Norman Democrat--Topic. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1905 Page: 3 of 10
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World's Finest Railway Station
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THE. WASHIHGTO/1 Tfc:RMIM>\L,
dcclareu
The Washington Terminal Railway 1 Burnham, having
nearing completion at I close of the White City's magnifi-
cence, that he would some day build
a monument to that wonderful crea
tion. In every aspect except in*
height, the new structure is larger
than the national capitol, stands upon
a plaza 1,000 feet long and 500 feet
wide, other sites upon the plaza be-
ing reserved for a continuation of the
plans for a "city beautiful' by the
erection of other fine structures
AFTER HOLIDAYS
statehood bill, according to
republican caucus, will
be hung up awhile
NOTHING BUT AN
MEASURI
station, now
the intersection of Massachusetts
and Delaware avenues, in the capita1
city, at a cost of {14,000,000, will be,
undoubtedly, the finest railway sta
tion in the world. It is a magnificent
edifice In white granite, a great tri-
umphal anh In design, and is said
to be the apotheosis in imperishable
marble of the Chicago world's fair
architecture, Its designer, Daniel H.
WEDDING AND FUNERAL ALIKE. | dinates. Hummell is not especially
; missed from the office of the district
Much Resemblance in Ceremonies, Ac attorney, but he Is missed along the
cording to Western Writer. Rl.li... I, wn, bis boast fur years
. difference be 'hat he never missed a first night.
There is mighty little d. a since his indictment he has missed
tween a wedding and a funeral. At a
"vedding the
, .■ wnii- Binwiv ! 10° of them- He liaB Srown pale and
"vedding the relations ^ subdued and his once rotund little
.own the aisle ollowed by he bridal ^ ^ shrunk
considerably. Hum-
couple and a string of attendants, ai i
a funeral the relations enter the
church slowly, followed by the coffin
ARID LAND TO BE RECLAIMED.
Irrigation Will Make New Mexico
Blossom Like a Garden.
A new star on ihe flag is the mean
ing of the national irrigation act ap-
plied to Now Mexico, where the bios
soming gardens and populous
is about 5 feet nothing in height
perous communities of Pueblo Indians i ^ commjt(ee. Hearing
which flourished there when Coronado , • aUestion of emb<
and the pallbearers. At a wedding the
real relations of the bride sit on one
tide of the church and the in-law
relations sit on the other. The Kin
of the remains take opposite sides of
the church at a funeral. '1 he organ
rolls out the same deep music and the
odor of flowers is as heavy at a wed-
ding as at a funeral. After the church
services are over the bridal couple
and attendants leave the church first,
followed by the relatives, and at a
funeral the coffin and pallbearers are
given precedence of the relatives In
and three years ago be weighed about sa|ieii up the Rio Grande hundreds of
130 pounds. He now weighs about years ago are to bo revived from its
122,400 square miles of arid America.
The Rio Grande valley is to be re-
claimed by a great dam over this ca-
pricious river, which one day has lit-
tle or no surface flow and the next is
a raging torrent, cutting new chan-
nels, carrying off dams, and sweeping
away entire farms. Some of the rich-
fifteen pounds less.
OWNERSHIP OF LITTLE VALUE.
Art Dealer's Purchased Treasures
Must Not Be Moved.
Italy desires the keeping of its art
treasures within its own boundaries
Both Statehood Questions to be Con
tained in One Bill—Can't Get Okla
homa Cut Loose and Considered or
Its Own Merits
WASHINGTON: The republlcat
members of the house in caucus unan !
imously declared in favor of admit
ting Oklahoma and Indian Territory
as one state, and by a vote of 110 to
05, declared in favor of admitting
Arizona and New Mexico as one state
Both statehood question are to bo
New Mexico, and it i* understood
considered in one bill lhe confer
ence which resulted in this action
took place immediately at the conclu
sion of si session of the house, and
occupied an hour and a half. Ihe
only opposition to the program was
directed against joining Arizona anc
Mr. Adams of Wisconsin and Mr. Taw-
ney of Minnesota were the two speak-
ers on this side.
The program of the leaders was
presented at the outset by Mr llumil
ton, chairman of the committee op
! territories, in a resolution which he
offered. It declared it to be the sense
if the conference that one state b.
