The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 141, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1899 Page: 4 of 8
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THE LEADER, GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA
(kartfr
Gknkkai. Milks seems to be taking
Hoot.
Offi-Y one editor at Carney is fight-
ing the saloon proposition.
Indications point to the (act that
the better grade* of cotton will com*
mand higher prices this fall.
Speaker Tom Hhi i> is back from
Europe, but still stands pat against
McKinley'* expansion policy and the
war in the Philippines.
'i'UB negroes of Guthrie ought not to
feel very hard, since one of their color
has succeded Captain Jayues sb Jailer
of the federal baatile.
Tut Republican national adminis-
tration has a bigger scare on it than
Gen. Bauson's cotton tail had at the
battle of Malvern Hill.
It is officially announced that John
R. Gentry snd Joe Patchen, the two
great race horses, will pace a race
at Oklahoma City, September 20.
The South McAlester Capital thinks
that, with a population of 500,000
people, the Indian Territory ought to
have a representative in congress.
The attack of the Times-Journal
of Oklahoma City on the school lessee
of the Strip is a poor way to make
thunder for Flynn. We dare say the
people of the Strip will fondly
remember the Town.—Day County
Tribune.
If Thomas Bracket Heed should take
it into his head not to resign the
speakership, the administration He-
publicans; especially Mr. Henderson,
who had prepared himself to handle
the gavel, would have to take a tumble,
which would upset their calculations
Il\ the way the people of Oklahoma
have entirely overlooked the fact that
Hon. Dennis Flynn remains shut up
like a clam in its nest under the sands
ou the absorbing subject of imperial
expansion. If Dennis is alive let him
np*ak and relieve a Buffeting public,
Richard Choker the great Tain
many Sachem formerly a wild and
rantiug expansionist has returned
from Europe thoroughly reconstructed
and now declares himself opposed t<
expansion in the Philippines., He
says " these ialands are not for us or
any other white people."
The latest and most ingeuius in
vention of the age is the steam whistle
which can be heard 40 miles. It is of
requblican origin, having been invent-
ed in the interest of the "prosperity "
band wagon. Us purposes are to
drown the cries of the hungry and un
employed, and reach beyond the din
and clash of the striking millions.
Jere Johnson, |of the Newkirk
Journal and Brown of the Times-
Journal, are preparing to enlarge the
causea for the factional strife in the
Republican party in this territory.
They are insisting that drunkenness
and dissipation among ottice holders
should operate for their decapitation
The Syl Dixon advert sing train
handsomely decorated with banners,
Hags, emblems and Oklahoma soil pro-
ductions and crowded with every va-
riety of stuff raised in the territory,
passed through Enid at 12:15 on the
night of the 15th on its way to Chicago,
Washington and New York.
The Ponca City Courier undertook
to liken the present opposition to the
administration's Philippine war to
that which marked one stage of the
civil war between tho states, and
when the Blackwell Sun called
down, it charged the Sun| with being
"ungrammatical" and "illogical.'
That knocked the Sun clear off its
feet and left it floundering in space
Every Well Man
Hath His III Day."
A doctor's examination
might show that kidneys,
liver and stomach are normal,
but the doctor cannot analyze
the blood upon which these
organs depend.
Hood's Harsaparilla purifies, vitalize#
and enriches the Idooa. It cures you
when "a bit off" or when seriously
afflicted. It never dinajtpotnta.
Dv8P6D8ia My husband had dynpep*
mIh and Hood's Sarsaparllla cured him.
Our little boy was nervous and the baby
had ulcerous sores. It cured both." Mas.
Kmma Bkbk, Portage, Pa
Indigestion I could not eat for some
month" ou account of distress and Indiges-
tion Hood's Sarsaparllla cured me so that
I can eat and sleep well." M as U. A. Guirre,
Taylor and Walnut Hta , Wilmington, Del.
ifoedS Sauatxiiltfa
Hood's Pills cur* lire
i,i.ly . ill, ii in I.. Uki
ill-. tho non IrrltatliiK r d
with Hood's~ Ssxsaparlila.
no democrats emulate these vices of
the republican party!
"Let us get the whole political situ
ation squarely before the American
people next year. Let us keep con-
spicuously in view the crowning glo-
ries of republican rule, and the ripe
fruits of the McKinley administration
—Hannaism, Otisism and Algerism.
