Hobart Weekly Chief. (Hobart, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1903 Page: 7 of 8
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J # Who Struck James Whitcomb Riley?1
With an Account of H i s Abandonment of the j
Watermcllon "Habit:" More or Leas Truthfully Told by
'"THE
REVEREND EZEKIL LOUDMOUTH
"Vl"' M Vlr ■<>
S'l: 'Br'er Riley, dey'a lots o' fahms
'roun' hveah. an' on dem fahms dey's
heaps o' milluns; an' de fahmahs 'ud
be willin' to donate 'em to yott mote
any night you'll come arter 'em—
'vidln' dey caln't ketch yon.' S'l:
'I'm goln' out to try ma luck to-night,
an' I called roun' to ?ee f you'd go
wid me. S'l: 'Fo ty crnts foh a watah
millun is a outrage!'
"He went to mumblin' sump'ln'
'bout 'impropriety,' 'moral suasion,'
'character.' 'settiif high example,' an'
one thaing another; an' s'l: 'You
caln't eat ddt!' An' I see I'd struck
a tendah spot In im. S'e: 'Well, Rev-
erent. rail 'roun' to-night 'bout ten
o'clock, ef de weathahs fair, an* I'll
thaink about It.'
"Went back dat eb'nln'—as God
would bab It—an' Riley say: 'Walt tel
I git ma hat.' An' off we put—down
<le street—splittin' Injunap'lis wide
we won't take one
man.' S'e: "Greed!"
In order tliat the reader ina.v un- the value of peaches as both a lucious
dsrtitand fully the events leading up and nutritious diet, whereat the Rtv.
to the misadventures herein set forth, Ezekll took the floor.
a brief sketch of the author is neies- "1 don't keer how high a dahkey
ry. gits up in de worl', ner how much lak
The Reverend Ezekll Loudmouth wSIie 1folks he tries to ack. he'll com® , nrvKl-Bpilw1l injuna|l 1I8 wlue
had been the pastor of a colored . to his natch'ul ae'f, ef you open! Riley had a ao't o' hop-light-lady
hurch in Indianapolis but owing to tmct mi tip in a room alone wid a
his inability to recognize the differ- watah millun. An' de white folks
erne between the dibit and credit side i laks vatah miilun, too! Did you know
of the church's collection accounts it? Deed dey does! Dey ain't no (
was deponed; and drifting to Chi-ago iiiggali problem' when It comes to
hail so effectually "hack-slidded" that watah millun! W'y. when I wuz pas-
the t-ole remains of his ministerial '• " uv a little clinch in Injunap'lis,
life appeared in his costume and the mi- 11 Jeems Whitcomb Rfley eat many
unctions use of large and inappro- « <?ood oie millun together! An' Riley
priats words. His every day dress I sho' kin eat! W'y. ef you wuz to set '
consisted of the regulation ministe- im down niungct a passei o' dahkies,
rial garb; top hat. frock; or as he | >n' put em all to eatin' millun, you
termed it Mini Swigger" >oat, black | couldn't tel! fom 'zaminin' de rines
trousers and white choker. | which wuz Rileys an' which wuz do
■ ullud folks'! Fine man, dat Riley
j is. I made ma s 'f 'quainted wld im
' iti Injunap'lis. an' used to go up an'
j ii-ti h 'im almose any time—'for ma
I chu'eh'—dit wuz ma ole racket. (Co se
' I spent de money as I pleased.) An' '
| when I'd git broke, I go tetch Riley
ag'in. He wuz dead easy to wo'k—
sib 'im any ole song! Oh! I wuz
log' such gifts ; strii-kly in It. 'tel 1 went, lak a fool.
the Fates , an sp ilt ma se'f wid 'im. I 'speck
..lit send in while I'm at it. 1 heitah tell you how
the way of re- i < <>nte to do it.
freshmenf and "Went to his house one day. I did
£ volubly thank- iR,eHt. big. square house made outen
*■ jng the "I«o'd" t°d lni k- -tan's on Lockerby Street.
for the drops I knows right wheh It 1 —bin dah
g M and crumbs nio times den I got fingers an' toes).
