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Tho Boavor Herald.
TV. I. DRUMMOKO Publisher.
BEAVER
OKLAHOMA.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Mrs. Wilson of New Vorlt lb said to
Tjavo married o(T her sons and dough-
tcrs to fortunes aggregating 8'75
oooooa
Durino tho 11 months ended wltl
May 31 last tho exports of this coun-
try ninountcd to S798'J033!S1 nud tho
Imports to 723501201.
As tho head of tho Vanderbllt fam-
ily Cornelius Vnndcrbllt controls 37-
000 miles of railroad capitalized at
over $300000000. Ho holds tho wolfaro
of thousands In his hands.
Tun llroohlyn Health Culture club
will early In October on n rainy day
como out In their new "common
sense" costumes. Tho object of tho
club Is to sot an example of sonslblo
dressing. Tho club is composed of
society and professional women.
Dimixo tho last fiscal year H4 7.207
immigrants arrived in tho United
Status of whom 210100 wero malo nnd
130801 females. Tliero woro debarred
r.037 Immigrants of whom 2010 wert
paupers and 770 contract laborers;
others for miscellaneous roanons.
London has been aroused to tho ne-
cessity of having a 30-foot channel
open Into tho Thamos at nil stages of
tho tlda in ordor to bo ablo to competo
with Southampton and Liverpool. Vcs-
sola drawing 37 feet can pass only 13
days In tho year and thnso drawing 33
feet on 135 days.
Tiik convicts In tho Ohio peniten-
tiary havo hold a convontlon to protest
against tho sentencing of man to life
imprisonment undor tho habitual crim-
inals act. Next wo will havo a con-
vention of murdcrors tho St. Louis Re-
public r;ays agitating for tho suppres-
sion of tho hatignuin.
Acting under un act of tho legisla-
ture passed nt Albany last winter
Warden Sago of Sing Sing prison will
at onco Inaugurato tho llcrtlllon sys-
tem for tho Identification and measur-
ing of tho criminals now in Sing Sing
prison. There aro IS measurements In
all. If tho llcrtlllon systom bocomes
universal It will bo no trouble to lo-
cate tho whereabouts of any criminal.
Tub total production of crude pe-
troleum in tho United States In 1895
was 62083520 barrels valued at 857-
091270 against 40344510 bnrrols In tho
previous year valued at 356220115.
Since tho beginning of operations In
Titusville Pa. In 1850 tho enormous
total of 709713403 barrels of crude pc-
troloum havo been produced In this
country of which 510057200 barrels
ropresent tho product of tho Pennsyl-
vania and New York oil fields.
Parks and boulevards of Chicago
will soon bo linked with a great blaze
of electric glory. Commissioners of
the park boards have doclded to co-
operate In bohalf of Illuminated drlvo
ways on an oxtonded scale whllo tho
present shadows In tho parks will be
dispelled by a flood of light It Is
thought tho work will bo largoly com-
pleted by December 15. Cyclists re-
gard tho goncral extension of lighting
facilities with approval. It means to
tho enthusiastic wheeling fraternity a
continuous circuit of "extended day.
light" from park to park.
As tho amount of silver dollars
in the treasury available for tho re-
demption of treasury notes has bo come
reduced to 810050152 and will bo fur
ther reduced by redemption during
the current month tho colnago of sil-
ver dollars by tho mints will bo in-
creased from SI 500000 to S300000r
per month from tho lit of August lu
order that tho treasury may liavo o
sufllciont stock to redeem notes pre-
sented in exchango for silver dollars.
The amount of notes redeemed In silver
dollars and cancelled from November
H 1891 to July 14 1800 was 828402-
Since July 1 1895 tho total number
of pension claims of all kinds has de-
creased 60540. This leaves tho aggre-
gate number now awaiting action 493-
GC4. Tho actual number of claimants is
however only 410022. Tho dllTeronce
in tho figures Is duo to duplications.
Tliero aro 170.5S5 casos of claimants to
whom no pension whatever was Issued.
The number on tho pension rolls is
steadily decreasing tho total number
of ponslons everywhere bo lug a little
over 070000 a slight decline. It Is es-
timated that 30000 pensioners havo
died durlug tho fiscal year which has
just closed.
An astronomical expedition which
men of scienco say is tho most impor-
tant ono planned for more than half a
century left Chicago recently for
Flagstaff Ariz. to go eventually to
Mexico. Tho gentlomcn carried with
them one of tho best louses in the
world. Under tho favorablo atmos-
phcrlo conditions to bo found In Ari-
zona and Mexico tho expedition
expects to add volumes to the history
cf tho planet Mars and to mako tho
most systematic survoy ever attempted
of the sidereal systems which whirl
through space around tho southern
hemisphere.
Tiikre is a possibility that the pro-
ject of the late "Ilrick" l'omeroy to
tunnel the Kocky mountains maylbo
revived. Friends of tho widow and
sotno of the largest stockholders havo
been casting about for somo way to
get back tho money 81000000 sunk
in the tunnel. Kxports are now in
Colorado examining tho property and
when their report is made tho 'stock-
holders will decide whether to go on
with the job. "Ilrick" Pouieroy thought
that by a tunnel which could after-
wards be used by railroads unlimited
supplies of gold silver and other wet-
als would bo laid bare.
