The Peoples Voice. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 1, 1895 Page: 3 of 8
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3BESI1AM IS NO MORE.!
tecrerary of state dies
Shortly after midnijKT.
His End Peaceful lie I* Taken Suddenly
Hone Sunday Nlylit I>«•<'lilie It
and Final Record of a Lilt i>tu( iu
Pabilu fcarvicv.
Washington, May 28—Secretary
Breaham died at 1:15 o'clock this morn-
ing at his rooms at the Arlington hotel.
Although hope for his recovery was
practically abandoned when his spell
occurred shortly before 6 o'clock last
tvening, the most powerful heart stim-
ulants known to medical science were
Injected periodically, and an infusion of
normal saline solution was made
thorugh an open vein in the arm. He
recovered slightly, but owing to severe
rigor shortly before 11 o'clock be began
to fall rapidly and his vitality began to
Ibb. The three physicians saw that the
and was near and at 12 o'clock with-
drew to the ante-room, leaving in the
lick room only the members of his fam-
ily and the nurses. Up to that tlr*e he
had been conscious and talked at in-
tervals. His words were full of brav-
sry. He fully appreciated his condi-
tion and spoke words of hope und cheer
to his stricken wife and daughter.Some
times his mind wandered slightly and
went back to the days of long ago, re-
calling incidents of life and happiness
in the springtime of his life. He spoke
too, of his absent son and his private
secretary.Mr. Landls, whom he loved
}s a son and who, like his son, was
Ipeedlng to his bedside, all too late,
sirs. Gresham sat by the bedside
Smoothing his fevered brow and oc-
casionally reading to him from the
Bible passages that he loved. As the
&nd approached, his pulse became hard-
ly perceptible. Gradually his eyes
glazed and closed. Mrs. Gresham, with
hoble and heroic fortitude continued to
fead the words of the Gospel to her de-
partnlg husband. Her daughter and
Bon-ln-law stood with bowed heads at
the side of the couch. At 1:15 o'clock
j)ls breathing ceased; a peaceful
lhadow passed over his pale counten-
ance, his pulse flickered and the sor-
rowing family were in the presence of
death. One of the nurses conveyed the
hews that the end had come to the
physicians in the next room, and they
In turn, brought it to the watchers In
the reception room.
In the hotel lobby outside were a half
hundred of the secretary's friends.
No arrangements will be made for
the funeral until the arrival of his son
today.
Mrs. Gresham's devotion to her hus-
band during his illness has been of the
most tender, patient and faithful char-
acter. She seemed determined to fight
Iff death. "If he dies," she said many
times, "I lose all." The utmost per-
luasion was required to induce her
•iven to lie down. Yesterday she grew
|o faint from exhaustion that she reel-
id and would have fallen had not one of
the nurses cought her in her arms.
THE SECRETARY'S ILLNESS.
Mr. Gresham's Illness began May 1,
when he was attacked with acute
jluerlsy.
When the secretary was taken sick
four weeks ago, the physicians dlagnos-
5d the case as gall stones in the blad-
der. His pluerisy symptoms were over-
looked for almost thirty-six hours. As
(oon as Dr. W. W. Johnson, who is now
he attending physician, was called, he
fllscovered that the secretary was suf-
ferlng from an acute case of plurisy,
ftrobably caused by exposure while rld-
ng out to Woodley, the president's
country home, at night. In the mean-
time the gall stone had passed. The
lecretary's right lung was affected, the
cavity being already filled with pluer-
itlc fluid. His respiration rose to 43.
The physicians decided not to tap the
cavity, but to rely upon absorption to
rid It of the exuded fluid. Gradually
Secretary Gresham grew better. The
respiration was reduced almost to nor-
fnal. Last Saturday when I>r. Johnson
thought all danger passed, the left lung
suddenly became affected and filled
rapidly.
Since then either Dr. Johnson or the
ponslutlng physician have been at his
bedsie constantly, as have Mrs. Gres
ham and the secretary's son-in-law,
Mr. Andrews. He passed a very bad
hight Saturday night and a bad day
yesterday, suffering so much pain that
last night he was placed upder the In-
fluence of opiates. He has been kept
more or less under their influence all
flay. Ills long illness has weakened the
secretary greatly and it is said that his
physicians have decided that in his ex
iausted condition he could not undergo
In operation for the removal of the
(luid. The fact that the secretary has
nad stomach trouble for years and has
been obliged to diet, militated against
piny rapid recovery of strength. Sec-
retary Gresham had an atack of pleu-
risy years ago. He has also suffered
much from his wounds, being at one
time bedridden for over a year.
PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS.
