Kiowa County Times from Greensburg, Kansas • 1

VOL. VI GREENSBURG, KANSAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1893. NUMBER 34 THE SOONER. AFTER THE RUSH. THE WORLD AT LARGE.

CONGRESS. THE STRIP OPENED. SEXERAL The United States cricket team won the international cricket match with Canada by four wickets. Scores: Canada, 67 and 230; United States, 177 and 148 for six wickets. The game was played at Toronto.

The celebrated Campbell heresy case was finished at Montreal and Prof. Campbell found guilty on both charges, to-wit: Doubting the inspiration of the Old Testament and refusing to recognize God as a smite r. The Atlas line steamship Alvo, bound from New York to Haytian ports, is believed to have been lost in the hurricane on August 20. The United States cruiser Detroit has sailed for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under orders to protect American interests. David Mackey has been elected president of the Evansville Terre Haute, vice George Grammar.

Emperor William has left Stuttgart He was enthusiastically cheered. CAPITOL OENTENNIAL. Celebration of the One- Hundredth Anniversary of the Laying of the Corner Stone The President's Address and Other Ceremonies. Washington, Sept. 19.

The hundredth anniversary of the laying of the corner, stone of capital was celebrated yesterday with imposing ceremonies. When the corner, stone was laid this magnificent city was a village. Escorted by a small band of patriotic citizens and a troop of soldiery, Washington, accompanied by his cabinet and many of the illustrious; men of his day, rode to the forest-crowned hill on which the capitol now. stands to lay the corner stone of that giant structure. Over the same route, President Cleveland was escorted by dashing cavalry, marching infantry, blaring bands and a vast multitude of people.

The parade started from the White house. The procession proceeded along Pennsylvania avenue to the east front of the capitol, over the route taken 100 years ago. Gen. Ord way, the chief marshal and his staff, with a squadron of United States cavalry, acting as an escort for President Cleveland in, a carriage, led the way. As the chief executive's carriage passed, the crowd greeted him with loud applause.

The president was followed by the orator of the day, William Wirt Henry, of Virginia, the governors of the various states, Chairman Laurence Gardner and the specially invited guests, Troop of the District National guaxd, bringing up the rear. After this escort came the first division proper, composed of civic organizations. The second division included the Society of Cincinnati, Sons of the American Revolution, the Aztec club of 1847, veterans of the Mexican war, the Old Guard, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Sons of Veterans and the National rifles. The third division was composed entirely of United States regulars and District of Columbia and visiting militia. The fourth and last division was composed of the veteran firemen of the District of Columbia and similar, organizations from other parts of the country, Arriyirig af he-capital the parade was disbanded and the ceremonies were begun.

Rt Rev. William Paret, bishop of Maryland, invoked the blessing ol God, after Which Deum was sung by a chorus of 1,500 voices. Then Laurence Gardner, the chairman, made, the opening address. As he concluded, Dr. Gardner turned toward President Cleveland and introduced him" as the next speaker.

The president was given a most enthusiastic greeting. folloiyiug is President Cleveland's address; -'i At the request of the republican executive committee of Ohio, Hon. Chduncey I. Filley, of Missouri, will take the stump for McKinley. Got.

Hughes, of Arizona, has submitted his annual report. It states that the smuggling of Chinese continues unabated. The draw span of the new bridge across the Missouri river at Omaha was swung the other day. A dispatch from Gallipolis, says the boiler of a threshing machine exploded while working at Loyna, just across the Ohio river. Engineer Jones and three men were killed outright Officials of the world's fair will make an effort to get congress to authorize? the keeping open of the gates oi ill--until Junuuiv 1, 1894.

Ax express train on thj Mineral range railroad was held up by robbers near Houghton, Mich. About 175,000 was taken. Heads are beginning to fall on the Evansville Terre Haute under the new president, Mackey. S. G.

McLeish, general passenger agent, was the first Hox. Milton Hay died while sitting on the lawn in front of his residence at Spring-field, 111. Bright's disease was the cause. The executive committee of the Chicago Theological seminary has secured the services of Rev. James Denney, of Brought Ferry, Scotland, to deliver a course of lectures on systematic theology- The consolidation of the two bridge companies of St Louis has gone into effect Rolling stock of both companies was sent across both bridges.

The first break in the lockout of Jackson county, miners has occurred. At Dubuque, Bishop Hennessy was invested with the pallium of the archbishop with imposing ceremonies. The terrible forest fires in Wisconsin have gone northward and have attacked the city of Ashland and burned many houses there. After the rush into the strip is over it is found that it was attended by many accidental deaths and murders and other deplorable features. Thousands of deluded and disappointed homeseek-ers are leaving the towns where they expected to find homes.

The Jamestown, board of health is vigorously endeavoring to check an alarming spread of diphtheria. There have been 100 deaths from the disease since spring. The new steel Anchor line freighter Cadmus, with a heavy cargo of flour, was sunk in the harbor at Duluth by a collision with the G. G. Headley.

George Price, while walking along the street, at Ravenna, was fatally injured by a stray bullet, fired in a barroom fight. The shooter escaped. The police of Sioux City have arrested Samuel XV. Copeland, who with a companion, on June 27, last robbed the Moorehead, national bank of $4,600. A dispatch from Whatcom, announces the arrest of ex-City Treasurer Isenesse, charged with embezzling $47,000.

