The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1903 Page: 4 of 8
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THE EL RENO DEMOCRAT
T. F. HJNSLC-*, Ed «• P"<>
,nd know* how to conduct examina
EnlerH at fl B",° PM,om" " S'c
on J Class *1 tter.
log much about th*
nai libel suit. Lat the
io all the talking now
few pertinent renmrli
II I.
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[M'al of this
headlines,
L'hood.** We
te would like
mori
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are po
to kr.<
We are told that Whlaperlng Char ! Mayor John Linden, of Enid, has a.id
ley is hurrying up the work on 4he i fired two police officers * • -
si Louis, El Reno and Western so railroad man over ' h''a'|
that he tnay be able to Indulge In his "in after arresting him
multitude of
man never went to him
hungry that he dU not get feel. He
,ved little children and it nearlym
Judge Irwin is not ti
lo play to the : aller
It is sale to ay t
t-'ruoot will not join 11
The kangaroo court
f„r another grist t<
B
favorite pastime. Since the gambling thing has
was done away with " In El Reno mayor taiif
t'harley cannot even butt into a quiet like that.
He is longing for the have to be
his heart to
thi
of p<
ov
t Kf.rfi
T. U
out huntinf
Did
grind.
President Roosevelt would uot dare
to submit to arbitration our right to
mak' a canal treaty with Panama.
We hear that the
kill appoint a gentU
•harge of the new
heir next meeting,
n mind and we hop.
ue
Is a good
1 portuolty to attend all the o<
erings at (iuthrie. Save up yo
.■ change and spend it over ti.
St. U> lis. El lieno and West, t
only 'it trunk line In Oklahot
soon lie giving excursions to t
■ I ever he«
tied "Wher
Tonight,"
> is My Wander-
but you never
pier mort
Both km
fo
empora
lpltal.
;ested socuri-
flnanclal ap
J. P. Morgan's undii
lies seem to be cau.-im
pendlcltls in Wal' ( • ■ ■ t.
In wearing a small Panama ti.' on
Ms coat President Roosevelt offered
n needle s fl fit to Colombia
During the last year 3 f,53 persons
were killed and 49997 were injured
in railroad accidents in this country.
The W. T. U. is to memorallite
congress for an antl-pollgamy amend-
ment lo the Constitution
J. Ikey looked like a motherless
mule when the Jury *ald the defen-
dant is not guilty.
Since so many gentlemen lia\.
nltli i their Intention *■. to \
ington at their own expense, our
or Is not bo anxious to go as he wan
since he learned that the people will
not pay the freighi
It is now thought tnat the poor
woman who left her two yeai "id
l.aby at a house In Oklahoma City
lias committed suicide or has been
murdered. They all go to Oklahoma
City to meet their doom
i Clark
stand t
insinuation on the wltn
Police Judge Frank Me
hail purloined th« pollc* docket. I
marked Henry LoBrltton'g fin* p;
did not have the desired effect, 8
did not libel Judge Meyer, for
reason that Clark was too full
itlg B .
heard the parody on it. It will come means as it
out in print, set to "music, the day minds when t
Judge Irwin convenes court and the
title of It will be," "Where Is My
Wandering Husband This Eve." The
Lame being plentiful in the Choctaw to put another plast
;md Creek nations will be the coun- on their junk shops,
iry to wire to
Into tin
attended school In
Kansas. Both are about at the end
of their tether and unless something
turns up very soon they will have
if they can,
Thanksgiving
any body.
uratitude
slaniler
When Senator Gore refused the
nomination for delegate to congress,
he mentions the names of a number of
men who he says, has a better claim
! to the support of the party than he
has. We failed to find the names of
Attorney Clddings, BUI McCartney, of
Kingfisher, Joe Lowe, or the "Grand
Duke" Sammy Humphreys among the
number.
President Diaz, of Mexico, Is think-
ing about resigning. We know a man taxpayers and
here in El Reno who would gladly whole county
take the job, his long residence; in
Washington and the strong hold he
has on the senators and congre.ssne n
would no doubt firmly cement the
good will now existing between the
two republics.
i>e them in wan'
at many men In
ay that wear th>-
y on th'elr faces
I'll art wLich
- >m of James H.
nothing sensational
■ radical; and nothing unusual
It Irwin's char -u to tho grand
this morning. His Instructions
a plain common sense, busi-
like set of instructions to th<
He told them plainly that they
not selected for the purpose of
carrying out the wishes or whims of
any particular citi7.cn or class of citi-
zens. That thev were chosen from
the body of the county, to serve th-
citizenship of th.
