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Cleveland County Leader.
VOL 2.
LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER L'O, 1891.
NUMBER 38
P RQI-KSSIONAL CARDS. GENEKAL NEAV S IN Bid EE "aron Krlangor, the faiiiou-- liii-iium
banker is dead.
1 uesday was peach day at Grand
.function, Colo. Thousands ate peaches.
Monday night the eoflin of the
Couite de Paris was closed for the last
time.
J. L. ABERNETHY,
Attorney-at-Law.
LEXINGTON, o * OKLAHOMA.
Will prctico In nil the Courts of Oklnhoms
end the Indlru Territory, ami give prompt Ht-
t-.rtiiinn to hnsintBH.
ItaftYrs by pi rmbeion to Hon. J. K Jones, U.
K. -«nator. Arknnpu-: Hon Jr.mcs W M ti ti Or,
•Jul go «>f Third Judicial Circuit, lOitflsvillo,
iArks l"o^ John It MrCnlcb. Judffi? of sixteenth
Judicial Circuit, Kvt-uiuu Shade. Ark.
Office two door east of postofficc
R. E. THACKER.
PHYSGIAN AND SURGEON.
^IXINQTOX, - - - 0KLAH3MA.
J. H. EVEREST,
AttorneyAt-Law
OKLAHOMA CITY, - - - O. Ti
• Land Office practice a Specially. Offlce room
P. Opera Homo Block.
PARAGRAPHED CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK.
PORCELl DENTAL OFFICE.
Dr«. McCONN & SEWELL,
DENTISTS.
PURCELL, I. T.
f.lrnnrd from the Four Corners of
Hie World and Condensed in Short
| Paragraphs! for the Convenience of
Hurried Headers.
Richard Lawrence died Thursday at
Charlston, 111., from the effects of an
overdose of morphine.
Mrs. Martha Johnson died Thursday
at Moberly, Mo., from injuries receiv-
ed in a gasoline explosion Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fetters were kill
I ed at Edon, ()., by a Wabash train an
I hour after their wedding- last Friday
night.
The steamer I.ynn J.. leaving* Ne*.v
Orleans Sunday with an excursion
party for (irand Isle, sunk at Long
Island, near Bayou Barataria. She
had forty people on board, but all
were saved.
The illrcss
j Mayor Davis of Kansas City, welcom-
ed the lloo 1 loos of that city la«t Mon-
| day.
Strong winds have fanned the Wis-
consin fires into life and there is again
danger.
Emperor Francis Joseph toasted the
czar of Russia at Vienna Tuesday ,
evening.
J. M. Adsit, one of Chicago's pioneer
bankers, died Monday night, aged
eightv-fivc.
the two territories.
CONGRESSIONAL ANU LOCAL
SUMMARY.
News in Qencral of Oklahoma nnri
the Indian Territory Pertaining to
the Pale Face and the lied Mail
Lx-Governor Seulick, of Arizona, is
in \\ ashington and has written a let-
ter to the president vigorously oppos-
ing the removal of Chief Geronimo
and his Apaches from Mt. Vernon bar-
racks in Alabama, where they are
now confined to their
tion in Arizona.
in Okarche last week 1 loads of
wheat, were purchased in one day.
Colonel Ellis, a Guthrie man has
ope,ted a variety theatre in Chicago.
it is said that the intruders are to
be bounced from thoCommauchecoun-
try.
Anton Caha has gone to Lansing to
serve the sentence which he has fought
so long.
Two Otoe Indians, Nancy Lizzard
and John Raltlernakc were married
at Tecumseh last week.
During the last week the severest
former reserva- storms °f the se son have visited Ok-
lahoma. Several towns have suffered.
day afternoon,
from the boat
NEAL SMITE,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
LEXINGTON, - OKLAHOMA.
Office with L. Gwyuoe.
