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VINTTA INDIAN TERRITORY THURSDAY JULY 23. 1896.
VOL. XIV.-NO 47.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
Mns. Wilson of New York is said lo
"have married off her sons and daugh
ters to fortunes aggregating1 175
OQ0000l
A ukavy rain occurred recently near
Karnes City Tex and after it was
over the prairie wia found to be cov-
ered with live fish of the perch
varievv.
Tnn average cash capital brought in
"by the immigrants who landed on our
shores during Hie last fiscal year as
reported by the treasury department
was S7LC3.
The Maine liiolc society has. during
the past year found 935 towns in the
state without religious worship and
half the families visited were found to
he without religious influences.
The Brooklyn Health Culture club
will early in Octobir on a rainy day
come out in their new "common
sense" costumes. The object of the
club is to set an example of sensible
dressing. The club is composed of
tociety and professional women.
During the last fiscal year 817.2G7
immigrants arrived In the United
States of whom SiG4GG were male and
330801 females. There were debarred
3037 immigrants of whom 2010 were
paupers and 77G contract laborers;
others -for miscellaneous reasons.
It appears that of Iho 50 establish-
ments in the United States that have
adopted the profit-sharing system onlv
32 have continued it. Five have aban-
doned it indefinitely and 33 perma-
nently. Such a plan works very wellso
long as there are profits to share.
London has been aroused to the ne-
cessity of having a 20-foot channel
open into the Thames at all stages of
thetide in order to be able to compete
with Southampton and Liverpool. Ves-
sels drawing- 27 feet can pass only 13
days in the year and those drawing 23
feet on 123davs.
Three ten-inch steel breech-loading
puns are about to he mounted at Old
Toint at the month of the James
river. They are 31 feet long- weigh
C7000 pounds each and have a range of
many miles. The idea that Uncle Sam
is doing nothing for coast defense is a
mis? pprchension.
A scheme is on foot to erect a gigan-
tic model of the globe surrounded by
staircases twice the size of the pro-
posed globe for the Paris exhibition.
The scale will be onc-five-hundredtbs
of nature and the globe will take two
years to build. London will be about
the sire of an English penny. A num-
ber of public men have written letters
avorir- the idea.
i Acting under an act of the legisla-
ture passed at Albany last winter
"Warden Sage of Sing Sing prison will
at once inaugurate the Bertillon sys-
tem for the identification and measur-
ing of the criminals now in Sing Sing
prison. There arc 13 measurements in
alL If the Jlcrlillou system becomes
universal it will bo no trouble to lo-
cate the whereabouts of any criminal.
The total production of crude pe-
troleum in the United States in 16D3
was 529S352G "barrels valued at S37-
001270 against-19344510 barrels in the
previous year valued at 33322003.
Since the beginning of operations in
Titusville Pa. in 1S39 the enormous
total of 709713403 barrels of crude pe
troleum have been produced in this
country of whfch 510057560 barrels
represent the product of the Pennsyl-
vania' and New York oil fields.
Some one has calculated how many
tourists from America will go to
Europe this year and makes the figure
05000 and he further estimates what
each of these tourists will spend be-
fore again setting foot on American
shores and makes the average bill per
tourist SI.250. This leaves says the
statistician a sum of more than S70-
000000 which goes into the pockets of
the steamship lines the inn-keepers
railways and other classes of trades-
men of Europe who grow rich on
American tourists.
As the amount of silver dollars
In the treasury available for the re
demption of treasury notes has become
reduced to $10059152 and will be fur-
ther reduced by redemption during
the current month the coinage of sil-
ver dollars by the mints will be in-
creased from $1500000 to $3000000
per month from the 1st of August in
order that the treasury may have a
sufficient stock to redeem notes "pre-
sented in exchange for silver dollars.
The amountof notes redeemed in silver
'ollars and cancelled from November
14 1831 to July 14 IsOG was S2S.402-
J5S. SINCE July 1 1695 the total number
f pension claims of all kinds has de-
t reased 5G.546. This leaves the aggre-
gate number now awaiting action 495-
164. The actual number of claimants is
Jiowever. only 410922. The difference
in the figures is due to duplications
'.fhere are 17C.5S5 cases of claimants to
whom no pension whatever was issued.
The number on the pension rolls is
i teadily decreasing the total number
f pensions everywhere being a little
ver 970000 a slight decline. It is es-
timated that 30000 pensioners have
iei during the fiscal year which has
jast closed.
Tiief.e is a possibility that the pro-
ject of the late "Brick" Pomcroy to
tnnnel the Rocky mountains mar be
"jevived. Friends of the widow and
tome of the largest stockholders have
been casting about for some way to
pet back the money 1000000 sunk
In the tunnel. Experts arc now in
Colorado examining the property and
when their report is made the stock-
holders will decide whether to go on
with Che join. "Brick" Pomeroy thought
that by a tunnel which could after-
wards be used by railroads unlimited
supplies of gold silver and other met-
als would be laid bare.
Ir "William J. Bryan should get into
the white house he will be the young-
est man who has ever occupied it.
Grant was 47 years of age at the time
of his inauguration. Bryan will be
but 37 years next March. Bryan's
youth shows up when it is told that
the average age of the 24 men who
have been presidents of the country is
nearly C years. The facts show that
of the 21 only four were under the 30
mark. Those were Grant Cleveland
who was 4S when he started on his
first term in 1855 and Pierce and Gar-
field who wore 49 when they begun
jeir ccreere as presidents.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gloanod By Telegraph and Mall.
rnnONAL jlss roLmcAL.
Moke than 110 replies had been re-
ceived up to the 10th by the committee
at Chicago which issued the call for a
sound money democratic convention.
The replies came from Maine Michi-
gan Missouri Illinois Iowa Wiscon-
sin and Indiana. The plan favored was
the appointment of a national commit-
tee which could meet in conference
and issue a call for a convention.
