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The Lawton Constitution.
SUCCESSOR TO THE ELGIN EAGLE.
Vol. II.
WEEKLY EDITION.
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21. 1904.
$1.1)0 PER YEAR IN ADVANG
No. 21.
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
OF LAWTON
Capital,Surplus
and Profits
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OLD MEXICO.
| "Sights and Scenes in Old Mexico"
isthe title of an ut.usually well printed
: book lot issued by the passenger de-
j pirtment of the M. K. and T. railroad
of which George Morton is general
I passenger agent.
The cover pages are a red imitation
' of Morocco, and the lettering and cuts
which form the the title and design are
printed in silver and gold inks.
The booklet has for its theme a trip
Geronimo at the Fair. Among the Wichitas. OVER THE COUiNTY.
Lawtonitea will recognize the follow-1 I am among thi^ prosp. ctcrs and
irg int' rriew had with a St. Louis Dis- miners of the Wichita Mountains. I
patch reporter und G. ronimo as being
characteristic of the "o:d Ci ger " He
oc-ems to remain a- mum in St. Louis
as he usually is at home:
Old Chief Geronimo, who made Gen.
Milt s fnmous, is now making his living
as an author at the Eair. All day long
he sits and print- cards hearing!) single
woid—"Geronimo." For this perform-
from the magnificent union depot of j ance' wWch is,,onH with " ,ed Pencil'
St. Louis, southward through the U.S.,
and then through the Republic of
Mexico. "The Egypt of the New
World."
Few people of tne United States
have a proper conception of the Re-
public of Mexico. Its history is
too closely allied with that of Spain
to make if attractive for those who ..re
he charges one dime, ten cents; and
it is w orth ten cents of any man's mon-
ey to print a name of eight,letters the
way Geronimo does it. Sawing cord-
wood is a tap oca pudding in compari-
son.
1 had iiuite a notable interview with
Geronimo while he was plugging away
atone of hiB autographs so notable,
not interes.ed enough to investigate |'n I would consider myself
\ remiss in my du'y as the reprpsenta-
0- E. Mi'Ditpkik, Prt
ildent.
.1. s. MrllUFKIIc.
K. It. Mi'lttiKKir,
It. II. McDdvkik, Vlei
. . . Cashier.
slstant Cashier.
The Bank of Lawton,
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.
Capital, $10,000 Fully Paid. A (ieneral Hanking Business Transacted.
Thure Is no Hank in Comanche eounty better able to handle your buRlneas.
Corner Fourth and Ave D.
We do nor pay Interest nt tin* rate of rt per cent,
but will pay the principal when the people want It.
EarmersCall and See L's
it is:
Me: "How long are you going tore-
its wonderful resourc
"The fact is that the medieval | tive on that occasion of a great fam.ly
miasma which obscured the real Mex-1 "ewspap, r should I withhold the facts
ico until a quarter of a century ago, i from lhe public; so her
lias been penetrated and dissolved by
the sun of modern civilization and is j ma'|' at the I'air, Chief? '
I now to b« found only in scattered! Him: " .
patches, sufficiently frequent to please I Me: "How tl0 y°u like b -inK ' °"r
the antiquarians, but no longer a men- a" 'ar as y°u have got?
ace to the healthful development of I Him: " ."
the nation. Me: "Has the bantl Play«d ' Hia*
"It took the rest of the world seven «atlm' since y u have been in town?"
centuries to emerge fiom the dark Him: •' ."
Mexico has accomplished the j -^'e: "Do you believ
DIRECTORY.
Advertised Letter List.
tkkritorial
Oovernor
Secretary
Treaaurur
Superintendent of Scho<
Hec. S.diool l.nml IU ard
t 'ongro*man
Mayor
Police .Ju«lg.-
« lerk
Attorney
Marsha i .
Treasurer
Hrn'fi • ♦• ii 'I If
Councllnien—
First ward
Second ward
Third ward
Fourth ward
Fin h ward
council ni'
Br
hpI1.KIls The following is the list of letters re-
T. b. Keip, ,on maining uncalled for in the postofllce
1 iiskIus"\V Rambo at Law on, Okla., for the week ending
i* i,.w. mhxi.t July 18, 1A04:
k. i.. Wenner
. Bird s. Mc(suir<* l.ADIER I.IflTl
f Acers, Miss Ester, Bunge, Elizabeth,
•itt oovkrnmkst. Benham,Mrs. Ann, Dean, Miss Belle,
itoiii rt Mnrtlin 1French, Mrs.E.J., Lucas, Helen M ,
A. .Incobs I x>asiwell, Myrtle, Roberts, Miss Cora
Robertson, Julia, Secor, Mrs. Allie,
Talley .Miss Anrie, Wilson, 1L i. L. G.
