The Tahlequah Arrow. (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1908 Page: 3 of 12
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NEGROSLfiYS ftTDKMULGEE
agency system suspended
ATTEMPTS TO ARREST NEARLY
PRECIPITATE RACE RIOT
Superintendent Loz er and Assistants
Hand In Resignations
Guthrie, Okla.: lucent de^mp-
rnents in the state dispensary agency
subject have been monu ntuus, and in
eluded a statement from Governor
_ \ Haskell In which h« gives his
F8ii!l f.nE KILLE9 HID EiSHT HUE INJIIK3 opinion that the system is en-
i tireiy set aside as far as Article 1
! of the nilhipa bill Is concerned and
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OMEZ ELECTED PRESIDENT OF CUBA A SURGICSL
OPERATION
Newt Deckard, Negro, Assaults Jim
Grayson, Indian, and Resists
Arrest—Finally Killed Af-
ter a Bloody Battle
Okmulgee, Okla.—Four men are
dead nnd eight otners more or less
seriously wounded as the r< nult of an
attempt to arr< st Newt Deckard, a
negro, who, In r 'sisting, very marly
precipitated a race war. The bodies
«f W. K. itoberton, sheriff of Ok-
mulge county; 11 nry Kl iber. assist-
ant chief of police; Felix
Chapman, negroes, are in the morgue
awaiting burial, w! ile the charred
remains of the negro murderer were
placed In a rud^ corTin and wil' be
t cut to the father, who r> iiks iu
Tatum county, Texas. The remains
of the m gro are almost unrecogniza-
ble. Deckard and an hu'ian named
Jim Grayson had quarrelled and Deck-
ard had smashed the Indian over the
hi nd with a brick. It was while the
officer-; wer. seeking to dislodge liiin
from the house in wnich he had taken
refuse that the shooting was done.
Deckard killed the four men and
wounded < others before he him-
self was mot tally wounded, : nd his
body thrown back into the flamin;
ruins ot the house out of which he
had bev n forced by fire.
the announced resignation of Robert
fc.'. Loxier, superintendent of dispen-
saries, and his entire office foroe.
Governor llask<ll has accepted tho
resignation of eight of the assistants
of Superintendent Loaier.
In his public statement, In which
he goo* into considerable detail, he
expresses a fear that violat i.ns of
constitutional prohibition, in the guise
of inter tate shipments of liquor, will
be harder to suppress. The statement
follows:
"While I am still waiting for an of-
ficial report- from the state election
beard as to the vote on the dispell-
ed Rufe i sary question, and 1 am not authoriz-
ed by law to make any proclamation
on the subject until the returns have
been received from every county and
canvassed, and a certificate given raa
upon which to ba?e my proc'amatlon,
yet it is apparent that the dispensary
question has not received a majority
! of all the votes
people don't agree with me as to the
legal status, yet it is my opinion that
j the dispensary will be entirely
LIBERAL CANDIDATE SWEEPS
ISLAND OF-cuba
icbt!3S n rtseb cff coietly
r>ol!s Cl;5" Without Disturbance and
Pjif;ct OiJer Prjvailid in all
Provinces—New Pres.dent is
Cuban Barn
Hnva
of
el (5
n ch
Cuba; At the clese Satur-
ii *lt tit a conducted with
liuM i at ami complete ab-
tii order, it appealed prac-
\ain that General .lose Mi-
< and Alfredo /ayas havt
i n president and vice presi-
de" t, i p ively, of the Cub hi re-
P ibiic, with strong llbi ral majorities
in the senate and houae.
Sufficient returns nave been ai-
re .1 t i ed to iml ie that the
lib* ml ' ave won a victory which has
been hard fought.
Gen ral O nn z just before the clos.
Ing of the polls, announci d that he
li d reciv. d advices showing that he
cast, and while many ! jlaj C: i "ir I every province in the is-
land, which is not . improbable. In
Havana and Oriente provinces, with
' ; IS i lectoral votes, which lacks only
aside, so far as entire articl- one or j (>,ght uf a majoritv, the liberals surely
the Billups bill is concerned, as a re- wjM
suit of tne failure of a majority of
the votes cast on the subject to he in 0, „ , a! j0,(, i-l Gomez, the
and I shal
fa\or of its contlnu
therefore art i fficlallv in nce-rd with
the wil! of the people, as my proper
official duty."
