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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1902.
NUMBER
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CAPITAL $100,000.
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DIRECTORS:
G. S. SOHLBERG,
S. G. GLOYD,
O. G. LEE,
W. S. SEARCH, Pres.
S. E. MOSS, Vice Pres.
J. S. CORLEY, Cashier.
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PALMA Mill ELECTED
Chosen Presided of Cuba By College of
Electors.
DR. LUIS SELECTED FOR VICE
Senators Elected for the Several Provinces—
Result a Foregone Conclusion.
HAVANA, Feb. 26.—Presidential and
senatorial electors chosen at the De-
cember election met here Monday and
formally elected Tomas Estrado Palma
president and the members of the Sen-
ate of" the island of Cuba. The result
of the meeting of the electors was a
foregone conclusion as are the delibera-
tions of the electoral college after a
presidential election in the United
States.
The votes settled the question of who
was to be the head of the new govern-
ment of the island and who were to sit
In the upper house of Congresa De-
cember 81, when representatives and
governors of the provinecs were select-
ed, toegther with the presidential and
senatorial electors, at a general elec-
tion.
The first Cuban Congress will be com-
posed of sixty-three representatives
and twenty-four senators. Among the
members of the House are one priest,
two cigar makers, four merchants, five
editors, seven soldiers, fifteen planters
and nineteen lawyers. The senators
are nearly all planters and lawyers.
Members of the new Congress are
nearly all in control of large interests
In the island. Many are men of wealth,
and It is chiefly on this account that the
outlook for the government is hopeful.
In the past the best citizens have had
nothing to do with politics, and local
Interests have suffered in consequence.
Much good to the vast Interests de-
pendent upon a sound government of
the island is expected to result from
the Congress. Each of the provinces
will have four senators in the upper
house.
The six divisions of the island are al-
lowed the following number of mem-
bers in the House of Representatives:
Havana, 17; Santa Clara, 4; Santiago,
13; Matansas, 8; Pinar del Rio, 7, and
Puerto Principe, 4.
There will be four senators from each
of these provinces.
President and the prince and their
suites embarked on a boat for Shooters
Island. When the prince alighted from
the train and accompanied by his
suite, passed through the station to the
boat there was the usual great crowds
of commuters who cheered him hearti-
ly. The action was repeated when a
few minutes later President Roosevelt
traversed the same route accompanied
by Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Alice
Roosevelt. He lifted his hat time and
again to the cheering multitude. He
was followed by Secretary of War Root,
Mrs. Root and Miss Root and by other
members of the party. Detectives and
secret service men brought up the
front and rear. On board the ferry
boat the President Joined the prince
forward on the upper deck where they
remained some time in view of the
cheering of the passengers on the
crowded ferry boats in the other slips.
The weather was most inauspicious. A
flne, cold rain was falling and the har-
bor was covered with mist. The boat
proceeded direct to Shoters Island
where a guard of police and naval mili-
tia was on dutv. The party arrived at
Shooters Island at 9:30. They were re-
ceived with cheers by those present and
the presidential and royal salutes of
twenty-one guns each were fired. The
island presented the appearance of a
military encampment. The party pro-
ceeded directly from the ferry boat to
a stand which had been erected at* the
inshore end of the ways on which the
Meteor rested. The President and the
Prince, with Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt,
arrived on the platform at 10:22. Prince
Henry conducted Miss Roosevelt to a
small platform Immediately under the
bow of the boat. On this platform at
the time of the launching were Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prince Henry, Mra.
Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt, the mayor of
New York and Ambassador Von Holle-
ben. While awaiting the prince and
Miss Roosevelt chatted, the entire as-
semblage taking Its cue from the prince
and the President's daughter, who was
in a merry mood. Eactly at 10:39 Miss
Roosevelt broke the champaign bottle
with vigorous and effective hand, say-
ing: "In the name of the German Em-
peror, I christen thee Meteor." The
guns roared, the bands played and the
great cheering lasted for several minu-
tes. The prince handed a bouquet to
Miss Roosevelt and then, raising his
hat, In a few words acknowledged the
cheering of those on the main platform.
The launch occurred without any mis-
hap. The President's daughter lifted
a silver hatchet and struck the rope.
It parted cleanly and down came the
weights. The wedges flew up and out.
The yacht trembled, started forward
and then slid slowly down into the
water to the cheers of the distinguished
gathering. She took the water safely
and brought up in the middle of the
|Klll-VonKull without an accident.
