The Langston City herald. [volume], June 29, 1895, Image 1

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Tbu SlockhoMpM of tho Hoad twt
uud Moot Somi Now Oflicors.
1 IS STJRti TO RE DtJILT.
batik door nd Robert O. MoF-irlnml
who T?na in charge of a toara with
wbtab tba robbers mtcnriod to recapo,
woranls) atristod. Thu piisoucra
liva here.
OklnhoniH'H rropo.silioiiB to the Com
pany MoioThnn Satisfactory,
nnd tho Cm a Will bo
Coming Thin Way
ltaforu tho
Snon- Flies
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Stato Capital.
Guxnnie, Okla., June, 28 Special.
HUH water Gazette: Oa Thursday of
this week the atockhoMera of the pro
posod K. O. C. k S. w railway held
their third annual roeetiog, in this
city, fcr the purpose of electing offi
cers for tbo entuing year. Those
present at the meeting were: S. M
Pcitcr, Rtbett Martin, A. C. Springs,
J. H. Bsrtele.T. S. Hollingsworlh
T.G-Frazier. F. M. SUllard, and
Jtbn R. Glatk. All of the above gen
tlcmen, together with B- M Logan
tnd Henry Biden, were made the dj
ncloK lor tbo cnMiiig your.
The follnwiig rft-ctra were elected
Itobt Mxititi, uuidnjtjJ. II Bartlee,
firal vice raiJent; B. SI Logan, sec
oud rice pttinident; T. C. Frazier, bcc
refary; T. S. HollitiRsvrortr-, treasurer
and S. .if- Porter, goneral attorney.
The board whh waited upon by a nam
icr of dalotfa'im who had propositions
to submit fur the t-ous-ideriitien of tho
eutupmiy. Upcu iuquiry from mem
ber of tie board wo learn that the
prutpveta for tbo ccmpletion of all
pending negotiations looking toward
the securing of necemry funds were
weio never biightr-r than at tho pres-
nit imo. Ttje pr"pcritiuus submitted
by the puoplo ol OUIhIio u;t hire been
r.vru innrn liberal thtu lie uk'-hI eau
pntuo ixp'ctatious of thu oimpmy.
A rr-inmittfo com ji-h d tf F. M. Stnl
ImdutdJ II. Gluik was appoiutfd
1 1 t:i i-ti up !l tbo preliminary work
iu tbo imnt-iry, which will riquiio
aldtliwo v.eekH lini", uud nnother
r inmiitre uppitinle-t ti go to Sl
I.rni i.nd complete (be tiegnlutious
fi r tho fmidi, n! coiitrajt for thi'
t'.uibluig of the )i e. Tnia woik can
ull bo dcteinRiilo of thirty days aud
wo liave every nraimnce ih'it active
voik r n tbo lin'J will 1)0 coininr-nced
in I l:it-r tbnu August 15 of this your.
It in tbo intention of tlm company to
croud the "oik hf ntpidly na poeaiblt;
cud from pret-etit indications, it will
1 1- if i m alilc to ispeut thut tho enra
will bo tunuiac hno by next Christ-tuaa,
EXPOSITION H0TES.-HE8B0
DEPARTMENT,
To Tub Editor:
I'i the interest of the euccsas of Hie
Negro DupHrtmuut ut tho Ojtton
StnteBnud Iuteruaticnnl Exposition
we hope you will givo placo to tboao
notes in ono or moro of your issues
and will kindly cull attention to the
same, editorially giving it such in
dorsement na you will. You will al
so give it euch bcad-lirca of your
own selection as will indicnto the
purposoof tho aiticle, Please send
marked copies to Chief Negro De
partment. Atlanta Exposition, Atlan
ta Georgia
NEono cimncu kxhiuit.
bnrgia. maahinni, nl.
won na an olco'riunnSj
nrubittct. In fuel ho will bo obown
iu every conceivable Hun of work that
engages tbo a', tonticn of any other
people.
