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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29
The Committee ON Legal Affairs

The committee ON Legal Affairs will give
a public hearing in its room at the state House
in Augusta,
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1901 at p. IN.
On an actrelating to the sale OF real estate
for taxes.
Thursday, Feb. :. 1901 at 2 p. m.
On an act to amend chapter 81 of the Revised
Statutes relating to liens on wharfs.
On an act additional TO chapter % X. ;. relat-
ing to bowling ALLEYS, ian2Sdtd
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Committee ON Ways an
Bridges.
and

The Committee on Ways and Bridges. WIN
give public hearing at the room Of the State
Pension Agent at the State House in Augusta
as follows:
Wednesday, January 30, 1901, at 2 p. m. On
an act to amend chapter is of the u. y: OF 1898
as amended by chapter 329 OF the Public Laws
of 1897 and by chapter % as amended by Public
Laws OF 1899 relating to Road Commissioner.
Wednesday, February 0, 1901, at Z. m. ON
an order directing the Committee on Ways and
Bridges to inquire into the expediency of the
State supporting and maintaining the large
bridges.
FRED L. PRATT. Secretary.
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Committee ora Banks md
Banking.

The Committee on banks and banking will
give public hearing at its room No. LAG IN the
State house at Angus Ia, as follows:
Wednesday February G, 1901 at j. m,
Upon the following proposed additions and
amendments to the laws regulating the affairs
Of Trust and Banking Companies Provisions
for accommodating reserve loans to officers OF
the banks; loans with the stock of the same in
stitution as collateral; the amount that may be
loaned to any one individual, firm or corpora
tion the Investment of saving deposits; aud
the establishment of branches.
iana3dtd GOTHAM n WEYMOUTH. Sec.
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Committee on Temperance.

The Committee ON Temperance will give pub
lie hearings in its room in State House in Au-
gusta as follows;
Thursday, January 81. at p, m.
referred from legislature OF 1899.
Thursday, February I. at ? p. m.
A resolve 10 amend the Constitution. by re-
pealing amendment five relating to manufae-
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors.
n. ID. ROSS, Secretary.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29
Committee ON Judiciary.

The Committee on Judiciary win give public
hearing In its room at the State House IN
Augusta
Tuesday. Feb. 5. 1901, at 2 O'clock p. m. No.
60. On an order directing the Committee on
Judiciary TO inquire into the expediency OF
revising the Public Laws Of the state OF Maine.
jani2dtd II. T. POWERS. Secretary
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Committee on Judiciary.

The Committee on Judiciary viii give n pub
lie hearing in its room at the State House in
Augusta
Wednesday. January 80. 1901, at O'Clock p. m.
No. %. On an act to amend an act to author
iZe the city Of Portland to appoint commission
ers of cemeteries and public grounds.
ian24dtd Ill. T. POWERS, Secretary.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29
Committee ON Judiciary.

The Committee on Judiciary viii give public
hearing in its room at the state House IN
Augusta.
Tuesday, February 6. 1901, at o'clock p m
No a8 ON an act to amend chapter 2ol OF the
public laws of 1856 in relation 70 the muhlelpai
court for the city of Portland:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29
Com.ni.tee on Judiciary.

The Committee on Judiciary will give pub
lie hearing In its room at the State House in
Augusta.
Thursday. Feb. 7, 1901, at 2 o'clock p. m.
No loo. On an act TO cede jurisdiction to
the United States over certain property of the
National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers.
jan26dtd H. T. POWERS, Sec.
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Mayor Van wyck of New York refused
to half mast the flag In memory OF Queen
Victoria, out OF regard for mis- constisu-
ants no doubt,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29

The reported interview with Aguinaldo
is furthermore likely to be false than true
1t is of no great consequence, anyway.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29
Committee ,on Judiciary.

The Committee on Judiciary will give a public
hearing in its room at the State House in
Augusta.
Wednesday, Feb 10, 1901 at O'Clock p. m.
No 50. On an act to increase the powers of the
City Council of Portland.
jani9dtd ii. I. POWERS, Secretary
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The reason the Danish minister gives
for wanting to sell us the Danish West
Indies is that they ara not worth what tt
costs to run them. That would seem to
be a pointer for the proposed purchaser. :
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29
COMMITTEES on Judiciary.

