Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-05-05

] Di1isNDpN anu AfuhAitB tohi Aoas h~Ne
been excited over several mysterious
disappearances.
By the burning Of the Central theater
at Philadelphia six actors lost their
lives.
SECRETARY FOSTER has sent to the
house estimates for deficiency appro-
priations aggregating Sl9l,052 on ac-
count of the postal service submitted
by the sixth auditor February IA, 1891,
and not heretofore transmitted to con-
gress.
GOLD coin to the amount Of SS,00O,0O0
was recently ordered at the New York
sub-treasury for shipment to Europe.
THE reporters of the New York pa
pers have begun the organization Of a
branch of the Typographical union TO
secure better wages and less hours for
1 themselves.
LITTLE Rock had a SIS, 900 fire the
other day. The blaze was discovered
in Richard Fletcher's cotton shed, and
before the flames could be quenched
half block of cotton warehouses and
sheds had been burned.
THE number of divorce cases now
pending in Oklahoma is stupendous, in
single counties the number running
well up toward a hundred, and they
form large part of the business in all
the courts of the territory This is not
due to any particular infelicity of the
people Of the territory, but to the fact
that the divorce law there is very lax
and scores of people have come in from
other states to get rid of burdensome
marital ties.
MAY day passed without any trouble
from the anarchistic element The pa
rades in Paris and London were devoid
of interest
The celebrated Fair Lawn stables,
the property of Smith McCann, at Lex
ington, Ky, were entirely destroyed the
other day by fire. 1t was one of the
finest stock stables in the United States
and cost over $4,000 10 erect There
were nineteen horses in the stables and
eleven were burned TO death. Among
them were two full sisters of Phil
Thompson, valued at $1,000 each, two
Red Wilkes fillics and a Robert Nc
Gregor colt. There was no insurance
on the horses. The property was in
sured for one-half value. The total loss
amounted to S35, 900. The fire was the
work Of incendiaries
WHILE picnicing on Chiekamauga
creek, Chattanooga, Tenn, three mem
bcrs Of the middle class Of the high
school were drowned. They are Wenel
Sanders, son of President Newell San
ders, Miss Bette Cheney and Miss
Blanche Barr, the latter the daughter
of prominent attorney All the vic
Tins are 16 years of age and belong to
families who are among the most prom
inent in Chattanooga.
THE Nashville, Tenn, Jail was sue
ccssfully entered and Eph Grizzard,
colored man, charged with committing
an assault on Miss Bruce, of Goodletts-
vile, was taken therefrom and hanged
from the Cumberland river bridge.
THE public debt statement on May .,
shows a cash balance of S129, 900. 900,
decrease of nearly $4,000, 900 since April
/. This decrease is due TO the heavy
during the month and
the comparatively light receipts. The
increase in the expenditures was princi-
pally on account of pensions and inter
est on bonds. The public debt, less
cash in the treasury, is therefore nearly
81, 900, 900 more than it was April l. The
A coFFER containing valuables belong
ing to the prince of Wales has been stolen
from the railway station at Lyons,
France.
TROOPS were ordered TO county II, in
the recently opened new lands, TO pro-
tect settlers against an Indian uprising.
BODIES of all the DEVILS Auction Co.
people who were victims of the Phila-
delphia theater fire have been recovered.
Ten houses in Mount Sterling, Ky,
were destroyed by fire. The postoflice
and Gazette buildings were burned.
The total loss is S75, 900.
A PRAIRIE fire twelve miles south Of
Huron, S. D., swept over stretch of
country six miles wide and twelve miles
long, burning a number of barns, hay,
grain, etc Mrs. Cora James, who
teaches in the James school, saved her
pupils by fleeing with them into
plowed field half mile from the school
house. The fire was driven by n terrific
wind which blew weeds over wide
breaks and plowed strips. The origin
is supposed TO be sparks from a loco
motive on the st. Paul road.