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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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ESTABLISHED IN 1820.
MACON, GA., MONDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1901
DAILY—.00 A YF.AH
THE STRIKE OF STEEL
MEN MAY END THIS WEEK
The Conference in New York Saturday Resulted in
Paving the Way for Renewal of Negotiations
Between Conflicting Interests-Harvey Brought
About the Meeting Which Now Has Promise of
Effecting an Amicable Settlement.
riTTSBURG, Pa., July 2S.—The strike
of the steel and tin workers of the
Amalgamated Association against tho
United States Steel Corporation prob
ably will be settled this week. The con
ference held in New York Saturday be
tween the officials of the United States
Steel Corporation and President T. J.
Shaffer and Secretary John Williams,
of the workers’ organization, has re
sulted in paving the way for a re
newal of negotiations between the two
conflicting interests. It is said that a
basis for such a conference has been
arrived at. This basis is still locked
up in the minds of the officials of the
two organizations and will not be di
vulged until later this week. If the
basis is satisfactory to the general ex
ecutive committee of the Amalgamated
Association, the conference between
the association and the manufacturers
, will proceed at once. If, on the other
hand, the basis is not on what tho
Amalgamated Association will permit
to bo considered as negotiable ground,
the strike will be continued with the
same vigor as at present, and with in
definite time for its ending.
President Shaffer and Secretary Will
iams of the Amalgamated Association
returned from New York this morning.
They left the metropolis at 8:30 o’clock
Saturday night, after an eventful day.
They had spent many hours in confer
ence with the leading officials of the
steel trust, had evaded all of the New
York reporters and came home with
hopes for an early ending of the pres
ent contest. In Pittsburg, little wns
known of the conference, but the great
est interest in the outcome wus shown
among the manufacturers.
Secretary Williams was found at his
home this evening. Mr. Williams wus
courteous and promptly admitted that
h*» had been with President Shaffer in
New York and had seen J. P. Morgan,
but jh to what had taken pi:
he said with firmness that
pledged to secrecy and could not talk.
If there was anything to be given out
it would have to come from President
Shaffer, but he wus positive President
Shaffer would not be at liberty to talk
for some days yet. When asked If he
regarded the situation hopeful^ for a
settlement, he declined even to offer an
opinion.
Additional information regarding the
New York meeting of the industrial
leaders wnB afterward picked up from
reliable sources. It wss Elated that the
two Amalgamated officials left Pitts
burg late on Friday night, and when
they arrived in New York went direct
to the private office of Mr. Morgan in
the banking house In Wall street. The
meeting between the Pittsburg men and
Mr. Morgan lasted from about 11 o’clock
in the morning until 4 in the after
noon. At no time did the conference
adjourn to the Empire building, where
the head offices of the United States
Steel Corporation are located. During
the conference. President C. M. Schwab
and Judge E. H. Gary were present,
most of the time. Another conferee
was Mr. Dawkins, one of Mr. Morgan's
partners. The Amalgamated officials
declare their attendance due almost en
tirely to Mr. Morgan and Mr. Schwab.
They went over the grounds on which
the strike began and discussed a set
tlement basis. After getting the evi-
V deuce of the steel compnny and giving
\theirs in return, Mr. Shaffer and Mr.
Williams left the office and spent their
ilmc away from public places, avoiding
lintels and taking their meals in res
taurants.
In explanation 6t the hurried trip that
the two officers made to New York on
Friday night. It was said that until
nearly 5 o’clock in the afternoon neith
er of the officers knew that he would
be required to leave Pittsburg, and had
made plans for entirely different pur
poses. Prior to that time Col. George
B. M. Harvey, manager of Harper
Bros., the publishers of New York, was
a caller at the office of President Shaf
fer. When Col. Harvey left, the Invi
tation to go to New’ York had been ex
tended and had been accepted. It was
positively stated today that the meet
ing between the heads of the Amalga
mated Association and the United
&*ate* Steel Corporation was due to no
outer person or persons than Col. Har-
v«y, and that there were no others
ptesent at any time, before or after
tie visit of Col. Harvey, to help the
ctuae along.
it is believed that before the end of
tie week the mills will all be ready to
rtn afiatn, providing repairs are com
piled that have been undertaken since
strike began. Should the
SEIZURE OF CIGARS
FROM PORTO RICO
NCttKcrM Relieved of CiRum mul
Knreties I’lioit the Arrfvul of the
rump »lifp Ponce.
