Okeene Eagle. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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LEGISLATIVE DOINGS
Jk Brief Summary of what our Representa-
tivea at Guthrie are Doing.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 10.—The office
M state hotel Inspector Is created by
the Whitehurst and Murray bill, pass-
ed to third reading in the house to-
day. Every hotel that is more than
Cwo stories high must be equipped
with Are escapes at both ends of a
hallway on each floor extending en-
tirely through the building. Hotels
of two stories must have a rope in
each room. Each hotel must pay an
annua; inspection fee of from $5 to
$35, according to the number of
rooms.
Sheets must be of sufficient length
!<•> lap over the bed clothing to pre-
vent the spread of infectious dis-
eases. All bed clothing and mat-
resscs must be disinfected every
three months and the using of crack-
ed dishes is prohibited. The emerg-
ency clause was stricken out.
A stringent nntl-lobbying bill by
Ellis was passed making secret lobby-
ing a misdemeanor and requiring all
lobbyists to register or to give pub-
17 lie notice in writing. Ail lobbying is
confined to public hearings in com-
mittees or before the legislature. The
bribing of members is made a fel-
ony.
A bill by Rainey wa3 passed by the
bouse subjecting any corporation or
officer thereof who refuses to allow
the corporation commission to in-
spect its records or to produce them
in a public suit or hearing to a fine
of from $25 to $5,000 for each day
state superintendent, $14,700.
The original draft of the bill pro-
vided for a total appropriation of
$358,037.50. but $21 is added to cover
the expenses of the state examiner
and inspector, state printer and state
labor commBsloner. The bill is In-
troduced by the committee of general
appropriation and is recommended
for passage by that committee.
Senator Brook Introduced a bill to-
day abolishing capital punishment by
providing for the amendment of the
present law fixing a penalty for first
degree murder by making the punish-
ment life Imprisonment at hard labor.
The Benate passed the Brownlee-
Goulding bill providing that delin-
quent personal taxes shall become a
lien upon real estate, but abrogating
all such obligations previous to 1901
which still remain unsatisfied. The
purpose of this is to clear titles to
real estate.
The Holland bill permitting com-
panies to Issue bonds and borrow
money from the state school funds
was signed by the governor today.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 12.—The man-
ner in which the assets apd liibili
ties of the divided counties will be
determined and equally distributed
was disposed of by the senate today
by the adoption of fhe Thomas sub-
stitute bill, which gives the state su-
preme court full power to make such
settlement. This substitute was
that''the offense'continues 'and sub- *doPted ln Plac« of the Graham bill,
Jecting any person who hides, de-
stroys or mutilates the records to
Imprisonment in the penitentiary
from one to two years.
By a vote of 11 to 10 the senate
today decided that it could not re-
peal a statute of the United States.
The question came up In connection
with the Redwlne mining law. which
wa» intended to supersede the fed-
eral mining inspection law in Okla-
homa. The bill was approved by the
•committee of the whole with the ex-
ception of one section, which was
held up.
It provides for an elaborate code
of inspecting mines to insure the
aafety of the employes and in nddl
tlon divides the state into three min-
ing districts witte a mining inspector
in each to fie appointed by the chief
mine insi>cctor for the present but
to be elected by districts in 1910 and
thereafter. One of the three • in-
spectors shall be a lead and zinc
miner and the other two coal min-
ers.
In a special message to the leglsla
'ture Gov. Haskell criticised the ap-
praisement of the school lands made
by the rec-nt territorial administra-
tion and recommends the passage of
a law permitting the old leases to
hold over until January 1st of next
which provides that action must be
instituted in the supreme court by
the county commissioners of the
various counties.
The Brook bill, providing an eight-
hour day for telegraphers, came up
for a brief discussion In connection
with the question of concurrence of
the house amendments. It was An-
ally reoffered to the committee on
public service corporations.
