The Woodward News. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 9, 1897 Page: 2 of 4
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NEWS.
Governor of
(Oil to WMhlnf ton.
ilia ooiiar buaiue iu
Just low having a boom.
The agitation at Karlboro la far tbe
Incorporation of the town.
Tha bualneaa men of Oklahoma City
have organised a aoeial cluh.
(hit near Ctiahlngan Indian haa built
■fa nod will rebuild speedily.
David Lytton, the lefl.lator, la alek
with typhoid fever In Stillwater.
Callahan haa Introduced a bill io en-
able Pottawatomie Indiana to Moure ( himself a bouse wholly of eodar.
patent. to their land*. Oklahoma people ahonld not forget
Tha Comanche land* have been with- In a cyclone to run to the northweat
drawn from leaae. nnd the people think i A larger crcp nf cotton will bo plant-
It meana a near . p.-nlng. ed In Oklahou a tbla year thun ever be-
The friend of Ira Terrlll are trying fore.
to get lilm oat of the penitentiary on i The cnthuxlmilo Oklahoman haa al-
the ground* that he ia laxane. r.-ady fot mtat of hia corn lo the
Mayor Jonea of Oklahoma City la out IT™0*
The Indian Territory Pharmaceutical I aecuring the remainder of the rlght-of-
t mMtii at South McAleater way for the Hapulpa eatcnslon.
10 ||ay> ' There la a hot poatoftlce light In Wa-
The Chandler Newa nnd the Chend- j tonga. Watonga I* a good town but It
r—— Saaday will he o> the l«th
ity of April thla year.
la Barber oounty the cholera la lo-
waalag among the boga.
A Oarfleld oonnty farmer la buying
■eed corn from Iowa at «J.50 per bu.h-
both deatroyed by haa too much polltlca for good health,
The heavy rain on the night of Mar.
.luth delayed the spring work to aome
extent.
Chandler n'.w knowa It ahould have
had tine of Ira Terrlll'a cyclone ua-
ANUitY LOVEK'S CHIME
SHOOT8 THREE WOMEN
AND 18 HIMSELF SHOT.
a a VII ef Mm Rip Onqt Hitler
Iheeta Mr*. W. II. Herhey aa* T
Daaghlera al Klacald. Han.—Twe Will
Dla rrmm Their lajarl**.
WITH A CORN KNIFE.
Two Wokery Caaaty, Mo . Waaaa Fa-
tally Mart by Oaa'a atrp*oa.
llimtstviiir Ma, April What
will probably turn out to be a double
murdor w.« perpetrated at the real-
dence of Sam Hmlth, Sr.. one-half
mile west of Weanbleau City,
Hickory county. Mo,, I a t nlglit.
Mrs. Smith and her hiater Mr*.
Co*, were alone, tli# other member* of
the family being at Weaubleau City.
Mr* Smith'* atepson, Ham • mlth, Jr.,
had imagined himoulf Injured by the
. . , refu*al of Mr . Smith to rent him a
grown daughter, Ml** | ((m Armlnjr hlmwlf with a corn-
knife he went to the Smith residence,
calling hi* ■tcpuiother for the octenai-
lilr puroute of vetting *ome medicine
for a sick child On her opening the
door he attacked her with the corn-
knife. Thi* arouaed Mra. Cox, who had
Arnett, one of the ■
Tha Guthrie people aaw an aurora oldeat Inhabitant* of Kingfisher noun- i
Inrealla. The county attorney ought j ty, la -lead. She was a Kentuckyan
to Invest Igate w here they got It by birth ami waa 07 year* old.
The .Verona, a famous Pratt county ( Mra. Ilamplon of Chlckaaha recently
family, have left that county and i g.vc a horse-back party to introduce
moved to Oklahoma, to aociety her young
The regiatratlon of electora in the | of Caddo. T.venty-ttve young men nnd
city
578. Only
ladlea registered for the achool elec.
women rode horse*.
There I* a general feeling that the upon Mlaa Kllle llerkcy frequently
Reed men may be allowed to realde <■> I Recently, having heard report. of a
defamatory nature concerning her. he
(lotormint tl to demand iin explanation.
In tli* graveyard at 1'auU \ alley a u||1| f\royv to the llerkcy home for that
majority of the dead, 33 men, met . pUrpo*e. Mra. Herkey unawered hi*
V ]J v.,111 ! death in flirhta* knock and informed him that he eonld
friend MIm ^ p ^ ^ ^ t ^ , d.nghU r ^ enraged
. . : «itn i hlin, and he dematitled admittance to
awful ahlft in the poatolHce sltua- Thta WUK refu*ed and the
Kimcaip, Kan., April 5. — Ueorge
Miller of Moran, Kan., shot and prob-
ably fatally wounded Mra. P. II.
Ilerkey and
KIHe Ilerkey, and alightly
another grown daughter, Mlaa Jennie
Ilerkey, at the Ilerkey home, near
here at -i o'clock yeaterday afternoon.
An hour later Miller hlinaelf waa ah«t
and dangeroualy, but not ncceaaaril.v
fatally. wounded while relating ar- ^Wred. Oa her appearance sne wua
re4'. ileult with In the same manner. Itoth
Miller, who la not quite right men- women wt,rt. terribly hacked aliout
tally, haa lieen in the habit of calling ,ho hva,Ia Bnit bo,||„. Iluth
NEWS BOILED IX)WN.
Mra. GlUabeth R. fllton. who be-
came noted through the Tllton-Beeoh-
er caae, la Buffering from a stroke of
paralyala.
