The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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EL RENO, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1904.
NUMBER SO.
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WILL BE 0FFEREDTHIS WEEK
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WEDNESDAY AT
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THURSDAY AT
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FRIDAY AT
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SATURDAY AT
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will
inventory them next Monday.
We want to close out these
items consisting of
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Toilet Paper
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Tack Hammers
Coffee Pots
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Dippers
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Stove Pokers
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Potato Mashers
Funnels
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PURE FOOD GROCERS.
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WHOLESALE
RUSTLING
CATTLE THIEVES DRIVE
ENTIRE HERDS
ARE WELL ORGANIZED
OPERATIONS CARRIED ON WITH
OUT SIGNS OF FEAR.
SILVER EXHAUSTED
SHORTAGE OF BULLION BOTHERS
THE MINTS.
FORCES MUST BE REDUCED
Unless More Silver is Purchased for
the Mints to Work Up Into
Standard Coin.
Kansas. Nebraska, Colorado, Northern
Texas and Portions of Western
Oklahoma Their Chosen
Field.
Guthrie, I -8.—Estimates placed
on the limb to cowmen during the
past two years in Western Oklahoma.
Kansas and Nebraska, Eastern Colo-
rado, and Northern Texas as a result
of the work of cattle "rustlers" ag-
gregate over $60,000. The cattle
thieves have operated on such an ex-
tensive scale in the districts named
that the cattlemen are becoming
planned for the future of their indus-
try. It is said there are more cattle
"rustlers" in the counties of Rawlins
and Cheyenne in Kansas, Arapahoe,
Kit Carson and Yuma in Colorado,
and Dundy and Hitchcock in Nebraska,
than have ever before operated in
these localities. It is estimated that
this band of thieves has stolen in the
neighborhood of $35,000 worth of cat-
tle in the counties named within the
| last two years. The work of the
"rustlers" extends over Beaver county
in Oklahoma, the northern Panhandle
of Texas and even into New Mexico.
A thorough organization of the
thieves is evidenced by the smooth-
ness. promptness and almost certain
success of their work. One of their
headquarters is said to be along Lit-
tle Heaver creek in Cheyenne county.
Kansas, and another ranch from which
they operate is located several miles
from Burlington in Kit Carson county,
Colorado. These ranches are the meet-
ing places of the thieves and much of
1 knew the thieves were on the other
side of the hill 1 would not try to go
over after them."
It is stated that so many of the
cattle belonging to R. L. McDonald of
St. Joseph. Mo., were stolen that he
was forced to ask for a receiver for
his property in Western Kansas in
order to protect himself. H. S. Hen
dries, another prominent ranchman
has lost a large number of cattle out
of his herd of several hundred head
in the last year, and during the month
of last October Mrs. Mary Copson, a
widowed woman living near Atwood,
lost thirty-one bead.
The "rustlers" run the cattle down
into Oklahoma and Texas and then
back by a circuitous route to the ranch
headquarters where experts change
the brands. The bands are often made
up of ex-outlaws and cowboys who
divide even the proceeds of their
thefts with wiser heads who manage
the business part of the rustling. A
united effort on the part of the ranch
men is talked of for this winter, the
plan being to make an organized
search for the thieves, beard them in
their dens and fight it out at the
points of guns. In such a campaign
the ranchmen would have the united
support of their cowboys and there
are not better marksmen in the west-
ern country.
Guy Drummond, who is attending
the Kansas University, came home to
spend the holidays with his parents,
at Darlington.
THE POULTRY SHOW
WILL BE THE BIGGEST EVER
HELD IN THE SOUTHWEST.
WILL BEGIN MONPAY JAN, 2ND
Philadelphia. Dec. 28— John H.
I.andis, superintendent of the United
Slates mint in this city, announces
that the available silver bullion ot' the
country has been exhausted. Unless
congress takes prompt action to re-
lieve the situation by authorizing thej t|le stock js |<epi there until the brands
purchase ol' more silver bullion for
coinage or by accepting a suggested
tem|>orary remedy, he said, commerce
will be greatly hampered next year
as a result of a $10,000,000 shortage
in small silver coin. The prevailing
condition of the country's collateral
also entails wholesale discharges of
mint employes, to take effect on Jan-
uary 1, and unless relief is obtained
from congress the regular mint force
will be cut down lo a nominal number
within the next few months
"Silver bullion.'' said Mr. i.andis,
"has been exhausted because of the
coining of our useless hoard ot 558,-
000,000 standard dollars, for which
there has never been any real popular
demand. At the same time, with no
available silver bullion, there is an
urgent demand for $10,000,000 of
minor subsidary coin, without which
the country's commerce will be great-
ly hampered next year. The govern-
ment Is therefore facing conditions
which compel it either to go into the
markets and resume the purchase of
silver bullion, for coining purposes or
else recoin a portion of its stock of
silver dollars into subsidary silver
coin."
