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mn "WWW W'nTMHWWWWiflfcHMiiu ' .Ir,q.-,it". t C THE BEAVER HERALD. VOLUME I. BEAVER, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1895. NUMBER 19. rnkmrn ITH sou id of i- irtlal $r Ahd reverential tread. The armies of the llv'f Go forth to erect the dead. Around the grates they (father, A hush on every soul That listens In the stlcnco, Whllo Memory calls the rolL rrom tmtlo-statned Antlclam, from Missionary nidge, Trom Gettysburg and Shlloh. From mountain, plain and brldga. They como who died as heroes, They como from far or near. And as tho roll Is counted Each man makes answer; "Herat" Not ono Is of the mlsjlnu, Tho ranks nre full to-day. In solid marching order They stand, a close array, Their faces lit with courage As In that long ago. When for tho lovo of country They fell beforo tho too. On every gruvc a garland Of sweet May blooms Is laid, Till of tho sad God's aero A garden fair U made; And ever with tho lit Ins Uy glado or sunny knoll, Tho noblo dead aro marching As Memory calls tho roll. They cannot be forgotten To nhom their comrades pay Tho tributes of affection x On Decoration day. Still dear to thoso who lovo them Encli loyal, faithful soul Will hear thoir answer- "Prcsentl" When Memory calls tho roll. -Helen Chauncoy, In N. Y. Independent. N THi: little ham let of Brighton, up !MiWi,'S(l Jn tne coke rc v" & III gions of Pennsyl vania, in the spring of 1801. there lived n poor family by the name of Red mond. A few months previous tho fnthcr had been injured by a mine ex plosion, thus throwing the burden of supporting the family on four sous, all under twenty years of age. After the fall of Sumter the three S - - , "YOU SEE TJIE OLD SOLDIERS older boys hurried off to tho nearest town to enlist In the defenbo of the country which was so dear to them. Ben, the youngest sou, bcarcely four teen years old, with his heart filled with genuino patriotism, ran away from home, nad, eluding pursuit, made his way unassisted to tho camp on tho Potomac. "He'll be back when he finds out that boys of fourteen are not wanted hi the ranks," said his father, when ho learned what had become of him. But he was mistaken, for when the little fellow discovered that ho could not en list as a boldier, ho determined to re main at tho front and earn his, bread by selling papers to tho soldiers. Ills pluck won him unexpected success, and ho was very proud to bo able to send back substantial help to tko needy ones at home. About November 10, 1803, he left camp between New Baltimore and Warrcnton,. and made his way to Washington for a supply of papers. Having accomplished his object, ho set out on horseback for tho thlrty-mllo rido that lay between the capital and tho camp. During his absenco the cnlon forces had ohnnged position, and, unaware of tho proximity of tho enemy, lie ran into tho confederate picket-line, and he was at once con veyed to tho headquarters of Gen. Stu art, and from that point ho was hur ried off to Llbby prison in Richmond. Maj. Warner was in command of tho prison nt tho time, and when the boy prisoner was brought into his presence ho spoke kindly to him. and tried to make him as comfortnbla as possible under tho circumstances. After en rolling his naraa tho major asked him the oustomary questions concerning his $& V1 111 MM W , -y-' ArliTlJB7TI(lrZlVii business, and inquired if he had any money or vuluabljs concealed about his parson, l'oor, frightened Ben had managed to hide his money, about three hundred and fifty dollars, In his boots, but, not being used to evading tho truth, he answered lrankly that ho had. "Lot ine havo everything, in your possession," returned the major, ex tending his hand a.i though he had no intention of being trifled with. With quivering lips and tearful eyes Ben put his hand down Into his boot leg and drew out tho roll of green backs and handed it to the major. Then, trying to choke back his sobs, ho told of his invalid father, his over worked mother, nnd the helpless llttlo nrrf. home, and explained that tho money he otrrled tas his soldier brothers' wngis llfat they had intrusted to hiui while in Washington, together w ith his own earnings, und that It was all to have been sent that very day to tho desolate family away off in Penn sylvania. Tho major listened quietly to tho sad story and when it was fin ished ho folded tho