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this morning was probably never before wit
messed in the history OF the world. The majority
of the Is, 900 people lay blanketless upon the
ground, either guarding their claims or slumber-
ing where they had fallen OF igue. Upon the de-
pot platform they lay as close as corded wood and
In the few tents they crowded In huddled masses.
As many as could took the meager shelter
afforded, but there quickly came limit to casa
city, beyond which neither tears nor bribt
could prevail. Among the thousands stretchcu
on the ground were women, many OF them OF
respectable quality. Those who could not
sleep-aud they were legion-in the sting
ing cold crouched in groups, swearing
or weeping us suited their spirits, The sun
fairly leaped out of the prairie and within two
hours the cold had been supPlanted by n Sahara
heat. The wind rose, but without cooling
effect. Ii blew q hot sirocco that scorched the
flesh and filled the air with binding alkal dust.
To complete the general misfortunes the only
large tent accommodating $50 people, fell un-
der stress of the furnace blast, 1t could not be
mounted.
The climate provokes an Unsuitable thirst,
and water was the first supply TO fail There is
II little stream near by, but the water is too
strongly alkaline to drink. The railroad tank
that takes its supply by gravity pipe from
distant elevated spring afforded the only pos
fible drinkable water, and It is brackish. IL
was attacked by thousands Of people until the
railway people called the military to protect IL,
under II pretense that they needed the water 70
operate the road. The tankman, however, sold
the Wuter at cents pint thereafter, as did
the locomotive engineers from the tanks OF their
engines.
The railroad seems to be completely pros
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trated and does not deliver the baggage of the
suffering throngs. Pneumonia and sunstroke
are beginning TO claim their victims but the
sick have neither refuge nor sympathy. The
whole scene in it's countless, varied, and painful
details is simply indescribable. Here stands
big city out of doors and without supplies
Only one train left over the crippled road, and
IL was crowded beyond additional space for a,
mouse en- the floor or n sparrow on the roof
Those who could not get on cheered defiantly as
the train pulled out and another just as crowded
pulled in from the north.
The correspondent secured n footing on the
pilot OF the locomotive 20 reach Arkansas City
nearly eighty miles north, with this dispatch
Along the route during the long hours of the
laggard ride, scorces of boomer wagons could be
seen forging northward across the Cherokee
strip, retracing the hard journey they had but
Just completed. Hundreds and probably thou
sands of them will halt on the strip and
try TO force settlement. They are
strapped and desperate, and the Gov
eminent must yield this fine region,
now uselessly scquestered, or cause great
trouble Good humor is splendidly maintained
in the face of these hardships. One boomer,
hailed from the train a. to whether he was
northward bound, shouted, I'm going back TO
my Wifes people"
Everybody OF whom inquiries we're made on
the train declared that he was disappointed in
the country aud would not put up with the suf-
ferng for the scant chance OF gain Guthrie is
filling up with gamblers thimble-riggers and
thieves and the shrewdest and most unscrupu-
lous schening is practiced.
Tom Needles, the newly appointed Marshal
from Illinois IL here with 300 deputies, and has
demonstrated his fitness by Wholesale gobble
Of property. Nothing however, can be done to
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Woman in Fiction.

