Daily Enterprise-Times from Perry, Oklahoma • 1

Official Paper of Noble County and City of Published Daily VOLIV PRERY NOBLE COUNTY OKLAHOMA FRIDAY APRIL 2 1897 170270 DEADLY WORK IL mine i ess SMITH BROTHERS oiioleshle aud detail mm At Their New Place of Business Corner 6th and 0 Sts Perry Oklahoma ifsssRmv iuiiuimnf nmw They Are Now Fully Prepored RIVERA WILL BE SHOT General Wsyler Order Court Martial No Cnartaay for Croaby (tody Havana April 2 General Rivera probably will be shot soon as General Weyler has given orders that he be tried by court martial on the spot immediately He may be put to death Saturday in spite of his wounds or the Spanish may cure him aud then shoot him Colonel llacallo who tried to carry off his wounded commander on his back although himself wounded will die with him It is pfedicted that these puttings to death wdlF provoke General Gomez to shoot all Spanish prisoners hereafter instead of releasing them The Cubans are not disheartened at the loss of General Rivera They say General Koloff is in linar del Rio and will become second in command of the whole army Insurgents in great numbers are coming from the east and concentrating in Havana province They have plenty of ammunition and good cavalry IVrc'bsion asked by Mr Marriott a colleague of Croeby the correspondent from the Chicago Record killed in the field to go to secure the body and effects has been refused by the authorities Minister De Lome wired the request and General Lee seconded it Mr Marriott took 'General Lee's letter to the palace but General Ahumada refused toseehim saying the request could not be-V granted With large increased stock and facilities to supply their customers with Groceries of the VERY BEST GRADES and at the LOWEST PRICES iwimmiiimumiiinnwi Their Jobbing Deportiueut Is well stocked with a full supply of goods whioh they will furnish to the retail trade of Oklahoma at Chicago Kansas City or Wichita prices Quantities Purchasing Goods in Large IV Ms FOR THEIR WHOLESALE SAVE MUCH IN FREIGHTS RETAIL CUSTOMERS BY THEIR COMPETITORS A the major question to be it will be well to TRADE ENABLES THEM TO WHICH THEY GIVE TO THE MAKING PRICES LOWER THAN the matter of price now-a-day considered by couiomera in purchasing patronize SMITH BROTHERS You Will Always be Satisfied And Pleased by Doing Business With Smith Brothers WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS Corner 6th 0 Sts Perry 0 ugh YHIm Cournui Having Cned Bevetiieeu Death From Wattoaaes New Yohk April Hugh Miller aged S5 who is under arrest for setting tiie to a Brooklyn apartment house has confessed to the burning of many other houses in some eases causing loss of lif Miller said that he had burned eight houses in which ten lives were lost in 1891 The same year seven people lost their lives in the burning of a Brooklyn house and Miller confesses to having set fire to that building Shortly afterward he was convicted of arson In Bridgeton and sent to the Elmira reformatory lie claims that he is a pyromaniac from the excessive use of cigarettes and gives the full details of his various crimes No thought of gain entered ray mind when 1 set fire to those places simply wanted to destroy property and witness the discomfiture of the Miller said have an uncontrollable desire to burn buildings When the fits are worst I am unable to control my actions I have tried my best to put down this desire but I could not displace it from my mind" DEADLOCK STILL FAST Three Moro Fruitless Ilallots la Very Costly to the People Fkakoit Ky April 3 The roll call for the nineteenth ballot showed 20 preset The ballot resulted in a gain of one vote for Boyle a sound money Democrat voting for him instead of Davie The vote stood: Hunter 58 Blackburn 43 Davie 11 Boyle Stone 1 The second ballot resulted in no change The third ballot resulted in no change and au adjournment until tomorrow was moved by Senator Stephenson The Hunter forces did not object and the motion prevailed Tin deadlock is costing the state already in bankruptcy over 11000 a day Fourteen Hunter men have signified their willingness to sign a call for a new caucus and a new nominee but the bolting Republicans have so far let lined to go into any such scheme The silver men are still dickering with the gold Democrats in an effort to combiuc oa State Senator tool 1 nr Martin or I Jacobs of Danville RAILROADS CRITPLED I'rrsheta Totally Itlurkada Ilia Iron Mountain --r Linas In Had Shape Sr Lous Mo April 2 Railroad trr "'o hits not bten so demoralized all winter as it was tins morning because of hiirli water due to recent rains and tiie situation did not improve as the day advanced The otlicials of the Iron Mountain road have completely lost track of all their trains between here and Texarkana No trains went out from St Louis over the Iron