The Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1903 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CLAREMORE MESSENGER
Claremore, - !nd. Ter.
TERRITORIAL BREVITIES.
Tahlequah has organized a bar as-
sociation. to which an exchange adds,
ta composed of lawyers.
Mulhall young folks have organlxed
• society for mutual help, acquaint-
anc<t and friendship.
A number of the Kaw Valley (Kan.
Ban) potato growors, who lout their
•II In the floods of last sprin t are
finding their way to the territories to
atart in the Industry again.
A post office has been established at
forney. Choctaw nation, with Joshua
P. Jotlers as postmaster.
It Is predicted that the Kansas City.
Mexico ft Orient will reach Thomas
within the next sixty days.
J. L. Oliver, charged with killing a
Katy freight conductor at Caddo on
the night of September 24, was given
a preliminary hearing and held to tha
grand jury without ball.
The Phoenix says that those who
are so Inclined, can now count ties on
the Muskogee street railway.
WAR IS CERTAIN
RUSSIA AND JAPAN ARE PUTTING
ON FIGHTING CLOTHES
JAPS REdORTEO TO HAVE TAKEN A CITY
It Will Take Fine Diplomatic Work to
Prevent a War—Neither Country De
sire War but Both Are Moving In
That Direction
RERUN: A dispatch from Shanghai
to the Frankfurter Zcltung state* that
news has reached here from Che Poo
thai I he Japanese have occupied Ma
satipho and that an official declaration
of war Is expected. ,
The relations between Japan and
Russia have reached ,a crisis, accord
lug to the official view here. The exact
nature of the diplomatic exchanges be
tween the two governments that
brought on the present strains! situa-
tion appears to be unknown at the le-
gallons of the two countries here or
at the German legation ut St. Peters-
burg and Toklo. although II Is under-
stood that Great UrltAln is privy to
J span's movements.
The athletic club of South McAles-
ter has purchased a new outfit for
Iheir gymnasium. *
The time for "pistol totera" In the
two territories is about at an end, as
every time one Is brought before an
official the customary *15 and costs
are charged up against tho offenders;
and in parts where it is most frequent-
ly complained of the limit of the fine
sometimes exceeds the minimum.
In a Pond Creek paper there was a
■tory recently of some boys who
caught a water moccasin and gave It
whisky to note the effect It became
tipsy and acted much the same as a
inan. After the boys had experiment-
ed as far as they wished, they gave It
some bromo seltzer to sober It up.
In commenting on a new treaty
which has been talked among a few
of the Choctaws Governor Green Mc-
Curtain says he Is In favor of letting
tuings Jog along under the present
treaty, for he believes the sooner the
Choctaw affairs are settled tho better
It will be for the nation, while under
s new treaty the final settlement
would be delayed possibly for years.
The Cherokee national council,
which convenes In Tahlequah the first
Monday in next month will elect a
treasurer of the nation, a member of
the board of education and an editor
of the Cherokee Advocate. There is
some talk of abolishing the office as
treasurer as that official is merely a
figurehead, having no funds to care
for and few records to preserve.
C. E. Castle, of Wagoner, has given
It out that the mayors of the towns
In the Indian Territory will be asked
to call meetings for a convention to
be held at South McAlester, Monday,
October 26, for the purpose of sending
a delegate or delegation to Washing-
ton to attend the extra session of con-
gress to urge an act for permitting the
territory to send a duly accredited
delegate to congress.
The Henryetta Free Lance has dis-
covered the fact that a new field of
coal west of that town has been
brought to light, that in quality and
quantity will surpass any yet found
In that locality. The Interested par-
ties have been keeping "mum" about
It but that paper has ferreted out
enough to give its readers a "tip" that
there is something in it.
Baron Hayashi Doubtful
LONDON': The peculiar offlclul ex-
planation of the postponment of the
czar's visit to Home, "owing to cir-
cumstances over which he has no con-
trol,'' is interpreted in some quarters
to mean that the threatening outlook
in far eastern affairs calls for the
c/.ar's presence In Russia.
There is no confirmation of the
alarmist rumors. At the Japanese le-
Ration no news had been received ol
the reported ultimatum.
