The Western World. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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OKLAHOMA CITY. GUTHRIE, SHAWNEE, CHANDLER, KI \<; FISH EH. OKLAHOMA. ARDMORE, 1. T., Till RSDAV, OCT. .8 I'm;}.
NO. 21)
WILL HE STAND FOR IT t
OKllKIt Yol'tt Kill it Tukks Now.
i I hp letter killeth, hut the spirit gtveth tors of such places also of Saloons,
;l!fe. We must be willing to be used doul(tl(tNM f t that ■ th fu.
of Clod, always looking to Him for re- ...
J suits. ; tufio, that prohibition of gambling'
1 lie Stark l>ros. nursery, ol the "Blessed are they who keep his tes- and intoxicants will be the political
world famous Missouri nurserymen ! timonies. and that seek him with the ' issue ami that their defeat
are now taking orders for thei'r ear- "h°,e lieaft ,.(iod's w°nl and hie
works are in perfect accord. The serv
Iv fall shipment of irmt and shade Hnt 0f t|ie i>or,j should be sure that h<
trees: Those who desire standard is right in doing the things that the
varieties, guaranteed to Ik- healthv VIaH,er has commanded him There
• is no excuse for any mistake. Jesus
and t rue to name, should see
\\ . O. Norval, agent,
•jo Broadway circle, Okla. City.
TEXAS NEWS.
Gainesville, Texas, Oct. a, 1903.
Miss Mary Woody returned home
after an extensive visit in Oklahoma
City. Miss Woody reports a pleasant
stay.
Mrs. Polly Kilensworth, of Denton,
visited her neice, Miss Una Campbell,
who Is very ill.
Little Miss Mattie Ilrown. daughter
of Elder and Mrs. B. J. Brown, was
very sick last week.
Miss Lizzie Williams went to Dallas
Sunday.
Mrs. Jonce Barbette, Miss Leonie
Williams, of Vanalstyne and Miss
Maude Stout, of Ardmore, O, T., are
guests of Mr. and *I/s. Peter Sbenault.
The class rally of the C. M. E.
I has taught us both by precept" and
example the things that we should do.
This is certainly true of Baptism of
the Lord's Supper. No substitute for
the Lord's command will ever be re-
cognized by Him; it matters not how
sincerely performed. "In vain do they
worship me, teaching for doctrine the
commandments of men," said our
Lord.
Man accepts his word: come and
see; come unto me; let us reason to-
gether. May the Lord bless the West-
ern World.
ELDER DANIEL WILSIN.
Pastor First Baptist Church, Kingfish-
er, O. T.
is inevitable. The County Attor-
ney for some reason or other refus-
es to prosecute the case. | The
"Maine" will be remembered. ]
WncnUcn. Lee surrendered and
peace declared 3,000,000 N egroes
were turned loose in this unfriendly
country, without money, land and
clothes, to "roof hog or die"; as to
whether he has proven a success as
a ,,rooter" and whether his existence
has been established can best be seen
in the fact that his mum ric.il strength
has increased to 1 -J,000,000; with a
daily increase of 600; that In
800,000,000 acres of land an''
trxes ou over 400,000,ooo,e* '■ ,jf
personal property.
MISS MITT IK TOOMBS,
Dkikaski>.
On last Sunday morning death
came and robbed our city of one of
its young beautiful characters in
the person of Miss Mittie Tombs,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Toombs, on Kast (4rand avenue.
Mittie had been sick for some time,
but death came sudden and unex-
pei fed. This
GOVERNMENT IS INTERESTED
SAYS IT WAS EASY
A Geologist will Examine the Wichita
Mountains Soon
GUTHRIE: a letter has been re-
ceived here by federal officials, from
1 nomas Ryan, assistant secretary of
the interior,, stating thatN. F. Bain,
a geologist of the government geo-
logical survey, has been designated to
visit. Oklahoma for the purpose of
making a thorough examination of the EVIDENCE WAS OBTAINED WITH EASE
Wichita mountains, to determine as to
whether or not there are any mining
BROSIUS TAKES MORE TROUBLE
TO WASHINGTON
aw w .
i. ' been m
' >\,>injiber
STREET CAR ACCIDENT
Five Killed by a Passenger Car Crash-
ing Into a Trolley Car
CHICAGO; Five persons were killed
Luther, O. T.. Sept. 28, 1903.
