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AWTON
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SUCCESSOR TO THE ELGIN EAGLE.
WEEKLY EDITSON.
*1.110 PER YEAR IX ADVANCI
Vol. II.
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1904
No. 19.
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
OF LAWTON
Capital,Surplus
and Profits
$36,000.™
EVERY
PROTECTION
USED
IN
MODERN
BANKING TO
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S. M. KINO, Vict Prest.
ACCOUNTS
OF
FIRMS
AND INDIVID-
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SOLICITED
e. E. SHIPLEY, C-sfcltr
0. E. McIinFKlK, President. R- H. McDukkik, Vlcc Pres.
J. 8. McDuffik, . Cashier.
K. It. McDuffik, Assistant Cashier.
The Bank of Lawton,
' LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.
fapital, $10,000 Fully Paid. K General Hanking Business Transacted.
There Is no Hunk In Comanche county better able to handle your business.
Corner Fourth and Ave D.
Wc pay Interest on
Time Deposit.
We do not pay Interest nl the rat' «
but will pay the principal when th<
4 <\ per
Farmers Call and See Us
SHORT TELEGRAPH
Some Important Happenings
From Over the World.
Muskogee, I. T., July 1.—The Indian
agent has been called to confer with
the department relative to the removal
of restiictions from Indians.
| vention for several ballots it) the hope JACOBS RESIGNS.
that their candidate nmv be nominated.
Washington, July 1.—Secretary Tl'ay
anil Minister Quesada today exchanged
ratifications of the permanent treaty
between America and Cuba, embody-
ing the Piatt amendment.
Guthrie, Okla., July 1.—Thus far
twenty-four counties have reported
their annual assessment to the auditor.
Only Pottawatomie and Noble counties
and the Osage Indian country are yet
to report.
Guthrie, Okla., July 1.—The guaran-
tee company, which guaranteed the
$10,000 deposits of the Seventh Judicial
district funds in the defunct Citizens
banks of Enid today notified the court
officials that the guaranteed amount of
The Gorman men are not parties to
the Cleveland movement, nor are the
Cleveland a Ivoeates combining with
Gorman's friends. There is no alliance,
but it jg to the interest of both that the
Parker strength be disintegrated as
soon as possible
St. Louis, June 29.— Santos Dumont
has been accused of cutting up bis own
air ship, but says the report is ridicu-
lous.
Lincoln, Neb., June 29.—W. J. Bryan
will be one of the orators in a Fourth
of July celebration on the exposition
grounds at St. Louis.
Will be Managing Editor of
the Shawnee Herald.
St. Petersburg, June 29.—The whole
city is awaiting with breathless inter-
est news from the opposing armies in
Southern Manchuria, grappled in the
decisive battle of the campaign.
Indianapolis, Intl., June 29.—The
boom for General Miles for the prohi-
bition nominee for president was given
a decided forward movement by a
public m eting of delegates and visitors
deposits will be paid by the company, j at the state house following the ad-
journment of the afternoon session of
Must Secure Permit. COAT WAS TAKEN
After July 1st company fishing
parties on the military reservation will Or Fell Out Of the Window,
bo require I to secure permits from the; Contained $300.
adjutant at Fort Sill. These permits
can be obtained without
any expense
Wiiatev r at the adjutant's office.
The following l est; id ions are placed
on fishing and com; an.v parties, and
it is reques;cd that the be carried
out. viz:
Camps to be left cleans all refuse,
garbage and cans to be buried. All
bass six inches long or under to be at
once put back in the water. All
sroppie and kock iiass (planted last
winter) ot any siz to be carefully un-
hooked and returned to the s'ream.
Only single hook and line to be used.
No set lines, trop nets, seines or ex-
plosives of any kind will be allowed.
Nets for catching minnows may be
used, but only such minnows as are
suitable for bait in size and kii^d will
be taken and only in sueh numbers as
are required for immediate use.
Co-operation of all will afford good
sport during the season find those who
do not comply will be refused permits
Hugh Kirkman.
1st Lieut, and Squad. Ad., 8th Cav
Remember Dates
In Liwton office 1st to 10th. Call and
have your eyes tested and glasses
fitted. J. C. Diss, Optical Specialist,
411 Ave. D.
Anadarko, Okla., July 1.—F. E. St.
J tqu", disciplinarian in the govern-
ment Indian school at San Carlos,
Ariz., enroute with his family to visit
his wilt's parents at Ft. Sill, Okla.,
wr.s robbed of a ccJat containing *300
between this place and Ft. Sill on the
afternoon train. The coat was hang-
ing by the car window and was not
missed until Ft. Siil was reached. Offi-
cers made a search,but think the coat
may have blown out the window.
