The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 389, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 22, 1906 Page: 4 of 8
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THE SEARCHLIGHT
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Published iu the lu «r«dt of the Auti-Horee-
Thief Association by JAMKS K1KKWOOD, at
11V K. Oklahoma Ave., tinthrie, Okie.
Bcbbobjptioh Phick-Eiouh Cents a Ybib.
Knterod an second-class matter, Jauaary 7,
1905, at the postottlce at Guthrie, Okla., under
the Act of Congress of Maroli 3, 1879.
OFFICIAL PAPER
Adopted a" the Ofllcial Taper of the National
Auti-Horse-Thief Association ; also Otliical Pa-
er of the Okl&homa-ludian Territory State
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Adopted as the ofllcial paper of the Sheriff a
Association of Oklahoma, at iti meeting at
Guthrie, on Jan. IS. 1905.
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ADVBHriSINO RATBS.
Katea for advnrtiaiug other thsu at deucrihed
below fnrnished on application,
Noticea of atrayed or atoleu atook will bo in-
•erted without coat to members of the Associa-
tion who are paid-up subscribers to The Search-
light and are in good standing with the Associ-
tiou on the date on which such stock ia lost
or stolen.
Thia appliea to any Division ef Association.
For uonmemhers of the Association advertis-
ing strayed or stolen stock will be at the rate of
J1.U0 per head for horses and mates, M) cents
per head for cattle notice; where more than one
is described singly, 60 cents per head for each
description. On a lot of cattle where all are
covered by one general brand, 11.00 for the lot.
Btock taken up by members of the Association
ur other persons, to he charged same .s above;
and such charge can be added to expense bill
when stock is delivored to'owuer,
All uotices to ran not less thau three lsaces
aniens notified to sooner discontinue.
For advortisement for person whose where-
abouts it is desired to know, One Dollar.
For advertisemnt for person wanted fur fel-
ony, One Dollar ; except when olfense commit-
ted was against a subscriber to this paper at
time when felony was committed and in good
•tamling iu It ia lodge, when advertisement
will be published without charge. But such
advertising cau be published ouly when ac-
companied by certificate that a warrant if in
the hands of no officer for such person; and If
rrwaril is offered for capture of such person,
• atiafactory evidence nuijl be sent that pRrty
offering reward is responsible.
Cash must Bccompsn] advcrtisemsnti
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MAY 22 190(1.
TO AU SUBSCRIBERS -ATTENTION.
Watch your paper this issae. If you
find an X, your subscription has ex-
pired. If the^e is any mltttk , please
let me know co i csa rectify it.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
In notifying uh to change Postoffioe
address of your paper please state Poat-
olMoe to which your mail has been prev-
iously sent. Wo onuuot muke too oaange
without former address,
CUBA'S SUGAR CROP ACCORD-
ING TO STEINHART'S REPORT.
Washington, D. C., May 15.—Accord-
ing to advices received by the bureau
of manufacturers from Frank Stein-
hart, consul general of Havana, tlie
sugar crop of Cuba for 1906 was G35,-
032 tons against S04,S34 tons for 1905,
a falling off of 109,252 tons. In 1905
tho exports amounted to 473,G34 tons
against 377,691 tons exported for 1906.
On March 31, 1906, Cuba had on hand
265,316 tons against 319,320 tons on
tho same date in 1905. The local con-
sumption of sugar in 1905 was 11,930
tons and in 190G, 12,075 tons.
GREAT BRITAIN SATISFIED.
London, May 14.—The Anglo-Turk-
ish difficulty has been settled to the
satisfaction of Great Britain, the
Turkish government yielding on nil
points unconditionally.
WISCONSIN INSURANCE SCANDAL
Wllwaukee, Wis., May 21—Charges
of campaign contributions offered in
return for favorable decision in tho
case of the division of the Equitable
Life Assurance society's surplus have
split tho Wisconsion La Follette camp
in twain.
The legislative committee which is
investigating the operations of insur-
ance companies in Wisconsin today
heard Insurance Commissioner Zeno
M. Host, one of La Follette's admin-
istration when the present Senator
was Governor, who accuses another of
the same administration, Secretary of
State Walter Houser, of offering him
$2,000.
