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The Davis
ressive.
Vol. 1
DAVIS, IKD. TEN., TilURSi A Y, AUGUST 1894.
JVo. 11
TALE OF TWO TERRITORIES.
The Osage council has paused an
act by which the Osage parents can
send their children away to school
this fall at the expanse of the tribe.
Clreen McCurtain, while he wan
treasurer, must have been afraid that
Bill Dallon would rob him, and hid
the money where lie failed to lind
about MOO,000 of It when he made
his report (f)—Caddo llanner.
J. F. lliukley lias been appointed
chief engineer of the Choctaw railway
company, with headquarters at South
McAlester, and construction between
Oklahoma City and McAlester will
commence on or belore October 1st.
If the Chickasaw farmers will do riounoes it as good as the best black-1
us they should they can take their smith coal that comes from 1'ittUmrg,
hogs through the winler with little j L'enn. He leTt a sample at this otllce,
or no grain. It is important this and has about 100 pounds that he will
year that as many liogs as possible be j send to Fort Scot1", Kansas, to be
raised for the market, for they are tes'ed. We have the llnest, coun'ry In
bound to bring a good price. Every . the world, and the resources are in-
farmer should sow a few acres of j limited. As we have said before we
wheat for a hog pasture. With j are In the most fertile portion of the
plenty of good pasture for bogs, they 1 Indian Territory.—Tulsa ltevieu.
can be kept 111 splendid growing con- Thes'rip has a girl ban lit only 17
dition with an extremely small ;tl- yettr8 uf she was arrested lasl
lowance of grain. Saturday near Osage ageucy, charged
The fame of Oklahoui i divorce laws I with horse stealing. She claims to be | of any people on the face of the earth,
has reached the Pacific const, where j Mary Hopkins, the daughter of s*
marriage has been found very much a !, farmer residing near Independence this
failure. From there, an Oklahoma | state. She says she lei t. home and
lawyer has had an inquiry as to the j j >ined the Dal ton gang at the time ot
the Coffeeville raid, and was mar: i<* i
piincipal, 1:10,994 (none for 1895); in-
terest, $80,390 and $78,320, and pay-
ment for lands, $400,336 and $2,4(3/,-
(597. Total for 1894, $7,884,240; for
for 1895, $9,338,880; an excess over
189 ? of $1,454,840.
The plea that the Otierokees would
not be able to protect their landed
Interests in case of allotment is about
the weakest argument that has ap-
peared. The Cherokees have very
recently passed through an ordeal
that would have tried the prudena
| cost, of a good plain family divider,; the Coffeeville raid, and was mn
J. N- lleacom, presideut of the Wa- i „nft(j0rned with scandal embelished ! to.T.ie MCAtee, one of the gang who
tonga, Oklahoma bank, suicided r<'" i I'rillaY His reply was that they was recntly killed near Tahlequah,
oeutly. His son had been managing jI , angP(j frun) $iot) to $200, according Since her mariiage she has gone under
the bank, and on Hie discovery °^ | to their meatincss in the sensational' the roinnnlie name of "fne Bandit
fraudulent practice on the lat.tei'.s \Vjiy. He immediately got an answer j Beauty," and lias figured in all the
part, the father took his own liie to roajj divorce to his client, releas- raids of the Dalton gang since that
time. When arrested she was dre>s >d
in men's clothing, had hi r hair cut close
and is said to have presented the ap-
pearance of a dashing dude. —Arkan-
sas C.ty Traveler.
Ifon. L o Bennett was over from
sistants to arrest him he tired again, | Muskogee last week attending the
when the> all three gave him a round, | associational meetings. He is an en-
escape the disgrace. jng ^im from his Susan Jane, and he
'Ihe commissioner of (lie general; would remain Ihe *100 at once.
land office In a lot contest from Gulh- j0^n jfcDaniel, to amuse himself,
rie has decided that people mist l'vo ( s|tot aiX-3hoot«r olT t.w ice in Oula-
on town lots in the government t. n- ( glli1> Sandny morniniTi and upon He
sites ill order to get deeds for same, j nttempt: of'tho marshal and two as-
which will cause speculators t
thousands of lots illegally held.
