Stilwell Standard. (Stilwell, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, September 19, 1902 Page: 2 of 8
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STILWELL STANDARD
BTANDAED PEIUTING CO Publisher
STILWELL - IND TER
TOPICS OF THE DAY
Why the Shah I Sad
It was remarked that the shah of
Persia wad moody and sad He haa
only 63 wives while his father had
1720
Too Much Water
The bicycle trust seems to be badly
Durst xt represented a conspicuous
Instance of overcapitalization There
are others
What Are Teeth For?
A glance over the menu of
health-food faddist makes one wonder
what heaven gave teeth and salivary
glands to man for
The Real Discomfort Soon to Be Fait
The anthracite coal strike has gone
Into its nineteenth week If it runs
19 weeks more somebody will be com'
plaining of cold feet
A Palace on Wheels
George Gould's private car Atlanta
is nearing completion at St Charles
Mo" where he inspected it a few
days ago It is to cost about $150'
000 and will be a veritable palace on
wheels
Her Impressive Text
A California woman reformer who
combats the cigarette habit takes for
the text of her lecture the following
notice posted in a dog show: "No
smoking allowed here for it hurts
the dogs"
The Only Survivor
Judge John II Reagan of Texas
the surving member of Jefferson
Davis' confederate cabinet sat on
Friday for a portrait to be painted
and placed in the Confederate Mu
seum of History at Richmond Va
Emblems of Iowa Prosperity
Civil war veterans of Iowa who
will parade at the national encamp-
ment in Washington next October
ere expected to carry unique em-
blems of Ilawkeye state prosperity
Each will have with him the largest
ear of corn he can find
Giving the Native a Show
The design for one of the new
silver coins for the Philippines which
will be approved by Secretary Hoot
represents "a brawny native with a
hammer at a forge typifying the
Filipino hammering out the desti
nies of the islands" Thus far the
American government has done most
of the hammering
Mot u Vote-Getter
Republican managers in Indiana
fear the party's prospects will be
seriously injured if congressional
candidates carry out the plan of cam-
paigning by means of the automo-
bile It is calculated that every far
mer's horse which kicks the dash
board when the auto flies by will
lose a candidate a bunch of votes
Where Races Do Jfot Differ
Booker T Washington the negro
educator has declared that what the
negroes need most is more active
workers for the uplifting of the race
and fewer self-asserting leaders On
this point however the negroes do
not differ from their whiite brethren
who have always been afflicted with
a surplus of generals and a pleni-
tude of sleepy privates
Won't Issne Panama Bonds
The treasury department will take
no steps towards issuing the $40-
000000 Panama bonds authorized by
the last congress In authorizing the
bonds congress provided that the
secretary of the treasury should not
sell them below par and that circu-
lation against them should be sub-
ject to a tax of one per cent per
annum Secretary Shaw believes it
would be useless to try to issue the
bonds under this provision It would
be impossible to place them
Slng-nlar Cose of Cruelty
A singular case is that of Patrick
Logue of Altoona Pa who has been
prosecuted for cruelty to animals
his offense consisting of excessive
kindness Logue is so fond of an
intelligent horse that he will not al-
low it to work For four years the
horse has not been out of the stable
Logue cares for it tenderly but re-
fuses to take it out Consequently
the Humane society brought suit to
force him to give the horse some
work or exercise it daily at least
Queen Cares for CO Children
The queen of Italy is caring for
50 children all boys whom she is
educating and will have them taught
a trade An enterprise of a some-
what similar character is being
backed by the dowager empress of
China who intends to establish a
girl's school in Pekin Ten daugh-
ters of princes will be the students
A female teacher will instruct them
