The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
November 19, 1899
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vy j -sbIss 9syn'''iw?9?ra jy ffee WeMte Sailtj Ha$e: Jhmtojj ltondtq S&mrnu 3 9, 1899 9 -twar-" I II 10 1 Will the Augusta Grade be Santa Fe or Missouri Pacific? MAY LEAD TO BIG CONTEST Whole of .Western Oklahoma on Edge of Railroad Boom, Guthrie, O. T., Nov. IS. The most inters-ting railroad situation in the country r nters on a little grade, built by farmers, reaching from Kiowa, Kansas, to Augus j, Oklahoma. At least three great cor .rations are watching it and one another ith eagie eyes. Tn the pre-natal days of Oklahoma, and f- at not so very long ago, the little town f Kiowa, Kansas, made a red-lettered, f aiing claim to being the gateway to Ok lahoma. Inasmuch as other border towns cwso assumed this distinction, Kiowa's hjnor was divided, and being divided, weakened and being weakened, became prestigeless. But there are indications now that the title may be even yet fully indicated, as far as Kiowa is concerned. Some promoters, a little while ago, planned a line from Kiowa southward In to "Woods county, Oklahoma, southeast erly to Enid .Hennessey, Kingfisher or El Reno. The destination was indefinite, the further terminus to be determined by c 'mpetitlve inducements from the cities rimed. The first inducement, out of Kiowa was offered by the people of the t .wn of Augusta. The right-of-way was i' nated. Within the month the farmers 2 ve built the grade. From the first it v l- assumed that the Missouri Pacific J.ad this line "coppered." There are in dications now that the assumption was in error, that the Missouri Pacific, not inly has not this grade "coppered," but if it attempts fo copper it it will have a c mpetitor for It in the Santa Fe. It ms that the western officials of the Missouri Pacific are keenly alive to the v -lue of this acquisition, but that the Xw York end of the officialdom is not, "id unless they in their supremacy soon r -lize it, the plum may be pocketed by ,lie Santa Fe and be out of reach, as the --nta Fe is quick in action and both It )1 the Rock Island do not want the 21 souri Pacific to make an invasion into territory of Oklahoma. That part of territory west of the Rock Island and f'-t of the Woodward branch of the "mta Fe has long been held vacant by r three railroads, who are mutually ncerned. The indication that the Mis f un Pacific was going1 to violate this territory by coppering the Augusta grade 1 -s been disquieting to both the Santa I" and Rock Island, and if the Missouri Piific does violate that territory by cop -mg the Augusta grade, the liveliest r ilrnad time In Oklahoma ever saw will f ue. And not only this .there are indications t it the Choctaw is reaching in the direc- i of Kiowa. From El Reno west the mctaw built through Geary to Weath ff rd its present western terminus. A I m is talked of, and may le consum mated, whereby the Choctaw will sur r iilr- jts purpose of an immediate west- t extension and extend not from W-eath-t rd but from Geary, northeasterly to ivi ,wa. With the Santa Fe, probably the Mi--turi Pacific and the Choctaw spread g out into western Oklahoma the title t ga'eway for Kiowa would be valid, and of more substantial value to Kiowa than if w is in the days of "openings." Ti Choctaw digression from a direct r -t-west course has for its inducement a I -g section of country Which is un tied so far, which other roads have inviolate. The Choctaw road Is un any other in the west. It is said have had its origin In the desire of a h contingent in the east to have a mad of their own. A virgin country i- selected and a fine valley followed. 1 ambition has extended from Memphis far west as Albequerque. New Mexico. I I- bound for Memphis, but at a long ffch of unremimerative territorv on fi. west It halts and It will not be sur- Mng if the plan to divert northeasterly i' m Geary grows to a full-fledged fact. Tbre is dosing in Oklahoma a period wejve months of railroad construction Mty, which has been excelled but in Kansas in the eighties. fore that" period there were four lines i Oklahoma of importance, the Santa r gulfward with 144 miles, the Rock I .nd line also gulf ward with 116 miles, Kiowa division on through Woodward Texas with 116 miles, and the Choctaw v ioh then ran to El Reno. Tiese formed the frame-work of the f ure railroad distribution of Oklahoma, v 'leh has lately been working out with h rapidity. That rapidity is due to a iggle for the possession of the terri- Between the north-and-south lines he Rook Island and the Santa Fe in t i noma there is a strip of miles ith. Situated in the northern part of was Blackwell. surrounded by a rich Mrv. The Frisco at Arkansas City in a raid southward into this thlrty- r strip. The Santa Fe. always g--esl e and competitive, threw i line which ended at Hunne- 1 Kansas, southward also of .ckwell. and then to discourage any itional southward Invasion by the I -co, to Tonkawa, where the terminus he Hunnewell branch of the Santa Fe ru Is and will remain. At the same no the Rock Island and the Santa Fe. put a stop to covetousness over this t .rty-mtt strip forever formed an alli ance. The Rock Island as its share in th work, built a railroad eastward from Enid Into this strip to Biltings. soon to be p terminus, and not far from th Ton knwa end of th Santa Fe. This Is sup- -td to close the situation In th north J t par oi th thiriy-ratt strip. But to urage th Missouri Pacific or any r ambitious rival from an inroad 'r down th Ma the Rock Island the Santa Fe have jointly agreed to a line from Kingfisher to Guthrie nerate it together, thus closing the i 'ion at this point. Had the Choctaw its line from El Reno to Oklahoma C the Rock Island and the Santa Fe v u'd have crossed there. But to make th Kb complete and give It a finished a t"ranoef far to the south the Rock- T-1 nd asd the Santa Fe may yet agree .-v have not en to build a joint line running east and w from Chtckasha on the Rock Island to Paul' Valley on the Fmts Tv. thence east probably to .th P uth 3 Alester coal fields bv the Santa F- alone. "VTOhin another vear owing to 1 i- arrtr-gement the Rock Island ana Sar!.' with their connecting lines 1 v no k uattfce a xylophone. Bat the P "a F had territory east of its main T V,i-.-'"ii:h Mae to rreteet. From C H o fe being constructed north c wj'1 to Perkins, thence north to S-' water, thence northeastward to Paw. r vrhich ie eaUoU the Oklahoma and 3as:ern. This road is hound for Ft. IP Smith, Arkansas, .and will Intersect the Bartletsville road from Caney, Kansas. LTp until a very few days ago. the Hutch inson Southern was threatening an east ern attack in valuable territory from Cross and it was the Santa Fe's plan to swing back from Pawnee to Bliss and cut the Hutchinson and Southern out, and making a semi-circular road from Guthrie to Bliss with Pawnee on the outer cir cumference. But the Hutchinson South ern's purchase by the Santa Fe, said to have been induced by a brigand-like dis regard of freight rate laws on the Hutch inson Southern's part, eliminated the nec espity of this odd loop and Stillwater and Perkins and Pawnee will have then train service via Guthrie and it does not seem likely that the Santa Fe will build east ward from any point In Oklahoma north of Guthrie. On the other side the Rock Island has not been as active in protect ing itself In the territory west of It. The western extension of the Rock Island from Chickasha to Mountain "View was to head off and tap a territory the Choc taw had drawn its bow for. There is good reason to believe that the Rock Island will in the coming year acquire territory northwest of Kingfisher, by building from that city to'Woodward and thence to a connection with Its Liberal (Kansas) branch. No official action in this direction, however, has yet been taken. Meanwhile the Frisco is quiescent. It has reached Oklahoma City and has eves set longingly on a southwesterly course from that city into Texas, but out side a preliminary survey has made no sign. It is blocked at Blackwell. as re lated above. There is a possibility that it may push in from Chandler to Guth rie. It Is new in Oklahoma and is of an expansive temperament. It now has some eighty miles of track In the territory. Its territory from Sapulpa to Oklahoma City is a valuable one and was a rich prize. The Choctaw's designs and the Missouri Pacific's Dolse for a plunge at Kiowa, and its peril, have been related. The year is closing with all forces armed and eager for combat and next year, while it may not exceed in activity, the present, will certainly equal it The manner of origin in a railroad in Oklahoma Is simi lar to that practiced in Kansas in a like period. It is accompanied by all the old-time scenes, the excited farmer who discovers a troop of surveyors ambling across his farm, and after ordering them away, comes face to face with a ferocious tru culent monster, the Right of Eminent Domain; and later the warmth in the pos sibility of a town-site near and an en hanced price for his farm, possibly a tewn-site right on his farm and a fortune ready-made, riches hand-me-down. The location of the town-site, the public auc tion of lots, the sudden and resplendent boom at a temporary terminus and the somnolent effect when the railroad moves on are there. It is an old story with the older men and women. To the new gen eration it is not Few railroads construct their own lines. This work is done by a construction com pany. A railroad corporation having signified Its approval of a certain territory which is to be penetrated with a branch line, a preliminary survey is made. Two pro moters will take a buggy and traverse the country and follow a possible route, sound the farmers along the way and while picking out possible town-sites, find if the established towns, with the fear of a rival town with a railroad in their minds, will put up bonuses and provide a certain amount of the right-of-way, con tiguous to the town or if it is a big town the right-of-way in the whole county. The preliminary survey follows this trip and marks out a general route, for the surveying party which follows with stakes and "runs the line." It is running the line which stirs a peaceful farm com munity to its, depths. The demon with the stakes is disquieting. It happens that he runs a number of lines and is prodigal with his stakes and the uncer tainty as to whether the engine will go pulling over Jones farm, or Smith's farm, or Brown's farm, is not conducive to hap piness. When an evil fate directs a line straight through a man's house or, worse still, his orchard, the unhappiness be comes anguish. After the line is run, or several of them, the promoters send out men to secure the right-of-way. The right-of-way is generally one hundred feet in width, although the option of one right-of-way in Oklahoma on which there are no rails as yet. is said to be a mile in width. A right-of-way crossing a farm squarely, that is at right angles, to any one of Its line fences, takes out of tlie farm six acres; if run diagonally, that is from corner to corner, the loss to the farm is eight acres. The man with the property gives a right-of-way deed to the promoters and receives the agreed price. Thi is sometimes $100. $203 and if the man wishes to make a gift of It as many do, M, the legalizing consideration. If there J a dispute, the district court