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The Prague Patriot [GENERAL NEWS NOTES
B. S. EDWARDS, PUB.
PRAGUE,
OKIJAHOMA
NEW STATE NOTES
A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE NEWS
OF THE WEEK
I
I nder peremptory instructions from
OKLAHOMA STATE NEWS
Latest News Happenings Condensed i'or the Busy Readers
AT A CRITICAL TIME.
trains collided
DIGGING FOR BODIES
~ : Judge Riner of Wyoming, the jury in
Wynnewood may give a bonus of I the United States district court ac
$2(1,000 to nn interurban line passing quitted Edward (1. Lewis of the
through that town. The commercial I charge of using the mails to defraud
club now has a project under consid-
eration.
Two Trainmen Killed and Twenty Premises of Notorious Oklahoma
are Injured Woman Will he Dug Up
MUSKOGEE: A southb.und its ; OKLAHOMA CITY: Believing that
... ) senger train on the Missouri, Kan , there is a possibility that in the dark-
-f >i■ i> I"- iV ■' '' orga"lza 10" sas & Texas road collided headon ened cellar.- of resorts formerly con-
Df his Peoples United States bank at, with a fre|ght lraJn three niil(.s | ducted by "Big Anne". Bailey, now
One hundred delegates attended the
annual convention of the Knights of „(j„i Bliu iujb jo ^CY>IB Beculll
Columbus at Enid last week. El Reno trial, the first resulting in a jury dis
was chosen as the next meeting agreement.
place. !
The bell which marked the dedica-
, t , a fre'eht train three miles j ducted by "Big Anne" Halley, now
'! tt'18 '. °S'V I north of here Friday. Two men were ' charged with multi-murders, mav be
a postal fraud order nearly three k|lk.d instanU am| twentv or more found the bodies of many victims who
years ago and this is Lewis second injure(i Thp m were WiM were las. seen in her'resort. Coun-
trial, the first resulting in a nirv dis. , . . .. ~ .
A state convention of the Christian tjon of the new buildings of the Col-
Endeavorers, lasting three days, will u.gt. ot the city of New York 0D
be held at Enid beginning June 13. Washington heights, which cost $7,-
The postofflce department has ac TfZtTi ****, dPd,Pa,ed ],ast ™ and plowed through each other'for
rented terms or a ten v"ar lease tor • . "°S. * th# <* car lengths. Both engines, two
^ ?"!r^r!0CCa8,0n I*'"8 a,S0. ,h" Rlxtieth annl: express cars and two freight cars
* "it-aaiuu ufiu& aiso ine sixuein anni*
the Pawnee postofflce from June 1st. versary or the college, was sounded
The lease Includes fixtures. bv Mrs. Qrover Cleveland.
Recently an oil lease near Sapulpa The Show Printers association,
sold for 117,000. This is as much as which held its annual convention in
leases in the Glenn pool Held brought Chicago last week went on record as
in its infancy. Several leases have 6ejng j„ favor eliminating all
been sold in the new field. forms of objectionable advertising
i from the bill boards of the country.
At a recent meeting of the Tulsa
city council an ordinance was passed The first conviction in a "black
prohibiting wagons bearing consign- hand" case in Chicago was obtained
ments of nitroglycerine passing last week when a jurv found Vito
.jjured. The men ........ «... .... —... ... .,c. .com., v/uuu-
liam West, express messenger on the ty Attorney E. E. Keardon will con-
nitsnMni'pp tvnirt ....a i fer with Sheriff Garrison at once, with
a view of digging in secluded places i
about the establishments.
Whether murder monsters equalled i
only by Mrs. Belle Gunness, owner ot '
the now notorious killers' clearing |
house, used the suspected premises as
a private burying ground is a ques- j
tion that the investigation is expected j
to determine.
passenger train and James Lana-
han, engineer of the freight train.