Oxe of the men who took part in the Mineral Range train robbery has confessed. Seven men are now under arrest and a portion of the money has been recovered. The question of whether the fair shall be extended is now receiving serious consideration, but there is considerable opposition to it Thixgs are still in a chaotic condition in the strip and settlers are suffering greatly from heat and dust Thousands are already lined up in front of the various land offices. The Iron Hall case came up again at Indianapolis, when petitions to cut off the allowance made for a receiver, and also for his removal, were made in the superior court A gaxg of crooks is infesting Fargo, N. D.

Two murders and a hold-up of twenty men by three is one day's rec ord. Ax Ohio hunter, sleeping in the woods, awoke with a rattlesnake coiled on his breast He was saved by his dog, who seized the reptile before it could strike. The Week's Proceedings in the Senate and House. In tbe senate on the Uih Mr. Mitchell (Ore.) occupied most of the Ume in speaking against the repeal bill.

A letter from the secretary of the treasury in relation to the redemption of stiver certificates was laid before the senate. The resolution for a committee to inquire into the holdings of senators in national banks again went over. Mr. iwley (Conn spoke in favor olthe repeal bill In the house Mr. Hepburn (la.

vainly endeavored to secure tho passage of a resolution calling lor information relative to the transportation of Roods between United States ports over Canadian territory, nd Mr. Richardson (Tenn reported a bill having for its purpose a reduction of expenditures In the way of publio printing and binding. In ihe senate on the 13th Mr. Stewartspoke in favor of his resolution that a committee be appointed to ascertain and report if any senators held stock in national banks, and drifted Into a long speech on the silver question. Mr.

Shoup also spoke against the repeal bill. Mr. Voorhees made an ineffectual attempt to have a day set for closing debate and the senate the house Mr. Talbert (S. G) offered a resolution instructing the banking committee to report a bill for the issue of 1150,00.

-XU in treasury notea The bill created soma interest. Mr. Curtis (Kan Introduced a bill appropriating $15,000 to pay the widows and children of E. G. HuU and J.

Hagan, residents of Kansas and employes of tho government, who were killed in the Ford theater disaster. When the senate met on the 14th Mr. Faulkner (VV. Va offered his amendment to tho house repeal bill providing for the coinage of Bilver bullion in the treasury, the coinage of 13,000,000 monthly and makincr silver dollars legal tender. Mr.

Daniel (Va.) then aidressed the senate in opposition to unconditional When the house met Mr. Tucker attempted to get hi bill repealing all federal elections laws before the boiy but filibustering was commenced by republicans and continued for some time. Finally a resolution was passed revoking all leaves of absenco and authorizing the summoning of absent members by telegraph and the house adjourned. In the senate on the 15th Mr. Lindsay (Ky.) spoke on the repeal bill.

He said the bill contained not a word looking to the discontinuance of silver coinage under existing laws and that It left unlmparcd the provision of the act ot I89J for the coinage of silver in the future Ho defended Secretary Carlisle from the charge of Inconsistency so often made against him, and Jenounced, as without excuse or palliation, the effort to connect Mr. Carlisle wiih a conspiracy to bring on the late panic. Mr. Hlggins (Del) poke in favor of repeal. In the house filibustering was renewed over the calling up of the Tucker federal elc slion repeal bill and continued until 2 o'clock, 'when tha special order oame up the delivery of eulogies upon the late Representative Chipman, of Michigan, ufter which the house adjourned.

Aftkk some routine business in the senate on the 16th the repeal bill was taken up and Mr Voorhees asked that the time for closing debate be fixed at the 25th, when a vote should be taken, but the matter was Informally laid aside and Mr. Allison (la. addressed tho senate. At his conclusion eulogies were delivered upon the late Senator Stanford, of California, and tbe senate adjourned In the house filibustering against the Tucker federal elections repeal bill was resumed and the democrats being without a quorum the house adjourned until Monday afternoon. At the opening of the senate on the 18th Mr.

Stewart (Nev.) submitted an amendment to the repeal bill authorizing the president to invite the governments of Mexico, South and Central America, to join the United States In a conference to secure the adoption of a common silver coin, which shall bo a dollar of not more than 38113, nor less than 359.91 grains of pure silver to he issued by each government. The senate foou left the ball to participate in the centennial celebration of the laying of the cornerstone of the capitol Tbe house only met and adjourned to attend the capitol centennial celebration. FLOWER GARDENS IN ITALY. Some of the Effects of Rare Beauty in Various Villas. The Villa Muti had once the most varied system of flower gardens of any villa in Italy.

The house is literally surrounded by them, all at different levels, and one might walk out of any Story af the house and find one's self in a charming garden. The villa has now gone to almost absolute decay, and only the vaguest outlines of the arrangements of these gardens can be discovered. There is therefore very little there which oould be so reproduced as to convey any idea of what had been. The "bosquet" is on a terrace resting above the upper garden, and is reached by a fine stairway, which begins in full sunlight and ends in the heart of the grove in the densest shade. The reservoir is above this, and has scats about it.

There are two villas In Fraseati belonging to the Porghese family, one of which, the Villa Taverna. has been kept up as a family residence, and the other, Mon drag-one, is now occupied by a Jesuit school. The palace and the scale of the gardens of the latter are of great size; but with the exception of fine terrace in front of the house, and an avenue of cypresses which leads ud to It from the public road, there is nothing left but architectural details. The walls and fountain of the old garden still exist, and also a pavilion and colonnade of remarkable dignity at one end of it; but the razed parterre is now used as a play-ground for boys. The Villa Taverna has a very charming flower garden, which reached from one wing of the house.