The much predicted
nsational and Intemperate charg'
was not forth coming, but in its stead
the plain Instructions of a conserva-
ti\ sensible and business judge.
Ji
ness
jury.
Judge Lowe insists that Clark was
libeled, the Democrat Insists that
such a thing can not be done.
Chicago aldermen are being furnish
ed with peace protection. The strik-
ers thero like every Vhere else have
no love for officers of the law who do
' the bidding of men who think ofj
nothing but their own selfish needs.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving ' 1
We have a whole lot to be thankfu
for, let us all with true meekness in ,ng the congratulations of his part;
Speaking of the Alaska award OUr hearts, extend thanks to the Giver for v
premier of Can- „f All for his kindness to us in the
And while you are in a
Tho Democrat will still furnish the
taxpayers an account of the doii.
of their public servants.
Jim Rakcstraw's divorced wife, at
Oklahoma City, fired a shot Into Jim-
mies shoulder because he w as all the
time pestering her and threatened to
kill her. This is a warning to fellows
who have a good wife, but do not
'know It until divorced from her,
There is no ust* boating around the
bush in relation to the bridge mat .
The location has been selected, and
no better one can be tound Let
the board of county commissioner <
advertise for bids and when they are Sir Wilfred Laurler. -
. . io.111nrv wive the eon adia, "Our hands are tied to a large past year.
opened nex r„pnnslh!„ bid 1 extent, owing to tho fact of our con- ploUB frame of mind do not forget to
tract to the nection with the mother country offar „p to the throne of giaro a
jd<,r o making us not free agents and obllg- J heartfelt prayer for the conversion if
r„, . ,„her side of ing us to deal with questions affect- lhe sneaks an hyprocrltes that bur-
Tho lunatics on the other sitK oi u* . ,h_ instrument- ■ . ,4 ours wit!
the big herring pond are also getting! Ing ourselves, through the Instrument
a move on themselves. The Bank of ality of the —
John Sharp Williams, the new dem-
ocratic leader in the national hous-
of representatives, is already receh
Mr. Clark did not need to hire Jo<
l^owe to air his reputation, the Demo
crat would have done it for half
price. . .
Tho democracy of this town and
county certainly have reasons to feel
prowil of their probate judge and
their city attorney.
The statute of limitations will not
save United States Senator Dietrich,
who is charged with bribery and cor-
ruption
The republicans claim the credit
for our past prosperity, but they say
that the present business depression
has nothing to do with politics
In the United States there are 510
periodicals to every million inhabi-
tants, in Great Britian 113, in Russia
77 and In Japan 17.
President Sherman of Cornell I ni-
verslty says that the students shduld
divide tho day into 11 hours' study,
i 2 for meals, 3 for exercise 1 for re-
! creation, and 8 for sleep. Is not the
college president a little excessive in
his divides?
Representative Morrell of Pennsyl-
i vanla has introduced a bill in the
house of representatives making It
an offense under the federal law for
' common carriers to provide separate
ear* for either white or black passen-
i gers
England came near having to appoint The speech was regarded as almost
a new secretary. A good big dose revolutionary.
of Thames water had to be used be- "
fore the daffy one was brought to Our worthy mayor wi.l .l op Uu
his senses NO guns or clubs over statehood question for a little time
, , , 0,i„. and give his undivided attention to
there to subdue lunatics and ^ ^ ^ ^ Thcre are a
J lkey says that on account of a number of little things to be looked
,ien this beautiful city of ours
British ambassador." .heir obnoxious presence
E. Everett Purcell, takes a fallout
of Whispering Charleys brother
Frank thusly: "Frank Greer's sena-
torial boom seems to be quietly sleep-
ing upon the bosom of those tranquil
waters vonce. Sleep on McDuff.
sleep on,. Come not back again to
suffer from the fever and tire famine;
come not back again to hear the song
| r—°Tould^tnThlm pre's'l-1 ^"money for a trip to Washing | ^tha's wooing, or hear the Uto
dent of the library association, which ton will settle down and give city ^ of chestnuts entitled Hla
position is vacant caused by the resi-1 affairs a little of bis spare time. wath .. ^
1 gnat ion of Dr. Hensley.
dearth of buslnes- In the probate after and his honor seeing that the
,-oun he would take it kindly if the , people are not ^going to /^ishjhe
hat he has accomplished during
the last few weeks. Under his lead
ership there Is great harmony and
spirit of co-operation among the dem
ocrats, than has existed for several
year3. His first success was in deal
ing with the question of Cuban reci-
procity. On'this subject the demo
crats were divided; some favortid thi
| consideration of amendments, but of
■ oting for the treaty "as a step in th.
direction of fr<. trail At the time
ihe action of the party caucus wa
hill as it was Introduced by the wayf-
nnd mean.; committ , others oppot
t'd it.t and still others did not know
exactly where they stood. Mr. Wil-
liams united the party on i • p' lic>
not made absolutely binding, so thai
,the democrats who came from dis
tricts where their constltutents wen
against the bill, could vote against
It will work a great hardship on
The first consulate of the new re-
public of Panama has been establish-
ed in New YorK City, at No IS Broad-
way
Carrie Nation makes money sell-
ing small hatchets. Her scheme is
business with temperance high jinks
for advertising.
