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THE POINTER
Ent«r«d ■: (hi pontofti-r at Hobart. OkU-
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emiwJon through the CiuUd Mat en ma:I.
RIOTING IN RUSSIA
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NEW 8TATE NEWS
Judge Henry Jennings has been api
pointed postmaster at Claremore.
Nearly every drug store proprietor
In Muskogee was indicted by the last
grand Jury for selling liquor.
THE MILITIA CALLED OUT
QUELL THE STRIKERS
TO
ST. PETERSBURG IN A STATE OF SIEGE
Anadarko baa sold $10,000 In bonds
In addition to the amount already ex-
pended for water works. An eastern
company bought the bonds at a
premium of $450.
The Hobart Bar association has
Trepoff Appointed Governor General-
Streets of St. Petersburg Scenes of
Bloody Battle—More Trouble Is Ex-
pected From the Strikers
The St. Petersburg strike has as-
sumed much more serious proportions
than was at any time anticipated. It
has been predicted from the start that
trouble would follow, but it was not
expected that Russian guarc's would
he called In to shoot down the work-
lngmen. with their wives and children,
with as little regard for their lives as
a hunter taking a "pot shot" at a
bunch of quail. The strikers, under
the leadership of Priest Coupon, were
>. It is asked that a term of court
be held next month.
A Muskogee grand Jury recommend-
ed that the district attorney stop the
display of revolvers and cartridges In
the windows of hardware establish-
ments. as they are prohibited by
United States statute.
The Robinson Investment company
of Tulsa has applied for Incorporation.
It has a capital stock of $75,000, fully
paid up, which will be Invested In a
live-story hotel at Tulsa.
passed a resolution protesting to the alt cm,, ting to make an apepal to the
supreme court against postponing emperor for relief, but were met by
Kiowa county's term of court to May|militiamen, who held them back with
loaded muskets. The men plead of
the soldiers to be allowed a hearing
by the czar, ahd would not disperse
when ordered. The mob formed at
the palace square, where it is esti-
mated. 100,000 pebple had assembled
"We have come to present our liom-
npe and grievances to the emperor."
"Let the emperor come out and hear
us; we do not wish to do harm."
"liong life to Nicholas II. if he only
listens to our grievances we are sure
he will be Just and merciful." "We
cannot longtr endure our sufferings.
Better die at once and end all."
Such were the cries repeatdely
heard from many strikers.
The military authorities bad a firm
giip on every artery in the city. At
daybreak guards, regiments, cavalry
and Infantry held every bridge across
the frozen Neva, the network of canals
which Interlaces the city and ihe
gales leading from the industrial ffc-
tion, while iu the pilice square, at the
storm center were massed dragoon
regiments, Infantry and cossacks of
the guards. Barred from the bridges
and gates, men, women and children
crossed the frozen river and canals on
th•> Ice by twos and three3, hurryinn
to the palace square, where they were
sure the emperor would be present to
hear them. But the street approaches
to the square were cleared bv volleys
and Cossack charges. Men and women,
Infuriated to fr< n:.y by the loss or
loved ones, cursed the soldiers whi!e
they recreated. Men harangued the
Major R. Shipley, commandant at
Fort Sill, has been notified that con-
gress has appropriated $115,000 for
improvements at the fort. Fort 8111
Is to be made one of the best Inland
posts In the United States.
The Comanche county fair associ-
ation was organized In Lawton la.->t
week. At the meeting a set of offi-
cers was elected and a date for the
fair was fixed. September 4th was
selected as the time for holding the
fair.
J. R. Banta, for a number of months
lecretary of the Eagles' lodge at Guth-
rie, has disappeared. The officers of
the order says there Is a shortage of
12,900 In the accounts of Bsnta. The
missing secretary was only recently
married, and his bride, too, has disap-
peared.
In the preliminary hearing given
Edward W. Lester, an ex-Confederate
soldier, at Ardmore, the defendant
was refused ball, and remanded to
lall to await the action of the grand
lury. Lester is charged with the
tiurder of David L. Frazier.
thzfr way to the palace square was ajer factories have returned to work
solid array of troops who met them ' and the crowds of strikers in thi
with rifle, bayonet and saber. The [streets were diminished.