It is raised above the road and is, in fact, inclosed and supported by architecture so that it teems to be literally an apartment of the house. The central fountain here is a very handsome one surrounded by laurels cut in a circular form. There are some interesting fountains let into the wall, and the balustrade which connects the garden and the house is a very good one. Beyond this there is little here to detain one, though a path which leads from the house to the grove is interesting on account of the unusual open character given it by the use of deciduous trees something quite unusual, in Italian villas. iWith such magnificent views, anL with slopes so delightfully accidented, it seems it would be difficult for an artist-gardener not to produce beautiful results, particularly as the Italians in their construction -of summer villas rarely allowed ideas of convenience to interfere with their desire to produce a beautiful effect, -Charles A.

Piatt, in Harper's Magasine.v$ Ktae Knew Where It Was. you see any thing of my straw hat, love? Nuwed Sh-h-h! Mother has Just fallen into a I'll get it for you when she wakes You know -how she dislikes to be disturbed -Puck. 1 A tW bashawav I just got' a notice from nay bank that I can't draw out any money for sixty days. Cleverton-Yhat are you going to do? Dashaway Well, old man. that's what I wanted to see you about Life.

Cllppuaaa. In the Ohio collection at the world's fair of prehlatorio relics of the people Who Inhabited the Ohp Mississippi aa4 Missouri valleys titer ar to be seen. In the antaropologloBlmildinjr skeletons well preferred, battle 'ama stone, spear and paA- Ho Will Fare Badly at the Hands of tbe Genuine Home Seekers on the Strip One Reported Lynched A ter the Rush. Arkansas City, Sept 19. Stories of homicides and fatalities from innumerable causes over the strip opening are being reported here without number, but few.

of them can be verified, and still fewer are told with names and details. Tragedy and comedy are closely intermingled, and pathetic i ridden ts are followed by those of the most ridiculous character. Sooners are being treated with no gentle hands, and many men who have sought to take unfair advantage will not live to give utterance to the perjury that is in their hearts. Generally speaking, the sooners got what they claimed in Perry, but on Black Bear creek, west of Perry, four sooners were routed and driven off their claims by four Kansas men who made the run from Orlando, viz. James Trimble and Nat of Atchison county; Jack Simpson, of Jefferson county, and George Wright, of Arkansas- City.

These four had fixed their eyes on the Black Bear valley and got a start from Orlando well in front of the crowd. They kept the lead and reached Black Bear in fifty minutes. There they found the bottom land in possession of four men who had neither horse nor wagon. It was a clear case of sooner, and Trimble, who was in command of his party, at once set up an adverse claim. There was a short parley, bat the Kansas men showed fight and the sooners weakened and moved on, taking claims on the uplands.

The Atchison colony, headed by ex-Mayor S. H. Kelsey, of that city, got left completely. They were well organized and equipped with plenty of money and material to found a town, but they ran for a section which was in full possession of sooners. Wherever they went they found the land already taken and the men in possession prepared to fight for their claims.

Mr. Kelsey, however, is not discouraged, and it is plan now to buy up a tract of land and carry out his original purpose, It was reported, on what seemed good authority, that Mrs. Charles Barnes, of Eldorado, had been thrown from her horse and killed while making the race about a iaile south of Perry Saturday afternoon. A correspondent met the lady alive and well this afternoon at Perry. She said it was true that her horse had fallen, but she was not run over and easily re-, covered from the shock she experif enced.

She left her horse wounded 6if the ground and ran into the town-sitef on foot, where she is now holding down a good lot with true Kansas pluck. At Ponca a boy rode into the town on a broncho. The horse became frightened at the howling and the many lights and started to run. He stumbled in a gully, pitching the boy over his head, killing him instantly. There was nothing on the boy's person by which he could be identified.

A great many disappointed boomers are looking for a lame young man named Harper Hooker. Mr. Hooker made his headquarters at Guthrie, and sold certificates at 95 The certificates had all the appearance of being- genuine, and probably they were, but the great majority of his customers-failed to get claims, and now they want their money back. A mass meeting of the citizens of Arkansas City was held at the intersection of the two principal streets and resolutions wove adopted protesting against the murder of J. A.

Hill, the New Jersey man, who was shot down Saturday afternoon at the Chilocco reservation line by a soldier of the Third cavalry. Strong resolutions were adopted denouncing the killing as wilful murder and demanding that the murderer be turned over to the civil authorities. The army officers still decline to give the name of Hill's slayer and insist that he simply obeyed orders in shooting a man who persisted in rushing into the strip before th signal was given. A SOONER LYNCHED. Arkansas City, Sept 19.

Asa Youmans, who formerly lived at Carthage, Mai came to the strip in com pany with a number of Missourians who were regularly organized and paid by a syndicate of estate men. When the first runners of the boomers reached Chikaska near where Black-well now stands, they fqund fifty men holding down claims with no other baggage than their rifles. This map Youmans was holding two, claiming that hi friend and partner had one out in search for water. The first comers did not attempt to dislodge him, but those who came later, to whom- the circumstances had been reported, planted their flags and determined to stand by them, Youmans showed fight and boasted of deeds he had before committed." The two men quietly left but soon returned with a party and hanged Youmans. 'Fftur Land Clalmers Killed.

