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1901 AUGUST. 1901 4
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
A Itoinlnilrr fur OurneRlo.
13nron Mount Sloliuii has given
$200,000 to tho Prcsbyterlnn ohiiroh of
Scotlniid. TIiIh Js merely to let Mr.
Carnegie know Unit there arc otlicr
Scots wlili hue.
Justice Miivea Slowly.
Tlic government Iibh taken tho first
step to secure 11 part of tlio money
embezzled by Copt. Carter. It was eon
sideralo of tho government to wait
until Carter's relations had ample time
to bury tho loot in tho backyard.
Another Funntou Needed.
Aguinnldo had liis Funston. Whom
Is Malvur to have? Oen. Sumner is
chasing tho now Filipino lender, and
Is so close behind him that ho captured
Malvar's breakfast, still hot. Similar
incidents nttended Iho pursuit of
Aguluaido. Wo wore always capturing
him. but never getting nearer than
, bis breakfast, or a few barrels of
Mrs. Agulnoldo's clotliing, until Hero
Funston took tho case in hand.
Too Mti oh of a Good Tiling.
Times do change, even In England.
Hitherto certain of my lords and gen
tlemen have insisted on their ancient
and admitted right to Idas the mon
urch nt coronation, but Edward draws
tho lino at having a quantity of tobacco-smelling
whiskers rubbed
against his countenance. It was time
to make this reform. Tho spectacle
of a couple of fat, eldcily persons of
tho same sex making lovo in u church
arouses" qualms.
Tab I ii ir on a Mnn'n I! oily.
An ave'ragfkl-slzcd man has, as somo
statistical citttik has figured it out,
about 8,500 Inches of skin on his body,
nnd in each square inch there arc 2,800
sweat glands. There are over .1,500
glands in tho palm of tho hand, while
the number on tho entire surface of
tho body is about 7,000,000. Each of
these swca.t gluuds is about a quarter
of an Inch long, therefore tho aver
ago man has something like 28 miles
of tubing in his Bkin.
Morn Uoyw Than Girls.
It is a remarkable phenomenon that
although in tho civilized parts of the
worldjLlio women outnumber tho men,
thoro nro actually more boys born
than girls. According to tho figures
of tho most reliablrf statistics tho dis
tribution of the sexes in premature
births is as 150 boys to 100 girls. In
cases of still births tho boys outnum
ber the girls at tho ratio of 130 to 100.
As to normal and living children born
there uro 105 boys to every 100 girls.
Hcnt IU Somo CoiniicnnntloiiB.
Tho jokas made during tho hot spell
about tho weather being so warm that
It would bo possible to coolt dinner
on tho stone sidewalks, are not so far
fetched as generally imagined. Down
on tho sun-baked soil of Arizona tho
pcoplo actually cook without llrws, and
bread, flsli and coffeo nro cooked with
out any signs of stove, range or simi
lar service. In Arizona tho coal man
would have as much chuncu of making
n Hvlihood as tho ico man would up
in Greenland.
Not So Decadent After All.
Franco Is tho only great nation Sn
Europe that bos had tho strength of
mind and of purpose to establish a
republican form of government. It is
tho only nation on earth which has
made successful attempts to solro tho
problem of tho unequal distribution
of wealth, based upon tho unequal dis
tribution of land. Its percentngo of
pauperism is tho lowest in Europe,
its percentage of individual ofilciency
in production is tho hightest among
the great nations.
Tho World' national Debt.
A comparative study of tho debts of
all tho nations shows thut tho national
debts of tho world now aggregate $31,
800,000, or ten times the sum owed by
tho nations n century ago. WurB and
tho maintenance of great armies and
navies have been chiefly responsible
for this increase, but In some cuses tho
debt represents investments in rail
ways and other publto utilities. Ger
many owns most of its railways. Two
thirds of tho railways of Russia ore
owned by the government.
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SIXTY SALOONS IN LAWTON.
Host nf Tliom Hiiro linen Hot Up on
Woods' Claim Loin nt County
HeuU Hull Well.
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Lowtou, Ok., Axi. 13. Fifteen hun
dred people were gathered in front of
the auctioneer when the sale of town
lots opened yesterday morning. Tho
rain which had been falling slowly for
mi hour beut down upon them, but
prices rose and a half dozen inside
lots brought $900 each. Forty-six lots
were sold yesterday and they brought
$12,080. Not a lot sold for less than
$000, and the highest- price paid was
$2,000, for lot 1, block 41, by Andrew
W. aillesple, of Enid, Ok. This lot
is located just north of tho laud of
lice. Summary of Hnlo of Lot.
