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GREAT BEND, KANSAS
BUSINESS CARDS.
Attorneys.
C JT. DXFFENBACHEB,
D. A. BANT A
- birbbubb & BAKU,
1 ' '
iHttorncys at Iara
' Offlc In Allen-Hubbard Block room 9 and 11.
THEO. G, COLE. ELRICK.C. COLB
County Attorney.
COLE BROTHERS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Office in Court House.
1 '- avCounsel In German by Theo. C Cola.
J. RICHCR.EEK,
Attorney at Law and Noiary Public.
Office over Moss Grocery Store,
, GREAT BEND, - - KAS.
J. H. JENKISON,
ilttorney-at-Xiawa
Quick Farm Loans at Low Bates
Missouri lands to Exchange for
Kansas lands.
ROOMZ, MOSES BROS. BLOCK.
D. J. NEWTON,
'.fTORHEY AT I-iAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Riom 4 Moses Brcs. Block.
FIIYSICIANS.
A. Y. McCoemick,
Physician - and - Surgeon.
Office over Dodge's Hardware . store,
, northwest cor. La Payette Park.
GREAT BEND. - - KANSAS.
SHAW h HJGHTFOQ'X-,
PHYSICIANS A1!D SURSEOIIS,
OFFICE, ROOMS 2 AUD3,
Moses Bros Block
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
JOSEPH TROILLET,
PROPRIETOR
Prench - Rrestaurant,
Dealer in Confectionery, Tobacco, Cigars and
Smoker's Articles. Ice Cream, Soda Water, MUt
Shakers In their season. First door west of post
office, ORE AT BEND. - - KANSAS.
Valley House,
tl. R. HOLMES, Prop.
Near depot. Best accommodations
in the city. Transient $1.50 per day;
by week $4. A good feed stable in
connection.
GROCERIES.
THEO. GRIFFITH,
DEALER IN-
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
MOSES BLOCK West Side SQUARE,
GREAT BEND, KAN.
MARCUS FRIEND,
-DKALEB IS-
Groceries and Provisions.
FAIR BLOCK, N. W. Cor. SQUARE,
GREAT BEND, - KANSAS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
C. B. GILLXS.
Cash dealer and Shipper in
BUTTER & EGGS,
Live and Dressed Poultry, Game, Etc
Highest market price paid for the aborein cash.
Com and see me. Opera Block, Great Bend, Kas.
.p. B. Morgan
SADDLER AND
HE arnessmaker.
Does all kinds of repairing:. Main
Street, near southwest corner square.
A. L. Miller,
Contractor
and Builder.
Forest Ave., Great Bend, Kas.
. :b -a a: s'si
Hot or Cold, Mineral or Soft
Water, at the
GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL.
, 30 Cent "Waeron
J. A. Bland has started a 10 cent
delivery wagon. See him for any kind
of light hauling.
Leave Orders
At T. F. Craig's or H. M. Kline's.
A. H. MTTiTiER,
MERCHANT TAILOR
,'Witb an Experience of Twenty years
can be found over E! Tyler's grocery
store on Main street. He invites the
people to call and examine his full line
' of Cloths and Casimeres domestic an4
foreign. ; '. ,. ';..
THE : GEE AT DAY.
Celebration of the Washington
Centennial at New York. .
k- Great Crowd and Magnificent Street
Pageant President Harrison's Addreaa
Services at St. Paul's ChurcU
The Old States in Line.
New York, May 1. The-i moment the
centennial exercises at the sub-treasury
began yesterday- the military parade
started up Broadway from Pine street on
its triumphal march with General Scho-
fleld commanding. The parade was in
three dirisions, the first consisting of reg
ular troops, cadets and a narat corps.
The parade was led by Major-General
J. M. Schofleld, accompanied by his stall
and corps of aides. The right of the line
was giren to the West Point cadets, 400
strong, who were followed by the regulars
under Major-General Howard, and these
constituted the first division. The second
division consisted of State militia. They
marched in the order of admission of
States to the Union, as follows: '
Delaware -759 men. Governor Benjamin T.
Biggs commanding and stall; First regiment.
Colonel George W. Marshall.
Pennsylvania 3,000 men. Governor James A.
Beaver commanding and staff: second brigade,
Brigadier-General John A. Wiley; third bri
gade, Brigadier-General JohnB. S. Gobin; the
State fenciblea. Major Chew.
New Jersey 1,70) men. Governor Robert S.
