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EDMOND, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. FRIDAY, OCT. 15, 185)7.
NO 15
IN THE NEW COUNTRY.
BRIEF BITS OF GENERAL NEWS
FROM THE TERRITORIES.
The citizens and cattlemen on Boggj
have decided to build a school house,
50x100 feet
Washita county is advertising a fair
for the 13th, 14th and 15th inst., at
Cloud Chief.
A wave of lawlessness seems to have
struck the neighborhood of Cumber-
OKLAHOMA AND I Nil. AN TKBRITOBI I ^ ^ An,more
It is a waste of words to ask the In-
Okarche has new cement works. i ,lians to bathe occasionally, when wa-
in the case of the territory vs. ex- : ter in some parts of the territory cost6
Sheriff Worcester of Grant county, the ! as much as beer in Kansas.
jury failed to agree.
The Means Commission company of
Kansas City, is feeding ir ,000 sheep in
the Otoe reservation.
A number of I'ayne county farmers
have made arrangements to store their
cotton to await n raise in price.
The Apache Indians have to be
guarded on their reservation near
Fort Reno to prevent their escape.
The finding of the coroucr's jury at
Pawnee in the Hull murder case is
that Mrs. Fannie Hall was shot and
killed by lier husband, Frank W. Hall.
Portions of Oklahoma and the Indian
territory are needing rain very badiy,
many of the small streams having
gone dry and causing much suffering
among the stock.
There is a rumor afloat to the effect,
that the Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis railroad company will extend
its line in a southeast direction from
Miami, I. T., this fall or next spring.
Two fools—and they still keep com-
ing—rocked the bout and drowned
four young ladies at Hamilton. Down
through the ages this thing, it seems,
will be repeated. Taboo the boat rock*
in^ idiot
Captain Price, a promintnt cattleman
formerly of Colorado, was arrested in
Custer county recently and taken to
(•rand to answer to the charge as as-
sisting to burn the Kay county court
house a year ago.
Forty-nine out of seventy-nine ap-
plicants for certificates in Oklahoma
county succeeded in convincing the
bonrd that they knew something about
composition and arthography. Only
six received lirst grade certificates.
We wish to,pause right here long
enough to remark that the newspapers
of the Indian territory are not one
whit behind the papers of the states—
not behind them in intelligence, neat
ness or integrity, remarks the Chelsea
Reporter.
Ellis Jackson, a notorious Creek ne-
gro, was killed west of Eufaula last
week, being shot from ambush. Jack-
son bad been with a posse after a gang
of horse thieves, pursuing them to the
Oklahoma line, and returning was shot
by parties concealed in the brush as he
passed a lonely spot in the road. Jack-
son had the reputation of having kill-
ed more than a dozen men in his time.
A horrible death has just come to
light in Logan township, Kingfisher
couuty. Mrs. Gorman, aged 70 years,
visited a neighbor on an adjoining
Out at Watonga the other day the
people came mighty near mobbing
llurper Cunningham in the belief that
he was a lightning-rod agent.
A Noble couuty man who visited the
Wichity fair got into a big crowd and
woman threw her arms around him
and cabbaged his pocaet-book.
Ardmore lias a commercial club
There are 150 students in the Wag-
oner high school.
Apache Kid is reported dead and eat-
en up by buzzards.
Every available empty building in El
Reno is beiug used for the storage of
cotton.
The Pauls Valley B; r Association
contributes a tribute to the late Judge
•Kilgore.
There are 100,000 pounds of cotton
waiting in the bins at El Reno to be
ginned.
The Paoli gold diggings in the Chick*
asaw nation are again to the front
with reports of rich strikes.
One commission house at Guthrie lia*
shipped 40,000 baskets of peaches to
eastern markets this season.
The cotton shippers of Logan coun-
Many farnier« in Oklahoma and the , ly lmve nmke th(,ir fil.at dircct ship-i
the Indian territory arc sinking their j m(!nt LlTorpooi. The lot consisted
wells deeper and making new ones to 0j r,()Q \,ai,.s
supply their stock with the necessary! ,, . . ..
, , . .. . Frost generally appears about the
demand of water. Some fear that | , , * , . . .
... , . middle of October m Oklahoma but on
stock will suffer during the winter un- .... .. ,i #
, , , I account of the cotton crop the farmers
less the drouth breaks. . , _ . , , ,
| prefer to have it come two weeks later.
Reports for the towns in Oklahoma ,
show an improved feeling in real es-j The Rock Island railroad offers 3500,
ate, but not to such an extent as in government 81000 and the express
farm real estate; the farms feel the company 8500, making 82000 reward
prosperity first—the towns come later.
Most of the towns need paint, new
better drainage and lots of
things that go to make up a pleasant
place to live in.
Payne county cotton growers are
dissatisfied with the present low pri-
ces, and at a meeting held in Stillwater
perfected arrangements for holding
their cotton and storing it free of cost.
The plan adopted is for the city to fur-
nish the yard where it may be stored.
A competent person will be in charge
ach of any of the fellows who robbed
the train near Chickasha.
It looks almost like the new postof-
fice inspectors recently appointed had
been sent to Oklahoma to practice on
the postoffices there. There must be a
half dozen in the territory at this
time.
The east side of the Indian territory
IN PARNELLS MEMORY
SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF
HIS DEATH HONORED.
An rnaiokl I emon«tration In Dublin—
Fite Thonaand Nationalist* March to
Hla Grave—Carry No Emblcmi of
Mourning, Hut Trappliiira of Triumph.