The wreck was due to Engineer
Lanahan of the freight train mistak-
ing his orders. The two heavy trains
came together with terrific impact
Women Are Likely to Suffer with Dan.
gerous Kidney Disorders.
Mrs. John Kirk, R. F. D. No. 2, De-
troit, Mich., says: "Five years ago .it
a critical time of life
I was on the verge of
a collapse with kid-
ney troubles, back-
ache, dizziness, puffy
dropsy swellings and
urinary irregularities.
I lost flesh and felt
languid, nervous or
unstrung all the time.
As my doctor did not help me I began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. In a few
weeks all these symptoms left me. I
now weigh 163 pounds and feel in ex-
cellent health."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box,
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
if
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CAUSE FOR HIS HURRY.
SALOON MEN TO BE REIMBURSED
Unused Portions of License Money
| were telescoped.
James Lanahan, engineer of the
| freight train, noticed the on-coming
(Iyer when it was one-half mile
away. He applied the air and whist-' Unused Portions of License
, led for brakes. He jumped just as 1 Must be Returned
the two engines crashed together and | GUTHRIE: That the unearned por-
feli down an emb inkment. Before he ,ion of saloon licenses, in the posses-
: could arise, a car loaded with lumber s'on of city and county authorities at
toppled over on him, and he was bur- the time prohibition became effective
through the streets of the city.
The meeting of the state library
association was held in Shawnee last
week.
By using dynamite in blowing out
stumps on his farm near Columbia.
a. E. Houghey, a prominent farmer
of Kingfisher county was seriously
injured, but will recover.
The first annual meeting of the
Oklahoma Elks' association will i>e
held in Oklahoma City May 27. It is
estimated that 500 Elks will attend
this meeting.
Morici guilty of conspiracy to extort
$500 from Lucian Tomaselli, a wins
merchant, by means of threatening
letters.
I before the supreme court for a writ
By a decision given by the comp- to prohibit the judge of the probate
troller of the currency, Oklahoma is ; court of that county from enjoining
entitled to three per c< nt interest on the county court from ordering a spe-
the five million dollar school appro- ; cial election on local option.
priation from the time the enabling
act was passed until the money was I Secretary of agriculture, James
actually paid over to the new state. Wilson, who has held his cabinet port*
Tills decision makes a difference in ! rolio longer than any member of the
favor of Oklahoma of $210,000. j cabinet, announced to several of his
intimate friends recently that he was
More than 500 acres of new land j about to resign. He declared that he
will be opened for town lot sales as had worked hard for the success of
led underneath.
WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION
Federal Judge Campbell Will Retain
His Position on Bench
MUSKOGEE: "I have positively
and permanently withdrawn my resig-
nation from the department of jus-
tice," declares United States Judge
Ralph Campbell. "The step wa.- tak
I en out of deference to members of
the bar of this city who have persist
! ently assured me that it would be
the best interests of the bar and to
myself. There are also other rea-
sons that I do not care to discuss.'
Judge Campbell denied that the
v ... m„ i„i i . ,. ".. scramble among republican lawyers
New Madrid, Mo., filed an application , .... , , . ,
,i „ , and politicians had anything to do
with his decision. The letter of with-
drawal was forwarded to Washing-
Tile Reserve Trust company ol
Cleveland, Ohio, has made an assign*
nicut to the Superior Savings and
Trust company. The liabilities of the
concern are about $2,700,000. inabil-
ity to realize on outstanding loans is
said to have precipitated the failure.
Officers of the company say deposit-
ors will be paid in full.
through the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory into the union,
must be returned to the liquor men,
because the authorities are not "in
equity and good conscience entitled
to retain it.' is the substance of an
opinion rendered by Associate Jus-
tice Turner of the supreme court and
concurred in by the other four mem-
bers.
I love to see a little boy in
such a hurry to get to school!"
"Y es, sir. Me little brother's got de
measles, an' I'm hurrying up to get
excused!"