GENTLEMENS LIST.
Burk, E P Bostwicb, M C
Barber, Frazier, Carpenter, Dudley,
Gobin, Dr O O,
Gardn r, John B,
Lor:g, W L,
McKee, Henry,
Portington,Waltei
Robinson, Joe
Nolan, William
ages.
in the fre« and
feat in twenty-live years. During j unlimited coinage of silver without
these twenty-five years it has had one ' waiting for the aid or consent of any
president, Porfirio Diaz. Before Diaz,; ot'ier nation on
it had fifty-two Presidents, Emperors
am learning about "leads, loads, shafts, |
tunnels, wall ro< k, oxides, chlorides," j
etc. All these things would interest a J
man, but 1 find mo-t in the gulches,
spires, peaks, the clear, cool mountain I
stivams and the mountain (lowers.
The mining interests of Hi Wichitas
are yet in their infancy, but much val
liable ore is being turnout. The deep-
est shaft here is only 110 feet, yet some
very valuable ore is n a iy for shipment.
Little Bits of News Gathered
From Our Exchanges.
The Fletcher Times and the Mt.
Sheridan Mintr have both snap ndrd
publication.
One more enterprise h ih located in
our prosperous little town. Henry M.
Smith, watchmaker and jeweler, has
started in business h* re, locating in
A smelter, which is being built here, j R- H Webb'* building. ( ache Jour
will soon be ir. operation. I think this
country will furnish much gold. Mr.
day night* of each month at <
Fred Kills
Heck Thomas
.1. S. Mr Unfile
toner P. L.St. Clair
n.M.Palmeer. If.K.Helhl
H. \.I.Ioyd..l.W.\Vnlverton
J. Conner, Lee HciiiiIiik
. I'h k Jones. N. M. Kluck
.. NV. c. Shaw. H. « . Flood
ond and fourt h Mon-
lia II.
>m mkkci.u,
every Thursdny
pl.rn
evening nt (Com-
mercial C-In> hall, corner Fouri li and F sts
II. A. Lloyd, president; Frank Ilobinson
secretary.
EDUrATION.
A. Sullens
second ward.
Third ward
Fourth ward
Flfth ward
H.
Pre
l w. i ..-ri i Hti. i- ' Tuthil), G H
n, W W.Andrews
Kit. .1 ii I In
K.A.Piirklnson. W.P. It
. .lee Milker, I!. \. II ill,I
Midl'llne, I.. M. 11 ii lil
George, A B,
Henry, C P,
Lewis. Kilph M,
O'Brien, I'atrick,
Ryan, W H,
Russel, Blacksmith !
Smith, R M
Tabor, Jim
and other rulers in fifty-nine years.
The rapidity with which its new, in-
telligent and modern civilization has
rizen upon t<ie ruins of the old, is the
greatest socjal and political miracle
known to history. A very few of the
the thousands of comparisons that
might be mide will serve to illusttate.
"Today brigadage is a tradition;forty
railroads extend with 7,000 miles into
every nook an' corner of the land ant'
not only life and property, but the lib-
earth?"
Him: "—
Me: "Do you believe the Igurrotes
are as naked as they are painted?"
Him: "
Me
Baumhoff of our city is building a d.im
across a narrow gorge, that will make
a lake of H,0(I0 acre's and will buiid a
summer resort in ihe he.irt of the
Wichitas.
Our Kansas men are ever in the lead
—the most advanced mining proposi-
tion here is owned by the five Penning-
ton brothers of Winfleld and Welling-
ton. E. B. Pennington, a practical
miner of a lifetime experience is in
charge of the work. He is a conserv-
ative, careful, intelligent gentleman
and is very enthusiastic over the future
of mining in the Wichita".—Mr. Orpha
1C. Davis in the Ottawa. Kan., Inde-
pendent.
To Protect Homeseekers.
