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THE LEXIMCTOM LEADE8.
Devoted to the interest* of
tftXTKOrOX AND OKLAHOMA.
Fine : Job : Printing
■A. 8PKOIALTY.
VOL 2
LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TY„ SATl'RDAV, OCTOBER 29, 1892.
NO 31.
THE NATION'S CLOOM
THE NATIONS CHIEF M A J ES-
TRATE RESIGNED.
THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The futeruivut to Take I'laov ut Indian-
apolis I'ridu.v. hihI Will i;« Private
Oiiern \ h'luria, l*o|ie l«eo, F.t-
I'rvsidmil ( levrlaml. Mr. Illiiin*
and Many Ollirri Send
Coiltlolf'lH'fft.
wasuimit'on, O.t. 20. The president
passed tin* curly hours of the morning
'j seclusion, but shortly after 7 he
>*c and descended to the breakfast
, Jin where he joined the other mem-
bers of the family at s o'clock. The
meal was soon over and the family re-
turned to I he private parlor of the
mansion. Soon after breakfast the
president was joined in his room by
the Rev. Dr. ilamlin. pastor of the
Church of the Covenant, who spent
some time with hi in.
The cabinet Officers were early call-
er? anu tendered their condolence.
The president is bearing* up remark-
ably well in his deep affliction. The
traces of his great sorrow are plain,
but apparently he has nerved himself
to face the affliction with fortitude.
His eyes are red with weeping and his
voice broken with emotion. It
was his expressed wish to the
members of the cabinet who called
to-day that the affaris of the gov-
ernment be proceeded ith as usual,
aud in deference to this request the
heads of the departments were at
their desks during the day and the
departments remained npeu as usual.
It is expected that su?h members of
the cabinet as can safely leave their
official duties will accompany the
funeral party to Indianapolis in the
japaeity of honorary pall-bearers.
There were sign^ of mourning about
the city at, an early hour in the Hags
which droopt d at half-mast on the
public buildings and on hotels and
private houses. Hut because of the
lion-otticial position of the president's
wife these demonstrations of sympa-
thy were purely voluntary and the
wheel;, of the city's life revolved much
us usuul.
Tin; aof.h v vthi:i: kksignkd.
The Uev. Dr. Scott, Mrs. Harrison's
father, aged l .'i years, tearfully told
his friends that lie spent the evening
by the side of his stricken child aud
finally retired, leaving her peacefully
sleeping. When he awoke this morning
they told him that his dear one had
passed away before lie could realize
the fact that she should be takeu and
lie left, and he could not understand
why it should be so. hut his faith in
the wisdom of the Master snstaiued
him and gave him strength to bear
this great sorrow.
Though no selection of body bearers
has a-> yet been made, it is probable
that the corpse will Vie borne by Wliito
house employees.
About 1 o'clock Russell Harrison.
Mr. Mc.Keo and Mr. Halford visited
T'ndertnker Spearc's place and selected
a Spanish red cedar collin covered with
line black broadcloth. It has a copper
inner ease hermetically sealed and
lined with cream tufted satin. The
exterior has no ornamentation what-
ever, except the oxidized plate which
will bear this inscription:
Caisoi ink Scott IIarkison.
Wife of Hfn.umin Hakmson,
Died October 23, 1392
The traveling case is also made of
Spanish red cedar, highly polished,
with brass handles and corners It is
said to be one of the finest ever con-
structed.
Funeral services in Washington will
be held early Thursday morning as
privately as possible As tar as the
official position of the president will
permit, the services will be the same
as those customary in the case of a
member of a private family. Invita-
tions will be strictly limited in num-
ber, at the earnest wish of the presi-
dent and of the dead woman herself,
who was averse to public ceremonies.
Only the kinsmen ot the president and
of his late wife, members of the cabi-
net and their families and a very few
intimate friends will bo bidden to the
services.
The services wiil undoubtedly be
held in the East room, the largest iti
the building and in fact the only one
adapted to the holding of services
even as private a.-, those which the
family desire. They will be conducted
according to the Presbyterian forms
by the Rev. Dr. Tennis S. Hamlin.pas-
tor of the Church of the Covenant, of
which the president and Mrs. Harri-
son had been regular attendants. The
body will not lie in state. After the
services the funeral party will
leave Washington Thursday at
noon for Indianapolis, where
services of a more public character
will take place. It is probable that
the funeral train will reach Indian-
apolis early Friday morning. At
about 10 o'clock the church services
will begin in the First Presbyterian
church. Indianapolis, the Rev. Dr. A.
L. Haines, pastor of that church ofllei-
uting. The body will then be taken
to Crown Hill cemetery and interred
in a lot selected by means of the. tele-
graph, after which the president will
return to Washington.
many tokf.ns of sympathy.
vSoon after nine o'clock this morning
the body of Mr>. Harrison was em-
balmed. It will probably lie in the
room in which she died until the servi-
ces are held Thursday.
The emblem of mourning was ab-
sent from the bell at the door of the
White house till II o'clock, wTien the
undertaker placed a plain black crepe
knot and bow around it.