T.ast, Saturday night at McAlester,
about S p m. ,1. ,]. MrAlester's old
store building and contents were
burned. Lows. s,4(io: insurance. S'.',-
000; W. A. \\ alker's loss ou warehouse,
88,000; no insurance; butcher shop,
$500; no insurance: Mrs. .lames Town-
send s dwelling*, loss, SI.800; insurance
$750. The fire was caused by incen-
Tlie grand council of tho Imperial <l'ai"ies.
of .lames Anthony Order of liedtnen is in session at Uing-
l-roude, of London, the historian, has hainpton, New York
taken such a .serious turn that it is Ma|,y ppop|e vW(c|, S(mvo honm
W hile boating Tue,
Miss l.ulu Lemon fell
and was dro'vned.
The city market on
at Minneapolis, a land
Monday morning.
Bridge
mark.
Square,
burned
now feared he will not recover. lie
was born April 53, ISIS, at Darling-
ton, Devonshire.
A. A. DUNN, M.D.,
PHYSICIAN /N) SURGEON.
TURCELL. IT
offlce in Purcell National hank
C. L. BOTSFORD,
LAWYER.
Practice in all cou-ts.
Office Seawell Building, Norman, O. T.
SHOTO HOUSS.
Bc t$i a day house in tli« el'y Don't f«r
got to stop wit ti me wluu iu Lexington.
in London Sunday to look upon the
remains of Comte de Paris.
Congressman Wcadoek, of Michigan,
has notified the Democrats that he
cannot again be a candidate.
'I he Duke of San Carlos, gentleman
of the bed chamber of the King of
Spain, has committed suicide.
It was estimated that there were
7r 0.000 people on the streets during
the parade at Pittsburg Tuesday.
t on Lincoln, near Memphis, was fa-
tally shot Monday, by Thomas Parker
who said lie scandalized his wife.
From New York Tuesday, the steam-
er Aurania took (out 50,000 ounces of
George Loughton,ot Lafayette, Ind.,
j aged 23, employed in the construction
of the new Monon trail road shops, was
( Saturday crushed to death by the fall
of a derrick, which had in hoist a
large piece of stone.
1'rancis Galligher of San Francisco,
I a passenger on board the steamer
Ethopia, from Glasgow to New York,
; made two attempts to suicide on the
voyage. After the second attempt he
was placed in confinement.
A dispatch received in London from
Seoul, ('orea, dated September 10, says
that the Japanese force moving from silver and -to,OOt Mexicau dollars.
Gensen has completely routed the
Chinese at Sing Chuen. Both sides
are reported to have lost heavily.
rLTAc DAucUAWf I). I The t,ial of 1 ro'1 Rogers, on the
dA Kb n A W , 1 I Op. j charge of killing Louis Kernodle, at
LEXINGTON, - - - OKLAHOMA. Clarksville, Ark. several months ago
" " j fame to a close Saturday. He was
found guilty of manslaughter, and
given five years in the penitentiary.
I The steam valve broke on a traction
| engine being moved by llomei Phillips,
i at Marshall, Mo., and before the
! horses could be detached they were
J sca.ded to death. Mr. I'hililps was
severely scalded trying to unhitch the
team.
i -''o parties arriving from Tisho-
mi i it is learned that Palmer S.
Mr icy took his seat as governor of
the Chickasaw nation despite the pro-
testations and depositions of frauds in
th< recent electidns as claimed by
The fair at Oklahoma City will have
a queer attraction. The Wells-Fargo
will sell all the unclaimed packages
left in all Oklahoma otliees during tho
past year.
During the storm last Tuesday
night Michael Shellar, of Payne coun-
ty was struck by lightning and in-
stantly kilied as he was sitting at the
s ipper table.
• 'I his time la* t year there was a
good many pesple hanging over the
Kill 01 III STREET.
SENSATIONAL MURJER AND
SUICIDE AT PORTLAND.
INSANE JEALOUSY THE CAUSE.
,?. W. St lieogle, It civil Cngiucrr, Shoots
and Kills Urn. Mnbcl Colvln and Thou
IIIom h Out III* Own llniiii* — Was
a IIhimInoiiip tVoninn nnd
UfpuUeil IIIh Attention*—
llotli Die Ins tun My.
Portland, Ore., Sept IS.— J. W.