Dublin, Ocf. 11.—Yesterday was the
sixth anniversary of the death of
Charles Stewart ParnelL Five thous-
and Nationalists paraded the streets
to the bleak Glasnevin cemetery,
where they heaped high the grave of
their famous and lamented leader
with flowers brought from all the
counties of Ireland. The demonstra-
tion was unique. Previous demonstra-
tions have had strictly a funereal char-
acter, but in accordance with the
decision of the leaders, that of yester-
day was divested of all the trappings
and suits of woe an<l converted into a
triumphal prooession, lively national
airsreplaciug dirges.
END OF THE DROUGHT
liountlful Haiti Itreaka the l!aokboa«
of the Dry Swoon.
Chicago, Oct 11.—The drought is
broken. After an unprecedented dry
season, covering a period of from six
weeks to three months, the central
and western states were visited yes-
terday by bountiful rains. Reports
received last night indicate that the
rain was general ovor Kansas, Mis-
souri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
and, in fact, the entire territory that
has suffered most severely. While re-
lief has been tardy, yet it is of in-
calculable good.
ATCHISON'S BIG FIRE.
Sixteen Itulldlng* Destroyed, Including a
Flouring Mill and State Hank.
Atchison, Kan., Oct 11.—The Cain-
Hanthoru mill and warehouses, the
Atchison State bank, the Palace sa-
loon, Ed llelnE' restaurant. Hen
Downs' barber shop and a number of
small dwellings burned to the ground
early yesterday morning. The Cain-
The country people were brought in Ilanthorn people lost 3,500 barrels of
by crowded excursion trains. In their j Hour, and their total loss is nearly
SSO.OOO, with only 819,000 insurance.
In all, sixteen buildings were burned.
hats they wore ivy and shamrocks in-
stead of crepc. It was emphatically
the people's day, for tlift aristocracy
held coolly aloof. No flags were raised
on the public buildings along the line
of march, and only a few houses of the
poor displayed decorations. The pov-
erty of Ireland was exhibited not only
Flood In Got limn.
Nkw Yoke, Oct 11.—a large Crotor>
water main burst early yesterday
morning at the corner of Madison
avenue nnd Thirty-eighth street, the
by the children who walked in their j heart of the fashionable district, and
bare feet, but in the attempts at a wrought such havoc, both near and re-
uniform for the processionists, who mote, that not even a partirl calcula-
seldom achieved moro than a faded tion can be made of the financial dam-
green sash or a spray of ivy. age at present. For blocks around
The day was wet, windy and cheer- scarcely a building escapod injury by
less, and the demonstration was im- reason of the volumes of water which
posing in no respect except in its poured into the streets, cellars and
spirit The procession started from basements. The loss will rcach fai
St. Stephen's Green at 1 o'clock, led ; into the thousands.
WEYLER IS REMOVED.
RECALLED FROM COMMAND
IN CUBA.
Ueneral Itlanco Ilia Successor—Twenty
Thousand More Troops to lie Rent to
Cuba—Weyler Denies That lie In-
tends to Join tho t'arllsts.
ii*ni
and every bale received will be regis- roa<|,
tered. Insurance will be taken out on
the entire lot as fast as it accumulates
so that owners will be protected
against loss by fire. Then should hold
ers desire to borrow money on it they
can do so upon much moro favorable
terms than when holding the cotton
themselves, as lenders feel much more
secure for the reason that there is no
danger of the cotton being hauled
away without their knowledge. Au
other advantage to the growers is that
it will be the means of getting a large charges and by the expe
quantity of cotton together and they : granaries.
claims the credit of having the greatest by u mounted guard of honor of Irish ,
number of petty offenders, while tho j National Foresters, immediately fol- |
west side points with pride to tho day- I lowe4 b* the York street brass band'
light hold up on the Rock Island rail-
Choked Ills Cellmate to Death
Austin, Texas, Oct. 11.—J. B. West,
who has been attending tho law class
hlch preceded the memorial
The car was the most conspicuous feat- | <>f the State university" becamo vio-
ure. It was drawn by four coal-black | lently insane yesterday, thinking he
Twenty-three bales of cotton were horses, and upou it was piled wreaths was a great Populist leader and win
destroyed by tiro at Marlow recently, and crosses, a veritable mass of white going to be Texas' next governor. He
! The fire originated from boys smoking ' and green stacked as high as a load of was confined in the lunatic asylum in
eigaretts, and now the town author- hay. A bronze bust of Pernell sur- 1 a cell with another lunatic named
ities will arrest every boy found with
A bronze bust of Parnell sur- I a cell
mounted the car, and above the head Thomas C. Dengo. At an early hour
streamed a green flag emblazoned this morninir he choked Denge to
with a setting sun in gold. death, notwithstanding the fact that
After tho car came the members of four attendants were trying to tear
the Irish Parliamentary party, head- him loose.
ed by Mr. John Redmond, member of |
parliament for Waterford, the moving
, . , spirit of the celebration. They were
f wheat is eaten up by threshing j followcd by tho honorary offll.era o(
the Tile things in his possession.
A country correspondent to an Okla-
homa paper says it is nonsense to say
the farmers have lots of money. He
says that a greater part of the profits
| Europe and says that Kansas and Ok- | National Leairuo, and then by the .
