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LANGBTON CITY, O.T., 8ATURDAT APRIL 13rd. 189B.
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FoaBmn TJkxrui To Btu,
A JVFUL DOMESTIC TBAGEBT.
Us Found Ltilr from a Touiur a
AailiuiMr. it. John rr an Allls
mtteii and flht; Tuntv.1 Hlui
Willi Uit'Jrtiinuf Mm
CnldlUfulnmt.
Oklahoma City was tbtown iuto
tremendous incitement yesterday af
torncou by (he news that Harry St
Jobo, prcinfcent land nttorney, re
publican politiolea aud a leading
member of Ibe recant legislature, had
ubot aud killed iiia wife, Mattie, at
their residence, about a mile soutb
wot of tbia city.
The first newe of the terrible
affair came from Ht. John himself,
lleoamn'to town immediately after
tu killing, uud tul d Dr. E- W. Wlt
Un ubout ii' Tbe doctor accempeiti
ed by Vv Delae Walker, west out to
tbo place at once' aud found her body
io tbe trout room lying on ber faee
Life had boon ottiuut for an boar or
mure,
at. Job u was very Nticent aboit
tbo mutter andjraftuod to Udk, except
to ea? that it waa an accident. To a
particular friend, howeve, ber give his
vnrsion of the affair, which it proba
bly a true account of it. It ia aa fol
lows:
For a month past be haa lud doubta
concerning bta wifo -md fears that
aha waa antrue to him; that a certain
young blood of thia city, whoae name
he did not meution, hid alienated her
atttctiona from him. Baporta of aev
itral inditcreet astiona on her part
nhiia (be Ht. dobn) was ocoapted by
hia duties iu Qutbrie as a member of
tbe legislature had reached bin, aud
lbn frqiteut uiefltinga of hia wife with
lur prt turned lonr woiobotaokoowu
to bim. llu belioTed aha waa writing
MttrH iind receiriuu lettera from thia
Iiixki uud nse keeping a watob on her
Yikttnday kbout 1 o'clock p. an., he
went tu tbe pcskflloo end from hie
xr-.Wa prirale bos took a tettiey ad.
iiretrcd tu bcr. It waa froit the Iot
tr but was signed unlv by initiala, and
aktil for au appointindut. He read
the lclt.-r in tbe alloy between the
bKuk building and postoflice, aud
tminediatelv saw hia worst fean re
fjiod. Qjio to the loud office
whore ho waa an nttoroy iu a land
Case, be ha I it continued for a few
daya and going to Tom Hoogh'a
livery stable hired t a rig to take bim
im out Duino air. iiuuga objo ibh wb
abont 2:26 p. m and tbat be notioed
nothing unuiatl a'jaut Mr Hi. Jobo'e
appearance.
When he got home Harry bitched
the horee and woat inside and oalled
bis wife Tbo houao tboy live in is a
very handsome little cottage, one
atory. with porohes; aad an L ou the
aoutb. In tbia L ia a large bedroom
containing a atove, bedroom auit and
otber formture and the whole houee
in nicely sod ezpenaiyely furnished.
Into thia bedroom St. John oalled hia
wife, who waa aewing in the other
room, and ahe came with ber needle
iaber baud and thimble on bar 6nger:
When he got ber in tbo room be pull
ad tbe letter from hie pocket, charg
ed her with hot- infidelity and de
manded tbo name of tbo author, at
the asms time pulling tba revolver
from bia pooket and holding it at ber
breast, duaUriug he would ahoot ber
if aba did not Ull She waa very
nervy aod brave, however, aad Nest
ed to know that it wai a great big
blofl, aud oantoeeed ia eabitaatislly
tbia language:
"Why; you old champ; of course
I've got a lover, aad have had oae for
two years. I am too young for
old man like you, and I am going to
leave you in tba morning and take
the yoejngeest boy with we. Ha aiat
youre, anyhow."
Then St. John aaya everything "be
came aa a blank to bim, and tba next
thing be sew the rovolver went off
and bis wifo If gasping ber life
V iwar at hie feet' Ho bent over ber
and aaid; "Oh. May, have I killed
you?,, Bat tbe only eaaater waa an
awful flow of blood froaa her catb
sndaoetrilr She etrakhUaed oat
lying partly oa her right aide, with
her face to the goer, oca arm doth
led under ber aad the other over ber
hud, cud f ea dcfU1
The hired girl waein the kitobeo,
and bearing the shot came to the door.
