The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 111, Ed. 1 Friday, September 2, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ONLY ASSOCIATED PRESS PAPER IN OKLAHOMA.
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THK HTATK F AIIt
Catalogues of the Fiftti An-
nual Fair an- dow ready. Call
at tlie State Capital office
or a<ldre a Secretary Oklaho
ma Htate Fair, Ouihrle, aud
get one. The fair thin year
will be a router. Oct. 8 to 8.
1>lt FIRST PAPER PUBLISHED IN OKLAHOMA-
THK CA1IPAH-X
la on. It will be a hot one. To
kn..w all about It. you should
Hiihurribwfor the Staw Capi-
tal. Dally AO centa a month,
by carrier; by mall W 00 a
year W^kly 50 centn h year,
alx monttan for 25 oeota.
YOLl Mi: 10.
FUIDA* > MO UN IN G.
(JUT1IUIK, OKLAHOM A, SKl'TKM ItlMt 18!>S.
FHID.YY MOUNING.
NT Ml! Eli 111.
Into the AdministratioR of the
Department,
AN EVIOENT GRAZE TO CRITICISE SHOWN.
Sensational Newspaper Articles Wtlh Have no Weight With
the Administration When tha Congressional Investi-
gation Shall Begin, But Only Facts Will
be Considered.
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
WELCOMED HOME.
GRAND DEMONSTRATION IN 1118
HONOR.
Canton, Ohio., Sept. 1.—A Brand dem-
onstration occurred hero at noon today
In honor of President McKlnley aud
Secretary Day. out of respect for the
President's expressed wish that his
present visit be informal the affair was
to a considerable extent unorganised
and partook largely of the nature of a
spontaneous outburst of enthusiasm.
The people of the community turned
out enmasse, and from the depot to the
Barber residence, where the MeKln-
leys are the guests of Mrs. McKmley's
sister, the streets of brignt nnd cheer-
ful flags and other displays of the na-
tional colors were a mass of humanity,
The arrival was so near the noon hour
that employees of many factories sue-
eeded in securing an early shut dowt
and Joined the trong about the station.
President and Mrs. McKlnley were dir-
ectly driven to the Barber home, where
their stay of a few hours shorn of all
formality.
Between 4 nnd 5 o'clock they boarded
a special train and proceeded eastward.
Major Webb C. Hayes, as well as Col-
onel and Mrs. Myron T. Herrick, were
of the eastbound party leaving here.
Reports of Fatalities for Sep-
tember 1.
THE DAILY HEALTH BULLETIN.
Three Deaths at Santiago.
Wikoff.
Nine at
objected to these paymasters, saying
they would bring yellow fever Infection :
with them, or the money might be in- j
fected while on board the ships, other
paymasters have been since dispatched !
to Porto Rico to pay the troops that j
remained there.
I Complaints have been made also by
certain regiments that they received no :
pay while at Santlogo, It Is learned
at the department 111 some of these In-
stances the requests were made by the
commanding officers of the regiments
to defer payment until the troops re-
turned to the United States. Such re-
quests were approved by General Shat-
ter, and accordingly the paymasters
emitted such regiments when paying
at Santiago.
it- Hvtai i« the hiqhr<it qrndo baking powdar
katmn. Act Ml teata atnm it gr- aono-
tbird farther than any uthcr b. aaO.
THE DEADLY TYPHOID FEVER.
•Washlnsrton, Sept. 1— Surgeon Gen-j Bentatlon of the farts relating to my
«ral Sternberg today sent the following .administration. It would make it neces-
V I ,111 hii^h Hi,ry to take clerks away from their
letter to a New York medical pUDllsn- I
* dally tasks in order to look up the doc-
iiig house, which had made inquiries ot i •
iiuunt, umentary evidence on file in my office,
him concerning the conduct of the war |aml jn t^e meantime important mat-
with reference to the medical depart-
ment, and especially about the subject
of having an immediate investigation
of his bureau. He says:
"I am ready at any moment for a
complete investigation with reference
to my administration of the affairs of
the medical department, but the war
department #is not disposed to make
such investigation, as the result of sen-
sational newspaper articles. There is
ters would necesarily be neglected and
the sick In all parts of the country
would suffer. It would make It neces-
sary to call upon the medical officers
who are now urgently needed for the
care of the sick In our various camps
and hospitals to come to Washington
as witnesses, and all this to satisfy the
clamor of Irresponsible newspaper re-
porters. There has been no official
complaint with reference to my admin-
If.
