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The Weekly Chronicle
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WEATHERFORD - OK LA
TERRITORIAL ROTES
The Rock Island intends building t
at KJ Rnm
Henmwy O T ia to have three
additional rural mail routes
The imxtofllce at Goodland Choctaw
nation L T haa been discontinued
Tlie Prrrv fist office flglit goes merrily
nit aul Flynn will not aettle it for a
time
The waterworks proposition at Ton-
kawa carried by a voto of 174 to 8
amount
The Euchee Indiana oon template the
establishment of an industrial echocl at
Bristow
The postoffice at Lone Tree "Woods
county has been discontinued mail te
Amorita
- A new bank has been chartered at
(arber Garfield county with a capital
stock of $20000
It is said that 10 claims in the
Guthrie district of Lincoln connty arc
not proved np
TC BrickeL of Cliaudler has pur-
chased 800 head of Angora goats and
will start a gout ranch in Lincoln connty
Will C Bickford of Frisco O T
and John R Ellis of Quenemo Kansas
have been appointed railway mail clerks
The total vote of Arizona at the last
amoral election was 18230 of New
Mexico 38443 and of Oklahoma 73367
The ladies of Heunessey are raising
funds with which to decorate the grave
of Pat Hennessey founder of that town
The Lehman-Uiggius Orocery com-
pany of Wichita will establish a
branch at' Enid carrying a 9100000
stock
Eooker T ' Washington is billed to
lecture in Guthrie at an early date and
the colored contingent is ecstatically
jubilant
James Whitcomb Riley the Hoosier
poet is expected to attend the reunion
of the Oklahoma Indianians at Guthrie
February 23
Phillips Gerst former city treasurer
of Buffalo N Y has been arrested on
a charge of misappropriating $27000 of
the city's fnnda
R E Nickell of Alva was made a
member of the board of regents of nor-
mal schools to succeed A J Boas of
Alva resigned
The fourth class postoffioes at Ada
and Comanche L T will be advanced
to the third class on April 1 1002 and
thus become presidential
Sheriff Thompson of Caddo connty
has landed two alleged horse thieves in
the El Reno jail for safe keeping They
were captured by Marshal Flowers of
Araphoe
Owing to a defect in publishing the
notice of election recently held to incor-
porate the town of Asher Pottawato-
mie connty the vote will have to be
taken again
City Attorney Howe of Hobart has
been permanently suspended from offioe
by the city conned There was dissat-
isfaction over the collection of fines
from gambling houses
At an enthusiastic railroad meeting
held at Chandler for the purpose of rais-
ing the $250M) bonus for the Choctaw
road a good start was made by sub-
scriptions amounting to $11000
A proclamation has been made by the
governor of Oklahoma proclaiming the
town of Norman a city of the first class
The petition shows the - town to have a
population of 8313 and the election of
city officers is aet for the 1st day of April
DranrigM UUcluirfcd
PofTH McAlester: Commissioner
Allen Wright has concluded the pre-
liminary examination of George Drum-
right charged with the murder of John
Pay n ter in the Coney Island joint Jan
14 He ordered Dramright's discharge
W H Martin of Guthrie has been
appointed by Gov Ferguson as a mem-
ber of the board of regents of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical school at Still-
Water vice W H Coyle
Mrs E O Cook of Shawnee hai
fallen heir to $260000 by the death oi
an uncle in Manila By birth she is
about three-fourth Spanish
The postoffice at Wilburton L T
will be advanced from the fonrth class
to the third class a presidential grade
April 1
It is believed by those who are in a
position to know that the Blackwell
Enid & Southwestern is to be purchased
and operated by the Frisco system
Oklahoma City gets the next meeting
of the Oklahoma Live Stock Association
which recently closed an enthusiastic
meeting at Wichita
Aaskarks Wants tha Katz Ton
Anadarko: A railroad meeting has
been held here and a oommittoe of eleven
was appointed to go to Guthrie to con-
fer with the Missouri Kansas & Texas
officials with a view of inducing that
road to come through Anadarko
Governor Ferguson is in receipt of a
communication from an Illinois man
who wishes the co-operation of the ter-
ritory in a scheme to raise buffaloes
and says that Oklahoma is the natural
home of the bison which he asserts
could Le raised here with mors profit
