The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 271, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 18, 1900 Page: 2 of 8
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"Oocb!
That is about the mildest form of out-
cry a man makes when rheumatism sud-
denly tweaks him. In its worst forms
rheumatism is a living death. The vic-
tim, iucapable of moving hand or foot,
has no j>art in the great procession of
— life, on which he
gazes with hope-
less eyes. A great
many sufferers
from rheumatism,
who had given up
hope, have beeu
cured by the use of
I)r. Pierce's Gold-
en Medical Dis-
covery. A medi-
cine which will
cleanse the blood
from uric acid and
I other poisons, will
! cure rheumatism.
" Golden Medical
Discovery" has
no equal in its
power to cleanse
the blood and to
enrich it. "Dis
covery" contains
neither alcohol
nor narcotics.
"I had 1>ccn troub-
led with rhcuruiitinm
for twelve yeara"
writes Mi. R. I. Mc-
Knight. of Cade*,
Williamsburg County,
8. C., "ao bad at time*
I could not leave my
« • , ,>cd- 1 badly
crippled. Tried many doctors and two of them
*flVj to (!ic None of them did me much
food. The paina iti my hack, hipa, and Icga
(and at timea in my head), would nearly kill
My appetite waa very bad Kverybodv
r • mr 1 must die- 1 took f,ve bottlea
Of 'Golden Medical Discovery.' and four vials
or I'elleu,' au<l to-day inv health ia good ufler
•uttering twelve* yeara with rheumatism."
Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser, in paper
binding, free on receipt of 21 one-cent
•tamps to pay expense of mailing only. I
Address Dr. R. V. Tierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
CHILD'S GAME OF "TAG
COVERS 2,000 MILES.
THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL: SUNDAY M08-Ki«0, MARCH V
1500.
.7 jyv
; %
Growing Time
Children must have just
the right kind of food if
they are to become strong
men and women. A defi-
ciency of fat makes children
thin and white, puny and
nervous, and greatly retards
full growth and develop-
ment. They need
ScBTticmui&tcTL
It supplies just what
all delicate and growing
children require.
50c. and $1 00, all druggists,
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
CANADIAN FARM-
ERS RAISE A HOWL.
Pass Resolution Condemning
Eull Butter and Lease Re-
solutions of Cattleman.
ORGANIZING
FOR VICTORY,
Republicn Strategy Board Met
Last Evening-Ward Ral-
lies to Be Held.
Th republican city central committee
held a called- last meeting: nluht in the
office of Justice of the Peace G. L,. Prici
and laid plans for the pending city cam-
paign. Al! the members were present
and the meeting wua a most enthusiastic
one. C ."E. Seeley was chosen chairman
of the meeting and W. 8. Morton wis
named for ■ecr#tary.
It was decided- tj hold rallies In the
Third. Fourth and Fifth wards next
we/>k and have a list of speuk ri to make
a'dresaeii relative to th • in th-*
elty oampa'gn. The following program
was decided unon:
On Tuesday evening Wlnfl.-M Smith
candidate for alderman in the Flist ward,
and O. N. Perkins. candidate in the
Fl'th ward, will adlresn the* voters >f
the Fourth ward .In the Wulff bul'dlnt
On Wednesday evening G. N. Parkins!
J. W. Cappra. and George Nanton will
hall the Flfth War<1 Qt J,*'kBon'8
*venln* ,n th« ward,
wmneid smith and Fm-mett fitewart will
•peak at the probate court room
On Saturday evening the members of
the central committee will hoi i another
meeting In the ofTlce of G. T,. Price.
Tho republicans are organiz'ng 'or sure
victory. Th* r ! sto be no backwardness
on the part of any member of the party.
Tn fart al! are Invited as never before and
■victory is sure for the city mar.hral and
•11 the ward tickets.
Remember, republicans, to register to-
morrow.
Hekn f;ranCis'!nfant Traveller, and Her Identifying Badge.
