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Cleveland County Leader.
VOL. 2
11 ■ ■ r ' ■■ ■
LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1894.
NUMBER IB
sr;
GENERAL NEWS.
flleonrd from the Foin* Corners of
flic World and Condensed in Short
Paragraphs for the C onvenience of
Hurried Headers.
The Glamougan pipe and iron
works of Lynchburg', Va., were de-
stroyed by fire Monday. Loss, $87,000;
insurance unknown.
At Akron, <>., Monday, seven hun-
dred men went out on a strike at the
Werner printing company establish-
ment against a t«:n per cent reduction
in wnpes.
William II. llooney, one of the con-
victed election inspectors of New
York, serving* a sentence of two
months, died Saturday at the hospi-
tal on lUackwcH's Island.
Tuesday's receipts of gold at the
mint at Denver amounted to $1)4,000.
the largest for any one day in the his-
tory of the mint. During April, 1802,
the receipts were $101,041; to date
this month they are $213,000.
At Marion, ICv.. Monday, the jury in
the case of Miss Sallie Moore against
L. W. Cruse for $10,000 damages fnr
betrayal and breach of promise, re-
turned a verdict for the defendant.
3 In the I'nited States circuit court at
Topcka Tuesday, the suit commenced
by the attorney for the Burlington A*
Missouri River Kail road company
against Norton county to restrain the
collection of taxes under the levy
made by the Kansas state board of
railroad assessors, was dismissed by
Judge Rincr.
The case against M. «T. O'Krien, the
defaulting supreme treasurer of the
Catholic Knights of America, was set-
tled in the United States circuit court
at Chatanooga, Tenn., Monday, by
consent of judgment against his
bondsmen for $25,000. The terms of
settlement are a cash nayment of £• .-
000 and, a deed to real estate to be
sold to raise the remaining $20,000.
Attorney General Little of Kansas,
who returned to Topcka 'I uesdav,
says that the press repart of the Mis-
souri, Kansas fc Texas case at hric
last Saturday conveycd the impression
that Judge Stillwcll rendered a de-
cision that the case should go to the
federal court for trial. The attorney
general says the ruling of Judge Still-
well did not justify such a conclusion.
Darlington and Florence, S. ('.. arc
no longer in insurrection and tomor-
row the state troops will evacuate
those localities and proceed to Colum-
bia. The governor lias issued a pro-
clamation declaring that in the coun-
ties of Darlington and Florence there
is no longer insurrection and the civil
status is hereby restored. Governor
Tillman is beginning to reorganize the
state militia.
On November 1 the brick building
at the corner <>t Fourth and Townsenu
streets at Sun Francisco will cease t*
be the headquarters of the Southern
Pacific company and the ofHecs of the
company will be established in the
Union Trust building, a new structure
as yet uncompleted at the corner of
Montgomery and Market streets. '1 lie
lease for the new offices was Mgncd
Saturday by the railroad company.
The American and Citizens'Water
companies, two of the most powerful
corporations in the state of ( olorado,
are to consolidate, thus ending a bit-
ter rnd useless war maintained for
years and which has been a pernicious
factor in local politics. Cheesemau
and MofHt of the Citizens' company are
in New York, and Dennis Sullivan of
the American company is en route to
Denver to complete the combine.
President Cable ami Solicitor \\ right
of the Rock Island railroad, arc at
Minneapolis, Minn,, in conference
with Receiver TrnesdaK and Solicitor
Clarke of the Minneapolis A St. Louis
line over the reorganization^ of the
Wisconsin. Minnesota A Pacific road.
The road runs from Morton, Minn, to
Watertou, S. !>., and from Red Wing
to Mankato, Minn. It has been ami
will continue to be operated by the
St. Louis road.
Senator I'M o'llryan. of Wichita,
tiled an appeal to the state supreme
court, Tuesday, in the ease of the
state against George \\. Kogcrs,
charged with destroying the record*
of Harvey county on the night of
March 21. is«.rt. lingers owned the
only set of abstract books in the coun-
ty and it was charged that lie de-
stroyed the icoords for personal profit
lie was convicted ill the district court
and sentenced to five years in the pen*
itentiarv- Rogers was one of the in-
fluential citi/ens of Newton.