Chief Justice Fuller of the supreme
Court called about ll.vo on his way to
the court to express his condolence
and to learn the President's wishes in
order that he might communicate
them to his associates. He was shown
into Private Secretary Hal ford's room
but did not see the President.
About uuon the president was con-
sulted by Private Secretary llall'ord
as to his wishes iu J*of«reuc" to
messages of condolence. Though still
averse to making tlicni public he con-
sented that a statement should be
given naming some of the more
prominent persons who had sent
commences, but was unwilling that
the texts of the messages be made
public.
Kx-Seeretary Rlaine scut a message
to the president during the moruing.
It was in an envelope directed in Mr.
Hlaine's own handwriting and was sent
upstairs to the president. Amoug tho
telegrams which have been re-
ceived are those from ex-Pres-
ident Cleveland, Vice Presi-
dent Morton, Whitelaw Reid,
Thomas If. Carter, Governor Chase of
Indiana and the state officers, Gov-
ernor McKinley of Ohio, Governor
Flower of New York. Cencral R. A.
Alger of Detroit. A. J. Drexel of Phil-
adelphia, T. W. Palmer of Detroit, .1.
S. Clarkson and Senator Hiscock.
vt h v victohia's peki>kst sympathy.
The following cable message has
been given out:
Bai.moiul. Oct. 25.—To (lonernl Harri-
son. President of the United States. Wash-
ington. J have heard with the deepest re-
gret of your sad loss aud sincerely sympa-
thize with you in your grief.
Viotouu. K. b
Chicauo. Oct. 21.—Cardinal Gibbons
early this morning sent the following
message:
To President Harrison: The 1 'ope
through Cardinal Ramp >1 '..v scuds you his
his heart fell condolcnc in your present
affliction. Cammnai, Gibbons.
Topf.ka, Kan.. Oct. 25. - -At a special
meeting of the executive council to-
day the following resolution was unan-
imously adopted:
Resolved, By the executive couucil in
sorrowful sosmoii assembled—That our
profound, s., injuit h.\ U tendered to Ben-
jamin Harrison in tic.; great bereavement
that has come to hiin in the death of the
beloved wife, whose life was an exempli-
fication of undivided devotion to husband,
family, home and duty ami w assure him
that the whole people of this state join iu
this expression of sympathy.
Lyman I" Humphrey, Governor.
William Hiooins, Secietarv of State.
Chahi.es M. Hovey, Auditor of State.
S. G. Stover, Treasurer of St te.
John n. Ives. Attorney General
George W. Wixans, Supt. Pub. In-
struction.
i'tnkral train arrangembmh.
Philadelphia, Oct. .?•>.—Arrange-
ments for the special train which will
bear Mrs. Harrison's body from
Washington to Indianapolis have
been completed by Vice President
Thompson of the Pennsylvania.
Accomodations will be provided for
the president, his family and a few
personal friends, including the vice
president, members of the cabinet and
their families.
Will lie Hurled Friday.
Indianapolis, Ind.. Oct. 20.— Private
Secretary Hal ford this morning tele-
graphed:
Fuueral arrangements of Mrs. Harrison
have bevn slightly changed from those
originally fixed The funeral party will
leave Washington Thursday morning,
arriving at Indianapolis Friday morning,
and tho interment will take place Friday
forenoon.
.lauir.s W intromit Itllev'* Tribute.
Indianapolis, lnd., Oct. 2(3.—The
News this afternoon printed tho fid-
lowing poem, written by James Whit-
cciub Riley:
( vholink scott harrison.
Now utter calm and rest,
Hands folded o'er the breast,
In peace the placidest,
All tna's past.
All fever soottied, all pain
Annulled mi heart and brain,
Never to vex again,
She sleeps at last.
ii.
She sleeps; but O, most dca.*
And best beloved of her.
Ye sleep not—nay, nor stir
Save but to bow
The closer each to each,
With sobs and broken speech
That all in vain beseech
Her answer now.
And lo, we weep with you,
One grief tho wide world through
-Yet, with the faith she knew.
We see her still
Kvon as hero she stood,
All that was pure and good
And sweet in womanhood;
God's will her will.
DEATHS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
One President*# Wife and Two Presidents
Strlekeu.
Washington, Oct. 20.—The death in
the White house of Mrs. Harrison
makes the second casein the executive
mansion in which tho wife of a presi-
dent died there, that of Letitia Chris-
tian Tyler, first wife of President John
Tyler, a little more than lift}' years
ago, being the first. She had eutercd
it, iu delicate health, unable to perform
the social duties, but her death never-
theless came as a shock to the country.
The tolling of the church bells the
next day announced the demise and
the funeral ceremonies took place in
the East room.
Two presidents have lied iu tho
White house—William Icnr.v Har-
rison, the president's grandfather,
who ended his days there a month
after his inauguration and Zachary Tay-
lor, the Mexican hero, who died in the
White house in July of the second year
after his inauguration.
There have been a few other deaths
in the historic building, of which
deaths two were members of the pres-
ident's family circle. Lincoln's little
boy "Tad" died there, and so did Mr.
