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Oklahoma Territory,

1t is said that Congressman Barnes, of
the tenth Georgia, will rise in his might
and fall with his whole weight on the bill
making new territory out of portion of
Indian territory.
This question has been before congress in
different forms for several years. but has
never made as much progress as at the pres
ent session. The committee on territories
has recently reported fayorably on Mr..
Springcr's bill to create the new territory,
to be called Oklahoma, which bill gives to
the new territory considerably over one-half
of Indian territory, establishes temporary
government, and provides that land be ac-
quired from the Indians by negotiation of
five commissioners, who are limited to the
sum of one dollar and a quarter per acre for
compensation.
The new territory comprises all of the
western portion of Indian territory includ-
ing the richest and most desirable part of
that territory. Thirty-five tribes now in
habit Indian territory, the CherOkees,
Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Semi
noles, holding patents to reservations in the
eastern part. None of these reservations
All that portion to be occupied by the new
territory is now held by numerous smaller
tribes, and it is unlawful for an American
citizen to locate in this territory. This
whole section is sparsely inhabited, and
comprises many million acres of land now
practically unoccupied, and which cannot
be settled by Indians from any other part of
the country.
When Indian territory was created it was
the policy of Tie government to collect the
Indians in one territory, and laws and treat
les were made to that effect When the
Sioux chiefs and braves visited the territory
in 1872 objection was made as to their To-
eating there, as the adjacent states did not
want that war-like tribe SO close at hand to
depredate on their borders. An act of con
gress was secured, making it unlawful TO
move Indians from Dakota, Montana and
Wyoming TO Indian territory. Since that
time other acts of congress have entirely
shut off the colonization Of Indians to this
territory. Consequently the whole of the
WESTERN portion Of Indian territory is very
thinly settled, and white people cannot
enter it to take advantage of the many in
duccmcnts it offers. In the Oklahoma
country are three largo rivers, and this
whole section is interspersed with rich
bottom soil a timber belt of the varied
woods crosses the territory, and fruits grow
In protusion. The climate is delightful,
and is many other advantages have in
duced western immigrants to look with
longing eyes toward it.
Congressman Barnes, q member Of the
committee ON territories. will, it is said.
submit a minority report against the crea-
ton Of the new territory. 1t was through
his efforts that the bill was defeated in the
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While Professor Proctor is botherng his
like birds, and while numberless other pro-
jectors are trying to solve the problem of
perpetual motion, and various other prob
lens, Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, comes
to the front with gigantic suggestion.
The governor is in favor Of sinking hole
earth. The cost of the enterprise need not
be more than $4,000, 900, and the gain to
science would be incalculable. Such diff
culties as water and gas could be overcome,
and the greater difficulty of proddng
through the crust of the earth into am
interior sea of liquid fire might perhaps
be surrounded.
Just what definite results are to be ex-
pected from this monstrous shaft, the gov
ernor does not inform us, and the fact that
he was making a speech to a convention of
civil engineers when he unfoldcd lis plan
suggests the suspicion that he merely de-
sired to compliment the engineers by show
ing them that the progress of their profess
sion had made even greater feats possible
than the Panama canal and the Smplon
pass.
Taking this view of the matter, Governor
Oglesbys speech was well enough in it's
way. If, however, he was in earnest, and
really desired the government to throw
$40, 900, 900 into hole in the ground, then
the governor of Illinois must be set down as
the champion crank of the age
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The Cause of the Late war.

For nearly quarter of century many
sage and grave historians and statesmen
have been endcavorng to set forth the
causes which Id to the war between the
states Il has been said that slavery was
the cause and il has also been suggested
thai the differences between the two civil
za;ions Of Plymouth Rock and jamestown
were SO radical that there was an irreprcSsi-
bic conflict between them.
1t has been reserved, however, for Cen
trdl Daniel f. Siciles to come to tho front
with brand new theory. General Sickles
says that whisky caused the war. When
lie was member of congress he declares
that the atmosphere was redolent with whis-
ky, and he is of the opinion that If the
French assembly consumed one-haf of the
whisky formerly used by our statesman, war
would be at once declared against Germany.
All this is very interesting, but it is per
haps unfortunate for General Scllles that
he has come forward with such an offensive
theory The general was in the war him
self. Was it whisky that led him to fight
for his flag? And, on the other hand was
it whisky that caused the men of the south
u MAKE al ullpdralleIcu record lOr nerOlSln
in their four years struggle? Was whisky
the inspiration OF our leading statesmen and
generals?
Clearly, this is not the way to put the
case. 1t is tri1ing with the most serious
period in our history, and such talk is I'M
worthy Of brave union soldier who came
out of the war crippled for life. The war
had to come, because there were two oppos-
ing theories of government that had to be
settled, and there was no way to come to a
settlement except by the arbitrament of the
sword. This is the whole sum and sub
stance of the business
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The Murder of a millionaire.