The party leaders may drive out cer-
tain individuals. They cannot get
rid of the disease. The whole repub-
lican organization is inocu-
lated. There has been no quaran-
tine. The vpidemic of incompetency
and dishonor is as wide as the conti-
nent.
'.Democrats muat stamp this politi-
cal leprosy out of the body politic of
the nation. To do so they must keep
It iu sight as one of the Issues of 1900.
Let nothing obscure itl Hold it up
before the, eyes of the people. Let
every hamlet ring with it. Shout it
from the house top ! Write it on the
sand hills.
The attempt to assassinate Labori
one of the counsel for Dreyfus, will
have the effect to create throughout
the civilized world a wonderful
amount of sympathy for the captain
of the Fourteenth regiment of artil
lery. Whatever the decision of the
court martial may be, the sympathy
aroused in the public mind will hold
him guiltless of the charges of sellin
the military secrets of the country he
served.
THE SECRET OF BUY AN'B POWER.
The American people eagerly scan
every word that falls from the lips of
or proceeds from the pen of William
Jennings Bryan
Tho secret of Bryan's power is his
honesty. He mak>'s no mistakes, be-
cause he resorts to no subterfuge of
speech He has always been honest,
is honest now, and his purposes and
intentions are unclouded by dishon-*
esty. The power of truth, eloquently
spoken by a man as pure as he is able
and brave, brings the hearts of mill-
ions in rapport with Bryan. This is
the secret of his power.
Who can read his utterances at At-
lanta, Ga., on the Fourth of July,
without being impressed with the ex-
traordinary chsracter of the man. In
thia day of cringing sycophants and
time servers, who can fail in admira-
tion for him who thus plainly speaks
words as sincere as they are exalted.
In his Atlanta speech he said
" Whether 1 am nominated or not in
1900 is immaterial tome. I don't want
to be a candidate for president unless
those who think as I do believe that I
can do more for the principles of the
party already adopted than anyone
else. 1 would rather help somebody
else win than to be the cause of the
party's defeat. If the Democratic
party wants somebody to lead a re-
treat it must tind someone accustomed
to walking backward. The Democratic
party will not weaken on the silver
question, and the question of impe-
rialism will bring more men out of the
Republican party in the nextcampaign
than in any of the campaigns since the
canvass of Abraham Lincoln,"
He holds no official position, neither
is he panoplied in military renown
yet the president of the United States
the only personage that can divide
with him the attentiouof his country-
men.
What is the secret of the marvelous
power of this man9 His share of the
world'd goods is but scant and he ia
frowned upon by the devotees of mam*
mon, yet he is able to marshal the con-
science of the nation and infuse hope,
courage and resolution into the hearts
of its toiling millions. That he is en •
owed by nature with a marvelous
gift of oratory is universally admitted,
But America has many orators of re
nown. That his intellectual power is
of surpassing strength is conceded by
all. But America is not suffering
from a dearth of intellectual giants
and the stupendous power of Bryan
cannot be accounted for on that score.
Wealth has not placed the scepter of
its power in his hands and none yield
obedience to him through motives of
personal aggrandizement. Yet he is
the one man that is feared by the us-
urers and extortioners of the land,
those who plunder the people under
cover of law.
The commercial press, the mouth-
piece of wealth, assails him as a dem
agogue and a charlatan, but his hold
upon the public heart grows stronger
each day. The corrupt cabal of ad
venture!s and exploiters who control
the Republican machine under Hanua
have their harpies at his heels every
where he goes, eagerly watching for
word or deed that may be used for his
undoing. But unconscious of the
presence of his foes and as guileless as
a new born babe,h« speaks the prompt
ings of his heart, and hi? voice fills the
nation.
There is a story of a man who was so
busy looking at the stars that, as he
talked, he stumbled
into a well. That's
the story of a typi-
cal man, too busy
- jrW\'s«
An un frank and insincere President
is the bone of any free«people,
The Ardmoreite says that unless a
rain cornea aoon, the cotton crop will
be short.
The Times Journal says "the price
of wheat is going up " Strar ge, if this
is true, that the Oklahoma wheat
growers haven't found it out yet.
INGERSOLL AND IMMORTALITY.
