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Oldest newspaper on Rock-Ic
land between Kansas and Tex
as. Has largest sworn, paid cir-
culation in Oklahoma Territory.
El Reno Herald.
Devoted to Progress of Ok-
lahoma in general and the ma-
terial welfare of the west sidi
and El Reno in particular.
VOL 6
EL KENO.O. T, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 188;").
NO. 32
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FRED DOUGLASS DEAD |
THE NOTED COLORED ORATOR
AND STATEbMAN NO MORE.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS NOTES.
J About 500,000 children are going to
| school in Kansas.
Washington's birthday was very
j generally celebrated.
I At the national council of women
Death Itcsul.s From Ile:irt l allure In ! in Washington, patriotism was the
Ilia Home >o r \\aldington — Hail theme.
lie., u, <•■>...! .ml Mr McKlnlcy wa. tlio.guest of thu
, Michigan club at Detroit and made a
Deuth Came Wlthont Warning. 'speech ■'
T i American Newspaper Publishers'
Wahh.n'oton, Fpb. 2i-F«dorick olosed B
PouglasR, the noted freedman, orator I , .. . / xt at i i «
anil diplomat, died a few minutes bo- I Governor Morton of New \ork hn5
- • i . . . • : | sicrned the Lawson bill, preventing
fore 7 o clock last night al tus resl (li luv of forej „ ' on bUo
donee in Anacosta, a suburb of tins , buildings'
city, of heart failure, llis death was j Jn Qre |n t|)o senatorial
entirely unexpected, as ho bad been j yoU, ,.ri(luv Selintor Dolph lost two
enjoying the best of health. ; mort. votC8. The ballot stood: Dolph
Mr. Douglass leaves two sons and a I Williams ao, Hare 10, Haley 0,
daughter, the children of his first j scattering 7.
wife. His second wife who was a , Keppe8ontative McUann of Illinois
white woman, survives him. j jjas jDtroduced a bill in the houso'sc-
Frcderlck Douglass was without
doubt one of the most talented men
his race has ever produced. He stood
by utriversal consent the head and
. KKKDEKll'K HOl'UI.ASS.
representative of his race in America.
His father he never knew. His
mother was a blaek slave, and he was
bjoru.ou a remoto plantation lying on
the banks of the Choptank river, in
Maryland. February 1817.
Mr. Douglass held a great many
important Federal offices, all of
which ho filled with credit to him-
self and the government, the last
being that of minister of Haytl under
President Harrison.
REAL RECOVERY HAS BEGUN.
Such In the Itellef of Many llmlness
Men throughout the Country.
Ni w Vokk, Feb. -H. >i- Dun A
Co.'s/Weekly Review of Trade, says:
The. surprising success of the new
loan hnd the great confidence it has
give^i to the investors on both sides
of jfhc water anil to business men
here encourage many to hope that it
may be the beginning of a real reeov-
ery. The industries are not enlarg-
ing production nor have prices of
farm products improved. Hut a very
. important source of apprehension and
liindrahce has for the time at least
been removed.
Wheat fell to 50 cents Saturday last
curing to sailors of vessels the pay-
I inent of their wages by giving them a
I lion upon the vessel.
| In Baltimore there was unveiled a
tablet lo mark the site of "the old
| court house," from the stairs of which
{ was read first to the people of Balti-
I more tire Declaration of Indepcnd-
j ence.
The reduction of the wages of the
. Trenton, N. J., potters from 25 to 50
percent will have an effect on the
I Kast'in Ohio and Western Pennsyl-
vania potters. A general strike may
result.
Representative Haugheon of Wis-
consin has introduced a bill in the
house to extend the provisions of the
inter-state commerce act to include
express companies acting as common
carriers.
Dennis Dunn, a Hull Hill man, who
was engaged in the Cripple Creek
war, has be-n found guilty of assault
with intent to kill Captain Doi'en-
baugh of the Coloraco National guard
last .1 uly.
The German commercial eongress,
by a unanimous vote, adopted a reso-
lution regretting t.ie adoption by the
reichstag of Count Von Mirbach's mo-
tion for an international monetary
conference.
Tlje house elections committee by a
vote of 7 to 4, decided the contest for
the seat of the Fourth district of Vir-
ginia in favor of Kpes, the Democrat
whe holds the seat, rejecting the
claims of (Soode, who ran on a fusion
ticket
. Secretary (iresham has decided he
will make no further effort to induce
congress to pass the bill appropriat-
ing SIT.,000 to pay damages sustained
I by British sealer s seized by our naval
: ships and revenue cutters in Behring
j Sea before the making of the modus
I vivendi.
I Chairman Hatch of the agricultural
committee says he proposes to de-
mand a vote iu the house upon the
resolution to print the dairy tests
made at the World's fair, which reso-
lution was adversely reported by the
committee on printing on account of
the cost involved.
A deputation of senators and mem-
bers of the French chamber of depu-
ties waited upon the Minister of Hus-
bandry and discussed with hiin the
question of the importation of Ameri-
can wheat. They also urged upon
the prohibition of the importation of
and has recovered to 57 cents, only
quarter below the price a week ago, i American cattle.
while corn, cotton and pork are un- < ^ tjJe 0f t,jie budget commit-
tee of the Reichstag Vice Admiral
! Hollman announced experiments had
' been made at the Krupp works of
HIS ESTATE VERY SMALL-
Wnril McAllister'* lotnl Properly Worth
Only Ten Thousand Dollar*.
Nkw York, Feb. 23.—Louise Mc-
Allister, daughter of the late Ward
McAllister, has applied for letters of
administration before Surrogate Fitz-
gerald. The deceased, according to
the petition, left the widow, Sarah
McAllister, the petitioner, Louise Mc-
Allister, and two. sons, Ward Mc-
Allister, jr., and Hayward II. Mc-
Allister, as survivors.
No real estate was left, and the
personal property does not exceed
the sutu <>f 810.000. Edward LaHiter-
liach represented Ward McAllister,
jr., und Anderson, Rowland Mur-
ray appeared for the petitioner.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
l.emlliiK Member* of a Typograplcal
I n Ion Indicted.