appoints appraisers who fix the amount of damage and report, the sum being deposited at the district court subject to draft by the owner of the property- The appraisers are usually partial to the progressive aims of the railroad and it is related that recently a promoter protested to some appraisers that they were squeezing the amount down too closely and asked them to be more liberal with the property holder. The town-site men now go to work. Tho town-site privilege secured from the com pany on a building railroad is one of the richest things to be found in a new coun try. It enters into politics and religion and the commercial life of the country. In Oklahoma as many as four men have made as much as S25.000 each out of town sites. In their contract with the rail road, the town-site men are allowed a great deal of latitude. The only things In which they are restricted are In the distances between the towns, the general rule being that towns shall not be closer than seven miles to each other, a rule the town-site men would not overlook for the good of their own towns. Another restrictlon Is that the town-site be lo cated on a place on the grade, not in a hollow or on a hill, where the railroad would be compelled to either cut or "flH" for side-trRck anl dpot. S milt ire u?y with the work of the towntite men is the cross-sectioning, done by an engineer corps, which fixes the grade of the road bed. This corps is also armed with stakes. The topography of the route is taken, and stakes are driven to inform the grad ers who are to follow. A stake marked 0" informs the rrader to cut the hill away six feet; on marked "FC means that he shall put In six feet of dirt. Inches are given In the tenths, the metri cal system being vsed. Sonic engineers use instead of the symbols "C" and F." the plus sign for fill and the minus sign for cttt- The town-site men having selected a site for a town, frequently on the corner of four farms, begin bargaining for the ground. The farmer at once ssaette a -acnee. If he Is grunteg- he may ask an exorbitant iKice. Yhe town-site men win coolly inform him thai thev do not j have to run through that way and dp n hav have a town-site there, .which is the truth and the farmer remembers the j innumerable lines which, were run and t the chances of the town-itc being mm- j Oi B'iitn' Smiths .r Jreus p!ac T tewe-- nn dv- r.--r wan th fa-T-Cj3tirueion S'xteenth Pase. Man and Boy Line Up Ten Men in a Store WHO TAKE IT AS A JOKE Until Painfully Convinced That It is the Real Thing. Cleveland, O. T., Nov. IS. Ten men who at first thought it was a joke, were lined in a store ax Dixie, ten miles down the river from Cleveland, Tuesday evening, by highwaymen, and a scene of excite ment followed, in which there were sev eral odd situations. Arthur Bridwell, of the Cleveland Triangle, went down to Dixie and got the particulars of the af fair and prints the following account in this week's Triangle: "Tuesday eveninc at about 6 o'clock a .man armed with a Winchester, and a boy probably 16 years old with a 32 rifle, rode in from the north and went into the S. F. Drown Co.'s store at Dixie and de manded the half dozen or so men and D03-S to hold up their hands. Most of them thought It a huge joke being perpe trated by some of the boys, but upon be ing jabbed with the guns in the region where the stomach-ache usually occurs, they concluded that it was the real arti cle. After lining the people up along the side of the store, the man with the Winchester told Horace Drown to open the cash drawer. Drown told him that he was too badly scared to open the com bination, whereupon the man caused Drown to look up the bore of his gun and remarke dthat he would blow a little sense into him. While this was taking place the people of the neighborhood be gan to drop In, and as they came. In at the doo rthey wee told: 'Hold up your hands and line up, brother.' A young man by the name of Owens didn't be lieve it was necessary, so he made a grab for the youngster's gun and would have taken it away had not the other robber said: 'Turn loose of that gun or I'll have to kill you. Mr. Lacy also came in and did not heed the young robber's request, but pushed on past the youth and did not heed the request until the older man had punched him in the stomach for some time with the business end of his -Winchester. After taking between 525 and $30 in money from the drawer, the older of the robbers looked all over the stock of goods, selecting two sacks of clothes, three pair and a half of high-heeled boote, Xos. 7and 8, a pair of woman's shoes, six or seven pairs of bpekskin gloves and a number of other things. The booty filled three grain sacks, and In all amounted to about ?130. When the men got all they wanted they marched the ones they had lined up about 150 yards down the road to the south, and after turning them loose fired a few shots to intimidate the crowd and spurred off to the south. Both the robbers had dark hair and eyes, the rest of their features being hidden by red handkerchiefs which, were fastened over the noso and back above the ears. The younger of the two was evidently a boy and new to th busi ness, as those who were there say that his voice was shaky and he seemed al most as badly scared as the rest. The older man seemed to be an old hand at the business and was giving lessons to the young one The boy ?as quite small and the man was tall and spare built." ONE SEMINOUTWAR SURVIVOR Ajred Xcsrre in Texas Who Saw the Strusrslcin the Elversriade. Oklahoma City, O. T., Xov. IS. The death of any aged Indian takes from In dian history some of its romantic details, and puts them beyond recovery, for they are not written down, nor printed. In this connection, it will be interesting to know that there has been discovered re cently at Fort Clark, in western Texas, a woman, known as Aunt Betsy Payne, who lives with a small detached remnant of the Seminole in that vicinity. Aunt Betsy Payne believes she is over 10) years old. Her extraordinary memory of important historical events that she says she has witnessed and is able to describe with singular accuracy makes strong tes timony in support of opinion as to her aire. She stoutly maintains that .she has Seminole blood in her veins, though her color and features indicate that she is certainly a full-blooded African. She evidently has lived with the Seminoles all her life, and she is regarded highly by the Indians, because she Is the widow of Chief Payne, a famous warrior. White people, aad especially the officers at the fort, treat old Aunt Betsy with much more than ordinary consideration, because she is the mother of a race of soldiers. She had seven sons In the I'nion army, and of her descendants twenty-three are now serving with the United States regulars. She possessed a picture, cut from a St. Louis paper show ing a group of fourteen of "her boys," as she calls them, wearing Uncle Sam's uni form and en route to Cuba. Aunt Betsy has lived about the frontier forts for more than half a century, and owing to her motherly attributes and her skill in cooking she is favorably known to a great number of army ofilcers. many of whom have given to her little testimon ials of their regard. She' has a silver dollar given to her by General Phil Sheri dan, and a handkerchief that was pre sented to her by General R. E. Lee. On the walls of her cabin there are many pictures of army oSicers whose names are familiar to every schoolboy. Aunt Betsy svjs that she was a grown girl when the trouble occurred between the United States and Spain over the in vasion of Florida by General Jackson. If she wa not alive at that time she is certainty well Informed as to the history of that particular period. Spain coded Florida to the United State la lStL aad by the terms of the treaty made between the two great powers all runaway slaves were to be returned to their masters upon proof of ownership. Aunt Betsy says that oue exception was made to this clause in favor of the negro wics of Seminole warriors. She dSs-in-tl remembers that OV P'vne told her all about thi raatttr 2- i-n.-- he if she would no: 1 kc t- -w warning her at the same time that the white sohHers mtght ma&e "lying paper" and take her away unless she efer-td to the arraafT9Bnt that h- had ?ag pested. She says that ther wa r -t--. t- -ble between she Indn a-i tiers from 'that time until the treaty of Pivoe's Landing, made Mav lCi Wht men continued to enrmarh ujwv 'a"" "f Ihe 5em.no a- i li ts' n r- n r1 crimes asd cha-g --v. -r g agilnat the Indians. Xeg.es were 5a y fleeing from their masters on the planta tions and seeking safe refuge in the ever glades behind the Seminole villages. Wise old chiefs, among whom was her husband. Payne, foresaw that war was inevitable, and those who had faced Jack son's riflemen on the battlefield had good reasons to fear the result of such a con flict. The peace party argued that the whites were trying to provoke hostilities that the eager frontier settlers might find an excuse to exterminate the Indians and steal their lands. Therefore, Chief Payne and his followers were In favor of accepting the conditions offered by the United States commissioners and avoid ing the dangerous war by moving to the Indian Territory. The treaty was made. Aunt Betsy says that she saw the great chiefs and the white men signing the paper under a large tree in front of her husband's home, and she is sure that she was the mother of four children at that time. She certainly must have witnessed this important event, for the facts as she states them are in close accord with writ ten history. Osceola, who was the most influential and picturesque among the younger leaders, positively refused to touch the paper, and he withdrew m sul len silencer to the shade of a tree near where Aunt Betsy sat nursing her baby. He was afterward joined by Alligator, Mi canopy, Jumper and several other war riors who uspported his sentiments. "Who knows anything about this hunt ing ground under the setting sun that the white says Is good. If it is such a fair land and so good, why don't the white man go and possess it, and let the Semin oles alone In their land of warmth and sunshine?" said Osceola. "We all know." said Jumper, "that It gets colder where the sun goes to sleep. The rivers are ice and the grass and trees cannot grow. There can be no hunting grounds in that dark land. The white man lies. He wants our country. We were here before he came. Let the white man go to the good land he tells jthe Seminole so much about. As for Jumper, he was born here by the beautiful rivers, and here he will stay and die, with his arms in his hands." Aunt Betsy says that other young chiefs talked In the same strain, uttering their sentiments in a low tone, and that after a short time they slowly withdrew from the crowd and disappeared In the forest. That night Aunt Betsy told her husband that the treaty amounted to nothing, and that the war was sure to come. Chief Payne said that if she were right in her conjecture the Seminoles were doomed, for it was evident that the white men were determined to possess all Florida. There was a bare semblance of peace for the next eighteen months, during which period many chiefs were kept in a friendly mood by the payment of small sums of money and great promises that were to be fulfilled as soon as the senate ratified the treaty. The war party among the Seminoles in creased In strength, and Osceola, sup ported by several other chiefs continued to display obstinacy, making little effort to conceal hatred of the white people Osceola's conduct finally so alarmed Gen eral Thompson, who was the Indian agent in Fl"rlnn that he ordered htm arrested After lying In chains for six !ays Osceola affected to repent of his former rebellious attitude and declared himself ready to accept the conditions offered by the com missioners and become the ally and friend of the whites for all time. He outwitted his captors in diplomacy, for there was not a shadow of truth In his words and revenge was the only sen timent that prevailed irr his breast He "proved himself the Roman warrior of his' tribe. Thoroughly imbued with unrelent ing hatred toward his foes anl scornjm; dancer in every form, no chief was bet ter fitted to avenge the wrongs that his people had suffered at the hands of the eacer frontiersmen. Bloodhound" were ued in the great In dian hunt that were carried on for even years in the everglades of Florida. The Southern planters said that there were more runaway negroes in the wamps than Indians. Aunt Betsy proudly voasts that the Seminoles wore the first abolitionists in America, and she thinks history should credit them with "humanitarian i?cas in advance of the white people of the north. Thi greed for the land of the Seminoles and the desire of the southern planters to destroy the refuge for runaway slaves involved the United States in a cruel and bloody war that lasted seven years and cost the country S40.yv.0v) arid the lives of 1.