The El Reno Democrat. And Globe (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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Reno Democrat.
AND GLOBE
VOLUME
EL RENO. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY THURSDAY. DECEMBED 21. 1905.
num"IH 4«
HOPEfUL OF
STATEHOOD
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Farewell Banquet to Sir Knight Mc-
Grath
DELEGATES RETURNING
WASHINGTON
says biu win
Interview in Times-Journal of Oklaho
ma City.
A number of statehood delegates
have returned from Washington, D. C.
last night and this morning, and are
very hopeful regarding the chances
for statehood this session, in fact they
are almost unanimous about it Mr.
J. H. Johnston who returned last
night, gave out the following inter-
view :
•'My impression drawn from the
general concensus of opinion is that
it will be late this session before
statehood is granted us We finished
the discussion of the prohibition ques-
tion last Friday before the house com-
mittee. which also held a session
Thursday which lasted from 2:30 p.
m. until 6:00. The opinion of the
house committee seems to be that
there should be prohibition in the In-
dian Territory, and on the Indian res-
ervations in Oklahoma with the bal-
ance of the territories left to the vote
of the people.
••The prevailing opinion as to the
location of the capital seems to be
that it will be located at Guthrie un
til the year 1910. The original bill
called for the location at that point
until 1915. but so strong a fight waR
made that it was changed, and son '
of the members seem to feel that 1908
is long enough to let the matter rest.
There is a strong feeling, however,
among the delegates, that the fixing
of the capital and also the temperance
legislation would not be constitutional
and that the first Oklahoma legisla
ture could set a time at which both of
these questions could be voted upon
by the people of the state, notwith-
standing the provisions of the enabling
act.
"I believe that the Hamilton bill
will be amended so as to gi.ve the In-
dian Territory equal rights with Okla
homa in the constitutional convention
that is 55 to each territory, and there
was also a decided leaning toward
the proposition that the representa-
tives to the constitutional convention
should be elected with due regard to
the counties and recording districts.
Now if a provision of this kind Is car-
ried out it will be necessary to elect
a few delegates at large, say perhaps
three from both the territories. We
also suggested the amendment of the
Hamilton bill to have the judges that
may be appointed by the delegates to
the constitutional convention also ap-
point two clerks, one from each poli
tical party to act at the constitutional
election This would prevent any fac-
tion from selecting any two clerks
from one party, and avoid possible
difficulties. We also tried to have the
appropriation for the Indian Territory
schools changed from five to ten mil-
lion dollars, but it is extremely doubt-
ful if this be done.
"We also ask them to add to para-
graph four, of the bill the foil, wing
provision:
"•And provided further thai this
provision shall not be construed to
prevent the establishment and main-
tenance of separate schools for white
and colored children.
"We also ask them to change some-
what the provision governing the sale
of school lands, but we don't know-
how many of these recommendations
will be carried into effect."
Mr. Johnson seemed ver> hopeful
on the statehood proposition, and said
that if the matter of detail was left
uut. the bill could be passed within a
few hours aft or being reported
' The Masonic fraternity enjoyed a
splendid banquet at the Anstine hotel
FROM last night, after the public install
ation of commandery officers. The:
i banquet was in the nature of a com !
: plim ntary function in honor of Sir j
PASS Knight J. F. McGrath, who will short
' ly leave El Reno to make his home In I
California.
Hon. T. U Reid officiated as mas
ter of ceremonies at the banquet, and
appropriate addresses were ma l by
Judge C. F Irwin, who responded for
"Ascension Commandery." F.d Gallup
who represented "Keystone Chapter
and John Clark, who responded for
the "Blue Ixidge" Toast Master RelJ
followed with fatcrmil good wishes
for the guest of honor These re-
marks were followed by an address
by Sir Knight McGrath.
The sentiments expressed by Judge
Irwin. Ed Gallup, Jno. Clark and T.
R. Reld were sentiments of regret
that the old pioneer would leave the
city. Judge Irwin alluded to the many
changes that had taken place during
the fifteen years of Mr. McGrath's
residence here, and in a humorous
vein predicted that the next fifteen
years would develop changes still
more wonderful: such as paved
streets, railroad shons and union de-
pots.
