Renfrew's Record. (Alva, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1903 Page: 2 of 4
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RENFREW’S RECORD.
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ALVA. ... OKLAHOMA
TERRITORY TOPICS
I<K(Ah 4*1* — The in
i tiTi«»r crp«nuiriil *4at rcc« ire 1 »i-ry
I bt'i Wfht. tl the I*
Mu'tua and k*hat**o Ju
ulioot AmmtrJimg to t
the IttUiaus arr r*pnil\ jointf fr
EliKutlTI
UlR
II. I
ll«»i nun
I. Kaum
tv of
Kukk ruti le S M'»ui.—Tim? city of I
WnitMi. I. T., a tichel favorable !
to th * iu> mediate r»UbIikliin^ of 4 (rw |
|*ubi v m h’ *o* t v kli'ui
(iinuiw Si«»»•!•» f» — At I'niii all a-lo
(ft mo I in boutm and o|**ratort of j 4IJ#.,,
gambling devices, induum;* tlot uia J |>
chinca, iv**re notified that t e r biuittM
luust Ur ibi|»tMl. | / y
Caismiik'* :>rrKK Thi* l.. ar«l of $ ; 1
rr^tnU liaa ucit*|»U*il the Scotchman's of t
offer of flrt.oou for i libiar;, at tbe Nur- eud. »ir* A!ai
Oil. The ilroartim*
A the Uiltljm from ( 04
*• ... riatMi Ml of
ib 4 it|K>rt Ui tor
mi. k Ci ».iri» R**■
’I lia iu«
ft 4'on*ic ' it Mu'vUtqfer a'U u«nn/ a rattle *••<*. j
Hull 1 III ml ULuui'l 1 Il'J UV.
rrport• tarn 71 iirLrtiitrii'ft la *ti»r I Mit+J
Gu- ty Of Violating The Declared
J#part- j Uu<J ia t**r » ^-r*»..rr u»twn t iu
•U tl.«n !.«• hail laivfu! n^Lt Iaj cL* Jlr l*a«i
Policy Of lhe Nation.
m*V Rre i i»*’«^i in ja *4nh**-a t>i< of ti»r j-rojn rt v iii-*iiv |
ka l dis- I )rnr* uader the uaoal r*»« whra
TELEGRACHIC INSTRUCTIONS.
on th*- a a or ua* eaartoi drclarrJ
it La» I a;*aia't these larj^e liul>i ii^a aud there j
iHea II. At-rr plenty of applicant* for thr laud
\VaUiiri£toti. April ‘.10 —Referring to
tlie application at >-t. I'anl iu tirualf of 1
In tun which he ha«i ii*|»rui4t*<i. lie tiiialD '
.is-1 aja ft- 1 1 as* nt A Isas ex Si as lass t Ass*.! 1 -. I . ■ H — - - a '
ua ,Ai»ruicni inn iiiCN » owii»ai: \ , iui
department of jiutice i.a* iua« e ptlG.ir
A tin* land.
Ilu.or or W it
tonal treasurer ha
by the Oil a iuiiia (
railroad for riirli
;«* - ' x
full*
telegraphic
of
the
attorney *r« u<t«a»
terri* Uai
ted
Mute* attorury a I
paid the
1 411
$ in*taat:
•Strri
It is
> iihely «irfeiiJatits
itfl
....
iu ti
in.in univrrftity to replace tlie one dr-
atroycnl by Arc.
1 year
tcr**«l
(■eforc. There were
let let ** 1 an 1 v 1 iitit
23,OOU re
Hijf the V
(*reer. The right of wa
ear i , *
y through a
n iiiiiiM*r oi counties patted
i t liroi.trp t .>4*
Ai.va l\atkrwork**. Th* $J(MKNH
watertvorka hou«i* for Alva • water j
mmcuj were voted Rlinost unaniiiioiifth .
and ]
her ti
tuoii 'jr 4»r • r*.
ue p*»toa« only 1
s; now it ha* title
>a*i nine
ell ami i
Kcchi liii!* .uid tiwprior $
| therefore, less than if it w
•f t he land is,
i as locate i in
The water supply is prarticaliv uit* |
1 iieech
* more *1 Ins wan tli
ic first U
m n ! ,, ... _____ . _
Hie territory.
11it*i «•*! ana 4A superior quality
F\Uukk»* Inwiiti ti.*. — Secretary 1
• territory to tf«*t 1
v. Two athntioual
free del IV
| tloti of iitiitl is place -i iu ti
* ' fund.
lie |»« rnianent
istructi jos
•nt to tin*
it. I*uul on
Northern
Vcuritit* . a-** will forthwith, and |*os-
j *ibiy wdlmut untilr apfM-al to the cir-
cuit court or ju yv thereof for moditi-
I ration of decree priilti>|f appeal, or for
or. i*r luahiii}* up|t«al ojierute as sii|M-r-
tedcas. You are directed to ua eh
i this matter closely, and earnestly
i i.p.Htw any .mil application, on the
ground toat tins is not au ordinary
C isc of equity jurisdiction Iwtawn
Thoburn, of the board of agriculture
trill begiu at ouct* in tin* work of per-
Ictinjf Die fanner*’ inatiiute system in
the different count cs of Ohlaboiuu.
