The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 17, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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Mangum Star.
VOLUME XVII.
MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, MARCH 23, 1905.
NUMBER 38
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THREE III II DAY
cc/lorado breaks the record
on governors—peabody
seated but re8igned.
la Not a Record Fop a State to Feel
Proud of—Peabody Promised
to Resign and Had In Effect
When Seated.
TEXAS WON THE LAND.
Denver, Colo., March 22.—The bar-
gain made by leaders of the opposing
republican factions of Colorado to
take the governor's chair from Alva
Adams and to Beat In It Lieutenant
. Governor Jesse F. McDonald aftar per-
mitting- James H. Peabody to hold It
for one day, was carried to a conclu-
sion late yesterday evening. In ful-
fillment of the the agreement which
he made before the general assembly
deciding the gubernatorial contest In
his favor, Governor James H. Peabody
resigned the office In which he was In-
augurated late Thursday afternoon.
His resignation, of which W. S.
Boynton of Colorado Springs has been
custodian since Wednesday, when it
was written, was filed In the office of
the secretary of state at 4:20 p. m.,
yesterday. James Cowle, secretary
of state. Immediately certified Govern-
or Peabody's resignation, and Lleuten-i
ant Governor McDonald was then
sworn In as governor by Chief Justice
Gabbert. There was no further cere-
Governor 2dams was ousted and
mony. Governor Peabody Installed
by the general assembly about o
o'clock Thursday afternoon and Gov-
ernor McDonald was sworn in before
B p. m., yesterday. Thu8 In space of
less than twenty-four hours Colorado
has had three governors.
Governor Peabod^ transacted prac-!
tlcally no business of state while In :
the office of governor. He received |
many callers who urged him not to I
resign and aldo many messages of the
same import by telegraph and tele-
phone. To all these he replied that he
did not care to hold the chair. He
said that he was tired of the worry
and excitement of his contest and
wished to go back to his bank in Can-1
on City. Half a dozen members of the
national guard- patrolled the streets
about the executive chamber during
the day as a g|iard for Governor Pea-
body.
Lieutenant Governor McDonald re-
luctantly take8 the chair which Gov-
ernor Peabody resigned after forcing
Governor Adams out. The lieutenant
governor has taken no part In the bit-
ter flght over the 'governorship which
has. been waged ever since the elec-
tion In November. He absolutely re-
fused to aid his friends In the legisla-
ture to have him made governor and
as presiding officer in the joint assetn
bly he made several rulings ngalnst
the movement In his behalf. Senator
Arthur Cornforth, president pro tem
of the senate, become nctlng lieuten-
ant governor by the elevation of Lieu-
tenant Governor McDonald to the of-
fice of chief executive.
Supreme Court Affirms Decision of
Lower Court In Controversy.
Associate Justice Holmes of the
United States Supreme Court last
Monday handed down an opinion in
the case of Greer county, plaintiff in
error, against the State of Texas, on
appeal from the Texas Circuit Court
of appeals.
The contentions of the state of
Texas as presented by Attorney Gen-
eral Bell are upheld, and the decision
of the lower court Is affirmed with
the costs.
This decision settles a dispute and
litigation that has existed between
the state of Texas and Greer county
since this county was taken from
Texas by the government and attach-
ed to Oklahoma. The land in ques-
tion consists of four leagues in Hock-
ley and Cochran counties, Texas.
When Greer county was a part of Tex-
as that state patented the land to
Greer county for school purposes, j
When the Supreme Court decided lnj
189G, th-it Greer county was no part
of Texas and the county became a
part of Oklahoma, Texas Instituted
proceedings in the lower courts of
that state for the recovery o^ the
land, and the decisions were favora-
ble, to that state. The case was first
tried in the district court of Travis
county, Texas, then to the court of
civil appeals, and from there to the
supreme court. George Clark, of
Waco, Texas, has been managing the
case for Greer cour ty.
'RETURNED COWBOY" PLAYED
TO A FULL HOUSE WITH UT-
MOST SATISFACTION.
L
WITHOUT ACTION—WILL NOT
YIELD TO THEIR TREATY
MAKING RIGHTS.
THE LA8T LECTURE.
John P. D. John Will Appear at the
Opera House Tomorrow Night.