Among the governors of the provinces . „ , __
recently elected President Palma w,n | Prince Henry ana Miss Roosevelt were
find the srongest kind of support. Five
of the six governors were generals in
the late war, and every one is a Palma
man and will support him In his mea-
sures for close relations with the United
States. The majority of both branches
of congress will do the same. The best
class of Cubans are enthusiastic over
the character of the men who have
been elected to office.
The president Is a wise and good
man, who has time and time again
proved his friendship for Cuba.
He owns thousands of acres of land
along the Cauto river, in the western
part of Santiago province, but none of
his possessions has been under cultiva-
tion In the last thirty years. He is
land poor. He has been in charge of a
achool at Central Valley, N. Y., for
the last ten years, but has devoted the
most of his time to the i-terests of
Cuba. His devotion to his country's
welfare seems to have thoroughly won
the confidence of the people. On ac-
count of his long residence In the Unit-
ed States, he Is familiar with the cus-
toms of both countries, and will be
better able to discharge the important
duties of his high office on that ac-
count.
Vice President Esteves is an attorney
of Havana, and formerly was secretary
of justice of the island. His wife, Mar-
ts Abreu, Is the philanthropist of Cuba.
She has given many thousands of dol-
lars for the maintenance of schools and
hospitals throughout the Island. Es-
teves and his wife are both wealthy,
their joint holdings probably amounting
to 15,000,000.
GETS A BEAUTIFUL PRESENT.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Before lu iefc-
eon was given on the imperial yacht
today In honor of President Roosevelt
by Prince Henry of Prussia a golden
bracelet with a picture of the kaiser
Wilhelm in diamonds was presented to
Miss Alice Roosevelt. It was the em-
peror's gift to the young lady as spon-
sor for the new yacht. In making the
presentation Prince Henry made a brief
address and the young lady thanked
him very much. The bracelet ia of
very handsome workmanship and the
portrait of the emperor In dlamonda
is well made.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Emperor Wil-
liam's yacht, the Meteor, was success-
fully launched at Shootera Island at
10:30 this morning In the presence of
Henry, Prince of Prussia; his suit,
President Roosevelt, membera of the
cabinet and other dignitaries. A spe-
clal train bearmg the f resldent from
Washington, reached Jersey City at
6:40 o'clock this morning. The Presi-
dent remained on board the train until
the arrival of the prince's train. The
cylinder-head on the engine of the
prlnce'a special blew out and the train
was more than an hour late in reaching
Jersey City. The accident occurred
shortly after leaving Baltimore. The
then photographed. The prince pre
Rented Miss Roosevelt with a silken cap
ribbon of the new yacht and she wore
It on her left arm as she stood before
the cameras with the prince. Miss
Roosevelt wore a dress of saphire blue
velvet, large black hat trimmed with
ostrich feathers and fur muff and boa.
President Roosevelt and Prince Hen-
ry, accompanied by their respective
parties, left ttiOOtdl Islund on the na-
val tug Vigilant at 11:20 end an hour
later were along !de of the Imperial
yacht, Hohenzollern. Shortly before
the Vigilant pulled out from the wharf,
President Roosevelt and Prince Henry
appeared upon the top of the pilot
house and there were wild cheers for
them. The surrounding fleet of tugs
tooted their whistles, the marine band
played national airs and the crowd yel-
led. The President raised his hat re-
peatedly and the tug saluted. On their
way up the harbor the police boat
Patrol ran alongside the Vigilant, broke
out a new American flag at the main
top and fired twenty-one guns In honor
of the President. At tne 34th street
pier the President and Prince landed
together and went at once on board the
Hohenzollern with the rest of the par-
ties.
Six Hundred Boers Assail British
Line and Some get Through
A LARGE CONVOY CAPTURED
Consisted of Several Hundred
Soldiers and Two Guns.
BOTH BATTLES WERE SEVERE
The Boer Forces Fought Des-
perately at Both Points,
Losing Many Men.
LONDON, Feb. 26.—Lord Kitchener
reports that six hundred Boers, driving
cattle, rushed an outpost on the line
near Bothasburg, Transvaal colony,
during the night of February 23, and
that some of them got through. The
Boers left behind fifteen dead and six
wounded. The dispatch from Kitchener
which waa made public today, says:
"A convoy of empty wagons was at-
tacked and captured by the Boers,
southwest of Klerksdorp. The escort
consisted of a force of Imperial yeo-
manry, three companies of Northum-
berland fualleera and two guns. The
fighting was severe but have no further
details."
