The Okahoma Times Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 189, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 24, 1894 Page: 3 of 4
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I'APT. STILES ACQUITTED.
Hie Full Trxt of II,0 Charts a,„| Sp,c|-
Ilratloof, Finding r the Board,
On'crs in I he Case, ete.—The
lusprctor Roundly Srored
4 Aptiiin Stiles Com-
plimented.
The Timk.h-Jouenal takes great
p oasurj tills morning In publishing
the oltlclal order approving the flnd-
Inifs "t the board In the court martial
proceedings against Capt. Stiles, and
heartily congratulates that gentle-
man on the result. It will be noticed
that the orders unmercifully tcore
the Inspector who was sent to Okla-
homa to Investigate the charges lo
ascertain whether there was anything
in 1 hem. That acting Inspector was
Capt. Jesso M. Lee, th Infantry, and
lie 'pent six days lu this city securing
ex-parte testimony against the cap-
tain, raking up all his enemies, prod-
ding tho old sores, being oheek-by-
j wl with tho captain's most bitter
opponent,., and declining to hear a
Word In his defense. In fact, Oapi.
Stiles was absent from the city du -
ing the inspector's visit and was given
no opportunity to defend himself.
Lee deserves every word of censure
he received, and he aod those who as-
sisted him in the effort to besmirch
the captain must foot extremely small
on reading llie scoring given them by
the orders.
Tho captain is one of Oklahoma
City's roost enterprising, energetic
and influential citizens, and all he
* people will join with theTiMBS-JouK-
, nal in its congratulations. lie bus
proven his enterprise, energy, Influ-
ence and faith by his works—by in-
vesting his money, by being forcm st
in advancing her interests, by influen-
cing others to Invest, and his promi-
nence Is evidenced | by the fact that
lie is president of the Oklahoma
National, of tho National Loan & In
vestment Co., a leading spirit in the
fair association, and prom I a en t in
other leading soclties. lie is a good
citizen—one who has the good of the
city at heart In all his undertakings.
The specifications and charges, find-
ings of the board, approved, etc., are
as follows:
Gknkiiai. Codrt-Maktial Ouders,
No. 7. ii kaUQUaktkhs of tub
Ak.my, Adjutant Gknkual's Of-
KICK,
Washington, Jan. 10, ISH4.
I. before a general court-martial
which convened at Fort Reno, Okla-
homa territory, pursuant to special
orders, No. 251, headquarters of the
army, adjutant general's cilice, Oct.
31, 1893, and of which Colonel John C.
Bates, 2nd Infantry, is president, and
Captain Enoch H. Crowder, acting
Judge-advocate, U. S. army is judge-
advocate, was arraigned and tried—
Captain Daniel F. Stiles, U. S. army
(retired).
Chaikib I. —Conduct to the pnj ■-
dice of good order and military dis-
cipline.
Specification 1st—"In that Captiin
Daniol F. Stiles, U. S. army (retired),
having, wheu captain 10th Infantry,
and commandant and post quarter-
master at the military reservation of
Oklahoma Station, Oklahoma terri-
tory. in the department of the Mis-
souri to furnish a list of thegovern-
ment buildings on said reservation
which were subject to sale, or should
be sold, by the quartermaster depart-
ment at a public sale of said buildings
oidtred by the quartermaster general
did wrongfully furnish a list or eight
(8) buildings (with a windmill and
tank) only, be, the said Stiles, wrong-
fully and knowingly omitting to in-
clude live (5) other buildings which
should have been embraced lu such
list. This at or near I iie military res-
ervation at Oklah <ina Station, Okla-
homa territory, on or abuut July 8,
1802."
Specification 2nd-"In that Captain
Daniel F. Stiles, 11. S. Army (retired)
being captain 10th Infantry, and com-
mandant and post quartermaster at
the military reservation ot Oklahoma
Station, Oklahoma territory, In the
department of the Missouri, and in
charge as such of the buildings there-
, on situate, did wrongfully authorize
and permit five (.">) buildings situated
on s.nd reservation and belonging to
I h ■ United Si a es to be claimed and
takeu po«si ssion of without remuner-
ation, paitly by a fair association and
partly by private individuals, In, the
States of tho value of said buildings.
Phis at or near the military reserva-
tion of Oklahoma Station, Oklahoma
territory, on or about July 29, 1892."
Charge II.—' Conduct unbecoming
an officer and a gentleman."