I All attempt Is being made to Induce
typesetting machines lu tho govern-
! ment printing office. The work of the
' office could be done much quicker,
and the cost would bo reduced 35
! per cent The Typographical union
1 will probably not oppose tho plan
They have commenced early over
at Oklahoma City to make announce-
ments for county offices. Gov. Price
says he Is a receptive candidate for
i sheriff of Oklahoma county. J. lkey
and Sonny Cope should also let their
wants be known.
0 lit without exposing themselves to the
0 lt „i„ - o — The editor of the Enid Events, says eharge o( party diBloyalty. Eight ot
oossibly spare our may-: some of the white fathers who have {hat ..Corb Sarchett and Fred Barde lhege democrats opposed the billj, but
' til after the next meeting of children with Indian mothers, and gre the Gaston and Alfonso of the th(j re8t ()f ,he party w(,rt, a8 united
o: un ,, o,, th.r- ,, no use in who are In possession of allotments, Mc0ulre missrepresenting crew Go Bupport „f it as were the republi
that Committee which w as appointeil to have to lose the latter. Many of 8,ow Kv,y. my boy, Gaston and Al- ca
that comm ^ m Wash- them have lived In fancied security. fonso arc oUi hands with the quill
to appoint a delegation to go to Wash-
ington, In the interest of statehood,
trying to take the colonel away at
this time. We can spare him In
about three weeks ago but not now
You have all no do"i t heard of
that beautiful and soul touching re-
frain, entitled "When the Swallows
Homeward Fly." Watch the swallows
that are scheduled to fly between now
and next Monday.
have flown already and the rest aft
getting a move on themselves.
to have to lose me mi>c- — i siow t;vey, my uuj, - j,,ans
them have lived in fancied security. fonso arc old hands with the quill jn issuo suddenly raised by
for a number of years and now to I an(1 ag they are fully conversant with j0Ventg in panama, Mr. Williams show
hnvo to eive un their lands will be Oklahoma politics they know what great Bldll in preventing the demo
they are talking about. Leave 'em , craU from taklng the unpopular and
alone Evey, leave them alone, or |00glng gi(ie 0f ti,e question. Although
they may turn their attention to >'ou j himBelf an advocate of the Nicara
and tell the amount you receive from ' ^uan route> |ie realized that tho peo
the gentleman who drew Dennis p]e favorerj the steps taken toward
Flynn's seat in congress the acq^-3ition of the Panama canal
have to give up their lands will be
a pretty hard thing to do. There is
a report going around that filings
have been made on lands so situated.
The fire department of the Pope
consists of five old men, who would
be practically helpless if a large fire
broke out in the Vatican
The management of the St LouK
El Reno and Western should by nil
means fix Whispering Charley. He
has distorted the truth concerning the
| ncw road more than any man on top
of God's green earth, and all for Outh-
I rle.
It would be rather slim picking
down about the front end of the old
court house, if it was not for the many
young folks getting married
Did we understand the American to
ay that the court houso would not
be accepted. We believe we remark-
ied that It would.
Two young men were arrested to-
day by officers Worley and Banister
for selling a wire apparatus which
they had made, so they say. in town
to hang clothes on.
According to Senator Spooner. be-
fore the reciprocity bill was sent
from the house, the senate mot, re-
aeived a Reed Smoot petition, and
adjourned
Munsoy Vaughan, was mortally
wounded yesterday afternoon at Law-
ton while paying a Thanksgiving visit
j to his divorced wife. The ex-father-
In-law did the rhootlng Lawton will
j soon be In the same class as Okla-
! homa City.
The Enid papers are indignant be-
cause the cause of a suicides death
was not made public. It Is said that
two la-de-da young men were lovers
of the woman and their names would
not look well In print It is a won
der Iaey did uot ferreit out who they
were
it is reported that Whispering Chai-
ley has made application for an an-
nual pass over the St. Louis, El Reno
and Western for himself and Col. (?)
