McCurtain County Beacon. (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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In Flay Deware
of Dyspepsia
McCurtain County Beacon
C J STEWART Pub
IDABEL - OKLAHOMA
STATE HAPENINGS
WHEN CIRCUS POSTERS BEGIN TO APPEAR
10 END WAR
i
PEACE MAKERS SCHEDULED TO
MEET IN EL PASO
Guthrie baa expended $10009 iu
Improving tbe water works system
The Sanitary ice Cream Factory
la a new pauia Valley enterprise It
tarts under favorable conditions
Samuel H McKee a car repairer
In the Frisco shops at Enid started
to crawl under a car Tbe train start
ed and be was ground to death beneath
tbe wheels
DIAZ NAMES- CARBAJAL
Member Mexican Supreme Court Ap
pointed Government Commis-
sioner— Gomez Will Repro
sent General Madero
DAMAGE IS $6000000
Stats Troops On Hand to Guard Suf-
Isrors and Property From Hands
of Vandals— Business See
tirn Devastated j
FIRE DESTROYS
MAINE CITY
BANGOR IS FLAME-SWEPT AND
MANY ARE HOMELESS
The Minnetonka Lumber company’s
yard one of the largest in Muskogee
was gutted by fire Friday night It
Is estimated that the loss will be $20
000 The yard is adjacent to the rail-
road tracks and the Are Is supposed
to have started from a passing locomotive
Ouster proceedings were begun in
the superior court at Muskogee against
Ernest Cook a city commissioner It
Is charged that Cook forfeited his of-
fice by voting- for his brother-in-law
John Dill for the assessorshlp For-
mer assessor Joseph McCusker and
Dr John Reynolds are the plaintiffs
The state board of agriculture has
' accepted the resignation of Charles
E Scott superintendent of the Con-
nell school of agricultvre at Helena
effective June 15 and that of Miss
Mae Caton from the faculty of the
Connors school at Warner No sue-
cessors have been named as yet in
- either case'
Creek restaurant' proprietor at
Henryetta figures that “there are more
ways of killing a pig than choking It
to death with soft butter” Reused
permission to tear down his building
and erect au improved one he sub-
stituted a new roof then a new north
pide then a new east side etc until
-now his building Is absolutely new —
- and tbe city council is wondering
what to do about it
The board of school land commis-
sioners at a meeting Friday decided to
put a force of appraisers in the field
at once to reappraise the land which
hitherto has been offered for sale and
not sold preparatory to offering it for
sale again It has been three years
since the land was appraised and the
board believes that the appraisement
at this time will show an increase of
'probably $100000 over the old ap-
ipraisement There are aout 1100 tracts
affected averaging 160 acres each
School' Superintendent Ben Hester
St Rogers county announced that un-
er the new state law passed by the
last legislature two ' of the Rogers
county school districts Nos 2 and 22
are qualified to receive from the state
the $2500 each allowed under the pro
visions of section 5 of house bill 95
Under this act any consolidated dis-
trict employing three teachers with
hn actual attendance during the term
of not less than 130 and with a term
of not less than six months which has
s already constructed a suitable build-
ing of not fewer than three rooms
can draw from the state treasury from
the school building fund not to exceed
$2500 from the appropriation fiiade
for the purpose
That there is one district In the
' Oklahoma wheat belt embracing al-
together about the area of one average
county where the wheat crop this year
will be as good as it ever was Is the
statement made by State Treasurer
Robert Dunlop who recently returned
from that part of the state The dis-
trict Includes southwestern Kay coun-
ty northwestern Noble county south-
eastern Grant county and northeast
era Garfield county Within that re-
stricted area the wheat is reported to
be making a great growth and to be
aa thick on the ground as ever
