The Territorial Topic. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1895 Page: 1 of 8
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Established, Purcell, 1. T., Auq. I,1SS9,
Bemovtd to fforman,(). T.p Sept. SS,189k,
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, O. T., FRIDAY, JANUARY 4. 189'
VOL. 6.—No 23.
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General Merchandise,
PURCELL, INDIAN TERRITORY.
To Ladies of Purcell and Oklahoma.
Having the agcncy for the
BUTTERICS PATTERNS
1 am at all times prepared to supply your
wants in that direction.
0TAU mail orders will receive prompt
attention.
We have taken pains to select a claae of
DRESS GOODS
.Adapted to the wants of thepeople. We are
always glad to answer any letters or Bund
samples by mail.
OUR HOSIERY STOCK
Including: nil grades, from The cheapest
to the beet silk, always In stock.
Corsets undLadiaa' Underwear.
Both in Muslin and Wool, nrp the best that
can b(j produced for the money,
CARPETS,
In 9 and 3-j>ly in Velvets and llrussels, Tap-
estry ana Hemp, at cash prices.
Wraps, Shawls and Cloaks,
We are headquarters. Our Brock is the
largest. We buy th«m by the hundreds from
the manufacturers, and can please in style
and price.
We have one room eiclusive for
Dress Goods,
Trimmings and
Drs smalcing.
ONE FOB
Clothing and
Gents' Furnishings.
ALSO ONE FOR
Grc ries.
Our terms are cash and we propose to com
pete with any market. Tbone who deal with
us do not have to pay exorbitant prices, but
fret good jroods 01
>e handled for.
D. F. HARNESS.
8. L. WILLIAMS, President, HOWARD ItOSS, Yic«-President.
E. C. GAGE, Cashier
THE PURCELL NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL,
SURPLUS AND EARNINGS,
$50,000.00-
#11,000.(1(1.
Money to Loan on Approved Security.
Accounts of Merchants and Farmers Solicited.
Installation—Bean Bake,
There will be nn installation of offi-
cers of the G. A. R. S. of V. and Ladies
of the G. A. R. on Saturday Jan. 12th.
1895. There will also be a bean bake to
which all old soldiers and their families
are invited. The G. A. R. Tost and the
Ladies of the G. A. R. of Moore will be
in attendance and a general good time
is expected. The bean bakeoorainenccs
at 11 o'clock a. m. and the installation
at 2 o'clock p. m.
MILLIGAN GONE AGAIN!
THE CHICKASAW NATIONAL BANK,
Capital - $50,000.00 Surplus and Profits - $8.000 00
.1 LOVE.
President
J W DOWNARD
Vice-President
A I) HAWK
Cashier
Solicits Accounts Large or Small.
Personal Visits or Correspondence Invited,
PURCELL,
Ind. Ter
RECEIVED
Avyvwwvvv^
FURNITURE
IJOAE
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jj Street's Sanitary Moss Matress Makes a Fine Bed.
All kinds
Our
All Grades
New Plash
Latest Styles
Rockers Knocks
Lowest Prices.
The Persimmons.
Oklahoma's Ourse,
We know that Oklahoma is a great
country and lias many good citizens,
but while we have this we have an aw-
ful curse in the way of politicians, who
are determined to have their way re-
gardless of the wishes of the people.
While Cleveland county has a light
touch of this political curse, Oklahoma
City is over-burdened with it. In
that county all manner of mean, dirty
low down schemes are worked to thwart
justice and the will of the people. Hon.
J. L. Brown was elected County Attorn-
ey and W. P. Harper Probate Judge by
good majorities, but it looks as
though they would not be able to quali-
fy for the offlccs they have been elected
to owing to the fact that fool cases have
been hatched up against them, all of
which arc only done to beat them out
of offices they have been elected to.
These cases arc kept stirred up by Dem
ocratic officials assisted by a certain
Republican official whose interest it is
to have Mr. lirown debarred from the
practice of law. It is a curse to a coun-
try to have such holders-on in office.
A Short Chapter on Gambling.