PitOK. V. W. McEwkn of Jackson
Mich. -proposes to revolutionize aero-
nautics by using an immense rocket
for his ascensions instead of tho time-
worn balloon. He has begun work in
Chicago upon tho CO-foot rocket of alu-
minum phosphor-bronze and other
things which is to carry him two miles
into the air in fewer seconds by many
than ever mortal man has ever before
traversed that distance on earth or
through the atmosphere. Tho various
devices for the propulslou of the mon-
ster tho steadying of its long flight
throueh tho oir the provision of air to
its occupant etc. are all patented.
NEWS OF TILE WEEK.
Qloanod By Tolograph anrl MulL
lT.KSONAL AND rOMTICAr-
FitHBtiKNT Cleveland attended the
funeral services of tho lato cx-Oov.
William H. Uussoll in CambrldgeMass.
on tho 20th.
The California socialist labor con-
vention has adopted a platform pro
testing against tho frco colnago of sll
ver on tho ground that such action
would bo class legislation Inasmuch
as alleged It would bonellt tho dobtor
class and declaring that frco silver
would not benefit laboring men as
thoy wero not as a rulo debtors.
Itisiiop Arthur Cleveland Coxe of
tho Wcstorn Now York Episcopal dlo-
coso died at Rochester N. Y. of nerv-
ous prostration aged 73.
It was reported from Washington
Hint Sccrotnry Olnoy had gono toOray
Gables at tho request of President
Cloveland and that Socrotary Lamont
waslikoly to bo In that vicinity on tho
S2d. Tho conference was thought to
bo for tho discussion of political ques-
tions and that tho president soon aftor
tho conference would Issuo somo sort
of n statemont defining his position.
The people's party national conven-
tion was called to order nt St. Lou li
on tho 22d by Chairman Toubencck o
tho cxocutlvu committee. Gov. Stone
welcomed tho delojatcs and Ignatlu:
Donnelly of Minnesota made tho ro
sponsc. Senator llutlcr nf North
Carollnn was mndo temporary chair-
man and ho pleaded for tho malntou
anco of the organization of thepcoplo'f
party.
Princess Maude of Wales youngosi
daughter of tho prima of Wales wn
married in London on tho 22d tc
I'rlnco Charles of Doimark grandson
of tho king of Dcntinrlc. They loft
afterwards for Applcton hall Wolfer
ton Norfolk which will bo thcli
! home.
The national sllvor jarty mot in con
vcntiouatSt. Louis on tho 22d. llaukei
W. P. St. John of New York wut
mado permanent chairman.
Ex-Gov. John P. St John of Kan-
sas addressed tho sllvir convention at
St. Louis on tho '.'3d. Ho denounced
tho "Wall slroot syndicates and Eng-
lish bond sharks."
It has bean decided to continue the
work of tho American Dimotnllic union
at Washington in sending out II torn-
luro to educate voters on tho money
question until tho No-omber election
and tho working forco will bo doubled
after August 1.
Senator Allen of Nobrnska wat
olected chairman of the people's party
national convontlon it St. Louis on
tho 23d by a voto of 75$ to 604 for Cam-
pion tho roprcsoutatlva of tho middle-of-the-road
populists tho liryan men
thus scoring a victory.
A i ickti.no of gold itandard demo-
crats called to consldertho advisability
of Issuing a call for a national convon-
tlon was held at Chicago on tho 23d.
Tho meeting was secret. Thoso pres-
ent from Missouri were: Col. James O.
Uroadhead F. W. Lehman Perry T.
Kent and Holla Wolls of St. Louis nnd
L. C Kraut) off of Kansas City. Sena-
tor Vilas and domocrats from halt n
dozen states wero In tho conforonco.
No decided conclusion was nrrlvod at.
miscellaneous.
The Dotroit (Mich.) Driving club's
great Merchants' and Manufacturers'
stako race was won by thollttlo brown
Kentucky lllly Emma Oitutt who twe
years ago was offered for salo for 8300
and failed to get n buyer. Sho won In
straight h cats and onrlched hor breed
crs nnd owners In tho sum of 85407.
The llostou banks havo taken the
samo courso as tho Now York- banks
and havo agreed to turn over 30 pei
cent of tholr gold for tho benefit ol
tho federal gold reserve.
A dispatch from Little Rock Ark.
on tho 23d stated that farmers through-
out that stato complained of tho long
contlnuod drought. Cotton was seri-
ously damaged in sovoral soctious.
Early corn was also roported damaged
beyond recovery nnd late dim was at a
critical stage. Pastures wero dried up
and in many localities stock water was
scarce.
In tho Unttcd States court at St
Paul Minn. tho Iowa nntl-clgarctte
law was declared unconstitutional
tho ground given for tho decision be-
ing tho samo as in tho liquor original
package law.
A tarty of six young persons wont
out on Lake Ilomldjl In Minnosota and
n storm camo up tho boat was over-
turned and two wero drowned.
A fire consumed Ilurrott's hotel and
tho now oporahousout Henderson Ky.
All tho guests escaped. Loss 875000;
insurance half.
"Climate and Health" which has
been a regular monthly publication oi
tho weather bureau nt Washington
has been discontinued becnuso of tho
doubt as to tho authority for tho ex-
penditures Incident theroto under tho
la3t appropriation act.
Troudle was roported among tho
Chinese factious at San Francisco A
murder was committed on tho 20th
nnd many more deaths wero expected.