The desperate fighting which the
Boers are doing at present la no doubt
due to the tactics of General Kitchener,
which prevents the free movement of
the Boer parties, making it neceasary
for them to take desperate chances to
escape capture. Before General Kltch
ener completed his cordons the Boer
parties moved about with comparative
freedom and attacked only when there
seemed good reason to believe that im
portant captures could be made.
THE PRINCE HAS QUIET DAY.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.--Prince Henry
of Prussia, remained on board tlie Ho-
henzollern this morning TI e visit tc
Grant's tomb which the prince had de-
sired to make ear'y In the dav was
postponed because the wreatnes to be
placed on the sarcophagus were not
finished in time
This was to be a quiet day for the
prince, compared with the busy one he
had yesterday. After resting on board
the yacht Hohenzollern during morn-
ii 1, the program was for him to go to
Sherry's to be entertained at luncheon,
to which 100 men from different parts
of the United States, prominent In com-
merce, Industry and finance had been
invited. This luncheon, It was expect-
ed, would take up the prlnce'a time
until 3:30 p. m., when it was his inten-
tion to go for a sightseeing trip about
New York City.
OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Feb., 26.—Henry
J. Baker, formerly paying teller In the
City Treaaurer's office was arrested to-
day, charged with grand larceny In the
first degree in appropriating 15,200 In
1900, funda entrusted to his care. Lou*
Is Eckert, former tax collector under
City Treasurer Ger surrendered him-
self to-day on an indictment charging
grand larceny.
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
CAPE TOWN, Feb. 26.—Princess Ra-
diewell waa arreated today on the
charge of forgery and admitted to ball
in 15,000. The information waa aworn
to by Dr. Schletz and supported by an
affidavit from Cecil Rhodes, the charge
stalled train waa pushed Into Magnolia, being the forgery of the latter's nar e to
Md., " y a passenger train and there got a promissory note. The princess was
an we engine. Soon after 8 o'clock the I remanded for trial.
THE STATEHOOD BILL.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb.. 26.—The
sub-committee on the Oklahoma state-
hood bill, consisting of Messrs Flynn
Powers and Moon, have completed
their work and are ready to report
next Friday to the full committee. The
Flynn bill, with but few changes, was
unanimously agreed upon. The sec-
tion permitting the addition of Indi
an Territory, either by piecemeal or
in whole, is just as contained in orig-
inal bill. The proposition for a sec
ond constitutional convention in the
event of failure of the first one was
stricken out. Delegate Flynn tried
strenuously to secure three representa-
tives in congress, but was compelled
to accept two, in view of th- fact that
all of the other district.} were based on
the last census.
Section 8 of the bill was stricken out
and a new one Inserted which provide.-
for division of section 13 of the public
lands. served for school purposes,
an. -i: the university, the agricultural
college and normal schools, eagh re
ceiving one-third and section 33, re
served for charitable and penal Instl
tutions and public buildings, is to be
apportioned and disposed of as the
legislature of the state may prescribe.
In all cases In the bill which provide
for the sale of public lands, an amend
ment has been inserted giving prefer-
ence rights to purchase to the leases.
Section 11 was entirely stricken out,
in providing for the disposing of the j
saline reserve being given to the state.
The provision reserving one and one-
half million acres for Irrigation and
other purposeea ha < been amended by
providing for additional reserves of
"00,000 acres for the agricultural college
100,000 for the colored agricultural col-
lege, 250,000 acres additional foe the
normal schools and 650,000 acres to be
disposed of as the legislature of the
state may provide.
All of these amendments and reser-
vations of land are in addition to the
reservations of sections 16. 36 and 33, In
the various townships previously re-
served.
The que8tion to be decided on Friday
is whether the various atatehood bills
shall be bunched In an omnibus bill or
offered-as separate measures.
republican vote. Had the democrats
voted for It as a party It would have
carried, but many democrata voted
against It
As passed, the measure provided that
articles Imported l..to the Philippine
archipelago from the United States
shall be required to pay the duties lev-
ied against them by the Philippine com
mission and imported into the archi-
pelago froei foreign countries; that
articles Importeed Into the United
States from the Philippines shall pay
a duty of 75 per cent of the rates of the
Dlngley law, as required by the Phil-
ippine commission. All articles now
Imported free Into the United States
shall be hereafter exempt of export
duty Impoaed In the Philippines.