Not in Lawton.
A very religious man run a clothing
store. He always told his clerks to do
nothing that was not warranted by the
Bible. One day he learned that a clerk
had charged a customer $3.0() for a si.50
article and took him to task. "Can
you think of a Bible quotation," be
asked of the clerk, "that would warrant
such conduct?" The clerft said he
could and quoted this: "Behold , e was
a stranger and I look him in."
Real Estate Transfers.
U S to Ethel A Cones pat sw li In
10.
Guthrie, July l.-Tlirotigh the efforts
of Harry Edwards and others who are
interested there will be a meeting at
the Guthrie convention hall on July
4th for the purpose of organizing in
Oklahoma a branch of the sons of the
American Revolution. An invitation
is also extended to the Daughters of
the Revolution to attend.
St. Louis, July 1.—Edward Butler,
who was on the bonds of Charles A
Gutke and Charles F. Kellcy, former
m mbeis of the house of delegates,
who were convicted of bribery, has
surrendered them and announced that
he will also withdraw from the b'.nds
of the other former delegates already
convicted or awaiting trial on the
charge of bribery.
th • convention.
Guthrie, Okla., June 29.—Word from
the war department has been received
at the headquarters of the okla.. a
National Guard to tne effect that u.
department has decided to allow the
next encampment of the Oklahoma
Militia to be held on the Military reser
vation at Fort Reno.
Pittsburg, Kan., June 29.
It will no doubt come as a surprise
to Lawton citizens, but never the-less
it is true. D. A Jacobs, or "Jake," as
be is familiarly called, has broken the , ,-. ,
record for a democrat and tonight his I . ,
resignation from the office of city clerk
will be presented to the council.
"Jake" has been our city cl rk since
the absconding L. J. A. Vollets hit the
highway, and that he filled the office
in a capable manner is without ques-
tion. There is no man in Lawton who
has more friends than "Jake" and we
are all sorry to see him leave.
Mr. Jacobs will on the first of
August again enter the newspaper
field as managing editor of the
Shawnee Herald. The people of
Shawnee are winners in this game and
Lawton the loser. Mr. and Mrs.
Jacobs have innumerable friends here
who regret their departure and bid
D. A. JACOBS.
them God speed and wish them all
kinds of lnck in their new home. In
the language of Rip Van Winkle,
"Jake, here's to y.uir good health, ana
your family's good health, may you all
live loni< and prosper."
Top^ka, Kas., Jnne 30.—Secretary
John Curran says 150 Kansas populists j
Entertainment.
The Ladies Guild of the Episcopal
will leave Kan-as City Saturday for a ' c|luroj1 Kave an entertainment lasl
national convention at Spring;.eld, ■ evenjn(? jn the Lanahan building on C
111., on July 4th, via St. Louis, avenue A good attendance was pres-
ent and ail enjoyed the evening very
Bon, teel, S. D., June 90.—The gov-j much The following program was
given:
ernment has ordered three companii s i
of regular troops here to assist the, Roclution
authorities in preserving order during! R(.cita ion
I Piano solo
Over five
bundled homes, business houses ami j " 1< <1
school houses, a short distance from j,olio<
the rush incident to the opening of the
Rosebud reservation July 5th. The
first Hitooting was yesterday, when
English, a cook, was shot by a
captain named Ault. English,
Beatrice Baker
Josie Clyne
Pittsburg on the Panhandle railroad, I it 'ie s tid, bneame boisterous and tne
were inundated by a cloudburst last. officer ordered him to "moveon." He
eight. Many buildings and bridges
were washed away, horsos and cattle
drowned and at least one life lost.
Guthrie, Okla.. July I.- Two cases
were appealed to the supreme court to-
day in Comanche county, in both of
which the BeB Line Construction com-
pany—which built and operated the
Bes Line railwa.. —is the plaintiff in
error; the defendants are farmers,
Herbert and William Schmidt, who
claim to have had property destroyed
by sparks from • engines on the Bes i
line at the time it was operated by th
plaintiff in error.
Lond n, June 29.—The Tokio corres-
pondent of the Morning Po.-t, says that
the Japanese second army has effect d
a juncture with the first army and that
the whole force has a fighting front of
120 miles. The Tokio correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph, says that
severe fighting took place at Kai
Chau on June 25th, which resulted in
the capture of that place on the morn-
ing of June 28th.