The priest, Goupon. the leader end The troops in evidence were not sc
Idol of the mcs, in his golden vest-1 numerous as en Monday, and a more
Iments. boidiug aloof the cross and confident feeling exists in official
marching at the head of thousands cf ■ circles that the cnergetlc measure"?
workmen through the Narva gate, which have been inaugurated will in
miraculously isc'apea a volley which j sure the safety and quiet of the city
laid low balf a hundred persons. The Beneath the surface, however, tha
total number of wounded here, at the I ferment continues, and the public
Moscow gate, at various bridges and nervousness and apprehension as tc
islands and at the winter palace vary. he future developments is still un
The best estimate is 500. although J flayed. Secret meetings of different
there are exaggerated figures placing j classes in opposition to the existing
the number as high as 5.000. I order of things were held in various
Many men were accompanied by; piace,, tut tha diergent elements
their wives an« children, and in the J whlch were suddenly brought together
confusion, which left no time for dis-1 by th<? tragic event, of ,a8t glindav
crimination, the latter fared the fate are advancing on different plans, and
of th? men. The troops with the ex-
ception of a single regiment, which :s
reported to have laid down arms, re-
mained loyal and obeyed orders. But
the blood which crimsoncd the snow
has fired the brains and passions of
the strikers and turned
HAD AUTOS BACK IN *S3
no common ground cf action has ye!
been found.
The situation confronting the mill
tary authorities at Moscow- Is much
more serions than that in St. Peters
, burg. Out of over cne million in-
w.11 no mo I ♦ u wo:ue°" as j habitants of Moscow over two-thirds
m of tl lf m '• an, r arp ™rkmen. including an exceeding
vengeance P°P ^ * I* roueh and turbulent element. The
of"hramhovrem0Tni "7
r«uohn. rss to nativai barriers 10 preven<
IT-'thV1^iUleaifa!!;erf"iwh0f V* ° ! ^^thTSwn^hTs no'"bridge'
onnv'nopt 1 h r- °v V'*** • canalf®> and hills and narrow street?
had T G0Up M ! lt ameilt for troops to act Only
had taught them to bel'eve, would ,, . .
right their wrongs and retes. their '?? f .,' ' !"' ot ,b,*
0,d "n'nese town which surrounds
grievances.
Gorfiky. the Russian novelist, ex-
presses the opinion that this revolt
will break the faith of th3 people *n
the emperor. He said to a represent-
itlvo of* the Associated Press: uur - MJ,n 0
"This his Inaugurated revolution m j ""V' ,
Russia. The emperor's prestige will1 £IUl mduClD& or forcinS other work
be irrevocably shattered by the shed-
ding of innocent blood. He has alien-1 * ..
at-d himself forever (fom his people. I Contrary to expectation, the firs.
the Kremlin, would afford the military
natura] places to tar demonstrations
At Kovno and Vilna, where the
strikes also have been begun, the
workmen are following the St. Peters
burg plan of marching about the cit>
cing other v
employment.
Old Prints Vouch for Antiquity of tha
Devil Wagon
From the New York Tribune.
The horseless carriage owner who
regards the modern "auto" as belong-
ig solely to the present age need only
look into the window of an old print
•hop In Fourth avenue to wake up and
revise his reckoning. One Illuminat-
ed print exhibits In all Its amplitude
and gorgeousness of decoration a
three-wheeled motor car that looks
like an electric victoria, crowded to
the limit, Inside and out. It Is defined
as "Dr. Church's London and Birm-
ingham Moton Car," and was built In
Birmingham In 18S3. Another print
presents in complete and Instructive
detail "Mr. Hancock's London and
Paddlngton Motor Car Enterprise," a
four-wheeled affair, also built in 1833.
Though three score years and ten
have come end gone since then, the
same sign of strenuous life In the
footor car's environments are reflect-
ed by old time artist as now reflect-
the autocratic and terrifying carter
of the modern 40-horse-power Jugger-
naut, at the appreaeh of which every-
thing endowed with life or Invested
with mobility runs for cover in quest
of safety.