1t is women who write most of the
English and American novels, though
men still ply that industry, and it is
women who are most popular in their
novels. What has sold so well as "Un-
Gle Tom?" Who in France was read
so much as George Sand? or in En-
gland as Charlotte Bronte and George
Eliot? or in Sweden as Fredrika Bre-
mer? or in America as Miss Alcott ?
or now in all countries as Mrs. Ward :?
No wonder that these great successes
and many others that could be named
tempt women to write many poor novels
and some good ones, the majority being
mediocre, however, or neither good nor
bad. But mediocrity in a novel is now
much higher in quality than it used to
be, the novel-writing talent having
grown by cultivation, until the fourth
rate novelist can write better than any
but the first-rate author could fifty
years ago. Springfield Republican.
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high pitch and conhdence Is beginning 20 Wayer.
The suffering of the is, 900 unsheltered Rnd un-
provfsioned people IS something that could be
endured only amid such furor. The Guthrie
correspondent continues: Thousands are flee
ing the town and the country, but thou
sands more have poured in There is feeling
OF wild uncertainty and apprehension that
amounts TO distraction. There is no food, no
water, no cover from the bitter cold of the
nights and the whitening heat OF the day. The
railroad is gorged with business and is tempo
rarily imperative. The town site is changed
a Temporary dominance. Not building has
been started, and but few tents have
been reared. Nobody knows where the
things else to clamor for food, drink and shell
ter or means OF flight.
The sight at Guthrie upon which the sun rose
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a shallow grave on the claim. When the case
was reported Gen, Merritt ordered Martins ar.
rest. Tho excitement in the southern part OF
the Territory is great as in the north, and
although the crowds are not nearly so great the
people are of n more turbulent character.
A Texan named Davis took the word OF leave
at noon on the southern line with the soldiers
as witnesses, and ran his horse across the
intervening twelve miles and the two Can.
adian Rivers to Oklohoma City I'm forty minutes
He filed homestead claim on the Gown site,
and although the deputy lnarshals and railroad
employees there had already done so, Davis
alone oonfonmed TO the law. Every town site
in the Territory and half the lots and home
steads will be in the courts, and stupendous
tangle of legislation is bound TO ensue.
A young man named Compis, who had failed
to secure lot in Guthrie, filed n homestead
claim about two miles northwest OF the town.
He was accompanied by friend name un-
known. The two had scarcely driven stakes
when a man, armed with a Winchester rife,
issued from the bush and ordered them of.
Compis showed fight, when the man shot him
through the breast. The wounded man was
dragged into the timber by his friend, and there
died in half an hour. When the news reached
Guthrie a posse of thirty men organized aud
overlook the murderer about twelve miles north.
He refused to surrender aud was killed Mt a vol.
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xLs-a GRAYLING MCHIGA AN THURSDAY NAY 2 1885,

Pistols we're drawn twice last night and to-day
In the town, but In each case ono party retired
before forcing trouble.
Some substantial news fatalities IN other
parts OF the territory were brought IN by Deputy
Marshal j. q. Varnum. He said that Martin
Colbart, wealthy resident OF the Chickesaw
Nation, was shot and killed over on the eastern
border by man named Nolaut who escaped.
Fourteen miles west OF Oklahoma City man
named Martin was found by patrol industri-
ously building n sod house. A few yards dis
tant a man lay shot through the body and dead.
Martin said that he had left his family on the
southern border and had run his horse to the
claims he had I'm mind. He had found IL occu-
bushes and in a quarrel had killed him, The
dead man could not be identified. The patrol and
Martin buried him, without box or shroud, In
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g;aphic reports from department inspectors sta
tioned at Guthrie, Oklahoma aud Arkansas City,
Kan. The former says: Everything quiet here /;
good class of peopl, i'm charge of affairs.
Guthrie land Office in full operation. Kinghsher
will open at once. The people will settle the
town site question quietly and await legislation
to perfect their titles. There is absolutely no
ground for administrative uneasiness. A pub
lie meeting held was as orderly and conserva-
tive in character as Il would be in New York"
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remedy the rascally conduct Of the Federal au-
thorities and their favorities until the courts
are invoked It was 80 evident from the first
that controversies must occur that Il was easy
enough 10 stop rumors OF bloody collisions.
The report was sent out last night that three
men had been killed near Guthrie This proved
utterly false. The story finally settled down to
one man killed and the names aud location
were given. The correspondent rode over to the
scene, about three miles west of Guthrie, and
found that the two men had divided the dis
puted claim and we're sleeping In the same tent.
Crawford avalanche., 1889-05-02

INFORMATION from
Guthrie, /. t., of the
23d inst, is to the ef-
feet that that town
IL plunged in SEEM
In gly inextricable
confusion, n state OF
affairs that pertains
throughout the en-
tire Oklahoma coun-
try. Tho differences
OF rival factions that
seek to control the
town have bafiied the
efforts of half a dozen
public meetings to
settle them. The ex-
citement Is at very
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Disappointed Boomers Resolve TO Invade
the Cherokee Strip.
TArkansas CITY (KanD I


