Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1889, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Exeept, Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Nozthwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave, and 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. B. KAUFFMANN, Pres't is served to subscribers in che o acconnt, st 10 cents per Copies at the counter, 2 <* paseo conts & Post Offic af clase mail matter } Tux Werxty Srax—put vening. Slat. , year. posture prepaid. Six €F-AD nail ex fe known on application. WASHINGTON, D.C.. MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1889, SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. > SPEC —THE TROTTL MEA rc. She ne Paap (sn ot omatte ore st. and Post how cheap t hs are. We prefer to dwell . Baltix x he oodues tmost for 8 me tanto them the invite your ing it. A urs. We pul appointed for that purpos nerd of directors, Ali persons inter- ested in the Association and who desire to become buen bere are invited to be present #KANK BROWN, President, Postmaster, Baltimore, Ma. 7 307 H st., Washington, = NJ. WHITE, Secretary, 1 st, Wash nr: mumnitter n of 3 SPRANSY, 434 7th st. 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Lt et. we, epa0-dt 'LUti and D streets (Post. | 45 350 and le © | solved, Washington News and Gossip. Index to Advertisements, 8 3 6 BOARDING.. 3 BOOKS AN 6 2 8 2 T (Rooms). 'T (Hover), D (Srrvations) ED (S70 WANTED (My Woub AND Government Recerrts To-pay nue, 2653,089; evstoms, $614. Tar Navan Disriay at New ry of the Navy hee ‘ssued the following ul order to take effect to-morrow: “The al of the navy has been appointed grand 1arshal in the harbor of New York on the oc- casion of the centennial celebration of the in- auguration of George Wash ton as President of the United States, From the date of this order until the 3d of May, 1839, all the United States naval vessels in the port of New York, in commission, will be under his orders, all commanding oiticers will govern themselves accordingly. The mandant of the New York navy-yard is hereby digected to eal pile! with the admiral in makfhg the ‘naval display’ a success,” Carr. F, H. Harrrsetox, marine corps, has been ardered to appear before a retiring board on the 24th inst. at the Navy department. The i | board will be composed of Lieut.-Col. Hey- wood, Major A. 8. Nicholson aud Surgeon A. F Price. Box Orrenixos aggregated £19, ws: Registere $50 at 129; registered 4348 1,000 $15,000 at 108, Tae Ramway Mam Senvice.—The civil service commission have issued a general cir- cular giving information to persons contem- plating an examination for appointment in the railway mail serv: It is required that appli- cants for examination shall be citizens of the United States, not under eighteen or over thirty-five years of age, rans of the war may be examined without regard to age. Ap- plicants for examination are to be examined as to their relative capacity and fitness, There is but one grade of examination, all appointments being made to class 1, which includes all places 00 or less per annum. Places above 800 are filled by promotion or transfer. To-Day' 400, as foil nd Tae Weatuer Np THE Cxors.—The weather- crop bulletin of the signal office says: week ending April 19 was warmer than usual in ali the districts, except in the south Atlantic } and eastern Gulf states, where the daily tem- perature was about 3° below the mean for the weak. The weather during the week was gen- erally favorable for growing crops in all sec- tions. Tre Court-mantian at Norfolk, of which Captain Yales was president, has been dis- Marie Detan.—The commandant of the marixe corps has been requested to detail a for the Iriquois at Mare Island, The vessel will go into commission within two weeks, Movemets or Navan VesseLs.—The gun- boat Yorktown was placed in commission yes- terday at Philadelphia, She has her small stores aboard and will sail for New York Wed- f Thetis, Commander C. an Francisco Saturday for her aise in Alaska, regular summer Erourzex Pexsoxs employed in the seed room of the Agricultural department were dropped from the rolls Saturday in order to bring the expenses of the department within the appropriation Tae CotLections or IxTerNaL Revexve during the first nine months of the present fis- cal year were $93,439,446, being an increase of 3,605,489 as compared with the collections during the corresponding period of the last fis- cal year, Surervistno Axcurrect Wixprim.