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PUBLICIST.
W. H. French, Editor and Man offer.
Mils. C. 0. Fhknch, Associate E*l.
•HANDLER,
OKLAHOMA
•■.LAHOMA AMD INDIAN TEHUIT0RT
The Tonawa Indians vote this fail
for the first time.
Emigration to Okjalioraa^ is on the
increase every day.
The opera house at Guthrie is being
substantially improved.
The other day Judge Tarsney fined
a juror ten dollars for being late at
court. #
About $12.") has been raised up to the
present time for -the Roy Cashion
monument. * t
The railroad surveyors lifive com-
pleted their work between Blackburn
and Pawnee.
In Indian territoity aiuattemjjt is be«
ing made to errect a mouninent to the
Rough Riders. #
Secretary Itliss has cancelled dates
for his trip in Indian territory and the
Indians are glad of it.
Now that Dora Cox, the female horse
thief, has broken loose, she should by
run entirely *>ut of Oklahoma terri-
tory. . •
A special from Ardmore says: "The
poles of the Conway Telephone com-
pany have l ^en set from Tisl 4>niing'
to Emery, ten miles, and poles have
been placed as far south of Emet as
Nida, miles on this side. Holes
have been dug as far as Silo. The tel-
ephone line ia being rapidly pushed
and by inidwfnter it is expected that
it will be completed into Denison and
*-e will have telephone connections
Mth all the interior towns in the
the Chickasaw nation."
• A special from El Reno in relation
to the alleged action of Agent Wood-
son of tin- Kiowa fend .Comanche Indian
agency in starving the Indians to com.
pel them to send* their children to
school, says that only one band, that
of Red Moon, has given any trouble in
that direction, and that a threat to
, withhold rations proved effective in
bringing them to terms. It is emphat-
ically denied that the Indians are
stealing cattle or that any troops will
needed for any purpose. *
At Okmulgee last week, Deputy
Marshal Little and fosse attempted to
capture the celebrated Creek criminal
John Watlco, and his gang, and the re-
bult was a hot tight in which Watko
was killed and two of the dive of the
remaining outlaws were captured.
The possee located the outlaws in u
log cabin and advanced expecting the
men to surrender. Instead they met
a shower of Winchester bullets, which
failed to kill on account of the long*
{range. The posse then opened up on
the cabin with 38-calibre steel bullets,
which passed through the thick logs,
killing Watko.
i
All of the Indian children in Okla-
homa are being starved into an educa-
tion, literally speaking. This unique
plan was started by Major A. E. Wood-
soon, agent for the Cheyenne® and Ara-
pahoe Indian. Several weeks ago he
instructed the sub-agen^es to cut off
rations to all Indians who failed to
send their children to school. This
Qfdap created consternation among 411
of his wards, and Chief Moon's band
of Cheyenncs at the Red Moon agency
especially. The Indians were stub-
born, and for the tii^t few days they
starved that their children might be
kept away from the "white man's
school," but hunger finally urged that
they should attend. This has given
cause for the report sent out that the
Indian's ratio#-* had been cut off.
Seven ten dogs were killed at Geary
in one day.
The serious trouble reported to be
brewing among the Kiowa and Com-
• ftnehes becu.ve they have got no rations
will continue to brew untill the gover-
nment gets ready to feed them. The
Indiana are groat bloffer •
The Choctaw council has passed an
act prohibiting the cutting of timber
in that Nation. As that nation is full
of trees, some of which it would be
very good to clean out, the a£t will
probably be vetoed by the president.
lt is said that Greer county may
have a voting strength this year*of
1,500.
9 Many extensive improvements are
beiiif; made throughout the two terri-
tories.
and Frank Jennings will remain
in the I nit. I States jail at Ardmore
until March and then stand trial for
the robbery of a ftock Island traia at
Siding No. 1, a year ago. They claim
to be Innooent,' and that thtgi will
have nq trouble in establishing that
fact.
The Dawes commission ?s in session
at Chickasha.