Arkansas City, Sept 19. North5 -of-' Stillwater four men; were killed for claiming land whlcli'-already bad claimants, i rode together, snd warned; off the they replied that ithey would; take tlieir-chances' at the law office! The' -controversy occurred close to a "cornet stone, where the four prior claimants were gathered, and in a second each man- had put a bullet through an intruder. The Valkryrle Slajhted. New York, Sept- lfc-r-Cap Griffiths, pf a British steamer, reports September J6, latitude 4LS6, longitude 63. 46, atO p.

and six miles southeast 'a! the vessel, he passed the'Ylkryrie He got tbe signal; "All well-on He said the yacht would probably arrive in the morning. v. 0 1 Bad Railway Accident, Chicago, Sept 19. It is Reported that a Big Four passenger train-which left here about. 8 o'clock last was wrecked near Kankakee, IILT From seven to ten people are reported killed and a number injured.

5 i The pop sttifreV -1 1 Romb, Sept la The pope has sent a letter to Mgr. SatolU, the papal legate to the United States, in whioh lie gives expression to the satisfaction he feels at the- union of the American clergy that has been, completed through the efforts of Mgr. SatollL-' 1 Boycott Twft SgrnV PSHJAftp, 8epfc. lft.rThe Western passenger assocutUnj his feofrpatted. the Sioux city Northern Vnd Jaekaonvule Southeastern rrig-btfnl Scenes Along tbe Path of seekers Many Dead Bodies Found.

Arkansas, Citt, Sept, 18. A number of tragedies signalized "the opening of the Cherokee strip. The reports' are meager and are not detailed as to either the names or residences of per-; sons who have fallen victims either to bullets or the fierce prairie fires which swept the entire strip. Hardly any of the boomers who entered the strip Saturday carried on their persons anything to identify them. Eight or ten dead bodies have been found, but at this writing there is no means of identifying them.

A settler who succeeded in locating and taking a claim in the Cherokee river country came up on the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe road and told of seeing six dead bodies between his point of departure and the new town qf Cross on the Atchison. Two of them had. bullet holes in the forehead. They were lying close together, and there is every reason to believe that they were contestants for the quarter section of land on which both were found, and that they killed each other in a deadly duel to determine supremacy. Both of them had revolvers in their hands, but the fact that both were shot in the foiehead and at almost the same spot lends color to the suspicion that one or both of them committed suicide in the desperation of defeat in the race.

One of the dead men was tall, with florid complexion and blonde mustache. He wore brown colored trousers and a blue shirt, but neither vest nor coat. The other dead man was shorter, with dark complexion and dressed in a dark suit If either of them had family or friends in the country they were at their death far away from them, as there was no one among the crowds of curious sightseers who saw the bodies that could identify them. Not far from this ghastly scene four bodies were discovered at considerable distance apart burned to a crisp and unrecognizable in the event of any one being able to say who they were or where they came from. They had fallen victims to the prairie fires, which in that region of bottom land where the grass was much taller than in the uplands, destroyed everything caught in their path.

Nothing of the horses which the dead men must have rode into the country was to be seen. The siipposition is that they escaped from their riders. This is the boomers' story. It is certain that prairie fires destroyed life Saturday night. The dead body of a woman was found who had evidently fallen a victim to them.

How she came to be alone on the prairie, or whether she was deserted in the extremity of danger by those who should either have protected her or died with her, will perhaps never be known. The remains were brought to Cross. The story telegraphed of the rumored death of two men at each other's hands was verified, but neither of them are known. It was the old story of a fight over a claim. The arbitration was final, and the court meted to one the same degree of border law as, to the other.

Some other home-seeker will take possession of the claim for which two have died unless, indeed, other contestants arise to dispute its possession with him. Several stories agree in saying that two instead of one man were killed by soldiers when the north line moved out The murder of Hill was reported last A dead body was discovered several miles south of the border and is said to be that of another man who was seen to ride out, leaning- over in his saddle. No one in that crucial moment stopped to assist him or make any inquiries regarding his condition. He rode probably until weakness and the loss of blood compelled him to loosen his hold on the pommel- The wound was in the groin and when the dead body was discovered the arms were held rigidly upward in the position they doubtless were when death came to the sufferer. FOUND DEAD.

Redmund Burke Drove His Family from Home and Afterwards He Was Found Dead. Breckinridge, Sept. 18. Redmond Burke, residing in the south part of town, has for years past been extremely vicious toward his family, beating them and often withholding even life's necessities from them. Some two weeks ago he drove his wife and little boy from the house, threatening to kill them if they ever entered the house again.

Mrs Burke went to Kansas City at Tullis court, where she has a married daughter living. Yesterday morning about 4 o'clock Mr. J. Peck and J. T.

Alexander, who lived near Burke's home, were awakened by the screams of some person as if in trouble, which was followed by heavy groans, gradually dying away, but heard no words. At daylight; they made an examination and from indications concluded that. Burke had been tarred and feathered and driven from town, and not until about 6 o'clock did they find About that time others of the neighbors had joined in the investigation, when he was found in his bed -entirely lifeless, without any clothes on, but neatly covered with a quilt i The back door had been broken open, and to a window, printed with a lead; pen ell on a piece of card board, was this, notice: "Three days to leave1 or worse Klu-Klux." i i Upon an examination of the body no bruises were found, but a piece of flour sack was tied about the neck and had been twisted tightly, showing that" death-had resulted from strangulation. SUFFERING 'JUMPERS: ft, 2 A School Teacher and a TravaUne; afaa Who HastRy Allg-fcted from Trains. pk-v 18.