MISSOURI CCRN
IS IMPROVING.
lit present an evident craze, to criticise jistration of the medical department,
without regard of truth. There will be j "In regard to Montauk Point, T Tn-
a congressional investigation into the j tend to send at once Lieut. Col. Charles
conduct of the war, but I do not feel j Smart, an experienced officer, and the
at liberty ut present to insist upon an i professor of hygeine in our army med-
investigatlnn for my own vindication, j ical school, to make a thorough sanl-
because It is contrary to the general Fa ry investigation. To go myself, such
Interests of the service. It would make as I should like to do so, would be to
!t necessary for me to give up all the j neglect important official duties In con-
important official work, which at pres- : nection with the supply of hospitals,
ent, at most overwhelms me, for the 'the movement of my hospital trains, of
purpose of devoting myself to a pre- | hospital ships, etc."
COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS WILL
Washington, Sept. 1—It Is understood
here that President McKlnley will spend
the day in New York tomorrow. He will
bo Joined by Secretary Alger at Camp
Wikoff Saturday morning and will then
proceed to Inspect the camp unofficially.
Secretary Alger will return to Washing-
ton Sunday afternoon and possibly the
President will do the same.
REPORTED THAT
DREYFUS IS DEAD.
NO WORD IMS "W.KN HEJCEJTVTTD
FOR WEEKS.
Paris, Sept 2.—The Dreyfus case pres
ents no new features, but there is a plea
tiful supply of rumors.The first of thos<
is that Dreyfus is dead, no letter having
been received from him for some weeks
Another report Is that Gen^ Itois D'
Frey, who Iris resigned the i*rst of chief
of tho general staff, has committed su-
icide. Both these rumors are undoubted-
ly without foundation.
li
Washington, Sept. 1.—The forthcoming
annual report of the commissioner of pen-
sions will show that the number of pen-
sions allowed during the p.*ist fiscal year,
including the war of 1812, was 6,737 of
which 04.852 were for soldiers and 1 ,&;•>."> for
sailors.
Four widows were reinstated and two
promoted, and 64 orphans and relatives of and navy pensions during the fiscal year
soldiers wero reinstated. One hundred ending June 30, 1898, was largely in excess
and thirty-nine ex-union' soldiers wero I of the amount paid either during tho .first
reinstated and 2790 promoted. The num- or second term of President Grant's ad-
ber of pensioners on the rolls June 30.1 ministrations and almost as much as was
1898, was 993,714; amount paid for pen- paid during the entire four years of Pres
lions during the fiscal year ending June ) ident llaye's administration.
30 1898, $141,651,879; average value of each
pension $131.79. Comparison shows that
pensions for service in tho war of the
rebellion were granted during the last fis-
cal year than were allowed during the
entire four years of Grant's second term
and 'he entire administration of Hayes;
that the amount actually paid for army
MISS WINNIE DAVIS BETTER.
Narrangansett Pier, R. I., Sept. 1.—
Miss Winnie Davis, who has been seri-
ously 111 with gastritis, passed a com-
ofrtable day and tonight is much im-
proved. She is now able to take nour-
ishment for the first time in several
days.
lu MoNt InmtanrcM Thin I* tin* f'anse
of Dcutli -Hautlago Mick I.ImI Ih
3« With IJ2 4'auH M For
the Day-Conditions There
Are Improving;.
Washington, Sept. 1.—General Law-
ton's daily bulletin concerning the
health of the American troops at San-
tiago, follows:
Santiago De Cuba, Sept. 1, 1898:
Total sick, 356; total fever, 292; total
new cases fever, 12; total returned to1
duty, 6.