I have been a reader of the Western
World for nearly a year, but have nev-
er written a letter before. A grand
surprise party was given to Mrs. Y. A.
church was very Successful, $72 being j Watson on his birthday, he was 5t;
realized. [years of age and he was the worst al11' a scor® others were injured .in
Mrs. Bertha White has retufucl j surprised man you ever saw. The ! a collision between the \\ isconsin ( en
from Honey Grove. I crowd came up to his house and be-
The Woman's Mission Society of the! Man to shoot guns, beat cans and ring
C. M. E. church held a joint me, ' <ig bells and making music at the same
28th inst, and Mrs. Flora Woody is time and it was nearly an hour before
elected as delegate to the annual e< •.- lie could collect himself good. The
t'ercnce which convenes November 11 j people who surprised him were S. S.
at Sherman. Texas. Pastor EMer1 Norman, P. If. Walker. J E. Walker,
llrown of th< Baptist chfireh ^f.i
preach Sunday morning from the 25th
chap, of Mat. and 34, verse,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith, of Dallas,
formerly of this city, visited their
daughter, Mrs. Viola Davenport last
week,
October has arrived! clothed In her
rie>. A. L. MeOlorlc. A. McGiorie, G.
tral limited passenger train and a
Forty-third avenue street car at Ffty-
second avenue. The street car was
crowded with passengers returning
from the Harlem race track and every
man in the car was injured. The mo-
torman had received the signal to
rosf? anl-tmrt Jtrrt reached the cen-
Hirmon. and family, T. J. Mitchell and tor of tl,e track when the Passenger
family. E. Powell and wife. Mr. McCul- train crashed into his car. None of
Ier and a good many young men from : ' Passengers had time to escape.
Douglas City were present—P. Relf i ' Maine for the accident is laid
and sisters. Nice music was furnished Mo'ornian Kilroy upon the wet
by S. Colmon. M. Hoffman. P. Relf rails of the tracl<- He saw t,1R (lan'
and J. Alexander. The surprise.party i 'Imo avoid it, but the car
beautiful robes of green and gold, and : was gotten up by T. J. Watson and i s"'' !1'onP the track with locked
the seekers after higher education, or Mrs. Ala Watson. wheels. I he passenger train, "which
hastening, to their alma maters. i Paul Walker is sick iij bed but he is was ",nn'"K at a high rate of speed,
Misses Daisy Choice, Miss Ethel fconvalescent at this writing. stmck the street car near the center,
Grone and Miss Moore. Master Lewis I I will stop here for I candidly hope ' "''"1^ " s<iuarely in two. It was
Crones, Arthur Woody, have gone to this will miss the waste basket. Sue-' 110 sI,,inters an(1 thc force of
Texas college; Miss ,Io3ie Coffee, Wll ! cess to the Western World and the
ey University; Miss Sylvia Whitson. I dear editor and its many readers, for
Bishop College. We wish them much I think the best all 'round paper in
success.
Mrs. Theodosla Young is visiting
her sister, Mrs. I'rin A. M. Moore.
Elder I). J. Brown will leave Sunday
as a delegate to the State Mission
and educational convention at Waxa-
hachie.
Owing to a misunderstanding the
World failed to get here last week. I
hope it will not happen again in fu-
ture. We would like to hear from
Chickasha, Ardmore and Shawnee.
The Western World must be the
paper wo have been looking for so
long.
the world. Very respectfully,
T. J. MITCHELL.
Luther, O. T.
1 t he collision was such that several of
the injured were hurled high in the
air and two of the killed met their
death by striking the ground after
, being thrown from the wreck.
DELAWARE INDIAN LANDS
... i .1 i iVucUlrl or III
young girl was the ,
. .. . deposits there of any importnee.
idol ot the family and a favorite of This means that last the govern- j The Indian Rights' Sleuth has Been
the city. She was loved by all the ment has recognized the many miners Through the Territory Again—Has
voini" people and was idolized bv alld ProsPcctorH In the Wlchltas, and Much Matter that will Assist Bona-
if there are any deposits of Importance parte in His Investigation
tbeiu. Il«r home lite was pure and .vill give every aid possible to the de WASHINGTON: S. M. Brosiiin, spec-
siinple. She was very smart in her i 'elopment of that section of Okla lal agent for the Indian Rights Asso-
studies. Miss Mittie"was buried atllloma' cM!nn- flled al, th® 'ntGrlor f"
; partment the sensational charges in-
< al vary Baptist church Monday. Tax Dodger Fined $1,000 volvlng members of the Dawes com-
It was the largest funeral that has! GREENVILLE, ILL.; Leopold kne- mission and other government offl-
the city'for sometime A bel' one of the wealthiest citizens of ciala ln irregularities in connection
'Bond county, was lined $1,000 by Judge V 1!"' Illl"t!ne", of lands in tho ln"
p. , ' . .. . ' ^ dian Terirtory, returned to Washing-
Charles Moore in the circuit court as; ,,,,, ,• ... .
