The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1903 Page: 2 of 8
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SCENE IS
CHANGED
LOOK OUT
FOR MALARIA.
NATIONAL
An epidemic of Malaria is pure to fol-
low the wet season ami tlie high waters
which have prevailed all over the
o . IWnrratP Bouth. >tulurial and kludred fevera
Kansas City DesP
will develope to an alarming extent
Condition trom the General health conditions will be bad;
every precaution should be taken.
Floods. ....
the Syltam Mutt EtpaeUlly B For.
(Iflad to Rolat Malarial Att ok .
A trial of fifty years has demonstrat-
ed that for this emergency, Dr. liar-
ter's Iron Tonic has no equal. Iron is
the lighting element in the blood, and
u«n,p|p« and Destitute on the Bot- tlu, kind of iron supplied by I)r. Har-
L.1 .1 th, ttr'a Iron Toulo l jurt Ui« kind Iha
REUNION
The Grandest Military Event
Ever in the Wurld s
History.
MANY thousands
Raging Missouri River-
Tot I Darkness.
tom Lands 01 me Byst«.-m requires to successfully combat
malarial conditions. Don t wait until
you are attacked. Take it now and for-
tify yourself; it is an absolute safeguard
and, at the same time, it is the best
, n. mnrrat tonic and invigorant for the entire sys-
Special to ili < i -With tem. On the other hand, quinine dis-
K8"T lertric lgh, extinguished, turbs the system and Us cumulative
" ' hni down and the poison begets greater physical troubles
T* „t first than tbOM it is employed to remedy,
city practically at the i > where a bad case of chronic Malaria
ti- -'.a. Shall break o r, already exists, take DR. HARTER'8
road transportation feeble a FEVER and AGUE SPECIFIC. It is
certain. Kansas U - plRranteed to cure. Price 50 cents,
waters do not recede within th- nex V
two or three days, he compelled to BUI
flKht for her very life- Tonight the
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
Of the Union and Confederate Ar-
mies—Oklahoma Its Originator
— El Reno Its Birth Place
Idea Spreading.
Gray Hair
441 have used Aver's !U rVi o- C
for over thirty yetrt. It ll s^kept (
THE FIRE
my scalp free from da: .'uff and |
has prevented ny hair I mi_t i 5
ini gray."—MK. F« ^•
Billings, Mont.
•n fin- a
There is this peculiar
thing about Aver s Hair
Vigor — it is a hair food,
not a dye. i our hair does
not suddenly turn black,
look, dead and lifeless.
But gradually the old color
comes back,—all the rich,
dark color it used to have.
The hairstops falling,too.
$1 00 • bottle. All drutliitl.
skies are dark, and lowering, rain is
falling, storm weather Is sweeping up
from the west and the insatiable
river is stoutly holding Its own. "
is stationary tonight, but what the
flood has it keeps and there is no
certain promise of when it will re-
cede. The stage tonight Is 34.9,
against 35 feet this morning. Chief
Connor of the weather bureau says
that while the outlook was for con-
tinued rains it would necessitate a
heavy fall if the present high water
is to continue.
20.000 HOMELESS.
The first reliable information from
Kansas City, Kan., was received from
that district and states that 20,000
persons are homeless. A number
have been drowned and the property
loss has been heavy. 1 he
Take
DR• Harter'S
IRON TONIC
You Won't Have malaria. Price ti.
All dealers handle, or send to Dr.
Harter Medicine Co., Dayton, Ohio.
Houston, Tex., Aug. 1,1901.
•'I have uaed Dr. Barter's
r iron Tonic myaelf and tn my
family for over twenty^tWe veara, and
can heartily recommend It. 1 regard ll
as particularly valuable to ward off ma-
larVal and other fevers. } R ^
Ijind and Emlfratlon Agt., Frisco Line.
9 [Uiriatei that «b« « UHIbmUI U ic "l")
(From Monday's Daily.)
Death and Starvation.
SPecial to the Democrat.
Topeka, Kan., .lune 1.—The lowest
Jruucll. .estimate of the drowned by the kaw
rttuation river Hood in North topeka is seven-
here is no better ami no worse. There
is no great probability that there will
be further loss of life. All though
the wholesale district and in the east
and west bottoms there are people
still in the houses. The police have
done wonders today in rescuing peo-
ple. and probably brought 250 per
•sons to the high ground since sun
rise.
(From Monday's Daily.)
Choctaw Wreck.
