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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, S ATURDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1894.
Good
Butter
is scarce and expensive.
Only the rich can afford it.
There is a substitute which
meets every requirement.
Sold at a moderate price,
SILVER
CHURN
BUTTERINE
is within the reach of all.
13e careful to look for the
Silves Churn trademark in
each wrapper. It is our
guarantee of excellence; its
absence means fraud and
disappointment.
ARMOUR PACKING CO.,
Kansas City, U. S. A.
A CONFLICT WITH OUTLAWS.
United Ntat«> Marshal* Hare a Fight with
the Maupin (tang.
Wichita, Kan., Feb. 16.—Word comes
from El Reno, Ok., that early yesterday
morning a posse of deputy United
states marshals overtook a band of
horse thieves, met.oersof the notorious
Maupin gang, in the Cheyenne coun-
try, and that a battle ensued in
which one of the horse thieves was
shot. When he fell from his hor*e
the band surrounded him and he was
picked up, and the gang then retreat-
ed to a rocky canyon, in which thev arc
still intrenched. One of the officer*
hud his horse shot under him in the
nclee. Reinforcements have been
^lled for from El Reno.
A DAY OFRETOliT.
rhe Bland Bill Inspires Many
Smart Utteranoes.
SILVER DICK PRODDED BY REED.
KIT CARSON.
Trinidad, Col, Feb. 18.—Kit Carson,
Jr., son of the famous scout, who re-
cently killed his mother-in-law, but
escaped conviction for murder, A 11.
Jirannan and H. W. Kent undertook
last night to terrorize the little town of
Starkville, a mining camp two miles
and a half from here. In the style of
early days by nourishing their tfuns
and making desperate threats against
the inhabitants. They were arrested
and sentenced to ten days each in jail
for carrying concealed weapons.
NEWS NOTES.
Jones, Witter & Ca's dry goods and
notions, Columbus, O., was destroyed
by fire. Loss over t'200,000 on stock;
we-lJ ijiAtrryju'.
The coal mine at Hlocton, Ala., is on
fire, rhe pumper was suffocated to
death. Five hundred men are thrown
out of work.
Mrs Andrew Foy, of Chicago, who
has been the principal witness against
Daniel Coughlin, has sued her husband
for divorce. She clatuu he has de-
serted her ever since she testified in the
trial.
Two IHwikfd W#n with Winchester* Ac.
cntnplUh the Job.
PKmc* City, Mo., Feb. IS.—As the
mall stage was moving along slowly
near Ilriceville, four and a half miles
south of this place, two masked men
covered th« driver, Sam Allen, with
Winchesters and demanded that he
turn over the mail bags and a large
sum of money which he was bringing
from Rocky Comfort to deposit in a
bank hero for the merchants of that
place. They made Allen take out his
knife and cut the straps. They
secured two valuable mall registered
packages. Then they threw the mail
and bags into ttye coach and told the
driver to move on and not look back,
which he did not do until he reached
this place and reported the robbery.
Officer Guthrie immediately went in
pursuit with a posse, but no trace of
the robbers has been found. The scene
of the robbery is a bare, mountair us
country, very thinly populated.
IN STATE COUNCIL.
Jaulor Order United American Mechanic,
of Kwmaa Fleet Oit!errs.
ToriCKA, Kan., Feb. 15.--The state
council of the Junior Order United
American Mechanics met in Topeka.
The reports of the officers showed the
order to be in good condition and grow-
ing.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing term: State councilor,
D. 0. McCray, Topeka; vice councilor,
F. 1'. Cochran. Cottonwood Falls; sec-
retary, James A. Flint, Lawrence;
treasurer, W. H. Hornadav, To{ ka;
conductor, W. M. Raymond, Lawrence;
warden. W. J. Wright, Jr., Kansas
City; inside sentinel, S. W. Reach, Cot-
tonwood Falls; outside sentinel, J. H.
Blouch, Thayer; delegate to national
council for five years, J. W. Wiser,
Lawrence.
The next meeting will be held at
Lawrence the second Tuesday in Au-
SOMETHING IIKE A GUSHER.
The Kli(lit Oil Well Struck at Neodetha,
Kan.
