Show A LIVELY ELECTION I Oklahoma Voters Are Chased By U S Troops KNIGHTS OF LABOR TROUBLE iowderly to Eesign Murdered a Little Child The Jogglns Baft Company Across The Continent on Horseback KANSAS CITT Sept 21A special from Oklahoma City Indian territory to the Tire says Today was one of the most exciting days in the history of the city About six weeks ago a faction of citizens after failing to induce the council to calla call-a convention for the purpose of framing an amended charter framed one themselves and called a election for the people to vote on it As it provided for the immediate ousting of the present city government United States troops under the authority of General Merritt prevented the election I Two or three weeks ago the charter prepared by a committee authorized by the council was voted down s Thes original charter faction then called an election on their charter for today again without the consent the mayor and council General Merritt again sent orders to Colonel Snyder to prevent the election and this morning Captain Stiles in command the troops here car red out the command at the point of the bayonet The polls were opened early in the morning morn-ing and a large crowd assembled th1 number num-ber of persons endeavored to vote when Captain Stiles threw his company across the street and gave the command to charge The company encountered no opposition to their progress The leaders of the charter faction then rushed to another place and declared the polls open again Captain Stiles repeated peated his charge again and cleared the street R Glasgow then mounted a box called the crowd around him and advised them to disperse Continuing he censured the interference by the military when Captain Stiles r JhfhX crowd for a third time and brought the speech t an abrupt termination The Second ward I polls were then declared open in another part of the city Captain Stiles proceeded pro-ceeded to the new voting place The leaders of the charter faction after consulting with Captain Stiles advised the crowd to disperse The advice was followed and tho excitement subsided Nine of the leaders were afterwards leader aferwars arrested ar-rested on a charge of conspiracy against the United States and city government Knights of Labor Troubles PrrrsnnitG Pa Sept 21he Leader will publish a story tomorrow on reliable authority to the effect that the efect entire executive ex-ecutive board of the Knights of Labor has been suspended because of there bong bo-ng no money in the general treasury to pay their salaries Also that all general lecturers with the al possible exception ex-ception of Wright have been called in for the sao reason Powderly is said to be reparing his resignation which fie will present to the general assembly in Atlanta in November for the reason tnat he is not getting his salary He will then begin the practice of the law Murdered a little Child Er DOUADO Kansas Sept 21 l Last Tuesday a farmer named Bloomer placed his young child in the care of a Mr and Mrs Edwards for a few hours When they returned the child was missing and no trace could to fcund After vigorous searching Bloomer made up his mind that Mrs Edwards knew more of the matter and charged her with mur charg I dering the child She denied i I when a neighbor placed a rope around her neck and told her that unless she confessed she would be hanged Just as she was about to be pulled up she confessed con-fessed that during a fit of auger au some childish disobedience she had killed the little one and given the body to her husband to dispose of The husband denied complicity in the crime i andwhen strung up confessed that lIe had seen his wife herself carry the dead body to a creek and dispose of it Search is being made by the neighbors and if the story is verified both of the Edwards will undoubtedly be lynched The Sierra Jladre District Dead Crrr OF Mexico Sept 21The Sierra Madre district is practically dead This I condition is said to be due t the order of Secretary Windom regarding the duty on ores oresThe military supreme court has sentenced sen-tenced Captain Muuos and Lieutenant Ca arera 120th cavalry to ten years itnpris inment for having crossed into the United States territory in search of deserters Across the Continent on Horseback SAN FRANCISCO Sept 21John Allen and E H Platt who left New York May 14 for a trip across continent on horseback I horse-back arrived in this city this evening I having made the trip in 130 days the actual riding time being 117 days The Jogrcins Raft Company OTTAWA Ont Sept 21The Joggins Raft company has been incorporated to do business in Canadian and American lumber lum-ber on the Pacific coast The capital is 300000 witn a reserve of double that amount The rafts are to be built like the original Joggins raft and conveyed from Nova Scotia to New York They are to be cigar shaped and will contain 13000000 feet of lumber A saving of freight of 2 per i 1000 feet will be effected J D Speckles and William Donohue of San Francisco are the leading promoters |