Deaths:
JOHN C. GOOD, corporal company E
Sixteenth Infantry; acute dysentery.
A. P. PETERSON, private, company
K, First Illinois; typhoid fever, follow-
>llow fever.
HARRY T. 1VTSCHOF, private, troop
, Second cavalry; yellow fever.
LAWTON, Commanding.
THE REPORT FROM
C1MP WIKOfF.
New York, Sept. 1.—Tho general hos-
pital report at Camp Wikoff tonight
shows these deaths:
MATTHEW MULLER, First Illinois.
OTIS THOMAS, Eighth Ohio.
JAMES K. SELLS, company G, Sev-
enth regular infantry.
JOHN B. CARRON, company G,
Twentieth infantry: exhaustion.
FREDERICK KATSER, company I.
Ninth regular infantry: exhaustion.
J. R. SHERIDAN, First Illinois.
FRANK KOENER, musician, Eighth
regular Infantry.
JOHN M. CAMPBELL, battery F,
Second artillery;, typhoid fever.
CHRISTIAN KREITTSON, company
C, Sixteenth regular Infantry; typhoid
pneumonia.
ALBERT TENVILIGER, troop C,
?cond regular cavalry; typhoid fever.
The signal corps tonight reports hav-
ing sighted the transport Roumania.
She had not arrived at Montauk Point
it midnight.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
t fcaklni POWOtR r
Issued by the Treasury Depart-
ment.
DECREASE FOR THE MONTH,
This Is Accountcd For by the Sale ot
War Bonds.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
SHOWS A GAIN OF NINE PER
CENT IN A MONTH.
Columbus, Mo., Sept. 1.—The crop re-
port issued today by Secretary Itlp-
pey, of the state board of agriculture,
states that the condition of Missouri's
corn crop has steadily Improved and
estimates the present condition as 89
per cent, as compared with HO on Aug 1.
The condition of the apple crop is es-
timated at 76 of a full crop.
PENSION CHECKS TO GO
TO INDIVIDUALS.
WILL NOT BE SENT To GENERAL
DELIVERY ANY MORE.
Washington, Sept. 1.—Commissioner
Pensions Evans has issued an order
prohibiting the sending of pension
checks to "general delivery." The in-
tention of the department is to have all
such checks delivered at the Individual
local addresses of the pensioners.
LIEUT. THOMAS BRENNAN
DIES OF FEVER.
deaths of soldiers elsewhere
for sept. 1.
New York. Sept. 1.—Lieut. Thomas
Rrennan, of the 20th l\ S. infantry, died
of fever tonight In Gouvernour hospital.
Several days ago Lieut. Brennan started
from Camp Wikoff on furlough for Fort
Leavenworth, Kas. He fell exhausted in i
the streets o fthls city and v
•'or the Month of August Nhow a
Heavy Increase on Both Hides of
tin* Ledger on Account of W or
Kxpeudlturcf* and Internal
lie venue*.
to the hospital. Othe
In this city today were:
Second Lieut. WILLIAM
71st New York.
Washlngt m, Sept. 1. -The monthly |
statement of the public debt, issued to- I
day, show* that on August 81 the public I
debt, less cash in the treasury, was $1,012,1
,,i 870,717 which is a decrea e for the moni|j|
deaths of soldiers J of $34,789,711^
This decrease Is accounted for by
, indlng increa e In the cash otfl
hand, due to the receipts from the war|
ATTEMPTING TO BESGUE SHIP CREW,
Savannah, Ga., Sept. l.-Lieut. H. S.
Morgan. United 8tat< ; engineer corps, in
Charge of the fortification work on Tybe
island and Henry Smith, a rigger, were
dTowned In Calabogue sound Wednesday
afternoon in an effort to rescue the crew
of the ill-fated Norwegian bark Noe,
which went ashore and was lost on Dau-
fauskie beach. They had reached the
rim of breakers in front of the wreck,
when a tremenduous soa came down on
their boat, swamping it. All the men
were thrown Into the sea. but managed to
regain the boat. Morgan was In his uni-
form and wore a heavy mackintosh. Al-
though a good swimmer, he was weight-
ed down with clothing and sank. A mo.
