The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 137, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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TI* LEADER, GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA
Railroad Time Tables.
A. T to 8. F.
SOUTH, EAST AND WEST.
I Arrive | Leave
| Guthrie | Guthrie
Arrive
Chicago-
6:40 am 1 6:00 pmi :4S am
4:04 pm I 6:80 am | 10:00 pid
«:20 am I Local Freight
Local Freight.
SOUTH, SOUTHEAST AND WEST.
OLD WORLD NEWS
tun laud Becoming Very Active
in Afric#- Berlin Gossip
(Copyrighted 1S . by Assoc.atsd Pre*.)
Berlin, July 15.—Rmparor William's tel-
egram to Dr. Henspeter, the former tutor
of his majesty, furnishes the press with
welcome relief from the mid-summer dull-
Hls majesty's assertion of his un
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Arrive I Lcavi lAtrlve | Arrive
Guthrie 1 Guthrie 1 FtWorth | Qalves'D
1:15 pm I 1:16 pm J
10:47 pm 11:15 pm
| t 00 am 1
0:36 pm
8:06 am
Local
| V an
pu
Freight.
A J. CORKINS, Agent.
C. 0. A: u.
Lv St. Lour-
Lv. Ft. Smiiu
Lv. Howe
Lv. Wi3ter
Ar. Fouth McAlester
Lv. South McAlestei
Ar. Shawnee
Lt. Sh nee
Ar. Oklahoma City
Lv. Oklahoma City
Ar. Ei Reno
Lv. El Reno
Lv. El tteno Jet.
Lv. Geary
Ar. Weatherford
«.i* pm
10 35 im
11 15 am
11 ti am
. i1 pa
5.56 pm
u,20 pm
t* .15 pm
10 00 ion
8 30 am
10.00 ant
10 67 am
Lv. Weatherford
Lv. Geary
Lv. El Reno'Jet
Lv. El Reno
Ar. Oklahoma City—
Lv. Oklahoma City.
Ar. Shawnee
Lv. Shawnee.
Ar. South McAlester...
Lv. Soi th McAlester
Winter
At. Howe
Ar. Ft Smith
Ar. St. Louis
11.50 am
1.33 put
232pm
4.00 pui
7.20 pm
10.05 pm
10.20 pm
5.15 pm
7.25 am
For any lurther information address
j. F. llOLI)EN. Traffic Mgr.,
South McAlester, I.r
Guthrie lodge No. 1, a. O. U. W, meet
lursday evening of each week at 7:30 In
Victor block, corner First and Harrison.
Visiting Workmen always welcome.
F.B. BARBER, M. W.
C. J- TUOHY. Recorder
. Guthrie Lodge No 2, K. of P. meets every
Monday at 8 P.M. in their nail In the Vic
tor block corner First and Harrison
ing Knights are always welcome.
CHAS. POND, C. C.
C. A DYERS, M. of F. and K ot R S
Visit
Guthrie Lodge No. a, i. O. O. F. meet*
Monday night of eacu w eek a ~
Odd Fellows always welcome
meets the second anu fourth Friday nights
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Hartrantt post No. 8, G. A. R., meets on
first and third Saturdays in each mouth ai
7:30 p. m in probate court room Visttin?
comrades always welcome.
W 11. HEROD, P. C.
M. L. MOCK, Adjutnant.
Guthrie Camp No. 3, Woodmen of the
World meets every Monday night in the K
of P. hall. Visiting Woodmen are welcome
J. 11. TOWERS, Clerk.
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ng In
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shaken determination to continue in spite
all resistance, in the way he considers
right, is generally Interpreted as referring
the antl-strlke bill, but It Is not be-
lieved that the emperor's word will help
measure, which all agree Is burled be.
ond all resurrection. The telegram has
been well received outside of the oon-
atlve press. It Is generally considered
another of his majesty's unfortunate med.
diings with party politics.
The conservative Post regards the tel-
egram as a symptom of the imperial gov-
ernment being determined not to leave the
path that the late Prince Bismarck fol-
ed in dealing with labor and social
questions.
The NatlonsI Zeitung calls the telegram
purely personal and private utterance
The Tageblatt attempts to emphasise
view by printing the telegram near
heading of court news and affects to
regard lt of no political importance and as
sent from the Imperial yacht without the
presence of a responsible minister.
Tho socialist press at once seized upon
telegram as excellent agitation ma-
terial for the social democracy.
Tho Voerwaerts regards It as the em
peror's answer to the relchstag vote on
antl-strlke bill, adding:
The emperor has not been convinced toy
sentiments of the people and is follow.
alms which the people are passionate-
opposed and even the ministry are un-
willing to endorse.
The Voerwaerts also interprets the In-
cident as showing that the struggle
against the bill has only begun and says
majesty's words have "produced waves
the stream of constitutional life which
will not son disappear."
