The Edmond Sun--Democrat. (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1894 Page: 2 of 4
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
TIL EDIOND rn DEMOCRAT.
K KB WIN fc THOMAS, Publishers.
Edmond Oklahoma
' The saddest thine about tho lire
in tho world's fair buildings i* tliat
there in to ho nu opiiortunilv for tho
phirnix editor to oxorciso hi* pre-
rogatives.
"'That woman who has b ei bent-,
ing Chicago hotels might havo won
eternal fame had who appeared on t!ie
scene a few months ago whon tho
fair was at its height
French and English troops havo
beeu lighting in the dark, each fori
apparently under tho impression
that it was potting a few of tin: un-
civilized who rofuso to bo guided
hi to the paths of rolinoment If the
forces succeeded in a moasuro in <
ilizing each other the incident might
fairly bo considered closed and no
harm done.
THE university of Chi -ago may now
be considered fully established among
institutions of art and letters. It
contains manly intellect enough to
paint a cow into a zebra and hang
Midway plaisanoe tags on tho doors
of the women students' dormitory.
It is achievements of this nature
that fix the status in the modern
univorsitios in the United States.
A HORRIBLE MURDER.
PROMINENT MERCHANT KILLED
IN HIS STORE.
WIIIImiii A. ClinpinMn of ritthliiirp. • ,
the Vici Im One- of the MoM l)i:il>oll< l
Crimen In tlx- Annul* of tin- state
Nu < IIIO,
, .Ian. 21).—The foul-
Thk latest from Brazil is to tho
effect* that, President Pcixoto will
fend up a balloon from which to drop
dynamite bombs on Admiral MoIIo'h
navy. If ho should carelessly drop
a few on tho fellows who are daily
sending out bogus war news from
Rio, the cause of decent journalism
would not suffer an irroparable loss.
If Mello can't stop lying. I'eixoto.
The young war lord of Cicrmany
has issuod an addross in which ho
declared that tho Bonder of tho in-
fernal machine failo I in his purposo
becaue-* tho kaiser wus "under tho
protection of tho Almighty. ' Of
course he is entitled to that beliof
but tho fuct that ho never opens
paekagos'himaelf but lots others tako
the chances, was tho real reason for
tho failuro.
With his usual solemnity Mr. Glad-
stone has informod the liouso of com-
mons that ho does not think this a
favorablo timo to proposo to tho Eu-
ropenn powers a policy of mutual
disarmament. The humor of tho
question was doubtlessly apparent to
everybody oxoept the man who asked
it. whose naino is Byles, and to tho
Grand Old Man, who went to tho po-
lite troublo of answering it.
^Chaklkm Haw was a bad boy in
school, read dime novels, made his
worthy teacher dance at the piitol's
point, and rising to bo chief of a
robber band has just been slain by
his ••pais." Tlioro are several los-
sons somewhoro In this set of cir-
cumstances, one of them pointing to
the advisability of a robber chief,
under cortain conditions, getting
"the drop" 011 his ••pals'' first.
While a light was in progress in
the streets of New Orleans a lady
leaned from her window to got a bet
tor view. As she was thus improv-
ing her mind and odifying her spirit-
ual parts a thief onterod her room
and stole a purse containing $lo," .
However, the thiol did not, so much
as obtain a glimpse of the mill, which
is said to havo boon of much cxol-
lonco. This eircumstanoo teems to
comfort tho lady much.
The profession of lottera hr.s un-
dergone a considerable change cilice
the friars, penniless and without
wish for ponco, wendorod first, teach-
ing and exhorting among tin- lakes
of Oxford and tho dales of ('ambridgo
President Andrews of Brown, has de-
clined au offer of flO.OJ) a vour,
with six months' leave of absence to
become chancellor of tho university
of Chicago. The six months' IcjL vo
of absence to enable h!« . ti
spend soma of tho money
Ihat the inlluonco of tho Columbi-
an exposition is to bo wluo and practi-
cal has already boon shown In numer-
ous ways. Tho latest illustration is a
summons by tho president of tho
German imperial railway bureau to
Gorman military and civil repre
jiAStatives who were sont to the ex-
position to study the railroa I ex-
hibits. i'my are to make official
Individual reports, and from these
improvements in the Gorman railway
service are to bo proposed
Some of tho doctors arc agitating
tho question again as to whether
vaccination is a preventive of
smallpox; whether tho preventive
does not involve dangers greater
and more numerous than the disease
Involves; how frequently vaccina
tion should occur. I'nder tho best
system of vaccination, practiced b,
skillful hands, some serious results
occur. Hut tho number is bo small
that tho danger may bo dlsregarde 1
entirely in comparison with all the
successful cases by which smallpox
has been almost banished from among
mankind.
Conorkss should not be palavered
into loaning tho caravols for exhibi-
tion round the country. It is against
constitutional principles to loan gov-
ernment property to private people
or for purposes not within tho pur
view of the government If the car-
avels, whilo toted round the country,
should be injured the government
could not hold any responsible party
to account for them. They cost too
much for shabby indlffercnco to be
shown to them now. It would also
be discourtesy to Spain, whoso gift
one of them was.
PiTTsnun
est murder ever committed in the an-
nals of Pittsburg was perpetrated here
Saturday night. The victim is William
C hapman, a prominent business man.
who was found dead under a counter :
in his store about H o'clock yesterday
morning by bis wife.his throat cut and
several other wounds on the faee. The j
perpetrators had taken a rope from
the store and tied it tightly around i
their victim's neck nnd wrists,
binding him so closely that physi- ,
cians assert that he was strangled as
well as killed by the loss of blood.
The utmost confusion was observed in
the store, showcases being pushed out
of place, boxes overturned, etc., show-
ing that Chapman hud made a desper-
ate battle for bin life. A bloody lenife ,
wus found outside the store, where ;
the perpetrators had washed the
blood from their hands in the snow.
Twenty-eight cuts in nil were found m
on his body, nine on his left arm. ,r|.
which evinces the desperate nature of 1
the struggle. The officers are tracing 1
a clue, but it has yet developed
thing, Bloodhounds will be placed )f
RAILWAY WAGES IN KANSAS.
Th® A vera iff Pay to All KniplifM of Hi*
I'rlin Ipitl l.lnen.
TopekA, Kan., .Ian. 20. — M. D.
Henderson, secretary of the state
board of railroad commissioners, has
given to the state printer the board's
unnual report and it will be ready for
distribution in a few days. An in-
teresting part of it Is the average
daily wages paid as reported by the
several railroad companies of the
state. Reports are made for all the
roads, Including branch lines but tin*
more important lire the figures given
by the trunk line companics.as follows:
Atchison, Tope lea and Santa Fe
averages CeneraI officers. .<*11..Ml a
day; general office clerks, Hi; sta-
tion agents, 91.TH; engineers. 51-15;
firemen, " 8; conductors. $3.s-l; other
trainmen, S.'.Ofl; machinists, fcii.iSii: car-
penters, P!i.27; other shopmen, 8l.7.'>:
section foremen. 91.03: other track-
men, 31.37; switchmen. S'.'.OH; tele-
ph operators, 91.07; total average,
COIiTiETT STILL KING.