Fowls From All Over the Territory
and Adjoining States Will be
On Exhibition.
END OF LONG
FAMILY ROW
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN THE
BYERS HOME AT GOTEBO.
MRS. BYERS DLAD
HER HUSBAND, WOUNDED. HELD
FOR HER MURDER
Meager Accounts Received Here, by
Phone Message—Byers Taken
to the County Jail at Hobart
for Safe Keeping.
PRIZES AWARDED.
Richards Scattered Gifts as Usual
Yesterday.
The distribution of prizes at Rich-
ards' auction sale yesterday came off
as usual, and the following were
awarded the gifts named:
W. G. Featherby, 214 South Admire,
ladies long gold chain.
John Duncan, 701 South Bickford.
set silver table spoons.
Amos Taylor, set silver lea spoons.
Guy Gibbs, silver set in box.
Alice Ford, 211 South Bickford gold
fountain pen.
can be changed.
The ■ rustlers'' favorite plan is to
run off young slock and after chang
ing the brands, keep the stock until
no traces of the old brands remain
Yearling steers with brands thai can
easily be changed are especially de-
sired by the thieves, and ranchmen
with such slock must be ever on the
outlook to prevent thefts. The ordi-
nary round hole, punched in the ear,
which has been used by numerous
ranchmen to mark calves, offers no
difficulties to the thief. He either
tears the hole out or cuts a slit in the
ear which will hide all signs of the
hole.
Chaimcey Dewey, the cattle king,
and Frank Rockefeller, a near kins-
man of the Standard Oil magnate, are
among the sufferers from the depreda-
tions of the "rustlers" in the Kansas
district. In the district court at At-
wood, Kansas last week Rockefeller
received possession of forty young
cattie which were stolen from his
ranch last spring. Rockefeller's brand
is a large "S" with a circle beneath
it. The design had been branded
over with a "B." Afterward the cat-
tle had been sold to a Rawlins county
ranchman, who had acted in good
faith in buying the cattle. Rockefeller
began a -s4it against the Rawlins
county ranchman to recover posses-
sion of the cattle. The cattle were
driven to Atwood, in front of the dis-
trict court room, and were inspected
The Democrat acknowledges the re-
ceipt of tickets to the show to be giv-
en in El Reno, during six days of
next week by the Oklahoma Poultry
association.
The following letter from W. P.
Hawkins, secretary of the association,
Is interesting reading matter.
Oklahoma City. O. T„ Dec. 2ti. 1904.
Democrat, El Reno, O. T.—The state
poultry association will hold its second
annual show in El Reno January 2 to
7. 1905. This will be the first poultry
show ever held in Canadian county
and will be a lesson in poultry culture
that the citizens should take advantage
of. There will be fowls from all over
the territory and adjoining states on
xhibition. The competition will be
close and those who are interested
will be stimulated to greater efforts
in the future, while many who have
never taken any special interest in
poultry will be sure to try their hand.
Every citizen should attend this
show. It will be worth many times
the admission fee. The show is not
a private affair but a chartered state
instution. No one receives any finan-
cial benefits other than salaries for
services. The exhibitors are paid
premiums in cash so as to help them
bear expenses.
Let every body come out and see
what the poultry raisers are doing.
W. P. HAWKINS, Sec.
Lust nighl, word was received here
that A. N. Byers had been found badly
wounded, and his wife dead, at their
home in the town of Gotebo, or Har-
rison, as it was formerly called, Mrs.
Byers had been shot twice, in the
breast, and Mr. Byers once, in the
head.
A dispatch from Hobart says that
when discovered Mrs. Byers held in
her lifeless hand a 18-callber revolver,
with the chambers empty.
Today Bruce Sanders, of El Reno,
who has long been Byers' attorney,
received a phone message telling of
the affair. It is said that at the coro-
ner's inquest, held last night, the ver
diet was that the woman came to
her death by gunshot wounds inflicted
by Byers. It is also stated that
Byers was shot through the top of the
head, but was not badly hurt.
