The Reporter. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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THE REPORTER.
A. K. * It. I. MILLER, Publlthara.
CHELSEA, * INDIAN TERRITORY.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Acrarncy of Detail.
Accuracy of detail is a jewel no loss
than consistency. So pleased to learn
that the nightgowns worn by persona
rescued l'rom a recent fire at Sioux
Falls, S. D., were "lace trimmed."
Time for Wklaperlnir.
When a man make3 a fortune It Is
shouted from the housetops. When he
loses one it is quietly whispered.
There's a pood deal of whispering being
Indulged in now around Wall street.
Knnaua Clty'a Curvei.
Kansas City is a^ain complaining of
Its cable car curves. One of them is
eo swift that visitors from the coun-
try who don't know how to hold on
are thrown over the top of the city
ball into the Missouri river.
(ircFil'n A 11111x111 it Doni't'iit.
The Philadelphia Christmas tree
dealers who saturated 4,000 trees with
oil and then burned them in order to
keep prices up by a more limited sup-
ply deserved to be hanged on the- trees
that they are left till they gasp for
breath.
When l.lon nail Lainlt Snnimlc.
Carroll D. Wright, United States
commissioner of labor, predicts that
the wage system will pass away and in
its Btead will come a system composed
of profit-sharing and co-operation
ideas. Evidently there are hard times
ahead for some of us working people.
The Dlatnnce to Mmiltn.
The distance traveled by the Union
Pacific steamers from San Francisco
to Manila is as follows: From San
Francisco to Honolulu, 2,089 miles;
from Honolulu to Hong Kong, 4.917
miles; from Hong Kong to Manila, 62S
miles—total, 7,034 miles. The new Pa-
cific cable from San Francisco to Ma-
nila by way of Honolulu is approx-
imately 8,000 miles long.
America'* I'ulqne Distinction.
Denmark claims a point of superior-
ity over the United States by insuring
old maids. But, then, the United
States has no old maids. That for-
lorn, dependent class of human species
la extinct in this country, where no
woman is old, every woman is inde-
pendent, and all women are assertive
to a degree that no man in his sober
■enses would dare to condemn.
THE JAIL BESIEGED.
Germany'* Public Debt.
When the German empire had been
In existence six years its debt amount-
ed to the insignificant sum of 16,300,000
marks. In 1888, when the old emperor
died, it was only 721,000.000—not very
large for a nation of importance. The
debt to-day amounts, in round num-
bers, to 2,92S,000,000 marks, or, rough-
ly speaking, $585,000,000. Two-thirds
of this sum has been used for naval
and military purposes.
The Door of the Council filuffa
Prison Battered Down.
A Mob Wanted to Lynch Two Colored Man
Charged wltli AmuultWig Two Women,
Hut ConcreMiuan Hiulth Uata the
Crowd to Ulapccaa.
Council Bluffs, la., Doc. 29.—An at-
tempt was made last night to lynch
George Williams and Neely Zimmer-
man, two colored men, charged with
having committed an assault upon
Mesdames Sanders and Stark last Fri-
day night. The men were in court
yesterday, where they were identified
by the women, after which they were
held to the grand jury that con-
venes next week. Last night a mob
Df 500 people, men and boys, gathered
about the jail where they were con-
fined and demanded that they be turned
over by the officers. The demand was
refused. Until midnight the mob In-
creased in numbers until there were
at least 1,000 men yelling and batter-
ing at the jail doors with clubs. Sev-
eral times the police charged the mob,
but they were unable to break it up.
Just after midnight, armed with a bar
of railroad iron, a dozen men com-
menced battering at the Jail door. A
dozen blows shattered it and a yell
went up from the crowd. Congress-
man Smith, who arrived just at this
time, managed to secure the attention
of George Sanders, husband of one of
the women assaulted, and urged him
to go home and let the law take Its
course. Sanders listened and then
started for home. Congressman Smith
mounted the courthouse steps and
urged the members of the mob to dis-
perse, telling them that Sanders had
already gone. This had the desired
effect and inside of half an hour the
courthouse grounds were deserted.
