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of Current
The d*ath of the Duo d'Uzes, at Ka-
benda, Lower Uuina, ha* beeu an-
nounced in Pari*.
Scott Wike, of Illinois, the new as-
sistant secretary of the treasury, has
qualified and entered upon the duties
uf hi> position.
The 131och Drug Company, of Chat-
tanooga, Tenn., made a general as-
signment, for the benefit of its credit-
ors on Friday.
trolt, who \vai> drowned iu the lake at " is claimed that all Russian sold-
I iers at the world s fair nave been or-
dered home where it is thought they
The town board of Creighton having
awakened from its slumbers has be-
gun needed improvements.
Great excitement prevails in the city
f Seville, Spain, over the discovery of
extensive anarchist plots.
The bodv of Peter PeMille, of De-
Chicago, was recovered Monday.
During a drunken riot at Kirkwood,
Del., William llenton, a bystander, was
shot and killed by a stray bullet.
• At Little Falls, Minn., Fred Debney
and his entire family were drowned
while attempting to cross a stream.
The Prussian landtag closed its ses-
sion Monday noon, Emperor \N iihelm
tending1 in his message to that effect.
One man was killed outright and
fiigbt others injured by a collision of
trolley cars a*. Bay 1 ii>l. N. ^ Tues-
day.
The Madison Car Company, of Saint
Louis, now in the hands of an assignee,
will make aa effort to resume busi-
ness.
Considerable int erest is felt in the
TIE TWO TUMMIES.
Guthrie has a Keeley iustitute.
Judge Pitzergruutod three marriage
licenses ami four divorces last Mou-
day.
The Guthrie Leader and the Chand-
ler Democrat-Warrior dislike the Press
Association and will have nothing to
do with it.
may be needed soon
Governor Waite, of Colorado, has
decided, it is said, not to cal 1 an extra
session of the Colorado legislature un-
der any circumstances.
The health of Count Ferdinand de (
Lessens has suddenly become much
worse and fears are expressed that the
end of his life is near.
The fall in the price of silver has
produced 21 financial and commercial
crisis in Peru. Business is paralyzed.
The rate of exchange is 21 pence.
At Genoa, Neb., Andrew Debney
shot and killed his wife, who had just
sued him for divorce, and then jumped
into the river and attemped to comm.t*
suicide.
meeting of the Mew York chamber or Freidberg Bros., liquor dealers at
commerce to discuss the financial situ- . Cincinnati, have made an assignment,
ation. ' and is said that the strain and worry
A coroner's jury has decided that | has ..hysieally prostrated the four
West Smith, who died recently in an
Ohio insane asylum, was beaten to
death.
Independence day at the world's
fair drew out a tremendous crowd and
was celebrated bv an interesting pro-
granie.
The Russian steamer, Olofons, ply-
ing in the V >lga river, exploded on
Tuesday, killing twenty-six of her pas-
sengers.
< endr •*«! N*\t* of Ol.l hon and the
1 mllan Territory.
Cull fur Statehood Convention.
To the people « i 1 he several counties of Oklaho-
ma territory, i> rentier
Whereas, Ity authority in the ac- The canning factory at Oklahoma
tion thereon taken by the congress of 1 City, will begin operations in a day or
the United States of America, a con- two. The new earriago factory is go-
gresssional committee will visit Okla- j up rapidh .
homa territory during the nexteominjr i Thfl AJv, lh(. jry weather
month of AuKnst to in:iko dm- . n est - , h.(s ma<)(, , .„^'shor, aI1d advi-es
gut.on and diligent m.ju.ry on the d. • f ,lf' „liavi.r , „ulltv to Rrow
sire, eligibility, needs and right- for ( *
our territory of Oklahoma to he ad- j P1"11* ot #OPa^-
vaneed into statehood and make an j i Edmond with her t wo flouring mills
otlicial report thereon to the said con- and two elevators, the facilities for
gress: and ' handling wheat, are not excelled* by
Whereas. No concerted action ha- any town iu Oklahoma.
11 bv the inhabitant- of the
brothers.
