The Indianola Press. (Indianola, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 29, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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WHERE IS THE MONEY
INCREASE I CASUALTIES
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Weather Forecast Stimulates the
Prlct of Cotton
NEW YORK: R< ,>ort* of old
weather In Texas and a forecast for
ca'd and ralnv weather and a p« ! -u «
heavy frost In the I.-it ' rned tho
cotton market upwards aiid pries ad
vanced ten to twenty poin'a on corn comprising 7J.i■ led and 51,3iS in
paratlveiy heav\ buying by the bull ! )ured This sijws a lar«e inereise
contingent and southern interests The totsl nunbeof colli*-ions and de
Trati nit Is too prof- -i nal at tn- ravini-nts wa« -''1 Involving I V
pn-'-nt time to look lor a suutiinw | u H 077 of danue to f ar?
I upward movement in view « f ibe bt|
movement and laiger s.ipp! -« of cer
tif>• d cotton here un>ss crop develop
m'litd of a bullish natue Khali inak«
ther appearance.
The weekly bureau report was re
carded as rather heal Ixl nnd this lr
1 miced some sell'iig, I. it alter selling
r ef Ra.lroi Travel Has Been Superintendent Benedict te See What
Becomes of School Fund*
Ml 8KOGEE The ques-iin of
what became? of the surplus uion y
which is turned over to the govern-
ment by R. 1' Harrison, elerk of the
v .-tern dlstrct l'nited Kt*tes cou-t,
is th subject of some speculation
he e. The statute provides that
after the clerk of the court a id bis
assistants draw their salaries out of
'.he receipts from filing records, the
engines turpin* shall go into the school funJ
D:nge
Terrre Alarming
WASHINGTOf A r port Issued
by the ioterata'rotnmerce corumis-
j linn shows that h«- total number ot
-a-ualt e* to p.-on* on railroad? In
ine Cured Stat durlt.g the fiscal
>>ar ennng Jun". '905. was 55,1.10,
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04: c- ri*jon* ai derailm^n's.
The casualti*'an inciuk?e r>f
killed and « 5.366 injured ovet
th* preceding y«r. Fonr hundred and
tven'y of tho«< killed *' re pa^sT-
c -rs and r Iroad employee- and
of tho«e injured .^77 v. re passengers
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ltel do n in order to inf uen<«- hold
ern to unload their cotton, but pro
fe-Moi.al aenliuient appear* to baw
chanj;ed more to the hull aide and
the tendency to buy on declines I*
more apparent The appearance of
fu st in the rotto.'i i>"!t i <n ir.l.uence
which cannot be o*en - imate<l and
If the f i t intimation of n l wea'hei
will cause so nharp a rally in pric« s
It Is obvious thai the appearance ol
a heivy frost will can •• fume of the
substantial nhoits cover t.g.
Frost in the north r.i sacl on «l
this tin e would <io nerious damai;< t'
ih late cotton, and heaw rainfa'l in
•>t'c(r sec it'is xvo i <1 le as o'lualiv in
Jnri>i while u favoune wej'lie,-
>iiidi rteriero with tti«
mov rucnt of cotton.
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o- condit ion
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tistl s for the St three months of 1
the "eir. wtil<(j'hows a t>'a' of 07i
kil ej and 114) injured a decrease (
from the pree« tia quarter. These |
fig ites do not i.chide casua ties at
highway (ro^sln-i. The report sa>«i >
"As the accidnt bulletins a'6 i^
sir (1 to furnlKh he nublic Willi fa«'ts. j
thiexhibit of te dangers of rai'roid i
'ravel is an exiblt which the mo t
eonse:vative nnt agne should be:
termed alaimingand will not be made j
he iibject of emment in this place,
In it will be piper to observe that
each siicceedinf bulletin adds loa- I
terially to the ®sa of evidence ;;oinfi
>n to enforce ti' observations tind
• ecommendation which were ma<l< in
the last annual port of tho commis-
sion"
DESTROYS '"UMMY" SYSTEM
in the district whfre the money was
collected. J. P. Benedict, superinten-
dent of schools in Indain Territory,
says if any of this money has been
turned Into the school fund he has
not seen it. He will have the mat-
ter investigated, as he desires to use
the mc.ney for school p.irposeis if he
is entitled to it.
