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VOLUME 10
OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA SATUUDAY OCTOBER 123 1807
NUMBER 282
The Chief of the Army Englnoors
(- Makes His Report
WAXTS FILIBUSTERING STOPPED
Splendid Record of the 11 luff Service
for llie Veer— Rueeell loriu ft
f Syndicate on the Union I’e
t clllo Kellwey
TYashinotox Oct 22— Gen Wilson
chief of the engineers of the army has
made his annual report to the secre-
tary of war It is devoted to the forti-
fications and river and harbor improve-
ments of the country The estimates
for coast defenses for the years 1S9S-9U
are as follows: Gun and niortnr bat-
teries (51)00000 purchase of lund for
fortifications (500000 protection pres-
ervation and repair of fortifications
(100000 preparation of plans for forti-
fications (5000 seawalls and embank-
ments (55000 torpedoes for harbor
defense: For the purchase of subma-
rine mines and necessary appliances
to operate them for closing1 the chan-
nels leading to our principal seaports
for needful casements cable galleries
etc to render it possible to operate
submarine mines $150000 total £5810
000 Gen Wilson says that during the
fiscal year ended June 50 1897 there
was expended on river and harbor im-
provements $13401050 For the fiscal
year ending June 30 1899 his estimates
arc: Continuous work authorized by
congress $181870007 for other work
not provided for by continuing con-
tracts $29453153
WANTS FIIIBl’BTFRIXO STOPITP
Loxdon Oct 23 — The Madrid corre-
epondentof the Daily Mall says: Senor
l)e Lome the Spanish minister at
Washington has been instructed to
notify tho American government that
henceforth filibustering expeditions
will bo regarded as breaches of inter-
national law Such at any rate is
tho aubstance of his instructions
though it Is Just possible that tho
form In which they will he carried
Into effect may modify their import
A very bad impression has been mndo
here by tho news from Havana that a
majority of the important industrial
commercial mining railway and
steamship enterprises in Cuba are be-
ing rapidly converted into foreign
companies chiefly American and Kng-
liah It is feared that this mny enable
the companies to claim damages from
Spain for losses during the war Per-
haps a further reason why they are
seeking English and American protec-
tion is that the Cuban capital fears
the tyranny disorder and throat-cutting
which will follow immediately on
the proclamation of Cuban independ-
ence when the time comes for it
TUK LIFK-BAVINO 8KHVICK
Wasuingtox Oct 23 — General su-
perintendent Kimball of the life-saving
service reports that tho number of dis-
asters within tho scope of the service
during the year was 099 being consid-
erably greater than for any preceding
year The number of vessels totally
lost however was only 53 against 67
in 1890 Of the total number of disas-
ters 394 occurred to documented vessels
and 305 to small and undocumented
crafts On board the documented ves-
sels were 8739 persons of whom 3697
were saved and 43 lost On board the
undocumented vessels there were 700
persons of whom 695 were saved The
estimated value of the documented ves-
sels involved was $5 l:3485 that of
their cargoes (1975310 of which $5-
108895 was saved and $1098950 lost
I a addition to the number of persons
saved from vessels 74 others were res-
cued from tho peril of drowning under
various circumstances Tho life-saving
crew saved and assisted to save during
the yenr 471 vessels valued with their
LADIES
Have You seen those
Silk Vesting Top
Shoes at
N AT
A VKIOX PACIFIC SYNDICATE
New Yokk Oct 23— Uussell Sage
created a sensatton in IV all street late
yesterday by announcing that he had
been invited by President McKinley to
form a syndicate on the Union l’acifle
railway on the basis of satisfying the
full government claim the Union Pa-
cific Mr Sage invited subscriptions
to a plan to be hereafter brought out
by him for the foregoing object The
payment of the government claim in
full is understood to he tho first condi-
tion in tills plan Mr Sage’s repre-
sentatives announced last night that
he had received subscriptions for over
(75000000 within two hours of his an-
nouncement It was announced that
lie would continue to receive subscrip-
tions until his plan was subscribed at
least three times over As in the bond
transaction Mr ISnge thinks there is
unlimited capital for the settlement of
the Pucific road debts without loss to
the government and without blind
pools
WILL BE A RECORD-BREAKER
The Nnl Tear Will Witness More Car
llilllillng Than Fvcr llefore
Kansas Citv Mo Oct 23— The next
year will see more ear building than
was ever known before The profits
made by tho railroads in handling the
big crops will largely go toward build-
