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The Blackwell Sun.
ESTABLISHED 1895
BLACKWELL, KAY COUNTY, (. KLA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1905
VOLUME XI
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ESULTS OF ELECTIONS TO KEEP UP EXPENSES ABOUT LIQUOR QUESTIOh YOUNG GiRLS ViCilMS A COMPLETE SURPRISE ADDITIONAL CHARGES
Hgested and Pronounced
Quite Significant
ANTI - PROHIBITION HUMAN VULTURES NEW EXECUTIVE t FIGHT ON SPEED
A ineriean Diplomats in Need
of More Money
Comm’ttee of Brewers Called
on President
Boston Po'ice Raided Ille-
gal Hospitals
Capt. Kraut/, Talks about
His Appointment
Republicans After Federal
Attorney’s Scalp
And Maintain the Nece»sarv
Social Station
Want to Sell Products in th*
New States
Death Often Followed I lie
Operations
Will Try to Give Business
Administration
Washington, D. C, Nov. 13 —
(special: The British prince with
ile naval retinue has departed. Tbe
^resident has returned from Oyster
I Bay where be went to cast hie unique
Iballot. Tbe newa of tbe elections has
en reoetved and digrated. Sec-
tary of tbe Navy Bonaparte haa re
|ned In triumph from Marylana,
Ping defeated senator viorm in end
amendment. (Secretary Root of
i department of state keeps up bit
rigi a in 11 - office, denying himself to
imbasaadors, newspaper men end
even the president unless he feels
ike letting go long enough to see
Ihern. He is a phenomenal worker
tnd accomplishes more than any
predecessor by an invention of his
iwn wbloh oonsists In doing one thing
fter another. Secretary Taft is on
je way home from Panama athwait
A be dishing brine. The final words
' the president’s message relating to
toe Panama canal will not he written
intll he has had full consultation
With the war secretary on oonditioi s
is he found them on the isthmus,
villi tbe duel report of the last com-
uissiou and Secretary Taft’s relath n
civil matters, labor endsanitaiy
:ondltl ms, tbe president and congress
md the country ought to know as
nuch ab ut the canal on the Isthmus
is the astronomers knew about tbe
canals on Mars.
History—that is political history—
s making with bewildering rapidity.
We cannot of course see its end, but
is always Interesting to note its
Hearings and pointings. The preai
lent and ell that he stands for is
trowing stronger every day. The vox
jpuli or vox del, both, or whichever
?u please, have delivered bis ad-
jrseries into Ilia hands. The election
alts lei New York, Philadelphia,
1 ary land and Cincinnati were all
rictories over b iss rule and triumphs
lor the reforms he has advocated. Is
Here no significance In tbe fsot tbat
raker was against the policy of tbe
lident on railroad rales legislation
>hlo, and that Taft favored bis
cy and de-io u Cc 1 rei .blicun
ilaui in Cincinnati taki-u lu col -
lection With the election mthe7ih
If Novembei? And (hi* is the Ohm
III rat gave R -osevclt an unprecedent-
ed m ijnrlty only twelve months ag",
\nd would give hnu a bigger one
tomorrow if It had a chance. The
fi ller elections, where the issue, of
jure government against bussism
rere joined, were equally siguiticent.
The festivities In hoDor of the
British prince—admiral were eny
ling but Imposing. They tnay even
|>e called tame. He came and went
ritliunt pageantry or bating of
jomtoma. The functions were of the
Amplest, but there was no lack of
> ispitallty, welcome and good feeling,
lemliers of l he same family are less
ItTusive and formal in their meetings
[ban are distinguished strangeis.
There was a marked contrast be-
tween the reception of tits* English
•prisentatlve of tbe royal family end
te German representative who can e
sre two years ago. Bui the a>imtm:-
luce, liLa captains, and tbe crews of
fighting ships, will doubt!- ss
hy home with them, the impression
friendship end kinship thul
I so often been expressed in the
Us:    ••Blond is thicker than
A Labor
Protest
Washington, D.
