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TERRITORY TOPICS
Additional Train Service — On Jan
Jlst til 6 Missouri Kansas and Texas
Rallidy Company will put on addi-
tional train service on the Kansas
City und St Louis lines out of Okla-
' honn City and the surrounding towns
will have better train service in the
future
Charged With Assault— Will Win-
ans aged 23 years was placed in the
federal Jail at Ardmore charged with
assaulting Willie Simpson a well
known Choctaw Indian Simpson was
struck over the head and died shortly
as a result of the blow A married
woman has also been arrested in con-
nection with the crime
Crowded Muskogee— Muskogee has
twice as many hotels and rooming
houses as it had a year ago Notwith-
standing this fact it Is Impossible to
secure sleeping accommodations over
night there unless the room Is en-
gaged before 6 p m There is no iues-
tion but that Indian Territory town
are making rapid strides forwatji "
Filson Must Wait — Setary
Grimes will not be able U'turn over
his office for a weekQ T ten days
Chas Filson who wr dominated by
President Roosevelt for secretary of
the territory has not been confirm-
ed hy the senate and probably will
ZKztbe until some time this week Mr
Filson has not yet appointed his as-
sistant and says that he has made
no decision in this matter -
College Pres'dent Resigns — Dr A
P Stone president of the Oklahoma
State Baptist college at Blackwell has
resigned to take effect January 21
Dr Stone has been connected with
the college for about two years hav-
ing been financial agent for some
months before his selection as presi-
dent During his administration he
has cleared a debt of 2000 which
hung over the college when he took
charge His successor has not been
selected as yet
Frantz Official Family — The make-
up of Governor Frantz's official fami-
ly Is still very much in doubt and
only speculation can be Indulged in us
to the new officers It Is understood
that Attorney General Percy C Si-
mons Fred L Wenner secretary of
the school land board and Thomas
Morris secretary of the live stock
sanitary commission have placed their
offices at the disposal of the new gov-
ernor and others will probably do
likewise
Steel for 30 Miles of Road— Enough
steel and ties were recived at Clin-
ton O T for the Orient to lay thir-
ty miles of road and within the next
thirty davs 123 cars more will he un-
loaded there' The track sour of the
town has been graded and all Is now
In readiness to receive the ties and
rails The work is being pushed
rapidly as it is th Intention to have
the road completed by the time the
spring and summer traffic begins
Oklahoma Cotton Industry — The
fact that thirty-six cofon gins were
built during the year 1905 by Joint
stock companies which were incor-
porated under Oklahoma lav s with
a total capital of $484000 In addi-
tion to the ones built by private par-
ties shows the important place which
the cotton crop is taking in Oklaho-
ma agriculture One interesting fea-
ture is the fact that two gins were
erected in Northwestern Oklahoma —
at Beaver and Woodward — where
cotton had never before been con-
sidered as a paying crop The great-
er part of the new gms were how-
ever In Southwestern Oklahoma
which is the rreat cotton district
Encourage Creek Immigrant — A
movement is on foot among the Greeks
living In Muskogee to raise money to
assist deserving Greeks In emigrating
to this country There is'quite a col-
ony of Greeks in MuRkogee aad Anton
Spirdllius is a leading spirit among
them in raising the money for tho pro-
posed emigration enterprise
Elks Dedicate New Home — The
Guthrie lodge of Elks has received
an invitation to attend the dedication
of the new home of the El Reno Elkl
at El Reno on the afternoon of June
Id Among the speakers from Guth-
rie on the program are ex-Gov C M
Barnes who responds to the address
of welcome Gov Ferguson Captain
Frank Frantz t nd Fred L Wenner
Eighty Men Dig fop Gold — H C
' Halett a wealthy mine owner arriv-
ed at Davis tho other day and
at once engaged a lot of men to sink
shafts four and twelve miles west of
town Mr Hallett who has mined In
Alaska Mexico and Colorado and
who Is an expert assayist says that
he is certain of rich gold sliver cop-
per lead and zinc deposits in the near-
by Arbuckle moun sins About sigh-
ty men will work there
Mulea Burned In Transit — A cur
containing thirty mules consigned to
St Louis over the Frisco caught lire
eighteen miles east of Perry und was
consumed only six mules escaping
OKLA Muskogee’s Traffic Bureau — A traf-
fic association has been organized at