which fell to his an' I rung f'e do' bell, an" sen'g in mlW* f m town, an' stopped right in
wo'd at I wants to s e Riley on front uv a big ole fahm whah you
po'tant businf s.« Putty Boon down could hyeah de milluns Jes' a laughin'
lie rome t om his study. S I. 'Bre'r an' a talkin' an' a nigglln' in dey j
Riley, does you know milluns has sle'be* lak dey wuz goin to bu** open,
ratio to the times of plenty and in *one up to fo'ty cents. an' still a- " Now.' >ez Riley. *«l i > ole f o IJ r
consequence the talk of feasts to come rlsin'?' S'e So Reverent; ain't It here raises de b«s milium In d« Mate;
occupied more hours thau their con- < f- S'l Y>' an' I don't 'pose to but lie keeps a mean dog. an' ■!■ •• .<ay
suiiijtlon. On this particular a iny It!' S'e 'Wbat you eoln' to do? ba wat<he his patch o' nights wid a
*lou the conversation had turned on , We mus' hab milluns to eat!' ' shotgun I don !.now how true t is.
The Reverend
Ezekll spent j
most of hi;; wak-
ing hours in the
various resorts
where the gen- J
tlemen oi his
color most do |
congregate; tak
The Reverend Loudmouth Tal:es the
Fleer.
step, an' I wuz a-doin' de Mobile buck.
"Cah'd me out. he did, about fo'
share.
Naturally the fare in both forms
h'Mng of an uncertnin quali.y, the
times of famine were In an inverse
f "S'l: 'We'll go whah dey's de lies'
milluns. an' take de chances!* S'l:
'I'm done walked too fur to back wa-
tah now!" S'l: 'I'm a ol<* ban' ai dis
business—foller me, an' you'll wa'h
diamon's.' An' s'l: 'L'es' k -ep close
together; so's
nother fur do
"Well, arter we'd bin in dah a while,
an' didn't see ner hyeah nothln'. we
Kot bol"; an' raised up an' went to
walkin' 'roun' dah, lak we owned do
place Cra'Ke me wanted do bes' mil-
luns in de patch)—an' I swah we got
Ioh' fom one 'nother. But we wuz
dast to holler. Made up' ma mine to
tase a pin, o' millun, dm fine Ri!>y
n' go home—alreadv had u sackful
hid down 'side de railroad ira< k to to'e
home wld mn. Went up to a slump, I
did. an' I brought a milluu down 'cross
It—'bam!' An' de stump Jumped up
an' tuck alter me! An' I thought 1 ,
hyeah'd a gun go off—'bud-du-ee!'
S'l: 'Dah! brew. God, de fahmah's
comin arter tin!' An' I spread ma
win^s an' flew! S'l: Br'er Riley, do
de bes' vou kin foh yo' se'f! De Hible
say: "Flee fom de wraff to come!"'
An' by dat time I had doue gone a
mil", an' had ios' coat, shoes, an' ha
I made foh one o' ma mnnihaht
holing, on de outskirts o' de town, an
I fell in de do', an" s'l: 'Come an' gh
nic!" An' I fainted plum' away.
"Ma memhah tuck me in an' pm
me to bed. an' nex' mo'nin' he lent mo
a siii! o' his clothes to go home in— '
I'd donn flxotf up a gbouc story, an'
tole i u. On my way home, | stopped
at Riley's house--see how he come
out. An' dey tole me he wuz sick In
bed. 'W'y, ain't you hyern It?' ez
dey. An; dey showed me whah de
papain- aid he'd bin hit in de head
an' helt up an' robbed! S'l: Ain't dat
a shame! nice a man as he Is!' An' I
wont In whah he wuz, an' s'l: 'I«Ven'
Riley, whut's de maltah?' 8>: 'Mai-
tab? matttah" W'y, Rev'unt. I didn't
thaink you'd do m* thata-way!' S'l:
'Whut'd I do?' 'Do'." sez ho, 'do? W'y,
you broic a waiahmlllun ovah ma
head! 'At's whut you done" 8'e;
Ma head hu t me so I could hahdl.v git
to town Don' '*pe<k I kin write r.on«
foh a week ' S'e: I wouldn't mine Jt
so: but de millun wuz green! An' he
alius acted col' to'ahds me arter -lat.
But I iln'i got nothln' '^'Inst watah
mlliun. ail de amc "
J I) COItrtOTIIKRS
<'i•;>>■ right. If'i'J, Kunk & Wagnall*
t'u New York.
WILL NOT AVAIL
UNITED STATES WILL BE UPHELD
IN PANAMA AFFAIR
PANAMA A CLOSED CHAPTER IN HISTORY
Refusal by the United States to Sub-
mit a Proposition to The Hague Tri-
bunal will be Approved—A European
Ambassador'a Opinion
WASHINGTON': "Refusal by the
Dulted States to consent to a proposl
, lion from Columbia for a reference of
the Panama question to The llaRiie
tribunal Is oipected ami will be fully
approved by the European powers."