MATTERS AT THE HAGUE.
Now that a plan for arbitration has
been adopted at The Hague and the
articles for warfare on land have been
published, the press Is devoting much at-
tention to the work of the peace confer
once. The opinion is freely expressed
that the results will be considerable and
permanent. It Is admitted that the exag-
gerated hopes Indulged In by some that
conference would do something tc
make war well nigh impossible in the fu
ture have not been fulfilled, but it 1l
pointed out that the conference is there-
fore not a failure by any means.
The Cologne Gazette says:
'Although the conference does not offer
guarantee against wars.Ht has erected a
barr er which ... many cases may prove ef-
fective."
The Pan-Germanic Deutsche Zeitung, re-
ferring to the arbitration plan, is exceed
ingly uncomfortable over the thought
that Germany may be caught in this
trap and says lt thinks the permanent
bureau will "become the area for English
ntrigues."
In treating the question some om the pa-
pers point out that the United States
and Great Britain have not shown
practice as much.zeal for arbitration as
they have displayed at The Hague. The
refusal of the United States to arbitrate
the case with Spain and Great Britain
refusal to so settle the Transvaal diffi
culty are mentioned by the Kreuz Zeitung
and National Zeitung as Inconsistent with
their position at the Hague.
The papers also comment on the United
States refusal to arbitrate the Hazelton,
Pa., affair, as requested by Austria,
being Inconsistent with the attitude
American delegates.
Great Britain role at the Hague Is com-
mented upon with much less approval.
The refusal to abandon the dum-dum bul-
let causes bitter remarks upon the sub-
ject of what the papers style ^England
uncivilized methods of warfare."
AMERICAN EXPORTS.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung calls atten-
tion to the continuous Increase of
ports from the United States while the
imports are continually declining and con-
fesses that the United States is growing
more and more independent of foreign
countries, lt says
"In the iron industry the United States
already strong enough to beat England
and Germany."
The announcement that Russia is about
to order field guns in the United States
received with doubt here.
Since the death of his father, Prince
Herbert Bismarck has been doing much
make himself unpopular. Hamburger ex
curslonists to the Saxon forests complain
that many of the favorite paths are now
forbidden to the public and that the only
walk whence a view of the castle and
room in which Prince Bismarck died
could be had has been closed. The ladies
of Hamburg raised 1,000 marks for a
wreath of sliver oak leaves for the Bis-
marck mausoleum but when they took It
there, Prince Herbert refused to accept
It, explaining that no wreaths were to be
laid on his father's grave. He offered
however to take It for the Bismarck
museum. This the ladies declined and
have decided to hang the wreath In the
city hall at Hamburg.
The officials of Caroline and other isl-
ands have already been selected. They
will sail from Genoa July 25 by the North
German Lloyd line via. Singapore
The number of women studying in tho
universities is steadily increasng. At tin
Prussian universities during the last win-
ter six months, they numbered 414, aga!nst
308 durin gthe previous six months Three
years ago only 105 women students were
at these universities. The casting if tho
Bismarck monument, which is to be un
veiled In front of the relchstag in 19wl
Is nearly finished. The figure Is 26 feet high
Herr Begas will receive 500,000 marks a*
the artist of this monument.
Elberfeld and Barmen ttre to be consol-
Idatd into a city containing 800,000 souls,
Mr. Richard Bar.holdt, congressman
from Missouri, will p.tlend the interna-
tional parliamentary peace conference at
Christlanla, August 2. Forty-eigth mem-
bers of the reichBtag and Prussian cham-
ber will attend.
(Copyrighted 1899, by Assoc ated Prcis )
London, July 15.—Another week of bick-
ering, of heated invective and vitupera-
tion, accusations of tyranny on one hand
and treason on the other, for Increasing
distress among the Outlanders of the
Rand, owl.ig to the dislocation of busi-
ness, of military prepamtion anl, through,
out all, the apparent maintenance by the
Boers of their stolid attitude of indiffer-
ence. All the representations riade have
only served to add to the perils of the
poned pending such friendl,* representa-
tions in regard to alterations there n as
the imperial government might desre to
make n the interests of peace.
The refusal of President Krugei to ac-
ceed to the request is regarded here us u
fresh affront and only se ved to ci nch
the belief that the prssldeiv. :s mil
dominated by Dr Leeds, tha European
representative of the Transvaal.
lu the meantime the Brl.ish govein-
ment Is increasing its forces n Bou.h
Africa by every steamer and tho avoid-
ance of harah measures the end of which
difficult to see and which threaten to
spread far beyond the con^ncs of the
country giving rise to them, is becoming
decidedly more difficult.
SPECIMENS FOR AMERICA.