The New York World's lhieiios Ay-
res dispatch says Admin I Do Mollos
squadron which now numbers seven
war ships, succeeded in forcing the
bar at the city of Rio Grande do Nul,
but an attempt to land was repulsed
by the government batteries on shore.
The tire of IVixotu's artillery was so
effective that four of the insurgent i
vessels were driven to anchor < tf Han j
Jose Del Norte. * There are 2Ti7 rebel
The women Kti v^rokee are endeav-
oring to found n free reading room.
J. E. liaise has sold his Floreno#
Hulletin to Editor Whiting of the Pea-
body Graphic.
The arguments in the Pollard-
Krcckcnridge case are concluded and
the case has been given to the jury.
Senator Wolcott on Thursday intro-
duced a bill providing for the allot-
ment in severalty of lands in the I n-
compahgre Indian reservation in I tali
and-the opening of the lands to settle-
ment.
Paymaster John I*. Martin has been
detached from the Yorktown and or-
dered to Puget sound naval station,
relieving Assistant Paymaster E. P .
Webster, who is ordered to Yorktown.
Paymaster II. T. Sanctliffce has been
put on the retired list.
It is the present expectation of
Chairman Kland to call a meeting of
the house committee on coinage for
next Wednesday to consider the free
coinage bills pending, lie expects
tha* the members now absent will be
in Washington by that time.
The Central Pacific directors clccted
at the stockholders' meeting at, San
Francisco Tuesday last, these officers
for the coming year: President. Isaac
I. Requa: vice president and treasurer,
\V. II. Mills; third vice president, Isaac
E. Garter: secretary and auditor, Wil-
liam Thompson. There was no oppo-
sition.
The fruit prospect in Saline county,
according to the report of the county
horticultural society, is as follows:
Peaches, total failure: apples *>0 per
cent; cherries, Early Richmond, 2<)
percent, English Morello, T." per cent;
plums, except Miner and Damson,
nearly! ruined; pears, none; grapes,
full-crop.
A special from Helena, Mout., to
the Salt Lake Tribune, says: I nlc a
orders to the contrary arc re-
ceived before noon tomorrow it is be-
lieved that all of the Great Northern
trainmen between Larimorc and
Spokane \%ill strike and the road will
l e lied up. The men demand a con-
tinuance of the scale under which they
are now working, but it i> claimed
that a new scale has been made which
they will not except.
Ex-Mayor John Laughcrau of Hot
Springs. Ark., was placed on trial
Monday in the circuit court for assault
with intent to kill, lie pleaded not
guilty. Laugheran is charged with
the shooting of James Rauiey, private
secretary of Superintendent Richard-
son of the Hot Springs nilroad, Sep-
tember last, when it is alleged lie at-
tempted to kill Alderman W. J. Grippe,
but shot Ramev by mistake.
At Little Rock, Ark., an order con-
firming the sale of the Kansas City,
Wyandotte A North western railroad,
by Master Commissioner II. P. Dillon,
was made by Judge II. A. Caldwell.
Monday morning, and Commissioner
Dillon was ordered to make a distrib
ution of the proceeds *n a manner pre-
scribed in a previous order of the
court. The sale was made two months
ago, the price being
The corouor's jury at Danville, 111.
on Monday resumed investigation of
the poisoning of the eight person?
Saturday who drank coffee at a board
ing house. Dr. Guy, who made an an-
alysis of the stomach and intestines
of Dr. Gaskill, testified that .i large
quantity of arsenic was found. I he
other seven victims have recovered
The coroner's jury returned a verdict
that Dr. Gaskill's death was caused
by arsenical poison at the hands of
persons unknown.
It developed Monday at St. Louis
that the cause of the double shooting
in which John F. Ilein/. and Einnm
Strahl were the central figures, was
a shortage in the accounts of th
voung man. who. made desperate b
the discovery and his inability to n
pay **200 stolen from his employer, de
termined to make way with himself
and his promised wife. The girl is
now considered out of danger. Ilein/,
it is thought, cannot recover.
