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THE FORMAL LETTER.
McKinley Replies to the Republic-
an Notification Committee.
"•resent l'n*utUfm tory llnaiielal < ondillu
Charged to I11 t«* Tariff Revenues
— Jrre Coinage Oppottni Protec-
tion of First Importance.
Canton. 0., Aug-. 27.—Maj. MeKin-
/ey*s letter of acceptance was issued
yesterday. It is devoted principally to
•lie discussion of what he considers the
great questions of the campaign—pro-
ection, honest money and reciprocity.
\bout one-third of the letter is devoted
to a consideration of the free silver
juestion. lie aunounces that he isun-
ilterabl.v opposed to any such policy,
lie attempts to show that the repub-
lican position in the pendin&rcampaign
is no "new departure," but that its
proposition to maintain polil and sil-
ver coin at a parity has been the un-
broken policy of the republican party
iinee 187S. He says that the fanners
ind laborers would suffer most by the
adoption of free silver.
The silver question, in his judgment.
Is not the only issue affecting our
money in the pendinir contest. He
•onsiders the declaration of the demo-
cratic and people's parties for un-
limited, irredeemable paper money, as
the most serious menace to our finan-
cial standing and credit that could be
•onceivcd, and appeals to patriotic cit-
izens to promptly meet and defeat it.
He condemns as "in the highest degree
reprehensible" all efforts to array class
against class, "the classes against the
masses, section against section, labor
against capital, the poor against the
rich," or interest against interest, lie
considers protection as an issue of su-
preme importance and observes that
while "the peril «>f free silver is a
menace to bv feared, we are already
experiencing the effect of partial free
trade." The one he would avert: the
other correct.
He recommends the immediate re-
storation by congress of the reciprocity
sections of the tariff law of 1890, with
such amendments, if any, as time and
experience sanction as wise and proper.
The underlying principle of this legis-
lation, he declares, should be strictly
observed. This, he explains, is to
"afford new markets for our surplus
agricultural and manufactured prod-
ucts without loss to the American
laborer of a single day's work that he
might otherwise procure.
He discusses foreign immigration
briefly but forcibly. He commends
legislation that will prevent the com-
ing here of all who "make war upon
our institutions," or protit by public
disquiet and turmoil. He favors liberal
pensions for the soldiers and sailors.
Concerning free coinage he says:
For the tlrst time since 1868. if ever before,
there is presented to the American people this
year a clear and direct issue as toour monetary
system, of vast importance in its effect, and
upon the right settlement of which rests large-
ly the financial honor and prosperity of the
country. It is proposed by one wing of the
democratic party and its allies, the people s
and silver parties, to inaugurate the free and
unlimited c oinage of silver by independent ac-
tion on the part of the United States, at a ratio
of sixteen ounces of silver to one ouno* of
fold.
The mere declaration of this purnapi is a
menace to our financial and industrial Inter-
ests. and has already created universal alarm
It involves great peril to the credit and busi-
ness of the country, a peril so grave that con-
servative men everywhere are breaking away
from their old party associations and uniting
with other patriotic citizens in emphatic pro-
test agulnst the platform of the democratic
national convention as an assault upon the
faith and honor of the government and the
welfare of the people. Wo have had few ques-
tions in the lire time of the republic more seri-
ous than the one which is thus presented.
It would mean the free use of the mints of
(he United States for the few who are ow
silver bullion, but would make sliver c
freer to the many who are engaged in other
enterprises. It would not makA labor easier,
the hours of labor shorter or pay better. It
would not make farming less /liborous or more
profitable. It would not staft a factory, nor
make a demand for an additional day's labor.
1 would create no new occupations. It
would add nothing to the comfort of
masses, the capital of the people or the wi
of the nation. It. seeks to introduce a
measure of value, but would add no value to
the thing measured. It would not coascrvi
values. On the contrary, it would derange al
existing values. It wouid not restore busines
confidence, but its direct effect would be to de
stroy the little which yet remains.
