The Daily Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 10, Ed. 1 Monday, May 3, 1897 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME S>.
MONDAY EVENING.
UUTUKIE, OKLAHOMA, M
MONDAY KVKNINO
M MltKIt
HOW BARNESWON
Congressman Grosvenor Had a Per
sonal Grudge Against Flynn.
APPEALED TO PRESIDENT
(ireat Number of OkUhoiuaiia In Waahlog-
t mi Looking f< r Positions Newkirk
l'oatottlce Clglit U*ltlo| Inter.
•>Dllll|C-0 |lllltl Ooaalp
■The following Washington special
appeared in Saturday's Kansas City
Journal:
Wasiiinoton, April 30.—{Special.]—
C. C. Holland, of (luthrie, O. T., who
is here to protest against the C3nflr-
uiation of C. M. ilarnes to be governor
of the territory, has had another in-
terview with Senator Davis, chairman
of the committee on territories, and
has asked that Mr. H&rnes be invited
before the committee to answer the
charges that have been made against
him
Some interesting po$t facto develop-
ments are becoming public anent the
F'ynn-Harnes fight over the Oklahoma
governorship. Representative (Jros
venor, of Ohio, informed one of the
westerners today that the president
told him he wanted to appoint Flynn,
whereupon (irosvenor told the presi-
dent that if he did he would take it
as a personal affront, am* then re*
hearsed to him the set-to to which he
and the Oklahoma rustler had on the
floor of the house, in which Flynn had
taunted hiui with the election of a
Heed delegation to the St. Louis con-
vention. (Irosvenor said he would
rather resign his seat than see "that
inan Flynn" made governor of the ter-
ritory. The names men accordingly
reeeivod (Irosvenor'a influence. Among
the charges made against Flynn was
that he had >*un 3,000 behind his
ticket, (irosvenor exultingly repeated
the story to one of Flynn's friends,
und great was the Ohioan's dismay
when told that, iustead of running be-
hind his ticket, Flynn had ruu 11,000
ahead of it.
It. T. ilainer, c'ty attorney of Guth-
rie, O. T,, has arrived in the city. He
is a candidate for associate justice.
It is presumed he will have the special
support both «f the Flynn and the
Ilarnes contingents.
I). .1. M Wood, of Stillwater has ar-
rived with a bustiel of indorsements
for appointmeut as agent of the Ponca
agency, where he served under Har-
rison, but found on his arrival that
the pluce had been filled twenty-four
hours before. He is debating whether
to make a fight for the home rule plank
or simply for a place as special agent
in the ludian service.
An interesting tight is now ou con-
cerning the Newkirk postoflice. Lam-
bert, brother of I. E. Lambert, of Kan-
sas, is strongly urged by the Kausas
influence and, in addition, has strong
local indorsements. It. F. ilobbs, of
the eaine place, has splendid indorse-
ments, but Governor-to-be Itarnes is
insisting on the appointmont of Me-
Kinley.
Jake Admire is expected tonight
aud, it is said, is a candidate for sec-
retary.
Touching the marshalship, Grimes'
stock is apparently give up. M. C.
Hart, of Seward, is here, another ad-
ditiou to the colony of marshalship
candidates.
Major Shipley, of Kildare, is here, a
eaudidate for a foreign place. John
F. Stone, of Guthrie, candidate for dis-
trict attorney, went home tonight.
A hot fight is on for assistant com-
missioner of Indian affairs between
Water S. Field, of Oklahoma, and
Judge Pollock, of Kansas.
Oklahomans now here applying for
appointments as Indian agents are
changing their applications so as to
make it appear they are from the
states, instead of the territory, expect-
ing to improve their chances.
Frank Gillett, K1 Keno, is putting
up a stiff fight to succeed Judge Tars-
liey.
Ituffalo Jones, of Perry, is here In
the interests, it is undersood, of his
southern railroad.
UK0KUE OWENS' FUNERAL
One of I lift \ l<tl ins iif the flood Hurried
Under the •*. of tJSe A.O. U. W.
The funeral of .-ge II. Owens,
one of the victims of the flood, took
place yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the Congregational church. It
was in charge of the A. O. U. W., of
which order the deceased was a mem-
ber. Tiie body had been taken, after
preparation by the undertaker, to the
residence of A. A- Humphrey, from
where it was taken to the Congrega-
tional church, where the funeral ser-
vices look place. There was a large
audience present. «
Past Master Workman F. P. Gatchel,
of the A. O. U. W., conducted the ser-
vices and paid a worthy tribute to the
deceased comrade. The choir, com-
posed of Messrs. West, Leach, Dodson
and Tingle, sang "Rock of Ages." J.