Frederick Dent, Mrs. Grant's father.
During President. Arthur's administra-
tion the eall of death interrupted one
of his New Year's day receptions.
While the reception was in progress
the Hawaiian minister suddenly fell
and died in a very short time.
Mr- Scott Harrison Will Attend.
Kansas City. Mo., Oct 2o.—J. Scott
Harrison of this city, brother of the
president,received a telegram from Sec-
retary H a I ford at 2: 30 o'clock this morn-
ing. notifying him of Mrs. Harrison's
death. He immediately wired that he
would start on the next train for
Washington, but received another
telegiam from Secretary Hal ford stat-
ing that the funeral would be at In-
dianapolis Friday, and ho will go to
Indianapolis to-night.
Argentine's Revolt (lro\riu(.
Valparaiso, Oct. 26.— l'he latest
advices froiu the Argentine republic
indicate that the revolution has ex-
tended to the province of C'orrientes,
where live departments are in revolt.
A plot to kill the president was dis-
covered uinl muuy of the conspirators
>\ ere put iu jail
MRS. HARRISON DEAO.
She Panned A nay at 1:40 O'clock Tauter-
day Morning
Washington. Oct. 20.—Mrs. Harrison
is no more. At 1:40 Tuesday morn-
ing came the end, and for the second
time in the history of the White house
a president's wife died within its
walls. Mrs. Harrison met death with
.MRS. rem am in harrison.
the patience and resignation of a
devout Christian.
All of the family in Washington
were present at the death bed except
the three little grand-children and
the venerable Dr. Scott, the father of
Mrs. Harrison. They were: President
Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Mclvee, Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Harrison, Lieutenant
and Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Dimmick and
Mrs. Newcomer. In addition Mrs.
Harrison's faithful maid, Josephine,
and Miss Davis, the trained nurse,
were in the room.
< iishirr Young Slioots Himself.
Leoti, Kan., Oct. -6—George W.
Young, cashier of the Leoti State
bank, shot himself accidentally yes-
terday. The wound will likely
result fatally, though there is some
hope.
THE MARKETS.
lvuii!ta<* City.
Prices were quoted as follows: No. 2
hard wheat, old, 57c: new, 57^,(tf58c; No.
3 hard wheat, old, 5'c; now, 54 ".Vie; No.
that'll wheat, old* 4tt^5lo; new, 4S@5Je;
rejected hard wheat. 40<«5i)e; No. 2 red
wheat, .'.O/iOO'^c; No. 3 red wheat, old,
Me; new, 54$57o; No. 4 red wheat,
49 yW 50c.
Mixed Corn Was weak despite the
small offerings, but white coru was very
firmly held with none for sale. Closing cash
prices were: No. '2 white. 86@37c; No. 3
white. 8.'c..jC; No." inixe i. :5P4 w84.ci'e; No.
3 mixed. ;>0 ./"34c; No I mixed quoted
nominally at : lc; uo grade quoted nom-
inally at 30c. Shippers paid 3?e rivei and
4lc Memphis for mixed corn.
Oats—Barely steady. Cash prices were:
No. 2 mixed, i.Vec Jile; No. 3. *i'<2iJjC;
No. 4, SoViT-lc; No. 'J. white, sold at 27 4'
(Viisc: No. 3 white.-VHyk—-Was
not wanted a* all. No. 2 ryo was
offered frcsly at 59e river; No. 3, sold
at 4rVgC Rejected. 4« c. Fi.axsBed—
Steady: 07"{98c, according to billing on
the basis of pure: small lots 2c less. Bran
—Steady; 50,« 57c, ucjordius? to billing,
100-lb sacks. Hat -Receipts, ot cars;
market steady. Quotitions arc:
Timothy, choice. ?S.5J; good, ?i 5) aK;
clover, mixed, *V«7 per ton: fancy prairie,
new, $7.50; good to eholeo, •*>' ; low
grade, $l "0.
Chicago.
Chicago. Oct. 20. —The range of prices
for active futures aro as follows:
uitom
Oct
«!' i
• Is, j
r "I
Dec
73 J 4
• 3: +
74"'4
May
• s"t
701 •'
70 V
Corn—No. 'J
Oct
4l\
41 .t:
42
Dec
4!'"4
4I'\
42
42'j
Mav
40 8
45ly
40'4
4'VSJ
Oats —No. -
Oct
29;\
20
29J„
20
Pee
«n:M
:ur-v
;o-s
iio •„*
May. ...
31't,
j
343,
Pork—V brL
Oct
12 3">
12 21
12
3
2 22;^
Nov
12 Mi;
12 20
12
2 22}*
Jan
i:t tu'.s
13 10
13
60
37} j
Lard y ion ti.
Oct
s i.-
8 05
8
72' j
8 S5
Nov
s oo
s IK)
s
01 .
s 02 .;
Jan..
« <l«'j
7 55
7
07 ; j
7 frf)
Rib ii 10)11.
()ct
10 ,Y )
ti 50
10
50 i
t) 85
Nov
i' b">
7 80
#
so ;
7
_Jau
; oo
0 00
i'i
1) i; ,
G 90
Receipts at
Chicaj
o-Wf
int
538
cars;
coru, 437 cars; oat-. 152 cars.