{AIIAVAV
CHAMPION OF THL' WORLDS
FISTIC ARENA.
Tlie American ully llefnila Mltrliell,
the Ili-nUh l'iii;lli « lit Three IuuiimIh,
ill Jurkftunvllle, I lit The I IkIiI On!}
I.mhIcii Nine Miuuten.
Latest ad\ ices from brazil contain
the information that in an important
battle fought In tho state of Sao
Paulo the government troops under
General Argallo were defeated (jl0
ioBs to tho govornmoot forces hein.r
killed and tho remainder of the
10,0JO troops engaged ma lo prison
era. If this b> true tho insurgents
not only havo won a signal victors ,
but by killing 6)0 men have estab-
lished a precedent in South Ameri-
can revolutions and closed up another
fountain of wit to the Amt*r:can news
paper paragrapher.
Thiiu v-FOt it gallant British troop-
ers wore masescred by Matabeles
after a desperate resistance against
odds of over ten to one Monuments
will be erected to them, but the in-
scriptions will not give tho real
csuse of their deaths -British greed
The playwright wh- announce*
that he will celebrate tho anniversary
of the death of his first wife by
taking a second evidently do-?s not
know where tbe fares lloo bsgiui io
life, at he ha* ihown he doss not
kaew wh«r« it todi 90 the IHft.
the trail as hoi.n us they arrive.
Two gamblers of the city were ar-
rested last even ng and hurried to
jail, it is said they are suspected.
PAUPERS CREMATED.
11 iicItt l.uiiHlli-n l'« reli l.i a I'lro hi itn Iowa
Insane t My 111 in.
Boom;. Iowa. .Ian. 2.V The building
on the Boon • county poor farm in
which the incurable insane paupers
were confined, was burned at 10
o'clock last, night and eight of the
nine Inmates p-risbc.l. Only one
woman, Mrs. Ilibbard, escaped from
the burning building and gave the
alarm to th • stewurt, lloleomb, who
was in the main building adjacent. It.
was too late to save the insane people
and the main building was saved only
by the greatest effort.
(iolil still lleliiK Withdrawn.
Wasihnoton, .Ian. Since Jan-
uary 17, the date on which Secretary
Carlisle issued his circular inviting
hint for the purchase <>f bonds t here
has been withdrawn from the treas-
ury department MOO,0 it) in gold or
its equivalent for the purpose, it. is as-
serted. of paying for the bonds. Since
January 1 the trci ury has lost 91-.-
410,000 in gold. Offers to take bonds
continue to be received at the treasury
department, but no information is ob-
tainable as to the amount.
Severe ('utile I.imhih In Texn*.
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 'jo.—Re-
ports received at the general office of
the San Antonio ami Aransas Pass
here show that the losses to stock on
the range in Southwest Texas from
ther were much
greater than expected. In the conn-
ties south and east of here, where the
drought was severe and the grazing
•cry poor, thousands i f head of weak
•attic succumbed to the cold and died
ii the range. The number of bead of
.tock lost cannot yet be estimated as
reports are incomplete.
OltliiliiMiiit Stliool l.umln for I e *e.
Uithiuk, Ok., Jan. 20.—-Governor
Renfrow has issued a proclamation of-
fering all the school lands in Oklahoma
for lease for three years, each quarter
etion to be leased to the person bid-
ding the highest cash rent for same. |
and all bids to be submitted in writ '
ing l y February 20. There are 750.-
•f these lands, and people |
lie country 1
waiting to secure them.
The Tnrrey lllll Fiiroreil.
Wabiiinoton, Jan. '.'7.—There was a
sharp dlscusHion yesterday afternoon
at the meeting of the National board I
of trade on the resolutions reported
by the committee favoring the 'I'orrey |
bankruptcy bill aikI. although the
resolution indorsing the bill was final-
ly adopted, a great diversity of opin- |
ion was expressed during tho discus-
sion.
A lilK I'ennlon Draft.
Toi'kka, Kan., Jan. 20. — United j
States Pension Agent Click, has re- '
celved a government draft for 93,200,-
000 for the February pay incut of pen-
sions which will b • commenced on the
5th proximo. Tin
91.01.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Oeiicral officers (icily one in the state),
-'"■..Mi; general office clerks, 93.* •.': sta-
tion agents, 91.05, engineers, 94.'.''!;
firemen 92.00; conductors, 93.04; other
trail.men, 92.25; machinists, 9'.07; car-
penters, 9°. 18; other shopin-n, $1.05;
section foremen, 91.mm; other track-
men. 91.24; switchmen. 92.51; tele-
graph operators. S'-J.UU. Total. 91.00.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincv
(Jeneral officers, 910.114; general offiet
ks, 92.01; station agents, 91.07; en-
sera. 92.80; firemen. $1.70. conduc-
I tor
other
inachin'sts. $2.14; carpent.-rs, 92.0".:
other Hbopmen, 91.04; sec tion foremen.
91.10; other trackmen, 91.10; switch-
men. 91.85; telegraph operators, $1.8','.
Total. 91.7.1.
I'nion Pacific Oeneralofficers,$0.87;
general office clerks, 9".'.00; station
agents, $2.08; engineers, 91.87; fire-
men 92.45; conductors. 9M.87; other
trainmen, 9'.'. 45; machinists, 9't.
carpenters, 92.80; other shopmen, 9d:
section foremen 91.05; other trackmen,
91.40; switchmen, 92.45; telegraph
operators, 92.14. Total 92..'10.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas—Gen-
eral officers, 910.00; general office
clerks, 92.4-V, station agents, 92.40;
engineers, 93.80; firemen. 92.21; con-
ductors. 93..'in; other trainmen. 92.10;
machinists, 92.mm; carpenters, 92..'10;
other shopmen, $1.n|; section foremen,
91.71; other trackmen, 91.15; switch-
men. 92.11; telegraph operators, 92.07.
Total, 91.00.
These averages are not the average
wages paid daily by the year, but l>y
the number of days each employe
worked.
(ItAHOIMi Till: DOLLAR*.
Itri.url of tie- 4'iiiiiniiiHltHi nn Safe iiikI
\ >*till Construction.
Wasiiinotox, Jan. 20. Acting un-
der authority of congress granted in
1800, the secretary of the treasury ap-
pointed a commission consisting of
Messrs. Robert Thurston, Theron N.
Ely and 1«\ A. Pratt, seientillc and
mcehanical experts, to report on the
best method of safe and vault eon
struetion with a view of renewing or
improving the vault facilities of the
I'nited States treasury.
The commission first inspected safes
and vaults of the treasury and sub-
treasury at New York and afterward
inspected the vaults and safes of the
great banking and safe deposit com
panics of New York and elsewhere.
