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I Indian Territory News. I
Humor of Postal Fraud*.
A recent dispatch from Muskogee
-said: There is now being unearthed in
the Indian territory one of the biggest
star route postal frauds that has been
found by the department for a long
time. C. F. McGinnis, assistant to the
second assistant postmaster general,
has been in the territory for several
"weeks. It is said that he will cause a
stir when he makes his report. It
will involve two or three companies
in Henry county, Mo., two national
banks in the same county and more
than 100 postal routes here. There is
a company there which has taken
more than 100 mail contracts in the
Indian territory, all of which have been
sublet, contrary to law, the Missouri
company getting 85 per cent, of the
profits and the persons with whom they
deal here 15. It is believed that war-
rants will be issued for more than 20
persons in the Indian territory within
ten days and several for Missourians.
The direct result of the discovery of
fraud will be the canceling of the old
contracts covering the routes from
Muskogee to Lee; Muskogee to Bald
Hill; Lee to Stonebluff; Wagoner to
Choska; Coweta to Choska; 13 routes
running out of Checotah and 35 routes
in the Chickasaw nation. McGinnis
says there are more than 100 of these
contracts and, on some of them, those
Interested have made a profit of $120
a month.
More Hum I ii«>Nf« for Muskogee.
William Gordon Jones, of Chicago,
who is engaged in constructing several
lines of railway centering in Muskogee,
and who has been east looking for
large business enterprises to locate In
that city, has secured a promise from
one of the chief packing houses of Chi-
cago to establish a large branch house
in Muskogee, and one of the great im-
plement houses is also arranging to
erect a large building for a branch
house in the city.
The railway situation in Muskogee
is becoming notable. Tlie city had
only the Missouri, Kansas & Texas a
short time ago. It has now in addition
to that road tlje Ozark & Cherokee
Central, a Frisco property, and is
building the Muskogee Union and the
.Muskogee Northern.
Mellette IteRil)' to Proceed.
Judge Ryan's statement that the in-
terior department wants an investiga-
tion of Indian officials lias caused a
sensation. It has a greater significance
in view of the fact that A. P. Murphy,
the Creek attorney, is known to have
asked the department for a grand jury
' investigation. District Attorney Mel-
lette stated that upon suggestion of the
department, or the attorney general,
he would immediately call a grand
. jury and proceed to investigate. He
has not yet been advised by the attor-
ney general to proceed.
Aim on t Wiped OtT the Map.
The business section of Fairland has
been almost wiped off the map by a
disastrous fire. The fire was of incen-
diary origin and the buildings in the
ownwere nearly all wooden structures
except two brick stores, which were
left standing in the burned region.
Twenty buildings, including the bank
of Fairland, were destroyed. The fire
swept everything from Vanna's brick
building to the Connor-Campbell brick
building, except one brick between
.these buildings.
Territory Home Tliief Killed.
A man named Herring stole a fine
black saddle horse near Paul's Val-
ley. He rode him to Rush Springs,
where he offered him for sale at a
price which aroused suspicion. A few
hours later officers appeared on his
trail and the thief was traced to Ho-
bart. When the officers attempted to
take him Herring opened fire, narrow-
ly missing one of them. They re-
turned the fire, killing him almost in-
stantly.
Indian Girl Wnnta Her Land.
A suit involving 480 acres of land
\alued at $25,000 in the Cfsage country
has been filed in the district court of
Pawnee county by Miss Ida Rogers, a
part blood Osage Indian girl, against
her father and step-mother, T. J
Rogers and Mrs. Rogers. The girl is
ting for possession of the land, as-
serting that as she is of age she is
capable of looking after her own in-
terests.
Rr.iptled Liquor In the Street.
United States officials at Ardmore
seized large quantities of whisky and
beer shortly after the arrival of tho
Santa Fe train and spilled it in the
streets). United States Marshal Col-
bertissued an order prohibiting the
introduction of liquor in the Indian
territory. Substitutes cannot be sold
any longer.
Hoy Drowned in ltallrond Pond.
Jesse Ammens, the 11-year-old son
-of James H. Ammens. was drowned
at South McAlester, while paddling a
skiff on the reservoir of the Choctaw
railroad.
"Shot 1'p" a nance.
Noble Bowlegs and Felix Alexander,
wo negroes, were arrested on a charge
of shooting up a dance near Wewoka.