It, seems good to I but all missed. lie then returned j thusiastic Mason and has held all the
number of1 their lire, when lie was given another highest otlicos in the It. A. M Grand
Lehigh l.eader:
once more see the largi
The new governor of the Chickasaw
Nation is certainly entering upon no
un< nviable job. Not only is the
dissolution of this government a cer-
tainty, but he is confronted by an
empty treasuiy and a nation about
two huiidrd thousand dolbus in debt.
The piospect is not at all pleasant.—
Purcell lteginter.
We are always willing to receive
advice as to Ihe ways and means of
running a newspaper from most any-
one, hut we rebel when a man who
will not advertise offers to tell us how
to inn a newspaper. He doesn't
know how la run bis own business
successfully.—Pauls Valley Enter-
prise.
The Beaver Advocate says: "Sec-
retary Lowe has granted a charter to
an organization to be known as the
the Anti-Horse Thief Associalion of
Oklahoma, with headquarters at
Arapahoe, G county. Members are
enlisted for a term of four years.
The association proposes to be a
united i (Tort to run down and con-
vict every horse thief in the Terri-
tory.
It is said that the Dawes commis-
sion will make a report just in time
to be placed before congress at the
beginning of the next session mid
then, should It appear that the com-
mission is unable to do anything with
the Indians, it Is the intention of con-
gress to act along some line that will
simplify matter?, to Ihe end thai the
object of the commission may be car-
ried out.—Vinita Chieftain.
The settlers ill the vicinity of
Minco are considerably exercized over
the possibility of the secretary of war
locating the notorious Chief Geron-
Imo and his man-eating savages on
the Fort Sill reservation. Why should
the Mlncoites fear? Why can't they
bring to bear on the savages Horn-
beck and Ids undertaker shop? Horn-
beck can make good luglns out of the
whole band in the twinkllug of a cat's
tail. —Duncan Banner.
A dispatch from Tulsa says:
"Poter Agnew, about 05 years old,
eloped from this place last Thursday
with Mrs. Obermler, 50 yeais old. wife
of JacobObermier, a prominent Her-
man farmer and wagon maker. The
departing couple left last Thursday in
a covered wagon, going towards Kan-
sas City. Tliey took several head of
horses and cattle belonging to Ober-
mler. This makes the second wife
that has ran away from Mr. Obermier,
his first wife having eloped several
years ago with a hired hand taking
over $2,000 in cash belonging to the
husband. Mis. Agnew is over sixty
years old and lias lived with her hus-
band nearly forty years and is left
nearly destitute. What caused the
elopement is a mystery, aa Agnew is
a rheumatic and Is very decrepid.
Mrs. Obermier is neither handeouie or
attractive.
lllue Lodge and <>. 10. S. I'ndcr
Harrison lie was agent of the live
civilized tr.lies, and his administra-
tion Is spoken of iu the highest
terms. He is a young man, and
when Oklahoma and the In inn Tcr-
It is thought that ho will I rltory are married and come Into the
union as one state, he will be one of
the leading citizens of that state,
lie thinks, however, that the com-
missioners accomplished little by
their recent visits to the live civilized
o not go at the
igonizing the
was launched into eternity from the (Itldlan°than smoothlng over the dlf-
saine okl beam which has performed i tk.ulUcSi ,ln(1 thus mlldc the Indians
miners going to their work. The round, one of the shots taking effect
.•bucket brigade" is what makes times in his side, striking a rib which it
good In every branch of business, i shattered and passed around the body.
The miners are making things count! Ho was taken to his mother at the
just now, sort of making up for lost j bote 1, and Dr. Linn was telegraphed
for, who went up and dressed the
. 1 wound.
()nt>ofthe horse thieves from the
I rt,coyer.—Claremore Progress.
