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The Perry Daily Times
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Vol. 2.
PERRY, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, AFRIL, 13, 1895.
No 172
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GRAND JURY TASK
The Case of Harry SI. John Now Be-
fore It,
ANEW PARAMOllt THOUGHT.
Howe CJutlirie 1'eopl® CJiv« Testlm « y-
A lirolIter's I'uslllou.—
Tli« IIIr«-d Ulrl «I*H tl «
Kim |* Away. Home
(•rest Hmm*
hobs*
The Oklahoman, of Oklahoma City
says:
It isprobable the preliminary exam-
ination of Marry St. John will not be
held, as the (fraud jury was empanel-
ed yesterday to consider his ease and
this will dj away with the examina-
tion in the probate court. Mr. St.
John was anxious that the examina-
tion be held, for he is prepared with
testimony which would teml to miti-
gate his offense if not altogether jus-
tify him. Ills defense will be that
the shooting was accidental—although
he will not deny, probably, that he
drew the revolver upon his wife with
the intention of making her tell the
author of that letter; attempting
truth, to "run a bluff" on her but with
no intention of shooting.
Mrs. Heaves anil the Misses May and
liirdie Blackwell were before the
granl jury yesterday, and also Harry
Helton ami Miss Mulligan, the domes-
tic. It is said the latter lias given the
whole snap away, and implicated sev-
eral young men—and that from her
testimony Felton isshown up in a very
bad lifflit: not at all in the light that
line would expect from a brother.
Tue grand jury is expected to re-
port todav—and doubtless their report
will lie an indictment for murder, and
probably in the lirst degree.
The Oklahoman has .1 from the ver>
best authority that Mrs. St. John a
paramour—if sl e had one-was not
the vountf rain who has been gener-
ally'believed t-i be the man in the case,
but another young man about town.
The trial of the case will bring out
all the facts, and they promise to be
as sensati >nal as the most morbid
could wish
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culiar one. He lives on the reserva-
tion near Fort Reno and belongs to
Whirlwind's band of Cheyennes.
"Fleet Foot married a white woman
who used to wash for the soldiers,
and by her he has had several chil-
dren. One of these is a girl, pretty as
a peach, and the pride of the Indian
father's heart. The girl is about IT
years old and is one of a large family,
but the savage has always doted upon
"May" because she took to learning
and was bright and pretty.
"May" got into the habit of going to
the fort quite often during the past
year and there fell in with a private
soldier of more than ordinary good
looks. Several weeks ago this soldier
disappeared, deserting from the regu-
lar army, and about the same time
this Indian girl also disappeared from
her home on the reservation. The
officers of the fort have sent out de-
scriptions of the soldier and offers of
reward, but so far no clue has been
found. The Indian girl's father has
taken the trail and proposes to run
the man to his lair. Detective Sutton
says that a description of the deserter
was received several days ago here,
but so far no trace of him has been
discovered.
OKLAHOMA GLANCES.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report
J V. N. CHECORY, Pres. P. w FARRAR, Caahiar.
V C TALBERT, Aaa't.CMh.
DON'T
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
LIKE THEMj
People of the Territory Ask to Have
Townsite Boards Removed.
WORK NOT SATISFACTORY.
Illier Democratic UttrUli Hint ti
Secretary That tlie Work of Son
of the Itoitnla I* Little
Hough mill That They
Should Me \ hol-
iHlietl.
Talkings, Doings and Thinkings of the
Territory at Large.
Oklahoma birds won three out of
four contests at the Wichita inking
NOT IN THETANK.
A Woman In North Enid Commits
Suicide By Hanging.
