The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 266, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 5, 1897 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME !
OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA TUESDAY OLTOIIEK rt 1S!7
NUMUEtt 200
1
Two Persorn Killed and Others In-
jurod at Cotopaxi CoL
MUCH DAjIACE by prairie fires
Tiro Women anil I'lir ChlMrrn Horned to
Until at HiimiJmir MmiiA fatal
I Ire— A Kleiner Sirlkra a fni —
’ Freight Trains ( llhlu
r KI'IO Col Oct 4 — One person
hilled outright one so injnretl that ho
died noon after the accident and many
others more or less injnretl Is the re-
sult of a wreck on the Denver fc Rio
(ir mde narrow gunge nt Cotopaxi 7)
inies west of l'ucblo nl two o'clock
yes'erduy morn in eansed by the
lrr kin of a journal on one of the
cnac'ics Tlte train was tins first sec-
tion of No (1 from over Murshall pass
mill nas slowing down to take tho
si i n at Cotopaxi While running at
ten ii: It s un hour a journal on the rear
true: of the tir-t day eoaeh broke
The ir piteheil over on its aide and
drigc I ivitli it ail the ears behind
Moot ter eoaeh two sleepers and the
c"!i:i any" pay ear Throo tourist
eoaeles the baggage enr and engine
all t he it 1 of tlte lirst couch remained
on the t 'li Tlte ears were all crowd-
ed w ith i xcursioni-ts bound to the
I'estival of Mountain and I’lain at
llenver Tbe-p was little excitement
and ni l notch wreckage as the train
was nun in very slowly Immedi-
ately after the accident a relief train
with s’lfi ns was sent out from Sa-
li li un I a 1 were promptly given ut-l-niii
ii
Ml I ‘i iillliK Ilf PRAIRIE FIRFS
Win mi-: i Man Oet 4 — The pruirie
fli-- which aged ull over the country
-a i nr I iv I i in g fanned and driven by
a gale -I ind died out during the
ni ht arid (Sunday morn In fa sun
dawned upon a terrible scene of death
and deva Jution farm houses Imple-
ments crops and live stock everywhere
lieing consumed and many farmers lost
their all A most lamentable story
comes from Beausejonr 4 l miles east
of this city where two w ujeu und live
children named Moreski were burned
to death Fire came upon tlieir bouse
which was in the woods from two di-
rections simultaneous' v and shut otr
all means of escape Only a few
charred remains were f mud yesterday
morulng There w-rc many narrow
escapes carcasses of I orses cuttle und
sheep are lying nil over the district
and a number of families of foreigners
i homeless and utterly destitute At
I Bagot 71) miles west tho Canadian
1 Pacific railroad station nud seven ears
I the Douilniou Crain Co’s elevator with
1 20000 bushels of wheat Lawrie'a store
Higginbotham's Link fc Buclninun's
v) stables a cold storage wnrchuuse and
) farmer Waldron's farm buildings und
crops weia totally destroyed Tho
I little town was practically wiped out
of existence lieports from stony
Mountain and other places tell of
much damage sustained by farmers
aud others
A FATAL FI'!!'
East Tono Meadow Mass Oct 4 —
Three lives were lost early yesterday
morning by the burning' of u dwelling
house in the center of this place Thu
home of Cioorge Brownlee caught fire
from a chimney Mrs Brownlee her
two sons Thomas aged 21 and lames
aged l'l escaped in their night robes
but Mrs Brownlee and lier son Thomas
were a few minutes later burned in
the building tlieir bodies being buried
in the ruins Mrs Brownlee rushed
back into the house thinking her sons
bad "not come out Thomas rushed
after ber to save her an I James after
Thomas Tho mother und elder son
were overcome while James gut out
but was burned so severely that he
Is the name of an imitation of Leather but
there is nothing like Leather
All our Shoes that we recomend
to the Trade are made of genuine
Leather and warranted not to Rip
Buy Foolwctr Of
the othei
arnonn Mr Brownlee