Muskogee with T P Smith as Its
president for the purpose of securing
cheaper freight rates and encouraging
navigation of the Arkansas river
which has already reached some pro-
portions President Invites Hunters — Tho
president has extended through Ce-
cil Lyons national committeeman
from Texas an invitation to all those
who participated the great hunt
at Fredericks Ok lust spring to
come to Washington as the guests of
the executive
Last Official Act — Gov Ferguson's
last official act was the commutation
of the life sentence of Sephus Brun-
ner a colored boy sentenced four
years ago by the Pottowatomle coun-
ty court to be banged for shooting a
playmate
Report Is Submitted — Secretary
Fred L Wegner - bf the territorial
board of- leasing school ' lands sub-
mitted his report to the bpard show-
Itjlf'lbe financial transactions of the
department during the month of De-
cember and the fourteen days of Janu-
ary Clark’s Men Watching — The spirits
of the people who still maintain that
precious metnls are to be found In
the Wichita mountains have been
raised lately by the report that repre-
sentatives of Senator Clark of Mon-
tana are now located In the moun-
tains watering developments
Claims Another Record — Oklahoma
Is now laying claim to another record
In the possession of a women who can
keep a secret Mrs J R Bailey of
Enid wrote a book of poems and had
It published nnd her husband knew
nothing of It until she laid a copy
of the hook on his desk
Shawnee Has More Than 20000 —
The enumeration of school children
In this city was partly completed
It shows over 0000 children of rchool
age The enumerators are taking a
complete census of the city and have
over 20000 people listed with about
four-fifths of the work completed
Gotebo Oil Pool — What promises to
he a large oil and gas field Is now
attracting the attention of the oil men
to Gotebo Oklft This town of sev-
en hundred people is fourteen tiles
east of Hobart and fourteen miles
north of the Wichita mountains A
regular oil boom Is beginning and the
hotels tfte hardly able to accommodate
the people
Big Year for Charters — During tho
year 1903 Secretary William Grimes
issued thirty charters with a total
capital stock of 2101)0000 to citi-
zens of California the greater num-
ber of such corporations being organ-
ized for the purpose of operating in
that state The chief organizers of
the corporations chartered hero were
A P Hale A H Manning and W E
Von Johansen all of San Francisco
these three men being Interested in
twenty-two corporations with a total
capitalization of ?lGGOnfu0 Hale
and Manning secured thirteen char-
ters aggregating 10400000 capital
Are to be T! ird Terms — A chief
Justice and two associate Justices for
Oklahoma Territory will be appoint-
ed within the next week It Is an-
nounced by a man in a position to
know the situation and the facts
John H Burford will be reappointed
chief Justice of the supreme court
and B F Burrell and Baynrd T Hain-
er will be appointed associate Jus-
tices These gentlemen represent the
First Second and Third districts
ThPir names have gone to the White
House and are exoected to he sent
to the senate within a week Each
of tho Justices has served eight years
on tho territorial bench
Barnsdall at Bartlesville — Theodore
N Barnsdall of Pittsburg Pa one of
the world's largest operators in oil
and gas is visiting his properties in
this field in whch he more heavily
interested than any other operator
Accompanying him Is R M Snyder
president of the Kansas Natural Gas
Company in which Jliimsdall also is
heavily Interested Barnsdall's visit
Is Bald by bis associates to hare r
significance
Tusa'e Population — A recent census
of Tulsa gives the city a population
of 7038 The census was taken by or-
der of the court to see If Tulsa had
sufficient population to permit of call-
ing a special election to vote on a
bond Issue of 70000 for the com-
pletion of the sewer system and two
school building now under construc-
tion Negro Suffrage League — Indian Ter-
ritory negroes recently organized at
South McAlester under the name of
the "Suffrage League of Indian Terri-
tory” The principal object Is to In-
duce the negroes to stand together re-
gardless of party Influence and vote
for the man from any section of the
country whose code of ethics comes up
to the Idea of Jhe negro organization
School Money Ready — Fred La
Wenner secretory of tho territorial
hoard for leasing school lands check-
ed to the territorial treasurer the sum
of t2C747150 lu the common school
fund and 3007330 in the common
school indemnity fund
