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The Democrat-Topic! IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
BY HESS A CARR.
An Important Mission.
The Seneca, the first boat ever built
for the purpose of destroying derelicts,
was recently commissioned by the Uni-
ted States revenue cutter service, and
sent on its mission. The derelicts
which the crew of the vessel is to de-
stroy are ships abandoned at sea.
Such wrecks are one of the greatest
perils that confront the navigator
They are usually so water logged that
they float even with the surface, can-
not be easily distinguished in the day-
light, and are unseen at night. A
steamship colliding with such a wreck
is always seriously Injured, sometimes
so badly that It sinks with all on board.
The derelicts have been blown up from
time to time by private ship-owners
and by the government, but hereafter,
nays the Youth's Companion, the Sene-
ca will devote Itself to this work in
that part of the Atlantic between Port-
land, Me., and Charleston, S. C\, and
the Bermudas and Sable Island. Mas-
ters of vessels are asked to report to
the Maritime Exchange in New York
or Philadelphia, or to the Chamber of
Commerce in Boston or Baltimore
when they see any derelicts, giving
the latitude and longitude and the di-
rection of the wind and sea. The com-
mander of the Seneca will receive
these reports by wireless telegraph or
otherwise, and search for the wreck.
When it Is found, it will be blown up
with guncotton or some other explo-
sive. Masters of vessels may also call
the Seneca by the wireless telegraph
and notify it directly when a derelict
is seen; or If they are in distress from
any cause they may also summon the
vessel, which is equipped with means
for giving assistance to ships In need
BURGLARS TO BE GIVEN DRASTIC
SENTENCES
Several Bills Come Up in the House
and Are Passed—Senate Also
Passes a Few Through
the Hopper
TO STOP COUNTY CARVING
Bill to Prevent Anti-Division Passes
State Senate
i Guthrie. Okla.The present county
boundaries of the state will practically
be made permanent If the senate con-
curs in the action t>f Its committee
of the whoie, .which recommended by
a vote of 19 to 14 the passage of the
Thomas bill repealing the law passed
last year in regard to procedure for !
county division and the creation of j
new counties.
house
?ssion
finally
Guthrie, Okla - Tjje lower
held a short and industrious
Monday. Five bills were
passed. They are Wort man's—mak
ing the penalty In convictions for bur-
glary wrere explosives or firearms
are used, life imprisonment. Whites'
—giving attorneys a Hen on tho cause
of action and prohibiting fraud be-
STEAMSHIPS COLLIDE IN A FOG
ENTERTAINS LEGISLATURE
SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE PAS
SENGERS IMPERILED
EXPLOSION OF
WORKERS CAUGHT IN BLAZING
CRIB IN MICHIGAN
Preservation of Oil and Gas
Guthrie, Okla.—The preservation
and regulation of the oil and gas pro-
duction of the state Is ie ourpose of
a bill introduced by Senators Strain,
Williams and Hurst. The bill provides
regulations which are expected to pre-
vent the waste of natural gas and
which are a marked Improvement over
the laws now covering that subject.
The whole matter of tipping Is
wrong. The man who Is compelled to
give is mulcted and the man who Is
asked to receive is insulted, whether
he knows It or not. It may never be
possible to correct the evil of tipping
by legislative enactments, but It can
be curtailed by Individual habit. The
sentiment against It is growing, says
the Washington Post. People will con-
tinue to make small presents to faith-
ful servants as long as some men are
born to serve and some to be served,
but the time Is coming when they will
do so only through choice and not from
compulsion. The porter, like the
waiter and the barber and the hack-
man, has been led to look upon the tip
as his right, and one to play or fight
for. In the revulsion of feeling which
has come over the public because of
the growing demands for tips on the
part of the serving classes, the porter
m ist suffer with his fellows.
The fur trade, once the principal In-
dustry of the great northwest, still
holds an Important place. And it Is
also up to date. In earlier times furs
were brought to market mainly by hu-
man carriers and dog teams. Now
modern improvements are utilized
The story from Winnipeg that a steam-
er of the Hudson Bay Company has
been wrecked in the bay, and that a
cargo of furs worth $1,500,000 has been
lost, signifies the magnitude of the
business done and the extent of the
disaster, and also the methods now em-
ployed. The daring adventurers of the
early part of last century never
dreamed of running steamboats for
such purposes.
