Claremore Progress.
VOL. XIV.
Received Notice of Reward.
W. L. Moore, of Nowata, an old
time citizen of Claremore, ha* re-
ceived notice froui the port-office
department at Washington that be
hat been awarded u part of a re-
ward for the capture and conviction
of a po-t-office robber.
The reward is the mult of hia
detective skill while living in the
east a few years ago. Mr. Moon
and a friend of hie had taken the
Mrly train one Monday morning
for Philadelphia, from their home
in New Jersey and soon after en-
tering the train the conductor in-
formed them that he had received a
meaaage to be on the look out for
a couple of men whom it was
supposed were headed for
Philadelphia. They were sup-
posed to bave robbed two post-offi-
ce the night previoua. 8oou after
Mr. Moore and his friend had re-
ceived this information two men
boarded the train earring large
grips and having the appearance of
a couple of citisena residing in the
eity and having been in the country
spending Sunday, but Mr. Moore
and his friend at once fastened their
suspicion on the two men aa the
onea wanted despite the fact that
the only identification offered by the
information sent tbeconductor waa
that one of the men wore a sixteen
inch collar. But the lack of furth-
er information had no terrors for
theae keen eyed detectives and they
Sroceeded to keep a close watch on
lein, they selecting one each to
watch. At a change of cars one
of the men took another
route but the other one went on
to Philadelphia and Mr. Moore and
his friend followed him and several
little acts <jf his still more confirm-
ed their suspicions that they had
oneof the robber* spotted and attar
following him for some time in
Philadelphia, they finally decided to
state their suspicious to a police-
man and had some difficulty in get-
ting him to make the arrest on the
slim evidi nee thev had to offer, but
finally they prevailed and as a result
the man was bound over to the
grand jury as a set of burglar tools
were found in his grip and several
rolla of stamps which they had
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CLAREMORE, IND. TER., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1906
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Later the thief was released on
bond on presentation of deed* to
valuable property a* suerty, which
it was afterwards leai ned had been
stolen and when the grand jury
convened he did not show up. This
barred Mr. Moore and his friend
from receiving the reward at the
time aa the law does uot provide for
any reward until conviction, but
later the same thief was caught and
aa a result of his conviction then,
Mr. Moore, hia friend, the police'
man making the arrest and thecon<
ductor have been awarded the re-
ward for the first arrest.
A laughable incident at the time
of the first arrest was that one of
the Philadelphia papers got the
names mixed and Mr. Moore and
hia friend appeared in ita columns
aa the parties conmitting the rob-
bery.  
March Jury List.
The following is the list of petit
and alternate juors for the March
term of court which convenes here
the first Monday in'March.
PETIT JUH0R8.
M. M. Caulk, Chelsea.
Wm. Oohlke, Chelsea.
N. ti. Freeman, Chelsea.
Cm «. Nation Wis. With lis. Delegate to Washington.!
-I **loon a amgatore and tlw bank etill re-' the town held in the com-
?h!eJl!!r^breexy hausan, main xiu \ are determined! '"••"•oner's court room Wednesday
I T T" M°nday P«v and the agent see msto be' "owing, Judg* Itewey was selected
most^even'one*1 was''anx'ioas «*"*"'" determi.^d toTohect as'*'' K  to W«h,ngtou to represent
** most everyone^ was anxious 0f the policemen have madeM*1* t,,wn " '"Cereals in legislation!
  k arrangements for an extended stay coening before congress. The judge
; The talk was more of a harangue by brEgin„ lheir u,¥e|( ° left the same night for Washington
There have been no disturbances
reported over the matter.
Heniy Snyder, Chelsea.
• 8. A. McSpadden, Chelsea.
Mac Fry. Claremore.
Walter Eaton, Claremore.
William Boyd, Claremore.
Hooley McCoy, Claremore.
M. J. Hawkins, Vinita.
L. K. McGuffin. Vinita.
G. W. Clark, Vinita.
Charlea Hunt, Vinita.
George Neiffer, Vinita.
John Franklin, Estella.
George Miller, Tulsa.
Joe Bridges, Catoosa.
John Lipe, Talala.
G. Y. Stokes, Bushyhead.
W. P. Payne, Foyil.
L. 8. Robinson, Big Cabin.
James Melilin, Allnwee.
Wm. Bickles, Verdigris.
J. W. Trommeil. Adair.
ALTEKNATK JURORS,
W. W. Davis, Chelsea.
Wni. Toaley, Estella.
Ed. Sunday, Oolagali.
J. D. Davis, Hayden.
Frank Woods. Claremore.
F. H. Fin lev. Vinita.
 harangue
than a lecture, much of it being
given to the telling of her exploits
and advertising her Hatchet which
she is now publishing at Guthrie,
Oklahoma.
She assailed Roosevelt and the
republican partv as mercilessly
as she did the bemocrats. When
she called for the Republicans
present to hold up their hands,
there was only one lone republican
present brave euough to show his
colors under her rapid firing gun
of invectives.
At the close of her address she
did a land office business selling
souvenir hatchets and taking sub-
scriptions to her paper.
Tuesday afternoon she lectured in
the South M. E. Church on her sa-
loon smnshing career in Kansas.