Staengelo, a civil engineer, shot and
killed Mrs. Mabel Colvin on the street
yesterday afternoon and then blew
out his own brains.
Mrs. Colvin was a handsome bru-
nette and came here about two years
ago from Woolwich, Mass. She and
be hootiers with safety.
Otto ( . Beekraeyer,
YV. T. KING,
DEAYMAN.
I>atly Trip* A.o auil from Purcell.
LKIIWGTON, O.T.
F. P. MUSELY,
-A.ttorn©y-a.t Law.
LEXINGTON, o o o o o O. T.
Dr. GEO. P. JOHNSTON,
Twenty Yearn Ex perl
PHYSIRIAH m SURGEON.
Hliee over Griffith'! Drug ;
Lexington, Oklahoma.
A R. Kennedy, of Cripple Creek, was
I nominated Saturday by acclamation
\ for State Senator from El Paso and
! Douglass counties. Mr. Kennedy
iHinnI Railways 'n response, said the paramout issue
I was law and order, not silver. The
state and congressional platforms
were endorsed.
JAS. A. SHAVER,
NOTARY PUBLIC
STSXOfJR APiIEK and TYPE WRITER.
Special attention ,-riven to the taking of Dep-
opsitloua. All N a tori Hi work fx-eutod prompt-
ly. LEXINGTON, O. T.
A. NICODEMUS,
Attorney-at Law,
Will practice ia all tlio Courts.
l-EXINGTON, . - - OKLAHOMA
A. P. HAMMEK,
-Attorney At Law-
OKLAHOMA CITY, - . O. T.
Will practice In all Courts of tho Terri-
tory. Land offlrs practice a Hpeclnlly.
Kooras ft und 7 Opcia House b'.ouk, Lend offlce
J. P. BUKCHFIELD,
The Old Reliable
I I A ('K M A N !
Makes hourly trips to and from Purcell
Can he found i.i front of the postofhee in
Purcell, and in 11oilt of Ahernathy's store
in Lexington.
L. GWYNNE,
Jvistio© of Fsoao©
tnn Attorn©y-a.t-Law.
LEXINGTON PRKCISCT.
Will pracilu<« in Probate and District Coarta
Real Ketntv papers car«ffll'y prepared.
('olleetioi^e solicited and ren Itlanrei prompt-
ly made.
DHi J. C. McNEES,
. jo uiaiirttl
Ofllcii with Juilee Aberuntlivlu tin1 little
hrii k Mock, up stiirs. North Miiin 'Street.
I-KXINOTON, - 0. X.
TiilU l'r iniptly Attended. I'.irly mid l.nte
A. T. 1!o!-r. ii, Brewer.
ROSS & HREWER.
i j a w h: ns!
W ill nrnctii e ill Hie T) rillorinl and Ked-
it d i nurlH, I lie I,, • •;.I Land Otlice nnd tho
l'e|i.irlmeiit.« al WiiHlilliRtdn,
Mew Barber Shop.
(Two doon W«t of the slioto Howie )
HENRY MORITZ, Prop.
LtXIKOrON, . . OlLAIIOMt
K h v I - c tl.lrCimii'r an! work !■" r ti I n!. ,
Jo n f rtt nltbi I Tlirrnhoji. iiom:!y proiapt'
)T riccgi.'t l ■. ei; ii,..i.' it wii anil rU.u, Call
ciim« .pfl ,ou Will nee I no invllatlon lo ni ,?a[
your Tl.lt li„ii'i I.,i ,, i the |il... -
Hlnivlarf, 10 centl j bull' cutting ^ cvut*.
j An attempt was made to fire the
! tenement house , N'n. (i3 XorfolU street
in which 100 people were sleeping.
Friday morning-. The fire was put
out and it was discovered that tho cel-
lar of the building- had heen sprinkled
with kerosene anil then tired.
Governor West of Utah, has refused
to interfere in the ease of Enoch Davis
who murdered his wife at I'rovo in
-lunuary 189!.', and there seems now no
earthly power that can prevent him
from being shot to death. The linn I
preparations have been going on and
everything is ready for the execution.
