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IC
T IE FIRST PAPER PUBLISHHO IN OKLAHOMA.
VOLUME if.
TUESD AY EVEN INC«.
JGUTII1UE, OKLAHOMA. Al'llIL 18!>S.
TUESDAY EVENINO.
NUMBER :$01.
Tomorrow the President Will
Send His Message.
THIS CAN BE DEPENDED ON.
But it Will Not Necessarily Mean Im-
mediate War.
f
IT WILL DECLARE CUBA FREE
Then ifWpain Hoc** Xot il W'c
W ill Mult*' Her Lum|i it. and
There Im \o Doubt Hut
Wliat H e 4 an Fami-
ly Ho It.
Washington, April 5.—A special cabi-
net meeting was held at the White House
last evening. It adjourned at 11:36 o'clock
after thoroughly considering the presi-
• dent's forthcoming message. Secretary
: L/ong authorized the Associated Press to
announce that the message would be sent
to congress on Wednesday.
"Wait for Wednesday"was the word
' pasfjk about the capltol today, and a
general understanding to that effect was
i reached. The republicans will not ini-
f tlate and the democrats will not try to
I force any action on Cuba until Wednes-
day. when the president's message will
I be received. With that understanding the
| senate rorrign relations committee c.id
1 not report and the noose foreign commit-
tee took no action.
It is known that the senate committee
has agreed upon a resolution, practic illy
the Foraker resolution, declaring for in-
dependence and intervention, with an
amendment fixing the responsibility for
the destruction of the Maine upon Spain
either by design or criminal negligence.
The house foreign affairs committee will
report, if possible, a resolution in line
with the president's recommendations,
and it is known that efforts are being
made to have the resolutions of both
# committees agree with the president's
wishes.
The conference of republican membe
of the house whs adjourned until
star service discontinued in oklahoma
territory:
Route r 4313. From Blackwell
M erf ord. From March 2d, 1S9*. IL'5
March US.
Also the following star service
changes in Oklahoma:
Route 54206. Caple to Hardesty.
Modify order of February IT. ls^T, tak-
ing effect February 17, 1S97, so as to
state an increase of distance of 1 m.,
by the supply of caple at the site au-
thorized February 15, li>i s. [IS March
98.
Route 54260. Winchester to Alva.
From March 18, 1SJ*S. change service so
as to supply Winchester at the site au-
thorized March 17, 1S9S, without
change in distance. 11# March 98.
The following star service has been
established in the Indian territory:
Route 53302. Bearden to Fentress, S
miles and back, three times a week,
by a schedule of not to exceed
hours running time each way. From
July 1, 1898, to June 30, 1902. 124
March 98.
W Y N N E W< K> D B A N Iv ORG A N1Z E D.
From The StateCapital Bureau.610 14thSt.
Washington, April 5.—The comp-
troller of the currency has approved
the application of the folfowlng per-
sons for authority to organize the
First National bank of Wynnewood,
Indian territory, with a capital of $50,-
000: C. t\ Hemming, Gainesville, Tex.,
N. P. Howell, Z. Froman, W. B.
Crump and Noah Lad.
The advance sale of seats for the
Schubert Symphony club concert at
the MoKennon Thursday night open-
ed at 9o'clock this morning and before
noon a majority of the best seats were
taken. From the present indications
the opera house will be well HI Ted
Thursday night.
HIS BROTHER DID IT.
Jesse Had Sam Overstreet Appointed
United States Attorney.
The Kcnate II a« Confirmed Hi** Nom-
ination--fetor.* of tin* Appoint-
ment \ow Hut.
From The State Capital Bureau, 610 14th St.
Washington, April 5.—The senate to-
day confirmed the nomination of Sam-
uel Li. Overstreet to be United States
U i district attorney for Oklahoma.
o'clock Wednesday by the committee ih —
1 order to await the message. Washington, April 5.—The appoint-
Both houses discussed the Cuban situa-|ment of Mr. Sam Overstreet as United
tlon today, but it was simply preliminary | States attorney to succeed Judge
0 to the more import nit deb; te and action j Brooks was directly due to the efforts
to be taken before the 'v** k ends.
Interesting statements are made b>
I snators and representatives who call* •
uj*MJ the president today and the im-
pression gained from thern was that the
message will declare for independent*
Cuba. I .