—A number of Philadelphia architects Saturday night com- plimented James H. Windrim on his appoint- ment as supervising architect of the Treasury department by giving a dinner in his honor at the hotel Bellevue. Sin Juzrax Pavscerore, the newly appointed British minister to Washington, arrived at New York yesterday on the Etruria, At the British legation to-day, a Stan reporter was informed that the new minister was expected here to- morrow, but it was not known in what train he would come, Sir Julian is not accompanied by his family, Personat.—The Right Rev. Bishop Keane, rector of the Catholic university, now in Rome, will sail on the steamer Umbria next Saturday for home.——-Edward 8. Dodge and Chas, O. Gage of Boston, T. M. Brumby of the navy, R. B. Darragh and I. K. Waterman of St. Louis, John Mason Brown of Louisville, E. Dryfoos of New York, and John T. Amear of Aus- alia, are at the Arlington._—Mr. James Talty’ of Grant Place is slowly conva- lescing from a severe attack of rheumatism,—— The following Washingtonians are registered at the Hotel Royal, Atlantic City: Mr, and Mrs. J. M. Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hansell, E. B. MacFarland, J. M. Pendergast and Dr. E. J. Woodward, Miss E. Woodw: Jos. Clark and wife, E. B. Norris and family and A. J. Brooks and son.——M. H, King of Norfolk, Va., Willard Lester of Saratoga and H. Sanford and E. Glea- son of New York are at the Normandie,— Howard Morton of Pittsburg, G. W. Fitzpatrick of Kansas City, A. H. Simpson and W. W. Ewing of New York, August Crepy and At Schotsmaus of Lille, France, and Jno._ Un- derhill of New Haven are at_ Willard’s.—— W. 8. Doran, D. Ira Baker and J. R. Parkhurst ot New York, H. Bowlin of St. Paul, H. R. Page of Boston, and C, W. Watson of Newark, are at the Ebbitt.—John Gilsey, Jas. N. Negley and KR. G. Wilson of New York, are at Welcker’s,—— J. W. Porter of New York, D. H. Ashton of Memphis, J. A. Abbott of Boston, and John G. Lowe of Dayton, are at Wormley’s,—— Fred, B. Estes of Brooklyn and Jas. Sweeney and P. D. Beard of Buffalo are at the Arno,— C. C. MeCormick, A. Mc’ A. M. Birchoff and W. C, Nicoll of New York of New le: ir. and Mrs. The | {! QUAY ON SHERMAN. A Caustic Condemnation of the Ohio Senator—Trouble About Patronage. Senator Quay, the lent man,” now talks freely and is even voluble in his expressions, Not on matters general, but on Ohio specific- ally, and he goes for Senator Sherman ina very vigorous manner, “I consider Mr. Sherman’s actions,” said he last night, “‘as discreditable and dishonorable, and when Tam found doing anything for Mr. Sherman again the people of the country will know it.” The trouble all arose over offices. Both Quay and Sherman had candidates for the position of deputy commissioner of internal revenue, and it looked as though there was going to be a col- lision—disastrous to both—when Sherman's Gloquence, it is said, persuaded Quay to with- draw his candidate. Then Wilson, of Ohio, got the place, but not before an agreement ha been made, the Pennsylvanians allege, by the terms of which Sherman was bound to support Frank Gilkeson, of Pennsylvania, for the solic- torship of the internal revenue bureau, Quay was away for a few days, aud when he returned he was almost vuarulyzed at learning that Al- phonse Hart, She: n’s candidate, had secured the place which Quay had promised to Gilke~ son, hence Quay’s wrath against Sherman, WHAT SENATOR SUEKMAN Savs. Senator Sherman was seen by a Star reporter this morning and he waid that he failed to understand why Senator Quay should make 4 personal uttack on him, The tender of the tion of solicitor of internal reveny ie to Mr. Hart while he (Senator Shi was out of the city, and he know nothing al it until he returned, He had not broken nator Quay, for he had uot « . Hart's appoiutment after the .gr was entered into, “If the Senator felt egy Sherman, “he might have coms to might have settled the matter withou! sension or difficulty, I have alw: Senator Quay as a personal friend, and Lam still his friend, I would be the last man i world to say one word which would ve jated to hurt Mr. Quay’s feclings. As Lu stand it, this appointment of which he com- plains was made at the solicitation of Mr. Butterworth and Mr. McKinley.” G# Tur Evesine Sran circulates in the city | where printed a larger number of copies in proportion to popuiation than any paper in the world, and its circulation in Washington is greater than that of all in the city added together. it verifies its claims by affidavits and by opening its books to the inspection of those interested. Some other papers boast largely, but they give no figures. see THE NEW SIOUX COMMISSION, Gen. Crook, Hon. Charles Foster and Hon. William Warner Appointed. Gen, George Crook, U. §. A., Hon. Charles Foster, of Fostoria, Ohio, and Hon, William Warner, of Kansas City, Mo., have been ap- pointed by the President to be commissioners to negotiate with the Sioux Indians for the pur- poses provided in the act of Congress approved March 2, 1889, The compensation is $8 per day and expenses. The Secretary of the Interior has appointed Irvine Miller, of Chicago, secretary and dis- bursing officer of the commission. The law under which the commissioner is appointed authorizes them to negotiate with the Sioux Indians occupying the great Sioux Indian reservation in the middle southern por- tion of Dakota for a cession to the United States of a portion of the reservation, the re- mainder to be divided into separate reservations, Whatever agreement is made with the Indians must be ratified by Congress. This is the largest Indian reservation in the country, and contains 21,593,128 acres. °There are some 24,000 Indians located there. Under an act of Congress of April 30, 1853, the Secretary of the Interior was instructed to negotiate with these Indians for the cession of their lands i as appointed consisting of Capt. ‘A., Rev. Mr. C y visited the att, and and Judge Wright. tribes of the Sioux In- dians but failed to get the assent of two thirds of the Indians to an agreement to sell the lands for 50 cents an acre. ‘Che Indians wanted $1.25 and the negotiati led. This new commission will meet in this city on the 6th of May, when they will receive their in- structions from the Secretary of the Interior before leaving for the west. Cece gees TWO CONVICTED MURDERERS. Efforts to Save Them from Death by the Rope, In the Court in General Term, Justices Hag- ner and James, this mornmg, District-Attorney Hoge called attention to the cases of Wm. Briggs. sentenced to death for the murder of Wm, Jones, and Nelson Colbert, for the mur- der of Philip Wenzel, and asked that a day be fixed for hearing the cases on bills of excep- tion. He stated that they had been sentenced to be hung on April 5, but they had been re- spited till May 3 next. The court said_ that it would be well to have a full bench, and in that view fixed the hearing for Saturday next. Sern No Fears for the Missing War-ships. The non-arrival of the Monongahela and the Brooklyn at their desitnations gives rise to no apprehension at the Navy department. The former vessel sailed from San Francisco Feb- ruary 21st. bound for Samoa, heavily laden with coal and stores. As she proceeded under sail, the journey could hardly be accomplished within two months, unless she met with very favorable weather and winds, The Brooklyn is expected daily at New York. She sailed from St. Thomas about two weeks ago and has had adverse winds to contend against. She is also propelled solely by sail_ power. Interior Department Changes. The following official changes have been made in the Department ot the Interio Office of the Secretary.—Promotion: William R. Lapham, of New York, clerk at $1,400, to chief of stationery and printing division, at $2,000. Pension office.—Appointment: Mrs. Amanda W. Doty, of New York, copyist, at $900, by transfer from Treasury department. Patent office.—Reinstatement: Miss Lucie M. Delano, of Massachusetts, clerk at $1,200, General land office.—Appointments: Alex. L. Morrison, of New Mexico, timber agent, at 1,300; Miss Grace Garriott, of Missouri, tran- seriber, at 600 Promotions: Albert L. Smith, of New York, $900 to #1,000; Miss Annie Cashen, of New York, transcriber, at $600, to copyist, at $900, Navat Onpers.—Lieut. H. M. Witzel ordered to duty in the hydrographic oftice. Lieut. John C. Fremont detached from duty on the inspec- tion board and ordered to torpedo instruction. Lieut. John W. Stewart, from the Nautical ‘Almanac office, and ordered to torpedo instrue- tion. Ensign A. N. Mayer, from the naval ob- servatory, and ordered’ to the Pensacola. En- sign Kt. 8. Russell, from the coast survey, and ordered to the Yorktown. First. Lieut. T. N. Wood, from the navy yard, Washington, and ordered to the torpedo station. Lieut. Com- mander R. M. Berry has been ordered to in- struction in torpedo service May 1, Tue Extra Work Neanry Doxe.