Iho wiser crttrso for tbo Negro
race to purjuo is to baud together
and mil:o the exhibit in overy pos
eible wuy what it cm be.
no win bo he COMES TO GRIEF
an nrliaui
A FOOTPAD TA0KLE3 TWO
I KANSAS CI1Y POLICEMEN.
HOME KXHIDtr.
interesting fenture of tbo
DECISION AFFEOTINQ HOME
SI EADERS.
Wasuikoxim, D C, June 2S- Sea
retury Hok Smith Ims renddrcd a dt
citiou uu appeal thnt will be of inter
est tbo to many Western homestead
era. The esse iu question was that
of J. A. Weill-, of tie AllUnoe Land
District, Nebraska, who requeued an
extension of time for making pay
ment ou his pre-emption claim. Tho
land office refused the request, ou the
prcund that Mich xteueion could bo
granted only iu cases where inability
to pay existed by reason of failure of
crop. Iu the decision Secretary
Smith reversed Ibis ruling, and calls
attention to a recent act of Congress,
which extends the final payment for
one year in caioi where the entryman
la unable to make payment on ac
count of any causo which bo is unablo
to control. This law was psssed in
View of tbu uuuiioial distress prevail
ing throughout the country last
year.
ROBBERS NIPPED.
Colorado Srsixos, Gob, June 28.
Yesterday afternoon, FreJ, George
and "Rsd" Butohlns entered the Ex
change national back and George
drew a revolver and called on Cashier
tferon to (brow up bis bands. He drop
ped behind the counter and George
nnd Hntohin warn quickly eetaed by
Sheriff lowers and Deputy Sheriff
Dratalstt, who hid been warned in
.advance and had followed them into
the bank. E- M. Kennedy, a livery
table am w'to u qa guri at tlj
One of the moat interesting fca-
tuies of tbo Negro Department of the
Cotton States and international Fx
poeition which id to be held in Atlun
ta, September 18tb to Di comber Ult
1695, is tbo Nogro Cbureb Exhibit
Tbo Negro b3 tnatlu wonderful pro
gtiu in church building, some of
their church edifice-i boiug among the
finest iu the land, Sitiatics show
that he has 22,1 CIS eburoh ediQccB
with a seating citpiuity of over eight
million. Tho viiiuo cf his church
prepcrty is plajodat twenty fivo mil
lion. It will be trendy to tho credit
of tho race for tho cbun.hua to Lbo-.v
by pbotoripb, iaterior an.l o::trrior,
in particular, the churacter and utcb
itecture of their cbureb edifices- A
special space in the Nrgro Building
will therefore be a Ho ted for that pur
pose. All churches are urgod to pre
para at one photographs of their
churuber, Imvitg name, denofu
iuation, placo, paitor aud address die
tiuctly waittou or piiuted on tbo
hbuio, aud furvrr.r.1 to tho Uuiot of t ha
Negri) Department, Cottuu Staler
and International Exposition, Atlan
le, Gn- Cone epoudiLCo on tho tub
jVct uo'icittd.
Till! XlOItn IS UTlUUTUhE AT TIIK C T
HX ITAlK-i ANU IXTtnSATlCXAU
kxvtmo:f.
An exhibit, if complete, that wil
be meat oruditttble to tbo colored poo
plo of tho Uuited States will bo tbo
literature tuey hive produced in tho
j-iurnala tbut ro published and the
bookB that hive beeu issued.
There are nl prosout "00 colored
uewcpapeiHiiud ton nuJj-fzinoH pub
liahed by tbo rnc3. Over 100 books
bavo been publstLedund sold, uome
of which have had remukable sale
aud received great praiss aud coui-
meudalion at the bauds of tho litoraiy
critici of tho country-
Tito uojjrj exhibit at the Cotton
Siatcs uud Iiittrnntiocul Exposition
would be incomplete without this
journalistic and book feature. All
negro puoiisuors are tusreiore re
quested to prepare a special edition of
their papers and forward a ccpy of the
same for a jjurtialietic exhibit iu tbe
negro building- Colored authors
will send n copy of their books in the
several styles o? binding of a special
exhibit of literary progress of the race.
