Evening star., 1898-12-01

been worked by the waters distance of
couple of hundred miles Among the foot
hills along the lake in northern Ohio there
will undoubtedly be gold discovered that
will be well worth working"
Mr.. Williamson, district attorney for Lo-
gan county, West Virginia, where the no
torfous Hatfields reside, was seen at the
Arlington. He said: The recent outbreak
of the Hatfield-McCoy trouble and the ac-
quittal of Cap Hatfield probably reopens
the old feud. and it will be asmost impos-
sible to settle it as long as a Hatfield or
Mccoy is alive. 1 think very great mis-
take was made when the governor of West
Virginia entered into a compact with the
Hatfeds. 1t was an Acknowledgement that
the state was powerless to deal with them,
and made them feel though they were
above all law. Individually and personally
the Hattields, aside from their feud.
are quiet, law-abiding citizens, as is old
man Mccoy in kentucky. Elias Hatfield
was elected jailer of Logan county, while
old man Mccoy was elected tailer of Pike
county, Kentucky. This shows the popular
ity of the men in their respective states,
and it is impossible to secure conviction
before a jury in either community. While
the last troubles were founded upon new
provocations, they had the effect of re-
viving the ancient feud, and wnat the fu-
ture will be remains to be seen"
]. c. Terrell of waggouer. Indian ter
tory, who is stopping at the Regent. said:
The defeat of the Dawes treaty Is a sad
blow to the business interests of Indian ter
ritory. There would have been no trouble
in carrying it had it not been for the squaw
men, TO whose interest it is to keep the
present state of affairs in existence as long
possible. 1t is very hard however, upon
the American citizens who have built up
4 business in the Indian territory under the
belief that the government could not long
permit the present state of affairs TO exist.
| own a store building and a residence, TO
neither of which can ! obtain any title
whatever, and yet l have paid full value
for both. The squaw men, flushed with
their victory will endeavor to make things
even more onerouS upon the respectable
settlers. There will be delegation here
from the territory during the coming ses-
sion of Congress for the purpose of secur-
ing some change in the conditions prevail
ing. If Congress can be brought TO under
stand the real situation l believe that
will secure some kind of remedial legisla-
ton, and would prefer to have the Indian
territory admitted a state, so that we
could control our own internal affairs
Capt. ]. C. Clark of Trinity, La, is at the
Raleigh. Captain Clark said: "One of the
most important subjects to the people along
the southern states on each side of the Mis-
sissippi river is the protection of the
levees. vast sum has been expended
upon these levees, and they would be suf-
ficient for their purpose if the rice planters
would leave them alone. A man owning 4
large rice plantation has insufficient water
and he cuts levee for the purpose of let
ting the river in over his Plantation. The
result is that it sweeps all over northern
Louisiana and ruins thousands OF farm
ers. Then Congress makes an appropria-
tion to alleviate the sufferers. My town is
situated at the junction of the Little Boeuff
and Ouchita rivers and when the levees
are cut the water joins with these rivers
and makes an inland lake of many miles In
extent. running everything except the rice
plantations and a little high ground on
Sicily Islands. 1t would pay the govern
ment to maintain a close patrol on this en-
tire levee system, and g. man caught cut
ting a levee should be very promptly and
severely dealt with"
]. c. Fisher of San Francisco who is at
the Shoreham. said: THE burning of the
Baldwin Hotel will probably bankrupt J.
c. Baldwin, whose sobriquet of Lucky
was gained through the sudden fortune he
amassed in the Ophir mine deal. While
the assessed valuation of the property held
by Baldwin still runs into the millions. it
has been known for some time that he
was very hard pressed for ready money.
He has even been known to renew notes
for few hundred dollars, which he never
did before in his financial history. There
Is but about $500, 600 insurance on the hotel,
and only about 100000 of this was on the
building There is mortgage indebted
ness of $500. 900. 1t will not only take the
insurance money. but the ground upon
which the hotel stood, to pay this mortgage