The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 166, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 6, 1902 Page: 3 of 8
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TIIF. OKLAHOHA STATE CAPITAL,THI RSDAT MORXIXi!, N'OVKMHKII 0. in..;.
Jim Dumps Invited friends to dines
He gave them salad, birds and wine;
And for dessert, a novel course
He gave them ice cream served with "Force.
"Delicious," cried his guests to him;
"This dish Is perfect, 'Sunny
rounds oat the dinner—
rounds up the diner
Sweet, crisp flakes of v; I ui ns^t.
Tneaday oveuim I Mt down to • vednlnf
frut. Next mornlM I felt wretched beyond df*rlj
orce" fa
Hon At* ' Force' for breakfast, lunch and dim
This morning had ' Force' again for brenkf
Nor, tfter uj uaual tod heart? lunch, I feci
fine aa uauai. A ® erjoy«d at t5l« rai*..
Jouva Fvh
- T '.JZTU.
CLIMATE AND
\ CROP REPORT
) '■
October ' 'icr Was Good
for . v.n Crop.
\ •
HARDENED THE GRAIN
Rains in First Part of Month
Damaged Much Cotton-Win-
ter Wheat Seeding Is
Finished.
1 State Capital Bureau, 610 14th St.
Washington, Nov. 6.—The crop report
Issued today my the weather bureau says:
The month as a whole was very mild, with
r:tlnfall generally sufficient and while the
latter was excessive over a large part o?
the Atlantic coast and gulf district, but
little Injury resulted therefrom, except In
the early part of the month. In the cen-
rtal valleys the conditions were generally
favorable for hardening corn, but a con-
siderable portion of the crop In the lake
legion and over the northern portions of
the Misslrsippl and Missouri valleys is
yet soft.
Kalns caused considerably Injury to
cotton during the early part of the month,
. especially In the central anil western por-
4 lions oi th belt The weather of the
> middle part of the month was mroe
favorable and ^he development of a fair
top crop in some localities resulted. At
the cloae of the month picking was still
in progress, and with delay of frost con-
siderable Will be gathered, the most favor-
able proapeota for top crop being reported
from northern and central Texas.
Illinois—Month favorable for maturing
| and harvesting corn; some corn In north
still soft; considerable corn molded In
north and oarth central portions; tly and
dry weather retarding wheat In south;
seeding rye and wheat delayed by wet
weather and acreage reduced In north;
■wheat and rye promising
Indiana-First decade mostly cool and
rainy; pome corn In shock damaged: seed
clover auffefled; balance of month warm-
er. with cool spells; some corn chaffy,
cribbing begun; full seeding nearly com-
pleted; early sown wheat In places suf-
fering from fly. otherwise wheat doing
well; heavy frost 20th.
Ohio—fijrn, tobacco and seed clover
damaged by wet weather first of month;
atter part dry and warm, conditions fa-
vorably Improved; tobacco curing and
«orn*drylng well now, but much corn soft
ind chaffy; wheat seeding well advanced;
•eed germinating well and stand excellent;
late potatoes mostly dug. some decay;
weather favorable for late apples.
Michigan—First half of month cool and
showery, delaying maturity of corn and
sugar beets and rotting many late po-
n long lake secured early in month without
Injury by frost, but the bulk of the crop
elsewhere soft and unmarketable; gen-
erally good stand of winter wheat and
rye. but rani Is needed in some sections;
fall pasture fair
Minnesota First half of month favor-
able for threshing, which Is nearly finish-
ed; last half of month showery, and many
grain stacks damp; plowing considerably
delayed; very little corn fit for storing or
seed; fall-sown rye and wheut look well,
Iowa -Month generally clear and dry.
with some excessive local rains; corn dry
damage to grain in shock; potato and
cribbing; somo spoiling, marketable por-
portlon less than Indicated September :t0;
threshing grain and potato digging prac-
tically completed, winter rye generally
thrifty.