NEW YORK, July 28.—The steam
ship Ponce, from San Juan, Porto Rico,
July 23, docked in Brooklyn this after
noon. As she steamee up the bay the
customs tug came alongside and two
officers boarded the Ponce and took
the passengers’ declarations. As soon
as the Ponco docked custom house in
spectors examined the baggage of the
passengers, eighty in number. All
cigars and cigarettes were seized and
the owners told to ,; come back tomor
row for them."
Among the passengers was J. R. Gar
rison, auditor of Porto Rico. He in
formed the inspectors that, according
to the president’s proclamation, free
trade now exists between th > United
States and Porto Rico. Tho inspectors
claimed that they had no official in
formation to that effect, and Mr. Gar
rison complied with the order to dump
the contents of his dozen trunks on
the pier. The baggage of all the other
passengers was similarly inspected.
After this general overhauling of the
baggage, a telephone message was re
ceived to seize only cigars in lots of
over 400. Passengers who did not have
that quantity were let out. One, how
ever, who had 430 cigars, was requYvcd
to turn them over and told to come
around Monday and pay for the inter
nal revenue s»tamp«. The inspectors
claim that they know free trade now
exists between this country and Porto
Rico, they do not know it officially,
and that it will be several days before
the new order can be put into effect.
ONE MAX DEAD, ONE DYING, AN
OTHER OXE PROBABLY FATALLY
SHOT AND A FOURTH WITH HIS
HEAD CRUSHED IX, IS T1IE RE
SULT OF THE FIGHT, L,
CAMBRIDGE, O., July 28.—One man
dead, one dying, another probably fa
tally shot and a fourth man with the
back of his head crushed in.
This, with the threatened lynching
of a negro, is tho result of a free-for-
all fight at King’s mines today, a short
distance from the Black Top mine,
here a riot between Hungarian and*
Slavish miners occurred Saturday.
The dead man is Grnnt Taylor.
The injured: Joe Reedon, shot twice
in the bowels, one bullet going through
the body; Melvin Sheldon, shot in tho
breast; Mack Sheldon, head crushed
by a stone in the hands of Lawrence
Busby, colored. All the other men are
white.
Busby ^yas arrested and is in Jail.
He was saved from lynching only by
quick work by the sheriff. He Is
blamed for the trouble. Taylor and his
wife had been warned to leave the
neighborhood. Mack Sheldon met Bus
by near the company’s store today and
after a few words Busby knocked him
down with n stone. Melvin Sheldon
and Reedon quickly appeared, but Bus
by ran to his home and armed himself,
threatening to shoot any one trying to
get him. Taylor, walking along the
street, made a remark to Sheldon and
Reedon, and all three pulled out re
volvers and began firing. Sheldon and
Reedon fell to the ground fatally woun
ded. The quick work of the sheriff and
his deputies saved Busby from being
lynched.
All is quiet at Black Top and eight
men are here in Jail.
NEGRO IN DEATH CBI.l, AT MONTI-
t'RLLO, FLA., SEIZED SHERIFF’S
PISTOL AXD SCUFFLE ENSUED
WITH THE RESULT THAT OFFI
CER WAS SHOT AXD THE XEGRO
KILLED.
EXPECTANT THOUSANDS
AWAIT LAND DRAWING
The Lottery for Disposing of the Lots in the Kiowa*
Comanche Reservations to be Held Today==Thirteeii
Thousand Claims to be Distributed, While There
Are 165,865 Names Registered—Plan of the Drawing
Fully Explained.