Wlliam Harper, who is Just complet-
two years' tour of the world, col-
Ing
lecting samules of the chief articles ths
various nations Import, is about to for-
ward to the United States a collection of
the most remarkable sample cases ever
amassed. During the course of his qusst
Mr. Harper penetrated to the most
mot coroners of Russia, Asia, Africa,
Australia and South America and compil-
ed a vast amount of information as
the requirements o fthe various countries,
samples ot gods, models of Implements
and photographs and specifications
all the leading articles of trade, all
which will bo on exhibition in Philadel-
phia durng the month of October.
"It is a 150,000,0*10 sample ease." said
Mr. Harper to a representative of the
Associated Press, "and I do not think its
like is equalled in the world. It contains
engine models from Franco, hay rakes
from Russia, textiles from Aleppo and
Central Asia, cottons from Hong Kong
and mining tools from tho Transvaal.
Undoubtedly America has Immenso possi-
bilities for developng her exports and I
believe that the results of fny researches
will greatly aid therein.
DKEYFUS TUAUbPY
(agony. Will my strength hold out until
I the* end? I osnnot tall. No one biit you
I can glv me courage. It Is only from your
Above all else, no matter what may
About the Famous Ibecome of me. search for the truth; move
Emile Zola may be somewhat preju- I Heaven and Earth to discover it; sink
diced when it ootnee to criticising the let-jtn the effort. If need be, all our fortune
ters of Alfred Dreyfus, but it is certain lo rehabilitate my name, which now •s
that the letters In many reapects bear jrainJed through the mud. No matter
w.tness to the truth of his statement. what musl be the cost, we must wash
This is how Zola describes them. "They |,iut the unmerited stain.'
are admirable. I do not know of any I xhe following is taken from a letter in
pages of a higher conception or more el-1 the 9ani0 strain written a few days lat-
oquent. They have attained tho sublime er;
sorrow, and afterwards all endure like I ,.| do not a|Mp |, {„ to you that
an imperishable ■MMunent when our own I j r(.(nrn. Am 1 then marked by a fatal
writings, perhapa. shall have pasaed mte|stfal, that 1 must drink this cup of bit
oblivion. For they are the sob Itself of I ternese? At this moment I am calm. My
human Buffering. The man who wr°l*|«si>ul is strong and It rises In the silence
these letters cannot be guilty. Read thein. I f |^6 n|ght How happy we were, my
read them some evening, with your fam-1 darling. Life smiled on us; fortune, love
lly gathered arouud your hearthstone. You I Jormbl# cfcuaren, s united famlly-every
will be dissolved in tears." I thing! Then came this thunderba * fear-
The Dreyfus affair hitherto has been like I fu, terrible Buy. I pray of you, p ay-
_ novel without a hero—that is, the ^eroj{h ngs for the children, for thei • New
disappeared In the opening chapter, UlA ymu-'i Day; tell them that their fathsr
It has taken ever since to develop the P^ot I sends them. It must not be fia". their
and work up acltmax which *s alm tatlp^y gou;9 ju§f entering upon life, should
without parallel for its dramatic quality I sufT«r through our pain
Enter the hero, mete out Justice to the I q|j, darling, had not I ym, ho*- g ad
villlan, and the world la satisfied. TheseI y wou,d l dle, YoUr love hills m> baok
little plays with Destiny, the greatest sndl,, ,g your love on,y tha( make9 me 9trong
most artistic stage manager the world has L.noUffh to bear t|,e hatred of a nation
ever seen, never fall of their effect and „And the peop|e are rlght to hate me
thair Is more Joy lu the world over tbe|they have been told thal { ^ a traitor
happy euding to this great historic play, Ah tra,tor. horrible word! It breaks mv
the Dreyfds affair, than could be derived I hear,
from the best novel or short story In tho
world, because the degradation of this In-
nocent man was a thing which came
home with startling power to all peo-
ples. The hero of the tragic story was
lost sight of after In the first chapter. It
was known where he was and thai was
almost all. The scene of the story as told
hitherto by the newspapers was laid ut-
most entirely In France. Of the aceues
laid in I'lle du Liable, and of the ff>eliugs
whloh ruled In the heart of the man, torn
from his family and his honor, the news-1 been removed to Dayll's Island, his de
papers have not been in a position to I termination that the truth shall
speak, lt had been leit entirely .o our I brought to light Is stronger than ever.
Imagination to piece out that part of the I Prom the first of the letters written from
story until the publlcat'on of Capta.n I Devil's Island we select the following,
Dreyfus lettera to his wife olosed the gnpl which is In itself sufficient evidence
and completed the aad history of I'aff-1 the bold and undaunted resolution with
aire Dreyfus. , I which he faced his fate.