Th. meaning of the coinage plank adopted
at Chicago is that anyone may take a quantity
of silver bullion, now worth ?>3 cents, to th<
niintsof the United States, have it coined at
the expense of the government and receive for
it a silver dollar, which shall be legal vender
for the payment of all debts, public and pri-
vate. The owner of the silver bullion would
get the silver dollar. It would belong to him
and to nobody else. * Other people would get it
only by their labor, the products of their land,
or something of value. The bullion owner on
the basis of present values, would receive the
silver dollar for f>3 cents'worth of silver,
other people would be required to receive it as
a full dollar in the payment of debts. The
government would get nothing from the t
action. It would bear the expense of coining
the silver and the community would suffer loss
by its use.
Mimctalllftm cannot be secured by independ-
ent action on our part. It cannot be obtained
by opening our mints to the unlimited coinage
of silver of the world at a ratio of lrt ounc
silver to one ounce of gold, when the commer-
cial ratio is more than 30 ounces of silver to
one ounce of gold. Mexico and China have
tried the experiment Mexico has free coin
age of silver and gold at a ratio slightly in ex-
cess of Ifivi ounces of silver to one ounce
of gold, and while her mints are freely
open to both metals at that ratio
not a single dollar iu gold bullion
coined and circulated as money. Gold has been
driven out of circulation in these countries
and f.hev arc on a silver basis alone. Until in
ternational agreement is had It is the plain
fluty of the United States to maintain the gold
standard. It Is the reci gni/.ed and sole stand-
ard of the great commercial nations of the
world, with which we trade more largely than
any other country. Eighty-four per cent, or our
foreign trade for the tlscal year 1895 was \
gold standard countries, and our trade i
other countries was settled on a gold basis.
The republican party has not been, and is
not now opposed to the use of silver money, as
its record abundantly shows. It has done all
that could bo done for its increased use.
safety and honor by the United States, acting
apart from other governments.
The ex-goveruor then goes on to say
The silver question is not the only issue af
ffeting our money In the pending contest. Not
content with urging the free coinage of silver
its strongest champions demand that our pa
per money shall be issued directly by the gov-
ernment of the United States. The St. Louis
people's party declaration that our "national
money shall be issued bv the general govern-
ment only, without the intervention of banks
of issue, be full legal tender for the payment
or all debts, {aud private, and be distrib
uted direct to the people and throjgh lawful
disbursements of the government"
Thus in addition to the free coinage of the
world's silver we are asked to enter upon an
era of unlimited irredeemable paper currency.
The question which was fought out from ISA*
to 187."> is thus to be reopened with all its cheap
money experiments of every conceivable form
foisted upon us. This indicates a most
startling reactionary policy strangely at
variance with every requirement of
souud finance but the declara-
tion shows the spirit and purpose
..f those who bj combined action are contend
inu' for the control of the government. Not
satisfied with the debasement or our eola
which inevitably follows the free coinage of
silver at sixteen to one. they would still fur-
ther degrade our currency and threaten the
public honor by the unlimited issue of an irre-
deemable paper currency A graver menace
to our financial standinr and credit could
hardly be conceived and every patriotic citizen
should be aroused to promply meet and effec-
tually defeat it
Concerning protection. Maj. McKin-
ley says:
An issue of supreme importance is that of
protection The peril of free silver is a men-
ace to be feared' we are already experie&clni
the effect of partial free trade The one must
bo averted, the other corrected. The repub-
lican party is wedded to the doctrine of pro-
tection. anil was never more earnest in its sup
port and advocacy than now. If argument
were needed to strengthen its devotion to "th«
American system.'' or increase the hold of thai
system upon the party and people, it is fount?
in the lesson and experience of the past thre#
years. Men realize in their own daily live?
what before was to many of them only report
history or tradition. They have had a trial of
both systems and know what each has don
for them.
It is a mere pretense to attribute the hart
times to the fact that all our currency is on a
gold basis. Those who assert that our present
industrial and financial depression it the re
suit of the gold standard, have not read Amer
ican history aright, or been careful student-
of the events of recent years. We never had
greater prosperity in this country, in every
field of employment and industry, than in the
busy years from 1880 to 1802,during all of which
time this country was on a gold basis and em-
ployed more gold money in its fiscal and busi-
ness operations than ever before. We had,
too. a protective tarifT under which ample rev-
enues were collected for the government and
an accumulating surplus which was constantly
applied to the payment of the public debt Lei
us hold fast to that which we know is good.