They found the funds of tlies- insti-
tutions better protect.-d than those of
the treasury d partmcut so far as me-
chanical appliances are concerned.
The commission recommends vaults
instead of safes.
OKLAHOMA STORM VICTIMS
iieeelptM niitl KipendltureH an IO purled to
the lnter*tate 4 omiiierre ('oiiinilftHlon.
Washington, .Ian. 29.—A prelim-
inary report of the incomes and ex-
penditures of railroads in the United
State*'for the year ending June 30,
18o:i. has just been published by tho
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The report includes the returns from
j 170 operating companies, whose rc-
J ai'kson villi:. I la . Jan. 20. Corbett, ports were fixed on or before Decern-
still the champion of champions. I ,,rr ,8!,3- and covers the operations
Mitchell, who was to have knocked 145,800.58 miles of line, or eighty-
j him out or at least have given him a M'v«'n P^r cent of the total operated
hard flRhl. HUS m-vor in it. The liattlo "."'.''"f lhc l'"ited SlatL'h ,("' tlult
i„ (|„nht n moment, and '"Th" Kr.m earning were 1,085,«85,-
Mitchell was eleanly knocked out III . which 83^ WI5,f,3 were , from
the third round, after being repeatedly freight service, and 928,030,878 were
knocked down. , other earnings from operations cover-
UA'iTl.K BV KOI ND8. ing receipts from telegraph, use of
At o'clock Corbett appeared in the 1 ™I'B' '"'"''.""If charircs, rents, etc.
rinK«nd was greeted with tnmultn- ,^K"'"ofW^ ^
ous applause by fully -.mm men. He ..arninifs, leaving net earning of 3.w,-
was attired in a long hath robe. 257,740. which is about 3.50 per cent on
At 2:05 ocbck Mitchell appeared the capitalization of the roads report-
ami was given a reception almost >ng.
equal to that of Corbett He smiled A new feature in this report is the
os he entered the ring. compilation of comparative data for
Mitchell's seconds" were Jim Hull I r""l'is f°r th.- years 18M and
,, m, ... ... ..... H03, covering the items of net earn-
I i>nV Moore. loin Allen and Steve . i• • , ■ ...i • ,
. i nigs and dividends. Ibis shows an
(I llonnell and I iniekeeper Hat Master- ] illt.rL.„M. OVer I sir; in tl„- net earnings
son and Corbett s seconds were John ..f these roads of 90.774,057. and an in-
Donaldson. Hilly Delaney, Jack I crease in dividends of 91,003.713. The
Dempsey and William McMillan and amount carried to surplus account af-
Timekeeper Ted foley, with "Snap- tor the reduction of all lixed charges
per ' I iarrison timekeeper for the club. ' an<' dividends was $10,048,405.
Then the men were called to the These figures do not justify the as-
center and instructed by the referee. ' sertion that the twelve months ending
As they faced each o't her .M itchcll •'n,l<''N'' 1 brought disaster to rail-
looked diminutive. ways and the conclusion therefore
Corbett led with his left on j ,',at ' "st obtain is that up to that
Mitchell's chin. Then they clinched I date the railways had not begun
and exchanged body blows and Jim ' f°e' to any great extent
j the effect of the commercial
j and industrial depression which
I in the latter part of the year
1803, resulted in placing many roads
bed Charlie's left eye heavily
while Mitchell reached the ribs. An-
other exchange followed and Mitchell
clinched and Mitchell got in one on i ... j#,
Corbett's neck. Jiiu then landed right a"d other properties in the hands of
and right again as time was called, ' receivers.
giving Mitchell a good body blow. I
Honors were easy in the first round. I ENJOINED FROM STRIKING.
Second Hon nil \ wild exchange I t'nlon raelllc i:iii|ilo.von llave Their Paj
lllld a clinch opened the contest. Cor- 1 Cut unil Are Prohibited From Quitting,
bctt upperent his. inan as they came j Omaha, Neb., .Inn. Sli-I'n'on Paciflo
,"t" !' stirred to the ut-
togetlier. Mitchell landed hard on the
ribs and. us Mitchell came in, Jim
caught hiin on the head, staggering
him. Corbett uppcrcut M itcheil again
and landed with his right on Charlie's
ribs. Mitchell reaching Jim's chin. A
sharp rally, with Corbett having all
the best of it, followed. Mitchell got
in twice on Corbett's neck, but Cor-
bett knocked him down twice in suc-
cession.
Third Hound- Mitchell was rather
groggy. Corbett rushed tit him and
swung his right and left heavily on
Mitchell's neck. Charlie went clown.
He took the full time to riscand then
Corbett rushed at him like a tiger.
Mitchell clinched but Corbett threw
hi in off, and floored him with a stiff
facer. Again he took all the" time to
rise and when he advanced toward
Corbett the latter swung liis right
with deadly effect on Charlie's jaw.
Mitchell reeled and fell on his faee.
helpless. Tho referee counted I, 2, 3,
4, 5, 0, 7. N, 0, 10, and Mitchell was
knocked out.
The referee then declared Corbett
Inner of the match and champion of
NINE MIN I" I
\tJ.i-UHt Seven Termini l.o
siiit,-rliif; iii the '
(Jl'THRlK. ok., Jan. 27.
just coming in of people
I Their Live*
trip.
-Reports are
who perished
luring the blizzard of Tuesday night,
j One family of three were all frozen
in Cheyenne county.
A woman and two children named
j Morrison were found frozen in Taw-
nee county.
| An unknown tramp was found fro-
ii on a Santa I 'e train in the strip.
Hoth hands of John Carter, a learn-
er of Orlando were so badly frozen
at it will be necessary to amputate
Mitchell's
blood, ib-
iii a lie I pies:
nine minutes
conditii
orbctt'f
Time of fight
ircles
most depths when the order of Judge
Dundy reducing wages on the system
was made public. All employes in
every department are affected by the
cut. which amounts to nearly ten per
cent. Judge Dundy went his brothers
on the Federal bench one better, and,
not only enjoined the men from strik-
ing. but cut their pay ami ordered
them to work on at reduced pay.
In the railroad history of America
this new schedule of the I'nion Pacific
will undoubtedly stand as one of the
most carefully prepared documents
ever presented to a federal judge de-
signed by a railroad company to tide
it over rapidly decreasing earnings.
IT DIDN'T WORK.
A Train Hohher Inside i r n Stuffed lluf-
ThIo fnpiiired.
i)naqwood, S. I)., Jan. 20.—a train
robber named John Dalton was captur-
ed by one of the Northwestern express
messengers. Dalton had himself ex-
pressed on the inside of a stuffed
buffalo, but the game was spoiled by
hi.s removing one of the animal's glass
eyes, through the socket of which he
stuck a six shooter, covering the ines-
ngcr. The latter, however, escaped
... . . ! from its deadly range and jumped
a,it ,imii I I l>ullu - l,,°ug" upon the back of the stuffed animal
Mitchell made a show in the first I i, i : .. -i_ .,
round. The men did not shake hands
at the beginning of the fight.
