The Yukon Sun And The Yukon Weekly. (Yukon, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1901 Page: 2 of 10
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THE YUKON SUN.
BERT MAXWELL, Publish*!-.
YUKON, . : OKLAHOMA
TOPICS OP THE DAY.
Italian* (i«*t Quinine* I r«*e.
The text of the proposed law for t lie
prevention of malaria in Italy pro-
vides amonp other things for the gra-
tuitous distribution of quinine to tho
poor by municipal authorities.
Every Hank I* Worth f50.
A naturalist says that every time a
farmer shoots a hawk lie throws a $50
bill into the tire, for, though the bird
takes anoecasionnl chicken,it destroys
at least 1,000 rats, mice and moles
every year.
It Wiin Too
Volunteers returning from the
Philippines nowadays are not get-
ting tlie jubilant welcomes of two
years ago. A continuous performance
of cheering proved too great a tax
on San Francisco throats.
Nnthine Hue Xerve,
On reflection, the claim of that oor
cidentnl in < hina for*$10,000 damage
for his own, his wife’s and his daugh-
ter's nerves” was not so exhorhitant.
A man witli a nerve like that is jus-
tified in setting an altitudinous val-
uation upon it.
McKinley Returns n favor.
George K. Itnldwin, of Cnnton, O..
whom the president has just appoint-
ed United States consul at. Nurem-
berg, Germany, has been a close friend
of McKinley for 30 years, lie nom-
inated the latter for the first public
office he ever held—that of prosecut-
ing attorney, back in 1868.
Contil llnvo Hastened His Joy.
Cashier Johnson, of the broken Niles
(Mich.) bank, now that lie has.been
captured, states I liat lie is glad of it.
Mr. Johnson could have easily has-
tened his own joy and that, of nu-
merous others by letting the officers
know of his whereabouts instead of
compelling them to look him up.
A FEARFUL TORNADO.
Twenty-Fire 1*< o do Killed at Itii-rolug-
ham, Ala., ami mi bar ban Town* Prop-
erty Iaws v:i3o,uoo,
Birmingham, Ala., March 26.—Short-
ly before ten o’clock yesterday morn-
ing a fearful tornado swept over the
southern part of this city. The num-
ber of killed is estimated at 23, of
whom five were white/ The destruc-
tion of property is placed at $330,000,
I-ighteen bodies had been recovered
up to seven p. m., and scores of .in-
jured have been removed to the hos-
pitals. Tlie storm struck the city in
tiie extreme southwestern corner and
plowed its way eastward leaving a
path 130 feet wide through the entire
southern section, extending from
Green Springs on the vast to Avon-
dale on tlie east, and continued its
course until its fury was spent in the
mountains beyond Irondale, n small
town six miles east of the city.
-\t Irondale, Bessemer, I’ratt City.
Eri-lev, North Birmingham, Powderly
and other suburban towns much de-
struction of property was done, but
uo loss of life is reported.
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Where Home Hale OMnlna.
There is at. least, one place who* %
the consent of the governed has pin.-
Gcal application. It is tlie island of
Molokai, Hawaii's leper colony, whose
inhabitants have been notified that
they will be permitted to run their
own affairs just as they please. No
ambitious carpet-bagger is looking for
tlie job of bossing that select and
exclusive colony.
“Don't Get tiity.”
A printer working for tlie Emporia
(Kun.) Gazette was unable to rent a
houst- because of his three children
He advertised for a house, offering
to kill two of his children. “Prov-
idence,” says tin- Gazette, “got even
with him for his levity by sending
nm a pair of twins tin’s morning.
Moral: Don’t get gay.”
I» Lynching n llaliltt ,
Some one recently declared that
lynching, like murder, is growing to
he a national habit. There is certain
ly some ground’for the assertion.
When the first burning of n negro
at the stake at Paris, Tex., was an-
nounced, two or three years ago,
• .wave of indignation swept over th--
whole country. Several burnings have
occurred since then, and the latest,
at Corsicana, Tex., has hardly attract-
ed public notice. * *
KnounU to Mlngger HuiiiniiKy.