Eighteen Murders Confeased-
Rotterdam, Oct 11.— Gustavo Mul-
of building j ^'""^moistVatlon" coVmlTtee"'"the j >" surrendered to the city polio, ,e.-
terday and declared that he had rnur-
,, . . , i i , , . . T . , dered his wife and child. As proof of
can sell to better advantage than in in-1 Bishop Hennessey just returned from | delegates ^from the^ Irish Umj tputh (f hig confes#lon he producod
from his pocket four human ears.
Tho police, on searching his house,
found the two bodies. Muller subse-
quently confessed that ho had also
killed his parents and then made tho
statement that ho had similarly dis-
posed of fourteen wives, whom he had
married in various parts of the world.
dividual lots.
, 1 " * riages containing John Parnell, M. P.,
The Cushing Herald says: "There j lahoma are talked about everywhere. ; Mrs Dickin50n* 5lstcr o( tho delMj
is great rejoicing among the Indians Kansas and Oklahoma are coupled to- patriot; other members of the Parnell
.Snake creek, in the Creek getlier in commerce as securely as family and J ames Stephens. The
Nation. A few days ago Running Kansas and Nebraska were once in veuerable Mrs. Delia Parnell was un-
history. able to be present
, , i The lord mayor and corporation of
J he Oklahoma City L.me.-Journal OubUn, tho mayors, sheriffs and mo-
sa.vs: "As llie termso( the school house ntcipai ,lignituries of Cork and Limer-
insurance law becomes kuown there is iCk, rode in their ollieial regalia, the
general howl going up from every : maces beine wound with ivy. After
town in the territory. The insurance them came the various deputations,
law was intended to be a good one, but I carrying gaudy banners, and a score
I it got mixed a little in its nassage and I °1lllbor and <™tern l organizations.
Buck, one of the tribe, discovered and
killed a two-headed rattlesnake. Trad-
ition states that years ago, when this
tribe were engaged in bitter warfare
with another tribe and fate seemed
against them, one of the braves found
a similar snake, killed it and brought
it to camp. The wise men, after ex- ^
•mining tho dead reptile, decided that . ° now be construed into a very bur- ! J,hcre ™er° moro than thirty band, in
the slaying of this double headed ene- j densome a(fair... I .tho d «> * and
my of mankind was an omen of good
powerful tribe back into the paths of
glory and greatness."
If ever the Crawford Grand, Wichita,
was too small to accommodate our the-
atre-goers it wHl be next Wednesday,
Oct. 13, evening, when Hoyt's roaring
success "A Milk White Flag" which
has created more genuine hearty laughs
than all the other Hoyt comedies coin-
claim eight days ago. On departing luck and presaged sin cess for them in j
for her home in the evening she be-
came lost, and, it is supposed, became
crazed and died of fright or hunger.
Her body was found October 4th by a
searching party. It was entirely nude
and hod bcea shockingly mutilated by
buzzards. Her clothing and bonnet
were scattered around her, indicating
ymt she had thrown them off while
Vunniug around in a frenzy. There are
some hints of foul play, but they are
not seriously entertained.
A western man relates this story:
While resting under a small tree in the
Indian territory, where there was a
dog town, he noticed a commotion
among some dogs near him: they would
run up to a place and peep at some-
thing, and then scamper off. Looking
to see what was the matter he saw that
there were about fifteen or twenty
dogs around a rattle snake, which at
length went into one of the dog holes.
As soon as lie had disappeared the lit-
tle fellows began to push in dirt, evi-
dently to fill up the hole, but about
the time th 'y got enough dirt to cover
the entrance the snake stuck his head
uy' through the dirt and every dog
icampered off to a safe distance, all the
time keeping up an incessant barking.
The snake slowly crawled to another
hole about a rod distant and went in,
and then up came the dogs agjiin and
went to work to push up dirt before
them to tho hole. This time they suc-
ceeded in their enterprise, and com-
pletely covered the entrance to tho
hole, and then went to work, using
their noses to tamp with, and pound-
ing the dirt down hard, after which
they went away. My frionl went to
the place and said that he was sur-
prised to find that they had packed the
dirt in solid with their little noses,
having sealed the snake well into the
ground.
Tho Indian agency aro advertising
for bids on a lot of lumber, a carload
of potatoes, and a lot of beef.
The Indian territory is to be accord-
ed recognition at the World's Exposi-
tion at Paris in 1900. Already corre-
! large town, as well as scores of smaller
I The first annual meeting of the Kay 1 towns, had official representation,
i county Fair association will be held at , No Union Jacks were carried, but
their present strife. They then attack- j XuwkirU(.omraincill? Tuesday, October j nearly every county dslegati n raised
; 19 and continuing four days to October
i 'J2. The fine grounds adjoining New-
' kirk will be in readiness and a very
j creditable exhibit of Kay county's mag-
nificent crops and fine stock will be
the Stars and Stripes next to the green
flag. One of the most suggestive fea-
tures of the demostration was tho pre-
dominance of children and aged peo-
ple, showing that the tide of emigra-
tion is carrying Ireland's able-bodied
ed the enemy with renewed courag
and were victorious. The killing of
this second snake freak by one of their
tribe is greeted with great religious
enthusiasm, and Running Buck is look- j
ed upon as one chosen by the Great ,. , . .. , . .
. ,1 .... . held, nnd challenge the products of sons and daughters to more prosper-
Hpirit to lead this remnant of nonce; . . nno c
1 . , . , i other regions to a comparison. ous lands.