Chickasaw Nation says that his
mother and father always told him j The old gallows standing grim and
he would go to congress or tho "pen." silent within the old walls surround-
He now stands a good chance of rep- j ing the United States jail at Fort
resettling Purcell in the Brooklyn, N. .Smith claimed another victim last tribes, and savs tliev do i
Y. penitentiary. Sapulpa C Trespm-j Wednesday morning and Lewis Holder W(irk r.jri,t: rutlier antiu
ent Tulsa Review.
a like service so many times in the
past. The crime for which Lewis
Holder paid the death penally wa
the killing of George M. Bickford, a
comparatively joung man of about 35
years of age, in the San Hois inoun
1 airs, Choctaw Nation, near Harts
more than ever o;>pos?d to the idea of
severalty of land and statehood.-
Oklahoma Cltv Journal.
David Meredith gained an inter-
view witli Messrs. Kidd and McKcn
non, while at Tahlequah and they in-
home. on the 28th of December, 1881,j formed him that they were framing
—Elevator. their report for congressional action,
I as it was plainly visible that the com-
Few of our citizens seem to take t in|8g{0|] could do nothing with the
any interest in the proceedings «f j Indians in regard to a change of land
the two political conven iens which | lcnure Tll0J, sili,i allotment and
nu t last Monday, as a large majority | gtatelluod was surely coming and
of the people believe that the auton-l ul[, be ttirmvn „n t|lc nvc tribes at
pmy of the Cherokee nation will be ] Ulc n(,xt scssion „f c„ng,.,ss.. These
abolished before the next election, ^entleinen went out and addressed
The presence of two members of the ' h uollvcllti(,Ils llt Fourteen Wile
Dawes commissi, n on the grounds Cpeek Aftcr Hlese addresses they
during the deliberations of the con- sald priv.ltelv that, they would not
ventions served to dampen the en- wustc more breath trying to got the
and their cautious foresight carried
them through unscathed. At the
different places of payment every
allurement lias been held out, every
inducement lias been used, to weedle
them out of their money. The
smooth gambler, the silver-tongued
fakir, the shrewd conflttyncc mar., the
fair-faced siren have each ill turn
used all their arts to lead our people
from the path of rectitude to disas-
ter, and they have failed. The pay-
ment has proved the Indians to lie a
cautious, intelligent people, able to
take care of their own and willing to
look into the future. It is idiotic to
ay that they can not, individually,
take care of their land, and It is a
disgrace and a crying shame to force
them to huddle together in the hills
while the monopolistic sharks hog all
the land and grow rich upon its usu-
fruct.—Afton Herald.
'I here now seems 110 chance for
the Dawes commission to make terms
with the Indians 'Ibis will be the
greatest mistake they liavS ever
made, and they will see it before
many moons shall wax and wane.
Thertsis now an opportunity to make
terms that will be highly advanta-
geous. '1 his opportunity will soon
pass away and will never return.
That the Indian will be robbed or se-
riously wronged is not believed, but
he may have to submit to a settle-
ment that does not suit him so well
as terms that he can now name. In-
deed, th's is alm03t a certainty. 'Ihe
sentiment of the country is over-
whelmingly against continuing the
present state of affairs Congress
could not, if it would, resist this sen-
timent much longer. Sentiment
compellid the opening of Oklahoma,
j with the administration and congress
I against it, and, right or wrong, it
will compel this, lie who can not
sec tills can not read the signs of the
times If congress undertakes to set'
tie it alone, something will no doubt
be done—South McAlester Capital
help and a man named Lungsford |
tired. Fields ran out and fell dead
within a few feet of where he killed
Cheiokee Red Hird a year ago, lor
which crime he was serving a iirteen
years'sentence at Tahlequah, when
he escaped about two months ago.
Is This on Paper?
Aiikansas City, Kan., Aug. IB.
The directors of I lie Kansas; Oklaho-
ma Central and Southwestern railroad
had an Important meeting in this city
yesterday morning. Hon. Itobi rl
Martin, ex-secretary of Oklahoma, is
the president. Representatives of
Vernon, Texas, Guthrie, El lteno.
Stillwater and Bartlesville, <>k, and
Independence, Coffeyville and Caney,
Kan., were in attendance. It was de-
cided to make Cherry vale, Kan., the
noitheastern terminus and Vernon,
Texas, Ibe southwestern. - The
money to build the road has been ar-
ranged for, and it was given out by
members of the company here that,
work would be commenced inside of
twenty day?.
Jail Delivery.