The bill exempts the commerce pasa-
Ing between the United States and
the Philippines from the operation of
the navigation laws of the United
States until July 1, 1904 and authorizes
the Philippine commission to issue li-
censes to craft now engaged In lighter
or of ecluaively harbor business, pro-
Ided such chaft are built in the Unit-
ed States or in the Philippines and
owned by citizens of the United States
or by Inhabitants of the Philippines.
The duties and taxes collected In pur-
suance of this act shall be paid Into
he treasurj' of the Philippine islands
and UBed for their benefit.
All articles manufactured In bonded
warehouses of Imported materials or
If materials subject to Internal reven-
tax when shipped from the United
States to the Philippines shall be ex-
empt from the Internal revenue and
all taxes paid upon such articles ship-
ped to the Philippine Islands since No-
ember 15, 1901, such as has been re-
funded.
The first of the amendments taken
p was that ottered by .^r. Teller,
declaring that the constitution and all
laws of the United States which are
not locally Inapplicable shall have the
same force In the Philippine archipel-
ago as elsewhere In the United States.
The amendment was voted down 26 to
17.
Mr. Hoar then ottered an amend-
ment providing that no person rhall be
convicted of treason In the Philippines
by any tribunal, civil or military, ex-
cept upon the testimony of two witness-
es or of confession In open court. Mr.
Lodge volunteered to accept this am-
endment, but Mr. Hoar insisted upon
a roll call, and the amendment was
agreed to unanimously, the vote being
69 to 0.
Mr. Hoar offered another amendment
providing that there should be no pun-
'shment by any tribunal of the United
States, civil or military, of any per-
son who should fall to give Informa-
tion of the treason of a mother, father,
stead of 76 per cent. It was rejected
agreed to, 38 to 34.
Mr. Foraker offered an amendment
providing that the rate of duties upon
articles coming Into the United States
from the Philippine islands should be
50 per cent of the Dlngley rates In-
stead of 75 p«ar cent. It was repected
29 to 43.
Mr. Teller, of Colorado, offered an
amendment providing In brief, that the
United States did not intend perma-
nently to annex the Philippines, but
to establish a government In the is-
lands suitable to their inhabitants;
that the United States had no purpose
to deprive the Filipino's of their liber-
ties or to subjugate them, but to se-
cure to them the blessing of a free
government of their own choice and
that to end that peace and order
should prevail In the Islands, the Un-
ited States would co-operate with the
peaceably disposed inhabitants in the
formation of a free government and
would protect It against interference
from any foreign power. The amend-
ment was rejected, 20 to 14.
Mr. Rawlins then offered the sub-
stitute of the minority for the entire
bill. It was rejected, 25 to 46.
Mr. Mallory, democrat of Florida, of-
fered his amendment relating to the
levying of tonnage dues upon vessels
coming into the United States from
the Philippine archipelago and suspend
ing the coastwise navigation laws as
between the United tates and the
Philippines until July 1, 1903, after
which they should i>e applicable upon
Philippine trade. The amendment was
rejected, 23 to 42.
Mr. Vest of Missouri, offered as an
amendment a declaration that the bill
should not moan that th" Philippines
lever should Le Incoroprated Into citi-
zenship of the United States or perma-
nently be held as an integral part of
this country. The amendment was
rejected, 24 to 43.
The bill then was passed, 24 to 43.
Mr. Turner renewed his request that
the protest of Mr. Tillman against not
being allowed to vote should be spread
upon the records and be published In
the Congressional Record. He did not
ask for unanimous consent for its pub-
lication, he said, but demanded it as a
constitutional right.
Mr. Piatt of Connecticut, objected.
Further discussion on the subject
was cut off by the senate at 6:30 going
Into executive session.
El.
The Most Ferocious of the Fili-
pinos Captured at Last.
A HALF-BREEDCHINO-FILIPINO
Deserter William Dunstan is also
Taken Prisoner.
HAD A LOT OF AMMUNITION.
SENATE PASSES THE BILL.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb.. 26— At-
ter eight hours of tumultuous debate
yesterday, the senate shortly before
7 o'clock last evening passed the Phil-
ippine tariff bill by a vote of 46 to 26.
a strictly party vote. Mr. Tillman and
Mr. McLaurin, the two senators from
South Carolina who on Saturday last
were declared by the senate to be in
contempt because of their fight in the
chamber, were not permitted by voice
or by vote to participate in the pro-
ceedings.