In 1888 JuiIk" Orei I am was made a
prominent candidate for the Republi
Can nomination for president at the
Chicago convention. His liberal views
On the tariff created against him the
antagonism of the extreme protec-
tionists at Chicago. Judge Gresham,
with other Republicans, openly dls-
lented from the McKlnley law and in
1892, after the nomination of Mr. Cleve-
land by the Democratic convention, he,
with other distinguished Republicans,
renounced their allegiance to the Re-
publican party and advocated Mr,
Cleveland's election. After Mr. Cleve-
(and was elected, In February, 1893, he
Bummoned Judge Gresham to Lake
wood, N. J., where after a consultation
he tendered him the position of Post
master general of the cabinet he was
forming. Judge Gresham accepted
the trust March 7. During his short
term as postmaster general, Gresham
accomplished much. Letter postage to
Canada was reduced and the postal
convention with Mexico was sigend
Another important service he rendered
to the country was the re-establish
ment of the fast mails. As secretary
of state in the present administration
Mr. Gresham has had to deal with
perhaps more vexatious, intricate and
delicate diplomatic affairs than has
fallen to the share of most secretaries
of state. From his long judicial ex
perience he was disposed to view every
question from the standpoint of exact
and equal justice and the first consid
eratlon with him was always absolute
fairness; if his own country occupied
a false position in the matter, he
thought it was his duty to set it right,
even at a sacrifice of material Inter-
ests, as it might appear at the time.
SUBJECT TO CRITICISM.
Such a course was certain to subject
him to bitter criticism and he fully re-
alized this in advance, but was in no
respect deterred from doing what he
thought was right. This brought him
faoe to face with the great question of
the hour at that time, the annexation
of Hawaii. He had decided views on
this matter, even before he came Into
the cabinet, and It was upon his re
Oommendatlon that President Cleveland
performed almost his first official ac
lion by withdrawing from the senate,
where It was pending, the annexation
treaty negotiated by Secretary Foster.
Then Mr. Blount was sent to the Is-
lands to make an original Investigation
end upon his report, the secretary made
his now celebrated recommendation
that the queen be restored. Inasmuch as
she has been deposed by the action of
officers of the United States.
When congress Anally made known
its views, the secretary accepted them
for his government but it cannot be
discovered that he ever changed his
views as originally announced to the
justice of the action he had proposed.
While he was deep in the Hawaiian
negotiations. Secretary Gresh.im was
obliged to suddenly give Immediate at-
tention to the Bering sea seal fisheries.
The arbitration arranged by his pre-
decessor was in full swing. Here was
nother matter with which he was not
In harmony. He did not believe that
the arbitration would be successful In
he object uimed at by the United
BUSHNELL IS BACKED
ohio republicans nominate
him for gonernor-
Six Hill lot* Taken Rcaolut lon« Reaffirm
the Nation ti Platform Aduilnlut ration
u inaiti M.Mui.t * rmmhiw
Boom Fulrly Launched. j
Zanesvllle, O., May 28.—The nomina-
tion for governor by the Ohio Republi-
can state convention of Asa S. Bushnell
is generally regarded as a victory for
the Foraker men over the McKlnley
men. The Foraker men were able to
tates.'namely—the protection of the j concentrate on Bushnell and their op-
seals, but regardless of the outcome, i ponents remained divided. Ex-Governor
he was forced to bring the British gov- j Foraker on his arrival at noon made
eminent to a renewal of the modus vi- severai speeches In which he compll-
t^^war^rn^^ran^oS0^ j -« ««- «" the gubernatorial can,,,-
order to guard against the annihila- ates, but he woiked for Bushnell while
tion of the seals. The British govern- i Sherman. Foster and other leaders op-
ment was unwilling to do the first of posed the favorite. Hoyt and Nash
these things, and it was only by an ex- made brilliant speeches and were on
hibltion of all the strength of his char-
acter and purpose that he succeeded In
hurrying through the British parlia-
ment an act to give effect to the arbi-
tration and then secure the adoption
of ivgulati '!H to k — I• . t'f th>- \< .!« h *rs.
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
By a clause in the Wilson tariff act
congress has swept away in a line all
thecarelful constructed reciprocity trea
ties negotiated by the preceedlng ad-
ministration. This caused great anger
tnong the nations with which the Unl-
ed States had such treaties and the
storm fell upon Secretary Gresham's
head. Immediately there was talk of
etallatlon and tariff wars and in some
cases this was realized to a certain ex-
tent, Mr. Gresham's task was to placate
the European powers, and how skillful-
ly he did so, the printed correspondence
tells. He fairly amazed the Germans
nd Austrlans, used as they were to the
the ground hustling while General
Bushnell remained at his home In
Springfield. General Bushnell Is at the
head of the Warder, Bushnell & Gless-
ner, manufacturers of harvesters, and
Is worth several millions. He was a
captain in the civil war.
The state convention was called to
order here today promptly at 4 p. m.
by Colonel Joseph C. Bonner, chair-
man of the stae committee.
A half hour previous the hall was
packed to its full capacity of 5.000 and
many were unable to gain admittance.