A dispatch to the Daily Mall from
Kobe reports that the situation is
somewhat easier, but that the tone of
the press Is distinctly bellicose, while
some paper's correspondent at Geneva
says that several Russian officers there
have been suddenly recalled to join
their regiments.
Other special dispatches say Rus-
sia is making war preparations. The
greatest attention is paid to the
changed tone of Baron Hayashi, Jap-
anese minister in London, who is much
less confident that peace will be pre-
served than lie was a week ago.
Inquiries in Japanese banking, ship-
ping and commercial houses in Lon-
don. however, elicited expressions of
disbelief in the outbreak of war.
It is noteworthy that the king has
just approved the appointment of Vice
Admiral Sir Gerald Noel as comman-
der-in-chief on the China station. Vice
Admiral N®«1 is an officer of great
energy and decision. It was lie who
cleaned the Turkish troops out of
Crete because of an insult to the Brit-
ish flag.
The Tokio correspondent of the
Times telegraphs that the appointment
of General Kodoma as chief assistant
to the'military staff is regarded with
universal satisfaction at this period.
A dispatch from Moscow to the
Times states that a large force of Rus-
sian troops under orders for the far
east, are now on their way thither by
rail from Kharkoff.
The Russian correspondents of the
same paper send quotations from
newspaper articles, pointing to Rus-
sia's intention to remain in occupation
of Manchuria, and add that as a result
of famine in China roving bands of
Chinese have crossed into Manchuria,
where their presence constitutes
danger to the Manchurian railway and
that this necessitates keeping troops
in Southern Manchuria for an indefl
nite period.
FARMERS' INSTITUTE DATES
Secretary Thoburn Has Furnished a
List of Places and Dates
Following ar« ihe dales for the varl
on* farmer's Institutes of Oklahoma
u« arranged by tho board of agricul-
ture. Secretary Thoburn will he ac-
companied on this Itinerary by Direct
tor John Fields, and other members
of the experiment station, nnd other
speakers Members of the board will j
also probably bo In attendance and ;
assist In these meetings In their re
spectlvo districts.
The extent of the success of these
meetings will depend upon the amount
of advertising done by the local man
agers of the Institutes throughout the
territory. An advance bulletin, giv-
ing thi general progress to be followed
will be forwarded from the secretary's
office In time to allow the local com
mlttee ample opportunity to thorough
ly advertise the meetings;
Edmond. October 20.
Jones City, October 27.
Oklahoma City. October 28-20.
Lexington. October 29.
Norman, October 30-31.
Guthrie, November 2-3.
Crescent, November 3.
Enid. November 3-4.
Pond Creek, November 3-4.
Medford. November 5-6.
Garber, November 0-7.
Okeene, November 7.
Thomas. November 9.
Arapahoe. November 9-10.
Roger Mills county will have two oi
three institutes, dales and place of
holding yet to be determined.
Taloga, November 12-13.
Helling, November 13-14.
Persimmon, November 13-14.
Woodward, November 1C-17.
Grand, November 17.
Waynoka. November 18.
Alva. November 18-19.
Cherokee. November 19.
Cleo, November 20.
Watonga, November 20-21.
Geary, November 21.
El Reno. November 23-24.
Hennessey, November 23.
Kingfisher, November 23-24.
Cashion. November 25.
Mulhall. November 27.
Perry. November 27-28.
Billings, November 28.
Rrannon, November .10; Dec. 1.
Tonkawa. December 1-2.
Newkirk. December 2-3.
Pawnee, December 3-4.
Stillwater. December 4-5.
Cushing. December 5.
Chandler, December 7-8.
Wellston. December 7.
Meeker. December 8-9.
Tecumseh. December 9-10.
Shawnee, December 10-11.
Asher. December 11-12.
Yukon, December 14.
Anadarko, December 14-15.
Lawton, December 15-16.
Snyder, December 16. f
Leger, December 17.
Hobart, December 17-18
Mangum, December 18-19.
Granite, December 19.
Cordell. December 21-22.
l>one Wolf. December 21.
Mountain View, December 22.