Coupon taught the people to believe ! move Cf the newly aPP°Jnted governoi
that an appeal direct to "the little!g€nera' Petersburg is pacific ir
father" would be heeded. They have i character. It takes the form of a
been deceived. Coupon Is now con- proclamation, Jointly signed by Gen
vinced that peaceful means hive Ural Trepoff and M. Kokovsoff, the
failed and that the only remedy is i minister of finance, tel ing the striker'
force. The lirst blood has been shed.; that they have been led into trouble
but more will follow. It Is now the by evil disposed persons, and that
people against the oppressor, and the , their best interests will be served bj
battle will be fought to the bitter end." J peaceful presentations to the govern
pCJ \S b°™d 10 be ment" Thc workmen are also assure,]
aroused all over Russia. The worK-: ,hat the emperor has ordered the
men and revolutionists expoct new* ' framing of certain laws for their bene
from Moscow and other big craters j fit and the creation of a system ol
where the troops are not of the same state insurance that will protect then;
from want in case of sickness or diua
bility.
The fears of serious trouble in Mos
Two Quaoks With one Auto
Some men havt no respect for grim
death. There was Motor, for In-
stance. The doctor was on his way
home with a live duck when Motor's
big touring car struck him. Both
the de>cter and the duck were killed.
Motor gazed reflectively at the re-
mains for a few moments and then
remarked:
"Well, neither of them will ever
quack again."
HIS EXPERIENCE TEACHES THEM
The first car load of insane persons
tver taken out of Indian Territory
sere started last week to St. Vincent's
sospital in St. Louis. The patients
were in charge of D. H. Kelsey, chief
?lerk to the Indian Inspector. A con-
ract has been made with t'ste authori-
ses of St. Vincent's hospital to care
'or the insane white persons of In-
dian Territory.
Three franchises to pipe natural gas
Into Muskogee were granted by the
;lty council. The grantees are the
3uccess Oil and Gas company, the
Iroat Chief Oil and Gas company and
(ra L. Reeves. It is proposed to pipe
Sas into the city from Tulsa, and pos-
ilbly from Oklahoma, and each com-
pany Is given the use of the streots
tor such purposes.
Officials of the Denver, Enid 4 Gulf
railway, which road Is now In oper-
Itlon between Enid and Guthrie, an-
lounce the purpose of the company to
Ixtend the line south to Oklahoma
City and northwest to a connection
frith the Union Pacific In Kansas.
Senator Cockrell has offered an
unendment to the Indian appropri-
Ulon bill, which provides that $250,-
100 be taken from the Chickasaw
Kinds now In the treasury for the Im-
Hedlate payment of all outstanding
fegal school warrants.
pa
STATE Cp SIEGE
Trcpcff Has Been Ao jointed Gover-
nor General of St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG: St. Peters-j adopting a declaration in favor of e
burg has been declared to be In a representative elective body.
General Trepoff, un '
Broken windows and embedded bu'-
crowds, telling ^hom the empsror hid 15ets Rre fo,,n(1 at long distances from
foiled thi«m and thr>v had cotre to cit. | fh^Bccnf of firing.
Men began to build barricades In the
Nevsky Prespe-ts and at other points,
using any material that came to hand.
and even chopping down telegraph
poles.
Fighting meantime continued at va-
rious places, soldiers volleying and
charging the mob.
In the evening the crowds, ex'aaurt-
rd. began to disperse, leaving the mili-
tary In possession. As they retreated
up the Navskv Prospect, the work-
men put out ali the lights.
The little chapel at the Narva gate
was wrecked.
Comment on the action of the troops
and authorities is very bitter, and sar-
castic remarks are made that offlccra
are more brave against the defense-
less public than against the Japanese,
and that "ammunition may be scarce
'a the far east, but is too plentiful
here."
class as the guards regiment of St.
Petersburg.