Mountain this morning and St was said at the Union station that none would probably be dispatched before tomorrow The St Louis San Francisco road is also tied up but the trains hare all lieen heard from and the blockade is nearer St larais All Missouri Kansas A Texas trains are from six to eight hours late and are running slowly Trains on the Baltimore A Southwestern are from one to six hours late Arkansas City Honda la Dispute Toi-eka Kan April 2 The state school fund commissioners hare refund to buy a block of $12000 of Arkansas City bonds They do not dispute the validity of the bonds but they have lieen informed that they were issued to lawyers as a fee for defeating another issue of bonds by the city and citizens of the town protect their nog itiation on the ground that £12 0k) was tea great a fee to pay for the services rendered A Prisoner Killed at Lanatng Lansing Kas April 2 A prisoner at the state penitentiary attempted to escape last night while being brought to the prison from the quarry He rau through a string of cars and was headed for the brush when Guard Burney ordered him to halt He eon tinaed running and after several shots Burney killed him with a revolver at a instance of nearly a hundred yards Four Mora St Naxalru Survivor Hambi ko April 2 The captain en ginoer and two of the crew of the foundered French liner Ville de St Nazaire were picked up by the British steamer Ax Maria March 13 and brougiit hen yesterday Five of the ik-cu pan's of the lout died from drink ing sea water and the survivors were helpless when found but have completely recovered Womr-i KnlTras Headquarter Moved New Youk April Henceforth the headquarters of the National American Woman's association will le in N-e York instead of I'hiladelphia the t- ir -er having been mad- to-day The voik will b- in charge of Mr Carrii Chapman-Catt chairman of the committee on organization and ANDREW WHITE AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY TO ilTALY Brajaala Buttarworth Couaaxlaatoaar of Spaulding and William Howell Aaslstaat 8es tarles of the Many Other Nominations Soon ta Be (fade DRAPER COES Washington April The president to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Andrew White of New York to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Germany William Draper of Massachusetts to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Italy (handler liale of Maine to be secretary of the embassy of the United States at Uome Italy Samuel Gracey of Massachusetts to be consul at Fu Chan China Anson Burlingame Johnson of Colorado to be consul at Amboy instead of Fu Chan China as originally gazetted Benjamin Butter worth of Ohio to be commissioner of patents Oliver Spaulding of Michigan and William Howell of New Jersey to be assistant secretaries of the treasury Captain Robert Craig of the signal corps to be major NOMINATIONS READY The President expected to Boon Placet of Various Kind Washington April 2 A large number of nominations are sail to have been decided upon and the President is expected to break his record within the next few days in the matter of appointments The consular positions it is stated will not lxs taken up fore more than a month Probably a third of the visit' ing office seekers at the national capital arc applicants for positions in the consuls service and a large proportion of the visits of tenators and Representatives to the White house which take up so much of the President's time are made to urge the claims of constituents or friends for appointments abroad TO ADVANCE POOL CASE Th Federal Supreme Court Vrged Hear the Joint raffle Case Soon Washington April In the United States supreme court this morning Solicitor General Conrad acting for the government entered a motion to advance on the docket the suit against the Joint Traffic association comprising the principal trunk lines of the country James Carter apjieared for the traffic association He announced concurrence in the motion to advance saying that his clients were very anxious to have the case heard before adjournment for the summer The court announced through the chief justice that the motion would be taken under advisement Tanuaasau Exposition Spools! Day Nasiivillf Tcnn April The Centennial Exposition executive commission has set apart special days for the following states cities and particular purposes: May 1 to 3 to Supreme Knights of the Ancient Essinic Order May 3 Mexico day May 7 Art day for the United States May Knights of l'ythias June 1 Governors' day June 1 to 5 surviving territory Texas day: July 20 Baptist day September 9 American Fruit Growers' day Octooor 21 day Bryan's Kext Bpusch Washington April 2 The politicians are discussing with much interest the significance of the appearance which Mr Bryan is to make here in couple of weeks as the