The Lawton Constitution. (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1905 Page: 3 of 8
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FOLK'S LID
Will Allen White Makes
Pilgrimage and Finds
Real Thing.
BROKER IS ARRESTED
F.
A. Peckham of New York Was
Indicted by Grand Jury.
St. Louis, Aug. 28—William Allen j
White, the Well known Kansas editor,
came here from Kansas City Saturday !
to find out for himself whether Gover-
nor Folk's "Sunday lid" in this city is
the real thing, or just a paper lid
through which any one so disposed
could stick his finger.
Mr. White spent Saturday night and
Sunday in the city energetically trying
to make a hole in ilie lid and failed,
lie bought a dinner foi Governor Folk
at the Planter's hotel, thereby ae-
know.rdging that he made a big mis-
take when he laughed at Folk's "lid."
'•Why, its the real thing," said Mr.
White. "Its just what Colonel Edw«rd
Butler told mo it was in Manitou, Col ,
receptiy An iroVi, steel, riveted lid.
I laughed, but laugh'd wrongly. I told j
Governor Folk yesterday that 1 was
going to pi ke my finger through his!
lid, and he told me to go ahead. 1 have j
tried and I found the lid as perfect as
could be.
"I went ali over town Sunday and I
couldn't ge; a drink or find ny one
who knew how to g -t one. Down at
Lemp's park, 1 saw 500 Germans sit-
ting around, listening to a real German
band that played real Gil-man music
and that crowd of i>00 Germans ai d
that German band were drinking gin
ger a,1^. TI :t k of that. 1 never thought
I would iiv to see the day.
"Well, i sti around listening to the
music and finally I saw a sign that
read''Klondyke Hz.' 'Here's where I
poktf the finger of scorn at Governor
Folk,' I said to myself. This is to be
the opening of the lid. 'Klondyke fiz.'
I thought, was beer of the genuine
kind ^oing under an alias. I called a
waiter and ordered two of 'em. He
brought the bottles, nice brown, and
just the kind, I thought, in which to ,
keep beer. The waiter' opened one
buttle and it fizzed and foam gathered
ab'>ut the neck. I smiled inwardly for
I thought this is beer at last and the
lid is indeed a paper one with plenty
of blowholes.'
"I drank one bottla of the 'Klondyke
fiz' and had a taste in my mouth like
the morning after, and the conviction
that I was dead wrong and that it was
not an alias for beer. Why, say, that
stuff tasted 8(5 bad that I took a cup of
coffee to take the taste out of my
mouth.
"How those sturdy Germans could
drink the stuff I do not know, and it
will ever be an unsolved mystery to
me. There they sat listening to the
band and the band had three kettle
drums and when a German listens to
three kettle drums for a while he
wants a drink of beer. Instead of
beer they got gingeraleand 'Klondyke
fiz.'
"It was awful and the players in the
band, poor fellows, they were just over
from the fatherland and were used to
beer. After a piece had been played
they would stand around and look at
each other and.ftnaliy wander over to
a popcorn stand and buy popcorn."
Speaking about Governor Folk's
chances for the presidential candidacy,
Mr. White said: "Governor Folk Is the
seventh son of the seventh son and he
has got plenty of luck. You can never
tell what will happen. He's got as
goodachance as anyone. The governor
is in that ten or a donen class of men
who have good chances and he is
among one of the foremost. The race
next year willnot be a party one. It wili
be nonpartisan and Governor Folk like
President Roosevelt has a nonpartisan
following."
Arrival at Rankin Hotel.
Last night the hearts of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Collins were made glad by the
arrival at their home of a young lady
of the usual weight and requirements
for life. The father is all smiles today
while the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
8. D. Rankin, are happy to place the
young visitor on the hotel register.
May the young lady live long and be
a useful addition to the world.
!■ (be First to he Chnrirtd with Con-
spiracy to Defraud the Gov-
ernment in < onneetlon
with Cotton scandal.
Saratoga. Aug. 25.—F. A. Peckham,
indicted for complicity in the depart-
ment of agriculture cotton reports
scandal was arrested here Wednesday
and arraigned before United States
Commissioner Charles M Davison,
who ordered an adjournment of exam-
ination until Thursday morning. In
default of $12 'DO bail Peckham was
lodged in the Sara )ga county jail at
Ballston.
the X.
