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VOLUME NO. VI.
THE AMERICAN-NEWSt EL RENO, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1903
NUMBER 45.
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Oklahoma City Experi-
enced Serious Fire.
LOSS IS $125,000.
Several Small Frame Buildings In Path of Flame
—Origin of Fire Unknown—Five Had
Ni r ow Eescape From Gas.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 4.—A
fire which for a time threatened the
business center of the city broke out
in the Lion store about 7:30 this
morning, just as the days business was
bein gcommenced.
Just where or how the fire started
cannot be learned, as the building was
wrapped in flames before an effort
could be made to extinguish the fire.
Th eLion store was the largest dry
goods establishment in the territory
and carried a stock valued at $75,030.
It occupied three stories and a base-
ment with seventy-five foot frontage
on Grand avenue. The building and
stock was entirely destroyed, and much
damage was done to adjoining build-
ings. The loss to the Lion store and
building will reach $145,000. The high
wind which prevailed carried firebrands
across the street and several frame
buildings opposite the Lee hotel were
burned. The loss to these buildings
is slight as they were being prepared
for removal to make room for brick
buildings.
For some time it looked as if the
high wind would make it impossible
to control the progress of the flames.
Guthrie and El Reno were appealed
to for assistance in fire apparatus. The
former sent a truck and several men.
While loading the wagon at Guthrie,
a switchman fell under the cars and
was killed.
One of the firemen who went into
the Lion store was overcome by gas
and was rescued barely in time to save
his life. Several others are reported
injured by falling brick and timbers.
The water supply was seriously hand-
icapped for some time, but as soon as
sufficient water was secured the fire
was put under control.
At this time, (2:00 o’clock), the fire
is still burning and the energy of the
firemen is being directed toward pro-
tecting adjoining property. No furth-
er fears are entertained of the fire
spreading.
The total loss will probably foot up
$725,000.
The Lion store was almost destroy-
ed in July last, by a fire caused by a
defective electric wire. The insurance
company settled the claims for $35,000
at that time. The stock and build-
ing are entirely covered by insurance.
The Lion store employed about six-
ty clerks and salesmen. Mr. Gardner
says he will probably continue in bus-
iness here as soon as insurance set-
tlements can be made.
Liquor Traffic.
HOUSE MEASURE INTRODUC-
ED RY JOHN TIIREAD-
. GILL.
An act relating to the traffic of in-
toxicating liquors and amendatory cf
sections 3 and 4 of chapter 11 of “Ihe
Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1897, en-
titled, 'Wn Act-R.dating to the Traffic
of Intoxicating L-quors and Amenda-
tory of Sections 1. 2. 3, 4, 5 and 6 m
Chapter 48 of tit- Statutes of Okla-
homa, 1890, Entitled, ‘An Act to Reg-
ulate the Traffic in Intoxicating Li-
quors,’ ” has been introduced in the
house of representatives by Represen-
tative John Threadgill of Oklahoma
county:
Be it Enacted by the Legislative As
sembly of the Territory of Oklalio
ma:
Section 1. That section 3 of chapter
22 of the session laws of the territory
of Oklahoma, 1897, entitled, “An Act
relating to the Traffic in Intoxicating
Liquors, and Amendatory of Chapter
48, of the States of Oklahoma, 1890,’’
be amended to read as follows:
Section 3. No action shall be taken
upon said application until at lease two
weeks’ notice has been given by pub-
lication in two newspapers published in
said county, having the largest circu-
I lation, or if said county has no news-
i paper, by posting written or printed
! notices of said application in five of the
I most public places of the town, pre-
) cinct, village or city in which the bus-
j iness is proposed to be conducted,
j when if there be no objection in writ-
1 ing signed by not less than ten resi-
dent tax payers of the ward in the twn
or village in which such saloon is to
located, if the county is under town-
ship organization; and ,if not under
township organization where thirty of
the resident tax payers of the prec-
cinct where the sale of such liquor is
proposed to take place, setting forth
briefly and truly the grounds of the
protest, which must be filed with the
county clerk or the proper county be-
fore the day mentioned in the notice of
publication objecting to the isssuance
of the license aplied for, and upon the
applicant complying with all the pro-
visions of law, the license applied for
shall be granted, which shall be imme-
diately issued by the county clerk of
such county and(the county clerk shall
receive therefore as a fee the sum of
two dollars and fift cents for issuing
such license, which fee shall be an ad-
ditional compensation as by law shall
be authorized to such clerk as fees or
salary; said sum or fee to be paid by
the applicant:
Section 2. That section 4 be so
amended as to read as follows:
Section 4. No protest, remonstrance
or objection, shall be effective unless
signed by ten resident ta payers and
filed as provided in section 3 of this act.