The Committee on Judiciary viii give pub
lie hearing In its room at the State House In
Augusta.
Tuesday January % 1901, at o'clock p. m.
No. 30. On an act to amend section 63 OF
chapter II of the revised statutes relating to
the Jurisdiction of the Superior court for the
county of Cumberland.
ian2idtd III. II. POWERS, Secretary.
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The Committee on Apportionment Will give a
public hearing in the Judiciary room at the
State House in Augusta,
Thursday. Jan. 81. 1901, at IL o'clock "A. m.
On the subject of Legislative ApportiOnment.
jan26dtd +. Ii. PARKHURST, Sec.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29

II Filipino soldiers behave like Fill
pino mayors they Will be of more service
TO the Insurgents than to the United
States.
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Committee on Ways aud
bridges.
aud

The Committee on Ways and Bridges viii
give a public hearing at the room of the State
Pension Agent at the State House in Augusta,
Wednesday, Jan. 30, at p. m.
On petition of Charles G. Quinsey and others
for aid to build q bridge over St Croix river at
Masardis Aroostooll county.
jan25dtd FRED L. PRATT.
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Committee on Legal Affairs.

The Committee ON Legal Affairs will give a
public hearing In its room at the State House
In Augusta.
Wednesday, January 20, In the afternoon. On
an act to amend chapter 90 II. 5. relating to
divorce.
BEEcHER PUTNAM. Secretary.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29
Committee on Towns.

The Committee on Towns win give q public
hearing IN its room at the State House In
Augusta, on
Wednesday, January 80. 1861. at four O'Clock in
the afternoon,
On an Act 10 repealthe organization of Per
kin's Plantation In Franklin County.
jan25dtd FRANK II. HASKELL, Sec.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29

The Committee on Legal Affairs will give 3
public hearing In its room at the State House In
Augusta,
Wednesday, January 80. 1901.
On an Act to establish the salaries OF County
0fflcers.
janiedtd BEECHER PUTNAM, sec.
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Committee om e Iucation.

The Committee ON Education viii give public
Wednesday Evening, January 30. 1891, on the
bill Tor q general law relative to Academies.
STANLEY PLUMMER, Chairman.
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Com miitee ON Agriculture.

The Committee on Agriculture will give a
public hearing in its room at the State House in
Augusta.
Tuesday afternoon. January 90 1901, at go
O'Clock.
For the purpose of q hearing on an
order for the suppression of foul brood among
bees in Maine.
HENRY d. HAMMOND, Secretary.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29

The Committee on Insane Hospital viii meet
at 3 p. IN. every Thursday In the Library untii
49, CHAs. s. PRINCE, Chairman.
H. A. PORTER, Secretary,
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Committee on Manufactures.

The Committee on Manufactures viii meet in
the Assessors Room at the call Of the chair
man. BENZ. COFFIN, Secretary.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29
Committee ON Judiciary.

The Committee on Judiciary win give a pub
lie hearing in its rooms at the State House in
Au gusta, as follows:
Tuesday, January %, 1901, at . o'clock p. m.
No. 70. On an act to establish a law uniform
with the laws OF other States relating to Nego-
table Instruments.
Wednesday, January 80, 1901, at 2 o'clock
D. m. No T6 On the petition of X. w. Shaw
and others in favor Of full Suffrage for Women.
ianI4dtd II. 7. POWERS, secretary.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29
COMMITTEES ON Agriculture.

The Committee on Agriculture will give &
public hearing in its room at the State House II
Augusta.
Tuesday afternoon January 90, 1901, at 2
O'Clock.
For the purpose of hearing on an ac
which provides o bounty on crows.
HENRY ID. HAMMOND. Secretary.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-29
Com mi.lee on Judiciary.

The Committee on Judiciary win give a pub
lie hearing in its room at the State House in
Augusta.
Tuesday February 5, 1901 at O'Clock ?. M
No96 On an act defining the jurisdiction Of
Trial Justices.
ian24dtd III. Il. POWERS, Secretary.
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Committee ON Ways and
Bridges.