The remarks of Mr. McGrath were
expressive of regrets in leaving El
Reno, coupled with the kindest wishes
for the city's future greatness.
The banquet was a decided success
Officers Installed.
E. P. Gallup. Eminent Commander.
John W. Clark, Generalissimo.
Jacob E. Snell, Captain General
H. K. Ricker, Prelate.
Henry l.assen. Senior Warden
A. Johnson. Junior Warden.
Otto A. Shuttee, Tr asurer.
Clyde Matthews. Secretary.
T. R. Reid, Standard Bearer
F. M. Case, Sword Bearer.
A. P. Keith, Warden.
J. O. Gallagher. Sentinel.
There were present some seventy
Sir Vnivhts and ladies
AMOS EWING
OILY GENERAL
HUNTING PARTY IN TROUBLE
Dogs and Guns Said to Have Been
Confiscated by Officers
APOSTOLIC
BENEDICTION
Davis. I T Dec. 20— A larg num
i,or ,-.f Oklahoma City and Wichita
„ ' , , , ,, ,r.„ BESTOWED ON El RENO ARTIST.
OF THE PIE COUNTER BRIGADE sportsmen are reported to b. in troll FATHER GERRER
ON THE RACK
flRGUSON HAS HIM
SO HE CAN T GET AWAY.—MUST
FACE CHARGES
Vernon Whiting Another Machine
Man Also in Hot Water and Spar
ring for Wind
Jf
ble with the Indian police near th<
famous summer resort. Turner Falls.
about six miles southwest of her
The report says that fourteen dogs
and eight men. with their guns, have
been captur d. but no further details
are obtainable at present.
The Indian agent at Muskogee has
given strict instructions to his police
to enfoice the non-cltir.en hunting
law. ani^ it is believed this is the first
capture for a long time. These par-
tics went into the mountains near The Observatore ltomamv the official
Turner Falls and were killing deer, j organ of the Vatican, in its Issue <>l
BY POPf PIUS X
THE POPES PORTRAIT ACCEPT
ED WITH MANY THANKS
And Given a Prominent Place Among
the Art Treasures of the Vatican
DISTRICT OC.
Business fiat a.s a pancake. Nothing
iloinu Nobody ready for irial Judge
Irwin will adjourn court today until
Saturday the ,10th.
CARELESSNESS A CRIME
Man Who Shot Another for
Faces Long Sentence.
a Bear
turkeys and hundreds of quails
Wild game is said to he plentiful
I in the ArMickles. but Indians object
to what they call "game hogs" com
' ing in there Many of the old Indians
still reside In the mountains and feel
Guthrie. Okla.. Dec JO—The long
expected has happened, and Amos A
Ewlng of Pawhuska, and Postmaster
Vernon Whiting of Enid, who is also
secretary of the territorial republican
committee, are in the frying pan, j
which is already becoming sizzling | ^ Ram<, belongs to them
hot. | Mayor Dickenson of Turner Falls
A recent announcement was made ^ jlaK 0ff,.rP(| a reward of $50 for the ar
from Pawhuska that through the ef , r,,Ht am| conviction of any person
forts of Col. Miller of Ohio, a member l found destroying fish in Honey creek
of the Pawhuska townslte commiss I lm, w||| permit anyone to fish with
Ion. Amos A. Ewing had been appoint j hof)k an() nn.. The stream Is well
ed auctioneer in charge of the lot sale gtocked with black bass, mountain
at Pawhuska, which begins on JanvV trout, and other kinds of fish and
arvll, next. Ewing is also from Ohio heretafore vandals have used dyna
and he is said to have worked his1 muP and seines, hut the mayor pro-
rabbit's foot on Miller • poses to put n stop to this kind of
Since the announcement of Ewing s j work
appointment was made, old memorif
have been revived ami acting thereon
charges have been filed with the inter
lor department, showing up Ewing's
connection with the early townslte
deals at Watonga In Blaine county,
and also in connection with certain
public funds of the A. & M. college
TOBIN IN THE TOILS
Arrested on Charge of Obtaining Mon
ey Under False Pretense
November 30th, has the following rel
erotic to El Reno's famous artist
j "Rev. 1) Gregory Gerrer. an Ameri
can Benedictine, who for several
j years was in Rome studying art under
the masters last yiar painted a por-
trait of Ills Holiness Pius X. The
painting was very well executed. ha\
Ing been made from special sittings
It was on exhibition at the World's
Fair In St l.ouls where it was x ry
much admired by visitors
The monk-artist now living in
America, has made an exact copy of
the original, which on the 28th of No-
vember was presented, in the name of
the artist, to His Holiness by lit. Rev
Maurus Serallne, Abbot General of tnt
I Caslnese congregation of the Prlmlt
Ive Observance The Holy Father re
celved the painting with expressions
of high apreclation and prais. . be
I stowing upon the artist the Apostolic
Benediction.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Doc. 20.—
For shooting Thomas Wilde in mis-
take for a b ar, while gunning at
night' Mattle IVnanen has been con-
victed under the law which makes it
a crime to kill a man In the woods
through carelessness while hunting.
