monoy at 2, 10, 20 and M per cent who cared nothing about tho rato of Interest cLargcd becauso thoy never Intended to pay It back. After tho meeting Or. Stokes attacked Senator Butler In tho Cotton Plant, saying that Senator Butler bad said that the farmers wanted to borrow monoy at 'J por cent, novcr Intondlng to pay it back. A duel may result, i The Dar-ftot-frat. Washington, Aug. 29. Secretary Noblo lias sent a dispatch to tbo governor of Ok Oklahoma - lahoma Oklahoma In which bo says: "Thcro Is uo day fixed for opening tho Indian lands. Tho president has not been of lsulted. Ho will bavo to determine Havo requested sufficient forco to protect tho Indian lands until opened. I am suro tho pcoplo will understand that they cannot go upon tbeso lands until nil conditions with tbo Indians are compiled with and tho proclamation Issued. Tho low abiding people will bo protected, so far as my authority goes, and thoso disobeying tho law and committing trespasses shall gain nothing thoroby, but rather Incur loss. Swede Celebrate. Salina, Kni , Aug. 29, Yesterday tho Swedes of this county eolobrated tho 254th anniversary of tho landing of tbo Swedish colony at Delaware Tho exercises wero hold In Oakdalo Park, and wcro attended by an Immense audience from tho country and city. Dr. Swcnsson, president of tho Bethany college, nt Llndsborg; Hov. Sa Sa-lecn, - lecn, Sa-lecn, of Fremont; Dr. Bishop, of Sallna, and others delivered patriotic addresses. Many of tho ladies wero drosscd In cos costumes - tumes costumes affoctod by tho Swede forefathers 80? years ago. flood Shooting. Looisville, Kr., Aug. 29. In an affrav at Georgetown three men wcro killed by threo shots. Tho men wero John Jorvls, Buri'IU Jnrvls, and A. J. Montgomery. Tho latter w as a bystander who had no part in tho quarrel. Tho troublo was be between - tween between tho Jarvlscs nnd a family named Kendall. Four Kendalls wcro on the scene, nil armed to punish tho Jarvlses for steal stealing - ing stealing watermelons, nnd thoy surrendered after tho shooting. A Peculiar Death. Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 28. Harden Davis, of Hnrrodsburg, a member of a mi militia - litia militia company ou Its way to tho regimental oncampment, playfully Jumped Into tho air for an applo and in coming down was im- palod on tho bayonot of a comrado. Tho bajonet caught him behind tho right car and wont clean through his head. Davis is dying. He was a member of tho Buckner Utiles, who were waiting here for a train. They itlliat Have Fork. Chicago, Au?. 30. Secretary Husk Is In tho city. In an Interview ho said: "We will have our pork on tho European mnr mnr-ket - ket mnr-ket In a very short tlmo. Everything 13 favorable for our packers to placo their products before the Europeans, nnd tho ptices tho pork will bring will bo highly satisfactory to tho exportors. This con con-elusion - elusion con-elusion I havo not arrived at hastily nor without duo consideration. Tho Money liaised. MonntLT, Mo , Aug. 27. Tho ladios of Moborly organized less than four mouths slnco to ralso funds for the Confederate homo, their Intention being to build a cnt cnt-tago - tago cnt-tago called Randolph cottogo. Thoy havo cast up accounts and find thoy havo nu hand tho required amount. Starving Peasants Drltcn to Crime. St. Petersburg, Aug. 28. Tho granting of permission to tho starving peasantry to uso tho Imperial forests has led to many burglaries and doprcdation3 on the Im Imperial - perial Imperial farm, the famishing pcoplo lighting and in some cases shedding blood over tha spoils. Creek FJned. Libbrtt, Mo., Aug. 27. Tho caso of the stato of Missouri against John Crock, charged with malicious mischief in cutting tho tails off of twenty-fourhorses at Provl- llonco creek In this county, was tried bo- fcro a Jury, found bim guilty, and assessed

FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA. The Oldest Bonk In Northern Arizona. Interest Paid on Time Deposits, Collections a Specialty. References W. B. Btrong. President A. T. A B. F. ltailroad Company; Kllia Walnwright, alanaaln? Director Arizona Cattle Cornnanr. bt. Louis, ilo.; bank of California, Han Fran. cico. Your Banking Business Solicited, J. II. JI03KIN8. Jr.. Cashier. PROFESSIONAL. W. L. VAN HORN, ATTOHNEY AT LAW. Flagstaff, Arizona. DR. J. M. MARSHALL, DENTI8T-OFFICK ONE DOOll WK8T OF the poatottico. Teeth extracted wlthoaj pain, flagstaff, Arizona. W. 0. BTEWAI1T. ED. M. DOK. STEWART & DOE, ATTOKNEYrj AT LAW -OFFICE. TWO doori west ol the Hank hotel. Flagstaff, Arizona. DR. D. J. BRANNEN, PHYSICIAN AND flUHOEON. FLAGSTAFF. Arizona Will respond promptly to nil calla from any point on the Atlantic 4 Paclfio rail. Poad. Office and drag store opposite the depot. P. G. CORNISH, PI1YBICIAN AND HUltGEON-OFFICE IN Daggs' building. Flagstaff. Arizona. Will mswer calls on the A. A 1'. H. It E. M. SAN FORD. TTOKNET AT LAW, PIIE8C0TT. All. zona, will nractiro In all the ronrta or tha Jerr erritorr. J. DERR, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ, All ttie FasliMls and Latest Styles -IN- CLOTHING MADE-TOORDER. AGOOD FIT GUARANTEED. FINE ASSORTMENT OF TWEEDS AND CORKSCREWS. A SELECT LINE OF Imported Goods ALWAYS ON HAND. Jab. W. Claim, C. J, Eastman. President. Bcc'y and Manager, Amejucan National Bank, Treasurer. COLUMBIA BnilQing anflLoau Associafii, DENVER, COLORADO. '.uthorized Capital, $5,000,000, Subscribed Capital, $4,500,000. Rataff Local Officers:-P. J,,Dronnea, President! F. W. Blsson, Vice President! O. M. ronston, Secretary! J. II. Hoskins, Jr., Tress. nror; W. L. Van Horn. Attorney. Atlantic & Pacific R, R. Go. (WEBTEtlN DIVISION.) .TIME TABLE NO. 31. IN EFFECT Sunday, April 26, 1891. TIME SCHEDULE. WEST, f JoTl I No.1. EAST. BTATIONa No.2 No.4, 140a 7 Ma 811a 8 43a 1012a r Albnqaerqne a i'oolldge Winxata Oallap Nayfjo Hprlhgs , llolbruolc Wlnslow Flagstaff Williams Frescott Sanction l'each Springs Kingman Tbn Needles Fcnner ilacdad Daggett Vi'Mtl 3 20 10S.1P lOlOp 8Jp 7 Up flftlp 4 30p 2SOp 1243b 9 50a 1011a esop 0O3p SZlp 8(p 127n lUWo io:p 4 90p 72lp Slip UUp 20Ua 4 40a 800a 1017a HSOp IMp 4 8tip 7 4Up 1147a UOp S4Sp 5p 1140a 8 59a 7 00a 4 15n 200a 7 J7D 1013a 8 43p JlSIp 8 23a OlOu 210a 131a 1181s iwa t 43a Wa e:4a 1113a 810a 617a 410a 10(a U20p til 8CX)p liarstow r MoJaTe 1230p It vtua . T. lltBBT, W. A. J1IB8KLU General Agent, Oen'l Passenger Agt., Albnqaerqne, N. M. CONNE(M10N& Alboqnerqae A. T. 4 B. F. It. VL., for all point ease and south. l'reseott Junction Preecott 4 Arizona rt-11- way for Fort Whipple and l'reseott. liarstow California Konthern Hallway for Loa Angeles, Ban Diego and other southern Call for. sla points. MoJaTO Bonthern Pacific for Ban Francisco, Bacramento and Northern California points. PULLMAN PALACE 8LEEPJNU CAM). No change Is made by Sleeping Car Passengers Ixtween tan Francisco and Kansas City, or Baa ego aa i,Los Angeles and Chicago. lie Orlnd Canon of the Colorado, hitherto in. accessible to tonrista can be reached by taking this line via Poach Springs, and a stage rid from thence of bnt twenty. three miles, lhls Canyon is the grandest and moat wonderful of .nature's works. btoo at Flasitaff and hunt doer, boat and wild turkey in tha magninrent pino forest of the I v ttlf "Wot

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