in English that they may act as in-
terpreters when the empress enter-
tains tiit wives of foreign ministers
AM0YED ROOSEVELT
Oyster Bay Preacher Reflected on
McKioley's Trust Attitude
told tha Assassin's Ballet Wan Providen-
tial So That Ruosevelt Might Tbrottla
tha Trusts— Ignored Request to
Hold Memorial Exercises
Oyster Bay N Y Sept 15— Rey
Dr Henry Homer Washburn rector
of Christ Episcopal church in the
presence of President Roosevelt and
his family and a congregation that
filled the church to overflowing yes-
terday preached a sermon in which
he devoted considerable attention to
"possibility of danger coming by and
through the unguarded use of
wealth concentrated in the hands of
a few" and of which he also stated
that "if ever circumstances indicated
that one was placed providentially
in the executive chair of the nation
then the circumstances that attend-
ed the promotion of Mr Roosevelt
so indicated"
Yesterday was the first anniversary
of the death of President McKinley
and the president had requested Mr
Washburn to hold memorial services
The first part of the rector's ser-
mon was devoted to a eulogy upon
the life and character of the mar-
tyred McKinley and to this the presi-
dent listened attentively But when
in the second part of the sermon Mr
Washburn took occasion to speak of
the possibility of danger coming
through certain trusts and also to
laud the president Mr Roosevelt be-
came restive His face colored and
he plainly showed signs of disap-
proval of the rector's utterances
At the conclusion of the sermon he
turned to Mrs Roosevelt who sat be-
side him 'and whispered: "He should
not have done that"
Kansas O A R Posts Hold Exercises
Topeka Kan Sept 15— The prin
cipal churches of the state and the
G A R posts held McKinley memo-
rial exercises yesterday The cere-
monies in the O A It were the re-
sult of a special order issued last
week by Department Commander
Loomis The sentiment was ex-
pressed in the Topeka churches that
the observance of the day for memo-
rial purposes be a regular feature
every year
MlHHonrl Cities Observe the Day
St Louis Sept 13 — Memorial serv
ices in observance of the anniversary
of the death of William McKinley
were held in a number of the
churches here yesterday Citizens
generally paid tribute to the clay by
wearing pink carnations of the va-
riety favored by the deceased presi-
dent In nearly all the cities of the
state the churches held McKinley me-
morial services
SAYS "KIDS" ARB WANTED
A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE DIES
W 8 Stratton Owner of the Famous In
dependence Mine In the :rlpple Creek
District Pauses Away
Colorado Springs Col Sept 15—
W S Stratton the multi-millionaire
of this city owner of the famous In
dependence mine in the Cripple Creek
district died at his home in this city
at 9:35 o'clock last night after an
illness of several months
Mr Stratton was born in Jefferson-
ville Ind July 22 134S He was edu
cated in the schools of that city and
at the age of 17 took up the car-
penter's and draughtnian's trade
which he mastered He has resided
in Colorado Springs for 30 years
having come here in 1872 During
all this time he hajs been more or less
interested in mining being a pros-
pector in various camps of Colorado
as long as 15 years before he opened
the famous Independence bonanza
A Fatal Quarrel Over School Tax
Guthrie Ok Sept 15— As a result
of a quarrel over school affairs Jo-
seph Watkins a prominent farmer
of Beaver county was shot and in
stantly killed by a neighbor Dee
Cravens The school board had made
a tax levy which did not meet Wat-
kins' approval and the trouble with
Cravens occurred in the latter s
home Cravens then surrendered to
the sheriff and was released undei
$3000 bond
Senator Burton Hunted In Hawaii
Abilene Kan Sept 15— Senator
Burton writes from Honojulu that
he will reach here October 3 and at
once enter the state campaign His
first speeches probably will be in the
Sixth district In his hunting' trip