ARKANSAS City (Kan) telegratn.1
meeting of Oklahoma boomers, disappoint.
ed in securing claims in the Territory, was held
here. There was n large and enthusiastic at
tendance. Speeches We're mhde denouncing the
manner in which Oklahoma was settled. 1t
was freely declared that large bodies Of
men served rs United States Mnrshals In
order to get into the country and select
the best claims, and that this was unfair to
law-abiding settlers. They came here to secure
homes and rs they could not get them in Okla
homa they were going to have them in the
Cherokee strip. About five hundred men in
this town have pledged themselves TO go to the
Cherokee strip and take claims, let the conse-
quences be what they may. There is n
pressure OF the surplus people driven
back here from Oklahoma and awaiting in the
territory the first chance TO get out, that must
be relieved The bafiled settlers are earnest and
undismayed. They will execute their purpose.
The troops i'm this region, fortunately, are In
command of Capt Jack Hayes, an old frontiers
man and n cool and discreet officer. There is,
nevertheless going to be great turmoil on the
Cherokee strip unless the government at Wash
ton interferes
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HENRY M. STANLEY. before starting

HENRY M. STANLEY, befOre BtartlnB
on his present journey to Africa,
placed all of his literary effects in the
hands of Mrs. French Sheldon, of New
York, who has long been one of his
best friends. The last letter which
was received from him in this country
was addressed to her, and contained
some final instructions concerning his
correspondence, which were written
with the idea that he might never
return.
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TAIEb OF the Union, on Mhrcn
4, 1889, whom government under
the Constitution began, num-
bered only eleven. North Caro-
lima formally came in on Novem-
ber 2I, OF that year, and Rhode
Island. then the only one awaited
OF the original thirteen, ratified
the Constitution ON the 10Th OF
May, 1890. Had the tardy little
State delayed much longer she
might have been outstripped by
a newcomer, for, under the a-at
OF March Q, 1890, Vermont had
been formed out of a part of the
territory of New York, and ON
February 16, 1891, an act OF Con-
gress admitted her for the 4th of
March following. 1t may not be
generally known that, although
Vermont was thus the first new
State added to the original thir-
teen, tho act admitting Ken
tucky was really passed and
approved a fortnight earlier
than the one admitting Vermont,
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Plenty of Omce-soekers ON Hand.

Candidates for city offices are canvassing
Guthrie and other towns for votes. About
twenty-five men are anxious TO serve Guthrie as
it's first mayor. Prominent among these IL an
Illinois man who is well-known throughout the
State, Gen. Jasper N. Reece, Tom Needles, the
arshal, and dozen others. Illinois Is I'm a
fair way to obtain recognition OF her greatness.
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BOOMERS FROZEN OUT.
THE OPENING OF OKLAHOMA-SUF-
FERING FOR NECEssARIEs.

The wild Rush TO the New EldOrado-
Hundreds Disappointed and Destitute
A City without Covering or Provisions,
but Infested with Men Seeking once.
ARKANSAS City tKan.1 special.I
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Fresh MapIe Sugar.

At the grocery:
Mrs. Brown-Fresh maple sugar, eh
Grocer-Strictly fresh. There are
no flies on that sugar, Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. 1Aown examining cake)-
Maybe not; but see there were flies
on it last year. Chicago Herald.
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'D1D YOU read my story in the Slush-
g,tsh Meg lzine2" said a young man to
Boston young lady. Yes" What
did you think of it?' THE wit was
fine eyes. 1t seemed as if it had
been strained through metaphorical
sieve"
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THE Mahometans introduced Mason
ry into Spain from North Africa about
the ninth century. 1t was introduced
into England, it is claimed, in the year
674, and into Scotland 1140.
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THE NATIONS GROWTH.
FoRrY-Two STATES NOW COMPRISE
THE UNIONS GALAXY.

How Star Afier Star Has Been Added 10
the Flag Historical Facts Not Generally
KnOwn-The Union as It Was and Now IL
Interesting Data.
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A WRITER says the prettiest hand is
long, narrow and tapering; but when q
man is playing euchre he prefers a
"lone hand.
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A CALIFORNIA paper asserts that one
Of the tramps of the Santa Cruz chain
gang wears kid gloves when sweeping
the streets,
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OUR CENTENNIAL.
A Notable Event I'm the History Of Ameri-
can Liberty.