Senator Sherman was given a stirring
ovation when he was escorted into the
hall at 3:50 by Congressman Van Vor-
his and Judge Granger. Ex-Secretary
Foster, the members of congress, sev-
eral candidates and others were cheer-
ed as they entered. Among the work-
delegates were Herman G. 1 )enison, son
UI1U AUBinniis, ur>«-u as uicy wnf tu mc --- -■ _ .
devious ways of diplomacy by frankly j °iJh\^"f8^!rn°r1',dl?ed n^ld^nL
ing a remission of the dlfferental duties
upon beet sugars; that justice seemed
to require tfcis remission and that he
would do all that could be done to
ring congress to see this and make
reparation, a promise which he faith-
fully endeavored to redeem to the la3t
and thereby greatly strengthen his own
hand in the vexatious negotiations look
lng to the removal of the unjust and
onerous restrictions placed upon the
importation of American cattle and
meats.
Another legacy from his predecessor
which Mr. Gresham found very little
to his liking was the necessity for car-
ing for the Samoan king, held Impris-
oned on the Sunda island by the Ger-
mans. He wanted to repudiate the
whole arrangement by which the
United States assumed a part of a
tripartite protectorate over Samoa and
he worked hard" to this end and finally
succeeded in inducing President Cleve-
land to recommend to congress that
the United States withdraw from all
further participation in Samoan af-
fairs.
Then In the constructive side of dip-
lomacy Mr. Gresham had much to his
credit. He did all that a foreign of-
ficer could do properly to prevent the
atrocities of the Japanese war; lost no
opportunity at any stage to bring It to
an end and ultimately when peace was
restored, it was through the good of-
fices of the American ministers of
China and Japan acting under Secre-
tary Gresham's instructions that the
peace negotiations were initiated. All
this was done in a manner that made
it clear to the world that the United
States was acting absolutely without
self interest and from motives of hu-
manity, notwithstanding the tempta-
tions held out by some of the great
European powers to act jointly with
them from less worthy motives that
might have brought a self-return. And
while he was doing this Secretary
Gresham was also using his good of-
fices to prevent a war between Mexico
and Guatemala, both full of fighting
spirit and difficult of restraint and in
this he succeeded completely, although
he was obliged to use very strong rep-
resentations to do so. While the
amount Involved was insignificant In
the case of the claims of tlv> United
States citizens against Venezuela, Sec-
retary Gresham managed through a
Joint commission to secure a Judicial
annunciation of doctrine that Is of the
greatest importance to the civilized
world, namely, that the government of
a country is responsible for the abuse
or ill treatment, for financial redress of
foreigners committed by insurgents.
WORKER TO THE LAST.
Almost the last official action before
he fell mortally ill was to Initiate the
correspondence with France intended
to secure justice for ex-United States
Consul Waller whom he believed to
have been Ill-treated by the summary
French court-martial in Madagascar,
and in whose Interest he notified Am-
bassador Eustis to Interfere.
The secretary was a hard worker. He
was thorough in all things and insisted
upon reading up every aspect of a case
which came before him. This involved
long hours spent in study and it is now
clear that Secretary Gresham was
brought to his last illness by tljr great
exertions he was obliged to put forth
to discharge his official duties te his
own satisfaction.
During his career on the bench Judge
Gresham heard and decided many note-
worthy cases. His greatest decision
was in the Wabash case when he went
beneath the technicalities and placed
all the lines of the system under a re-
ceiver, thus giving Jay Gould a direct
blow.
In 1858 Mr. Gresham married Miss
Matilda McGraln, the daughter of Mr.
Thomas McGraln, a man of ScotcJi-
Irish descent. A fton and daughter
were born to them, who live In Chicago.
He was devoted to his wife and child-
ren. This side of his life, the public
knew nothing of, but it furnishes the
best key to his nature and character.
OTTAWA JOURNAL SHUT UP.
While Chairman Bonner, who is a
member of McKinley's staff, was elo-
quently congratulating the Republi-
cans on the result of the last Ohio
election and forecasting another tri-
umph for next November in his intro-
ductory speech, ex-Governor Foraker
entered the hall and a very boisterous
demonstration followed his appear-
ance. After Chairman Bonner had
made repeated efforts to secure order
and proceed with his introductory re-
marks. Ex-Governor Foraker came
to the front of the platform and said:
"Gentlemen of the convention—I
hope you will not any longer disturb
the deliberations of the convention.
There will be time for us all to be
heard before we leave Zanesvllle.
(More shouting than previously). It
Is a good town to stay over night in
and we will stay Just as long as our
business may require. At the proper
time, when that will be in order, I
will be very glad indeed to exchange
greetings with you, but I beg for the
present that you will let the chair-
man of the central committee proceed
with his speech in oredr to expediate
the business of the convention."
(Great applause).
SHERMAN FOR CHAIRMAN.
State Printer Snow'* l'apei
Snuffed Out.
