Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 42, Ed. 2 Saturday, February 13, 1897 Page: 2 of 4
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COTTON CULTURE.
C< TToN STATISTICS.
CATARRHAL BRONCHITIS.
The State Capital. D^^ 4* p'^^thet(.rr,l0rVii ■ t-he {re< hom<,b;:
Ut congress might as well be unrep- jer was o{ more benefit to Oklahoma
Ti™n's defeat la the more irntat- than free home*.
• « 1- ~ Un «il m ' pi 1 wP ■>•><*
j iaf to n
! his ~
the sute Capital PrtntintCo.
CRANK M. OREER. Editor.
SATURDAY, FEB. 13, I'M-
W'MMi* County faraier* to Grow tbc Oklahoma Take* a Ul(h plart In Iti Pro-
stapte Thla \m r dattloa.
Alva Pioneer: Arrangements to fur- The special agents and experts of
nisn seed and erect a cotton gin am. the statistical department of the gov- connection, to state unsolicited wnat
VT. T. Powell, Kdltor and puUIUIirr of t h
Clario|ton peudeui," Uiltaa.
W. T. Powell, ClariDgton, Ohio,
rites as follows: -Permit me. in this
huatling iaalitie . and generously dom relaxe, a point well ta*en. But ( other essential machinery as far as ernment haT# jcst finished compiling your wonderful remedy, Pe-ru-na. did
1 persuade him to re'ent j may be necessary are completed suf- fmcU about the ,.oUon 0rup of ISM and for me- 1 *' s tlken "ck last Febru"
The bill >s republican-' doieatly to say to the farmers of this
aided him in pasaing numerous bills ^ Fiynn il
last winter of great intere-. to ,
his constituent* Eastern men laUiiacaaa.
the first veto.
To those not on the ' inside
the
*eto of Governor Renfrow of the bill
authorizing payment in cash of the
w rran
did this, not only because they liked
i flynn, but for the further reason that
taev felt that the successful passage
of these bills would strengthen r iynn
it home that he might make his own
I platform and be elected upon it. ilia
defeat shows that his constituents
. ary with bronchitis and catarrhal
, The tigures have been earefully fevert M_v head was in a terrible con-
lsm. It is right. And :spenker Reed county that if they want to try cotton reT^sej anci *re - follows; ditien—could neither see nor hear
is anove all a man of the people and raising the seed and machinery will The total number of bales produced scarcely—and my lungs were badly
thoroughly imbued with republican be guaranteed, provided they agree to WM 7 „;1 ljW or 3,305.<m. W1 pounds, affected, being so tight and sore I
principles. W. believe he will allow pant and cultivate the crop. Every 7lIued at ,,0The average two° month,* !
a special rule to bring the b... up out farmer who wants to plant some or poua<| jn New York was 8 1- :ried our local physicians, all
the
ts issued to the employes of j ^^e not only ungrateful for thebeioe-
the legislature, may look all right.
business standpoint it is sil
From a
rijfht. No
when he
held
ntract between
treasurer with any sense
would recognize any such bill, for it is
retroactive, since very warrant
by an investor is a ci
him and the territory.
But if some one will introduce a
resolution in the legislature demand-
ing of the territorial treasurer infor-
mation as to whether the warrants of
the territorial officer* are paid in ca.-
out of order of registration, tiiey w .
discover a little "mares nest which
will show the governor'* veto ii
ridiculous light. What more righ
favoritism by payment of warrant,
in cash have the territorial officers
than the employes of the legislature
The governor tries to make the in-
ference in his veto that the law re-
quires a territorial warrant shall be
pari in the order of registration The
law declares no such thing A bi 1. was
introduced in the third legislature so
declaring, but it was
..m.miHi who prompted the gover-
norS veto on thi> occasion.
The truth is. the territorial funds
have been juggled with outrageously.
