The Southwest World (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 2, 1901 Page: 2 of 8
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HOllSf AND COUNCIL
MEMORIALIZES
\
Askinq President Mckinley to Pardon
five Men.
FOR BUKNIN(i 1WU SfMINOLE INDIANS.
Who Had Murdered and Brutally Outraged the
l ifeless Body of Mrs. Leard. a White Woman
In Pottawatomie County, and Who
Left Her For the Hogsto Devour
--•The Mill Still Grinds.
IS* ICEBOUND
a contest
at sale for amount of taxes not of election
creating
i board, limiting and defining their
Alexander says he thinks it | powers and prescribing the mode
would blockade the treasurer's and methods of procedure therein.
office There is plenty of land! Council bill No. 102 was rea<
in towns that if it is worth the first time by sections and then
taxes can readily be sold. If the by the whole. On motion
so
argues dr. van marter
of toledo.
Stevens it was recommended that
the bill do pass. Adopted.
House bill No. 152, by Jones,
an act to amend section 4 of
chapter S of the session laws ol
18*17. An act to regulate the j having traces of vegetation 1n the de
jonveyance of real property, and predion* ami probably having inhabi-
J Un VinldL' th<.t tho nlAnF*t aimnlv
By Reflaotmeopr He D«termUw th
8ub«tttnce of Dista'it
to Kellers the Moon In Now Inhabited
—Snow on l.unar Hlgblllldl. 9
As an astronomical starter for the
new century Dr. I.. J. Van Marter of
Toledo, O., advances some new theories
as to an ice-bound, snow-bound moon.
land is in abandoned towns then
the land is not worth it. but is
an expense on the people by ad-
vertising anil other expenses)
and would be unwise to pass a
bill at this time.
t^t#>vpn^«iaid that if the hinditvun-tauw u. ivm> fT"' 'j r
Elevens saiu uwi - tants. He holds that the planet simply
is bought in by the county no j mortgages thereon and cc •1 s is ln jt8 g|a(.ia| t.pf, i, at this time and
taxes are paid on it. Thecountv relating thereto. that the depressed surfaces, which at\
cannot tax itself He quoted a Passed committee of the whole, some day may he ocean bottoms, are
u" ' !,r , ,, v Hi' Kv sl^plpv the regions where animal and vege-
decision of the supreme court re- j House bill No. Jb, by Neele\,
an act to amend section 1 of ar-
lating to land in Grant county.
Embry told of his experience
in buying lots. He says the
original owner of the lot can re-
tain his property tor two years
and says the bill is a good one.
House adjourned at 12 o'clock.
HOUSR.
House bill No. 154 an act re-
lating the erectioi of a building
at the Pan-American sxposition
at Buffalo. That it do not I'.iss.
House bill No. an act to
provide for payment of the north-
western normal s.hool building
located at Alva. That it do pass.
Territorial And tor S. N. Hop-
kins sent a cotnti unication ask-
ing for informat on concerning
the house employes, number of
days each were employed and
other matter pert; ininng to the
subject.
Seeley wanted l.o know it any
of the employes had slipped into
the service in violarion of law.
Stevens said he lid dot know,
hut if there were any such the
committee on appropriation will
take proper care o them.
Wood,of Pottawatomie county,
introduced thw fol owing memor-
ial:
To the Honorable William Mc-
Kiuley, Presidei t of the 1 uited
States:
Your memorialists, the sixth
legislative assemb.y of the terri-
tory of Oklahoma, would respect-
fully represent ti at citizens of
Oklahoma and lni ian Territory,
towit: A. J. M ithias, M. S.
Mallard, Sam V. Pryor, Bert
Ivanhoe and H. C Koper, have
been convicted ii the United
States court at Muskogee, Indian
Territory, and art now serving
sentences in tin penitentiary
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
and at Columbus, Ohio, for com-
plicity in kidnappiig two Semi-
nole Indians who had murdered
and brutally defiled and outraged
the lifeless body ol Mrs. Leard,
a white woman of spotless char-
acter, a mother of five children
and soon to become the mother
of another. That from reliable
information we bel eve these men
were not constructively guilty
and with one exception were as
accessories only.
Your memorialists would re-
spectlfully call yot r excellency's
by <the cruel, wanton slaughter
of womanhood, maternity and in-
fancy; the defiling of a lifeless
mother in the presence of her
children and leaving it upon the
freezing ground, a prey for hogs,
which mangled it beyond recog-
nition befoie human hand could
rescue the remains; and when it
made clearly to appear that
these men are not <>f the crim-
inal class and did not act as crim-
inals, but as the defenders of the
mothers, wives, daughters, and
unborn babies of our land, your
memorialists trusting your excel-
lency will believe as we do that
said personshave been abundantly
punished and the majesty of the
law fully vindicated, do most
sincerely ask that your excellency
do pardon and restore to their
families and to citizenship the
persons whose names are above
set forth.