on the island of Hawaii he killed a
wild bull several wild dogs two wild
boars and much smaller game
New York Minister Speaks Bitterly of tha
Lsck of Attention Paid to tha
Aged Ones
Catskill N Y Sept 10— Rev Dr
Wortman for many years pastor of
the Reformed church at Saugerties
IV Y now 80 years old and feeble
at the Reformed church here has
made an appeal for funds for super
annuated ministers He grew elo
quent as he pleaded their case The
doctor spoke bitterly of the lack of
attention paid to these old ministers
"What Is wanted in these days" he
said "Is a kid' A minister of ripe
experience is turned aside for a golf
player and the question is asked:
Is he a jolly good fellow?' He is
the one who gets the fashionable
churches and the old minister is
laid upon the shelf to spend the rest
of his days as best he can"
NEW COMMITTEE WON
In St Con Is the Election Commissioners
Recognized State Chairman Atkins' Ap-
pointees Overruling Robinson
St Louis Sept 16— Judge Robin
son of the state supreme court was
overruled by the board of election
commissioners that body voting to
recognize the new republican central
committee appointed by the state
executive committee Commissioners
McCaffrey and Wood voted in favor
of recognizing the new committee
and Commissioner Aloe against such
recognition This is a blow at fusion
from which it cannot recover It
is probable that the old committee
which favors fusion with the munici
pal ownership partj will apply for
another injunction
DEATH OF JUSTICE GRAY
The Msmber of the United States Supreme
Court Who Retired Lb at July Stricken
with Paralyils
Lynn Mass Sept 16 — Justice
Horace Gray who retired from the
United States supreme bench last
July died a't his residence in Na
hant yesterday morning of paralysis
Judge Gray was born in Boston
March 24 1823 and Avas graduated
from Harvard college in the class ot
1843 and from the law school in
1849 President Arthur commis
sioned him as associate justice of the
supreme court of the United States
December 19 1881
ANOTHER MINE DISASTER
Fifty Persons Were Drowned In India
Madras British India Sept 15—
An English mail trainxlashed over a
bridge 205 miles from here which had
been undermined by floods Fifty
passengers including among whom
were eight Europeans and four sol
diers were drowned Twenty-hve
were saved from the wreck
The Land Tax la Ratansras Remitted
Manila Sept 15 — On account of the
impoverishment of the people by
war and cholera the United States
Philippine commission has remitted
the land tax in the province of Batan-
eas Luzon for the year 1002
EspIoHlou of I'owder in a Virginia Plant
Entombed 16 Men All or Whom v
Are Probably Dead
Norfolk W Va Sept 16— A gas
and powder explosion occurred here
yesterday in the Big Four mine of
the Algoma Coal and Coke company
as the result of which James Lester
an engineer John Reekie a Hun-
garian miner and 15 colored miners
are known to be imprisoned in the
mine "There is hardly one chance
for the men to be recovered alive as
they are beyond the point where
the explosion occurred
A Sort Situation Held for a Forcer
San Francisco Sept 16 — Tho Bul-
letin says: Charles Becker the king
of forgers who is now in San Quentin
prison hjfs been offered a good posi-
tion in a Chicago bank when his term
of imprisonment expires His office
will be that of an expert in the bank
and his duties will be to pass upon
the genuineness of the paper that
might be presented that the regular
clerks are in doubt of He has been
offered a salary of $200 a month
i
A Soldier Drowned In the Kaw
Junction City Kan Sept 16 — Pri-
vate G E llullin aged 21 troop E
Second squadron Fourth cavalry
just arrived from Fort Leavenworth
to take part in the maneuvers at
Fort Riley was drowned in the Kan-
sas river yesterday evening Mullin
in company with a number of com-
rades went bathing and not know-
ing the treacherous current of the
Kaw was swept beyond his depth and
drowned before succor could reach
him
Reunion of Sixteenth Army Corps
Washington Sept 16 — Grand