O , N..V. 15 — An
arnest protest was made to
the
(resident lidsy
Mgnh st
the
r >posed    railroad
freight
rate
Washington, D. C., Nov. 14.—Bp*--
cia’: There will probably be no con-
spicuous movements relating to tbe
ureal questions that will come before
congreea until congress assembles.
Tbe is*”'- -a made up, Indeed have
h»'tt mud- for months, and the re*
v ‘it s .uugthof the opposing parties.
.i is thought, will develop Rnon after
congress assembles. We will then
know what prospect there may be for
legislative action relating to railroad
rate control, the tariff and the
Panama canal. There are minor
questions, mainly economicil, that
are having tbe closest consideration
of the executive and his cabinet, and
epitomised in tbe message of the
president
It is thought that the president
will probably recommend congress to
make en appropriation of about ('00,
U00 for the purpose of rentlog and
furnishing better houses for oar am-
bassadors in European end other
countries. As It Is now, our represent-
atives abroad are perhaps the most
meanly housed of any great power.
There are of court?, exceptions, r.s
when a multi milllonare like White-
law Reid pays from bis own purse for
the most imposing dlplomitic resi-
dence in London, and where ex-
minister Draper upheld tbe reputation
of the United States at an expense of
over (100,000 per annum in Rome,
although tils salary was only about
(17,000. It Is well known abroad
that we are a rich nation and that
our yearly expenses are quite equal »o
those of Great Brltlan and are even
easily borne. It is theiefore dis-
graceful for na to make It necessary
for o-r foreign representatives to live
in e mean and parsimonious style.
American diplomacy, through the
r-cent splendid achievement of Presi-
dent Roosevelt at Portsmouth, is in
the ascendent, and it behooves us as
a great par I tie nation to neglect no
resource of benign Influence and
power. Our representatives at h ump,
C mgr ess, carry on business in- the
meet t-plendid place In this hemis-
phere, and are even now building ad-
ditional < flees if or their accom-
modation wh Oil will . u»t (s,0 *0,0 0.
Less than half a million the first
year for lei.ting and J furnishing
suitable homes for our represents
fives abroad will he sufficient, and
then (3)0,000 per annum will he
enough to pay rents.
In 1895, President Cleveland urged
congress tills plan in the following
words: “1 am thoroughly convinced
that to addition to thetr salaries our
ambassadors and ministers at foreign
courts should be provided by the
government with official residences.
The salaries of these office!* are
c iniparatlvelv small and. In most
oises, Insufficient to pay, with otlur
neers-sty expenses, ite cost of
maintaining household establishments
In keeping with their important and
delicate functions. The nsefnimss
of a nation’* diplomatic repns-nt-
atlve u'idenlahly depends tv a gre<.t
extent, upon ttie appropriateness
of his surroundings, and a
country like ours, while avoiding
unnecessary winter and show, should
be certain that It dors not suffer In
Its relations with foreign nations
through piraltnony and stiahhloess
lu Its diplomatic outfi-. These c.n-
sideration, nnd the other advantage,
of havlcg fixed end aomewhat per-
manent locations for our embassi.-r,
would abundantly Justify th.
moderate expenditures oecssary tr>
| carry out this suggestion.”
