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The Woodward Jeffersonian.
Motto:—The Principles of Thomaa JefXteraosi.
VOL 2.
WOODWARD, OKLAHOMA TE1L, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1895.
NO 16
IN
THE NEW CUlJNTRY. """J®™ " camped *11 along the
right of way for the Choctaw road.
Candidate* for the several legisla-
tire appointmrnta are thick at Guth-
rie.
BRIEF BITS OF GENERAL NEWS
FROM THE TERRITORIES.
__. _ The Jory In tha Ileal I cannot be ac
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory ,,ulwd of h . ,, , . f, hl
with Tlielr Hudael of (lenora! and " "T 11 w** oul Ior "«nl
Loral Lore Itemised far the Co
ventenco of the General Header.
Electricity now ahinoa at El Reno.
Water main* are being extended In
Oklahoma City.
Indians call Chrlntmaa "White Man'a
Uig Medicine Pay."
Abating wai a novelty in localltiea
♦rhere Ice conld form.
There were I,non invitations tuned
(o the inaugural hall.
Henry W. Carter wax thrown from
Ms wicoa at Otil|ri« ttaturdur and
ttillod.
Fine liitllding Atone is found near
The Renfrow organa declare that
the governor I* in favor first of single-
statehood.
A former clerk of Lincoln county
ha* been convicted of extortion before
Judge Male.
J. U llrown of Oklahoma, l as bo-n
suspended from practicing law in the
Indian Territory.
Another Christmas has gone by and
Oklahoma has found no statehood In
her ktocklng yet.
for the next three ty four day* the
climate of Oklahoma will be slightly
perfumed with eggnog.
It la talked strong that the court
the city of Woodward. That town is | hoilhB >t stillwater wa burned to get
rid of fraudulent records.
Governor Renfrow sn.vs that no man
can tell what the politics of Oklahoma
will be after it la made a atate.
s coiner.
A charter has been granted for the
Dklahom* Central Kallwuy Company:
Capital stock $500,000.
The Now Year waa generally observ-
, A report is current from Ingalls that
fd in the more pretentious citiei by I one of their ministers waa horsewhip-
ped by a druggist's wife last week.
The Guthrie Leader scored a acoop
by being the only pnper to use t ie
word "Yule-tide" on Christmas day.
A furniture dealer in I'awnce sdvei-
ladles who kept open li
Heating, Plumbing.Scwerage, Water-
works contractors. Kstimiites free
Hertram A Bertram. Wichita.
C. I). I rune of Enid, has tnlten
fhargc of s department in the Busi- j lists chiffoniers. Are they protected
ness college at Oklahoma City. j by the game law and what are they?
It is suid that the Teachers' couven- j A payment of $200,000 as Interest on
I on at El Keno was not it success, i I he $8,500,000 due the Osage Indians
anly about thirty tcachera being pres- hits been ordered paid by the Presi-
I dent
The sweet serenity of Christmas at There pr • nlses to be more railway
KnIH was broken abrup'ly by a dog- i building in the territories during the
lilfht on the foruin- the court house next twelve months than for many
iqtiai
Hennessey hart a good old-fashioned
cutting-slnsliing - whooping - shooting -
Jo-lt-again-if-you-Jure scrap Christ-
mas eve.
J. C. MeKenn. an nmbitiou
ing man, has undertaken th<
making all towns in the ter
• bicycle.
Senator Kay of Wool ward, will be
i conspicuous figure in I he next terri-
torial council as lie is the ouly Den.*
crat elected.
John Hamilton cut To
with u knife n ar Ardmore.
lay. The
Jeath.
past.
Joe Morris, flft years old, and Fred
Swnrtz. were tried this week for the
murder of Wm Klause, near I'errv,
last October.
The North Canadian at Woodward
's frozen over and the people of Wood-
ward are gloating over the expecta-
tion of seeing fut Hill Hoi ton don a
pair of skites.
It is thought that Terr ill is with his
folks over in Payne county. Frank
! Orror says that Ira N. Torrill has not
Krebbs I Pa'^ *lis lawyers a cent and that he
n Mon- I na(' n> '"'ny when he escaped.
traxtl-
ta-k of
turv on
wounded inau bled t-
Hennessey had a lover's elopement
eiteinent on Christmas. Rannky
Jewell, who broke jail at Woodward "'ll M.-Kinloy ran away with Rbttle
last week, has been recaptured and i— n
now Lingututors in jull rguin where 4
heavy guard has been p'net-d over him
until his execution whicii takes place
tomellme this month or ne.\t.
G. T. Campbell, a farmer living near
>nake Hill's Wife formerly a daughter
of a wealthy cattlcmnn of Cheyenne
county.