In the state of New York, at the last
election, there were thirty-three amend-
ments to the state constitution made
lawful by a majority of the voters. And
not the least important of all, is amend-
ment no thirty-two. Prohibiting, pool
selling, book making, horse racing and
other forms of gambling, as well as
lotteries. Those people in New York
are throwing red hot bomb shells right
into the very heart of the most gigantic
class of gambling in the United States.
Race tracks are fitted up all over the
land for the express purpose' of gamb-
ling. Even our Agricultural fairs of to
day are nothing less than gambling
places, horse racing being the principal
feature of the occasion. Do they run
for fun? Not much,they run for money.
Go to those fairs, and you will not only
see gamblers and jockeys but you will
meet the best class of people in the
country who would rather he caught in
their neighbors lien roost at the dead
hours of night than to be caught in a
gambling hall where cards are played, I
but they are at the track anxious to see
the racing, and I have seen those good
people get so excited they could hardly
resist the temptation to drop n few
dollars on their favorite liorse. Would
that he gambling? Did you ever know
base clubs to match games for money?
llave you ever known u man to be
punished for betting on a bail game or a
horse race at a county fair. If we have
a statutory law making it an offence to
gamble with cards or other devices, the '
same should apply to gambling on
horse racing, for the word gamble In I
this sence, has but the one meaning. I
Sonic say lliat horse racing and ball j t,ie Past
playing is mad legal from the fact that Ifi,ct 'lmt
it is done in day light and in the presence N'1* king
THE MURDEREB SLIPPERY AS AN EEL.
About 6 o'clock Tuesday evening
murderer Milligan made ;i bolt from
the corridor ef the jail and a aire
through t lie window of the frontdoor,
and before one could say' Jack Rob-
inson"'—if any one tlioiigl of saying
such a thing—was flying down the
alley on to Grand Avenue, from there
to Santa Fe and from there— the offi-
cers wonld like t.) know where. There
is a report that he was seen at or near
MURDERED AND ROBBED.
J K UILLEN WATERS KILLED BY
% It AftlltLElt IN A l)i:!N ON
*I%IN STTICET.
.% i'ola lllooded \ II'iiIr In Wtiicli Ncv
eral Tin Horn (aamblrr* are
Concerned.
One of the most dastardly crirncs
ever committed—and ona that will
the Lum Woodruff claim, east of the j forever tarnish the fair name ot our
city, about that time, but although beautiful city, was perpetrated upon
every effort is being made to recap- an old gentl email in the gambline ball
ture him, up to this hour, (1:30 a.m.) j over the Red Light saloon in the
Briggs Ruriyan block, 011 Main
street, last Saturdnv about ft o'clock,
p. in. Tlieparties implicated and the
only ones who can tell just how the
murder and robbery occurred are sev-
eral light lingered gentleman the
green cloth, bartender Sid McOarrol
and Will Briggs, the eldest son of ex-
Mavor Briggs. It was sometime after
the shootingoccured before theollicers
he is still at large.
His escape is due to a sort of mis-
placed confidence reposed in him liy
Jailor Wise. lie (Milligan) has tieen
extremely joliy and unconcerned the
past week; so inucli so that the jnilor
and guards had relaxed somewhat of
their vigilance, and last night when
the cook brought supper for the pris-
oners Jailor Garver opened the inner
door and started into the corridor' got wind of it, and by this time the
leiuing the door open Ion the cook to | game hail broken up and the parties
follow with the victuals. Fatal error! I scattered. Yonng Briggs hail taken
Milligan, who was standing near and to the road and is yet on the scout,
evidently watching fer just such a I Conflicting stories are current as to
chance, made a bolt past them and in
a second was in the jail office. The
front door was closed. The upper part
of it is glass. Milligan did not wait to
open it, but made a dive bead llrst
right through the glass, arrying the
pane and part 01'the sash with him.
it was a leap for liberty and up to date
has been successful.