ton irom another trip through the In-
■ the result of an investigation conduct-, dlan country, in course of which ho
ed by the board of review. Knebel j obtained additional facts to support
having made three different schedules hiB charges. He has died at tho de-
I sweet little girls dressed
in white acted as honorary pall-
he rers. Key. K. E. Ware preach,
ed 'in excellent sermon. The fam-
ily has the sympathy of the entire
city.
of his property to the assessor and partment evidence which ho says will
having subsequently been indicted for "f UHe to Attorney Charles J, Bona-
! perjury. He appeared in court today |,arff w,hen ,he latt('r Ma ln-
Vri a race the Anieican Neu-ro is 'with his attorney, Lieutenant Gover-
vestigatlon.
„ , , , , ,| Mr. Broalus declared that he had
not a rapist nor a law breaker, and "or ^'"-thcott. and entered a plea of no (lifflcnUy in obtalnlnR the evldence.
the Editors, Authors and Writers
guilty to the lesser offense of "deliver-
f and that It should have been presented
who through the
(i . ,. 'nP> false or fraudulent lists to the as- , to tho interior department long ago
■ "moorings ol pre - , sessor," whereupon Judge Moore im by the department Inspectors. Ho will
judiee stigmatize him assueh, should posed the fine. Knebel at once paid j go to Philadelphia in a few days and
study him as he is and deal with him | "]e amount and was released. consult President Garrett and other
nflicials of the Indian Rights Associa-
TOPEKA: I). S. Orlffln, of Denver tt(,n with reference to tho course the
land agent of the Union Pacific road, a-soelaH- win tal;e in tho investiga-
as an American Citizen and a com
;• . :,t j wirt of this (ioyerment
If there is a class of people foreign
fi> the Anglo American Saxon who
is on a deal with an Afro-American '""'4
club at Galena, Kas., to locate a col-' "Everybody in (he Indian Territory
ony of negroes in Wallace county. The !4^i*ih« gr?ftcrS ls anxlo"s that_tho
Mould he protected in their malien- railroad has agreed to sell a big tract oills ..Th(, |lt,,si(|(,„t haK conn(',Pnce
able r-ghts, it is the black race. 'here at a low figure on easy in Mp. Bonaparte, but they think he-
4 Their loyalty to the goverinent in paymetltH' Providing tho negroes will 1 should begin Ills work without further
in time of war and in peace cannot | 3etti0 ther''4 Ktart a town ani1 worl> (l,'lay4 Tal> department of Justice has
I - .... , the land. The idea is to give the ne set an example tho interior depart-
' ' ",,l(l n> i.n« miii I""' groes an opportunity to show white j i''ent would have done well to oniu-
uu'd an Arnold nor a (iiiiteau, and | poople how well they can manage pub
whenever the honor of our (lover ■
ment. is assailed abroad or at home,
they are always willing at all haz
zards to uphold it.
Kingfisher, O. T.
At home safe and sound. My family
and church are doing well. God is good
and wise Preachers are comparatively
scarce, but they are worth their
weight in gold whenever found. They
are a wonderful means of instruction
for the people. They bring knowledge
and gladness. How beautiful are the
feet of them that bring unto us glad
tidings, and this they do. Their min-
istering is a holy benediction upon a
wicked world. There is moonshine In
their souls and it is joy and gladness.
Follow in tho wake of the message
they bring.
They do more to restrain crime,
maintain order and spread civilization
than sny other class of men on earth.
Hut for them the civil authorities
would ho powerless to execute the
laws. They are the power behind the
throne In every good institution under
the sun. They are represented as
stars in the land of the Ixird .lesus.