The Brook senate bill providing for
the election of a public administrator
in each county of the state was kill-
ed In the senate today by the adop-
tion of a motion to postpone consid-
eration Indefinitely. The bill was in-
tended, as its supporters claimed, to
protect the property interests of the
Indians, but a number of the senators
objected to It, declaring that It would
continue the old federal guardianship
system.
The Williams banking bill, amend-
ing the law which becomes effective
next Saturday, so that national banks
may take advantage of the deposi-
tors guarantee features, was approv-
ed by the governor today and be-
comes effective immediately. Sena
tor Johnston, president pro tem of
the senate, before signing the bill,
caused some excitement by express-
ing the opinion that the bill is un-
up and the bill providing for this do- I
partment was placed at the head of
the calendar for February 18tb. A
question was raised concerning tho
cost of the printing that has been
done. Senator Stafford, in whose
hands this matter restB. said that the
committee could not tell or estimate.
This caused some uneasiness.
The pure food law. similar to the
one in Kansas which was introduced
in the senate by Williams, will be
adopted as, in the committee of the
whole, the bill seems to meet with
approval excepting a few minor
changes.
A stormy debate followed the read-
ing of the appropriation bill in the
‘house. A direct attack was made on
those sections of the bill which fix*^
the salaries of the stenographers and
by a majority vote the house decided
to cut the salaries of all stenograph-
ers. The limit Is placed at one thou-
sand dollars. The fight grew out of
the consideration of the pay of the
stenographer to the governor. The
report of the committee fixed the
salary at $1,200 a year, but it w’as
cut to $1,000. Practically all other
clerks will receive pay as provided in
the report of the committee.
Six bills were introduced In the
house. Casteel, of Cimarron county,
had one providing for a traveling
library similar to the one in Kansas;
Porter, of Garfield county, has one
exempting teachers, who have taught
school five consecutive year® and who
shall receive a throe-year certificate,
from taking further examinations;
Hudson, of Payne-Pawnee counties,
introduced a bill making it compul-
sory for railroads to build fences
along their right-of-ways through
farms; McCalla, of I.ove county, has
a hill pertaining to the incorporation
of private corporations; Brown, of
Kay county. Introduced a bill allow-
ing school districts to levy a tax for
library purposes, said tax not to ex-
ceed two mills; and by request of
Senator Davis, a bill was Introduced
in the house providing for the taxa-
tion of corporations auch as Pullman
cars, telegraph and telephone lines,
gas companies, etc.
Observe- f)RLAHOMA
tions in w - ■ ■ ■ —•
Keep your eye on the new state
Dynamiters Still Active.—The safe
of F. 8. Howard & Co. of Baroufork
was blown open with dynamite. Sev-
enty-five dollars in money, sevral
hundred dollars in postage stamps
and private papers of the company
amounting to several thousand dol-
lars were taken. The papers were
found one mile north of the town.
Inroads on 5 Million—In lees than
two months $1,000,000 In cash has
been taken from the state’s $5,000,-
000 school fund In Washington and
placed in banks of this state, and be
fore next Saturday night $500,000
more will have been placed. State
Treasurer Menefee has forwarded hla
third $500,000 draft to the United
States treasury and has been notified
that it will be paid at once.
“No Scats, No Far?." — The corpo-
ration commission has Issued an
order Intended to ntaliate against
action of railroads in taking off
trains. It exempts any person who
Is unable to secure a seat In a rail-
way coach from paying his fare or
giving over his ticket. Unless re-
scinded the order will become ef-
fective in sixty days.
Horse Shot From Under Him. —
While returning homo from a lodge
meeting at Cache. S. C., Kehlier,
a prominent merchant of Indiahoma,
had his horse shot from under hint
by an unknown person in an ambus-
cade at a small creek. Mr. Kehlier
has been largely influential In the
strenuous efforts to capture the safe
blowers who robbed the postoffice at
Indiahoma a few nights ago and it is
thought that the shot was fired by a
member of this gang.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 14. — COT-
TON—Spot, quiet; low ordinary.
