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.
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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.