Cleveland County Leader. (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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Guthrie, Ok' Jan 14—Both
ho I-:--, of ti o L' ;;i;il;iiivn Ass; rnbly
/ 6juvcih;(1 at '1 ji. in. today after bo
ing in recess ,t:iuce Friday.
At the opening of the Senate Gov.
Barnes sent in a list ol his recentap
pointees an follows: C. T. Prouty
of Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, to
be Chief 1.. -, ector of Grain.
^ Jefferson W. laylor of Guthrie,
Log an County, to be a nu mber of
tlie board oi regents of the Colored
4ff'*icultural and Normal University.
, John D. HI...:!' i.; A:vu, Woods
r County, ti be ;; u.-uiSk r of the board
of education for nor-mal schools.
LEXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, Fill I) A V, JANUAUV 18, 15)01.
ailed uttei;i.ni to tho l.ciu. aid
council journals of 1N-alleging th.it
they were p,t iih- i in a sii'inif !ui man
ner. II,■ alleged that Secretary Jen
hlns, who cout raetod for the printing
of the journals, violated a solemn
promise that he would see that the
jouranls were printed in an economi-
cal manner.
Imagine my surprise," said Clarke
"when I first saw these. I am amaz-
ed to think that Secretary Jenkius
would have permitted the extrava-
gance."
The resolution was adop'ed with-
out dissent.
In the house Chairman Jones, of
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r hiiiiI I't'Nt I.ist Nun-
h;i;(a:..-:. , dav itioii.jt.u, .Imimuii v l.'Mli. Tae can c
Washington, D, ('.. Jan. 14. A j "' * '"'"a trouble ami
determined effort is being made to fe- j ""t-xpt ote.l hy her relatives ami
. . , friemlH, but ruine HU«l<!enly and with-
cure the opening up of the Osage res- j out warning. The deceased leaves five
ervation by legislation at this session j sisters am) two brothers to mourn her
of congress. Today Senator Baker |,lemi8e- Hattie McUlintock was hor
of Kansas introcfuced a hill to ticcoui- I" ''iu'ks,m eountv, ( hii>, nml movei! t.
.exington nine years ago with hei
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<" ' 'SC'il ■ Uf: V.:t ions.
Guthrie, Oida , Jan. 13. Pros-
pectors in tac Kiowa and Coman-
che reservation have located sev-
eral very promising deposits of
zinc about thirty miles west of
Mountain View. Several experts
rom the Joplin district have ex-
■ aceom
plish the purpose. The bill directs I c "T ««.'•*' I .
.he secretary of the interior to have j kept "nTjVrtVZ H^v pn!m'' i.""
prepared a roll of all the citizens of She was a good Christian woman ami , \r . At .Sad-
dle Mountain, but a short distr
the Osage tribe. A1
after the completion of the roll
and
liklren In1 made hosts of friends since her resi-
j deuce here. Funeral services'were held
the commission shall not be entitled 1a..,I
I 7 ii„„ • i, ■ ,, ; tllH itehecka lodge of this city and her
V. r I5o!'on of Vi'ofidan!, Wood-! the committee to report rules to gov'-11,1 property of the remains were laid to rest by loving
ard i ' nilU\ to ! a menn.br of the ern in contested election cases for i '*llion' person who may claim j liamis in the Lexington cemetery.
Agi. :;lt«ral and Mechanical College j seats in that body, reported a number'
from this li:nl,
taken pieces of
nine fro^i wells.
a nee
-dig-gvrs have
very rich in
y:
board of regents. j of regulation^ to the hoti*-. These
Ceo. A. Sutton of Cleveland. Paw- were worded in such a manner as to
nee County, to he a member of the | convey the impression tha^all con.
luard of regents of the University of j tests now inaugurated would be held
Oklahoma
W. S. Search of Pawnee, Pottawat
omie County, to bj Bank Commis-
sioner.
Jermiah C Strang of Guthrie, Lo-
HV1 County, to be Attorney General.
The principal bu-inet-.s was the*in- | 'L'"c ''' and surround-
troductiou of bills. In the Senate i 111 C0Ull<-ry are'up and doing.