The militia had been called out, but
the crowd had disappeared before they
appeared on the scene.
EVICTIONS CAUSING TROUBLE.
DEFIED THE MILITIA.
Coii(*c*ntrntlon of Wealth.
One-twelfth of the estimated wealth
of the United States is represented at
the meeting of the board of directors
of the United States Steel corporation
when all the directors are present.
They also represent 20 other compa-
nies, operating half of the railroad
mileage in the country, and control
corporations whose aggregate capital-
ization is $9,000,000,000.
Striking Miner* and Tliclr Famine* Itelng
Compelled to Vacate Company Hounea
—Finns Attack the Guard*.
Salt Lake City, Dec. 29.—A special
to the Tribune from Winterquarters,
Utah, says that the timely arrival of
soldiers prevented serious trouble be-
tween striking miners and a number of
company guards who were evicting
families from company houses. The
unmarried strikers submitted quietly
to eviction, but when the company
guards attempted to force the married
men to leave their homes they were
attacked and routed by 150 angry
Finns who stood watching the evic-
tions. The arrival of the soldiers
quelled the disturbance. Twenty of
the company guards were badly beaten.
The evictions will continue until the
end of the year.
"lTp to Date" Chorch Scryice.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 29.—A play has
been produced in the Trinity German
Lutheran church here. It took the
place of the usual Sunday night ser-
mon and was written, staged and pro-
duced by the minister in charge of the
church. The tone of the drama, which
was in German, was highly religious.
Announcement of the unusual event
had attracted wide attention in church
circles and the admission fees paid by
an audience which packed tha edifice
will be used in aid of the poor.
Where Science Fall* Down.
At a recent meeting of a mother's
club in New York children brought up
on "scientific principles" were declared
to be naughty, self-willed, uncontrol-
lable and disobedient. Mothers' con-
gresses and school authorities appear
to be veering reluctantly but surely
nround to the point of acknowledging
that Solomon knew what he was talk-
ing about in his old-fashioned theories
of bringing up children.
Flnul Government Crop
Washington, Dec. 29.—The final gov-
ernment report on the grain produc-
j tion of 1903, issued yesterday after-
i noon, makes the wheat crop 637,700,-
' 000 bushels, the corn 2,244,100,000
bushels and the oats 784,000,000 bush-
els. The preliminary estimate of the
yield per acre made the wheat crop
658,000,000 bushels, the corn 2.313,000,-
000 bushels and the oats 787,000,000
bushels.
Memorial to Father of Oklahoma.
There is a project for a monument
to Capt. David L. Payne, the original
Oklahoma boomer. Payne was an Ok-
lahoman long before Oklahoma ap-
peared on any map. With his base of
operations in Kansas, he organized the
Oklahoma land company in 1879, ten
years before the "run." He made sev-
eral descents on the territory in the
next few years, but was always ex-
pelled by the military. With W. L.
Couch he kept Uncle Sam'3 troops busy
guarding the forbidden land for a
decade.
Kratz to He Nnrrendered by Mexico.
Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 29.—Charles
Kratz, the St. Louis alleged boodler,
will be taken to St. Louis for trial.
Mexico has granted his extradition to
the United States. Gov. Dockery yes-
terday atfernoon received a telegram
from the department of state at Wash-
ington to that effect. St. Louis is-
sued an order yesterday for the chief
of detectives, Mr. Desmond, to return
to Mexico and se?ure Charles Kratz.
Ex-Cnnvrranmau John M. Glover llcitleged
lu Ills Office at Cripple Creek by
t Nquud of Troupa.
Cripple Creek, Col., Dec. 29.—Con-
siderable excitement was occasioned
here yesterday by the action of Attor-
ney John M. Glover, formerly a con-
gressman from Missouri, in defying
the military, barricading himself in hii
office and only surrendering after re-
ceiving a bullet wound In the arm.
Col. Verdockberg, commanding the
militia forces In the district, yesterday
received a letter from Mr. Glover, de-
nying the legality of the recent order
for the surrender of arms by the citi-
zens of the district. In his letter
Glover referred to Gov. Peabody ns "a
cheap anarchist." He declared that he
had two guns in his office and defied
the* military to take them from him.