Such papers and books should bo
forwarded And addressed to Chief
Negro Department, Cotton States aud
Iuternutional Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.
In tbe Nrgro Building of the Cot
ton Btatea and International Exposi
tion which i-t to be held in Atlanta,
Ga, from Sept, 18 to Docember 31st,
there will be showu tbe progress of
tbe race in a mas as it h is never been
seen before. From a busiuoja point
of viow he will be represented by tbo
reprod notion of tome large and well
conducted retail stores iu each of tbe
grocery, boot (and shoes, hardware,
dry goods and other lines of trade.
Of tbe two hundred inventoins to hts
credit in tbe tbe patent offioe at
Washington thero will bo twenty five
working models, showing that bis in
ventions sre uow in pratioil use and
ofbeuifitto tbe country. He will
be represented aa a banker by tbe
reproduction of tbe Penny Saving
Banks of Birmingham, Ala., tbe
True Redraws Saving Bank of
Richmond and others.
He will also be on exhibition aa
ajaebaaio, tbo bjiUer of Trafoif,
TUB .NKORO
Another
Negro rxhibit will bo a portray of tho
Negro iu bis homo lifo- In 1805
tho Negro as u ma33 livod in tbo
typical ono room cibin of the s outii,
but today ho is living in fino rem
denccs, in many caeos with all the
applicanoes of well 'ordered bom oh.
The homo life exhibit of tho Negro
raoo will coiuit of photograph of the
renidonce in which the" Negro lives,
interior and extoiior. Tho mco is
invited to note carefoly tliii very do
sirablo feature of tho exhibit which ia
to go into tho Nogroea bud liug aud
see that it ia complete in every res
pect. Photograho should bo tout
to tbe Cbief Commissioner of tho
Stnto or tho Chief Nero Department,
Atlanta Exposition, Atlanta Ga. Tho
owner, location and address ebould
lio distinctly printoi or written ou tbo
photographic card-
Itark ftattir Night arid nn Opportune Tlmo
f for Holding1 Up th e Unwnry-Ono of ttio
KooAtcltrnnu Otllocn Crnokt tbo RodI'oii
Across tho Jiw Wltli Club That l'utt
lllghwuytusn to Slei'p.
THE-
CHunca KxumiT endorsed.
Tho Literary and Historic il Inati
tuto of tho North Geotgia, and Ma
con Contcroncos of tbo African Meth
odist Epi'uipal Cbuich prrniod ovor
byBisb;p Abrih im Ore.n', wan in
setoion duriug tho week at Bethel
A- M. E. cbu-o'i, A'. I .ma. G . The
prop.i-.ed esitbit win brought before
tho b vly b., Ci i-f v.l Negio D.-part
merit I, uurl.md Po.m, a.nl tlio bjdy
aumimomly endur.C'l thu exhibit on
motinn of Dr. It H Douqb, cf 3av
nunah, G.i.
Bishop Gr.iut spoke encouragingly
of tbo exhibit, niu urod tho minis
ters to huvo tbo churolia3 well reproa
eutcd; Sigued,
I. Gaiiland Pcn.v,
Cni&i- Nluho Dsrr.
Atlantv, Ga.
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BRAINED tllS BtUIhS.
St. Francis, Knu., Juuo 28. -A hor
liblo tragedy ns cn&cted lib cut uitio
milos northeast of St. Frauds this
morning. Frank Williams, nlarmer,
wbilo in a fit oi rnge, attempted to
murdor bis wife, M'as Alice Smith and
nnd Wm Saith. Ho then beat out
the brains of bis two little children u
girl C and a boy 0, with a butcbet, af
ter which he blew his brains out with
a re.volvor.
Willi ims lost his first wifo last Sep
tember, and on May 12 wsu married
to Mrs. Anua Kennedy, formerly Miss
Dixon, who lived near by, aud who
had assisted in hia housework tor
some timo past. Their married life
was very unuappy, and niter about
four weeks cf turmoil tho woman left
him, and went to liva with a mau nam
cd Swason, a neighbor. During the
past week Williaun weut to tbe house
several times, flourished a revolver and
threatened to kill bis wifo nnd Mrs.