"THERE'S NO KING LIKE DODO.*
t
WATER RECEDING;
THE FLOOD-SWIPT EAST RE
LIEVED OP FURTHER PERIL
PATTERSON'S 10SS Wilt BE 12,000,000
Newspaper dispatch: "It Is rumored In London that King Edward haa
determined not only to relgn, but rule."
W. Black, a Sand Creek farmer of
Grant county, has a squash that grew
to a weight of forty-eight pounds in
ninety days. It was fifty-six and oae-
half inches in circumference.
The South McAlester Capital says
the story wired to a Chicago papei
about Miss Luclle Mulhall winning $1,
(100 in a roping contest against cow
boys was a fake pure and simple.
Representative E. J. Murphy, of
Custer county, had seven head of cat-
tle stolen recently. He offers $100 for
the capture of the thief and $3 a head
for the return of the steers.
Applicants for admission to the
practice of medicine in Oklahoma will
have a chance to try out at EnM on
November 10. The territorial Board
has designated that place and date.
M. Reinhart, a resident of Arkansas,
aged 65 years, died in the depot at
South McAlester while awaiting
train.
Philip Miller, of Canadian county,
has discovered a Russian thistle in
the vicinity of Okarche. It Is believed
that the weed Is carried in alfalfa seed
and farmers who sow alfalfa are
warned to use all possible precaution
in preventing its propagation In Okla-
homa.
R. S. Herrlngton, an enterprising
farmer out near Turkey creek, north-
ern Oklahoma, has raised a crop of
forty-buahels-to-the-acre corn, after
getting a good yield of wheat from the
■inn ground early in the season.
ROCK ISLAND CAR SHOPS
It Is Said They Will Be Located at
Chickasha. I. T.
CHICKASHA: The Rock Island rail
road will' soon begin work on tho erec
tlon of car shops and a new union de
pot at this place, according to the In
formation of a prominent official of
the road here, both of which are to be
completed by January 1. 190t.
The new car shops will be twice the
size of the present shops and larger
than those at Horton, Kas., and will
not only be for the repair of the rol
ling stock,, but the building of new
cars as well. Tlje new buildings will
probably occupy the five-acre tract
owned by the railroad, granted them
by a session of congress a year ago.
Plans for the union depot are ap-
proved, and the structure will be lo-
cated north of the present depot. It
REFERRED TO C0NGRES8
Oklahoma City'a Government Building
Must Come Up There
WASHINGTON: Mr. Taylor, assist-
ant secretary of the treasury, said that
it had been finally decided to refer the
matter of a new federal building for
Oklahoma City to congress for a de-
cision. No more steps will be taken
by the treasury department.
He explains that congress made an
appropriation of $50,000 for a building
and only one dollar for a site, it being
understood that the people of the
town would donate the site for that
nominal sum. An investigation by an
agent of the department indicated that
there was no site in the town that
could be bought under several thou-
sand dollars and hence the attitude
of the department, which holds that
under the law none of the money ap-
propriated for the building can be used
for a site.
TO STUDY GOOD ROADS
A. C. Titus Sent to California by Ok-
lahoma Association
GUTHRIE: A. C. Titus, of Crescent
City, has been chosen by the Good
Roads Association, or Logan county, to
go to California and make a study of
11ho schemes contrived for road im-
1 provement by the application of crude
[oil to the surface. The association
i has picked out a piece of road near
I the Cimarron river, north of Guthrie,
and the plan is to oil it after the fash-
\ ion that has resulted so happily to the
i users of good highways in California.
There it has been found that the
[dressing of the dusty roads with oil
causes the particles of earth to blend
i until, with persistent and wise treat
I ment, the road becomes almost as hard
i as asphalt, and it turns water quite as
i easily. This treatment at first must
j be given frequently, but after the first
year comparatively no attention on
, that score is needed. It has proven
highly efficient on the roads in the lr
rigated part of California where the
'! dust was worn so deep that farmers
were obliged to use artificial means to
' better them temporarily.