The east bound passenger was
ditched two miles this side of Weath-
erford last Saturday evening. From
Mr. C. Hock of this city, who was on
the train and who turned a few sum-
ersaults over the seats and landed on
his back in the ailse, gives a glowing
account of the mixup. The train was
running at a good rate of speed and
when his car left the track and went
humping over the ties he started for
the smoker which was ahead, but he
never got there, his heels went in
the air and when every thing stopped
he found himself lying at full length
on his back in the ailse and seeming-
ly not in the least bit hurt. Close by
was a woman lying accross the ailse
and her right shoulder was dislocat-
ed, at least, she could not move her
arm or even her fingers of that hand.
The engine and rear car of the train
did not leave the track and the train-
men contended that the cause of the
wreck was the breaking of the front
axle of the tender, but, Mr. Hoch
thinks it was caused by the track
spreading as there were evidences of
this some way back. He says the raisl
and ties for some distance were twist-
ed and tore up in a remarkable way
and it seemed to him a miracle that
three cars loaded with baggage and
passengers could be so completly
wrecked and only one person hurt.
After a few hours delay a train
was made up and arrived here Sun-
day morning at an early hour.
ty-ilve. The Hood began falling at
ti o'clock tills morning. Rescue par-
ties worked all night and aid lias
been offered from St. Louis and New
Orleans, but thus far the local com-
mittees have supplied all wants.
Thieves In boats are robbing houses
and a vigilance committee of old sol-
diers are watching for the thieves
with orders to shoot on sight all rob-
bers.
The Rock Island and Union Pacific
have abandoned all efforts to keep
I tracks in shape.
Special to the Democrat.
Kansas t'ity, Mo., June 1.—The en-
tire bottom lands occupied by thous-
ands of people, hotels, railway shops
and manufacturing establishments is
a raging sea of water four feet above
the disasterous level of 1881 and
twelve square miles of the city and
its suburbs are under water. The
dead bodies of men, women and chil
dren are seen floating upon wrecked
buildings and among driftwood, towns
above and below the city are submerg-
ed and the whole valley of the Kaw
and Missouri rivers are devastated.
The floods have destroyed the pump-
ing station and the water supply of
the upper portions of the city are cut
off.
BEGGS'BLOOD PUR1E1ER
CURES catarrh ot the stomach
Secretary Hitchcock will be con-
demned to the fires of the lower re-
gions at Oklahoma City by the per-
manent orators of the single state-
hood ring.—South McAlister Capital.
Change of Salaries.
Special to the Democrat.
Washington, May 30.—Under the
annual readjustment of salaries of
presidential postmasters these chang-
es were announced to day:
Indian Territory. Sapulpa, increas-
ed from $1,500 to $1,700.
Oklahoma: Increased. Chandler,
$1700 to $2000; Cordell, $1200 to $1500
Lexington. $1200 to $1300; Mangum,
$1600 to $1800; Newkirk, $1700 to
$1800; Norman, $1900 to $2200.
Oklahoma: Decreased. El Reno
$2500 to $2400; Granite, $1400 to
$2400; Mountain View, $1500 to $1300
Mulhall, $1100 to $1000.
FOR A
CLEAN
STOCK
The Globe-Bell has for several
weeks been running a clipping from
an Evansville, Ind., paper, in which it
is stated that the paper that is dis-
tributed free may be "hastily scanned
and thrown away." How many peo^
pie of El Reno are keeping a file of
the Globe-Bell? The thing is surely
worth preserving.—Ex.
Of shelf hardware and buggies, go
to E. H. Swacke, El Reno, O. T,
I also make first class harness,
have 25 years' experience in the
harness business and will do you
a good job repairing. Call and see
me. Prices always right.
E. W. SWANKE
EL RBH0, 0. T.
Over a year ago the local editor of
the Democrat, an ex-Union soldier,
suggested a national reunion of the
Blue and the Gray and has advocated
it from time to time since. Comman
I der Geo. F. Watt son of Reno Post ti.
'a. R., took it up at the Oklahoma en-
campment recently held at Norman
and a resolution was passed unani-
mously by a rousing vote to hold such
an encampment at New Orleans next
year.
The following from the Iowa State
Register, the leading daily paper of
the Hawkeye state, at Des Moines,
Iowa in its issue of May 28th sends
the ball rolling in the following lang-
uage.
"It appears probable the veterans
of Iowa will go to the national G. A.
R., encampment at San Francisco,
prepared' to support the movement for
a joint and national reunion of the
Blue and the Gray, to be held in St.
Louis at the time of the world's fair
in 1904. The movement for this re-
union was first started by the Oklaho-
ma G. A. R., which caused the matter
to be taken up with the exposition
management. President Francis and
the directors, according to advices re-
ceived by Secretary Conaway here,
are earnestly in favor of the reunion,
which it is believed will be the means
of bringing many thousands of union
and confederate veterans together.