The iranslation of trifle letters, which I "I make for your sake. the greatest
Harper and Brothers fie about to pu^>-1 sacrifice a man can make In resigning
Ush under the title or The Letters of I myself to live after my tragic fate was
Krnnklvn TrAlIn 1 I n,| , -- iDreyfus to his wife, gives us for the first dee ded 1 did this because you hal Incul
■ I IPO I p. time the story In the prisoner's own :ated in me the conviction that the
New York, July 15.—It Is believed that won3s; and !t la ® story that for pathos, truth must always come to light. In your
nothing short of a miracle win prevent « tragedy, despair, and true Spartan hero- turn, my darling, do all that Is humanly
tie up of the Brooklyn trolley roads to- l8rn 18 unsurPa3sed in th annals of either I possible to discover the truth. A wife and
morrow The strike is scheduled to be- hi8tor^ or fiction The arrest which took & mother yourself try to move the hearts
gin at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning and all place on the 15th October, 1894, came up- I of wives and mothers, so that they mav
Brooklyn borough went to bed tonight to Ion Dreyfus 1Ike a holt from a clear sky. give upto you the key to this dreadful
stay at home tomorrow or walk. I For a'most two months the liberty or I mystery. I must have my honor if you
A number f conferences were ~ held I wr'**n^ wife was even prohibited, I want me to live. I musl have it for our
throughout Brooklyn tonight. Ibut on December 5 the longed for permls-1 dear children; do not reason with your
General Master Workman Parsons an | °n Was ot)talne<i> and thereafter letters I heart, that does no good. I have been
District Master Workman Pines of the|I>aSSe(* between husband and wife dally, I convicted. Nothing can be change«l
Knights of Labor, waited until long after | sometlmea almost hourly, until he wa« I our tragic situation until the decision
midnight for the returns from the local |,emove<* Devil's Island. The letters pub. I shall have been reversed. Reflect then
assemblies which had met for the purpose '1,hedJn thla volume cover the period and pursue the solution of this enigma,
o erldlng upon action relative to strlk- r?m -ce4nber 5, 1894, to March 5, 1898. I That will be worth more than coming
ing In the morning. At one o'clock six as- KOea wlthout saying that the entlra here to share my horrible life. It will
semblies had ben heard from and had correspondence should be read to appre-1 be the best ,the only means of saving my
°al,y <*ec'<*e(' upon a strike. 1 oiate their pathos and their hopeless I life. Say to yourself that lt is a question
rne intention t<> for tho executive
traitor! Is It possible that they
I could accuse me and condemn me for a
I crime ho monstrous!
"Cry aloud my Innocenc®; cry it with
I all the strength of your lungs; cry it up
I on ^e housetops, till the very walls fa 1.
"And hunt out the guilty one It Is he
| whom we must find.
"I embrace you as I love you.
"ALFRED'
After his fate was sealed and he had
must be saved that prevents 10m &v>m
taking his life. Throughout he u*pre* "
solicitude of a loving husband and
;her He must live to save his honor
and for the sake of his wife and child-
ren. And now. from present Indications,
bole pitiful tale wtll have a Imppy
ndlng, for It Is practicaly certain that
dectalon will be reversed aaid that
Captain Alfred Dreyfus will realise the
dream which he has expressed so beauti-
fully 1n the following letter:
The body may give way under such n
burden of grief, but the soul should re-
main firm and valiant to protest against
lot that we have not deserved When
honor is given back to me, th«n
good darling, we shall have the rlgh'
vlthdraw from tho field. We will live
ear h other, far from the noise of ths
^rld; we will take refuge In our mutual
affection, In our love, grown still strong
In theee tragical events. We will sus-
tain each other that we may bind up th
unds of our hearts, wc will live in ou
children, to whom wo will consecrate the
malnder of our days. We will try
make them good, simple beings, strong In
body and mind. .We will elevate "their
souls so that they may always find In
hem a refuge from the realities of life
May this day come soon for we have
paid our tribute of sufferings upon
s earth! Courage then, my darling
strong and valiant; carry on your worl
without weakness, with dignity, but with
he conviction of your rights. I am going
lie down ,to close my eyes and th nk
you. Good night and a thousand I I
Rennes, July 15.— Maltre Domange In
terviewej Captain Dreyfus today from 10
olock till 1 o'clock, after which Mm
Dreyfus visited her husband for several
hours. On leaving the prison she wi'
greeted by seventy Rennes soe'ety ladles
who had assembled to testify tlielr :
pathy with her.
The papers this evening publlehed con-
tradiction of the embes/.l erne lit of the
funds of the N#railway com
pany.
Nt'crnes .loin Atkinxon.