The last lecture of the season to
be given under the auspices of the
Womans' Home Mission Society wljl
be delivered to-morrow (Friday) night
at the Harris Opera House. John P.
D. John will appear and lecture on
one of his five favorite themes. He
is said to be one of the most charm-
_ _ _ _ . _ n ing lecturers on the platform today.
GOOD US PROFESSIONALS DEMOCRATS FLATLY REPOSEThe pre"""be"01 —
A PROGRAM.
Of the Mangum Culture Club to Meet
March 24, 1905.
Roll call—Quotations from the Les-
son.,
Lesson—Act ill, Scenes I and IT,—
"Ap you Like It."
"As you Like It."—Leader, Mrs.
McIntosh.
Round Table Discussion current
events by thd* club.
The club will meet at 3:30, with
Mrs. Ollphant. 1
All members of the K. of P. Lodge
are requested • to be present at tjfe
regular meeting Tuesday night, March
2Sth. Important business and first
degree work.
BEES IN HIS SONNET
OLD MAN DOUGHERTY OF CAR-
MEL BUG HOUSEY ABOUT
MONEY.
Thinks He is Heir to English Estate
and That President Roosevelt
is Backing Him Finally—
Adjudged Insane.
The Audience Went to be Bored and
Found Themselves Attending one
of the Best Shows Ever Giv-
en In This City.
"The Returned Cowboy" was
played last Friday night to one of
the most refined an cultured
audiences ever assembled in a Man-
gum opera house. They went ex-
pressing fear of a fall-down, a fail-
ure. They left saying It was one of
the very best shows ever seen in
Mangum, better than any of the pro-
fessional shows, with very few ex-
ceptions. Bach one played his or
her part almost to perfection; a
few, a very few times one or two
of the players failed to pick up his
cue promptly, causing an awkward
pause now and then, a few found
difficulty in repeating their parts
with ease and naturalness, but all
In all, it was a splendid success.
L. A. Snow as a stern, dignified,
purse-proud father did splenddly.
Billie Burgess as "Uncle Jedd' would
stop your clock or sour your cream
on short notice.
C. W. King as cowboy and im-
promptu poet looked the cowboy and
dished up poetry gjlly enbugh for
anyone.
Hal McKnight made an earnest,
manly lover and played up to the
opposition to his suit In good shape.
R. L. Waggoner, as the villain "who
still pursued her," was strong, so
much so that since he has sold his
jewelry business, It has been sug-
gested that he will go on the stage.
G. B. Cunningham as Perregine
Splatter and later as Dan
ON THE WARPATH.
Navajoe "Indiana" Invade the Tow.i
And Cipture Several "Palefaces"
About thirty of the Indians of
Navnjoe Tribe No. 36, I. O. R. M.
met In their Wlgwnm In regular coun-
cil last evening and after a short
council of Important business to the
tribe they proceeded to tkke, by adop-
tion, six palefaces of the best citi-
zens of Mangum, as follows: 0. B.
Cunningham. H. B. Wakefield, H.
Boam, G. B. Hullng, Dr. L. B. Rasch-
baum and Qua Powers. The degree
team headed by their Sachem, l.ee
M. Jones, with his worries and
browes, In about two hours' hard
work at scouting and scalping round-
ed the captured palefaces Into full
fledged and brave, enthusiastic In-
diana. And after a council of all the
"Chiefs about the council brand In the
old fashioned feast of the Calumet,
the council Are was quonchod and
the Indiana repaired to the forest of
the Woodman ball where a beautiful
Teasl of all that's good was devoured
"1b the aamo old". After which they
departed to their reapectlve tepesfor
n few hours' sloop and rest before
resuming the hunt.
W. T. Hughes, a leading citizen of
Olustee persuaded an old gentleman
A. J. Dougherty by name, to come to
town with him last Suniflfy, when on
reaching town he turAed him over to
the authorities on the charge of In-
sanity, he having been acting and
talking in a peculiar manner for some
time past.
His particular hallucination It ap-
pears, was, that he was enormously
wealthy, when In reality he was la
lather meagre circumstances.