titan domesticated cuttle
TERRITORIAL
Latest Reliable News Gathered with Special Aim to Pleas
the Wishes of Our Readers
FEES TOO SMALL
lirflig PipiFi sad MsMs Arr— f Tm
Nsl fsM te Isdlii TtrrlUrft
Wahhinovon: A curious condition
of affairs existing in Indian territory
has been brought to light by the con-
sideration of a hill introduced in the
senate fixing the feee of United States
marshals and their deputies Under
the present law now in force in the ter-
ritory ns interpreted by the comptrol-
ler of the treasury United States mar-
shals are only allowed 80 cents for
serving a warrant in a rase of felony
while far serving n warrant in a misde-
meanor case they are allowed a fee of
$2 and expenses which reasonably com-
pensates them for the time they are en-
gaged in serving the prooeas
Ia representing the ease to the senate
Senator Hoar referred to the report of
Attorney General Knox showing a cam
where n deputy marshal had recently
made an arrest of a person charged
with larceny The deputy travelled 15
miles to make the arrest and hook and
the same distance on a Inter day to
serve subpoenas Under the federal
fee bill he would have received $743
and would have been reimbursed to the
extent of $175 for expenses His entire
actual expenses having been $675 he
would have lost $3 of his expenses
which would leave him a net earning of
$549
Tbs fact that the compensation and
fees above mentioned are so inadequate
makes it difficult to enforce the law ap-
plicable to the Indian territory especial-
ly against those gnilty of the crime of
horse stealing
With this explanation the senate pas-
sed the bill without a deeoenting voice
and similar action ia expected by the
bouse within a few weeks
A DASTARDLY CRIME
It Is Ms( IsyrSIfiUd by lbs County
Authorities
Oklahoma City: A dastardly crime
ia being investigated by the connty au-
thorities— that of two men who ore
wanted on the charge of attempting
rape There are two little girls in the
case one aged eleven and the other
twelve years The men in question
were found in company with the girls
in a wine room Sunday evening and
were arrested by the police They gave
cosh bonds of $10 each for their appear-
ance in court the next morning but np
to the present time they have failed to
pat in an appearance A oonnty official
this afternoon stated that the crime was
one of the most outrageous ever com-
mitted in this city and the worst he has
heard since his term in offioe
PEOPLES INDICTED
PtllbpAr Si4 Ebf srs Held (hsrv
mt Kitortlsa
Oklahoma City: Among the indict-
ments returned by the grand jury one
against William T Peoples on the
charge of murder in the first degree
Peoples as will he remembered walked
into Haley’s drug store on the morning
of January 10th last and shot Eugene
McLaughlin a clerk dead in his tracks
Two shots were fired Peoples was
then held to the grand jury by Judge
Campbell No story aa to the exact
cause of the shooting has as yet been
mode public by Peoples He is the only
on who knows the cause of the mur-
der McLaughlin was unable to' make
a statement when shot This left the
cause of the shooting a secret in the
heart of Peoples Indictments were
also returned against Dr Artbus Del-
lispor and Chao Eby on the charge of
extortion As will be also remembered
Dellispar and Eby are the men held on
the charge of blackmailing Postoffioe
Inspector Beebe and causing a woman
by the name of Chapin to work him for
$3400 Other indcitments were return-
ed but they will not be made public for
a time
A New Tb 1m Indiaa Territory
' South McAlkstkb: a new town at
the junction of the Missouri Kansas A
Texas and Fort Smith Western has
been dedicated The townsite company
set aside a block in the business district
for a public park and upon this block a
stake was driven and a bottle of cham-
pagne broken over it The city was
christened Crowder City for Dr Crowd-
er of Canadian a town only three miles
away which will be moved to the new
site One block was set aside for a pub-
lic school house and each religions de-
nomination was given a fonrth of a
block for a church The erection of
frame buildings in the business district
is prevented A $70000 cotton oil mill
will be built The new town will be on
n division point of the Fort Smith A
Western
Miami Exhibit at tha Fair
Guthrie: Oklahoma will make a
special exhibit of minerals bnilding
stone cement salt and other valuable
minerals at the St Louis exposition
