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cribed as a small, slender woman,
fwith a sad face, a sweet smile and no
«ndofP^8gowns. She is twenty-
V, three Years old. has been tor venrs
who liveB in Brown country, Illinois
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a human almanac. Give him any
date in any month of this year, and
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AAf fiofae instructive experiments in the
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use of thegraphophone for record
ing physical symptoms, such as
&>ughsand pulses. A cough of to
day' can always be recorded and
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NORTH DAKOTA.
fto^stated that the Sultan of Tur
discovered the existence of a
fev% plot to dispose him and place his
r?lrothfB.Herr upon the throne.
electricians boast that
ir ahead of us in their
of the science of electro
but acknowledge them-
||^|f V^0Stl)iBhind us in the practical ap
^plMl^-piwtions of electricity.
®os^on Journal* reports that
^^^^'Baian^Commtags, of that city, while
iv leaning against a rail in his grain
mill. "began sneezing, and sneezed so
)juard that he dislocated his shoul
der."
George S. Strong has constructed
/a locomotive which easily runs 450
without "resting." It makes
a daily trip over the Erie road be
tween Jersey City and Buffalo—423
twe
.. ™re-
He can instantly tell you the day Ol
.» *he week upon which it falls or has
K' fallen.
Tbe
War
strength of six of the
European powers aggregates over
|ft¥!fcl0,000,000men. On a war footing
$&&&& Germany's army numbers 2,520,000
France, 2,440.,000 Russia, 2,495,
•. ooO Italy, 1,010,00.0 Austria,
Jl,145,000 Turkey, 620,000. ..
.Richardson has achieved
no tuner days that pianos
frequently deteriorate because they
are/allowed to become too dry. To
counteract this he advises keeping a
^:s.. growing plant intheroom. Another
way is to keep a large vase or urn
a sopping wet sponge in it un
near the piano.
The wild man who has been roam
ing the open country near Owings
•ille Ky., wascaptured a few days
'•VgOs by a party of men organized for
the purpose. He was almost nude,
and turned out to be a dangerous
imbecile who had escaped from a
hospital for the insane. He had been
without food for several days, and
.had gnawed his finger until the
were all badly swollen and bleeding.
A learned Jew of New York, in view
of the increasing number of divorces,
advocates. the establishment of a
japecial commission for the purpose
..of examining all young couples who
vjmagine they are in love with each
pother, to discover if they are actually
1^4n the interesting sentimental state
In which they imagine themselves.
He believes that divorces are the re
*°veless marriages, and would
of civil service commis
aioifto regulate this matter, and as
certain by a rigid system of cross
questioning whether they are or not
really in love with each other.
The Duchess is the pseudonym ol
Mrs. Margaret Hungerford, an Irish
ladyj now living in London. Hun
gerford is' the name of her iBecond
^usband. The story runs that hei
first husband, Mr. Argeles, commit
teda forgery shortly aftertheir mar
riage, was convicted and sent to
jail. His wife, thrown upon the
world without any source of liveli
hood, turned in despair to literature
and ptoduced her first novel, Phylis,
which proved a great success. Evei
since she haa maintained hersell
handsjpaely*y.her pen.
Luciep Narble Monroe, colored, ol
Tirgiqi^ is attracting attention in
Xew Ydrk, w^ere he has gotee^y
search |jr a relative. He weighs biit
65 pounds, and one of his lowei
limbs has the appearance of being
-**v solid boita. He is helpless, being un
A able to either walk or use his arms.
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A reported learned from him that the
disease finit mamteted itself in 1857,
4 when he was 8
y&uip
old, by a sharp
pain near,lus left ftee, and, whan an
examinaikra ^as made, it was found
that the j^int was ifiplidifying. The
following/ear the|talady extended
il ,: into the foot,j^nd later in the same
year to the ^ther leg. His joints
if'*"?1 then lost .{jJjl^Q&er of motion, and
I gradually polidiflsd up-to Ws neck.
-C ^or 15 years he suffered greatly, bul
ljaa experienced no pain sincc
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IN BRIEF.
The Latest News Gleaned From Asso
ciated Press Telegrams.
Washington Jottings.
The secretary of war and Maj. Schofleld
have in contemplation an extended trip to
the military posts in the Western states. The
secretary desires to inform himself of the
condition of these places, and he will prob
ably make the tour at the first opportunity.
War veterans who are entitled to
commuta
tion for the loss of the use of their limbs by
disease or injury are now filing their claims
in vast numbers. It is stated at the office of
the surgeon general of the army that a con
siderable percentage of the.
money which con
gress iutended for those disabled soldiers is
unnecessarily wasted in attorneys' fees. No
tice is given that all such claims can be set
tled by a letter to the surgeon general of the
army without incurring any expense to the
claimant.
A. C. Eubanks, the defeated Republican
candidate for congress in the Third Missouri
district, is in a very ugly scrape. When Har
rison was elected be set himself up as a dis
penser of patronage in his district and he
proceeded to charge a fee
for signing petitions
for office. He did a thriving business for
several months. Then the disappointed of
fice-seekers began to kick and say naughty
things about a fellow Republican who would
charge for the influeuce
of his
name. Eubanks
defended himself on the ground that his cam
paign expenses were heavy. The Republican
congressional committee took notice of the
scandal today, and called a meeting for an
investigation on May 7.