Washington, Aug. 13. A telegram
received nt tho interior department
gives u summary of the sale of town
lots in tho newly ceded portion of
Oklahoma for the first live days of
tho sale as follows: At Anadarko,
397 lots at $103,430; Lnwton, 270 lots
at $04,070; Hobart, 271 lots at $42,180.
Hnloonii on Woods' Claim.
Fort Sill, Ok., Aug. 13. Lawton has
00 saloons in full blast. Comparative
ly few of them are located in tho
townsitc. A favorable location Is on
tjjo homestead of J. II. Woods, whoso
indignation knows no limit. Cold stor
age plants have sprung up as if by
magic on Woods' claim and framo
houses havo been built for storing bot
tled goods. Woods' attorneys have ap
pealed to the civil authorities and thoir
application for troops to eject tho
trespassers has been referred by ex
Gov. Kichards to the secretary of tho
interior.
WILL TEST THE LAW.
Oklahoma Convlots In tint Kansas Prison Do
Not Think Thuy Cun Mo Lou-ally Bo ill
, Out of tlm Territory.
Lansing, Kan., Aug. 13. Tho 40 Ok
lahoma prisoners now in the Kansas
penitentiary oro contributing funds to
hire a lawyer to attack the law which
sends them outside the territory to
serve their sentences. Tho movement
is being pushed principally by Clyde
Mattox, the noted Oklahoma bandit
now serving a 12-year sentence for
killing a man. If tho law is knocked
out, all tho convicts will bo Bent back
to the jails where they were convicted,
ns Oklahoma has no penitentiary.
The Oklahoma jails aro poorly con
structed and escape in many instances
would be comparatively eusy. At tho
prison chapel exercises Sunday morn
ing Warden .Towett gave tho convicts
permission to contribute to the fund
to moke tho contest, but gave it us
his opinion that tho courts would not
disturb the present methods.
FROM PRISON TO SALARY.
Cloy. Yates, of Illinois, Stirs Up Trouble by
Appointing mi ex-Kunsiis Convict
, to Onice.
Watseka, 111., Aug. 13; When Gov.
Yates appointed Charles 11. Poyson,
of Watseka, to be president of tho
state board of claims he aroused a
bigger political stir in this (Iroquois)
county than eastern Illinois has ever
known. An investigation shows that
in 1880 Payson wns convicted at Win
field, Kan., of cheating- Mrs. Lena Mc
Neil and sentenced by .ludgo A. M.
Jackson to five years in state prison.
After 18 months in the penitentiary
ho was pardoned by Gov. St. ,lolm,
presumably tlirouglit the influence of
Juilgo I'nyson, his brother, then a
member of congress from Illinois.
"Coin" Hurvoy Attack Jones.
Rogers, Ark., Aug. 13. V. H. (Coin)
Harvey has openly declared war on
United States Senator James K. Jones,
lie denounces tho chairman of tho
democratic national committee as a
very incompetent campaign manager,
attributing llryan's two defeats to
tho weaknesses of party leaders. '
Nt. Joseph Itohbor Kill it Mini.
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 13. Adolph
Morey wis shot in tho back of tho
head In Mallard's saloon last night by
masked robbers and died. Three men
were in tho saloon when the two rob
bers entered, wearing masks. Morey
sat at tho table and did not obey thu
order to throw up his hands.
To liny Inlands OIT Cuba.
Paris, Aug. 13. Germany certainly,
and probably France, aro striving to
upset tho Monroe doctrine by trying
to purchns Coyo Romano and Cuyo
Cruz, two of tho islands of the Great
er Antilles, just oil' tho northern coast
of Cuba. Roth islands aro very fruit
ful. Ilrynn, Davis unit Mono.
Kansas City, Mo.. Aug. 13. William
J. Ilrynn has accepted an invitation
extended to him by the industrial
council of Kansas City to speak at
.Electric park on Labor day. William
J, Stone and Webster Davis hove ac
cepted like invitations.
Sampson's hucci-SHiir Appointed,
Washington, Aug. 13. Hear Admiral
Mortimer L. Johnson, commandant
of the Port Royal navy station, has
been selected to succeed Hear Ad
miral Sampson as commandant of the
Boston navy yard on account of the
luttcr's ill health.
THE WORLD'S FAIR.
The Proceedings to Oust tho Company from
Porcst Park Knocked Out An
Appointment .Made.
