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The First Paper Published In Oklahoma.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, MAY (>, 1895.
NO 13
NOT TO APPEAL
Attorney General Asked to Let the
Scott Decision Stand.
ROAD WANTS ITS OWN WAV.
THE MODEL BAKERY.
The Sebretary lieutvn In the lojauctio
Proceedings l'rocttedlugii Against
the Choctaw Hull rottil Com-
pany — an Appeal May
He Taken to Ulfer
Authority.
Washington, May 0. — [Special.]
The attorney general was advised by
wire that Judge Seott, of Oklahoma
City, had dissolved the injunction
against the Choctaw railway company.
This means that the company can con-
struct its lines wherever it may see tit
against the holding of the secretary
of the interior backed by the depart-
ment of justice. It has not yet been
fully decided what will be done in the
matter by the department of justice.
This final decision will probably be
postponed until a report of the case,
with the findings of Judge Scott, can
be examined by the attorney of the
department directing the manage-
ment of the case.
The chief clerk of the late house,
Mr. Kerr, called on the attorney gen-
eral today and insisted that no appeal
be taken by the department and that
the whole controversy be dropped.
Mr. Kerr is interested in the company,
and they having won in the iniunc-
tion proceedings he is quite willing
that the legal contest shall end. He
made the talk to the attorney general
that delay forced by further litiga-
tion would work a great injustice to
the company, and he also insisted that
the people of Oklahoma outside the
parties directly interested did not care
where the road was located, but they
wanted it to be completed. This gen-
eral opinion prevailed, as In- had been
informed, and it was quite natural
that it should, in his opinion.
It also happens that Mr. Kerr's line
of talk later in the day was backed up
by a number of messages received
from that country asking that the at-
torney general do not direct that an
appeal be taken t« the supreme court
of the territory. This comes mostly
from Oklahoma City ami others claim-
ing to be from Shawnee.
One of the otlicials of the depart-
ment who has had something to do
with the case intimated very strongly
that an appeal would be ordered it a
showing suggesting such action was
found in the records. He believed
the full meaning of the law was to al-
low the secretary of the interior to
approve such right of way as he might
conclude best, and this was the posi-
tion of the department of justice.
Should the secretary of the interior
conclude that he did not want the
case further prosecuted or should it
uppear to the attorney general that it
would l e well to let the matter go,
then the case would be abandoned,
but there was not reason at this time
to suspect that the secretary of the
interior or the attorney general would
suggest that further proceedings be
dispensed with. That being the situ-
ation, he believed the chancas were
ravorable for an appeal, which would
come up in due time in the supreme
court of the territory.
The question at issue involves the
matter of running the road near the
town of Tecumseh, acounty seat town,
or Shawnee, off to one side of Potta-
watomie county. The claim that
brought about departmental interfer-
ence and action was that some of the
otlicials of the road had been induced
to run the road into Shawnee by rea-
son of donations of property to be
used in a townsite scheme. The de-
partment of justice was advised today
that some of the same otlicials hand-
ling this part of the deal have taken
advantage of the injunction delay,
thus depreciating the price of prop-
erty for a time at Shawnee, to gather
up some more property there, anil the
suggestion is also ventured that they
must have been reasonably certain of
what the decision in the injunction
proceedings would be or they would
not have made further arrangements
securing proper y for townsite pur-
poses.
PECULIAR in combination, pro-
" portion and preparation of ingredi-
ents, Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses great
curative value. You should TRY IT.
MIDGET HERE.
The colored <• IrI Witness In the Thorne
Murder Trial Found at Purcell.
An ollicer brought up from Purcell
the colored girl, Midget, who was at
old Mrs. Jackson's the night Frank
Ledger was supposed to have been
murdered. She is the girl who had a
tight there that night abouto'clock-
Delegate Flynn Coming Home.
Washington, May 4.—| Special. J
Delegate Flynn, of Oklahoma, left for
the west today, ami on reaching Kan-
sas City will remain there during the
da.v attending to some business mat-
ters. Mr. Flynn has been here some
weeks looking after departmental
matters.
Model ltakcry Changes Hand*.
The old'reliable firm of Hennessey
A Strauss, the Model bakers, of this
city, one of the oldest houses here,
have diposed of their business in this
city to (leorge E. Mundy, who will
succeed them. Hennessey A Strauss
have been live, wide-awake business
mi'n in their line, and we regret to
lose them. They go from here to
Fort Smith, Ark , which town will
gain iu them valuable and enterpris
ing business men.