boy's passes around the money nnd said: "When the time comes for you to leave this place, como to mo and you shall have your money again." Six weeks later Ben was paroled, and, repairing to tho major's ofllec to bid him good-by, the kind-hearted offi cer put tho package into his hands, saying: "Here is your money, my boy, and I am glad that you w ill soon have a chance to send it to your moth er. Good-by, and may God bless and tako care of you." f The little fellow took the package gratefully, and was &oou on his way to his northern home. His imprisonment had not crushed his ambition, how ever, and after a week's rest ho re turned to his old stamping groitnd, and was soon going his rounds as usual. Two of his brothers were, sent homo in plno boxes before tho war closed; but, except his brief sojourn in Llbby, his experience in the army was not un pleasant, and when peace was declared he went home with enough money in his pocket to pay off tho mortgage on the little houso that had sheltered him from Infancy. lie afterwards worked his way through college, studied law, and In process of time took a high sta tion in his chosen profession. Several times in nfter years, during flying trips to Richmond, Ben made in quiries concerning Maj. Warner, his prison friend, but no one seemed to know what had become of him; so ho finally gave up the bcarch, though ho never forgot the kindness ho had re ceived at an enemy's hand. In the year 18S9, Ben, Hon. Ben jamin Redmond, wont by Invitation to Covington, Ky., to deliver the memo rial oration on Decoration day. In his address ho repeated the touching inci dent that had occurred nt Llbby prison, and afterwards, while tho old veterans were strewing the graves of tho dead heroes with flowers, an old man came to him and asked him to walk around to tho other sido of the cemetery to .ook at tho grave in which his twin ooys were buried. When they reached the rose-covered grave he bald: "You - wJK - HAVE NOT rOHQOTTEN MY DEAD.' sec the old soldiers havo not forgotten my dead, although they wore the gray. They fell together at Lookout Moun tain, and when I came here at the close of tho w ar, I had their bodies brought hero for burial." Then drawing back the wreath that covered their names Mr. Redmond read: "Sacred to the memory of Arthur and Arnold Warner this htone has becu erected." Wiping tho tears from his eyes the father said: "The story of a little scone in ti south ern prison, which you related this morning, took mo back to thoso sad days, and the times when my bravo boys wcro with me. I am the man to whom you referred In that Incident, and I havo brought you here to let you see what your people havo dono for mo by remembering my dead." Grasping the old man's bony hand, Mr. Redmond told him of tho vain search he had been making for him in tho years that had Intervened since he had proven such a friend In a strange land, and asked if he could be of any service to him then. Tho old man was too modest to tell of the poverty that had overtaken him in his declining days, but a visit to his humble home, where an invalid wife and two young daughters were de pending on his daily toll for the neces saries of life, convinced tho great law yer that his chanco of returning tho cup of cold water given him so long before, had indeed come. Beforo leaving ho arrnngcdjJfor tho removal of tho family to his own town, where a lucrative situation in his of fice enabled tho old father to provido a comfortablo homo for his family and furnish him with the means of edu cating his daughters so as to prcparo them for taking earc of themselves. "pod never forgetsl He never for gets!" exclaimed tho grateful old man, when repeating tho story. "Ilohassaid that even a cup of cold water given in Ills name shall bo rewarded, and now He has fulfilled that promise to me." Aht how many blessings go unclaimed because of the cups of cold water - we fail to give! Belle V. Chlsholm, 'in United Presbyterian. THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. A Tim for the Ilelmbllltatlnn or tho Ani mal hjr tho Clrrnmn. Germany, which feels the want of a reliable beast of burden in her East African territory, more than England, seems to have reolvdon tho rcdoinbs tlcatlon of tho AfricTiii elephant Some time ngo a Gei'.uruT officer commenced a series of visits to the Indian "ked dahs," and, after mastering so far as possible