The Oklahoma Safeguard. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1905 Page: 4 of 6
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KILLS AN OFFICER
LIEUTENANT CHAPMAN SHOT
DURING MANEUVERS AT
FORT RENO
SOME ONE USEO A LOADED CARTRIDGE
While Engaged In • Running Fight
He Wee Shot in the Beck—A Rigid
Examination le to be Conducted by
the Authoritiee t the Poet
EL. RENO: Lieutenant Granville
Chapman, stationed at Fort Keno.
was shot In the back while assisting
In tho maneuvers of six companies In
a running fight. He was killed In-
stantly.
Six oompanles of Infantry, includ-
ing companies H, E, G and F of the
twenty-fifth regiment, and oompanles
H and O of the thirtieth regiment,
were called out for field maneuvers
In the presence of General Jesse M-
Lee, whose headquarters are at San
Aitonlo. While engaged In a run-
ning fight across the prairie north-
west of town Lieutenant Chapman,
who was acting as the field adjutant,
received a shot from a hall cartridge,
flred from one of the companies op-
posing him. He died where he fell.
Foul play Is suspected, and a rigid
examination will be made at once t«
determine, if possible, who fired the
fatal shot. At the present time no
one has been able to throw any light
on the subject.
Lieutenant Chapman was thirty-one
years old, having been born In Ten-
nessee on July 30, 1874. There is no
record here of his having served as a
private, nor having been graduated
from any school for officers. He was
a presidential appointee, having been
assigned as first lieutenant of Ten-
nessee infantry volunteers on May
20, 1898. On July 5, 1899, be was ap-
pointed first lieutenant of the thirty-
seventh Infantry. He was made a
second lieutenant in the regular ser-
vice on February 2, 1901, and attached
to the tenth Infantry, and promoted
to a first lieutenancy on February i!8
of that year. On August 187 11HI2, be
•was transferred to the twenty-fifth ttt-
fan!ry and stationed at Fort Reno.
A SHAM BATTLE AT FORT SILL
General Lee Has Maneuver* on Mia
Inspection 7>ip
LAWTON: General R. Lee. <*°m-
mander of the southwestern military
division, who has been at Fort Sill
several days on a. tour of inspection,
held a sham battle between four
troops of cavalry, troops A and B be-
ing on one side and troops C and D
on the other, while the hospital corps
was also placed in the field. 11*' (>P"
posing forces maneuvered until they
came together about five miles north-
west of town, where the sham battle
was waged for an hour or so, all the
essential movements of an actual en-
gagement being gone through. ( en-
eral Lee found the poet in an excel
lent condition.
DECORATION PLANS
Extensive Preparations Being Made
for Memorial Day
MUSKOGEE: Extensive prepar-
ations are being made for Che observ-
ance of Decoration dav at the nation-
al cemetery at Fort Gibson this year.
Several thousand visllors are expect-
ed, and special trains will be run
from MuskoO* and several neighbor-
ing towns. The G. A. R. posts and
ex-Confederate veterans of Muskogee
and Fort Gibson are arranging a com-
plete program- Judge John K.
Thomas of this city will be one of
the principal speakers. The ex-Con-
federftte speakers will be Colonel
John B. Jordan of Tulsa, Colonel Wil-
liam Gentry of Checotah, Colonel Du-
Vftll of Okmulgee, Colonel 8. 8. Tyson
and Colonel D. M. Wisdom, Colonel
Cravens and ex-Mayor Rutherford of
Muskogee. Superintendent Chapman
of the national cemetery. Mayor Haas
and J. 8. Holden of Fort Gibson have
charge of the arrangements at that
P. Decatur, brother of Commodore De-
place. The cemetry is an historic
spot. It contains the graves of ii,-
457 soldiers, among whom are John
catur; •'Billy" Bowlegs, a noted Semi-
nole chief; Mary Elizabeth Mix, a fa-
mous female scout; General Sam
Houston's Cherokee wife and many
other notable characters.
