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Perky Daily
Vol.
PERRY, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBJ.R,
1894
No 56
WE MUST HAVE IT
Tlie fil Louis Republic Speaks For-
cibly lor Statehood for Oklahoma.
roMMi/IU'K KElJI'lllKS IT.
ried to the scene, only to be shot in
the leg by the highwayman anil alt o
to be robbed of $.*5 am) his watch.
not FOR HOLIIICaC BLESSINtiS
L
«. veri tir Renfrow Inkim-* III- Tliaulti-
k'ivini; laro<.-lain*t i<it) Willi IU«-
Iof all in Leavening Power.—L u t U. S. Gov't iivl1 ?rt
The In' i Autonomy No I "iim r .%! !•• l«
(l|v« I rotffllou to Coiun fr«-UI l«-
Icri'Ktl SIaleltood \\ oill Ititllii*
t.l.ite luvfht iiii'nl* ami I n-
« our.i|;«- I-:*uteri!
I'm pit ul.
The necessity of u life and stable
state g ivernnieut for Oklahoma says
tin* St louis Republic, i-• forcibly 11-
lustraUd in the last official report
matle by Gevernor Renfrow < f that
Tenii y. The report is a valuable
and iut 'resting document in the expo
l„ itio.i of the resource! of the cou 11 •
1- it* growth in population and in-
crt'u in business. in the figures of
the d velopinent which has been
possible under unfavorable conditions
in a t l ong argument of what would
b -|> • sible to such a community un-
der Mi*>)*(* favorable auspices. lint one
fact w hlch the Oklahoma (Jovcrnor ap-
parently aduunees as one of strength
situation is refilly one which
used to indicate weakness, ami
rtainly be used to prove tin* r e-
t,f a better form « f govern-
in th<
may I
mav c
Governor Renfrow, Saturday, It sued
the following Thanksgiving proclama-
tion :
uiankhgivi.no piwk i.amation.
Territory of Oklahoma. Kxecutive j
OA '
in eompliance with u custom hon-
ored by long observation, the president j
of the 1' nited Mates has i^ued his 1
proclamation setting apart Thursday. |
the 'J! th day of November, current, as
a day of Thanksgiving. I11 harmony
with this time-honored usage, I, Wil-
liam C. Renfrow, governor of the Ter-
ritory of ulilalioma, recommend to tlie
people of Oklahoma that 011 said day
they assemble, with grateful hearts, t<
their accustomed places of worship
aud give thanks to Almighty iiod for
such blessings as they have received,
and that they r«member in their devo-
tions the wants of the afllicted and de-
serving poor.
In witnoss whereof 1 have hereunto
et my hand, and caused the great seal
of the territory of oklahoma to be af-
fix edj
Don • at Guthrie this 17th day
vein her, 1894.
|M AI.| WII I.I am C. RI M in
Nttest: Goye
T. .1 Lowe. Secretary.
ABSOLUTE!* PURE
r. . 1 IcHARDSON, l>. ( 1 |( I1ARDSON, !*• M. RK HAKDSoN,
l r >s ,Jent. ice Pre ident. Casl ierj
Firs!:. State Bank.
3?erry, OkXn.
CAPITALi SSO.OOO
Double time lock s.ife anil fire [>ro<if vault.
General - Banking - Business.
of No-
1 uI iM void « f gladness,
lUKUt f f Joy to toll
to n. v sinlii«*
. waft • .1 H mrlwm km
, rv.-iy pun,1 of .-o.np
Tlirliwyli in> whl-Uers -w.*.-,. 11,.•
I I.-hm\ Lonl, nil pthoso i-oosiei-^ • r.
TlianUkt. i \ ti: Day it* <-oaii ; fa-t
Anil a grateful proclamation
I'm e*|M-rte.| to llltlil«\
s, it my t«>rtli why Mute ami natioti
Should In thankful praUe unite!
' K.rv tor.-" at my .-omiuaml
L 1. . . .1 to Wi t.. s fa rfon
11.'.." i sii'nTi.uuh-'I - (it-'t'i'v Maii'u' ,
Hall an<l ulliam '« m\ ai<
lire bv
incut
According to th
> lievernor1
s repo
rt
fifty private bank
ing estabi
shments
arc doing buslnes
among th
tory. The
xisten
ee
of -o many instil'
tionsof thi
chare
le-
t r. doing busine
ss over a
vide and
thin . settled cou
itry. and fr
ec of t
eiose inspection w
lich any wo
11 org;
i/.el aud adminis
ered state
govei
n-
i. . ii would eertaii
ly subject
the.n
to.
will be regarded b
V capitalists
and
\ t• i -* who wo.t
il otlierv. i
e be
it
tr.i ted by the ad\
antages of
the Tt
I'-
i i or . as renuirin;
better rt
fulalit
ll.
i. uis merchants have su
i a lar
ge
ii.ti ; in th - >li
dity a ml p
osper
ty
. f n lahoma ' u
siness inter
essity
at
of
an early orguni/a
ion < f statt
goye i
n: et there, for th
e purpo-e
<t givi
ROASTED ALIVE,
Fearful Death of Van Oancy in Ok
lahoma City.