Estimated receipts to-morrow—Wheit,
OS&cart; corn, 573 cars; oats, -13 cars;
hogs, 28,000 head.
Sr. Lot is, Mo., Oct. 23.—lleecipts wheat,
109,i 00 bu; corn, 48,(!0J bu; oats,31,000 bu;
shipments, wheat, 01,00) bu; coru, 49,00)
bu; oats, 18,001 bu Wheat October, 66^0;
December, 00V'i May, ? V {c. Corn—Octo-
ber, <8c; December, i!8c: May, 4l:#'c.
Oats—May, 38\c.
Wheat iin«l Corn in l.iterpool.
Liverpool, Oct. 20. - Wheat—Demand
poor; prices unchanged. No. 2 win-
ter, Cs per 100 lbs; No. 3 spring, *''S 3d.
Corn—Demand fair; prices >.fd higher;
spot, 4s 5}^d per 100 lbs; October, Is 3d:
December, 4s 01.
KANSAS C 1TV L1VK .STOCK.
Kansas Cm v, Mo., Oct. J'..—Cattle—Ile-
ceipts '.'.t4'. ; < alves S4'. : shlnjied yester-
day, 4. 01; calves VlH. The market was
active and strong for good cattle, others
steady generally.
Dressed baeT and Shipping steers, $3.75;
cows and heifers, $1.50 v .'.00; Texas and
Indiau steers. $i.35; Texas and Indian
cows, $1.40 .'1 9 1; stoolcors and feeders,
♦1.85 «3.15; mixed, fl.2>(r .s.
Hogs—Receipts nitil; no shipment-.
The market w.i., stead' . < losing >trong
Prices ranged from £5.2j</5 per I0J lb*,
according to quality.
Shoop—Receipts, 1.141. no shipments. )
The market was unchanged Tno fo
lowing arc representative sa c
\\
4 15
South Omaha, Neb , Oct. 2t. — Cuttl. -
Receipts, 5,5t 0. licef steers and feeeders,
steady; cows and stoekers. i5e lower:
natives. $3.25 <\ •>: Westerns, 4
cows, ti'c2.75; feeders. $•.'.'<#3.2". Hops
-Reeeipth. t-.vo); . <-/ 10c higher: heavy.
$5.45(a,5.i.7 ,; light, $5.4 >,</ V5>; bn.k of
sales, $v4*i '550. Sheep—Receipts, none:
tlrm, $3 j) «4 51. Limbs, $4&5.
St. Lons,M< .,Oet. 2«'..— Cuttle— Receipts,
3,21-j: market strong. Hoga—Receipts,
4,000; iiUttkot tiongtr hoary, 5.. •• 0.;,
mixed, $5.85a5.Ui: porkori 45^5.5j
bbeep- L'^eeiji'*., 1,'^D, market strong.
DEATH IN A TUNNEL
TEN PERSONS KILLED IN
TERRIBLE COLLISION.
EXPRESS AND COAL TRAIN COLLlDu
TI • ItMdiui Ktprem Kunlw* l ull Speed
catoaCoal Train—The l'a <«'nK«r i'ait
Catch Fire and Several of the Vic-
tims lturued--The Accident
Canned l y an llnsl't
neer'a Mlntiike.
PillLAnKi.riiiA, Oct. 25.- The fast
express train from .Shamokin on the
Heading road due hero at 30 o'clock
this morning, ran into a coal train in
the West Mauayunk tunnel, ten miles
from the Reading station here, and a
collision resulted in which, at least
ten persons were killed. The cars
caught fire in the tunnel and several
of the iwxlies were burnett.
The ill-fated train was known as No.2
which leaves Shamokin at 5 a. 111
I'ottsville aA 7 and Reading an hour
later. It is an express and makes few
stops. It was running nu the north-
bound track, which had4been ordered
kept clear, when a few Tuinutcs after
nine o'clock it crashr* into engine
No. 54, running north i* the Manav-
unk tunnel.
The engineer of Ni>1 l hud been
ordered to lie at Pens- >yd statiou, a
short, distance north of the scene of
the accident, and it wi • due to his
disobedience of these orders that the
accident occurred.
A few minutes aftei the smash up
the wrecked passenger cars caught
fire. An alarm brought out engines,
but it was some time before the flames
were extinguished. Undertaker's
wagons from Munayuuk were soon at
the accident and willing hands ex-
tricated from the wreckage the
maimed and dead passengers. About
forty were more or lcs.i severely in-
jured.
MCKINLEY IN MISSOURI.
lie Itt'uiuii a Two I>ay ' Campaign ol
It.ipid Traiflliitf Through the Slatr.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct William
McKinley, jr..governor of Ohio,author
of the new tariff law. aud the leading
exponent of protection arrived in this
city at 3 o'clock from St .loseph and
shortly afterward was escorted to the
Auditorium, where a great crowd
awaited his coming. At the close of
his speech he left for Leavenworth
where he was to * make the
longest speech of any in his flying
trip through Missouri.