The maximum s ntence for the
rime is ten years, but the Jury recom-
mended IVnanen to the mercy of the
court.
SPASM RESTORES HEARING
Widow Surprises Relatives by Joining
Conversation.
Beverly, N. J Dec 20. Seized with
a severe spasm, following an atlack of
Indigestion, Mrs Lucy Adams, an
aged widow, surprised relatives and
fr ends gathered about her bed yester-
day. by joining In their low conversa-
tion In r covering from the spasm
she had also recovered her sense of
hearing of which sin* had been bereft
many years
The only explanations for the
strani' recovery the doctors can
make Is that an excessive How of
blood to the brain during the convul-
sion in some way restored the nerves
of tile ears.
SCHOOL LAND LEASES
Permission Denied a Congressman
to Bore for Oil
Deputy Sheriff Mcfarlin \ ! jeromE AND THE TAMMANY MAN
i ... from Oklahoma City this morning,
at Stillwater, when he was a regent of I bringing a man named Tobin, who
that institution. The charges are al I was arrest d upon a warrant charg
leged to be warm enough to blow Ew inK him with obtaining money under
ing clear out of the Osage country. faj8P pretense.
He was indicted in regard to the Still 1 Tobin is the man. who. a few weeks
water matter, a number of years ago, j ngo, was in El Reno selling scales
hut is alleged to have made gmd ti which could be attached to wagons, >\
uanclally escaping punishment. It is 1 which every farmer could do his own
understood here thai Watonga cili• weighing. His plan wan to sell a num laboring men and district leaders
who remember Ewing's ch ''. • |,or if scales, and the agent's right to ,he back, and lie hasn • hesitahe.,
of affairs there are behind the affi-1 sen them, for five dollars cash each. advocate some views of which the
davits sent to Washington at this j :lnt, an additional ten dollars each | orthodox would never approve He
1 -„i.— rioiivprpil It is wlint used to be culled, before li "I
"Big Tom" Foley Fought Him at Polls
But they Are as Friendly as Ever
From, Pearson's Mnmi/iue
Jerome is a much more unconven
tlonal man than President Roosevelt
He smokes cigarettes and he slips
Guthrie, O T . Dec 19.—'The secre-
tary of the interior lias sustained the
action of the board of leasing school
lands in refusing to give permission
to Congressman Show-alter of lVnn
sylvania to bore for oil on Katy school
land right of way. This information
was imparted to Governor Ferguson
in a letter from Secretary Hitchcock
received today.
Application was made by Showaltt r
to the board for a lease giving right
to bore for oil on the right of way of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
way across school land in Pawnee
county, near Cleveland He already
had a lease from the railroad when
the application was made. The board
refused to grant him the right on the
ground under which the road was
given right of way does not vest the
possession of the land in the road but
gives only use for the operation of the
railway
time It is said that the Watonga peo- . when the scales vote delivered II is
pie made it so hot for Ewing that he j a|iPKPd that no deliveries were ever
was forced to leave the town and re made, although the agents were
turn to Kingfisher. ready to put up tho back payments.