Washington, Nov. 13.—President
Roosevelt has been requested to use
bis Influence to prevent tbe insertion
in tbe statehood charters of Okla
boma and Indian Territory of a pro
vision for the absolute prohR on o'
tlio manufacture and sale of intoxi-
cating beverages. Tbe discussion of
the statehood measures In oongress
has aroused considerable com
rnent throughout the country. By ap-
pointments a committee consisting of
Representative Overstreet of Indiana,
mu Albert Lleber of Indianapolis, s
member of the United States Brewers’
association, called at the White House
and presented to the president a
petition reciting num-iuus reasons
why the prohibition provision, it In-
corporated in the organic act creating
the new states, should not extend to
beer and ales. The petition Is signed
by 61 members of the United States
Brewers’ association, representing
the largest brewing establishment in
the country. The petition eays, in
part, referring to the discussion In
congress: ''It was showD that ardent
spirits and alcoholic drinks had been
kept out of the territory under
treaty with the Indians for many
years, and the proposition was ad-
vanced that the new state should b •
rtqulred to place In its conetitu'ion
provision prohibiting the sale of in-
toxicating drinks to tbe Indians for a
period of years. We do uot wish to
argue against the authority of con-
gress to place such a requirement in
a bill admitting a new state, doubtful
as such authority may be, nor do we
wish to point out the probability that
the proposed new state would dis-
regard such a requirement after Ls
entrance to the full sisterhood of the
union Neither do we wisn to precipi-
tate a prohibition argument through-
out the country or stand In the way ol
the Indians being protected in their
moral welfare. What we do want to
ask is that, if the wise men of the
country, guided by yoursc.f, And a
prohibition requirement proper, It
shall not exterd to beer and ale, that
contains less t ban 4>i per cent of
alcohol. The fact is that nearly all
of it is below 4 pt r cent, and most ol
it around 3}$ per cent. The beverage
coniui..a from four to ten times las*
alcohol t han a large number o' »tie
largely advertised and mueh-osii
patent medicines throughout the
country which receive the unstinted
recotmnendai ions of tuen and women
of standing, and which are sold
throughout the Indian territory with-
out molestation. We ere sure that no
man who has giveu serious study to
th - questio i will rank beer with the
strictly alcohol c diInks. Drunk-
euuesa can only follow it* most glut-
tonous use and It is today the
principal factor in turning the United
States into the leading temperance
nation of the world.”
Boston, Maes, Nov. 13.—Twenty
detectives, headed by Polloe Captains
I oseph Dugan and Lawrence, modes
vensailonaldescent Baturdty ou five
afflees on Tremont street, where It
,t alleged illegal operations have been
performed, and although t Ite raids did
tot result in any arrests the police
found considerable matter which they
bink will aid ilium In the future. Io
each place a photograph was taken of
the rooms and of the instruments
found. Hundreds of people blocked
he traffic on Tremont street during
the.raid end for hours afterward, Hu
popular Impression being tbat one of
the girls bad met her death in one ol
tbe biapltals and that the polloe bad
taught the crimiuala.
The action of the polios was the re-
sult of disclosures which have come to
light receutly lo connection with the
death of Susan* Geary, the vlqiliu of
the suit ease tragedy, whoee death
followed an illegal operation alleged
to have been performed In the office
of Mra. Jane Bishop, and the more re
oeut operation performed on Iula
Reed, a 15 yoar old girl of Wes. (laid,
Maine.
Although only five places were en-
tered by i lie police, the wotk will be
cootluu d tills wens, ilia au li iritlf*
have li.firmr ion indicating that* tbe
business i» being e .nduc.vu on such a
large scale that it has become alarm-
ing. Their Information also indicates
that tbla clu has become tbe head-
quarters tor these Illegal practltiooera,
who bring their patienta here from
ail parts of the country.
While the raids were in progress
Captain Dugan, accompanied b> Iola
Heed and Deputy Sheriff Autborn of
Sanford, Maine, visited several offices
In an effort to havs the girl Identify
the plsoe where she went lo submit to
an operation. Whan she was taken
Into the Bishop] office the young girl
unhesitatingly stated that it waa there
she had beeu treated, Bheoould not
describe the location of the house
wbere she was taken after the
operation and the police have practl-
ally abandoned hope of Uuding It.
The Bishop establishment is said to
be the largest of its kind In New
England and the headquarters of a
number of branch < (Bees, many of
bleb are out of town, it Is the belli f
if the | olios that there is s syndicate
m operation here and several of the
offices are used for patients at differ-
ent times.