The tour of Democratic Missouri by
tho great protectionist began at an
early hour this morning. At! o'clock
last, night Governor McKinley left
Chicago in a special train. He was ac-
companied by n party of distinguished
politicians. With him are Mrs.
McKinley, NationalCommittenian 11. C.
Kerens and daughters, Colonel F. W.
Nchaurtc, Chairman .1. H. Jlothwell of
the state Republican committee,
Colonel A. C. Dawes 01* the state coiu-
inittec and Chicago, lturlington and
Quiney system, ami others. The special
reached Macon, Mo., at 6:30 o'clock,
when breakfast was taken. There the
special was met by General George II.
Shields, S. C. Rrock and others, in ad-
dition to Colonel D. 1'. Dyer. 1'resldent
J. II. Harknessof the state Republican
league, ex-congressman Sidney E.
Mudil of Maryland and ex-Governor
W. C. Lyon of Ohio. McKinlcy made
ten-minute speeches at a number of
points along the line.
Governor McKinley has arranged to
spend two entire days in Missouri, and
the itineracy for his party includes
within that time some rapid traveling.
For to-morrow an extensive pro-
gramme has been planned, which in-
cludes nine speeches by Governor
McKinley besides the big one
he will make in St Louis to-mor-
row night. He will speak nt Warrens-
burg, Sedalia, Tipton, California, Jef-
ferson City, Chamois, Hernias, Wash-
ington, Pacific and St. Louis.
Asked about the political outlook,
he said: "Harrison wiil win. There
is no doubt of it. He will carry, with
possibly the single exception of Neva-
da, every State which he carried iu
1888, and, in addition, Connecticut and
West Virginia.
"1 am satisfied," he said, in response
to a question 011 the tariff subject,
"with the progress the tariff bill has
made before the people.'' The major
then launched out into extravagant
praise of his tariff system
Concluding the major said: "I have
spoken this fall in New York,Connect-
icut. Massachusetts and elsewhere in
the Kast and in Ohio, Indiana, Wiscon-
sin and Illinois in the West. After 1
finish this trip I will go to Michigan
where I expect to speak the greater
part of next week.
A Taney AeruMed Keek* ll.tin;i
O/.ahk, Mo., Oct. 25. —In the circuit
court which convened .'it Forsythc,
Taney county, this morning, the most
important case is the suit brought by
Hell Coudl.e against Governor Francis,
John C. Day, sheriff of Green county,
William lirown and J. G. Slier, clerk
of Taney county, for 810,000 for false
imprisonment. Coudle was accused of
being one of the lynchers of Itright
and was confined in jail a number of
days.
Her Itonde Not Congenial.
Fort Scott, Kan., Oct 25.—Mrs Eftie
Havens Johnson began suit to-day for
divorce from her husband. William M.
Johnson, of Zanesvlllc, < ., a leading
politician of Ohio and a delegate to
the last Republican national conven-
tion at Minneapolis and also a candi-
date for the nomination for congress.
I x-Candldate Kolh Itotten hgced-
Montgomeby, Ala.. Oct. 15.— Captain
R. E. Kolb, the ex-third party candi-
date for srovernor in the recent state
election, attempted to address a politi-
cal meeting at Borden, Henry county,
Saturday, when disorderly characteri
threw rotten egg.-*, one of which struck
tho speaker iu the iVe- This broki
up the meeting. 1
PERRY RECAPTURtu,
The Daring New York Train Robber's
l.lherty Quite Hrlef.
Auhiiin, N. Y., Oct. 25. — Oliver
Curtis Perry, tho bold New York
express robber who was recently
sentenced to half a century behind
penitentiary prison* bars, made his
escape from his cell Saturday after-
noon. He was re aptured inside tho
prison walls at 2 o'clock yesterday
morning.
After escaping froiu the wing in
which his cell was located, Perry
boldly crossed the prison yard and hid
In the basement of the broom shop,
where Convict Johnson was murdered
by another prisoner only a few weeks
ago. When the night had sufficiently
advanced for the darkness to shield
his movements, Perry tried to gain ac-
cess to the broom shop. It .was closely
guarded, however, and lie next pro-
ceeded to the marble shop. Hero
again he was frustrated in his attempt
to gain admittance, as the guards were
011 the alert, and his efforts attracted
their attention.
Perry started to run as soon as he
found that his prcscuce bad been dis-
covered He went direct to the collar
shop, where a large number of knives
were kept. The fugitive's one idea
was to secure a weapon of some kind.
As lie iieared the collar shop, ho was
seen by Keeper Keene, who stood in a
shadow When within ten feet of the
guard, Perry was challenged and
ordered to half. He did not obey and
the guard tired a shot from his ritlo
over the convict's bead. This
had no effect upon Perry other
than to change the course iu
which he was running, and to
increase his speed. His change of
direction was fatal, however, as it
caused him to pass within reach of
Keeper Smith, who. without waiting
to challenge the fleeing man, struck
him over the head with his heavy
night stick. ^o powerful was the
blow that the cane was broken, and
Perry was stretched uuconscious ut
the keeper's feet, the blood Honing
freely from a deep wound. Perry was
at once taken to the dungeon, where
he will be confined some time to come
without even the comfort of a board
to rest upon.
