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TMB PIRST PAPER • UBLI5MED IN OKLAHOMA.
VOL. 6.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1895.
NO 300
WHAT IS WANTED
Guthrie to Be a Division Station of the
Hutchinson Southern.
K&1LROAD MEN PLEASED.
The Tour or Iniipectlou of KugHuh Capital.
Int§ ami Officers of the H. O. ti. and
What They Tlituk of the
Country— ltaiiqnet
Tendered the
1'arty.
NEW DAWES COMMISSION.
As was given iu the Static Capital
yesterday, the officers of the Hutchin-
son southern road'accoinpanled by two
lOnglish capitalists and engineers from
London, who came on a tour of in-
spection of the proposed extension of
the road, stopped in the city. The
party was composed of Chas. Collins,
traflic manager of the Hutchinson
Southern; 0. U. Christy, president of
the road; 11. L. Jackson, chief engi-
necr; Major J. S. Mack ay, president of
the Axle Trust company, of New
York and an old railroad builder, and
the English capitalists, Jerry Price
Williams, a noted engineer from Lon-
don, who is in the employ of the Eng-
lish government, and J. Stephen .leans,
also a noted engineer and editor of
the Engineer .Journal.
The party went over the Hutchinson
and Southern on a tour of inspection,
then came across from Anthony Kan-
sas to Arkansas City with a Hutch-
inson Southern engine. At Arkansas
City they were furnished a Santa Fe
engine to Guthrie, and arrived here at
in the afternoon.
KOI'XI) MINKKAL.
llcing met at the depot by a citizens
committee, the party of inspectors
took cari iages and divided into two
parties. The English capitalists were
quickly driven to Iron Mound town-
ship. where a show of iron ore has
been reported ever since the opening
of the country. The two gentlemen,
with pick and shovel, disloged enough
specimens to send back to England.
There seems to be no doubt but that
there is iron ore there. While they
were busy out there the other gentle-
men were driven over the city, to see
the necessary and most feasible right-
of-way into the city and depot grounds.
I VF.XIXO'S BANQUET.
As the railroad party arrived in the
city unannounced, a hurried banquet
was prepared for them at the Hotel
Royal by the direction of the beard of
trade. Mayor Martin presided at the
meeting and made a speech of royal
welcome to the railroad magnates and
English capitalists. He told them the
short but brilliant history of Oklaho-
ma, and iu what short time things
they saw had been accomplished. He
did not gloss matters, but told the
barren truth, and by his speech every
one could see that he had become a
citizen of Oklahoma because he liked
the country and had faith in it.
THK F.NOL1SHMKN SURPRISED.
At the conclusion of Mayor Martin's
talk the two prominent English capi-
talists were called upon to express
their impressions of the country.
They were enthusiastic in their praise
of what they saw in Oklahoma. The
natural resources and the improve-
men to and wealth of the territory
were beyond their imagining. Sir
l'rice Williams said that there were
not a thousand Englishmen who knew
that such a country as the new state
of Oklahoma, with its natural re-
sources and chances of investment,
existed. Here was a land but tive
. , : and it had a dozen cities of
nearly ten thousand inhabitants. The
farms seemed to be as well settled as
though a hundred years old. He was
delighted with the climate, the push
and energy of the people. Moth gen-
tlemen were surprised at finding such
a city as Guthrie, over ten thousand
inhabitants, with brick houses, mat-
of them as large as those of London.
.1. Stephen .leans thought this the fu-
ture place t< mike money. Thecoun-
trv col Id not help but grow into
viiVt and rich community. Everything
in the shape of public buildings and
institutions was yet to come, with a
country developed so far ahead that
it. ought to have them now. Their
addresses were enthusiastically
c« ived by the citizens, for they came
from men eminent in their country
and learned in the commerce and the
natural resources of the world. Ma-
joimnackcy made a short talk right to
thdyoint." He told of the importance
thJKad will be to Guthrie and Okla-
homa, and what the company wanted
from the city.
THE LINE TO 1 E BUILT.