' Mat-h nd Cotton — James Me-
Curry living near Mofflson started
to Stillwater with a load of cotton
having his w'te and baby pn the sent
beside him Ho lit a match to light
his pipe The match dropped into
the cotton and started a Are
Gasser Near Pryor Creek — The
Occidental Oil and Gas Company of
Pryor Creek I T brought In a big
gas well west of town This is the
first well broughL In south of the
Chelsea-Alluwe field This means
natural gas for Pryor Creek in a short
time
Matrimonially Inclined — A Black-
well photographer thinks that the
young people of Kay county Beem to
have a decided leaning toward matri-
mony Just at present and hopes that
they will keep it up as he has taken
pictures tf eight newly wedded
couples In the last week
Wllmuth Appointed Roadmaster—
The Rock Isinnd railroad has ap-
pointed Geo Wilmuth division road-
master to fill the vacancy made by
the death of C A Booher who was
murdered at Enid a few days ago
Wilmuih was formerly foremnn ol
the extra gang on the Rock Island ’
Mina Lead and Zinc— Two mining
companies have been organized to de-
velop the lead mines that have been
discovered at Miami I T The opera-
tions have been kept secret for de-
velopment purposes but now the pro-
moters of "the mines claim that the
Miami district will be the Joplin of
this country
Cornstalks Not Improvements —
Some of the lots sold at Pawhuska
last week were part of a small corn-
field and were cluimed by the former
occupant on the ground as Improved
property The town site commission
decided however that cornstalks
were not improvements and turned
down the claim
Widows Wanted for Burglary —
Two women charged with burglary
at Whitewright Tex -were arrested
at Durant They give the names of
Mrs Route and Mrs O'Dell widows
It is charged that about two months
ago they entured the hotel of Mrs
Payne taking n number of valuable
household articles
For Uniform Insurance Law— Gov
Frank Frantz has announced himself
as favoring insurance legislation and
will appoint a delegate to represent
Oklahoma In the conference to he
held ut Chicago in February The
territory is entitled to three dele-
gates ope appointed by the govern-
or and one by the Insurance depart-
ment with the attorney general or
his assistant as the third ex-officio
New Canadian County Town — A
new town is soon to he started In
Canadian county It will bet" the
name of Sandercook nnd will he lo-
cated on the Choctaw midway be-
tween Calumet and Geary near the
farm of Dr J O Sandercook The
railroad has agreed to pot In a sid-
ing and a depot there nnd It is
thought that the splendid country
wirrounding should make It a good
trading point
Mother of a Governor — One of the
happiest women In Oklahoma Is Mrs
Henry Frantz of Enid the widowed
mother of Oklahoma's new govern-
or who stood by Ills side when ho
took the oath of office' One of the
pleasing features of the inaugural
ball was her partielpatlon In the
grand march on the arm of her son
Orville who is acting as the govern-
or's private secretary and her evi-
dent pride In her sons all five of
whom were presuit at tho Inaugura-
tion "Katy” Brakeman Killed — linden
Gilbert a brakemun on the Missouri
Kansas & Texas was fatally injured
at Fallis by being crushed between
the engino and a car He died before
reaching Oklahoma City He had
lived there several years and leaves
a wife and a small child
Wholesaler It Arretted — Frank
Summer a wholesale butcher of Law-
ton was arrested charged with hav-
ing willfully and unlawfully marter-
ed sold and disposal of the carcass of
a swine afflicted with cholera and
other infectious diseases at the time
of Its death to W B Willis for the
purpose of having It sold out to the
retail trade In the city of Lawton
Woodward' Bonds Sold — The wa
ter works bonds recently voted by the
city of Woodward were sold to M L
Turner of Oklahoma City whose bid
was the highest of the six offered By
Its terms the town Is to receive for
its 50000 of G per cent bonds 51-
61075 and a rebate of Interest accru-
ing from the date of the bonds until
the money Is turned over by Mr Tur-
ner The bonds are for twenty years
with un option of payment at the ex-
piration of ten years '
OBJECTS TO SUIT
EX-TREASURER GRIMES WILL
PAY WITHOUT COMPULSION
Topeka Jail' 22— F E Grime ex-
state treasurer called upon Gov
lloch and tohLJilm tLat It" would not
be necessary t0brlng an action
against him to recover any - short-
ages Grimes said If the admlnlstra
tlon wanted to put the bond brokers
on record under oath as to getting
clipped coupons it could be done by
affidavits Jpst 3 well 33 Ly their to:
