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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-05-12
eABRlE NJ. BURLIhCAME.
MUSIC TEACHER.
Plano and organ.)
= OS N. Broad. GUTHRTA, o. T.

Plano and Organ

FRISCO f-tftts
st. Louis and San Francisco railroad
company.
Take the most popular route TO st.
Louis and all points east, Kansas City
and al points north and west
Sunta Fe trains make close connec~
tions at Oklahoma City and Wichita
for all points on the Frisco line.
St Louis and Kansas City mail and
express leaves Oklahoma City at 9;l5
every morning; leaves st. Louis at $40
every evening and arrives at Oklahoma
City at SEQ the following evening.
Through reclining chair cars with
out change Pullman palace sleepers
from Monet TO st. Louis and Kansas
City. You can secure berths before
leaving Oklahoma.
Further information will be cheer
fully given by the nearest agent or
B. II. DUNN, Il. II. and p. A.,
Oklahoma City
BYRON SNYDKk, @. p. A.,
ST. Louis. Mo.
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F'eniuie 70 save tue thild's eyesiQht IN .vaq
then that We decided to try swfft's Sneeigc
Ihgt medioine At once made a speedy nd com.
lle@ cufS. sue u now a young lady and haa
never had sign Of the disease % return,
MRS. RUTH BERKELrY
salina, Kan.
eerofula is an obstinate blood disease.
and Is beyond the reach of the average
blood medicine. Swift's Specific
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TOsaiNaag

II your liver is out OF order, causing
Biliousnoss, Sick Headache, Heart
hnrn. on Combination. take 0 dose Of
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SCrOfula to
Consumption.

Any one predisposed to Scrofula can
never be healthy and vigorous. This
taint in the blood naturally drifts into
Consumption. Being such adeep-seated
blood disease, Swift's Specific is the
only known cure for Scrofula, because
IT is the only remedy which can reach
the disease.
seroigla appeared 90 the bead Of my little
kIanoehlld when only Is months old. shortly
elteI bieaklns out 10 spread rapidly all over
hsf body. The scahs ON the sores would peel
on % me slightest touch, ana the odor Thai
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NoAll arse made the at
mosphere Of the room
slckening and unbearable.
The disease next attacked
the eyes, aud We feared she
would lose her eight. En-.
inent physicians from the
surrounding country were
consulted, but could 40
nothing 10 relieve the lit.
tie Innocent. and gave it
as their opinion that the
case was hopeless and i'm
nREEf Ma 70 Eu.ra ~. "Asfaa
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- all the papers the claims OF va,.Ous vaasOu,
YoU merchants Some are just nd,s so%S and often some
aO1 tdouou have read one snts town for
claims e to sell the best Blue p ssTEe 7S Now we don't
$50; another has one io5 s'S but not the best in
doubt its ,.p 1e ,1aeny Ssss 5ss se 1f v
them 1 rp@ see s where ere you do the best q0'y
sdered
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21
BLA CKSNAKE BIG As A LOG.
The Marvellous Serpent Squire Hollis of
Steuben County, Pa, Tells About.

