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VOL. XLIII. NO. 74.
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LOS ANGELES, MONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 24, 1894-
NEWS OF THE MORNING.
LOS ANfJELES—Dr. J. Honch explains the
Bnvarlan method of utilizing the unemployed.
Mining news from various Southern Califor
nia points.
Mr. Wolf robbed by footpads while crossing
the Kuhrts street bridge.
The coroner held three inquests yesterday.
General Booth, the commander of the Sal
vation army, greet, d by large audiences; hie
meetings yesterday.
Sporting events of yosterday.
NRIOHBORINa CITIES—Many Christmas
cclebratlor.s arranged at Santa Monica.
Thestory of a desert tragedy from San Ber
nardino. Two weddings chronicled.
The Soathorn Pacific wants to damage more
property at Pasadena.
An electric car and a Terminal passenger
train collide at Pasadena, killing IS. A. Fyke of
Uarvansa.
Yesterday in the churchos.
POINTHRS FOR TOOAV—Salvlnl in Buy
Bias at the Los Angeles theater.
Black Crook at the Burbann.
Vaudevlllo at the Imperial.
Council at 10 a. m., and board of education
at7;3o at the city hall.
Trial of William Settles for the murder of
Hawkins, in the superior court at 10 a. in.
FOROION - The Tong Haks captured a Co
rcan garrison.
Thirteen people were ki led in a wreck on
London and Manchester railroad.
The Kiver Kibe Is out of its banks and Ham
burg is partly under water.
Many vessels and lives were lost in the storm
on tho coast of England.
Tho condition of Lord Randolph Churchill is
serious.
The czar has ordered a number of prisoners
at Warsaw released.
Abdaha Pashi has withdrawn from the Ar
menian commission
Much speculation is indulged in regarding
the presence of British war vessels at Aca
pulco.
General Tcherkoff, envoy from the Kussian
government to atinouuce the ascension of the
new czar has arrived i n Paris.
CRlME—James Lawson shot and killed his
wifo at a dance near Madera, Cal.
At Florida, Mo., Kobo.t Rouse shot and
mortally wounded his sweetheart, Betty Hay
deu.
Oliver Jewell, under sentence of death, es
caped from the Witchita, Kan., Jail.
A Pinkorton detective rm.s an embezzler
down in Seattle.
Lewis Stone is awaiting arrest In Chicago for
the murder of two women in Jamestown, N. Y.
A burglar was captured in Riverside yester
day.
Bandits are raiding on the Mexican frontier.
WAStIINOTON-There is much dissatisfic
tion over the award of $450,000 for damages
to the British sealers in Bering «ea,
A new code of laws for the government of
Alaska will be presented to congress.
A diepatch from the Truklsh government
contradicts stories of cruelty in Armenia.
Prcslden: Cleveland has returned from his
duck hunt.
VIOLHNT DEATHS—Mrs. Elcnir Le Comto
was burned to death in her home in Oakland.
Peter Pcterfcou and Andrew Foss were
drowned while skating at Windom.Minn,
SI OkM—The snow blockade on the Portland
branch of the Southern Pacific was rals.«J yes
terday.
OBIIUARY*— fieorge C. Demmen, a promi
nent citizen of Vallejo, Cal., is dead.
Tho funeral of Judge O. S. Bailey took place
at Amcshury, Mass.
SAN FRANCISCO—The Liquor Dealers' asso
ciation has no use for politicians.
The Chicago football te.m arrived yesterday.
MISCELLANEOUS—RaIeigh Barcar, Demo
cratic candidate for district attorney in Solauo
county, will contest the election ol Frank K.
Develiu.
Another message has been received from the
Mt. Kainier exploring party.
A successful trial trip of an electric carriage
was had in Kansas City.
The priests of the Lincoln, Neb., diocese
have abandoned the fight against Bishop
Bonacum.
The bark Southern Chief was lost off Cape
Flattery; the captain and crew were rescued,
John F. Laotian of Susan villi; was wounded
by the accideninl discharge of a gun.
Slighiearthquake shocks were experienced
in Riverside, Pomona and San Diego.
There is a race war in Georgia; seven negroes
have been killed and blacks and whites arc
armed lor battle.
THE KICKERS IN FRISCO.
The Ohleege Football Mine Arrive In
California.
San Francisco, Deo. 23 — The mem
bers of the University of Chicago foot
ball team arrived by today's overland.
