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VOL 3
Cleveland County Leader.
LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, AUG 24,1885.
NUMBER 34
>7 STORYfokd
JUTEmmML PRESS ASSOCIATION.
CHAPTER X.
THF, NBW-COMRB9.
F YOU PLEASE,
mum," paid the
voice of a domestic
from somewhere
round the angle of
the door, "number
three Is moving In."
Two little old la-
dles, who were sit-
ting at either side
of a table, sprang
to their feet with
ejaculations of In-
terest, and rushed to the window of the
6lttlng-room.
"Take care, Monica dear," said one,
shrouding herself In the lace curtain;
"don't let them see us."
"No, no, Bertha. We must not give
them reason to say that their neigh-
bors are Inquisitive. But T think that
we are safe If wo stand like this."
The open window looked out upon a
sloping lawn, well trimmed and pleas-
ant, with fuzzy rosebushes and a star-
Fhaped bed of sweet wllllam. It was
bounded by a low wooden fence, which
Screened It off from a broad, modern,
new metaled road. At the other side
of" this road were three large detached
deep-bodied villas with peaky eaves
and small wooden balconies, each
standing In Its own little square of grass
and of flowers. All three were equally
new, but numbers one and two were
curtained and sedate, with a human,
■oclable look to them; while number
three, with yawning door and unkempt
garden, had apparently only just re-
ceived its furniture and made itself
ready for Its occupants. A four-wheeler
had driven up to the gate, and it was
at this that the old ladles, peeping out
bird-like from behind their curtains, di-
rected an eager and questioning gaze.
The cabman had descended, and the
passengers within were handing out
the articles which th^y desired him to
carry up to the house. lie stood red-
faced and blinking, with his crooked
arms outstretched, while a male hand,
protruding from the window, kept pil-
ing up upon him a series of articles
the Bight of which filled the curious old
ladles with bewilderment.
"My goodness me!" cried Monica, the
smaller, the drier, and the more wiz-
ened of the pair. "What do you call
that, Bertha? It looks to me like foui
batter puddings."
"Those are what young men box each
other with," said Bertha, with a con-
scious air of superior worldly knowl-
edge.
"And those?"
Two great bottle-shaped pieces of yel-
low shli Ing wood had been heaped up-
on the cabman.
"Oh, I don't know what those are, "
confessed Bertha. Indian clubs had
never before obtruded themselves up-
t n her peaceful and very feminine ex-
istence.
These mysterious articles were fol-
lowed, however, by others which were
more within their range rjJ comprehen-
sion- by a pair of dumb-bells, a purple
cricket-bag, a set of golf clubs, and a
tennis racket. Finally, when the cab-
man, all top-heavy and bristling, hod
staggered up off the garden path, there
emerged In a very leisurely way from
the cab a big, powerfully built young
man, with a bull pup under one arm
md a pink sporting paper In his hand.
The paper he crammed into the pocket
5f his light yellow dust-coat, and ex-
tended his hand as If to assist some .one
Hse from the vehicle. To the surprise
t>f the two old ladles, however, the only
thing which his open palm received was
a violent slap, and a tall lady bounde I
unassisted out of the cab. With a re-
gal wave she motioned the yotftig man.
towards the doo,, and then with one
hand upon her hip she stood In a care
less, lounging attitude by th<" gate,
kicking her top against the wall and
listlessly awaiting the return ofr the
driver.
As she turned slowly round, and the
eunshlne struck upon her face, the two
watchers were amazed to bop that thl**
very activc and cncrgetlc lady was far
from being in her Hint youth, so far
that Bhe hud certainly coine of age
again since she first passed that land
mark In life's Journey. Her finely ellis
tied, clean cut face, with something
red Indian about the firm mouth and
Btrongly marked cheek bones, showed
tven at that distance traces of the fric-
tion of the passing yearn And yet
ihe was very handsome. Her features
were as firm in repose as those of a
Oreek bust, and her great dark eyes
were arched over by two brows bo
black, so thick, and so delicately
curved, that the eye turned away from
the harsher details of the face to mar-
vtl at their grace and strength. Her
figure, too, was straight as a dart, a
little portly, perhaps, but curving into
magnificent outlines, which were half
accentuated by the strange costume
which she wore. Her hair, black but
plentifully shot with grey, was hrushe.1
plainly back from her high forehead,
and was gathered under a small round
felt hat, like that of a man, with one
•prig of feather in the band aa a con-
cession to her Bex. A douhle-breanted
lacket of some dark frieze-like material
fitted closely to her figure, while h.-i
straight blue skirt, untrlmined and tin-
gathered, was cut so short that the
lower curve of her finely turned legs
was plainly visible beneath It, terminat-
ing In a pair of broad, fiat, low-heeled
and square-toed shoes. Such was the
lady who lounged at the gate of num-
ber three, under the curious eye« of her
two opposite neighbors.
