The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 09, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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A LIFE REPIBLICAX XEWSPAPER-DEVOTKD TO TBI: BEST INTERESTS OF XORMAX AXD SOUTHERX OKLAHOMA.
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VOLT ME IX
N'OR.HAX, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY SEPTKMI5KR HO. 1898.
| Subscription $1 |0 P*r Annum.
I Advertising na*d« kaowti on Appllcatiee
NUMBER 50
WHEN VIEWING THE
NUMEROUS ATTRACTIONS of
Oklahoma City
During your visit to the
Free Street Fair and Carnival,
# (October 10 to 15.)
Don't fail to walk through the
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OF TIIE
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X X Metropolitan Ideas,
City Prices,
Fair Dealing. X
ItSTAll Goods Marked in Plain Figures'.
ONE PRICE TO ALL.
103 Main Street, 103 Broadway.
Oklahoma City.
We furnish a Special Entertainment for our friends
during' fair week.
"I
REPUBLICAN COUNCIL.
DOUBLE KILLING AT ROFF, I. T.
Hon. E. E. Hennessey Nominated for Ab Hardin Kills His Wife and Is Kill-
ed by Her Father. O. A. Page.
The town of Roff, tliirty ilvo mites '
south east of Pauls Valley, was the j
scene of two violent deaths Sunday.
Ab Hardin shot and killed Ins wife anil '
Councillor—Hon. R. E. Leach
for Representative
The Republicans of Cleveland unci
j Pott counties constituting the 5th
' council district met in delegate con-
| vention at the probate court room on soon alter was killed by his enraged j
Saturday, September 21, 18118. and was father-In law, 0. A. Page. The pr.r:icu-
called "rtler by 1. M . Little, Territorial hirs of the double tragedy are as follows:
/! Central Committeeman. Rev. VV. \V. 1'age'i sixteen-year-old daughter had
Kendall was selected as chairman and recently married Hardin. About two
D. I, Larsh as secretary. There wus1 weeks previous lo the killing her bus
some discussion on the question of the band had knocked her down and other-1
advisability of making nominations at w ise abused her, and left her line n- j
this time, but the matter was finally ' sclous In this condition she was'
decided in the affirmative and E F. found by her mother. who took her
Hennessey was nominated on the lirst home. Afterward Hardin tried to get
her to return to their home and live
with him, but she refused.
Last Sunday Mrs. Hardin and her
mother attended church at Roff After
church Sirs. Hardin was walking arm
in arm with a young lady of her ac-
TOPICS OF THE TIMES,
A Column of Interesting News Hems
Gathered Fn>m All Parts of
The Country.
The K ights of Pythias have organ-
ized a lodge m Orlando.
Keafon w ill not get as many votes as
! Callahan got. Put that down.
Ksthcr Stout, 4-years of age. w as U111-
'N' Had them apples waitiu'. Mj! 'l' ^ " kick from a colt, near Perry,
What bounclii' ones they'd be! j 'as' wtt'i>.
Then, with the biggest In my mouth, Capt. Roy Hodman and Mis- K-talia
I'd clamber down again, j Conltlln, of Chandler, will be married
'N', tho' I tore my pantaloo is, it did- on October Sth.
IN APPLE TIME
to apple pickin', years ago, my father
say to me,
"There's jest a few big fellers, Jim,
away up in the tree.
You shinny up an' git 'em. Don't
let any of 'eiu fall;
Fur fallen fruit is scercely wuth the
getherin' at all."
I'd climb up to the very peak o' that
old apple tree,
kli.ahd, Dentint. Ottico:—
, HI tike & Klleclge Block.
Norman. Oklahoma.
DENTISTRY
/or Firstclass Dentistry,
Teeth extracted without pain
Go to Dk. Worley's Dental Par-
lors, over Citizens' Bank.
All work guaranteed.
BOTSFORD & WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
.V'ot.ry Public in ' lHce, over Cit'zen's Bank.
REV CULPEPPER'S MEETINGS.
Ni rman.
Oklahoma.
CALVIN W. BKKWER,
At roitxEY-AT-LAW,
Office in Elledge Block, Notary I'ublic.
Norman - Okla.
WILMES,
THE TAILOR
Elegant Line of Fall
and Winter Goods.
!i@F Wilmes, the Tailor, would
respectfully call the attention of
the gentlemen of Norman and
vicinity to his
Elegant Samples of Fall and Winter Goods.
Consisting of more than 1,500
varieties, of the Latest Styles,
Qualities and Finish —Unsur-
passed in Oklahoma or any-
where else.
Fit and Style Guaranteed.