IIki'ortb from Frankfort Ky.on tho
31st staled thnt a cloudburst on lion-
sou's creek near there resulted In tho
drowning of at least ten people. Tho
Louisville & Nashville brldgo was
swopt away and great damage was
dono to property In tho couuty.
The wife of Phillip Tague of White
Plains Ky. gave birth to triplets all
girls healthy nud weighing six seven
and eight pounds respectively.
A Ho.no Kono dispatch said that a
missionary wrote to a correspondent
thore confirming previous reports of
Japancso atrocities In tho island of
Formosa. The Japanese it was stated
wero fast exterminating the Chinese.
Over CO villages had been burned and
thousands of persona killed.
Tiik latest news rece'ved from Japan
stated that the loss of llfo from tho re-
cent tidal wavo was between 23000
and 30000. The government had re
ceived reports from all the devastated
districts uud It was thought all the
victims of tho disaster had been ac-
counted for.
The llaptlst Young People's union
in session nt Milwaukee reconsidered
its action voting the 1893 convention
to Denver Col. and It will be held at
Chattanooga Tenn. Denver will get
the 1899 convention.
The treasury gold reserve on tho
20th had been reduced to S90.7S7.C36.
In the absence of both the president
nud Secretary Carlisle from Washing-
ton no expression of opinion could bo
obtained from them but the troasury
officials who possess their confidence
do not hesitate to say that if necessary
another bond issue will bo made when
tho reserro reaches a point when fur-
ther action is rendered imperative.
At llralnord Minn. on tho 22d John
Prydc who murdered Andrew Peter-
son five months ago was hanged In
tho county jail. Potcrson was Pryde's
friend und was murdered for 812.
Prydo afterwards mado a full confes-
sion. The fine stern wheel steamboat tho
Paul Tulano struck n snng In tho Mis-
sissippi river whllo on routo to New
Orleans and after drifting down
stream a short distance turned over
and sank out of sight. Tho boat am(
cargo will prove a total loss. Nono of
tho pnssongcrs or crow wero reported
missing.
IlARRV ItUDOLl'lt ngcdll of Chicago
struck two blows with his small fists
and his opponont Grovar Hanson foil
dead at his feet. Tho physician who
examined Young Hnnson gavo It as his
opinion that tho lad died from cerebral
congestion resulting from n shock af-
fecting tho heart's action.
Samuel Conrad of Huntington Pa.
recently donned his best clothes nnd
boarded a freight train for tho tuition-
nl encampment at Lowlston Pa. Soon
nfter four tramps bonrded tho train
nnd ono of them compelled Conrad nt
the point of n rovolvor to undress und
turn over his good clothes In exchange
for the tramp's old suit Tho trnmp
also took nil Ills money.
Two campers Oscar Anderson nnd
Ed Kuohnstcdt fell from their small
boat whllo rowing near Apploton
Wis. and Anderson was drowned and
Kuohnstcdt was roscuod In an uncon-
scious condition.
At tho close of business on tho 23d
tho federal gold reserve had been onco
more placed safely over the 8100000000
mark. This was accomplished through
tho deposit of gold coin by certain
battles in roturn for United States
notes.
The colobration of tho founding of
Cleveland O. 100 years ago was com-
menced Immediately after midnight of
the 21st by n salute of 100 guns tho
screeching of stonm whistles tho ring-
ing of bolls nnd tho explosion of fire-
works. Tho nation salute wns fired at
6:30 a. m. on tho 22d and at that early
hour nearly everybody gavo up all
thoughts of slumber and turned out to
celobrato.
It was expected on tho 22d thai
Leadvlllc Col. would bo placed under
tunrtlal law owing to tho minors'
strike In that city nnd tho trouble the
minors' union wns causing to different
firms that wero not disposed to yield
to tholr demands.
At Attica Mich. Gorman Swain
killed his thrcu youngest children on
tho 31st sot firo to tho house and then
shot himself. The murderer had pre-
viously driven his thrco other children
from tho house and they lied to n
neighbor's.
Twentv-thhee firemen wero over-
come by smoke whllo fighting a firo at
Gustav Pretzel's commission house at
Chicago. They wero conveyed to their
various engine houses. Nono will die.
William Little colored of McKces-
port Pa. ato 83 worth of pics and
topped them off with a liboral allow-
anco of watormolon and then com-
plained of feeling "queer inside." He
was soon after wards found dead on
tho porch.
Two blocks woro destroyed nnd the
Santa Fe dopot damaged by fire at Cle-
burne Tex. recently.
The main storage house of tho Dia-
mond Match Co. at Chicago was de-
stroyed by firo on tho 21st. Tho fire
was caused by an explosion.
As a result of despondency over fall-
uro In business Mr. and Mrs. Louis S.
Grndkc of Galcsburg 111. took mor-
phine and were discovered by thoii
daughtor Jonuic in a dying condition.
Doctors wero summoned but could dc
nothing.
The .American barkontino Herbert
Fuller which sailed from Boston re-
cently nrrlvod at Halifax N. S. on
the 31st with tho bodies of Capt Nash
his wifo and Second Mato llrumburg.
Tho three had been murdered. The
authorities clapped all the rest of those
on board Into prison cells. Tho affair
was shrouded In mystery.
A disastrous fire raged at Torre
Hauto Intl. juBt before midnight oi
the 21st. Naylor's opera house anew
hotel just orected a dry goods store
two saloons and several other store
wero destroyed with their contonts.