TAX LAW AMPLE
TO PROVIDE MEANS
STEAMSHIP LINE
FROM SAN PEDRO
’nniplction of Ili\llron*l to Re Fol
lowed l»y VcnroIn Going to Hono
lulu, Y'ukolinmn* Clilnu mul l'Jill-
Jpplncs.
SALT LAKE, Utah, July 28.—The
Herald today says:
Tho San Pedro road is not to stop
at the San Pedro harbor. By tho time
the lust spike shall have been driven*
n fleet of ocean steamers of the Ha
waiian Island and Navigation Com
pany will be started as an adjunct to
the road. These steamers will ply be
tween San Pedro harbor, Honolulu, Yo
kohama, China and the Philippines and
a controlling Interest In the stock of
tho company will be owned by the
same men who control the San Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake rullway.
R. C. Kearns of St. Louis, who reach
ed Salt Lake from California yester
day, said the company was now bejnff
formed. "Many details yet remain to
be perfected," said Mr. Kearns, "but
the steamship line is a certainty. The
steamers will work In conjunction with
the road and be practicaiy a part of
the same corporation."
Expense* fur Government of Porto
llleo to lie Derived From llcceiit
Revenue Laws.
(Correspondence of the Acroclatcd Press.)
SAN’ JUAN. I*. U„ July 23.—Event* havu
already proved that the tax law drawn
up by the legislators of this inland will
provide ample for the island’s require
ments Thin; indicates tljat Porto Rico
is more prosperous than It was a couple
of years ago. Steady improvement has
been made since the day Geo. Miles landed
at Gimrrtca. three years ngo. The pcbpte
are In better physical condition and work
with more spirit. IMuntnnons thnt went
unworked for a long time are beginning
to *hov; signs of prosperity. There In
more shipping In tho harbor; nnd tho
signs generally indicate better conditions,
Nevertheless, scarcely an instance can
be cited where any considerable amount
of American capital has been invested In
Porto Rican enterprises. Numerous pro
moters nnd capitalists have visited tho
Island, have declared that this or that
Investment would bring good returns, and
then havo gone awuy never to bo heard
from again.
REFORM AND HONESTY
OF ADMINISTRATION
The Regency Board of Chinn Hec
PEKIN, July 28—Li Hung Chang, Prince
Chang and Kun Yang, resident member*
of the regency board, have received (r
the throne a long communication laying
down general Injunctions as to reform,
honesty of administration and the riestru
blltty of imitating all meritorious feat
urea of* the institutions of Japan
Western nations.
ANOTHER MONTH CARLO.
HstnlilUhln
Island.
MONTICELLO, Fla., July 28.-S!mon
"Williams, condemned to death for tho
murder of Deputy Sheriff Hawkins nnd
sentenced to hang August 8, made a
dash for liberty at 1:30 o’clock this
afternoon. Deputy She:Iff R. H. Kil
patrick, with a trusty, had gone to the
death cell to give Williams dinner.
Williams having secretly removed
tho shackles from his ankles wit!
cold Chisel furnished by unknown
means, dashed out upon tho officer,
seized his pistol and ordered him to
get in the cage. The officer sprang
the murderer and a tussle ensued, in
which tho officer was shot. Both fell
down the stairway and rolled into the
yard, where the deputy wrenched tho
pistol away. Williams ran to the gate
of the itockadG, but could not get out.
Ho then turned like a demon upon tho
deputy, who shot him in the chest.
Williams ran to another gato which
was open and dashed Into the street.
The deputy followed, shooting. .After
a chase of one hundred yards, Williams
fell dead. Officer Kilpatrick received a
wound in tho groin, tho ball passing
between tho bone and th© femoral
artery. Ho is yet alive.
SEAMAN DROWNED
IN SIGHT OF CREW
ChiefOfficer of Lucy W. Snow
Clinracd With Failure to Rescue
Drownlnjr Man.