It is not money we want: what we want is to
put the money we already have to work.
When money is employed, men are employed.
Both have always been steadily and remuner*
atively engaged during all the years of pro-
tective tarifT legislation. When those who
have money lack confidence in the stability of
values and investments, they will not part
ith their money. Business is stagnated--the
life blood of trade is checked and congested
We cannot restore public confidence by an act
h would revolutionize all statutes, or an
act which entails a deficiency iu the public
revenues. We cannot inspire confidence by
advocating repudiation or practicing dishon-
esty. We cannot restore confidence, either to
the treasury or to the people, without a change
In our present tariff legislation.
Maj. McKinley then writes about
eciprocitv as follows:
Another declaration of the republican plat-
form that has ray most cordial support is that
which favors reciprocity. The splendid results
of the reciprocity arrangements that were
made under the tariff law of 1K90 are striking
and suggestive. The brief period they were in
force, in most cases only three years, was not
long enough to thoroughly test their great
value, but sufficient was shown by the trial to
conclusively demonstrate the importance aad
the wisdom of their adoption.
After citing statistics of our trade
with other countries, the major passes
on to foreign immigration and says:
1 am in hearty sympathy with the present
legislation restraining foreign immigration
and favor such extension of the laws as will
the United States from invasion by the
debased and criminal classes of ttie old world.
Concerning our veterans, he says:
The soldiers and sailors of the union should
neither be neglected nor forgotten. The gov-
rnment which they served so well must not
make their lives or condition harder by treat-
ing tfiem as supplicants for relief in old age or
distress, nor regard with disdain or contempt
the earnest interest one comrade naturally
manifests in the welfare of another. Doubt-
less there have been pension abuses and
frauds in the numerous claims allowed by the
government, but the policy governing the
administration of the pension bureau must
always be fair and liberal. No deserving
applicant should ever suffer because of a
wrong perpetrated by or for another. Our
soldiers and sailors gave the government the
best they had. They freely offered health,
strength, limb and life to save the country in
he time of its greatest peril, and the govern-
ment must honor them in their need as in their
service with the respect and gratitude due to
brave, noble and self-sacrificing men. who are
justly entitled to generous aid in their increas-
ing necessities.
Maj. McKinley then declares that he
is in favor of the upbuilding of our
merchant marine and thoroughly and
honestly enforcing our civil service
laws, lie then goes on:
There are other important and timely decla-
rations iu the platform which I cannot hero
discuss. I must content myself with saying
that they have my approval. If. as republic-
ans, we have lately addressed our attention,
with what may seem great stress and earnest-
ness to the new and unexpected assault upon
the financial integrity of the government we
have done it because the menace is so grave as
to demand especial consideration, and because
we are convinced that if the people are aroused
to the true understanding and meaningof this
silver and inflation movement, they will avert
the danger. In doing this, we feel that wo
render the best service possible to the country,
and we appeal to the intelligence, conscience
and patriotism of the people, irrespective of
party, or section, for their eareest support.
After congratulating the country up-
on the almost total obliteration of sec-
tionalism, the major concludes as fol-
lows:
If called by the suffrages of the people to as-
sume the duties of the high office of president
of the United States, I shall count it a privilege
to aid. oven in the slightest degree, iu the pro-
motion of the spirit of fraternal regard which
should animate and govern the citizens of
every section, state or part of the republic.