Bartlesville Baptists will erect a
church costing J1.500.
fSHOENFELT RESIGNS |
WMStgt
Indian Agent Aeke for Hie Immedi-
ate Release
MPSKOGEE: The most s<*>satk>n-
al result of the Investigation of the
onton Indian agency by Inspectors
Beede and Jenkins came when the
Indian agent, J. Blair Shoenfelt Bent
hffc resignation to the Interior depart-
ment by wire. Preceding the reelg-
uation of Shocnfelt there had been
seven clerks under him who had re-
signed. It has been given out here
and at Washington that the report
of the inspectors did not criticise the
ogent or the clerks who have re-
signed, but the fact remains that
they have been dropped out of the
service with startling rapidity since
the report was sent In The agent
says he has assurances from Senator
Warren, to whose nlfluence he owes
his position, that there is nothing in
the report that reflects upon his per-
sonal or official Integrity. Mr. Shoen-
felt says he takes this opportunity of
quitting the serWce because hp is
confident that the report will exoner-
ate him. He has been under fire i#
moBt constantly for more than a
year.
The general opinion Is, however,
that If the report exonerates the
agent he has chosen a very Inoppor-
tune time for retiring, and the further
fact remains that the report has not
been made public.
Immediately after the report of t'.'.e
Inspectors was sent to Washington J.
F WlB<k>m, chief clerk to the agent,
resigned. Following this Clark, Tls-
del and Robert Smith, clerks In Mr
Shoenfeit's office, and close friends
of the agent, also resigned. There
are other heads of departments who
were known to be against Shoenfelt
and Bome of his mevhods, and theBe
have remained In the service.
These resignations mean an en
tiwly new regime in the mdlan of-
fice here. It is generally supposed
that Inspector Wright will be placed
In charge of the work. There Is a
rumor that Major John B. O'Neil wl I
be appointed to succed Mr. Shoen
felt, whose resignation 1b effective at
once. It Is probable, however, that
he may serve until the end of the
present fiscal year, in order thit the
closing up of the business may be
facilitated.
OPENED FOR ALLOTMENT
Choctaw and Chickasaw Citizens May
Fil« on Alikchi Reservation
MUSKOGEE: It has been an
nounced by the Dawes commlslson
that AHkchi Springs reservation, In
the Choctaw nation, has been opened
for allotment through an ord«w of the
interior department. This reserva
tion contains 3,840 acres of land, and
has upon it several springs which
are reputed to possess medicinal prop-
erties. For sevei%l years persons
suffering from various complaints
have visited these resorts.
It *«U5 the original intention of the
government to reserve this tract of
land for a health resort, as has een
done with Sulphur Springs, and on
June 10, HH)4, the secretary of. the
interior directed that, until further
notice, sections 26, 26, 35 and 36,
township 4, south, range 21 east, and
sections 1 and 2, township 5 south,
range 21 east, in the Choctaw nation,
be reserved from allotment. It was
impossible, however, to establish a
government reservation without ar.
act of congress, and congress last
winter refused to take any action au-
thorizing the segregation. For this
reason the secretary of the interior
has decided to throw the land open
for allotment, and it may be filed
upon by citizens of the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations at the Atoka land
office. Part of the land contains
valuable pine timber, but none of it
is exceptionally good for farming
purposes. There probably will be a
scramble at the land office for the al-
lotments on which the springs and
the pine timber are located.
8TATUE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY
Will Surmount Pedestal of Memorla
in Columbus, Ohio.
This bronze statue of William Met
klnley is the work of Herman Atkln*
MacNeil of College Point. It will sur
mount the center pedestal of a me
PERRY COURT HOUSE AND PARK
The t/ees shown in the picture are known as Ameslcan white elm,
grown from seedlings planted by William T. Little less than ten yews
ago. Some of these trees are now thirty feet high.
License Refused Pullman Company
TOPEKA, KAS.: The state board
has refused the application of the
Pullman company for a license to do
business in Kansas. The company
sent a fee of $27.50 with its applica-
tion. The board announced an ad-
ditional fee of ?14,927 50 would be
necessary, which tho charter fee law
requires on the Piribnan company s
capitalization of seventy-four million
dollars.
A SHOOTING AT SAWYER
WiHiam Dunn Shot Five Times, and
Is Dead
In a difficulty at Sawyer, east of
Hugo, on the Arkansas & Choctaw
road, William Dunn was shot five
times, and died about two hours later.