St. John opened it and told her what
ha had done, and then went nn I uill
ed Harry Fslton, bis wife' brohor
who lived ith Unm, aid told biai,
"I have eliot M tti, ncMdaotully, and
Ifeareheiadead.". Ho then, as tbo
two teetified at the ii quest, read to
them tbe letter be bad takes froaa the
postoftce in the morning. They
coald not remember it all, but aay it
waa foil cf endearing teraw and asked
ber to meet tba writter wbilo Harry,
hrr hoemand, was in Guthrie. St.
John noted aa one demented, aad af
ter reading tba letter to tbe two wit
nesses with the dead body of hie
wife It lag before bim, went out, I
apraag into the) baggy nnd came to
tbe city aod told tbe story.
Tbe oorouor'a jury verdict was'lbnt
the deceaaed oame to her dosth at tbe
heads of her huabaad and tbat tbe
deed weayelonious. Imjicdutelv af
ter tbe verdict waa rendarod Shnr.ff
DePord pot St. John undsr aire A and
brought bim to the county jail. Hie
preliminary examination will sot be
ibcld probably for a day or two An
Oklabomin ropteaontaure acv? hits1
at tbo ;" t fuv tnumoots, but be trar
avidrntlv tatTering ei deeply tbat lit
tie waa aaid to bim of the terrible af
fair. He Heemed to bo juat coming
to a realisation of how s-.tful it wae,
and spoke in a trembling tonne of bis
wife and little ones, bis ruined home
and terrible poosition. Ho still bad
half craeJ appearanoe, and waa
evidf ntly atrugglinjr under a groat
mental atrain.
COMFORT AND DISPLAY.
Houee Attiro Often Nerlectod For
Outdoor ElegaucQ.
Volnmea have been written oa the
necessity of neat houto attire, yet there
are etili buadreds of families where
anything ia good unouih for the
house, if a ebowv outfit oan be secured
for display outdoors.
This state of things will probably
live until people nave learned to live
above abam and tahebood There nre
tboiisnuds of fumiliea who oppear io
silken attire to tbe outdoor world
while they wur the in ost flovanly
dreeeea iu thair on h.maes when no
body ia around. Such a oooditiou as
tbia meaita a diaorderod bouse, a
brute where comfort is invariably esc
rilloed to ebow. It consequently
meana an uuhappy home, where tbe
petty vexations of life bring about con
tinual bickerings. Njtbing ao weara
upou the temper and ao tries tbe dis
position as disorder. A house where
overylhiag is out of place ia invariably
an unoomfortablo residence. A few
yours of pleanre (n a gorgeous street
appearand cannot in any way eou
pensate for tbe many hours of disoom
fort in aa improperly furnishad borne,
or for tbe positive b.idily distresa that
results from weariog insufficient or un
suitable olothea within doors.
Tbe firjt esoontial mast be comfort
-warm underolothiog and wtrm
whole atookinga for winter, and neat
boasedresses and aprons (for the boose
keeper), and the essentials for the
kitchen and dinning room before
elaborate display clothing and parlor
outfits are eecured. How few youag
people go to bousekeeping iu tbie
epirilt How many begin by furnish
ing their parlor, aud expct to neoare
the furniibiag of their kitchen with
tba money tbats lett. One method
meaaa a oonfortable home, with little
abow, the otber improperly served
msals, badly cooked for want of in
sufloient materials and all the train
of evils tbat oome ia tbe wake of each
management. It ia not too muob to
eay tbat haodrode of bomee are awal-
lowed up in Cbarybdis of domeetie
mismaasgrnunt. There ie very little
bamao affection tbat will, survive
greasy beefsteaks and undone pota
toes. Dyapepeiais a foe that dea
troya tba temper.