KxGov. W. E. Russell t Massachu-
setts was found dead nt the camp of
11 P. Dutton at St. Adelaide Pabo
Que. on the IGth. The causo was
thought to have been heart disease.
He was 39 years old.
William S. Holman the watch dog
of the United States treasury was
nominated on the fifth ballot on the
17th by the democrats of the Fourth
Indiana district for congress. He is
now 77 years old.
According to private advices from
Havana Gen. Jose Macco the Cuban
insurgent leader was killed in an en-
gagement in the Gato hills.
J. J. O'Connor of Savannah Ga.
was re-elected president of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians and Thomas J.
Dnndan of Columbus O. treasurer.
William C Whitney of New York
has formally bolted the ticket nomi
nated at Chicago. He said nothing
could induce him to vote for Bryan or
to assist in any way in his election.
Beyond that he was silent.
The correspondence which has
passed between the" United States and
Great Itritain respecting the establish-
ment of a general system of arbitra-
tion for settling disputes between the
two nations has been made public.
The correspondence denotes an ad-
vance in the direction aimed at but a
satisfactory arbitration treaty between
the two countries seems still very dis-
tant. Ex-SrEAKEit Thomas B. Reed has
announced that be will again be a
candidate for the republican congres-
sional nomination of the First district
of Maine and will shortly go into the
campaign on behalf of McKinlcy and
sound money.
The Spaniards under Gen. Suarez
Inclan have sustained a crushing de-
feat in Cuba at the hands of the insur-
gents under Antonio Maceo. Not only
was Inclan's column defeated with
heavy loss but it was reported in Ha-
vana that the Spanish general himself
was captured and is now held a prisoner
bv Macco.
President Ci.evei.and attended the
funeral services of the late cx-Gov.
William E. Russell in Cambridge Mass.
on the 20th.
The California socialist labor con-
vention has adopted a platform pro-
testing against the free coinage of sil-
ver on the ground that such action
wonld be class legislation inasmuch
as alleged it would benefit the debtor
class and declaring that free silver
would not benefit laboring men as
they were not as a rule debtors.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The treasury gold reserve on the
20th had been reduced to S907S7C3G.
In the absence of both the president
and Secretary Carlisle from Washing-
ton no expression of opinion conld be
obtained from them but the treasury
officials who possess their confidence
do not hesitate to say that if necessary
another bond issue will be made when
the reserve reaches a point when fur-
ther action is rendered imperative.
The wife of Phillip Tague of White
Plains ICy. gave birth to triplets all
girls healthy and weighing six seven
and eight pounds respectively.
A Hong Kong dispatch said that a
missionary wrote to a correspondent
there confirming previous reports of
Japanese atrocities in the island of
Formosa. The Japanese it was stated
were fast exterminating the Chinese.
Orer GO villages had been burned and
thousands of persons killed.
The latest news received from Japan
stated that the loss of life from the re-
cent tidal wavo was between 25000
and 30000. The government had re-
ceived reports from all the devastated
districts and it was thought all the
victims of the disaster had been ac-
counted for.
The Baptist Young People's union
in session at Milwaukee reconsidered
its action voting the lS'JS convention
to Denver Col. and it will be held at
Chattanooga Tcnn. Denver will get
the 1S99 convention.
MAnx Sxopokass a white woman
was hanged at Cceburn Va. recently
for cremating her negro girl baby.
She was detected while in the act of
pressing the baby's body on the flames
with a large shovcL
Jons Dccto & Sons' brick building
and a dozen smaller frame structures
were burned at Ashtabula O. on the
19th. Loss 550000; insurance only
partial.
John Goode a Creek Indian convict-
ed at Okmulgee I. T. for theft has
been sentenced to be shot this being
his third offense.
A train on the Chicago & Alton road
split in two and afterwards came to-
gether killing Brakcman Cowan and
wrecking one car.
The Baptist Young People's union
convention at Milwaukee elected John
II. Chapman of Chicago as president;
Rev. II. W. Smith of Waukegan 111.
recording secretary and Frank Moody
of Milwaukee treasurer. Denver Col.
was chosen as the next meeting place
in 1895.
Tub Quincy (111.) Baseball associa-
tion a member of the Western asso-
ciation has quit playing and the play-
ers have been paid off.
Libber's brewery in Indianapolis
Ind.. was damaged by fire to the extent
of 5135000 and the watchman was
burned badly.
Buffalo Bill's band wagon was
driven under the Fort Wayne railroad
bridge at Massillon O. on the 10th and
all the occupants scraped off. Four
musicians were frightfully injured and
two will probably die. The wagon
was drawn by eight horses which got
beyond control of the driver.
A familv of nine children were poi-
soned at Santiago Minn. by drinking
lemonade which contained some poi-
sonous ingredients. The children died
one after the other and the parents
were said to be very sick.
W. L. Lisle a miner employed in
the Claude shaft at Cripple Creek Cob
while being hoisted to the surface let
go the rope and dropped 125 feet to the
bottom.
Frank Jl-ne his wife and child left
Grand Haven Mich. recontly in a
small sloop. The boat was found
afterward upturned on the beach at
Lake Harbor and it wn supposed all
J three were drowned.
Mast families were reported with-
out shelter through the recent disas-
trous lire at Malvern Ark. and an
appeal for aid has been issued. Dona-
tions will be received by W. D. Lcipcr
chairman relief committee.
As a result of despondency over fail-
ure in business Mr. and Mrs. Louis S.
Gradke of Galesburg 111. took mor-
phine and were discovered by their
daughter Jennie in a dying condition.
Doctors were summoned but could do
nothing.
Harry McKean. a fireman at the
Frisco yards at Vinita I. T.was scald-
ed to death. The man was under the
engine cleaning out cinders when a
Valve blew out.
