The Yukon Sun And The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1902 Page: 2 of 10
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S,SUN A BED OF FIRE
, B> William Albert Maxwell.
YUKON, - • OKLAHOMA
TEBPrrOGIAL NOTES
TIic Elks of El Reno aro to build •
’ 110,000 club house.
Samuel B. Wright, of Choctaw City,
has been appointed a railway mail clerk
*' • -
A corload of walnut logs wag shipped
from Kipley to London by way of Gal-
vefcton. *
The postbfficcs of Arapho and Bill-
ings, I. T., has been advanced to flu
tldrd clas«.
The Frisco dejiot at Alabama, 1. T.
is to be removed to Woleetkaand great
ly enlarged.
William Reeves, ol Cnthrie, died ass
result of injuries sustained from a run-
away recently.
• ,T. B. Wheeler, of Oklahoma City has
donated a park of forty-four acres
valued at $22,000 to that city.
Bill Childers, an Indian, was shot at
Tulsa, I. T., by an employe of Howe’s
circus. Bill undertook to “do,up’’the
show. •
.--•
. J. F. Jarrell, of Stillwater, Oklahoma
is adverting for his son, Elmer, eleven
years old, who ran away from home
Way 5.
• The proprietor of the Lee hotel at
Oklahoma City has decided to add
another full story to this he telry—mak-
ing it six stories.
Mr. Waggoner, who is known as the
“cattle king" of Texas, will soon erect
a cotton seed oil mill at Hobart at an
expense of $100,000.
Frank Ellis was sentenced by Judge
Burwell, at Guthrie, to the penitentiary
for life for the murder of Ferris Clay-
ton last September.
. _s__
The county commissioners of lviewa
county have appointed Charles A. Morris
probate judge to act during the suspen-
sion of Judge Finley.
A. T Ross, of Chicago, has secured a
charter for the Choctaw Oil and Gas
Company of Oklahoma City with a
capital stock of one million dollars.
Col. Parker, of Oklahoma City, has
purchased the speedy trotter, Cecil Hart
(a: li* *4). With the animal he expects
to win a few purses the coming season
On account of the hitch in dismissing
one judge and appointing another, court
at Lawton has been_ postponed until
suth a time as the new officials may
designate.
The republics.l executive committee
of the Indian Territory has endorsed C.
O. Bunn, of Ardmore, for the position
of assistant prosecuting attorney of the
Southern district.
William Shields, a farmer living a
few miles west of Grove, I. T., lost his
house and household good* by a tire.
The family barely escaped. The tiro
was of an incendiary origin.
Oklahomans at Washington have de-
cided to present Mrs. Flynn, wife of the
delegate, with an automobile. The
presentation will occur at Guthrie ujion
Mrs. Flynn’s arrival home in July.
Arthur Mossburger was accidentally
shot and killed while out hunting with
Col Tatum, near Eaid. The gun from
which the shot was fired was discharg-
ed by the jolting of the buggy in which
they were riding.
.1 A Taylor, an extensive fruit grow-
er and nursery man of Wynuewood, I.
’J’.. says a fruit growers' association in-
cluding eastern Oklahoma and western
Indian Territory should he organized
for the purpose of securing rights and
privileges that cannot now be secured.
The Country Around St. Pierre Is a
Living Hell
!
CREATEST DESTRUCTION SINCE POMPEII
The l.rii)>wion of Mt, tin* Grenteftt
CntiiHtlio|ili«* in HUtorj—Tlie Will
reach 40,000 nnrl Muy Exceed lliat—
People Dying for Tliimt
Washington: Secretary Hay receiv-
ed the following cablegram, dated May
11, from United States Consul Aynie.
at Gaudelonpe, who went to Fort De
France by instruction from this govern-
ment : *
“The disaster is complete.- The city
is wiped out. Consul Prentis mid his
family are dead. The governor says
that thirty thousand perished, and that
iifty thousand are homeless and hun-
gry.”