The Marvellous Serpent Squire Hollis of
Steuben County, Pa, Tells About.
THE most wonderful den of snakes any
where. l guess" said Judge B. Jugg Wright OF
Steuben county. lies of to the south OF old
Steuben. in n big stretch OF deep. dark woods
10 Potter county. Pa. known rs the Black
Forest. 1t Is n blacksnake den. A year never
goes by that one or two immense black snakes
are not overpowered by superior numbers OF
lumbermen. or bark peelers over there. as they
arc always prowling about looking for unwary
teamsters and unsuspecting persons afoot. /
don't suppose there Is another spot on this
continent whore such monstrous blacksnakes
can be found. l don't know what 1t Is that
makes them gr9W 80 6ig there. PIT ny opinion
- tRat the i9ealify Is SO wiLd a rEd dard TO get at
with their years, l believe hlacksnnkes would
get inst as big II they coul.. only get
There is no doubt in my mind that some Of
before this country was settled. i AVE seen
them with their inees as wrinklel as a walnut
S Sy b Nth long .I syHy s 6rtT on bd 5hGir 3, NWSP "11b 6tHfI.
tells about one he killed down, there once that
had a iunny-lookinG lumr on its side, He cut
a int i arrow vi head At IA the s"f bottom m 81 81 t. T iY"%e
could DO but one explanatigT9 Of The presence
shot by AN Indian some time. As there hadn't
been any Indians hunting viii, 6Sws and ar.
ToWe III. tnht country loT, ABOUT tnTee genera
lively native before the days OF the white man
thereabout. md nobody knows how many
years before that, either. Squire Hollis is will
ipR to bet that the snake was a good den more
than a hundred years old, and it was as hale
y" say Squire Hollis killed that snake. but
that, is hardly a correct statement. He was
numbering over In that region and had Il lot of
l9gs banked for rolling down a steep slope into
away IL went down bill. It had gone maybe
half way down and had taken on tremendous
momentum. when this snake came tearing out
from some place where. II had been hid
dying log There is no telling what the snake
state Of supreme fury at 1t. for he stopped and
raised his head up and waited the coming, OF
snake with all tho force 1t had accumulated;
The. crash was terrific and the log stoIped
as 1t had brought, up against n rock; The
Squire went down the hill and found the log
canted up against the snake. and he declares
wouldn't have known which was the snake
and which was the log, they were so near OF a
size. The snake was dead from the shock.
though, and Squire Hollis has mover ceased 70
creek after he had cut the lump and found tho
arrowhead. and letting 1t float ava without
measuring 1t, because he naver could tell how
long the serpent was. The Squire says. though,
that II the snake could have heen seasoned
u pile OF sixteen foot boards a foot and a half
vide as any one ever bought. That snake. of
course, was an exception ts the ordinary run
Of Black Forest snakes. and from what the
family In that country. There wasn't a gray
hair on him. though. and his teeth were as
sound as a pebble"
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HIS LAST



I'm the good old days out West said the
there ,,t were road mSro agents nns t wno Were were h o,n"ra
UIm" WE'RE T.rsV nut " up on pedestsls os V eSevalIers
and admiral even by their victims. such a
man was Col, Tree Of Nevada, That wasn't b,s
right name. Of course. He was christened
Thomas Post. and was born in Iowa. but that
fact wasn't known Till after his death.
Tho Colonel made a hit at stage robbing
rleht from the start; gay l was u 'ne nls.
coach he stopped. he was then q man about
~ anS -" ,oii,cs,na ohan vn,,d ne
ioee' a'u u NV. tU'"0N''" e"af "'uiu ha'o
been hard to ind. ne was tho beau ideal Ola
sbonldor n b,och hat with a drooning feather
shouluer' a p,ueS q =. q uioo,nne ,estheI.
teeth tee y I ever eve nv in a mans head. All! but he
was a Gentleman at the business, He lined
six OF us on the road and got a Doodle OF
about $4,000 in cash. and only one man OF
the lot had a kick to make. He was half an
s SDTr about sus the 'ass ,HO; aa and all mo iho t, snso he T fos
tie sa delay YEN npd b tnsop Snt sn @od he M had tb q s9 2
IisSp TInS OF Them. nor did ihn he indulge in oaths
was almost proud to have been relieved $500.
atari, nThq 4 si is,lST Sr ifSptg Wsd t snS ,SSHSs sns, G iFG Gnv the
been held IN by Col Tree had a right t" hold
his head very high, and IL any of Ills victims
complained they were charged with in0rati-
tuir Tho law got after him In due time Of
course. md tho rewards offered aggrenated a
small fortune. but il seemed that no ono
wanted to run him down. II was an under.
stood thing. at least, that he should be taken
prisoner instead Of being shot down like n dog,
Some OF his frats riynIjed those OF Claude Du-
val and Dick Turpin, He road a big black horse
with a white star In its forehead. and he was here
to-day aud iW miles away tomorrow. The
weekly newspapers devoted columns to his adj
miration' Had they pitched Into him their
action would have been resented on ali sides.
Col. Tree ran a career Of two long years. He
must have had n big lot of gold coin planted
s~omewhere MT the end OF that time. but / have
never heard that it was discovered.
pof on lis trail. but one dnv' nj n IittlSc town nm
among the mountains. a letter which had been
knocKine about for several weeks was handed
him Ic was inst about 10 set on ON one OF his
expcditions Tine bows who saty him read that
letter said Tint tears came to his eyes and he
was all Knocked out. He tore Il up and cast
| the pieces away. and for n time he didn't seem
70 know what course TO take. Then he braced
IN and started oil. hut instend OF a smile
| Ills face wore n look OF sorrow and re-
fins. 40 was one VI his last. aithoirh
| The nrst and the last hold-up occurred
| 300 miles anart. There were Ave OF us in the
stage ns il crawled over the mountain road one
afternoon. and as tho mules we're halted for
breath after n long null up hin. col. Tree
sterned ont on MS. He nnssal the time of day
WHY tbe driver who was renIIy nlensad nj
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CARRIAGES Nv THE PARK.
The Spectacle Of the Dive Finer Nowadaya
and More Picturesque Than Ever.