The preparation of the exhibit haa been
assigned to the geologist of the Okla-
homa State university -
Over 300 delegates attended the grand
lodge of Mason held at Guthrie-
Kegr Brate Will Mu
El Reno During he temporary
absence of the guards from tha city
jail a negro prisoner Andy Steppe
jumped onto Wm Wood a white pris-
oner and severely pounded him Wood
was lying on his bunk when the negro
attacked him and was so stunned at
the first blow the negro gave him that
he was nnahle to defend himself Wood
was beaten almost into insensibility by
the time the guard arrived A physi-
cian was summoned and Wood’s wounds
were attended to at once The black
fiend was subsequently placed in the
dungeon and chained dowiw
HAPPENINGS
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL
Ham ter Mart tinlil to Ra Bain
at Ssath MiAhatr
South McAlbstik: R B Coleman
major-general commanding Indian Ter-
ritory Division of the United Confeder-
ate Veterans has issued a circular let tit
calling attention to the reunion to k
held at Dallas Texas April 83d 23d
84th and 26th The letter also contains
the following in regard to the Confeder-
ate Home to be built at Sooth Me Alee ter:
“With morn than ordinary pleasure 1
call the attention of all confederates
that daring the past year there has been
organised and incorporated under the
laws of the state of Arkansas Tha
Confederate Memorial Association of
the Indiaa Territory for the purpose of
building and maintaining a confederate
Home at South McAlester proper officers
elected and thirty-one lota purchased in
the town of Sooth MoAlcoter for the
purpose at a oast of $778 and the first
payment made thereon It becomes
now the imperative duty of all con-
federates to come to the assistance of
the projectors and subscribe liberally to
the stock of the association and prepare
a place to core for the few indigent
comrades of the Indiaa Territory”
Haw City Office Created
Oklahoma Citt: Ia on ordinance
that was passed by the city council a
new officer for the city was provided for
in the appointment of an inspector to
see that the terms of the ordinance he
carried ont The ordinance provides
that every person who engages in the
contracting of electrical wiring of build-
ings most have a license from the city
and they must give a bond to the city
in the sum of $1000 for the faithful ob-
servance of the provisions of the or-
dinance which provides regulations for
the manner in which buildings are to
be wired The office of inspector is
created at a salary of $50 per mouth
and his duties are to inspect every job
of wiring that ia done in the city
Kiffned KoIm for Receipt
Wichita: During the session of the
Oklahoma Livestock association the cat-
tlemen were crowding into the room
need by Mr Bolton the secretory so
fast to pay their membership fees' that
the receipt book which he brought with
him was used np He sent one of his
young lady assistants out to get an or-
dinary receipt book She brought back
a note book The receipts issued after
that read: “I promise to pay $5" etc
and they were all signed with Bolton’s
name No one noticed the mistake un-
til afternoon and now Mr Bolton wants
his notes returned “The cigars seem
to he on me” he said “1 want all the
new members holding my note to pre-
sent the note at ouee and 1 will cash it
in at fall value less the amount on the
face” There was shout $300 of this
paper issued '
In the roping contest at the cattle-
men's meeting at Wichita G W Jack-
son of Oklahoma was awarded the first
prize of $100 and be richly deserved it
He wits the nerviest rider on the ground
and after riding his broncho for five
minutes took off the bridle and rode
without it letting the broncho go aa it
would Walter Fletcher of Cooliilgo
was awarded second O Reynolds of
Bliss third R C McPherson Oklaho-
ma City fourth
Fear of Violence
Oklahoma Citt : While the authori
ties refuse to discuss the matter at rny
length yet it is known that they fear
there will be mob vengence On the two
men who ore in jail at present in this
city charged with being the murderers
of Sheriff Smith and Beck at Anadarko
several weeks ago If an attempt is
made to take the men to Anadarko for
preliminary trial it is believed that
there will be either a hanging or a big
fight as a result
Ta Ha lack Tha Site
Guthrie: Fred L Wenner of this
city and Otto A Shuttee members of
the Oklahoma commission to the St