Johannes Ilrahmt. the eminent mus-
ical comnoMcr. la dead in Vienna from
cancer of the liver.
President McKlnlcy haa derided to
reduce the forest reserve. covered by
I'ruaident Cleveland* proclamation,
bnt will not annul the order.
Secretary Shermun 1a aaid to have
quietly protested sgsinst the proposed
summary court martial of lleneral Kl-
vera, the captured luban leader, and
civil trial* aald to have been ordored
by the Spaniah government.
IUchard*on building, largest in Chat-
tanooga, Tenn., was totally destroyed
by lire. A capitalist und an architect
perUhed.
California supreme court denied
rehearing of Theodore Durrani's ap-
plication for a new trial. ... .
Claahes of authority aa Uidlspoeltlon ,
TWELVE DEAD.
IM t'kaadtev Cyelea* Bepevts Ovef
draws—rreeha sf ha *• '■ .
Gt'TiiaiK, Ok la.. April S.—The total
death list ao far at Chandler from
Tuesday'a tornado la twelve aad It la
now believed that no more bodlea wilt
be found in the rulna. The dead were
buried yeaterday afternoon. The In-
jured are generally doing well and It
is possible that none of them will suo-
cumb.
The only building in Chandler upon
which there wa* tornado ln*urance
waa the court houac, which waa In-
•u red for 11,000
The que*tlon of whether the town
ahall be rebuilt upon ita present aite la
being dl*cu*aed. There are abaolutdl.v
no facllitiea for the tranaacllon of or-
dinary bukineaa, and everything i* at
a htandstlll. Many persona fear to re-
build on the hill.
The tornado played atrange freak*
with women'a clothing. All of the
woman who wu* caught
on the street, except the underwear.
there were UJi.uoo eat.ua aud
aalyoa bnUhered In ICanaaa City.
Ke-Te —e lev «fi Mia
On/ hair and wriaklea may aome,
hat % happy heart Is always yonag.
Nothing pleaaea a man ao maeh aa
to be coaxed to do a thing he waata to
do, anyhow.
A thouMod shingles, laid four laehM
to tha weather, are required to oover
100 feat of anperllclal feet of root
Thla world la tha worat off for tka
Urge number of people la It who are
oeeaalonally only what they ought to
be perpetually, and thoee who are per-
petually what they ought to ha oeea-
lion In Oklahoma.
I the house
At a part* In Okorche a doughnut ! "uu ,loor shut In hi* face At thla, Miller
aiuniMILt !•*• a* Htrinir fro:i the! s'* hundred and seventeen p< ople (|rcw a revolver and tired through the
tlOU- , , " l in J ^ h Lest hid to eat one registered at Perry, of which thirty- Klass door at Mi* lierkey, striking he.
A prominent Oklahoma paper notes celling and.ach guest hart to.eat on' ^ ln t|lc breast, inflicting a wound
that thla is the time of year when the so suspended with hands beh ud hi from which It is thought she will die
Ancleat Orl-r of lien Shooers are call- I h ok. It is aald to be a har.1 thing to K. T. tlordon. the soldier counter- L h(.nrinK tlle rwp)H.t of the revolve,
ed to order ',,a feller, hua Inh-h bound over to tne Mju who had g« ne U|>-
" (1.fore.lv station L At Plumb poatolllce recently Mlaa l ltcd State, court. ! .talra on Miller a ..rrlval, came rush-
ooo ,reea to the farmers i Maud Laughlla wa. helping her father The Honehruke Hardware and In.- ing to her mother s assistance. A*she
'days., high as 20.000 j when outlaw, came in and held up her , phwMt company of El Reno have ; sb opod over her mo ,er ^ ^ ^
eea are aent out. Mlaa Maud grabbed a revolver been granted a charter , „,rl fell on her mother s side. Then
The Hnrrton Roller Mills which | nd P,,llwl U *,mvn °" rob^enl- At Enid when a man takes a carload M1„er openeil the door an.l vent into
Ihe Hn , , u to ^c' sh" dlJ,l t understand pistols, how- of pitr(;,eH to market they speak of lhe hoa8C. nv this time Mis* Jennie
burnett < own c . . . I ..rn. .ml onlv buIf-eoekeil it. Tho . i.t... iK„ iww> Ilerkey had come upon the scene, and
fnrnii
dally.
, . . ... ,h, ! ever, and only hulf-eocked It. Tho him chaperoning the hogs,
been an elephant on the hand* of the, ^
people who managed it
The cowinen'a lease* in the Kiowa ,
country which the government will ,
not allow to be renewed expire in a |
few week*. Xhe cattlemen are conanl- j
erably worried.
It Is not likely that a kinetoaoope, j
giving the Carson fight, will appear in
Oklahoma. It will be prohibited by j
congress in the territoriea and the Dis- j
trlct of Columbia.
Out in western Kanaaa there is a j
(real discussion in progresa between
twofactiona. t ne faction claims that
the apring ia a late one and the other
that it is a very early one.
Ewlng Herbert of Hiawatha cautions
the young men bef->re marrying to
open their sweetheart'a mouth and ex-
amine their teeth, because, if their
teeth are bad, they will alwaya be
poor.
CoL Pearson, of Fort Reno has tele-
graphed Adjutant General Jamison
that in response to his request he had
ah'pped from Fort Reno thirty L'nited
stales tents to Shswnee for the Chand-
ler sufferers.
William Smith, a convict from Lo-
gan county, waa killed by Kansas pen-
itentiary guards at Leavenworth, while
trying to make hi. escape on March
Hat. Smith waa sentenced to one yesr
nod a half and had only about lour
months more to serye at the time of his
raah attempt to escape. He
pled with lead.
