The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1900 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XI.
SOTIMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER27,1900.
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w> } Advertising- mnrte ki. nwi on Applies tioD
NUMBER 46.
BAD FREIGHT iWRECK. i OKLAHOMA SANITARIUM TO THE BORROWING PUBLIC...
THE GRANDEST FALL DISPLAY
Ever Shown *§
in Norman.
Of Carpets,
Rugs and
Furniture.
Call and see them whether
you want to buy or not...
Furniture, Carpets, ivi vi ti
anj Embalming A Specialty
At
.lis, Undetaking
REED & SHAFFER
■<aagsaMBSK^Bg 3aBBh«aag 1 BssasassaBSzzz:—
Engineer Vanslyke and Brakeman The Visiting Physicians Throw Bou"
Kosenbaum Killed-Ten Cars j quets at Dr. Threadgill.
Smashed- I The visiting physicians made
Last nifiht (Thursday) a | their quarterly visit to the Okla-
bad freight wreck occurred at i lahoma Sanitarium recently, and
Flynn, the switch between Okla-1 have made the following report to
homa t'ity and Moore, about 10 Governor Barnes:
o'clock. The train was north j GovEwnoR C. M Barnes:
bound and was pulled by engine1 Sir—We, your committee, ap-
N >. 930, Eng n> er Vanslyke at pointed under section 13, chapter
t ie throttle. There was some j 3, Session Laws of 18«>9, beg leave
thing wrong with the south end j to report as follows:
of the switch, and in passing it, > We made a visit to the insane office in First national
while the engine kept the main' asylum nt Norman, Aug. 31 and
track the cars next to it went off i Sept. 1, 1900. We made a thor -=
onto the switch. The result was'ough examination of the patients,
that the engine and ten cars went management and sanitary condi- TV"n,
lions of the institute. j tory, (itwtiuK:
Although we found that the,
We make farm loans with private funds.
Length of loan to suit borrower.
Lowest prevailing rates of interest,
Your interest payable at our office.
^nc mortgage only.
We want one chance only.
We are bonded Abstractors.
Agency for 15 Fire and Tornado insurance Cos.
THE TATE INSURANCE AND ABSTRACT AGENCY.
Norman, Oklahoma.
BANK BUILDING
Announcement.
off into the ditch, killing the en
gineer and the head brakeman.
(1 Ki'llow rltlznn* of tl'.e |
Ulntrlet, 1 >kiiiIioidh Terri ;
[LdDCB^tL K0(D¥[
—Bob Woodridge is building a
neat residence n the north part
of West Norman.
—Prove up notices written at
the Transcript office.
-—Last Monday was the Jewish
New Year—the beginning of the
year 5661.
—See Joe Chambers for a new
suit Ho has the swcllest line of company's office.
samples in the city. I --Scott Prince, of the firm of, -
—Bonn: To Mr. and Mrs Mar- Prince Bros., has purchased four ; forms, and present a fine appear
shall Hallmark, on Thursday, lots in Oklahoma City and will ' :i"ce- .1 ht; "racers tnstal , we,re.:
Sept. «0th, a fine girl. . . build upon them and move to the 1 Captam. Walter L Phelps; 1st
1 cjty .Lieutenant, R. E- Leach; 2nd
I Lieutenant, Jim Wadlev; Guard,
—While here last week Dr. Mc-j Rav Shanafelt; Sentinel, John
Karma purchased a fine $50 Ma- r_ Durkee
— If you wish to buy desirable
lots 011 which to build, see D L
Larsh, at the Norman Milling
Mr. Rosenbaum, and tearing up j institution had received a large
the track for a distance of several number of patients through the
r -ds. All trains are laid out while I summer, ami was crowded to its
the track is b ing repaired and
the wreck cleared away.
Uniform Rank, K-of P.
J. H. Lyon, installing officer of
the Uniform Rank, Knights of
Pythias, was in the city on Fri-
day last installing the officers of
[the Norman Commandery of that
order. The rank now tunnbers
twentv-one members in Norman.