The question as to their right to vote
participated a sharp debate lasting
nearly two hours.
The president protem, Mr. Frye, held
that the two senatoiH could not vote
and he was sustained Dy a majority of
the senate. During the debate on the
Philippine bill, Mr. McComas and Mr.
Wellington of Maryland became In-
volved In a controversy during the
courae of which the latter leclared that
If Mr. McComas should make his state
ments outside of the senate chamber
he would brand them as a malicious
falsehood. He waa called to order
promptly and resumed his seat amid
considerable excitement.
Many amendments were offered to the
Philippine bill but except those offer-
ed by the committee, only one restrict-
ing the sedition laws enacted by tho
Taft commission was passed. The
amendment of Mr. Foraker, fixing the
rate of duties levied upon products
coming Into the United States from
the Philippines
BOUGHT B\ THE FRISCO.
KANSAS CITY, MO., Feb. 26—The
Frisco system today, It Is stated, be-
came the owner of the Blackwell, Enid
& Southwestern railway and thus gains
control of an Important line. It Is one
of the new roads projected within com-
paratively recent date and taps the rich
est part of the Oklahoma country. It is
now in operation from Blackwell, Just
over the Kansas line to Okeene, Okla-
homa, a distance of 85 miles, and ulti-
mately will run to Vernon, Texas,
where It will connect with the Fort
Worth & Denver City. The deal has
been on for some time and bar practi-
cally been concluded several days ago,
only the transfer of papers remaining
to make the transaction complete.
DUTIES AGAINST AMERICA.
BERLIN, Feb., 26.—The tariff com-
mittee of the Reichstag to-day adopted
a compromise amendment to the new
tariff bill regarding corn duties In
spite of the strenuous opposition by
the government members. The amend
ment raises the minimum rates on
wheat and corn to six and seven and a
half marks per 1,000 kilograms, re-
spectively and on oats and barley
from five and a half to seven marks.
Lieutenant Pratt Destroyed Cuar-
teland Factory and Captured
all of Dunstan's Cor-
respondence.
WASHINOTN, D. C.. Feb. 26.—den.
Chaffee today notified the war depart-
ment that Lieut. Stribler, of the First
Scouts, had captured General Lucban
on the 22d Inst. The prisoner 1b con-
fined at Laguna.
The officials of the war department
regard the capture of Lucban as the
most Important military event since
Aguinaldo's capture. He Is one of the
most energetic and ferocious of rebels.
He la a half breed, mixture of Chinese
and Filipino stock and he has been ir-
reconcilable from the first.
Another capture is reported In the
same dispatch, namely: that of Wm.
Dunstan, said to be a deserter from
Company C, Eight Infantry, who had
in his possession a lot of arms and
ammunition. He was captured by Sec-
ond Lieutenant Pratt, First Infantry,
at Caghayan on the Island of Samar.
The lieutenant also destroyed the
Cuartel and factory and killed eleven
soldiers, besides capturing all of Dun-
stan's correspondence.
ROBBED AN AMERICAN.
ROME. ITALY. Feb., 26—The Rev.
Horace Dutton waa robbed of aeven
hundreda Lirea to-day. He was clcyc-
llng In the country when his machine
broke down and he accepted the offer
of two men who were driving In a cart
t 60 per cent of the to Rome to haul him to ths city. In-
IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 26 —The
State department today received
cablegram from Minister Lelshman at
Constantinople containing the first of-
ficial announcement It has had of Miss
Stone's release.
THE LATEST REPORT.
SALONICA, ROUMANi.v, Feb., 26.—
diss Stone and Me Tsilka will start
without delay from Strumltza Macedo-
nia for Constantinople. In the mean-
while the liberated missionaries are
taying at the missionary headquar-
ters where they are receiving congrat-
ulations of their colleagues.
government offlclala were not inaugu-
rated with that Idea In view. They
had as their object Just what had been
accomplished, the reaching of a baais
upon which the government can ex-
change notea and develop a convention
8atlafactory to both.
TO BE SUSPENDED A FEF1NITE
TIME.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb., 25 —
Important development to-day in con-
nection with the Tillman-McLauren ep-
isode of last Saturday was th® act of
Senator Frye, president protem of the
senate In ordering the clerk of the
senate to restore the names of the two
South Carolina senators to senate roll.