Undoubtedly one of the strongest
movamente toward temperance among
tbe poor of tba teaeaeat-boueee has
bees tbe cooling-school. If the wivea
of poor mas ia this country ootid
leara to market wisely and oook in
telligently, as tbe French peasant o
aa do, there wosrid be aoma ehamaa
ofcopiag with the gnat evil of tJroeV
driak. It is acoteworthy fast that!
itj Ataerica aod ia oglud ik
Bmouut of drinking among the poor
clitsca id Krettly io txoeai of that io
Frmice, where though light wines are
oonsamed, ntrong atimulanla are al
most uukoown to tbe peasantry whicb
ii nover underfed, and senna to feel
no such appetite f jr atnmg alcoholic
stimuhnte ns tbe Ameiiaan and Kog
lieb workman. Jutt in propjrtijn Mb
tbe living spitce of tbe family ia limit
ed to tbo no r, loan tanooieut-bouso
diatrioteof the great cities, dooa this
eppetite iasrease. Tbj Amoricnn
workmin in this country" is a aobf r
man. Tbe American workman in tbe
city is too freqneut iutemperuto. Ibcao
matters ahow conolusivttly tbe effects
of home misoomfort. Tbo oouatrymnn
has
eufScicnt spaoe to lira in pure
air to bteathe. Hh wife hao fewer
temptatioce to bny nhowy clothing
and is more inclined to spend ber in
come iu substantial food and to miihe
pri le iu propariug ii well.
N. X. Tribune.
JAPANESE BATl'LE 0NO3.
Like moat nalioua, 11 o Jupinrcn
liavd bad tbeir war ctnga from tho
timtt thty bad any existence no a p:o
plu, but rc aro told that tbo .lyrica
w'hh u;tre ueed by tbe soldiers in tbe
litre of tin first greut Ejipi-rcr of J a
pta, J;inrtn Tcuno, C60 1J L'., utro
particnUrly rhythmical and finished.
Japanese fongs, with tho excoptiou
cl ine ceroto or niatorioa! ones, are
all shott, and when these arc eung in
times of p txza. tuey aro set to the
Koto.
Tho Cist of ttioo rp- to date mar
tial songe 16 mlitltd ''OaUaot War
rioio." It waniors go ii tlo wat by land,
d, "
of
the turf tbull receive thu bodice
ine nam. ii warriors fjo to war ny
sea, tbo coean shall rto?t6 tho budine
of the slain. From time immcmoriul
our gallant warriors bnve gone forth
in ewairns. tturaau me laats bui lor
fifty yeare' who would wiih to pur
cbaae a few misurablo years of lifo at
the cost of dibhonor? March and
fire as long as breath remains, for our
lives are at tbe disposal of the Borer
cign, our bodies nre to be sacrifi?d to
tbe glory of tbe country; lit soldiers
die wiib all tbtir wounds in front.
1'be aoula of these who thus defy
death shall bo through tbe.ngeato
come the guardian angela of Orien
tal tranquillity. 9a, go forth go fcrtb
ye warrior: warriors, go forth!
Ibe eeoond battlo song, tbia is
distinctly of very recent date, is "To
Pekin.
China is a country where in bygone
days teaobings of sagea prevailed;
but as time rolled on the country bee
become retrogressive. It boasts of
itself ae ibe Celestial Kingdom, but
its heart 1b barbarous aad is tbe very
reverse of oelestinl. Tilt its igno
rauoo ia dispelled tbe Bky of tbo Or
ient must ever be dsrk. Now ia the
time to plant (be dig of tbe Rising
Sun on the walla of Pekin.and ilium
inate its darkness. This is tbe duty
of our glorious emoiro, the Land of
tbe Rising Sao. Go forth go forth
imperial army! March iu emulation
till Pekin ie taken! The Ninoteebth
Century.
A KNOTTY
PROBLEM.
I notice that the literary brethren
up iu M st. have been "rustling" with
one oi ine "most RnottieHt queati nu
of tbe present day (vis) tho intellect
ual ability of tbe Negro race compar
ed with tbat of tbe white." On this
auhjsot with permission I desire to
quote from a learned Negro auttor
Baroa da Vastey, who eaya Every
apeeie of calumny and absurdity has
beea invented to pollute tbe atrocious
injustioe of white men toward those
whom tbey have fermented and per
aeouted for sges. "
Posterity will find it difficult to be
lievs that in ea enlightened age like
oars, there are man who oall them
aelvee philoeophere. willing lo reduee
human beinga to an equality with
orates merely for the sake of saaotion
ing the aboeaoible privelege of opree
slag a large portion of mankind.