Near Harrodsburg ICy. while Thilip
Board was on his way to church he
was shot in the back by Silas Bugg
and instantly killed. They had quar-
reled over Bugg's wife. Bugg was
jai'ed.
Jame Cranston was killed by a
boiler explosion at English Ind. He
had insisted on jierforming his en-
gineer's duty while the latter visited a
sweetheart.
Thomas J. Benton who shot and
killed his father-in-law John Murphy
at Oklahoma City Ok. five years ago
and was sentenced to prison for life.
has been pardoned.
The trouble to find places in the
army for the graduates of West Point
and tho.-c in the ranks who have
passed successful preliminary examina-
tions for commissions was said to bo
giving much concern to the war de-
partment otlicials at Washington.
The National Confederation of Col-
ored Women met at Washington on
the 20th. The aim of the convention
was the elevation of the race.
A. J. Call and his daughter Nettie
were killed in a shanty boat near
Huntington W. Va. on the 20th. Lot-
tic Call and several other small chil-
dren were also reported at the point of
death. Etta Robins has been accused
of the crime. An ax was used on the
victims. No cause was assijned for
the deed.
A special to the Cincinnati Enquirer
on the 19th indicated a reign of terror
in the counties of Scioto Meigs and
Gallia O. At Portsmouth tho Second
Presbyterian church was badly dam-
aged by dynamite. Attempts were
also made to blow -jp other buildings.
A gang of 27 outlaws were said to be
evading all efforts of the officers and
posse to capture them. The large
slock barns of Judge II. A. Kcutz
have also been burned by the incen-
diaries. George Fisher of Swanvillc Ind.
fell from a haystack and alighted on a
pitchfork the tines entering his chest
and killing him.
At Anniston Ala. W. P. Rouse and
Nora Tanner a dissolute woman
fought a duel with pistol and knife.
Both were killed the woman being
literally cut to pieces.
The car barns of the Chicago City
Railway Co. were burned on the night
of the 18th. They occupied three-
fourths of a square. The company
lost 554 cars 1C0 of them being grip
cars. Fourteen horses were also
burned to death. The loss was esti-
mated at 5500.000; insnrance 5311.000.
Three men were discovered dead in the
ruins the next day. It was thought
the crossing of electric wires caused
the fire.
The Hallett & Davis Co. dealers in
pianos and organs at Chicago have
made an assignment A statement
was filed showing assets of 52S3.000;
liabilities 140000.
Business failures for the week ended
the 17th (Dun's report) were 2C9 in the
United States against 25G for the same
time last year and 35 in Canada against
39 last year.
A number of ore handlers at Cleve-
land O. crowded upon the ferryboat
and when it was about half way over
the river it turned over and the occu-
pants were thrown into the water and
most of the unfortunate men sank like
lead. The life-saving crew whose
station is near the scene of the acci-
dent was summoned and they re-
covered ten bodies which were taken
to the morgue. It was thought that
one or two more victims might be
added to the list.
1L J. Wiiigham of Chicago won the
amateur golf championship of America
at Southampton L. L defeating Cham-
pion McDonald of Chicago.
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.
At Attica Mich. Gorman Swain
killed his three youngest children on
the 21st set fire to the house and then
shot himself. The murderer had pre-
viously driven his three other children
from the house and they fled to a
neighbor's.
A rARTV of six young persons went
out on Lake Bemidji in Minnesota and
a storm came up the boat was over-
turned and two wero drowned.
TwENTV-TintEE firemen were over-
come by smoke while fighting a fire at
Gustav Pretzel's commission house at
Chicago. They were conveyed to their
various engine houses. .onc will die.
William Little colored of McKccs-
port. Pa. ate S3 worth of pies and
topped them off with a liberal allow
ance of watermelon and then com-
plained of feeling "queer inside." He
was soon afterwards found dead ou
the porch.
Two blocks were destroyed and the
Santa Fe depot damaged by fire at Cle
burne Tex. recently.
The main storage house of the Dia
mond Match Co. at Chicago was de-
stroyed by fire on the 21st. The fire
was caused by an explosion.
The American barkentinc Herbert
Fuller which sailed from Boston re
cently arrived at Halifax N. S. on
the 21st with the bodies of Capt. Nash
his wife and Second Mate Brumburg.
The three had been murdered. The
authorities clapped all the rest of those
on board into prison cells. The affair
was shrouded in mystery.
Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coxe of
the Western New York Episcopal dio-
cese died at Rochester N. Y. of nerv-
ous prostration aged 75.
A fire consumed Barrett s hotel and
the new opera house at Henderson Ky.
All the guests escaped. Loss S75.000;
insurance half.
"Climate and Health" which has
been a regular monthly publication of
the weather bureau at Washington
has been discontinued because of the
doubt as to the authoritv for the ex
penditures incident thereto under the
last appropriation act
Trouble was reported among the
Chinese factions at San Francisco. A
murder was committed on the 20th
and many more deaths were expected.
Reports from Frankfort Ky.on the
List stated that a cloudburst on Ben-
son's creek near there resulted in the
drowning of at least ten people. Tho
Louisvillo & Nashville bridge was
fwopt away and great damage was
dgae to property in the county
THE OUTLOOK.
Every Probability of a Bolt Among
the Populists.
THE GOSSIP ABOUT THE CO-WEHIOX
No riatform Yet Decided Upon An Offer
to Senator PelTcr 3llsonrl Delegation
Against I rjan Itreldontlial's Victo-
ryDirect legislative League.