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CACHE ITEMS.
August :jo.
Miss Kellar is learning to set type at
the Register offl :e.
Indian payment will bs made In
Cache Thursday of this week.
Mr. Peddywart will move into Mr.
Smith's house, which he has rented.
Cache is up to date in alt respecU
we have a successful magnetic heal-r
Remember the Labor day picnic Sep-
teinbei Uh, in the grove near (Jrater-
ville dam.
T. J. Huke, who owns a store budd-
ing in Cacne, is here or. a visit fro m
his home in Maitland, Mo.
The Cache band has been invited to
play at Lawton during the ] lir. Tues-
day has bsen chosen for Cache day.
Mrs. Richardson is packing up her
household goods preparatory to mov-
ing to Stillwater where her husband is
employed.
W. P. Smith and E. Leckie have
been attending Indian payment at Fort
Sill. Mr. Shipley, j , of Lawton, is in
i'JE j the Bank of Cache in their absence.
| , | An ice cream sj^iai was held at
tnn Union r.illlast Saturday night and
: several dollars weo cleared for the
ar' i benefit of the Sunday school at ti at
of ] place.
f I Mrs. Jarvis will entertain the teach-
ers of I'i ion Hill Sunday school Wed-
nesday night of this week at her home.
The teachers are Mrs. Clinton Jarv.s,
Frora Drake, Edith Thrift and Miss
Kellar.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Smith are mov-
ing into Mr. White's residence which
lias just been vacated by W K. Miller
and family. Mr. Miller expects to
lid that | move to Idaho and Mrs. Miller will
.-is r until fall with friends at Apache
and Dovejr.
School : begin September 11th,
inste d iptember 4i.h, the board
having , v it off one week on account
of the Labor day picnic and the county
fair. It is expected that a number of
pupils from surrounding districts will
attend school in Cache b?caus« of its
advantages in the way of having two
St time associated In a bu-dness ven-j te chers and a y*r of high school
ture in which Holmes "was to have an wrk. A tuition fee of one dollar per
Interest equal to the sum of $6,000. , month in advance will be charged to
w hich he was to receive a* a gift from j outsiders.
A small party had a pleasant little
HIGH APPRECIATION
President Is Complimented by Inter-
parliamentary Peace Congress.
Action in Tallinn a Second Pence .
Conference nt The llaaue nnd
Kflorta to Kml I'renent \\ *r
Com mended.
Brussels. Aug. 29.—The opening of j
the inter-Parliamentary congress in th*'
National palace here Monday morning
was the occasion for a notable <1 mon-
stration in be hail of President Roose-
velt and the success of the con-
feren at Portsmouth The session
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Better Than Last Year
fll:-
by
fraud
Mr Peel lu:
elated vi ry f
to testify hef
* ">n Ripei <;
Has acted as
Ir.i; Informal
dismissed as-<
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between Holme.
I he secret servlei
Initial 'P' which
In which Holm
ham. According
retary Wilson 01
made, Holmes ;
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and brokers found by
auents contained the
Is said to he the way
referred to Peck-
to the report of Sec-
i Mie Investigation he
dmitted that he and
relations, were at
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act ioti
ubjisct.
TO DISSOLVE UNION.
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to Airre
the other members of the Arm
Seeretary Wilson said that Mr. , .. ...
; Holmes admitted that when he had oc- , l1lcnlc ln tlie «rove "ear trmtemll.
• aslon to visit New York he frequent- j dam Sunday afternoon. Roast turkej
ly found that his hotel hills were paid
| liy Peckham or Van Riper. Secretary
| Wilson's report charged Holmes with
communicating advance Information
to Van Riper and Moses Haas ■ New
York.
Kiiiimiim Mil mi iart iii'iii^ Industrie*.
Washington, Aug. 29 —A bulletin on
the manufacturing industries of Kan-
sas was issued Monday by the census
bureau. It shows that in the state at
the beginning of the present year
were 2,472 manufacturing establish-
ments, as against 2.Ml in 1900, and
that the value of the products has in-
creased during the period of compari-
son from $154,005,104 to $193,473,117.