Last week it was announced
in abeyance for some tiiup, and were
unanimously adopted.
Box Items.
I want to say to you and the
many readers of the Leader, that
Senator Wood introduced one meas |
ure providing for the investment of
the * 1 L\),000 of public building funds
lying idle in the treasury in Territo-
rial securities, and providing for the
transfer of a number of unexpended
• bdances, amounting to $20,000, to
the general reserve fund,
Senator Clark introduced a bill to
prevent fraud and corruption at elec-
tions, one te establish a Territorial
Board of Agriculture audonetopro-
vrds for the establishment and main-
tenance of public libraries in cities of
*St« first clns*.
Senator Miller introduoed a good
road bill and one organizing a Terri
toiial School Land Department, and
stealing the office of Commissioner
of'Public Lands.
I the House, Representative Phil-
lip? introduoed a bill providing for
tue erection of a new University
building at Norman, and Represen
tative Matlus of Geeer County, oue
crciatiug and establishing the South
wjatern Noranl School at Air*.
Representative Campbell introduc-
ed a bdl abolishing the office of oil
inspector, one abolishing tho game
warden's offi;e, ai d one providing for
a bounty on coyote and wolf scalp*,
Representative Seley offered a bill
creating the office of township asses
soqand one to prevent bribery; Repro
tentative Matthews of Payne County
one making 7 per cent a legal rate
of iuterest, and auything over 12 per
ceut usury, with forfeiture of princi
pal and interest, aud Representative
Oliphant oue changing livestock quar
autine lines and regulations.
Guthrie, O. T., January, 15.—Sen;
ator Miller, democrat, threw ginger
iuto the council late yesterday after-
noou by offering a resolution direct
ing tho territorial auditor to furni h
the'council at the earliest practicable
date a detailed statement by item*
ahowiug the expenditures made
for printing, binding and office
supplies, payable out of the territo
rhl treasury, upon claims audited sad
and allowed from November 80, 18ti8,
to November SO, lUtW, and the coil
tracts u^iou which such expenditures
were made. Senator Miller said that
he had learned that the large sum of
♦3H.UK), had been paid out for pub-
lie printing, and he believed thepeo<
pie were entitled to know about it
Senator Clarke, demicrat, followed
Miller, and attacked what he cidled
the "enormous aud vicious public
priutiu^ grafts" iu Oklahoma. He
that we would have a meeting at
' the church on Monday night, tho
15th to look after matters of in-
terest to our town. At 7:30 there
were 25 of the business men pres-
ent and an organization was effect-
ed, with the following officers
Thos. Glenn, president; S. W.
Childers, secretary. A motion
prevailed that the chairman ap-
point a committee of seven to be
known as the immigration board.
Mow, Mr. Kditor, if you wish to
purchase a lot in Box on which to
move your plant, or for anv other
pose, see Messers Til ley, Doug -
lass, Glenn, or any other who
have lots for sale, and if you can't
trade with them, our committee
will purchase and present to you
a lot. Our town is 13)4 miles
southeast of L^nington, in as fine
an agricultural country as there
is in Southern Oklahoma and the
citizens thereof are determined
to make it a trading point and cot-
ton market.
Mr. Douglass has proven upon
his farm, and surveyed a portion
of it adjacent to town into lota for
the accommodation of the people
desiring to east their fortunes
with us.
Walker & Pierson have about
completed their large business
house which they aim to fill with
a general stock.
itizeuship and whose claim it^tject
ed by the commission can institute
suit, within two months after the re
jection of the application, in the
United States court in the district of
Oklahoma.
All of the lands in the Osage res-
ervation are to be surveyed and di
vided proportionately betwetu the
members of this tribe. All moneys
to which the members of the tribe
are entitled shall be divided iuto
equal parts, and the first day of Jan-
uary of each year after the passage
of the act, each member is tj receive
payment of one part of his share of
the moneys due the nation, with iu
terest.
Call lor Statehood Convention.
Chairman Sidney Clarke, of the
statehood executive committe, has is
sued a call for a statehood convention
to be held in Guthrie cn Wednesday,
January 30, at 2 p. m„ for the pur-
pose of urging upou the present con
gresfi tho immediate passage of an
enabling act providing for earlv
statehood.
