Life (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 30, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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Osage Payment.—The next annuity
payment of the Osage Indians will be-
gin at Pawhuska in a few days.
Worse Than Texas.—It is the idea
of some Oklahomans that Carrie Na-
tion had better experiment on Texas
before she tries to redeem Okla-
homa.
10 .Years’ .Sentence.—John Cope-
land, 25 years old, was sentenced to
ten years’ imprisonment in the Kan
Killed Wrong Man.—In the United
States court at Pauls Valley, Tom
Powell was found guilty of the mur-
der of Rufus Choate, a prominent
farmer who resided near Nebo. The
crime was committed two years ago
near the border of Oklahoma. The
It
Greer County Product.—Governor
Ferguson has received a sweet potato
weighing seventeen pounds sent to
him byW. L. Fullerton, of Victory. It
is a Greer county product and was
sent to the governor to show what
can be done in Greer county with the
aid of irrigation. Mr. Fullerton had I first trial resulted in a hung jury,
ono potato that weighed twenty | developed at trial that Eert Casey. a
pounds but he sent it to the
fair.
world’s j notorious outlaw, who was killed later
by officers in Oklahoma, was an ac
„ . complice of Powell in the murder of*
Free Range.—Forest Supervisor 1 • ! rhoat(. lt waa shown that robbery.
F. Morrissey, of Cache. O. T.. Is in re- j w>g (hp motlve o( ,he cr|me. hut that
sas penitentiary and to pay a $50b eeipt of a letter of recent date from ; ^oate was not the intended victim.
fine by Judge Sulzbacher in the
the interior department, in which he ( .
United States court at Okmulgee for lias advised that 3,000 head of horses Better Seed
Foreal ». t " Z3
the murder of C. A. Shelton near
Prior Creek last Thanksgiving.
The Criminal Docket.—The crim-
inal docket for the November term of
the United States court for the
Western district of Indian Territory
sitting at Eufaula, was given out
There are 195 cases on the docket and
\they are scheduled to he trfed be-
tween November 21 and December
January 1, to December 31. 1905. No
more than 125 head so admitted must
belong to the same person. There are
about 27,000 acres of land in this re-
serve.
Kansas and Indian Territory will by
next wheat sowing time he supplied
with seeding material of a high qual-
ity. The mills and elevators through
, out the wheat growing sections of
Grading Force Arrived.—The grad- , lhege plares mentioned are going
take the matter up and in conjunc-
tion with the “farmers” institutes in-
ing force of the Missouri, Oklahoma
& Gulf railroad, to he built from Jop-
i 1 in to the Gulf, has arrived at Austin,
Name of Office Changed.—By order \ t.. to begin work on the line from
of the fourth assistant postmaster that place to Henryetta. The grade
general the name of the postoffice at is airea<|y completed from Muskogee
,Custer City has been changed to Cus- tQ the Slate Rock croSsing on Deep
ter, so as to conform with the name Fopk from which polnt the survey
of the town. Heretofore the name of runs tQ Henryetta.
Schools Doing Well.—J. B. Cooprld-
gor. superintendent of schools of
Woods county, thinks the schools of
this county are doing finely and to
hear him talk gives one enlarged ideas
the post office was Graves and the
'name of the town Custer City.
Engineer Killed.—The westbound
passenger train on the St. Louis &
San Francisco railway struck a
.freight engine at Afton, knocking the
freight engine into a ditch and kill-
tend to import seed wheat from Tur-,
key and Russia ana sell it at cost to
the farmers.
Killed by Target.—Tho eight-year-
old daughter of G. G. Wallace, of Nebo,
was accidentally shot and instantly
killed at the home of her parents
while playing in a room in which waa
a loaded 32-caliber target gun. The
gun was leaning against the bed and
the little girl with another child was
playing in the room. The other child
ran and jumped upon the bed, knock-f
K A XIQ COMMFNT No Sunday Amusement. Local min
liANbAS CUMMLIN 1 of lho gospol Nvho are opposed
Teacher, at Oberlln.-The officers to Sunday baseball have been writing
In charge of the fifteenth annual sea- letters to ministers In parts of the
Sion of the Northwestern Teachers slate urging an organization for the
association, which meets In Oberlin purpose of putting a till! on this sub-
November 24 and 25, have prepared jeet through tho legislature 1 be
an unusually entertaining program.