A member of tin emperor's bouse-
b n? l3i !\"0,0d 88 sa>'inB ,hat thls cow were not realized. The only au
6r ? har JaDa" "d that (themic instance of anything approach
Russia will hive a constitution or. lng violence there was in the dis
Emptor Nicholas will lose hia he-d. j persal of a crowd of abo.,. 3 ft0Q
On the Kaminostov island all the : m£n bv cossacks
Hgnts wto extinguished.
So far as is known
there were no casualties.
From Finland anti-Russian demon-
strations are reported, a collision bo
' ". , , . , tweca a crowd of JO.OOO persons and
7*1 i ,WS lD th9 lroc-T)3 and P°lice are resulting in the
Grand Duke Alexia. wounding cf about thirty Fins.
In
Finland the agitation has nothing tc
Co with the labor question, but if
purely political in character.
Mercantile bodies in Russia are
state cf siege.
til recently chief of poli?e of Moscow,
has been appointed governor general
MOSCOW: There is complete tran
quility within the boundaries of th'.f
of St. Petersburg and has taken up j city, but the people ere keeping in
quarters in the winter palace. Strange- doors, owing to the official warning
!y enough the precedent Is the ca?o,The strike is spreading gradually, but
of General TrepofFs father during the thus far is confined to the smallei
reign of nihilistic terrorism under mills. The larger Industrial concern"
Alexander II, and It is also a strange J are being guareled in order to prevent
coincidence that unsuccessful at-[the men employed there from beinp
tempts wore made on the lives of j intimidated, but it is the belief that
both. General Trepoff Is a man cf the strike will become general. There
great energy, but the measures he are no troops in Bight in the city prop
oelopted at Moscow for suppressing er. The citizens are alarmed at the
Tva Ith0 Rt,,(,ent demonstrations in De- J prospect of an eruption ot hundred*
£ i . .I1® .lnt®r,or Present-1 cember last provoked much roeen'- of thousands of workmen and demane
s majos y he invitation of the .ment, and the revolutionists recently the proclamation of a state of siege
fPPe.aur,nt U,e w,n,"r (Condemned liim to death. In the Moscow garrison there are
h I • receive their petition, but | The aspect of the Russian capital Is more than 20,000 soldiers, and the au
n ° "d^isers had already taken | decidedly more calm. Business, which thorltles consider that this number ti
pnB( " ^ o show a firm and resolute, had been at a complete standstill, has . sufficient for present needs. They de
th® innnnn ^ °mperor" wwwer 'ojbeen resumed upon a limited scale, clare they have the situation well Ir
100.000 workmen trying to make, The employees in a few of the small- hand.
Entertain Fear of an Uprising at Moscow
Representative Stephens of Texas
las Introduced a bill In congress to
Authorize the appointment of a United
States commissioner at Marietta for
Ihe southern judicial district.
While out hunting. Charles R. Lady
f Apache slipped and fell on the icy
(round. In falling, his shotg\:n was
hrown from his hands. The gun
eli to the ground, the muzzle pointing
oward Lady. The weapon was dlr-
iharged, striking Lady In the left
land and thigh. As a result of the
ccident Lady lost two fingers.
ST. PETERSBURG: What, if any.
steps have been taken to relieve the
general situation, however, has not
yet been disclosed, but there are ex-
tremely significant reports that Em-
peror Nicholas, In making the decis-
ion at the extraordinary meeting of
the council of the empire ait Tsarskoe-
Selo to declare St. Petersburg In a
state of siege, announced that it had
resolved to Issue a manifesto to the
people with a view of calming them,
promising to creat a mixed commis-
sion of workmen and officials to in-
vestigate and decide the questions of
the demands of the strikers, especially
the one affecting hours of labor,
which Russian laws fix at eleven. The
representatives e>f the worklngmen,
according to thlB report, are not to
bo appointed, but solected by the la-
A woman deceives a man by dress-
ing to make him say she Is pretty, and
herself by believing him when ho
tells her she Is.
boring men themselves. This would i rences there than have been wit
be the fir*t concession to the repre-! nessed in St. Petersburg Is propor
sentatives of labor. According to re-j ticnately greater. A rising in Mos
ports the emperor will promise to In-
vestigate the cause of the riot.