EN 11 WAN K'S ST K A WE WAIL
I North K l«li
The Itlvalrjr of Sunt
Make* l-.«i l *rj I «e S r«- *u
• r Dk Town Tragedy
Suicide.—The Fate «
Kenleetate Fail-
The Enid Wave turns out grim
humor even over the eollln. A lady of
North Enid committed suicide, and
Kditor Isenberf,' gets off the following
dead roast on the town over her dead
body:
This morning the denizens of th
tank towu were startled by the news
that one of its citizens had ended her
life with her own hands, and immedi-
ately started out to run the rumor
down. It was found upon investitf;i
tion that Mrs. Nancy J. Baker propn
etressof the Hock Island hotel, had
killed herself some time between 1-
anil I! o'clock by taking a piece
apron string that she had been using
for a garter
What's troubling the millionaires is
to see the outcome of the income tax,
according to the supreme court decis-
ion. i_
Warden Chask is sure to escape the
investigation committee, as he has
shown great ability in getting out of
a tight squeeze.
Having been caught in the "Chase."
Miss Wilson, of the Kansas peniten-
tiary, is evidently a better hugger
than she is a sprinter.*
CorLD not Uresham "seal" once for
all the ultimatusi to Englaud regard-
ing the question that is Hehring so
much international trouble.
MrsT liaker, after her husband died
decided that the tank town was a liar
den of Eden, and went there to see i
it was what it was advertised. Some
real estate dealers got her in tow and
sold her the lot und building where
the hotel is for SI.WO. promising her
that her hotel would be named on
their boom posters, and picturing
vast amount of business and money
made clear by invetting in tank town
property. With her remaining moue.v
she furnished the hotel and then the
returns failed to materialize. Ke
peatedly asking the real estate agent
to fulfill their part of the contract,
and thsir failing to do so, the
became despondent and tried to em
her life last summer bv the morphine
route, but was prevented.
Business growing slack and in debt,
she decided las night to end her me
without anyone knowing it. lying
one end of the string to the bed post
and the other around ^ier neck, she
leaned back until her strength was
exhausted and her weight upon the
string strangled her.
Coroner Crabtree and Judge James
went to the tank town to hold an in-
quest, and at this hour the verdict can-
not be obtained, but all surrounding
circumstances point to a clear case of
tank town swindle and suicide.
TRY TO SPOIL A ROMANCE.
Arapahoe Argus: Lewis Hornbeck,
is talking about reiiring from the tield
of journalism. We hope this resolu-
tion will be withdrawn—since it is c
conceded fact that Lewis is one of tin
best newspaper men in the territory
Don't go Lewis, we cant spare you.
Muskogee Ph.enlx: lly degrees we
are getting there. They used to send
us to Texas and Arkansas to be hung.
They will oblige the territory now by
sending Texas ami Illinois here to
hang us. To be hung at home is as
long a step as this administration can
us toward home rule.
□ El Heno Eagle: County Cominis
sioner Osborne and Mr Sohu, « f tliis
Ity, are up in the northest portion <
the county, working to secure ti
right-of-way for the Kansas, oklaho-
ma Central &. Southwestern railway,
rhey will return and attend a called
meeting of the Commercial Club, Mon-
day to report progress. At the meet
ing it will also be ascertained what
progress has been made in the city
toward raising the bonus asked for
Duncan Banner: The paper
which this issue of the Baxner was
printed was in the express ear of the
looted train in the Hock Island liold-
und received one of the robber's
Winchester bal.s, which, as you see
by examining this paper, made several
holes in it. The bullet went through
4: o Banners and lodged in the bundle.
We gave the bullet to Mr. Cole and
now carries it as a souvenir of that,
to him, memorable hold-up.
Arapahoe Argus: All this twaddle
about removing the county seat from
Arapahoe should be stopped. Such a
thing is highly improbable, since un-
der the law. an election could not be
held until November 18'X>, and such an
, lection could not be ordered, only by
a presentation to the commissioners of
thirds of the voters of the county.
The agitation of this matter now will
inly tend to cripple the now advanc-
.ng rapid improvement of Arapahoe.
Arapahoe will remain the county seat
till (iabriel toots his horn.