After the lapse of a century since its utter-
ance. let us. at length and forever hereafter,
heed the admonition of Washington: '•There
should be no north, no south, no east, no
west—but a common country." It shall be
my constant aim to improve every oppor-
tunity to advance the cause of good govern-
ment by promoting that spirit of forbearance
and Justice which is so essential to our pros-
pers v and happiness, by joining most heartily
in all proper efforts to restore the relations of
brotherly respect and affection which in our
early history characterized all the people of
all the states. I would be glad to contribute
toward binding in indivisible union the differ-
ent divisions of the country, which, indeed,
now "have every inducement of sympathy and
interest" to weld them together more strong-
ly than ever. I would rejoice to see demon-
strated to the world that the north and
the south and the east and the west are not
separated, or in danger of becoming separated,
because of sectional or party differences. The
war is long since over. "We are not enemies,
but friends." and as friends we will faithfully
and cordially co-operate, under the approving
smile of Him who has thus far so signally sus-
tained and guided us to preserve inviolate out
country's name and honor, its peace and good
order, and its continued ascendancy among the
greatest governments on earth.
THE VERMONT ELECTION.
Ilet.uhlivaim Carry the State l r the Largest :
Majority Kvrr CJIven.
White Rivi-:k Junction, Vt., Sept. s.
—The lireon mountain state declared J
for Josiah Grout (rep.), for governor |
yesterday and for the republican state i
ticket entire by a majority that equaled j
the prediction of the most confident re- j
publican managers. Returns from the
distant towns are, as usual, rather slow
in coming in, but the count in all sec-
tions of the state shows substantial re-
publican gains antl indicates that the
majority for the republican ticket will j
be about 30,000. This is the largest ma- |
jority ever given for a governor in this
state, the nearest approach t«* it being
in 1s8s, when the majority was 27,083.
The republican leaders claim the ma-
jority may reach 35,000 and even 37,000.
Henry Powers, the republican congres-
sional candidate in the First district,
and William M. (irout in the Second,
are both re-elected by increased ma-
jorities, and the state senate and house
are in control of the republicans by
practically the same majority as two
years ago. Many democrats who do
not indorse the plat form of the Chicago
convention remained away from the
polls, while the more dissatisfied ones
voted for the republican ticket The
populist and prohibition vote was prac-
tically the same as four years ago.
EARL LI THANKED.
American Mlititloiiiiry Societies Present an
AddlWSS to the China man.
New York, Sept, 2.—The American
missionary societies represented by 30
ministers, headed by Rev. F. F. El ling-
wood, called upon Li Hung Chang and
presented an address to him, thanking
him for his interest in the missionaries
in China. The address, which is quite
long, says that for 50 years the mis-
sionaries of the American boards have
been favored with the protection of
the Chinese government and that in no
OKLAHOMA NKWS.
I Weutlior
Widinowr.
CjooiI Until* In I
Ktcdoil-Kepnri
tton of I lie 1
Ot her
Oklahoma City. O. T.. Aug. 'J*. -The
weather and crop report is as follows
for Che week ending Monday. August
24th: The dry weather and excessive
heat continued until Saturday evening,
•the 22nd, when copious showers in por-
tions of every section partially broke
th« drouth, cooled the atmosphere And
brought relief. Rains, while not gen-
eral. were fairly distributed, especial-
ly over the cotton region, where the
drouth hacl continued the greatest
length of time, and has stoped further
damage to cotton from hot winds, fill-
et! up tanks and small creeks, thus sup-
plying stock water, and will atari grass
to growing.
The rains and cool weather since
Saturday afternoon have revived Kaf
flr, sorghum and millet, and in some
localities wet the ground sufficient!}
to admit of fall plowing.
Heaviest rains is reported from the
Chickasaw Natin, southern section.
nation of the world have they received | portion of northern and eastern sec-
tions, and in Pottawatomie county, cen
tral section.
No rain or only very light showers
in central and western sections, and
western portion of northern section. ,
The average temperature for the
week, 82.4, is L'.9 above normal; max-
imum. 10:; on 18th and 20th; minimum
53 on 24th.
