Woodward Dispatch
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VOL. 1.
WOCDVAM* OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY. FRBRUARY L Ml.
NO. S3.
There will be bo colored men in the
next House of Representatives, says
• Washington letter. Mr. White of
North Carolina, who goee out on the
3rd of March, will probably be the
last of hie race for many yean to oc-
cupy a seat in the national legisla-
ture. The restriction placed upon
negro suffrage in the Southern states
will prevent any more from being
elected to either house of Congress.
They are growing scarcer and scarcer
in legislative bodies in the South, and
by and by will have no representation
there. Twenty-five years ago there
The Shawnee Fair association tele-
graphed to the managers of the Jeff-
riee-Ruhlin fight a few days ago that
it would give a guarantee of $25,000
for the fight The dispatch said there
was no danger of legal interference.
The fair grounds is neutral ground,
and the directors have a lease from
the government for atheletic sports,
with no restrictions, only that of pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor on the
grounds.
Governor Barnes, when told ' of
Shawnee’s guarrntee of $25,000 to
pull off the fight in Oklahoma, said:
“No prise fight can be held in Okla-
homa while I
mere, i weniy-nve years ago mere i —— ■ — * governor. Prise
were a dosen colored men on the floor j ®ffkting is prohibited by our laws and
of the House and two or three in the ‘be *aw> h® enforced.”
Senate. Some of them were able, up- j Arrangements were made to pull
right and useful men. Bruce was the * P1^16 ^ RnW during the
last and the best of the colored sena- rePu^*can national delegate conven-
Aessisr Ar r To Airies.    Court of Honor to be organised in
tandon, Feb. 7.—The war office Woodward la the near future. While
this morning bulletined the following it is only necessary to secure 15
announcement:    In view of the re- members to organise, already, mote
cent Boer activity in various direo than that number hade boon secured,
tioas the government has decided, in and the applicatioiw have bean sent
addition to the large forces recently away to headquarter, which is at
equipped locally in South Africa, to Springfield. Ill No doubt within
reinforce Lord Kitchener by 30,000 six months this will be the strongest
mounted troops beyond those already order in Woodward, and in Wood-
landed in Cape Colony. Recruiting ward county,
for the imperial yeomanry has pro-
ceeded so rapidly that it is anticipated _The preliminary trial of Albert
10,000 will shortly be available. The D“™’ Joh“ Ruttm“ • *®Uow by
South African mounted constabulary, the of McCue’ ,or the robbery
including those enlisted in the colo- of Fp“k P* of Cnrtta*0,1 J“°-
•    .. _    asm OK im*    O.x.__a__    •
including those enlisted________
nies, may be relied upon to extend to
8,000 and the new colonial contin-
gents to replace those withdrawn will
probably reach 5,000.
“The remainder of the force will
ary 25, was begun Saturday evening
about 2 o’clock. The evidence against
the boys is pretty strong, especially
against McCue. But, the question
is, where is the other fellow? Where
tors and .Vhite closes the career of j
the negro in the Lower House.
It is evident when the negro con-
gressmen have so
the remaining one's name is White, i waf
end of their Olt’*boma is a misdemeanor. The law
ine remainder or the force will ,' .-----------------" *
be made up of cavalry and mounted *    ‘“J    »<> be a partner
infantry from the home establiahmer t. 40 P v wher® Perkins?
run    a* .    ...    i
tion last summer, but Governor. The enlistment of volunteers to ns- me recem
Barnes instructed the sheriff of Gar- ] place those that have already served which was held
AoM PAIinlv fn ovMaf mil    ' _ ______ n    * s •    •    .    1
At the recent statehood convention
at Guthrie, immedi-
ncu we uciiru cun- county to arrest all persons en- j a year n South Africa is also being ate statehood was warmly discussed.
nearly run out that *®*6*1Pjromoting '*• aDd thf fight proceeded with. Arrangements have Whether we will be given immediate
r'i huim in Whit. *** abandoned. Prize fighting in lit^n made for the nmmni enninm...    . __ .* ____, ,
they .are about to the
row. This .should be incourageing to
the Democrats, for when a negro
can’t get any assistance from his
parents he is going to leave home.
This, however, may cause the negroes
to have to be colonised, and may we
live to see that day, pnd may it be in
the near future.
on public nuisances, however, gives
officers power to stop a fight—K. C.