Lon Davis, a druggist and postmast-
er of the town, was placed under ar-
rest, charged with the shooting.
\ NEW INDIAN AGENT j
$V>/V<WVVW/*I*«*'/*WVVWVV
Dana H. Kelsey Succeeds Mr. Shoen-
felt, Resigned
MUSKOGEE: Dana H. Kelsey,
oht/'f clerk to the Indian Inspector,
Mr. Wright, has been appointed agent
to succeed J. Blair Shoenfelt, who
wired his resignation to the Interior
department sevnral days ago. The ap-
pointment of Mr. Kelsey was a com-
plete surprise to him, as well as to
every one here. Mr. Kelsey was not
an applicant for the place, and had
made no effort whatever to got it. He
Is in the civil service and has been in
the Indian service for eleven yertrs.
The appointment was in recognition
of merit, and it is believed will give
general satisfaction.
Mr. Kelsey haj been chief clerk to
Inspector Wright for six years. He
Is thoroughly familiar with every de-
tail of the work of agent. He Is in
full accord with the policies that are
dictated by Inspector Wright. This
is almost necessary, since the inspec-
tor exercises supervisory powers over
the agent.
APPEAL IN TRIBAL TAX CASE
Several Hundred Thousand Dollars
Involved In a Test Case
Ml'SKOGEE: Judge Sanborn of the
eighth United States judicial olrcult
has granted an appeal in the tribal
tax case, notice of which was served
on Indian Agent Shoenfelt. It is not
known here what effect this will have
on the collection of taxes, which has
been a source of great concern to the
business men, some of whom are In
arrears several thousand dollars. The
appeal was granted in the case of
Buster & Jones vs. the United States
agent. Buster & Jones made a test
case which was decided adversely to
them In the circuit court and the
court of appeals, and now the United
States supreme court, will be asked
to render a decision.
Congressman A. F. Murpfcy and W.
L. Hutchins are counsel for appel-
lants, several hundred thousand do!
lars is involved in the tribual taxes,
and if the supreme court sustains the
decision of the lower courts (he taxes
must be paid on penalty of imprison-
ment.
OKLAHOMA TO THE GULF
Largest Transfer for Pawnee County
GUTHRIE: Mr. Taulbee, register
of deeds of Pawnee county, recently
Deceived the largest transfer and
mortgage ever received In that
county for record. It is a transfer
of oil and gas Interests in the Osage
nation, Pawnee county, and else-
where, and Is for Jl,250,000.
New Pipe Line Company Will Lay a
Line to Gulf Port
OKLAHOMA CITY: The Producers'
Pipe Line and Oil company, which is
capitalized for twenty milton dollars,
held a meeting here and decided to
construct, as soon as possible, a pipe
line from the Oklahoma oil fields to
the Gulf of Mexico, for the export of
Oklahoma and southern Kansas oil
In competition with the Standard
company. At the meting It was an-
nounced that the work of laying the
line would be commenced within
ninety days.
The following officers were elect-
ed: C. Greggory, Joplin, president;
W. W. Clap. Neosho, Mo., vice presl
dent; W- H. Frlck, Joplin, second
vice president; J. E, White, Daven-
port, Okla., secretary; M. Robinson,
Neosho, Mo., treasurer. The board
of directors consists of the above
named men, and also C. F. Harkea
and J. B. DaviB of Davenport.
W. H. Hollis of Kansas City, Mo.,
who represents a large interest, will
have charge of the Kansas City end
here.
Bigamist Gets Death Sentence
CHICAGO: Johann Hoch, who
by his own confession, is several
times a bigamist, and who Is charged
by the police with having married at
least forty women in the past fifteen
years, has been found guilty of mur-
der, and the death penalty recom
mended by a Jury In Judge Kerstcn s
court. The crime for which Hoch
has been sentenced to be executed
Is the murder of his last known wife
to whom he had been married but a
few days.
Spreading Adder's Bite Fatal
VINITA: James Isbell died here
from the effects of a snake bite. He
was repairing a fence and noticed a
dog barking at something in a bunch
of grass. His sleeves were rolled up,
and as he reached down to part the
grass a spreading adder struck him
on the left arm, making two wounds
about an Inch and a half apart. Isbell
walked a tew feet aad fell. He ral-
lied later and came to town, arriving
three hours after he had been bitten.
