Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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Oklahoma State Register,
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FOURTEENTH YE All NO. 8.
GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY. MARCH 2, 1905.
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Governor Ferguson Signed
fort Supply Asylum Bill h
These are closing days of the legislature and matters of mo-
ment will come thick and quick from now on. Will the session
^ manage to end as well as it had begun ?
Gov. Ferguson has signed the bill, passed by both houses,
removing the insane asylum to F®rt Supply. In doing this he has
ended one of the most annoying questions that continually pes-
tered his administration. He fell heir to a scandal that at the
last legislature threatened to engulf him as it did his predeces-
sor. Nort^, it the legislature will make an honest appropriation for
the repair of the institution and the removal of the insane, a work
will have'been accomplished that the people have demanded
tor a long time. The governor reported that repairs and transfer
can virtually be made within the same annual appropriation for
>' I ^ their care heretofore made.
STILLWATER COLLEGE APRROPRIATION.
Senator Hickam secured the passage of the bill appropriating
$92,500 for additional buildings and equipments for the A. and M.
college. The measure originally appropriated Jioo.ooo, but objec-
tion was made to the expenditure of 810,000 for a gymnasium, and
the Senator consented that this amount be cut down to $2500. He
made a clear and comprehensive statement of the purpose for
which the money is to be expended, together with the conditions
which prompted the request that they ?11 be built at once. It pro-
vides that a levy be made for two years sufficient to raise the
amount. The buildings are to be for the department of agriculture,
horticulture and administration, to be known as Morril hall, and a
building for additional shops and recitation rooms for the depart-
ments of civil, electrical and mechanical engineering. The plans
ior the buildings have been drawn by the architect at the college
the estimates made and everything of a preliminary nature per-
fected. t
Senator Hickam has again demonstrated that his people made
no mistake when they elected him. His general prevention of
public grafts makes it possible to create necessary appropriations
for legitimate institutions.
CAPITOL NATIONAL BANK INVESTIGATON.
The committee of the legislature appointed to investigate the
Capitol National bank was refused admittance by the <"lerks in
charge. Coming back to the legislature considerable of a stir was
made, and the committee made the following report :
To the Council and House of representatives of the Eighth Legis-
lative Assembly:
We, the joint committee appointed by the council and house
of representatives for the purpose of investigating the condition
of the territorial fund in the defunct Capitol National bank, re-
spectfully beg to make the following report:
On the day of we, J. R. Scott, elected chairman
of the joint committee, Dr. J. H. Threadgill, by request of a mem-
ber of the committee, and W. W. Noffsinger, by request of a mem-
ber of the committee, appeared at the place of business of the
Capitol National bank in charge of J. A. Willoughby, receiver. Mr.
Willoughby was not there. The assets of the said bank were
apparently in charge of the clerks. We showed said party, who
claimed to have said bank in charge, a letter from the comptroller,
s.lso the resolution passed by both houses of the Eigth assembly
authorizing said committee to make such examination. Said party
claiming to be in charge of the bank, absolutely refused to either
recognize said letter, or in authorizing or giving permission in any
wise to make examination of the territorial fund in said bank.
Our committee further desires to report that said Willoughby
receiver, was absent. That it is the belief of the members of the
committee who went there for the purpose of examination, tha
said Willoughby was absent purposely with the intent to interfere,
hinder and delay the examination of the condition of said fund by
/ legislative committee, and the said committee respectfully requests
and asks said legislative assembly that the present condition and
hinderance of the examination of said bank by said receiver be
repor'ed to the president of the United States, calling his attention
to the same, and asking such rights as he may be able to grant in
the premises.
Stewart Briggs said thev followed'instructions and would have
to hear from Receiver Willoughby, who is in Illinois. Thursday
morning they received a telegram from Comptroller Ridgley to
give the legislature full access to the books, and the committee
will commence its examination Friday morning.