BOY KEPT SCRATCHING.
George II. Taylor, an attorney of
ton the fore part of the week and not
until now did Judge Campbell ad-
mit that he had decided to retain the
place.
ORDER TO BE DISREGARDED
Pioneer Telehone Company Will Not
Heed Reduction Order
OKLAHOMA CITY: Despite the
fact that the. corporation commission 1
has issued a final ordt r to become ef-
fective in ten days, reducing the tele- j
phone rates in Enid, with a reduction |
promised subscribers ?n Oklahoma
City and other towns, E. D. Nims, j
president of the Pioneer Telephone !
company, declares that the rates will
Eczema Lasted 7 Years—Face Was All
Raw—Skin Specialists Failed, But
Cuticura Effected Cure.
"When my little boy was six weeks
old an eruption broke out on his face.
I took him to a doctor, but his face
kept on getting worse until it got so
bad that no one could look at him.
His whole face was one crust and
must have been very painful. He
scratched day and night until his face
•"vas raw. Then I took him to all the
"iiest specialists in skin diseases but
-....j.iwi j , u- ^.iuhd L11 ill LllO JclLfS Will o^viauoiO ill &IY1I1 UlbeiLSeS UllL
not be reduced in any towns in the j they could not do much for him. The
additions to Lawton within the next
few months. This includes the new
Baptist university addition of 220
acres and a 320 acre tract formerly
Comanche Indian school land, which
is to be offered for sale within 90
days, as provided by the Hill recently
passed by both houses of the con-
gress.
the agricultural department for ten
years and was anxious to step down
and give some younger man a chance.
The supreme court of Missouri has
denied the application of the supreme i „
I lodge of the Knights of Pythias for on comes-
j a writ of mandamus to compel the
j state superintendent of insurance to
issue a license to do business in Mis-
Tile county commissioners ot sourl. The lodge sought to come un-
Woods county have employed M. E. der the provisions of regular life in-
France, those of Alfalfa county, J. surance laws, as a beneficial associa-
L. Pickens, and those of Major conn- ■ tion and to allow policies to be writ-
P.. H. Whimpey, as a committee J ten under the non-forfeiture
Appropriation for Storm Victims
WASHINGTON: A resolution ask-
ing relief for the tornado sufferers
in western Oklahoma has been intro-
duced in the house by Congressman
Fulton, and there is a probability
that the measure will pass within a
few days. The Oklahoma counties
traversed by the succession of sinali
twisters are in the second congres-
sional district, that from which Mr.
ty
law.
REMNANT LOT SALE
Indian Agent Fixes Dates for Dispo
sition of Unsold Town Lots
MUSKOGEE: Commissioner.!. Geo.
Wright has issued an official notice
that all of the town lots remainin
state, the order of the corporation
commission notwithstanding. As-
serting that the commission is retard-
ing the development of telephone
lines in Oklahoma, President Nims 1
threatens to fight the order of the i
commission carrying the case to the I
supreme court of the state, thence
to the United States supreme court,
if necessary. In the meantime, he
says, the old rates will remain in
force.
* " " I * , - " ~ .VUiUIUUIft
to inquire into the assets and liabili which the supreme court held does unsold in the following towns in the
>•— _ r ... , _ • ' **--'not belong to fraternal beneficiary \ Creek and Cherokee nations will be
ties of former Woods county for the
purpose of recommending an equit-
able division.