Gen. Frank Armstrong, inspector of Indian
affairs for the interior department, who left
Washington three weeks ago to Montana,
has finished his inspection of the Blackfeet
agency and is now at the Lemhi agency in
Idaho, negotiating with the Bannocks Sho
sliones and Sheepeater Indians for a transfer
from their present reservation to the Fort
Hall reservation, where they will be allotted
lands in severalty. An agreement with these
Indians in 1892 was ratified by the last con
gress relinquishing their reservation, but it
lind been so long obtained that it was thought
best to secure the consent of the Indians
again. It was expected that a commission
would be appointed for this purpose, but the
secretary of the interior concluded that the
question could be more ensily and cheaply
submitted by one of the department inspec
tors. There are 550 of these Indians at
iwcreiuiy oune raienor concluded that the
question could be more easily and cheaply
mere are
oau
Lemhi. The
»..i. —u:„i. ij.1.11. acres, which will be thrown amn tn unftin
tie res, which will be thrown open to settle'
raent if the consent to the transfer is ob
tained.
or tnese Indians at
reservation contains 6,000
Hinor Casualties.
A singular accident happened at Bangor,
Wis. A postal clerk on the fast mail threw
off a pouch, which struck a freight car on
the siding, bounded back under the wheels
and was ground into pieces and the mail
scattered several rods. About $100 worth
of postage stamps was saved, but most of
the contents of the pouch were utterly
stroyed.
Forest fires in all directions from Black
River Falls,[Wis., have done much damage the
last few days. A hard wind has prevailed and
several houses and other buildings and many
bridges have been burned. Logging camps
have alBO suffered considerably. The blue
berry crop will suffer very much from these
fires. The damage in this item will amount
to many thousands of dollars, as this is one
of the harvests here.
The slaughter house and pork establish'
ment of F. A. Laidly & Co., in Cincinnati,
was destroyed by fire. The loss is complete^
How the fire started is a matter of 6urmise.
The establishment was of brick, very large
and finely apportioned. The loss will be be
tween 1225,000 according to present esti
mates. It is well insured in numerous com
panies. One fireman was slightly hurt.
John Maysand wife and James M. Linder
man, a boy of 12 years, were killed at New
port, five miles south of Wilmington, Del.
They were driving across the tracks there
and were hit by the northbound New York and
Washinirton express. The man and woman
were killed outright, the boy Boon after d?
ing. The people were in a covered wagon
aud became bewildered by the shouts ol
warning from bystanders and stopped the
team on the track. At that momeut the
train struck them. The horses were .killed
and the wagon demolished.
A tremendous explosion, which 6hook the
entire west side of Chicago and shattered
windows for blocks around, took place in the
yards of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway, at Rockwell and Ohio streets. Nich
olas Nelson, an employe of Kecs & Thayer
lime quarry operators,drove up to the tracks
una began filling his tank wagon from a
huge iron tank on Hot car with naptha
to use in the quarry. A spark from his lan
tern, pipe or cigar touched the fluid and a
terrible explosion followed. Nelson was
blown fifty feet and fatally injured. Both
horses were killed and ihe wagon blown to
atoms. A switchman was badly cut and a
freight brakeman Jiad a leg broken. The
car and switch shauty caught fire, but the
blaze it us soon extinguished.
Petty Wlclceduesses.
A shortage in Timber inspector Dulmuge's
accounts of $20,000 ha* been discovered.
This gentleman recently disappeared from
ltat l'ortage. Manitoba and is
now
supposed
to be in the United States.
An attempt was made by burglars at West
Superior, to enter the clothing store oT G. L.
Percy, from a rear window, but tlicy were
frightened away by a young man. Charles
Dullard, who sleeps iu the store. Thofreight
office of the Omahu Railroad company was
??!fer^}.au,®J0illcll!1II»'n 'aken from tho
till, "lie work waaevidenlly done by tramps.
The street car mob in Vienna stoned the
cavalry, and reinforcements or infantry were
required. Many rioters were wounded, and
a large number were arrested. The govern
ment offered to supply soldiers to drive the
cars. The strikers thereupon offered to re
sume work unconditionally. The directors
decided to reemploy all drivers who had
taken no part in the rioting.
Oliver P. Lewis, aged twenty one, clad in
full dress suit, with a white rose in his but
ton hole, climbed over the iron railing of the
Central Park reservoir in New York,
jumped into the water and drowned himself.
He spent the night at the Murray Hill hotel,
where he had written a number of notes to
relatives and friends, informing them of his
intentions: and about the time the reservoir
employes were pulling his body out of the
water the police were sending out a general
alarm in the hope of preventing the suicide.
Lewis was a clerk and had social ambitions
out of proportion to his salary, and it is sup
posed that this impelled him to suicide.
5 A,sensation was caused in church cirlces in
Chicago by the publication of the fact that
a minister's wife has been arrested on a
charge of shoplifting. The accused is Mrs.
Jennie Kirkham, the wile of Rev. F. M. Kirlt
ham, editor of the Christian church at
Thirty-seventh and Indiana avenue. Rev
Kirkham is a well known Iowa divine who
came to Chicago only a few months ago.
Mrs. Kirkham is a sister of Gen. Drake of
Des Moines, the.'ounder of the Drnke univer
sity. Themaaagerofthestorein whichshewus
arrested stated to the magistrate that he and
another person had seen the woman steal
articles ia the store that when she was
arrested articles to the vulue off 15 to $20
were found concealed about her person:
that she confessed her gnilt to the officer
who arrested her and that she offered to pay
considerably, more than the goods were
worth to get out of it.
At Ventura. Cal., a bold attempt at bank
robbery was made by aman named McCar
thy, who was recently discharged from the
county hospital. He entered Collins & Son's
bank while the cashier, Collins, was gone to-
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lunch, leaving Jack Morrison alone. Me.
Carthv entered and comploioed or his pover
ty and desperation which had driven' blfa t&
think of suicide. He laid a package on the
counter which he said was dynsnite, «nd
drew a six-shooter and demanded 930,000,
Morrison dodged behind the counter and ran
out of the back door. The robber then seised
a tray containing about #4,000 and walked
into the street. Morrison gave the alarm, and
the people gathered on the street, but no one
was armed. The thiet had a hone hitched
near the bank and was making for that. The
sheriff happened to be near but wn without
firearms. He stepped into a hardware store
and seised a shotgun, when the robber sud
denly surrendered. The money was all re
covered except twenty dollars, which was
probably lost on the street.