The Byers family were well known
in El Reno, having lived here most
of the time for the past two years,
Publicly, they were as loving as bride
and groom; but the rackets in which
they indulged at their home were the
subject of much comment.
The Hobart dispatch goes on to
say:
Byers is owner of the townsite of
Gotebo and is worth considerable
money A few months ago he sued for
divorce but later a reconciliation was
affected, but not until after Byers had
shot Mrs. Byers' former husband. The
case has caused a great deal of ex-
citement here on account of the promi-
nence of Byers and his former trouble
and his ownership of the townsite of
Gotebo Byers was arrested and
brought to Hobart last night.
The Holiday Season
Is Here
Elegant Presents Can Be Found
at my Sloie.Consisting
LAMPS, JAR0ENIERS,FLOWER
POTS. HANDSOME PAINT.
ED CHINA
RANGING IN PRICE FROM
10c to 110 EACH
Great Specialty is
Odd Pieces in
Fancy Wares
The Largest, and Most
Varied Stock in 0k a-
homa
Come in and Let us Show You.
E. T. PRINCE.
No. 104 South Rock Island Ava.
PHONES 43.
Detective McIntosh of the Rock Is<
land. Is looking after business In the
city.
IN DANGER OF DbATH
SEA BATTLE
IS IMMINENT
RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE FLEETS
NEARING EACH OTHER,
MAY HAVE OCCRRUED
NO CABLE STATION NEAR PROB-
ABLE MEETING PLACE.
BRITISH STEAMER STRANDED
NEAR NEW YORK.
LITTLE HOPE FOh THE CREW
POLICE COURT.
Steamer is Being Pounded by the
Breakers, and There Seems to
be No Chance for Relief.
Turkey His Informed the Powers
That Russian Fleet Will Not be
Permitted to Pass the
Dardanelles.
London. Dec. 28.—Intense interest
is manifested in the events about to
happen in the Indian ocean. Th*
Japanese and Russian fleets are now
close together and news of a great sea
fight is expected at any moment.
The lack of news only accentuate*
the interest. It is believed that th«
portion of tho fleet which sailed
around the Cape of Good Hope will
rendezvous at Madagascar, awaiting
the outcome of tho meeting between
the Japanese squadron and that por-
tion of the fleet which went through
the Sue/ canal.
It is understood that this portion of
the fleet was to remain at the Chagos
islands until joined by the remainder
proceeding from the south.
Both the Japanese and Russian
fleets have had time to reach the
Chagos archipelago, but If a fight has
occurred, it cannot be reported for
several days, owing to the distance of
the rhagos group from any cable sta-
tion.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Mrs. J. M. Canon Hurt by Falling on
a Sidewalk.
by the jury ; Rockefeller was declared
the owner of the property. !
— i • ti _.r, As a result of the fall, her side and
Despite the efforts and vigilance of,AS
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. J. M
Canon sustained painful, perhaps seri
ous injuries by stepping on a loose
board in a sidewalk on Capitol Hill
but unless in-
sustained
A Batch of Cases Disposed of This
Morning.
At the morning session of police
court. Jim Munzell, late of Arkansas,
was fined $21 for carrying a big revol-
•. and in default of payment was
sent back to the hold-over. He stood
the fine all right, but wilted when in-
formed that the gun would be forfeit-
ed to the city.
A man named Moore was sent down
for several days for prolonging his
Christmas drunk until last night, and
John Callahan was given a similar
sentence for selling bright, cheap
jewelry on the streets, without license.
E. L. Smith and Perry Allen, color-
ed. were convicted of vagrancy, in the
first degree. The former will serve
the city eleven days and the latter
for sixteen days.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Crowd of Young Friends Surprised
Mary Grove Last Night.
Mrs. I. H. G. Hulme will leave to-
morrow for her home in Weatherford.
Mrs. John Jennings departed today
for her home in Lawton. They have
been visiting the Sackett families in
this city for several days.
the officers in the seven counties I head were badly hurt.
named, it has been impossible to put j ternal injuries were
a stop to the work of the "rustlers.' I
The officers have chased thieves for '
more than a year, but there have been I The Highest Price.
no fights of any consequence and no j You can sell your county warrants
arrests. All of the men who are sus- at this office for the highest price,
pected and who are known to the of- 2:i8-tf.
ficers come to the towns heavily
armed. They have the reputation ot Sam Peach was mad this morning.
bad men and this in part accounts for Yesterday he allowed some boys to go
the arrest of so few men. One ranch skating on his lake. While there they
man of prominence in discussing this started both wind pumps to running Jake Sohn is spending the holidays
phase of the situation, said: "I be- and left them in operation, and the in hunting and visiting in the vicinity
lieve I would be like the officers; if freeze last night burst the pipes. of Cement, Oklahoma.