... e" s for the executive com- I tragedy o£ the writer's lot. The extracts I 0[ life or death for me, as well as for
thf kv° t0 m,ee* a"er tph reports of which this article contains will give some 1 ,)ur children.*'
and iWm flBsom es have been received I conception of ther general character. I And what could be more touching than
TV«=M.LUP?n ^0m<> act,*n- They also give tor the nrst time an Inti- I the following letter to his little boy from
chief of board' Tori*. I mate insight Into the herioc soul of tbelr DeT„., jgia„d:
vwenrten, f deputy super- author. It will be, perhaps, best to be- ..cher pet|t Pierre
.menoerKs of polio, MoKelH- of ih„ b,r- gi„ with th second letter of the series, ..Papa sends good Wg kisses both to
™f. . BTOORIyn and Clayton of Qiteena dated December 6. 1894. when Dreyfus as I an(, mtJ, Jeanne. He thinks very
, f conference tomght in deput; yet hardly realized the danger that men- l(t(jn of you both , trust you will show
,MC™'ar the laced him. - utile Jeanne how to make big high towers
rf"" wh,fch ,s ,,ha* ab°u[ <M men have THE LETTERS. Lf blocks, whfch ,t ,9 SUch fun to tumble
been ordered to be ready to I e called out "I am waiting with impatience for a let- |jown Be frnrirt chuidren ond pet your
ta case of a strike. Orde-. -vers Issued W ,,r ,rom you. You are my hope; you are hcr when jhc „ 5ad Also be kind
be In readmess but shortly before rn-l- Ly consolation; were it not for you l"e „ran(,ra,„Pr and grandmother, and
strong was it that the strike would be a burden. At the bare thought! ount!,. When
would take place In the morning 1.000 po- Lat they could accuse me of a crime so P' y n0 hl„ journcy y0u will
lire were ordered over to the various frightful, so monstrous, my whole being I papa
preeenots In Brooklyn boroughs. trembles; my body revolts against lt. To come to meet R„ ,h# r„t
At midnight there were boat loads of have worked all my life for one thing tie Jeanne with mii ^ ^ T„nnnp
policemen making their way across *he|ai0ne, to avenge my country, to struggle I More Kisses 10 y ...youRPAPA"
riTer 1 Ifl'i for her against the infamous ravisher who included
I has snatched from us our dear Alsace, and The last letter hut one that Is
then to be accused of treason against, In the book is ae follow^ 4l]r
I that country—no, my loved one, my mind! "I have written very ma y
Boston, July 16.—The Post wtll say to- ££lt! Do you remaning these past months. To add anything
morrow: her my telling you how when I w n t0 these would be superfluous. I «« •
An uprising of the colored race against Mulhousc ten yeara ag0 ln September, 11 told you of the appeals which I have
the administration at Washington Is be- heard a Qerman ban4 under our window wri«ten to demand my rehabilitation, lor
ing organlied in Boston This is the seat celebratlng the anniVersary of Sedan. at last to so many Innocent vlc-
of the movement that Is proposed wher My sr,e( was 8Uch that j wept; I bit the In one of my last letters T told you
ever the colored people are populous I sheets of my bed with rage, and I swore |that the lnat appeal which I nad Just
The instigators assert that It will nr.ean an oath t0 consecrate all my atrength, all I sent to the government was stronger
the downfall of McKlnley, imperial' ;n. my intelligence, to the service of my and more determined ihan ever. lam ex-
and republican party country against those who thus offered I pecting to hear every day that my r"l°
The object of this ergantzaT|on is n| insult to the grief of Alsace. I ration has taken place, that our pun s
revolt at the ballot box. "No, no, I will not speak of It, for I I ment, as terrible as lt was unmerlter
But there are those among its support I shall go mad, and I must preserve all my I ,R at an end. that the day of justice has
w/s who would willingly take part 1° I reason. Moreover myllfe has hence I come for us. I desire today only that
an armed uprising, and who, were it poslforth only one aim: to find the wretch whoLay y0u with all my heart as I love
sible, would offer their strength to aid tho I has betrayed his country: to find the|you as aiB0 our dear and adored ohlld-
Flllpinos ln their struggle for independ-1 traitor to whom no punishment could be j ren.
to severe. Oh. dear France, thou that 11 "Tour devotetf
On Monday evening the llrst meeting love with all my soul, with all my heartl "ALFRED,
of the Boston colored auxllltary of the thou to whom I have consecrated all my I In conc*iUs!on lf there existed
National antl-lmerlalist league will be strength, all my Intelligence, how coulo I s,|ghtes, doubt of Alfred Dreyfus' Inno
held In St PauIN Baptist church. Tre- one accuse me of a crime so horrible! ^ I cence, the publication ef these letters,
mont and Camden streets. Dr Jerome will not write upon this subject my dar- cannol ,ail to dispel It. As Zola says:
w Wvlie of Washington. D. C., a writ-ping: for spasms take me by the throat. |..No guilty man could have written them
er'on negro suffering- and president of No man has ever borne the matjrdoml^ fcelB from the Very first letter that
the aurllHary movement, came from the|'hat I endure. No physlcal^ . ««•-|,he wr;ter is a brave and lnnocerrt_ man
seat of government last
several conferences with
Killed by Lightening Near I errj
Perry. Okla., July 16.-(Spedal.)-Mr
Joe Leakiy was struck by lightning at
2-30 o'clock this afternoon while slack
Ing wheat on Mr. M. Burk's farm, five
miles north of Perry. The stacks, seven
in number, and a new wagon are burn-
ing fiercely.
