The Coalgate Courier. (Coalgate, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 27, 1899 Page: 2 of 8
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GEO D CALLAWAY Publisher
COALGATK - - - - I T
OKLAHOMA AND INDIAJT lERKITOR
The catalogue of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college w ill be issued
in a few day a
Some of the new trees pat out In or-
chards this year didn't have any leaves
concealed in their sap and the farmers
who bought them are hot
The grape vines in Oklahoma and
the Indian territory are loaded down
with lucious fruit this year Nearly
every farmer has a vineyard
J H Johnson of Starvation creelt
Roger Mills county presented the
editor of the Cheyenne Sunbeam with
' a radish sixteen inches in circumfer"
ence the other day
Oklahoma's county fairs next fall
will be jubilee celebrations Oklaho-
ma will furnish the biggest of every
kind of fruit and grain this year and
everybody is happy and prosperous
Oklahoma is coming to know the
people of the Osage nation better
every y’ear The names prominent in
the Osage country are now familiar in
many Oklahoma towns In due time
the Osages will thank their stars that
they were not detached from Oklaho-
ma The intimation coming from Wash-
ngton that the commissioner of In-
dian affairs is contemplating a crusade
against the licensed post traders in the
Indian reservations of Oklahoma has
created considerable of a stir among
the Indian agencies where the posts
are located
A Logan county man who has just
returned from a trip through Missouri
and Kansas snys that everybody is
talking about Oklahoma There is
only one thing that is troubling peo-
ple of the territory What is to be
come of the rest of the world after
everybody has moved here?
The mission at the Whirlwind sta-
tion of the Episcopal church has a
vested choir of Cheyenne children-
The vestments were provided by the
Indian 'Hope association of Philadel-
phia The Episcopal church at its
missions in western Oklahoma has
singing in both the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe languages
The Indian is a simple creature in
some things Ordinarily he will hold
a dollar till the eagle screams But
the other day a band of Tonkawas
passed through an Oklahoma town on
their way to visit the Caddoes They
bought a number of watermelons
about the size of cocoanuts and paid
30 cents each for them
The work of educating and Chris-
tianizing the Indians of Anadarko has
suffered a loss in the death of Portia
Hendricks a Wichita girl 28 years old
She had been educated at Lincoln in-
stitute Philadelphia Eight years
ago she accepted a position in one of
the government schools at Anadarko
'where she exerted considerable influ-
ence She was stricken with con-
sumption last winter and died a few
days ago
The secretary of the interior is au-
thority for the statement that a special
inspector will be sent to Oklahoma to
investigate charges filed against Gov-
ernor Barnes It is believed that the
inspector will be here within a few
week According to credible informa-
tion affairs in Oklahoma will be given
the closest scrutiny without regard to
individuals or factional differences
the purpose being to learn the truth
and the whole truth
Milton Rowe who stole from his
grandmother has been pardoned from
the penitentiary The neighbors sent
him there against the wishes of his
people
An important brief is soon to be
filed in the territorial supreme court
for the purpose of reviewing the opin-
ion of Judge Burford in chambers in
which he held that county seats in
strip counties could not be removed
without congressional sanction The
brief was written by Joseph Wisby
of Logan county
John W Smith living near Arapa-
hoe was digging a well for his neigh-
bor C H Shield Smith was at the
bottom of the well when a bucket of
dirt fell and struck him fifty feet be-
low He only lived a few hours after
the accident
Baron Karl von Kydingsward who
secured a divorce in Oklahoma county
a couple of years ago is now conduct-
ing a wood carving institute in New
York City Art journals speak in
very highly commendatory terms of
Lis work
Oklahoma territory is making a rap
id advancement
There will be a lot of watermelons
raised in Oklahoma this year Every
farmer in the territory always raises a
patch of melons
Bill Walker has parted company
with Gcronimo and the other Indians
Bill has had his fill of taking up the
red man’s burden
J B Ivimmey a Noble county farm-
er who lives on Black- Bear ra’sed
2300 bushels of wheat on seventy-two
acres of ground The wheat tested
sixty-two pounds
Fred Ferguson the Oklahoma coun-
ty man supposed to have been hit by a
train has recovered and he says his
injuries were not caused by a train
but by two negro footpads who slug-
ged him and robbed bim of sixteen
dollars
At Syria twenty miles south of
Alva is a colony of nine families of
Syrians who came from Damascus
Notwithstanding the neighborhood of
Damuscus they think they are now
nearer the garden of Eden than ever
before in their lives
The sheriff of Payne county claims
that the Scroggins chicken thieves
now in jail in Logan county are want-
ed in various places for various crimes
ranging from murder dojwn to hen
grabbing He says they are about the
worst gang that ever broke loose in
Oklahoma
Representatives of twelve Indian
tribes are hoiding a big danse two
mUes east of Red Bock The dance