Yesterday evening about forty of
Mary Grove's schoolmates and young
friends called on her to help her cele-
brate her birthday anniversary. It
was a surprise party in the strictest
sense of the word, but it was an en-
joyable event.
Games, music and refreshments
were the features, and a number of
beautiful presents were bestowed upon
the hostess.
New York. Dec 28.—Kfforts to
learn whether Captain Nicholson and
the crew of the British tramp steamer
Drumelzier are still abroad the vessel,
which is aground on the bar at Fire
Island, have been unsuccessful, and
the life savers are still watching from
the beach in the hope of communicat-
ing with the ship.
Hidden in a black fog and pounded
by fierce seas rolling from the south
east, the steamer is in imminent dang-
er of going to pieces If her captain
and crew of :\2 men are still on the
shij) they face almost certain death
in the heavy surf breaking over the
sandy beach.
The captain would not let the life
savers take off the crew yesterday
when the seas were not running so
high, and today it was too late to
help them. No life boat in the world
could be launched in the teeth of the
southeast gale that was blowing up
great waves and crashing them down
on the shore.
The fog was so thick that the strand-
ed vessel could not be seen from the
shore. 200 yards away. Two rescuing
tugs were by the vessel last night, but
no report was received from them to-
day and it is thought they may have
left her to escape the storm
CHEROKEE DEEDS SIGNED
Chief Rogers Putting His Signature on
Five Hundred.
Constantinople, Dec. 28.—The Kng-
lish. Italian. German and French am-
bassadors a few days ago requested
information from the porte as to what,
would be Turkey's attitude in thi*
event that the Russian Black sea fleet
attempted to pass the Dardanelles and
proceed to the far east. The porte
has replied that Turkey intended firm-
ly to maintain the treaty prohibitions
against the passage of the fleet.
RUSSELL OUT ON BOND.
Appeals Recent Conviction
Manslaughter.
Lawton. O. T., Dec. 28. -L. T. Rus-
sell at one time editor of the Lawton
State Democrat, who on April 4. shot
and killed Col VV. .1 Hawkins, assis-
tant chief of police of Lawton and
sergeant-at-arms of the Oklahoma
legislature in a street duel at Lawton
on the day of a democratic county
convention, and recently tried at.
Anadarko on a change of venue.
The jury in the case found Russell
guilty of manslaughter in the second
degree Judge Gillette fixed the sen-
tence at three years in the Kansas
penitentiary. Russell tried for a new
trial, but was refused. He then ap-
pealed the matter to the supreme
court and his bond was fixed at $2,-
000 which he made and was released
pending the appeal.
Vinita. 1. T., Dec. 28.—William C.
Rogers, principal chief of the Chero-
kee nation, has commenced to sign
the first Cherokee deeds. The first
batch to be issued consist of 500 deeds
and when signed by the principal
chief will be torwarded to the secre-
tary of the interior for approval, and
A C. Springs, who had been visit-
ing in the city for several days, left,
today for South McAlester. Mrs.
Springs will remain in the city for
a day or two.
J. R. Thomas, editor of the Lone
Wolf Echo, was a visitor in the city
today.
will then be
the allottees.
recorded and mailed to
G. D. Clause owns a tract of land
just outside of the city limits, and
he informs us that the tax on this
tract is just double this year what it
was last year, and that the city levy,
the mayor's salary and the number of
police had nothing to do with it either,
as it is farm land and outside of the
city limits.
The Highest Price.
You can sell your county warrants
at this office for the highest price.
238-tf.
Charley .Vlanson. night clerk at the
Sullivan Hotel, mourns the loss of a
good overcoat. Some graceless cuss
stole it. from the cloak room at the
hotel, last night.
Miss Maude Hill, of Oklahoma City
is here visiting her sister Mrs. Dr.
Clifford.
A M. Cowden returned this morn-
ing from a visit to his daughter's in-
northeastern Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. S E. Bradley, of Belle
Plaine. Kansas, are here for a visit
of a week at the home of T. E. Morris.
J. P. Gross has returned from a
Christmas visit to his daughter at
Weatherford.
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1904, newspaper, December 29, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc111480/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.