OBSERVE STATEHOOD DAY
Brilliant Banquet Given in Oklahoma
City to Legislators
Oklahoma City.—Hounteous In a
lie; ill , that found marks of m pre-
c 't'on from the visitors in every
si; p of tho proceedings, Oklahoma
City entertained in a fitting style a
large remnant of those who constitut-
ed the first state legislature, nearly
a score of those who are to consti-
tute the second legislature an 1 nu-
merous attaches of the houses of
former body. In observance of
first anniversary day on which Presi-
dent Roosevelt signed the statehood
I reclamation the day's program began
with a meeting of the members of the
GOVERNOR'S PROCL. MAT ION
General Jose Mig i d Gomez,
| liberal < ndiilate for president of
i Cuba, w ho, according to late dis-
i patches, is belii verd to have been
! . : . a:.< o:
I ag • and a native of Santa Clara pro-
■ vine, where he has always enjoyed
extraordinary popularity and inllu-
| ence. lie participated In great revolu-
tions, In the first of which he reached
the rank of major an 1 In the second
that of major general. He was one
of the commissioners sent to Washing-
ton to advise as to the practical meth-
od for dissolving tho revolutionary
I army.
CHINESE EMPEROR IS DEAD
Oklahoma Executive C-lls Upon Peo-
ple to Return Thanks
G.ithrie, Oitla.: The annual procla-
mation of Governor Haskell, in ob-
srrvance of Thanksgiving Day, fol-
lows:
"The custom established by the Pll
grim fathers has buen universally
adopted throughout this ^tand ana
glorious nation where God reigns aLd
the people rule. Thlsc ustom is an e<- Fatal Complications Follow Change of
pression cf the fact that among a Climatic Conditions
n«- fiee people the blessin.-.s and j<>,ys of Pekin,—The emperor died at five
the [if,, outnumber its sorrows and griefs, o'clock Saturday evening. He had
the jo God we owe all, every good and been ill for a long time and during
perfect gift cometh from llim.
"His blessings to ti this year have
been manifold and abundant. The
earth has been a generous mother and
harvey watterson dead
Plunges to Death From Top of New
York Skyscrrper.
Xew York: Harvey W. Watterson.
a lawyvr, and younger win of Henry
Watterson, editwr of th« Louisville
Courier-Journal, plunged tt> his fleath
irom ibe nineteenth floor of his otticu
, building at 37 Wall street. His Ui dy j
shot downward for 110 feet and land- I
>d on the r< • >f of a ten tory building
adjoining. Almost ewry bone was,
broken and th<> head crushed nnd i
death was practical!) Instantaneous. I
While there were no eye witnesses ,
to the tragedy, it Is believed to liavo '
bi en entiii'n' accidental.
News of the tragic death of Harvey |
W. Watterson, flr*t communicated to '
the friends of llenrx W : rson, edi-
tor of the Courier-Journal, created a j
profound impression in Louisville, and
there was immediately formed a pa-
thetic little conspiracy having for its |
purpose the breaking of the news to
the veter-. i i ditor as gently us possi-
bly. Telephone communication with
his country home, 14 miles fr.int the
city was immediately stopped and the I
friends deputed to Mrs. Henjatnin
Ridgely, widow of the consul general
to Mexico, the difficult task. Mrs
Ridgely, suddenly b reaved a few
weeks ago of the husband who hi s
been Mr. Watter .on's protege nnd In-
timate friend, accompli thed her mis-
sion, hut the veteran editor is be-
numbed by grief. Hundreds of tele-
grams from men of national promi-
nence already are pouring In coudo- 1
Knee and sympathy.
Harvey W. Watter-en was 30 years
old. lie leaves no children, ins wife,
before her man ! "'e, w s Miss Alice
Burrowes, of New York.
lA A * r
first legislature at the chamber of ' ],as yielded a bounteous and a fruitful
commerce Monday afternoon nnd con- harvest, so that during the winter
eluded at night with a brilliant ban- ! none of our people will feel the pangs
quet at the Dcnnelly-Reid building, | 0f hunger or want.