Samuel Hart, professor of Trinity
college, at Hartford, Conn., was elect-
ed bishop of the Episcopal diocese of
Vernon, but has decided to stay with
the college.
George It. Richardson, who on Mareli
30 last attempted to wreck the South-
ern Pacific train, was sentenced to
eight } ears imprisonment at Rosebury
Ore.. Monday.
_4irtnoi llevman & Alexander's lace ware*
I aul de uoine the . • , ' house and contents at Nottingham
■ reneh politician, has .inn... n . that w(>re d bv til.„ j. riduy. .-anslng
he will retire from acthe politics for. ^ of 1,000 and throwing' 800
four years. ; p0()ple ((Ut of work
Senator Squire, of Washington, has j The arbitration court in Ression at
Berne, {Switzerland, has decided to ex-
tend for three months the time for
j tiling replies in the Delogea Bay lta.il-
Tlie work of congress at the extra way controversey.
session may not be confined to rinan
ial questions, but appropriations ma;
been sued •to make him givt
counting of an estate of which he was
administrator.
r About half the insurance companies
doing business in Tennessee have tern
1 porarily suspended and seventeen have
I withdrawn owing to objectionable
laws in force there.
The city couneil,of Emporia threat-
. to revoke the charter of the street rail-
The president has created something way if that corporation does not iin
nf a stir at the interior department by prov • its property and the service i
showing a desire to hasten tne open renders the public.
ing of the strip*
also be taken up
President Warner, of the Hi-Mctalic
League, has issued a call for a con-
vention to be held at Chicago begining
un August 1.
Dispatches from Panama say that
Astor McKinney, the new I "nited
States minister to Columbia, has ar-
rived at liogota.
London's Stock exchance wil 1 be
closed Thursday, in honor of the wed-
ding of the Princess May and the ; cantilever bridge Monday afternoon in
Duke of York. . the face of a wind that was blowing a
At Thornliill, England, an explosion ! «ale in lhe c(-'ulei of tho 80ree-
occurred in amine Thursday, by which ! Final payment has been made to tlie
one hundred and twenty-six miners treasurer of South Carolina 011 the
At Tarpon Springs. l'la..on Tuesday,
City Marshal Whitechureh was shot
and killed while trying to arrest
drunken man. He fatally wounded
the man who killed him.
Clifford Calverly, the young w ire
walker, crossed the Niagara near the
lost their lives.
The recent alleged robbery of the ,
bank at .lerico is now discredited and
Cashier U. L. Hraslier is under arrest
charged with fraud.
Lord Mayor KniM, of London, i- en
gaged in raising a fund for the relief
of the Victoria survivors, which no v.
amounts to £30,000.
A terrific hail and rain storm \ i sited
the region about Reading, Pa., "Wed-
nesday 11 ght, doing an immense
amount of damage.
On the night of the Fouth of July a
farm house near Gagetown, Mich., was
■destroyed by tire and five persons per-
ished in the flames.
More than 5,000 pilgrims to Mecca ,
have died since June 1, 400 of cholera,
of which disease seventy-six persons
also died in Jeddah.
50,000 new bonds issued to redeem the
consuls outstanding. The state will
now meet all obligations promptly
A dispatch from Jackson, Noble
county, «>., says that tluee men named
I.-otis were instantly killed Sunday
nigh4 while taking shelter under
tr. ■ uring a heavy thunder storm.
A statement prepared by the comp-
troller of the currency shows that the
amount of national bank notes out
standing is $17S,('d4,r>35, an increas«
during the fiscal year ended June 30
of 30,033,897.
The Mexican government has de
creed that reductions of ft to 10 per
cent shall take place in the salaries of
public and army employees, to begin
.luly 3, and end perhaps December 1,
thereby saving SI,000,000.
W illie Ridgely shot and killed Wiley
Urown, a well known farmer, Monday
been tali
territory to ascertain, embody and
present the important questions and
interests relating thereto, in the best
manner to subserve our greatest good,
und worthy of the people of this grand-
t Oklahoma land of d« stiny: Ite it
therefore, by the Canadian County Har
Association.
