GREAT LAND LOTTERY Remarkable Scene at the Drawing as Fate Smiles or Frowns. for Homesteads in the Indian Lands Opened for Settlement-A Young Woman SUMMARY OF THE NEWS, Domestic. Otto B. Seeiried. manager of the For- an effort to save a he believed was in the burning building. The woman was Louisville, Ky,, in the Most Valuable Lots. El Reno, Okla. (Special).—At o¢ o'clock Monday morning, the hour set by President McKinley f drawing of lots for homesteads in the new country known the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Reserva tion, four of men had gathered about the big platform booth where the drawing was made The crowd was estimated at from 30, 000 to 40,000. It was packed and jammed tightly. There was a sprinkling of w« men. From the drawing High School Building, 400 feet d the ground slopes upward in gentle races. Thus the spectators fart} away could look over the heads of t nearer. people, the crowd extending on cach of the platform and far in the rear. Some of those nearest the platform had held their places since daylight. Shortly after 10 a. m. the United States Government Commissioners Chairman W. A Richards, of Wy Col. D. P. Dyer, of St. Louis, and Fr Dale, of Guthrie, O. T.—stepped upon the platform and were greeted with vo ciferous cheers. Two oblong boxes which the envelopes containing the 163 865 names of applicants were mixed, were on pivots in full view of the At one end of each box is a crank revolving the contents. There are little trapdoors in each box from whic to draw the y numbers. One contained the names of persons register ed at Lawton and the other those regis- tered at El Reno. When finally ten boys selected fo purpose lined up before the two and waited the word to draw out numbers from could net control it arose, the 1 or beginning the ‘ recently as acres platform to the stant, ter erst hose i with All this space was packed witl rela 1G in Crow d for five } a Tyg ia was repe: nultituc movemen and nec} of th At volved shaken up The Lawtos The men stra it, SO heavy drove a few more nails ing The and a dust-filled throats of Colonel Dyer addressed questing that g The bovs cast lo from the El Reno b ler won. Then he box and drew fort was absolute v Richards opened the env nel Dyer announced: “The man drawing the is Stephen A. Holcombe, ley, I. T., birthplace Virginia, white, age 27 years, we i145 pounds, he g feet ¢ in El Rend ) ghty cheer wer wd orde 3 SHENCK ight ight ches. » SANTOS DUMONT'S FLYING MACHINE. The Acronaut Makes a Successful Trip, But Does Not Try for the Prize. Paris (By Cable).—M mont made another successful experi- ment with a dirigible balloon, sail from St. Cloud 10 the Long course, around which he steered the balloon and ascended and descended occupying 20 minutes of time. Though asked to make an attempt to go around the Eiffel Tower the aeronaut declined saying his was work as well as he want The weather w cloudy, whi influenced | decision. During the cut one oi hi guide rope incident. The warmly cheered M. Santos-Dumont at the start. and on his descent his friends crowded around him and warmly congratulated him upon his success The aeronaut started at 4.35 p. m. and descended at 4.55 The exhib: tion. though successful, was disappoin: ing in that he did not go around he Eiffel Tower, though he lad announc: 1 his intention of attempting that feat. Santos-Du “ u rr ae " ver Hw Motor not yet ng as ave p. m Lord Roberts May Get $500,000. London (By Cable).—In the Hous» of Lords Lord Salisbury, the Premier read a message from King Edward ts the effect that, in consideration of the eminent services of Field Marshal lord Roberts in South Africa. His Majesty recommended that Parliament grant Lord Roberts the sum of £ 100.009 ($500,000). Fatal Grade Crossing Wreck. Akron, Ohio (Special) —A carriage containing W. G. Matson, wife, son, and daughter was struck by an Erie train at Old Forge. The vehicle was wiecked and the horse killed The boy, aged two years, was killed and the and is probably fatally injured. Matson is seriously hurt caped comparatively unhurt, Fifty Dwellings Burned. Davenport, la. (Special). —~Fire laid The im- Weyerhauser and over fifty dwellings were twenty ordinary city blocks. mense Jumber yards of Denkmann, burned. less, A A 5 Panama Fears am A107cL. Kingston, Jamaica cinity of the city, and that an order has der to repel attacks and to property. Panama is sea by a gunboat. According to the same sources of information the govern- ment is exercising the strictest precan- tions to prevent news of cevelopment leaking out, At the annual conference at Atlantic National Green Glass Bottle Manufac ¢ Blowers’ Union it was stated that the blowers may ask for an increase 10 per cent, in Edwin Blalock was 31.1 1, 3 Jlalock’'s and Robe were broken in ; near Memphis, Leorge R. Tet at Plainfiel third in the famil ithn year Of wages killec cide Ww the ¢«¢ hat rn th 1 he burg t 3 TT re result a readgia Cnces A Portsmouth (Va) m family tamiiy €5¢ cremation, by ment of the New Jersey he | ape mnmcendiaries nsane at ire thcially investigated Adam Miller, fat} Methodists in America, is 01 German 1 Leaq, ier of aged YCars. Chicago horses with the The Company y hie 1 Of macnn hundred men are thrown out vment red, perhaps fa n the new wa- » of « men were ining a gas explosion on defeated the Mad Hi JO Ki 3] nd ind the anniversary King H Lord 3 Commons that Boers who had been m since the war totaled 33.000 King Edward recommended to Par. lament a grant of $500,000 to Lord Roberts in consideration of his eminent services in South Africa A Boer command is reported to have entered Portuguese territory in the neighborhood of the Limpopo river Members of the Italian royal family and other distinguished visitors are in Rome to attend the memorial services upon the anniversary of the assassination of King Humbert Lord Kitchener reported that a de. tachment of Steinacker's Horse forced to evacuate Bremersdorp 5 ey stat the total number ade prisoners and "THE COLOMBIANS | MAKE BOLD ARREST | Hamburg-American Liner. | i | | One of Her Passengers, Abel Murrillo, Wes Seized, Notwithstanding the Protest of the Passport on a Peaceful Mission. New York (Special).—The Hamburg American Line steamer Allegheny, vhich just arrived here, reported that t the : it harbor of Savanills, heyns HOUrSs, heny report that Abel Murrillo ed vo yt taken ash olombian a; Murill ciamming Passengers on Savanilla agaist his A 1s entitled to German flag the secretary He went te : with a pas represeniative of government at Washington, anding that is mission Pea eful protest under undaerst Colombia was a savzanila he to Be the under 1 the first This Mur Allegheny at that he 1 ang Ola fears Lartagena, hat port he FIERCE AFFRAY AMONG MINERS One Mas Killed and Three Fatally Wounded at Kiag's Mises, Obla i (hin Ing. i a fourth head ned lynching of a negro if a i Spe ial) » dy another ably m with the an . crushed in This he threate i free-for fight at distance from here a t between miners all hort 8 15h . -" 1 Grant Taylor int to his threatening get | treet, Keed eT: “ing im ' made ark to Sheldon and 3 three drew res Sheldon and Reed ally wounded. Dollison vers +} , 4 the ground ompt w irk of tes saved n fell t The pr and his deput from being Iviched rom being lynched RECOVERED FROM THE SEA Body of the Millionaire Yacht Owser Whe Met With Sad Fate Found. Greenwich, Ct. (Special).— The body of Arthur Colburn, the millicuaire «pice merchant of Philadelphia, who, with his two daughters—Ida and Annetic - Cipt. E. R. Flint and Frank Eckport, a sea- miles, Musical performers and singers are said to have received princely rewards for private performances in drawing-rooms. Bobby Walthour defeated Harry Elkes in a four-cornered s0-mile motor-paced race at Manhattan Beach bicycle track. Disgust with the weakness of the war management has given an impetus to the Professor Virchow strongly dissents Congress on Tuberculosis. Tolstoi is reported 10 be improving, but his physicians are unable to hi diagnose his trouble. The Shamrock 11, accompanied by the Erin, sailed from CGourock for New Figesc al New York Subtreasury statement shows the banks have lost $1,542,000 this week. William Kuemmerle, Jr., has resigned ing Company. Kidder, Peabody & Co., of Boston, re- need sterling exchange rates 4c all around; demand, 48734; sixty days’ sight, 4.8514. here has been listed on the Philadel. phia Stock Exchange 345.000 additional eneral $s of the Choctaw, Oklahoma & sulf Railroad, Perk ert Taylor and Capt. J. = exact spot where it went down at the ed under the arms and the Lady was | towed ashore and removed to morgue. ! American Monte Carlo at Budapest. | London (By Cable) —"Budapest | papers are filled,” says a dispatch to the | Daily Express from the Hungarian | capital, “with accounts of a project, | sand to be promoted by American fin. | anciers, for the creation of another but more luxurious Monte Carlo on Maga- rethen Island, opposite the upper end of the city in the Danube.” Denver, Col. (Special) —William Radcliffe. owner of the lease on “he Grand Mess Lakes, has returned to Washington for consultation wiih the State Degartment. This gives an inter- national aspect to the shooting of wo men by a deputy game warden, the burning of Radecliffe’s hotel, and the threatened lynching of himssli b a mob of Delta County citizens, ad- cliffe claims to be a Subject of King Ed ward, and has appealed to his govern- ment to protect his life and have him reimbursed for the loss of his property, ws SECRETARY LONG ISSUES ORDER. Investigation of Campaign. Washington (Special).