Col. Verdeckberg at once dispatched
Maj. Naylor with a squad to capture
the attorney and his weapons. The
lawyer's office wa3 found barricaded
and Glover appeared with a revolver,
declaring that he would shoot the first
man who attempted to break down
the door. The place was surrounded
by troops and orders were given to
shoot the man if he appeared with his
gun again. Later Glover appeared end
several shots were exchanged, the at-
torney being wounded in the arm, after
which he was captured.
SHEEP SHEDS BURNED.
Seven Thousand Animal* Cooked In Their
Fleece* by a Fire at the Rant
lluffalo Stock Yard*.
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 29.—Seven thou-
sand sheep were burned to death at
the East Buffalo stock yards last night.
The long sheds in which they were
confined were swept by the flames be-
fore any of the animals could be re-
leased. The loss is estimated at $75,-
000. It was stated by Superintendent
Leigh that the fire would in no way in-
terfere with the handling of live stock
here. Plenty of space is available in
the cattle and hog sheds to house the
sheep arrivals. The sheep were con-
fined in two long sheds, 100 leet in
width, covering a total area of 600,000
square feet. Running paralled with
them were the hog and cattle sheds.
The fire, fanned by a brisk wind, de-
stroyed the two buildings in an incred-
ibly short time. The sheep destroyed
were "exports" and wej~e in charge of
federal officers.
DISASTROUS WRECK.
two Passenger Trains Come Togeth-
er on the Pere Marquette Road.
Cotton Price* Boom at New Orlean*.
New Orleans, Dec. 29.—An immense
volume of business was done in the
cotton market yesterday, with prices
from 28 to 57 points higher than the
close of Thursday. Profit taking was
enormous, but had little effect oif
prices. The demand from all quarters
was strong and the market bulled it-
self. Little or no support was offered
by the prominent longs, and, in a
measure, they checked the advance.
With a little support from the long
side prices' could easily have been
pushed to the 15-.cent mark.
Crulaer Dixie Start* for Colon.
Philadelphia, Dec. 29.—The auxiliary
cruiser Dixie sailed from the League
Island navy yard Monday en route for
Colon, carrying 600 marines and five
months living and fighting supplies for
1,000 men. Six companies of marines
divided into two battalions sailed on
the Dixie. Company A is composed of
men from Boston, company B, Wash-
ington, compnay C, Annapolis, comp-
any D, Philadelphia and companies B
and F Brooklyn.
Of Interest to Cigar Tax tiuw er*.'
Washington, Dec. 29.—In view of the
fact that many thousands of people in
all parts of the country are interested
In the result of a guessing contest as
to the number of cigar tax paid in No-
vember the internal revenue bureau
asks that public announcement be
made of the number of cigar tax paid
at $3 per 1,000 during November. 1903,
tho number is officially stated to have
been 578,157,470.
Rooiltvnya for Hlftli Speed.
Now that it has been proved that an
electric car can be run at the rate of
125 or 130 miles an hour, German en-
gineers are asking whether it will pay
to do so. Owing to the destructive ef-
fect of such high speed upon a road-
bed, it is alleged that the latter must
be built of brick and cement. A£ain,
to avoid the consequences of atmos-
pheric disturbance when ons train
meets another, it may be necessary to
allow 30 feet between the two tracks,
thus materially adding to the cost ol
• right-of-way.
Want the Min*«jiiri' Itntik* Protected.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 29.—Representa-
tive citizens from towns along the
Missouri river between Omaha and 500
miles north met here yesterday and
adopted reesolutions urging congress
to take steps to protect the banks of
the stream to prevent further encroach-
ment. Resolutions were adopted and
a committee appointed to present, it to
the senate and house of representa-
tives.
Itryan Not a SoctaliRt.
The Hague, Dec. 29.—Wm. J. Bryan
arrived here from Berlin and visited
the foreign minister. Mr. Bryan is en-
joying his tour. He said he found
Count Tolstoi looking well though
very aged. Tolstoijs first question
was: "Are you a socialist?" When as-
sured to the contrary, the count said:
"I am very glad to hear it. I am not
a socialist myself."
