The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 07, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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NO KM AX, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, THURSDAY, AI01ST 13, 1890.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE JEALOUS
vapors let loose CURFEW SHALL RlNG TONIGHT moments of pleasure VAGABONDS OF THE HEAVENS
Afraid the Populists
Win Their Billy.
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A FAMILY JAR IS
Norman Democrats Quietly Meet and
Organize a Bryan Club in Advance
of the Lonely Populists.
From Hades Seem to Sweep the Entire
Country
Intensely warm weather has prevailed
throughout the country for the past !
week. Two score of men and women !
1 died in Chicago yesterday, pierceil by j
the arrow of the sun. In that city one ;
thousand horses lie dead in the streets.
IuiMlNENI M,,re than two thousand persons were
| prostrated and taken to (he hospitals. 1
St. Louis has suffered terribly from the i
heat and the average death rate from
this cause is twei.ty a day. In New
York, Cincinnati and many of the j
smaller cities hundreds have died with-
in tlie past ten days and business is
practically at a standstill. Out on the
prairies of the west and southwest, \
along theGulf states, humanity is strug-
gling to exist at 100 degrees. In Chi-
cago the thermometer has registered ;
from 92 to 96 daily. Everywhere crops
are suffering. Cotton in the South will \
not tie half a crop and corn in the north-'
ern states >s parched and worthless.
There is no sign of an abatement of the
heat.
Electric Light Project
Given a Hearing.
The Populists and Democrats of Nor-
man are not harmonizing and if the
wedding does occur there are liable to be
occasional family jars between now and
the chilly days of November. On Mon-
day the Populists circulated bills an-
nouncing that the free silver people of
all parties would meet Thursday after-
noon for the purpose of organizing a
Bryan Free Silver Club. Now there are
some Democrats in the city who do not
relish the idea of being swallowed up
by the Watsonites and they hostened
to counteract the move by quietly
having bills printed calling for a mass-
meeting of the Free Silver Democrats
to be held Wednesday evening at Judge
Grigsby's office.
The meeting was held and about
forty of the stalwarts were present. A
Bryan Free Silver Club was organ-
ized with the following officers: t,10 Unlvers|ty ,)foklahoma, recently
President, A. W. Fisher;Vice-President occllpied by ,,rof. ,,.llll(,s N An(lerson
W. II. Blackmon; 1 reasurer, lir. vv. II, ]>rof Paxtoh is a young man who ranks j
Snow; and Secretary, B. F. Williams, l h|gh )n tile educational world and will
.1 r. One hundred and seventeen names
have been enrolled as members.
The local Populists cljim that their
party is the real silver party of the j Professsor James N. Anderson is j
country and regard the newly organ- j now located at Wllliamstown, North j
ized Democratic club as a side issue. Carolina.
The Democrats claim that they formed j
a temporary organization on the night j Professor James S. Buchanan and wife j
after Bryan's nomination and that the j and Professor Frederick S. Elder, who j
permanent organization had been de- j are doing educational work at the Uni-
Social Events in Norman the Past Week
and Those to Come
A pretty little party was given Satur-
day evening at the Hotel Agnes by Miss
Fannie Moore in honor of her guest,
Miss May Nichols, of Henrietta, Texas.
About dozen of Miss Moore's young
I friends were present and the time was
i pleasantly spent in music and playing
({aires. Dainty refreshments were
DEATH BLOW GIVES THE WEEDS | ,etvt(li
Miss May Fitzgerald, of Oklahoma
City, sang at the Catholic church Sun
day meriting. Miss Fitzgerald has a
remarkably sweet voice and a large au-
dience composed of members from all
the congregations in the city were pres-
ent to hear iter sing. While in Norman
shu was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. II.
W Stubbeman. Miss Fitzgerald sang In
the Music Festival in Cincinnati when
only nine years of age and has been
highly conip'imented by some of the
best vocalists iu the country.
university notes
Professor Paxton, of Columbia Col'ege.