Star.
b***n made for the prompt equipment statehood is a question soon to be
and transportation uf the force. The decided. There is no reason, other
The Cold Weather b General. *
While, no doubt this has been a
winter that one would have to go
back in the mediaeval ages to find one
that would duplicate it in modesty,
yet the sodden change has been felt
very severely all over the world. It
is reported that there has been over
a hundred deaths from the cold in
Canton, China. Other countries suf-
fering accordingly.
than politica'ly, why we should not
be given immediate statehood at this
session of congress.
There was a discussion in the Sen-
ate a day or so ago concerning the
amount of the appropriations of this
8 <*><>". and in reply to a question by
Mr. Morgan, Mr. Allison
the Senate committee on appropri-
ions. said he thought they would
H. W. Shaw, a farmer living south
of Carlton, Kans., while cleaning a
32-caliber rifle a few days ago acci-
dentally shot his 18-year-old daughter,
Mrs. William Mortimer, the ball
striking hat near the heart and kill-
ing her. ’’Mrs. Mortimer was mar-
ried Thanksgiving day and was home
on a visit.
urtiss
omedy
ompany and
attlemen’s
onvention.
All next week.
will be running short pretty soon. ! ^    Mr. Hale
Only a few days ago the Boers re- ^Ugh*theWt00,d ** Marer
leased 200 British prisoners. Now,! . m,lh°“ doUara* He 8aid “»® ‘We
that London has a new ruler and they *    *ures w#8 8‘ead‘br raising,
•r. unii,.«...    -• n-____._ A few years ago the country was
first consignment will leave on the
Aurania February 9.
_ All the morning papers express in-
Towns in the vicinity of the border    tb® d^ion of
isssss.ssi-SFt5281
who claim to have been starvedont commentinK nP°n th« K™ve situation
HO Claim w nave Deen starved out ^ go0th M .    .... .    .    - «uu ... repiy w a question by
«tk. porter Ml duappomted br ^    „„    uke„ .    Mr. Morg.ii, Mr. All**    of
cause the country was not opened np i_v n «.    the Senate committ#A nn u»un»t.
on time. Few people expected the M a u »
country to be opened before the lat10 -ount ta 760 «£* dlui,^
of April, and for three montha it has ^ thd    t .hj    °Migatlona for 60 million dollars
been known that it would not be “nT .    ’ " ‘heir nupphes fop fnfain) maAmm u. ™
opened before August, and yet theee
people have heedlessly gone there.—
Alva Pioneer.
"Iftbo blind tad the blind, both OTMdingmM«rt of ikn'^n't^. *    “«•* —
it would be a good time for old Ire- 5 ,ockei at a b,UM>B dol,ar Congress.
,    ..    V”    "    ~    '    |    land to come alive, this would raise SK>nwewou,d have a billion dollar
to.nd.ng why » p«pl*    l“b JZta^    >bo tat —
hap. nr. in good annncml .tending, to go to Sooth Africa md fc ■* nPI»«rrUW 760 million dolUr.
the Boer war, to lick old E«»g^H so a“d * member of tb® appropriation
bad she would be ashamed of herself, C°™tee °[ the Ho“® ^ “W there
by Ireland fighting on the other side. 600 d hlVe h®*® 100 miIbon dollars
Already the British have loet over J0'®’ “ 8om® future 8e8*ion would
12,000 men, and they have tpent caUed upon *** “P that
more money than they would ever get *B,0UD‘’
out of South Africa, even though! Dr. W. A. Traugh and wife have
they should conquor her, which they returned to Colorado,
will never do until they kill the last
sow pig.
will pull in their anchors and drift,
they know not whither. And this,
is, in a great many instances, due to
ignsrance
It isn’t so bad to be quarantined at
home, but it is sometimes bad to be
quarantined at some one else’a home.
No doubt in a great many instances
where a man suddenly disappears, he
could be foond in a home where the
quarrentine line surrounds. One
should be very careful to not get in
thy neighbor’s house for fear it is on
the wrong side of the f-t-t-r-r-r--
line.
Already cattle are coming in for
the convention, and other things are
coming too.
District Court meets April 1.
The Federal office holders are look-
ing down their noee.
The republicans can quarantine the
“Honka Tonk,” but they don’t try to
quarantine the gambling houses.
Curtiss six nights next week. *