tween attorney and client. Copra's— I The first section provides that those
repealing the old territorial law allow- who are In a. , manner asoetalcds
ing counties to hire auditors to check who are in any manner associated with
up their accounts, which may be done the drilling In of a gas or oil well
by the state accountant; Durant's— must within two days after penetrat-
creatlng a state board of veterinary | |ng the gas bearing rock shut in and
examiners and requiring veterinarians I confine the gas therein, provided, how-
o be licensed, and Wallac. 's-r.-lm- „VPr, „mt .„hall not , t0
biirsInK State Treasurer James A. j 0|)CTated for oll Th|„
Menefee for $2,000 which he paid out
of his own pocket for printing state
bonds
Cook's bill providing method of cor-
lecting error In registration of deeds,
mortgages, and other instruments was
killed, receiving a vote of 49 to 38
where r f was necessary to pass the
bill.
Parole Measure Dies
Guthrie, Okla.—The house kiled the
senate resolution by Senator Gould-
ing to Instruct the governor and state
pardon board to parole all convicts
who have served two-thirds o' ♦.heir
sentence, who are in the "last year"
o'. Lhelr sentence, or who are under 18
years of age. by reporting it out of
committee "do not pass.'' Nine mem-
bers ol the committee on criminal ju-
risprudence to which the resolution
was leferred voted not to pass and the
t°.iih member, Partridge a lepublican
w.is absent.
vlao leaves the door open to oll pro-
ducers to cut loose thv flow of gas
' In the hope that oll will follow.
Other sections prohibit the use of
jumbo burners, provide regulation^ un-
der which drillers must work in the
use of natural gas for fuel or light;
provide for the keeping pure of
•streams, requires the plugging of
abandoned gas or oil wells and pro-
vides a penalty for the firing of a gas
or oil eli.
For Publication of Acts.
Guthrie, Okla.—The publication of
all laws and joint resolutions of the
legislature in one volume, under su-
pervision of the secret - ry of state. Is
contemplated by a bill Introduced by
Senator Davis. The copy for the ses-
sion laws shall be In the hands of the
state printer within twenty days after
tile adjournment of the legislature and
the state printer shall have the laws
printed within forty days after he
Franklin-Mam |celves the copy.
Message of Distress Sent to Four
Winds Brings Quick Response
and All Souls Aboard
Are Saved
Ice Floes Hold Off Aid
ty-Five Workmen Engaged in
Work—Many of Them Leap
Into Icy Lake
El Reno Acts As Host to Lawmakers—
Speech by Masked
vine rirTV Tunrr Kl H°no' °kla.-Wlth something
MLLd MMT'llintl doln every minute of the day from
the time of the arrival of a party of
j excursionists from the capital city un-
til their return to Guthrie at midnight,
El Reno, the home of Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Bellamy, made good as the host
of Oklahoma's governor and other
j state officials, members of the house
Total of Nine-! and senate of the second Oklahoma
State legislature, and a large num- j
her of employes of the state. There •
EVERYTHING WAS FAVORABLE
SORRY HE DIDN'T MOVE TO WEST-
ERN CANADA BEFORE.
New York.—From out of the fog-
clothed 'ea early Saturday came a
wireless message announcing that the
White Star steamer Republic, one day
out from New York and bound Tor
Mediterranean points with 761 souls
aboard, had been rammed by the
Florida of the Lloy line, and was
sinking.
The message was sent to the four
winds from the crippled vessel—an in-
tangible but appealing call for aid.
aid the four winds took up this cry
of dlstreses, carried it alone and soon
other waves were vibrating with re-
plies.
Wireless stations on land and ships
at set. within the wireless zone of the
Republic, sent back word that help
was on the way. The land stations
sent out messages searching the sea
for ships within reach of the Repub-
lic and one of the first to respond was
the Baltic, a sister ship, speeding east.
La Lorraine, the French liner bound
east, which had passed and hailed the
Republic in the night, heard the call
and turned back on her tracks. The
revenue cutters Gresham and Acush-
net got the call at their moorings and
Immediately put to sea.