The president, it is learned, will favorj ,ent*
forcible intervention if necessary to pro ,,r
of his brother who is in congress from
Indiana. Since the advent of the pres-
ent administration Congressman Over-
street has been one of the strongest
champions of all administrative meas-
j ures and has won favor with ti** pres-
When the Oklahoma office was
} first brought to the attention of Pres-
vent further hostilities in Cuba. Spa'in's pdent McKinley, Representative Over-
answer. in effect, will be declared to be! street refused to make any recommen-
unsatisfactory and to leave little or no dations, stating frankly that at the
reasonable ground for hope tnat a satis-! time he intended to secure the ap-
factory settlement of the Cuban question ' pointment of his brother, if possible,
is at all likely to be reached through' as United States attorney, and that
diplomatic agencies. The disaster to thejthis was all he felt he could ask from
the administration in the way of of-
Maine will be prominently brought to the
fore and will be treated in a vigorous
manner. The whole subject will be dis-
cussed in a spirit of patriotism that must
commend itself to the entire American
people.
This policy, however, it is said, does
not necessarily involve war, but leaves
i lli'
flees in the territory. Accordingly
when Judge Brooks' resignation was
received at the department of justice.
Representative Overstreet set about to
secure the appointment of his brother.
He visited the president and after lay-
determination of that question to | ing the whole subject before him, se-
sffiiri herself. Without something now | cured a promise that his brother Sam
unexpected happens within a compara- should 'be appointed. But unlike most
tively short time, the indications point to ' politicians, he kept his fact a pro-
at least a show of force against Havana, j found secret, and it was not until the
Mr. Grout, republican, of Vermont, to- day preceding the promulgation of the
day introduced the following joint reso- appointment, that even Oklahomans in
*ution recognizing the independence of the (ity were made aware of the fact
the republic of Cuba, and for other pur- that guch a promise had been made.
P°B®8: lit leaked out. however, when Mr. Hor-
"Resolved, By the senate and house of
representatives, that the United States of
ace Speed came to Washington. Mr.
America recognizes the republic of Cuba
Speed was the choice of Attorney Gen-
free and independent state.
it eral Griggs, and when he called at the
"That the president thereby author-' depigment of justice. General Griggs
ized to expend out of the appropriation informed him of the president's prom-
made for the naval defense in the act This was the first authentic an-
approved March 9, 1898. not exceeding nouncement that the place had been
$500,000 to provide non-combatant Cubans promised to any one. Mr. Speed ac-
with the necessary food, raiment and cepted the situation philosophically,
medicine for their immediate relief from and after attending to some private
starvation, also, necessary implements business departed for Oklahoma.
of agriculture and seeds for planting a
crop. J
"Provided that the relief herein author-
SPAIN IS GUILTY.
London Manufacturer ot Torpedoes
Sold Spain its Mines.
HAVANA HARBOR FULL OF THEM.
% Ntorj Went lint II > the ANKociutcd
Pre«M Me vera I Week** Ago i«*
\«w t on tinned It > the
Maker HiuiNcir.
formally offered to medu:< between Spain
and the United States. It is true, how-
ever, that -the Pontiff has i-nnveyed t
Madrid his ardent wish for the avoid
a nee of a < <'ntiiot and has asked Sp*iin
arrange fur a susupem 'H * f \%ar!ik*
no .
surea or decisio!
A COMPLIMENT.
ized to non-combatant Cubans shall be
exlR>nded only through authorized agents
of the United States; and to this end the
president is authorized to request the so-
operation of the proper officers of Spain
in the island of Cuba."'
Mr. Grout said that the president's
message would go beyond a resolution of
this kind.
Postal route changes.
From The State Capital Bureau,61014th St.
Washington, April 5.—The postofHce
department has ordered the following
FOR USING PUBLIC LANDS.
From The state Capital Bureau, 61014th St.
Washington, April 5.—Th senate has
passed Senator Baker's bill authoriz-
ing the various cities and towns in the
Indian territory to secure by condem-
nation or otherwise, all lands neces-
sary for public improvements.
PENSION GRANTED.
From The StateCapital Bureau, 61014th St.
Washington, April 5.—Lewis It.
Thornton, of Fort Gibson, Indian ter-
ritory, has been granted an original
pension of $8.
uopuo-j V jjjoa M0N '-oo 10V8XX3 S.ONOd.
'AoddvuAl putt fqo'j uo uno uoj 3/007
N
ExTrAcT
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA FOR PAIN.