Emily J. Freeman of California, wh
requested Denver officials to helpuu
earth the mystery of her birth, is be
lleved to be the daughter of George
and Mary Ctineo. Paul t el la of Den
vcr. asserts that lie knew both the
parents and the daughter. He says he
parents were divorced w hen the child
was three years old. George (unco
died iu < hloago two years ago and
said to have left a la.ge sum of money
which the daughter can have by re
wealing her identity.
A letter to a personal friend in
Frankfort, I\y.. from Colonel breck-
inridge states that ho w ill make the
race for congress at all hazards. "I
see trom statements going the
rounds, says the writer, ' that in the
cveut of an adverse verdict here. 1
would withdraw from the race for
congress. I am in this congressional
race to the bitter end. I am not go-
ing to be on the defensive, but am
going to make an aggressive tight."
Word was received iu ' hieago Wed-
THE TWO TERRITORIES
News tn General of Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory Pertaining to
the Pole Face and the Red Man.
Street lamps arc bcinj.
Kildare.
put in in
opened
To Lease School Land*.
Guthrik, 0. T., April 11. The
foe
lowing official notice in relation to th
leasing of school lands in Oklahoma
has been issued from the governor's
office.
Tkuhitory of Oklahoma, ^
Exk<TTIVK OFFH K,
GtrriiRiK, April 10, 1894. )
V he re as, Certain persons, whose ap-
The Oklahoma presbytery opened pii Ions for schojl land in the for-
at Guthrie Tuesday. j me erokec outlet were accepted,
4 . .,,1-1 to 1 o,P have failed to execute proper leases
A fence will be built around the , nd nolps aud muku ,,|lsh pavmeiits
public square in 1 erry. I according to the tcnof of their appti-
Local talent at I'otica City is to pro- ; iations within the time prescribed in
iluce "The Mistletoe Hough.I executive notice issued .Ian. 14, 1304.
, ... j by the governor. Now, therefore, all
The straw hat has appeared in th< i/1h1s „pon %v|,iL-h such defaults have
southern part of Oklahoma. | been made by persons to whom said
Koine early corn was up in time for , lands were awarded, will be disposed
It to be nipped by the last irost. ' of as fo lows:
I First On Tuesday, the lTth day of
The Purcell National bank has been April j804. anv person desiring the
changed to the !• irst National bank of ^ of saj(, ]a^s upon ,vllU.h default
Purcell. ^^ 1 been made as before mentioned at
Once a {rain. (Jold bearing quart/, the price offered b.v said party in de-
has been discovered a few miles cast j fault, will be permitted to do so by
of Norman. j appearing at the governor's oftiee in
, . person, or hv attorney with properly
A driving1 park association has j ^ 4—i i . ,%
leased the school section next to
Woodward.
Lately the Cheyenne Indians have
been doing a good deal of trading in
Wood ward,
The townsitc board of Woodward is
still issuing deeds, but is not receiving
my more tilings.
Harmon's shot, will Tprobably put a j which to execute leases and notes:
stop to train robbery in the territory I otherwise, notes and leases must be
for a time at least. ' ! executed and approved at the time. In
, . all cases parties will be required to pay
The Oklahoma < entral is '>'hcr 1 at least cash in advance.
railroad, which is to run from Coney- j second All lands on which said de-
villc. Kan., to Kl Heuo. faults have been made, and which are
Aha is doing a great deal of boast-j not taken under the foregoing pro-
ir over the claim that shej has the ; visions on or before Saturday, April
sst cemeterv in the territory. | 31, IH'M, will be. and are hereby of-
fered to the highest bidder for three
The i hickasaws and < hoctaws , fmm ,aniiarv K 1804. Bids will
claim that by an ancient treaty *llc i \,c rocejvod at any time between this
Wichita mountains belong to them.
John Saunders, the young man of
Oklahoma City, who skipped out a
celt ago, has been arrested at (wai-
ves ton.