Host testified that on June 16, 1903,
when a hearing in tno case of the
state of Wisconsin against the Equi-
table Life Assurance society of the
United States for a compulsory distri-
bution of the surplus of that com-
pany t0 Wisconsin policy-holders, was
to be held by him, Houser told him
that if he would render a decision fav-
orable to the Equitable that society
would give $2,000 to the state cam-
paign fund for the state campaign.
Houser handed him a slip of paper,
Host testified, which contained the
text of the decision desired. It read:
"Petition is denied and sanie Is dis-
missed for the reason that a deter-
mination of the subject thereof re
quires the exercise of judicial func
tion that cannot be exercised by the
defendant.
"It is further announced as a rule of
this department that no similar pro-
ceedings be entertained until a final
adjudication of tho same is had In
the courts of the state."
Host's decision was against the
Equitable,, which took the case into
the courts. The latter set aside Host's
order for a compulsory distribution.
The insurance commissioner further
testified that Robt Luscombe, who has
for years represented insurance com-
panies before various legislatures,
telephoned to him three times from
Chicago between June 16 and July 31,
1903, and aske*d him to come to Chi-
cago, saying he thought he had an
argument which would convince Mr.
Host that the statute in question wfrs
not compulsory.
To make the episode more sensa
tionnl, Secretary Houser following
this disclosure was permitted to make
a personal statement for the commit
tee's record, in which he said that he
had offered Host a slip of paper on
the date mentioned, which came from
Luscombe. but did not know what
it was, and had made no offer of
money. ,
He said, however, that Host during
the same campaign had willingly rac
quiesced in a plan to ask the big in-
surance companies for campaign con-
tributions, to be used in defeating
Congressman Joseph W. Babcock, a
member of the anti-LaFollette wing of
the Republican party, but that after
Host had acceded t0 this plan Houser
had decided that it would be bad poli
tics and vetoed the proposition. Sec
retary Houser went further.
He intimated that the Host charge
was part of a political conspiracy, in
which he was to be defeated for re-
nominati'on, and called attention to
tho fact that Senator J. A. Fegar,
chairman of the insurance investiga
ting committee, was a rival candidate
for the office, and showed how the
charge made against him by his poli-
tical opponents would aid the rival
candidate to win at the fall primaries.
Senator Frear replied that his asso-
sociates on the committee knew where
he stood and denied having any mo-
tive beyond getting at the facts in in-
seurance matters. After Houser finish-
ed, Commissioner Host denied IIous-
er's charge in reference To the Bab-
cock campaign.
GERMANY'S MEAT PROBLEM.
Washington, D. C., May 18.—Consul
Harris, of Mannheim, in a report to
the state department on the price of
food stuffs and the meat shortage in
Germany, quotes an interesting arti-
cle from a local newspaper on the in-
creasing uso of horse and dog meat.
Tho article says, inpart: "While the
number of horses slaughtered in the
fourth quarter of 190-f amounted to but
44,659, and in the first quarter of 1905
amounted to but 35,966, it rose in the
fourth quarter of 1905 to 52,584. Most
of these horses were consumed in a
few north German states. In Mecklen
burg-Strelitz were slaughtered 29
steers and 136 horses; in Mecklenburg
Schwerin 783 horses and only 256
steers. The number of horses slaught-
ered in south Germany is comparative-
ly small, as also in Saxony, where only
about half as many horses as steers
were consumed. On the other hand,
in the matter of slaughtering dogs
Saxony took second place with 1,464
head.
"A similar qoudition was shown only
in Auhalt with 159 dogs slaughtered
for food. In the other German states
this species of flesh is less valued. In
Prussia only 526, in Bavaria 181, and
in Baden 3 diogs were slaughtered in
the last quarter of 1905. To be sure,
here are reckoned only the common
species of dogs, which under official
inspection wero compelled to give up
their lives and allow themselves to
bo eaten. According to official records
there were 2,4y5 dogs slaughtered din-
ing the fourth quarter of 1905, as
against 1,762 during the same period
of 1904."