Green comtuandjnguuid staff.
Georgia wton'Governor John B. Gordon
commanding and staff, the militia being the
Governor's personal guard only.
Connecticut 4 0 men. Governor Morgan G.
Bulkley commanding and staff; Fourth regi
ment, Colonel Thomas L. Watson.
Massachusetts 1.675 men. Governor Oliver
Ames commanding, staff and honorary staff;
Governor's escort. First corps cadets, M. V. M,
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas F. Edmonds; Sec-
cond corps cadets,. M. V. M, Lieutenant-Colonel
J. Frank Dal ton; the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company of Massachusetts, chartered
in 1888, 250 men. Captain Lieutenant Henry E.
Smith; Fifth regiment Infantry, Second bri
gade, M. V. M., Colonel William A. Bancroft.
Maryland 50J men. Governor E. E. Jackson
commanding and staff.
South Carolina 350 men. Governor John P.
Blchardson commanding and staff; the Gover
nor's guard ol Columbia, Captain William
Douglass; the Washington light infantry of
Charleston, custodians of the Eutaw flag,
Captain TL C Gilchrist; the Butler guards,
Captain Wilhunt.
New Hampshire -1,000 men, Governor Charles
H. Sawyer commanding and staff; the entire
National guard of the State, First regiment.
Oolonel George M. Line; Second regiment.
Colonel Elbridge L. Capp; Third regiment.
Colonel J. N. Peterson: company A, cavalry.
Captain Erwin H. Smith; First battery, artil
lery. Captain Samuel S. Piper.
Virginia 300 men. Governor Fltzhugh Lee
commanding and staff; separate companies
only.
New Vork 12,000 men, Governor David Ben
nett Hill, commander-in-chief; Major-General
Josiah Porter, adjutant-general; Brigadier
General Charle F. Bobbins, general inspector
of rifle practice; Brigadier-General Joseph D.
Bryant, surgeon-general; Brigadier-General
Georue S. Field, chief of engineers: Brigadier-
General Joshua M. Varian, chief of ordnance;
Brigadier-General E. Shafer, inspector-gen
eral; Brigadier-General Ralph Brandreth, com
missary-general of subsistence; Brigadier-
General Walter C. Stokes, paymaster-general;
Brigadier-General Clifford A. H. Bartlett, judge
advocate-general; Brigadier-General Ferdi
nand P. Earle, chief of artillery; Colonel Ed
mund L. Judson. second military secretary;
Colonels Hugh O'Donohue, Albert B. Hilton,
George B. McClellan, William F. Lansing and
Marcus D. Russell, aides de camp: First bri
gade, Brigadier-General Louis Fitzgerald com
manding and staff: Second brigade, James Mo-
Leer, Brooklyn, commanding; Third brigade,
Brigadier-General Amasa J. Parker, Jr.. Al
bany, commanding; Fourth brigade. Brigadier-
General Peter O. Doyle, Buffalo, commanding.
North Carolina 150 men. Governor Daniel C.
Fowler commanding and staff.
Rhode Island 4)0 men. Governor Royal C.
Taft commanding and staff.
Vermont 750 men. Governor William P. Dil
lingham commanding and staff; First regiment.
Colonel J. Estey: First separate company, Cap
tain S. Claude O Connor; Second separate com
pany, CaDtain A. K. Brown: Fuller's light bat
tery, Brevet-Colonel Levi K. Fuller.
Kentucky 150 men. Governor Simoa B. Buck
ner commanding and staff; the Louisville
Legion (First regiment), Colonel John B. Caple
tnan commanding.
Ohio 3.510 men. Governor Joseph B. Foraker
commanding and staff; First regiment infantry.
Cincinnati, Colonel Frederick W. Moore; First
troop of cavalry. Cleveland, Captain George A.
Gar ret son, and other troops.
Missouri 3'JO men, Governor Francis com
manding and staff; Third regiment. Colonel
Moore; First regiment, Carthage light guards.
Louisiana 100 men. Governor Francis T.
Nichols commanding and staff.
Mississippi 6J0 men. Governor Robert Lowry
commanding and staff.
Michigan 100 men. Governor C. G. Luce
commanding and staff.
District of Columbia 80!) men. Commissioner
Colonel E. C Blunt commanding and staff;
Washington light Infantry and eight separate
companies.
Fiorida 200 men. Governor Francis P. Flem
ing commanding and staff.
West Virginia 300 men. Governor J. B.