has been in progress several days
The dancers are decorated with paint
beads and feathers bells and very few
clothes Many Indians are encamped
about the place participating in the
festivities in various waj’s Several
people with cameras have been to the
scene but have had to use the utmost
diplomacy to secure any pictures as
the Indians are greatly opposed to the
cameras
Governor Barnes has commenced
work on his annual report to the sec-
retary of the interior which he prom-
ises this year will eclipse the two
magnificent reports he has already
made Secretary Wenner is gathering
and compiling statistics and other in-
formation and making selections of
photographs to illustrate the report
and every effort possible is being made
to make the report complete and ac-
curate in every detail The governor
desires very much to obtain more
'scenes of fruit trees loaded with fruit
loaded grape vines wheat fields in
shock harvesting and threshing
scenes cotton and corn -fields farm
homes orchards eta and persons
having such views should send them
in at once All views not used in the
report will be returned postpaid to
the sender
The recent heavy rains in the Chick-
asaw nation have caused a portion of
the cotton crop to become somewhat
spotted Grass is causing the farmers
a great deal of trouble but with dry
weather for the next month the farm-
ers will catch up with their work
The prospects are flattering and un-
less boll worms appear there is no
reason that the yield in the Chickasaw
nation will not be the largest in years
It is thought that the crop will be
larger than the average for this sec-
tion It is estimated that the -corn
crop will be the largest in the history
of the Indian territory The late rains
have damaged the small grain to con-
siderable extent The oats crop is
very large the yield being forty to
sixty bushels to the acre The acre-
age in wheat has been small and the
wheat crop will be short Considera-
ble damage has been done to this crop
by rain
In all contest notices in Oklahoma
wherein it is alleged that a man has
been absent from his claim for six
months it is also stated “that said ab-
sence was not due to his employment
in the military or naval service of the
United States during a time of war”
Major Crozier is discouraged and
may give up his great work among the
Sac and Fox Indians He hears that
Paris has announced that the corset
must go when he had just succeeded
in getting the Indians to wear them
as a distinct step towards civilization
At Durant they took the money
which they raised for a Fourth of July
celebration and are going to build
bridges and roads with it
These Indian territory postoflice ap-
pointments have been made: At Finch
Chickasaw nation George O Reves at
Walker Chickasaw nation J R Hol-
comb at YYason Cherokee nation II
R Hart
Wolfe Coon the national candidate
for chief is reported very sick at his
home in the eastern portion of the
Cherokee nation
ARE AFTER OTIS
He Will Be Restricted to Discharging
Duties of Governor General
CORBIN IS OPPOSING PUN
— r
The Criticisms of Returning Volunteers from
the Philippines are Operating on the
Presidential Mind
Washington July 22 — When the
rainy season ends and the fall cam-
paign In the Philippines begins Gen
Otis will be restricted to discharging
the administrative functions of gov-
ernor general while another'army offi-
cer probably Lawton will be in com-
mand of field operations
That prediction may be hazardous at
this early day Adjt Gen Corbin is
opposing the plan but the sentiment
among army men is rapidly crystaliz-
lng and " Republicans politicians of
sense are of the same opinion
Nearly all of the Republican leaders
who have called on the president dur-
ing the last four days have told him
of the feeling in their homes
The criticisms of returning volun-
teers are perhaps the most potential
influence operating on the (presidential
mind
These men are voters and they have
relatives and friends and they talk
They may not be able to explain the
technical reasons which Influenced the
general to capture territory and give
It up to be reconquered subsequently
or to keep the volunteers at the firing
line while reserving the regulars for a
home- guard They merely disapprove
of Otis as an incompetent and say so
and when asked why they did not re-
enlist - being also offered a bounty of
3450 to do so say they would not re-
enlist witii him in command
The sentiments are reaching the
president by word of mouth by tele-
gram by letter Army officers of dis-
cretion are writing privately to their
friends In the service here complain-
ing of Otis’ vacillation lack of de-
cision and apparent inabilty to grasp
the full military situation
Several of the writers have suggest-
ed that Otis was harried by instruc-
tions from Washington This has
reached the -president's ears and
whether or not true he does like the
imputation
The round roin issued by the cor-
respondents despite the studied effort
of the president to ignore it has made
a serious impression tnroughout the
country
Denby’s cheerful news telling of the
smooth working of the municipal gov-
ernments in five towns is hob regarded
as conclusive The fact that yester-
day the war department posted a bul-
letin purporting to describe a cable
from Oti3 answering the correspon-
dents is evidence of the 'gravity with
which the administration regards the