The Place to (let First-Class Moods— A
Change In Ownership Taken Place.
Among the business changes made
t|«e past week in the business
houses of this city is that of the Model
bakery, which will hereafter be con-
ducted and managed by (leorge E.
Mundy. one of the staunch and relia-
ble citizens of this city, at one time
city treasurer and owner of the build-
ing occupied by the New York hard-
ware store. The Model bakery has
been known all over the city for the
excellency of its goods. Anything
purchased there is always tirst-class.
Mr. Mundy, who will hereafter con-
duct this business, intends keeping
the fine standard heretofore attained
in supplying the trade of this city and
country. The former help in the ba-
kery department has all been retained
and the business will be conducted
strictly to serve the demands of the
people here for a good, first-class arti-
cle of daily consumption. The con-
fectionery department and table deli-
cacies in canned and imported goods
will be handled according to the wants
of the people. The finest imported
goods to be found are in this depart-
ment. The location of this house on
one of the prominent streets of this
city and connected by telephone
makes it within easy reach of all. Mr.
Mundy intends to keep his house
within the front rank and will use ev
ery endeavor to giw the very best sat-
isfaction. We predict for tnis house a
large and growing trade that will put
it among the largest of the houses iu
its line now in the southwest. The
former firm of Hennessey A: Strauss
will locate in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
St. Peters' Play.
(■rand Army men to the front! There
will be given a brilliant and thrilling
dramatic representation of the famous
presentations by famous men—enter-
tainment full of pathos, fun, etc.
Look out for "St. Peter at the Gate."
rendered by professional people from
Chicago. Free to all ( . A. It. men
ind families and all old soldiers and
their families. II. C. Bkambk,
M. M. Mock. Post Commander.
Adjutant.
Iit K Mi AT ION IN KANSAS.
The Slate Hoard Awards Contract* for
l our Kxperlment StatloiiH.
Topkka. Kau., May f>. The state
>ard of irrigation held a meeting here
yesterday aud awarded contracts for
erection of four experiment sta-
tions. Station No. 1, located 4 miles
north of Kendall, Hamilton county,
will be equipped with a windmill plant,
to eost $71111.2-1. The contractors are
the Stover Manufacturing Co.. of Free-
port, III. Station No. 2. in (Jray coun-
f miles south of Cimarron, iu the
sandhill country, will also be equipped
with a windmill. The plant will eost
ami will be built by Crane A Co.,
of Kansas City. Kan. Station No. :t,
located miles south of Ulysses, is also
to be a windmill station. It is to be
equipped by Wood manse A llewett. of
Free port. III., at a cost of .-7.V.. Sta-
tion No. 4. locate.I at Goodland, Sher-
man county, is to be equipped with a
gasoline engine < f ten horse-power and
a pump with a capacity «;f 1 > > gallons
a minute. Fairbanks. Morse A Co., of
Kansas City, will put in the plant at
Goodland, to cost $l.">tK). Stations will
also be established in Logan, Wichita
and Greeley counties.
M'MII.I.IX ON SIIAFK.
The Tennessee Congressman Sayn the State
I* for Free Coinage.
Washington, May f .—■ Representa-
tive McMillin, of Tennessee, is iu
Washington looking after some busi-
ness in the departments for his con-
stituents. He is an earnest advocate
of the free coinage of silver. Mr. Pat-
terson. of Tennessee, who was the
prime mover in getting up the .Mem-
phis convention, which is now attract-
ing so much attention in the country,
when here a few days ago declared
that a majority of the people
of Tennessee are not in favor
of free coinage and that those
holding the opposite view are amused
at the estimate of their strength. Mr.
Patterson is a strong administration
democrat and earnestly opposed to the
free coinage of silver. Mr. McMillin
differs widely from Mr. Patterson re-
garding the free coinage strength in
Tennessee. "A majority of the people
there favor free coinage and an en-
larged use of silver in the currency of
the nation," said Mr. McMillin, yester-
day.
FINANCES OF KANSAS.
Atherlon Issues 111m
Monthly Kcport.
Topkka, Kan., May —State Treas-
urer Atherton has issued a report of
the condition of the treasury at the
close of business April .HO. The receipts
during the month were 8<i.VJ40. hi.