Swanton. This morning the Swaneon
family and Mrs. Williams started to
come to Bt. Frauds for tbo pnrposo
of bavingWillinma arrested. Ou the
way they stopped at tte hcuee of
George W. Smith,
While there Williams appeared up
on tbe ecene, uud ptoceeded to settle
tbo differanoes between himself and
wife by whipping out a revolver and
attempting to kill everybody in sight.
Smith was shot through the cheek,
tbo ballet knowing nut twj toeth. He
was nlu-j Hunt twic.i in the back, and
may dlo. Mibu S.nitb received a bul
let iu the breast, but fortunately her
corset arretted tho bullet, and she suf
fered but a blight flush wcutid,
Mrs. wiliiamd, tue who, rroeiveu a
bullet in the mouth, but is uot serious
ly wounded. tVilliamatbsn rode home,
where be completed his devilish work
by smashing tho brains oat of bit two
Kansas City, Juuo 22 Just after
tho rain had coased n few minntos
after I'i o.clock last night, Policeman
Milton McMillan, recently appoint
ed, aud R. M. Wright, on tho force
since last January, startod out on
their beats iu West Bottoms, McMil
lan wore n mackintosh, with a rubber
cap ovor bis hat, while Wright wore
an ordinary ram coat over his uniform
The officers walkod slowly eastward
along Fourteeth atreot, meotiug no
one, as ovoryouo had been driven off
the stroets by tbe storm.
On the northwest corner of Four
teonth and Liberty et roots stands a
littlo confectionary storo, while uot
far a way is tho nauta F freight do
pot. When the officers wore oppos
ite tho confectionery store, a man with
ii handkerchief over bis faoo for a
mask, stepped out ou tho sidewalk.
With a volley of oaths bo commanded
tho officer to throw up their bauds
Ho pointed a revolvor urat at Wright
and then at MuMillan. Tbo ollhera
nero blow to comply with tuu com
maud, aud so supriBcd they did uot
move. Tho highwayman kept repenting:
"Up with your bunds. Hurry up
now, or I'll kill both of youaa.,,
When tho highwayman Btepped
out the ofll'jeiH were carrying
their clubs under their raincoats.
While the muu was pr.iutiug his re
volver at Wnbt, McMilliau instant
ly shoved his club under Lt.s coat, nnd
and holding it down low, was goiug to
jib tbe fellow in tho stomach, when
tbo highwayman down, rendered him
unconscious and fractured bis jaw
bono.
Tho officcrc mi9ped!o 1 tbo mau
had a contrderato and they bouan
watching for him. Iu a few minutes
the saw a man step out from behind
an noclo of tho Benton school aud
start to run. Wright ami McMillan
shcuted to him to nbp, but tho mau
kept on. Then Officer Wright drow
h.s revolver and fired rhots aftor him.
The man dodged behind a building
uud cssapeod
Tho officers turned their attention
to tho man who had attempted to
hold thoin up. Ho was lying in a
pool of wnrter iu the street uncon
scious. His shoo wers in hid pock
ets, bo hnving taken them off so that
be o:uld elip no on pedestrians' A
telephone message was eeut for the
ambulance and bo fore it came tbe
maa regained consciousness, and
raisiug himself on ono arm, began
slu-uting for tbu police. "Great God!,
groauod he, "tbeso men have killed
me. Won't an j body help me?,, He
was told that ho had bon do ding
with policemen aud then be relapsed
iuto silence and naid no more uutill
lio waa taken to tbu Central station.
Thoro ho gave tho nmo of John
ginitb and said bu cimo from Des
tuciocB, Iowu- When searobed, a
complete set of safe blowor'ti tools
was found in bis pockets.
Is now prepared
to furnish you
with all kinds
of Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes, in
fact anything in
a first-class Dry
Good store. We
have a full liae
of Dress Goods,
and Shoes. Oth
er merchants
will tell you tha-t
shoes have a&
vanoEdin PricB,
but WE will
SELL you
SHOES
than
COST at
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118 West
Oklahoma Ave,-
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PLOW SHOES and all kinds of
HEAVY WORK ShoEs on hAND.