Oklahoma City, <>k., Aug. Its.—
The too common sequel to Oklahoma
tragedies has again occurred. Jim
and Victor Casey, the two men who
had the desperate battle with the
citizens of Yukon some months ago,
have broken jail here and are at
large in the territory. Two other
men went with tlicni; Ed Cox, under
sentence for horse stealing, and Chas
Larson, under the same charge.
John Milllgan, the negro murderer,
who is under sentence of death for
killing the Clark family, bad a
chance to escape with the other pris-
oners, but refused.
Tlie men cut the steel rivets of the
lock on the cell dosr and removed
the brick from the wall of the prison,
Tom King once escaped In the same
way.
Geo, F. HotL'no,
1'. s. Lester,
J. Conkers.
—Atoka Citizen.
thusiasm of delegates and visitln
statesmen alike, and the Influence of
Cherokees to treat, but would report
the condition of affairs existing to
the skeleton at the feast will be fell congress, for action. They further
throughout the campaign.—Afton stated that the intruder clause in
Herald. \ the Strip agreement would be car
Times-.Journal: It seems to be set-; out, as was promised by the gov
tied that the Choctaw road will go eminent, and all intruders would be
south around the Shawnee hills i put out.—Afton News.
width He west of Sooth McAlester, The Louisville Courier Jourbai does
thence northwest of Ihe South Cana- lt t s(uMen revivlll of b,lsi
dian river cressing about half-way | negs C0MeqlleIlt upon the ,lll9SRge of
the tariff bill. It says: "We hav
between Johnston and Sacrcd Heart,
and then will follow the ridge on the
east side of Cleveland county, keeping
eight miles east of Norman and live or
six miles east of Moore. The Shawnee
hills are so large as to be frequently
designated as mountains, and to cross
over them would entail an enormous
expense. By bearing south of the hills,
Oklahoma City branch is made but
four or five miles longer, while thirty
miles are saved on the Denison
branch.
had a year of panic and depres&im.
\Vage3 have been cut. Workmen
have been thrown out of employment.
Incomes have been reduced. Econ-
omy, sometimes of the most rigid sort
has been enforced until it has become
a habit. Ti e purchasing power of
the public has been reduced. The pas-
sage of a tariff bill does not restore it.
The process of rebuilding trade to its
| former proportions must be slow.
I Merchants may import and manufac-
If the. Indian could be made to j turers may produce without fear that
understand that statehood meant do-, a change iu the tariff will entail a
ing away with the deputy If. S. mar-' loss before they can lind a market, but
shals thero would be no trouble in i the people will not, because they can
An Exciting Experience.
Deputy Marshal John 11 Jones had
an exciting experience last week over
iu the Osage and Cherokee nations.
lie bad captured two horses belong-
ing to the Chandler bank robbers and
while he and his p. sseman were asleep
the robl.ais si pped into camp and
stole the saddle horses belonging to
Jones and tils posseman.
The theft was discovered within an
hour and pursuit was undertaken at
once. The thieves were trailed over
into Ihe Cherokee nation where Jones
came upon tlieni and while his posse-
man was away to obtain help Jones in
changing his position for a latter one
ran into an ambush apd received a
volley of live Winchester shots, one
making a hole through his coat, vest,
a small pockel compa-:s and an account
book.
After the volley the highwaymen
called to him, and asked if lie didn't
think he was a fool for tracking them
into thai country. Jones had to ac
knowledge that he was a little indis-
creet. After parleying Jones was
allowed to withdraw, with orders to
track them no farther. Oklahoma
Times-Journal.
getting him to treat. Hut his knowl-
edge of civilized life Is obtained
through these marshals; and who can
blame them for desiring tribal rela-
tions, If these marshals be a sample of
the effect of civilized life? They
don't want their children trained so as
to make them entirely soulless, and
without human sympathy. Some of
these marshals have surely merited,
"Well done thou good and faithful
servant" when they arrive at the place
prepared for them by Satan and his
angelB.—Oklahoma Times-Journal.