London. April 1.—Details have been ob-
tained by the Associated Press of the
manufacture of submarine mines in Lon-
don for Spain .which was first brought 10
the attention of the United States embas-
sy and cabled to the Associated Press
on March . A man whose cards describ-
ed him as being an electrical engineer
and Whose name was forwarded at the
time to Washington, then said he sold
to Spanish officers in London several
years ago, a large number of mines, eight
or ten of which was placed in Havana
harbor. He said they were made in a
special way, had a specially constructed
cable, which he can identify if the small-
est piece is produced, and he aded that
some of the mines were so fixed so that
they could be fired from a fort, While two
of them had bulbs so arranged that they
wouiu explode upon a vessel coming in
contact with them. The man added,
however, that he did net" believe the
bu.os wpuld be used in water as shallow
as that of Havana harbor. Finally the
man exhibited plans of one of these
mines, which he said was the most likely
to produce the effects descrioed as caus-
ing the wreck of the Maine, ft was num-
bered "2" and was constureted to con-
tain 500 pounds of gun cotton.
Lieutenant Commander J. C. Colwell,
the United States naval attache, has
since investigated the matter, and has
made a report on the subject to the Unit-
ed States government. The facts learn-
ed strongly tend to show that Havana
harbor was mined, and unquestionably
prove that Spain purchased mines for
that purpose.
The firm of Latthnen. Rhodes & Clark,
electrical engineers, during 188.-88 filled a
large order for Spain for a lot of mines
in Which were used 1.450 tons of guneot-
ton. The work was directly under tne
surveillance of General Fernandez and
Captain Bustamento. The latter was then
the head of the Spanish torpedo school.
By order of these officers th« rfiines were
divided into four consignments, for Ha-
vana. Ferrol, Cadiz and Carthagona. The
mines were manufactured under the di-
rection of J. P. Gibbons, after Gibbons'
patents, which was described in Sciemens
book on "Torpedoes and Mines."
THE SrilUHKRT SYMPHONY < i,r!;
THE RECIPIENT.
Montgomery. Ala . was delighted with
the performance of the Schubert Sym-
phony Club and Lady Quartette on Feb-
ruary 10;h, !*T. and from the collection « f
testimoials from the most excellent of
people we . iip tlu' following from that
sterling gentleman and scholar, Rev Dr
W. Dudley Powers, Re. tor of St. John's
Chapel: "Your entertainment was very
satisfactory to all who saw it, and has
received warm complirpents from till to
whom I have spoken. I regard it as a
refined, artistic and pleasant entertain-
ment. To me your company gave excep-
tional pleasure, and I shall always be
glad to give any words of commendation
that may be service to you." The best
people are always the best pleased with
the Schubert's. Your last chance to hear
them here Is at the opera house on April
7. Seats now on sale at Wallace & Moi-
ler's Drug store.
Shawneetown III. Innudated By
the Ohio River.
THE LEVEE BROKEN DOWN.
Byron B. Blerer, brother of Judge
Bierer, who is a graduate of the An-
napolis naval academy, has been or-
dered on duty on bo^rd the Monitor.
Puritan. He and Ensign Bart Barnes,
son of Governor Barnes, are two Ok-
lahoma boys, in case of war with
Spain who will see some naval war-
fare.
MANY LEAVE HAVANA.
An Exodus io theoUniied States In
View ot Hostilities.
RefoMiigeeN \aceinnlcd and All Prc-
cautionn Taken Again*! Yel-
low l-'ever.
GERMANY'S GRIEVANCE.
LIABLE TO SEND A SHIP TO HA-
VANA HARBOR.
Washington. April 5.—The threatened
action of Germany to send a warship to
Havana to obtain indemnity in the Can-
nabara case was the occasion of consider-
able comment in various circles. The
discussion was predicated entirely on pos-
sibility of the outcome of such action in
the event of war following between the
United States and Spain.
Fear was expressed that Germany
would not hesitate long if Spain refused
indemnity and that she might get her
men-of-war into Havana harbor and take
p ssession of the place before war was
declared. In this case it was argued that
the port would then be regarded as a
neutral one, which would ibit this
government from friking a blow at the
city, the vital point of the whole Island.
THE POPE MAS SPOKEN.
BUT HAS NOT OFFERED TO BE THE
MEDIATOR.
