The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 19, Ed. 1 Monday, November 18, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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The Shawnte News
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1907.
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Just like they bur erer/tklng pise, vis: where they can do best
quality considered. If you go along buying at the same old place
without looking around, you are sure to pay too much.
Just now we are selling a splendid Talcum Powder worth a
Quarter, for 10 cent*. A good soap which lots of people get 10
cents s cake for, our price six for a quarter.
Cucumber and Velvet Creim, which alwayB sells for 25 cents,
this week we get 15 cents, nd so on. You can buy your drugs
here too and with the satisfaction that you get the right thing
as you are not waited on by kids, but by three prescription drug-
gists who knew their buslBesa.
unif ! WALLACE WANN j
DRUG STORE
Opposite City Hall
BI6 TRADE
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either of the officers could draw a
pistol he sent a bullet Into Williams'
heart, killing him Before Lewis
could fire again Keeler had killed
him. Williams was 25 years old.
Mrs M K. Vlnedege, a widow wo-
man living at the corner of Tenth
and Center, had an oaoitlng exper-
ience with a burglar Saturday nigtat
in which the latter catnn off second
best Mrs. Vinedoge wan aroused
about 10 o'cleok at night by Bomp-
one trying to enter the front of the
house. She listened and heard an-
other person at the rear. The one
In front was making strenuous ef-
forts to effect an entrance, and Mrs.
Vlnedege fired through the door,
the noises at the front and roar both
rpaaod, and going out some time af
terward she could find nothing aside
from blood stains upon the door
step. She bad evidently winged the
man.
About a week ago Mrs. Vinedose
was disturbed by an attempt to enter
her home, and at the time prepared
for a future attwnpt. Saturday ev-
ening early neighbors had seen per-
sons prowling about the place.
WEST LANDS OR
BOOTLEGGER KILLS
U. S.
Bartlesville, Okla., Not. 18—George
Williams of Collinsville, a United
Slate** deputy marshal, and Ernest
Lewis, mi alleged bootlegger, were
killed in a pistol battle here, when
WI Hams and Fred Keeler, another
United Statee deputy marshal, at-
tempted to arrest I/ewis. Lewis
owntvi a livery stable and was well
to do. He was suspected by the au-
thorities of having sold liquor during
the last few days. He had been in
a number of shooting scrapos and
bad the reputation of being a bad
man
When Williams and Keeler enter-
ed bis place to arrest Ijewls before
By the Blowing Up of Natural Gas 1
a Residence the Structure Wat D«-
molished and Twenty-Five People Ir.
jured, Two Fatally.
Pittsburg:. Nov. 16.—About twcnl**
five persons won* injured, two fatally,
and a dwelling house torn to pier
when an explosion of natural gas o<
furred in the house located at 103 Eln
street. In the fire which followed tw<
firemen were severely burned. Fatally
injured: Mrs. Snrah Grossman, blown
through the roof; Jacob Bergerman
blown through he roof.
Seriously Injured: Three member*
of the Grossman family: three mem
bers of the Moidol family, which also
occupied the ho ise, and O. Bullner, a
guest of the Gmssmans.
About fourteen other persons in the
neighborhood received Injuries when
the windows in their houses were shat-
tered by the toncusslon and plaster
fell upon them.
Apparently the gas had been leakln'*
In a kitchen stove all night. Early
Friday when a match was struck In
Railroad Attorneys Given Time
to Amend Petition.
Austin, Nov. 16—The state's excep-
tion on behalf of railroad commission
was sustained by Judge Calhoun, in
TWO GO THROUGH ROOF. the Fifty-third district court in th*
injunction suit of railroads against
the commission in which the road.-
seek to enjoin commission's recen I
uniform bookkeeping order. The ra '
roads then asked for time in which t«>
amend their petittou, and this was
granted and on Monday next the court
will set the case for a day during tlie
present term.
R. C. Greer of Beaumont, attorney
for the Southwestern Oil company in
Its contest (gainst the constitutional-
ity of the Kennedy gross receipts tax
which has l,een upheld by th
la
supreme court, is here. He announces
that the case would be appealed to th
United States sunreme court.