J The Chelsa Reporter is authority for
the statement that the Indians ere go-
ing to sell out and leave tin* territory
entirely.
The dead body of W. A. Pinn of Sal-
isbury, Mo., was found near the rail-
road track at Catoosa. It is thought
he was murdered.
There are thirty-seven prisoners in
the federal jail at Guthrie awaiting
trial. One of them is an 8-year-old
boy, chirgt \ with postoftice robbery
The cotton continues to pour in upon I Heavy frosts for this season of the
the market. year are reported in Oklahoma.
A rich vein of coal has been struck | Inspector Wright, of the interior
near Tanlequah. ' department, is in the Indian terri-
Stillwater court looms up this ses- j t°ry.
sion with seventeen cases on the docket, j The outlaws are gradually but sure-
A number of soldiers of the tenth in- 'y beinff killed of in Oklahoma and the
fantry have been ordered to Fort Iteno. j Indian territory.
There arc seven old soldiers on the ! Young stock is bringing a good
republican county ticket in Custer | P"ce throughout Oklahoma and the
county.
■ IB
Little or No Doubt That Spain Must
Give Up the Philippines,
TO DEMAND ENTIRE GROUP.
The Oklahoma horse thief associa-
tion now has over twelve hundred
members.
Quail henters will soon be numerous
in this territory. The game law ex-
pires Nov. 1.
1 Indian territory.
! A good many of the papers in ^)kla- s
hoeia continue to advise the farmers j
to hyld their wheat.
! A big lot of cotton has been raised
in Custer county, in the western part
j of Oklahoma*this year.
Spain, Agrcrfl to the American Demand
Not to# Accept Anj' #f Cuba's General
Debt and RcIinqulHlics Sovereignty Un-
conditionally h Specified In Protocol.
The new Frisco depot at Oklahomfi Recently a herd of cattle passed
City, which is a daiwiv. will be heated | through. Beavet county which hud
by 'lwc-placcs. . co,uc a" thu fl'°m
The Omaha'oklahoma exhibit will! The Tenth' infantry which was at
be returned to (iutlnie the first of Fort Reno before tli
'November. . „
The assesssed value of taxable pro-
perty around Muskogee is a million and
a quarter dollars.
• Oklahoma City will try tin- street
fair again next year*as it was a howl-
ing success this year. •
The l"nitc<1 States fish commissioner
has furnished P. M. Crowell 500 rain-
bow trout for his pond near#Afton.
The Chickasaw legislature has impro-
priated S.IO.000 for the purpo o^< arryy
ing citizenship cases to the higher
courts.
A woman at Garden in Logan coun-
ty committed suicide by taking strych-
nine. She was the mother of eight
children.
What has become of all of the scan-
dals • among the Five Tribes? The
Curtis bill seems to have coveredupall
their iniquities.
0 When an Indian gets to be through-
ly educated iij the art of being a shewd
business man, he is even more shrewd i
than the white man.
There is no doubt now that the
Kiowa and Comai^lie Indians were
starved into attending school by Major
Woodson. It was a unique but effect-
tive plan.
The white man who kidnapped the
three-year old Otoe infant must have
been in hard rows for a child to carcss
or*perhaps ho was laboring under the
delusion of a ransom.
war is now sta-
tioned at UuntsvUle, Alabama.
What ever became of Che first baby
born in Oklahoma? He must be in
the fourth reader by this time.
While gathering nuts near Tecum-
seh, the other <ffiy, Walter Otto fell
out of • tree and was fatally hurt.
Ny doul>t a good many of the llou h
Riders will g&i pen dons, fyit they will
not get them until congress meets.
The grand jury of Payne county has
found fifteen indictments, many of
them indictments formerly quashed.
Oklahoma will soon be a great rail-
toad, oonntry. The Frisco is the latest
to come our way, with more to fol-
low. * t
A large swarm of grasshoppers pass-
ed over South MeAlester#tlje other day.
They are said to be of the Wichita
species.