Jackson commanding and staff.
A place was also given in this division
to Governor Seay, of Alabama; Governor
James P. ErigeL of Arkansas ; Governor
J. N. Cooper, of Colorado; Governor J. W.
Fifer, of Illinois; Governor Hovey, of
Indiana; Governor Larrabee, of Iowa;
Governor Burley, of Maine; Governor
Merriam, of Minnesota; Governor Fran
cis, of Missouri; Governor Thayer, of Ne
braska; Governor Pennoyer of Oregon,
and Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin.
The third division, G. A. R., and Loyal
Legion, marched, this way: Commander'
in-Chief William Warner and staff; Dep
uty Commander-in-Chief Harrison Clark
in a carriage; escort of two delegates
from each post in the State, 1.203 men;
Grand Marshal Collutn P. Walton, with
staff of fifty; Adjutant-General Captain
E. I Goodrich, Assistant Adjutant-Gen
eral John T. Byrnes, the Loyal Legion 250,
forty-five New York City posts, 6,000 men;
Brooklyn posts. Marshal Henrv - W.
Knight, 4,000 men, and fifteen posts out
side these cities, 1.000 men.
At the Sub-Treasury building Hon.
Chauncey M. DePew, orator of the day.
delivered an eloquent tribute to the mem
ory of Washington.
The crowds that lined the streets and
filled windows and housetops were un
precedented even for New York. The
march was simply an ovation along the
entire route.
The President's Address.
New York, May 1. The Metropolitan
Opera House wa the scene of the second
chief event of the centennial celebration
yesterday and three of the greatest ban
quets possibly ever held within the recol
lection of man. After speeches by ex
President Cleveland and Chief Justice
Fuller, President Harrison spoke to 'The
United States of America" as follows;
Mr. President and Fellow Citizens: I should
be unjust to myself, and what is more serious,
I should be unjust to you. If X did not at this
first and last opportunity express to you the
deep sense of the obligation and thankfulness
which I feel for the many personal and official
courtesies which have been extended to me
since I came to take part in this celebration.
Applause. The official representatives of the
State of New Vork and of this great city have
attended to me with the most courteous kind
ness, omitting no attention that could make
my stay among you pleasant and gratifying.
From you and at the hands of those who have
thronged the, streets of the city to-day I have
received the most cordial expressions of good
will. X would not, however, have you under
stand that these loud acclaims have been in
any sense appropriated as personal tributes to
myself. I have realized that there was that In
this occasion and in all these Interesting inci
dents which has made it so profoundly impres
sive to my mind which was above and greater
than any living man. Applause. I have real
ized that that tribute of cordial interest which
you have manifested was rendered to that great
office which by the favor of a greater people I
now exercise than to me. Applause.
., The occasion and all of its Incident will be
memorable, not only ia the history of tout city,
but in the history of our country. New York
did not succeed in retaining the seat of National
Government, though she made liberal provi
sions for the assembling' of the- First Congress
In the expectation that the Congress might find
its permanent ho:ne here. But though you lost
that which you coveted, I think the represent
atives here of all the States win agree that it
was fortunate that the first Inauguration of
Washington took place ia the State and
the City of New York, tor where in our country
could the centennial of the event have been sc
worthily celebrated as here? What seaboard
offered so magnincant a bay on which to display
our merchant and naval marine? What city
offered thoroughfares so magnificent, or a peo
ple so great or so generous as New York has
poured out to-day to celebrate that event?
I have received at the hands of the committee
who have been charged with the details, oner
ous, exacting and too often unthankful, of this
demonstration, evidence of their confidence
in my physical endurance. ILaughter. X
must also acknowledge still one other obliga
tion. The committee having in charge the ex.
ercises of this event have also given me an
other evidence of their confidence, which has
been accompanied with some embarrassment.
As I have noticed the progress of this banquet
it seemed to me that each of these speakers
had been made acquainted with his theme be
fore he Wok his seat at the banquet and that I
alone wat left to make acquaintance with my
theme when I sat down at the table. I pre
ferred to substitute for the official title, which
is upon the programme, that familiar and fire
side expression Our Country."
I congratulate you to-day as one of the In
structive and interesting features of this occa
sion that these great thoroughfares, dedicated
to trade, have closed their doors and covered
up the lnsignlas of commerce, that your great
exchanges of commerce have closed and your
citizens given themselves up to the observance
of the celebration in which we are participat
ing. X believe that patriotism has been inten
sified in many hearts by what we have wit
nessed to-day ; I believe that patriotism has been
placed into the higher and holier fame in many
hearts.Tbe bunting with which you have covered
your walls, these patriotio inscriptions must go
down and the wage and trade be resumed again.