Loss estimated at 8300000; insurance
about half.
Harrv McKean a fireman at the
Frisco yards at Vinltn I. T.was scald-
ed to death. Tho man was under the
engine cleaning out cinders when a
valve blew out.
Near Harrodsburg Ky. while Phllir
Hoard was on his way to church ho
was shot In tho back by Silas Itugg
and Instantly killed. They hod quar-
reled over ltugg's wife liugg war
jailed.
Manv families wero reported with
out shelter through the recent disas-
trous firo nt Malvern Ark. and un
appeal for aid has been issued. Dona
tions will bo rocolvod by W. 1). Leipor
chairman relief committee.
James Cranston was killed by o
boiler explosion at English Ind. He
had insisted on performing his en
glncer's duty whllo tho latter visited a
sweothenrt.
Thomas J. Denton who shot and
killed his father-iu-law John Murphy
at Oklahoma City Olc fivu years ago
and was sentenced to prison for life
has been pardoned.
The trouble to find places in tho
army for the graduates of West Point
and thoso In the ranks who havo
passed successful preliminary oxnmlna
tions for commissions was said to bo
giving much concern to the war de-
partment officials at Washington.
The National Confederation of Col
orcd Women mot at Washington on
tho 20th. Tho aim of the convention
was the elovation of tho race.
A. J. Call and his daughter Nettle
were killed In a shanty boat neat
Huntington W. Va. on the 30th. Lot-
tie Call and several other small chil-
dren were also reported at tho point oi
death. Etta Uoblns has been accused
of tho crime. An ax was used on tho
vlctltm. No cause was assigned for
the deed.
II. J. WltiOHAM of Chicago won the
amateur golf championship of America
at Southampton L. I. defeating Cham-
pion McDonald of Chicago.
Grossly exaggerated aro tho esti-
mates of tho largo fortunes of tho
world. It Is easier to say 100000000
than 1500000a Absence of a sense of
proportion must also be taken into ac-
count When n Vanderbllt announced
that ho would distribute S150.000 among
the men employed on his railroad all
expected to bo rich but after the dis-
tribution they found themselves pos-
sessed of but S2 or 83 apiece.
The first bank within the limits oi
the United States was chartered In
Philadelphia in 1751. It was incorpo-
rated by congress under the title "Tho
President Directors and Company of
the Dank of North America."
WATSON THE MAN.
Ho is tho Populist Nomlnoo for
Vlco President. "
BRYAN WON'T ACCEPT NOMINATION
1'ciptillit Cnnvrntlon lltcoinn n Mob ot
''aggnl-Ont Wmnglsri-Hcnatnr Slew-
rt Oareit-DcUlU of Hie lj
ThoNrwiortha Ilnj.
Bt Louis July2.V Thomas R. Watson
of Georgia who was a member of the
Fifty-first congress and who In the
Fifty-second nnd Fifty-third congress-
es unsuccessfully contested Colonel
Hlack's seat was nominated for vlc
president by the Populist convention on
tho first ballot shortly after mldnieht.
There were five other candidates Be
wail Mann Page of Virginia A. t
Jtlmma of Tennessee Congressman
Skinner of North Carolina ami CoIoneJ
Hurkltt of Mississippi.
Tho nomination was mado unanlmouf
before tho result of tho roll call wn
announced. Mr. Uryan sent word to hi
suportors thnt he would not accept a
nomination at the hands of the conven-
tion under Uuse clrcumstnncee. 3I
will stand loyally by his running mate.
I1HYAN MEN DITC1IBD.
The opposition to Sewall In the Popu-
list convention practically swamped
the Bryan forces at today's session o
tlw convention hv tnnlrlnt. If fmnnonUJ.
to prevent a division ot the Chleaga
ucKei. u-jvo Udiaers were powerless to
cheek the strong feeling ngalnst the
Uath shipbuilder and banker. They had
carried tho day in the committee on res.
oluHons In framing a comparatively
moderate platform which they after-
wards got through the convention with
wise. Their strategy was skillfully dis-
played at other points. ttut the Intense
undercurrent of feeling ngalnat Bewail
wn fatal to him.
It was a sunken ditch unmarked up-
on the battlefield which clutching with
Its tmulflv ftncpfn nt thA il.tu! p u.
artillery bore down Napoleon aii his
u.Kies ai wate-noo. Today the ditch
was In open view. From the beginning
It has ir.innpfl IIIta n phmm ntt.ni.H. .i.
path of the Uryan managers. In vain
inoy anempieu to oridge It.
SOUTHERN SHItBWDNESS.
Moreover today for the first time
the middle-of-the-road elcmont display-
ed generalship worthy of the name.
Recognizing the fact thnt h11 hope of
deputing Bryan's nomination wap lost
they concentrated all their efforts
against Sewnll. They did more Tney
dqvteed a cumins scheme by which the
convention wis forced to nominate the
Nice president before the president. It
wan an unpretc-dented thing but it ser-
ved to mass the votes In favor of a
Populist candidate for vice president
and uncovtc them In advance In the
fear that if Bryan were first nominated
the enthurtasn might break down .the
opposition to Sewall and stampede a
majority of the votes for the Ncbrns-
kan's running mate When the propo-1
sltlon was made to change the regular
order of nominations the Bryan men
strained every (lerve to prevent it They
even pleaded i Jrery Simpson on be-
half of Knn.-a.-l went so far as to Inti-
mate that thelvote of the Sunflower
etate would be fast for a southern man
for vice presldjnt If the regular order
was not reversed
GOT OUT 7IIEm PULL VOTE.