The negroes got drunk and made their
horses go up on the platform, driving
llie dancers off and, drawing their six-
shooters. shot the floor full of holes.
licit l.inc ut McAlester.
A company with $250,000 capital has
been chartered to build a bVlt line
ti round South McAlester and acquire
deput sites and other terminal facili-
ties.
Where the t'anh Comei From.
A recapitulatory statement, showing
the amount and resources from which
royalty was collected from the Indian
nations during the past quarter, has
been made public by J. Blair Shoen-
felt, the United States Indian agent,
as follows:
Choctaws and Chickasaws—Coal
royalty, $80,932.75; asphalt royalty,
$787.04; timber royalty, $23,400.35;
town lots, $45,455.34; rock and stone,
$216.39; total, $150,703.87.
Chickasaw nation—Cattle tax, $3,-
945.90
Cherokee nation—Schools, $4,780.92;
orphan asylum, $20; coal royalty,
$359.26; hay royalty, $504.64; gravel
loyalty, $8.50; ferries, $35; merchan-
dise tax, $2.23; town lots, $11,618.78;
total, $17,329.23.
Creek nation—Pasture tax, $4,184.50;
town lots, $48,771.77; coal royalties,
$415.99; totkl, $53,372.26.
Grand total for four nations, includ-
ing $82.70 for map sales, amounted to
$225,35J.04.
Ex-C'onfeilerate Reunion.
The fourth annual meeting of the
Chickasaw Reunion association was
held at Tishomingo. Sulphur was se-
lected as the place for holding the next
annual meeting. D. J. Kendall, of Sul-
phur, was unanimously elected briga-
dier general of the association. The
following executive committee was
elected: Ex-Gov. William Guy, Da-
vis; Dr. Butler Boyd, Tishomingo; R.
H. West, Ardmore; R. H. Jones, Rea-
gan, and J. J. Rotenberry, McGee. The
Chickasaw Reunion association was
changed to the Chickasaw Brigade re-
union. Rev. C. A. Burris, of Pontotoc,
was elected chaplain of the brigade.
Resolutions of thanks to Tishomingo
were passed.
To'Remove MlMlnnlppI Choctaw*.
The Dawes commission has made ar-
rangements for the removal of indigent
Choctaw Indians from Mississippi to
their allotments near Atoka, in the
Choctaw nation. H. Van V. Smith, the
disbursing agent of the Dawes-com-
mission, and Harry Pesteen,clerk, have
gone to Meridian, Miss., where they
will take up the work and make
preparation^ for the Indians' removal.
In the Indian appropriation bill passed
at the last session of congress there
was $20,000 which was to be used for
this purpose.
Aliened Former Caught In Texa*.
J. R. Tatum, the forger whom the
authorities of Chickasha have been
looking for some time, has been cap-
tured in Dalhart, Tex. Tatum depos-
ited $25 in the Citizens' national bank
at Chickasha and after receiving a
check for the amount raised it to $2,-
500, deposited it in a Texas bank, drew
$800 of it and skipped ^ut. He was
passing as a lawyer when arrested.
Tonkawa! Vlalt Kiowa*.
About 50 members of the Tonkawa
Indian tribe passed through Chickasha
on their way west to pay a visit to the
Kiowas and other tribal remnants.
They had good wagons, carriages,
horses, mules and harness. A few
were rrtounted, but the majority were
in covered vehicles. Their dress was
largely a compromise between the In-
dian and white man's raiment.
LONE BANDIT IN LINCOLN.
fo Ilroad Daylight ll« Kntered Two Busi-
ness Houses and with a Revolver
Terror lied the Occupants.
Lincoln, Neb., July 25.—One of the
most daring robberies in the history
of the city occurred Friday when a
solitary stranger robbed two Lincoln
business houses of $45, using a revolver
to terrorize the victims. He first
ontered the rooms over the restaurant
of 0. E. Houck where the latter was
taking a bath. He commanded Houck
to make no outcry and rifled his pock-
ets of $7.50. The thief then went to
Rehlaender's drug store and broke In
the rear door while the clerks were
watching the parade of Ringling's cir-
cus, opened the safe and got $38. A
clerk was standing behind the soda
water fountain at the time but the
robbery was not discovered until ten
minutes later when the robber had
disappeared. The police are baflled.
JAPAN WILL WATCH RUSSIA.
The Talk of War Between the Two Coun-
tries an Invention—Clijna freed to
Open Manchuria n Ports.
