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TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT.
VOL. II. NO. 26.
ENID. OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY, MARCH U . 1895.
ENID THE WINNER,
ONE MORE VICTORY—HER FUTURE
BRIGHTER THAN EVER.
She Downs All Opposition and
Proudly Marches Onward
—Turn Her Loose.
the far-famed Cherokee Strip. I JQ BUILD CABLE TO HAWAII. It0b The only question at present OKLAHOMA'S NEW LAWS,
The third legislature of Oklahoma
has turned up its toes, and is a thing
of the past, and the hungry, grabbing
legislators have silently wended
•their way from whence they came.
The people once more breath free
and a glad anthem wells up from
every honest mail's heart be he Dem-
ocrat, Republican or Populist. The
fair, young, prosperous territory of
Oklahoma was saved the burden of
many iniquitious laws, under which
she would have groaned, and which
would have retarded her magic strides
to her proper place, that of one of
the galaxy of flourishing States of the
Union, had it not been for the un-
tiring efforts of a few men who re-
mained strong, true and firm and
bravely battled for her rights and
among who we are glad to mention
the name of George D. Orner, our
Councilman from Enid.
Gerge Orner, is a Republican, and
has a wheel in his head, but we believe
the Devil is entitled to his dues, and
all credit should Ije given to George
Orner for his conduct in the Third
Legislature of Oklahoma. Having
the ability he speedily demonstrated
that he was a leader among men and
took his proper place in the Council,
among the lead«rs. and we sincerely
believe that, blinded, as he was by
his Republicanism, he has done all
that we could expect of him. And
has worked honestly, faithfully and
diligently for our interest. To his
efEorts is due, in a great measure, the
death of thestrife engendering, death
dealing, prosperity killing county-
seat bill.
The county seat bill is dead. A
few Republican townsite schemers
are wiser. Some Republican and
Populist members are poorer, one
mcwe victory enscribed upon the
Democratic banner, (every Democrat
in both houses opposed the bill), and
the future pre-eminence of Enid as
the metropolis of the West is assured.
Enid, whose wrongs have been her-
alded throughout every nook and
comer of Uncle Sam's broad domain,
whose rights have been bravely de
fended in the halls of Congress by a
Democratic administration. Enid,
who has done battle royal against the
greediness and oppression of a rich
and opulent corporation; Enid, who
has successfully baffled the schemes
of corpoations, who like vampires,
subsist from the wrongs of their fel-
low men; Enid, who has no equal,
no superior, who has dazzled the
world and astonish even herself with
her mighty strides of progress, stands
to-day with an assured prosperity
and with nothing to down her future
prospects.
Eighteen months ago a barren
waste inhabited only by prairie dogs
and owls, to-day a city of four thous-
and souls. Churches and schools
have been organized and established,
order out of chaos has been brought,
every obstacle has been surmounted,
every opposition has been overcome;
her depot wrung from the railroad,
and by her pluck, perseverance and
unconquerable spirit, the respect and
friendship of the railroad gained, our
neighbor on the north, Jonesville,
knocking for admission; her rival,
North Enid, prepared for a wheat
field.
It now remains for her people to
oontiue her prosperous career. Let the
strong and hopeful renew their faith
and redouble their efforts, the weak
and doubting regain their faith and
fall into line. We have the start;
we have the natural advautages; we
have shown that we have the pluck
and the will. Let every m j), woman
and child sing her praise. Tell the
truth: tell everyone; send the word
far and near, that Enid, the winner,
knows not failure; tha^ she has no
rival, but stands to-day without a peer
Let not our watchfulness cease norl
otis interest lag. See that our guns
are well oiled, loaded and primed.
