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WESTERN SECTION
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-08-18
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SHERMAN BRIGADE REUNION,
Wooster Ohio, Aug. 1.-THE sur
ylVors ~ the Sherman brigade are hold
Ing their tweDty-ninth annual reunion
here Ex-secretary of State John sher-
man. who organized the brigade, came
over from Mansfield today 10 preside
an the reunion
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-08-18
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CENTRAL SECTION.

Payne. Weather very favorable for
growing crops; cotton win be late owing
20 wet weather last week: corn glazed and
maturing slowly: hay being cut is yield
Ing we'll. still plowing for wheat. ground
in good condition.
Pottawatomie.-Grou stlll wet; cotton
very rank; corn very fine: large hay
crop made.
Logan.-Fine rains last week made the
corn; and dry weather this week is fine
for cotton which Is ladened with bolls.
some OF which are beginning to open
picking will begin next week: grapes are
plentiful; plowlng is nearly done.
oklahoma.-A week Of fine weather:
plowing being rapidly completed large
corn crop made; cotton doing well; alfalfa
and forage crops are excellent. small
fruits ana vegetables, abundant
Cleveland Is shedding slightly;
corn, alfalfa and an forage crops are hne
fine weather for plowlng and other farm
work.
Canadlan.-The dry weather has been
favorable for threshing and hay making
no grain now In shoes; ground getting
rather dry for plowing
Kingflsher.-Dry hazy and smoky.
splendid week for threshlng; some wheat
hurt by last weeks rains; corn is a fair
to good crop; hay is fine; plowlng contln-
ues
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SOUTHERN SECTION.

Nayajoe.-MiIlet and sorghum are being
cut favorable weather FOR cotton. which
is taking On an unusual number of bolls.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
sPANIsHroRPEDo FLEET.
II Has Sailed From the Canaries-Tr
tIops of Our Government.

II Has sailed From the Canaries-Hfo foPe"
tIons of Our Government.
Washington. March 25.-The last DAY
before the arrival of the report OF the
Maine court of inquiry was one OIL un
exampled activity in all ofnciaI quai
ters. Advices came early that ,ns
Spanish torpedo fiotilla hao salieo
from the Canaries to Porto hlco, anu -
from this moment the most energetic
warlike measures followed ohe aAo'A
er in constant succession
The first was this announcement Dy
Secretary Long, Indicating the placing
of our squadron and fleet on war
footing: oa
"Admiral Sicard has been granted
leave, very much to the regret OF tne
Navy Department, on account OF LIE
health.
Captain Sampson has been mace
commander of the fleet at Key West.
Captain Evans has been ordered 10
take command of the battleship iowa.
"The orders to the squadron I'D
Hampton Roads have not yet Deen ls-
sued"
Although the announcement dld MOI
state So it soon became known thal
Commodore w. Schley was slated to
command the flying squadron rms
announcement was recognized at once
as of unusual Importance at this juno
ture. Admiral Sicard has been in com
mand of the fleet at Key West through
ont the critical period Of the Maine dis
aster. Captain Sampson has been in
command of the Iowa, but more recent
ly has been conspicuous before the pub
lie as president of the Maine court of
inquiry. Captain Robley Evans is bet
ter known as Fighting Bob"
The next important move was de
termination to create a joint commls-
sion from the War and Naval Depart
ments, so as to bring them into mar
monious action on all measures. cap
tain Barker the naval aide OF Secre-
tary Long, was designated to repre-
sent the Navy Department in this com
mon plan of action. The representa-
tive Of the War Department has not YET
been named. Then, at the close OF the
day, came the announcement that the
Navy Department has succeeded III
purchasing eight steam yachts ana
four steam tugs, presumably at or neal
New York for use in the auxlllary
naval fleet. The boats are about 40.
tons each. and in an emergency would
be suitable as torpedo boats. Iht
yachts purchased are among the fleet
est along the Atlantic coast, and are
said to be somewhat similar to the
Mayflower, recently purchased of the
Ogden Goelet estate. This acquisition
to the navy is regarded as an excep-
tionaIly valuable one at the present
time, as the greatest need is felt for
small craft suitable as torpedo boats
and dispatch boats.
Orders were issued to-day detaching
Captain Sigsbee and other officers OF
the battleship Maine at Havana, and
ordering them to proceed home and
await orders
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
SHUTS OUT THE NEGRO VOTE.

