The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1903 Page: 6 of 8
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THEOLD REUABLE
Proverbs
Wager Cut.
lloston, Nov. 12.—Report* from the
I centers of the cotton mill industry
throughout New England indicate that
today's announcement at Fall River <
ihat a 10 per cent reduction in wage* "When the butter won't
liari been derided upon by the culton • .
liiere to go into elTert " ' ^JHlt a penny m tllC
November 2:1. had caused general un Ciiuril, is an o!d time clairx
'asiness, due to the belief that an proverb. It often seems U,
equal reduction at othei piicm is m . .
evitable. It is conceded that thi^ tllOUgh DO OllC IICIS CVCT
will be the case in Rhode Island And told wllV.
eastern Connecticut and it is thought u/Ln' • i
Otter cities in ea,,.,-,, mmJZTu , " " J"01"®" WOWied
may follow the example set by Kail UOCCUISC the children do 111 it
River, though their cases are some gain strength and flesh we
say give them Scott's Emul-
Absolutcly Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
a
\v.
e i
StOl.
ChiLi;
because
and the
naturally
what dissimilar
In Taunton the Corr Manufacturing
company has already announced a 10 | Sion.
I>er cent reduction, and while tho mill
men at New Bedford, Lowell and Law-
rence are reticent concerning their
i plans, they admit that the condition
of the cotton market Is all against
the manufacturers. It is belfeved to
be equivalent to saying that a wage
Big Storm reduction is something to be seriously
Salt Lake I'lah, Nov. 12. The whole considered. The situation In Maine
Pacific coast, from British Columbia and New Hampshire will hardly be
to Southern California, and tho states affected.
ot Oregon, Washington, Idaho, .Mon- Although the outlook at Fall Illver
tana, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah and from the operatives' standpoint is a
western Colorado, were swept by a rather a gloomy one, it should be re-
storm yesterday that has resulted in taembered that the new schedule is
an almost total prostration of tele- really a return to the conditions ex-
graph servico over that territory and istlng two years ago. when the nd-
in the mountains has all but tied up -anee was made by the manufacturers,
the railroads in a regular mid winter It was this advance In Fall River that
blockade. The storm which is still , led to the great strike in Lowell
raging with unabated fury, is the last spring. The Lowell operatives
severest on the coast. For five days 'demanded tin Fall River schedule,
rain has been falling without cessation ' which was refused.
in tho Paget sound country, which The present scale wont into effect
turned into snow yesterday, accompan-1 March in, 1902. The price for weav-1
led by wind, which is blowing at the ing regular goods today is 21.78 cents
rate of thirty-five miles an hour, per cut, and a ten per cent reduction
Heavy gales are reported along the would make the n>'w price 19 ti cents.
entire Pacific coast in California, ac- The old price to the date given was
companied by torrential rain. So far, 19.8, ar.d this latter figure will pre
however, no marine disasters have vail after November In
been reported.
In the gorges of the Cascade moun-
tains snow is reported to be four feet
deep on the level and still falling, and
railroad traffic seriously impeded in
consequence.
At Helena and Butte and over the
ranges of central and eastern Mon
tana the storm has turned into a
blinding blizzard, with eight inches of
snow at Helena, six inches at Butte,
with a high wind and rapidly dropping
temperature. Southward in Wyoming,
Nevada and Utah there has been little
precipitation so far, but high winds
have prevailed for nearly 24 hours.
Telegraph service lias been practi-
cally wiped out. Prostrated telegraph
poles and wires buried in snow drift.'- May fs|ot Be Confirmed by the Senate politicians
It is like the penny in- the
milk because it works and
the territory there are in the country
townships 128 land owners against
16 lessees, or a majority against the
lessees of 112 This does not include
the many towns and cities of the ter-
ritory. and when it is shown td the
people where there would be a great
increase in the taxes, for school pur-
poses. if the lands are sold, the cit-
ies would be almost a unit against the
lessee.
"In this connection It must be re-
membered that Congressman McGuire
is alleged to have made a secret com-
bine with the lessees, to sell their
lands after statehood comes. lie is
said to have agreed to sell the lands
on provisions made by the *rst state
legislature and giving the preference
of sale to the lessee."
Tho Surost Remedy is
Alien's
Lung Balsam
It IiPTir fails to euro II SIMI'LH
< <>1.i>, i1kav\ com), ami
all i.ijom illai. ritol -
it mx
Urge BctttM $1 00 Mettium 5,!a 60c.
Smalt or Trial Size 2jc
■ :n<l<ir<H .1 I.y all u lit. Iiu.. rrli it It.
