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The El Reno Democrat.
T. F. HENSLEY. Proprietor
PUBLISHED EVERN THURSDAY
I.25 PER YE^R
VOLUME XV.
THE EL RENO DEMOCRATEL RENO, OKLAHOMA T E R R I T O R Y, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 19<M
NUMBER 26.
IMPORTANT
TRANSFER
! this city in a few days, ami the track
i milfay** will be about doubled A
j few months ago several long sidings
were built here, but the yards are
still loo cramped to accommodate
J the vast business of the company at
| this place.
■ Yesterday, Mr. Whit \ chief of
KERFOOT HOTEL PROPERTY I"'"' "f ™ ^
j Chicago, in company with Mr. Zinr..
SOLD YESTERDAY. .tKslsianl chief engineer, looking over
I the ground. It was decided lhai fi\
, 1 more long sidings should be construct-
DOI iput DV I U QQFF "(l J,18t w,>Ht "f i)r,s 111 ,ra(K
LjVJUvJN I Ul LlOOLL. 1 wo «f which would reach the iom
1 press. This will Rive the compress
four tracks, and fifty cars can be load-
NO CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT j ed there at one time It was also de-
cided to build a long team track, over
the ground recently clear "I by the
burning of the elevator, an.l the
ground at present occupied by the
Louis Obert cold storage house, which
the owners have been notified to move
from the company's land. Several
buildings west of the Roe.; Island de-
pot will will also hav* to be moved
to make room for the eon of
the yards:
The estimated cost of the extension
is $30,000, and that estimate has been
forwarded to Chicago with the O
K" of the officials who s't
here to lay out the work.
GREAT RUSH
FOR !FARMS
MEEGAN GOT IT.
Contract Awarded Him For Making
Cemetery Lake.
WILL BE MADE.
W. Riley, Present Landlord, Pre
ferred Owning to Renting—
Purchase Price Not
Made Public.
CROWDS OF HOMESEEKERS
SOUTH DAKOTA
A WILD SCRAMBLE
JAPANESE
LAND TROOPS
The cemetery committee of the city
council this afternoou awarded to
I James Meegun the contract for ex-
Jcavating the lake and building the
dam which ^ ill furnish a reservoir
at the cemetery, to supply water for
the grass, shrubbery and trees. The
I contract price is ten cents per yard
for moving the dirt The dam will
be 1120 feet long, eight feet wide on
top. ami the lake will* cover three
acres of ground, and be six feet deep.
THOUSANDS ARE RUSHING TO at ,lu' ,,am should furnish B never RUSSIAN ARMY SUSTAINS HEAVY
1 failing water supply, which will be
THE NEW MECCA. pumped into a stand-pipe and thence
piped to all portions of the cemetery.
Mr. Meegan expects to begin the
Forty Thousand Have Registered and work the latter part of this week
ARRESTED IN WICHITA.
Sheriff Ozmun and Chief of Police
McCartney Will Bring Him to
This City Tonight.
THOUSANDS OF
MENTS FOR GEN. 'OKU.
ALSO AT THE PORT
LOSSES
the Total Number Will Prob-
ably Reach One Hun-
dred Thousand.
An Important deal in El Reno real
• state occurred yesterday, in which
B W. Riley purchased from S. G.
Humphreys, the Kerfoot Hotel prop-
erty. The purchaser declined to state
ilie consideration.
The Kerfoot is one of the best and
most widely known hotels in Oklaho-
ma. At the time- it, was built it was
'he largest and finest hotel In the
,-rrltory, and It has always enjoyed
1 splendid patronage.
Mr. Riley, the purchaser came here
from Little Rock nearly a year and a
iialf ago. and has operated the hotel
under a lease ever since his arrival
111 the city. He has been in the hotel
business for'many years and has a|
wide acquaintance among the travel-
ng public. The Kerfoot, under his
management, lias been more than or-
linarily popular, and there can be no
ioubt that iis excellent reputation
will be fully sustained in the future.
DESERTER CAPTURED.
Paul Bowers. Who deserted From
Fort Reno. Eirough* Rack.