-H8 soldiers and 1.500 settlers. Aunt Bety has stood on tho field of battle, and she has hungered for weeks and marched through the everglados with a child on her back, often within hearing of the having of the fierce bloodhound, in whose white fangs she knew there was no mercy She has seen villages burned and children torn to shreds bv dogs, and yet erratic fortune has left her in. her old age kissing the hand that smote her and proud of her twenty-three descendants now fighting for the same flag that float ed over the ashes of her wigwam and the mangled body of her warrior husband sixty years ago. The old woman says that she lived on J the warpath, moving from camp to camp with her children after this battle for seven years, following the fortunes of Osceola. Billy Bowlegs, and other famous chiefs. Her oM eyes fairly glittered with rage and she clinched her bony Angers when she described the conference and the treachery of Colonel Jessua, who In duced Osceola to attend the meeting un der a flag of truce, solemnly plighting his honor for the safety of his distin guished foe. Osceola was no sooner sur rounded brwtae Americans than he was arrested. The haughty warrior rebuked General Jesup for his perfidy, and then presented his naked neck, telling him to cut it and see the blood of a brave man. The Seaiinolessoon found another leader and continued the war in defense of their country. The American soldiers had found foe men worthy of thetr steel aad many gen erals whose names had commanded vic tory on other fields suffered defeat in the swamps of Florin, before General Worth's bloodhounds tore the flesh from the bones of the last defiant Seminole. -No negroes ven scalpea."' says Aunt Betsy, with fury. "So, no: Bless your life, honey, the mean Indians they brought with then from the plains to fight us knew well enough that every negro was worth a handful of goM." Lis tening to this old woman one cannot avoid th conclusion that the negroes cut a tngr U-.nv in that terrible war. TSTsvi CM -f Billy Bowlegs was eap tirM n !Mi Aint Betsy gathered her rh M-- i -t ner and wnc with her I- a fcrunrd of soldiers toward the setting sun. The government settled the remnant of the Samtaatar who had 1 survived he long tsar on a rcearmteu In -he Iiian Territory. j-- K-crc sons eanuted te she Untt- Sta ar. sbA in order W he near Vm r-i fer Bor thas half a cTrury abmrt various weer forts, a few Seminole are living on a tra-t f "4r Fort Ctark. As to Ju- by srr. t be there Is oat f Af tCoatiaaed"c"Tes.tl: Pace t II Are Anti Statehooders of Indian Territory. CAMPAIGN' IN CONGRESS For Statehood, in Connection With Local Papers. Oklahoma City, O. T., Nov. IS. It was the general expression of sentiment at the heeling here yesterday that (the opposi tion of statehood in the Indian Territory Is not on the square and that those peo ple will tumble over themselves to get in when they see that Oklahoma is about to win out. W. T. Little, who has been with the Dowes commission in the terri toryJall summer, says he has been told by a number of the heaviest property holders here that the opposition to state hood holds because of the belief that statehood will increase taxes and lessen the chances for stiff speculation, but that the minute It becomes evident that Okla homa Is going to win they'll all climb on with neatness and dispatch. At any rate, the opposition of the Indian Terri tory will not cut any figure with Okla homa In the future, though it has re tarded results in the past in a measure. "If we get statehood we'll have two senators and several congressmen to help us get free homes." said Senator Clarke at the meeting yesterday. "We are now In the position of tho man who has lum ber and material and everything essential for the construction of a new house, but we have no tools. Our delegate. Mr. Flynn, Is a man of unusual energy and will do ell a man can, but he has no vote." This statement was cheered. A new step will be taken this year. The big western newspapers will be asked to tako a hand. E. V. Smalley. the pub lisher of the Northwestern Magazine, since his visit to Oklahoma, lias taken a stand in favor of Oklahoma's claim to statehood and he will write a number of articles on the matter, besides having agreed to use his personal influence In Washington, and no other newspaper writer in America has a stronger per sonal Influence In congress than Mr. Smaller. Oklahoma newspapers will be furnished "copy" of argument in favor of state hood. These articles will be published regularly and sent to members of con gress. Oklahomans will be In Washing ton to take these papers and spread them out on the desks of members and read them aloud, stand over one congressman after another and make them all read and be convinced. Statehood argument will be staked out with a pile driver in every part of the national caaltol. FIGHT AGAINST SIDNEY CLARKE Story Cropped Ont of Inactivity of Oklahoma City areotins: Guthrie, O. T.. Nov. IS. There will be a fight on Judge Clarke when It comes right down to really doing something to send him to congress to push, the statehood campaign this winter. The executive committee at Oklahoma City yesterday afternoon did not. in fact. ask. him to go It was moved by Senator Frank Gll lett of Bl Reno that tho committee raise money to send someone and he sug gested Mr. Clarke. The men who were at the committee meeting to oppose Clarke got the committee to quibbling about the necessity of raising funds bo fore anybody was employed to so and as the final result It was decided to raise some money to send somebody and that's all. (The west end Republicans will op pose Clarke, or, at least. ay they will. Owing to the opinion that has com menced to crop out over the territory thaf Clarke Is after the fusion nomination for congress, he will have some opposition in his own party and the fact that state hood Is a non-psrtison affair affords ex cuse enough to allow anybody and every body to give Clarke a whack. Tho prin cipal opposition to Clarke In his own party will come from the plans of men who expect to be candidates for congres and who are not willing to allow Clarke the adxanta?e of pulls he may get out of h?dlng the statehood lobby. There is a good deal of comment on the enthusiasm with which the meeting at Oklahoma City didn't 6o anything yester day, but to the dose observer that in activity was in reality the beginning of a fight on Clarke, who has been doing Washington now every session of con gress In the interest of statehood. DAWES COMMISSION ROASTED Robert Xcfl JInka Kljrnratlve Kick on Stat ehood'u Delay. Oklahoma C.ty. O T, Nov. 1 Probate Judge Robert Neff of Kay count was one of the last to peak at the statehood mass meeting here lat nighr. He roasted the territorial ofllcers and territorial newspapers, and the Dawes commission particularly. Vben he came to the Dawes commission he threw himself back and to the dramatic way he learned when he played the hero's part In "The Lot Diamond" years ago. he drew a word picture of the end of the wrld. "Look." be said tragically; "Oklahoma has made her fight and secured statehood ages ago in spite of the tardiness of the Da we commission. Double statehood. I mean. The great red glow of th last ft-y day is hearing in the skies. The stars are falling and kindling names across the smoking arch of heaven. The thunder of OshrleTf trumpet in the distance seta the world to trembling. Ten thousand angels with burning brands swish earth ward to the scene, and as the world is lit up in the last conuagratiou there Is a cry for more time aad beyond oar east ern borders you will see the Dawes com miss4on trying to make a treaty with a petrified Indian." HE SAYS IT JS SENTIMENT Hut Frank Greer I-In Ftvor of State hood Jom the nwnc, GGurhrie, O T. Nov IS. Frank Gn&r says he at for statehood, for servAl rea sons, but that. afr aJL it Is onrr sen timent that 5 boosting the proposition sow, He says the argument tbat state fe.d 'wiTl lower taxes t erroneous and tea waen Oklahoma rir beioonwr. a state, taxes wtit be higher SECRET OFFLYNJTSPOPUIARITY Vs Deacon Jilotrwni Announce-1 It Home Remark on 2Ictror Reno. O. T-. Nov. HL A tan. haad- mmmm mil II1T1 rfrtStfT MW S9 US Csltt. d j. T. lawrr. J&ew York Oty. caged I T- nuts 1 sakl he was hi OKfefcoaaa f or x?re purpose Aadhig j-: H e asked how Czzxiz. izstr it atj I II I UuUiiil the last election, and was greatly sur prised -when the Deacon old him that a rarge majority of the Democratic candi dates were elected to the choice county offices. The Colonel said: T. have met Mr. Flynn. your delegate to congress, and I must say he is one of the brainiest young men it has ever been my pleasure to meet, and I cannot see how it is he received such, a handsome majority at tho hands of the voters when the rest of the Republican ticket was so horribly man gled." Colonel Lamm also said: "There is no doubt in my mind that Oklahoma, with her 350,(O) inhabitants will be admitted as a state. It is Nothing more than right that this should be so- Ton have tho people and the wealth to make Oklahoma a great state. Mr- Flynn will do every thing he can to push the good work along and he will also receive good support from the senators and congressmen e all the older states." The Colonel .was very anxious to know how Dennis was elected; he had heard various stories, but wanted to get the straight of It. The Deacon told the story In Qxa follow ing concise and not to be for gotten way; Dennis Flynn Is the Idol of the people of Oklahoma; he is eo warm bosom friend of the politician, or the man who struts abouti with a diamond on his finger, an other in his shirt bosom, and a J30J watch In his pocket. The farmer trusts him, so does the mechanic and laboring man. When he told the convention that he had enough of public life and did not want the job of