BY A. CON AN DOYLZ-
But If her conduct and appearance
had already somewhat jarred upon their
limited and precise sense of the fitness
of things, what were they to think of
the next little act In this tableaux
vivant? The cabman, red and heavy-
jowled, had come back from his labors,
and held out his hand for his fare.
The lady passed him a coin, there was
a moment of mumbling and gesticulat-
ing. and suddenly she had him with
both hands by the red cravat which girt
his neck, and was shaking him as a
terrier would a rat. Bight across the
pavement she thrust him, and pushing
him up against the wheel, she banged
bis head three several times agalns*.
the side of his own vehicle.
"Can I be of any use to you, aunt?"
asked the large youth, framing himself
In the open doorway.
"Not the slightest," panted the en-
raged lady. "There, you low black-
guard, that will teach you to be Imper-
tinent to a lady."
The cabman looked helplessly about
him with a bewildered, questioning
gaze, as one to whom alone of all men
this unheard-of and extraordinary thing
had happened. Then, rubbing his head,
he mounted slowly on to the box, and
drove away with an uptoseed hand ap-
pealing to the universe. The lady
smoothed down her dre?p, pushed back
her hair undpr her little felt hat, and
strode In through the hall-door, which
she closed behind her. As with a whisk
her short skirts vanished into the
darkness, the two spectators—Miss
Bertha and Miss Monica Williams sat
looking at each other In speechless
amazement. For fifty years they had
peeped through that little window and
across that trim garden, but never yet
had such a sight as this come to con-
found them.
"I wish," Bald Monica at last, "that
we had kept the field."
"I am sure I wish we had," answered
her sister.
CHAPTER II.
iirf.akino the icc*
H E COTTAGE
from the window of
which the Misses
Williams had
looked out stands,
and has stood for
many a year, in
that pleasant su-
burban district
which lies between
Norwood, Anerley,
and Forest Hill.
Long before there
had been a thought of a township there,
when the Metropolis was still quite a
distant thing, old Mr. Williams had In-
habited "The Brambles," as the little
house was called, and had owned all
the fields about It. Six or eight such
cottages scattered over a rolling coun-
try-side were all the houses to be found
there In the days when the century
was young. From nfar, when the
breeze came from the north, the dull,
low roar of the great city might be
heard, like the breaking of the tide of
life, while along the horizon might be
seen the dim curtain of smoke, the grim I
spray which that tide threw up. Grad- (
ually, however as the years passed, the
city had thrown out a long brick-feeler
here and there, curving, extending, and i
coalescing, until at last the little cot- i
tages had been gripped round by these
red tentacles, and had been absorbed
to make room for the modern villa.
Field by field the estate of old Mr. Wil-
liams had been sold to the speculative
builder, and had borne rich crops of
snug suburban dwellings, arranged In
curving crescents and tree-lined ave-
nues. The father had passed away be-
fore his cottage was entirely bricked
round, but hie two daughters, to whom
the property had descended, lived to see
the lsat vestige of country taken from
them. For years they had clung to the
one field which faced their windows,
and it was only after much argument
and many heartburnings, that they
had at last consented that it should
■hart ttl4 fate of the others. A br<>ad
i iad w is driven through their quiet
domain, the quarter was re-named
"The Wilderness," and three aquar-.
stating, uneomprohilplng villas beg^n
to sprout up on the other side. With
sore hearts, the two shy little old maids
watched their steady progress, and
speculated as to what fashion of neigh-
bors chance would bring Into the little
nook which had always been their own.
And at last they were all three fin
Ished. Wooden balconies and overhang
Ing eaves had been added to them, so
that. In the language of the advertise
inent, there were vacant three eligible
Swiss built villas, with sixteen rooms.
n basement, electric bells, hot and cold
water, and every modern convenience,
including a common tennis lawn, to be
let at £100 a year, or £1,500 purchase.
So tempting an offer did not long re-
main open. Within a few weeks the card
had vanished from number one. and It
was known that Admiral Hay Denver.
V. C'., C. B., with Mrs. Hay Denver and
their only son. were about to move Into
it. The news brought peace to the hearts
of the Williams sisters. They had lived
with a settled conviction that some wild
Impossible colony, some shouting, sing
ing family of madcaps, would break In
upon their peace. This establishment at
least was Irreproachable. A reference to
was busy from morning Bight on the
Stock Exchange.