Tha good eitliens of the city of Sher-
man, Texas, send 1467.13 cash subscrip-
tions to the Chandler cyclone sufferers.
They also sent several large boxes con-
taining clothing and provisions at the
lime time they sent the money. The
noble hesrted people of the southern
state will ever maintain a warm spot
in the hearts of the Oklahoma people,
especially the unfortunate Chandler
cyclone sufferers.
ArrrangemenU have been completed
for a inter-collegiate debate lo take
place in Edmond at the Normal school
between the Territoral Normal anil
the Territorial University of Norman.
May 10 has been selected as the date
and the subject will be: "Resolved
That feudalism resulted in more harm
to the world than good. Norman
Poole and John lleffly of the Unl
veraity will have lhe affirmative, and
John Adama and George Ferrill of the
Normal, the nagative.
Jndge Taraney tells a good story.
He says while he was out in the west-
ern pari of the territory holding court
a fellow charged with cattle ateal
ing and when the case was called the
prisoner was brought forward and
ed if he was ready for trial, to which
he answered that he didn't know
whether he was or not, as he had no
lawyer. The judge then said to him,
"I haye appointed two of the best at-
torneys of the aar to defend yon, are
you ready for trial V The prisoner
scratched his head and aaid: ' Your
honor, if yon will allow me the privil-
ege of trading one of the lawyers far a
witness. I will be ready for trial in fif-
teen minutes."
The placea in the Greer county land
offices, it is said, will not pay over
•1,000 a year.
Mrs. Tom Robertson, a colored worn
an of Perry, dropped dead on the streets
there recently.
F. J. Walker of Enid recently paid
IDS for a fine blooded cow. The next
toy she died and he got $1.50 for her
robbers shot at her and at her father,
missing both and then lied.
W. C. Sims leased some land in the
Osage reservation of an Indian, named
lllack Dog. Matters went well for a
time, and then trouble arose between
them and the Indian wanted the land.
shoulder. It
,-evernl Oklahoma papers make the , received a bullet In the
, , ,, ,, \vt.*iii,a i* not thought that this wound will
funny error of locating the Wichita ^ ^ orlons
mountains in the Wichita leseryatlon. j p AfUfr t(|e footing Miller drove to
Swinefonl, the government sgent, Klncuid and called upon l>r. Wynn
sacs that the records in the i'erry land .nil Dr. Splawn, informing them that
oftice are tlie best kept in the country. ! if they were good hand* at pulling
... bullet* they had belter go at once
Sims gave It up and brought suit for : Judge Dale after having saved hi* to ,he Herkey home, where their
the improvements lie had put on the ' life at Chandler returned at once to ^rviees wero sorely needed. Miller
land The case was tried in the dis-i liuthric. He says he will uever forget himself started to return to tho
trlct' court at Pawnee last week, and j that stu/.n. I Herkey home, but was Inter-
taken under advisement. This ia the The weather bureau at Washington | who demanded his^urrender.
first Black Dog case that has been j had notified Oklahoma t ity to be on ] ^filler remarked. "All right, and
tried in the conrts of Oklahoma. ' the watchout for cyclones the morning jmme,(iately climbed out of his buggy
Deputy l'nited States Marshal Mou- j f the day Chandler was destroyed. to give himself up. When the officers
r has returned to Pawnee county I That farmer in Kay count, who dug ""^Ifor his revolver, he "
from the Cherokee and Osage countries I B „ell aud follIlrt tnc ground wet down j i^hi^n^fired^th'reo shots at the
where he hss been serving subpoenas ( tQ n depth of .,s (eet mu,t be some re- , offlcerSi nonc of them taking effect
on witnesses who are to appear before |alion ^ that Perry newapapcr corre- The officers returned the fire, wound-
the court now in oessior at Pawnee. ! 5pomient. j ,ng Miller in the side. Miller turned
store at Austin, on the C herokee and | ^ ^ m;in> taIel, lt co8t f captured after a short chase
Creek line, was robbed on the night of | ^ to lcarn this is the
l'nited States of America and a tolera-
: i) year* of age. At laat report they
we're sinking rapidly. There I* very
little hope of the recovery of either.
Siulth wa* taken to Hermitage, the
onnty scut, and lodged ln jail. He ia
either Insane or feigning insanity.
NOTABLE PLACES FILLED.
Mr. WhIU and Mr. Ilrspur Mail* Amba*-
•adan Hutlerwurlh r*l li I'hlef.
Wawihoto*. April - The pre*l-
dent to-day sent the following nomin-
ation* to the Senate:
Andrew I . White of New York, to
Im> ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to Germany.
William F. Draper nf Mtt*sachu*etts,
to bo ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to Italy.
( handler Hale of Maine, to he secre-
tary of the embassy of the l'nited
States at Koine, Italy
Saiuuel I., t.raceyof Massachusetts,
to lie consul at Fit Chan. China.
ing
where every stitch of cloth-
torn from the bodies of
of relief for torn.ilo aufferers at
Chandler, Okln., are reported, and Ad-
jutant General Jameson ordered to
the scene.
Topeka people were thrown Into a
atate of wild alarm by a .mall tornada
Colonel Fred Grant and John A.
l<ogan are exceedingly chagrined at
their failure to obtain tho places they
wished under the new administration.