Resolved. That a convention to be
represented by ten delegates from each ! .
oimtV In Oklahoma territory I ailed ! •'" Admire s,ys tlier. w.ll l.e a.good
by this asNociati ,. to meet at the I corn cropf.n Oklahoma tins K r
grand opera house, in the citj of BI that the rxird ls snil lng on the^ terrl-
fieno, on theStl. day of August, lSlKI. ! nothw.thstaniUng tin
for the purpose ofdi
The Cherokee commission has failed
to negotiate a treaty with the Ponca
Indians, and that reservation will not
be opened with the strip in the fall.
Tho farmers near Orlando ti'i 1 Mul-
hall are greatly excittd over there-
cent invasion of the strip cattle, fear-
ing, no doubt, the effect of the Texas
fever.
us*.ing and lire-
paring the best interests of this terri-
tory on the question of our advance-
ment to statehood. Now, therefore,
the Canadian t ouni \ Mar Association
doth hereby make tiiis call for a terri-
torial convention for the people <>f the
territory of Oklahoma, to meet at the
grand opera house in the city of LI
Keno. Canadian count). Oklahoma
Territory, on the nth dn\ of \ugust.
lS'.Cl for the purpose of taking sueh
tetion on the subject of statehood for
Oklahoma, as such convention in its
own wisdom shail. acting under its
ow 11 adcpted rules determine.
That each county of this territory
shall select ten delegates as rep esent-
atives to said convention.
That all territorial and county offi-
cers of this territory are cordially in-
vited and earncsth urged to attend
said convention.
the secretary of the Canadian
County liar Association shall corres-
pond with proper persons in each coun-
ty. and for this bar association advise
and direct all matters tending toward
the greatest success of such conven-
tion. and the people of the several
counties of Oklahoma Territory are
herebv earnestly requested to corn s
pond V it h - aid secrets r>
Done at El Keno.O.T.. June . 18i 'J.
Hoi MIX .1 \Mrs, 1
J. \V. Thomi'son, Com.
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CROSS Til K ROAD-
way from the .lava-
ncse village is a pe-
culiar boat. In
Approved:
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R. Kll.M'A I KICK.
Pres.
The thermometer n
Beaver last week.
> Me red \\[\ at
The Dithridge liros., leading glass 1 '"Mr I'erry twelve miles south of lex-
factorv of Marion. Ind.. wa, destrov- arkan:., Ar./ 1 ho killing grew out of
«.l by lire Wendne.sdav. I. ,s >10.000; trouble over the settlement of rent,
insurance, Shi,000. J '-i'lgely surrendered.
Russia's czar has issued a ukase to It i, reported that a futile attcmt
t lie effect that hereafter any .lews h.< t wa.-. made to wreclc the train of the
•hange their names will be prosecuted
under the criminal code.
czarowitch near Dunaberg, govern-
m.uit Vitebsk, while he was 011 his
way to London to attend the royal
The work of rescuing the Thoruhili : wedding. No particulars are given,
miners is being jmshed rapidly and
eight have been taken out alive, but
there is no !; -:> • for the others.
the
the
The latest new -, from Hawaii the
•rest of three of the Royalists who
ere iaipLcated in a plot t< blov, up
' at;, v building and restore
qllfCd.
The new (ierman reiehstag was
>pened We ln. >«lay with :i formal
Koctu'li b. i.inpei'or William, who
dwelt espc'ji:t!!\ on the importance of
the armv . i!i.
I'ri
rrince Henry.
Ihnperor Willia 1. \ !io
bis majesty at the \
I)uke of \ vk ind I'
Tcck. lias arrived in I.
si;i, Virtither o f
will represent
redding of the
rincess May -ti
ondon.
I ne Larrone. commissioned to
I in pect the w ine exhibit at the Colum-
l t>; in exposition on the part of France
arrived at New York Monday, lie .vas
one- of the judges of the wine exhibit
1 at. the Paris exposition.
