The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1898 Page: 1 of 10
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THE CHANDLER NEWS.
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA, F HI DAY, MAY 20, 1898.
NUMBER 35.
On the Battle Witt) the Spanish Fleet Depends the Duration of the War.
Another Rumor of a F:ight.
Advices from Havana say: "Several American war ships ar
rived at Carribean yesterday afternoon, their evident intention be-
in" to land an expedit ion. Four Spanish gunboats left port and at-
tacked the Americans. Heavy tiring waf\ heard, but the result is
unknown.
Movements of Spanish Vessels.
A dispatch from Gibraltar to the New York Herald says: 1 he
torpedo boats Ariete, Halcon and Azor, which were at St Vincent
Capo Verde,islands,-with.the-Oquendo, Vizcaya, Cristobol Colon and
the Maria Teresa went tirst to the Canaries, and with the trans-
port Ciandad de Cadiz have returned to Cadiz.
A Second Call For Troops.
President McKiuley has decided to make a second call for
troops. One prominent senator, who is close to the administra-
tion says: -To properly hold the Philippine islands, we shall find
30 000 to 50,000 none too many. To clean up matters in a quick
manner we shall need not far from -00,000. With the regulars
and volunteers already in the tield, we tind ourselves short about
75,000 men. I understand the president is considering a call tor
100,000 additional volunteers.
Teddy's "Terrors" to Move
Word from San Antonio, '1 ex.,
May 18, says that Teddy's "Tor
rors," as the rough riders are
! called, were to move toward ( uba
on Thursday.
The equipments were complet-
ed on Wednesday and every tiling
ready to move immediately.
Went Fishing.
A tishing party left, town Sun-
day morning going out to the
rocky ford on Chuckaho. Fhey
caught quite a number of tish
and had a regular feast. Those
making the party were; Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Combs, Mr. and Mrs.
Mullins, Mrs. Mason. The Misses
Minnie Dawson,Lowaand Bessie
Wray. Messrs. Thomson, Wray,
Jay and Harry Egbert. Another
party went to Ranch creek.
They were: Misses Jenness,
' Mills and Wolcott, and Messrs.
Pinkerton. Rooney and Foster.
E. A. Flood was infromStroud
last night.
Frank Gebke was in Guthrie i
the tirst of the week.
Mrs. Hugh McCreedy. of
St roud, passed through Chandler
yesterday.
W. Shannon and wife, of
Stroud, drove over from that
burg yesterday.
Died- The two-year-old child
of Mack Pope, who lives a few ;
miles east of Chandler.
An addition to the Methodist
parsonage is one of the new fea-
tures in the building line.
A balky team of horses hitched
to a covered wagon created con-1
siderable of excitement this |
morning on west Twelfth St.
Rev. A. E. Thomson and Mrs.
Thomson started Wednesday ;
morning for a visit with their j
daughters who are teaching at
Tulsa, I. T.
Famine at Havana.
There is a terrible famine ex
istinin Havana. Eggs are sell-
ing at 15 cents each. 'I here is
no fresh meat and everything
is very scare.
American Vessel Lost.
It is reported that a boat from
an American war vessel, contain-
ing some eighteen men was
blown up accidently while remov-
ing torpedoes at Cabanas and the
entire crew lost.
Teachers Wanted.
and others to solicit life insur-
ance. Good chance for ladies
and gentlemen to make money.
Write N. S. Ernst, Manager
Equitable Life Assurance Soci
ety, Denison, Texas. It
Colonel Wood has telegraphed
Governor Barnes that Oklahoma
boys are the best in his com-
mand, and he compliments the
governor upon our representa-
tives in thorough rider regiment.
Leader.
Miss Josephine Wolcott and A Paris cablegram to the New
her pupils went out this morning, > rk declare* thai Spam
to have a picnic and good time.
is imploring help from France.
Germany and Russia, a ltd is ot
ferine: in return for aid, surren-
der to the powers named, all the
territory in the Philippines ex-
cept Manila and its immediate
vicinity.
They also had a program arrang-
ed with appropriate exercises.