Here may I not ask you to carry those inscrip
tions that now hang on the walls into your
homes, into the schools of your city, into aU
your great institutions institutions where chil
dren are gathered and teach them that the eya
of the young and the old should look upon that
flag as one of the familiar glories of every
American. Have we not learned that no stocks
and bonds nor land Is our country? It is a spir
itual thought that is in our minds. It is the flag
and what it stands' for. is the fireside and
the home. It is the thoughts that are in our
hearts born of the inspiration which comes
with the story of the flag of martyrs to liberty.
It is the graveyard into which a common
country has gathered the unconscious deeds of
those who died that the thing might live which
we love and call our country rather than any
thing that can be touched or seen.
Let me add a thought due to our country's
future. . Perhaps never have we been so well
equipped for war upon land as now, and we
have never seen the time when our people were
more smitten with the love of peace. To ele
vate the morals of our people, to hold up the
law as that sacred thing which, like the
ark or God of old, may not be touched by irrev
erent hands but frowns upon any attempt to
detrone its supremacy, to unite our people
in all that makes home comfortable, as well as
to give our energies in the direction of material
advancement this service may we render and
out of tnis great demonstration let us draw les
sons to inspire us to consecrate ourselves anew
to the law and service of our country.
At St. Paul's Church.
New YoBK,May 1. At SuPaul's Church
the centennial exercises yesterday were
conducted by Rt. Rev. Henry C Potter,
D. D., LL. D., Bishop of New York, as the
services on the day of Washington's in
auguration were conducted by the Bishop
of New York, Rt Rev. Samuel Provoost
At eight o'clock the Committee on States
escorted the President from the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, accompanied by the Chief
Justice and members of the Cabinet, and
under an escort of police proceeded to
Vice-President Morton's residence. The
Vice-President entered President Harri
son's carriage and the procession moved
down to St. Paul's. At the Vesey street
gate the party was met by the committee
of the vestry of Trinity Church and the
President was conducted to the Washing
ton pew. The edifice was filled with the
wealthiest and most prominent people in
the country.
The following was tha order of exercises
in the church: First, processional hymn;
second, "Our Father, etc.; third. Psalm
1 xxx vi. ; fourth, first lesson, Ecclesiastes
xliv. ; fifth, Te Deum; sixth, second les
son, St. John viii. ; seventh, benedicte;
eighth, creed and prayers; ninth, address
by Rt Rev. Henry C Potter, Bishop of
New York; tenth, recessional hymn.
CENTENNIAL INCIDENT.
Pittsburgh Militia Get Excited Over an
English Flag.
New Yobk, May 1. A number of militia
men from .Pittsburgh, who were sight
seeing Monday morning, were attracted,
as they were going along Worth street, by
a large British flag floating from a stiop
window above an American flag of small
est dimensions. "Let's take it down or
make 'em do it," said one. They then
commenced to call to the people in
the house. Soon a crowd was collected
and they yelled and hooted at the
English flag and demanded that it
be taken down. The sergeant in command
of the soldiers requested the proprietor to
remove the flag, or at least to place it be
low the stars and stripes. This the pro
prietor seemed willing to do, when he saw
the flag was obnoxious to his neighbors,
but his wife refused to allow them to
touch the flag. The soldiers then drew their
knives and soon had the obnoxious flag
on the ground without the slightest resist
ance being offered. When the flag came
down the crowd cheered. Further down
the street was another British flag above
an American flag, placed there by a firm
who were English people. As soon as the
soldiers requested that 'flag to be taken
down, they complied gracefully. A mem
ber of the firm stated that they flung the
flag to the breeze simply as a decoration,
and had no idea it would be offensive to
any one. As the soldiers passed on to
wards Broadway and disappeared frcm
sight they were roundly cheered.
' Panic at Chicago.
Chicago, May 1. After the close of the
centennial fireworks display on the lake
front last night a rush was made to get
out of the park, when a terrible crush re
sulted. Many women fainted and many
were injured. Several were taken to the
hospital, but the extent of their injuries
could not be learned. During the excite
ment a horse which became unmanage
able was shottjby a policeman, and this
intensified the panic. For almost an
hour the masses swayed back and forth,
seeming unable to get away. At Lincoln
park a burning rocket fell into the crowd
and many persons' clothing caught fire.
