The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 28, 1904 Page: 5 of 8
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THE SITE SELECTED
For The $10,000 Library—Capital Hill
The Place—Three Lots and $500
Donated—Accepted by Library
Board-
Only Three Families.
Major Thompson, of the Christian
Volunteers tells us that there are on-
ly three families, that he knowe any-
thing about, who are actually desiitute
He says there are a few persons in
the city who if they had employment
would pull through, but the work is
not to be had and he is afraid that
before the winter is over a number
will be asking for help.
They Will Build-
Frank Wewerka is one of the men
who thinks that El Reno is not going
It it All Talk.
There is a whole lot of kicking
being done today about the location of
backward. He is willing to back his i the library. There is no use to kick
judgement to the extent of erecting i What is the mater with you?
a large two story brick building on j You kickers who attended the meet-
his lots south of Sam Tannebaum's ] ing of the Chamber of Commerce,
clothing store on Bickford avenue. when the library board was elected.
It is understood that H. K. Ricker and given full power to act did not
and W. H. Riley will join in with Mr j chirp when they were selected, why
Wewerka and erect a building that j did you not °Pen >our momha then'
will be a credit to the city. i l^°n 1 he pikers now.
What was the matter with you kick-
rs that you did not put in a proposal the
Down With Grip. same as Henry Lassen. You had the
Dr. E. S. Rhoades, of the Rhoades [ same chance that he had.
& Cook pharmacy is down with the
grip. His condition is not serious.
The libary board held a meeting last
night and after opening and thorough-
ly discussing three propositions foi
the site of the new library building
After mature deliberation it was de-
cided that the Henry Lassen proposal
was the best and it was accordingly
accepted with one provision.
J. N. Mitchem proposed that he
would give fifty feet facing the court
house square on Evans avenue.
A citizen on North Rock Island ave-
nue through Mr. C. O. Blake donated
three lots in block 61 for a site.
Those present were Dr. Taylor and
Messrs. Albert Gerrer, W. A. Edger,
Silas H. Reid and Henry Lassen.
The following is Mr. Lassen's pro-
posal :
El Reno, O. T., Janu. 25., 1904.
To the Library Board of the City of
El Reno, Oklahoma.
Gentlemen: 1 hereby submit for
your consideration the following offer
of lots whereon to erect the proposed
public library building.
"I will convey by warranty deed to
the library board, or trustees, lots 12,
13, and 14, in block 152 in the city of
El Reno, O. T., being 75 feet frontage
on Hoff avenue and 125 feet deep on
Jenkins street, at the corner of said
avenue and street, upon condition
that the proposed library building be
erected thereon; and to this end I will
execute such deed and abstract in
escrow, upon the acceptance of this
offer, with instructions to deliver the
same to said board when said build-
ing is commenced on the ground, if
commenced within six months from
date hereof, time being of the essence
of this offer and condition, and if not
commenced within said period of six
months said deed and abstract to be
returned to me. This offer may re-
main open for a period of ten days
unless sooner accepted, and if not ac
Mrs. Wesley Roberts, of Weather-
ford, who has been visiting relatives
in the city during the past week re-
turned to her home yesterday.
Mrs. Nettie Bristow and her son
Ralph who have been visiting with
Mrs. S. G. Humphreys and Mrs. Rahn.
of the Sullivan house returned to
their home in Weatherford yesterday.
Wonderful Nerve.
Is displayed by many a man endur-
ing pains of accidental cuts, wounds,
bruises, burns, scalds, sore feet or
stiff joints. But there is no need for
it. Bucklen's Arnica Salve will kill
the pain and cure the trouble. It's
the best salve on earth for piles, too,
25c, at Rhoades & Cook's druggists.
Fair Sized Spuds.
Colorado will exhibit potatoes at
the world's fair of monstrous propor-
tions. The commission has 500 tubers
that aggregate a ton in weight. The
heaviest weighs ten pounds and the
lightest one three and one-half pounds
You say it was a put up job, how-
do you know it was? If you knew it
was a put up job why did you not
say something so that we would all
know?