himself was badly burned on the
hands and feet The bodiee of the
victims were recovered
A SlEAMKIt HTHIKKi A ?XAO
M km nils Teun Oet —The steam-
er Kowena Lee bouud north from
Friar's Point Miss struck a snag near
Moon's Landing yesterday morning at
nine o'cloek and sunk in li feet of
water The crew and passengers were
taken otf by the J N Harbin The
boat's cargo consisted of 30) bales of
cotton 73 of which floated down the
river It Is thought the boat can be
raised
FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE
Cikvkianh O Oet 4— In a freight
collision on the Nickel Plate railroad
at Willoughby O yesterday Engineer
Charles lirown of Bellevue was killed
and seven cars loaded with grain and
(dock were demolished
MEDIATION OPPOSED
8mIh Will Knlt liule Han't Interference
In Cuban A ft sire
Ml Mil ii Oet 4— The ministerial
changes will not affect the instruc-
tions which I'nited States Minister
Woodford originally received from
President McKinley Both (Jen Wood-
ford and Senor Sugasta the premier
maintain ubsolute reserve on the ques-
tlon of American relations to Spain
Leading liberals however declare
that Spuin can never accept American
mediation in Cuban affairs
I m 1 11 t ellow Fever Report
Nkw Oiiikanh Oct 4— The state
board of health's official statement
says: During the 24 hours ended at
nine p m Sunday there were: Cases
of yellow fever 91 deaths 2: totul
eases of yellow fever to date 317 total
deaths from yellow fever to date 3i
total cases absolutely recovere 1 it:: to-
tal caes under treatment Isit
Til Uutld HtMl llargr
Sr Lous Oet 4 — Stock holders of
the Consolidated Elevator Co have
practically decided to organize a com-
pany to build steel barges of light
ill-aught iu whiidi It Isexpntcd grain
eun bo shipped to New Or leans for
three cents a bushel
In the Missouri bupreine court the
Armour Packing Co brought suit to
test the law levying tax upon foreign
lulroud ears operated iu Missouri
Kahs'a OiKr J -
Toi-kka Kau Oet- 4— The annual
lileetiug of the stute grun l lodge of
the 1 O O 1 the unnuil encampment
and the Ucbrcca assembly w ill be bald
in this city beginning October 13
NEWS NOTES
Ike Tremble aged 40 was drowned
in a poml at Slater Mo while bathing
The anti-gambling amendment was
adopted in New Jersey by the narrow
majority of 274
Andrew llolmstrom a fanner near
Kalina Kau committed suicide be-
cause of poor heulth
J M Jones ex-deputv revenue col-
lector is under arrest at Parsons
Kan for running a joint
Troops liave been ordered toTuska-
lioma I T to avert trouble during
the session of the Choctaw council
Imp Fotlien the famous sire of Re-
quital and oilier flue horses died at
Louisville Ky lie was valued at
b ooiio
While on a druuken spree Arthur
Simpson a farmer of Barton county
Kau fell from a wagon and broke his
neck
1 he packinghouse operated by Nicola
L Ostrander at Olathe Kan will be
enlarged and a distributing office
located ut Kansas City Mo
W U (Ireen who embezzled $3940
from the K C St 1 tG 11 railroad
while acting aa a trusted clerk at Kan-
sas City Mo pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to2'' years iu the statu penitentiary
117 MAIN STREET
Oklnhnrn n x
All Over the West There Is a Cry
for Rain
WOIiX SUFFRAGE AND METHODISM
Women Advised In Withdraw from Church
Work l otll Krrotolwd Delegatee— A
I'soot Trut— Hooalrr (let III
4 up- Oklahoma Mrlludlnts
s
Kansas Citv Mo Oet 4 — All over
the west there ia a erv for ruin Fields
re drying up orchards are dropping
their fruit the woods are as brown as
in November grass is dying at the
roots from every road street and alley
dust arises in clouds tsmull streams
ponds and wells ore drv and unless
there is rain within a very few days
the cattle that are being fed in Mis-
souri and Kansuswill suffer beyond
relief But while Missouri Kansas