Three were seriously Lnrned, one probably
fatally. The burning of the Windsor
Theater a short distance from Lincoln
park created almost a panic in that vicin
ity, and the police and patrol wagons
were kept busy.
Storm In Texas.
BoxHAX, Tex., May 1. A terrific wind
and hail storm passed over the northern
part of this county Monday night, cover
ing a territory of about twenty-five square
miles. Every vestige of growing cotton and
corn was totally destroyed, entailing a
loss of thousands of dollars. Many farmers
were in town yesterday buying seed for
planting. No lives are reported, lost, but
the damage to crops, fences and fruit trees
exceeds that caused by any storm within
the past ten years. The storm came from
a northwest direction and was most severe
where it first struck the county, gradually
spreading out and losing strength as it
progressed. "
It is stated upon good authority that a
number of the co-partners of John Walter
in the ownership of the London Times in
tend to bring suit in the chancery court to
compel that gentleman to bear the ex
penses of the Times in its case against the
Pamellites before Justice Hannen's com'
mission oat of his own personal fortune.
HONOmWQ WALLER - '
Coawal-Gaaeral Waller5. Baaqueced ia
'-Jjcmma,' May 4. Bx-Governor Waller,
the retiring Consul of the United States,
was tendered a testimonial banquet at the
Hotel Metropole. There were 200 persons
present, among them being Lord Thur
low, Sir Lyon Piayfair, Justin McCarthy,
M. P., H. Beton Kar, M. P.. Edmund
Yates, Archibald Forbes, Robert Griffin,
LL. D., Captain Shaw, G B, Admiral Sir
Erasmus Onnameny, Sir E. J. Reed, K. C
B-, M. P., Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald
Graham, V. C, and Sir John Puleston, M.
P. The last named gentlemin who pre
sided, presented to Mr. Waller a colossal
silver "loving cup" from which all drank.
Governor Waller deelared that the honor
was intended, not for himself, bat for the
country of which be was a representative.
He lauded Robert T. Lincoln, the newly
appointed American Minister to England,
and at the conclusion of his speech he was
loudly cheered.
Sir Lyon Piayfair and Hon. Justin Mc
Carthy paid high tributes to Mr. Waller
and Sir Robert Fowler said that nobody
had done more than Minister Phelps and
Mr. Waller to strengthen the bonds of
friendship uniting the Anglo-Saxon race.
A toast to the health of President Har
rison was received with enthusiasm and
was responded to by Mr. Henry White,
the American Charge d'Aff aires.
Colonel Fred Grant, the new American
Minister to Austria, was enthusiastically
welcomed and bowed his acknowledg
ments, bnt he did not make any remarks.
Among the stewards of the banquet were
William - Black, Charles Dickens. Hon.
Oakey HalL Chevalier F. Krapf von Liver
bof, Sir Arthur Sullivan, J. K. O'Toole,
John Russell Young and a number of
others of prominence and distinction.
MAJOR LYOECKER.
Sentenced to Forfeit Part of His Fay and
to Be Reprimanded.
Washington, May 4. The sentence of
the general court martial in the case of
Major G. J. Ly decker, corps of marines,
who was tried on charges arising out of
the Aqueduct tunnel frauds, was made
public as follows: 'To forfeit to the
United States $100 of his pay for nine
months and to be reprimanded in orders.
The court is thus lenient in view of the
evidence before it that in spaces so con
fined as those above the arch in the tunnel
it was almost impossible to secure thor
oughly good work under the contract sys
tem imposed by law." The sentence has
been approved by the President in the fol
lowing message:
Executive Mansion, May 3. The proceed
ings, finding and sentence of the court martial
in the case of Major Garrett J. Lydecker, one
of the corps of engineers, are approved and will
be carried into effect. The gravamen of the
offense of this officer was the neglect of a very
high and important duty. It was not very im
portant from a military standpoint whether a
pecuniary loss did or did not result to the Gov
ernment. But that very great loss and incon
venience have been inflicted on the com
munity by the delays which have re
sulted from the failure to discover
promptly the faulty and fraudulent character of
the workii apparent. The suggestion that the
strictest and most faithful supervision of the
progress of such a work is powerless to detect
and correct the shams which are practiced by
the contractors in the case is a discredit to the
engineering profession and entirely inadmissi
ble. The sentence imposed by the court seems
to have given full effect to every suggestion
that might mitigate the offense.