The doctor who was called was un-
able to do anything for the sufferer,
and he (Ned In terrible agony. The
efforts of three men were required to
control him during his dying
paroxysms.
THE MARKETS
fclVE STOCK MARKETS
Kansas City
CATTLE: Choice export and
aressed beef steers, $5.40^6.35; fair
to good, $4.50© 6.35; western fed
steers, $4.50©6.00; stockers and feed
era. $3.25{j4.00; southern steers, 11 75
40; southern cowb. $2-504.85;
mure heifers, 93.25@'5.25; bulls, $3.00
CM.75; calves, $3.00©5.00.
HOGS: Bulk of sales, $5.27
25; heavy. $5.30®5.35; packers, *3 30
@5.35; pigs and lights, $4.80@5.30.
SHEEP: Native lambs, $G.OO&7M);
western lambs, $0.00©.7.50; western
fed ewes and yearlings, $4.00© 0.36;
Texas clipped yearlings, $4.00@>0.25;
Tesas clipped sheep, $4.25© 4.75;
stockers and feeders, $2.50© 4.00.
Chicago
CATTLE: Good to prime steers,
l.'i.CO© 6.75; poor to medium, $4.40©
5.T-0; stockers and feeders, $2.75©
5.25; cows, $4.50@5.00; heifers, $2.50
(&L.25; canners, $l.50©5.40; bulls,
$2.G0©4.75; calves, $3.00©(5.25.
HOGS: Mixed and butchers, $8.30
$5.45; good to choice heavy, $5.35©
5.45; rough heavy, $5.00©)5.30; light,
$;. 25©5.45; bulk of sales. $5.30©)5.40
SHEEP: Good to choice wethers
shorn, $1.7% ©6.25; fair to choice
mixed, shorn, $3.50©4.50; westean
sheep, shorn, $4.00©5.25; western
lambs, $5.50@7.C0; native lambs,
shcrn, $4.50©G.50.
A Man Crazed by Drink Kills Four
Persona and HimseK
SAN DIEGO, CAL.: Armed with ri-
te revolver and dirk, each of which he
used wIUi deadly dexterity, a madman
ran amuck In this city, killing two
men, boy and a woman, wounding two
other persons, and finally blowing off
the top of his own head and dying
w!thln a few minutes.
Three of the victims lived In the
same house with the slayer. The
fourth person whom he killed and the
two who were wounded, resided half
a mile away and It was In their house
that the maniac tootarhls own life.
The man who enacted this ghastly
tragedy was W. P. Rodlnson, about
40 years old, of powerful build. The
precise causes which led him to
wholesale murder have not been as-
certained. It Is known, however, that
he was a heavy drinker, that he was
intensely interested in the nihilist
movement in Russia, awl that against
two or three of his victims he bad
some petty grievance. On the other
hand, he is saltl to have been ordinar-
ily a good natured man and inclined
to be generous—one of the last per-
sons likely to take life. 'l e general
supposition is that drink and brood-
ing over nihilism brought on an at-
tack of homicidal mania.
rcMP^Dmoi^n
Baking
Powder
Health-
Economy
GRAIN MARKETS
Chicago
WHEAT: No. 2 red, *1.02@1.04;
No. 3 red, ft8c@1.01; No. 2 hard, 9«6>
17c; No. 3 hard, 90®95c; No. 1 new.
soft, J1.06@1.08; No. 2 new, soft. J1.03
(Jil.07; No. 3 new soft, J1.00@>1.06.
CORN: No. 2, 54c; No. 2 white, 54c;
No. 2,yellow, 54c; No. 3, &2@53c; No.
3 white, 52@53c; No. 3 yellow, 52®
53c; No. 4, 49@51c; no grade, 43®
4 Sc.
OATS: No. 2, 30c; No. 2 white,
32(j*33c; No. 3 white, 31@32c; No. 4
white, 40@31c; standard, 31@32c.