St. Louis July 22. The populist
and silver conventions convened to-
day the former in the hall in which
the republican national convention
was held five weeks ago and the lat-
ter in Music hall where G rover Cleve-
land was renominated in 1SSS. Inter-
est in the silver convention has been
eclipsed by the bitter struggle among
the populists over the question of
nominating or indorsing Bryan. Tho
programme of the silve r convention is
cut and dried. There is no division of
sentiment. Congressman Francis New-
lands of Nevada will be temporary
chairman and William P. St. John the
New York banker permanent chair-
man. They will deliver their speeches
a platform of a single plank in favor
of the free coinage of silver at sixteen
to one will be adopted Bryan and
Scwall will be indorsed and the con-
vention will adjourn.
The populists on the other hand are
rent and torn by internal dissensions
and the contending factions will
plunge immediately into a fierce and
determined fight which may be pro-
longed for fouror five days and which
from present indications will proba-
bly result in a bolt no matter which
faction prevails. The Bryan men still
appear to be in control and the lead-
ers arc very confident that they are in
the majority. Practically all the
trained and experienced generals are
aligned with them; they havo tho ad-
vice and counsel of Senator Jones and
the shrewd democratic managers who
are vigilantly watching every point in
me name ana able allies In the re-
publican silver bolters and the dele
gates to the silver convention. They
have a very thorough organization for
systematic and effective work. Yes-
terday they were reinforced by tho ar-
rival of Bryan populist shouters from
Nebraska headed by Gov. Holcomb;
150 energetic populist workers from
Kansas and many other parts of the
west.
The National Reform Press associa-
tion is backing the middle-of-the-road
delegates with all the power it pos-
sesses. "Cyclone" Davis has prepared
a resolution which he said he would
offer declaring that in order to defeat
McKinlcy and the gold standard the
populists should agree upon common
electors. Paul Vandervoort of Ne-
braska and Eugene V. Debs are about
the only names canvassed since Con-
gressman Towne.of Minnesota arrived
and announced himself for Bryan. Al-
though Bryan managers seem confi-
dent of success they are by go means
out of the woods. The compromise
propositions pressed upon them are the
principal source of their anxiety.
Senator Marion Butler of North
Carolina is essaying the role of com-
promiser. All his energies arc bent in
that direction. He believes that both
factions could be harmonized and the
integrity of the populistic organiza-
tion preserved by the adoption of a
populist platform a division of electors
in certain states and the nomination
of Bryan for president and a southern
populist for vice president. He claims
that at a meeting of representatives
of all the southern states yesterday
there was unanimous agreement upon
this compromise and that it will have
behind it 4SS votes from the south.
The Bryan men assert that this is
utterly impracticable and the demo-
cratic managers refuse to listen to any
proposition involving the withdrawal
of Sewall. Tho latter say they are
firing- convinced that three-quarters of
the populists of the north and west
and many in the south will vote the
Chicago ticket on the issue presented
no matter what this convention docs.
Altogether sizing the situation up it
seems reasonably certain that Bryan
will bo indorsed. Beyond that noth-
ing can be safely predicted.
A resolution will bo introduced in
the convention to make the field daisy
tho emblem of tho populist party.
The meeting of the national commit-
tee yesterday selected Senator Butler
of North Carolina for temporary
chairman. He was put forward as a
compromise and will be accepted by
the Bryan people but there is vague
talk that he will be opposed by the
middle-of-the-road delegates.
no platform as yet.
St. Louis July 22. While there are
many platforms floating around there
appears to be comparatively little crys-
tallization of ideas. It is generally
conceded however that the lines of
the Omaha platform will be closely
followed; that the money transporta-
tion and bond questions will receive
their chief attention. Tho convention
will demand that the government shall
control railroads that silver shall be
coined free and in quantities limited
only by the supply that tho govern-
ment shall issue a sufficient supply of
paper money to supply the demands of
business and that the national banks
shall be abolished. It is believed that
the sub-treasury scheme will be
dropped.
AN OFFER TC SENATOR PEFFER.
St. Louis July 22. Texas attempt-
ed to thrust greatness upon Kansas
yesterday by proposing to make United
States Senator William A. Peffer the
populist nominee for president. A
dozen or more of the Texas delegation
made a friendly call upon the senator
and tried to persuade him to join the
anti-Bryan movement and as an in-
ducement offered to throw their sup-
port to him for tho nomination. Sen-
ator Peffer regarded the proposition at
a huge joke and laughed heartily
The Texans however declared that
they were in earnest. Senator Peffer
told them that the people of Kansas
are for Brvan and said that were be to
accept the nomination for president ha
could not carry a county in the state.
MISSOURI AOAINsT BRYAN.
St. Louis July 22. The Missouri
delegation to the populist convention
yesterday emphasized its position
against W. J. Bryan by the adoption
of the following resolution:
Itesolved That we. the delegates of the
state of Missouri to the nitional convention of
the people's party are opixiscd to the nomlna -Hon
or Indorsement of V. J llrjaa for p resi-
dent or any other democrat or republican.
llltEIHE.NTHAL't) VICTORY.
St. Louis-July 22. Chairman John
W. Breidenthal won a signal vlctoiy
in a caucus of tho Kansas delegation
yesterday afternoon by his election to
memocrshlp on the populist national
committee. The delegation organized
permanently by the election of Jerry
Simpson of Medicine Lodge chair-
man anil I. F. Ycarout of Emporia
secretary.
THE DIRECT LEGISLATIVE LEAGUE.
St. Louis July 22. The Direct Leg-
islative league which seeks to engraft
the initiative and referendum system
upon the body politic will be in ses-
sion here during tho progress of tho
populist and silver conventions. It
held its first session yesterday.
ONE NAME FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
St. Louis July 22. F. Gerry Brown
member of tho populist national com-
mittee from Mississippi will be pre-
sented as a candidate of practically
the whole of the New England delega-
tion for vice president. They it is
said will nt lend their aid to Mr.
Scwall.
BANKERS TO THE RESCUE.
New York Financier Acre to Protect the
Cold Knerve.