The wage earners in the state in this
line of industry number 35,105 as
assitist 27.0S9 in 1900 and the wa(j>.-s
paid them aggregated $18,(559,279 as
against $12,795,331. The total capi-
tal emploved increased from $59,457,-
081 to $94,945,720.
Stockholm, Sweden, A"-\ 2^ -l'h?
commissioners appointed to negotiate
wi*h regard to the dissolution of the
union of Sweden and Norway were
Saturday announced a,-; follows:
For Sweden: Christian Lundeberg,
the premier. Count A. F. Wachtmels-
, ter, minister of foreign affairs; M.
for dinner and bathing iu the pool Sfaaf member o£ the ,.ab|net without
near the dam were some of the pleas- . portfolio; and M. HammarsUJold.
ures of the afternoon. Those in the | minister of education an I ecclesiastic-
party were Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Bet- j al affairs.
tie Kelly, Rosina Simmons, Clara
Jones and Nina Glapole and Messrs.
Herbert and Wallace Thomas and Clay
Clingan, The only drawback to the
success of the picnic was the fact that
the ice man forgot to bring the ice.
(Perhaps it melted on the way.)
On Thursday at 2 p. m., occurred the
death of T. N. Savage, aged sixty-
seven years. Mr. Savage was re-
For Norway; Premier Michelsen, J
Foreign Minister Loeviand, C. C. I
Barnes, president of the storthing, and
M Vogt, former minister of the in-1
terior.
The commissioners will hold their
first meeting at Carlsbad Aug. 31.
Supply of Teaoher Increasing1.
Washington, Aug. 28—The census
bureau has just published as a bulle-
tin an analysis by Prof. Walter F
spected by all for bis honest and up-i Wilcox, of Cornell university, of the
right character and loved by all who census statistics relating to teachers,
lYonvenlnii lliirk Atmnrionod.
London, Aug. 28.—When passing
Lizard Head Sunday on her voyage
from Baltimore to London, the At-
lantic transport line steamer Mary-
land signalled that she had on board , , . . ,„
the crew of the Norweeian bark F. C. ! July celebration at Cache will remem-
Sieben, which she rescued ln mid- ber him as Uncle Sam in the parade,
ocean. She reported that she fell in j Correspondent.
with the Sieben August 24 in latitude
49 degrees north, longitude 20 degrees j
west (about 600 miles west of Lizard
Head), and took the crew from their I
waterlogged vessel. Before being j
abandoned the hulk was set on fire !
When last seen the derelict was blaz-
ing fiercely.
knew him for his kind disposition. He
has a family of five sond and two
dauf.nters, four of the sons living at
home and the elders son and daughters
married. The funeral services were
held Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The
wife of Mr. Savage died on September
12th, a little less than a year ago.
Mr. Savage represents the farmer | exceed the total number of clergymen,
on the Farmers' Union button,! lawyers and physicians.
being made from a photograph, and
those who attended the Fourth of
Calculating the school age as from!
five to 24. the report finds that, tak-
ing the country as a whole, there is!
an average of one tpacher to every 71'
pupils, or 140 for every 10,000. Th«
computation shows hiat the supply;
of teachers in proportion to school j
population has more than doubled in
the last 30 years and that teachers j
PEACE
To Denver.
D. A. Cauthorn, of Temple, was iu
tha city this morning on his way to
Denver. He is going on the Rock
Island excursion that leaves El Reno
tomorrow.
No Delny for the Englishman.
New York, Aug. 28.—Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, former chancellor of the
exchequer of Great Britain, with his
wife and two daughters, arrived here
on the Umbria Sunday and went di-
rectly to the Grand Central station,
where they took the first train for
Vanoouver. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
Japanese And Russion En-
voys Have Come to An
Agreement.
Comiiianlcatinjc Direct.
Portsmouth, N. H„ Aug. 25.—Up to
11 o'clock Thursday night six cable-!
grams had been received by Mr. Witte I
from St. Petersburg. A!1 came from I
Count Lamsdorf and all were opposed
to the Japanese compromise proposi-j
tlon as presented at Wednesday's meet-
ing. However, it is positively stated!
that the cablegrams announce that di-
rect pour parlers are now In progress
between Emperor Nicholas and Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Comanche Co. Fair
and Exposition,
LiAWTOlM,
September 5th to 9th
OKIiA.
inclusive, I905.