If tie legislature will investigate a
rr uuk "uij
tits they had received at the uands or
a gold-bag congre** but that tney
vcr r - willing to turn down an except to ?et this bill passed
ionally ab.e representative simply be- went back to congress defeated for re-
cause be would not stultify himsel. election He pledged the people he
"mX an wouid pass the bill, if it could be done,
equally bad record from the sound- at this session. He went right to
monev standpoint, and the result is WOp|j ^ ,.arry 0ut that pledge. His
of order. And that, wnen he does, it who wants to hear abjut its culture. oentg The returns 5how the actual j cough medicines *1 \-ould get hold of
will pas.- as it came from the senate. 1 and the p an of this proposition is rela,iTe poSition 0f the states acreage
No one thought Mr Flynn could j earnestly requested to attend this ba es and number of acres to
that the close' of the century will still
find them outside the sisterhood of
state*, where they ought to stay until meat.
their oeople have learned sufficient beljve the bill will
Texas, acres
meeting It s believed that cotton
** su.-cess. although it w lhe ba;e,
is tvnowu that Vo>ds county cannot
glut the cotton market of the world j 3. ' '•*> 1
with its crop. It is advised tnat those ' bale. - *7.
bale.
*; bales l.«"7,377:
Georgia, acres
23 bales. 1.087,377: acres to the
wh > try it plant only about ten or df- :iv acres to the bale. 1.45. Ala-
teen acres. Around Waynoka they • b ma 2 371 7 bale*. 't!>: acres to
■— as >-
If Imu Jo it. j l • ni,nh w et.wra p.,r. 1.SM.T3S: bales, TM."
go to President] tion Df this county they think bale 2. Arkansa-
and
tion
north
of this
wisdom to lostifv the honor of state- cleTe ,n<j this session We believe 1 at least a thousand acres may be plant
Mr. Klvnn's effort* will avail: that be I ed. South of Alva to the Cimarron
acres to the
res.
hood."
bales 520. acres
; f.ouisana, acies, 1 14-
A IJASGEK POIST.
a In the discussion of a bill in the
to iouie Tuesday defining more specifi-
cally the funds into which the tax
levies of the county are to be placed,
and what can be paid out of them,
there was a disposition manifested to
will be successful and that he will re-
turn home after the 4thof March with
the bill either a law or vetoed by Mr.
Cleveland.
and east as far as is convenient to the ,t;j; acre8 to the bale. -
_ n another hundred farmers can be acres, : bales. IT
found to put m ten acres apiece. The bale. .i : Indian
3.10
eliminate the various funds created by j cpata -lQ thi3 legislature not only want
the Third ie is'ature and t - go bac«< , QO unfortunate negro to vote,
to one fund, the old genera fund pre- ^jjey want to close the negro
vai ing prior to July, 1V .V This would cutting off the county sep-
be the most ruinous thing that could arate gchool levy The popocra^s are
killed by the happtn to the counties of this terr.- 0pp0secj to educating the negro: but it
tory. The Third legislature put the won t work The federal laws say
counties practical y upon a cash basis. t^ere shall be no abridgement of the
At that time there was but one func. ^^t 0f franchise. Oklahoma as a
"the general,'' and warrants upon this territory is subject to federal laws,
fund were selling at from w to >o ecJuoational clause would be wholly
N educational qualifications for
voters can go in Oklahoma. This Ulia«? any crop
,r, 1 A of these estimates are reasonable,
purely a southern device. I he p-^po-
most of the
little along this line, it will disclose --ents on the dollar in
line startling condition If war- counties. The best county revenue
rants are not paid o«t of order of reg law ever put upon the statute boo*
istration. such condition exists only was that by
by order of the treasurer himself, live assembly.
Under the law he can pay any warrant county warrants from almost value-
he pleases. Anybody can see what less degregat.on to 90 and cents on
tremendous chance this makes for the dollar, and in some counU^ io
juggling of public funds. We are in- par If the present legislature de-
clined to think that. Territorial Treas- stroys this law and carries the coun-
orer Turner has paid warrants in or
der of registration, except those drawn its enactment, it
to the territorial officers We think the itself for all time to come.
legislature can easily discover that What ii need.d is a more specific
these have been oa.d in cash right declaration as to what snail be paid
. out of the various funds and the sdai
*Tb!s veto emphasizes the extreme tion of one or two funds to the law a.-
necessity of a law prescribing the it now stands.
heaviest criminal penalty against the For instance, there
payment of warrants out of order of general fund created
void.
