New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-10
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! A Paris correspondent writes that the litera-
ture Of the Dreyfus affair Is assuming the most
extraordinary proportions. The newspaper vent
ures TO which II has given rise Will form an
| interesting chapter in the history OF Partisan
Journalism. Two new daily papers devoted al
| most exclusively to the various aspects or the
controversy have recently been founded. Apar'
from periodical publications. there has been
great output OF books and pamphlets. NJ. STOCK
! the publisher who, II will be remembered. was
witness in the lola trial. has already list OF
! over forty works dealing with the AFFAIR. Ana
the end Is not yet Several fresh works are IN
the press. Including life Of Lieutenant Colonel
Picquart by NJ Francis de Presserse, or the
Temps" and a popular history Of the Dreyfus
affair by Captain Paul Marin.
CAPTAIN Chadwick Of the flagship New-YorK
has prepared for "Scrbners Magazine" an arti-
Gle on THE Navy In the War 1t is 10 appear
in the November number
The writer OF an agreeable article on dogs In
THE Westminster Review" provides sequel to
a moss-grown story about the dog which, not re-
ceiying its dinner at the proper time. went into
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the garden and picked piece Of forget-me-no
with its teeth and went and gravely deposited
II on its mistress's lap. The sequel Is this A
rather green-looking young man was telling this
old threadbare story at q meeting In all guile
essness Of heart: II ELECTED no applause, nor
We. wonder nor increduity. only there was an
oninous shutting Of the feet. Meeting one OF
his auditors afterward. he asked what was the
meaning Of this feet shuffllng. oh replied the
other that was only the shutting Of the feet OF
the young men who carried out Ananias."
Miss Marie Corelis Romance Of Two
Worlds" is seid to have been translated into all
European languages. and also into Hindoostani
and Persian.
The granting Of hon1esteads by Government
does not always mean plain sailing for the bene-
fciary. In 'Lippincott" for October there are
some picturesque stories Of the settlers troubles
In oklahoma:
We met a vigorous old man the road, who
sauted us all with the engaging courtesy OF re-
mote districts which demands that human De-
incs shall acknowledge one another's presence
on the highway without the guarantee or pre-
vious acquaintance. After he had passed be-
yond earshOt. Oln told his story. 1t was the
old tale of contest based dispute over
the first arrival on the land. The two claimants
erected homes and settled down to the hatred OF
civil warfare The younger members of the
family grew impatient of delays and could
scarcely be restrained from doing violence 10
each other One Of the contestants died. and his
son attempted the murder or the OLD man we
had met upon the road. The shot, instead OF
killing him, killed his son, and the murderer
was arrested. tried and convicted. but made his
escape into distant State where he remains
fugitive from justice. The mother and two
other sons continue the feud. and only await OPP
portunity to say him whom they consider a
usurper. The claim Is several miles from the
nearest town, and these bitter enemies are $50
lated from all save one another. Each family
is sure Of ultimate victory and thus they waste
years and destroy all the happiness Of life in
this unfortunate warfare.
We passed another claim: the house was de-
serted but flowers still blossomed In the door
yard and a cat still fingered about the steps,
showing the place to have been recently vacated.
Here had lived an old couple who had come to
this far country to begin life again as young
people, because fate had denied them the rest
and peace appropriate TO their years A man
with more cunning than they, arriving late de-
nounced them as "sooners," and forthwith filed
affidavit of contest. There was nothing to do
but 10 expend their little hoard of money on
lawyers fees 10 endeavor to hold what was
rightfully theirs The law demanded a certain
amount Of improvement on the farm, but its
cultivation was discouraging work. for eager
ness was changed to reluctance by the blight
Ing thought that the land was being cultivated
for the benefit of their bitterest enemy. For
several years the old people stayed there, gently
accomplishing. hoping against hope; but at last
the Secretary Of the Interior at Washington rem
dered the decision from which there is no APP
peal and the old people were turned beggared
upon the world, with neither hope nor strength
TO try a new venture. The victorious claimant
gathered his friends about him, and made merry
over his victory in the fine new house which
he built on the claim, unconscious that the little
shack in the far corner was monument to the
memory of the brave struggle of downtrodden
truth.
Another case came up In Ollin's memory as
our tired horses walked lesurely through the
town. military man. who among those
who were guarding the country Immediately be-
fore It's opening thought il permissible 20 stake
a claim for himself ad ming a town site OF
Guthrie The number of persons who appeared
in the town the first day was twenty thousand,
and as these could not be accommodated within
the section originally set apart for the town,
districts were added and divided into city lots
and taken possession Of by the settlers. In this
process the military gentleman's claim was en-
tirely absorbed. Notwithstanding his protests,
the settlers took possession. planned streets and
built houses until this claim became i'm
portant resident district OF the new city An
account Of the litigation that followed would fill
volumes. 1t seemed Just TO the who orig
inally staked the claim 10 give II 10 him, but.
on the other hand. II was almost like a crime 10
rob dozens OF families Of homes which they had
built there in good faith, when by so doing they
had enormously increased the value of the dis
puted territory. No contest in the Territory
has excited greater interest than this, the SYM
patty being equally divided. short time ago
the Interior Department at Washington made
ritory previous to its opening had 20 right 70
use their advantage in securing claims. and thus
this case and many similar ones We're ended
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