The big Cunarder Lucania. steam
were 330 visitors in all present. Gov-
ernor Haskell addressed a crowd of
1,000 people at 3 o'clock in the aiter-
. noon, and the excursionists were then
C hicago. Ill—With a mile and a half; given a delightful drive to Ft. Reno
of treacherous drifting ice cutting! and Darlington.
them off from ready communication
with the shore, at least sixty work-1
men are included in the list of miss-
ing, and the majority of these are
known to be dead as the result of a
LEADERS SELECT A BOARD
Legislation Affecting Labor Interests
to Be Watched in Guthrie
«r, % t , , I Guthrie. Okla.—At a meeting of the
.... n,a . origin in a powder | delegates from the Farmers' Union,
oVrihU|natf <Ll.e<1v..t0K.the lnte™ed'ate ' State Federation of Labor and the
. e ic i gan, used in the j Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
o > i no on o a new water tunnel I Brotherhood of Fireman and Engine-
; men, and Brotherhood of Railway Car-
connecting with the south side of the
city
, men of America, held here !t was de-
, ' ,8 n??r \ as investigators have.cjj0li to forni a permanent legislative
been able to ascertain the explosion boar(1 anJ !he foUowlnK o(ficers were
ha,| its origin in a powder house 0f#tject(lfj
small dimensions situated about 100
yards from the crib structure proper,
but at the same time being a part of
the general structure built on founda-
tions resting on the bottom of the
lake at this j>oint. In this building the
George W. Jackson company stored
from time to time just enough powder
and dynamite for urgent use in the
work of constructing the water tun-
nel and In some manner, little short
of mysterious, the deadly explosives
were put into action.
COLLISION
PENNSYLVANIA
Very Disastrous Consequences Follow
Crash of Passenger Trains
. v. Johnstown, Pa.—Running at a speed
ins westward toward Nantucket, was ut nParly Bfty m||e8 a„ hoilI. the's(..
Amends Drain La*
Guthrie, Okla—Tr.e senate passed
three hours' run away from the scene
of the collision at last reports.
But there was still another vessel
that received In some way the call of
distress and was the first to go to the
assistance of the Republic, the Lloyd
Italian line steamer, Florida, and she
took aboard all the passengers of the
Later the steamer Bal- ,
tic came and the passengers were
again transferred.
In the midst of this activity every
Instrument in the wireless was turned
nients wore made by the committee, fiom shore to get the next flash from
the principal change being in the sec- disabled ship. A flash now and
Hon providing that all fines should ') , again showed that she was still
sent in to the state enforcement offl- afloat and then after three hour:;'
cials and then disbursed again, which j wait came the official message from
were cut out. | Captain Scalby of the Republic that j^'j"
| no lives had been lost and that the
LEGISLATIVE NOTES ; Republic probably would remain
I afloat.
Lincoln, of Okmulgee, told of the
I. K. Armstrong, represent-
ing the Farmers' Union, waB eleclcd
chairman; Pete (Little Pete) Hen-
retty, representing the State Federa-
tion of Labor, was elected as vice-
chairman; F. C. Claypool, of the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of tion, with churches and schools, tele-
Mr. Austin was a man who had
never had any previous experience in
fanning, but Western Canada had al-
lurements, and he profited. He got
low-rate certificate from a Canadian
Government agent, and then moved.
What he says is interesting:
"Ranfurly, Alberta, May 10-'08.
"J. N. Grieve, Esqr., Spokane, Wash-
ington.—Dear Sir: Aft. a dozen or
more years of unsuccessful effort in
the mercantile business in Western
Washington, in August, 1903, decided
to come to Alberta with a gentleman
who was shipping two cars live stock
to Edmonton. I assisted this man
with the stock over one hundred
miles out in the Birch Lake Country,
East of Edmonton. Indeed, how sur-
prised, how favorably everything com-
pared with ray dream of what I want-
ed fo see in a new country.
"Had never had any experience in
farming, but I was immediately con*
verted into a farmer. And from that
moment I have pros;>ored. Selecting
a homestead near Birch Lake, I re-
turned for wife and three small chil-
dren and freighted out from Edmonton
in March following year we shoveled
a spot clear of snow and pitched our
tent and commenced operations, at.
that time we had no neighbors. Four
years have passed, the locality is well
settled, two miles from railway
America, was elected secretary.
BETWEEN ROADS A.MD PEOPLE
phone and good road accommodations.
"We are enjoying the privileges
granted to any rural district in
Washington. The Birch Lake Coun-
try is no exception, this great trans-
formation Is rapidly going on in every
Guthrie. Okla.—The
nilnger-Hatchett resolution calling for
the appointment of a committee of five _ ~~
to Investigate the alleged changing ol | Favor BllluPs 8111
enrolled copies of bills alter the ad- Guthrie. Okla.—A favorable report sinking line,
journment. of the lust legislat ure was " as made by the senate legal ad vis-
passed by the senate after It. had been 1 01 v committee on the new Blllups bill,
modified by the committee on code e ! which is now ready for the considera-
vlslon to the exclusion of anything | tton of the senate. Several amend
which might seem to reflect on the
codifying committee. Immediately
following the pasage of the resolution
President Bellamy named as the mem-
bers of the committee Senators Frank-
lin. Eggerman, Echols, Roddle and
Cunningham.