In fight months last year Mr. Har-
rison turned over 111.000 in < x<*ess of
fie salary of himself and assistants.
This year he will turn over about $li0,-
000. It Is estimated that at least
$75,000 will be paid to the govern-
ment this year from the >o ir d.s-
trlcts.
I.ast winter congress appropriated
J 100,000 lor school purposes in Indian
Territory and nearly 1100 schools were
e lablished with it. If the fund ac-
cruing from the courts can be divert-
ed to its proper channel n arly as
many more schools can be started
anil supplied wi h teachers next year.
CAN COLLECT TAX
>pplicants for tvil Service Examin-
ations MustSend Photograph
I WASHINGTON The civil srr-
Deciaion in the Famoui Choctaw and ,-|c e commisslonhas issued an order
Crtek Tribal Tax Cases that every appllent for a government
SOI Til McAI.ESTKK In the In position must atach his or her photo-
diau Territory court of appeals, decls graph to the exsruination papers. The
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ions in the fatuous C'hoft w end Creek 1
tribal tax cases were handed down. |
Judge Hosea Townsend prepared both
decisions.
In the Choctaw ca-e the dcision
photograph must not be more than
three yiars old, and it must be ac-
companied by ai official certificate
that it is a good likeness. The pho'o
graph and simpea of the applicant's
of Judge Clayton, that ttie tribal tHM handwriting willbe sent for eompari-
of one and one half per rent on all j sr>n to the chle of the div si n to
goods shipped into the Choctaw na- I which he is assiined. The order fol-
tlon could not be collected, was re- -Jowed the discovery that many appli-
WANTS EVEN START
versed. Judge Hayniond euncurred
with the decision in full, while Judge
Gill agreed to conclusions, but for dif
fen nt reasons, and will prepare a «4 p-
mate opinion.
In the Creek nation case, styled J.
(irorge Wright vs. Hustler it Jones,
I the decision of Judge Raymond that
ihe tax could not be collected was sus
| tallied To this Judge Clayton filed a
lengthy and vigorous dissenting opin-
ion.
The court has been In executive ses-
sion for two days, arguing on the lax
case. No decisions in recent years
have attracted as much attention.
Creek* Want President to Extend
Clemency Before Dissolution
MI'SKOUKK: The Creek council,!
sitting at Okniugee. pissed a re sol n
tlon praying that the president extend
clemency to Creek citizens who are
serving terms in prison for any of-1
feuse, before tribal relations are (lis
Bolvt d.
It Is the desire among many of the
leading Indians hi Iho Creek u.ition
that Creek prisoners bo released in
190(1 or their terms shortened so lliat
they may be given an opportunity to
start all over again under the new
conditions that will than exist
advocates of this plan siiy that
fore the advent of
there were very few
the Indians in the territory. They ar-
gue that many of the crimes and of
fenses committed by Indians in re-
cent years have been the result of the
introduction of liquor and firearms by
white men. who are in a sense re-
sponsible for the infractions of the
law.
TOBACCO COMPANIES COMBINE
Three Large Concerns Have Declareo
for a Gigantic Merger
NEW YORK: The slo kholdcrs ol
the Consolidated Tobacco company
met at Jersey City and voted in favoi
of merging with the American To
liacco company and the Continents
Tobacco company. Out of a total ol
400,000 shares ol stock there wen
voted 379,171 In favor of the merger.
The American Tobacco company
and the Continental Tobacco company
I'he held meetings Jn Jerse> City on Sep
be- tember 30 and voted in favor of the
I hu white man merger, but an injunction was secured
criminals among In Trenton October 10 rest raining the
three companies froui consolidating
In Newark on October II Vice Chan
eeilor P.tney dismissed the injunction
on a legal technicality. A no;lee of
appeal was s:>r>vd. however, and IIk-
merger cannot lake pla e unt 1 tlio
court of errors and appeals decides
the matter.