Otis situation
There is no warrant for believing
that the bulletin describes Otis’ cable
accurately It is regarded as singular
that the text of Otis’ dispatch was not
printed
One feature of the Dulletin created
amusement It was the sentence be-
ginning “Gen Otis is not conscious of
sending misrepresentations” and the
opinion was freely expressed if Gen
Otis did not have more confidence in
his attitude than the phrase implied
the correspondents ' might very easily
be right
JT ’
Cattle for Cuba
Washington July 22— In accordance
with the terms of the recent order for
the free admission of 50000 head of
graded cattle into Cuba within the
next year the secretary of agriculture
has issued regulations covering their
admission The regulations provide
that to secure ihe advantages of the
order cattle must be shipped either
from Savannah Mobile New Orleans
or Galveston and satisfactory evidence
must be supplied that they are not
from the fever district as outlined by
the department The animals will he
inspected by an inspector of the agri-
cultural department at the port of
shipment and “if they are found to be
graded' cows and bulls suitable for
breeding purposes free from disease
and immune from the fever tick the
inspector will issue a certificate em-
bodying these facts which certificate
should accompany the cattle and be
presented to the customs officer at the
port cf landing”
Robert G Ingemoll bend
New York July 22— Col Robert G
Ingersoll died at his home Walston-on-Hudson
near Dobbs Ferry yester-
day His death was sudden and un-
expected and resulted from the heart
disease from which he has suffered
since 1896 In that year during the
Republican national convention he
was taken ill and had to return home
He never fully recovered from the at-
tack of heart disease and was under
the care of physicians constantly
Col Ingersoll spent the morning
swinging in a hammock and Bitting on
the veranda with the members of his
family He said that he was better
and had no pain' At 12:30 he started
to go upstairs
On reaching the head of the stairs
Col Ingersoll (turned into his wife’s
room Mrs Ingersoll was there and
together they discussed what they
would have for luncheon and Col In-
gersoll said he had better not eat
owing to the trouble with his stomach
He seemed in good spirits then After
talking for a few minutes Col Inger-
soll crossed the room and sat down
in a rocking chair -He leaned his
head upon his hand which rested on
the back of the chair Mrs Ingersoll
asked him how he was feeling and he
replied “Oh better”
These were his last words a second
after they were uttered he wai dead
V
v r
x Five Sicilians Hanged
New Orleans La July 22— Five Si-
cilians were hanged yesterday by a
mob at Tallulah a town of several
hundred inhabitanas in Madison par-
ish about seventeen miles from the
river
The dead are: Joe DeFatta Chas
DeFatta Frank DeFatta Sy Deferech
and Joe Cynero
The five victims were strung up to
trees for supposed complicity in a plot
to murder Dr Hodges a prominent
physician of the place who was shot
and fatally wounded by one of the Si-
cilians In addition to this several
acts of lawlessness that have occurred
in the neighborhood recently were at-
tributed to the gang Several of the
men are believed to have families in
Europe
Quiet was restored immediately af-
ter the lynching and the grand jury
began an investigation of the affair
but because of the feeling against the
men it is doubtful if action is taken
against any of the members of the
mob
The following is the report of the
grand jury: ‘
“To the honorable judge of the Sev-
enteenth district court: We the grand
jury of Madison parish having been
Instructed by your honor to Investi-
gate the occurrences of the night of
July 20 which resulted in the shooting
of Dr J Ford Hodge and the lynching
of five men who were charged with
the shooting at Tallulah after due
consideration beg leave to report”
Here follows the details concerning
the occurrences of the 19th and 20th
of July
In conclusion the grand jury says:
“It is evident from the facts brought
to our knowledge that the men who
were lynched had formed a conspiracy
to kill Dr Hodge and the mob learn-
ing the facts took the law Into its
own hands After diligent inquiry we
have not been able to learn the names
or identity of any of the men compos-
ing the mob J W JORDAN
Foreman 1
The Columbia Tap is now open for
traffic as far as Chenango Junction
but regualr train service has not yet
been restored The water is receding
very slowly' but it is expected that
trains will be running to Angleton
soon
Shot by HU Son
Birmingham Ala July 22 — Frank
Suzie a Portugese was shot and mor-
tally wounded at Carbon Hill yester-
day by his 10-year-old son George The
father had just returned from serving
a sentence in the penitentiary for as-
sault and was on a drinking bout
His 7-year-old step-daughter offended
him and he threatened to kill and
wipe out the whole family The son
interposed objection and the father
rushed at him angrily with a knife
The boy picked up a pistol and and
shot his father as he approached
Veprun1an Cnmmlaslon
Paris July 22 — Maitre Provost
opened the case for Venezuela at yes-
terday’s sitting of the British Venezu-
elan boundary arbitration commission
Maitre Prevost cited authorities on in-
ternational law to show that the right