WILLIE RENFROWS PRAYER, j {\ \ momm" p-irty h.iO- .-n started
] in Pittsburg, l'a., after the Knglish
fly for working-
>r of tin; Medford
as elected to the
plurality. The
I to be populist.
This victory is one of tlie best, us it
put into the legislature a man of ex-
perience. ab.lity and the highest in-
tegrity. Mr. Palmer will do valuable
Hkn.iamin Hahhihon can't lind words
to express it. Writing to a Maryland
friend, lie says: '1 beg to congratulate
the republic ns of Maryland upon the
magnificent results attained in that
state. The victory has been so great
that language if, pauperized and every
illustration we have been wont to use
as a type of disaster fails to serve in
u, 11 r
JAKI FORCll. FUEI) FORCH
ROYAL PAIjACE:.
Wines, Liquor* and Cigars of the best Imported and Domestic
Urands will be Found at this
ELEGANT RESORT ft
! !i. be t 11! . .. ) d in 1 lain n..• -o li. I? r for Family I'se, in Packaged
of Any Size. The Liquors sold at
™ ROYAL PALACE
For Purity and Al o aro not Bxoelled, if Iqu8ll0d III the Country.
• I l rail tile Iut.
CAN. >1
K'S IKH SE I'.l HNS.
\ 11 A tj« <1 t'ouple ('.
;lit in the Itiirnlii'^
inj ■ growth "f Uimoi
Ti • people of tlie T.-n
iuir- for statehood. I h
racy among some « f the
1 «i;d rs and land *pecul
lioina and ti'.e five natior
and if pobfci
in Ok!a-
>..<tpoile
k f. ot htateiioOW by in- I
that it cannot be effected
without consolidation, and maintain-
ing an active resistance to the surren-
der of local autonomy among the In-
dii 1 of tin- ti v. t rib • 1 he EU pu •
« spohcd this conspiracy during the
juia'.ncy of the question before the!
I ait session of corun ss and t i such
j. jrpo*e that tiieOklahoinaeonvt-ntion |
;«i Perry, which the t.« nspirator^ be-
. v. d they lintl packed, declare '• itself
. { ,u favor of aiogleatat< I <od if thmt
. ul l not be efif. ' • d, and : .«-n voted
i'« a ii a resolution offered by th" con-
nirators declaring that tin* people of
ahoma were una.lerably oppo d
1 -cperate stiit 'h« l
; lie Republic v s il ;• st il to th nk
ri! bat time thai tli tight for sepa-
in'- atat«*ho(-d had been u m at IVrry.
'i he activity of the northeast* rn int r-
1'is rpposed to any enlargement <>'■
the political power of the south-.vest
ea e to the attpport of t1 • • napira-
and obstructed the pa.- age of the
1 ill. Although the bill i Itft in la-
vorable shaue on the ealeudar, the
line tactics bv the samo • • vyll
I e renewed against it in the coming
-sion of conf ress. I- « nts have o.
«nrred and are occurring, however,
•■hich destroy public pati«'nee with
the Indian claim to autotiotn; which
ills so far shor*. of all claim to gov-
. in men t as to amount to a practical
• n bar go upon commerce in that se
Hon. single statehood muat be fonst 1
Indian or no Indian; Dawes commis-
sion 01* no Dn\v> s commission,
tiklahoma must conic in.
LICKED DV BILLY SMITH,
\ Wnltlug PnirlllNt II* 1 Oin* Kiioebfd
Out (oil KlonlAii. Will* IliM neill
killed liy I il/omnionB.
CSI'THhii- . Okla , Nov. .'ii. |Special. J
^ ^ I* will be of interest to th c who
know him that Anstrali in Hilly Smith
once licked Cou Hiordan, who was
killed by Hob Fitzsimmons in Syra-
cuse, N. V.. Saturday in a sparring
match. The dispatch say.-:
•At the (iolden Oate athletic club,
, of San Francisco, he met Australian
Itilly Smith, and was defeated by him
in eight rounds. He was afterward
engaged by Peter Jackson as a spar-
ring partner and went to Knglnnd with
him, but soon returned to this coun-
try."