If the present plan is carried out this
act will be followed by the adoption by
the senate of a resolution before a
vote on any other subject la taken
practically endorsing the action of the
president protem In ordering their
names erased and suspended. The two
senators for some definite time. The
order was Issued almost Immediately
after the senate convened to-day and
waa the reault of a general conference
among the republican leadera of the
senate.
RAID GAMBLING DENS.
CHICKASHA, Feb., 26.—A few days
ago, UnlteJ States Marshal Colbert no-
tified the gamblers In Chickasha that
unless they "quit their n.eanneaa* they
would surely come to grief. When he
came here to court he found they had
paid no heed to good advice.
Last evening while the games were
being rolled over the green cloth, the
astute marshal walked In and stood
among the onlookers no one aeemlng
to recognize him.
Last night he and his deputies raided
four places, and fin ing the dors lock-
ed, kicked them In, and demolished the
crap and poker tables, and about forty
quarts of whiskey.
STARTED FUN ON BANKS.
DETROIT, MICH., Feb., 25.^ run
was started on the Jefferson avenue
branch of the Dime Savings bank about
noon yesterday and soon after two
o'clock It spread to the bank lt8elf, at
the corner of Griawold and Fourth
street. Depositors were paid aa fast
as the accounta could be checked up
and the currency could be counted out.
At 3 o'clock, the regular hour for
closing the bank, It was crowded with
anxious depositors, and the line of
people who wanted to close their ac-
counta extended through the door and
some distance down Fort street.
Instead of closing the directora de-
cided to hold open until 6 o'clock. The
receiving teller and assistant dropped
their usual work and assisted paying
the depositors. Until 6 o'clock ac
counts were closed as rapidly as pos
slble. At that hour the line waiting
for admittance extended down Fort
street for almost a block.
President Livingston addressed them
from the steps of the bank and said
that, while the bank would now close.
It would be open at 9 o'clock to-day and
every depoaltor would be paid In full.
It is Impossible to learn what was the
direct cause of the run. It is said
that a Polish depositor at tki Jefferson
Avenue bank saw a sign on the door
Saturday announcing that the bank
was closed because of Its being Wash
ington's birthday and a legal holiday.
AN UNKNOWN SCHOONER.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb., 25.
formation of the sinking of an unknown
vessel and the probable drowning of
all on board has been received here
The schooner Fannie Palmer from
j Norfolk for Boston Is reported to have
Ulded with an unknown ship twelve
miles from Fenwlck anoals on Feb
MEXICv NOT TO HIS LIKING.
KANSAS CITY, ha, Feb., 26.—A
Saline county man, who recently re-
turned from an extended trip through j c
the republic of Mexico, has been telling 1 . .
a local Interview of xome of his ob- I rua,r>r 19V\. "nk
ervatlona while In the domain of Dl- I ately n,d 'V' bellevo.l the crew went
z. Most of the people there, he says, , with her. ^
re at least 100 years behind the times. 1 . .....
They are either rich or extremely poor , * J1.'2? w? L Sr u ,
ind the majority are indolent and un- I CARLINVILLE, Feb., *.6. Woodford
reliable. "Some estimate can be made,"! Hughes, a prominent citizen of Scotts-
^ontlnued Mr. Rhoades, "of the charac- i ville- a town northwest of Carlinvill
ter and condition of the masses of the wafl murdered In his bed at 1 o clock
people when It is known that Mexican \ thls morning by three unknown men.
laboring men work for 12 cents per Hughes was spending the night with
lay. This may seem incredible, but I Balar Seymour and when the three
it Is a fact. You see more copper cents I men entered the house he arose In bed,
in that country and more are used, per- i startled, only to be riddled with bullets,
haps, than In any country on the globe. ! The men escaped. They made no at-
It Is not uncommon to see n Mexican j tempt at robbery and It is believed
woman go to market and buy a cent's | they can be Identified. Mystery sur-
worth of wood, a cent'a worth of corn ! rounds th<- affair. Hughes died In-
or coffee and a stalk of cane. She stantly. It is believed that the men
will make a fire In the center of her ! are enemies of Hughen who took that
adobe house and prepare a meal for the j method of settling an old score.
family. They eat cane as we would
E DU
Hsag Black Maa Saae Day as Tbty Do Wbli*
Mas.
CAROLINA'S SEVERE LAW
Bsrglsrs Mast Not Ply Tb«lr Trade st
Nlgkt.
