Noble County Sentinel. (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1897 Page: 1 of 4
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NOBLE COUNTY
Official Paper of Perry.
VOL, 4. NO. 22.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TKR1UTORIAL.
^orerner
secretary .
'helf .TneMce
AxHoclate Javtice
8. Marshal
Supt, Public Inwt uciion
Frauurey
Attorney General
bcbooi baud Commi««iont'r
• W. C. Renfrow
T.J. Lowe
Frank Dale
Henry W. scott
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PERR5T, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1897.
$1,00 PER YEAR,
it i I.I
From Ilic Omaha World-He
It is not likely that tlio immi-
gration liill now before the senate
S m'lel'Mu"2y W'" be P«S ed "".V fOUIl during
C0UMT7.
A. . Museller.
T II. Howard.
A. Hannon.
J. IC. Wallace.
L. Kirbatdpon.
M. Kord.
.0. W. Crosby.
Surveyor W. A. ind*cy.
Coroner C. O. Ilood.
Commi88ionkiiaW. W. Mrt'ullougb, J. Jl.
Van Auken and C. W. Olmetead.
Probate Judge
Attorney .
Sheriff
Treasurer
liegiHtvr of
CITV OFFICERS.
Mayor
City Clerk
Police Judge...
!7rea urer
Attorney
Anseppor
City Surveyor
Ctaeif Marshal .
l.C. Holland
J T. Noble
K P. Curry
,.T. T. Richardaon, Jr.
W. M. Bowles
C.I. Limbocker
J M. Taylor
protective policy—and tlio wages
of tlio men employed in tho indus-
try there have been restored to tlie j
rates iti force before the comnier-I
cial depression.
this session. The bill has given rise 1 Tho return of prosperity in Now j
to an extended debate, and am-!South Wales is not imaginary. I
mondments have followed thick | Funning has picked up, as might I
and fast. There is no question j bo expected from the removal of
that the objects sought to be ob- j the farmers' unjust burdens. Kail-
tained by the adoption of this bill, ' roads, instead of following ours
COUNC1MEN.
First Ward Jno. Dulnnev J. F. Burch
Second Ward L. E. (iarnett, J. W. Johnson
Third Ward F. A. Mockley, A. c. 1 Untie
Fourth Waru &eo. Musters, Clin., Chrisoph
land orricE official*.
town8ite BORil).
Chairman J. B. O. Lnndrum.
Qec'y and Disp. Agt J. T. Taylor.
J. F. SauuderB.
post-office.
...C. P. Drace
The fourth bill to be passed by
.the legislature is one abolishing
the office of oil inspector.
The bill changing tho time for
holding annual school meetings
from May to July has been passed
and now awaits the signature of
the governor.
The grand lodge of A. F. and
A. M., convened at Norman yes-
terday and the attendance- was
large. Much business was trans-
acted, ah grand officers being pres-
ent.
It is said that since the Pennsyl-
vania capitol has been burned, that
the state legislature has been con-
vening in a church. Wonder if
the laws of that state will be any
more solemnized.
. According to statistical reports
of 1896, Oklahoma is the banner
cotton producing country in the
United States, having raised more
bales to the number of acres in
cultivation, than any of the old
cotton producing states. Iler
average was one bale to 1.85 acres.
The National Editorial Associa-
tion meets at Galveston next
week. Tho Oklahoma delegation
will be composed of the following
gentlemen: T. F. Hensley, El
Keno; J. V. Admire, Kingfisher:
M. L. Bixler, Norman; Lon Whor-
ton. Perry; E. W. Hoyt, Ponca
City, and L. G. Niblaok, Guthrie.
The Oklahoma Live Stock As-
sociation hold its annual meeting
at Woodward yesterday and was
one of the most interesting of all
its former meetings. Tho officers
for the ensuing year are: J. W.
llolnian, president; Eugene Wick-
ers, first vice president; G. E.
Morrow, second vice president;
W. E. Bolton, secretary, John I.
Ger'ack, treasurer.
House bill No. 80, providing
that after 1897 all city school
boards shall consist of six mem
bers elected by the eitv at large
(two at each city election) pre-
scribing the duties of members
and putting the schools on a cash
basis, passed tho house yester-
day. Tho office of treasurer is
abolished, the city treasurer to
serve in his stead and the compen
sation of the clerk is limited to
#1(10 a year.