1 he lirilisli cruiser liingarooma,
which went ashore September (i on a
reef oft' Mallicolla Island, New He-
brides, and it is feared would become
a total wreck, has been floated, thanks
to the assistance rendered by the
British war-ships, Dart. T.izzard and
Wallaroo and the French cruisers
Scorff and l.ouante. The Ringarooaia
s now at l'ort Sandwich.
R Cooper a wealthy farmer living-
fourteen miles north of Tuscaloosa.
1'la., was assassinated Saturday night
two miles from his home, wl^le re-
turning from a trip to the city lie
j was found Sunday morning with his
head and body tilled with bullets.
Cooper went to town Saturday and t
sold two bales of cotton. lie was
shot from ambush on his way home
and robbed.
•Joseph Fletcher, check weighinan
at Monarch mine, owned by the Teller
' oal Company, was cut to pieces Sat-
urelay morning while trying to pre-
vent a wreck. Ffteen llat cars had
broken loose from the engine and
were running down grade on the min<
switch at a fearful speed, and Fletch-
er fearing a wreck, attempted to
jump the train to set the brakes, when
he fell under the wheels, fifteen curs
passing over his body.
Six survivors of the persons aboard
the Chinese transport < hean, which
stranded in the Che Tung Puss recent
Iv with H00 troops aboard, while on
the way to the Island of Formosn
have arrived at Shanghai. It was an
nouticed that, in spite of the pani
thai prevailed oil the transport aflet
the went ashore, all the troops an I
crew were eavod in the ship s boats
but the six persons who reached
Shanghai say that they estimate that
about 200 soldiers were drowned in
the Che Tung Pass.
1-rank J. Cannon, of Ogden, was
no-uinated as delegate to congress by
the lJepublicans of Utah I ucsday.
NN alter Clayton Clapp, of New York,
of the Protestant Episcopal church,
Monday Iwcumc ti Homan Catholi \
At Hcrlin, Prof Ileinri. h Karl l rug-
scli, distinguished j lilologist *and 1. :•
yptologist is dead, at the age of (is.
Charles II. Ma ti hows, of IlufYalo,
was myniuated for governor 1 v the
Populists of New York last Tuesday.
Telegraph messenger , Tuesday t• ••
titied to the strike comm. sion that
they delivered nn : jages to Debs in
person.
The westbound I nion Pacific train
was stopped by robbers who tore up
the track Hear Napa, Idaho. They
got nothing.
The niameuvres of the first and sev-
enteenth army corps began at Scjiol-
bitten Monday. Emperor William
was present.
In the Hoosac tunnel in Massachus-
etts Sunday, a freight train crashed los t 'in the darkn<
into an express traiu, killing two and , :,rsen went out to search for
injuring four.
they
the popular
Progressive Boyd and Pullback Byni, newspaper man of Oklahoma City,
was Saturday appointed private secre-
tary to Governor Renfrow. He will
take his oflice September 15.
The eleventh annual conference of
the Colored M. E. Church of America
convened at Guthrie last week, with
Risiiop Bebee presiding A large
number of ministers from Oklahoma,
Arkansas and Texas were present.
Recently an Indian appeared at
Ponea City on Sunday and wanted to
sell a load ot wheat. lie was asked
by a eiti/.cn if he di.l not know that it
was the Lord's day. "Me didn't
side of the Strip and debating with her ,,nsbaml did not live together and
themselves as to whether tliey could ""'.v fewdnya ago alio filed papers
the contending candidates The only
official as yet appointed by the new
governor was that of Fred* Tecumseh
\\: ite as secretary. N. G. Frazier was
re let ted president of the senate and
Ison Okiambv president of the house.
Friday night about 0 o'clock Deputy
I n.ted States Marshal \X. E. Little
shot and instantly killed George Ed-
wards. a. notorious whisky peddler, at
South Me A lister. Edwards was intox-
icated and had been intimidating the
trainmen on a freight train. Conduct-
or Ream notified the United Mates of-
ficials at that place that Edwards was know that it was Sunday till me came
on the train. In attempting the arrest to town," was Lo's reply.
the marshal had to shoot Edwards.