The Hay Denvers had hardly moved
In before number two also struck Its
placard, and ngaln the ladies found
that they had no reason to be dlscont-
ed with their neighbors. Doctor Bal-
thazar Walker was a very well known
name in the medical world. Did not his
qualifications, his membership, and the
record of his writings fill a long half
column In the "Medical Directory" from
his first little paper on the "Gouty
Diathesis" in 18H9 to ids exhaustive
treatise upon "Affections of the Vaso-
Motor System" In 1884? A successful
medical career which promised to end
In a presidentship of a college and a
baronetcy, had been cut short by his
sudden Inheritance of a considerable
sum from a grateful patient, which had
rendered him independent for life, and
had enabled him to turn Ills attention
to the more scientific part of his profes-
sion, which had always had a greater
charm for him than Its more practical
and commercial aspect. To this end he
had given up his house In Weymouth
street, and had taken this opportunity
of moving himself, his scientific Instru-
ments and his two charming daughters
(he had been a widower for some years)
Into the more peaceful atmosphere of
Norwood.
There was thus but one villa unoc-
cupied, and it was no wonder that the
two maiden ladles watched with a keen
Interest, which deepened into a dire
apprehension, the curious incidents
which heralded the coming of the
new tenants. They had already learned
from the agent that the family consist
ed of two only, Mrs. Westmacott, a
widow and her nephew, Charles West-
macott. How simple and how select It
had sounded! Who could have foreseen
from it these fearful portents which
seemed to threaten violence and dis-
cord among the dwellers In The Wilder-
ness? Again these two old maids cried
In heartfelt chorus that they wished
they had not sold their field.
"Well, at least, Monica," remarked
Bertha, as they sat over their teacups
that afternoon, "however strange these
people may be, it Is our duty to be as
polite to them as to the others."
"Most certainly," acquiesced her sis-
ter.
"Since we have called upon Mrs. Hay
DenVer and upon the Misses Walker,
we must call upon this Mrs. Westma-
cott also."
BOATING PARTY LOST.
SEVEN PEOPLE DROWNED
BY CAPSIZING.
An Knttre Family Lost and Two Other
FamlUe* In Mourning—Caused l y Wo-
men Getting; Kiclted ttnd Crowding to
One Side of the Itoat.
Oceanside, Md., Aug1. 19,—By the
overloading of a small pleasure boat,
an entire family was drowned, and
two other families are in mourning.
A party of farmers from the neighbor-
hood of Frankford and Selbyville,
Del., had a fish fry on Grey's creek, a
branch of the Isle of Wight bay, with
bathing, fishing and amusements.
William Hudson carried a party of
nine out sailing, and as the boat was
about to come back, the women of the
party jumped, screaming, on the high
side, capsizing the little craft, which
was hardly large enough to carry five
persons.
The following seven were drowned:
William Storr, aged 45 years, Phila-
delphia.
Laura Storr, his wife, aged 35; his
daughters, Ida, aged 10, and May,
aged 14.
Myrtle Stevens, aged 10, a daughter
of Joseph Stevens of Shelbyville.
Lina Hall, aged 10, and her sister,
Lulu Hall, aged 14, daughters of Elisha
Hall of near Frankford.
PRAISED BY MORRILL.
The Knnsas Governor Ha* a Good Word
for Every Republican Leader.
Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 19.— Gover-
nor Morrill of Kansas, who is here,
asked who was the favorite for the
Republican Presidential nomination
in Kansas, replied: "William McKinley
is decidedly the choice of the Kansas Re-
publicans. He is a level headed and
safe man. lie has personal popularity
with the people of the West. Reed,
however, is an intellectual giant. He
has many admirers in Kansas and
throughout the West and he is gener-
ally regarded as one of the most bril-
liant men in public, life. Allison is
highly respected and his nomination
Certainly, dear. As long as they an, ™ulSl | very acceptable to Kansas
° 1 but I do not expect to see it. I met
living upon our land I feel as if they
were in a sense our guests, and that it I
is our duty to welcome them."
"Then we shall call tomorrow," said
Bertha, with decision.
"Yes, dear, we shall. But, oh, I wish
It was over!"
At 4 o'clock on the next day, the two
maiden ladies set off upon their hospit-
able errand. In their stiff, crackling
dresses of black silk, with jet-be-
spangled Jackets, and little rows of
cylindrical grey curls drooping down
on either side of their black bonnets,
they looked like two old fashion plates
which had wandered off Into the wrong
decade. Half curious and half fearful,
they knocked at the door of number
three, which was Instantly opened by a
red-headed page boy.
Yes, Mrs. Westmacott was at home.