DELAWARES ACCEPT $150X00
Cotton Crop Enormous
ARDMOREi There has h en
heavy movement of rot on on a I the Lawyers Get $37,200 for Pushing In-
lines In Indian Territory tlie past 1 dians Claim
Ml'SKOGEE: Indian Agent Shoen-
I | felt has returned from Dewey, where
, , , , .. he presided over the procfediiigs ol
drcd cars, while local receipts In | tho 'ueiaware council.
after a session of three
week.
Santa
the
Tho Frisco, llo l< Island
Fe concent rated several
•owns have been
years. On account
the heaviest in
of a short age of
cotton pickers many fields of cotton
will go to waste ami farmers are im-
porting labor from other slates The
compress is running night and day,
filling export orders, but needs hands
badly. It Is est mat'd that the crop
will exceed ::.ri0,000 bales this ea.on.
the greatest output in the history of
Ihe territory.
The council
a)P, decide'.
It. Jones, who will reeiive $15.0.'(i lot
fered by congress for all claims that
the Delawares In Id against the gov
emment. wiiu the prov.slon that i;!..
:'00 of the amount be pild to the at
torneys who assisted the tribe In si>
curing the payment. The Indian
agent was authorized to proceed at
once to make out the rolls, whiih he
will do with all possible dispatch. I ht
largest fee to be pii i ta any of the
attorneys is that which will go t«i J
K. Jones, who will receive $15,090 foi
representing the tribe in the payment
matter before the supreme court of
(iho United States. The attorney
services that have-been
acres of ground for tin colli g< 1 no r(,U(|emi dm-lng the last ten years in
Rev. Barrier of Blackwell presentci | conne(.t,on ,j!h th„ ,,Ujn] i-|alms t0,
the proposition and v-ii npoit '81 fecs proscnicri by Dr. Lyons of Kan
unccess to the piesbtvcry uixt week., anJ gam Powell of Wagoner wert
rejected by t^e coflncil.
Presbyterian College for Sliawnre
SHAWNEE: The Chamber or Com-
merce has accepted a proposition lot
the erection of a new l'resbjienan
college at Shawnee,the city agreeing
to donate $40,000 in cash and < «cnty' ^
acre's of ground for the college I he
rutxiiai-Cfl flnt'll
re|V)rt his
t week.
It will also be acted upon by the an-
nual synod.
tints for civil strvi?e positions were
employing "dumnies" to take the ex-
aminations for hem. The fact that
nv nv app inte t were unable to held
the positions assigned to them
aroused suspicion, and ihe investiga-
tion revelled the "dummy'' system.
STORK SOCIETY ORGANIZED
Women Have Incorporated as Ameri-
can-Birth Insurance Company
BOSTON: In order that ample
preparations may be made for the vis
it of the stork In any household,
prominent women of this city have
Incorporated the American tiirth In
surance company. The president is
Mrs. Estelle M. H. Merrill of Boston,
and the secretary and treasurer Miss
Emma Menter. The members of the
advisory board include Mary A. Live.'-
more and Dr. Agnes C. Petf r-on of
Boston.
The initiation f e is $:l. the annual
d':c< $1 and the e i< a monthly as-
sessment of j:t. Alter the tenth pay-
meat If a living child is born the
mother receives $200; after the nine-
teenth, J'lOO. after the twenty-eighth.
$400, and after the thirty seventh.
$.'.110, It is stipulated, however, that
eighteen months must elapse between
ibe birth of each child in any one
family.
Sewer Contract Awarded
ANADARKO: The eliy council of
Anadarko opened bids for the con-
struction of « system of sanitary sew-
< rage. There were eight bids, and
the contract was awarded to Doyle ti
Schwartz of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
for $19,120 Work is to be begiin
within tbiity days.