The comments of the press on the
death of Robert Ingersoll furnish an
interesting evidence of our change of
attitude in regard to religious opinions
If Ingersoll had died a few years ago
his memory would have been bitterly
assailed, and he would have been held
up in many quarters as an example of
depravity and unpardouable irrever-
ence. Now, however, his death is re-
corded either without comment or with
praise for his qualities as a mas You
seldom find him labeled even as an
atheist. As a matter of fact, .and as
everyone knows who followed his
utterances, Ingersoll was not an
atheist. He had no belief, in the or
thodox sense of the word, but ho did
not deny tho possibility of tho exist-
ence of a state beyond tho grave. He
was a perfect illustration of the mean-
ing of that much misunderstood term
agnostic. The respect with which his
memory is treated by good Christians
gives an example of Christian charity
which cannot fail to impress those
people who followed Iugersoll's teach-
ings. It should be noticed here that
the growth of Christian charity In this
country in recent years has been ac
companied by a decided falling off in
the attacks on religion. In fact, there
are almost no professed atheists
among ub now. We may be said to be
divided into two groups, consisting of
those who believe and those who do
not believe, and the attitude of each
group toward the other is one of pa
tient toleration. But at last the sand
in the hour glass of time must run
down, of the Christian and the heathen
alike, and it is left to a higher power
to decide whether a man was good or
bad.—Collier's Weekly.
looking at things away off, to notice
more important tilings near by.
One-sixth of all deaths are from con-
sumption. But the man goes along with
his eyes bulging to watch cholera and
yellow fever. He disdains to cure the
cold or check the little cough, and con-
tumption trips him up.
Don't neglect little ailments. Keep
the system up to the point of effectual
resistance against disease. This is best
done by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery It strengthens the
stomach, increases the action of the
blood-making glands, cures all disorders
of the organs of digestion and nutrition,
except cancer of the stomach, purifies the
blooa, increases the vital energy and so
enables the body to resist and throw off
disease. Even when there is emaciation,
weakness, hectic, cough, bleeding at the
lungs and other alarming symptoms,
"Golden Medical Discovery" can be
counted on to help every time and to
heal 08 times out of every hundred.
Sick people can consult Dr. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.,by letter, without fee
or charge. Every letter is read in private,
and treated as a sacred confidence. All
replies are sent in plain envelopes.
,f Last spring I was taken with severe pains in
ray chest, and was so weak I could hardly walk
about the house," says Mrs. G. K Kerr, of Fort
Dodge. Webster Co., Iowa. 'I tried sev—
physicians and they told rae 1 had consumpl
I heard of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical LnL__
ery and I thought I would try some of it. Before
I had taken the first bottle I was very much bet
ter: I took five bottles of it and have not yet
had any return of the trouble."
Headache is cured by using Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
There is no doubt of the fact that
the Indian Territory is beginning to
think better of the proposition to join
Oklahoma and make one state out of
the two territories than it did two
years ago. Our Indian friends have
weighed the advantages and disad
vantages of single statehood, and they
are finding out that they will be the
gainers by great odds instead of losers
There was never any question of this
fact, but the hope of making one
grand state out of the two territories
overbalanced every ether considers
tion.
.Just now the McKinley organs are
rushing the growler by calling every
one who does not approve of the war
policy ic the philippine, " Copper-
heads " and] other , choice epithets.
They seem to have ignored or over-
looked the fact that when they do this
they are denouncing some of the great
-est as well an the purest men iu the
Republican party—men whose names
and life services to the Republican
party and patriotism to the country is
aa grand and noble as the names and
services of these small fry salaried
postmasters is ignoble and disreput-
able. Any dog can make a noise, but
1 takes a thoroughbred to scent the
he game and lead the chase.
IT WILL SOLIDIFY THE DEMOCRACY
When Mr. Croker left fog Europe a
few months ago be declared that, in
his opinion, the authority of the United
States should be extended over and
made permanent in the Philippines.
He now declares that he was wrong.
He says that he came to this change of
opinion after long study and consulta-
tion with eminent E'-.ropean states-
men. He believes that a colonial
policy entered upon by the United
States is dangerous and not at all in
consonance with the psst history of
this country. His utterances upon this
subject, in connection with what he
said with reference to W. J. Bryan,
will do much to bring all Democrats
throughout the country to one way of
thinking, and when the struggle of
1900 opens up a solid Democracy will
confront the Republican party.