He ushered them Into the front room,
furnished as a drawing room, where in
spite of the fine spring weather a large
fire was burning in the grate. The boy
took their cards, and then, as they sat
down together upon a settee he set their
nerves in a thrill by darting behind a
curtain with a shrill cry, and prodding
at something with his foot. The bull pup
which they had seen upon the day be-
fore bolted from Its hiding place and
scuttled snarling from the room.
(TO be CONTINUED.)
CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST
It Waa Acquired from the liritl*h by
Fo
of Ar
In 1776, when Independence was de-
clared, the United States included only
the thirteen original states on the sea-
board. With the exception of a few
hunters, there were no white men west
of the Alleghany mountains, and there
was not even an American hunter in
the great country out of which we have
since made the states of Illinois, In- {
dlana, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
All this region north of the Ohio river
then formed a part of the Province of
Quebec. It was a wilderness of forests
and prairies, teeming with game, and
Inhabited by many warlike tribes of In-
dians. Here and there through it were
dotted quaint little towns of French
Creoles, the most Important being De-
troit, VlncenneB on the Wabash, and
Kaskaskia and Kahokla on the Illinois.
These French villages were ruled by
Hrltish officers commanding small l od-
les of regular soldiers or Tory rangers
and Creole partisans. The towns wei •
completely In the power of the Brl'
Ish government; none of the American
states had actual possession of a font
of property In the northwestern terri-
tory. The northwest was acquired at
the time of Ihe revolution only by armed
conquest, and If It had not been so ac-
quired, It would have remained a part
of the British Dominion of Canada. Th-*
man lo whom this conquest was due
was a famous backwoods leader, a
mighty hunter, a noted Indian fighter
George Rogers Clark. He was a very
strong man, with light hair and blue
eyes, of a good Virginian famllj
early In his youth, embarked <
adventurous career of a backwoods sur-
veyor, exactly as Washington and so
many other young Virginians of spirit
did at that period. He traveled out to
Kentucky soon after it was opened up
by Boone, and lived there for a year,
either at the stations or camping by
himself In the woods, surveying, hunt-
ing and making war against the In-
dians like any other settler; but all the
time his mind was bent on vaster
hemes than were dreamed of by th
"Men the Time" showed them that men around him. He had his spies out
Admiral Hay Denver was a most dls- jn northwestern territory, and bc-
tlngulshed officer, who had begun his c.;ime convinced that with a small force
active enreer at Bomarsund, and had | nf racolute backwoodsmen he could con-
ended It at Alexandria, having man- qUer |t for the United States. When
aged between these two episodes to see ; wpnt back to Virginia Gov. Patrick
as much service as any man of his i jjenry entered heartily Into Clark's
years. From the Taku Forts and the S(.i,emcs and gave him authority to fit
Shannon brigade, to dhow-harrylng off ,,ut a force for his purpose.
Zanslbar, there was no variety of naval
work which did not appear In his rec- suceeM and Happiness
mcl; whil. the Victoria Crou .ndthe clBreiulnn attributed .ucc...
Albert medal for saving life vouched ' . ... . n
•n war hi. com - 1111,1 h*PPln'" ln "fe t0
Allison a short time ago and lie told
me frankly that he did not intend to
make any special push for the nomin-
ation this year as he had in previous
years. In my opinion Harrison will
not be a candidate."
Wounded by a Brave Woman.
Atchison, Kan., Aug. 10.—A burglar
entered the house of J. E. Thomas last
night and was about to 6trike his
child, who had been awakened, when
he was fired upon by Mrs. Thomas,
whose husband was away. The burg-
lar returned the fire, but Mrs. Thomas
emptied her revolver at him. He es-
caped, but left a trail of blood. Mrs.
Thomas was not injured.
Not a Lawful Minister.
Washington, Aug. 17.—Acting At-
torney General Conrad has decided
that the appointment of Hon. Matt
Ransom as minister to Mexico was
illegal, on the ground that the salary
of the office had been increased by
congress $5,000 while Mr. Ransom was
senator from North Carolina. The de-
cision *vas based on a question raised
by Auditor Holcorab in declining to
pass favorably on Mr. Ransom's
vouchers for salary and expenses.
Five Years For Taylor.
Pierre, S. P., Aug. 15.—Ex-State
Treasurer W. W. Taj'lor, who stole
8354 ,000 from the state, was arraigned
by Judge Gaffney in court to-day. He
had nothing to say and the judge gave
him tho limit of the law, five years at
hard labor in the Sioux Falls peni-
tentiary
Judge Foster Much lletter.