Nkodksha. Kan, Feb. 18.—Yester-
day afternoon one of the new Uuffey
A (Jaley oil wells near here was "shot"
with thirty-two quarts of nltro-glycer-
ine and within ten minutes an immense
volume of petroleum was thrown with
great force to a height of eighty feet
Tho well flows great volumes ox oil
at intervals of twenty minutes and al-
though the pumps were soon put to
work many barrels escaped and for
some distance around the derrick the
oil covers the ground to a depth of
from f> ur inches to ten Inches The
well i" 900 feet deep and Is known as
the Ki no,,U well No. 'J
The Jtupanv seems to think this will
be on* the best of the twenty-three
well* drilled. _
Shoemaker Walker (loaded by Farmer
Nliiipnon Hendrix, of New York,
Fences with Moth Hand*
and Moutlu
Washington, Feb. lfl.—The debate
on the Rland seigniorage bill in the
house yesterday was characterized by
several strong democratic speeches
agalnBt the measure. Mr. Hland has
given up hope of reaching an agree-
ment to olose debate by uuaniinous
consent, and to-day he will move to
close debate. As the opponents
of the bill will declino to vote,
it will require a quorum of the
advocates of the measure to carry this
motion. Mr. (Hand does not expect to
secure a quorum to-day. Rut as soon
as this lack of a quorum is demon-
strated steps will be taken to compel
the atteudance of absentees, and Mr.
Rland Is confident that on Saturday, or
Monday at farthest, a quorum will be
present to pass the bill.
During the call of committees for re-
ports yesterday morning, Mr. Wise, of
Virginia, from the committee on inter-
state and foreign commerce, reported
back the New York and New Jersey
bridge bill and accompanying veto of
the president with the recommenda-
tion that the bill do not pass over the
veto.
Mr. Cummiogs, rising to a personal
explanation, stated that some time ago
he irtroduced a popular loan bill.
Minoe then members had received copies
of an amendment to the bill which
they appeared to think came from him.
He denied all responsibility for it, and
moreover expressed his unalterable op-
position to it
Mr. Rland then moved to go into the
committee of the whole for the further
consideration of the seigniorage bill.
Pending that action he made a fruitless
effort to fix the limit of the debate.
After the house had gone into com-
mittee of the whole Mr. Rland asked
the privilege of making a personal ex-
planation concerning an incident con-
nected with the speech of Mr. Walker.
Mr. Walker, he said, had quoted from
one of his speeches in which he was
represented as admitting the possibil-
ity of the depreciation of the silver
dollar to the price of bullion. He
did net dispute the accuracy of the re-
port of his speech, but the words had
been spoken in the heat of debate and
did not rep esent his views There
was, he said, an active and universal
demand for silver for use in the arts.
Under the circumstances, it would be
strange, he said, if bullion silver and
coined silver had the same value. He
urged, however, that once there was
free and unlimited coinage of silver the
demand K r bullion for coinage pur-
poses would bringbotfr^&.aiu'ihliYnni'
silver to par.
"Then you withdraw what _Mr. |
Walker quoted?" said Mr. Reed.
BUSSEY UNDER ARREST.
The Michigan state Sularle* Scandal Cm
Inif to a Focua-
Dktboit, Mich, Feb. 10.—George 11.
Bussey, chairman of the footing com-
mittee of the Detroit canvassing board
of 1803, was arrested yesterday evening
by order of Prosecutor Frazer. His ar-
rest follows that of James G. Clark,
another member, who is supposed to
have confessed. It has been sus-
pected that Russey was the insti-
gator of the job swelling the
yea vote on the state salaries amend-
ment To-day the secretary of state,
state treasurer and land commissioner
must appear before Gov. Rich to show
cause why they should not be removed
for negligence as members of tho state
canvassing board in allowing the re-
turns on the salaries vote to be falsified
Lansing, Mich.. Feb. 15.—Secretary
of State Jochim, Treasurer Hainbltzea
and Commissioner Berry uppeared be-
fore Gov. Rich in the executive office to
show cause why they should not be re-
moved for neglect of duty as members
of the state canvassing board.
Attorney J. P. Lee opened the pro-
ceedings by moving to vacate the or-
der to show cause for the reason that
the governor had no power to remove
the officials as members of the state
board of canvassers and that ho was
not clothed with power to remove, It
resting wholly with the legislature;
that there had been no such wilful
neglect on their part, as the constitu-
tion contemplated in such cases.
CROPS OF TWO STATES.