LOOK AT THESE FIGURES
Hero are some items from the trea
sury bureau of statistics that
worthy the thoughtful consideration
of American economists ai d the'people
of the United States generally.
By these figures it appears that we
imported last year of cotton manuf^c-
tures to the amount of $32,053,511
against 827,267,300 in 1898 and $34,429,
363 in 1897—84,08 S211 more than io
the year 1898, but 82,365,852 less than
in 1897, How much of this importation
of [over thirty-two million dollars
worth of cotton manufactures could
have been produced by our home mills
form the subject of a close investiga
tion.
That our people, after raising the
rawlmaterial, should send it .'{,500
miles away for manufacture, and then
transport it |back c3,500, making i
travel 7,000 miles, is the strongest
evidence of prodigality that could be
brought against them, It is
wonder tnat they talk of hard times,
and cry out against the markets, when
they deliberately throw away thei
wn opportunities and thus contribute
to enrich foreigners.
When we can count our unnecessary
outgo by tens of millions of dollars, it
will be seen that all we have to do is
stop the leaks, and soon our resources
will be overflowing.
LET DEMOCRATS RE I'ATI ENS
The Washington Times has a long
editorial on the outlook for Democra-
cy. It advises Democrats to remain
patient and by watching the course of
events profit by them. It say :
•Democrats should not now deter-
mine what issues shall be emphasized
and what subordinated in 1900. Wis
dom today may be madness tomorrow.
Let democrats everywhere be wiser
than serpents and more harmless ever
than dovers. Let them wait and ex-
press their souls in patience, Politi-
cal history is making rapidly now-
days. Men are weighing each hour
ip the balance and their value accu-
rately appraised. Heroes rise and fall
in the popular mind—come apd go on
the great stage stretched out before
us. The republican party has in its
three years of power done all it could
contrive to do to drag down the name
of the republic and make it a ruin and
a shame to every beholder. They have
broken the record for political in-
famy since 1896, Now let them gooi*
with their congenial woric. Give them
all the rope they wou'd like, Let them
multiply their infidelities one hundred
fold. Let them monopolize that field
Let them continue to worsb p at the
shrines of Hanuaism, Algerism and
Ottiaism. Let them revel in fraud,
force, dishonor and i&cotnpte&cy. Let
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WELCOMES
ALL.
A gentleman in a speech at the pro-
bate court room recency said he
would give five dollars to any man
who would point out to him the dif-
ference between the principles of the
Democratic party and the Populist
party.
Without denying or affirming tho
correctness of the proposition, we en
quire, why the necessity of a fusion
ticket if that is true? If tho princi-
ples of the Democratic party, a party
whose prestige dates back for more
than a hundred years—whose grand
achievements and glorious champion
ship of the rights of the people against
the encroachment of "the money syndi-
cates and the Republican pampered
trusts is emblazoned upon every page
of its history—retold and reaffirmed
in the platform of the Chicago con
vention—are right, as admitted by the
gentleman referred to, why should it
surrender its name for some fusion
amalgamation to continue the fight
against Republicanism? There
neither sense nor politics in such
proposition. The Democratic party
welcomes and Invites all who are op
posed to Republicanism to join in the
struggle to put down Republicanism
pledging them that no distinction
shall operate to their prejudice on ac-
count of previous political association
or affiliation. What more could any
sincere man ask?
THEY ALL KNOW iT.
There is not an intelligent farmer i
Oklahoma or elsewheie who does not
know that if silver had not been
stricken down from its place of equal1
ity with gold, where the constitution
of the country put it, wheat, corn
cotton and all the productions of the
soil would tcday command prices far
in excess of those they are now re
ceiving- It is the elimination of one
half of the circulating medium of the
world's money that keeps down the
prices of the labor of the people's
hands. They know this, yet men go
right along voting Into power and
authority the very same party which
boastlngly declares that this thiug
•hall eontinue as long at it remains in
authority.
The story started tha* Walla Tonka
William Going, was not shot is all a
fake, and he will never be seen Going
around among his old haunts again.