Nebraska—Heavy rain the grst part of
month greatly retarded farm wook and
caused some dam-'iflc to crops In field and
stark; large amount of wheat sown last
part of month and seeding continued to
end of month but acreage generally is less
than last year; corn has dried out very
slowly and husking just commenced last
of mostth.
Kansas—Weather favorable for farm
work, early wheat good stand and In good
condition, much sown late; corn husking
nrogresslng. crop good; appl« -s fathered,
fine crop; killing frost 2Kth ni central and
tatoes; last half drier, warmer and more
favorable; corn crop small and poorly
matured; sugar beets yielding well; win-
ter wheat and rye mostly sown tnd ger-
orns,
orm, Tnt*r,
' Head,
The Sale of Lots in
Meridian
Now Going On.
Two Railroads With Union Depot
A Town having the trade of the productive
' Bear Creek Country will be a good one.
Splendid Opportunities for
, BUSINESS LOCATIONS
And Speculative Investment.
= ADDRESS
rIEISKELL'S
Ointment
iawF-*"
TON, HOLLOW AY * CO.
fcpMi ■ i Si, PkUaMpkla j
ti Influent*. Brittle
STATE BANK, Meridian, Okla.
W. H. MERTEN, Guthrie, Okla.
ROY HOFFMAN, Chandler, Okla.
CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK, Guthrie, Okla.
SCRAMBLING
TO UNLOAD
Mlottmcnt Treaty Forcing the
Land Grabbers to It.
.1 LIMIT IS UP SOOIN
Cherokee Citizens Must Com-
ply by Nov. 7, in Holding
Lands Allowed Him-
Against Excesses.
Special Dispatch to tho State Capital
Tahlequah. 1 T., Nov. 9 —Thoso citi-
zens of the Cherokee naiiou who hold
more land than is legal nn<l«*r tin- al-
lotment treaty are scrambling to un-
load. They have only four days more
in which to dispose of their excess,
On November 7 the ninety day's limit
will have expired and every citizen
wilt be supposed to be in possession of
his land grades and know Just how
much land he is entitled to. and hold-
ing no more than is due him as a
Cherokee citizen. During the past few
weeks the excessive holders have oeen
very active In disposing of their prop-
erties and on November 7 very few of
thlg class will be in possession of more
than 100 acres of the average allotta-
ble land, t. e law as embodied in sec-
tions IS and 1 i of the treaty, is very
plain anod emphatic as to the punish-
ment that will be ineted out toi those
who continue to monopolize the public
domain, am. it comes from a reliable
source that Immediate steps will be
taken to rigidly enforce the law Tne
leniency of the ouicials In enforcing
the Curtis act should delude no one in-
to volating the new law, for it might
bo that a very unpleasant surprise is
in store for t.ietn. The provisions of
the treaty relating to excessive hold-
ings are as follows:
Sec. 18. It shall be unlawful after
90 days after the rntifiration of this
act by the Cherokees for any member
of the Cherokee tribe eo enclose or
hold possession of it, in any manner,
by himself or through anotuer. direct-
ly or Indirectly, more lands in value
man that of one hundred an ten
seres of average allotablc lands of the
Cherokee nation, eu..er for himself or
for his wife, or for each of ins minor
children, If members of said tribe, and
any member of aa tribe found in
such possession of lands, or naving
tne same In any manner inclosed, after
the expiration of 90 days after the
ratification of this act, shall be deem-
ed guilty of ft misdemeanor.
See. 19. Any persons convicted of
violating any of the provisions of sec-
tion IS of this aea, snail be punisheg
by a fine of not less than $1^1 and
shah stand committed until such fine
and rosts are paid (sulh uommitment
not to exceed one day for every two
dollars of said -c and cost) and shan
forfeit possession of any property in
question, and each day on which such
offense Is committed or continues to
exist shall be deemed a separate of-
fense. The Un tsites district at-
torney for the northern u.strict is re-
quired to see I hat provisions of
said section IK are strictly enforced,
and he shall immeuiately after tne
ratification of this act. proceed to dis-
possess all persons of such excessive
holdings of lands and to prosecute
them for so unlawfully holding the
same and the commission to the five
civilized tribes shall have authority to
make investigations of all violations of
section 1R and make report thereon to
he United States ristrict attorney.