The referee culled upon the men to
do so, but neither responded.
d in and he dropped upon the
robber inside and sat on him until the
next station was reached, when he
was turned over to the authorities.
The safe contained 950,000.
All
the
The suffering among the r
was terrible an I many ;
exposure.
frot
Mure ArrenlH In the .lerleo PoinonliiK Cane.
Nkvaoa, Mo., Jan. 20. News was
brought here yesterday that two more
arrests had just been made of persons
charged with complicity in the poison-
hund from the last remittance, which I '"tf. the Comstoek family, near
makes a total of 93,827,000 at the To- I Jerieo, several weeks since, sterling
peka agency. i Hrasuer, son of Mrs. Comstock, who
was poisoned, and
OIL STRIKES IN KANSAS.
Nineteen Flowing Welln In Wilnon Coun-
ty— ("mb Ainu III (.luillltll)',
Neodesii Kan.. Jan. An oil
company of Pennsylvania, which has
been prospecting for oil and gas near J
this city, has drilled twenty-one wells
and only two have proved value-
less. Five wells have been ••shot" with
nitro glycerine causing them to flow
in great quantities into lurge tanks. !
One of the wells has yielded oil at the i ,' 'V"WIT ' i i
rate of twenty four barrel, per day I ""Mutant of the ol.l emperor
The average depth of the wells is 85.
tuny ItejoleeH.
I i:hi.in. Jan. 27.—For the first time
since March is, 1800, when he resigned
tho chancellorship of the Cierinan em-
pire. which be had so long held, I'rince
Otto von Hismarck. the hero of tho
masses and the man who
cemented the empire, en-
tered the royal palace yester-
day, as the guest of the Emperor and
the reconciliation between the young
ind the venerable confidential
pleted. It is the sincere wish of all
Hermans that there will never be a
Two gas wells have been sunk with ' new severance of the relations of
capacities c.|tuil to any of the great | friendship between the two.
gas wells of Indiana or Ohio. The en- , .. ....
ginecr ill cliar-e of the works claims lli'" ,Ui 1 "r «'«-P Oei..
that this will lu the most valuable oil I*AiUs, Jan. 20. In the chamber of
and gas Held west of the Mississippi i deputies Saturday during an inter-
river. ^ pollution of the government on tho
l>lt i
Di i
Ohio, Ju
Alexander Nelson. I
than fortv-two vear
ing ton female coil
sity. Ilaldwin. Kan., and low
an college, died this morniii:
no lieiid.
. 211.—The Rev.
D., for more
il Methodist
•lent of Wash-
univer-
Chargeil
last wet
Mrs. Hruc
to be also
. ith the
k. No
his
ested i
I the I
Wcsle
, aged ?
A Veteran of Three Wara.
Wasiiinoton, Jan. 25. — Andre
Franklin, a veteran of the 1812, Me>
can and civil wars, who lives in Coil
county, Kansas, and is in: years o
will be given a pension of K'.o a mon
if the favorable re|H>rt of the hou
pensions committee on bis case is a,
proved by congress.
An Olil drudge Ipi il Out.
Waynksmi i K. Mo . Jan. 2.1.—John
Itoblnson shot and mortally wounded
James Vaughan and shot William
llat s. a spectator, in the thigh.
Vaughan met Kohinson in the street
to settle an old grudge. Mates will ,
die. Ilobinson has tied.
Shut nt n Wa-ddliiK HrrrplIon.
Cii miami, Ohio, Jan. 2','. \t n
wedding reception at the residence of
llenrv Mayer. Annie Cow en was acci-
dentallyshot by honiia Mayer, who
was playing with a small ritie. The
bullet liMlgeil in Miss Cowen's brain
and she will die.
Superintendent «f llankrll limtltiitr.
I.awhkm Kan.. Jan. 20 Mr. J. A
Swett. assistant superintendent at
Haskell institute, the I'nited States
Indian industrial school located at
Lawrence, has I ecu appointed super-
intendent of the Haskell institute.
rested
other.
charge.
NtntcM Can't 1.1 in It Immigration.
San Francisco, Jan. 20 The
supreme court has declared the act
passed by the legislature in i8jm re-
garding the right of the state to
limit immigration was unconstitu-
tional. The cns. was that of a
Chinaman arrested for unlawfully re-
maining in the state. The act pro-
vides for deportation, but the court
decides that the power thus attempt
3d to be
the ger
•rul go
icil belo
elm.
THE MIDWINTER FAIR OPEN.
Kitting hxercl.Hi'N for tin- Fine t'allforiiii
Knte
Kan Fi
.la
-In the
cut.
llyan First Deputy Marshal.
Topkka, Kan., Jan. 20.—It is re-
ported in political circles here that
I'nited States Marshal Neely has kept
his promise and made W. II. Ryan of
Crawford county his first deputy. .1.
c. Habb of Cherokee county is aiso an
applicant for a deputyship
( lilld-* Rcrovcry In lln| eleM.
I'iiii.adkmmiia. Jan. 20.—There has
been no marked change in the condi-
tion Of ticorge W. Chihls. That his
j recovery is almost hopeless is general-
: ly conceded. I ut his physicians do not
betray any indications 1' t they have
I given up all hope.
Furcliaied H (Iolil Mine.
Dkn\i.h. C« 1, Jan. 20. \ syndicate
of English capitalists, headed by the
l.ondou house of Mountain Walton,
have purchased the
near flinch Hawk, f
presence of thousands of people the
California Midwinter fair was thrown
open to the public Saturday.
(iovemor Markham had declared
January 27 a legal holiday throughout
the state, and the day was observed
as such. In San Francisco all the
banks and business houses closed and
everybody was free to go to the fair
grounds. Thousands of people were
here from all parts of the I'aeiHc coast
and the hotels and streets were
crowded with strangers. The build-
ings were profusely decorated with
Hags and bunting.
HAD TO BE HANGED TWICE.
HuiikIIuk Work Done In the Execution of
(ieorge II. Fainter In Chlruico.
Chicago. Jan. 27. (Ieorge 11. Painter
wus hanged at four minutes past s
o clock yesterday morning for the mur-
der of Alice C Martin. The rope broke
at the first attempt and the doomed
man was picked up limp. Another rope
was secured und he wus bunged a sec-
ond time.
The first rope used wus the same
that was used in bunging the an-
archists. The scene was a trying one
to the people who were present. The
jail physician said the second hanging
was unnecessary us Painter's neck
was broken when he first dropped.
I PLEASURE VOYAGERS LOST.
chists. a socialist mem-
ber defied tbe president to put him
out when requested to leave the cham-
b -i\ Thirty of his socialist colleagues
created such an uproar that the mili-
tary had to be called in order to pre-
serve order and the sitting was per-
emptorily adjourned.
A Reception liy the I'ope.