1 iflecn oouutiea have institutes.
( At i.Hr (3ravi. Roam mi Sam N. v
man and William Castor, i.i gr .«- wen*
arifstwl at M'lsho^re while in tin* art
of rol>biug a giavc at Die local ornu*
boy. They are now i»..tli in jail a vail-
ing trial They admit that U»ey mere
in tile bud lies* for the jewelry liny
could find ou the corpses.
OaauK Allotments—O. A Mitneber,
the Osage Indian agent announces that
over *JO0 Indians of that tnla* hare
chosen their tlnal allot me tits, each one
getting Ido acres of tillable land and
640 acres of pasture. As aoon aa a
aufT.c lent nmiiiier have selected allot-
laenta the department will abolish tri-
bal custom*.
MirtttaaiPiii Cum i aw* A Boston
syndicate nslte for |ierinis*ion to remove
these Indiana to the Choctaw nation
and take care of them until they can
get comfortably settled, which is ex-
pected to be withiu about live years,
for one half of their lands. The prop-
osition has been made to the interior
department and lias been referred to
the Dawes commission.
Pomkh Commits Kiimdk .1. S.
Scott, a farmer bring near Norman,
billed himself at Noble to escajie arrest
for forgery, obtaining money under
false pretense's and selling mortgaged
property ami other crimes. The eri-
deuce against him was certain and lie
haw that there wan no eneaj»e. The
amount of Scott’s |M*culutioii* was $2,000
or more. He leaves a wife and two
aon.s.
Railroad Mii.kuik -The report of
the territorial laiard of railroad asses-
sors allows the mileage of the differ-
ent roads In Oklahoma to he: I risen
system, 200.D(lj Fort Smith A Western,
10.1*4 miles; Denver, Enid A t.ulf, 20.85;
Cftfuctaw, Oklahoma A Gulf, 237.7.*;
the Rock Island, 32S.17; the Santa Fe,
497.18; the M. K. A T.f 121.42; the
Orient, 88 0.’. No side trucks lire in-
cluded in these figures. In the ease of
the Orient grades, without track* as
yet, are included.
ItuuxiK \ Mills Lono.--TheClarks-
ville toll bridge across the Arkansas
river, which opens up a vast territory
to Muskogee, is opened for traffic. It
is tile second longest bridge west of
the Mississippi. It. is three-quarters
of a mile in length. The Midland
bridge company, of Kansan City, built
it for a private cun puny. The Mid-
land company was awarded the con-
tract also to tunnel the Arkansas river
and lay water pi pcs across the stream
for the Muskogee waterworks plant.
Oil. Hot si: lit km l>—The oil house
near the Kock Island depot at Hennes-
sey is destroyed by fire. Several Kock
Island stock cam stood near by but.
were removed in time to save them
although some of them caught fire.
'I’lie water tank was somewhat charred
but it was saved.
Hank at Kingston.—I)r. Wheeler,
representing Missouri capital, lias de-
cided to establish a national bank at
Kingston, Oklahoma, with a capital of
$v>,000. The bank is to Ik* ready for
business in thirty days.
Abundance op Water - The ton
tractors who are digging the city well
at Norman have found at a depth of
300 feet, water of good qualiiy, and are
pumping about 144,000 gallons of w ater
every 24 hours, and have to work hard
to keep Dus water from gaining* on
them.
Too Kaut.y.—The territorial board
of commissioners of the St. Louis ex-
position is receiving many applications
for employment, and the board gives it
out publicly that there is no use t<>
apply for places for a year yet
il v L’Kormuti a Prevails.—The farm-
ers of Dawson, I. T., and vicinity are
expe~»eiiciug such uneasiness over
eases of hydrophobia which have de-
veloped among lire stock near there.
Horae* cows aud hogs have been suffer-
ing from the malady. Great caution is
exercised to prevent the spread of the
disease.
Hufnington Abdicates.—Chief Buf-
fington lias decided not to stand for re-
election as chief of the Ckerokees and
has announced that he will support
his secretary, J. T. Parks, for the place.
Extension From Kirowoon - It is
announced at Guthrie that the K«.< k
island will soon cominen<*e on an ex-
tension from Kingwool, i.rtiieast
through Woodward and 1 r* > apply
to Liberal, Kansas. King* *H\ iu
Central Oklahoma on the l’r • . Hue to
Vernon, Texas.
Large Enrollment.— The normal
department of the Alva school has now
in attendance 103 more students than
at the same time last year, and la.s
year broke all records. The total for
this term is 588.
W USUI Is 11ll Mr
and cn-
iquity to
i*r Barnes ha* |ii'uUi'n
> as ttsanv I
wavs; ••Ti
lie assessed
%aluat ion of
al |*4$*itioi!* a-» any r
it her man iu j •*** Pr
operty Ui
Kmwa i
■ounty is iu
hric. lie is not out*
....... of | • 1
numlwi'k
• $1,500,00
o. The rate
brie lint pr« sideut of t
dm com me r- ,,f
at ton i* u
little lev*
• than six per
sl'tei
pre
I of the
dent of
(•11!
rial club as well, pr
gan County bank.