U Judicially
Topeka, Kan., May 27.—In the dis-
trict court today Judge Haven on the
application of Receiver Hubbard of the
state printing office, ordered that the
publication of State Printer Snow's
Ottawa Journal be discontinued. The
court stated that the expense of print-
ing it was about $500 monthly and there
was practically no revenue from it as
there are only 500 paying subscribers
cut of an enditlon of 5,000. It is said
that the paper will be printed else-
where.
PEELS THE HIDE OFF BANKERS.
Southern lllmetalllsts Issue a Call for a
Convention at Memphis*
Memphis. Tenn., May 27.—The Cen-
tral Bimetallic league of Memphis Is-
sued to the people of the United States
last night an address excoriating the
bankers, calling them arch-enemies of
the agricultural producing classes and
calling a convention of the friends of
silver to meet in Memphis on June 12
and 13 in order totake some action to
formulate plans to defeat the purposes
of the enemy.
Chicago, May 27.—In a street collision
last night at Seventy-ninth street and
Gates avenue one woman was instantly
killed, another woman prooably fatally
hurt and three others slightly Injured.
Even after this apepal it was with
great difficulty that Colonel Bonner
concluded his remarks and Introduced
Senator John, Sherman as the tem-
porary chairman. Senator Sherman
met the demonstrations at first with
the remark that he hoped to see the
Republicans of Ohio keep up such
pitch of enthusiasm till the next No-
vember election.
He then made a speech accepting the
position of temporary chairman.
At the conclusion of the senator's
speech the twenty-one congressional
districts were called for members of
the committees and other positions and
it was found that there were bitter
contests for seats, especially In the To-
ledo and Springfield dta'rlctfl A com-
mittee on resolutions was appointed
and afterwards organized with ex-
Secretary Foster as chairman. The
convention then adjourned to 8 p. m.
BALLOTING BEGINS.
On reassembling the temporary or-
ganization was made permanent. The
contested delegations from the Toledo
and Springfield districts were not un-
seated. With a corresponding number
of speeches the following names were
presented to the convention for the
nomination of governor: J. W. Bar-
ger, J. Warren Kiefer, J. H. Hoyt. G.
W. Nash. Robert M. Nevin, A. L. Har-
ris and E, W. Poe. General Bushnell's
name was not presented by any speak-
er. There were 827 delegates in the con-
vention, 414 being necessary to a
choice.
The first ballot resulted as follows;
Bushnell, 58; Barger, 86; Harris. 65;
Hoyt, 176%; Kiefer, 74; Nash, 168; Nevin.
60; Poe. 146ty
Chairman Sherman announced that
there was no nomination.
Second ballot—Bushnell, 83; Barger,
83; Harris, 44; Hoyt, 169%; Kiefer, 63;
Nash, 169V->; Nevin, 81; Poe, 133.
Third ballot—Bushnell, 159; Barger,
86; Harris. 2; Hoyt, 165; Kiefer, 40V&;
Nash, 199%; Nevin, 8; Poe, 84. At the
end of this ballot the name of E. W.
Poe was withdrawn.
Fourth ballot—Bushnell, 347; Barger,
32; Harris, 26; Hoyt. 14S; Kiefer, 16;
Nash, 257. Bushnell lacking only 67
votes of nomination.
Fifth ballot—Bushnell, 410; Harris, 5;
Hoyte, 120; Kiefer, 12; Nash, 279.
On the sixth ballot General Asa S.
Bushnell was nominated, receiving 509
votes; Nash, 201; Hoyt, 11. Necessary
for choice 414.
President Woodmansee, Secretary
Miller and other officers of the Republi-
can league of Ohio, together with ex-
Governor Foraker, who were sitting on
the stage at the time, telegraphed their
congratulations to General Bushnell
at his home in Springfield. The Clark
county delegations from Bushnell's
home, stood out for General Kiefer till
the last ballot when It gave each half
of its vote. The result of the nomina-
tion was received as a great victory
for Foraker.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The resolutions adopted declare as
follows:
"1—We reaffirm our adherence to the
principles of the Republican party as
defined by the national convention in
1892, chief among which are: A protec-
tive tariff which, restoring American
wages and Americn products, shall
prove to the highest interests of Amer-
ican laborers and American develop-
ment while providing adequate reve-
nue for the uses of the government;
reciprocity which, while seeking and
gaining the world's markets, shall not
lower or destroy American wages, nor j
surrender our own markets to foreign
commodities which can be produced at
home; fair elections, based upon a free
ballot and an honest count, the safe-
guard of American institutions, the
ture source of public authority; honest
money, consisting of gold, silver and
paper, every dollar an any other dollar,
and all backed by the national faith
and honor. We favor bimetallism and
demand the use of both gold and silver
as standard money, either in accord-
ance with a ratio to be fixed by inter-
national agreement if that can be ob-
tained, or under such restrictions and
such provisions, to be determined by
legislation, as will secure the main-
talnance of the parity of the values of
the two metals so that the purchasing
and debt paying power of the dollar.
whether Oi ailver, gold or paper, shall
be at all times equal.