The upper house contains the brains
the Third legis.a- of this legislature, but these brains
It raised the value of
Fork valley would furnish an
other ti*e hundred acres. At even half
a bale per acre this would bring at , 77
the railroad 00, without count- i lourii acres. 47,
south of the Cimarron to tke bale. 4.04
HHI ,923: bale
Guthrie alone nas paid out about a
ha f million dollars for cotton this
season. Other portions of oklahoma
sold enough to bring the total nearly
up to a million dollars. Shall Woods
county experience the pleasure of
navmg at least a quarter of a million
dollars in circulation on cotton crop
alone during next fall and winter
The answer is in the minds of
farmers.
About a dozen firms in Alva, have
agreed to buy tne cotton seed and fur-
nish it to the farmer-- at cost
and many other remedies which were
recommended to me. About the mid-
dle of March I concluded to try Pe-ru-
na. I had not taken half a bottle un-
til 1 began to improve My lungs
were relieved of their soreness and
w tightness, and my cough stopped en-
Missijsippi. ..t- .. aies tirclv. I used three bottles of it and
was entirely cured, and have felt V>et-
ter ever since than I had for years
Bronchitis is catarrh of the bron-
chial tubes. It sometimes produces
cough: sometimes tickling or pain in
th 3 middle of the cheat; sometimes
^hortn^ss of breath and expectoration
of mucus. Whatever the symptoms
are. it almost always leads to consump-
tion unless cured. The above well
known literary man of Ohio graphic-
ally describes his escape from the
usual consequences of bronchial ca-
tarrh. Let others take warning in
time. Any one desiring to can write
Dr. Hartman, of Columbus. Ohio, and
receive prompt answer Pe-ru-na is
without equal in this class of affec-
tions.
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing
acres to I Company, Columbus, Ohio, are send-
ing free to any address for a short
the hale.
' ■ ; bales,
13.
Tennessee,
>: acres to
'territory, acres.
7: bales, Ov"'7. acres to the bale.
Florida, acres. l(Jl."4< : bales,
; acres to the bale. 4 <>5. Mis-
: ba es. 11.-!. acres
Virginia, acres. 44.-
4: acres to the bale, " jW
Oklahoma, acres. ^u^s. 14.UJ.
acre^to the bale. l.-"> I "tab. acres.
4'H): bales, 103; acres to the bale. 3.*^
Kansas, acres. 40: bales
the baie.
Ok ahoma produced more cotton time Dr. Hartman's latest book on ca
than VLnr.aia * M*ssi>>ippi and more -arrh. la grippe, colds, bronchitis, and
bales to t,-ie a r ■* than any other cot- j other climatic diseases of winter
ton growing* region in the nited
o,ir States. Tiie above figures are for SUPREME COURT.
i 1 Oklahoma produced 73,0O0 bales j
n
THISTLES NOT FEARED.
Oh la horn An in Canton.
Associated Press Dispatch: Durinu
afterm on ex-Congressman Bayard
The so-Call.tl P* t Proves 4nytblug l>ut a
Terror to Farmer*.
. ties back to where they were prior to
will have damned
registration by school district, town
. the other funds, and
should be a
in addition to
the law should j
ahip, city, county or'territorial treas- plainly stat. that nothing should be
nrers. The law now declares, except paid out of this fund excepting the old
in the case of territorial treasurer
general fund warrants. Everybody
that all warraits shall be paid in the
ncedes that these warrants must be
order of registration, but this law is paid,
flagrantly violated in many instances.
r
v .
Nobody wants to repudiate
them To repudiate them would be
Let some member of the legislature, the ruin of the credit of the territory.