Logan (minty Investment company,
vice president of tbe liar ussoeiatiou,
an officer in tbe t'oinuKlory and other
organizations.
To lUim Kii’KNki ITnuh A com-
mittee ootuiming of M L Turner, of
Oklahoma t ily; Charles I. Billingsley,
of Guthrie and Assistant Sec-
retary J. M Md onnell, 11liecn ap-
pointed bv Governor Ferguson to iimlte
arrungcmeiiUi for the raising of the
necessary amount of money to trans-
port tbe Oklaiioma militia to St. lami*
*t the time the Oklahoma building in
dedicated.
A Katy Extension.-—The M K. A*
T. officials of tin* Oklahoma lilies an-
nounce that the line la-twcm Guthrie
and Oklahoma City via 1 allis, o. T., i*
to !*e completed immedia .cly In order to
give lx*lter facilities for securing ma-
terial for construction along the ex-
tensions now building iu OUluhoma
aud Indian Territory.
A Disrin: Si.in i n. The interior
department lias at last settled the dis-
pute between the Choctaws and Chick*
usaws over $8,484 paid by the Frisco for
a right of way. The Chickasaw* gob-
bled onto tlie money. '1 he Choctaws
complained and after an Investigation
the department lias awarded the money
to the ( liocta w*.
Gov. I t in.t son to Spear.— Governor
Ferguson attends the meeting of the
old M*ttiers of Hlaine eminty at Waton-
ga and then goes to Carmen, Woods
county, where lie will deliver mi ad-
dress on April 22. At that time Cur-
men celebrates the arrival of the Orient
railroad, n big event in Western Okla-
homa.
IUnks Cn\mini if. - The banks of
the territory are rapidly contributing
the money for the expenses of taking
3 companies or the militia to St. Louis.
Nail Hi.own Oi*ln. Burglars en-
teretl tin* building of a mercantile com-
pany of Deer Creek, used dynamite on
tbe safe and carried off 870.
Mt i.nnow Hank.—The comptroller
has authorize l the First National bank
of M aid row, I. T., to begin business
with a capital of $ k,000. *
Tin msi it Advancing That city de-
sires the governor to proclaim it a city
of the tirst class and culling a special
election of City » flicor*.
(>n May l-i —Arrangements are
complete for the laying of the corner
stone of the Oklahoma building at St.
Louis on May 1st.
A Vi yh and $1,000 Wife lientcrs
are harshly dealt with by the courts in
Indian Territory. Judge Tate lined
John Hell Sl.GO'i and sentenced him to
one year in jail f* r t'.c-t offense “This
is one offense the territory will not
stand for.” said the judge in parsing
sentence.
A ( oi ui Hot's!-. Vo11 A special
bond election lias bccu called for Greer
county on the proposition to erect a
court house at Mangtitn. Fetitions
containing 3,94k names were preseukd
to the com ty commissioners.
Mission Laws Oct.—The tirst in-
stulluieut delivery by the public printer
of the session law* of 1903 was made
on the day, April 8, that had been fixed
as the publication day. The codifying
committee closed its work and its mem-
bers went to their homes.
CtaiANciiRS to Mixiro. — A confer-
ence is held near Lawton for the pur-
pose of considering a proposition made
by citizens of Chihuahua, Mexico, to
move the Indiana to that country.
Tn°y are offered 2,000,000 acres of land
free ’o make the change.
For Federal Judgeship. Unex-
pected that when Oklahoma secures an
enabling art Henry H Asp will be a
candidate for the federal judgeship. It
is also asserted that Chief Justice Har-
well ami the U. S. district attorney
will Ik* candidates.
Filing Allotment*.—rp to date.
5,689 Cherokees have filed for allot-
ments at the government land office nt
Vinila. The office will Ik* moved to
Tub Icq nah May 1 anti the Cherokee* in
this section are tiling now so as to save
a trip.
Kx i.osiOX in Mini - Five men were
killed aud two severely injured by* a
gas explosion in Mine 77 at Car’oon, I.
T. There were seventy-live men in the
mine but all escaped injury except
those working in tbe chamber where
the explosion occurred.
For Game Warden.—J. C. Clark, of
Oklahoma City, has been recommended
for appointment a* territorial game
warden. Clark is the m in who pre-
pared the Kansas game law uml is well
known in both Oklahoma and Kansas
as a sportsman.
on of
i cent, aggregating tbe cnonm
883,ooo or $DO,ooo a* tbe taxes for this
|>»’4i\ yet when toe comiui* boners*
court met they found n »t one cent in
j liM‘ treasury they could n*e for the
I pav incut of officer*’ salaries or oilier
I indebted lies*. What 1m* hcooiue of
till* money'**'
I private |»artic*, lint spi-e al
I largtsl statutory remedy in
I eujoia violation of a i**n tl law.