The price of war is enough to stag-
ger humanity, judging from figures
from tlie British war office, in a table
of English war losses in South Africa
to the end of 1000. The total casual-
ties of every kind were 51,687, lmf,
owing to tin- fact that a majority of
the men invalided home have reeov-
ered and rejoined their commands the
total reduction of the forces was 14-
M0. The ntpnhereof invalids who left
the service and are unfit for duty ii
1,570. J '
WILL ENTER A PROTEST.
I nlt.-.l States HHIi-ven That Russia'* Atti-
tude Toiviim* Koreu Threaten* tlie In-
tegrity of tlie Kiuplro.
Washington, March 26.—The state
department lias received from .Mr.
Aller, our minister at Seoul, Korea, dis-
patches confirming tlie cable report, of
the removal of McGlenvy Brown, tlie
director general of Korean customs.
Ws this action of the eniporer, under-
taken at the behest of Russia, goes
tar to wipe out the integrity of Korea,
according to tlie estimate of tlie offi-
cials here, it will not lie allowed to pass
without a remonstrance on of it- part.
For the officials are convinced flint
Russian domination of Korea "would
mean the -extinguishment of American
interests in that quarter and these in
recent years have become important.
CHINA’S RESOURCES.
The «'elr<tlat Empire, It I* Said, Conic! Pay
Hu, Powers- Claims for Iudenmity
In Twenty Years.
Pekin, March 26.—Tlie special com.
mittee of ministers appointed to con-
sider the question of China’s ability
to meet (tie indemnity claims is al-
ready well forward with the work of
investigating tin; resources of tlie em-
pire. It is believed that tlie total
increase could be made to amount to
$1 o0,000,000. If then tlie imperial ex-
penses could lie reduced to *.$45,000,000
there would lie left availabla for the
liquidation of tlie interest "on loons
11,111 the indemnity fund tlie sum of
$103,000,000. Making all allowances, it
would lie p’ossiblc to pay the indem-
nity within 20 years.
KING OF THE CORN PIT.
Dsapersdo Tliomus In Sweat Ito*.
Guthrie.—There is no doubt in the
minds of tlie United States officers in
ihiscity but what the man brought
tieie by Sheriff Foster of Perry, is one
4f the men wanted for the murder and
robbery at Red Rock. So fur no one
hits been found who can identify him or
five Ids right n me. He states that lie
roes by the name of Charlie Thomas
ilthough his name is Johnson He
states to that he was born in Edwards
rourty, Kansas, but has not been there
for some time. Thomas was glad to he
brought to this city to escape the mob
which was after him If he had been
raptured by the citizens of that part of
the country he would have 1 een lynch-
ed to avenge in part the death of Alvin
Batemtn.
The prisoner was tnken to/tlie United
States district attorney’s office and
whRe there was questioned by Assist-
ant Unite I States Attorney McGuire.
Although‘Tin,mas gives his age at 20
it seem* that lie is nearly 30, McGuire
states that when he would get cornered
in the examination he would make an
excuse that on account of Die hole in
his head iie would have to be excused
for not giving better answers. McGuire
had his man under examination for
over two hours and during that time
he told tlie games of only two men
that lie had known since living in this
country. He admits however that he
was near the scene of the murder, lie
states lhat he was crosing tlie Otoe
reservation and that during the storm
two uieu on one lior.se approached him
Bnd told him to throw up his hands
and surrender. Thomas state* that he
did not do this but -hot at the men in-
stead. They in turn stiot at him caus-
ing tlie wounds which he now hear-.
He states they did not want iiis gun or
his money lint his coat and hat.
lliere is ao, doubt but this man
Thomas is a des, eiate character. It
was impossible to gel. him to name any
place tic had worked during the years
of ins life, nor would lie state wliat he
had been doing.
Alurdarer ,Iohn*ou on Trial.
The grand jury which has been In
session at Guthi ie during ihe present
session of the district court, lias indicted
AIbert Johnson on a murder charge.
