The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 245, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 10, 1903 Page: 4 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATK rAPITAT., i T'KSDAV MOUXIXO. FEBTH" \RV 10, inns
The Oklahoma Stale Capital.
By Th« State Capital Company.
FRANK H. QREER. Editor. ^
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THE FATHER OF THH
DAWES COMMISSION
The death of Former Senator Henry
L. Dawes the other day marked the
close of a career of true magnitude.
For tweiKy-flvo years Senator Dawes
was in the midst of Indian affairs in
the senate and upon his retirement
from that body he was made chairman
of the Dawes commission to the Five
Tribes, a position which he held at
the time of his death. He was inti-
mately acquainted with the Indiau of
the period and fiad given the Indian
question much study.
In an address which he delivered In
Hartford in 18J12. Senator Dawes said:
Having tried every other means with
, the Indian, the nation, as a last rasort
resolvod to try the experiment of mak-
ing something out'of him. They began
only fifteen years ago, and the first
attempt was an appropriation of f'JO,-
1 000 out of the treasury of the I'nlted
States of his own money to educate
him. It was granted timidly on the
part of the government, and I fear
mauy voted for it having little faith
In It. I remember that those who
were anxious even for that small be-
' ginning wero confronted with the dec-
laration that the Indian could not be
civllizod. A United States senator, 1
regret to say. a native of my own state
and educated in a .New England col-
lege stood up in the senate in opposi-
tion to this measure aud declared that
history furnished no example of the
civilization of an Indian. The
000 voted that year was so wisely ex-
pended that congress ventured to vote
130.000 the next year. The next year
$00,000. And so on until this last year,
increasing rapidly, they took out of the
treasury of the United States, of their
own money, for this purpose, |2,250,-
000, in all to date $15,200,000. Out of
it they have built off the reservations
20 boarding aud traiuiug schools, and
on the reservations more than 60
boarding schools for the Indians, be-
sides numerous day schools. More than
half of the children of Indians of school
age are now In these schools.
But the government has not stopped
here. It would have fallen far short
of auccess if it had left the Indian here.
An Idle, homeless Indian cannot be
clvillMd. Therefore the United States
provided for him a home, enacted a
law by which they furnished every
man. woman and child, old and young,
everywhere under the flag. If he will
tako it, eighty acres of land under a
title deed by the side of which no oth-
er man in Christendom holds his es-
tate. Hearken while I tell you what It
is. The United States covenants with
each one of these Indians that will
hold eighty particular acres which he
may choose, for the sole use of that In-
dian for twenty-five years, and keep
him in possession of it, free from taxes
and free from mortgages, and free
from any possible, lien that the ingen-
uity of the white man can Invent, and
at the end of that twenty-five years the
I'nlted States covenants that it will de-
liver It over to him with a fee simple
deed free from every possible incum-
brance. No muniment of title holds,
even the proud baronoies of England
firmer than this.
Is preferable to the j frellng due to misunderstandings and.
Several senatorial in- bad management, which would never!
lercsts would greatly dislik* such an | i.ave happened if the old duke had been
extra sessluu. and will make every ef-j alive to superintend matters.
fori to get through now the minimum The trouble had been in connection
of business necessary to avoid one. with the equestrian flgura, designed for
One small group of senators hop' - that : the monument tyy the original sculptor,
no vote will be reached on Calian red- j Stevens, but not finished, owing to the
prodty; others feel the same way to- ■ artist's death.
wards the fisheries treaty, ami so on. Some time ago the !■ hop off Step-,
The trust matter is to be one of the I ncy, thinking that talking enough had
probable extra session causes if there been done, set to work to raise the nec-
hhall come necessity for an exira ses- essary funds, and then, with the con-
sion. The disposition of the president -ent of the cathedral authorities, com-
to compel anti-trust legislation is I missioned Mr. John Tweed—an em-
well known, and he will likely assem- inent sculptor, but not R. A.—to fin-
ble congress if no action be had in the i isli the memorial.
present session looking to a regulation I But now it appears that 8lr Edward
of the trusts. | I'oynter, president of the royal acad-
It seems at this time probable that emy, has also been using his influence
the fifty-eighth congress will meet be- to put an end to what was little less
**•m
n
fore December.
GERMANY IS NOT
AN ABSOLUTISM
than a scandal, and had actually suc-
ceeded in inducing the first commis-
sioner of works to promise 2.000
pounds on the part of the government.