You say now that the city will not
levy that two mill ta* for the main-
tenance of the library. You are wrong
again. The city council in open meet-
ing levied that tax before it was
known, to all the members, where the
library was going to be located. There
was nothing said at that meeting about
location or anything else. The motion
carried, that a two mill levy should
be placed on all the taxable property
of the city for the purpose of buying
a location and assisting Andrew Car-
negie to build and maintain a library
within the confines of the city of El
Reno. The Deipocrat told you at
the time to go slow, but you wanted
that $10,000 library and you are going
to get it
You talk now about more suitable
places than the one selected for the
library, what was the matter with
you that you did not come forward
and say something about those afore-
said places. No you did not do it
OKLAHOMA DAY.
September 6th I* the Day Set For
All Oklahoman's to Attend the
Big Doings.
Oklahoma City, O. T., Jan. 26.—E.
Rockwell, secretary of the Oklaho-
ma City World's Fair affair, is in re-
ceipt of a communication from Fred
L. Wenner, secretary of the Oklahoma
World's Fair commission, advising
that September 6 has been designated
and set aside as Oklahoma day at
the coining World's Fair, and That
Monday September 5, has been desig-
nated as Oklahoma City day. Mr.
Wenner says he has been advised to
that effect by the secretary of the
committee on ceremonies for the
World's Fair.
The fact that Oklahoma City has
succeeded in securing a special day
at the Louisiana Purchaso exposition
Is something for our people to be
proud of. as no other city in the south-
west has been so favored, says the
Oklahoman.
(From Wednesday's Daily >
Hon. Frank H. Greer was over from
Guthrie last night. Frank has taken
on about five pounds of solid meat
since his last visit here.
F. A. Venney, manager of the type
and machinery department, of the big
Scarf & O'Conner company, Dallas.
Texas, is in the city rustling business.
GROFF CASE
BULLDOZERS
No Danger of war. Testimoney Being Introduced—
Wheat dropped a half cent today, j
yesterday the market closed at 89%
today it closed at 89%.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Tannebauni left J
this afternoon for a short visit with
friends in Wichita.
Conspiracy To Detraud The
Government—Rich Dis-
closures.
Saved From Terrible Death.
The family of Mrs. M. L. Bobbltt
of Bargerton, Tenn., saw her dying
and were powerles to savo her. The
most skillful physicians and every
remedy used failed, while consump-
tion was solwly but surdly taking
her life. In this terrible hour Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consump-
tion turned dispair into joy. The
first bottle brougli Immedate relief
and its continued use completely
cured her. It's the most certain cure
in the world for al throat and lung
troubles. Guaranteed bottles 50c and
$1.00.. Trial bottles free at Rhoades
Indian Farmer John Tyler, whose
tepee Is contiguous to Bridgeport, is '
in town looking at the sights and
buying things.
IM BAND WAGON.
Mrs. E. 1). Humphrey will entertain
a number of friends at luncheon to Whole Case HoneyCombed With
Intimidation — Resorted To
morrow at 1 o'clock.
Lawyer H. P. Phillips, of Arapahoe
is doing business in the city.
Lawyer A. T. Boys, of Anadarko Is
a visitor in the city.
Threats
He is Improving.
The many friends of A. E. Saxey
who has been very sick for the last
few days, will be glad to learn that
his health is Improving.
He Told Ma So.
An exchange says a school ma'am
not over a thousand miles away found
a lad in the geography class who was
deeply interested in learning the
points of the compass. The teacher
said: "You have in front of you, the
north; on your right, the east; and on
your left the west. What have you
behind you?" After a few moments
reflection, he exclaimed: "A patch
on my pants," and to make the infor-
mation more emphatic, the boy con-
tinued in a shame-faced manner: "I
knew you'd see it, I told ma you
would."
and now you will have to take what
is given you and shut your mouths. | & Cook's drug store.