Johnson is the man who killed h s
father aud mother near Orlando some
weeks ago. The de ails of the crime
are revolting and the mere idea of a
son killing father and mother would
lead one to believe that the son was
insane. This was the general impress-
ion at the time the double murder was
committed, but since Johnson has
bt-en confined in jail there have been
no si^n*. of weakness on his part. The
murder took place one night about
eight o’clock, \\ lien every person with
the exception of Johnson’s parents and*
h inseif were out of the house. His
mother had been up sta<rs mailing
beds aud John>un was down stairs dur-
ing lhat time. His father had just re-
tired, aud when his mother came down
stnirs lie met her at the door aud shot
her with a \\ inehester. Thinking that
she was dead, the murderer then ent-
ered the bed room where his father
was lying on the bed. As the door
opened the father evidenily raised
himself to a sitting position, and it
was then that the son opened lire on
him. ihe old inau fell off tlie bed and
wan fouud lying on Ihe floor inter on
in the night. Leaving the bed room
Johniou went out into the sitting
room. At die north side of the house
was a door and at this door his mother
was trying to get on a porch. The
son observed her and fired his Win-
chester, the ball takiug effect in her
head and.causing instant death.
j Two Big Pains
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«eem to be the heritage of the
human family everywhere, viz:
Rheumatism
and
Neuralgia
but there is one sure and
prompt cure for both, viz:
• St. Jacobs Oil
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(.core*- II. l'lilltlp* 6eml* Corn t'i» to .|g 1-g
Cent* Tor May Deliver}-, tlie Highest
Price This Season.
Chicago, March 26.—The News says:
George If. Phillips is once more king
of the corn pit anti his reign promises
to be a hard one for tlie shorts. Un-
ler the dictation of tlie young specu-
lator the cereal yesterday sold at 42%
to 42; - cents for May delivery/ a gain
af three-fourths cents over tiie previ-
ous session and tlie highest price
touched this season.
Thirty Years in II... White llonsc.
One of the permanent residents a‘
Hie white house is “Uncle Jem,"
the old colored man who came ‘to
Washington as a footman to President
Grant and lias been there ever since
"Uncle Jerry" .still thinks Grant was
the biggest man wiio ever sat in the
president's chair. II,- calls tlie great
soldier “tlie general of th,. world."
His next favorites among tlie ulii’e
house occupants are President and
Mrs. Cleveland. lie makes tin exe.-p-
♦ mn in their ease,.for naturally he is
a republican.
Monument to I'uthflinh-r.
I lie Fifty-seventh congress, when it
meets next winter, is to he asked
to give its support to the project for
tlie erection of a monument to Gen
John C. Fremont in Washington. This
is the outcome of a movement started
by the National Fremont association
a few years ago. Most of tlie monev
for tlie monument, it is expected,
"111 ke obtained by private subscrip-
tions mill by appropriations by state
legislatures. Tlie legislature of every
state is to be asked to contribute
lhis fund.
Cien. Mile*' Opinion of C ulm.
Washington, March 28.—Lieut. Gen.
Miles and liisl party have returned to
Washington from a short tour of in-
flection in Cuba. Gen. Miles told Sec-
retary Root that in his opinion the
Cubans would accept tlie Flatt amend-
ment. He was particularly oppressed
with the fine condition of the bat-
teries iu the forts around Havana.
A Manumit Ii Haft.-
Portland, Ore., March 26.—The
Evening Telegram says: The Robert-
son Raft company, in the near future,
will build a mammoth raft containing
llmost 10,000,000 feet of logs which
will be towed across the Pacific ocean
to oriental points. The raft will be
lashed together with more than 1,000
tons of chain of the best quality.
Hutted by Fire.
New Orleans, March 26.—Fire yes-
terday evening gutted Die store of
B. Fell man & Co., in the heart of the
retail dry goods district, causing a loss
:>f $130,000 to fids firm. The carpet
j house of Leopold Levy and the notion
-tore of tlie Rosenberg company, on
either side, sustained uliout $20,000
water damage.
wt * Ounce.
Last Saturday night Ed Williams
who lives near McMillan, went to
I leasant Mound where ihe voung peo-
ple of tiie neighborhood had been in-
vited to participate in a dance. Every-
thing went- off peaceably and Mr.
Williams started home about 11 o’clock
in company with his friends, some of
whom were iutoxiea'ed. On the way
they were running their horses pretty
fas', ami some of the hoys commenced
to shoot off their pistol-. The night
was dark ai d it was with d ffieulty
one Could g e across the road. It was
was at this stage of tlie game when
\Y Glia ms got in the way of one of the
flying bullet-, which pierced -him in
the side of the head, and passing en-
tirely through killing him instantly.