A Mrs Minnie Coni.ey, wife of oue
of the g/^ders of the H. A S. railroad,
was instantly killed by a freight train
on the Santa Fe at Ponca City on the
15th.
The only hope of McKinley now is
to seek Roosevelt as a running mate
It may bring him temporary surcease,
but even the ^lew York governor can
not save the leaky ship.
Pets in time of war are very rarely
objects that contribute to the strength
of an administration. It took Mr. Mc-
Kinley a year and a half to learn this,
but he understands it now.
It is discreetly surmised that Secre-
tary .Jenkins did not go to Kingfisher
to extend the hand of disappointment
to William Grimts, but to see how the
postoffice over there was getting
along.
Since ex-President Ben Harrison has
openly announced his opposition to the
administration's colonial expansion
policy, it is peifectly in order for the
Ponca City Courier to add his scalp to
itsloltof "copperhead" trophies.
Had the President been frank and
told the Filipinos as well as the Aine
rican people at the start what the
purpose of the administration was
with refrence ^to these islands, the
whole trouble would have ended
months ago.
The Democrat who refuses to line
up with his party in the coming na-
tional contest should no longer play
the chameleon. He should eithe
stand for his party and its principle!
or against them. That is manly, at
*ea8t" —-———-
The fact is McKinley too long leu
aiwilling ear to the pamperd trusts
syndicates for him to withdraw from
the Philippines war without dishonor
to the administration and the Ameri-
can Nation. That's what's the mat
ter with McKinley.
WABRLINO PRESIDENT
With all the abuse and Villifica-
tlon heaped upon Col. W.J. Bryan by
the Republican press he continues to
grow in favor and popularity with the
people. With all the laudations of the
same truckling press for Willian^
McKinley and his administration they
both continue to recede from the.
affections and esteem of the people.
Why is this? Bryan speaks out bold-
ly and fearlessly the sentiments which
he entertains on all snbjects of nation-
al interest. President McKinley un-
locks himself on national issues only
when his keepers allow him to do so
and wabbles in and out on these sub-
jects without any definite or settled
convictions originating within I im
self. One is an automaton, the other
giant in fearlessly speaking the
truth.
JUDGE TAHSSEY AGAINST RRYAN.
It is not at all surprising that Judgo
Tarsney, late associate justice of Okla-
homa, is against Col. W. .1. Bryan for
the presidency.
Judge Tarsney was always a Cleve
land gold bug and for that reason was
appointed to a judgeship in this terri-
tory. His opposition to Bryan in Mis
souri will produce no more effect than
a bucket of water dropped into the
Mississippi river at St. Louis would
upon the current of the river at New
Orleans.
Mks. Senator Havens, of Enid, is
the inventor of a new incubator for
hatching eggs, The first tr al was a
complete success. She put 100 eggs in
a small incubator as a test, and every
one of the 100 eggs hatched out
chick. She has contracted for the
making of a lot of the machines of
various sizes and capacities.
If it is true that the Republican
leaders have shelved McKinley
second termer, it is because they re
cognize the fact that his insincerity
and wabbling course in the conduct of
the Philippime war has shorn him of
his popularity among the people.
The Atchison, Kas., Globe, a dyed-
in-the-wool Republican paper, 6ays
" There is just one thing to do in the
Philippines that w mid be sensible and
meet with popular approval—let go
and run. It is no disgrace to run from
malaria, smallpox, yellow fever, lep-
rosy and cholera," That's more than
any Democratic paper ever advised,
but the Globe is not the only Republi-
can sheet that thinks McK'nley has
bit off more than he can conveniently
chew.
Am. sources of information agree
that if the negro who attempted to
assault the white girl at Argentine,
Kansas, last week, had been caught
Judge Lynch would have furnished
the hempen halter. Why is suoh
lynching less a crime In Kansas than
in Georgia? If a crime at all, why is
it held a worse crime in one state than
in another? The apologists and ex-
cuse™ of these fiend ravishers can fur-
nish the answer. The lacerated throat
of the poor girl victim of the brutal
monster finds no echo of sympathy
from them.
The Joseph C. Miller farm, known
as ranch "lOl," in the Ponca rescrva
tion, of 4,900 acres, did not make ae
great a yield of wheat as the owner
anticipated. Mr. Miller has just fin
ished threshiug and his crop measured
up 81,232 bushels, an average of a little
less than 17 bushels to the acre.