Australian Hilly Smith is now in
t 'handler on a lit lie hutili'n ,r trip and
will return here and will probably
give an exhibition glove contest with
some good man.
Of 1 iikik. t >kla , Nov. -.". — I Special. J
Yesterday morning about o'clock
the house of < aptain Stiles, in the mil-
itary reservation in Oklahom City,
burned down and 011c of the inmate -
was ro: ted alive. Van Dancy was
awakened by the intense heat in his
room anil found the house a I in Haines.
He ran out and found that his aged
father and mother were still in the
house; he rushed into the flames after
them, lie saved them, but in so doing
lost his own life. Ueing overcome by the
heat. In fell down and was burned up
with the structure. The house be-
longed to Captain Stiles, but was oe
cupicd by the Danev family.
Ukv 1 I! V
111 . presiding c
bench used by
>r McKinley a
men. I'.ishop Vi
ockford.
Convenient Side Rooms and Courteous )
Attendance. \
1'HE GENTLEMAN'S PLACE'.
■Turf E: ■
\ sixth Street Kaat
Side Square
ill 2*0.
ONI V Till-: FINEST PROCURABLI. WHISKIKS.
AND OTHER LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
ThoOn y Pobst Bohemiam Boor and tho beat Etiulpped
|Billiard and Pool Hall in the City
I'll e : r.r^ s-1 j
Perry, OklaJ
prominent Sixth Street, Between C and 1) St.
.f i ie MethJ
riv.*tii nv tiii i tn«.
Tl,r. f l i r on«at Ivan , < il v I-lll.-.l ln«l«lc
T\
III!
in. n (irtver lor tlu
ho livc-s witil lii
lleim avenue, w :
>itnd Missouri i'a-
• ing at l-'irst and
^ morning at
NO OF ICI4L COUNT.
Wliv tli t« rrltorl.il ll
N
Hnrvev. a singl
Jtolcn < oal ( o
inother-iu-la w
struck by an
eific train at tie
Troost avenue
o'clock and almost instantly killed.
\ thrpe-seated, light spring wagon
driven by John Jennings, of •.'204 Mc*
I lee street,w as struck by the east bound
- i s -iita Fc passenger train No. ti'.' at
| Twenty-fifth and Wyoming yesterday
1 afternoon at • o'clock, anil Will Elli-
j son. a colored boy, w ho was riding in
I the wagon, was instantly killed.
| J. B. < hilder, of South Eighth
n" i street, Kan- is City. K:in.. was struck
! by a Missouri Pacific switch engine
il near ihe freight house of the Missouri
rhilwa v in the West bottoms
day's election:
'• I'll. . ■ /.i i r- -.it "f the late
vTth all fears of
f the tariff, and
ess of the country
a degr.e of stability which was lack-
whi e f ) many dcmocratie orat >ra
e arguing that the liorman-Wilson
bill did not go far endugfh, or that it
was mere y an ent ring wedge \'ery
y vo^rs who a •-•ted with the dem-
)er«iti' party in the last national eleo
■ial
,n ret
—(Spcciiil. ] J n< a^
people wonder why the terri-1 . . . . . , , . ,
1 f • this morning at o clock and su -
>ard has not vet canvassed the | taineJ injuries from which he dieda
rifiey orgoniaed last j half hour later. No one saw the acci-
dent, not even the engineer of the en-
gine. an i it was not known until the
engine was stopped and the engineer
got oiT to oil. 11 • then discovered the
mangle I body of (. hilder beneath his
jrgonizea lasi i
Pridav and adjourned from day to da;, J
ever since, waiting f>>r L couuty to!
canvass its vote and send it in. The !
county eommissionc rs of L count; j
still inclined not to canvass the vote j
and the governor telegraphed them
that they must do it They will inset
and canvass the vote on the 20th, and
the territorial board will then meet
on the . Sih and make an o,file ial
count.
Kuni.lt r < . U I \ i lliiUi in \ i>.
l h • BenmU
itar r i--.
throp, e
famous < i
\u I
at
wnr of Daniel M'cb-
llis Homo In lias-
ROSBED IWO MtN.
Aii Outlaw Near Woodward CatclifK Two
r.irdt With One Gun.