The excessive heat during the greater
pert of week almost caused a suspen-
I slon of farm work. Gathering corn,
SUES A RAILROAD, {picking cotton, and plowing, where
... .^7——.. . . , ground Is in condition, has been done
I that Their Kunnlng of Trains , ...
oil Ml,1,1,1, In a Nulsanre. "a much as possible
. ... . i" , ., rru. Correspondence remarks, Southern
I.KAVENWOKT. Kan i,ept A-Tb. geotlon—Barwyn—The lo„K hot -try
congregation of the lurst Methodist , ipe„ haj# ended wt ,a9t wlth a heavy
church began suit yesterday against j fa|j 0f ratni an,j a cooi north wind ,Sat-
the Chicago-!treat Western, "Maple urday night; the rain will probably help
more just and generous treatment than
in China. After thanking Earl Li for a
proclamation in behalf of the mis-
sionaries, issued by him in 1891, it says
that it is extremely gratifying to ob-
serve that at the present time the dis-
interested spirit of the missionaries
seems to be better understood and
more appreciated in China than ever
before.
A CHURCH
It In All
Leaf' road, for 812.000 damages and
for a restraining order, prohibiting
the road from using the track and
water tank by the side of the church.
A passenger depot was opened across
the street from the church six months
ago, and it is alleged that public wor-
ship is constantly disturbed by moving
trains; that smoke and cinders injure
the interior of the church and the
clothing of the congregation, antl as a
result the attendance at the church
has greatly fallen off. It is claimed
that the running of trains on Sunday
is a nuisance, and not a necessity.
PYTHIAN DEATH BENEFITS.
Heir* of Suicides Will He Settled with on
the Graduation System of Life Kxpec-
tation.
Cleveland, o., Sept. 2.—The morn-
ing session of the supreme lodge
Knights of Pythias was the warmest
of the session. The report of the board
of control, uniform rank, recommend-
ing that suicides be debarred from
all death benefits, if death occurs
within a period of five years after join-
ing the order, aroused a strong opposi-
tion. A compromise was effected where-
by the heirs of suicides will be settled
with on the graduation system of
life expectation, as used by the Amer-
ican board of underwriters. Thus,
if a tnan enter the order and is classed
with 20 years expectation of life, he
will receive one-fourth of the benefit,
if he commits suicide when he has been
live years in the order.
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Twelve Men l.ose Their Liven in an Rxplo-
hIoii In California.
Pinole. C'al., Sept. 2.—An explosion
in the nitroglycerine house of the
California Powder Co. yesterday after-
noon wrecked the building and caused
the death of 12 workmen, eight Chi-
nese and four whites. Several work-
men were more or less injured by the
explosion, which was followed by a
second concussion. The plant com-
prised about 30 isolated buildings, and
these caught lire after the explosion
and were practically destroyed. The
company estimates the property dam-
age 520,000. The works of the com-
pany were damaged by an explosion
a I out two years ago.
Strikers Vote to Iteturn to Work.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 27.—The locked
out men of the Brown Hoisting and
Conveying Co.'s works T.ave voted to
return to work and the famous strike,
nroduotive of several battles aad riots,
has besn broken.
Important Pont Otflee Kill Inc.
Washington, Sept. 2. — Judge
Thomas, assistant attorney-eeneral for
the post office department, has de-
cided that "it is unlawful to
send au ordinary letter by express
or otherwise outside of the mails,
unless it be enclosed in a government
stamped envelope. It is also unlawful
to enclose a letter in an express pack-
age unless it pertains 'wholly' to the
contents of the package.*'
••Poet Scout" Crawford Not Dead,
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 2.—.lack Craw-
ford was killed yesterday by the cav-
ing in on him of a high bank against
which he was holding a hydraulic
mining hose nozzle. It was reported
that the victim was the well-known
"poet scout," .lack Crawford. This is
not the case, although the dead man
resembles the other strikingly.
To (io an Missionaries.
Topkka, Ivan., Sept. 2. — Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Douglas, of this city, will leave
for China in about two weeks to do
missionary work for the Presbyterian
church. Mr. Douglas will have charge
of the Mission Press at Shanghai, the
largest printing establishment of the
kind in any foreign field. Mrs. Doug-
las will teach in one of the schools.
Drowned.
Geneva, Ala., Sept. 2.—Yesterday
afternoon Misses Lizzie and Jodie Dan-
iels, aged 19 and 14 years, were
drowned while bathing in a creek on
their father's plantation in this county.
■ ■
WAYS or AMERICANS.