MIAMI, Fla., July 28.—Andrew
Brown, late chief officer of tha schoon
er Lucy W. Snow, of Providence, R. I„
made an affidavit here today charging
that J. B. Scott, master of that ves
sel, permitted one of thq boat’s crew,
whose name Is believed to bo Ramon
Casad'ernll, nnd who is believed to havo
been a Spaniard, to drown without at
tempting to aid him. According to tho
affidavit, the man fell overboard about
eight miles north of Jupiter Light,
Fla., "the weather being fine; that
said Commander Scott did not order
boat out, nor make any effort to
save tho wnman, merely remarking to
the said Chief Officer Andrew Brown
that it was no use, no use."
CONSECRATION SERVICE FULL
EVANGELISTIC * SPRIT BROUGHT
THE SESSION TO A CLOSE LAST
NIGHT—SERVICES HOLD IN VA
RIOUS PARTS OF CHICAGO, LARGE
LY ATTENDED.
CHICAGO, July 28.—With a conse
cration servico full of the evangellstlo
•plrit, the Baptist Young People’s
fociatlon of America brought the <
mention of their society to a dost
the Coliseum tonight before ono of
the largest audiences of tho four days
gathering.
Rev. William H. Geistweln, acting
editor of the UnYon, the official organ
of the society, led the services, being
preceded by Dr. Jas. B. Granflll of
Texas, Nvho delivered tho consecration
address.
From 9 o’clock in tho morning Until*,
lato tonight devotional servlccB were
in progr^w in various parts otf tho
city, especially arranged for the dele
gates. In all the subject of "King-
ship," tho topic of tho convention,
foremost in tho thoughts of tho spt
EL RENO, O. T., July 28.—'All Is
expectancy tonight among the thous
ands of home-seekers here over tho
graml lottery that begins tomorro /
morning. There are thirteen thousan l
claims to bo distributed, and each of
the 165,865 persons who havo regU -
teredl during tho past fifteen days have
about ono chance in thirteen of win
ning. It is a long shot, but everyone
apparently feels confident of bein?
numbered among the lucky, nnd, in
consequence, tho best of good nature
prevails. While tho seen© lacks the
great excitement of tho "run," which*
heretofore has been a port of other
land openings ln» this part of tho coun
try, the Inst act In the throwing open
to settlement of the Klowa-Omanrho
reservations will not bo without life
and animation.
Tho drawing will take ploco In tho
center of tho city and -will bo wit
ness'd by thousands of people. It will
be accomplished on a large platform In
tho open, around which tho sleeping
hillsides form a rural amphitheater.
The committee was appointed last
week by Secretary Hitchcock and com
posed of W. A. Richards, assistant
commissioner of the general land of
fice, and who has had charge of the
rcglutration; D. P. Dyer of St. I^ouis,
former United States district attor
ney, nnd Frank Dale, ex-chlef Justice
of Oklahoma.
Tho actual dim wing will ho nov<l
and Interesting. ^On tho plntferm will
ho two oblong box wheels each fifteen
feet in. length, one to hold the name-*
of tho applicants for homesteads In
El ltono d .strict nnd tho other for
thoH.' Of tho Lawton dletrl-ce. in th*
wheels will be place*
SUPPRESSED NEWS
OF LONDON MAIL
GERMAN TARIFF BILL
PROMISES TROUBLE
rho Vienna
Note of YVn
na t<
ihliilt Sounds a
i the RelcliMtng.
cr’» I’lilillciiti<
if ItrltUli 1n
Trouble.
in of ramiuHr
South Africa
LONDON, July 29.-The Dally Mall
makes tho following statement today:
» consequence of the Dally Mail’s
publication of the fact that the Boers
killed British wounded at Vlskfonteln. all
bles from the correspondent who makos
the charges have since been suppressed."
It also asserts that Mr. Broderick, the
war secretary, la using the Dully Mali’s
publication of Lord Kitchener’s new plan
of campaign as an occasion for the "In
sinuation that we obtained the news of
Lord Kitchener's scheme by purloining
documents at the war office," and has
cut off the Dally Mall’* dally lists of cas
ualties, having also Informed hte Dally
Mail in writing that he had warned the
news agencies under contrsct with the
Dally Mail not to supply the paper with
casualty lists or other official news.