IIklton, Texas, Feb. 23.—The lead-
ing members of Typogrophical union
irrevtod .yesterday on indict-
new armor plate whieh had
been hardened by a new process and
that the results obtained were won-
derful. The process, he also said,
greatly* increased the resisting power
of the plates.
The Harvard faculty lias voted to
abolish intercollegiate foot ball.
Mrs. Ramey.wife of Rev. Mr. Ramey
of Newport, Mo., was terribly gored
by a vicious cow.
Charles F. Warwick. Republican,
was elected mayor of Philadelphia by
over 00.000 majority.
The Republicans of Chicago have
nominated (Seorge 11. Swift for mayor.
Uovernor Richards of Wyoming has
vetoed the bill providing for a board
of arbitration to settle labor disputes
in thnt state. He says it is unconsti-
tutional.
The house of Jacob (iaulkel, near
Star City, Mich., burned during the
absence of Mrs. tiaulkel and her two
children, aged 5 and .i years, were
burned to death.
At Huntington. W. Va., the Ensign
. .- • . : car manufacturing company, which
nts charging conspiracy afriunst . luls b(.on i(1,0 over a year, "
THE 'FRISCO HELD UP.
OVERHAULED BY THREE BAN-
DITS NEAR AURORA. MO.
Knglneer mid Fireman Compelled to
llreak Open tlio Kxprcs* Car—Hut tho
Messenger Kicapcd by the Itear Door
and the Itohhora Got Nothing.
Aurora, Ma, Feb. 22.—'Frisco train
No. 1, westbound, Conductor Wight-
man and Engineer Stepff*nson, due
hero at 7:20 p. m., was held up two
and one-half miles east of this city
last nighL Three men boarded the
train at Martinville, tive iniles east of
Aurora, getting on the blind baggage
car. When about half the distance
between that place and Aurora they
crawled over the tender, and covering
Eugiueer Stephenson and his firemen
with revolvers, commanded them to
stop the train. Then they were
marched back to tho express car,one of
them telling the captives that if they
did not break open the express car
door both of them would be shot
The door was soon opened and the
robbers made a search for the express
messenger, but did not succeed in
finding him, as he had made his es-
cape through the door in the rear of
the car locking it after him. After
making a thorough search of the car
and not finding anything, and not
having anything with which to open
the safe, tho bandits escorted the en-
gineer and fireman back to the en- I
gine and disappeared in the darkness. I
tiring several shots as they departed, j
and which were answered by the con - j
ductoi and brake-man.
CREMATED ALIVE.
HORRIBLE TREATMENT.
Fearful Outrage rerpatrated on Wil-
liam W'Mlttl of HL Joseph.
St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 23.—William
Walsh, an old bachelor, who has for
years resided alone in an old house
in tho south part of the city, and
who is reported to be a miser, was
called out of bed early yesterday
morning by five masked men, who
seized him and at the point of pistols
attempted to make him divulge the
hiding place of his money, if" re"
fused and they set fire to his hair and
beard, burning them off. and burning
his body with a red hot poker, lie
still refused and they placed his feet
over a tiro anil roasted them. Upon
his still refusing, they beat him into
insensibility and after ransacking the
house escaped.
FRENCH TROOPS ROUTED.
Three llunilri'd Soldier* Killed by llrave
Nallvn* tn I'ontral Africa.
Paris, Feb. 23.—The Quotien re-
ports that the French expedition
which left Marseilles some months ago
under the command of Commandant
Monteil for service in the interior of
Africa was surprised and 300 men,
comprising half the force of the ex-
pedition, were killed, while the re-
mainder were driven from the line of
march and their retreat cut off. Tho
minister of colonies has received an
urgent appeal from the commander
of the expedition for reinforcements.
TO PAY BOUNTIES ON SUGAR.
lllm-kburn l!as Introduced no
Amendment for that 1'urpose.
Washington, Feb. 23. —Scnatoi
Hlnckburn. on behalf of the com-
mittee on appropriations, introduced
an amendment to tho sundry civil
bill to provide for the payment of the
full bounty on tho sugar produced in
1803 and for tie payment of eight-
duction for 1804.
LAVINIA HARRIS DEAD.
Tbree Persons Burnt-il to lleatli In
Flro at Hot Spring*.
Hot Sphinoh, Ark., Feb. 23.—Three
lives
property destroyed by a tiro which
broke out here at 1 o'clock yesterday
morning and swept ovor four blocks j
of buildings.
The dead are; The Oauehter of the hanna* C ngru*n-
Mrs. Clara Summons,boarding house j miin in lied.
ke,0,pw 111' 6pr!,ngS- V ,1 v V ! WABHIHOTON, Feb. si.-Mr*. f.avinla
D. W. \Ning, filenn rails, N. 1 ,, , , , . , win a
Mrs. Maggie llecox, boarding house | Bohsnnon, daughter of William A.
keeper. Harris, congressman at large from
Mr. and Mrs. Bronson of Macon Kansas, who eloped with Mr. Rohan•
Ma, were slightly injured in jumping non, a liveryman of Luray, Va., last
from the burning buildings. August, was found dead in bed at hei
Luray home.
MILLS AGAINST BONDS.
Repeal
Murdered Her Aged llushanil.
The Texas Senator Propntc* to Repeal west plains, Mo., Feb. 20.—The
All Provisions still in Force. ' story of a peculiar murder come?
Washington, Feb. 23. — Senator fr0m Marion county, Ark. Samuel
Mills has given notice of the follow- Cowles, an old man from Illinois, was
ing amendment to the sundry civil : found dead nearly a mile from home,
appropriation bill: "And all laws j It is alleged that his wife had chased
which authorize tho secretary of the , him from the house with a borrow
treasury to sell bonds of the' United j J0®1*). with which it js claimed she
States for any purpose are hereby re-
pealed." It is intended to follow the
paragra|>h in the bill making the pro-
vision for the collection, safe keep-
ing, transfer am disburse
public money and for transportation
of notes, bonds and other securities.
inflcted several wounds which caused
his death. The bloody instrument
and other signaof murder were found
l, tin house. Other evidence was ad-
L oTthe ' dneed incriminating his wife,
WEEK'S REVIEW IN BRIEF
NOTABLE HAPPENINGS FROM
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Rolled Down For lluay Mtnttw Into
Nutshells (Jiving Vuluable Infor-
mation of the Great Pualag Show
aa Oleaued from the Wire Hepurte.