The Guthrie Leader has interviewed
great many farmers and has come to
the conclusion that the w heat crop is
not injured.
executed powers. Power of attorney
may be given by telegraph, provided
it is immediately followed by one
properly executed. The land will he
leased to the first person that applies
and makes satisfactory payment.
Cash payment of the Hrstyear's rental
in advanco will be preferred, and
when such payment is made parties
will be given a reasonable time in
MISS POLLARD WINS.
date and Tuesday, April 'M. istil. All
bids must he accompanied by a depos-
it of at 'oust **'-•" . which, if ai olicant
is successful, will be applied on the
lease, and if applicant is not success-
ful. will be returned by mail to the
address given.
List ot said lands may be had on
application in person to any of the
county e'erks in the former Cherokee
gov-
that i ootlct'or 0,1 application to the
It is reported in Washington
Col. W. B. Geary, chief clerk of the "nor. ^ (. R| ^ (. )w (iovernor
Juthrle laud oftiee. will get the place Kmn.-ok, Secretary.
held as register at hnitl.
It nearly killed the Hock Island: i*<mea City has a business college
railroad the other day when two colts j nith sixteen students.
got on the track anl a Itock Island. has ni7edthc .-champyun'
train had to stop in hnid. ,jase bal, cUlb „f ,|„. territory.
Mrs. Ktta Mikologilt of Oklahoma, a young man in El Reno lias writ-
ity wants a divorce from her hus- j tpn ^ . ce (|f mus}c ,vliic!i he call* the
band. While she is at it she might as j ,,K1 R*cno \VaUz
well hare her name changed, too.
Arapahoe and vicinity have one
Pawnee Kice, the Indian of 1 ayne j c]eBn war path to sell or rent. Al-
rounty who was supposed to have ]m)st as „00l, ,ts
been inurder.'d, it has been discovered "
shot himself while repairing a re- Rice Wilson, seven years <'ld: "
, . bitten by a rattlesnake near Knid last
^ Monday, lie will get well.
A man near Hennessey put ■ •> un- * . .. .
ler his pillow the other night, and a^ lieginning this week Major >«al
obber who visited him after lie went , will make the hiekapoos take .hen
to sleep had no trouble at all in tind- j lands by compulsory allotment.
ng it. I Tecumseh had a jail break Thurs-
Jacob Guthrie of North Kuld, for day. Jim Veal, held for robbery, and
years a leader of the Cherokee*, has j John W. Saxon for incest, escaped,
been summoned to Muskogee to the aid j ^ oklahoma City man sent a
>f the Dawes commission in its treaty j |.uiv acquaintance a live snake
ivork with the Cherokees. He will use i ^ uj0se(i box as a joke. She had
liis inllucnce in favor of allotment. i |U.resle(j. J
John Hill, a prominent government | l'or the benefit of prospective train
infractor and Indian attorney, was robbers wc desire to say that the San-
brought to (iutlirle from Newkirk , u |.'e takes the saiiie precautions that
Mondav and jailed for contempt ,Jf til eKock Islalnl doc>.
-ourt, iiaving refused to pay .VI tem- d p.,rH Ht , ill|lkl , T., dur-
porary alimony to Ills wife who is su- . - ,.„,„ri.d man named
r for a divorce in (.uthrie. j w>g S„.1U bv Ughtniug. He was
1'lie farmers of Oklahoma are jubi-1 t|M, praiiie at the time, and his
lant over the prospects for good crops , i,IH|v \V;1!> not found until next day.
this year. Many have their corn all
COLONEL BRECKINRIDGE MULC-
TED FOR $1 5,000.
Tlie Jnry <>«t n Hour and Half- An
Kxrktlns Tilt Met ween tlio lnwyfr -
IVaihlngton Womrn Appeal to Congress
to Take Action Agalr. t Hie Colonel.
Wasiiinoton*. April 1C.—The Pollard*
Hrcckinridg'e ^0,000 breach of prom-
ise case went to the jury at 3:11
o'clock yesterday afternoon and at 4:45
o'clock returned a verdict in favor of
Miss I*ollard, awarding1 her $15.000.
