Watonga Herald. (Watonga, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1905 Page: 2 of 8
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/S' CHARLES MORRIS BUTLER.
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Copyright. 1905. by Charles Morris Butler.
_______ blow from behind or shot down
with a well-aimed bullet. But be was
traveling fast—the distance- now to
freedom was short.
A final spurt. He threw the platef
under his left arm and grasped the
knob of the door. Less than a second
was spent In turning- the knob and
opening the' door. bifi as he sprang
across the threshold IB felt a stinging
blow on his head andAeli senseless to
the floor. -
CHAPTER XXVII.—Continued.
Before Hawk’s party had traveled
very far, I.ouis perceived how serious
a turn affairs had taken and reconsid-
ered his refusal of Hawks’ aid. ’’Make
some proposition to rue, Hawks,” said
i.ouis, “and if it is a reasonable one,
I will accept it.”
“Too late now, Lang,” replied
Hawks, who saw greater advantage in
retaining possession of the plate. “I
am glad you didn’t take me up be-
fore. This wiU.( make me a great
man.” - 1
“You forget who I am." returned
» Lang. “I am the leader of this Insur-
rection.”
"Not by a long shot!” retorted
Hawks. “You engineered it—but
somebody else will have something to
say here beside you—and I think It
i will bo me! By exposing you I can
get the upper hund here.”
“Your reign will be short. You don’t
• know the strength of the Schiller par-
ty yet. How do you know but what
>ihey are now combining for a return
attack and that they will eventually
, unpower you?”
“1 have the bulge either way!”
Hawks replied. “If Schiller Is itt
power I can turn you over to him as
the leader of the riot. If the convict*
are in power, I have the plate to pro-
tect me.”
Louis was about to reply to Hawks,
when he ■'felt someone cut his bonds
He never turned to see who It was
j that was befriending him, hor did he
;. make a motion that would betray him-
self to Hawks, but kept his arms
folded across his back in the same
mnnner as when really tied. He felt
' n revolver and knife thrust Into Ills
5 belt, and it gave him new courage,
Httough he was In the midst of twenty
i desperate men, now that he was un-
‘ hound and armed he felt that he was
able to master the situation. He
5 looked about him with calmer eyas
than before. Hts guards were not all
armed; one or two Jiad guns, several
had been able to enter the treasury
vaults. It was because they had over-
uowered the sentinel that these two
hail Jim Denver held at bay at the
point of a revolver.
Bui victors are sometimes careless.
Jack* Regan, smart as he was to gain
entrance into the vault, had to leave
the doors open behind hlL , for fear
that he and Schiller might have to
make a quick return from there, and
the way was still clear. Of course
Lang did not know this. To the de-
tective, then the matter of the door
being open or not was a case of life
or death, and he was forced to nerve
himself to the highest tension. He
did not wl3h to leave his unknown
friend to act alone and some plans had
to be quickly devised In order to
notify him of the Intention of escap-
ing. A way presented Itself.
• “Hawks, where are you taking me?”
Lang demanded.
**To the mob,” said Hawks.
“Then you really mean to give me
up?"
“Sure!” Hawks responded coolly.
He seemed to take delight in giving
out the Information.
CHAPTER ^XVIII.
EXPECTS CURTIS BILL TO PASS
The Capture of Jim Denver.
Louis Lang was laid Ipw by a tylow
upon the head delivered by Bill
Hawks. No sooner had Hawks hit
Lang, than Sam Pearson, who bad
liberated Lang by dnttifcg his bonds.
Many of Tams Blxby's Buggestlenz
are incorporated
MUSKOGEE; Tams Bixby, commis-
sioner to the five civilized tribes, re-
turned to Muskogee recently from
Washington, where he was in con-
ference with the Interior department
relative tp the, proposed legislation
effecting Indian Territory. Many of
Mr. Blxby’s suggestions were Incor-
porated in the bill Introduced by
Congressman Curtis. It is believed
that the bill has a good chance of
passing, and that much valuable leg-
islation will be secured for this
countjy before the adjournment of the
mroann t ooaclnn A# PAnffrASR
SEVEN YEARS AGO.