Louis exposition have gone to St Louis
The two commissioners go to select n
site for the Oklahoma bnilding and space
for exhibits The building will he
erected after the plan of the Wisconsin
bnilding at the Buffalo exposition of
last year This building was inspected
by commissioners and the plan decided
on at that time -
Raca Circa It far oklahenu
Oklahoma Citt : The Oklahoma Fail
and Racing association is actively pre-
paring for the fall campaign A meeting
of represen tativee of the various towns
already in the circnit was held here
The circnit haa not yet been arranged
bat will be announced at some time In
the future The purses are very liberal
as arranged at the meeting The total
amount will reach $10000 Secretary
Tedford will visit the various leading
towns in the territory to arrange the
circuit for the coming fall meetings
When the circuit has been completed
another meeting will be held in this
city to complete the final arrangements
fix the dates and advertise the purses
Asalaai Moral
Tecumseh: The anti-saloon leagae
people won out in their remonstrance
against the issuance of liquor license to
Shannon A Knowltoa of Asher the
commissi oners refusing to grant the
license Other remonatmcea will he
beard by the commissioners soon
Vmw Um IUr$$ lUva Om
Anadarko: The two horses left at
the killing of Sheriff Smith by the
bandit mnrderere some time ago were
stolen from Sheriff Thompson Inst Mon-
day night and n note left stating that
the next time they called it would be
foremen
GOT THEIR IRISH UP !
Irish Laaogera Came to Amorim to la-
eimoe Thstr Membership
New You: William K Redmond
md Joseph Devlin the United Irish
League leaden arrived here on’ the
White Star steamship ‘ Cymric Mr
Redmond who is a member of parlia-
ment has come over here for the pur-
pose of increasing the membership o(
the league in which he will be assisted
by Mr Devilin Mr Redmond seems
to he very enthusiadie over the success
with which he said the league was
meeting and mid that it was never be-
fore as strong aa now When asked
what he thought of Lord Salisbury’s re-
mark uttered in a recent speech “Eng-
land is not afraid of the Boers it is
ifraid of the Irish” Mr Redmond
mid: “Lord Salisbury knows what he
ia talking about The Irish movement
was never so threatening as it is now
uid the British ore beginning to realize
that there is something in it”
THINKS DIFFERENT NOW
Ur ffalfar Whs Vlalaril: Espsssg
MImsmII 1 I)kv ( Bmnllpa
Bouton : Dr Immanuel Pfeiffer who
voluntarily exposed himself to smallpox
at the hospital of Gallon pes island about
two weeks ago is ill with the disease in
its worst form and probably will not
live Dr Pfeiffer is one of the strong-
est opponents of vsocination in the state
and recently appeared before the legis-
lative committee to urge the repeal of
the compulsory vaccination law Hav-
ing theeonraga of hia convictions he
went to Gallon pe island and exposed
himself to smallpox He gained notor-
iety some time age by fasting for i
month
IM Established Prsrsdsst '
The proposition to grant an annual
pension to Mrs McKinley tha widow
of President McKinley has a number
of precedents and it is not probable
that there will be any objection made
to the bill which has been introduced
to grant her an allowance of $5000 a
year from the public treasury has al-
ready passed both houses of congress
and she is now enabled to transmit all
her letters through the mail without
paying postage -
Bitten Hz KaUlMnaka
Phoenix Ariz : Professor George
Warton James author and lecturer of
New York City was biten by a rattle-
snake on the left thumb Ho was given
medical attention within four minutes
and pronounced ont of danger The
snake was a big one and he grabbed it
by the neck in a cage for the purpose of
laying it on the gronnd to photograph
it The snake was to strong for him
and loosened its bead enough to twist
sronnd and bite him
I FtoS Mall ra Frisco
Kansas City: The Frisco railroad is
preparing to put on a fast mail train
from St Lon is to the Southwest leav-
ing that city at 2:30 p m In order to
connect with this new aerVioe the time
of the Frisco night train from Kansas
City will have to be changed It now
leavea at 9:30 bat will have to leave at
8 o’clock to moke the connection at
Afton L T It is understood that thu
Frisco will make the change This
may cause the Santa Fe and Rock Island
to improve their mail servioe