I The right to live is a valuable fran
chlse.
The Matter of Rebates.
Young Mr. Rockefeller declares that
a mail is a good Christian in propor
tion as lie is a good business man;
but we suspect that young Mr. Rocke-
feller will experience more difficulty
in getting rebates from the recording
angel than from the railroads.—De-
troit Free Press.
A TRIPLE TRIUMPH.
Duty is something that can be done.
there is something
about it.
ulsion is simply
re cod liver oil
I .vjm'phosphites
d for delicate
Help 'Em Out
Washington, Nov. 12.—Mr. Jones of
Washington, introduced a bill today
providing a substance allowance of
$250 annually for rural free delivery
carriers.
It seldom happens that an election
_____ in any state results in so expansive a
victory as that which the republicans
When trouble happens to come sing in Ohio have just achieved. It is a
l> one is a plenty. triple victory, a triumph for the repub
lican party, for genuine democracy,
The Tom Johnson boom appears to I anil for the country. It is the knell
have been ripped wide open.
a drouth always raises a large patch
i Of politicians.
A Well Deserved Honor.
Among the delegates selected by
Mrs. j. C. Roberts, president of the
Oklahoma Federation of Woman's
clubs, and who were elected at the
convention of the Oklahoma anil In-
dian Territory Federation of Woman's
(i ! ikes just as at Ardmore, we find the name
^, , ., , , * 3 of .Mrs. f e. Gillette, wife of the pop-
ular judge of the Seventh judicial dis-
trict. There is no lady in the terri-
tory more fitted to represent el Reno,
her old home, at the general federation
it St Louis than Mrs. Gillette.
i'rosperity as
should be taken
well as adversity
ihilosopliically.
■ naturally
the taste
The man who has
eager to give 'em to
em is always
i friend.
to the children be-
use it is so perfectly adapted
o their wants.
For all weak and pale and
i.in children Scott's Emulsion
- the most satisfactory treat-
ment.
We will send you
the penny, /. e., a
sample free.
Pe sure that tMs picture in
the form ot a label is on tiie
GOOD ONE ON MARr< .
Latest From St. Peter—P«*yan
Tom Johnson Secur^j Good
Seats. But Mark Bfa: Them
All.
of Brianism, and in that fact it bodes
nothing but good to the democratic
party. While it brings to the repub
Means nothing which they did not pos
sess, it assures their retention of the
contested seat in the senate for anoth
er term. In the burial of Tom John
son a troublesome demagogue is dis
posed of, and his sponser, William j.
Bryan, shares the humiliation of his
mercilessly crushing defeat.
When the Ohio democrats, bossed
by Johnson and blessed by Bryan,
started on this year's fantastic cam
paign The Post said that the Ohio
voters hail never omitted an opportun
ity to squelch free coinage and that
it would afford them great pleasure
The Colombians doubtless consider lo 'lo il over aka'i with Increased
us almost as bad as Russians. emphasis. The Post added that in
, performing this stunt tho Buckeyo
' Canada has a politician njibd j ™ters ^<>"1-1 ^ doing the best possi-
iGamey, and he is of tho blue lien's 1 servlce u,u nulloual democracy.
and i chickens. i 011 y froe coillase, but other ele
inents of Bryanism and Johnsonism
have been kicked'out of the way with
The John It. McLean element in
Ohio is still laughing in both sleeves. '
President Roosevelt seems to have
lost out in Maryland.
Pennsylvania has gone republican
j by 230,000 majority.
Isylvania!
Poor old Penn-
htnuhiua you buy
SCOTT & BOWNE,
Chemists,
409 Pearl St.. N. Y.
50c. and f 1.00; all druggists.
Guthrie
GENERAL WOOD.
resulted in the Pacific northwest be-
ing almost completely cut off from the
outside world, while condition.- were
almost as bad to California
—Looking Up His Military
Career.
BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH
SYRUP Cures BRONCHITIS
May Settle.
Trinidad, Colo. Nov. I:! h is said
here today that negotiations are [lend-
ing between the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company and the Victor
There was a drummer at Riley's
tavern known as ifie Kerfoot Hotel
last night, and h 'worked off the fol-
lowing story 011 three noted person-
ages: He said he was tired after a
hard days work and retired to his
room at an early hour. He dreamed
that he was dead and had passed the
Pearly Gate, and was only waiting for
an usher to come along to show him
his seat. While waiting he heard
someone rapping at the Gale. Peter
who was there with the big golden
key in his hand sung out "who is
which was in session i ere for the past there?" a voice answered, w. Jen-
thirty days, is but a straw snowing nings Bryan. "Ho! Ho!" said Peter,
which way the wind is blowing, said "Where are you from Mr. Bryan?"
i one of tjie territory's most prominent "Nebraska," was the answer. -"Oh
ns today. "It shows that the yc3 now i know you, you are the man
people, as a rule, are ferninst the idea t]lat tried to be president of the Cnit-
of selling the territorial school lands e(t states on the 16 to 1 racket." "i
^ j and that if the matter would ever come ara he," answered w. j. "Come In-
. ena or e •, to a vote of (ho people l)f the torritory ' s,de gq (iv(,r th(,ro to lhe throne aml
i the lesses would never know what sit on ,he left of St. Paul," ordered
The fact is, that in or- peter.