If he wants to do His country a service But their payment should be made (
and advance the value of warrant, for easy. It should be extended out over
the benefit of the people, introduce a from three to five year>. making the
bill making it a felony for a treasurer levy each year light. Tne bonds pro-
of any municipality to pay a warrant vided for by the act of 1 «5 -re-
out of order of registration. When funding of this old genera fund in
sui:h a bill is introduced they will find debtedness, cannot be sold. It is a
the first fellows to jump onto it will great injustice to these warrant ho.d
be those on the "inner circle."' who era to let these warrants mn without
have been speculating in territorial provision for payment.
warrants. j But to rip up the "*|
.Such a law would save thousands of some seemed to desire in thecomments
dollars to the municipalities of the j in the house Tuesday would be the are use'tess. Cowardice has killed
territory by bringing them nearer to :nost unfortunate thing that could . cagervaUjm They will stand
a cash basis. Men will not pay high '>ccur in Oklahoma. Instead of de-. a(jaiast nothing from the house. The
stroy ing the law of 1 ''5, it should be democrats in the council vote boldly
extended and made more definite as to
the courties. and the law then applied
to all of the smaller municipalities, conservatism.
This law limits the levies and the
THK WAV IT LOOKS TO A P. DLL.
The Sick Man—By the slippers of the prophet, dog. what be those petty
things?
The Dog—Those, O fountain of L'oodnesfi, protector of the faitMul, are
the European powers. ,
' Importaut c*■*« From Lincoln County to
be Dec trie* l.
| The supreme court has arrived here
and wiil beyin an important session
j tomorrow. Several cases of pro-
At Lmcoin. Neb the populist house DOunced importance to the territory
has just repealed the bill passed two {tg people will be disposed of.
years ago, placing a premium upon the them will be the case of B. F.
| descruction of the Russian thistle. liray against Olive Stubblefield. both
A few years airo these thistles 0£ Lincoln county. The defendant,
seemed to spring up everywhere in de- Stubblefield. at the election in
fiance of all laws governing other vegi- waa elected to the office of county
tation an<! many agriculturists were superintendent and entered upon the
alarmed lest the weed should drive out (iis^harge «>f her duties. At the elec-
more valuable but tion last fall Mr. Bray was a candidate
tion. Legislation was • advocated to , . _ T
check the "-rowth of the thistle, and and was elected. In January Miss
n many states iaws simi.ar to the one stubbleSeld refused to give up the
in Nebraska were passed. But de office to Mr bray, on account of th-
^pite all i- aims of the federal atfricul- fact that he had no valid first graue
tural department that the thistle was ceitificate. which is a regular require-
something to e dreaded, and that if ment of the .aw. Mr. Bray produced
not checked it would d,-stroy ail the a certificate duly signed by the super-
western part of the I nited States as intendent of Pottawatomie county
far as farming was concerned, the re- The latter afterwards claimed that ne
verse has proved true The rank ^.gned no such certificate, but does
a-rowth appeared to die in one or two not deny that the signature to it is his.
seasons as mysteriously as it came. He claims that seme one must have
and the surrounding vegetation suf- stolen a blank signed certificate and
fered little Then in some sections filled it ou' for Mr Bray. But here
| the dried weed was chopped up fine comes up the question of the identity
and fed to cattle with very satisfac- of the writing in the body of the cer-
torv results and in other sections the tificate. It is almost exactly the same
farmers gathered the thistles into as the signature of the superintendent
arge pi es and burned the bunche- Again, it is in evidence that the 1'otta-
! for fuel in their homes. Then several watomie superintendent stated at Bl
thrifty farmers made bale-of thistles Reno that be did issue the certificate,
and sent them to the nearest mills to Following this is some evidence show-
be tried as fuel They were a great I ing that Mr. Bray could not possibly
success and several contracts were have answered, from his own knowl-
madeby Nebraska mills for all that edge, questions on subjects which the
could be supplied. record shows him to be proficient in
— — The case is a very important one and
A PARTLMi SHOT. 1 is surrounded by more mysterious cir-
J__ J cumstances than any case of the kind
in the hiscorv of Oklahoma.