BIG PRINTING HOUSE FAILS. -
San Francisco, Sept. 1.—The Francis
Valentine company, the largest thea-
trical printing house on the Pacific
coast, has been attached by the Dono-
hoe-Kelly bank for $15,000. There are
>ther creditors but the amounts owed
them are comparatively small.
RAILROAD CONTRACTOR FAILS.
London, Sept. 1.—The bankruptcy of
E. D. McConky Is announced, with lia-
bilities estimated at $350,000. He was
formerly a railroad contractor in New
York and failed in Baltimore during
the year 1877.
W. B. BAKER FOR CONGRESS.
Baltimore, Sept. 1. The republicans
of the Second Maryland congressional
ment later he reappeared and seized the I district today nominated W. B. Baker,
boat, but was torn loose by a wave and Parkford county.
disappeared. A few minutes later Smith ■
met the same fate.
Morgan was a West Pointer and was
assigned to the work in the Savannah dis-
trict, as assistant to Capt. C. E. Mlllett.
1 -atbs of soldier
elsewhere ill the east loan. The debt is recapitulated as fol-|
At Westerly, R- I • Corporal WILLIAM! interest-bearing debt $922,112,800; debt I
TALCOTT, Jr., 71st New York, from j-bearing no Interest $583,885,871; a total otl
material fever. I$1,307,357,8U1. This amount, however, does!
THE GRAND JURY
. INVESTIGATION,
THE BOTKIN CASE IS IN THEIR
HANDS.
San Franciso, Sept. 1.—The grand
jury Is investigating the Botkin pois-
oning case. A number of witnesses
have been summoned to tell what they
know of the poisoning and circum-
stances leading up to the arrest of Mrs.
Botkin and of the occurrences since her
arrest. The police, It Ik learned, have
reason to believe that the candy wan
purchased In this city from George 11.
Haas, a fashionable dealer in confec-
tions.
§ J1 Perfect %
Gen. Lawton's adviser in maklni?
other appointments. Today Gen. Lacret
The Democrats and Pops Fail
Agree.
SEPARATE TICKETS ARE NAMED.
In the Democratic Convention It
ti un the « it3 of Milwaukee
AgaiiiHt the Htatc and ll e
Latter Hon,
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. l.-For Gover-
nor—HIRAM SAWYER.
Lieutenant Governor— PETER DT'ES-
TER
Secretary of state—P. O. STROM MIC.
Treasurer—C. J. MALEK.
Attorney generaJ-HARRY II. GRACE.
Insurance commissioner—JOHN F.
SC'HINDLER
Railroad commissioner—C. G. WILCOX
Suerlntendent of public instruction—W.
H. BCHULTZ.
Tho above ticket was nominated after
one of the stormiest and longest drown
out democratic state conventions ever
held In Wisconsin. The fight was con-
fined to the question of fusion with the
populists on the state ticket. It was a
battle between the large delegation from
Milwaukee county against the rest of the
state. The outside delegates finally came
out victorious, when a vote on the reso-
lution to allow the populists to name a
candidate for secretary of stat
Ject to the approval of thi
At Boston-GEORGE PATRODE. 2nd
Mass. dysentery.
At New Haven, Conn.—FRANK III'D-
GTNS.. troop B, Gth U. S. cavalry, ty-
phoid.
DEPUTY COMPTROLLER
OF THE CURRENCY.
L. 0. MURRAY SUCCEEDS GEORGE
M. COFFIN.
Washington, Sept. 1.--Lawrence O.
Murray, for several years chief of the
Ogden division of the comptroller's of-
fice of the treasury was today sworn
In as deputy comptroller of the cur-
rency. He succeeds George M. Coffin,
of South Carolina, who resigned to ac-
cept the presidency of a New York na-
tional bank.
MISS CLARA BARTON
IS COMING HOME.