Lenox Roan Is tho best laundry snap
ami II Is full welch!. <'"iin>..r- the siz--
iitid quality and see where you get tho
best value.
CHILD BURNED
A KETTLE OF BOILING WATER
SPILLED OVER I V.
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
.shawnee, Okla., Nov. ft. —The six-
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Thomas, who lives between here and
Tecumseh, was fatally burned while
his mother was giving him a Jiath.
.Master Roy was left naked in a tub of
water close to a hot stove and while
his mother was out of the room to get
more fuel for a flrq he stepped out of
the tub to play and unfortunately
backed up against the stove.
The teakettle full of scalding water,
was setting on the health of the stove
and In the child's fall he knocked the
kettle off the hearth the boil\^ waTVr
spilling over hiin and crazing him with
agony.
A physician was summoned and
worked al lnight to relieve the n
of its horrible suferings. but the lit-
tle one cannot possibly live. Death
Is expected at, any hour and the moth-
er and father of this their only child,
are almost prostrated with grief over
their little one's misfortune.
LOOKOUT FOR
CATARRH
The cold-wave flag
means zero weather,
icy, moisture - ladeu
winds, and the begin-
ning of w inter in earn-
est. To Catarrh suffer-
ers there is nothing
cheering in these climatic changes,
for with tho return of cold weather,
all the disagreeable avuiptoms of Catarrh
appear: blinding headaches, dimneaa, a
stully feeling about the nose that makes
breathing difficult, chest pains, and as the
disease progresses, a discharge of nauseat-
ing matter from the throat am! nose keeps
one continually hawking and spitting.
Catarrh is a most disgusting disease.
The foul mucous secretirtua that are con-
stantly dropping back into the stomach
coutaminate and jioison the blood and is
distributed throughout the body, and it
then becomes a deep-seated, systemic,
persistent disease that must be treated
through the blood, for it is beyond the
reach of sprays, washes, powders or ex-
ternal treatment of any kind.
S. S. S. soon clears the system of nil
Catarrhal matter and purges the blood of
the irritating poisons, thus effectually
checking the further progress of this sctt-
ous and far reaching disease.
Look out for Catarrh in winter, for cold
stirs the blood and causes excessive secre-
tion of mucus and brings to life all the
slumbering poisons that make Catarrh
the most abominable
of all diseases. S.S.S.
keeps the blood in
such perfect order
that cohl waves cause
no alarm and the
change from the beat of aumtner to the
rigors of winter produce no hurtfuletTccts.
Write us if you have Catarrh, and our
Physicians will advise you without charge.
Book on Wood and Skin Discuses free.
9iuiiiui:IIU^ jiuiuus
sss
BOER GENERALS
London, Nov. 6.—Generals Botha and
Delarey and ex-President Schaikberger
will wituess tonight's delate in the
I • if 'oMi'ir. i. • v • r n« tivii ssrviie
estimate placing tho additional amount
required as a grant, ti ail tuo Trans-
vaal and Cranre River colon> Jjiir.g
the prcbdnt ttee.il year :tt Si0.90d.GH1,
which ended in agrees o vote ihc stun
In question.
Colonial Pecnt'i'v Chambenam in
response to cri'kiftms measure
from the opp wi'ioi, depreciated
Ism ov- r South Af'can affairs 11- sni 1
the fact that the Boer prisoners would
all be repatriated this year exceeded
the most sanguine expect at ions. He
declared that his sole desire in going
to South Africa was to bring together
a kindred people.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
IRAUDULENT EN1RY
CHARGED AGAINST THEM
Two Soldiers' Widows RiEhts
Suspended - Said to be in
With Cattlemen.
Washington, Nov. 5.—The Interior de-
portment has suspended. with a view to
cancellation, u large number of aliened
fraudulent land entries In Nebraska, made
by soldiers" widows, who, It is charged,
have entered Into an agreement for the
transfer of the lands to cattlemen.