I The stock barns on the farm known
is (irassland, located in Nindy Hill. N
• ne of the best, known Eastern
\ w V >!:< \ ere burned Sunday night.
Che contents of all the barns, includ-
•1 sixteen horses, were turned.
The Mammoth mine in Pinal county
\ T. l;as shut down. It is rt gold mine,
and belongs to a syndicate in London,
England. It is believed that the sus-
pension is only temporary. The yield
for the past few months has been very
influx of
strip cattle.
C. M. Scott, of Arkansas t ity, is of
t ie opinion that the Colorado official
are mistaken w hen they say have cap-
tured the famous bandit. Henry Starr.
And so does everybody else,
The people of Kinglishe. will be
called upon in a short time to vote
bonds for building suitable school
buildings. Kvery citizen should think
this matter over and vote for the bonds
without hesitation.
Governor Renfrow, savs the Leader,
j has applied for a leave of absence anil
' will visit the world's fair. It is sup-
1 posed that Roy gave him the required
I documents.
There is quietly preparing a little
coup for the strip sooners that we be-
lieve will work and if placed 011 tap
will strip the sooners of their illegal
holdings in a short time.
c. R. Vaughn of Arapahoe says that
they have had fine rnins ami that coin
is looking elegant, and all they need
now to make them happy is a railroad,
which they hope they will soon get.
Hon. Lesslie P. Ross passed through
Guthrie Sunday evening on his return
from Washington. He looks well and
said that he had gone out of polities
and that his intention now, was to
settle down to the'practicc of law.
The people of Oklahoma generally
expect the strip to open about Sept.,
122, ISM. The Kickapoo reservation
should have been opened I011;,' since.
It gi.\cs Lincoln county five townships.
Logan, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie
counties also increase their area.
• J. C. Dow d, who lives east of Nor-
man says that he. had roasting ears
out of his field of corn for dinner on
June J(3. This will give the readers
outside of Oklahoma what our country
is capable of doing. Mr. Dowd says
the rain last week will make his
corn.
T. X. Terr ill will have a new trial
; for killing George Linbree. The lirst
trial resulted in a disagreement of the
jury, and on the second he was con-
v 1«• ied and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for life. He took an appeal and
the supreme court has allowed it and
set the case for hearing.
i The soldiers are driving thousands
i of Cherokee cattle otV the strip into
, Oklahoma. As Texas fever exists
j among many of the ' herokee berths,
| the farmers are up in arms. Alon£
! the line hundreds of cattle are dead or
| dying. The governor of Oklahoma
w ill take steps to slop the driving of
little into this territo
A negro girl was s arcd to death by
a storm at Hennessey last week.
'I he Leader is making war on what
it *. -rms "the whistle nuisance."
.ludge Gates has resigned the pro-
hate judgeship of Heaver count\
A statehood convention has been
called to meet in 151 Reno, August s.
Reaver oountv was visited by a hai
storm last week which did no damage
to crops.
The farmers of 1) county have liii *•},
ed harvesting wheat and are n %
breaking sod and planting cane.
John Stout, a farmer near Ileum s-
>e\ . threshed 100acres of wheat which .
yielded thirty bushels per acre.
A Sheridan man wants to l;n- •• .
whether or not there is a law prohib- j
iting people from living in school j
houses.
Governor Renfrow has appointed ('.
A. Galbraithof Oklahoma t ity attor-i
ncv general, vice Charles Urown r<
signed.
Some think that whether Governor
Wolfe's intruder proclamation !s <i-,
forced or not, will prov to be the be- |
gining of Un end of tribal gov. n i th*e i^arlc t.h-:fi\« -ide. W hy is it
nient for the Chickasaws and al! other , lhftt ., n'ew ry , h. people, as a
.tribes. ■ ra|P< observe, celebrate and enjoy the
The director of the Okln oma KxperJ j Fourth of July more than in t he older
imental station announ^s that after 1 pacts of tho grand republic?