DUEL TO DEATH
WITH WINCHESTERS
LONDON, July 19.—"Tho publication
of tho German tariff bill has caused a
considerable depression in official cir
cles here," says tho Bt. Petersburg
correspondent of tho Daily Mall. "M.
Witte will certainly Institute re
prisals if the bill becomes law."
VIENNA, July 21.—The Fremden-
blatt, the organ of the Austro-Hunga
rian foreign office, commenting upon
the proposed German tariff laws, say
"If Germany wishes it tariff wo
Austria, Russia and the United Htab
will be ready to undertake it."
CHOATE INVITED
TO SEE KRUOER
'•rib
After a largely attainted
praise service at the Oollsei
•gate** scattered to the me
Ices of many church*
tainlr
tho tm
•<l applicants
Ope*
Tin*
nil tin
elope
fir
missionary
the dcl-
mornlng s*rv-
ln which sonjp
occupying tho
brought to the phi
corresponding
i slips win U*
PFtard&/ from
of their leader*
pulpits.
Thy Kingdom Come" wns the topic
suggested for all tho morning speak-
h. In tho afternoon tho annual con-
ntlon sermon was delivered by Rev.
Chi vers of Boston. Ho woo precoded
by Rev. Fred P. Haggard of Assam,
who made a missionary, talk.
"We have not olectod a succe.mor to
Dr. Chlvers as editor and genoral sec
retary," said Hecrotary II. W. Reed
tonight, "but tho executive CQmmitito
will clU thin noon. A convention un
doubtedly will bo held next year, and
if a few conditions can be met it is
probable that it will go to Providence,
R I., though that !h not yet nettled.
"The convention raised 18,200 toward
paying off a 315,000 debt, and tin*re* is
more money in sight, so that wo hope
before the? year Is ovor the society will
bo on a clean financial footing."
THREATEN TO STRIKE
AT MINNEAPOLIS
.Make II.
DIM
It Is Run
May He.
mI That the 'Amhi
LONDON, July 29.—'"Budapest)) pa
pers are filled." snys a dispatch to the
Daily News from the Hungarian capi
tal. "with accounts of a project, said
to be promoted by American financiers,
ffoject fall of coming to an amicable j for the creation of another but more
*nd. however, the fight promises to be luxurious Monte Carlo on Margarethen
Sore bitter than ever. For this reason I Island, opposite the upper end of the
hose back of the present negotiations J city In the Danube."
•* extremely anxious to have every* ~ w
this kf*pt ax qut.t an poctble. anil I nOBIIKI> n\ AtXlRll VILI,*
tht nothing should be made public re
siding the basis for s conference un-
tll f t has been accepted by both sides.
HOIinED BY ALLIED }
I/)XDON. July 'The
villagers. according to native reports' in
dude twenty-five thousand weii-arme
i t TIVE
I troops in southwestern Cbl LI, says
WWBD TO MEET PeW “ OOTTMPondent of th- ' HinmV.'ni
m m llL i • MOM of ihom ar* old -Boxtn" or rti, a .
W HEEUNO. W. July M.-VIce- I ,out,n. Thor havo,raptured ill
Fro,. lent \\ r\Htr Larkina of Martin** o»; imperial auppllaa i -nt fr :;i I■ ’
Kerry, of th*- Amalgamator) A.*ocU- | orerlapd.
tlon's local district, stated to the As
sociated Press tonight fast he was Just
in receipt-of a call from President Fhaf-
fer for a meeting of the national ex
ecutive board of the association, to be
held in Pittsburg on Tuesday morning.