Corporation Commission Gives Its
Ideas on Railroad Arbitration
Guthrie, Okla.—In its report to the district in Western Canada,
legislature, copies of which were "I estimate that every quarter sec-
placed on the desks of members on tion in every direction is capable of
Monday, the corporation commission producing a comfortable living for a
sets forth concisely its attitudes to- family of ten forever. After paying
wards the railroads by stat • r 'hat it for two horses and a cow, had just
considers Itself an arbitrator between $10.00 to go on. Did my first plough-
the people and the railroads. ing in my life. I was very awkward in
ond section of the St. Louis express ! "The development of a railroad to my work, but nature was glad and I was
on the Pennsylvania railroad wes' the standard of efficiency abreast of abundantly paid for my efforts. Our
bound, crashed into the first section, ^the times to meet the conditions sur- cattle has increased to about fifty
which had met with an accident at a rounding tho lerrltbry In which It is head, which was very profitable on ac-
point between South Fork and Sum- i located and the advancing Intelligence count of the abundance of forage. To
tner Hill, known as ' Runn.ng Ground, and necessities of Its patrons, is a farm was compelled to buy about four
with terrific force, killln,. and Injur- magnificent problem, requiring not. hundred dollars' worth of farm ma-
ing many persons. The second se" only great intellectual and executive chlnery on time, and the payments fell
ion was a double header, with tv\o force, but also the expenditure *r f due last fall, and you may wonder how
large engines, and is said to have large sums of money, and the people I expected to pay for them when we
plowed its way through the first, sec- or investors who have placed their had such a bad year. 'Twas a little
t'on- learnings into tnese enterprises should bad for Western Canada or for a Mis-
be so protected In their property
rights, as «o f-el that they will be
treated fairly mi d allowed to advance
in this grand work without interrup-
tion."
NEGROES KILLED IN A FIGHT
PRESIDENT AFTER GOVERNOR
m, „ , „ . o" . took Ijlace °n the farm of Douglas
The Republic was about 2o miles .Vnl!(n, „ .. ,
— f ,i , - xr * i it u. 11 w . t Weston, n-3gro, two miles northwest
on third reading the bill by Soldani. J*rou'l'P3 of taxpayers along the crook- Nantucket lightship when the col- of p8y80„ participated in by the
which lamends the present law on | pd banks of the treacherous Deep Fork lision occurred. She had not rounded threc nogroes am, Dcputleg William live Hurns. the sleuth who laid hare pleasant than we did in Western Wash-
drains and ditcnes so thai the county w, „, ,wln<M through seven counties "'c lightship, but had borne out of K(,vs Thomas Dunn, 1-rank Miles and lhe tfsontlc Kuef graft in San Fran- ington. This Is strange and hard to
Resist Arrest and Are Killed in a
Pitched Battle
Chandler, Okla.—Two negroes are
third is mortally wounded and
two officers sustained flesh wounds as - w
the result of a pitched battle that ^cr^es From Washington Now Swoop grain, or vice versa. As to the winte
Down Upon Muskogee did not feed my cattle, excepting the
Muskogee, Okla.—The fact that At- calves, a fork of hay until in March.
Have found the winters much more
sourlan. But is not 35 or 40 bushels
oats a pretty good yield per acre in
many States? Then the price of
grain went out of sight, so when I had
sold my crop I found I was able to
make my payments nicely, besides we
had lots of feed. No one has any busi-
ness raising cattle without growing
Okla.-
torney General Bonaparte and Detec-
commissioners are required to select1"' okl homn. He presented a petl- . the main road of travel for westward ,
the surveyor lo do such work who Is ■ "on Secretary Wilson of the United bound ships In order to make the
asked for hv petition of two-thirds of. S,a"'8 Department of Agriculture, great swing taken by the liners bound
the property owners directly Interest-1 "Wch sta,es that aImost a «>e in-| for Mediterranean points.
ed. The emergency clause had some habitants i nthe valley of this stream
difficulty in getting through, the acnEro ful1 blooded I,ldians. ="•'! 'heir
being declared by Senator Stafford he taxed for levees
B. Nichols, and precipitated by tht
resisting of the negroes to arrest
and others to be needed legislation
but not emergency legislation, but
eventually enough votes were changed
to give it the required two-thirds.