Kansas City
WHEAT: No. 2 hard, 1.00®1.04;
No. 3, 90©|1.02; No. 4, 80®9GV4c;
No. 2 red, $1.00® 1.04; No. 3, 91c®
103; No. 4, 80®97c.
CORN: No. 2 mixed, 48®49c; No.
3, 48c; No. 2 white, 49c; No. 3, 49c.
OATS: No. 2 white, 32@33c; No.
2 mlxud, 31® 32c.
MORE HEi.P NEEDED
Snyder Relief Fund Now $21,000, and
More Is Necessary
SNYDER: The engineering corps
of the national guard, which has bee.]
on auty , here since the tornado hafe
returned to Lawton. The civil au-
thorities now have police matters wefi
in hand. The amount subscribed for
the reflet of the storm sufferers is
about $21,000, and the relief commit-
tee has sent out another appeal for
a'id. Two hundred homeless families
are still occupying temporary guar
ffers in tents and sheds. The terri-
torial health officer is here, superin
tmdtug the work of sanitation. Aboyt
forty patients are still at the hospital.
MacNell's Statue of McKinley.
morial to be erected to the late pres
ident In the plaza fronting the state
capltol at Columbus, Ohio.
Several well-known sculptors whe
have viewed the clay model pronounce
it a masterpiece, and friends of Mr.
McKinley have declared the likeness
to be a striking one. The memorla]
will cost $50,000, half of which was
voted by the Ohio legislature and the
balance subscribed by citizens of C&
lumbus.
CONNELLA'S WORK
Ice Men Organize
OKLAHOMA CITY: The Oklaho-
ma and Indian Territory Icemakers
association was organized here, with
the following officers: R. S. Trulo«J<
of EI Reno, president; Wm. Fawcect
of Holdenville, vice president; George
,loyd of Lawton, secretary; Frank
Brown of Chickasha, treasurer. The
next meeting will be held here In
March, 1906.
MORTON WILL .RESIGN
The Secretary of the Navy Will Leave
the Cabinet July 1
WASHINGTON: Secretary Mor-
ton will leave the cabinet July 1, if
the president will accept his resigna-
tion on that date. The secretary has
not completed his plans for the fu-
ture. He has a number of offers un-
der consideration. The officials of
the Santa Fe Railway company are
anxious that Mr. Morton should re-
turn to his eld position rlth that
road.
Was Dynamiting Fish
CADDO: Alva Smith, a young man
who resides In Denlson, Tex., was the
victim of a dynamite explosion which
tore off one of his arms. Smith was
here visiting his father. He had
started to dynamite a stream for fish
when one of the sticks exploded in
his hand.
SENATOR BAILEY WILL ATTEND
He Will be Present at the Oklahoma
City Statehood Meeting
OKLAHOMA CITY: C. G Jones,
chairman of the single statehood ex-
ecutive committee, has received a
letter of acceptance from Senator
Bailey to attend the convention here
July 12. Many men pf national repu-
tation are expected, and the conven
tlon will be the largest of Its kind
ever held in the territories.
Violated Anti-Trust Law
GUTHRIE: The Woods county
grand Jury has Indicted all the lum-
ber companies operating in Alva, ti*-'
county seat, on charges of having
formed a trust to control prices and
prevent competition. The cases went
immediately before the court. Judge
Pancoast sustained demurrers filed
by the companies as effecting the in-
dictments against corporations, but
overruled a motion to cuash tho In-
dictments against Individuals.
GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION
Wilburton Mine Disaster Will be
Looked Into
WILBURTON: The bodies of the
last of the vltclms of the Wilburton
coal mine disaster have been re-
covered. An Inspection of the mine
to ascertain the cause of the explos-
ion which cost fourteen lives has not
been satisfactory. A rigid examin-
ation is being made by the govern-
ment.
School Districts Can't Tell Whether
or Not Bonds Are Bogus
LAWTON: Some Pennsylvania
bankers have brought suM against a
number of school districts In the vi-
cinity of Indiahoma. This is merely
additional trouble that Connella has
made for Comanche county school
districts with forged warrants. Con-
nella was an early day banker here
who built school houses, dealt in
school supplies and organized half a
dozen country banks. He procured
school warrants for his school house*
and supplies, sold them, and also
forged duplicates. Now the districts
have no way of telling whether or
not the warrants presented for pay-
ment are genuine until they are
proven to be so.