St. Louis, Aug. 13.--Officials of tho
Louisiana Purchase Exposition com
pany were jubilant yesterday over the
outcome of the proceedings brought
to oust tho world's fair from Forest
park, which were knocked out. The
matter was discussed at n meeting of
the executive committee, which gave
direction to the general counsel to
look into methods of proceduro neces
sary to secure by condemnation the
300 or more additional acres of ground
needed outside of the Forest purk
site.
President Francis announced yes
terday that John Barrett, formerly
United States minister to Slam and
now delegate of the United States to
the International Congress of Ameri
can States, had been appointed and
had accepted the position of commis
sioner general to Asia and Australasin
for tho world's fair.
WIPES OUT HALF A CROP.
Government Crop Ho port Shows th Poor
est l'rospoct In tho History of tho
United States.
Washington, Aug. 13. From 050,
000,000 to 850,000,000 bushels of corn
were wiped off tho crop of 1901 by the
drought and heat of July, according
to tho government report on crop con
ditions. The first authoritative state
ment of tho effeqt of the drought,
compiled from the reports of 12,000
correspondents of the department of
agriculture in nil the corn producing
states of the union, bIiow a more de
plorable condition existing1 on August
1 thun had been realized. Tho gen
eral average of 54 shows n decline of
27.3 points during July and is tho low
est August condition in tho history
of tho country, J5.1 points lower than
the August condition in 1894, the year
of the last great crop failure, when
1,212,770,052 bushels wero raised.
NOT GENERALLY OBEYED.
l'rosldent Shatter's Strike Order Urines
Out Only About Sixty Thousand I
Steel Workers All Told.
Pittsburg, Pn., Aug. 13. The strug
gle for mustery between manufactur
ers and men in the steel industry is
now fairly launched and on the first
show of strength advantage is with
the former. The general strike order
issued by President Shaffer, of the
Amalgamated association, has so far
been obeyed by only nbout 14,000
men, according to the best figures ob
tainable here. Tho first two prelim
inary colls wero answered by about
45,000 men, so that the total number
now out is in the neighborhood of
00.000.
AN ESCAPED CONVICT?
John Winters, tho Solf-Confesscd Smelter
Thief, Thought to Ilo Former Inmate
of Kansas State l'rlson.
Lansing, Ivan., Aug. 13. John Win
ters,' tho man who stole the $2S0,00C
gold from Selby smelting works at
San Francisco and then confessed, is
thought to be an escaped convict
from tho Kansas state penitentiary.
Tho records show that John Winters
escaped from the institution June G,
1899, while working on tho prison
farm. Ho was sent up from Cloud
county for burglary and had four
weeks ,to serve.
Cafe, Saloon unit Cigar Ktoro Horned.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 13. Fire de
stroyed tho cafe and saloon of J. A.,
Johnston, 804 Delaware street, yester
day morning. The loss on stock nnd
fixtures is about $30,000, protected by
only $12,000 insurance. The damage
to tho building, which is owned by
George Iluling, is about $3,500. Mies
& Moser, wholesale cigar dealers at
800 Delaware, suffered a loss of $20,.
000, due to the fact that 000,000 cigars
which were stored in the basement
are floating in four feet of water.
Clov. Stanley rrnrlalms Labor Day.
Topekn, Kan., Aug. 13. Gov. Stan
ley hns issued a proclamation desig
nating Monday, September 2, as Labor
day in Kansas, lie urges its observ
ance as a public holiday by employ
ers and employes alike, "that the first
Labor day of the twentieth century
may bo marked by the most friendly
and cordial relations between capital
and labor.
State (lenlnglHt tor Missouri.
St. Louis, Aug. 13. E. II. Rucklcy,
assistant superintendent of tho Wis
consin Geological and Natural His
tory society and instructor of com
mercial geography in tho University
of Wisconsin, wns appointed state
geologist t,o succeed Adam Gallagher
at u meeting of the Missouri geologi
cal board,-held here yesterday.
A Good l'eaeli Crop.
West Plains, Mo., Aug. 13. The
peach crop of south Missouri is now
ready for this market and along the
lino of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
Memphis railway hundreds aro pick
ing and packing the fruit. The re
cent rains have improved tho fruit
wonderfully and tho famous crop of
1897 will bo eclipsed.
SiAKlS WITH A SURPLUS.
Comanche County, of Which Lnwton la the
County Kent, Wants tho Finest
Courthouse.
Fort Sill, Ok., Aug. 12. Two thou
sand men and women stood under n
pitiless sun in the open prairie Satur
day afternoon nnd bid ngainst each
other for business sites in Lawton till
the price of corner lots was forced to
$75 a front foot.