7 5-8c nominal; ordinary, 8 7-lCc
nominal; g<x>d ordinary, 9 7-8c nom-
inal; low middling, 10 7-8c; middling,
115-8c; good middling, 12 1-lGc;
middling fair. 12 9 10c; fair, 13 3 1GC
nominal; sales, 1,025 bales; receipts,
7,185 bales; stock, 233,180 bales.
Futures closed as follows; Febru-
ary. 10.93c; March, 10.83c; April.
10.71c nominal; May. 10 71c; Juno,
10.Co nominal; July. 10.C3c; October,
9.89c; December, 9.SCC.
GALVESTON, TEX.. Feb. 14. —
COT TON—Steady; lllllCc.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 14.— COTTON —
Dull; middling. 117 8c; sales, nono;
receipts, 21G balls; shipments, none;
stock. 21,551 bales.
Oklahoma Boy Drown*. — William
llelllgnian of Foss has received a
telegram from Mare Island, Cal., stat-
ing that his son, W. F. Heillgman, a
sailor, was drowned while a party of
jack tars were coaling a ship.
Bank Transfr3 Its Business.—Stnte
Bank Commissioner Smock has he n
THIRD TERM TALK
AGAIN SILENCED
FOR THE THIRD TIME PRES5
DENT DECLINES THE HONOR.
WON’T QUALIFY IF HE IS ELECTED
This Authorized Statement Comet
From th* Cabinet — Alarmed at
th® Strength of President Rooa®
velt’s Sentiment.
year to be appraised at 26 per cent constitutional and will invalidate the
higher for the next three years, giv-
ing any person feeling aggrieved the
right of redress. He also recom-
mends the publishing of a map show-
ing the school lands of the state.
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 11.—A well de-
fined plan to remove the temporary
state capital from Guthrie to Oklaho-
ma City was revealed today by the
Introduction In the house of a joint
resolution by Representative Putman
-of Oklahoma City, authorizing the
-governor to make arrangements for
removal to that city.
The resolution states that the
-offices now used by the state depart-
ment here are crowded and charges
that the building where the house Is
in session is unsanitary, resulting In
Guthrie, Okla., Feb. 14. — After
spending a fruitless day discussing
the pure food bill the senate ad-
journed until Monday, hut twenty-
three senators out of forty-four re-
sponded to roll call, the others being
away attending political
tions. -j-
Upon the discovery that only $S of
the $100,000 appropriated by the leg-
islature at the beginning of the ses-
sion for the payment of per diem and
contingent expenses of the legisla-
ture now remains Senator Moore to-
day introduced Into the senate a bill
appropriating $200,000 additional, to
be used for such purposes. Members
of the house and employes of both
houses have been paid up to date,
but no'more Is available to pay mem-
bers of the senate for the l;i^t fifteen
days.
The corporation commission today
Grand Jury Completes Work. —
The federal grand jury, which has
been In session at Guthrie nearly a
month, made a report and was dis-
charged. Twenty-five Indictments
were returned. A separation of the
youthful prisoners from the hardened
criminals of the federal jail Is urged
and the attention of the department
of Justice is called to conditions here,
conven- The condition of the institution was
found to be sanitary. Judge J. H.
Cotteral Is heartily commended In
the report.
Washington. Feb. 17.—The threat-
ened bolt of the negroes If Taft Is
nominated, the contests looming up
In tlie South nnd the growing inten-
sity of the Ohio political row hav®
caused a revival of the third terra
talk.
Two delegates In Nebraska hav®
already been instructed for Roose-
velt; leaders In Tennessee say It will
be almost Impossible to head off
notified that the Day County Bank of Roosevelt Instructions in that state.
Grand has suspended nnd transf rred Cec„ 1<y()n who aonilt,ates Texas,
its business to the First National says his state will Instruct for
Bank at Shattuok. The reason Hoosevelt, and W. H. McMurray of
signed is that the constitutional con-
vention wiped Day county off the
map, making it Impossible for Grand
to remain the county seat.