Suffrage Plan at Last Adopted by the
Louisiana Constitutional Convention.
New Orleans, March 26-By a vote
Of 95 to 2S with one delegate absent.
the Louisiana Constitutional Conven-
ton to-day adopted a suffrage plan. 1t
to took forty-five Of the seventy days to
which the convention Is limited to
reach an agreement. The convention
is almost wholly Democratic, and the
avowed purpose was to eliminate the
negro from Louisiana politics. The
measure adopted, by providing for edu-
cational and property qualifications
and a poll tax, is presumed to answer
the purpose effectively. At the same
time 1t was desired to let in as many
white people as possible, and this is
accomplished by exempting naturalized
voters, as well as those who were vot-
ters in 1867, with their sons and
grandsons. The latter clause was ad-
vised against by Senators McEnery
and Caffery, who said they had con-
suited the ablest constitutional lawyers
In Congress and found them unanimous
on its unconstitutionality. These opin-
ions led to its being abandoned, but the
convention was SO hopelessly divided
upon substitute that it was finally de-
cided to reinstate the clause and take
the risk.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
The Report in wa.hin~ton

washington, March 25.-The renort
OF the naval board Of inquiry into the
Maine disaster was received in wash
ington at 9:35 tonight The four ma
val officers who have guarded It. watch
and watch, since its departure from
Key West were hustled at once into
carriage by an attache of the Nav
Department and driven to the Ebhift
house, where they tried to catch a In.
tie much-needed sleep, and at the same
time Withstand the crowd of newsna-
per men who thronged the lobby in
hopes OF some stray bits Of information
whicn mad escaped the scrutiny of nu-
meFous correspondents along tie route
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

Whoever thinks art an easy mistress
let him study biography. One OF the
foremost of American actors recently
told an audience of young men that
for something like seven years he was
almost on the verge of starvation.
Night after night, after the play he
would invest one Of his few pennies in
hot baked potatoes, put them in his
pockets, and after warming his hands
on them would swallow them. Sargent
and L." said famous painter and
sculptor to an art student, as he cor
rected her drawing, spent some
months in Spain when we were young
artists We were very, very poor. Sar-
gent could talk better Spanish than l,
so he went out and bought the beans.
and cooked them. Beans were all we
had to eat" Yet Mansfield and Sar-
gent and Duveneck, like thousands OF
other brave and successful men. have
persisted against terrible odds. until
success was assured.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
SENATOR THURSTON SPEAKS.
He solemnly Voices the Feelings Of His
Dead Wife.


Washington, d. c., March pa
scene dramatic in the intensity of its
interest was presented in the Senate
yesterday during the delivery by Mr..
Thurston of Nebraska of a speech on
the Cuban situation.
Not since the Inauguration of Pres
ident Mckinley have SO many people
been on the Senate side of the capitol
as were there yesterday. The CALLER
les were packed with people
His first sentence, in which he spoke
by command of silent lips-a delicate
and touching reference to the loss OF
his wife on his memorable trip to Gu
ba-commanded instant attention. A
hush fell over the great audience.
which hung with almost breathless at
tentiOn and interest upon every word.
Some surprise has been expressed
that Senator Thurston should appear
in public prominently so soon after the
death of Mrs. Thurston, but the first
sentence of his speech furnished key
to his action. 1t is true that Mr..
Thurston's speech to-day, viewed from
one standpoint, was an unusual pro-
reeding, but it was justified by the
conditions attending it.
Mrs. Thurston's dying request to her
husband was that he should lose no
time on account of her death to do his
utmost to save and free Cuba and its
people.
Mr. Thurston's speech was strong
portrayal of the distressing condition
Of the Cubans. While urging interven-
ton and recognition of the insurgents,
he emphatically protested against an
neXatiOn.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