The three-story dormitory of ‘ the
Riverside government Indian school
across the Washita river to the north
' of Anadarko was destroyed by fire at
about 4 o’clock Friday morning Only
jthe walls are left standing -The fire
- originated in the attic and as the
- hose of the Bchool fire fighting appa-
ratus was in no condition to be used
the Anadarko fire department was
called in
The contract for the digging of nine
(artesian wells in Cimarron Beaver
land Texas counties was awarded Frl-
C day by the board of agriculture to
- Hamlll and Chaffee of Tulsa Their
bid was $525 a foot and was the low-
est of about thirty bids received by
the board Nine wells will be dug
: In the three counties During the last
' session of the legislature $45OGO was
' appropriated for the digging of the
' wells which allows $5000 for each
Tbe company securing the cpntract
4s to furnish everything for the wells
i Two machines to do the work will be
shipped to the Panhandle country and
- the boring started at once '
Robbers made an unsuccessful at-
tempt to rob the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank at Centralia The safe
and building was wrecked by an explo-
sion for which the robbers were re-
sponsible but the citizens of the town
were aroused and the bandits were
forced to flee without securing - any
booty'
Lewis M Seaver one of the trustees
of the Ensign fund for the protection
of dumb animals haa closed arrange-:
menta for the installation of an En-
sign fountain In Chlckasha
El Paso Tex — The selection of El
Paso as the place for holding the for-
mal peace conference and the naming
of Judge Francisco Carbajal of the
Mexican supreme court as the govern-
ment commissioner are the Import-
ant developments in the peace situa-
tion Judge Carbajal la known to Ma-
dero by reputation only but from this
the lnsurrecto leader views the ap-
‘plntment is satisfactory
General Navarro's letter to Madero
notifying him of the appointment of
the commissioner follows:
'I have been instructed by my gov-
ernment that the government accedes
to your wishes with regard to the
meeting place of 'the peace commis-
sioners to witness: On the Mexican
side of the dam lying between the
city of Juarez and your camp I am
also instructed to Inform you that the
commissioner who represents the gov-
ernment left Mexico City last night”
General Madero it is reported may
appoint more than one commissioner
to represent him It is regarded aB
certain that Dr Vasquex Goes if not
the only one will be at least a mem-
ber of the commission Madero trusts
him fully
DYNAMITING PLOT GROWS
According to Confession of Artie Mo-
Manigal Other Men Involved
Los Angeles Cal— pearsistenf re-
ports were circulated around the office
of District Attorney Fredericks that
warrants have been secretly issued
for one of the best known labor leaders
n California and two other men in
connection with tbe Times dynamiting
case The labor leader is said to he
S San Francisco man - "
Artie McManlgal made complete con-
fession to the district attorney sheriff
and four detectives He repeated all
the sensational admissions arid told of
dynamiting plots extending : over a
period of three years and the destruc-
tion of four million dollars worth of
property He accused Secretary Mc-
Namara as being the originator con-
trolling genius and paymaster of the
conspiracy McNamara' was indiffer-
ent to McManigal's confession He
Issued a statement protesting his in-
nocence and asking the public not to
form an opinion until his defense is
presented - ”
PEACE RESOLUTION RATIFIED
' Premier Asquith and Ex-Premier
Balfour Chief Speakers
London — The greatest appeal ever
made for wrold peace was sounded
In the great Guild hall mass meeting
called to indorse President Taft’s pro-
posal for an arbitration treaty between
tbe United States and Great Britain
- Premier Asquith and ex-Premier A
J Balfour both spoke warmly in favor