Romk, Jan. 20. i'ope Leo XIII. gavt.
a reception yesterday in St. Peter's to
the clergy and Catholic laity of this
city. Twelve thousand persons were
present and greeted the pontiff with
prolonged cheering. He looked well,
e xcept he was a trifle paler than usual,
lie did not appear fatigued, although
the ceremonies lasted two hours and a
half.
Twelve Thousand Killed.
San Fhancisco, Jan. 20. — Addi-
tional advices by the steamer Hclgic
from China announces the complete
annihilation by earthquake of the
town of Kuschan, Persia. Twelve
thousand persons were killed in the
awful disaster. Ten thousand corpses
had been recovered to date. Fifty
thousand cattle were destroyed at tho
same time.
Captive Train lioltlier t onfcsHes.
Four Smith. Ark.. Jan. 27.—Willis
Hrown, the train robber wounded in
the capture of the Kogers pang at
Vinita. Ind. Tor., recently and who is
in the hospital here, to-day confessed
to participating in the Mound Valley,
Kun., bank robbery und also the rob-
bery of the express agent at Chelsea,
Ind. 'Per. The chances arc that ho
will die of bis wounds.
To i'lKht .Tarkaon in l.ondon.
I .on i ion, Jan. • -It is announced y
here that Champion Corbett has nr- (he
ranged to come to Kngland, and that pet
the fight between him and IVtnr Jack- eon„..
son willprobably take place before the the'tariff bill i>
National sporting club in June Mr. Siblc\ s actio
the t
Sibley it i
iihgton, Jan. 27
cmocratic eongres
lvania. l a* rvsignei
out). The
• has pro-
Sibley,
in from
s scut in
ourse on
< lyde Mating Sentenced to Dcntli.
Wichita, Kan., Jan. 27. In the
1 nited States court this morning
Judge Williams overruled the motion
for a new trial and for a stu\ of judg-
ment nnd sentenced ( Ivdo Mattox to
be hanged March 23.
Feehham l ikely to lie Rejected.
WASHiM.ioN.Jau.37. Well informed
public men believe that the noiuina
i< n of Wheeler 11. Peckham of New
Vork for associate justice of the I'nited
states supreme court will be rejected
just as was the nomination of Mr.
Hornblower.
Fx-Qovernor FunipbelFa Anplrntlon*.
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. • -K . iiov-
rrnor Campbell's friend* have itated
lhat he will be nn active candidate
for governor in 1005, with a vie-
Ills Fire In Solomon ( Itv. Kaiinan.
Abii.fnk, Kan., Jan. 2.y Tho largest
fire in the history ■ f Solomon Citv
occurred Tuesday night when seven
business houses were burned, and a
loss of 918,000 to $20,000, less than half
covered by insunince was entailed.
Fight of a I
Mlcldjta
Mn u it ■
Robert Liu
letter to-d
Flor
'urly From Milwaukee and 1
i Drowned Down South,
r. Wis., Jan. 20.—Mrs.
d of this city received a
da, saying the schooner •
of Holland, Mich., hail cap- j
. \ .... «...i i .. .i-_
ClIICAOt
effort to
pool is ii
all the s<
Mississippi, and
pleasure trip to
drowned.
A NOTED
on for
agi«
. but
ed upon.
A Olucnan Pool.
Jan. 20.—A determined
reorganize the old glucose
progress. I'nder cover of
•reey that ingenuity could
•gotiations have been going
month with that object in
yet nothing has been
SINGER DEAD.
I.aura s< hlrnu r-MaplcHon I'aura Away
In New York Suddenly.
Nf.w York, Jan. 25.—Laura Sehir-
mer-Mapleson, the well-known opera
singer, is dead.
Mrs. Mapleson's career has been
both romantic and brilliant. Decem-
ber.'-. I i. ;is a 7 year-old child who
had to be lifted upon a music stool,
she made her debut as un infant phen-
omenon in Chickcring hall, Boston.
shoe Fnctorlea Destroyed.
Sr. Louis, Mo., Jan. 20.—Fire com-
pletely destroyed the five-story build-
ing, occupied by the Western boot anil
shoe company,andfthe liernard-Gannon
shoe company, with all contents.
Two hundred and fifty people are
thrown out of employment.
Anthony Heerpass, under arrest in
Tennessee for sending obscene mattler
through the mall, makes the defense
that it. the matter was quoted from
the bible.
I nn't Slop Reduction of Wage*. j A Peculiar Suicide.
Toi l.no. Ohio, Jan. 27. — United | Tolkdo, Ohio, Jan. 20.— Frederick
residual .in of .Inn Mulono. noisier I lllstrlct .Tilil(re UU'k has re- I I-'"1' thought to frighten his wifo on
IVrrv. Oklahoinn lau.l niHw fu.-ocl to grant the uppli.'atlon of th« ■ her return from church, and fastening
depart employe of the Ann Arbor and North- a clothesline to the wall, put a loose
orn road to restrain Receiver Callaway ' coil about his neck. In some manner
from reducing wages of all employes, be tripped, and the rope pulling taut.
The receiver declared that the de- his neck was dislocated in tho fall and
crease in the esrning* of the road death was instantaneous.
necessitated the reduction.
—— •" " While lying in bed with his young
«ur,l..r t.y T™,b wifr on onc lide ot hira hl,
Kikksmi 1.1. M.I. Un 30 —Eph Bran- j month old babe o the other. George
4'itler. a aMorious *6iigh from near , L. ifcCrum. of Huntlnfrton I'a .
Kcglnter Mulon.. IteniKn*.
Wasiiinotox, Jan. v:>. —The f«.
d at th
inent yesterday and accepted.
Cora Tanner, the well-known
artless, has quietly secured a South
Dakota divorce from her husband,
Colonel Sinn, manager of the Brooklyn
opera bouse.
• 'ame; McCullough. who war. post-
master at Waverly. N. J under liar
th* B®«ll *fion risoa. has bssn srre t«d for refuiing 1 ffafel, this piunt", it tally Het Will- pulled s revolver from undir hi* pil-
ln llw 1 ts his •uettiiM \ jAp LUyA sod then fl«a | lew and ftrsd • fcullst into hit l rsm
MRS. LEASE AGAIN.
She Make* Scanilalou* Charge* Agalniit
KanMaH I'ollticlan*.
I'i.kasanton, Kan., Jan. 20.—The
following letter from Mrs. Lease ap-
peurcd in the Herald yesterday:
Kditor l'lcasunton Herald:
l-'rom what I know of you I do not
bo lie vo you would intentionally do me
•'i any one un injustice. I therefore
t ike the liberty to ask you If von have
any reason for accusing me of holding
a consultation with Peck and Kossing-
ton other than the statements of the
politicians, who know that I know ot
their dishonesty, and that I am op-
posed to fusion? 1 most emphatically
brand their statements us false.
I went to St. Louis at the request <<f
an invalid sister whoso little sick
chilli wanted inc. 1 bowed to Mr.