1 iu* « «• Tee linds the defendants
i guilty of violating the declared public
: pulley of the nation. For that reason
; the government opposes any suspens on
or inoditiciition of tiu* judgment of the
court. The inediticution propos'd
I would in effect be an indulgence to
I continue to violate a law of the I nite 1
Stat«-*. As the s .^pension of the
o|h*ration of law is not tbe exercit»c of
u judicial function, it i* ineoneeivable
j that equity rule it contemplates su*-
as lupoiu am ( «M i si.—Tin* holder |m*ii*ioii or uioaitieation U|>on terms
«»f a liouicstead claim commuted and ilia’ w ill secure such rights of an op-
paid $l v., an Here. Wneu be proved |»o*ite party us Could be protected by a
bond of in tcuunty. This is not such a
case. The principal relief granted by
up he was asked whether le intended
to establish a town*iU* ou III* land. Ill
a few day* Iu* platted 80 acre* and sold I this decree is the injunction; to suspend
lots. Hal |„. proved up for town*iUi ! *t would produce the same effect ns a
pin (loses in- none! have b»-eii required eertitk'ttte of tiivisi *n in the circuit
to pay $1U an uere. The claim )* eou- court and deprive the decree uf its
tested on these ground*. J force und meaning."
Kkal Khtati Man Im»i< ikd Fred
Turner, a rral c.U.n ,nau of „ N°'
Miwluvre, was indict.-,I by tl.c grand "ustungton, April l*. April 3, 11*05.
jury for |H-rnilttiii- gambling in one of | |,r; v‘*“ ll-.llel-on. tbo Ocrman umbas-
liiauffi.-e blocUs, the lloiuc.lead build-
ing. Tile building is handled by all
agent and i* occupied by office* and
sleeping quartern. Mr. Turner knew
nothing of gambling going on.
Pkiimankny Injuni tion.—The dis-
trict court of Pottawatomie count v ha*
granted a permanent injunction re-
straining the issuing und selling of the
$20,000 waterworks bond* rec.*uily
voted by the town of Tet uuiscli, the
court having decided that the bond
election was illegal.
Wages Increased.—'The Choctaw
road recently granted an in’reuse of
sudor, addressed a note to this govern-
ment sounding the I'nitcd States as to j
its willingness to join Germany and ;
Great Hritai" in an arrangement fo»* !
st*euring settlement of the foreign debt •
of Guatemala.
“While the governmeutof theCnited
States is indisposed to join any col-
lective arrangement to bring coercive
pressure to hear upon Guatemala,'*
said Secretary Hav in reply, “this gov-
ernment would reserve for its citizens
equal benefits with those* whith might
In* secured for the subjects of any other
country. And the United States min-
ister to Guatemala will be instructed
wjiges at its Shawnee shop*-. Then mu- b» so inform the Guatemalan govern-
ber of hour* a day is reduced from ten | ll,e^l•, ____
to nine. 1 lie pay i* by the hour und
i t,M‘ RFC not satisfied because the
reduction of hour* offset* the iu crease
i of pay.
Ki.n tion on Adount 3.—Chief Huf-
j tiugtoii, of the Cherokee tribe,
called an election on August 3 to elect
i a principal chief, assistant chief and
j members of the Cherokee council. The
different political panics of the tribe
. will hold their convention in May.
I ait Ski.1.8 For $8,000.—Mrs. Julia A.
i uruer lias just sold a 25-foot vacant lot
in Muskogee at the rate of $24 I a front
loot. It is the highest price ever pal l
I at that place, yet within a year 2111.1 a
half property of all kind* ha
i doubled in value.
SiiiulHy School I.e*4onn.
Washington, April 18.—The Sunday
sell001 lesson committee, unpointed by
the International Sunday School con-
vention held in Denver last summer,
has began its initial meeting here. The
committee immediately took up the
work of revising the Sunday school
lessons for 1905 and of outlining plans
for the five years from 1906 to 1911.
i’he committee represents over twenty
million Sunday school children and
Sunday school workers.
(■ruber *nt•••#*••«!» t able
Topeka, April 17.—The official an
almost nouneement is made of the appointment
of J. M. Gruber to succeed 11. S. Cable
Farukus Co-oi*kratk. -A Farmers’ as ^c‘nL‘ral superintendent (A the Kock
Co-operative association has been ^Manroa^ l*''s lv>,nt- Mr. Gruber
formed at I'eekham. TJhcy will build uas fonnerl.v R^^htant general auper-
a $1,000 elevator. They have Sl.oOO inten,1‘‘nt of lhe eastern division of the
already raised. j Great Northern road with headquar-
.. I ter* at St Paul.