A vast amount of Kaffir corn has
been raised in Oklahoma this year. It
is said to be mighty hard to beat for
all-round feed.*
Washington, Oct. 29.—Secretary of
State flay said yesterday that the Cu-
ban question had not yet, as he under-
stood it, been finally decided by ^hc
Paris commission, 4>ut a complete set-
tlement, it was expected, would be
reached by the end of the present week.
The Philippine question, he thought,
would be taken ity by the joint com-
i mission earl}* in the coming week.
I Although tlfe members of "the cabi-
, net are extremely reticent on the sub-
ject of the acquision of the Philippines,
there is no^ little or no doubt that
nothing less than the cession of the
I entire group of islands will be accept-
; ed by the American commissioners.
The recent action of the United
: States government in intimating tlia£
the negotiations were proceeding much
too slowly has had its effect upon the,
Spanish commissioners, and they arc
not likely to debate remaining propo-
sitions to the k*ngth they did the set-
tlement of the Cuban debt.
The United Stfttes has not assured
no$ guaranteed the so-called municipal
flebt of < 'uba or Cuban municipalities,
but it is expcctcd that such debts will
bo paid by the municipalities incur-
ring them, for by 110 reasoning could
they be charged upon Spain. (fur
government, it is said in official cif-
] cles, would look upon any attefnpt at
evading the payment of such debts as
repudiation, and whatever government
is established in Cuba will be expected
to see that these obligations .are car-
ried out in jjood faith. Moreover,
me of the bonds of Cuban municip
II. J. Edwards, secretary of the live
stock commission, has issued the fol-
lowing notice: To cattlemen and oth-
ers: You are hereby notified that the
quarantine heretofore existing on ( li -
ter, Washita and Roger Mills counties,
is this daj', Oct. 25th, removed. You
are warned, however, that any person
moving cattle that are infested with
cattle ticks will be prosecuted and
that 110 cattle will be permitted to bo
landed that aro infested with said
ticks. Inspectors will be at shipping
points to JSrevent any violation of this
rule and all cattle so infe^ed discov-
ered at any shipping pens or on the
trails enrmte thereto will be quar-
antined. Quarantine on Greer county
is still effective.
The full bloods, who have been liold-<
ing conventions at Hug Tucker Springs
in the Indian territory have adjourned.
They have appointed a conynittee of
three, consisting of Dave Muskrat,
David Gritts and Robin Tann, to call
•
on Indian Inspector Wright, of Mus-
kogee, for the purpose of ascertaining
the true policy of the United States
government in enforcing the provis-
ions of the Curtis law. After hearing
the full details of the inspector, the
committee will return to the Cherokee
nation and report before the council
convenes, so that the members can act
wisely in the measures that will come
up, especially in the matter of treating
with the Jhiwcs commission.
The Okeene Eagle is four year old.
When 11. C. Chapman started it his
friends predicted it would die. Chap-
man has fooled them.
Burke Drake, living in Payne coun-
ty, who was twenty years of age, put
some arsenic in cooked tomatoes, ate
the tomatoes and died shortly in a
spasm. • #
An Oklahoma man has been accused
of suppressing the new*, of the birth of
his boy to save himself cigars. Thank
heaven, there is only one in the terri-
tory of his kind.
llill Walker says there is no danger
of an outbreak in the Port *^11 < *uu-
try. The eastern papers insist there is
danger.
The thousands of head of cattle {"hat
have been fccdin • in the ditlVrent In-
dian reservations during the past sum-
mer are said to be in prime condition
for fche coming winter.
TheFriseo troack layingf orce wai j a
off the other day and moved on Okla-
homa city, ea&ying H by storm. And
the next day the section boss had no
one*to work for him. •
'l he yout> man in Pott uuitv who
mandamused his sweetheart to marry
him, didn't. mak<* the mandamus work
Hut later he tried another appeal with-
out thtf aid of a lawyer and she quar-
ried him.