Norman State Bank Block.
JOHN F. EICE, . . .
Great Crowds in Attendance Nightly.—
Vigorous Sermons—One Hundred
and Fifty Converts.
Great crowds have been in attendance
on Evange ist Culpepper's meetings
the past week, and the re.-ult has been
something like 150 converts. He has
preached some vigorous sermons, and
however much one may dislike his
methods and refuse to accept them as
Christlike, it is certain he is an able
man and has accomplished some good.
The meetings w ill close tonight (Friday) { and
we understand.
On Saturday nig! t the reverend gen-
tleman preached a vigorous sermon on
dancing; a sermon which has caused
more comment, probably, than any
ever preached in the city. The se who
2 , ballot. He accepted In a neat Utile
* speech; one much appreciated by his
11 audience and received with enthusiasm.
| j For representative, Messrs. R. E.
J ■ Leach, Ed. P Ingle and S. M. Moore
\ | were placed in nomination. The ballot-
/| I 'ng resulted in the nomination of the quaintance when Hardin came up,
tirst-named gentleman, w ho gracefully pushed the other girl aside and coui-
aecepted. Bright speeches were made menced firing at his wile with a pistol,
by Mr. Keodail, Prof. \V. N. Rice and The mother tried to interfere when
j others, and tho convention adj turned Hardin struck her on the head with the j
feeling that the work had been well pistol and fired at her, but without
done and gentlemen nominated who effect.
ought to be elected if the people desire | A man named Ilayneg tried to dis-
faithfulness, honesty and straight hon-j arm Hardin, who made three efforts
orable business methods in their to shoot him. Afterward Hardin was j
servants. , disarmed by several members of the J
Elect Messrs. Hennessey and Leach crowd which had gathered at the
and the county of Cleveland will take , sound of the shots. He asked Ifliii wlfei
n't matter then.
Since then, in all my ups an' downs.
an' traveliu' around,
I never saw good apples, boys, a lyln'
on the ground.
I lie Oklahoma batalion, stationed at
Fort Leavenworth, left on Thursday for
Lexington, Ky., arid may be sent to
Cuba.
The impression that Flynn will be
Sometimes, of course, they look all elected is growing bigger and bigger
right; the oulside may be fair; j everyday. Thai's (he result i f horse
But when you come to taste 'em, j sense.
you'll find a worm hole there. 1 Ijieut. si(|ney jo,lni0Ili son of Co,
1'hen leave behind the wind f ills, an' w. johnson, of Oklahoma City has
the fruit on branches low. ; been appointed a 2nd lieutenant In the
1 he crowd grows smaller all the time, j regular army.
the higher up you go. ,,
r,, , ... j vv. II. Morrow, formerly of the Paw-
1 he top has many pri7.es that are j ' ™
temptln' you an' me,
VV. 11, Morrow,
nee Dispatch, has been sent to the
i> , if .... . asylum as a result of exposures con-
But if we want lo iiit 'em, we've got ^
. .. , .. , ' . " (rated while in the i
to climb
Lyon.
tiie tree. Ernest Neal I
army.
! Dr. J. J. Knepper, who was convicted
of bigamy in Canadian county, will ap-
Frank Smith's Haul. J ply for a pardon. Wife No. 2, is doing
. D.putyU. S. Marshal Frank Smith I 'l she can to secure It.
front ranks among the counties of fh^j was dead and being answered 1 the j lllll(jt, a rlch llaul) atld „ g00l, onet on | "Fatty," the crap-dealer at Smith
satisfaction, tj,e Eolith Canadian. about 10 miles | Brothers gambling house in Shawnee,
' shot." j down the river from Lexington, on skipped out one night last weik with
Immediately after the Iragedy a Monday. For years a lot of whisky the proprietor's roll, amounting to $170.
little brother if the murdered woman
territory in the Oklahoma legislature, affirmative expressed hi
remarking "that w as a good shot.
TWO MORE WEEKS OF COUHT
The Docket Being Rap dly Cleaned Up
—The County Jail Cleaned Out—
Notes.
Judge Burwell has decided that the
Cleveland couity court docket must be
cleaned up, and the jail cleaned out,
has accordingly postponed
the opening of the Okla-
homa county court until Monday, Oct.
17th, Hiving this county two more
weeks. The past week has been devot- . '.