A movement has already been Btart
cd to expend $45,000 in a courthouse.
Tho expenses of the county for tho
first year will be less than $50,000.
There are comparatively few coBtly
bridges to erect, and it is certain that
the sale of lots will give the county
not less than $300,000. Comanche
county therefore presents tho alto
gether novel situation of a big sur
plus there is an assessor, and with
out any taxes being levied. It is all
nonsense to squander $10,000 in n
tempornry structure, the prospective
residents of Lnwton declare. They
want tho money spent in paramount
Improvements and tlie best courthouse
in Oklnhoma in which to begin busi
ness tho second year of the county's
history.
AN "UNBELIEVER'S" GIFTS.
Churches at Paris, Mo., Ilccolvod 8S00
Itoch from n Mnn Who Hud Op
posed Them In Life.
Paris, Mo., Aug. 12. Joseph West,
who died near here, left $500 to each
of tho churches in Paris Christian,
Baptist, Presbyterian nnd Methodist.
His bequests nrc a surprise, as he was
a superstitious nwui nnd believed in
witches and enchantments. Ho said
church people had been good to him.
He gave his small farm to n negro
who had long been a faithful servant.
He wus an old bachelor.
CENSURE FOR EVANS.
Tho Itenr Admiral Cots a Reprimand for
Criticising Secretary of the Navy
Chandler In Ills Hook.
"Washington, Aug. 12. The navy de
partment has reprimanded Hear Ad
miral Robley D. Evans, acting upon
tho complaint made by Former Secre
tary of the Navy Chnndlcr, for criti
cisms of the latter in Admiral Evans
book, "A Sailor's Log." The letter of
reprimand refers to his act' as repre
hensible and censures Admiral Evans
for "this breach of the obligation im
posed upon him as an officer of tho
navy of the United States."
To Reduce the Army In tho Philippine!.
Washington, Aug. 12. The war de
partment is making preparations to
reduco further the militnry force in
the Philippines. Officials at the de
partment snid that notwithstanding
the occasional reports of the guer
rilla operations and the lawlessness
of robbers, it is clenr that a condi
tion of approximate quiet and good
order prevails throughout the archi
pelago, nnd that the need of tho army
for garrison iurposes is considerably
lessened.
How Itevlvnl Scrvlco Wn Stopped.
Atlanta, Go., Aug. 12. A special
from Jackson, Miss., to the Constitu
tion says: In Tuucin county John
Littlcjohn, u deacon in a. negro
church, was engaged in prayer at a
revival service when he wns shot and
instantly killed by a member of the
church named Charles Jones. In the
confusion that followed Jones was
stabbed and killed by Samuel Jackson
and this broke up the meeting.
Kx-Itiillnn Premier Dead.
Noples, Aug. 12, Signor Crispi died
yesterdny evening. He was surround,
ed by the members of his family and
several intimnto friends. The news
was immediately telegraphed to King
Emmanuel and Queen Helen. The
evening papers assert that the body
will be conveyed by steamer to Paler
mo, where tho municipality will ar
range for a great public funeral.
AVushliiKton Has Abundance of Peed.
Tocoma, Wash., Aug. 12. Eastern
Washington farmers nro preparing to
take advantage of their abundant har
vests by importing cattle and hogs
from tho drought-stricken states of
Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. They
will be brought in carload lots and
fed upon wheat, barley and corn, of
which this state's yield will be tho
greatest known.
Dold Plant nt Wichita to Ilo Kehullt.
Wichita, Kan., Aug. 12. Whistles
wero blown and bells rung Saturday
night when a telegram was received
from the directors of the Dold Pack
ing company, in session in Huffnlo,
that the plant here would be rebuilt.
It burned a few weeks ago. Men hero
offered the company a bonus of $150,
000 to rebuild.
Ulgantlo Coal Mining Corporation
Chicago, Aug. 12. Plans are said to
be well under way for a gigantic
combination of tho coal mining busi
ness of Illinois, tho consolidation of
all tho principal mines into one cor
poration, capitalized at $100,000,000,
with headquarters in Chicago, from
which point the entire business Is to
bo operated. ,
MECCA FOR BEER AGENTS.
Cltlr.ens of lawton Seem to Have n TVell-
Dovolopetl Thirst Woods' Troubles
Increasing.
Lawton, Ok., Aug. 10. The auction,
sale of town lots continues briskly,
and the average price each day ex
ceeds tlie previous day. Thursday's
averuge was $300 for 55 lots, while
yesterday the average was $305.