To Come to Oklahoma,
The Board of Regents of the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma met in Norman last
Friday afternoon. Prof. J. It. i'axton,
! of Columbia College, was elected to the
chair of professor of Greek and Latin in
be a valuable addition to the University
faculty.
The Water Situation Thoroughly Dis-
cussed and Resolutions Passed
Stopping Street Sprinklrr.
At its regular meeting Monday even-
ing the city council knuckled down to
business and discussed matters relating
to the water supply, weeds and the
wickedness of the youthful citizens.
Incidentally the poll tax was mention-
ed but none of the councilmen knew
where the work had been put in There
is just enough money now in the
treasury to pay the interest on out-
standing bonds and running expenses.
The decreased valuation of property
and the low tax levy will also reduce
the city's income the ensuing year.
The first real business of the session,
after passing on the regular bills,
was to pass an ordinance rcquir
ing lot owners to cut all weeds
Showers of Meteors Ob-
served this Week
WHAT THEY A EE COMPOSED OF
Their Arrival Has Been Regular for the
Past Sixty Years and Often
Frighten People.
Few amusements are more enjoyable
than a hay-ride, and the young people
of Norman evidently are aware of the
lact. Last Monday evening a party of
young people enjoyed a hay-ride from
Norman to tlys river and back. It was
given by the young people in honor of
Mr. Arthur Holbrook, of Kansas City,
all wore provided with various of music-
al instruments and^thus the people all
along the road were serenaded in a very
charming manner. The wagon left
town at dusk and upon arriving at the
river a lire was built, whereupon all
on their premises and instructing the | enjoyed watermelon, cake and cream, i
NO. 41).
among tiie churches
There will he no services at St. Job hi
Episcopal church until Sunday,
tember 20.
'Hie Fourth Quarterly conference
the Methodist Episcopal Church will fc
held on Sunday and Monday, the 16t|
and 17th, as follows: Sunday morni!),
at II o'clock sermon by the pHStor anl
the sacrament of the Lord's Suppej
Evening—Preaching by Kev. .John
l'almer, presiding elder of the distric
ami quarterly conference business s*
siou on Monday at 10 o'clock a. ni.
The central district of the Oklahon
conference of the Methodist Kpiscopl
church will hold a camp meeting anl
district conference at Perkins, coil
mencing August 18.
street commissioner to cut all weeds
along the sidewalk? and the alleys
Half of the vacant lots in Norman are
owned by r"ri-residents and these will
be notified by registered letter. If they
do nor have the weeds on their lots cut
the city will have the work done and
charge it to the owners.
The limited water supply was discus-
sed, and it was ordered that the street
sprinkler should be shut off during the
present dry spell and that for three days
no one should b<; allowed to use wale*
for sprinkling lawns. This was done in
After which the crowd returned to the
city. Those who enjoyed the pleasure
of such a ride were:
Misses -
Beulah Barnard,
Ilattie Ferguson,
Clara Wallace,
Floy Ware.
Messrs —
Arthur Holbrook,
Bob NVoodriek,
Marshal Tucker.
Earnest Embry.
Mrs. Martin chaperoned the party.
Gene Ethel,
Mina Leach,
Cloe Leach,
ltoscoe llelvie.
( has. Morgan,
John Malter,
The Ladies' Altar Society of the Cath-
layed for various reasons.
cotton prospects
Are Bad and Prices are .Liable to
Advance.