Promptly Answered.—The wealthy
i preachers may decide to keep a lobby
in Topeka during the winter, until
of Woods county. They have 15,402
Jng the engineer, Kale. The freight children of school ago in that county , ing the gun to the floor, where it was
engine had hacked upon a siding hut which is pretty good for a new conn- j discharged. The bullet struck the
1 . . l . _. rrvt. 1. 1. n .... OOO nnhncl .11 m 1 ,*1 /l 1 o ll'nllnnn n* 1 cl in t 1
Horton widower who' advertised for ' they gel what they want In the shape
a wife was answered by his three | of a bill. They expect to prohibit
daughters and his niece, indicating
that a “batty” streak ran through the
whole family.
Madden May Get It.—John Madden
of Emporia, one of the host known at-
torneys and orators in Kansas, will
likely he appointed Governor Hoch’s
private secretary. It is stated that
Hoch has tendered liini the place,
lloch and Madden have been warm
personal friends for many years.
Wreck Averted.—A freight engine
and two cars were derailed and tele-
scoped at the Rock Island yards at
Peabody. Three passenger trains on
the Santa Fe were crossing the Rock
Island and tho interlocking tower man
was compelled to derail the Rock Is-
land freight to prevent it from smash-
ing into the Santa Fe. The fireman
was injured in his feet. The engine
smashed against the switch tower,
partially demolishing it.
Heir to $100,000.—Joe Frcegard
formerly a cook in one of the Har-
vey eating houses, hut now an odd
job man, has just received a letter
♦from his brother-in-law in England
failed to clear tho main track.
ty. They also have 282 school districts j
in the head, killing her
To Prevent Wrccks.-K. .T. Atwell. ln 'he county and 2S0 school houses,
pf Waukomis, has invented a block Second Potato Crop. — “Did you
(system of automatic mechanical dan- know tJiat the second crop of potatoes
Wallace girl
instantly.
Dry Waterworks. — The waterworks
at Hobart are completed in everything
with the exception of water. The
creek that was to supply the water
lias gone dry and a sufficient supply
cannot he obtained to fill the pipes
and test the system. The geological
| survey has asked the secretary for
, , permission to prospect elsewhere
ahead, thus enabling the engineer to that this county has surpassed her- , £bout ^ p for water The 8Upply
* • • - self in raising potatoes this year.’ '
•ger signals, which he believes will
prevent railroad collisions. At points
where the trains are concealed by
curves, and at grade crossings or
in Pottawatomie county is the great-
est in her history?” said John D.
Troop, one of Shawnee’s best citizens, j
“It’s a fact, for I have taken pains ;
other dangerous places the approach to look closely Into this big agricul
of a train is signaled half a mile tural feature, and I can say to you
stop his train
Bridge Pier Slipped
-Oscar Bour-
i was to have been obtained from Lit-
Philippines.—William Wis- i tie Elk creek, which it was said never
Goes to ......rr...~-.......-.......- , ...............
quin, foreman of the bridge gang that dom a 8on of Cojonei D> m. Wisdom, j went dry until the waterworks were
Is constructing an iron bridge on Llk former United States Indian agent at completed.
creek, four miles west of Hobart, was Muskogee, will leave in a few days j Library for Shawnee.—Charles J.
seriously hurt. The accident occurred for (he Philippines, where he will re- j Bengon president of the Oklahoma
of
all Sunday amusements.
Rush the Court.—W. H. Clark, of
Ottawa, is preparing for introduction
by local Representatives in the next
Legislature a bill allowing the mayor
and council in cities of the second
class to divide wards into more than
one voting precinct. One of the
Ottawa wards was not counted out for
twenty-four hours after the polls were
closed. It is believed that many other
cities of the second class aro in the
same fix.
Largest in World.—The Scottish
Rite consistory, which just closed a
session at Wichita, was well attended,
many guests from Oklahoma. Indian
Territory and Missouri being present.
