The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 105, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 27, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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the work of the society in printing and
distributing the Scriptures for nearly
a century, be referred to. A further
request is made that the day's offer-
ings be devoted to the work of the so-
ciety, in an effort to relieve the organi-
zation from 90Vae part ot US prese
financial burdens.
The society is now working to se
cure an endowment fund of $5,000,000.
This fund was to have commemorated
the ninetieth anniversary, but the
more pressing financial neods have
been, receiving more attention than
the endowment. Regular receipts o
the society have fallen off in the las.
year or two, so that its reserve re-
sources have been used up in order
that retrenchment of its work mig
not be neccssary. Now the reserve
is gone and the society is, for the firs
time in twenty-five years, in *An
effort is making to secure JW.OOOin
addition to the usual annual receipts
and it is hoped that all of this amou ,
of which a considerable sum already
has been contributed, may be forth-
coming as a result of the offerings at
tomorrow's anniversary service.
Railroad Extension.
TROOPS WOTLD BE TOO LATE
Manila, Feb. 24,-Active preparations
continue here for a possible emergency
in China. Major General Leonard
Wood has postponed his contemplated
trip to Mindanao. A list is being cir-
the Jewish quarter. Before the at-
tack was begun Kleshoff read a proc-
nation lo the mob. urging*. te W
Jew in tho town be slain, and
neither old nor young should be Bpared^
When news reached the JewUh
quarter of the coming of Kleshoff _an
li s mob, a panic ensued, some snap
l, b moo, ^eir
W uuu i'— u s. XIIOD, & ' ,
trip to Mindanao. A list is being cir- ^ ^ & {ew valuablcs or taking their
culated among packers and teamsters hl their arms, fled from t
numa nf mhnrQ tm horrified to nee,
cuiaieui f
of this city requesting the names of
those who are willing to enlist for ser-
vice in China. The necessary outfits
will be issued to them.
1 111 lire"
town. Others, too horrified to
barricaded themselves.
Unable to find many Jews in tho
streets, tho mob broke into house,,
. choosing first those of the most pro*
h 04 General Uerous members of the quarter. Then
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 24.-Uener ^ glaugMer bcBan.
William H. Shatter,-who commanded women and children who
the United States army in Cuba during . ^ ^ lnjury at th0 hands
the Spanish-American war, pa-so «bC'1 whQ broko into the Houses,
through here today on his way fro ' ' . . the streets, there to ho the
ZTin Mexico to hi. MMK home metier. o< the mob
Sscussing the Chine*, siteatlo.scvcra, hour. the
tho possibility Of intervention by the of y^ and mutUatlon con-
United States, ho said: ti,iued It is estimated that 2io
-If there was an uprising in China ^ ^ ^ number of stores
this country could not got su ic wefe broken into and lootec.
forces in the field to make a show ng. I „™i.
in tho piiuip-
The Oklahoma and Texas Railroad
company filed amended articles of in-
corporation this morning in the secre-
tary's office. The corporation pro-
poses to build an extension from OKI
homa City to Wichita
some other desirable point on the For
Worth & Denver road, an * tlmatjj
distance of two hundred miles,
new road to pass through these coun-
ties in the territory: Oklahoma,
Cleveland and Comanche, the Chicka-
saw nation in Indian Territory.^
Clay and Wichita counties in Texas.
Tho capital stock of the road is |o-
000,000. The erectors include a -
Stone of Oklahoma City; Will
i Fueene Willoughby, of
Bierce and fcugene
New York; Henry W. Prouty, of Chi
L,o The business office of the cor-
poration will be located at Oklahom
city.
forces 111 TjVlUn
There are many troops in the PhihP
.pines, but they would not bo available
for a clash with the Chinese.
-The danger, if there is any, is to
the Americans situated far inlan . j
they were attacked it would be all over j
before tho United States could ge
troops to the spot. So far as thonav al
forces are concerned it is different.
Tho navy is well equipped. At M
ila, along the coast of Japan and China
and at other convenient point.-in tte
Orient, tho United States has ships
Which could be brought to bear Oe
China and enough to. meet all 1
needs."
t>re uiuiwu. —
That tho casualty list was not gu.a
er was due to the fact that the majori-
ty of the mob became practically inert
from drinking too much liquor from
the looted shops, and their vie
! Were then able to beat them off.
-Do you believe that China has
u J . i, _ <3tat.es
"Do you ueuevc -
grievance against the United States,
the general was asked.
WILL REGULATE INSURANCE
New York, Feb. 22,-Senator Arm
strong, with completed copies of the
report of tho Insurance Investigation
committee, left New York today for
Albany, wtere he will submit the doc
I ument for final signature to members
! of the committee upon his ai nva .
Tho report of the joint committee of
0^4zzZJiZSZ
Washington, D. C., teb. 2_. After
fvlteen years of more or less sorious
consideration of tho subject the Senato
passed tho Hepburn pure food bill by
the decisive vote of 6J to 4.