The closing day was marked by
heated passages between ex-i'ongress-
man Jcrc M. Wilson, leading counsel
for Miss l'ollard and Attorney Stoll
for the defense, in regard to the fam-
ous black bordered letter; Mr. Wilson
declared in the course of his speech
that the letter was forged an I that
Mr. Stoll had the letter from which it.
was prepared in his pocket. Mr. Stoll
regarded tliis as an insinuation of
forgery or knowledge of forgery and
resented it.
For a time there was much talk of a
duel or hostile encounter, but after
the noon recess Mr. \\ i' jn made ex-
planations which were declared batis-
factory by Mr. Stoll and thus the
storm clouds were dissipated without
any serious trouble.
IVOMIIN UP IN A It MS.
They Want Coagress to Take Art Ion In
the Breckinridge Cafe.
Washington. April 10. Hardly had
the verdict in the breckinridge Pol-
lard case been rendered when a meet-
ing of prominent Washington women
was called to take action regarding
the case « f Colonel breckinridge.
Representatives of several female
organisations met at Willard s hotel
Saturday night and after an interest-
ing conference adopted resolutions
calling upon congress to consider the
qualifications of Representative Breck-
inridge for membership in that
body. Some of the organizations
whose representatives took part it
the meeting were the Woman's Suf-
frage association, the Woman's Christ-
ian Temperance union and the Pro-
Br-Nat a. Mrs. Sara h La letra. the
pres ident of the local T. 1 •, and
Mrs. Ellen s. Murphy, the w idow of
the late (lc. n era I Murphy, who isa
practicing lawyer and is prominent in
the movement*for the advancement of
women, were among the leading
spirits of the meeting. The resolu-
tions adopted were:
To the House of Representatives: #tv ,
We. representative* of th« women of Wash-
ington iitinln^ toward th«'C''Stablishm *ni ofa
higher code of morals, untl attuiiiHt the atro-
cious double standur(i;whlch has cursed society
bo lontf, ,, ,. .
Declare thnt wc do not believe masculinity
to be altccasc for unoleunnesa but. that hold-
lax the same hi :h standard for women, which
miin demand, one equally hWh shouul here
oulred of manhood therefore
Resolved, That we must have chastity for
chastity, under one rule of rlxht, bearing as
riaidly in its application upon one sex as upon
the other. From this standpoint we ask con-
trols to consider l he ease of VV. (' I*. Hre.-U-
inridxe of Kentucky, regarding his conduct as
unbecoming a legislator He it further.
Resolved. That we. daughters, wives and
mothers of the commonwealth, express our
belief that types of the highest nianh ;od an:
THE COAL OF AMERICA.
One Hundred and Seventy-Nine Million
Tons Produced I.ast Year*
Washington, April 11.—A report on
the production ot coal in ISM has been
completed by K. W. Parker of the
United States geological survey. It
shows that tho total produc-
tion was 1 T0,.'t20,013 short tons
worth J305,!ri8,4i0, as follows:
Alabama 5.120,«i«3 tons, 85,083,-
.'iS3 valu' . Arkansas 508,703 tons.
S701,347i Calif >rnia 7\\00X $107,555;
Colorado 3,007,426, St,005,930; Georgia
372,740, .*365,072; Illinois, 19,494,504,
1*17,827,595; Indiana, 3,081,751, $3,937,-
425; Indian territory 1,252,110, $2,148,-
037; Iowa 3,791.020, $1.0.12,763; Kansas
2,153,041, $3,024,651; Kentucky 2,855.-
010, $*460,973; Maryland 3,051.731,
$3,209,710; Michigan 45,979, $S!,16'.';
Missouri 2,747,428, $0,385,599; Montana
913,160, $1,836,073; New Mexico6111,415,
S918.2I8; North Carolina 17,000. $'.'5,500;
North Dakota 49,580, $50,150; Ohio r.\-
510,770, $11,553,794; Oregon 41,083,
<<161,500; Pennsylvania, bituminous
43,298.053, $34,408,473; anthracite 59,-
950,100, *85,084,405; Tennessee I.0O4.-
9; I. $2,053,977; Texas 302.1.16. $088,207;
|'tall' 423,205, $611,092: Virginia 813.-
$084,623; Washington 1.264.877,
$2,920,876; West Virginia 10,529,085-
S8,115,432; Wyoming, 2,439,311, $3,290.,
904.