ADMINISTRATION DENOUNCED.
"2—We denounce the present Demo-
cratic administration, whose vicious
arid vacillating course has brought us
distress at home and humiliation
abroad. It has inaugurated a policy
looking toward ultimate free trade,
which has deranged business, crippled
our industries, distressed our homes
and dealt labor a serious glow. With
deplorable Incompetency it has failed
to receive revenue enough to run the
government. has had to borrow In less
than two years $162,000,000. mainly to
pay ordinary running expenses and
selling In secret to favor foreign syn-
dicates the bonds of the government at
prices below their actual value. It has
lowered the flag In Hawaii. In an un-
Ameriain attempt to overthrow a re-
public and restore a monarchy and,
with unpatriotic indifference, has suf-
fered British troops to land in Nica-
ragua. in contemptuous disregard of
the Monroe doctrine; by which, and
similar acts, our country, second In
power and dignity to none, has suffer-
ed a loss of respect throughout the
world.
"We denounce to the free wool pro
vision of the present tariff act as an
unjust discrimination against an Im-
portant Industry, and demand such
protection for sheep husbandry as wll'
secure fair prices for American wool.
PENSION BUREAU.
"We denounce the present adminis-
tration of the pension bureau for It?
betrayal of the interests of the Union
soldiers, and we pledge anew to the
terans of the republic a watchful
care and recognition of their Just
claims upon a grateful people
We endorse the able, honest and
business-like administration of Gov-
ernor William McKlnley.
"Believing that the proposed Nica-
ragua canal Is needed for commercial
extension and national defense and
that It ought to be constructed and
operated by the government of the
United States or under Its protection,
we commend this project to our repre-
sentatives In congress.
"The election of a Republican legisla-
ture in this state next ovember will en-
able Ohio to sent! to the United States
senate a Republican colleagues to that
grand old statesman, John Sherman.
For this honorable place in the upper
house of congress, the Republicans of
the state have but one candidate and
we, their representatives here assem-
bled, give voice to that sentiment in
naming and recommending as their
choice for that position that grand sol-
dier. peerless ora tor and patriotic states
man, Joseph B. Foraker.
PROUD OF McKINLET.
"The people of Ohio are proud of the
character and career of their distin-
guished friend and citizen, William M
McKlnley. A pure, patriotic, unselfish
life of public service has endeared him
to the Republicans of the nation and
Justly won him a place among the few
chosen by popular acclaim for high sta-
tion and (great leadership. Believing
him to possesss In eminent degree those
rare qualities of broad, wise and patrio-
tic statesmanship which not only fit
him for victorious leadership in a great
campaign, but for successful adminis-
tration after election, we present Will-
lam McKlnley to the Republicans of the
nation as a candidate for the nomina-
tion for president in 1S96, and we pledge
him the absolute and unswerving sup-
port of Ohio at the next national con-
vention.
"We have hoard with great sorrow of
the death and untimely death of Hon.
W. Q. Gresham and we extend to his
bereaved family our sympathy and con-
dolence."
Other resolutions referring wholly tc
state matters were adopted.
At midnight the convention adjourn-
ed until tomorrow at 9:15 a. m.
BLEW ITSELF Ol'T.
KWFUL SAND STORM DIES DOWN
TO RELIEF OF EVERYBODY.
fter Throwing Engine# off the Track an«l
Knocking the Fliiutl* Tree* Silly, It
UuleU Down Account •' fcauU
W reck Near Iteutly.
\fOMAN DFLEG ATE-AT-LARGE.
Rllss I to* well Will Help Represent New
York In the Cleveland Convention.
New York, May 28.— Miss Helen Var-
lck Boswell has been chosen by the Re-
publican state league as a delegate-at-
large to the national convention of
state leagues to be held at Cleveland,
O., June 19. This Is said to be the firs!
time a woman has been selected In the
east by either of the great political
parties to represent it it a big league
convention.
WON'T TOUCH TIIE WHITE METAL
Ilrltinh Government Wants No I)lacanslon
of the Currency.
New York, May 28:—A London cable-
gram to the Evening Post says: Sir
William Vernon Harcourt, chancellor
of the exchequer, has formally made a
statement to the effect that England
will give no countenance to any change
In the fundamental principles of her
monetary system nor to any discussion
which may be brought up on the sub-
ject.
ATTORNEYS MAKE BIG FEES.
Hundred Thousand In One Lump and
Thrice That In Another.