TorEKA, Kan., Aug. li>. —United
States District Judge C. G. Foster,who
has been spending the summer among
the Thousand islands, returned to To-
peka yesterday and surprised his
friends with the ruddiness of his com-
plexion and the general all aronud
improvement in his health.
General lmboden Dead.
Bristol, Tenn., Aug. 17.—General
John D. lmboden died at Damascus,
Va., yesterday, aged 75 years. He was
a brigadier general in the Confederate
army and took a prominent part in
many of the important engagements
of the war. He commanded the re-
treat of the Confederates at Gettys-
burg.
William K. King's Will llroken.
I Marshall, Ma, Aug. 19. —1The will
of the late William K. King has l>een
j broken. Tho widow and the last set
! of children contested nnd the jury de-
! cided that undue influence had been
I used to have him make the will. The
, property involved is valued at $150,000.
Holmes Held Kesponslhle.
| Toronto, Ontario, Aug. ltt.--The in-
4uest on tho body of Nellie Pidtzel,
the younger of the two girls believed
n th- to have beeu murdered by the noto-
is sur rious Holmes, was concluded last
, night. The jury returned a verdict of
wilfnl murder against Holmes.
Stone Talks About Cleveland.
New York, Aug. 19.—Governor Will-
iam J. Stone of Missouri, in an inter-
view here, said: "You ask about Mr.
Cleveland and a third term. I have no
idea that Mr. Cleveland will be a can-
didate. He could not be nominated if
he were to be nor elected if notnin-
ated."
LATE NEWS NOTES.
To avoid further complications over
the Mexican mission Minister Ransom
is to be reappointed.
Thomas Fisher, the inventor, was ar-
rested at Omaha. Miss Minnie Mont-
gomery says that he threatened to kill
her.
A party of Chicago physicians will
soon g-o to China to establish hospitals
in that country.
The Illinois State Fair association
has offered prizes for exhibits aggre-
gating' $46,000.
The attorney general has decided
that the Illinois flag law doesn't apply
to parochial schools.
Probate Judge Reeds of Pike county
died at Howling Green, Mo.
Alderman Charles Gallagher shot
and probably fatally wounded R. W.
Laird atTexarkana, Texas.
J. Mott Smith, who was Hawaiian
minister at Washington when tho
queen was deposed, is dead.
Colonel C. S. Spaulding, a wealthy
sugar planter, has offered to build a
cable free from San Francisco to Hon-
olulu, provided the government will
guarantee him $50,000 a year for
twenty years afterward, ft is said
the proposition* will be accepted.
Tho Mercantile store at Winfield,
Kan., has been closed by mortgagees.
City Clerk Phillips of Beatrice, Neb.,
arrested on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses, has lied.
Seneca, Kan., people have organized
a joint stock company of 250 members
to do a general grocery business.
Two horses were instantly killed by
stepping on a live wire at Leaven-
worth.
The Standard Oil Company and a
Russian syndicate have reached an
agreement and divided the earth, the
former talcing the Americas and a por-
tion of the East European trade and
the Russians taking the rest of the
world.
Dr. Samuel S. Laws, formerly presi-
dent of the Missouri State university
and for many years one of the most
prominent man in the state, is hope-
lessly insane at Columbia, S. C.
Independent colored leagues aro be-
ing formed throughout Kansas for in-
dependent political action.
The Oklahoma Populists have in-
dorsed Coxey for president.
The bimetallists of Er gland in par-
liament have organized for the promo-
tion of another international mone-
tary conference.
The police raided the Citizens'club
of Wichita on the charge 'it being a
joint. All the employes wcro arrested.
No liquors are sold for money, each
member having what he drinks charged
up to his stock in the cone ,•
There is a serious revolution in Ecua-
dor.
Ten boys were standing on a freight
car at Aurora, III., when a collision
occurred and one boy was killed and
all badly burned with sulphuric acid.
Mrs. Callie Harrison and two daugh-
ters burned to death at Arlington,
Tennessee,
The clerical party is gaining strength
in Mexico.
Illinois colored men are organizing
for protection.
Max Judd, United States consul at
Vienna, has been removed.
The re-election of Senator Black-
burn from Kentucky seems assured. □
Over 1,000 people were drowned in
Japan by a big storm July 2-1 and 20.
The attorney general of Illinois is
investigating the new whisky trust.
Michael Hollcran, Des Moines, Iowa,
politician, was murdered by negroes.
Mrs. William Browning, Evansville,
Ind., killed her husband and herself.
HOTEL tit RE II0KR0E.
fORTY LiVES LOST IN A
DENVER EXPLOSION.
Morse as Superintendent.
Hutchinson, Kan., Aug. 19.—J. C.