delegate, did the convention unite on another roan and.nomlnata him? Nay, brother. The dolegates. not the politi cians, nominated Dennis and tho peoplo elected him by the largest majority ever given to a candidate for office In Oklaho ma. The people of Oklahoma trust Den nis, and they know that If Oklahoma be comes a state It will be through his ef forts and his alone. The Colonel said he heard that Dennis was a sort of a compromise candidate be fore the convention, but the explanation of the matter given by the Deacon con vinced him that what he heard was not so. f We had an election in Canadian county Tuesday for the purposdfcf voting for or against the erection of a much needed court house. El Reno's majority fer the bonds) was 416, but every precinct in the country voted souarely against th propo sition. There are two sets of abstract books in Canadian county, and if fire should de stroy the court house, as was the case In Harvey county, Kansas, some years ago. there Is not a farmer In the county that could give a clear title to his land without going to the parties who hold the ab stract books, and even then there would be a clouJ on the title that could never be effaced. From what the Deacon can learn the reason why the oonds were not voted for by the farmers, was. that they were not informed as to the exact pine tho new building was to be erected. In order to protect the books nov in the various offices the commissioners will have to construct steel fire proof vaults at an expense of several thousand dollars. and placo them in the old barn that is called through courtesy a court house. Our Populist friends who are holding down county Jobs, and a few gentlemen who do not own a dollar's worth of real estate, but who are engaged in business In El Reno and other towns in the coun ty, and who pay no taxes whatever ex cept a few cents personal property tnx, were very anxious to have the proposi tion knocked out. The returns from the Pop precincts go to show that the gentle man, lenders of the party, holding down the Jobs, gave the matter their undivided attention. From what I can learn they will te remembered at the next county convention. For the last three nSgftts a great many of the good people of SI Raae have hail thoir heads out of their bedroom windows looking to see the meteors fall. Up to this morning they did not dis cover anything' unusual except that they have all contracted severe oelda that amy deelop Into pneumonia. Past Master General George F. Tall son of EM Reno has bean having his wea ther eye out fr moifeors for the last two rights. George has a severe cold, hut be oays lie Is satisfied. This morning he no tlred a straur remtaotion among the stars; he Jomp-1 out of bed and slipped Into his "panties" and made a break for a door facing the eaat. as that was the di rection Major S. J. Simpson said the meteors wre going to come frost. He ex plains the phenomena thusly: "I was looking out of the door and all of a sud den I saw what I thought wa a s shoot out In the direction of Frank Ol let's farm. I thought to myself thai Frank's commission district attomy hendiag straight for hint. By thla tiai a number of meteors were flying about playing cross-tag with each ether. One great big fellow broke away front th crowd and tore over la the direction of C. O. Blake's new bouse. There! I says U my wife, it is jnst as I arid you U woule be. JtmrTt is going te throw up his job and Jenkn is going to succeed Urn. And the: Mifv that ht Jut siHed ov?r Blake's house bad hfav nasae en I for attorney genera L Juat then another b'g fellow caromed on to a snuUler one anl shot off in the direction fit Boh Forrest's mansion tm Capitol HUL Thas hi a sure sign that Bob wOl bt a candidate or abl egate to rongressv For about iwty mtoutee the meteors had a An tfcn chasing such other about aad then they aS disappeared." One of the meteors Mr. Waltsen bmb Unned was found at aeon today aVwt a quarter of a arfle froa th bona of Frank E. OHlett. It wa firmly Imbedded la the sand of the Xorth Canadian river, freak Grove. J. A. Soba and others who have seen K. say It will weigh la th neighbor. bood of 159 pounia, S. T Krtrhen. m of the eattie haven of the southweet. uwwihu Fd town today Frank mv he had a ta with one of the oldest la-Hans m the Waearta th other day. aad hntfned frosa him that w were dead ear to hare as open winter The lad sett "Marhe so w have on, two. these nvtl saofe. hut that I aXL Xo ssakesn lee Wawatta. this winter. Heap graws ier esrq. tat no slesgh ridbac lor 1"1 t6-" Frank tmr he never aw eattie 4a sfcr eoexBtJoa than they are today. Is a great samay ef the pastures there te aw esea ef rmss that has omm P aec the late heavy rates. The Mg earn era that' w j-d tnte iwttsaa h the JCia asd easaneh eooatry l h-lag atnttse fatsda rat- tie aad b-w that w he asathated ebowt the ftrst tl DeesS-sr. Frasi to the ijlnwii that a poerfoVsaea rtr4& of u i it i j wfB be aud ar eMmnt gent jnrtec. Xe ha easadderahw 44 iMnir' aeat su-xlaxa '4 -Omr ere sfest I was dag oat wW imemtttt. i H. Bt Vac "".t --1 "Wi tr 'rm- a-vi j r v'T i r rSn- fnar I Hsp-"-frJ X' T. Z aasvJ5e l xlw th pe &ri -Z r-ff V IF n" su ""i T.i r l JVr c.rii.- on Frceis pxe." J 11 fill II That Is for the Supreme Court to Decide. TWO ARE FOR SC0TH0RN One Is for Strang and the Others for Howard. Guthrie. O. T., Nov. IS.-The. vacancy in the Sice of United States dtstrlet attor ney, caused by the death ef Sam 1 Over street, according to the federal statu so governing territories, win be temperarilv filled by the judges of the territorial su preme court. A meeting of the judgrs was called her this afternoon Jar th s purpose and ail the justices but Irwit came. In a caucus the judges present failed to agree. It was understood that Judge Hainer is in favor of J. W. S. t horn, the present assistant district attor ney. Judge Irwin telegraphed from XI Reno that bo also favors Seothom. Judge MeAtee Is for J. C. Strang of Guthrie, assl though Burn-ell and Burford refused to commit themselves, it tm understood that they will favor IL II. Howard of Okla homa City. Guthrie, O. T Nov. IS. The roster of aspirants -for the United States dtetru t attorneyship are: Jacob Roberts. Kiag flsaer; J. W. Shartell, Oklahoma City. A. H. Houston, Guthrie; A. R. MuteQar. Perry; O O. Blake. El Reno; Haraea Speed. GuthriejJLI. IL Howard. Oklahoma City. AMONG THE LAST HONORS PAID To Sam OvcrMreet, What Part tho Oklahoma liar Itorc. Guthrie. O. T.. Nov. IS. Attorney Gen eral Harper S. Cunningham rettfraod -day from Franklin. Ind., where he at tended the funeral of the late Samuel' L. Overstreet, United States attorney for tfio district of Oklahoma, as one of the repre sentatives of the Territorial Bar asso. i tlon. The association presented a ri il wreath and the committee appelated f r the purpose offered the family re'MuM m of sympathy from the Oklahoma, bar Ti. lodges of Elks at Indlanapons and lumbus, Ind. sent delegation to the f i neral and a Tootle of Sorrow was n-sa.- hized. with General Cunningham Jts ex alted ruler. Otto Bkmyer, of this .t was chairman of th lodge comnil:- officiating at the funeral services. 6 exal Cunningham wss made chairman of a local bar meeting called at Franklin, and he was furnished with a copy ef th resolutions adopted, to be tiled with thee of th territorial association. DENNIS FLYNN WILL NOT FIGHT Judge :cott Confirmation Tora FprgUMoii VonrliM HirThI Guthrie. O. T, Nov. IS. An tMpec&j&g bit of political news, that Dennis Elffw will not tight tho coailrmetlen of Judgs Scott, is divulged by Tom Ferguson at "Ws tonga, who says; "Seme says iat there is no break between Secretary Ji klns and Judge Scott, of the Perry tn 1 office. It U wh!efqd9ih certain drri" that as tho judge U jiel oe4rud. t t story of the break baa bten marten te keep Ftynn from opposing rh eoaarmeiion. Flynn wul not oppose Scott's eaaelesnA tlon. The met ar. there is not one half of ths turmoil in Oklahoma potkJral cir cles that te Indicated by th newspapers The papers have to he read and same. thing startling has to be nbnehed.M ENID DEMOCRAT FIGHTS M'ATEE Alleging Hnpcr-Judlclal Mcvcrify In Jl JIU Court. Guthrie, O. T.. v. H-The Eafel Demo, crat is making a debt en Judge oA The Democrat charges that Judge MAts Is dictatorial In the condnet of hM mnir aileain gthat be mistreat -4 a eHent f Tempi e Houston recently and ha ti unjust to County Attorney HubbH tA that h did not consider an aswavtr. m-sie by the editor of the Democrat. gaseV Thurttday John MeAte. eon ef the and Colonel Moore, editor M.the 1 burn er t. had a personal ncounr on sas street of KnWL IT IS CUBAN CHICKEN POX ft IOoUm f.tkc N mall pox nnd nicny TMiUTht What ll l. Oothrle. O. T., Xov tt-lse ef t trip town ear suffering tram a- cra gioa of Cnban etucken-pox, a new ma dr for thla latitod. aad not a daacvo-i Owing to a up-ral reeembian" m Bears te amail-pau ad the exagrf of reports likely on that aeeoant. fff. ene to te I made fmrtegiy. Arfca City ha some ease NORMAN FLOODED WITH MOLES Farmer Swarm In Jooklnx for a 31ythlcnl Trnnvaol- ar Jtuj'or Ohiahoma 1ty o. T. Kov. ll week a rumor we started by "r t Cleveland roust y. which rsarhed ajl sh farmers the aVct that a buyer ww th awrx at Xormnp to purraas mul for us in the Tranevaal. Fur a ear -tw the town was Vded with bb sl taqnlrlea. hat the alleged buyer did aot CQttGBESSMEft FOR F8EE HOMES Amoe flwlns Jla A."urp f ICrr and JlrHowoll ofOhlo. Oatart. O T.. It -Wane in t M receatly Amos afcria- had tatt wt tew mi ail in of umgja from Ohio W. Kerr aad John X. Xemwn. Nft both sewurd asm that they wwl ehf? Dm Tty wra free free. .Virljr KUlni by ahrrthorn Hall Oethri. O T. Xt l -wah pu.-ftg rope ea a ahenV-rti s A. X B:t. k a farmer near Chaadiar. w attar the hall and tnanpled upon. HI ltf i ved th bared maa. rrrd -the area aad dree the heaet away William Loeic5 AeoIdr)llljr Hhet Oatarie. O. T. nV-WtW Ht-r Jetamaa aad ffa Leeft wee amrrj&g a a carrtaf he J--- ahirtmveMl. th trftaag Is rfces. Ie -was w r Chandler Jtl!4fjr Jail. Omhr, O.T, awnm JaC as hseei ahwa "a ft V aaaX la a insulin v JJat-W Jtrr3y Jewrwmrtt Jl (Ma.OT.VTl-OwaH. tfc St X "sfli! t! 3--.o M- s T ,j t a 3tr