They richly deserve more at our hands
than they get, but they have not all
obeyed the gospel: for Ellas saith,
"Lord who have believed our report;
so then faith cometh by hearing and |
hearing by the Word of God
The recital given by the Alumni at ln-iunctlon Aga'nst Secretary Hitch-
the public school Friday night was a cock Dissolved
success. $6.05 was realized from the WASHINGTON: Justice Anderson
effort. | of the supreme court of the District
The Literary Society executed an nf Columbia rendered an opinion in
excellent program at 2 o'clock and ,ho Injunction proceedings of the
Mrs. L. A. Choice addressed the so- IJelaware Indians against Secretary
c|ev Hitchcock and the Dawes Indian com-
.. , mission, dissolving the temporary in-
The average attendance for the • ■- . . * . , n-i
, ,, junction heretofore granted. 1 he case
r* °f„ SQrmber > > ' involves tho right of the Secretary to
l™'™,,'' p,7,cef W1 h « e"ro]J- pass on the 1,1,000 acres of land in
ment. of 222. It is hoped the enroll-1
ment will soon reach 250.
i the Cherokee nation, segregated for
I the use of tho Indians. The Indians
, claimed that the secretary Is without
\ „ i „ .1 v i- . authority to approve or disapprove of
As long as the Negro lives ill A , ...
" the segregation, as it had been im-
merica his relation between him and j proved by the Indians Interested, and
his white brother should be a friend
lv one.
The l!oard of education held a
meeting a few nights ago and allow-
ed bills amounting to over #10,000,
but rejected the bids for the four
room addition to the Webster Build-
ing for the colored children. No
doilbt they are unaware that flic In-
dain is not the only man who never
forgets.
asked that he be enjoined against tak
ing such action pending tho adjudlca-jma\ if thc'touchstone" of item
tion of the same question by the court' ,.vl,r ]1(
of claims. Soon after the case was
flled the court granted a temporary In-
junction, but Judge Anderson dissolved
it. Soon after the decision was ren-
dered Attorney W. S. Logan filed a
petition in the court of claims on be-
half of tho Delawares against the
United States, asking that damages be
awarded in tho sum of $1,000,000 be-
cause of the expenses to which the
Indians havfc been subjected because
of the necessity of defending the title
to their lands. In this petition they I solution to the race problem;
make some sensational statements.
late No sooner had the charges in-
lie affairs. No white man will be al vo'v'nK 1 nitod St ifes District Attor-
lowed to live on the townsite and all "';y, P lny f°p0^ a"'1, °,th"r °™c!alR,0'
the public offices will be in control of J ' ^
•the attorney general than lour inspect
the negroes. ols were sent to the territory to start
There is a big negro colony at Nico- an inquiry. These inspectors are now
demus, Graham county. It is thriving at work and they have made con si d-
! and its members are well satisfied, erable progress. In addition to Mr.
was incapable of re- |-h(. 00i<)ny tn Wallace county will de- Soper and the assistant district at-
cieving or imparting knowledge; but vote its attention mostly to wheat rais *°rney, Mr. Huckleberry, some ot lue
"Time" the great "Fortune teller" ing and cattle. 1 nhed States commissioners are in-
..... ! volved In the scandals. There is not
reiutes the assertion in the Iact that . , , the slightest dnuht that Mr snnnr ««
Grand Juries to Look Into Matter of sngniest uount I liar. .Mr. soper as
since "freedom he has reduced his Excessive Indian Holdings w0" aH ni"'nl,erB of the Dawes com-
mission failed to do their duty con-
ARDMOKE: The grand jury at Ada corning the excessive holdings of lands
Why the brains in a mans skull lias ree®'ve<l instructions from Judge in the Cheroke country, as they have
, 4 Townsend to look into tho matter of no' etmpeled tint Cherokee citizens to
whose lace is as black as the blackest (!xcessive land holdings. No Indian is relinquish their holdings. The state-
night ot Egypt, when free from men- entitled to more than 320 acres of ment that the delay of Mr. Bonaparte
land, but many are in possession of has enabled the members of tho
several hundred acres and tho poses Dawes commission to conceal their
sions of some run into the thousands. Irregularities in connection with the
When S. M. Brosius was here he trust nnd land companies is not cor-
brought tills matter to the attention roct, as that evidence Is a matter of
of the officials, and excessivo holders court record and is open to anyonn
, will now be prosecuted by federal of who wll take the trouble to lok for it."
i llclals of tills district. Judge Town- It is stated that Mr. Bonaparte will
think what you send states that ho will instruct the come to Washington in a few days for
grand Juries all over this district to a conference with President Roose-
take i speclal care to look Into this velt concerning the Indian Territory
I'or many years it was thought
that the neoro
illiteracy 54 per cent.
tal weakness ami physical degener-
acy, areas susceptible to cultivation
and expansion as those iu a mans
skull whose face is while as tlieada-
Sav what von will
erected on the America i
shores and if the "Brotherhood" of
man Is ever to be established the line j
ol demarkafion must be eliminated
and the black man and white man
must ICel each others care, each
others burdens bear.
matter.