The expenditures were 8'.'."itl,S00. SO.
The balance on hand was 8*77,HIM.40.
No bonds were purchased with the per-
manent school fund during the month.
Itonds were paid off iu the sum of
840,000. The bonds now owned bv the
permanent school fund aggregate
|B,80S, mi. 73. The Topekn Insane
asylum earned during the month
&.H0H.HO; the Osawatoiuieasylum. 8::o U0;
the Olathe asylum, 5H-7.0.' ; the Kan-
sas City asylum. the bank com-
missioner's ofliee, 81,171). The peniten-
tiary did not earn anything during the
month, at least no earnings are shown
by the report.
Sixteen to One In Kansas.
Ami.i nk, Kan.. May The Fifth
congressional district democratic cen-
tral committee aud lea lers held a long
conference here yesterday on the plan
of campaign. Resolutions were adopted
demanding an early meeting of the
state committee to frame a currency
policy. The resolutions denounce
bond Issues and declare for free and
unlimited coinage of silver at 10 to 1 a-*
the motto uf Kuij m democracy.
sou™
lagoon
Mi * 71,
he pout on minis.
| What Uncle Sam's Ornithologist
Thinks of Hawks and Crows.
MORTON AMI I I!KM SKKHS.
The Secretary of %grleultnre W III ('online
Ills I'urchaHCN to Hare ami I ncoiu-
uion See in The llreued Heef
Highest of all in 1 cavcning Power.— l.al-'st U.S. Gov't Kepoit
STONY ISLAND
THE NEW JACKSON PARK, CHICAGO.
The old site of the World's Fair.
The South I'arU commissioners of Chicago have adopted and are working out a ptuu for the
Improvement of Jackson Turk that will make It. wten completed, one of the handsomest parks
In the country For those who visited the World's Fair, the above plan needs no explanation.
The famous Midway Philsance has been turned into a long canal, connecting Jackson and Wush
Ington parks, on which light pleasure craft may be run. The canal Is llanked on either aide by
footpaths carriage driveways and long rows of handsome shade trees. In several places the
canal, which is a mile long, is crossed by high rustic bridges that add much to the ploturesipie
effect.
OKLAHOMA GLANCES.
Talkings, Doings and Thinkings of the
Territory at Large.
Times-Journal: Mr. Selwyn Doug-
las, in his clever sketch of "An Okla-
homa Singer*' (the western meadow
lark) in the current number of the
Oklahoma Magazine, regrets that our
legislature cannot "withdraw long
enough from the contemplation of the
gorgeous politics of Oklahoma" to eu-
act legislation prohibiting the slaugh
ter of the meadow lark aud other in-
sectiverous birds. Mr. Douglas will
have to admit when he sees the new
laws that the last legislature did its
full duty, not only by the meadow
lark, but all the other birds he men-
tions. I'nder the law as it now stands
if anyone kills a meadow lark at any
time of the year, he will be a violator
of the law and subject to heavy penal-
ties.
L. N. Hornbeck, in reporting a re-
cent visit to Fort Sill, says: "While
there I had the pleasure of going with
< aptain Scott to visit the baud of Ari-
zona Apaches, now under his charge
and located near the fort, on Cache
creek. He has the Indians all ut
work, ploughing, planting, building,
hauling with teams, and even running
a saw mill, all of which is done by the
Apaches themselves, with a competent
white man here and there to instruct
them. Of the lumber they have sawed
they are now building a double row
of comfortable quarters on a well
selected plateau between two streams.
Really, it is surprising to see how well
those Indians do their work and m
what methods they proceed in their
labor. Old Geronimo himself was car-
rying water from a wagon tank to
supply the engine at the sawmill,
while some younger Apaches were
managing the log carriages and the
saw. Mr. Scott is certainly doing
some effective work in the manage-
ment of those Apaches and he deserves
encouragement in the task."
