The Claremore Courier. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1899 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CLAREMORE CODRIER.
BY EDMUJJBSON & BESSEY.
CLAREMQRE. - - IN'III AX TERRITORY
OCT OBER— \ 899. *
AUOrLIlI IMMIAljI
Military Activity Continues at All
Points in the Transvaal.
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
CJcn. Miles' Wa.hlngtor, Home.
The new residence of Gen. Miles in
Washington was presented to him bv a
number of his wealthy admirers, who
had between them subscribed 835,000
toward it. lien. Schofield is the only
commander of the army since the war
of the rebellion who has not received a
similar honor.
A »w Co-operative Colony,
home members of the co-operative
colony at UuMcin. Tenn.. have just
founded a new common wealth at Duke
•a. One hundred and twenty persons
o,e< lhe new colony, which
will be conducted on similar lines to
the lennessee experiment, all property
. n.P hol<l >n common and members re- I
ceivintr pay for their labor in goods. ■
Knclan.l i. <;reate»t Heuuty.
Miss Muriel Wilson, known as the
most beautiful woman in Eugland, will |
tour the United States with an opera
company. She was at one time en-
pa^ed to be married to the yonn.r duke
of Mar boroiur,,. who eventually mar- i
fled Miss Vanderbilt. .Miss Wilson
broke tlie en^apetnent because she j
came to the conclusion that her for-
tune was not large enough to pay the
youiifr duke’s debts. 1 ‘ {
„,. T,,e °riKbial « apltol Hulldl,,*. j
lhc original capitol building in
Washington, for which George Wash-
ington laid the cornerstone in lTu:;
was completed in Is-7. Its cost, i„-
clliding grading of the grounds, alter-
r*T.airs- l,P to lv-7' "as
#‘-.403.844. 1., 1 lie cost to date, includ-
ing-th.- magnificent north and south
wings of white marble, is not given in
the congressional directory. from
which the above figures are taken.
Ilow II), Wan Cured.
C incinnati man recently advertised
his desire to sell a valuable secret for
50 cents. IK- stated that he would tell
how he was cured of drinking, smok-
ing, swearing, staying out at night,
going to the races, gambling and bow
he gained 20 pounds in weight in two
years. Several persons sent his 50
cents each and here is the secret they
received; ".lust cured of all the bad
habits named by an enforced residence
for two years in the Ohio state prison.”
1)1,1 N,,r Hunt for Titles.
I be late to,melius Vanderbilt re
partied his wealth as a trust, and la
i>OI'V-1 ‘‘v,,n than most men. ao
conitng to bis conscience, to ..... jt
ar;g 111. II.- was benevolent and reli-
P'OUs. He did not bunt for titles for
bis daughters. M,. studiml polities.!
tliat be m.gnt put his brains into bis I
bndoo and always Voted. Uls em-
ployes respected him, us did his
moneyed peers, and the'public gener-
ally looked upon him as a worthy mar
She Fell gun I eet »nd Is N„t ||llrf,
Miss Leon lines, daughter of l)r. .1
Lnos, of .Jerseyvi!le. III., had a mar
velous escape from death reeentlv. fall
mg 200 feet down the blurts near Xu-
pents cottages, a few miles above Al-
len A gust of wind blew oil’ her hat
and in attempting to recover it she
plunged headlong down toward the
railroad tracks. feet be!„w. A pro-
•■nnV'",' Vl,lt‘ 'Si,V,‘,i h,'r a dron of
-l»0 feet. Sue clung to it until a man
was let down by a rope, when she was |
drawn up.
M.rtl.l law ,o Hr Proclaim.,! Tne.day or
Wr.lnr.clsy - Uorr. Ma..l,i, Near
the Frontier And About to
At tuck Dundee.
London, but. O^Ty.-From nearly
all points in the Transvaal, Natal
and tape Colony come reports of
continued military activity on the
froutters and. while the movement of
individual commands as yet do not
show concocted plans, it is evident that
the narrow strip of Natal, whose apex
Mrre?.rhthe ominoMS name of
ju u hill, will he the center of the
coming storm. The Boers have estab-
lished a camp at Scheeper’s Nek, near
' ryheid, and they will mobilize a
great force on tlie buffalo river to-day,
a Inch the authorities at Dundee ex-
pect will move across the border to
that spot, probably at once. It is be-
icved that a conflict at this point will
certainly occur early in the week. At
ic same time the Doers are collecting
i force of *-*,000 men under Comraand-
inttronje i„ the Mul.nani gold fields,
a ear Maft* Icing*.
Dispatches from Tull, Rhodesia, an-
nounce that another force of burghers
is massed at Dieter-burg, 50 miles
n’ , i “"‘VC11 l,,,tl>'inP parties are
posted at all the drifts along the Lim-
Kri The °penly threaten
to raid \ ryburg, in Dritish Dechuana-
and_ as soon as hostilities open and
| the Kimberley Advertiser complains of
- the apathy of the Cape ministry in not
taking steps to prevent this.
I Hie Dritish camp in the vicinity of
Dundee consists of 5.000 men with 24
guns in strong position. The Orange
1-ree State is actively commandeering.