The German newspapers continue to
print article* advising the government,
to adopt retaliatory measures in the i Frank Anderson, perished. A frame
event of the new American tariff bill boarding house adjoining wa« also de-
being passed | htroyed. The total loss on both build-
The Transvaal government demand* ings I* estimated at $.1,000, with insur-
IS.SWi.fWS for aetual and ts.ooo.ooo for aneo fr.'.OOO.
moral and Intellectual damage from ' Kernau was an old citlsen of Rich-
FATAL FIRE AT RICHMOND.
A Hotel named aad Twa ol the Uaaata
r*rl*h While Asia.p.
Hiciimovii, Mo.. April J.—The Maple
I^af hotel waa burned last night and
two boarder*. James Kernan and
Irent Britain for indemnity
•ult of the Jnmle*on raid.
Governor Thornton hua resigned the
governorship of Arizona.
Over 1,00(1 weavers of West Iloboken,
N. J., have struck for hiirhcr wages.
II. T. Klug. T! years old, was fatally
Injured near Scdalia by a premature
exploHion of dynamite
... , Kirc in the George F. Otto Carpet
Anson Hurlingume Johnson of lolc- , oompun.. Cincinnati, did 8.1(H),000 duin-
rndo. to be consul at Amboy instead of 1 •"
Fn nian, China, as originally ga- . E c,,yloIli Bfcslgtl|nt
Ilenjamin Hutterworth of Ohio, to i Intcndent of the I'nltod States fish
be commissioner of patent.*. . hatchery, has preferred ««ntee
was it jEsas^ssjrs I r ^«acsrstt
Captain Robert Craig of the signal] ^^l^a^^oS™
eorus. to l e major.
SENATOR HANNA TALKS.
Mr. Mouser say* that the postofficc and
At Enid a constable took
I and ran after he was shot, but was
KILLED BY A DOCTOR.
natal Tra**dy In the Parlor* of
the 17th of March. All the money and |
valuables that were available were !
taken. The thieves were tracked to I y K.n.a* citr Hotal.
here it is proba- The Chandler cvclone shows the nee | Citv< M(Xi Aprii 5._i>r. Jcf-
ble that they will be apnreheoded. ""ity "* P^reA with a place - —
Die inai n , i. i { during the spring season.
Guy Bl.ke, King Reese, Silas Reese , A care coals b|lt little and may save a
and Orson Updegraf, of Fox township, | whole family from destruction.
Five minutea after the news of the
Chandler cyclone reached Guthrie
Lincoln county have all been bound
over to the next grond jury on a verv
serious charge. While returning home
from a literary at the school house a
few night, ago these youug men con-
cluded to have aome fun by scaring a
young man and girl, who were walk-
ing home ahead of them, and firing re-
volvers they rode up behind them at
full speed and the couple not gettiug
out of the way quickly enough were
knocked down by the horses and the
girl quite badly injured.
The directors of the Purcell cotton-
seed oil mills met and elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, P. J. Love;
secretary and manager. Geo. G. John-
treasurer, L. C W'antland. Com-
mittees were appointed for various
purposes, such as selecting a site, etc.,
and all arrangements were made lor
going at once actively to work. Mr.
Johnson, the manager, has been for
soine veal's connected with the Purcell
Mill and Elevator company, but ex-
pect* to give up that position.
Independence avenue, shot and in-
stantly killed Frank J. Jackson, one
of the owners of the Jackson laun-
dries, in the rear pa si or on the second
floor of the Hotel Woodland, Eighth
and Woodland, at 10:40 o'clock last
' is a
man rushed into the newspaper officc n(?ht Dr. Ooddard had been io at
there and inserted an ad advising peo- | tendance upon Mrs. Jackson, who is
pic to take out cyclone insurance. Ill with pneumonia. He is a single
man and Jackson was jealous of him.
Governor Renfrow should put a stop ( u ig ^ jackson had warned God-
to the Texas rangers riding Into Okla- dnrj away from his home.
lahoma and carrying off citizens of the | —
territory. The territory ha. law. CIRCUS OWNER SHOT.
which even the Tcxa. rangers must
respect. '• B MrMshsn Fatally Wounded at
! A large quantity of broom corn ha, j Wichita .a a Bow With an Oleer.
| been marketed in Garfield county thh
week, ranging from II.. to 40 per ton, I ^ nnd faUUy wounded ttt 4
about an average of 110 less a ton than I yesterday afternoon by J. P.
the same would have brought five oi Cunningham of Abilene, Tex.. deputy-
six months ago. ! sheriff of Taylor county. Texas. The
The neighboring towns to Chandler shooting occurred in the office
are aiding nobly with subscriptions tc
to the cyclone sufferers. Even the
Kansas towns are coming to the front
with large subscriptions. The heart ol
the average Kansan is large.
Bray, the Lincoln county man whom
the supreme court decided was not dig-
ami inquisitions, and violation of reg
ulntionK.
Trinity church, New Y ork, willcele-
I brate its ?00th anniversary May 6.
Approval the Dingle? Hill, Think* Arbl- | Carnegie has the contract for build-
iration Will Win. So Cuban Anion ing the first steel fireproof building ot
Ci.kvki.axd, Ohio, April 5.—Senator i 'tokio. Japan.
Hanna, who came home to Vote, said | "Little Phil," son of General 1*. 11.
that he regarded the Dinglcy bill as a Sheridan, lias been appointed a collet
satisfactory measure, going farcnough j at West Point.
in the direction of protection and pro- Miss Kate Mlckles Bradley, daugh-
viding sufficient revenue. The passage Jer of the late Colonel George B. lira.i-
of that bill he believed to be the press- \ !«*•.< nited States army, has become
ing need of the hour. Senator Hanna |
expressed the opinion that tho arbi- |
Anderson was a stranger.