SAMUEL C. MAJOR DEAD.
The Nnlffl CMIren. I.aityfr aixl
Iwl* r of l ,T.O. Slrlrkfil
1'AMTIK, Mo.. April 13.- Kx-State
Senator Samuel C. Major, sr., retired
Wednesday at II o'clock, after quietly
passing tho evening with friends, in
excellent spirits ano in the very best of
health. Yesterday morning, between
the hours of 6 anil 7 o'clock,Mrs. Major
awoke, horrltied to tiuil her husband
cold in death, with his aruis around
her neck, apparently having been
dead six or seven hours. He had un-
doubtedly expired without a struggle.
Mrs. Major had. with her son Oak.
returned from St. I.oiiis from a sl.ort
visit only last night. Heart disease
was the cause of death.
MISSOURI 0. A. R.
Thirteenth Anniml Kinmii|tnipnt, Tall*,!
tn Order at l«b n n.
I.kiunox, Mo., April 11.—The thir-
teenth annual encampment of tho
Missouri department, ti. A. R., was
called to order yesterday by Com-
mander K. Iturton of Nevada, Mo.,
who proceeded to deliver his annual
address. After tho usual routine
business the following ofliccrs were
chosen; Department command**,
l.ouis firund of St. I.ouis: senior
vice commander, Louis Fisher of
Salem; junior vicc commander, < • IV.
Kiibev of Lebanon: medical director,
Ira T. Ilronson of Sedalia, and chap-
lain, \Y. t'. I'aHand of SpringHcld,
Colonel J. V. Tracey. W. II. Skinner,
Adam V'isher, M. T. llamel and C. T.
Taylor were elected to the council of
administration.
ALL U. P. WACES RESTORED.
The I'uy of the Men Itedliced l.aiit Fall
to tie Put Hack to the old HKiire.
Omaha, Neb., April 11. — I'nited
States District Judge Dundy has
ordered the wages of all I'nion Pacific
employes restored to the old rate.
— . .." * . i>,,t,,(V who was convicted of the
planted and a big per cent, of the cot- ' . „ \,d>le four
Ion Is planted. Ti''- -!"• ■<< tl.e oast murder of one 1 islier. near .Nome lour
afterwards broke
The rains of the past
week has made w heat and oats look j ycflh aS"' , recantured.
up like a bob-tail hen on a rickety 1^ ,)t.cn aivm-eed from him.
lie n-roost. ]
At Caddo, I. T., Tuesday n plit. ( a-
lit Im' loiiii.l in cum/re-s. therefore, wc uslt. la ) I * .
full roitAdriire Hiat ih" h"u-'' 1,1 ropres nt - This applies to all the employes w host
tive« shall join in the sontloieni now pre-
scute 1 bv ui. and take soni ' detlllllc action to I
tasu-e the liixli rh u ictor of our country
The Oklahoma division of <'oxey s j nCy- ^lleh, Solomon l'letchcr and
iirinv lias just closed arrangements I, ^r|ev peney killed Circus Crouch,
Willi the railroad company to take 300 j si10„tirl,, t<-ii Winchester luillels
of them tc Washington. Or at leisl ,|)roly,;H ),r!1,|. All arc full blood
,o savs a dispatch from llntlirle, I lie ( hcrokees
next thini* will l>e to find 300 ma Icon- [ ,
tents in tho territory who are anxious During the las! urrU I In- farmers in
for a ride of that length In comfort- the vicinity of Hennessey have been
less box cars. ! buying a great many firearms. . otne
| of the bandits who have been having
Senators Pratt. Teller ami I.oaeli ar j t iicir way for the last two month
rived in Talci|iiah Saturday. They at ; u,tr
oftice and i ,
itli Chief!'