The extension of the line is 329
miles from Hutchinson, Kansas, to
Denniaop, Texas, and runs through
the very best portion of Oklahoma and
the Indian nations. It will strike the
h < l1 fields in t he choctaw country
and bring coal to Guthrie at one-half
the present price. It connects at Hut-
chinson with the Rock Island, Missou-
ri Pacific and Santa Fe, and will join
with the Houston and Denison at the
gulf terminus at Denison, Texas,
i luthrie is about midway of the line
and the company intends, if the citi-
zens do the right thing, to make this
the only di?lslon placing here its c
repairing shops, and general offices.
'I'll K I'BO POSITION MADE.
After the banquet last night all but
Messrs. Collins and Jackson of the
party went south to Denison. Texas,
and will return on the M. K. &, T.
north, thus viewing all sides of the
country to be traversed by the road.
Mews. Collins and Jackson this after-
noon made a proposition to the citv
through the mayor and city council.
It details will be made public later.
It is a proposition that should be ac
cepted, and every citi/.en should do
his part.
It U Now Completed and Hopes Are Kn-
tertalned That It May Aceompllfth
something:.
The new Indian commission has
been formed, all the members being
appointed, and it is expected it will
begin work in the Indian Territory
about May 1
As the Dawes commission now
stands it is made up of ex-Senator
Dawes, Captain McKennon, of Arkan-
sas, who were on the original commis-
sion, ami the new members. General
Armstrong, of Washington, ex-Con-
gressman Cabaniss, of Georgia, and
ex-Congressman Montgomery, of Ken-
tucky, who were appointed yesterday
It is generally conceded that the only
men on the commission who know
anything of the business to come be-
fore the commission are ex-Senator
Dawes and General Armstrong. The
latter was born in the Indian country
and lived there over thirty years and
has held position in the Indian ser-
vice a number of times.
Chairman Dawes is anxious to get to
business before the hot season sets in,
for when that comes on he will return
to his home in Massachusetts. Mr.
Armstrong advances the idea that the
commission should spend considerable
time with the Indians and pay very
little attention to the people who are
in the towns who are not Indians. It
is proposed to show the Indians that
they are being imposed upon by the
crowd iu that country and that it is to
their interest to get their full share of
the lands. This will be the program
of the commission as mapped out by j
by Mr. Armstrong. He believes the
commission will have done much work
by the time congress c onvenes.
Robert L. Owen, of Muskogee, said:
"I believe this commission will be
able to do business with the five
tribes. It is my opinion, as an inter-
ested pa *ty on the side of the Indians,
that it is time to get down to work
and that it will be better for the In-
dians to deal with the commission
and the present congress than to take
chances on some other administration
and some other congress. I believe
that this will be made evident to them
and when that is done those whose in-
terests are against making a change
cannot defeat a wise plan of dividing
the lands and establishing anew order
of things, I think if th.s new com-
mission will go at the matter right
they will have some plan accepted by
the Indians by the next congress,
when matters can be adjusted and the
people will be better satisfied than
they are now."
OKLAHOMA COUNTERFEITER.
The Police or KainotH City Catch llim at
Marquette, Kansas.
The police of Kansas City, finding a
lot of counterfeit gold money in circu-
lation, sent for the treasury depart-
ment detectives at Washington, who
not only caught the local circulators,
but the coiner They followed the
scent up to Marquette, Kansas, and
there arrested a jeweler named M. .!
Muma They found a lot of moulds
buried out of town on his farm, an
well as gold money.
The man arrested is about 40 years
of age and unmarried. He came to
Marquette about four years ago from
Indian Territory, and has always ap-
peared to have plenty of money. It
is believed by the officers that he has
been running a private mint for years,
and has put a great amount of the
"queer" in circulation. There is no
evidence that h< ever tried to pass any
of the stuff himself, but he would find
dishonest greenhorns who would buy
it from hi:a. H ' shipped it in small
jars, which he marked "medicine,"
and a number of these jars were
among the stuff found in his shop. It
is believed he was engaged in the bus-
iness before he came to Kansas, but,
finding things growing too warm for
him in the territory, selected the quiet
little town of Marquette as a place
where he would not be apt to be mo-
lested.