10th 110 more infected chinch bugs will dressed and better
be sent out from the station, but that never was sr
the bark in water* It U then placed
in a malili wood board and the surface
scraped bv a rough shell, leaving the
inner bark. This leaves it a pulpy
A GLANCE AT THE CUSTOMS substance. The small strips are over-
OF THE SAMOANS lapped and the edges pounded together
until a piece is made the required size.
To color the cloth iu designs a die is
Objects of Interest Seen In the Samoa*. n ade nf a half-oval board of pau wood,
Village in Mlilwajr I'lalnance—A Ship over w hich colors made of native barks
south sea l'aiace—inter- and roots have been smeared. The
prepared cloth is spread over this and
the print is made. All kinds of designs
are used and t he drawing is very crude,
but the printing is done with goeme*
trie accuracy, although the eye only is
used.
The village is under the control of
some lespcits it is H. .1. Moore of Apia, who is the con ti-
the most singular dante of Mataafa and who will in all
craft ever seen probability bo his prime minister if he
here. It is the tain returns to power at the next election,
umalua or war ea- A theater is being built ami perforni-
11 oe of Samoa. The ances will be given of historical pieces,
boat, w hieh ha- Tho colony consists of 200 warriors and
seen active service dancers of both sexes.
in the South l'a- ' ( upid is beginning to make his pres-
citie. is feet long once known in the plaisance. Within
and 8 feet of beam, ami not. a s 'rap o' ;i xvet k a Samoan has fallen heels over
iron enters into its construction. It is |,,,at| jn love with a Norwegian girl in
made of liilili wood, a native timber 01 |H,antv show, the priest in Cairo
dark reddish hue. capable of taking a .street is languishing because an
high polish. The boards are put to American cash-girl was sent nway
get her in a peculiar way. They arc af|wr ]u had given his heart to her,
joined with liber twine, and the work and a German had an experience he
is so well done that tlu re is 110 leak wjjj not SOon forget His name is Carl
age. It requires twenty-two men t" ^leinen, and in the land of his birth he
row the boat, and in addition to these : ;s cuUe(l heir baron. At present he
it will hold thirty-three warriors. is einnloyed in serving beer and Frank-
To help the oarsmen a square sail. ; forj ausages in a restaurant where be
made of matting is used. It is held i an hear the lions roar while going
aloft by a mast,but thongs are fastened j through their performance. A week
to the four corners and tothe boat.and ap.0 he went to the Chinese theater,
in this manner the pulling is done, t n the play a poor, downtrodden celes-
The figure-head is the carving of a god Seeing from unjust wrath, is
in which the Samoaiis believed many ;.t to end his life, w hen the beauti-
ycars ago. It, is the god of sea-going ful daughter of the King saves him aud
people and is represented as on the NVcds him. It was at tho first sight of
lookout for rocks and shoal water. 1 he ,jlis daughter that Cupid began to
warriors are armed with bows and ar- His aim was true. The server
rows and axes and the sides of the of sausages was smitten. His attention
boat show tho marks of numerous con customers was redoubled, for
flicts. The oars are remarkably hcav\. tips were necessary. It costs cents
long sweeps. Near the boat is the tt>see the bcautiiiil daughter of the
Ion go, a sort of bell. It is like a trough |{iug. Carl saw every performance
hollowed out of a log, about four feet heart beat harder and harder,
long and set up 011 pegs. In the liol- ()n Sunday he found out the name of
his divinity. It was Wong Pang. To
hang around tho stage door was use-
less, for the Chinese lived in the build- .
ing. Besides it was a waste of time,
for tips had to be earned. The next-
best thing to do was to write a letter.