Some of you say that people coming
from, or going to the depots, cannot
see the library, and when they ask
for its whereabouts all you can do is
to point in a south easterly direction.
That is true, but if you look on the
official map of the city, you will find
that Hoff avenue and Jenkins street
are both within the confines of the
city of El Reno.
If you have been hoodooed take your
medicine and above all things do not
express an opinion if you do you will
be called a knocker.
.
A PROMINENT TRAINMAN.
The many friends of G. H. Hausman
Engineer L. E. & W. R. R-. at present
living in Lima, O., will be pleased to
Congratulations. know of his recovery from threatened
John H. Cullom, editor of the kidney disease. He says, "I was ex-
cepted within said period of ten days
r — - w — «««;
Submitted. = — «
HENRY LASSEN, j facturers of Chamberlain's Cough | trainmen wuo m
In connection with Mr. Lassen's bid Remedy as follows: "Sixteen years
the citizens living in close proximity ago when our first child was a baby
to the lots mentioned will donate the
afflicted."
usually
For sale by C. R. Miller.
A FEDERAL BUILDING.
Delegate Bird McGuire has written
a letter to the editor of the American
in which he states that he is going to
introduce a bill for n $150,000 federal
building for El Reno.
Canadian county was one of the
democratic counties that presented
Bird with a nice majority at the last
election and it is nothing more than
right that he should do his level best
to secure a federal building for El
Reno. The Democrat hopes that Mr.
McGuire will succeed in his undertak-
ing and that the location for the build-
ing will be somewhere within hailing
distance of the business part of the
city. That is all just now.
CHILDREN POISENED.
Many children are poisoned
A. B. Campbell of Kingfisher paid
El Reno a visit yesterday. He says
Bill McCartney is enjoying the best
of health and is getting his voice in
tune for the next campaign.
Fair Tomorrow.
Our weather reporter. Prof. J. A.
Solin, predicts that tomorrow will be
another nice day.
The
Cowmen's Convention.
cowmen's annual convention
and
used in
This last
he was subject to croupy spells and
we would be very uneasy about him.
We began using Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in 1887, and finding it such
ODD INFORMATION.
With a capital of $107,500 the Fran- j jnent cough medicine that contains
co-German company has been formed j ^ 0pjates or other poisons. Sold
The works will be erected in
dromedaries, according
sum of $500 to be
furnishing the building.
the money will be deposited at the1 children and have given it to all of
the money ■ ^ ^ goo(J reguUg Qne K00d Most
feature of this remedy is that it is menagerie proprietors, are particularly
I not disagreeable! to take and our fond of tobacco smoke, and ran be
babies really like it. Another is that made to do almost anything under
it is not dangerous, and there is no its influence.
[ risk from giving an overdose. I
congratulate you upon the success of
I vour remedy." For sale by all drug-
gists.
made nervous and weak, if not killed
outright, by mothers giving them
cough syrups containing opiates.
Foley's Honey and Tar is a safe and
certain remedy for coughs, croup and
lung troubles, and is the only promi
will be held on February 8th at Ok-
lahoma City. It is many years slnco
a convention of any kind lias been
held in El Reno, and the Chamber of
Commerce knowing that a Cowmen's
Convention brings together the solid
men of both territories, lias appointed
the following gentlemen as a commit-
tee to go to Oklahoma Cit> on the 8tli
and by hook or crook secure for El
Reno the next convention.
The folowing is the committee:
S. G. Humphrey.
W. A. Edger.
Tom Reid.
Tom Ellison.
John Sams.
John Jackson.
J. G. Strong.
[ J. W. Freeborn.
C. E. Greer.
Col. C. P. Lincoln.
same time.
INDIANS ON WAR PATH
Cherokees Have Gone to The Mount-
ains—white Men Held up And
Robbed—Snakes Getting rteady
For an Outbreak
The South River Bridge.