Ji?''. West Fourth street, where 300 "Therefore, in accordance with the
iflates were laid and that number of
people assembled.
Senator Clarence Davis, of Drlstow,
and Senator K. M. Landrum, of Tahle-
quah, wore re-elected president and
secretary respectively of the First
Legislature association. Resolutions
were adopted lamenting the death of
three members oMhe association and
etmessing vxieoathy for William H.
Murray, sj eaki r, on account of 111-
r.o'4s. T*ie next meeting place Will
tie chosen at a special meeting of the
organisation, to he called bv Presi-
dent Davis, wlille the legislature is
in sessi- n in Guthrie.
Government Gets JuCgmcnt
Lawton, Okla—The first jury case
tried in the United States court in
Lawton vas that against A. McIIen-
ry, of \nadarko, and resulted in a
verdict for the 1'nited States govern-
ment of ?2,593.30. McHenry refused
to release the lands of a Kiowa In-
dian near Upbart aft t the leasi* ex-
pired and thtis it was the Indian
agent, the guardian of tTie Indian,
brought suit. McHenry failed to ap-
pear.
established custom nnd with the laws
of the state, I hereby declare and pro- J
claim Thursday, the t venty-sixth dpy 1
1 of November, A. D. 190S. a public hoi- I
ittay, to be observed as a day of |
thanksgiving, praise and prayer.
"I recommend that our citizens as- i
semble In their places of worship and
around their hearthstones anj return
thanks to an all-wise Creator for Ilia
goodness and blessings unto us as a
people.
"in witness whereof, I have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the Great
Seal of the state of Oklahoma to be
hereunto affixed, this ninth day of
Nov ember, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred an 1 eight, and of
the indencndence of the United States
of America, tho one hundred and thir-
ty-third. C. N. HASKELL,
"Governor."
the recent audiences with foreign rep-
resentatives he was unable either to
sit up t>n the throne oV even in an
erect position. It was evident for a
long time that he would be unable to
withstand a cri: is which sooner or
later must develop in the disease
from which he was suffering. Recent
climatic extremes caused fatal com-
plications.
If there is any ono thin^ thivt a
woman ihvads more than another it
is a Htirgieal operation.
Wo i in state without fear of a
contradiction that tliero aro htin-
tlreils, yes, thousands, of operations
jierfornied upon women in oar hos-
pitals which tire entirely unneces-
sary and many have been avoided by
PrYD!A E-PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE C^POUND
For pi i<if of this statement read
the following letters.
Sirs. Barbara Ha so, of Kinsman,
Kansas, writes to .Mrs. 1'inkham:
" For ei„'ht years 1 Buffered from tho
most sev re form of female troubles and
u t'il'1 that nuopt ration was my only
hope of reeov rv, 1 wrote Mia. I': khaut
for ailvlce, and took I.ydia li. 1'inlchaa.i's
Vegetable Coniixiund, au<f it has saved
my life and made me a well woman."
Mrs. Arthur It. House, of Church
lload, IMoorcstown. N. .1., writes:
" 1 ti el it K my duty to let people
liiio-.v what r.yilia E. 1 inhliam's Vege-
table Compound li'.s done forme. I
f.u'T:' il fen ale troubles, and last
March my phy aeian decided that an
operation was line- sary. My hu.-.lNU>(l
olijeeted, nnd urircd me to try Lydia
1'.. I nkham's Ve^etablu Compound,
and to-day 1 «m well and strong."
Bill Found Against Colonel Cooper and FACTS FOR SiCES WOMEN.
Son, and Ex-Sheriff Sharp ].'or thirty years I.ydia K. I'ink-
Nashville, Tenn.: The grand jury ot ham's Vegetable Compound, made
Davidson county has returned a true from roots and herbs, has been tho
bill in which Colom I Duncan B. Coo- standard remedy for female ills,
per, his son, Robin .1. Cooper, nnd and has posit ively cured thousands of
ex-Sheriff John D. Sharp ar jointly ! women who have lieen troubled with
charged with murder of en-Senator E. dl-plae.Muents.inllaniniatioit ul.vnv-
W. Carmack and in which Sharp is tion, lfbroul tumors, lrrci^uliiiitieSi
also indicted on the charge of boina; periodic pains, and ba< kache.
an accessory before the fact. Sena- Mrs. I'inhliimi invites till sielc
brother is named In women to write her for adv.eo.