Wo know of people who profess
to be "horified" because silver
Senators do not want to vote for
the confirmation of some of Mr.
Cleveland's appointments. They
say that refusal would be an indi-
cation of smallness. Then again,
there uro geoplo who believe that
the Presidont is pestiferously little
for naming only gold men and
bolters from the Democratic party.
If the President nominates men
simply because they are opposed
to silver and are disloyal to tho
Democratic party, silver Senators
have undoubtedly a moral justifi-
cation in voting against thein.
are vital to tho future welfare of
this nation, the only questions ar-
rising being as to tho extent of the
scope of its provisions. As orig-
inally reported to tho Senate the
bill would allow a husband to en-
ter the country, but might deny
admittance to his wife if she could
not read and write. Another
provision was that an immigrant
over a certain age could not land
if unable to read and write English
or the language of the country
from whence he came. This, it
is said, would exclude a large num-
ber of desirable immigrants from
Russia, who because of their hat-
red of Russian institutions, refuse
to learn the language and use oith-
cr the German or French. While
always keeping in view tho exclu-
sion of undesirable immigrants,
the bill was so closely drawn that
it excluded many desirable people.
It is evident to all that the bill may
be so amended as to remove tlio
restrictions that might separate
families or exclude some who may
be ignorant of their native lan-
guage because their love of liberty
impelled them to learn tho lan-
guage of a free country.
The whole question of foreign
immigration is a difficult one.
There has never been any consid-
erable objection to foreigners com-
ing to America for the purpose of
becoming citizens, but there has
been a decided objection to mak-
ing the United States the dumping
ground of Europe. The present
bill only seeks to keep out tho un-
desirable who have no , desire to
adopt Aiyerican customs or be-
come American citizens, but only
seok our shores for the purpose of
having some one guarantee them an
easy life and freedom from kingly
oppression. Because a man lands,
on American soil without a penny
is not a sign that he will not make
a good citizen. Neither is tho fact
that he has a pocket full of gold a
sure sign that he will prove a val-
uable addition to our citizenship.
Tho leading anarchists are well ed-
ucated anil had money when they
came here, and some of tho most
energetic business men we have
to-day, landed on American soil
without a cent. The financial test
is not a good one, but the educa-
tional test provided by the bill is
a good one if not too finely drawn.
Hut tho mother who has spent her
life toiling for her babes should
not be excluded because her duties
forced her to forego the benefits of
an education, while her husband is
allowed to land.
Viewed from any point, how-
ever, tho question is ono that calls
for careful thought and patriotic
action. The problem is a grow-
ing ono and tho longer action is
delayed tho more difficult will it
bo Jo arrive at a satisfactory solu-
tion.
into the hands of receivers, show
a substantial improvement in gen-
eral business. In short, New South
Wales is doing a great deal better
than the protectionist countries.
Tho adjoining colony of Victoria
is already becoming alarmed, and
a movement is on foot to make
Melbourne a free port to prevent
its commercial supremacy passing
to Sydney. It will not be lon
before the Australians, at least,
realize that free trade is chiefly
ruinous to a country's competitors
and protection beneficial only to
her trusts.—Kansas City Times.
si iMticMi: contT.
An Important Case From Lincoln
County to be Decided,
The supreme court has arrived
here and will begin an important
session tomorrow. Several cases
of pronounced importance to the
territory and its people will be
disposed of. Among them will lie
tho case of 15. F. Bray against, . .
/- r <, i i i 11 i ■ 1 ssaiy, as n l.'u t resort, to consider
Olive Stublilofield, both of Lin-1,, ■ , ....
i , . .... i the propwet v of building and oper
coin county. I he defendant. Olive
Stubblefield, at the election in
1894, was elected to the office of ture will
county superintendent ami entered I
upon the discharge of her dutir-
was only a
Oh I man
in effecting its purpose. It pro- only kIDNAI'lMNO.
vides for a committee of citizens It now developed thatthoStroud
to be selected from Kansas,Texas raid and carrying olf of the Lur-
and Oklahoma, and in connection ■ Ions and Robinsons
with the inter-state commerce ca . of kidnapping.