The Chamber of Commerce has ap-
pointed Sam Peach, Judge J. G. Lowe
and Judge J. I. Phelps a committee of
Muskogee, I. T., Jan. 26. Runners j ^ Shriver accompanied his sister
in from Texana report an uprising M],s j F whitner and her children
to Binger this morning. Joe will re-
turn Thursday.
E. W. Bailey, traveling salesman for
Lieutenant Flake Killed.
Manila, Jan. 26.—Campbell W. Flake i three to ascertain the proper location
Twenty-second infantry, was killed I for a bridge across the South C'ana-
wliile trying to enter Moro Cotta, ill dian river. The gentlemen will bo
Mindano. He was shot treacherously, \ ready to report to the board of county
Moros firing on the party while Major | commissioners at the next meeting
Billiard was parleying with them.! of that hoard which will be held on
Four Hungarian deputies, including | Moro Cotta was at once taken by as- February 8.
the present Prime Minister. Count |sault without any further loss to the
Tisza. who had been sentenced to var- expeditionary forces.
ions short terms of imprisonment for |
doing duelling, have just been pardon-!
ed by imperial decree.
Caught in the Act.
Two little boys, the oldest not more
than ten years old took It. Into their j
heads that tliey could get rich quick
among the full-blood Indians of the
Cherokee nation and ask the protec-
tion of tlie officers for the whites who
live in that country.
The Cherokees belong to the Ketoo-
wah band, which has opposed the gov-
ernment in the allotting of lands.
They have left their homes around i
Poor Man's Gap and gone to Greenleaf
mountains, with the threat to return
Wages of northern Italy are: La-
borers, 40 to 50 cents; bricklayers, 80
cents to $1.00; stone cutters and car
penters, 60 to 70 cents; painters and
the Oklahoma Produce company, of fresc0res. 40 to 50 cents: experts, 60
Oklahoma City was calling on our rier- to -5 cents a day. ,
chants today.
The Moros lost twenty killed.
Lieutenant Flake was for some time
at Fort Reno and belonged to the
regiment of which A and D companies f)penjij<r postofflce boxes and rif-jjj
were a part. He was a fine, brave, 1 |jng letters.
dashing young officer and commanded j postmaster Wattson watched the
the respect of his superior officers ,wo iitt]e fenOWs this morning and
the enlisted men of his company. | oaMK|,t them in the alley back of Bone-
brake's opening letters. He spanked
them both, gave them a lecture ami
Washington, Jan. 27.—Testimony
designed to show the existence of a
conspiracy to defraud the government
was introduced today by the prosecu-
tion in the postal trial. From the mo-
ment the proceedings began until court
adjourned intenso interest was mani-
fested. At the outset, the question of
the admissibility of the declaration
of Diller II. Groff made the postofflce
inspectors came up for further argu-
ment. Counsel for the defense vigor-
ously contended that tlio declaration
was not a voluntary one, but was made
under duress, while the government
Insisted that when confronted with
charges 1). 11. Groff had resorted to
evasion, subterfuge and falsehood.
The court finally decided that the
statement was evidence against Diller
It. Groff, but not against the other
defendants, and the Jury would Judge
whether it was voluntary or not. Post-
oIIIce Inspectors Rolfe, Thorpe, McKee
and Mayer, all of whom had interview-
ed the Groffs prior to their arrest,
detailed the circumstances surround-
ing the conversations.
Diller B. Groff, in his own behalf,
declared that when the inspectors call-
ed on him their manner was overbear-
ing, gruff and bulldozing. He said he
had been suffering from insommia at
the time and signed the statement
upon Its being read to him. Ho then
testified that the Inspectors had said
to him that they wanted to arrest two
men, "and if you will give us the In-
formation that will convict them we
will give you $13,000 and let you ride
in the government band wagon, and
we will ride with flying colors."
It subsequently was brought out that
the $13,000 referred to represented the
amount the government owed the
Groffs and payment for which had
been held up. Mr. Douglas, for the
defense, charged that the whole case
was honeycombed with intimidations.