New York July 22. About two
o'clock yesterday afternoon when the
stock market appeared to be shaping
for a bear panic caused nominally by
the withdrawal of 53000009 in gold
from tho treasury for export the an-
nouncement was made that the banks
had entered into an agreement to pro-
tect the reserve. Little information
could be obtained at that hour con-
cerning the plans of the bank presi-
dents but the news acted as a tonic in
Wall street and cheeked the downward
tendency of prices. Liter it was dis-
covered that President Sherman of
the National Bank of Commerce and
President F. D. Tappen of the Gallatin
national bank had been in conferences
with their associates and with J. I'icr-
pont Morgan and that the basis of an
agreement had been reached in pur-
suance of which the national banks
pledge their reserve fund to the sup-
port of tho government to the extent
of from 510000000 to S25000000. An-
other conference is to be held to de-
cide upon a more definite line of con-
duct. MORE CROP FIGURES.
The Lotr Craln Kates Slay IeaTc Nn Mar
gin of Profit to ICallrnaiU.
Kansas City Mo. July 22. The ef-
fect of the recent cut in grain rates
has been to cause the old corn to move
and all lines tapping the Kansas grain
belt are being taxed to their utmost to
handle the business. It is estimated
that thero are still 13000000 bushels
of old corn within a radius of 50 miles
of Wichita. The early corn is made
and is three weeks early. Lato
corn will require but very lit-
tle rain to assure an immense
crop. Conservative estimates by
the best informed grain men here
place this year's corn crop at t00000-
000 bushels. There are also tremen-
dous apple peach and vegetable crop?.
All the railroads arc preparing to han-
dle an immense amount of traffic this
summer and fall and their greatest
fear is that rates may go so low as to
leave no margin of profit in moving
the crop.
FILLEY ON THE SCENE.
The St. Loali Politician Arrltej at Sprlnc-tl-M
The Conteit for GoTernur.
Springfield Mo. July 22. Chaun-
ccy I. Filley arrived last night for tho
republican state convention and went
at once to the Metropolitan hotel
which is just now the political center
of the town. Nobody in Missouri can
look more fierce when he chooses than
Chauncey I. Fillej' and over the peo-
ple who saw him thero camo a feeling
as strong as though he had announced
it himself that his coming meant war.
Early this forenoon there was tho
.greatest confusion In regard to candi
dates for the gubernatorial nomination
and all kinds of rumors. The Cahoon
men said tho fight would be between
Cahoon and R. 11 Lewis. The Wal-
bridgc men claimed Walbridgo as tho
strongest and Lewis as second and tho
Filley delegates from St- Louis said
that the fight was between Davis and
Lewis.
Flat Corn ltatei Made.
Kansas Citt Ma July 22. Tha
Burlington railway came to the aid of
Kansas City grain men by announcing
flat rates on corn into Kansas City
from points in Missouri and Iowa
north of St. Joseph on the main branch
lines of the Kansas City St. Joseph &
Council Rluffj. The new rates vary
from 0 to S cents per 100 pounds and
are big reductions from the old rates
which ran from 10 to 14 cents. Tho
reduced rates will go into effect on
July 25.
North Kama Kdltora on it Jaunt.
Denver Col. July 22. The editors
of the North Kansas Editorial associa-
tion are out for a seven days' trip to
Denver Ogden and Salt Lake City
having left Concordia Friday morning
over the Union Pacific. Seward Jones
editor of tho Concordia Daylight is
president of the association and has
charge of the excursion.
Triple Murder and Suicide.
Attica Mich. July 22. Gorman
Swain a farmer one mile south of
this place early this morning killed
three of his children with a butcher
knife set fire to his house and then
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart.
Poor Crop In Iowa.
Des Moines la. July 22. The week-
ly Iowa weather crop bulletin shows
the crop to be almost totally ruined
by rust. Many of tho fields are not
worth cutting and the total output
will be less than one-third the yield of
last year.
Illshblndera at It Acnln.
San Francisco" July 22. War has
been declared among the factions of
the See Yup company and the murder
of Lee Ti yesterday is only an incident
in a feud which is expected to result
in many deaths. A price has been
placed upon the heads of the two most
influential merchants in the district
and their entire families havo been
placed under a ban.
Two Illocka and a Depot Horned.
Cleburne Tex. July 22. At 12
o'clock last night a fire broke out in
the eastern portion of the city on
Chambers street. Two blocks were
completely destroyed and the Santa Fe
depot a" 515000 building recently
erected was considerably damaged.
The loss is estimated from 515000 to
520000 and was about half covered by
insurance.
l-our -fhnunnrt Made Happy.
Pittsburgh Pa.. July 22. Over 4000
employes of the National rolling mill
at McKeesport have been granted the
amalgamated .schedule and all the
mills of the company it is expected
will soon be at work or. double time.
The scalo gives an increase on pud-
dling from S4 to 51-50 with incrcasg to
pmlillop;' helpers accordingly.
CAMPAIGN MATTER.
Millions of Documents to Bo Scat-
tered by tho Republicans.
IIIE MINT DEPARTMENT QUESTIONED
It I In Receipt of a (Ironing; Mall fiom
All Sertlon of tho Country ou
Financial Topics New
Counterfeit.
Washington July 22. As one result
of a conference between Chairman
Itabcock of the republican congres-
sional committee and 'Marie Hanna
and Maj. McKinlcy last week the con-
gressional committee from this time
on will perform more work and in dif-
ferent fields than has ever devolved
upou any previous committee. Mr.