He thinks it grievous that the execu-
It wae an adroit and spirited speech
that Chancellor Von Ilillow made in ; "™ of work of •"'a klnli "h°"l', bfl !
the German relchstag the other day. j Intrusted to a group of Individuals, and
"During the last Motor?." he .aid.! especially to a sculptor outside the
the German bourgeolse-the learned harmed ring. Moreover. Archdeacon
■lasses, such as the professors, to he- I *">' ">lr i* l Uw "•«<■ ° ™ra'
gin with, and later on the merchants whlch ""•s on,-v be<m " mnK
and industrials-had won their way to jfl,r a 'avoraWe opportunity to honor
position and influence In the Btate. j ("ike and themselves.
The emperor waa convinced that the r"|pss ,lie government finally de-
cldes to take the whole affair into its
own hands, ail the materials for a most
working classes ought to have the sani"
rights as other classes, and that this
quality of rights ought to find ex- ; "nedlfytof dispute appear to be ready,
pression in legislation."
I.ast week the people of Chicago who
He denied, point blank, that the em-
wanted to see other people In the big
peror had ever transgressed the llm- | ,,fTice bullrlliigs had to walk up the
its of the confltltutlon, and said that 'jcairs. The elevator men were on a
when he heard of all this talk about Istrike anil the managers of the lmlld-
, ... ings could not afford to come through.
Caesarian,. Bonapartlsm. and • !>«.- T«, wlll bp tentf on tlie
lutism he wondered whet!: r he was | vacant lots if the strain keeps up.
really in Morocco or in China and not |
in the German relchstag." j It is already announced that the
,i„ „ . , . ... J-T. price of Ice will advance in the early
He then went on to admit that If ,ummw. This is alleged to because the
party government were Introduced iu I natural product will be scarce owing to
(iermany absolutist tendencies might I the open winter. The excuse upon
which to hang an advance of the trust
product price is generally very slight.
After thirty years of politics Senator
Valentines
Largest stock and greatest variety ever
brought to Oklahoma, consisting of three
job lots. We are offering these at FIFTY
PER CENT LESS THAN REGULAR
WHOLESALE PRICES
Exquisite new creations, dainty and inexpensive.
Also, some of the most ludicrous caricatures that
were ever perpetrated on the "unsuspecting public."
Worth your while to go several blocks to see the
display — absolutely the biggest and finest lot of
Valentines you ever saw.
THE EAGLE DRUG STORE
Edwards Nichols, Proprietor
Harrison Avenue
I D
DRUGS 1
PAINTS s
AND WALL PAPER
renfro's is
headquarters
A wealthy Kansas man was swindled
by a crook who claimed to be his long-
lost uncle. Strangely too, he said
nothing about a British lord or master
of the hounds.
Out In western Oklahoma the thresh-
ing of kafir corn has been postponed.
There is scarcely enough coal to steam
up the stewed corn for dinner.
The chaplain of the venerable and
dignified senate will now have some-
thing ample to pray for. Mormon Reed
Smoot is going to the senate.
AN EXTRA SESSION
SEEMS PROBABLE
Senate leaders the becoming afraid
(hat it will be impossible to ure ac-
tion on the treaties before Mar. h 4.
and that in consequence au extra ses-
sion of the snnat" will be called in the
spring. The present plan is to call up
the Alask&n boundary treaty first, be-
cause that requires au appropriation,
aud to get it ratified, if possible, in
season for the house to join in provid-
ing the necessary funds.
The Panama canal treaty will come
next. How effective Mr. Morgan's ob-
struction will prove, depends largely
on the statehood situation: but In any
event there are serious fears that a
vote will uot be reached. Then, there
is the Cuban treaty to which the ad-
ministration is so strongly committed.
If an extra soealnn should be called
for executive business, an endeavor
would be made to dispose of all the
reciprocity treaties, including that
with Newfoundland. Senator Cullof,
chairman of the foreign relations com-
mittee, has long urged that lu decent
courtesy to the nations which have ne-
gotiated these compacts with us, they
should be voted "up or down."
While there should be no doubt of
•n adverse vote on the Rasson treaties
make themselves felt. There were
party leaders of an absolutist turn of
mind in the house. He knew, however,
of no absolutist royal personages or-Jones of Nevada will quit and go Into
ministers in Qermany. "Absolutism ,uls'ne88 to make a living. Had he im-
„ „ , ,, , , proved each shining hour dishonestly
neither a German word nor a Orr- IllHny „ statesman has done he
man institution; if it ever appeared In | would not be compelled in his old age
Qermany, it would bo the consequence to be an honest toiler.
