The Cordell Weekly Beacon. (Cordell, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1905 Page: 4 of 8
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Cordell Beacon
S.C. BURNETT!, Editor and Publisher.
CORDELL, . • OKLA.
NEW STATE NEWS
Carmrn will have a system of
waterworks.
Sapulpa has just finished drilling
Its fourth successful well.
Mangum Is said to hare seventeen
candidates for city marshal.
Three new rural delivery routes
have recently been established In
Pottawatomie county.
Rev. Father Badger, chaplain of the
Eighth cavalry at Fort Sill, will soon
.eave for the Philippines.
The Katy railway company has
been Invited by the Caddo board of
trade to stop Its trains at that place
Madill now has three national
banks. The City National bank, with
150,000 capital stock, has recently
seen organized.
Poteau Is a candidate for a cotton
lompress at the present moment, de-
ipite the talk of reduced cotton acre-
ge.
Elk City will hold a street carnival
during the first week of May. The
Elk City band is at the head of the
affair.
The American Steam Laundry com-
pany has been incorporated at South
McAlester with a capital stock of
125,000.
O. Brown of Durant was found
guilty of assaulting his wife with a
bottle and was fiued >50 and costs,
which he paid.
It Is estimated by Shawnee citizens
that at least one thousand car loads
of potatoes will be shipped from that
point this season.
Roger Mills county was visited by
l small cyclone last week. Several
houses were reported as being blown
away and some other damage done
A new company Is to be organized
at Garber for drilling for oil and ga^,
with a capital stock of >150,000. The
prospects for a success are very
bright, and there have been plenty of
good indications of the existence of
both commodities.
H. E. Phillips, a boy 17 years of age,
was arrested at South McAlester,
charged with shooting the son of a
merchant at Haileyville, named Dur-
rin. A 38-calIber ball was taken from
Durrln's right thigh. Phillips claims
it was accidental.
Since the recent fire In Tishmolngo
which destroyed a number of business
blocks, a fire company of fifty men
and additional fire apparatus has been
ordered.
Jessie Young, charged with killing
Florence Reynolds, both colored, was
found guilty by a Jury at Oklahoma
City of manslaughter In the second
degree. The killing was done with u
razor.
A charter has been issued to th*
Oklahoma & Texas Railroad com-
pany. with >5.000,000 capital stock, to
build from Oklahoma City southwest
through the counties of Oklahoma,
Canada. Caddo and Comanche, and
the Chickasaw nation, to a convenient
point on the Fort Worth & Denver
railroad, either in the county of Clay
ar Wichita, in Texas. The estimated
length of the line is 200 miles.
The drillers at Yale, In Payne
county, struck a heavy flow of gas at
a depth of about 1.000 feet, and the
entire eastern portion of the county
is rejoicing. The drillers have been
it work for some time in that vicinity.
William L. Regnier, who was con-
victed in Beaver county several
months ago of killing his neighbor.
William A. Rowan .in April. 190::. has
been released from the penitentiary
it Lansing. Kas., giving bond in the
sum of >4,000, pending action on his
appeal to the Oklahoma supreme
court. Regnier was sentenced to
serve fifteen years.
Farmers In the vicinity of Mustang
iave contracted with a St. Louis firm
to plant 200 acres of castor beans, a
guarantee having been made by the
company to buy the output at >1 per
bushel.
Three hold-ups was the record in
El Reno for one night last week.
Durant's new >5.000 canning factory
will be completed and In operation by
April 15th.
Farmers of Kay county are going
Into the sugar beet raising on an ex-
tensive scale this spring. The com-
mercial club of Newkirk has ordered
2,000 pounds of seed and will plant
100 acres In beets. Enough seed will
be distributed among 200 farmers to
plant one-half acre each.
A. B. Ward has been held at Tls
homlngo upon preliminary examina-
tion for the murder of C. E.Hurkey. at
Oakland He was held to the grand
\iry without ball.
EASY TO TELL A STORY.
Ezra Kendall Gives Illustration of
Simple Working.
"Nothing Is easier." explained Ezra
Kendall to the attentive reporter.
| han to tell a story. Now. for in-;
piance, just suppose yourself travel-
ing on a railway train, no dining car
'ind the worst kind of eating rations.