Deputy I' S. Marshal F VI. Gruy-
E n brought Paul Bowers o the ci'y
prison iast nig.11 and let' htm ilu-ie
mtil this morning, when he took him
nver to the Fort. Bowers deserted
from Fort Reno.on May 1 *.. Grayson
captured him at Allen. Choctaw na-
tion. Bowers appeared to be glad
-i> get back to this part of the coun-
Bonesteel. S. L>.. July 20.—Governor
Herreld has been communicated with
( j relative to sending troops to Bone-
| steel to preserve order. It is not be-
1 lieved, however, thai the governor
GREAT LAND RUSH.
About Twenty-two Per Cent of the
Biggest Day's Registration At
El Reno, During the
Rush.
Yankton. S. 1).. July 19.—The gi-
gantic land rush at Yankton develops
into almost a stampede. Thiriy-thrt
Two Vessels Reported Lost At Vlad
ivostok. As a Result of Striking
Submerged Mines.
NINE DAYS DELAY.
Work of Laying Alaskan Cable In-
terfered With.
Seattle, Wash., July 19 —Through
the breaking of the cable machine
on the United Stales cableship Burn-
side the work of laying the Alaskan
cable has been temporarily delayed.
On the night of July While off 1 >ix
mi's Entrance and during a heavy
wind- tnrm the cable machine broke
and the cable parted 11 was not
again recovered until July 12.
lieved. however, that the governor thousnm] rC|{lgtere„ up to closinB
will act. as the time for registration )as| i)1|;ht Th(, (lay.s record wai
WHO IS LAURA KELLEY?
Sne Wants the Oklahoma City Police
to Come and Get Her.
A woman called Chief of Police
Emerick up over the long distance
'eleplione from El Reno this morn-
ing and inquired:
"Is that you. chief?"
Please come to El Reno tonight
1 will meel you at the 9 o'clock train.
Chief Emerick replied that he
could not come and asked what she
wanted.
The woman refused to make known
11..j- request, and thon asked <the chief
to send a policeman, Deputy Sheriff
Sadler or Undersheriff Dyer.
Chief Emerick then stated that note
of the officers would make the trip
unless they knew their mission.
'What is your name?" inquired th<
chief.
'Laura Kelley ' was the repl>
Chief Emerick said he thought it
was not Laura Kelley. but a young
girl who ran away from this city a
few days afeo.—Times-Journal
RIGID EXAMINATION.
ELKS' CONVENTION.
Thousands of Elks From All Over
the United States Are in
Attendance.
Cincinnati, Ohio. July 1'9. (Mucin
naii is entertaining this week thous
anils of the "best people 011 earth "
They are the delegih s and visitors
to the national convention and re
union of the Benevolent and Protec
Order of Elks. The grand lodge
did not begin its sessions until today,
but the entertainment program, which
is on a most elaborate scale, was be-
gun yesterday .with a river excursion
for the visitors. The arrival of dele
gations last night and this morning,
many of them accompanied by bands
and picturesque mascots, gave a gay
appearance to the downtown streets
and particularly to the vicinity of the
Burnet house, where the grand lodge
headquarters are established. Then1
nils next Saturday and troops could
I hardly reach here much before that
t ime.
There were 3.400 registrations yes-
terday. The line was two blocks long
last night. Much excitement was
caused during the day by a number
of men who started to take the guns "" "a"
and stars off the police who have Railroad
been recently put on duty by the
town officials. The men were con-
cessioners who occupied places on
street corners. They claim they had
paid high prices for their privileges
1 and were not being permitted to oper-
ate their places.
! Marshal McDermott tried to stop a
game and was pounced upon and his
gun taken from him. He was badly
j beaten and kicked into unconscious- j
ness. A number of other policemen Not Enough Members
(received like treatment.
There is a tremendous crowd of
1 people here and the registration to-
j day will be increased.
I At Fairfax, twenty miles from here
where is located another registra-
tion office, the numbers are less, and
registration proceeds without tiouble.
The armored cruis
Russia. Rurik and Gromboi of the
K issian Vladivostok squadron, pass
ed through Tsugar straight into the
Pacific ocean toda>
which is thought will be exceed-
ed today.