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'atnhiQ, Wovtxixbex 19.1399 13 "gke MUthxtn gailtj -gaule; Jfatmaij A Wandering Skul Famous Actor's Head and Its Appearance in New York. In the latter part of January. 1S73, the lae Augustin Daly, manager of what was then the New Tork Fifth Avenue Theatre on Broadway, New York City, was sit ting in his extemporized office up stairs in that old church building when a stranger sent in his card. The manager did not know the name. "What does the man want?" be ask ed. "He's got a curi osity he wants to show you." That ap peared to catch the manager's attention, for even at that date he had a keen relish for the curious. The man was ad mitted. He was a slim, middle-aged, and ratner seedy gentleman, with a round bundle done up in paper under his arm. He began to bow with his bat in his hand, and the manager cut him short by saying: "Well, what iue you?" "I have got," said the man, "the skull of George Frederick Cooke. I thought you'd Hke to own it," and with that he put the bundle down on the manager's desk. Mr. Daly leaned hack in his chair and gave away to an inquiring stare of per plexity. "You don't mean George Frederick Oeoke, the great actor?" "Yes I do," said the man. "If you will listen to me I will show reu that r have the sknli of that illustrious personage properly authenticated." Manager Daly had a vein of superstition In him. Jfe gave a great deal of weight, as theatrical persons are apt to do, to tgns and omens. He has himself told how he was led to select thar old church for a theatre by reading a poster adver tisement in front of it which contained the woids in large letters, "Gold Here He had jtst got on his feet after the Twenty-fourth street Are. "Alixe" prom ised to have a successful run, and he did not want any grizzly omen crossing his path. It was only tvo nights before the appearance of this tnan with a skull that an incident had occurred in the green room of the new theatre that looked un canny. A part of the old flooring had given way and let two or three of Die actors down into what was said to be an eld burjing vault of the church. The cir cumstance was hushed up and the floor strengthened. Then came a stranger ont of the vast unknown with a skull under his asm. Mr. Daly squirmed a little uneasily and impatiently. The man was either a crank or a mendicant fraud. "Dodk here, my friend," said the man ager, "you need not unwrap your bun dle. George Frederick Cooke is buried down In St. Paul's churchyard. He was put there solemnly with many civic hon ors and the proper religious rites. I'd like to know how it comes that you are walk ing around with the man's head under your arm?" "All of which Is very simple and is eas ily explained If you will but listen to me," and the man put his hand on the bundle. "No," said Mr. Daly. "I haven't got tie. I'm not running an anatomical museum don't expect to put on Hamlet, and have no use for a skull, especially that one." "Ah, Hamlet." exclaimed the fellow. "It 1 the play of Hamlet that will explain all i This -was too much. Mr. Daly got up, ipened the door, and said, "See here, I iven't got time to discuss Hamlet now. and it isn't in my line of goods, so you'll have to excuse me.'" Then the man went away crestfallen, with bis 'bundle under his arm. I heard Mr. Daly narrate this occur rence in '73 more than once as a curious r xample Of the kind of cranks who pester theatrical managers. But one day long -i f terwarus It was in 1BSS, in that snug truseam of Ms in Twenty-ninth street, with its sea-coal fire and stacks of curios -he turned to ne, and. apropos of some--hmg that was said about George Freder ick Cooke, he remarked, "By the way, do m remember that fellow that came to me in "73 and wanted to sell me George Frederick Cooke's skull r "Very well." I replied; 'um! you ever hear ef Mm again "No not directly. There was some thing curious about that affair. I never ld you." "Xo. What was it?" "Why. the man really bad Cooke's skull under his arm. As near as I can figure it ut. he was dead honest and had the gular goods." First, who was George Frederick Cooke? To that question it may be answered that ne was the only actor whose grave be amet kind of professional shrine. If you pa dowa now to St. Paul's churchvard. n Vesey street and Broadway, and push our way through the dead leaves and ver the old graves, you will came upon Vs monument, conspicuous, and in spite f its age in good condition, unlike myt rf the others. The plot is about nine feet sauare, and "in the center of it rises the Hart that Edmund Kean erected there in 3n. On it is inscribed the date of the ac- tor'a death: December 86. B12. Aged 57 yrs. j and 5 months. But the record of facts is arren enough beside the record of senti ment. This shaft, which has stood there ir seventy-nine years, has seen the tombs the father of Manhattan crumble and rVeay all around it, but it has heen restor ed an? kept fresh by the lovtng care of subsequent actors who have left their tribute of respect on Its four lettered panels. The, associations of this srave standing there, hemmed in by the crowding city, are Interesting. Xever was loneliness made so stark by life Itself, which jj-wims round it. shut off only toy an iron fence. The dead leaves dance all over it and a bit ef scarlet runner has enfolded the bass, hut that little deserted spot has felt the impress of visiting genius through the years from all over the world. One might say there have been regular pilgrimages to Oils tomb. In 18M. Ave yeans after it was made, Mecready stood there with his hat off. a silent visitor. In 1S Charles Keen came over from the Park Theatre wttfc a party to -visit the monument. In 1SK Charles Kemble and his gifted daugh ter Fannie laid a wreath on th- base of the monument. On a cold November day in 1S55 Bachel stood here. ahlvering wfcia the American climate, and already striokWn with the disease that was to kill her, She threw wwe hot boose nowr Into the plot. Xme. Poniat told me that she weit with Eowta Forrest from Mar Shan's o a broadway theatre, at the tfcae that he as playing "The Broker of Bo gota ther. to pay a visit to this spot, and the SiV.-nnltable eld Goth, who was sail at the time to be the gucceesor of Cooke, lamented that no oae had thought It worth while to erect such a monument to an American actor. It'te difficult at this late day to say with precision why Georee Frederick Cooke Fheal have been singled out for such per petatiugiributes. William Duniap, who wsete a frank and accurate life of the ratar in Ifta, doses his two volumes with this paragraph: "Such was 'Jeonce Frederick Cooke: one emong tV many instances on record f the inrj mjcv n genius, without th aia of prtaoVnce. l prorore bnppispss to or er to benefit mankind, other wise than by the lesson which its de plorable -failure Imparts for the instruc tion, of others." But George Frederick Cooke seems to have stirred the enthusiasm, of our fathers as no other actor before him had done, and as few actors since his time have stirred the enthusiasm of their children, and this In spite of the fact that his hab its were profligate and his conduct to Am ericans almost Insulting. He disappointed his audience time and again because he -was inebriated. He took all kinds of liber ties with the"m and with the text. He put up at the old Tontie Coffee-house on the northwest corner of Wall and Water streets, and his manager had to remove him to his own private residence because the Americans at that hostlery complained of his insulting conduct. But when he played at the Park Theatre the people as sembled at 3 o'clock in the morning, so Duniap tells us, and stood in line till 10 o'clock for the box office to open. Ken seems to have had a boundless admiration for Cooke. He was accused of imitating him. When he went back to England from America, "he gave a supper party one night, and told of the monu ment he had erected to Cooke in St. Paul's churchvard. "All that is wanting now.' said he, "is an epitaph worthy of the man. and I shall e infinitely obliged if any of you; clever fellows will furnish it." Kean was very vain of his Richard III., and the English world believed it to foe the greatest piece of dramatic art the century had produced. Imagine his as tonishment, then, when an actor by the name of Taylor, in response to his invi tation, wrote this on a card and handed it to him: "Beneath this stone lies Cooke Interred, And with him Shakespeare's Richard III." When Cooke died New York hastened to do him special honor. His ifuneral was a civic event. The stores were closed. All the official bodies adjourned. Flags were at half-mast. A solemn and impressive cortege drew up in front of St. Paul's. Governor Tompkins was in a carriage with Mayor De Witt Clinton and Elisha Jenkins, secretary of state. The body was deposited in the receiving vault of St. Paul's church with impressive ceremonies, and rested there till Kean had it removed to its present tomb. And no sooner were his remains marked by a fitting monu ment than there began to cluster round the stone the tributes of great actor3 in each successiie generation. And all this time the skull of George Frederick, Cooke was wandering about the country. And this Is how it happened: The actor died in his lodging? in Me chanics' Hall, a well known tavern at that time. The immediate cause of his death was cirrhosis hepatis, brought on by excessive drinking. He was attended by Drs. David Hoosack, Hugh McLean, and John W. Francis, and we should never have had the secret revealed if one of these doctors had not long afterwards let It out In a most matter-of-fact way. Dr. Francis when an old man, and a few years before he died, wrote a book, still accessible in the libraries, called "Old New York,' and in it he tells plainly and unequivocally that when he was a young jr-an he was called as an assistant of Dr. Hoosack's at the autopsy of Cooke, and he carried Cooke's head home with him after the post mortem. He had the skull prepared, and put it on a shelf in his office with some kind of professional pride that Is inexplicable to any one but a doctor. There it remained for several years, until a performance of Hamlet was projected at the Park Theatre whenthe manager at the last moment sent over to Dr. Francis' office to cet a skull for th graveyard scene, and after some parleying a loan was made of Cooke's I skull. One can easily Imagine the grim humor with which the doctor went to the performance. But there Is no record or tradition that he ever told even his boon companions until he wrote his book. Af ter that the skull was borrowed when ever Hamlet was played, and finally it was not returned. It was put upon a shelf in the prompter's room as "a property," and the doctor, having lost Interest in It, and having grown to be a man of affairs, made no effort to Teclalm it. It must have been there in 1S30 when Charles Kean cam" and there Is every reason to believe th when In Hamlet he says, "Alas, poor Yorick I knew him. Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest.of most excel lent fancy." etc., he was really alluding to a greater than Yorick. In 154? George Vandenhoff played Ham let at the Park, and the skull was still there. The theatre wa burned in 1S4S. A few months before the fire. Manager Simpson retired, and Manager HambJln came down from the Bowery with hls cohorts and took possession, ami then it was that the sku'l disappeared. Mr. Har ry Placide in a letter, at one time in the possession of John Brougham, states that the stage-manager carried It home, and that there was 'a notion in the theatre that it belonged to a formerly distinguish ed person. There is nothing at all unlikely in all this. But what became of it after that no one seems to know. That it should turn up in '73 in the manner described is one of those incidents or accidents that wear the air of mystery, hut are quite 'within the ordinary coarse of human events. Without doubt th skull I in existence somewhere yet. unless it has fallen to pieces with decay, which skulls that are properly prepared very seldom do. There are olenty of theatrical collectors who would probably pay a good price for it, and stop its wanderings and pat it on a clean, new shelf to be admired by all subsequent Yorleks, if only for Its event ful and pitiful history. One of the last things that Edwin Booth did before he became fatally 111 -was to commission an intimate friend of hie te repair the Cooke monument, a kindly act of the last of our crreat Shakespearian ac tors to commemorate the centos of the first English star tfeatame to America. TAR AND FEATHERS. Emporia Gasette: A piece of cussednese came to light this morning which, had It been found out the first of the week. would have resulted m a coat of tar and j feathers for a mover. Monday morning a mover's wagon pulled np along East street and at Eighth avenue camped on a vacant lot. The man piled out of the wagon, took off the canvas cover and. putting It on the ground, hustled his wife j I rw A. .1 ana six cauarea una 11. lawm w oro-re dowa town, sold the waaon and horse? and returned. He gave J of the sale money to his wife, and told her tj shift for herself and children. He said that be was tired of hvtng with her and was going to strike ont for himself. The neighbors noticed the woman trying to get something to eat, and In conversation found out rhe trouble The man had skipped and the woman and six children, not one of whom is over M years old. were 1 left behind. People took an interest, and the family was helped on to relatives. TIIKIR STJLX. HO.T. The RenonUoans of Wlfcou county la- i stated on making a sdu bunt and the fustonists scooped the platter dean Ev ery p'ace It: Kansas where stOl ha-t ere made by the Bepubucana t'-v -slonlsts did better than thev could iv d.rp with an p- right Thick a R- publican making a. ali.1 wt to 'vLpi-i 1 tha The Three Friends Brave Little Vessel Which So Long Aided Cubans. During Cuba's recent struggle for inde pendence the steamer Three Friends "was widely known as a. filibuster, but the correctness of that term, as applied to the vessel, was questionable. Walker was unquestionably a filibuster, so was Lopez. Both went from the United States In command of armed expeditions to attack governments at peace with their own people as well as with the United States. Both went for the purpose of stirring up insurrection. The men who went to Cuba on the Three Friends went to take part in a fight already in prog ress. If Lafayette was a filibuster, they were. If they were, the Three Friends was. The vessel was applied to uses more like those of the blockade runners of the Confederacy than of the vessels that carried Walker and Lopez to the countries they Intended to attack. The officers and crew of the boat, as well as its passengers, felt that, if caught, the Spaniards would very quickly decide that they had violated the law, and they went with their minds made up not to be caught. They went prepared for running at all times. The anchor of the Three Friends was not fastened by a chain. but by a rope, and several anchors were kept on board. This was done to expe dite flight, and on two occasions the ne cessity for the precaution was proved. The rope was cut and the anchor left at the bottom. The vessel would have been captured or sunk if time had been lost hoisting anchor. It was generally under stood by men who went on these filibus tering trips that if escape should become Impossible they would die in the water. There was no thought of surrender and a military execution. The federal authorities were vacillating in their treatment of the Three Friends. Of course on her first trip she left port without hindrance, for no one suspected hen mission. She lefcat night, but could as well have left in the day. When news was received that she had landed an ex pedition near Cardenas, a revenue cut ter was sent to Jacksonville to prevent her departure on another trip. J. M. Barrs, attorney for the Three Friends and one of her owners, publicly stated that the vesself would load with arms and am munition whenever her owners wished, and would demand clearance--and get it. The commander of the Boutwell sat by and saw the cargo loaded, and telegraph ed to Washington what" he had seen, Cap tain Broward adding to the telegram by telling him of dynamite and other things that he would put on the boat before leaving. The reply came back from Washington to let the vessel clear. This was considered a very great vic tory for the filibusters, but it proved to be of no advantage. Before they were out of the St. John's River the Spanish authorities knew that they had started and were prepared for them. The ve-sel was chased two days before the expedition was landed. After this he slipped out of port as if she had no right to go. She went openly one other time and was again chased two days. After a time, however, the officials were ordered not to let th vessel leave. The authorities at Washington either be came more certain of their rights or more determined to stop filibustering. A reve nue cutter was stationed at the mouth of the St. John's with orders not to lt the Three Friends pass. In one case the au thorities were made to believe that the cargo and expedition had been shipped to the Dauntless at Brunswick, and the cut ter was ordered out of the river to cap-, ture that vessel. The train that had been seen goir-sr in the direction of Brunswick with the expedition and cargo turned back a'ter going ten miles tnd the Thre: Friends escaped whilo the cutter was ab sent The Three Friends was captured once, but after trial next day was released. The custom officials of Key West were in formed that the passenger steamer City of Richmond was to deliver an expedition and a cargo to the Three Friends at In dian Key. When the steamer reached Miami she wes seized and a cargo of arms and ammunition found on board, as well as a. considerable number of Cuban pas sengers. The cargo was seized and the officers of the ship and the Cuban passen gers were arrested. A lieutenant and three marines from the revenue cutter Winona were put on board, and the boat was ordered to Indian Key. the supiwsed place of appointment with the Three Friends. It was supposed that Captain Broward would suspect nothing when he saw the steamer approa chine, and that tHe Three Friends would wait for her. She would have waited for a Spanish battleship, or a fiery dragon, or the devil lumsel'. for the fciicple reason that her hollers were being cleaned and her fir? were down. She didn't have a pound of steam and could not stir. The arrest could hpve been made by a deputy mar shal In a row boat. Arrest was easy, but conviction that was iifftrint- The men found on the City of Richmond had paid their fare to M aal. had a perfect right to go there and were released. They had not got off the beat ac Miami, but they gave the good reason for it that they were arrested as soon as the vessel reached the dock. A largf cargo of arms aod ammunition was found on board the City of Richmond. It was consigned to A. W. Barrs of Jackson ville. It was not unloaded at Miami be cause It was seized. The coranifawloaer ordered the cargo stored In a warehouse, and took a day to decide what to do with it. He then ordered It turned over to tfs owner, who at bnce had it put on board the Three Friends. The City of Richmond had a right to carry, pstssengers and freight. She had gone out of her regular run to Indian Key, but not under com mand ef her captain, feat under orders of a lieutenant of the revenue cutter. She ws released, as were her offlcers- The Three Friends was found at India Key. with nothing on board except eoal and provisions. .o pwsra w. except her regular officers and crew ana 1 two guests of the captain. She had a wrecker's lieease for the coast of Florida, snd was lying in as good a place for wrecks ae could be found on the coast. c; fe4 waited for the CUy of BJchmood. M A-- ont .be would f. "K have waited for anything etee. Bosldea, why shouht a vessel ogred m a perfectly legal business run away' Uaderthe oouuaand of Captain Broward. the Throe Friends on nearly an her voy ages bad favorahie weather that r!SDuno5 weather, storms tended to auutrua the danger of capture. Other risks were sn great tau oanger 01 snip- wreck was aet considered. Tho Tlfl1 1 j nearly always approached the Cuban coast la a furious starm and m the in tetue darkness ef a starless, moonless night not in a port chartered and Bgsted hv feMcoas. hut in some cove or creek k--. waters were unknown to navigators snd wbosA darknos was not bro&ea hy a clean of light. Tho boat was alee kept :s total dar&noss. When between Cabs, ad Florida a rae wvs looked on as aa asnoyav r-hr than a great danger. The Ftesiou keys I were near caougit to famish a convenient J place of refuge. On one trip, however, the vessel was twice chased in the Florida Straits and hoth times narrowly escaped. The latter of these races, and the most exciting one, was witnessed from Key West. Hundreds of people thronged the water front as the Three Friends passed, far out, pursued by a cruiser. AH who saw the race jumped to the conclusion thaithe pursuing vessel was a Spaniard, and all on the Three Friends were of the same opinion. The Maine fired up to come to the rescue, and the black smoke from the battleship was watched with hope from the decks of the filibuster, where it usual'ly would have been watched with fear. The Three Friends- ran in over the reef, however, ahead of her pursuer, where the water was so shallow that the latter could not follow. Thee, as the pur suing vessel passed, a small United States flag was seen, and the filibusters knew they had been chased by the Raleigh. On the south side of the Island, how ever, the danger was greater, hut races on the open sea were not so much dreaded as the danger of being caught in a trap. As the vessel would go In between the Jutting headlands to land its men and cargo, no one could feel certain ci coming out again. On her first expedition the Three Friends ran into a trap of this kind. She was in a cove near Cardenas, and had nearly finished landing her cargo, when the searchlight of a vessel was seen approaching and flashing here and there. The anchor was immediately cut loose, and the vessel started for the open sea, but outJn the entrance a light was seen shining up on a military mast. A severe storm was raging, and the thick clouds that were flying fast across the heavens threw the most intense darkness over the waters. In front all was black save tho glimmer of light, but that was enough to tell the filibusters that a cruiser or large gunboat blocked their way of escape. The Three Friends were headed to the eastward of this vessel, and the light was seen to move eastward, showing that her direction was known. When the vessels were not more than two hundred yards apart the Three Friends turned at a right angle and crossed the wake of the Span lard. The Spanish vessel for a short time continued in her course, and when she turned the Three Friends wa3 out of the cove and too far away to be overtaken. The Three friends landed her fourth ex pedition near Havana, under the guns of Morro Castle. Everything had been put ashore, and while waiting for the return of the boats that had carried the last load the light of a ship was seen coming from behind Morro Castle, and it came straight for the place where the filibuster was an chored. The boats returned and no time was lost in hoisting them on board. The anchor was cut loose and the vessel start ed in flight, but to get out it had to pass so close to the boat that was approaching that it was difficult to avoid collision. The boat which had caused such a fright proved to be only a fishing smack which had come out for an early morning catoh for the Havana market. The Three Friends never went prepared for fighting, but she sometimes carried cannon in her cargo, and one one occasion had to uso one. The filibuster had gone Into a river near Corintes to land an ex pedition. Farther up the stream