Bpeaking of the call, Mr. Larkins ex
hibited great elitlon and said It meant
that another conference would be held
by the board with the representatives
of i! •* sreel combine Tu- « i, t y a Pitu-
Mcn
Uhls
MF.MPHIfl. Tenn.. July ».-In s duet
with Winchester rifles tonight near
Forest Hill Cemetery. Edward Blalock,
son of to. F. Blalock, was killed, the
elder Blalock was painfully Injured,
and George Wright was shot in the leg.
Wright’s son. who also took a part in
the affray, escaped unhurt. A deputy
coroner went to the scene of the troubi
the affair. Detail* an
LONDON. July ».-"Unlted States Am-
ban'sdor Choate has left I/ondon for
Holland," says the Dsily Express, "not
for a holiday, but—so rumor states—at
the Invitation of Mr. Kruger, who desires
him to act as a mediator In bringing
shout a settlement.
"It would naturslly bo supposed thst a
settlonent could not take plsce without
the irrepressible Dr. Leyds, but if Mr.
Choate has gone to Rollsnd. Dr. Leyds
has left the country for Brussels, starting
(Saturday.."
No importance Is attached to this ru
mor by the Dally Express, for the papers
refer to It editorially In Iscetlous vein
»h the "South African goose-berry."
tho
rhlch
Th.* pr
v Hi
vtll be the
nfto
olvcrl f(
first number
> 1m* pin red V>
v’lng box and well djatrlbut.-'.
tother number will bo drawn
thor pack ngo of onvolopon <lb -
, and thin course will be <;n:i-
mtll nil the envelopes shall
on placed In Use b>x Ik.
hlch tho wheel* will bi* r.--
r a wiMelcnt length of tlm >
a thorough mixing of tho i-n-
untll evei
have bee
Only 1.
trlct, w II
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 28.—The
525 nailers und* packer** employed In
the twenty-two flour mills of Minne
apolis mV In a position to force the
temporary suspension of the great In
dustry of this city. TJieno employes
presented to their employers on Sat
urday a demand for a return to the
wages of 1892, which were 32.76 per day
for packers and |2.26 for nailers, 25
cents more than they are now receiv
ing. Accompanying tho demand was
a clause requiring a contract for five
years. The employers agreed to raise J
the wages as desired, but would enter ^
Into no contract. r
The strikers met today and, after | ,
much dlscunslon) decided upon ft
mand for a one-year contract. A
ference will he held with the employer** I
tomorrow morning, and the demand of j Jm> J(j
the nailers and pickers will be pre- i
sented. The mill owners are very re- , t
tlcent as to what action will be taken . h .
hut they admit the situation Is crit- v ,. !op
leal. Tho employe* are well organ- Iatf<
to irinu
Vfllopcs
III each wheel there are five
turey, from which the envelop
finally ho drawn. Ten men, ono fo
each aperture, will perform the uctun
drawing. The order In which the
win begin will bo determined by lot.
Tho first envolopo drawn will boa
a number, which will be at once op
ensd nnd tho Identification Hip whloi
it contains will be given a correspond
ing number, nnd the name nn«l real
«l**Rce which appears on tho slip
be publicly announced. .This ooiicm-
wlH ho pursued, numbering each en
velopo nnd Its contendii Consecutively
until twenty-five numbers shall hnv<
been drawn from one box. when nt
equal number will bo drawn from th
'•tlr-r Imx in i Ini'l ir m.iiip r Thl
course will be pursued until five hun
dred names shall have been drn .M
from each box, when, If th<- commit
tee shall deem H bent to do e->,rirninr<
merits will be made for the drawl.i
simultaneously from both boxes.
After the names have !>•. n draw
and announced they will bo record*
nnd a notice prepared, to !><• mall*
to the on*
111
111
T! •
III pi
ceel In l
elope In the
sill be p*
flitted
th«
thi
ftpplb
WIAY
mice
lacking
and undoubtedly will bo able to
force a conclusion of some kind. If
an active strike shall be declared, the
nailers and packers will have the sup
port of the thousands of other em
ployes in the mills. While the latter
probably will not Institute a sympa-
a*~ I thetlc strike, they have pledged them-
pen selves to see thst no non-union men sre
cause of the tragedy. {fir
LARGEST SHIP.