News has been received at St.
Petersburg that several factories in
Moscow have closed, and that the
cow is also more likely to have grea-
cr results Industrially and politlcall)
thin that in several big cities, notahlj
Kharkoff, where larga locomotive
works are located. Reports are cur
worklngmen in the old capital of Rus- rent that the worklngmen. who other
sla are repeating their tactlca of their i wise would soon be forced back inte
fellow workmen in the new capital, the shops or starve, have receive j ss
marching from shop to shop end mill surances of financial support froir
to mill, demanding that the esta'i- the sources which hitherto have fur
llsbments be shut down. The whole nished the sinews of war to th liber
city Is reported to be in great excite- al and revolutionary agitation, but
ment over the news of tho bloodshed have not been In touch with the* laboi
which has precipitated the strike, movement. If the strike become"
Moscow has fewer troops than St. general all over Russia, snd es
Petersburg, and besides. i3 Just now pecially if the railroads are drawn in
the heart of the liberal movement. It might immediately force the natlor
and the danger of blex>dler c :ur- to make peace with Japan.
When a man wins a quarter match- j There are many trusts in this coun
ng It Is awful fca.d for him not to ; try, but the poor man is expected I
think his brains bad something to do, come up with the cash Just the same
with It. i —Chicago News.
That Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure
Bright's Disease. Remarkable case
of George J. Barber—Quick recov-
ery after years of suffering.
Estherville, Iowa, Jan. 23d.—(Spe-
cial)—The experience of Mr. George
J. Barber, a well known citizen of this
place, justifies his friends In making
the announcement to the world
"Bright's Disease can be cured." Mr.
Barber had kidney trouble and it de-
veloped into Bright's Disease. He
treated it with Dodd's Kidney Pills
and to-day he is a well man. In an
interview he says:
"I can't say too much for Dodd's
Kidney Pills. I had Kidney Disease
for fifteen years and though I doctor-
ed for It with the best doctors here
and in Chicago, it developed into
Bright's Disease. Then I started to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and two boxes
cured me completely. I think Dodd's
Kidney Pills are the best In the
world."
A remedy that will cure Bright's
Disease will cure any other form of
Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills
never fail to cure Bright's Disease.
THAT BOY OF YOURS
It Is one of the hardest things in
the world to get hold of a boy—to
get a sure grip on him.
If the rime of selfishness has so In-
cased your heart that the joys and
hopes of your boy cannot enter into
It, the boy is to be pitied, but so are
fou.
We chaperon our girls and carefully
guard them against unworthy boys,
but we leave the boy che>ose ofr
himself hts associates and his
icbievements.
He is hungry for companionship,
and he will have it. You can't chain
him away from it. He wants the com-
panionship of boys, and nothing will
take its place.
Girls are naturally winsome, gentle,
sompanlonable. They win their way
In homes and hearts. But the boy,
aolsy, awkward, mlscblewig. is in-
vlted into few homes and feels none
too much at home In his own.
About the only door that swings
with sure welcome to the boy, about
the only chair that Is shoved near the
Bre especially for the boy, about the
•nly place where he Is sure of cordial
feet lng Is where he ought not to
go.[Milwaukee Journal.
Backward, 0, Backward
A young man, recently married, sat
an« evening in the twilight solllo-
gutzlng, and these are his words:
'Backward, turn backward, oh. time
n thy flight, feed me on gruel again
lust for tonight. I am bo weary of
lole-leather steak, petrified dough-
auts and vulcanized cake; and butter,
is strong as Goliath of Gath; weary-
«g of paying for that I can't eat;
chewing up rubber and calling It
meat. Backward, turn backward, for
weary I am; give me a whack at my
trandmother s Jam; let me drink milk
:bat has never been skimmed, let me
>at butter whose hair has been trim-
med; let me eat once more an old-
•ashloned pie, and then I'll be willing
Nothing but the fact that" their in-
*>me Is affected by the laws of
Anance, economics and government
has ever made men reason about
Jiese things.
The merry laugh and the joke goes
round, but somewhere ther« ir aa
tcbe.
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