Dr. Henry W|..i.ms, une of the
physicians who accompanied tbe
police, made an examination of the
instruments found and said lie was
not surprised taat death followed
some of the operations ''Some of
these,'' he said, exhibiting several
surgical Instruments, "are veritable
Instruments of torture, and from their
appearance I should judge that they
bad little care."
tgislatiou. i lie protest waa filed by
Bpresentatlvcs of the five great labor
krganiaatioos connected with tbe
lai .osds, engineers, firemen, coa-
luhors, switchmen aud trainmen.
The representatives pointed out to
Accidently Shot
While Carl Bowsman, Joe Spinier
a 4 Bert Beatty were ont about m n
yesterday with a gun, looking for
quails, their uot separated, and Bert
”eatty was In the cornfield looking for
witmmmiMiMmwtt
J News Notes *
At. the government sale of lots In
Marlow this week 1,200lots were dL
pos.d <>( for (15,000. There are a
very few desirable lots remaining un
s d in ttie town.
J. 11. Yeamen, a farmer In tin
eastern part of Uumanoliecounty, has
e sweet P'>talc, which weighs thirteen
pounds. It is the larg.st one ever
exhibited in that section of the
c un'ry. Mr. Yeaman deaired to
ship it back to his home paper in
K mass hut be found tbat tbe cost < f
shipping would be (1.80.
[he president 'list railro. <1 r.le legit-; quails, when i'arl Bowsman shot at
tUua logically meant l waring rf or, and Beit happening to he in
Filer. This, (bey conlen.u , will be
! >llowed by lessening 11 the eern-
ig power of tbe railroar’s and oonse-
gently reducing, eveatusiy, the
lies of railroad employes.
re- ge, was thorc uglily sprinkled with
• lot from his knees to the top of hie
head, hut not Seriously hurt, having
only flash wounds and la resting well
today.
Ch a ivqei Circle
TheC. L 8. U. win meet ou Friday,
Nov. 17, at, 2:30 p iu., at the residtnee
of Mra. B. M. Anderson with tbe foi*
1 wing program:
Roll call—Items of Interest—not
found in our Israoit—concerning pi*a
and Btena
Italian Cities-Chapter 4—Gom a
md Pisa—Mrs. Hopple.
Ohapter 5 Siena—Mrs L'valy,
sidelights on Genoa from all av>i;-
able sourest—Mra. May.
Tha Kansas City Journal of Sunday
bad the following concerning Okla
noma polltlcaus enroute borne from
Washington:
Captain Frank Frants of Pawhuaka,
Okla., tha rough rider officer whom
President Roosevelt haa selected to •*
governor of Indlao Territory, com-
mencing on January 13 next, met tbe
members of the republican organisa
Lion In Oklahoma Territory who went
to Washington early In the week aud
seoured for him tbe appointment, In
Kanaae Oily yesterday. Tbe Okla
uoma delegation, homeward bound,
came In early. In the party were:
BirdB. McGuire, Pawnee, delegate to
oongress from the territory; 0. M.
Cede of Shawuee, republican national
committeeman from the terrliur.;
Charles Fiison, Guthrie, chairman of
tbe republican territorial oommlttet;
ind Vernon Whiting, of Enid, secre-
tary of the territorial oommlltce. The
members of tbe delegation which saw
the president were in good spirits
over the success of their visit to the
capital, end felicitations were ex-
changed between themselves and Cap-
taiu Frants Tbe reception accorded
by tbe president to tbe Oklahoma
delegation had been most heaity.
Concerning the selection of himself
as governor Captain Frank Frantx
said: "I was surprissd, as much so as
If I were lo diop out of the window, to
learn tbat the president had named
me governor. At tbe asms time I
want tu an ter so emphatic deuiai to
tbs statement that Mr. Roosevelt se-
lected me for tbe office merely upon
personal grounds. Tbe president and
I are cordial friends, but that ;bad
nothing to do with tills appointment.