"What is the meaning of 'alter ego?"
asked the teacher of theboginncrs' class
In latin.
"The other I," said the boy with the
curly hair.
"Give a sentence containing the
phrase."
" 'He winked the other I."—Chicago
Tribune.
FOR PHILIPPINE RAILROADS.
Contracts
Soon Will
Miles of
be Signed for
T rack.
700
Washington, May 21.—The arrange-
ments for carying out the plans of tho
government for a system of railways
in the Philippines are about concluded,
and the last of tho contracts will be
signed in a few days. They involve
the construction of several hundred
miles of tracKand the expenditure of
about 3 million dollars, most of It with-
in the limits of the islands. Th project
recommended by a commission or en-
gineers while Secretary Taft was gov-
ernor general, will bo followed very
closely with a view to the development
of the great natural resources that are
now inaccessible, as well as providing
suitable transportation ' facilities for
those sections which \are most thor-
oughly settled and cultivated. The con-
tracts will call for 400 miles of track in
the island of I.uzon and 300 miles in (he
islands of Panay, Negros and Cebu.
NOTICE TO LODGE SECRETARIES.
As our association baa been incorpor-
ated under tha laws of Oklahoma, and
has been grauted a charter by the Ter-
ritoiy, and in order to conform w ith
the charter granted to tho association,
it h necessary that a'l lodges return
their old charters and receive new
ones. Tho no v ono will carry old No.,
old date of issue, alsi date of reissue
of new chartar, date of organization of
Oklahoma A. II. T. A., and date of in-
corporation. No ce^ts,nothing tochange.
At this date, May 18, 1 have istuod 211
ne v charters, and there are fully fifty
other lodges that have not yet sent for
now charters. Please do so at your
earliast convenience, If changes are
dotircd in name on charter state tho
changes; if old charter is lost or mis-
placed, send list of namos to go on new
charter. Respectfully,
Jas. Kirkwood. State Pru*
No. 323 FOli ICE CREAM.
All members of N.>. 326 aro invited to
eat ice cream on Tuesday ovening,
June 5, and to bring family and trlends
and a cake aj iec. ; a special in\itation
is txiendtd to all Antii ever., whore to
come and help us have a good tin e
Remember the date —J, W. Johnson,
secretary.
ABOUT THE SEMI-ANNUAL PASS.
The presidents of all lodges in good
standing that have failed to receive the
semi-annual paeoword will please notify
the state president at once, under seal
of le>dge, and password will be promptly
forwarded. Jamks Kirk wood,
State President.
Wbo wants a good threshing ma-
chine? Soe adv. in the Classified col-
umns on our last page.
LOCAL LODGE MEETINGS.
ISo 5G9—Springhill Lodge No. 569
wi'l meat on Thursday night, May 31,
at the usual time and place. Be out,
Brothers, for "billy" is rambunctious,
and it will take several to hold him
while the victim gets into t,he saddle.
—J. S. Schisx, Pres.
No 211 —Lodge will meet in regular
session, June 2, at 8 p m All members
aro requested to be presont as there is
important businoss to bo attended to,
and also some new work.—[J. S. Eng-
land, pree't; Fred A. Bush, sec'y.
No. '165.—The members of Prairie
Grove lodge No. 465 are requested to
meet on Saturday evening, June 9
Don't fail to come as there is some im-
portant business to attend to ( — G7 W.
Glover, I'res't, Byars, I. T.
No. 548.— Tno memb: rs are rrqueHtod
to be presont at meeting, May 25tb, as
business required your attention.—By
order of Presidont.
No. 374.—Our next neetirg will be
on Juno 7th. Como out and got the
password and get acquainted with our
new members.—Lee A. Akin.
Who wonts Pins?
COIN SILVER PINS, at 30cts.
each. We have ordered 200
Pins, and expect ratne at the
Searchlight eflice in a few days.
Those wanting Pins address Soaroh-
light, Guthrie, First come first
serveol while consignment lasts.
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