The most important prrsanersin the
territory—those vrho ought to go to
the penitentiary for life—seems to
Yukon, sold a thousand bushels 0f , 'mve R-ood luck to escape from jail,
re an expense to
wheat this week thus reuli/.ing S.">00
lie Bays ho expects to clear un even
M.000 in 1835 over and ab >ve all ex-
rentes, and that too ou a piece of up-
land.
a-ho
ivtie those
the county re
I. H. Hennifield, a farmer living
ne.'.r KufanU. I. T., while attending a
danee ou Christinas night, waa shot
k vi r i' * nL-i- , i . and killed while dancing with a lady.
A YAM A P> I'. (.If I — A complete , T|)<. a8MMwin Hped fl.om the door alu,
meiilcal work will, -ou favorite pre- 0 () tlle durl(nfss.
s •riptions for all dnetscH of man anil !
beast, price $3.an I one bottle of 1 Norman man insists that the. rea-
l)r. Thnrmond's Catarrh Cure, or j *"•' fl,at Santa Clans wasn't very liber-
Illood Syrup sent to any address *or I a' 'hisyenr, was because Mrs. Simla
one dollar; address Thurmoi d Cheini- | r|ause had the female suffrage cra/.e
cal Co., Dailas. Texas. 1 Hm' didn't have time to stay at home
and make presents to give.
I'nited States citizens living in the
CMckusaw Nation, held a meeting at
Ay™. >re last week when resolutions
were passed advocating a union with
afraid Vhat to'add them VoVho"bilih j °]€?' P"*1®"
Amendments to the sooner bill had
a hearing before the commissioner of
lands this week and all were rejected.
While some of the amendment* seem-
ed all right upon their face, he
would fail in conference and ho want-
ed to s:e the bill passed.
County Attorney-elect T. E. Berry,
| of the Chickasaw Nation. A delegate
1 in favor of the proposition will be
j sent to Washington.
Blackwell and Parker, rival towns
ex-County Clerk C. MeGlnley, Notary : of K c.,llntVi Ill)ollt B mi|e apart, were
l . F. Case, Counselor-elect J. S. Allen. , ,.aeh lighting to secure th« Oklahoma
S. 15. Itea.dsley, an I Andrew and central Railway. Saturday A. J.
Robert Berry were arresled January | |{|a<;kwetl and* others, it is said,
1. al' \ f Norman, on charges of fraud i bought every b'lildiug in Parker. Bnd
in c< ae. t on with the peusion of an wi|| move them to Blackwell, thus
Indlat. named Slate, who died three | sou|injf the rivalry.
vears ugo, but whose pension continu-; , .
ed up to last month. n"r,n* the1Chur stm ls storm- a, ,1,s
astrous prairie ore swept over a large
An export cnglneor from London area in the southern part of N county,
m ide an investigation of the proposed { William Flood, Frunk Hurr and u
1\ O. C. <fcS-W. railway and reported j number of other farmers lost eveiy-
fnvorable atjthe meeting of the direr- : thing that they owned und barely cs
tors held in Arkansas City, Kan., last ) enped with their families. The range
week. T,ie road will be 350 miles in I was destroyed for miles
length when completed. Work will j The Kin(f„sh(.r „ar Association
lie started at onue o it Is sai.l, strik- I h„lfl . „„ n„„ for
ing Bartlesville, 1. T P.whusky, I ^.p^p^e of formulating pla"
Stillwater, Guthrie and Ll Reno. | p,.eRf.nt to l)le ,,.Kif(,Bt,ire reinti
The following postoftice appoint-
ments have been made by the I're.-.i-
dent:(irandy, Chickasaw Nation, W A.
Alexander, vice W. C. Sapplngton, re-
signed; Mekusukey. Seminole Nation,
J. H. Patton, vice W. A. Davis, resign-
ed; Flm, Cherokee Nation, William
Boyd, vice (ieorgc Miller, resigned;
Velma, Chickasaw Nation, Jame< Kin-
gey vice G. W. tioodsey, resigned.
Col. A. J. Blackwell has begun suit,
nirainst the Cherokee Nation for $50.-
000 damages, for h«i recent imprison-
ment: 810.000 suit for damages against
Judge Lansum. who caused his arrest,
and nnother suit for 830,000 against
Robert. T. Owen for broach of contract
and confidence in a Cherokeo town-
site scheme. The Oolonel is now in
Washington.
Aecorning to Delegate Flynn, but
two bills relating to Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory will pass Con-
gress this session, viz: Providing for
the survey and allotment of the Ave
tribes and the Judiciary Hill.