Fc«lct:*l l*i Isoners Sentenced.
As a result of n session of the United
States court at K, Reuo a number of
prisoners were sentenced to serve
short terms in the fedeial jail at
Guthrie. The prisoners an I tiie
charges against them are a- follows:
Raymond Gonzales, sentenced fot
whisk,-y selling.
,E,I Page for culling timber.
Fiauk Unison far horse stealing.
William Kinman for violuting postal
law.
Natliedio, held for trial, whiskey
selling.
llilliary Van, cutting timber; await-
ing tr.nl.
Government Will 1 iiventlgate.
The United States officers of the ter-
ritory iiave coinmen ed to investigate
tiie legality of Fitzgerald scheme to
plant a colony in the territory. Tlie
plan has been given much airing iu
different papers and now Uncle Sam
proposes to take a hand in the matter.
I i tzgeraid claims that he will secure
7.000 acres of land in Washita county
to be for the use of settlers. There are
20.000 or more people in Washita eoun-
iy at ihe present time, and it is con-
sidered impossible for him to secure
enough land to establish liis colony
Tlie ioeu, from statements of the offi
eers, is to locate old soldiers as well a-
■tnyone e se. From the figures given
out by Fitzgerald, each man would In
reality only receive seven acres of land
and for this reason there is a rumor
that tlie whole tiling is not on a good
basis.
Murder at Red Knell,
Albert llateman, a lumber merchant
of Re ' Rock, was murdered on the
evening of the 18, by two desperadoes
and robbers. The desperadoes were
robbing the store of Swart; & Co.
when Mr. Bateman enteied. ‘Seeing
what they were doing lie pulled his
gun and blazed away, wounding one
of tiie robbers in the arm. Both the
robbers then tired at him and lie fell
dead pierced by two bullets. The rob-
bers secured $350 end made their es-
cape.
GENERALITIES OF INTEREST.
Athletic sports are taking strong
hold in the European universities.
Austria and Mexico have resumed
intercourse for tlie first time since
the execution of Emperor Maximilian.
When a crew sets out for the north
pole the cost is no’small matter. Tho
item of food supply for the Baldwin
expedition will amount to $50,000 or
$60,000.
In Russia the sunflower is culti-
vated as a staple crop. The sunflower
seeds are an article of diet, being
eaten either raw or roasted. The oil
is also used liberally in cooking, be-
ing practically equal to olive oik
Mr. John Owen, who six years ago
was a mill hand at Oldliam, lias been
made a fellow of Pembroke college,
Oxford. He studied at Balliol col-
lege, taking his bachelor’s degree
with first-class honors in history two
years ago.
Great Phosphorescent Light.
A terrific storm passed over a
town in Montana recently, aLd in its
wake traveled a phosphorescent light
which lasted for. 15 minutes and il-
luminated the landscape for a mii«
around.
NEARLY GONE.
Mrs. Julia A. Mnllnlmn, of Owosso,
Mich., Has u Very Aarrovv Escape
—The Hector Had Little Hope.
Whole Region In Rebellion.
Constantinople, March 26.—The Ot-
toman government has sent a warship
to Jlarathooampos, island of Samoa,
aff the west coast of Asia minor, the
whole Rodtliern region being in rebel-
lion.
Labor I'nlona Hostile tq Carnegie.
Newcastle, Pa., March 20.—Owing to
tlie nttitudes of tlie labor unions the
-'ty council will, in all probability, re-
ject tlie $.,0,000 offer of Andrew Curne
jie for a public library for this place.
I<ell(lniift FfttnhllHhiticnt.'i ('lofted.
Lisbon, March 26.- The police have
Hosed tlie Roman Catholic religious
establishments which 'nil been or-
iored closed by ministerial decree.
t Oll.ltcattnii ( oin mitten In Session.
Guthrie. The members of the cod -
lying committee io arrange tlie .-.-s-ion
laws into an presentable form Jbegtin
their work last week. The member-
of the committee were appointed from
both brandies of tlie usseiuldy nnd are
named a* follows: S nutor Ilarrison
from Roger Mills eoun y, Represent-
ative Ttiin Reid fr.,in Canadian, and
Repiesema ive Ret M.llardof Garfield.