A score of bankers and ranchmen of
the southwest, particularly Oklahoma,
at a meeting in St. Louis last «'n k,
organized the Southwestern Coloniza-
tion company for the-Jpurpose of pro-
tection of homeseekers and Investors
in the southwest against high rates of
interest on notes given in payment for
nal.
On Monday evening the business
men of Sterling met f&r the purpose of
making arrangements for the annual
anniversary celebration of the found-
ing of Sterling, to he held in Sterling
on August 25, !2K and 27. — Sterling
Star
Commissioner Pierce was down Sat-
urday morning to view the new bridge,
and said the commissioners would, if
funds would permit,bqild the necessarv
approach on the east end of the bridge.
The commercial clnb will have a tem-
porary app',"'>"h built on the east end
and it will be crossable in a few days.
—Waurika News.
Some parties without love of God or
their fellow men in their heart, went
into J. D. Huffman's melon patch last
Monday night and maliciously de-
stroyed the melons and vines. Anyone
that will willfully do an act like that
i- " -'ibject Tor the penitentiary and
should be punished t« the full ext' nt
of the law.—Waurika News
"Are you a Parker man, or do , . _. ..., , . ..
land. The capital _.ock of the new
you still believe in the strenuous life?" i . ., , .......
J ,, company is $600,000, all of which, it is
Him: ' ."
Me: "Abcut what date do you think j
you wiil tear yourself away from St.:
Louit?"
Him: ' ."
Me: "Are you a Buffalo?"
Me: "What, if any, would be the S
erty to enjoy them unmolested, is as j effect upon our r. publican form of gov- L gt Louis.
stated, has been subscribed. The offi-
cers elected are: Pr< sident, A. M.
ICoffman, Cartren, Okla.; vice presi-
| dents, J. S. Calloway, Quanah, Texas;
j Eli Howell, Snyder, Okla.; sferetary-
treasurer, Willard Krommer, St.Louis;
get oral manager, S. P. Krund ge, St.
Louis. Headquarters will be located
well assured as with us.
The railways, as has been th<
alwav s, were the pioneers in tins won- j Supl"' 019 rt ?
dei fill social revolution, and its chief;
promoters. Arm in arm they pressi d
foreward with the telegraph into a
country reeking with official corrU|r
i tion, where the press was muzzled, the
i ight ol opinion suppressed, the people
hkchkt socikttbs.
Masonic—Meets flr-t mid third Mondny
n I Khts of each moil that L O. n. F. hull. I i.
Meeks, W. M.: J. r. Hrandon, seereinry.
Odd Fellows—-Henver Lodge No. :ts, meets
every Thursday night nl t heir hull on c nv.
II. N. Pop... N I!.: .1. II. Ingram.
Modern Woodmen—Meet every Tuesday
ivlnht at Commercial hall, corner Knurtli
and K. J. A. Johnson, V.C.; Marl CofTiuan.
clerk.
Lawton Chapter V. K—Regular convoca-
tion second and fourth Frldav nights nt
(kid Fellows hall. I. ('. livclie. secretar\ ;
A. A. Mchaffer, 11. P.
Knights <if the Maccalices — Regular re-
views on the first and third Thur«davs of
each moiiih ai the Norman liall. A.H.Japp,
Com., \lvln Cainphell, It. K.
Comanche Alrle, No. 5i i. Fraternal Order
, «>f Kagles, meet every Friday uiulit at
Norman luvJL W. F. Hudson, Pres..
H. T. Wilson, See.. Dr. J. W. Sanders,
physician.
McClellan Post No. 100, (J. A. It., meets
the first aud I hird SaturdaN > at llethcrlug-
1 ton hall. M. M. Duncan, P. C.
Wood men of the World—Meets 2nd artd
It h Friday nights Ml Het herlnutoii hall. .1.
W. Rlle.v, c. C.. J. W. Cherry homes, clerk.
, , (denied the opporiunities of education,
Advertised letters will be sent to the an(1 ,ommerce limite(1 tu H mern local
dead letter office at the expiration of. bapter an(J oxt.hanf;e the necegsitieB
two weeks. Persons calling for these Lf ,ife An(J followinp in their foot- 1 Shakespeare?"
calling
j letters [ lease say "advertised."