prices for warrants when they are un-
protected by law and when unscrupu-
Jus treasurers can allow warrants to
rvn in ahead of thoiae held by inves-
tors not on the "inside. The war-
rant* of Oklahoma should be worth amount of warrants which can be
•r. cents t„day. They are worth but Jrawn against them. It prohibits
Hi will this legislature advance the floating indebtedness. Every warrant
price 10 per cent by the parage of a i-^ued must be paid
T. Hainer of 'ruthrie, O. T.. and Her-
bert Wolcott of Cleveland, brother of
Senator Wolcott. called at the McKin
A Perry Editor Retlr « in th© Following
lnl<iue Manner
Mr. W J. Olds severs Lis collection
with the Perry Patriot, the pop organ
of Noble county, as follows:
We" retire from the duties and re-
HIS CHANCES GOOD.
he >t LonU Republic TI ink* Flyun
Winner tor Governor.
... , „ ,, , . - A special to the St. Louis Republic
patrLT ,o,lowiDg on
for the most pernicious populist meat-1 ^ey ^ h°°!an"ton for?aIh'^ri l"o the friends who have shared with
respects to Major McKinley Uainer , *Tervthin? that have contributed
said in reference to the monetary con-1 j o
to our deliverance, and implore the
Jaw protecting all investors,
vhether levied for the expenses of that year.
„ _ i.i , . . , , , I mercy of Divine Providence upon our
Attorney Roj Hoffman came in last, would be successful and that the succ^wr. We freely forgive all who
night fr..m Sac and Fox agency and ; foreign nations wonldjoinin an inter- j instrumeatal either'in bringing
nationa- agreement. | Jg ^ere or prolonging our stay, and ask
j our dear readers to do likewise. A
took the train for Guthrie. Mr. Hoff-
frora the taxes i man has been ^uite sick for a long
time and will go to Idaho Springs.
in the ring or out of it. in the certainty
Under this system in two years more
| Colo., in a few days to endeavor to re-1
cuperace. Charlie Adams is the owner j
Henolutlooi, of 3/mpathy.
fair trial has convinced us that popu-
. , lists of this county do not want a news-
At the monthly meeting of Guthrie paoer and only hope those who owe pledged
the gubernatorial situation in this ter-
ritory :
"Although the name of the delegate
from Oklahoma is Dennis, lie is not 'in
the soup.' A week or ten days ago he
thought he was It was shown in
these dispatches some time ago that
Mr. Flynn, during the last campaign,
when he was a delegate to congress
and expected to be re elected, had
his support to friend- for
of payment in order of registration'.' every county will be strictlv < n a cash 0f HOIne mines near there and I.oy is Typographical Union, the following as on subscription will invest in a bible i everv federal office nertainin"- to ill
W basis. And if the same law. enlarged j going to rough it awhile as a practica " * J unanimously na ' > J —1 e'er7 * ™ ^ l° 01
STATEHOOD CHANCES UOSE. and made more specific so as to gradu-' "^Xa^uhluirmay fuii'y
Talk of atehood for Oklahoma may Hy UP the old Senerl1 un ™
ar : recoyer.
> well be postponed for several year-, rants of the cities, towns^ towns, ips Fred Miller of Grant
, attitudes of this and school district-, and tnen applied p. ...
to come. The various — , i,unuouip, wuiiu>n «u o«iwu<.
territory in submitting to the degra- to all these small municipal it is tne 0<cl0ck last Wednesday morning at the
_ _ —. _ .. 9 *■ , V,iiAnntiafl j'VPri? OPira.ni- U C Uie m Vf f c r All tafl
township, committed suicide about
Mrs. Louisa
young lady
datiou of fusion under revolutionary same as tor tne J nome oi ms mother
and repudiatory laws attempted to be /at.on fr.,m a t > P Thu's | home from a dance and" they had a
passed by this legislature ha* destroy- wou.d soo p • ,[Uarrel. on returning to his home he
ed all hope of throwing off soon our can thousands of dollars be saved " placeci the muz/ie of a double-barrelled
The following people of Oklahoma by enforced shotgun igainst his left side just be-
.♦onorny through these laws. low the heart and shot a hole through
We hope the legislature wiil con- body-
sider this matter carefully and make h L. Cohen has just got in some of
resolutions were unanimously passed:
\V herf.as, The members of this
union have learned, with deep regret,
oi the recent death of the mother of
our brother member, Charles F. Greer,
be it
Refilvtd, That this union hereby
tenders to Mr (ireer its sincere sym-
pathy in hU bereavement.