Mining « oiiipnny Organized.
Tlie Wichita M.ning and Improve-
ment company i* the title of a new
company which lias applied to Secre-
tary Jenkins for a cli-rtc. The in-
tention of the members of tlie company
is to own and operate mines and to
own and deal in r, al property in Okla-
homa territory. The company now
owns unimproved property valued at
610,000 and the cuni al st ick of tlie
concern is to be SUO.OOO.
Sentence In Commuted.
Governor Barnes lias commuted the
sentence of Stonewall .Shacklett of
Yukon, who was sentenced to life in
the penitentiary, to seven year* in the
same institution. Tlie application fer
the commutation was signed by the
judge ot the court in which Shacklett
was convicted and also signed by mem-
bers of tlie convicting jury and the
prosecuting attorney.
For I.lttlu Offender*.
As a result of the leqne-ts from Ok-
lahoma the department of ju-tice at
Washington has named Boonvilie, Mo.,
as a place to punish the juveniles of
the territory who infringe on the
I United States laws Justice Burwcll
, at Guthrie, received a telegram from
: 'he authorities at Washington making
tne uuuouncement.
Mill Fight (fttmbllnc Cu'ca.
Guthrie.— In the gambling cases
which have been in the district court
for some time demurrers have been
Ii ed to tho information given. The
p eases will he fought aud it is thought
i that some interesting developments
j will be brought out before they are
1 flui.-hed.
Orient TmTn.it. Crimp my,
Secretary Jenkins lias received an
application for a charter from Medford
business men who desire to incorporate
under the name of ihq Orient L md and
towusite company. The purpo-c of
the company is to buy nnd sell real es-
tate, t>» own towns!tee and to purchase
of corporations the right to locate
townsites along the line of any rail-
road iu Oklahoma, Tho capital stock
of tho new company is $600,000.
Creamery I* Cliarlereil.
A charter was granted to the Clear
Spring* Creamery association for a
period of 20 years. The purpose of tlie
company is to manufacture and sell
I butter aud cheese both wholesale ami
and retail. The plant will he located
at Misliak in Oklahoma couuty.
Fund nrul Improvement < ompmy,
The Chociaw Northern Land and
Improvement company hash on grant-
J ed u charter to do bnsine-s in Okla-
' homa by Secretary Jenkins. Tho new
J company has u capital stock of 6100,0W
i und will do business at Oklahoma City.
Owosso, Mich., March 25 (Special).
—Elite Rebckah Lodge, No. 2, I. O. O.
F., of this town, came very nearly los-
ing their esteemed and capable Sec-
retary, Mrsi Julia A. Mallahan. Mrs.
Mallahan caught a severe cold last
winter, and like many others, failed
to recognize the dangerous possibil-
ities until it had settled in her kid-
neys, and left her with very severe
bearing down pains nnd almost con-
stant back-aclie. It almost carried
her off. Mrs. Mallahan tells the story
this way:—
“I caught a cold last winter, which
I neglected until it settled in my kid-
neys, causing severe bearing down
pains nnd almost constant back-ache.
My health had previously been so
good, that I paid little attention to
these symptoms, until the disease
had gone so far, that my doctor en-
tertained but a slight hope of my
recovery.
Fortunately, one of our Lodge
Members mentioned Dodd's Kidney
Pills. Her description of the cures
they had effected sounded like a fairy
tale, but I sent for a box, deciding
to give them a trial. I soon found
that she had but half told the story
of what they could do. 1 bless the
day I first tried them, and have noth-
ing but tlie highest praise for them.”
Many very valuable lives have been
saved by tiie timely use of Dodd’s
Kidney rills, and not a few of these
have been in Owosso nnd other neigh-
boring Miehigan towns. There seems
to be no case of kidney trouble or
back-ache that Dodd’s Kidney Pills
will not cure.
*1 he^ are r»0c. n box, .six boxes for
$2.50. Huy them from your local
druggist if you can. If lie cannot sup-
ply you, send to tlie Dodds Medicino
Company, Buffalo, N. Y.
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