The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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J. J. BURKE, Owtoer and Publisher
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VOLUME XII
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JANUARY U, 1901.
NUMBER 1[
queen victoria dead.
Bound to Have His Weigh.
When he wants to buy
Furniture or Carpets.
There will be no cause for
argument when you com1'
here to supply yourself
with these^ articles. You
will get value received for
your money and our way pf
doing things will please
you. We can serve you in
many ways giving you first
-lass goods at lowst prices
and on the ' scale for square
treatment" you will not
find us short.
REED &c SHAFFEB.
Furniture, Carpets and Undertaking.
frank cochran j
badly wounded. @
By Bank Robbers at Bristow, I. T . i
Two of the Robbers Captured. ©
Frank Cochran, a deputy mar- jgj
Queen Victoria peacefully "p <*ed |M I well known all over Olclaho- ■■
awav without a struggle and evi- ■ « °"e °< th.e 1"d H™"-'?1 ®
dentlv without pain The mem-1 waB *h.ot "<!_ seriously
A Long and Glorious Reign —Sixty-
Four Years on the Throne —
Edward VII Succeeds Her.
Cowes, Eng., Jan. 22.—A few
minutes after 4 o'clock, p. m., ,*",*""7,7"*"•*"***• " 1*Wi i","*
ecflH Ishal well known all over Oklaho-
bers of the royal family and other
relatives including Emperor Wil-
liam, were at the bedside of Eng-
land's queen when death came.
wounded at Bristow, I. T., on, w
Thursday night of last week, by J®
robbers who were attempting to jgj
rob the bank. Frank, who was —
recently citv, marshal of Oklaho- J0)
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IMPLEMENT DEALERS.
The scene was an affecting one, rvv^":'' t*j~~'~A \n
in the streets when ^ had mo?ed t0 BmtoW a
The Norman Hilling and
Grain Company has re-
ceived another large in-
voice of Toweling Bags
for their "N. B." Flour
If you -3 want the best
Flour, and a good towet
with every sack, insist
on your grocer supply-
ing you with "N. B."
1 of people in the SteetS sobbed
aloud. Expressions of grief are
I not confined to the English, but
—It looks as if we might have people of every nation residing
electric lights. in the country join in the general
—The convent schools in this grief for the death of the great-
city novy have 87 pupils. e>st woman in English history.
-Have vou seen tho>e red-hot I Business of every kind has stop-
ties at the Oklahoma Racket ? j Ped atld the em,fe. nations g.v-
„ , , , > j . I en over to mourning. Nothing
-Remember the third number i]jke h outburst of ief
of the lecture Course at the Opera . has Htaken lace in England
house on Friday night, Jan. 25, ; afld probably nothinfr like it was
ever witnessed in any other coun-
but the scene m iuc nn«u wntui - , •
the announcement of the death |da>s ,a.n<! ™at8._°,?CU|S^5
of their ruler was made to the
people'was vastly more so. The
people knew the end was near
and had steeled themselves to
meet the shock, but when the an
nouncement was made that the
Queen was dead all restraint was
broken and the people freely gave
vent to th^ir grief. Thousands
& liwilemtri Co
a house opposite the bank. Hear
ing the noise of an explosion he (gj
oot up and opened the front door corner main ano
5( his house to ascertain the®. «ILI'MD VENUES
cause. The robbers immediately |
fired upon him (having evidently
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—E N. Yates shipped four car
loads of hogs to Kansas City on Racket
Sunday night.
—.Mrs Macs Fischer is much
better, and strong hopes are now
entertained that she will recover.
—Mrs. Ruby Twamlev-Laffer-
ty has secured a divorce at Guth
rie- Last summer young Laver-
ty caused a big sensation by at-
tempting to commit suicide be-
neath his young wife's window.
—Dr. Johnston reports the ar-
rival of a fifteen pound boy at
the home of R. J. Nesbitt, north-!
east of Lexington, last Monday
night. This is the eighteenth
child born to Mr. and Mrs. Nes-
bitt.
—Frank Coward, a printer, is
lost somewhere in Oklahoma.
He has been willed some money,
and R. L. Jennings, of Texas, of-
fers $100 to the newspaper which
will locate him and get his power
of attorney.