— friiided
INDICTED FOR MURDER
tor earmarks'
the indictment as prosecutor.
She has fruided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
BRYAN'S MAJORITY 13,351
Thrown from Horse and Killed
Muskogee. Okla.—While riding after
cattle. Tall Blackward, a young man
living In the eastern part of Sequoyah
county, ran Ills horse Into a wire
fence and was thrown and killed. His
skull was broken by the fall.
reconcile Haskell and west
Friends of Governor and Attorney are
Working for Harmony and Peace
| Guthrie, Okla.—It has developed
that efforts are on foot to effect a re-
' conciliation between Governor Haskell
and Attorney General West, with ap-
parently good prospects of snccess.
| Xe-'ther of the parties interested will
' as yet admit that there is any pros-
pect of siu-h a result, nut the showing
which has been made by mutual
friends as to the damage which is be-
ing done by their continued hostility
is said IP have had Its effect and the
indications £.re that there will at least
be a truce declared
Citizenship Rolls Forever Closed
Muskogee, Okla.—Filing on Chero-
kee allotments closed on the Hth,
! and the rolls of citizenship for the
five civilized tribes are closed for-
ever. There was a big crowd of
Oklahoma State Election Board Gives
Out the Figures
Guthrie, Okla.: The state election
board has completed the official vote
of the state. The poll oh presidential
electors shows Mr. llryan to have a
majority of 13.351. The vote follows.
Bryan 123,007; Taft, 110,550; Debs,
21,752: Hisgen, 274; Watson, 434. I
Washington county (last in) gave J
Taft a majority of 11(5.
CARTERS
i STYLE
IVER
PILLS.
Wireless Device on Railroads
Omaha, Neb.: Dr. H. .Milliner, elec-
trical engineer in the Union Pacific
shops, has equipped an engine in the
yards with a wireless device which
railroad officials declare will greatly
lessen the dangers of collisions. It
enables dispatchers and station agents
to signal engineers between stations,
thus putting them practically in con-
stant touch with running trains.
Positively cured by
these Little Pills.
They al«o relieve Din-
tress from U.v>pep*ia, In-
digestion and Too Hearty
Euliup. A perfect rem-
edy for Dizziness, Nau*
sea, Drowsiness, Bad
Taste in the Mouth,Coat-
ed fondue, i'iun Jn the
Sine, TOftPID LIVER.
They regulate Hie i??Kvels. Purely Vegetable.
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
.— - « m i ■ i ^i-. ■! iii i—a—
Genuine Must Bear
Fac-Simile,Signature
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
CARTERS
ITTLE
IVER
PILLS.
Case to Go Higher
Washington: Following the recent
action of the circuit court of appeals
in Chicago in refusing the United
States government a rehearing of the
Standard Oil case, made famous by
nherokees present Saturday, most of j(s |29 ooo,000 line, the department of
them completing fractional allotments.
All the rolls aiv now finally closed.
This work was b^gun ten years ago.
justice decided to carry the case to
the supreme court of the United
States. *
telegraph rate reductions escaped death by half hour new york postmaster shot
Comm-ii' i Breaks Up Schedules of
Po tal and Western Union
Guthrie, Okla.: The proposed order
of ihe corporal.on commission estab-
lishing a"uniform rate on telegrann
messages between points in the state.
Issued recently, is of far reaching con-
sequence. It is thought here 4hat the
Western Union rnd Postal companies
will both tight the requirements.
The subject was up before the com-
ulssiou some time ago and represen-
tatives of the Western Union at that
>ie n-ade substantial reductions In
their commercial rates within the
state—and r. short time later issued
a new schedule of interstate rates,
which aie now in use.
The commission's proposed order
provides for a rate of 23 cents for
messages of. 10 words or under and
for each additional word 2 cents day
rate and one cent night. That is the
minimum of the Western Union s
present ra e book. The maximum
within the state is 40 and 3 cents. It
Is this rate the commission is seek-
ing to alter.