W. H. Keyser, claiming to hail from Greene
county, Mo., is under arrest at Iowa City for
an alleged attempt to defraud the owners of
the Iowa City Packing house out of their
property valued at 9100,000. Keyser came
to Iowa last fall, and offered 910,000 and
18,000 acres of West Virginia land for the
property. After considerable parleying this
was accepted. Before the deal was concluded
Keyser insisted that he would need $10,000,
to operate the business but said ho would
give a mortgage on the property for the
amount. The papers were accordingly made
out on the basis, and KeyserjleftlowaCityon
business. The deed was not spread upon the
records when the grantors discovered that
Keyser had played a bogus abstract upon
them, and tliey became alarmed. Their
packing house had been deeded away and all
they had to show for it was a $20,000 mort
gage on it. Plenty of time had elapsed for
Keyser to have sold the plantlar) further en
cumbered it, but tho records failed to show
thut he had done so. In their dilemma the
real owners decided upon two steps. A letter
of the most innocent nature brought Keysor
back, and he was at once arrested.
Foreign Brieflcts.
Surgeon General Hamilton, of the marine
hospital service, was informed by the presi*
dent of the board of health of Sanford, Fla.,
that a case of yellow fever existed in thnt
city. Dr. Hamilton says every precaution
has been taken to prevent the spread of the
disease, and no danger is apprehended.
5 The Dix Neuviene Siecle of Paris says that
the senate commission conducting the Boul
anger trial has in its posession receipts sign
ed b.v Boulanger for money given to him in
consideration of certain services to be rend
ered by him in the event of his becoming
president. A state official testified that he
had seen similar documents.
The Atlantic Transport Line, to which the
steamer Missouri belongs, have promptly re
leased the consignees of cargo by said
steamer, of any contributions arising from
jettison of part of the cargo of the Missouri
in order to make room for tho Denmark's
rescued passengers, and has notified Capt.
Murrell of their apuroval of his conduct in
making the rescue and sacrificcs of property
and loss of time
.that resulted.
A narrative of the Northwest rebellion of
1885, prepared from 'memoranda taken
St
the time by Michel Dumas, is published at
Winnipeg. Dumas criticises the conduct of
the Canadian government and fofces very
severely, and denies that assistance of any
kind was received from acrot-s the border.
At the Fish Creek engagement the rebel
forces numbered only forty-seven, and at
rBatoche scarcely 500. Their loss at Fish
Creek was five killed and three wounded, and
at Batoche eleven killed and eight wounded.
Dumas says that when Batoche* was tuken
there was not a solitary man there, and
there is not in history such a lie as the state
ment that Batoche was taken at the point
of the bayonet.
Gen. Bonlanger arrived in London, and
was immediately driven to the Hotel Bristol,
where he will establish his quarters for the
present. A large crowd of his admirers gath
ered in front of the hotel and extended a
cordial welcome to the general. H# and his
party of six appeared to be gloomy and de-.
jected. No crowd witnessed their departure,'
nor was there any cheering .or enthusiasm.
The party sailed from Ostend at 9 o'clock.
Two hundred persons were present on the
pier, but the departure ot the Bouiangiste
was taken amid the same silence aB that
which prevailed at Brussels. The party ar
rived at Dover next morning. A large num
ber of friends of the general gathered on the
pier and received him with cheers. The
passage from OBtend was a rough one, and
the general suffered from seasickness. A
police commissary from Calais watched' the
party on behalf of the French (government
A crowd of several hundred persons, mostly
French, waited in the Chariug Cross railway
station the arrival of the train on which Gen.
Boulanger traveled from Dover. When the
general emerged from the train he waa
heartily cheered by the people inside. There
was a mixed crowd outside the station which
alternately hooted and cheered him.
Miscellaneous Items.
Dr. Daniel, president of the Florida state
board of health, has declared that the death
of Mrs. Charles Do Mont of Sanford was from
yellow fever. The case was not of a virulent
or lnlectlous type, but was sporadic. There
are no other cases in the family, and the
house is isolated and all precautions have
been taken. Sanford has voluntarily em
bargoed her people from leaving for fifteen
days, and has prohibited traffic from 5 p. m.
to :j!0 a. m. There are no fears of an
epidemic.
An Oklahoma special from Guthrie sayg
If ever the government opened the way to
trouble and difficulties this has been the
time. No town was ever built under greater
difficulties nor so quickly, nor have ever been
so many disappoiuted men in so short a
time. The anticipated bloodshed over quar
ter sections' will not be recorded, as the farm
ers seem disposed to peaceably adjust all
difficulties, and when they find one quarter
section occupied move on until they find an
othor. But here in Guthrie all is confusion,
and the leelings that an imposition has been
practiced grows.stronger and stronger, .and
the bitterness is more intense as the full im
port of the action of the government officials
becomes better understood. Public meetings,
are being constantly held by states and
unitedly, at all of which the question'is raised
how best to overcome the present situation.
The unauthorized and unwarranted settle
ment of the best portion of this town by
government officials and others has compli
cated the situation although no feasible
plan has yet been proposed by which they
can be ousted from tneir possessions.
The Arkansas Election Crimea.