J. Itjles read a tribute. Itefore the
sermon by Rev. Dibbel the choir sang
' Sweet Peace," and after, "It Is Well
With My Soul."
L e Homeshei had charge of the
parade, and the services at the grave
were very impressive. A large cor-
tage followed the remains to Summit
V'mw. At the grave each member of
the A O U. W., after the coffin was
Jowertd. dropped a bouquet into the
grave, saying, ' Farewell, brother!"
The deceased leaves a wife and two
children to mourn their loss. He was
a butcher on East Oklahoma avenue.
No better tribute can be paid him than
the following read by Master Work-
man Gatohelt
''Jtrother George II. Owens, the de-
ceased, was born at Motion, Ind.,
the nth of October, 1860, and was
drownded during a Hood in Guthrie
O. T., on the 28th day of April, 1897
age 3(J years, 0 months and 17 days.
"Brother Owens was acharter'mem
ber of Guthrie Lodge No. 1, of the An
cient Order of United Workmen. He
was initiated as a junior workman on
the lath day of December, I8i , and
received the workman degree Decem-
ber 28, I8«y. and was an honored and
faithful member of our order until his
death, a period of four years and four
months. His beneficiary certificate
No. 36, for 83,000, he made payable ti
Mrs. Nettie A. Owens, his wife.
"Brother Owens was a model work-
man, and as such his record was per
feet. He never failed to pay his dues
and assessments on time. He was
never suspended and was never known
to fal! short In the performance of his
every duty as a workman. He thus
lived, as be died, a true exponent of
those cardinal virtues, which, as
order, we inculcate, and which are our
watchwords—Charity, Hope and I
tection.
B *>thor Owens' untimely death dur-
ing the vigor of manhood, is like unto
an unfortunate mariner "on an un-
known sea." He encountered the
chill blasts of the world's uncharita-
bleness, the thunder clouds of ill for-
tune. the pitiless rain of poverty and
sickness, the rocks and shoals of ignor-
ance and prejudice, the breakers of
sorrow and distress, and all the cruel
elements in the storms of human ad-
versity. At length the merciless flood
claimed our brother as its victim. The
dread summons has come and he has
answered. Although "he has gone to
that bourne from which no traveler
returns," yet with him went our sheet
anchor hope, which draws back the
veil of the great hereafter and will re-
veal to him the light of immortality,
gleaming brightly on the boundless
shores of eternity, illuiuiuating that
temple and haven of rest, "that house
not made by hands, eternal in the
heavens."
t't'HA.N IIO K ICO KS.
Hundred* of Paclllvun llciiiir Starved tc
Hext ti Dysentery and Other Dlseasei
Baiting.
Havana, May ti. —Reports of starva-
tion and distress from interior towns
in Cuba among the thousands of ref-
ugees come in daily. In one province
nearly 100 pacificos have been starved
to death in the past month. At Arti-
inesia, in Pinar del Rio, over 50 deaths
are reported weekly, and the reports
from the camp of the pacificos neat
that place are of a most terrible char-
acter. Recently a small hut there was
entered and in it was found ten bodies
of women and children literally
starved to death. Their guiuit forms
appeared like mummies.
In Santa Clara province the situa-
tion is still worse in some respects, as
there are so many more people gath-
ered at the towns. A correspondent
who visited one of the camps describes
the situation as terrible in the ex-
treme. Snakes anil all kinds of ani-
mals are caught and killed aud used
for food, while the poor people go
around with deep-set eyes and weary
steps, hardly able to drag themselves
about. Dysentery and other diseases
have carried off hundreds, until finally
the question of the burial of the many
corpses is becoming a serious one.
Every morning a Spanish detachment
marches out ami compels the stronger
men in the camps to dig long trenches,
in which all the dead who have ex-
pired the night previous are tumbled in.
A TBRRII1I.K DISASTER.
Tennessee Farmer and III* Family Killed
and Other* Fatally Injured in a Water-
Monticki.lo, Ky., May 2.—A wagon
driver who has arrived here, brings
news of a terrible disaster on White
Oak creek, across in Tennessee, several
miles from this town. A waterspout
struck the house of a farmer named
Rranders. demolishing the house and
killing the farmer, his wife and one
ebild. Two farm hands who were
sleeping up stairs were so badly
mangled that they died in a few hours
after the sheet of water struck the
house. No further damage was done
in the neighborhood so fur as the team-
ster had learned.