At the beginning of the session Secre-
tary Applegate announced that the
Wichita consistory was the largest in
the world, having several more mem
bers than any other one consistory
Postal Thief Confesses.—Roy Odd-
lin, 15 years old. is under arrest for
stealing a registered letter from the
Atchison postofflee. It contained noth-
1 ing hut a hill of lading. He Is also
telling him that he is heir to £20,000 charged with having taken several
I dollars in money, used
in making
m., and
a package containing a souvenir
spoon. He has confessed.
Citizens Encouraged.—Considerable
excitement was caused here when the
report was circulated that a trace of
oil had been found in the well being
drilled by the Kanokla Oil and Gas
while unloading from a wagon one of enter the government service,
the large piers for the bridge. ' The
pier slipped from the men, catching
the foreman, passed over his body, in-
flicting painful injuries about liis hips.
His ankle was also dislocated.
President
r• ! National bank, and a member of the
Wisdom has been in the Philippines j pub,ic library i)oar(1> haa received a
six years, ln the army and govern- ; communlcatlon from Andrew Came-
ment service most of the time. j ^ gtat,ng thaf )he appl|Cation for
Midland..— A small I $15,000 for a library building at Shaw-
sterling, bequeathed him by bis ......_
father. The elder Freegard died Or- j r|,an(;0 fl)r stamps after 0 p
toher 24. and made Ills will jus. a | R nackace containing a
week before he passed away, .loe I
Freegard came to this country
twenty-five years ago and settled in
Sedgwick county.
Gen. Bell's Plans.—General J.
F ranklin Bell, U. S. army commandant
of the infantry and cavalry school at
Fort Leavenworth post, has sent to
the chief of staff plans and descrip-
tions ln detail of elaborate improve-
ments in the college section of this
post. General Bell utilises all of the
present buildings, arranged with the
Idea of slightly enlarging the facil-
ities of the institution and Increasing
the accommodations for instructors
and student officers.
An Old System.—The State Univer-
sity this year has adopted an adver-
tising scheme which consists in send-
ing out a weekly news bulletin to the
papers over the state. It is a profit-
able Investment, one which haa been
used by eastern schools for some
time, and the university is to be com-
mended for not waiting longer to pro-
mote such an enterprise.
Morris Lowest Bidder.—The pro-
posals for furnishing the supply of
fresh beef required at Fort Riley for
the first six months of 1905 were open-
ed at the quartermaster's office at the
post. The Nelson Morris company waa
the lowest bidder. It will deliver the
beef dressed at the post for $5.93 a
hundred. All the leading packing
houses submitted bids.
Civil Service Tests.—At Wichita on
December 14 and 15 an examination
will be held for the position of aid in
tho coast and geodetic survey. Tho
position pays a salary of $750 a year.
All male persons between the ages of
18 and 25 are eligible for the examina-
tion. The examination wilt cover six
subjects, most of them of a technical
character.
Made Tests.—The Seventh battery
of field artillery made a test of the
Semple tracer on the Fort Riley re-
servation just north of Junction City.
Tho tracers and sharpnel were thrown
from tho Republican river hank into
with tho new rapid fire guns, which
the government recently adopted for
Its field artillery.
$500 Reward.—Governor Bnlley of-
fered a reward of $500 for tho arrest
of the murderer of Mrs, Mary A. Nick-
uni, who was killed In her hoarding
house nl Topeka. The police and sher-
iff are working on tho case but have
found nothing that will offer a solu-
tion of the mystery.
96 Take Degrees.—Ninety-six Ma-
sons took tho Scottish Rite degrees
in Wichita at the thirty-fourth semi-
Wreck
Good Appointment.
! nee has been considered favorably and
that he has ordered his treasurer to
wreck occurred on tho Midland Yal
ley railroad, near Elk creek, in Lo
Roosevelt has approved the appoint- gan county, in which several persons I pay any warrants for construction of
ment of J. Hamp Willis, of Kingston. ^ were badly shaken up, but no one j the building up to that sum.
1. T., as coal and asphalt trustee for was seriously injured. The tender
the Chickasaw nation, to succeed C. left the track, bringing the train to
D. Carter, of Ardmore, at a salary of n sudden stop. It took five hours to
$4,000 a year. Carter was an active get the train back on the track.