. ,, of the party remarked that Hardin
ed to criminal matters, and nearly all
s peddlers and law breakers have been
hurried home and told hla father of the I terrorll!lDg the peaceable settlers of
occurence. Mr. Page was in bed with Umt jocsllity, an(, hftvt! dcfled „ie effort8
a case of the slow fever. Upon hearing | of the offlcer| to brcak them up_ Uu.
of his daughter's violent death he l.n- pllty Sinl|ll) howeV(,r, .,ft,r tllem
mediately got his horse and arming I am| by ,on>f waUin„ and waIchin(t
himself, went in searcli of the husband
He met the parly of citizens which h id j tnok the
liiin in custody and at once commcncid
shooting, implying the contents of a
pistol in to his son-in-law's body. Some
the inmates ol the jail have had their
believe as iiro. Culpepper does thought I trial and are either awaiting transport
it a masterly effort; those who believed | at ion to the penitentiary or have b"ep
otherwise termed it a vulgar suggestive j acquitted.
harangue, unfit for the ears of young i ' he ease of S. G. B. Harvey, charged
people, putting thoughts into their i with seduction, bas been continued for
heads which Ihey otherwise would not J the term.
have had-It w as just according to I Robert Rogers, the 14-year old boy
the point of view from which you j charged with stealing a horse, has been
viewed it. ' admitted to bail In the 6iim of $250.
At the Sunday morning meeting a j J- N. Alexander, arrested for coneeal-
purse of $300 was raised for Mr. [ tng mortgaged property, was found
Culpepper and his assistants. ; guilty, and is awaiting sentence.
j Tom Cavanaugh, who broke into and
UNIVERSITY LECTURE COURSE.
Monthly Enteitainmenls for the next
Six Months —Lectures and Musical.
The Oratorical Association of the
University desires to call the attention
of the Norman people, and of all other
friends of the University, to its lecture
course for the present year. The As-
sociation has been thoughtful and lias a
series of splendid entertainments al-
ready engaged. The following is the
prospective course:
"The Western Stars" Musical and
Elocutionary, October 7.
Oratorical Contest November.
Lecture (not yet engaged) ... January.
Lecture (scientific) Dr. A. H. VanVleet
March.
Lectuie John B. DeMotte April
robbed Rev. Smith's residence near
Noble, was sentenced to two years at
hard labor in the penitentarj at
Lansing.
Oscar Walker, charged with stealing
$10 from Fr.d Fehrle at the Texas
Wagon Yard tome monlhs ago, plead
ed guilty to the charge and will be
sentenced in a few days. Fred Ander-
son, charged with cotuplleity in the
crime, was discharged; the County At-
torney entering a nolle in his caBe.
Arthur Molfitt got gay w ith the Court
on Tuesday and was sentenced to five
days imprisonment for contempt. He
was inside the railin g talking to Ernie
Helden and Lathan Ball, during the
progress of th?ir trial, and Judge Bur-
well told him to go outside the railing.
dead, whereupon the dying man said:
"No I'm not dead; shoot me again "
Page shot liltu the sixtli time with a
VV inchester at a close range, shooting
away the entire top of his head.
I'age was brought before Commission-
er Pieifler here yesterday and after a
preliminary hearing he was bound over
on a charge of manslaughter and his
bond fixed at $1,000. So many of his
friends offered lo sign his bond that
after twenty slgna ures had been made
the commissioner refused to allow any
more.—Pauls Valley News.
Oklahoma Couniy Ticket.
The county ticket placed in the field
last Thursday by the Oklahoma county
Republican is as follows;
Sheriff Dr. Lundberg.
Treasurer—J. A. Hartzell.
Probate Judge—Major I). D. Leach.
Register of Deeds J. A. J Bauguess
Couniy Attorney—VV. P. Harper.
Superintendent of Schools-Mrs. Mary
D. Couch.
Surveyor—E. E. Henderson.
County Clerk .1. G. Denny.
Coroner—B. F. Watterson.
Assessor—R. L, Payne.
County Weigher-J. A. Courtney.
"The Truth About Oklahoma."
One of the best sources of Information
about Oklahoma, is a neat pamphlet just
ing waiting and watching
finally got them dead to rights and
the act. They had a
Pianos from $148 tip. Organs from
$86 tip.
Don't pay two prices for an Organ 4-
Piano but call at ('APT. RICE'S West
Side Furniture Store and examine the
best instruments on Earth and get his
cash prices and I am sure you will
never buy any thing of the kind 011 a
credit, also, all of the latest up to date
styles of furniture at eye opening
prices, in the Adklns store building,
Norman, Oklahoma.
NEW FALL
AND WINTER
STYLES.
