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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Easter will not again come in March
during this century.
More than 20, 900 tons Of candy is
eaten in the United States annually.
Shakspearo's plays have been trans.
lated into Japanese and produced in
Toxic.
China has on academy of manners
that prescribcs etiquette for the whole
empire.
The fashion OF wearing snake skins
for neckties is said 10 be growing in
Baltimore.
More than two million sacrcd i'm.
ages called ikons are used in Russia
every year.
The Mohawk indians will not allow
so much as blade of grass to grow
upon the graves of their compan.
ions.
The East India Company, tho most
powerful corporation that ever was,
came into existence the last day of tho
year 1000.
In the British Museum there is n
collection of musical compositions
both vocal aud instrumental, attribu-
ted to Henry VIII.
A crane, measuring eight feet from
tipto tip, was killed the other day
near Bloomington, Ind 1t has been
stuffed for q museum.
The eight flowers most priced by
the Japanese are the morning glory.
apricot, cherry, wistsris, peony, iris,
lotus and chrysanthemum.
Three fine specimens of Wisconsin
timber wolves, captured by James
Hall of Washburn, have been added to
the Textor collection of live animals at
Milwaukee.
The longest train ever hauled by
single engine in America was on the
Reading Line. It contained $50
empty cars, and was mile and a quar-
ter in length.
The figure of an eagle on the dol
lars of 1886, 1888 and 1889 are sup
posed to be exact representations of
an eagle that was kept as pet in the
Philadelphia mint
Handkerckiefs were first made for
the market at Paisley in 1743, and
sold for about 81 each. Last year it
is computed that 100000 dozen
were sold in the United States.
MADAM Eve" has sign out on
Sixth avenue, New York city, which
shows that she is in the dressmaking
line, and on Eighth avenue Simon
Pure is in business as a cobbler.
Sea gull soup is the novel specially
of little eating mouse down in the
neighborhood of Coenties slip, New
York City. 1t is strong enough to
walk to the customer, unaided by a
waiter.
The will of the late Sir james Ste
phen of England, is marvel OF short
ness and clearness. 1t runs: "Tlss
is my last will I give all my Pr
perty to my wife, whom l appoint sole
executrix.
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CALIFORNIA HARVEST SCENE.
a Machine That Cuts, Threshes, and Sacks
the Grain.

Machine That Cuts, Threshes, and Sacks
the Grain.
The accompanying Illustration
shows scene on a large California
wheat ranch 10 harvest time. Many
men not so very old can easily remem-
Der when the best known manner OF
harvesting wheat anywhere In the
world was by means of the cradle"
swung from right to left by one man,
who thus cut the grain and laid it ia
a continuous swath, whence 1t was
raked up and bound In sheaves by
the man who followed close behind
the GRADER with a wooden tOothed
hand rake Two men thus equipped
could cut and bind from two to five
acres In one day, but to keep up the
work for a week or two in succession
with an average Of three acres per
day was called good record. To be
sure, the cradle" was a vast advance
over the sickle which preceded it,
and which had been used in the har-
vest for thousands of years, but to
the wheat farmers of to-day both are
as antiluate1 as the ark OF Noah.
The machine here shown is the
latest triumph In harvesting ma
chinery known to the harvest fields
of California. 1t Is marvel of
power and efficiency and will no doubt
long remain at or very near the head
of the list. The great traction en-
CINE which moves the whole weighs
twelve tons. 1t moves at a speed of
three and half miles per hour, cuts
a swath twenty-five feet wide and
harvests hundred acres per day. 1t
not only cuts the grain, but threshes
1t, sacks 1t aud piles it in heaps of
nine sacks each. Only eight men are
required TO do all this, and they work
under the shade of an awning. The
cost Of such a train Of ponderous har-
vest machinery is 1000; and it is
cheaper, 10 proportion to It's capabili-
ties, than was the old-fashioned
cradle at S.. To do the same amount
of work BY animal power, would re-
Quire at least fifty horses and also a
great many more men. 1t will thus
be seen ikat although the first cost OF
such a&lryesting machine is greater,
it is aAer all, the least expensive APP
pliancS that exists for harvesting
large areas
To show the absolute necessity of
such machinery 10 these days Of enor-
nous production of cereals, we have
only to cite the fact that the farmers
Of the United States harvested last
year 34629, 4lS acres of wheat OF
this immense acreage 1920, 400 acres
were harvested In California. 2,76S,-
092 In Kansas, 2,683, 904 in Ohio,
1888, 1852 in Indiana, l,346, 462 in
Illinois, 9,l97, 1903 in Minnesota,
2,414, 2Sl IN South Dakota and 2, 1884,
$50 In North Dakota. The entire
wheat crop of the United States in
1893 was 800, l31, 1875 bushels
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THE OLD SOLDIER.