I made out of Oklahoma and Indian
' Territory and one state out of Ari
! /.ona and New Mexico; that the com
j mittee on territories be requested to
; formulate this plan in one bill,
j The Hamilton bill already intro-
duced contains the necessary provis
I Ions to meet this resolution and wil
undoubtedly be the measure reported
on this
bill, on the question of embodying a
constitutional amendment prohibiting
the sale of liquor in the two tern
lories, has partially been given a
CANNOT ABRIDGE RIGHTS
Claims Made That Prohibitory Amend-
ment Would Not Stick
GUTHRIE: Colonel Bob Lowry, c'
Stillwater, does not think the Oklaho-
ma people need to worry about the
proposition of a prohibitory clause in
the enabling act. even If congress
does decide to put one In.
"The statehood bill will go through
the house straight." he said, "but •
wouldn't be surprised to seo the senate
tack on a prohibitory amendment. It
won't make any difference if they do.
We were talking with Assistant At
torney General Kussoll when the state,
hood committee was in Washington
and he said that in his opinion any
prohibitory provision would be nuga-
tory.
"He further said that they had been
1 figuring around to see if there was an>
way in which such a provision could
be framed so at to make It binding
but could find none, as all of the states
must come in on an equal footing
under the constitution of the I"nitec*
States. So, if they take the advice o
the department of justice, I here won't
be any prohibitory clause in the en
abllng act."
COTTON IS NOT A GRAIN
Cannot be Insured by Companies Pro
tecting Such Crops
CORDELL: According to a deel
ion by Judge R. A. JJillups, In the pro
bate court here, cotton Is not a grain
and cannot be insured by companies
which are chartered exclusively to in-
sure growing crops of grain or grain
| in storage. The State Mutual Insttr
j ance Company during the past sum-
mer insured a number of fields of
cotton near here, taking notes from
the farmers for premiums. W hen th
notes fell due some of the signers re-
fused to pay. and suit was commenced
to enforce their collection. Attor
neys for the farmers demurred, rais
ing the contention that, cotton is not
specifically mentioned In the com
pany's charter, the notes given by
the farmers for premiums were void
Judge Billups sustained the demurrer
Cures Cholera-lnfantum.
Diarrhea,Dyjcntery, and
the Bowel Troubles ol
Children of Any Age.
Aids Digestion, Kc^uiates
the Bowels, Strengthens
the Child and Makes
TEETHING EASY, v
Or mall 26 cent* to G. J. MOFFETT. M. D., ST. LOUIS. MO.
Mother! Hesitate no longer, but save the health and life oi
your child as thousands havo done, by giving these powders.
TEETHINA Is easily given and quickly counteracts and over*
comos the effects of tho summerfs heat upon teething children*
MOFFETT®
Ccsts OnJy 25 cents ct Prnjoisfai
' VISIT YOUR OLD
For a week or so this fall. Set* your old friends; talk over old times with
them tell them wb.it you are doing in the Great Southwest, and, if possible
induce tliun to come bat k with you, aiul look the ground over.
LOW RATES
November 14 and 28
To All points in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska,
North and South DaKota, Wisconsin and to cer-
tain points in Illinois, Michigan and Missouri.
l ull Details from your nearest Rock Island Agent.
GEO « I EE,.
Gen Pass flyt,
Little. Rock, Ark
J rS McNftLLY
D!v Pass flijt.
Oklahoma Gitij, 0 T
, hearing. Aside from this question
the bill is practically in shape to r< ; In New Guinea the ladles wear nose
The liquor hearings will not be j rings, piercing the nose in the same
port.
ems t(
bill unit!
sometimes with rather odd re- j est mines in the world are to 1 e de-
and
suits. The other day a farmer, find-
ing his finances low, yielded to the
solicitation of an art dealer and sold
him the removable masonry of two
the
leaving the church. The samt hacks ancient windows belonging
stand at the door and the processions fragment of an ancient abbey, now an
outhouse, in his grounds. The gov-
ernment commissioner, hearing of the
transaction, visited the farm and of-
fieally prohibited the removal of the
in both cases pass slowly out of sight.
After everything is over the relatives
ggt together and talk things over very
much the same in both instances.
There are some tears, some criticisms, i windows. The farmer was in de-
some complaints about blunders and , spair; he had received his 500 francs
the incidents are closed.—Atchison, and, like the Irishman, had squan-
Kan, Globe. 1 dered his fortune in paying his debts.
' The commissioner used comfortable
Lawyer's Fall From Grace. words: "You have sold the windows
Abe Hummell, the celebrated New and he has paid you money which you
York criminal lawyer, who for over ! have prudently spent. De content.
twenty years has been a leader of tne
bar there In the practice of a certain
kind of law. has dropped out of sight
since an indictment was brought
against him charging perjury. He
has not entered the district attorney's
Hut the buyer was not equally con-
tented. He sought out the commls
sioner, who blandly congratulated
veloped and a remarkably fertile soil
made to yield its teeming crops. Last
year one onion grower realized a profit
in excess of $G00 from less than an
acre of Bermuda onions, and a farner
exhibiting at the St. Louis exposition
was awarded the gold medal tor sufeai
cane over all competitors, including
those from Cuba and Hawaii. Marvel
ous yields of alfalfa, cereals, veget
ables, and fruit are produced.