If such protest, remonstrance of ob-
jection be filed in the office where the
application is made against the issu-
ance of the license applied for, the
county clerk shall appoint a day for
the heatring of the said cause, notice of
which shall be . given by such clerk to
some one of the remonstrators or
their attorney of record and to the
applicant or his attorney of record
by registered mail properly addressed,
and on the day so fixed or some sub-
sequent day to which the same may
he adjourned by the commissioners,
the said cause shall be heard and de-
termined by the board of county com-
missioners of said county and if it shall
be satisfactorily proven that the appli-
cant for license has been guilty of a
violation of any of the provisions of
this act, within the spare of one year,
or if any former license shall have
been revoked within the periol of one
year of the time of filing the applica-
tion for any misdemeanor against the
laws n{ the Territory of Oklahoma
then the hoard shall refuse to issue
such license
If the board find the applicant en-
titled to the license applied for they
shall make an order to that effect and
direct the county clerk to issue the
same to the applicant
That before any appeal shall have
the effect of staying or suspending the
issuance of the license ordered issued
by the board of county commissioners
that the party appealing shall within
ten days after the decision complained
of apply for an order to the judge of
the district court for the proper dis-
trict to fix the amount of appeal bond,
which shall be fiexd by said judge in a
sum deemed reasonable by said judge,
having due regard to the business of
the apulicant and volume thereof,
which bond shall be in the sum so fixed
and shall run to the adverse party or
parties in said proposed appeal, con-
ditioned to pay all damages that may
accrue on account of the appeal event
said appeal should be withdrawn or
dismissed, or be ultimately determined
adversity to the applicant The said
bond to he approved by and filed with
judge within twenty days from the
time of the rendering of the decision
complained of and. appealed from. Any
bon dtaken pursuant to the provisions
of {his act may be sued upon by any
person or persons interested
Section 3. No appeal taken from
the ruling or decision of the district
court or judge of the district court to
the supreme court shall operate or
have the effect of staying the issueing
of the license awarded, unless the ap-
plicant shall cause to be 'executed,
properly conditioned, within the time
and in the manner, a good and suffic-
ient bond to the adverse party, as is
provided in section four of this act
governing appeals to the distnet
court or judge from the decisiqns of
the county commissioners.
In the concert given for the benefit
of the Episcopal church, Miss Lena
Owens will be assisted by the best vo-
cal talent in El Reno.
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Omnibus Bill Involves
Important Point.
MAILS WOULD STOP
Should Appropriation be not Acted Upon—Pas-
sage of These Two Measures is In-
sistent, but Neither Can Now Be-
come a Law Without State-
hood Bill.
The Washington correspondent of
the Guthrie Capital says:
“The omnibus bill will be passed
during this session of the congress, or
the United States mails will be sudden-
ly stopped on the first day of next
July,” said Senator Elkins of West
Virginia. He added: “By offering the
omnibus bill today as an amendment
to the post office appropriation bill,
Senator Quay makes it necessary to
permit a vote on his bill, which will
mean its passage, or else the minority
will be responsible for an extra session
of congress. In an extra session of
congress an appropriation would have
to be made for the postoffice depart-
ment. or all of the mails would stop
at midnight on June 30, and the end 1
of the fiscal year. It is a mistake to j
suppose that Quay or his co-laborers j
will cease thei- efforts in an extra
session of congrcsV We will lose only
two republican votes on March 4; Ma-
son of Illinois, and Wellington goes
out. He will be succeeded by Gor-
man, a democratic leader and presi-
dential candidate, ho will work hand
in glove with Quay for another omni-
bus bill; even to amending the postof-
fice and other appropriation bills.