The fever for land seems to have
taken possession of thousands who
had not thought of coming here to
register. The crush in the city and!
is Simply indescribable T)k|() J(]]v g()
fficials say that they have
more than they can possibly haul to
Yankton Lines of peoph were still
two blocks long at closing vesterdaj
The rush today is unequaled
Hundreds stayed up all night to be
Look up Meyer & Scott, El Reno, London. July 20 (S. M T. CaljJe.l
for farm loasnns. Low rates. Easy —A press association dispatch from
terms 2ti-4i Gen. Kuroki's headquarters dated to-
day states that the Russian lossef
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Present to
Compose a Coroner's Jury.
The meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce last night was a tailure. so
far as attendance was concerned !
Four or five faithful members wen 1 UM. mari<smen than the Russians. For
on hand, who talked about various! fOU|. hours they fought the enemy and
Three special trains carrying
persons are expected to
morrow morning
1,000
to-
i subjects of interest but that was all | jj1(1 |{ussjjinv
that wa$ done. It was finally resolved 14)Very point
Yankton, S. l>. July 20.—Seven j
thousand people registered for Rose
bud land at Yankton yesterday and
the, rush today is still greater. The i
Milwaukee road has divided its morn-1
ing train into six sections and the I
evening ttrain into two.
are few cities or towns of any impor j
The total registration at Yankton
lone
now over 40,000 and will
to send out circular letters, personal
invitations, serve writs of attachment,
warrants of arrest, apply porous plas-
ters. fly blisters—any old thing that
would draw enough business men to
a meeting to consider the packing
house proposition. The meeting was
called for four o'clock this afternoon,
at Goodwin & Reid's office.
J It is desired to place 500 shares at
' $10 each among the people of El Reno,
and to interest as many people as
Last Saturday night the Tlnkel-
paugh-Kimmell hardware house in
REINFORCE this city was burglarized, and a lot
of knives and razors were stolen. The
burglar evidently left town soon af-
ter doing the work, for on Monday
a man was arrested in Wichita who
had disposed of the goods stolen here,
and Sheriff O/.mun ami Chief of Pol-
ice McCartney have gone after him
and will arrive here with him to-
night.
The Wichita Beacon gives the fol-
lowing account of the circumstances:
Robert Wood, one of the kind of
fake harvest hands that frequently
lays honest men under suspicion, was
arrested by the police this morning
on suspicion that he was not what he
claimed to be.
"It was learned by the police that
Wood had sold to ti Shaw, the West
Douglas second hand man. a lot of
knives and razors and believing that
the goods had been stolen the depart-
ment ordered his arrest.
"Wood was found in the Santa Fe
yards, where he had hastened after
having sold the goods. He admitted
that he intended to leave the city.
When searched he had a razor and a
knife in his pocket that corresponded
with those he sold and besides he
was identified by Mr Shaw as the
man who sold him the goods.
"There were in the outfit 44 pocket
Uni\« < of various grades, manufactur-
ed at Titusville, Pa., and Oheighs,
Germany. Some of them were stamp-
ed with the name of Ttnkelpaugh,
Kimmell Co.. others C Kimmell Co.,
still others Emporia brand Diamond
Edge.
"Besides these knives there were
nineteen razors branded as follows:
"Stimulator," "Magnetic," "Griffon,"
and "Bridge." They were also stamp-
in the fightinK at Mttlenling is now ,.(| wnh the names of the following
computed at 2,000. makers or dealers: Novell, Shap-
Tlie Japanese total losses will not i h Mo/. > C;1. St. '>onln. o'l 1
, xc,. t| 300, Wise & Sons, Newark, N J.
The Japanese Infantrymen again | Some of them were marked to sell
demonstrated remarkable effl at $l.r.n and at $2. The $1.50
clency in the initiative and showed I were ('""1 nuu-ked "S. T. L.,
Clnsively they ire infinitely hel and "S. N I " and the $2 razors were
■ ist marked "L. S. O.
Chief Burt is of the opinion that
outgeneraled aC j Wood Is a sneak thief of the tramp
variety, but that he Is yet something
lot an amateur or he would not try to
i rid of so much plunder al once.