' Falling Hlizzard,
Cherokee was killer', at Afton,
on Deo. 20, by Marshal John Da
nnd his brother Joe.
ti
lative to
the following: A statute authorizing
county bars to appoint judges pro um;
to lengthen regular terms: giving
counties three terms instead of two;
relief of litigants now required t>
make cash deposits ia addition to
bonds to recover court costs, etc.
Much anxiety is'expressed regarding
the action of congress upon tho sub
ject of statehood. "It would seem"
says an exchange, "that if Oklahoma
City and the people living south and
west wanted the Capitol located at
that place they would not lie so anx-
ious for statehood just at present or
until the lower country was opened,
for it is a fore-gone conclusion that if
statehood is granted now Cuthrie
would capture the prize." Tliero's'a
straw in that expression that bears
more truth than liction.
The cedar logs which are sent to
Cerinany froir, Oklaiioin* are made in-
to lead pencils. So the in-ixlnets ,'of
Oklahoma ma.y take part in the work
of the coming Shakespeare.
A diamond ring worth 8300 ruffled
a full blooded I off at El Renq^last week.
^ ' | F. M. MoorV. Edmund's leading
, |ih.\siclan aud Miss Maude I'ra/.er, the
j belle as well as the beau'.y uf the
The uuthor of that- beautiful and , place, were married on Dec '-'7
old familiarnomr"Home Sweet Home,'' The Oklahonian of Oklahoma City,
Is not the John Howard Payne, recent- ! wishes it* enemies a Merrv Christinas,
ly elected county attorney of G conn- Thus the breach which ' Sam :-:nal.
'y- tore In the earth is at a t mvutled.
IT IS BEING MUCH DISCUSSED
IN WASHINGTON.
MOTHER BOND ISSUE IR SIGHT.
MUI* rrmpoet of Anj Needed Mntnalsl
Initiation by tha Treaeat linti«a and
Sansta -Tha i'raatdaat Hoping
for Home Improvement —
Trea*arr Condition Kiraad-
Ingly UMatUfaelorjr.
Wasiiixotox, .fan. 9.—Talk of an
extra session, based upon the proba-
bility of the defeat not only of the
substitute for the Carllslo currency
bill, but of any financial legislation,
ls tho feature of the gossip of return-
ing congrossmcn. The prospects for
remedial legislation admittedly es-
sential to the nation's health
are very slender. Congress has
but fifty-two legislative days in
which to do its work. This
estimate includes the day of ita re-
assembling, the days already set
apart for eulogies, Washington's
birthday and even the half day of the
4th of March. Tho Springer substi-
tute,unless amended mint materially,
is practically beaten. The indications
are that it will not even pass tho
house, and its defeat in the senate in
the possible event of its passago
through tho house, is disputed by
none.
President Cleveland has said noth-
ing upon which to venture extra
session prophccies, hut most public
men appear to think conditions will
force him to call one. Legislation for
the relief of the treasury and of the
country is imperatively necessary,
and therefore the gossips, including
leading men, expect to see President
Cleveland appeal to the Republican
congress to give him what the
Democratic congress denied. They
do not think that an extra session
mtv be made necessary by a refusal
to appropriate tho money necessary
to colloct the income tax, for they ex-
pect to see the bill containing that
appropriation go through tho senate
in spite of the opposition of indi-
vidual senators on b ddes of tho
chamber. Hut unless t... vasury con-
ditions change speedily and sharply,
it wil be neces ,arv to make another
issue of bonds and thus increase tho
necessity for permanent releif for the
treasury by legislation and at the
same time make it more difflcult to
negotiate the fu. ther issue of bonds
which would be needed if uo new leg-
islation be secured.
KnconrmBliiE Indoalrint Outlook.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 2.—A review
of the industrial situation shows an
encouraging outlook in this section
for the coining year. There is a
heavy increase in the number of steel,
tin and iron mills and flint glass fac-
tories in operation. The hopeful
feature of the situation is the steady
increase in t' demand for manu-
factured prod ts. With the excep-
tion of their ver Falls nail mill.all
the Carnegie Us are now running
in full or doub. turn. oThe big win-
dow glass factor -s at Kensington aro
in full operation day and night.
Railroad equipment work is expected
to increase the first of the year. At
Connellsville 14,333 coke ovens are in
operation.
Tho O dent Convict I'rro.
Pr.ATTSBUKO, N. Y".,Jan. 3.—Daniol
Finney, tho oldest convict in Clinton
prison, if not in the state, as well as
in point of years as in service, was re-
leased this morning through the
clemency of (tovernor Flower. Ho
was convicted of murder in tho sec-
ond degrco in New Y'ork in !SC0, his
crime having consisted in pushing his
wife out of the window of a tenement
house. Ho is nearly W0 years old. Ho
proposes to return to Ireland to die.