•Mrs. Nancy Jane Coleman died Sun-
day, January Kith, of pneumonia, at
the home of her son, W. T. Coleman,
in this city. She was 74 years old and I
was born jn Poiand county, Kentucky.
.She moved to Cowley county, Kansas,
in 1874, where her husband died about
ten years ago. She lived iu Guthrie
with her son for four years, when
about the 10th of last December they
moved to l.exi igton. Two children, a
son and daughter, survive iier. The
son, W. T. Coleman, is a son-in-law of
J. M. Harnett. Deceased had been a
member of the Christian church for
twenty-seven years mid was a devout
Christian, a true, loving mother and
a warm friend to all who were ac-
quainted with her. Funeral services
were held Monday by Rev. J. L. Hat-
lack and the remains interred in the
Lexington cemetery. .
Jack Cease, the 7-vear-ol.l son of
Judge and Mrs. F. P Cease, died yes-
terday, the 17th, the cause being a
combination of pneumonia and grippe.
He had been sick lor some time but it
was not thought he was in a dangerous
condition until a short tiaie before his
death.
He was a noble, bright boy
I aud the parents have the sincere sym-
pathy of the entire community in this
hour of sorrow and bereavement. The
lation. This gives Cleveland county " '
sixteen delegates. A cdl is also
made for a mass convention in Nfor-
man on Saturday, January 2(3, to
choose delegates to the statehood
convention.
This convention will be for a sep
funeral will he held to-day
The Farmers' Bank.
On Wednesday of hist week-
Secretary Jenkins granted achar-
ter to the Farmers' Bank of this
city, with a capital of $5,000.
The incorporators are S. C
erate state of Oklahoma, if Mr. Clarke Hawk, Fred J. Hawk and Harry
and his followers can havi their \v y ' A. Ilawk, of Lexington, and L.
in tho matter, and the call con-.pi, t* j C. Wanrland and A. D. Ilawk, of
Ii. speaking of "The New East
Mail tho Toledo Bladn of August
13th says. "The W7eather man verv
kindly adjusted the temperature so
that it was possible for 'Tbe Fast
Mail' to uiako its appearauuo before
a large audience at tbe formal open
ing of 'Burt's' last night. Tho me-
chanical effects of Lincoln J. CarUr
never seem to grow old to the theatre
got.ru, and they always flock to the
thoatra whenever on* of his uieoldra-
inaa is advertised The cast this sea-
son is an extremely strong oue, in
deed better than that of any of the
past seasons " Will shww at Brown's
opera house iu Purcell Monday night,
January 21.
!y iguores the Indian Territory
factor in the matter
As a slight indication of the
value of property in Cleveland
county it is worthy of note that
Mrs. Witt. Harness, o« Tuesday,
refused $12,000 in cash for her
farm near Lexington. It consists
of 160 acres, with good buildings
and a fine erchard.—Transcript.
t
The Oklahoma Democrat, pub-
lished at Shawnee, has the fol-
lowing to say of the Phelps—
Wails contest in its issue of last
Friday: '"No one is presuming
to contest Mr. Phelps, but that
non politician blister, Jesse Wails,
of Norman. As a political out-
cast, heeler and boodler, Wails
has no equal in the Territory and
the manner in which he sold him-
self to the Republican Party, or
rather to Dennis Flynn, who is
the whole thing in 'Oklahoma,
will forever place a political brand
on his forehead that will never
be forgotten by Cleveland County
people. They will eternally stop
hisclock in the future. Mr. Phelps
entertains no doubt as to the re-
sult of his contest and says he
will send Wails home from Guth-
rie the most perfect example of a
political corpse that has ever been
on exhibition iu Oklahoma."
Sacred Heart Mission in Ruins.
Word reached here Wednesday
morning that firo hud destroyed all
the buildings at Sacred Heart Mis
sion, exoepting theoottage occupied
by the sisters aud the baru. The
fire started in the kitchen and soon
enveloped the entire monastery, but
warning enough was given to get all
the pupils out safely and to save a
part of the library and some furni
ture. The loss is estimated at about
*100,01)0, with about 115,000 iusur-
auce. No casualties.
the Chickasaw National Bank, of
Purcell. All of the parties are
well and farorably known in this
section, and are men of capital
and integrity, which guarantees
the Farmers' Bank to be. one of
the strongest and safest deposi-
tories in the country. At a meet-
ing of the directors the follow-
ing officers were elected: S. C.