Bucli action was taken merely because
I was endorsed by these gentlemen
here representing lbs parly organiza-
tion in the territory. It might be that
personal friendship bed-something to
do wiih my becoming postmaster at
Eoid anci ..gent for tbe 0.<age Indians
which I am now holding 1 d u’i
know about that. 1 liav> n’t m en I lie
president since lest February. There
wasn't eny understanding with tegard
to any office between us.’’
Captain Freni z was ask id as lo his
policy upon Ills secession to tliegover
norehlp of Oklahoma. ‘T appreciate
the responsibility which 1 assume In
taking this position, e d it shall be
my pulley to serve the people of that
territory the best I oun. 1 shall elm.
diet of all, to give them a buslncsa
administration.” Relative to appoint-
ment., Captain Frants would nol
commit himself.
Captain Frantz was ask concern
lug statehood. He smiled. "Why,
you know 1 have always been iu f«vur
of single statehood, and I Deikve we
are golug lo gel it before long. Okla-
homa then would make the greatest
stale iu the Union "
Murder at Binger
Anadarko, 0<la , Nov. 15 —The ela-
tion at Binger, a small place 18 miles
north of here on the Rock Island sys-
tem, was robbed yesterday night and
Mrs. N. O. Steadman, the wife of the
agent, killed by two unknown negroes.
Tbe negroes gained access to station
at about l:9o in the morning by pry-
ing open a window, and after looting
the ceeii drawer of (3 31 they entered
the sleeping room of the agent Id the
resrof the building wbere be and his
wife were asleep. Mrs. Steadman
was awakened by the noise nnd mad
an outcry, at which one of the negroes
fired, tbe bullet striking her Iu the
head and killing her Instantly. This
awakened Mr. Steadman and he open
•d fir.- "t them, none of the shots
taking effeot. Tbe assailants made
their escape Into the darkness. Search
log parties have been organized end
the looal stores end livery barns are
furnishing arms ai.d burses for all
not provided. Tbe feeling runs high
aud If the guilty parties sre run down
there Is little doubt that summary
J.slice will be dealt them at the
hernia of the mob. Oue arrest hat
been made.
West to Tonksw*
Up to ten o'clock Monday about 100
tickets had been sold to those from
Blackwell who wished to eltenJ the
laying of the corner stone of tbe sew
addition lo the preparatory school at
Toukawa today. The day waa an
Ideal une, and the whole crowd
see mi d tu be happy aud starting ont
fur an enjoyable day. Part of lbt*e
going la as follows:    Metdamaa
Cornell, Blood, McDonald, M. E.
Trumpb, Strange, Grlea, Clark, Hines,
Ulackaby, Rennie, Sbupe, Wright,
Swan, Shepard, Piytnlre, Foster, T.
S Chambers, Millci,Hatfield,DsVore,
Hurget, Hickey, Miseea Pearl Hiner,
Vivian Browning, Malle Dickerson,
Nannie Murphy, Jeffle Murphy, Mi»e
Shupe, Mabel Spear, Qeorgla Brlzen-
dlue aad Maud Riokey. Messrs
Oordcry, G. W Hines, Earnest Hi nee,
Weiah, Johnson, Teton, Uyerley, Riy,
Rennie, Hngamgii, Wheeler, Ply-
mire, Burger, Tate, Brewlngtoo,
Ely, Albert, McDonald, Stephenson,
Woolley, Swan, Blackaby, Dyer,
Carmichael, Ash brook, Wyman, Har
graves, DeVore, Fulton, Strange,
Millikan, Miller, Felly, Ruthrauff,
Swalm, Riberta, Arnold, MoOuBey,
Hillard, McKelvy, Frank, Greene,
Pres. Stone and a number uf otheie.