They were met at Benioia by represen
tatives of the University of California,
Stanford and Reliance football teams
and escorted to this city. In the lan
guage of the Chicago boys, they bare
been having a pirnio thus far, though
an attempt was made at keeping in
training en route.
Manager A. A. Stagg, who has charge
of the Chicago team, says his men are
in fairly good shape lor a battle on the
gridiron with the Stanford boys on
Christmas day. He thinks whatever
advantage there is on the score of con
dition is on the side of tbe Californiana,
who are acclimated and who have not
had to travel for three days and four
nights in a cramped sleeper.
A JK4LOUS HUSBAND.
Jimei XiSWlun Shouts Hl* Wlf« In a>
Dance Hell.
Madera, Cel., Deo. 23. —James Law
eon shot and killed his wife lait night at
a dance at Belleview, a mountain town.
Jealousy over the attentions of other
men was the cause o! the crime.
A Probable Murder.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 23. —The coroner
ie investigating a case that ia likely to
develop into a mnrder. An unknown
man was found beside the Lake Shore
traok, at the foot of Oaes avenue, last
night, with a hole in bit head wbish ap
pears to have been made with a conn
ling pin or a club. There was not even
a scrap of paper about the man wbiqh
would lead to tbe discovery of his iden
tity.
Tbe new tariff on crude rnbber ha* not
yet affected Off & Vaughn's prioes on
hot water bottles and fountain syringes.
1 quart, 50 cents ; 2 quarts, 75 oent; 3
quarts, 85 cents; 4 quarts, $1.
Cashmere Bouquet soap 20 cents a
cake at Off & Vaughn's, corner Fourth
and Spring streets.
Hollenbeok hotel c*i'e and grill room.
Eastern and California oysters on shell.
Drink Shasta Water, Woollaoott agent.
SEVEN LIVES FOR ONE.
Deadly Work of a Band of
Avengers in Georgia,
Negroes Organized and Armed
for Battle.
Lives of Many Whites and Blacks in
Jeopardy.
A Rtee War Statred With the Murder
of a Farmer —Storming- a Jail
In Aug-usta,
By the Associated Press.
Quitman, Ga., Dec. 23—The lives of
seven negroes hays been taken in the
last 24 hours in revenge for that of one
white man, and unless all signs fail
utterly, many more lives are in jeo
pardy.
Two bodies of determined men num
bering between 400 and 500, every man
being heavily armed and /each body
about equal in numerical strength, sep
arated by less than a mile of country
and liable to clash at any time. That
is the spectacle presented here in
Brooks county tonight. One body ia
made np of stern, determined white
men bent on revenge for the brutal
murder of one of the bent citizens of
the county. The other is mads np of
negroes, terror stricken and fearful
leat they or their families be made the
objects of the same fate as has already
befallen seven of tbeir number, and
ready to defend themselves from snch
fate aa well as they may he able.
A BATTLE IMMINENT.
What the next 24 hours will brine
forth no one can predict. That there
will be an open clash seems very much
more than probable at this writing. The
authoritien are powerless and practically
no efforts have yet been made to bring
about peace, save by the relatives of the
man whoso murder ia the cause of
-it all.
On Thursday Joeeph Isom, ono of
Brooks county's most proßperons farm
ers and best citizens, was murdered by a
party of negroes, and it leaked out that
Ibe killing of isom was a part of a plot
to kill all the whites who wero is the
poaeo which a few weeks ago arrested
Jesse Jeffreth for the killing of T. Moul
den. Isom was the most popular man
in the county. Ho lived 10 miles north
of here in a part of the comity where
the nsfrrcei ontoauiher the whiles,
nnd tht> aillh.K created great excite
ment. Wtien it developed* that Ihe
same gftng of negroes had sworn to kill
other white men, the whites gathered
toeethar 88 if by one accord and the
work of death and destruction began.
CROSS ROADS OUAKDKD.
Of the seven who are dead, the names
of only four could be obtained tbia after
noon. A reporter visited the scene late
this evening. Every cross road was
found picketed with sentinels, and every
man in the county is armed to the teeth.
When one of the race excitements occur
King Terror rules in the homes of the
whites as well as blacks, and this is such
a oase. There are probably 500 men
nnder arms, covering an area of about
five square miles.