Immediately a hue and cry was rais-
ep and Sheriff DeFord —who was at
supper—was sent for. Under his en-
ergetic leadership the work of recap-
lure was commenced and will doubt-
less be successful today.
how it occurred, and we vouchsafe 110
correct' report oilier than this. Old
man |Gi lieu waters, a respectable citi-
zen and a master mason, lost his life
and all tiie money and valuables fie
had upon liis person.except two dol-
lars ami ten cents, which amount, in
silver was found lu his pockets after
the shooting. The shot that killed
him is supposed to have been tired by
young Will Briggs, and the ball enter-
ed just beneath the left eveball. lodg-
ing in the tight side of the head, where
it was extracted after death. The-
murdered miui was rational but for a
Milligan was in his slil.it sleeves and 1 short lime after he u us shot and told
lost his nut as he went through the
door, and will lind itextreuiely uncom-
fortable this sort of weather.
No blame can he attached to Slieri If
IVFord. IU has been most careful
himself and given particularly strict
orders to the jailor and guards, about
Milligan. He feels the ccciirraiice
very keenly, and will use every en-
deavor to recapture t lie oily negro.
Later—Oklahoma City, January :kt.
Officers who went in pursuit ot' Hie
negro murderer, Milligan, found him
hid in a hay mow near Choctaw City,
and have returned him to jail, lie
will be executed by hanging, next
j Friday, January lltli.
False Alarm,
A small lire broke out at the cotton
seed oil mill last Sanday night and sev-!
eral pistoi shots were flred to alarm the j
citizens, 'flic next morning all kinds
of stories were afloat. Some said that I
the Santa Fe depot bad been robbed of !
six hundred dollars and that Ben Clay
had been shot. This all proved to bej
false upon an investigation. The story
was probably started by some person
for fun. The fire at the mill did not
amount to much and w
bis boh lie did uot know who it was
that shot him except by sight. After
lie? 1 it; removed from the saloon to his
residence just opposite depot Wlieii.
he was temporarily located with his
lauiilv, prior to taking possesion of the
Victoria Hotel which he had rented
and wss in have taken charge on Jan.
1st. lie lapsed into unconsciousness
and died Sunday night. He was a mem-
ber 1 if the A F, A: A.M. Lodge of Hot
Springs, Ark., and was buried by the
masons el this i-it.y in the 'Md-fellows
cemelarv 011 New Years day. His
family report that he had about $2">0
and a ladies gold watch on his person
when lie left hoiuea lew hours lisfce
the lulling, The money and watch
weie gone and his pockets bore
evidence ol having been rifled
by bloody liund Deceased had re-
cently come here from Arkansas, lie
formerly lived at Gainesville. Texas,
and has iiuwenxis
Live# tlivoiiLjhout thi
el «l-
rlift
as soon jui out.
l)e
ot the Grippe
van a noticeable
depended
Chamber Sets, Side Boards, Chiffoniers. Book Cases
Writing Desks. Hail Trees Ottomans. Sofas. Divans
l>it
During tlie prevalence
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.those who
s Mew Disc
of the public. While gambling with | l"."1 a >Teedv recovery, but escaped all
cards is ilegal under any circumstances, "le ',oul>lesome al ter effects of the
and to do a thing that is unlawful It I ,nilll"ly' Tllia remedy seems to have
must be done in secrct. So they repair il Pet:"''111 power in effecting rapid
to some dark back room or attic where CUre
they can decoy their victims out of
sight of the public andtlicre fleece them
to a finish and If it so happens that the |
victim is killed as well 113 tleeced, the
cessories and wn in--
Sid McCarroIi. Tin
Cowan arid Frank If 1
The witnesses are Geori
Lee t'a.M) in.i Sam Reyiioh
Since being arrested for
upon geYer),| uf t|1H partjf
not only
D. F,
Cameron,
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Everything is new anil of the latest patterns, arid
we will sell them at prices never heard of before.
COMPLETE LINE Of UNDEfTAKIKG GOOdS
it
Embalming a Specialty
Hearse in Connection
llemoiuber tlint we carry a full and complete stock of furniture in all grades and de-
signs ami will be pleased to show you our goods. Get our prices.