Chas. R Douglas, secretary of the
Tulsa Coal & Mining Co., who has
been in our midst for a short time,has
opened up a coal mine about three
miles from Tulsa. The vein is three
not, at once buy as freely as they did
before the panic. The passage of the
tariff bill merely gives business a
chance, ltdoes not work any mir-
acle, and we will save ourselves some
grevious disappointment if we refuse
to expect a sudden revival."
A comparative statement of appro-
priations and expenses of the bureau
of Indian affairs has been compiled by
Commissioner Drowning. lt shows
that the total amount covered by the
Indian appropriation bill for the llscal
year 1894 was t7,884,240,and for 18%
$9,838,880. The difference in amounts
for designated objects for the two
years is as follows, the llrst figures be-
ing for 18114: Current and contingent
expenses $185,000 and $189,100; Indian
Enid Honors a Steel Pen.
Enid, O. T., Aug. 10.—At a special
meeting of the council here last, night
the pen witli which Pesident Cleveland
signed Ihe bill giving Enid a depot
was toasted and long resolutions were j
passed thanking Senator lterry for se- .
curing it. The pen will bo placed in I
a glass frame and hung in the city hall, j
Rest of Daltons Cornered.
Muskogee, O. T., Aug. 17.—He-
liable information was received here
that the remnant of the Dalton out-
laws have been located, numbering
t welve. Caution is given to the Mis-
souri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
company and all trains are heavily
guarded and the bank is now and has
been heavily guarded.
Casey is Recaptured.
Purcell, I. T., Aug. 17.—-Mar-
shal Cook and posse today arrested at
the Williams' ranch, west of town.
James Casey, wanted for the murder
of adeputy Bherllf at Yukon a short
time ago. Adam Cox, who stole a
horse and buggy ill Texas, was con-
victed, escaped and came to Oklaho-
ma, was arrested.
Jurisdiction Over Indians.
Washington, I). C, Aug. 14.—
The House committee on the judiciary
decided I ..day to report the bill intro-
duced by Delegate Smith of Arizona
to transfer the criminal jurisdiction
over reservation Indians in the Terri-
Cotton Seed as Feed.
Experiments made at the Texas
station show that the niching point
of butter is raised several degrees by
a feed of cotton seed or cotton seed
meal '1 he effect becomes apparent
on a one-fourth ration of meal or
seed, l.ut It is not sufficient to ma-
terially affect the quality of the but-
ter. This feed influences in a lesser
degree beef tallow and lard: on mut-
ton suet the effect is almost as
marked as upon butter. It was also
found that oleomargarine made from
beef tallow derived from steers fed
on cotton seed meal and lull's might
be mistaken for a pure butter de-
rived from cotton seed or cotton seed
meal, the volatile acids existing in
pure butter being greatly lowered by
this feed.
The Cherokee Payment.
J. C. Starr, assistant treasurer of
the Cherokee nation, was in the city
Friday.
"What are the Cherokees doing
with their money'/" Mr. Starr was
asked by a News Record man.
'■Saving It," was bis laconic reply
"Arc the collectors getting much
of it," he was asked.
"About one-sixth is all," was the
reply. "Most of them are putting it
away against a rainy day."
Mr. Starr says that in the Ca-
nadian district nearly all the In-
dians were paid by checks, while In
the other districts, notably the Se-
quoyah, the Indians do not realize
what the checks are and will not
take them. One old woman In the
Sequoyah district wanted hers in
silver and she got it—$1,000 In all—
and carted It away in a spring wagon.
The treasurer expects to get through
with the payment by the time tirst
expected, Sept. 1.—News Record.
An Outlaw Killed.
Deputy Marshal Sam Large shot
and killed T. V. l'owell Monday
morning shortly arter sunrise, in K
county, ten miles southeast of the
city of Cleveland. Deputy Marshal
Sam Large and Joe Eads and a posse
were after Powell and a man named
Mike Guffey. They had warrants
for them for horse stealing. They
ran across the house of Powell and
surrounded it. Powell came out and
went to a corral. He was called to
halt live times, but he would not halt
and ran to where his gun was. One
of tlie po'-semen called out to Large
to look out for the man's gun. As
Powell was getting ills hands on his
Winchester Large let him have it
and he fell in Ills tracks, lie did not
die until yesterday morning. The
man Powell is an old-time outlaw.