Benjamin Harrison.
GUTHRIE LAND FRAUDS.
Charges Proved Against Officials The
Facts Kept Private.
Washington. May A Secretary Noble
has received reports from two special land
inspectors whom be bad sent to investi
gate alleged fraudulent land transactions
at Guthrie, Oklahoma, by United States
officials, and especially by persons who
had been allowed to enter before the open
ing day by assuming the guise of deputy
marshals. The Secretary laid the entire
report before the Cabinet meeting, where
it was fully discussed. At the conclusion
of the meeting the Secretary de
clined to make public the reports,
but said that charges of fraudu
lent transactions had been so fully
sustained, that the officials implicated bad
been notified to purge themselves if they
could. Attorney-General Miller also de
clined to make public the contents of the
reports, but acknowledged that things
looked black for the officials unless they
could clear themselves. It is understood
i hat the officials implicated are Marshal
Needles and the register and receiver of
the Guthrie land-office. An investigation
will be carried on by the Attorney-Gen
eral and Secretary Noble jointly, and if
the officials can not clear themselves they
will be dismissed and the land fraudulent
ly claimed will not be allowed
The Birmingham Fiend Convicted.
Birmingham, Ala.. May 4. Ihe eleventh
day of the Hawes trial was the last Mr.
Hawkins made the closing speech yester
day morning, occupying more than two
hours, and Judge Green charged the jury
and the court adjourned for dinner. At
8:39 p. m , having been out a little over
three hours, the jury came, into court and
returned a verdict of guilty, fixing
the penalty at death. Hawes' firm
ness was unshaken. He accepted the
verdict as a man, having expressed him
self all the while as looking upon his con
viction in Jefferson County as a foregone
conclusion. The verdict meets with popu
lar approval and was expected. Hawes
has two chances yet an appeal to the
Supreme Court on the refusal of Judge
Green to allow him a change of venue and
an appeal on various exceptions taken to
the rulings of the court during the pro
gress of the trial. The general opinion
among the lawyers here is that the Su
preme Court will order a new trial with a
change of venue.
Mr. Blaine at Work Again.
Washington. May 4. Secretary Blaine
appeared at the State Department yester
day morning looking very well and show
ing no traces of bis recent illness. Sir
Julian Paunceforte, the new British Min
ister, called upon him, accompanied by
Mr. Edwards, the Charge d Affaires, and
Secretary Herbert, with several other
attaches. Secretary Blaine immediately
prccaeded with the party to the White
House, where Sir Julian was formerly
piesented to the President. The usual
felicitous speeches were exchanged.
Grave Itobbers Arrested.
Dexter, CoL, May 4 Last week the
widow of Colonel J. A. Greenlow received
information that the grave of her husband
had been robbed of the body and she could
gain possession of the remains by paying
a ransom of several thousand dollars. De
tectives have arrested K. G. Greenwad, F.
R. Shinn, W. O. Bacon and J. C. McCoy.
The thieves bad drawn up an agreement
requiring the utmost secrecy and promis
ing death to any one who should give in
formation regarding the robbery, but one
of them made a full confession and there
is but little doubt of their guilt One of
the prisoners is a prominent grocery dealer
and the others are all well known. The
body was recovered.
Terrible Ieatbv of Children.
Baltimore, Md. May 4. C. Williams,
of Abington. near Hartford station on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and his wife
and five children retired about ten o'clock
lst night An hour later neighbors saw
the house burning and made ineffectual
attempts to quench the flames. Mr. and
Mrs. Williams escaped with the baby,
who will probably die. The parents, se
riously burned themselves, stood watch
ing the fire, which was approaching their
four sleeping children. The house burned
to the ground and consumed the children,
furniture and all. The people are left
with no children excepting the baby,bomt
or clothing. -
ASSUMING SHAPE. ,
JL Surrey of Guthrie Made The Strew
Clwrtd of Squatters Mlas Daisy
' Trouble With a Jumper Oklahoma City
G CTHRIE, L T., May 3. The surveyors
employed by the Town Council finished
their work in laying ofT the city yester
day, and the marshal immediately pro
ceeded to clear the strsets of the frame
houses aad tent that obstructed them.