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Only the first five significant figures are given
The mysterious and v
t sums Is
Vision of Gold." published in the i.ondon Strand Mjiku/Iiio. Mr. Schooling demonstrate
u man could become the "Universal Henefactor of the VV orUl." at a future date. by putting one
penny (two eeutsi "in trust for Investment and to accumulate the Income, by reinvestment at
live percent. coiii|k>uik1 interest, for one thoiisand years after the present date tl-i'.v, to be used
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will have increased to the colossal sum of JLO.4-13.OOM UOO.WW.IIOO.UX) and there will le f..r . a. ti
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of the period), the very comfortable present of ur. roughly, ai4ti.43l.6u0.
tribal relations, living under the com-• tiik unanciai. campaign.
munity system on reservations and de- - -
. . • . J . ii- / I.ITortB Itelog Made to lluve Secretary
rivintf income from Indian farming <lr,„mill
and grazing lands are not subject to, April ls '1* here is prospect
the provisions of the income tax law. ,lmln,campaign in iliiii
Second—White persons living upon
Indian reservations or within the In-
dian Territorn, whether under treaty,
by adoption, or intermarriage or oth-
erwise, are subject to the provisions of
the income tav law, and should make
return and pay tok in conformity
therewith. Respectfully yours,
G. W. VVii.soN,
Acting Commissioner."
OKLAHOMA GLANCES.
impaigu in
will be participated in by some of the
members of the cabinet. Reports
from Washington say that the matter
is being considered, and %?hilo nothing
definite has been decided it is probable
that several speeches will be made by
members of the president's official
family. Efforts are being made to
have Secretary <«reshatn come out and
take part, lie is said to be opposed to
the 16 to 1 idea, but in favor of an en-
larged use of silver. Comptroller
Kckeis, it is sui.i, will write a reply to
Coin's School of Finance, which the ex-
tremists are circulating, and other lit
RICH SQUAWMEN MUST PAY.
Killing: Which Mays the Husbands of
Si|iiawH are Not Kxeinpt From the
Income Tax.
Must Indians pay an income tax
This question has been submitted to
thr treasury authorities. It may seem
to some people entirely unnecessary,
but it is not. There arc many Indians
in the United States, and especially in
in the Indian Territory, whose in-
comes exceed 84,000 a year, the ex-
empt amount. Some of them would
have considerable tax to oay if the
law applied to them. Then there are
not a few white men living on reser-
vations and allied by marriage to the
Indian tribes whose incomes exceed
t!.e exempt limit. The commissioner
of internal revenue has just passed
upon the application of the income
tax law to these two classes, and given
his decision in the form of a letter an-
swering ineuiries as follows:
"Sir—in reply to your letter of the
21st inst., in which you inquire:
"First—ls it the purpose of the
United States authorities to apply the
income law to Indians living on their
reservations, under the community
system, and deriving income from
farming and grazing lands'.'
"Second—Will that law be applied
to similar incomes of white persons
who have become citizens of any of
these tribes of Indians uider treaty,
by adoption or intermarriage?
"You are advised as follows:
"First—Indians continuing their
Talkings, Doings and Thinkings of the
Territory at Large.
Oklahoma Times-Journal: It is said erature on sound money will be dissem
thftt Judge Felton of Canon City, Col- 41 '' 11 ' ,l"
orado, has the best ten acre fruit farm
in the world. A pear raised on his
farm took the premium at the Colum-
bian exposition. Last year his orchard
netted him over $5,900, while one acre
in pear trees, planted in straw 1 erries,
yielded 51,000 last year. His ten acres
a**e irrigated. Judge Felton is now
postmaster at Canon City anil was
supposed to be the father of Mrs.
Harry St. John, although it is now
stated that she was an adopted child.
Tuesday morning at 1 o'clock an in-
cendiary fire was started in the livery
barn of J. W. Watson at Talequah and
before the flames could be cheeked
two whole blocks, including eighteen
business houses, four residences and
about fifteen ofllces were destroyed.
The total loss is estimated at $200,000.
covered by perhaps 10 per cent insur-
ance. The heaviest losers are: T. J.
Adair, general merchant; J. A. Law-
rence A Co., general merchants; J. C.
Morris, drugs. The mansion of ex-
Chief Bushyhead was a total loss.
Oklahoma Star: A young man, who
by the way is a well known dry goods
clerk in one of the leading stores in
this city, took advanfageof last night's
beoutiful weather to take a buggy
ride. He didn't go riding just because
he was fond of outdoor exercise or
anything of that sort. He went be-
cause he thought he could get a cer-
tain young lady to go with him, but
he didn't. Yesterday afternoon he
sent the young woman a note asking
her to meet him at a certain place.