the Indian methods and sys tem of catching and training wild ele phants, has hired a btaffof experienced Indian catchers and trainers, and is to establish a government "elephant stud" in German East Africa. Com menting on the chances of tho success of this enterprise Mr. Carl Hagenbcck, proprietor of tho zoological gardens at Hamburg and New York, has contrib uted an interesting articlo to tho Ham burger Nachrichtcn. Mr. Hagcnbock's paper takes tho form of n plea for the preservation of tho African elephant. But with him preservation is merely the necessary preliminary to' fheir'rcdomcstication, for, tlio, probable success In which ho givosVcasons which should be very en couraging to those now pledged to tho undertaking. Mr. Hagenbcck writes with authority on tho bubject. Out of twq hundred African elephants brought to Europe in recent years he has imported one hundred and seventy, and many of these have remained in his zoological gardens at Hamburg and In America. With the histories of.the rest since they passed into other hands no is perfectly laminar, lie was ro eently able to tell tho present Writer the exact number of African elephant, and the owner of each, in the different countries of Europe; and he has a national Insight into the ways and means of animal domestication. He gios it as his opinion that the general belief that "African elephants aro not bo strong us, are wilder, and less easily tamed, and possess less endurance than, tho Indian bpocies, is wrong." He maintains, on tho contrary, that they arc stronger, and at least as tractable, and as useful as beasts of burden or to be ridden as Indian ele phants; and he claims to have con vinced the Berlin Geographical society that this view was correct, as early as 1873, when lie had a number of African elephants In that city. It will be quite sufficient for practical purposes if a part only of these antici pations arc realized. If tho African elephant can be trained and made an obedient slave, it will be a factor of enormous importance in a district where tbe tsetso fly btops all animal carriage, and where for generations human that Is, slave transport has been the bole meansof conveying goods from tho interior to the coast. The African elephant may well answer this ipurposo without becoming such a mar vel of intelligence nnd docility, as his Indian relative. Moreover, he is not only ns strong, but far stronger in mero physique than the Indian, the mules being, on an average, two feet and the females one foot higher than the Asiatic species. Whether they have qultojthe same massive dray-horse build may be doubted; but lor most purposes they would probably be even more servicea ble as beasts of burden, and the ques tion of general constitution would hardly arise in tho case of anlmpls used in their own country, as theso would be in tho German colonies. London Spectator. , SLEEP AND INSOMNIA. It Is a limit V nuilrr That We Sleep as Much as Wo II o. Sleep is a greater mystery than in somnia. Wo hear much of the latter btato in these dayb. But it is more wonderful that we sleep so well than that we are occasionally wftkcful. We hear more of sleeplessness than our forefathers did. It is a remarkable fact that in scarcely any of tho older recognized text-books of practico of phybio is there any formal notice of insomnia perse. In later works, and especially in thoso devoted to treat ment, the subject of insomnia does re ceive considerable atteution. And ev ery now and again the sleeplessness, of a great man in the world of science or in that of politics reminds us that, emi nence has Its troubles., and of a sort which seldom affect tho poor man, It Is probablo that this evil of wakeful ness is more common than it used to be. Tho excitements, and especially the worries, of life multiply. Many of tho arrangements of society aro of a nature to drlvo away sleep. Even the very pleasures of life are so taken by many as to rob them of one of the greatest plcusures of all an eight hours' sound sleep; for we maintain that this is what everybody should aim at. It may bcem a long time to spend a third of one's life in b lecp. But if tho other two-thirds arc used well there is llttlo caubo for blame. No rulo for all can be laid down; but it would be well for most people in tho in tensive days in which we live to devote eight hours to tho cultivation of tlid mood and act of