Twenty-one first-class postmasters
were appointed Tuesday.
3Arcluluke Albert, uncle of the Em-
peror of Austria is dead.
It is asserted that William C. Wil-
son is to be sent to Mexico.
There is s possibility that St Louis
may have loug-distance telephones be-
fore long.
The Senate spent nearly tho entiro
day Tuesday wrangling over the fi-
nance question.
The coal miners in three mines nt
lientchler Station, 111., struck for in-
creased wages.
Frank Kvans stabbed Ed. Martin to
the heart at Hot Springs, Ark., over a
trivial matter.
Steven Johnson, in jail at Guthrie,
Ok., on a charge of horsestealing
hauged himself.
James W. Scott has purchased a
controlling interest in the Chicago
Herald and Post.
The Keichstag passed tho resolution
to issue invitatious for an internation-
al silver conferance.
Minister Grav's remains crossed the
line into tho I'nited States at El l'aso,
Texas Monday morning.
Vcnizona Nino cut his wife's throat
in the presence of their children in
New York last Tuesday.
The defense is endeavoring to prove
a complete alibi for Harry Hayward
in the Ging murder trial.
Lieutenant E. P. Peck was killed
by the bursting o' a gun nt the prov-
ing grounds on Staten Island.
It was decided at a meeting in Chi-
cago to combine all the millers' organ-
isations throughout the country.
It is said President Cleveland and
Secretary Carlisle will take a vacation
immediately after Congress adjourns.
Morganfleld's trial began Tuesday
at Richmond, Va. Ho is charged
with the 825,000 Acquia creek train
robbery.
The contest for the county clerk-
ship of Kuchanan county,Missouri, was
decided in favor of Robert Nash, Dem-
ocrat.
Congress has been memorialized to
withdraw tho lands, including the
Arizona petrilled forest from settle-
ment.
Tho Kansas City cable railway com-
SHOT DEAD BY
WOMAN.
A Knn*as Canrluiian Kill* lllmtolf.
St. John, Kan., Feb. 21.—Otto Ihl,
a ranchman, committed suicide at his
ranch, nine iniles north of St. John,
by blowing one side of his head off
w'th a shotgun. He was formerly a
banker in St John, having come out
here from Chicago, where lie had been
for years connected with a large toy
day She claims that her bus- anij notion concern. Despondency
the probable cause.
An Oklahoma Dresimaker Kills i
for Shadowing Her.
gutorib, Ok., Feb. 23.—Mrs. M. C. |
Taylor, a dressmaker,
the head of William II. Harrison with
a shot gun. ohe had applied for a di-
vorce and the case was set for to-
«f,la"n8^a.n,l1?.d5„e,lin th° YG,m ' PaI,y WHS consolidated by stipulati
years o | jn ^|(e 5jUprclne court at Jefferson
City, Ma,
Mexican coins which I'nited States
statutes provides may be
the treasury a.o no longi
trade. The union, or committee,
formed several mouths ago. issued 1
circulars recommending a boycott |
against the Templb Sun, an office that
had recently withdrawn froir the
linioq^aud the arrests are the out-
come of'this. Tliuy gave bond for
$.*>00 each.
-^W Iclil'la Wania a New Itoad.
Wichita, Kan., Feb. 23.— The
Wichita Southern is the title of a
projocfetLrailroad which Wichita men
will build if they can secure the
necessary capital. It is proposed to
run from here to McAlester, lnd.
Terr., after cheap coal. A committee
of citizens has already been appointed
to lobby, au act through the legis-
lature enabling Sedgwick county to
guarantee interest for live years on
bond* of the railroad company, to bo
'ssued at the rate of 8*.000 a mile.
tlelr to a Fortune of &l(M),00(>,00t).
Hannibal. Mo., Feb, 22.— James R
Leake of this city thinks ho has
fallen heir to an estate in New York
city estimated to bo wortjj SlOO.uoti,-
000. lie will leave in a few days for
New York to settle his claims. He is
about 70 years old and has resided in
Hannibal over fifty years,
sume operations in full force March
1. The plant will employ 1.000 men.
Tho house committee on public
lands voted to favorably report Rep-
resentative Camietti's bill for the for-
feiture of the granted lands of tho
Pacific railroads where tho corpora-
tions have failed or refused to redeem
their bonds
The Trenton Pottery company, the
Sanitary Pottery syndicate has given
notice to its pressers of a reduction
from twenty-five to fifty per cent
from present working prices. As the
reduction is so sweeping it is feared
it will lead to a strik.'.
An immense electric power house,
next in size to the Niagara Falls
plant, is to be built this year in tho
Stuck valley, ten miles east of Ta-
coma, Wash. To carry out the pro-
ject the White River Water Power
company has been incorporated under
the iaws of New Jersey.
The Yale and Princeton debating
societies have chosen this subject for
their debate at Now Haven on May
! 10: Resolved, That the income tax of
'01 was a justifiable measure. It has
1 been decided that the question of the
constitutionality of the measure shall
I not be debated.
Eighty-five per cent of the window
j glass production of the country is
Gi'tiihie, Ok., Feb. 22.—Tho cattle- represented in Columbus, Ohio, for
mqn, who have dominated the Choro- tho purpose of bracing up business.
k«e strip for years, suffered a com- The California Assembly has passed
plete rout in tho lower house of the the bill to prevent the wearing of
legislature in tho defeat of the free hats or bonnets in theaters or other
rnnso and the.enaellng of mens- , places of public amusement. The bdl
ures compelling them to keep their imposes a penalty of 8;>0 for violation
herds within fenced enclosures. tno law.
The sundry civil bill reported to the
Killed l y a llurstlng tlun. senate contains intact the provision
SAjii'Y Hook. N. J.. Feb 20.—Fro- for tho United States penitentiary,
mont P. Pock, first lieutenant of the which tho people of Leavenworth had
ordnance corps, was killed at the hoped to have stricken out, also tho
proving grounds by tho bursting of a appropriation for a military school at
breed) of a rapid-iiring gun. that place.