Whn the rol was callc-d they rallied
every vote at their command. Senator
Butler of North Carolina was a power-
ful ally with the 95 votes of the Old
North State behind him und Congress-
man Skinner the chairman of the dele-
gation cast the solid vote of the state
ngnlnft the chinge When the vote
was figured up however and he ascer-
tained that theie was a mojorlty of 26
In favor of th proposition under his
direction after i very pretty theatrical
exhibition fromllr Skinner the vote of
the delegation wis cast for the proposi-
tion nnd the altls emerged from the
contst with a -najorlty of 170 This
made the defoatof Sewn.ll and the nomi-
nation of a Popilist for vice president
certain After that the conference of
tho Joint commfte of the two conven-
tions could cone to nothing and the
Silver convention promptly nominated
Bryan and Sewili and adjourned sine
die.
BRYAN CONSULTED.
The anti-Bryan men nlthough they
pixwented a mimrity platform demand
ing an Irredeenahle paper currency
and crowded wth bitter denunciation
of the Democratc and Republican par-
ties did not atl-mpt to press It after
their victory. The majority report
which Is moderate and contains few rad-
ical propositions such as a demand for
the gradual afsumptlon by the govern-
ment of the ownership of railroads and
for direct legislation through the initia-
tive nnd referendum was adoptoi with-
out division rtnd the minority report
laid on the taMt
Tho Democrntc mnnngers consulted
nfter It becam evident that Sewall
could not be nqmlnnted and Mr. Bryan
was communicated with by telegraph.
WON'T BUN WITHOUT SEWALL.
Vom Pattcrsqn of Colorado who had
possession of tht telegram announcing
Bryan's position at midnight still de-
clined to makt It public. The Demo-
cratic leader asserted that Bryan could
not be disloyal u his running mate and
word was sent lo the Bryan managers
in the convention that the silver knight
of the west would not accept a nomina-
tion unless Sewill was also nominated.
The convention for live hours tonight
listened to nominating 6peeches In pro-
found Ignorance of this fact. Tom Wat-
son of Georgia Congressman Sklnnei
of North Caro.lna Minims of Tennes-
see Burkltt of Mississippi and Mann
Vago of Virginia wer nominated.
About 11 o'clock the Bryan men decided
to prlng the Nnratlon upon the con-
vention. Senator Stewart of Nevada
was selected to niake the announcement
coupled with a plea for uniting the sti-
ver forces but the antl-Sewall crowd
were In th seaddle. They howled down
the venerable senator and af tr a hurried
consultation the. leaders decided not to
permit the announcement to be made at
that lime. It seems undoubtedly true
however that IJryan will not accept
the presidential nomination unless S-
wall I also nominated.
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1IKVAN IS M)T OVKIi.AN.VlOUS
n Uls Hie Xfw truni M. Iol Only bj
tlm I'ublUi lfutltln.
Lincoln Neb 'July 35 Pending th
deliberations of the St. Louis conven-
tions Mr Bryan declined to be led Into
a dUcusslon of its work or Its probabili-
ties. He hes rselved the advices from
St. Louis only through the bulletins
glwn the public they being telephoned
to him from the telegraph ofnee. He
Ms not shewn cny intense Interest in
tha result.
oldiist i:x.si:nytjk iuks
(leorge W. June tif lotru rnra Aithjt
Aged Muety-lwo Vritr
Dubuque la. July 33. G neral Geo.
W Jones the oldest surviving ex-United
States senator died tonight aged 91
He represented as n delegate to con-
gress that territory when It Included
WUcor.oin Michigan Iowa and the
west except the Pacific coast. Ho was
the state's first senator and in early days
was prominent in national affairs es-
pecially of the northwest.
Pvrry Ga.t July 33. The Third dis-
trict Democratic convention t jdiy nom-
inated E B. Lewta to sucked Charles
F Cr'sp In c-oTigvaa nd endafed tie
CikiCUgb pUifjoi.
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OKLAIIOMA NEWS.
rrnm the Wichita Dally Kngle.
Kay county's tax levy Is nineteen mui.-v
Oklahoma county's is twelve.
Tomorrow tho Dt.nocrats of Guthrie
will ratify the Tiomlnation of Bryan.
Oeorg-a Dotlton has ridden from Guthrls
lo Kort Smith Arkansas and return.
It Js time for fcomo new real friend of
humanity to discover gold In Ui Wichita
mountains;
Healer Schrader has now got around to
Guthrie and Is going through the motlono
clown there.
Ten car loads of watermelons hava
olrcady been Bhtpred out of Oklahoma
from Guthrie.
According to the Times-Journal Okla-
homa county will have four million
tiunhcls of corn.
I'at NueIo s-hoiild arm his men and go
after Bill Dool'.n. He. will never heai
lb last of It unlcs he dots.
Lincoln county han a tax levy ot S
mills wh'.ch la a trifle bigger than an;
other county's In tho territory.
Tho Robert Lincoln Recmblcnn club oJ
Logan county ifl trying to unlto all the
Republican factions In tha country.