J. T. WHITE, P. M.
O. W. and P. M. Hunt have out about
forty-five acres of broom c .rn and it
is looking fine. Part of the crop is
ready to to be gathered and ill average
a ton to two acres. The remainder is
as good but not so far along and with
a good season will turn out as well.
Tnis product usually yields a ton to
from three to five acres. A ton to
three acres is considered an unusuiMy
fc„od nop. This crop of Mr. Hunt's is
beyond any other crop of broom corn
that we have ever seen and will clear
him a nice sum of mon< y. It would
pay every farmer to put out a field of
broom corn. The price varies from
Him: " ." | P. Simpson and G. A. Kendrioks, |40 to $160 a ton. This year the price
Me: "Do you consider Ella Wheeler two fa'mers who reside in Comanche will be good and those -who have put
Wilcox a moral poet? c. unty, are being held on the charge j ,lUt „ crop wi)j be iucky. - Temple
Him: " ;tf murd r. Fred Simp 9n, who on 1 Tribune,
Me: "What effect do you th'nk the ' the third of July Was found dead in a j -
rise in beef will have at the Igorrote pool of water not far from his home is A. Calhoon came up from Lawton
villag' ?" supposed to be the victim. The ver- [ ^atu day to look after his property in-
lliiii: " • ." diet of the coroner's jury at the time , 'erests here. He will return to Law-
Mo: "Do you believe Bill Nye wro'e i was accidental drowning. Last week , 'on next week and after visiting in
| it was reported to the sheriff that there Iowa will attend the fair in St. Louis,
were bruis s about the head of the an<* w'" be back to Mountain View
rnment if .Mr. Roosevelt should take
case j 8 Dotion '•polish Congress and the
Held for Murder.
Him:
I Di puty U. S Marshal Frey last Fri-
day arrested Jess Ray, who has been
residing in the eastern part of this
county. He is wanted in the Indian
Territory on a charge of selling liquor.
M ih< Kl.l.ANKOrH.
f Lawton Rand meets every Monday and
Friday at hemocratlc club rooms, "u. b.
Sherman, Idreetor.
•* oklahopia National (iuards meet every
Monday night at s o'clock, west of court
house vqunre. Ren Klnu. eaptaln,
v I.awton C|til , located corner Fourth and
l>. It. IL llulihard, president | Tom Rlxhy.
ii secretary.
the ciirmnKs.
M. F. church, corner Fourth and R sts.;
preaching II a. in. and * p. m.; Hundny
\School 10h. m. Rev. Porter, pastor.
St. PeterVProfestant Kplscopal; w rvlee
'every Sunday at 10 o'clock. Rev. SVllliam
iCross, rector,
^ Rapt!?,r ("f'/urch, services every ftunday
moral n k at II and evening iter vices at h;
Hundny School at 10 a. in. Rev. Stephens, i
Ipaslor,
TVl sUvferiail. collie' Nffhllianii P; Ser-
vices • \ • r\ idorrt^H^ and evening. Hev.
flrwlt),
• s M, y \ nirch. South, corner Ninth and
i aching 11 a. ni. and h p. in.; Sunday
• ■>*.•*,ool 11:4fi. Rev. A. .1. Worh y. pastor.
Christian Church, corner seventh and I>
^ Save; Sunday School lo a.m., preaching at
H H a. m. ami's p. in. Rev. Morrison, pastor.
.M Congregational Church, corner Hevenlh
-fland C sts: Sunday scImmiI 10 a. in., preach-
I ling II a. in. and s p. in. Rev. J. Foster,
" ■ pastor.
steps, with a closeness never befori
paralleled ha- come civil service r. form , jou see Cieneial Miles deceased atid that a tope was found
a free press, free speech. free schools w^en 11(2 a couple of weeks ab jut his body. The sheriff and couniy
in every hamlet and a development of aS0!> attorney had the body exhumed yes-
resources and comm-rcial indnstr> | (For once the old medicine man, "the terday and a poat mortem examination
that is simply phenomenal. | human tiger," forgot himself.) | was held. As a result both men are
Him: "No." (Mutteringly.)
| now in the county jail. A preliminary
The:y°u?
Dead silence for Geronimo.
Democratic Pre^s Meeting.
As p-r order of the Democratic Press
, brother of the dead man.
Rep. Convention Sept. 3d.