He explained in the note that just be-
fore approaching the meeting place he
would whistle "Yankee Doodle." The
young woman told her husband about
the note and when the man in the
buggy drove up whistling the old fa-
miliar tune he encountered a man in-
stead of a woman. The man iu the
buggy was smooth enough to getaway
by whipping up his old sorrel horse,
and trouble was thereby avoided, but
the matter has not yet been settled so
it is said.
CHICKASAWS AT WAR AGAIN.
One Hundred Armed Men at theChlcka-
ftaw Capital.
One hundred armed men are report-
ed near Tishomingo, the Chickasaw
capital. Governor Mosely has notified
all sheriffs, constables and deputies to
report to him for active duty. His in
tention is to disband the faction,
which is composed of Charles and Wil-
lis Brown and Noah McOill as leaders
and their followers. They claim to
have been duly and legally elected as
sheriffs of Chickasaw county. The
legislature, however, ignored their
claims and other officers were in-
stalled. This faction holds that the
legislature had no authority to inter-
fere against them, hence their deter-
mined effort to install themselves now.
Many of them are men with a record,
and should whisky find its way to
their ranks the result would be terri-
ble. Bloodshed cannot be avoided.
inated. Chairman Ilinrichsen, of the
Illinois state central committee, has
replied to Senator Palmer's charge that
the committee members who called the
) ine convention did not act in good
faith with oth^r tobe^s.
A MlnHter Itobber Held intane.
Portland, Ore., April 1M. - Rev. J.
C. Reed, the Baptist minister who at-
tempted to rob the First national bank
of West Portland, was found not
guilty by the jury on the ground that
he was insane. Judge Stevens re-
manded liim to the custody of the
sheriff and he will have an examina-
tion for commitment to the asylum.
IIIm Aspirations Are High.
Coi.t'Miit s, (ia., April IK.—.J. A.White,
of this city, announces his intention of
becoming a candidate for president of
the United States as a silver man, la-
boring man and a southerner, lie
wants to "unite the west and south.'
He has been an unsuccessful candidate
for mayor of this city and for sheriff of
Muscogee county, lie is a shoemaker.
A Place for «*en. Tliomae Kwlng.
Nkw York, April is.—At the request
of the mayor, Gen. Thomas Lwing, in
earlydaysa Kansanand later member of
congress from Ohio, was yesterday ap-
pointed attorney to the building de-
partment at a salary of 8'..000 a year.
Kimftla May Make Trouble.
London. April 18.—A dispatch froi*
Vienna says that the inspired St.
Petersburg correspondent of the Po-
litschc Correspondenz declares that a
conflict between Russia and Japan is
inevitable if the published details of
the Chinese-Japanese treaty of peace
are correct.
Missouri < "i > H•"< i ■, St i Ike.
Lirkrty, Mo., April 18.- The miners
in the coal miue at Missouri City quit
work yesterday. The trouble is duo to
a colored man being employed as
weigher.
St. I.oui* Grain.
St. Louis, April i* Receipts wheat. 7 ml
tni.; last year, 9,793 bu.; corn. II.SMS bu : hint
rear, ®,luftt)U.i oats. 85,000 bu.; last year IU,*
>00 bu.; Hour. bbls shipments, wheat.
11,270 bu.; corn. 9,224 bu.: oats. 5. HUH bu Hour,
1,521 bltls. Wheat Cash, W'.c; April. MVfcc;
May. Mfcc: July, 5tfcc. Corn-« ash. -T^c;
April. May. «v Jul> «-V Oats—
,'ash -U^r: April. C9Kc. May. e
Kauoan City Produce.
Kansas OlTTi Apt! it Bgys Beoetpts
light; strictly fresh am quoted at 10o per do/.
Poultry—The receipts are light and the mar-
ket very firm Iu souie Instances better prices
than quoted are obtained. Ileus, ti'f springs.
IS.0U&3.50 per doz.: roosters, 15c Turkeys are
scarce: gobblers, 74°• hens. H'jc. L)urks,
steady. 17c Geese, slow, alive.
Pigeons, dull. 7.\c periloas.
