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TERRITORY TOPICS
Negro Wee Killed Between Cere —
Four freight cars were derailed on
the Missouri Kansas & Texas rail-
way two miles north of Pryor Creek
Lona Alberty a negro boy who was
stealing a ride on the bumpers was
crushed between two cars and almost
Instantly killed
Rabid Man Barks Like a Dog —
John Bray a farmer who Is suffer-
ing at Muskogee from hydrophobia
barks like a dog and acta as much
like one as a man can He was bit-
ten by a mad bull pup which he was
trying to put Into a shed on the night
of December 31
For a Tulsa - Belt - Line —
The treasurer of the Manufactur-
ers' Belt Line Company deposited
91000 with the Tulsa recorder as a
guarantee of good faith In accepting
a franchise to build a belt line through
the heart of the city together with
a large union station
Filson Now Acting as Governor—
Secretary Charles Filson has had a
chance to act as governor of the terri-
tory after being In office little more
than a week and will continue as act-
ing governor during the absence of
Gov Frants in Washington His
executive duties so far have been alto-
gether of a routine character
Ha Went Down In the Vanencla —
Mrs Jessie Fonda of Oklahoma
City has received word that her hus-
band was a passenger on the 111 fated
Vanelcla and aa his name la not In
any of the lists of survivors she has
been forced to conclude that he Is one
of those who went down with the
shin
Wind Saved Town From Burning—
Only the fact that a strong wind
was blowing away from the town
saved the business section of Erick
from destruction by a fire which' was
started among the cotton on the plat-
form by sparks from a passing en-
gine The flames destroyed 122 bales
of cotton valued at about $700 and if
the wind had been blowing the other
way nothing could have saved the
town
Cattlemen Invite Beveridge —
President R M Bressie of the Ok-
annual convention of which Is to be
held at Oklahoma City March 13 14
15 and 16 sent Invitations to Senator
Beveridge of Indiana Sam H Cowan
of Fort Worth Governor Frantz Dele-
gate B S McGuire Thomas Doyle of
Perry and Prof A C Scott of Still-
water to attend the convention and
deliver addresses
A Dipping Vat at Fort Sill —
' Lieutenant Purlngton of the Thir-
teenth cavalry at Fort Sill has com-
menced the construction of a large vat
In which cattle can be dipped In or-
der to be shipped to market across
the quarantine line The Fort Sill
authorities are custodians of over
EOOO cattle belonging to the Apache
radians The authorities will permit
access to this vat to all who desire
to dip their cattle
Issues Orders to Cattle Inspectors—
Secretary Thomas Morris of the
live stock sanitary commission has
Just issued orders for Cattle Inspec-
tors Gorton Hahn Davis and Dunn to
report the cattle quarantine lines and
prevent movements of cattle contrary
to the rules and regulations of the
board This Is done to anticipate any
action on the part of cattlemen who
might try to take advantage of the
recent decision of Probate Judge Hus-
sey of Comanche county to the ef-
fect that the commission’s quarantine
regulations were null and void
Enumeration of Oil Wells —
Col Ret Millard the agent for the
Osage Indians has completed the
work recently assigned him by
Secretary Hitchcock In regard to an
enumeration of the oil wells In the
Osage country- The list Includes dry
wells producing wells and gas wells
and the accompanying report will de-
tail the amounts spent by the sub-
lessees on- the reservation and also
the production of each welL From In-
formation thus far received It Is
learned that the work by oil lessees
during the past year will yield a to-
tal of fully one million dollars for
distribution among the Osage Indians
who are already conceded to be the
wealthiest people on earth
Greer Is 8ixth Cotton County —
Accord in to the latest report of
the Cotton Glnners’ Association
Greer count y ran sixth among the
counties of the United States In cot-
ton production Last year the coun-
ty produced C5000 bales 15 000 of
which were marketed at Mangum It
Is believed that probably 2000 bales
of last year's crop are yet to bo mar-ktted
Bank of Bessie Is Clossd —
Paul F Cooper territorial bank
commissioner announced that the
Bessie state bank of Bessie in Wash-
ita county bad closed Its doors and
would go Into the handa of a receiv-
er Defective Brake Caused Injury —
At Lawton John Jt Hale a railroad
contractor has sued the Rock Island
railroad for $15000 damages for in-
juries sustained by him because of a
defective brake on a car which had
been furnished him by the railroad
Burled Her Child Alive —
Mrs Albert Aiken until recently
a resident of Beaver county where
she was the wife of a young home-
steader has been arrested and placed
In prison at Carlsbad N M on a
charge of burying her child alive
It Is generally believed the woman
Is Insane
Tulsa’s Nsw Theater Open —
Tulsa’s $35000 theater was thrown
open with an inaugural performance
attended by 1200 people The house
was just completed Speeches were
made by citizens ' The new theater
was built by George H Johnson of
8L Louis - It is said to be the finest