Rhode Island Will Follow.
Providence, r. i., Nov. 12.—The
news today of the reduction of wages
in Fall River cotton mills was not un-
expected here. That the action of the
Fall River mills will be followed quite
generally in this state and eastern Con-
neticut is considered a practical cer
taftity as Rhode Island mills have in
variably followed the lead of those at crease made in th
Fall River. There are about 2,"),000 j
hands employed in the mills in the
Blackstone and Pawtucket valleys. ; recent board of equalization
The man bent on enlarging his al-
talfa patch lias hay fever of the right
kind.
tremendous force. Of course, Mr.
i Hanna has won a great victory fur
i liis party and himself, but it is also
| the best victory scored for the nation
i al democratic cause in the 190.1 elec-
; tions.—Washington Posl.
School Land
d. t. Nov. 12.
rental
i school lands throughout the
The In- j
value of
territory
Washington. Nov. 12
ler gave notice in executive session of
the senate yesterday that before ac- j struck tliem
tion is taken on the nomination of | ganizing as"a union, the lesses become
Brigadier General Leonard Wood to be arburary demandlng for their
major general, he desired to make
own
certain inquiries relating to the new
personal benefit the sale of the school
lands which practically maintain the
nominee's military record. The nomi-1 8choo,b of the terrltory
nation with a number of other army ..ag a„ organization the school land
appointments, was transferred to the j Ie8sees fannot wl„ Tho peop](, of
Fuel senate committee on military affairs. oklahoma favor the retention of the
company and the operators in this dis-.lt has been stated that the promotion lan(|3 af(or btateho(ml. they remem
trie whereby a settlement of the diffl- of General Wood will be opposed, and 11>er the fat0 of th(, schoo, lan(ls in
culties may he reached before the end (if protest is now to be made opportun- i^ansas an,j Missouri
of the week. This cannot be verified ity will be given for an investigation
at either union headquarters or at^ the !>y the committee. The senate was in
offices of the fuel companies, but nelth- • Necutlve session for half an hour.
er will make any direct assertion one
way or the other regarding tho matter
It is also stated that miners to the
number of 17f. were shipped into Den- |n the bi(j city of piedmont—Elevato
ver, bound for this point to take the man from oklahoma City Turned
places of thj' strikes, and they will Down.
arrive tomorrow. Nothing deflinite
is given out from either th. union
the operator headquarters, but confer-
where they
were sold and the stati realized prac-
tically nothing from them, and hence-
forward the school tax has been great.
a minute later there was another
rap at the gate. "Who is there?"
said Peter. "Me," said a voice.
"Who is me?" yelled Peter. "Tom
Johnson," was the reply. "Let me
see," said Peter, "aren't you from Ohio
in the u. s. a. "1 am sard Tom.
"You also were a candidate for gov-
ernor and got left, did you not," in-
quired Peter. "I am sorry to say that
such is the mournful story," answer-
ed Tom. Peter considered the matter
a moment and then said, "come in
Tom, you have had a streak of hard
San Juan Hill is just as good hill
as any, if a candidate knows how to
use it in a campaign.
MARK WILL STICK.
Teddy Wants Mark to Mannage His
Campaign—Thinks He Will do it
The wave that went over Tom J0I111-
s"ii lias put Mr. GormaD out further
in the swim.'
When it comes to the Panama ques-
tion, affairs in Washington appear to
be moving our way.
Washington, Nov. 11 -The President
experts Senator Hanna to stay at the
head of the Republican national com
mittee. When asked to remain yester-
day, the senator said he could not say
yet if he could accept the place upon
account of his health, but Mr. Hanna
We say that a dark horse is trotted has no serious indention of disappoint
in, even when he waltzes in in a can- ; ing President Roosevelt. There will
ter. | be no immediate announcement of
j the result of the understanding which
Of course the Colombians an as | has been practically reached, but the
founded over our immortality
let's quit talking about Russia
but j facts will develope gradually. Senator
Hanna admitted to two national com
j mitteemen to-day that lie probably
All of the preachers and nearly all j would have charge of the next Rep
the newspapers in New York proved ublican campaign.
ineffective against Tammany. The | Mr. Hanna spoke In a general way
Tiger took the town. of the probable arrangement of the
1 management. There will be a vice-
NO ROOM FOR ELEVATORS.