Texas and ttie southwest already
feel Hie need of rain there
is still greater solicitude in In-
diana Ohio Illinois aud Kentucky
The same cry comes from southern
Missouri from northern Missouri from
eastern Kansas und from western Kan-
sas In some parts of Texns and the
extreme southwest there inis been no
rain for 22 months In the immediate
vicinity of Kansas City there has never
been such a water famine for 17 years
All tlie small streams und many of the
ponds in Jackson county ore dry and
the same is true all over this section of
the country Many of the towns are
running out of wuter und un less there
is rain soon great sulTeriug is sure to
follow
WOMAN smilUK AND METHODISM
Lincoln Neb Oct 4 — A feature of
the stute woman's suffrage convention
w hich closed Saturday was tho ad-
dress of Mrs Caroline M Woodward
president of the Nehruska Woman's
ihrlsliuu Teiujiernuee union Mrs
Woodward is a Methodist and she
urged women of that denomination to
withdraw from active church woi k
until the general conference recog-
nized them as delegates by refusing
to become Sunday school superintend-
ents or utherw ise participating Kite
thought the men would le brought to
their senses She believed the bishops
Lad settled the question so there was
Do hope iu l!hJ0 but site thought if un
organized effort were made aud the
fact that they intended to refuse to do
any further church work were im-
pressed upon tiie confereueo they
might receive recognition iu VJJ4
Her remarks were applauded
TDK IIOOMIKKH OFT TDK CCD
Coli miii h Oct 4 —The Indian-
apolis and Columbus players held a
conference last night and decided not
to pluy out tlie cup scries the Indiun-
apolis men refusing to play any more
games except on their own grounds
Tlie player of both teams were anx-
ious to return to their respective
homes and the Columbus team agreed
to give Indianapolis tlie cup tlie lloo-
fciers having won three out of the five
games played
A TFAMT TU18T
CliU'AOn Oct 4— Boys and girls who
have not laid In their fall supply of
peanut bars and other confections
w herein the Virginia goober is a com-
ponent would do well to get Into the
market at otiee Shelled pounuts are
advancing and will soon reach a point
where the penny stick or iTtg of pea-
nuts will not contain the usual number
of kernels
OKLAHOMA METHODIST CONI FIIFVI F
H thkif Ok Oet 4 — The sixth an-
nual session of the Methodist Episco-
pal conference of Oklahoma will begin
nt El Ileno October 14 Chaplain Mo-
Cube will be one of tlie attractions
MISSOURI FINANCES
Figure Taken from the Monthly Report of
Mute Treasurer Flits
Jkffkrson ClTT Mo Oct 4 — The
statement for the month of September
filed with tlie governor by State Treas-
urer I’itts shows among oilier things
tlie following
Ttitul receipts during the tnonih4704fliviil:
totul disbursements tVJOtfO 7(t earninzs Mis-
souri penitentiary lS47Xfll: reeel pis Into
luuullr asylum No I flunk 12 77S VU receipts
Into In italic asylum No f fund 4I4I"' 2i: is
eelplM Into lunatic asylum Na I fund 41(1 7UTIU
reeeipls Into school for deaf ami dumb fund
122 2 receipts Into reform school for hoys
fond Ill flllttO: receipts into lndu-iriul leone
lor virls fund 1143 Tfc
INTERESTING FIGURES
Fost Oftlce Receipts for I RUT as ('oinparrd
with thu Previous Year
Wahii noton Oct 4 — The auditor
for the post office department has
closed the books of tlie postal service
for tlie fiscal year ended June iv7
The results compared with the pre-
ceding year are as follow s:
Receipts DOT s -: 75 INid t? I0S-
FIs 40 Itirmsufl II0S2M Cl Kop oidlturos
w7 fvl0u7042 14 Iwm Miit-O'Jvd Ml: Increase
l 4II 74VSU IK-Oclt DOT ll dllVv ll lsvd
xl’7ws4l Increase 12304 in I l7
No Widow’s Rights for tier
L A M 4 It Ml- I lot A — ’
to this state with Sallie Tucker He
died here in ls'i leaving priqs-rly
worth tVMOiMi and Sallie Tucker