ing new box ears Some of the roads
have already placed large orders for
cars and the others will do so in tlio
near future This is largely caused
by the new national law which goes
info effect the first of tho year pro-
viding that all freight cars shall be
fitted with automatic couplers and
that any road mny refuse to receive
from another road or from any ship-
per any car not fitted with an air
brake
Kansas (rain Inspection He port
Toi'EKA Kan Oct 23 — State Grain
Inspector Culver lias filed a report of
the receipts and disbursements of his
department for September The in-
spection department received in foes
(5 47 125 and the expense amounted to
£371427 leaving a balance of $303698
Near Saltilloville Ind Green
Slaughter shot und killed George
Slaughter his uncle and John Ilolsnp-
pie during a quarrel over a lawsuiL
llornndsr Is the Champion
Fort Scott ivan Oct 23 — The clos-
ing day of the Southwest Kansas
Shooting tournament here attracted
many people Sixty dozen live birds
were released F A llornaday of
tills city took the nmatcur champion-
ship of Kansas and Missouri from IV
G Sargenat of Joplin in a 39-bird
bliooL
IHg Shipment of Cottonseed OIL
Siiehman Tex Oct 23— A local oil
mill yesterday shipped to Europe the
largest consignment of cottonseed oil
ever sent from a Texas point in any
one day It consisted of 1000 barrels
and will go as far ns Galveston as a
solid train of 23 cars
Oppose the I'rlneeton Inn
Gaiesdcko 111 Oct 23 — Tho Pres-
byterian synod of Illinois adopted res-
olutions denouncing Princeton univer-
sity for allowing tho use of wine at
banquets and scoring the faculty for
permitting the sale of liquor at Prince-
ton inn
NEWS NOTES
Heavy rains fell over southeastern
Kansas on tho 21st-
Tlie yellow fever situation at New
Orleans and elsewhere in the south
wus considerably improved on tlieSlsL
The early coming of frost is expected
to effectually stamp out tho plague
The twin sons of the late George M
Pullman have been disinherited it is
said Tho story is to the effect tliat
tho strokes of Mr Pullman's pen that
made a barrier between his sons und
his money were made only ten days
before his death
117 MAIN STREET
nM-Soroi rihr o T
THE LUETGERT CASE
Tho Jury Fails to Agroo and Is Dis-
charged LUETGERT MAKES AN AFFIDAVIT
Th Frlonr Declare Ilia Innocence and
Hay lie Ik a Urlevounljr Wnuiffcul Mau
— Formal Application for Hall
tu He Mule
Chicago OeL 22 — The Associated
press last night obtained the great
feature missing in the famous luet-
gert trial — the sworn testimony of the
defendant himself Adolph L I net-
go rt Standing in the gloomy jail ad-
joining tho grim-looking gray stone
court building in which his remark-
able trial had at last been brought to
a finish the burly sausage manufac-
turer capped the climax of tlio extra-
ordinary series of events which began
with his sensational bankruptcy and
tile alleged frightful diabolism of hol-
ing liis wife to deatii at midnight in a
vat in his fuctory cellar
East night closely following the
final result of tlio trial which lias at-
tracted world-wide attention Luetgert
made under oath a statement for the
Associated press concerning tho fear-
ful crime charged against him the
ADOLPH XIET0EUT
first sworn statement yet made by
him and the first statement of such a
kind ever known in newspaper annals
The affidavit was put in writing in
duo legal form and is certified by a
notary Ex-Judge William A Vin-
cent the leading counsel for the de-
fendant in this celebratej case the
man to whose skill Luetgert beyond
all doubt owes his life gave consent
to the affidavit being made
The scene in the jail when Luetgert
took oath was as dramatic ns tlio cir-
cumstances were unique- In the dim-ly-lighted
jail corridor Luetgertstand-
ing erect and grasping the iron bars
that still keep blm from liberty lifted
his right hand and solemnly assented
as the notary administered the bind-
ing form The grewsome surround-
ings were a reminder in some degree
of the midnight occurrences in the
factory cellar that have become famil-
iar to the thousands who have followed
tlio details of the great trial Luet-
gert without hesitation made tho affi-
davit and signed It in ink with the
hand that is alleged to have committed
one of the most fiendish crimes on
record The afllvavit explicitly de-
clares Luetgert’a innocence The doc-
ument in full is as follows:
To tho Public:
Tho result of my trial railing yestenlny is a
victory for me because of tho Ulsiiirreciieoit of
the jury but I am very much disappointed and
very much surprised that tho jury dhl not
briny In a verdict of not guilty I did not kill
my wife and do not know where she Is hut I
in sure that It U only a question of tlino until
she conies homo I did not go upon tho wit-
ness stand twcuuse my lawyer Judyo Vincent