one oflUc&ti
, . ... otne up niissm
once went to the executive
had a pleasant interview
Harris. The object of the committee's I (aptaln"
visit was u> ascertain the feeling of I lowing lciegr..in t<> W ashington fimt
in regard to an imme-1 Darlington relative to the lumored
I\hs sent me 101
refugees with Admiral da liaiiia on
hoard the two I'oriuguese cor-
vettes there. The Argentine ifovern-
ment will order the warships to leave
port at once as tho Portuguese minis-
ter refuses to allow the limxilians to
l e landed at the La/i'tte, where the
health authorities had directed them
to he placed because yellow fevvr had
lirokeu out anion# them. The ller-
ald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro
hcnds word that Admiral de Mello re-
newed at sunrise this morning the
boinardment of the city which was he-
Klin yesterday, tieiieral Saralva he*
^Rii toland troops at the saine time
from tho warships. The Hepuhliea
with three torpedo l>oats is guarding
the harbor and t ie city is panic
it rich en
ncsilH.v V y the Western Passenger HS-
sociation that the local association in
Sau Francisco had gone to smash.
This information was sent by Sec-
retary Waddell of the San Francisco
association. Later, another dispatch
was received saying" that the associa-
tion * as instinct, and that Mr. Md tit'*
thy of tho Atchison was in charge
This was a second Hash of lightning
out of a clear sky, as the Atchison is
not a member of the association and
lias nothing to do with it. and the in-
creased responsibilities of Mr. McCar-
thy were as much a surprise to tne
officials of his own road as to any one
else No explanation of the trouble
was received, although Chairman
Caldwell, who is in New York, urgeuv
ly called lor om
the Cherokee!
diate change in the form of their gov-
ernment. The Cherokee officials are
ull oppost d to statehood and the sena
only found one mini who favored
such a thing. Chief Harris requested
the senators to remain until the spec-
al session of the council which will
convene on Monday the 16th. I he
commit tee, however, were in a hurry
slid left at noon.
Two of the Roclc Island train rob-
bers who made the unsuccessful at
tempt to rob the express car near
war In the Red Moon district, dated
April IK01: 1 "A courier has just hi
rived with reports from Farmer Ham-
mon. I!ril Moon district, saving that
armed bodies of citi/ens were gntliei
ing in the vicinity and demanding I lie
men who are charged by them with
the killing of 'Hreeding." II was
agreed to let one of their number go
to the Indian camp and pick oat the
men. Two Indians were pointed out
who were not near tho scene of I lie
shooting, and they were taken away
for trial. Captain Hunter's command
Pont) Creek a few nights since, were j arrived just in time to prevent theso
"vertaken and arrested near lienors- i two men from being uiobed. I heln-
sey. They were taken to Wichita to dians are much excited, and are
avoid lynching. Due of the captured afraid of the citizens, who have armed
robbers lias made a full confession, themselves to wage war 011 the Iu
lie says that the robber who waa shot J diaus. They ask for troops to pro-
dead by the train guard was named , tc. t t linn. Since. Captain Hunters
Hill Rhodes, alleging that b. was an 1 command left they have gone to .l°t,rj
old member «>f the .lames gang and Whirlwind's' band, and say they will
came fr >111 Clay county, Missouri, not return until troops ure stationed
Ultodes, lias Pitts, had a claim ad there to protect them from the citt-
joining Hill Dalton's in Oklahoma, j mis. I recommend that a troop of
and a man who is said to I* a detective cavalry be encamped in their district
has visited it. and says there are four nutij till excitement is allayed
deserted shanties in that neighbor-1 K. A. \\ 00 son,
lood, "Captain and Acting Agent,
ministration^ and help I he future nutlonul
councils to present a clean and unchallenged
Ijody of legislators.
The resolutions given out have been
s<,|jt to the house committee on
judiciary for action. The women say
that it is not right that Colonel breck-
inridge should retain his scat In con-
gress, while Miss l'ollard is ostracised,
as slie will be undoubtedly, from
society.
IlltlX KIMIIIMiK ON Till; , I It III < T.