Three-Year-Old Girl, Nicely Labelled, Made
a Journey All Alone from New
York to Oklahoma,
mow WOODS COUNTY.
BHEKIFF KEITH IN THR CITY TO
OET A WITNESS.
Sheriff Keith .of Alva. Wood* county
was a caller ut the state Capital office
'v«nl"« Wh Ed. Thralls, of th8 ,ei.
' I J"11 torco Keith and Thral's were
former friends In the political campaigns
•*out Alva and tho latter wa« showing
the fherlff our city .
Sheriff Keith arrived vesterdar to set a
It88' ^Ml? F,oas,e Sleaper, a shident
in the deaf and dumb Institute here
#Jhe Is the complaining witness agalnt
Roy Parker, charged with rape, and tor
which erlme he has already served two
years at Lansing penitentiary. Recently
he was' granted'4t new trial and return
ed to Alva to hflVe another hearing. Miss
Sleeper Is a young lady of about eigh-
teen years ,a bright pupil and a member
of a prominent Woods county faml'y The
ease against Parke-, it Is claimed, Is a
Very strong one.
MRS. MATTIE M. FINN.
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR TO AT-
TEND AND CONDUCT THE
FUNERAL.
The funeral of Mrs. Mattle M. Finn,
will occur at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
from the residence of her sister Mrs
Emll Utz. 1417 West Cleveland avenue.
fl«v. Billings wl'l officiate .
The Guthrie Chapter, No. 12. Order of
Baatem Star Is called by Mrs Florence
fltumpff. W M. to meet at the K P. hall
at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, from which
place the memhrfs will *o ln*e body to
the residence of Mr .and Mrs Uts to per-
form the funera1 services over the re-
mains of the d< ceased .who was a mem-
ber of the order.
HE THREW ROCKS.
AT DAWN'S HOUSE AND WAS AR-
RAIGNED IN POLICE COURT
John Hunter was arra'amed In n^'lea
court yesterday and fin?d $15. Tho charge
against him waa th. ving of lou 1. , • -
fane andi abualvo language throwing
stones and cinders at Edwin Dabin :ind
against Da bin* hous*. and dls'urb'ng
the pace of the l>abln family. There wa.-
quite a party of witnesses appeared
against the prisoner who refused to t< -
tlfy in his own behalf. Jle had rocked the
Dab'n louse until the famtly wus badl;-
frightened, keeping the bombardment up
fir .1 long time. Tho >'!ow "was ar est
ed by Officers Jeff Taylor und Frank
CaUhell.
The youngest Pullman car tuorlst is
Miss Helen. M. Francis, three years and
eight months recently of New York, but
now of Stroud, Oklahoma, say& the
New ork JournalY. All alone, save for
friends miade ton the journey, she 'trav-
eled from New York to "grandma's"
home In Stfoud, which is henceforth
to be her home. Word was received a
few days ag'o, of her safe arrival. Her
father is William Francis, a railroad
official, of the Cumberland Gap D -
patch Company, in 'this city.
Helen's mother died a few months
a«u. She was the only child ami her
father decided 'lhat she would be much
better off with her grandmother. But
he could not accompany her on the
Journey.
In his dilemma, he laid .tho situation
before H. B. McCledlan, general aj&st~
ern agent of the Wabash railroad.
"Why,'* Mr. McClellan said, "we
will we Helen Kite through to her
grandmother's as snug as a bug In a
rug and as fast as the traJta* will run.
He then wrote on a Wabash iag "My
name Is Helen M. Francis. I Bm going
to James Lockhart, Stroud. Oklahoma,
via West Shore, Wabash and 'Frisco."
On the reverse side of the tag, the
agent wrote: "Will the conductors and
traveling public kindly show atten-
tion."
On 'the following night, the little girl
properly tagged, and Tier father, were
at the West Shore station. Miss Helen
with a small bag of cloth'ng, was then
placed under the care ot Pullman Car
Conductor E. J. O'Donnell and w-a® as-
sJsied to her berth.