Itoth men had been dissipating the
night before, and did not retire until
late.
NEW8 BOILED DOWN.
It is said that all the klnetoscopa
pictures of the Carson fight are so de-
fective as to be practically useless.
Ex-Treasurer Connor of the Osago
aation wa* divorced from his wife, an
ex-Kansas girl.
Republican members of the Senate
finance committee are preparing to
make many reduction* in Dinglcy tar-
iff bill schedules.
Comptroller Eckels of the currency
rejected the plan for the reorganisa-
tion of the Missouri National bank of
Kansas City. A dividend of 30 per
cent will be paid within twenty days.
Fred J. Jackson, a laundryman, was
shot and instantly killed by Dr. Jeffer-
son God«lar«l in a room at the Wood-
land hotel. Kansas City. Cause—God-
dard's attentions to Mra. Jackson.
Cambridge Springs. Pa., a health
resort, was effaced by flame*. Loss,
8.'00,0 )0 and one killed.
The cyclone wrecked city of Chand-
ler, Ok., is slowly recovering from tho
calamity that lias befallen it
Caadm Ov 1*.
A prominent building owner, with
year* of experience, gave the follow-
ing Instruction, lo hi. architect: "I
have had my experienea with kalio-
mine and other goods claimed to be
juat as good as Alabaatlne. I want
you to specify the durable Alabaatlne
on all my walla; do not put on any
other manufacturers' dope. If thay fur-
llsh it for nothing. Alabaatlne i.
right, and wheu 1 ceaae to u e It I
ahall cea«e to have confidence in my
telf or my own judgment."
Julio Sanguilly. an American citUen
who ha. been Imprisoned lo Cuba for
over two year. h been released and
is now in the United State.
A wise man ouee aaid that It would
be impossible to conceive of a more
unhappy creature than an 111 natured
person incapable of enjoying pleasure
or giving it to others.
Dr. Fred Kutluud, president of a
Chicago medical folleja, ha* been ar-
rested for granting degree, for a finan-
cial consideration, to persons ignorant
of medicine.
TO fl'HK A COLD IN ONK DAT.
Take taisllvo nromo Quinine Tablet*. All
Dnicglsi* refund ttao money If It (alls to cure, aso
It is computed that about 112,000,000
a year is given for foreign missions in
the whole world. This is estimated
at 11.00 for every 11,210 earned by
church members.
Running Sore
tration treaty would Ins approved by
the Senate by a closc vote.
When asked if he thought Congres-
sional action on the Cuban question
probable at this session. Mr. Hanna
replied: "1 don't know. You can't tell
about that. A spark might drop in
there at any time and precipitate uc-
tion. At thla time, however, 1 con- .
sider congressional action on the Cu- | cral Lee from Havana is denied al
professional model
All of the buildings of the Shamo-
kin, Pa., l'owdei company and three
dwellings half a inlle away, were com-
pletely wrecked by an explosion.
Rear Admiral John 11. Russell Is
dead in Baltimore, aged 70.
Hall players are up in arms against
the new National league contract they
signed.
The reported recall of Consul Gen-
ban question improbable.'
F1CHT VIEWS NO GOOD.
Klueto*cop« PIcturM or I ho Canon FlBht
New Yoxk, April S,—According to
the statement made by E. J. Rector,
there is a-dark future—orrather.no
future—ahead for the klnetoscope
views of tho Kltzsimmons-Corbctt
fight. Rector says that the views
taken at the ringside are dismal fail-
ures
The negatives were sent to the Edi-
son laboratory in Orange, N. J.. to lie
developed, and Frank tiammon, man-
ager of the vitascope, under whose
direction the negatives arc developed,
confirms Rector's statement.
There are those who believe that
Mr. Hector's talk aliout. the failure of
the kinetoscope pictures is only a bluff,
ut an cud to the un favor-
Manhattan hotel nnd the trouble arose
over the arrest of one Purdy, of the j designed to put an cud to the unfa
circus performers, on the charge of <'le legislation that is threatened
burning the Windsor hotel in Abilene
Tex., last month.
I>un'* Kevlenr of Trade.
Nkw York. April Dun's weekly
review of trade says: Tho inai-kets
good selection and under bis charge I {b]), for the piactt „f county superin- I
the work will be vigorously pro~cu- profound thought ^and?^™ ^r'f ^
Ud . . decided to resign and has resigned. of the Ilous0 in favor of a
Recent information from Washington | He l)i(j this on the grounds that h« km has made no iin
is that the Wichita country, owned | (|() anything else | nesa. since it has bi:
and occui
" My daughter, ynn old. had a running sors
below her right ear for three month*. I Rot a
bottle of Hood's FaiM|«rllla. The flirt liottle
msde some Improvement, anil lvhea lhe third
bottle hail been taken the tore wa* nicely healed.
George Morris, former assistant j a ha passed «lnco then and lln-re ha* been
The vote
new tariff
ssion in busi-
expected sine
pied by the Kiowa. Comanche | Muskogee. Oklahom. I November that some measure of the
1 in,linns will be onennl i 1 mt , same general character would become
and Apache Indians, will1 oe openeo | ^ Western Railway com pang have 8 .. .. ,
| positive assurance from the Missouri,
May 1- The gold and silver excite-
ment in the Wichita mountains ha* , Knni>as aml Texah railway people that
drawn hundreds on the border of the ^ wm (ake ho,(, an(, h<jlp btli|€l Uie
new country, and the opening 18_e_x; j roBa froni Tahlequah, through Musko
gee to Pawnee und on west through
Perry and Enid to Higgins, Tex.
pee ted to be of more note than any
other opesing of the Indian Territory-
lands. The a'lottlng to the Indian
families is progressing rapidly. Min-
ers are still prospecting in the moun-
tains. and not a day passes w Ithout a
conflict between prospectors and sol-
diers. With the exception of one range
of mountains, these reservations arc
the finest farming in the Indian Terri-
tory. The Indians object to being al-
lotted until they arc paid for the lands,
but the allotting will be forced to com-
pletion.