Ilr;an Will Not Stump.
Macon, Mo., May 2.—Chairmau pxik,
of the democratic state central commit-
tee aud Chairman Harrison, of the
First district democratic congressional
committee, have received a letter from
W. J. Bryan, dated at Lincoln, Neb.,
April 21, in which he expresses regret
at his inability to tuke part in the
First Missouri campaign.
a Oovernment Surplus for April.
Washington, May 2.—The compara-
tive statement of the government re-
ceipts and expenditures for the month
of April shows that the total receipts
were £17,812,135 and the expenditures
$32,072,007, leaving the surplus for the
month 8<r>,740,038, as compared with a
deficit for the month of April, 1806, of
1,498.
I .out In a Sfbrm on tfie Water.
Kaolk Rivkh. Mich., May 2.—Fred
Nelson, Oliver Bearreaultand Webster
lteauchamp loft Kagle Harbor in a sail
boat for their home ut Copper Harbor
on Wednesday night. Nelson has
reached there in an exhausted condi-
tion and reports that the boat with
his two companions was lost in the
storm, lteauchamp leaves a wife and
family.
Atteutloa Hand.
All members of the First Regiment
band will report at the erraory tjnight,
May 3, at 8 o'clock, in fatigue uniform,
for regular practice and other busi-
No Kieuie for doing Hungry.
Regular, satisfying rnd seasonable
meals at eating houses for passeugers
ticketed via Santa Fe route.
Chautauqua Amteialdy.
Island Park. Winflcld, June 15th to
25th, 18W7. One fare for round trip.
Fur Sale at a Bargain.
Lot 2, in block 46, on North Second
street opposite th* Arlington hotel.
Apply to Dr. Hroadfoot. '•'edalia Mo.
There is but one big. red-hot all
round Weekly in Oklahoma and that
s the Weekly 8ta * Capital; reduced to
60 cents a year.
THE EXPOSITION.
The Machinery of Tennessee's Centen-
nial Show Set in Motion.
PRESIDENT THOM AS' SPEECH
Gov. Taylor Follows In a Sliorl Address—
All Furoptt Represented In tlio ti-
lilbltN, an Well aa Asia, Africa
and Mouth America.
Nasiivit.i.h. Tenn., May 1.—The
weather was bright nnd cool to-day
and the streets were early thronged
with people assembled to witness the
parade of the Essenye order und other
societies and the opening of the Cen-
tennial exposition. The procession
formed on the public square and
marched through the principul streets
to the exposition grounds. It was
headed by a detachment of mounted
police followed by local divisionsof the
uni/orm rank of Knights of Pythias,
officers of the Tennessee Essenye order;
the Legion band of the First Tennessee
buttaliou, company A of the First Ten-
nessee regimeutof Knoxville, company
A of the Ohio national guard of
.IOIIN W. THOMAS.
President Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
Norman, (>.. the sponsor of the Ancient
Essenye order and maidens of honor,
arrayed in costumes of white, in a
tallyho; senators and knights of the
local senate and supreme otlieers nnd
visiting knights. Gov. Taylor and his
staff in open carriages went to tin-
grounds later. The public buildings
and hundreds of business houses and
private residences along the line of
march and every other portion of the
city were handsomely adorned with
the national colors and other decora-
tions. Arriving at the exposition
grounds those in the procession joined
with the thousands of other visitors in
inspecting the splendid buildings and
the very attractive grounds.
The ceremonies were opened with a
prayer by Bishop (Sailor, of Tennessee.
Maj. J. W. Thomas, president of the
Exposition association, then arose and
was received with cheers. He said in
part:
Those grounds and buildings were dedicated
to the honor and glorv of Tennessee, in com-
memoration of un event which transpired June
1, 1796. and as a tribute to the men and wom-
en who eildured the hardships of frontier
life that they tniirht found a threat com-
monwealth. They loved the banner of our
country with its little cluster of 15 stars,
and the lapse of 100 years has not im-
paired this patriotism: for the people of
Tennessee still love the same banner with Its
constellation of 45 -tar- representing 45 sover-
eign States which constitute the greatest na-
tion of the world. The objects of this centen-
nial exposition are to commemorat" the past.
ent, the advantages of the present and in-
spire hope for the future—objects so laudable
that the enterprise has received the approval of
the United States and Tennessee. While the
celebration is prompted by reverence to the
past, it is also prompted by n desire to
advertise nnd proclaim our advantages, so that
thousands from other states will see what we
have accomplished and realize the marvelous
ealth of our undeveloped resources. While
the past century has not been one of oontlnu-
peace and prosperity, yet there has been
; of prosperity than of adversity, and as we
look back to the pioneer days of Tennessee we
proud of the achievements of the past und
rejoice is the advantages of the present.