of tbe proposed treaty Mr Asquith
concluding with a resolution express-
ing the cordial welcome of the Brit-
ish people to President Taft’a proposal
and indorsing it heartily :
Boiling Sugar Explodes
New Yor — Fire in the big Arbuckle
Sugar Refining company's plant in
Brooklyn Friday spread rapidly throug
the upper half of the main ten-story
building and caused a loss of $250000
Book Brings $21000 '
New York City — The second highest
price for a book in the Hoe library
eale was reached when a book sold for
$21000 This wap “Heylas Knight of
the Swanne” first printed English ver
sion of the legend of "Lohengrin” ' It
was printed in London in ISIS by Wyn-
kyn and DeWorde Walter M Hill of
Chicago was the purchaser of the book
' " Railroad la Fined
Fort Smith Ark — The Fort Smith
ft Western Railway company Friday
was fined $18250 InNthe circuit court
by Judges Fisher and Fishback on a
charge of violating a state law requir-
ing railroads to provide buildings for
their car repairers The state sought
to have a fine of $36500 imposed
Girl “Shiners” Barred
Kansas City — City officials have re-
fused to grant a license to a- shoe
shining parlor which advertised “pretty
girls will shine your shoes” contend-
ing that this workq is morally unfit
for woman An ordinance prohibit-
ing women shining shoes will be pre-
pared '
- Volcano Becomes Active
Manila P I — Mount Tsai the vol-
cano which several months ago caused
considerable loss of life has again
become ’ active and fears are felt
for the safety of natives about Lake
George ' The military authorities have
prepared for emergencies 1 '
Earthquake Shocks Recorded ' -San
Jose Cal— A slight earthquake
was recorded by the seismograph at
Santa Clara college at 2:01:52 Friday
the tremor being apparently far to the
easL '
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Copyright lull)
RECIPROCITY FORTHWITH
’ ’ ’
PRESIDENT ADDRESSE8 ASSOCIA-
TED PRESS AND PUBLISHERS
Nation’s Head Declares the Talk
Annexation is Dream of Alarm
' ists and Urges a Trial of
’ ' Reciprocity
of
New York— Reciprocity with Can-
ada must be adopted now or never
and must stand or fall by its own
terms Amid tremendous applause
and the waving of handkerchiefs so
said President Taft in an address at
the ' Waldorf-Astoria hotel at - the
fourth annual joint banquet of ''the
Associated Press and the American
Newspaper Publishers Association
His address was the first of a series
in which he plans to evoke pnhllc sen-
timent in support of his policies and
he appealed to the newspaper owners
and editors to impress in the public
print that reciprocity 1 should stand
alone and "ought not to be affected
in any regard by other amendments
to the tariff law"
All talk of annexation he character-
ized as “bosh” and said that tbe Unit
It will he remembered in this con-
ed States has all It can attend to with nection that efforts are being made
the territory it Is now governing He jjj congress to place a prohiblti
praised the house of representatives
for Its passage of the agreement' de-
clared that it would not Injure - the
fanner nor any special class an-
swered in detail the objections that
have been raised to reciprocity and
begged for at least a “kind of test”
to dispel the ghosts “exhibited to
frighten the agricultural classes
TWO KILLED IN COLLISION
Engineer and Fireman In Crash at Al-
varado Texas
: Denison Texas — Two men were
killed when southbound Missouri Kan-
sas and Texas passenger train No 5
known as the “Flyer” crashed into the
rear of a freight train at Alvarado
Texas - '
L Z Williams engineer and R W
Pearson fireman of tbe passenger lo-
comotive were killed Pearson was
Bhoveling coal when the Impact came
He was hurled headlong into the fire
box and burned to death Both men
lived in Denison
The mall and baggage cars of the
passenger train were badly damaged
and the rear cars of the freight train
were demolished' - !