London, July 25.—Japan has decided
to observe the policy of waiting and
watching Russia, advocated by Great
Britain. In the meantime she will
urge China to carry out the assur-
ances given to the United States re-
specting Manchuria and will endeavor
to obtain the opening of additional
ports. At the Japanese legation here
the following statement was made by
an official to the Associated press: "I
can assure you that the talk of war
betVeen Russia and Japan is an in-
vention. Japan has not the least in-
tention of taking that course."
Suid Grace After Murdering.
Middleburg, Ky., July 25.—After
killing one man and fatally wounding
another, Robert Lee, a minister at
Linnle, In Casey county, said grace at
the jail table in Liberty. Lee became
involved in a quarrel with Ellis Woods
and the latter's son and the shooting
followed, in which the preacher
proved himself more than a match for
both of his opponents, for he succeed-
ed in killing Woods and fatally wound-
ed his son. The 'fighting parson" was
then arrested and taken to the jail
at Liberty, where he peacefully re-
turned thanks at the table with the
other prisoners.
BUCKSHOT FOlt MOB.
Sheriff at Danville, 111., Protected
Life of Negro Prisoner.
James Wllnou, TVho Assaulted a Whit#
Woman. Saved for a Time at I^east,
Ilut Another NegrroWas Lynched
and Incinerated.
Danville, 111., July 27.—A mob Sat-
urday tried to batter down the doors
of the jail in order to lynch James
Wilson, a negro, who attacked Mrs.
Thomas Burgess, a farmer's wife, at
Alvan, 111. The sheriff and his guards
fired into the mob and several were
wounded. One negro, J. D. Mayfield,
who was on the street, was set upon
by the mob on its way to the jail. He
was lynched and his body burned. He
shot and killed one of those who at-
tacked him. Four other negroes
caught upon the street were beaten
into unconsciousness in the gutter.
Company K, a negro troop, has its
headquarters here and the officials pre-
pared to call it out. Leaders of the
mob declared they would try to kill
the entire company if it came out.
Half of the company assembled and
barricaded for fear of an attack.
Two killed and 22 wounded, the po-
lice station wrecked, the county Jail
with few of its windows left unshat-
tered, the city in the hands of the state
troops and a feeling of uneasiness and
dred prevailing everywhere is the sit-
uation left by the race riots of Satur-
day night and early yesterday morn-
ing. After daylight appeared yester-
day morning there were restless
crowds on the streets. Hundreds of
farmers peered into the city and each
surrounding town continued to swell
the crowd. There were many miners
seen on the streets. Great unrest and
a threatening attitude was reported
from Westville, five miles away.
Early in the morning Wilson, the al-
leged negro assailant of Mrs. Burgess,
was secretly taken from the county
jail, but was returned shortly after-
wards.
A BREAK FOR LIBERTY.
A CLOUD ON HIS NAME.
Englishman Who Set Up Claim to an Karl*
dom Could Nat Kstahllsh Legiti-
macy of 111* Mirth.
London, July 25.— The committee on
LEO'S BODY INTERRED.
Late Saturday Night tho Casket tM
Placed In a Niche Over tho Door-
way of 8t. Peters.
Rome, July 27.—The body of Pop#
privileges of the house of lords decided Leo was entombed in'St. Peter's Satur-
against the claim of William Tumour day night. The casket was placed in
Thomas Poulett, the former organ- a niche over a doorway. The will of
grinder in the streets of Ix>ndon, to the Leo was read yesterday. While nomi-
earldom of Poulett, and in favor of the nally leaving the estate of Carplneto
late earl's son by a later marriage. I to his nephew, Ludovico Peccl, it really
The whole case turned on the ques- makes no change, as the whole family
tion of legitimacy of the claimant, property, amounting approximately to
whose evidence and also that of his $120,000, had already been divided
witnesses was that- the late earl ac- among tho three nephews. Count Ca-
knowledgsd him as his son by his mar- miilo having already sold his share,
riage with Elizabeth Lavinia Newman, . At the sixth meeting of the congre-
whom he married in 1S49. It was not gation 'of cardinals held yesterday 45
denied that Miss Newman, prior to the cardinals were present. Cardinal Delia
marriage lived with an officer, Capt. Volpe, voicing also the opinions ot
Granville. The claimant was born a BOme of his colleagues, criticised the
few months after her marriage to the ceremonies in connection with the in-
earl. It was claimed that the birth terment of Leo XIII. Saturday night
was premature, which was supported because the cardinals did not partici-
by medical testimony. The defense de- pate in the entire procession and com-
nied the acknowledgment by the late plained generally of the lack of order,
earl of the claimant as his son and Cardinal Oreglia replied that he had
asserted that on account of the time already noticed this and that he would
the earl had known Miss Newman prior punish those who were responsible.
