Weekly State Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1907 Page: 4 of 4
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ATTENPTED SUICIDE
Young Woman Grows Weary of This Cold,
Clleerles?, Wicked World
and takes poison
But the Prompt Action of a Physician
and an Emetic Saved Her From
tbe Consequences of Her
dash Act.
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A young woman employed in a Third
etreet restaurant, tried to commit sui-
cide Thurtday night. She called at a
drug store early in the evening and pur-
chased a drug that is poison it taken tu
ternally. The paokags oontaining the
drug wa marked "poison." It seemB
that she had a difficulty of some kind
with a young man with whom she had
been keeping company, and Thursday
evening she showed him the box conr
taming tbe tablets marked poller, and
told him she mtended taking them and
killing herself.
The young man then hastened to the
drug store at which ths young woman
purchased tbe poison tablets and asked
the druggist if tbey were aotually pois-
on, and upon being told they were he
insisted ufon the druggist going with
him and taking tbe stuff away from the
girl. This the druggist refused to do,
saying he bad marked "poiBon" plainly
upon the bcx and if she insisted upou
■wallowing its co stents it was her own
business and not bis.
At this the young man, who was now
getting thoroughly interested in the
case, flew buck to where the young >o-
man was, and as he entered the room
she slapped the tablets in her mouth
and swallowed them. Then everybody
got busy. Dr. Brewer was called in at
once, and he administered an emetic,
and by proper applications acd treat-'
ment, the young woman did to those J
tablets what the whale did to Jonah,
and ber life was saved, but for awhile
be was a mighty siok girl.
DRUNK INSTEAD OP DEAD
r A rijmor was set afloat early yester-
day mornirg that the body of
man had] been found lying
Book Island track, north
plant. A little girl had started to drive
cow out to the pasture, when just as
■he orossod the track she disoDvered,th
man lying upon the ground. She ran
baok home and told what she had dis-
covered, whereat the polioe station was
Dotifled, and then tbe sheriff was noti
lied, and be notified the coroner and all
started to investigate the matter. But
before they could reaoh the scene the
dead man came to life, arose and stag-
gered away. It was just another case
of too m uoh bug jiuoe"
Its mast be sworn to before the register
and receiver, exoept those issued before
United Btates Commissioners within
tbeiLawton land dlstriot."
Thus it will be seen that applications
and affidavit! can be made out by a U
S. commissioner in this land district,
and sworn to before him, but the filing
must be done in the looal office. The
I papers (can be mailed here, but if
! there is any defect in them, the entry-
rntn loses hisjplaiein tbe order of fliing,
and thejpapers will be returned to him.
Now that Is the substenoe of the article
tbe New Era takes exceptions to and
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accuses the editor of this paper with
trying to give WalterB a blacKed eye
Such an idea never for once entered the
mind of the editor of this paper. It
was published in good faith, as news,
and ia tbe law upon tbe matter.
fRISCO IREIUHI WRECK
The Frisoo passenger train from tbe
east was four hours late yesterday after-
noon, on account of the wreck of a cattle
train at Wheatland, the first station
thisjeide of Oklahoma City. Tbe en-
gine of the cattle train was thrown from
the track by a defeetive switch, and as
the train was running at a good rate of
speed at the time, it piled things up,
killing ten bead of cattle aul injuring a
great many more. The fireman was
considerably biuisrd, but bis injuries
are not sericus. On account of this
wreok the passengei train was tidd up.
A WENCH
ROBS A MAN
HE LEFT
AN ESTATE
Stops Him Upon The Street and Re-
lieves Him of A Valuable
Gold Watch.
dead
near tbe
of the ice
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to settle^
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lered fnt(
It has joi
roads, tli
and distij
and exp©
great cor
WE ARE NOT Oil LTV
The Walters New Era jumps upon the
State Democrat and accuses it of at-
tempting to give Walters a black eye
by saying what it did in reference to no
one being permitted to file anywhere but
at the loeal land offioe here at Lawton
It is quite possible the New Era is not
familiar with the facta, for the article
it oomplains of was based upon infor-
mation derived at the land office here
Some party at Walters was sending out
a circular letter to successful bidders
telling thiy could file upon their lands
before him.