Grass in the Osage country has been
burned off and 10,000 Texas cattie
which had been shipped in are suffer-
If the bill Stands, with its pro-
vision making new duties applicable
April 1, chances are that foreign Im-
port* and treasury receipts may bo for
a time considerably restricted.
MUsourl Ankeil to Aid Inrlli
kffkrhox City, Ma, April a
fhe
The following will perhaps be some (governor this morning received a tele-
consolation to the Oklahoma man |gr«m from the New York Christian
whose slumbers arc continually dis-
turbed by his wife's snoring. 11 li.ts
long been discovered that snoring i
positive evidence that those doing it
are generous, charitable, kind and (tos-
ses* all the nobler impulses. A person
who breathes rasv and quietly while
asleep is tricky, treacherous and ha*
a shrivelled soul.
A western Oklahoma man said the de-
scription of the prize-fight sounded fa
miliar enoagli except for the omission
of the usual "S3 and costs."
Attorney - General (ialbrailh has
ing.
Martin Bentley, agent of the Kicka
pooa. has started out in search of that I handed down a decision thatthete wa*
band which disappeared so completely j no law governing payments to the leg-
ume time aince. islature codifying committee for their
Much of Oklahoma , cotton ia ship- ■ «ork^
ped to. cotton factory at Denver oklahoma towns with a jail-
The cyclone season is at hand and i break It so iiar(| for the prisoners
the average Oklahoman Is watchful of ^ tQ break out when the spring sun
any approaching queer shaped clouds I t||eln.
which indicate, destruction. . Oyorholwr of Oklohoma cily
xr sss;! - v-i T°: *wl" -
" "T i sign as county commissioner,
of Oklahoma. bunch o f offenders from Pawnee
Kusa*, aa far a* Emporia recently to
bay a flrat grade ball.
Since the cyclone at Chandler many
Oklahom.n. who are not already prop-
ly protected, are engaged in making
cyclone caves.
The affidavit business ha* begun in
Oklahoma. The fellows should stop it
McKinley will get mad s
Herald asking what Missouri would do
I for the relief of famine stricken India
lie says that he believes the citizens of
Missouri will respond liberally to the
call and he hopes the exchanges and
others will interest themselves in the
matter.
iieorgti Sterk Dead.
Nkw York. April s.—George Sleek,
fonnder of the piano house bearing his
aarae. is dead at his home in this city,
aged (W years. He retired from active
business ten years ago. Mr. Stcck
notlrc of Hesse Casel, Germany.
He was a member of the jury of
Wor.ld's Columbian ex-
position at Chicago
Frank Palmer for Printer Again.
Washikqtoh. March 31.—The I'resi-
lent sent to the Senate to-day the
nominations of Frank W. Palmer of
Illinois to be public printer and Al
ander M. Thackara of Pennsylvania to
be consul at Havre, France. Mr. I'al
mer wa* nubile printer under the
Harrison administration.
Team
■ Money ot the Smithsonian In-
haa just returned from a trip
tha Cheyenne, and Arapahoes
be haa been collecting Indian
Ha will exhibit them at tha
■aee Exposition and than take
them oa to Washington.
Franklin Head, the Chicago man
who waata to be governor of Oklaho-
m*, formerly worked la a bank In
Washiagton, Kaaaaa.
Ten* rangers rode into Taloga laat
week and arrested Bert Seitoa and
tank Urn a way to Tens. Young Sexton
la aaa of the best rider, in Oklahoma.
Jeta D. Fweell, a typical westerner,
died laat week at Cloud Chief. Purcell
need toUve ia AMtoae. Eaaa. Be ha.
Ma. to the w« far —rty Mi.
lIIHj, ee^rtag bar* ovgtmHy «a sa
, , at Guthrie Isst
Etnley men.
The oldest inhabitant tells the Hen- i Victor Stamp went out on to his claim
neasev Kicker that peaches will sell near Enid the other day. All he found
for loeenta a bushel ia Oklahoma this : of his former home was the charred
summer ' remains of his padlock.
The ComaMrcial dob of Alva has
adopted resolutions thanking Senator
Ma rum in hia efforta In behalf of the
Alva Normal school.
Oovsrnor Renfrow waa down to town
laat week for the flrst time since Janu-
ary S. He is stiH troubled a little with
rheumatism in his kneea
Chandler la the first Oklahoma town
to suffer seriously from a cyclone. Nor-
man 1- the only other town which waa
ever struck with any force.
Newkirk uses a large triangle weigh-
ing 150 pounds as a fire gong.
Adam Swigart of Hennessey recently
traded his farm In Oklahoma for
farm In Tennessee. He packed up and
Hackney recently defied a court moTed aQ(| u novr ktcklng. The Tenn
in Cleveland, O., aad had to either go ^ he „ySi u not l( al
to Jail or apologise. He apologised. ; k wa( described.
The last legislature passed a law | tjreer county did not gst home rule
which provides for the publication ol n(lt M lu.land office is concerned,
the oiaa of delinquent tax payers. which u unfortnoate.