San Francisco, May 28 —Mrs. Flor-
ence Blythe Hlckley. who Inherited th«
$4,000,000 estate of the late Thomas H
Blythe, has placed a lien on the Blythe
estate to secure the foes of some of her
attorneys. Six years ago, when the
Blythe estate was pending. Florence's
grandfather agreed to pay to Garber
Boalt & Bishop eight per cent of the
entire estate recovered by Florence
Blythe. This contract was subsequent-
ly retified by Florence and It was fur-
ther agreed to retain \Vr. W. Foote.
who was to receive 2Vjj per cent of the
total estate from Garber, Boalt A
Bishop. These attorneys also advanced
Florence $17,000. Under this agreement
Garber, Boalt & Bishop will receive
$300,000 and Foote $100,000.
CAN'T GET AT THEM.
Soldiers* Orphans* Home Rebuffed as tc
Union Pacific Directors and Receivers.
Albany, N. Y . May 28.—State court ol
appeals has denied the motion of the
Soldiers Orphans home of St. Louis, ap«
p.-Hants on behalf of Kansas Pacific
Consolidated bond holders, to bring in
the directors and receivers of the Union
Pacific railroad as new defendants lu
the suit against Russell Sage, George.
Ewin and oward Gould to recover $11,-
000,000 worth of Denver and Pacific rail-
way stock alleged to have been wrong
fully withdrawn from the trust created
by a mortgage executed by the Kansai
Pacific railroad to Jay Gould and Rus
sell Sage.
MAKES HtS FIFTH RESPITE.
St. Clslr Gets h New Leave of Life While of
the Way to Execution.
San Francisco, May 28.—United
States Marshal Baldwin received a
dispatch from the attorney general to
day announcing that the president had
granted Thimas St. Clair a respite untt
October 18. St. Clair was condemed l<
be hanged on Friday for the murder oi
Mate Fitzgerald of the bark Hesper.
and had been taken on board a train al
San Jose, enroute to the prison at San
^uentine, when notified of the reprive
This is his fifth respite.
Formerly of Kansas and Oklahoma.
Leadville, Colo., May 28.—One of thi
two men under arrest here for thf
Cripple Creek « xpress robbery, in which
the Wells-Fargo company lost J16.00Q
is Sam Starr, the noted Indian Terrl?
tory desperado. The other is "Kid*
Gray of Kansas.
One of the most remarkable storms In
ferocity and length of duration in the
nlstory of southern Kansas and Okla-
homa ended last night.
With it comes a menace to the farm-
ers and a new danger to the railroads.
Thousands of dollars worth of fruit
was stripped from the trees by the
fierce and persistent wind and north of
Wichita an engine was thrown from
the track, a thing that has never hap-
pened in this vicinity from a like
cause.
Yesterday all the trains on the Frisco
road west of Wichita were from one
to five houm late. This diarrange-
ment in the running of trains on what
is always considered a model road for
operating on time was caused by the
terrible sand storm. When the train
that left this city after 5 p. m., Mon-
day reached a point two miles west of
bentley the engine colided with a sand
drift on the track that was sevral feet
high and was thrown off the rails. The
engine was< followed by the tender
which was turned on its side and all
the coal and water dumped upon the
ground. The tender was badly wreck-
ed and the engine was damaged con-
siderably. The mall car followed suit.
The front end was yanked around by
the overturnig of the tender until the
car itself crossed the track horizontal-
ly.
BLACK AS EGYPT.
When the train struck the sand drift
the air was so thick with dust that
Egyptian darkness prevailed and the
crew and passengers couldn't see 100
feet ahead of them. It Is no wonder
then that when the engine struck the
drift Fireman Allen Jumped for his life.
Engineer Collins was cooler and stayed
with his lever until he tiad shut off the
steam and the engine turned over. He
then crawled out of the window of the
cab. He received no injuries beyond a
shaking up. The passengers were bad-
ly alarmed. Thf wind was blowing a
gale that made the train wabble on its
track like a steamer on the ocean and
when the engine struck the sand drift
and all the passengers were slammed
up against the backs of the seats they
naturally thought that they had a front
end collision with the tail of a cyclone.
To a certain extent the darkness that
prevailed justified this conclusion. Very
fortunately no ne was hurt. The engi-
neer has been running a train for twen-
ty-five years and never before had a
wreck. Mr. Rose, the mail agent, has
been also on train service that length of
time and never was in a wreck.
A wrecking train was sent out of
Burrton at once and a track built
around the wreck, but the ties of the
new track being rotten the wrecking
train went through them and that
made two engines off the track and
hence the delay of making the neces-
sary repairs. A train was sent down
from Burrton which took the passen-
gers up to the main line of the Santa
Fe. That was one feature of the storm.
When the wind is going at 30 miles
an hour it is capable of cutting a good
many capers. The highest velocity ever
reached In Wichita was 54 miles an
hour, and several roofs and smoke
stacks went fiylng.
HEAT IS VERY GREAT.
The velocity of the wind was much
greater in western Kansas and in ok-
lahoma than it was here. The sand was
flying heavily in the vicinity of Dodge
City and the air was thick with dust
in western Oklahoma. Up till 6 o'clock
in the evening there had been no rain
anywhere. The heat became terrific
late in the afternoon. Last week this
vicinity had frost. Yesterday after-
noon the thermometer at the Signal
Service Bureau marked 94 and 8-10. in
the shade. The lowest temperature for
the day was 74, recorded early In the
morning.