Bill Doolln win probably go to Mexico
this time. He will not fool around Kan-
sas Texas or Arkansas if he Is smart
One man In Oklahoma announces that h
Is for the unlimited coinage of gold re-
gardless of the action of any other nation.
At tho last accounts BUI Doolln was In
Texas wth tho hot breath of the deputy
marshals ninety miles behind on hit
neck.
Dr. Furlong has meandered back to
Oklahoma lonr enough to announce thai
the reports that tho people ot Mcrhcruon
Kansas mobbed him were falso.
J. E. MoCluns: of Wichita has moved
to tho territory. Both El Reno nnd Ok.
lahoma City papers claim that he has pur-
chased homes in their cities aad will settle
down.
An Oklahoma county farmer Is gotng to
hold all his corn until McKlnley Is elected
for. he says McKlnley will mako Mexico
admit our meat and grain an a footing
with other nations
Frank Greer sums up McKlnley and
Bryan thus: "On the one side an exper-
ienced platform and an experienced manj
on tha other an unexperienced platform
and an unexperlecvccd man."
Two Oklahoma City boys wers runntn
a race on their ponies when they collided
with Mr. and Mrs. Gault riding In a. buggy.
Mr. Gault's less were nearly broken and
Mrs. Oault had ner eye blacked.
Mrs. Martin Weeks of Guthrie hno a
oane which waj made by 1)111 Doolln.
Martin Weeks her husband recently went
to tho penitentiary but beforo going he
gave hec the cane which Doolln had given
to him.
Tho total tax levy in CJeveJand county
Is 17 mills. The board of county com-
missioners Is Populist and Is strong with
the people on account of Its good work.
Usually Populist county boards In Okla-
homa are weak.
Klldaro Journal: Scratch a Bopulltt
nnd you first find last -winter's under-
shirt then rree-nbacks. Tho first Issue
cf thi- Jewkirk Populist states: "How
v.ot.diTfully wise wo are to bo sure. We
dig vteless holrs In tho ground to obtain
the leurt valuable of all metals and In-
vite periodical attacks of panic and de-
struction every time we run short of the
valueless metal. Digging baubles out
of the earth to buy the products that grow
on the surface. What a oomedy for the
gods to laugh at."
Was Pa Nnjle going to move the United
States Jail away from Guthrie for revenge
or what?
Tho name Oklahoma does not appear in
tho nwspaper reports of tho notional
Democratic platform.
Tho Klldaro Journal thinks that so. far
as personal appearance is concerned It Is
a stand-off between McKlnley and Bryan
for beauty.
Jerre Johnson Is the best friend free sli-
ver has ever hud In Oklahoma. Ho has
talked It night and day but ho eays tho
country cannot stand free trade and froo
sliver Inaugurated at one tlmo.
Tho Perry Enterprise says tho most
egeglous silly blunder Oklahoma could
make would be to send a man In Dennis
Flynn'a place who Is unknown to the
house and the senate to engineer tho frco
homes bill.
There Is a plank In the Democratic na-
tional ?latform for free homes In Okla-
homa. It shows that the Chicago conven-
tion knew what a valuablo man Dennis
Flynn had been for Oklahoma. It conse-
quently Indorsed his great measure.
An .Oklahoma Bryan-Pop eays: "If tho
gold standard Is a good thing why try to
get rtrt of by International blmetallsmT"
A Repubth ans answers: "If the gold
standard Is a bad thing why attempt to
maintain It by any bimetallism?"
The Democrats of Oklahoma claim that
In the Democratic national plank for the
admission of Arizona and New Mexico the
namo Oklahoma should also appear. It is
said "Oklahoma" wqs read from the plat-
form In Chicago but it did not get into the
newspaper reports. It does not occur In
the newspaper reports. How are the
Democrats going to prove that It waa In
the platform. Who has tho original draft7
Guthro Leader: The Stato Capital still
continues its stereotyped He about the
Chicago platform declaring against Okla-
homa stntehood. Tho platform declares
fcr statehood for New Mexico Arizona
and Oklahoma nnd was so read to the
convention as the editor of The Stato
Capital well knows but In the early press
copies sent out the name of Oklahoma was
accidentally omitted by the oporator.
Guthrie Capital: Tho Democratic papers1
over tho territory nr trying to garble tho
Oklahoma statehood platform by insert-
ing the word "Oklahoma" with New Mex-
ico and Arizona. But this silly attempt
to correct an outrage will fool nobody.
The editor of Tho State Capital heard
every word of that platform as read from
the original ranuscrlpt and the word
Oklahoma was not in It. The Oklahoma
member of tho resolutions' committee
knew It wasn't there and pretended to
shed copious tears over hU failure to
get h!a territory recognized. And tho
whole Oklahoma delegation cussed Blxler
for his fall down In falling completely to
get Oklahoma in the statehood resolu-
tion and for allowing the free homes re-
solve to mention only "unappropriated"
land. The national Democracy Ignored
Oklahoma's statehood claims because it is
Republican territory and resolved for tho
cdmlsslon ot New Mexico and Arizona-
SILVER MEN GO HOME
Domocrntlo Nominees Aro Choson
By Acclamation.
ALL SILVER MEN SHOUD UNITE
Hut It Is Admitted Ttiut There's no Way t
Oet Iliein un n Common Platform
CI'Mlng kcne f the Con.
tentlon-Tlio Lilet.