—The clerks in the office of the first assistant Postmaster- General have been working two hours extra each day since the first week in March. All the papers in the cases of appointments to fourth class post-offices are filed in this office, and the clerks have been briefing and filing them. They have had the assistance of clerks from other divisions in the department who have been detailed from time to time. The work is now nearly up to date, and it is thought that during the present week the order ee ing the two extra hours’ work will be rev > Send a copy of Tar WeextySras to your absent friend or relative. It costs only one dollar a year, and is worth double that amount to every reader. other daily papers | TWO CENTS. CONTROLLER DURHAM OUT. His Resignation Accepted, to Take Effect at Once. First Controller Durham severed his connec- nection with the Treasury department to-day. He tendered his resignation on the change of ad- ministration, and it was accepted by Secretary Windom to-day, to take effect at once. There are several explanations for this action. The one generally accepted by those supposed to be acquainted with the inside facts is that the first controller has taken a position on several offi- cial matters entirely at variance with the views of the present administration. THE IMMEDIATE €. E OF THE CHANGE is due to a personal misunderstanding between Attorney-General Miller and First Controller Durham in regard to the accounts of Mr. John L Davenport as supervisor of elections in New York. The latter recently presented vouchers aggregating $3,200 for “extraordinary ex- nses” incurred during the last presidential tion, These were being ined by the t controller, and he signified his intention of disallowing them. He had several conferences with the Attorney-General on the subject, which resulted in an open rupture between the two officials, so much so that the first controller on Friday last ignored two requests from the At- torne: neral to call at his office. The Dav- euport accounts were then taken out of his hands and turned over to the Attorney-General, where they now are, WHAT SECRETARY WINDOM SAYS. retary Windom seid this afternoon that he bad accepted Mr, Durham’s resignation in | the ordinary course of business, not because of 1 conduct, but because of several newspaper articles reflect- ing upon the administration, which are said to have been inspired by the first controller, ‘These attributed sentiments to the first con- troller, which, if true, must have made it un- pleasant for him to continue in office under ex- isting circums SHOT TRE LEG. Aa Afiray which Resulted from a Sun- day Game of Crap. Yesterday morning, ored bout 1 o'clock, # col- hostler uamed Wm. Green, who is em- dat Ivy City, was tak the officers of precinct to the Emergency hospital. He was found on Pennsylvania avenue suffer- ing from pistol-shot wound of the left leg. The ball had entered the fleshy part of the leg below the knee and passed out near the ankle. Green, who evidently did not care to give the police any information about t that he was crossing t $ to see two men fighting; that one of them shot hima Th Lelie his story becau not heard on the street by any one, RESULT OF THE & IGATION. Policeman Jordan, of the sixth precinct, in- vestiga’ udarrested a negro named © att men who did the shooting. He claimed that the shooting was done in_self- deft that they were in a honse on Penn- sylvania avenue near 4'¢ street, where a num- ber of men were play agame of “crap;” that after losing 25 they had a dispute and he en in self-de! prisoner was taken to the Police Court this morning and ged with assault and with intent to kill, was continued because Green was not able to appear. LAW pistol shot was as Se. — THE AS TO THE TRACKS. Messrs. Parker and Dwyer Quote the Commissioners Against Capt. Symons. Messrs. Parker and Dwyer were on hand at the District buildings this morning bright and They had an answer to Capt. Symons’ report (printed in Saturday’s Sran), which they submitted to the Commissioners, They “Referring to the report of Capt. Symons on our various letters of complaints as to illegal tracks in