'You are up against It. but the man
opposite you has the food problem
<taten to a frazzle. You say to the
audience that he opened up the game;
with a homemade combination sand-
.vvlch. Perhaps one person laughs,
.perhaps all—it all depends on their
knowledge of sandwiches. But right
here you turn to the audience and
ask it if it ever had a homemade sand-
wich. Then you repeat the question,
jiaying the foundation for joke num-
ber one: 'Ever had one of 'em, ever
had n homemade combination sand-
wich?' you ask. 'with everything in it
th$y don't want at home.' Then you
say quickly: 'Everything in the ice
box that wants to leave quickly trav-
els in that sandwich.' Now you have
impressed the man's sandwich on
your audience and you begin to use a
Iff w illustrative gestures. You go on:
>The first thing he did was to unbut-
.ton the sandwich'—with a pause Just
!|ong enough to let that work in—'then
he lifted the lid and took out a cou-
'ple of pickles and a stove lifter and
closed it agait^ A short pause. 'Then
lie opened his mouth'—and you get in
,a little side quip, such as "I never saw
(such an alcove in a man's face be-
fore.' Continuing, you say: 'After
•he'd, eaten the sandwich he began to
jdevour a mince pie. and after that
jhe began to double up and shut like
p. Jackkntfe.' Here you place your
hand on your stomach and move back-
ward and forward a little. "I asked
liim what was the matter,' you say.
and he rejoins, 'I think my wife put
some nuts in that pie without crack-
ing them.' You say then: 'Can you
crack 'cm that way? If so, I'll eat
mine with the shells on and crack 'em
when I feel like it.' And there you
are."
The Tailor's Camera.
A Dew method of measuring for tail-
ors- has been patented In Paris. The
person to be measured Is placed be-
fore a camera, and between them Is
Introduced a network that Is photo-
graphed at the same time and serves
as a standard. Certain artifices are
necessary to obtain a complete result;
thus certain hidden parts, like the
armpits, etc.. must be Indicated by ob-
jects visible from without: and. final-
ly, several views must be taken from
various standpoints. The subject is
also fitted with a sort of harness
which indicates points of comparison.
These points may, however, be marked
directly on the person Instead. The
relative positions of the camera, the
network and the subject are carefully
adjusted so that the subject appears
always on the same scale.
Settling the War on Crutches.
In an article in the World's Work on
the betterment work of the Colorado
Frel cad Iron Co. is a funny story of
the hatred between the Japanese and
the Russians In the company's hospital
at Minnequa. The writer says: The
Russians and Japanese are as hostile
irdividually in Colorado as in Man-
churia Even on the hospital lawn,
convalescent Russian am! Japanese
pctlents have hurled crutches and
canes at one another; and on the
school rounds, children have fought
with fists and stones. The manage-
ment had to make the wards in the
hospital small, so that subjects of the
M:kado and of the Czar could not
glare at or.e another from beds on
opposite side.? of the same room, and
to arrange the camps so that each
race or nationality could live by itself.
Does His Duty Without Fear.
Francis I. Henry, the special United
States dlstric attorney who brought
Senator Mitchell and others to Indict-
ment in Oregon, fears nothing and has
a record for absolute Integrity. In his
early days he practiced law in Ari-
zona. A woman came to him for help
in securing a divorce on account of
her husband's cruelty, but assured hici
that her husband threatened to kill
any lawyer who would take up kis
wife's case. "Oh, that is a matter that
will come up later," said Henry calm-
ly. He got the woman her divorce and
text day met the former husband in
the street. The latter took a revolver
out of his pocket, whereupon Henry,
being quicker "on the draw," shot the
man dead.
Seng.
My heart goes Hinging down the ways.
Another heart to greet,
Across the world, across the days—
And oh. the path is sweet!
"Ti* hedged with J"y on cither *1(1. .
And starred with golden flow, i s.
Where wondrous fratfranci-s abide
To scent the swift-winged hours.
And very fnr lies storm and sir. -■«>
wanderer* fan
Love yields me only happiness,
And sally follows where
My heart goes singing down the ways.
Another heart to greet.
Across the world. a< kiss the days—
And oh. the path I* sweet!
—Chariot I e Becker In the Woman's Home
Companion.
Loving Cup for Texas Statesman.
Just before congress adjourned the
members of the Texas house delega-
tion presented Samuel Bronson Coop-
er. who soes out after long service,
with a handsome sliver loving-cup.
The presentation occurred at the ways
and means committee room, the
speech of presentation being made by
John H. Stephens.