I'rnparlng tha Sarnm.
Washington, Jan. 2.—Five horses
are now under inoculation here for
the purpose of producing blood serum
for the cure of diphtheria. Two of
them are the property of the marino
hospital service and aro quartered at
the agricultural experiment station.
The remaining three are the property
of the District health ofliec. Passed
Assistant Surgeon J. J. Ivinyoun is
preparing the anti-toxinc.
Flamaa In Chlcnso Ft it«,
Chicago, Jan. 2. — Sixty persons
were aroused from their beds in the
Ohio apartment building a little be-
fore 2 o'clock this morning by an
alarm of lire. Some of them wore
able to make their way to the streets
in their night clothes; others were so
overcome by the smoke that they had
to be dragged from their beds and
carried out by tho firemen and police.
Alton Kmptoya* Umo f-'avlngs.
Bloomington, III., Han. 2.—Tho
failure of the bank of Slater, Ma, af-
fected many employes of tho Chicago
& Alton railroad. Train Dispatchers
White and Oossette were caught for
81110 and 8800 respectively. Engineer
Mullen lost 87,000, the savings for
years, and Engiueer Sanies Wetton
$4,000.
Two Colora<io«na I.oia Tlielr Faat.
Dbnvkr, CoL Dec. 31. —Frank Miller
nnd William Mahler, two young men
of this city, tramped to Sedalia this
week in search of work. Tho feet of
both were so badly frozen that their
legs have been amputated as the only
^chance of saving their livos.
lewla Not Guilty.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 31.—The
jury in the case of Montgomery II.
Lewis charged with obtaining 80,500
from the Lombard Investment com-
pany by forgery brought in a verdict
of not guilty. The verdict was a sur-
prise. "
Marie Uarrrm Married.
Boston, Jan. 2.— Mario Burrcss,
the actress, has been secretly married
in New York to Guy Wilbur Currier, a
wealthy young man of L%>r-oace, and
bas retired from the stage,
THE DECREE IN EFFECT.
Monslfnor Hatolll Kiplaln* tha htalua
of tha Sacra I Socle: jr Matter.
Waniiikoton, Jan. 2.—Owlnjr to mis-
apprehensions caused by the publica-
tion of the statement that a decree
concerning secret hociotle* was sub-
mitted to tho blshopa in order to
secure from them their opinions
thereon Monsignor Satolll author-
izes the following brief statement of
facts to set at ro*t misapprehensions
and possible misrepresentation: Tho
arch bishops of the I'nited States had
taken council with respect to three
societies, namely, thy Odd Fellows,
the Sons .of Temperance una the
Knights of PytIdas, und decided that
tho whole <|uc«tion should be sub-
mitted to tlie apostolic aee.
In a. communication from his
eminence, Cardinal Monaco, to
Monsignor Katolli, the action of
the general congregation of cardinals,
to whom his holiness committed tho
question, Is made known. The con-
gregation, after considering well the
■nutter, made ti decree. This decree
his holiness fully confirmed and gave
a complete effect to it. The decree
is, therefore, transmitted to all arch-
bishops, bishops and other ordinaries
of the ITnited States, to be by thein
carried into effect, Monsignor Satolll
has actcd merely as a medium of
transmission.
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
Mr. filler M*ka< Known III* Slate for
Hunt Oflloara.
Jkkfkhson Citv, Mo., Jan. 2.—This
is this the Filley atte-caucus program
for tho three best ofiices at thu dis-
posal of the Republican caucus: For
speaker, B. Frank Russell of Craw-
ford; for chief clerk, A. GrllHn of
Brunswick, present secretary of F11-
ley's state central committee; for en-
grossing clerk, Henry H. Eads of
Jainesport. These are tho best places
and each has a score or more of good
Republicans competing for them.
There are about loo poo l ptaces at
the disposal of the Republicans in the
organization of the house. For tho
four priuoipal positions there are over
forty applicants. Fight preachers ask
the privilege of praying for the house
at $5 per day.
A Concreaiman-Meet'* Sen IMigraeed.
Cabtuagk, Mo, Jan. 2.—Auditors
for the Santa Fe railroad and Wells-
Fargo express company have lust
compluted an investigation of the ao-
counts of O. B. Kirkpatrick, their
agent at Carl Junction, oui found a
small defalcation. He had been under
a cloud for two years, it is said, but
had staved off un investigation till
now. His father, Congressman-elect
S. S. Kirkpatrick of the Third Kan-
sas district, has paid his son's short-
age. His family consisted of only a
wife and one child, but ho is said to
have led a fast life.
striker* Will Teat Their Right*.
Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 2.—The strik-
ers at the Apollo and Leechburg tin
plate plants are preparing to enter
suit for their wages under contracts
signed with the Apollo iron
and steel company nnd Kirkpatrick
& Co., owners of the plants. The con-
tracts were to govern the wages for
one year, but after-they had been in
force four months the firm demanded
red actions. The Workmen refused to
accept and the lockout followed. The
wages of 2,000 men for eight months
aro involved.
At aoa on Dgmoarntlo Error*.
Chicago, Jan. 2.—Senator Allison
of Iowa, who passed through to-day
on his way tu Washington, said that
if anybody had been wishing the Dom-
ats bad luck it coald hardly have
been hoped that they would tangle
up financial affairs any worse than
they have. "If imports don't show a
material improvement," he went on,
"it will bo necessary to issue more
bonds before long to meet tho gov-
ernment expenses."
No Fortune In l.ectnring.
Cincinnati, Jan. 8.—Uustavus A.
Meyer, who levied on tho receipts of
the W. C. 1*. Breckinridge lecture
Thursday night for his services in
taking depositions in the Pollard case
a year ago. was sustained by the court
to-day. It is stated that Breckin-
ridge's receipts have been small at
other points and hero he lost alL
Funeral* Intteail of a Wedding.
Moniiokvim.e, Ala., Jan. 2. — Doss
Metts killed his sweetheart, Lizzie
Smith, by stabbing her and then cut
his own throat and died. The couple
were to havo been married New
Year's day, but Mett's jealousy of the
attentions of his sweetheart's former
lover caused the deed.
Chaeka for Nearly Seven Million*.
Washington, Jan. 2.—United
States Treasurer Morgan to-day
mailed 29,055 chocks aggregating
80,835,404 in payment of the interest
due January 1, 1895, on United States
registered 4 pet cent consols of 1907
and bonds issued to the Pacific'rail-
road companies.
Reduced VaIuo of Foreign Coin*.
Washington, Jan. 2.—The quar-
terly establishment of the value of
foreign coins, prepared by the direc-
tor of the mint, shows a reduction of
almost two per ccnt in tho values of
the silver coins of January 1, 1895, as
compared with October 1, 1891.
Stricken While Rending P per.
Sedai.ia, I Mo., Jan. 2. —Last even-
ing while sitting at his fireside read-
ing a newspaper C. G. Taylor, one of
Scdalia's oldest and wealthiest citi-
zens, fell to the floor and expired of
heart disease. 11c had been a jeweler
in this city for twenty-fivo years.
Anderaon tirny Takes nn Appeal.
Topeka, Kas., Jan. 2.—Anderson
Gray, convicted in Sumner county as j
an accessory of the murder of Thomas j
Patton, and sentenced to death, ha* .
filed an appeal in the supreme court i
A Great Oil Refinery Burned.
Beai.in, Jan. 2.—A dispatch re-
ceived here announces t lint Rychlov- i
ski & Sayet's great petroleum refinery j
at Batoum on the Black sea, has been !
burned. Tho loss is enormous.
IK II
AWFUL REPORTS FROM THE
WESTERN COUNTIES.
TVELTE PEOPLE FROZE! TO DEATH.
Ilandred* of I'aopla in rarktna, Chaae,
Ifnndr, I .la eola. Mayea, Hitchcock
and rranllor Count lea In Hitter
INalrea*—Maay Sura to Pariah
From Huafar and Cold —
Terrible institution.
DrNvm, Col, Jan. 2.— Dispatcher
from Western Nebraska received hero
tell of- tho destitntion and distress
prevailing among the inhabitants of
the drouth-stricken districts. A dis-
patch from Hastings says: "Terrible
destitution exists in Perkins, Chase,
Dnndy, Lincoln, Hayes, Hitchcock
and Frontier counties and the worst
of the feature is tho people in several
localities are afflicted with scurvy for
want of wholesome food. The state
relief committees find themselves un-
able to relieve all the people in dis-
distress, so great are the demands for
aid. The railroad men report that
since tho cold snap no less than a
dozen people have perished in the
above counties in the past two days
for want of food and fuel. Hundreds
of families are without coal, and ia
the border counties, where no treea
or brush exists, the poor people had a
hard time to keep from freezing to
death.
"In Perkins county the destitution
is complete. Over boo families aro
appealing for help. Near Lisbon tho
wife and two children of Settler
Burns died for want of proper nour-
ishment and clothing to cover them.
In Hitchcock county the wife of one
of the settlers gave birth to twins
during the storm, and before tho
neighbors could reach her home the
poor woman expired from want of
sufficient food and attention. Tho
twins are still living and in charge of
charitable neighbors.