The Knights of Columbus, one of
the largest and most powerful Catho-
lic organizations in the world, has
refused to permit its members to be-
come dispensary agents under the
new Oklahoma law. It holds that a
person who acts as a dispensary
agent is a saloon keeper or bartender
regardless of the conditions under
which the liquor is sold. This is the
psult of advice from the national or-
associations.
sold on the dates mentioned: Boyn
ton, June 1; Okmulgee, June 2:
Beggs, June 3; Sapulpa, June 4: Bix
by, June 8; Wagoner, June 9; Checo
tah, June 18; Ochelata, June 5; Hill
It is reported from Lexington, Ky.
that within the next few days an at
tempt will be made by the state mi-| ■ , utut-ia^, juue o, /mi-
litia to arrest between 200 and 300 i side, June 6; Pryor Creek, June 10;
"night riders" on the evidence of de- j Adair, June 11; Vinita, June 12;
tectives. Trouble is expected when Centralia, June 13; Chelsea, June 15;
the soldiers begin to round up the ! Claremore, June 16; Fort Gibson,
offenders. Well known men who are , June 17, and Texanna, June 19. The
under suspicion have been purchasing purchaser of such lots will be re-
guns and ammunition expecting ar- ! quired to pay 50 per cent of the
rest. At Augusta the night riders purchase price in cash and the re-
have served notice on merchants not mainder in six months.
wu t • i * ■ iii in' ii ti i 111 ii ti i v i nn « r' i uii 111 *« i * ^ v 'u nn i v. II ctii i o ill# i
ganization upon application of one of to sell soldiers goods on pain of trou- :
the members who had been appointed j ble.
agent in Oklahoma. (
Charged with being implicated in
the recent sensational robbery of the
Kiefer postofflce, when a large sum
of money was secured, John, alias
"Dutch" Carter was arrested at
Tulsa Friday by United States auth-
orities.
Eugene V. Debs and Benj;unln
I tan ford, of New York, were nominat-
ed for president and vice-president
ny the socialists' national convention.
The city council of Kingfisher has
passed an occupation tax ordinance.
In an effort to save the life of his
12-year old son, E. S. Stokesberry. a
well known resident of Tulsa, was
drowned in the Arkansas river near
there Friday.
A passenger train of the Colorado
ind Southern railroad was ditched
lear Huerfano, Colo., Friday, the en-
gine and four coaches being wrecked.
The county commissioners of Tulsa
county have let contracts for seven-
teen steel bridges at a cost of $419.-
445. This is one of the first counties
In eastern Oklahoma to make an ef-
fort towards road Improvement.
Several persons
hut nobody killed
seriously injured
REMOVAL BILL PASSED
Oklahoma Delegation Will Approve
Senate Amendment
WASHINGTON: The bill removing
the restrictions from lands of tbe live
civilized tribes of Oklahoma, as
j amended by the senate committee on
Indian affairs and reported by Sena
tor Owen, has been passed by the
| senate, as recommended by the com-
1 rida> was the last day of the mlttee. The measure, having been
president's national resource conven- j amended after passed by the house
Oklahoma's Official Whiskey
MUSKOGEE: The manufacturers
of Sunnybrook whiskey are likely to
find themselves in trouble over their
contract to furnish Oklahoma with li-
quor for the dispensaries. Already
great bill boards have been erected
along the western border of Arkan-
sas next to the Oklahoma line on
which are posted flaming advertise-
ments the statement that Sunnybrook
is the official whiskey for Oklahoma
and that the state will buy no other.
Prohibitionists object to having the
name of the state linked with that of
a distillery and will attempt to have
it stopped.
Train Must Be Re-instated
GUTHRIE: After hearing argu-
ments on the case, the corporation
commission has prepared an order
which will be issued this week and
become effective in ten days, requir-
ing the Santa Fe railway company to
reinstate a passenger train between
Tulsa and the Kansas state line. The
train was taken off during the re-
trenchment period.
eczema got on his arms and legs and
we could not get a night's sleep in
months. I got a set of Cuticura Reme-
dies and he felt relieved the first time
I used them. I gave the Cuticura
Remedies a good trial and gradually
the eczema healed all up. He is now
seven years old and I think the trou-
j ble will never return. Mrs. John G.
I Klumpp, SO Niagara St., Newark, N.
J., Oct. 17 and 22, 1907."