Connella was arrested, and Is now
serving a ten-year sentence In the
penitentiary upon the charge of for
gery. At least one hundred districts
have forged warrants out against
them, and the only way to decide
which is the honest paper is to fight
the matter in the courts.
Grimes Asks as to Preference Rlghtk
GUTHRIE: Secretary Grimes has
addressed a letter to Se^<. tary Hitch-
cock, outlining the facts concerning
the prefei*-nce rights on school land
leases. There are about 1,500 leases
and about 200 of them are over one
section- He said It was not the in-
tention of the school land department
to take away the preference rights of
lands that were fit only for grazing,
and that these would remain in large
tracts. He pointed out fhat the lands
Altus as a Cotton Market
A statement has been complied by
the citizens of Altus, In Greer county,
of all the cotton shipped from that
town during the past season, a total
of 14,710 bales thus far of last year
crop. That section of the country is
said still to be full of cotton in the
bale.
The building of a Y. M- C. A. home
at Muskogee has been postponed un
til next October, when It is expected
a fine building will be erected.
Another Dividend Declared
GUTHRIE: The comptroller ot
the currency at Washington has au-
thorized J. A. Wliloughby, receiver of
the defunct Capitol National bank, to
pay a dividend of fifteen per cent,
June 1. A dividend of twenty per
cent was paid some time ago.
Held to the Grand Jury
OKLAHOMA CITY: J. O. Houck
who was arrested in Baltimore on
charge of forgery, committed here
In the new couutry were rich, and | was held to the grand jury in the suiu
thouid be farmed only in small tracts. \ of $1,000.
For Week Ending Monday, May 15—
General Summary
General rains occurred on the 9th
and 11th, and local thunder storms
on the 10th, 12th and 13th. High
winds occurred genenally over the
section, with tornadoes developing
over Greer, Kiowa, Caddo and Woods
counties on the 10th, and the Chicka-
saw nation on the 11th. Hall and
excessive rains occurred over the
southern and eastern portions on the
10th, 11th and 13th.
Crops suffered to some extent from
high winds and lack of moisture, but
this condition was relieved by the
general precipitation which, however,
oaused damage, in localities, by wash
ing and overflow, the precipitation
also delayed work over the Indian
Territory.
Wheat continued to head out and
do well, but rust is spreading rapidly
over the central and western divis-
ions and, with insects, caused damage
to the crop; the present prospect is
for a considerable shortening of the
crop over some counties.
Oats, barley, rye and speltz are do-
ing well and making good growth.
Broom and Kaffir corn, cane, milo
maize and millet are coming up weN.
Corn is generally up to a good stand
and is being cultivated the first or
second time; owing to the rains it is
becoming weedy over some localities.
Cotton planting is about completed,
and the late planted is coming up to
a good stand, with early planted be-
ing worked, and some chopped out
some replanting was done.
Early potatoes did well, and over
the southern districts are blooming
and being laid by. Gardens are gen-
erally in good condition.
Fruit continued to do well, but ap-
ples and cherries are dropping off to
some extent. Strawberries are ripen-
ing and are abundant.
Alfalfa is being cut the first time,
with a good yield.
Meadows and pastures are in fine
condition, and stock doing well and
fattening.
Jake Shinn's "Dress Reform"
Jake Shinn is urging a new depar-
ture in womeu's garb for wear
(windy days. "I got the Idea while
driving on the east side this morn-
ing," he told a reporter. "1 saw a
woman hoeing in her garden. The
wind was blowing In the old lasli-
ioned Kansas style, but it didn't an-
noy her a bit. She had fastened an
iron barrel hoop around the bottom
of her dress. Every woman who has
occasion to go out on the street on
windy (lavs ought to follow her ex-
ample. It is an idea in dress reform
that I am proud to helu further."