They " have received their uni
— j. W. Gibbs has sold his in-
terest ip the Buckhead saloon to
his "partner, TTieo. Jensen.
--Mrs. Lafc Canada has sued ] jestic range from Jas. D. Maguire
La'fe for a divorce, charging de- j and had it shipped to his home in
section and neglect of duty. j Oklahoma City.
—Dennis Flynn will make two
unore speeches in Cleveland county
before the close of the campaign,
iprobably at Norman and Lex i rig
"ton.
—Mr. John Kipper and Miss
Frances Feurburn were married
near Lexington one day last week
Hagan Wise, but Not Game.
Guthrie, O. T., Sept. 23.—For-
-Dr. Threadgill is bavin? the I "ler Attorney General Harper S.
long distance telephone connected I Cunningham yesterday galled a
with the Sanitarium for the ac- ! '''ulT madeb.V "Farmer H TI.
commodation of patients and their H^ran; H«gan waSN boasting
friends. It makes connections 4bout theb^ maJ™,t,eshte
with almost every town of impor-
tance in the Territory.
the
—Frank Smith's new livery
by Rev. Father Williams of Pur-1 barn is rapid!}'approaching corn-
cell. | pletion. It is 25x100 ft. and built
-If you want good light bread £ th,e "™st substantial manner.
ask your grocer for a sack of Hint j Beech er Pavton is going in with
X new brand of "L. B " High i ^ be,"5 kn?™ aS 1 -■
Patent flour made by the"Norman j Smith & 1 ay ton. 1 hey will have jj,OSp(l Cunningham
Milling and Grain Co. tirs* class carriages and teams - ti,at bet jf vou'll give me odds of
* I and will undoubtedly do their 12 to 1," said Hagan. It was evi-
—M-re. Noble, or Cattlesburg, share of the business. tient Hagan didn't want to bet.
aged tot) years, gave birth to her, - - I r
firstchdid, a daughter, a "few days I -Married: By Judge Will-
to expect Bryan will get
Western states. 4 I'll bet voti a
new suit of clothes that McKin-
ley will carry Kansas," said Cun-
ningham. "No, I won't take
that, but I'll bet you McKinley
doesn't carry Kansas bv 25 000."
saiil Hagan "Then I'll bet you
McKinley carries Indiana," pro
I'll take
iunconif,nt nt 11 r"ti-
iii AiiKiixi 1 I" ri-liy
further uniinunni- iihhcM an Indcponncnl chii-
dld 'te for thiJ tiltluL' ill K •iirrsmil.tttivi' for saiil
li ifisliiilw illsli id (lis 1111 lmln|i n ilrilt lVmn-
crat,). subject to the ilt-rlslon "I the voters iu
t . I the eiei -loll r,o In- licltl ill November.
utmost capacity, vet the general, in thenc r rui.n-e 1 wir u iin« ymi oy i-1
health of the patients seemed to |
be excellent. Very little sickness ..J-^';• ^.'^ravor.'if
prevailed, no sickness SO far as to ere nuii Hinl ovrv v- t,«r of «lie . Ill
we could learn due to mistreat-1 Sl.^i'lir^^h our''
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ort • r nil lor u. oil I'lliz
lent nii'l itcxiil. wl.oles
I rtRlHR 1. nil uinl K|"'
, I 11 ti.L'l'iIII1 ill* sell is
leriillon ninl
11 -1111 . iroort K"V-
ine l« K. K'lvlotr
iill |nivlleKe to
erv.uii.
ment or unsanitary condition
The asylum has been visited
during the summer with an epi-
demic of smallpox, and although
some of the patients have been]
seriously ill, 110 deaths resulted. —See Guy Cox for ice.
A separate bui'ding has been' _'phe editor of a Woodson pa-
erected for the care of the colored 1 pCr tlu. otlu.r t*iay was ;,]0sSed
inmates, which has been of ma-jwitl) a habv l)UV little sister,
terial advantage to the persons Lfler examining the baby, went
in other wards, and we believe u, hcr fatiu.r alKl asked: 'Did
that these people are much more | we Met llim on advertising, too,
contented bv themselves, and the , j,apay"
Hon. Jesse Wails returned 011
Tuesday from Greer county, whet >
best interests of the instituti
has been carried out by this ar-
rangement.