Duncan Banner: Private Amos Tay-
lor. a Military convict, belonging to
troop (J, 10th Infantry, quartered at
Fort Sull. and George Smith, private
in the same command, and who was
guarding Taylor, were arrested here
by 1*. S. Deputy Dave Wilson last
Wednesday as deserters from the U.
S. Army. A detail of soldiers came
over and escorted them back to the
Fort Thursday.
Arapahoe Bee: The Bee is ready to
go on record as favoring the building
of a modest court house and substan-
tial jail. There is an absolute neces-
sity for both right now. Valuable
secords are now lying iu jeopardy
every minute, and their number and
importance is growing daily, and they
will very soon reach a point, if they
have not already done so, where their
destruction would entail a loss on the
co unty equal to the cost of a court
house and vault. A jail is impera-
tively demanded also, and we beli
the good judgment of the citizens will
order them built.
Washington, Aptil 12.—|Special.J
Petitions from towns in Oklahoma
having townsite boards have reached
the interior department asking that
the boar Is be dispensed with and sug
gesting that the business attended to
by the boards can be transacted bet-
ter by probate judges or other official
named for the duty by the secretary
of the interior. It is evident that the
people interested in the matter are
greatly in earnest and are not indulg-
ing in the petition business for the
purpose of creating work in the de-
partment. Tiie fact that the mem-
bers of the boards are not citizens of
the towns, that they form no part of
the population, would indicate that
the boards, as organizations, cannot
attend to the duties incumbent upon
them with the same care shown by
residents made responsible to some. ...... , .. f,
r i .. shocked by the nude, Mrs. Cornelius
degree to the citizens whose interests /
they handle. In many
boards indulge in vexatioi
some delays: they pile up costs on con- ____________
testa, a large part <>f which the mem-1 It jg pCrf1.c.tiy proper that the silver
It must have 1 een quicksilver that
rose so suddenly on the London mar-
ket and went down ami that the gold
bugs were so rejoiced about.
Mrs. Coknkliuh Vamuckbilt should
not have waited until winter was over
before covering up the nude figures in
her two million dollar villa.
The question of grave historical im-
portance to women should be "what
kind of spring bonnets were worn on
yie first Easter day ever observed.
Thk south is beginning to realize
that the "civil war" is over and the
"silver war" is on. even if John
ltfown's body still goes marching on
To be sure that she will not be
towns the I Rhould cover up the mir
i rors of her villa as well as her pic-
i* and tire-1
I tures.
BANK
CAPITAL,
of PERRY
- - - $50,000
DIRECTORS-
ORE*JOKY, K. W
OEO. H. HARTLEY,
KARRAR. V. C. TALBERT.
J. T. LAFFERTY
This Bank has the latest improved safe with automatic bolt
work. Also a lire proof vault.
T. M. RICHARDSON, D.
President.
C. RICHARDSON, T. M
Yiee- President.
RICHARDSON,
Cashier]
First State Bank.
Okla.
$30,000
Perry,
CAPITAL
-HcjaeNHY CHATTEES**
Double time lock safe and fire proof vault.
General - Banking - Business.
JAKE FORCH
FRED FORCH
bers of the boards receive personally. . 1!f
by way of fees. It appear*. in many tongueil Ingalls should lift Ins\oice
instances that business is done with for silver where he once waved the
an eye single to getting as much out j .'bloody shirt." Having worn out the
of it for the members ofjhe■hqa<rdti as p]J gh. u ukeg m Uj b a new
possible, with nocoueeHSioM^Siia^rver
t,, th,- people or adjustmetit <>f the one.
property interests of citizens whose In-1 , haTmade eight conditions of
terests are in jeopardy, r or this rea-
son it is set forth that the thousands ■ peace to China; but that Eastern su-
interested are anxious to be relieved , perstition has made it impossible to
of the imposition of having outsiders ; aet.ept more than seven. Supposin' it
plunder them through months and seven- leven" shot?
years for t.eir own benefit. 11 is (
doubtful if a secretary of ^®int"i<?M Tiik orderTf the Itrooklyn, N. Y,
was ever urged in a more emphatic , . . , ,
way to do a certain thing than Mr. hotel keepers that waiter girls here-
* * " *u after cannot wear frizzes will take a
load off the married men's shoulders
and prevent many a divorce suit
PALACE.