. He did it; It was an impassioned
screed and" told of the great love he
had. The letter was delivered and the
trembling Carl sat in front awaiting
some sign. It came. Manager Sling
touched him on the shoulder aud told
him to follow. Once in the coveted
presence, W ong I'aug inform.'i. Alio
love-struck Teuton, of an abilfty to
Pi , ''talkeo English likco Moilcan man,"
the natives want to call they pound ob to wllU,h Carl n.piiod with a heart-
the hollow piece of wood, which gives cnjH||ing smile: "Das ist zehr gilt."
out a ringing sound that can be heard 'j'hose were the last words he spoke
a considerable . istance. A light wood in uK, theater. Ilis.divii.it v had been
canoe 18 also shown It is provided siuill(f lmt rose, pulled otY the wig o£
with outriggers and is like the im- ltifi.l dauvhter and let down a
proved racing machine of to-day. long cue. Wong l'ang is a man, and
In front of the entrance is erected a i>t,(.uuse they don't have women on the
Samoan house. It is the property of st in China he impersonates one.
Mataafa, the deposed ruler. It was rarl servt,d sausages the rest of t he day
brought from the little settlement of in u very d,.j....t. a ,„ttnuer. an l gave
Malie, several miles fn.in Apia, and is oni! ,.ustomer iUl utlU(.U u.f heart .lis
most wonderfully constructed. In 0!,S1. hy declining a tip. Hi- hope u
shape it is circular. It is upright to ... ■ •
the height of five feet and then slopes
to a tent-like point thirty feet above
the ground. 11 is made entirely of PROF- FRANK DOiSERT.
bread-fruit wood, the only wt.od that
the white ants, which overrun the isl Hom«tl in* M>oat Or«*t Musleai
and, will not cat. A house built of Composer uf N«*v \ork.
any other material would be eaten up l-'rank Dossert of New York city,
11 a mouth by the pests. The uprights whose solemn mass, dedicated to the
are made^>f pieces about four inches Pope, was recent y executed in the
in diameter. At intervals of four feet chapel of St. Peter's at Rome, is the
a circle is made of the same material. | lirst American composer whose work
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BUILDING A Sot I II SKA 1SI.AXD HUT.
low are placed wooden mallets. When
The pieces of wood are all short and
are jointed and bound together l>.
thongs. The; roofing is macie of twigs
and covered with thatch. The house
was used by Mataafa and his father
and is said to be very old.
The Samoans themselves are the
oldest race of the south seas. They
are tall, sturdy and very intelligent.
as been thus honored. 'lhe choir
that rendered tho work was organized
and drilled by Dossert himself. Pro-
fessor Noreschi, the finest male soprano
in Home, soloists from St. John Later-
ail's choir, all the best voices of the
Sistine Chapel and of all tho churches
in Home assisted in tho rehearsals.
The pitch of the mass being very high
Concerning the Fourth of July an
Oklahoma City man has this to say:
The glorious Fourth has been! "done
gone." A lovely day, universally en-
joyed: the fairgrounds crowded, also
.lames Hughes, the master workman !
of the I nited O arm cut Worker's Asso- 1
elation of Aim rica, who has beeu in '
tin* Monroe, N Y. penitentiary for six
months, has been pordoneri.
tieorge llerriek. postmaster at Head
station 4v).. --hot and killed Uoss
Leonard, a young farmer of the coun-
ty. \Vednesday . I eonard was drunk
and raised a quarrel in Derrick's store, i
Rev. .John T Jauics. « f Loudon 1
county, Va . ercatetl havoe ;it the
world's fair, by making a vi.-iou^ at
tack oil a fine w hiskey exhibit with his
heavy cane, partially wrecking .! l. e-
fore he could be stopped.
A dispatch fr. mi St Petersburg
says news has arrived there that the
Russian cruiser Yladivoster, of 1.100
tons belonging to the Siberian lioet,
has been wrecked on the rocks near
Port l.a/.aref, on the east coast of Co-
rea. The fate of the crew is not given.