Pawnee Times-Democrat: Surveyor
\V. T. Mali an. of this city, has been
employed by the Kansas, Oklahoma
Central A. Southwestern railroad to
survey the entire line from Coffey-
ville to Guthrie, and will leave next
Sunday [May 5] for Coffeyville, where
he will meet the other members of
the surveying corps. Mr. Mahan and
another engineer will have charge of
the surveying party and everything is
all in readiness to continence work by
the middle of next week. The survey
to be made will be the permanent one,
the levels will be put on. and as soon
as about fifty miles are completed the
work of grading will commence, and
will be quickly followed by track
construction. The men at the back
of this enterprise have had a long and
trying job in bringing about the
building of this road, and as its con-
struction is now an assured fact, they
intend to push it to completion at a
rate as rapid as possible, and if we are
not badly mistaken, before snow tlies
you can ride in and out of Pawnee on
the "kivered keers."
tavi.uk cm si-: hki it i<:hii:s.
l our Indictments for Corruption Upturned
l y Carrol County's (irand Jury.
Cahiioi.i.tox. Mo., May f>.- The spe-
cial grand jury summoned to investi-
gate the charges of bribery and per-
jury in the case of the Taylor broth-
ers, recently tried for the murder of
the Mecks family, made their report
to-day and were discharged. They
returned live indictments, it is learned
—one for perjury and the others for
attempts at bribery. As no arrests
have yet been made it is impossible to
give the names of those indicted.
A. O. I . W. ICeiiitttatciiientH.
Wichita, Kan.. May 5.- While her<
yesterday Grand Master Workman
Wallaee, "f the A. 0 I W . issued ft
dispensation to the subordinate lodges
of the state to reinstate members who
have been suspended six months, upon
paying the medical examination ex-
penses and one assessment. The order
affects nearly f>,000 persons iu Kansas.
Fired by l.lglituliig.
Clinton, la., May -A severe elec-
trical storm passed over Clinton county
curly yesterday morning. John Itvan's
barn, with thirty-six horses aud forty
sheep, was destroyed. All the barns,
sheds aud outbuildings, with contents,
on the farms of Mason Shadduck aud
George Itrownc were destroyed by tire
caused by lightning. Total loss, $ti,ooo.
I Ive Stock Killed by l.lgliliilng.
RockfoKD, III., May 5.—The rain,
which started ut mhliiiirht and con-
tinued until late yesterday morning,
was the heaviest here for months, and
did incalculable good to growing crops.
On the Knsign Iiirin, north of this city,
lightning struck the barn, killing six
horses, six cows aud other live stock,
and burned &;t,uoo W0rj.ii of property.
A \V O It I > or W A Its I Mi.
I'rmlilrnt Clewlaml Addresses w l.ctter to
MlmtU«l|)|il'ii (ioveriior on the Silver
Jackson, Miss., May 5. —Gov. Stone
last evening gave to the Associated
press a letter addressed to him by Pres-
ident Cleveland under date of April
The following is the full text of the
letter:
Hon. j. m. Stone, Governor, etc
Exkcutivk Mansion. \Vashin«;i. n, April
26. My Dear Sir Your letter of the -'1st In-
stant is ut hand I do not feel Inclined to Hud
fault with your criticism, but I think the mut-
ters referred to should be Judged in the light
of the circumstances existing at the titm- tlio
things were done 1 never had an idea of build-
ing up or fostering a personal following, but mi
far us politics should properly Influence me in
making appointments. 1 huve tried to be dem-
ocratic and not prescriptive. I am glad you
ure frank enough to admit your participation
in bringing about a condition in office holding
which may not be ull that eotpd now be de-
sired. Whether those appointments to place
shall in speech and action behave decently to-
wurd the administration under which they
hold office must remain, to a large extent, a
matter of taste and good brooding-
There are. however, some officials who de-
vote themselves so Industriously to vllliflcu-
tloii and abuse of those under whom they hold
office us to Indicate that their fldellty cannot
be trusted for the performatioe of their duties
iu u manner creditable to the administration
utul who apparently assume they may spend
the time they owe the public service in doing
political mischief. In the Interest of good
government such office-holders must not be
surprised if they are summarily dealt with.
When I received your letter. I had just iln-
ished reading a letter uf yours. In which you
explain to the citizens of Mississippi your
views on the currency question. It seems to
me you have iu that letter contributed iu the
lM>st possible style and iu a most valuable wa>
to the fund of argument iu favor of sound
I have never ceased to wonder why the peo-
ple of the south, furnishing so largely as they
do. products which are exported for gold,
should be willlug to submit to the disadvan-
tage and loss of silver monometallism ami to
content themselves with u depreciated and
fluctuating currency while permitting others
to reap a profit from the transmutation of the
prices of their productions from silver to gold.