Babcock's organization will take
charge of tho literary fcatnre of the
campaign entirely. In addition to
supplying" the various congres-
sional district committees with
literature speeches and documents
will also furnish the state central
committee in every state with cam-
paign material. In the last campaign
the congressional committee confined
its labor to about 100 congressional
districts but in this it will widen its
field of operations to take in every
place in the United States where there
is a chance for a contest. The number
of campaign documents that will be
sent out between now and next No
vember by the congressional commit-
tee will be in the millions. From one
state alone an order has beci. received
for 700000 of these documents and
there are a number of orders for 400-
000. The majority of these documents
will bear upon the financial question.
The congressional committee will get
out the campaign book this year and
is now at work upon it.
THE MINT DEPARTMENT QUESTIONED.
Washington July 22. The mint
bureau of the treasury is in receipt of
a daily growing mail from all sections
of the country devoted to requests for
information on financial topics. The
questions cover every conceivable
phase of the currency question and
inquirers are of all shades of political
belief. Most of them want information
that can be easily furnished such for
instance as the total amount of
the coinage of the lost fiscal year the
amount of gold and silver in circula-
tion in the United States the present
value of different coins etc. hut many
arc of a more abstruse nature and
would tax the otlicials to answer them
properly. The bureau is doing all it
'can to meet the demand upon it as an
educational institution and Director
Preston says that he could easily dis-
pose of 25000 copies of the last annual
report of his bureau if he had them
for distribution.
NEW COUNTERFEITS.
Washington July 22. Two new
counterfeits of United States silver
certificates have been discovered by
the treasury department. The first is
a St scries of 1691. check letter C
signed by J. Fount Tillman register
and D. N. Morgan treasurer and hav-
ing a portrait of Stanton. The second
is a 55 series of 1S91 check letter B
signed the same and having a portrait
of Grant.
ANOTHER CONVENTION LIKELY.
Gold Democratn or Ten Statei Will Meet In
( lilrago for DUcuMtlnn.
Chicago July 22. A meeting of gold
standard democrats will bo held in
this city to-night to consider the
advisability of issuing a call for a
national convention. Ten states will
be represented at the meeting Illinois
Indiana Ohio Missouri Kentucky
Wisconsin Michigan Iowa Nebraska
and Minnesota. When the gold stand-
ard democrats of Illinois issued their
address to the democratic party short-
ly after the Chicago convention they
were acting with the knowledge
and approval of the gold standard
democrats in other states and the
meeting is the result of tho agita-
tion following the issuing of that ad-
dress. It was not the original intention
to call the meeting at so early a date
but ex-Congressman Bynum of In-
diana has been very energetic in urg-
ing that the preliminary meeting be
held at an early date and it was finally
set for to-night. There is practically
no doubt the local men say that the
conference will decide to call a con-
vention and that a call will be issued
immediately after the meeting. The
leaders in the movement say that they
have assurances that every state in the
union will send delegates to the con-
vention. DEATH OF BISHOP COXE.
The Prelate and Kccleilantleal Controver-
sialist SuecnmlM to Nerronsnem.
Rochester N. Y. July 22. Bishop
Arthur Cleveland Coxe of the western
New York Episcopal diocese died yes-
terday afternoon of nervous prostra-
tion as he was about to take a train
from Clifton Springs sanitarium
where he had been sojourning a few-
days to his home in Buffalo.
Arthur Cleveland Coxe was a son of a well
known New York clcrcvman. Samuel Han-
son Cox tho difference in the spelling being
the younger man's dolnjr. He was born In
Mcndham X. J.. May IV. 1918 and graduat-
ed with distinction from the university of
the city of New York at the age of a) also
from the general KpUcopal theological
seminary three years later. He was ordained
deacon in 1811 and priest the next year. The
bishopric of Texas ho declined In 1836. but
afterward accepted that In New York succeed-
ing lllshop De Lancy. Of late years attention
was attracted to him bv a f erles of polemical
letters he wrote to Mgr. Satolll. In which he
contended that the latter represented all that
was offensive in Jesuitism and that the Jesuits
arc a band of secret conspirators against law
and society.
Itlggln Itecnmes nn Kdltor.
Topeka Kan. July 22. Ex-Secretary
of State William lliggins has pur-
chased an interest in the Western
Veteran and has assumed editorial
management of the paper. The Veter-
an is the recognized organ of the old
soldiers in Kansas and has a large cir-
culation among the veterans in Kansas
Missouri Illinois Nebraska and other
western states. It was established in
1SS4 by O. II. Coulter who is still its
publisher aid business manager.
SOME ACHISON GLOBULES.
Time sets cterythinjr Anally right
but the trouble is that our time here is
fo limited.
When a summer girl looks sticky it is
a sign that the weather can't get much
hotter.
Nn one should over tret tin a flshv
story to delude people; they can't tell
it so that it rings sincere to sac tueir
lives.
What a howl there would be if the
r-irls had to work half as hard for poor
wages as they 'work to secure worth-kfcSwen!
RUSSELL DEAD.
Tho Governor of Masiachmetti Fonnd
Llfeles In Ited.
Boston July 17. Ex-Gov. W. E. Rus-
sell of Massachusetts was found dead
at the camp of B. F. Dutton at St.
Adelaide Pabos Que. yesterday.
He was as well as ever when he re-
tired last night but was found in bed
dead this morning. The causo is
thought to have been heart disease
Col. II. E. Russell and Col. Francis
Peabody Jr. left far Massachusetts
with the body.
Sketch of Ills Career.
William E. Russell was b-rn In Cambridge.
Mass. September 6. 18". He entered Harvard
college In 1871 and is described during that
period aa hearty manly out-of-dcor student
who loved to lead tho chccrlm at the boat
racci and ball games. After Ms graduation
from Harvard In 1ST7 you-g Kuscll took a
thrco years' course at tho Iloston university
law s-hooL In 1S8I he was elected
iccmbcr of ths CambrlJgc rouncll and
two years later to the upper houe.