At a meeting of the Republican
county cen ral committee it was de-
cided to hold the nominating conven-
"Not only the national but even the ,
state go\erments are now clean and'
honest in every branch and detail
selected Allen Heldsas a del. gate to progress i>f the civic improve- j
represent the Brotherhood of Carpen- ment is the strongest evidence of • heir
ters of the lwin Teriitories, in their efficiency. Modern waterworks have
convention wliieh meets in Milwaukee everywhere teplaced the old Spanish
in September. aqueducts; modern sewage systems
Mr Reamnr frntn noar purge the towns and the cess pools of Associa i .n, held at Oklahoma City
in 1 ig'trton Tuesday and mad ■ *h'iR nf" oentures are obliterated; model heal h May 14, 1904, the association is hereby I vent ion tn Lawton on .Saturday, Sep-
ficetTrtnd'v call Tle shoW«d n« I! departments provide sanitation and called to meet in Oklahoma City, July j The ward pnmar.es to
fite aft iend,y call, lie showed us a, disease- mo.lel hosDitils -isy- 26, 1904, .t .1 o'clock p. m., for the pur- s leet delegates to the county conven-
drawing made by his Son, Fred W iLomDdt "iheast.moan nospitais, as} . > '' ' ' '
Reamer, of the new smelter now be- . 1,11118 and Pri8ons housfi the uniorUi-; l^e of "inning tne Democratic I ress
nate and criminal, and electricry ol Oklahoma on the political ls-ues of
everywhere furnishes light and motive 1 the <'ay, and for such other business as
power. j inaJ properly come bef re the associ-
' . * i ution. The following well-known edi-
Col. Tousley, who is well known in : tors have been assigned subjects for
Lawton, is one of an American colony ! this meeting, and those who fail t_> re-
sume time in tne ea !y fall.—Mountain
View Progress.
One of our Sterling citizens has again
been recognized and this time it is . ur
friend, Mrs Ratliff, who has secured a
The Carpenters union of Lawton has
ing constructed at Meers. It is cer-
t i inly a fine piece of drawing for a boy
of 1H.
Me: "But you have see him, haven't i trial will be held today. F. Simpson is '' L''!l0n as a teacher in the Lawton
schools. We are always glad to note
the success of the people of this p rt
of the country and particularly those
who are laboring to build up the edu-
cational standard. Mrs. Ratliff has had
ext-nsive experiences as a teacher in
gtaded schools and we congratulate
Lawtor. upon securing her services for
the coming year.—Sterling Star.
The merchants of Lawton have made
up a prize to be given the enlisted men
of the company having the highest
average attendance at drills and exer-
cises of the militia between now and
September !9
_ JENNINGS & JENNINGS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
8 1> Ave. LAWTON, OK1.a.
JVioney to Loan
. TO FARMERS,
On Good Chattel*. Call at SHERMAN A
fM'KKTX offim HW 1-8 Dht., I#*toli, Okla.
Nothing has bei^ heard for more than
A week of Prof. >>nas Cook, who is al-
leged to have nailed from tho topmost
peak of Mount 5<eot! In a pair of bloom-
ers inflated with hydrogen gas. There
js a suspicion that Jonas never "liV'and
is bounding around among the pinna*
cles of the Wichitas.
—Col. P. U. Prouty cl tli'6 Fallis
Star, national committeeman of the
Oklahoma Press association, made the
Constitution a fraroi-nal call Tuesday.
The Colonel will labor from now until
next May to make the forthcoming
meeting of the National association at
Guthri e great success.
that purchased a large tract of land in j spond will be lined the maximum pen-
Mexico. The colonel is now in the ; alty for such offensev
city, and relates many interesting J. Roy Williams,
stories in connection with his trip. On Lon Whorton, President
his way back to the U, S. be was quar- j Secretary.
antined in acity five days. The night | program:
before bis arrival there an old Mf\ „Th0 Edi(or jn FoliticP)„ LeB,ie a.
liad been roboed of a large ,otn yl Niblack> Quthrie Leader,
money by five bandits A*4d. - were „Tht, Nece88ity of ft Thorou h Dem.
at once j ut on Unit trail ai d after a 1 pr#fi A|4oc.a„ „ char,8g p
long chase Succeeded in capturing ' Barfett> 8nawnw Hei #|d(
J were brought bacfc to tne, l(Wh#t Con8tituteg 6 Loya, DemQ.
crat," Bob Neff, Blackwell Sun.
wiil be held in the various townships
at 2 o'clock p. m., and in the various
wards of the city of Lawton at 8 o'cl ck
p. m. on Saturday, August 27th.