He suggests that the Rod Cross be
asked to send codfish, flour, beans, rice,
salt meats and biscuit as quickly as
possible. Visits of war ships will be
valuable. All important feature of tin-
consul's cablegram is the reference to
the governor as an authority for the
estimate of the less of life. Preceding
dispatches reported that there was no
; doubt that Governor. Mouttet, ns well
ns Col. Dilin, military commander at
St. Pierre had perished. The navy de-
partment has been informed of the
departure of the crusier Cincinnati,
from San Domingo City and the* tug
Potomac from San Juan, 1'. R., .for
Martinique.
Fort De France, I. M.: Several
steamers left here for St. Pierce, the
scene of the awful volcanic eruption.
The sea for miles is covered with, the
wreckage of vessels sunk oil' St. Pierre.
Tile heat from the smoking lava cover-
ed ruins is suffocating ami. the stench
from the corpse-strewn streets awful.
On all side is found portion of corpses.
The darkness caused by the clouds of
volcanic dust shrouded the town and
continual snbtcranean rumblings adds
to the horror of the scene. There is no
trail of the streets. At the landing
place some black and rninecl walls in-
dicated the spot where Hie custom
house formerly stood, and traces of
larger shops could be seen. In that
neighborhood hundreds of corpses were
found lying in all attitudes, showing
that the victims had met death us if by
lightning strike. ‘Every vestige of
clothing was burned away from tne
charred bodies and in many cases the
abdomens had been burst open by the
intense heat. Grim piles of bodies were
staked everywhere, showing that death
had stricken them while the crowds
were vainly seeking escape from fiery
deluge. On one spot a group of nine
children were found locked in each oth-
ers arms. Three thousand charred
corpses were found on the site of the
cathedral. Men and women, panic
stricken at the cataclysm had turned in
the moment of their, despair to the
sanctuary and were apparently over-
come before they could reach its doors.
Washington: The president, after a
conference with several members ot
the cabinet, ordered the war, navy and
treasury departments to co-operate in
the adoption of steps for the relief of
the Martinique sufferers. The navy
transport, Dixie, will sail from the
Brooklyn navy yard for Martinique by
the president's direction. ‘Orders were
telegraphed to the Dixie to load stores
which are to be furnished bv the army
as rapidly as possible and clear at the
earliest practicable moment.
Institute at T«*<-iiiiih«*1i
Tie i mskh: The Pottawatomie Coun-
ty Teachers’ Institute will commence
on June 23, with John P. Hickman, of
Perkins, as conductor and Clarence Rob-
inson and R. Eleanor ns instructors.
1 GOVERNOR’S PROCLAMATION1
I The (Governor of Oklahoma I«sue«a Mem-
orial Day Proclamation
“The nation* that have livi*d in hi.-tory. «Qng
and story, a» <* .the nations that have been tru«
to the memory of their defenders. Patriotism
has been the guiding star of all national pro-
gress. Liberty-loving people never fail to ex-j
press their patrioti>- • ntiinents in word and in
de«*d. In our great republic the putriotbm ol
a grateful people hat- Tx-cn demonstrated by *
day which hits been not apart to honor th<i
memory of our beloved dead. The thirtieth
*’day*» May is a day -acred to everyone who
i love* freedom's starry ensign, whose heart
i beats time to liberty’s march and whose soul
I is thrilled by the memory of patriotic and
! heroic deeds. It is right that the memory of
| those who died for then* country should be
! cherished by (lie present and by coming gen-
' orations, and there are no more fiting symbols
of love than the garlands of flowers tv ith which
we, every year decorate our soldier’s graves.
These floral emblems are the offerings which
a grateful people bring to freedom's altar.
“The purpose of this day is not to stir up the
bitter animosities of the past: not to excite
the sectional strife and differences of another
day; not to boast of military achievements or
victory over a vanquished f«**: not to please
the ear and leadership with flattery's wily
commendation : but to pay our tribute of love
and honor to the nation's heros who fought
in freedom’s holy crusade. Not only in these
lienutiful ceremonies do we honor and cherish
the memory »f the dead, but impress upon the
mind and heart of the rising generation, which
will l*e perpetuated to generations yet to come,
the true lesson of patriotism and love of flag
and country4
“Therefore, I respectfully recommend that
the thirtieth day of May, nineteen hundred
and two, l»e observe l in an appropriate man-
ner hi- authorized T*.v law and established by
custom, by all the people of Oklahoma.