Mr. I!usc!l htd becomo br t its time tae
leader of the younger clement of his pirty In
Masschusctts and when It galacd the ascend-
ency ihlrh It did snortly. bo was m-ulethe
gnbcrnat-irlal nominee. This was In I -S3 when
the tar. II was the leadini; Issue all over the
country and his campaign was devoted to the
dL'cussIon of this question. His advocacy ot
reform up n lh-sa lines gained him nitional
note nh ch compensated. In a measure for his
defeat by Gov. Ames. Despite his defeat how-
ctcr hchad pollcl l.'XO more votes than Mr.
Cleveland who was runnlag simultaneously
for tho presidency.
In ISO Mr. Km 11 ran against Gov. HracVett
and was defeated airtln. although his oppo-
nent's plurality was reduced from I9.OD0 to f-
7.'. Hussell's hour of triumph came the suc-
ceeding year when he was elected upon his
third nomination being the 33d governor of
the state the youngest man that ever sat In
the governor's chair In Massachusetts and the
third democratic incumbent since the war. In
1831 ho was re-elected although every other
ranJIdate upon the ticket was beaten.
During the last five years of hU life ex-
Gov. Husscll held no public office but the ex-
governor was loDg considered a presidential
p ssibillty. end he was indorsed for the nomi-
nation by the Massachusetts democracy. II
the sound money wing of the democracy had
controlled at the Chicago convention last week
bis chances would probably have been Inferior
to thoso ot no other aspirant
THE WORKERS NAMED.
Men Who Will Ilava Charge of New York
and Chicago ICepublteaa lleadqaarters.
Canton O. July 17. Joseph II. Man-
ley Powell Clayton IL C Jlayne
Charles G. Dawes M. P. Scot$ Cyrus
Lcland members and Gen. Osborne
of Massachusets secretary of the re-
publican executive committee reached
here last night from Cleveland to con-
fer with Gov. McKinley on matters
pertaining to the campaign. While
none of the details of the conference
are given out it is understood that
Messrs. Quay of Pennsylvania;
Manlcy of Maine; Scott of West
Virginia; Clavton of Arkansas and
Gen. Osborne of Boston will have
charge of tho headquarters in New
lork while Messrs. Dawes of Illinois;
Payne of Wisconsin; Durbin of In
diana and Leland of Kansas will do
their work for the campaign from the
Chicago headquarters. The campaign
is to begin just as soon as buildings
can bo secured and prepared for the
opening of headquarters. Speakers
will at once be put in the field and set
to work on the aggressive campaign
such as has been mapped out by the
committee. At the conclusion of the
conference Mr. Manley said that while
the opposition had chosen their vice
presidential candidate from Maine and
Mr. Sewall claimed the state he had
not the slightest idea that Maine would
change her record of always voting the
republican ticket.
It is reported that the committee
will make everv possible effort to in
duce Mr. McKinlcy to make a trip
through the west or at least deliver
some speeches in that section. Some
western committeemen are strongly in
favor of having the campaign open in
Omaha or Lincoln Neb.
A BOAT CAPSIZES.
Too Many Crowd onto It am! Twenty Were
Thrown Into thn Water.
Cleveland O. July 17. Fifteen
lives were lost in an accident which oc
curred about 7:30 o'clock yesterday
evening on the old river bed near the
ore docks of the Cleveland fc Pitts-
burgh Railroad Co. The ore handlers
had just quit work for the day and
were waiting their turns to cross the
branch of the river on the flat-bot
tomed fcrrj'boat which they had pro
vided for this purpose. A number ol
the men had crossed. When the ferry
reached the dock the last time atleast
20 men crowded upon it. Tho boat
which is about SO feet long and not
more than four feet wide would carry
safely not more than a dozen persons.
Tho boat was pushed from the shore
and was being propelled across the
stream. When it was about half waj
over it began to sink. Then as tho
men rushed to the side it turned over.
All the occupants were thrown into
the water. The first report of the
accident placed the number of dead at
22 but that proved to havo been an ex-
aggeration. SON AGAINST FATHER.
ITarold K. Sewall Iteplles to a Oneatlon
Concerning Ills Position with Kecrtl to
Ills Father.
Bath Me. July 17. Harold K. Sc-
wall son of the democratic nominee
for vice president left the democratic
party a year ago and has since been an
enthusiastic republican worker. In
reply to an inquiry from the New York
Herald as to whether ho would sup-
port or oppose his father young Sewall
savs:
The republicans of Maine have never failed
to carry Maine for their presidential ticket
and never will. My relationship to the demo-
cratic nominee for vice president has ncvei
ailccted my political action nor will It now.
Hakold IC Sewall.
TORNADO IN NEW YORK.
The- Adirondack YMtnl by a Kunnel-
Miaped Cloud Much Damage.
Sakatooa N. V. July 17. A de-
structive storm swept through the
Adirondacks yesterday afternoon. A
funnel-shaped cloud struck the earth
between Fort Edward and Argyle
Washington county destroying farm
dwellings and barns. Near Durke-
town and in Moreau 11 buildings were
wrecked. Between Argyle and North
Argyle property valued at 510000 was
destroyed. There were many mirac
ulous escapes but no loss of life is re-
ported. A Mau and Ills Wife Drowned.
Franklin Neb. July 17. Henry
Daniels and wife were drowned in tha
Republican river here. They in com-
pany with others were wading in the
river when they stepped into a hole.
Daniels was an expert swimmer and
laboring hard to save his wife but be-
came exhausted and both went under.
Killed by Lightning.
Portsmouth O. July 17. Five per
sons took refuge in a shed which was
struck by lightning killing . E. Du-
dent nnd Willard Brown and injuring
J. li. Brown Arthur lirpwi) and Joepli
Eslcp.
DISAPPOINTED GRAIN MEN.
Through Corn Itatea Mads to St. Louis In-
stead of Hat Kates to Kodi.ii llty.