Bishop Favors Child Labor Law.
The bishop of Rhode Island is tak-
ing a prominent part In the present
agitation for a Rtricter child labor
law, now pending in the state legisla-
ture.
Totally Irrelevant.
Burnley—I never saw a man like
Brixton to drift away from the subject
under discussion.
Barrass—As for Instance?
Dumley—1 just asked him what he
was doing the night I saw him down
the road and he evaded an answer by
remarking that he had known people
to get rich by attending to their own
business. I have no doubt he has, but
why should be mention it at that
time?
Illustrated Advertisements.
Comfortable position for young lady.
-Half-Holiday.
A Mere Novice.
"I bet Iget Into more trouble than
any man In this state," volunteered
the young fellow who had come in
and ordered a Scotch highball. "Noth-
ing in the trouble line overlooks me.
Why, I'd be afraid to marry "
"What, ain't you married?" ejacu-
lated the red-nosed elderly party who
was hovering over the gratis lunch.
"Boy. you don't know what trouble
Is "—Louisville Courier-Journal.
All-Important Part.
She—What do you thitfk of the le-
gal profession for women?
He—O. It's all right, I suppose; but
I hope they will never get on the ju-
dicial bench.
She—Why do you say that?
He—Because they would be contin-
ually adding postscripts to theij opin-
ions. and we, poor men, would never
know where we were at.—Chicago
News.
A Year and a Day.
He—To-morrow is my birthday.
She—I suppose you will take a day
off.
"I shall."
"And how do you think I celebrate
when I have a birthday?"
"Oh. I presume you take a year
off."—Life.
His Attention Divided.
Mrs. John—Jack, you didn't keep
your eyes on the preacher all the
time.
Mr. John—How could I? I had my
umbrella with me.
Father Was Leaded.
Little Tessie (3 a. m.)—Mamma, It!
that thunder I hear?
.Mrs. Wise (waiting for hlm\—No.
That's your papa coming upstairs as
quietly as he can.
He Was "It."
"Say," queried the book agent, as
he paused at the front gate, "are you
the lios-s of this establishment?"
"I think I may safely say that I am,
temporarily," answered the meek and
lowly man with the side whiskers.
"You see," he added, by way of ex-
planation. "this Is the cook's after-
noon off and my wife is shopping
downtown."
Liars From East and West.
Kansas Man—I know of a Kansas
girl who got mixed up with a Kansas
wind and It blew her hair right off her
head.
New York Citizen—Pooh! New-
York women don't dare go past the
Flat iron building for fear the wind
will blow the complexion right off
their faces.—Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Nothing to Worry About.
Wedderly—Why don't you Join our
"Don't Worry C!ttb." old mar"
Singleton—What's the use? I'm
not married.
VICTIM OF MANY DEATHS.
V erdict of Coroner's Jury on Body of
Wrecked Sailor.
Records of the ancient city Gorge-
ana. founded in 1640, better known at
the present time as York Harbor, Me.,'
i-ontaln many quaint and unusual st
ries of the early life of the town.
At the entrance to York Harbor a
bold promontory known as Stage Neck
extends some distance Into the Bea,
from which formerly In stormy weath-
er a temporary light in the form of a
lantern hoisted upon an upright pole
was displayed as a warning to mari-
ners.
One dark winter night a sloop was
wrecked on these rocks. A survivor,
on being questioned about the catas;
trophe. said:
"The vessel struck, turned over on
her side, and the skipper and another
barrel of whiskey rolled overboard."
The local coroner was summoned^
and this somewhat startling verdict
as returned:
"We find that the deceased fell from
the masthead and was killed; he roll-
ed overboard and was drowned; he
floated ashore and froze to death and
the rats eat him up alive!"—Harper's
Weekly.
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GOOD ADVICE FOR ALL.
Cultivate Calmness if You Wish
Health and Happiness.
A beautiful woman gave the follow-
ing advice to a girl admirer: "Shield
your nerves and don't let them become
too sensitive. Make yourself take llfq
calmly. If you lose a train don't pact;
the platform wildly, but inqttire when,
the next comes in, and sit down calm-
ly to wait for It. That's Just what
most women don't do; they sit down,(
perhaps, but they tap the floor with
their feet, clinch and unclinch their
hands, and are apparently in a fever
heat of excitement over the arrival of
every train that comes in. even though
they have been assured that theirs Is
not due for another half hour. That
half hour of waiting means to them
a frightful wear and tear of nerves
and they are practically weeks older
for It. Try%o cultivate calmness, but.