The habit of swearing is detestable
in any man. Some excellent men in-
dulge in tho habit thoughtlessly, but
if they would only stop to think
moment how such language sounds to
sensible people, whether they are re-
ligiously inclined or not. they would
stop at once and for all time.
A REPUBLIC Ay WAIL.
Speaking of tho administration
Philippine war and its expansion policy
in the Orient, the Ponca City Courier
says: 14 The situation is one that de-
mands courage." The Leader fully
agrees with the wail of the Courie
for when ^-uch Republican stalwarts
as Senators Mason of Illinois, Bur-
roughs of Michigan, Hoar of Massa
chusetts, Nelson of Minnesota.Thomaa
B. Reed, ex Secretary of State Job
Sherman, and a host of other recog
nized Republican leaders declare
against the McKinley administration
and its imbecile war policy there
abundant cause for alarm, and the
"situation demands courage"' of the
bulldog kind to hold the McKinley
outfit together long enough for the
skinning bee in 1900.
W. M. Allison, of the Chandler Tel-
egram-Democrat, says the Republican
party "can live and will live, no mat-
ter whether Barnes, Flynn. Jenkins
Grimes or Thompson are ever heard of
again " Of coarse it will, for is not
sweet William still among us ?
THE [LEADER STANDS UP FOR DE
MOCRACY.
All the barking and lickspittle that
emanates from the sewers of a certain
class of newspapers does not disturb
or swerve the Leader from its duty to
the Democracy, and it repeats what it
has reiterated time and again, that
the Democratic party will fight th
battles of the party under its ow
proud name; and to do this effectiv
it invites all honest and sincere me
who oppose the nrinciples and policies
of the Republican party to join it
the great struggle. The man who
tays the e is no difference in the pri
ciples of the Democratic party and th
Populist party and .those who oppose
Republicanism, and at the same time
demands the hauling down of th
name of Democracy and the substitu
tion of some sort of fusion amalgam
lion without name or prestige, is i
sincere and utterly dishonest with
himself and those he seeks to mislead
The Leader stands for Democracy
and its principles, and has no objec
tloc to these mucilaginous pods con
tinuing to muuch the upheavings
their own btvwanhs,
Dust, dust, yes, iu here.
A^Kansas man has sold 10.000 bush-
els of corn at 22 cents a bushel,
The poet of the Stroud Star is billed
for passage on the first boat down the
Arkansas
A big rush to Oklahoma from the
orthern und Eastern states thia fall
is expected,
The f°stive circus agents have again
tered the territory, and will soon be
followed by the real thing. Boys,
sve your quarters
That was said under peculiar sur-
roundings, and it is unfair for a Re-
publican journal to nib Tom about an
old thiug like that.
We believe that even Governor
Barnes will yet learn that Tom Reed
right when he said that it pays to
be middling honest.—Times-Journal.
The New Jersey trusts are trying
resurrect Grover Cleveland as an
tubalmed" Democratic candidate for
president. He has been dead too long.
The base ball clubs of the territory
arc imitating Republican harmony,
and unless they quit it, a patched up
greement for peace will be the next
requisite.
A Woods county. farmer's wife has
put up 40 gallons of canned plums, 18
gallons of plum butter and 12 gallons
of jelly. The Woods county plum crop
a great institution.
is I
The Hutchinson, Oklahoma & Gulf
railroad h known as the "hog" road
hile the initials of the Denver, Okla
boma & Gulf railroad add 'dog" to the
rrltorial menagerie.
Over in Washita county there is a
newspaper editor who feels badly and
hits sensibilities are terribly aroused
when anyone refers to him as a Re
nubllcan without putting the prefix
black" to it.
Over near Arapahoe two young men
met a stranger iu the road and play-
fully addressed him as "our uncle "
hey found out that he was no kin to
them after he had wiped up the earth
with their bodies.
The editor of the Mountain View
Progress would like more independent
thinking in this country. That's just
what played hob with Republican har-
mony in this territory, and for that
reason the Leader seconds tho motion
of the Mountain View editor.
The Perry Enterprise-Times is
warming up under the collar, and
accuses Register Boles of the Perry
land office of starting another paper
and putting his son in charge of it,
n which to print "final proof notices"
in order to "keep the money in the
family." It indicates that "pa and
sonny are rushing the growler for all
there is in sight for "pa and sonny."