began suit for a widow's allowance
attempting to establish a Cxhmou Jaw
marriage between herself and Harness
'J lie case w as decided against the
Tucker woman
Hank Itobbrrs ( 4 1ini K-oi
Chase Kan Oct 4 — Two burglars
bloke into the bank here about mid-
night last nielit blew opeu the safe
with ill iininit- and secured about £2-
CU) The explosion awakened the
H'(p!e and a band of citizens was soon
in pursuit The men were captured
near A UKii tail managed to esenpe
again and are still ut large
Si iilHH'li M K-lmrt
1’miA i:i rniA Ort 4 — Frank Nta-
biirk of 1 1: i h rPv ilfi-nti d
Mirliiul the “WYMi womler in u -mile
paerI ! at W iiio’e tnve bv
feix yards StMrbnriis time was 17 min-
liteh 2 l- Mnimls und MieluieTs 47
liiiautuH - J M-eonds
rrrHii rri t? r’! riiou i
WiriitT Kim 4 — 1 i hmhIs f
W 1 lirvuii uiv tin Matt:
Kiir Bssoi'iit ion of nui t t i r lair ti
the Nehrauu ort : revived
ftir Lis here Thursday
but thty tiit tue Nehruki
man’s share of the ite reipli uus
LUi'0
Uhciit i rp I- t in $
( HirAiu Oet ’J he ( b:uire J udd
Farmer iu its Lnal es dnat of the
yeurs wheat erj says that figures
bused on ueluul t Hrsh n rel urns iudi-
euto a total yield of "('"'LimoO husiiels
of whiidi L7 sVLlniu Li duds is winter
and 2lo4iOOvM) hnsiiel i spring vvhut
('Muni ljr o firl LiiiiiMiiti
IAsh ( I I Y Mo kl t Idsiijv
pointed in hve smd despondent Im imus
of liruvy tiehl s Klnter II lirvant a
clerk In I he ofiiet's of the ILtltiniojv &
Ohio radrad uttempti-d to eoioiuit
suieith hv sw:ilUwihif a l4ivre dose of
morphine lliseonditiou iNi-iitiril
An'lildil illv Ktlliil ljr Iter I mIiiihI
JstlsviiA Mo Oet 4 — Mrs John
Kendriek wile of H youtivT farmer li v
iiifr iirur li n-Hj Ktd us ae i deu ally
shot und Killed by hn husband his
trim bdn t!i cdia iLr-l us h v us talk I nr
it from u rueU
HIk lifunnl for 1 rtln
filltlitw: Olv Oet 4 - -Tin KoeU
ruhny has olfered a r—
ward of Finn endi for the capture of
the live men v ho held up am! robbed
its pa'vsciuyer train ut t L iekusha ut
Uoon Fridaiv
I xfriiiMi C i Itl from
Wash i Mi i'o Oct 4 — Amoiijf tho
cullers at tin o!hee id tin director of
the mint yesterday was Ir Suhen
lhmiienH of New Ihdhton N V The
doctor bus discovered u proei’Ss by
which lie is able to extract tfohl from
Mexican silver dollars at a profit
MARKETS TELEGRAPH
ltv Mitrk
Kansas rn y OeL 4— ('utiie —
4 culvt'H uiurset iiom i ti : i) y striely kIo
piitV uidI ti i‘i h4i 1 Lvf stfs-r-v iwiiD Txhs
Btnl I id 1 1 it u wi4i 4 uni heiirs
liVfcoll't ’ktin'l'! und fr4LrN fit ni
llns Kei iuis tHiV tnurket to 'c lour
ut luo 4 a Hiei i mariirl
Ntriuly liiiilivh v-t
ST ho i is Oct 4 — 4’uiUe-K xclpt
in:irUt sieuiiv ul u dei-linc natlvr shinpito? uu I
tFJj'uli luht und drfsMil
bt f unl Injti'luT sii'fr- 450 KtoeUen
und fri'd(rs li ’V t lo cows and helffrs tioO
(r'45 Texio Hml Irtlinn hteers tiTSi4
cowh and luiftr r' n i J5 ILvDipis
300 market he low r: tiviit fllij4i: mixcL
huvy l5 SUrep- Ktvrlpts
IPO market steady: uuilvu UHitun
30 laiiilis :i Vt
('Hu am tkt 4 ’utile— Rer4ipts fa) ) nuir
ke‘ ymet: bs-v 3VOitX4‘L re u and Iielcii
fciO r Texas menrs t i 7 V) Uis(eni
xteekeru und ’Tiler 4v
Revs— JtVuO) muikl slow ft lu 100
lower 0's ic lower lhht t30 Iiuxe L
3sSLpiil heavy 4 reuuii 43ftSff t7Ui
Sheep — Here! its niurket steaily lintWe
7' nu4uu western lum u U'’5 4
HVv
Omln uikI lrovlln a
Kansas Iity 1)cl 4- HeeIpis of wh at
3 tv mi s ii your Him In? cars SiU-s by cur let
No I Imrd sj' SaU: N) hard w i t No
3 hard iV'eAli? No 4 hard 74 77u No
soft WicVic No s-dl sO (? No 4
Hid I Ib'ceipls if corn Wi’urs ayeat
uye cars No mxetl 4 i i4 '4c No 3
mixed u’4 t - t 1 4 c No 4 mixed 'Mi No wtile
31 v-t’V'iNo 3 white CI'fLMV No 4 whllv: i c
Kco'ipis of mu 4 curs u yir ayi 1(1 cars
No 3 inix’sl lslUcNo 3 mix'd IS'HV No
4 tlllXeil 7i: No u white L"r( 'H No )