(iRaniti 8 Donation Returned. — 1 - -
lhe s *e ret ary of the territory, acting Pre*ldeat Enjoy* Oatlnc
une.ertiie law enacted by the last le :• Cinnabar, M011L, April 16. — Word
isluture, lias returned the dee s for received from tbe president states that
a -ite for the Soutliwestern normal *u‘ is 'M l>est °f health and tlior-
seiiool at Granite to the original own- j onghly enjoying his outing. In addi-
ei s The l oiidsais.) voted bv the city t‘on to horseback riding he takes long
of Granite were returned by the au«li- vv;ilks over tin* mountain trails. Not*
tor. j w ithstanding reports to the contrary,
the president has not fire 1 a shot at a
mountain lion and lias no intention of
capital, ims been im-orpurutoil. Tams 'loi"~ S°' " ih that there
IMxby. chairman of the Dawes com,,.ls- ! ,rC :*°" of tlu>se "nimal8 in tV,e P:,rli
I sion, is president. *1"1 ,lial ,hc.v ar>' hilling- large qaanti-
ties of deer and elk.
EXd iOVI RNO&X INVITED \ ■ \- f.
ernors of Oklahoma are invited by the h»,J Uemaod* L*nd.
Oklahoma worlds fair commission to ; Muskogee, I. T., April 18.— Attorneys
Hixiiy i** President.—The Canadian
I Valley Trust company, with 5100,000
j participate with Oklahoma at the fair
j dedication in St. Louis. The 1 ist of ex-
governors iucludcs Ctuigressmau George
Stedc, of Indiana; W. ( . llenfrow of
Joplin, Mo : A J Seay, of Kingfisher,
^ 0. M. Karnes and W. M. Jenkins, of
Guthrie.
Broke a Llg Chief Mark Kessler,
| °f the Guthrie tire department, while
| practicing on a scaling ladder, fell and
broke one of his legs.
Their Third Inspection.—The rep-
resentatives are at South McAlester, I.
T- of the Bismark, Oklahoma Gulf
I Railway company, chartered to build
1 from Bismarck N I)., to the Gulf of
, Mexico. They claim to be making the
third overland inspection of the route.
Marriage or a Belle.—W. II.
Green, a prominent business man of
! Tahlequah, and Miss Mary J. Sheltou,
j of Need more, are married. They are
«»ctli well known in territorial social
! circles. Toe bride grew up in Table-
! qoRh and was the social leader there.
6,000 Carloads The Santa Fe is
engaged on a big job of hauling catt’e
from Texas to the Kaw and Osage pas-
; Lures. About 4,000 carloads are to be
j unloaded at Ralston; the remaining
i 2,000 earloads going to the Otoe and
Mission reservations.
St. Lot ts IIKADquARTKiis. — Oklaho-
ma will corral at the Lindcll hotel in
for the M K. T. railroad went to
Atoka and served notice on the land
office officials there that their company
expected every other section of land
for ton miles on each side of the rail-
road through the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw nations. The road claims that it
was offered that much land by the
government ns a bonus for building
through this country. It has a suit
pending in the United States court
now for the land.
* Action On Union Label.
Helena, Mont.. April 16.—Tiie first
victory lias been won by the eastern
book publishing firms wlio are trying
to have abolished the union label on
the text books used in the state. In
the supreme court the application to
have declared unconstitutional that
part of the law calling for the union
label on the books was heard. The
point is made by the applicant for the
injunction that all printers are not
given a fair show if the label part of
the law holds.
1'ottMu * tonne* And ti Irhnpon*.
llolton, K«s , April $T>.—The Indian
bureau announces that the l’ottawa-
torales and Kickapoos of Kansas will
hereafter lie under control of bonded
superintendents, the office of agent be-
ing abolished, who will be men who
have in no way been mixed up in the
St. I .on is at 11... time of the de.iieatlon I U-otHroversies which
of lhe Worl.r.. Fatr buihiing. > ‘ ’° " ° '*"**. *■
... ... .... 0 _ I Ion noli. J l.e new order of the dc-
111 lit 1 01 Iiiem 1 hci e are to ,, n - ,
part ment leaves Mr. Honnell w ithout
three handsome hriek churches erected
at Hastings thG season.
an office. The superintendents will be
‘ rougtit froui some distant locality.
GOMPERS ANSWERS PARRY.
!.»*»• >r WftHU • I *r<*r *»nftr» «•( Mr«l(k't
I‘rft4filftft.
W**birigtoii, April 14 —I*re*idrat
oiuprns «*f th** Aun-riiau Federation
f La our gaff out a *Lat 1 u* repl>
Ui t i»t* aouual report of Preftident
Parry of the MauuLtcturer*’ As*Mn*ia-
tioa which wrath read before that body
.n Xewr Ur vaiip,* It say* in part:
"Organ .>*d Ubtr i» the result of our
olufttrial lirveiupitM lit and rDViroii-
iriit. It piopose* t*» secure a larg« r
> ire t f the pr«»<lucti« >n of - ralth It
seeks to *>-t-ure to is object by peaceful
and lawful metliod*. It aiui* t«>c-»tab-
li*h more rigtitful relation* brtwccu
man and man.
“Organised la *or i* here to stay. It
1 as survived many em*ouuU*r* with
men of the Parry calibre.