It is ! aid thet after his capture Per-
ry told Warden Dursten that it was
not liberty he souirhtbut an opportun-
ity to stick a knife into him He has
conceived a leep hatred for the war-
den during his long confinement in
the screen cell.
The instrument which Perry used to
dig through the wall of his cell was
the iron leg of a bedstead, which he
managed to loosen from its fastening.
It is rumored that Perry was fatally
injured by the blow from Keeper
Smith's club.
Sa.v* They Hide on i rrn ('antes
Toi'KK.v, Kan., Oct. 25.---Railroad
Commissioner William TNI. Mitchell,
secretary of the auti-fusiou Demo-
cratic committee, i> out in 1111 open let-
ter, addressed to J udgo John Martin
111 which he charges that Martin.
Jerry* Simpson. Senator Peffer. Lew-
oiling, (Slick and all the leading sup-
porters of tho People's party
ticket, who are now making ii fi^ht
against tho railroads and the use
of railroad passes, are theiu.seIves
using annual passes over all the lines
iu the state, and proves his assertion
by giving the numbers of their pusses
lie also gives the numbers of General
James 1 Weaver's passes. Mitehell
denies the ehargc that he is in the scr
vice of the railroad companies while
holding the office of railroad eommis-
• sioner.
< liainpioii forheM Arrested.
Cincinnati, O , Oct. 25. - • Pugilist
Jim Corbett was arrested here after
the performance last night and taken
to the central station where he wa.
charged with participating in a the
atrical performance 011 Sunday, llond
was furnished ami he was released
The rest of the company were also ar
rested.
tier in an llsportn for Three Moulin.
Rkiu.in, Oct. 25.—The reports of thir-
teen C11 ited States consuls in Germany
show that the exports froiu this coun-
try iu July, August and September
amounted to *15,570,000. The increase
is nearly #1,000,000, aud is due to the
heavy export of sugar, which previous-
ly was checked by the American Sugar
trust.
ntws in brief.
Masked Ku Klux rode into Daltou,
Ga., Saturday night and shot down
two colored men.
The betrothal of the c/.arowitz of
Russia to his cousin. Princess Marie,
of Greece, is announced.
Sir James I lines, the duke of
Roxburgh aud Karl lories of the
1'nited Kingdom is dead.
Sherman, Tex., has had thrco jail
deliveries within a week. Eleven
fngutives arc still at large.
Murderous Apaches, supposed to be
members of the Kid's gang, hav
killed two cowboys in Arizona.
Dr. Tynan, a physician of Modesto,
Cal.. has disappeared from his home
under mysterious circumstances.
Scliaefer and Yignatix, the billiard-
ists. have signed articles for two cham-
pionship games to be played in Paris.
John Hay and S. M. Scow, bricklay-
ers. were drowned in the Missouri,
near Omaha, by the capsizing of their
boat.
Owing to a peculiar muddle it is
doubtful whether a legal election can
bo held in a number of counties in
Oklahoma.
The Protestant Episcopal conven
lion, aft 'i- much discussion, has finally
selected Minneapolis us the. place foi
holding *hc next meeting.
James P. Rogers, ex-foreman of tin
Daily Chattanooga Press is chargci
with having robbed the office of
$15,boo by means of false type
measurement
tianaat Notes.
In a freight wreck at Merriair.
Saturday two carloads of cattle wcrt
killed.
Near Columbus, Peter Grant, *
farmer, was run over ami killed by u
passenger train.
Nelson Johnson, aged 6'J years, com-
mitted suicide in Lawrence, Kan . bj
jumping into a cistern. He had beet
sick for a long time.
Near Hiawatha, while Mrs. Juuiu
Veuuda was boiling soap, her clothuj
tonV five iiud >lio W'aS bup&cd lu death
• EVEN CM'LDREN KILLED ANC
FOUR PERSONS INJURED.
DUE TO A PKEMATDKE EXPLOSION.
Am 4*fn *ip!dr it nrnois it 1«e« Angelee
f)art*f the Cnlioihlan Kiercisea—
Two Children Instantly Killed
Wlille lie In 0 field hy Their
F«ili«r — Several Others
I htally Wounded.
Los Anuklks, Cal , Oct 24.—During
a fireworks display following tho
Columbus ceremonies here, on the
open space near Wolf kill depot, last
nifjht. a piece of six-inch gas pipe,
tilled with powder by a local manu-
facturer, exploded prematurely, caus-
ing the immediate death of two little
boys and a girl, while at least nine
others received fatal injuries and live
died later.
Theodore Rapp was standing near
bv holding his two little daughters by
the hand, and one was instantly killed
while the side of the other was blown
away.
'J'lie wounded were carried into
neighboring houses as well as to the
police station. I'p to a late hour the
dead, as far as could be learned, were:
A( IRITHA COIIEN. 8 years old.
PrfANK FORD, 11 years old.
1 .Ol IS ODEN, l'i years old,
I Wi 1 daughters of Theodore Rapp.