K .TERY STILL REMAINS
Davis Killing at Crescent Still an Un-
solved Problem
GUTHRIE: Although both Tom
\leeks and Mrs. Morey Davis are be-
ing held here without bond for the
murder of the Woman's husband and
ttoe attemptid murder of Meek's
brother at Creslent City on Sunday
ntght, October 8 yet there has de-
veloped nothing that will in any way
clear up the mystery surrn.nding the
affair. The woman is now under guard
at the Blesh hospital, whete she is
very ill as a result ot the entile mat-
ter, and Tom Meeks is in jail. His
brother, Jesse Meelrs is still alive, and
it is now believed he may recover.
At firs* it was thought his wounds
would prove fatal,
A trip through thu neighborhood
just west of Crescent City, in this
county fails to unearth much of im-
portance. M first the neighbors be-
lieved that Davis had shot Meeks and
then committed suicide, but they
haw since changed their idea of the
affair. Almost to a man they believe
now that Tom Meeks shot both men
with the knowledge and silent ap-
proval of Davis' *if<
HOLD "STOMP" DANCE
Creek Indians Entertain Their White
Brothers With Weird Performances
MUSKOGEE: The full b'.oo 1 In-
dians who are in Okmulgee, attracted
by the sessions of the Creek council
and the loyal Creek payment, are
amusing themselves in the eveningB
giving "stomp'' dance* in the main
bn.-incss street of the town, in front
of the council home. They dance
all night, and the weird in antations
accompanied with the rattling of
shells and the beating of dr.ims snd
punctuated at intervals with a genu-
ine warhoop, attract large crows of
white per pie. The full bloods at
f rst w e e t mid about g ving their
dances in the presence of so many
wM'e prople, but a liberal collection
tikcn up in the crowd helped them
to entirely overcome their diffidence
A peculiar feature of the Creek
dance is Its striking similarity to
dances of all oilier tribes of Indians
in America. No matter what ditfer
enees there a''e betwesn the various
tribes the "stomp'' fiance, under vari-
ous names, seems to be common to
all. The words used in the ca'ls. and
the responses, during the dane?, can-
not be translated into any of the In-
dian languages, but they are almost
exactly alike in the dances of all tha
tribes.
For two months Roxy traveled ev-
ery dav between Garden City and
Hempstead. He would appear on the
station platform at just the right tinie
to take a train, and always swmed
to know the exact time scheduled for
the coming In or going out of the
various trains. Where he kept his
time-table nobody knew, but he evi-
dently had one.
One day he was missing, and there
was consternation among the men,
who had grown fond of him. For two
flays nothing was heard of him, and
grave looks were exchanged when the
question was asked many times dur-
ing those two days: "Seen anything
of Roxy?"
Then came good news, for it was
learned he bad extended his travels.
He had gon? as far as Long Island
City, stayed all night, taken several
rides on the ferryboat next morning,
sone into the dock and played around
the engines, then back to the station,
and from the many trains standing
there had picked out the Hempstead
train and ridden gaily home on the
engine. How glad the men were to
see him at the end of the line? This
was his first ride on the engine, and
it soon became his favorite place.
Sometimes he would ride in the pas-
senger coach; occasionally he rode
in the baggage car; but more often
he was found in his favorite place,
the engine. There, perched on the
seat on the fireman's side—he never
thought of going on the engineer's
side, where, of course, he might be in
the way—with two paws firmly braced
on the sill, he watched the country
as the train swept by.
Life now flowed along smoothly for
Roxy. The conductor kept his word
and spoke to the "boys," and the Je-
suit was a handsome nickel-plated col-
lar made to order for the dog. On
one side of the collar is a brass plate
bearing the single word iu large let-
ters, TRAINMAN. On the other side
is a similar plate on which are en-
graved the words:
RAILROAD ROXY,
Garden City, L. I.,
Presented bj' the boys of the
L. I. R. R. Branch Y. M. C. A.
From the collar hengs his license
tag, which protects bim from the offi-
cial dog-catcher, allowing him to wan-
der safely at the piouj|jtineo <>' • !«
will.—St. Nicholas.