.). S. Newby has opened up a
law office in P. C. Johnson's real
estate office. Mr. Newby needs
no introduction to the people of |
Lincoln jcounty as he has been |
closely allied with the interest of (
ihe county for the last six years, j
His card will be found in another
col um n.
Frank M. Wilson, son of Judge
Wilson, of Guthrie, has been pro-
moted from private of Troop D
Oklahoma troop to 1st sargeant, ... t .
troop K. This troop is made upj sixteen H pounds, tour 1-pounds,
of eastern men, and there are one Colt, two tield guns,and tom
only about ten men in the troop, torpedo tubes. Her maximum
who can not count their money I coal supply is 1,200 tons, and her
bv the millions. i complement is 489 men.
At Philadelphia, May IK. the
new tirst-class battleship Ala-
bama was launched. She has a
displacement of 11..>!!.> tons. Her
speed is sixteen knots an hour
and has an armor of eighteen
inches in thickness. She has
four 13-inch breech loading and
fourteen 6-inch rapid-tiring ri-
fles: secondry rapid-tire battery,
Roosevelt Arrives.
San Antonio, Tex., May 1H.
Theodore Roosevelt, lieutenant
colonel of the regiment of rough
riders organized by him, arrived
! in the city today, and immediate-
ly went into camp. He was busy
all day receiving callers.
Religious services were held in
the rough riders' barracks this
afternoon, and were attended by
nearly all the men in the regi-
1 raent and thousands of visitors
from the city. All the troops
are now in camp except 200 men
from the Indian Territory, who
are looked for at any moment.
All the men are uniformed and
equipped, and the men of the
First, or Arizona squad, will re-
ceive their carbines, six-shooters i
and machetes tomorrow. Colo-i
nel>Roosevelt is enthusiastic over
the showing made by the regi- i
rnent, and thinks it will move in j
a few days.—Leader.
A Narrow Escape.
C. tr. Jones and D. 1 . 1 <ewis I
drove over from Oklahoma City
Wednesday and tell of quite a'
narrow escape from drowning. !
While crossing the Deep Fork, ]
one of the horses crowded to far
to one side and fell off in to_deep
water, dragging the other with
him. Mr. Lewis made the first*
jump and would have landed had
it not been for his toot catching
in the spokes of the front wheel
throwing him on his back in the
water, at this juncture Mr. Jones
made his jump and landed on
Lewis who was at that time on
his back in the water baptising
him completly. Both became
extricated from their diffiiculty
and went to the assistance of thc-
team that were then struggling
in the water. They unhitched
the team from the buggy and
pulled it out by hand. They
came on to Chandler where they
got their clothing dry and left
for Sapulpa next morning.
I ASHT0N& SANDS
! FURNITURE,
I UNDERTAKING,
i CARPETS.
1
• We have a complete line
: of Furniture, including
• Bed Room Suits, Side
: boards, Safes, Beds, Bed
: Springs, Etc., and we in
• vite your inspection and
: a comparison of prices
: with any town in Oklaho
\ ma. An elegant line of
s all wool and half wool car
{ pets prices lower than the
• lowest.
The Largest Line
• Of coffins, caskets, ladies'
: and gent s shrouds ever
| brought to Chandler.
• Next to Hoffman's bank,
: Chandler, Oklahoma.
Did You Know
There Was A
New Industry in
Chandler? v* %*
We hear of a great many pat riot
ic people now-a-days. Show your
patriotism by patronizing
home industry.
This is Not A
War With Spain
But With Prices.
I am prepared to make you an
elegant suit or trousers, for as
little money as you can get else
where. Kindly call and inspect
goods.
Yours for Trade,
H. J. Donoghue.
i 3 Papers for $i. •
We are still making that liberal
offer of sending you three papers
for the price of one. Send us
*1.00 and we will send to you the
The Chandler News,
4 The Guthrie Capital,
• Kansas City Journal. j
Bon Ton Bakery
and Restaurant ■:
WM. SP1ELBERGER, PROP. ;
South iWanvel Avenue ;
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Gilstrap, H. B. & Gilstrap, Effie. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1898, newspaper, May 20, 1898; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc115382/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.