State Health Officer Brumby left
for Galveston, from whence he go**s
to the City of Mexico tb attend the
International Health Officers' associa-
tion convention, which meets there
Dec. 2. Dr. Brumby will be Joined by
Surgeon General Wyman. Delegates
from all over the United States. Cans
da and South American republics, will
be In attendance.
Conference was held between At
torneys Greer and Minor of Beaumont,
representing the Security Oil Com
pany of Beaumont, and the attorney
general on the question of getting a
the lower Portion of the house there of recent restralnlng or.
was a terrific eaploslon. „er #ga|nst ,.omptny ln thesantl.
trust suit filed by the state. Attor-
TIJRNFR TO RAfF neyB *°r Security declare they are of
the opinion thai the corporation will
0. , c LJ. D i a n t0 re,UD1® business within the
Bisnop bays His People Are C o- nex^ few dRy8 jf modification of
ing Through a Crisis.
Amerlcus. Ga., Nov. 16.—Before a
congregation, including 400 ministers,
of the Southwestern division of the
African Methodist church Bishop Her.
ry M. Turner delivered an address cn
the disfranchisement of the negro of
today. Bishop Turner said in part:
the ortfer is obtained.
SHORTAGE ALLEGED.
McAlester, Okla., Nov. 18.—The
first act of Attorney General West,
who was sworn in Saturday, was to
bring suit against forty-seven coal
mining companies in Oklahoma, al-
leging ln his complaint a combina-
tion in restraint of trade and dis-
crimination in selling the output of
the mines. The result of the suit
Is looked forward to with much in-
terest, as the price and Bale of coal
from this section of the new state
affects the business interests of the
entire southwest.
Announcement Creates a Decided Sen
•ation In Alabama City.
Chattanooga, Nov. 16.—A special
from Gadsden, Ala., says: As a result
of an examination of the books of the
"We are passing through a fear'u' city clerk's office, of Which the clerk
crisis now. Th? effort to disfranchise recently resigned, a shortage of over
and rule us out of the pale of human $17,000 has been discovered. Suit will
The Texas wonder.
Cures all Kidney, Bladder and Rheu-
matic Troubles; sold by all druggists.
A two months treatment by mail for
$1.00. Dr. E. W. Hall, 2926 Olive St
St Louis, Mo. Send for testlmon
tale. 10-July-D-W
ity is an effort to disgrace us
scheme put in opei ation by malicious
and misanthropic men to cause on
degratlon All of the dominating rac
are not In favor of It, for hardlv a da*
passes but what white men tell me I'
their people bestir themselves to sav
our humanity, and I verily believe It 1
true.
If we had stood up as we should
have done we would not be puppets o'
degradation. There Is no harmony
amongst us, no concern about out
rights and the Tights of our children
and children's children. Every one of
us that sits quietly Is tying our chil-
dren's children lo the wheel of degra
datlon for 100 years to come."
THE NEWS—40c PER ^ONTH.
Oyster Definitions.
Positive Good Oysters
Comparative Better Oysters
Superlative .. .. Sealshlpt Oysters
Shawnee Fish Market
127 S- Union St.
To contradict certain talk
and to pat the consuming pub-
lic in possession of tlie truth,
we say i^ plain words that no
one in this town can sell as
good coffee as A-rbuckles'
Ariosa for as little money.
Misbranded and make-believe
Mocha and Java, or coffee sold
loose out of a bag or a bin, is
not as good value for the money,
nor can it be sold at as narrow
profit, nor reach the consumer
under as favorable conditions.
When you buy Arbuckles'
Ariosa Coffee you get more than
16 net ozs. of straight, wholesome
Brazilian coffee from the largest
coffee firm in the world, with that
! firm's direct assurance that they
are giving you the best coffee in
the world for the money.
ARBUCKLB BROfl., New York City.
be Instituted against the bondsmen of
Clarke at once. Clarke Is one of thr
most prominent men of Gadsden and
the announcement of the shortage ha-
created quite a sensation here. H
is a man of family. He asserts that
a young man who had been a clerk In
the office squandered the money. It
Is alleged the peculations have been
going on since March, 1905.