The regular meetings OF the committee on
Ways and Bridges, win be held at the office OF
the state Pension Agent, at o'clock p. m, ON
Wednesday of each week until further notice.
FRED s. PRATT. Secretary.
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
Living Wall of Fire
Threatened Thousands.

There were few who started into the race
who were not provided with matches. 1t
was a lucky foresight, or might lave led
to more charred corpses than were found
after the race.
Dismounting. they set fire to the prairie to
make counter fires. When a circle had
burned they leaped into the center and
waited the breaking Of the big wave of
fire. Both men and horses were awed into
a tame submission to the ordeal. In this
great crisis the dumb animals, instead Of
becoming unruly and attempting to break
away. seemed to look to their masters for
protection and. though not held by the
brides. chung close to them. They would
follow them around. now and then shifting
the increasing heat Of the breeze and whin-
nying like horses do in times of great
danger.
Then there was a creeping about the feet
OF stunned. half-burned snakes of which
neither men nor horses were afraid. They
did not attempt to sting or bite. An ante
iope shot by and. in its terror, forgot to stop
In the circle which would have saved it.
Leaping from the ring of smaller fire.
which was the only salvation of the men
and beasts grouped therein. wolves passed
IN and out Of the circle and howled away to
the north. forgetting to stop near the men
and horses.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
once a stream lay the charred corpse of a

once a stream lay the charred corpse Of a
woman.
"She would go there said the old man
with an effort to control himself. I'VE had
just broken down In q rut. You know, the
prairie fire. Well, I started a counter lire,
and. jumping in the middle with my horse.
which I unhitched from the wagon, ]
called for her to come in, but she seemed to
lose her head and ran away from my little
circle to the ravine where the trees indi-
Gated water"
, II supposed there was water there, too,
and thought she would be saved. but the
fire was coming SO fast that I would not
nave time to follow.
' II determined to take chances where I
was. knowing hat she would be safe. even
If I persisted.
Then the fire came and I got through all
right, with q slight scorching. But l
wouldn't have minded that.
when it had passed / called to my wife.
No answer. I called again. louder, and.
running toward the ravine, called and
called, but no sight Of my wife. No an
swer
"And-" that lump had como back. and
he pointed to the body.
o course, you will have to bury her
here for awhile. until you can remove her."
said. Lynch, consolingly.
It'll give you my pick and spade I'm
taking with mo to do improvements. But
that don't matter. They can wait"
Then he noticed the age and helplessness
Of the old man. Lynch looked wistfully
over the plain toward the valley land. Turn
ing suddenly. he said:
ssIu helm YOU"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
Thousands Fretting
for the Mad Stampede.

thousands who had failed in the rush "a
NO Mans Land were there more desperate
ana determined than before. Thousands
VINO mad been stimulated by the budding
ciVilizaton and prosperity in the original
oklahoma augmented the crowd. They had
come from every State. most because thew
needed homes. some on speculation md
some Tor sport and adventure.
On the south border Of the strip wera
gathered $4,000 men and women held back
by a Gordon of United States soldiers wa,t-
Ing for the lannon's boom at noon. which
would give them the liberty Of the plain.
FORTY miles across the prairie. on the
north border. near the Kansas line. were
gathered 1000 men and women on horse
back. IN buckboards. spring wagons, NOV
'rs' wagons and bnggies. They were crowd
ed together five deep, ten deep. twenty deem
on a neutral ribbon Of ground aftv feet
wide. To the right the line extended for
miles till men n horses melted into the
sky. and to the left where the sky kissed
the broad-brimmed SLOUGH hats of the rid.
ers miles away.
Lfk an u~norganized army they faced
south ready to charge on the unconouered
1lain. A blistering simeon, filed with sand.
,lew viciously from the south. parching
she lips, throat and eyes. The prairie grass
wa Z brown under six months sun
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
ny sonx n. a