MUSKOGEE BOND ISSUE
Territorial Tri Company Mods Uil
Vest OflVr for Them
Muskooee: The city council at its
meeting opened the bids for the tondi
be to issued by the city for the pnrpos
of buildigg a waterworks and siweragv
system The amount of the bonds was
$175000 There were several bids but
the Territorial Trust and Surety Comp-
any of Muskogee was found to be th
best bidder bidding at 5 per cent with
premium of $7875
' Killing In Seir-UetenM
South Mo Alekter: Geo Drur-right
who confessed to killing John Paynter
in a gambling room fight hare Friday
night was exonerated at the prelimin-
ary hearing The evidence showed that
the killing was in self-defense
- - - 1
Accidentally Stalled
Checotah L T : Will Julian a
young man in the employ of the Spanld-ing-Hutchinsou
Mercantile company of
Checotah in tha hardware department
went to a dance six miles east of C'he
ootah Jnlian went with a gun in his
hip pocket and while in a friendly muf-
fle the pistol fell from his pocket to the
floor When it struck the floor the
pistol was discharged and the bull en-
tered Julian's mouth went through his
head and buried itself in the ceiling
killing him almost instantly
InporlMt Chang by Terri lariat Hoard
Guthrie: The territorial hoard of
instrention decided to have two period
of normal institutes the first ending
July 18-19 and the second on August
15-16 The hoard also set the time for
applicants for graduation from the pub-
lic schools on the last Friday and Satur-
day of April It was also concluded to
changi the course of study for common
schools and thoroughly revise the same
also to revise the outlines in the subjects
of arithmetic composition grammar
and pedagogy for normal institutes
Oklahoma now ha 256 priaoneredn
the Kansas penitentiary which cost the
territory for keep $832535 a quarter
Plead flntltz sad Hot Tea Tears
South McAlester: It the United
States court at Atoka George Brown
Ed Richmond and Bob Stafford th
Coney L T train robbers wore given
sentence of ten years’ imprisonment in
the penitentiary at Atlanta Go 'All
three of the men pleaded guilty other-
wise they would have been sentenced to
life imprisonment Jock Stafford the
leader of the robbers wm given n life
sentence at the last term of court
The polios Matrons of Iowa Kansas
and Missouri will hold a meeting the first
week la March in Kansas City fog the
purpose of forming an organisation
CHEEK TDEATY
Tima Bixby Summoned to Week
ington to Join Conference
Sl'PPlfXIXTAl tsiaty IS CP OI
— 1 4 '
ftiparlwt BbIbriI Mtavi TIm Aim
1 T Ratify BlippkMMtal Treaty bat fta
IUmIM IUnmI UbrmiUM DmIm
I H t lUtlM
Wahhhoton : Mr Tania Bixby act-
ing chairman of tha Dawes commission
is in Washington in answer to a sum-
mons of Mr Hitchoock secretary of the
interior for the purpose of joining in
a conference concerning the proposed
supplemental treaty with the Creek
Indiana Pleasant Porter chief of the
Creeks has been in Washington for a
week on business connected with the
proposed ratification of the treaty and
an effort will be made to have it closed
np at once
The department refused to agree to
the ratification of a supplemental trea-
ty some weeks ago bat in the light
of new information on the subject de-
sires the treaty to be ratified The pro-
posed treaty provides for a change in
the system of allotting Ian da Under
the existing treaty the allotments are
made on an appraised valuation loca-
tion mineral deposits and a number of
like elements entering into the value
placed upon the land by the appraiser
The Indians are now asking to have
their treaty amended so that the ques-
tion of locality and mineral will not be
considered in appraising the value of
the allotments Other feature of the
proposed supplemental treaty are of
minor importance '
“These matter have all been discuss-
ed by the Creeks and the Dawes com-
mission” said Mr Bixby “and I do not
anticipate any trouble in having the
supplemental treaty promptly ratified
If this is done there will be no difficulty
in having the work of enrolling the
Creeks and allotting their lands speedily
closed up”
There are new about 1500 of the
Creeks who have refused to enroll on
the list of the commission hat Mr Bix-
by believes that they will come in h
toon m the supplemental treaty has
been ratified Something like 8000 of
the Creeks have already been enrolled
and the deeds for their lands aw await-