The stealing of the 1'lnmmersville, Conway
county, Ark., ballot box last November is
about to be cleared up. Warren Taylor, a
young man of Morril ton, bus Item arrested
on a charge of inter ering with the flection
o(fairs at Plummersville. Taylor got scared
and has turned state's evidence, having told
beiore tlio federal grand jury that he was a
member ol a party of 22 men who went down
to Morrillton-- on tho momorable night, bo-'
cause trouble was expected at Plummersville
that just outside of tlie latter place
the crowd
halted and five men rode on into the town
and returned a little while afterwards, say
ing all was quiet. The crowd started back,
aud when nearly home the discovery was
made that the live men had the PlummerM
7'"®. ballot box. Arriving at Morrillton.
tho five men went back to Well's store and
burned tho box and ballots. The others
of the party did not know what tliey
were going for and nothing of the theft un
til nearly back to Morrillton. Taylor gnvo
the names of the inon in the party and of tho
five who went on the town and took the
box. A portion or his stutement was cor
roborated .by (!. C. Iteid, a young lawyer of
Morrillton. who had gone down juxt alu-ad
of the pqrty. The grand jury is still at work
on the case, but no iijiJj-tm'uts have been
returned, though it is suid tliey will be.
A negro boy named (Jeorge Washington
was said to have been in
m-i
a,
vVYII'h
"V" iiijl'vfe'
store when
the box was burned. Ho hus bmi arrested
and will be used as a witness. When the of
ficer went to arrest him the lit tie negro
showed fight and tried to cut hiin with a
pocket knife. There i« much excitement over
tho affair, as it is known thnt the party of
men who went to I'lumuicrsville arepiincipai
ly prominent young men of Morrilton. and
startling developments are awaited, and this
too. Iiecattse it is hoped to bring out in this,
evidence which will lead to thecaptureof Jolii
M. Clayton's agsasiu.
OKLAHOMA OR BUST.
The Race for Land Across the first
while Dead Line Wild and
Woolly
Abxaksas Crrr, Kan., April 22.—Okla
noma ia open. The trial*, struggle* and
ncrifioe* of year* are partially rewarded,
but the event of to-day and those of the days,
weeks and mouths to follow, will prove how
far the supply is below the demand and
necessitate further concessions to avert dis
order, bloodshed and other oouditlons but
little short of anarchy. The history of this
one day will forever be memorable in fron
tier annals and will leave behind a he. itage
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titration which will be fruitful to land
sharks and claim attorneys, but be destruc
tive to the claims of poor and honest set
tlers. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad began running its
tional trains out of 'Kansas C.ty last
night and picking up cars at
almost every station along the route. Hun
dreds of people were waiting at everv depot
and if the cars, all of which were filled be
fore the border line was reaohed, could have
been coupled, they would have made a train
miles in length. The orowds were composed
of speculators, adventurers, sightseers,
thieves, gamblers, and a sprinkling of the
demi-monde. The farming element was not
largely represented, as all of the homestead
ers have gone on before. There were men
in the cars from every great city and impor
tant point in the country, and there was not
a state or territoiy the country which did
not have im representatives. These filled
all of tho seats, occupied all of the standing
room in the aisles and filled up the spaces
between the coaches, hanging on the iron
banisters and girders with a grip
born
or
A 8TBONG GUARD
of railroad men was detailed to proteot the
company's property, and they had a contract
of unusual proportions on their hands. Ihe
crowd was panic-strieken. After waiting so
many eventful days and nights for the hour
otaction to come, men were seized with a
sudden fear that they would be left in tho
lurch, and that fear served to make them
like a drove of stampeded cattle.. There was
a vain attempt at good humor in the strug
gle which concealed the grim purpose be
hind, and there was no quarter shown in the
rush for piece. It was a wild west
crowd headed toward a new field
of enterprise and development, and
no one who has never seen such a thing
In action oan have the remotest conception
ot it An amusing and at the same time
pathetic incident of the early morning was a
cattle train laying on a side track loaded
with a boomer, his horse, wagon and a cow,
wife and children and all his little house
hold effects. He was a merry fellow, and
guyed the crowd unmercifully for not going
through, as be expressed it, without change
of cars to avoid the rush.
"I travel in my own special coach," said he.
"like Jay Gould or Vanderbitt."
"You'll tret there too late," yelled snmebody in
the crowd.
"Never mind," replied the boomer, "I'll set
there all the same."
It had leaked out during the wakeful
hours of the night that the press special
coach would be a part of the first train to
move out The railrcad management had
succeeded well in keeping this fuct a secret
No one but representatives of the press were
informed of the fact, or knew the location
of the coach and the time of Its departure,
but it is impossible to keep such Information
from people who sit up all night to find out
the shortest and easiest way of getting into
the promised land. The result wa9 that
when the newspaper coach was backed up
at a point below the depot the entire crowd
charged upon it. The newspaper men were
ranged in a solid phalanx, but had to fight
for access'to the rear platform of the car.
There were rustlers there who had been
lighting along the border for years and who
had a death grip on the iron raillug and ex
pressed a determination to go in that car.
These were not easily disposed of, but afcer
them Came a swarm of men with
BOGUS CBBDKKT1ATS,
presuming they represent every great news
paper iu the United States, nearly every cor
respondent was called upon to discredit two
of these assumed journalists, and scores of
others failed of identification or reoognitton,
and had to fall back with more of prectp^
itancy than good order. Every oar brought
up the line was greeted with tremendous
cheers as the coaches which were to be at
tached to the newspaper special were
brought out of the Riding, mod there was a
simultaneous rush of two or three thousand
men towards them. They were filled to
overflowing less than half a minute, and a
countless throng was struggling for a place
on the steps. Is was in vain for the officials
to, say that trains would ran in sec
tions fifteen minutes apart Every man
there wanted to be fifteen minutes
ahead of everybody, and not fifteen
minutes behind anybody. The first section
made up consisted of nine coaches, the
newspaDer coach and one caboose. Train
master Foukes was in charge of the entire
train. This was the first train that ever ran
out of Kansas loaded for Oklahoma with set
tlers, and even those who were disappoiuted
in getting aboard of it joined in a wild en
thusiastic cheer which rent the Kansas air
as the first step toward the realization of
hopes and dreams of years and the reward
for the sacrifices of the past was taken. Tho
train ran slowly, as there was great danger
of misplaced rails and switches or obstruc
tions of various kinds, placed there by those
gone before, and who wanted a corner in the
best lands in sljrht. It was 9:40 when the
sign which marks the state line and the di
viding line from the Cherokee strip was
reached. Ir. was
GBEETED WITH A
which rolled from the news oar in front to
the rustlers caboose behind. It marked the
departure from a state government toward a
country where government is yet to be
created and established. Still, the Cherokee
ft:
DESPA1X
and determination. The newspaper coach
was the first out of Arkansas City. It
contained representatives of all the leading
newspapers in the country, who were com
pelled to yield room and comfort for the
good of the cause.. The conductors wers
vigilant In Ihe collection of fares, but it is
certain that% great many dead heads went
through to the "promised land" in the rush
and hurry and roar of the boomer campaign.