The passengers crowded about her,
and soon she was a bit of a heroine.
That afternoon, she wasi photographed
at Kingston. At night the ladies tucked
her away in her berth, end so tti was
all through the journey of 2,000 miles.
ANOTHER RAIL-
ROAD IS CHARTERED,
Kansas City, Oklahoma and
Mexico Railway Company
Organized.
A charter was issued yesterday in the
fC""ry J°nklns' 'ncorP°rat-
ln* the Kansas city. Oklahoma and
Mexico railroad company, a proposed line
to run from Augusta, Woods county, Ok-
„ oma, 10 a I)uln,t ln Ok ahoma on the
South Fprk of the Red river, thlrty-live
mi.es east of the one hundredth meridian
°o Znt,?r„ Thf 00n'<" proposes
roads atrenrf "P-rute certain other
Iwth thJ y,constructed J" connection
n'2 , m one Ju?f chartered.
a.?wVhuSlhnt:n', wa,;ia ps,im«"!d
^ :&a. Sio!;-,
and through the Washita, Kiowa Co-,
The™ KAPache reservatlot.s
The nril V® }nt<nn«l3'ate branches
the prin^yal place <■; busiress wi.i bo
am n'if . 1he rnl",sl slo<-k l« $3.o->,..-
000, divided t^to 3,0*>) shares at $100 etch
The fotlcw.ng are tne directors:
Kansas City Mo.—A. E. StiUwe l, W.
A. Rule. Hugh C. Ward, C. N. Atkinson
and Edward L. Masalo.
learned, Kans.-W .C. Edwards.
XJ r.«no •°kla~A,va r- Springs, Wtn,
H. Crlley and H. K. Ricker.
A TREAT FOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN,
Those having In charge the R]atov
ford Kavanaugh and • •Honey's Boys"
I concert, to be given at the opera house
next Friday night are making a special
effort to have as many school eh Wren
as possible to hear these little mu-
Pal artists. Realizing ;hat all music
Is uplifting and inspirrng, especially so
when rendered by boys so young as
these "Honey's Boys," are It has been
decided to make an especial rate of
25c to any child In the Guthrie public
schools.
The tlret four rows of the parquet,
and a side section of the baloony has
been set aside for the children.
These children's tickets may be h«''
of the various teachers in the publio
schools.
It is hoped that five hundred children
will have the opportunity to hear this 1
—the finest musical entertainment ev-
er givea In the city.
EL RENO, MARCH 16-(Special)-The
Midland Farmer. Alliance of th s county,
naturally condemn anything derogatory
to cows or adverse to extension of agri-
culture. They have met here and passed
some humming resolutions condemning
those passed by the eatt eraon here and
at Fort Worth. After a thorough dis-
cussion of the resolutions here are tho
ones adopted by them:
U hergas. Tho National Live Slock as-
sociation met recently at Ft. Worth, Tex.
and passed resolutions favoring leasing
or the public lands to cattlemen and
'A\ hereas. The Oklahoma Live stock
association recently met at El Reno, Ok-
lahoma and approved the actions of iho
National association, and
W hereas. Said convention at El Reno
passed resolutions denouncing the pro-
posed hill In congress prohibiting the
manufacture, sale, Importation or expor-
tation of oleomargarine, declaring If
said bill became a law it wou d destroy
the manufacture of oleomargerlne and
create a monopoly of Iho Industry sought
to be benefitted. Therefore, be |t
Resolved That said convention in their
de iterations showed beyond a doubt that
It Is their purpose to perpetuate the
leasing system indefinitely by their act-
ion, selecting delegates from each state
and territory where there Is public lands
to draft a bill t0 present, l0 congre.^ fa
vorlng leasing the public domain to cam,
syndicates and to memorialize congress
to pass no law that Is lnlmlcle to the
live stock, industry, is p a|„ l0 b., S(Jen
<hat it is thelr purpose t0
settlement ,hr0W"
es"Thevdh.vhai 10 ad™nce their inter-,
n-tarv HI h 'raudu,OTI> Inducod Sec-
rotary Hltchcoik and other offlc'a's at
11 on of Th°n r°pnn °nly 11 srra" P"r-!