The next speech Was by Gov. Robert
L. Taylor. As he advanced toward the
front of the platform the crowd rose
as one man nnd it was some time be-
fore he could proceed with his uddress.
He said:
The ttrst century of th« history of Tennessee
has passed, and as I Join you in this Jubilee, the
stirring scenes of 100 eventful yaars pass in re-
view before me. Men like Jefferson revolu-
tionized the political ideas of the world, men
like Franklin and Morso nnd Howe and Hoe
and Whitney and Hell and Tcsla and Kdison
opened up new highways for the march of
civilization, lean see the vast wilderness of
America the dominion of the savage Indian
and the wild beast, yielding to the brain and
prowess of the Anglo-Saxon race until 45 stars
on our national Hag symbolize the strength and
power aud unity of the greatest republic the
world has ever known. I see the achievements
of 1,000 years crowded into a single cen-
tury. If our fathers, who died 100 years
ago. could cotne back and sec their
children talking across oceans and sweep-
ing across continents in palace ears swifter
than the swiftest wing; if they could see the
modern reapers passing like phantom ships
through seas of t-old, and if they could catch a
glimpse of the myriads of cities and towns and
country homes which are the habitations of
70.000.d00 of peoplai if they could look upon the
beautiful white centennial city. I doubt not
that they would shout for joy aud King with us,
"Praise God From Whom All Blessings •■'low."
At the conclusion of Gov. Taylor's
address the band struck up "Dixie,"
tind the building thundered with up-
plause. When quiet once more reigned
Maj. E. C. Lewis, director-general, gave
a short history of the building of the
exposition and formally turned over
the keys to President Thomas. Then
at a given signal President McKinley
was notified ut the white house ami
touched an electric button. As the band
played "Hail Columbia" the machinery
began to move and the Tennessee Cen-
tennial exposition was opened to the
world. The art gallery is said to sur-
pass the i Uection shown at the expo-
sition in Chicago. The number of for-
eign exhibits testifies to the interna-
tional character of the exposition, ull
the European countries being repre-
sented, as well as Asia, Africa and
South America.
At Argentine, Kan.. George A. Tay-
lor, cashier of the defunct Argentine
bank, was held for trial in the sum of
90,000 for receiving deposits illegally.
Great
inn druggists everywhere, show
that the people have uu abiding eosAdeiice
in Hood's Sarsaparilla. Ureal
women show that Hood's S.irsuparfll.t
tuaII)' does |Kissess
•idling aud luvlgorarig the
blood, upon which not only health but lile
itself depends. The great
Sarsaparilla will cure yon if you suiter from
any trouble caused by Impure blood.
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Rlood Purifier. All druggist*. St.
Prepared only by C. I linod & Co.. I.owcll. Mass.
Hood's Pills
i operate. zr>«
SIX M.l.liUIS I. Y N 4 111:11.
Houston, Tex., May 2.—For the mur-
der of uu old mail in his cottage, u
child und a woman in the first flush of
young womanhood, the assault of two
girls, the burning of the home of the
victims, two of the bodies being con-
sumed in the Humes, six young negroes
were Thursday night sent to their
doom by the hands of an infuriated
mob of negroes, the victims also being
negroes, at Sunnyside, Walter county.
Last fall u gentleman from llrenham
was robbed of $05. Suspicion pointed
to the four Thomus boys und they con-
fessed to having committed the theft.
Having they had given ?:I0 of the money
to Henry Daniels. Daniels spent the
money and on Sunday evening last the.
Thomas boys, according to their con-
fession, decided to either collect their
S3U or kill Daniels. They carried out
the latter oart of the nroirramine.
Ill-IllNi> Till] i:ai;s
A Cashier Goes to the ■ntiary Un-
accompanied to Begin H. a Sentence.
l'OOl.S TO CONTliOL UATE&
Ibtllroads Ignore the Derision of tlie Su-
preme (<>ort Natural Oas Struck In
San Antonio, Tm. No Itiy
Strike In t lilcaKo.