I On the arrival of the procession at
1 he t hickasha hxpress says the tjie ceinetcry the committee and the
boomers for the reservation have plan- j members of the Parnell family depos-
ned to make a raid on that sacred pro- ited wreatiis and floral tokens on the
cinct on the 10th of October. It is grave. Thero was no speech-making
claimed that tho treaty expires on the ! an(1 nothing in the way of formal cer-
1.1th and it then becomes public do- ! «raony- There wero no partisan col-
main. It is all right to make efforts I 1Uions and tho tono o( the anti-P--
to get that reservation open to white
, , settlement, but it will be safer to se-
bined, will be presented for the first .. . ,
... , , ,' cure it in another way. lo make
time in this city, with its wealth of i .. . . ...
J I iliPse raids may have the effect to at-
t public congressional action to the
nell press in commenting upon the
anniversary and the celebration was
exceptionally moderate.
a Itli of
elaborate scenery, gorgeous costumes j
and stage accessions. "A Milk White i
Flag" is tho most pretentious work ,
this popular playwright has ever offer-
ed to the amusement loving people and
it has proven his most pheuominal suc-
cess. Everywhere it has been present-
ed the "standing room only" sign has
been displayed and as it possesses such
magnetic drawing qualities it is quite
a guarantee that "A Milk White Flag"
is one of the most jolly entertainments
that everybody wants to see. and should
tei Mr. Hoyt has a knack of securing
the best comedy people in America and
he really seems to have surpassed him-
self in the company which is present-
ing his spectacular comedy operetta.
The cast is a strong one and includes
such names as John W. Dunn, George
Tall man, Frank R Glenn, Oscar Hall,
W. J. Hemming, John Marble, Frank
Camp, Jas. II. Smith, Mary Marble,
LansinK Kowan, Kdna Barclay, Maud
McDonald, Louise Rosa, Lillian Dane,
Babe Moore, Josie Winters, and a large
corps of pretty and shapely chorus
girls and a full military band.
The health board of Oklahoma ad
rises the people to bothe more.
The Chelsea Reporter says: The cry
comes from all over the country that
water famine is imminent unless it
They Ilnw to tho Inevitable.
Crclsra, I. T., Oct. ll.—A. J.
Brown, son of Chief Brown of the
state of affairs, but it is more likely to fcjcininoles, said in an interviewyeater-
get the participants into trouble. The day that the Sominolos recognized
report goes out that a party will
a run from Mountain City aud another
from Duncan.
Taxing Uncle Hmn's Treasury.
Santa Fk, N. M.. Oct. 11.—United
States marshal C. M. Foraker returned
last night from San Francisco, where
he went to deliver ten Chinese
had been ordered deported under the
Gary act <y tho United States court
of Southern New Mexico, foi failing
to possess certificates, with photo-
graphs attached, required by law.
Mr. Foraker says that it cost the gov-
ernment about $5,000 to deport these
ten Chinamen.
Ilnng the Deputy sheriff.
St. Paul, Minn., Oct 11.—A report
has been recelvod from Campbell
county, S. D., of tho hanging of
deputy sheriff who sought to attach
certain property belonging
farmer, Tho officer was overpowered
and hanged to a tree, but mauaged to
free himself and escape, although se-
verely injured. A posse started out
after the leaders of tho outrage and
landed them in jail.
Failed to 1'ay Its Losses.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 11.—Tho Order of
tho World, with thousands of mem-
bers from Missouri and Nebraska to
the Atlantic ocean, is in serious
trouble. Its old officers have aban-
doned it, tho United States govern-
ment has refused to further deliver
mail, because the organization has
Madrid, Oct 11 —The cabinet has
decidod upon the immediate recall of
General Weyler from Cuba. A decree
will be issued appointing Captain Gen-
eral Blanco y Arenas, marquis of
l'ena-Plata, governor geueral of the
island. The queen regent will sign
the decree to-day.
General Blanco will be accompanied
by Genera) Arderino as vice governor
of Cuba, by General Uonzalo Painals,
as chief of staff, and Generals Spando,
Bernul and Cannnlou.
According to El Heraldo, 20,000 re-
inforcements will accompany General
Blanco to Cuba.
Captain General Ramon Blanco y
Arenas, who will succeed Captain Geu-
eral Valerano Weyler as governor gen-
eral of Cuba, has had his chief udmin-
istratlvo experience In tho Philippine
Islands. Ho has been described as the
"softest hearted soldier of Spain,"
and his whole career Indicates his dis-
position to omploy mild rather than
violent measures.
Havana, Oct. 0.—General Weyler
pave to-day an emphatic and absolute
denial to tho reports that ho would
resist removal from his command in
Cuba, nnd in certain contingencies
might espouse the Cnrlist cause. He
said, according to the ollieial account:
"My principles nnd my military rec-
ord are firm guarantees that 1 will
never oppose tho constituted govern-
ment, whatever it may bo. I never
have put obstacles in tho way of the
government, nnd I never shall. Ho fur
as popular demonstrations go, I accept
them only as expressions of approval
of my military policy and as tokens of
personal sympathy."
NO MERCY FOR FANATICS.
llraelllan Soldiers Mow Down (nnsel-
helro's Kebels Without Pity.
Nfcw YonK, Oct. 11. A dispatch to
tho Herald from Rio do Janeiro says:
"Late reports from Canudos place the
number of persons killed in the battle
there a few days ago at 4,000. The
report also states that tho fanatics
now admit that Antonio Consclhciro,
their leader, was killed.