sleep, and to resist tho domination of all habits and fashions that aro inconsistent with this purpose. London Lancet, heeded Itest. Collector This is tho twentieth time I've called with this bill. Gilded Youth Yes, and there aro forty more, just like you, coming in day after day, to worry rao about their miserable llttlo bills. No wonder I'm all fugged out. Guess I'll tako n run over to Europe to recuperate. N. Y. Weekly. A man who understands nothing of agriculture, of trade, of humaa nature, of past history, of the principles of law cannot pretend to bo moro than a mere empiric in political legislation. P. W. Robertson. OKLAHOMA NEWS. Tried tlm Whmu Mini. Two Perkins young men thought to have some fun by seining n trailing' medicine vender who went under tho nnmu of Captain Wild .lock. As ho came along the road they sprang out and ordered him to hold up his hands. Insteatl of'g5tlilig sctiYed, ho pulled a revolver and shot one of thciu dead nnd the other ono only baved himself by taking to his heels and escaping in the brush. Tliey Lull tho Country. Mrs. Stephenson nnd her brothcr-in-law, who lived southeast of Oklahoma City, bklpped for p.irts unknown. A nolo left by the ui. worthy couple stated that 't would bo useless to look for them as they would die beforo they would bo enptmed. Mrs. Stephenson was formally n Mrs. Charles Milter, whoe husband was sent to the peni tentiary about tlneo year ngo for try ing to beat the brains out nf Mts. Miller with u claw hummer. On his piomise never to return to the terri toty Miller was pardoned. Stopped 'Ills I'npen A special toitjio WicliituftKan.) Eigle dated the gojfrom Pawhuska, says: Colonel II. B. 'Freeman, tlctlng Indian agent at this'place, ordered the publi cation of the Wnh-Sliah-Sho News, the newspaper .at 1Mb place, .stopped. The News hub been limiting a fight on tho Indian agent for his actions li icgard to tho confiscation of the lumber for, and stopping the construction of, the hrldge ncipssjthe Arkaiibas river at BUickhurn, 0. T., and Colonel Fiee mnn ordered Tho printers to stop work until Mr. Tinker, the editor, who is at.Guthrio returned. Avenged Tliplr Comrmlii'li Dinllt. A number of associates .and friends of Njw combe and Pierce, the territory outlaws who were boluiycd by sup p6ed friends and 'cowardly assassi nated near Ingalls two weeks ago, have avenged the death of their com r.ules. .lolm, Calvin and William Dunn were kidnaped by u number of the dead outlaws' friends and lynched. At tho time of tho kilting, local de tectives took on themselves the glory of the capture of the outlaws. How ever, tho Dunns, at whose house tho outlaws stopped on the night of ttie killing, were charged with betraying them into their home under guise ol friendship, nnd after gotUng tho two despeuidoes drunk, riddling! ithem vltli bullets as they slepti , "J ; Minor -i'oivh otes. The ICickiipoo couutry is just big enough to make one fair bized county. Tho Klcknpoo Indians know what they were doing in selecting all the bottom land. It costs 8160 to ship a carlond of wire fr6m St. Louis to Enid, more than the wire itself costs. William Grifllnstelb, Burnett, struck oil in a well hunk on Ills farm, at a depth of 110 feet. The 3-year old son of E. D. Kennedy, living seven miles west of Noble, was bitten by a mud dog. Jack Stillwell tho pioneer of Okla homa was recently married to Miss Esther White, of Brnddock, Pa. Tho Yankton, S. D., government res ervation was thrown open to settle Thursdav last. There was a great rush for claims. An aged colored man named vlrecn was found dead in his house near Ed iiioml, Saturday last. Ho had been deud (.everal days when dlsuoyeied. Tho Tecumseh Republican says that Jndge Scott's decision on tho Choctaw injunction contained 1,000,000 words. Not much, that would make 10,000 columns. Old Chief Whirlwind beforo he died, declared that ho wtmted United .States Deputy Marshal Madsen to succeed him as chief of his particular part o) the tribe. A Norman man dining tho cyclone two yenrs ago lost his homestead ap plication. It was recently picked ur stnineu and yellow three miles from his homo and luturncd to hi in. The sooner business should not be applied to tho Kickapoo couutry. There have been so many false nlartuii that nearly everybody in Oklahoma has been in there once or twtco. Colonel II. II. Freeman, acting Indian agent, in the 0age country, huu