—Smallpox seems to be every-
where. News comes from Flor-
ence. Colo., that the family of J.
L- Sebree, formerly of this town,
is quarantined there with the di-
sease, and that there are nearly
100 cases in that town.
—Frank E^six has purchased
the Bud Risinger meat market
and consolidated it with his own.
moving back to the old Stand
.(the Doc McGill stand,) The
Pay ton building, recently occu
pied by Mr Essix, has been rent-
ed to McGinley & Berry, who
will open out a fine grocery stock
in it.
1901. Elias Day.
—H. C. Whitnah is having his ; try.
mom next to the Grand Leader I Queen Victoria was born on
fitted up for a candy kitchen and May 24, 1819, and her age was
fruit stand. therefore, 81 years, 7 months and
—Come and see the new goods 28 days, at the time of her death,
just opened at the Oklahoma She ascended the throne of Erig-
— More bargains than
placed a watch over his house )
Three shot struck him, the most
serious being in the groin, and
he has since been In a very seri-
ous condition.
The robbers were scared off be-
fore they secured entrance into
the vault. A posse of deputy
marshal > and citizens pursued, ^
them and captured two Lynch-1 &enl ^
ing is freely talked of, and will
be certain if Mr Cochran dies.
help. Briefly and eloquently he BURNED AT THE STAKE.
outlined something of the univer-l
sity's needs.
The rest of the day was spent
by the committee iti looking ovei
the grounds and in gathering
such information as will enabl
them to do their work intelli-
TERRITORIAL UNIVERSITY.
INDIANS ON
THE WARPATH.
Snake Band of the Creeks
Legislative Committees Pay a Visit Up in Arms Riding the
of Inspection to this Institution. Country.
The educational committee)
from the house and the council Have Killed One Man and Whip and
ever on the Sc and 10c counters.
—Mr. and Mrs. Perry Wood-
ard visited in Guthrie the ffrst of
the week. They are old Arkari- George the' IvT'who~succeeded
>f J J. Boles, receiv- ron,„a iii a\„a ;n is-in without
land on June 20, 1837, having
reisned 64 years.
Queen Victoria was the only
child of the Duke of Kent, who
was the fourth son of George III.
sas friends of
er of the Guthrie land office.
—W. B. Parker, who sold his
farm last week to Mr. Chas.
Keeslar, will purchase land near
Norman and build a residence.
He does not pive possession to
the new owner until July 1, 1901,
and reserves the 115 acres of
wheat that are now growing on
the farm. He got $4,000 for the
160 acres, and with a good sea-
son the wheat crop will give him
$1,000 more.
George III, died in 1830 without
issue, his only daughter h. ving
—The University Orchestra died in 1817. He was succeeded
will give an entertainment at by his brother, the third son of
the chapel on the night of Feb. George III., who reigned under
2nd. A splendid program has the name of William IV., from
been prepared. It will be pub- 1830 to 1837 when he died, leav-
lished next week. ing a large family of 10 children
-Jim Ratliff has sold his in- 're5?U ?f a u0'™ '£
terest in the Chickasaw saloon 'rThwho lo"K P;L°/ p'rl.Ven
. t r /-i j , ., . • . • had been put aside Farliment
to Lafe Canada, and that insti- . , " 1 . ..
tution is now run under the firm « $ but pas5ed the
MrmCanldI paid sSon,t $1 800°t i ^
a half interest, and purchased , of'he
the lot and building on which 2"" V.ctorm s re.gn has been
the saloon is located for $3,800, a rewritable on,e in m,any re-
making a total investment of ft**.f „de™''>"a °
_ aft ,..n family and earnest efforts to ele-
$o,600. ' Vate the morals of her people
—Mr. Furguson, member of have had a remarkable effect upon
the House from Kay county, has the English speaking people,
introduced the Anti-Saloon Lea- During her reign England be-
gue's liquor bill. It is not the came in everything but name a
dispensary bill, however, but a Republic. The franchise was ex-
high license measure. It pro tended from time to time until
vides for a license of $1,000. local now it is practically universal,
option by counties, prohibits a | The power of the nobles has been
saloon within five miles of an j restricted from time to time, and
educational institution, and has the betterment of the condition
.isited the University of Oklaho
ma Friday to see what the insti-
tution needs at the hands of the
present legislature. They were
present at the usual chapel exer
cises Friday morning and many
of them were induced to speak to
the students. They expressed
their faith in Oklahoma and in
her educational ventures, and in-
dicated their willingness to give
their work the fairness that its
importance deserves.