lion Of he Kiowa, Com-inche and >'n Mo
di.co fil o f"r a®r'cultnre. and to in-1
dm, the Serretarv of Ihe Inter O- to
release the a.foresaid reservations.
osolved. That the reso'utions rj,, J
by the Oklahoma Live stock association
n regard to oleomargerlne |s pu-e.v in
the' Interest, of the pn^ng hoLs that'
tire of 'Ti05' " T 2°PO y ln lh" frac-
ture or cheap Inrrl. tallow and cnt'm-
seed oil In the counterfe't butter. Thnt
It Is a slnn at the farmer's w!fo w :h o
cow or two. in mak ng good bu'ter and
an honest living. Thnt by killing srd law
It enables the monopolizers to se'l tlie'r
s Xm a counterr6i«
b,nr;rrteonvem\onh;hr;rr'rh7tp^r:
were moved 'hv se'fl.b Interest ami It |«
.n .hT,e°Ur,rV ho""
reaste the p„bMo dnm!„n fp^m"
settlors under the horn-s'.^d lawS t
give any class an advantage W„" ol
Tlio Kind You Have AJtvajs Bought, nn<l which has beca
la use i'or over .'JO years, has homo tho signature of
lias bot-n mado under his pw.
C&isyfyfional supervision since its infancy.
* ' Allow uo ono to dccelvo you ln this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but
. Experiments that trifle -with and endanger tho health of
InlUnts aud Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castorla is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare,
gone, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcotio
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
«n<l allays Feverisliness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
1,lc Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
CENU5NE CASTORSA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
' 'UJ
W>
Tlie Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Troubles of an CM Montana Miner.
!in vzmtin
thf hpvt fntore.of^ nf th / r
vent not only moro larS h?f° pr<>
. lacv.
w. B. WOOI.DRTDOE. Sec. Presidt'nt
ANOTHER FIRE.
WITCHCRAFT AT GLEO.
w
'V
appreciate the purity, sweetness, and delicacy of Cut.cdra Soir ami
"°Z Dt'W US"'' fur " d""y- IU emollient, cleansing
und punfylDK properties, derived from CuticI'ra, the great skin cure and
purest of emollients warrant Its use In preserving, purlfvl„g,„nd beautifying
the skin, scalp, hands, and hair, aud in the form of hatha and solutions for
annoying rrltatlons, ltchlngs, Inflammatlous, aud challugs, too free oroffen-
ye perspiration, and also In the form of washes for uieer'atlve weakness
«s w. U as many sanative, antiseptic purposes, which will readily augg.it
themselves. All that lias heen said of ClTICUHA SOAP may also lie saW of
COTICURA Ointment which should be used after tlie SOAP, In tho severer
cases, to hasten the cure. ' «-verer
Me,,.I. A SIS..I K Srr I. often sufflelcnt t" curt Uib niu.l diT V «'•« "• 'h«
latin* skin, teal,,, and blood humor., with „( lu^ "hca al ,".K' "'"1
AJtn cum. cow., Sole frope., Bosmu. uu > «'orrii Inao
A short distance northeast of the lit-
tle town of Cleo, Okla., in a ra her se-
cluded vale, surrounded bv the thick
forests of black Jack timber with
which this country abounds, has livd
a quiet and harmless family since the
settlement of the territory, trays an
Alva dispatch. They have always
been very peaceful and quiet np|g-h-
bora and never excited publio atten-
tion until during the past winter, when
they became possessed with the witch-
ery hallucination.