The old soldier is SPARROW
sparrow which Jimmy Jones, news
boy, picked up in the street one cold
snowy winter night.
Jimmy lives with his mother. O
washwoman, whose only child he is.
He was so cold, SO weary and SO
hungry that on first coming home no
forgot all about the ''chippy" which
he had slowed away in one of his
jacket pockets. But feeble peep
from and n feeble huttering in his
pocket reminded him of his founding.
The sparrow removed from his hiding
place, was the sorriest little bundle Of
wet and crumpled-up feathers one
could imagine. One of its claws was
frozen. 1t withered quite away in O
few days, and the sparrow was left
with only one leg to stand on. Then
Jimmy named it the old soldier, after
an old man who sells matches on tho
street corner opposite his house where
Jimmy and his mother live.
The Old Soldier, however, is very
active, and does not seem to miss its
leg at all. 1t has grown very tame,
and Jimmy has taught it one trick.
He will lie down fiat on the floor with
a crumb of bread or lump of sugar in
his mouth and call to the Old Soldier
to come and get it. On that the spar
row will hop on the toe of Jimmy's
boot, and go hop, hopping up to his
mouth, where it will remove the bread
or sugar delicately from between
Jimmy's lips and eat it.
You never in your life saw a yainer
bird than this same Old Soldier.
Perched on a pincushion before q
looking glass, it will stand and stand,
gazing admiringly at itself, for half an
hour at time.
1t eats salt and butter and meat and
potatoes, but no fruit, disdaining even
Strawberries.
The Old Soldier seems quite con-
tented with its lot and has no long
ings for the society of other sparrows.
One day last spring it hoped out
on the window sill, and stood there
looking up at pair of sparrows which
we're building nest in the ledge
above; but it soon hoped back into
the room again, deciding evidently,
that family cares would be too onerous
for crippled veteran like him. Boss
ton Cultivator.
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The lines over which it is proposed
to lay a submarine telegraph cable are
now o. carefully surveyed beforehand
as any line of railroad is surveyed be-
fore construct n. Not only are sound.
ings taken to find out the inequalities
of the ocean bed, but the nature OF the
bod itself is investigated. This is done
by using q sounding machine, which
brings up q portion Of the bottom.
Two ships make zigzag courses across
the proposed line Of cable, and sound
ings are taken every few miles, and
more frequently if circumstances war
rant it, in order to prevent the cable
being laid in places where there is any
great or sudden difference in the depth
o. the water.
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KEEPING SECRETS OF SCIENCE.


1t almost seems, from the way III
which scientific men are in the habit
Of concealing their meanings from
those who do not understand technical
terms, that they were anxious to keep
the wonders of science to themselves.
During the reign of Emperor Napo-
leon, Cuyier, the scientist, went to st.
Cloud to visit him.
The Emperor said: IN. Cuvier, l
am very glad to see you. What did
you do at the institute last week."
owe studied the beet sugar ques-
tom
"Ahl And what is the opinion of
the institute? Does it consider thot
the soil of France is suited to beet
culture?"
Cuvier seemed to begin at the foun-
dations of the earth, and work up in
his answer. He gave the formation Of
the earth, and the particular sort OF
protoplasm beets came from.
When he had finished, the Emperor,
who had understood none of his con-
illusions, said
"Ah, NJ. Cuvier, and do you think
the soil of France suited for beet cul-
turo?"