A young woman went into large
dry-goods store not long ago and began
openly to pocket articles from the
counter. On being arrested, she said
quietly that having no home but the
streets, she preferred to spend the
night in prison. The incident empha-
sizes President Eliots recent caution
to would-be philanthropists. Hospitals
and asylums and reformatories are but
necessary palliatives Of developed evil;
whereas churches, schools, museums
gardens, gymnasia are instruments OF
moral construction, and to train
child to avoid evil and pauperism is
better than to help the adult out Of
those conditions.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
ASKS NO INDEMNITY.
The Cabinet Decides Not to Ask for Money
for the Maine Indemnity.

Tor the Maine Indemnity.
Chicago, March ga special from
Washington to the Times-Herald says:
The American Cabinet to-day voted
unanimously against asking money in
demnity for the Maine. For a very
brief period the United States is to
stay its hand and give Spain a short
day of grace IT,, in two or three weeks,
that government does not itself stop
the horrors In Cuba and solve the
problem, the United States will step
in and solve it. If Spain leaves the
task for this country to perform, the
result will be war.
A summary of the courts verdict
was telegraphed to Madrid tonight for
the information Of the Spanish govern
ment. This note contains no demand
for indemnity, and its purpose is mere
ly to call the attention of the Spanish
government to the facts now officially
in possession of this government. The
question Of asking a money indemnity
for the ship came up in Cabinet and 1t
was unanimously decided not to ask
for such indemnity.
Next k-Monday-the report Of
the court of inquiry will go to Con-
gress and to the country. Unless the
President and the leaders of both par
ties are mistaken, Congress VIII re-
ceive this important document without
word or action, content to leave the
affair to the President and do nothing
till the greater question comes before
it two or three weeks later.
Tuesday or Wednesday the Presi-
dent will send a special message to
Congress suggesting an appropriation
for feeding the starving Cubans. AS
soon as the money is voted, as 1t prob
ably will be without delay, the United
States government will enter upon the
work of succoring Spain's victims
feeding and clothing them, supplying
them with seed and tools and urging
them to go back to their farms and
start anew the battle of life.
If Spain's pride can endure this 1t
can endure anything. for this is vir-
tually intervention. 1t is actual inter-
ference with the authority Of Spain
within her own territory. But 1t is In
reference for humanity's sake. III
Spain resists or throws obstacles in
the way Of our work of charity. naval
vessels will be sent to perform the
task Then II Spain objects and re-
sIsts, so much the worse for Spain.
TIL April Is Spain is to have brief
period of grace. Its duration Will de-
pend upon circumstances. The Amerl-
can Congress is impatient for decisive
action and it may not wait till the
middle of April. Other events may oc-
cur to hasten the inevitable.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
NAVAL MILITIA CALLED ON.
Reserves Ordered to Take Charge of Moni
tors at New York and Boston.

tors at New York and Boston.
Boston, March Pa dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says:
For the first time the militia is called
into service, and the governors OF Mas
sachusetts and New York are request
Ell to direct their naval militia to as
sumo charge of the monitors assigned
here yesterday for the protection of
the harbors of Boston and New York
in conjunction with the land fortifica
tions. The orders sent to Governor
Wolcott of Massachusetts and Gov.
ernor Black of New York, for trans
mission to the commanding officers OF
the state naval militia, inform them
that they will be directed to assume
b. each of those states, to assist in the
second line of defense.
The Boston men will be sent or
board when the monitors Catskill and
Lehigh arrive, and the New Workers
may proceed to Philadelphia and take
their two ships around. A naval Off
Ger will be in command of each moni.
tor, and under him will be naval mill.
tia officers and sufficient seamen from
each organization to give the ships
their compliments. Instructions have
also been sent to the western organiza-
tions to hold themselves in readiness
for transportation to the East, where
they will be sent aboard auxiliaries,
and, with what regular sailors can be
procured, are to comprise the crews
Illinois and Ohio have large, well
drilled militia organizations, and these
will be first drawn on.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
TITS FORMIDABLE FLEET.
Spanish Torpedo F1otilla Will Be Menace
to Warships at KEY West.