ASHYILLE, N. C.. Feb., 26.—Dudley
Johnson, white, and Ben Foster, color-
were hanged to-day at 12 30 for
burglary. Burglary at night In North
Carolina is a capital offense and to-
day's executlona were the final chap-
ter in a case attended by many excit-
ing Incidents, with the robbery of the
postofflce and a store kept nj Samuel
Alexander at Emma, a little hamlet a
few miles out of Ashevllle a jjear ago.
A MURDER AT LAWRENCE.
KANSAS CITY, Feb., 26— A
special to the Star from Lawrence,
Kas., says: An investigation by the
officers in the Shane murder case have
brought to light no motive yet for the
crime. The officers have found two
or three witnesses to the shooting, who
agree as to the facts that Ed Kather-
nan was passing u.i his way to dinner
and spoke pleasantly to Ca..taln J. B.
Shane, and that almost Immediately
the old man drew a revolver, took de-
liberate air, and fired at the boy the
bullet entering the skull from behind,
and lodging Just under the skin of the
left eye. Katherman fell with hla
hand in his pockets Just as he had
oeen walking along. Owing to the
threats that were frequent on the
streets in the afternoon yesterday
Shane wns taken to Topeka and plac-
ed In the Shawnee County Jail where
he still remains. There was no gath-
ering of people on the streets and not
the slightest semblance of a mob dur-
ing the night but the step was taken
aa a precautionary move. Shane had
threatened various ys aa they went
l ast the gallery und 1. even drawn
hla revolver on school boys, but had
never made an attempt to ahoot he-
fore. Two revolvers were found In
his shop. One he gave up to officers
with a denial that he had a seoond
weapon. The Inquest will be held
to-morrow. Katherman's parents be-
long to the river Brethren denomina-
tion. His father and several children
are teaohera and have been summoned
home. The only explanation yet made
for the shooting was that Shane was
Insane and desired to get even for tor
ments lnnicted upon mm by passing
school children.
an apple. The ox cart und wooden
plow are still In use. The ox teams
are harnessed so the pressure of the
load cc.nes upon th^ head, Just in
front of the horns, instead of the si.oul-
der and neck. The most pleasant
people to meet in that country are the
railroad men, who are almost entire-
ly Americana. They are alwaya glad
to see you and will Invite you to ride
on almost any freight train. The laws
of Mexico are very stringent in regard
A PERSISTENT FOOL.
DECATUR. ILL., Feb. 26.—Fletcher
Barnett, a school teacher today enter-
ed a school house one mile from Ca-
margo, shot and killed Miss Eva Wise-
man, the teacher in charge. He then
ahot at Bert Hopewell, a pupil who
attempted to Interfere but missed him.
Barnett then shot himself, but appar-
ently without serious Injury. He rush-
ed out of the building and shot himself
again, but still not fatally. He then
to killing a Mexican on the rlght-of- jumped Into a well and was drowned.
way of a railroad, and It means death I
or Imprisonment to some of tne train ) pj,oo|>S IN WEST VIRGINIA.
crew. I heard of a case where a Mex- | HUNTINGTON, W. VA., Feb., 25 —
lean was accidentally killed, and to ueaVy rains have fallen over West
avoid trouble, the fireman and engineer , |rrjnIa All the rlvers are Tlniug
put his body In the firebox of the en- rapidly. jn the Guyandotte River all
glne and cremated it. Mexico Is a the timber and small craft In the mouth
lesolate looking country, and I would Qf 8treama have been awept away, en-
not live there under any eossldera-
tlon."
Dlngley rater but it received a large Btead they robbed him.
CANAL PROTOCOL COMPLETED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22.—Tho
protocol between Colombia and the
United States haa been agreed upon by
repreaentatlves of that government and
of th« Ijg^ed States. Ita terma are aub-
stastlav given In these dispatches
several days ago. They Include a lease
of the canal strip ten miles wide and
five miles on each side of the canal
proper, for a period of 200 years at an
annual rental of 1760,000. Rights to gov
ern and administer Justice In this strip
are Insured to the United States. That
portion of the route yrovosed within
cities of Colombia li exempt from the
control of the United States. In addi-
tion to these points the Colombian gov-
ernment gives up Ita Interest In the
Panama railway, wh'cn paya it an an*
nual rental cf $250,000. The terma of
the tentative protocol were learned by
a number of senators today and reault-
ed In some expressions of dissatisfac-
tion.