Near Woodward James Patton, who
arrived from Michigan to buy a farm,
was held up and robbed of alargesum
of money by a masked man. Patton
resisted and a pitched battle ensued,
in which he was terribly beaten. John
Allen, a neighboring farmer, heard
1'atton's call for assistance and bur-
\\ .int.-.I till- Pant oillce. Too.
f^p. Joseph, Mo., N «v. is William
Shotip bought the grocery store of
Kauli Brothers in Wvatt park under
the impression that he would become
possessor of the post ofllec in the build-
in.- when the transfer had been com-
pleted. When he was ready to take
jit. -i.ijft he found that the post office |
had been moved out and another man j
ha l it. lie refused to pay for the stock i
of -Toeeries unless the post office was
trim-'erred to him also and a law suit
w ill result.
\ Pr. ai'licr I'.ncl-* Hi** I.lfe.
SVIPIU kv. Mo. Nov. Is. Kev. Pres-
lev 1). Vandenter killed himself yester-
day by i iitting his throat with a razor,
lie had acted ratline strangely for sev-
eral «;avs. but no one thought that he
would commit suicide, lie left a wid-
ow, three sons and two daughters. Tin-
two latter are married. His domestic
affairs were exceedingly pleasant and
his financial affairs are thought to be
in good shape.
veral years,
isetts' most
us a statfto-
i of oeator.v
lie was
at t he ded-
Nov. IS.—Robert « . Win-
\ .speaker. e\ senator and
ator. died here last night at
11:110 o'clock, lie had been in delicate
health for n long time and the end vvas
not unexpected, lie had been living
in quiet retirement
He was one of Mussucliu
noted men, <*lassing high
man and orator, llis . ift
was something' wonderful
one of the principal orators
ieation of the Washington
the other one being Senator John W.
Daniel, of Virginia.
A link that bviund the present to the
I past has been broken by the death of
! the v Mierablc Robert t . Winthrop, who
j connected the people of to-day not only
i with the early days of the constitution
and of the republic, but with the
nial days as wa ll. He was the lineal
descendant of tlov. John Winthrop,
and of a family conspicuous in the
making of Massaelm et ts and Connecti-
cut. His father, Thomas Lindall Win-
throp, was born at New London. Conn,
a town which an ani^stor aided in c.- -
tablishing.
iiiiirisii coi.i).
One Million liolinrrt to in- shipprd at One
is. There was said
N i V\ N
for ti
!IK. N
Dun ILeporlH Progress.
NV.\ Vohk. Nov. is. Pun's weekly I to be no doulit yesterday that gold has
review of trade says: In nearly all i been engaged in London for shipment
branches of business gradual improve- | here to pay for the new Tinted Stato
mi nt appears and the hopeful feeling j bonds taken by foreign bankers. Tin
c.tuine l last week still continues. It
iv511 take time to relieve the business
f its depression, and the progress
na< e I' less than the sanguine ex-
is at least encouraging.
agents for the llani< of British North
America admitted that their repre-
sentatives in London would ship ,-
ooo.ooo in gold here at once. Other for
cign bankers arc also expecte 1 to maki
shipments. Bills for large blocks of
bonds are understood to have be
made at better prices than were ob-
tained for the last issue. Some bids
tion. have be
tariff ajiitatioi
f the gover
ween the t w<
the busit
: u I!
far the
Pot
inbiL
•d of further
tli the control
. divide 1 be-
ll I il March 4,
un mis-
The
pops srot ever, .lung «■: -.
The vK-tory in ' 0" county made a
bazoo out of Ch - die Hunter. He just
tied himself in au a rial bowknot—
and is not through wiling yet. lie
did some great Work for the republi-
can parly.
There arc now 1 vo Ua -Held counties
in Oklahoma. The republ • ansof "CP'
and "0" county each nominated tiar-
field as their ountv's name and both
carried. The ligislature will have to
slruighten this out.
The sale « f lands in the Cherokee
nation to outsiders lias been made u
capital erimV. Things are getting
desperate with the leading "Indians'
over there. They are fighting the ad-
vance of civilized government.
Ist nbe-rg, the democratic editor of
the Enid, Oklahoma, Wave, remarks
about his eouuition on the day follow-
ing election as follow.-s: "The editor
of the Wave is almost prostrated today,
lie feels a« if he had lost the best
uncle in the family, but thank tiod our
J V. li. GREGORY, Pros. F, W. FARRAR, Cashlor.
V. C-TALBERT, Ao3't.>Caoh.
.-'ERRY
CAP i"fit, - •• - 350,000
DIRECTO HS-
J V. N. 0RE00RY, F. W. FARRAR, V. C. TALBERT,
GEO. S. HARTLEY, J. T. LAPFERTY
This Bank has the latent improved safe with automatic bolt
work. Also a fire proof vault.
step toother-
m-!:
cr Davi
oping l:
d Uee.ei
contv. is
Perry.
a «
Awarded
iis-heci Ilonjrs—World's Fair.