Nkw Y'ouk, August 12.—Reports of
damage to the cotton crop have been so
general that even those who lirst at-
tributed the rise in price to manipulation
now concede tnat the crop prospects
are rather serious. A few weeks ago a
crop of 10,000,000 bales was confidently
looked for owing to the increased
acreage and the magnificent condition,
but the situation has changed. On the
Atlantic coast there was for a consider-
able period a superabundance of rain
which produced much iujury. Further
south, especially in Arknsas, Louisiana
and Mississippi, there has been an
absence of rain, which has continued
beyond precedent. A leading operator
said today: "Complaints come from
every quarter from so many reliable
people that the alarming situation can
no longer be ignored. All talk of mani-
pulation is pure nonsense. Undoubted-
ly the South has been largely short at
New Orleans for September and October
delivery. Besides there is every reason
for believing that British spinners have
been buying in this market for delivery
in the same months not less than 1,000,-
000 bales. The sellers were tempted
to make contracts by reason ef the
bright outlook at the time they were
entered into. Fear that deliveries may
not be made when due has done not a
little to bring about the advance. A
large crop movement next month
when new cotton is started to market
may have the effect of adversely in-
fluencing prices temporarily, although
the preliminary movement will have no
bearing on the extent of the movement
of the crop as a whole."
versify of Chicago, will return to Nor-
man about September 1.
Many inquiries are being made for va-
cant houses and rooms by persons who \
desire to come to Norman this fall in !
order to give their children the advan-
tages of an education at the University, j
There is a large demand for unfurnished
rooms.
The fifth year of the University of
Oklahoma begins September 16. This
promises to be the greatest year in point
of attendance in the history of the insti-
tution.
N. E. Butcher, who has been elected
principal of the East Side school, in-
structed in the Favvnee County Normal
antl is now conducting the G County
Normal.
L VV. Cole is conducting the Canadian
County Normal. Mr. Cole was one of
the most popular students at the Uni-
versity and has hosts of friends.
President I). 11. Boyd has been work-
ing hard during the summer months in
the Interest of the University, making
on an average of three lectures a day.
This week he is visiting the institutes
on the west side of the Territory and
will devote next week to the east side.
He is highly elated over the prospects
of a successful fifth year.
Republican Township Convention.
The Republicans of township nine
one and nine two held a lively conven-
tion Wednesday afternoon for the pur-
poses of noui nating candidates for the
various township officers. O. I).
Harbert was elec ed chairman and P.
11. Barrier, secretary. Fusion was vot-
! ed down. Nominations were made as
I follows: Trustee, Hobart E. Leach;
Clerk, I'. ii. Baiiier; Tr usurer, J. W.
Wichita Eagle Flashlights. Coflee; Justices of the Peace, John
The Wichita Daily Eagle has a larger ; Mosier and Perry Norman; Constables,
circulation in Norman than any other lomlinson and I). K Mosier.
. .. „„ „ , • ,, | Roadoverseers, ,1. F. Blanchard. A.
daily newspaper, i he Eagle is an ably j Tomlinson, W. E. Scott, J. Howe, O. C.
edited and well gotten-up newspaper, j Berglan, I . Kenner, James Evans, and
Recently the management sent out to ' A. J. Coftec.
the country press a very neat pamphlet
entitled "Wichita Eagle Flashlights,"
in which half-tone engravings portray Last year I itcher (.ear, of Florence,
the interior of the Eagle office, which Kansas, was employed by local fans to
the same is up-to-date and affords ev- 1,1 with lhe Norman baseball club,
ery facility for the publication of such a 1),lrin« tl,e 6cason tl,e clllb was tlie ac"
neatly printed and well arranged paper | knowlud*ed et"111'Pi"n aggregation of
as the Eagle has the reputation of be- Oklahoma. Last spring liear was em-
ing. 'l'h. Eagle covers a field large in |,lo*el1 by ,lle fort Worth club, with
scope and Important In character. Few i he ,lag butn 'll,yi"K tlie PrMeDt
dallies have as exclusive a constituency, i season- °n'jfa s,|ort time agoa big
J sum was paid for his release by the Na-
order that the stand-pipe might be j ollu c|lurcll gave a„ ic# crgltm 8()(.iHl in
filled. Once caught up, Engineer Bible | ontj of tll,, roomg of Ule Bogton st(irB
thought he could keep up the supply, i blook Sallirilay evening. A neat sum
Alderman Capshaw couldn't for the life ; Wli8 raiaed for ,ll(i benetU of (lie soc|ety
of him sec why people should want to
keep their lawns green, and favored Friday evening of this week the La-
shutting off the water altogether. The I dies' Aid society of the First Baptist
other aldermen present, Hullum, Fulk- church will give a lawn social at the
crson, Wallace and VVingate, favored [ residence of Rev. O. S. Russell. Ice |
the idea of having nice lawns in the cream and cake will be served and music
city. In this connection the proposi- will form a part of the program.