ORLEANS
ites audi
treasury notes outstanding which are of-l
fset by :in equivalent amount >f cash lnl
?ii.- treasury. The cash in the treasury|
and classified as follows?
r $618,400,894; papffl
$#3,084,066; bonds nat onal bank deposltoMfl
$981 i n Ml I
Against tii aggregate tJhere are out-
mand liabilities amounting!
!l|
balance in the treasury of $294,487,084.
Th - monthly statement of receipts and!
expenditure 1 ttt< % •• >rnmeujt for au-|
gust shows that the receipts from alll
au ln< reaatfl
of $22,759,098 over August, 1*97^ The re-|
cciptH from the several sources of
venue follows:
Customs $10,249,699; internal revenue $24,|
01'.,'i34; miscellanous $1 '17,073.
Thi expenditures for the month aggre l
gated $56,200,717, and Increase of $22.H72,|
670. The heavy increases on l>oth sides!
of tho ledger are due to the war expen-§
dltures on the ono side and the Interna
revenue hw on the other.
SHE WILL SAIL FOR NEW
ONCE.
Tampa. Fla., Sept. 1.—Col. Belling
quartermaster, received a cablegram this
evening from Miss Clara Barton fr.
Havana, Haying she would mill at once on j today. Her bottom was in fairly goo.
-h" hospital ship Clinton for New Or-1 condition. Tho worlt of scraping dow
leans. The Clinton Is loaded with li.-.l the veMH-l will oeupy about three days,
Iowa Is the first ship to be docke<
THE IOWA IN DRY DOCK.
Jew York, Sept. 1. -The battle ship
j Iowa was gotten Into the new dry dock
"ross supplies and will put In at Mulle
Ke
coal.
in dry dock.
GO TO PJNA,
KANSAS DAY AND EXESGISES AT
THE CMA EXPOSITION.!
Santiago, Sept. l.-Gen. Lawton, com
mandtnff the department of Santiago, re ... ,,
I went to Guanatana to investigate the ac-
celved word today that the Cuban leaders! ^ ^ ^ )n d(,mandlnB th„
Cebreco, Lacret and ivdro lVr,'7. hn\e rlKht to remove his troops Into the city
been ordered by dew. Oomez to place several days ngo. C,en. I.acret says tho
themselves under l.awton"s command, colonel's conduct Is not authorized by the
(Jen. l-uwton Is gratified to have charge i Cuban Insurgent government, and Is llkc-
uf the Cuban's under th- - officers and \ |y t„ get him Into trouble.
Relieves that the arrangement will c*pc-1 <>,.n. Wood, military governor of San-
tltHte the disbanding of the Cuban fore ,|ag„. today opened three supply depots
lie has decided to employ Cuban ofTl flir tHo relief of Cubans In the district.
Vrs In important civil positions In the The capacity of the three places is six
rovinco of Santiago De Cuba.
Q«n. Castillo will I 1 il l''n
I thousand daily. Relief Is distributed
and will 1 1: on the recommendation of tho alcaldes.
_ A Perfect Substitute Fo _
Smothers Milk. For k
Years the Leading Brand. ^
"INFANTHCALTH'scmt FRtE \
^ «.v (Skmsseo milk®. Niwro*. jU
CALLED THERE TO SUPPRESS
RIOT.
Galesburg, 111., Sept. 1
the Illinois national guard, received or-
ders tonight to leave at once for Pana,
111. Sixty men with live gattllng guns un-
der command of Lieut. Frank Henry, will
start immediately on a special train.
Trouble between the striking coal min-
ers and deputy sheriffs is feared berause
of the efforts of th * mine operators to Im-
port colored miners.
ASKS WHY TROOPS
ARE NOT PAID.
DEPARTMENT SAYS MILES IS TO
BLAME.