The Spectacle Of the Dive Finer Nowadays
and More Picturesque Than Ever.
The hanson long ago became q familiar
vehicle in the city's streets, but the mum ber0
In which it is now used here would perhaps
best be realized by II visit to Central Park.
There were counted on Sunday last In tho
procession Of carriages passing along the east
drive fifty hansoms in less than half Ms m0ny
minutes. Often there were In sight and within
Il short space on the drive. either driving along
one after another or punched in passing. two
to half q dozen hnnsoms at once. Many az
they were. the hansoms formed. of course. but
n very small proportion OF the total number Of
carriages passing; but they were conspicuous
because. familiar as they have come 10 be. they
are still sufficiently new to catch the eye. as
they do also Iv reason Of their own striking
character and pcturasGuenehs
But tho whole procession is more picturesque
and more slightly. too, thnn II was years ago,
There are seen great numh"rS OF victorias. ana
those in great variety. differing. In details OF
style, finish ind color. coaches there srS
coup6s many, and among open carriages again
many. open landaus and barouches in som
These heavier vehicles arc painted mostly Ia
very dark blues and greene, with some In dark
ths h"ay;.er q" "Hr TTM "." Of rubber Tired wheels.
copn9t fail 10 be Need, among the iIGhfsr
one and with two horses. there Is n greater
variety than formerly, in the styles. and 90
many OF these more color is used. some are
and bright-colored paints are used freely. and
almost always with good taste. Vehicles that
attract attention, even in this varied process
sion, arc those that nre provided, with that
peculiarly modern feature IN carriage equip-
ment, wheels with pneumatic tires.
In the trnppings Of the horses there is likeH
wise a disposition TO a little, more gayety OF
color. There was seen. for instance. a horse
with n red cOlIar-handSOme II was. too. though
II seemed pretty conspicuous with no compile.
meptary ,rart in tho hoLse'S harness A horse
white ~rosettes and a white browband. Atean
the saddle pads OF whose harness were
material In dark blue had r~osettes and brows
band finished in the same material and color.
Take II altogether, the spectacle OF the .carN.
.riages in the Park is finer and more sightlyl
|Imore varied and attractive now than eyeE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21
AGATHA WEBB.
BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.
Copyrighted. 1899. ~ S. S. Mcclure Co.
OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

synopsis OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Just after a ball at the sutherland mansion Agatha
webb. Agatha 5 husband. vii" for years has been
growing, demonted. Is dis9overed asleep at the din.
Gates 6im a. ne murderer Miss Page, the niece
of Si,, ,as S sbaSt tSa @ seGTiGsG pfliSise! rG anG di. t% re;
blood on the STa.s: ThS money drSwSr Is found Ennh
. s1HNs sutherland a waywsrd youth calls his father
to witness his lcttrninati9n to he a better man and
bb esn facilitated mat d. ' Miss Pave M,si tells lGsI Ire "i Ts2'a th at sSs
followed him the nivht OF the murder and knew
gives him . week to decide whether to marry her
%sb ES P Il g EARNED = ths az the nn %Snsy wa. q Hsi ne~
. Pig 'n q the s muller %aTdsr &" z sf iost % y bread, 'n x
'aeisotiyo arrives T,r, from ,r Boston UnDnv md md, Re, reports;
: with the howine beard spspicionH, falls upon, one
s.,t tho RIA zsH SoS SsSt }. sana TFeH &sttls, visit: 4 b tas nG asm.
6lor, arrives and demand. $3.50 o. Frederick N pay.
zsSeii brothers, are found deal Of starvation. one
Sioo shs Stained Enites. Tho iY Boston % %etct,iTo declares
The mystery solved. but young swestws'er aston.
F Fnt > linz. to S SnSiSSfr Rgsss IS sa. of seS terF ss.s 9si%s;
hide hide IT,, IT, 3 Miss PAGE age , Is s% mfr, nms by M the ,,S ae,e g;
The murder. F]rcdSrtcS "]yerGcaTs the talking and
joins tho group. and Miss Page tells Just enough SO
1 .efass. ,I to marry GGryi Gsr. ON NTH the s foIlawina d Is"e occurs the he
f f"pHsHi nd A ainsGac M'GFG rci n q iAt %ot sph' " Sysr & Sar
grave. ON the way home he learns OF the death Of
Philemon. Agatha's husband. Swectwater suspects
and follows Frederick and il thus discovered by Mr..
Suth, rlard. Frederick places q package OF old letters
into Agnes Halliday q hands and his father seeks an
explanation. Agatha Wcbb's will Is opened and by
itstsrms Nj. Sutherland e made executor and Fred.
erick sole heiT OF a 100000 estate. Sweetwater
r.as ons that Frederick is the mmrdere-, but because
Mr., sutherland once saved his life S~weetwater IL nm.
willing to give evidence. III order to keep his
eecrct he plans 10 leave home, aud. in suspicious
haste. pretendin ny to hc in search of an important
witness. boards an outgoing steamer bound for
Brazil. He is. thrown overheard that might and
,tnG Nh n 4 dawn Nv a hin rfpW hir
him TO New Bedford, Food and clothing are given
him and he earns So by delivering a suspicious box.
An accidental chance takes him on q mission to Bos.
ton. The man he finds Is Wattlcs. the gambler. who
wishes Swcetwnter - carry n message to mono other
than Frederick Sutherland at Sutherlandtown.
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THE SUN, SUNDAY, MAY FL, 1899.