How Fine Hymn Was Written.
hurried, and the plan now
he to delay reporting the
after the holidays. When it Is re |
ported a rule will be brought in foi
its immediate consideration by the- j
house
The conference had not proceeded
long when the debate was limited tc
five-minute speeches, and this actior
caused complaint by those opposing
the admission of New Mexico and
Arizona as one state.
Speaker Cannon took the floor an<?
spoke vigorously for the two-statt
plan. After Mr. Adams and Mr. Taw
ney had opposed it. Mr. (Irosvernor o:
way that
ears.
civilized women pierce tin5
Tohn Henry Newman, afterward Ohio took the opportunity to read
cardinal, was taken ill while in Sicily, number of newspaper clippings giv
One morning without apparent cause ing an account of what he termed a
he sat up in bed and began to sob bit-
terly. His servant asked what was
the matter and Mr. Newman replied
that he wanted to return to Engl?'
As soon as he was able to travel he
ofllce in a year and all his immense of flesh mildly repeats itself in a ton
business is carried on through subor- of masonry
him on having become the owner of I started for the mainland in an orange
the windows, which, however, he j boat, and it was while he was he-
could not remove. Shyloclc's pound i calmed in the Straits of Bonifacio that
he wrote the famous hymn "Lead,
Kindly Light."
New Battleship Launched
SOLDIER CONVICTS ESCAPE
Guard Must Now Prove That He Diu
Not Assist Them
LAWTON: Fred B. Wallace an<f
George W. Munger, two prisoners con 1
fined at Fort Sill, escaped while un
der the supervision of a guard, Chas i
Hastings. The men were about a mile
east of the post when, according tc
the story of Hastings, the two prison
ers overpowered him and escaped |
Hastings alleges he was riding horse i
back behind the two prisoners whf
were seated on a wagon loaded wit* 1
dirt. While his attention was at ,
traded in an opposite direction bolt (
of them suddenly sprang from th<
wagon, one grabbed his horse by th*
bridle and the other secured his car (
bine and by pointing it at. him mad?
him give up his revolver. He was or
dered to dismount and climb into th<
wagon, which he did, while one o4 ;
the prisoners mounted the horse. The] '
drove southeast to a point on Cachc
I creek, east of Lawton, where they
j abandoned the wagon and horse after
j hitching the animal in the timber
Want Guthrie Gas Franchise | They walked some distance dmvi
GUTHRIE: James Show-alter ol . Cache creek before it became dark
Hartford, Indiana, and W. M. Spur, j Then they removed the firing pit
lock of Guthrie have asked the city | from the carbine and gave it back t<
'junket" which a number of member!
of the house had taken through tll(
territories last summer, at whict
time they had publicly stated they
would oppose the admission, jointly
of Arizona and New Mexico.
Questions were asked as to the
binding character of the conference
and replies emphatically indicates
that a conference of republican mem
bers of the house should be consid
ered as binding on members partici
paling in It.
Tin Soithwkst Limited will be two years
old on December 6, 1905. Since it entered the
field there lias been a general betterment of
train service between Kansas City and Chica-
go, but the trail that set the pace st 11.1. leads
Its route is via
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway.
Leaver. Union Station, Kansas City, 5.55 p. m.
Grand Avenue, 6 07 p. m., arrives Union Sta-
tion, Chicago, 8.20 a. in. A postal card will
bring yon complete information about rates,
routes and train service.
G. L_ COBB, Southwestern Passcnftei'
4i07 Main £>*., K.in^afs City, Mo.
ZZ.S jB/zUlcshi/o IDAHO.
The battleship Idaho was launched The Idaho is a sister ship of the
at the yard of the William Cramp Mississippi, which was launched on
Ship and Engine building company at Sept. 30. Except for windlass and
Philadelphia Dec. 9. The vessel was steering Roar, practically all her
named by Miss Louise May Gooding, auxiliary machinery will be operated
daughter of Gov. Gooding of Idaho. by electricity, and her two military
In addition to Gov. and Mrs. Good- masts will be fitted for wireless
Ing. Idaho was represented by a dele- telegraphy.
cation of citizens The keel plates of the Idaho were
Heal Kansas Hior.etr.