Specification—"In that Captain
Daniel F. StiUs, U. S. army (retired),
did, when captain 10th Infantry, inako
and render to the. quartermaster gen
eral, U. S. army, an official account of
•ales of articles of public property as
sold by him as post or acting assistant
quartermaster at Camp Oklahoma.
Oklahoma territory, in the depart-
ment of the Missouri, on August J ,
1H92, In which it was set forth that
twenty-four (24) cords of hard wood
were sold to L. Lee as purchased for
'lie sum of sixty-six dollars («B6), aud
did further certify on said account
that the saino was 'accurate and just'
whereas in fact he, tho said Stiles,
bad pot sold and did not sell '.o said
L. Lee the said twenty-four cords of
hard wood, but disposed of the same
otherwise and illegally and wholly or
partly to and for bis own use, and bis
said certificate was therefore false.
This at or near the military reserva-
tion at Oklahoma Station, Oklahoma
territory, on or about August 29, '92."
l'LEA.—CIIAKOE I.
T.i the 1st specification, "Not guilty.''
To i be 2nd specification, "Notguilty."
To the charge, "Not guilty."
C11AKOE II.
To the speddcatlon, "Not guilty."
To the charge, "Not guilty."
FINDING.—C1IA HOB I.
O,' the 1st spec!llcation, "Not guilty."
Of the 2nd specification, "Notguilty."
Of the charge, "Not guilty."
CHARGE II.
Of the specification, "Not guilty."
Of the charge, "Notguilty."
And the court doc-i therefore "ac-
quit" him, Captain Daniel F. Stiles,
I'. S. army, retired.
'I- The record of the proceedings
of tho general court-martial lu the
foregoing case of Captain Daniel F.
Stiles, U.S. army (retired), having
been forwarded Tor the action of tile
president, the following are the orders
la the case.
ar Department, Jan. 10, 1804.
In the foregoing case of Captain D.
F. Stiles, U. S. army, retired (late
10th Infantry), the findings of the
ervjrt are, by direction of the presi-
dent, approved.
The case presents some very pecu-
liar features. A careful examination
of the charges, specifications, and tes-
timony clearly indicates that the corn
plaints against Captain Stiles In ref-
erence to the matter# under Investi-
gation, wlilcli originated in Ok!a-
lioma, were inspired by some animus
of reeling not disclosed on the trial,
other than an honest desire to bring
tile guilty to Justice. The testimony
for the prosecution convicted the ac-
cusea of nothing more than a slight
d'gr e of i arclessuess In his business
methods, for which he should have
boon closured.
Unquestionably Captain Stiles
ought lo have listed all the buildings
up..j the reservation which could be
called buildings, and which belonged
to the government, and if he claimed
tho stable or either building to be
private property he should havo ob-
tained permission to remove tho same.
The fact that he listed eight build-
ings only while thirteen existed upon
the reservation—two of the extra five
being claimed to be private property
and the other three simply adjuncts
to other buildings, or of too little Im-
portance to be called buildings—and
that the entire proceeds of the sale of
all the buildings supposed by the ac-
cused to belong to the government
were reported and turned in by him,
would seem to negative any claim of
fraud on the part of Captain Stiles so
far as the first charge is concerned.
So, too, Captain Stiles undoubtedly
should not have returned an ac:ount
of the sale of twenty-four cords of
wood to Mr. Lee before lie had actu
ally made the aie to Mr. Lee and re-
ceived the pay. Hut Inasmuch as the
evidence does not prove Captain
Stiles guilty of auy attempt or Intent
to defraud the govern;n3nt In ai y
part of that transaction, It would be
entirely unjustifiable to have con-
victed him under the second charge.
It Is unfortunate that ;the govern-
ment should have been Involved in a
direct expcu.'O approximating 12,M0,
beside the time of fourteen officers—
Brood Mares
Direct froir Illinois. Also a few
Mules and Horses
vict. The proceedings also were al-
mist inexcusably prolonged by th#
court in listening to trlval,Irrelevant,
Incompetent, and Immaterial testi-
mony, which of course added greatly
t3 the unnecessary expense of the
trial.
The trial of this officer should'never
I ave taken place on those charges,
a id the examination made by the In-
spector should have «st.own a trial to
be unnecessary. It appears in that
examination that very little attention
was paid to any defense, and Captain
Stiles was not present.