Negro Suet for Billion v
Washington— Elbert B Robinson s
Chicago negro has sued the govern-
ment for the modest sum of one Bil-
lion dollars because of alleged in-
fringement on patents of an electrical
signal system '
PRINT PAPER DUTY FREE
Report Made to American Publishers
- Says Outlook It Good
New York— Paper and labor— the
two chief items of expense to a news-
paper — were the topics under discus-
sion at the second day’s session of the
American Newspaper Publishers’ As-
sociation John Norris chairman of
the committee on paper submitted the
annual report of tbe committee sum-
marizing its work outlining the pres-
ent situation and predicting results
within a short time from the associa-
tion's efforts begun in 1907 'to secure
print paper free from Import duty -
- Steel Mills Close Down
Birmingham Ala — Orders
have
been Issued by the Jennesee Coal and
Iron company to close down the steel
rati mill at Ensley Saturday night
This action wiil throw about 2500 men
out of employment The reaeon given
for the shut down is that the company
has "completed all its rail contracts
available for immediate rolling”
Locomotive Blows Up
i Parkersburg W Va — A B & O lo-
comotive blew np near Petroleum
twenty miles from here fatally injuring
engineer ' Albert Lucas and Fireman
John White -: '
" Family Burne to Death
Roanoke Va — An entire family was
burned to death early Friday when
fire destroyed the home of Mrs J H
Nunn Desperate efforts were made
by neighbors to rescue the family but
the flames had gained too great head-
way for any of the family to escape
M-(: :o
BROOM CORN INDUSTRY BIG
Census Report 8hows it Is Growing
In Oklahoma '
Washington D C — That the broom
corn industry of Oklahoma is grow-
ing and now represents an annual
output to the value of $2560496 is
disclosed by a preliminary report just
made public by the census officials
These figures according to officials
at the census office are subject to
change but it is believed they are sub-
stantial correct although it is not im-
probable that a good many farmers
in Oklahoma engaged in the broom
corn business more or less failed to
report their crop to the census takers
About 10162 farms reported a yield
of 42900623 pounds of broom corn
The total number of acres devoted to
this product in tbe state la placed at
215544
Beaver bounty is reported ' as the
banner county In the state with a
yield of $317680 Major is next with
a crop worth $285396 and ' Roger
Mills third with $254551 Of the 76
counties reporting all but 18 Beem to
be more or less engaged in raising
broom corn Oklahoma county raised
$7558 worth- 'Comanche $51856
Blain $14384 and Muskogee $337
congress 'to place a prohibitive tar-
iff on broom corn in order to give
the - American grower a - monopoly
At present over a million dollars
worth of broom corn is imported into
this country - annually
FARMERS’ FREE LIST
Saving To Conaumera of $300000000
May Be Affected By It
' Washington — It is expected the
farmers free list bill will save consu-
mers more than $300000000 annually
The consumption measured by the net
supply in values of the articles on the
free list runs as follows:
Salt $9640 824 V '
Farming Implements $90637110
Bagging for cotton etc $26031644
Cotton ties hand iron $12639953
Leather shoes etc $493006263
Barbed wire etc $113027205
Fresh meats $614895219
Flour and grits $665041533 '
Lumber shingles etc $699599293
Sewing machines $8497460
If the free list bill becomes a law
the consumers may save the following
sums: k
On salt $4862005 '
Farming implements $13876541
Bagging sacks etc $6992009
Cotton ties $2017336
Leather shoes etc $37483788
Barbed wire etc $32861066
Fresh meats $133493752
Flour grits etc $18355146
Lumber laths etc $59955659
Sewing machines $2549239
To Hear Oklahoma Caaea -
" Washington D C— Special Ex-
commerce commission will be in Ok-
lahoma City June 6 when ' hearings
in tbe following cases are set:
Loulsiania Saw Mill company Lim-
ited' vs Louisiana Railway and Nav-
igation company et al’ - -
Investigation in the matter of ad-
vances in rates for the transporta-
tion of cement plaster from Oklaho-
ma points to points in Texas
New State Bank At Capital :
Oklahoma City — E B Cockrell and