The Coloring Mattrr.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the govern-
) ment's famous food expert, was talk-
ing about the adulteration of wines.
One day, he said, "I heard a wine
salesman discussing a new price list
with his father. The father was going
to buy some wines. He turned page
j after page of the list, ticking off his
; selections with a pencil.
" 'Look here, son,' he said, 'how is it
that your red wines are all dearer
than your whites?'
Why, said the son indignantly,
'do you think that crimson lake costs
nothing?'"
Instantaneous Action.
"I was almost distracted by a ter-
rible itching which defied all treatment
until I obtained a box of Hunt's Cure.
The first application afforded instant
and absolute relief. The one box ef-
fected a complete cure.
"It is simply wonderful in its in-
stantaneous action."
GEO. GILLILAND,
Manitou, O. T.
tion. Roosevelt and Bryan both
spoke, while Mrs. Roosevelt enter-
tained with a lawn party. Roosevelt
said that he didn't care who enforc-
ed the law, the state or the national
government, just so it was enforced
for the good of the peole.
Prof. Humphreys, associate instruc-
tor In the department of English in
tne state university, has resigned to
accept the chair of English literature
will now go to a conference commit
tee and the Oklahoma delegation will
attempt before that committee to
have the bill raise the limit so as to
include half bloods, <ind will recom
mend other minor amendments.
The original bill provded that re-
( strictlons should be removed from all
Bandits held up and robbed the lands, Including homesteads of allot-
Santa Fe aguit of $35,000 at French, tees of less than half blood, but the
N M Thursday, escaping to the west ' senate amended it so as to extend to
accept tne cnatr or English literature N M inuiMiay. escaping to the west senate amended it so as to extend to
in the University of Michigan. Prof where they passed through Emory! Indians of quarter or less than quar-
Humphreys Is a graduate of Harvard i Gap Friday morning. Their horses ter blood, and thus reduced the total
In the class of 1901. In 190;t he took ; wore Jaded and a posse is in pursuit, j from ten million to seven million
his A. M degree from that school ^ reward of $5,000 has been offered. ' acres. This amendment leaves Con
and came directly to Oklaboma. ' gressuian Carter a restricted Indian.
Upholds President in Brownsville
NEW YORK: The right of Presi-
dent Roosevelt summarily to dismiss j
a negro soldier of the C ,:h infantry
for alleged participation In the rid
at Brownsville, Tex., was sustained
by Judge Hough in the United States
district court. Oscar W. Reid, the j
soldier sued the government to re I
cover $122 as wages from the date ot
his dismissal to the expiration of his !
enlistment. District Attorney Stim-
son contended that the president had j
a right to dismiss the soldier. Judge
Hough sustained this contention and I
directed a judgment in favor of the j
government.
A Hard Loser.
First Cheap Sport—I saw McGann
comin' out of the poolroom lookin' like
a hard loser.
Second Cheap Sport—He lost all he
had.
lirst Cheap Sport—How much?
Second Cheap Sport—The price of
his morning's eye-opener.—Illustrated
Sunday Magazine.
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of(
In I'se For Over ,'?0 Years,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Very Likely.
"Again Mae Wood!" exclaimed the
non-sensational reader of the newspa-
pers.
"Yes," replied his cynical friend;
"I guess they wish Mae wouldn't."
BARTLESVILLE: In justice court
here J. D. Stratford and children, ne-
groes, charged with violating tho
"Jim Crow" law by refusing to •move I
to the negro coach, were discharged. Garfield Digestive Tablets
I hey had bought tickets at Coffeyville From your druggist, or the Garfield
and were going So Tulsa. They based Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y„ 25c per bot-
their defense on the plea of being In tie. Samples upon request.
ter-state pasnengers. The justice up
held their contention, deciding thai
the separate coach law could not ap
ply to them.
We are willing to be knaves In order
to acquire wealth, and fools in order
that it uiay not bore us.—Life.
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