I'eck in the dining-room and spoke to
him afterwards in the parlor as I
would speak to any acquaintance from
Kansas; if this is crime why not brand
as crime the fact admitted by the
governor, when he was compelled to
admit it, that he held a midnight con-
ference with (ieorge K. I'eck and sur-
rendered to the Santa Fe that Duns-
more house which he hud culled out
the militia to sustain and which had
been organized bv the candidates for
the United States senate and the
chairman of the Democratic central
committee: and this crowd elected by
liquor and fusion votes; that
took bribes from three com-
panies- Hock Island. Missouri Pa-
cific und Missouri, Kansas and Texas
(I have the proof); that are in part-
nership with saloons and gambling
houses; that are the most dishcrc-t
and corrupt gang that has ever cursed
Kansas ami they wunt to bo
renominated that they may keep their
relatives in office ut the expense of
the state
It is necessary to "kill me politic-
ally" ere they can succeed, and to de-
stroy me they suy I am working for
Republican pay, just us the Kcpub-
licuns used to claim I was working on
Democratic pay when I opposed them.
Not only that, but they paid to
obtain affidavits that (Jeneral J. 15.
Weaver and I slept together at many
of the leading hotels during the cam-
paign. The governor said to two state
officers: "If Mrs. Lease makes any
fight on me I will spring those affida-
vits on her." Kest assured the fight
will be m&do und the right will win."
THE DUVAL CLUB DISBANDS.
It llroke Fp in a lt w Corbett anil .lack-
Non lo Flight In l.ontlon.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 20.—Tho
Duval club no longer exists. It broke
up in a row. Some hard names passed
between one of the members and
llowden, whose management was
severely criticised. Hrwdcn has
washed his hands of the whole busi-
ness He says he will never try to
get up another prize fight.. This one
has kept him awake nights with
worry.
The other members of the club are
going to organize with outside cupital.
The club took in about 931,000 from
admissions. They will come out about
even, unless they are put to heavy
expenses in defending the prosecu-
tions which have b.'en brought.
To Fight Jackson in London.
London, Jan. 20.—It is announced
here that Champion Corbett has ar-
ranged to eoine to Kngland, and that
the fight between him and Peter Jack-
son will probably take place before tho
National sporting club in June.
STATEHOOD CONVENTION.
Oklahoma Democrat* Confer on U>e
Statehood Question Tin* Convention
Kenolvei In Faror of luduilinff the
Fite Tribe*.
Pursuant to the call, the Democratic
Statehood Convention of Oklahoma
Territory convened at Perry on Wednes-
day, January 24th. The assembly was
called to order at 2:0."> o'clock p. in. by
the Hon. C. W. tiould. chairman of
the Domoeratic territorial committee.
After reading the call of the conven-
tion the members of the territorial
committee were invited to take seats
i >n \ be platform. The Hon. B. \\.
Peery of 131 Keuo was made temporary
chairman. I'pon assuming the chair,
Mr. Peery expressed his appreciation
of the honor bestowed, and bespoke a
racy here msembled that the territory
of Oklahoma should be a tm'.tted forth-
with as a state, and that the lines of
said territory should be extended so as
to include the five civilized tribes.
.••lint while we n>t d-sire to
foree the Indians t.i make allotment*
until thev ore ready 1.0 to do, we do
not wlah to an, pi .Utohool unless
the boundary lines of the new state
include the territory of the live tribes.
That the mt<"-est of the people of the
territories, irrespective or color and
condition, and tin' interest of the peo-
ple of the neighboring states, will be
best subserved by cvt.-ndinff the lines
of said Oklahoma territory so as to
include said live civilized tribes in tile
proposed state of Oklahoma.
"That to provide against the hard-
■hips Incident 1" travel in said pro-
posed state, terms of the 1 nited States
ircuit and district courts should b3
speedy and business like consideration I siumm iH. ju.],i ,,n the lines of the
NATIONAL
Morgai
BOARD OF TRADE.
i men
in Canal Itoml
lllll Indorsed.
Wasihnoton. Jan. 2!>.—Much more
rapid process was made by the nation-
al board of trade yesterday than lias
characterized its session heretofore,
and an evident disp >sition was mani-
fested to clear up minor business. The
N icaraguan canal matter was agaiu up,
and on motion of Mr. l-'airbanks of St.
Louis, a resolution was passed memo-
rializing congress again "as we have
done heretofore from year to year, at
each anual session of our body," that
the construction of the Nicaraguan
canal has become nn imperative com-
mercial necessity for the future ad-
vancement of the trade of our country,
nnd that Senator Morgan's bill asking
the indorsement and guarantee of 870,-
(100,000 of bonds should be enacted into
law. A resolution was also pussed
urging prompt uctlon by congress on
the tariff.
A Miner KHIctl.
Jon.in. Mo., Jan. 2 . — Daniel Davis,
a miner, was killed in shaft No. 14 on
the Empire ground yesterday. The
bolster brake got out of gear and he
fell *forty feet, striking his head
against a heavy timber. He was mar-
ried.
A button of supposedly great age,
bearing in the center the initials • i.
W." and around them the motto,
•'Long live the president," is a recent
find at Matters Station, Maryland by
J. P Wises. Encircling the edge are
the names of the thirteen original
states.
THE MARKETS.
limiKiiH C ity drain.
. Prices were quoted at tho close tti follows:
So S hard who it, 52!io; No 3 hard who.it,
.M'tc No 4 hard whe it. rw) ,c rojoctod I7j;
No. 1! red wheat. No. 3 rod wheat 52'Jc;
No 1 rod whoat. 80.
Corn—Sola slowly, and cxcept a few sales
early at yesterday's prlcei was 'ic to '4o
lower. The receivers said increased receipts
are to bo expected for next week Receipt* of
corn to-day. I" cars h year a o, 4." cars No.
Ii mixed sold ut ao«4(r>.11e Kansas City. No. :l
mixed. :i0' c: No. 1,2i ! jc: No 2 while, 34'ift
2V No II while, 32c; No white and mixed
was quoted nominally at afl'ic Memphis.
KANSAS CITY LI VK STOCK.
Kansas Citv, Mo. Jan •: — Cattle—Re-
ceipts. 2.401 calves, TO shipped yesterday,
8,41*I The market for steers was dull and
steady cows active, htoady: calvos and hulls
unchangel stockers and feeders dull and
weak to lower
Dressed beef an I shipping steers fcUOftl 75;
cows and heifers il flV-3.Ni Texas and Indian
Bteers, ti-'i ll stockerj and feeders ftlOift
3 6 mixed, t: ■l'>r(,io.
Hoks—Receipts, 4,'tvi; shipped yesterday,
1,660 The market opened about like yester-
day and closed :->c lower The top sales wore
6 36, und bulk *Y l.V./.S 30, against top ffi.40 and
bulk of sal.is 15 2i).>*i :r yesterday.