II,. will Carr., tlic J'ane I" the HlRliMt
Court, on A|t| cal.
Wasiiinotox. April HI.—In an inter-
view Saturday night Colonel llrcckiit-
rldge said he did not intend to let the
litigation end here. If the motion for
■ new trial lie denied lie will prosecute
1111 appeal and exhaust every possible
legal remedy. He attributes the ver-
dict to the power of public opinion,
which Influenced the jury. Said he:
"The plaintiff and I will each live
our respective lives, the public will
become more, familiar with the facts,
and the final judgment I will not fear
to meet.'' lie characterized Judge
Wilson's speech as an utterly unscrup-
ulous and dishonorable argument, full
of false stntcmentsiind slander. "The
verdict." said he, "has uot weakened
the tics that bind my wife and chil-
dren to nic nor impaired the friend-
ship felt for me by my friends."
lie remains a candidate for renomi-
nation to congress.
I our Unfile* I!
l>i 1 v vi o, N. V , April
of searching the ruins «
run ylwcose factory for
if mi yt
r«l.
1 1. The work
f the Amerl-
bodies was bi -
day. and when the work-
men were compelled to <|iiit b\ daiU*
licss the remains of four bodies had
been found. The remains arc simply
chunks of charred flesh and bone, no
i.iir of which Is more than two feet in
Iriitrth. H is absolutely certain that
twelve men were burned, but there is
tffitvc reason t« fear t.hcr
numlior « f others, and
prolMiolc that there wer
v ictiins.
were a
is not i 111-
«■ ut v-two
Three i hlhlren < renmleil.
•Iankmvii.i.k, Minn , April 10. At ft
o'clock yesterday morninjf the rcsi-
dene • of August Krinke three miles
west of here, was burned, and three
children. Martha. Autrusta und Kdith,
Hiped respectively 10, s and 0, perished
Id the tire.
salaries were cut last, September.
The opinion rendered in connection
with the order is very lengthy, cover-
ing tho entire history of the wage
troubles on the I'nion Pacific road and
the hearing before .ludgo Caldwell.
It declares that .fudge Caldwell, in his
famous order, misstated facts and
took malicious pleasure in passing
strictures on him.
J COAL MINERS ORDERED OUT.
I \ (irifi>ml sirilte ThroMnhonfc th« Coun-
try on April TI.
| Coi.UMni s, Ohio, April I'. I he
United Mine Workers of America de-
cided general morning to order a gen-
eral strike in all parts of the coun-
try April
Mnjor Morrill In Ilu* l*ea<l.
Topkka, Kan., April jr.. Repub-
lican county conventions wore held iu
Sumner, .lackson, Kingman, I'inney,
Trego. I.a lie and (raw ford counties
Saturday to elect delegates t« the
state convent ion. Major Morrill car-
ried a majority of these,
receiving about fifty votes out
of about seventy elected. The
others were for I Icorge Martin
and I). N. Ilci/cr. Atchison and Leav-
enworth counties will elect their del-
egates to-dav. and both counties will
be for Morrill. With these delega-
tions. added to those already elected,
the total will foot up 'II•* delegates so
far elected, a large majority being for
Morrill. So far lloch has not captured
a single delegation.
Suit A km I Mat Imcttll*.
Atciiison, Kan., April 14 Suit was
tiled in the district court yesterday
against K. M. Mauley, Davis Vuld,
.lolin .1. Ingalls and K. C. Armsby for
the recovery of '00, which invites
a long line of sensational litigation.
The suit comes out « f the failure of
the Kansas Trust and Hanking com-
pany a year ago in which the grosses*
fraud has lately been discovered.
Other suits of a similar nature will be
tiled at once. The allegations of tho
petition are highly sensational.
('oat of Proposed Menr*n mn 1 mini.
Washington, April 10. Senator
Morgan has completed, and will pre-
sent to the senate within the next day
or two, his report on the Nicaraguan
canal. The report says: "t arefully
revised estimates of the cost of the
canal, and work connected with it,
makes the total $*7,000,000 at the out'
bide."
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