If you cannot do that all at once, you
can keep your face still."
"Dog Tret" a Misnomer.
"Dogs have a variety of gaits," said
the boss of the kennels, "therefore I
can't understand why it Is that peo-
ple who describe a certain style of
locomotion always call it a dog trot.
Judging by the universality of that
expression, a body would think that
a dog never moves any other way
.than on a trot. But he does. All the
gaits belonging to other four-footed
animals are also his. He runs, he
•lopes, he even racks and paces, so
when a person in a hurry falls into a
peculiar kind of canter, there would
be just as much sense In speaking
of his gait as a dog run or a dog gal-
lop, once in a while, as always to call
It a dog trot."
Forest of Dwarf Trees.
The most extraordinary forest in
the world is one discovered by Dr.
WelwIUch, which occupies a table-
land some six miles broad, at a height
of 300 feet or 4G0 feet above the sea,
near the West Coast of Africa. The
trunks of the trees of this peculiar
forest are 4 feet in diameter, and yet
they only attain a height of 1 foot,
giving the tree the appearance of a
round table. There are never more
than two leaves, which attain a
length of 6 feet and a breadth of 2
feet, the flowers forming crimson
clusters.
Stay, Stay at Home.
Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Home-keeping heurts are happiest;
Fur those who wander th. > know not
where
Are full of trouble and full of carc;
To slay at home U best.
Weary and homesick and distressed.
The> wander east, they wander west.
And aie Lurried and beaten nnd blown
about
By th. winds of the wilderness of
doubt;
.To stay at home Is best.
Th< n stay at home, my heart, and rest;
The bud I* safest In Its nest;
(I.-! all t h. • I mm. r their wings and fly
A hawk la hoveiIng In the sky;
To stay at home is best.
—Longfellow.
Happiness a Great Force.
A happy man or woman is a better
thing to find than a £5 note, writes
Stevenson. He or she is a radiating
force of good will, and their entrance
into a room as though another candle
had been lighted. We need not care
whether they could prove the forty-
seventh proposition. They do a bet-
ter thing than that. They practically
demonstrate the great theorism of
the liveableness of life.
A French Custom.
In France a newly married couple
do not have the ordinary bridal calls
made upon them. Instead, garbed in
their best, the bride and groom pay
visits to all their married friends.
Imagine a shy woman's embarrass-
ment when she must call upon total
strangers—especially If she mnrrlea
away from her own neighborhood, or
her husband has a country house In a
different quarter.
Rest for the Bedridden.
In cases where absolute rest of the
body Is necessary, and the patient
gets very weary of lying still, a most
welcome rest and change to the limbs
can be managed by the nurse raising
the knees of the patient well up In
bed, and then putting a good, substan-
tial pillow or bolster well packed un-
derneath them. In time, of course,
the patient wearlea of this posltloa,
then the support should be with-
drawn. and fresh relief Is afforded.
This would also give great comfort to
people partly paralyzed.
MISSOURI LEGISLATORS ELECT
MAJOR WARNER U. S. SENATOR
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Major William Warner, elected
United States senator from Missouri
to succeed Francis M. Cockrell, has
practiced law in Kansas City since
1865. He is United States attorney
for the western district of Missouri.
Major Warner was born In Wiscon-
sin In 1840 and was educated at the
Lawrence university In Wisconsin
and at the University of Michigan.
He was admitted to the bar just be-
fore the civil war. through which he
served with distinction In Wisconsin
regiments.
At the close of the war Major
Warner. settled in Kansas City and
was elected city attorney In 18C7. cir-
cuit attorney In 1869, and mayor In
1871. He was United States district
attorney from 1882 to 1884 and was
appointed again In 1898. Major War-
ner was In congress from 1885 until
1889. In 1892 he was a candidate for
governor, and in 1897 was voted for
by the Republican legislature for
United States Senator, when the late
George G. Vest was re-elected. The
senator-elect has been a delegate to
every republican convention in the
last thirty years. He was first de-
partment commander of the Grand
Army in Missouri and from 1888 to
1889 was national coinmander-in-cttlef.
HER "HOT AIR" TREATY.
Wonderful Story of Diplomacy That
Alas! Came to. Naught.