Culver, wondering a little, began
his story all over again. After it had
reached its second ending, the EN-
peror, who was not always courteous,
snid
81 thank you very much, sir. Tho
first time see your colleague Berthol-
let, l shall ask him if the institute
considers the soil of France suitable
for. beet culture. Atlanta Constitu-
ton, Jr.
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Eifectuany yet gently, when costive or bill.
ious' or when tho blood Is impure or sluggish.
TO permanently cure habitual constpati on.
TO awaken the kidneys an liver to healthy
activity without irritating or weak enlna
them' 10 dispel headaches. cold or fevers. use
Syrup Of Figs. ~'-
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Could Only Be Answered in Latin.

Little Rastus-Dar's sumpin, fessah,
wants ter ask yer bout de oceanses.
Oars noah watah in de oceanses al
high tide'n at low tide. Wat becomes
Of all dat extry watah dat wuz at high
tide Wen 1t gets to be low tide? Prof.
johnson mum OATS a questshun,
honey, at kin on'y DO answered In
Latin. Umpery, tTumpery, dixum
digit sockdologous. OATS wat becomes
Oh dc watah, honey, on'y you'se too
young ter un'orstan'.
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Mr.. Gotham-Is that suburban cot.
tage that you are advertising really
desirable?
Agent--Desirable? Why, sir. it is
painted in sixteen eolors, New York
Weekly
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cnILDRES,s COLUMN.


now cuRIoUsi
Said ono li:tlc girl to another littlc girl
As proudly rs could be,
'I'll tell you something very nico
That my papa told me.
lie snid was the sweetest girl
That ever there could bel'
Said the other little girl to that one little girl
"Why, now how can you be?
For that is just the very Something
Thatmy papa told mel"
(And neither was as sweet ms my little girl,
AS any one could seeD
-tTudor jerks, in St. Nicholas.
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Most of the horses purchased by
the government for the cavalry are
said to come from Missouri. iowa and
Illinois.
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Dr kilmer's SwAmP-Roor cures
oil Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton. NY.
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Melon seeds and tobacco are a favorito
FORM S OF reireshment in Chinese public
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Italy exports 2,5OO,OOO,O0O oranges every
year.
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A locomotive engineer travels 20, 900 miles
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travel 100 miles. "
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IIai1icted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaae Thomn-
son ESe-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
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-, NO doubt about it, we are rapidly leaving
nara umes' in the rear, and those who are
worklng Tor good times and expecting them nre
ALREADY enjoying a fair degree of prosperity.
H. however, things are not moving satisflctor-
~ wIlte TO i. I. johnson < Co., Richmond,
Va, and they will give you a business, oppor-
tunitV that will prove surprise and delight
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e -
TV9 aEs H. Mitchell. Ess.
s1 IoCRRIL.ksEsIDESSr-Ex.JudTe I. Stone.
SSEcRgrARY-Hon. A. Possy
IR AsURER-J. Il. r. bars ~.
ArloRNEY-cOl L. A. Wilmer.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Sos s,d 4: Mitchell, A!.Orn.y.s.IAw.
a. Posey, Attorney.at- Law.
Col; L; A. Wilmer, Attoru.v..,.r.v.
II. Roberts, Merchant
p = p 3 Masitngly, Reg sier Of will.
T. IL Horney, Restaurant
@The above Company wilrsreceiys de-
post and m axe loans to person. Of small
ui' aus A rare nance is offered to small
'sge-earaers to save thei, small earnings and
0uy ami build home And a, .nio,s,.msns
the stock Of the cempsD, !, ..f, and
Breatsbia
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We will give SlOl reward for any case of ca
tarrh that cannot be cured with Hairs Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
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Every male elephant is liable to insanity
some time or other.
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OFFIcERs-Brainard II. Warner, Presi-
dsnt; john Joy Edison, Vi"e- President; VIM.
q. Robson, Secretary, John r. Carmady,
Treasurer
DIRKcToRs--John 7. Arms, Cherries B.