"Few details of the battlo have
been received, but there is no doubt
that tho fight was one of the largest
in the number of persons killed that
ever occurred in Brazil. While the
is a probability that the number of
deaths is less than is now estimated,
the reports show that the battlo was
literally a slaughter of the fanatics,
who were hemmed in on all sides by
government troops and, armed princi-
pally with knives and swords, were
practically helpless under the steady
fire of the rifles of the soldiers.
BURNED HIS WIFE.
Tonrs Oil on Her Clothes and Then
Appllos a Match.
Cakton, Ohio, Oct 11.—Residents of
the Tenderloin district at Dayton this
morning who investigated screams,
saw a column of flames in tho rear
yard of tho home of William De
Puyster. In the flames was found Mrs.
De Puyster, and before aid could be
rendered she was dead, tho clothing
burned from her body, and her flesh
literally roasted. The kitchen of the
house was covered with oil spots and
fragments of a broken lamp were
found in the house and yard. De
Puyster, when found, would givo no
explanation of what had occurred, and
was placed undor arrest on suspicion
of murder. Neighbors say ho and his
wife had been quarreling all night It
ie charged by a neighbor that Do Puy-
ster poured oil over his wife's nignt
robe and then ignited tho garment.
The De Puysters bear bad reputations
aud have conducted questionable
places.
BRAVE FIREMEN.
Two Heroically Hisle Their Mvos at Two
Knrly Morning Fires.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 0.—Two
members of the Kansas City fire de-
partment distinguished themselves by
heroic actions at two fires early yes-
terday morning. They wero Miko
lors, driver for Fire Chief Hale,
and John Lynch, a member of No. 3
hose company.
Connors dragged two of his injured
comrades from beneath a heap of
burning debris and assisted in carry-
ing them to a place of safety. This
was during the first fire.
During tho second ho curried a help-
less woman down the swaying aerial
ladder from tho fourth story of a
burning building. Lynch followcd
him with another holploss woman in
his arms.
Tho delay of a single minuto would
undoubtedly have resulted in the
death of both women.
Eighty-four horses wero burned in
tho fire which destroyed tho barn oi
tho Kansas City Transfer company.
BIG SWINDLER IN THE NET
FAVORS THE
RAILROADS.
the No
JESSE JAMES' SON.
3W T1« Got Work from the Bon of tho
an Who Procured Ills Father's Death.
Ex-Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden of
Missouri was recently asked If the story
was true that he had employed In hla
office Jesse James, Jr., whose father,the
outlaw, waa killed through Mr. Critten-
den's Instrumentality. The ex-gover-
nor replied: "If I were to build a
monument of denials as high as that
erected to Washington at the capital,
I don't suppose I could effectually stop
the continued existence of this Btory.
Tho facts In the case are that several
years ago my son, Thomas T. Critten-
den, Jr., then a real estate dealer In
Kansas City and now county clerk of
Jackson county, In which Kansas City
Is located, advertised for a boy to work
In his office. On the morning following
the advertisement a number of boys
wero on hand and my son resorted to
a kind of civil service examination to
test their merits. The boy whose pa-
pers were best was called forward and
asked his name.
" My name Is Jesse James. Jr.,' he
replied.
"My son was more than amazed, and
said:
" 'Do you know who I am?'
" 'Yes, sir; you are Gov. Crlttenden'a
son.'
" 'Well, then, you go home and tell
your mother all about this, and If she Is
willing for foil io work for me and at
tho wages I offer, come back tomorrow
morning.'
"Very well, sir. I have got to help
my mother and slater, and I'll be
back.'
"And back he was the next morning.
At tills time Mrs. Jesse James was liv-
ing In the suburbs of Kansas City. Now
let mo tell you what becamo of this
boy. He remained with my son for sev-
eral years, being honest and faithful to
a degree. Then my son secured him
a place In Armour's packing house in
Kansas City, where he Is now employed
respected by every one and having a
number of men under him. And he Is
hut 20 years of age. This is tho whole
story."
C. Kniuiett (llhson, U'lio Has Stolen a
Fortune, Arrested.
Nkw York, Oct 9.—Tho police say
that C. Kmmctt Gibson, also known
as George A. Sherrin, who was ar-
rested to-day and is now a prisoner nt
police headquarters, is tho most ac-
complished bogus check and hotel
swindler in tho country.
Gibson, according to tho police, lias
succeeded, by means of forgery, bogus
checks and dealings in stocks and
bonds and plying his wiles upon first-
class hotel keepers during tho last
four years, in getting and spending in
tho neighborhood of 8400,00(1. Among
his victims, according to Police Cap-
tain McCluskey, uro Henry Clows and
John Wanamaker.
Principal Chief McCurtain in his an-
nual message to the Choctaw council
states that he feels his government
will have to give way to the demands
made by the Dawes commission. Ho
said in part: "In demanding these
changes of us, the government of the
United States really believes that it
will bo beneficial to ns by promoting
us to a higher plan of civilization.
But, as Indians, we look at it from a
different standpoint, and we can con-
ceive of no greater hardship or sacri-
fice than to give up our government.
To give up all our cherished custnms
and privileges, seem fatal to us. Wo
can imagine no worse hardship, but it
is inevitable. We cannot check tho Only one of th
change, therefore, let us break up and a whale this svi
that tho United States government failed to pay nume
will soon chanpo tho present order of
things in tho Indian Teraitory, and
they will accept it peacably; that they
will treat on liberal lines, and ail
they will ask of the Dawes commis-
sion is acoutinuation of tribal gov-
ernment for ten years.
death losses.