Hawk, president; A. D. Hawk,
vice-president and Fred J. Hawk,
cashier. The bank opened for
business last Monday morning.
We predict for this institution a
grand success.
School Notes.
James Latham was absent from
the 8th grade this week.
Miss Ida Foster has been teach-
ing iti Miss Dean's room this
week.
W. F. Ledlow was absent from
the high school Monday, on the
account of his wife being sick.
A literary society was organiz-
ed Wednesday with the following
officers: Steve Graham, presi-
dent; W. F. Ledlow, vice-presi-
dent; Geo. Goudin, secretary; Ar-
thur Booker, sargeant-at-arms;
and Miss Ora Gandy, critic.
Examination week has just
gone by, and from the report of
the grades, it seems that the stu-
dents have done honest work for
the last four months; and are de-
termined to use the next four
months of school to their best in-
terest.
illl'i O.iil\ IIO.WA I V 1 \ .'h'S'lIP
The first scrap that will come up
between the 1 ymi ai; I tl.rici f;!c-
tions will corny up over tin. up-
pointment of tin successor to Anton
H. ( lass,en, the pre ei>t, receiver of
this land office at Oklahoma Cite.
Mr. Classen's term of four years will
expire on tho :i 1st day of March,
and the G O. P., "fixers" are all
viewing with longing eyes, this good
easy job that has a Miliary sufficient
to cause its bidder to revol i;i i y ()(1
many luxuries.
Gov. Barnes was the cause of
Classen's appointment, an I will do
all ho can to name his succi r.
Classen will likely desire reap-
pointment, in which instance Barnes
will stay with Irim. The Govener
| is not a qui t-r at any stage of the
game, as Flynn, Grimes and tho bal-
ance of the joblot politicians are like-
ly to find out before the smoke clears
away.
I lynue and Grimes will work to-
gather but their outside pull appears
to be meager when compared to the
Governor s—Shawnee Democrat.
Flynn Working for Statehood.
Washington, I). C., Jau. 14—Del-
egate Dennis T. Flynn
is making a
determined fight to secure statehood
for Oklahoma territory at this ses-
sion of congress. He has buckLd
on his armor, so to speak and is wag-
iug a battle agaiust seemingly over-
whelming odds.
I hero is a strong disposition man-
ifested on the part of the lenders of
the house and senate to postpone the
consideration of any territorial bills
until the next congress. The reason
assigned for this is that tho two
branches of tho national legislature
are already loaded down with meas-
ures of national iuterest, all of which
canuot be disposed of within ths lim-
ited time in which the present con-
gress be in session.
It it'll Bejfger Dies.
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 13.—C. J.
Conner, who has for years been
seen about the streets here dress-
ed in rags and who was an object
or general loathing, died in Saint
Anthony's hospital Friday. He
had lived as a beggar for years,
but since his death a will has
been found in which he wills a
valuable farm mortgage and other
securities, amounting in all to
$10,000, to his sister, Mrs. Belle
Miller of Phoenixville, Pa.
Katy and l iisco Coal Liners.
It si announced that the Katy and
'Frisco roads are preparing toiuvaifo
the coal fields of the Indian territory
as a result of the Choctaw's plans to
build to Ardmore, 1. T. It is auid
that the Katy will build from Carbon
to near Wilburton, 1 T, aud from
Colgate, I. T., to Oklahoma City, aud
the 'Frisco from South McAlester to
a point on tbe Deuniaou extension
out of Sapulpa.
The first issue of the Common-
er, Mr. Bryan's paper, will be is-
sued January 24.
For Ssle— a 1-2 horse power pasolfno
engine. Inquire of l„ Billing,.,
ton, O. T, "
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Latham, George D. & Coombs, Charles W. Cleveland County Leader. (Lexington, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1901, newspaper, January 18, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc109019/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.