He has been scouting Ibis country
for the last four years. The neigh-
bors all feared him and were afraid to
make a complaint. Mike Guffey was
captured and brought to this city.—
Guthrie Capital.
To the Inter-married White Citi-
zens of the Choctaw Nation.
Pending the result of the Dawes
commission, and having iu view the
efforts of a number of U. S, congress
men to bring about such legislation
Charged With Highway Robbery.
Purcell, 1. T., Aug. 15.—Hump
Green, a hack driver of this place,
Jack Marker, Jim Willis, and Crow-
der, of Lexington, had trial here yes-
terday. and were bound over to the
Paris court in sums respectively of
$500, $1,000 and $700, for highway
robbery, committed on the road
between this place and Lexington.
Last Saturday night tlie parties
saw a young man iu Lexington with
a roll of bills and plotted to rob him.
They embarked in tirceu's hack, and
when just across the river shot two
or three times and then held a pistol
to the young mail's head and made
him give up his roll, but were disap-
pointed to ti.-.d that it it only con-
tained $50. The victim was told to
leave town at once under penalty or
death, but Instead be put the officers
on the track and all the parties were
arrested.
Henry Warner was arrested at
Lexington yesterday, charged with
robbing tlie postotlioe at that place
last Saturday night. The house was
entered, $129 belonging to the ijost-
olllce, $20 belonging to the postmaster,
Mrs. Laney, taken from the safe, and
a small amount of jewelery taken
from the stock of Warner, who has a
shop in the same building. Cireum,
stances pointed strongly to Warner as
the thief, and he is now under urrest
on the charge.
Postmasters Can Swear.
Washington, Aug. 18.—Senator
torics from the Territories to the Fed- aa wil| aij0llsh tribal govt rnment in
feet thick. He also went over about treaty obligations, $3,170,073 and
(12,900,157; mlscelaneous supports and
gratuities, #090,125 and $$69,1114; inci-
dental expenses, $121,500 and |114,-
000; miscellaneous expenses, $945,-
540 and $803,777; support of schools,
$2,243,482 and $2,050,084; trust funds,
three miles south of lied Pork where
hB was fortunate enough to open a
vein of the best blacksmith coal west
of the Mississippi river. He lias left
some of the coal on trial at II. Flew-
elling's blacksmith Bhop, who pro-
eral courts. Keservation Indians are
considered government wards, and the
people of the Territories regard it as
an injustice that, they are burdened
with Ihe expense of trying for crimi-
nal offenses those who are not tax-
payers.
Cherokee Outlaw Killed
Fort Gibson, I. T., Aug. 17.—The
notorious outlaw and escaped con-
vict, John Fields, is dead. He rode
Into lJraggs, a small town near here,
and was advised to leave at once,
instead he went into the store of T.
H. Madden, where a deputy sheriff
named Johnson undertook to arrest
him. Fields tried to kill the olllcer.
Johnson called on the bystanders for
the Indian Territory, which will also
abolish the present syst era of holding
lands, property, etc., it is considered
advisable by many of the representa-
tive inter-married white citizens of
the Choctaw Nation to organize in
order that we may be prepared to In-
telligently defend our legal claims.
Asking the early co-opeiatlon of
other counties, we announce that a
convention of the inter-married white
cltizenB of Tobucksy county, Choctaw
Nation, will be held at old McAlester
on the tirst Wednesday In September,
1894. It Is very importaut that all
who possibly can, should attend.
Respectfully,
G. M. Hond,
I Dk. W. E. Crowiikb,
Gallinger called up the Flynn bill
empowering fourth class postmasters j
to administer oaths to pensioners, and
it was passed. Some week ago some
parties living in the western part of
Oklahoma wrote Delegate Flynn
about the inconvenience placed upon
pensioners in the matter of certifying
to papers necessary to receive pension
money and to make out a pension
case, in some instances in Oklaho-
ma existing laws required a trip of
over 200 miles, and as a result they
asked that the law be so changed
that fourth class postmasters would
be empowered to administer oaths
and make out papers.