Ko.hlnc Snpplle* to San FrnncUco.
San Francisco, Dec. 29.—Nearly a
tralnload of army supplies, hospital
J tents and blankets have arrived here
under rush orders, having been ex-
pressed by the government from Omaha
to the superintendent of the trans-
port service in this city. The consign-
ment had been carried on the fastest
trains through the west.
Tlie Dead at 1'rea*nt Number Twenty-Two
with Thlrty-Klvlit Other reraona In-
jured. Several of Whom Will
Probably Ule.
Grand Rapids, Mich.. Dec. 28—The
death list, resulting from the head-on
collision between two Pere Marquette
railroad passenger trains near East
Paris Saturday evening stands at 22
with 38 persons injured, several of
them probably fatally. It was tho
most disastrous wreck in tho history ot
the Pere Marquette system and, instead
of being caused by man's carelessness
or mistake, is charged to the high wind
which extinguished tho red signal light
In the "order" board at McCord's sta-
tion, where the westbound train was
cxpected |to stop and receive new or-
ders. Two minutes before tho train
rushed by McCord's tho light, was burn-
ing, says the operator there, but in
that brief interval the blizzard that
was raging extinguished it, and train
No. 5 flashed by the station to crash
into eastbound train No. 6, near East
Paris. The trains, which were two of
the finest on the system, were reduced
to a promiscuous pile of broken and
twisted timber and metal, with dead
and Injured pinned down and crushed
by the fragments of the heavy cars.
When train No. 5, bound west,
whizzed by McCord's instead of stop-
ping, the frightened operator notified
the dispatcher, then found that hi*
red signal light had been extinguished.
He reported this fact and then there
was but one action to take. The col-
lision was inevitable. The dispatcher's
office called for medical aid and gave
orders to hold the train over the Sagi-
naw branch at the depot and get the
wrecking outfit under steam. They
then waited for the word they knew
must come. There was no chance of
tho fast-running trains to see each
other through the driving blizzard in
time even to slow down and in a few
minutes word came from the conduct-
or of No. 5 that they had crashed to-
gether and that there was an awful
loss of life.
As the trains came together the
steam domes of each boiler blew off,
releasing their contents, else there
would have been added horrors from
the blistering steam. No. 6, eastbound,
was composed of a mail and baggage
car, combination smoker, buffet par-
lor car, day coach and diner. The
baggage car caught between the en-
gine and heavy train, crumpled up like
pasteboard, only the roof remaining
partially unbroken. The big blind
mail coach, heavily bulkheaded, took
the brunt of the blow, but withstood
the crash and communicated it to the
smoker next in the rear. The smoker
was swept clean as the mail car tele-
scoped its entire length and turned
over at the north side of the track.
The smoker in turn crashed several
feet into the parlor car and it was at
the rear end of the smoker and for-
ward end of the cafe car where tha
passengers were killed and injured.
From a space six feet square the bodies
of two women, a boy and a man were
taken out. The westbound flyer with
its heavy bulkhead cars stayCJ on the
t ails, back of the baggage and mail
cars, and the passengers in this train
:scaped serious injury. As one man
hey rushed out of the train to assist
the less fortunate ones on the train
from this city.
Spoke and Translated Many Lmconcri.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Col. Henry L.
Thomas, for 34 years translator in the
state department, died Monday aged 68
years, of pneumonia. Mr. Thomas was
a man of exceptional ability. He spoke
and translated French, Spanish, Ital-
ian, German, Norwegian, Danish,
Dutch, Portuguese, Hebrew, Arabic
and Greek.
Will Select I'Ure for Statw Convention.
Topeka, Dec. 29.—Chairman Albaugh
has issued a call for the republican
state committee to meet in Topeka
Tuesday evening. Januarv 5. At this
gathering the time and place for the
state convention *11 be selected. To-
peka, Wichita, Hutchinson and Fori
Scott are after the convention, which
will probably be held early in March.
Calendar for 1904
DIAZ HURRIES THE CASE.