Fifteen hundred miners at. Long-
view, Dollonvaleand Lauralton mines.
die
in t)hio, are out on ;
the discharge < f tlu
All the kiln pipe set
pipe worU at St cub
a strike against t he
tion of wages. Flu-
be compromised.
tieneral Sehofield lias received re
ports from Leech Lake, Minn., indie it-
strike because of
cheek weighman
!ers at the sewer
•nville are out on
: 0 per cent redue
matter will likely
TlieClioctaws condemned t<
duly 7, have been given a 1 > w
life by tiovernor Jones, who has pos* ing that the recent troubles with the
polled their execution t r one month, chippewas are at an end: that the In
| dians arc satisfied that the shooting of
The break in the L, ie canai at Koch- 1 (,nt. ()f their number by Dr. Walker
ester, N Y . is more sr rions than was Was purely accidental and that, the in-
at first thought tobe. The three mile ;ured man is now on the mend. The
level is dry and l: o men are at work ! troops will be withdrawn for the pres-
"Navigation can hardly oe resumed till eut.
hp vtweek
5 Ike Etlibridge killed David Brewer,
Dr. T. Thatcher Cruves appeared be- near Conway, Ark. Brewer went to
fore Judge Kurns at Denver Saturday j t,ho field where Fltlibritlge was work-
morning with a motion to tleei ca-c th- arwj attacked him with a butcher
amount of his bond, which has been 1 knife. He pursued him1 home, where
$30,000. Judg® Ihirns declined t • re Bthbridge -ot a g in and ' llled hit as-
1 ceive a bond for a less sum. , saiiant
if possible next year packages v i I <• ,
sent out over the territory earlier in
the season to all who apply
The Texas stc r i- in ra t Iu- a I
predicament. His presen < n t'.«
strip is not allowed oy th soldier-. I"
lie goes into Kansas (iklaho i a
meets w ith cnemiev He is too < an
for market, too numerous for the sold-
ier- and to sickly for tie. farmer
;; Captain Johnson in command o:'.
troop IL third eavalr; n- vtati net!
at Fort Keno. went itit > camp near
Hennessey Wednesday I hoy are on
their way to inteniew Mr. I >t*
and his conferees'vVlui irt g« tting their
paunches filled on Vln su -eulcnt : as,
that grows so luxi^'ant 11 tie strip.
It is told that oife -.t t in pa^veng* 1 s
on the train Thursday night on winch
there was an atti mpt at robLc. v at
Hlaek Hear bridge, threw his po« Uet-
book through the window during the
racket.. AYhen the robbc- was arrest-
ed he went to get his pocket booi.. but
before he could ti ixl it ih t'-ain oulleil
out and left hi 11 on the prairi*
A grand hunt took place last week.
A great round up took place 011 - lioo
section thirty-six in Creeley township
It was a grand sight t< sr-c the excite
nicut. .After the battle til* result wa-
a capture of eight wolvi - two wild
eats and innumerable jackrabit-. Th<
north line was not well defended and*
several wolves made their escape. An
other hunt is planned for the future.
The Otoe Indians hail this year mo
acres of good wheat, 700 acres «>f oats,
and have now 900 acres of "*orn. They
have this year broken r>00 acres 01'
prairie and have made v.ooo rods of
fence.
At a meeting of the school board of
Oklahauia City last Monday, Professor
L. L. Halleelt was Jlected principal of
the schools of that city. Professor
Halleck was principal of the (iuthrie
schools for three years, and in that ca-
pacity demonstrated excellent ability
As an educator, he has few equals iu
any locality, and city in the south is
to be congratulated 011 securing his
services.
A better
behaved crowd
than was in this city
on the Fourth of July, iand that
is saying a good deal for a man of
seventy summers. Long, very long,
may the pe .p!e heartil, observe this
great d - . I' the entire population of
the republic could visit foreign coun-
tries and compare this lovely land.
this land of absolute freedom, with
foreign depetisms. what an iuhaust-
iblc supply of patriotism would be
veloped.
1 lion Dennis Flyn 1 leaves for Wash
ing ton on the .'"th. and in the mean-
time will visit*!:lien nt portions of t ne
territory and confer with its promi-
nent men as i«> what legislation the
territory needs, lie is especially in-
terested in the "free home ' idea, and
will do all in his power to relieve the
settlers of tho < heyenne and Arapahoe,
Sac and Fox, Lwa and Potawatomie
countries and put them 011 the same
footing as the settlers of Oklahoma j
per He thinks the best way to pro- I
I in the mat'er is to lirst get a law
pa^ed putting all t. >se reservations
on the same footinu e^, allowing the
settlers in the Che . enne aud Arapahoe
an.! Potawatoini" e. iii'rie. \ , prove
up after a year residence a^ in the
case in the Sac and I ox and Iowa
lands, and after that, is don • e; le Lv r
t 1 get the "free honn hill through. I I,ko•
II" will certainly do all that can b
done, and has great hopes of sue ;es
It is barely possible t iiat he 111:1 ge
the first bill throi.-l .t the extra s<"-
sion.