I The good roads campaign in Oklaho-
ma is only opening, but Its advent is
certain. John Golobie, 0f Guthrie; an
authority on the subject, says there is
a better day for it. Lincoln and oth-
er counties have organized associa-
tions and stand ready when they feel
certain of the propriety of a move and
its likelihood of bringing results to
move.
STABBED A NEGRO
A Small Racs Riot at Guthrie Between
Soldiers and Negroes
GUTHRIE: Considerable excitement
prevailed here, caused by the striking
of one of the militiamen of the Okla-
homa National Guard, now encamped
here by a negro, and for a time it
looked as if a pitched battle between
the militia and negroes was unavoid-
able. Trouble has been brewing be-
tween the militia and negroes, attrib-
uted largely to the fact that some of
the militiamen In a spirit of fun,
"blanketed" or toHsed in a blanket, a
negro boy. The boy was reported to
have been pretty badly bruised, but
not seriously Injured.
Threats were made by the negroes
against the militia and several negroes
mingled with the crowd on the street,
in which were a number of militiamen.
They jeered the soldiers and Anal-
ly a negro struck one of the militia-
men in the face and was promptly
stabbed by anothor soldier. Then en-
sued a hand-to-hand fight In which a
negro was pounded severely by the
soldiers. Timely interference of the
officers of the militia averted a general
fight and the police dispersed tho
crowd, ti Is feared more serious trou-
ble will arise as race feeling is very
bitter.
The names of participants could not
be learned and the wounded negroes
were taken away by friends before the
extent of their injuries could be as
certained.
Hundreds are Now Homeless end
Thousands srs Out of Employment
—Further Danger la Past—Fierce-
nese of the Storm Unprecedented
NEW YORK: With tho receding of
the floods reported from all quarters.
Patterson, Passaic and the other
water-awept New Jersey towns are re
Itaved of further peril and are begin
nlng now to get a cloar idea of Cb«
extent of the devastation.
In Patterson alone tha damage to
property Is estimated at 12,000,000
without taking account of the loss In
wages to the thousands who have Iteen
temporarily deprived of occupation by
the shutting down of factories.
The water is reported to have fallen
four feet below tho highest mark, and
the only possible source of damage
would be the bursting of the great,
water mains which were undermined
by the flood. The distress continues
and fully 500 persons were still com
pelled to seek food and shelter In the
srmory. No additional fatalities were
reported throughout the day.
In Passaic the damage Is estimated
to be at least equal to that In ^Jailer-
son.
Many adjacent villages still are un-
der water but with the falling of the
waters all danger of a collapse of the
great Dundee dam was declared to be
past.
Traffic was resumed during the day
on all railroad lines entering New.
York with tne exception of the local,
service on the main line of tho Erie.
The milk famine In the city was brok
en by the arrival of the usual number
of milk trains on the West Shore, New
York Central and Lackawanna and oth-
er roads.
TRUSTS DISBAND
Indictment of Lumber Dealers Causes
Pool to Dissolve
LAWTON: The indictment of mem-
bers of the lumber trust in Kiowa
county have frightened the combines
in the three new couties in Judge Gil-
lette's judicial district so badly that
all pools have been dissolved, at least
temporarily. Lumbermen under in-
dictment in Kiowa county offered to
plead guilty to violating the intl-trust
laws of Oklahoma and pay fines, but
Judge Gillette declined to consider the
proposition. Should he permit the de-
fendants to plead guilty, valuable tes-
timony as to the methods of the trust
would be suppressed and might never
again be obtained. The prosecution
will be one of publicity for the Infor-
mation of lumber consumers In Okla-
homa. Indictments in Comanche coun-
A Profitable Crop
CARMEN: Tomatoes and other veg-
etables this year have made a showing
demonstrating their fitness in the con
sideratlon of every Oklahoma farmer.