Com*Mill's, (>.. MayS. JohnW. Wall,
late cashier of the defunct Farmers
national bank of Portsmouth, con-
victed in the I'uited States court at
Cincinnati of concealing the personal
account of George Davis, late presi-
dent of the bank, came to the peniten-
tiary to begin a five-year sentence last
night of his own volition ami unuccom*
punied by an officer. Influential
friends are hard at work trying to se-
cure a pardon from President McKin-
ley, ns Wall is an old man ami his of-
fense, committed in the interest of a
friend, was merely technicul. The
laws of the United States limit the
amount which may be loaned to an In-
dividual to $25,000, but it was found,
when the bank was closed, that Davis
huii borrowed $40(1.000. Davis is dead
nnd Vice President W atkins is under
arrest at Sun Diego, Cal.
Kansas City. Mo., May 2. The rail-
roads have ignored the sweeping de-
cision of the I'nited State* supreme
court against railroad pools ami trusts
in the Trunsmissouri Freight associa-
tion ease. They have again banded
themselves together for the making
ami maintenance of rates and to stifle
competition. New passenger and
freight agreements have been adopted
in the west and south und the machin-
ery of the new organizations isat work.
The agreements of the new associa-
tions were frame*! by skillful attorneys
and it is claimed that they in no way
violate the terms of the Sherman anti-
trust law.
Natural (inn Struck In San Antonio.
San Antonio, Tex., May. 2. Natural
gas in immense quantities has been
discovered in an artesian well being
drilled on the premises of the !•'. F.
('oilins Manufacturing Co., in this city.
riie Woman,
tiic Man,
And The Pill
Slip
I good -
lie
loved her. She was his wife.
The pic was good; his wife
made it; he ate it. llut the
pie disagreed with him, and
lie tlisagreed with his wife.
Now he takes a pill after pie
and is happy. So is his wife.
The pill he takes is Ayer's.
Moral : Avoid dyspepsia
by using
Ayer's
Cathartic Pills.
age to property will probably prove to
be
• lar
ge.
I'opulliitii Practice Referendum.
A ill IK.NK. Kan.. May 2. The popu-
lists of this county have begun the
nomination of their county ticket by
the referendum process. A long list of
names of candidates fur each otticc is
in the hands of the central committee
nnd all the county will vote on them.
The two which receive the largest
number of votes will be voted on u sec-
ond time uml then the convention will
ratify the action. It will take until
July to take all the votes ill the various
Faykttk. Mo., May 2.-At an early
hour yesterday morning Jack Sartain,
a white man. shot and mortally wound-
ed llattic Ward, his negro mistress.
Recently she had discharged Sartaii.
for a negro man, and the white man
was jealous. He fired three shots at
the woman, only one taking effect.
Sartain escaped.
An Kx-< overnor'n Nephew a Thief.
MAlMjrKTTi:. Mich., May Harry
M. Mason, a mail cle *k ....
.. ...... .mining be
tweeii Mackinaw City and Houghton
was arrested lust night .charged will,
robbing the niuils. lie is u nephew oi
i.\-Gov. Itich, of Michigan.
Ohio Homo Tliletes .Married.
Wn.MINI.TON. O.. May Krvin Shaw
nnd Gertie Fisher, each sentenced oni
year in the penitentiary for joint hots,
theft. Were Wedded l.i 'the jail parior>
('AllLISLE HILLS.
'
The Recent Issue of $1, £2 and $5 Cer-
tificate* to Be Replaced.
I TENSION OUIIKIM ItEVOKED.
• aim t Imogen Two Hull una
III* I'mlMMior Itcporl■« .\bout ll«-
* all llcolcd SMCOtlt lli'frililn liir
CUII Service to lion Ihh I oner.
Washington, May 2. Secretary of
the Treasury Gage issued an order yes-
terday that as soon as the 81, 82 and $.1
bills recently issued by the treasury,
and known as the Carlisle certificates,
come in they are to be destroyed. They
will be replaced by bills of a new de-
sign. The bills now in circulation
have proved far from satisfactory.
The objections urged ugainst theui are
numerous. The most serious is that
the Si and bills are so much uliko
that it is difllcult at a gluuce to tell
them apart. There has been great
complaint from bankers nhout this
similarity. Another objection urged
by the bankers was that the
numbers indicating the dcuouiiiiu-
tion of the hills were hudly placed.
Lxpcricnce proves that the designs on
the bills were too elaborate. They
gathered dirt on account of the amount
of iitU used ou them. In u very short
time they become filthy. Another
mistake connected with their issue was
that the paper used for them had not
been properly cured, and, as a conse-
quence, they were easily torn. The
designs used on the old bills will also
be used on the new, but ull the unnec-
e iss i > elaboration will be done awaj
with. This will give the new bills a
much lighter appearance, and will
lessen the chances of their gathering
dirt. The number of the Carlisle cer-
tificates in circulation is very large,
and it may take some time to get them
all in. The plates for the new 82 bills
to be issued under Secretary Gage's
administration have been made, and
t he printing of them will begin iu the
near future.