tion to drill a new well was brought up. ]
Dr.Threadgiil proposed, through Mayor i Many people will leave Norman tor
Hullum, to drill n well of the same depth) Galveston on Saturday afternoon. The
as the present one, and loan the city | excursion promises to be very enjoya-
$100 toward a fund for that purpose. A I hie. The weather at Galveston is de
number of business men have signified j lightful.
their willingness to subscribe to the
In August meteoric showers now due
have been so regular in their recurrence
of late years that astronomers have
come fo regard tliein as matters of only
ordinary moment, anil look for them
upon schedule time as a railroad official
looks for the arrival of trains upon his
road. For sixty years past they have
been annually observed, and there are
on record accounts of similar appear-
ances in earlier years, long before their
annail character had been discovered.
These displays may be regarded as tol-
erably constant from year to year, and
from the 9th to tlie lltli of the month
the most profuse displays were
witnessed, four or five times as
many as those seen on ordinary nights.
Most of them are seen near the constel-
lation of feres us, near Taurus and Cas-
siopeia, and they are supposed to have
some connection with their erratic lu- ...
miliary known as "tlie comet of 1H02 - CS'CsH, ?'?&'• ' '•<>
111," which passes close to the
orbtt at tilts season. •
Many experts on meteorites declare I
broadly that nothing Is or can beknowu *** *
precisely of their origin Other physi-' McLoud is having a building boom
cists believe that they are the fuel ot Indian Territory will send a delegatj
the snn, falling from space in myriad to congress.
•.umbers and furnishing the heat which A„ oagtom company ia ,lrll„nB for 0|
the sun gives out. But the most satis- at i>avvliuaka.
factory or plausible of the theories ad-
vanced by scientists and accepted meek-
ly by untutored laymen is that they are
Professor Edwin DeBarr conducts
the services at the Presbyterian eliurc
Sunday. The services next Sunday wil
be conducted tiy Kev.,I. A. Ii. Ogilvij
of Perry.
The subscriptions toward the erectiol
of the new Methodist Episcopal ChurJ
South are coining in liberally and it af
pears that it will bean easy matter t|
raise the required amount.
The tabernacle meetings at Bishop^
Grove will continue over Sunday. Se
vices at 10:110 a. m. and 8 p. in. eachdajl
Rev. A. W. Rodgers, of Sherman
Texas, is conducting the meetings anl
reports a large attendance and imiq
interest. Everybody is invited tocoinl
out Sunday and bring well-filled bu^
kets.
earth's ■"i ,, , n, ]
| v/ Uorritc rial Oto.vd-"//>s
Mr*
Elgin county .'opu lsts and D itno
crata will fuse.
fund.
Alderman Capshaw's particular hobby
during the evening was the curfew or-
dinance and every tew minutes he made
it a point to air tiis opinions on the sub-
ject. Finally a vote was taken and an
ordinance was enacted requiring boys
under the age of sixteen to scamper
home at nine o'clock every evening.
Hullum and Wingate refused to vote on
the matter. City Attorney Newell will
A party of young ladies of Norman
decided to have an "Old Maid's Pic-
nic," no young men being allowed; but j
owir.g to circumstances Mr. Helvie and
Mr, Holbrook were invited to chaperon j
the party. So last Thursday morning
the party left town at an early hour
and drove to Little River Falls where
a day of pleasure was passed. The crowd
returned to the city in a happy state of
mind and all decided (espesically j
present the ordinance at the next regu-! Me8sr8' 1Iolbrook 1111(1 Helvie) that an
lar meeting, and Intimated that the |'-'Old Maid's Picnic" was just the thing
punishment would not be confined to
the offending boys but to their parents
I and decided to have another in the j
i near future. Those who participated
Dr. Capsl.aw was at ease the rest of the i 1,1 tlie P"1? were: Misses Jett" Ethel'
Agnes Meek, Annie Kendall. Daisy J
Poole, Mamie Blake, Nullle Blake, Floy
Pitcher Gear in Luck.
evening.