South Washington, we wish to call your serious attention, as well as that of the public, to the fact that we have asked nothing but what is just and legal, and bear out our statements by the following quotations from your report to Congress, dated November 15, Said report is signed by Messrs, Webb. y,and Ludlow. On page 57 you the case of the steam railwa the cupancy of numerous streets and a inultiplica- tion of grade crossings, alike dangerous to. li and limb, destructive of public property inter- ests of great value, inimical to private rights, and opposed to public policy as in conflict with tues of a modern commu shave in some respects put then es in direct antagonism thereto by an un: Jawfal ex] sion of their holdings and the oc- cupancy of public space far beyond their char- ter rights and privileges.’ In ‘speaking of the Baltimore and Olio railroad you say, and your are applicable t ¢ railroad company, that ‘people will put themselves to much trouble, inconvenience, and expense to ayoid peril to themselves and their families of crossing a steam railway track leaving or reaching their homes.’ Again you say, ‘this brief statement of the facts in the case make an exhibit of local conditions which would not be tolerated in any portion of a modern community.” “In speaking of the Baltimore and Potomac railroad company—page 5%—you say: ‘It does not follow, however, that, because the services ofa great private corporation are necessary, due regulation of that service and the restric. tions of privileges to such as are needful thereto and in conformity with the public requirements should be omitted. * * * But the occupation of public space to which it is not entitled, in the crossings of streets not authorized by law, in the expansion and multiplication of side- witches, and in particular in the use and occupation of public streets as freight and storage yards, to the obstruction of public travel and the great detriment and annoyance of private rights, the road has ex- hibited that tendency toward the protection of its own interests,’ &c. May we be allowed to ask why are the Commissioners, you, appointed and peid a salary 1f not to exert your authority and retrain these violations of law, which you state in writing is a fact. “We also quote from the decision of the United States Supreme Court, delivered by Mr. Justice Miller April 20, 1885, an opinion which we and allthinking men will hold, is of more weight and consequence than the opinion of Capt. Symons, who may be well versed in engi- neering, but cannot be expected to be as learned in jaw as such a body of men as compose the United States Supreme Court, This opinion is included in the report of the Commissioners above referred to. On page 109, the court says: It is a somewhat novel ides to say that the railroad company can use the streets as the company likes or their business demands. It also calls attention to the fact that Congress has been very careful in directly, specificially and minutely saying how the tracks shall be laid and upon what streets. Page 112 it says, sec. 673: ‘No railroad shall be built under the provisions of this charter until the rowe and termini of such road have been approved by Congress.’ “Capt. Symons makes the remarkable siate- ment that ‘By virtue of certain acts the con- trol of strects was vested in the board of public works and that the same power passed to the esent Commissioners.’ Let us refer to page 71 of the same Commissioners’ re} see what Mr. A. G. Riddle, the attorney for the District of Columbia, says, in ii of steam railroads: ‘Congress created a board of public works, to which it gave entire control of the streew, for the purpose of keepii in repair and for no other p ; that the purpose of repairing limits and contro!s the grant.’ A new servitude on a street is not a re- ir. power to im) one, and as it could not do so itself it could not mit another; again, ‘The power to the use of a street by a railroad was not con- succeeeory, eve ins spesial instance te successors, save in a . “It is now aps a question—will you re- ‘ision of the Suy Fem togaPne trict attorney’s opinion, your own report, or i x 1 | did, but still th the Baltimore and | Telegrams to The Star. THE LAST HOURS OF WAITING. Oklahoma Boomers Eager for the Signal. DESTITUTION IN VIRGINIA. A MIRACLE THAT DIDN'T TAKE PLACE. The Missouri in the Delaware. ——._—_ WATER DIDN’T TURN TO WINE. Mrs. King’s Forty-Day Fast Failed to Make er a Miracle-Worker. © Srrivorizep, Ints., April 22.