Edwards'fpartner was captured and
will be taken to Paris, Texas for trial.
A running light occurred west of El
Reno between a force of deputy mar-
sh. 's and a posse of Indian scouts and
tin notorious Bill Doolin's band of
ou' laws. The ofli ers had been pur-
suing the outlpws several days. One
Indian scout aim his horse were kill
ed Mid two of the horses of the out-
laws were captured. The outlaws cs-
< aped into the Wichita mountains, in
the Kiowa or Commanche country.
I he officers have been enforced bv
fifty Coinmanchc militiamen, and have
the bandits surrounded in the moun-
tains.
George Hoffman, one of the most
prominent citizens in Beaver county,
was killed by lightning Saturday
night. He was riding across the
prairie. The family of the deceased
becoming uneasy and tninking he
Mr.
him,
which he continued until about II
... , , o'clock p. m. without success. At
TIi"0r^t'm0.Th,,rednV,,.P^intea daylight Saturday he continued the
search and soon found the body close
beside that of his norse. An inquest
was held by Justice Shaw, the verdict
being death caused by lightning.
Daniel Donahoe Inspector of Oils
the city of Rolla, Mo., for a term end-
ing June 1, 1800.
'I homas Morgan, the Chicago bar-
tender, who shot young Cantwell, was
exonerated by tiic coronor's jnrv
Tuesday evening.
'1. ,1. () Donne 11 of Denver says the
suit against John < Boaty by .1, II.
Beaty on the Sonora land deal is sim-
ply a family quarrel.
Edward McLaughlin beat Cominau-
die Lester at billiards in Philadelphia
Monday night. Score: McLaughlin,
2.* 0: OJd Commanche, 117
The Calhoun Carrier, the only news-
paper in Calhoun, Henry county. Mo.,
did not appear Thu.sday. It failed
for the want of patronage.
General Master Workman Sovereign
has published an interview in which
he says that "all strikes are illegal
and all strikers are criminals."
The A merit-ail Pharmaceutical As-
sociation have decided to boycott
manufacturers who furnish supplies
physicians at w holesale prices.
Commodore Win. A. Kirkland, F. S.
V. who sucr. e i Hear Admiral Erben
in command of the European station,
has arrived at P!\ mouth, England.
•lames llolson, of Alexandria, Ind.,
aged .1.5, was cleaning a revolver Sun-
day mornimr. when it went off. Tho
bullet passe
Judge La<
no evidei;et
part of *i he
t'onklin bu
and extends
ant.
At Bound
racing stal
night and it
*ift,000 stole
a negro, vva*
town iu a tic
nigh his heart.
', of New York, says
vrong doing on the
ivers of the Jarvis-
has been reduced,
ime of the complain-
N.
* ente
"•hicl
Tu
I"nknown ■
N. (in.ti
Cha
The poison
animal, which
Wilkes, in its f,
ini Mr. Grallis
stall
■i/e stallion, valued at
The horse, ridden by
•n passin f thro i-yh the
erly directon.
nndrels poisoned a V.oo
r to Deputy \uditor
is. nf t as > county, Ind.
i aduiiniate ed to the
win a finely bred
' I, and Monday in irn-
fouud it deiui in its
Miss Ida Dent Wright of New York.
who arrived iu Oklahoma City Satur-
day with her motile™*, has a romantic
^tory to tell. E/.ete. the San Salva-
dorean refugee, fell in love with her,
made a formal proposal < f marriage:
succeeded in having the day set for
the hymeniu I rites celebrated; but fail-
ed to catch the bird. She met Presi
dent Ezeta in San Salvador and he fell
madly in love with her. The General
in full uniform, presented himself at
the hotel where Mrs. Wright and her
daughter were staying und made a
formal demand for Miss Ida's hand-
There was no doubt as to the lovelorn
warrior's serious intention.