Dr. Geo. A. Newman, adjutant of
the department of Iowa, when asked
concerning the proposed reunion, said
he thought such an event would be a
very appropriate thing to do. In the
territory known as the Louisiana Pur-
chase there were soldiers of both
sides during the war of the rebellion,
and the exposition commemorating
the purchase was rapidly bringing
these people into closer fellowship.
C'apt. H. M. Pickell is enthusiastic
for such a reunion. "The time has
come," he said, "and the location,
with the event which the exposition
celebrates, is most fitting for the
Blue and the Gray to get together.
Those men who fought were just as
good soldiers as we were. They
thought they were right—we knew we
were. We were licked upon many
an occasion, and personally I like to
get next to the fellows who did the
job, and find out how they did it."
Col. D. J. Palmer, railroad commis-
sioner, said that he attended a joint
reunion of the Blue and the Gray at
Shilo several years ago, which was
a success in every way. A geneial
reunion at St. Louis would be fitting
at this time. While it would be most
enjoyable in every way, the real thing
to be gained would be its histoiical
value in connection with the Louis
iana purchase. It would be one of
the events to be recorded when the
story is finally written, and would be
pointed to with pride, 20 50 and 100
years from now.
Adjutant General M. H. Byers said
the purpose was lofty of having such
a reunion, and as an old soldier of
the Blue, he hoped the plan would be
consumated, and he believed there
would be such a meeting as was never
before held in the world."
Such a reunion would eclipse any
manifestation ever witnessed upon
the earth. The achievements of
America's citizen soldiery has no
paralell in either military or civil
greatness as soldiers, statesmen and
business men, station and nation
builders they have no equal.
What an object lesson this reunion
would be to the rising generation and
to foreign potentates, it would be an
astonishing revelation. Let the good
work proceed.
First Published May It.
LEGAL NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that In com-
1 Ullance with an act of the Legislature
u, regulate the traffic in intoxicating
Liquors, the undersigned did on the
•1st., day of May 1903. file his appli-
•~at on by petition, with the County
pr1. prts for An Addition to n,.-* 'canadian County. Oklahoma
Pros eCIS IUI <. [Territory, praying for "cense to sell
malt, spirituous and vinous liquors
! at retail on lot 1, In block 104, in the
1st., ward of the City of El Reno, in
said County and Territory.
HERMAN HARMS, Applicant. ^
Their Outfit cf Great
Importance.
The Eastman Nozile is H.re and a
Test will be Made—If Success-
ful It will Knock Out the
Insurance Combine.
Hw one
bora's Worn
me your H-tt r
j two Hurl 1 *
I books FREE.
If tout dnimtot cannot •"PP'T
rad 01 on* dollar «nU «« * 'I "
.mi al«)tt!.-. |I.' tir«aiMl eivett" .. nj
'>,,ur"" ay'I'-I"^WII'.MUM: I
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■117 22
(From Monday's Daily.)
On the Diamond.
Lovers of the manly sport on the dia-
mond enjoyed themselves reasonably
well at the fair grounds Saturday and
Sunday witnessing the two games
played between the El Reno and Fort
Reno clubs. The boys were in good
form and played well considering the
grounds and the weather, a cold wind
from the north blew strong and the
low grounds were covered with watei |
near the diamond but the games were
both pleasant, good ball was played,
and the terrible wrangling, which so
often mars the pleasure of base ball
was entirely absent, on the contrary,
everything passed off pleasantly and
everybody was in good humor.
The game Saturday was an eleven
ining afair the score being 2 to 1
in favor of Fort Reno.
The Sunday game was fairly well
attended and enjoyed by all who could
keep warm, the score was 10 to 4
in favor of El Reno.
ytatc (out iu n
represent Hnd
wealth\ bu9ine
standi ny. S 1
ex|)fn- - Hddi
ea*h dir el ei"
Every body will be out when the ( u in En?
test come and when Mr. Hill of the
El Reno Water Company fulfills his
pledge to throw a two inch stream of
water over the Canadian county ele-
vator and sprinkle the Goddess of
Liberty on the dome of the new court
house from a returning spray fifty
feet above her diadem of stars, 'lhe
Eastman New Nozzle system will do
' this and there is no doubt In the
minds of old and experienced firemen.