—The miracle | mecting of Mrs. Pauline King, the colored | woman who fasted 40 days,was held at Oak Ridge | park yesterday afternoon. She had advertised she would turn water into wine and a crowd of 500 had asssmbled to see the miracle. Mrs, | King was neatly attired in a cheese-cloth dress, She wore a bridal suit, a wreath of roses anda bunch of peach blossoms on her bosom. The exercises were opened by a disciple from Mrs. Woodworth’s faith-cure band, who discoursed upon his conversion and the wondrous power j of the Lord. After he had led the audience in several songs, he was followed by Mrs. King, who informed the congregation that she had not conie out to the park on her own volition, but that it was AT THE INSTANCE OF THE LORD, An eight-gallon stone jar was selected, filled with water from a neighboring well, aud placed on the plattorm, ‘Then Mrs. King sank to her knees and prayed | most earnestly for the Lord to turn the water imto wine, She reminded Him that she had come to the park to give him an opportunity to perform a miracle, and wauted liim to come und show His power and quicken the unbelievers. The tears rolled down uer cheeks, | but still = THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE WATER. Then the audience sang until it was hoarse and Mrs, King prayed again most fervently, | but the supplication was in vain, and she again | invited the con ‘ation to siag, which the was no wine, There wei Xpressions among those present, and | these reaching her, she said she was not dis- | couraged, She knew the Lord could do it. | had declared the meeting a failure, the water was passed around in a dipper, and nearly everone present took a sup to see if they could not detect the presence of the intoxicat- ing liquid, but there was not the least semb- lance of it, —_—__ TEARING UP THE TRACKS. Lawlessness by Sympathizers of the Minneapolis Strikers. Mrxweapouis, April 22.—After dark last even- ing a large crowd of sympathizers of the street | car strikers gathered on a south-side avenue | and tore up the tracks in several places and also placed obstructions of every description at various points along the line. They threat- ened to treat other lines in the same way. At a meeting at Labor temple last evening a resolution was adopted protesting against the payment by the city of the salaries of those po- Licemen who have assisted the company in ruu- ning cars, —_.—___ WITH THE DANMARK’S PEUPLE. The Steamer Missouri Reaches the Del- aware Breakwater this Morning. Lewes, Det., April 22.—No communication | could be had from shore with the steamer Mis- souri, which arrived off the Delaware break water at an early hour with the Danmark’s pas- sengers and proceeded up the river at 7:30 o'clock this morning. DISPATCH FROM THE MISSOURI'S CAPTAIN, New York, April 22.—It is likely that some of the passengers of the Danmark will be in New York to-night. This forenoon a dispatch was received by Funch, Edye & Co., the agents of the Danmark, from Peter Wright & Sons, of | Philadelphia, the agents of the Missouri, t the Missouri would arrive at her pier in Phila- delphia between 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon, Following this information came another dis- patch from the same firm to the effect that at 9:15 o'clock this morning they had received a gram from Captain Murrell, of the Missouri, as follows: “Missouri arrived, all well, with 365 passen- | gers of the steamer’ Danmark, abandoned on April 6, The rest of the passengers and crew, | 340, landed at St. Michael's. All well. Please | sce Thingvalla line agents to make all arrange= ments to forward these people to New York to- | night.” Wright & Sons also wired that they would attend to giving the names of those of the Dan- mark's passengers brought in on the Missouri, cut n THE NEW BRITISH MINISTER. He Spends the Day Sight-Seeing in New York. New Yonk, April Sir Julian Pauncefote, the new British minister, accompanied by his secretary, took an early start from the Brevoort | sworn to p bh WAITING FOR THE WORD. Feverish Excitement Along Oklahoma Border—Desperate Schemes. Sr. Lovts, April 22.