Key West, Fla, March 26.-It was
not until yesterday that the news OF
the departure of the Spanish torpedo
fiOtilla from the Canary islands be-
came known among the naval officers
here 1t created intense feeling, espe-
cially among the officers of the tor
pedo boats which are in this harbor
One Of the most prominent OF these
officials said to-day: IF the United
States allows the Spanish boats to get
to Porto Rico it will be the biggest
mistake ever made. They are great
er menace to the safety of our fleet
than IL all the rest Of the Spanish
navy was brought to these waters. At
Porto Rico they will be nearer Key
West than Havana. Only two torpedo
boats in our navy would have any
chance of getting away from the Span
ish torpedo boat destroyers. The Iowa,
New York and Indiana, lying out there
six miles off the land, would practic-
ally be at the mercy Of say a dozen
Spanish torpedo boats which could
run over from Porto Rico in short
time, should war be declared. We
have protected harbors here and we
have not a single torpedo destroyer,
and unless a fleet powerful enough to
be proof against these torpedo boats is
quickly concentrated in these waters,
or unless the Spanish fiotilla is warned
to keep further away, l should judge
that it would be better to take every
United States warship as far away as
possible from this menacing force
which Spain intends to concentrate
within such a convenient distance as
Porto Rico"
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
jenkins Had Found q Mine.

Lima, Ohio, March 26.-Mrs. w. Fl.
Jones of this city, cousin Of Lieutenant
Jenkins of the Inflated Maine, has just
received letter written by Jenkins to
his mother the day before the explosion
In Havana harbor. jenkins told his
mother that he had discovered a mine
under the boat and had just told Cap
tain Sigsbee of 1t. jenkins said that
he expected the boat to be blown up
at any moment, and he wrote home to
tell his relatives of the fact, 80 that If
anything should happen to him they
would know the circumstances.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
Rapid Fire Guns.

Washington, March 26.-The Ord
nance Bureau of the War Department
expects to obtain in all about forty-six
rapid-fire guns from abroad for the
seacoast fortifications. Twenty Of
these were obtained through vickers'
Sons, and the remainder through the
Hotchkiss people. The former consign-
ment, it is understood, is already on its
way to this country. These guns are
of Al caliber and the officials say the
contract providing for their purchase
includes between 200 and 800 round Of
ammunition, a very desirable thing at
the present time.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
Two Battleships Launched.

Newport News, Va, March 25.-Tne
first great battleship launched from
private yard in the South kissed tne ne
waves in the James river at loOI
o'clock this morning at the 1mmense
plant Of the Newport News Shippulsor. ~
ing and Dry Dock Company. At ll:So
o'clock a second ship, the exact coun.
terpart of the first one, except !.
name, followed. They were christeneo
respectively the Kearsarge and tne
Kentucky, proud and historic name
that have Just representatives in tne
splendid fighting machines put anos'
to-day.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

Sir Robert Peel of England, who re-
fuses to fight an American who calls
him a liar and a swindler, because the
American is not his equal socially, is
not such a stickler for the proprieties
as he assumes to be. One surmises
that, anyhow, because he refuses TO
return borrowed money, steals pictures
that belong to the estate of his prede-
cessors, and has written bad book
wherein he is chiefly successful In con-
Tossing himself a scoundrel and ped
dler of other peoples condolences.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

In cur southern brethren we have as
true patriots, as cool and determined
and sincere champions Of the republic
as are to be found anywhere within the
borders of the land. We know that IL
trouble comes to us they will be among
the first to spring to arms. and that, in
the cause of the union, they will dis
play the same impetuous valor and
brilliant dash that, thirty-fve years
ago. immortalized the paladins who
followed Lee and Jackson, Johnston
and Longstreet, with equal zeal to vic
kory OF defeat.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