About a mile and a half from the
home of the laoras were about 200
whites, all well armed and breathing
all sorts of vengeance. A mile further
was a crowd of negroes of about the
same size, armed with Winchester rifles,
pistols, axes, clabs and every available
weapon, waiting for the whites to attack
them. Tbey are intrenohed in and
aronnd a lot of negro cabins in the
raidßt of a thin grove, and the latest in
formation is that the whitee are ad
vancing on them from two sides,
Sam Taylor, Eli Frazer, Sam Pike
and Henry Sberard are four negroee
known to have been killed. It is under
stood that Waverly Pike, Jim McCall
end a negro named Herrin were proba
bly the others. The county is compara
tively sparsely settled, and the facilities
for securing information ate very mea»
gre. Piko fa the negro who killed Isom.
He baa been in hiding near where the
trouble has occurred. Aa the reporter
left the scene there seemed every likeli
hood of a pitched battle tonight.
Captain E. Tillman, brother-in-law
of Isom, was here, doing everything in
hts power to restrain the whitea. He
hae sent hurried messengers all over the
country summoning to his aid conserva
tive men, in the hope tbey would pre
vent further bloodshed. It will be im
possible to know tonight how well they
succeed.
SHOT DOWN IN THBIB TRACES.
Details of tbe killing of tbe seven ne
gres are verj meager. Taylor, Frazer,
Pike and Sherard were together
about ennset last nigyt. Tbey .we re
garded as fonr of the ringleaders of
tbe conspiracy to kill and bnrn and
were being specially sought for. A
half-dozen whites, one of whom ie said
to be Isom's brother-in-law, came npon
the negroes and ordered them to submit
to arrest. One of tbe negroes answered
with a shot tbat struck ouo of tbe whites
and four blacks wore ebot down in their
tracks. The other three were caught,
one at a time. Many of Isom's neigh
bors who are in tbe crowd will not lis
ten to any peaceful talk. They declare
that for the sakea of their wives and
children and for their own safety they
must stamp out the gang that has sworn
to murder, and tonight that spirit seeme
tbe predominant one. If the fight
comes it will be a deeperate one.
THE KILLING OF ISOM.
The killing of Isom occurred in the
public road not far from his home, and
the circumstances attending it seem to
throw doubt upon the conspiracy theory.
Mr. Isom was in town Thursday, and
while in town had come words with
Waverly Pike, a negro living in this
vioinity. Apparently everything was
smoothed over when be started for
borne. When he started, with Henry
Timmon, his brother-in-law, for Cap
tain Timmon's home, about half a mile
from laom's, they met four negroes, two
on horseback and two in wagons. Pike
and West McCall were on horseback.
The two Herring boys were in the
wagon. They came near riding over
Isom, who remonstrated. Ho said :
"Look out, don't run over me," and
had stepped out of tbe way. Just then
Pike drew a pistol and withou a word
fired, the bullet piercing Isom'* heart.
Pike and McCall fired three shots each
at the prostrate body of Isom and they
broke for their horses. Pike made his
escape, but McCall and the Herrings
were arrested and are in jail.
In this present excitement there is
grave danger of these three being
arrested.
STORMING A JAIL.
A Mob TAinpurarilr Restrained by
Speech Mak.tr*.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 23 — William H.
H. Fleming, speaker of the Georgia
house, and Judge William F. Eve, of the
county court, have finished addresses to
a mob of 300 citizens that are gathered
around the county jail with the inten
tion of lynching Jake Wiggins. It is be
lieved that batter counsel has prevailed
and that there will be no assault on the
jail.
Saturday night Wiggins killed a negro
named Anderson Williams across tbe
river on the Carolina Bide; lie was
tracked to Augusta by a negro spottor
and the Augusta police were told of bis
whareabouts. A posßß of police sur
rounded the house ia the upper pnrt of
Augusta and broke in the door. Wig
gins opened fire on tho officers with a
pistol in each hand. Detective Joe
Murray was shot in the bead and is
dying at tbe hospital. Policeman
Stringer was also shot in the head and
cannot recover. Policeman Wrenn was
shot in the leg, Mr. John Davis, a
spectator, was shot iv the region of tho
heart uud killed.
The negro escaped, but a little later
was held up by a youth named Jordan,
and finally arrested. During the melee
at the horjßO and the flight of the negro
when the fugitive v/aa under fire from
many persons, over 160 shots wero fired
and the man was slightly wounded in
the left side.