They are Catholics now, but about four 1 in tin
eentui i«vs a go they holdtbe Mohamine tlier.
dan belief. About the only practice
of the settlement which iias a tinge of
barbarism is tho native dance. It is
Fijian in origin and is supposed to
have been danced for a thousand years.
It had its foundation in the stormy
war times of t he early times when war-
riag on the different tribes who occu-
pied the different islands was almost j poser had to re
tho sole occupation of the inhabitants. ' copy all the parts
The dunce is accompanied by a chant for the singers be-
am! chorus. The chant describes the J cause they read
different stages of a war' expedition 1 from the old clefs
from the time it leaves homo until the | only instead of
return, and at the end of each stage , the modern style,
the warriors all join in the chorus as he had origin- fuank dossekt*
The music, if suchitcan be called, is aiiy written them. At the conclusloa
peculiar. At times it is almost dream-| yf't|ie n,ass Verdi, who was among
original,
was the
dillieulty to over-
come of meeting
t he capacity of the
Koinau sopranos.
| This was done by
t ransposing t h e
j mass o 11 0 - half
tone. Tho com
pr<
WAR « \ \OF OF SOI
si; \ Is LA NDERs.
W heat is avei ._
three bushels t > t
t hresliing lias pr.1
city. O110 of the <
has threshed a fie
a\ • raged forty foul
machine measure.
, 1 _ about twenty
.• acre as far as
essed west of the
oles oil Deep Fork
d of wheat that
a nd a hal f bn- he Is
Again it resembles the wail of
the Scottish highlanders' funeral song
There are moments when it i-, digni-
nitied and moini:nts when it, is wild,
fierce, barbaric. The rowing of tin
the
distinguished auditors, hastened
to congratulate the composer. Dossert
was born in F.ufTalo, N. 'i . of French
parentage. Hisniusieal talents are in-
hei„ t .-d, 11 is fat iier a • o/^a Tiist of
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Durable shoes for men are now made
of pigskin.
Several Shanghai chickens with
fifteen toes are the boast of (ieorge II.
Hall, Perrydale, Ore.
Two perfectly-formed chickens were
hatched from one egg,
boats, throwing th lance- rushin. the Lutl'alo Cathedra for twenty-six
through the waves, the heat of battle years, and his mother, a woman of ex-
and mourning foi tly dead are told in I ceptional musical attainments, was
song and in pantomime and this panto j the possessor of a beautiful soprano
mini • is th dan- They have other voi-e. At the early age 0: i:. years he
dam es of a much more irheerful nat-. n eded to the position of hi lather,
lire, such as at company a marriage, His progress in the musical profession
but tie , are of comparatively modern was so rapid as to attract tho itten*
orig 11. tion of musicians in the metropolis
The home dr< s of these people is and in 18s'J he recci\ I the oiler of the
j ver\ scanty. It coir ts of nothing post of organist a id <1 tor ot' .-si-
more than a wide s* ip of tapa cloth Stephen s Church which he accepted
about the loins. Tapa .s made l y the and still holds
natives and is a product of the burk of
the mulberry tree. Strips of the bark His possessing minds whit b are morose,
1 inches thick, -• feet long and I in-1 soiemtt and inflexible en. >y. in genersl "
ches wide are stripped from the tree.
These are taken to the river, where
women and girls subject them to a
crude process of tann;ng by soaking
greater share of dignity
bacou.
than of bappi-
TiiRHt: is not a string attuno<l
but has Its chord of .m-j'nn. Iclv
> mirth
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