“I think,” said Louis, “If yoii will
-----r --- - -
allow me to say so, that yo$» are
foolish to trust to luck about that
plate. If I were you I would place
that treasure in the vault of the treas-
ury. If I was a free man I’d feel safe
only with them in my possession be-
hind-the basement door of that'strong
building. You are foolish to trust to
a mob for payment of services ren-
dered.” Louis felt someone nudge
him, and he knew he was understood.
“Never you worry about the plate,
Lang,” said Hawks, pompously. “You
will have troubles of your own within
a minute without Interfering with
mine.”
Louis again relapsed into silence.
He measured the chance he had for
his life and resolved to .die’'game if
he had to. In attempting escape he
meant to take the plate with him or
allow it to swing 'back and icatce
half a minute had elapsed before the
door was bolted fend made secure
against attack. ?■'
It was just as Lang sprang ht the
door of the vault, that Jack Regan
eai(U “Throw up your hands, Jim Den-
■verU’ - The- ttbJse of Louis’ entrance
tr ade Regan turn to see who was
back of him, and the Interruption was
fatal to Regan, for Denver drdw his
revolver and. shot the traitorous de-
tective deafi his tfeeit, the body of
the renegade filing through the door-
way and Into the water below! Over
the improvised draw bridge came the
rangers and In a trice Schiller was
overpowered .and securely bound.•
Lang had. Only been stunned by the
blow reCetVed and Very, quickly re-
covered, in .time to assist in plunder-
ing the treasury.
While the mob from the outside
, were attempting to enter tpe treasury,
[ the Denver gang managed to remove
the largest part of the gold and notes.
‘present session of .congress.
Sojne-of the most important feat
tires of this kill have to do with the
closing of tribal aljalrs in Indian Ter-
ritory which takes place March 4,
1906. It Is provided that' the' princi-
pal chiefs of the flvfenatlons be al-
lowed to Jxold their offices under the
Interior department until statehood
government Is secured. The Indian
.executives will be allowed to handle
deeds' and townelte moneys and de-
liver patents to allottees in the same
manner as the law now provides, -ex-
cepting that they will not be repre-
sentative sof -the tribal governments,
Which will then be out of existence.
Each chief Is. allowed to f mploy the
services of a tribal attorney to look
after the legal business of the dis-
solved nations.
A Rochester Chemist Found • Singu-
larly Effective Medicine.
William A. Franklin, of the Frank-
lin & Palmer Chemical Co., Roches-
ter, N. Y., writes:
“Seven years
ago I was suffer-
ing very much
through the fail-
ure of the kidneys
to eliminate the
uric acid from my
system. My b#jfck
was very lgane
and ached if I
overexerted myself In the least de-
gree. At times I was weighed down
with a feeling of languor and depres-
sion and suffered continually from
annoying Irregularities of the kidney
secretions. I procured a box of Doato’s
Kidney Pills and began using them. I
found prompt relief from the aching
and lamenes in my back, and by the
time I had taken three boxes I whs
cured of all Irregularities.’’ ■
Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a l»x
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. §
The bill contains p clause provld-
ink*for the said .pf all public property
of the nations at .public auction.: A
government appraisement Is first to
be made of the value of this property
and the bids must come up to this
appraisement. • When tribal build
ingS are offered for sale, ^hfell' the
new state desires to buy for county
court houses or public schools, the
sthie will be given the first privilege
of purchasing this property at the
appraised valuation.
When they left the room the bridge
waji, destroyed • and ho evidence left
of there being any entrance jfrom the
rear. Through - the tunnel at con-
venient Intervals were placed bombs
with fuse attached which would blow
up the tunnel leading toward, the
haunted house. # And thus fell Para-
dise—and by the hands of one man!