Street & Tackett
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iccca
Stone Building on Peters Ave.
NORMAM.OKLAHOMA
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plea is Invaribly self defense and the
public knows nothing to the contrary,
why do men go to the gambling houses?
The same desire takes them there that
takes them to a horse race, to either
gamble or see some one else gamble,
and if horse racing and ball playing
does continue without any restriction
what ever let gambling with cards be
the same, liring them down from the
attic and out of the dark back room and
place them in the front room, let them
be exposed to the public the same as the
race track, where it will be Impossible
for a man to commit a robbery or
murder without being punished, the
same as on the race track or ball ground
I am opposed to gambling in any form.
Rut if to bet is gambling and gambling
is unlawful, what grater offense does a
man commit, who bets on cards than
the man who bets on a horso "race."
Km uii n'n Arnica Salve
The best .Salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers,salt rheum,fever
sores, tetter,oliapped hands,chilblains,
corns and all sklu eruptions, and posi-
tively cures Piles, or 110 pay lequired.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satis-
faction, or money refunded. l'rice 25
cents per box. For sale by Solon
Gortice.
uot only In cases of La Grippe,
but in all Diseases of Throat, Chest
and Lungs, and has cured cases of
Astirta and iLiy 1'ever of long stand-
ing. Try it and lie convinced. It won't
disappoint. Free Trial Bottles at
Solon Curtice's. 20-4t.
>i!e use
have been charg-
ed Willi grand larceny also. The pre-
; liminnry trials of all the parties so fai
! apprehended were commenced to-day
| at the court house before Judge J. K-
Wilkins and ig now going ou. The
testimony is being taken by type-
j writer and will probably be prolonged
j for_£&y.£flil days. expense lo the
j county will be enormous all of which
: might have been saved, to say nothing
■if the loss of a good man's life and the
i grief and trouble visited upon the
| Strieker led family, had the county of
licers who were cognizant of this den
being kept in open violation of ilielav
done their duty.
The Presbyterian College.
The college board of trustees appoint-
ed by the recent synod of the Presbyter-
ian church met In this city yesterday
for the purposes of organizing and ar-
ranging for pushing the work. It was ruuiiti Cvnniilikliiiitri.
decided by the synod that "the college ,, ,
. „ . , " Commissioner Blackwell u i
should be managed in connection with , „• ....
tiu nnfvnrfitiv «, f.„ from Lexington, Wednesday, to
the university at Norman for the pre-!
sent at least. The plan is to erect a
building at Norman eapablc of accom-
modating fifty or sxty pupils, at which
they can receive religious training and
have religious influences thrown
around them, while getting their
scholastic training at the university.
j with the old board to allow accounts
| and wind up the business of the past
| three mouths. It hail been supposed
I that the old board would be allowed
I lodo this,but Mr. Barker, the com-
missioner elect from the 3d district
was promptly on hand and claimed
his light under the statutes, to be in.
The cltUens nf Norman will donate duoted into otllee before the Urst Mou-
tlir site for the building and the Pros by day in January, and was accordingly
terian church of that city promises $500 j sworn in. Yesterday Mr. Stowe, the
of the amount necessary to erect it. other new member from the 1st dls-
Five hundred more will almost complete trict was sworn in, and the new board
the work, and arrangements are being still acting under the chairmanship ot
conpleted for thnt amount. Mr. Blackwell proceeded to allow bills
The University now numbers 171 pu- for election expenses for the pa t
pll«, and Is giving Its pupils a splendid j quarter, till noon today, when ihey
education. There is no doubt that the j adjourned to meet in regular session
Presbyterians could not give probable J next Monday the 7th„ wheu a new
patrous of its school u better opport- chairman will be elected and the
unity to secure an education than the ! allowing of accounts and letting of
one outlined above.—Oklahoman. ' contracts will be proceeded with.
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Miller, H. T. The Territorial Topic. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1895, newspaper, January 4, 1895; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc115608/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.