Suohja' statement was misleading, and
the officials of tbe local land office call
ed this paper's attention to it. No one
can file anywhere hut at the looal land
offioe. It is true they can make out
their papers jeforo properly authorized
persons, but in tbe land office is where
lae filing is done. In faot the register
and receiver of tte Lawton land office
have just issued notioe that "all atUdav-
A night or two ago, Foliceman Lan
caster found a man wandering about
in a bewildered manner, near the cor-
ner of First street and B avenue. The
man bad lost bis hat and had alsi lost
bis watch. He is a business man in
one of the oounty towns, and came up
here to Lawton and got on a whiz
Shortly before the police found him,
lie was standiog at tbe corner of First
and C. avenue, in a drunken condition,
when a niggor wench cam? up to him
and engaged him in a conversation,
and the presumption is that she robbed
him of bis.watoh while talking to him
The watch waJ a fine gold watch, and
was valued at sixty five doJlats.
For awhile Oklahoma Qity was badly
infested with a gang of nigger wenches
that made a practice of boldly rubbing
people upon the streets. A drunken
man was easy prey for tbem, but they
did not oonfine their rebbories to
drunken men. One of the^r tricks was
tu meet a mm on the street, (top him
and ask him tbe hour of the night, and
when be pulled out bis watoh to ans-
wer the question, grab the watch and
run with it. Tbe police of Oklahoma
City finally sucoeeded in ridding tile
city of that gang, and it looks like a
portion of that gang at least had trans
ferred its field of action to Lawton.
acd several other reserves in adjourn
ing oounties. Congress later opered
them and they (fre to day covered witb
happy homes. (See House Journal 1905)
7. I find I introduced a little meas
ure and tbe tame became ■ law that is
important to tbe poor struggling miners
of the Wichita mountains. (See stat
Oklabuma 1905 )
8. 1 And 1 advocated eoonomy in
dealing with the public "uoney and
fought the unlawful appropriations of
the people's money. I used no clerk or
stenographer while there at the peo
pie's expense. (See House Journal)
9. I find we passed a live stock
quarantine law thbt wasnsought for by
the farmer and stock men alike. (See
Oklahoma Stat. 1905)
10 I find there are many things of
importance I did not do, I find there
are many things done that perhaps
should not have been done tbat perhaps
should not have been but still actuat'
ed by an honest motive and still hav-
ing a oomplete record of all of the pro
oeedings I offer as an open book, 1st,
The House journal and session laws of
1906 which quite correctly portrays
every vote, and ask that a rigid in-
vestigation be made of my steward
ebip there,
One word of my candidacy; Six
years ago I chose fair Oklahoma as the
greenest of green spots in whioh to
live. Every dollars worth of property
I have on earth is here. Every mem-
ber of my family are here. Lo! my
fituvr and my mother are buried with-
in its sacred borders and were honest,
sturdy citizens of Comanche county on
their farm near Walters before their
death. 1 have prids in the progress
and development of this grand new
state, I am an Oklahoman by choice
and am anxious to serve her every
interest in any oapacity in which I may
act.
I am cot unmindfal of the loyal sup-
port I received 2 years ago in the g'ind
district It will ever be a tender re-
nit mbranie in my breast. When I
scan tbe vote they cast and the ma-
jority reoeived and trace it to my true
and loyal friends, I am again indeed
proud. It convinces me of their loyalty
and support then. I truly trust and
hope there has been no serious mistake
in my private or public life sires that
time that would mar or alienate tbe
friendship of the past but on the con-
trary believe there are many new ones.
Should I receive this indorsement
and te nomitatd and tbat followed
by an eleotion to represent this grand
6th disttrict, my sole ambition will be
to serve ber entire peopls, honestly,
faithfully, honorably, economically and
sincerely indeed.
Very sinoerely yours,
Scott Ferris.
SOLDIER DIES AT FORT SILL LEAVING
CONSIDERS! PROPERTY.
some in * lawton
His Neice, Who is Signing in Grand
Opera in New York City Will
Probably Inherit All His
Property.
HE LIKES
FORT S1LI
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AND THINKS IT SHOILD BE MADE A
BRIGADE POST.
an army officer
First Visited Fort Sill in 1873, Fell in
Love With It,;and Says it is the
Finest Military Reservation
in the United States.