Sheep—Receipts, 2.078 shipped yesterday,
62U. The market was quiet nnd steady. Tho
following are representativo sales;
l'rlce. No Wt Prica
aihvavs crossing
said
13
3 65
'I lie treasure.-, secretary and gener
al auditor of the Northern Pacific havo
resigned because of a row with the re-
ceivers over the question of sal ray.
Emperor William of (Jermany has
presented the emperor of Japan with
a fine horse.
The reorganization of the sixth
auditors office, in accordance with
the recommendations of the Dockerv
departmental investigation commit-
tee has been completed. They affect
every devision, but most reductions
were made in the review and examin-
ing divisions.
Frank Williams entered the house
of Cora Kurris, at Jeanette, Pa . and
without warning shot .1 H. Adley,
Cora Harris and an unknown Adley
will die. Williams had previously
quarreled with the woman.
While Bridge Watchman John Lively
was closing the draw of the bridge n't
Bridgeport. Ala., a heavy gust of wind
blew him into the river and before he
could be rescued he sank an ! was
drowned.
Profesior Alonzo Hill, president of
the Tuscaloosa Female < 11. r. ut
Tuscaloosa, dropped dead of apoplexy
while talking with iome friends at his
heme, lie ra:, ja„ the most d^
th|ful h*{\ educator# }o Alabama,
of the important matters to come be-
fore the convention.
On behalf of the Hon. John M. Bro-
gan, mayor of Perry, the lion. J. A.
King, receiver of the I'nited States
land office of this city, extended a wel-
come to the visiting delegates and
others. In the speech of welcome tbe
orator reminded the assemblv of the
high and patriotic duties which de-
volved upon it, und bespoke a consid-
eration of the same upon higher lines
than mere partisanship. He expressed
the hope that the voice of the conven-
tion would be heard in the halls of
congress, carrying conviction to the
assembled legislators of the wisdom
and the expediency of granting to Ok-
lahoma—not "Bitter Water." nor yet
"Red Karth,'' but "Beautiful Land*—
immediate and single statehood.
A storm of applause greeted the
orator, after which the Hon. Freeman
K. Miller of Stillwater was made tem-
porary secretary < f the convention.
All Democratic editors of the territory
present were made assistent secreta-
ries, and William Tilghman, chief of
police of Perry, was made sergeaut-at-
arins of the convention.
A committee on credentials, consist-
ing of one member from each of the
county delegations present was then
chosen, as follows: Pottawatomie, J.
II. (iill; Oklahoma. Colonel A. T.
Stone: Cleveland. C. P. Boss; Canadian.
C. (>. Howard: Lincoln. .1. M. Clark:
Logan. Colonel (iliizier: Payne, J. K.
Webb: Beaver. L. P. Ifoss.' K. J. C.
Jamieson; L, T. 1). NiaUden; S. L.
Johnson; N. Petev Carroll: <>. W. C.
Richardson: P. Thomas II. Doyle; Q,
M. F. Lake: Kingfisher. J. I). Dent.
The counties of Unger. Mills, Wash-
ita. Blaine. Dale, ti and l> were not
represented upon the committee.
A committee on permanent organi-
zation and order of business was se-
lected in the same manner, composed
of the following: Pottawatomie. W'. A.
Aultman: Kingfisher. C. « uldwell;
cleveland, (ieorge Smith: Oklahoma,
L. O. Pitman: ( anadian. ti. W. Peery;
Lincoln, J. M. ( lark; I.ogan, W. I).
Harrold: 1'avne. N un Marson; K. W. I).
Wisdon; L. i:. M. Ilarrolson M. Charles
W. Dick; N. A. O. Kinkiulc; (>. W. S.
Denton; P, W. M. Boles; J. W. tier-
gin.
The counties of Boger Mills, Wash-
ita, Beaver, Blaine. Day. (i and I) were
not represented upon the committee.
Pending the preparation of the re-
port of the committee on credentials,
the convention took a recess of thirty
minutes.
aftkrxoon session.
The comm'ttee on permanent organi-
zation and order of business made its
report. lion. W. M. Melton of Potta-
watomie county was recommended for
permanent chairman. Robert J. Hay of
N county for permanent secretery, and
the editors of Democratic papers who
were present for assistant secretaries.
A motion was made to adopt the re-
port of the committee so far as the
order of business is concerned. This
was significant, and portended trouble.
The chairman ruled that the report
of the committee could not be acted
upon until alter the committee on cre-
dentials bad made its report.
'I he committee on credentials re-
ported that it would take one hour to
make its report. The questions had
arisen in the committee. Can a dele-
gate be represented by his proxy? and
Can the delegate cast the full vote of
the county'.'
Mr. MeMusters moved that the com-
mittee be instructed in the affirmative,
and the chairman was instructed to
report immediately to the house.
l'o while away the time Colonel J.
W. Johnson of oklahoma City was
failed upon und made a very neat little
speech.
Bev. Sam Small was then called out,
and made an eloquent appeal for single
statehood.
'1 he committee on credentials made
its report. Seventy-one delegates
were reported present and entitled to
a scat in the convention. The com-
mittee further recommended that those
present should cast the full vote of the
county, and also thnt the Osage coun-
try be entitled to eight votes. Adopted.
The report of the committee on per-
manent organization and business was
then adopted, and the permanent
chairman took the gavel and thanked
the convention for the honor conferred.
The following committee on resolu-
tions was appointed:
Pottawatomie county—G. C. Shorts.
Kingfisher- Pat Nugle.
Oklahoma -Frank McMaster.
Cleveland —L. P. Boss.
Lincoln—W. ( . Willis.
Canadian—I). W. Perry.
Logan—Hoy Iioffmam.
l'avne—Freeman Miller,
K—J. A. Byres.
L—T. B. Madden.
M—M. H. (iillett.
N—J. O. Kinkaid.
O—W. T. Denton.
P—J. R. Corrigan.
0—J. W. .Ionian.
Osage nation—1). J. Leahy.
(•reeling was presented the conven-
tion from the statehood convention
held at Duncan, Chickasaw nation. It
asked for single statehood. It was re-
ferred to the committee on resolutions.
A motion was made that all resolu-
tions be referred to the committee
without reading. An amendment was
adopted providing that all resolutions I imens. lie claimed to have taken
be read and referred without debate. j all himself u it hill the last thirty
(Jeneral J. C.Jameson presented a days, and remarked, in parenthesis,
resolution, praying congress to set j ^at they were becoming "mighty
apart section 33 in each township to skeerce," and that he believed the
build jails and court houses in the re-' mweh of civilization was ruining his
spective counties of the territory. j business.
D. J. Leahy of the Osage nation The robbers who held up and robbed
offered a resolution, praying that a II. c Hall at Bed Fork and stole J. I)
commission be sent bv congress to Parle's horse, on Jan. hav
treat with them for their la ids. j down A deputy marshal,
three principal
proposed state.