• For the first time in ten years every
A llobber With Armor. coal mine in the Salineville, Ohio, dis-
. Thixipad, Col., Feb. 20. — Thomas trict is working with a full force of
jTook, a merchant in El Moro, wa- men.
forced to open Ida safe by a masked At Brooklyn fire in the eight-story
man but a, the burglar wai leaving building owned by Arbuckle llrra,.,
tho .tore Cook shot at him with a "ml know" as tl.e Arbuckle coffee
Winchester. The bullet struck the m U. caused Woo.OOO damages.
robber In the shoulder and fell to the : t.'ll loprerentthe .uanuf.etu.",
floor llatten.d out. showing that lie sale or other distribution of clgarett
\ had some sort of a bullet proof cover- | ba^passe^d ^otl^b'a^he^of J h^_ CaU;
band hired Harrison to shadow her
and get evidence against her. Har-
rison, she says, has dogged her for
weeks and yesterday entered her ,
house. When she ordered him out
and he refused to go, she killed liiia.
A Measure Party In a Wreck.
St. Ci.oi'D, Minn., Feb. 23.—111 re-
turning from a dance at Waile park
early this morning an omnibus con-
taining twenty-five men and women
was overturned a mile from the city
and a stove ignited the curtains and
straw. Several persons were badly
injured, Mrs. dames Heath being
trampled upon and badly hurt, Mrs.
Joseph Petters sustaining a severe
scalp wound, Mrs. Chester Waito be-
ing internally injured and Owen
Hines, the local manager of the
Northwestern telephone exchange
burned in a number of places.
Committed Suicide on tho Street.
Kansas CII V, M.-., Feb 28. -B. J.
Millhous'e, employed in Fowler's
packing house committed suicide this
morning by swallowing carbolic acid
on tho street. He died in Officer
O'Grady's arms, lie had followed his
wife and Cash Gcers, a young clerk,
nil over the country and tinally
located them in this city where he
had them arrested. She refused to
leave Geers, and this so pre- ed on his
mind that he took his own life.
I'owiler I- xplonlon.
Foht Scctt, Kan., Feb. 22.—While
preparing for bed last night, Frank
Pfelffcr, aged 19 years, dropped a
spark from liis pipe into a sack con-
taining three pounds of gunpowder
in an open washstand drawer, lly
the explosion which fol.owed the
roof was rais'd and the front and the
sides of the building were forced out
by tho concussion. Tho young man
was horribly burned.
Looted liy Hold llurglars.
Tiiomaston, Conn , Feb. 23.—Three
men of whom no description can be
obtained used dynamite to blow off
the doors of the Tiiomaston savings
bank vault at 1 o'clock this morning
and secured all the cash in the vault
Citizens who were aroused by the ex-
plosion were driven back at the muz-
zles of revolvers in the hands of tho
Not (iullty of Robbery.
Kkoki k, Iowa, Feb. 22. The trial
of Lincoln Overfield and Charles
A brain of Memphis. Mo., charged with
holding up and attempting to rob a
Santa Fo train near Gorin, Mo., sev-
eral months ago, was concluded last
evening. Tho jury returned a verdict
of not guilty.
coined at
No !
No Danger of V ar Now.
City ok Mkxico, Feb. 23.—The se-
vere illness of Kinilio Do Leon, Guate-
malan envoy to Mexico, has delayed
active negotiations on the interna-
tional boundary question, which now
resolved itself largely to routine au-
diting work and diplomatic corre-
spondence. It hns been generally
accepted now for over a week that |
there is not the slightest prospect for slavi
war, unless things should take au ut-
terly unlooked for turn.
llow Time* Have t hanged.
Ralkioii, N. ('., Feb. 23.—The house
of representatives yesterday resolved
to adjourn out of respect to the mem-
ory of Frederick Douglass. As it re-
fused to adjourn on Lee's birthday
this action causes great indignation.
The Klieillvo fiel« Married.
AI Ito, Feb. 31.—The khedive signed
contract with his favorite
tho presence of the Egyptian
ministers. Tills net constitutes a
marriage to the sluvo and there will
live" of . Family > ro..a. | bu "° Public ceremony.
ijlonpalk, Ma, Feb. 21.—In the Short for Over •I'j.ooo.
Beaufort mountains, eight miles Durango, Col., Feb. 23.—A com-
southwest of this pluce, during the mittce appointed to examine tho
billiard a wood chopper named John books of John l\ Holla the county
, treasurer, lias reported a shortage of
over 81',',OOO.
A (.ambler Shot Head.
IlorsTON, Texas, Feb. ?3.—Yester-
day afternoon on the principal busi-
ness street W. J. Perry, a well-known
gambler and a wealthy citizen of
Houston, was shot uud killed by
Joseph 11. Stnhl, a building contrac-
tor. Iloth men were drinking and
both using abusive language.
Safe Itinuer* In Salina, Kan.
Salina. Kan., Feb. 23.—The general
merchandise store of J. II. Wolsieffcr
was entered by burglars last night
and the safe blown open. Over
82.000 in notes and Sinn in monoy was
stolen. It was tho work of profes-
\ irfg for the npper part of his body.
forma legislature and has been
vn - 1 w Y ..1.. o s,.....n to tho governor for his approval. Tho
lie escaped, but got only a small sum M,nut<!K j tlw ,,iU' 'bv u
o money. inous vote and in the assembly it
J. A.
Shot Ills Mife and 1 lieu lllmself.
Omaha, Neb.. Feb. 23. — Charles
Matthows. a discharged private of
company G. Second Culted Mali.* in-
fantry. murdered his wife ind com-
mitted suicide.
Seed for the Sufferer*.
Washington. Feb. 23.—Senator
Allen, from the committee on forest
reservation, to-day favorably reported
the amendment to tho sundry civil
appropriation bill appropriating * 100,-
>)0 for tho purchase of seed for the
benefit of tho drought stricken dis-
tricts.
Solons tome to lllowrs.
DKNVr.lt, Col., Feb. 23.— Senators
.ieorge I'eas of Park county und
David A Mills of La trie county, both
Populists, came to blows during tho
i aossion of the senate to-da
tut Ills lliroat \\ 11 h a Kacor.
