The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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The El Reno Democrat.
T. F. IIENSLEY, Proprietor.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDA )'.
< PER YEAR
VOLUME XV.
EL RENO, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY,
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1904.
NUMBER
Cowmen's
Convention
The Big Thing is on in Oklahoma City—
Thousands of People From all Over the
Country Are There.
Governor's Prefacc.
Governor Pennepacker of Pennsyl-
vania, is the author of a preface
written for a fac simile of "The
Chronicles of Nathan Ben Saddi," a
collection of colonial satires on the
University of Pennsylvania. The
chronicles are written in Bibical
phrase and are in imitation of some
English writings which appeared in
1470. The book for which Governor
Pennypacker has written a preface
will be published at the expense of
of the Philobiblon Club, a Philadel-
phia organization for the study of
rare books and manuscripts.
A GRAND PARADE.
Nayor Van Winkle Has Turned The City Over
to the Crowd—Surprised to See Such a
-Good Time For Balance of
The Week.
City-
Oklahoma City, Feb. 24.—Yesterday , w&s sbort and the principal purpose
accomplished being the formal open-
ing of the convention and the annual
election of officers.
The fat stock exhibition and cattle
sale were largely attended and in
these features Oklahoma City has
scored another signal triumph, sue
cessfully inaugurating what promises
to be the greatest annual fat stock
was a typical Oklahoma spring day
one of those days that make this sec-
tion of America the most desirable
residence locality in the world, and
visitors recently from the northern
states where snow and sleet storms
are prevailing feel as though they
had suddenly been translated to Eiy-
sian fields.
AND IT CAME TO PASS.
The Committee on Territories After
Listening to Speeches for Double
and Single Statehood for
Thee Months Have
Come to a Con-
elusion.
Arsenic Barred.
Sweeden prohibits the importation
of articles containing arsenic. The
law particularly affects the importa-
tion of wall paper, carpets, dry goods
textiles. While it is admitted that
aniline dyes, ocher colors and man-
ganese oxide may contain traces of
arsenic, yet there is no cause for
fearing injurious effects therefrom.
Miss Cora Strouse, who has been
risking her aunt, Mrs. S. Tannebaum
for the past two months returned to
her home in McPherson, Kansas, this
morning.
Japanese
Troops Land
A New Boarding House.
Mrs. Lillie Hall has rented the
rooms over the land office for a first-
class boarding establishment, and
will take possession about the first
of March. Mr. and Mrs. Dick T.
Morgan will occupy a suite of rooms
in the building.
Mrs. Eva Engle of Hennessey, Mrs.
Hall's sister, will occupy the latter's
house at No. 502 South Bickford as
a boarding house, the excellent repu-
tation of which is already established.
Washington, Feb 24.—The house
committee on territories has conclud-
ed its hearings on the various bills j
providing for the admission to state- |
hood of Oklahoma, Indian Territory,
New Mexico and Arizona. The com- i
mlttee has spent nearly three months \
listening to the arguments of state- ,
hood advocates, and has given the |
subject careful consideration.
The plan of the committee has al-;
ready been practically agreed upon. j
It will shortly report to the house a
bill providing for the union of Okla- j
homa and Indian Territories under j
the name of Oklahoma and provide I
for its admission to the sisterhood j
of states with the proviso, that the ]
law shall not become operative until |
March 4, 1906. This is to enable the
Dawes commission to complete iOs j
work in settling up the tribal states j
which it has agreed to accomplish
by June 30, 1905. When this has ]
been accomplished the state conven-
tion is to be held and the stat9 gov- j
eminent organized.
Forty Thousand Little Brown Men Are At Che-
mulpo—A Panic at Ping Yang—Railroads
and Bridges Have Been Destroyed.
SECRET MOVEMENTS.
Mrs. M. D. Lowe is visiting with :
her sister, Mrs. E. L. Hahn, Capital j
Hill, Guthrie.