First Vofssc j
he strfks
burg. He feels confident that
will he settled at this confe
Asked as to whether the calling * f
the national board was direct evidence
that another conference would be had
with the steel company’* representa-f
tive«, he answered In the affirmative,
and said the national board would not
be c^-.-td (or any otb c pu*p., sr
idy for business wan the ,fnll«n
ncfrcw*. In front of the concession
n- two of the directors of the con-
■n and their attorney. Capt. DA mar,
t nvr.f.v Vmu VT*"r'La,,„ i lhe **P°»ltlon poll- *- fore**, notified
LONDON. July 28.—The new RHite Bt.ir . , , . . _ ' . _
line steamship Celtic, the largest ship in I . J* ^ under
the wcrld. sailed from Liverpool for New I another attempt war
York today on her first voyage. The \Vh:t»- | " ;i,,e to °P*» W show.
Ktor line msnagers. assert thnt she I-
CFFALO, N. Y.. July 21
»pt of the Midway shoe
burinesn todiy was a failure. Th- j pia<ed in the mills to fill the places of
; show to announce that it was the strikers. In auch event, a general
of employee will he
ered.
INM AGENT* At I IV E,
elved bffe from Pans
the most comfortable vessel aflortt. Eh-
displayed wonderful steadiness In th-- Ir
Ish sea. ghe is so large that she I* mo
affected by ordinary waye*. and her ep*-.
exceeds expectations. She wifi possiM 1
average seventeen knots on hour. IF
pa monger* Include Fox hi 11 Keene. R it:
nald Ward. I-,* -• 1«J Macksye, George be
lle and B. y. Grivcom.
Iriven Into Ih. XI
hi (h*? poll,, rkparlm.nl. From tti
• rope wa« Mrelchetl In the fori
of » "luare. completely block*
■ h‘ entrance o. th, Indian e.'onare*
The concwrl ,n»ir.-, (h Pn ordered tf
i kel feller to dentr*. tfeverat oth<
»'»-»■ Opel'.-I Iheir lon
ioinaU», but v.cre Uo-d by th. pol e
•Uf«e
ermine
In the vicinity of the city,
el thot an order hu i,m luued by
i** government calling upon the clt-
•*n<* to concentrate In order to repel at-
irk* snd to protect property, I'snim*
guarded from the real by a gunboat.
According to tho same source* of tnfor-
ation. Die government la exercising the
.rlctest precautions to precent news of
deveiepmenu leaking out*
i drawn from the wheel. All
i for homerfend have u
to Insprrt the land befor->
r *b * t a plot In car# they shall
enough to draw a number
the three rornmissl'mcrs up-
• superintend the drawing an-1
nen who will draw tho en-
*om the wheel, rpaco on tho
will be provided for newape-
I per r* j. rt*-rr. Commlrninm-r Rlchar i
declined tonight to disclose the nam*- *
J of the ten men who will draw the num
ber* from the wheel, and sld that th •
rejection will not ho made until Just
I before the drawing shall begin,
j Much of the country to be opener! for
settlement on August 6 consists of f. *
tile valleys, while the balance la hills
j and rolling prairies, and that portion
| known aa the Wichita mountains u a
wild and drciry unexplon- i . <ijntry
which, has been r-t uride by the gov
ernment for a national park. The
Wichita mountains are supposed to be
rich in mlm rajr, many great gold fin i *
having been reported there, and many
fairy atorles have been told about the
vast wealth hidden In the cave# and
cavern* of this unknown country and
guarded by the wild and bloodthirsty
Indlsps of the Wichita tribe. Only x
few of th* -• Indians are left, however,
and they have long since ceased to ba
dangerous. Th*-y are now but a few
lasy. rllrty loungers, who llv# ft the
Rovernff-r.* h-mru. Fist ■- !• n. - ?
of th- to* i Ind.ai j «ue bum-