—The official order for the court of inquiry asked by made public by Long and calls for an ex. tended investigation of accusations and charges made by the Admiral Rrowing out of the Spanish War. “To Admiral George Dewey, United States Navy, Washington. D. C. “Upon the request of Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley, United States Navy, copy herewith, a court of inquiry, of which you are hereby appointed presi Kimber ly and Andrew EK Benham, U States Navy, members, and Capt. Sam } CC. Lemly, United States Nav y Judge-Advocate-General. judge-advo hereby ordered t Navy Department, Washington, C., at 1 o'clock P. M., on Thursd: i2th day of September, 1001. or 2 } as may practicable, the purpose of inquiring into tl ue 0 iq iy thereafter he duct ol the id 1% in ( achiey, commodore ir th duris with the navy, and events thereof thie reg On ex ent war Spam, tion with “The court will thorou inquire in to all the cir Lod bearing the subject of the investigation, hereby ordered, and to this ining orally all proper witnesses attendance can be i tc HITS Ta ni upo les exam whose secured, will cali upon the department for all documentary end, besi 4 Hon on thereto aT Upon conclusion of t the court will rep testimony §s the he i th taken, wit} atled statement of all which it ma 1 together } ymmendation in hand Ww ‘ premise at the Nawy Washington, this twenty sixth day of July, nineteen hundred anc one, reed the Liven ind 18¢s unger my Department JOHN D. LONG, Secretary. NEW MAINE AFLOAT. Launch of the Battleship a Success in Every Particular. Dakota. D. (Special) — 81 Tornado is North N wind : of the Sta A prevailed » Great damage £ miles west o a tornado a residences buildings were bl down i the Northern Pacific depot unroof The crops in the path of the storm was several miles wide, were ly destroyed. In the Red River V { n the natronal boundary the State line. In the Was and a heavy straight wind has lodged the grain heavy rain and large part 1% reported at Tappen, 12 i where it amounted 1 store over fe several wn os Ch I from 8 n rot much wind in Minnesots there sie} wiicn The The New Dutch Cabimet, Hague (By Cable) The 1 Netherlands ministry newly 4 15 as rant lows President of the ouncil Dr. Kuyper Minister Foreign Affairs—Melvil Loyndon, who has been secretary of Arbitr of Marine—Admiral Kruys. ster of War—Borgansides ister of Finance—~Harte de Teck lenburg of “ts ali10n Another British Reverse, London (By Cable) Telegraphing Pretoria under date of Inly 26 Lord Kitchener reports to the War Of fice as follows: “A detachment of Stein acker’'s Horse, occupying Bremersdorp was forced to evacuate July 24 by a su perior force of Boers, probably the com mando from Amsterdam and Pietretie The detachment fought its way to Lem ten killed or wounded and a few miss ing.” Launch Capsizes. Detroit, Mich. (Special). The News Tribune, a naphtha launch used to de sudden squall. Miss Maud Randall of this city, one of the four passengers was drowned. The captain and the other passengers were rescued, Rejected Seiter's Brutal Crime. Muncie, Ind. (Special). Peter Till bury, an ironworker, called at the home of Kate Phinney to-night and threw car. bolic acid into the face of Mrs. Mary Torrey, a guest, destroying her eye. sight and burning her neck, breast ane arms frightfully. The man had pleadeo with the woman to marry him for years L.A A Critical la Panama. Kingston, Jamaica (By Cable) — Newspaper reports received here from Panama assert that the insurgents are operating in large numbers in the vi cinity of the city and that an order has been issued by the government calling upon the citizens to concentrate in or der to repel attacks and protect prop. erty. Panama is guarded from the sea by a gunboat. According to the same sources of information, the government is exercising the strictest precautions to prevent news of development leaking out. PRESIDENT SHAFFER MEETS J. P. MORGAN, The Strike Leader and Baoker Confer, the Great President Schwab, of the Steel Trust, Was Present at the loterview, as Was Also Secre- tary Wiillams, of the Amalgamated Assocla- tion» The Twe Labor Unseen Out of Pittsburg. New tiations 1 &t tee] York or a ¢itiement { Special) Sirike were ) iH i Pre i ference between | Secretary Wil A i and 4 ail ed 8 80 Of, and « resumption, of general labor questi where they were broken off burg conference le th £ In financial circ 10n general agreement would go and in itself d was BUY CONFESSES A MURDER He Says That He and Others Killed 8 Com panion to Secure 48 Cents % SOc ch { i 2 the cording Nelson Was n OWN age which | ais urdered bH COMPpanoOn ol 4% by igs cents un boy, young pany the o-year- ing Attorney Reed, ther boys about the ying near the Hoeft boom on Tuesday aiter- be the leader Young down to the water and pier. He objected, saying his had ordered never venture on the Of RO near t He was finally persuaded and znied the boys Nelson says he remained be- watched the boys. He says ] led young and after fore. hem 48 cents which ke ts, pushed him off the ae water. The boy could swim, and