S«rg'ant HundquiBt, of troop L, 13tb
oavalry, who died at the Fort Sill hos-
pital Tueeday night from pneumonia,
had seen nearly sixteen years of con-
tinuous service in the United Slates
army, and would have retired in another
year. Lieutenant Herringshaw, of
troop L, SBys Kundquist was an ideal
soldier in every way, and when he dis-
covered he was ill last Saturday he bad
him at onoe removed to the post hospi-
tal. But the disease had such a bold
upon him, and being a man forty-four
years old, he had not the vitality to
withstand it.
Sergeant Rundquist was born in
Upola, in tbe northern part of Sweden.
He bad been saving in bis habits and
had invested bis earnings in real estate
and it is said he left considerable prop-
erty, be owning at the time cf bis death
some valuable property in this city. He
waa not a married man, had no family,
but a neice of his is a very prominent
singei in grand opera, and at the present
time she is singing in Salome, that is
having a run in New fork City. In all
probatility she will inherit this prop
ertv. The estate will be administered
upon by the auditor of the treasury de-
partment acting in behalf of the war
department.
Sergeant Runflquist was a sharp-
shooter, having won a vast number of
medals in target contests, and he was
buried with military honors, dressed in
fall dress uniform, witb all his medals
that he had won pinned to his breast.
BIT A WOMAN'S
TONGUE OFF
A White Man and a Nigger Woman
Kiss Eaob Other With Disastrous
Results
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FDRMA!
GREE1
rilll A FI E AIDIEX
ILAST NIGHT.
a forcible speake
It seems that every military offioer
who has ever visited Fort Sill has been
most favorably impressed with its great
advantages as a militaryjpost. Not long
since M. L. Turner, of Oklahoma City,
showed the writer a letter from Col.
Frank West, of the 2nd cavalry, who
reoently returned from the Philippines
and is now stationed at Fort AesiBni-
boine, in Montana. The letter was a
personal one, and in it Col. West re-
ferred to Fort Sill in the following
manner:
"I saw in the papers some time ago
tbat you were a candidate for the Unittd
States senate, and I sincerely hope that
you will receive the office, for it would
be a great thing for Oklahoma. With
your energy you could get a brigade
poet at Fort Sill- I think the war de-
partment is very anxious for it, and the
opposition comes from smal towns that
h-ive small garrisons, and they want to
keep the small posts, a
help to a small town, iiw a very poor
thing in a military sense and very ex-
pensive for the United States.
A brigade post at F" * Sill would
mean a million or mo., u construction,
and a permanent garrison of about three
thousand men. Fort Sill is the finest
Who? Held His Audience For T
kHours While He Preached To Thet
Tbe Dootrine of Simsn Pure
Democracy.
H
A splendid audience greeted
Henry Furman at the distriot co
room last night, acd listened attenti
ly to a two hour address delivered
him. Mr. Furman's home is at A
Indian Territory, where he has resit
for years, and he is thoroughly fami!
with the existing conditions in t
section of the country. He is a cm
date for United States senate, as det
crat, acd no one lias ever questioi
Ilonry Fuiman's democracy.
Ae a speaker he is somewhat u|
the sledge hammer style, drives
points borne and clinches them, e
believes in oalling a spade a spa
Hii apeeoh was devoted mostly to
conditions in tbe Indian Territory, c
undoubtedly they are such as need i
mediate relief. He believes in a rem
al of tbe restrictions over there,
lieves tbey should be taken out of
bands of the Interior Department
it is a great, piaoed in the bands of the courts
some instances, and completely wi|
out in others
His position tbat the ooul le
should he held by the state and not
permitt<d to fall into the hinds
private corporation or iniividuals
strictly in keeping with the democr
idea' of 'ho r«« state, and was
udiei
military reservation in tbe United
States. I am not booming the post, but ' ljU1,.lll,u„biy mproiuu by b
I saw it first in lh73, and I f in love-1 jjeEry Kuril, .n impr< «>,
with the country about Fori Sill j B brusquu mail, full c,f eti
that time " fighter, er^h a man
Colonel West was formerly chief 00 j things mighty lively fo
Brigadier General Sumner's Btaff, and j Relieve in taking lifv.^
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LADIES FREE TONIGHT. ~
Another good house greeted the Im-
perial Stock Company at tbe opera
house last night, the bill of the evening
being the four act cumedy drama, "A
Man of Mystery," whith gave excellent
satisfaction. Tonight will be ladies freo
night. Each lady acoompanied by a
person holding a reserved seat ticket
will be admitted free of charge. The
bill this evening will be the laughable
oomedy of "Married Life," and those
who enjoy high classed comedy should
not fail to attend this evening, as the
bill is one tbat is calculated to make
people laugh, and millions have laughed
at its funny situations and laughable
incidents.