caused tho arrest of all the surveying corpi running a lino across tho reservation for the Kansas und Okluhnma Central railroad, though the company litis n chnrter and right of way through the reservation, granted by congress. A traveler engaged a room at a Perry hotel one night last week. Next day when tho room was visited the man wns missing and tho bed was covered with blood und groat pools of blood were on the floor. The man did not give any name when he paid for his bed and it is not known who ho is or from whence he came. Wichita Eagle: The compromise of the Brown divorce suit in Oklahoma, wherein Mrs. Brown receives a largo sum of money in recompense for her husband dropping his fatso teeth luto her fcoup, Is satisfactory with tho ex ception that Mrs. Brown ought to bo given tho further privilege of hittlpg Brown with a three foot club. NEWS OF THE WEEK, Glcanod By Tolcsmph nnd Mall rilUSON.VI. AN!) POLITICAL. Ox tho 23d Secretary Carlisle mado his Speech on the financial question before tho business men's convention nt Memphis, Tonn., upward of a,000 people being present, Tho meeting afterward ndopted a sot of reiolntions embodying thoir views on the monetary question. Ax engagement disastrous to tho Cuban rebels was fought on tho 'Jlst in eastern Cuba, in which Joso Marti, who was proclaimed president of tho revolutionary party, was kllloM, and his bodv posltlvulyidentlfiod. Tin: lower houso, of the Prussian diet on tho 21st by a vote of 157 to 02 adopted tho motion of Dr. Areudt, urging tho government to tako steps in favor of nn international bettlement of tho cur rency question with the view of secur ing international bimetallism, Tho houso also adopted an amendment proposed by Huron vonSedlltz, a mem ber of the privy council, that Germany would only act in tho matter in con nection with Great Britain. The United States supremo court gave its decision on tho 20th on tho In come tax law, declaring It unconstitu tional In toto. Those against it were Clilcf Justico Fuller and Justices Field, Gray, Brewer and Shiras. Thoso for tho law, Justlcos Harlan, White, Brown and Jackson. The majority declared It a direct tax because not apportioned according to representation. Tub president has retired Adm. Mead oon his own application, an, in doing so has administered a sevoro re buke to him. SKciiRTAiir Carlisle opened the dis cusslon of thu question of sound money at Covington, ICy., on tho 20th. Tho rush to liear tho speaker wab tremen dous. An attempt was made to reserve seats for ladles, but it wns given up when tho pressurq for admission by voters was felt. Tho beginning of tho address, which was very long, was de layed by a street demonstration of con siderable magnitude. Tin: Western Federation of Miners at Denver, Col., adopted resolutions supporting tho prlnclplosof the Omaha populist platform, favoring tho un limited coinago of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1, appealing to all branches of organized labor to unite for protec tion, concentrating efforts at the bil lot to sccuro tho electlf n of tho party pledged to work for the enactment of laws benofielal to tho masses of tho people and tho repeal of all laws which placed capital Kbovo labor, and de claring that occup mcy and uso were tho only title to land. MISCELLANEOUS. Mrh. Anna Annaiiel killed her hus band ut Chicago und then committed suicide. Tho tragedy was the result of jealousy on tho part of Mrs. Annabel because of tho attention shown by her husband to a young woman who had nursed him through a sickness while visiting In another state. William Connei.l, who shot Sherifl Georgo Dunham, of Montgomery coun ty, Ga., who went to arrest him on u warrant for beating ills wife, was hunted by a posse and found In n swamp near Dublin, (a., and riddled wixu uuiieis. Tin: raco for tho claims in the Kick apoo reservation came off at noon on the 23d. Hundreds of women started, and exhibited tho same amount of enthusiasm as tho men.. Every quar ter beetion has from two to a half doz en claimants and long boforo night many settlers were turning back dis gusted at tho fowncs of tho claims and tho miserable quality of what there were. FuiiTllEHdetails received ntMadrldof tho lossof tho Spanish steamer Gravina, wrecked off Mantilla, Philllppino Isl ands, during a typhoon, showed that 10S persons were drowned. Only two of thoso on board woro