While lam now writing I oau scarce
ly refrain froaa laughter at the ab
tarditie which have been published on
tbie sabiot. Leaned aathore aad
skilled aaatomieta have oaaaed thatr
Kvee ia wfceussiag feeta as clear aa
daylight, aad ia ditseotiag tba bodies
of mco aod auioinU iu vita to prove
that I whonarajow writing, belong to
theraeeoIOnranir oatangal Edward
Long gravely advanoee aa a proof of
the moral inferiority of the black man,
tbat oar vermin are black and that vre
eat wildcats. Hanaeman maintains
that oar oolor originates in tbe ourso
pronounced by Noah ageiaetOanaan;
othera affirm that it waa a mark fixed
upon Oain for the asarder of hi
brother Abel. For myself I seo strong
teasons to bolievo tbat tbe white men
Ihe'real descendants of Oslo; for I still
find ia them tbat prlmitlvebatred,4
that spirit of envy and of pride and
tbat paatiou for riches wbioh the scrip
tore informs ns led him to sacriflao
his brother I smile while I ask
whether we are etilll in those aes of
iizuoranco and superstition, whioh
saw Copernicus and Galileo condemn
ed as heretics and aooerere or whether
we are really living in au age of light,
which haa given birth to ao many
I gnat men who bare immortalised
their country by tllustrioua
work."
FRED BEALL DEAD.
Tho Man Who Killed F. It. MeKon-
nonFolloivB Bin Victim.
PHEUNOMIA CLAIMED HIM
k Short Slckncii, Pull of Rmore, Carrioi
film Off-Ula Ueeord Id Oklalxmia Tar
rltorrWaa Full ofSllrrlnir Inol-
denu-IUstorr of IIU Ktlllntr
ofUcKeoooa.
Mr. F. M. Beall died at bia reii
decce on North Board way in Okla
bom City, yesterday evening, April 8,
about 8 o'clock, jf pnuenomla, after
n illness of Ubb than a week. He
was taken sick last Friday with tbe
grip, wnicn developed Sunday into
pneumonia, and ainoe Monday bis
condition has bsea ao critical that
bis death was expected at any mo
ment. All that cartfal nursing -ad
physician's skill could de was of no
avail.
The deceased oamo to Oklahoma in
tbe (ummer of 1893 uud settled in
Guthrie, forming a partnership with
F. R. McKenuon iu the law buaincsa.
Ho was a drinking man and it soon
followed tbat he got into bad finan
cial straits from gambling and otber
bad habits. He borrowed money from
b-8 parti.er and otber persons
amounting to near a thousands
dollar a and his partners
finding out that be kep
a legal fee without making mention
of it, bk investigation followed, whioh
opened up all his false pretenses.
Tbo partnership was dissolved and
iJcKunaoa tried io various ways to
get tbo money Bdall owed bim. On
the Gtb. of January, 1803 at about
noun, MoKennon met Bsall on tbe
corner of Harrison avenue aud Second
street and again asked bim for the
money. Beall bad been on a nigbt'a
ilruuk and had been drinking ail that
forenoon and had boau hunting " for
McKcnnon. After n few words of
conversation u nhot bia former part
ner and benefaotjr five times in tba
body and k'ltad bim. After changiug
bia resi.loueo to Qiduhotiiu City and
getting a abunn of vonuo to that
coutl and thou fr m thora to Ei Bono,
bo was trio J and the juiy hung, the
judge of tbe bench oponly charging
that bribery bad beou used. Ho wan
tried ogain und clearod, wrongly
again it wag oluitued by everybody
ubo was present.
Such ia tbe history o! tbe lifo of tbe
deceased in Oklabomi. May bis ash
ea lie in peaoe.
OHEROKEhl STRIP FOSSIL.
HnaacLST Kso., April 8 The
fossil skeleton of a bugn era auimal
was recently discoveroit by n sottler
iotbe Cherokee strip while searching
for driftwood along the Arkanaasriv
er. The nose or beak wai projeotitg
from the saad and on breaking it wae
foaad to he bone. This aroaeed tbe
finder's curiosity to auah aa extent
(bat be set to work to exhume the
skeleton. Tbe hrsd beak, a few ver
tebrae, some ribs and propellers were
in a fair state of preservation, but
the remainder orambled aa poon as
cxpoeed to the air. Tin discoverer
stored it ia a shed aad thought' little
of if Bv cbaae Henry Paitrrsoa
heard of it, waot dowa and purchas
ed it aad is reapiaf a pMlt froa hia
iavrstmsat by exbibiticg it iu south
ern lixtsa:
News-Dealers.
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Th Noon IKfitor at Uoltmr, Tnn.
Dalor iu all tho loading -vookly pa
pors, and agent for tho
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