Byrd supporter in the Chickasa
campaign two years ago, and G<
ernor Mosely tried to oust him, 1
Indian Mason.—G. W. Hill, of Ok-
t mulgee, is reputed to be the only full-
Townsite Money..— The Choctaw
townsite payment will soon begin at
Kinta. Indian Agent Shoenfelt will
accompany tho clerks and supervise
the distribution of the funds in tho
different towns to be visited. Tho
the president refused to recognize all- blood Indian thirty-second degree Ma- , choctaw-Chickasaw townsite fund lo
other appointment until the expiration son in the world. He Is an Indian pol- ; 1)e (lis|mrsr,i this year amounts to
' ittcian having held office in the Creek j $920,000, of which $300,000 has been
of Carter's four-year term.
Rock Island Wreck.—As a result of
a misunderstanding of orders, two
Rock Island freight trains met in a
head-on collision at Poncho, one mile
north of tho Caddo schools, both
engines being entire'ly demolished, fif-
teen cars went into the ditch and four
Caught in His Own Trap.--Lester
Taylor, a blacksmith at Fulton, ten
miles north of Fort Scott, was
brought to Mercy hospital in Topeka,
suffering from a gunshot wound re-
ceived in a peculiar manner. Bur-
glars had been stealing tools from his
shop and he fixed a loaded shotgun
so that the opening of the door would
discharge the gun. The next morn-
ing when he went to his shop lie had
forgotten about the gun and when
he pushed open the door received the
entire charge in his hip. He will re-
company north of Arkansas City. The | annual reunion of the Wichita con
showing of oil was small hut was
large enough to give encouragement
to the. numerous representatives of
capital looking for a location.
Wichita’s Finest Church.—Wichita
lodge, No. 99, A. F. A. M., had charge
of the ceremonies attendant upon the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
slstory. Among them are Wendell
McLaughlin, of Manila. P. I.. anil W.
T. McFle, a member of the Los An-
gelos, Cal., consistory.
Soldiers Fight Fire.—A prairie fire
broke out on tho Fort Riley reserva-
tion while the Seventh battery was
at practice firing the new field guns.
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church. 1 The garrison was called out and mnn-
Formcr Governor W. E. Stanley and 1 aged after a fight that lasted into the
several of the local ministers made j night to control the flames,
addresses. St. Paul's, when com-
pleted, will be the most costly church
edifice in Wichita.
Station Burned.—The Missouri Pa-
cific Station at Scott City burned. A
brakeman filled his lantern with oil
shortly before, and it Is thought that
this had something to do with the
starting of the fire.
200 Mile March.—The twenty-fifth
government ail his life. Mr. Hill has
a farm near Okmulgee and is an ex-
tensive stock raiser and farmer.
Amend Treaty.—The Creek council
recently passed a resolution asking
congress to enact a law amending the
Creek treaty so as to provide that
into the Ditch.—\ freight car a
tached to the end of a Santa Fe work
train tipped over the ditch near Lowe-
mont, 12 miles east of Leavenworth, i
killing Frank Nelson, son of Superin
paid out.
Unpicked Cotton.—Although the sea-
son for cotton picking has almost, pass- ......... _
ed, there are still many fields that tondent Nelson of Bonner Springs, and
have been practically untouched. Tho
plants are being killed by the frosts
and the cotton bolls are going to waste
men were Injured, one of whom, Engl- chl,dren ,)0rn slnce May 25. 1901, shall i because there is no one to pick them.
The amount of cotton which will go
ESC^l/benlclL^^h <hV“'and uiTareT'a^aVnultle^ | to waste in this way this season will
. ‘ 0* o Vitcrh rim nf payments and allotments,
trains were running at a high rate oi ‘ J
j speed when they sighted each other, Action to Stand.—At Oklahoma City
iand the weight of the trains caused Judge Beauchamp denied the motion
Ithem to come together with a terrible to invalidate the grand Jury which re- | congress ctm-ring the ^or“
(impact. The two engines were little centlj* returned indictments against
more than scTap iron and many of the saloon men and others numbering
(cars were made into kindling wood. j bver lft0. He said the action of the
J Short on Pecans. — Comanche grand jury was to be commended rath-
county's boasted pecan crop is going Pr than criticised,
to be shorter this year than it has
been for several years. The reports
Heart Failure. — \V. J. Malone
dropped dead near Weatherford. Ma-
lone as sheriff of Custer county,
served through the noted Indian
troubles on Panther creek in 1894.