In consequence, instead of being one con
glomerated mass of buildings and tents
the town is assuming the appearance of a
city, with streets and alleys. This desir
able and much needed improvement has,
however, given risen to much feeling. It
appears that the Town Council, having
every thing its own way, laid off tha
streets to suit itself rather than tha peo
ple. Some streets have been made sixty
feet wide and some blocks 500 feet
long for no apparent reason other
than of accommodating some influential
land sharks. The people decreed in tha
beginning that all streets should be eighty
feet wide and all blocks 300 feet long.
Those who have suffered by the changing
In the survey have become greatly exas
perated. Altogether five different sur
veys have been made; and peaceful citi
zens have been kept busy moving their
houses and stakes backwards and for
wards. An indignation meeting was held
this afternoon, and the mayor and Coun
cil were ordered to carry out the original
desire of the people to the letter. How
ever, it is not probable that any thing can
be done. Still the feeling is running high
in many quarters in fact, yesterday more
feeling was displayed than on any
preceding day. Jumpers of lots were
hnng in efSzy, and several instances oc
curred where serious trouble was nar
rowly averted, but no serious trouble
is anticipated.
Miss Nannita Daisy, the Oklahoma lady
boomer, was shot through the arm yester
day by a Santa Fe engineer named Staf
ford, who had jumped her claim. Miss
Daisy was making a visit to ber claim
after filing on it, and was met by Stafford,
who fired three shots at her. The lady is
not seriously injured. Miss Daisy has
many friends who have resolved to see
ber rights protected. Stafford appears to
have abandoned his engine before twelve
o'clock on Monday in order to stake out
the claim, and to have then continued his
trip. Quite a crowd of indignant men in
Edmond offered to lynch Stafford, bat
Miss Daisy prevailed with them and Staf
ford was allowed to continue in possession
of the claim.
OKLAHOMA. CITY.
Oklahoma Citt, L T., May 3. Wednes
day the first regular, election for city offi
cers was held in Oklahoma City and a
complete city government chosen. Cap
tain W. Lb Couch, the temporary mayor
elected a few days ego, becomes bis own
successor and permanent mayor. . The
election passed off quietly, and while the
friends of Ben Miller and Rev. James Mur
ray, the other two candidates for the may
oralty honors, are of courss disappointed
over defeat of their candidates they will
give their hearty support to Captain
Couch and the other duly elected officials
and from this time forward all factions
will be united and work together in har
mony for the upbuilding of the city.
Upward of 500 buildings are n earing
completion an average of fifty buildings
per day that have been constructed since
the opening of the Territory. The Citizens
Bank opened its doors yesterday and it is
the first bank to engage in business in the
city. The Oklahoma Times Company are
receiving their material and placing it in
a tent, not having been able to secure
lumber for a building. They expect to
issue a paper next week. Mr. Sullivan, of
the Gainesville Hyperion, also intends es
tablishing the Oklahoma Gazette at an
early date.
STRONG CRITICISM.
Disgusting Scenes Alleged to Save Trans
pired at the Centennial Ball.
New York, May 3. The World says:
Now that the centennial ball is over, peo
ple who paid from $10 to $25 apiece to par
ticipate in it, and whose fun was repre
sented by the figure 0, are taking out the
balance in criticism. The tongues of the
ball goers ' were blistered with fault
finding. On all sides it was conceded
that the centennial ball was the
biggest executive failure of the cen
tury. People who were most competent
to speak were loudest in declaring the ball
a monument of incapacity and vulgarity.
As Mr. Ward McAllister read bis private
dispatches in his Washington retreat a
complacent smile overspread and softened
his features.
The scenes in the supper room can not be
described safely in a newspaper. Never
since the palace of the Tuileries was in
vaded in 1789 by the aans culottes have
such startling contrasts been witnessed in
similar circumstances. When it is said
that the waiters, policemen and
messenger boys drank most of the
free champagne, the situation at mid
night may be suggested. Justices of the
Supreme Court, Governors, staff officers,
club men, lawyers, poets, millionaires,
with beautiful and refined women, crowded
blankly along the supper counter and
demanded in vain the attention they
were accustomed to receive. The func
tionaries around the place showed un
disguised contempt for the "free-lunch
fiends." Waiters who did not have to
account for the unlimited wine, took oc
casion to neglect guests and treat them
selves. The excellent supper was largely
wasted. There was no responsibility for
any thing to anybody. The "gentlemen's
dining room" idea was shown to be an
utter fallacy.