0. Morse was appointed super-
intendent of the reformatory here with
L. N. II alio well as assistant. All sub-
ordinate ofllcers were also appointed.
The reformatory will bo opened Au-
gust 39.
1th
St.
C'orean Ministry Collapses.
PicTKRSRt'RO, Aug. 19.—The
for It that In ptsw a -*« w wui . , , « ■
age was still of the same true temper. persons m « • Novoe Vremya publishes a dispatch
Clearly a ver; eligible neighbor this, ourtelvei. from Vladlvostoek saying that th#
the more so as they had been confident- „ot,ai. «w „ Corean reform ministry has collapsed
ly assured by the estate agent that Mr. Utah tas owing to a conflict of opinion with the
Harold Denver, the son, was a most irrigated lands producing over 6,<VX),<K0 *
quiet young gentleman, and thst he bushels cf grain annually.
queen.
Members of the Hritish parliament
I have formed a currency reform club.
Chairman Carter will call a meeting
of the nation Republican committee to
' be held in November.
Secretary Morten is paying silveritea
i in his department with silver.
| Presidential appointments: Robert
i Ray, register, Woodward, Ok., land
oftice, ami John S. Richardson, regis-
ter Topeka land oftice.
Eight men were killed and ten seri-
ously hurt by the premature explosion
i of a blast near MehafTy on the Pitts-
burg and Eastern railway.
City Clerk J. T. Philips and Water
Commissioner George Hawkins of
Reatrice, Neb., have been arrested for
obtaining money under false pre-
tenses.
The Democratic committee of .lack-
son county, Missouri, deposed Marcy
K. Brown from the chairmanship and
| elected George M. Shelley.
A government employe has resigned
his job. He is.I. W. Rennett, a former
St. Louis newspaper man
Charges of violating argiy regula-
tions have been made against Major
E. H. Crowder of the department of
the Platte.
Secretary of State Hinrichscn of Illi-
nois, says that William R. Morrison is
not badly thought of by the silver
Democrats as a presidential candidate.
A building at Denver, Col., collapsed,
seriously wounding three persons.
Frank Mentor of Paul's Valley, Ind.
Ter., was killed by his son-in-law, Ro-
land Vaughan.
Wm. Lewis has sued William Ferre
at Bloomington, HI-, for the price of
twelve slaves sold in 1868.
A moonshine whisky spring is said to
have been found near Bandana, Ky.,
where the red fluid flows like water
Arkansas authorities are trying to
make the Pullman Palace Car company
and Pacific Express company pay taxes
in that state.
A bomb was exploded before the
French consulate at Acona, Italy,
doing much damage.
The Big Four's annual report about
to be made public shows that system
to have made a gross increase of $590,-
U7H for the year ending June .10.
Miss Ida Aimes is in ^ail at Guthrie
for selling liquor to Indians.
L. Phillips killed V J. Rrechtel at
Council Bluffs in a quarrel over do-
mestic affairs.
At Terre Haute Father Wilson of St.
Josephs Catholic church denounced
the bloomer bicycle costume.
The New York Association for Im-
proving the Condition of the Poor has
received a subscription of $1,000 from
Joseph Pulitzer.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
fh« Boilers In the (iumry House Itluw I'p
nnd Cause Untold Havoe Among; Sleep-
ing Ouests and Employes— Disaster Oc-
curs nt Midnight.
Denver, Col., Aug. 19.—The Gumry
hotel, Nos. 1725 to 1735 Lawrence
itrcet, was wrecked by a terrific explo-
sion at 12:10 a. m. The rear end of the
building, a five story brick and stone
structure, went down with a crash,
l'he hotel was crowded with guests
nd many of them must have been
killed, as well as the entire force of
hotel employes, who were sleeping in
that portion of the building at tho
time. On both sides of Lawrence, from
Seventeenth to Eighteenth streets, and
on Laramie directly back of the Gumry
the plate glass windows of the busi-
ness houses were blown in, and a num-
ber of pedestrians were injured by full-
ing glass. The fronts of many build-
ings in the vicinity were badly
wrecked.
The hotel structure for 100 feet
slong the alley, and extending for
Reventy-fivt* feet toward the front, is
merely a mass of debris. Brick and
plaster are piled in a heap twenty feet
nigh, and from this mass of wreckage
can be heard the moans of the injured
and dying. At 12:35 five injured per-
sons had been taken out. They were
all inmates of the upper story, and
sank down with the floors, escaping
more fortunately than those below,
who aro still buried in the ruins.