(To be continued.)
BIXBY REFUSES
Actor McConnell’s Wit.
The late William McConnell wat
one of the greatest threatrlcal jokers
of his time.
Augustus Thomas wrote a part for
McConnell in the short lived “Cham-
pagne Charley.” He had not been on
the stage for years, and It was thought
that his characteristic ^uigbr might
be amustttHMbte tfceatfT- t
That assumption proved Incorrect,
atid McConnell Retired from the show
before Its crush. Then a vaudeville
sketch called “The Editor” was writ-
ten f°r him, and he tried that for twro
weeks.
“Vaudeville’s all right, I suppose,”
he said afterward, “but it didn’t agree
with me."
“What was wrong?” asked one of
his friends.
“Well, I began in Chicago in a roof
garden on top of a sixteen story sky-
scraper. The next week I went to St.
Louis and played in Uhrig’s Cave.
Could you beat anything like that? As
I said, I think vaudeville is all right,
but I could not stand the sudden
changes in the climate.”—Washington
Post.
Proceedings Against Commissioner to
, Force Him to Recognlxe Citizens
MUSKOGEE; Dr. G H. Braum
and others have filed mandamus pro-
ceedings against Taras Bixby, com-
missioner to the five civilized tribes,
for the purpose of forcing him to
recognize their alleged rights as citi-
zens by blood of the Choctaw nation.
The amount of property involved is
said to be about. $40,000. Several
years ago the? commissioner refused
*he jplaiatWs admission on the rolls.
The ■ casto were takbn to the United
States court, and Joage Clayton or-
dered that they be recognized by the
qpmmis&ion as entitled to all -the
rights of citizenship by blood. The
plaintiff’s allege that Commissioner
Bixby now refuses to obey the de-
cision of the court.
A Man-of Business
Barber—Poor Jim has been to anjln-
sane asylum through broodin’ over d^ill
business. He and me has worked rtdo
by side for years. We both brooded a
good deal. No money In our business
now.
Victim—What’s the matter with #?
Barber—Prices too low. Urilesf a
odstomer takes a shampoo or some-
thing, it doesn’t pay to shave or hitr-
cut. Poor Jim! I caught him trying
to cut a customer’s throat because! he
refused a shampoo, and so i ha<i, to
have the poor fellow locked up. Msjliea
me very melancholy. Sometime^! 1
feel sorry I didn’t let him slash alrhe
wanted to. It might have saved ^is
reason. Shampoo, sir?
Alarmed Patient—Y-e-s.
What Pa Puts on Them
The teacher of a village school gras
asking her class one of two qf
tlons. One of t\_yu was: -t
“Can any boy in the class tell fine
what harness is?”
Not a single boy knew.
“Well,” continued the teacher,^‘is
there any boy in the class whose fabler
works among horses?” >
“Please, teacher, mine does.”
“Well, what is it that your fatpef
puts on horse every day?”
“Please, teacher, every .dollar he’s
got.'
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
Felt a stinging blow on his head and fell senseless to the floor.
bad revolvers, the balance either hail
knives or clubs. They did not march
in order, but straggling off in pairs,
were busy talking to one another. No
one seemed to be noticing I-*ng, but
rather engrossed with what was trans-
piring In the center of the town, the
•other side of the treasury building.
Hawks was nearest I.ang and was
very fully armed, gun, revolver, and
bowle knife, but he was handicapped
to a certain extent with carrying un-
der his right arm, and the one nearest
Lung, the front and back of the conn-
icrfelt engraving plate. But Hawks
alone appeared to look upon Lang as
his prisoner.
Now and then could be heard the
irack of firearms. A blaze here and
there could be seen, where an ex-
ploded shell had burst nnd set fire to
whatever It had struck. The town
wa3 full of babbling voices. Once In
* While a woman’s screams could be
heard, accompanied with noise of
shouts and oaths. Men were hurrying
to and fro. some pursuing and others
pursued. Hawks’ party was at pres-
ent in the quietest part of town, but
rttey were rapidly approaching the tur-
bulent portion, because the fighting
party, destroying as they canie. were
rushing on toward the treasury and
me king’s house.