There U .Mil to be surveyed la the | Over 118,000 have been paid out dur-
ladlan Territory 1W townships in the j ing the past year at Guthrie aa dam-
Cfeiekataw .ad Cherokee natiooa. -ges to plaintiff, ia sidew.ik caser
l r. rotter In a 8rand*l.
Nkw York. April S —Rev. l)r Dan-
iel C. Potter, who live weeks ago was
put out of the Baptist Tabernacle
church after a fijflit witli the llaptist
City Mission Society, which had ex-
tended over five years, has been sued
for divorce on statutory grounds. Mrs.
Totter names as principal co-respond-
ent "one Julia Oschewskl, better
known as Julia Ross, his housekeeper,
nnd superintendent of the Young
Woman's Mission anil Bible class."
Haoiall; OS (or Culm
Ja( KsoNvit.i.K, Fla.. April .'>.—Gen-
ial .lullo Sangully. who was smug-
gled into this city secretly by the
Cuban Junta Wednesday night, and
scaped the espionage of Hvc Spanish
spies, left Inst evening for east coast
in disguise, thence to take a sailing
boat for Cuba. It i* understood that
lie will go to the western end of the
island of Pinar del Rio province and
assume charge of General Rivera's
Kchoe* of Silver
New York. April .">. — Representa-
tives of 100 clubs thai supported llryan
and Scwall last fall met yesterday and
organized the Progressive Democratic
league of New York city. It is esti-
mated that aside from the single tax
clubs and the labor organizations
which took part in llie campaign, there
were 200 llryan and Scwall clubs or-
ganized.
Washington
Patrick Crowley, chief of police of
San Francisco for thirty-seven years,
has resigned.
Four colored women were killed and
many people wounded by a tornado at
Gradys, Ark.
Another titled foreigner has arrived
in Detroit to marry an heiress, ne Is
a Hungarian count.
Indian supply bids arc wanted at
Chicago May 4 and New York May 25
aggregating 8^.'.'50,000.
Trouble is expected in Hawaii be-
tween Americans and Japanese, and
the American flagship Philadelphia
has been ordered to Honolulu.
The recent storm and rain through-
out Kansas. Colorado, Wyoming and
Nebraska has been the most terrific
ever known at that season
Japan and Argentine Republic enter
formal objection to the Dingley bill,
the former over silk and the latter over
hides and other raw materials.
Modern Woodmen won out at La-
crosse, Wis., in a test suit to determine
the society's right to cxclude liquor
sellers from membership.
Lottie Morrill of Denver committed
suicide by morphine on a llurlington
train while going to Lincoln, Neb.,
with Frank R Massey to be married.
The Spaniards refused permission to
Correspondent Marriott to go to the
field to secure the effects and body of
the late E. C. Crosby of the Chicago
Record
Five counties in Mississippi will be
nnder water for thirty days. The
danger line has shifted south of Green-
ville. Gunnison, Miss., is under four
feet of water.
Mississippi flood sufferers find their
troubles increasing from wind and
rainfall. The father of waters has
broken ali records. Aliout seventy-
five people have been drowned and
thousands of homes destroyed.
Hugh Miller, aged -.'.1, of New York
who is under arrest in Brooklyn for
incendiarism, confessed to having
started fire out of pure wantonness in
which IT people lost their lives. lie
says he is a pyromaniae anil can't help
General Schofleld Ha* a Dauirlitrr.
St. A to l-stink, Fla, April 5.—Mrs.
Achofield yesterday presented Lieuten-
ant General John M. Schofield, (re-
ircd), with a fine, healthy girl baby.
General Schofield was retired eighteen
months ago on account of the ugu
limit. He is now 00years old.
V*nt. ** Cl|hl Hour Day.
Clevrlakd, O., April 5.—Five thou-
sand workmen connected with the
building trades have made a demand
for an eight hour day, coupled with a
icmand that only men having union
card, shall hereafter be employed.
Washington, April 5.—The Japu-
aese legation haa received a dispatch
from the consul general at "Jan Fran-
cisco saying that the recent reports of
the death of the crown prinee of
Japan aod the succession of Prince
Arisgowa aa heir apparent were en-
tirely unfounded.
A Rich 0*ag> Dlvorcad.
Perry. Okla.. April 5.—W. II. Con-
ser, ex-treasurer of the Osage Indians,
wa. divorced from his wife, Addic R.
t'onnor. at Pawnee on the ground of
abandonment. He gave 510.00) as ali
l.ong Sentence* for
Nkw York. April a. —Hugh Miller, |
the 11 re bug who was convicted of arson
twenty-four hours after his arrest,
was sentenced to-da.v in the Brooklyn
countv court to twenty years' Impris-
onment Adolph Steinlierg, another
firebug, was sentenced to ten years'
imprisonment.
Southwest Mlwourl Cattle Barred.
Topkka, Kan., April 5.—The state
live stock sanitary commission lias is-
sued an order quarantining against
eatlle from Jasper. Newton. McDon-
ald. llarry. Stone. Taney. Ozark anil
Oregon counties la Southwestern Mis-
souri.
Will Be Hlttlnger.
Washington. April " —It Is said by
those best informed that the president
wi l appoint n postmaster for St. Jo-
seph this week, and it Is generally
believed that Major lllttlnger will be
named.
Chief Williams and Police Judge
Howliis of Fort Scott are implicated
in scandalous charges concerning the
collection of money from joint keepers
for selfish purposes.
Judge W. R. Day of ( anion. Ohio,
will go to Cuba soon to make investi-
gations for McKlnlcy-
National Millers'association protests
against tlic Dinglcy tariff.