Comparative Figures (,f the Production of
K iih h and MlHRonrL
Washington, Feb. 1 <3.—According to
the figures of the statistician of the de-
partment of agriculture last year Mis-
souri raised 158,197,715 bushels of corn
valued at $47,450,315 on 5,670,169 acres,
and Kansas produced 130,456,709 bush-
els worth $43,231,578 on 6,547,263 acres,
Hio that though Kansas had nearly 1
million acres more ir corn, it yet
raised nearly 20 million bushels less.
With 1,600,216 acres sown to wheat,
Missouri last year produced 15,987,553
bushels valued at 17,338,025. Kansas
raised 23,251,078 bushels worth $0,765,-
820 on 2,768,002 acres
The influence of local conditions on
prices is curiously illustrated in the fig-
ures relating to oats. Missouri raised
29,034,229 bushels on 1,240,770 acres, and
and the crop is valued at $7,258,557.
Kansas, on 1,578,119 acres, raised 29,-
195,202 bushels, valued at $7,882,705; so
that, though Kansas had ::47,340 more
acres in crop, it produced but 160,973
bushels more, and yet the crop was val-
ued at $624,148 more than that of Mis-
souri.
A great compirative discrepancy is
shown in the tabulated yield of pota-
toes. Kansas took 4,668,004 bnshels
from 106,091 acres, while Missouri took
nearly twice as much, or 7,054,443, from
its lesser acreage of 00,443.
BOSS M'KANE CONVICTED.
A Look Teriu lu the Penitentiary HI* Prob-
able Fate.
Brooklyn, Feb. 16.—After a long
trial in which the defense has made
every JL'idejvor to thwart jus-
tice, Ross John Y. McKane, of (frs^jjes-
end, was found guilty this morniiig of
"1 withdraw nothing. I care nothing 1 violations of the election laws during
about it." the election last November and next
"You appear to care enough about Monday he will l e sentenced. The
it," retorted Mr. Reed, sarcastically,
"to make this explanation."
Mr. Rawlings, delegate from Utah,
then completed his speech begun VVed-
nesuay. He was followed by Mr. Lati-
mer (dem.), of South Carolina, who
supported the bill with a free silver ar-
gument.
Mr. Hendrix (dem ), of New York,
opposed the bill in a vigorous speech.
Dur.ng his speech he was besieged
with questions from all sides He
crossed swords with Messrs. Rlair,
Livingston, McCreary, Roatner, Cox
and others. Mr. Hendrix declared
there was nothing sadder than to see a
farmer sitting on a fence rail with a
gesticulating politician trying to con-
vince him the low price of wheat was
due to the "crime of 1873."
At the tonclusion of Mr. Ilendrix's
rpeeeh, Mr. Simpson (pop), of Kansas,
took the floor in advocacy of the bilL
He began with a humorous reference
to the fact the bankers seemed to think
only themselves competent to discuss
the currency question. Yet Mr. Walker,
of Massachusetts, had been bravo
enough to enter the arena and, accord-
ing to the congressional directory, he
was a shoemaker. If a shoemaker can
discuss finance, why can't a farmer?
(Laughter.] He announced himself as
in favor of the bilL
Mr. Ringham (rep.), of Pennsylvania,
opposed the pending measure in a brief
speech, in which he argued the enact-
ment of the bill would wreck the credit
of the government The mass of the
people, he said, was in favor of the use
of both gold and silver—bimetallism.
The republican party sought to achieve
that and by safe, conservative methods,
while the democratic party, under tho
leadership of Mr. Hland, was attempt-
ing it by a revolution in our financial
system that must inevitably result in
silver monometallism
Mr. Roatner advocated passing the
bilL Mr. Enloe ,dem.), of Tennessee,
also supported the bilL
Mr. Hall (dem.), of Minnesota, op-
posed It Redefined seigniorage as the
profit arising to the goverement from a
system of 'petty larceny practiced on
the people As long as it remained in
the treasury as bullion it would be per-
petual temptation. He had no doubt
it would be coined now or at some
other time.
Mr. Goodnight (dem.), of Kentucky,
penalty is imprisonment in the state's
prison for not less than two nor more
than ten years at the discretion of the
court
McKane is now ir t! j Raymond
street jail awaiting the sentence which
is to be pronounced upon him on Mon-
day morning at 9 o'clock. Only the
clemency to which the jury earnestly
recommended him, stands between the
ex-czar of Gravcse'nd and a long term
in prison. In view of this he may re-
ceive something less than the full limit
of the law.