Wales Mot Kcjual to tho EiiiPrgenny.
London, Oct. 11.—Tho Prince of
Wales has declined an invitation to
mediate in the engineering dispute.
Iu the course of his letter of refusal
ho says that ho deeply deplores the
•'disastrous state of affairs," but feel-vfand h
it would not bo right or proper for erty.
him to attempt in any way to inter-
fere or to mi.\ himself therein.
il tho Omaha members are clamor-
ing for relief, but know not whore to
turn.
A wi 0,000 Robbery.
New York, Oct 11.—Tho homo of
Francis II. Scott, president of tho Cen-
tury Magazine company, in Orange,
N. J., was entered by thieves on Fri-
day and articles of wearing apparel
aud household goods amounting to
110,000 In value were carried off. The
police of this citv have arrested three
persons in connection with tho crime,
'ered most of the prop-
Must H
Wa
liut Due Whale < aught
San Francisco, Oct. 11.—Tha whal-
ers that wintered in the Arctic last
year aro having hard luck this season.
ied in killing
;i the fleet that
accept the t
like men."
editions imposed upou lis will return this fall will bring only n
small revenue to their
Fifteen warrants were issued in po-
lice court at Guthrio for persons who
have failed to pay their dog tax. Ten
people were pulled and fined iu
amounts varying from SI to 810. Over
Oklahoma lirldo a MiUl.l..
OUTHRth, ok la, Oct. 11. -Mrs. Sadie
Rcnfro, of Vernon, who had boon mar-
ried but three months to Kugt ne Ken-
fro, committed suicide by shooting
herself through the head with a 38-
two hundred more warrants will be caliher „ volvt>r A disagreement
served. with her husband is given as the cause
It is said that the recent order of the 'or t')e deed.
chief of the Cherokee nation forbidding Another Autarti« Kxp-iition.
th. uus ot buck-eyes in t kiuK li«h London, Oct II.—A dispatch to tho
licle from Christiana says
ininercial and scientific < v
undertaken for South
n, Oct. 11. — President
and Mrs. McKintey have adopted their
program for the winter's entertain
ments at the White house. The most
ugreenhle departure from custom is a
requirement that at the card rocep-
tion all shall produce their invitations.
This will reduce the indiscriminate
attendance which has characterized
so many receptions during past years
Supreme Court Said to Opp<
hraslca Freight Ratn
Washington, Oct. 9.—It is under-
stood that tho Supreme court will
hand down its decision this autumu in
what are known as the Nebraska max-
imum freight rate cases, and that it
will bo iu favor of the railroads and
against tho state. The case atti
considerable attention last spring by
reason of the fact that William J. Bry-
an was of tho counsel for the state.
The constitutionality of tho Nebraska
law of 1403, fixing a miaxium rate f<
freight charges on railroads within
theStato is involved.
CUBAN HEROINE ESCAPES.
Kenorlta tlsneros (lets Away from the
Island of the Fines.
■ Havana, Oct. 1 .—The beautiful
! young Cuban patriot, Senorita Kvang-
elina Cossio Y. Cisneros, heroine of
the seusational adventure with the
Spanish governor of tho Islaud of
Pines, hus escaped from the Casa do
Kecogides (house of scrapings), where
she had been contincd for several
months on a charge of conspiracy
against tho crown of Spain and of an
nttonipt upon the life of Governor
Herei;, governor of tho Isle of Pines.
Tired or Life's Troubles.
Nkw York, Oct 11.—Florence Helm,
a young and handsome woman, said to
be a daughter of ex-Governor John L
Helm of Kentucky, is dying at Roose-
velt hospital from the effects of mor-
phine taken with suicidal intent. At
the age of IS she married Joseph Mar-
shall, who died a year later. She had
lived In New York ten years and re-
sumed her maiden name when she
came here.
Chicago to Hav« Acotjrlene tSai.
Spring kiku), 111., Oct 11.—The
Acetylene Gas Light and Fuel com-
pany, capital 81,000,000, was to-day
liconsed to incorporate by tho secre-
tary of state. The principal office is
iu Chicago. The company will manu-
facture and sell gas in Chicago nnd
places contiguous. The state fee was
$1,045.
■ trie (k
Held t p.
rains soon. Cisterns are fast yielding
ipondence relative to securing somt< up their supply and wells that have
Choctaw and Creek ball players is be- never been known to refuse their ac-
ing exchanged. ' customed yield aro becoming exhaust-
Oscar Ingrain aud Robert Cooper, ed, and should tho elements refuse to
near Fort (iibsoti, played cards for 10 give up their moisture much longer a ; from the streams is having the effect Daily Ch
eqnts a side. They quarreled and Iu- water famine will visit us, but there of breaking up the annusl fish frys that the
gram shot Cooper with a shot gun, in* will be an immense amount o€ fever which the Cherokees have heretofore Podition to 1.
flicting a wound that proved fatal. and sickness of various types. ' enjoyed with much rest.
a. n. °f l)r- Horchgrevinck, the Anta
The El Reno wholesale grocery gave I The G. A. It. of I.ogan county will ] In Juatlce 1 araney'. court m et«ion explorer will start from KnKland next
all its outside customers in town h hold a reunion on November 3, 4 and 5 | at Taloga last week young Maddox July.