, or channel straightening work. The
! secretai y is memorialized to extend
aid.
Her pas- ;
sengers were asleep at the time of the
collision.
PASSES BILL OVER VETO
eisco, are expected here in connection
with government sides of the Mott
i Creek Indian suits to clear title to
$3,000,000 worth of city realty which
• the government claims was secured
$425,000 FIRE
Says Ka..oas Needn't Worry
! Guthrie, Okla - -That Oklahoma prls
| oners. If paroled, will not be dumped
Recently the Youth's Companion
published a story In which a surveyor
wrote to a map publisher that "Sugar
creek has entirely disappeared and
may be erased from the map." The
surveyor adds; Should It appear at
any time 1 will let you know." A real
prospector writes that this is no joke
to the man who travels in the arid
lands; for springs do disappear and
reappear. He tells of two men who
died In the
cause they relied on a map that had | board of control, and E. D. Cameron,
not been corrected. "Sugar creek" chairman of the state pardon board
had gone dry and had not been "erased |
from the map
To Provide Indeterminate Sentences
Guthrie, Okla.—Representative Wll- . j„g ,h,. pres<
son of Greer county is the author of a Senator Rust
bill providing for Indeterminate sen- i |,e composed of the governor, presi
tence. merit system, and state re- dent of the state board of agriculture,
formatory at Granite in Greer county. state treasurer, state auditor and one
He would have have all convicts be- 'member to be appointed by the gov-
tween the ages ot It* and 30 sentenced ernor on recommendation of the state
to this state reformatory, on indeterm- banker's association. The principal
and give a board of change is the dropping of the lieu-
Tie personnel of the state banking
hoard Is changed by a bill introduced
by Senator Co^^hell Russell, amend-
inking law I nder j sjvo wharf fire in the history of this
bill the board is to |j0rf burned for three hours, burning
Tennessee Legislature Sticks to the fraudulently by means of forged en-
Prohibition Measure tries of dummies, seems to Indicate
Nashville, Tenn—Over the veto of that the last big sensation of the
Governor Patterson both houses of Roosevelt administration will be put
Galveston, Texas, Wharf Succumbs tc the legislature passed the senate eill. on at Muskogee.
Flames the one which prohibits the sale of Governor Haskell, whom the gov-
Galveston, Tex. Originating with an intoxicating liquors within four miles "rnment will attempt to indict on a
explosion of the lantern nf a watch- of a school house in Tennessee and is fraud charge, issued ;i statement in
man on pier No. 12, the most exlcn- in effect a statewide prohibition ac which he denies the importance of the
It is effective July 1. 1909. In each entire matter and charges that the
house the passage was effected In-
itiate sentenc
managers power to parole and event-
| ually release such prisoners when the!*
j "merltd" justified liberty.
Itself out shortly before midnight. :.f
ter destroying the entire wharf and
wharf sheds, entailing a loss estlmat
ed at $425,000. The wharf and wharf
sheds are valued ut $60,000, fully in-
sured.
On the wharf were 7.000 bales of
t. nant governor from the hoard, sub- 1 fotton. 200 tons of cottonseed meal,
st it ut ing for him the bankers nom- 35Q barrels of cottonseed oil and 30,-
'ne<>- 1 roo feet of lumber logs. etc.
a combination of republicans and to th
"state wide" democratic strength. Roose
explain, but 'tis true, nevertheless, at
40 degrees below zero we have more
comfort than you would at 20 degrees
above, so still and dry—with bright,
sunny days. My wife says that the
only regret she has Is that we did not
come here ten years ago, as we would
now certainly have been In a position
to retire from hard work. Most wom-
en soon become satisfied as neigh-
bors begin to come round them.
Have 98 acres In crop this year,
besides two acres potatoes, which
have always brought me a fair
price. We find a ready market for
prominence of the suits is simply due everything we produce. To the Poor
connivance of Hearst and
it to discredit him before the
people of his state.
2,000 School Children
Chickasha, Okla.—The enrollment
for the second term of the present
school year surpasses any previous
enrollment In the history of Chicka-
sha. there being more than 2.000 ehi!
dren attending the public schools.
Now State Institution
Chandler, Okla.—The Chandler NTa
tlonal bank, which surrendered Itfc
charter, is now doing business under
the name of the First State bank of
Chandler. Capital $16,000.