The firemen are working like beav-
ers, digging into the debris, but are
making little progress. The remain-
ing portion of the building, from
which the guests are being removed
by ladders as fast as possible, is ex-
pected to fall at any moment, and pre-
cautions to avert further loss of life
add to the difficulty in reaching the
<lead and injured. By some estimates
forty people were in the portion of
the hotel destroyed, nearly all of
whom must be dead. The cause of
the explosion is uncertain, but it is
supposed that the battery of boilers in
thhotel basement must have ex-
ploded.
EARNINGS OF RAILWAYS.
Fix Months' Itunlness This Vrnr Show*
Wonderful Improvements.
New York, Aug. 19.—Greatly im-
proved net railway earnings are shown
ln a carefully prepared special report
to Bradstrcets, an abstract of which
is as follows:
The gross earnings of 145 railroad
companies for the first six months of
1895 aggregate $340,099,773, a gain of
3.6 per cent over the corresponding
period of 1894, which in turn showed a
decrease from 1803 of 10.4 per cent.
The net earnings of the same roads foi
this year aggregate $102,707,7s( , a gain
over last year of 8.1 per cent, and fol-
lowing a decrease in 1804 from 1893 ol
18.8 per cent.
A Notorious Hrldg;e Completed.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 19.—The Rig
Four ran its first passenger train into
Louisville over the new Louisville and
Jeffersonville bridge at 8 o'clock yes*
ter day morning. This is the bridge on
which so many lives were lost during
its construction. The bridge with its
approaches is about two miles long.
Beginning to-day regular trains will
be run over the new bridge, which i«
an important matter to the city.
Mhot by a Drunkard's Wife.
Old Monroe, Mo., Aug. 10.—Far me*
Buird, living near New Hope, had beeu
drinking hard for some time und his
wife threatened to kill the druggist
there if he gave any more whisky to
her husband. The druggist heeded,
but Sam Elston supplied Baird secret-
ly. Yesterday Elston gave Raird a
quart of liquor, when Mrs Raird aj -
pea red. Elston started to flee and
Mrs. Raird shot him with a revolver,
killing him.
Serious Affair at Arbeen, I. T.
Guthrie, Ok., Aug. If.—Daniel R.
Brown, a merchant in from the Sem-
inole reservation, brings information
of a dastardly crime committed near
Arl>eca. A gang of Creek Indians and
negroes, with several white outlaws,
raided Samuel Norford's store and,
after gutting the place, assaulted and
otherwise mistreated five women in
the neighborhood, several of whouj
are likely to die.
ruffltlvH From Missouri CaukIM-
Butte, Mont., Aug. 19. William R.
Ray, who shot and killed A < rane
at Springfield, Mo., about a month ago
and escaped, was captured at Ana-
conda by officer (..u«. who had Imowii
Ray in Missobri. Hay was marshal of
Springfield at the time of the shooting.
Ray claims Crane hounded him and lie
had to shoot him. Ray will go back
without requisition papers.
Qakniral, Mo., Aug. 19.—The grand
Jury returned indictments against Dr.
and Mrs. Joseph C. Ilcarne, formerly
Mrs Amos J. Stillwel 1. for the murder
of Millionaire Pork Packer Stlllwell
December 28, 1888. They are both in
jail. It is believed Mrs. Ilearne will
break down and make a confession.
City Securities stolen.
Montreal, Aug 19. -Great excite-
ment was caused by the statement that
$KM>00 worth of securities have been
stolen from the safe of the city treas-
urer in the city hall.
Holmes' "Castle" Iturued.
Chicago, Aug. 10.—II H. Holmes'
castle, st Sixty-third and Wallace
streets, which is said to have been the
scene of numerous murders by the
owner, was discovered to be on fire at
l&.'iO this morning and was entirely
j destroyed.
I h* Hues trow .Inry l>l Mgree.
Union, Mo., Aug. 19.—The jury in
the Duestrow case, the millionaire St.
Ix>uis wife and child murderer, dis-
agreed and were discharged They
itood seven for acquittal aud five for
, ion net ion.
The Progressive party won the In-
dian election at Tisiimingo.
Eight hundred Loup Creek West Vir-
ginia miners are on a strike.
Jacob Schlesser of Chicago shot and
killed his son John in a quarrel.
Colorado Midland shops, Colorado
City, Col., burned. Loss, $75,000.
San Francisco and Santa Cruz will
soon be connected by a bicycle rail-
road.
The New York state Democratic con-
vention will be held at Syracuse Sep-
tember 24.
An open switch at Stamps, Ark.,
caused a disastrous wreck on the Cot-
ton Belt railway.
Billy O'Donnell of Memphis defeated
Oscar tiardner, the Omaha kid, in
eighteen rounds, at Memphis.