Mat hew Sawyer, who died
week in Atchi*>n county, south
erest, Kan., was 97 years
Epitaph for Chamberlain.
last j In a recent address Lord Rosebery
f Ev- paid his respects in this pungent fash-
f age and j ion to Joseph Chamberlain
council for a franchise to supply th<=
city with gas—either manufactured or
natural Tho council has taken the
matter up and will report their find
Ings at a subsequent meeting. The
life of the franchise asked would be
twenty-one years.
BIXBY REFUSES
Proceedings Against Commissioner ti
Force Him to Recognize Citizens
MUSKOGEE: Dr. G. 11 Braum
and others have filed mandamus pro
ceedlngs against Tarns Bixby, com-
missioner to the five civilized tribes
for tho purpose of forcing him to
recognize their alleged rights as citi
zens by blood of the Choctaw nation
The amount of property involved i?
said to be about $40,000. Several I
years ago the commissioner refused I
the plaintiff's adm; sion on the ro!l<«
The cases were taken to the United
States court, and lunge Clavton or
dered that they ho recognized by tho
commission as entitled to all the
1 rights of citizenship by blood The
laid in May of last year. She will plaintiff s allege that Commissioner
have a displacement of 13,000 tons Bixby now refuses to obey tho d-
and a speed of 17 knots. Her main l (ision of the court.
battery will consist of four 12-inch, j
eight 8-inch and eight 7-inch breech ' The statehood boomers are de
loading rifles, and she will be fitted termined that Oklahoma shall have
with two submerged torpedo tubes. fair show at this session of con res
The Idaho will have a complement j They are giving one themsolv. ^ in
of 7«" 0 officers and men. | the corridor of the capitol.—Kansar
City Journal.
hart lived on the farm where his death | not pay a sufficient tribute to Mr
occurred since 1858. His wife was a
practicing physician in the border
lays and administered to the wants of
the early settlers. Mr. Sawyer helped
to make the Inauguration suit worn
by President Jackson. He hauled
corn to Atchison in the early days, re-
ceiving 10 cents a bushel, and it took
an entire load to purchase a pair of
boots.
Moving Day.
"Are you sure wo brought every-
thing from the house, William?"
"I don't know Maria: I don't miss
anything, but I feel like we had forgot-
ten something."
"Did you compare the things as tho
man took them out with tho list?"
"Yes, and it's all right.'
"Then what was It that we didn't re-
member?"
"Good heavens, Maria, I know now!
We forgot the children!"—Baltimore
Amerlcap.
Chamberlain. Looking far into the
future, however. I feel that I could
write his epitapli and it would run as
follows:
• IN A POLITICAL CAREER
OF THIRTY YEARS
HE SPLIT UP
BOTH
THE GREAT POLITICAL PARTIES
OF THE STATE."'
Is It Possible?
It looks suspiciously like a fact
that Chinese graveyards are being
made to give up their "pigtails," On
nc other ground can the supply of hair
from China be explained. In life, the
Chinaman will part with any other
possession rather than his head-dress;
moreover, hair from the living man
is not charged heavily with sand.
Nevertheless, the hair comes to mar-
ket, Is trafficked in by tho thousand
jounda weight, and is value for some
3G cents per lb.—Textile Mercury.
Sleuth Not to Blame.
A Manchester, N. II . woman com
plained to the police that thieves were
stealing her milk before she could get
it into the house. A watch was set.
who guarded the place faithfully until
dawn, but the milk was gone as usual
It looked as if It had been stolen di-
rectly under the nose of the officer
The mystery was only cleared up when
the milkman told the sleuth that he
had not left any milk there for five
days and didn't propose to until tho
good housewife settled in full for
"goods had and received."
Gold Piece Turns to Nickel.
In a street car, In Cleveland, the
other day a young man suddenly stop-
ped and picked up something from tho
fioor. After looking at it a moment
he asked, In a loud voice, ' Has any-
body lost a five-dollar gold piece?"
Instantly a solemn man at the front
end of tho car roso and walking back
to the young chap, said: "Yes, I have
lest a five-dollar gold piece," and held
out his hand. "Well," said the young
man, "here's 5 cents I Just picked up
toward U "
the officer, and started him homeward
Sergeant Hastings hurried to Lawton
reported to the police and sent word
to the commanding officer at Fort Sill
Several detachments of soldiers and
a sheriff's possee were immediately
started in pursuit of the men.