An appeal to the general term and to
the court of appeals stand in the way
of the carrying out of tho sentence
whatever it may be. Rut the lawyers
who have heard the trial feel confident
that these appeals mean merely delay
and not reversal.
THE TOWNSITES WIN.
The House Rock Inland lllll Panned by Mr.
Stevenson'* Vote.
Washington, Feb. 16.—When the sen-
ate met yesterday Mr. Gorman present-
ed the credentials of Senator-elect Mc-
Laurin, of Mississippi, and the oath of
office was administered to him
The house bill to compel the Rock
Island road to stop its trains at Enid
and Round Pond, Ok., was taken up
again and Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut,
took the floor in opposition to it.
Debate was then closed arii . motion
to lay the bill on the table v defeat-
ed by 31 to 25.
As was also Mr. Poller's amendment
providing for woman suffrage; yeas 15,
nays 42.
The Oklahoma townsite bill passed;
yens 28, nays 27, Vice President Stevens
voting yea.
Colonua Surely Left.
Paris, Feb. 16.—The fourth civil
enamber has declared the French courts
incompetent to try the suit of the
Princess Colonna, daughter of Mrs.
John W. Maekay, against her husband,
Prince Colonna, for a legal separation
and the custody of her children. The
chamber made an order giving the chil-
dren, provisionally, into the ooUoilv of
their father.
a Caitfoi
•r Dead.
^ San Fhahcisco, Feb. la.-Col. j. D
Stevenson, who came to California in
18 7, and who headed the i-e^i„le„t 0,
i>ew York volunteers wM,.h
Up to a f.
r weeks
who concluded the debate for yester-
day, advocated the passage of the bill, ago Col. Stevenson had been "in a
He criticised the action of Secretary I health Death was due to an attackf
this state
died, last night
ago Col. 8t
"ring the
sxican war,
Carlisle in issuing bonds.
I If rip.
State Super-
Snider has re-
— insurance Company Fall*.
Gold Itrlck Swindle. | TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. ]
Toledo, O., Feb. 16.—'The grand jury intendent of Insurant-
is investigating a gold brick case. The 1 ceived information of the insoive'nc
victim is John Groil, a farmer, and he i of tho Rurlington Fire Insurance Co
paid 16,697 for two brass bricks, after of Rurlington, la. The company last
they had been tested by government year carried risks of 000,000 in Kan
assavers last week. The swindle was Slkfit
perpetrated in the leading hotel of the i ... , ."" * .
city. Officers claim to have important ' 18 reported that thousands of cat-
clewt ' are perishing in the 'I exa, i.ao.
handle us a result of the recent storm.
WHOLE NUMBER 1460
FIEND INCARNATE. Do Cn
Execution of Jamos E. Stone at |
Jeffersonvilie, Ind.
THE MURDER OF A WHOLE FAMILY,
Detail* Almoftt Too Slekenln* for Tlellaf
TU® Crime Committed for Robbery,
but Nothing Ob-
tained.
JKFPKnso.vvu.LK, Ind., Fob. 16.
James E. Stone expiated his crimo on
the gallows in the prison house at 12:08
this morning. The sextuple murderer
kept up his air of bravado until the last
moment The death warrant was read
to him by Warden Patton at 1 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. During tho read-
ing Stone preserved the same stoicism
that was characteristic of the man dur-
iug his stay in the prison. His spirit-
ual adviser attempted to bring him to
a realization of his near approach to
death, but, in the language of the
warden, "he tried to the last to bluff
God Almighty and every body else."
Stone walked to the gallows without
a tremor, and met his doom without a
word of excuse for his horrible crime.
The animal in his nature was exhibited
to the last moment His neck was
broken by the fall, and there was no
movement of the body after he passed
through the trap.
his awful chi mm
The crimo for which Stone was executed wa8
the murder of the YVratten family in their
home on the night of September is, 1MU Tho
family constate I of six persons-Mr and Mr*.
Wr.tten and their three children and Mr.
Wrstten's ugod mother At first it was
thought to be tho work of a notorious gang
which Infested tho vicinity, but later develop-
ments showed it to be the work of one man,
and he was apparently a fiend incarnate Sum-
pinion became attached to Stone and he was
arrested. At first ho protested his innocence,
but later, under strong pressure, acknowledged
his guilt, and named six other men whom he
declared were Implicated in the crime This
was followed a week or two later by another
confession, in which he statod ho alone com
mittod the murders.