There Is no possible chan« « of saving
any of the wheat In the lot. Dr. \N m
Bringle was sent for, but before he could
reach the scene of the Are. Mr. Laekly
was dead. This Is a very sad happening,
as Mr. Leakiy Is a young man just start-
ing out In life, irving been married to th
daughter of Mr. M Burk Ju t about one
year.
Everything wa*^lone for the stricken
man possible before the doctor arrived,
but to no purpose. The shock had been
too severe for phyBClal man Mr llurk
is one of the most substantial citizens of
of Noble county and has been connected
with many good works In behalf of the
public good and has tho symnathy of a
host of friends In this his double loss.
This ought to bo a warning to farmers
not to stack too much wheal In the same
which Place, as there l« no possibility of put.lng
all over the land, and It Is said that th l^tfuto"^'. WritTto mTVoon My lov^lo I ' am m^'llfe but m'lnuteVthe labor of a year may be waft
support of the entire colored population | a„ struck a blow not only to my ^ away mnok„
"ALFRED." L least of evils, and truly it would
From the letter written on the day pre- haye be€n better had the wretch who
coding his trial it Is seen that he was committed the crime killed me Instead of
I that
seat o^'p'overti ment "last week and had K compared to the mental I ' pMWSe ,rom one of the letter.
8Ca " - Edward Atkin. h*0"* th" 1 feel when my """"ShU turn ! r|(|en from Dev„.s Is,and: "My mind."
the work of organisation. It has now <° recusation. If I had not my honor _ extricate Itself for
tne worn 01 uib .t0 j assure you thai I would pre- . . frntn th. >,orrible drama of wh
been decided to establish these branches I ^ death. at de&th ^ be for.|instant from the horrible dram
New York Bank Nrmtom^nts
New York. July 15—The Financier says:
There waa material improvement in the
condition of the associated hanks last
week, the resgrvo above legal reyuire
ments s'howlng a gain of IMW.ITB which
brings the total surplus nash to I10.W.
7R0. This ww the r«j\#lt or n rather drfl«
tic litigation In loans that Item having
decreased no less than I17.1W700
A coincident contraction of $1K 37H 100 In
deposits reduced reserved regu'rements
by and this ndded to the gain
of fl.flft.nm In Specie, mnd* the expansion
urplns as stated.
The statement Is much more fnvornbli*
than preliminary estimates bnd forerB^t
The known movements of money Indicat-
ed that the banks had lost moir monev
than they had gained, the treasury ah
sorptions beln^ responsible ^or this
opinion. But 1t 10 possible that the pro
011s statements as set forth last woek
n this review .very miir* nnd*re!*t1ma<t< d
the real position of the clearing house"
Institutions. In the samo majnner tho
rains from the Interior for the current
week were probably larger than expect-
ed. Tn any ovent the rr*erve has been
materially strengthened, although W >s
still below the average.Whether the state^
ments for the T#xt week or two will con-
tinue to show cash gains, cannot he as
sorted positively, but It is known that a
portion of the July dividend disburse-
ments especially those by tha govern-
ment. have not yet he*n re-dopo« lted In
o banks. The treasury, owlnsr to cus-
toms eo11e<*tloTis. has been a iralner of
k.te from the banks. The principal point
of Interest centers In the crop movement
the reason for which Is rapidly approach-
ing Tf reports from the Interior nre cor-
r'ect and the bank exhibit-, now being
published seem to rfhow thajt they are. it
l« difficult to see whother New York can
oae much money in that direction during
fche early fall.
PKHRY'N OKA I) KOBBKK
IIu.i Co 111111 i11<'<! M ny l'riim-N
Mel'«rt> He Kit the llnst.
Perry, U. T. July 1&—(Special)—Mr. WU-
on, the country merchant and his wife
ame '.n and Identltled the dead robber
-a the same party who so coolly stepped
Into his store and released him of f>0 at
point of his pistol on Thursday ev-
ening last Mr Wilson said that after
Ing required to five up hl« caah, was
ti < hed with his wife out of the store
building to wht-ie the knight of the road
had hH Uorse i;od and was told that he
ould be shot If he moved or made any
ut cry unt 1 the robber waa out of his
pht He then put spurs to his horse and
had gone but a short distance when the
tore keeper rushed into his store to get
his revolver, a he robber shot at him,
barely missing him, the horseman then
10k two shots at Mrs. Wilson which,
lowever did not And a mark. By the
time the merchant got out to take a shot
t tho horseman, he was over a hill and
ut of range. The hor e he rode tallies
/lib the horse of the deau man whloh
iras found ln town yesterday. It seems
that th>i desperado, who Is a young man,
not over 22 or 23 years old was provided
th a slug i set of h'-mp wh'skwrs or
beard which made a good disguise, ea-
pfdally after night. Tho county coroner
S. Carpenter held an inquest this
forenoon and brought n a verdict of Jus-
tifiable shooting of Mose* Wilson by the
sheriff In self defense.