Hoping for a Senate Investigation
of the affair, Mrs. Eleanor Rawls
Reader told how the State Depart-
ment snapped the tension of her type-
writer treaty with Santo Domingo and
smashed the space bar to smither-
eens.
Warships, naval commanders, dip-
lomats and all the weight which the
administration could bring to bear
were used in defeating the plan which
within three days of the action of
the government, the fair promoter
declares, might have resulted In her
having adjusted Santo Domingo's
problem. Then the financial system
would have had a brand new face of
type and a fresh ribbon would have
enabled it to write Its credit all over
again. Mrs. Reader says that she
hopes there will be an Investigation,
and that she has given Senator Mor-
gan of Alabama the draft of her
treaty, which, like some other treat-
las, failed of ratification.
In her campaign in Dominican ter-
ritory she was assisted by her hus-
band. Mr. Athole B. Reader, who went
to the Caribbean to carry on the ne-
gotiations with President Morales.
"My husband," said Mrs. Reader,
"and the representatives of the Do-
minlcan government drew up a treaty
and then we consulted Mr. William'
Nelson Cromwell. Mr. Cromwell was
to share equally with me in all that I
obtained. He was to assist me in
Washington with the administration,
because on account of his connec-
tions with the administration It suit-
ed my convenience to have him repre-
sent me in Washington. He was, he
told me, Mr. Roosevelt's confidential
adviser. He was very close to the
administration, and I thought that he
could be of great assistance when
Mr. Cromwell, as fiscal agent, was to
get half." •
Mrs. Reader then detailed how the
treaty had provided for the welfare
of Santo Domingo.
She was to have been appointed
fiscal agent of the island in ail nego-
tiations with the United States. The
treaty which had been prepared pro-
vided that this country should ac-
quire for a substantial sum Samana
bay, to be used as a coaling station
and a naval base. The proceeds of
the sale to the United States were
to be used in liquidating the debts of
the republic, which then amounted to
|32,00" ,000. Tho foreign creditors
had agreed to take Jialf the amount
of their claims, so that the transac-
tion wculd have been more simple
than the one proposed in a later
treaty.
Mrs. Reader. In return for her sew-
ices as fiscal agent, was to have cer-
tain concessions on the Island, to be
used for her benefit and that of her
associates. These concessions con-
sisted of a valuable railroad fran-
chise which Involved the gridironlng
of the Island, banking facilities and
large grants of immigrant lands,
which would have included probably
half of the territory of the republic.
All this was approved by Mr. Willi
lam Nelson Cromwell, safs Mrs.
Reader.
Mr. Cromwell, she declared, looked
over the treaty and made many sug-
gestions. He said that the word "pro-
tectorate" was not to be used In any
circumstances.
Mrs. Reader made these assertions
after she had read a statement by
Mr. Cromwell, which was as follows:
"I supplement my explicit denial
with the statement that I never have
had any employment, understanding
or agreement with Mr. and Mrs. Read-
er respecting any Santo Domingo mat-
ters, and have no information as to
what was donp or not done by them
in Santo Domingo. I have never had
and do not now have any interest
or duty In the matter one way or the
other: nor have I ever received, or
been Interested in, any claim, indebt-
edness or concession in any wise con-
cerning Santo Domingo; nor have I
In the remotest manner conferred
with any official of the United States
government upon the subject. It is
not now. and never has been, of the
least personal or professional con-
cern to me what was done or not
done In respect to any Santo Do-
mingo affair."
English Not Flatterers.
A Boston lady who had been receiv-
ed with much favor by the Folk I .ore
Society In Ix>ndon, rather questioned
the sincerity of her warm reception
and said she supposed, like the Krench
people, the English flatter. "Not at
all," was the protest of a London
friend. "You need not consider it pos-
sible for an English person to flatter,"
and then she gave an instance. Some
one looking at a painting said to the
artist whoso picture It was. it Isn't
so devilish bad, you know." "Now
don't be fulsome," wu the reply.
Don't Forget That—
There is plenty of opportunity for
superior talents. The top of the lad-
der of succeas offers plenty of stand-
ing room and Invites guesta. The
lower part only la fearfully crowded
There ix no excuse for the universal
wail of lack of opportunity, for there
i« no lack. Tho trouble lies with the
demands laid upon those who aspire
to first place. One thing is certain—
there Is no quarter for the whlner, and
precious little encouragement for thos<
who do not care to work with might
and main.—Chicago Journal.
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