ing the approval of the secretary of the
interior As soon as this matter ia dis-
posed of Mr Bixby says the Creek af-
fairs will he rapidly closed up and the
commission will then tarn its attention
to the Chickasnws and Choctaws “The
work of the commission" said Mr Bix-
by "has been beset with many diffi-
culties bat we are now able to see our
way oat and will he able I think to
clone the work in a couple of yean
There will be work of con roe for a
number of years bat it will he of a
minor character and con be attended
to by a clerk or two in the Indian de-
partment All our efforts ore now be-
ing made in securing supplemental
treaties with the civilized tribes so
their lands may be allotted promptly
and the Indiana placed on their own
reeoarces”
Mr Bixby stated that he knew noth-
ing about the proposed redaction In tlie
membership of the Dawes commission
except what he had read in the news-
paper reports ’
Hlshwazmra at El Rrao
- El Reno: W G Williams a cattle-
man of Chickasha has been held np in
this city and robbed of $5 in change and
his pocket book containing checks ag-
gregating $140 He telephoned to Police
Judge Meyer to have payment on the
checks stopped at the banks which was
accordingly dons The checks have
not been presented for payment and no
trace of the robbers has as yet been
obtained - ’ '
Rnsll of Crop Gur$
Pauls Valley: As the result of a
fight over a crap game here Joe Allison
wm cat across bock of head and Pete
Hines was shot in the shoulder Both
parties were negroes
f
ProfMMO to Fy $119 For Aero
Washington: Mr McComas of
Maryland has introdned in the senate
a bill directing the secretary of the in-
terior to pay the Wichita and affiliated
bands of Indians $125 per acre for all
lands included in the former Wichita
reservation in Oklahoma territory and
not allotted to them in severalty which
shall forever extinguish the judgment
of the court of claims dated January 81
1901 for compensation to said Indians
for lands reserved in the reservation for
the nse of schools and pnblio buildings
in the future state of Oklahoma
Heck Hew Home
Guthrie The citizens’ hand of
Pottawatomie Indians of whom there
are 1800 in ' southeastern Oklahoma
have appointed a committee of four to
visit thb state of Tatiiapulia Mexico to
prepare for the removal to and the
oolonization of lands near Tampico by
two hundred members of thia tribe
The jury In the case of Will Prince
charged with being a l accessory to the
murder of Phillip H Kennedy return-
ed a verdict finding Prince guilty of
manslaughter in the fourth degree fix-
ing the punishment at two years in the
penitentiary
Maria Hatpin who fignrod in the
Cleveland-Blnine presidential contest in
1881 ia dead
i
Fort Rmm I Be fBniBMBt
El Reno: Fort Reno ia to be a perm-
anent institution — so say the powers
that be For months past there has only
been two troops of cavalry stationed
here bat tinder the new orders four
mops with either a lieutenant colonel
or major in command will be stationed
die re A troop of cavalry consists of
three commissioned officers and 100 en-
listed men and thia will make at leMt
413 men exclusive of the fom'liee at the
offices and men
PRISONERS WILL GO FREE
Twe aiMliri Mew Ssstoacsd Z Marital
Law to U Set Fees
St Louis: Peter C Drming brought
action against the warden of the Leaven-
worth federal prison for release on the
gronnd that the court martial before
whom he wee tried wm not valid
pit-lag wm former captain of volun-
teers and wm sentenced by a eeffift
tr-l—4 of regular army eSeam and
ander the articles of war which provides
that officers of the regular army shall
not be comptent to sit in courts martini
for the trial of officers and solders of
other forces
The essential question is whether the
volunteer army is tlie same the regu-
lar army or whether it is one of the
“othqr force” mentioned The opin-
ion establishes the fact that the veton-
teer army is at all times distinct from
the regular army
Deming will be released from the Fort
Leavenworth penitentiary within sixty
day and other former members of the
volunteer army who are confined in
prisons on sentences inflicted by
courts martial of regular officers will
also be liberated as the result of the
decision it ia stated E A Rosier
United States district attorney esti-
mates the number of each coses at two
hundred
- ARC HEADLIGHT
Railway OfllrtaU Maps ta Farm pa Fatart
Celllriraa
Chicaoo: A practical demonstration