—Special dispatches from the Oklahoma country say that everybody is om the qui vine to make a grand rash across the line into the land of Caanan at noon to-day. Five hundred dollars was yesterday offered and accepted for a fleet horse at Purcell. The horse was purchased by Tom Horton, a man who expects to reach a claim now wo be taken up by a town site company which ex- pects to build across the river, a city which will in the futare rival Purcell, As many fleet horses are being brought in from Texas and Kansas, the race will be most exciting, as they fiy across the country, the goal,a stake, the prize, a claim, THE STRUGGLE FOR TOWN SITES. There is as much, if not more, straggling for town sites as for sections. It is said thirty-two town companies are going for Guthrie.about that number for Oklahoma City, and about twenty for Kingfisher, while there are applicants for sites on almost every section. This makes the average settler swear, The trouble between town-site companies promises to be as dat - ous as among the claim-hunters. There has also been brewing for the last day or two an an- imosity between the northern fellows and Texans expecially, imcluding some colonies from other states. Once within the strip men, either on foot or in wagons, were to be se almost continually going southward. There were no soldiers or officers of any kind to pre- vent their entering the country, Some were encamped on the banks of streams. The women were cooking the meals and the men were shooting at either marks or game. AN OLD BooMER'S STORY. “Few persons know,” said an old boomer, who was encamped on the Oklahoma line, “what dangers I have gone through to reach here. My party had a cowboy guide, and when we came to the Chickasaw we were compelled to pay a man $450 to swim the stream and bring us alittle boat in which we could cross, aad we then pulled our rig across and swam our teams, had to be done at South fork, guide $100 and it he gets us well gets $150. Another party paid their Scheme to Seize the Cherokee Slip. A scheme has just developed, the magnitude of which and the daring character of the men engaged in it, makes it one of great impor- tance. It is every day becoming more apparent that the lands of Oklahoma will be insufficient for the people who will be here to claim it. Ai a consequence, there have been organized bands or e nies, the members of which are t their fellows. The leaders of the companies have agreed that if any consider- able portion of them fail to get into Oklahoma they will league together aud take possession of the Cherokee strip. Two-thirds even of these organized men will be left, and in a week from to-day they will heave ten thousand determi men, desperate from failure of cherished plans, driving the stock out of the strip and holding down claims. Tue hope of the men who conceived this des- perate enterprise is to have so many people in strip in a short time that it will be thought r to leave them thauatiempt to drive them ber out. Arkansas City is the headquarters of the en- gincers of the scheme, but auxiliaries lo- 1 along the line and the rush will be simul- cous at all points, The ofticers fear thisand will endeavor to hurry a patrol for the strip trom Oklahoma to anticipate and thus prevent the expected rush, it is well known that such a scheme has been talked of by Col. Cole and other Oklaboma agi- tators, and at the present time they find most opportune to make their advance, DENSELY CROWDED TRAINS, Sr. Lovrs, April 22.—The Republic's Wichita, Kansas, special says: The first train south on the Santa Fe, consisting of tifteen coaches, ar- rived yesterday, and there was not standing room in the coaches, Deople tilled the spaces between the cars and clung to the steps. One enterprising boomer road in on the cow-catcher, The crowd cheered him as the train entered the depot, There were about 1,400 people on the train. Arrivals yesterday numbered at least 5.000. Of this number, one-third went south to reach the line of Oklahoma in order to be ready for the word “go.” Others went to Purcell. Railroad officials are greatly wor- ried over the prospects of moving so «many people. The side tracks are filled with fiat cars, cattle cars and a gravel train also in the collection, none of which will be below demand, Everything on wheels will be utilized if neces- sary. Thieves are busily at work on the trains, and many a poor boomer has been fieeced of his all, ‘A disturbance took place at Purcell between rivalland speculators and their adherents, in which revolvers and