(circulated a few weeks ago that the
crop was estimated at 250,000 bushels
were at that time founded upon the
belief of those on whose lands the
pecans are grown, but these men are
now estimating the crop at little
more than half the former estimate.
Sold Right of Way.—The Osage
Council has agreed to take $35 a mile
for a strip 100 feet in width for the
Midland Valley right-of-way.
Diseased Stock Scarce. — Henry
Perry, a deputy cattle inspector of
Norman, has just returned from
Roger Mills county, where he released vision of the other,
cattle in four pastures from quaran-
tine. Mr. Perry says that diseased
stock is scarce now in that section of
the territory and that the people are
helping the inspectors all they can to
destroy infection.
Bore For Oil.—One thousand dol-
lars has been raised by popular sub-
scription at Granite and the oil well
will be sunk 800 feet deeper, to a
depth of 2,000 feet, if necessary.
Train Robbers Identified. — Tim
She Pleaded Guilty.—Julia E.
Tames, 74 years of age, pleaded
guilty to maiming B. F. Kennedy.
The offense occured at Hastings al-
most a year ago. The woman alleges
that Kennedy swindled her out of
all her property and that she now has
to work in a kitchen to make a liv-
ing. To get even she threw concen-
trated lye in his eyes. As a result
he lost the sight of one eye and the
Pushing Along.—Work Is being
pushed along very rapidly on the Mid-
land Valley railroad north of Tulsa.
System .is .Acceppted.—Chickasha
has just accepted from the con-
tractors. Burns &. McDonald of Kan-
sas City, the water works system
which has just been completed at
cost of $39,000. The plant is one of
the best and most complete in the
territory.
Enacted Into Law.—The people of
Murphy and the Black brothers, who Qsage reservation will ask Dele*
were arrested a few days ago at
Chickasha for complicity in the hold-
up of a Rock Island train in New
Mexico, have been positively identi-
fied by members of the train crew and
were taken back to New Mexico for
trial.
Application for Pardon.—Col. C. F.
Lincoln, mayor of El Reno, sent an
application to Governor Ferguson to
secure a pardon for C. S. Vincent,
who is serving a sentence in tho ponl-
tentiary for the theft of a diamond.
Sugar Beets in Colorado.
The sugar beet campaign is now on,
northeastern Colorado, and about
gate McGuire to use every effort to
have the court bill separating the re-
servation from Pawnee county in
court matters enacted into a law by
congress.
Refinery at Muskogee.—The now
$50,000 oil refinery, which is being
constructed at Muskogee by an in-
dependent company, is nearing com-
pletion and it is expected to be in
operation by December 1. Coal oil,
gasoline, benzine, cylinder and en-
gine oils will be the products of the
refinery.
Sentenced to Prison.—During the
term of the court just closed at
100,000 tons of beets will be sliced at Okmulgee three prisoners were sen*
the Fort Collins factor/, alone, this fenced for manslaughter, two get-
The beet crop this year will i tjng ten years and the other five
bring nearly $500,000 to the farmers
in the Fort Collins district.
years in the penitentiary.
be enormous.
Preparing Report.—Chairman Rixby
is preparing an elaborate report for
of tho
Dawes commission during the year,
and also making recommendations for
congressional guidance in legislation
applying to the country in the imme-
diate future.
Scalded to Death.—Tho ten-months-
old baby of Sherman Masters of Wa-
tonga pulled a kettle of boiling starch
over on to itself and was scalded to
death.
Sentenced to 99 Years..— Asias
Wills, a 17-year-old Choctaw boy. was
sentenced to ninety-nine years’ im-
prisonment at Durant, for the mur-
der of Sarah Roberts, near Garvin
September 4, 1903. On account of his
extreme youth an effort will be made
to secure his pardon after he has ser-
ved a few years of this sentence. The
murder was one of the most brutal in
the annals of crime in Indian Terri-
tory. The girl was beaten into insen-
sibility and then her throat was cut
from ear to ear and her body secreted
in the brush.