Mr. Shinn. who is best known as a
chronic bachelor, was asked II he
would marry the first single woman
who would adopt his Btyle of dr<«s
reform, but he side-stepped from
habit. The Republic Is in a position
to assure any good looking girl that if
she will wear the new hoop skirt
down Main street and past the offlte
of Mr. Shinn that he will come io
time, all right. Mr. Shinn owns sev-
eral acres of fine land, has mon£y in
bank and is good looking. Now Is
Bome enterprising girl's opportunity.
—Ottawa, Kansas, Republic.
Back at Work Again.
Buffalo, N. •¥., May 22nd.—(Spe-
:ial)—Crippled by Kidney Disease till
he could not stand on his feet for the
lours required at his trade, F. R.
McLean, DO East Ferry St., this city,
aad to quit work entirely^ Now he's
back nt work again and" he does not
nesitate to give the credit to Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
"Yes," Mr. McLean says "t was too
bad. I had to quit. I could not stand
jn my feet for the necessary hour*.
It was ICIdney Disease I had, and a
Mend advised me to try Dodd's Kirt-
cey Pills. I did so and after using
six boxes am completely cured! and
>m working as steadily as before I
was sick. I recommend Dodd'M PliU
to any one afflicted with Kidney trctt-
ole."
There Is no form of Kldjey Disease
podd's Kidney Pills will not cure.
They always cure Bright's Disease,
;he most most advanced and deadly
itage of Kidney Disease.
The woman who knows Greek will
still spend an hour and a half in
dressing her hair for a party. I calcu-
late that If women wore their- hair
short a million unemployed hotira
would be thrown daily upon the
world.
When Love takes up the harp of
life the neighbors still complain be-
cause the airs are all sentimental.—
New Orleans Picayune.
No Prison TVdne This Year
GUTHRIE: Secretary Thoburn of
the territorial board of agriculture,
ias been notified by Warden Jewet
of the Kansas penitentiary that oon-
ict-made twine would not be sold to
Oklahoma this year. It has been
the custom to furnish twine to Okla-
homa farmers because convicts from
the territory worked in the twine
plant. The sale of penitentiary twine
Jiere has saved the farmers of Okla-
homa sixty cents per hundred.
SHAWNEE: The jury in the case
of John and Frank Bostic, charged
with the killing of their brother, Joe,
In a 'dugout, near Burnett, last Oc-
tober, returned a verdict of not guilty
and the defendants were dlschir^ed.
The evidence In the case showed that
the man killed had made threats. On
this evidence the defendants were
acquitted. Frank Bostic testified
that his brother, John, killed his
brothel:, Joe, with a Winchester rifle,
and that he acted in sslf-defense.
Drove Cattle Across Line
GUTHRIE: R. H. Hahn and W.
T. Judkins, territorial cattle inspec-
tors, caused the arrest In Woodward
of three well known cattlemen, C. E.
Davidson of Englewood, Kas., J. B.
Carter ant) R. S. Mauldlng of Beaver
comity on a charge of having driven
cattle into Oklahoma without proper
inspectien. Each of the men were
fined $100 and costs.
Some men are so good to their fam
Hies that they find it necessary to be
bad to some other fellow's family.
\ Violates an Ordinance j
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Officers of the Federal Government
Refuse to Comply With Law
SOUTH MCALESTER: There is
likely to be a clash between the mu-
nicipal and federal governments here
over the open violation of a city ordi-
nance by United States officers- Some
months ago the city council passed
an ordinance requiring that perma-
nent sidewalks be laid withfrn a pre-
scribed district, giving the property
owners a certain length of tim'e in
which to comply, and placing the pen-
alty at $25 per day. The federal gov-
ernment has recently catiqed to be
erected a $80,000 prison within this
district, and has refused to lay a
sidewalk, despite the warnings from
the city authorities. Individuals have
been arrested for failure to comply
with the sidewalk ordinance, and
they are now demanding that a side-
walk be laid around the jail property.
The mayor of the town is said to be
in favor of beginning prosecution of
Vhe federal officers here in an efTort to
secure the building of the sidewalk.
Shawnee Saloons Must Comply
SHAWNEE: * By order of Judge
Burwell, Sheriff Grace visited Shaw-
nee to inspect all saloons, concerning
an order to abolish all bar screens, in
conformity with the territorial law.