Pre*ldent of Mexico Renpond* to a United
State* Request That Kx-Aldcrnian
Kratz De Extradited,
City of Mexico, Dec. 27.—The depart-
ment of foreign relations has informed
Judge Rojas, of the Guadalajgra dis-
trict court, that President Diaz, acting
upon the request of the American am-
bassador and upon hearing the evi-
dence submitted in the case, had con-
ceded to the United States authorities
the extradition of Charles Kratz. The
department further advised the judge
to expect at an early hour a formal
order to turn the prisoner over to tho
United States officers awaiting the de-
cision of the case at Guadalajara.
Kratz, who is a former member of the
St. Louis city council, is wanted in that
city for trial on a charge of bribery in
connection with street car franshiso
legislation.
Another liig Fire at Troy.
Troy, N. Y„ Dec. 28—Troy's fifth big
fire within a few weeks' time broke
Dut yesterday in tho business portion
af the city and did damage to the ex-
tent of $200,000. The flames originated
in the bake room of A. W. Hollister's
wholesale and Detail grocery on River
street and spread to Fitzpatrick &
Draper's tobacco factory and the Troy
Furniture company building. All three
buildings were totally destroyed.
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NOVEMIIKR
DECEMREIt
An English Earl'a Opinion.
The English, next to the Americans, are ■
the grtatcst travelers in the world, and
while they as a rule insist upon having the
best there is to be obtained, they appreciate
Sood service and beautiful scenery. The
!arl of Shaftesbury, having, with his wife,
spent some lutie lime in tne United State*
curing the summer, speaks most enthus-
iastically in regard to what they have seen.
A few days ago lie said to a geutieman in
Buffalo:
"Our stay in New York was a tfelightfnl ■
one, and the picturesque grandeur along tbe
Hudson and its surrounuings was a source
of much joy to us all.
"It has seldom been my good fortune te •
pass the time in such excellent sport as that
furnished in your enchanting Adirondack
Mountains."—Albany Times• Union.
ft hot) Id Hot© Known Better.
"That was an unlucky thing for l'eck, the -
engine driver," said the guard. "They p i -
him one o' them new engines yesterday, ntf"
he named it after his wife."
"Why unlucky!"" asked the plate driver. -
"Why, it blew him up this morning."—
Stray Stories.
To responsible men, we will give terri-
tory covering two counties, furnish all •
goods without charge, pay all expense*.
You must have a good team and wagon.
It is a good and permanent business. Ad-
dress, Iowa Medicine Co., Manufacturers
of Dr. Machin's Famous KKK Remedies,
Keokuk, Iowa.
The right way to gather good is to Mat-
ter it.—Uichter.
Discriminate* lo Kavor of Veteran*.
Washington, Dec. 27.—President.
Roosevelt has quietly permitted the
heads of some of the departments in
Washington to deviate from the recom-
mendations and wishes of the civil
service commission as to the appoint-
ment of old soldiers as laborers.
7 /
4
Mrs. Fairbanks tells howne-1
gleet of warning symptoms w21
soon prostrate a woman. She
thinks woman's safeguard is
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
" Dear Mrs. PnrunAM: —Ignorance
and neglect arc the cause of untold
female suffering, not only with tho
laws of health but with the chance of a
cure. I did not heed the warnings of
headaches, organic pains, and general
weariness, until I was well nigh pro -
trated, I knew I had to do something'.
Happily I did the right thing. I took
Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable
Compound faithfully, according to
directions, and was rewarded in a few
weeks to find that my achcs and pains
disappeared, and I again felt the gloi
of health through my body. Since
have been well 1 have been more car
ful, I haTe also advised a number
mv sick friends to take Lydia ■■
Pinkham's Vegetable Cora-
pound* and they liavo never had
reason to be sorry. Yours very trnly,
Mas. May Fairbanks, 21G South Tth
St., Minneapolis, Minn." (Mrs. Pair-
banks is one of the most snccesiiful and
highest salaried travelling saleswomen
in the West.) — $5000 forfeit If original *f
about letter proving genuineness cannot be product*.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all rick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousand* t
health. Address. Lynn. Most-
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