in the two territories
New Co-Operative Coal Yard —
The Farmers’ Union which Is gain-
ing great strength - In Southwestern
Oklahoma has purchased the largest
coal yard at El Dorado and will run
It for the benefit of the members of
the union Arrangements are also be-
ing made for the building of a cot-
ton gin here by the farmers for next
season
8ay He Mobbed the Depot Safe —
J E Gerard night operator at the
Union depot at Holdenvllle has been
arrested by railroad officials on a
charge of robbing the safe of about
$80 He was taken before United
States Commissioner Frazer and plac-
ed under $500 bond Gerard has al-
ways borne a good reputation and the
evidence against him is said to be cir-
cumstantial Wooten Field Marshal at Tulsa—
H J Wooten of Wewoka for two
years office deputy at that point un-
der United States Marshal Leo Ben-
nett has been named Held deputy at
Tulsa vice O W Teel who is under
fire and may not be reappointed Mar-
shal Wooten takes charge of affairs
in a few days He Is said to have an
ambition to steal Bud Ledbetter’s
reputation as a “buster” of Illegal
liquor shipments into the territory
Midland Valley Shops Building—
- The -Midland Valley railroad shops
will he located in Muskogee at once
the $40000 bonds having been raised
as required by the company Super-
intendent Harris was In Muskogee and
wired the engineer of the road at Fort
Smith to have surveyors at Musko-
gee on Monday to begin the prelimin-
aries of construction The shops will
be an Important addition to Muskogee
as they will furnish employment to
150 men
Hitchcock Says Crookedness —
Secretary Hitchcock Is still of the
opinion that there Is something
crooked In the way tribal affairs have
been conducted In the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations Both nations
have been Investigated within the past
year but the secretary is not satis-
fied and It Is stated on good author-
ity that these nations will shortly be
subject to searching Investigations by
government sleuths
Was Fatally 8hot While Hunting-
Dale Hughes aged 15 ye-rs and
his brother aged 13 left their home
at Douglass O T to hunt coyotes
When about two miles from Douglass
Dale's horse stumbled throwing him
across the gun which was accidentally
discharged The entire charge of No
3 shot entered his body just below the
light arm Dr Parker of Douglas was
summoned but the boy was dead be-
fore he arrived having never regain-
ed consciousness after the accident
Midland Valley Railroad Pushing—
The steel gang on the Midland Val-
ley railroad Is now within ten miles
of Arkansas City and there seems
to be a question that trains will be
running through to the Kansas town
by March 1 The new roundhouse
and repair shop which Is being erect-
ed by the road at Pawbuska Is now
practical completed The main build-
ing contains two repair tracks and
six engine statin whllo the wing con-
tains forges lathes etc together with
the master mechanic's office
Secretary Wilson Is Invited —
W E Bolton of the Oklahoma Live
Stock Association the convention of
which will be held at Oklahoma City
March 13 14 15 and 16 Issued an In-
vitation to Secretary Wilson of the
department of agriculture at Wash-
ington to be present at the convention
and deliver an address to the cattle-
men The Texas Live Stock Associa-
tion which will hold Its convention
the week following the Oklahoma
meeting will join the latter In the
invitation to Secretary Wilson In the
hopes that he may be persuaded to
make the trip to the West and visit
both places '
Increases j -the Capital Stock —
Secretary Filson was told that the
German bank Of Woodward would In-
crease its capital stock from $30000
to $40000 This was decided at a
meeting of the stockholders of the
bank
To Connect With Missouri Pacific—
Twenty-five miles of track are now
laid north of Foruker Okla and the
tracklayers vwlll soon make connec-
tion with the Missouri Paclfia at 811-
verdale from which point the track
of that road will be used Into Arkan-
sas City
Many Insane People at Norman —
At the close of the fiscal month
there were 480 patients in the Okla-
homa sanitarium for the Insane be-
ing the largest number ever In the
care of the institution It Is an In-
crease of about forty during the last
two months
Shallow Gasser Struck at 8apulpa—
Jno Smith Gas Company which is
developing the local field brought In
a fine gas well at a depth of 600 feet
just half a mile west of town The
flames shot upward to a height of
twelve feet from an eight-inch pipe
It Is said to be a 60000d-foot well
Was Raised In Beaver County' —
Just to show that they raise some
things in Beaver county besides the
“ante” the Republican of Ragsdale
says that there are about 5000 bush-
els of wheat barley and oats still un-
threshed between Ragsdale and Pron-
to besides lots of maize Kaffir corn
and mllleL
Profits From Helpful Hen —
C A Courtney living near Hennes-
sey who raises Plymouth Rock chick-
ens last week marketed fifty-four hens
which weighed 337 pounds ' and
brought $2864 One coop of twenty-
four hens averaged six and a half
pounds each The largest hen In the
lot weighed ten pounds '