A Grander Display of
Stock and Farm Products
Than ever bufore made in Oklahoma.
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Every Day a Big
FIVE FULL DAYS OF RACING.
Zbt finest track in Oklahoma
Come Everv Day.
rriiis Year
11)1)4 Fair was
Will ha
immense
1+ur
Greater
Children's Day, Tuesday 5th.
When all OJjil'lron un&er 15 years will be
AD' A ITTED FREE.
Grand Artillery Drill Every Day.
Grand rfontf Contest
Between Country Sunday Schools.
Beginning Friday Forenoon.
Exciting Indian Races Every Day
Baby Show* IN early Every Day
For soui •. of the numerous Premiums.
The Power's Fine Silk Banner.
will asain bu awarded to the Indian Tribe having
the fastest horse in the races. ■
The Old Fiddlers Contest
will be the most unique ever seen.
Grand Stand Capacity Doubled
year; stables,
stalls, sheds and pens increased. Everything greatly improved.
Large Art Hall
has been erected, with Poultry Hall and
>ther ueGessary improvements.
The Contests Among Lady Riders,
for all classes and ages with tine premiums for the Winners.
THIS IS YOUR FAIR.
The Officers and Directors serVe without salary; every dol
lar profit goes toward making a lireater Fair Next Year.
Do your dutg as an American Citizen-
Farmer's Union Picnic, Friday the 8th.
Th^Great Lawton Derby, Saturday
Modern Woodmen Day, Wednesday 6th.
Palrte's Rire Works, Saturday Night.
BKUPTION OF Mt. £>ELBB.
50 l'eoole Gomous Costumes. Brilliant Kire Works. Grandest Ex-
hibition of Fire Works ever given in Oklahoma
since last
Tuesday Morning till Saturday Night
will be full of entertainment making it the Best County Fair ever
held In any Western State
For further information call on or address,
T. M. BIXBY, R. E. TROSPER,
Secretary. President.
Holme* Oat on llonrf.
Washington, Aug. 29.—Former As-
! sistant Statistician E. S. Holme-3, .!r.,
of the department of agriculture. In-
dicted together with F. A. Packham ,
and Moses Haas of New York oa the September 14th and 15th, 1IW5, has
.—The! charge of conspiring to defraud the been selected as the date for holding
government by prematurely divulging the division reunion for Oklahoma
the department cotton crop reports, i Territory, at Oklahoma < ity. I am
Confederate Veterans.
General Order No. 11.
To all United Confederate veterans:
Portsmouth, N. H., Ar j.
Japanese concede everything* They
is on his way to Singapore on a gov- j accepted Che Ru^&n ultimatum, no j surreTde"red"to the"united' Statesmar- very anxious for as many old soldiers
,hal Monday and later appeared before to attend in uniform as
ernment mission. Every courtesy was indemnity and a division of Sakhalin
granted to him by the customs offl-
Special Rates To Denver.
On account of theG. A. R. National
Encampment the Rock Island will make
a rate of 815.45 for the round trip from
Lawton to Denver, Colorado Springs,
and Pubelo.
Dates of Sale—August 30th to Sep-
tember 4th inclusive. Return limit
September 12th on payment of fee of
60 eta. limit wili be extended until
October7th.
At close of the Encampment Side
Trip tickets will be sold to all points in
Colorado and Utah at rate of one fare
for the round trip. For further in-
formation apply to E. A RictmoND,
Agent.
clals and he left the station without
the customary delay.
Germany KopIIm to France.
Paris, Aug. 27.—Prince von Radolln,
the German ambassador Saturday de-
livered to Premier Rouvler the reply
of Germany to the French note con-
cerning the programme to be discussed
at the Moroccan conference. The am-
bassador remained for an extended dis-
cussion of the question, which Is con-
sidered to have somewhat improved
as the result of Germany's reply.
tlVlll Meet Hest nt St. .loneph, Mo.