Si Pe,,-rsburg. July 20. (S. M l.|- ^ |h). of this claH„ „f M.
Cable.)—It is reported that a Russian j ^ ^ ^ ^ kn|ve| am0M
1111,1 a v,'ss"1 w,„.ki„g men instead of selling them
have been sunk at Vladivostok as a , . „ ^ W(ini| (|W
London, July 20. The Daily Chron-
icle this morning prints a dispatch
from its YJnkow correspondent under
dat of July !!♦, saying that the rein-
forcements for which (Jen. Oku has
been waiting are now being disem-
barked under the protection of seven
Japanese cruisers.
A fresh landing of troops, the dis-
patch says, is also being effected to
the north of Port Arthur and impor-
tant events ma> be looked for tills
week.
suit of striking mines in the harbor.
Both crews were lost.
SANTA FE IS SUED.
. . uiuuc iB uw« ,v/,vw I possible in the plant Knowing that
lance that are not tepiesen n anions reftch the sixty thousand mark before thoB0 w)1(, j,BVe a financial interest
the visitors. While the largest dele-; ^ ^ <m gaturday Forty-slx j tho inatitutlon will naturally work
gations are naturally from the cities; arp nQW employed( and this | , ,l(lvanct, ils success. The com
of Ohio and neighboring states, points , forc( wU) ^ ,ncreased indefinitely L,ny RIiarantet.s a dividend of at least
as far distant as San Francisco Dallas ,ako rarp ot the e. The lines 1 „„ i„ves,ment
Salt Lake City.. Denver and Boston ^ wai(lng t|)(]ay W(.rp at j
i times six blocks long. Men are mak-
ing a business of going into line and
selling out when near the door for
five, ten and even twenty-five dollars.
are much in evidence.
The contests for convention honors
are in earnest. William J. O'Brien
of Baltimore, and Samuel H. Needs
of Cleveland are candidates for grand
exalted ruler. For grand secretary
the candidates are Charles Steger of
Toledo, R. A T. Burke of Richmond.
Va.; Fred Robinson of Dubuque, Iowa,
and George A. Reynolds of Saginaw,
Mich Reynolds has been secretary
for ten years, and there is now a
fight against him. Second only to the
contests for office is the race for
the honor of entertaining the next
convention of the order. The chiet
candidates are Dallas, Saratoga, Syra-
cuse and Buffalo.
! th
n per cent
first year,
one of the best
mitted to the pe
The proposition is
that was ever sub-
>ple of this city.
Irate Guthrieites Have Filed Damage
Suits.
Guthrie. (> T July 20. Suit was
commenced yesterday by two hundred}
Guthrie citizens against the Snntfi F<
asking forty dollars damage each be-
cause the company failed to furnish
a special train to bring plaintiffs from
Oklahoma City Sunday evening last.;
where
to
For Sale.
Stock and good will in good busi
ness. A good chance for one whe
wants to take an interest in establish-
Look up Meyer & Scott. El
for farm loasnns. Low rates,
terms.
Reno.
Easy
The
all*
less a ball
i the com-
pecial train
The contract for hauling the mater-1
il for the South Canadian bridg«
ed business, will require about $4,000. from the Rock Island yard "
Good reasons given for selling For bridge site has been awarded to I'ush
particulars see or write A. G Menger. Spiker. There will be a great many
98-tf ear loads of steel, lumber and piling
j The bridge contractor says he can'
DEATH OF C. C. WOOLFORD.
Died Very Suddenly Yesterday. At
Oklahoma City.
Indian Territory Board Knocks
Many Applicants.
Out DOING MISSIONARY WORK.
Look up Meyer &, Scott. El Reno,
for farm loans. Low rates. Easy
terms. 26-4t
AN UGLY RUNAWAY.
ship piling in from Arkansas cheap-
er than he eim buy il of Walnut town
ship farmers.
MAJOR STOUCH AT HOME
Vrdmore, I. T„ July 19.—The med
iral examining board of tho southern
district has completed the work of
•..-rading the papers of applicants for
certificate# -to practice medicine in
the territory who were examined on
the first Monday in .Inly. Of the
thirty-five who applied only twelve
passed a successfull examination.