others have organized the State Ex-
change "bank with a 'capital stock of
$100000 Mr Cockrell severed his con
nection with the Continental Trust
company to become vice-president of
the new bank - ’
: Dynamite In Waiting -Room
St Louis Mo— A valise contain-
ing 56 pounds of dynamite was found
under a settee in the second-class
waiting-room of the union depot It
fs not known who left the valise Thi
exploslve'Was thrown Into - the Miss-
issippi river
Dowle Creditors Get Dividend
Chicago 111— -Creditors or the late
John Alexander Dowle ' were paid
final dividend of 28 per cent on their
claims by order of United States Dis-
trict! Judge K M Landis A prior
dividend of 10 per cent was paid by
Receiver G D Thomas on the claims
which amount to $4900461 Judge
Landis also allowed the receiver to
destroy a quantity of Intimate corre-
spondence between tbq' former Zion
City leader and persona asking spirit-
ual or material advice
r i" v -
fyi
Bangor Me — Property valued at up-
ward of $6000000' was destroyed hun-
dreds of persons made homeless and
almost the entire business section of
this city was devastated in the flrat
five hours of a firs which was still rag-
ing Monday morning One ' life is
known to have been lost an unidenti-
fied man who was killed by a falling
wall
Mayor Mullen called out the com-
pany of the local national guard and
placed the city under martial rule
Portland Lew'iBton Augusta Old
Town Brewer and other cities and
towna within reach were- asked for
help and sent it
A score of buildings had been blown
up In an effort to check the flames and
dynamite was still being liberally used
The fire etarted In the hay shed of J
Frank Green on Broadway street and
in a short time was sweeping through
tbe city in a northwesterly direction
''Before midnight Sunday both sides
of Exchange street from York to
State both sides of State from Ken-
duskeag stream to Broadway a consid-
erable part of Central and Franklin
streets nearly all of Park' street and
Marlow street was in ruins and the
flames had made inroads of nearly a
mile into the best residential section
of the city - r
CRISI8 IN CANADA ’
Tariff Measure la Causing Concern In
Official Circlee
Winnipeg Man— Tbe critical situa-
tion at Ottawa has resulted In the sud-
den recall of Earl Grey to the capital
from Winnipeg The governor gen-
eral has cancelled all his engagements
for next week and will leave with hie
suite for Ottawa Determination of
the opposition to fight reciprocity with
the United States all summer If neo-
essary as outlined by Leader Borden
thus preventing Sir Wilfred Lauriei
from attending the imperial conference
and coronation haa caused a crisis Is
oolitical circles - -
TORNADO TEARS UP SEDALIA
“Twister” Kills One -Leaving Wide
-Trail of Destruction
Seda II a Mo — A tornado struck So-
dalia at 6 o’clock Sunday morning and
damaged property in a path two blocka
wide and a mile and a half long Mrs
Isaac Reed and George Alspaugh were
cut by flying glass in both instances
timbers being blown through their
windows A number of houses were
torn from their foundations and
large trees were torn up or snapped in
twain The roofs of at least two build-
ings were blown a block away One
person a child was killed
OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES SOLD
Well Known Lincoln' Neb Publisher
- Takes Controlling Interest '
Oklahoma City — A desl for the sale
it the Oklahoma City -Times to C B
Edgar of Lincoln Neb has been
closed and Mr Edgar has assumed
control of the paper The entire in-
terest of Dennis Flynn who has owned
the paper for some time was purchas-
ed by Mr Edgar The paper will re-
main in the afternoon ' field and will
continue ltd present policy The con-
sideration for tbe purchase was not
given out ' '
' Union Farmers Split '
Gravette Ark — Gravette fruit grow-
ers or at least a number of them have
split from tbe farmers' union and Jiave
formed an Independent organization to
handle fruit- Dissatisfaction In hav-
ing their products marketed through
the Ozarg F G A Is said to have been
the cause of the split Tbe new asso-
ciation controls 90 acres of tbe 200
acres in bearing here -
$18000 Fire at Huge