Miss SadW Telly, the young lady school teaoher of Kingfisher who jumped from the boomers' train at the new town of Enid Saturday and suffered a compound fracture of the right leg, was, brought here on a stretcher from that place ami sent to her John Walters a Wichita traveling jnan, was severely injured -while alighting from a train at this place. He was placed upon a train and sent tp Wichita. Tbe Coffee ftfarkef New York, Sept 18. The troubleln the merchants in coffee, la being felt in the, trade- and unless the revolution is soon settled their business will be very seriously Prices for spot are already very near what is called the 'Hlangerjoaarket. Frederick T.

Sherman, receiver 'for Thomas M. Barr Ca, said that the evolution 'in: Brazil had'; put an; embargo upon all -transactions with that Ppot coffee was now about five cents hiyher than 1 tM i s4 this time 5 last year, and had almost reaonea tae-chants uneasv. pxrint to make cuv A Wild Bush to Seoura Homesteads. A Gremt Jam of Men, Women, Children, Horse and ffJong-A Scene of Excitement, Hopes, and Disappointments Staking; Claims. Arkansas Citt, Sept.

18. At high noon 100 United States carbines cracked in the dry air and with exulting yells 80,000 men and women, all American citizens, rushed onto the Cherokee strip almost the last section of the public domain- that will be thrown open to general settlement. The view of the rush at 12 o'clock from the observatory on the Chilocco school was full of exciting interest. Just before the hour, with a field glass the long line of horses and men densely packed for 200 feet back could be seen. At high noon the sharp crack of a was distinctly heard and immediately following came the reports of the carbines.

A hoarse yell went up, softened by the distance, and the line got in motion. Horses were seen to shoot out from the ruck and dash across the prairie. Then a dense cloud of dust obscured the line for a moment, but a brisk wind cleared it away, and the men and wagons could be seen scattering as the slowest were left behind. Now and then a wagon would go over with a wheel knocked off. A horse was seen to rear in the air as he was struck by a wagon tongue and fall back.

His rider was up in an instant and bent over his horse. Then he arose, and from his gestures it was plainly seen that he had been left at the post. The last of the rushing hosts were not long in disappearing over the hill into the swale at the south line of the Chilocco reserve, the rear being brought up by a throng of men and women on foot and a few teams on a walk. THE RUSH AT CALDWELL. Caldwell, Sept.

18. Two minutes after noon 10,000 people who had' gathered along the border south of Caldwell were rushing helter-skelter into the strip in every direction as far as the eye could reach. Five minutes later, the fleetest and foremost horsemen were mere specks, and in clouds of dust in the distance and behind them were hundreds and hundreds of white covered wagons and buggies trooping into the land, leaving behind them great clouds of dust to mark the line. The people did not become impatient until a few minutes before 12 o'clock, when the cavalrymen made their last rides up and down the column. For five minutes before the signal all had been getting ready and there was more excitement than ever along the lines of people who had stood so many hours waiting for the opening.

At 12 o'clock a. cannon sounded away off several miles east of the hills where sightseers had assembled. There was a cloud of dust in the distance. There was another report nearer, but it was the report of a cavalryman's carbine. The line of dust advanced up the column, the rumbling sound caused by the stampeding of hundreds of horses increased.

Another carbine was fired and away went all the people toward the south. The race at first was a fast one and hundreds of men on horseback darted out of the mass and began to lead the crowd. There were some lively races, but there were too many entries to observe individual contests. THE START FROM ORLAXDO. Orlaxdo, Sept 18.

Twenty-five thousand men and women with a goodly number of boys and girls started at the sound of carbines held by cavalrymen sharp at noon. Hundreds went in on trains which were jammed but the grand rush was by horse and.wagon. Trains both north and south bound ran in many sections and all were, loaded to the platforms. Women clung to the guard rails and men hung to the engines and the roof like bees. The rush was especially big from Arkansas City and was made up of men who came to this side of the strip to run for Perry town lots.

Conductors estimate that no less than 5,000 men crossed the strip Friday." THE STILLWATER COXTIXGKXT. Stillwater Sept 18. Ten thousand sturdy homeseekers were let loose on the heretofore forbidden lands north of here sharp at noon. All of this army of men were after homesteads and none wanted town lots In consequence there was no thoroughbred racers in the line. Scores went into the lands in with equipments necessary to begin farm work at once.

There were of course many exciting races for quarter sections believed to be extra good, but these contests were not marked features of the run. Xeuow Fever Epidemic. Savannah, Sept 18. A special from Brunswick says: Eleven new cases of yellow fever and an epidemic declared. Such was the announcement made by Col.

Goodvear at the board of health meeting yesterday, sending a thrill of terror through the grief-stricken resl dents of Brunswick present -With heart breaking sorrow, hundreds rushed to the trains and it will need no military force to depopulate the city. There are the poor in Brunswick, for whom the government and people of this country must think. Two Boys Killed. Sept 18. After.

a freight train on the Newport News Mississippi Valley railway had left Owensboro Junction, going norths a brakeman discovered 'two young' boys stowed on top of rear-end box oar. and decided to leave them' unmolested until the train arrived at thenextj stop? After crossing i the bridge at Rockport the brakeman went fback' to dislodge the youthful tramps, but they had disappeared. Next day the; dead bodies-f -unknown? lad i Were found, terribly crushed, just below the bridge, -'rjMjv had evidently fallen or been bruahea off theear. tha Abridge. Tried to KlU an Edtti Sept 18.

