The Publicist. (Chandler, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume Vi.
What It Costs to Do It.
The treasury report for April show!
the war expenditure for that month to
have been $1'J,784,227, not counting any
part of the 820,000,000 paid to Spain.
This is ou the basis of over $153,000,000 a
year, exclusive of appropriations for war
ships, ferts and the like. The sum of
$12,'i,00,000 will appear to most people to
be very large for one month at * time
when the country is ;U peace with the
nations of the world. Very little of these
millions wore spent upon that portion of
the army doing service in the United
states. It was spent in the mainten-
ance of military rule over unwilling peo
pie in Cuba. Forto Rico and the Philip-
pines. We are at peace with all the
world except with those who have been
trying for years to follow our example
and establish a similar form of govern-
ment. We hobnob with the tyrant of
Russia and the autocrat of Germany and
danca attendance upon other royal fami.
lies, but when it comes to humanity
struggling for personal liberty and na-
tional independence, we salute them with
leaded guns. We are becoming decid
edly imperialistic in our tastes and hab
its.
But what is to come of all
tary display at a cost of more than $12,-
000,000 a month at a time of internation
al peace? We are maintaining armed
forces in hundreds of islands separated
by thousands of miles for the purpose of
crushing out the spirit of liberty which
we ourselves planted in the hearts of
their people. We taught '.he.in by exam-
ple thai independence is a good thing,
and now we shoot them down for trying
to profit by our example. But fortun-
• ately ' 'we" does not mean the true peo-
ple of the United States. It means a few
individuals who have grown enormously
rich by legislative favoritism, and who
now want to round out their superiority
by donning the trappings of imperialism.
And as nothing becomes such trappings
more than militarism, why, the common
people—the unfavored—must be taxed to
the very gutter to keep up a standing
arijiy wherever the stars and stripes float
over stolen territory. Twelve million
dollars is a good deal of money for the
toc ry nirHitl .to 'Vo ;1 t-in
a military establishment that is in har-
mony with coats of arms and the tinsel
of truit aristocracy, but the people arc
not responsible for such a condition of
things. "They have been taken advan-
tage of by the government at _ V'tshinr;-
ton, but they will be responsible, and
criminally so, if they do not bounce the
whole outfit at the next national election
—Kansas City Times.
Dewey and Otis Disagree
Paris. May 15.—Fillipino Junta here
alleges that the return of Admiral Dew
ey to the United States is not due to the
condition of the Admiral's health, but to
a diflierence of opinion between him
and Otis. Dewey, they say strongly fav-
ors making terms with the Fillipinos,
and has urged McKinley to pursue a pol-
icy in accord with his original agreement
with the Fillipinos for independence.
The departure of Dewey, the Junta says,
lessens the probabilities of an early
peace.
NOTICE.
V. D. Crutchcr and family and A.
Overton having fully recovered from
small pox on Tuesday, May 10, thej'
were thoroughly disinfected and new
clothcs provided and old ones, bedding
and other things used while sick were
burned. The house wns also properly
fumigated and disinfected and closed up
for the present, The public will be in
no further danger of small pox from said
persons.
* Th 'am'''e9 of Chas. Crutcher and S.
F L'ike will i'e reai^y 'or d'sinfection i"
six or eight days*.- . _
J.J.Evans!, N1!1'- of Health,
Lincoln county. '
Stroud, May 17, ISfifl.
Pneumonia, la grippe, coughs, colds
croup and whooping-cough readily yield
to One Minute Cough Cure. Use this
remedy in time and save a doctor's bill
—or an undertaker's. Samuel Ellis.
Crisis in Cuba.
Havana, May 16.—A crisis has been
precipitated by the Cubans over tlie
question of surrendering their arms, and
there are grave fears of an outbreak
against the Americans at auv time. The
most conservative element appreciates
the danger, and it is realized that the ut-
most diplomacy will have to be exercised
if the now thoroughly eiasperated
Cubans are to be mollified. The bitter-
ness against Gen. Brooke andthe Ameri-
can policy in the island is unbounded.
If the Cubans are allowed to surrender
their arms to Cuban mayors, aucl not to
Americans, the friction may be averted.