House bill No. 82, by Seeley,
an act to prohibit county snper
intendents of public instruction
or members of the school boards
from acting as agents for or be-
ing interested in any contract for
the furnishing of school supplies.
Passed the committee of the
whole without a dissenting vote
An act to repeal articled, chap-
ter 34 of the session laws of 189'),
entitled, "School Text Books.'
Be it enacted by the legislative
assembly of the territory of Ok-
lahoma:
Section 1. That article 9 of
section 34 of the session laws of
1897 be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Sectian 2. That this act shall
take effect and be in force from
and after its passage and appro-
val.
House bill No. 1<>0, by Reid, an
act to amend section 28. article
10 of chapter 70 statutes of 18')3
On motion of Wood that when
the committee arose it report
back that the bill do pass
j Adopted.
Our statutes make no provision
attention to a principal derived f r drawing redemption money
from the very well-springs of *hen cerificate is lost. The
truth accepted in every phase of treasurer is authorized to pay on
society, embodied in codes 0f; presentation of the tax sale cer-
criminal and civil -roceduro. viz: i tififate. This has worked great
That the circumstances 66nnect hardship on many people and a
ed with the commission of an ol- number of letters have been re-
fense, mitigating or otherwise, ^'lved that an amendment be
should, be consi lered in all made to the present law.
phases of judgmet t and penalty. House bill No. 148, by Decker,
We ask that in consideration an act to amend section 18 of ar-
of these cases, said measure be tide 10 of chapter /() ot the
applied and when it is found that statutes of 1893, entitled revenue,
a whole community was frenzied 1 his bill relates to county
and grief stricken the surround- treasurers having the right to
ing country wrought up likewise sell any or all real (.state offered
AKTEKNOON.
Immediately after dinner house
bill No. 148 was again brought
up for consideration.
Campbell say his county treas-
urer has more lots on his hands
than he knows what to do with
but if they are put up and sold
to the highest bidder for cash in
hand he is satisfied.
Alexander is afraid of the bill
He is afraid there will be no
highest bidder nor in fact any
bidder at all. He represents two
counties and would not like to
vote tor a proposition that would
impose anything that looked like
fraud upon them.
Millard liked some provisions
of the bill but he wanted some
amendments before he could vote
for it.
Passed committee of the whole.
Substitute for house bill No. 89
by Oliphant.
An act providing for the in-
spection of oils and burning
fluids, creating the office ot terri-
torial oil inspector and prescrib-
ing tha duties thereof.
Campbell and Alexander
thought it would be better to
postpone further consideration of
the bill until some future time.
Seeley was in favor of the bill
but thought it would be better to
wait until next Tuesday at 10
o'clock for further consideration
of the bill.
Jones says the attorney general
will have to pass upon the legal
status of the bill and thought
that now was the accepted time
to consider the bill.
Wood was not ready to vote on
the bill. He heard there was
boodle in it and he wanted to lo-
cate that boodte and he thought
it would take him until next
Tuesday to find out where it was.
Stevens had read the opinion
of the attorney general and it
was necessary that the bill when
it left the house should be in such
a shape that it will pass inspec-
tion by the attorney general be-
fore the governor will sign it.
A long communication from At-
torney General J. C. Strang was
read on the subject after which
Oliphant arose and said he was
in favor of considering the bill
now but if the members were not
ready at this time he would con-
cide.
On motion of Campbell further
consideration of the bill was put
off until next Tuesday at 10
o'clock. Motion carried.
Council bill No. 32, by Miller,
an act to encourage arbor day.
table life first appears. "Reflecto-
scopy" is the coined word which ,L)r.
tide 28 of chapter (>8 of the stat- Van Marter use . as indicating his
r tm : i :ii method of observation. This reflecto-
utes ot 1893. I his bill relates , . .
, . scopy he* defines as the science of de-
to criminal cases triable in the termining what a substance is by an
territory where the defendant has analysis of the '.^bt reflected from ii.
. .,...1..,. „„ ,K„rrt v This, he says, is entirely different from
t o means to employ an attorney.
1 J \ the spectrum analysis, as that shows
It authorizes the court to ap- on]V what is in the flame, in reflecto-
point an attorney for a person scopy he determines by an analysis of
, . , „ .." i •. f0„ the light reilex the sul stance from
who cannot pay his own tee.
' - . which that light emanates Summing
1 lie attorney fee is not to exceed t|p j,js theories and the proofs that he
the sum of $25. feels to have established ihey are, in
are men who tall# themselves
lawyers. No lawyer will refuse
to obey the court and will Ho all
he can for the prisoner's defense.
Passed the committee of the
whole as amended without a dis-
senting vote.
NEW
ROAl)
FOR
(il l iirii:
The Ozark A: Cherokee Central
and Where It Will Go.