Therefore, if the opponents of state-
hood prevent the passage of the ap-
propriation bills, hoping for a better
result in an extra session of congress,
they will he mistaken, for he will he as
strong as now if not stronger.”
“Moreover, the stoppage of postofficcs
ar.d mails generally,” h: added, “will
extend to our foreign mail _ service,
therefore, you see, the opponents of
statehood are taking fearful responsi-
bility, if they persist in preventing the
passage of the postoffice appropriation
bill.”
Senator Clay of Georgia, calls atten-
tion to the fact that the sundry civil
service bills carries appropriations ag-
gregating $78,007,929 and asks: “If op-
position senators hope to defeat this
great appropriation bill, in which each
individual senator has an intense inter-
est on account of his people, I regard
it as impossible that this bill shall be
held from consideration. The bill
must be considered, and with it the
statehood amendment: and that means
that the omnibus bill will be passed
with it.”
Senator Quay was seen shortly after
adjournment, and he said:
“I am thinking of going home for
a few days on private business. I am
sure the senate now believes that I
am in earnest a bout statehood. I
hope your people also begin to under-
stand that I am somewhat in earnest,”
and that is all this great big brave
statesman will say. He never throws
any boquets at himself.
to November 1, and it shall be lawful!
to kill quail from Nov. 1 to January 1.1
“And it shall be unlawful to kill more j
than twenty-five quails or more than j
twelve prairie chickens in one day and
any over found with more than this
number in their possession shall he
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
on conviction shall be fined not less
than $1 a bird or more than $50 and
[costs; failing to pay said fine and costs
shall be committed to the county jail
But imprisonment shall n6t exceed
shirty d,;t... One lu'i of the fine to
go to the county warder, where the
offense is committed and the other
half to the territorial warden.
That non-residents of Oklahoma
shall pay a license in each and every
county in which they wish to hunt. A
fee of $25, one-half to go to the county
warden where the license is issued,
and one-half to the territorial warden
Neglecting or refusing to take out
said license shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor and on conviction shall
be fined not less than $50 and costs of
suit, one-half to go to county warden
where convicted and one-half to the
territorial warden. Refusing to pay
said fine and costs shall be confined
in the county jail for a time not to
exceed sixty days.
That county warden shall have the
power to appoint as many deputy
county wardens as he may think nec-
essary to enforce the game laws.
That all fines collected from the con-
viction of game law violators, one-half
to county warden where the game
violation was committed and one-half
to the teritorial warden.
made demands for twenty per cent in-
crease, have not taken action on the
offer of the railways.
MAY BLOCK
EVERY HIING.
SERVANT RIEL
Report Caused a Spirit-
ed Debate.
SCHOOL BOOK LAW
Quarantine Changes Came in for Consideration
—Grimes Submitteed f ees and
Salary Report.
Statehood Rider Makes
Appropriation Bill
Look Blue.
Guthrie, Feb. 3.—A hot contest was
precipitated in the Oklahoma legisla-
ture today by the railroad commit-
tee recommending that the fellow ser-
vant law do not be passed. A minor-
ity report was also filed recommend-
ing that it do pass. After several
hours debate, the minority report was
adopted.
The senate concurrent resolution
demanding a thorough investigation
fit the financial conditions of the ter-
ritory was adopted by the house, and
a committee was appointed to make
an investigation. Speaker Bowles ap-
pointed Edgar Jones, Jester, Decker,
and Merrick as a house committee
to investigate the territorial insane asy-
[ lum.
By a vote of 23 to 3 the house ado
ed the report of the committee recom-
I mending the abolishment of county as-
sessors. substituting township assesors.
The quarantine hill was again up
| for discussion in the senate. The com-
. mittee reported favorably on the nbol-
Jishment of the southwestern normal in-
stitute at Weatherford.