President Boyd introduced the
Maltreat Peaceful Indians.
Eufala, L T., Jan. 18.—Depu-
ty Marshal Grant Johnson has
brought the news that the disaf-
fected Creek Indians, known as
the "Snake band" are up in arms
and are riding over the country
Winchesters in hand,
and maltreating the .
dians. Johnson ran across a band
of fifty, headed by John Creek,
yesterday near Proctor. They
were armed to the teeth and were
A Negro Cremated at Leavenworth,
Kansas.
Leavenworth, Kan., January,
15 —Fred Alexander, the neyro
who Saturday evening attempted
to assault Miss Eva Roth and
who was supposed to have as
saultedand killed Pearl Forbes
in this city in November last, was
this afternoon taken from the
Sheriff's guard and burned at the
stake at the scene of his crimes
half a doz m blocks from the cen-
ter of the city. Probably 8,000
people witnessed the lynching.
After being bound to the stake
coal oil was applied for the sec-
ond time and while it was being
done Alexander called friends in
the crowd and told them good-
bye He did not seetn to realize
that he was to be burned at the
stake and talked rationally until
1 whipping J°',n Forbes, father of the mur-
peaceful In dered gin. lighted the match
1 . . 1 A ir:\ i ti
These people, it is said, on
good authority, h~ve killed one
man who resisted arrest
The
marshal says the wiinio j tiuct it began slowly to disperse
many strenuous and radical fea
tures. It will be amended in
many particulars before it passes,
—Nothing has yet been done
by the legislature about the
Wails-Phelps contest, and there
is no telling when anything will
be clone—if anything is ever,. ... ,
done. There was a report here s now s,xt-v >e,^rs °ld Although
on Wednesday that the report of i nevcr so morally degenerate as
the sub-committee having the "^les, he was for many
matter in charge, had been m^de | .V^rs a/ter atta_in^g his maj.,nty
to the House and the committee
discharged, but the rumor was
of the working people has been
given much attention. The na-
tion has increased greatly under
her reign, and the unification of
British North America and of
Australia have been accomplished
J Her oldest son becomes K«ng un
i der the title of Edward VII. He
. arresting some Creeks of this part
speakers nearly all of whom werei0f the country, whom they tonic
personal friends in his usual hap-110 Hickory Ground, their quar-
|)y way, and the students rose to ters and whipped,
receive them as is the custom at
the university.
After the chapel exercises a
short time was given for the
committee to meet the faculty
and the students.
Hon. Sidney Clarke, Oklahoma
City, gave some thoughts from
his wisdom and experience that
the students will remember long.
He was interested in the develop-
ment of the Kansas university
and proved himself by his talk a
friend to higher education.
Dr. Winkler, the conservative
member of the legislature, con-
gratulated the students upon the
opportunity given by the state
for culture.
Hon. John Embry, of Chandler,
was greeted several times by the
university yell as he spoke earn
estly of "his desire to do his full
duty upon the committee.
Hon. K E- Wood, of Shawnee,
made some excellent jokes upon
Dr. Boyd and touched the listen-
ers by his earnest words. He
pointed to the m iterial wealth of
the territory an 1 said the educa-
tional wealth siiould be as great,
! Again Alexander was asked to
make a confession, but Ik* replied
that he had nothing to say. As
the flames leaped about him Alex-
ander turned ghastly pale. He
clasped his hands together and
began to swing to and fro, while
the crowd yelled In less than
ten minutes he was hanging limp
and lifeless b\ Hie chains that
bound him As soon as the
crowd saw that life was ex-
here is in an uproar.
bands of the disaffected Indians,
numbering about fifty each are
out and are claiming to be the
legally constituted authority in
the nation; they have elected an
independent chief, council and
other officers. The P«ceable j p^e"going"to the scene
people have applied to the United burni These werc
States authorities for protection.