He was going over the country buy-
ing land, paying any .price asked, or
at least he had been going over tho
country considerably and on his re-
turn saying he had bought thla, that
and the other farm, saying bo bad
paid, In some cases fabulous prices
for the same.
He claims to be the heir to estates
In England and Ireland valued at
175,000,000.00 and that President
Roosevelt Is backing him In his fin-
ancial transactions, that In a way
they are partners.
Aside from this hallucination ho is
said to talk with considerable Intel-
ligence and is perfectly .tractable and
was harmless. He never suspected
he was to be turned over to tho au-
thorities on such a charge until It
hail been done, then he appeared to
pull himself together and stand up-
on his guard ngalnst saying anything
of an Insane nature.
It took considerable questioning to
draw out bis peculiar Ideas but ho
Anally gave his condition away to
the satisfaction of all and was com-
mitted. He will probably bo sent to
the asylum in a few days.
the returned cowboy, was especially
strong.
Herbert Carlock as a "culled
gemmen," and in the specialties,
was superb and would do credit to
a professional company.
Percy Cornelius as an officer had
but a small part to play, but showed
good nerve in arresting the villain
at the climax.
Miss fempleton a8 Isabel Western
playeO up to her poor lover In good
style In spite of the prohibitive man-
dates of a stern, unyieldng father.
Mrs. Percy Cornelius as Polly, a
sentimental, love-sick young lady,
did remarkably well, and Miss Lena
Misemer, as "Chfrrlty,"—the woman
in black— was the most brilliant
star of the entire galaxy. She played
up to her part all through In a highly
tragica? manner and her murder was
decidedly the dramatic climax of the
evening; after she was murdered
she lay upon the stage many min-
utes without a tremor of a muscle
or the quiver of an eyelid to Indicate
n spark of life, this certainly requir-
ing a wonderful physical effort.
The specialties were all that could
be desired and would do credit to
any company on the road, the sing-
ing, the dancing, the Impersonating
were all simply fine, and It would
1 be Impossible to say who did the
I best In these, Miss Gay Ollphant,
Herbert Carlock, Add Faulkner
, Herschell or Cressle Faulkner. They
all ^dld par excellence. Little Miss
Willie Shipley sang a song which
was as good as far as It went ns
any part of tho play. She received
as encore to which she responded
n wonderfully aweet volse f: r one
of her years.
Mrs. I.. A. Snow and Mrs H. L.
Waggoner were the managers, but
on account of Mrs. Waggoner',- ab-
sence at the bedside of a sick broth-
er, Mra. Snow had all of this respon
slblllty to bear, and did her part in
a manner not to be appreciated by
those not Initiated.
The show netted something over
185.00 and was therefore a financial
success, as welP- as being a success
In every other particular.
Mr. and Mra. W. T. Milam of Hoi-
lis, were In Mangum last Saturday en-
route home from Now York, where
they had been to buy a spring stock
of dry goods.
They are Opposed to the Policy of
Taking Charge of Other Peoples
Business—Would Compro-
mise on Investigation.
Washington, March 20.—Republi-
can leaders of the senate are all at
sea respecting the action advisable
to take In regard to the Santo Domin-
go treaty. Recognizing that the
democrats control more than one-
third of the votes and that two-thirds
are required to ratify the convention,
the sentiment of the republican lead-
ers is that the treaty should be with-
drawn by the president. On this sub-
ject the president does not agree and
the Idea prevails that after one or
two days more of lnconsequental dis-
cussion the special session of the sen-
ate will be allowed to adjourn with-
out date and the treaty lapse. But
this plan Is not popular In the sen-
ate, and a way to avoid it is being
sought.
One alternative, which In the dis-
cussion concerning it was termed
merely an excuse for Inaction, is that
Senator Cullom, as chairman of the
committee on foreign relations, should
offer a resolution directing the Presi-
dent to appoint a commls^loij to make
an investigation of the Santo Domin-
go debt and other questions Involved
In the protocol. This plan was agreed
on tentatively as the program most
desirable unddr existing conditions,
especially as It Is believed that such
a resolution could be adopted without
debate. No decision was reached and
the plans may not be changed tomor-
row, however, and other plans have
been suggested or are brewing.