Cremated in City Jail.—While re-
McAlester Insists that Oklahoma will
| send instructed delegates to Chicago
for Hoo- pvelt.
Senator Bourne of Oregon Is still
hacking up the third term campaign
covering from the effects of a drui k- with his mouth and cash and declares
en carouse in the city hold-over at
Hastings a young man named Ro-
celne, cook for the Dodson hotel, was
incinerated. Fire was discovered
about 8:00 o’clock. Before he’p could
reach the prisoner be was dead. It
Is thought that the fire was started
by a ••pal," who thought that by
burning the jail his
escape.
that there will be kothing to St but
Roosevelt when the convention
meets.
The White House is alive Wo the
situation and steps were talien to-
day to again silence the third, term
talk. A cabinet officer was author-
ized to make this statement to the
friend would | press;
“If the Chicago convention noral-
1 "The house passed in committee of I exempted the Midland Valley rail-
Lease Part of Allotments. — Ponca
Indians have started leasing 40-acre
tracts of their allotments in accord-
ance with a ruling made by the In-
terior department several weeks
ago. Only a part of the Ponca tribe
w'as given this privilege. ThiR dis-
pensation by the secretary of the In-
terior was made provided the leases
he made when the Indians were
sober, that their children be In
school during the scholastic year and
that they themselves cultivate at
least 20 acres of land.
the whole the senate bill by Blair
appropriating $101,000 for the main-
tenance of the board of agriculture.
road from the 2-cent fare, making
four Oklahoma roads altogether that
have been thus exempted. The com-
A few amendments were made to the mission granted Ihe Fort Smith &
hill as It was sent from the senate. Western a rehearing upon the or-
The board of agriculture shall elect der compelling that road to chars®
one of its members treasurer, who a maximum 2 lucent fare but today
shall handle all funds of the board renewed the order. The road took
nnd of the agricultural and mechanl- exceptions and It Is understood will
cal college at Stillwater.
test the authority of the commission
An amendment was adopted requir- to fix intermediate rates by biinginij
ing that all delegates to the state in- suit in the courts. This will prob*
stltute must be actual farmers. The
bill provides that delegates to this
meeting shall receive pay at $2 a day
with traveling expenses.
V
Guthfle. Okla., Feb. 13.—This w-as
the” 111 ness of a~ number’ of members, j filibustering d*y in both senate and | ready sent checks to the
it also stated that Oklahoma City
ably be the first suit resulting from
the orders of the corporation com-
mission.
The Oklahoma depositors guaran-
tee law goes Into effect tomorrow.
Two hundred state hanks have al-
banking
would furnish adequate quarters free
■of charge. The resolution was greet-
ed with cheers by the members of the
bouse.
The capital fight bobbed up again
in a bill by Cope of El Reno, In the
bouse, providing for establishment of
the state capital at El Reno.
The senate Jury bill, amending the
■one passed before the holidays, was
passed by the house. The general
Appropriations bill, to cover the ex-
penses of running the executive de-
partment and a portion of the Judl-
■cial department of the state govern-
ment from the Inauguration of state-
hood to dune 30. 1909, nnd carrying a
total appropriation of $379,037.50, was
introduced In the house today. The
■appropriations for *he various state
offices. Including all crellcal help and
■contingent expenses, are as follows:
Lieutenant governor. $1,025; secre-
tary of state, $19,727.60; state audi-
tor. $15,000; atate treasurer, $18.-
162.60; attorney general, $31,487.50;
»tate Insurance commissioner. $17.-
320: chief mine Inspector, $13,612.50;
•corporation commission, $84,325;
commission of charltlea and correc-
tions, $8,237.50; librarian, $10,675;
twenty-two district Judge*, $102,376;
Murdered on Hla DooraUp. — Cari
Humane, a young man who llvea near
Estelle, a small village In wester*
Major county, was shot and killed
while standing In the door of his
home. The assassins escaped. Ro
mane formerly lived In Alva.