tlmony In court He believed that
the bond brokers would nil muke affl
davits that they got the coupons as
their letters state and that affidavits
are Just as binding as testimony Af-
ter these uffidnvlis were secured and
filed he would make good the re-
mainder of the shortage under his ad-
ministration He said the uffidavlt
plan would Rave him heavy costs for
attorney fees and witness fees that
would necessarily follow if suit were
instituted It was hard enough on
him to pay a shortage which he didn't
owe personally without piling up a
lot of unnecessary court costs Ho
was willing to waive the statute of
limitations and exemption laws and
give up his home nnd everything else
he possessed if necessary to meet
any shortage that could not he ex-
plained OKLAHOMA SHORT ON JUDGES
AM But Pancoast and Beauchamp In
Washington and Latter III
Guthrie O T Jan 22— The Judi-
cial center of Oklahoma Is at present
at Alva nnd nil court business of an
urgent character will have to he
taken there as Judge Pancoast is the
only man In Oklahoma who could
grant injunctions Issue a writ of ha-
beas corpus or perform other Judicial
functions Judges Burford Burwell
Hnincr Erwin and Gllletle and Dis-
trict Attorney Horace Speed are all
in Washington nnd much curiosity Is
felt here as to the meaning of their
summons there Judge Beauchamp
Is still In Oklahoma hut is too ill to
do any work
THREE FlilP Off
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Washington Jan 22 — Three
French warships are now off the Ve-
nezuelan coast prepared to deliver
the answer of France to President
Castro's future treatment of M Talg-
ny the French representative at Cara
efts by a naval demonstration in
Venezuelan waters Two additional
warships will join thorn as soon as
they can make the tlp across the
Atlantic Until the demonstration
has been initiated the French gov-
ernment will share with the presi-
dent and Secretary Hoot the know!
edge of the exact form which this
expression of her displeasure at
President Castro’s action will take
Meantime the delicacy of the situa-
tion at Caracas is greatly increased
by news which has recently reached
here from the Venezuelan capital re-
garding the attitude President Cas-
tro now appears to be assuming to-
ward Mr Russell tho American min-
ister Unless this attitude is radi-
cally modified It may bo necessary to
dispatch an American war ship even
nearer the Venezuelan cost than has
already been planned
President Castro it is said will be
given to understand that any treat-
ment of an American representative
such ns that accorded M Taigney will
not be tolerated by the Washington
government
Child Drank Carbolic Acid — The 2-
year old daughter of William Reed
living ‘near Mineral Okla drank car-
bolic ncld which had been left within
her reach and died from the effects of
the poison a few hours later
EIGHT WERE EXECUTED
PACIFICATION OF BALTIC PROV-
INCES GOES MERRILY ON (
St Petersburg Jan 20 — Two fur-
ther naval battalions were dispatched
to the Baltic provinces to crush the
revolt In the lrlands of the coast re-
gions Count Witte received a telegram
from General Sollogub governor gen-
eral of the Baltic provinces saying
that the pacification of Esthonia and
Livonia was progressing satisfactorily
but that It was lagging in Courland
Over twenty of the principal leaders
of the Insurrection the governor gen-
eral said had been apprehended and
eight of them executed Tha telo-
gram says It Is reported that Riga Is
again unsafe owing lo an Influx of
agitators from the country districts
The governor general says his judg-
ment In executing the eight leaders
of the Insurrection has been justlflcd
by an Incident which occurred lutely
at Riga when six armed men broko
Into the watchman and carried off a
cash box and several documents
NO MAN IS STkONOER THAN
HIS STOMACH
Let the greatest athlete have dyspepsia
and his muscles would soon faf Physi-
cal strength is derived from Rod If
muti has iirmlNciimt food he loses strength
If lie has no food he dies Food is con-
vened into nutrition through the stom-
ach and bowels H depends on the
strength of the stnmnch to what extent
food uaUiii is digested and assimilated
People can dlo of starvation who have
abundant food to eat when the stomach
and itsaxsocuitn organs of digestion and
nutrition do not perform their duty
Thus tho stomach fs really the vital or-
gan of thobouy if thnstomaeh lanueak"
tho body will be weak also because It it
UHn the stomach the l-ody -reties for tit
btrcimh Ami an the body considered as
a whole is mrde p cf its several mem-