ticket to the circus when it was iu El [ at Island park in Guthrie. ! pleaded guilty to the killing of one IL
Reno recently. The drouth seems to be more severe j 8printer, and was sentenced to one ^ ""'"ru Oct'" s''- 'After""a% div
.lames Moouey, tho little man with ;ou the weatern banks of tho Oiark. in the pMliUutlary. ouaalon, which continu.d for aeveral
the big voice, employed by the Smith- than out on the prairie lauds lying New desks for the Edmond model days, the chamber of deputies of Peru
sonian Institution to look after Indian west. In some localities the lack of depsrtment have been shipped io, and adopted the gold standard by a urn-
Porti.ajTD, Ore., Oct. 11.—A car on
the Oregon City electric 1 in s was held
un by two masked men at Meldrum
station, four miles from Oregon City,
nbout 7 o'clock last night. There
were thirty-five passengers on board
and the highwaymen went through
the pockets of them all, getting about
800, and escaped.
Weyler to ltetlr« at Once.
Mauri i). Oct 11.—Captain General
lilanco will sail for Cuba on the 15th
Appc
SEVEN GIRLS PERISH-
A Cottago In the Mouth Dakota Indus-
trial School Ilurned at Nlflit.
Pi.ankinton, 8. D., Oct. 8.— The
girls' cottage at tho State Industrial
school, burned at midnight and Tillie
Hooper, in charge of the sewing de-
partment; Ncllio Johnston, aged 13,
of Grafton; Mable Fobart, aged 9, of
Sioux Falls; llessle Kirby, a?ed 14, ol
Hot Springs; Iva Warner, aged 10,
of Watertown, nnd Christina Herg-
man, aged 11, of Yankton, perished.
Twenty-five escaoed with only their
night clothes. The loss is 825,000.
The origin of tho fire is unknown, but
was probably caused by a lamp ex-
plosion.
Mormon is in In Tolltles.
Sai.t Lake. I'tuh, Oct. 8.—President
Wilford Woodruff, speaking at tho
Mormon conference yesterday, said:
"The day has come whon tho mouths
of Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Can-
non, Joseph Smith and the twelve
apostles should not be closed. God
Almighty requires you to unite in
your temple work and unite in your
politics. You should unite to elect
your city council and all tho state or-
ganization. You must put aside
Democracy and Republicanism, and
as Latter Day Saints unite and you
will not bo taxed to death."
valval Ion Army Colony Flans.
Denver, Col., Oct. 0.—Thomas Hol-
land, national social secretary for the
Salvation army, will leave for New
York to-day. Commander llooth-
Tucker will hold a conference with
capitalists in New York October 18,
when the last details of tho proposed
colony will bo arranged. It is now
definitely settled that 1,000 families
will be placed in the Arkansas valley.
Wireless Ttdegraph a Miim-es*.
Hkrmn, Oct 11.—Professor Slaby,
assisted by the military balloon corps,
in experimenting with Marcon's wire-
less telegraph, succeeded perfectly,
yesterday, in spite of adverse atmos-
pherical conditions, in exchanging
messages without wires at a distance
of twenty-one kilometers.
Chinamen strike It Ulch.
Victoria, B. C., Oct 11.—Two China-
men who have been mining in the
'assiar district, British Columbia, ar-
Washington, Oct 11.—The pre:
dent has appointed tho following ] rived bore on tho steamer Seattle to-
day. They took out 8*0,000 and have
drafts on the Hudson Bay company to
show for it. There is much excite-
ment in Chinatown.
Many llors«s In Training; Ilurned.
English, Ind., Oct. 11.—The stable,
of Dr. W. T. Frady, near Marietta,
were destroyed by flro Thursday with
all thoir contents including forty-
relics, has recoutly been married to a
poor girl whom he had educated It
seems Moouey fell in love with her
long ago, while she was yet quite
young, and hor parents beiug unable to
educate her properly, lie asked that
privilege.
water is becoming serious. j one of the newiy finished rooms of the |ority of one vot<
The postofflce and railway anthori- 1 north wing is to bo furnished and pie-
ties have offered a combined reward of I pared for the use of this department
87.10 fr r each of the Rock Island train j Several hundred volumes o' new books
robbers. The depnty inarchals making have just been added to the library,
the arrests will be entitled to Wie re- and a quantity of new materials lisve
ward. j also been received for laboratory use.
polar exploration, under the conduct u,„| Caprain General Weyler will re-
turn to Spain immediately, General
( astellanos assuming the direction of
affairs in the island until Blanco's
arrival. The Marquis de Ahumada,
who was Captain Oeneral Weyler's
second in command, has resigned.
Ki-loadnr of Tammany Dead.
Nkw York, Oct. 11.—Thomas Will-
iam Adams, who was prominent in tb*
Tammany society forty-five years ago,
and who was chairman of the commit-
tee whish escorted the body of Presi-
dent Monroe to Richmond, Va., died
et his home in Br' klyn yesterday,
aged 75 years.
SLICK SCHOONER. ABLE SKIPP
A Night on the Itlver That Won the Ad-
miration of Nouth Street l.oungers.