Instead of obeying, he reared back
"Musical" by the Musical Depariment j his chair and remarked that he didn't published by the Santa Fe Railroad
of the University May. have to, or words to that effect. "Five company, entitled "The truth about
These entertainments will all be of a J days in jail," remarked Ihe judge and Oklahoma." It is a short, concise \ct
very high order, and the Oratorical As-1 the sheriff took the deluded boy in complete compilation of just such in-
sociatian earnestly solicits the patron- charge. His sentence was suspended formation about Oklahoma as excursion-
age ol its friends that it may be able to by Judge Burwell the next morning, lsts, investors and home seekers want
meet its obligations without embarrass-Jon a showing made by Ills father and a to know. It also includes a neat map
ment and at the same time secure for physician that lie was demented; that of Oklahoma by counties. As a fund of
Norman and the University a scries cf attendance on the Culpepper meetings knowledge about the young territory,
as pleasing aud as profitable entertain- j had so excited him that he was not it is complete and reliable, Every
mentsascanbe obtained anywhere in responsible. - body should read "The Truth About
Ihe southwest Season tickets $1 50. ! Two days wore taken up in the trial of Oklahoma" and then mail it to a frien I
single number 50 cents. Lathan Ball, one of the sheep thieves, |n the east, ' There's millions in it.''
and the jury brought in
The Pott. County Indian Burnrrs "J* J "* " Vtrdict of
guilty of petty larceny —a victory for
1 he Guthrie Free 1 ress ol Saturday j (|ie defense. Chas. Sanders, one of
contained a tlnee column rrticle—an ir- uairs associates
in
Gentlemen, see the beautiful new
Fall and Winter Styles of Cloth-
ing and Cloths at
Tlieo. Osterliaus's,
Library Rooms, 03 Peters Ave.
HaTHe guarantees fit, style and quality
and at lowest prices. Repairing a
specialty. Thirty years practical ex-
perience in tailoring.
StSTDon't fail to see him before you
purchase elsewhere,
Orr-Galbraith.
Dr. James Orr and Miss Maggie Gal-
the stealing, was braith were quietly married at the
terview with Special U. S. Prosecuting I conVIeted last week of grand larceny,' home of the bride's brother, II. Gal-
Attorney Horace Speed—who had just and ,egt Belden'8 trial is yet to be braith, in this city last Thursday even-
trip through Pott, j held. ing at 7:30 o'clock. Only a few of the
search of evidence against | The second trial of Lewis Adams is immediate kin and intimate acquaint-
from
returned
county i
the Indian burners.
little 8x10 building in which they sold
liquor, and off from it a little ways run
a house of prostitution and gambling
hall, where unsophisticated mortals
were inveigled and robbed.
I he men captured were John Reeves,
Poley Milsap. Robert Milsap. Jim Mc-
Keand and William Purcell, and the
statutory charge against them is
"introducing liquor 011 an Indian
allotment." U. S. Commissioner
Hennessey held them in $1000 bond
each, and Ihey were taken lo the U. S.
jail in Guthrie.
Deputy Smith also captured Ilarve
Hays, under indictment at Paul's
Valley for a felony, and he was re-
moved to that town Wednesday night
Frank is proving himself one of the
bravest and best deputies working un-
der U. S. Marshal Thompson.
Norman's New Band.
A number of young men of the
city have organized a hand and sen!
off for their instruments. The fol-
lowing comprise the organization,
and being all sweet hoys will tin
doubleuh furnish sweet music.
Cornets—II. M. HtTley, .las. L.
Wad ley aud Boy Ingle.
Clarinet—Alvin Snnpp.
Solo Alto - Otto Pool.
Altos—Henry DeVillicrs, .Jno. VV.
Barbour.
Tenors—Arthur Williams, Vmly
Bible,
Baritone- (Malice Williams.
Tuha—B, !•'. Williams.
Snare drum—Callie Cobble.
llase drum—K r iv Priekelt.
Murder in the Chickasaw Country.
News of a brutal murder that oc-
curred in the Chickasaw country,
fourteen miles west of Norman, was
received here on Tuesday. .John
.Moran killed his father-in-law, .John
Wright, b\ shooting him and then
beating him over the head until he
was dead. He then dragged Hie
body to a dry ditch and covered ii
with branches and weeds. When
Wright's absence was noticed, Mor
an became frightened and mounted a
horse and fled Both parlies are
colored, and the killing was caused
by a dispute about an old picture.
u'M'ms t0 have j now being held, tile first one resulting ances of Ihe contracting parties were
secured sufficient evidence to convict („ a disagreement. The defense is present. Rev. Jewell Howard, of the
m iking a slrong iffort fo prove him Christian church, performed the cere-
the ringleaders of the mob who burned
the two Indians, who (so it is claimed
by Mr. Speed) were entirely innocent
of the murder and outrage of Mrs.