principal speaker at a banquet in celebration of the memory of Thomas Jefferson It is understood that be is preparing himself with much care and there is some expectations that he will sound tiie party's keynote for use in the state campaigns on for this year hangs of Calendar Rerun April IVofessor Foers-ter the director of the Berlin Observatory declares that after lengthy preparations with the astronomers of the Vatican observatory there are good prospects that I'ope Leo will take the initiative in the reformation of the cab ndar and the i rnfinement of the variations of dal of Easter so that the Greek church can adopt in 1IHW the Gregorian calendar and abandon the old ca'endar Mill Taut th Law DaiiA Texas April Sporting men of Ihtllas Fort Worth and other Texas ciGcs will raise a land to test the validity cf the lewii antiprize fight law which Governor Culberson's special session of the Le yi lature passed in 1895 to head oft she fortiett-Fitzsimmons fight at Dallas CHANDLER RUINS PARTIALLY EXAMINED TWENTY-THREE FOUND Or For That Other t'orpie Ar Coder th Delirl At Least two In Jared (turned to Death The Lose Alarm I Felt fur Other (aterlor Oklahoma Towoa Chandler Okla April Twenty-three dead bodies have so far been recovered from what was before Tuesday night a prosperous town and scores of injured are under the care of physicians who have come here from all parts of Oklahoma The property losses are estimated at SlOOOJd Very little search of the ruins has yet been made and it is feared that the death rate will be considerably increased Court had opened Tuesday morning and there were many strangers in attendance at the time end it is impossible to ascertain whether all of these escaped The tornado did its terrible work in less than ten minutes Only Heilman Si Charles' shore and Sehlael's saloon in the four blocks of the business section were left intact and a few dwellings and the Rresbyterian church es-aped destruction Ir Wolcott one of whose eyes had been destroyed by the storm worked all Tuesday night until lie littrally fell from exhaustion Many of the injured were uot eared for until yesterday afternoon "Most of the houses in Chandler were frame and were erushed 'ke egg shells All persons who su -ceded in aching storm eaves were hart Judge Dale and his court nss'sl-nts from Guthrie barely saved themselves by running into a cave jus as tiie houses legan to fall The tornado had scarcely pvssid before ilames caused by overturned stoves liegan to break out in several plaees and these added greatly to the horror of the situation and probably caused a number of deaths Great alarm is felt for other interior parts iff Oklahoma Chandler is forty-tive miles from Guthrie with vhieh it is connected by telephone the wires of which went down Tuesday night It is known that the tornado passed up the Kiokapoo valley and many houses wire destroyed there but as far as is known no lives were lost There is no reliable trace of the tornado north of Cliai ler PLANTATIONS FLOODED Th frttaun Stilt I'naring Torrent Into the Lowland Memphis Tcnn A heavy rainfall and a strong wind from the west liav prevented the closing of any of the four big crevasses which are pouring huge streams of water into the Yazoo delta of Mississippi On the contrary the breaks are growing steadily larger and more are expected at any moment Yesterday a big break occurred at Westover Ark and the lOOJ men at work were barely able to escape A dozen tine plantations were soon Hooded and Helena put in ft-sh peril The Laconia Circle country contain ing 300M acres of fine farm led is entirely flooded and 5000 people are homeless In Mississippi Gunnison Roscdale and other small towns are under water and the flood extends back thirty miles Hundreds of cattle were drowned and farm work destroyed Scores of plantation houses were wrecked but so frr probably not half a dozen lives have isea lost HAIL IN SOUTH MISSOURI Mount Vernon and Mountain Grove A lulled by Dealruetlv Moran Moint Vernon Mo April This vicinity was vUiW by a destructive hail storm yesterday Rice of ice weighing ten and twelve oines fell in great profusion and with such force that not a house escaped more less injury immediate iy follow the hail came tiie heaviest rain storm wit nessed here for years Mointain Grove Mo April A fierce hail storm visited this section yesterday afternoo-i The so of its approach could le heard for miles far no deaths are reported but many persons eaught in its path were injured Not a house in town aped having window a broken and numerous roofs were gerly damaged ItooNvii i eril I Fully two inches of water fell here yesterday in one hour and la: yj hailstones did much damage in the country Ft I'aal FlnodM- St Va Minn Wil Th: Mi sissippl has pas-eJ the danger line and is still rising slowly All