Bailey, Charles Baum, James l. Barbour,
John NJ. Clapp II. s. Cummings. J. ]. Dar-
jington, John:Joy Edison, Albert f. Fox o.
G. Green, VIM. b. Gurley John A. Hamilton,
John B. Larner, John Ridout, George F.
Schafer, N. H. Shea, Thomas Somervlle.
Trusdell, B. II. Warner, A. A. Wilson. {.
D. Wine. s. W. Woodward, A. s. Worthipgtoni
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-23
New York Produce.

New YORK, Oct. 22.-Flour Receipts.
$4,000 bbls; exports. %. 500 bbls; sales,
22,300 pkgs; murket steady, with spring
wheat brands in demand; winter wheat
low grades firm; export inc uiry dull.
Southern -four dull. Rye -four dull and
easy; sales. $50 bbls; superfine, 50 ESQ
2.75; fancy, So. SO@2.90. Buckwheat
flour firm; S2@2.15. Buckwheat steady.
Cornmeal steady; sales, 500 bbls, 2,4OO
sacks. Rye nominal. Barley frmer.
Barley malt nominal. Wheat-Receipts
$500 blu; exports, 49.100 bu; sales,
1890, 600 blu futures; spot market quiet;
5516c; afloat, 561sc; f. o. b., 571ac; No.
l northern, 6iTc delivered; No. /
hard, 665sc delivered; ungraded red,
55s4c delivered; options generally weak
all day, under long selling, liberal
northwest receipts and expected heavy
visible supply increase; rallied partially
on confirmation of Argentine crop dam
age and small visible increase, and
closed with I@55c decline; February.
$3.50, closed at $3.50; March closed at
$3.50; May 80 1I-15@61%. closed at
60Tc: October, closed at 551Sc: Novem-
Der, closed at $3.50; December, $500
565Sc, closed at $3.50. Corn-No re-
ceipts; exports, 10000 bu; sales. $50, 900
bu spot; spot market quiet; No.
2, 57Hc in elevator, 67Ie afloat
yellow, $40 in store, 5s@5sSc delivered ;
option market opened firmer on wet
weather and light receipts, but after
wards weakened on small visible de-
crease and closed dull and unchanged :
January, 5215@54c, closed at 53115c. May
closed at 53%c; October closed at $3.50:
November, 56A 456Sc, closed at 56Ic
December, 4Z@54s6c, closed at 64xo.
Oats-Receipts, 42,s00 bu; exports, SOC
bu; sales. $4,000 Du futures, $1,000 bu
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Butter-Fancy separator, 24@25c; ex-
ira creamery. 20@2lc; first creamery,
17@1Sc; second creamery, 15(@16c; fan
cy dairy. 20@22c; first dairy, 1701Sc;
second dairy, 14@15c; packing stock,
12c; grease. 5051ac.
Cheese-Full cream. 11H@12c; pri-
most, 5000; brick cheese, 11@121sc;
Limburger cheese, 1O@101sc; Young
America. 111a@121ac; Swiss. 12@14c;
skins, 5@515c.
Eggs - Fresh. cases included, Ice {;
fresh, cases returned. 15@151ac.
Poultry-Turkeys, toms, 71s@Sc; tur-
keys, hens. 71a@8c; chickens, spring,
6@61ac; hens,5c; mixed, SC; cox, 4@41sc;
ducks, spring. &c; geese. &c.
observation-disclosures, Spanish, crate.
S1.75; onions, Minnesota. per bu, 4O@
soc; radishes, per doz, 1Oc; cauliflower,
per doz. S1@1.25c; cabbage. dUZ, so
@60c; cabbage, ton, Sl3@14; beets, doZ,
100000: celery. doz, 25@30c; lettuce,
doZ, 12915c; rutabagas, per Du, 45(950c;
string beans, blu. 75c; tomatoes, home
grown, bu, 75c(9S1; egg plant, doz, 5O@
Coo.
Dressed Meats = Mutton, packing
house stock, 415@5c; country, 415c;
lambs. country. 4@5c.
Pork. Beef, Hams, Hides, Etc.-Hides,
steer. green. per lib, 4@4115c; COW, green.