Whiting Also Invest,gated " «"'
... been preferred against Tobin in
For .he last two weeks an inspecr ^ ()k,ilhoma ntJ
or for the postal department has lit en
in Guthrie and other parts of the ter p " ic chosen
ritory. investigating the career _ of meerschaert is chosen
Postmaster Vernon Whiting of Enid. weeed Arch
who is also Congressman McGuire's Oklahoma Prelate to Sueeee
secretary of the territorial republi b.shop Chapelle
can committee. Ewlng is also a cog j
taste banished the word, a "Bohemian
11c likes a good time over n table In
the bark room of a cafe with a set of
boon companions: and it wouldn t
matter in the least to him whether
they were plain laboring men. club
members, assistants from his office,
newspaper men, ministers or detect
Ives so long as they were what he
calls "men"
"I like a man," he said In one of his
recent speeches. "And that is why
in the McGuire machine.
Charges have been filed
I New Orleans, I .a Dec.
against | become known that Bishop
It has | Richard Croker, though I
Meers never agreed with an idea that lie hail
necome -■
chaert of Oklahoma is the first choice , hk«m1 him because he had
Whiting at Washington to the e ec council of priests and bishops an,| when he looked you in th
that he was in collusion with a public of the^c > ,p ,
officer to defraud the ° rhapelle. and that his nam has gone
money, the charges dating ba R„m,, with a unanimous recom
Hme „f the renting of school lands in |on_ w,)i(.„ vlr„lnUy means that
the Kiowa and Comanche county and ^ ^ am)olnted
which led to the resignation of Jim
Houston as Secretary of the THROWN OUT OF mails
jaw
it
TWO SLIGHT WRECKS
Switch Engine and Bo. Car Derailed
in the Yard* Here
There were two slight wiecks in
the Hock Island yards here last nighi
land leasing board. Whiting filed
charges against Houston ami then ad
mitted that he >Vas a party to the
deal, in papers filed with Governor
Ferguson. These papers are now in
the hands of the inspector It is un
derstood that charges of forgery are . of thf
also made against Whiting, in regard Evening rimes was thrown
to the signatures attached to school, mails by the postmastei. •
land leases, and in addition certain ! done for alleged violation of th , os
frauds ill regard to making final al laws regarding publication of
I nrnnfs on homesteads, which alleged J tery schemes.
San Francisco. Dec 20,-There has I ^ ^ endangertng the titles to | After the paper had been, dls > -
been a change in the betting on ' numerous homesteads in the Chero-! buted in the boxes the object iona
Fitzsimmons-O'Urien glove contest' litem was found anil the cleiks wi'
which is scheduled for tonight i 8 p ; immediately put to work taking the
The volume of money which poured j KILLED IN WRECK papers out Muskogee Phoenix
last night and i
has " Tr) cctlEVE DEAD MAN
Conductor John W. Carnes Crushed in
FITZSIMMONS NOW FAVORITE
Betting on the Fight Leans to the Side
of the Cornishman
Monday'1 Issue of Evening Times,
According to Postmaster, Vio
lated Postal Law.
Monday's issue of the Muskogee
into the pool rooms
this morning on Fltzsimmons
made the Cornishman favorite and
good judges of odds declare that wh n
the men enter the ring Fitzsimmons
will be 10 to 7 choice. Fulton O. Ber-
ry. of Fresno, was one of the heaviest
betters on Fitzsimmons. He sent
$:l,nnu into the pool boxes lnst night
The change In public opinion as fo
a Caboose
Senator Pettus Says Same Bill Passes
Every Session
Washington. Dec 19.—'The senate
was like a 1)1
That statement furnishes the key
to New York's lighting district altor
nev, and explains why, although he
has spent Ills lit opposing Tammanv
men. some of ills best friends are
Tammany Hall dlstrlci loaders.
Right across the street from Jer
ome's office in the Criminal Court
building is a saloon kept by a lam
many ball district leader, "Big Tom
Foley For four \ears and more Hi
j Tom" has been one of M" Jerome
1 staunrhest friends, and when Tain
many refused to nominate .leronn
and big Tom went to him and express
' cd his regret that he had to work
against him the district attorney said
"O, I know that. Tom. Don t you
worry You don't suppose I don I un
dorstand."