There was but little sight-seeing indulged in,
as the crowd did not care to look at any
thing until It got to Oklahoma, like the emi
grant at Castle Garden who refused to pick
up a silver dollar because he expected to find
gold in the street in the next block. At
Arkansas City there were over seventy-five
coaches tracked in the yards awaiting
the rus\ All of these were lowered
into the yardi some distance beiow the
depot. The crowd began gathering on the
platform two hours before daylight, and
long before the first faint streak of the dawn
of the fateful day. the city was awake and
stirring. The streets presenied a' live, pict
uresque appearance.' After the sun rose
crowds were rushing toward the center of
action from all. parts of the city. Hotels
emptied their hundreds into the street cot
houses contributed hundreds more oqt of
the hospitable homes of the citv, nearly all
of which have entertained guests during the
past week^pame long strings of men carry
ing grips, bundles, knapsacks and parcels of
every possible and impossible de criptftn.
Hundreds of boomers and rustlers in their
impatience to get aboard rushed down en
masse to the yards ana attempted to force an
entranca into the cars, all of which were se
curely locked. The excitement may be
judged from the fact that a large number of
coach windows were broken out by people
who were anxious to secure seat*.
'J J!
oonntxy lay between them and the rainbow
land. Then wttce no Indiana to be
unto after Willow Springs waa passed, when
a wagon load of buoks of the Poncha tribe
passed up the trail, who responded to the
shouts and cheers of those on board the
train with sullen looks and gesticulations of
defiance, as not evidently pleaaed at tho
coming of the pale face. Along tho Pawneu
trail tho train also passed earavana of boom
ers wagons, many going south, but some re
turning towards Kanssa Between Willow
Springs and the Poncha agenoy somebody 11
the newspaper car discovered a man riding
on the trucks beneath tne coach. Im
mediately an effort to open up ne
gotiations with him were made, but
they resulted unsuccessfully until the train
stopped at Poncha, when the adventurous
boomer on wheel* waa taken up into the
car, elected an honorary member ot the
press association and furnished with refresh
ments out of a bottle, which he drank with
relish amidst enthusiastic applause. He
gave his name as Harvey Saddler, and said
he was born In Eugland, but had been in
this country for nine years and had come all
the way from Seattle, Wash., to get a foot
hold in Oklahoma. He waa elected as the
representative of the London Times and also
as the mascot of the new olty ot Guthrie,
and to make the bargain sure it was azreec
he should have one of the best lots in the
heart of the city. At the last station outside
of the Oklahoma Territory tuere was a great
crowd of boomers who had forsaken their
tesms and hoped to gain time by rail. There
being no room inside they climbed to the top
of the coaches and the entire train, from
one end to the other, was lined with them.
A ZBAK8FOBMATION BCENK.
In this way the line was reaohed about
12:05. Before the late dead line was
reached and passed, however, the great
transformation scene had begun, and was
plafmy visible to tbe watchers from the
train. First came came in view the white
tonped wagons, gathered togethed in groups
on the level prairie or in the little which di
versify tbe face of the country. It was nt
once noticeable that the teams were not to
be seen in any of these oamps, and it was
plain tbey h»d been taken out of the harness
to be rode across the border by
the hard riders, who were to locate claims.
A little further on and this conclusion was
proven to be the correct one, for the entire
race of the country, as far as the best field
glass ooald carry the sight, was overrun
with horsemen galloping to the southward.
Their fleetest horses had evidently been
scurity beside the feat of horsemanship ner
formed in Oklahoma to-day. Bides of fifteen
or twenty miles were made in an incredible
short time by old boomers familiar with the
country and who knew where desirable lands
were located. The day was cloudless and
far away on the horizon both to the east and
west clouds of dust could be Scjen ascendmg
from the hoofs of
HUNDBEDS OF BOBSES,
rushing toward different destinations in
most cases, but some of them toward the
same. One race for a goal could be easily
distinguished. The rider* were apparently
evenly mounted they were neck and neck
for a mile or two along the truil as far as
they could be seed, ana their eager and in
tense looks and merciless slashings wera
sufficient evidence of' the' prize they were
running aftor.' One saddled but riderless
horse was seen galloping along tne trail, an
ominous feign of some accident or fatality
which bad befallen the rider. 'Some men
were in charge of the horses, and
were evidently riding relays toward the goal.
Out of the dust which arose toward the
east could be seen after the train had
ibed the summit of a high siding,
?on caravan fully two miles' in leugtbi
ann which was being sped to the utmost
speed of irs horses, Tnese paravars were
plainly out-disianccd by the horseback
riders, and after several miles of the terri
tory had been traversed it was seen that the
best riders were winning tbe best prlzss.
One homesteader who had seoured a mag
nificent quarter-section of roliingland, had
dug a hole two or three feet deep at that
corner of it where the surveyor's, section
was located, and where he had driven -ois
stakes, not looking upon these evidences of
possefsion as sufficient.
IXBLEEDIXG OKLAHOMA.