ANTONIO RIGKTTO.
VICTOR CASS1NO.
Amoug the wounded ure:
Herman Cammed who works for a local
tireworkn maker and is supposed to hare
tired the fatal bomb, right ky amputated;
will probably die
En < imrriTBS, 19 years old. flesh torn
flOlii left lo.'.
Mat CfTTBJT. IS, right arm fractured.
R Bt'nktii, CO years of age, fatally in-
Jured.
II .i Lloyd, aged l't, left leg shattered,
may live.
The first body found was that of u
U-year-old newsboy niuied Frank
Ford. A piece of pipe has passed
through his body.
PROHIBITION INDORSED.
Tli<* Lutheran Synod TiiIum Action on llie
Tempera nee < jural ion.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. Ji—Y ester-
dav, the Kansas Luther..ti synod, tho
committee on church examination re-
ported in favor of ordaining J. N.
Lent/, of Ottawa, Kan., and J. R.
Heiseey of Watcrville, Kan., and the
ceremonies of ordination will be per-
formed at the children's Memorial
church to-morrow night.
Temperance was discussed at the
afternoon session and resolutions wero
adopted indorsing the prohibitory law
of Kansas ami opposing the propo-
sition to eall a canst it,itional conven-
tion in that state 'I lie synod also
resolved itself into a temperance meet-
ing last night and the subject was
fully discussed.
The synod ibis morning elected del-
egates to attend the general synod to |
be held at Canton. <>.. in 1893,
lows: The Uev. W. L. Seabrook of
Abilene, Kan , the Rev. J. M. t romer
of Kansas City, Mo . the Rev. George
A. Powers of Peabody. Kail., the Rev.
J. II. Mougli of Atchison. Kan., the
Rev. I F. Sponsellcr of Minneapolis,
Kan. II L. ' 00k of Peabody, Kan.,
A. L. Selig if Lawrence, Ku 1., J. II.
Kerlin of Atchison, Kan . R. 15 Storm
of Kansas City. Mo, A E. Wagner of
Kansas City, Mo.
I GENERAL SICKLES EXPLAU.,
lie Adtnirta llnrriaon a« a f'oniritila i>ut
Nut ii4 h Politic-Inn.
Nt w York, o„-t. "4.—General Daniel
E. Sickles spoke last nijht in Harlem
in explanation of his spec *h at Wash-
ington, which was construed to mean
that ho would bolt the Democratic
nomination ami support Hurrison. He
said in part:
"I saitl to my soldiers at Washing-
ton and this is the foundation of nil
the talk—the uight President Harrison
returned with Ins sick vifo. The men
were disappointed because tho presi-
dent could not receive them as they
had expected, because Mrs. Harrison
was ill. I said, 'Comrades you have
been disappointed to-day, and I am
sorry. You expected to be received by
the president, but he is at the bedside
of his sick wife. He has not forgotten
you and you must not forget him '
"That is what I said," continued the
speaker. "Harrison was a brave
soldier, for I saw him lead his men on
to victory ot Resaca, and 1 say it now;
and I asked my men to direct their
secretary and chairman to go up to
tho White house the next day and
shake hands with tho president and
extend their sympathy to him in his
trouble. If that makes ine a Harri-
son man so mote it be.
"Harrison, tho comrade, is one per-
son; Harrison, a candidate of a polit-
ical party to which I am opposed, is
another person. Harmon leading his
battalion of brave soldiers at Resaca I
honor; Harrison leading his battalion
of ofllco-holders 1 abhor."
General Sickles talked in a highly
interesting way of the tariff.
"I don't know anything about it,"
he said, "and I never saw any one who
did. 1 am inclined to agree with my
Comrade Hancock, who said 'it was a
local issue' I know he was ridiculed,
but I think ho was right."
MORE LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.
Th < K low a and Comanche Country tol «
Thrown Open lo Nettlera.
Anadarko, Ok., Oct L'4.—After four
weeks of council the Cherokee com-
mission has tiuished its negotiation
with the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache
tribes and effected an agreement Tho
negotiation began at Fort Sill the 26th
of last month, at which time a prop-
osition 011 the part of the govern-
ment was submitted to the Indiana
The proposition provided that these
Indians should take allotments of 100
acres and relinquish the residue of tho
reservation to the government to bo
attached to Oklahoma and opened to
white settlement. For this surrender
und relinquishment the Indians shall
receive 82,000,000.
The reservations lie between the
Washita and Red rivers iu tho south-
western corner of the Indian territory
and embraces nearly 11,000,000 acres.
It is by far the Inst laud yet ne-
gotiated for in the Indian territory.
•hot by Ifla lnronard Swentheart.
Gallipous, O , Oct. 24.—Miss Emma
Morgan, living four inilcs from Letart,
last night shot ami killed her lover,
Henry .Tones. They had quarreled
and Jones accused her of favoring
another man. Miss Morgan went into
an adjoining room, got her father's
revolver and returning shot Jones
twice,
NEWS IN BRIEF.
MRS. HARRISON STRONGER.