He found all screens removed and no
arrests were necessary. For the sec-
ond time in the history of the town,
Shawnee saloons have no screens,
and all gambling machines have been
hidden away. Law and order leagues
ore responsible.
SIMPL.E WALL DECORATIONS.
New Material and New Ideas for tin
Decoration of Homes.
The styles ot home decorations have
completely changed in the last few
years, and it is pleasant to say that
they have changed for the better.
Time was when we hung monstrous
patterns printed on paper against our
wall? and considered them more or
less pleasantly. It woukl hardly be fair
to say that we considered' them beau-
tiful or artistic. But they were the
vogue and were put on. The time
has come when, with our better metii-
ods for interior decoration, better ef-
fects can be secured.
In wall coverings, whether they b«
of paint, or of kalsomine, or of Ala-
bas%ine—whatever the material used
to cover the wall—the thing desired is
that which has the' greatest covering
vower, as well as permanency and
beauty of color. Alabastine, a wall
covering ground from Alabaster rock
—which means a hard white rock is
the ideal covering for a wall.
The most beautiful wall decorations
in the world are those which are laid
on with the brush. The mural designs
in our large public buildings, and tho
frescoed designs in the large cathe-
drals and churches, have a permar
nency and an art of which wall paper
is but a cheap imitation. These mural
schemes and frescoed designs can bo
brought withfn the reach of the every
day home. They can be done wiUi
Alabastine, which is permanent in its
coloring. It does not rub off, and
fias the soft effect of pastelle.
A frreat many people defe* the re-
decorating of their rooms not only
because of the expense but because
of the discomfort of it. With Alabas-
tine there need be no discomfort nud
there can be no muss, for all that is
needed is to lay a sheet or canvas on.
tne floor, have your man come in with
a pall make the solution and simply
brush it on the wall. That is all tl er«
is to it, and the room is pertectlj
clean and thoroughly renovated.
It takes a woman to jam into an
inch of spr.ee on a street car seat and
then look as if you were trying to
sit close to her to insult her.—Ne*
York Press.
Drowned In a Creek
SOUTH MCALESTER: Columbus
Smith, a negro, was drowned in a
creek near Garvin, while trying to
cross the stream on a mule. Smith
was cacrying a sack of meal, and in
order to keep It dry tied it about his
neck. The mule lost its footing, and
Smith couid not release himself of
the heavy weight. His body was
found thirty yards from the ford.
Two Cars of Longhorns
GUTHRIE: The Miller brothers
owners of the 101 ranch, have received
two car loads of long-horned Texas
cattle for use in the entertainment
of members of the National Editorial
association. These longhorns will be
lassoed by cowboys. To comply with
the quarantine law It was necessary
to dip these cattle, but the horns
\*ere so long the alleys to the dipping
\ats were too narrow, and It was ne-
cessary to rotfe each steer separately
and grease him.
In sham battles they go to work
and trump up a falsec harge.
Smothered by Cottonseed
Herbert Le-negree was smothered
to death by cottonseed at an oil mill
when the seed, piled forty feet high
caved in, burying him underneath
two carloads of it.
General Lee, In command of the
department of Oklahoma, has been
on an inspecting tour to Fort Sill.
There is to be about $15,000 expend-
ed in improving the fort.
It Is always the head of the family
that foots the bills
The King of blood purifiers is Or.
Simmons' Sarsaparilla. It Tids tho
system of the winter's accumulation
of Impurities. It makes the yoons
feel well—the old feel young. Now
is the time to renovate yourself. Sim-
mons' Sarsaparilla cannot be ex-
celled.
Price 50 cents and $1.00.
It is better to have too little confi-
dence in yourself than too much in
others.
IMMENSE TOBACCO PUBCHASE.
Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars Paid
for a Fancy Lot of Tobacco.
The biggest purchase of high grade
tobacco ever made in the West by
a cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank P. Lewis, Pe<v
ria, HI., for his celebrated Single Antl-
er cigar. A written guarantee wae
given that the entire amount was to
bo fancy selected tobacco. This. no.
doubt, makes the Lewis factory fhe'
largest holder In the United Staioe*
of tobacco of so high a grading.—
Herald-Tronacrfpt, Peoria.
He whose pockets are empty i*
often very full.
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