Desperate Bsttle Brtweea Boomers and Depily
•arshals, in Which Seven Are Woaaded.
PlJBCELL,
Ind. T., April 20.—Thirty boom­
ers have been taken prisoners, seven being
wounded. One deputy marshal was slightly
hurt. Yesterday morning at sunrise, thir
teen prairie schooners, well manned, passed
the Santa Fe tracks below the city and
forded the river. A citizen saw them, and he
acquainted others, who have staked out
claims and hope to occupy them soon after'
noon Monday next. The story soon gained
general circulation, and before noon a meet
ing was held. The feeling against the tres
passers ran high and inside of thirty"
dozen fiery speeches
made. It was finally
minutes 'a
had been
decided that the chief .deputy marshal be
called upon to try and expel the raiders. In
the afternoon, the chief deputy, accompanied
by thirteen assistants, rode down to the riv
er and took the same ford. There was a
fresh trnil to the northeast. and the party
followed this at a gallop. About four miles
out one ol the men noticed a thin .-cloud ol
smoke rising above the cottonwoo'ds to the
right. A halt was called and three of the
party reconoitered. Tliey discovered four
wagons about three hundred feet from the
trail and fire men seated around afire eating
their dinner. These were unceremoniously
ordered to hitch up. The enterprising
boomers were thoroughly scared, and in less
than fifteen minutes were on the back trail.
The chief ot the deputies called out for his
men to "charge." Each had'unslung his
Winchester, and all surged forward. They
fired into the thicket and shouted like mad
men. There was no response for several
minutes, and the men began to think they
had dispersed the assailants. They soon dis
covered their mistake. A man popped from
behind a log and fired at them, and this was
the signal for another fusilade from his
friends. He retreated down a ravine jpgt in
time to escape the fire of the deputies, who
continued to advance and pump their "re-
Seputies
eatei s. Half way down the ravine, the
discovered a rough barricade of
logs and brush across the entrance, and
simultaneously a voice exclaimed. "Now
give it to them, boys."
A sheet of flame poured from the face of the
barrier and a shower of bullets sped toward
the officers. They had been sufficiently
warned, however, and but one of their num
ber was hit, and his wound was not serious.
Ten minutes of rapid firing ensued, and then
a cry for quarter went up from tho barricade
"We surrender" shouted a man when the
firing ceased: The blood poured from a
wound in his forehead, attesting that he
knew he had enough. A hnBty advance to
the fort was made and tho officers were in
charge of thirty prisoners, seven of whom
were seriously wounded. Two of these
Thomos Midline and David Winship, wili
probably die. Mullins has a bullet in his left
lung and Winship one in his abdomen. Mar
t'n„ Gainesville, Tex., rceeived a
ball in his left thigh. John T. 'White
fort Worth was struck in the
shoulder. Samuel Dodd of North Caro
a deep gash in his head.
E. Frabishey of Texas has a shattered arm
John loung of Lou Mann is
ehot through the
shoulders. The prisoners, nit of whom Ip&ye
rifles and revolvers and plenty of ammuni
tion, were disarmed, tho wounded cared for
as well us possible under the circumstances,
and the march to Burcell was taken up.
Mcintosh and the other prisoners were taken
to the prUon pen, five miles southwest of
Purcell, and placed under a strong guard.
As but one of the marshals was wounded,
and his injury is trifling, the charge of mur
der cannot be brought against' the men.
They may be tried for resisting arrest, but
the belief is thut they will be released after
Oklahoma is opened.
The Annual Bgg- Rolling.
Washington, April
GALLANT CAPT. MURRELL
The Man Whose Heroism Saved the
Lives of the Wrecked Dan*
mark's Passengers.
PbiusetPHiA. April
22.—Tbe
steamship
Missouri, with 365 of the people from the
wrecked steamer Danmark, arrived at tlv
American line steamship's dock this evening.
All were well on board with the exception of
three persona All of the Danmark's passen
gers look hearty aud bright, aad shown
fciens of the hardships whioh they must have
necessarily endured. Oeneral Passenger
Agent John Rath, of the Thingvalla line,came
rrom New York to make provisions for the
comfort of the people from tbe unfortunate
Danmark. He stated that all would be for
warded to their destination from this city if
satisfactory arrangements could be made.
Nearly all the emigrants are bound for points
in the West. Capt. Hamilton Murrell, the
commander of the Missouri, makes tbe fol
lowing statement:
We left London with a general cargo for our
first trip to Philadelphia on March 28. We hud
a falrpassaae up to April 9, when we alirhtod the
steamship Danmark flying a slirhal of distress.
The winu at the time was blowing strong from
the west. We bore down on the steamer and
fonnd her disabled. Capt. Knudsen, her com
mander, reported that the tail end of his shaft
was broken and he wished me to take his pas
sengers to New York. Owing to the state of tho
weatbet and because of the fact that I was not
prepared to accommodate such a number of peo
ple I declined to accede to hl» request, but ot
tered instead to tow his vessel to the nearest
port. This offer Capt. Knudeon accepted, and
two hours after we first sighted the Danmark we
placed a tow rope on board that vessel and pro
ceeded slowlv, turning to the sea and wind, and
heading northwest for St. John's, N. F., which I
considered the best port to make under the cir
cumstances. The wind blew with tremendous
force all nleht and progress was most difficult.
On April 6, fiudins that I could make no head
way In a westerly direction and seeing ice to
windward. I. decided to abandon my hope of
reaching St. Johu's and determined to make for
St Michael's, one of
THE AZOBES ISLANDS.
The Danmark signalled to us: "Weaw leaking
tonslderably there are now threo feet of water
In the aft hold, and it is gaining rapidly." I
asked what I should rlo, and the signal came:
"Keep on towing." The Danmark again signaled
us. This time the siRnal read: "The Danmark
Isslnklns—we must abandon tho ship. Will
you take our passeneers?" Without a moment's
hesitation I signaled back. "Yea. I will take all
tin board and do the b?s& I can." I then cat the
lowlino and we dropped down to the Danmark.