Ol'thhik, Ok., Feb. 23.—Cal Ewing
a farmer living near Red Rock, com-
mitted suicide bv cutting his throat
with a razor, because of a quarrel
with his bride, whom ho married
few weok^- ago in Northern Kansas.
hnn«sa \>m
Topkka. Kan., 1
council of Kansas
sion here, has cho
ionic OMirers.
'eb. 20.—The grand
Masons, now inses-
ten ofllccrs for the
ensuing year as follows. James S.
May of Hutchinson, most illustrious
grand master; A. A. Carnahan of Con-
cordia. illustrious deputy grand mav
tor; Frank K. Davis of Atchison, ib
luMtrious principal conductor of tho
work; P. J. Frcllingof Leavenworth,
grand secretary.
. The •Innlli May Keturn.
IlKnu.N, Fob 21. Tho bill to repeal
Mej
Admiral Ting, Commodore Liu and
General Chang, Chinese, killed them-
selves because of the ucfcat of the
Wel-Hai-Wei.
Some doubt is felt that the Senate
may not confirm tho nppointmeut of
Dr. Senner as Immigration inspector
at New York.
Albert Whipple, who is a fugitive
iinnk defaulter of Nebraska, proves to
be the same man who did time in Iowa
for swindling.
The Senate and the House conferees
on the consular appropriation bill re-
ported a disagreement on tho Hawa-
iian cable attachment.
Ted Hart, brother of tho president
of the Chicago Baseball Club, wns ar-
rested charged with kissing a Georgia
oinan six times against her will.
The government is after the Para-
gould and Southern railway with a
harp stick for building a bridge
across the navigable St. Francis river
In Arkansas.
Representatives of all distilleries
onsulted with Receiver McNnlto of
the Whisky Trust. The receiver sug-
gested that the price be advanced 2', I
cents a gallon.
The assembly of the state legisla- |
turo of California by an unanimous
vote adopted resolutions Monday fav- |
oring the annexation of the Hawaiian
Islands anil the election of I'nited I
States Senators by the popular vote.
Reports have been received at Aber-
deen, South Dakota, of a Severe bllz- !
/ord in the hills east of there Sunday.
Mrs. Nehring and four children, liv-
ing near Webster, attempted to go to
a neighbor's house during the storm.
They became bewildered and when
found the mother and two children
were dead and the other two children
badly frozen.
A fire broke out in the Asbury hos-
pital, a Methodist institution, at Min-
neapolis, Minn., Monday morning.
There were about thirty patients in
the hospital at the time, and all were
safely removed to St. Barahe'a hospi-
tal Just across the street. A force of
Henry Irving, the English actor, ia
very ill.
Twenty-flve fourth-class postmas-
ters were appointed.
At the Illinois state fair a day will
be set apart for the old soldiers.
The insurance companies have of-
fered a roward of SIO.COO for Dr. Frak-
The Khcdivo has signed tho mar-
riage contract with his harem favor-
ite.
Dr. llulke, president of tho Royal
College of Surgooua of England, is
dead.
Secretary Carlisle has returned from
New York suffering from au attack
of grip.
H. Hen Wise, a drummer, died at
Mexico, Mo., from au overdose of mor-
phine.
) thousand Chinese soldiers were
killed by the explosion of a magazine
last week.
Elliott of Kansas City, defeated
Fulford of Utica, again at livo bird
shooting.
James B. Geutry, who murdered
Madge Yorke, will rceover from his
self-inilicted wounds,
Curdelia Hill of Charleston, W. Va.,
killed her father because he was
choking her mother.
Mrs. Rainey, wife of Rev. Mr. Harn-
ey of Newport, Mo., was terribly gor
ed by a vicious cow.
The trial of Captain llow^ate for
embezzling from Uncle Sam was given
to tho jury last week.
The bill providing for a new bridge
over tho Mississippi at St. Louis was
again favort bly reported.
Frank Victorato, a Greelt, who
fought with Marco Bozzaris, died nt
Salem, Muss., last week.
Patrick Higgins, oneo a go-between
for Knglish and American Fenians,
died ut Liverpool last week.
The Japanese Government has ask-
ed Parliament for 100,000,000 yen ud-
ditioual to carry on the war.
John Young, sentenced to be hang-
ed March 15, escaped from the jail ut
Edmonson county, Kentucky.
Li-Hung-Chang will attempt to over-
throw the present Chinese dynasty in
revenge for indignities put upon liiui
> It has been decided to inter the re-
mains of the late Frederick Douglass
in Mount Ilopo Cemetery, Rochester,
N. Y.
Several Paris newspaper men con-
victed of blackmailing, were sentenc-
ed last week to terms of imprison-
ment.
Robert Newberry of Tottenham, On-
tario, 75 years of age, murdered his
wife, wounded his niece uud commit-
ted suicide.
J. Foster Rhodes of Chicago, wus
knighted by King Carlos of Portugal.
Mr. Rhodes is a promoter of building
companies.
IN THE NEW COUNTRY
BRIEF BITS OF GENERAL NEWS
FROM THE TERRITORIES.
.Iklnimnin nnd th® Indian Territory
with Their liuduet of fJem*rnl nnd
1.neal Lore itemized tor tho Con-
venience of the tienorul ltcudor.
The homo of Emery Foster, three
jiilcs south of Chandler, was recently
burned lo tho ground. A fine library
went up with tho flames.
M. Loder, au insane cigar maker
from Oklahoma, escaped from the asy-
lum at Jacksonville the other day.
and was captured in a fo*v hours and
put back in his cell.
A deal was consummated Friday for
five acres of land adjacent to tho San-
ta Fo track at Ardmore, for the pur-
pose of erccting another compress
plant. The syndicate Is composed of
MeFnddan Bros., of Philadelphia and
Liverpool ami other Kastern capital-
ists. Extensive operations will teg in
at once.
LEGISLATIVE.
