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K^SnvbdonRII^^^^^V* L^im' *?? yjtic n&l PhysJcl^^^^Bfc^^ Ration, wont from WeewokCMRUan Territory, to the farm of Henry Taylor, a Seminole Indian, where the bodies of Lincoln I JfoGelsey and Painter Simpson, the two Seminole Indians who were burned at Vae stake fey a mob, and burled, and; opened _?Jt? temporary grave. Only thntrhnks of ihese bodies remained. The legs end arms were entirely burned off, and they were unrecognizable. A chain was around the neok of each, and -weenred by a padlocks The chain was re?/ ^ noted and brought back to Wewoka. It Swill be need as evidence in the lnvestigation. Commissioner Fears is thoroughly Investigating the matter. It Is rumored that the people along the Oklahoma line are much* excited, and fear the Indians will cross the line and endeavor to avenge the death of their brothers. This, however, need not be feared, as r - nil is quiet In the Seminole Nation. 8eeond Chief Hnldbutter has directed the band chiefs of the 8eminole Naticyn to urge the Indians to be quiet and not commit : nay reprehensible acts. Rensatlom-i reports as to the Indian outbreak are nrt to pe relied upon. South McAxxsteb, Indian Territory (BpeeialV?A. telegram received here by the ?. train dispatcher of the Choctaw, Oklaho ' ana and Gulf Railroad states that a band of US Seminole Indians Is on the war path v v l and Is leaving behind it a trail of blood. V' \ telegram was sent by the railroad station agent at Xarlborough. The brief information conveyed was that the Semlnoles were avenging the work of the meb of white men that burned two Seminole In ? ?- t??ii..1..i .ns thnf ; nuuui ?i toe atfino uu X' 11 Liu > nut, >uu ???the infuriated Seminoles had already maswered twenty-five men, women and chlliron. NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. 9 hNUr M. Voorhees Elected President of the Senate. The ISM session of the New Jersey Legislature opened Tuesday at Trenton. The Senate organized by electing Foster V. Yoorhees, of Union County, as President; William H. Skirm as President Pro Tern, and George A. Frey as Secretary. UT1S O. WAIIl.NS. (V91KK a. IVUUOkiil, P (Speaker of the (President of the House.) Senate.) When Governor Griggs enters the Cabinet an Attorney-General, SenatorYoorhees will mome Acting Governor. David O. Wattias, of Gloucester County, was elected "V : * Speaker of the House ol Assembly. After both houses, had organized Governor Griggs seat his second and last annual * >_ message to the Legislature. He referred to the need of a -evision of the lnws governing taxation, the pollution of the Pas ale River and the work of the various departments of the State Government. A MAJORITY FOR MR. HANNA. {featured the Odd Vote on the Fire? Eal-_ lot la the Ohio Legislature. On the first ballot for United States Senator, which was taken in both houses of the Ohio Legislature at Columbus, Mark A. received 73 votes?17 in the 8enate ' ' and Mia the House. Nineteen Senators and 49 members of the House voted for Mayor MoKlsson, of Cleveland, and three . -members of the House scattered their votes among three mher candidates. One 'member of the Home was absent on account of illness. The total number of votes cast !ln both houses was 144, and those voting for Senator Hanns constitute a majority of one of Ike entire membership of the Legislature. All of those who voted for Senator p?M ore Republicans. Mayor^MoKlsson, oho wasagraed upon as the candidate of iko opposition, when it was found that the Democrats and anti-Hanna Republicans sould not unito'on Governor Bushnsli or Mr. Kurtz, received the rotes of seven boltauA aiu4?f_Ann T^AmAavaia JBg iWVUHlWH Buu n*t;-vu<i jvuuw???. three Democrats declined to rapport him and voted tor three different men, sad one Democrat was absent. England'* Policy in China. Arthur J. Bal? jur, (^vernment leader In Ihe British House of Commons, said in a speech to his constitneikts at