"Organ zed luhir seeks 110 such con-
ffict *s Mi Parry would promote, nor
will it run a vay from it. Ae desire
industrial and social autl are
.vorkiug for it. Organized labor faesa
the future, con$• lent and M*lf-rel.Rut
(iu Tl»»* Anilihu* *«ftt
W asliington, April Is. —Lx- A*t'y Gen.
Briggs called on Ati’y Gen. Knox
urging that further piosccution of t
Northern Pacific merger should not be
started until the question a arising from
tlie late decision by the circuit court
is pawd iijioii by the supreme court.
Attorney General Knox’s reply was a
positive "No.” The law u* interpreted
by the circuit court must be enforced.
He declined to give any pledge that
the government would refrain from
contempt proceeding* in ease the de
fondants failed to conform in every
particular to this decision of the circuit
oourL
I'arin IIsimU I'lrutiful
Topeka, April 20.—There is a seurcity
of farm hands in some part* of the
state, but the trouble is caused by fiscal
conditions, und tlie demand will not
continue. More help i* needed for a
short time in some places on account of
the lateness of the spring plowing. ’J’.
B. Gerovv states that lie has had prac-
tically no applications for farm laborers
as yet, and that he has had many more
application* from men who want that
sort of work than can l»e filled. There
will probably be need of a great many
extra hands at harvest time, but not
until then.
Alsrln* Engineers Threaten.
New York, April 20.—Tbe steamboat
engineers who are members of the
Marine Engineers’ Benevolent Associa-
tion threaten to tie up all steam craft
in this harbor and sailing from thi*
port on May 1 unless their demands for
increase of pay and shorter hour* are
granted. They have served notice by
circular on manager* and owners that
they must have an increase before that
date (unmounting approximately to 25
l**r cent and the cutting down of hour*
to a basis of seventy-two hours for a
week’s labor of seven days.
Hereford Breeders* AHHorlatlnn.
Kansas City, Mo., April 20.—The offi-
ces of the American Hereford Cattle
Breeders association have been re-
moved from Chicago to Kansas City by
order of the board of directors. Three-
fourths of the Hereford breeders in the
United States are suit! to be west of
the Mississippi river and the largest
herds are in Missouri. This ia the* rea-
son for removal.
I'uuipiiieitt For “Orient.**
Topeka, April 20.—The American
Car and Foundry company of St. Louis
has tiled with the So.-retury of State
copies of a contract with the Orient
Railway company. The contract calls
for equipment to the amount of 2 mil-
lion dollars. The first order given by
the railway company under the con-
tract is for 500 freight cars and eight
caboose*.
Anti-.\l< 0I10I < ongrftft*.
Bremen, April 10.—About 1.400 dele-
gates have arrived here for the ninth
international anti-alcohol congress.
Delegates will be present from all the
leading nations, and many municipali-
ties w ill be officially represented.
Mrs. Mary II. Hunt, of Boston, rep-
resenting the Women's Christian Tem-
perance Uuion, will read a paper on
the roll of schools in the struggle
against alcohol. A number of English
delegates have slated papers, including
Joseph Bentley.
Iladiplon Disband.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 20.—AU the
holdings of the Kconomites, in the
Sew icklcy valley have been sold to a
syn iicate, the consideration being
$2,500,000. The senior trustee. John
F. Duss, of the Harmony Society, as
the organization is called, was ti e
moving spirit in the sale. Only about
a half dozen members of the society are
living an l the sale of the land means
the practical winding up of the Econ-
omites after an existence of over 109
years.
Salter 8ue« United States.
Guthrie, Ok., April 18.— L. A. Salter,
editor of the Carmen Headlight, has
commenced a suit at Wichita, Kansas,
against the United States and the
Osage tribe of Indians to recover
$6,000 alleged to have been due his
father, deceased, as receiver of the
government land office at Independence,
Kaa. It is claimed the elder Salter sold
various tracts of land for the govern-
ment, for the disposing of which no
fees were specified and none have evci
beeu paid.
Cable (!<ie« to Iona.
Topeka, April 15.—H. S. Cable, gen-
oral sHpcrintuulent of the Rocic Island,
will leave Topeka about the first of
May to become general manager of the
northern district with headquarters at
Cedar Rapids, la., in the place made
vacant by the resignation of General
Manager Roliert Williams of that dis-
trict. II;s successor lias not been
named. A rumor to the effect that
Mr. Cable would leave lias been circu-
lated for some time, but lie would net
affirm the report until now.
S ue Color Duo to Oiygon.
A dermal. oeletuSr period, ai sayt
tfcat. ‘ i.rding to reeeot eipenmenu
by Hr Spring uf Luttich. tbe blue
color of tbe atmosphere ia due to tbe
oiys.cn it contain*, and cut. aa here
U.(ore believed, to tbe effect of fine
(.articles of iluat.
An Honored Servant.
Pho Masuria a female servant of
N’iaagori. Japan has had a green
riband conferred upon her by tbo
Japanese Bureau of I let orations, for
remarkable fidelity to the family
who employed her She Is said to
bo the first domestic servant who has
ever been decorated by a govern-
ment.