In view of the fact that thli officer
had served twenty-six yeare in the
army of tlie Uilted Stales and wss
within a short time of his retirement,
was lu command of a battalion of
troops, and charged with a most deli-
cate, unusual, and Important duty in
connection with the openlog of new
torrltory to settlement, it would seem
that more caro should have been taken
and mor. definite end satisfactory
evidence dlecovred, if possible, and a
better opportunity afforded the ac.
cusrd to meet the chargcs 'when first
made b fore a trial by court-martial
was recommended.
Tue Judge-advocate states that
"throughout the trial a constant ef
fort on the part of the defense to be-
little the case is apparent." It lsl will do commission business Itrin.r , ,
difficult to see how any effort could be „xeu and ™.« if v „ . . ' ,, •, • ' C8' Imil°8' wag°
necessary or effectual to accomplish | wan, them sold. Private sales every day In the week
TO HE SOL') AT
Auction Every Saturday
this result, as the evidence for the
prosecution is sufficiently efflcaclou
In that direction. As a proposition
of the law the judge-advocate was un-
doubtedly correct in claiming upon
Broadway, opposite Postofflce,
JOHN TEN CATE
Oklahoma City, O. T.
WU..WU iu v.v.iu.us ujjuu | DeWitt'sWitch Ila^el.Salve clcans
the trial that the building erected by 1'8< purifies and heals. It was made
Captain Stiles at his own expense for lpr that purpose. Use It for burns
stable, being attached to the rei.lt. cuts> hrulscs, chapped hands, sores of
had become a part thereof, and there- a" descriptions and If you have piles
fore was the property of the United "" " **"
States government as a part of the
real estate. But it is strange that an
officor should be charged with con
duct to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline because, not
use it for them. Scott & Co.
Try the Acme, the cheapest coal In
town sold only by Dellolt, No. 2 Reno
[ avenue. lie delivers free. 10-14
Uootl House fur Kent.
WHAM) BALL AM) BANQUET.
belni; a lawyer, he assumed that what I ox,ra "ll0(! <l*-room house, with
a man ha, bought and paid for must o^ulldi^ ^^nty'flve f£,W
be Ills own. Josefh ii. Dob, Knqulro of A. II. Chew AOo'e iiueenu-
Actlng Secretary of War. ware store, No. 115 Main street. 7-tf
lionet.
Hoarded at $18 per month at Smith
«.ren by Ihe Masons of Oklahoma .n I 'a^Tha^'Sto^
ilipir Sew Temple on Tm>*duy I Livery rigs at low prices.
Night, February #, 1SII4 ii "ABT' ProP'
Oklahoma City Lodge No. 3. A. F. Estrayed
the committees^3 T"e H * '"e-d&wj
com. on arrangements. ' 1. c- Seeqer
Jeff Ford, John G Tannor,
John Wand. I sSfoi /)/? /J//iVA/'C
managing com. on hanquet. ^ ftfsl VUlVlV Of
Mrs Wm McClure, Mrs D A Harvy, I V imphovto
Capt Blnns, " James Geary
CI1 Walker, " McKeevcr,
Delos Walker, " Newell,
Galbraith, " Snyder,
Mrs. Woodwortii.
com. on recei't on.
ltobt A Rogers, 11 B Mitchell,
John (1 Tanner, FS l'eck, Edmond i _„
F M Moore, Edmond, II II Hilton, ONE T „ FOR A DOSE.
Guthrie, Frank G tmuion, Guthrie. A 01 V,ib3w*1"dv "• « xry
F Masterniaii, lOllteno and Jake cio-"
telou.
com. on music.
Geo W Spencer, Henry WolIT,
AC Scott; Tom Blaze.,
W J Pettee, F M Hawley.
com. on floor.
Ed Overholser, .) M Carson,
Horace Wilson, Geo W Spencer,
J a cues Wheeler, Geo Smeltzer,
Frank Butts, Claude llichardion.
com. on toast.
Selwyn Douglass, chairman, Judge
Humphrey, Purcell, Or Smith, El-
Reno, C M Harnes, Guthrie. Frank
Gammon. Guthrie, A C Scott, It A
Roger*, D D Leach, 1) A Ilarvcy
Furnished ltooms
Nicely furnished rooms from $1 to
per week, and from 25 to 60 cents
per night. Centrally located.
No. 112 Reno avenuo, near corner
of Broadway.
MRS. 8. P. DAVIS.
.JAS MILTON,
Attorney a.tLaw
Collecting Agency in Connection.