At 9 o'clock the crowd at tbe jail bad
increased to 1000. There is no leader,
and it is uot thought any attempt will
be made to enter the jail, which is a
strong etrncture and will protect him.
The sheriff and mayor vow there shall
be no lynching in Augusta tonight or
any other night.
BANDITS AND OUTLAWS.
DRAWBACKS TO LIFE ON THE
MEXICAN FRONTIER.
Speculation mi to the Mission of British
, TCurshlps Now Stationed
at Acapu'loo.
Oaxaca, Mex., Deo. 23. —A courier
from the Guatemalan border reports
that these is such a disturbed condition
of affairß on the frontier that farms and
ranches are being abandoned and the
people seeking places of safety from the
depredations' and crimes that are being
constantly committed by the bandits
and outlaws following the wake oi the
soldiers. The Guatemalan foroee are
being strengthened all along the line
and the Indians and other natives of the
country are being pressed into military
service. The volunteer troops of this
state, as well as of the state of Chiapas,
are equipped and ready to march to the
frontier as soon as war is declared.
WARSHIPS AT ACAPULCO.
Acapulco, Mex., Deo. 23.—The ex
tended stay in this harbor of the Eng
lish cruisers Royal Arthur, Champion,
Satellite and Nymph, ia a matter of
much speculation as to the plana of
England with the war spirit in thie part
of the Pacific. The inojt generally ac
cepted belief ie that these cruisers have
some designs for the government in
connection with tho present dispute
over the boundary between Mexico and
Guatemala, especially in view of the un
communicative policy being followed by
the commanders of the boats. The
probable attitude, of the United States
in tho event of meddling on the part of
England is also a matter being sndns
tiioualy discussed ia some quarters. The
cruisers have been idly at anchor in this
port for a month, and there ie no indi
cation of au early departure.
FOR. MDKDEMNO WOMEN.
A Brickmaaon Acoatnd of aa Atrocious
Chicago, Deo. 23.--Lewis Stono is at
bie homo, No. 535 Flournoy street, and
awaits arreet upon a charge of having
murdered two defenseleea women in
Jamestown, N. Y. He saya r.e is inno
cent. He is an exoert bricklayer, for
many years in the employ of a firm of
local contractors. He was omployed in
Buffalo, N. V., and explains hie pres
ence in Jamestown on the night of the
murder, by saying the train on which
be wae en route to Chicago stopped in
that city and he was obliged to wait
several hours for another train. He
claims tho first ha knew of the crime
was when he saw by the papers that he
was wanted for murder. Stone at once
sum-nd -red and the Chicago police no
tified him they would wait instructions
by mail, pending receipt of which he
was released.
Willing to JT.eo Hli Aconlus.
Chicago, Dec. 23 —Adolph Jacobson,
who was arreted here on a telegram
from the Burt-Dexter company from
New York, has expressod his willing
ness to return without extradition.
Jacobson admits he in the man wanted,
bnt denies he took $18,000 of the com
pany's money, as charged.
Mat Death Blindfolded.
Cayucos, Cel.. Deo. 23.—The body of
Leopoldi Cerini, who disappeared De
cember 16th, after a drunken quarrel
with another Swede who bit his left
wrist severely, was washed up on the
shore today. His eyes were bandaged
when the body was discovered.
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MANY VESSELS WRECKED.
Great Damage and Loss of
Life in Britain.
American Ships Feel the Fury
of a Storm.
Heavy Floods Cause Ruin in Hol-
land Towns.
River Elba Ia Oat of Its Banks aad
Fart of Hsmbarg Is Jnnndated.
Fishing; Boats Missing.
By the Associated Press.
London, Dec. 23. —Reports from vari
ous parts of Great Britain show that tbe
gale is abating. Tbe etorm raged with
the greatest fury all day yesterday.
Telegraphio commnnication with Soot
land ie completely interrupted, while
the wires in the midland counties and
Ireland are more or less damaged. There
is hardly a town ol any size but
reports personal casualties and damages
to property.
Manufacturing towns in the north
and west suffered badly. Roofs were
torn off and chimneys collapsed, crash
ing through adjoining buildings and
killing and injuring a number of work
ing people.
FISHERMEN LOST.
A number of 'fishing boats are miss
ing. Three boats were swamped off
Stornway and 22 occupants drowned.
Much damage was done to houses in
Dublin and the suburbs of that city.
People in the Donegal hills are reported
to be Buffering terribly, their cottagoe
being wrecked and flooded.