CREATION OF PRINTING COMMISSION.
/ It is doubtful if it is a part of wisdom to create a territorial
printing commission, composed of the governor, secretary and
treasurer. The bill has ilready passed the council. As the bill
was introduced it left no limit to the amount of expenditure, which
places a reflection 011 the original intention of the bill. It was
amended to read that the board shall have power to expend not to
exceed 817,500. Hut when it is remembered that a bill for de-
ficiency for printing is introduced in every legislature, it will be
seen that the full amount will be expended and perhaps more.
The bill takes away the right from every department officer
^ under the governor, the regents of the several colleges and all the
™ other institutions to purchase printing and stationery supplies.
They will be conceded the honesty and ability to contract all
other supplies but printing, It will have the effect of concentrat-
ing it and giving it all to one firm, whereas now it is being done by
many. The newspapers of the different towns where these institu-
tions are located will not be apt to get the work.
Mr. Hickam had the bill amended to cxcept the application of
the measure to educational institutions that now have a printing
plant, which saves the Stillwater college, which has d >ne its own
printing for sotuc time.
THE SCHOOL TEXT BOOK RILL.
A school text book bill was considered in the council TnursrUy
afternoon, sectton by section. It is not believed the bill will have
time to pass, as much suspicion has been arou-ed regarding it
MAY DEFEAT SCHOOL LAND BILL.
Governor Ferguson's opposition to the school land bi 11 nav
defeat it in the council, after having passed the hou-e. From
enough votes to have passed it ov r the governor's veto, there is
eft a bare majority. The fight on -he bill is not because it is not a
good one, but because it changes the system from appointed to
elected officials, from the patronage of the executive department
to the different counties.
THAT'S THAT
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Never say dye even if you are turn-
ing gray.
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A woman isn't half as great a mys-
tery in summer as winter time.
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Its a good sign when a small sensa-
tion turns the town upside down.
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When a friend wants you to cash
a check you should checkmate him with
a blank look.
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When Eve made her clothes of fig
leaves she evidently mixed a few poi-
son ivy among them.
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There are men who may not stoop
very easily, but they can tum a very
good back hand spring.
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When a man "flings care to the
winds," he finds it usually takes root
and returns with usury.
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When women have the best of men
men will agree with them and there
will be no one to find objection.
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"When lovely woman stoops to
folly," ahe usually breaks her relations
hearts and friends pocket books.
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When a man is in love with a woman
he is equally unhappy if another speaks
disparagingly or flatteringly of her.
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The hand organ was around the other
day, and a prelude to the wayside gen-
tlemen on their summer somnolence.
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If it was the rule for everybody to
be bad there would be some men try,
ing to sn<*ak out and be good as there
are now to be bad.
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The time of the year is approaching
when a busy man is willing to dig half
a day for worms to feed to the fishes
the other half.
Charged With Killing
Their Baby
Roy Campbell and his wife,
near Frederick, Comanche coun-
ty, are charged with killing their
new born baby. Dr. A. J. Hays,
the first witness in the murder
case gave some sensational testi-
mony. Hays was the attending
physician when a child was born
to Roy and Maud Campbell on
March 3, last which soon thereaf-
ter disappeared.
Hays testified that the child
was born healthy, well formed
and that Campbell at the time
cursed it, saying he did not care
if the baby was killed, but he
wanted to save his wife, that he
told the doctors that he did not
want any one to know that a child
had been born to them, as there
were no dark spots on his father's
family, and he did not want any
placed there now.
The authorities went out to in-
vestigate and found a portion of
the body of the child in a shallow
ravine. The limbs and head were
missing as if torn away. The
other bones were found tied up in
a napkin and an old cloth.
It is not certain that peaches
and cherries have been killed.
Wait and see.
MANNERS AND CLOTHES.
All manifestations of beauty in
human life are the expressions of
reverence. Beauty is its own
attraction. As the flowers of
the fields under cultivation un-
fold variations so the human
family in its racial growth de-
velops different types of personal
beauty.