Charles P. Lincoln. The trains are
not running yet but that is nothing,
they want to be in on the ground
floor you know.
It is rumored that the white fathers
Qf Indian children will lose the land
they have taken and In some instances
sold. Under a recent ruling from Sec-
retary Hitchcock, tho white father of
a child borne by an Indian woman
has no right to an allotment. All
that remains for the father to do is
to repudiate the child.
If we are to get a bridge across the
South Canadian river, why don't the
commissioners advertise for bids for
the construction of the same? State
Some of them in the proposals for bids that they
will not be opened until high noon
the first day the board meets in Jan-
uary. This will give plenty of time
for the recognized bridge companies
to submit their proposals
Dennis Flynn Is reported to be for
Roosevelt for president and says that
Mark Hanua has a great brain.
When it comes to politics the "Little
Giant," la not any too Blow himself
In speaking In a Presbyterian
church in Washington, the president
said, "We can divide, and must divide,
on party lines, as regard certain ques
tlons, as regards the deepest, as re-
gards the vital questions." He said
nothing "as regards' his action to-
ward Colombia
There may be a scries of hangings
la Colorado. if the authorities find
out the man or men who blew up
the Vindicator mine, the trial will be
very short and speedy.
Two more murders and a suicide
in Oklahoma City. When will that
modern Sodom cleanse Itself and be
like unto tho other large cities of
tho territory? El Reno for Instance.
If Street Commissioner Winder has
the time to do It, the people living on
South Rock Island and Barker avenues
would appreciate It very much if he
repaired the street crossings down In
that end of the city. The sidewalks
too are in very bad shape in some
Whispering Charley will be on net-
tles until the St. Louis, El Reno and
Western 1b finished and trains tun-
ning. He Is so anxious for Guthrie
to get Bome of El Reno's trade that
he cannot sleep nights. It will be
nice for Charley when he can gd
home to Guthrie every night after
working the people of El Reno all
day
and that it would be unwise for tb«
democratic party to oppose tho admlD
Mayor Lincoln's "finest" have ''eon i
working a graft on the show people ig(ration on this subject. He prevent
for some time, but were called down ^ mem|,ers of tho party from talk
by the managers of the opera house ^ jntroducing resolutions on th<
who say, they have appeared at e\eiy j pauama question, and advised them
performance with ladies, sometimes!^ opportune moment foi
eleven going to see a performance at Scensurjng the president for his haste
one time. Hereafter all ladies wlll |in recognizing Panama and his higli
UI. excluded except the chiefs an'' handed methods during the negotia
no policeman will be admitted free . tj()ns wjlh the n(,w republic.
unless when in uniform, which means |
In plain English, while on duty Now
will they be good.
The democrats have confidence in
their new leader and the republican
recognize his ability His powei
over the minority is all the more re
no committee
too are in very uuu oua^ j a man could not tell, unless tin; prop j marKa.ble as he has
places, but the people will be thank- Lr innUendoes were laid, whether Joo i ghips oc othcr rewards to bestow upon
...... ot looct I. V, iho llonslev libel
yiBCVB, I | Cl
ful if the crossings are at least fixed Howe's speech in the Hensley li )e
. n trlndinatinn nf >
before another rain
Yellow covered literature has
brought three young men in Chicago
to the gallows. They have with their
own tongues confessed to numerous
murders and will no doubt be tried,
convicted and hung. We do not be-
lieve In keepin a boys nose to the
bible, but we do believe that tho pun-
ishment cannot be too severe to ad-
minister to a boy for reading the yel-
low stuff we see every day in book
store windows.
i his followers. When the democrats
suit last night was a vindication of j Rfit control of the house, John Sharp
himself, an eulogy on the character | wi]|iaras wjll be ..Mr speaker."
of his client or an argument in tho ( Q
Emperor Bill Is crawfishing. He
was to have a yacht race with Sir.
Tom Upton but Bays he is sick and
cannot possibly recover until 1905.
Tom having a great respect for roy-
alty did not use any cuss words out
loud but he must havo done an all-
flred lot of hard thinking.
If the readers of the Democrat will
road In another column, they will see
where the M. K. & T., is going to
build another line west out of Okla-
homa City. Will Sammy Humphreys,
The Duke of Piedmont," havo the
supreme gall to again tell us that the
M. K & T., will equip and operate
the road known as the St. Louis, El
Reno and Western.
-o-
The Globe-Democrat of St Louis,
generally gets things straight about
railroad matters. Look over another
oolumn of the Democrat and t o what
it says about Morgan Jones nf.*w road.
Sonny Cope has i no to Ka t
to get his baptismal record, al- > the
recommendation of the pastor of the
church he attended whllo living away
out yonder in the sand hills.