apiece and study and profit by the
Proverbs of Solomon. We have r- l>homa. I lis left himseif out in the
ranged to have unexpired subscrip- cold. The republicans of the territory
tions fulfilled and all that is left us to ! a -g very anxious that Mr. Flynn
leave town with is—Walter Or.i'- should be appointed governor, but
— ' Flynn had promised his support for
irand County \ idette: The \ idette 1 that office to a friend of hi named
territorial garments.
from the Hiffalo Commercial iudicates
the feeling in the East on this sub-
ject:
"Speaking of statehood matters re-
minds me that the attitude of the
three territories cf Arizona. New Mex
ieo and Oklahoma, in the last cam-
paign, has destroyed for many years
what little chance they enjoyed of ad
mission to the Union. New Mexico 1 federal limit, wou.d again
and Arizona have been knocking for warrants cf every county down to , his fine line of suitings before you
admission for half-a-dozen years an(j ->0 eents on the dollar and work purchase your clothes for spring wear
When the eastern men objected to giv u, —
ing them the right of statehood be- fearful disaster to the pi...... ^ Col. Billings the old soldier candi-
cause their admission would swell the besides doubling the expenses of every date
for United States Marshal for the
number of free-silver men in the sen- county
_ ^ u -.^irr m aH u Kit thpir
no mistake. When they touch this the new spring styles in suitings and
question they are on a danger point tb'7 "e t>eat and nobby Mr. Cohen
quest.uu mcy ® makes a specialty of hne tailor made
To re-establish the old law a- it ex- j ^aj^ an(j by giving him your order
isted prior to the law of 180.". with voa ojn keep your money at home and
nearly everv county now overt e legal. la the same time get a suit of clothes
throw the that cannot be duplicated for the
money outside of the territory. See
Prohibition Doomed in Oklahoma.
Perry Enterprise Times: JS. R. Smith |
has agitated the question of raising McNeal
cotton in this part of Oklahoma until 1 "Now comes McNeal with a letter to
nine-tenths of the farmers of Grant | Flynn, declining to be a candidate and
county have resolved to try the exper- urging Flynn to accept the place him-
iment next season Vie are glad to | self. There is not much doubt that
notice the interest taken in this mat- McKinley will make Mr Flynn gov-
in number rame in ter an,i see no reason wb7 tbe cultiva- { ernor of Oklahoma in the early davs
and famil} , seven in number, ea e : tion 0f the plant should not be a sue-! of his administration. There is some
from Jackson, Ky
decided to locate
will spend the balance
in ferry. He states that he is the pi-j too large an acreage the first season
oneer for eighteen or twenty more i There is much to learn in regard to
families from the blue grass state who the successful production of cotton.
and much that can only be learned by
personal experience, and for this reas-
on as well as the fact that after all,
i tion of tne plant snouia not oe a sue-1 of his administration. There is some
vy.. yesterday He has oess in this as well as in other parts of talk here of all the republicans in the
:e in Noble county and the territory. We would, however. thehous?of representatives signing a
balance of the winter caution the fymers against putting in petition to McKinley asking for
will settle here.
Certificates Graote<l.
The following teachers were grant-
F.ynn's appointment. This probably
will be done, but even without it the
chances are good that McKinley wouid
hold the office subject to Fly tin's ac-
ceptance. It is known that Mr. Mc-
Kinley asked a member of congress
ate. the reply made by their delegates
in the house was that their people
were indifferent to the silver question
and that they were fully satisfied with
the gold standard
j territory of Oklahoma will be pleased
——- I to meet all the old soldiers visiting the
!T WILL PASS. | capital for the next three months.