It is claimed by iho^e best acquait>
ted with these people that tho family
possessed a superfluity of superst tion
and that an enchantress who had come
to pass thr winter with thorn im-
planted in their minds a firm belief in
witchcraft. She first persuaded her
rredu'ous minded benefactors to be-
lieve that there were larg-e sums , f
money conoeated in an old dug out in
which the father of the hostess had
died very suddenly a few years ago.
After the son-in-law of 'tha deceased
had rpent many days of fruitless labor
excavating around the old dugout In
the vain hope of digging up the covet-
ed treasure tho search was abandoned
The next th ng t, take hold upon the
superstitious mind* of th< *e delud !
people occurred one morninc while
churning. They 'thought they could de-
tect the smell of carbolic ncld In th«i
churning when at once the old en-
chant re* h pronounced it the same acid
used upon the corpse of the depar d
father, whereupon the churn and the
consents were thrown out into the
yard. Thlnga in this line have been
gi> ng on fro<m bad to worse, until
almost everything on the farm Is
thought to have the pmell of carbolic
aeld anil condemned f« r witchery. Th i
father bores holes In the trees In1
which he puts a lock of hair and then
inverts a plug at which ho shoots. He
milks the cow In a sack and then 1
pounds the sack with a dub. These I
and many other foolish and wiV 1
things on the premises in his imad war
upon the witches which Is resulting In
a destruction of property and alarm
among the neighbors. It «JI reads like
a rtark page torn from the history of
tsalem.
Yesterday morning at seven o'clock an
: ° <lre department arrlvod tho
roof «.ls on flre but the
0 nek v extinguished. The flre origin!
at.ll between the eel lug and the roof
Where the stovepipe faiel to eonnect
with the flue above. The family luid b.i'
recently moved in and was not aware of
the condition of the chimney . The dam-
age was small.
KI
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Si • rr\* '
u.
ACTS GENTLY
ON
L\/G, LIVE^
bowels
OVERCOMES
H"eiTUAL C°^4NEN°^
BUY THE GENUINE-MAN'F'O BV
@Jf9RN l,\ ffO^YRVP @
^ifyu<f >o*r
fn>-" ',;:1 1>P1H.GIST^ PRiCI 60c PtRBOITll
Wm. Cooley, an old Montana miner,
who has been prospecting in tho Wichita
mountains, writes to Dennis Flynn of thr
great difficulties and hardships he has
be< n compelled to undergo In order to
exp'olt the value of the rich deposits of
mineral he finds distributed throughout
those famous regions . His claim Is that
he slmp'y took a display of minerals
from the mountains to p'ace them on dis-
p'ay at his office ln Mountain Vh w that
the people mij?ht have the opportunity
of seeing the richness and truth of the
claim that the mineral deposits of these
mountains were all that they ha' ev« r
been anticipated to be . Ho makes a
strong plea for the opening of the coun-
try. His letter is as follows:
El Reno, O. T., Jan. 30, 1900.
To the Hon. Dennis Flynn, Washington.
D. C.
Dear Sir and Friend: T am an old min-
er of the Wichita mountains who was ar-
rested on the highway by Deputy United
States Marsha! Mr Petericks, stationed
at the Rainy Mountain school d strict.
He is also appointed- there as a boss In-
dian farmer . My crime was that of haul-
ing out specimens of the rich ore taken
out of the Wichita mountains to Moun-
tain City, in Washita county, and put-
ting them with my mineral display .that
the people might see for themselves the
wonderful mineral deposits of the moun
tains.
I was run in with my own gun, gvien
Into the hands of an Ina ?.n, named Os
car, to whom tho marshal said: "if he
tries to escape shoot down one of his
horses." I was taken to Rainy Mountain
school and. held- there under guard until
morning. T wa sthen ordered to proceed
to Anadarko with some five or six men
and a boy with a team, whom the mar-
shal had run in the night before.
The distance is some forty-five ml'es.
The wood haulers were taken through
that night, but I was compelled to re-
main some ten miles distant. I arrived
there, the next morning at about 11
o'clock. I was taken before the agent
who Informed the marshal that he had
nothing to do with mo. "If he has com-
mitted. any crime *et him sufftr the pen-
alty."