Tho father of the dead robber came to
this city yesterday and took the remains
of h s wayward son to Pawnee county
for burial. The father beam n good name
and Is a respectable farmer of that coun
ly, and whllo he regrets the death of his
son, he said It was better as It was for
If the boy had continued on In his lawless
career, ho would probably have ended h's
life on tho gallows.
The sixth annual session of the Noble
county teachers Institute will be held at
Perry commencing Monday July 17th and
lasting until August 2fith, six weeks.
The following able and well known eon
duotors have been secured: Miss Maude
Cou, graduate of the Chicago Uni-
versity; Prof. T Pool .superintendent of
Purcell public schools and Miss Km
ma Davis of Kmporta, Kansas, a gr.id
( the state normal.
Da via will have charge of tha In-
struction of teachers in regard to kinder-
garten and primary model school wotk
which is of great Importance and has
In institute work heretofore.
Tho graduation of the common school
class of Noble county, a lecturc by Prys.
Boyd of tho university of Oklahoma and
several entertainments will be some of th©
special features which Miss Lucy M nor,
the county superintendent Is arranging
for. A much larger attendant la expected
at tha Institute this year than ever be-
fore.
('Iturchttfl anil SchuoiN
('IonimI ut rranketort,
Frankfort,Ky., July IB.—All the church-
es and Sunday schools will be closed to-
morrow and no sort of religious services
or other public gatherings will be held
in the state capital for ton days. This
step was ordered by the city health of-
ficers to prevent the spread of smallpox,
from which about forty patients are suf*
ferjng and have been removed to tho
county pest house. There have been 110
deaths.
J. N. McCormlck, secretary of the
state board of health, Is here, prosccut-
ng a case testing compulsory vaccina-
tion law, which a few people are resist-
ing.
Sioux City, la., July 14.—Mrs. Tournat
ftruguler, a pioneer woman of the north-
west, and who was known along the
Missouri from St. Louis to Montana. Is
dead, aged 73.
Washington, July 13—The naval trans-
port Badger which carried the Samoan
cummission to Samoa will sail for home
morrow with the commission aboard.
The
Job
Leader
Department
will* be given to the movement.
Two Nfsrnpn Killed
Birmingham. Ala., July 15 —Two ne- I still after two months Imprisonment, I woTn'd^ng me as he has-but ait the honor
groes were killed outright and another sanguine and hopeful with never a doubt 1 of myse)f the honor of my ch ldren, the
was fatally shot in a fight tonight at Ish- about his ultimate acquittal. Iti« In honor of you a„ .. An4 again. In a letter
koda, between the striking miners an<1 striking contrast to the letter wri-ten june 3.1895 he writes: "You remem-
the negroes who have been imported after fhe trial when the worst had hap-1 [wr thoea llne5 ot Shakespeare ln "Oth-
from Georgia to take their places. After pened and the nightmare had become true L,l0... j foun(J them again not long since
the first brutsh the firing became almost We subjoin both letters: 1 ... - —
general throughout the town, but deputies "At last I am coming to the end of my
who were sent from here, has restored sufferings, to the end of my agony To
quiet at midnight The killing seems to morrow 1 shall appear before my iudgfs
be the result of a plot. 111 >' brow high, my soul tranquil. The trial
Tonight about nine o'clock a party of ' have undergone, terrible as it has been
send them
among my English books.
to you trans'.aited:
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis
something, nothing:
T'was mine; tls his and has been slave
.... ,. ... , , . „ 1 to thousands.
25 or SO negroes were gathered in one Ihas Purified my soul. I shall return to I J)ut hQ that fljches from me my good
of the large mess halls eating watermel- y°u better than I was before. I watft to name
ons. The house was suddenly fired upon, '"""crate to you, to my dear children, ]Rob3 me of <hat wjjieh not enriches htm,
Fully a hunderd shots were fired. The to <™r dear families, all the time I have Ld makes rae poor indeed.'
I have passed
'Ah yes, he ha« reidered me 'vralment
I pauvre* the wretch who has stolen my
honor! He has made us more miserable
negroes scattere in every direction. When >«' !10 llve-
the deputies reached the house they ^s I have told you,
found the bodies of two negroes tkat ™ 1 *V8 had, m° ,Uum~! ..... — —
ail to pieces. Sixteen bullets had pene. ™" .ou" _m <1®e«s at 11,0 than the meanest human creatures. Bui
trated one. A third was found almost I " accused of this terrible I each one hl> hour Courage, then, dear
ln a dying condition. Shooting soon be- cr ® | rjUcla; preserve that unconquerable will
gan a fresh in several other places. The "I am ready to appear before the sol lhat yoll have shewn until now."
shooting became so general that the de, .Iters as a soldier who has nothing for And In his own view of the tragedy In
putles could not cope with the situation whin, to reproach himself. They will see
Sheriff O'Brien was notified A | it in my fact; they will read my soul-
special train left here at 9:40 with rein- Ithey w.ll be convinced that 1 am Innocent
'as all will who know me."