Troes Without heaves.
There are great forests of leafle«*
trees In Australia. They are acacias,
or wattles, as some people call them,
end their being leafless Is simply an
adaptation to the dry climate. They
have leaves while growing, but when
tbelr growth is complete they shed
the leaves and breathe through the
little stem that remains, because mois-
ture is too precious to them for tho
free evaporation that leaves always
cause.
They "Waited" ard "Saw.”
Warren'a Comers, N V., April 2‘dh
—‘‘Walt ami see—you're better now,
of course, but the cure won't last.”
This was what the doctors salil to
Mr. A. B. Smith of this place. These
doctors had been treating him for
years and he got no better. They
thought that nothing could peruia
nently cure him. lie aa.va:
"My kidneys seemed to be so large
that there wasn't room for them, and
at times it seemed as If ten thousand
needles were running through them.
I could not sleep on my left side for
years, the pain was so great in that
position. I had to get up many tiroes
to urinate, and my urine was some-
times clear and white as spring
water, and again it would be high-
colored and would stain my linen
The pain across my hack was awful.
1 was ravenously hungry all the
time.
"After I had taken Dodd's Kidney
Pills for four days my kidneys pained
me so bad I could hardly sit down
On the morning of the fifth day 1 felt
some better, and the improvement
continued until I was completely
cured.
"This is months ago, and as 1 have
had no symptom of a return of my
old trouble 1 am sure I am perma
nently cured.”
Some people have no more Use for u
tramp than a tramp has for a bath
robe. _
You never hear any one complain
about •‘Defiance Starch." There is
none to equal it in quality and quan-
tity, Id ounces, to cents. Try it now
and save your money.
Kven the burglar sometimes breaks
Into society.
ARF TOTR CI.OTIIKS FAI>RV>T
Gse H«i Cross Ball Blue an 1 mal-e them
white again. Large J oz. Dockage. 5 cents.
Power of Niagara Falla.
At Niagara Falls 35,000 horsepower
Is used in twenty different electrical
processes for producing metals and
chemieaU.
Time to Destroy Caterpillars.
The late fall and winter months
offer the best opportunity for fight-
ing the tent caterpillar. The eggs
then form masses on the twigs that
can be easily detected and scraped
off. Every nest destroyed means
about 200 less caterpillais to prey
upon the trees next summer.
California Prunes.
The first prune tree was planted in
California in 1870 by a Frenchman,
who brought the tree to this country
from France. The first orchard—of
ten acres—began to yield In 1875. In
1901 tho state produced 150,000,000
pounds of prunes and the total efop
tf 1902 will he considerably larger.
The center of the industry is the San-
ta Clara valley, which contains 3,507,-
140 bearing trees.
Cures Drunkenness.
A traveler has made the observation
that coffee-drinking people are very
seldom given to drunkenness. In Bra-
zil, for Instance, where coffee Is grown
extensively, and all the inhabitants
drink it many times a day, intoxica-
tion is rarely seen. The foreigwer
who settles there, though possessed
of ever such a passion for strong
drink, gradually loses his liking for
alcohol as he acquires the coffee
drinking habit of the Brazilian.
BUILT OVER.
Food That Rebuilt a Man's Body and
Built It Right.
By food alone, with a knowledge of
what food to use, disease ran be
warded off and health maintained,
also many even chronic diseases can
be cured. It is manifestly best and
safest to depend upon food to cure
rather than too much drugging.
A case in point will illustrate. A
well known man of Reading, Pa..
Treas. of a certain club there, says:
“I have never written a testimonial
letter, but I have been using Grape-
Nuts about a year and have recovered
my health, and feel that I would like
to write you about it for the case Is
extraordinary.
“For five years I was a sufferer
from a dreadful condition of the bow-
els; the trouble was most obscure.”
Here follows a detailed description
and the condition certainly was dis
tresslng enough (details can be given
by mail).
"Nothing in the way of treatment
of drugs benefited me in the least
and an operation was seriously con-
sidered. In May, 1901, I commenced
using Grape-Nuts as a food and with
no idea that it would in any way help
my condition. In two or three weeks'
time I noticed an improvement and
there was a steady gain from that
time on until now I am practically
well. I don't know how to explain'
the healing value of the food but for
some reason, although it has taken
nearly a year, 1 have recovered my
health and the change is entirely at
tributable to Grape-Nuts food, for 1
long ago quit medicine. I eat only
Grape Nuts for breakfast and lunch-
eon. but at my night dinner I have
an assorted meal.” Name furnished
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
KEVER SAW SUCH LARGE YIELOo.