The most notable murder OF The present
year was the killing Of the Chicago million
aire, 4. j. Smell, by a gang OF burglars.
Mr.. Smell occupied a four-story residence
on fashionable street. On the night Of
the murder, last week, his wife was away
on visit, and the only persons in the house
besides the owner were his two little grand
children and TWO servants. Late one night
several bur4lar effected an entrance through
the kitchen and softly crept up stairs They
entered the rich mans Office in the front
end OF the house and rled the safe Of its
money, bonds and mortgages. Then they
entered the parlor. Mr.. Smell slept over
this room and it is supposed that he was
aroused by the noise below. He descended
the stairs in his night clothes and fired
through the panel Of the door. The
alarmed burglars returned the fire through
the still closed door, and then it is believed
that they opened it and shot the old man
down
The women and children in the house
heard the pistol shots but dared not leave
their beds 1t was not until morning that
the body of the victim was found with a
bullet in the brain and one in the heart.
This horrible murder has excited Chicago
TO fever heat. The victim was q man worth
five million dollars. He lived in a locality
supposed to be well protected by the police
Yet he was not only foully murdered and
robbed, but the burglars made their escape
without leaving any clew by which they
could be traced
There is enough in this bloody crime to
alarm those who dwell in fancied security
in our large cities. 1t recalls the famous
Burdell and Nathan murders in New York
In these two cases the criminals were never
found. 1t may be so IN the Smell case. The
old saying, "Murder will out" can no
longer be believed. Bold and brainy crimi-
nails, who shrewdly plan and deliberately
commit their murders may well hope to
escape, Against such men our police and
detectives are p0werless. Possibly the
Smell murderers may be caught. But this
is poor consolation after they have done
their deadly work and carried terror into
thousands of homes. What the people in
large cities want is police system that will
render such murders impossible
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The question OF an eXtradition treaty
with Russia will come before the United
States senate during the present session;
and the nihilist leaders Of Russia are in
tercstcd to know what this country Will 10
about il.
The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes a long
interview with Stepniak the nihillst exile,
on the subject. He lives in an isolated villa
near London, and is engaged in preparing
his new work, 1.-THE Russian peasantry."
and in writing diatfibes against the car and
his government. lie was eNiled from Il Is
STA for his inccndiary teaching, and his sim
gle mission now is tile overthrow oi
what hc terms the cars "lrou-Actl des-
dcspotism.'
lie says that great petition will bo sen,
TO oNr senate begging that thc United States
enter into TO eNtiadluou tlta;y with Russia.
which he says would bcRtomcudous victory
for c7ar.sm; and which he SAYS "nould lt
an alliance between thc most liberal and .hc
most desrctic Sotcrnmer, on ,hc e.ob, -
lie does ne, think that au eNtrldtion treaty
would amour, 20 anything m returning 10
Russia any Of It's criminals. for ho Gays tlai
mot over six political offenders have taken
refuge in America, since the first rebellion
against the Car Nicholas, in 1925. but q
sanction Of tins treaty would make ia,
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worker being compelled to pay his assess
meuts himself In the case Of the sick
benefits tie employer is assessed for two
thirds Of the amount required. This plan
has worked 50 well that Bismarck now pro-
poses to provide pensions for aged laborers.
The government, 70 meet this expense, IS
to set aside its profits on The monopoly OF
spirits ana tobacco and the wage-eamer is
to be compelled to pay one cent for every
cent he government puts into the fund, and
his employer is to lie compelled to pay an
other cent When workingmen engage in
industrial disturbances they are to lose the
benefit Of the assessments the} have paid in.
This system viii strike some as n beneyo-
lent desire to provide for the toiling masses
of Germany, but there is something behind
it. I, is Bismarcks hope that his scheme
viii interest the common people in the STA
bility of the government When millions
OF workingmen depend on the government
for their Insurance benefits and pensions
they VIII be slow to engage in a socalisGc
revolution. So there is 10 beneyolcnce in
the system. The whole business has It's
origin ia fear.
1t is needless to say that these methods
Of aiding the people smack very strongly of
paternaism, and really amount to dcspot-
ism, and nothing else. II remains to be
seen how this new departure in government
will affect socialism, ana whether ii viii
cause the people to become permanently al
tachcd to Imperialism.
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The Lard Ring.