Happiness is the motive power
of life. Harmony is happiness.
Dissonance is distress. Sex is
the eternal attraction and repul-
sion. The admired attributes
grow; the indifferent fade away.
Physical graces and adornment
are the greatest expressions of
happiness. In all races some
rythmic motions have been de-
veloped to please the eye and
charm the senses. The dance
preceded the song.
Last week this paper had an
article on the dance of Salome,
in purported representation of
"The Holy City." It was an
elaborate advertisement written
in the future tense, sent by the
advanc* agent, cast into the past
tenae because the issue of the
paper came after the play. It
was a well written article prom-
ising a ravishing alurment. The
actual danee was something piti-
ful. >' A diminutive woman hop-
ped first on one foot and then on
the other, backward, forward and
sideways.
Was this the Salome that could
command the head of a man on a
platter as an offering from her
own father ? Like an enchant-
ress Salome enthralled the senses
by the magic motions of her
body. She stands out like an-
other Circe in history, the unap
proachable ideal of Hebrew grace
• nd beauty. She is the embodi-
ment of the ages of the dance,
sacred and pr fane—in temple
and in palace. How then could
a crude, uncultured woman,
physically and spiritually imper-
sonate Salome, the worshipped
daughter of a king ?
Weep, oh ye daughters of Jeru-
salem, for ye have been dese-
crated; and ye men of Israel be
ye cast down, for ye have been
outraged.
Statehood Biil
TSiread at the Last flour
As we go to press action mav take place at any moment in
Washington giving statehood to Oklahoma alone. In the con-
ference Wednesday only the minor amendments were considered.
The general proposition looking to a compromise that would per-
mit of legislation at this session was not brought up except as it
related to an order submitted by Senator Bailey which provides for
the acceptance by the senate < f that portion of the bill which re-
lates Oklahoma and Indian Territory as amended in the senate and
the elimination of the provisiohs of both houses in relation to New
Mexico and Arizona. At the meeting called for Thursday it was
determined that either an agreement shculd be reached or the con-
ference on the part of both houses discharged. The conferees were
not without hope, when they adjourned, that some agreement may
be reached that will prove acceptable to both the senate and house.
It is very probable that an agreement will be reached, but what the
result will be cannot be forecasted.
Senator Bailey is working on independent lines. His with-
drawal of the amendment to the Indian appropriation bill was but
to clear the way for another form of procedure which would not
antagoniza the house. He introduced a resolution providing for
the discharge of the confrees on the statehood bill, striking out the
senate amendment providing for the admission of New Mexico, and
attaching a strip of Arizona to Utah, thus making the bill practi-
cally an Oklahoma measure the same a* provided for in his amend-
ment to the Indian appropriation bill. If the confrees fail to reach
an agreement he will ask a vote on his resolution. He hopes to
placate those who insist on joining Arizona and New Mexico to-
gether at this time. The conferees have put forth earnest efforts
to adjust the differences, but without success. Another session will
be held and in case it fails to produce results Senator Bailey will
ask a "Ote on his resolution. If it is passed by the senate, which
now appears probable, the house will be called upon to vote direct-
ly upon the proposition of granting statehood to Oklahoma and
Indian Territory. To defeat it the house would place itself in the
attitude of preferring to deny statehood to those two territories
rather than not force Arizona and New Mexico.
Farm Hand Wins a Qirl
Tom Durr a Comanche county
cotton picker, received employ-
ment at the home of Wm. Gill of
near Hulen, came to Lawton last
Saturday evening and went to the
Traders' home. Monday morning
Durr left the hotel. Later in the
day he returned in company with
Miss Nellie Gill and they took
supper at the hotel, after which
they went to the Rock Island de-
pot. They purchased tickets for
Fort Worth. A lady from the
hotel went to the depot and at-
tempted to induce the girl to re-
turn to her home. The girl re.
plied that she was running away,
and that the tickets were pur-
chased. She also remarked that
they were going to get married.