The following Is an ox tract from his seoond
confession, and best tells the story of the
mas acre: At about M o'olock on the night
of September l« be loft home, after telling his
wife ho wus going to find a doctor, and have an
ulcerated tooth extracte-* He wont directly
to the YVratten home, which was loss than half
a mile from his place, after having arin-'d him
self with a short handled corn knifo and a small
hatchet Ho found Wratton prostrated '1th
sickness and the three children asleep Mrs.
Wratten was stirring about in her night
clothes, having given her husband some
medicine Old Mrs YVratten had retired to
m and was asleep Stone inquired of
young Mrs. YVratten If she had any medicine
for a toothache. She got him a bottle of lini
ment, and as she reached the door with It,
Stone cut her down with the corn knife He
stepped over her body 'ind entered th- room in
which the sick father with his children lay.
They had been aroused by their mother's
Foreuma and as Stone made his appearance,
the eldest of the children, Ethel, asked: "Dud
~ one. what are you doing horcf"
With this ho crushed her skull with a terri-
ble blow with the ax and then attacked the
slok man. With one swing ol the keon-edged
weapon he almost severed YVratten's head
from his body He then turned his attention
to tho two remaining children and continued
to cut and slash the m at every indication of
life Having ended the slaughter - .c as
that par of the house Mas concerned, lie
attempted to enter the room of tho grand-
mother. She had heard the screams and
moans and had barricadeu' door with
chairs and other furniture. Ston# could
open the door so ho leaped throukIh
indow and grappled with the old
lad v in the dirk. He rained blows on her in a
horrible manner and heat her face Into a shape-
s of flesh and bones His blows with
the knife almost severed her arras from her
body. After kill in# the old lady the murderer
■ashod ihrou gh the rooms in which his other
ictitns lay. Mr. and Mrs YVratten were still
breathing, but delirious He gave them tho
final blows which sent them into eternity.
Stone did not get any money. In fact, he
said after the tragedy he did not euro for
He wont homo, took a chungo of cloth
ln^:, hid his blood-stained trousers between tho
plastering and weather-boards of his house, and
then went to a spring, where he attempted to
wash the blood stains from his shirt
4 first at the Wratten homestead next
day and gave the alarm of the murder. He no-
tified the undertaker and helped him to pre-
pare the bodies for burial Ho al o made him-
self generally useful about tho house the d y
following the murder, und was loud In his dt
.iatlon of the terrible need In fact, he
jt so far as to act in the capacity of pall
bearer at the funeral.
Ethel, whose skull was crushed in, was alive
:i the morning the murder was discovered, al-
though unconscious, and lingered for a week at
the bouse of a neighbor. Among others. Stone
led to see the little s ffcrer and tender as-
sist. ncc. According to a coufossion made by
Stone to his father a short time airo, be took
advantage of the absence of the famil v one av
1 deliberate!smothered the c lid, fearing
that she would live to tell the story of the mut
ler and of his connection with It.
When tho constable went to arrest him Stone
invited the officer to family pra.ers, saying
hat ho would so with him afterward
After his tonvietlon Stone wrote a letter to
his wife In which he declared h? h id sought
and secured religion, was happy and prepared
to die und asked both she and tho children to
meet him In Heaven
After his confession it was fearel that a
mob would lynch him and the guirds at the
jail were strengthene 1, but the pcoplo 11 null
cooled down on being asturcd that Stone wou.d
urely bang
CREDITED TO CONGRESS.
('resident lilaekntone of the A., I'nt*
the llusluesH Deprcaainn on the I.ack of
Confidence in CongrM*.
Chicago, Feb. 10.—President Black-
stone, of the Chicago Alton road, In
his annual report to the stockholders,
attributes the present financial and
commercial depression entirely to the
lack of confidence tho public entertains
toward congress.
To this timid feeling of the business
world, Mr. Blackstone declares the de-
creased earnings of the railroads are
due. The total passenger earnings of
the Alton for 18W were $2,900,£19, an
increase of $550, 000 over 1892. Freight
earnings were $4,278,100, a decrease
$710,479. The total net earnings were
$2,910,750, an increase of $12,100 over
last year.
New llrldgn In Oklahoma.