An lattempt was'made to assassinate Mr. FiUtraule, I editor of the Canada Review in his office, Saturday; Mr. Fllitrafch) has re ceived nnmeroaS, betters him with death if fcedidnotdtrist from his i objectionable (pitickm cj Cath- piic doctriies. Us no to texeoqr is fired Vraiew aCa poU. here it jr i wtA Br w-r.

bis desk at the time, Summitry of tlie Daily News. WASHINGTON NOTES. A dispatch from the mayor of Caldwell, to Hoke Smith informed the secretary that he had been burned in effigy by boomers who were indignant over the registration scheme. Hexky K. Collier, of Georgia, special agent of the general land office, has been detailed to examine surveys in the Cherokee strip.

Mrs. Clkvf.laxd's baby will bo named Esther. The acting- secre" -v of wr.r hn ren-f'prvHl a holding that a dlshon-cra bie discharge from the service is an entire expulsion from the army and covers all unexpired enlistments. The comptroller of the currency has appointed Mr. John Benton receiver of the Lloyds national bank at Jamestown, X.

D. A dispatch was received at the navy department stating that the Charleston's steering gear had broken down, and that it would be necessary to coal before leaving for Brazilian waters. The state department was notified that Portugal had declared a quarantine against the United States on account of cholera. Secretary Gresham protested against such an unjust action, as there has not been a case of cholera in this country- since August 14. The president has sent the nomination of Dr.

S. Ilazeltin. of Michigan, to be consul of the United States at Milan. Italy, vice XV. 3.

Maynard. A report to the war department says the Mexican customs officials have returned to their owners the sheep seized on disputed territory. The United States troops will now be withdrawn. While it is within the possibilities, it is not at all probable that President Cleveland, his wife, dansrhter Ruth and baby Esther will visit the world's fail this" fall. Coxoressmax Geary, Senator White and the other Pacific coast members have decided to fight the Everett bill, amending the Geary law, and they say that even if it passes the house they will be able to defeat it in the senate.

The 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the capitol at Washington was celebrated on the 18th in an impressive manner. Secret ary Morton has issued an important meat inspection order. Secretary Hoke Smith has settled the Atlanta postmastership fight by deciding to have Renfro, the former incumbent, appointed. THK EAST. Twenty-six buildings in the center of Spencer, including a number of the principal business establishments, were destroyed by fire.

The loss was between foOO.OOO and Harry Mixer, the founder of the "preen goods'" business, died at Benson, N. recently. Miner, during his career, spent several fortunes, all gained in his nefarious business. A squad of police and a gang of car robbers had a battle in the railroad yards at Buffalo, N. Y.

A number of shots were exchanged in the dark, but nobody was injured. Three of the robbers were arrested. The steamer Jason arrived at New York with the captain and three men of the schooner Frank M. Her vers, of Galveston, Tex. The schooner was lost during the hurricane of August 21-26, and the mate and one seaman drowned.

Johx Swope, of Pennsylvania, a stockholder, has begun suit against the Northern Pacific and its directory to recover millions, which he alleges he has be'en fraudulently deprived of. A peculiar case, wherein a woman just from Russia is practically in pawn, developed at the New York immigrant The Cincinnati express on the Pennsylvania railroad was derailed at Tyrol, Pa. The train was filled with passengers, bnt no one was seriously hurt. The controversy between Bishop Wigger and Father Corrigan is growing more bitter and is causing much comment among the Catholics of Hoboken, N. J.

At a conference at Newcastle, between wire nail men and members of the Amalgamated association the men agreed to accept 10 per cent, reduction. The mills there have been idle over six months and over 1,000 men will go to work at once. The Sharon Estate Co. was organized at Jersey City, with a capital of to carry on an extensive real estate, manufacturing and mining business. F.

G. Newlands is the principal stockholder. Five thousand ounces of gold are missing from one of the reserve vaults of the government at Philadelphia. A great mystery surrounds the disappearance. Four cases of small-pox were found by the health officers in Madison street, New York.

Rev. Dr. Talmage, in his sermon at the Brooklyn tabernacle, offered a reward of 100 to any infidel who had read the Bible through twice in course. TIIK WEST. A sexsatiox was caused in Seattle, by a report that City Treasurer Adolph Kmg was a defaulter to a large amount.

The bankers of Chicago tendered a banquet to Comptroller Eckels. The Ager and Klamath Falls stage, in Oregon, was stopped by a lone high wayman, who relieved three pas sengers of their valuables to the amount of $600. The express box and registered mail pouch were also rifled. The robber escaped. The trustees of the university oi Illinois have sustained the action oi the executive committee dismissing Prof.

Crawford. Jbask IL Matthews, a union ma chmtkt from St. Louis, was killed by Robert StrehL a non-union man, at Mattoon, 'JU The world's fair has nearly paid of! ate floating-' debt and' largely, reduced ite other liabilities. 1 sTaucst fires were rairinfl- all around Oconto, Wis. No rain had fallen there 'in months.

v.v Tux Coopers International union, whieBit in secret -session at Milwau km. has followed the example of the Brewers National union and passed reaorotiona irohibiting ite member from belonging to Ihe national guard. AT Uje'parliament of -religions Dhar-mapala, of created a sensation by his" speech in defense df Buddhism- Voted against an apveovriation far locating tne state xau E. Coos, formerly wra now 4fnnet Gillespie (I1L) bank, tiraed tit tfaeheirJM saddenly sawsteC HJs Bond was fixed sat SI 4. 700.