Room 7 Equity Building.
LIVER
PILLS
MILO PHYSIC
make it regular. The.
" "* "* **"" complexion better t
oiiiTiau: v.-i «.lok.u
Will mall Mupiei tree, or a ruu do* ror 30 oenta. Sold
•▼•r/wbero. Bouoko V«d. Oo,
Scott & ho
EDGUK N. ISWEtiiF,
ATTORNEY - AT- LAW,
OKLAHOMA CITV
Offloc in Wilson Block. wohI of First National
Hunk, south side of Mtiiu Blrccs.
A. B. HAMMER,
ATTORNEY.
Office Opera nouse Block, Roo a 1
Oklahoma City, O. f.
Publication Notice,
Territory of Oklahoma, )
Oklahoma County.
In the district court for said county
J H Ellerton,
PlaintifT.
ts.
Gus Kllno,
IDefendan*.
Said defendant, Gus Kline, wil
take notice that lias been su«d in th
above named court for upomajurtc
. ment rendered against him in th*
Rooms county court of Grayson count v. Tex a*
for $226.85 and must answer the peti-
tion filed therein Jby said plaintiff 01
FOOllSlI P80|)le
quit"
saying this climate is the cause
of your cold. I am with yon.
I have liecn in this climate
four and one-half years.
DON'T
throw your money away try-
ing to find out which Cough
Syrup is the best
The First National rmtli
are fumigated each week,
w.m...vn >p i j . I non nira tnerein :dv said pialntllT o
llvp ^J>?a7ta iii" ?r se . '"ll' °r before the 27th day of Kebruan
I .eater?„„„ miu " ""*17cultlvat on. U . D„ 1894, or said petition will b'
Annlt^rV" lie northwest of cty. tak.n as true, and a Judgment for
Apply to C. C. Dittmer. 27-tf Laid plalntlfT In said act Inn forth.
If you want clethinK and (tent's fur- su,n of *22(1.85 and costs of tills a'-tloi
nlshing goods you can find them at I""1 a a<'hnient therein ({rant
119 Grand aveuue, at less than cost.
4-d&w
Attest
will be rendered accordingly.
(k S.)^H
Ciias. A. EAGIN
.. H. Eijky,
Clerk of said court.
?7S'T
S'DOLLARS'- iORTH - FREEl
Experience his ahowa that go A healthy Ojnoord g«p,
excel all others In this tlimate. The Concord
in the best general purpose grape that is grown.
It is prolific, bears early, is a rank grower and
the grape is a good shipper aud always
saleable.
The publishers of Tue Oklahoma Wjskklt Tucks-Joubnal
have finally succeeded, after three months of
correspondence with every leading nursery in
the country, in sjcuriug a contract for 15,000
grape vines from the Oklahoma City Nursery
Company, on suchtermsthat we can give
wentuSDienflid Gncrd Grdos vines
for the payment of every do'lar in subscrip
tion to the
•^WEEKLY •? iFIJffig-JOUIWH!-
is the best. Try it, Cure your cold
andso re throat and tonsolitis. Poor
people will please briug a bottle and
•■jet WAND'S C'OUUll SVRUI
FRKE,
Att'y for Plaintiff.
Ifi-Hw
ublicatloii Notice.
In the Justice Court, Springer Town
ship, Oklahoma County, Terri-
tory of Oklahoma
one coloool, one lieutenant colonel Hn w i acre® ,,le llirm 18 K1
three mUJor. and nine ' 1 . ««d- The neighborhood
three majors and nine captains—lor
at least twslve days(som« ti ,1,10 mor.
-• - ....... g ,r, ,1 mor
nn S lies, thus neglecting bis duty | upon so trlval a charge sad u mn tes-
and trust und depriving the United tlmony «o utterly insufficient to con-
Awarded Hichest Honors World's Fair
-PRICE'S
Me?
The only 1 ure Cream ofTartar Powder—No Ammonia; No Alum.