IViihIoii Ordert Ic«■ \ okcit.
&AXIN0
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
a great many errors in the pil
administration of the law.
To statup Out Un* Cholera.
I)ks Moines, la.. May 2. Both hob
of the legislature have pussed si
asked fo - by James Wilson, sccref
of agriculture, authorldug the
ernor to accept the rules of the dejL
'"• nt of it i icuiture to stampoutl
cholera. It is proposed to selectf
or more counties where the disci
worst, inspect all hogs, kill tho
feeted and keep diseased hogs .
The federal government pays all!
penses.
Dry I .and Opposite Meinphla.
Memphis, Tenn., May 'i.-For I
first time in nearly IS days dry laiL
visible looking west from the Chjl
saw bluffs into Arkam a fall
seven-tenths of an inch is recorded
the gauge here. This is the hea
reported since the decline set in.
cral hundred refugees were scutl
day on steamers to plantations.
MARKET REPORTS.
Kunaim City Live Stock.
K ansas Cm mi) i < fettle RaaalptiM
lv« • shipped ywterdaj 1,908 ruttlj
imlvea The market was aominslly stasd^
following are representative salem
N. Mil
The first orde
•d orders
1>V M,n
NO OI I t« I
Will I seliev
; Ills '
| Topsk \. Kan., May 3. The atten
| t ion of Judge Theo liotkin, depart-
j nicut commander of the G. \ I: . hav-
ing been called to a dispatch unnotiuc
Uncle Sam—Jump aside, sonny, 1 may step
Henry Daniels, an old negro, lived in
a little hut with his stepduughter
Marie and a seven-year-old child.
Wednesday night tiie house was broken
open, and Marie Daniels and the seven-
year-old child were assaulted and old
man Daniels clubbed t* death while
trying to protect those in his charge.
Then old mun Daniels and his step-
duughter were thrown into the house
and the child was thrown into the
well. The house was set on fire and
the devils capable of such a crime left,
thinking that they had covered their
inhuman deed from the sight of the
world.
The locul officers and citizens went
to work with a will. Bloodhounds
were turned loose and soon the four
Thomas boys, Fayette Rhone and
Will Gates were captured. When
taken they were smeared with
blood ami when confronted ac-
knowledged the crime. All the six
prisoners were under guard Thursday
uiglit. About 12 o'clock the guards
were overpowered by a strong body of
men nnd the prisoners taken toward
the liru/.os bottoms north of here. A
little later 40 or 50 shots were fired and
all was quiet. Yesterday morning,
dangling froti the limbs of a large ouk
tree, were found the bodies of six
iiegroes, limp ami lifeless.
The well was being drilled lor water
nnd with no thought of striking gas.
which was found ut u depth of 500 feet
below the surface. A small reservoir
was speedily put in and connected
with a gas jet. The light this pro-
duced is superior to coal gas. The
supply of gas is apparently inexhaust-
ible and will at once be utilized for
fuel by the Collins Manufacturing Co.
No 111k strike in Chicago.
Chicago, May \N hat promised a
few days ago to be a general strike of
all unions affiliated with the Ituilding
Trades' council fi/./.led down to the
walking out of about 500 hod-carriers,
bricklayers and plasterers, all other
disaffected unions having settled their
difficulties.
KANSAS I It I K.I
KATKS.
CI! A I KM AN It I "II.t I
VIKW S.
nil* for I'r
lie Siiyn tho People's Party
tection and Free Stiver.
Boston, May 2. The third atinuul
banquet of the people's party of Massa-
chusetts last night was attended by
nearly 150 persons. Senator Marion
Butler, of North Carolina, made the
principal address of the evening. In
the course of his remarks Senator
llutlcr said:
The tf.000.00.) laborers who are sit worlt on the
cotton Holds of the south und the wheat fields
of the west must lie protected against foreijrn
pauper labor. Just the same as the 4.0UU.U00
laborer* who arc employed In manufacturing.
We need a true American system for
all American labor and American indus-
try. Neither the democratic nor republican
parties have offered us this They both
offer remedies that are contradictory. The
(told standard and free trade j*o loidcally
together hand In hand. The farmers and
manufacturers of this country should Join
hands on at least two great economic
ijueiitionH. They should stand solidly for
an American system of finance and for a Just
and equitable principle that will protect all
American industries and American labor. This
is the position of the people's party, it Is the
only logical and only truly American prluclplc.