The senate of Peru has censured by unanimous vote the ministry for suppressing opposition papers. The situation was becoming critical, and was aggravated by the activity of ex-President Peirota in the southern department Private telegrams from Kissingen state that the condition of Prince Bismarck has become worse. Clearing house returns for the week ended September 14 showed an average decrease of 2S. 6 compared with the corresponding week of last year. In New York the decrease was 30.5; outside, 20.5.

The province of Toledo, Spain, was swept by violent storms and much damage done. Large tracts of country were flooded and many lives lost. The United States cruiser Chicago has left Havre, a large crowd assembling at the docks to witness her departure. The Rock Island directors have declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent. It is said that the spirit of mutiny in the British army is growing day by day.

Prixce Bismarck's condition continues to improve. He is gaining strength and takes frequent drives when the weather permits. There are certain to be many legal complications arise over the manner in which the strip was opened. The bombardment of Rio de Janeiro by rebel warships proceeded. President Peixoto's position was said to be critical.

Asa preliminary Xo the meeting of the representatives of the countries party to the Latin union treaty the French government has commenced taking an inventory of foreign silver in its treasuries. Marquis de Morxay, founder of the Paris horse show and a leading member of the Jockey club, is dead. The duke of Connaught and the king of Saxony have left Vienna for the scene of the Hungarian army manuev-ers. There is an epidemic of cholera in the department of Finistere, France. The disease first appeared in Brest and has now spread to Camard, where there already been thirty deaths.

Serious damage has been done to property in northern Portugal by almost incessant rain, which has flooded large districts, washing away the crops, drowning cattle, destroying houses and, it is said, causing the loss of a number of lives. A ballot among the miners of Belgium to determine upon the advisability of a strike was started. It is believed from the returns already received that a general strike is inevitable. The Italian government is displaying such hostility towards the pope that there is talk of a removal of the Vatican from Rome. All the newspapers of Stockholm deny the statement that Sweden will join the dreibund.

The steamer Shrewsbury, plying between Toledo and Put-In-Bay, was hard and fast aground on a shoal at the mouth of Maumee bay. The passengers were all taken off safely. Chaxcellor vox Capbivi has a scheme which Emperor William favors to annex Alsace to the Grand Duchy of Baden and to annex Lorraine to Prus sia. THE LATEST. Chicago, Sept.

20. At 9:20 o'clock last night, one-fourth of a mile south of the little village of Manteno, eight miles north of Kankakee, the second section of No. 45, which is the Big Four express, crashed into the rear end of the first section with awful results. Eight persons were killed outright, four fatally injured, and nearly a score of others more or less severely hurt. Nashville, Sept.

23. With simple but solemn ceremonies the remains of James Knox Polk, tenth president of the United States, and those of his wife, Mrs. Sarah Childress Polk, were yesterday removed from the tomb at Polk Place, the old family residence in this city, to a picturesque spot at the state capitol grounds and there reinterred. PiTTSBTjRO, Sept. 20.

James Ilalliday, a miner, fell down the shaft of a mine at Frontenac Monday night, a distance of 120 feet and was killed. Washington, Sept. 20. In the house yesterday Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma created a mild sensation by asking the immediate consideration of a resolution bearing on the outrages said to have been committed in. the Cherokee strip.

By unanimous consent he was allowed to make a short 'statement. He, had read the accounts of the alleged depre dations of the troops -and then in a passionate way, declared that air the regulations under which the strip had been opened were a disgrace to modern civilization. The resolution was Wichita, Sept 20. Last night M. A.

Jacobs, chief clerk, of the general land office with headquarters in this city, received a telegram -from the-ebm-mi88ioner of the general land offlpe, stating that Secretary Smith 4i ad issued an order discontinuing the booths tm the. border line of the Cherokee strip. Mr. Jacobe at telegraphed the clerks ln. charge to bundle up their tenti and return to Washington lortlr-wlttt Abkamsas Cmr, Kann" Scpk jHiX-Yesterday the vi banked high with floods, and, at noon slight fall Unless tlJw tQmei tzzrf tZ soon additional suficrz front the scarcity of irtvtrr atnong the setUers in tii strip: 4 Ffcofle Uzr.

lag tU I'-ri? by tt Town. Cits ti.Juiia of peopU tUUii now contain but few hundreds. While accept with much satisfaction the part assigned to me on this occasion, I cannot escape that which these ceremonies suggest. Those who suppose we are f-imply engaged in corumemoraiin? the beginning of a magnificent structure devoted to public uses have overlooked the most useful and improving lesson of the hour. vVe do, indeed, celebrate the lay; las of a corner stone, from 'l4i--'h has sprung the splendid edilice whose grand proportions Arouse the pride of every American, but out celebration is chiefly valuable and significant oecause this edifice was designed nd planned by great and good men as a place where the principles of a free representative government should bo developed in patriotic legislation foi the bone at of a free people.

