The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 1897 Page: 2 of 4
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THE CHANDLER NEWS.
CHANDLER,
OKLAHOMA.
iHiiilifcO
PAYS $4,000 FOR HUSBAND
fct. Louis Woman ti Ives Cash for Con-
ductor Trultt.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct 4.—John A.
Truitt, a conductor on the Northern
Central Electric street car line, was
sold yesterday by his wife for 84,000
to a "woman who declares that she
loves the man more than his wife does.
The deal was the sequel to the follow-
ing- remarkably statement made to
Mrs. Truitt by Mrs. Stephens, who
lives in this city witli her father:
"Mrs. Truitt, I love your husband
and 1 want him. I have traveled the
•world over and he is the first man I
ever loved. I will give you 84,000
cash for him if you will give him up."
Truitt, who is the father of four
children, seems to agree to the deal.
It is stated that last Tuesday Mrs.
Truitt, knowing1 that her husband
loved another, attempted to take her
life by swallowing1 a big- dose of mor-
phine.
Old Soldier Instantly Killed.
Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. 4.—A vet-
eran of the late war and an inmate of
tiie Soldiers' home named Dowd was
last night instantly killed by an elec-
tric motor near the home grounds. He
was lying1 on the track and was not
discovered in time to permit the car
to come to a stop. His head was torn
from his body and he was otherwise
badly mutilated.
Ktiin Needed to Check Fire.
Kknosha, Wis., Oct. 4.—Kenosha
County is in danger of being" burned
out unless rain falls soon. Extensive
prairie fires have been raging for the
past two days in the town of Somers.
Large quantities of hay and other
materials have been destroyed, while
acres of grass, corn, stubble and
fences have been destroyed.
Very Ury in Kentucky.
Louisviu.k, Ivy., Oct. 4.—The pres-
ent drouth in Kentucky is the worst
in t-'onty years. So great is the
SCarcty of water that the Louisville
<fc Nashville officials are uneasy and
fear that they will not be able to sup-
ply their tanks along the road. The
damage done will reach up into the
millions.
Stenographer* in Demand.
Washington, Oct. •■ . —There is a
larger demand for female stenograph-
ers and typewriters in the departments
at Washington than the civil service
commission has been able to meet.
The salaries range from $000 to 51,000
per annum.
(Jets Little Encourageraeut.
Dknvkr, Colo, Oct. 4.— Booth-
Tucker left for the East last night.
He said before going that Colorado
capitalists had offered little encour-
agement to the colony project as yet,
although a few had promised to con-
tribute.
The Deficit for September.
Washington, Oct. 4.—The monthly
Statement of the government receipts
and expenditures during September,
18U7, shows the receipts to have been
$21,933,0'.)S and the expenditures
36C,815, an excess of expenditures over
receipts of 13,435, S17.
Old Firm to Quit llusiness.
Liukhtv, Mo., (let. 4.—The old shoe
firm of James Frailer & Sons an-
nounced to-day that they would retire
from business January 1, 1S08. The
store was founded in 1850, and was
perhaps the oldest business house in
Clay county.
Strike Riot iii Poland.
St. Pktkrshuko, Oct. 4.—At Dam-
browa, Poland, -1,000 iron workers
went out on a strike and stoned the
soldiers sent to quell the disturbance.
During the disorder the soldiers tired
on the strikers, killiug three out-
fight and seriously wounding four.
GIVES A REVIEW OF HIS
OBSERVATIONS.
IS NOW ON HIS WAY HOME.
Ilussiti Making (ireat Progress—Ger-
many's Soldiers the Hest Drilled and
Showiest — (iond Words for
France's Troops—America
Must Make l'repurations
—u. s. Soldiers.
London-, OoL 4.—General Nelson A.
Miles, Mrs. Miles and aide de camp,
Captain Ma us, sailed for the United
States on the American line steamer
St. Louis to-day, having been in Eu-
rope since May on a tour of military
observation. The general has in-
spected everything of military interest
from the armies of the great powers
in liekl action down to "balloons and
bicycles, as he remarked, lie lias
looked over fortifications, barracks,
camps and ordnance works of all
classes.
In an interview before he sailed,
General Miles said: "When I left
Washington the war between Turkey
and Greece had assumed such propor-
tions that it looked as though the
neighboring provinces would be drawn
into it, and possibly one or two of the
great powers of Europe. No one real-
ized at that time that Greece had as-
sumed hostilities when she was wholly
unprepared for war, nor did anyone
anticipate that Turkey woulu in forty-
five days mobilize a great army of ooo,-
000 men. When 1 arrived at Constan-
tinople an armistice had been declared
and war was practically over, al-
though the armies have remained in
hostile attitudes and it has taken three
months to agree upon conditions of
peace for a war that had been foug-ht
in five weeks.