At the rate the two tactions wore
traveling, all sections would meet very
, near the front of the treasury build-
ing.
Louis’ mind was made up. He would
try to make his escape Into the treas-
ury building. Lang had made arrange-
ments tp have one of the lower doors
’left open but guarded. Unless bis
friends Bbould fail hint, lie could yet
get away from Hawks, am* perhaps
carry the plates with him.
It was because UiIb door had been
;♦ open that Jack Regan and Schiller
fail in the attempt. The success of
his undertaking hinged upon the two
parties not meeting and effecting con-
solidation until the treasury door was
reached, or as far as Lang was con-
cerned not meeting at all while he
was in the hands of Hawks.
It was an even chance of meeting
or not meeting. The larger mob was
nearer the treasury than Hawks, but
they were going Blower, fighting and
destroying as they went; howling,
.umping and generally frenzied, fir-
ing their guns In the air as they ap-
proached.
The leaders of the insurrection had
left plenty of whisky in sight, and the
general store had been plundered just
before of all the drinkables obtainable.
The convicts, maddened by not hav-
ing their whisky regular, had drunk
themselves almost beastly drunk.
Nearer the huge body of drunken
sots came. A hundred yards only
peparnted the two quarreling factions.
The treasury building, which both par-
ties seemed intent on reaching and
plundering, lay Just between the tw'o
Hanks. The basement .door, which
I.ouis desired to reach; was a few feet
nearer the main party than Hawks.
It was like flying Into the face of
death to take the chance, but it was
Louis’ only hope.
A quick move! Lang drew his re-
volver with Ills left band, and with
his right snatched the plate from un-
der the arm of Hawks.
It seems that at this Instant Louis
for the first time was recognized by
the mob. As be sprang toward the
treasury door a great maddening
clamor went up and a hundred guns
were fired at him from both gang*
He felt a form ut his Bide keeping
pace with him; he dared not 4top to
turn to soe who It was. Evefy secorid
he expected to be either'felled to earth
Capt. Coffin and ths Whale.
The following story is told of Capt.
Coffin of Nantucket, who was cruis-
ing for sperm whales in the Pacific
ocean: A school was sighted and the
boats were lowered, and soon the cap-
tain’s boat was “fast.” Usually wjien
a whale Is struck (harpooned) he
sounds or goes down. Then it is time
to look out and see where he Is com-
ing up.
This particular whale came up un-
der the boat, with Jaws wide open,
crushing the boat and throwing out
the crew. The captain found himself
In the whale’s jaw, and, probably re-
calling Jonah, he wriggled out of his
unpleasant Surroundings as quickly as
possible.
On relating his experience to some
friends after his return home, he was
Asksdi
“Capt. Coffin, what did you think
when you were in the whale s Jaw?
"What did I think? I thought he’d
| make a hundred barrels,” was the
reply. __
South McAlester to Entertain Them
- for Five Days
SOUTH McALESTER: The Scot-
tish Rite Masons of the valley of
South McAlester will hold their next
reunion in this city on January 22-25.
The day of the 22d will be given over
entirely to Master Masons, and to the
ceremony of the laying of the corner
stone by the grand lodge of- the new
$125,000 Scottish Rfte Masonic temple.
The Scottish Rite degrees will be
conferred, fourth to the thirty second,
upon a class of about one hundred. As
the railway companies hare made spe-
cial rates for this occasion, It is ex-
pected that a large number of Ma-
sons from both Oklahoma and Indian
Territory will be present.
Words of Wisdom.
Weptfleld, 111., Dec. 18th (Special!