3@31ac; calf, green, &c; steer, salt, AZ
@5c; COW, salt. 31S04c; pelts, 15@6Oc;
wool. washed, 13@l4c; wool, unwashed,
9@11c; tallow, 40415c; pork, mess, $3.50
@l4; beef, mess, SS.50@9; bacon, 5000
oil; hams. S11@11.5U; hams. picnic,
S7.5O@s; dried beef. 91a@11c; lard. $3.50
as; hops, 19@2lc.
Oranges-SeedllnGs, Riverside. $3.50
@3; seedlings, Redland, S2.75@3; Med
iterranean sweets. s4@4.5O; Rods, Sc
@6.5O; Floridas. s4.25(94.50.
Lemons-EXtra fancy. S494.50; fancy,
$9!5O@4.
Bananas-Port Limons, s1.5O@1.75;
Bluefelds. s1.50@1.75; Honduras No. l,
sl.75@2; Honduras NO. 2 S1.25@1.5O. Co.
coanuts. per 100, $4,000.
California Fruits APlums, large, crate.
s1.g5@l.50; plums. medium. 9Oc@S1;
peaches, box, free, 95c@sl; peaches,
box, cling. 75c; peaches. Michigan,
basket. 5O@6Oc; peaches, Michigan, bu
basket, $o@2.25; pears, Bartletts, box,
s2@2. 25; pears, New York Duchess. Dbl.
$3.75@4; pears. winter Nellis. 81.
Observation-Disclosures. blu, 2.50@2. Is;
do Dbl, B. & B., S9@9.50; Cape Cod,
Grapes-Tokays, crate. singles. SEQ
cord. basket. is@eOc; Catawba. 5 lb. zoe.
Apples-Fanot stand, Dbl, $3@S.25;
fancy, Dbl, s2.50@275; standard. SEQ
2.50; fair, s2@2.5O; common, Sl@1.50.
Potatoes - Minnesota, bu. 50@55c:
Western. per 100 lbs. 9Oc@sl.1 10; sweet
Jerseys, per Dbl, e2.75@3.
Dried Fruit-Apples, evaporaAed, per
lib, 111f@lSe; peaches, peeled. 15@16c;
peaches. unpeeled, .r1@l4c; pears, SO
loo; apricots, 11@12c; raspberries. 22@
CSC; b3ackberrles, 7@711c; prunes,
California French. 6@gc.
Game and Fish = Prairie chickens,
$3@s. Is; psrtridges. s2.25@25o; jack
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spot; spot market dull; No. 2. sec: No.
2 delivered. 33c: No. 8. 3S1ac;. No. 2
white, 3515c; No. 8 white. 1890; track
mixed Western, 3219@3316c; track
white Western. S5@40c; track white
state, s5@4oc; option market steady
until corn broke. when it fol-
lowed an closed at &c decline;
J gsJ closed IS A. $sS4ei EsbruafS, s4X
$3.50. Hay steady. Hops quiet. Hides
quiet. Leather quiet. Wool quiet.
Beef steady; beef hams. SIT. so. Cnt,
meats steady; picked bellies, 7sfR3
SIC; picked shoulders. sac; picked
hams. 94@l0c. Lard steady; Western
steam closed at $760; sales. $50
tierces at N.55; city. $6.75(D7. l215;
January. 81 40; nominal; refined quiet;
continent. So: South America, IS. 25;
compound. 51a@5s4c. Pork steady.
Butter steady; Imitation creamery, T4[0
l9c; Western dairy, 12@l6c; Western
creamery, 15@25c; Western factory,
1l1a @l5c; Elglns, csc: state dairy, lao
2319c; state creamery. 1SQ25c. Cheese
quiet; state, large, S@l07sc: small, $40
lie; part skins, 319@714c full skins. &c.
Eggs steady; state aud Pennsylvania,
2O@22c; ice house, 15@l61ac; Western.
fresh. 17@l91ac; receipts, 6,S27 pkgs !;
cases, s2.75Ic3 so. Tallow steady; 1870
4slc for city (s2 per pkg; country (pkgs
tree. 4s4(641sc, as to quality.