Ibis statement whs made to a repre-
sentative or I ho Associated Press b v a
European ambassador or high rank
and Influence. It has already been
made in substance, though in rather
more diplomatie language to General
Rafael Reyes, the Colombian minister,
who Is expected In his forthcoming
nolo lo the state department to sug
geat The Hague tribunal a.< the proper
place for the settlement of the Isth
mian problem Whether Ihe knowl
edge of the refusal of such a request,
so far from prejudicing the European
I lowers against the Washington gov
eminent, will call forth their emphatic
endorsement, will cause General Keyes
lo modify bis note. Is not yet certain
The ambassador quoted, in explan
inn tlio attitude (,f European powers,
said:
"I'anama is a closed chapter In the
history or nations, and The Hague
j court U not the place for settled ques
Hons, but I'or pending problems which
are referred to it with the full up
'"'oval or all tho participants When
Russia, Germany and France reeog
ni/.eii the independence oi Panama,
Hiey set I heir seal of approval on I be
prompt action or the WaHhinglon gov
eminent iu pledging itself t<> Riiur
antee and maintain the indepeiidence
ol the republic it had previously recog-
nized Nations can hardly bear to
settle questions or sovereignty or na
tional honor at The Hague. Moreover,
In my opinion it would not be within
the province or the Washington gov
eminent to grant such a request from
Colombia. It Is to Panama, not to
Washington, that Colombia should
take such a proposition
"There is. however, a question be-
tween Colombia and Panama which
with all propriety might be referred
to The Hague, and to which rererence
the United States will scarcely offer
objection It In the question or the
assumption by Panama or a part or
the Colombian debt. H General Reyes
should ask the United Slates lo use
Its good office* to have this matter
brought before The Hague. Panama
might sarely acquiesce In giu-h „ „ro
position. The difficulty in making this
request would be that Colombia there
by would recognize the independence
or the new republic but this must come
soner or later."
At the navy department the state
font is made that the instruction Hi
the naval commander in Isthmian
waters to "prevent the landing or
rorcos with hostile Intent." have not
been modified. These instructions. It
is believed, are sufficiently compreh<-n
sive to enable commanders lo main-
tain open transit across the Isthmus
and to protect the new republic from
I Colombian expeditions.
RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION
Oklahoma Leads with Louisiana ana
Indian Territory Second and Th.rd
CHICAGO: According to the Rail-
way Age, the total railway mileage ,,f
the I nil -d Stales on January 1. l'.MH,
will be 209,1155 miles, the present year
having added ; .72a miles. This mile-
a.«e lakes into account all or the new
track laid up to the last day or the
year
Compared with the present
year is about on a parity In the matter
of railway construction. The construc-
tion reported was done on aso line*
ami In slates and territories. Includ-
ing Alaska. Early in the year It was
shown that there were 8..VJ0 miles of
railroad under construction, but labor
troubles and financial difficulties
caused some of the work to be aban-
doned.
In Nebraska, of the western states,
there was no new construction ami
In the cast. New Hampshire. Dela-
ware. Vermont. Connecticut. Rhode
Island aud Maryland has no new track-
age.
The number or milo of new railroad
constructed in Oklahoma during ISO.I
was C.i;t :12. representing thirteen
lines; uext in total Is Louisiana, In
which seventeen lines completed
44t .Indian Territory Is third on
lb" list with .'II!).12 miles constructed
by fourteen lines.
Woman Gets Seven Years
Gt PIIRIE: In tbe district court at
Alva. Ok.. Mrs. Martha McGee was
sentenced to aeven years' hard labor in
th<* penitentiary at l^anslng. Kan . for
horse stealing Her career has been
a long one [n Oklahoma's history,
she was the fourth woman to be ar-
retted on a charge of horse stealing
COLORED HOTEL MAN KILLED
W. D. Cox of Muskogee Shot by Man
Who Claimed to be Nephew
MCSKOOEE: Waller D Cox, • put
tier of Wiley Jones proprietor or the
Jon- hotel, a colored establishment or
this city, was shot and killed here.