1 hope this letter of yours will be given the
widest possible circulation, especially anions
our southern fellow-citizens, aud that they will
bo (H'rmltted to see the pitfall which Is direct-
ly before them who madly rush toward the
phantom light of free, unlimited and inde-
pendent silver coinage.
If we who profess fealty to the democratic
party are sincere in our devotion to Its prin-
ciples. and If we ure right Iu believing that
•he ascendency of those principles Is a guar-
antee of present liberty, universal care for the
rights of all. non-sectional American brother-
hood and manly trust In American citizenship
in any part of our land, we should study the
effects upon our party, utul consequently upon
our country, of a committal of the nutlonul de-
mocracy to this silver arbitration.
If there are democrats who suppose that our
party can stand on a platform embodying such
a doctrine, either through its affirmative
strength or through the perplexity of our op-
ponents on the same proposition, or if there
are democrats who are willing to turn their
bucks upon their party associations iu the
hope that free and unlimited and independent
coinage of silver can win a victory without the
aid of either party organization, they should
deceive themselves no longer, nor longer re-
fuse to look In the face of the results that will
follow the defeat. If not the disintegration, of
the democratic party upon the Issue which
tempts them from their allegiance.
If we should be forced awav from our tradi-
tional doctrine of sound and safe money, our
old antagonist will take the Held on the plat-
form which we ubundon. ami neither the votes
of reckless democrats nor reckless republicans
will avail to stay their easy march to power
This is us plain as anything can |>ossibly be
It therefore becomes the duty of every demo-
crat. wherever he may be, to consider what
such u victory would mean, and iu the light <>r
a proper conception of its results lie should
deliberately shape his course. Yours very
truly, Oaovss Ci.evki.ano
wbrkl1 thaoi rkvj.mw*
.May Trad* Begin* In llettor Condition
Than for Two vkhm 1'ust.
Nkw York, May 5.—K. ti. Dun A
Co.'h Review of Trade says: Business
begins May in better condition than at
any other time since the break -down
in May, 18911. Smaller In volume than
then, it is not shrinking, but enlarg-
ing. The chief obstacle to a complete
recovery is the anxiety of many to
pluck fruit before it is ripe. Holders
of some staples have lifted them
so far as to prevent their mar-
keting; consumption of materials in
some branches is checked by advances
which cannot lie realized for finished
products; workers In some industries
are demanding wages that cannot he
paiil out of any business iu sight. In
spite of lulair troubles the outlook
brightens; money markets continue
healthy ami with heavy sales of rail-
way bonds abroad the deficiency in
public revenue, $s,7l'i,840 in April,
causes no apprehension.
Demands for full restoration of wages
to the level of 189:1 have closed many
woolen mills und threaten to close
others.
Kuorinous transactions iu cotton
have been followed by a decline from
7 to 11.81 cents, though peace iu Cliiuu
was represented as insuring a great
increased demund.
The week's failure are ','31 iu the
United States, against 2I1H last year,
aud 34 in Canada, against 35 last year
Washington. May r> Dr. C. Hart
Mcrriam, chief of the division of orni-
thology of the ugriculturul depart-
ment, has for several years been en-
gaged in examiuiiio' and unuly/ing the
contents of the stomachs of hawks,
••rows, owls ;md other birds of North
America which are supposed to be
strikingly boiielleinl or injurious to
the crops of farmers. The stomachs
of over 7,000 birds taken at different
seasons of the year have been already
analyzed and the contents determined.
The results in some cases have been
remarkable, showing in several notable
instances that popular ideas regard-
ing the injurious eiVeets of certain
birds were wholly mistaken, and that
they have been the victims of an un-
just, prosecution. This has been found
to be especially the case with hawks
and owls, for the slaughter of which
111:111 \ states give bounties, I'ennsyl-
vuuiu in two years gave over $100,000
in hawk and owl bounties. Examiuu-
Hons of the stomachs of these birds
prove conclusively that 05 per cent, of
their food waslield mice, grasshoppers,
crickets, etc., which were infinitely
more injurious to farm crops than
they. It was foun 1 that only five
kinds of hawks und owls ever touched
poultry, and then only ton very lim-
ited extent.