Laird The cases will come up for trial
at the Tecumseh term of court in
December.
insane, and there are
witnesses in the case'
, —Fred Perry's little child is some
better, but not yet entirely out of
danger.
Pianos and Organs,
To those wishing to buy an Instru-
ment 1 have in stock three &ood up-
right Grand Pianos and two Organs
thirty or forty mony.—Terrell (Texas) Transcript.
Miss Galbralth is a sister of Mrs. J.
S. Buchanan, of the University, and
visited here several times. She has
many friends in Norman who will wish
her much happiness.
—Dallas Fair October 1st to Ki ll
account of the Dallas Fair the Santa
Fe Bottle will sell tickets to Dallas
aud return for one fare. Date 1 f
Sale September 30th to October llitli
inclusive good to return until October
1 7th.
NOTICE
All parties knowing themselves to be
New Tin Shop.
C. J. Felbrath, tinner of thirty years that I offer for sale at a bargain regard
experience has started a Tin Shop in , less of profit for the next few days. Come indebted to the firm of Barbour & Wails
rear of Jas. Aliens hardware store and quick if you wish to buy, for I will will please call and settle their accounts
is prepared to do all kinds of tin and never offer such instruments again at by October 1st, as J. C. Wails has sold
sheet iron work in a first class manner ! the prices I will take if sold at once. out his interest in the firm and will re-
and at reasonable prices. Patronage ' CAPT. JNO. F. RICE, tire from the firm at that time.
eoliclted, Norrarn, Okla., Sept 20, '£>8.' West Main St. Norman, Okla. BARBOUR & VVAII.S.
Old Geronimo is still hale, hearty
and living in Oklahoma. He Is a little
out of practice In scalping but c.iuld
still do a good j ib as a member of tho
Equalization Board. McMaster.
J II. E1113, a prominent pop iliit
politician of Oklahoma county, died
last week of typhoid fever. He was a
brother of A, E. Ellis, of the Seventh
Kansas district, and II. A. Ellis,
attorney general of Michigan.
A Guthrie cigar maker has put
"Flynn's Free Homes" cigar on the
market, and an Oklahoma City dealer
sells a brand known as "The Kenton"
cigar. The latter is (aid to be a fusion
of cabbage and dog weed.
Jas. Davis, a section hand on the
Choctaw, was killed near Yukon on
Wednesday of last week, by W. II,
Draper, a farmer. Davis had been cir-
culating slanderous tales about Draper,
and w hen they came to blows about it
Draper stabbed Davis and killed him.
Topeka's carnival queen will be Miss
Annie Rose, a Hawaiian beauty who
arrived at San Francisco Thursday, and
is now on her way across the country
to'Kansas. She is described as a beauty
and only 1!) years old. Iler mother
was a full-blood Kanaka and her father
a German.
Richard Pappe, keeper of an allege d
saloon, or dive on Jain street, needs
five thousand dollars. In order lo secure
that amount of cash with Ihe least pos-
sible delay he has commenced a suit
against the Free Press Company for de-
famation of his precious character, lie
objects to the publication of accounts
of the fights, brawls and disorders that
occurred in and about his sweet scented
place of business.—Kingfisher Free
Press.
NEW STOCK.
Dry Goods, Clothing, Notions, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Caps, Cloaks, Jackets &c.
| at the Boston Store, and we will go a
Thousand Dollars It is the best largest
and cheapest stock in town.
WITHDRAWN.
To my friends who did ine the
honor to give me the nomination for
the superintendent*}' of Cleveland
county, I desire to say that I have
taken a position as teacher in an-
other county. I shall no' be able to
take part in the campaign, and in
j ustice to my colleagues on the ticket
1 deem it mv duty to withdraw.
My duty to my family and
to those lo whom I am under linancial
obligation has led tne to take the
school.
With thankfulness for the favors
my friends have shown me, and
earnestly desiring the success of the
seho ils and the principles of Brpub-
licnnistu, I am
V ours faithfully,
VV," N. Bier.
Bob Chambers left the lirst of the
week for McKinney, Texas, where I e
was married 011 Wednesday evening to
one of the belles of that city, Miss Joe
Brown Davies. The happy couple will
be at home to their friends in Norman —Frank MeGinley visited friends In
on October 15. They begin their Perry this week.
married life under bright auspices and Born: To Mr. and Mrs. T. J. wll-
with the best wishes of a large circle of mes, on Tuesday, a line boy. Mother
friends. | and son doing nicely.
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