Rome. Italy. April 6.—It is stated in Va-
tican circles today that the pope has not
Havana. April .".- Now that the exodus
to the Vnited States is in full fore '.there
are interesting scenes at the office of L>r
Brunner. Hundreds stand around wait-
ing the'r turn to be pacclnated— babes in
arms, scarecrow negroes, fine ladies
i whose liveried horses a re outside, rich
« merchants and poor Americans; in short.
1 all conditions of people. Rigid rules ire
observed, and the first come is the first
J served. The stringency of the quarantine
against yellow fever is somewhat relaxed
in view of the speeial circumstance s and
also of the fact that there is little <t no
fever in the island, but the smallpox pro-
hibition is still in force, though it is be-
lieved ihat the regulation is not being
too strongly applied, in view of the ex-
pected peaving of the Mangrove. Bache.
Olivette and Mascotte. American citi-
zens will only be given passage on the
Mangrove and Bache. Others, if their
passports and vaccination certificates are
all right.-can leave on the Mascotte or
the Olivette!.
A HEAVY DOCKET.
THE NOTED JENNINGS GANG TO BE
TRIED.
Muskogee. I. T.. April 5.—(Special.)—
United States court opened here toda *.
Judge John R. Thomas presiding The
docket is heavy, there being 125 criminal
cases, mostly for felony. In sixteen
cases the death penalty may be Imposed.
There are nine cases against ihe noted
Jennings gang. Marshal Bennett and
District Attorney Soper are present. The
case of Browny Briggs for assault with
intent to kill Hotel keeper Adams, was
tried today and the verd.ct of not guilty
was rendered.
TOWS
Four Hundred People Reported to
Have Lost Their Lives.
STATE MADE AN APPEAL FOR AID.
l-rnrf'iil llc*t ruci ion and l>i Mister In
Which Many* People are Left
llontclcMM and Many of
I lie Mend arc I n-
recovered.
Louisville, Ky., April 5.—Late yes-
terday afternoon the levee at Shaw-
neetown. 111., broke a mile abnv€ the
town with fearful results. The entire
town was flooded and the earliert !e-
ports from the scene of the disaster in-
dicate that fully 500 lives have been
lost.
Shawneetown is seventy-five miles
below Evansville, on the Ohio river.
It is situated in a valley of extremely
low land, with hills skirting in the rear
and with a 25-foot levee running from
hill to hill. The town is very much in
the position of a fortified city, and
when the levee gave way a mile above
town, under the pressure of the very
high river, the water shott hrough a
20-foot opening and struck the place
like a hurricane sweeping everything
before it.
Houses were turned and tossed about
like boxes. The people were not warn-
ed of the break, and for that reason
so many were caught. Those at home
sought refuge on second stories and < n
house tops. Those in the streets were
carried before the a,valanche of water
and probably a majority were drown-
ed.
Evansville, Ind.. April 5. Mayor
Carney, of Shawneetown. appealed to
congress for aid this morning for des-
titute people of his trie-ken city. He
says the town is absolutely destroyed,
and there is not enough food in the
town for on * meal. He says 300 peo-
ple are drowned. All goods in the city
are lost and the situation is distress-
ing in the extreme. This city sent two
steamboat loads of provisions which
should reach Shawneetown this morn-
ing.
All telegraph and telephone wires t«-
Shawneetown are down. It is impossi-
ble to reach there directly. The West-
ern Union is at work trying to get
wires to the nearest point.
St. Louis, April 5.—Inquiries at the
offices of the several railroads having
connection with Shawneetown, 111.,
where last night's flood occurred, indi-
cate that all trains for that point got
off this morning and are proceeding on
their way. Indications are that there
will be trouble in getting near tlu
town as washouts on a number of the
roads have prevailed for the past
week, almost isolating Shawneetown.
Some of the roads from here can not
get within ten or twenty miles of the
scene of the flood.
Florak, III.. April 5.—Reports at this
point, seventy miles distant from
Shawneetown. bear out the first im-
pression of the inundation of that town
last night by the breaking of the lev-
ee. The railroads have stopped traf-
fic twenty miles south of here, as the
road to Shawneetown is dep under
water. Telegraphic communications is
cut off and the reports received are
very meager. At Mill's Station the r.-
Hon. K. L. Ovcrwtreet. W ho Was Today Confirmed bj the Kenate.
Be sure to get the kind
you ask for,
Pairte's
Celery
Compound.