We have not only fought the good
fight and coine off conquerers, proud,
but we have passed through a long,
hard and severe winter. Many have
deprived themselves of needed nec-
essaries of life, the majority of all
luxuries. But springtime is coming
and with it new life and new pros-
perity- The country in general is
awakening from its stupor and ieg-
rathy. Congress has adjourned,
assuring us two years of peace, undis.
turbed by any foul schemes of Eng-
land. The receipts of the govern
ment will De in excess of its
expenditures. Our bonds are daily
advancing in price. Capitalists are
seeking fields of investment an4 no
better field can be found than Enid
and Garfield County. Cheer up,
revive your drooping spirits; have
confidence in Enid and her citizens;
stop your kicking and grumbling
and cries of " hard times." Throw
open your doors and let the bright
sunlight warm you up and dri
away the blues. Give us water
works, electric lights and extend an
invitation to all to come and share
our prosperity, and ere the snow flies
again Enid will make such magic
progress that even the most enthusi
astic will pause and open wide their
eyes in wonder.
is whether the incorporation shall be
FAILURE OF CONGRESS TO ACT\u"d«r tlle State laws of New York,
A New Projeot in Which Russia,
France, Japan and Hawaii
Joins America.
WANT A NEWSPAPER.
Silver Senators Contemplating the
Purchase of an Eastern Paper
to Advocate Bimetalism.
New York, March 7.—A Herald
Washington special says:
'•Senators Cameron, Teller, Stew-
art and Woloott' with Representa-
tives Sibley, Newlands and other
advocates of tree coinage of silver at
a ratio of 16 to 1 are looking about
to buy a newspaper. It must be
metropolitan sheet to fulfill their
idea of what an organ should be
Senators Cameron, Dubois and Wol-
cott are planing an invasion of New
York city within two or three days
to talk over the purchase of a cer
tain paper with the present owners
and others in the concern. They
have one in their mind's eye which
they will try to buy.
A. J. Warner is fomenting the
notion of a free silver, 16 to 1 organ,
whose home camp shall be in the
East. The Warner notion is that
Washington would be the place to
found this journal.
DOES NOT END IT.
THEY COME ROLLING IN.
By Ones, By Twos, By Dozens,
By Droves, But They Are
Coming all the Same.
Tuesday morning Luther Zimmer-
man, oneol Sedgwick County, Kans.,
most substantial farmers passed
through Enid for his claim in town-
ship 23, range 10, bringing with him
his worldly effects, which were not
a few, for he had ten good mules, a
fine improved Jack, ten horses, fif-
teen head of cattle, eight head of
hogs, an even hundred chickens,
three two horse wagons, one light
spring wagon and one buggy and a
car load of goods shipped via the
Rock Island. Who says our country
will not prosper? Mr. Zimmerman
comes well recommended from his
old home where he is well and favor-
ably known.
A GOOD PROBLEM.
the
A Question That Invades
Minds of Many.
If you owe a man ten dollars and
have but one dollar to pay it with,
how do you expect to pay the debt?
You give him the one dollar, but
you can pay him no more till you
borrow it back or sell him some pro-
perty. It is estimated that ihe total
indebtedness in this country reached
the enormous total of forty billion
dollars. We have but 500 million
dollars gold. That is one dollar in
gold to eighty dollars ol debt. Will
our soup house, cheap.labor, gold-
cure friends tell us how, on a gold
basis, we can ever pay that debt?—Ex.
Washington, D. C., March 8.—
When Congiess failed to provide for
building the Hawaiian cable it by no
means ended the question. On the
contrary it iias brought forward a
project of international importance
by which Russia, France, Japan and
Hawaii will join in an American en-
terprise for laying a cable from the
United States to Hawaii and thence
to Japan with branch cibles to the
French islands and extensive naval
stations in the Southern Pacific. The
negotiations with these governments
have proceeded quietly, but with
such satisfactory results that they are
well along toward completion. A
number of conferences have been held
with the officials of the Japanse legs
tion here and several phases of the
subject are now under negotiation
between Tokio and Washington.
Minister Kurmo is much interested
in the project. It is probable that
five or six of the most influential and
wealthy Japanese merchants will be
named among the incorporators.