much again in the closet over Wonder. Take
them and.let them pave your way to q better
life. My death will help you. to remember
Do these words. this action Of hers. seem In;
not when | tell you and here he cast one
anxious, deeply IN xious glance. at the room
in which Mr.. Sutherland was hidden-"that
unknown to me, unknown TO any one living
but herself, unknown to that good man from
whom II cdn no longer be. kept hidden, Agatha
and not the offspring OF Charles and Marietta
sutherland"
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XXX.

On his way to the depot SweetWater went
into the Herald office and bought u morning
parer. AT tho station lie opened It.. There
was one column devoted to the wreck Of the
Hesper and u whGl" hall page to the proceed.
in+' , OF 1hS tn ~! lg Irh . W%nnSSbiFEss Death he M iasJiS
noting that his naIns WINS mentioned among
the lot. in the nrSt article. he began to read
]sirnlce gil en- IN Cant. Wnttles's letter was
tue. No direct suspicion had as Yet fallen on
FREDERICK. A. the lover 81 AmaGai Page his
name was necessarily mentioned. hut neither
! u the account Of the inquest nor In the edi:
tOriuls on the subject could he ind any proof
that either the public or polIce had got hold OF
the great idea that he was the man who had
preceded Amabel to Agatha's cottage. Re-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-19

kept back work on the various claims for
q month or two Is now all gone and every
claim in the district can be worked. Most
OF them are being worked and with full
force OF men.
Taking q general resume OF the dis
trict for Indications, they are that the land
IS rich in copper and. since It Is a rule that
where there is copper gold Is to be found.
l am looking for rich strikes OF the more
precious metal
Being interested in properties In the
district" continued Mr. Gleason. "you
may be sure did not deceive myself. OF
over fifty claims which are showing up we'll
among the most developed Is perhaps the
Monte Carlo mine. They have a two and
one half foot ledge OF solid ore at this
mine. gold and copper and the assay shows
an average Of $1oO per ton Of all values.
The Monarch mine j. another claim In
which development has shown a large
amount OF copper.
During the past month there have ueen
a number of sales OF valuable claims and
options on other claims have been taken.
The buyers represent both coast and East
ern capitalists The district Is fun Of ex-
perts and strangers who do not seem to
care particularly about telling where they
are from or why they are there but II is
evident the reports from the Index Silver
Creek district, made BIZ experts. have been
such as to excite . widespread interest
among the copper mem both east and
west.
Il know of no more promising field for
copper mining anywhere" said Mr. Glsa-
son. and at this season Of the year the
mines are easy TO work.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-19

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
A General Increase Of Assessor ents
Likely to He Made.