's^ETET-
The Kmal the hiqhrit qrmle haltieg po*d«r
kiumn. Actual trstft how it gr o*«-
lliird further th««r. any otlM>f t.and,
powder
Absolutely Pure
boai ftAMvr, poA-nrn r
vi r Is elpht milns wide nnd the track
is civert-d fisix miles. The fallowing
telt-Ki-am was received here this morn-
ini; by Superintendent Mills of «ha
Haltimore an.I Ohio Southwestern rail-
road, from Conductor Charles Ireland:
HALF TOWN tK)NE.
'Half of Shawneetown totally de-
stroyed. All stores wrecked with con-
tents Town contains fifteen to twen-
ty feet of water. South Levee covered
with dead stock and houses and all
kinds of debris."
Partial list of the dead follows:
''iiU i.VKI, COLLICOTT.
W. ('. OOLLICOT ANI> WIFE
MRS. KTD It LAKE.
TH It KE CHlLIUiEN of Paul Pha-
ken.
iContinued on Fifth Pane.)
POPE PLEADS PEACE.
He is Voluntarily intervening in the
Spanish-American Trouble.
mi) I. i'iint I'rceiloia
In Cuba Hill W on't lie furred
Into It.
Madrid. April via Barrlts.- mo Queen
r.ffiv.d today a rnns't Important mesuaKQ
from the pop.. „r the Spanish-American
question.
Tl" y-'ecn S.immonetl Senors Samuita.
Mi.ret, Gallon and Caileji(. At midday
these ni. ml . rs of 't.,e cabinet assembled
at th.- pa la.-. In consultation and the pope's
message wjifi laid before them.
I am in a position to tftat«> that Leo has
advised the Queen in the intermtn of pro-
gress and Christianity to t-he end the Cu-
ban war. The message crrat'ed a mark-
ed effect in Madrid.
The troth of t'he matter 1s. I urn to 1«|
by the ministers, that if the Cubans ask-
ed Spain to grant them independence, tha
VJueen would be iri a position to accedo
graceful I.\ . but a demand of this sort by
the Cnked States will never he granted.
I he<e statesmen tell me that by conced-
ing independence to the island by demand
of the American government Uhey would
admit t'he right of the United States to
interfere, ami this Spa-in would never
agree to.
Th« 1'apal Nuncio, when I asked him
about the pope s message to the Queen,
said "Pt is most momentous. It makes
for pea* e corning as it does fin Palm Sun-
day. 'the day when the founder of Chris-
tianity entered Jerusalem."
Today 1 submitted this quotation to Sen-
or Si I vela probably the greatest jurist in
Spain:
"It is true that the Queen, the cabinet,
or both, cannot dispose of the Cuban
question without 'the consent of the Cor-
tes . '
He replied:
"Yes. that is 'the cn*e. The <Nmstitutlon
of Spain so provides. Consequently any
such question as the grantftig of indepen-
dence to Cuba, cannot corne up {or prac-
tical consideration until after the lfith of
May, when the Cortes will be ready
begin work.
"The Queen can, however, declare war.'*
TO AVERT WAR.
Madrid At ril 5 - The members of tho
diplomatic corps are joining in taking1
steps calculated to avert war, They aro
under the leadership of tfhe Papal Nuncio,
Mgr. Prancica Nava. the archbishop of
Catania, and the Austrian Ambassador
here. Count Pubsky.
Other bishops are calling on the govern-
ment to res-ist the I'ni'ted States, and aro
offering money to aid the military and
naval preparations. The n wspapers say-
there is a great patriotic movement on
fott throughout fhe provinces In abl of
the naval fund.
POPE WORKING HARD.
R <me. April 5.—The popo has informed
Cardinal Hampolla, Secretary of Stato
for Foreign Affairs, that he would per-
sonally take charge of matters in con-
nection with tiie approaching war be-
tween Spain and the United States. Tho
pope works incessantly, working every
pop* works incessantly, fritting every day
a large number of letters a d telegram.-*,
to ruling princes and to Spanish, Cul>.u\
and American bishops anil Nuncios, im-
pressing upon all their duty ■ I maintain-
ing peace.
I spoke today with a nephew of the popo
and an officer <•( the Noble. Guard, who
told me that cvet\-h*M|y abont t'he Vatic-
an was astounded by the activity and
energy of the pope. lie has sent several
telegrams to Spain, praying I c authori-
ties there to cease howtilitiow in Cuba.
One might almost say that tho foreign
policy erf Spain wa* hiring directed nowa-
days at Rome.
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