St Louis Mo. July 25-It was 10:41
o'clock when Chairman St. John called
the convention to order. Rev. Dr. Co-
vert led in prayer after which G. K. Ba
ker of California took the floor. He mid
the People's party convention had ap-
pointed a conference committee and
moved that the convention defer action
on the platform and postpone the nomi-
nation of a ticket until 3.30 o'clock this
afternoon. The motion prevailed. A
motion that when the convention ad-
journ It adjourn till 3:30 p. m. pre-
vailed. After a number of delegates had epo-
ken on the silver question. Senator Stow
art of Nevada was called for. He said
that he went to Chicago with no hopo
that a free silver pflatform would be
adopted. He was agreeably disappoint-
ed. There was never a more patriotic
band of men on earth than the C20 dele-
gates who controlled the Chicago con-
vention. Wnll street was there with u
corrupt fund but It was of no use. The
silver delegates were lncorruptable.
They gave the enemy no quarter. He
told how the pJatform was adopted
and Incidents of the Democratic con-
ventlon. At length he spoke of the nom-
ination of W. J. Bryan who was not a
candidate. At the mention of Bryan'H
name the delegatca arcre and shouted
nnd cheered and flourished umbrellas
and flagj'. Senator Stewart then told
of Bryan's convention speech which
he said was tho gieatest orator In his-
tory. HE'S THICK WITH BRYAN.
"I know William J. Bryan" the sena-
tor went on. "He believe win I we
believe. He Is as true to his principles
as the needle to the pole. He was not
a Democrat In good and regular stand-
In having eatd time and time again if
the Democratic party adopted a gold
platform he would not pupport it."
In conclusion Senator Btewart said
that all free silver men were Ameri-
can. Everyone of them were against
the English gold syndicate; consequent-
ly everyone of them must come to the
front and vote as a unit and elect a
free sliver ticket. They must do thh
In spite of the "millions raised by the
goldbugs to corrupt the voters of the
United States."
Under a resolution adopted yesterday
the roll of states was called to find out
how many old soldiers were In the seats
as delegates The roll showed 163 Un-
ion veterans IS Confederate veterans
and four Mexican war veterans.
During the rail call an announcement
wan made by Mrs. Helen Gougar of In-
diana to the effect that there would be
a meeting of women at the Lindell hotel
today to organize a woman's national
silver league
JUDGE SCOTT PRAYS
Miss Helen Mitchell recited an origin-
al poem entitled "The Wail of William
Whitney" after which Judge Scott of
Omaha was called to the platform. In
addressing the convention he said:
"Oh God! Send pestilence and dis-
grace and vermin nnd war and famine
among us if you will but In Thy good
providence oh God deliver us from
another four years of oppression under
Grover Cleveland."
At the conclusion he called for three
cheers for Bryan which were given.
General Mclvor an ex-Confederate
officer next spoke appealing for a union
of tho forces of the silver men and was
given three cheers as he closed.
A resolution offered by Mr. Towne of
Minnesota "that whon this convention
completed the membership of the na-
tional committee so far as It can do eo
the committee shall have power to All
any vncancles that remain or that
herafter occur" was laid over until the
nfternoon. The convention then ad-
journed until 3:30 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The delegates ns usual came together
slowly for the afternon session and nt
the hour fixed 3:30 not half ere In
their seats nor were any of the ofllsers
present. It was nearly i o'clock before
the attendance assumed Its usual ap-
pearance. Spectators were slightly
more numerous than at previous ses-
sions. Ait 3:53 p. m. Chairman St. John
rapped for order and introduced the
new Mr. Hagerty who made the open-
ing prayer. At the conclusion of the
Invocation G. W. Baker was called upon
for a report from the conference com-
mittee. He said that the time was too
chort to reach a satisfactory conclu-
sion There were not more than 100
men In the conference and only two
hours to discuss the methods to be pur-
sued On motion of Mr Turner of Kan-
sas the report was accepted and adopt-
ed by a unanimous vote.
THE SILVER PLATFORM.
The report of the platform committee
was tlven made by Senator Jonta of Ne-
vada As he read the platform he was
frequently Interrupted by applause. The
platform reads as follows:
The national Sliver party in conven-
tion assembled hereby adopts the fol-
lowing declarations of principles:
First The paramount Issue at this
time In the United States is indisput-
ably the money qut3tlon. It Is believed
to be gold standard goid bonds and cur
rency on one side and the bimetallic
standard no bonds and government
currency one the 'other.
On this liaue we declare ourselves to
be In favor of a. distinctively American
flnanolal system. We are unalterably
uppued to the single gold standard and
demand the Immediate return to the
constitutional standard of gold and sil-
ver by the restoration of this govern-
ment independently of any foreign pow-
er of the unrestricted coinage of both
gold and rtlver as the standard money
at the ratio of 16 to 1 nnd upon terms
of exact equality as they existed prior
to 1S73 the silver coin to be full legal
tender equally with gold for all debts
and dues public and private
KKlii: l'AXTS MAKIiKS JOIN
Striking Tullor by Miintxy .Morning AVm
Number lilghtern Tlinuimui.
New York. July S5. Tho latest nc-
quldtlon to the ranks of striking tail-
ors In this city are 3000 "knee pants"
makers who have decided to join the
strikers. By Sunday morning the
strikers in this city Brooklyn and
Brownsville embracing all branches of
tho clothing Industry it Is estimated
will number in the aggegate 18000 mcr
nnd women operatives.