Army veterans in Missouri and the
southwest who formed the famous
Sixteenth army corps will hold a
reunion in Washington during the
encampment of the G A B in Oc-
tober At the reunion Gen Green-
ville M Dodge will deliver the princi-
pal address
Warrant Forwarded to Mrs McKinley
Washington Sept 16 — A treasury
warrant for $39 SOU was forwarded
yesterday to Mrs Ida S McKinley
widow of the late president for sal-
ary which would have been due him
on July 1 1902 the appropriation for
which was made at the last session
of congress
THIS WOMAN STOLE
Mrs M A Dauphin Indicted by
New Orleans Grand Jury
Joplln Policeman Charged with M order
' Joplin Mo Sept 16 — Policeman
John Brannon is in jail here charged
with the murder of Frank Cheatham
Brannon was attempting to arrest
Cheatham when the latter fled
Brannon opened fire and killed him
and will now have to answer serious
charges 1
Widow of Former President of Louisiana
State tottery Made Way with Cash and
Securities Aggregating a Quarter
of a Million Dollars
New Orleans Sept 12— The grand
jury has returned a verdict against
Mrs Rosa LaBranche Dauphin widow
of Maximilian Dauphin for many
years president of the Louisiana
state lottery Dauphin died in 1891
Ilia estate was inventoried at $100-
000 his widow and a friend being
executors There were other heirs
including Dauphin's mother The
estate was settled up the heirs were
paid their share and the widow and
legatee came into possession of the
rest of the property Eleven years
after tho settlement among the ef-
fects of Judgo Porcha who had been
Mrs Dauphin's lawyer in the pro-
bate case an old badly-worn paper
was found giving a list of a large
number of bonds which apparently
formed part of Dauphin's estate
but which had not figured in the in-
ventory Mrs Dauphin was called on to ex-
plain She failed to appear before
a Louisiana court but piece by piece
the trouble buried for 11 years was
brought to light Dauphin had kept
his money and securities in a box
in his room and was a much wealthier
man than many supposed From that
box his widow it is charged had stol-
en from the estate and secreted $214-
000 in securities and $40000 in cash
DON'T RECOGNIZE REBELS
Uncle Bam Will Permit the Loading? of a
Colombian Government Gunboat
at Sun Francisco
San Francisco Sept 12 — The
steamer Jessie Benning under char-
ter ' to the Colbmbian government
as a gunboat is to take on her ar-
mament at this port and she will
sail south with a large cargo of arms
and ammunition for the South' Amer
ican republic's use in fighting the
rebels Collector Stratton says that
in the absence of any instructions
to the contrary from the officials at
Washington the Jessie Benning will
be allowed to land and to take on the
munitions of war now lying at the
wharf The Colombian- insurgents
have not been recognized by this government
DUMJHi VISITORS' EXCURSIONS
la the
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
To points in Ohio and Indiana One far
(or the round trip plus $200 Tickets on
sal September 2nd 9th 10th and 23d good
to return within 80 days from date of sale
Excellent opportunity to visit the old folk
at home Call on or address nearest Mis-
souri Pacific Agent for particulars H GV
Towxsuid G P at T Agt S Louis
Not for Mourners
"May I offer you a nip?"
"Thanks! But nothing sweet— I am stflt
In deep mourning"— Filgende Blaetter
New York and Return f2330
Special excursions via Erie Railroad Chi-
cago to New York and return only $2330
Good going Oct 3rd 4th 5th and 6th with'
liberal return limit Full particulars on
application to Erie R R Office 605 West-
ern Union Building Chicago or A W
Moore T P A Erie R R( Kansas City
Mo
Not Complimentary — "He claims to have'
a speaking acquaintance with you" "Well
I did speak to him once but I don't think
he'll ever tell you what I said"— Chicago'
Post
Visit the Old Uome In the East
In Indiana Ohio and Western New York
and Pennsylvania after the harvest Very'
low rates' via Erie Rnilroad Oct 3rd to Cth
inclusive Return Nov 3rd Particular!