By 12:3 J a. m. the supper room had been
given over to people whose ideas of enjoy
ment had been learned in free and easy
resorts. Drunken men invaded the tall
room flourishing bubbling bottles of
champagne. In the corridors free fights
were of constant occurrence. Gamblers,
bookmakers and women dozed or made
merry on the staircases.
Dr. John W. Gibbs said at the Hoffman
House last night: "I have just finished a
letter of congratulation to Mr. Ward Mc
Allister. The ball as it went off was about
the best answer he could make to those
who removed him. Mr. Stuyvesant Fish
may know something about railroads, but
he knows nothing of how to conduct a
ball."
Live-Stock Commission.
Chicago. May 3. The organization of
the American Live-Stock Commission
Company was completed yesterday at a
meeting here. The following directors
were elected: H. W. Cressman, of Pueblo,
CoL ; J. C Gunter, of Dallas, Tex. ; A. R
Gregory, of Withrow, I1L; F. P.
Yark, of St Louis ; P. Phillips, of
Kansas City ; W. A. Towers, of
Montana; R R. Fait, of Wichita; T. 8.
Bugbee, of Kansas City. The capital
stock is $100,000. A branch house will be
established in Kansas City. , The company
will sell no cattle not owned by its stock
holders. The cattle commission men say
that the sole object in the organization is
to avoid the fifty cent commission.
The Samoan Commission.
Berlin, May 3. It is stated that the
liberation of Malietoa, the deposed King
of Samoa, has been voluntarily announced
to the Samoan conference. It is supposed
that this action on the part of Germany is
the prelude to his reinstatement
. A sub-committee of the Samoan confer
ence, consisting of Delegates Kranel,
Bates and Scott, has prepared a report on
the land question in Samoa.
It is stated that a sub-committee of the
Samoan conference has under considera
tion a plan for the future government ot
Samoa under a native ruler, with a tri
bunal to adjudicate the question of land
tenure. -
CHUKCH DIRECT0EY.
H E. CHURCH (German Society). Preach
every Sunday, at 7:30 p. m.; also at 10:30 a. nv
evervotaer Monday after Iv ov. 6. Smfcbta school
at 3 p. m. Prayer and praise amice Wednesday
evening at 7:3a.
AdahJ.Fow, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHTJKCH. Services mm the secead
burl SonUy f eee aaenta. Mass- eMBmeacea
inrinB summer at t-45 a m, in winte at a aa.
Bev. Father Xnmwifmr, Parte.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL- Corner Ferest avenue
and Sortea Btrevt. W. JL Watson, pastor. Ser
vices every Sabeavh, saoralng and evamggmn
aay sebeol at 9JS9 a. aa Toon Peoples aoetinz
Tuesday evening, neayer meeting Thursday even
ing. OOKGREGAlTIOJtXv Cor. Broadway an Sfaoa
street, W. A. Boswrth, pastor. Services every
Sundavatr0b45a.m.and7ep. ia. Praveri&eet-
ing Thursday night, yeomg peoples meeting Tues
day mgnt; mnoay aeneot at 11:4a.
PKESBYTEKXAN- Corner Broadway and WUBaaB
avene, J. W. Thompson, pastor Services every
Sunday at 11a.m. and 7-3 a. m., Sunday school
9-30 a. m. Teachers meeting every Wednesday
and prayer meeting Thanday evenings.
LUTHERAN. gerrices at sebeol bonre first and
third Sunday of eaehaseath; Jtev. Hawing, pas
tor. CHRISTIAN CH L JtC'IL Services at the Court
House on the receed and feorta Sunday of every
month at 11 o'clock a. av Sunday school every
Sunday at 3 p. m.
CERMAN United EvangelHal f3ew Lutheran)
Services every Sabbath morning at 11 o'clock!
abbata whoalat I 'clock.
Wm. Ecbelmeyer, Pastor.
KJSSIOJfAEY BAPTIST (Colored). Preaching
every Sunday at 11 a. m., aad 7 p. m. Sunday
School at 4 p.m. Prayer meeting on Thursday
at 7 p. m.
POSTOFFICE HOURS.
SUNDAY, 10:S0 a. m. to 12;30 p. m.
WEEK DAYS, 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.
HON EY ORDER, 8 a. n. to 5 p. m.
REGISTER BUSINESS, Tam.to7p.ta
H. P. BAIN, P. M.
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$100,000.00
On Improved Farms in
amounts from $1,000 upward.
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and Lan bought and sold on comims
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Great Bend Kansas
Capitals $50,000. Undivided. Prof
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