On Oklahoma day at Omaha a young
Oklahoma Vditor checked his baby to
a kindergarten and lost the check. It
took the evidence of the entire Okla-
homa crowd to eonvinc
It is said of Grant county that*tlie
taxes there are as high as they ever
were, when there is double the amount
of property in the county to assess.
Speaking*of the arrival of the Frisco
road, Hie Oklahoma Times-Journal
says: The arrival of the Frisco is the
successful termination of one of the
hardest fights for supremacy ever ear- commissioners have acc<
ried on. Our manufacturing and job- view of the I "ite
Idling business ha
job-
more than doubled
alities are held by citizens of the
United States and the United States
might insist that the investments of
her citizens in such securities arc inu<4s'
good. The state department has no
information as to the amount of their
municipal liabilities. #
Paris, Oct. 28.—The Spanish peace
accepted the neg-
ted States com-
missioners toward the pj^iposed as-
„ , sumption by the United States of the
since the signing of the construction Cuban tlcU
contract for the completion of the St. The American commissioners have
C^uis and Oklahoma City railroad. All firmly but courteously declined to as-
the jobbing and manufacturing fc now sume foi the United States the entire
centered here. The expansion has or joint responsibility for the Spanish
only just begun, and more institu- financial conditions, and the Spanish
tions are now in prospect than have commissioners have finally abandoned
already located here. The city 1ms ",®cffoi't and have a?rced that Uie
, ... Cuban article of the protocol shall,
increased .'.000 in population with a _.
. . , . , witnout conditions, nave a place in the
prospect of 5,000 more during the next J ultimate treaty of peace
year, jtoforo we arc aware of if,. there j Thus Spain agrees to relinquish sov.
will be here a city of fifteen thousand [ eignty over and claim to Cuba without
people.
The home of George S. Steele, living
near Hear Creek school house, in Lo-
gan county, is a si*ene of sorrow.
Hrietly the trouble is this: Tom Don-
ahue, a young farmer, courted and
either terms or conditions.
All differences, if •any existed, re-
garding Porto Rico anir the selection
of the island of Guam were also ar-
ranged by a mutual understanding,
and the commissioners found them-
selves well nigh touching the Philip-
loved Laura, the eighteen-year-old l?'lnc question, which will bo taken up
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steele. Lau- , next- week.
ra returned the love. The courtship
lasted four months and the date of the
wedding was set for last Thursday
night. ^11 preparations for the mar-
riage were made and all that wns
lacking was tflc groom to be. But he
came not. It developed that Dona-
hue's love had cooled and he skipped
out the night before the wedding day
Laura became despondent. She eared
no more for life and early Nriday
morning she swallowed rough on rats.
For hours her life was despaired of,
but medical aid finally returned her to
this world. The girl is still very ill,
while J)onahue lias not been heard
from.
Oklahoma is preparing to experi-
ment in killing fever ticks and is
building large dipping vats at Noble
of which the Kansas City Star says:
I he Ok 1 alio nta live-stock sanitary
board have undertaken a series of ex-
periments to determine whether the
cattle tick, the cause of Texas fever,
can be destroyed by dipping the in-
fected cattle petroleum. The wo-
of these experiments will be
great
but t
KANSAS GIRL MURDERED.
Lenora, Kan., Oct. 29.—Miss Fannie
Lashell was shot and 41 most instantly
killed by Will Elliott, licr uncle,
about midnight. Elliott came here
frou| Chicago recently, and has
wanted to marry his niece, who
would have nothing to do witl# him.
Last night lie attempted to go home
with Miss Lashell and her sister,
Nellie, from a dance. As they seemed
to fear him soma of the men detained
hfon until after they were gone. He
followed, and 'after shooting Miss
Lashell, shot himself three times. He
will probably recover.
YELLOW FEVER STILL RAGES.
Loi i-vii.t i:. Ivy., Oct. 29.—The im-
pression that the yellow fever had
been practically blotted out by the
recent cold weather and frost was dis-
sipafed to-day by reports from the far
South that the epidemic had taken a
new leflse of life in two localities.