ENDS EXISTENCE.
Poetess and Authoress Takes Her Life
at Bungalow of a Poet.
San Francisco, Nov. 16.—Miss May
French, a po?tess and authoress, end-
ed her life by taking cyanide of potas-
sium at the bungalow of Poet George
F. Sterling, at Carmel by the Sea. a
colony of artists and writers on the
Pacific ocean below Monterey. No
reason can be a ligned for the suicidal
act and friends seek in vain for aom*
explanation for the impulse whlc'i
prompted her to tak" her life In sucv
a sudden and tragic manner. M'st
French enjoyed pood health and
life to all appearances ran smooth
giving every promise of a brlllia-'
career. For some years past she ha
been a contributor to various coas'
magazines, and gome of her verses a'"'
prose found their way into ea-st°r
publ'catlons. Miss French was twen
ty-four years of age.
LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. j
Two New York Publications Permitted
to Secur* the Same.
New York. Nov. 16.—Leading rail
road industrial corporations have fa
vored the Journal of Commerce an^
Commercial Bulletin with the numhr-
of stockholders on their books at th'"
time and cn? year ago. from which V
evident securities are being gradual'*
assimilated by the people. Had th
figures In each case been comnlW
since the October panic the increac
of stockholders would have been much
greater.
Returns cover thirty-five leading In
dust rials, with 152.744 stockho'der*
and $1,777,000,000 capital this year
against 134.990 stockholders and $1
706,000.000 a year ago: also eighteen
leading railroads with 83,281 stockhold-
ers and $1,397,000,000 capital this year,
against 68,858 stoc kholders and $1,298,-
000,000 capital a year ago.
CARRY CONSIDERABLE.
Two British Ste?mer$ Leave Galves
ton With Immense Cargoes.
Galveston, Nov. 16.—Two British
steamers sailed from Galveston for
Liverpool Friday carrying export?
worth $2:,500,000. The steamer Custo
dian had on board 23.000 square bales
of cotton. 500 round, 8.681 sacks of
meal, 15.528 feet of lumber; total
value, $1,366,190. The steamer Iowa
carried 16,000 bales of cotton, 120,000
bushels of corn, 40,000 bushels
wheat, 4,505 sacks of cotton seed
meal; total value, $1,500,633.
CHICAGO CENTER.
6peakers Stated That City Is Place
Where Girls Are Sent From.
Chicago. Nov. 16.—Charges that
Chlcaeo is the clearing house center
of white slave traffic, which covers
not only the United States, but whir
sells unfortunate girls to Panama a*^
the harems of Turkey and Egypt. wa«
made by Miss Rose Johnson, a Ion
don rescue worker, at a mass meetlne
here. Judge Fred L. Fake, chairman
of the meeting, told of numerous in
stances where It appeared that a white
slave syndicate was doing business at
Chicago.
The strongest sometimes
eat the least, but they eat
wisely.
Not what you eat, but what
you digest, gives you strength.
Uneeda Biscuit
is the most nourishing and di-
gestible food made from flour.
Eat wisely—eat for strength
—Uneeda Biscuit
gm/f> In moisture and
dust proof package*.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
Beginning at the University. I things.
The School of Applied Science of At the meeting on Friday the
the University of Oklahoma is a Shawnee W. C. T. U., passed the fol-
school for the higher education ot lowing resolution:
barrels on the streets of the city the
greater part of tihe summer, and
bought space in the Dally Oklahoman
the leading democratic paper in the
leart Strengtl
young men in engineering. Its course i Resolved, That the W. C. T. U., 1 state at 35c per inch, for one month
of instruction includes Electrical,' endorses the action of the Ministe- proior to the election which cost the
Civil, Mechanical and Chemical En- rial Association and the Congress in Union $260. This space was used to
gineering and is based upon Draw-j their efforts to close the theaters on exploit the cause of Temperance and
ing, Mathematics, Mechanics, Phy Sunday. I from all accounts mads many votes
slcs, Chemistry and shop practice. I It is officially announced that cock for Prohibition.