to their marriage it was impossible for
the claimant to be his son. The court SOUGHT REST IN DEATH.
decided that title to the propertv was —
not Vested in the Claimant but in the Overtasked Thlrteen-Year-Old Olrl of Chl-
earl's son, William John Lydston Pou-
lett, who is still a minor.
DROWNED IN SALT LAKE.
Roy Larkln, Aired 15, Unable to With-
stand the Waves—His Companion
lSrulsed aud Delirious.
cagro Ended Her Dreary Life with
Carbolic Acid.
Chicago, July 27.—"Oh, father, the
work was so hard it was killing me.
I couldn't stand it any longer." It was
with this last protest on her lips
against the harsh conditions which
forced her to work all day long In a
stifling hot laundry that 13-year-old
Salt Lake City, July 25.—Bruised
from head to foot and delirious from Sarah Solomon, whose frail worn body
all-night buffeting with the waves of w s made the subject of a coroner's
Great Salt lake.Roslyn Wells was found inquest, ended her short dreary life
lying on the rocks about 100 feet from i Prison. Dizzy from her long day
the shore of Antelope Island. The body toll over an Ironing board in the
of his companion, Roy Larkln, aged laundry at 157 West Madison street,
15 years, has not been found. Wells ®he gave up her position because she
and Larkin, with Wells' sister-in-law, | said she could no longer stand in the
Miss Pomeroy, went in bathing at Salt- i steamy air and was utterly worn out
air. They waded far out until deep snd ill. The neighbors, who knew ana
water was reached. Here they floated liked her, sympathized with the little
for some time in the buoyant brine. | girl and said that it was good for her
A strong breeze sprang up and when . to rest awhile, but the stepfather, they
they attempted to return, Larkin, who said, was displeased with her and
was unable to swim, could make no wanted her to go back again.
Hungry and Penniless.
St. Louis, July 25.—Fred Nuttall, an
Englishman living in New York city
with his wife and two children, who
recently went to Kansas because of the
alluring otters of high wages for har-
vesters, arrived In St. Louis last night
on his return trip, hungry and penni-
less. He asserted that the plight of
the eastern college students who also
went to Kansas as temporary harvest-
ers is extreme. His last knowledge
of them is that they were out of money
and there was no employment in sight.
They looked like tramps and some
wept in distress.
Declared He Created Life.
Anderson, Ind., July 25.—With one
ounce of common salt, six ounces of
pure water, six ounces of 90 per cent,
alcohol, all mixed in an ordinary glass
dish, and two ounces of aqua ammonia
distributed in five small plates and all
covered by an air tight glass tube, Dr.
Charles W. Littlefield, of Alexandria,
Tooth* in the House of Refuge on Ran-
dall*s Inland Tunnel Under the
Wall and Escape,
New York, July 27.—More than a
score of youths of the house of refuge
on Randall's island tunneled under
and through the 35-foot high and two-
foot thick wall surrounding the build-
ing yesterday and five succeeded in es-
caping. A dozen others who were.dis-
covered in the act of escaping submit-
ted to arrest and seven who tried tc
get away were captured.
Thirty-Three Women ltnrned to Death.
London, July 27.—The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Dally Mail sends
a report to the effect that near the
village of Sehalajifa, in the district of
the Don, S3 female field laborers were
burned to death in a barn, where they
had locked themselves to escape mo-
lestation by male laborers, who, in re-
venge, fired the barn and watched the
burning without heeding the shrieks
of the victims.
Young- Indians to Mnke
There has been organized in Musko-
gee a company that will build and op-
erate a broom factory at Indian uni-
versity, a Baptist mission school for
Indians, located near that city. The
object of the factory is to teach the
Indian children a trade. The factory
will have a capacity sufficient to em-
ploy all the 200 students who want to
work.
Want Creek Rules Modified.
At the request of the Checotah Com-
mercial club a convention of delegates
from every town and post office in
the Creek nation will be held Tuesday,
August 4 to start a movement for the
removal of all restrictions regarding
the sale and leasing of Creek Indian
lands.