SATtTwnAY. Fsb. lfl.-A bill tntrodaoed t.
tor Proutjr haspaMeil ttiooouneil providing thai la
rimes whore they wore eligible soldiers should be
preferred In hiro In sll public places bet was kill-
ed In ths houHe. The matter wns gensrallr ooa*
sidnred by tho soldiers tht-m*«lvss ss reflecting on
their manhood as ntiienihlp. They wantsd aa
such exception. A fine of tt wu provldsd M a
pensltr for the violation of the law.
Tho hiiiiso nsstcd this afternoon the bill creat-
ing the Oklahoma Horticultural Hooiety and ap-
propriating |1,000 for Its support. The bill pro-
▼ ides that the collection shall lie kept at the terri-
torial university I wenly-flve directors are pro*
vldod for. The Editorial association having giv-
uu up iu collection to this organisation, it is to
lisvo a miijorlty of tbo directors.
The county scat tight ia becoming more formld*
abloevury day.
The house passed a very Important bill to-day
providing for apponts from justice to probate
courts, and, on matters of la«v, directly from Uie
probate to the supreme court.
Monoav, Fob. IH. A resolution lias been Intro-
duced In tho council by Senator Handy, asking
the oflicts of Territorial Treasurer Turner be In-
vestigated by nroiumitteo of the two housos, bat
never came up for consideration.
A resolution offered by Met ojr. asking congress
for the speedy making of Oklnhoina. Now Mexico
and Arizona Status, was adopted bjr the house to-
separate colored school bills wore Intro.!an-
od today, one by Kel oid, Populist, tho other by
Hendrix. Democrat.
The house refused to concur In the resolution
asking congress to appropriate money tor the pur-
chase of seed for the ('hcrokoe Strip settlors. It
desires the settlers <«f the Cherokee and the Arapa-
hoe country included.
Itepresentatlve Spencer caused a sensation today
by Introducing In the house n resolution calling
for the investigation ol tlio Oak Ijiwh Insane asy-
lum at Jacksonville. 111. where Oklahoma's in-
sane lire kept under contract. The resolati >n al-
leged tlio death r:it- at the Illinois Institution of
•arly 50 per cont of Its patients: that no person
ere wns ever discharged nnd thut Information
hud just reached him i lieprosentntive Spencer)
Hint Okluhoiim patients w.-ro kept iu a wooden
building without ltri> protection.
I . lo. —On i of the most important
thnt will do more for the terri-
tory fluNiicially th.in any other, h is passed both
wes of tho lotfislaturo. It is n bill repealing
usury law and wiping it entirely off tho statute
It Senator Tnnkorsloy Introduced a bill pro*
vlding that the legal r ite of coutrAut shaU be T
per cent a id any co itMct ni-ide for more than
burner shall lose both principal and in*
he council cut the bill up badly, and
turning il inside out. made non usury, laying the
bars do.
v provide*
act is speollW
Tho house follow
the goo I work of tlio council and passed the hill a
smcii'l"d Tlio embargo being taken off it Is et-
pe. led thai interest on money will bo cheaper here-
the territory will lie a safe field lor in-
Lord Boseberry called a special
cabinet meeting Tuesday, Dissolu-
tion of parliament is believed to bo
imminent.
Germany is preparing wnr material,
re-arming her forts and drilling her
troop* as though in preparation for
trouble.
Samuel Young, of Wiltshire, 0., 70
years of age. stabbed to death it is
young wife and then hanged himself
lust
The fire in tho hold of tho steamer
t'apo Carrientes, which arrived at
llarve, February 17, from (ialveston,
is under control.
Near San Angelo, Tex., Mrs. Augus-
tine was killed by a drunken Mexican
while trying to protect her daughter
from him.
Belle Moaby, one of tho survivors of
the civil war horses, was buried last
week with military honors at Library,
near Pittsburg, Pa.
(J. Andre Mondchare, French Con-
sul at Chicago, was assaulted by a
negro because ho tried to savo a kit-
ten from dogs.
A concurrent resolution passed both
Missouri houses providing for a popu-
lar vote on a proposition to remove
the capital from Jefferson t 'ity to So-
dalia.
Because his wife allowed her pug
dog to kiss her and would not permit
him the same privilege, Peter Bow-
man. of New Albany, Ind., assaulted
her. Two sons attacked hiin with
clubs ami fractured his skull. The
boys were arrested and placed in jail
to await the result of his injuries,
which are serious.
The Elves of Oberon formally open-
ed the carnival season Monday night
by a magnificent ball at the grand
opera house, presenting tableux bused
on the Midsummer Night's Dream.
Many strangers are already at New
Orleans and the outlook is for the
I largest crowd ever seen there, espec-
ially since the weather has regained
The trial of Crawford Hold shy, alias
Cherokee Bill, for the murder of Er-
nest Milton at Lenuph, I. 'I'., began in
the I'nited States Court at Fort Smith
Wednesday. The jury is not yet com-
pleted. An indictment charging
rherokeo Bill with murdering his
brother-in-law, Mose Brown, was re-
turned last week by the ti rand jury.
largo force of Deputy lrnitc<|
States Marshals left Outline Thurs-
day morning for the town of Ingalls,
on the border of tho Indian country,
fifty miles east, having information
that Hill Doolin ami half a dozen otli-
ir outlaws were in hiding there. They
vent determined to have a battle and
'iipture or kill the outlaws, and if sue-
ess ful the last remnant of all tho no-
torious out law flings will be extermi-
nated from the two territories.
A meeting of tho representative citi-
ns was held in Wichita Thursday
night for the purpose of selecting a
oininittee togo to Topelcu und secure
the passage through the legislature of
ct empowering the county of Sedg-
wick to guarantee the payment of in-
terest on the first mortgage bonds of
the Wichita and Southern railroad on
Joo miles of road not exceeding •s.OOO
per mile for a period of five years.
This amount in esse the road is built
would make 8J,000,000 und the interest
of ft percent each year would uinount
to 8100,000. This ron I is to run
Wichita to South McAlester through
Oklahoma.