Dispatches from other western coun-
ties tell the same story of distress.
North Carolina Will Han't Food.
Raleigt, N. C., Jan. 2.—A call waa
issued yesterday for a mass meeting
of this place for the purpose of secur-
ing food and supplies to be sent to tho
destitute district* in Nebraska.
Kt-Conyr***man Hatter Located.
Indianapolis, *In<L, Jan. 2.—Kx-
Congressman William Butler of West
Union, Iowa, was located here yoa-
terday. In explanation of his sudden
disappearance from home two month*
ago, he says that the morning of
November 22 he awoke by hearing a
train man call out Indianapolis. Ho
aavs from the time he dismissed tho
school he was teaching in Iowa on
November 20, until he arrived hero,
his mind was a perfect blank. Ho
says he at once wrote to his wife, but
the letter miscarried. Butler has
been working here as a book agent
trying to rccoup bis fortunes. Ho
seems to be perfectly sane.
May Contest Fair'* Will.
San Francisco, Cal , Jan. 2.—It haa
been freely asserted that since the
publication of Senator Fair's will that
there will be a contest unless such ac-
tion should be construed as dunger-
ous to tho contestant by reason of
the forfeiture clause in tho will. Mrs.
Charles L Fair says that she has no
reason to bo dissatisfied with her
father-in-law's provision for her hus-
band. She said she did not marry
young Fair for his money, and that
they have been very happy without
wealth.
So More Hack l'ny.
Washington. Jan. 2.—The three
new senators who will be elected to
fill the vacancies in the states of Wy-
omiug, Washington and Montana,
will probably not he paid the back
salaries which have heretofore been
paid to senators elected or appointed
to fill vacancies. They were cut out
by an express provision in the legisla-
tive appropriat ion bill of the last se >
sion which, it is believed, will put an
end to this practice for the future.
Shot in a liambllnf lien.
Norman, Ok., Jan. 2. —J. E. Gillen-
water was shot by Will Briggs last
night in a gambling hall over the Red
Light saloon. The room bears evi-
dence of a desperate struggle. Gillen-
water's pockets had been rifled by
bloody fingers and he had been robbed
of $250 and a gold.watch and chain.
He is yet alive, but can live but a few
hours. Briggs escaped.
Train and Carriage Collide.
Chicago, Jan. 2.—A Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific passenger coach
being rapidly switched in o the Roek
Island depot yesterday afternoon
crashed into a carriage at the Pacific
avenue and Harrison street crossing.
Five persons were badly injured, the
carriage demolished and ono of the
horses so badly injured that it had to
be shot.
St. Paul'* Church Dedicated.
Washington, Jan. 3. — Arch-
bishop Satolli and Cardinal Gibbons
took part yesterday in the imposing
ceremony attending the dedication of
St. Paul's Catholic church. It is sel-
dom that so many of tho heads of the
American church were brought to-
gether at a church event.
Hi ore Investigation Wanted.
New York, Jan. 2.—It is settled
that the chamber of commerce will
demand from the incoming legisla-
ture the appointment of a committee
with full power to investigate the
municipal department of the city, as
the senate committee has investigated
the police department.
Una 1 eloxto Mecn l oUonedr j
Montevideo Jan.* 3.—Ex-President j
Peixoto of Brazil, ia reported to be
very sick. Some say his illness was
brought on by an accident, but others
believe that he has been poisoned.
FLORIDA CROPS RUINED.
* e Million Ue*e* of Oroage* Rendered
Worthies*.
Jacksonvii.i.k, Kit, Jan. 1—1 ho
mercury went down to 14 degrees
above zero in this oity ju*t before
sunrise this morning—1 dogree lowor
than during the great freose of ISM,
and the lowest since 1833. Tho
weather station i* 100 feet above the
ground, nnd other readings about
town averaged from 10 to 13 degrees
lower.
The orange and vegetable crops are
practically ruined. Tho best estl-
mute places the number of oranges at
present on the trees at fully 3,000.000
boxes, aud the officials of the Florida
Fruit exchange In this city think fully
2,000,000 boxes have been frosen
wholly or in parL
Twenty-Four Men drowned.
Loxtion, Jan. 3.—During ths fierce
gales yesterday tho Britlah bark
(tsscn, which had just returned from
a four months' vnyago, was driven
upon the Holyhead breakwater and
broken np in • few moments. Not
one of the twenty-four men on board
escaped, though the coast guard men
made desperate efforts to save them.
Several other vessels were wrecked,
but no more lives were lost.
To Work Among the Lowe*t.