\ntlonnl Party Nominees.
The naional party of Tishomingo
county in convention nominated the
following ticket: For the senate, ex-
Gov. D. H. Johnson: for the house of
representatives, C. H. Brown, Robert-
son Kemp, John Brady, Lishman Al-
berson and Dixie Colbert.
Gunrdlnit Aifiiinst Flood.
Oklahoma City wishes to avoid an-
other street flood and is preparing to
enlarge its sewer system. The esti-
mated cost of improvements is $170,-
500.
I'nyment Made to Indlnnii.
The Indian bureau recently paid
$150,0C0 to the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache Indians at Anadarko, Ok., be-
ing the second payment made to them
tor surplus lands under the act of 1902.
Ardmore'* Klre Alnrm Syatem.
Ardmore will put in a Gamewell fire
alarm system at a cost of $1,155.
XcitroeM Ordered from Bartlesville.
A race war is feared at Bartlesville.
Union white men became angered at
the actions of George Keeler, a wealthy
ranchmen, in employing negroes to dig
a cellar and, orpanljilng themselves
Into a vigilance committee, notified all
negroes in Bartlesville to vacate the
town under pain of death.
llnrlinred u Moraethltf.
Jim Tlgler, Bill Taylor and Molly
Allen are under arrest at Hobart for
harboring a horse thief, Jack Taylor,
at their home in Devil's canyon.
A Friend of tJohn Brown's.
Paola, Kan., July 27.—Mrs. Cynthia
Merritt Roscoe, wife of Nelson J. Ro3-
coe, one of the first settlers of this
state, died at her home here Saturday.
Ind., yesterday afternoon declared that She was a cousin of Gen. Wesley Mer-
he had created life in the form of thou-
sands of atoms of animated substances
similar to well developed germs of life
and trilobite3.
ritt. She came from New York to Osa-
watomie in 1S54. She was closely
headway. Miss Pomeroy reached the
pavilion but rescuing parties were un-
able to find any trace of Wells and
Larkln and Wells said he had lost Lar-
kln, after having supported him all
night This is the first drowning that
has occurred in the lake for several
years.
LEFT ALL TO THE CHURCH.
The I.ate Pope Leo's Family Will fiet No
Share of Ills Great Wealth—830*-
OOO to the l'oor.
EVADED KORAN'S TEACHING.
Dow American "Dlplomaey" Won Oat la
Christening a Turkish Warship with
a Bottle of Wine.
Philadelphia, July 27.—In the pres-
ence of a distinguished gathering of
diplomats, foreign and American naval
officers and prominent citizens of Phil-
adelphia, the Turkish cruiser. Med-
Jidia, the first warship ever built here
for the Ottoman empire, was launched
Saturday at Cramp's shipyard. The
sponsor for the new ship was Mrs. Ed-
win S. Cramp and the baptism was an
evasion of the koran's teaching turned
compliment of the
Rome, July 25.—The will of the dead
pope was opened at yesterday's meet-
ing of the congregation of the cardi- (
nals. It consisted of 36 pages, in the ' into a graceful
handwriting of Pope Leo XIII., and American people. The koran forbids a
leaves all the property of which he j Turkish woman from participating in
died possessed to his successor for the ; a christening at which wine is used,
use of the church. To each member The difficulty was overcome by the se
of his family he leaves a present to bo lection of an American woman, Mrs.
chosen from the valuable objects in his ! Cramp, to break the bottle on the bow
apartment. Similar presents are be- of the sea fighter.
queathed to his physicians.
The will of Leo made provision foi
the distribution of about $20,000 among
the poor of Rome, Perugia, where Pope
Leo for many years was archbishop,
and Carpineto, where he was born.
Young Farmer Shot hy Town Marshal*
Sarcoxie, Mo.. July 27.—Isaac Gear^
hart, a young farmer, was shot and in-
stantly killed by Town Marshal Stumpt
Saturday night. Gearhart and several
compaions had spent the day in town
and were drinking. When they start-
ed for home they became boisterous.
Miners to Get 7 2 Cents a Ton.
Pittsburg, Kan., July 20.—Under the
agreements entered into for the mines
of Missouri, Arkansas, Indian territory
and the Cherokee district, which in-
cludes Crawford and Cherokee counties
A Civil War Ilero Hurled.