The State Hoard of Knllroad Commission-
ers Take Step* for >• Conference w ith the
(toads on the Subject.
Topics a, Kan.. May 2.—The state
board of railroad commissioners have
tuken preliminary steps toward si-cur-
ing a general conference of Kansas
railroads on freight rates In setidini/1
out a letter to all the lines. The com-
missioners say the\ will name a date
at Topeka within :50 days when they
asect'taiii the. convenience of the cotn-
punies. In the letter it is stated that
reduced rates are UliSolutely necessary
ow ing to present prices of farm prod-
ucts and that under present condi-
tions "the producer is not shipping
and the company not carrying." The
conference is asked particularly for
discussing redm-t ion > "between jmints
ithin the state und the southern sea-
Dl-:v'ASTATI I IIY I \ ICTIlol \ l\ lis.
lundrcdN of People In tiie l.eeward Island*
Killed itiol \ ast I in mage Hone.
Ni u Yohk. Miiv :. A dispatch lo
the
ti u
dis
a. r
ni!d 1'e't I
triet and provided that data its to the
status of a pension ease vhall not be
swerall calls for information, but to
in support of claims to be written in
nicut that such testimony was written
. i.to. io
.79l nhlppe i j e tSM
mu op ned st ronjf and rlfl
f"llo iin? ,ii i. i.i. -..fi i .it j ve n
l«i*:i " i>
I iwu :t J5
I fe.
our |miM rooms and at our campllres. We want
our badite and feel comfortable at
when the department commander Is
snooplntr around trying to hide from some fool
ixiiiticul office. 1 appreciate the honor I now
have and I shall try to prove worthy of It. I
•ilso appreciate the kindness of mv political
friends, but I cannot permit the use of
my name for any political office while 1
occupy my present position. I owe and
shall give my whole energy, time and abilities
to th- service of the U. A It during this pres-
ent year, aud I appeal to my friends not to
hiiui|M'r my work by placing me In position of
an office-seeker while I am trying to rekindle
interest In a purely non-partisan order.
imoWNKO IN THK KAW.
•lohn Kalil. a (irrman. ltows a liout Into u
Snag His Wire Saved.
Kansas City, Kan.. May 2.—John
Kahl, a Prussian, was drowned iu the
Kaw river about eight o'clock last
evening. He lived on the east bunk of
the Kaw river, near the Wyandotte
bridge. Last evening he ami his wife
got into a small rowboat, bound for
the west bank of the Kaw river. When
in midstream Kahl ran the boat Into
a snag. The craft immediately cap-
sized and both husband ami
wife were precipitated into the water.
Mrs. Kahl clung to the upturned boat,
but the husband lost his hold and sank.
He could not swim and was drowned.
Mrs. Kahl drifted about 50 yards down
stream where she was rescued by two
fishermen who were attracted by her
llKATII SKI.I I M' I.ICTEI*.
Horrible Method of Sulelde Chosen tiy Mrs.
Iiecliiiian. a Demented Woman.
Kansas City, Kan., May 2.—Mrs.
Lena Decliman, wife of Mathias Dcch-
inun, u prominent farmer living about
six miles west of this city, urosu from
her bed at an early hour yesterday
morning and cremated herself. She
accomplished the horrible deed by
wrapping her body in an oil-soaked
blanket and then igniting it. She was
burned uluiost out of semblance of hu-
manity when Iter husband and chil-
dren arrived. Mrs. Decliman, who
was about 48 years old, had been very
despondent in the past year. She
was constantly ill, having suffered
Mrs. Sylv
prominent
ti.
government to the authorities here
concerning Hawaii, and th>- report
emanating from .litpuu that Great
Britain had expressed disapproval of
Hawaiian annexation to the I'uited
States is denied by officials. A similar
denial is made by officers of the Jap-
anese legation as to the reports that
negotiations had been opened between
Tokio uml Washington relating to Ha-
waii. Mr. W. N. Armstrong, a native
of the Hawaiian islands, ami who was
counsel for the commissioners who vis-
ited Washington iu 180:1. is in town.
He is not here in any official capacity,
but observing events and making in-
quiries with a view to ascertaining
public sentiment in regard to reciproc-
ity aud annexation.
I'o Study Seacoa«t Defense Problems.
Washington, May 2. It is not im-
probable that several urm\ officers
will be detailed to attend tiie course
at the naval war college this summer
with the class of naval men and naval
militiu officers soon to be announced.