Russian Government Wants Ports Open For
Exit of the Black Sea Fleet—Ambassa-
dor Has Not Asked Permission as
Yet From Porte.
Mrs. H. G. Surles, wife of a very
prominent liquor dealer at Cripplo
Creek, Colo., is visiting with her sis-
ter, Mrs. C. Kimmell.
The clear sky and warm sunshine | show and sale in the west
had an exhilirating effect upon- the j Yesterday the grounds at Colcord
throngs of people who are here to j park were leveled by a 20-ton steam
attend the cattlemen's convention | roller and will again he rolled this
and fat stock show and sale and every I morning preparatory for the grand
body was in excellent spirits and in I I>olo game that will lead this after-
a mood to enjoy themselves, and this I noon's outdoor amusement program,
they did. the contending teams being from
During the day the street cars were
constantly filled with visitors who
desired to view the city and in the
afternoon hundreds of people were
out driving on the boulevards, the
streets leading to Colcord Park being
especially thronged with vehicles.
In fact every kind of vehicle known
to man could be seen, from the motor-
cycle to the automobile bus, or from
tandem to tally-ho.
In the business district most of
the stores and other commercial es-
tablishments were decorated with
flags, bunting and welcoming ban
ners, giving the city a holiday appear-
ance that was most pleasing to the
beholders.
Kansas City, Mo., and Minco, I. T.
Mr. Ashbrook had his high jump-
ing horses, including the celebrated
Thistledown, out of practice work yes-
terday and some six hundred specta-
tors got a fair intimation of the won-
derful performances which will be
given this afternoon and tomorrow.
The military parade and maneuv-
ers will be inaugurated today.
The several fine bands engaged for
convention week are discoursing fine
music throughout the day and greatly
add to the pleasure of the street
throngs.
It is estimated that 5,000 visitors
Four More
Captured
Japanese Made Another Bii; Haul
This Time it is Four Russian
Torpedo Boats-Used Rus-
sian Signals-Reported
Fresh Attaek On
Port Arthur
London, Feb. 24.—Cabling from
Che-foo on February 23, n correspond-
ent of the Morning Post says forty
thousand more Japanese troops have
landed at Chemulpo and that he has
received information of the report
that somo Japanese have landed at
Pigeon Bay, others at Talienwan and
that an engagement occurred the
night of February 12.
The correspondent at Seoul of the
Daily Mail reports a panic at Ping
Yang, Corea, which is regarded as
heralding the approach of the oppos-
ing armies.
According to the Standard's corres-
pondent at Seoul, the Japanese bom-
barded Port Arthur at intervals be-
tween the eighth and 14th of Feb-
ruary, causing, however, only slight
damage.
The report is confirmed, this cor-
respondent continues, that seventy
miles of railroad track and some im-
portant bridges have been destroyed
between Harbin and Vladivostock.
If the latter report is true, it would
be a great advantage for the Japan-
ese, as Vladivostock Is known to be
very badly supplied, and it therefore
could not long resist a Jipanese at-
tack. There Is still, however, no
news of the actual operations of any
kind.
Special dispatches from St. Peters-
burg give various sensational reports
of a political nature. The Telegraph,
for instance, says the Russian govern-
ment has ordered Its abassador at
Constantinople to obtain the permis-
sion of the porte for the exit of their
Black Sea fleet, but M. Zinovieff, tho
ambassador, declined to make this
request and was able to give the
Russian foreign office, conclusive rea-
sons for his refusal.
A correspondent of the Times at
Wei Hal Wei says he hears that all
the mechanics at Port Arthur, Dal-
ney and Vladiostock are Chinese, and
that it is impossible for the Russians
to repair their damaged warships.
In a dispatch from Tokio a corres-
pondent of the Times says some hun-
dreds of Cossacks reached Clienju, 30
miles south of the Yalu river, the
the afternoon of February 20. Thirty
troopers crossed the river at Kazan
the same evening, thus arriving with-
in 45 miles of 1'lng Yang. Corea.