believed to havo.been saved, r 1 A iKHiuiii.i: accident toolc iplaco on the farm of W. 0. Pyleat Elkton, Mil Mr. Pylo, with a number of assistants, had been engeged for some days in removing stumps, using dynamite car tridges for tho- purpose. A premature: explosion occurred, hurling tho men through the air, William Havelow was frightfully lacerated and partly dismembered and oxplrcd bhortly uiter. Three others were Injured. l A recent St. Petersburg dispatch stated that in tho town of Kobueden 200 houses had been destroyed by flro and In tho village of Rushany 2'.0 houses w'cro also burned.'' During tho conflagrations a total of fifty persons wero killed and very many moro wcro injured. "f Neaii Klamath Falls, Ore., the Alger stage was recently stopped by masked robljers and all tho pussengers wero made to turn over their valuables. Tho mall sacks and tho express box wero also robbed. Tho amount stolen w&s not known, but It was large. The Henry McShano Manufacturing Co.. at Baltimore, Mil., has voluntarily raised tho wages of Its 1,000 employe 10 per cent. Dispatches from points In North Da kota Indicated that the frost on tho night, q( tho ISth was the severest in many years. Young wheat was frozen off to tho ground in many localities. Ono report placed the damage as high as 70 per cent. Corn was belloved tc bo rulucd. Intkiinal Revenue Comjiissioxep MiLLEit has telegraphed all collectors of internal revenue to forward at once to his otlico all Income tax returns. There has been collected about S:0,0(XI under the income tax luw. Commis sioner Miller, as soon as ho is officially informed of the pwpromo court's deci sion, will, no doubt, tako steps to re fund all of tho collections. Mjts. Waiuuck, a farmer's wife, neai Oskaloosa, la., gave rough on rats to her three children on the 20th and then committed suicide. Two children will die. A Tumpsii pilgrim steamer, carrying Mahoinmednn pilgrims going to Mecca, was wrecked on tho Rod sea on tha 18th. Thero wcro 700 persons on board, ,but all were caved. An explosion of a blast at tho Smith it Eastman section on tho dralnuyc channel nt .Toilet, 111., killed ono wlilto man and two negroes. Two young men nnd four young womon wero paddling about on a raft on n pond near Ettlngham, 111., when it was overturned and ono man and two women were drowned. lluoii McCui.t.ocii, formerly secre tary of tho United States treasury, died at Washington on tho 24th. He was over SO years of age. Sr.ciiETAiiv IIf.uiif.iit will deliver tho Memorial day oration at tho ccmotery it Washington, whero aro located tho graves of many union soldiers who died in hospitals during tho war, and where over 100 confederates, who wcro under the care of union hospitals, aro burled. It Is expected that tho presi dent nnd his cabinet will attend on tho occasion. Duiiino tho parade of Rlngllng Bros.' circus at Fort Wayne, Ind., on tho 22d, n runaway horbe dashed Into the crowd, killing Mm. Elijah Lemay and injuring about twenty others moro or less seriously. Neau Cheyenne, Wya, a rear-end collision on the Denver Pacific railroad caused the death of Engineer Gray and Fireman Fuller. Fifteen of the leading leather man ufacturers of Newark, N. J., repre senting tho largest owncrsof prepared leather in tho United States have sent out lotters to dealers in every section of tho country notifying them of an advance of from 50 tb 100 per cent, on cured stock. Tho action, tho circular stated, was made neces sary because of tho scarcity of green salted hides. A capital of 810,000,000 wns represented at the manufacturers' meeting. The Opera House block, tho Vtvnnt hotel arid several other buildings of Antlneo, Wis., wore swept away by fire on tho 22d. A number of hotel gucstH had to jump from the windows and several received severe bruises in con sequence. Fhanz von St;rpE, ono of tho most popular of light opera composers, dlod recently at Vienna. He had been 111 a long time. At tho Monongah mine at Whcoling, W. Vu., a Polo carelessly Ignited a can of powder and a terrific explosion fol lowed. Tho smoke was driven through tho mino and suffocated four minors and seriously affected quite a number of others. Fiue broke out in the tobacco and cigar factory known as tho Flor do Furnas, at Havana, which contained a lorgo amount of stock, and damngo es timated to tho amount of 5150,000 was done. Whllo fighting the tire eighteen