Seeley made a strong plea for That ,he moon is covered with
J -ii • snow and ice. lliat tr,o so-called ex-
the passage ol the bill stating tlnct volcanoes on the moon are ice-
that jackleg" lawyers frequent i mounds and caps. Thif, considering
the jails and take "every cent the the fth«re
J J are reasons for believing :n:n it is in-
prisoner has. No reputable habited Incidentally li° explains how
lawyer would do this but there an'hinio phere frer from n.oi. tiire can
rot reflect light, and also why no
I clouds, rain nor snows obscure the facrf
of the moon. "The absolute clearness
of the moon's atmosphere," he says,
"its lack of clouds, rain and snow is
because watery vapor is chilled and
condenses before it can get away from
the valleys", this also explains the for-
ms* t inn ')r the ice im'r: is >n.l tee raps.
In the low and secluded valleys it is
warmer than on the surrounding high-
lands. Vapor rises, but because of the
intense cold cannot rise and float away
far, but is soon condensed. This
process repea' d over and over resulted
in the crater-like formations. The
moon being almost entirely covered
with snow and ice. the sun cannot va-
porize sufficient water for the forma-
tion of clouds, and this explains their
absence in the moon's atmosphere." As
to the snow reflex. Dr. Van Marter says
he determines il jus' .is an oculist diag-
noses atrophy of the optic nerve from
its light reflex. He says: "The light
reflex from the moon's mountains,
poles and highlands is pure white, but
gloomy and lusterless. From the
moon's equatorial lowlands there is the
same quality of light, only somewhat
darkened, and this is evidence of strug-
gling vegetation. Lava, igneus rock,
or meteoric metal do not give a pure
white reflex; volcanoes or barren
mountains do not; snow-clad moun-
tains do. Sailors in the tropics sleep-
ing on deck in the moonlight get a dis-
ease of the eyes similar to snow blind-
ness. Thus does every bit ot evidence
and its logical analysis harmonize with
my deductions." He concludes that the
uniformly pure whiteness of the high-
lands also po!nts to snow; Just as the
whiteness of the rims of the darkened
areas point to impinging glaciers. Dr.
Van Marter insists that the volcano
idea is an absurdity for several rea-
sons. It assumes the absence of water
in the first place, and without this ele-
ment the doctor says that rock would
not have crystalized, even conceding
that the jagged outline of the nioon
surface could be rock. That it is not
rock he claims to prove for the reason
that no volcanic rock could reflect a
white light. Again, he says that the
large s-ize of the so-called volcanoes,
with diameters of twenty to fifty miles,
point to an i"stant cooling, and that
without the agency of water he says
would he iir'iossible. On the other
hand a slow cooling wuild have super-
imposed ron!" 1 peaks, leaving the cra-
ter cups at the apex instead of low
down in tiie present giant basins.
H. W\ Seaman, of Clinton, la.,
who has just been made the pres-
ident of the Ozark and Cherokee
Central Railway company, is in
Kansas City. The name of the
company was the North Arkan-
sas & Western Railway company
until the election a few days ago
in which Mr. Seaman received
his office.
The road is a recent enterprise.
jt will reach, when finished,from
Fayettville, Ark., to Muskogee,
I. T., and Guthrie, Ok., by way
of Tahlequah, I. T. Mr. Sea-
man says the road will make a
connection with tHe Kansas City
Southern atStillwell, I.T., about
December 1. It is intended that
it shall also connect with the
Frisco, the Missouri Pacific and
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
roads.
"The new road will run
through a very rich fruit, farm-
ing and timber country," said
Mr. Seaman this morning.
"There is one stretch of forty
miles of unbroken virgin forest
in Arkanshs through which the
road will pass."
The new railroad has been
purchased by Kansas City and
Iowa capitalists. E. E. Hughes
is vice-president and M. A.
Cooper secretary and treasurer.
The road is being built by the
Kenefifck Construction company
of Kansas City. ' ®*®*®'®~®*
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The Popular Buffalo Route <•>
This summer on account of the '•>
1<)01 Pan-American Exposition •
will be the Nickel Plate road.
Countless thousands will visit :<
this one of the greatest exposi- •
tions of modern times.
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Do you read the World?
$25
To
California
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The if
Nickel Plate road will be the T
. .. p -j.,,, popular line. The excellencei *
It orovides that the I ri(ia\ lol- .. ,, ,
ii jjiuviuci. j j of its service is well recognized
lowing the second Monday in jn. traveling' public, and the
March of each year shall shall j reputation of its train
to
From Guthrie Tuesday
April 30.
Through tourist sleepers to
San Francisco and Los
Angeles without change;also
chair cars.
hereafter be known throughout
Oklahoma as arbor day.
Passed committee of the whole.
Council bill No. 202, by Foster,
and house bill No. Hi2 by Wood,
an act relating to the contesting
..r employes!^,
in their uniform courtesy to pas- ^
sengers is well known. When I
you go east see that your tickets;
read via the Nickel plate road.'
Write, wire, 'phone or call up
John Y. Callahan, General / OOIIIQ
Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago.' ... ,
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Califoruion offers to the ii
homeseekerproductive lands ♦
perfect climate, good mar- i
kets. (j)
A. J. CoRKINS, Ag>etit, (•)
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