The marshal then took me before the
I nlte<t States commissioner who sot me
freo with the admonition that should I
go int othese mountaans any more he
would issue a United States warrant for
my arrest Thats' what he said. ve«
warrant for my arreati
lor what? T\hy, simp y for hau'ln* out
my own cold and ullver rockn tn show the
peop e that mounta n. do „ntai„
5 * mr-tas In paying quantities
I <k not pub Ish my assays for real
sons in st known to myself. i W'Hh to mv
howCyer. that I have brought my w >Vs
out in an Intell gent and comprehen-
stva form in a book which T have sent
lng°.rh,fr0,UrJ°m ''""V hav' b""n "In-
r r ill i' ^ patiently all the time
fur the action of our great fathers nt
Washington to open these mountains to
•etthment Itut m> patl, nee has cened
■mi n" x ''as become exhausted
and discouraged. The muscles of my fac
contra-t: Heart an* °
} Pioneer spirits feel Insulted; mv per-
' Iln<' wll'power which permca r
' 0 " ody and soul, Inhm.s n,,
fumes of disgust ut the lung delay ami
negle, of congress In withholding from
us our Just rights a mi privileges whl.h
we are entitled to enjoy. ft
It Is not only a shame and' a disgrace
::rr'
Plains and rl.li inlmrsl tindr ,v. hu'w,
nm the gauntlet „f the W|.., Indiana
ho stood' with his toinahawlc uplift,. |
and seMplmrttntfe „,u rM,,|y (o apl
blood of the pal« £ttco und hanjt his f0rc-
)n
*
top on his belt.
le'lns"'^ "°Pt'n 'h0SB Wichlta moun"
-Mr. Flynn, I want you to tell your«j
«nd aenatnra th
the report sent in from here In re^arl
to the Kiowa and Comm inche tt^rrltory
is not a true statement of the facts
I know almost every foot of thu terri-
tory fr. Ill Ft Bill ti. the North Fork on
the Red river and beyond in Greer coun
I have not the space to give a descr'p
tlon of it here but will co id nse matters
that you may see and understand thingi
better.
These Wichita mountairs and tho sur-
roun ing a„d intervening va leys cannot
be surpassed . ii. re the garden spot
of the 1 nited States—the 1-^1 en of tna
' St. Tho Great Creator has b'e«sed
them with a beautlf il Italian climate;
with -i great m'neral beit running
! through the center of thf> plcturespua
mountains abounding In untold wealth:
wth rich fertile va.leys, watere-1 by crys-
tal mountain streams of the purest aqua
coursing through its luxurious rxpan8iVo
,oe" and bud-ling fo lage;
I plains adaptable for lucrative
agrlcu tural pursuits and eattle-ra'slng.
, 'his as a whole, considering Its
beautiful ami healthful climate, Its won-
derful deposit, of god, silver, copper,
lead ,.nc, asphaltum. lime, cement,
clays, etc and Its abundant Inducements
f-.rmer and. stock-raiser It fur
surpasses any count, y ihave ever tin
in all my travels.
I here enter my solemn and sacreij
protest against leasing any mure land*
to cattlemen. Tlu-y nr. the who „r,
K.^'pliff the pe.,|.!,. from u tt Ing up these
in s. r blnme them for ordering my ir
fw 1^' hauling our the mlntral
that I have been persecuted for taking
Yours Truly,
WM. COOLT,
The Old Montana Miner.
. THESE
Ladies
havehever _
tried the £reaT
system re^ulafbr
PRICKLY ASH
Bi ITERS.
Because they Think if ia
nasty and bitter disagreeable
to the stomach and violertT
tn action.
ask these
Ski
, they will Tell you it is
noTaTalJ disagreeable.
And as a cure forlndideslion, j
.Constipation, Kidney'
disorders it is uo- '
excelled.
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