Wines, Liquors and Cigars of the best Imported and Domestic
Brands will be Found at this
ELEGANT RESORT
The best equipped in Oklahoma--over the Bar or for Family Use, in I'aukagea
of Any Size. The Liquors sold at
T«£ ROYAL PALACE
For Purity and Ago are not Excelled, If Equalled In the Country.
Convenient Side Rooms aud Courteous ) ( Sixth Street East
Attendance. ) ) Side Square]
*
Smith is being urged to dismiss the
townsite boards in oklahoma. It is a
very unpleasant matter to him. In
view of the fact that that the secre-
tary sent the members of the boards
into that country, moat « f them com-
• from (leorgia and Arkansas,
seems almost a personal matter
to ask him to call off liis carpetbag of
ticials ami give the people relief from | finance committee in the next con
their disposition to grab everything in «regg Sentors Yoorhees. Gorman and
ght. It is well known that the
A Pretty Cheyenne Maiden Elope* With a
••Boy In lllne.'*
The Wichita Beacon has the follow-
ing pretty romance, which the inexor-
able father is trying te spoil: "Fleet
Foot" is the name of an Indian of the
Cheyenne tribe who came into the city
via the Rock Island from the south
this morning, and his mission is a pe-
New Court limine.
Guthbik, okla , April l.'j—{Special.
County Clerk W. 11. II. Pittman is
over from Stillwater. He says the
commissioners are erecting a court
house 34x04. on the block where the
old one burned. It will have vaults
lathed and plastered and each office
nicely finished. The people of Still
water furnish all the material on th
ground, the county only paying for
the labor to erect the building, about
$700.
J. II. (Iratton and .1 A. DuBois,com-
missioners of Grant county, were in
the city today. They have bonded
$35,000 of the county debt, .Judge Mc-
Atee bonding the court house war
rants and jail cell warrants up to
$3,030- No warrants to speak of were
thrown out. Mr. Gratton is a great
believer in irrigation and thinks wells
and windmills on ever}' farm would
insure good crops always in this coun
try. Mr. DuBois is a cousin of U. S
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, and he is
prominent among the best farmers of
Grant count}'.
Application was made to the gover
nor for the pardon of Albert Wilson
who murdered Richard Pay ton in the
Pott country and was sentenced to
lifteen years in 1803. The governor
did not grant the pardon.
SILVER SEX ATE COMMITTEE.
It is now generally believed that the
republicans will reorganize the senate
retary has always been inclined to lo-
ate the citizens of his state iu places
here they could make money off the
people or the government, but to have
it bluntly stated that the members of
the townsite boards are holding up
the people beyond their disposition to
bear is a new feature; how he will
handle it remains to be seer.. Some
profess to think he may give the peo-
ple of oklahoma a chance and relieve
them from some of these parasites.
but this seems improbable in view of
the record of the department. It is
tain that if he allows the plunder-
ng of the citizens of the towns to
proceed in this fashion until congress
meets he will hear some emphatic
things about himself on the floor of
the house. It is understood that a few
>f rthe Oklahoma officeholders who
hold places under the secretary ad-
vised him that the work of the town-
site boards is a little rough and that it
would be well to dispose of them. Of
course those taking this position are
not affected by the proposed change.
and as they expeet to remain iu Okla-
luuna they have concluded it would be C3urset know what course the repub-
to their personal advantage to insist
that the right thing be done towards
the people. What effect this will have
on the secretary no one knows.