Man Killed by Cave-ln. — ny the
cave In of a roof over th® entry to
the Wooley coal mlnea at Dawson,
near Tuisa, Manley Schultz wit* kill-
ed and John Palmer aerlmisly In
Junxl. A third man employed In the
room escaped without Injury.
house. Speaker Murray’s hotel bill board covering one-half of the 1 per
providing for long bed sheets, whole cent jisseBsment, all that the board
dishes and a tax of 30 cents on each |8 requiring at this time. The board
room of all hotels and rooming has appltaatlons front fifty national
houses, was killed In the house by a | banks to come under the law, but
vote of 43 to 37.
only a few have yet paid the ussess
Senator Taylor, of Cblckasha, end- I mPnt. The first national bank to
efi a atormy session In the senate come under the law Is the Guthrie
over the Jim crow law by attacking National bank at Guthrie, which sent
Doorkeeper Watson with his crutch, n* check to the banking board today,
striking Watson In the face and pull- a number of the small banks have
Ing his hair. Watson refused to let decided not to come under the i«w.
Taylor leave the senate chamber dur- it i* estimated that the first as-
Ing the vote on the electric headlight | PeSsm<>nt will create a sinking fund
bill, which finally was passed by the jaoo.ooo.
senate. The Chlckasha senator w’as
forcibly returned to the senate cham-
Want Herd Laws Suspended.— All
her. then excused. Formal complaint over the 40 counties of eastern Ok
will he made against him, bo It was
announced tonight, and an attempt
made to expel him for twonty days.
By adopting a resolution In the
senate the Jim crow law will be ex-
tended until July 1.
The house adjourned over untU
Menday.
The bill providing for state mine
Inspection and creating a score of
additional state officers, t» be elect
ed In the three sepnrate districts,
iahoma petitions are pouring in to
the county commissioners asking for
a suspension of the Oklahoma herd
law, as provided by the present leg-
islature. The Oklahoma herd law
provides that no stock shall run at
large. Most of the township peti-
tions aak the commissioners to sus-
pend this law Insofar as it applies to
cattle and horses. A recent act of
the legislature gives county commis-
sioners authority to do this upon pe-
wn* adopted by the senate this morn- I tltton. The present herd h»w wnrU*
a hardship In old Indian "r err I tor y
The question of state printing came | where there is much op®n r:,tuo’
Datra For Normal*. — State Super-
intendent of Schools Cameron hns
fixed the terms for normal Institutes
s* follows; From June 16th to July
10th and from Julg; 13th to August
Coal at $1-58 Par Tan*— B. I’. Ham-
mond, an Alabama coal expert, re
cently made a statement to the so
gregated coal land commission in
McAlester to the effect that coal ... „
could be placed on cars with a profit County auperlntend.nta are per
at $1.60 a ton.
Gat First Teacher’* Csrtiflcats. —
Clyde T. Jones, of Wellaton, has re-
ceived the ftrat state teachers* cer-
tificate to be taaued In Oklahoma.
Mr. Jones' attention was called to
thla fact In a letter from J. B. Tay-
lor, secretary of the state board of
education.
mltted to choose one or Ihe other of
theae terma.
Death In Pralrl* Fir*. — Overtaken
by a raging prairie fire, which wua
started by her father, who was burn
Ing off a field near Huyder, the
year-old daughter of W. H. Brewer
waa burned to death. The father
ruahed to the child's assistance, but
found only her charred remains.