Amsterdam, N. Y., July 25.— Zacharia . _
. , Neahr, who was buried at Canajoharie The marshal attempted to head off the
Identified with Capt. John Brown, of yesterday afternoon, was the last tc Par,v' but was rim oyer and "nocked
Osawatomie, and in the battle at that i die of the three survivors of 12 men down. He fired into the crowd and
place the Roscoe home was the only
one not burned.
Gen. Davis Retired for Age.
Manila, July 27.—Maj. Gen. George
W. Davis has transferred the com-
mand of the department of the Phil-
ln Kansas and Vernon and Bates coun- | ippines to Maj. Gen. James F. Wade,
ties in Missouri, 72 cents a ton for j Gen. Davis having been retired for age.
mining will be paid during the the en- [ Gen. Davis' last act was to review all
suing year and the Illinois day scale the troops in and about Manila. He
of wages, 12 Ms cents increase, will be will sail for San Francisco on the
who volunteered to Gen. Terry to de-
stroy the confederate stockade during
the battle of Fort Fisher, and whose
accomplishment of the deed in the
face of the sharpshooters' bullets,
which killed nine of their number, was
one of the most heroic acts of the civil
war. Neahr died of consumption at
1 the age of 72. Congress had remem-
bered him with a medal for heroism.
killed Gearhart instantly.
paid for entry, yardage and dead work
Georgia Convlets in Revolt.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 25.—The
convicts leased by the state of Geor-
gia to the Georgia Iron anl Coal com-
pany at Cole City, Ga., revolted yester-
day afternoon. The guards in attempt-
ing to restore order shot and fatally
injured two of the negroes. The re-
mainder of the colony, about 125 in
number, have barricaded themselves
and are defying tho guards.
• 500.000 Fire in Clilcaeo.
Chicago, July 25.—Two buildings of
the Omaha Packing company at Lum-
ber and Halsted streets were practi-
cally destroyed by fire Friday. Loss,
$500,000. The refining plant was con-
sumed and the flames spread to an
eight-story brick warehouse containing
quantities of lard and 1(1,000,000 pounds
of pork, most of which was destroyed.
transport Sherman.
An Alleged Female Horse Thief Captured.
Guthrie, Ok., July 27.—Dora Cox, an
alleged horse thief, has been recap-
tured and placed in jail at Watonga,
after successfully eluding officers since
189S, when she escaped from the coun-
ty jail at Kingfisher. She is one of the
few femade outlaws ever operating in
this territory.
Rank Teller Drowned While Rnthlng.
Lawton, Ok., July 27.—Charles Rush,
22 year3 old, bookkeeper and teller for
the Citizens' bank, of this city, was
drowned in Medicine creek, near Law-
ton. A party went out for a week's
outing and Rush, who could not swim,
went in bathing and waded into deep
water.
Carrie Nation Scored Roosevelt.
Pottsville, Pa., July 27.—Carrie Na-
tion scorcd President Roosevelt foi
bringing to Kansas last May his "sa-
loon on wheels." She said that had
she not been laid up she would havt
smashed it to flinders.
Victims of Cowardly Assassin.
Lake City, Col., July 25.—Mrs. Anna
Bailey and Mrs. Mary Woods were shot
from ambush last night about a mile
from town when returning from Lake
Shore. Mrs. Bailey is mortally
wounded and Mrs. Woods is in a
serious condition. The assassin, who
was concealed among the rocks on the
mountain side, fired a charge of buck-
shot at the women as they drove past.
Mrs. Woods' husband, who had
quarreled with her, has been arrested,
charged with the shooting.
Sisters Drowned Near Warsaw. Mo.
Warsaw, Mo., July 27.—Mrs. Lettie
H. Shinn and her sister, Miss Ruth
Bell, aged 14 years, were drowned in
the Osage river, ten miles west of War-
saw. Miss Bell and two little brothers
were bathing, when the girl stepped
Into a deep hole. The boys attempted
to rescue her. Mrs. Shinn heard their
cries and rushed into the stream, but
sank in the deep water and both were
drowned.
Does .John A. I.ee Intend to Skip?
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., July 25.—
Daniel J. Kelley says that within the
last two weeks John A. Lee has en-
tered Into negotiations with several
persons to "settle everything" for $5.-
000. Not long ago Lee refused an offer
of $10,000 from a well known St. Louis , , , „ „
representing r.l.rond ln
A Record Pllirht of Pigeons.