If the representatives who here assemble to make laws for thei? foilaw -countrymen forget the duty of bread and disinterested patriotism, and legislate in prejudice and passion or in behalf' of sectional and selfish interests, the time when the corner stone of our capital was laid and the circumstances surrounding it, wil not be worth commemorating. The sentiment and the traditions oonnectei with this structure aftd its uses belong to all the people of the laud. They are mo3t valuable aa reminders of patriotism in the dis charge of public duty uud steadfastness In many a struggle for the public good. They also furnish a standard by which our people may measure tbe conduct of those chosen to serve them. The inexorable application of this standard will always supply proof that our countrymen realize the value of the free institutions which wars designated and built by those who laid the corner stone of their capi tol.

and that they appreciate the necessity of constant and jealous watchfulness as a condi tion indispensable to the preservation of these institutions in their purity and integrity. I believe our fellow citizens have no grpatei nor better cause for rejoicin on this centen nial than is found in the asguran.ee that their pubUo servants who assemble in these halls will watch and guard the sentiment and traditions that gather around this oelebration, and that in the days to come those who shall again commemorate the laying of the corner stone of their nation's capitol, will find in the recital of our performance of public duty, no less reason for enthusiasm and congratulation than we find In recalling the wisdom and virtuj of those who have preceded us. Follovising the president the orator of the day, William Wirt Henry, a de-seendent of Patrick Henry, the revolutionary statesman and patriot was introduced, and he delivered an eloquent address. When the applause following Mr. JJenr-y's speech had ceased, ''The Star Spangled Banner" was sung by the grand chorus.

The next speaker was rVioe President who spoke in behalf of the United States senate. The audience honored Mr. Stevenson with a greeting equal in volume and enthusiasm to that accorded the president When he had finished Hon. Charles F. Crisp, speaker oi the house of representatives, delivered an address in behalf of that body.

The grand chorus gang- The Heavens Are Telling" after Crisp had spoken. In behalf of the' judiciary nenry Billings Brown, of the supreme court oi the United States, spoke. I ASRc FlKht, i Whskmso, W. Sept' 19. A riot occurred at the -big Riverside iron works when-'the plant resumed i work this morning.

About 500 Hungarians agreed to take the places of Americana A fight ensued in which clubs and stones were freely used. Two Huns were seriously hurt and many others were" slightly injured. None of the foreigners obtained: work. --'Fell Down an Elevator Shaft, I Da VEXPOB'f si Sept ia-Thre young ladies, reached the city, by a late train last night from Muscatine. They registered "at the best hotel under as sumed names and; had been assigned a They were about to take" the elevator, then on its way down, when one of them opened the into i the shaft She.

fell' 14 feet, striking between the cable the revolving wheel, and meeting with instant death. 'Her name was Georgit' Roble. One of the other ffil is, Miss Boble's sister, aq the third Maud. Bear, They h4 come, to tm day's enjoyment y' A OM Physietaa Dead. Raksas Crrr, Bept lftl Dr Fred Wyandotte county's oldest practicing physician, died at 0 o'clock this morning at his home, at the Qame of Fourth street sag tfebrasfca.

avenue Kansas City. Or- peck Uwd tfcreauartera pj century and Wrt pctlclt physician, for (ytyUt yaars. aiacfi 5' eas-outlook frtMa eity and VtebUtj has assumed a more eateouraxT THE SOUTH. A miscreaxt shot into a Louisville Nashville train between Bowling Green, and Louisville. The ball struck Editor Bailey Barksdale, of the Tobacco Leaf Chronicle, of Clarksville, on the forehead and made a serious wound.

News comes from Pickens county, that a mob broke into the jail and killed three colored men and one woman who were in jail charged with murdering a family by poisoning them. Two new cases of yellow fever have been bulletined at Brunswick, Ga. No deaths occurred. Near Millersville post office, the residence of Milton Myers was totally destroyed by fire and three children, aged 10, 8 and 3 years, were burned. The rest of the family barely escaped.

Letters to Henry Hotter, secretary of the Memphis Cotton exchange, from various points show that the cotton crop has been seriously damaged and cut short Coal Creek, soldiers supposed to be implicated in the lynching of Richard Drummond, a few weeks ago, have been arrested. At the request of Gen. Fite they were taken to the Knox county jail, to thwart any attempt on the part of friends to liberate them. The Wilmington, N. cotton mills, after a suspension of four weeks, resume work September 25.

Three brothers of Roselius Julian, who murdered Jndge Estopinal, were taken from prison in Jefferson parish, and lynched by a mob. The Frankfort, national bank is about to close its doors and quit' business. Johx B. Gordox, the general commanding the United Confederate veterans, has issued an order postponing indefinitely the reunion of the organic ization, which was to have been held in Birmingham, the first of hext month. 5r At Leitchfleld, Ky.

five prisoners escaped from the county jail by cutting through a brick wall and letting themselves down by means of blankets tied together. -y-. Gov. Tillmax, of South says that fall control of the-relief work, for the storm sufferers is in the hands' of Red Cross society, with headquarters at Beaufort, and all contributions should be sent to the society. 1 A riot occurred at the big Riverside iron works.

Wheeling. W. Va. when the plant About 500 linn? garians tried take the places of Americans. A "-fight with clubs amp stones i -i Ax iron bridge on the Southern Pa-, cine J-aflroadV six miles above New Orleans, went down with" a train the other night.

ting rate Ttaketaon the ftnamed and Brciaatand.crfT.rtr Un'-a) -ros wiU be honored s4 oa the latter set af sr eav. 1 rescr- rz'zSzz cfUl i a.