Deputy I'nited States Marshals
Louie EichofT, Colonel Mndsen, Cup-
tain Prater, Sergeant Morris, Corporal
Bunks and Private William Brown ar-
rived in Woodward Monday morning
with the following prisoners: Bill
Mclvlnaie, Tonu Weasel, <Irani. Petti-
John, Jim Harbold, Jake McKen/.le
and two others. Ilurbold andMeKen
y.ie were charged with bein*' niip'w iiK
ed in the murder of Sheriff McKcc at j —
,. , ... i,„„ I Wi i.mnimv, l'eb,'20 -The house passed
t anadlnn, rexua, and weio talit n three county sent* of the fhoro
there for trial. The other tive prison i iiict. Tho ciioloo of u L* ~ K"'
CIS are charged will, being implicated dobatn.,^
in the murder of Fred Hoffman, coun-1 „„d K Washington. ,
. I I i siitea r.iiii- \ bill creating n hoard of regents for the Ai'ricul-
ty treasurer nnd I llltiil t lit. fnrnl c.llege was pni< "i liy the house. Tho who.#
missioner of tho county Tlio killing K.,v,.rii nut of tim college is changed,
of Hoffman has been shrouded in inys- ^ t|,'y'|'i'.Vit^nVtnk|"o«.l#• i'nt« it was
tery. i "lade the MSB aa now I 00. One third of the
| fund is to go to the school anil
As the Teller bill, giving a new ju- county fond. An attempt
diiiiil system to tlio Indian IVirltor.v, } '■
with amendment:, now stands ill con- \ lull appropriating 12.000 for the binding and
ferenee, it provides for two additional . *«Vy i- —
United States courts in the Territory I „r's !.i ii.e's..noty h„...—-------- . . . .
i • 1 frnw Outline; A. .1. Soay, Kingfisher: John I. Oil-
to have exactly similar jurisdiction K, n,.,,., n,.„ry k. Asp. iluthrie. W. It. Ash-
"'• "Jw',:r"'i!;,,li.ciw;i
These courts are to continue to have , vuutlirie; .( .1 Burke, Oklahoma
thi-ir present power until September I. . i,,: J..U
iH'.m. when the jurisdiction now held j ( r ( n ( •..r.inU Walling. Mvlford; •!. v. Admire,
by the I'nited States court lit Fort Kingfisher. A. 1 Hold*. Newkirk; W.•
• . . , . I.,- 'I' . .,,:|i I... W o idward; KfBo liilstran.' handler; J. H "ale.
Smith, Ark., and I aris, l x., will In |'#wne#11'rofeaaor 1). It. lloyd. Norman,
transferred to theui. There is an . ,|.)n.„-1(AV Feh" 7l A bl ated debate took
amendment pend ing which provides 1 t,,day between Senator Maker and Hole, over
thst esses >nav ! • nppeiiled from 1 ""
tribal courts to these " "
irovldes thnt nny roan going
within s'i\ miles of n cftv shall build Into the city.
The bill was introduced by Mr. Mason of Chandler,
and provides (list if Hie road reached within ten
mile* of a county s«at It had to outer it.
The monsure produced the hottest flgbt so far in
the bouse. It br night into conflict all the towna
in tl.e territory. All kinds of amendments were
atiempted lo lie Incorporated Into the bill.
It was felt that if n mile limit was made the law
might be Impracticable, hut ton to six miles was
loo much. Tim bill finally passed with a six mile
limit and Is to apply lo all cities alike.
Senator Fcgan's fou anil salary bill pasted the
council very much as it was drafted
A resolution has been introduced asking as tn
tho status of the Indians thnt aro allotted, whether
tlicv are ( uitcd BtaUis citisens.
The council passed a bill giving probate courts
ci|Ual |iiris lii-tiim with the district courts In civil
cases involving from *1 hi to 11.000, and givint pro-
hate court clerks the same power as district clerks,
that of iasuinu process und doing the ministerial
ads of the oflu-e.
Senator boom offered a resolution In the coun-
cil to lay asking the way* and means conunltte to
furnish u r.'port to the council of the Items of ax-
pcn*i' in the ddf -rent departments of the territory
for which the fiscal appropriation will be askod.
Tho Hi-houl I ami committee was addressed by
Mr I 11-1 land'.nvrkins. Johnson of Newkirk and
ex-Sciintor I'ulliuin of Ibis county on a
I.ill to change the present system of leasing school
lands. It intends to do away wit'" ,u" •—
system of competitive bidding.
ritory is to be dividi
* T.Z
ThePn,"ur-
divided into three districts, each
district to liave a board of appraisers eoi
of three persons who rhull appraise the «
lands. It also p
of improvements of
ti un I purchase of the land.
The handling of school leases Is to bo chang"!
control o( IHu governor to the secretary
is have fi.000 a year as ex
i brought i
named Hhorman; D. Morrison!
■ thirds I
i also made to kll
' by publication In newi
.apers when a license was taken out, but 'ailed.
A bill appropriating $!.000 for t
r of the Oklahoma Historical
States courts, but a de
very uncertain. The
United
ion is still j Monday
will be two j ofOkl'ah'
new judges, two new district attor-
neys, two new marshals to bo appoint-
ed, to say nothing of the many attend-
ant ofllccrs of the new court.
made special
-IT'
School laud leasing hai
The oklahoma 11 isloriciu society bill
today by Ilia president of the
ol the house, and the pens w
signed were given as part of
the institution.
. 11 and Spencer
which the bill wss
historical data of
laundresses and nurses on the top its warmpth. The state sheriffs and
ith difficulty. The
flames were distinguished before the
building had been aeriously damaged.
other bodies have urranged to
re during the curnival and will
ill the crowd.
Western, near lluntin/
other day,
Kerr's store and postoflice i passed by a vote of M to 12. It is I struck I'eas on tho head with a paper I tag amid chcors fr'oin the Catholic
blown open | believed that Uovernor lludd will ap- | weight, inflicting a serious injury.
safe at (Jrieh, Mo., was
and 9300 securcd.
prove this measure.
I Mills j the anti-Jesuit luiv passed the reich
party,
three others dangerously injured.
Deputy I'nited States Marshal O. W.
Drake of Lexington, Ky., with two as-
sistants, captured seven desperate
moonshiners on Outen crook, in Knott
county, ufter a hurd battle. Among
them wss A. C. Sloane. one of the five
men who murdered United States
Marshal Kraatiis Wierinan at the same
place, bix years ago. The entire party
passed through I etlntfton Monday,
en route for trial ut Louiavlllo.