Later reports from the post say that
Sentry Charles Hastings of I troop,1
Thirteenth cavalry, who was carried
from Fort Sill by two deserting pri.
oners, has been arrested by military
authorities and placed in the guard
house to await investigation by court
j martial. Hastings' story of having
been overpowered and marched away
I may be false, and he must prove that
! he did not actually assist Wallace an
i Munger to escape These men were
' sentenced for that very crime They
were guards placed over prisoners at
Fort Leavenworth, and it was proven
that they assisted prisoners to escape
The penalty for this crime appears tc
be more severe in the eves of the mi i
tary authorities than the crime of do
sertion. Active search lor the do . rt
ers has been abandoned They for
merly lived in Kansas City.
Kingfisher for Football Reform
KINGFISHER: The faculty and
r.tudents of tho Congregational ' ol
lege here voted resolutions favorlns
reform in college football, and Im
mediately began communication witi
ether schools of higher grade in th'
territory asking their co-operation.
HOME VISITORS'
EXCURSION
TO POINTS IIS
Ohio, Indl la, Illinois, Michigan, Ontar-
io, W
Pe
Vir{iini; , New YorK,
sylvania, HentucKy,
'/ABASH
>n vale ONE DAY ONLY
Now. 3er 1905.
Good for Twenty-one 21 Days.
?]>■ ml Tlunk sjivin • I'.iv w ith the Old Folks at Home.
All Agents -ell tirket* VIA the Wabash.
Ask vour A;:' ut for Tu kkts via the Wabash.
The W \ bash is mo-it direct route and makes best time to all points
For further information write
H. C. SHIELDS,
Travidinp, Pasaen&er Aj'.t.
903 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
L. S. McCLELLAN,
Western PassenRer Agt.
MUSKOGEE" The Muskogee Hai
association has adopted a r solution
urging upon congress the passage o
law providing that :in answer in an*
suit should be file 1 within twenty
days after acceptance of service and
that any appeal from the commission
ers' or mayors' courts should stand
for trial ten days after the tiling of
the transcript with the clerk of th«
United States court The association
has also declared in favor of a \
form method of examination and ad-
mission throughout the territoiy
GUTHRIE The territorial man-
agement of the Farmers' Union
America, which has T." 000 memhf
in Oklahoma and Indian Territr.
alone, has decided to admit nee
farmers as members and at I'.iys
and Earlboro 206 negro farmers
A Circus Man Committed Suicide
WEATHERFORD: Barney M<
Cue, an employe of the Foropaun!
Sells Brothers shows, which oxhibito
here last fall, and who quit the elrcu
while here, committed suicide by
drinking two ounces of laudanum
McCune had been drinking to cxee
for several days and had been plae< d
in jail by tho officers. The poison
was concealed on ls person at the
tlmo of his arrest. Since lenvlnq
the circus McCune had been employ
by John Fleming, who • won a farrol >"' now b. Ing made and It is bellevtd
a ((.• ' miles south of tbt town. • U t amount of money can bu secured,
ind I
filed 1
it hi
of numerous
threatened withdr.
white tarmei
Along it
No* Colony L
Lauds, anil to
4* - i"*" ratMnr nmxnyin
13V-''1 O iS-!
jszr.' sea®:.
Kansas C'iy Southern Railway
•' Straight as the Crow Flies "
KAN." \S CITY TO THE- GULF
iwr ? , S.T-UPi" a UW
PASSINC I"HROUGH A GREATER DIVbFISITV ••
CLIMATE, SC. ,ND RESOURCE rHANANYOIi-E
RAILWAY II I HE WORLD, KOR ITSLENGIH
. I! fif- lands, wilted for growlngsoiall jrr«;n.eorn
Y. M. C. A. Building for Muskogee
MUSKOGEE: A donation of a site
for tho Y. M. C A building his been j
offered the city, and It is expected |
that tho proposition will be accepted. |
Chore are : \< ral eo:nmitt'v - at work
in an effort to raise the necessary
imount of money for erecting the j
building At the present time eight
thousand dollars has been subscribed i
plans for a building t<> cost $25,006 |
l-of
ler; fc
Wrilo tor Information Ooncemlng
FREF. GOVERNMENT HOMESTEADS
,VOd Farms. Mineral Lands. Klce lands and TlmbOf
. t -Current Events." Business Opportunities,
tlu Hook, K. C. S. Fruit Book.
Cheap round trip < "kern' lift en sale ttrst uud third Tuesday!of
THE SHOUT LINE TO
"THE LAND OF FULFILLMENT"
j u. BX Oii it 18, T-u i.- £*aa«. Agt. 8. O. WAE5EB, Q P. uuJT. A.
Eanaaa City, Mo. Kansas City, Mo.
P. B. nOEBLiUi, Trav. Fas . and Imlff'n Agt., City, Mo.
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