Winchesters were tired fre however without any serious results. Tom Myers was shot in the head, Joe Martin in the arm, and one Spakins, colored, was struck in the le; TO FOUND A NEW FRISCO, A party of capitalists of San Francisco sent their agent, George W. Perkins, to find a site for the town they will build and call Frisco, Perkins and his party stood upon the rear platform after leaving Purceli, and just after the Canadian river was crossed they leaped off and concealed themselves in the bushes. The chances are that the situation of Frisco will be near this bridge. At Guthrie there are in preparation and agitation the same number and variety of town site schemes, aud on account of the present | prominence of the place as a land office the contest for possession will be more intense. Troops are being as rapidly as possible sent into the country, and to-day there are on ite borders fourteen companies of infantry and twenty troops of cavalry. CAPITALISTS GET IN AS DEPUTY SHERIFFS. Last night there arrived at Oklahoma City @ queer looking crowd bearing deputy marshals’ papers, thus entitling them to enter the coun- try. There were seven in all in the party, One man Was seventy, He wore a fine broadcloth suit of clothes and carried a gold-headed c: ‘There was not one in the party who had et made an arrest, and it was stated th gregate capital of the crowd was over $2,000,000, They rode down on a Pacific car, and alighting from the train showed their commis- sions as deputy marshals. properly signed and attested, and so the soldiers, much against their will, were compelled to permit them to remain, Their evident intention is to form some town site, It is thought that there are over thirty deputies now im and about Ok- lahoma who, at noon, will turn in their resigua- tions and accept it all by themselves, each in- dividually, and turn private citizens. They r the ag- house this morning, and are spending the dey sight-seeing. ace aD Mr. Halstead’s Condition Unchanged. Crncrsnati, On1o, April 22.—Mr, Halstead’s condition this morning is about the same as it was last night. There has been no recurrence of heart trouble. + The Walker was Too Slow. Minwavxer, April 22.—Dan O'Leary at- tempted to walk seven miles yesterday while Tom Convers was running ten miles, at Mil- waukee garden, Convers finished his ten miles in sixty-five minutes, with O'Leary a lap and a half short of his seven mil eae The Iowa River Land Settlers. Font Dopnee, Iowa, April 22.—About 500 river land settlers assembled at Lehigh Saturday in response to a call of the settler’s union. The meeting was addressed by ex. Holmes, who gave a comprehensive resume of the case. The settlers were advised to kee wide awake while the matter was in court. ie closed with a vigorous appeal for pompt and effective action. "It was decided to send Maj. Holmes to Washington at once to look after the settlers’ interest in the attorney-general’s suit. ‘The major left for Washington last night, The Fighting Became General. AsuLanp, Wis., April 22.—Joe Sheehy, cham- pion heavy weight of Michigan, and Jack Col- lins, the Pittsburg giant, were to have fought ten rounds here Saturday night, but the con- test broke up in a general melee, which was ticipated in by the referee, who was assaulted yy one of the pugil The contestants f it pep ecg on a the —_ round Col- pounding his man while down. Mike Conley, the referee, pulled him off, yugilists him, and a general melee will then take claims. WITHOUT SHELTER OR FOOD. Pitiable Condition of the Victims of the Virginia Forest Fires. Ricuoyp, Va., April 22.—Ex-Senator A. M. Lybrook, of Patrick county, reports that by the forest fires of last week hundreds of people in that county are left homeless and destitute. He says: “I cannot see how they can live without «id from abroad until the incoming of the nextcrop, andeven then some of them are without Iences to protect their crops and with- out houses. The poor le are trav around the country: begging’ from those whe are unable to assist them.” commas MASSACHUSETTS WILL VOTE NO, The Proposed Prohibition Amendment Will Not Pass. Bostox, April 22.—To-day is voting day upom the proposed amendment to the constitution of Massachusetts prohibiting the manufacture and saleof intoxicating liquors, The day is tive in the campaign pected. The day is —— that certain business banks, and en and close é i cE i i Fe 4