Manchester that England's policy in China would be to preserve trade rather than to gain terriwy# Tnrkey Delays Payment. Minister Angell reported to the State Department that he bad been unable to secure payment of the indemnity de<aau led from nwp. A Boston Centennial. At noon both branches of the Itassaahusetts Legislature met in the old Senate ph&mber In Boston to celebrate the centennial of Buifluch State House. At that moment, just 100 years ago. Governor Increase Sumner led the State officials up jBaacon Hill to the same chamber. Boston m on historic ground, and the leads other ' Allies in preserving her antiquities. Bank President Shot. P. A. Largy, President of the State Savings Bank, was shot and killed in his office at Butte, Montana. The crime seems to be Ahe outcome of litigation. WLl . I P >hame $; VK ' irmiZATM r HT il * ' Ml J K flCHft?3TMW?TY' VMf tr?.-? V& ^~w It's fan for Europe, bat to the Nc- ^rt Jo mrnli; Autonomist N^spaper Offices Gutted Cn^nlck MaK | J)J|| ? ^pttiii^ii iiivi/a TROOPS ATVMERICAN CONSULATE Army Officers frd ?P*nl?h Conservatives Make OpeaJf**-1111 BUjjco'i New KeCtmt?X(irM. >er Office# Destroyed? Americans B^raye Dancer?They Appeal to Geneau i1*? Ask Warship* Havaxa, JCubJ Cable).?Rioting oe-1 curred In the s^Or8' ^?dn?3day, and at one time it seem< Bat results of the most serious eharaote Bold follow. When i* > seemed that geirt A rioting was at hand the Palace aaAlB^ ordered oat all available troops ^ij^all the disturbance. I The troops proceeQB hurriedly to the scene of disorder, it?*"? hundreds of excited persons were gi?crocl- Finally the mobs were dispersed^^Byonet point. A feeling of discontffim *hat has been smouldering in army 'or several | weeks past broke into op#1 T'olence and a ! crowd that had already sacl^f news- | paper offices surged In Centf*1 r,t 3uyui" ing "Viva Espana!" V. .... . Peaceful citizens were gre#"^WgMened and the streets were altA0?* de??5*, Everybody looks upon the<lf 0M v i?n as against autonomy, but It f .probably primarily directed against twa the Beooncentrado and La Dif?u?1??' botl} j of which have been denounfJfS_ueneral. Weyler and making charges of rT*ud a?ain?t army officers. I ., The crowd included and was V?, P* mor? than sixty officers of the 8paT. ^rm^l They forced an entrance into tf? offlc? of the Roconeentrado, tore up paPOIa. and wrecked some of the office r"?nu ' Senor Arnauto, the editor, succr , ln escaping before the crowd arrived* * lar#e force of police arrived before muolV*??4^? was done, and the crowd drew off f "01" collision with the police. i. The situation as it concerns the r-m?rl" cans is very grave. The 8panlsh prcr? , strongly attacked the Americans, inf?ltla~ against them the wrath of the voluii ?"La Union Constitucional said thai *ne scheme for relieving the reeoncentaf was a hypocritical triek designed to ii3a,t Spain. . The Spanish merohants in Havana, ef P?" daily the grocers, almost all voluntef*9, also declared that they would not givr a piece of bread to the eoncentrados beeaiP? they are the enemies of 8pain, protectra by the United States. I The American residents feel that thf? are in great danger, and they are velv anxious over the situation. They hat? strongly urged Consul-General Lee to d^ mand a warship for their proteotion. Americans flnally^tad to seek refugetfn the consulate. General Lee's prompt military instincts told him that the consulate might be ln even greater danger than any other niaoA in Havana, but General Blanco at once sent a heavy cordon of Spanish reg- j ulars with artillery, and the whole square ! and adjoining streets were hold. WAR SHIP IS REAOY. The Battle Ship Maine at Key West Under Waiting Orders. Ket West, Fla. (8pecial).?The secondclass battle ship Maine has received orders to hold herself la readiness to proceed to Cuba at an instant's warning. The orders came by telegraph. In compliance with these orders Captain C. D. Slgabee, commanding