A. G. Melrose, who lives near this
place, had recently a bushel of onions
In this place, some of which measured
twelve and one-half inches In clrcum
ference. Melrose had a quarter of an
acre and pulled from it 100 bushels of
onions which he sold at $1 a bushel
At such a rate the returns from each
acre would be $400. a sum worth the
while cl any producer. The yield
which Melrose secured Is looked upon
as very large, but quite possible in
this particular spot where the soil is
fertile and conditions favorable.
will be a brick and stone with room | ty, especially at Lawton, are looked
for all division, offices. It is understood
all other towns in this section having
Frisco and Rock Island railroads are
also to have union depots. The im-
portant moves on the part of the Rock
Island will make Chickasha the great-
est railroad center in the new South-
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the Shawnee ft Northeastern
Railway Company with headquarters
at Shawnee. The new road Is to ran
from Wichita Falls, Texas, northeast-
erly through Comanche, Pottawatomie
and Cleveland oouaties, the Chick*
■aw, Seminole and Creek nation* as
Car as Clamant
Appeals to Court of Last Resort
GUTHniiS; Appeal has been taken
to the United States supreme court
from the territorial supreme court In
the case of Oklahoma City against
Frank McMaster. The case Involves
the question of ownership of two lots
In the heart of the business district
of Oklahoma City, which McMaster
claims to have staked April 22, 1889,
the day of the opening of Oklahoma.
The lots are valued at thousands of
dollars, and the litigation over them
has' been' on for years. The territorial
supreme court recently decided in fa-
vor of McMaster.
for at this term of court. Lawton once
had twenty-eight lumber yards. Sever-
al weeks ago there were eleven, but
this number was reduced to seven.
The consolidation displeased buyers
who are anxious for the prosecution
of members of the pool.
SUES OFFICIAL FOR LARGE SUM
Former Oil Inspector Called Upon for
$11,477.72
NEVADA, MO.: Attorney General
Crow filed suit in the circuit court of
Vernon county against R. B. Speed
former coal oil inspector of St. Louis
and one of the principals in the famous
Speed-Lyons-Cook boodle Incident, for
$11,477.72.
The petition recites the passage of
the law of 1899 by the legislature
which required the coal oil inspector
to pay Into the state treasury all fees
above $7,000- collected each year and
alleges that Speed made a complete
statement of the oils inspected from
August 21, 1899. when the law became
operative, to June 16, 1901, when he
went out of office, but refused to pay
the $11,477.72 balance due the state.
Speed, In his paper. referB to the
suit as a "friendly" one to test the
law and says the unconstitutionality
of the law will be set up in defense.
Appraisement Too High
MUSKOGEE: At the public sale
of Creek land here 50 per cent of the
tracts offered were not sold becauae
none of the bids offered were equal
to the appraisement made by the gov-
ernment appraiser. In such cases the
Indian agent refuses to let the land
sell, even though tho Indians were
willing to take the price offered, Farm-
ers who have lived here ten years
and who are not bidding on land, say
that the appraiser is getting the land
too high and that It will never selL
NEW JAIL8 ASSURED
Work to Begin aa Soon as Contracts
Are Signed
VINITA: United States Marshal W.
H. Darrough has been informed by the
department of justice at Washington
that the contract for the four Indian
Territory jails is being prepared, and
that it is expected that work will be-
gin In a short time. J. A. Daly, of Daly
Bros., who have the contract for con-
structing the jails, said that they in-
tended to build the Jails at Vinita,
Muskogee and South McAlester simul-
taneously. They have the material and
men ready for the work, and are only
waiting for the acceptance of their
bonds by the department of Justice for
the government.
T $15,000 TEMPLE
Masonic Bodies Have One Under Con-
sideration at Cordell
CORDELL; Members of the Knight
Templar, Royal Arch and Blue Lodge
Masonic bodies have under considera-
tion the erection of a $15,000 temple
at this place for those orders. Senator
Sam Massingale, R. L. Harvey, T. R.
Sltterley, Dr. J. E. Farber, George
Reeoe, T. A. Edwards and S. C. Bur
nette have the matter in charge for
the blue lodge and it Is the plan to
incorporate the temple company and
offer the stock for sale to the Masons,
or to others interested in the erection
of the structure.
There is not a Knight Templar lodge
west of El Reno and the only Royal
Arch are at Weatherford and Man
gum. There are a great number ol
Knights who could and would affiliate
with the order here In its new home.