"A11 who* are suffering with Brlgl3
Disease, should read carefully the
lowing letter from the Rev, G, L. G<g>d
of this place. He says:—
"I feel It Is my duty to tell you of
the wonderful benefit I have- received
from the use of Dodd’s Kidney Pills.
I am a Minister of the Gospel, and In
my work, I am frequently exposed to
all weathers. Six years ago, I was laid
up sick. I doctored with a number of
physicians, and finally consulted a
specialist, but without success. They
all told me I had Bright’s Disease. I
was In a bad way and almost- helpless
when, thank God, T heard of Dodd’s
Kidney Pills. They saved my life. I
took sixteen boxes and now I am
cured. The first day I took them 1 felt
relief. When I began I weighed only
one hundred and five pounds, now I
weigh one hundred .and sixty-five and
I am the picture of health. I recom-
mend Dodd’s Kidney Pills to all nty
friends who have Kidney Trouble and
1 prsy to God that other sufferer*
will read these words and be helped
by them.”
Frank Martin, who was convicted in
Caddo county on Decembcr.15, 1904, of
assault with a deadly weapon, and sen
tenced to one year’s imprisonment,
has appealed his case to the supreme
court, anil asks for a newr trial.
In some South American tribes the
women draw the front teeth, esteem
ing as an ornament the black gap thus
made.
Dot, t waste words when talking to
a woman; cut your story short and
let her talk.
OKLAHOMA MILLERS MEET
Wanted to Hear the Musle.
In the town of Douglas, Mass., sev-
eral venrs ago. an eccentric French-
man kept a saloon. He was especial-
ly fond of music, although nothing
else ever interrupted his studies ot
how to be meaner than any of his fel-
low-men.
One summer night the village band
was gtvlng a free concert near the sa-
loon. and those who came to hear the
music included many thirsty ones who
cared more for the sociability of the
saloon than for the music outside.
The salopn was filled} and all were
talking at once, and In high-pitched
voices, when the heavier voice of
the saloon keeper called a sudden
halt, at he bawled: “Youse fellar
stop 'dat dam holler! Der band, she
goln’ to play anoder game.”
Car Shortage and Freight Rate Dis-
crimination Discussed
OKLAHOMA CITY: Fifty mem
hors of the Oklahoma Millers’ associ-
ation held a meettng here and dis-
cussed conditions as to car shortage
and the alleged discrimination in
freight rates, said to have been made
by some railroad*. No definite action
In unythlng was taken. Th9 situation
with reference to the shortage of cars
has been somewhat relieved, but great
damage Is yet being done by a lack
of means to market grain. No con-
tracts for the movement of grain are
being made, and many of the mills are
yet running on half time. The wheat
crop In sections represented by the
millers here is reported as being In a
remarkably fine condition, considering
that no rain has fallen for several
weeks.
Safes Safes 8afes Safes
Fire proof safes are nearly one-halt
the price they were formerly, so we
are Informed by the F. L. Conger Safe
Company, No. 16 West Grand! avende,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
In New Holland scars, made care-
felly with shells, from elaborate pat-
terns on the ladles’ faces.
Stands Head.
There Is something about Hunt’s
Lightning Oil that no other liniment
possesses. Others may be good, but
It to surely the best. It does all you
recommend It for, and more. For
sprains, cuts, bruises, burns, aches
snd pains, it has no equal on earth.
It stands head on my medicine shelf.
Very truly yours,
T. J. Brownlow.
Livingston, Tenn.
Miss BvhiUa Davis of Helena, who
lost her voice a few weeks ago while
teaching a class In mathematics In the
public schools, just as suddenly re-
Moral reflection, child, is the way
one thinks when contemplating the
mistakes of somebody else.
covered It last week, and Is now In as
good condition as ever.
Lewis* Single Binder costs more than
other So cigars- Smokers know why.
Your dealer or Lewis’ Faotory, Peoria, I1L
The strength of n lost love is hard to
estimate by the sorrow shown over It.
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