the battle ship, has made all arrangements to get under way without delay. He has been placed in commnn'c v tion with Consui-General Lee, who will cable him whether or not it is necessary for him to go to Havana. The distance between Key West and Havana is eighty mlldfe, and this can be covered within four hoars by the battleship. Upon her arrival Captain 81gsbee will at once see Consul-General Lee and make snch arrangements for the protection of American citizens and American interests as the Consular office may deem necessary. NAMED BY THE PRESIDENT. *? w For Brazil and Edwin H. Confer Sent to Cklu, The President sent the following nominations to the Senate: Mark S. Brewer, of Michigan, to bo a Civil Service Commissioner. Edwin H. Conger, of Iowa, to fbe Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to China. Charles Page Bryan, of Illinois, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Brazil. Henry W. Furniss, of Indiana, to bo Consul at bahia, Brazil. ISO Native* Killed. A British surveying expedition, consist- j ing of 150 natives under Captain Burns, have been massucred on tho coast of Beloochistaa. Captain Burns alone escaped. Corn. Not "Wheat, King fn Kansas. Secretary Coburn. of the Stato Board of Agriculture, has completed a tabulation or the values of farm products and live stock marketed in Kansas during tho last ten years. Tho llgures show that Kansas farmers realized over $1,300,000,000 for these products. Contrary to tho general impression, wheat is not king In Kansas. In the ten veaip the iotai value of corn has exceeded that of wheat by $177,000,000. Edison's Latest Discovery. Thomas A. Edison has discovered a new metal, or ailoy, which will make cast iron t as toua'i and durable as wrought or maileubidbCn. w W*ORD~DANGE. I ?- <> ' """ 1 p^jgP* jKE^O^ ornai it looks like death for the Chinaman, I TORNADO WRECKS A TOWN Fort Smith, Ark., Visited by a Disastrous and Fata! Storm. RUINED BUILDINGS IN FLAMES. Wind Team Its Way Over City, Leaving Death in Its Wake-Catastrophe Occurred Without Warning at Night? Many Miraculous Escapes ReportedScores Were Killed and Many Injured. Fort Smith, Ark. (Special).?At least forty persons were killed and property worth over a million dollars was destroyed by a tornado which burst upon this city a few minutes after 11 o'clock Tuesday night. Men, women and children, asleep in their homes, were without a moment's warning awakened to meet death under falling walls or in the flames which soon engulfed many of the wrecked buildings. With the first crash of the storm business blocks, handsome mansions, hotels, and humble cottages were leveled to the ground and anattArod In ahnnAlfWQ mnaana ttnvernl of tho wrecks caught fire, and the inflammable timbers bnrned furiously. The Federal Court is in session, and that brought a great many farmers here, who, unregistered, erowded the boarding houses and wagon yards. For this reason the number of victims who perished may never be definitely known. The tornado struck the city near the Na- 1 tional Cemetery and swept its way! through the heart of the town. Leaving! Fort Smith, it bounded northward toward Tan Buren and continued down tho river, demolishing everything in its path. I. Isaacson's store was totally demolished and the stock is a total loss. Babcock's' frocerv store had the rear end blown out. he following stores were totally demolished: Fleming Bros., coffee and tea; Haresfleld's restaurant, Smith's grocery store, Martinez's second-hand store, /. Mance's dry goods store, Mann A Wlrson, groceries; City Feed Store. Many other stores were badly damaged. The upper floor of the block blown down on tho corner of Garrison and Towseau avenues Is used as a flat. The ruins caught fire, and seven bodies were taken from them, Burgoas's Hotel, a three-story brick' building on Towseau avenue was demolished. There have been eight bodies already taken from the ruins. The National House, a two-story