Want Entrance Fee Raised.—The nates President Roosevelt he will de-
constitution having made mandatory I cline, and If tho convention adjourn*
the teaching of domestic science and without taking heed of his decilna-
agrlculture in the public schools. I tlon, he will Insist that It be recon-
connty superintendents are exercised I voned and nominate another candl-
over the necessary increase in . the I date. He will not accept the nonil-
ntimber of Instructors In summer nor- I nation aud will not qualify as presl-
mal Institutes and the consequent in- I dent If elected.”
crease in cost. In order to obviate a I This declaration ought to settle th®
radical amendment to the present thing once more. On three different
law relating to the conducting of nor- occasions now the president has de-
nial Institutes some superintendents dared that he would not be a candi-
are favoring a provision whereby date and would not accept the nomi-
teachers attending the Institutes I nation. Still the third term talk
shall he required to pay an entrance I would loom up again In due time. It
fee of $2 rather than $1. ns the law Is on the hoards now. Roosevelt can
now provides. Superintendent Geo. I not understand why the people have
Rainey, of Garfield county. Is n lead not taken him at his word. Perhaps
er among those asking such an the chief reason is that they think
amendment. “Even if these new sub- he does not mean what he says. But
jeets were not taught." he sav*. 'T from close personal-friends theBtory
would favor a $2 entrance fee in or confes that the president is absolute-
der that we may secure the best In- I ly sincere In regard to the third term
Commission Favor* Purchase. —
The commission appointed last year
ay the constitutional convention to
Inform the state legislature as to the
advisability of the purchase of the
440,000 acres of segregated coal and
asphalt lands In the state, r* com-
mends that the state purchase these
lands, paying not over $10,000,000 for
them. The commission recommends
that the state issue bonds, subject to
the vote of the people ut the next
general election, the amount <>f bonds
not to exceed $10,000,000, or as much
thereof to purchase at a reasonable
price. The commission also recom-
mends that tho representatives and
senators In congress from Oklahoma
be requested to urge upon congress
the enactment of a law which will
permit the state to purchase these
lands.
Defrauded Merchant to Canada..—
Agent McIntosh, of the Rock Island,
and I. N. Edwards, a merchant of
Konowa, Okla., left for Winnipeg.
Canada, where they hope to identify
a man held by Ihe po lice as a man
who defrauded Edw»rds of $242 on a
Rock Island train last Decemlier.
Cook Kills Boarder. — 8am York,
cook at the Frisco house In Enid,
shot and Instantly killed Kid Hope in
the latter's room In the hotel. York,
who Is now In Jail, claims s.-if
defense, which Is disputed by several
parties, who claim to have witnessed
the shooting. Both men are shout 40
years old. Little Is known shout
either of them.
Boy Killed by Train. — Leander
Adams, 10 years old, son of a widow
at Shawnee, was the victim of a
frightful accident, his head 1m Ing
severed from his body. Th* boy, to
gether w-lth several others, was Jump-
ing aff and on a moving freight train.
Adams lost hla hand hold and fell be-
tween the cars, his neck striking the
rail. The heavy wheels severed hla
hand from the both
Norman Vets* Bonda. — Water
works bonda f®r $41,000 were carried
In a apeclal election at Norman by
a vote of 343 to 12. Hewer bonds for
$30,060 carried by « vote of 327 to
24. The bonda will be Bold and work
started on the municipal Improve-
ments Immediately,
Gcta 3 Yeara tor Manslaughter. —
Wendell Woods. 2$ yesrn old. of Ard-
more, has been sentenced to three
years In th® penitentiary on a charge
of manslaughter. It Is claimed he
killed hla brother-ln law. Pick Wil-
lett, near Davla, Id April, 1907,
business and that he will under no
the nomlna-
atructors of the state. A good in
structor had rather 8tnv at home and I circumstances accept
test during the summer than accept I tlon.
an Institute InHtructorship at $G0 a The most menacing thing to Taft's
month. >We can’t get good ones for candidacy Is the uprising of the
lens than $100 a month.” Each conn- negroes of the country. All of the
ty will have a normal Institute the Methodist negro bishops of the Unl-
comlng summer and 75, conductor* I ted States. In conference here this
will he nece snry. If ench Institute week, have come out strongly against
require thrpp Instructors. 22.» In- Taft. They declare he can not get
structors will be required, provided the negro vote. Negro clubs are be-
sonie Instructors are not employed lug organized In all the big Eastern
during both of the two institute cities pledging to vote against Taft If
periods. Only 62 conductors’ certifi-
cates have thus far been Issued by
he Is nominated. The negro vot<*
controls the election In Ohio, Indiana
the state examining hoard and only and lu New York tn a close contest.