San Francisco, Jan 3.—General
Bonth has comirissioned Helen G.
Scliofield as a lieutenant in the Salva-
tion army, to work among the lowest
of the fallen women. She is the
daughter of the Rev. L. M. Scliofield,
who was pastor of important Presby-
terian churches in California, and who
is now in Chicago. She graduated
with distinction from Mills seminary
two years ago and joined tho Salva-
tion army last Aptil.
Llqnor nnd Labor Order*.
Nkw York, Jan. 2. —At the meeting
of the Central Labor union yesterday,
after some discussion. Delegate Petv
rine of the Iron Workers' union of-
fered u resolution compelling all
unions connected with the Central
Labor union to find meeting places
within thnpo months where no intoxi-
cating liquors are sold. After a warm
discussion tho resolution was defeated
A loon for Mr. l*(*tl
Garden Crrr, Kan., Jan. ^-A
monster petition addressed toTlon.
Milton Brown, senator Thirty-eighth
district, Hon. W. R. Hopkins, repre-
sentative of Finney county, and the
senate and house of the Kansas legis-
lature has been circulated and signed
by voters without regard to political
affiliation asking for the election of
Ingalls to sitocced Martin.
Inveutor or Bloomers Dead.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 2.—
Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, from whom
the Bloomer eostu me, one of the first
efforts toward dress reform, was
named, died at her home in this city
yesterday. She was also ia her
younger years a noted lecturer on
tcmpcrance and woman's suffrage.
Tha Sherry Wine Product Small.
Washington, Jan 2. . —United
States Consul Adams at Cadiz, Spain,
reports to the state department that
owing to a dry spring, to phylloxera
and to lack of ready money by the
grope growers, the sherry vintage of
1894 shows a marked decrease .n
quantity.
To Tee* the Itoableday I aw.
TorEKA, Kan., Jan. 2.—The county
attorney of Shawnee county has filed
in the supreme court an appeal from
the decision of District Judge Bur-
nett so as to have the supreme court
construe the Doubleday law of 1893,
which Judge Burnett decidcd was un-
stitutioual.
lottery Company Quite Hailnnl.
Kansas Citv, Ma, Dec. 31.—The
firm of K. Fox & Co., for so long at
the head of the lottery business in
Kansas City, Ivan . has closed its doors
and is announced to have "t ired from
business. At any rate >ae firm will
no longer operate from that point and
in case any more business is done it
will l>o from some other city. The
firm is one of the oldest in the city
and its leaving the ranks means vir-
tually the collapse of thu business
here.
Armour Rrducea Fxpenae*.
Chicago, Dec. 31.—Tho 3,500 em-
ployes in the packing house of Ar-
mour & Co. were informed yesterday
that hereafter eight hours Will con-
stitute a day's work. The plant bas
been running ten hours up to this time.
The reason given for the reduction
in working hours isHhat it is neces-
sary to reduce expenses and that the
strong competition between the pack-
ers has greatly rcduced the profits to
be obtained from the business.
Blaine'* Old Home.
Washington, Dec. 81.—An opera
bouse is to be erected upon the site of
the Blaine residence on Lafayette
square in which the statesman died.
The opera house is to cost <250,000.
It will be constructed so as to allow a
roof garden, the first of the kind in
Washington.
John H. Ball of Laporte, Ind., sup-
posed to have been murdered in South
Chicago December 21, has returned
home safe and sound.
If you wish to do as they do In
London, have coal-black cups, set in
•aucers of pale gray or turquois. at
your afternoon teas, and give each
guest a souvenir spoon; that is, if
you are a spoon collector. It will bo
found a most effective way of intro-
ducing new topics for conversation
among people little known to each
other, as each spoon from its design
will suggest an idea.
A lump of freshly burnt lime,placed
in a drawer or case where bright
steel articles aro kept, perfectly pre-
serves them from rust. If tho things
are to be moved—as a gun in its case,
for instancfe—the lime should bo put
in a muslin bag. This is especially
valuable for specimens of iron when
fractured, for in a moderately dry
place the lime will not require re-
newing for many years, as it is cap*,
ble of absorbing a large amount cf
moisture.
I HGE NOEL
LIVELY TIMES BEFORE THE
LEXOW COMMITTEE.
IR. MOTT HOTLY SPEAKS HIS HID.
The l'nlte,< State* District Attorney and
Mr. lata* Have n Scene-Mr. <ieg
Severely Heooaneee Ike ruileo
Cnptaln* nnd Acaueee Then*
of AI moat Kvery Crime
In the Itook*.