These Indian are all full bloods
ignorant and stubborn. They
are the anti-treaty party and say-
that they will make no treaty
and will not allow the Creek
council to ratify one Soldiers
may be necessary to put them
down and there is widespr-ad
alarm as tcj what they will do
next.
mistake. The legislature does
not seem to be taking an uncon
trollable interest in the matter,
and Norman—well, Norman has
much more vital matters to inter-
est her in this legislature than
this contest.
REMOVAL!!! REMOVAL!!!
disliked by the English people
because of his tendency to a rath-
er wild and rioious life. Later
in life, however, he settl d down
to a most respectable English
country life, and ascends the
throne with the good will of the
nation.
Emperor William, of Germany,
is a grandson of Queen Victoria,
and was at her bedside when she
died. The royal family of Eng-
land is connected bv marriage
with almost every royal family
of every country on the globe,
thus making her dc ath felt acute-
ly in every country.
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McGinley & Berry will move the Durkee
stock of Groceries to the Payton building, the
second door west of Elledge & Philips, and will
add a general line of-<^
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats,
Shoes, General Furnishings.
_a,j 5"^ *?. i i °nt stHar"ut
both failed to furnish the neces-
sary bond, and they now go to
to the penetentiary to begin serv-
ing their sentences.—Tecumseh
Republican.
Off For the Pen.
Sheriff Schram and Frank
Creel as special deputy, left Tues-
day for the Lansing, Kansas,
penetentiary with Bird Smith and j that he believed that he would
Price Dial, who were convicted i buy part of it, the university yell
of manslaughter at the recent
term of court. Smith was sen-
tenced to ten years and Dial re-
—Ask your grocer for a pack ot
"Light Bread Patent" the new
hard wheat brand made by the
Norman Milling and Grain Co.
—"Light Bread Patent" made
from hard wheat, is a home flour
and that he would do his part! and makes the best light bread
tomakeit so. j of any flour sold on the Norman
Hon. H. A. Thomas, of Cleve-1 market.
land, spoke of his friendliness to
the cause because of his lack of
early advantages Though he
rather depreciated his power as a
speaker the students showed
their disapproval of such a state-
ment, by repeated, vigorous ap-
plause. He hit the marks in a
rugged pleasing way.
Hon. J. H. Campbell, of Wa-
t >aga, has a son and daughter in
the university He said the
committee was there for business.
'1 hat his own personal feeling
naturally was great for the uni
versity He referred to Mr. Up
degraph, of the short grass coun
try and the students called Mr
Updegraff out after Mr. Campbell
was through.
When Mr. Updegraff said that
he liked the appearance of the
place and the students so well
There were hundreds of the mor-
bid, however, who stayed.
Men kept piling on wood all
the time until about seven o'clock
when the fl mes were allowed to
die down. From 6 to 8 o'clock
there was a continuous stream of
of the
ng. These werc persons
who had been unable to get away
from their work in the afternoon
but were determined not to miss
seeing the awful spectacle.
When the fire had died down
sufficiently to allow the crowd to
approach what rem.lined of Alex-
ander there was a wild scramble
to obtain relics—bits of charred
flesh pieces of chain, scraps of
wood—everything that could pos-
sibly serve as a souvenir was
seized and with morbid eager-
ness.
—New line of slates and school
tablets of all kinds at the Okla-
homa Racket.
—For Rpnt ok S'ai.k : A 4-
rnom house, two lots, west side.
Enquire at this office.
it if Low Pricesand Honest Treatment will do it.
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| McGinley & Berry.
was given with more vigor than
before.
After i ie other gentlemen were
through Mr. Asp was called for
by the studeuts. Mr. Asp is al-
ways heartily received because of
his well known devotion to the
interest of the university and be-
cause he always giv^s rU;ar, "lean
cut practical pointers that are a
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Can You Snub
A Fond Hother
When she praises
Her sweet
Of course not, nor
can you blame us
for singing the praises
of our complete line of
EVERYTHING TO EAT aud
EVERYTHING TO WEAR.
Here you can supply
all your wants under
one roof, and at prices
to save you dimes and
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ELI.EDGE & PH. aV3.
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Burke, J. J. The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1901, newspaper, January 24, 1901; Norman, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc186582/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.