Mutter The market la firm on all good table
butter and the demand Is good. Kxtra fancy
separator. Hto; fair, 16c; dairy, fancy. Hrin.
15c: fair. Ih&ISc; More packed 13ftHe fair,
packed, 8®9c; packing, weak, &fc6c; old, ic.
stale butter ilnds uo sale.
Fruit—Apples, supply moderate market
barely steady on food applet; standard parked
ranged from 13.50^4.00 per b hi. others, U ooift
8.00; best fancy stand <>.00'it>.n0; Hen Davis,
H 00®6.00; common varieties. IJ.2v
Vegetables—Potatoes, the market is firm:
ordinary kinds, common. 40ft-iOc per bushel:
sweet potatoes, red, scarce. per bu..
yellow, 25(680c per bu : Utah and Colorado,
market fair, choice mammoth pearl, white,
' e t. 7ud7jv So t. aoftdv
MONEY QUESTION.
Mr. Trenholm Says Gold Monomet-
allism Is the Destiny of America.
TIIK SILVER I'ROl'AllANPA.
I'lie lllinetallte League Waging a Vigorous
t ampalgii The Treasury Keeelpts
Much Smaller Thau the
Kipeudltures.
Washington, April 18.—The interest
in the silver question could not be more
uniinuted if an election was close at
hand und this was the chief issue.
President Cleveland's declaration that
"the line of buttle is drawn betweeu
the forces of safe currency and those
of silver monometallism" is accepted
as notice that the time to tiifht has
come.
The Reform club of New York is
composed largely of personal friends
of tiie president. This club has re-
cently organized a sound money asso-
ciation, and has gone into the edura-
tional campaign, about which Mr.
Cleveland lias so much to say in
his letter to the Chicago committee.
Ex-Congressman John .lewitt Warner
is the head of the sound money com-
mittee of the Reform club. Mr. W. L.
Trenholm, who was comptroller of the
currency during President Cleveland's
first term, is on that committee, with
ex-Secretary Fairchild, who held the
treasury portfolio during the latter
portion of Mr Cleveland's incumbency.
Mr. Trenholm closes a recent sound
money paper as follows: "(iold mono-
metallism is the unavoidable destiny
of thiscountry: the sooner we recognize
this and fix it iu our laws, the sooner
will we reap the fruits; the longer we
defer the recognition the more we im-
pede and postpone its establishment
by law- -the longer will our industries
be hampered and all our business de-
ranged by financial unrest and com-
mercial apprehension. Should we un-
fortunately let go the single trold
standard, there will be nothing to take
hold of but silver monometallism, for
bimetallism for us is a snare and a de-
lusion."
The Silver Propaganda.
Washington, April 18.—Very con-
flicting reports as to the strength of
the Hi to 1 movement reach Washing-
ton. Silver propagandists seem to
think they are sweeping the country.
Mr. (ieorge Moore, a banker of .luck-
son, Minn., is in the city to-day. He
reports that the free silver sentiment
iu his state is largely in the air. and
seems to attract principally the rest-
less and improvident classes. He says
the rural districts furnish the largest
quota of free silver believers. On the
other hand, the Himetallie league of-
ficers claim to be waging a vigorous
campaign in every portion of the Mis-
sissippi valley, not only through the
dissemination of free silver literature,
but hv the establishment of branches
of the league. They say the president's
letter will l>e immediately utiii/.ed by
the league to accentuate the impression
that the president is arraying himself
with the moneyed interests of the
country and "against the masses."
There is much curiosity here to see
in what manner Vice President Steven-
son will show his hand. That he is se-
cretly working with the li to I agita-
tors. the lllinoisausconnected with the
administration have no doubt. Mr.
Stevenson's present views as to silver
are gathered more from his utterances
while he was in congress, now some
twelve years ago, than from uny recent
expression, lie was at that time an
advocate of free coinage, and acted
with the free coinage men. He stands
now where he stood then, und the sil-
ver men believe would, if elected pres-
ident, sign a free coinage bill if the
congress should lay one before him.
ICneelpts ami I-:*prndltures.
Washinoton, April !8. —The receipts
for nine ami one-half mouth.s for the
current fiscal year have amounted to
H2IS,702,2'''-.,'I,> und the expenditures to
5','tit, 129.859.31. The excess of expendi-
tures over receipts is $45,427,03U.81.