DEFINES HIS POSITION
[Continued from first page]
farmers of this state, providing for the
protection of cotton against Boll
Weevil, the farm from Johnson -jrass
and from the bringing into tbe borders
of this state any seeds or grains used
for the purpose of seed that contained
obnmious weeds or seeds (See stat.
Ok.?Loma, li 06.)
6. I tind I introduced a resolution
tbat was adopted by botb houses of the
legislature providing for the opening of
the.big pasture in Comanche county
Did yon see that peeled place on Bob
Landers' nose'.' Bob was down on bis
farm a day or two ago, and feeling he
was a full-fledged farmer he conoluded
he would try his hand at milking a cow.
He never figured that there was one
particular side to approach a cow ard
milk ber, and he seems to have got on
the wrong side. At least that's what
they say. However, be it as it may,
that old female bovine, of Texas extrao
tion, reached out aud s watted Bob play-
fully with her two rear pedal extremi-
ties, and Bob skated clear aoross the lot
on his hack oollar button, and peeled a
portion of the epidermis from bia pro-
bosii as he slid under tbe bottom wire
of the fencs that surrounded the cow
shed.
The soreamicg of a woman aroueed
tbe neighborhood in the east end,
Thursday night, and investigation re-
vealed a nigger woman near tbe rear end
of the old Monaroh building, on the oor-
ner of D avenue and Railroad street,
with tbe blood running from her mouth.
She could hardly artioulate so as to be
plainly understood, but the Btory that
she told was one oaloulated to disgust
almost anybody.
Tbe woman said she was hugging and
kissing a while man and she stuck her
tongue in bis mouth and he bit it off
She instautly screamed with pain and
the man flsd. The woman wss taken
to her home and Dr. Meyers sent for
Upon arrival of the dootor he made an
examination and found the woman's
tongue almost bit in two, and even
though no serious complications result
from the poison of the bite, the chances
art! that the artioulation has been de
stroyed and the woman will not be able
to talk so as to be plainly understood
Thursday night, and all day yester-
day, tbe police kept up a vigorous
searob for the white man, but no trace
of him could be discovered, and in all
probability he has left the city, which
was undoubtedly tbe best thing he
oould do, for if ever a Jury gets a hold of
his case in this neok of the woods, he
will go over the road as sure as one and
one make two.
he, like every other military officer that
has ever visited Fo t Sill, thinks it an
ideal place for a brigade post. When
Secretary of War Taft was here not long
ago, be drove over portion of the mili-
tary reserve, beheld the mountains, tbe
level prairies, tha streams of clear
parkling water, and upon returning to
the post was asked what he thought of
it for a brigade post and replied tbat it
ae not only an ideal point for a brigade
post but that it was entitled to being
made a division tort.
United States senate, sb i0
pie of this new state oe p '« i?
him as one of their represent *
the upper house of the national k
gress.
Have you rooms that n<
New Paper? If so call at
D. Ave. 190-
FOR, KENT: Two nice {rooms f
isbedor unfurnished, for housekeej
Inquire at 513 B avenue. 185 (1
H. B. Decker, of Enid, is in the oity
representing the Wave Line smoking
tobacco. Decker is a hustler and an
advertiser and he is going to demon-
strate it tomorrow in this oity when he
will give away, upon the streets of the
city, and at Fort Sill, thousand
paokages of Wave Lins smoking to-
baoco, a new and popular brand.
(Stocking Up
Will continue business throughou
the year I9o7,and will sell cheap, for casl
or good notes. Your credit is good a
our store.
We are just in receipt of a car load of
Rock Island lmple=
ments, Stalk Cut=
ters, Sulky Plows,
Riding Listers
Planters and Two
Row Planters.
Also full stock of General liardwa*
and shelf goods. Call and see us and
goods cheaper than any other store
Comanche county
Thornhill Broi
THE P^IC
222 C Ave
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LAWTON,
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Neff, Robert A. & Bixby, T. M. Weekly State Democrat (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1907, newspaper, March 21, 1907; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc123123/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.