Postofflcle Inspector Meyer came in
for n searching examination and ad-
mitted that In an affidavit made him-
self referring to an interview he had
had with Samuel A. Groff. he had
omitted certain replies made by Groff
but denied that lie resorted to threats
In order to elicit the statements from
Groff. Inspector McKee, under a rig-
id examination said that Meyer had
said lo Samuel A. Groff:
"If you are a patriot, cor H
rescue of the government
the
this
I The London Engineer says that the
A. E. Saxey who has been serious- production of potatoes in Germany
ill
for the past week is reported
and "leave nothing alive but the birds iy
and snakes." ,110 better.
The Snake Indians have been gath- ^
ering at Flat Rock and drilling sol- Jhe Reason why.
dlers for two weeks. They have com The reason whj. the army maneu-
menced to steal cattle and shoot offi- vgrg wU, be held at Fort Rney is that
cers in efflgy. _ Junction City is only three miles from
will be even more important in the
future on account of the increasing
consumption of potato alcohol for
automobile purposes.
HOUSE DEBATING ON CANAL.
and
It is reported that there has been
a deficiency of 78,000,000 gallons of I it gold by C. R. Miler.
illuminating oil in the production of
the last nine months. The output of tepee FOR WORLD'S FAIR
the Standard Oil company fell from [
817,000,000 gallons in 1901 to 766.000,-
000 gallons in 1902.
AN EDITOR SPEAKS.
Editor Lynch of "Daily Post" Phil-
ipsburg, N. J., has tested the merits
of Foley's Honey and Tar with ..his
result: "I have used a great many
patent remedies in my family for
coughs and colds, and I can honestly
sav that your Honey and Tar is the .... ...
best thing of the kind I ever used Passing Raised Postal Notes-Were
and I cannot say to much in praise of
sent them home.
The combination has been turned
on all of the lock boxes and if you
have forgotten your's ascertain what
It is and then paste in your hat.
THREE SMOOTH DUCKS.
Boutell of Illinois Makes a Great
Speech—Great Hand Shaking All
Around.
Last Seen in Enid—Watch for
Them—Description of the
Men.
Some White people were held "P (lhe fort and lt ls the home of General
and their property taken and the | (,hafree an(, all hjs wife's relations
whites in that section are alarm°d- llve there.
Runners are going constantly be- j
tween the Ketoowahs and Snakes and
they are trying to get their forces to- A Very Close Call.
gether I "I stuck to my engine, although j T[)e portrait 0f the Dowager Em
If this is done trouble and blood
shed is feared. It was the Snakes a- 1
the Ketoowahs that led the uprising
in 1896.
Washington, Jan. 27.—Mr. Boutell
(Rep. 111.), addressed the house for
nearly two hours yesterday in a reply
to statements made by Mr. Williams
of Mississippi, the minority leader, in
his "stand pat" speech of a few dayB
ago. Mr. Williams in turn replied
to Mr. Boutell.
The house had tinder consideration
at the time the urgent deficiency bill.
avery joint ached and every nervc ■ press 0f china, now being painted by
s racked with pain," writes C. W. jjjss j£ate Augusta Carl, an American
locomotive fireman of 1 arlest is to be placed on exhibition at
St. Louis next year
by the consent of
In
Bed Four Weeks with La Grippe.
We have received the following let
ter from Mr. Roy Kemp, of Angolo,
ind "I was in bed four weeks with
la grippe and tried many remedies
and spent considerable for treatment prlce -0 cellt3
with physicians, but I received no re
lelf until I tried Foley's Honey and
Tar Two small bottles of this medi-
cine cured me and I now use it ex-
Bt'.lamy,
.liington, Iowa. "I w*as weak and
pale, without any appetite and a"|her lnajesty, who, it is said also sends
run down. As I was about to gi%e up, otlier exhibits.