One duty of ministers is to say:
Come" Don't come" is the message
Of a missionary at Dawson City, and II
is given to warn away the multitude
dreaming that there is wealth for them
in the Yukon district. He ts thus
preaching physical salvation, for tine
country is already overcrowded, and
the supply of labor is greater than the
demand" Do not forget those two
words, Don't GOMEZ"
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

The opposition to the press brought
out by the press-gag bill at Albany is
astonishing. But for the press very
few of these opponents of legitimate
business would ever have been heard
of; and their impatience at the right
of fair as well as unfair criticism SHOWS
a weakness that belongs to few bodies
OF men of that size. The influence oi
the press in politics is perhaps not as
great as has been claimed; but there
ought to be some results from this in
Justice.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

The experience of the fifth century
is to repeated on a more EXTENDED
scale. The outer barbarians were rail-
ing upon the Chinese empire as tney
did upon its Roman predecessor. An
unwarlike civilization is succumbing TO
assailants whom it despises. but whom
1t cannot resist. And as at least four
Roman empires could be cut out oil
China, the collapse that we are wit
Messing is one whose like the world
has never seen before.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
Extra Fares on Fast Trains.

Chicago, March 25.-Chairman Cald-
well Of the Western Passenger Asso-
citation, who was appointed arbitrator
Of the question whether an excess fare
should be charged on the fast trains
put on between Chicago and Denver
by the Burlington and competing lines,
has decided that on the fast trains an
excess fare of 81 shall be charged all
passengers who use the day coaches,
and 81 all passengers who ride in the
sleeping cars.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
Are Buying up Small Vessels.

New York, March 26.-Four swift
yachts, nine fast sea-going tugs and
one coasting vessel, the pick Of the
available small craft in the harbors of
New York and Philadelphia, were ac-
qured to-day by the naval board on
auxiliary vessels. Two of the yachts
and one tug were delivered at the
Brooklyn navy yard to-day, and Rear
Admiral Bunce was in receipt of in
structions from Washington to prepare
to secure the others tomorrow.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
SPAIN MAKES A LOAN,
Bank of Spain to Advance Two Hundred
Million Pesetas

Million Pesetas.
Madrid, March 25.-It was an.
nounced this evening that the Bank
Of Spain is to lend the Spanish gov.
ernment 2OO,OOO,OOO pesetas, guaran.
teed by the new treasury bonds.
London. March pa special dis.
patch from Madrid says the Spanish
Cabinet decided yesterday evening to
create treasury bonds to the amount
of 2OO,0OO,Oo0 pesetas. upon the guar.
antee of the Bank of Spain.
The London agents of the Bank of
Spain say they have heard nothing to
confirm this statement, and they add
they would undoubtedly have heard of
it had it been fact.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
Spsptsh Bonds Are Dropping.

Paris, March 24.-Spanish As opened
weak on the Bourse to-day at 81 1915
against 53A. yesterdays closing price.
London, March 24.-On the stock eA,
change to-day Spanish As were quoted
at the opening at 53A. but soon weak
ened and dropped to 5211. The closing
price yesterday was 5312.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

The lingo" congressman. who try to
make the most of every provocation to
war, remind one of the little girl who,
when lightning struck the house. and
partly destroyed it. clapped her hands
and cried. DO it again!' But she
knew no better.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
Gladstone Said to he Dying,

New York, March Pa London
special to the Sun published this Fri
day. morning says that members of
Gladstone's family admit that Great
Britain's Grand Old Man is in a DIV.
ing condition.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01
Bankers Coming to Denver.

New York, March 25.-The executive
council Of the American Bankers Asso-
citation to-day decided to hold the neyt
annual convention in Denver, the date
to be as near September 1st as con-
venient.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

81 look out for my own intuition, .
says lady, land then do exactly the
opposite" Which shows faith in the
system through constant insult Of the
author of it.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

A North Dakota evangelist says he
can see the dove of universal peace
lowering in the air. That settles 1t;
there will be no war.
The silver lance., 1898-04-01

If Spanish war should result not
only in the freedom of Cuba, but In
the freedom of the Philippines as well.
Uncle Sam could congratulate himself
on having done great stroke of busi-
ness.