"Resolved, That we pledge ourselves
to assist the citizens of the Osage na-
tion in having a commissioner s -nt to
them by the governin ;nt to treat with
their tribe for their lands, and assist
them to an early allotment, so that
their country fhay be duly organized
by the time Oklahoma is admitted into
the sisterhood of states."
Mr. Corrigan spoke vigorously in
favor of the report, lie wa . frequent-
ly interrupted by impatient delegates.
' Amos (iroen thought that the matter
of lines of the district and circuit
courts of the I'nited States courts
should be corrected. lie favored the
report.
After striking out the clause de-
manding single statehood sr none, tho
report was adopted, and the conven*
tion adjourned, leaving it to be in-
ferred that the Democrats of Oklaho-
ma nre in favor of statehood lor
Oklahoma proper if that is the bet
that can be obtained.
News was received Tuesday morning
of a murder which was committed
about twenty-five miles west of Tali-
hina. I. T., Friday night. An old In-
dian. Nunaby by name, lived in the
mountains in a little hut. lie was said
to be a centenarian and a miser. It
was reported that he had a large sum
of money hidden away. A niece lived
with the old man, and the nearest hab-
itation was two miles away. Friday
night a man broke into the hut and
demanded the old Indian's money.
Tho old man denied having any
money, when the robber started to
kill him. The young girl took a hand
in the fight and fought the robber
savagely. Seeing she was no match
for him". sl"« broke away an I started to
give the alarm to the neighbors. She
Was followed a short distance by the
robber, but he soon gave up the pur-
suit and returned to the house, where
he killed old Nunaby and made a thor-
ough search for the hidden treasure.
When he left he set fire t the hut.
When the girl returned she found the
house in ashes and only the charred
remains of the old man. During tho
struggle with the robber the girl rec-
ognized him as an Indian who lived
about twenty miles away. The offi-
cers exp.-ct to capture him shortly. As
all the parties are Choetaws the case
will be tried in the Indian courts.
Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock three
men. heavily armed, rode into Pawnee
and up to the Farmers and Citizens
bank, where two of them dismounted,
leaving the third to hold their horses,
and proceeded into the bank. They
found Cashier C. L. Berry at the coun-
ter, nnd threw down their t.Vs into his
face, commanding him to "throw up."
which he obediently did. The outlaws
next demanded that Cashier Berry
open his safe, but finding that it was
secured by u time lock they desisted,
taking about •'-'•Ml from the change
drawer in the counter.' With a feeling
of revenge the robbers next command-
ed Mr. Berry to mount one of thei:
horses, behind one of them, and car
ried him in this position across Black
Bear creek, some half mile away,
where they let him dismount, and then
slowly wended their way to parts un-
known. The bandits are a part of the
Dutton gang. It is believed that
others were secreted near town to
cover the retreat.
Major Moses Neal, allotting agent
for the Kickapoos, is having excellent
success in inducing that tribe t > take
its allotments. The survey will be
completed this week. He has enrolled
100, and 120 more are to be enrolled.
They have been holding off. in hopes
that the interior department would
modify its orders. They collected 8«0
a few weeks since and sent a repre-
sentative to confer with the president.
They said that in case no change was
made they would take their allotments.
Wah-pah-ma-sha-wah, the blind chief
und leader of the disaffected faction,
has been the one to delay matters. Jo
Mack, a Kiekapoo, claims that lie has
heard from Washington, and that the
powers that be are unchangeable. No
man can do more with these worthless
wretches, for they are c . the worst
than Major Neal.
1 nited States Marshal Nix has made
arrangements for the reward from the
government for the members of th«
Dalton gang, and after starting the
work of increasing the government
reward from other sources, lie was
also interested in a light with the sec-
retary of the interior over a claim
amounting to ti,500. It is for paying
the deputies who superintended the
opening of the Strip. Nix employed
them under the direction of Special
A gent Swineford. He being connect-
ed with the interior department, it was
supposed that the interior department
should pay the bill, but the secretary
held up the claim. In the meantime,
Nix. being inexperienced in public
matter .. had given out some of his own
money to his deputies and he is left in
a pitiable plight.
The largest cat-h of coyote skins
which the Perry market has hid since
the opening was that of Miturday
morning, when a hardy looking hunt-
er from the southeast eame to town
-vith a wagon laden with Ids fine spec-
i run
...... .... w... .. ... ...r,. |"i>nu. .\ ue|
• reeman T. Miller of Payne present ington. O. T.. ran across the three men
ed a resolution asking for an appropri- I and u battle ensued, in which one of
ation of 8100,000 for the public schools the robbers was captured and one
of the territory, to be disbursed by the killed. The other escaped. Parle s
governo\ horse and a half dozen other stolen
'"•••ses were found, and nre now being
until 7 o'clock p. m.
kvknino HKSSIo.N,
The committee on resolutions would
not consider Colonel Jameson's re so hi
t on, saving it
i for identification.
Big Jim. chief of one of the bands of
the Absentee Shawnees, and a grand-
ss lost. Further
this resolution wns deferred until the
regular order of business.
Thecommittee on resolutions then
made its report The resolutions are
as follows:
'■MKMOIU. /„
"To the rillxrni of the I nited Stales:
"The Democracy of the territory of
Oktahonn. in convention assembled at
the city of Perry, this 24th day of
January, 1894, respectfully iepres?nt
and show that it is tbe seme of the
people of the Indian and Oklahoma
territories, irrespective of party, as
evidenced by the action of the non-
rartisan statehood conventions recent-
V held in the cities of El Reno, King-
fisher and Purcell, that the said Indian
snd oklahoma territories should be
admitted iuto the I'nion at this tension
of tbe ccngrcsi ot the kt&tes
"Tha* it i ths linn of th# Oemoo-
I
V
n°t germane, and son of old Tecumseh, is obstinate ns I
the convention took up the resolution ever, lie would not sign the treaty
A motion to table the resolution was which the Cherokee commission nego- j
made. i onsiderahle discussion fol tiatcd; neither would lie nor his band /
lowed, and the vote was taken amid take their share of the tMOO.On > which i
much confusion. The motion iq table the government allowed the tribe, lie!
""" ' ' nsiderntion of and ni band are contemplating going
into the Cherokee und Creek country.!
^ " ' •" <j
Near Pawhuska, Osage Indian reser
vation, Mrs. Plummet*, wife of a far
mer. threw her two daughters.
1 and s years, into a creek, with the'
hands tied, drowning them, and the
committed suicide by shooting herse f
with a shotgun. She was insane. .
L. Corn well, a farmer living east /
Guthrie, was jailed Saturday for m
der He and a neighbor named Bro
quarreled over a few shocks of cd
fodder, and he kicked Brown in •
stomach, from the effects of which
died.
The Jackson Plow Company. O
homa City, with a capital of 32j,
will erect buildings and e<i<am
manufaotur.ng st enes.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Edmond Sun--Democrat. (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1894, newspaper, February 2, 1894; Edmond, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc141854/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.