Council BlufTs, la., Aug. 26.—After
electing officers for coming year the
Missouri Valley Medical society Friday
chose St. Joseph an the place for hold-
ing Its spring meeting ln 1906 and then
adjourned.
without payment of redemption money.
The Japanese also yielded the intern-
ed warships and limitation of naval
power.
A scene of greatest excitement fol-
lowed the news in the lobby
Hotel Wentworth. The official bulle-
tin was telephoned from the conference
room at the navy yard by Mr. Sato
and like an electric thrill flooded
through the room. There were screams
of joy. Men threw their hats aloft,
women actually wept. Then there was
a rush for the telegraph offices and in
an instant the news was speeding to
the refaotest corners of the earth.
The
each
i camp are expected to attend. Have
!ynur wives and daughters oome with
you. Invite all union soldiers to par-
SKointion.riM u.t.it RuiUai. ticipate with us in this reunion. The
Caneu, Island of Crete, Aug. 26— railroads will make a low rate. Notify
muuudv auu iaiei uciule [ ,
Justice Stafford and gave bond ln ihe | TnBrtfid
sum of $10,000.
adiu-
Fighting has taken place In the R3tlm3 each member of your camp
district between Russian troops and By order of VVm. M Cross,
of the; revolutionaries The Russians were tant general, chief of staff, t.C
repulsed near Atsipopoulos. losing 20,1 Okla., Wv.; 8. J. Wllkins, maj g
soldiers and 20 gendarmes. The revo- | era'> ' a~ 1
lutlonarles afterwards, running short
of ammunition, retired to Rettmo.
here they joined another band. Their
^8s was six killed.
Was Gone Two Years.
This morning G. H. Taylor was ar-
rested, having in his possession ahorse
which was stolen from an Indian two ■
ars ago. When he came to town
To DlapoMe of %iu*rlcnn Goods.
Shanghai, Aug. 28.—The Chinese y
>relgn board has appointed a special this morning some Indian recognized
Will Meet In Chloifo Next Year.
Toledo, O., Ang. 26.—The League of
American Municipalities concluded its
convention by selecting Ghlcago as the
next meeting place. R. O. Rhett,
mayor of Charleston, S. C.( waa sleeted
president
Lawton Visitor.
James Hinton, a representative of
the Fort Smith and Western railroad,
is in the city visiting Scott Ferris, and
incidentally looking afterjsome Easi-
ness matters of the road.
commissioner to assist Chinese mer-
chants here to dispose of the enor-
mous quantity of American goods
contracted for before the boycott was
announced, hoping thus to avert a
financial panic.
Government Monopolies In Chlnn.
Shanghai, Aug. 28— An Imperial
edict declares that telephones and wire-
less telegraphs throughout Cutna ars
government monopolies.
the horse, although the brand had
been changed
from above the ej
the matter to the pi
madge made the
Taylor and the
couuty.
Taylor claims thi
horse in the Chic!
rendezvous for stole]
Oklahoma
rt removed
reported
J.C. Tal
turned
to the
ught the
Miss Maud Harper, who hae been
visiting her brother, J. C. Harper, for
the past two months, left on the noon
train for her home in Springfield, Mo.
Cotton Market.
New York future deliveries.
Aug. !«. 1906.
Open High Low Close
Aug $10 80 (10 84 $10 80 $10 80
Sept 10 80 10 88 10 70 10 78
Oct 10 97 11 01 10 86 10 93
Dec 11 09 11 10 10 95 11 03
Jan 11 12 11 17 11 02 11 05
Lawton spots best worth 10 cents.
Bad and damaged cotton not wanted.
Reported by the Lawton Cotton Ex-
change.
Lawton Market
Lawton, Aug. 31.
Cotton 4 00 to 10 00
Hay, per ton 6.50
^heat, new, per bushel $ ,70
Oats, per bushel 25
Corn, per bushel 25
Hogs per cwt 4.05
Cattle, butcher stuff 2 00
Sheep, per lb 5c
Cabbage, per pound 2e
Onions, per pound ^0
Potatoes, per bushel 50c
Butter fat, per pound 16c
Turkeys, per pound ._ . —- —.... 8c
Chickens, young, per pound.... 10c
Chickens, old, per pound 6c
Butter, per pound 20c
Eggs, per dozen 10c
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