Sherburne Morse, of Arkansas City,
was before the council for the purpose
of asking for a franchise for a system of
electric lights and to see what the city
would do in the jvay of patronage. The
council was willing to grant a franchise
but did not give him much encourage-
ment in the way of promising any pa-
tronage. It was thought that the ci'y
would need ten or t welve arc: lights ami
these w t. d cost about $i_ .oh per ,
year, but at present tl.ere is noney ;
that could be expended for •' nating j
purpo" s.
It was nearly eleven o' u the
council adjourned.
Boy Breaks His Arm.
John Clark, file twelve year-old son
of George Clark, fell off a crib Thursday
morning and broke both bones in his
left arm between the elbow and wrist.
Dr. W. C. Welch reduccil the fracture.
Ware, Beuiah Barnard, Clara Wallace,
and Cbaperones, Helvie and Holbrook.
Dr. Robertson Purchases Property.
The purchase by Dr. 1{. L. Robertson
of Mr. Mackey's residence property in
Jones' addition is a pleasant arrange-
ment to the many friends the Doctor
lies mat! '"'re, as it Indicates that lie
no "s to make Norman his perina-
.. ut h i , The plendld \ork the
l)oct< olng i«. ; ufHcl . .tdvertise-
, ::jei !'ii. But, for the information
"e ' o may wish it, the fi Rowing
| io appended; Dr. Robertson graduated
j from one of the best universities, thellni-
versity of Virginia; studied for several
months as assistant under the most em-
inent surgeon in Baltimore, and then
passed into the United States army,
where he practiced his profession for
twelve years, until his recent retire-
ment. Or. Robertson was regarded by
the War Department as one of the ablest
physicians and surgeons in the service.
I Norman is fortunate indeed in having a
derived from comets; that they were
once parts of cmncts and have been
broken oil', the principal mass for some
cause or other, possibly by coming from
the intense cold of space into tlie heat
of tlie sun, just as stones are shattered
in a hot tire.
When found, meteors are almost al
ways covered in part or wholly with a 1
thin dark crust, sometimes like a bright
lustrous glazing, and again a dull black.
It has evidently been melted through
contact with tlie air at great speed, yet
melted so rapidly us not to change the
parts of the stone immediately adjacent.
Streaks showing tlie flow of the melted
matter are often seen on the surface.
The surfaces generally have small cup-
like cavities or capsules. Stony meteor-
ites. when broken or cut through, us-
ually show a grayish interior and also
exhibit a peculiar globular structure.
The stones, if at once picked up after
falling, are usually too hot for handling,
but cases are on record where the stones
were from the first excessively cold.
On striking the ground tlie larger me-
teorites penetrate several feet into the
soil.
The great meteoric shower which oc-
curs every thirty-three years is one of
marvellous brilliance and beauty. Pro-
fessor Howe said that when the earth
was struck by the dense part of the
stream, November 12, 1833, the negroes
of the Southern states were stricken
with terror and thought the world was
coming to an end. The falling stars
were as thick as snowflakes. Another
brilliant display was seen in the heav-
ens in 1866, and the next is expected in
November, 1899, though a bright
shower may be seen in the fall of 1898
as a forerunner of the great bombard-
The Day county court house was da
stroyed by fire last week, entailing
loss of $ 10,000.
Doc Stutzman, charged w ith themurl
der Aaron Hailing, had his preliminarl
trial at Tecumseh and was held withou|
ball.
The Callahan) ratification meeting i
Kingfisher develeped into a Fiynd
jollification. Nearley all those in ai|
tendance wore Flynn buttoms.
Judge Henry W. Scott has finally rej
signed as judge of the third Oklahoml
juieial district and has formed a la^
partnership in New York.