Guthrie, Okla., June 29th. Paul F.
! Cooper, territorial bank commissioner,
arrived today f:om Shawnee and has
—Miss Hattie McClung leaves today
for Winfield, Kan., to visit relatives.
JENNINGS & JENNINGS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
80H D A\e. LAWTON, Okla.
Money to Loan
TO FARMERS.
On CJood <'battels, rail at sHKI>M AN «v
WKHT'H olflct, WW l-*i I) aw, Lawton, Okla.
St Louis, July 1. An attempt ha9 I hia office hero open, the first tini
been made to wreck th ■ gre.t pipe j nea,]y three weeks. Mr. Cooper says
organ, the largest in the world, i« | no appojntment of assistant com-
missioner ha- yet been made, althonr h
refused and in an a'tercation which
followed Ault shot him. The officer
was arrested and taken to Fairfax for
safe keeping. English may die.
About S,000 persons are quartered in
tents and temporary buildings await-
ing an opportunity to register. Loca-
tors estimate that 35,000 persons will
be htre in the registration period.
U S to Otto W Gregoiy pat nw 27
, Festive hall at the World's l air by
i cutting the secondary bellows. This
■ will not effect the working of the
organ, which can be operated with the
The Mirror of the
. SOUl. pS'lri
• having In
Kl sltfht II* '•<
lntf glasses, call at in
utlice tin* first ten days «
each month.
J. C. DISS, Optical Specialist. tw)
u S to Peter Jensen, pat sw 21 4s 10.
U S to Willard Frisbley, pat sw 19 4?
10. v
U S to Jas Driscol, fr sw 6 In 10,
*199.55.
U-8 to Wm T Neal, fr ei se 2 Is 17,
*100.
U S to Orlando J Gray, fr s1; nw 23
S<>j ne 22, 4n 13. *200.
B V Cummins to B A Neeley, wd lot
10 blk 48 Temple, *1.
B A Neeley to ,T P Adams, wd It 10
blk 46 Temple, $350.
J P Adams to Peter Jensen wd lot 46
Temple, *350.
Perry & Dov.'en t" A E Petticort, w
d, lots 19, 20, blk 23 Cache *30.
E A Latham to Wm M Williams wd
s' ne Its 1, 2, 3, 4, blk 09 add to Walt
er, S20.
E D Carter to Jno H Porter wd e'.,
ne sw ne 19 2s 17, *2500.
J L Russell to Louise D McMahon.w
i primary bellows. As a result of this
attempt at vandalism the company that
is building the organ, which is only
partially finished, will hereafter
exclude from the stage all except those
employed in the construction of the
instrument.
Otttco, III Ave I', Itooin N<
Ketch, Trent & Co.,
REAL ESTATE
and Farm Loans
Money to Loan on
Long Time. Lowest Kates. No
Delay. See us before yon bor
row.
Opposite p. o. Lawton, Okla
Nothing doing at land office.
Lawton, July 5, 1904.
COt'NTY FILINGS.
U S to Oscar L Sctterstrom ne 27 Is
18 pat.
U S to Otis F Marlow si-2 ne nw ne
9 23 Is 13 fr, 150.
U S to Louis C Marton ne 29 Is 15 fr
; 200.
i j U S to Saml G Rayl sl-2 sw 3 el-2 se
Farms. | 4 4n 12 fr, 200.
M- Barber
Vocal solo and recitation
Cleva Creighton
Recitation Miss Willette
Pia. io solo Mary Cobb
Piano solo Belle Short
A social dance followed the entur-
tainmeut.
Good Selection.
Mayor Turner made a good selec-
tion when he appointed Robert Lan-
ders as city clerk last evening. Bob is
fully capable of filling the position. He
is a staunch dem crat, a jolly good
fellow, and has a host of friends.
He is a graduate of the Kansas State
University Law school, and of the
Normal school at Ft. Scott. Kan. All
wish him success in his new office.
The Right Man.
The appointment of Frank Ketch as
abandonment of the claim. Judge councilman from the first ward could
B1.nding was Miss Payne's attorney, , nr)t have been better made. Mr. Ketch
and he says he always gets ladies out iB ca; able, and will take an interest in
of trouble. the city's wclfaro. He Is one >,f Law-
ton's pioneer citizens, and always
Lawton vs. Anadarko. I helps to push all good tilings along
Th« Lawton base ball team will
cross bats with the Anadarko team
Sunday. This will no doubt be a good
game as several of the players are
Lady Wins.