A. heavy swell was running during all of this
memorable day. making the work ot removing
the people from the sinking ship one ot great
difficulty. After we had taken everybody from
tbe Danmark, we pulled the plugs ont of the
bottoms of that vessel's boats which we had
used and left them to sink to the bottom of the
Atlautic, and I can't understand how tho Minne
sota pic&ed up one of these boats six days later.
Our last view of the Danmark showed that ves
sel to Re rapidly going down, her stern being al
most even with the sea, and the water was
breaking over her. We threw overboard most
of our cargo between decks, consisting princi
pally of haled rags, in order to accommodate the
arge addition to our passenger list. On look
ing over our provisions we found, after a careful
estimate of the number ot mouths we had to
reed, we had ouly enough tood on board to last
three days, and I decided to make all possible
haste to tbe port of St. Michael's, which was 720
miles away. Oil*April 7, about ten hours after
the transfer was made, Mrs. Llnne, aged eigh
teen years, a Danish woman who was on thr
way to America to meet her husband,
GAVE BIBTH TO GIBI,
In my cabin. The little stranger was christened
Atlanta Missouri The child was born during a
howling storm, which rocked tho vessel and
caused tbe sea to break over us. It must be re
membered that we were very short of provision*,
ind this storm at tbe very outset of onr journey
toward St. Miohael's made u« fearful of reaching
that port safely. On April 11 we landed 370 of
the passeneers and crew of the Danmark, includ
ing Capt. Knudsen, at St. Michael's. In dividing
up our load we kept on board the Missouri, the
families, endeavoring, as far as possible, to leave
tbe single men and- those not having children
at St. Michael's. The same day we sailed from
St. Michael's with 305 people from the Danmark,
including eight of the crew of that vessel, who
were allowed to come with us. Wo had fine
weather all the wav to Philadelphia, and a re
markably small amount of sickness on board,
considering the crowded condition of our boat.
We have now three cases in the hospital. All
the officers
,'cheeituily gave up tbefr quarters for
the use of the women and children, and the
l?an
22.—Easter
Monday if
known as children day at the White House and
In the spacious grounds surrounding it. To-day
children swarmed into the White Honse grounds,
made their locations on the sronnd bv knots and
proceeded to the joyous occupation of rolling
rllliantly dved Easter eggs. The merry laugh
ter of hundreds of children rang to the ears.
The pretty costumes of mothers and maids who
came to keep a watchful eye over their rollicking
youngsters rendered tbe scene an attractive one,
and one which the occupants of the executive
mansion frequently appeared at tbe windows to
admire. The merriment and pleasure of the
occasion was enhanoed by- an order is«ued by
Secretary Tracy requiring the Marine band to
furnish music for the little ones doling the
afternoon, snd many impromptu dances weie
indulged in.
r.
MtA- -i -f
beBt
of good nature has prevailed the entire trip. We
had plenty to eat on the voyage from St. Mich
ael's here, having taken on a supply at that place
amply sufficient to last us.
NOTHW&STKBN FASSENQEBS.
New Yobk, Special Telegram. April 22.—A.
E. Johnson, the goneral Northwestern ace nr.
of the Thingvalla line at St. Paul, arrived
here from Pniladelphia to-night To the
Pxoneeb
PEE8S
correspondent Mr. Johnson
said, were some few things of in
terest to the Northwest about ihs
Danmark's passenger that would probabiv
not be mentioned in the press dispatches.
The Missouri was docked at 6 o'clock. The
passengers were in good health, the only in
disposed person .iu tbe whole lot bein a
young child. The Thingvalla compan made
arrangements with the Pennsylvania dl
road comp.my to forward all the Wectsrn
and Northwestern passengers from Phiiadel
aphia at midnight to-night. Through the
courtesy of Peter Wright & Sons the steam
ship company was allowed the use of
their docks and the Pennsylvania trains wiil
load right upon the dock. A substantia
meal was provided for every one upon land
ing and the passengers will also be furnished
with the necessary provisions for their jour
ney. They are aue in Chicago Wednesday
morning and St. Paul and Minneapolis is
sengers, and those for other points in uo
Noithwest will leave Chicago at 5:30 on
Wednesday afternoon on the Cnicago&North
western, arriving at St. Paul and Minneap
olis early on Thursday. There are
probably 150 people on tbe Missouri bound
for the Northwest Miss Emily Lofgren
Hudson, Wis, who is well known as a church
choir singer in Minneapolis, was among the
first-class passengers on the Danmark. She
arrived safe and well on the Missouri, and
will proceed a*, once to the Northwest. Mr.
Johnson says th steamer Hekla, which left
Ci'risM'riiissand for th.s country last Sunday
has 350 .passengers for the Northwest. Th^
now steamer Norway will tako the placo ol
the Dunmark iu the May sailinga
Cine to a Crime.
A great Falls telegram says: Councilman
Jerry Collins, who has returned from a
journalistic trip to Kibbey, describes the
clue which he and others found to a dark
crime committed fouryears ago. Mr. Collins
says: "Upon reaching Kibbey we learned
from Judge Larkinthata human skeleton
had been found a day or two before on the
steep grade on the Kibbey & McCarthy road,
about seven miles from the former place.
We proceeded to the place and found the
skeleton. Near by was some clothing which
proved on investigation to have been a can
vas coat with a flannel lining. We naturally
sought a solution of the mysterious iinl and
received one from Judge Larkin. He said he
bud been living in that section nine years
and knew of no case of mysterious disappear
ance so he had but one theory to offer.
Some four years ago Steve Stoner, a High
wood ranchman, murdered a man he had
employed simply to avoid, paying him
wages due. When circumstances be-
to point to Stoner's guilt h«
lied thecountry and has not been heard from.