New sugar company formed in Ncw-
Jersc.v to wage war on the trust.
He Soto. Mo , was deluged by the
rain. The loss is •?5,000.
Kansas Live Stock Sanitary commis-
sion adopts measure, to cxclude dis-
eased cattle.
New York chamber of commerce ob-
jects to the schedules of the Dingley
bill.
New York Journal and Advertiser
have consolidated.
librariah of the Congressional library,
is in Jail charged with a petty theft.
French cabinet will Bsk for 80,000,000
franc* for naval expenditures
llismarck was complimented by the
emperor of Germany on the occasion
of his eighty-second birthday.
Chamber of deputies passed a meas-
ure imposing a tax on foreign ships
for caeh ton of freight and cach head
of cattle and passenger landed.
Hailstones fell at Mountain Grove,
Mo , weighing 12 ounces.
A new sugar refining company in-
corporated in New Jersey to fight the
trust
Another titled foreigner has arrived
in Detroit to marry an heiress. lie It
a Hungarian count.
The steamer City of Columbus sank
near Smith's Point on the Chattahoo-
chee river.
Scrgcant-at-Arms Tyler and Senator
James of the Kentucky Senate came to
blows over the senatorial election.
Mayor Foster of Bloomington, 111
la on trial, charged with malfeasance
in office and conniving at the escape of
a noted thief from the city jail.
Major Sir John Willoughby. leader
of the Jameson raid, released from
prison.
Rear Admiral TirplU succeeds Von
Hallm.n as secretary of the Germa
navy.
President Kruger of the Transvaal
severely reprimanded his grandson for
speaking ill of Great Britain and the
queen.
Insurgents attacked a blockhousc
near Fort Izzedin. Crete, and the fort
and iron clads of the Powers responded
with shells.
Ex-Congressman Converse of Ohio la
dead.
American baggage checking system
has been adopts# In England.
American Tobacco Company has
abolished ita factors' agreement.
Fifteen hundred Chicago tanners are
on a strike for an eight hour day.
Two British ships, the Hankholmc
and Lord Dufferin, given up as lost.
Receiver for the Order of Equity,
which recently assigned, applied for
at Indianapolis.
Grant Monument Dedication day,
April 07, probably will be a legal holi-
day in New York state.
Chinese West River, the important
waterway of the Celestial kingdom,
opened to commerce.
Gothom police turned a prisoner over
to supposed officers from Michigan,
who released him after robbing him of
91,200.
Commander Reed, commander of tho
ship upon which scurvy broke out. hns
been arrested by the United States au-
thorities.
A Kansas City commission merchant
has cornered the onion market.
Spain is seven months behind In pay-
ing her troops.
Tho United Press, by Its president,
Charles A. Dana, filed an assignment.
On a Melton, an American corres-
pondent. Is dying at Cabannas For-
tress. Havana.
A British steamer arriving at Dela-
ware Breakwater had ten cases of
smallpox on board.
Governor Adams of Colorado has
signed the bill abolishing capital pun-
ishment.
The gunboat Helena had her official
speed tried and earned a largo bonus
for her builders.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is eold by ull ilnigKists*. Pricc. 11: rix forf>.
Hood's Pills i
bottle of
HIRES
Root beer?
The popping of a i
cork from . bottle of I
Hire, is a signal of '
good health and pie
ure. A sound 0
old folks like to hear
—the children can't
resist it.
HIRES
Rootbeer
ti composed of th.
very ingredient* the
•yalrlu reunite*. Aiding
the dictation,aootblng
tha nerve*, purifying
lb. blood. A temper-
ance drink for lemper-
anoa peoplo.
"-iavasMs
Admiral Kam*ar Retired.
WashisotoX April ."..—Rear Admiral
Francis M. Ramsay, holding the most
Important oftice In the naval service,
that of chief of the bureau of novlga-
tion. wa. retired on account of age to-
day.
Wouod ratal.
Wichita, Kan., April !>.— Joseph Mc-
Mahon, proprietor of McMahon', cir-
cus, formerly known as Bond Bros.'
circus, died this morning.
St.
The Dank
PACI« Minn., April 3.—Nearly
A Voonc Olrl Burnett lo Heath.
back enveloped In flames. —
i)K\v'ebTcoIo""*p'h"5The'bodics j FobtSco^'kIpAprilTlwhat la
ofbvoof the three Johnson brothers.
ranch owner, near La Grange, who In thi. countrj WdUeov
| minns o( theM? ,pbis r.llroed s Jop-
remaining blotter. , Un
Rear Admiral Ruaaell Dead.
WAHnisoTox, April 3.—Rear Ad-
miral John II. Russell, retired, died at
his residence here to-day, after an Ill-
ness ot about a month. He was born
in Frederick, Md . in 1827, and entered
the navy as a midshipman when only
14 years old.
The Kaiser Congratulate* Rlamarck.
Berlih, April 8.—The emperor to-
day telegraphed his cordial congratula-
tions to Prince Bismarck upon the oc-
casion of his birthday. The ex-chan
cellor was born April 1, 181.1.
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Beautifies and restores Gray
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cures itching and dandruff.
A fine hair dressing.
Nkw York, April. 3.—Colonel Fred
I). Grant ha* decided to decline Preal-
dent McKinley'a offer of the poaltlon
of flrst aHsiatant secretary of war. He
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8t. Louis, Mo., April 3.—Nearly
*12.000 has been railed la (jit Louis to
aid flood sufferers In the foath. The
Terminal railway association com-
posed of all the railroads euterlug St.
Louis, gave notice that it would trans-
cort supplies free.
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