A. N. 1-esser. of Iowa, ti special ag^nt.
whose beadi|Uitrters hn\e been for ne\ 'ill
veara at North Platte. Neb has been sus-
perilled In connection with I lime proceed
Inics. The action follows mii Investigation
that had been quietly conducted In Iowa
by <'ollonel John Smith, who Ih a special
agent of the general land office. The ex-
act extent of these operations Ih not dis-
closed, but so far as known there are
about forty-live or fifty of them, each
being for l«n acres. The government re
cently has been enforcing Its regulation
for the removal of fences erected by cat-
tlemen on public lands, t'nder the law
soldiers' widows have a right to make en-
tries of public lands without any resi-
dence requirements, but they are required
to make Improvements and cultivate the
lands It is understood that the women
who fade the entries are mostly Chicago
people who are influenced to lake these
steps by the agents of cattlemen, with
an agreement to transfer the lund to the
latter by leases, with tho right to pur-
chase.
PALMER'S WILL
New York, Nov. 5.—The will of the
late Francis Asbury Palmer, formerly
president of the National Broadway
hank, was filed f r probate today. The
heirs at law are J. It Palmer, of Cas-
tle Craig. Shasta county. Calif, a broth-
er an! (lertrude A. Knapp auJ Mai '
Kepne:* of Walllngford, Com, nh s
The will gives hi3 orothcr *) a year
ann.iitv and mnkeo bo.meat h i of $20,
000 o ov"}<-;s.
The residue of the will Is left to
Francis Asbury Palmer fund, and the
value of this bequest In the petition is
estimated at $500,000.
TARIFF REFORM
New York, Nov. 5.—Tariff reform
was considered at the monthly meet-
ing of the board of trade today and a
resolution was introduced tnst a home
board be asked to support the suges-
tion of President Roosevelt that a per-
manent non-partisan eiport tarilf
commission be created. There was op-
position to reviving the questiou at
present ami the'resolution was referr-
ed to the executive committee.
COAL ROADS NOTIFIED.
Washington. Nov. f>. -The complaint of
Wlllam Randolph I learnt of New York
against the anthracite coal carrying rail-
roads. charging that the lulter'B rate for
thl i • B!. I porta,! Ion <>f c <>al frmn 111" iii!
thraclte held to N'.-w Kngland. New York,
Maryland and the IMstrlct of Columbia
are unjust, was tiled with the interstate
commerce commission today. The com-
mission Immediately sent notifications of
mplaint t.. the railroad companies
named as defendants.
CATTLEMEN
STILL INSIST
They Don't Like to I.et Loose
Public Land Graft.
iGNORE LAW AND ORDER
Secretary Hitchcock and Depart-
ment of Justice Determined
the Fences Must Go Give
Land to Settlers.
Don't Ba Too Fat
Don't ruin your *touiiK-h with a lot of meleo* :igti
ant! tiatentinwdlriDM. Senl to Prof. r. J, KeUoz*.
lZfr A . Mam St. iiaiuo Or«ek. Ml' tne ii, lor * fre«
trial prktiin of Btrxxluieut that Jli r«du<'n your
weltfLlto normal without diet or draff*. Hie tra t-
moutlapTfi* 17 niftf. natural and •ciahtiflr. Ittaki
~ Dljf fttomarh. fflvna th heart fri
I ti ti.;" to expand naturiUlr,
State Capital Duroeu OlO. 14th S reet.
Washington, 1). C. Nov. &. Mr.
Hitchcock, secretary of the interior,
has been making a hystetnatic and per-
sistent campaign for several years
against the syndicates that have been
trying to defraud homesteaders and
settlers of their riKats. lie has deter-
mined to put an end to the frauds by
which cattle barona and laud specula-
tors have been securing possession and
introI of vnst tracts of the public
domain. The record of the last year
shows that In the Indian territory. <> w
Mepieo, Nebraska. California, Washing-
ton. Oregon and Wyoming thousands
f fraudulent entries have been made ,
by representatives of these synllcniea.
fop the evident puri se of protecting
the cattle barons in their unlawful
possession of the grazing lands. Mr.