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Cash quotations were as follows
Flour steady. Wheat-No. 2 spring,
541s@558c; No. 8 spring nominal; No.
2 red, 525s@529c. Corn-No. 2, Soc
Oats-No. 2. 2sc; No. 2 white, 3lss4@32c :;
No. white. S14@3154c. Rye-No. 2.
46@4615c. Barley-No. q 53c; No. 8,
51@54c; No. 4, 47@51c. Flaxseed-No.
Sl.4S. Timothy Seed-Prime, S.. $50
$40. Pork-Mess. per Dbl. S12.371S@
1860. Lard, per 100 lbs, $780,. Short
Ribs-Sides Qoose), s6.50@6.55. Shout
ders - Dry sailed (boxed). SEQ
6.121a. Sides-Short clear (boxed].
6.7506.s71a. Whisky Distillers'
finished goods, per gallon, sl.21.
Sugar unchanged. Receipts Flour,
1900 bbls; wheat, 61,0C0 bu; corn, 81,
600 blu; oats. 10000 bu; rye, 5000 bu;
barley, $4,000 blu. Shipments-Flour,
10000 bbls; wheat, 100000 bu; corn.
100000 bu; oats, $4,000 blu: rye, 5000
bu; barley. 1O7, 900. On the produce ex-
change today the butter market was
firm; creameries, 14@2Sc; dairies, 1880
zoe. Eggs, 1615@1Sc.
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At MERCY OF THUGS,
Indian Territory the RendeZ-
vouS of Thieves and
Outlaws.
REIGN OF TERROR EXISTS.
Armed Bands Make q Business
of Pillage and Train
Robbery.
MARTIAL LAW is NEEDED.
United States Asked to Inter-
fere to Rid the Territory
Of Desperadoes.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The Indian
Office today received advices by tele-
graph from the Indian territory giving
briefly an account of the lawlcSs condi-
ton of affairs IN that section, and ask
ing that some action be taken by the
United States authorities which will re-
store order and protect citizens in their
rights. 1t is stated that armed bandits
are i'll practical control of the territory.
The Indian police are powerleSS to pro-
tect the people and prevent robbery.
LawleSs gangs Unrest all sections. Men
are held up by hlghwaymen III broad
daylight and robbed. Life and property
are not secure either by day or night.
The express companies have refused to
transfer money, and no other means of
carrying money have Deen devised.
There are three known organized gangs
OF desperadoeS, COMPOSED OF thieves.
thugs and tough characters from all
sections of the country, who make a
business Of piliaging the people. AS a
result reign of terror exists, and the
people of the territory are at the mercy
of these gangs. 1t is stated that the
train holG-up reported in the Associated
Press dispatches this morning is the
work of one of these gangs. 1t is sup
posed that the marauders journey from
one section TO another in pursuit OF
booty, and that the train robberies in
the Southwest are the work of these
deSperadoes. who make their headQuar'
tiers in the Indian territory.
Secretary Smith was furnished the
dispatches by the Indian office. Assist
I'm mi 81 .
very familiar With this section, where
the robbers are operating, and has trav-
eled through the country many times
with large amounts Of money. but never
experienced any trouble. He thinks
that the whole crew of lawless bandits
should be driven out of the Indian
country. Just how this Is to be done,
he says. is difficult to determine. There
has been considerable discussion in
congress growing out of the lawless
bands in the Indian territory, and sug-
gestfonS have been made for an entire
Reorganization of the affairs there,
in order that robbery may be
suppressed and the control of the
authority competent to enforce law and
order. 1t is recognized by those who
have given the matter attention that
under present conditions the Indian
country will always be the headquar-
tiers for lawless men. 1t has been sug>
gested that in the present emergency
the territory could be placed under mar
tial law and troops directed to clear the
territory Of the gangs which now in-
fest it.
This would be an extreme measure,
and would not likely be reSOrted to
unless all other methods fail.
A. i l.
ing an important case early in the day,
and had not been able to give the dis
patches from the Indian territory i'm
mediate attention.