frame, went down in wreokage with flheen in- j mates, but all escaped without serious in- I jury. George Carter's house was turned completely over and is now supported on : the roof. A half pane of glass was driven through Carter's neck, almost severing the head from the trunk. The National Cemetery is a wreck. Huge trees are uprooted, tho lodge demolished land tho wall torn down. 1 Fort Smith's 11 ftv-thousand-dollar high Isehooi building was badly wrecked, but yrm one of the new buildings upon which (here was a tornado insurance, l Judge Parker's residence is badly wrecked And the old Itector mansion, where Albert-; pike once lived. Is a pile of ashes, the ruins flying caught Are. The First Baptist Church and the Central vRbodist Church are now only a scattered * ^ of kindling wood. The Chnrch e1 the |mInaculate Conception and Brownscomb Church lost their spires ana soet-ijjdd other damage. Citizens' Belief Committee has raised iu q.X) for the relief of the snfferera. Presi.iJLf .Robinson, of the San Francisco Railrnad unsolicited, sent his eheck for $1000. j The 'm!*80011 Pacific Railroad also gent j ^BusinP88 18 practically abandoned all/ th? city, and men of all classes are; in clearing the debris. MARCUS A. HANNA. j Just elected to tho States by the Ohio Legislatf**0 after a I severe straggle and a bolt oifovertxl ItopAiblican I mem burs- ' I Sign ?f rro?*r"*? / The crossing of the $GO,0OO,O0A line by tho gold rescrvo la Its npiK"ard movement, whieh Is the highest poll* touolfed since September, 18'J0, Is a j^anciall event of great importance. t I Klondike SlothcJfl^V* The mother lodo of th<^^B>* gold deposits of the Klondike is i^Bd to have been discovered by severa^^V*3 of prosInroads on. Britlsfc^^Pd*Professor Bryce 6ays for^V> especially American, competition i^^ping serious I inroads on BiitUjh^^^^^H 1 TTTfTTTT1 ^ Ai A AAA A A i fT 0 Uai xiui 4 ^ "I have sold Ayer's ^ where it has failed to | . u For five years I ha . would produce hair on had one bottle returne< it did not do all that w Remo 4 L. y " ror some years mj 4 was covered with danc ^ now, and 1 could hard] 4 started. It is much thi< ^ and my scalp seems to 4 " Some time ago, mi 4 after a time the hair be ^ falling and made the si 4 I Restore Ol 4 ^ "I think there is no ^ three years old and m; ^ the Vigor, but the appi glossy." "After five years' us j toilet article. It keep: MAKE 4 41 For about five yei 4 Hampshire friends ask ^ used it during that tt . ^ continued to use it stei a head of hair as one < *1 "I am well pleased < ^ N thin, I commenced to 4 ' out, b*e a new growth i 4 , YYYYYYYl A A A ^ A AAA ""oldest bride and gfToom; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Hunt, Recently Married at Waterto-.vn, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Hunt, of Watertown, N. Y? are the oldest bride jind groom In America, Mr. Hunt being H?a Unnf fuvtntr (VI Thor IFPfP OIB U Oil O. AJLUU% W1U5 ?-? raffed recently at the home of the biFy who was Mrs. John A. Sherman. Hunt's first husband died in 1882. MR. AXD MRS. HURT. She inherited from him a large fortune. ! She and Mr. Hunt were friends fifty yean ago, but he went to Western New York to make his fortune, while she remained in her native town. Mr. Hunt formerly lived at Broekport, N. Y. His son, Daniel T. Hunt, was formerly business manager of the Rochester Post-Express, later was postmaster of that city and is now engaged la busl- J ness In Chicago. A New Orleans mam, who wanted to be a policeman and made preparation for the civil service examination, found that he had studied along the wrong lines. He determined to make use of his newly acquired knowledge, however, when he came to a question that struck him as absurd. The question was: "If a bullet is dropped In a well and it takes five seconds for It to strike the water, how far is It from the top of the well to the surface of the waterV" The candidate answered: "Heathen mythology says that when Jupiter kicked Vulcan out of heaven It took him forty-seven days and nights to fall. If so. how far is heaven from Kosciusko, Miss?" Thames Rivers. The Thames of England is 170 miles long. The river of the same name In Canada Is said to be 100 miles long. Its namesake in the United States is hardly more than a dozen miles Id length, but Is better for navigation ifrfeu clUwit .