Hitchcock has broken the game up
pretty well in the Indian territory al-
hough a syndicate of Texas cattlemen
if at ill In the possession of a good ileal
of grazing laud for which the Indian-
owners uro nt receiving proper com-
pensation.
Some of tho schemes worked by the *
syndicate and their agents are exposed
In the annual report of the commis-
sioner of the general land office made i
pulbic today. Commenting upon I he
plans for fraud that were discovered iu
Arkansas the report says:
"During the fiscal year ten convic-
tions have been secured for frauds com-
mitted in connection with soldiers' <1- ^
dltlonal assignments executed in Ar-
kansas. A great systematic conspiracy
for the purpose of defrauding the gov-
ernment In these eases were discovered
to be Inexistence during the fatter part
of 1901 in this state, which has been
completely broken up and the guilty
parties sentenced to periods of impels-1
onmetit in the 1'nlted States peniten-
tiary at Fort Leavenworth, ranging
from three years down together with
the imposition of fines.
"In the states of Minnesota. Wiscon-
sin and Michigan many application*
have been suspended and rejected
which art* found to he clearly fraud-
ulent. As yet, however, no convictions
have been secuored against the guilty
parties. Although the district attorneys
in these states have isvsral i i es pend-
ing foor trial, and no douobt, some of
them will be successful."
The report shows that the cattle-
men still resist upon the retention of
their fences in the public domain ig- t
noring the law and the orders of tho
president ami secretary of the inter-
ior for tne immediate removal of these }
obstructions. The order for this wart <
given last April but was extended to
July 1, upon the plea of the cattlemen •
and their promise to remove the fences
upon that date Fences have been re-*-
dunng the year from 24,r i'.4 acres of ^
tho public domain, and tho promises*,
secured from cattlemen to removal
arly +,000,000 acres. The report of ;
an inspector on duty in Nebraska- is v~
Incorporated In the report of tho com-
missioner. This states that nearlyihe
entire public lands of Nebraska are ^
under fence by cattlemen and that cf- ^
forts are being made by them to secure .
some eolor of title from the govern- ,
inent. This Is accomplished by what is
known as the "hobo filings". Hired
employes of the cattle companies have
filed upon thousands and thousands ,
of lie res of land now under fence, and
there is no secret of* htelr plan to sell
these holdings, as soon as the title can k
he secured, to the cattle companies.
The report says:
"The persons who pay for these en-
tries expect to hold them by having a
hearing applied for if claim Is suspend-
ed, and to appeal from tho local offI- .
cers to the commissioner, and from
your office to tho secretary, and thus
run It along for several years if possi-
ble—holding the land and range mean-
time—pending the final decision. Of
course, they file in all kinds of names,
and possibly two or three times under
disguise. Thousands upon thousands
of such entries have been made in
these states within the past two or
three years—especially since the fem e
agitation commenced. The homestead
law is a dead letter, absolutely no
attention is paid to it."
The commissioner urges increased
appropriations for inspectors and
agents of the department in order
that investigations into these fraud-
ulent entries may be made more thor-
oughly and more promptly.
A .iltle over 5.000,000 acres of land
were certified ami patented to railroads
during the year under the land grants
made by congress to aid In the con-
struction of railroads. During the sea-
son the interior department allowed
1.197.000 sheep to enter eight of the
reservations for specified periods, the
grazing to be confined to specified
areas, and 459,137 head of cattle and
horses to graze in rty-eight of the
reservation*.
SPORTING PAPER SUED.
Pari*, I'ov. r. J Ttelff. ttv American
Jockey, bus begun suit acali- < a i:
paper. Li Vie Au Grand Air. clalmi1 •
damages for an allcg< d d- fnuintorv or ti- '
published In < ■ 'im v. It ti ti:, wit!
drawal of his *'
nfT tti« stomach, tfivt-a tho hei «rt 1 rxVdoni,
• thi luriijB to ••ipand i.aturiUlf, and ytu will
fool a bunrtrxd ttnira >< i'-r tlio fir t day you try ti,:a
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