Th* Climate Is Healthy—Th* Wmtc-s
kr* Pleasant ia Aestern Canada
Writing front Stirling Alberta. In
one of tbe agents representing the
Canadian Government tree homestead
lands. Mr. M. Pickrell, formerly of
Beecbsood, K> says of Western Can-
ada:
In tbe first place we will say that
the summer season is just lovely In-
deed As to the winter, well, we never
experienced finer weather than we ale
now enjoying. We have just returned
from Northern Alberta, and will sa>
that we found the weather to be very
mild, the air dry. fresh and invigoiat-
lng Console ing everything we cau
say that the winters here are most
pleasant, healthy and i.ijoyable u>
what they are in the States. Here It
gets cold aud continues so till spring
—there are no disagreeable winds. Iu
goiith Alhyrta It Is sonic warmer - two
to tour inches of snow may fall aud
in a few hours A Cfciroos wind comes
nlong.s evaporating It - • ire snow
leaving terra flrn.a p .lc Gy dry, in
fact, we did not beli. v e this part until
we came aud saw lor om> Ives and
we now know what wc l.io-in write
to lie Just as we write it. There has
not been a day this w "ter that I could
not work out doors. Farmers here are
calculating on start..ig the plow tho
first of March.
‘ As to farm wages, we would not
advise a man to come here with the
expectation of living by bis day's
work, hut all w ho do want a home I
advise to have nerve enough to get up
and come, for there never has been,
and may never be again, such a grand
opportunity for a tuau to get a homo
almost free.
“As to the crops, I have been in the
fields before harvest, saw the grass
put up and tbe grain harvested, am! I
never saw such large yields. I saw-
oats near Edmonton over six feet tall
tnat yielded 8u bushels per acre, and I
talked to a farmer tear Ft. Albert who
had a field year before last that aver
aged 110 bushels per acre and weighed
43 pounds to the bushel. All other
crops would run in proportion— as to
potatoes and vegetables, the turnout
was enormous. 1 have such reports
as the above from all sections that I
have visited, and that has been every
community between the Edmonton dis
trict and Raymond, In the Lethbridge
district.
As to stock raising. I would ad-
vise a man to locate In this place, or
any (dace, in South Alberta, but for
mixed farming I would say go up
farther north, say near 1-acomhe. We-
taskiwln or Edmonton, where it is not
quite so dry and vhere there is some
timber to be had. 1 will say that me
where have I ever seen a better oppor-
tunity for a man, whether he has
money or not. to obtain a home. No-
where ran be found a more productive
soil, better water and a better gov-
erned country than Western Canada
affords. Inducements to the honu
seeker are unexcelled. I met two men
near Honoka on the C. & E. R. R.,
who borrowed the money to pay for
their homestead, and in four year
those two men sold their farms—one
for 12,50(1, the other for $3,000. I met
a man near Wetaskiwtn who landed
here with 25 cents six years ago. He
U now worth $8,100. The advantages
for ranching are excellent. In fact, 1
do not believe this section rail he
heal. Markets are good; as to living,
a family ran live as cheap here as
they can In the States. The uverago
yield of oats in this neighborhood last
year was 70 bushels per acre; wheat
averaged 35,* barley 40, and the beet
crop was good. In consequence or
the successful cultivation of the beet
a large beet sugar factory is being
erected at Raymond, ^even miles from
here.
Tn conclusion I will say that N. W.
T. from Manitoba to a long distance
north of Edmonton produces most won-
derful crops. Takes and rivers abound
with fish, and game is plentiful. And
that this is unquestionably the coun-
try for a man to come to if he desires
to better his condition In life. ] would
advise the prospective settler to look
over the Lethbridge, iAcombc, Wetas-
kiwin and Edmonton districts before
locating.
"1 will locate in the Edmonton dis-
trict next fall and several families
from the States will lorate with me.
In the meantime I will receive my
mail here and will be pleased to give
the interested all the information de-
sired.”
For information as to railway rates,
etc., apply to any agent of the Cana
dian Government, whose name appears
elsewhere In this paper.
Boldness of Ki,e Hawks.
Kite hawks have become so bold
about the garrison In Burma that
they swoop down on the mess tables
aryl seize food from the soldiers’
plates.
New Process Means Great Saving.
A new process for extracting oil
from olives by a eentrifugal machine,
such as Is used in sugar refineries,
will effect an enormous saving to the
olive growers of California.
Visitors to Spain Must Register.
The Spanish Government has re-
vived the regulation requiring all for-
eigners resident in or visiting Spain
to register their names at their con
sulates.
House Fly a Rapid Traveler.
The house fly is very rapid in High!
Its wings making 800 beats a second!
In which time it goes twenty-five feet
When alarmed the rate is Increased t„
that of fifty feet a second.
New Trouble for Venice.
Venice has a new source of anxiety
It has happened repeatedly of late that
when the tide went out it left all tho
canals empty; and as there are no
horses, all traffic was suspended foe
hours.
For Experimentation.
Two tables for experimentation
have been taken by the Carnegie In-
stitute in the celebrated laboratory
of Dr. Dohrn't at Naples, and one in r.
station which is to be esetabllshed
In the Bermudas.
Women Now Follow Trades.
"Women have invaded many lines of
employment hitherto thought exclu-
fively masculine. There are shown in
the last census report 126 women
plumbers. 45 plasterers. 167 bricklay-
ers aud stonemasons, 241 paperhang-
ers. 1.759 painters, and 545 carpenters.
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