An Awakening Ahead.
The writing paper trust is now as-
sured. The capitalization of tlic com-
bination will be $42,000,000 and the list
of properties will include twenty-three
mills in Massachusetts. The paper mak -
ers, like producers in. other lines, have
not gone into the trust business for their
•hoalth. Their economies in operation
will result, of course, in the displace-
ment of a considerable number of wage-
earners, while the chances are more
than good that consumers will be called
this mili- up< to PW heavier prices for the out-
put of the mills. Then there is the mat-
ter of capitalization, "only" $42,000,000.
It is a large rr^ount of money, familiar
as people have become with the capital
ization of trusts, and it represents a vol-
ume of ficti tious values upon v? liich in-
siders are planning to increase tlieir pro-
fits further.
All the while these trusts are multi
plying, there are people who stre won-
dering why a taritf which protects these
combinations in robbing the public
should be maintained. I'i time these
voters are going to be heard Irom, and
the republican party will i>e the sicker
for the awakening.—Salem News.
Cuban AilUirs Worrying tho War
Department.
Washington, May 15.—The war de-
partment no longer conceals the fact
that affairs in Cuba are not being con-
ducted satisfactorily. There is an opin-
ion that the whole responsibility rests
with Gi n. Brooke, and it is possible that
C.«uu. Wood will be consulted on t1 1
questions which have arisen.
Murdered by Horsa Thieves.
Shawnee, U. T. May 17.— .Dr. Es-
mond w^ Hlled r • thenst of Liiisplaol
this ailornooa by Bill V> utson, a mem-
ber of a notorious gang of horse thieves.
The Watson gang, numbering five
well known horse thieves, have lately
committed depredations in this section
and the sheriff and poise, of wliich Dr.
Esmond was a member, wore in pursuit,
The gang was arrested and tlie party
started for this place. It seems that Wat-
son had not been searched and at a time
when the officers were expect rag noth-
ing Watson shot Esmond in the head,
killing him instantly.
fu the confusion the thieves made
their escape and at last accounts were
headed in the direction of Purcell. A
large posse was organized and is now in
pursuit and a hot tight may bo expected
before morning.
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Number *
CHANDLER, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1899.
FROZEN OUT BY THE TRUST.
Kansas Canning Factory WillProb-
ably Have to Quit.
Topeka, Kan., May 14. —K..u. as; U
getting a great many object lessons of
the trust evil of late. One has just
transpired at Erie, Neosho county,where
a prosperous .canning factory may be
forced to suspend. For a good many
years the factory has struggled along
and lias prospered in a small way until
it has come to be regarded as the princi-
pal local industry. A few days ago the
head of the company arranged to make
a contract for his season's supply of tin
cans and he was surprised to find that
the tin trust had advanced the price of
cans more than 100 per cent since -he
made his last contract. He found that
his semi-annual investment in cans alone
would cost $900 more than when his last
contract was made last fall.
John W. Breidenthal, who keeps close
watch on the growth of the trust, recalls
that simultaneously with the formation
of the tin trifst the wages of all tin work-
ers were cut from 8 to 35 per cent. Not
long ago a part ial restoration of wages,,
amounting to about >10 per cent, was
made and this announcement was taken
up joyously by the republican organs as
"another evidence of prosperity."
It is probable that nobody outside of
Erie is greatly concerned in the welfare
of a small canning factory, but the ex-
perience of Erie is practically the ex-
perience of every city in Kansas. The
Lawrence wire nail factory, the TopckS
starch factory, the Leavenworth linseed
oil plant and other big concerns have
had the same experience on a larger
scale.
T. L. Norton, of St. Louis, auditor of
the Waters-Pierce Oil Co., and E. T:
Hathaway, of Denison, Texas, manager
of the Texas division of the sa.me com-
uany, were here checking over the busi-
neb's yesterday with the local manager,
C. O. Finch.
Manager burgess, of tlie oil mill co.,
received a telegram yesterday Jo the ef-
fect that the lumber for the oil mill here
would be promptly shipped. lie expects
it to arrive hers the letter part of next
week. •
Volcanic Eruptions.