France has also been interested,
and in the course of negotiations she
has made a suggestion to Hawaii to
the effect that French interests will
be better subserved by having the
cable go via the United Statesinstead
of the Vancouver route, which would
be controlled by Great Britain. The
chief interest in France isiu securing
cable sonnections with Tahiti and
her other Pacific possessions and with
her naval rendezvous, which is now
cut off from communication.
Russia's interest in the project are
regarded as even more important
than those ot Japan or France- Rus
sia's cable communication with the
western hemisphere is now westward
through London or Paris, and tin
filtering of all her news and official
messages through Loudon in partic.
ular, has long been a source of irri
tation. The Russian emper.al family
aheady have a cable from Vladivos
tock, the eastern point of Siberia, to
Japan, so the new line would give
Russia through cable communication
eastward instead of through London
or Paris. The military and stragetic
importance of this is very great, for
should Russia be arrayed against the
triple alliance she could not com
municate westward to the outer world
but could always maintain commui
cation eastward to the United States
and to France.
Hawaii is also interested in the
enterprise, as she regards it as a
practical realization of her efforts to
communicate with the outer world.
The United States Congress failed to
act and it also declined to vacate the
treaty in order to let Great Britain
build the cable. Under these cir-
cumstances the new enterprise, with
Russia, France and Japan joining,
has commended itself to Minister
Thurston, the Hawaiian Minister,
and other leading men of Hawaii.
The foregoing gives the inter-
national scope of the enterprise. The
American branch is on similarly broad
lines. Admiral John Irwin, United
States navy, who wrote the cable re-
port when in command of our fleet
in Hawaii, and General Roy Stone
are principally interested in the en-
terprise in Washington. With them
are associated Pres'dent Alvord of
the Bank of California, and the vice
president of the bank; also the
president and vice president of the
New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia or
California. Their advantages are
being compared and the corporation
will be under the State laws most
favorable. An effort was made a few
days Hgo before Congress expired to
secure a national incorporation, but
t was denied as it threatened at that
time to be harmful to the govern-
ment's cable project then in confer-
ence committee, It was not known
at that time that France, Russia,
Japan and Hawaii were interesred in
the profect. But the failure to secure
national charter has in no way
checked the enterprise. The organ-
ization will be under one of the state
laws, as heretofore stated, and the
arrangements are so far along that
the filing of the articles of incorpora-
tion will be during the present month.
The consummation of the plans,
which are now inade known for the
first time, cannot fail to arouse keen
interestin Great Britain and through-
out Europe. The British project of
a cable starting from Vancouver ap-
pears to be ended with the failure of
the Senate to so modify our treaty
with Hawaii as to let the British
cable land on Neckar island. The
only recourse for Great Britain would
be to induce Hawaii to break this
treaty obligation with the United
States, but it is known positively this
will not 1)6 done. Instead, therefore,
of a British cable across the Pacific
as has long seemed imminent, France,
Russia, Japan and Hawaii are now
uniting with American enterprise to
execute this work of vast commer-
cial and military importance,
OVER SIXTY BILLS PASS-SOME
GOOD AND SOME VICIOUS.
ARB THEY CONSTITUTIONAL?
Topeka Attorney Refers to LawB
Enacted by the Legislature.
Topeka Kans., Marcli 8.—A well
known attorney staled tonight that
Full, Complete and Correct List; a great many of the laws enacted by
of the Bills Passed by the I the late Legislature were unconsti-
Thlrd Legislature. | tu>ioila, cuei, article U of the
constitution, which says, that "every
About a dozen of these bills are
in the hands of the governor, await-
ing his approval, including the civil
rights ami fee salary bill.
BACTERIA ON BULLETS.
Microbes to be Shot From the
Cannon's Mouth.
"One of the latest ami most sing-
ular experiments wiih bacteria,"
said Prof. L. Werz. of Berlin, "is
that made by a friend of mine at
home, who has proved that those
miscropic enemies of life and health
can be discharged from a gun with-
out suffering any apparent injury.
