New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15
THE PASSING THRONG.

United States Senator Charles W. Fairbanks Of
| Indiana is In the city for a few days on business
| Senator Fairbanks. who Is the
| SENATOR chairman of the United States
ON THE contingent OF the Anglo-Amercan
| ADMINS Joint Commission on the AIashah
TRATION boundary line dispute, when seen
in his rooms at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel yesterday. said:
| 81 have. know. just returned from
| Alaska. That country is extremely interesting
anc beautiful. and we'll repays one for taking the
| journey. but have really nothing TO add 10 what
! have already given out concerning my trip.
| THE Administration Is giving general satisfac-
| tion-to Republicans openly. and TO Democrats
| believe secretly. The course OF the Government
! at Washington during the war. | think. meets
with general approval. and the BELIEF Is tnat
| the insurgents under Agunaldos leadership will be
brought into subsection with all possible dispatcn
| and compelled to acknowledge the authority OF the
| Government Of the United States. The problem -
difficult one to deal with. hut that 1t will be
handled with vigor and handled effectively there Is
no reason TO doubt.
"The selection of Mr. Root as Secretary OF War
meets with undivided approval throughout the
West. The manner in which he is addressing him
self to the great task before him commands ap-
proval.
THAT Mckinley and Hobart Will be renominated
is | think. generally acknowledged and the logic
Of the situation is in favor Of their Tt coS bap
pen Every section Of the West is thriving: L
nave never witnessed a greater measure Oh pIoS-
Capital is securely employed, and labor has never
been in greater demand
w. r. Lewes, of Honolulu, Is staying at the
Gilsey House. and yesterday expressed himself with
regard to affairs in the Sandwich
SUGAR Islands as follows: THE people
STOCKS IN there are delighted to be a part OF
HAWAII the United States and under the
dominion OF its flag. Sugar stocks
were q Iitte denressed when I came away, but
this was due a large number Of sugar plantations
being thrown the market recently. Their
owners thought it a good time to sell, as for
egn capital was coming in and stocks were rising.
These stocks good investment. Out there.
there Is gambling in stocks as there is here, and
one OF the reasons for the depression just spoke
Of was that there not enough money to carry
the market People bought all they were able TO
and then stopped. The stocks of the best known
plantations those whose earning capacity is known.
are selling about 275 and paying from % to 30
per cent yearly their par value You can see
from this that they sure to come up again
I'VE are still running under the form OF pro-
vsional government and this has led to a number
OF lawsuits. Merchants claim that under the
laws of the United States. goods should be free
Under the present laws OF the islands these goods
hope to get judgment in their favor; II not now
certainly in the future.
damage from the flow OF lava, as IT ran manly
over the old flow Of 1882. toward Kau; The three
lonesome small and large-On the slopes Of
Mauna Loa are situated about twenty-eight miles
IRON S Ts our IS" oer Two aferwaTd The
eruption lasted from the 4th to the 23d OF July; The
Of bn G an G but stoppea short Of reaching il
otherwise it might have caused great damage
when ! came away. 1t has been absolutely quiet
for fully three years now. A big. outflow from Il
Loa, and, Judging by previous experiences, this
big flow should be due II couple %, Of months: 49,,
led to a saying among the natives that, now that
Kapoap was dead the Islands svs had M51s so
chose the Fourth OF July to break out in kapolani;
K 2H kaG% t Ts' fof@er Ring the WIG
c. A. Calkins Of POGO CITY Okla, is just now
visiting NewYork. and is at the Hotel Marlbor-
ough. In speaking OF his home
PROSPERITY yesterday, he said:
IN OKLA "Our Territory has come into a
HOMA little more notice since 1897, the
year OF great crop and big
prices. This year we again have good crop. but
not good that OF 1897 nor is the wheat OF
the same quality. There is larger acreage
planted however. We are nov extremely prosper
ous All the farmers practically own their land.
have paid off their mortgages, and have money in
bank All their improvements are Of the best and
business is running on cash oasis me nre ecth
caiiy certain. and is large. ,.,.
KAY County in the northeastern part OF Okla:
homa where | live we call the banner county, and
lust across the river from us lives the Usage tribe
of Indians. They are the richest Indians In the
81 900 apiece and each one also receives 500 year
from the Government, interest on money they
have on deposit representing the sale OF lands
tribes-the POncas. the Otoes and the Tonkawas.
All of these Indians, in spite of General Sherdans
statement that the only good Indian was dead
in light way. but for the most part lease Them
The much written about Western bad man used
to be largely in evidence in, Oklahoma Of an earlier
day but he has place there now. He Is either
dead or has moved away, with one or two eXcep
tions and | am glad 70 say that he will never re-
"'Bill Dooan was the most notorious gentleman
of this kidney to make Oklahoma his stamping
ground He was killer with a record and had a
long string OF dead men 10 his credit as the noches
on his pistol handle testified Doolan belonged 70
the we'll known Dalton gang. and about year and
a half ago he met his fate at the hands OF a United
prison. where he had been confined pending his
trial for some of his many crimes. He was
killed in the fight that followed He was an ex-
cowboy, about thiry-hye years old and pictu,
rescue devil-may care fellow His life is good
example Of the life Of this sort OF men en- ara ~.
Sheriff is now bringing him back from Los Angeles,
Cal. to stand trial fer murder. Before this last
killing. Maddox had hve TO ms Gredit LOT the ast
ident cleveland commuted this sentence to life i'm
prisOnment, and President Mckinley pardoned MN.
After he had been out year ne addea ahother 10
the man he killed utterly worthless, ana the
community looks upon It as good rlddance OF pad
rubbish Maddox though ought 70 get lifer -.
"Our town is we'll built with up-to-date SHOPS OF
wood and stone our merchants carry large lines
OF goods and In every particular, II Is as pretty
city as you would care 10 see
PRESIDENT GOES YACHTING.