“Let us lay aside the ordinary duties and
pursuits of life and heatily join in the exercises
held under the auspices ot the (irand Army of
I the Republic, to perpetuate tenderly and lov-
ingly the memory of tin* nation's dead.
“And while we strew flowers upon the
i graves of those who consecrated their lives
for the preservation of tin* U^uon, let us not
forget that we have in w graves to decorate,
that there are also those of a latter day and
generation, who in the horn* when the storm-
cloud again hung darkly along tin* horizon
enlisted in the war of freedom and carried our
starry banner to a foreign shore. They came
from the north, tin-land of the stately pine and
tin* apple blossom they also came from the
§south, the land of willow and the magnolia
bloom ; they all fought gallantry under one
flag, and some of them diel heroically
while defending it. Today that flag stands
sentinel in the distant islands of tin* sea, keep-
ing vigils over their graves. When we strew
our floral tributes of love on the graves of the
soldiers of the ciyil war, Ictus remember the
soldiers of the Spanish American war, let us
bring our heartfelt offerings, consecrate anew
at the altar of frec'lom, and lovingly place a
garland of flowers for every soldier who has
upheld the honor of our Mturspunglod banner,
.either upon our land or upon the sea.
“(fivon under y hand the great seal of the
territory of Oklahoma, at the city of Guthrie,
this eighteenth day of May. nineteen hundred
and two. T. If? Fkimiitson,*
^ (Seal) Governor.
“By the governor:
Wm. M. Grimf.s. Secretary of tlie Territory.*'
Tlie Indian TcrritoiV I'ytliiaus
Checotaii? The meeting of the grand
lodge, Knights rtf Pythias of the domain
of the Indian Territory, just closed,
elected the following officers: G. C., ,T.
B. Morrow, Checotah; G. V. C\, P. W.
Malloy, Hartshorn; G. P., Dr. M. W.
Murry, Pofcvau; G. K. of R. and S., W.
L. Ghapman, Yinita; G. M.ofE.. Jerry
McKenna, Poteau; G. M. of F., W. \V.
(Bisuit) Ross, Tahleqnah; G. I. G.,
Peter T. Long, Duncan; G. .O. G., D.
P. Linebaugh, Atoka.
For the Orphans in Indian Territory
Washington: Representative Curtis
introduced -in the house a bill appro-
priating $15,000 for the support of the
orphan children at the Whittaker home
at Pryor Creek. I. T. Mr. Curtis also'
introduced a bill providing for the re-!
cording of deeds and other conveyances
in th<> Indian Territory. It provides
that the clerk of the United States court
in each district shall be ex-officio re-
•c-order for his district and perform the
duties required.
Postpouement of Fair I’lcase* Them
Gi thrie: The Oklahoma commis-
sioners to the St. Louis exposition who
have returned from St. Louis, are much
! pleased that the exposition lias been j
postponed owing to the fact that it will
gi> them much more time in which to
prepare the Oklahoma exhibit. It is
the intention of the commissioners to go
before the territorial legislature next
January and ask for an additional ap-
propriation of $30,000.
The strike in the nntliurcite coal dis-
tricts has begun and 1-10,000 men and
hoys are idle.
Representative Scott of Kansas has
introduced in the House a bill provid-
ing for the appointment by the judge
of the United States court in the west-
ern district of the Indian Territory of
tin additional commissioner and an ad-
ditional constable, to ho located at Sa-
pulpa, in the Creek nation.
Jones Modlin 1ms been committed to
jail being unable to put tip $1,000 for
his nppearanco in court on the charge of
killinga number of cattle in the vicinity
of Curtis, (). T. .
The Commercial club of Enfaulu is
preparing to work the roads about the
town. All of the roads will be put in
good shape. The people of Eufaula
know what is good for n town.