_ . , .... ,U„( Comrades it is under this administra-
, The State Capital has < tion or never with us. Come and the
The recent elec- the free homes bill will cot pass. It [atc(j string is always out.
cotton growing in Or-ant county mav j who visited him a few davs ago if
prove a failure, we would suggest | Flynn was disposed to accept the gov-
ed certificates at the iast county exam- tnat each farmer plant only a few ernorship of his territory."
acres, to start with. The acreage can '
be increased from year to year as you ; Mrs. Bridget Murtha. wife of J. S
learn how to take care of the crop and Murtha died at their residence, 316
tion showed how little these gentle- -.vill be the struggle of Mr. Flynn s
men understood the temper of their | j.fe tQ seg that jt passes at this session
ination:
First i irade— B. S Reeves and Chris-
tine Corlett.
Second < rade—D. J. Wallace, James
Bowers, Fannie llav and Lela E Alter j a profitab.
Third Grade—Flora Campbell. Lil-
lian James. Gilbert Nichols. Mary E.
Nichols, Emma J. Iladley and N. E
Nelson.
when you find to a certainty that it is I Oklahoma avenue, this ihorning of
rop to grow in this soil, i kidney trouble She has been sick for
I a long time. She leaves a husband
Temple Houston, of Woodward son and two daughters to mourn her loss
f Co.'.uel Sam Houston, ha- oeen in- who have the sympathy of all in their
As a result of the coroner's jury in-
rv>nstituents I 1 vestigation of the finding of the dead
••In Oklahoma, for example, where He has not nursed that bill day and body of "Happy Jack Wilson," in the { OTer
the people never saw a piece of silver night for four years to let it die now vveeds on the banks of the South i ana-
- " sentiment for upon lhe very pinnaele o( success dian river. Jackson, the proprietor of namea
bullion, and where n«i
j vited by the state of Teunessee ;o de-
I liver the centennial address at the
! opening of the Tennessee exposition
] at Nashville on May 1. He is now en-
near Cashing a 1.",-year-old boy gaged in preparing his address, which
Dean was taken sick with
Faith va. Fiction.
a livery stable at Norman, and Wa**d, pneumonia and his parents, who be-
sad artliction. The funeral will take
place from the Catholic church at 10
a m. tomorrow.
defeated>a' ennU " Flynn — a formed The people may deserve its fauure. hij, ^irid man. are in jail charged with iong. to a sect called Holiness." and
Kaflfalonian. by the way—for re-elec-1 They voted like ingrates last fall. the murder of the dead man. llse prayer instead of physic for human
tion to congress because Flynn had They went back on their friend. They . ., , ailm"ents. let the lad die for want of
the courage to stand by the St. Louis ignored their own personal interest, i - tj0n (0 vot,. for «■ 0<X) bonds for medic* attention. The Cuahing Her- _ _ ^ _
convention and not desert his party in Tbev vole<i for a fad the erection of a court house to pre- i *U1 the^bole 0utht of .anatics |^appointed by i.overnor Uenfrow as come known all the troops in th
Andtheydid not do this blindly I sent to the county. ~ '
Troops bave arrested a party of
he says will be the effort of his life. Wichita mountain miners who are now
Mr. Houston's father was governor of at Fort Sill. William Cooley, an old
Tennessee before he went to the Californian in the number, said that
Cherokee country A few years later many rich ores had been found; that
he became president of the Texas re- | the rocks guarded so jealously by the
public. Judge Hush, of El Reno, and Indians for years were fabulously rich,
A. A. Byers, of Newkirk, have been ! and that when the facts should
be-
pre" i indicted for murder.
i commissioners to this exposition
1 country could aot stay the rush.
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Greer, Frank H. Weekly Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 42, Ed. 2 Saturday, February 13, 1897, newspaper, February 13, 1897; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc275622/m1/2/: accessed April 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.