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY
Home-hunters hungry for land and thirst
Ing for the stampede on horseback into the
Kiowa-Wichita reservations have been dis
appointed. All of the wild picturesqueness,
hazard and thrill OF a race for the dearest
thing on earth-home-has been eliminated
by the lottery system. What was once a
rugged custom in frontier days is now only
a novel chapter in the history of the de-
velopment Of the greatest country in the
world.
One day a dozen years ago clamoring
thousands gathered on the borders of No
Mans Land. There was a dash. the thunder
OF horses hoofs. the stalking Of claims
behold, Oklahoma.
Then came another frantic scramble. an
other tragedy of the plains. The Cherokee
strip was opened and a greater Oklahoma
was born.
Those who made that mad race in the
torrid fall Of 1894 will never forget it. They
lived for a few brief hours with fire in
their veins and the brilliant light of the
chase IN their eyes. and realized to its full
the most exciting sport in the world
Il the hunting OF public land.
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Many Were Saved
by Counter Fires.

Then came a sitting heat which made the
men press their canteens to their lips for
moisture. A wall of flame, blown from the
south. met the little circle Of fire in the
center Of which stood the men and horses.
1t reached out with its long whitening
tongues and kissed the shrinking sroup.
and then fading back. died low. They were
saved. There was a wild ,outburst from dry
Threats. Canteens were pressed to parched
lips. The horses mouths were bathed in
water. Men remounted n then rode on
again south, taking up the chase where
the fire had compelled them to leave on.
1t is such sturdy stun as that which had
peopled the wastes Of the West and made
America the foremost nation Of the world.
In one OF the groups which had been
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
Lynch's Great Kindness
Lost Him a Farm.

Lynch looked fondly n longing over
the plain to where a farm home, the dream
OF MS life. was awaiting its captor. Then
ne turned to the old man so bent and brok-
en- SO helpless and heart bowed. He dis
mounted. tethered his horse. and, coming
to the stranger. said:
Tell me what it is you want. I believe
I can help you"
my wife" then that lump in his
throat again arose and he could only raise
his hand.
The big-natured Irishman went toward
the ravine, and the old man followed. There
was no water, but In the bed Of what VA.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
killing of Settler
Started the Race.

Suddenly there was commotion in the line
] to the left. A lone horseman dashed Out
I into the prairie on a fiery steed.
"Halt!' but the soldiers command was
unheard or unheeded.
There was the sharp report Of a rife.
The man fell from the horse, was dragged
fifty feet in the stirrup. and then the rider
less animal went madly on in a race of
his own.
The soldier said he had shot at the horse.
The first victim of a day Of disasters was
James Hill. a wealthy New Yorker, who
horse of his own. He was in the chase for
the sport, and the money.
When the soldier picked up his body he
had already expired. The bullet had
pierced his heart.
But had SO tragically ended the
race Of the New Yorker gave many Of the
settlers close by ten minutes the best Of
the start.
At the report Of the rifle they surged out
into the open, despite the protests Of the
%sprinkling of soldiery. There was a tremor
and then a wave in the entire line as far
as the eye could see to the right and left
and wedge-shaped they broke into the great
est race for land in history.
1t looked like a motley army making an
irregular cavalry charge. Uphill. downhill,
surged the wave Of horses and riders. The
horses hoofs on the hard baked earth
sounded like the roar OF muffied thunder.
Men had canteens filled with water or cof-
fee strapped to their backs. and these, be-
coming unfastened. few up and down with
the motion of the horse. Behind the saddle
r,ara o~~ hr.-pA- .
a spade. with which to start the first i'm
provements.
Now. half buried in the tall prairie grass,
the army sunk n arose again.
Here a riders horse went down In a hole,
throwing him pell nell. There a balky
horse threw his owner and left him sitting
on his claim. which. perforce. he was COM
PEELED to accept. This hi did ungracefully.
swearing at his bad luck which had dumped
hin there on the highland.
When only . few miles out the racers &C.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