EUROPE A GREAT ARMED CAMP.
"I have seen all the great armies of
Europe except the Spanish army and
if Spain should declare war against
the Cnited States I may possibly have
an opportunity of seeing that. Of
something over 3,000,000 men under
arms, I have seen nearly 400,000 in
barracks and in garrison and in field
maneuvers, besides nearly 100.o'lo men
engaged in the construction of war
material
"W hat I have seen does not indicate
that the niiUenium is .it hand, when
'swords will be beaten into plough-
shares.' There never was another time
in the history of the world when such
energy, ingenuity and wealth have
been devoted to war purposes. The
resources and industries of many peo-
ples are largely devoted to maintain-
ing large standing armies and formid-
able navies.
AMERICA MUST BE IN TRIM.
"Fortunate are the people of the
United States that they are walled in
by two great oceans, yet this fact
would not warrant them in any other
.policy than keeping a reasonable per-
centage of the population ful. equip-
ped ami instructed in modei appli-
ances and methods of war.
■•It so happened that important
events occurring in Europe this year
have contributed to my opportunity
for observation, giving mo chances to
see the best of the arm.es of all the
great powers. The celebration of
Queen Victoria's sixty years of reign
brought together 50,000 of her ariuy
and 38,000 men of her navy. The field
maneuvers in Russia were conducted
on a large scale and were exceedingly
interesting. Russia for hundreds of
years has been a great military na-
tion. Her people have been accus-
tomed to war and her population is so
numerous and she is so located geo-
graphically as to be practically inde-
pendent of the other powers of the
wprlyl. , JJlQ.Ugk. her ywerjiment has
' been autoTVa'tiS TTid her people far lie-
hind the age in enlightenment—only 8
percent of the population beinjr able
to read—the rays of ntelleetual en-
lightenment are penetrating that vast
region and there is a great future for
Russia.
RUSSIA AND GERMANY.
"What the headlight of the locomo-
tive has done for our Western country
in thejast generation is now to some
extent being done for that country
through a construction of the railroad
across Siberia, one of the greatest en-
terprises of modern times. Remark-
ably enough, it is being built under
the direction of a self-made Russian
prince, who served his apprenticeship
in the machine shops of Philadelphia,
but like Peter the Great has become
master of his trade and is now con-
tributing immensely to the material
welfare of Russia. The Russian army j
is composed of strong, hardy men and i
its officers arc highly educated and
skillful otlicials.
"Germany is one vast military camp.
It is geographically in such a position
that it is compelled to maintain a
great'military force. On one side is Aus-
tria, that they have overrun and France
that has been conquered and a part of
her territory taken away, by fighting
her when she was at a great disad-
vantage. On the other side stands
the great Russian bear and between
these two Germany finds it necessary
to keep her powder dry. The German
army is kept under rigid discipline, it
is well drilled, makes the finest ap-
pearance on parade, but its fightina
qualities are no better than the Eng-
lish, Russian or French armies.
THE FRENCH ARMY.
"I saw part of the French maneuv-
ers near St. Queutin. The French
army is not spectacular in appear-
ance, yet it has a solidity and earnest-
ness of purpose which indicate that it
is well equipped for war. Its uni-
forms arc not so handsome as thoso of
the German army, but are serviceable,
while its officers are skillful and in-
tensely in earnest There were 70,000
well equipped, well disciplined troops
and the review by the president was
one of the finest displays I have ever
witnessed. The army of ri0,000 passed
the reviewing stand in a little more
than two hours' time, and the entire
body of cavalry, 10,000 strong, charged
across the field in one solid mass and
halted but a few yards from the presi-
dent in almost perfect line and splen-
did order."
POWER OF TIIIS COUNTRY.