A colored man giving bis name as
Wal.eiield who came in rrom Kansas
city, said that he was a nephew or
Co.x and had seen Mrs. Cox heroic
he left He and Cox were together
and seemed to be |n good humor. Im-
mediately alter the shooting he was
seen to come down stairs from where
the shooting occurred, saying thai he
was i-oliig after a doctor that Cox had
been shot, lie has not been seen since
although there an two officers afte,-
him. Mrs Lewis Richardson, claim-
ing to come from Payetteville, Ark
ami the hotel porter are under arrest
pending further developments
LIVES WITH HIS NECK BROKEN
Operation Performed and Patient May
Recover
SIOI'X CITY, IA : An operation said
to have no parallel in the surgical
world wus performed at St. Joseph's
hospital by Dr. Wiliiain Jepson, who
has the chair of surgery al the state
university. John Norstrom. of Dan-
bury. Conn., fell from a load of hay.
striking on Ills head and breaking bis
neck, lie has been almost paralyzed
lor weeks and Dr. Jepson decided to
operate on Ills broken neck. Accord-
ingly, a portion or Ihe third cervical
vertebrae was removed, the growth
of tissue was cleaned out aud the bone
replaced. The patient is doing well,
with every prospect of recovery.
DECAPITATED BY 8HOT
Holder of Gun Wanted to Turn It on
Himself
GUTHRIE: While out hunting with
two other boys. Floyd Howell. III. was
killed by the accidental discharge of
a shotgun. One of his companions
was walking in frout with the gun over
his shoulder. The gun was accidental-
ly discharged ami the HowelF boy's
head was blown off. The companion
who held the gun was so excited and
alarmed that It was only with difllcul
ty that the third boy prevented him
from turning the gun on hlmseir and
COWHfttlng suielile At the Mtieral
the boy's schoolmates were dismissed
rroin school to attend the ceremony.
DO ALL THAT WAS ASKED
Cuban Government has Accepted All
Suggestions in Isle of Pines
WASHINGTON: Mr. Squires. United
Slates minister to Cuba, has arrived in
Washington ami reports that the c*i-
ban government practically had n-c-
cepted all tbe suggestions the stale
department had put forth relative to
I lie Isle of Pines namely, the estab-
lishment of schools, provision for a
modified form of Judicial proceeding,
and the opening of a port tor the con-
venience or American settlers on the
island. It practically has been decided
'hat these undertakings need not lead
to the amendment of the pending Isle
of Pines treaty, but can be given effect
by reduction to the form or diplomatic
notes to be exchanged between the
United Slates and Cuba.
C. F. Prouty Elected
EL RENO: The executive boaTd of
Hie Okluhoma Grain Dealers' Associa-
Hon met in this city and elected C. T.
Prouty, son of the late Territorial
grain inspector, secretary.
Canadian Court House Ready
El. ItENO Canadian county's new
'iiirt house is very nearly completed
Hill! some or tbe county officials are
moving Into the new quarters.
FIGHT TO DEATH
Two Kilied in an Altercation Over
Cattle
ARDMORE John Btott and Sam
Victory, prominent farmers, became
Involved In an altercation in Woolsev.
west ,,r here, which culminated in the
douth or both men. Stott opened lire ,
on Victory and aBer being ratallv
wounded Victory shot Siott three
times. Both men died within a few
minutes. The trouble was caused by
Stott'H cattle setting lilt,. Victor)'s
fields. Stott Wat nn ex confederate
auldler, 60 year* old
FARMERS BUCK THE TRUST
They Buy Threshing Machines Near
Hiawatha. Kas.
HIAWATHA. KAS.: Since tbe or-
ganization of the Tnreshermen's trust
In this county many of the farmers
have clubbed and Isnight threshing
outllis which they have used together.
Fifteen prominent tanners northeast
or here fur several years have done
all their own threshing with a ma-
chine which they use in common. At
tbe end o 1 this season It was found
that the organization had enough sur-
plus in tbe treasury to give each man
115. but by way or good feeling they
all went and gave a banquet for the
occasion.
Rich Copoer Mine Contested
LAWTON: One ot the hottest con-
tested cases ever held in this new
country Is that now in progress at
Anadarko, before a special reteree.
The case Is the Wichita Mining and
Improving Company va J M Hale.
This contest Involves the richest cop-
per claims in the Wichita mountains,
the Hale claim.
A WICKED SYNDICATE
St. Louis Crowd Has Evolved *a New
Moyenmaking Scheme
ST LOUIS. MO.: The latest syndi-
cate Is of the vice variety and formed
here with some of the town Iwwsllera
as main supporters, to Import tin.ooo
girls rrom Europe next year world's
fair year.
Chlurch societies and the Salvation
Army are joining rorees to prevent
aud prosecute the members or tho
> ice syndicate
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