Several petitions were presented to j
the low r house 011 the 25th. Attor-
neys of Pauls Valley do not want the
Engineer Olson Held Responsibie
Leadville, Colo.—Engineer Gustav.
Tennessee Dooms Liquor
Nashville, Tenn.—The lower nous
on Kansas soil, but will all be brought l)n>sen* boundary lines of the 14th ju
back to Oklahoma and transported to district changed. Lockwood pre-
j the places where they were convicted.
1 I l the positive statement made by J.
>eath valley region be p Connors, president of the prison
nted a petition from Chandler
mass meeting assembled in which the
sale of the indemnity school lands
was urged, especially since it has
been ruled that the fifteen per cent
refund for the school districts in
which indemnity land predominates
is unconstitutional.
Bacon Succeeds Root
Washington. I). C.—President
Olson is alone responsible for the of the legislature by a vote of 60 to 86. Roosevelt has received the resignation
of Secretary of State Root, to take ef-
fect as soon as his successor has
bill has al- qualified. The president sent the nom-
and now goes ination of Assistant Secretary Bacon
Prof Ferrero, the Italian historian,
who has been giving lectures on Rome
In Boston, says that America Is a truer
heir to the Roman republic than any
European nation; that Rome taught
the world the principles of common-
wealth ou a large scale, which only
the I'nited States is vast enough to
realize. Dr. Ferrero is not pessimistic
enough to press the paiallel to un-
comfortable conclusions, remarks the
Youth's Companion, but he sees In our
imperialism, our wealth and our pow
erful women some resemblance to a
grandeur that declined although it
never died.
A woman in Chicago, three times di-
vorced. tells her sisters not to marry,
as the idea is ridiculous of tying one-
•Hf to the wretches, men being merely
Incidental. But this is a case In which
each individual wants her own expert
ence of the absurdity of the matter,
and not that of one who, for all her
energetic denunciation, was not gatls-
lled with one experience herself
France may yet be reduced to such
straits that in self-defense it will have
to adopt all the orphans In the world.
They credited Roosevelt with the
coining of "frazzle" and now they are
attributing "bumblepuppy" to Mr. Taft.
And both were in circular loon before
Taft or Roosevelt wore knee trousers.
Where have these p.uagraphers been
Jiving?
Approves Apprcpriation Bill
Without a dUrntlng vote the house |
reported out and passed a bill by Sen- The senate passed the Bryan reso-
at >r Williams appropriating $L'j,000 lution i.\<m the house, memorializing
for the payment of employes of the congress to allow the use of the recla-
legislature. The governor signed the nation fund for drainage as well as
bill later in the afternoon. This jirigation, and calling attention to the
T ikes a local ut $12.>.0(H) to date for fact that Oklahoma had contributed
the legislature, the first $100,000 being S4.000,000 from the sale "f public lands
for the legislators and their contingent to the reclamation fund.
expenses. j
Casteel, of Cimarron, has introduced
a resolution In the house asking that
a picture of the first legislature be
hung In the house chamber and drap-
Calls for a Bond
Guthrie, Okla -Senator Williams
has introduced a bill In the senate
which provides that the treasurer of
the state banking board shall giv
bond.
wreck on the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad at Dotsero a week ago Frl-
dav. according to the verdict of the
coroner's jury which held an inquest
at Redcllffe. The Jury held Olson crim-
inal negligent for failure to obey or .
ders and stop at Dotsero siding.
Vote $2,500 to Aid Labor
Indianapolis, Ind.—The United Mine
Workers in convention, on motion of
President Lewis, voted $2,500 as a
preliminary aid for the defense of
Gnnipers, Mitchell and Morrison, of
the American Federation of Labor, in
the contempt case, In which they are
sentenced to terms In Jail.
Newlands Will Get Toga
Carson. Nev.—The members of the
Nevada legislature chose Francis (J.
Newlands, the democratic nominee, to
be United States Senator.
passed the bill to prohibit the manu-
facture of intoxicants in Teimesee
after January 1, 1910.
ready passed the senat«
to the governor, who Is expected :•>!
veto it, as lie did the bill orchlbltlng
the sale of liquor. It will probably
pass over the veto, as did the first.
The consideration of the bill precipi-
tated a lively debate.