Mayor Lincoln's blue coated, dress
' parado gentlemen aro having n soft
snap of it these nice balmy days.
The door of tho city jail stands wide
onen fwfl not even a hobo wants to
case at bar. Twenty-five minutes
was devoted to Joe Lowe. Fifteen
minutes to Clark, and ten 1 For the Most Careful Examination by
in trying to read from McClure s mag ^ £ ph IeIan.
azine a poef of passion by Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, which the court very
properly held was not the stuff to go
to a jury on a full stomach.
THERE IS NOTHING TO PAY.
Tho senate and lower house of con-
gress havo been invited to a big jam-
boree by the governor of Louisiana.
We now see why our Colonel Lincoln
was so anxious to go to Washington.
Ho has a great many friends, so he
says, among tho senators and con-
gressmen and maybe ho might induce
them to have tho invitation extended jovenln
I to him.
Before adjourning congress will no
doubt be asked to appropriate a suf-
flcent sum of money to defray the
expenses of bdth houses, when they
accept of the governor of Louisiana's
invitation. It Is not often the law-
makers have an outing and when they
do, the people, especially the coal
miners, whom they have assiBted so
much, should be mado pay for the
jaunt
o
It is rumored that the upper ten of
Guthrie, will as soon as the St. Louis,
El Reno and Western is constructed,
buy residence lots in Piedmont, from
"Grand Duke" Humphreys and erect
thereon handsome villas to which they
can come after closing their business
houses in "Little Africa." Suburban
trains will run from Piedmont every
Every sufferer from any form of
chronic, nervous or special disease
who applies at the office of J. T. Keith,
M. D.., rooms 11, 12 and 14 Jalonick
Bldg., El Reno will receive examina
tion, consultation, advice and treat
ment free, only a small charge being
made to cover the actual cost of medi-
cine used.
Office hours: 9 to 1Z a. m.; 1 to 5
p. m; 7 to 9 p. m.; Sunday's 10 to
1 p. ni
Judge (?) M. B. Cope has returned
from the satid hills of Kansas forti-
fied beyond measure, with all sorts
of recommendations from school
teachers, his pastor and others.
When asked today if he was going
to assist the grand jury in its investi-
gations, he said he did not know. He
also added that in about another year
he would no doubt be in a position |
to assist the grand jury. We take, Buy By the Ton.
pleasure in making this free announ- ; The mechanic, clerk, professional
cement for Mr. Cope. j man and others who havo to work
o | with their brains and their hands.
"Patsey" Boyle, Bird McGuire's j don't want to buy coal in five hundred
private secretary, Bays; "The people pound lots, it does not pay to do it
of Oklahoma need not look for action I The same coal that is shipped from
having direct bearing on statehood iho McAlester mines to Kansas City,
legislation until the regular session
of congress is well begun " Notice
the words "well begun," which means
In plain United States language the
wind up of the regular session. Bird
is foxy and will no doubt do what
sells in the coal yards there at $4.50
a ton. In El Reno, at some of tho
coal yards, the dealers ask $8.00 n
ton for it, and it you buy less than
a half ton you will pay for hauling
the same. For instance a man want
morning, returning again the'saw he
ioxy auu ii — -
can at the next regular session ing 500 pounds, quarter of an honest
d he can not get help to pull the i ton, he will pay $2.25 for it, when
will
ton, he will pay $2.25 for it, when
aler for an explanation
The Tur
or in
ode
<ish pr
respor
tn
It
Ifile for ti
country.
El Rt
rary
Charley Standard wants to look on;
j if what we hear Is true. We hear
.that Uttlo Reuben would not object
to being register of deads or auper-
i intondent of Instruction. Reuben
used to be a school marm at one time
id
?nd the social hi
From El Reno
pltal
jlvou
Guthrie is ,
> in 1.
ill being of the population is s
ar to the rulers heart, the futur
rrom r.i i«juI L uu.u... -.^oms full of promise." Accordln
qulto a distance and the building of to this tho Turks seem to be better pulling corn
the new trunk line will lessen freight than foreigners imagine, but it
rates at least a quarter of a cent on will be time to hear the sultans
the hundred {American press agent on the subject
buy
was foully
.field while ■£
His life ha
ou
b
a in
en u
Very Likely.
It I tempestuous one. He had very few! It is stated that Mayor Low's term
friends, nor did ho want any. There as mayor of New York cost him $100,-
is one thing that can be said about j 000. That is an exceptional record
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1903, newspaper, December 3, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc111424/m1/4/: accessed March 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.