Grasshoppers Ars Still Lively —
- From several places in Oklahoma
come reports of live grasshoppers
which have been found out in the
open fields as chipper as though It
were the proper time of the year for
them to be around? and some of the
real estate men are using the fact as
an- evidence of the mildness of the
Oklahoma climate '
Wanted to Live In Town —
T wo prosperous Washita county
farmers who wanted to live In town
and thought thev could be successful
In mercantile pursuits as they were
on their farms are now trying to
have their burdens relieved by the
bankruptcy courts and have lost In
a couple of years what it had taken
them twenty years to accumulate '
Woodward’s Big Land Office —
Figures prepared by Dick T Mor-
gan register of the Woodward land
office show that the office here Is one
of the largest If not the largest In
volume of business in the country
and that the business for the yeur
1905 greatly exceeded that of any pre-
vious year In Its history The records
show 4468 filings for the year as
against 3382 the previous year and
2500 contests as against 1000 the
year before This Increased work
was also done with two less clerks
than before
8ix-Foot Vein of Coal Found —
While drilling for gas west of Sapul-
pa drillers for the Smith company
struck a six-foot vein of coal at a
depth of 700 feeL It Is an exception-
ally fine grade and resembles the soft
coal of the Pennsylvania mines Two
hundred feet below the coal vein an
oil pool was struck and a gusher
brought in The oil Is of the amber
grade which Is said to be the best on
the market Joe Smith the field man-
ager of the Smith Gas Company said
that it was probable be would sink
a shaft and mine the coal as soon as
they finish the oil and gas develop-
ment In this vicinity
Half of Merchants Give In—
The backbone of the rebellion
against tribal tax at Inola has been
broken Six of the twelve merchants
who refused to pay the tax have no-
tified ' the Inspector here that the
money Is on the way and as soon as
It Is received they will be allowed
to open their stores again
Racing at Newkirk July 4 —
The Oklahoma State Fair Associa-
tion of Newkirk wilt hoi 1 a race
meeting on July 4 There will be a
free-for-all pace with a premium of
$1000 h) be divided among the win-
ners a 2:20 pace with $500 to be di-
vided among the winners a 2:40 trot
with $500 to be dlvldod among the
winners Some of the fastest horses
that ever paced over an Oklahoma
track or Southern Kansas track will
be in the race ’
Are After a Catholic Hospital —
Father Joseph Von Hulsa of the
Catholic chin rh left Muskogee for SL
Louis to line his Influence to have a
Catholic hospital located at Musko-
gee to be In charge of the sisters of
charity It Is proposed to erect a hos-
pital building which will bo one of
tbe largest In the two territories -
DAILl MARKET REPORT
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LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF
Medals for all those participating
In the war with Japan have been or-
dered according to an Imperial re-
script published In the Rusakl In-
valid A conference of Russian Insurance
men at SL Petersburg has decided
not to pay losses sustained on ac-
count of agrarian movements riots
or revolts
The Crofters of Barra Island Heb-
rides have seized the neighboring Is-
land of Vsterssy and declare their In-
tention to resist by force of arms any
attempt to dislodge them f
The Internal revenue report for
1905 shows that the busineas of the
Philippine islands amounted to $195-
000000 In gold Tbe amount of taxes
collected was $4000000 in gold
Reports from the Baltic provinces
say that Governor General Sollogub’s
plan of sweeping the revolutionists
and their leaders from the provinces
Is rapidly approaching completion
Bills providing for the establish-
ment of a consolidation fund and for
the continuation of the war taxes
passed the budget committee In Toklo
and doubtless will pass the house of
representatives
Commissions have been appointed
to examine the projects of two
American promoters for the devel-
opment of the Aslan railroads one
road to run from Ashkent to Omsk
and the other to extend from Chita
to Bering Sea
Colonel Gordon W Lilly “Pawnee
Bill" owner of the celebrated wild
west show arrived In Washington
for tbe purpose of Inducing congress
to reserve one hundred thousand
acres in the Washita reservation in
Oklahoma which he promises to
stock with American bison
More than a million Infants have
been sacrificed to tbe various concoc-
tions known as soothing syrups and
pain killers and over twice that num-
ber killed by Impure milk was the
declaration made by Prof H W Wi-
ley chief of chemistry bureau of the
department of agriculture in Wash-
ington Following the meeting of the presi-
dents of several anthracite coal roads
In New York there was an intimation
given In quarters friendly to the op-
erators that the anthracite coal which
had been mined was so much In ex-
cess of the demand that a shut down
In the mines may be necessary If
there Is no strike on April 1
The winner of the $25000 for cor-
rectly naming the attendance at the
SL Louis exposition In 1904 waa