by-your home ticket agent Erie Railroad
Company Chicago or A W Moore T P
A Erie R R Kansas City Mo
uvuu evening tm
your sister at home? Bobby— I don't know
I heard her tellin' ma she expected a pro-
posal to-night an' if you ain't the feller I
guest she ain t home— Philadelphia Press
For fortv vears Dr Fowler's Extract of
Wild Strawberry has been curing summer
complaint dysentery diarrhoea bloody
flux pain in the stomach and it has never
yet failed to do everything claimed for it
To know mankind is easy but to com-'
prehetid anv one man or woman is impos
sible— Town Topics
Piso's Cure for Conpumotion is an infalli
ble medicine for coughs and colds— N W
Samuel Ocean Grove NJ Feb 17 1900
One had better be a first-class ox driver
than a third rate nrofessional man— N Y
Herald
Two million Americans suffer the tortur
ing iinrsof dyspepsia Is' o need to B' rdock
Blood Bitters cures At any drug store
Obedience sums nn our entire dutv—
Ballou
RECORD OF THE PAST
HE IS COUNTED DEAD
Capt Andrews Who Started Across the Ac
lantlo In a 15-Foot Boat with His
Bride Probably Perished
Boston Sept 12— Capt W An
drews who twice crossed the At
lantic in a 15-foot cockleshell has
been pronounced legally dead by the
Massachusetts courts Capt An-
drews sailed October 6 last from At
lantic City with his bride to whom
he had been married in the pres
ence of 3000 people The boat was
sighted only once about a week after
it sailed
Sot the Wife or Sechrist
Kansas City Mo Sept 12 — Sen
sational evidence was produced in
the suit for $5000 damages brought
against Dr Lotlis Zqrn for the kill
ing of Albert Sechrist in this city
June 23 The suit was brought by
a woman who passed as Sechrist's
wife but it develops that the woman
is really the wife of Gus Hertzler a
Chicago & Alton switchman She has
lived here under three different as-
sumed names
The best guarantee of the future la-
the record of the past and over fifty
thousand people have publicly testified
that Doan's Kidney rills have cured
them of numerous kidney ills from
common backache to dangerous dia-
betes and all the attendant annoy-
ances and sufferings from urinary dis-
orders They have been cured to stay
cured Here is one case:
Samuel J Taylor retired carpenter
residing at 312 South Third St Goshen
Ind says: "On the 25th day of Au-
gust? 1S97 I made an affidavit before
Jacob C Mann notary public stating
my experience with Doan's Kidney'
iPills I had suffered for thirty years
and was compelled at times to want
by the aid of crutches frequently
passed gravel and suffered excruciat-
ingly I took every medicine on the
market that I heard about and some
gave me temporary relief I began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills and the
results I gave to thepublicin the state-
ment above referred to At this time
on the 19th day of July 1902 I make
thi3 further statement that during-
the five years which have elapsed I
have had no occasion to use either
Doan's Kidney Pills or any other med-
icine for my kidneys The cure effect-
ed was a permanent one"
A FREE TRIAL of this great Kidney
medicine which cured Mr Taylor will
be mailed on application to any part
of the United States Address Foster-
Milburn Co Buffalo N Y For sale
by all druggists price 50 cents per box
He Constrneted the Merrlmao
Newport News Va Sept 12 — Wil
son Huy who supervised the con-
struction of the confederate ram
Merrimac is dead at his home in
Hampton aged 74 During the war
he was stationed at the Portsmouth
navy yard until Norfolk was evacua-
ted when he was transferred to
Richmond Afterward he was ap
pointed paymaster in the confederate
army
Johnson's Ambitions Are Local
Cleveland O Sept 12-Mayor
Johnson replying to an inquiry from
a Springfield newspaper asking if he
was a candidate for governor and
for president wrote as follows: "I
am not a candidate for anything ex
cept for mayor next spring It is
my belief that my field of usefulness
lies very close to the city of Cleveland"
Declined with Thanks
New Orleans Sept 12 — The con-
federate veterans of New Orleans
have refused the proffered aid of j
Gen Torrance commander of the !
G' A R They decline with thanks
the money to build a home for in-
digent confederate soldiers in Ala
bama '
Texas Republicans for Roosevelt
Fort Worth Tex Sept 12— The
state republican convention indorsed
President Roosevelt in strong terma '
for renomination- in 1904 and listened i
to speeches I
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