I wish to repeat our opinion, .
. . r 1 . ' , . speeches, lie sa\
contained 111 former reports, that I 1 ,■ . •
, , ., audiences, ami at
we cannot but believe that the
insane of Oklahoma Territory are
as well cared for as are those in ,
, , f ,, • . , 1 same place,
the asvlums of the various states j _ /
in the Union.
Under our present law I do not
see how the management could
be belter. There is a class of pa-
tients—imbeciles, feeble minded.
—Miss Jeanette Harvey, daugh-
ter of Hon. D. A. Harvey, Okla-
homa's first representative in con-
gress, was married in Oklahoma
Oitv on Thursday to Mr. Norman
Mitchell, a young druggist of
Seneca, Mo.
—Cy Williams has leased his
elevator at Moore to Marion Piatt
for the season and will return to
Norman and engage in business
here. Prices at Moore are I cent
a pound for wheat, according to
test; 17 cents a bushel for oats,
I and 30 cents for corn.
- The musical department of
] 1 he University under the ttian-
asement of" Miss Grace King is
doing splendidly- Already she
: has enrolled 13') private lessons—
i. e., 139 lessons are given every
week in this department, anil the
! outlook lor the future is very
j promising.
' —The Turk-Weistenhoffer dis-
tillery at Lexington will soon be
he was making middle-of-the-road ready for business. There is quite
lies. He says he had go, d 1 a rivalry for the position of ganger
' Granite spoke'of the institution, chief among
ten times as inauv people as the applicants bein^ Will Par-
Back From Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Britton and
—Married:
ago. Thrfat^Vk'^7V^ears"o f! ia®s,in the probate court room
oo-o •aw*" Hi,, miwic w-p ], ( « on Wednesday, Sept, 26, 1900, . .
marrfj? 40 vears ! Mr- John W" Green< of Caldwell, family, who have been living in
- iKassas, and Miss Melissa Dunbar, Houston, Tex., for some months.
— A -rostoffice Virs beox estab- of t|1js county. They made a returned Monday and will make
lished -et Henryetta, the new j ver,v handsome couple, and Judge Norman their home in the future.
town tn'ihe Creek nation, and O. WM:liams was very solemn and "
W. Meecham, formerly < f the impire siVG in his cercmony.. The
Transcript,'apptointed ■postmas J bride is a daughter of Mr. Dun-
ter. He is also pablishuiig a | i>ar of the Ten Mile fiat. The
paper there. i Transcript extends best wishes.
—A.colored man named King | _Mrs- Elterman, of Galveston,
is in the city visiting her sister,
Mrs. .J. H. Wedemeyer. Mrs E
terman went through the Galves-
ton storm and had a miraculous
escape. She says that in coming-
out of the stricken city the stench
t well cio uuiu 1 JJV ufiw • .' I 1
! attended the Neff meeting' at the j tridge, Judye Haynes, J. \\. e-
| trie, of Lexington, and I A.
The Norman Milling Co. is ! Olenn, of Box.
paying the following prices this! The 4th quarterly conference
(Thursday) morning : Cotton,; of the M. E church, South, will
$9 25; in the seed, $2.90 per cwt. he held on Saturday and Sunday,
Wheat, 1 cent a pound test. Old Sept. 291 and 30.
Rev. J. F. Sher-
Welhs had his arm sawn oft in a
cotton g>i«i in Guthrie, Wednes-
day. The sawscaughi his \*rist-
band and«£rew his arta into the
journals, lie nearly bled to tit.ath
before hehp reached laita.
Mr. Britton expec's to build upon
his land near the University.