It was reported the first of the week
that a movement 1ms been-Started to
split the appropriation for the govern-
ment building at Guthrie—giving Okla-
homa City $50,000 of it. It is thought that
congress would defeat the amendment
to the omnibus hill to gi\e Oklahoma
City $100,000, the amount set aside for
Guthrie, and friends of Oklahoma City
devised the plan of splitting the money
already provid d.
Ha,-,- Win- ni line;/;, I. I*.
Mt sKooEE: A race war is on at
Braggs, twenty miles oust of Muskogee.
Five negroes and one white man linvo
been shot and one stubbed. Seventv-
flve negroes attempted to wipe out the
white settlement of fifteen families near
Braggs. Ten whites have applied to
the United States marshal for protec-
tion and have been instructed to arm
and protect themselves.
* DANGEROUS BUSINESS
Ilriizlltnn Aeronaut nml AaslHtunt were
1\ 11 It-ii 1>> I ailing from Airship
Paris: The death of Sonor Severe,
the Brazilian aeronaut, who, with his
assistant were killed through the ex-
plosion of the air ship at La I'aix, cre-
ated terrible consternation. Severe lmd
invited a number of friends to witness
his ascension, and his wife and a num-
ber of friends were following the
course of the balloon in a motor car.
The aeronaut was dashed to pieces.
Engineer, who accompanied him was
burned to death.
The recent rains greatU int. i l'etrod
with construction work on the Okln
homn City A Southwestern. They ure
past due at Cliickushu.
GAVE CITY A PARK
Aii Oklahoma City >lnn Donatos n 1’arVk
to II is 11 o nil* Tow n
Oklahoma City: J. B. Wheeler gave
as a free gift to the city to be lined ns a
park forty-four acres of woodland of
Wheeler Place southwest of the city..
The gift is of more value to the city
than the Curnoige library. The land
■ tret dies along the river and has num-
erous shade trees and is a beautiful
place. ThreeV-onditious enter into the
gift. One is that the park shall be por-
IHtnal. another that t!u> city expend
$3,000 n year for the next five years in
beautifying it and the last that no in-
toxicating liquors shall ho sold, given
away or used on the ground.
Troop* (o < hungo
Guthrie: Troops A and B, Eighth
calvary, have been ordered to tako
station at Fort Sill, and will march
overland from Fort Reno. Two com-:
panics of the Twenty second infantry
have arrived at Fort Reno, and two1
companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry, i
(colored) will arrive at the jhisI tliie
week.
I
Guilty of Frnuitnlr it l’u«
.-,s City: Robert L. Li'-'-lsoy
pieqded guilty in tin- United States tli—
trict court to using the mails to pro-
mote tin- illegal rail's of 1,1H>3,1 (M> acres
of Oklahoma laml threw hitnst If upon
the mercy of Judge Phillips. Sentence |
was deferred. Lindsey, who fonueilx
was a real estate dealer, in Kansas City,
claimed to have a title under an old
Mexican land grant to the land, and
sold great quantities of it in spite of the
fact that the United-States supreme
court had declared his title voffl. l.ind-
sev is old and feeble Yml recently suf-
fered a stroke of paralysis. He was in-
dicted'two weeks ago and entered a plea
of not guilty, which he w ithdrew later.
I'lilillc HuililiiiK for Oklahoma C'il.v
Washington: Sidney Clarke, of Ok-
lahoma City, O. T., appeared before
the senate committee on public build-
ings and made an elaborate argument
iii favor of appropriating $100,000 tor a
public building at Oklahoma City. No
action was taken by the committee al-
though indication* rather favor the
adoption of the proposed amendment as
Senator Allison has actively champion-
ed it. *
IJityHe Kl<l«*r Killcil
Atlantic City, N. J.: Archie Me-
Eacliern, the well known champion
bicycle rider of Toronto, was racing,
paced by a motor tendem, to lower his
record, when a chain on the tendem
broke and McEaehern dashed into the
machine - cutting a gash in his neck
from whicli blood spurted a stream.
He expired in a very short time.
Y«‘*u\iii* Sliowing l ife
Paris: Dispatch from Naples says
that Mount Vesuvius is showing signs
of activity. Lava is flowing from the
crater on th i Pompeii side while hot j
cinders are thrown up from time t»
tinie.