Senator Newlands offered a resolu-
tion calling on the president to for-
ward to the senate certain informa-
tion believed to be in the possession
of the state department in relation
to Dominican affairs. The resolution
was not seriously considered at the
time, and Mr. Newlands' speech advo-
cating adoption received scant atten-
tion. Later in the day it was whis-
pered that if the resolution were
adopted and the democrats felt that
all of the Information obtainable
would be given to them u defection of
three or four democratic votes would
result. This would ratify the treaty.
Leaders of the minority party, on
the other hand, took the position that
no information could be forthcoming
which would change the principles
Involved In the treaty, and that It
Is Idle for the republicans to hope
for aid from their side of the cham-
ber. The resolution, nevertheless, re-
mains undisposed of, and there was
talk among republican leaders late in
the day of adopting It and putting it
to a test as a vote getter. Those who
talked for the treaty were Senators
Spooner Hepburn. Piatt of Connecti-
cut and Fulton, while those opposed
to It were Senators McLeary, Mor-
gan, Culberson and others.
one of which is taken from the Dead-
wood (South Dakota) Pioneer Times:
Dr. John P. D. John delivered his
lecture, "Did Man Make God or did
God Make Man," in this city last
night, and it was a Thetorlcal treat.
It Is not likely that anything finer
will ever be heard In this city. It was
a masterly effort. As an orator the
Doctor stands easily in the fore-
grounds, and it would ty; impossible
to find his peer. He thrills his listen-
ers and seems to lose his personality
as he approaches the heights of his
periods. At times last night It was
noticed that the. audience was vitiat-
ing over some salient point that he
had made, but was constrained by
the fear that applause would mar the
effect of the point that followed.'
The appearance of Mr. John will be
the last lecture on the course. The
last attraction, howeVer, will be
musical sometime in April.
WELCOMED HOME.
Former Gov. Adams Receives Popular
Demonstration at Pueblo.
Pueblo, Colo., March 22.—Former
Governor Alva Adams was welcomed
home this afternoon by one of the
largest and most enthusiastic popu-
lar demonstrations ever accorded to
a man in this city's history.
After a brief address, the Govern-
or, accompanied by his wife, enter-
ed their carriage, which had been al-
most filled with flowers by their ad-
mirers, and the carriage, drawn by
blew h0use3 into fragments
and injured 8everal
people.
ONE MAN FATALLY HURT
Occurred Last Friday Afternoon Be-
tween Two and Three O'clock—
W. G. Carter of Roger Mills
Watched its Formation.
W. G. Carter and other Roger Mills
county people were in the city last
Monday. Mr. Carter reported the
visitation of a serious cyclone in the
vicinities of Poarch and Carter last
Friday. The cyclone passed through
a strip of country between twenty
and tWenty-five miles north of Man-
gum. It formed about a mile west of
Mr. Carter's home and when it first
started on its mission of terror and
destruction traveled In an easterly
direction. The first house to suffer
was the farm home of D. Barr. The
home and practically all the household
goods in the Barr home were either
destroyed or scattered along the pa!.h
of the storm. Mrs. Barr received an
ugly and painful cut across the fore-
head, and one of their little children
—about two years of age—sustained
a broken arm. It was the left arm
and was broken in two places. Also
Its shoulder was broken. The hoube
was blown off its foundation, but no
one was hurt. The farm home of W.
R. King was the next to be destroyed.
The bouse was blown over and Into
fragments. Mrs. King and her little
of thanks for their welcome.
SKULL WAS FRACTURED.
Young Man Near Looney Falls From
Wagon and ia Run Over.
J. T. Reynolds of lxxjney was iu
town Muuday. He reports that a
young man named Harold, living near
Loonoy, sustained lnjurlea from
which ho may not recover. Young
Harold had attended a neighborhood
singing and In returning to his home
attempted to pnss a buggy by driv-
ing between It and the fence. He
was thrown from the spring seat of
the wagon, and u wheel of the wagon,
perhaps l>oth of them, passed over
his head fracturing the akull. At
Inst accounts the attending physician
pronounced his condition critical.
about a hundred enthusiastic fcltlzeas
headed by a brasB band, proceeded j child were caught under a bed which
to the Governor's home. The loute overturned with the house. The bed
through the streets was continuous I and bed clothes under which Mrs.