The okeene Eagle, an administration
paper,don't see the wisdom of fighting
the trust concerns. It says that, while
they are multiplying they are being
inoculated with a dry rot which will
cause their downfall, when their accu
muiations will be scattered among the
jeople. The Eagle's remedy is too far
n the glimmering future to be practi
able.
It's hardly believable, but it's really
o. Ciptain William Whitworth, late
of Company B, Oklahoma National
iuard, whom Gov. Barnes frightened
into runniug away by presenting him
a commission as lieutenant in the vol-
unteer army then supposed to be
bound for Cuba,has actually recovered
and enlisted at Fort Smith, Ark., in
the Thirty-second volunteer infantry
for service in the Philippines.
The Enid Wave persists in misrep
resenting Judge T. J. Lowe on the
money question. Judge Lowe is not
given to rushing into the columns of
the uewspapers to air his views except
when the occasion arises, but in jus
lice to him it is only fair for the
Leader to state that he has always
t-tood M|uarely upon the Chicago plat
form, and if that don't make him a
free silver man at the ratio of 16 tD 1,
then the Wave don't know what the
platform stands for, or the platform
don't know what the Wave stands for
And that do settle it." Over in
Texas, where the editor of the News
ame from, there are three kinds of
Republicans. The lily white Republi
cans and the black and tan Republi
cans. The lily white Republicans are
the respectable white republicans, the
black Republicans compose the lower
lass of negroes, while the tans are
the respectable class of negroes and
tho e whites who associate with them
for office. Wright Cuny wasone of the
tans, and would not associate witli
the black Republicans.—Cloud Chief
Beacon.
ACCIDENT
At Chandler Results in the
Death of One Man-
Four Injured.
Special to the Leader.
Chandler, O. T , August 17—The
falling of a scaffold at the new cotton
seed oil mill yesterday afternoon at 5
o'clock precipitated five masons and
hod carriers to the ground thirty feet
below. The men were buried in a
mass of debris, one being killed, two
fatally hurt, and the others more or
less injured. The casualities were:
KILLED.
Walter Meeks, foreman.
INJURED.
Carl Keifer, (fatally )
John Gary, (fatally.)
Mark Donovan,
Tooly Graham.
The injuries of the last two named
men are very serious, especially those
of Donovan, who was injured inter-
nally, but it is thought both men will
survive. Keifer and Gary cannot livo.
The men were laying brick at the
time and they failed to see that the
scaffolding was working loose.
The hod carriers saved their lives
by clinging to the wall. Meeks was
thrown clear over the wall and struck
h<6 head on * brick.
The first bale of cotton was market-
at Chandler Tuesday. It was raised
by J. B McFarland, who received $50
in Premiums.
HEAII AND LElTuONE
Milu Found in South Canadian R Ivr With
II ad and On Lg Missing
The decapitated body of an unknown
man was found in the South Canadian
river, 15 miles southeast of Lexington,
0, T., yeaterday One leg had also
been cut from the body. The find v as
made by a construction gang. Th*
b dy had not been ia the water raauy
hours.
HK0WN HAUUEI)
A T*as ShrlfT Cidf'it HUa at Bastrop
Texas
Sheriff Rinehart received a message
from the sheriff at Bastrop, Texas,
stating that he had arrested A. G.
Brown who is wanted in Logan county
for forging names to a package of
school warrants in Langston City
some three years ago. Acting Govern-
or Jenkins issued a requisition for him
and the Sheriff went to fetch him.
It I III) H Alt FLOWN.
C. E. Carpenter, under sheriff of
Logan county, was here today• In
company with Sheriff Foster, of this
county, he made a trip to the north-
western portion of the county after Joe
Watkins, indicted in Logan county in
1894 for murder. Joe has been hiding
since that time, but last year, under
an assumed name, he pat in a crop near
the Garfield county line. Finally he
had some trouble with his brother and
his whereabouts were disclosed to Mr
Carpenter, who came up after him, but
the mission proved a fruitless one, as
tho bird had flown.—Perry Enterprise
Times.
THE SANITARIUM BOAHD.