Thomas J. Denton. Pardoned.
Guthrie 01c July 21 Thomas J
Denton formerly of Arkansas City
Kan. who shot and killed his father
In-law John Murphy at Oklahoma
City five years ago and was sentenced
to prison for life has been pardoned
by Acting- Gov. Lowe
Ilaiband and Wlfa Commit Salrlde.
GAI.ESBUHO 111. July 21. As a result
of despondency over failure In bust-
cess Mr. nnd Mrs. Louis S. Gradke of
this city took morphine at nlht and
were the next mornluff discovered by
their daughter Jennie in a dying; con-dltioa.
THE PRECIOUS METALS
t 4i. n...! vr.ir emllnc In 1 80 i tlm
United States had $601000000 in gold -f fr
nd $624000000 in silver 111 cltcnlntlon. 4V
According t6 Mcssctlnglin the world's
ihcr mines have produced since 140.1
1S0.500 tons of silver valued nt CI- i
601000000.
rri n luWu-fon 1851 and 1800 wero "
tho most producthc in the pold mineo
of tlil country. The nmount mflicd
wns $13.12051.000.
The gold und slher money or J ranco
ts estimated by the Hank of France
to amount to $SOO000000 of the former
und $500000000 of the latter.
India is on a btrlctly Bihcr bnslr
i;old not circulating- to any appreciable
extent. The currency comprises $9jiij-
000000 In sliver nnd $17000000 In paper.
The director of the mint estimates
that In nil South America Uicre are now
in circulation $15000000 of cold $30-
DO0.O0O of silver and $000-SJ000 of pa- j
In the decade ending with 1S0O tho j
world produced 927900000 ounces of '
silver of which the United States con-
tributed 3S9.700.0CO or considerably
more- thin one-third.
Arizona nnd Utah hnc ench pro-
duced about $21000000 worth of pre-
clous' metal Arizona having contrib-
uted $0951793 ut gold nnd $1408517.-
ot slher and Utah $1477262 of gold
nnd $19920438 of silver.
Every country on tho giobo is said
to produce more or less gold erven
China whieh does not use gold as n cir-
c -titing medium produces unnuully
about $8000600 worth cither exported
sr employed In the arts.
FARM EXPORTS OF 1005.
Mexico purchased 009 of our sheep
paying $3338. j
Of horses we last year year cxpuncu
13984 valued at $2209298.
Asia Inst year took 1738 of our hogs
and paid $8981 for them.
Our broomcorn went nbroad last
year to the value of $169503.
Cuba took 392204 bushels of Indian
corn paying $210602 for It.
American flower seeds were last year
exported to tho value of $30000.
Asia Inst year cnlled for 91371 pounds
of our tobacco and paid $9668 for It.
India last year imported from Amer-
ica 8165 barrels of flour paying $25-
854. Of rye flour we sent abroad lest year
.-76S barrels for wbich wo received $12-
002. Our farmers last year sent abroad
1224 bushels of flax seed and poclteteq
$1433. .
Our oats found a market In Europe
to the extent of 569977 bushels valued
at $200793.
China last year imported from the
United States $13946 worth of presved
fruits and nuts.
Teas nnd beans went nbroad last year
to the extent of 242680 bushels valued
at $429002.
American hams were needed in Eut
rope to the extent of 105494123 pounds
valued at $10900507.
Asia last year imported from the
United States 11004809 pounds of raw
cotton nnd paid $800058.
MEN WE ALL KNOW.
Vidal one of the most famous sculp-
tors of France was stone blind nt tnc
time wlien he executed some of his
most famous works.
Cornelius Vanderbllt Is building a
$200000 fence around his property nt
Ochre Point.-Xewport. It will be u work
of nrt wrought in iron and stone.
Ex-Lieut- Gov. James A. Johnson
who died in San Francisco the other '
tiny was well known on the I'ucific
coast as a lawyer newspaper man and (- v
politician. :.
John Jacob Astor denies that he in- '
tends building a thenter "nt which only !
lirst-class plays should be presented.'
lie Is not thinking of investing hi
money in such enterprises.
Verdi tries hard to hide from the
world the very fact thnt he ft writing u
new opera and some precautions he
took recently have led many to suppose
he is at work on a "final" work.
Dr. Samuel Fillmore Bennett the au-
thor of "The Sweet By nnd By" is u
country doctor in Richmond Wis.. ('
little town of nboutfiOO Inhabitants.
(erved through the war as Lieut. Ben-
nett of the Fortieth Wisconsin volun-
leeis. German Fiiienu "Do bicturo you hat
baintcd is most hutiful; dcro Is only vor.
vord in do English lauckgidgo vicli do
scribes it-end I hat vorgottcu it." Tit-
bits. Falsehood Is susceptlblo of nn infinity oi
combinations but truth has only one mode
of being. Rousseau.
What a subtlo enemy to greatness Is the
newspaper portrait. ltam's Horn.
Tun wowd needs not more mon but more
mau.-Rov. C. W. Guilletto.
More
Medicinal valuo.morcsklll care expense moro
wonderful cures and more curatlvo power ia
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Thsn in any other. lie suo to get only Hood's.
Hood's Pills cure bllloutncss. Indigestion-
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