This town is tho Mecca for brewery
agents, nnd as the saloons nrc wide
open and doing a rushing business tho
sale of beer is equal to the capacity
of the brewery agents to supply it..
Notwithstanding tho open saloons,
good order is being preserved, and)
there is little indication thut tho in
troduction of whisky has made any
material difference in the work of tho
peace officers.
Mr. Woods, who drew claim No. 1,.
is having his troubles these dnys. Not.
only nre there a number of contests -filed
against his claim, but there aro
several hundred squatters on various,
parts of tlie land, who claim their
right to tho property. Theso squat
ters refuse to leave, aud Woods js.
having notices prepared warning nil
of the claimants that they are tres
passers and will be prosecuted.
PltERornld Ilnya Land for n Colony.
Oklahoma City, Ok., Aug. 10 P. U.
Fitzgerald, of Indinnnpolis, has closed!
u deal whereby he becomes the owner
of the Camp Supply reservation, n.
solid tract of land comprising 36,000
acres In Woodward county, Ok. Tho
land is fine rolling prairie covered
with bluegrass and excellently wa
tered. The water courses and bcltcdl
with timber. Mr. Fitzgerald will turn
the lands over to a colony be will or
ganize on the same principle adopted
by the old soldiers' colony in Georgia..
ROOSEVELT'S OUTING.
Cordial Welcome Given to tho Vlco Presi
dent nt Victor, Col. A nilno
Inspected.
Victor, Col., Aug. 10. Victor made
full reparation yesterdny for the dis
courteous treatment of Vice Presi
dent lloosevelt during the political,
campaign last fall, fully 10,000 giving
him a most enthusiastic welcome.
The vice president nnd pnrty arrived!
on a special train over the Short Line
road. They wero greeted by blasts
of giant powder nnd hundreds of
steam whistles from shaft houses all
over the district. The party was met
by a Victor committee and escortedl
to Portland mine. The road was lined'
everywhere with n cheering" throng.
After an inspection of the mine work
ings, 1,000 feet below the surface, Ihe
vice president wns taken tothe Gold'
Coin club for lunch, where be respond
ed to a toast. A public reception was.
followed by a carriage drive oliout tl o
district. The pnrty then went to
Cripple Creek, where they were enter
tained, returning to Colorado Spiings.
in the evening.
MISSOURI JOINT SMASHED.
Twenty Women) nt Mondotn. Putnam Conn-
ty, Tttlto the Law In Their Hands
for u Pew JSIoments.
Unionville, Mo., Aug. 10. Twenty
five ladies of Mendotn, this county,,
called at the joint there yesterday
to -persuade tho keeper to desist sell
ing booze in their midst. They were
politely informed to go away and at
tend to their own affairs. Thoymndo
an nttock on the establishment, com
pletely demolishing the front, nnd
began to destroy the liquors, when
Ed Duffy, who wns at tho time in
charge, promised to quit tho busi
ness, but would not speak for tho
proprietor, John Murray, who wus
absent. The ladies then let up but
will make it interesting for Murray
if he again opens up there. Thero
have been no arrests and more than
likely there will be none.
Seed Crops llenedtcd by Itulus.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 10. Heavy rains
were reported Inst night ns far west
ns Hutchinson and Newton; over an
incli of water fell and in Osage coun
ty 23 inches. In Shawnee county n.
heavy rain fell, lasting nearly on
hour. Seed crops will be greatly
benefited and the situatipn for the
stockmen is greatly improved.
KlRhtecn llulldlucs lturncd nt Caddo.
Cnddo, I. T.,Aug. 10. Fire start ed
in the post office building on the
north side of HufTnlo street and'
spread Id the new building of G. 31.
Green, then spread east to the corner
occupied by Arnold & Attowny, then
north to tlie residence of Mrs. P. L.
Russell. 3u all. 18 buildings are gone,
with over $100,000 loss.
Heir Apparent to Pretendorshlp.
Saigon, French Coehin-Chinn, Aug.
10. Price Henry of Orleans is dead
here. He wns the "royal democrat"
of France, and heir apparent to pro
tendership. He was on his way to the
United States when stricken.
Carrie Nation's Husband Wants n IMrorce.
Medicine Lodge, Kan., Aug. 10. Da
vid Nation has brought suit for di
vorce ngainst Mrs. Carrie Nation.
He alleges that her recent cniBado
against saloons has brought ridicule
upon him.
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