, commission and board of railroad Grisham recently secured a coni-
. commissioners of each state and inissson as a deputy marshal in
teiritory, v hose dufj it shall be the Indian Territory and his throe
I to procure just ami equitable sons and the four cowboys who
freight rates to tho gulf, and if neo- aided in the raid were sworn in us
posse men. They look the Lur-
tens and Robinsons to Sapulpa
where they were held before the
I uitod States commissioner under
imo trumped up charge. Mou-
nting an inter state railroad to the
PROTESTING THE VOTE
The announcement is made that
tho republicans intend to protest
tho vote of South Carolina when
the two houses of congress are in
joint session to count tho electoral
vote and declarc tho election of
president. It is claimed that the
vote of that state is irregular, that
the constitution of South Carolina
is not in harmony with the consti-
tution of tho United States. The
purpose of the protest is to reduce
the congressional representation
of South Carolina and other states
governed under similar conditions.
The republicans are playing a dan-
gerous game. They propose to
handle a gun that goes off at the
breech or the muzzle.
If the South Carolina electoral
voteis to be thrown out why should
the electoral vote of Vermont,
lV'v- 'wnia, Maryland, Illinois,
Ohio, Iowa and Kentucky be
counted on the ground of regnlar-
ity f Governor Altgeld declares
the vote of Illinois to be fraudu-
lent, and says Mark Hanna "de-
bauched a continent." Many be-
lieve he has,also buncoed it. The
marvelous increase in the popula
CIVIL SEKVIC'E LAW.
The Civil Service law produces a
peculiar coridil ions of affairs. Presi-
dent Cleveland lias lllled as many olll-
iis possible vvil.li gold Democrats,
win, will liold far into Mckinley's
term. That leaves a minority party,
it it is ally party at all, getting the
good things of tho Uovernment, while
tiou of these states in tho past four | th;; twobJjr panics arclert out n. the
. . 1 . . I cold. N' wonder Mr. Cleveland
laughs.—Day ton Journal.
At the election last fall Mr. Bray
was a candidate and was elected.
In January Miss Stubblefield re-
fused to give up the office to Mr.
Bray, on account of the fact that
he had no valid first grade certiti
cato, which is a regular require-
ment of the law. iilr. Bray pro-
duced a certificate duly signed by
tho superintendent of Pottawa-
tomie county. The latter after
wards claimed that he signed no
such certificate, but does not deny
that the signature to it is his. He
claims that some one must have
stolen a blank signed certificate
and filled it out for Mr. Bray.
Hut hero comes up the question of
the identity of the writing in the
body of the certificate. It is al-
most exactly the same as the sig-
nature of tlio superintendent.
Again, it is in evidence that the
Pottawatomie county superinten-
dent stated at El Rono that he did
issue the certificate. Following
this is some evidence showing that
Mr. Bray could sot possibly htve
answered, from his own knowl-'
edge, questions on subjects which
the record shows him to be profi-
cient in. The ease is \ pry impor-
tant and is surrounded by more
mysterious circumstances than any
case of the kind i\i.'th history of
Oklahoma.—Guthrie ('anitiil.
ake speedy action in this
Important mailer, and thereby ac-
quire cheaper rates to the seaboard
for our products.
elected to office and then go around
with a knife up each sleeve to stab
those who were for the "other fel-
low," is one of the worst traits of
human nature and generally widens
the brei c'l between b it and those
who opposed hi in before his elec-
tion. Men of tluit class arc
branded as "one termers," but
never find it out until about the
lime they want a second election.
day old man Gresham and ono son ; trillion
The ground hog has evidently
ot it in for Grover, and wants to
make the last davs of his adminis
, n hi urn ur, gloomy as possible. He
came over to Lincoln county and has pronounced six weeks more of
were arrested and bound over
the district court at Chandler up-
on (lie charge of kidnapping. The
punishment for Ibis crime in ten
bad weather
KOIMCKT C. INGEUSOL.