Nr.w York, Dec. 81.—This morning
Mr. lloflf announced that Mr. Mott of
the United States district attorney's
oAlco wished to mako n statement
regarding tho charges made by the
green goods men Louis B. Streop and
his brother. Ho said that Mr. Mott
was a well known aud esteemed
member of the New York bar and he
had every faith in his integrity as a
citizen and lawyer.
"Wo declined to hear Mr. Comstoclt
yesterday, Mr. Guff," said Mr. Lexow,
"an 1 it would hardly be fair to allow
Mr. Mott to mako an explanation
when we refused a similar privilege
to Mr. Comstock."
Mr. Mott here took off his coat and
advancing toward the desk, said:
"You say you have stricken the evi-
dence us to me from your record.
That is not enough to destroy the
smirching which yon allowed to be
thrown upon me. Had I known on
last Thursday evening that I was to
be assailed insodisgruceful amanner,
whether above the ground or under
the earth, on tho ocoun or under the
ocean, 1 would have been here to de-
nounce the charge of corruption so
scandalously brought against a United
States district attorney. Did any
public official of this committee know
what this man Streep waa to testify?
If so I should have been informed
and some attempt inado to ascertain
whether his statements were true or
not"
Mr. Lexow replied: "We have done
all in our power in striking out the
record. You deny the charge made
agBinst you?"
"Deny tho charge?" shouted Mr.
Mott. "Deny the charge? A charge
made against me by a twice convicted
criminal. Why I should deny any-
thing on such a man's stutemenL"
Mr. Lexow then grew angry and
said loudly: "If you wish to remain
here yon will remain as a witness,
and can make a denial on oath."
Mr. Mott replied still more angrily:
"You have no right to speak to me,
sir, in such a manner. I havo my
rights as a citizen just as well aa you
and I have a right to denounce hero
the base charges allowed to be mad#
against me."
Chairman Lexow rapped his gavel
violently on the desk. "You have no
right to speak here," he cried. "You
will confine yourself to the charges
made against you by a witness. You
must keep quiet here. You may If
you choose be sworn and deny tho
statements on the record."
"Deny the record," Mr. Mott cried:
•'Why you say yon have no record."
Mott then put on his coat and left
the room, shouting as he started for
the door. -'I will not disgrace myself
by submitting to your rudeness."
Captain Martens was called and
said that Mrs. Martens was very sick.
Mr. Cioff then accused him of keep-
ing his wife away from court fearing
that on her examination she might
tell soiueihing that would substanti-
ate the charges of corruption of
which Martens is accused. Martens
tried to explain his wife's oudition,
but Mr. Goff would not let hiin and
kept on saying very severo tilings.
"You may go now," said Mr. Goff,
as soon as he thought ho had said
enoiiirli.
"Is Captain Mcakin here?"
There was no answer and Mr. Goff
charged the absent captain with pro-
tecting "green goods" operators and
Bcveral other acts of corruption.
Captain Ryan was called and gave
his bank boo'.ts to Mr. Goff in defer-
ence to the orders given to him when
excused yesterday. He denied that
he had ever accepted any money and
added: "Sure it would be very fool-
ish for anyone to offer me any money
for protection. I wonld aot touch it,
for I am an honest man."
Inspector McLaughlin was next
called, batho was not on hand and
Mr. Goff said: "He was subpoenaed
again last night, and we telephoned
to police headquarters and received
the information that he had left there
to come here."
When McLanghlin entered tho
court room he apologized for not b:
ing on band earlier, but said he had
been in constant attendance for the
last three days. He said that he was
21 years old when he joined the police
force. He then had 8fi,000. This he
had left first with his mother and
later with his wife.
Mr. Goff asked him if he ever got
back the SO, 000 from his wife, but tho
inspector hedged around and finally
said that his wifa paid $7,000 on
a house in 1885, but he did not
take this as a payment to him of
the $0,000. Mr. Goff went on putting
the same question repeatedly and
finally Mr. Laughlin said: "I have
received moneys from my wife, but
as to that original amount I cannot
say that I ever gc', it."
Ill* Mother Cra*ed by His Crime.
Atchison, Kan., Dec. 31. —Green
Barker, a wealthy farmer near here,
slashed Will Slattery with a knife a
few days ago. Worry over the affair
caused Barker's mother to become
violently insane and sho died this
morning.
A French Official Dlagrneed.
Paris, Dec. 31.—The cabinet haa de-
cided to dismiss M. Dannesen, gov-
ernor of French Indo-China, owing to
the fact that it has been proved that
ho divulged the contenta of official
documents and receipts.
Alderman Power* Not Indlctod.
Chicago, Dee. 31.—The grand iury
by a unanimous vote refused to indict
Alderman John Powers for soliciting
• bribe.
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