Mr. Smyser. of Summerrllle, Ga., Id J
liis 97th year, has put *even bullet* into
n two-inch bull's-eye at a raug-u of M
feet.
California liquor men, organized tin- |
der the title of the State Protective as-
sociation, are aiming to bring about the
abolition of free lunches iu San l ion
ciseo saloons.
The board of aldermen at Harre, Vt.,
extended clemency to a man who had
been arrested for keeping a dog with-
out paying a license fee, on conditlop
that he abjured intoxicant*.
Kott the past half dozen years Warner's
Sale Cure has not bo« n advertised in the
weekly press, the city papers having been
exclusively used. The Company manufac-
turing the old and reliable kidney and li\er
medicine have, however, come to tho con-
clusion that the country paper is read more
thoroughly than the city daily aud better
results can be obtained by returning to the
weekly. In this they are correct, and wo
hope our readers will prove it to thetn by
reading the new advertisement of the War
ner's Safe Cure Co. which will bo found in
another column of this paper, aud acting on
tho advice there found.
If people love you, ho happy; don't de
in and the impossible by asking that the
same people love you longer than a week. -
Atchison Globe.
Too I.ate to Mend.
There is anoint hetond which medication
cannot go. Before i' la too late t<> mencL
persons of a rheumatic tendency, Inherited
or acquired, should use that benignant de-
fense against the further progress of the
supertcnaoious malady rheumatism. The
name of this proven rescuer is Host otter'a
Stomach liltters, which, it should also be
recollected, cures dyspepsia, liver com-
plaint, fever and ague, debility and norvous-
uess.
"Dors your husband spend much at tho
ra es *4No, George doesn't draw a very
large salary."—Towu Topics.
Hf "Let's kiss and make up." She—
'•If you kissed mo, I'd have to make up all
aver again, sure enough."—N. Y. Press.
Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No tiis after first day's use of Dr. Kli o's
(treat Nerve Restorer. Free $2 trial bottle
& treatise. Du. Klinb,933 Arch st. Phila ,1'a.
A Good Kb a son. Nora -ilIs Molke going
•t'th' funeral?" Bridget "Iudutehe isn't."
Nora "An' phoy!" Bridget "Shure ho
wuz at th' wake lasht noight."—Truth.
I rsB Piso's Cure for Consumption both in
my family and practice.—Da. (*. W. Pat-
rBitaox, Inkster, Mich., Nov. 5,1894.
"Who was best man at the wedding?"
"The bride's father, if cheerfulness counts
for anything. "—Puck.
IfaU's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally Price 75c.
Women have to marry to prove that they
have had a chance.
Tbs Old Refisbk.
HBRE Is only one way by which
~iv disease can be cured, and that
by removing the cause, what-
ever It may be. The promt medical
authorities ef the day declare that near-
ly every disease Is caused by
deranged kidneys or Liver. vvv
To restore these, therelore, Is ^ ^
theonly way by which health '
ceo be secured. Hers Is whsre
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late cotton some, fill tanks and atart
grass.—W. Urt Warren. *
Kemp—Fine rait* Saturday night—
1.50 Inches.—E. B. Hltvshaw.
Anadarko—Hot winds until Saturday,
we had .25 of an Inch of rain; cool eitice
rain; to late for crops.—C\ A. Cleveland
Ardmore—2.00 Inches of rain Saturday
night.—C. C. McCulloug-h.
Purcell—A good rain .Saturday night;
will revive pastures and Improve cot-
ton and Kaffir in this section.—D. B.
Tripp.
Central section—Norman—Local show
ers on 22nd; cotton nearly all opened,
but weather has been too hot for pick-
ing.—P. C. Lesley.
Oklahoma Ctty But .0(1 of an inch of
rain Saturday night, but since then
the weather has been cool and pleas-
ant.
McLoud—Ix>ng hot dry spell was bro-
ken on 22nd; cotton picking now in
full progress; good rains in some locali-
ties.—M. J. Ross.
Orlando—Light rain Saturday; cool
and pleasant since.- -L. J. Summers. •
Crescent—Sprinkle of rain Saturday;
cool since then; cotton crop is badly
damaged, and all vegetation has suf-
fered severely.—W. R. Meek.