Waiving the discomforts and the
damage to immature fruit there were
no serious accidents in southern Kan-
sas and Oklahoma except the railroad
wreck near Bentley.
There Is some dispute as to the injury
to the corn. That near the city which
was examined last night was in good
shape and was not whipped to death as
reported. The fruit trees all through
southern Kansas certainly suffered.
The ground under the cherry trees was
red with fallen fruit and the plum trees
were simply stripped.
It was a fearful storm, wearing on
everybody in doors and out. Dust
covered everything. The storm was
new in point of duration. Southern
Kansas and Oklahoma have seon sueh
storms before, nut they usuallly last
but a single day. When they keep up
for thirty-six hours everybody is ready
for the hospital.
NO RAIN TODAY.
There is little chance for rain today,
according to Dr. Johnson—about one
chance in twenty. Wichita or some
other point in Kansas or Oklahoma may
have a local thunder shower and they
may not. There has been a heavy
evaporation which makes the condition
favorable to thunder storms. But there
are no indications for a general rain.
WHERE THE AIR WENT.
Yesterday about 3 o'clock in the af-
ternoon a man stood on the corner of
Main and Douglas. His eyes were full
of dirt, his were wadded shut with
sand; his teeth were stuffed with dust.
To the south of him a dark vista of
dirt, sand and gravel opened up; to
the north there was perpective of loose
soil; to the west a tangle of disengaged
real estate, while to the east the land-
scape looked as though it had been
pulled through a rat-hole and then
clubbed.
This man watched the air and dust
and general conglameratlon of both,
and then Jabbed his hands down into
his pockets philosophically, he said
"Howling Lucifer! Where is all this
going?"
He had a right to ask it. The air
was certainly going somewhere and it
evidently was about two days behin
Its engagement from the way it passed
through the town. Unlike an ordin-
ary decorous Kansas zephyr the wind
yesterday didn't slip over the country
with a gentle sigh. It went further.
It got down on the ground and rooted
Its nose in the bosom of the United
States of America. It grabbed the
plum-trees around the trunk and shook
the everlasting daylights out of them,
while the nice green plums hit the
ground around about like a bushel of
bullets falling on a tin-roof. The
wheat was whipped against the ground
and the corn looked like it wanted to
double up and die without ever giving
the kindly hot winds of July a chance
at It.
DAKOTA SHORT ON OZONE.
There was a reason for the wind skip-
ping along as it did. Up in Dakota
yesterday they were short just one
mile of good solid breathing air and
the air that Wichita, southern Kansas
and Oklahoma has been breathing and
using for winmlll purposes rushed up
there to supply the delinquency. That
U tha story of the storm in a nutshell.
Normally there is forty-five miles of
air above the earth, evenly dlvidet
For some unknown reason a mile of
this air escaped up in British Columbia
last Sunday and the people up there
found that their air was only forty-
four miles high, or deep, as you please.
This is called a low barometer area
This low barometer moves across th«
country, (he wind p 'uring In from all
sides to even the supply of air. This
low barometer area moves aeross the
country usually from the east to the
west—at least that is what this one
is doing. And it has been moving
very slowly, which is a reason for the
duration of t>i• • storm in southern Kan-
sas and Oklahoma. Monday the low
barometer was in KOQtU I Yester-
day it wsi In Dafcota. Today it win
be northeast of Chicago and Dr. John-
son told a reporter for the Eagle last
evening that the ripping, howling wind
which has been blowing for two days
from the south will have passed away
this morning before and reader of the
Eagle receives his paper.
NORTH WIND TODAY.
This part of the country will then
quit supplying the air to the people up
north. This low barometer is called a
cyclone area, owing to its circular
form. This Is followed by an anti-
cyclone area which. Instead of making
Kansas' air move to the north,
switches It around and sends some of
the lost ozone back from the north. So
the chancea are that we will have a
north wind today, according to Dr.
Johnson.
HOW IT BLEW.
The following table shows the veloc-
ity of the wind yesterday:
loek a. m 12 miles
7 o'clock a. m..
H o'clock a. m.......
9 o'clock a. m
10 o'clock a. m
11 o'clock a. m
12 noon
1 o'cloi k p. m
2 o'clock p. m
3 o'clock p. m
4 o'clock p. m
5 o'clock p. in
6 o'clock p. in
miles
16 miles
IS miles
18 miles
17 miles
32 miles
16 miles
20 miles
35 miles
36 mi lee
16 miles
12 miles
The wind has kept up its lick with
Inordinate severity and persistency. It
began at 7:30 Monday morning. Just
before that, the little revolving ane-
mometer cups on the top of the Sedg-
wick building stopped for a few min-
utes In a dead calm. Then the wind
struck them and for nearly forty-eight
hours they whirled themselves into in-
visibility without stopping At 7
o'clock Monday mornlnu; the wind
Jumped up to eighteen miles an hour
and kept varying between that figure
and thirty all day Monday, at one time
reaching thirty-eight miles an hour.