The ships America and tbe Mary E.
Marshall went ashore near Greenock.
The Arklow was driven ashore in Scalp
sie bay, and has nine feet of water in her
bold. It is expocted she will be a total
loss. All along the coast vessels are re
ported to be stranded. The ship Car
michael was wrecked off Holyhead, and
five of her crew were drowned; six other
men on her were rescued with much
difficulty.
The four-masted boat County of Kin
ross, for Hartlepool, was seen off that
port lying on her beam's ends and
apparently sinking. Her crew was seen
on her with life belts on. Tbe actual
number of deaths is unknown, but ft is
expected the list will not bo lens than
100.
The American ship Kennebec, frem
Pork Blakely, which had discharged her
cargo at Belfast, broke adrift and sank a
tug and damaged another vessel.
THE STORM IN HOLLAND.
Amsterdam, Deo, 23.—Heavy floods
have been caused by tbe storm in Hol -
land. The rivers Mass and Rotte rose
12 feet, inundating parts of Rotterdam.
Boats were used in the etreets and in
the market places, which were like
lakes. Many of the dykes threatened
to give way under the heavy pounding
of the eea. In several places the water
succeeded In breaking through tbe
country in the vicinity of the breaks
and is flooded. Nine houses collapsed.
At Utrecht several persons were
drowned by the capsizing of a boat.
Telegraph and telephone wires every
where were broken.
The bark Caroline, from Savannah
for Hambnrg, went ashore near Egmon
see und became a total wreck. Her
cargo is being washed upon tbe beaob.
Part of her crew were drowned.
DAMAGE IN BELGIUM.
Brussels, Dec. 23 —The storm has
caused much damage throughout Bel
gium. Many of the Belgian fishing
boats ere missing.
Tbe town of Dandermonda at the con
fluence of tbe Dender and Scheldt rivers
was inundated by tbe overflowing of the
Dender. Tho inhabitants were aroused
by the tocsin and escaped, but the prop
erty loss is great.
The villagee of Audegeme, Dander
ville, Mespolace, Appeli and Bnearode
were also inundated. .
THE ELBE OVERFLOWS,
Hamburg, Dec. 23.—The Kiver Elbe
has overflown its banks and inundated
the lower parts of the town. The water
ie so deep that tramway cars ace unable
to run.
MO USE roa POLITICIANS.
The I. ijnor Dealers Aasoolatlon Will
Itettle r»r Thtmi-ITM,
San FitAMCisco, Dec. 23, —Since the
organization of the California State Pro
tective association the officers and trus
tees have been besieged by politicians
both large and small, who are endeav
oring to use their influence to further
the ends of the liquor men. bat it seems
that the liquor men have no use for the
politicians.
President James P. EJol said today:
"It ia the religions societies that have
brought the liquor men into politic? and
not the liquor men. Our aim, instead
of going into politics, is just the oppo
site. No member can uae the organiza
tion to further hia personal enda. The
poaition we are in under exiating laws
is not right from a purely busineaa
atandpoint. In any county in this atate
the supervisors can change the license
and for that reason there ia absolu'ely
no stability about the business. The
organization hopes to have five thousand
members before ilarch 1. The whole
state will be thoroughly canvaased to
that end."
Blood lv an Ohio Town.
Dayton, 0., Dec. 23.—Louis Shink, a
German 50 voara old, with a family, be
ing out of work, committed suicide by
shooting bin eelf.
An unknown colored man quarroled
with his wife, walked np town and shot
himself with suicidal intent. While
waiting for the patrol wagon be changed
his mind and arose and assaultod the
policoinan who was arresting him. The
other-r was horribly slashed with a
knile across the face and neck in several
places. The negro was locked up,
A TERRIBLE FATE.
Mrs, Elaanov L«oonta Burotd to Doetai
In Har Horn* In Oakland.
Oakland, Dac. 23—Mrs. Eleanor J.
Leconte, widow of the late Prof. John
Leconte, who at one time was acting
president oi the state university, was
hurned to death at the home of her son,
Louis Leconte, in Berkeley, this alter*
noon.
Deceased was sitting in front of a grata
when she fell asleep, and a newspaper
that she had been reading dropped oat
of her lap and took fire. The flames
spread to her wrapper, and when she
awakened her dress Was ablaze. Mrs.