Queen Victoria's rheumatism has so
increased that she is unable to walk
The French chamber voted down
the proposition to separate church and
state.
The For bestow n stage wss robbed
Saturday morning three miles from
0:*ville, California., by a lone high-
wayman with a shot gun The treas-
urer box was taken an I two passen-
gers robbed of §1-10. In all about $400
was secured The I'nited States mail
the Norfolk and A. B. Hunt chief of the fire depart-
. Va., the I inent of Seattle, Washington, hasniys-
killed and tcriously disappeared and no trace of
Following is the list of killed and in- ,
jured in the wreck on the Santa Fo
Saturday night, five miles south of ^
Outline between the south bound pas- f.
senger and the n« rth bound stock ex- t|
press: Killed—Charles I'plehy, engi-
neer freight, Arkar
Cold ron. fireman on passenger, Arkan-
sas City. Injured -James Moorman,
freight conductor, left arm broken;
Edward Kitchen, passenger conductor,
hand mashed and body badly bruised;
Messenger It. B. Ileagle, body badly
bruised: Baggageman fSeorge Neville,
scalded; Mail Clerk Hutchins, head
cut; Headmaster McKiimey, bruiaed;
Bridgemen John J Knglisb and II. A
Sparrow, bodies lacerated;Harry Tow-
er, Kansas < ity stuck yard, cut in the
neck and face; A Huhn, fireman ou
freight, leg mashed; A. J. Oraves,
freight, brakeiiian, sprained ariu; L
It \\ eidenineimcr, cuts on face and
body; Mrs. Agatha Hard}
face cut by flying glass;
Oklahoma City, slightly I
Collins, Lnid, legs bruise
tatlves Brown, Walling und Suit-
ami Senator Scott, badiy shuUcti i
John Hock, Ardmore, cut by brolt
window glass.
Then
lie ii. rd law has I
h county «
wl.eth'.'r" It
uipolled to
FulllAV Feb. 22.—Tho most extended ''•'"o'*
Patrick had vet If. Mil was on Senator Baker'a Mil
abolishing capital punishment. Some or t«
legislative
and against the
ml by a vole of
lay.
heard in oklah«
wInch linaily passed the eoui
in. house passed a bill making railroad co
,„.S responsible for damages done by employ]
loth houses adjourned over \\ ashlngtou s birl
The
id the
idge Scott,
uised; B. L
Ucpresen-
teps
him can la? found, lie got oral leave
of absence to go to Taeoina, Friday
and attend his trial in the I'nited
States Court on the charge of obtain-
ing naturalization papers by fraud,
but did not go as ho learned that his
trial had been postponed.
Lima, the capital of Peru is sur-
rounded by the Insurgents.
, eighteen Chicago skaters were res-
cued from ice thut was drifting into
the lake.
Daniel F Shea, a well-known mer*
j chant of Klliott, Iowa, was fouud rntir- J
J dered in his store Thursday night. |
pobber.v was evidently tli« motive fo
In u free-for-all fight
started by twodrunkenu
Ok., Thursday, Constahl
cut nearly to pieces and
and it half dozen uum we
which was
i nt Ingalls, Kan.. I
the
Tho
No clue.
of til.
nl it i«
V.urowitz of Hums;
ud Duke (Ieorge, Ai
h said to be critl- K«
Tn
robbe
a plu
•d ultliouh bis du-
ll. I- Hawkins was assassinated by ning tight
a neyro near Van Buren the other | an officer '
day. The murder may be lynched
A bill for equnlixlng salorie-. of j Jian utt;i
steamboat inspectors t uts the salaries | t*h«t*e lei
| jf the st Louis Inspectors S.'oo annu
ally.
new Methodist, church at El-
ill be dedicated next Sunday.
M. C. Taylor, a dressmaker at
• ou Friday took a #hot<ren
the head off of William liar-
Mio bad app ied for a divorce
a was set for Saturday,
that her husband lured
diadow her home and got
11nsi her in the case. Ilar-
,s had dogged her foit-
!„s, an I this morning eu
use and tried to assu ill
••I". She ordered bun out and ou1 his
fusal to go killed him She has liv-
I here two y.-ars and the neighbors
ive her a good reputation.
Mr. Stewart Hare of Knterpriso.
gned a contract for 100
mill to be built at onoa
t Duncan, o T. Mr. Hare built the
K1 Betio mill ami is a practical miller,
lie will make tho mill first-class in
every respect.
(iovernor Henfrow received a letter
Friday from tho father-iu-law of Mil-
llgan the negro murderer, who lives
;n Norman asking that he be hanged.
I!,- i ..iin.s ho is a confirmed criminal
and attempted to commit murder
down there as well ns rape on a white
woman and had to leave the country.
Colonel 111ackwell was acquitted of
he Cherokee courts,
i was arrested and
Miths taken to Tahlequah Monday for, t hi
ti route to unprovoked murder of Jesse Harris at
erv when < aichertown, tvn miles west of thero
Molt them Saturday night. Sequoyah was drink-
I ,llptn|>ti>il tlu?ir ri'li'iiM \ run- ,,,, un.l went lo ll.rrl.'home tato In
I lu nh'K'li Keel ind t, ■ .•venlnif. Wlien llarrlt Mepped to
unded. Tho ofiiccr the <
live,
named Alhrigli
some trivial matte:
fight wus stopped
took a bund n
men were badly be
named Jones and «
got into a row o
ters and bofore '
r twenty n
I blood flowed fret
of the
nbstants arc under ur-
ic time a perfect riot was
Constable Irvine tried to
and Mas nearly killed in
a full-blood Indian,died
Ardmore, fi
ed in a fight
uls nearly
bullet liiuli treni
ith I'nited Arch
overed Keel was prominent in In- \\ i
in affairs and had many friends, lat«
ure wraught up in* for
ly. unit further bloodihwl
juoyah shot hiin With a
hester and he died a few hours
atci The murderer gave no resson
... committingthe crime Both were
hcrokces and Sequoyah will be i r
.n^ued before tlio Indian courts.
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