A bulletin now uhout going* to the
press on the crow al-.o shows that bird
not so black as he ha- been painted by
the farmers The charges against the
crow were that he ate corn and de-
stroyed the «• fi-s and poultry and wild
birds. Ivvaminat ions of their stomachs
showed that they eat noxious insects
and other animals, and that only '.'.~i
percent, of their food is corn. With
regard toco's, it was foun I that the
shells were eaten to a very limited ex-
tent for the lim •. They eat ants,
beetles, caterpillars, bugs, Hies, etc.,
which do much damage.
IHstrihiillon of Needs.
Wasiiinoton. Mav - Secretary Mor-
ton is going to have a lively light with
the next congress lie has contended
all along that the distribution of free
seeds ought to be limited to those "rare
and uncommon to the country, such as
can be made m ire profitable by fre-
quent change from one part of the
country to another.' The last con-
gress refused to take this view of it,
and insisted that the secretary buy the
usual amount of seeds for distribution.
Hut tin? secretary has got an opinion
front the attorney-general that he is
right, and is going itiieadou his own
plan. The attorney cueral says: "The
seeds purchased under the act of March
2, are limited to those describe.1
in section .".■.'7 of the revised statutes,
there being no reasonable ground for
claiming that the act of March 180.* ,
operates, or was intended t- operate,
as.II repeal of the earlier statute. If
not obligatory upon the secretary of
agriculture to purchase seeds, trees,
etc., conformably to section '(TOO of the
revised statutes, it is certainly compe-
tent for him to make the purchase con-
formably to said statute, the right to
reject any and all bids being re-
in accordance with this opinion Sec-
retary Morton has issued his advertise-
ment for •- ale I proposals, instcid
of purchasing something over
#100,00:) worth of seeds lie has reserved
the right to rej vt any bid, and will
confine himself to the acceptance of
those which relate to s-. eds "rare and
uncommon," as defined by the statute
sind interpreted by the attorney-gen-
eral. These bids will be received up
to July 1 next, and are for seeds for
the fiscal ye ir ending .lutie 30, 1 SOU.
The l r«Mse I liner Combine.
Washington, May 5.—-TherB is good
authorship for the statement that Dr.
Salmon's report to Secretary Morton
will exonerate both cat tle raisers who
sell live cattle on foot and the retail
butchers from all complicity or share
in the plot of dressed beef. The out-
rage has been laid at the doors of the
big Chicago slaughterer*, who plunder
the seller when they buy his live cat-
tle and plunder the consumer by ex-
orbitant charges for dressed beef
made by them against the retail
butchers. The department learns that
when a retail butcher offends the
beef ring the ring starts a retail
butcher shop next door to him There
it will stdl meat from cents to 5 cents
a pound cheapcr than is possible to the
offending butcher. It will give the
meat away, if necessary, to put it
lower to customers than can the of-
fending butcher. The ring will pur-
sue these tactics until it conquers the
refractory butcher auti makes him pay
the cost of war, or. as more often is
the case, ruins him entirely and drives
him from business. The ring shop
then puts meat prices at current fig-
ures and continues iu business.
( nrlisle lo HIIIIII| the Sontli.
Washington. May Secretary Car-
lisle, it is stated, will enter the Ken-
tucky campaign about the loth of the
month, and deliver two or more
speeches at points yd to he selected in
favor of sound currency. He will not
return from Kentucky until heuttends
the Memphis (Tenn.) convention, but
will spend the intervening time in
Kentucky iu consultation with his
friends.
Hundred* Drowned.
Siianoiiai, May In accordance
with a special imperial edict, issued iu
order to prevent the possibility of the
Jupanese entering I'ekin. the Chinese
have cut the river embankments near
I'ekin. Miles of territory have been
flooded and hundreds of Chinese huvij
beeu drowned.
Powder
Absolutely pure
wliei
ami
den
l.*wyer* Come lo Hlotvu.
Kansas City, Mo., May In .lutl 1
Scurrltt's court this forenoon Attorney
W. F. (iuthric, of Atchison, Kan.,
called Attorney Frank IV Sebree, of
this city a liar and Sebree struck him
in the face. Other lawyers and jury-
men separated them and prevented u
rough and tumble tight
Threw tllinieir on tb«* Court's Mercy.
Minni ai'oi.ik Minn May ... -Chut.