CAMP OF THE CHOCTAWS
investigation.
PREMIUM FOR CORN
Secretary Wenner has Figured Out a
Way to Get a Good Exhibit
GUTHRIE The following letter of
Instructions is being sent out by Fred
IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
Seveal nights ago a gentleman of
color, had business in one of the
prominent gambling hells of the city ! in tl.« enjoymlt and exercise
which is situated over the "Southern' A Flend of a Preacher Arrested for • •
Assault Upon Little Girl the rights and immunities <>i
(. till) Miloon . this resort is run by j VENTURA. OAL.: A. F. Allen, n | American citizen.
Somebody" and, as this gentle- wealthy Free Methodist preacher of
an entered, a cuspidor was hurled ' S,antfl tho chfr.K®
Government to Establish a Camp Near
Bennington
BENNINGTON: The government
has established a camp at McGee's
Spring, a mile and a half west of this
place, and Is now moving 250 Misslss-- '- Wenner. secretary of the world's
ippl f'lioctaws hero from Atoka. They fft'r commissioners to the honorary
.... i are living in tents and tho government members in all the counties:
gross (list ranclnse the Negro as a inHiies rations once a week, and will "W hat do you think of having a corn
hut soon begin to place them on their al- ' ' blbit in connection with tho farm-
in my opinion, the only solution to ! lotment ln ,,lfl surrounding country ers' institute to b- held ir your county
* * and furnish each man with a little kit some tune within the next two or
the so Called *kNeuro problem layn J of tools and a few pound
John I (rraves would have (.'on-
of r.ails three months? Tho commission will
| with which to build a home and carve "Her fi medal for tho best exhibit and
out a future. I H will be understood that all corn of
The Indians are full-bloods but are tfood qualitv will be taken for txhibl-
said to be more industrious than the tion at St. Louis.
p,„i ,1QO , 4, , . i . , • , . , , ! of assaulting Brusllla Larson, aged 11
,n: I at hU hw,dfor that Th- complaint was sworn to by th.
ofhTs "pi'iriHise."1 He ' s;r,![7su!'rin- 'l"' ,ak" "ff h'H ,mt n I girl's mother. Allen was also arrested
afl , . ! terincr fluid u,lt ;« 1 .. ""for the same offense in which little
fT by Impressing . M " H" riin.- yar-ob] M.iv Richardson was th
the chaiactor of the work to be done | ed that it missed him and struck ,icUni. the last charge was ,11s-
r; a warrant was sworn out for missed by Judge Titus.
the arrest of this *
>pe and proceeded
. .. . . • to the jail with the intention of lynch-
,ls ,ls " 'he law accident ;nK Allen, but a determined resistance
ly happened to be a white man, we i by the officers prevented it. It Is
know without predicting what , ""'"K1"' however that he may stretch
Sheriff Thompson of .
the city last night. I
report«
Auth taken to Auftila
was in
1 that the.
by the instrument upon the heart
These are called by the Apostle
Paul Kifts given by the Spirit. The
proficiency of the instrument comes
from God. Pauj said. "Our sufficiency
is from (Jod. who also has made us
able ministers of the New Testament,
not of the letter, but of the spirit; for
#. ... , r,„ I the hemp even yet. as the
the outcome will l e. I he proprie-1 UKalnst lilni Is intense,
hwer to the Charge of rape has been reloas
ed. a white man having cofessed to tie*
crime. -Daily Oklalioman
The u1m vc statement is evidence
that white men do blacken t heir faces
and commit crimes which are eter-
nally laid at the colored mans door.
, Thin white br u t e should get tin-
feeling t . .,
1 lull extent of the lav..
natives of this territory. But at any
rate they will be in hard circumstances
until they can make one crop, as th'
an government will feed them only till
oas April. The land is nearly all timber
th- land and they can not possibly ffft
very much of it in cultivation for the
xt season.
"It seems to us that the occasion of
tho institute will be a good one to
make use of in order to pet tho best
of little trouble to bring some of their
corn alons with them. With some-
The natives living in this section thing in the way of premiums and a
w bo have not taken their land are no at wnole lot' of advertising we believe
making a rush for the land office n'.nce this plan will bring us nearly th®
these Mississippi Choctaws have come corn we want.
in. There is gome as flue farming lan ! "Kindly let us hear from you at once
around Bennington as can be found ;is to what you think of this, so that
In the Choctaw nation and It now bids if adopted, we can proceed with tho
fair to be soon put in cultivation. ' proper arrangements."
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