Hale Bros. Store Robbed.
Gn last Friday night thieves en-
tered Hale Bros, store bv means of
forcing open a window in the rear.
They secured the money that had
been left in the drawer, about ten
jr fifteen dollars in all. Messrs.
Hale have not been able to deter-
mine their exact loss yet as only
few nrticles have been missed,
among them being a "bunch of
shoestrings.1' On the same night
someone entered Ed Williams'
meat market, but so far he has
not l>eeii able to discover any loss.
No clew has been obtained as to
the identity of the thieves.
Indian Police on Guard.
Business is practically paralized
at Inola by the governments efforts
to collect the tribal taxes.
Ten business houses were closed
there last week by the Indian po-
lice under orders of the Indian
Agent for the refusal of ten of the
business concerns of the town to
to nay th  tribal taxes.
Miss May Sfswsrt, at the Windsor
Opera Hons* to-night.
The Frisco depot at Viuita has
been burned down.
The lower hou<e of congress has
passed the railroad rate bill.
Vinita is to have another paprr
and it is to be of the Democratic
persuasion. Vinita already has
iltyei
Up to Wednesday only I >ur had two democratic |ufr"rs.
City Council Meets.
The city council met iu regular
session Monday night, besides al-
lowing a few accounts, the street
and alley committee in connection
with the street commissioner was
instructed to make a contract with
K. L. Plunkett for the macadamiz-
ing of the aveiiuea crossing Third
street between the two depots for
a short distance hack from Third
street to protect that street from j
having mud carried out on it and to
piotect the cement t-roasing*.
Several complaints were filed of
streets not being opened and the
street commissioner was ordered to
have all street* opened at once and
where parties failed to do the same
th it they be cited before the mayor
under the ordinance opening the
streets of the town.
Ed. Sunders asked that the street
near hie residence be repaired so
that the water would not go I ley the
street. The street commissioner
waa instructed to abate the mud
hole near the "radium'' wells by
grading the streets each way from
the wells.
W. J. McCain made complaint
that the lot on which he has built a
residence had been assessed at six
times of its appraised value instead
of three times us ot her property of
the town. He was informed that
after paying the taxes as assessed,
that the proper tiling to Jo was to
present a claim to council for the
excess above the regular assessment.
Mrs. R. S. Saunders
Assisted by a number of
friends, will receive the
ladies of Claremore and
vicinity at her store : :
Tuesday, Feb. 13/06
You are cordially invited
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District Attorney Mellette and
Marahall Bennett, of the Western
district, have declared war on Uno.
Thev are supported by the depart-
ment at Washington in their cru-
sade. It in said that the fight a-
gainst its sale will also lie taken up
•n the Northern and Southern di -
t 'Vt .
Hours: 2 to 5 o'clock
Lost Her Life in a Snow Drift.
Evaline, the three year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
P. Wood, wandered from their
home near Zeua on the 20th of lust
month and despite the fact that a
search was made for the little one
by over a hundred persons no trace
was found of her until the 20th ol
the month when her body was
found turee quarters of a mile from
her
Tree.
If interested iu a course of I ook-
keeping, business training, shmt-
hand, typewriting «r Megiwpliv.
clip ti i< ad, mail it to the Capital
t'ily Business College, Guthrie,
Oklu . and we will mail yOu our
lage illustrated free calabero".
iug how we save the student 91 £5
on a bookkeeping cnur«. *2 en
id to ree quarters of a mile from a slorhaiid comae, $110 on a
home. She had gotten lost in telegraphy course, an  alieu Ins
a snow storm and was frozen to cot-r-es ar* completed, ho<
death. cure f"r him a good position
 ;  ! through our employment bureau
Congress is to appropriate $7.V vftlll.
000 for I'sms Bixby to wind no thei
affairs of the tsrrit.orv. Add res 
[we call your attention
To Our Line of Spring Dress Goods
In the following: Light Percales, Albatross, Madras, Soisette, Grenadine, Batiste, Organdie,
Rugby Suitings and Amoskeag Dress Ginghams, all new. We have in transit a shipment
of White Goods of all kinds for spring wear. Our Winter Dress Goods are going out nicely
at the prices we are offering them at--cost-less freight : : : : : :
A nice line of spring pants, bought at a snap,
all new patterns, latest cut, belt straps, at $1.75
a pair.
▲ line ol sample skirts, bought at 25 per cent
less than jobbers prices, with freight off, enables
us to offer you ready-made skirts at from $3.25
to $4.50 each that would otherwise sell at from
95 to 98. These skirts are made up better than
the regular line, as samples always are. Not a
shoddy or poorly made one in the lot.
Our Grocery Department needs no mention to
the buying public here. We always carry a com-
plete line of all grades, and can always fill your
orders promptly. We have a special price on
Nile brand canned goods -Apricots, Egg Plums,
Green Gage Plums, etc., at $1.30 per dozen cans.
In small quantities at 15c. A good peeled Peach
at 15c per can.
Canned Gooseberries at 10c per can-lowest
price in town.
WE CAN'T TELL YOU ALL-COME IN AND SEE
YOURS TRULY,
plGLKREMORE MERCANTILE COMP'Vtel
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