Washington, Feb. 1ft.—Senator Vestl
reported favorably from the committee
on commerce the bill to empower the
Purcell Bridge Co. to construct a bridge |
across the South Canadian rive I
Lexington, Ok.
You The
Want Square
SCHOOLS
H It
0 0
K JE
SCHOOL S
OH Af!¥ OTHER KIND FOR
ONE-HALF PRICE
THEN GO TO
Milner
This
Month,
This ia the Greatest Slaught-
er Sale ever made
iu Oklahoma.
See us and Save Money.
Milner_'<& Co-
in Main Street.
Mr. F. O. Sulcus, tho .Soulli African
•"inter, « ho obtained pri nlni>nce ""
inff tho Matubele e rnp i °' '"**
!ni*(l an action for libel
nry Labouchero,
ingtho Matubele Carnpaltf"■ " , ...
menoed an action for lib®' aff'"ns
Henry Labouchere, >'• . r,f' j
^representation in ti" ou'niima
Truth.
NOT A PLEASANT THING.
The Situation At ltlo uu.l Veltow F«T«r
Ft'Ver .Make It llatl for the Fleet..
Washington, Feb. 1ft—Tho news re-
ceived here of the extensiou of the op-
erations of tho insurgents in Brazil,
and the further extension of the state
df sie, e at Bio, was not welcomed In
oillcial circles here. While formal cor-
roboration has not yet been received,
there appears no disposition to doubt
the fact that the Insurgent cause has
been gaining ground. Minister Men-
donca stated he has received no such
news from his government, and as he
has made it a rule not to di cnss the
effect of changes in the situ u i in
lira/.il in the absence of the oillcial no-
tice of the same, he declined to talk up-
on t he basis of the press dispatches.
The matter of deepest concern to the
naval officers is the decision to pro-
tract the state of siege for sixty days,
which carries it through the summer.
Thev had hoped tho difficulties in Bra
z!1 might have been speedily adjusted
as the result of an election which
would be acceptable to all the ele-
ments. Hut with the extension of the
siege it becomes necessary for the
United States naval vessels to remain
in tiie torrid weather and limited
waters of Bio bay, exposed to yellow
feVvTr'
A SUPPOSED ANARCHIST.
e Full* Over a Mottle of F.Zploilve and
Fin.I* a Terrible Itaatli.
London, Feb. 1ft.—A Frenchman, who
supposed to have been an anarchist,
was blown almost to pieces in Green-
wich park. Near by were found frag-
ments of a bottle, which evidently had I
contained explosive material.
The park keeper heard the report of
ie explosion, which came from tho
direction of the observatory, and has-
tening thither he found a man kneel-
ing on the iloor covered vrith blood
His hand and wrist had been blown
away, his face and body were covered
with wounds and there was a gaping
wound in his stomach, a portion of the
intestines protruding. He was only
able to say: "Take me home."
Where his home was could not be
learned from the papers in his pockets,
and he was, therefore, conveyed to the
Seamen's hospital. He died half an
hour after reaching there.
1 he conjecture ,,f (j)e ry>lice is that
he stumbled and fell, thus causing the
explosion of the contents of the bottle,
which was in his pocket The man was
about •><) years old There is no clew
to his identity.
SCHOONLR CONDEMNED.
Chirged with limiting Otter More Than
Three Mile# of tli«> Shore.
Pom Townhknd, Wash., Feb. 10.—
rhe schooner Alexander, of San Fran-
cisco, was condemned and forfeited to
government in the district court,
Sitka, Alaska, February ft, on a charge
f hunting and killing sea otter in Alas-
ka water between the islands and over-
banks or sounding more than three
n . os from shore. The decision is very
important to Alaska fur Interests for the
reason that it involves a question of
whether the United States can exercise
jurisdiction more than three miles from
shore to protect fur bearing animals.
The Alexander was owned by the Pa-
cific Trading Co., and was seized last!
July by the revenue cutter Rush nea
the Shninagin group. An appeal will
be taJ'en to the supreme court
S, F.C.HUMPHREYS
Now wishes to inform his customers that at the beginning of this
ew ear he is better prepared to meet the wants of his numerous
patrons, in styles qualities and prk™ of goods, than ever before.