was bitterly opposed to my doluy so and bo-
:ause he advised mo It was not necessary I
tin grateful for the tremendous chunyo In pub-
lic sentiment In my favor and time will de-
mon struie thnt I am not only an luuocvnt but
t Very grevlously wronged man
Adolph L IrxruriiT
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 21st
lay of October A I 1W7
V XL SULLIVAN Notary Public
The gray light of a cool autumn
morning straggled through tho big
windows of Judge Tuthill’a court yes-
terday as Adolph L Luetgert the man
who has been on trial on tins charge of
murdering his wife and boiling her
body in a vat heard from the foreman
of the 13 men wlio have been consider-
ing his case for tlic past Ot) hours the
words “We are unable to agree upon
a verdicL” Imperturbable as ever
evincing no joy at tho words the nerve
of tho defendant was with him to tho
end He stood up and with only a
good-natured smile on his swarthy
face shook hands with his son Arnold
li is counsel and business partner Wil-
liam Charles and in loss than five min-
utes was led back to jail the jury was
dismissed and tho great trial was over
The 13 men were divided as follows:
For conviction and the death penalty:
Hoick hold Hoyd Hibby Mahoney
Delimiter Ilosmer Shaw Franzcn and
Fowler For acquittal: Harley Hola-
bard and Harbcr
At one o’clock in the afternoon coun-
sel for Luetgart gave State's Attorney
Deneen notice tliat they would this
morning at ten o’clock make formal
application before Judge Tuthill for
— oil o i lie prisoner to baii
Judge Tuthill will be asked to fix the
amount of bail nt $15000 but Luet-
gert will enter court prepared to fur-
Dish bonds of (20000 if necessary
LEE WILL’ REMAIN
President MrKInlry llrolded to Make No
i'lmnse At IIawaII
Washington Oct 22 — Fitzhugh Lee
consul general to Cuba has announced
to his friends tliat lie expects to return
to Cuba about Decent ber 5 and remain
until the conclusion of the Cuban war
Mr McKinley hns decided to make no
changes of consular officers on the
island until the rebellion in one way
or another is brought to an end The
interests of this country and its citi-
zens in Cuba will tiie president be-
lieves be better subserved by officers
who have had experience on the islund
During u family quarrel ut Law-
rence vi lie 111 Joseph Meyers was
killed by his brother-in-law Simon
Glass
EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO
Amvrlritit M Is-linitry A Rsoelntton Carrying
on s flrrnt Work In ths 80111 h
Minneapolis Minn (let 22 — Yes-
terday’s sessions of tlio American Mis-
sionary association were almost en-
tirely devoted to reportsand addresses
on the work Secretary Heard of New
York spoke of the “Problem of tlio
Residuum” He said in part:
The soul horn stales following our patterns
have !nt reduced common schools sufllcicntly to
miike our ran-for elementary Instruction less
accessary Meanwhile nearly 4oo tk —a number
equal to those orls’lnallv emancipated— have al-
ready born h-d out of the ranks of Illiteracy A
million and a quarter of negro cl lldrcn urn la
schools this day Relieved largely of elemen-
tary schools our norrnnl schools have sent out
to their own race many thousand teachers In
normal schools of tbo south are "SucO young
colored men and women every year preparing
themselves to curry on the work The negroes
In thi'state of Ceorgla alone pay luxes on f''t)-
i(M)of property and ow n In that stale alsivo
8klaw nercs of land What Is trim of that
state Is Immeasurably trim of other states I
have never seen tho estimates controverted
that the negro people uowr own -I'dl'JdOJO of
property
MRS TODD CONVICTED
After Four Trials She Is Found Guilty of
Killing Her llaughlcr
St Loris Oct 22 — A special from
Hannibal Mo mivh: The case of tlio
state against Mrs Virginia D Todd
charged with the murder of her daugh-
ter Hettie llethel which has been in
progress since Monday in the circuit
court of Halls county in New London
was given to tlio jury at nine o'clock
last night The jury reported this
morning finding the defendant guilty
of murder in the second degree and
fixing her punishment nt 23 years in
the state penitentiary This was tho
fourth trial
Tiie murder was committed in Han-
nibal on Juno 15 1 s9" The victim
Ilettie bethel was Mrs Todd's own
daughter and was about 17 years of
age She was the victim of licr moth-
er’s insane Jealousy Motions for a
new trial and for arrest in judgment
have been filed und overruled by tlio
court
MISSOURI BAPTIST MISSIONS
lifvml Addresses llefore tiie Stale Assoel-
atlnn Including One by nil Indian t hlef
Mkxiio Mo OeL 23 — At tho Mis-
souri baptist general association con-
vention to-day tiie question of home
and foreign missions was taken up and
Dr I T Techcncr of Atlanta Ga
representing the Southern baptist