Frank Campbell a convict In the Ne-
braska state penitentiary who still
has one year more to serve for em-
bezzlement The winner however
will receive only $12600 of the prize
Fearing that be might have difficulty
In securing the money while Impris-
oned he agreed to pay a lawyer half
of the prize In case he was success-
ful In securing IL Campbell's attor-
ney had a conference with him at the
penitentiary In regard to the disposi-
tion of the money which will be re-
ceived In a few days
Pleas of not guilty to charges of
granting Illegal rebates were entered
before Judge Bethea In the United
States district court by representa-
tives of tbe Chicago Burlington and
Quincy Railroad Company
Farm bands found a woman un-
conscious In a cave on the Niagara
river near Lasalle She was most
expensively dressed Doctors say she
wan not exhausted by cold but by
hunger The New York police are
trying to find out whence she came
ANEMIA GAN BE CURED
Dr Williams' Fink Fills Maks Naur
Blood and 8trlko Straight at tha
Root of Disease
Aniemla is just the doctor’s nams for
bloodlessuess Dr Williams’ Pink Pills
actually make uew blood They core
aummia just as food cores huuger They
eared Mrs TUoe J McGauu of IT
Liuooln Place PlalufleM NJsnd they
can do aa uincb for any other pale weak
ailiug bloodless person
“ In the spring of 1008 X did my nenal
bonsa cleaning” says Mrs McGauu
“ and soon afterward I began to liavs tbs
must terrible headaches My heart
would bent so Irregularly that It was
riiufnl and there cams a moruiug whan
conlil uot get np My doctor said I had
anemia and he waa surprised that I had
continued to live in the condition I waa
In I was confined to uiy bed for nearly
two mouths the doctor coming every
day for the first few weeks bnt I did
lot improve to amount to anything
- "Altogether I waa sick for nearly two
years I waa as weak as a rag had
headaches irregular heart beats loss of
appetite cramps in tbe limbs aud waa
unable to get a good night’s sleep My
legs and feet were so swollen that I
feared they would burst
“ One day while I waa wonderlnghow
long I could live feeling as I did J re-
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liams’ Piuk Pills fur Pale People I
read it aud told my husband to get mo
some of the pills Before tbe first box
was gone I felt a change for tbe better
I have taken about twelve boxes aud al-
though I was as near tbe grave as I could
be 1 now feel as if I bad a new lease of
life I have no more liradarhe the heart
beats regularly my checks are piuk and
I feel ten years younger I feel that I
have beeu cured verv cheaply and I have
recommended Dr Williams Pink Pills '
to lots of my friends ”
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Take Hail’s family Fill for constipation
Mrs "Pat” Campbell— Housekeeper
Mrs Patrick Campbell once re-
marked: “I find infinite pleasure and
relaxation In the commonplace affairs
of life and of my own household I
verily believe that an actress who
has womanly cares and responsibilities
of a humdrum order acts all the better
for them for after all nothing can
be more humanizing than domestlo
duties"
GIFT FROM 8ENAT0RS
To an Old Employ Who Has Served
Fifty Years
An old employe of the house of re-
presentatives Is to receive a most sub-
stantial testimonial from tbe members
of the house In March when be com-
pletes fifty years' service Tbe em-
ploye is Captain John T Clancy He
has been on the pay rolls for nearly
half a century under both Democratic
and Republican organizations The
testimonial is to be the mortgage on
his home a modest little house on
Capitol hill He owes between $2000
and $3000 The members hsve made
pp a fund of about that amount and
any shortage there may be between
the fund and the amount of tbe mort-
gage when the exact figures are known
will be supplied by the wealthy mem-
bers who have the matter In charge
Captain Clancy is one of those rare
Individuals who always knows where
to get what Is needed and apparently
to be able to anticipate what will be
asked for He knows everything about
the papers that are to be found In tbe
capital
A BOY’S BREAKFAST
Thsrt's a Natural Food That Makes
Its Own Way
’There's a boy up In Hooslck Falls
N Y who Is growing Into sturdy
manhood on Grape-Nuts breakfasts
It might have been different with him
as bis mother explains
"My 11-year-old boy is targe well
developed and active and has been
made so by his fondness for Grape-
Nuts food At five years be wae n
very nervous chl'd and waa subject
to frequent attacks of Indigestion
which used to rob him of his strength
and were rerv troublesome to deal
with He never seemed to care for
anything (ur bis breakfast until I
tried Grape-Nuts and I have never
bafi to change from that lie makes
hla entire breakfast of Grape Nuts
food It Is always relished by him
and he says that It satisfies blin bet-
ter than the ordinary kind of a meal
“Better than all be Is no longer
troubled with Indigestion or nervous-
ness and bss got to be a splendidly
developed fellow since he began to
use Orape-Nuts food" Name given by
postum Co Battle Creek Mich
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