of a revolution. Caesarism followed —
upon revolution; that was the order of Congress has a way of doing things
, . . ° suit itself. It did not always do as
Wi,h r"':ard ,0,u" lotion UBCO|n wlshwI and )t probably
and authority of the Imperial chancel-mot always do as Roosevelt desires,
lor, lie said that no chancellor, not an The trust proposition is one of the
old woman, would ever put his „amo-things that promises to make it a stren-
to anything for which he could notjU°U8 hotijr'
answer. It did not follow, though, that | Now that the statue of the trust
he would feel bound to resign every has been established as of great antiq-
time that he happened to differ wlthju|ty it is announced that Roc kefeller
his aoTtrtffn. Be had to exerolMIP** ned an organization With a
some measure of discrimination. ?\ 'n "J1?10? 10 ^
! operated in the interest of charity and
The emperor, he added, could stand j education.
contradiction very well. He only wish- '
ed the opposition could be half as rea- ! Of course the witness did not under-
sonable as he was. Uiand the question. When asked if he
■ had ever seen the prisoner at the bar
r^rv^r* tlmtct ! !'e replie<' tliat he had not but had
A CiOOD TRUST I often seen him when he was morally
TO BE FOSTERED "-rIain lliat he has been at the bar.
The philanthropic trn.t Is the latest j Ir the pe0p„ of th# East ,onllnue
thing in com hints. I to Advocate tin* aoAtttrins of human
John I). Rockefeller is Its moving lashes to the four winds as a demonstra-
spirit. tion of the kinship of nature how is
' _ .... ... . . . 'cemetery real estato to be kept advanc-
It & trust in education and charity. | illg ua tb,, markct „hould
with a capital of 110,000,000 to back it.
The income from the capital is to be Minister Rowen has discomfited the
used for carrying out the objects of "Hies. The powers are throwing bricks
the association. M ea<"h other and the diplomats are
ti... . _'v Jangled. If some patriot will get the
The directorate a* planned, will be,,nMt rattl(,d ,he work u( the
composed of 100 distinguished persons winter will be well done.
•elected because of their influence, j .
learning and practical philanthropic The proposed law against breaking
ideas, the directors and officers to in'° niatrimony through false pre-
u'ithnui „v . - i tense®, imposition, cunning, or deceit,
serve wit non t anv compensation. i > i , .
1 will be a dead one. There have been
Ive originator of the project for few lovers who did not employ deceit
which Rockefeller Is sponsor, Is Alfred ii the courting period.
O. Crater of Willnilngton. Del., treas- A Mlgso„rl ,h, ,cen, of R
urer ot the national conference of char- ris-ol fight between a drunken boy and
lties and correction. his father, and the yellow newspaper
lie had an Interview with President ;l"rra«P «<lfhas discovered that
Roosevelt, who is to be an ^ '° ^ ^
member of the board of directors if
agreeable to him, but who has not yet The small boy who feels the Impor-
taken action on the proposition, Mr ,anrt> his position may be called
... ! stuck up by the other small boys; but
( rozk. has a. o conferred with other. hB wlll hSve a Job when they are look-
in the East regarding the project and ing wishfully into the restaurant win-
proposes later to call a conference to dows in later years.
to be held In New York.
. ... 1 A Missouri man has been charged
According to the announcement is- with marrying two women on one , er-
sued none of the subscribers to the Jituate. Well if a fellow lias to corn-
fund or any offic er or directors, are to in^ bigamy it is just as well to save
receive pecuniary benefits therefrom. rl"* ,,rire the ll,,en«e.
In Colorado no one could he induced
to introduce the "child murder bill,"
so that law will have to go without be-
coming a law at all.
There are 150 "little joker" bills in
the Colorado legislature. The public
is admonished to watch them go
through.
Dead old New England is posing as
a wonder. It is now asserted that New-
Haven is the wickedest city on the
map.
A member of the Colorado legislature
has Introduced a memorial petitioning
congress to pass the omnibus bill.
Most women like to hear idiotic
things if the fellow who is saying them
seems to be really in earnest.
A Missouri gauger who fell Into a
barrel of whiskey is an object of envy,
among many old soaks.
To tell some women they are flat-
tery proof is a good way to flatter
them.
It is natural for a young woman who
looks like a poster girl to feel stuck up.
Many a woman who is a good talker
has an impediment in her thoughts.
and torrm*ntn smnll children. His parents
hould either nd him to school or com-
pel him to go to work.
Prospectors are report. <1 to have struck
pas one mile north of Tulsa In the Osny
nation. I>rll!ers pronounce the volume t >
be at least 1.OOP.000 feet a day. The well
Is about 1.300 feet deep and is the llrst
in the filed.
C. R. Renfro
206 Oklahoma Avenue Opposite Postoffice
m
!