There is one fact that ought to attract the
serious attention of the southern people.
and that is the unanmity with which noyth-
ern democrats join fortunes with the repub-
licans, when any southern interest is 10 be-
attacked or struck down. Our Washington
correspondent alluded to this matter ves~
terday in his telegram relative to the But.
terworth bill, which has for its purpose the
destruction of the cotton-seed oil industry
in the south.
Our correspondent says the lines are
drawn in this matter between the southern
representatives and the northern and west~
ern representatives of all shades of opinion.
In other words. that northern democrats
and northern republicans are hcrlcd to-
gether in behalf of few lard spectators
who are asking congress to help them
squeeze the public, while the southern rep
resentatiyes are not only engaged in trying
to prevent the proposed speculative squeeze
of the public, but in trying to prevent tho
gripping of q great southern industry,,'
which has added to the cotton crop value
Of more than thirty millions of dollars
annually.
1t is said that Mr.. Randall will vote for
the Butterworth bill, and we are sorry to
see the statement made, for such an attack
in the south is not in line with Mr. RAM
dalfs record. He has fought the whisky
ring and all other rings, and has endeared
himself to the south by upholding and de.
Tending her interests. Under all the cir
cumstances, Mr.. Randall will experience
something of queer sensation when he
finds himself voting against a southern
industry and in behalf of gang of western
spectators who, through the manipulation
of congress, are making arrangements to
advance the price of an important article Of
food.
1t will be new thing to find Mr.. Randall
voting with the spectators and against the
people on such an issue as this, and we
trust that our correspondent has been mis-
informed in regard to the position of the
Pennsylvania statesman.
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hibited at private entertainments in the dayt

hibited at private entertainments in the days
time.
When he became convinced that this was
the true state of affairs, Mr.. Gerry requisite
ed the mayor to revoke the license given
the Hofmans upon the ground that the
child was being oyerworked, and was IN
danger of being made mental and physical
wreck. The press of the city took the mat
ter up. The women became interested,
and the business outlook for the Hofmans
is not very promising at present. The New
Workers are determined that little josef
shall not be worked to death simply to fill
the pockets of his greedy father. Already
wealthy gentlemen are offering to take JOSEF
and educate and support him until he
reaches the age of manhood, so the father
viii not be able to plead necessity as an ex-
cuse for his seliishness.
The case of Josef Hoffman shows that
even in our great cities people are ready to
take the side of the helpless and oppressed
rs soon as they understand the situation.
The poor little pianists troubles have
brought to his side host of powerful
friends, and they will take care Of him.
Perhaps we arc selfish people, and no bet
ter than we should be, but the man who is
cruel to women, children and animals is GO
ing TO have hard time. Every mans
hand will be raised against him.
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bismarck, I~,rs.

Perhaps j, is "a mistake to credit Bismarck
with @ sincere desire for peace simply be-
cause he stands up in his place in the rcichs-
tag aud declares that Germany viii not 80
90 war.
There may be a significant reason for the
,hnccior's pacific talk. In Germany so
cialism stalks behind Imperialism. It may
De tha, the socialists are not very strong,
but Bismarck fears that they viii grow
stronger. Some time ago he caused law TO
be passed compelling all workingmen TO be
insured against accident and sickness by the
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Some of the reformers who occasionally
come TO the front in New York have sim
ply succeeded in making themselves notor-
GUS as cranks, but there are others who are
undoubtedly doing good work.
Mr.. Bergh sometimes makes himself ri
dculous in his efforts to protect animals
from what he considers unnecessary cruelty,
and Mr.. Comstock has made himself the
laughing stock of the country by his war.
fare upon undraperied works OF art; but
Mr.. Elbridge Gerry, the president Of the so
ciety for the prevention Of cruelty TO chill
dren, is, beyond all question, rcfonmcr Of
the right stripe.
just now the sensation of the hour IN
New York is little Josef Hoffman. the
eleven-year-old musician whose remarkable
performances are spoken of as something
unparalleled. Hofman's parents have not
been slow to realize That the youneatcr is "a
veritable gold mine to them, and they are
working him to the very hst limit. H.
New York the laws regulating the oopua.
ton of children at night are very strict.
and the Hoinans had to got permission
from the mayor for the hoy to give public
entertainments not exceeding fom uIshtsiu
the week. For a time everything won't
along very well, but at last people began 90
notice that Josef had strained aud merry
Gus look. More than once he broke down
and cried before he went on the stage.
These facts caused an inquiry 10 be made
by Mr.. Gerry. and he learned that the
young musician WIS compelled to play
seven nights in the week, besides being OK
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aBEB OUuuHs Howe & StrtsOn F0P tlG Second Week ll July WE OFFER Astonishing Bargains IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
 

Elegant styles of Parasols at $2.5o and $3 each, formerly sold from $4.5o to $6..
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 Rather late in the season to buy a woolen dress, but you can find on our counters a good as sortment of thin fabrics just suitable for the next three months wear, at prices just about half what they would cost you 90 days ago. We are selling fine Dress Goods for soc a yard; former price $I. Silk Mixed Black Goods for 75c per yard; formerly ST and $I.25. Few pieces left of those cream goods, half wool. at 71zc per yard, worth I211c.
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