The receipts for the first half of the
•urrent month have amounted to #12,-
,. }'■ .'iT, and the expenditures to #21.-
240,9:19.«' 2, leaving an adverse balance
if #8,484.<)." , or an average of more
than #.".90,000 a day for the last fiftceu
lays. In the same period customs re-
receipts have amounted to #0,0*23,391. or
1 in average of a little more than $441,-
)oo a day. and internal revenue receipts
to ff.'i.2.483, or an average of a little
more than #350,000 a day. The total
receipts from customs iu the nine und
one-half months have amounted to
#122,158,353.57, from internal revenue
to #115,252,131*.71* und from miscella-
neous sources to 811,291,729.22.
In less there shall be an increase of
more than $20,000,000 in receipts in the
next two and one-half months, as com-
pared with the average of the last
nine and one-half months, the esti-
mates of revenue sent to congress by
the secretary of the treasury last De-
cember will not be realized—the re-
ceipts to date having falleu #20,404,000
below the proportionate estimate for
mi much of the current fiscal year as
has elapsed. Expenditures to date
have exceeded the proportionate esti-
mate for the nine and one-half months
by about #9,000.000. Well informed
and conservative treasury otlicials re-
gard the prospect us exceedingly uu-
favoi able*
lllg Saw Worlm Iu Ashes.
Cimmn.vATI, April 18.—The large six-
story building of the National Saw
Co., occupying almost a square ut llay-
miller and Sixth streets, burned ubout
midnight. The building belonged to
the estate of Wesley II. Cameron and
was valued at over #50,000. The Na-
tional Saw Co.lose on stock, machinery,
etc., #250,000.
Killed a tllrl and Himself.
< i.kvhi am). ().. April 18. -This morn-
ing Alexander Turk, 23 years of uge,
went to the home of Miss Julia Fallon,
and after a brief talk with her fired
three shots into her body, killing her,
and then turned the weapon upou him-
self and fell dead from u shot through
the head.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— La:, t U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTEL''!/ PURE
MISSOllltl \i:THt\NN fttriCT.
ftCi.l'rlsmittrs of Uur blurt Oltlc *r* (irand
Army and Kttllef t'orps S**sslous.
Macon, Mo., April Is There are 700
delegates und visitors utteuding the
ti. A. R. state eucuiupment. anions
them fifty ex-prisoners of war. The
association of the latter held u meet
iug this moruiug and re-elected John
S Ferguson, of Keokuk, iu . former
ly of Jefferson City. Mo. president.
Sumucl Kelso, of Macon county, vice
president; Comrade Meyers, of Kidder,
chaplaiu; W. K Montgomery, of Ma-
con, und Cyrus Uunwell.of the Leaven-
worth, Kan., soldiers' home, standard
bearers; J. II. Cottry, of Moberlv, del-
egate to the national association at
Louisville, and William Duke, of Lit-
inont, alternate.
The opening session of the ti. A. R.
encampment was held behind closed
doors at the opera house this forenoon,
and the Women's Relief corps held a
meeting behind closed doors at the
Methodist Kpiscopal church.
A public meeting was held at the
opera house at 1 o'clock and the city
authorities welcomed the visitors, fol-
lowing a welcome from F. A. Jones,
post Macon. Mayor Davis, of Kansas
City, and others delivered speeches in
response.
At the (i. A. R. morning meeting
lieu. A. J. Smith, of St. Louis, was
elected delcgate-at-large to the na-
tional encampment, with Thomas U
Rodgers, of St. Louis, as ultcrnutu
The reports of ti 11 tiie state encamp
ineut officers were submitted.
The race for state commander seems
to be between Bennccke, of Chariton,
and Piatt, of Caldwell, with the
chances in favor of Henuecke. Smith,
of Sedalia, is also running.
THK C1IUIUTI MDKDF.KS.
The Alleged Perpetrator th« lletliu of
Hideous Nightmares.
San I*'uancisc'o, April 18. W II. T.