The people of this territory will never ■ hlck but , win tako care of
a gentleman from Oklahoma City
j put up at the Kerfoot the other night
ences wen- held late last night in an,j jn conversation with other gentle-
both the Colorado Fuel and Iron head men remarked that the Duke of
quarters and by the union officers and piedmont, seems to be very particular
organizers in a room in the Coronado a8 who he (sells lots to. a
hotel. Dexelopments are expected to- ,,f (he gentleman hail purchased some
lots at Piedmont but when he started
out to build an elevator he was told
Right Vou Are Bobby. there was no room for one in Pied-
Col. Bob Neff, of the Blackwell mort. He asked the reason and was
News, is responsible for the following, informed that the two elevators at
We did not know that Hob had caught el Reno and the one to be erected at
on to the true status of affairs but Piedmont by one of the el Reno mill
we see he has: and elevator companies would be
"Uncle Isenberg, of the Enid Wave j sufficient at present.
is vociferously kicking against a hole
consent to their sal
"The recent equalization board was paut '
a non-partisan board; there were three Peter
republicans on the board, one demo-
crat—Representative Jester—and one
school land lessee; yet practically
every tract of land in the territory
had its rental value raised. The board
believed the school lands should bring
as much revenue to the territory, in
comparison, as does the land owned
friend and rented by a private individual.
Acting 011 this line the rental values
were raised
"Already the lessees are kicking on
the raise; Representative McTaggart,
of Woods county, a member of the
last legislature, says that the lessees
will return himself and elect other
lessees to the next legislature to re-
buke the equalization board because
you.
Take that seat on the right of st.
it raised the rental values.
d a big sigh and said,
"i wonder how many more of the old
crowd will be along today." He had
hardly gotten the words out of his
mouth, when a terrible banging was
heard on the outside gate, accompan-
ied by a stentorian voice saying. ' get
out of the way you folks let your un-
cle have a show. "God save us all,"
said Peter, "who can that be?" He
then asked "who is there?" The an-
swer came quickly. "Mark Hanna,
Cleveland, Ohio, V. s. a., let me in
quick i have business of the utmost
importance to transact before i go
to dinner." Peter opened the gate
and said, "so you are Mark Hanna
are you? The same old coon" said
Mark. "How are you Pete any way,
If the greedy Russian would note
something innocent and sweet, let him
observe our conduct down on the
Isthmus.
Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere is the
Lieutenant Governor of British Colum-
bia—the Canadian equivalent of an
American governor. He is a jolly
Frenchman, who is willing for us to
take islands and things as they come.
Bad American Roads.
In the United States an automobile engineer
tire is rarely good fo? 2,000 or 3,000 1 Hanna t
chairman in charge in Chicago and
one in New York. Senator Hanna
will take a "fatherly interest" in the
control of the two headquarters. This
all but disposes of the Hanna president
boom. As a fact it probably was ef
fectually disposed of when Hanna
refused to make an effort to prevent
the indorsement of Roosevelt in tho
Ohio stato convention last spring.
The President was then in the North-
west. It was President Charles p.
Mellen of the Northern Pacific who
1 the movement to force Mr.
an open declaration. When
miles. In Europe it goes more than
10,000 miles. Shall we never tire of
bad roads St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Main Question.
It is said that an overcoat which
j. Pierpont wore to the Chicago horse
show the other night bore not only not request Mr. Hanna to become his
Hanna closed his fight then he prac-
tically notified the influential men who
might back him that it was "all off.'
They have acted accordingly and have
been making friends with Roosevelt
ever since.
Pres. Roosevelt naturally would
the name of the firm which sells ready-
made clothes, but the price mark as
well. That's all right, but what did
the garment cost?-—Buffalo Express.
He says heard that you was going to lose your
I
The gentleman further learned that jibe lessees will not stand for it. , j0^ as frate-keeper and thought
of water that is next door to his print one of the el Reno elevator men was Comanche county the lessees or- , w,0(inu, np aml help you out."