From New York Sun: There are
fashions In painting Hhlps' bottoms as
in everything else. In recent years a
pink shade has been thought the prop-
er thing, but In some cases green looks
slicker still. The other day the South
street loungers looked admiringly at a
big schooner coming down the Eaat
river, and looming up all the bigger
because she was light. She was white
above the water line. Below she was
painted a clear, lightish green, and she
was high enough out of water to show
a good bit of It. Her masts were
scraped bright and her mastheads were
painted white. She carried a boat on
davita across the stern, and this boat
was painted white and green, too. Take
It altogether, Bhe looked as trim and
handsome as a big schooner could look.
But admiration for the schooner
could not lessen the pleasure the loung-
ers felt In the way In which she was
handled by the big tug alongside of her.
1 he captain of the tug halted with her
Just off the slip, and slewed her round,
and then took her lnU> the slip. She
was a good big schooner, 400 tons or
so, but the captain of the tug laid her
alongside the wharf so gently and eas-
ily that you couldn't tell when she
touched It; there was nothing to do
but hand her lines over the side. The
tug lay Just beyond her in the slip, her
dark, bronzed copper dripping and glis-
tening as she rolled and lifted slightly
In the water. The schooner, before
she had all her Hups made fast, sagged
off a little with the tide, and then the
captal nof tho tug pushed her again as
easily and as gently as before. Then
when she was all made fast the captain
of the schooner on his quarter deck and
the captain of the tug in hts pilot house
saluted each other. And the captain of
the tug rang her out of the slip and
pointed her down tho river and pulled
the Jingle bell.
postmasters: In Kansas—At Frodi
nia, J. G. Beasley. In Missouri—At
Hermann, August W. Diet/.ol; at Sa-
vannah, Julius Schnitzins. In Okla-
homa—At Enid, John A. Buckles.
Retaliation by Argentina Favored.
New York, Oct 11.—A dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
"The finance committeo of tho chain
her of deputies lias approved the bill I ,tiree |lor,0, i„ Krady's care for train-
recently introduced providing fur a ill(, Iim| eiKht of his own horaes,
retaliatory tariff on American Imports | vsloe<1 at moro than 83,500. Tho total
as recommended by tho president in joss jojj 0y(j.
hla last message to Congress." ________
a Chicago Distiller a Suicide
Gilbert Defeated Kiiiott. chicago, Oct 11 -Thomas A. 1MI-
Kansas Citv, Mo., Oct 11. If rod | jon^ president of ('avauaugh & Oo.,
Gilbert of Spirit Lake, Iowa, defeated i distillers and wholesale liquor deal-
J. A. R. Elliott of this city by the nar- j jumped into the lako to-day and
row margin of one bird in the pigeon was drownod. He was 47 years of
shooting match at Exposition park. Despondency over continued ill
lie killed Wf birds out of a possible 100, |u,aitU is said to have been the cause
NlghU«eliig Simplified.
I here is alwayu room for a new ap-
plication of an old principle, eveji so
old a one as that of the division of
labor. Millicent—How long did your
Easter trip to Rome occupy? Made-
line —Oh, a week altogether there and
back. Millicent—And you saw every-
thing? Madeline—Oh, yes; you see
there were three of us. Mother went
to the picture-galleries, I examined the
monuments, and futher studied local
solor In tho cafes.—Roseleaf.
Illg Water Main llnrata.
Ci.rvri.AMn, Ohio, Oct o.—Tho big-
gest water maiu in the city broke with
a crashing noise In the downtown dis-
trict to-day and practically paralyzed
business io that p irt of thu citv.
to Mr. Elliott's 04.
facing Team Heeord Itroken.
Glens Fai.i.s, N. Y., Oct 11.—At tho
mile track of tho Northern Horse
Breeders' association hero John R.
Gentry and Robert J. broke the pac-
ing team record, going the mile in
faultless style iu 3:0H. This wss done
after the pair had been sent a inile in
S:ll.
of the suicide.
British Trade Affected.
London, Oct. 0.—Tho morning papers
; comment upon tho continued decline
in British exports. The board of
trade returns for September show a
~''j per cent decline as compared with
ttie corresponding month of last year.
It is admitted that this is mainly dut
to the Diugloy tarilf
A Liberal Corporation.
New York Weekly. Grateful citi-
zen—I was delighted to read in the
papers that you had refused to raise
tho price of Ice. President of Ice Com-
pany—That Is true. We shall make
no change in the price. Tho only
change will be in the lumps.
ABOUT THE HOUSE.
When melting glue for use it Is a
good plan to add a little finely pow-
dered chalk to It. This will greatly
augment Its strength.
If milk boils over onto the stove a
very unpleasant smell is the result.
This may be cured by sprinkling a lit-
tle common salt on the stove.
When flower vases are stained they
should be washed with vinegar mixed
with very hot water, or ammonia may
be used instead of the vinegar.
A frying pan, however soiled, may
be rendered beautifully bright if It be
cleaned with ammonia. Make a strong
solution of ammonia and water and let
the pan soak in It for several min-
utes.
Leather-covered chairs, when dull
and shabby-looking, may be greatly
Improved In appearance by being
brushed over with the white of an egg.
Leather portmanteaus and trunks muy
also be treated In the same way. Beat
up the white of an eRg until it Is a stiff
froth. Then dip into it a piece of old
linen or other soft rag and rub the
I leather well, but without using too
much force. The urtlcle must then be
j left until dry.
Gallant Bandit (robbing a young
woman's Jewelry) I fissure you. miss
s diamond ring on tuch a lovely hand
! Is absolutely iupe fiuoni.- Fllegend*
I Platter.
Kansas City hat 9.000 rmployes lo
I *tb packing houses and stock yards.
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