The county board of equalization had a
o'clock In the evening when an adjourn
ment was taken until 10 this morning. with
o score OF protests file and unheard.
Averaging No the days work, the board
increased assessments all along the line.
Some few reductions were made, but the
members OF the board refused TO he guided
by former assessments and eQualizations.
and is diving into each case on its mer-
day regarding properties. and not as they
stood last year or the year before
The board yesterday increased. among
many others, the assessments OF proper.
ties az follows:
Seattle h Rerfton Railroad Company, as
sessed $epsoo. Increased TO $27.5
Frye, Bruhn & Co. assessed SIS 49,. In
creased TO 500 600.
sessed $a. 400 increased 10 sI0GO
Union Electric Company. assessed $50. 900,
increased TO $as 90.
Chicago Clothing Company assessed &c.
ooG. increased to $I2.5o.
In addition TO n double sore o! assess
ments, where an increase Of from sSo 20
$50 in each case was made. the hoard holds
In abeyance decisions upon a number Of
cases In which testimony has been taken
and in which the increase OF assessment,
IL made. will run well into the thousands
We are enaeavoring." said a member
az the board ito make an equitable and
comes n us and We are guided by previ-
Gus assessments made on the same prop
critics only 50 far as such assessments
serve as basis OF comparison NJ values
nade-w'th now. when the property has
probably doubled In value. We are PLAY
ing fair all around There Is lot OF work
ahead Of us. but We are going 20 sigh,
none. ~ II. There Will hE kicks and kicks.
IN doubt. but as l said. We are playing
fair
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TRIED To nITCu \ CAR.
Misereant Throws switch and
perails n sleeper

The y. P,'s Portland night express.
leaving Seattle az asa. was pulling oat az
the station last night when the sleeping
car hisched "a ihe rear end of tire train
iHft th@ track anS started - bounce TO-
was6 the edge ot TIRE wharxas. TIE al
brakes a. onca notified tae engineer that
something was wrong. for when the ziee per
s@Tt tia track h. s-tsgssae~tsan % Ehg air nose
" as hr,zke71. ara tAe engineer az o7ss.e Stop
ped ihe train.
An rxAfDnetion showed shAs - allie ths
train vas standing AZ the depot sosge Fnss-
cTeant shrPN switch which @aS about
midway underneath the sleeper 80 ira,
when The rear trucks ~ the car reached
tie misplaced rails they left shs rack
The train wsS a20xtHc a. a SnztFs race
whe2 ne car left the track, and a0 damage
~ss 3Sre nSheT fhan DELAYING the train txa
a9aY< While see sleeper was replaced OF
sae track
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The first car load Of the 1888 crop Of
Washington wheat to reach Seattle will
be received today. II has been sent from
the warehouses Of J. @. Adams 4 Co.. at
Coal Creek, ten miles west of Harrington.
ana should reach here on a Great Northern
freight train this morning. This will be
the first car Of new wheat to come to Sc
attic this season. 1t Is Of the bluestem
variety. and will probably be q fair sam
PIE OF the Big Bend crop,
There Is only speculation as to what
grade viii be given this grain by the state
inspectors. The quality Of Northwestern
wheat. according to samples at hand. il
slightly inferior to that OF last year. and
much OF II will probably be graded No. z
The wheat generally throughout the North
west has been a little damaged by the dry
and changeabie weather. the cold spells
and following hot winds. and other condi-
tons. which have had the effect Of blight
ing and shrinking !; some. But reports
from the various districts do not give the
impression that the injury to quality has
been great.
The opening quotations for the new
wheat are given as 81 cents for No. club
and 90 cents for No. bluestem, which is
considered a very fair price. The first
new wheat last year went for 81 and Ga
cents, but as this was for the first car
load or two. ii was probably a fancy offer,
and the quotations OF September / are
taken as about the general average for the
first OF that crop. These figures were the
same as the start In 1882 81 and 90 cents.
There Is more Of favorable outlook than
otherwise, and II Is considered quite prob
able somewhat OF an advance will be at
tanned In the near future. Eastern prices
have been slowly going W for the las,
few days. on account OF almost universal
reports OF damage from storms The crops
all over the world seem to have suffered
immensely during this month, which can
have no other effect that to strengthen the
markets. The general indications are that
the worlds crop will be less than was ex-
pected two months ago. and 1t Is certain
to be considerably under that OF 1895.
The farmers Of the Northwestern belt
are In such fine circumstances. owing to
the heavy yields and high prices Of the last
two years, that the movement Of grain will
probably not be heavy early in the season.
Taking 1t for granted that the price will
so Up. the growers are not disposed to sell
their crop. especially as many Of them
still have quantities Of the 1895 output on
hand, and the large dealers are not ex-
pecting to handle much al tidewater ex-
cept for storage. before later in the fall.
Threshing has just fairly commenced In
the Pig Bend country. and within couple
OK weeks will be in full blast. Harvesting
and threshing are generally on in the
waila Waila belt; but in the PaIouse there
will not be much activity under two weeks
The season Is generally about two weeks
behind the 1885 standard. owing to the cold
weather. The recent rains also delayed
harvesting considerably. but work has
been resumed In the ripe localities with
more vtgor than ever.