The centennial celebration on April 30 marks
the most interesting and most important event
in the history of American liberty. The declare
tion and the war of the revolution which
established It was the beginning OF new epoch
I'm the history of nations, but all the labors and
sacrifices of that time would have been in vain
had not government been devised which har-
Inonized TO n great extent the conflicting ideas
Of State aud national authority.
After experiencing all the inconveniences OF
an Inadequate and powerless central authority,
and staggering along under the confederacy for
eleven wears, the States finally adopted the
present Constitution, though not without ex-
treme reluctance. The trainers concluded their
labors In Philadelphia September IL, 1877, and
provided that the ratification of the conventions
OF nine States for the establishment OF the Con-
stitution should be sufficient as between the
States so ratifying so little faith had they that
all the thirteen would accept the instrument.
1t was not until midsummer OF the following
wear that the consent of the requisite nine states
was obtained, with the ratification by New
Then followed Virginia and New York, making
eleven states and the Continental Congress ap-
pointed the hrst Wednesday Of January, 1889, for
the States 10 choose electors the first Wednes-
day In February for those electors to choose
a President and Vice-President, and the first
Wednesday in March for the new Government
to 20 into operation ut the city OF New York.
The last-named day fell ON the 4th OF March.
That day has .Dng been familiar TO every Amerf-
can and It Is puzzle TO many minds now why
the 3Oth OF April should be the anntversary OF
the celebration and not the 4th OF March. III
tho latter DAY nhu Deen IAeu loN oAAu oehechAAt<t
Observance all would have understood IL, and
yet 1t would not have been the proper day.
One Hundred Years Ago.
One hundred years ago Daniel Boone was
hphting the Cherokee Indians I'm Kentucky.
The Territory secured by treaty at the close OF
tho revolutionary war stretched from the At
lantic Ocean westward TO the banks of the Mis-
sfssippi and from n line running along the great
lakes on the north it spread southwark TO the
thirtv-frst parallel aud the southern border OF
GEORGIA. This extensive tract was parceled out
among the original thirteen States. And yet
with all this vast expanse of territory the
States were but little better than great wilder
ness Pittsburg was military post and 81.
Louis mere trading post one hundred years
AGO.
In 1889 the population OF the United States
was little more than 3,5000O0.
In 1852 Albany was n sleepy Dutch town of
1000 inhabil nts New York had 1000, Boston
S,OO0 and Philadelphis 9Rpqa
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MARVIN POST. No 2lO, G. A. r., meets the
second Saturday and fourth Friday In each
month. VIM WOODBURY.. Post Commander.
j. O. HANSON, Adjutant
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BOUND TO HAVE HOMES.

lev Reference to entry books show that his
name was probably G, Y. Land
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Next Lessor; The Amounting at Beth
any" Mark IA: 1-9.'
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MAIL ROUTES IN OKLAHOMA.

The Authorities at Washington VIII Prob
ably Open Several.
Second Assistant Postmaster General Whit
ford has under consideration the establishment
of several star mail routes through Oklahoma.
The Secretary OF the Interior has received tele-
Crawford avalanche., 1889-05-02

The cattle in the vicinity of West
phaha, Kan, are dying Of brain
fever"
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AN informer "a hotel architect.
Crawford avalanche., 1889-05-02

CRAWLING LODGE, No. $50, y. a. A. NJ,
meets in regular communication on Thursday
evening on OF before the full OF the moon.
Transient members are fraternally invited TO
attend. J.F. HUM, w. NJ
A. TAYLOR Secretary.
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SOCIETY MEETINGS.

M. Il. CHURCH-Rev j. w Taylor Pastor.
Services at 10 80 o'clock am. and 715 pm. Sun
day school at IL m Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at 74 o'clock. All are cor
dialIv invited In attend
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-01
stannton Items.