KILLED BY LIVE WIRE
Lineman for Telephone Company Met
Instant Death
OKLAHOMA CITY: Charles Earle.
a lineman employed by the Missouri
and Kansas Telephone Company in
this city, was instantly killed by con
tact with a live wire, while attempt-
ing to locate a wire trouble at the cor-
ner of Ninth and Walnut streets, in
Maywood.
Chief Inspector Jennings, of the
same company, drove out to the local-
ity named, and both ascended the tele-
phone pole on the northeast corner
of the street intersection. Earle had
gotten firmly seated on a cross-arm
and. with nippers in hand, was reach
ing out to grasp a telephone wire when
Jennings, who was sitting cloae to<
him, heard him groan and looking
quickly that way saw his unfortunate
companion fall forward and hang limp
on the wiro. Jennings moved quickly
to hiui and pulled Earle from the wire.
The Btricken man once opened his
eyes, but Immediately cloBed them and
fell back dead, but held In his position
by supporting wires.
A Maywood station fireman came
along shortly after and was hailed by
Jennings. Robinson climbed the pole
and Jennings helped him place the
body of Earle on his shoulder and it
was brought down and taken into the
residence of Dr. J. M. Postelle, near
by. Coroner Messenbaugh was nott-1
fled and went out to view the remains.
After learning tho facts relating to
the accident he concluded that an in-;
quest was unnecessary.
The deceased was about 26 years
old. unmarried. At present the home
of his parents is not known, but it is
believed he came from Salina, Kansas.
At Hennessey, the Infant daughter
ot John Hawke, died from a dose of
carbolic acid given her by a baby sis-
ter who was playing doctor.
CHICKASHA: The new adjustment
of the wage scale of the Rock Island
system telegraphers Is as follows: The
minimum pay haa been raised by the
new adjustment from as low as $35 to
$45 on branches to $50 on main lines.
All operators on Oklahoma branches
will receive $50 per month, beginning
November 1, 1903. The net increase
of pay over the system amounts to
from 20 to 25 per cent
This is the most important conces-
sion granted to Rock Island telegraph-
ers in many years, and will result la
a big increase for the operator*
A Kansas City barber worked a rail-
road laborer for $5.25 on the shave,
hair cut, hair dye and single racket.
The victim will probably not be "next"
again for some time.—Muskogee Phoe
nix.
The Hearst Party
GUTHRIT: It was erroneously an-
nounced that the Hearst party would
postpone their trip to the territories
until after the special session of con-
gress. A telegram to Congressman
McGuire states that the party will
reach Oklahoma Monday, the 19th
Inst No routes has been announced
as yet for either Oklahoma or Indian
Territory. The party is now In New
Mexico and will Bpend a week looking
into the conditions of that territory
regarding fitness for statehood.
BROKE GRAND JURY RECORD
One in Muskogee Indicted 400 Men in
a Week
MUSKOGEE: The grand Jury sitting
here for the western Judicial district,
of the Indian Territory during the past
week has made a record that was prob-
ably never before equalled. The jury
was Impanneled Monday and com-
menced work that afternoon. Up to
noon Saturday about 400 indictments
had been returned. Friday was the
record breaker. On that day, com-
mencing at 9 o'clock in the morning
and quitting at 6 o'clock In the even-
ing, 212 indictments were found, the
witnesses being all examined during
the day upon whose testimony the in-
dictments were based. This was an
average of one Indictment every twol
minutes during the time the Jury wa«
in session. Practically all of them
were for violation ol the liquor laws.
The grand jury Is in charge of As-
sistant District Attorney Klatler, who
only assumed office the day the jury
was impanneled. He is a young man.
but his work shows him to be a hus-
tler.
Refuse to Pay Bonus Notes
GUTHRIE: It is claimed that a num-
ber of the citizens of Guthrie, who.
signed bonus notes for the Fort Smith
h Western railroad will resist the pay-
ment on the notes, for the alleged rea-
son that the time In which the road
was to have been completed Into Guth-
rie expired about August 1, last, whenj
In fact the road was not completed u
til practically two months later. It
claimed that additional time wa
granted the road, not by the aubscrili
ers of the notes, but by an alleg
coterie of citizens without the authc
ity or knowledge ot the great ma^MltJ
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