The weather has again turned warm
and to this is the new state of affairs
chargeable.
LEAVES FASHODA,
MajoP Marshand
WARCHAND
Cairo, t kt
benefit, not only to Oklahoma, leffc Fashoda on Sunday and arrived at
• all those states south of the lvhartoun yesterday morning. IIe*will
start for ( air ? to-day. As the other
..« ,, , , . ^ , ii i ' Frenchmen remain at Fashoda, Major
I he Hutchinson Southern has added ... , . J.
Marchand s departure from there is
t \«. new coaches, to the supreme joy
of the travelers on that line.
A special from Cloud Chief,
date
not regarded as a settlement of the
question as to the possession of that
I .place, which is in dispute between
Oct. 21th, say
have 100 citizi
tion next \tv
court crowd
Washita county will
ns added to her popula-
rly. Judge Tarsney and
will liohl a two days'
term of court, beginning October 2.r>,
for the purpose of naturalizing 100
Mennonites. The judge will then re-
turn to Kingfisher county where*the
'all term of district court will be re*
sumcd. •
Eighty-four bales of cotton were
burned at Marietta last week.
The other day the dispatches told of
a young man who lost his mind as the
result of overstudy. He was working
hard to prepare himself for the battle
of life, and over-estimated his powers
of endurance. The same week a young
man. an Oklahoman, who had never
Great Britain and France.
REFERRED TO PARIS.
Havana, Oct. 29. At yesterday's
joint sfssion of the eTaouation com-
missioners of the United States and
Spain no conclusions were arrived at,
except as to matters T f detail and of
little importance. . Thus far all mas-
ters of importance have iVen referred
to Paris for decision by the joint peace
conference.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Washington, Oct. 29.—The Presi-
dent, after the cabinet meeting yester-
day, issued the following Thankrgiv-
ing proclamation:
liy the President of the United
States—A proclamation:
lhe approaching November brings
to mind the customs of our ancestors,
hallowed by# time and rooted in our
most sacred traditions of giving
thanks to Almighty God for all the
blessings lie has vouchsafed to us dur- j
ing the past year. •
# Few yeai*s in our history have af-
forded -such cause for thanksgiving.
We have been blessed by abundant
harvests, our trade and commence have
been wonderfully increased, our pyblic
credit has been improved and
strengthened, all sections of our* com-
mon country have been brought to-
gether and knitted into closer bonds
of national purpose and unity.
The skies have been for a time dark-
ened by a cloud oft war, but as we were
compelled to take up the .word in the
cause of ^humanity, we are permitted
to rejoice that the conflict has been
of brief duration and #the
losses we have had to mourn,
tlumgii grievous and important, have
been so few, considering the great re-
sults accomplished,* a# to inspire us i
'with gratitude and praisj to the Lord '
of Hosts.* \\«e may laud and magnify |
I lis holy name that the cessation* of ;
l^os till ties came so soon as to spare
both sides the countl ess sorrows and
disasters that attend protracted war.
1 do, therefore,s invite all my fellow
citizens, as well those at home as those
who may be at sea or sojourning in
foreign land^, to set apart and ob-
serve Tiiur-iay, .the ~°ltli da}' of
November, as a day of national
thanksgiving, to come together in
their several places o% .worship for
^ service of praise and thanks to Al-
mighty God for all the blessings of the
year; for the mildncs3 of the seasons
and the fruitfulness of the soil, for the
continued piosperity of the people,
for the devotion and valor ol
our countrymen, for the glory
of our victory and the hope of a
righteous-peace*, and to pray that the
Divine guidance which has brought us
heretofore to safety and honor may be
graciously continued in the years tc
come.—William McKinley. In wit-
ness whereof, etc., by the President.—
John Hay, Secretarv of State.
• •
FOR CUBAN GARRISON DUTV.