Caddo Jake, chief of the Kiowas, lial
gone to tlie Choctaw nation to intcil
view the governor and council relativl
to the Caddo claim of citizenship in till
Choctaw nation, made under •> treatl
between the two tribes which was rati
fled forty or fifty years ago. Odd|
Jake out quite a figure as he departe
old and bent with age, dressed in a cowl
boy hat, red shirt, red Navajo blanket
and yellow buckskin leggins, with hi|
private secretary, Robert Dunlap, walk
ing behind him with his little ham|
satchel.
There Arc Others —
ironton, Ohio, August i j.—Forre
The Norman Red Men's Lodge was
| tional League club of Cleveland, Ohio,
and now tlie young man who was satis-
visited Wednesday night by J. W . I tied with Norman a year ago, is with
Rheudy, F. J. Thomas, N. A. Furcott | the fastest baseball company in the
and G. W. Chinn, of Oklahoma City. [ world.
A Bad Negro at Stella.
Sunday night a negro entered the
bed room of a young white woman near
Stella, this county, and was discovered
sitting on the edge of her bed. She ^tor of such wide experience and ex-
awoke and frightened the brute away, optional ability. The Tkansch.pt cor
but he was caught in the yard by the '"""J' wislie hlm a" the success lie
girl's father. The negro struggled and j cou''' hope lor.
broke away. He was arrested at Okla- ; Wanted,
lioina City on 1 uesday and was given a Two or three pubniSukd rooms in a
preliminary hearing Wednesday on the gcod locality, for light housekeeping,
charge of burglary at Stella. ' Address Lock Box 113, Norman, Okla.
Bad Tempered Horse
Kib H Warren, the popular westsidj
grocer, is the owner of a horse tlia
makes life a burden to all the help coil
nected with the store. Twice within
the animal has wrecked deliver!
wagons and spilled groceries alon!
Main street. Wednesday morning tliil
horse of unbecoming manner shied anl
runaway, demolishing the wagon anl
otherwise doing mischief. John Kthf
managed in some wmv to heroine mixoj
up with th.< fruit wheels of the wagol
ment. I'lie dense part of the meteoric in the latter affair an is now nursing j
stream is two billion milts long, and j bad, bruised fllce
consumes two years in passing a given
point.
The "White Elephant" Leads.
J • \\ . Brown &Bro. handle the famous McGirr is in j.iil here hopelessly insanl
"White Elephant" buggy and believe McGirr is a coal miner and has a lnrJ
in letting the people know it. Readers family, and during the hard times 3
cannot help but notice their attractive ;>lid his family have subsisted on aboj
advertisement on the eighth page of the | go cents a day. He took so great
1 RAXscitiiT. The "White Elephant" interest in the money question recentl
vehicles are the best constructed on the that his mind gave way, and he is no!
market and have special features in a maniac. He imagines that free silv/
their favor, lhe sand band is some- j ]s about to destroy Ills income and rqg
thing that will at once attract the at- ; him.
tention of prospective purchasers.
Scores of these vehicles are now in use Wanted Sa.e.men
in this section. J. \V. Brown & Bro. In every county with exclusive contfl
buy these vehicle* In car-load lots, thus J °' "u' of the Stands
saving height and getting liberal dis- Sewing Ma'-!iin >s and the America
counts, and consequently can quote low Typewriter D. E. Howard, Ceneil
prices to their customers. The pufcllc | Agent for the Territory or Oklahotll
is cordially invited to inspect their line , „ . „ , mm.
.. ... • . . . . • v- i 10b Oklahoma Ave,, Uutnrie, Okla.
of vehicles, which is the largest in Nor-1
man, and satisfy themselves of the du- j . t . _wll. , t,.lt
. .... , , ... - .. v 1 it is reported tnat cattle in Arizo
lability and goou qualities of the M.&
T. "White Elephant" buggies and road- ilire l'y'nB from starvation, the laekj
wagons. 1 feed being due to drought.
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