' iri !i(]U^ki- « In Italy.
Uomk. Nov. Is An earthquake yes.
terday extended over a large section of
Italy and Sicily. The shocks were felt rim close t > lis. but the bidders are
iu the province of Messina, w here much said not to hold any large amount of
damage was done to the town and a gold nor to have facilities for holding
number of persons were injured. The l it. It is believed by bankers that the
Inmates < t the prison were panic- majority of bi^sfrdm comj^tent pa**
stricken, mutinied and tried to escape, j ties will be at about llii j.
Each sit3
all in. The evidence is taken in short
hand. This save? days of time and
much money to litigants. Other land
i lllcvs would do well to adopt this
rapid movement.
Hon. W A. Scott was defeated fo.
the legislature, by a very small vote.
His district is the south eniLof Lin-
coln and the north end of Pottawato-
mie. lie carried Lincoln but I'ot. went
pop. M>*. Scott made a creditable
record in the last legis at ire and his
experience would have been of value
to the people in the next one.
«' ili .ma be admitted as a state this
Renfrow thinks
that congress will
best to make one
no .with it and every
• irlc to that end. This is
cvs I • ii!" people and in-
fus new : i t • ■ into Oklahoma as it
ster delelopment in every
r- ; ' i ; the people awaken to
ti r i v of the hour and urge
n . - o give us statehood at once.
II. E. Alvord, president of
una Agricultural College
Maj
Oklah
Stillwater, was elected president of tional p:
the Amercan association of agricultur-
al colleges and experiment stations,at
their annual election of otlicers. lie
is noted for his work in agricultural
colleges, being a pioneer iu the cause, j nj/rht,
Shiloh Itul IU—Field Keiuilon.
Moniii ii >. Hi.. Nov. Is. It hat
l a d ii• 1 in hold a reunion and en-
nen if I he • dd army f the Ten*
iu - . e. the arm\ of the Ohio and the
• i.e; . n the Shiloh battlefield
< ii the nnnivei->arv of the battle, April
0 and 7, next. This will include the
<:;11• 'ii and e' nfederate forces under'
1 it-U"- •■.•"int. Ihieil. .loimson and Keau-
. .u 1. T;: \.irious positions will be
marki land preparations made to eon*
■. i • r ;i. i 1 into a great nu-
The i eunIon will be held
mi nt of i he Shiloh
llattlo Field a-. .
L
Ni'V. l^. Tlie river Thames
i . • at W indsor during last
, ii: iu college is closed and all
" • • "!1,J undoubtedly has a strong the boys have been sent home. Not
educational acquisition in Prof. Al since 1819 have tho waters been so
ford. hi ' i At Oxford the Christ church
meadows are under I feet of water and
State Democrat: At last the light! Mngdalen gardens are a lake,
is breaking and statehood will be a
certainty if the people of Oklahoma
wil' go to work and get it I Jovcrnor
I Renfrow was in the city Thu sday
j and in talking about his visit to South
o the editor of the j tute in consequence-of the blacklist
at he thought that < i ! v the railways against the ti
MIKT PERFECT MADE.
A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Fiec
from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant.
4C YFARS THE STANDARD
j McAlister said
State Democrat that
statehood from this congress is a eer-
j taint}'. The Dawes commission has
[decided that tli ere is no use to hope
for the consent of the Indians to a
change and the commission will favor
I a territorial form of government for
the live tribes and the establishment
( of the Indian Territory to Red river
' from the west line of the Seminole i.a-
1 tion. This will leave four-fifths of the
Chickasaw nation aud the Kiowa and
I'.l.n Miste I -i. ; Starving-
i >i n v er, i -1.. Nov. i •. After a care-
ful canvass a committee has reported
that :\ families of American Railway
union men are on the verge of starva-
md 100 unmarried men are desti-
meu
who struck last summer.
l'.leven Houses llurued.
RocKroiu. Tex., Nov. IS.—A tire
tl>at originated at :! o'clock yesterdav
m irning in the Terry block destroyed
about 910,000 worth of property* wdth
i total insurance of 93,800, Eleven
h m- e> wei'i' burned, ten of which were
oeeupied.
\l ; -u l'nrhi?*u, under sentence oi
de itli i !* inunler. tried to escape froi|
the Mu'-erly. Mo., jail Friday night.
Comanche conn try to be annexed to lie w a- recaptured after being riddled
| Oklahoma and will ri'i rmimeml that U l"' bnl,etsi which lie will doubt-
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