( Lm. A m t>^rr/r > b A 4LJL^^LJLjlLJk^4 VER! _ TTi. r n\ \ Hair Vigor (or the past thirteen years and ha give satisfaction. 1 sell more of it than of a J. P. BR'ISCC ve been selling Ayer's Hair Vigor under a posi a bald head and restore gray hair to its natur 1, nor has there been a single case where the d as claimed for it." II. M. J vcs Dan r hair had been coming out. It had become v Iruff. I have applied Ayer's Hair Vigor regu ly trust my senses when I first found that a ne :ker than formerly and of good color. The dan be in a perfectly healthy condition." Miss R. WR1 f head became full of dandruff, which caused gan to fall out. The use of Ayer's Hair Vigor :aJp clean and healthy." Mas. C. M. AY RE! s to Gray 1 iginal Colo toilet article in the world so good as Ayer's II; y hair would have been ail white now if it we lication of that dressing has preserved its color Mas. W. II. JAR1 e of Ayer's Hair Vigor, I can cheerfully recomi > the hair soft and glossy and helps it to reta D. WARNE S HAIR ( irs wy hair kept falling cut until I was almo ed me to try Ayer's Hair Vigor and insisted on invmer and fall and found that a new growth o adilv for about four months, and at the end of t :ould wish." - HOWARD MELV svitli Ayer's Hair Vigor. When ! noticed tba use the v;Ror, with the result that the hair nol of hair started, it certainly is an excellent to CliAS. C. GRAVE f W ? yy mv AAA AiAAA A A y Customs Receipts Increasing. The customs receipts on Wednesday were $883,024, the heaviest since the new tariff went into effect. Treasury officials are gratified at the continued increase, and confidently predict that the new law will { provide a surplus of revenue from now on.i ? i Earthquake Levels Amboyna. An official dispatch from. Bolivia an- j : nounces that the town of Amboyfca, capita1 i of Amboyna, one of the Moluccas Islands, ' has been completely demolished by an earthquake. Three hundred' persons were killed and 200 were injured.. The Canadian Government is preparing ] i to levy customs duties on all miners' outi fits and supplies for tbe Slondike. ! A new Japanese Cabinet has been completed, with the Marquis Ito as Premier. Indictments for pArtieipatlou in the recent conspiracy toassassinate Dr. Morses, the President of Brazil, have been found 1 against high officials in Brazil, including j the Vice-President. Tbe greatest enthusiasm and activity j prevails at Shorncliffe. England, from whiob camp tbe Third Hussars have been ordered to proceed to Cairo, Egypt. Large drafts from other British regiments ore also preparing for foreign service. General Gonzales Nunoz, the new Captain-General of Porto Rico, died immediately after his arrival at the island, r A filibustering vessel was captured off the southern coast of Cuba by a Spanish gunboat. Lieutenant MacJonald and Mr. Pllklngton. a British missionary, have been killed in Uganda, and a Soudanese garrison, it is feared, may join the revolt. Complete returns from Southern Germany show the exports to America in 1897 to have been ?36.503,819, against *34,210,327 in 1896. The death of a wealthy German-American, Captain Heading, has just occurred in Berlin, Germany, and the deceased is suspected of having taken his own life. He is also supposed to liavo left to relatives In America an estate valued at ?200,000. He was of eccentric habits. He lived and died iso-/// luted, leaving a room full of loaded weapons. / According to Peking advices, it will bo'n long time before a Chinese loan isrtrraDged In England, because of the laps of good security. / The German