Mlshawaka. Ind.. July 27.—Thirty-
three birds of the Mlshawaka Homlns
To Hunt for Kansas Hoodlers.
St. Louis, July 25.—As a result of a
visit paid by William Allen White, the
well known Kansas novelist and maga-
zine writer, to Circuit Attorney Joseph
W. Folk yesterday, a movement may
be started in Kansas to ascertain just
how far "bleeding Kansas" has been
"bled" by the grafters and corruption-
ists who, ex-Lieut. Gov. John A. Lee,
of Missouri, declared, fattened in that
state as they did in this.
Scheme to Pipe <Ias Defeated.
Topeka, Kan.. July 26.—The two nat-
ural gas companies organized here to
pipe gas from the Chanute and Iola
fields for lighting and heating find
themselves without the gas. Iola and
Chanute and the commissioners of Al-
len and Neosho counties have declared
that no company can pipe natural gas
from that section without a fight and
at the end of expensive litigation.
lynched a Negro AYoman.
Shreveport. La., July 27.—News
reached here yesterday that the ne-
gres3, Jennie Steer, who administered
poison in a glass of lemonade to Liz-
zie Dolan, the 16-year-old daughter of
John Dolan, from the effects of which
she died, was lynched by an infuriated
mob at sundown Saturday night
ests to leave the country.
This Railroad Has 850.000,000 Capital.
Salt Lake City, July 25.—Articles of
incorporation of the Western Pacific
Railway company, with a capitalization
of $50,000,000, have been filed with the
secretary of state. The fee for filing
was $12,508, the second largest evel
paid in the state.
Springs, Miss., 506 miles, in 15 hours
This Is claimed as a record.
Eloped with Ills Wife's Child.
Wyandotte, Kan., July 20— Kdward
F. Norton, an ex-nioiorman, was locked
up at the Wyandotte county Jail a* a
sequel to an elopomcnt six weekR ago
with his 16-year-old stepdaughter,
Agnes Kelch
Collision on a Street Kallwar-
Worcester, Mass., July 27.—Two car!
on the Worcester & Boston street rail-
way collided head-on about a mile easl
of Westboro. .Thirty-live passenger!
were injured. Ambulances were dis-
patched from this city to the scene ol
the accident. The injured were con*
veyed to the city hospital here.
Horrible Death of a Hoy In a Thresher. .
Guthrie, Ok., July 25.—James Rich-
ards, a 12-year-old boy, who was stand-
ing on top of a thresher, was thrown
by the jostling of the machinery into
the thresher and met instant death.
His body ran through the machinery
and was horribly mangled.
Tablet to First Seeretary of War.
Thomaston, Me., July- 27.—A hand-
some bronze tablet in memory of Gen.
Knox, the first secretary of war under
President Washington, was unveiled
here Saturday evening.
Holdiers Overcome by the Heat.
Buda Pesth, July 25.—Advices front
Herzlgovinia say that during a man-
euver march of an Infantry regiment
from Trebinye to Bllek last Monday
450 men were overcome by the extra-
ordinary heat, that 21 died and that
40 are expected to die.
Train Finnlly Killed ller.
Guthrie, Ok., July 27.—MrS. Cora
Jackson, aged 75, was killed here by a
Santa Fe train. She had been arrested
several times for walking on the track.
America's Five Years In l'orto Klcn.
San Juan, P. R, July 27.—In accord
ance with the proclamation of Gov
Hunt, the fifth anniversary of th«
American occupation of Porto ltlc<
was celebrated Saturday as a holiday.
Roosevelt an Karly-Mornlng Traveler.
Sayville, N. Y., July 25.—President
Roosevelt started from hisuncle's home
here for Sagamore Hill at four o'clock
Friday morning. He was on horseback
and was accompanied by his son and
| nepuews.
Hoys Poisoned In a Reform School.
Whittler, Cal., July 27.—Seventy-flve
boys In tho state reform school hera
are 111. The cause has not been deter-
mined. Some of the boys are in a dan-
gerous condition and ' delirious from
what is presumed to be poisoning at
some sort. Dr. F. H. Hadley, the phy-
sician in charge, is investigating tha
epidemic and until the investigation
is completed It will not be known
whether the boys are suffering from
ptomaine poisoning contracted from
food or front poison intentional!*
nixed with the food.
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