firemen were Injured, two ofivhonv will die. -!' " - A TEiiiiiria report and concussion, which was distinctly felt nt San Fran cthco nnd at towns around tho buy for a distanco of -JO miles, was caused by tin explosion in tho nitro-glycerltio und mixing houses of the California powder works at 1'lnola. Tho crow of tho glycerine houso, flvo in nurabor, and nine Chinese wero nil killed and their bodies scattered in pieces along tho road for a mile. The county scat fight which ha been in progress In Pottawatomie coun ty, Ok., for some tlmo was reported as bum in g n bad Condition. Both ap proaches to the courthouse wero blown up by dynamite recantly, doing much damage. At tho interstate drill at Memphis Tonn., on the 21st tho prizes wxtj awarded us follows: Class A Thurston rifles, of Omaha, first; Morton cadets, second; Sealoy rilles, third. Class T. Morton cadets, first; Thurston rillo-v becond. Class C 'Thurston rifles, first; Morton cadets, secoud. Tho Thurstons won tho Galveston cup. timc i.Ancsr. Wichita, Kan., May 20. Chnrlc Pni leer, a prisoner from Ashlund, Kan., brought hero by Sheriff Rnventcraft, and placed in tho Wlchltu hospital, by him, usci.ped und has not yet been re captured. Ho was severely wounded at tho time of tils arrest several weeks ago in Oklahoma, llo is charg ed with cuttle stealing. Leavi-nw-oiith, Kuti , May 20. Tho bhcrlff yesterday received a letter from Governor Morrill with explicit instructions to prevent the Dixon- Gardner prize fight that is scheduled to come off iu the bouthern part oi Leavenworth cmintv. The sheriff snys he will have a large forco of dep uties on the ground and will burely prevent its taking place in the county. Guthrie, 0. T, May 20. Deputy Mnrluilb had a fluht with Zip Wyutt's gang of outlaws in moou couniy. Wyiitt was wounded nnd his liorbo was killed. Tho inarxhals are still in pursuit. Pr.SDKit, Neb., May 20. Indian Agent Beck, with sixteen Indian po lteo armed to the teeth, has com menced tho ejectment of settlers occu pying lands of tho Flouruoy company on the Winnebago reservation. There Is likely to be bloodshed. Louisville, Ky.. My CC The Jef ferson county grand jury 1ms refused to indict Fulton Gordon for the killing of his wife and Arch Brown, son of Kentucky's governor. Houston, Tex., Mny 2a The fifth annuul convention of tho United Con federate Veterans' association closed yesterday, General John B. Gordon of Georgia, was re-elected commander-in-chief; Wade Humpton, of South Carolina, lieutenant-general depart ment of North Virginlu; Stephen D. Le3 of Mississippi, llcuteutaut-general department of Tenueseo; W.L. Cabell lieutenant-general trans-Mississippi department. A resolution was adopt ed that the third of June be set upart for the observance of memorial services in honor of tho Confederate dead. Chicaoo, Mny 20. There will bo two monuments dedicutc-1 on Memorial day. It was decided yesterday by Goorro II. Thomas post, No.S,Q A. R.t Department of Illinois, to dedicate thu monument in lot ow netl by their or ganization at Row Hill cemetery. SCRAMBLE FOR LAND. The Hice for HomeMeiiU on tho Ktckapnd Itrterrntlnn .V Itatln of More Than 1G to 1. Outhihe, Ok., May 2 . Within twen ty minutes yesterday 8:5,009 acres of prairlo land wero transferred into a hivo (if surging humanity. Yesterday morning tho Klcknpoo reservation was a barren tract; at night It throbbed with llfo nnd activity. At 12 noon yes terday one of the most exciting handi cap races known in history, not except ing tho great rush to the Chcrokretrlp, w us pulled off. Although It was only n third ns largo as tho strip run, It equalled tho latter In many respects. As early as 3 o'clock In tho morning the cast side of the Ktekupoo was liter ally lined with humanity, and every preparation was mado 'for tile break at 12. Every kind of vohlclo imnglnnble was pressed into service. By daylight people wero crowding for advantageous plncos on thu lino, all attempting to jam In at the best crossings of the Deed Fork. Tho Ingram crowd on tho north numbered several thousand, whllo tho Chandler delegation on the cast wa twice as lurgo. Every mnn who had entered n fractional qunrtor on tho north side of Deep Fork threo years ngo stood in the middle of tho stream nstrldo their best horsos, ready to dash upon the balance of tho fraction, and a number of women werJ in tho samo position without tho formality of