Gov. Barnes Appoint* a Board to Inspect
the Asylum,
Gov. Barnes has appointed a board
for the purpose of making quaiterly
inspections of the sanitary condition
of the Oklahoma sanitarium. The
members are Dr. Hiatt of Guthrie,
Dr. Buxton of Oklahoma City and Dr.
Hamilton of Norman. The board met
and organized by electing Dr. Hiatt
president, Dr. Buxton vice president,
and Dr. Hamilton secretary. They
will meet in Norman next Monday for
a three days' session, making a careful
inspection of all the patients as well
as the sanitary conditions of the entire
buildings and cottages.
President Heath said this morning
" You can state to the people thai 5
intend to have that colored lady dov
there keep her hooks off me."
AIIE VOl (101 .NU EAST f
Sc« Mrs. .Indue Herod, of the !.*di
Circle, ti. A. K
All parties intending to go East in
September, to attend the thirty-third
national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic, at Philadelphi
shonld call on Mrs. Judge Herrod, de
partmcnt president for Oklahoma, and
get all information with reference tp
railroad and hotel rate*.
'resident Boyd Delayed—Good Progress
Being Made.
President Boyd did not reach tho
institute today, probably on account
of over study on the new railroad.
Four young ladies wearing Epworth
league badges were visitors today.
Miss Leno Osborne is with us again.
~ Superintendent Campbell was a lis-
tener among us today.
Miss Blanche Hoge enjoyed a visit
from her cousin, Mrs. J. Hoge, of
Perry.
Notn thIng About Farm Life.
We had a very plecsant time this
morning. Prof. Stevens enumerated a
few of the important things the
teacher should know about the farm.
He says they should know when and
what to fear. They should not be
afraid of cows and horses, although
horses should be watched, especially
when they are mules.
Birds and Animals
The teachers should know the dif-
ferent kinds of birds, plants and ani-
mals. In a few words the teacher
should be able to readily converse
with the people of his district on sub
jects pertaining to the occupation of
the person visited.
Miss Jennie Harris is on the sick
list.
Mr. W. D. Hayinan, a prominent cit-
izen and business man of Mulhall, was
a visitor at the Normal today. Mr
Hayman is the business partner of W.
•S. Calvert.
Pupils Kurolled.
Tha following are the names of tho
the pupils enrolled in the A grade:
Misses Jennie Harris, Collins, Cora
Brown, Lizzie Calvert, Ida B. Goode,
Maggie Doolittle, Valle Busch, Bessie
Murdock, Lou O ney, Kyser, Justice,
Jennings, Emiiy Armstrong.
Messrs. Harris, McDaniels, Calvert,
Mercer, Dodson, Woodworth, Kelso,
Kuhlman, McPeak.
WHITE WOMEN WRONGE D
A Colored Man Brutally Assaults Five
White Women.
Five brutal assaults by a negro man
on white women have occurred in Lit-
tle Rock within the past twenty-four
hours. It is generally believed that
all these crimes were committed by
the same negro, but three suspects
have been arrested, The victims are
highly respectable white women of
Little Rock. Their names are Mrs.
Belle Aiken, Mrs. Milon Young, Mrs.
Kennedy, Mr6 Emma Long, and a
young lady at 20t,h and Cress streets.
U00D KOADS
The County Commissioners will be Peti-
tioned to Open the Road.
Representative Jim Holiday and
Frank Hindwan started this morning
with a petition along the proposed
route from here to Crescent City, for
signatures, which petition will be
presented to the county commissoners
praying that the road north from the
Cimarron to the road that crosses the
right of way be opened up for travel.
This will miss the big sand hill and
•make the haul easy into Guthrie. As
it is now the roads are sandy and 300
farmers pull to Mulhall with wheat
and hogs
A HEARTLESS MOTHER
Kingfisher Stirred up Over a Mother's
Cruelty of a Child.
The citizens of Kingfisher are all
arouse-d over the actions of a heartless
mothsr Her child was quite sick in
bed and during its sickness, the bed
was mussed. The mother jerked the
ehildoutof bed, whipped the nasty
sheet over the little ones head, took a
sboveand beat the child mercifully
and placed It in the outhouse to die.
The police were notified by the neigh-
bors and found the child in a horrible
oondition. They at once placed tho
^mother behind tbe birfe
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