Washington, Sept 1.—A dispatch has
been received at the war department
from General Miles astcing why the
troops in Porto Itlco have not been
paid. The explanation is given that
the paymasters, with money for the
troops, were at Santiago and ready to
proceed to Ponce, but General Miles
sub-
on vent ion
w i. lost, the vote resulting 2% for and
361 against fusion ^
Notwithstanding that the question of
fusion was voted down, a populist. John
F. Schindler, of Milwaukee, sue*. • .led
in b<>ing nominated for insurance com-
missioner. However, it was as a d.'mo*
I ".rat that he rteelved the nomination, and
| not as a populist. After the convention
Battery B, of KOlt rjfi the fusion question the pro-
ceedings were devoid of all rankling and
the delegates finished their labors at a
late hour tonight and adjourned.
THE POPS NAME TICKET.
The populist stale convention which
met here, after the failure to fuse wit-h
the demo-crats, nominated tho following
state ticket:
Governor—A. A. WORSLEY, Racine^
Lieutenant governor—SPENCfiR PAL-
MER, Fond Du Las.
Secretary of state ARTEMI S AR-
VIN, Milwaukee.
Attorney general-LESTER WOOD-
DA R. Columbia county.
Treasurer-JOHN POWERS, Plerc-3
county.
Railroad commissioner-ROBERT E.
ANGER. Winnebago, county.
Insuranee immlssloner—JOHN F_
• 111N D L E R, M11 wau kee.
8upt. of public Instruction—A. 11.
RAIG. Waukesha county.
Thi convention then adjourned.
I. is 1,0
ind It I;
Neb., Sept. 1.—Three months of [aimer .-late, citing the Kanui exMMJ
Mi'.,,- „.,.i exposition hav, , < v ■ (,f th.- advancement maf
The total attendance to Kept, i 'It-.iov. .ieorge W. Ollck responded. I
.211. attendanc yesterday 22.B8!1. | vl' -v'ng the achleven
estimated that the Kansas day | citizens of the Sunflo
today brought fully 2r,.OHO peo-, dent Wattles addre
le grounds. At II o'clock the went deeper Into (ho history and materia
ntered the Auditorium.j progress of that stale. Addr.sseB werf
'resident Wafes. G« n. j delivered by Thomu
v. Holcomb. Presid v.i! and ('. B. Hoffman.
th( Kansas ommission, agricultural college and Thomas WareJ
dueed I.'lshop Frank It. MtimrouBli Topeka. After the exercise, the partj
spoko.be Invocation. Go/. -I-j.rr,o.b! adjourned to Market cafe where an
,1 ti,.- greeting of Nebraska !• 'Is Joyalehle lunch was served.
party
;d by
i'Hts attain.' . t>.- t
vcr state, and Pre
ts, which followed!
•••cent of thf Kansai
E. Ere:
GORDON SAIL FOB PORTO RICO
Poncc
notified
under a
Ish line
Sept. 1.—Oen. Brooke yesterday
Capt Gen. Maclas, the Spanish
der at San Juan Do Porto Rico,
flag of truce < arried to the Span-
i hv Col. Goethal, that Rear Ad-
miral Schley and <
had
Brooke has arranged to b ave on Frldai
.,r Satur iay with his staff, escorted bf
troop H of the ' th cavalry and Cai
Pitcher's company of the 8th Infantry.
s \ .im1 ston - . ul\. rt.s ln-twe.'ti here ai
the Spanish w..rks on th-' crest of tlf
Jordon, the Amer-1 niountalns. which hav-' been blown
, eommissloners. : wni be r--pair>'.| tomorrow by Col. Gol
San Juan from New York I thai'8 engineers. The colonel has examln|
I on the steamer Sent - a. At tho same time, Ld th. Spanish fortifications. T
(Jen. Brooke, who Is also a member of the ,hey are marelously strong
| commission, asked if there was any ob- could have
Jtictlon to his proceeding overland with in Europe
an escort. MaJ. Jose Rlos. o the Spanish in front. T
army, brought the reply of Gen. Maslas . two guns.
| today. It was sent by wire and said thvroj hundred men stationed ther« have
I wero no objections.
i.l that ii|
held back the strongest ar
with 500 m- n against an assi
'he Spaniards had trenches i
All but a hundred of the
Consequently Gen. | turned to Sun Juan.
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