The bill was introduced and by
keeping behind and shoving it along
it was rushed through the house and,
passing Ihe senate yesterday, will
probably become a law. The bill pro-
vides that hereafter, in addition to the
ollleeis now authorized to administer
oaths In such cases, fourth class post-
masters of the United States are re-
quliei, empowered and authorized to
administer any and all oaths required
to be made by pensioners and their
witnesses in the execution of their
vouchers with like effect and force as
officers having a seal and such post-
master shall ttllix the stamp of his of-
fice to his signature to such vouchers,
and he is authorized to charge and re-
ceive for each voucher not exceeding
25 cents, to be paid by the pensioner.
Tom King In a New Role.
El Reno, O. T. Aug. 111.—There
is something very ominous in the at-
mosphere of tlie jail here. There is
a deathlike quietness and a tip toe
carefulness about the place which is
not common to count;*-baVtiles.
The otllcials appear awkward and
confused and the turnkey is beside
himself.
Tom King, the female outlaw is
here. She has been brought from
Fredonia, Kan., by the sheriff. He
is not exactly satisfied with himself
for bringing her back, either.
The famous woman, who has caused
so much trouble in the past, is going
to cause much more in the immediate
future. The jailors have arranged it
so that the physician is near at hand.
Although they believe the event
will take place without an accident,
it is decidedly uncomfortable for men
who have been used to haudling
hardened horse thieves and not deli-
cate women.
Another phase of the matter is be
g discussed. With a baby on her
hands and a trial staring her in the
face, no judge can be found in Okla-
homa that would re-sentence Tom
King for a minute's service anywhere.
This, witli the complicated ques-
tion as to the young one's legal stand-
ing, when born, is causing much
talk.
In a Nutshell.
The money question to many is a
mystery. The real meaning of money
and its relations to man are to many
inexplicable. To bring the need of a
larger volume of circulation to the
reason of all needs the plaiuest illus-
tration. We don't remember of seeing
a more forcible presentation of the
present condition, financially, than
the following from the Kingfisher
Free Press:
Suppose, for illustration: A bor-
rows 100 bushel of wheat of 1J today,
agreeing to repay it in one year from
date at 10 per cent, interest. Wheat
is now worth 33 cents at Kingfisher.
So: A's 100 bushels of wheat is worth
if the price of wheat remains at
33 cents, when A's note becomes due
he would owe II 110 bushels of wheat,
alued at $.'16.30. JJut, if the wheat
goes up to 60 cents, then the value of
the 110 bushels will be $72.00. In
other words, the rate of interest
that A will have to pay, instead of be-
ing only 10 per cent, will be 120 per
cent. It is very easy, therefore, to see
that A will be interested in a short
wheat crop. Apply this same illus-
tration to a money transaction. The
purchasing power of money increases
as the circulating medium decreases.
In other words, a short crop of money
increases its purchasing power. Sd
when the silver coinage act was re-
pealed, it increased the money value of
every bond, of every mortgage, of
every promissory note, and of every
other form of indebtedness in the
country. Therefore, when congress
demonetized silver, it wilfully, cor-
ruptly, dishonestly and unjustly in-
creased the burdens of the debtor
classes by a mere act of legislation iu
favor of the bankers, brokers and
bondholders and money loaners.
Who loans money?
The east.
Who borrows money?
The west and south.
Who owns congress and controls the
national administration?
The money bags of New Eogland
and Wall street.
What must the west and south do
for self protection?
Defeat every candidate for office,
big and little, who is not in favor of
the restoration of the silver dollar to
its proper place with the constltu*
tional money of this country. A man
who would endorse this sort of high-
way robbery should not be trusted
with the otllce of road overseer, for he
would compel his neighbors to work
his own roads while theirs remained
rough and Impassible.
Thn secretary of thi* Elkhart Carriage
,, liid.,
• uricus will bo lower
(or 1894 than over, lie wishes us to ask
ry ol
and Harness M ft?. Co., of Elkhart,
informs us that their prices will bo lower
our readers not to purchase anything iu
the line of carriages, wagons, bicycles or
harness until they liavo sent 4 cents in
stamps to pay postage on their 112 page
catalogue. We adv'se the readers of lula
uauer to remember his suggestion.
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