The letter written after his trial reads
fts follows:
I suffer much but I pity yon still more
forcements.
Hie Firo at Museogep
Muscogee, I. T . July 16—Between |lhan myMif 1 know how much you lovs
Transvaal sltustlon and everything tends 000 and 175,000 damage was done by the ^ Your h6art mlI„ bleea Qn my siae
lhat the .mperial flr, today at Wagoner. I T Tiadorea onti my thoulht haa aiways
government means to obtain reforms, started in Rourks bakery and burned ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
The ministers have practicallv pledged about 20 buildings, 1
themselves to enforce them, peaceably if
possible, otherwise forcibly. The empire
The heaviest losses are
Shefer Packing company, $16,000; flcrlm-
"To be Innocent, to have lived a Ufa
without a stain, to sae one's self con
appears absolutely united upen this sub- 12old^dn
The startling telegram pub' shed by the $6,
terrible! It seems to me at times that
Boer orgap here, (he Diggers News Fri- The Muscogee fire department made the 1 am the victim ot an aw' > nlgi,'""j™'
dty, showing that apparently the Trsns- run of 11 miles on a special train ln I ' , ,, ^ ^ mv
vaal was giving in and that oordial re- minutes and assisted lu subduing the con-
istions bad been resumed, whi:h wa* fiagaton. . . . . . | . j
which he was tho silent hero. "You see,
darling, a man of honor cannot live with
out his honor, it does no good to tell him-
self that he Is Innocent; he eats his heart
out. In solltude-the hours are long, and
my mind cannot comprehend all that has
come upon me. Never eould a romancer
however rich his Imagination, have writ
ten a atory more tragic. Some day when
my story Is told lt will be Incredible. But
what we must tell ourselves now Is that
I must be vindloated. My name must
shine anew with all the lustre lt should
never have lost. I should rather see my
children dead than to think that the
name which they b-jgr la a dishonored
again and
ed until today; it Is for you alone my ' again. It !s the. firm resolve that his hon-
adored one, that I have borm my long here 11 helpleM.
Ex dp rim -nOwc Wllb («iifiw.
Washington, July 16.-The war depart-
ment has recently concluded an
tlv-S series of experiments at Sandy Hook
w:th high explosives and light field guns
that promises to mark a material advance
In the artillery branch of ti.e servlco.
The experiments were under the board o
ordnance and fortifications, "he recom-
mendations of the board are In shape I
be presented to the secretary of war and
If adopted will result ln arming the troop,
in the Philippines with the moot advanoei
type of light field guns In the worl 1. Ths
board has decided on a type of field guns
which can fire 16 aimed shots per minute,
which can be operated by one man nnd
which, with a full crew can be taken to
pieces ln IS second« for loading on mule
back for transportation wherever needed
It is of three Inch calibre and can carry
solid hot, shrapnel or a bursting charge
of high explosives which will kill by con-
cussion In a radius of 200 feet.
The high explosive has been tested for
a year and is said to be superior toelther
Ludlte, the British, or Mellnte, the
French high explosives.
Has received a rrcbh line of
the very latest in...
Stationery.
MERCHANTS NEEDING
letter Heads
Bill H ads
Envelopes
Statements
Cards
CAN H A VB THE WOKK IIXINK TWO
HOURS AFTER ORDER is GIVBN
Indians Stranded in Knrope.
Washington, July 15.—A party of thirteen
Indiana traveling with a wild we.it show
in foreign lands is expected to be left
stranded In Germany and through official
representations through the state depart-
ment funds have been ordered advanced
to them by the American embassy In casa
the expected happens. The party was em-
ployed by the show unknown to this gov-
ernment and taken quietly over the Can-
adian line a.id thence to Europe. The
show people have let slip an Intention to
drop them after their present run there,
and Becretary Hay upon learning thU
from Mr. Jackson, our charge at Berlin,
instructed bin* to provide for their return
| The
I Fruits ot
! California
Should be eaten ( ash to ^
P enjoy their full flavor. Z
% Many delicious varieties •
• are never seen in the But. £
£ To obtain them one muut m
9 go to Califurnia. where
^ they may be bought on {
g every street corner. #
• Only ~ ^ days from Newton, •
• by The California Limited, J
S Santa Fe Route. •
• °
2 A. J. CORKINS, Agent, J
• OUTHItlE, O. T.
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