And Foley said, in talking about it
' afterward "He's a square fellow, n
square a one as ever stood in two
i shoes, and I stood up for him *0 th
lust in Tammany hall, nut now . as he
is not on our ticket. I'll do everything
1 can to keep a vote away from him
ith
Foley kept his word, kept it
began its session today by passing a j (h(, utmost difficulty, for among hh
thousand odd voting constltu
! cuts the Democratic district attorney
' was a sort of Idol, and Jerom s votr
! in Foley's district was kept down ti
1,500. Now that il Is all over llig Ion
and the
friends
district attorney an
Lawton. Dec. 20—Yesterday John
W Carnes, a conductor on the ( hlca
go Rock Island and Gulf railway, was
instantly killed and a brakernan fatal-
m- , . ly injured in a wreck on the main line
the outcome of the fight is believed to j at Waurika The caboose in which
be due to the good impression made they were sitting was wrecked he
by the Cornishman during his train- track is torn up for a distance of 10
One"oTthe"'mammoth switch engines I Ing Fitzsimmons ^ '"'n win ' WMrika1"1
was derailed nea, the cotton corn and despite his age he expect:, to win Waurika. aeroa8 ,he ..
press, and nea, the Watts street J The change-in the betting has noil A' ** ab„,„ ,hr„e L,, visitor a, this office today Mr
crossing a loaded box ear was turned e«sen fit condition ! o'clock this morning Chambers and wife have Just returni. rhpls|ma!t entertainment
over upon Its side The latter■ a ( indication that the When passenger train No. II. gol g ed from a two «non L church Sunday evening
dent occurred at a point where It andthe«l1. ^ ^ ^ ^ .top-frtends and relative. In Ml
blocked the track leading ou. mm h con w|tneM4d here. The at-Led by the wreck. Carnes' train M low,
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bill for the relief of a dead man the j
late Lieutenant William Hugo who
wash cashlerd in 1881 fof the ot
fense of being "tipsy" al roll "-all
Senator Pettus said the bill had pass
ed the senate every session since he
had been a member.
L A Chambers of Yukon was a wel
Tb« German Methodist - will liol
DESPERATION
RUNNING LOW ON HER TRUST
WORTHY SOLDIERS
VERY DESPERATE
Insurgents in Provinces Are Armed
And Stop at Nothing in Conflicts
With Government Troops
SI Petersburg. Dec 20. Despite the
statement that two army corps are be-
'tig sent to the Baltic provinces, It Is
learned that no such number of troop*
Is available The government has
sent two regiments from St. Peters-
burg in reply to the frnntlo appeals
The details regarding the steablish-
,| Iihn dangerous to deplete the garri-
son of lb capital any further during
the present crisis and the government
can only await the arrival of the Cos-
aeks and olher troops which are be-
ing hurried forward by General I.lm*-
w'■ i from Manchuria. In the mean-
time tb government's tear is that
the rebellion which Is extending south
ward toward the Polish frontier may
incite ihe I'ob to an armed uprising.
The elails regarding the establish-
ment of Hi •! called repul:! e of Khar
ulT have al last arrived. Tb ■ work-
men social! nc organization Joined by
three hundred troops took possession
if the eliv and with the ai.i of militia
i rilled with pistols and axes estalv
h lied a government or "f deral coun-
.i| as tlie executive committee 1st call-
mI This council Issued decrees
which the authorities were p rfcctly
powerless to resist. The council turn-
ed orr the electricity from the houses
nil the round that II only benefitted
li" rich while allowing it to bum in
the Streets where it benefitted the
people and declared war on the
ti, eves which have previously heea
irizing the city When a robber
was captured he was placed under a
trip hammer with the threat that
it would III' dropped unless he reveat-
nd the whereabouts of the boot} Thte
usually was effective In each case and
the recovered plunder was returned
to its owners.
Mr Bourland and Miss Becky Hil-
lard, of Macoupin conn' \. Illinois are
visiting at the home of Ford Over-
street. in Reno township Mrs Ford
Overstreet and Miss llillard an sist-
Mi
This morning Judge Irwin increas-
ed the bail bond in the Frank
Wiesel incest Indictment matter from
five hundred to $1,500. It is not lik
lv '1 • old mm "itn
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