of discovery gives prior rights under
conditions which he claimed Spain ful-
filled Spain had occupied and settled
polnta on all the Important rivers be-
tween the Orinoco and the Amazon in
1620
Ton Much Salary
An advertisement In a newspaper
calling for “a first-class bookkeeper at
33 a week" drew forth the following
answer the only one attracted by the
munificent salary:
“I am a young man 37 years of age
having had a business experience of
twenty-three years being connected
with the United States embassy at
Madagascar and feel confident if you
will give me a trial I can prove my
worth to you - I am not only an ex-
pert bookkeeper proficient stenogra-
pher and typewriter excellent operator
and erudite college graduate but nave
several other accomplishments which
might make me desirable I am an
experienced snow shoveler a first-class
peanut roaster hajfe some knowledge
of removing superfluous hair and clip-
ping puppy dogs’ ears have a medal
for reciting 'Curfew Shall Not Ring
To-Night’ am skilled chiropodist and
practical farmer Can also cook take
care of horses crease -trousers open
Oysters and repair umbrellas Being
possessed of great physical beauty I
would- not only be useful but would be
ornamental as well lending to the sa-
cred precincts of your office that de-
lightful artistic charm that a Satsuma
vase or stuffed billy goat would As
to salary I would feel I was robbing
the widow and swiping the sponge cake
from the orphan h I was to take ad-
vantage of your munificence by accept-
ing the too fabulous sum of 33 per
week and I would be entirely willing
to give you my services for less and by
accepting f 137 per week would give
you an opportunity of not only increas-
ing your dona on to the church pay
your butcher and keep up your life in-
surance but also to found a home for
indigent fly-paper salesmen and endovy
a free bed in the cat home”
Ha Watted Man 7 Tear
Prof Benjamin Ide Wheeler of Cor-
nell who has been elected president of
the University of California is a dis-
tinguished philologist and Greek schol-
ar for some time director of the Amer-
ican school at Athens and has written
several books on the subject of his
special study The only work however
in which he has appealed to the gen-
eral public — a work which has awak-
ened considerable popular interest —
is the history of Alexander-the Great
now running In the Century One
critic of this scholarly work goes so
far as to say that the great soldier has
waited over 2000 years to be accorded
his due as man and empire builder
The attention of the readers of this paper is
called to the advertisement of Mr Chas P !
Scrivener of Austin Texas which appears in
this issue ’ There Is no subject in which the
people of this section of the state are more
deeply interested in than that of the sale'
of Public Free School Land The present
legislature which has just adjourned flhs passed
an act placing upon the market 3000000 acres
additional of the public domain of the
state as school land This act will-
take effect 90 days from the date of the ad-
journment of the legislature In addition to
this the forfeiture of former sales will now
soon occur so that at an early day there will '
be a great deal of school land on the market'
for sale The information which Mr Scrlve-
ner offers will prove valuable to every reader of
this paper who feels an interest in school land
matters and who wishes to secure some of our
public free school land Mr Scrivener is well
qualified to render valuable assistance through
his book to those who would otherwise be
kept in ignorance of the means by which they
can secure land If you wane to buy or lease"
any public land take advantage of this oppor-
tunity to inform yourself about It as the state1
has made no provision for advertising the
Public School Land and bringing it to the
n tiee of those who are ignorant of the land
and who want cheap homes
A tot feels a sense of womanhood
with her first parasol
Perfect System Cleaueig
Keep clean Inside as well as outside and you'll be
nearer godliue CacaietB Caniv Cathario cleanse
and put liy your bo ly inside Ail druggists 10c2fc50o
The words “boys” and “noise” cer-
tainly make truthful rhyme
For Housekeeper '
See that your linen is washed clean Use
“Faultless Starch” clean irons follow di-
rections given on package and -perfect re-
sults will follow All grocers sell “Faultless
Starch” large package 10c
“Fussing" seems to be the chief de-
light of some people
For Lung and chest diseases Piso's Cure
is the best medicine we have used — Mrs
j L Nortbcott Windsor Out Canada
If you want to keSP cool keep busy-
it is the best way
Are Too Caln Allen’s Foot-Case?
It is the only cure for Swollen
Smarting Burning Sweating Feet
Corns and Bunions Ask for Allen’s
Foot-Ease a powder to be shaken into
the shoes At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Ad-
dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
People can be independent with a
plethoric pocket-book
44 Uneasy Lies the Head
That Wears a Crown
But such are not the only uneasy heads ’
Overworked harrassed anxious people of
all ages and both sexes are uneasy with
aches pains impure blood disordered
stomachs deranged kidneys and liver
For all such Hood s Sarsaparilla is the
effective and faultless cure It infuses
fresh life through purified blood
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