100 Instructors’ certificates.
Frank Hitchcock became one of
necessary for the hoard to have an- Taft’s managers today and bis first
other examination This has been task will be to try and straighten out
announced for the last Saturday in
February at the following places:
Bartlesville, Guthrie, Okl thoma City.
Muskogee, 8ulphur and Cordell,
Bring in Ga* Well. — A gas well
with a flow of 5.000 000 cubic feet a
day has been brought In near Has-
kell. The well Is 1.200 feet deep
Arrange Debat* With Arkansas. —
th* negroes. He has Bent for many
of the leading negroes In the coun-
try and will talk to them. Just what
his argument will be Isn't divulged.
FIRE IN DRIVING 8NOW9TORM.
Business District of Englewood, Kae.,
It Practically Destroyed.
Englewood. Kan., Feb. 17. — An
Arrangements have been completed I early morning fire at this place to-
for an Intercollegiate debate between 'la? destroyed the aouth business dls
the Blate universities
and Arkansas. F. E. McReynolds
and F. Erwin have t>een “elected as
Oklahoma's representative*. Erwin
was a member of the team which
won from Kansas last y*ar. The de-
bate will bo held at Norman, March
8tb.
Clubbed Negro C*b Driver. — Be-
muse he ran over R<“es Oliver, three-
of Oklahoma trlct. entailing a loss of over $C.0.000.
Insurance on the burned district is
estimated at $25,000.
The burn*--d district Includes the
following firms; F’.nglewood Mer-
cantile Company. H. C. Power* A
Co., Ornsham pharmacy. Cope Bros,
meat market, officp of Dr. B. F Main,
I. O. O. F. and K. P. hnll, bealdes a
number of large warehouses.
The wind was from the north,
which prevented greater loss. It was
yAir iild son of llarrv Oliver, a cloth-I acei t by a heavy storm of
ing dealer. Ben Ragsdale, a negro | snow and sleet which made efficient
hby .« Muskogee, was clubbed by
• men on a principal street. Ar-1
rival of police prevented what might
have turned Into a killing. Public |
feeling has been high against reck-
less rnb drivers for some 'ini®. It Is
charged that Police Chief Klmsey,
who Is a bus owner, allows cabbies
to exceed the law.
Fir* at Oklahoma City.—A $30 000
fire, supposed to hav* lie^n of Incen-
diary origin, occurred In th® building
of the Oklahoma Broom Company.
Three hundred ton* of broom corn
nnd 1.200 completed broom* were
work In controlling the flame* almost
Impossible.
Destitute Allen* Deported.
Philadelphia, Feb. 16.—Nearly sev-
enty alien* who by reason of the In-
dustrial depression became destitute,
wore deported by order of Commis-
sioner of immigration Bargeant this
week.
Proposal to Rale* th* Main*.
'Washington, Feb. 10 — With th*
View to the raising of the ill fated
battleship Main and “the proper
burned. Insurance to th® amount of I berlal of It* dead, now lying * ,th ,h*
$20,000 wa* carried. I th” h“rlK>r °f
Uuvana. Cuba," Repreneutntlv* 8ul*
enr of New York today Introduced a
resolution calling upon the secretary
of the navy for paper* and corre-
spondence bearing on the Interna-
tional status of the question and th®
. rights of th* government of th® Uni-
wa* found not guilty by a Jury lu th® I « (ho ulUvr.
district court. |
Ice Plant Manager Net Guilty. —
W. A. Williams, manager of th*
Enid |e« plant, charged with the at-
tempt to ship 20,000 quail recently
sized by the sheriff In cold atorag*.
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