Cockrell have expressed their opinions
that it will be a silver committee and
that they will not oppose its reorgani-
zation. Senator Voorhees will resign
the chairmanship of the committee to
Senator Morril, and thinks his stand-
ing with the party will prevent his re-
moval in the reorganization. Senator
Voorhees thinks that even Senator
Jones, of Nevada, will not be removed
from the committee, and remarked:
•It is a silver committee now,
and it will continue Ho be a sil-
ver committee regardless of economic
views of the additions which the
publicans may make to it. Mr. Mc-
pherson. a democrat, is the only mem
ber of the committee, who will not b
a member of the next congress and he
is the only democratic member who is
opposed to silver. The other live dem
ocrat members will, with Senator
.Jones, of Nevada, constitute a quorum
of the committee, even if the vacancy
shall be filled by the appointment of
an anti-silver republican. I do not, of
WILL LICK CORBETT.
Bert Jones, b <iuthrie Boy, Practicing
Piiglilftin in Kun«asCity.
Kansas City, April 12.—[Special ]
In police court .Judge .Jonea fined Bert
Jones, a newspaper reporter from
Guthrie, Ok., 825 for assaulting Alex-
ander Balzer, a printer, Saturday
night in Davis' saloon at Eighth and
Delaware streets. Jones had struck
llalzer over the head with a chair,
knocking him to the floor, lie beat
Balzer's head with the chair, fractur-
ing his nose and cutting his cheeks
Jones appealed the case to the crimi-
nal court.
licans may adopt in filling the vacancy
as that will depent upon the conclu
aion of the republican caucus, but il
the silver republicans should succeed
in getting one of their own number on
the committee the accession will only
make the majority that much more
pronounced."
THE GENTLEMAN'S PLACE.
Turf Exchange.
ONLY TIIK FINEST PROCURABLE WHISKIES.
AND OTHER LIQUORS AND CIGARS
Tho Only Anhouser Buach Beer and the beat Equipped
Billiard and Pool Hall in the City
W. M.SOHN, Prop.
Sixth Street, Between C and D St. Berry, Okla]
Val Blatz Beer
The
IS ACKNOWLEDGED BY EVERYONE TO BE
The Most Refreshing.
The Most Palatable.
Best,
e Choicest I
t Establis
Hewe+t& Munroe, Agents,
The Choicest Upon this or any other Market.
The best Establishments Keep it on Draught.
Depot Board of Trade Saloon,-
Seventh St. Between B and C.
Perry. 0. T.
Stillwater and Perry
MHACK LINE.]
Leave Perry at I o'clock daily, arriving at Stillwater at 4 p. m,
Leaves Stillwater at 8 o'clock daily, arriving at Perry at 11:30a. m.
LEAVE ORDERS AT GARNETT DRUG STORE.
Arapahoe Hee: Ity the way! Lkiring
the month of February they hail just
seven-hundredths o{ an inch of rain at
Oklahoma City, while here at Arapa-
hoe we had two inches and nine hun-
dredths of an inch—a difference of
over two inches in our favor! Did we
hear some one remark about that rain
belt?
AWARDED
Highest Honors—World's Fair.
•DR;
am
* CREAM
BAKING
POWDER
MOST PERFECT MADE.
\ pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free
'roni Ammonia, Alum <5r any other adulterant
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
On West Side Square.
FARE $1.00
.1. F. Adams, Prop,
To the People of the Citv of Perrv,
and the Whole Country: Come to
-And Select Your Ninceand Fancy-
groceries.
Choice Apples* Oranges, Bananas, and Lemons
Dried fruit a specialty, and beyond all never forget the Pool
Washer Woman's for Soaps, is the woman's delight. Our stock
of Tobaccos is unparalled—twenty-seven different kinds. Come
and select. Cigars and Cigarettes in stock to suit price and taste.
Don't forget the place on the
Cor. ol Exchange and C the Main Thorb tghlare-The Great City ol Parry
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