•____ >
Revolution in llayti Grows
Port Au Prince: Admiral Hilliok, a
commander of Hiiytinn fleet. haS started
for Cape Hayti with two warships, hav-
ing declared himself in favor of (reneral
Firmin. who is at the head of the Rev-
olutionary forces in the northern part
of tlie Island. The northern Revolu-,
tionists have seized the customs houses
of Capte Hati. Port Depaz and gonaives
and are collecting duties. A severe en-
gagement between tlie northern revolu-
tionists and the southern forces is ex-
pected to take place almost any time.
Tin* IMugtH* at llong Kong
Victoria, B. C.: Reports from Hong
Kong indicate that the health conditions
of Hong Kong are in* a threatening
state. ()u -April 20 fresh cases of the
plague were reported there and other
commnnicatable diseases, were causing
many deaths.
To ItiM'oiue n I'arirtli
Oklahoma City : Members of the Sf. J
Pauls Episcopal church at this place at !
a meeting recently decided, without-an
opposing vote, to become a parish.
Heretofore it bus been a mission station
and this step will give it the rights of a
full-fledged church organization, and it
is to be made self -supporting.
Itig Mortgage l'ih*«l
Guthrie: A five million dollar
mortgage was filed here with the secre-
tary of state by the Missouri, Kansas &
Oklahoma Railroad Company, payable
in forty years. It is for the construc-
tion of the M. K. & T. railway com-
pany's Oklahoma and Indian Territory-
extensions and will supply the funds to
build from Stevens to Oklahoma city,
with a branch into Guthrie, and a
branch from Wyhark to Hominy on the
Oklahoma City line. The total mileage
will be 250 miles.
9 fixing the Kiity Uiglil-itf-w»y
"Oklahoma City: L. R. Smith lms
gone to Arcadia where lie will com- j
nirnce work to secure the right-of-way-
for the main line of the Kitty to this i
city. Mr. Smith has talked with many |
of the farmers over whose place the
road will be built and anticipates no
trouble to secure the right of wav for
the main line of the Missouri, Kansas
A- Texas. It is thought that the right
of-way will lie secured before the last
the present month.
FOR PLATTING SCHOOL LANDS
The? Territorial Board Has Hade uh 80-
A«-re fontract at Lawton
Guthrie: The Oklahoma school
land board lias entered into a contract
with O. P. M. Butter, cashier of the
First National bank of Lawton, and
lessee of 160 acres of school laud ad-
joining the townsite of Lawton on the
west, by which Butter is given authority
to divide SO acres of his lease into lots and
lease them for townsite purposes. The
land adjoins a thickly settled portion of
Lawton and in all probability will he
quickly leased.
Butter paid $l,5oO for a three year's
lease of the 100 acres. He agrees to pay
the cost of surveying and platting the
t ghty acres and making the leases. In
return l^e will be permitted to enjoy all
revenue from rentals or relinquish
ment^ until the expiration of his lease,
January 1, 1905. after which he sur
renders all rights to the board and is
debarred from the privilege of releasing
It is estimated that the Butter tract
will provide JBOO town lots. At a rental
of $20 for a sii'.gle lot for the period of
his holding. The income would amount
to $12,000. Butter is now platting the
land. When the school land board as-
sumes control of the land it will guar-
antee a renewal of occupancy to tenants
upon their paying 6 per cent, of the
cash value of the land occupied, the
value of improvements not to be con-
sidered. The school land board will
plat 80 acres of school land at Luther
and lease the lots for townsite purposes.
Bids will be receiyeil at Guthrie from
May 20 to June 10 for leases expiring
April 1st, 1905. There is no limit to the
number of lots for which one person
may bid. and the lots will go to the
highest bidder. - At Luther, as at Law-
ton. the rights given by the board are
subject to congrcssHMtal and legislative
notion.
The school land board has annulled
the contract'with the Mountain View
Improvement company, by which the
latter platted and leased land at Moun-
tain View for townsite purposes, hold-
ing that the company has forfeited its
rights by violating its contract. J. J.