Still water—.35 «>f an inch of rain on
22nd A. N. Oaudell.
Northern section—Ponca City—Very
dry and hot until Saturday afternoon,
when we had local showers to the
amount of .40 of an Inch; since then it
has been cool aud pleasant; late crops
look badly.—J. Oassius.
Newkirk—'Scattered showers Satur-
day night made the weather much cool-
er; nearly all vegetation is burned up.
svith the possible exception of Kefflr,
farmers are making some hay, but not
half so good as two vvr.ks ago.—R. If.
Little-field.
New Ponca.—Light showers Satur-
day; all crops are burnt badly, and a
heavy rain is n< de. i i.i Rhodes
Eastern section—Muldrow—A light
Saturday night cooled the atmosphere,
but not enough to wet th ground; cot-
ton picking In progress, is not yeilding
one-fourth of a crop.—M. Rhodes.
Eufala—Only a light shower this week
not enough to do any good, however,
no rain will now do crops any good.-•
N. B. Island.
Western section—Arapahoe— Maxi-
mum temperature, 108; minimum, 6o;
no rain.—Geo. Hardenbrook.
Winnview—Excessive high tempera-
ture continued until Saturday evenfcig;
parly Kafflr and sorghum is being cut,
and are making fair crops; late crops
of these are green but must have rain
to mature.—J. M. Rice.
Gate—No rain this week; rain Is now
needed to mature late Kaffir and sor-
ghum; pastures are yet fair and stock
doing well.—R. W. Hubard.
JAS. I. WIDMEYER.
Section Director.
Oklahoma City, O. T.
JUMPED INTO IIIS WELL
Jatne* Steele Co in mi's Sulfide- Mob (io
After Murderer Stutnon.
Guthrie, O. T., Aug. 24.—The Hennes-
sey Cripoer says: James Steele, an
old man 70 years of age, who lived fif-
teen miles east and one mile south of
Hennessey, committed suicide yester-
day afternoon bq jumping Into his own
well about 5 o'clock. His wife is also
quite old ami has been blind for about
two years. Her husbands tried to
drown himself in Skeleton creek t\v
years ago. The old man <had been af-
fected by the hea t ot the past ten days,
and was quite dispondent. His body
was recovered about 2 o'clock this morn-
ing.
FOREST FIliKS IN \VA>111NtlTON
Area three Miles Square Is l.leked Clean of
lJvluK Things.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 31.—Forest rtres
are iaging between Oak Point and
Eagle Cliff on the Washington shore on
the < olumbia river. An area three mKe|
square has already been burned out. It
is reported that dozens of cattle ha/vs
been burned, one rumor placing th^ lium
ber at 200.
Many millions of feet of lumber have
been burned, estimates runnign as high
ns 20,000,000 feet. Benson's lodging and
lumbering camp, with all ine.buildings,
was destroyed.
Look Out
For Imitations of Walter Baker 8c Co.'s
hocolate
Dorchester
I
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"The New Woman.'
PLUG
The "new woman" favors economy,
and she always buys "Battle Ax" for
her sweetheart. She knows that a 5-cent
{jiece of "Battle Ax" is nearly twice as
arge as a 10-cent piece of other nigh grade
brands. Try it yourself and you will see
why "Battle Ax" is such a popular
favorite all over the United States.
I
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GENTS, STREETMEN and BOYS,
T«i ell M--Klnlev ami Bryan portraits: twoeolora;
•arj*: >ainnl«. 10<-; S3.1ft per hundred Order quirk.
■ ASCI.AI A COICAIY, PeslUkar*, CIMINNATI, OHIO.
Our Native Herbs
•Sf Sit *U> S. llA SSI, ifW S4IU3II, KAS.
finilllfl an.l WHISKY habits r"r'* n°ok "■*
UrIUm HtKK. Or. II. M. Woollejr, Atlsnla, Us.
A. N. K.—EI. 1620.
WHEX WBITIXG TO AltVEJtTISERS
plenae Hate that yov saw tka advertise*
asset la this #a er.
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