reie'ta of the West si ie easi of btate have leen driven higher ground- The water is ntering houses on the west aide of that street and several hundred people will be forced to move water ri-s anothrr siv inches are many aPtics of suffering the There PERRY MILL COMPANY Merchant BEST EQUIPPED MILL IB THE TERRITORY Capacity 500 Barrels Export and jobbing orders solicited Special attention to home trade COAL McAlister Wler City No 5 Can non City and Pledmon Smithing Corner 6th and FREE DELIVERY IN THE CITY FORT SCOTT POLICE Chief aud Police Judge Heprl assail ed-Tbs Chief Makes Charges Fort Scott Kan April The old poliee loard at a meeting last night reprimanded Chief Williams and Police Judge Ilowlus both leading Populists for failing to collect March fines from the jointists and docked both for the time they were in Topeka last week working for the removal of the present board Williams was accused of having collected money from jointkeepers to pay the expenses of the Topeka delegation He admitted having received $T3 from them this morning He declared that one of the memliers of the old tto-ird the same man who is now instigating the fight on Bowlus and himself urged him to assess each jointkeeper $2 for the purpose of securing money to ike a delegation to Topeka to prevail the gu-rrnor not to abolish tin losrd Williams Ki '8 he refused to tax the-jointists but that he did re-cei-e money from them and was required to divide it with a member of the board for expenses incurred in telegraphing to lo-edy It is expected prosecutions will result from the disclosures AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION The Prinrtpst Colonies Agree to Cnlto oa tho Canadian Model Apkiau: April 2 The Australian federal convention practically concluded its work yesterday Resolutions were unanimously adopted providing that the powers privileges and territory of the various colonics should remain intact that the exclusive powers of imposing and collecting customs and excise duties and military and naval control should be vested in the federal parliament that trade intercourse be-twee" the federal colonies should be absolutely free: that the parliament should consist of a senate and a house of representatives but that the executive should consist of a governor general appointed by the queen and the supreme federal court which should also be the court of appeals of the colony The colonies of Victoria New South Wales Tasmania (South Australia and West Australia were represented Murderer Butler Batura San Francisco April A first class state room in the cabin of the steamer Mariposa has been reserved for Murderer Butler of Australia who will be taken back to Australia to-morrow but the usual fittings have been removed and all that remains in the room is the lower of the three bunks in which he will sleep Close to the floor a strong steel ring has been riveted to which he will be fastened if he should show a surly disposition Three Australian detectives will take turns in sitting in the room with the prisoner Brj Governor of Okluhuum Wasmngton April Barnes is be the next governor of Okla-ho The contest for the place was encd last night by the Resident's nnr ouncement that lie had made up his mind to appoint Mr Barnes Dennis Flynn the chief rival of Barnes was preM-nt when the announcement was made A Kantaeky State Senator Struck Franktort Ky April A fight took place in the senate chamber yesterday A I James Republican of county and Do er Bob Tyler over a state-me rtl the papers Tyler struck James twice and the latter made a movement to draw a gun Friends interfered A Village Do: ray ad Germ ik Okla April A messenger tr-1 fouthwest of Chandler says that psnr farm houses were demolished there a number of people injured and two killed The little village of Rarkland ia reported completely destroyed with many injured GEO A WASTER'S COAL CO Genuine McAlister Coal Delivered to any part of the city free NOTICE TO CLAIM OWNERS We are expecting some CASH BUYERS for claims DUR ING THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS If you want to seU LIST YOUR PROPERTY AT OK Have a few good farms in eastern Kansas to exchange for choice claims Also have some Choice Stocks of Merchandise to exchange for Deeded Lands Good $3500 farm for choice stock of Drugs Business and Residence property for Land Hotel well furnished for sale cheap or exchange for arm property If you want anything in our line write us II CAMPBELL CO Evans Block Ferry Okla Stork Kilted Near Sails Kao Sauna Kan April 2 A small tornado passed over Saline county late last ning About ten miles south east pf here bouses were nnroofed and blown down and many barns and out-buil ilngs were demolished Telegraph i and wind mills Ter seriously No casualties have been reported Con-liidcirfMc was killed.