several of the boys have been trying
to get it here and finally Mr. Hill
I sent for it and, If when tested, it
fails to do business, it costs no one
a farthing. The fact is however, it
is worth far more to a fire department
than any steam fire engine built, and
is simply a short piece of hose a
triple coupling weighing only thirty
pounds, a child can manage one of
these sets easier than two men can
handle the ordinary hose we now
have. There is no reasonable doubt
but what its use would not only
sweep aside the pretended excuse
the underwriters trust are urging to
raise insurance rates here but would
v v r -,d t t • ' v wraen
,? |f , ,,t, will t' u send
e c «" a rtsmp or
ill r hi v ■ ' tie ol his
.St.ae whether you want
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ADOLI'H KOI ni'.R,
$0 rW'VHiHi «1 Street,
10 3 n ° 41 t-'e N' J
wanted—bkvtkal pekscmb ok
:hara.Mur ami u renutatioi in each
i,,., coun'y ri quired) tOj[
t nt,io e i blished
sb house of solid financial
*21.00 «eel > with
i ii., il, nil paya de in
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office*,
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First Published May 14.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
Territory of Oklahoma, Canadian
county.
in the District Court of said County.
Andrew B. Combs, Plaintiff: Vs
Grace Combs, Defendant.—No. 2598.
Said defendant, Grace Combs will
; take notice that she has been sued In
materially lower the rates now charg- ^ abQV0 nanled court for divorce on
ed, because we would have fire pro ^ ground of gross neglect of duty,
tection in almost any emergancy. an(j jor j]ie care a!Uj custody of minor
By means of this devise the tor5® I children and must answer the petition/
from two or three hydrants, can be j ft]ed lherejn by said plaintiff on or
before the 26th day of June A. D. 1903,
or said petition will be taken as true,
concentrated to one two inch nozzle
j and its mechanical construction
"V^p.mptly f. a. ■ >
PATENTS
-.^HRHGE-mhuks
OA-SNOW!
OPPOSITE U S PATENT OFFICE
washincton.p.c.
(From Monday's Daily.)
Easement Alienation.
It has been well salrt that the Rock
Island Railway company is it, in
caps, and that no court in Oklahoma
ever decided against a railway corpor-
ation, such having been the case in
the past, it is, possibly, presumptive
jvidence that the future will reveal
the same state of facts so long as
corporate power has a potent in-
fluence in high appointive places and
In legislative halls. Attorney Clark
for the city, contended first that the
government in granting the cemetery
site prohibits its alienation for any
other purpose, secondly, that the
statute of Oklahoma expressly states
that lands acquired and platted for
cemetery purposes shall not be alie-
ated for use for any other purpose.
Judge Irwin decided that granting
this right of way was not an "aliena-
tion," it was an "easement." That
is, the railway company acquired no
title thereto but merely would hold
a right of way so long as it was used
for railway purposes. Of course the
term "easement" covers a multitude
of sins both legal and moral and it
is an easy way out of an extremely
vexatious dilemma and probably will
once more convince the people of the
substantial and universally acknow-
ledged fact tha a railroad com-
pany, can. without fear of successful
contradiction aver upon all occasions,
"The people, alive and dead, be d—d."
Individuals, municipalities, common-
wealths and nations have no rights,
secular or in the jurisdiction of
divinity that a railroad company are
in any way bound to, or should be
asked to respect. It is not only ut-
terly wreckless but the highest of im-
pudence to question the right of a
railroad company to over ride all law,
all justice, all decency in utter disre-
gard of the rights of the living or
the sacred memories of the dead and
to this principle all courts in Okla-
homa seem cheerfully to adhere and
boldly to proclaim.
The following commissioners were
appointed at 1:30 p. m., today and the
damages will be assessed by them:
Thomas Addington.
J. R. Coykendall.
H. A. Todd.
such as to give it immense torce- s and a judgement for said plaintiff in
I Members of the department who ac(ion tor divorce and custody ot
[have seen this system In use say thai ,„in >,0 mnrtpreil accordingly.
! it will throw a two inch stream of
' water nearly twice as far as the i Court
nozzle system now in use, besides de-1 An(]rew B CombSj Plaintiff
iivering nine hundred percent more
children will be rendered accordingly.
Attest: E. M. Hegle, Clerk of said
water. We are glad as a property-
owner that Mr. Hill took the initia-
tive step in bringing this system to
El Reno so as to be able to give the
council and people an idea of what
the system is.
Cures Blood and Skin Diseases, Itch-
ing Humors.
Send no money—simply write and^
try Botanic Bloc$ Balm at our ex-
pense.
J If you suffer from ulcers, eczema,
I scrofula, Blood Poison, cancer, eating
sores, itching s'.iin. pimples, boils,.
The Hygiene of Old Age.