Arc grand but Skin Eruptions rob life
of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Sal cures
them; also, Oid, Running and Fever
Sores, Ulcers, iioils. Felons, Oornfi,
Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, 8ca,'ds,
] -ipcd Hands, chilblains, Hest Pilef
I Cha,. 1 , .
_ enrth. Drives out I^ins and
cure on „ •
a-t. 2.. cts. ft box. ( ore guar
, I). Wrigllt, Uru
Washington Letter.
Washington, May 12, 189!).
An extra session of congress will bo
called early in the fall, if public opinion
does not object sufficiently to frighten
Mr. McKinley out of issuing the call.
That is the only reason it has not been
officially announced. It has been decid-
ed upon, but Mr. McKinley wished to
appear to follow a public demand, so the
announcement was deferred until his
1'r.ends who are now talking exlrt; ses-
sion in every direction, could try to work
up the public demand
Ex-Senator Quay is using the speaker-
ship contest to make votes for his ad-
mi oion to L.iO Ltiiiitu on tlic appointment
of the governor of Pennsylvania. .That
is why the Pennsylvania delegation is
unpledged, and *vuy there is talk of put1
ting up a dummy Pennsylvania caudi.
date for speaker, who the delegation can
pretend to support until Quay
ders them to vote for one of the other
candidates.
It seems that one of the way^ in which
our now possessions are to be American-
ized is to allow them to be oversowed
by Chinese coolies. Tli.. order issued
several weeks ago, extending the laws
and regulations governing immigraiion
to the U. S. to all territory under mili-
tary control, was taken to mean that
Chinese coolies would be excluded from
Porto lviao, Cuba and the Philippines.
Rut that did't suit those who are inter
estcd in filling those islands with Chinese
and they had pull enough with the pow
ers that be to get an official order issued
by the War Department saying that the
extension order issued did not include
that excluding the Chinese. ,
The gall of the beef contractors is
second only to that of Secretary Al
It miglit have been supposed that they
would have been more than satisfied to
be exonerated from all blame for the bad
beef, which the report of the Court of
Iuquiry admits was furnished the soL-
diers—the report declaring that the beef
was all good when it left the hands of
the contractors agents—but they are not.
Tli«y are actually demanding the pun-
ishment of Gen. Miles, because ha dared
in the interest of the men in the army,to
say that the beef was unfit to eat. They
are citing the action of the committee of
tho German Reichstag which favored a
bill discriminating against American
i meats as proof of the injury dure their
business by the chirges of Con. Miles.
Alger would gladly have Miles punished
but McKinley will hardly consent. He
fears that congress will tackle the beef
question anyway, but hopes that a con-
gressional investigation may be escaped
by allowing the matter to stand just as
it was left by the report of the court of
inquiry. If the talk of several indig-
nant senators and rcprcsenatives counts
for anything, the matter will be heard i
from in congress.
Postmaster Boggs Gets Four Yoarf i.
Tecumseh, May 15.—Judge Burwi 11
sontenced George G. Boggs to fo ur
years and four days in the Uni tec i
States prison at Leavenworth, K an,-
sas. Boggs was convicted of hole ting
up registered mail. The money w as
returned by him but he was proiQ'CUtied
notwithstanding.
He Wanted Quiok Returns i.
In a monthly class publication, I in-
serted an advertisement one month, from
which immediato replies did not seem to
justify continuance, aod I stopped it.
Six months afterward I got a reply
that brought me more business tban t-lm
advertisement cost. About ten montfis
afterward, I heard from a msin who
paid me soveral times the cost oi the ad-
vertisement.
Who knows but what if I had contin-
ued advertising it might have made mu-
nch?
The direct.and immediate results were
almost nothing. The results that" came
after I had supposed the one advertise-
ment dead and forgotten wero as profit-
able as they were surprising.
As a single advertisement can seldom
be hoped to pay, aud as the cumulative
effect of repeated advertising is the
strongest element in the success of ad-
vertising, it is not unreasonable to sup-
pose that a continuation of that, adver-
tisement. would have been highly profit-
able. But when I came to that conclu-
sion, the time had gone by, for things
had chanced, and I didn't want the bus-
iness the advertisement was calculated to
bring.—F. O. Owen in Sacramento Bee,
ELOPED WITH A
CANKER'S DAUGHTER.