Leconte tried to put out the flames with
towels, but failed. Then she jumped
into bed and covered herself np in the
blankots, but this did not put oat the
fire.
Ia a abort time she was discovered in
bed dead with the fire burning aroond
her. The deceased was a sister-in-law
of Prof. Joseph Leconte. The Itinera
will take place Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Leconte was 69 years old.
MARIS IXI..VN l» TUrSBI,
Their Right to Franohlee Bob* Up la S
OoUtfSt.
Vacavillb, Oal., Dee. 23.—Raleigh
Barcar, the Dsinooratio nominee for
district attorney, ha* filed papers pro*
testing the election of Frank R. Devlin,
tbe successful Republioau candidate,
who defeated Barcar by 92 votes. Bar*
car alleges tbat Devlin was elected by
fraud. According to a decision by So*
perior Judge Buckles, tbat residents on
Mare island, not being rosidents of any
precinct, were not entitled to vote. Ia
spite of this decision, some of the votera
cast their votes in the surrounding pre*
alncts. Govemer-elect Bndd reoeived a
plurality of 81 votes in the four sur
rouuding preoincts.
OUT OF THE SNOW.
The Blockade at Ounainnir Kelted and
Peeaengera K. jolce.
Dunsmdib, Cal., Duo, 23. —The mow
blookado was railed at noon today and
passenger trains are now moving with
only a few hours' delay. The great
rotary snow plow haa been tent to Sace
ramento for repairs.
The delayed passengers bad a very
jolly time in the snow, sleigh-riding,
coasting and other winter eporte were
indulged in.
SAVED FROM THE 9&L
CREW OF A BARK TAKEN OFF k
SINKING SHIP.
The Sonthern Ohlef Sneenmbed to tha
Vary of a Oale Off Ntortn
awapt Vape Flattery.
Port Townsend, Wuh„ Dec. 23.—The
bark Southern Chief, from Tacoma for
Adelaide, Australia, aucoumbed to the
fury of last Wednesday's storm. She
went to pieces end was abandoned 52
miles southwest of Cape Flattery. Her
captain, W. W. Plumb, fermerly of the
wrecked bark James Cheston, and his
crew, 15 persons all told, were taken off
the sinking vessel Friday morning by
the barkentine Skagit and brought to
this port.
An unknown ship previously passed
the Southern Chief and refused to heed
her signale of distress. Only one sea
man was injured, he having bis leg
jammed by lumber. The Chief ran Into
the gale early Thursday morning,which,
togetbsr with cross loan, opened np
seams in the vessel, and she quickly be
came waterlogged. Over 3000 feet of
lumber was jettisoned when her stern
quarters were carried away. A heavy
pea was sweeping her decks fore and
aft when the Skatit cnine along and res
cued the crew. Tbe vessel was valued
at 17000, and her cargo cost (10,000;
fully insured.
The revenue cutter Grant, which was
ordered to go out in search for overdue
vessels, sailed tonight. She will prob
ably be gone two weeks.
The harkentine Skagit, which arrived
today, 20 days from San Pedro, reports
making a big semicircle on the voyage
to Cape Flattery and did not encounter
any unusually stormy weather, and
neither did she eight any vessels in
distress, which would seem to dispel the
idea tbat the missing vessels had got
out to the westward aud wore heading
in toward shore.
weathered the storm.
Astoria, Dac. 23.— The British ship
Red Rock arrived in today, 14 day*
from San Francisco. She experienced
no damage from tbe hurricane.
CUE.ITEU IHI GALLOWS.
A Desperado Dnrlar Sentence of Death
Ksoepes From Jitll.
Kan., Deo. 23.—Oliver Jew
ell, one of the worst desperadoes in the
Indian territory, who was sentenced to
bohangodnext Friday for the murder
of Tom Arnold and his son in the Cher
okee strip, has escaped from tbe Wood*
ward. Oklahoma, jail. Two or three
hundred omoers and citlzene of Wood
ward and vicinity are out searching for
him, but he will probably get away, as
it is certain tha' hie friends from the
Indian country aided in his escape.
Bnrglwry at Riverside.
Biversidb, Deo. 23.—The house of 0.
A. Brvani, in South Riverside, was bur
glarized today in the absence of tte
family at church. Bryant and his
neighbors instituted a searoh for the
burglar and found him about a mile
from town. When searched stolen
property of considerable value was
found. The burglar gave the name oi
Charles Johnson,
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