We look upon the aged with good }
iu™ 1 sores, itching sum. pimpiea, ijuii^
reason as having a slender hold upon ^ rheumalism
be loosened by a|
life, one that may
slight shock
injury
disease
jcatarrh, or any blood or skin disease,
we advise you to take Botanic Blood
which, in the young or middle aged, j Balm (B. B. B.) Especially recom-
would serve only as a stimulus to j mended for old, obstinate, deep-seated
<• ,M.n, nnwpri This'cases of malignant blood or skin dis-
the recuperative vital pow ei s. i nis
is a conservative belief, but it warns
us to shield our loved ones who have
fought the fight, from all influences
which might shorten their stay with
us. But we must not go too far in
our solicitude, for injury may be in-
flicted and life shortened by coddling
the old, almost as surely as by cod-
dling the young. The vital processes
in the aged are slow, but they are
still existent, and they may be kept
active by gentle opposition and stim-
ulation, just as they may be increased
inchildhood and youth by rough meth-
ods. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and
Herb Laxative Compound is a boon
to the aged and infirm and probably
no medicine has accomplished so
much or received as high or as many
indorsements from men and women
whose extreme age gives them a
seemingly slender hold upon life. Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin makes per-
fect digestion and acts gently upon
the bowels in an easy and pleasant
manger. Tones up the entire sys-
tem and prolongs life. 50 c and $1
bottles, at C. R. Millers.
REGGS' BLOOD PURIEIER
CURES catarrh ol the stomach.
Dan Will Return.
D. W. Perry who has been for the
past several months in Kansas City
under special treatment, writes us
that he left there the 28th instant a
well man, and after visiting relatives
and friends in North Missouri for a
few days will return to his home in
El Reno. Mr. Peery's many friends
here and throughout the territory will
be glad to learn that his treatment
has been so beneficial and he will be
welcomed back with a cordial greet-
ing.
High Honors.
Special to the Democrat.
Lexington, Mo., June 1.—Mr. Gil-
bert Humphrey, son of Mr. E. D. Hum-
phrey of your city graduated from the
Wentworth Military Acadamy in this
city, Thursday May 28, with high
honors, having captured the scholar-
ship medal over the entire school.
SANFORD SELLERS Sup.
Many Bridges Out.
The heavy rain which flooded this
country last Saturday night will cost
Canadian county and the several
townships $40,000 to $60,000 for
bridges and culverts. Scores of
small bridges were washed out, and
nearly all of the large ones. All of
the bridges over the North Canadian
between Moore's place and Oklahoma
City went ker-slip.—Yukon Sun.
There are twelve states of about
the same area as the Indian Territory
and Indiana is one of them. Who
says that Indiana is not an influential
state.—South McAlister Capital.
Governor Ferguson says El Reno
a good town to Sunday in.
eases, because Botanic Blood Balm
(B. B. B.) kills the poison in the
blood, cures where all else fails, heals
every sore, makes the blood pure and
riej|. gives the skin the rich glow of
health. B. B. B., the most perfect
blood purifier made. Improves the
digestion, strengthens weak kidneys.
Thoroughly tested for thirty years. $1
per large bottle at drug stores, with
complete directions for home cure.
Sample of Blood Balm sent free by
writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Describe trouble and free medical ad-
vice sent in sealed letter.
To the Farmers.
The Western Grain Co., is an asso-
ciation of farmers, organized for the
purpose of erecting and operating
grain elevators in the interest of the
local farmers. The plan is to furn-
ish capital and establish elevators at i
any shipping point where one hun-
dred farmers will agree to deliver
their grain to the company. The
company agreeing to handle all grain
and produce at a profit not to ex-
ceed two per cent, instead of the
| four to seven per cent margin now t
required by the grain dealers assoc- ^
iation. The required one hundred
farmers have already pledged their
support to the enterprise, which will
assure the erection or purchase of
an elevator in El Reno.
G. O. Conville has pledged himself
to the company to sell twenty shares
of stock at $100 per share. When
this stock is sold the twenty share
holders will be entitled to elect one of
their number to take charge and man-
age the El Reno elevator.
In our judgement this is one of the
best things the farmer and wheat
grower has had a chance to invest in J
for a long time and if you want to ■
purchase a share or two of stock or
desire more information on the sub-
ject you should call on or address Mr.
Conville at El Reno. 57-3tw-2t
A town in nine miles of El Reno
will injure the people ten times
more than a railroad will do them
good.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
has stood the test 25 years. Average Annual Sales over One and a Half Million
bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to you ? No Cure, No Pay; 50c.
~~ ExJo—4 wfah tvry fcodl* It • T« C«nt package of Crov't BUck Koofa Uv«r Pflh.f
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