whtt IXf U'Sc Keiipts of hav -- cars
tifliet i y i 'hoie IvOi N I M S) ciioc-
linin' 'ie rd tdOV ll1 p rdut IN il
trv ben-4 7c H-r IK : springs ''j '7lo er o
roolji U h turkeys K vmiil' d I
oil' lu' v ’ ! ftMKi- iy
cun' au p 1 d liuUer extra fm -y JI o
dairy taley 'i ie 14- shoe p elud I' it
I4 INda' ic ) in 1'iowi’ UN uc pi t bu
S M'l pniotn '-s s) t r lm A poles f tin y
W 1ST bhl : ' I No3ti:t Crap-s
lauJn p T ini-h h s cLiicto es 4'
pT -i uu f : e -( :hi 1 7i v jN-r ? lm V at’T-
II te I ell -4 I) S' f 1 " d A 'n i a loupe s I I
I 7' nr ci ae rti ’ "K’pird’ Omens
pT tU s -' K tr la TeiliA-
toes 40 t per ’I rn p - f3 rj JtJc p r -t
C’arruts ‘i’ovd v p-'i 1 ie n vm va lt nnj
Tod 'Oc pr bn
Royal aiukas thv food pur
wbuUauui sd dallclaus
POVDER
Absolutel Pur
HOY At ftAKIMO POwD 0O9 MW VO M
EDITOR CRANN MOBBED
Mndent nf Tuylor t nlrprsltf lw tho Icoo
ftluu Very Kougbly
IVai-h Tex Oet 4 — W C Urano
miltiir f Brana's Iconoclast was thv
victim of a mob of 2(H) students of Tay-
lor university a Baptist institution
Saturday afternoon Mr liraun was
sitting in his office when four men
students of tlie institution seized hlui
und thrust It 1 in into a hack which was
rapidly driven lo tlie college campus
At the campus a mob of 2U0 students
scird Braun pulled him here and thers
and threatened to shoot him M r Braun
under threats of death was compelled
to sign n statement declaring that an
article appearing iu tlie October iia'ie
her of tlie Iconoclast and reflecting gj
Taylor university was untrue an i
further that lie would leave town
Tliis article w as tho cause of thu Sclioa
of tlie si lidclits
LITTLE INSANITY "THERE
('ii u Amour Trrrltorv Inillsu Kbsst
Only OS t I noiunil Ulbiti
tii i ii oil ok Oet 4 — Two mouths
since un investigation was ordered to
be Iliad at the dlVerent ludiau agen-
cies iii 1 1 lahotiia ami Indian territory
to useert am the number of insane In-
diuni at each agency The work was
completed lust week and only Ci crazy
Indians were found The census was
tuken in order to unswer congress upon
tlie propriety of cstu Mishin all insane
asylum for Indians
WILL PAY IN SILVER
on ( orMimt Work In Ntitrtt
Will lie 4 I yii Two Dollar for Uh
Montkidv Met Oet 4— The man-
ager of the hir re smelters of the Gug-
genheim syndicate inis notified tho
men that hereulter tlieir salaries will
not be paid in gold but will b in
Mexican silver ut the ratio of two
Mexem dol’ars for one gold dollar
It is rep rtcd tliut tiie same action will
le t alien by the railroads mud other
foreign corporations in tlie republic
Have Appealed to Hrjrun
New York Oct 4— Richard Croker
and John I' Sheehan have it is report-
ed telegraphed un appeal to Bryan to
use his influence iu getting Henry
teorge to withdraw from the mayor-
alty race Tam many leaders are de-
clared to be alarmed at tlie prospects
of t ieorge securing most of the demo-
cratic vote us a part of his silver-labor
following
Kuii-a I'rulrln llevaUlisl
La Its in Ivan Oct- 4— A prairie fire
swept over the northwestern portion
if tliis county destroying 10UUO tons of
hay aud corn fodder and severnl thou-
sand buxhehs of wlieat in the staez
l'lie lice was started by a thrasliiu
engine Itcfore it could be checked it
bai lie 1 over a territory wstiaoited at
lu ooo acre
( Imrirs Ajrxlnt a ( liuplativ
Washington Oct 4 — August Iff the
president appointed Rev David ll
Miields as post chaplain Rev Shields
is an Iipiscopul minister but leading
clergymen of tliut church protested so
strongly that tiie preside nt asked Rev
shield to resign This he has so far
refused to do
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Hiffh ' "nors— VVt ld’fl Fg
QoiJMcJil miu Inter Pair
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A Pure Crape Cresat of Tartar Pow4r
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