. The newspaper report that Inger-
soll has given up a law practice that
netted him $200,000 a year is true nil I years iu tlio penitentiary and they
but, the financial part. It is doubtful ! stand a good show to get the full
limit.—Guthrie Loader.
and it is thought,
etlv at ( loveland.
years, as represented by the last
presidential vote, as compared to
the ten years between 1880 and
1*90, gives the
frauds sufficient
The Departments at Washing-
ton are crowded with barnacle
presumption of I Republicans, as well as Democrats
to vitiate their and mugwumps of one sort and
A '•TIIOKOUCHUHEO."
The politician who, when ho at-
tains commanding position, re-
wards his friends and discharges
his political and other obligations,
even when to do so is to collide
with popular sentiment, is gener-
ally accounted a "thoroughbred."
Il is also said that when a man ii
olocted to somo public trust, inaug-
urates a system of revenge on
those who opposed him, is a;: infi-
del to fhe best interests of his con-
fluents and not worthy of the
trust imposed upon him. Once
EL.
Ex. Howondoblor,
MSALKIt IN
SmiIUM AMB <J EW£LBTi
C Street, Between 6th and 7th, Perry, Okla.
electoral vote, and lead to a rigid another, who have been kept in
investigation on the part of con- under tho operation of tho Civil
gress and the courts. Service law. Some of the l'resi-
As Mark Hanna cannot break dent's special friends and cronies
into the senate or tho cabinet is ho' have been quartered on the public
pursued by an invisible Nemesis
for the manner in which he con-
ducted the last campaign'.—Omaha
World Herald.
THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS.
Guthrie, Ok., Feb. 7.—A de-
tachment of troops has succeeded
in locating the miners.at work in
the Wichita mountains and has
driven them out, and some of them
are now held under arrest at Fort
Sill. William Cooley, an old Cal-
ifornia miner, said that before bc-
| ing molested his party had located I" majority against
some very rich ores. He declares wh'ch has been miscalled the merit
in a maimer that is almost scan-
dalous. Tho remedy is in the
hands of tho administration which
will fake hold of affairs on the 4th
of next month. With the assur-
ance of the support and co-opera-
tion of tho Chief Executive, there
is not a doubt that Congress would
appeal the Civil Service deformity
law, or at least so much of it as
permits the flagrant extent to
which it has been applied by the
present administration. Every
congress for the last ton years has
the plan
EXPERIMENT IN Fit EE
TRADE.
We have heard so much of tho
that iu tho Great Mother of tho
Wichita mountains is ono of tho
greatest carbonate bolts in the
world. lie says tho ledges, so
jealousy guarded by the Indians
for years, are very rich, and when
horrors of free trade, in spite of | the real facts become known tho
the fact that free trade was never
contemplated in this country, that
the experiment now being tried in
New South Wales is instructive.
Especially so, since this Austral-
ian Stato is tho only country now
under a free trade policy, for Eng-
land, of course, has a tariff that is
comparatively a much better rev-
enue producer than ours, being
levied only for the purposes of
revenue and only on tea, coffee,
spirit, and tlio like.
New South Wales, however, has
free trade.
rush will bo so great that all tho
troops in the country cannot keep
the crowd out.
OKLAHOMA PEN.
T. II. Doyle has introduced a
bill in tin1 lower house locating
the penitentiary at Perry, the re-
sult of which quite a crowd of cit-
izens met at the court house Tues-
day evening for the purpose of
aiding the movement. It is to lie
hoped that success will crown the
efforts of Mr. Doyle, as theestah-
Whon that policy was i Iishment of a penitentiary will
substituted for tho protective sys- save Oklahoma a big revenue each
tem predictions were freely made I year in tho keeping of her pris
that the rosult would be ruinous, oners, and there is no place in the
Instead, tho shipping trade has
expanded with great rapidity—
ours, by tlio way, has languished
system, but which is in fact a
barnacle and liritish class system.
If the workers and decent men in
the Republican party do not get
the places due them, it will be on
account of the lack of courage of
tho Executive and Legislative
branches of the government after
the 4th of March. Tho Republi-
cans who are now in office will be
of no account politically to Presi-
dent McKinley. Tliey hold their
places independent of - in fact, in
dcfianco of him. Many of tliem
have been lulled by the Civil Ser
vice into indifference to citizen-
ship. They are the unambitious
wards of fhe public.—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
If Ingersoll has made much more than
that in all the years of his legal work.