He has infected rifle bullets with
bacteria and then fired the bullets
into tin boxes filled with a gelatine
preparation sutiable for the nourish-
ment of micro-organisms. Upon ex-
amining the holes made by the bul-
lets in the preparation he found that
the precise forms of bacteria with
which the bullets had been charged
rapidly developed there, although it
was known that no organisms existed
in the gelatine previous to the ex-
periment. He has also discovered
that a bullet will pick up bacteria
from the air during its flight, or
from clothing through which it
passes, and deposit them, still liv-
ing and active, in a gelatine target."
San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce, John D. Spreckles, son of
Claus Spreckels, Herman Oelrich,
son-in-law of the late Senator Fair,
DENNIS HAS A POOR REP.
Flynn Said to Have Little or no
Influence in Congress.
Dennis Flynn with his usual gall
writes that he had the time for pay-
ment in the C. & A. country extended
for two years more. Now, the fact
is, Flynn had no more to do with the
passing of the law than the humblest
citizen in the C. & A. country. The
Hon. Register and Receiver of the
Kingfisher land office are entitled to
the praise as they worked hard for
the bill and through their influence
with Representative McRae chair-
man of the committee from which
the bill originated had it passed.
Dennis Flynn is not recognized as
having any standing in Congress and
can do us no good.—Watonga Rust-
ler.
Baby Burned to Death.
Guthrie, Ok., March 8.— While
Mrs. William Kenedy, wife of a
and other millionaire capitalists. Be- i in Ljnoo)n £ wHS
sides these there will be several, , , ,
wealthy Japanese capitalists hereto- b.ent from the house a few moments
fore mentioned. Negotiations are J leaving her two little children alone,
in progress which can not now be j the clothes of the 4-year-old son
made public by which a financial cau^)lt fire from the stove and he
house known the world over will be
ameng the projectors.
The principal work of organization
is being consummated in Washing-
was burned to death. The 7-year-
old daughter was badly burned in at-
tempting to rescue her baby brother.
HOUSK 111i.i.s.
1. Provides for the restoration of
tax rolls and assessment reoords de-
stroyed by fire or otherwise.
3. Provides for the levying of
special taxes in various parts of the
territory to provide a fund for the
payment of the debt of the original
school townships.
4. Relates to attorneys at law, and
provides mode of disbarment and
other regulations of the court.
5. Compels railway companies not
having their right of way fenced to
pay for all stock killed or injured by
their trains without regard to the
question ol negligence.
7. Prohibits the obstruction of
streets and highways in any way,
also the destruction of guide or sign
boards,
9. Provides the maimer of remov-
ing county attorneys and all other
countv officials.
10. Repoals the old libel law and
enacts a liberal and fair substitute
and makes libel a misdemeanor in-
stead of a felony.
11 and 42, House substitute for
B)Is—Provides that hereafter taxes
shall be paid in senu annual install-
ments, not later than the third Mon-
day in December or the third Monday
in June. Parties paying the whole
year's taxes in December will receive
a rebate of 2 per cent, and if the first
half be not paid in December the
whole amount becomes delinquent
at once. When taxes become de-
linquent 2 per cent, is added at once,
then 1 per cent, a month for three
months. 2 per cent a month for the
second three months, and 5
per cent thereafter. The bill
also extends the time for
the payment of taxes due April 1 of
this year until August 1, in every
county in the territory, unless the
county commissioners of the county
shall by special action refuse to
allow this extension in their county,
in which case these taxes shall be due
April 1, 1895.
19. Amends the statutes relating
to rape, making the age of consent
16 years, and rape of a girl under 14
rape in the first degree; butproviding
the giri to prove she was chaste and
virtuous.
2L Requires county surveyors to
give ti,000 bond.
24, Relates to the duties of road
overseers in working the roads, pro-
viding that they shall work the roads
on the north and east sides of their
ot their districts.