EYEKSt PA1K WABRES'lED.
Below wcgivo 3011
a few prices:
All Best Prints,.. 5c. per yard
Shirting Prints,.. 4c. "
Challies, 2ic. "
Gingliiim Checks,. . .-lc. "
Shirtings, 'lie '
Luces, lc. up.
30 In. Henrietta,.. 25c. "
Worsted Dress Goods, 8ie. "
Paper Colors 5e. per. box
Men's Straw Hats, worth 50c.
for 15c.
CALL ON
Williams & Clark
-For low Prices.;.
I" Dry-Goodf Boots, Shoes,
" Hats, Caps, ANn Notions,
Our BiiHinesH tbo Tast Vour Proved u huccohs.
We are now in shape
to give you
Rock Bottom Pslce
Comk And SEe Us,
One door East of Citt Dm.uhTonK.
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City Okia
INDIANS EXCITED.
El. Remo Ok., Juuo 28. Tho b'aoot
ing of Red Lodge tbu Ohpyeono pris
oner, by bnenu titcltunui, 01 (i- cuuu
ty. recently is likely to cauat: a wtr
Tbe IudiU8 nta groatly rscited. Red
Lodgo was trying to uuenpe from a
deputy sheriff wben bbot. lie was
i-borge'd with aesault ou a wbito wom
an named Uu nunr tbia place. Tbare
are tbrnata of lyuobing lUxl Lodge by
the cowboya. Tbe Btoriu baa held
off tbe cowboys ao far. Capt. Wood
son, Oboyeune Iodian Axbt b
sent for and on a forced drive frm
Darlington, arriving btre hot eroning.
lie ia among the Indiana now, trying
to pacify them. Old Red Lddgt, fatb
er of tbe Indian wouuded, tont word
from Watooga by John Ilinsel, an
educated Indian, to Arrapahoe.t bat if
bit boo died Obeyeune worriora would
children with a hutabet and aliuotinR'goou tbo warpath. Inure arc about
himself through tbo bead. When tba 400 Obeyrnues,and they luok to tbe
Sheriff arrived ou tbu boena Wiilirus K 10 was for belp. The situation ic real
aad tbe little gitl wern dead and tba ly a rious. but it ia not likaly, even if
boy waa dying. The Coroner was sum tbe Chcennmgo in th n-Arpatb, that
rooned, and ianow holding an inqus, tbe operalion ill extend oeyond tbe
Intense exoiKicsut prevails tbrougb-1 town of Arrxp-iboo, wbioU tbey bale
jout the oeijftb'.ibcod viitbde&d UUed.
Ladies Heavy Shoes, 85c. per
pair.
" Medium Shoes 90c.
" Fine Shoos, $1-00 "
" Dongola Shoes, $1,15 "
Men's Plow Shoes, 75o. up "
" Heavy Shoes, o. "
" .Medium Shoes, $1.15 "
' DonpfolaPat.Tip, 1.35
" Boots, all imoos
Infant's Shoea, 15c, up.
we also have
a full line of
Groceries,
flourandfeed.
Highest cash
price paid for
your produce,
also Hides and
Furs,
THE RED
FRONT!
W. H. Smith.
10 POST
fARMSTEAD
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PISH i
UliiJa
Aro now carrying a now lino of tbo only lino firflt-clnss KiMitiu-Kcy, T01111
nnd MonL Vonion WhiHkoyn, by tbo jug, qt, uud pi, alio JJ.-.vuilio-i, Citf r
Tobacco Etc.
They are the Only Firm in the City handling a
Now M110 of
raosioeieDraieat-xpori ...
When you wRntuKirat dual Drink or UincUo, cull on thuin.
Washington JJoulv LniisioH 0.
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NEXT DOOR
OFFICE.
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AGents!
good reliables ladies
tlemen for
spondonts
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