Kansas Bank fobbed
Fredonia, Kan.—The St.ite Bank at
New Ylbany. Kas., seven miles west
t f Fredonia. was robbed of $L'.900. rh«-
robbers cut the telephone wires out' llon h'
of the little town and then dynamite-}
the bank They then broke Into th*
F.'ibco tool house, and, securing a hand
ca-, escaped.
.ngine Kills Fireman
Kl Reno, Okla.— While crosing the
tracks in the Rock Island yards here,
J. L. Combs, a fireman, was struck
by a switch engine and almost Instant-
ly killed. Combs conies from Little
Rock, Ark . and was here in search
of work.
Will Not Oppose Money Payments
Washington. I). C—The Cherokee
withdrawn its opposition
to the payment of money due certain
intermarried white citizens who were
on the rolls of the nation November 1. known agent, simply because it makes
Man—Here is a chance to establish
yourself. To the Rich Man—Here is a
chance to buy land for $10.00 to $ 15.00
per acre which will produce more crops
than a half dozen acres of your $50.00
to $75.00 per acre land. And If not
very much mistaken, this year will
prove an eye opener to those who are
a little sceptical. The trouble with
me Is that I have so much to say so
favorable to Alberta 'tis hard to bo
brief Respectfully,
(Signed) "P. S. AUSTIN."
For the Public Taste.
The following makes a very popular
dish, the usual name given it being
"funny paper." Take three mothers-
in-law, two Irishmen, one German
one or two tough kids and a coon;
mix and stir well. A Jag is considered
to add flavor. Sprinkle In a little
spice and ginger, and garnish with
drawings. The addition of a pinch of
hardsense is advisable, though not es-
sential. Chestnuts are used for stuff
Ing. The dish Is usually roasted,
though poaching is not uncommon.—
The Bellman.
This Is No Joke.
Hunt's Cure has saved more people
from the "Old Scratch" than any other
1875, and considered Cheroke
blood.
by
ed in black for thirty days out of re- i Prussia.
a spect for the three deceased members
of that honored body.
Missouri Centenarian Dead
St. Joseph, Mo.—Mrs. Elizabeth
ince Heory in Air Richardson Lee. aged 109 years, for
Jermany.—Prince Henry of nearly a century a member of the bond issue of this city was awarded
1 brother of the emperor. Methodist "hurch. died here. She was to a Chicago firm whose bid offered
Wagoner Sells Bonds
Wagoner. Okla —The $4<i,000 sewer
School Refund Prohibited
Guthrie. Okla.—That the refund c-f
15 per cent to school districts In
which rentals are collected from
school lands, formerly allowed by th'*
territorial treasurer, Is prohibited by
the constitution of the state, is the
substance of an opinion by Ed O. Cas-
sldv. secretary to ihe school land com-
mission. to State Superintendent E
1). Cameron. The refund, says Cassi-
dy. was allowed by Art 7 Chap. 2X.
Page 199. Oklahoma Statutes of 1901,
hut this article of the territorial stat
utes was rendered void by Sec 21)9.
The republican minority of the low-
er horse held a secret caucus at the
!<>ne hotel relative to house afTalrs
The caucus is said to have developed
a tendency among some of the repub-
licans to block legislation In as many
ways as possible, especially as to kill-
ing "emergencies" on all democratic
bills.
made a successful ascent In a militarv
airship from Tegel.
Conservation of Resources
Washington, I) C.—The president's
message on the conservation of na-
tional resources was read before both
said to be
sourl. She
the
oldest woman In Mis-
i a native of Virginia
a premium or $.".92, bidders to
for printing of bo,ids.
pay
Denies Motion for Inventory
Guthrie Okla.—County Judge Strang
overruled the motion of the attorneys
Five Roads Exempt
Guthrie, Okla. —Five railroads In
. 4. t, , , Oklahoma are charging 3 cents per
for the prosecution for an inventory t , «
- mile by permission of the corporation
houses of rongros, Tho reading of,®' lhe 'j:lpe" 'rom Scott Mac- commlMion the Fort Smith ft West-
New Separate School Law
Okla—A
which Is expected to cor-
efects that made
Vogle, ot the house, has Introduced
a concurrent resolution asking for a
full report of statistics gathered by
the school land department.