Townsite Funds Short. — Informa-
tion came from Washington that the
townsite commissioners, who have
been working in the Choctaw, Chicka-
saw and Cherokoo nations, will be laid
off temporarily in December. The rea-
son assigned is that there is a short-
age of the appropriation for such
work and that no funds are available.
18 It Unlucky?—A 13-year-obl hoy
of Woodward county was able to plow,
cultivate and help harvest twenty-
eight acres of broom corn this sea-
son. Now. who doubts the unlucki-
ness of the number?
Town Was Saved. — The report
comes from Cache, a town sixteen
miles west of Lawton, that 200 men,
women and children of that place
fought the flames of a prairie fire that
threatened the town on three sides.
The principal loss is said to be a large
area of grass, with outhouses and
farm buildings.
New Commissioner’s Court.—Fed-
eral Judge Townsend has issued an
order establishing a United States
commissioner’s court at Cornish and
assigned Judge Morris to preside.
Jlrakeman W. T. Noyes, of Argentine.
(Both men were pinned under the fall-
ing ear and killed almost instantly.
Frank Peterson and Snm Busey. 19-
year-old hoys, of Bonner Springs, who
were riding on the car, were dan-
gerously injured. Bussey may die.
All of the dead and Injured woro
either of lho crew or of an extra gang.
The cause of the accident is ob-
scure.
Student Badly Hurt.—Carl Perfect,
a student at the State Agricultural
college, whose home is at Jewell City,
Kas., was perhaps fatally hurt on the
Rock Ilsland railroad at Manhattan.
He was riding on a wrecking train
which was switching in the yards, and
accidentally fell to the track. The
engine and four ears passed over his
body, severing one leg, breaking his
arms and otherwise injuring him.
Not Worth Her Feed. — Kansas
farmers will live this winter on the
fat of the cow that is not worth her
feed at present prices.
> The Drill Fused.—Sahetha is not
very much excited over the drilling
of “prospect holes” in surrounding
towns. Sabetha has one. It was
drilled twenty-eight years ago and so
deep, old timers declare, that the drill
fused.
Prominent Citizen.—Captain S. <>.
Gary, one of the most prominent citi
z.ens 'in Winfield, and an old settler,
died after an illness of a week from
pneumonia. He was at one time sheriff
of Cowley county anti during Presi-
dent Cleveland's first term was post-
master of Winfield.
Runaway Students.—Three runaway
students from the Chilcoco school
were arrested at Winfield by the po-
lice on information furnished by the
superintendent of the Chilcoco insti-
tution. They were taken hack to-
night. The Indians were all young,
and said they were tired of learning
and wanted to see the world.
For Public Printer.—Tom McNeal,
the Topeka editor, will enter the fight
for state printer and take his chances
on the court rendering a decision in
State Printer Clark's favor in the liti-
gation that is sure to follow.
Want More Land.—Citizens of Law-
rence have authorized the university
regents to purchase needed land ad-
joining the school grounds, they to
stand good for the amount until the
legislature has already had an eco-
nomic start made for lt.
Bore Another Well. —The Morton-
Levering company has packed the well
on the Arkansas City Land and Im-
ivme ividiLii.— up i •
battery of field artillery at Fort Riley provoment company s property and
was ordered to make a practice will next drill on tho G. W. Newman
march of about 2fill miles, and it Is | farm, about a quarter of a mile north-
expected to return to the post with west of the last well.
Plaintiff Gets $4,000.—At Fort Scott
the jury in the United States court
In the ease of Bishard vs. the Frlseij
in a ver-
dict allowing the plaintiff $4,000. Tbe
cn.se was the result ol’ tho killing oC
Engineer Bishard.
Mysteriously Disappeared. — Brooks
Hale, a 14-year-old boy, the son ot' a
widow of Eureka, lias mysteriously
disappeared, his mother knowing noth*
in fourteen days.
Prospect for Gas.—At Leavenworth
Interest in gas has reached such an
enthusiastic point that a committee of j Railway company brought
citizens raised by popular subscrip-
tion $2,500 for the purpose of prospect-
ing for gas.
Stay in Marion.—E. W. Hoch, gov-
ernor-elect, says that he will stay in
Marion most of the time before his
inauguration, because he can accoinp- .. _
llHh more work there than he could ut | whereabouts alnce Novem.
her 17.