Heretofore attendance at the college
has been limited to those connected
with th«' naval branch. Secretary
Alger has already assigned Lieut.
George L. Anderson, Fourth artillery,
to the school, through authority given
by the navv. and other details mav be
looked for. The object Is to give army
officers the benefit of the strategic
problems worked out yearly for the de-
fense of the country on the seacoast.
For Civil Service ComiulNMloner.
Washington, May 2. ('ol. ( lark A.
Tonner, the present confidential secre-
tary to the secretary of the interior,
will. It i*> understood. I** appointed a
tdvil service commissioner in place of
one of the democratic members of the
commission. The democratic members
are John II. Proctor and William G.
Rice. Col. Tonner was for a number
of years appointment clerk of the de-
partment of the interior, and has made
a close study of the applicAtion of the
civil service law He is a believer in
civil service, but at the same time sees
ei's, good, drivers, extra. t?0$l0l); •
dlcra. common to good. Ivo Vv>, saddlers, ex
W<{.1 ml; southern mares and horses, flilii
plugs, 154(15; mules, tl.V&UM
St. Louis l ive Stock.
St. Loins, May i (sitIs Receipts*
market steady: fancy export ste rs. fMlO.r.'J
native shipping steers tg.tOQft.06; itOOkf^f
feedera h:iv,hvs ateeraunder 1.000lba,
litt -> cows and heifers. Cl.Su^4.tiu Texas |
Indian steers, 13 UO ',4 IU, cuws arid heifers. •
"fc.H 2ft.
Hogs Receipts, n.500; market 5c lo«|
IlKl't. I&yuttli Mi, mixed, <:t heavy. :
®«.W5.
Sheep Receipts, 3.000; market steady: nal
muttons. |:iffiQ450; culls and bucks, II 7.Vft
lambs. Texas sheep. t3.V*(it.i\
Chicago l.lve Stock.
Chicago, May I -Cattle Receipts,
market i(wd) beevsa ti Miftft iftt oovi
hellers, II.00^4.40 Texas ataers, ia.3Ua.4|
blockers and feeders, 13. !•>.
Hogs Receipts, It ooo; light hogs i
I
• I1 He light, mlssd, (3. Sft ift-LO
lieuvy. M 50(^4 00; rough, M 50^8.70.
Sheep Receipts, 2.500: market steady:
tlv<j iu. western.I3.0i*&l.* ; lambs,I
<4(5.00.
July
Sept
May
July
Sept
■ epl
■ and Produce.
<>|M ned High st !«ow' st C'losl
I 70
i 70
Raman Cltj tiralu.
< :>|
here to-day, '1 cars; a year auo. :'3 car
I
Milton.>;i. s .(tH. No .! i . ... lcarohoj
Nk No i i car ni. i ear eh iloe 74.-; rejei
ear Mc i ear 5.1 Spring, No t, l car II
No. 3 nointuuli . 7f.it77. . ejected, nominally®
Soft No I car 08a, I < St Wo
nominally twrr&Hfte So. 4. nominally s xithoc;
Jectud. nominally *U4(75c, 1 car tile.
Receipts of cora here to-day. Ii4 cars
Sales I No. t mixed, ((fl
the Herald fr«,
has just been r
of ciirthiiuahi •-
if Lt
tin
•re of ;
out tin
s tin
I the
of hundreds of lives. All the islands
in the (froup are said to have been
Affected. The loss of life has been
very larpe, but at this time, owinffto
the imperfect melius of communication
between the islands, it is impossible to
estimate it definitely. Many huihlinga
collapsed during the most serious
shock, which occurred yesterday morn-
inir und lusted 40 second#. The daiu-
also felt
No loss o
t he su
as yet been reported,
flanged Hlmaal
Mahyvii.i.k. Mo.,
Wright, a farmer,
southwest of this
cidc by han#iiitf liiinsi
iu |M>or health for sou:
married aud hud u lar
Ma
ity.
Mrs. Josephine Polliill, of I >ue West,
S. hail a severe ca- <• of catarrh,
which finally became .) d> cp-*eatcd
that she was entirely deaf iu one
ear, and part of the bon.- in her nose
sloughed off. The best physicians
treated her in vain, and -he used
varioiH nppli-
afflvsCUiSD BY
avail. Fourteen botth - f S. 8,8.
prompt ly reached the sea: c i he dis- |
ease, ami cured her sound . well.
time. Hi
u family.
whichiw.hc ... ■
mm • imp
I iduteaa a\>Ul bpccitlc Co., AtlauU, Ua.
Turulpit. 15c uvr
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