London, Feb. 22.—The Nagasaki | ed Press cables that Port Arthur Is
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph | now strictly a naval stronghold and
.. . . . .. , cabling under date of Feb 22, reports the forts are being manned by naval
were in the city yesterday and it is i s ' | ■
be trebled ^at the Japanese squadron has cap- gunners. Only twenty foreigners are
expected that number will
The first day's convention session'by today's crowds.
From Wednesday's Daily.
The latest opera house rumor has
the building site located on Wade
street between Rock Island and Bick-
ford avenues, now occupied by the
old Caddo annex.
Receiver Tom Reid of the land of-
fice, with some of the other boys,
went over to Oklahoma City this af-
ternoon to take in the catlemen's
convention.
Coming Attractions.
The Nashville Student s with an
entire new company of capable art-
ists the original Nashville Students
combined with P. G. Lowery's famous
colored concert band, will In seen at
ANNEXATION SCHEME.
Taking a Peaceful Trip to
San Domingo.
I turd four Russian torpedo boats at now at Port Arthur, and they are
Port Arthur by using Russian signals, traders disposing of their merchan-
Tbis dispatch seems to confirm re- dise. Some of them are under dipo-
I ports from various quarters of a sition and there is no likelyhood of
From Wednesday's Daily
; Messers Reel, Spratlin and Terch, !
! sub-contractors are fixing up to go
j to Muskogee to work on contracts |
S taken by the Kcnific Construction]
company.
He Smote Them.
fresh attack on Port Arthur by the their being arrested. There are many
Japanese. complaints of unwarrented arrests
i London, Feb. 23—It was by the Jap unexplained expulsions and defama-
Secretary Loomis and Admiral Dewey ; anese The report reached N'aga- j tion of character by the Port Arthur
saki from Chefoo and it adds that the
Russian crew of the four torpedo
boats have been transferred.
No other news of this attack has
been received in London, but the Che-
foo correspondent of the morning
| Post, in a dispatch dated February
is current
Washington Feb. 24.—President j
Roosevelt's administration is plann
ing how to get along with Santo Do-122> says the statement
mingo without intervening and estab- j there thatt he Japanese torpedo boat
lishing a protectorate over the repub- j destroyers at Port Arthur February
lie. The fact that Assistant Secre- j ^ slmk or damaged two Russian bat-
tary of State Loomis will accompany | tleships, in addition to the torpedo
Admiral Dewey on his cruise with j boat already reported. It is possi-
the battleship squadron is regarded j He therefore) that the report of the
a step not toward action of a Telegraph's Nagasaki correspondent
drastic kind, but as aneffort to en-! a]g0 re{erg to the ear!ier attack.
the opera house on next Monday, | deavor to harmonize the warring in- viceroy Alexieff's retrenchment to
Feb. 29. The popularity of 'his great j terests. Mr. Loomis will not admit ; jja.rbin is now an accomplished fact,
colored company does not seem to that he is going to Santo Domingo, and & correspondent of the Associat-
wand. Managers consider it a pre-j but it is generally belived here that
ferred attraction and clamor to se-1 he Is going.
cure it. Acknowledging the merit j The president does not want to in-
of this company, there are other fac-Jtervene if he can help it. He is look-
tors that have much to do with their ing for some other way out.
success. Foremost is the fact that] It is the hope of the administra-
the managers have kept pace with the ; tion that matters will quiet down
police.
The report that largo bodies of Cos-
sacks and other troops are occupying
Newchwang and Hsin Ming Tin are
unfounded.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Hong Kong says a British squadron
is concentrating there and that a cor-
responding French concentration of
warships is occuring at Saigon, Indo-
china. This is the supposedly result
of the Anglo-French understanding.
According to the Nagasaki corres-
pondent of the Daily Telegraph the
American squadron, the vessels of
which are variously reported at Che-
foo and Shanghai, is going to make
a demonstration at the mouth of tho
Yalu river.
j The Enid Wave says: Moses Ander-
son is smiting the fresh water of
democracy at El Reno today, and at
|the select love feast, the common love
I feasters do their work at the prim-
aries, conventions and polls.