Durant, the young medical student
und Sunday school superintendent,
under arrest for the murder of Marian
Williams and suspected of also having
killed IMaiiche Lamont, the voting
women whoso mutilated bodies were
found in Kinauuel lluptiat church in
this city, is either preparing to
plead insanity or else the most hideous
visions come to him in his cell at the
central police station at night. Dur-
ing his waking hours he gives little
sign of trepidation even when under-
going severe examination and his
calmness is characterized as cold
blooded by physicians. At night, how-
ever, he has not. passed more tliun a
few hours in quiet sleep. When he
closes his eyes he apparently soon be-
comes the victim of nightmare and
groatis and cries in terror. About 1
o'clock this morning Officer Smith,
who was on duty at the prison
door, and Scrgt. Shields, the
prison keeper, were startled by
a long, loud cry and found thut
Durant was apparently suffering from
another hideous nightmare, lie tosacd
ami rolled on his mattress and screamed
louder and louder , The officers awak-
eued him and he soon relapsed into
sound sleep.
The police now believe that Durant
intended to burn the church and so de-
stroy the evidence of his crimes.
HAD Ol I i.non IN TI-\AS.
Ileploraltle Condition of (irnwliii; Crops
Owing; to I npreeedented Weather.
At hi in. Tex.. April 18. Deplorable
accounts of the condition of crop* are
received from all parts of this section
of the state as a result of the un-
precedented dry winter and spring.
The prevailing winds have been
from the north, blasting fruit und
withering oats, which will be a total
failure in this section. Cotton seed
have rotted in the ground and whole
plantations will huvu to be replanted
within ten days or it will be too late
to insure a crop. Corn Is wilting,trees,
which usually have a crop of young
nuts at this time of the year, are just
budding. The condition is reported se-
rious every where. The Colorado river
is lower than ever before at this season
of the year and the water barely creep-
ing over the crest of the big dam and
will cease entirely in a few days with-
out heavy rains.
Til Flit I) K AT IIS DH.AVII),
(iov. Stone Henplte* Seven Condemned
Criminal* \n I nparalleled Case.
Jkfkkhson Citv, Mo., April 18.— (iov.
Stone has respited all of the seven
murderers who were to have been
hanged Saturday until Saturday. May
11. The men respited are: Jacob
Hein/.e. Henry Kaiser. James Murray
and W. 11. Taylor. of St.
Louis; John Hurries, alias Joseph
Dusty, of St. Joseph: Hdward Murray,
of Gasconade county, and James Crisp,
of Webster county.
The governor says that a press of
business und the filing of so many new
papers compelled him to irrant the
respites in order to properly investi-
gate the applications for clemency.
Henry Kaiser and Jacob lieiiize have
been on the brink of the scaffold six
times, but each time the governor has
granted a respite. That they have suf-
fered all the tortures of ante-death on
the scaffold seems to be well authenti-
cated. Their experience is without a
parallel In the criminal history of Mis-
souri. Few believe that the governor
will now permit them to be hanged.
Silver Leaders Sp««ak at Denver.
Dknvkh. Col., April is. Lx-Congress-
inan Sibley, of I'cnnsylvunia, and Lien.
Warner, the bimetnlllst leader, ad-
dressed a vast crowd in a park here
yesterday afternoon, spcuking in favor
of free silver. Mi dlblflj left it) the
evening for i'ennsylvuuia because ol
his sister's illness.
CROP
ITS.
Commercial Organizations in Con-
vention Adopt Resolutions.
CHll'KAMAUGA COMMISSION.
I he liuiisiis and Mlsmurl l.'omiutHrflouers
Heady to Mark l'oiitlon* uf Troops
ou the Ittttllt'lluld I l o
Itoyal l.eague.
Washington, April 18 The conven-
tion of commercial organizations which
has been considering the improvement
of crop reports yesterday adopted the
following:
This conference, called to consider menus by
which the crop-reporting service of the de-
partment of agriculture may l «* improved and
the nflh'lii! reports made more satisfactory to
the public, beg to submit for the i iiusldcratlon
of th« honorable secretary of agriculture the
following suggestions:
That it Is the judgment of the interests rep-
resented In this conference that the offlcial
crop-re port lug service should lie continued,
and that the reports now regi(l;irlv issued lie
continued, with such modillcatloub as are later
suggested.
That the April report on winter grain ho dis-
continued, hut that all other features now em-
bodied Iu that report be continued.