Night before last It kept up a steady
blow, declining a great deal, however.
At 12 o'clock it was down to twelve
miles an hour—that Is at midnight.
Yesterday morning the wind started up
again with ferocity.
II!<• II WIND AND LOW WATER.
Arid Galea DUheartcu Farmers and
Threaten Water Companies.
Kansas City, May 28.—Hot winds
which have boon blowln over
western Misourl, Kansas and parts of
Nebraska for the past forty-eight hours
have badly damaged and in some pla es
completely destroyed crops. A dispatch
from St. Joseph, Mo., says that hot
winds have been blowing In that vicin-
ity at a terrltlce rate for two days past,
causing widespread damage. The ther-
mometer at St. Joseph today registered
95. which Is one of the hottest May
records* known there. In Dlckln.^in
Clay and adjacent counties In north-
eastern Kansas, dust and sand storms
have added to the heat's fury. A dis-
patch from Clay Center says farmers In
that vicinity have given up all hope of
raising anything. The hot winds in
that vicinity are reported as not only
damaging to the crops, but are said to
have blown fruit iff the trees. A dis-
patch from Hope, Kan., is to the same
effect. At Caldwell, Kan., the local
water company has shut off water for
all purposes except for lighting fire, as
the long continued drouth has caused
the creeks to run dry. Reports re-
ceived by railroad officials from varloufl
other points show like conditions.
There are still no signs of rain.
Omaha, Neb . May 28.—The hot wlndi
continued'to blow with terrific force
throughout Nebraska today. Small
grain is being damaged considerably,
but corn Is In good condition and is
not likely to be affected by a week of
similar weather. In some localities
the high winds have blown sand over
the corn and in this way damage may
result.
DEAN M1LSPAUGII MADE BISHOP.
He Una a Hot Content With Dean Garduei
to Succeed ItlMhop Thomas.
Topeka, Kan., May 28.—-Delegates ol
the Episcopal dioces of Kansas were In
session today for the purpose of hold-
ing memorial services over the late
Bishop Thomas and to elect his suc-
cessor. The address this morning waj
by Rev. John S. Spaulding, bishop ol
Colorado. The Informal ballot for the
new bishop was not reached until lata
this afternoon. The favorites seemed
to be Rev. Frank K. Millspaugh of To-
peka and Rev. Charles Gardner ol
Omaha. Among the other candidates
were Revs. Von Herrllch of Wichita. J.
D. Hewitt of Lincoln, and Bishop Leon-
ard of Utah.
The Right Rev. Frank R. Mullspaugh,
dean of Grace cathedral In this city,
was today elected. There was a bitter
political fight between the adherents of
Gardner and Millspaugh. It took six
ballots to elect the latter.
STIRS UP THE STOCKMEN.
InMpectlon Made
IIU Ow
Fatty, or Every Man
Quarantine.
Emporia, Kan., May 28.—Members of
the Kansas Livestock association are
considerably agitated over the news
that the Kansas City Livestock Com-
mission company are purchasing thous-
ands of head of cattle in Arizona and
New Mexico, and shipping them direct
to Kansas and in order to avoid the
quarantine laws which require special
bills of health from these terrtltorles,
have succeeded In obtaining special In-
spectors, appointed by the livestock
sanitary board of Kansas.
These Inspectors are located In Ari-
zona and New Mexico, and charge 2
cents per head for inspection. There
is considerable dissatisfaction and
some action is hoped for by livestock
men.
CRACKKD Till: I'AVMASTER'S SAFE
Sclentillc Jo
rormml by Robbers at
White Kagle, O. T.
White Eagle, I. T.. May 28.—The safe
of W. W. Brown, United States Indian
trader and paymaster at this point was
blown open this morning about 2 o'clock
The work was evidently that of profes-
sionals as the employes sleeping up
stairs were not awakened. The rob-
bers .secured $10,000 in valuable papers,
$f>00 in cash. $200 in postofflce money
orders and about $50 worth of 2-cent
stamps. There is no clue to the rob-
bers.
NO LI CK FOR THE KANSAN.
Prize Contest in >ll*Mouri With l'i.inos and
MedaU In It.
Mexico, Mo.. May 28.—A musical con-
the Episcopal diocese of Kansas were In
came off li re last night. Miss Keth-
lene Adair of Warren, Ark , won th6
piano and Miss Essie Sparrow of Kan*
sas City the gold medal. Contestants
were present from Ellsworth, Ivan.t
Mound City, Mo.. Silloam. Ark.. Jeffer*
son City, Mo., and Plattsburg, Mo«
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