when he tried to catch the boom one of the boys woul push him off. This was once twice, which did come ut in and several "Same age, were Schoer mull Reed the noon seemed to among boy ged to « en = Yims} 3 out } oul parent him to piers he be Wms hind Reed Larke out and his companion from the pier, Rive t cke $4 repeated the 1 on ody no A Boom in Potatoes, )~In less than 3 week the wholesale price of potatoes ir the local market has advanced as a re sult of the drouth from 70 cents a bush el to $1.10. This increase in so short time 1s said to be unprecedented. Ii brings the retail price to 35 cents and 40 cents a peck at a season when potatoes { Special Chicago at 15 cents a peck. Reports from Sczuth. ern Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and othet districts indicate that the recent rains Crop in those sections, Se.ator Clark lnsocent. Helena, Mont. (Special).— Senator W. A. Clark has filed in the United States Court at Butte his answer to the suit brought by the Government to vitiate his title to about 15.000 acres of timber land, valued at $300,000, on the ground that the lands were secured from the Government through an alleged swindle in connection with which the Federal grand jury recently returned 102 indict ments. Senator Clark avers that he was an innocent purchaser and as such mus be protected. Five Orphans. Peoria, Til. (Special). — Martin de Bryn, a tinsmith, shot and killed his wife and then fired one bullet into his own heart. Five children are left or. phans. Three of the children were ir the house at the time of the tragedy and only the immediate interference or neighbors saved them. mestic trou ble is supposed to have caused the shooting. —————— Wanted, Dead or Alive. Havana (Special). ~The governmem has offered a reward of $1000 for the capture, dead or alive, of Line Lima, s bandit who has been operating in the Matanzas and Havana provinces. There has been for the last three months standing reward of 8300 for Lima's head. turday the bandit sent word to the authorities that he would surren. der for $500, provided he were allowed to leave the island. Upon Foceim of this offer the authorities doubled the and sent urgent instructions to General Rodriguez, of the rural guard, to capture Lima. LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS, — Yeor's Trade Abroad. the > tates The detailed figures of foreign in the year ended June 10, 1001. were complet Friday. They show total imports of 22,673.016; total exports, $1.48) ,758,- 557; exports of domestic products, $1.- The imports by great classes in the fiscal year 1901, compared with the preceding year, are as follows: Articles of Food Anin I ang HMA Articles in a ( rude Conditios : son—1In 1900, $128 oct $130,662 no Articles S111 HNg Kaw $44,540.67 gd America’s German Trade. YW iiite } Clerks and Their Superior: wn y oo Consul General Stowe's Plans. The State Department has tla rece 2 at { eave age fr there steamer tended September tage sang Of 4 A A g8 cous 7A HEU The Ven eruels Asphalt Controversy. . 1 Do They Prefer to Be Behind G Only t hay C the ans? officers in the taken antage of adv; ns present ONG wo peity Capital News in Geseral The National Servic League's investigating Civil ments in several branches of service Mr lL Vv ue the Urs Washington ad, i has come Stat represent at interests of of Cuba es 10 CLoOnomIK | Secretary Long has issued a general forbidding “all persons in the making any public state ment concerning the subject matter of the court of inquiry requested by Rear Admiral W. S. Schley The Commissioner of Internal Reve nue rules that the assessment of es. tates for the legacy tax must be made an the basis of the value on the day the testator died The transport Meade arrived in San Francisco from Manila Secretary Long will leave Washing ton Thursday for his annual vacation Mr. Rockhill reported to the State Dé. partment that the negotiations in Pekin will close within two weeks with a sig- natory protocol by all the powers, The total collections under the War Revenue Act from June 13, 1898, 10 June 30,1901, were $318.700,501. rge K. Lawton, astronomer of the United States Naval Observatory died from typhoid fever, The War Department issued an order merging the Departmnt of Alaska into the Department of Columbia, with Gen. Geo. M. Randall in command. ————————" The trial of Lieut. Preston Brown of Second Infantry, charged with murder. ing a native near Binangonan. is fin. ished. In the course of the proceedings it was proven that the native was killed while trying to escape, and the acquittal of Lieutenant Brown is expected. Two artillerymen have been guaran. tined at Fort Stotsenberg, Manila, suf- fering from buboni: plague. Colonel Sautos, with go me rifles, has surrendered at Ligao, in plovince. _ insurrection in North amarines provigce is practicaily ended.
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