Used iu Millions of Homes—40 Years the Stattdard
A large and beautiful line of grips
and trunks, must be Included In this
slaughter sale. 119 Grand avenue
4-d&w
It's all the same, a slight cold, con-
gested lungs or severe cough. OneI Wm. fil Seymour, Plaintiff ,
Minute Cough Cure banishes them. vs. -
Scott & Co. John Twambiy, Defendant, t
Hotel Fur.mtukk for Sale: Tlie H n?
furniture of the Otis IIous, No. iJ that a^'akllT^cotr the sum "'f
Main street, is ofTered for sale. Ap- Ten Dollars and Forty cents ($10.40)
ply on the premises. 23-2 f,or P^turlng and keeping of one
Faritr «ia«r ■ i ^ brown two-year old Horrte, wliitt
nearly Kisers, Jfiarly Risers, Early spot on nose, white star In forehead
Risers, the famous little pills for con- r'tfht had foot while, about twelv
stipation, sick headache, dysnensla b|fh, from June 1st, 1892 h
January 13, 1894, has been commenced
by Wm. O. .Seymour, plaintiff, against
said .John Twambiy.
You, the said defendant, are hereby
directed to appear and answer before
me at my office in Springer township
on the 1st day nf February, 1S94 at 1
o'clock p. rn., und you arc notified
that unless you so appear and answer
the plaintitT will take judgment for
the sum of $10.40, and cost of suit ;md
the said pony will be sold to satisfy
the said debt and cost.
In witness whereof I hereunto set
niv hand and tlx thes*al of said court,
at my ©flice, O. T., this 16lh day of
January, 1894.
A.J. Lboo,
Justice of the Peace.
The Sun.
and nervousness. Scott & Co.
A (J IIE AT 1HRUAIN.
A Fine Prairie Farm, Improved for
9000,
One hundred and sixty acres, all
prairie, 140 acres fenced with three
wires, 7 acres plowed, small box
In.use, 125 acres of the farm Is good
tho best In Oklahoma county. Will
lell for $1100, part on time. Owner is
forced lo sell on account of other bus-
ness arrangements. Inquire at the
Times-Journal office. 2d&wtf
DR. GUMS
ONION
SYRUP
,1 FOR COUGHS,
COLDS
_ _ _ _ AND CROUP.
GRANDMOTHER's advice.
family Of njn _childr«u. my onlj^
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Price 5c a copy. By mail, a year
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The Weekly II a year
twenty
grape vines
WORTH ONE DOLLA
GIVEN J WIT,
—TLih olfer holds—
GOOD UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST
Those who pay back subscription will be given
the same opportunity that is accorded new
subscribers.
$1 P71ID 0JJ TJffi WEEKLY 'I'l/ffiiS-JMWJIi
entitles the subscriber to 20 vines; $ 1,25s en
titles the subscriber to 25 vines; £1.50 entitles
the subscriber to 30 vines; $2.00 entitles the
subscriber to 40 vines, etc.
I
j A T UI nine <
fdy |op Cough#, (Jo)da and Croup wm oi. i
l«in t *• aiflnotivA to-cl y AS It wa4 ftfrt, ,
Now my ffraadrhtldron tak« Dr. Ounn'i Onl
i w loh iii •lrj*<ly prepared .nd more pl«M«
I Uato Sold evrfwfi r . L«rf« bottlw
ii i no rabsUtuM for It. Tb*rt'< aottuaf
1 co It & Co.
FOTT3STI3.
GeatleHorses aid MR®.
At Miller & Smith's old place, cor.
ner Reno sn.l Ilarvey.
fhank Clauk. MnjrY.
C. fl A8T, Prop'r.
HAYS i WOODS,
ATruRNhVS-AT LA W
Oklahoma City, O T.
Will practice in all the >urte.
A LADY'S TOILET'
la not complete
without an ideal
POMPLEXIOU
POWDEH. |f
POZZONI'S
r Combines every element of
; beauty and purity. It is beauti-
! 'y tngi soothing, healing, health-
1 ful, and harmless, and when
rightly used is invisible. A most
delicate and desirable protection
to the face in this climate.
Inilit n,.:n having tho Jinnlnj.
ftw SAlt E t *WHtRE.
The arrangement for the vines could not be completed
in time for the fallde,liver, so a dun hill will be given each
subscriber on the Oklahoma Crrr Ni ivsr.;uc Co., a firm com
posed °f Nursermenof a Lii.'i:s;,.\i7«iincNcE who will pack
eiuh subscribers vines in a first manner eo that they
will reach him in fine conditio/! for planting at the proper
ime next spring. Tkn Ckkts Extra will be charged for
vines sent out of the Tercrt-).
We do not beliere the 15,000 ordered will last until
Christmas, and vie have no assurance now that we can
increife our order on the same terms, so those who desire
to take advantage of this off. r should apply at once.
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