26. Legalizes the incorporation of
all cities and towns wherein errors
may have been made in taking out
charters.
27. Relates to probate courts re-
pealing sections 2, 3 and 4, art. 15,
chapter 18, and enacting a substitute
greatly simplifying the procedure in
probate courts by making it same as
in justice courts and abolishing the
regular probate jury.
28. Legalizes the divorces granted
by probate judges and rendered in-
valid by the decision of the supreme
court.
38. Relates to revenue laws,
amending them so that all personal
property in unorganized counties and
Indian reservations shall be assessed
for taxation in the counties to which
they are attached for judicial pur-
poses. This taxes the cattle in the
Indian reservations.
41. Is aimed to prevent persons
from stealing and butchering stock
by compelling all persons butoheiing
any cattle or sheep to keep the hides
five days in summer and ten days in
winter, so the owner of stolen stock
may have a chance to examine the
same and prove their ownership.
bill and joint resolution passed by
the House of Representatives and
Senate shall within two days there-
alter be signed by the presiding oi-
licers and presented to the Gov-
ernor." On account of the rush
and the trouble between the House
and the chief enrolling clerk many
bills were delayed and some did not
reach the Governor for a week. It
is said that this article of the consti-
tution has never been interpreted by
the Supreme court.
SANTA ANNA'S DAGGER.
It Will Be Presented to the City
of Cincinnati.
Dallas, Tex., March 8.—Colonel
Andrew J. Houston, son of General
Sam Houston, will, this evening,
send by express to Mayer Caldwell
of Cincinnati the dagger which Gen-
eral Santa Anna handed to his captors
at the battle of San Jacinto in 1836.
Just before the battle General Hous-
ton received two brass six pounders
as a present from the ladies of Cin-
cinnati and the cannon were used
for the first, time in this battle. Col-
onel Houston has concluded to pre-
sent the diigger to the city of Cin-
cinnati in recognition of the aid that
eity rendered the cause of Texas'
independence in its daikest hour.
EX-PRESIDENT HARRISON ILL.
He Has a Bad Cold and Pleurisy
Pains Caused From Overwork.
Indianapolis, lnd., March 9.—The
condition of Gen. Benjamin Har-
rison is not materially changed to-
day. His night was fairly comfort -
able.
In speaking of Gen. Harrison's
illness his attending physician, Dr.
Henry James said this morning:
"Gen. Harrison has been working
very hard recently and has taken a
bad cold, almost the grip. He has
acute bronchitis and last Thursday
he had pleurisy painB. He is ser-
iously ill but not in danger. Over-
work has ft good deal to with his
weakness.
ADVERTISE.
If You Want Patronage—Adver-
tise In Your Home Paper.
The city papers arc all right, but
it is the local paper that advertises
vour business, your schools, your
churches, your societies, sympathize*
with you in your afflictions and re-
joices in your prosperity. In short,
it is your local paper that mentions
the thousands of items in which you
are personally interested during the
year, and which you do not find in
the city paper*. Support yonr home
paper and help home industry and
thereby futher the advancement of
your town and community, to which
end the paper is continually work-
ing.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
MAN MILLINER DEAD.
The Famous Milliner, Worth, of
Paris, Was an Englishman.
Paris, March 11.—Worth, the man
milliner, is dead. He died this mor-
ning at his apartments in this city.
He was 70 years of age. Many in
the world to-day will sorrow when
they read the news. Worth was a
great man. He was the greatest in
his line in the world, The proudest
and wealthiest of women bowed their
knee to him. His creations have liv-
ed and will in the memory oi those
who wore them.
(Continued Next Week.)
Wanted Him Fired Out.
"Here," thundered the South
American president, "is a letter from
that Yankee importer with the word
'dictated' at the bottom ot it."
"Yes, sire," humblv said the secre-
tary.
"Have him fired out of this country
on the first steamer. I am running
all the dictating business in this
country myself."
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