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ACROSS THE CONTINENT
Dixon's Wheat Train on Its Way
to New York
ENID: Syl Dixon's famous adver-
tising wheat train has left for a tour
across the country, with final destina-
tion at New York city. The train was
composed of twenty-five cars, dec-
orate with banners and farm prod-
ucts An exhibit car, loaded with
samples of fruit, vegetables and
grain, is part of tho train, and a
sleeper carries a small army of adver-
vertising men from the various cities
ami towns repTsented. A brass band
anil a corps of speakers ate to en-
tertain the visitors who inspect the
train.
The following places are represent-
ed fin the train: Enid, Pawnee, Arap-
aho. Clinton, Thomas, Hobart, Ana-
darko, Alva. Cherokee, Carmen. He-
ena. Drummond Carrier, tiarbs-,
Kremlin, Hunter, Perry, Wklta, la-
mont, Bla-kwell and Waukomis.
Hobart's commercial club is to b«
incorporated.
IT IS NO SNAP
Qualifications for Practicing Drug-
gicts Are Very Exacting
Ml'SKOGEE: The pharmaceutical
hoard of Indian Territo y held its
first se-sion laM week. Ti,is board
was ere it'd by a rerent a t of con-
gress and every pharmacist who prac-
tices in the Indian Territory must
have a license from this board. There
were over too applications for license
cn<e. The board adopted the most
stringent ru'es against issuing a I
cense to any druggist who Is add ct
ed to the use of liquor or naiotics;
each one must also have two wit
nesses to prove that he is of go; d
character. License wi.l not be issued
toc pharmacists who are dni'.ig a liq-
uor business. Any pharmacist who
was do ng business iu lnd'fin Territory
three years prior to the pasi.age ef
the act creating the board la t April,
and ail holding dlp'omas from accred
ited schools, were admitted wlthuit
examination. All ethers will hs\e to
pa-s tximinat:on, which is a very
rigid one.
Rope Vaulting
Of course, most of our boys know
all about high jumping and pole vault-
ing, but have you ever heard of rope
vaulting?
Ali you really need is a good stout
rope, a Iree limb to hang it to, and
something to jump over, but it is very
much more fun to do It exactly right
Get two boards or strips of boards,
about eight feet high. On one side
of each of these drive small nails a
little way into the wood, about an inch
apart, leaving the head and about half
the nail sticking out. Leave two feet
of one end of your pole or strip of
wood free from nails.
With a sharp stake make two holes
in the ground beneath the tree limb
that is to hold your rope. Make these
holes about six feet apart and about
18 inches deep. Now.put your posts
into the holes and drive them firmly
in place with the naifs pointing the
same way on both poles. Get a thin
lath or slender slick, long enough to
reach between the posts and light
enough to rest on the nails.
Now climb up to the limb of the
tree and tie your rope in place on the
bough, just over the center of the
ixists. The rope should reach to with-
in two feet of the ground.
Now stand a few feet away from
the crosspiece, swing yourself toward
it, pull yourself up the rope as high
as you can, feet first, if you know how
to do the trick, and swing yourself
over the crosspiece.
it is easy enough, as you will find
when you try it, but to make a vault
seven or eight feet high—well, that is
another matter.
The secret of high rope vaulting.is
to grasp the rope as far from the
ground as possible, throw your body
backward, raise your feet till they
point nearly straight up, and as you
swing toward the crosspiece pull on
the rope, lilting your whole body. You
can pass fiver ihe crosspiece at aston-
ishing heights by this mentis nnd you
and your friends will find rope vault-
ing an ixcltlng and healthful sport.—<
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wise Precaution,
Dribbles—"Does your wife always
laugh when she reads your Jokes?"
Scribbles—"Sure, I always mark
the place where she Is to laugh be-
fore hundiug them to her."
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