ovation and when he reached home j King and her little child were fasten-
there was a crowd of Intimate f-Iends j caught fire. Mr. King was also
and neighbors to welcome him. To I fastened under some debris, but man-
this gathering h# made a short speech ' a«ed by heroic efforts to extricate
himself in time to save his wife and
chfld from being cremated In his sight
Mrs. King was seriously but not (Jan-
gerously burned. It was a very nar-
row escape from an unspeakably aw-
ful death. A vacant house belonging
to a man named McDuff was blown
off its foundation. A farm home oc-
cupied by a man named Faulks, on
the McDuff farm, was wrecked, but
no one was seriously hurt.
One-half mile further east, the home
of James Cop fell a victim to tbo
storm's fury. Here the house was
blown Into splinters, and both Mr.
and Mrs. Cop were crippled and ren-
dered unconscious for awhile. A mi-
raculous feature of the work of tha
storm was that when they regained
consciousness both were on a small
j portion of the floor of the building
At the meeting In the district court whlch had boen blown about one-hun-
room last night, which had been dred >art'8 from the lte of the "°"9e-
adjourned from last Monday night, It Durln* •"" > tlme Mrs- C°P
was decided by a majority of about hPr ,lule b be tf> her boHom an'l
two to one of those present, to organ- WRS r,,t hurt- al b°"*h both tho par-
ize the democracy of the town an.l Jents were crippled In different ways,
thereby obviate the trouble and in-1The ho"8° was bl°wn °yer and .ho
convenience of petitioning a multl- fam"y considerably bruised up it the
pllclty of candidates upon the official home °f Etl JoneB- nnd onohalt
ballot for the ensueing spring electlo" , mlles ft "ther east.
This was the only reason for organ- j Abou' tw° ml,e8 BO«<h f course
ll'.ng now—other than has existed!0' ,hls 8,orm the home of a man
since the town organized.. Some op- j name(1 Wrl*ht was completely dainol-
position was manifest but It Is not i <Bbp<' and household good-i were
thought that a bitter or accrlmonlous ! scattered over the country. Mrs.
campaign will result. | Wright was badly Injured, and the
The executive committee Is com- Wright, who lived with hh son
ORGANIZED LAST EVENING
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING
FAVORS AN ORGANIZED
DEMOCRACY.
All Democratic Anyway and it Will
Simplify the Holding of the Town
Election—Some Oppoaition
But No Bitterneas.
Birth of a ton.
Ralph Rice, state organizer for the
Fraternal Union of Amcrlon, who re-
sides at Fifth and Walker, has a 12-
pound boy at hla home.—Oklahoma
City Times-Journal, March 16.
posed of O. S. lining from the south
ward, who Is chairman, -T. L. Carpen-
ter from the west ward and G. L. Wil-
son, Sr. from the east ward. This
committee will call a primary elec-
and daughter-in-law, sustained Injur-
ies from which, at last acc.rnru;, It
was thought he could not recover He
was struck on the h«ad and In tha
mouth by flying missiles. Many sh ds
tlon at the proper time and provide | barns, etc., were blown over and d*-
for everything necessary to a hoal-
thy democratic organization.
The people of Texola are on Nel-
son's toes because he don't come hero
himself or give them a deputy who
will stop the loud cursing, drinking,
carousing and shooting up the town
which has occurred In the presence
of ladles from time to time during
the past two months. Nelson should
not pay all attention to Mangum and
let the balance of the county go to
the dogs.—Herald.
stroyod. The storm occurred Hst Fri-
day afternoon between two and threa
o'clock. It traveled first In in oast,
erly direction, then changed U« course
to the southeast.
P. W. Nance and a number of oth-
er eltliens of Dryden were here yes-
terday. There were eighteen wagons
and they brought In about seventy t 360 days In the Boonvllle (Mo.) re«
bales of cotton to market. ' formatory.
I ONE YKAR AND 360 DAY8.
Sentence Passed on Boy Convleted of
PostofAee Robbery.
Lawton, Okla., March 20.—Earnest
Neeley, a 13-year-old boy several
weeks ago arrested on the charge of
robbing the postofflco at Cache, was
brought before the District Court to-
day.
The Court gave him one year and
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