Otto Shuttee is Showing Oklahoma
City the Error of Her Ways.
Otto A. Shuttee is in Oklahoma
City this afternoon. Mr. Shuttee is
very anxious to have the Oklahoma
City people use the Oklahoma build-
ing for their celebration at the world's
fair and he Is doing his best to have
them abandon their idea of celebrat-
ing Oklahoma City daj in the New
York building.
Present Yard Facilities Altogether " ~"
Too Light-Right of Way to Be Detective McIntosh of the Rock Is-
Cleared Immediately. laqd searched four houses at Cald-
I well last night and recovered about
active building operations will be, $2,500 worth of property taken from
begun in the Rock Island yards in j box cars, by employes of the road.
A Man Dragged a Quarter of a Mile Darlington Indian Agent
By One Foot. Have Returned From
| Tour.
Y< sterday evening as Tom Ellison
and Wife
a Long
C. C. Woolford, an earl
El Reno, died very 8U<
lioma City, yest.-rda
was taken sick at elev
t.erday, and died at <
the evening.
Mr. Woolford and fa
El Reno for several y«
to Enid shortly
ed. He has s:
in Enid
denly at Ok In
evening. H
in bulk
"The razors show evidence of hav-
ing been carried about a good deal,
as th ' handles are scratched and
worn.
"Wood will be held until some in-
quiry can be made in other towns to
| determine if possible where he got
tho goods.
A DESERVED PROMOTION.
Major George W. H. Stouch Advanced
to a Lieutenant Colonel.
The Army and Navy Register con-
tains the announcement, of the promo-
tion of Major George W. H Stouch,
retired, to be lieutenant colonel, dat-
ing from April 23. 1904. This is a
recess appointment and carries with
it. an increa < t salary of $-52.50 per
month. Colonel Stouch will now re-
c< ive a salarv of $3,000 per year.
Look up Meyer & Scott, El Reno,
for farm loasnns. Low rates. Easy
terms.
Peck has returned
South Dakota.
from
()U
and
for yard extension.
i young man named Bledsoe
were coming in from Calumet, their
team ran away while coming through
the lane just west of town, on the Fort
road. "Both men were thrown out of
the buggy. Mr. Ellison's foot caught
in the lines, and he was dragged about
four hundred yards, when his weight
caused the team to stop. Strange to
say, neither of the men were hurt.
and wuc wuui> tw vu u «w-.
I com pan led the regiment to San Fran- orders will have charge (
...i it. nn the 1st <UlieS.
r Stouch
«1 from a \
nil led of h
[cRae, wifi
f the Thin
lahom
Th
Rene
was
s son and dam
of Captain J. H
I "U. S. infantry
e Third infantry is
jh's old regiment and it wa
1 from Columbus, Ohio to A
time last month. Major
resided In
ars and moved
th-' strip open
it time resided
a business trip
the time of his
is accompanied
moon by Mrs.
rs. Mrs. Frank
rd Bishop, and
George W. Bellamy
o his home, by sickn
still confined
j. W. Freebt
looking after
eary today.
m. Clyde Woolford.
moon, at the El Reno
r. Woolford was a memb
rand Army of th*- Republic, an
the
the
ime last month. Major Stouch '.ranu arm ol u, ... "
fe went to Columbus and ac- Improved order of Rod Men and tlios.
- - ' - - )f the obse-
Dan Teat, who has been visiting cisco, where it embarked on the Is u
friends in the city for a few day* of Jul; for Alaska. \\lul< in 1 ris Nance of Clinton, is visiting
returned to his farm near Lawton I the major visited his son who is lo T. J. Nance,
this afternoon.
I cated in that city.
old time friends in the city.
has ever equalled it.
can ever surpass it.
Or. Kings
New Discovery
FO'C!
IONN1 MJ'TIO-V Price
Ol oils and 50c & $1.00
A Pcrfect For All Throat and
Cure: Lung Troubles.
Money back if it fails. Triat Bottles free.
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