In the modern technical school the' tails will not be served at the Dem-
student is first made acquainted with ocratic love feast in Washington
the theery of principles and then in this month.
the shops and laboratories he veri- Linn county, Missouri, iad a local
fies this theory. The theoretical and option election, Nov 10 and the re-
text book work Is supplemented by j suit was a victory for thq drys. A
experiments and investigations in very substantial majority too, even
the laboratories. The student thus in the towns of Brookfleld and Mar-
cultivates the essentials of a good cellne.
engineer; accuracy and clearness of President Stryker, of Hamilton
thought. I College delivered an able and ele-
The performance of laboratory ex- gant appeal ln behalf of the anti-
periments with all the apparatus as- saloon movement in Clinton, New
sembled ready to hand and all di- York, November 2nd. After the ex-
rections expliclty given, though us- plaining of his position in taking a
ually called practical, have really lit- leading part in the movement he j
tie of practice in them. In actual since that while all national questions (
practice the engineer is confronted were important, these closely affect- (
with difficulties which he can over- ing their OWN villages were more
come by a knowledge of underlying those voting for licenses were will- (
principles and the ability to assem-, ing partners in the saloon business,
ble his own apparatus. The labo-1 and pointed out very strongly just
ratory and shop equipment of the1 where the evils of that business
university is planned to Illustrate the touched the young men of the college
fundamental principles and to train It is said that few left the hall, un-
the student to solve whatever practi- convinced, as to their position on .
cal problems he may
course of his career.
meet in the
W. C. T. U.
The pillow top advertising scheme
this question
The new union on the East side
had a good meeting on Tuesday, No-
vember 12th. They meet again next
Tuesday with Mrs. Parks on Harrl-
Tt 'W,, flu Cii.0.ub otrppf
is being pushed. During th^ week 8 *
each day the committees have been' The World's Temperance Sunday
out and the spaces are fast being Is November 24, and we hope for a
filled up. Some $37 is now pledged funeral observance throughout the
and preparations are being made for churches.
the printing. Much credit Is due the Oklahoma City Union has raised
President, Mrs. Lucy Albaugh, for her something like $2,000 in the work the
push and drive in this as in other past year. Maintained four ice water
Heart Strenfth, or H*«rt Weakness. mr ni Hei
earth. or Nerve Weakness—nothing more. P
ely. not one weak heart in a hundred it. la
. actually diseased. It In almost always
den tiny little nerve that really is all at <au
■ obscure nerve—the Cardiac, or Heart Ner
mply needs, and must hare, more power, roo
bility. more controlling, more eoveml
ength. Without that the Heart must contin
lull, and the aSoiuach and kidneys also ha
se same controlling nerves.
hit clearly explains why. as a medicine. Dr.
OOP's RestoraUve has ln the past done to muck
weak and ailing Hearts. Dr. Shoop first sought
cause of all this painful, palpitating. sufto<*t-
heart distress. Dr. Shoop's Restorative—this
ular prescription—is alone directed to these
ak and wasting nerve centers. It buildi;
strengthens: it offers real, genuine heart help,
f you would have strong Hearts, strong dl-
tion. strengthen these nerves — republish
in as needed, with
Jr. Shoop's
Resforative
FOR RENT—Two nicely furnished
front rooms at 523 N. Douglas. i8-3t
LUCKY LABORER.
Through Aunt's Death Inherits One
Million Dollars.
Chicago, Nov. 16.—A day laborer by
the name of John C. Jeans, says a di:
patch to the Tribune from Ludlngton.
Mich., has fallon heir to $1,000,000.
The relative, who was named Anna T
Jeans, was a resident of Philadelphia.
Much Sold at Privatr Sale.
Houston, Nov. 16.—As much as 1,000
balets of cotton have been sold at pr!
vate sale within the last two days by
the Farmers' Union Cotton company
to the Reag^tt Round Bale company at
price said to be 10 7-8c. A tendency to
gradually let go accumulated cotton
is visible.
tict Acquainted
With the Soil
Received First Message.