Mr. Britton says that while Inesday night, Theodore Roose-
Houston escaped comparatively ve]t, vice-presidential candidate,
unhurt by the storm, as com- and his party were assaulted by a
pared with Galveston, still the crowd of hoodlums. A body of
wind was very strong on the day Rough Riders escorted the partv
tients—imbeciles, feeb e miinded | c,nts per bushel. Oats, wood will preach on Sunday morn-
tog,ether with others-that should 1 in;irkit for new in{f at H O'clock. The conference
be cared for in a separate institu- L()rn is not yet C8tab,isliea. bul year will close on Oct. 25. 1 he
tion, and could be maintained at I ^ f|.om , to 25 cents pi-r i annual conference will convene
a much less expense to the Tern- . . lhat (iatc at Vinita, 1 T., with
tory, but as there is no provision i , j.s. Key, D I)., presiding,
under the statutes of Oklahoma —Therepublicansof Oklahoma 1 .
for this, we simply call your at- county nominated the following The acreage or wheat in this
tention to the matter, as among ticket on last Thursday: Sheriff, county the coming season will be
the desirable things that should ; Dr. E. A. Lundberg; Co. Treas- \ aliout 25 percent, lug er t lan in
receive the attention of the next urer, Frank Lemon; Register of: 1900. Already riuich has >een
legislature. We are respectfully Deeds. Geo. Spencer; Co. Attor-, sown, and many fields are cotn-
ney, Warren H. Brown: Probate! mencing to look green. ,-ri'
Judge, McGregor Douglas; Co. Smith has sown 250 acres, Ed.
Clerk, S. J. Hawkins; Represent-i Ingle about 12", S. C. Howery
alive, C. ti. Jones; Member of | the same amount, L. C Allen
Council, Jimmie Br wn.
Chari.ks McElsalb, M. I).
L. Haynes Buxton, M. D.
L. J. Hiatt, M. I).
Roosevelt Assaulted,
At Victor, in Colorado, on Wed-
Ladies, Attention
Mrs Hooper will be at the Bos-
ton Store again on Saturday,
Oct. 13th, to i.'iow you tailor-
about 125, and many others sim
ilar "patches."
—Eldorado Republican is spon-
sor for this: A handsome Butler
county school marin, who has just
—Oklahoma was visited byitiie from the decaying animals along
north end <>>£ the Texas storm, on I th 2 track was so
an una is a.ong hj family away as s
. . &^at that the gible >
Saturday, Sunday and Monday. : do< >rs and windows of the coach
It rained almost steadily those j wei 'e kept closed and passengers
days, and it times became a down- j held camphored handkerchiefs to
pour. At Fort Worth it was a ' their noses during the transit.
waterspout on Thursday, seven | iarriage licenses issued by
inches rain falling m an hour. proba tc Judge Williams since our
John W. Green,
soon as pos-
Thousands of dollar's worth of
property was destroyed, but no
lives lost as far as known,
—E. A. Neal, who has been
city editor of thje Wichita E igle,
has purchased a controlling in-
terest in the Oklahoma City
Times-Journal, and wiil assume
editorial charge of the paper-
Mr. E- E- Brown will have full
charge of the business end of the
new company. The full after-
noon associated press report will
be put on and many improve-
ments made on the plant.
There were onlv nine votes in
Victor in 1896 for McKinley. This j
j n -g-, r • \ a , year a McKinley club of 700 has
' T' Fva/1S /"'Vi fSr« .Vie i been formed, which is still grow-
40 acres of wheat just before the js be]jeved the hoo(1lums I
der from your measure.
Remember the date, Oct. 13th-
last re.wrt are:
of Kan sas, aged 23, and Miss
Melissii Dunbar, of Oklahoma
City, ag -d 20. Thos. Ferguson,
aged 30, md Miss Fannie Moore,
aged 24,' b lth of Cleveland county .J
Arthur W agoer. aged 22, an/
Miss Lncy Campbell, aged 18,
both of Clev eland county. P. H.
Jameson, a^ ^d 25, and Miss Myr-
tle Jennings, aged 18, both of
Cleveland cot "ity; married by
Judue Williai tis. Jim Dozier,
aged 25, and Mi « Bertie Kimbrel;
married by Judg *e Williams,
rain, and feels good
—The ladies of the Coterie will
have a bazaar on December 14 and
15, for the benefit of the Norman
Public Library.