Topeka.
Wichita Slayer Dead.—John Bates,
who killed Mrs. Katie McColgan be-
cause she refused to marry him and
then cut his own throat from ear to
ear, died in the Wichita hospital. 3
Warden Candidate.—Dave Naill, of
Flerlngton, Is a candidate for warden
of the penitentiary. He was deputy
wimlen under the Morrill administra-
tion.
Must Raise Wages.—Labor Com-
mission! r Johnson served notice at
Burglars at Burrton.—A hardware
store was broken Into by burglars and
$200 worth of shotguns, revolvers, ra-
zors and ammunition taken.
Postoffice Discontinued.—The post*
office at Palermo, Doniphan county,
Kas., has been dlcontinued.
Statue Received.—The John J. In-
galls statue has been received iu
Washington
Embalmers’ License.—Miss Mary C.
Bloomfield took the examination at
Winfield on the local street commis Kansas City. Kans.. before the state
sioner that unless he pays $1.50 ' board for an embalmer's license. She
day Instead of $1.35, as now, to work- passed the examination with an aver-
men employed in macadamizing the age grade of 95 per cent. This is
of Winfield, he would arrest said to he the highest grade ever re-
ceived in Kansas by a woman appli-
cant for such a license.
Star Mail Route.—A star mall route
| has been established between Great
Into ef*
streets
him for violation of the state law.
Tax Rate Lower.—The state tax
levy for this year Is smaller than It
has been for any year since 1898. It
is 5.2 mills as against 0.4 mills last , Bend and Holsington, to go
year The big levy last year was ; feet November 21. A. J. Henry has
necessary to meet some extraordinary the contract at $900 per year. The
appropriations of the legislature. ' j trip is to be made twice daily.
A New Road.—There was a meet-
ing at Winfield ef the directors of the
Winfield & Southern Railroad Corn-
Lost Franchise.—At Leavenworth
when tho rity council mot to pans a
franchise to a gasless gas company, It ....
was found that the council stood seven | pany. a proposed railway south nto
against and five for the franchise, so. j the Osago country. rite directors
1.7 L unanimous ....... the matter was | decided to move at once towards the
building of the road, having
flHcd“with Influential lhinK ln readiness from
Big Deposit of Tungsten.
by an unanimous vote, the matte
laid over for ninety days. The conn
ell chamber was
citizens, who are bitterly opposed to j
granting a franchise now.
Fire at Latham.—On November 1fi'
Isaac Jones’ livery ham and J. L.
McFall's vehicle slnre were destroyed
by fire. Loss, $3,000, with no insur-
ance.
To Settle Strike.—The grievance
committee of the Santa F e engineers
in session at Topeka is trying to se-
cure a settlement of the machinists'
strike. They allege that the equip-
ment of the road as kept up by the
non-union machinists is not satisfac-
tory. The officials of the road deny
this and say they will not resume
What is believed to be the largest i negotiations with the strikers
deposit of tungsten in the world has
been uncovered in Boulder county, I e-
tween Eldorado and Nederland, Colo.
The mineral assays from $18 to $300 a
ton, and is valuable in connection
with the manufacture of iron and
steel.
Hiding Out.—The demand for grips
and traveling hags has hern greatly
Increased In Wichita by petitions
calling for a grand jury to Investi-
gate county affairs.
Suicide in Carbondale.—George Per-
ry, a brick mason, committed suicide
at. Carbondale by taking strychnine.
The evidence of suicide was so clear
that a coroner's Inquest was not deem-
ed necessary. Mr. Perry had beea.
melancholy for some time.
Go Coon Hunting.—A diversion in
the way of society functions took
place at Manhattan when forty young
men and women spent the night in
coon hunting in the woods of the
Blue river. Some fine coon doge were
imported, and as a result of the
night's hunt, a twenty-pound eooa
and a large possum were captured.
Alfalfa Queen Abroad.—Miss Marj
Best, the alfalfa queen of western
Kansas, has left Medicine Lodge for
a trip through Fhirope. Her neighbor^
think there will be an alfalfa king
when she returns.
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Wilson, A. L. Life (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 30, 1904, newspaper, November 30, 1904; Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc937620/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.