Miss Gill is 16 years old and Durr
is 25.
Led a Qirl Estray.
Al Wagoner has been arrested
at Oklahoma City for enticing
Bennie Ellis of Perry to run away
with him. Wagoner is a gambler
and Bennie is under eighteen.
They stopped in Guthrie over
night.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Poland has been declared under mar-
tial law.
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Maxim Gorky, the Russian novelist-
revolutionist, will be exiled to Siberia,
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The Standard Oil is buying little
from the Kansas but mostly from the
Territory fields.
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Judge Swayne has been acquitted in
the impeachment investigation by the
United States senate.
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Young Corbett was knocked out in
the middle of the ninth round by "Bat-
tling" Nelson, in San Francisco.
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George A. Boutwell, secretary of the
treasury under Grant's first term, died
in Groton, Mass., aged 87 years.
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J apan denies that peace negotiations
have been asked for, and declares it is
making ready for one more year's war.
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A fire at Hot Springs destroyed over
$2,000,000 of property, covering a mile
square of business blocks, and burned
three persons.
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The Japanese have epened a general
engagement on the Russians near
Mukden, and have been suecessful so
far.
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Former United Stater Senator Ed-
ward 0. Wolcott, of Colorado, died at
Monte Carlo, France, where he had
gone for his health.
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Two new patents have been issued
for Oklahoma! Benjamin F. Davis,
Rocky, cotton picker: Alfred O. Yeat-
man, Okeene; cotton cultivator and
thinner.
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Mrs. Leland Stanford, wife of th
California millionaire, and builder of
t le university dedicated to her son's
memory, is dead in Honolulu, supposed-
ly of being poisone I.
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The attorney general of Kansas has
brought suit against the Standard Oil,
asking for a receiver of its property in
the state for the non payment of $24,-
000 to the school fund from its royal-
ties, and makes all railroads parties to
the suit for non-compliance with the
laws.
Rushing Street Railway
Eighteen blocks of street cai
line has been built so far—from
Drexel boulevard, near Highland
park, west on Noble to Oak, and
south on Oak to Oklahoma, and
then west to Broad street, also on
Harrison street, from Broad east
to Ash, then south to Springer,
then east to Drexel boulevard.
Chief Engineer Nissley states the
ine will be completed and cars
will be running in three months.
Ben Keith, who settled at Dar-
lington in 1872, and was allowed
to hold his land at the opening,
died at El Keno. He was a Bos-
ton-bred man and his wife was a
woman of Indian blood.
Oil Wells Getting Nearer
Chairman John Clary, of the
board of county commisaioners.
informs us, says the Stillwater
Gazette, of the sudden activity in
his neighborhood southeast of
Ripley of some big oil operators,
who have a thousand acres leased
between Ripley and Cushing.
Bendeman & Treeves, Virginia
operators, and who put down the
first well in the now famous Cleve-
land oil district, will have the dis
tinction of placing the first well
in the new field mapped out be?
tween Ripley and Cushing.
Lumber is being hauled from
Cushing to erec t a standard der
rick on the farm of Al King, about
two miles southeast of Ripley.
The stakes are set where the der-
rick will be erected. Other der-
ricks will soon be placed on ad-
joining farms, and every evidence
is visible that a gre-it scene of ac-
tive operations will soon be in
full blast. Naturally the people
of Ripley and vicinity are some-
what excited over the bright pros-
pects, as they are firmly convinced
he men who are coming in to
drill believe themselves it will
prove a great oil field.
From the best informed and
conservative operators the land
along Big creek has been regarded
the choicest prospective grounds
iff eastern Oklahoma.
They are going to preserve the
old church that Stanley, the ex-
plorer, used to teach school in at
Fort Gibson. It was built in 1832
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