Judge Collier denied the application
for a separate receiver for the Atlantic
and Pacific, thus keeping the Santa Fo
system intact.
One person was killed and a score of
others injured in a rear (mdjJollision
on the Camden and AtlatAiD'uilroad
in Camden, N. J. \T/
Professor Hall of the New York
state museum is accused of selling
state specimens, also of copping out a
percentage of employes' salaries.
IT. S. Grant, jr., has bought from W.
W. Hadley the Thornton house at San
Diego, one of the most historical
buildings in the lower part of Califor-
nia.
Maryland Republican ticket:—For
governor, Lloyd Lownde of Cumber-
land; for attorney general, Harry M.
Clabaugh of Baltimore; for comptrol-
ler, Robert P. Graham of VVicomic
county.
The North American Telegraph com-
pany, which is the Northwestern ally
of the Postal, has leased the lines of
the Soo Telegraph company, extending
along the Soo railway and connecting
with the Canadian Pacific lines. This
gives the North American entrance
into Winnipeg and brings it other ad-
vantages.
Buffalo citizens are securing indorse-
ments which it is hoped will bring both
the Republican and Democratic nation-
al conventions to that city.
Hon. W. I). Dabney, solicitor of the
state department, will resign in Sep-
tember to accept the position of pro-
fessor of law at the university of Vir-
ginia. His present ottice pays $3,50G
a year.
Senator Blackburn has enough
pledges to secure his re-election, pro-
vided the districts heretofore carried
by Democrats give their usual resulte.
The aged guide of a St Paul party
of treasure seekers died in M- \. >
City. He only knew the secret.
The body of a man recently ed
by a train at Dallas, Texas, was iden-
tified as that of R. M. Johnson i de-
tective.
Premier Salisbury said that the t i.
tinuance of the Turkish empir. ie
pends upon the Sultan's action rei i d-
ing Armenia.
Tho agricultural department, in
bulletin, states that the total s
of 1804 were $889,843,000 agains* -i
000,000 for 189S.
Minister Terrell sends word
Turkey that Bicyclist Sachtlebr
be given a guard of soldiers t
rescue the remains of Cyclist I •
A storm passed over Chicka
National park, tearing up hun
trees.
The stock of the S. P. M- sc Dry
Goods company of Omaha i n he
sheriff's hands.
Lake Ilaynes slew his son near Clay
City, 111., to prevent him from testify-
ing against him.
At the end of the fiscal year there
were reported to l>e 138,000,i>00 gallons
of whisky in bond.
Proceodiugs to unseat Michael Daly,
the dynamiter, wcro bbgun in the
house of commons.
President Diaz of Mexico will send
troops to punish the Santa Cruz In-
dians for their depredations.
The Wah-Shah-She News, published
at Pawhuska, Ind. Ter., has been sup-
pressed by Agent Freeman of the
Osage nation and J. F. Palmer, its ed-
itor, banished.
Judge O'Neill of Cincinnati, decided
that the Commercial bank was insolv-
ent months before it closed.
The Holiness association of Missouri
and Kansas began its annual camp
meeting at Nevada, Mo., and will con-
tinue in session about two weeks.
About 10U elders are present to assist
in the meeting.
A table of errors made by railway
mail clerks shows a total of about
1,600.000errors In handling 10,000,000,-
000 pieces of mail.
Professor E. A. Robertson of In-
dianapolis has been elected president,
of George R. Smith college at Sedalia,
Mo.
The wife of the sheriff of Ruther-
ford county, Tenn., pistol in hand,
prevented the escape of ten prisoners.
The Chinese government is in a state
of he'pless < onfusion American and
Rritish officers are en route to Ku
Cheng to investigate the massacre of
missionaries.
The killing of a French captain by
Brazilians has caused a row between
the two nations.
A passenger frotu Havana has lieen
quarantined at New York on account
of having yellow fever.
Boston parties are arranging to give
that city and suburbsa pncumaMc mail
service if Uncle Sam will least; the
tul>es.
Earnings of tho Atchison system for
the first week in August were $035,-
051, an increase of $4,t>33.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to assassinate President Barrios of
Guatomala.
George T. Lohr and T. E. Cornell
have left Oakland, Cal., to wheel
iround the world.
Philip Spinner of the Seventh United
States cavalry killed himself at Camp
Douglass.
Foreigners residing in Tien Tsin
have appealed to America and Eng-
land for protection.
Mayor Holland of Dallas says the
Corbett-Kitzsiminons mill will posi-
tively take place in Dallas.
The Peck and Ater family reunion
it Cerro Gordo, 111., was attended by
•00 relatives.
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