Married.
William M. Crume and Miss Libbie E.
Sires were united in.the bonds of holy
matrimony oh Sunday. May 7. at tiia
residence of Bquire Tilton, who offici-
ciated.—Perkins Guide.
Mr. Crtime is a proniiuent farmer of
Iovr:> t(" nsKp and has recently
turned from Arkansas City, Kansu..
where lie taught the past year. We of-
fer best wishos.
Many a fail young girl, whose pallor
has puzzled the mother, until she has
suspected rightly her darling was troub-
led with worms, lias regained the rosy
hue of health with a few dases of
White's Cream Vermifuge, Price, 25c.
A. I). Wright.
$23.10
Puoblo and return.
via Santa Fo Route.'
Tickcts on sale May IS and 17, with a
return limit of June 15. No change of
cars. Harvey dining reoms. A..J.
Corkins, Agent, Guthrie.
< )'l Kirtloy Tho Woll Known Cattlo-
man Elopes With Miss Verdi
Merydith, Daughter ol'W. E.
Merydith, President of
^ tho Linooln County
State Bank.
A sensation was created last Sundaj
afternoon by the news that Ol Kirtley
and Miss Verdi Merydith had eloped
that morning. The family, with the ex-
ception of Miss Verdi, were away from
home on a visit to neighbors in the fore-
noon aud Miss Verdi took advantage of
the opportunity to come to town where
she met Mr. Kirtley according to previ-
ous agreement. A team and buggy had
been procured, and in company with
Paul Hunter and AVren Egbert, the
eloping couple drove to Shawnee. The
Deep Fork was out of its banks and
about a mile wide where they
orossed, and the water was so deep that
it was over the wheels, but the deter-
mined young lady was not daunted in the
least, but perched herself upon the top
of the seat and rode through without a
tremor. The party arrived at Shawnee
in time to take the train for South Mc-
Alester, where they were married by a
minister the next morning. After the
marriage they sent a telegram to the pa
rents of the bride to the eirect that they
had been married and would be back on
a visit after a while. They then left for
a trip through Texas, after which they
will be at home at Mr. Kirtley's ranch
near Winlield, Kansas. Paul Hunter,
who is engaged with Mr. Kirtley in the
cattle business, left them at South Mc-
Alester aud went a) the ranch in Kansas
to look after matters until the liappy
couple return fr*m their wedding trip.
He was at Oklahoma City Tuesdn>
morning ou his way north and gave an
account of tlie trip to several Chandlei
ites who met him. Mr. Kirtley is an
old resident of this county and a wcj
known cattleman. He was in the urn
ploy of Mr. Merydith* a few years }•..
but for the last three years has been do-
ing business for himself amicus been -
successful in his ventures that he is su
posed to be worth over $10,000. lie
owns a largo cattle ranch In Cowley
county where he has lately finished
tine residence. The bride is a. bright
and handsome young lady not quite IN
years old, aud had been engaged for son.
time as assistant book-keeper in the I,in
coin county State bank of which h>
father is president. Mrs. Merydith wti-
very much surprised aud angry when
she heard of the elopement and iu ti
absence of Mr. Merydith, tried to have
the fleeing couple stopped but for some
reason it was impossible to get into
communication with the office at Shaw
nee, until it was too late to prevent the
marriage. Wo know nothing of the cir
cumstanccs which led up to the elop
nrent except by report, and consequently
have no comments to make on the mat
ter except to wish the young couple •>
happy continuation of the married lile
so romantically begun.
FRA21ER & HOOVER.
Farm Loans and Real Estate.
Announce tliev are ready for business in their new oHices, where they will be
pleased to meet all their customers. We still lead ou I-"nrm Loans an.;
solicit your patronage. < hoiee Chattel loans made. We are getting up a real
late list, and if you wish to buy or sell a farm, list it with us.
Make your final proof before J) K. Frazier
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