Mrs. A. E. Saxey, who has been at-
] tending the funeral of her brother in
Washington, Kansas, returned home
I last night.
; Deputy U. S. Marshal, Bill Holt,
! has resigned his position and will go
back to his old home in Missouri.
Bill made a good officer if he was a
little hard on the red-skins who want-
led a little drop of booze occasionally.
Bids for Bridges.
Opened today by the Board of
County Commissioners. Horton of
Dallas. Texas, the lowest bidder.
BRIGE AT NARROW CROSSING.
C. I. Horton I 13,849.00
Canton Bridge Co 15,990.00
Mo. Valley Bridge Co 15,000.00
Midland Bridge Co 15,465.00
Inter-State Bridge Co 21,000.00
Wichita Bridge & Iron Co.,. .21,310.00
American Bridge Co 19,700.00
Clinton Bridge & Iron Wks... 19,777.00
AT CADDO JAKE'S CROSSING.
Canton Bridge Co., $ 27,600.00
Mo. Valey Bridge Co., 28,400.00
Midland Bridge Co 21,923.00
Wichita Bridge Co 29,870.00
Clinton Bridge & Iron Wks .25,333.00
PILE BRIDGE.
Canton Bridge Co $ 9,990.00
Mo. Valley Bridge Co 10,500.00
Midland Bridge Co 9,589.00
Wichita Bridge and Iron Co., 10,800.00
Clinton Bridge & Iron Co.,. .11,210.00
times in giving the people what they
want, by securing the best colored
talent obtainable up to a standard
of excellence that none can equal.
Evey year they have added novelties
giving care and atteneion to secure
the best. That these things count
in the long run is evidenced by the
continued success this reliable com-
pany is meeting with at all times.
and that intervention can be avoided.
St. Thomas, Feb. 24.—'The United
States cruiser Columbia , arrived yes-
terday. She confirms Washington
reports that severe fighting occured
February 16 and that the insurgents
Crooked Piece of Track. From Wednesday's Daily,
The crookedest railway in the, Commissioners.
world is one from Boswell to Frledens
Penn., the airline distance being five , The county commissioners met to-
miles. The road doubles itself four day for the purpose of receiving bids
times, and at one point after making' for the construction of a bridge a-
a loop of about five miles, tho road cross the Sou h Canadian river. We
comes hack to within 300 feet of it-
self on a grade of fifty feet lower.
Attorney John F. Hicks, general
were completely routed, losing four a • nt fo- the Anchor Insurance com*
generals and many other offlcers kll ^any i visiting with fri. nds in the
led, wounded or made prisoner
are told that up to three o'clock seven
bids had been received. They will
be opened and acted upon tomorrow.
Hon C. O. Blake has gone to Mang-
um to see his friend Senator Frank
Mathews and to attend court.
John J Gargu<-evich, U. S. Immi-
gration inspector is in tho city look-
ing tip foreign paupers who have not
been hero two years. There are none
in EI Reno.
Cards at a Grave.
Tho grave of tho German poet
Heine, in the Montmartre cemetery,
Paris, is said to be visited by more
persons than Zola's, which is quite
near it. It is customary for visitors
to leave their cards. Of 295 cards
found on Heine's grave thirty were
left by English and American visit-
ors and over 250 by German and Au-
strians.
District Court.
Judge Beauchamp of the fifth judi-
cial district is holding court hero
during the absence of Judge Irwin
at Mangum.
The Nashville Students, with Low-
ery's Famous Concert Band, just tho
kind of an entertainment that will
surely will please all better than a
minstrel show, a play with a plot.
Singing, dancing, and high class
specialties. They never fail to give
the best of satisfaction.
At cost at the Novelty Store. Tin-
ware, Galvanized ware and Granite
ware. 282-18td
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1904, newspaper, February 25, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc111436/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.