McGuire Faction Have Him
ou the Blacklist
Uuihrte, Okla., Nov. IA—Th* Lead-
er says that additional ohargeg are to
be Bled against Homos Speed, United
Stu i ee d istrlct attorney for Oklahoma,
Is the latest report emanating from
Washington sources. When tb* del*
egatlon of Oklahoma republican* re*
oeived the direct a*aara: o -of Preei-
Jeot Roosevelt that be would appoint
Cut tain Frank Frants governor of
Oklahoma, like Monte Christo tbey
held up one finger and cried "No. 1 "
Speed, apparently, to to be No. t lo the
sleuth er that baa been marked out
tor Daunls Flynn and hit friends who
bare been opposing McGuire aad his
friends la territorial p >lltio«. The
others that are marked fur decapita-
tion have already been named in the**
c iiunins.but Just now the ohief effort*
if the "organisation” «re being need
to iicoompilsh Speed's dethronement.
Tu ihii« emt ■ lie 0*iab>>»i i -I -l -gttloo,
after rln ir entirely zatiatactory Inter-
view with tbe president, Immediately
bled themselves to the dt partment of
Justice aud held converse with Attor-
ney Qeneral Moody regarding tbs
changers pertaining tu Spaed. A* Is
already well known Speed la charged
with wrongfully having received a fee
of about (8,000 a few year* ago as
commission for tbs collect loo of eat*
tie lazes in Pawnee county, which. II
Is represented, he had no right to re-
ceive. Tbe charges were pressed aod
Speed le said tu hav* repaid th*
munay, ur at laaataoaMthlng over (5,-
000 of It, on a com promise with the
board of county oommiaslouen of
Pawneeoouoty. Nowit la said ad*
dll lonal charges art to be lied against
him.
Th* outcome of the fight over, tb*
receiver of the Lawton land offle,
which is just now tbe ctnoial point In
Oklaboma.polltlce, Is awaited with
great Interest. It has been anm.ni.e-
ed that It would be settled during Del-
egate McGuire's visit to Washing!< a,
and some announcement along that
Hue has beeu looked for ever'slnce H e
president's d.olarallon of „uim Inieu
lions concerning Captain Frantz Tha
seven ozndldates In the (Md on th*
atari have virtually dwindled down to
two— B. A. Pirmenter, who baa tha
endorsement of the Flyon-Ferguaou
crowd, aud "Jake" Hamou, who la
-ecognlzed as the McGuire candidate.
Success for McGuire io the fight
would mean blsoouiplete domluatlon
as the dispenser of federal patronage
In the territory.
Towns in Big Pasture
Washington, Nov. 15.—lames Ft
Randlelt, of the Kiowa agency,Okla-
homa, haa reported to tbo commis-
sioner of Indian affairs that he has ra*
calved many Irqulrles from prospect*
Ive bidders relative to th* establish-
ment of trading posts,sites fur schools,
etc., within the pastures lo the Kiowa
reservation tbat hav* been offered for
lease fur agricultural purposes, bids
for whioh are tu be opened on Decem-
ber 4. In accordance whhtito sugges-
tion, it is pioposed by tbe Interior de-
partment to laoommerdto congress
the establishment, with the consent
of the Indians, of five or six townsltea
uf convenient points un the 400,000
sere paelure Just north uf Rad river.
The e.-tibllsl;mcnt uf hoc townsl es
would afford ample home and business
facilities for tha lessee* close to their
eased lands.
Another Strike
8t. Petersburg, Nov. 10 —In velwof
tha condemnation to death of many of
tha Hallora who muflu'ed at Cronstad ,
the delay In Carrying nut th* reforms
outlined In tbe Imperial manifesto,tha
proclamation of martial law In PulaLd
and oilier repressive sets, thaoouncll
of workman’s delegates have deoidid
to proclaim a general strike through-
out Rossis today.
The Uolted Brethren quarterly
meeting was very largely attended
overFu day. Dr. McNtw, th* pn ai-
ding elder preached two very able ser-
mons to tbe delight of all preaent. He
a so preached Monday and Tuesday
nights, sud left Wednesday morning.
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