It was then remembered that a man named
Valentine, who bad worked for Stoner near
ly two years, bad suddenly disappeared some
time before, and the belief became general in
the neighborhood that he, too, nad been
murdered by Stoner. Valentine could get
no money from his employer and decided to
go to Bnrker and work a few months, until
Stoner was ready to pay him. Some one
went with Valentine part, o! tbe way on this
trip, and, as the story goes, that was the
last ever seen of Valentine. Now. the place
where tbe skeleton was discovered is on the
direct route from High wood to Barker, and
it is not only possible, but highly probable,
that the skeleton was that of Stoner's first
victim. The place was then fit for the com
mission of such a deed. No one then lived
within six miles of the place. The murderer
could have been protected from possible
iview by the clumpBof scrubby pine surround
ing and the loneliness of tho place is well
shown by the fact that the remains were not
found until this late date. There is certainly
fair reason to believe that Valentine, the first
ivictim of the fiend Stoner on that bleak moun*
jtain side,
Waiting for Appointment*.
Washington, Special Telegram, April 22.
Ddlecate Dubois of Idaho, who has been trying
to get home for ten days past in order to enter
the preparatory canvass for statehood, is still
here waiting for certain appointments which ho
Is anxiom for. They are to come from the de
partment ef iustioe.
DAKOTA MENTION.
inlns
pndensed Happenings Throughout
JFoth North and $outli Dakota.
Jack Keefe, the alleged pugilist, wab
arrested in Sioux .Falls the other
evening-s for an assault upon a car
penter named Rivert.
Joseph Wells, of Spearflekl,
"For small fruit, such as berries, the
Black Hills certainly beats any coun
try lever saw."
Pierre has closed a contract for a
system of electric lights. Bismarck's
electric light system has suspended
illumination.
TheAberdeen club haa a membership
of thirty-nine, and the membership
is limited to fifty. It has been decid
ed to build a $5,000 club-house.
Judge S. Conklin, of Watertown,
is lying dangerously ill. The issue
of the Dakotaian, is delayed in con
sequence.
Ex-Gov. Ordway said to a St. Paul
reporter the other day: "I intend to
locate a stock farm somewhere in Da
kota,' but do not know just where
yet.
A fellow named McGobbish, of
Palisades, near Sioux Falls, will be
tried for an attack on A. L. Skinner,
Manitoba agent at that place. He
is said to be a ''White Cap."
While eating breakfast John Le
croix of Grand Rapids, dropped over
dead. He was a Frenchman, and had
reached the advanced age of 104
years*
The Sioux Falls Press says: "Judg
ing from comments in some of the
newspapers the idea generally pre
vails that Sioux Falls' desire for the
capital location is entirely selfish."
John King, of the capital location,
is reported by a Sioux Falls paper
as saying: "I am frank to admit the
contest seems to be narrowing down
Sioux Falls and Pierre."
Officials of the Northwestern rail
way on a recent visit to Aberdeen
owned up that the business being
done by the road at Aberdeen justi
fied anew depot, and that it should
be built at once.
August Kuehne, an experienced
brickmaker from Mankato, Minn.,
has purchased ground in Chamber
lain, and will at once erect the struct
ures necessary for the manufacture
of brick.
Now that the building season is
opening in Yankton the Press and
Dakotaian sugests that "it costs no
more to put up modern styles than
to erect the dry goods box pattern
of residences."
The Lenox independent wants it
distinctly understood that one of the
main objects in view in publishing
that paper is to collect a certain
amount of coin made by the United.
States government empolyes.
In Clark county there is over $70,
000 invested in school houses, while
the value of saloon property is $3,
500. There are eight iuen employed
in the saloon business to eightv
teaching school.
Charles Pettibone, the directory
publisher, has arrived and commen
ced work on the third annual city
directory of Aberdeen. Heestimates
the present population at 7,000, an
increase of 1,500 over last year's
compilation.
The Yankton Telegram insists
that the people of Dakotacouldhave
promptly relieved all prairie fire suf
fers, and thatthecontributionadver
tising the people will get will do them
much more harm than well meant
chai'ity will do them good.
"The people of Dakota have gone
right to work to help each other out
of the trouble caused by the prairie
fires, and in a few weeks the suffers
will be talking politics as cheerfully
as ever," says the Aberdeen Republi
can.
There is already more immigration
this spring, 6ays the Letcher Blade,
than there has been at any time in
three years. Over 100 cars of
"emigrant movables" have passed
there in the last week, all represent
ing new comers.
Hon. F. H. Hagerty, commissioner
of immigration, says his office will be
removed from Bismarck to Aberdeen.
At present his clerical force is at work
on their blanks for assessors' statis
tics. As soon as this work is done
the office can be moved.
The Harrison(Dougla8 county)
Herald gives this cherry information:
"Born to theeditor and wife, April 7,
a 10-pound girl. Everything is lovely
with the female portion of the house
hold and now ia the time to take ad
vantage of the 'old man' and sub
scribe."
Dan Scott, of Sioux Falls, once a
newspaper reporter himself, has be
come afullfiedged real estateman and
capitalist, and now he takes news
paper reporters out for a ride behind
gay-stepping horses, arid gets write
ups and advertising in the news
papers.
Delegate Mathews wired from Chi
cago to his Brookings partner that
Mrs. Mathews is very sick, and he
was afraid he could not get her home.
The lady has been sick with con
sumption for two years, and her
friends here feared the trip to Wash
ington might be too much for her.
The Onida (Sully county) Journal
man explains that, after packing
sub
scription and account books and files
in a trunk ready for moving, he went
out to fight prairie fire and did not
get back for two days, and that.,
"after facing the flames for two suc
cessive days the pen doesn't run as
smoothly, or the joints as steadily,
as are tbeir wont,"
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