A. lllixt, the sel f-eonfessed murderer
of Catherine (ling, resolved not to
stand trial, but to plead guilty and
throw himself on the mercy of the
court aud end his suspense The judge
sentenced him to imprisonment for lifj
in the Stillwater penitentiurv
Turner Declared Governor.
Nasiiyii.i.k, Tenn.. May . Turtle.'
(dem.) was declared governor by lj
majority in the legislature yesterday.
DEADLY TORNADO
Many Buildings Destroyed ArounG
Sioux Center and Perkins, la.
A LIST (IF TII0SK KILLKD.
'I lit- Dead >luy lta* loere.tKed l>y the IteporU
from Outlying Meet Iona I.Ive Stock
Hurled Through the Air
I Ike Chuff.
Siorx City, la.. May f> A tornado
swept through a thickly settled dis-
trict near Sioux (-enter about -I o'clock
Friday afternoon, killing at least
twenty-three persons, many of them
children in three schoolhouses which
were swept away, fatally injuring at
least ten other persons and badly hurt-
ing thirty more. At least forty farm
houses were also destroyed. The death
list may be greatly increased by re-
ports from outlying sections.
The tornado formed about .1 miles
northeast of Iretou und swept uorth-
eust over a district about 14 miles
long. It first struck the ground south-
west of Sioux Center and front there to
l'erkius not a building iu its oath was
left standing. The latter part of its
course tooh the form of an elongated
letter "S." crossing the railroad track
twice and for 'J miles it seems to have
gone straight up the track of the rail-
way. Those who saw it at l'erkius be-
lieved it rose or was dissipated at that
point.
The four schoolhouses where school
was ir. session were entirely wiped
from the face of the earth, not a ves-
tige being left except a few rocks to
mark where they stood. The school
children and teachers were carried
from a quarter to a half mile,
they were found, some dead
others badly mangled. At
hoolhousc where (ieorge Mars-
is teaching not a vestige of t he
g remains, and Marsden was
found some distance away iu a field
dead, together with two scholars. Two
little girls of .lohu Kostcr, belonging
to the same school, were found cling-
ing together where they had been
driven into a wire fence, covered
with mud, and are expected to die.
Hoth legs of two sons of « II. Ilaggie,
belonging to the same school, were
broken and they were internally in-
jured. Haggle's house, just west of the
schoolhouse, was entirely destroyed.
Maggie escaped without any material
injuries, but his oldest daughter was
found lodged in a tree where she had
been hoisted by the storm aud so
seriously injured that death is
expected momentarily, while two
grown sons who had come from
the field at the approach of
the storm, were injured, one seriously
and the other fatally. At another
schoolhouse near by Annie Marsden,
teacher, was killed with several pupils,
while other little ones are missing and
may have been killed. At the third
schoolhouse the teacher escaped, but
three children are reported to have
been killed and seven injured. Many
>f the children at ;t!l of the schools
were carried from to 1 * mile by the
wind.
Those known to be dead or missing
are: Mrs. John Kerster and child, near
Sioux Center; Anna Marsden, teacher
in Coombs school, near I re ton; (leorge
Marsden, brother of Anna, teacher in
mother school near Iretou; Mrs. Post,
Kudolph Schwrenefeger, aged il, killed
by lightning; 1'eter Stimiuer, killed in
his house by lightning; two children of
1\ II. Coombs, Mrs. John Waterman,
a child of A. Verhoff. John Patterson,
William Ludrlclis, Mrs W. R. smith,
• . I Hailing, Mrs. Herman Kcllkemps
iii<I two children, Anna lloisington,
Itertha Doonberg, II (•. Neiderfratk,
M I-'. Hoyt, J. Jamieson.
Wires were completely stripped from
the poles und some poles were twisted j
from the ground. Horses, cattle and
vehicles were hurled through the air '
like chaff and the country for
mile wide by l.'i miles loug is entirely
wrecked. The description of the Hay* ,
.fie property ami school could be re- I
peated at nearly every farm.
The tornado was followed by a furl- ,
3iis wind und rain storm which lusted
ill night. Numerous victims were i
found lodged In trees where they had
been hurled by the storm. Where hud
■.tood tine residenees/'eould be found |
nothing but a cellar hole ami in some j
jases a few twisted timbers, while :
strewn all over the ground were por- i
tions of the buildings and furniture, j
j bearing not the least semblance to '
! their original form und useless except '
for kindling. Fields of sprouting grain
are now bare, trees uprooted aud all is,
Jesolatlou along the path of the cy-\ 1
CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS.