home mission board spoke Dr G II
Eager of Italy and Kev N b llair-
den superintendent of the American
Home baptist Mission society fol-
lowed Then Chief Lone Wolf and his
interpreter Samuel Aliatonc Kiowa
blanket Indians were introduced
Judge J A Guthrie of Mexico treas-
urer of the executive board of tiie as-
sociation reported the receipts und ex-
penditures to be uboutS10500 anil that
the Missouri general association wus
about out of dcbL
RECIPROCITY WITH NEIGHBORS
A Government OMilil Tell of the Possi-
bilities llefore Tills Country
Wasiunotox OeL 22 — “Within six
months” hu ill Director Smith of the
bureau of American republics last
night “reciprocity trcntics will prob-
ably be negotiated with the countries
of Latin America as well as with
France and Germany Coal is being
mined to-day in the Indian territory
and shipjH-d to Mexico We can ex-
tend this trade indefinitely and our
commerce with Lutin America can bo
made to include agricultural products
just ns well ns manufactured products
When we take advantage of tlio nat-
ural waterwnys down tiie Mississippi
anil across the gulf there is no reason
w hy we should not control tiie com-
merce of the coutiucnL
A MISSOURI -TRAGEDY
Guilty Stepfather Kills III- Young Step-
ilAUghter mtl 1 Ho
Sr Loi is OeL 2 ' — A special from
New Madrid Mo s y: George Wes-
tcrinan aged 50 livii g in this town
allot his young sti pdanhti r last night
and then blew hi own bruins
out Tlio shooting occurred at
his residence about eleven o'rhwk
He liud been 8UsceU-d of cri'Ail ’n-
tiuiacy with bis btcpdaugln-i 1'
Royal Bakes Ihs food pare
wbolcsomo sad dolklows-1
tfOnVAl
ram
POWDER
Absolutely Pur
snvAi sakim Sowar cot srw vows
— emir nn tliat is supposed to have
been tiie cause of tiie tragedy as the
girl would have soon become a mother
I'lillmnn lniirrl ArnuifmtDU
(’incAiio OeL 22 — ArrangemenLs for
the funeral of George M Pullman have
been completed Tiie honorary pall-
lienrors have been Detected from the
dead millionaire's closest friends and
business associates Uev Dr S N D
Ilillis of tiie Central church Uev S J
McPherson of the Second 1’reaby terlaa
church und Uev C II Eaton of New
York will otliciute at the services
which iv ill be held ut the residence on
l’rairic avenue at two p in Saturday
linings of Missouri Masons
St Loris Oct 23 — At yesterday’s
session of tlio grand lodge A F and
A M of Missouri two amendments to
tlio by-laws were offered Oue re-
quired two blackballs to reject a can-
didate and the seeoud provided that
no iiiasou should be granted a demit
who had not applied for and been
elected to membership in some other
lodge of masons both amendments
were rejected
(hrl-tlnn Church Annual Gains
Indianapolis Iud OeL 22 — At yes-'
terday's session of the national Chris-
tian church here the statistical report
thowcJ gains for the year as follows:
Churches 422 communicants 47407
Hiblc schools 627 scholars and teach-
ers in I'ible schools 30418 ministers
420 Tlio total number of cornmnnl
cants is 1051079 the value of church
property is (10580677
Slierlilt-y's Accounts All Right
Lkavlmvi i th Kan OeL 23— CoL
brown inspector general of the sol-
diers’ homes left yesterday for Cali-
fornia accompanied by Oor Andrew
J Smith of tiie Pacific home The In-
spector has concluded his examination
of M a j Sliix-k ley’s cash accounts and
found they were all rigliL
In an imitation bullfigliton A M
Smull's farm near Pine Camp Neb
tiie 11-year-old son of Orrin F Watt re-
ceived fatal injuries i
A WOMAN CAUSED IT
Tragedy at Anrnra Ms In Which Robart
Folry Is Killed
Aurora Mo Oct (A— The most cold-
blooded tragedy Lawrence county baa
ever known occurred near the old Con-
cert house in this city yesterday re-
sulting in the death of Robert Foley
and the serious accidental wounding of
Green Lcmastcr by Henry Duncan
For a long time there has been a strong
enmity between Foley and Duncan
owing to the relations said to exist be-
tween the murdered man and Duncan’s
wife Duncan finally became so
worked up over the matter that he
started out to the Feaster mine on the
Yance -rnct where Foley was em-
ployed armed with a double-barreled
shotgun and revolver with the Inten-
tion of killing Foley At the Concert
house ho met Foley coming into tovm
and immediately began firing A'ter
bringing Foley down with the gun
Duncan fired three shots from a re-
volver into Foley’s body killing him
almost instantly Lemaater tried to
stop tiie tragedy and accidentally re-
ceived a portion of the charge of buck
shot from Duqcan’s gun
Awarded
Higher! Honors — Vcrld’s Palp
Gold Medal midwinter Fair
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A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder !
40 YEARS THE STANDARD !
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