of the utility of a new departure which
It is claimed by railway officials will
effectually prove the solution in a large
degree of the railway oollsion problem
wm made on the Chicago Milwaukee
and St Pool railroad near here The
device consists of an exceedingly power-
ful headlight which not only perfectly
illuminates the track with an intensely
brilliant shaft of light for a distance
of mile bnt also embraces the strik-
ing and novel feature of a beam of light
of almost equal billiancy penetrating
over 700 feet above which can he clear-
ly seen ton miles distant It ia thereby
possible for approaching trains to ab-
solutely locate each other by thia ver-
tical shaft of light though miles apart
and it ia this feature which railroad
officials claim will eliminate the possi-
bility of collision This vertical beam
will-in hilly country especially where
carves in the track are numerous so
positively fix the location of trains that
nothing bat carelessness on the port of
the engine man will permit a collision
The apparatus consists of a power-
fol electric are headlight a dynamo and
steam motor all of which occupy tha
space of the locomotive usually devoted
to the headlight The dynamo which
generates the current for this vertiable
searchlight occupies a space leas than
15 inches wide directly behind the bead-
light and is operated by a motor driven
by steam Impact on a turbine wheel
The current ia 6000 candle power
which can be reduced to any degree
brilliancy at the will of the engineer
TO AID SCIENCE
A Kew Ynrk' Ftiflcto Ha YImImn4
' Nlaaslf far TIvlwcilM
New York: Dr James Edwin Rus-
sell a physician living at No 1083 Bed-
ford avenue Brooklyn has announced
that ha is ready to become a subject for
vivisection for period extending over
a year In suffering bis body to the
knives of his fellow surgeon Dr Rus-
sell's only stipulation is that his family
be provided for and that in the event of
hi surviving the experiment he he per-
mitted to withdraw from the operating
room at the end of the stated year
Considerable interest has been aroused
in the matter and the physician's family
have started a strong opposition move-
ment to the scheme Apparently the
offer is made in good faith It came
ont in the course of a discussion in the
newspapers over vivisection Dor tot
Russell favored the vivisection of hu-
man beings and finally offered his own
bod m the first yoluntary subject
The Alton -Dawson Mercantile comp-
any of Oklahoma City have increased
their capital stock to $300000
Allows tin-PmMssI to Onrinw
Detroit Mich t The banking com
missioner has closed the Oity Savings
bank Tlie cashier had allowed the
vice president F C Andrews to check
ont nearly one-third of the deposits
amounting to over a million dallara
It ia impossible to state at this date how
matters will show np The vice presi-
dent has assigned all his property to the
bank bnt even if the property brought
value it would not nearly make np the
deficit The whole trouble boi been
caused by the plunging of Frank C
Andrews in the stock market Three
months ago Mr Andrews wm a mil-
lionaire This is speaking without ex-
aggeration He began plunging into
the stork market His phenomenal luck
had deserted him and in a short time
he became hopelessly entangled
' Spread of Diphtheria
Salt Lake : The mayor of Gnnnison
Utah has appealed to the state board of
health for assistance in checking the
spread of diptheria at that place The
disease has gained such headway b-t
it has been found necessary to quaran-
tine the stores Even the health of-
ficer has contracted the dimum a
member of the hoard left this city to
tako charge of the situation
FAMOUS LIAR DEAD
a SAU(U
killed at his home in Lyndon b
ing from a load of corn Dough
a witness In the historical Arm
murder trial in Illinois William
strong wm cleared by Abraham Li
Douglas swore at the trial bc h
young Armstrong strike the fatal
saying the moon was very bright
oni® Lincoln then prod need j
nunanao a hU oolj witnem by
be proved that there wu no nx
the night in question
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Baker, N. J. The Weekly Chronicle. (Weatherford, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1902, newspaper, February 21, 1902; Weatherford, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2307643/m1/4/: accessed June 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.