Kansas City Mo. July 20. The re-
duced rates on grain shipments to tho
Gulf made by the Santa Fe and Mis-
souri Pacific railways went into effect
Saturday. The Union Pacific railway
which was expected to make a flat
grain rate into Kansas City anaounced
a through rate Saturday of 13 cents
per 100 pounds on corn from McPher-
son and Ellsworth Kan. and interme-
diate points to St. Louis. The new-
rate is a good thing for St. Louis
but is of no benefit to Kansas City.
What the grain men were looking for
and expected from the Union Pacific
was a fiat rate to Kansas City of six
cents on wheat and proportionally on
corn. It was thought the Union Pa
cific would cut locals to Kansas City
about 50 per cent. Its action in ignor-
ing Kansas City which is its eastern
terminus by making a through rate to
St. Louis has aroused the indignation
of the grain men as it is a direct blow
at Kansas City.
A TERRIBLE AFFRAY.
Two Hrothers Fight it Dual with Knives
One Mortally Wounded.
Hazleton Pa. July 20. George and
Charles Good wold brothers living at
Eckicy who have been at variance for
some time over family affairs met last
evening and agreed to settle their
differences by fighting it out. Arming
themselves with butcher knives they
wen tat each other desperately. Neigh-
bors who witnessed the terrible affray
tried to separate them but were forced
to desist for fear of being cut them-
selves. The wife of one of the broth-
ers finally rushed in and succeeded in
taking her husband out of the fight
but not before ono of the fingers on
her right hand was almost cut off.
The brothers were bleeding from
many wounds and fell exhausted. A
physician was hurriedly summoned
who pronounced both to be danger-
ously wounded one of them being in
such a precarious condition that his
recovery is doubtful.
FLOOD AT KANSAS CITY.
The Wor t Italn Since 1S88-Troost Tark
Lake Overflows and Causes Much Dam-
age Kansas City Mo. July 2a Saturday
afternoon and night Kansas City was
visited by tho heaviest rainfall since
1853. Many sections of the city were
flooded and the damage amounted to
thousands of dollars. The greatest
damage was in the vicinity of Troost
park. The park lako was overflowed
and from it a volume of water poured
down Vine street which inundated
houses tore away street crossings de-
molished sidewalks and terrified
women and children. Members of tho
fire department swam and struggled
in the raging torrents to rescue thoso
who were calling for help. Fortu-
na'cly no lives were lost. It is proba-
ble that damage suits will be brought
agaiosl the park management.
POOL ROOM LAW INVALID.
A Kansas City Judge Decides the Act to He
Clust Legislation.
Kansas City. Ma July 2a Under a
decision made by Judge Wofford of
the criminal court gambling on horse
races run outside of the state may be
resumed in Kansas City. By virtue of
this decision pool rooms which closed
in 1S91 when the Stone anti-pool room
law went into effect will speedily re-
open. The judge held that the law
which made it a felony to make a book
or accept bets except on tho course
whera the race was run was unconsti-
tutional because it was special legisla-
tion which did not bear equally on all
citizens and such special legislation is
prohibited by the state constitution.
YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA.
It Is Itaglnc with Great Virulence Owing
to tha Marshy Ground.
Havana July 2a Reports from
Artcmisa show that yellow fever of
virulence continues in that district
both among the Cubans and Spaniards
owing to the marshy character of the
ground. It prevails along the line of
the trocha and Majs. Hidalgo Pedro
and Baron arc among those attacked.
Guanajay appeals for 200 beds for tho
sickleft by thecolumnsof Cols. Escarlo
and Fuehtes. It is also raging at Villa
Clara and the epidemic makes no dis
crimination in favor of native Cubans
19 of whom were attacked yesterday
and are seriously ilL
NO MORE FALSE TONES.
Mechanism Invented That Makes a llano
as True as a Violin.
Cincinnati July 2a Dr. a A. Hage-
man of this city has applied for a
patent on an invention which promises
to create a sensation among musicians.
It is a mechanism to be applied to
the piano for the purpose of correct-
iug the false tones of that instrument
which have hitherto been regarded as
a necessary evil. The invention makes
a piano as true as the violin and it ac-
complishes the result by a sort of me.
chanical fingering similar to tho
human fingering on the violin. Com-
petent musicians say the problem has
been successfully solved.
JAPANESE AS BUTCHERS.
Said to He Killing the t hlnese In the Island
of Formosa.
London July 2a A Hong Kong dis-
patch says a missionary writes to a
correspondent there fully confirming
previous reports of Japanese atrocities
in the south of the Island of Formosa.
Tho Japanese he adds are fast exter-
minating the Chinese in that locality.
Over CO villages have been burned and
thousands of persons have been killed
with revolting brutalities.
DEATH DEALT BV SNAKES.
Penn-ylvanla .Mother and Two Children
Have latiil lledfellovr..
Philadelphia July 2tt Two cop-
perhead snakes crawled into Martin
Drury's house in Blair's Valley Frank-
lin county last night. Mrs. Drury
and her two little children were sleep-
ing in a room on the ground floor.
The deadly snakes crept into the chil-
dren's bed and bit both of them. Their
screams aroused the mother who in
the darkness was bitten twice by the
snakes. One child aged three has
died and the other child and the moth-
er are dying.
FAME IN A NEW ROLE.
Notorious Chicago Thief Decides to Go Into
the bhow Bnslncss.
Chicago July 20. "Sleepy" Burke
of trolley car hold-up and Schrag fame
has gone into the show business. In a
vacant store on State street he pro-
poses to show the horrors of prison life.
Burke served 22 months in Joliet and
four months in the asylum for tho in-
sane convicts at Cheater and he de-
clares that he can show many horrible
things. Large signs wiil cover tho
front of tho building .showing ha
raeans of nualshinerjt.
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