Houston, secretary of the board, will
go to Mountain View to inquire into
the situation -nnd recommend to the
board some plan by which it will con-
trol the property.
NO NEED FOR ALARM
A W rit of tiuht'aiiM Corpus to T«*st Vali-
dity of Contract
Guthrie: The attorney general for
Oklahoma lias been notified tif appear in
the Kansas state supreme court, on Jtitu
2, to defend the contract existing be-
tween Oklahoma and Kansas, by whicli
the* later cares for and maintains Okla-
homa’s convicts. Ira N. Terrill, con-
victed'of murder has secured the is-
suance of a writ of habcaus corpus, and
the matter will be beared on that date.
The question involves the authority of
tlie Kansas warden to restrain (rom
liberty persons who are convicted for
crimes committed in Oklahoma. If
Ten-ill wins it will release from the
penitentiary 300 Oklahoma convicts.
Terrill was a member of the first Okla-
homa legislature. *
" w~
Itixlx-y Muj Wit-vt'lraw Resignation
Muskogee: It is doubtful if the re
signation of Tans Kixby, as acting
chairman of the Dawes commission
will be accepted. The principal chiefs
of the Five Civilized Nations lam
united in a protest against a now man
succeeding Bixby. The Indian agent
and the Indian inspector are’ anxious
that he remain until the final work of
alloting the Indian lands is completed.
It is also rumored that Bixby after
viewing the political situation in Min-
nesota. tniiy he prevailed upon to with-
draw Ins resignation ns chairman of tin
Dawes commission. The popularity of
the present governor of Minnesota, Capt.
A au t-'nnt, and the good work he ha-
been doing in the railway lin ger ease
will leave no room for any other can
didates. Mr. Bixby has certain asp:r-
at i" tTiwa :1! I i-m , ■ i, t ive - ' J i
state.
(i«*tM $ 100 For Miinlt-r
James Burleson, of Hermitage, Mo.,
who lias just, been tried for the murder
of his brother-in-law at Weanhloom
last spring, whs found guilty mid his
penalty fixed at a fine of $100. The de-
fendant accused the murdered man of
enticing his hoi away from home.
T1 e Finite* of Japan.
Tlio inlands of Japan are remark-
abb- for their richness of animal Jife.
The variety In climatic and other con-
ditions, the nearness to the great con-
tinent of Asia and to the chief center
lift 11 n
lands—its relation to the warm Black
Current or Ktiro Shivo the Gulf
Stream of the Orient—and to the cold
current from Behring Sea, all tend to
give variety to the fauna of its seas.
Especially numerous and varied are
Hie fibhos of Japan. It has been noted
that the fish fauna of Japan bears a
striking resemblance to that of the
Mediterranean, and Doctor Gunther,
has sugested that this can be accounted
for by supposing that in recent times
a continuous coast line and sea pas-
sage extended from one region to the
other, the Isthmus of Suez not exist-
ing. Popular Science Monthly.
Cull I'li tnre "iiluetieiiril.'*
Now that Lyman J. Gage is ho lougrt
secretary of the treasury the employes
of that department feel at liberty to
express their sentiments freely regard-
ing the oil portrait of liiinself which
Mr. Gage, in accordance with custom,
caused to he hung in the outer office
of the secretary. The picture has been
nicknamed “Bluebeard”—not on ac-
count of any trait of his former subor-
dinates—but because of the original,
for Mr. Gage is greatly beloved, by the
color which tlie artist used In repre-
Eenting Mr. Gage’s beard. The foi ,r*v
secretary’s board is almost snow white,
but the artist used about, the samo
shade of blue iti reproducing it that
Is used in the picture books which
contain the stoiy of tlie original “hue-
beard." •
Yew Visit* to Denmark.
King Edward is the first King I
Great Biitain to visit Denmark since
tlie time when England, Dennis-.k and
Norway had the same ruler In the per-
ron of Canute (Knud), who died 103J
nnd is burled In Winchester. Jamcf
' L of Scotland visited Denmark ic
1590, but lie was then not yet Kinj]
iit England.—New York Post.
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