He is not a great lawyer, by any
means, lie can make a telling ad-
dress to a Jury when there Is any show'
of working what the irreverent call
the "sympathy racket," but outside
of that be Is no better than a nuiuber
of Perry lawyers who do net average
$2,000 a year.
A great many years ago willle. In-
gersoll was a young lawyer with an
office in Peoria, there lived in Mata-
luora an old lawyer named Clark, who
had earned the title of "Judge" by
virtue of holding the office of Justi-e
of the peace. During a session of
court at Mutamora Clark and Inger-
soll found themselves on opposite
sides of a case, Ingersolls' client was
charged-Willi aa attempt to defraud
Clarks1 client.
The evidence was finally taken, and
Clark, who was really a clever law-
yer. but woefully illiterate, began to
address the jury, lie reviewed the
evidence and wound up by saying in
thunder tones:
"Now, gentlemen of the jury, il
that ain't fiaud, f-r-o-d don't spell
fraud."
Ingersoll arose with quiet, dignity
and made a speech remarkable for its
brevity. He only said:
"Gentlemen of the jury, I will ad-
mit that Judge Clark has the best of
me in orthography, but i insist that
I have the best of the evidcnci .*'
The jury evidently took Ingersoll'*
view of Hie matter and rendered a
verdict accordingly.
Ingersoll has long been pointed to
as the champion of atheism and ag-
nosticism. The title Is a misnomer.
Champions will light. Ingersoll has
never consented to a meeting between
himself and a champion of Christaln-
ity, though given tuany opportunities.
He refused to meet Sam Jones ou the
childish grounds that Junes did not
I represent any organized religious
body. Hut he has never given any
reason for refusing to meet Uev. John
Sweeney of Indianapolis.
As a husband and father, and as a
eit'z;n, Hubert ti. Ingersoll stands
high. Sympathetic as a child, he
does not hesitate to rudely knock
from under old age the crutch that
carries It unflinchingly to the grave.
Charitable to a fault, he evinces a
supreme delight in withholding from
the mother the fond hope that in a
brighter and better world she will
again clasp toiler bosom the little
babe now sleeping in the cold and
silent tomb. Pointed to as the brain-
iest leader of the opponents of Chris- j
tianity, he takes pride iu boasting
that he "does net know."
Does Ingersoll believe what he j
teaches? Bead what he said at the'
grave of his beloved brother:
"Life Is a cold and narrow vale he-!
I tween the barren peaks of two eter-
nities. * * # * lie who sleeps ids last'
sleep before us now, mistaking death I
for returning health, said, 'I am bet-
ter now.' Let up believe that this is
true of all the countless dead; for in
the night of death hope sees a star,
and listening love hears the rustle of j
a wing."
It, Is easy enough to make light of
the glorlcus hope of a hereafter at so j
much per night when death has not1
invaded your own household, but
when your own home is Invaded by |
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whole territory so suitably located
for such an institution as l'orry,
AN IMPORTANT STEP.
Governor Koufrow yesterday
went to tho legislature a npGeial ii.c.-,-
wigo transmitting ft letter from
tho governor of Kannis nnd nNo a
copy a resolution adopted by the
legislature of that state, in which
ever sinco we have followed the Iho legisluturo realize this fact.
and wo believe the member of 5.v,e,r-! citizen (|f Kan a - . Texas and
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led should decisive steps'bo taken
THE FINEST WHISKIES,
WINES AND
CIGARS IN THE CITY.
THE FAMOUS BLUE RIBRON BEER
In Stock all tho Time.
Caters to the Best Trade, and
Carry Nothing But the Pure
Goods. . . „
'The
ture i
Mistakes or Muse
-ti "The Gods "
the lec-
Mr. F ergusoiijof Lincoln cotiuly
has introduced a bill in the lower
house, prohibiting any person who
"get* drunk" from holding public
office. I his bill, if it become# a
law mid is enforced, will knock
out very near all members of both
houses and their constituents,
which includes the entire territory.
\\ liv not enact a lay abolishing all
public oHices and let every person
run business on his own ^hookf
11 ■ lit:!il between Fitz*iiumonu
and (Jorbett has boon sol for March
17, next. It will come oil in ,\e
vuda, and will be a big affair.
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