and after taking it, I felt as well as j
I ever did in my life.' ^ eak, sickly, j income of the Emperor of
run down people always gain new jjusja jS $25,000 a day; the Sultan of
life and strength and vigor from !Turkeyi $jg,000; Emperor of Austria,
their use. Try them. Satisfaction j ?5 000. Gernian Emperor,$8,000; King
guaranteed by Rhoades & Cook. of Ua]y $6000; King of England, $0,-
500; King of Belgium, $6,500; Presi-
dent of France, $5,000; President of
For Sale. I the United state, $130.
traveling through Oklahoma victlmlz-
Cheyennes At Darlington Busily En-! |ng merchants and others by means
gaged in Constructing One. of raised money orders. Their
_ j scheme is to go into a store make a
The small purchase present a large sized
money order and pocket the change.
There are three smooth gentlemen Mr. Boutell received close attention of
both sides of the chamber and when
he spoke of the passing of the last
trace of bitterness between the north
Darlington, O. T., Jan
Field Columbian museum in Chicago
is to be enriched with a splendid
Cheyenne Indian skin tepee, made in
Oklahoma and equipped with such
furnisnings as were used by these In-
dians half a century ago. This tepee
has been built by Cheyenne Indians a good looker.
under the personal supervision of I Another is about 2S
s Mooney of the bureau of eth- | weight 140 pounds, height 5 feet 5 , your un-American old,
Quarter section finest wheat, corn i
, if vou but' cotton or grazing land in Oklahoma
clusively in my family. 'f >°u Dul'
knew the splendid merits of Foley s t
Honey and Tar you would never be (Hon.
without it. A dose or
itnOUL H* « I mo 11 n*n y
vent an attack of pneumonia 0 L Brown, box 902, Chickasha,
grippe. B may save your life. Sold j 252 gt wl,
by C. R Miller.
For Sale.
140 acres under cultiva- j A few Shorthorn bulls,
One and one-haif miles from them over a year old
ifco r R. I. & P.! nlace. one mile east
Post office El
some of
Call at my
U,u - 11 T on the C. R. I. & p. I place, one mile east and five miles
two wil pre-I Tit]e absolutely clear. Write | south of El Reno.
One of the gentlemen is about 23 years
old, weight about 150 pounds, height
5feet 10 inches, black hair parted in
the middle, smooth shaven, pimples
on sid
years old,
and south he was loudly applauded on
both sides.
Mr. Boutell was humerous and grave
pathetic and poetic.
Mr. Williams in his reply was like-
wise humorous.
Referring to the Philippines he
of the face, well dressed and I said:
"If that Is another thing you want
stand pat on, stand pat, then, on
un-army-mili-
and com-! tary-camp, grab-nation policy of an
72 Smithsonian institution whose ' inches, very light hair, eyes and com-1 tary-camp, grab-nation pon
scientific and historical researches jplexion light, dark clothing, well dress
among North American Indians, es-jed.
necially the Kiowas and Cherokees. ( Thi
are known to all students of the abor- j doubt the boss is about 40 or '"years
iginas. In connection with his regular old, weight about 140 pounds, heigh
cTfficial work Prof. Mooney has been
j Reno, Okla., R. F. D. No. 2.
I 51-pdlm-wkly W. J. NEWLAND.
engaged nearly all the winter
building this tepee, which will cost
not less than $1,000, as much as a
small cottage. The teiee may be
exhibited at the St. Louis World's
fair.
When Mr. Boutell had concluded
third one of the gang and no Mr. Williams crossed over and shook
hands with him. Mr. Boutell returned
the compliment when Mr. Williams
had concluded.
A resolution calling on the post-
master general for information rela-
tive to the number of carriages main-
tained by the government for the post-
office department was passed after a
spirited debate.
5 feet 10 inches, brown Van Dyke
beard, dark suit and light overcoat,
well dressed.
Postmaster Wattson de3ires to call
the attention of merchants and others
to these slick gentlemen and if they
pay them a visit call a police officer.
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