The I'isl iiiKUithed I*i nlld'a Condition Not
So Crltiral \ I.lttle Hope.
Washington, Oct. - I.—A more cheer-
ful feeling prevailed at the Whito
house this merniug as a result of the
slight improvement in Mrs. Harrison's
condition, which began yesterday
afternoon and'eontinued all night
Dr. Gardner visited the patient
about S o'clock and reported to the
president that Mrs. Harrison was un-
doubtedly a little stronger than she
was yesterday morning, lie attributed
the improvement to the fa-t that she
had slept well for a person in her con-
dition during the night and
had also been able to take
more nourishment than usual. The
Andrew Carnegie, in an interview at
fo*l- i l'ons' praises Erick as a manager of
men.
There are differences iu Gladstone's
cabinet regarding the disposition to be
made of the Irish dynamiters.
Destructive storms and floods, with
accompanying heavy losses of life and
property, are reported in Sardinia.
The old staff of tho London Pall
Mall Gazette proposes to start a new
paper on the lines of the old paper.
Nelson Johnson, aged 09 years, com.
luitted suicide in Lawrence, Kan , by
jumping into a cistern. He had been
sick for a long time.
Russia has published a statement ol
the seizure by her cruisers of Rritish
sealers in Retiring sea, showing her
course to be blameless.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has jusi built a compound locomotive
intended to haul a heavy passenger
train 100 miles an hour.
Fifty-three of tho bodies of thoso
lost on the steamship Rohhara iu the
Chinese sea have been recovered. The
vessel has gone to pieces.
James Mason, 30 years old and mar-
ried, was fatally wounded at Ardmore,
Mo., while mining coal by the falling
of a rock which broke his back.
Thomas Neill, who was convicted in
doctor said that kI>.- easier and I the Old liailey l.ondon, of tho murder
mure eomfnrtablc this nmrnintfand lie of Matilda Hover by poisoning, will
probably be hanged November 8.
ning
was satisfied that no material change
in her condition would occur during
the day at least. At any rate he will
not make another visit until 0 o'clock
this evening, unless something unex-
pected occurs in the meantime.
I(<*l>ul l iruiM ( Ii urging Colonization.
Nkw York. Oct. .'1. -News came
from Albany by wire to the state
headquarters that the Republicans had
taken the initiative in attempting to
prove charges of false registrati
diarges of fa I
colonization by causing
three men iu that city
Hogan aud Flanuagan
SO,000 bail and tlx
in $1,500.
the
(tut
irrest ot
o of them,
re held in
third, McDermitt,
At Loiters, Intl., on the Chicago and
Erie road a Wells-Fargo express train
was wrecked by a broken switch and
engineer and fireman fatally injured.
To mark the christening of the in-
fant princess of Germany, 400 women
imprisoned for various offenses have
been released by order of the emperor.
Lee lllaiid a Pumper in mine No. 11,
at McAlester, I. T., was killed by be-
ing crushed lietwcen the cage and the
pit top, breaking every bone in his
body.
Mrs. Lulu Urowu-Rarber of Nevada,
Mo . declares she married to prevent
her fiance suing her for receiving his
presents under false pretenses. She
wants a divorce.
The Kcv. Francis Springer, o!
stricken with j Springfield, 111., better known as "Chap*
r the deojra- ; lain" Springer, a Lutheran minister
tionsln this city on Wednesday.is now ' and well known iu all the Grand Army
r still# easily a'l the |>rcsbytcfiuu hos- ! circles, died last night, aged 83 years,
pital The attending physician re- All the newspapers in Vancouver,
ported a slight improvement in his ; Rritish Columbia, have suspended
condition this morning and strong : publication temporarily in consequence
hopes arc now entertained of his re- I of an arbitrary demand on the part of
covery J the printers for an incretM of wages.
j The body of Peter Grant, a farmer
' living near Se immon, Kan., was found
\. i . U.i-
CliK At.e
Maso
f
•alysis while
Afraid t« i ;n'c ii t lim.'.'h Wedding.
Ai.ton, III.. Oct. .'4 S i in ply because
his aflianecd insisted on a church wed-
ding, whi h his bash fulness made dis-
tasteful t' him, Frank Harry of Upper
Alton did not appear at the church
yesterday at the hour set for the mar-
riage and a large britlu party waited
in vjln fi r him. lie has disappeared
completely.
on the railroad track near there cut
and mangled almost beyond recog-
nition. He had gone to sleep on the
track while drunk.
1 There is almost a coal famine in
I Northern Mexico, owing to the tre-
i iiicndousiy increased demand oeca-
! sinned by railroad extensions and tho
development of the smelting and maou-
t«.. \fi% au.tdiMii Orticinla. ' faetynng industries
Oria a tint.. Oct I —To-day's I The steamship Hekla from Copen-
GucCite con' u . the announcement of < hagou arrived at CJuaruntine, oft New
the 9pol#tm.'Ul of r M. lulv a> I Yi'rti. I Vidayv. iUUhelirst, immigrants
ti'i'Utor "tei '-1 ".i.l 1.1 Mr l> n|. I whluli ha\% eoBin over tinae the presi-
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