Shop. This summer, while Isenberg also a big stoek holder In the town of kan|zed recently and adopted a resold- . nl, marcus I do not think 1 will
was away iu Colorado, Colonel jim 11 i
Duffy, the temperance orator, was in
charge of the religions and temper-
ance department of the Wave, and the
hole is probably some of tin narapher-
_ . Gotl.amites did not do a thinp
nalia that Colonel .looms used in his
lectures to illustrate the evils thai
result from .in intemperate use of
water."
tion that no lessee should ever sup- ;,tisr. n,y j0|, i>ut [ appreciate your good
port a man for office who was not an j t„tentions Just the same and to show
ba sanitation leads to bad morals. | iron-clad believer in allowing the you that i am your friend I will give
| iesees to settle the school land ques- y(m one 0j ,|le hest seats. i have
tion in their own way and in their own just scated two warm friends of yours
favor. In all portions of the territory an(1 ] wfl| now kiv0 ynu a seat that
the same arbitrary rulings are being has bcen for y,,ar8 hy a man
The American Ambassadorship.
The Spectator, declaring that Wash-
ington is now the most important sta-
tion in the British diplomatic service,
proposes that the salary of the Am-
bassador be raised to $50,000. The ^
British ambassador to Paris is now
the highest paid representative of Work for Mayors.
King Edward abroad, but even his ' the niayor of s, i^ouis hag ]vceiv
salary is $.1,000 a year less than the ) e(1 a let(l,r from a ]ady ,jving jn u)e
political manager until he knew that
Hanna was out of the race for tho
nomination. It is perhaps also true
that he would not authorize his
friends to publish his desire to retain
Hanna before he knew that Hanna
probably would accept. The infor-
mation that Mr. Hanna will be able
to ohlige Mr. Roosevelt comes from
Hanna's friends and not from the
White House.
Spectator's proposal.
Cnion.
l.et us be'ready to give thanks with adopted: it will result in only one | wi,0
1 both hands
thing, a severe rebuke at tin
! the people of the territory.
polls by
Such ar
was once a great politician liini-
Th<
said.
Drying preparations simply d< vei " !S n,'vi'r f"r things In human bltrary actions, done evidently for the
op dry catarrh; they dry up the setrctiouf. politics to :o on" way for long benefit ot the lessees above all other
whiohadhcretothemembran6Midd. com people of the territory, will i; be
^Xari: wS'SrtJSrAv ' !. iidrv! Wlwt wc hw" r"r an,t ""netion ,| by the people at lar
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes nm! tnniN ar u° W'ing to plant? "In old Oklahoma there is a inijor- jjj,, drum
and use that which cleanses, soot)" an 1 ity in the country townships of 128 t to •!
hods. Ely's Cream B&lm '• a remedy Patience i not merely a smile on against th • lessee; there bein only
and will euro catarrh or cold in the head 1
easily and pleasantly, A trial s o will be
mailed for 30 cent*. All druggists sell the
BOo.siae. El/Brothers, fto Warren Bt., N.Y. The mills 61 the gods alway have
in a voice of thunder Peter
Paul! Paul!! Paul!!! i say
>f that seat and turn it. over
Hanna."
roared in such a voice that
was awakened and did
ep again for two hours, peal.
Purpose of the Trust.
The harvest trust—an economic de
vice for skinning the farmer—will lay
off 4.000 men before Thanksgiving.
It will probably dawn upon the people
after awhile that the trust is formed
purely for the purpose of cutting down
expenses and raising the price to the cr
consumer. Memphis Commercial Ap- tli
Morida rimes- i wji(js gf Missouri, with the request
, that he send her a sample of a certain
! kind of blue cloth. At last a definite
field has been opened up in which a
mayor be utilized to some advantage
by the people. Uuffab
Eve
Dowie
is not
v York.
"Why
w alom
express.
linst prophet
ti'-' Bill" Dev
t they leave
He's got his
■ ' ill right."
the surface.
Th# Balm euros without pain, de. s not j something to grind,
irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads it1J
over an irritated and angry suifacu, rcliuv.
ing immediately the paiulul inflammation, i ^'ou call hogs well lip to the bridge
With Kly's <!renm Halm yon are an ed | but you can not always persuade them
igninwt ni^h! Catarrh and Huj' Fever
to come across.
eight lessees In every township to llif.
owners of land, or renters of private
land. Tho same rule holds good In
tho Cheyenne country; the two con-
tain the counties of Logan, Oklahoma,
Canadian, Kingfisher, I'ayne, Beaver,
Blaine, Custer, Washita, Roger Mills,
Day and. Dewey. In the remainder of
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
has stood the test 25 years. Average Annual Sales over One end a Half Million
bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to you ? No Cure, No Pay. 50c,
Enclosed with every bottle is a Ten Cent, package of Grove's Black Root. Liver Pills.
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