Representative S. G Ashby. of Jack-
the document was at the close of pro-
ceedings In each and there was but a
small attendance of senators and rep-
resentatives
McAlester, Okla.—James Clark,
aged 45 years, a prominent farmer of
Reynolds the agent of Clarence ti. j prn th„ Midland Valley, the Oklahoma
Shearn, legal representative of Wll- (>nlra, lh„ M G * „ and thc
ham R. Hearst, when he was first ar- \ -( ,, . v
• «! Wichita Falls & Northwestern.
jested here on a * arrant of Governor
Haskell, charging him with conspiracy Dentist and Doctor Lose
to slander Tulsa. Okla —Eight hundred dol-
Judge Strang held that the doubt lars worth of surgical and dental In-
Hartford, Ark., die.l in a hospital at raised by attorneys for the defendant struments were stolen from the officei
ind Dr. Bu'les
McAlester. T> phold pneumonia was
the cause of his death.
separate fcon county, who came 500 miles from
Texas hospital to attend the open
We are now Informed that the cost
of the fleet's world tour would pay the
salaries of 17,000 ministers. Any
preachers not getting their pay this
year will please communicate with the
government.
Guthrie
school law,
rect the defects that made the one jng 0f legislature, has gone
enacted last year Imperative, is now Kansas City
being prepared and will be Introduced j
by Senator J. C Graham
Official Reporter Provided
Guthri Okla.—The creation of the
position of a supreme court reporter
who shall also have charge of codify-
ing the laws of the state hj
pose of a bill Introduced by
Franklin.
Representative Ross has Introduced
a bill providing for election of chief
justice nnd acting chief Justice of Lhe
supreme court.
bill introduced In tho house by
1 pur- Maxev, of Pottawatomie and Wortman
nator of Rogers, substitutes electrocution for
hanging as the death yeualty.
Gas Well Still Burning
Tulsa, Okla—The 18,000,000 gas
well on the Franchon lease, about 20
miles northwest of Tulsa, In Osage
county, near the town of Skiatook,
which has been burning fiercely for
the past week la still a roaring fur-
nace.
Hoffman Is Ball Official
Washington lT p 0 n recommends
tion of Senator Owen. Col Roy Hoff
man,of Chandler, has been appointed
the Oklahoma member of the inaugu-
ral ball coniDiliuttee.
as to legality of the issuance of the of Or. Kryer, dentist,
search warrant must first be settled. physician.
Notorious Bandit Dead
Omaha. Neb—Hugh Jackson, allts
Ja-'-k Curtain, the man who klUcd Pa-
trolman L. A. Smith and serlouslv
wounded Detective W G Devereck.
and was himself wounded by the or
liters January 13. last, died Jan. 23
at tho general hospital.
Miller is Pardoned
Guthrie. Okla.—Governor Haskell
has issued a pardon to Oscar Miller,
of Oklahoma City, serving a 30-day
sentence and $100 fine, for disposing
of Intoxicating liquors.
Carrie Nation Fired Again
London, Eng.—Carrie Nation, the
American anti liqp r advocate, Invad-
ed London and caused a
ford music hall. She was
Death in Cotton Field
Louis. Okla.—J. W. Richardson, a
farmer, was found dead In his cotton
patch near here, evidently having
committed suicide with chloroform.
Muskogee, Okla -By a vote of three
• lie at Ox-| to one Muskogee voted $300,000 bonds
jected. [for high school buildings and sites.
scratching entirely unnecessary. One
application relieves any form of Itch-
ing skin disease that ever afflicted man
kind. One box guaranteed to cure any
one case.
The Morning After.
The severe parent glared angrily at
the prodigal son.
"Noon," he observed. Icily, "Is an ab-
surd hour for breakfast."
"It Is rather early," chirped the
prodigal son, putting down his fifth
glass of ice water.
SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE will
cure any possible cane of DISTEMPER,
PINK E\ E, nnd the like among horses
of all nges, and prevents nil others in the
(uiine stable from having the disease. Also
cures chicken cholera, and dog distemper.
Any good druggist < nn supply you, or send
to infm. 50 cents and $l.iN) h bottle. Agents
wanted. Free book. Spohn Medical Co.,
Spec. Contagious Diseabcs, Gotihen, Ind.
Father Wasn't Handsome.
Nuiuother—I don't like It. Every-
body says baby looks like his father.
\ I si tor—Well, I wouldn't worry,
dear. It doesn't much matter in a boy,
you know.
Wouldn't Take Him Seriously.
He—Hut I need you in order to be
happy.
She—I couldn't think of marrying n
needy person.
II" VOU t'SK II it.I. III.UK,
(Jet Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball
Blue, l^arge 2 oz. packnge only 5 cents.
Water from the River Styx should
be line for preparing mucilage.
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