Senator Hickey introduced a hill
t0 j making free school text books optional
with districts, providing uniform sys-
tem hooks through the territory.
Territorial Secretary V/. M. Grimes
The Washington correspondent
the Cincinnati Enquirer says
Washington, Feb. 3.—"This country
may be without a navv, utterly defensc-
, . . , . , I """""“I eturidiy v.. IVI. Ill lines
fi,ed » ™P°« the legislature cov-
! f'rinpf all fees and salary received by
Petition.
BY GAME WARDEN GOULD TO
AMEND SECTION 1 OF
THE GAME LAWS.
A petition was being circulated
among the hunters this morning by
Game Warden Gould. Each one of
the deputies in Oklahoma has a re-
print, which will be presented to the
hunters in their respective jurisdic-
tions. It reads as follows:
Section 1 shall be amended so as to
read:
“It shall be lawful to kill prairie
chicken and turkey from September 1
Gun Club Shoot
TERRITORIAL MEETING HER!
ON MAY 15, 16.
of June 30, next,” said Senator Stewart
?! N?Vada’ He addet?: “The majorit* I him W the year, showing total receipts
uy Of the senate pers.sts m its efforts m.,,r $Ir,ooo net. salarv over $,,.000.
to browbeat the minority. Senator |
Quay will place the omnibus bill as
ai. amendment to the naval appropria
tion hill, and have it welded there by
a favorable report from him on com-
mittee. Then unless we can have a
vote on the naval appropriation bill,
which if ill involve the passage of the
omnibus bill, there will he no appro-
priation for our navy. The same re-
sult will occur in the event of an ex-
tra session f congress. Therefore if
the minority prevents a vote, it will
bear the responsibility of closing out
our entire naval establishment. Unless
tile naval appropriation bill shall be
passed, the navy will be out of money
at the close of the present fiscal year,
June 30, 1903. In that event at mid-
nigth, the fires will go out in all bat-
tleships, cruisers and small craft.
There will be no money to buy coal
no money to pay sailors, engineers,
firemen, stokers or naval officers. The
majority will rule, under the constitu-
tion, or else this government might
as well go out of business.”
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania,
says: “I have thoroughly canvassed the
senate and I find that there is a ma-
jority of every committee that has
anything to do with appropriations,
in favor of the omnibus bill. There
are the committees on appropriation,
agricultural, Indian affairs, military af-
fairs, naval affairs nd postofficcs. Each
one of these committees has primary
control of an appropriation bill, but
all of the appropriation bills received i
final revision by the big committee on .RAIROAD
appropriations. We are sur* of a
fair show there, however, because even
the committee stands seven to five in j
favor of the omnibus bill.” From the
above showing, it will be understood
that Senator Quay is leading a big
The El Reno gun club met at the
Kerfoot hotel yesterday to perfect ar-
rangements for the annual territorial
shoot on May 15, 16 and 17. One
thousand live birds were ordered, to-
gether with two loving cups for the
prize winners. A gold medal was also
secured for the local club, to be pass-
ed around with the honors of the reg-
ular shoot. The shoot in May promis-
es to be a large event, of interest
es to be a great event, and a large
amountof interest is being shown by
the clubs througout Oklahoma. The
members of the local club are: Ed
Gallup, president; Tom Abbott, secre-
tary; Joe Abbott, Wm. Riley, George
Baker, James Morrison, Ed Young,
C. E. Risse, H. R. Hoffman, John
Rohrer, Wm. Leighton, Howard Bone-
brake, Chas. Jarboe, L. A. Chapman,
Claude Kelsey, S. G. Humphrey, Wm.
Redder and W. A. Maurer.
A BLANK CARTRIDGE.
Berlin, Feb. 4.—Alfred Ag«ster, a
lialist member of the Reichsta :, fix
ci a revolver at himself in the .i .i.‘.
n.ittec room of the house toda hut
■ - he had previously rttfi ved the Lul-
ls from the cartridg-, he was only
sightly injured. Ag-s'-r wrote to
some of his fellow deputies saying he
funded to commit suic'dc
Want Twenty Per Cent.