Messenger Arrives in Time to
Johnson from Hanging
Tecumseh, Okla.: Saved by thirty
minutes from death on the gallows—
Save Edward W. Morgan Seriously Wound-
ed by a Fanatic
New York: Edward W. Morgan,
postmaster of New York City, was
sucb was the fate of William Johnson | wounded in the abdomen by a bullet
who was to have been h inged In this
city at 10 o'clock Friday morning.
The witnesses to the execution
were in the jail, the condemned man
was with his clergyman, the newspa-
per reporters were arranging their
copy and the sheriff had just made
the last test or the apparatus when
Deputy United States Marshal John P.
Jcnes, of Shawnee, rushed into the
jail with an order from Judge Cot-
teral to stop the execution and to
bring the prisoner before him at Law-
ton immediately.
Marshal Jones announced that a
special messenger of Judge Cotteral's
court was en route to take charge of
the prisoner for the journey.
Sheriff Pierce Informed Johnson
that the writ of habeas corpus had
been granted and that he must pre-
pare immediately for the trip to Lait-
Inn
fired by E. II. B. Mackay, an eccentric
English stenographer, who t,hen com-
mitted suicide. Unless complications
develop, Morgan will recover.
Morgan owes hfs life to the quick
wit and bravery of his 14-year old
daughter, Dor.othy, who saw Mackay
draw his revolver and struc'- < th
her hand. This deflected the ouilet,
otherwise the postmaster would have
Rehearing in Oil Case
Chicago: The government's peti-
tion for a rehearing of the case In
which the United States circuit court
of appeals reversed the trial court in
fining the Standard OH company of
Indiana $29,240,000 for alleged reb.;
ing was denied in the court of ap-
peals.
It is authoritatively stated the gov-
ernment will now attempt to bring the
whole matte r before the supreme
court on a writ of certiorari.
W. ti. T>oncln« male< ti nnd sells moro
men's &3.<H) nnd allocs than any
other manufacturer In the worhl.be-
<>aurio ti-ty hold their Fh:ii e, fit better,
and wear longer than any other make.
Shoes at AM Prices, for Every tfarr.lw of the
Family, Men, Boys, Women, Misses & Childten
W L.Dor;/ rva$l C'0*ad $6.00 OiltEdg* Show cannot
b« Mu&llcl *t .ipf'pr'c*. V. L. Donglu a®4
$ J 00 uofs irfl tha belt In world
Frtti Color EyeUt* l' *d J!xclu 4vtly.
No VV. L. DoaiflM
nnm« nrvl pn> t* «tn:np««l on bottom. doM
e*er*wh« re. Slioe« mailed from factory to lay
uart ot I tie world. Catalogue fre*.
W. L. DOIGLAS. 157 Spork St.. Brockton. Mas.
Burns Money Before Death
Helena, Mont.: Albert Berger, a
former Alaska miner, just before com-
been fatally wounded, for his assail- mitting suicide at Canyon Ferry threw
ant was at close range and fired four $2,000 in postoffice money orders pay-
ghots able to himself in a stove, declaring
the money was in the hands of the
government.
Committed Suicide to Quit Drinking
Wichita, Kan.: E. A. Dickerson, a
well to do farmer, committed suicide
here by taking strychnine.| Despon-
dency because he couid not quit
drinking is the cause. Dickerson
began drinking hard four years ago
when his wife died. He is a farmer
owning land at Rosehill.
Four Killed in Explosion
Sargent, Ky.: In a boiler ey -losion
at the Miller Lumber company's plant
near Pound's Gap, four men were
killed and four more severely injur-
ed. The dead: John Hubtard, Rolio
Fleming, Willis Tackett, John Mul-
ling.
TOWER'S FISH BRAND
WATERPROOF
OILED CLOTHING
looks belier-wears longer-
ond gives more ^r-w,.1
bodily comforl y\ i
becouse cul on
lorge patterns, yel
costs no more than
the "just as good kinds\
$UITra5l!CKERS\)<L0
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
Every aormenl WEft.'v
txorma the x
sign of the fish ; '
guorohfeed * '
wo fer proof
qpqntq can
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