I li<< C«de*tlMls N't-
Wi-h Itidlevn la
fl\e
"Just when you think you have
learned to know the Chinaman," says
a missionary in China, "you suddenly
find it necessary to modify half of
what you have learned and discard th«
other half ' The difficulty of know-
ing the Chinese in their own homes is
well described in Rev. Arthur Smith's
book, "Chinese t haracteristics,"
brought out a couple of years ago.
One of their characteristics that al-
most explains all the others is their
belief iu themselves. Like the char-
acter in Kichter's novel, if a Chinaman
knew any thing about the first meridian
he would assu.re that it run through
his own skull, lie believes in his
province siiuply because he lives in it,
but he litis no interest even iu China
outside of his province. "A man iu
China is a part of a gigantic machine,
a mere cog in one of many wheels. A
Chinese family is like a hill of pota-
toes; one can not get. ut any of them
without a process by which all are
brought to view."
In China, private houses are sur-
rounded by a wall, and have no win-
dows looking on the street Neverthe-
less, there is no domestic privacy iu
China. No one thinks of objecting to
the entrance of perfect strangers
through the ever-open door. To close
the door would provoke the inquiry,
"What is going on within, that they
are afraid to have everyone see and
hear ' And from that moment the
social doom of that family would be
sealed. The occidental question to au
intruder would be: "What business
have you here?" The oriental reply
would be: "What business have you to
keep me out'.'" The Chinese adage cov-
ering this mutter is 'If \ on would not
have it known that you do it, do not
do it."
Kconomy is one of tin-greatest vir-
tues in china, though the Chinese do
not reckon it so much a virtue as an
ordinance of nature. Dogs and cats
live on the vilest refuse; and yet wheq
they die they are eaten with gusto.
Fvcn poisoned animals ur<- eaten with
entire disregard of the consequences.
The same economy -hown in the
guthering of fuel. Not u weed is left
in the fields. Hoys heat off the au-
tumnal leaves with clubs, as if they
were chestnuts, ami even straws are
scarcely allowed leisure to show which
way the ,vind blows.
When a Chinaman presents a compli-
mentary inscription to a friend he
pastes it oil a silk hacking, instead of
gluing it. so that his friend may re-
move the inscription and use the silk.
In many parts of China the chil-
dren wear no clothes for many mouths
in the year; wheels arc never greased
and the majority of the people never
wash. "Doyou wash your child every
day?" a Chinese mother was asked.
"Wash him every day!" was the in-
dignant response: "lie was never
washed since he was born." A soap
deuler who should open an agency in
China would lose money. One diffi-
culty, however, in deseribintr Chinese
characteristics is the fad that there
are many races and families of peo-
ples. all of which are loo -ly known as
Chinese, and each of which has its
own distinctive characteristics. -Chli
olilfii News. ...
What u Haby ( an Do.
Friend I don't under* land why yoK
and your husband should have sepa-
rated so soon.
Mrs. After math—It was all owing to
the baby's temper
"Mecyonus! How could that Is??"
"We couldn't agree as to which one
of us the baby took after " N- Y.
Wenklv
Blood Made Pure
Eczema on Face, Neck and Hands
Hood's 8arsaparilla Cured All Im-
purity.
Air. AuyuntuH O. (rru/iam.
Talihina, Ind. Ter.
11 Our son AuguBtus was very
troubled with eciouia. Bores broke out
on hid face, neck aud hands, and the
■lightest scratch on his hands would
Break Out In Bad Sores.
We persuaded hltn to take Hood's Sarsc-
parilla and it has been two or three
months sluce he haa been troubled, lila
hands are quite smooth. Our nephew,
Kdasr P. Shaver, who lives with us, wm
■ tilfeted similarly only his case waa
more severe.accompanied by scrofuloua
bunches on nis neck. He has taken four
bottlea of Hood's Karsaparilla aud Is
Hood's^'3" Cures
now well. His ikin is as smooth aa any
one could wish, and the risings on his
neck have disappeared." Mrs. M. J.
Ouaham, Box 173, Talih'na, lud. Ter.
Hood's Pills oure all Liver Ills, Bllloua-
uo, Jaoadlce, ludlgoiUou, Hick UeadacUe. ,
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