Hugo Okla — Fire partially destroy-
d the dry goods stock of Mauref
Bros and Smith The loss from lire
and water is estimated St $18000 in-
surance $12000 The building ' was
only slightly damaged covered by in-
surance Woman Killed -Kansas
City — After walking : with
Lillian Hammon of Kansas City Kan
to a wooded guliy near there Nell
Callahan an employe of a furniture
store shot the woman three times
killing her - He surrendered later
but refused to tell why he' had killed
the woman
Postal Banks O K
Washington— The forty-eight ' exper-
imental offices of the postal bank sys-
tem have “made good? It was an-
nounced at- the post office department
Tbe result it was stated would be the
speedy extension of tbe system to the
large cities
Missouri Pacific Wreck
Nevada Mo— Missouri Pacific pas-
senger train No 209 southbound from
Kansas City was wrecked £t Boston
Barton county No one was seriously
Injured - - " y
M POR
Pyspepsi
IfttARRH ot
DIDNT CARE TO BE DONE
r
Howell— He does everything In his
power —
Powell— Then I’m glad that Im no$
In bis power
SCRATCHED TILL BLOOD RAN
“When my boy was about three
months old his head broke out with a
rash which was very Itchy and ran a
watery fluid We tried everything we
could but he got worse all the time
till it spread to hia arms legs and ’
then to his entire body He got so
bad that he came near dying The
raah would Itch bo that he would
cratch’ till the blood ran and a thin
yellowish stuff would be all over his-
pillow in the morning I bad to put
mittens on his bands to prevent him -tearing
his skin He was so weak
and run 'down that be took fainting
spells as if he were dying He was
almost a skeleton and his little hands -were
thin' like claws -
“He was bad about eight months
when we tried Cutichra Remedies 1
had not laid him down In his cradle
In the daytime for a long whtla I
washed him with Cutlcura Soap and '
put on one application of Cutlcura
Ointment and he was so soothed that
he could sleep You don't know how
glad I was he felt better It took one
box of Cutlcura Ointment and pretty '
near one cake of Cutlcura Soap to
cure him I think our boy would have
died but for the Cutlcura Remedies
and I shall always remain a firm
friend of them ’ There has been no
return of the trouble I shall be glad
to have you publish this true state-
ment of his cure” (Signed) Mrs M
C Maitland Jasper Ontario May 87
1910 ' -: - - ' -
No Girls
"You didn’t stay long at Wombat's
country place” '”
“No he promised to show ms the
beauties of his neighborhood and then
tried to point out a lot of scenery”
TODBiVlMUnMALABU
ANUBl'ILlllIFTHIWRT -i
Take tie Old Standard UROVSIS YASTBLB8S -
CHILL TON 10 Yon know wtaal on are taking -
Tbs formula la plainly printed on every bottla
bowing it la limply Quinine and iron In a last
le a form Tbe Quinine drives out the malana
and the Iron builds up the ayatem Bold by ao
dealers for BO yeara Price 60 cent : v
Self-possession implies the capacity
for self-restraint self-compulsion and
self-direction — W H Thomson -
Mrs Winslow’s flootblns Syrup for OhlKrsn
teething softens the gums redness Inflsmms-
tlos 117 psln cures wind colic 26a s bottle
Men ' have more temptations than
women because they know where to
look for them V --
DO Torn CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW
If so uae Red Cross Ball Blue It will maks
them white as snow 2 oz package 0 cents -
'A nan is Beldom arrested for atrik-
Ing an attitude : 1 ' ----'
ARE YOU FREE
-FROM—
Headaches Colds Indigestion
Pains Constipation Sour Stomach
Dizziness? If you are not the most
effective prompt and pleasant
method of getting rid of them is to '
tale now and then a desertspoon-
ful of the ever refreshing and truly
beneficial laxative remedy — Syrup '
of Res and Elixir of Senna - It is
rell known throughout the world
as the best of family laxative reme-
dies because it acts so gently and
strengthens naturally - without irri -tating
the system in any way
To get its beneficial effects it is
always necessary to buy the genu- v
me manufactured by the California
Rg Syrup Ok bearing the name
of the Company plainly printed on
the front of every package
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