Iu the ease of the Supreme Court,
wherein the original provisional gov-
ernment of Guthrie bought school fur-
niture aud issued warrants therefore,
Alio court decides th it the warrants
arc void; that no city can contract in-
debtedness legally untill an assess-
ment has been made for the collection
of taxes. The decision invalidates all
warrants issued by cities and countic-
n the Cherokee Strip during the first
four months of their existence, ami
also many warrants issued by ull oth-
er counties and cities in the territory,
aggregating a dead loss of S*>00,000 or
more to the holders of warrants.
One of the persons of prominence to
be left in a bad fix bv the decision of
the Supreme Court last week annul-
lingso many divorces is William A
Depew, of Boston, Mass., n cousin of
• hauncy M. Depew. Mr. Depew came
to Guthrie last winter, and, after ;i
three months stay, secured a divorce
from Rosclla S. Depew, on the ground
of incompatibility of temper With
liiiu came Mrs. Mary E. .lonl in, of
Ik- ton, who, on tin same day «>: Mr makes it
Dcpew's divorce, pro ured one from are all si
t baric? II. .lordaf, of Boston. 'I h • people who a
day following the two left for Kansas living on high*
city, where they wero married, and in their power
then went to Europe on a wedding dnite needs of
tour. Both are wealthy and pron.i- but they them
u«nt society people of ]'. - ion, and are county has bee
jow left in a peculiar predicament. ■ after the su!T i
The Choctaw Coal and Railway (com-
pany which has been in the hands of
receivers for the past two years was
sold under the hammer at South Mc-
Alister for ^ >00,00 >. The company
will l>e organized under the name of
1 tlie Choctaw, Oklahoma and'Gulf rail-
road company.
Tho annual conference of the Sev-
enth Day Ad ventists' of Oklahoma and
the Indian Territorym hn\ e been ill ses-
sion in a grove near Oklahoma City,
for the past ten days. Large delega-
tions from the two territories attend-
ed the meetings. It took over 100
tents and so covered wagons to accom-
modate the delegates. The denomi-
nation is growing rapidly iu Oklaho-
ma.
General disappointment is felt
among the Kickapoo boomers over the
news received Friday that the Kicka-
poo country would probably not be
opened until next spring. The pros-
pective settlers had concluded that
they would be able to make the run
by October, but it w as reported that
'I hursilay Commissioner Lainareaux,
of the general lard office, said in
Washington; "I doubt if the Kicka-
poo reservation will be open-
ed before next spring." It
is said the commissioner explained
that the question had not been fully
uetermincd, i.ud hence nothing could
be announced of an official character,
but he had the firm immpression that
the reservation would not be open to
settlement until congress be given a
chance to act on the bill "athercd by
McRae of Arkansas, which provides
for disposing of all public lands to the
highest bidder. Happens to be tho
policy of the department to hold up
the opening of the reservation, and
for so doing offers this as an excuse.
in a suit, for divorce. Staengele was
an edgineer employed at the city park
aed it, is said that he was desirous of
paying attentions to Mrs. Colvin and
was persistent in his suit, but she was
not fond of his attentions.
NEW TREATY RATIFIED.
1 Im« t'nltrd Stat** I silled to Tnko Ail-
vii lit lige of nn Offer Irani Japan.
Yokohama, Sept. L\ The revised
treaty between Japan and England
was ratified at Tokio, August 2" . For
tiie first tini* the I'nited States lias
failed to take advantage of Japan's
desire to treat, primarily with the
great republic iu important interna-
tional transactions.
The opinion expressed in Japan is
that the negotiations at Washington
might have been concluded long ago
if the state department had been dis-
posed to act upon Japanese proposals.
As it is Great Britain stands ahead in
the enactment of the treaty which
the Asiatic empire has been urgently
ntriving for more than twenty years
to secure.
The treaty confers no immediate
advantages oil Japan. At least five
years must elapse before it goes into
operation, and it- is for Japan to say
whether or not the interval shall bo
longer, but until 1800 everything must
remain as it is now. The purpose of
this oelay is that Japan shall perfect
her judicial system to an extent war-
ranting tho abolition of English
courts.
WORKING iVitN'd
Colui«
INSURANCE.