STANTON. Va n ,vemner % -L Cor
respount ne. THANKSGIVING diy has
b.en qIIefly observed here 10 day
= aces 81 bI-iness ware not closed. but
h-ie ha, ben very li'ila business d.nr.
The banks. pos, flee afd iusurarcp
Office, have all heen closed. There war
service at the EorcJp'l anl Luthe'an
churches. IL has been cool.
origDi orac'Ug day.
~ | wrote IN my lsst. the week Of
b,aver wa cOuiIuu- d from last SJUdaS
,ud was 10 clo-e w',n THANKSGIVING
ne tiog TO night Toe meelli & during
tho week have be q large, but H.
meeting To night was one OF the IN S.
remai kabie ever held m THIS town. Tut
new bali in the association bulldog
was hll-d tOIis uim' II selling ctpacliN.
rwo hundred AID fit men Jnd bO. =
we're pfe,eut OF ia &c pres &c hity
xix took uan IN the meetlus. and bl
lar the iafg ~ q op)rtiDn were young
men. Io aI.h ion 10 InaDksgVii
the were pIO essiuns AID asking / .
praye,s Such meeting has never
been kuown here By aim al mani
nous risiug vote Of those present. to-
night the mre,iug. Will coutlnu; the
res, OF ire week and. PERHAPS. lODger.
Professor j. G. DuOsDOre has hal
located here for a number OF years a
practical business college.
IL. j. an excsiieuf instructor and a
,piendil manaaer. He has on bis rolls
MS session over 100 1858. VINO com
rom all parts OF Virginia aud West
Virginia.
me date for the election OF assistant
Dhvslchn at the w, stern Lunauc
.ssium has been postponed to Deem
Der ION.
Merchants are bpgianiog to display
heir Chris mas goods IN their show
3 indows la one OF the windows to-
iay a Thanksgiving table was sft-a
cal roasted turkey. &c. covers for
x aud waters Standing arouud. IL
attracted a cot deal OF attention. IL
vas 10 the windoS OF Majlr Hart. fol-
nerly OF your civ.
Ais. Dr.. a kinsou. and Mrs. MAJOR
Ilder are vi,iuug their sister, Mas.
ames Dooly. OF your city.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-01

lis pretty much accepted. through
the South at least. that the honor OF
our women is to be defended and vim
dictated at all hazards. aud at any ex-
pense of life aud property.
No doubt the principle IA sound and
right. Woman represents with us ali
that is pure and beautiful. the home OF
our honor and love. she is the queen
of our hearts. She being dishonored
or defiled. the light Of life is gone.
Therefore. we know no iait 10
our .scrlHces in her behalf. But
while the principle is good, the applica-
ton of II has often been very bad
Here aud elsewhere, in the name Of de-
feuIing women. we have been made
familiar with dastardly assassinations.
with cowardly and brutal murders.
with blooJehed senseless and cruel, the
outcome Of mere vicious popular talk.
devoid of character, self-respect or
courage.
The purity aud sapctity Of our
mothers. our sisters and our wives, the
sacreiness Of our household gods are
10 be protected at the cost of every
thing. But fool and fight are not the
oily nor the approved methods Of pro
lection. Be We clean that b ar the YES
sells OF the Lord, is an old teaching.
Toe closest to that is. be ye pure aud
h ,norable. that as fathers, husbands
AID brothers are the natural guard ns
Of mothers. wives and sisters. BE a
gusrl Of honor, Indeed
Is it not a wretched mockery that
men las sometimes hsppens) whose eyes,
VIII Sc lips, whose hearts are saturated
with sensuality, and whose familiar
talk ia iewd and licentious, should dare
TO put themselves before the world as
cha npious and defenders OF domestic
honor 7 The wonder is that many such.
returning from their orgies should
dar TO cross their own thresholds. or
1 ok their women in the face. Do they
MT b. come identified with lust and low
ideas? Aud how then Is face written
all over with Police Gazette anecdotes
ard brothsl stories TO look on lady 2
IL our women and our homes are to
be defended. let the men see first to the
cleapuess of their own hearts, aud the
purensss of their own lips-to FAY potb-
Jog Of the decency Of their companion
ship. Teen If their lives or fortunes
are to be sacrificed for thu honor Of
their women, they will be holy offer
ing. Otherwise they are builesques Of
men. and hypocritical mockeries Of
honor. And the respectability Of their
DIV n homes is 10 spite Of them. Murder
Is no cure for lust, but only a natural
sequence.
zone sin know, another doth provoke.
Murders as near 10 lust as IRE 10 smoke"
Toe true defcnces Of home ale the
pure and honorable walk and talk Of
fathers, husbands aud brothers. Z
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-01

fame rested In the popular mind gene
rally. upon . curious mixture OF these
two feelings, bis gravest moral apo
thegmps being quoted most often 10
some humorous connection. In this
half serious, half jes,iug associa-
ton, his name has survived to
the present generation. aud is most
frequently mentioned by men who have
no familiarity by actual examination.
with the contents OF the Pro-
verbal Philosophy" Now. that
he is dead. it is in probable that
the somewhat undignifitd celebrity
which he enjoyed in life will last until
the end Of another generation. When
all the individuals of his own times
shall have passed away. his best work
even will be wholly forgotten.