New York. Nov. 16.—W. F. Shieb'er.
who received the first message over
the Atlantic cable sent President •
Buchanan by Queen Victoria, died at
Brooklyn. Mr. Fhiebler was born at
This Action Taken With Executive Baltimore sixty-five years ago.
Mansion of Nebraska.
SOLD FOR TAXES.
Lincoln. Nov. 16.—Governor George
L Shelden was notified that the ex-
ecutive mansion had been sold for
the delinquent taxes of 1899, and un
less the taxes and costs were paid a
tax deed would be Issued according
to law The taxes amounted to $3?"
and the int rest and costs to $83. Tb-
mar wai purchased in June. 1800
by tate from D. E. Thompson
Unit. Stntes ambassador to Mexico
for $20,000.
Given Hearing by Garfield.
Washington. Nov. lfi.—Secret a r* o'
the Interior Garfield Thursday ga.e a
hearing to a committee appointed b>
the delegation from the Midcontlnent
Oil Producers' association to present
supplement views in opposition to tho
new regulation of the interior depart-
ment governing oil and gas leases in
Indian Territory.
Fatally Run Over.
Denlson. Nov. 1C.—James Simmons,
a younp man. fe'J from a wood wagon
here. He was run o^er and killed.
State Closes Its Case.
Rathdrum, Ida.. Nov. 16.—The stat* |
closed its case Thursday ln the trial
of Steve Adams.
Fire Destroys Gunboats.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 16.—Fire of
unknown origin at the Baltic shin
yards destroyed two gunboats and
damaged several other vessels.
Grow the best ot everything
for pleasure and profit. Farm and
Ranch will introduce you and direct you
on the road to success.
It tells you how in combination with
soil and climate to grow the best of every-
thing—it tells you how to harvest what
you grow, and more important still,
tells you how to market with greatest
profit what you have produced.
It has departments of
special interest to each mem-
ber of the family—father,
mother, son, daughter—and
each department contains clean, reliable, interesting,
instructive, original matter, prepared specially for Farm
and Ranch. No second hand or done over articles
printed first in other editions or
publications.
No whisky, patent medi-
cine or other injurious, fraudu-
lent or unclean advertisements.
Farm and Ranch don't
claim in the reading matter to
be honest and then through its
advertising columns lure you
into the clutches of those who
will rob you of your money, health or character.
Its Correspondents' Department contains specially
prepared articles by successful men and women who
till the soil and know what they write about.
Its Household Department is edited by a woman of
exoerience and ability.
*tIVILIZAT10M BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE P10W.-0MR0BERTS
The Children's Department is pre-
sided over by a mother, assisted by
other mothers who know how to
make this department more inter-
esting than any similar department
in any other publication. It is not nec-
essary to warn the children not to read
the advertisements
Its Feed and Feed Stuffs Depart-
meat is conducted by editors who
have made the subject a spe-
cial study; its veterinary de-
partment is in charge of
leading veterinary surgeons.
That is why the most successful livestock breeders
auZ feeders of the Southwest file each issue of Farm and
Ranch away for future reference. The Editors of every
Department are employed be-
cause they are known to possess
ability and superior knowledge
about the topics upon which
they are to write.
Its Department of "Farmers*
Organizations" is intended to
aid in building up organiza-
tions run honestly in the interest
of actual farmers.
Editorially and every other way its proprietors and
editors fight for the riecht of the producers, and will con-
timte to do so. It has no interest in any other publication
or business not in direct line with this policy. Farm and
Ranch is the honest man's friend, the home builder's
guide. Every home would be benefited by its weekly
visits. *It costs nothinc to
Maupin Expires.
Dallas. Nov. 16.—John
•calded Id this city, is dead.
Mauplr
Maca-onl Factory Destroyed.
Denlson Nov. 16.—Macaroni factor'
was destroyed by fire.
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learned, and
able and re-
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men in the
Southwest
great family,
farm and
stock journal.
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