—The first game of the' foot-
ball season will be played on the
University campus on Friday Oct.
' Ih, between the
For Sale,
were hired to break up the Roose-
velt meeting, but he made his
speech. The assault was com-
mitted after hf- hnrt 1Pft the hall.
sight. The highest in deport-
ment get a six seconds kiss, while
others are graded down to half a
second; and it is not uncommon
for the biggest boys to get the
full limit on each Saturday after-
Our Flour
Specialties.
"Rival"
"N. B."
"Success"
"Choctaw"
COHING ! I ! !
~the fall season 'will soon be hyer.? and
naturally you want to buy your fall supplies
where they can be got for the least i.wwiey.
This you will never know until you ge i our
prices on our & &
^^GROCERIES
We are here for business and will save
you money.
CASH QROOEBY.
DURKEE BROS., Proprietors.
'Phone 97, next to Renner's. Norman, Okla.
We have
some pure
..HONEY..
Fruit Jars,
Syrups
Canned
Goods Etc.
Here From Indiana,
Mr. C. M. Edwards is here from
Kokomo, Ind., visiting his cousin,
University j j Edwards. Mr. Edwards is
ven and the Chillocco team. a strong republican and says In
—Parents are requested to I diana is certain to give McKinley
bring their children to the ser-j at least 25.000 majority. As an
vices at the Cumberland Presby- instance of the feeling in that
Two Spring Wagons, one large
and one small one. For further noon, and they greatly enjoy it,
particulars call on or address Ru- as the teacher is awfully sweet
fus Burke, Norman, Okla. ' and as lovely as a June rose.
terian church next Sunday morn-
ing. Sermon to children begin-
ing at 11 o'clock sharp.
^Dr. Threadgill has the plans
prepared for an additional build-
ing to the Sanitarium that will be
large enough to accommodate fifty
more patients.
—The Epworth League of the
M. E. Church will give a college
social at the church tomorrow
(Friday) night. A short literary
program will be rendered. All
are invited.
—Dell Larsh has laid out a
portion of his forty near the Uni-
state he says that in his county
some 75 men who voted for Bryan
in 1890 are now avowed McKinley
men, among them being six noted
lawyers who are stumping the
county and state for the republi-
can ticket. Every man in the
county who in 1890 voted for Mc-
Kinley is strong in the faith,
there being no defection at all in
their ranks.
There is more politics to the
square inch in Indiana than in
any other state in the Union, and
Mr. Edwards says there is not a
dead republican in the state.
—If Allan, Peterson and other
versity, frootimr the boulevard. -« Allan, 1'etersoo ana otner
in tracts 100x230 feet, and placed I leading populists desire to defeat
them on the market. Charlie Ka- \ s" th s"PP"rt C'"i
hoe purchased one of the tracts; —The Guthrie Capital says that
Oust opposite D. R. Boyd's resi- j a procession of 60 prairie schoon-
i/ence) last Saturday and will build ers passed through that town on
a i0-room brick house upoLi it- He J Monday. They were from Mis-
oaid $200 for the tract, or at the souri and Illinois, and are bound
rate of ?25 for each 25x140 foot) for the Kiowa country. There will
be a great rush for that country. I
$
A TON OF TALK
T "ene-tiiins,
Henriettas.
Hair Oxf ords,
Woven Tweeds.
Plain Serges
Camel's Hair
Cheviots,
Golf cloths,
French Flannels
Pebble cloths,
Broadcloths,
Crepons,
Poplins,
Etc
A Grand Assortment Hats, Caps and Shoes,
ALSO FRESH GROCERIES.
Eiledge& Phili
would not
convince you
of the beauty
and economy
housed here.
Why not
Visit Our
Stores
and let the
goods do theii
own "talking"
and the prices
their own
saying?
'PHONE NO. 50.
NORMAN. OKLAHOMA.
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