a small vessel was seen, It was night, but per fectly clear, and the moon was nearly full, and objects could be seen almost as clearly as by day. The small vessel, which proved to be a Spanish gunboat, pursued the Three Friends out .of the river and commenced firing a little cannon at the filibuster, which was attempting to escape to the south. The little gunboat was swift, and the Three Friends was not able to gain on her The pursuit and the firing was continued but a short time when another Spanish vessel was seen coming from the southwest and still an other from the southeast. The smaller gunboat was not mora -than half a mile distant, and the ve?sel coming frrm the southwest a mile and a half or two miles away also began to fire at the Three Friends. The third vessel did not get in range. Something had to be done or the Three Friends would be caught between the two and sunk. A 'cannon that fired fifty-pound solid shot was in the cargo, and a irunner who had seen service on board a battleship in the Uniter States navy v;as also on boird. The gun was placed in position, and the order to fire at the nearest jrunboat was siven. The first shot took effect, and the little gunboat showed sicnals of distress. The other gunboat went to Its assistance, continuing to fire, but makins no effort to get nearer to the Three Friends. The Three friends made six trips to Cuba, all successful except one. A. S. HOUGH. ONE SOT NEGLECTED. W1U White, In his boy stories, has neglected one Kansas boy who needs at tention. He is usually a big boned, ciah-ber-faced coward and his specialty Is putting a chip on one uttle boy's shoulder and then telling another little boy that be dare not knock it ff. In order to get up a fifaL A JARO PICTURE. James G. CornlsT a. yetta? man from Girard at Jaro, who is se young that hi his regiment he Is called "The Kid," gives this little picture In a letter home: "We have a gTeat time en the ovtpost. The native women try without pwasec to get through with rice and that te against orders. They offer us eoeoaauts, cocoa nut eider, ess, etc.. to tat them through. And sometimes they get right down on their knee-" and bet." ARE MANT 51GK5. It is wonderful even te m. BegSfbOcan who is seeking for them, bow manifold are the evidence? of prosperity. la southern Kansas and O&lahem tfcer Is hardly a town of importance wher addrdoaal side tracks have not bees pu in within the last eight month. IS CALLED OKLAHOMA Below St. Louie on the MLmcur! side X the Mississippi river. Is a st-1? of '.and Mvm M "Oklahoma." The Tecumseb nuvican sa is probacy so calleC bcase u belongs to the government and $g occupied by sooner, adding- "It Hew along the river bank below the precipitous biuZs which wall the river on that sMe and varies la width from a few feet to Mnreral hundred yards, some tracts being j wide enough to permit farming a tnr! scale." HZ BACKED OUT. lst Sunday at Prtsvm. Pratt county. a wrman lecturea against resubstiaslos At o- im- fn th Meth.-dt caurch- passkw-ed pasax se cne Is there a ic:at in t"is Jfwa' Y, said th, tl 1 young man 1 can how yoa ooe." The lecturer an3 h was from MSeHUri and insisted ca i bteg ebnwn th Joint, but tie young mar backed dowa 1 is jr; Topeks Capital WORKIXG- The Wiensta 3ngw re- f ports that ex-Gorernor LowelUag -aas ee st wefe on Sis arm very t toseiy the p :hre nKu-ta It crtte: rar. Te that i isJSi Thi bca v d- s-g- -3!a ocrlrv h p ions spots oa tSMdr iaads beTore g:v jzs thesj nominal1 Views on Women Both Installs and Bla Wheeler Wilcox on the Subject Two very bright people, John J, Ingalls and Ella Wheeler Wilcox, have eseayed the old and ever new subject of women. Ingalls, In the New York Journal, desig nates her a man's enemy and rival. EUa Wheeler Wilcox writes of tha dan gers of woman's new Ideas. Both articles are interesting. Ingalls article is first and is as Allows: In the stupendous -evolutionary process through which society is passing no com ponent Is more significant and impressive than the elevation and emancipation of woman. For so many centuries the vic tim, the plaything or the slave of man, she-has at last become his rival, his com petitor, and his enemy. It is, perhaps, not unmannerly to say that compared with man at his highest and best, all women are inferior and de fective. Physically, intellectually and morally they are Infirm. They lack initia tive, they originate nothing, their weak ness is their shield and armor. Their ap peal is to the generosity and magnanimi ty of the strong. For courage, they have craft and compliance. Their victories are those of diplomacy, not those of the bat tlefield. They view politics from the per sonal standpoint. They support a. candi date not for the principles he represents, but because he dresses becomingly. In re ligion they are emotional. They establish no faiths. They write no creeds. Even in those callings considered peculiarly their own, the yare surpassed by men. Men are the best cooks, the best musicians, the best composers, the best nurses. For its great gravies, its immortal sauces and dressings for terrapin a la Maryland, 'chicken marengo and lobster Newburg, the world is Indebted to men. Perhaps the strangest feature of this movement is the fact that from the time Eve left Paradise till the advent of Miss Anthony, woman) was apparently content with her subordination. She bore child ren and reared them, kept house for her tyrant and performed her other domestic duties without murmur or protest. She demanded no rights and raised no stand ard of revolt. She was not aware that the Declaration of Independence, In af firming that all men are created equal. meant that all women were created equal, and that they were also created equal to men. Hardly less surprising is the extreme rapidity with whlch-the revolution has ad vanced and th immense proportions It has assumed. The statistics are Incom plete, but it is estimated that not less than I four million women In the United States are wage-workers, earning wholly or In part their own livelihood In vocations that fifty years ago were occupied exclusively by men. -The female doctors, surgeons. dentists, lawyers and preachers numoer about ten thousand. Painters, sculptors and architects above sixteen thousand Journalists and literary and scientific writers nearly 'four thousand. Municipal and corporate officials, seven thousand. Bookkeepers and accountants, forty-five thousand. Stenographers and typewriters, sixty thousand. Secretarls and copyists more than one hundred thousand. In the subterranean regions of unskiHed labor the invasion of women Is, to the student of industrial problems, more amazing still. Without entering upon the open question of the labor-saving machinery, wages and employment. It Is sufficient to say that Its Introduction has resulted In an enormous displacement of labor and structural change-? in our industrial system. The ma chine for the manufacture of barrel staves does the work of twenty-five hundred men. Every Mergenthaler machine throws five compositors out of a job. By the In vention of machinery ninety out of every hundred workmen employed in the manu facture of paper were displaced; In rubber goods, ninety-eight: In woo!o fabrics, fifty: in silk winding, ninety-four: m- soap making, fifty, and so to a greater or less degree In every field of activity. It is Impossible to be xact. bet Glad stone declared that machinery had dupli cated the enrgy of the entire population of the earth. The machinery in the United States rep resents at least five million horse power. and ta operated by not much more than three million workmen. To perform the labor done by these machines would re quire not less than twenty-five million people, which would represent a poplatton of one hundred and fifty million, or double the' entire number of the inhamtaats of the entire country Nearly one-third of this machinery is operated by women sad children at wages less than half those paid to men lor the same employment. They receive less be cause they ire not worth so much and because they are willing to work Jor less. They are weaker and more helpless and less eatable of resistance. The claim that women should receive I the same j&y as man for the ssune work j Is futile. There Is a vast surplns of ua- i sallied labor. The supply is greater than the demand. The invasion of woman adds to the redundance. She lowers th entire standard of -wages In every vocation she enters. Shoold she demand the same com pensation she would ceaae to he employ ed. In the bitter struggle for existence woman is the Implacable enemy l man. And not the less w because many wive j and mothers and daughters strive with uncouceniai and repolsiv toil to piece dot the earalnss of husbands and fathers that are insainrient for the comfort of t the wrt"hd home and the support of the j Wm her fame ar.4 her go'-4 nirta the oa a ea-ursJ tatu, aritsVrtaV'r haaxfet helpless family pricshe had wade myrm pay' r itiw MrJw. riafar in tae e- But there Is a very large Caw, ease- There was a man who swoeOad In a rare Th snd 'rfher buiMmns aguaWy claliT In the higher callings, who work aim a petty ambttloo from esr t4- r ftipant- r9mi hare and stain from cho'ce snd no: from compulsion, j potrt. but no smaller thaa the f'g of f M t thrtr tote-to-a. hut omaaasaod asset Thy ba' homes where tny might live 1 Jt on, fir w th wlnanss; t iai-rtl thori4y a4 rValy o in outside, the In comfort, but thy weary of the soon- ltim ltmi ,43, Jn God ej et walla baag rv msfrnad ptef tony and drudgery of domestic life- Thy 1 xB, nmn want ad the road near- j har4 5M Ha aag-nan paM. want pecuniary Indepenienc Restraint t village, throe mns dotsn t m Wheravar tho aaaary was onpnud on are irksome. They desire more pleasure j throngfa his prpm borax, r areola1 toe ex'rior It waa cv4 rin d pts- and recreation, aner rauuent. travel, so- j bring Sum sn amount of sooner that sersa. I tr and wiwhed envU Tho aor -war j rfty. and to seek public and private em- 4 irse a forftiae hs V smar, Th -an rose p8yoal aloolsa of stona, ployment each one who soccfeds dfa- j asan's pr-pCT vu MM sn4 r:y it u hard imaeJa ho tnoae -j pUriEg sroe natural bread winner J The -cfmco p srod to aa-r the road arcfttiw-'a. without the fedsp of The adnUlTn of women lnti the vari- j ge aroand i-sils, over VaJ u''wu 1 uru tfofr -nr? 'Ut h miguty aJaas ous departmem st -WsabJngtntt was an B-Jt the man was 0o-w?H4, p-ratot- and aCtars f err" anagteyai at j h-reparaete mistake both for the service j em. i-rhessmx. Be was aaceaatfl and (enc-tor desT--. -t aoir they mtepoa and for the Incumbenu. as all who are gVnid.!n aia uccfoa j tn nsmi f 'w v4SUmm are raif-v j familiar wtth the system wBl admit: I That was ycasw Todsy th-xwatod tmt Vg 4 s pises a waee a I though, for that mmttte. the government of horse become aaee opmng sn4 Was 9iim .j., jy,, v gnsad j pays mar and rerrtves from lw ser- 1 and spavined. ora of veva brsefc j rt r,i aa 'vna of The unuangs -rants of both sexes than any otber env- down. ah men me with -le' sad j U t so-csllnf atptrsl of OansV. V-Ml, p-"-yer en earth 'b nr 5ntner Teaw5r-a r' icr. t -mirh la frrolar ta fwu. of snae uwu I Uaderthe 4perarJen of tneoonew fome 1 fees aantrung; awrausr f tas aarr 'ety-w et m Ca and Important changes tzz taking place hiao- j aia 3 volleye wnarik mm h tread narrow 4a4 paanae mn2tg s4 riety As th opponaaitles far t?