The bill makes it a misdemeanor to
manufacture or sell adulterated or mis-
branded foods, drugs, medicines or
liquors in the District of Columbia, th
territories and the insular pos^s'ons
of tho United States and prohibits tho
shipment of such goods from one state
to another or to a foreign country. It
also prohibits the rccoipt oi such
goods Punishment by fine of $500 or
by imprisonment for one yeai or o
is prescribed. In case of corporations,
officials in charge aro made respon-
sible. The treasury department an
the departments of agriculture and o
commerce and labor are required to
agree upon regulations for the collec-
tion and examination of the article
covered by the bill that no specific pro-
vision Is made for Investigation esowt
by tho department of agriculture. The
investigations by that department are
placed in the hands of the chief oIthe
bureau of chemistry and if 1
that the law has been vlolatedthesec
retarv of agriculture Is required to re
L tacts to the United States to
S attorney who in turn la reared
to institoto proceedings In th
courts The bill also defines food ,
and misbranding.
tne « asked. York appointed to investigate
-Grievance Of course it has, . he insurance companies
declared. "For years the Chinese.have j th.aJWn ^ ^ Artlcle Two of the
been subjected to every posslb 6been | insurance law be so amended as to per-
2,obttrr Theodore Roosevelt | mit the lorm^e^r^
recognizes it and has issued instruc-
Uons^which ought to bring
improvement. The boycott is useless
rait the iorniauun _—
„„1 corporations without capital stoc
to transact the business ot lite te
-
,n.paclor. R«nro Cou„,y.
Livestock '"SP"7crtayHahIternoon
Dunn returned yesterday
Irom Comanche count, where «W
were sent the first ot the week by Ter
ritorial Secretary Morns to drive bacK
into the Indian Territory thee
herds of cattle that have been brought
into Comanche county without inspec
tion Mr. Dunn said this morning_
-The fast herd of cattle driven baft
belonged to a man Mn)e J y' t
resisted the inspectors and the dep
• m a nito^pther the cost of get
sheriff and alto„euiei
t+io n t of the county will
amount lo about 011c hundred
When the other livestock o«ne«|
learned what the coat l e l '
aabmltted quietly ^^'
««r'tcfo
have sent back w
about tour hundred head cl cattte
tlcally no resistance., be^great
who has severai tbousand head
tions wmcn uu6". ~ - - ..cpiess. anco and Dor sucu -
improvement. The boycott is useless an tQ b0 connected there
We have seen in this country how 11 -, are author ^ corporations,
r^ower there is in it- A man will | h as l.^ca.e^
buy where he wishes. Mter i ''ievson3 have subscribed to become
ities which China has received c . , therein in an aggregat
h3nds we have no a^^ect m^ of" at lea8t Q^e mllhon^doUars
goods0 But^ for all that the Chinese , to^be annual
make an attack upon tbe dilil unal'C , ai.b u , n,ake'the same deposits
service, and tbe only danger wouUi b< th..uwndent ot Inaurance
Maud. The Amcrlcana near ho coast w,tb the ^ corporl.
"VrtSr inland - military ' lions tor similar purposes.
=:ou,;Sbr«htto=.nt.me
force coma „
to avert threatened bloodshed.
jfcWS KILLED LIKE SHEEP.
„ , 94 —The prediction
'*'t Saturday that there would
made last bauiruuj
S ti Xnn band under Klesb*
the czar himself had ordered a massa
"The Town and tbea marched upon
Report Before Legislature.
htTe^umslrln'g ViiaU sura.ce 1ml
vestigation committee presented to t
> todav was accompanied by
^lElit^bills designed to carry Into -•
tect the recommendations ot the con
r Scanted
^rrVZTirbelieved. probably
'L lhe Policyholders committee of
state governors. .
RACE SUICIDE IN KANSAS.
Topeka, Kas., Feb. 23.-F. D. Coburn
secretary of the state board of agri-
culture, has prepared a report showing
the population of Kansas and giving
statistics regarding the size of Kansas
families. The total population is now
1,544,908, an increase of 210,2o n
past ten years.
An interesting to.ture is that, t illus-
trates tho danger ot "race suic.de. In
1885 the average number ot person
ho Kansas tamily was 5.04. '1 en ye
,.ter the average was only <.".
since then it has decreased to 1.«.
TU|S statement ahows how the poi-
son is toldod a. to occupa ion-
Engaged in .11 classcs ol occupations,
600,0591 in agriculture, 251,950; ,n p
fesslonal and personal scrv.ces, 115,
207; in trade ami transporlaUon, 00,
923; in mnnutacturing and mec'"
industries, 54,991; in mining. 0.982.
Tho table giving the ages "
tanis indicates that the health cond.-
tlonsoregoC. There aro ,003 P P.e
the state who have pasacd the
year mark, and 10,814 inoro over 75.
u-i, 24—The rustic
M°bile' ! ia"in Bienville Sqnare to
cross erected n ™ Iberville
rreneyd1odLa°y whh interesUng
i ihn presenco of &
ceremonies and ■ ienao Bates,
'"^de'nt of-the Colonial Dames of
K2S presided over the —
and the address was deUvered
Father E- C. de la Morimere. S. J.
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The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 105, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 27, 1906, newspaper, February 27, 1906; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc186590/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.