STRIKERS ARE QUIET.
Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 4.—Reports
from captains of militia companies on
guard duty at the car barns and the
power house of the Connecticut Rail-
way and Lighting company, early to-
dya said that everything had been quiet
since midnight. The cars of the com-
pany were run as usual this morning.
MEN DEMAND. IN-
CREASED WAGES.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 4.—Two thou-
sand train men whose leaders have
senate majority in his demand that the; been in conference in St. Louis during
majority shall have a vote, and under I the past month, have voted to reject
the constitution he is warranted in go-
ing to any extreme to accomplish the
will of the majority. One veteran sen-
ator, never an extremist, this evening
said to the writer, not for publication,
“If revolution is necessary in order to
establish the right of the majority to
rule, the sooner revolution comes the
better. Quay’s stoppage of mails and
naval equipment is akin to revolution.
T. J. Elliott from Elk City, Okla.,
was among callers here yesterday.
an offer of approximately ten per cent
increase in wages, and have author-
ized their representatives to declare a
strike if their demands of twenty per
cent are not granted. Almost three
thousand other employees will soon
vote on the same question, and it is
expected they will take same action.
Officials of the M. K. & T. and the
Mo. Pac. will meet the representatives
of the unions to see if difficulty can
be settled amicably. Frisco and Cot-
ton Belt employees who have also
WIRES ARE V TOR.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 4.—Editors—
All wires to the east, as yesterday,
are badly prostrated and news today
will doubtless be meagre and late.—
CUTLER, Manager.
PRETENDER CAPTURED.
Paris, Feb. 4.—A dispatch from
Tangiers says special couriers front
Fez say that the pretender to the
throne has been captured.
Fire. Department.
CALLED OUT AT 1:30 THIS
MORNTNG TO SOUTH END.
The fire department made a pretty
and hasty run nf 17 blocks this morn-
ing to a small house on south Roberts
avenue. It was a small two-roomed
Jiotise and the fire was pretty veil un-
der way before the alarm was sent in.
The fire boys were Johnny on the
Spot, and done very efficient work.
T he damages were not very much as
the fire department saved everything
in the one room. The hoys are to
be congratulated on the efficient work
they are doing.
Two Children Burned.
WERE ONE , AND FOUR YEARS
OF AGE.
Orlando, Okla., Feb. 4.—Fire today
destroyed the home of S. A. B. Desel-
mons, a prominent resident of this
city. Ilis wife and two children were
burned to death. The age of the chil-
dren was one and four years. The
mother and babe were charred beyond
recognition.
Rock Island Southeast.
will Re built via norman
TO THE SOUTHEAST.
The Transcript has remarked several
times recently that “stranger things
have happened than that the Rock Is-
land road should build down the South
Canadian via Norman to the coal fields
of the Indian Territory.” Several wise
guys have made merry over the remark
and said the Transcript was indulging
in hot air of the worst sort. But now
comes a report from Guthrie of a
charter issued this week for just such
a road. A dispatch from that town
says:
“Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 27.—The .Den-
ver, El Reno & New Orleans railroad
company with headquarters at El Reno
was chartered to day to build from
Denver, through Oklahoma counties of
Beaver, Woodward, Blaine, Dewey,
Canadian, Cleveland and Pottawatomie
to New Orleans, an estimated distance
of 1000 miless. The capital stock is
fixed at $5,000,000. The directors are
J. T. Allison, W. 1. Goff, S. G. Hum-
phreys, George W. Bellamy, J. E.
Bonebrake, L. Randlin, H. Lassen, A.
F. Newell, John A. Masters, J. A. La-
bryer, H. K. Ricker, and Dick T.
Morgan, all of Oklahoma.
All these gentlemen are Rock Island
peaople, and the majority of them in-
timately connected with principal of-
ficers of that road.
Miss Lizzie Parrot of Hydro, proved
up on her claim yesterday, and went
back to her home rejoicing.
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