-ep- j j warn town, the irvr r the Tsv j f jj ft -m ae artuarial r- pTt and fra maltSprr acarrtage as W 5i --ai wcta to th man Jfyk -tt anors hrr aad the 1 rfeariJed fi iacra.rg indJfference n- prs-" itr.x' yba paid 4Htlfit ho a tt.tttmt of ri-s erts'-Jjha' ta faJirg Ham American tti FamiSios ore growtng snmihr?- by e?'1ntstjaa. a3dren ar is weinune B'rt se to iamSorSs. Un V? parrats aioo Hoa5wp'g H ecm iog "T difSraJt -i wtll son tnmcyixv mfyt ir h '?5sT;t w.s g, laseort thuar daosstle help. Th U sisf e frnoenry o soet partnmt snd c'.-ih Itf 3 tntclSo UTe nvrH !oc th i- t-T art ra'atar-c tjM nr w 'TR tat5rctlca "SPirtafr tint coodSttos of aSairs ti Vat- ter or worse than that which preceded; whether it is reformation or the reverse; whether men and women, ore mora or la immoral, and socity purer or more se graded. is not susceptible of demonstra tion. It is one of the most important in cidents in the greet draaaa of human de velopment which the ameteemh century will record. One thing at least te certain Woman will net retire from the indostrfcil cea- test. She must ho takea two account fei the solutions of the future. Such revolu tions never retrace their steps. This concludes Mr Ingots' article. Fol lowing is, Blla Wheeler Wilcox's. Among the many privileges which the present era accords woman Is that of "d- veloping the bast within her, to use her own favorite phraseology. It was the generally aoceptAi idea of olden times that a woman must kaep to her limited domain of wife or spinster. -ri-r,r ,a rf T-AtotlvHt far home and occupation, no matter what wealth of talent In other directions cried for utterance in her souL The girl who utilised her tatents out side of the domestic sphere was regarded as "strong-minded and masculine, if not worse: and the married woman who dared write, sing, act or recite declassed her self. That was one extreme, We now seem to have reached the other. There is an Idea, prevalent today that It is the duty of every woman to seek to "express" an indefinable something with- J in her which shall establish her Smnvwoai ity. To make "the most of herself" Is evecy woman's ideal It b an excellent oae: but in pursuing it she needs to be very certain that her conception of "most would not be estimated as "least" in the eyes of wisdom. In America this desire for individuality is so prevalent that domestic obtygatloas are frequently put aside as easily as house hold furniture is stored .while the wife and mother sets forth In search of "her best self." In. olden times when a woman forfeited home and its duties for a career, other wives and mothers turned their backs upon her. But the sex Is broadening in sympathy and indulgence, and hs charity Is cover ing a-multitude of sins. A woman who has divorced two or three husbands and shifted her obligations up on other shoulders and parses, in order that she may be free' and untrammelled in her pursuit of her Ideals, meets with a great deal of consideration at the hands of her sifter women today. "She had to pass throogh just, those ex perl ?nces." they say, "in order to evolve." count in the great scheme of lt-d'-oy.eui. &xij, uuoihtr. "A woman moat do what is for her own highest good, no matter what sacrifices are made in the process." A somewhat conservative lady spoke withj regret of a friend who had devasted two homes. "Don't think of her In that way." said another. "She Is a woman of talent, and I feel she has a message to give the world yet. She is struggling toward the light through all this experience," This liberality of Judgment Is more com mendable than 'the casting of stones. But Its philosophy Is a dascefoue one to preach freely to ambitious and not always well-balanced minds. It I eharKahle and kind to believe that another's fall was but a step toward a higher state of development: but It be comes a pernicious and dangerous doc trine when a woman feegfas to think her own development demands a similar ac rlnce of near duties and responslbilltie There Is sn elastic tendency to his m1- in such a manaer as to give mcre-el ern phi!sophv which enable the woman height and symmetry. In the Interior sf of lawless impulses to hide her adventar- some of th mounds tnus uplifts have ous propeastttes under Its sh!ter J lxn found apperting cunstroetton of The liberal thought of the day regardtnc monry. end ven cement users Twnaa Is full of hope for th erring and Evidently these wr sacred hM& m remorseful soul; but It Is. too. when ra-- many instances, appropriately crowned by ried to aa extreme, full of danger for s.ructures dedicated to the wonai of the the weak and unstable, and Ml is an ax- od Occaabma ly the appear to have cuse for the UUti. hn utilised places of burial, and I do not believe "the host" wHafa many human bonee have been dkKOVered woman was ever developed save wtthfu in tbtm. with nhr curieelti attch as doing with all her might the nearest do- tn pio?ed skelo'o-i of lap r In h ties first. J nHghlvorheod -it thm fassoua 'atl ef Of course, there may be a dlvetiry Of j Chi' h-n-Its are two syunaetrn ally tr opinlons regarding those dstiss, hut one ra-l pyramids. e ft on a side, one of own conscience and common sense should j watch Is well prervd sod show paint be the guide. I lags in vsrioo colors on the ctacoo ur- It Is not a duty to sacrifice life and face. strength to the services of a brtrfel. selfish. no rs It am te have occurred and vicious husband who has broken ev- to the l4time Mars arehttrt to mke ery vow he took st the altar, yet tmrtsts a pyramid nmpVrt--that Is. te hurt it that his wife shall live up to the latter 1 up tr potat at tha top ftk the pyraanMM of hers. j ef Cfrpt Their eonetrartjon were r In such a caee It Is a woman' nsnrsst j tnnr- tnaa frustum of pyramids. bfg duty to jet Sd far away from tho man designed merely supports and t so possible, and noft lay her future cpon rominonly tHmy were fsent thirty to sixty the pyrt wroVh ban conanf hr past. But the woman who allows her ambi tion aod hor vanity to lead or to acfi nce a good huoNutd's happtaeaa merely because she fa! she can shtae 00 th heights of art with a more enulf tit light a'on for with another maw vl-Ma'as principle wh'ch distorts the aarmmy of society Wh she rettnqoWia nr a11 rea for any aim or ambition, ho?rever ex el ted. ao matter what her attstnmeuM I may be, she has hut repeated Esau's bar j gain of oM. I "Look what sh has achieved'" I have ci heard women say of one aho had r. quired fame and jrott "She haJ to fling awav SO trammels and ties in te become Jui what she Is. But on a seed man's life .and am. on a no aui en the jjtw n jnnooe.it rfel 3rn rt4 a which tn om light md in V t3n B'ra ir 'virt n o t 7l&nnt th i"n f o- tf "aroaal fcetgto ef JS f ;aw .1 woufti m6 rapiaao' ew rJ ej- TKa w wk3 for as to asfc oaodosa waone vmmMyfamd Jlslara M v lanpu i-x-ra ronxfrt riianptnaao arast W mcfttm I br it I X' i cur priritfe ta rr up s-fo?aJ fysr.ft -ar fcawaasaa rvsat aa kl k.--j i n ta t vwrpi earn epurpn-- It is o e prr3og tr onr rig tm- s aaotata 'jtisera po?i 'ft tfm? '4 -n- w- rim T- 35 rr- fr v itit t a iMi"5 t-- -i '5- t of nor Last of Savages Stand of the Abonme i the ucatan Country. Washington. D. C. Nov. Ii-Bhia4 the meseive stone w of tage an -lc fortresses, reared a thousand or e'e years ago. the aesceoats uX the K.yp- j tMa8 America, the pjrrasud-oslKiRg Mrm8 i .Lvtossaa. u waiuag the -p-proach of the armed exoeditto seat against them by the Mexican government. Theirs Is -the last stand ,f serasery against dvWsattou o thia roatiaaat. and or oa than oae the outcome o i onflfc-t wtU be awaited whh Uuet xne regions mMumeo by taese win peo ple are to so great an extent Mored, am! their military refuges so aacot end ot auch mysterious origin, that an atmos- I oi romance envelope tie sKu.Ka. J report m the hew t.e- grams, a fleet of twtnty-four mt-d-tft hoots has been seat up the. Poado river, caxrytng troops to attack the natives, who are ootruetiag the oommercial develop- j meat of the oottatry hy interfering l:h the gathering of dyewooda and la jtber wavs. Extensive portions of the Peniaro!a oi Yucatan remain unknown to tst eo- I srapfcer. simary becno the boldest ex plorers have net dared to venter Into them for fear of the flerce Inhabitant Several trihes of tho latter have deled the authority of the government ef Mex tco more thaa taree-ouarters of a ceaiury. holding the temples, aad paJacos of their forefathers hy force of arms, and m&Uv tftiaiag feud against ail comers, white or red. Of these etroatrheMs. the ukmk Ira. portaat Is that of PuJoom. often seea uk never visited by civilized traveler. It rtands on a hlh blutf. in fun vew of tho sea a frowairg oetpost ef ravage 4av laatioa. The structure U of lauaeose site, and many ceatariee ago 1 was the etroag. .est alaee hold fey the Mayas, whose de scaadaats keep watch from Its bt.!o. raeaia today. The status of the aaclent Mayas at xbe time of the discs very of America was much like that of the Egyptians Imme diately before the dawn of history In tha old world. In respect to civilisation thy were considered ahead f any other oee pfc: on the Asnericaa continent. They wer traders and navigators, bunding veet4 of large Mzm and malwtaJaing a commerce xcHtt Cuba and Florida. The'r arts are high:;- c'cvelozied and their arrbitecturd w- of so Botahla a character that at the p-?4n: me thoooanue of rooere tailed of the territory they oaee oocupsod are dotted with the ruins of their town. Some of their teutidlaps, like the edifice of Puloem. are eo well prreerrd a to aerve the purpose of fortresses most ad mirahly even now. The period of their construction no maa know, oat many ef them undoubtedly date hack to aa eeech cesturtee earlier thaa the arrival ot Col umbus. In the mysterious theatre of a vanished civilization ere found the re matas of fifty-one citiA. while a greet er number urobahly axe hidden beneath tho tropical forests and ht the unea placed re gions of to eaot aod south la the rorth are Jzomal, Afce, and Myuepea; la tho central raatoa are I'xnmi, Nahe. and atne- teen other ruined towns of notable extent. la the east la the marvelous Chchea-ltix a group of huge touUdtnga sat upon a serlta of pyramid. Barring the "Bgyptlan. the ancient Mayas of Ywcataa seem to have been the greatest pyramid tmUden the world ever saw. Sometimes they ohaped enttr bill to serve ss support tor temples or icroups of shrine, hut ordinarily they weak! take a small elevation sod add cnirsA of tMe feet Mroarr at th hm The time- on the Up had -ua;l a welioa: in1e. which una ncmaHy a place of sasttaea, snd undoubtedly the vt-tisaa ware main a sly human trntngs. Oa if the boat pwere-i and nv-t strifeing of the butMtea th ao-csr.fd rutl rl Cuihou- Itsa. wWrh stands upon a square pyramM mhr fn high. It Is oae of th me-t runaraWe ef eziatirg rlr of pfMatert- America. In h rfP "f xdMlag C1sn Ttsa an tmns eor adMee. eaOea the nd Hnomtf. whlh sued on a hrw trr rrnr, nvsp: t-a. Its front, factag neat ward. Is irrrA 9 portei. opniax tele a aaiy that ran serosa the whe ,r4tl ef strwar and from. wh bea dwrs rive admisoPni a a Barr Rs At Varna! ,vi jtpleodMi Qooernor's Hon, eo-arww! 1 on a starJUr plan it u r feet sVwp ad stands aamraad res h mara ir "t and m s1nya are -"v- r -'-""je f T-ataJaat w nave 4 a groat 4aat of sMl Jtannn t m go -sa-i --SB-ji snd r$rn m r- 1 rr Ap9nr' anht a -ig -ga. anad a f anfnasr of is" 2 ys gii was cana at mar I jAw
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