Washington, Oct. 29.—Cubans, and
even Spaniards, will be enlisted for
garrison duty in the UniteT States
army, in connection with the occupa-
tion of Cuba, iir case Congress approves
the recommendation which Secretary
Alger will make in his forthcoming
annual report. It is not proposed at
first to accept residents of Cuba as or-
ganizations, but to enlist the men in-
dividually amLassign tliera to regulai
regiments, with American troops and
officers. Eventually regiments com-
posed entirely of native soldiers wil*
be organized.
Z, BROWN A BANKRUPT.
Tori:ka. Kan., Oct. 29. Z. R. 15■•own.
formerly a merchant of this city, bin.
now a resident of Kansas City, filed an
application in the federal court to-day
asking that he be released from his
debts, under the bankruptcy act. His
liabilities are placed at $108,000 and
his assets at 8200 worth of wearing ap-
parel. Mr. Brown opened a large de-
partment store here last March, lb
wiyj known as "The Z. Ii. 13." The
sheriff closed it in August. His prin-^
cipal creditor iseW. J\. Coleman of®
Indianapolis, to whom he owes 040,000.
E. E. llalfetcad of Ponca, Neb., is also
a creditor to the extent of Si 1,000.
•
MURDER IN*A STREET CAR,
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 29.—William
Shockley, nn insane farmer of Auburn,
Ga., cut the throat of ,1. I Si.shop and
wounded Police Captain John Thomp-
son on a street car here. Robert Mc-
Coy, an ex-policeman, in effecting the
capture of the demented murderer, was
seriously but not fatally stabbed.
Bishop died instantly. Shockley called
at the policc station during the morn-
ing and asked to be locked up, as he
was going insane, but was thrown out,
of the station.
LASTERS LOSE THEIR STRIKE,
Brockton, Mags., Oct. ;'9.—The gen-
eral strike of lasters in the boot and
shoe factories in this city, Rockland,
Middleboro, Stockton and other towns
in Southern Massachusetts^ which was
begun about six weeks ago, was de-
clared off to-day and the union lias au-
thorized the strikers to return to
work. .The outcome is a virtual defeat
for.the lasters and a victory for the
consolidated lasting machine compa-
nies# Over ;>(>y Mien were on strike.
MAINE MAY BE RAISED.
Washington, Oct. 29.—The Acme
Wrecking Company of San Francisco
has yiade a request upon the navy de-
partment for authority to raise the
battleship Maine. The company has
had experience in raising vessels on
the* Pacific coast. It is stated at the
depaftment, unofficially, that, in ease
the company is found to be reliable,
the authority asked will no doubt be
given. •
Soldiers
From the War
Bring the germs of malaria, fevr and
other diseases, which may prove con ious
In their own families. Hood's Sarsaparilla
is a special boon to soldiers, because it
eradicates all disease germs, builds up the
debilitated system and brings back health.
Every returned soldier and every friead
and relative of soldiers should take
Hood's Sarsaparilla
America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six for $5.
Hood'o PI!,c: • "• 25 cents.
P0ND0LAND, AFRICA.
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GOOD PLACE TO AVOID IF YOU
CARE FQR YOURSELF. .
(Jetting Initiated Into Manhood—The
Witch Dui^ur Im un Important Per-
iionage, 'ami Applies Strange and Un-
usual Mean* of Inllictlug Death.
Sifit HE extraordinary
" photograph Jiere
reproduced is not
an open-air ballet,
but is a most im-
rtant * religious
•emony among
the natives of Pon-
doland, ® Africa. ^
( ____ This dance takes"
place at the in-
itiation of a youth
into mujihood, after
which the lad is allowed to wear
the distinguishing blanket, and Is
generally recognized as a man.