Thut in all reports concerning acreage of
various crops reports to the departim-nt give
the urea by state-, in acreage a - well as by the
percentage of the previous year - area.
That the department, lusti-ad of having a
principal correspondent and three assistants
In each county, as at present, make uu effort to
secure the regular service of one or mora re-
porters In each township, all to make their re-
ports directly to the dt-parluiuiil at Washing-
ton.
That In the selections of these correspond-
ents they should not be taken from the tunning
ciuss exclusively, but Hhould Include, as far as
possible, representatives of all classes of rural
ludustry.
That the department discontinue the employ-
ment of sularled state agents in the regular
rop-reportlng work
That returns of reserves of wheat, cirn and
iats and cotton be had for dates representing
the close of tlio crop year, wheat ou July 1.
outs on August I. corn on November I. and cot-
ton on September I.
That arrangements be perfected with the
United states consul service for sending by
cable to the department ou or ubout the nth of
each tnouth a statement giving the best avail-
able information concerning prospects for
rops of grain and cotton In their respective
districts, to be published In connection with
the domestic crop report when issued.
That It is the sense of this conference that a
law should be euacte l punishing by line and
imprisonment any employe of the department
of agriculture who divulge*, to any one outside
of the department of agriculture any statis-
tical or other general Information of the de-
partment previous to the time appointed for
oltlciaiiy presenting tiie same to the publlo.
The conference then adjourned.
Chlrkumuiiga I'ark < omiiiUsion.
Chattanooga, Trim , April 17.—
(Sens. Fullcrton and Boynton, of the
National Chickamauga and < halta-
nooga Military I'ark commission, ar-
rived in the city to-day to meet the
Missouri commissioners. The latter
will mark the positions of the Mis-
souri troops iu the Chickamauga fight.
The Kansas commissioners, consisting
of Col. J. A. Abernathy. Leavenworth;
Adjt. S. R. Washer, Joseph Allen, li.
II. Waterman, Atchison; ti. W. John-
son, Seneca, and J !■'. Startis, Subetha,
arrived yesterday morning They
spent the day upon the battlefield.
The Itoyal l.eague.
Chicago, April 17.—The annual ses-
session of the supreme council of the
Royal league opened yesterday ut the
national headquarters in Masonic tem-
ple. The delegates present represent
the states of Wisconsin, Indiana. Kan-
sas, Michigan, Ohio. Missouri, Nebraska
and Illinois. Satisfactory reports were
presented by the various oHicers, that
Warren show-
f Supreme Scribe 1
the organization ha*
in hers.
ing
nearly
l M l,K
s \ >1 AFfKIt Cil ATiiUAl.A.
The State Department Demands Explana-
tions of*i\l>use of A luerieaiis.
Washington, April There was
much compluint during the past year
of the abuse of Americans iu (iuate-
mala, officers of American ships being
seized iu (iuateinalan ports und forced
into the military service, and Amer-
ican workmen peacefully engaged in
their labors being imprisoned and mal-
treated,or subjected to the indignity of
lashings upon the bare backs. The
department of state has called for ex-
planations from the Iiuatemulaii gov-
ernment and directed investigations
through consular officers upon which
to base demands for indemnity.
Ineome Tax Heturiiit Not Complete.
Washington, April is. The internal
revenue commissioner has ordered nil
collectors that in case they find incor-
rect income tax returns they must
notify those making them and. if cor-
rections be not made, must increase
the amounts as they deem best. Those
who have made no returns will be sub-
jected to penalties. It is said that
fully 10 per cent, of those subject to
the income tax have not made returns.
American Hallway Association.
St. 1.oris. April 18. Nearly'illJ dele-
gates, officials representing nearly ull
of the principal railway systems of the
country, were present this forenoon,
when President II > Haines, of the
American Railway association, called
the convention to order. All the ses-
sions of the order will be held behind
closed doors. Tills mornim? President
lluines delivered his annual address,
l ootpa ls in Wlelilta.
Wichita.Kan..April if' \ N. White-
side, a young school teacher, was held
up by foot pads la.sl night and robbed
of 98.1 The robbery occurred in the
center of the city and right under au
electric light. Tiie foot pads then made
a dash down a back alley ami escaped.
Hurglars also entered the Keystone
hotel and robbed the proprietor .fl s
gold watch und.;uoP;'V.
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