Wc have no old auction goods to luther you with. Such good,
arc dear if given away, for they are generally shopworn and moth
eaten liefore thrown ou tho market at auction. Our line of
Men's Youth's and Boys Clothing
is very extensive. Hought for spot essh and sold so cheap that
wc do not havo to force the goods otr at "SHKRIFP.'S SALE."
Our motto is; "Sell our goods a! low prices while they are new
— Take the money and buy more Goods." We carry the
most complete line of Men's, Hoys', Ladies', Misses', and Chil-
drens' Shoes of all grades, prices and makes, of uny housu iu Ok-
lahoma City. So varied in price wc cannot nuole, but invite you
to examine for yourself. We are sure to lit and please you.
DI^Y 600DJ3, N0'l[I0j\3| IKDEl^-
fl/Mtg, C/IPg, Eire.
We invite tho attention of the Ladies especially to our large
stock of Ury Goods, Dress Goods, Muslins, C'oreets and Under-
wear, all of which we have a splendid new stock at prices that will
let you • 'live and let live.,'
Wo invite the attention of men and boys to our large stock of
Hats and Underwear. Come and see us-
1 banking our friends for their liberal patronage the past year
and hoping a continuance of the same, we wish you all a Prosper-
ous and Happy Now Year.
Kespectfully yours,
s F C HUMPHREYS
HORSE SHOE STORE
117 GKANi) AVK, OKLAHOMA CITY
Office and Permanent Sample Rooms of the
C- D.SMITHDRUGCO.
JXJID. W. PRYER MNO'R-
. salesman wlllcall on you, I'lease save us your orders, or mall them
to Judd VV. Pryor,, Oklahoma City, where tiiey will receive prompt attention.
Our facilities for tlttlng out opening stocks are uneuualod. We manu-
facture Drag, Saloon, Bank and Jewelers' outttlts complete. (Jail on or write
befo-e buying. Lin. Oil wareroom No. 202 Main street. Pure oil at
inarK&t.'price with less freight rate. fcjTA complete line of samples.
Rooms 1^ aiad 20 First National Bank Building, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Stoner's Nurseries,
Most complete in all departments of any Nurseries in the West. You
will pro lit by submitting your list of wants to us for prices, as we are the
growers. J)on't delay, but write for prices at once. A trial order will con-
vince you, j. J£. 8TONKK, Paop., Sedgwick, Kansas.
FARMERS
READ THIS!
OKLAHOMA'S AGRICULTURAL PATER
ONE YEAR FHEE,
I
a Convulsion of nature.
ulphti
lu-
ll"
A porti.
of tin
k i t "« t 'springs.
)., Feb. !<l.—A oon-
occurred within a
•ity yesterday morn-
•inn of steam was
a rocky |>olnt. It
ind about eight feet
-ieter had caved in, and the
.teittn Wiii issuing from tin; hole, the
hepth of which cannot be determined.
It als<< appeared that the ground f^r
ny yards surrounding tho hole is a
re crust, and it is thought some anl-
1 must hate at first broken through,
ere are a number of immense caves
unknown depth in the neighbor-
od, probably of volcanic origin.
MIE HOME, FIELD AND FORUM is the only agricultural journa
devoted to the interests of the farmers and tho material resource* o
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. It ,is a reliable, bright,
clean and well-printed 1(1 page magazine, and deals with the
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of the territory, and has sp™'"1 departments devoted to agncultar-
mattcrs, live stock, horticulture, dairying, poultry, apiculture, vet-
erinary, reliable market summaries, home circle, young folks,
farm organizations, correspondence, editorial, etc.
The management ami editor have had many years of successful
experience with 'his class of papers} in the West, and have se-
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class to which it is devoted, and there is net a farmer in all this
country that can afford to do without it. It is issued monthly anu
is only 50 cents a year.
Realizing that we could not furnish our farmer readers with a
more valuable premium, we have purchased oue hundred yearly
subscriptions of the Home, Field am! Foruui Co. and will present
each one of the first *~.ne hundred farmers who subscribe or renew
their subscription to the WKKKL1 I IM KS-.J01 KNAL with a
yearly subscription to this most valuable agricultural Journal.
This extraordinary oirer is certainly one which every farmer can
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MfThin offer is in addition to the grape offer—to the first 100 new or
old subscribers paying on and after this date, Nov. lo, 1803. (.'own qui k,
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Burke, J. J. & Brown, E. E. The Okahoma Times Journal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 210, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 17, 1894, newspaper, February 17, 1894; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc150414/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.