near the corner stones announcing that he
hundred and sixty acres had claimants
"Sooners" had overrun the best farms.
They had slipped in the night before either
on their W hook or with the connivanc0
Of tho soldiery who charged S or more for
an opportune turn Of the head. The nighH
before the race the "Sooners'' hid IN the
brush in the creeks near the land they
Eanted ard tfok possession shortly beforS
mo arrival g the men who had made IN
honest race and won.
Some were experts in trickery and
sprtnkled their horses with water to re-
semble perspiration in order to avoid suss
picion.
One man who had bribed q soldier to AZ
low him to Sooner in" took position ON the
piece he wanted two hours before the race. :
he was confronted by a cavalryman who
ordered him back to the line. Five dollars
fixed the matter. Shortly afterward an
other soldier hove in sight and more moneH,
was required. The "Sooner's'' cash was ReeSs
ting very low and when he saw two more sol.
d1ers In the distance doing patrol duty he
concluded to surrender. but breathed easier
when they disappeared over q hill withoues
seeing him. They were coming his way too
fast. and as he Afterwards remarked he
couldn't buy up the entire United States
Army at S per head. So he beat a retreat
to a ravine and hid in under the trees un.
til he saw the leaders in the race COMING
and then moved out and staked his claim.
There were five men to every claim and
about twenty men to the choice ones. When
the real winners arrived and found The
"Sooners" in ostensible possession they
were mad as hornets. They Jumped on ths
claims already staked and put up their
W flags. In some cases there were fights,
shootings and death. Before night fan
nearly every rich valley farm was claimed
by about six persons.
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/: HE CAME TOO SOON. :

This frightened many of the sneaks, and
they folded their tents and faded away. but
the most remained and precipitated one Of
the greatest legal snarls and battles foR
titles to land in American history.
Never satisfied with the high prair3o
ground they were riding over. looking for
something better to turn up. eagerly
searching the plain for a cluster Of trees
Indicating water and valley land thousands
rode twenty miles into the strip from the
north, and there, half way. met thousands
who had started from the south side. They
were still looking for something better. ana
their meeting midway in the strip provoked
smiles from both sides.
Many. baked by the heat Of the wind ana
sun and scorched by. the prairie fire. hailed
with delight the discovery Of water about
half way across the strip. 1t was a tan
talizing delusion. Their discovery was salt
Fork. and the water was as briny as the
ocean.
Many missed their bearings and ran helter.
SHELTER Into the Ponca Reservation to- bo
frightened out Of their wits by the blanket
Indians. who wildly. ordered them of their
But money IS a magic wand even AMONG
the h~alf-naked Indians. The weary. disap-
thirsty settlers wanted fresh water
and were willing to pay handsomely Tor n.
Continued on Pare .Tvo.
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saved by the counter fire was John Lynch,
a farmer. near Page City. Mo-, who had
saved up enough to buy a horse, and make
the run into the Strip.
After he had merely moistened his mouth
with the water in his %canteen, he poked the
end Of the tin into the side of his horses
mouth. and elevating the animals head,
poured the refreshing draft down his throat.
"Well. 1 know how thirsty he is and he
can tell me about it," said Lynch when
a fellow asked him what the - he was
doing there.
Lynch had staked his whole little saving
Of $500 on this race. He was in it to win.
But he had a heart as tender as a woman's.
and his kindness cost him asgood farm. He
was one of natures noblemen, a real true
strong-hearted man.
When he had resumed his race across the
blackened. smoky, ill-smelling prairie he
came upon an old man sitting on the tongue
of a broken wagon and with his head bowed
between his hands weeping. His hat was
of and his long gray hair was matted over
his face and his gray whiskers and mus
tache were singed by fire.
whats the matter. old MANI asked
Lynch with a CHEEKY voice. wagon broke
DOWN."
Such a pitiful face looked up from the
hands that Lynch was all kindness in a
minute.
Anything I can do for you, friend? he
asked softly. as he rode up right close.
Nothing. Nothing"
The old a voice was as desolate az
the b!ackened prairie.
Cant I help you fix your waRon?.
Its not this" said the weeping old man.
Then he pointed over to a rayine where
there were some trees.
But there" and he pointed to the "a.
vine, for a big lump came up in his throat
and he could not talk. and then new tears
began to arise.