In (ifr-
About tlio l.aw In
iiisiny for Nine Year*.
W ASIIINOTOX, Sept. 18. — Consul
Warner of Cologne has furnished the
state department information regard-
ing the enforcement of the German
law \\ Cell has been in force since iss:
f" tli • compulsory insurance against
accidents of workmen whose salaries
do not exceed #170 per annum. In
1 s.i; t lie cost to the Rhenish and West-
phalian smvltiog works and rolling
mills was about S3.H0 for each work-
man From the time of the inaugura-
tion of compulsory insurance in Ger-
main i:p to the end of IH'.l.'i German
ti had paid in a capital anoi
ind reserve fund of about $88,000,000.
\t the close of 1892 the numlier of
p- rsons insured against accidents in
>pcr.itive works were 18,014,280. The
total expenditures in 1892 amounted
to sp'.-M j,707, distributed as follows;
*7 0!M>,9t}8 for indemnification; 8340,-
'I for examination of accidents.$12.1,-
10 1 for Courts of arbitration; 9110,327
for protection against accidents;
*l.tl.'1.902 for general administration;
v l.o ; 072 laid aside as n reserve fund.
I lie capital at the end of the year
lvi; amounted to $20,4f>5,791 and the
>st of administration to It per cent of
tlie expenditures.
The drouth which has been so gen-
eral throughout M county for tlio past
month was suddenly broken up the
early part of last week by a water
spout on the border of the state and
in the northern part. The Salt Fork
of the Cimuuiron, which crosses the
county from the west to the east about
twelve miles from the Kansas line was
clear out of its banks and sweeping a
raging torrent across the bottoms.
It carried with it ricks of hay, cords of
wood and the out buildings of the set-
tlers. upon its banks. Not less than
fifty families were washed out of all
they had and arc now camping along
the stream on the highlands back of
channel. The .smaller creek called
the Driftwood, which runs into the
Salt Fork on the north side, with a
channel not over thirty feet wide,
stretched out over the country until
it was a mile across it. There was a
report according to the settlers on the
bank, a rise of about ten feet in an
hour. All the crops have been swept
away and distress is sure to follow
Among the families who lost their
house and were swept out, are those
of Ruder and Hyde who are incarcer-
ate 1 in the county jail on the charge
of I irglarv and house-breaking. What
makes it worse is that the children
it h the s urlet fever. The
lire iiioi • fortunate and
icr giUund lire do'ng all
r to alleviate the imine- '
THOMPSON
llri-lari'i
ll\
IKIII'.'Cli I N It I lllil .
Aloit
witlioilt homes,
v poor and tho
L up hi to look
tlio Colonel ll. %% ltc«n
shamefully XIIIHIimI.
Ni:w Yoiik, ?V'pt. 1*. —Colonel Breck-
inridge's defeat was a severe disap-
point nicut to Colonel Thompson, who
was one of the counsel for the Ken-
tuckiaii in the suit brought by Miss
Pollard. Colonel Thompson was at
the Hotel Waldorf yesterday. "It
seems," he said, "that the enemies of
Colonel Breckinridge have triumphed.
No man has been more shamefully
represented and villifted, and all be-
cause he would not elevate his mis-
tress to a place above his children in
his own household."
• Do you think this means the end
of the colonel's political career?"
"It looks as if it might, at least in
Kentucky. But lie gave his oppo-
nents a game fight, lie had the pray-
ing women an I tho maclHne against
liiin. and yet was beaten by only a
few hundred votes.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Mrs.. Nellie (trant Sartoris, with her
mother will spend the winter at
Washington, I). C.
The explosion of an oil tank at Hud-
son, Wiv., resulted in seven people
being badly burned.
Elmer < rocket of Nelson, Mo., %
years old was instantly killed whilo
playing with a shot-gun.
official report of cholera in Ger-
many are aid to be misleadiug, that
the disease is worse than is made to
appear.
The first day's shoot of the Elliott-
Carver mutch at Kansas City resulted
iu a victory for Elliott The scorn
w as 91 to 99.
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