I
£
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• |prescrirtions a specialty
Clarence B. Douglas, editor of the Mus
kopee Phoenix, wants the press of th-
ird Inn Territory to go to work and rais
sufficient money to buy the historic
£T<tund8 shortly to >e sold adjoining Fort
Gibson and thus preserve them Intact.
Garber Sentinel: Everybody will favor
le passage of a bill in the Oklahoma i
legislature that will lequire eoal oil com- '
panics to furnish a better quality of thit
product. To have a smnk'-. doubtful light
while pondering on the high price "f coal
lms a tendency to give fellow mortals the
blues.
Ponca City Courier: A citizen of Pone ■
City who has never had a leass in the
Osage reservation and has no intention
of living there. hn« been notified that V"
must pay the regular dollar a month f
permission to live on the reservation.
The authorities at Pawhuska ««eeni to !■•
•ver reaching their authority their autht
ority.
Roosevelt Record: Now while the peo
pie of the north are being doubly bar
rassed by sere weather and a coal famine
is a good time to tell th< m of Kiow
-ounty. While we do n- t claim to have
nn abundant supply of coal, we have pit ?
ty of fuel in the way of wood, and ad'
mate that can not be surpassed.
Blackwell News: In the town that h1; -
no negroes- A stranger from Denv. •
struck the town yesterday and itmost the
first man he met. was the Chinese laun
dry man "Great Scott." said the new
arrival. "I thought 1 was < 'mine to i
place where there was no Chinese .md al-
most the ttrst thing 1 run up agai: • i-= a
Chinaman When dors the first train
leave? ' He was told that there w :■ but
one or two of the despised race in town,
and was Anally persuaded t>> change h -
mind about taking the next train.
INSURANCE!
DO YOU NEED IT?
Wc are underwriters of from 15 to
20 years1 experience, and write
FIRE, TORNADO, PLATE GLASS
and STEAM BOILER INSUR-
ANCE in old, reliable companies.
HUMPHREY & HILL
Real Estate - Loans - Insurance
General Agrnts for
Lloyd's Plate Mass Insurants C«*
of New York
105 Weat Oklahoma I
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Phone No. 370
OKLAHOMA PARAGRAPHS
Medford Patriot' These seems to be a
strong sentiment in the Oklahoma legi
lature and throughout tlv tcrrit.-tv to
enact prohibitory legislation In rt.rd to
quail shooting So far as w<- are con-
cerned the can be enacted, and we don't
believe there w«>uld be \. t . much illa-
tion In any part of the Cherokee Strip.
wh*re this -^mall protector of the field
and vine could be mu h m ■ nunvmus
and do no harm Let the law t.e passed
It can be repealed If "Bob White" gats
so numerous thnt our wheat bins and corn
cribs aro in danger.
ly at Crescent by .
The Oklahoma wheat fileds are Indicat-
ing by growth that winter is almost all
gone.
Shawnee Herald: Our legislature is now
i wrestling with the quarantine <iu :-;i
; It's a hard problem to legislate upon. N
I hill will please everybody • >: •>ourae( the
i tlrst thing is to frame a bill that wi pi
| tect Oklahoma cattle ralsc-rs against dis
ease, and then be as liberal as We can
consistently with our neighboi f Texas,
and Arkansas We are closely bound In
I Interest with Texas cattle raisers and our
quarantine laws should not be more se-
vere against them than is absolutely nec-
' essary. In other words our quarantine
; laws should not be perverted from a
i hoalth regulation, to a specie of class
legislation for Oklahoma cuttle grounds
i When wo legislate fnr one < 'ass we are
i legislating against some other class, or
j the balance of the public. This Is a fund-
j amental truth.
j LIQUOR
HABIT CLiRHD in 'I hree Days
Branch Office,
Cor. McGee Sc 1 1 at.,
Kansas City.
Dr. j. j. McKANNA
Telephone 2R2
West Ninth St,
Oklahoma City
A set of sounterfelt molds for makinn
bogus twenty-flve cent pieces has been
found near Tulsa.
The bu«iness men of Tahlequah raised
jfi.uoo in i.n hour the other day as a stratcr
toward a new hotel.
The company Is to engage in no bus- The town up in Kansas that has
Iness or undertaking for profit for any adopted for a motto "Peace and De-
person or corporation, "its whole aiiA ,,n,-v proposes to live up to the
. , « , , watchwords if it has to bust a moral
and financial resources to be forever ' inoh in order lo do it.
devoted exclusively to practical charity. ;
wise philanthropic and worthy human- j Missouri has a committee investl-
itariau efforts. The concern will be ?.?nJ.t,®nllft!!y- 11'f announo-
empowered to accept and administer
any trust for those purposes authorized |not there.
by the board on terms prescribed by
the charter or special agreement. It
is to receive any money, personal or
real estate."