The contest case I hat has been on
trial for aim ist a week at the land of-
fice elided yesterday in favor of the
defendant. It was between Lew A.
Veddcr and Miss Sally Payne for the
he will likely make an appointment
this week, the man for the place, how-
ever, he says, has not been fully de-
cided upon.
Chicago, June 30.—After a trip which
covered the earth, John Alexander
Dovjje arrived in Chicago today.
When his train pulle I in here there
were not rmny of his followers to greet
him. He had sent word ahead that he
would not soil his feet with the dust of
Chicago. He remained in his private
car while it was switched to another | dependence, Kan. They were here
depot, where it was att iched to a train j ab"ut three w"ekl< il8 visitors at
scheduled to leave for the settlement the houie of L- M. Biggs, and were so
at Zion City 'we" P'ea3e(^ w'1*1 our prospects that
they have decided to abide in Coman-
che county.
Contest Ends.
In one contest at least a lady wins
out. A contest filed in the local land
from the Chickasha League. The J orlice by W. B. Felaman on a claim
Rock Island is expected to run an ex-j near Roosevelt, belonging to Mrs.
cursion which will leave here Sunday ' Minnie Finsley, for mineral purposes
morning and return that evening after
the game.
R. R. Sexton and wife arrived ias
evening over the Rock Island from In-
was decided in favor of the latter
St. Louis, June 30.—Booker T.
Washington, tie Alabama negro edu
cator, Bpoke before the National Edu-
cational Association here today. He
was received with great applause.
W. H. Maxwell, superintendent of in-
struction of New York City, was
elected president of the association for
the ensuing year.
- Miss Hurd, who has been attend-
ing the institute, 1 ft yesterday for her
home in Waurik i.
Dr. Starbuck of Meers was in town
yesterday and tO"k back with him a
wagon load of ice for the Fourth.
—Mr. Perry, of the Perry & Dowden
Townsite company, passed through the
city on yesterday's Frisco, after an
extended trip in the southwest
—Andrew Elm, a native teacher in
the Comanche Indian schools, went to
St. Louis yesterday to attend the fair.
Mr. Cole, of near Edmund, was in
Lawton yesterday enroute home f rom
a business trip to Snyder, whore tie is
building a business house.
Her face was happy,
His face was stern;
Her hand'was in his'n,
His'n was in ber'n.
—New London (Mo.) Record.
Washington, July 1.—Dispatches
this morning indicate that two naval
battles have been fought. A portion
of the Japanese fleet is said to have
trapped the Russian Vladivos.ok
squadron in the Tsushima straits, which
lie between Japan and the southern
end of Corea, and given battle. The
result is not known. Another portion
of the Japanese fleet was seen engaged
at sea south of Port Arthur, making it
prob ible that the Russian fleet at Port
Arthur lias made another attempt to
ascape. The distance between th
two reported naval battles, is about fiOO
miles.
St. Louis, July 1.—Two distinct lines
of operation developed today in the
preliminary skirmishing of the demo-
cratic national convention. One is a
scheme to rush the nomination of
Judge Parker on the first or second
ballot, and the other is to scatter the ! Indianapolis, Ind., June 30, 3:35 p. market, to new custom rs, we will for the first seven days in July give seven
vote and prevent an early nomination, m.—General Miles this af<« rnoon posi- bars for 25c.
with a view of naming Cleveland or tively declined the nomination of the
! Gorman. The friends of Gorman and Prohibition convention now in session
Cleveland are working to hold the con- for president.
Puzzle Yourself.
To the t'irft person bringing a correct answer to cny one of these riddles.
we will give one can of California peach s. That is, one can for the first
Belton, Mo., June 30.—A hailstorm awnsor to each riddle:
passed over this place last n'ght, 1st. A man witout eyes, saw plums on a tree; He neither took plums off
breaking many windows and destroy- nor left plums on; pray how cou1! that be?
2nd. If yoni uncle'* sister N not your aunt, what relation is she to you?
ingthe crops. Refrigators were filled 3r(j> a man and boy were driving geese, when someone asl;ed them it
with hail tkis morning from piles of the they were relnted. The man replied: Brothers and sisters have I none, but
| frozen spheres. the goose-dliver's father is my father's son. (What rel ition if any, were they)
In order to intraduce our Clairette Soap, the best laundry soap on the
The Honest Grocery Co.,
Phone No. 84. No. 603 F Street.
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Smails, N. W. The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1904, newspaper, July 7, 1904; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc117794/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.