To the question as to whether the
United States, under its present mili-
tary policy, would be able to cope
with a European power, General Miles
replied: "In any population, it is esti-
mated, one man out of five is capable
of bearing arms. -That, would give us
an army of 13,000,000. Our people are
strong physically and generally intel-
ligent and well informed. Resides
that, each citizen is a sovereign and
East India, sets forth fn an.art'itfle en-
titled "India's Cause for Silver," in
the October number of The ^ortli
American Review, the reasons why
the oeople of India desire the
reopening of the Indian mints. He
arraigns the British government for
blocking the way to an international
agreement for the remoaetization of
silver, charging that by closing the
Indian mints it has confiscated one-
halt' of the wealth of the Indian em-
pire. He expresses the opinion that
England may be forced, out of regard
to its own interests, to change its
course, and concludes: "If, however,
notwithstanding every entreaty, she
proves false to her own and the world's
interests, then slife may learn to her
co*t that other nations can act without
her, and may see the very thing come
to pass in retribution which she so
long opposed. If she sjill continues to
block the way, if Senator Wolcott's
mission fail and the India mints re-
main unopened, then the last hope of
India must lie in Mr. Bryan. If three
years hence his efforts are crowned
with success, which necessarily they
must be if nothing is done meanwhile
to solve the great question, he will
perhaps find the gold • worshipers of
Europe headed by England, awaiting
in trepidation in liis antechamber to
entreat an international agreement,
l'hat will be the hour of his triumph
and in anticipation of it the 300,000,-
000 of India will wish him Godspeed
with all their stricken hearts."
Cherries Call the Police.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 4.—The
Cherry S'.sters appealed to the police
for protection at last night's perform-
ance and Sergeant Talbot and Officer
Eldredge were detailed to attend the
Gilliss Opera house and preserve or-
der. A few tomatoes were thrown
upon the stage when the sisters put
in an appearance, but the audience
was easily subdued, and a clamlike
silence reigned during the remainder
of the performance.
l,-ire at Canton, Kansas.
McPiikiisox, Kan., Get. 4.—A disas-
trous firs occurred at Canton, fourteen
miles east of here, at 7 o'clock yester-
day morning, destroying two dwelling
houses, a feed mill, two livery barns,
with harness, feed, one cow and sev-
enteen horses. The loss is estimated
at 81,000; insurance, 8500. The origin
of the fire is unknown
r < ullf<irriin's Mine I'rnniise Creat.
San Francisco, Oct. 4.—The vintage
of California this year promises to
reach -0.000,000 gallons, or 25 percent
more than last season. About one-
half of the grape crop has already
i been converted into wine. The grow-
ers are now receiving an advance of
from 81 to 810 a ton for their
grapes.
A Despondent Farmer a Suicide.
Hutchinson, Kan., Oct. 4.—William
Hensley, a farmer near Langdon, Re-
no county, who had lost all of his
hogs from cholera, and for several
A Nejjro Ticket In Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio, Get. 4.—-The Negro
Protective party, by petition, to-day
was placed on the Ohio ballot sheet.
This makes five state tickets, with the
gold Democrats to come.
personally interested in the welfare had been moody. hange I himself
of his government and serves volun- | ln , granary last night. Ilis wife
tarily without being forced into service ouml lus Uotly two hours later,
by a military despotism. We have many
thousands of men still livinir who
have seen more war, participated in
more battles, than any man in Europe.
But it is another thing to equip an
army with modern appliances for the
defense of a coast where we would
have to use high power guns and mod-
ern projectiles, which it takes years to
construct, while small arms are not to
be made in a few days or even weeks.
Modern rifles are different from the
squirrel guns, which our revolution-
ary fathers went to war. The range
of modern arms is very great and pro-
jectiles weigh 700 pounds to a ton of
steel. The rapidity of the rapid fire
machine guns, the Maxim and Gatling,
is 400 to 000 shots a minute. Although
these are American inventions these
are largely used in the European serv-
ice."
Is Willing.
Senor Sagasta says
Sagasta
Madrid, Oct. 4.
he is willing to undertake the con-
struction of a cabinet, and it is hoped
^ hat the crisis will be solved to-day.
Actor Joseph Proctor I>ead.
Boston, Oct. 4.—Joseph Proctor, the
veteran actor, died at 12:45 this morn-
inf,' at his home on Columbus avenue,
after a long illness. He had in his
time played with all the stellar at-
tractions of his early days.
INDIA TRIBUTE TO BRYAN. American C.iri wins Honors.
i Bkhmn. Get. 4.—The much-coveted
Frof. Cliosh of Calcutta University De- ' miis'c P>'ize, known as the Meildels-
clares Silverltes Rely on Nebraskan. j sliPemluhas Wen won by
New York, Oct. 4. Prof. A. S. Chosh I ^"ss Leonora Jackson, an American
of the Calcutta university, a native of 0o,nlK'tltor-
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