At the January term of the federsl court
at South McAlester just finished there
were l l convictions.
Coalgate Is ta have a steam laundry. A
lot has been purchased and the contract
let for a suitable building.
The gambling joints of South McAlester
weie raided Wednesday night and the
paparpbei ualla burned in the street.
Wh feeding cattle at Foster Bed Ilig-
glnbotbnm Ml from his wagon The
wheel passed over bis arm breaking It
above the elbow.
On Mai h It' Muskogee will vote on a
I proposition to issue 160 000 in bonds f ••
tin i>m i i e of erecting two public school
buildings in that city.
ed that thev will endeavor to find out
hy certain citizens of the state are
A BRITISH ROW
OVER A MONUMENT
The great Duke of Wellington has
been dead for half a century, aud his
monument in 8t. Paul's cathedral, I^on-
don, has not been completed yet.
It has been the subject of animated
discussion at brief Intervals ever since
his death. Now there seems to he
some prospect of Its being finished, but
not without a certain amount of ill-
It is announced along the Mississippi
river thai the ice has made no trouble
this winter. But along next August
the want of It will make trouble n
plenty.
Notice a story that is entitled the
Shoplifter s Love Story." Must have
been trying to carry off the floor walk-
er in her muff.
The anti-kissing statesman is bo-
oming very much in evldeuce in the
treak department of many of the stiite
legislatures.
Since Mr Uttlefleld has discovered
that the trusts are three thousand
years old he has been modified some-
what.
Noah llnwklns. a young full-blolod It
dian. is i jail at Ardmore charged with
killing Stephen Puller, abio an Indian
near Ada last November.
In the original survey of Muskogee a
bl.x-k of K , and was set aside as a park
Patriot tisens of the town realizing it
value ire taking steps to improve
beautify It.
nd
M my
im Start In Guthrie It Is claimed
that the policemen carry th*• it « • -
Md mono in their boot logs to keep from
being robbed by the footpads.
The Territorial Hunkers" association w
meet r S nth McAlester on May l and
The i'.lks have offered th« aseocla
Hon the use of their elegant club house
on that ot.caston.
Alva Pioneer: There will be a bask' '
ball game at the normal arena next Hat
urday at - 30 t>. m between the normal i
toys and the Cherokee high school boys '
To be played without bloomers
Tempi- is one year old snd the Tribune I
says one ago todav on a pralrb !
sparcetly settled and In a town consisting j
.f a couple buildings and a few tent* th ,
Tribune made her debut to the people ol I
Comanche county.
Nardin Star- The *r- i?e*t nulsan
in Nardin at the present time is a bi*. lub- •
lu.llw k>..v nhil I.Xl/s glUUU Ilia allulk
PERFECT
ASSIMILATION
Some people eat
heartily, even
ravenously, yet
nothing seems
to "stick to their
rids". Others
don't eat much,
but assimilate
all nutriment in
the food and get
fat. We have
letters from people who say that
Dr. Caldwell s
Syrup Pepsin
makes them fat. Il doesn't. Tt
simply gets their digestive
organs in shape to take the nu-
triment out of the foods which
they eat. It also acts as a gentle
laxative and tonic. Please try it.
A. C. Joaei. of Hortonrlllc. Tnd. writes "1
ean say for Dr Caldwell Syrup Pep*in that
It is hqc of the best medicines l ever lu.e
taken: In jusi sixty days after I began to take
your medicine. I had gaiued 90 pounds In
weight, felt like a new min and I •: tilRhlv
recommend it to any ore who is troub • 1 w.tb
lud.gestlon or Dyspepsia
J. B. GREEN. Mgr., C I GREEN, Sec,
WH. R. PAYNE, General Counsel
Guthrie, Okla.
THE OKLAHOMA LOAN, REAL
ESTATE, RENTING &
INVESTMENT CO.
Phone 553.
Opposite PoctoffloB.
J.B.
FAIRFIELD.
"TRANSFER,
COAL AND
STORAGE
L
WEST HARRISON AVENUE
PHONE No. 20
Your druggist sells it for f 0c
and SI.00 the bottle, or write
PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Monticello, III.
CHAS. POND, HATTIE M. POND. CHA8. S. ROB,
Pre* Secy. Trwt.
Guthrie Laundry Co.
IKOORrOIUAA
up-town office at paul
newman's near the f. o.
AGF.NTS WANTED IN EVERY TOWN
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