Criticism of the protocol at this time
Is premature. There is no Intention on
the part of the state department to
close a convention with Colombia on
the lines of the present agreement de-
cided upon by Dr. Sllva and Admiral
Walker. The negotiations between these
tailing heavy loss.
A GAS EXPLOBIOl*.
KOKOMO, INl)., Feb. 26.—A natural
gas exploalon today wrecked the home
of Mrs. Harriet Achey and Mra. Achsy,
together with Mra. Ida Achey, and Mrs.
Blanche Barringtori, were burned in
the ruins. The women were terribly
Injured, and will die. Frank Wyatt, a
brakeman, Jumped through a window
and carried the women from the flames.
He waa badly burned.
CLOSES ITS DCOR8.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb., 26.—The
Comptroller of Currency to-day ap-
pointed a receiver for the First Na-
tional Bank of Belmont, Ohio, upon
telegraphic advice from the directora
of the bank that they had closed the
doors. Llabllltlea are 863,000.
THE PACIFIC STORM.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Feb. 26.—
One of the heaviest southwest storms
that has ever been experienced In many
years struck this city this morning.
The wind attained great velocity, blow-
ing forty-five miles an hour In the city,
while at Point Reyes It reached sixty
miles at 7:30 o'clock. Ships dragged
their anchors or broke their moorings
at their docks, a fishing boat was cap-
sized the telephone and electric wires
were down and awnings, shade trees
and fencea were wrecked und pedestri-
ans were greatly Inconvenienced.
Telegraph communication with the
oulside world was shut off. The full
force-of the storm was felt on the bay
and the bar was so rough that vessels
were unable to leave port.
North of the frrrb'h, crafts of all
sorts were tossed about like eggshels.
The violent south wind stirred the bay
into a rolling tempestuous sea, against
which anchors were almost futile.
Swell after swell, each apparently hea-
vier than the one preceding pounded the
vessels from the southerly direction and
sent them drifting in dangerous prox-
imity to one another, drove them close
to the piers and to the Islands and kept
the tow boats busy engaged In their ef-
fort to prevent disaster.
The transport Solace, with nothing
but 800 toni of coal to keep her down,
broke from her anchorage off Bsale
street and careened about the bay like
a drunken sailor. She drifted broadside
on until a collision with the govern-
ment steamer was Imminent, but she
veered off in the nick of time. The
wind and awell caused her to drift help-
lessly sending her finally toward the
transport wharf at Folsom street. The
officers of the service gathered on the
pier fully expecting the Solace to crash
Into the wharf. Fortunately the direc-
tion of the awell carried the tranBport
around until she Just cleared the buffer
and swung out Into the stream.
The transports Rosecrans and Han-
cock which arrived from Manila last
night remained in the storm. No effort
was made to land their passengers.
TbS H.iti Franc isco light ship No. 70,
located seven miles from Point Loboa,
parted her moorings during the storm
)on drifting toward the har-
she finally made. At the
went astray, the wind was
wn at a rate of seventy mllea
DENIES THE RUMOR.
LONDON, Feb., 26.—The War office
to-day denied rumors that General Lou
la Botha, the Boer commander In-chief
had made an offer to surrender on cer-
tain conditions.
KCMOIt OF ASSASSINATION.
BIRLIN, Feb., 26—An snoredltod
rumor was in circulation on the Bourse
h rs to 'lay to thw effect that the King
of Servia had been assassinated.
and was i
bor whlcl
time she
blowing d
an hour.
The three-story houses were blown
down In the Mission district. The
gale aa it swept over the Presido reser-
vation left In Its trail wreck and ruin.
The signal officers of the reserva*
tlon soy that at one time during the
mornliiK the wind was blowing at the
rate of 60 miles an hour.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL., Feb. 21—
Yesterday's storm wl. ch did some dam-
age In this city was general throughout
the atu.e. Heavy rain are reported
from all parte of California. The
streams in the interior are booming and
railroad tracks have been washed away
In places and the telegraph and tele-
phone lines prostrated and small bulW-
Ings blown down.
IOWA SENATE VOTES WOMAN
SUFFRAGE.
DE8 MOINES. IA., Feb., 26.-The
woman suffrage measure passed the up-
per house of the legislature today by a
vote of twenty-eigh' to sixteen. It was
In the senate that the greatest opposi-
tion was exp-cted, the house having
voted favorably two years ago. The
senate afterwards killed the bill.
A. A. Clarke and family will shortly
remove from Second atreot to Califor-
nia Avenuo.
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