troops, along, forced march, have engaged anjy defeated a section of the rebellious IJbttentots in Damaraland. Gommandor von Erstorff was wounded. / Steamers wblch^havo just arrived report a tribal war at Tanna, in theNewHebridcs. There is sald/to have been considerable bloodshed, n*fu the natives were also causing the trjuJtrs much trouble. ? (Jount^gterhar.y. the French officer accused/iif complicity in the Dreyfus cose, wus/j.ut on trial in Paris, yhe Court dedLied that tbe hearing should be public, , ta^Kosed the doors when Colonel Picquart, witness, went on the stand.. f T T T T TTM s ,0 ?ftF I fiJI ve known of no cxse ny like preparation." )?, Harrison, Ark. H| guarantee have ^j^H ressing was used that . U FF, Elba, Va. ery dry and my scalp larly for some weeks ^ hair had druff has disappeared f iit .VJIlly rdlU) VUi? me annoyance} stopped the from Mo^)t Airy, Ga. ' I not for, the u^^HNr ^3Q|H^H|^D , and^kept it sof^BB a A ^BB^l st bald. Some New >j i petting ihfor me. I k 'W f hair had started I 4 \-3 hat time had as good . T IN', Carlisle, Mass. J t my hair was getting t Jl 8 ; only ceased to come 4F ;\VAViTiTATi,Tt J .... T? Women Hanged by Iaiorgentit '. The captain of a steamer reported la ^ Havana that two flji i> 11 niTI W>Tnmem_ Mini had! & gone to a rebel camp with overtures of, peaoe were hanged t>y the Insurgents. > Major Pnga and a guide, who went toColonel Delgado'a camp to proposed tho a?-< ' >*, ceptance of autonomy, werwshot. The Coffee War. The fight between the Havemeyers andj the Arbnokles is reported to have le?emed! the profits of the coffee kings several mill-j , Ions of dollars. The ooming war in wgarr prices, It Is alleged, may cause a stfll larger falling off In sugar profits. ' Cycling Notes. -y '< In Japan cyclists are not allowed to ride after dark. , 1 " - It one is dressed properly h bicycle ride j , 'j on a cold day is very exhilarating. J The latest thing in frames is a device to> M absorb vibration and more equally dlstrlbr ute weight The Invention Is the work oC a Denver man. Wheels constructed without brazing have^H| created qnite a stir in England bicycle cles, and It is thought that next will see many of the machines la use. Cyclists ia India hare more to with than the heat. The moequttocMM^H not content with biting holes In one's pe^HH son, bnt mast needs try their teeth on th^^H bicycle fire, which Is more dlstresaing. The mbtake the average wheelwomaiH makes Is in having her ting too fist, tbere-^^B by Increasing the fatigue, and also endan-^^H goring herself and others on the road. The time to ride a bicycle is all the There was a time when the wheel was sap-; posed to do put away rortne winter seasoaJ^^M Bat that is nolptfger the proper caper. 8. Taylor, of Philadelphia, reports that rode his bicyfele to and from business lafl B year 319 dp-ys oat of the 363, covering A Buffalo (17. T.) manufacturer placed an improved wheel truing tqackl^^^^B omfhe market It can be adjusted tu tr^BMfl wheels of varying diameter from four to thirty inches, and it is clalmedtj^^^^H one operator can true op from 150 to wheels a day. If so this will be of benefit to repairers. ^^B^H A boy bicyclist at Middleborongb, Eifl B laud, was killed by a fall caused by a which tried to ran through his front wfe^B^^B The bicycle bos been introduced in Ma^^^BB gascar. There is an excellent ro&d thirty miles long around the city of narivo. A route is being constructed, cording to the Veto, of Paris, from the <^BB^B of Itoinifeiriwototokeeekoleo to the of Ualnanotovnbocanarrivo. According to experiments mado well-known manufacturer, soft tiifes^^^^^fl more conducive to pleasure riding hard ones. However, for fast riding hard tire is the better. The series of ^^^BB periments made reveal the fact that^^^^B^B proper air pressure is 27j{ pounds square inch. Not much is gained by press urB^^ise who do not care to With th^^Hnre the tires reach th^^^B^B thej^^^Bicy. . .^S^^^BB