Whcfti the time for the ceremony
comes the candidates are separated,
and for about six weeks all kinds of
wierd festivities are held. The youths
have .to build themselves temporary
grass ^iuts, which at the end of the
time of probation are invariably burnt
down. During this period the lads
themselves have to be smeared with a
kind of white clay, so as to mark them
for avoidance. They are forbidden to
mix with the rest of the tribe, t® Usit
traders, or to go among men in any
way. •
An enemy of the missionary is the
smug and conyjlarent Individual here
depicted. This is one of the witch-
dodgers of Pondoland, clad in all his
robes of office. He is a potent Influ-
ence in the country. Sickness, wheth-
er among themselves or among their*
cattle, is attributed to the effect ol
the evil eye, or ^vitchcraft. #The effect
of4i:e evil eye leads in Pondoland to
the interesting#practices of "smelling
out," by means of the -^itch-doctor. #
Tiis individual is supposed to be able
to tell by means of witchcraft what
person it is whose malign influence
has been working the trouble. It is
needless to say that any Innocent per-
son may be charged^with malicious oc-
cult practices and the choice Is gen-
erally determined by the witch-doctor
according to the number of cattle or
the wealtji which has aroused the
siiirifr of covetousness. In such cases,
tlie witch-doctor being summoned, a
beast is killed, and beer, made from
Kaffir corn, Is produced in great
abundance. After the feast the witch-
doctor proceeds to divine the offender.
He first'of all works himself up into
a wild frenzy, in language sufficiently
velled*to avoid direct allusion, but at
tha same time sftnlflcant enough to
reveal some known personality. At
length those present, under the in-
fluence and frenzy of tli? witch-doctor*
leap to their feet anil cry out: "We
believe you! We believe you!" and
the person indicated is as good as a
dead man. An. attempt Is made forth-
with to take him off his guard ando*
st>b hln with an assegai. Or there Is
a pleasant variation—a party will he
sent at night to set fire to -his hut,
and he is murdered as he Is rushing
out. Ills cattle are then apportioned
and parcelled out with much judgment
amongst the local chief, the bewitched
person, and our friend, the witch-doc-
tor. In some cases the witch-doctor
will recommend an inc'-nious kind of
death. He orders ^he victim to be
stretched upon the ground and bound
with thongs of the ox-hide, sa that ho
t V
if I? yt]
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I
lie
1IU
lone Anything in his life to amount to
the maton anything', except to raise hair, pot a
of the identity of th? youngster* and g-ood job with a big circus #on account
the .parents will never check their 0f hU peculiar and abundant birsuU
darling again. • ad ord me nt.
Play Failed.
Philadelphia, Oct. 20.—Nathaniel
Childs, press agent of the "Way Down
East*'company, which is playing at a
lo ;<1 th t'fccr, died a suicide yesterday
at the Je Iter son hospital. He had
swallowed forty-five grains of mor-
phine, after whion ha shot himself In
the head.* lie was one of the best
known wen in tlie theatrical and mus-
ical world. The failure of the jtiay,*
"Little Miss Nobody," in which he
was interested, made him very despon-
dent and he began to drink. lie was
about 60 years of ago and Haves a
widow.
VICE PRESIBENT IN RUNAWAY,
i'nii miki.piiia, iVt. The horses,
pulling- a carriage in which were
seated \ ice President Hobart and twe
members of the city council, ran away
yesterday while the parade vvas fotin-
iu;r. Thny dashed down H|-"U 1 stivet,
passing the President at Christian
street The crowds pave way before
the runaway nnd their shouting fright-
ened the homes more. At South street
'a policeman seized the bridle of th<
horses. He was dragged 100 feet be
fore the K ai l stopped.
THE WITCH DOCfOR.
cannot move a limb. The poor wretch
Is then smeared with fat and a nest of
ants broken over him.
«
A Valuable but Deadly King.
A curious sight may be seen in one
of the most frequented parks of Mad-
rid. This is nothing leas than a val-
uable ring, studded with . diamond
and pearls, which hangs suspended to
! a silken cord round tli'e neck of a stat- 1
! ue. Thousands of people pass It every
' day and adrafre It.i beauty, but the
i greatest thief In Spain would not even
j touch it. It Is believed to deal out
death to the person to whom it be-
longs.
It is surprising how many men have
things they are billing to sell for less
than cost.
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French, W. H. The Publicist. (Chandler, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1898, newspaper, November 4, 1898; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc150698/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.