divided skirts or bloomers. Promptly on time tho signal gun spbko out, unil tho mad rush began. Horses, mules, bicycles, wagons, bug glei nnd vehicles dashed across ths line and disappeared In a whirlwind of dust and confusion. No accidents oc curred nt this starting place. Hun dreds of women stnrtcd, nnd exhibited the same amount of enthusiasm as tho men. Two townsito companies aro consplc y nous nnu navo capital Delimit them. Ono from Chandler has for nnobjeotlvo point a placo hulf way between Chan dler and Tecumseh and backed by prom luent men from Chandler and Guthrie. Tho embryo town is to bo called Klck npoo City. Tho other is on tho Choc taw, mid way between Shawnco nnd Choctaw City, nnd Is to bo called Olney. It is intended as a rival to Shawneo and Is backed by Oklahoma City and Tecumseh capital. THE HOUSTON REUNION. l?x('nnr)fliirAtei Comlninu Hook Freient Ine mi Uufnlr VIbiv of Their Bide. Houston, Tex., May 24. Tho weather was clear and bracing yestorday morn ing, but tho streets wero too sloppy or tho parade of United Confederate Vetoraus, which was postponed- until to-day. Tho following rejaprt by Gen. "Slcphoh IX LvcwaJfudojjCwp" o "We'- cannot too strongly urge upon our people tho grcnt importance of avoiding ns far as possible tho pur chasing and disseminating of books and lltcraturo which nre uukind and unfair to thu south. An example of thlj kind of lltcraturo is tho Encyclopedia Britannica, which, while a work of exceptional merit in many particulars, abounds in such a distortion of histori cal facts In reference to the south as could havo emanated only from lgno ranco or malignity." Gen. Gordon called for Gon, Jo Shel by io como upon tho stage, but tho great Missouri flgliter was not present to answer tho call. Gen. W. L. Caboll, from tho committee on the Dbvls mon ument fund, made his report. It re cited that, despite financial depression, good progress had been mado. It Is intended to lay tho corner atone in Richmond, Va., In tho spring of 1690. The ballot for tho location of tho next reunion resulted ns follows: Rich mond, 780; Charleston, 49; Atlanta, 203; Kansari City, 4. Rlclimoud was there upon chosen as tho next place of meet ing. A GHASTLY FIND. The Docile or a Mother nail Children Who Dl'tipprnred from Uranhs round In tho Mloourl Klver.. OMAHA,Nob..May 24. A Missouri rlvr cr fisherman yesterday found tho bodies of Mrs. Ida Notson and her two young children. Mrs. Notscn Is the Omaha school-teacher whose mysterious dis appearance with her children last fall created such a sensation In Omaha. Disappointment in politics she alleged ns n reason for committing sui cide. She left n letter saying she would kiH herself and her children be causo she had not been appointed to a position in the office of tho state super intendent of public instruction. Search of tho river ut tho tlmo revealed noth ing that would indicate that Mrs. Not sen had curried out her threat. She was a very Intelligent woman of 40, with a good standing in state edu cational circles. Her husband Is a Chicago merchant; bho taught In Omaha, residing with her pa rents. The bodies were found firmly tied together with a heavy rope. It wound around them boveral times. Evidently tho miserable woman had taken her children in her arms, twist ed tho rope around them, and after binding their three bodies together that they might not bo separated in death, leaped into tho river. The clothing of the children was tied around their necks, as if having been strungled beforo being carried into tho water. xi The Trt-HHirj'a Condition. Washington, May 34. Tho state ment of the condition of tho treasury shows available cash balance, 81S2,021, tiOi, nn increase of 5320,144 for the day; gold reserve, 03,127,770, an increaso of 8028.403 for the day. Most of tho In cr.'uko was due to deposits of gold by tho bond syndicate. Dettructlvo Tbxhi Storm. Rockport, Tex., May 24. A wind and rainstorm yesterday blow down tho St. Mary hotel and Catholic church, and unroofed and partially damaged forty other houses. Rev. Mr. Scarbor ough, of tho Methodist church, was seriously injured. The loss is 8100,000. Fuurth-Chtu Western I'ottumtterf. Washington, May 2t Those post ofiico.uppolntiuents were made to-duy: (n Missouri At Viucit.Dunklln coun ty, J. Rogers; at Delta, Laclede coun ty, T. Wilsouj at Arp, Oaark vounty, W Thomas. o 0 O G !,- ? A '1 i '. 'I f' vvl J )