Ten Days Meeting.
The Rev. Frank H. Wright of the
Apache Mission announces that he
will beg u a ten days' religi us meeting
in Lawton toni.ht. He will pitch h's
tent on the Woods or Beal addition.
The Zorger second hand store has
been moved to 624 D av. nue.
Neal Moorehead, who since the open-
ing h ts been working with his father
ill the produce business in Lawton,
started the fore part of the we
accept a position on the Wilke
(Ohio) Herald. Neal is an old
printer, and it is said that wher i
gets a good start it is necessary to *3
a small boy pour water in the -
box to keep the typt i.
to stop a few days
visit the fair It is 5
the printing fraterni
him up. Yet, we f
will be a credit to ti
lie works.
—1*
.e<V
them
city. The old lady identified them
as the highway men that took her
money. They were at once given
trial and pronounced guilty by the
couit, and the following day all five
were shot. While this may seem quick
"Is Machine Politics Good for the
Party?" Tom Hensley, El Reno Demo-
crat.
"U it the Platform or the Candidate
, . .. that Unites the Party?" Roy Stafford,
justice to some, the colonel gives it as okulloman
his opinion that it is the only means by ' '
, . V. „ . 1 , .. . 1 "Republican Insino. rit--," F.C.Noble
which safety to the public can be '
insured. "The law there is in favor 0 ar u
The Mirror of the
Sruil TIiom^ having im-
oiiui* paired Bluht n.••*<!-
1 lii£ cull at my
thr !ir t t«-n days of
each month.
J. C. DISS, Optical Specialist.
Office, 411 Ave D, Koom No. H. Phonf 2S5.
e
—Hunter Williams of Glencoe was
the guest of his brother, J. Roy, over
Sunday. He expects to locate in this |
part of the territory in the newspaper |
business. The (wo brothers started |
of the citizen that behaves himself, but
the law-breaker it shows no mercy."
Sunday School Picnic.
The people of Zella township are
I "The Importance of the Neit As-
sembly and Why it Should be Demo-
cratic," Freeman Miller, Stillwater
I Advance.
For Real Estate Li ansigo to B. C.
their first newspaper in Northwest I planning for a 'big Sunday School Hallum, room 3, City National bank
Missouri sevtnteen years ago and both j picnic to be ijfv n at Union Grove on building, I-awten, Okla., where you
have been actively engaged in the | Sunday, Jnly 24. Adjoining town- cln private monay w ithout com-
busineits from that time until within ships will "take part and a big day is mission or delay. iS«na,l or large
the pant few months. anticipated. loans, ou short or kHg time. tf
i
FAST TRAINS
TO TEXAS.
The "Kilty Fair Hpeclal" leaves Ht#
Louis at 0:15a. in.; "The Katy Flyer" at
8::ti p. m. dally. Thene are good tralnx to
Texan, and equally good for anyone com
Ing to Mt. Louis from the Southwest.
The "Katy Fair Rpeclal"arrive* In LouIh
at C:: p. m.. giving a daylight rld«-
through "Old Mlzzoura;" the "Katy
Flyer" at 7:27 a. m.
Would you like my picture in water
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J. H. Reese, husba
J. Rees , who died f >i;
injuries received in • .VJls.f
week, arrived in the day.
! Mr. Reese knew notl i '.ie ae,)j.
ilerit and is comple i \ rcoirr l y
finding his wife deai in<J buried
' ihe time the acciden. iMx-urrcd .e
i on his way here from Keener. A
| and high water and delayed muils pre-
vented his receiving any wor^ from,
here regarding it. Mr. Reese had lo-
catedat Kesner and his wife had ex.
pected to leave for their new home the
next day after the runaway. Her injur-
ies were not considered serious at ' .
time but she has been a victim ofr
Bright'! disease for a number of years
and this complication waaprebnoly th
cause of the fatal teruinati r..— Dem-
ocrat.
- Mrs Crocker and daughter, Mrs.
Riley, have returned from 8t. Louis.
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Smails, N. W. The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1904, newspaper, July 21, 1904; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117798/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed June 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.