bers and organs no the weakness of the
body 41 a consequence of "weak stom-
ach will be distributed among the or-
gans which compose the body If the
body is weak liccause it Is Ill-nourished
that physical weuknss will lie found in
all the organs — heart liver kidneys etc
The liver will be torpid and Inactive
giving rlsn to biliousness Ins of appetite
weak uerves feoblo or Irregular action of
heart palpitation dizziness headache
backache and kindred disturbances and
WPJtklM-SSOS
Mr Lulls Pare of Quebec writes: For
years fter niv health began to fall my head
grew diuy eje pained me end my atumach
was tiore all thu lime while everything I
would eat would ut-m to He heavy like lead -On
my stomueh Thu doetoru claimed that
It was nymniilhelin trouble due to ilysoepsia
end prescnlied for me and although i took
their powders regularly t-t I felt no I tetter
y wife advised me to try Dr Pierre's Gulden
Medical Discovery — and stop taking the doc-
tor's medicine she bought me t buttle end
we noun found linn I tw-gan to Improve so T
kept up the treatment I took on flesh my
stomach heenme normal the digestive organa
worked i-eiftN-tly and 1 aoon began to look
like a dllterent m-iwoii I can never cease to
be grateful ferwhat your medleino has done
for me and I certainly give It lilgheat praise1 '
Don t lie wheedled iy a penny-grubbing
dealer Into taking Inferior substitutes for
Dr Pierre's modirinug recommended to
be "Just Its good”
To gain kmm-lodgn of your own body—
In sickness ami health — send for the Peo-
ple’ Common Son-e Medical Adviser A
hook of 1008 pages Semi 21 onn-cent
stamps for puper-rovered or 31 stamps
for cloth-hound eopv Address Dr It V
Pierce GG3 Main Street lliilTalo N Y
No matter how she acta you never
hurt a girl’s feelings by sticking out
for It that you couldn't help kissing
her
Try me Just onee nnd X am sure to
come again Dellunce Starch
Vegetarian 8enator
Although Senator La Follette ot
Wisconsin Is no stranger In Washing-
ton having served three terms In the
house of representatives Ids physical
appearance continues to attract atten-
tion The senator Is a short round
mnn with a great head His body Is
long but his lees are short When he
Is sitting down he looks to be nearly
bIx feet tall but when he stands he
Is not much more than five feet bIx
He Is a student of Shakespeare and
the only vegetarian In tho senate
MRS FAIRBANK’S NERV£
Has an Iron Endurance Because 8he
Never Worries
Mrs Fairbanks wife of the vice-
president declares that she does not
possess nerves nnd It would seem
that this is no Idle boast Mrs Fair-
banks 1ms an Iron endurance and she
attributes her fortitude mental nnd
physical to the fact that she never
allowed herself to worry over any-
thing great or trivial But she al-
ways secures ample rest no matter
what her engagements During the
maddening days of the last D A R
congress when several thousand wo-
men would talk at once on as many
different themes Mrs Fairbanks t
would endure the confusion as long
as possible and then giving the ga- I
vel to another officer she would go J
to a nearby hotel and take a half l
hour's repose Sho always drinks hot
milk when she Is going through physi-
cal or mental fatigue
THE LITTLE WIDOW
A Mighty Good Sort of' Neighbor to
Have
“A little widow a neighbor of mine
persuaded me to try Grape-Nuts when
my stomach was so weak that It
would not retain food ot any other
kind” writes a grateful woman from
ban Bernardino Co Cal
'I had been 111 and confined to my
bed with fever and nervous prostra-
tion for three long months after tho
birth of my second boy We were In
despair until the little widow's advice
brought relief
"I liked Grape-Nuts food from tho
beginning and In an Incredibly short
time It gavo me such strength that 1
was able to leave my bed and enjoy
my three good meals a day In two
months my weight Increased from 95
to 113 pounds my nerves had steadied
down and I felt ready for anything
My neighbors were amazed to see me
gain so rapidly and still more so
when they heard that Grape-Nuts
alono had brought the change
"My 4-year-old boy bad eczema
very bad last spring and lost his ap-
petite entlroly which made him cross
and peevish I put him on a diet ol
Grape-Nuts which t)e relished at once
He Improved from the beginning the
eczema disappeared and now he Is
fat and rosy with a delightfully loft
clear skin The Grape-Nuts diet did
It I will willingly answer all In-
quiries” Name given by Postum Co
Battle Creek Mich
There's a teoson Rend the little
book "The Road to Wellvllle” In
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