Jhe 1 ransvaal government has vir-
tually taken over the Netherlands rail-
way for military purposes and Natal
trains are being turned back. Tele-
; graph wires between Natal and Johan-
nesburg have been cut since Friday.
Ul'Ii.llIKIiS READY FOR TIIE FIELD.
Johannesburg, Oct. 2. — The com-
mandeering orders are completed and
tlie burghers are ready for the field,
business has virtually ceased. The mer-
chants have finished barricading their
premises, an d the proprietors of tlie
_ linking- saloons expect to receive
otific.ition to close their establish-
ments. Three trains filled with armed
burghers for the Natal border were
yesterday-evening reported as unable
° Lraal fontein. owing to a block
?! the line, which has disorganized the
" nole train service.
I be Fnilie*.ling Kugln.er Officer Oete Five
leer.’ Imprisonment end I. Fined
*3,000—Sentence Approved.
Washington, CKtT~2.-Capt. Carter,
the embezzling engineer officer, is sen-
tenced to five years’ imprisonment and
t” pay a fine of $5,000. The sentence
was approved by the president. Capt.
arter is now at Governor’s island and
under arrest and the sentence will be-
gin immediately. Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., is designated as the place of his
confinement.
fupt. Oberlln M. Carter Is a native of Ohto
armv'Vnr<>uCer °f ,he f'n<dneer corps of the
w. ru'in . J he in cha no of the
the s.|.rfCliOD wlth thc Improvement of
Savannah river and adjacent waters in
o.3r,a “nd, FLorld"- D>" ing this time he ex-
pi nip <1 nearly >. .Umi.OUO, S3.5wi.0ixi of which was
on the Savannah river at<,ne. Instead of scek-
lii). competition m having the work done he
strenuously avoided It and managed so that
with only a si agio exception every one of the
™\r,T *aS “WUrdt“1 l° ,he AtlanUc Con!
; ' ? ‘I’mpany, i„ which, the testimony
showed, he was an Interested party, holding
one-fourth or the stock of the company and
VVhen r' rUltn« to th,lt e*»ent in me work
nf th m irW““ appointed military attache
tht American embassy at London he was
succeeded by Capt. Gillette, who soon ,.l!cov!
* red that Curter was guilty of forgery and em-
bezzlement. and Investigation showed that he
was short nearly * .uo.i.ihki. He was duly tried
,\ court-martial and convicted. Eminent legal
; .on iso was employed in his defense and an ap-
| pe:il taken to the president with the above re-
AMERICAN PRISONERS.
Fourteen United State, Sol,Her. Delivered
I I* by the Filipino, Tribal Discord
Growing Among the Tagals.
Manila, Oct. 3.-Fourteen Ameri-
■ can prisoners, all enlisted soldiers, have
I been delivered up by the Filipinos.
It is reported front Iloilo that the
| JagaIs have arrested Virain, a general,
qC,ha,r>-7n/ hl“ with being a traitor.
It ibal discord, it is added, is growing,
j Many of the rebel soldiers have revolt-
| ed, many European prisoners escaping
in the meanwhile. ”
An escaped Spanish prisoner, who
I ,'as, eatcrt‘lll,the American lines, says
tliat Gen. Mascardo, with 300 insur-
gents, began a retreat out of Porac
yesterday as soon as the place was at-
tacked. He removed to Calumpit, a
mountain stronghold to the westward
j where 1,500 other insurgents were
i nassed, and where tlie rebels have
. powder works.
Four prisoners from the captured
American gunboat Urdaneta were in
i ,, rnc ail<1 "er‘-* faken to Calumpit by
• lie retreating enemy. Thc five other
i iien of the crew were killed.
A communication dated the 13th from
oen. Garcia, commanding all insurgent
troops iu eastern Mindanao, expresses
a desire to turn the country over to the
- niteii States authorities and surren-
der insurgent arms.
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
WOMEN
AVOID
OPERATIONS
soul operation “strikes terror
through neglect alW*yS these operations become necessary
* ”r.T »-"-f--°rto°freq“e°t <—•
Stop taking chances. It will cost
you nothing for advice if you write
to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn. Mass.,
for it, and if you let the trouble
run along it will surely cost you a
great deal of pain and may mean
an operation. ______
M)ss Sarah J. Gkuham. Sh.ridanville, Fa.. write: ..Dear
.Mr,S’ p,n'kham:—I had suffered for sev-
>eral years with female troubles and
doctored until I was discouraged. I felt
wretched and tired of living. I had dis-
ease of kidneys, bladder trouble,
dropsy and bloating, had womb
trouble and a large tumor had
formed; in fact all my organs,
were out of fix,
“Seeingawoman’s letter prais-
mg your remedies, I wrote to
her and she begged of me to try
it, telling me all that it had done
for her. I bought six bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and now cannot ex-
IpT press my gratitude to you. The
tumor began to come away in
pieces and I got better all the^
time. I believe now that I am
entirely cured.
••My doctors could not believe
it at first, as they all had told me
that my case was a hopeless one,
and no human power could do m©:
any good. They were astounded.
If I can say anything that can.
help other women, I shall be
glad to.”
It is not safe to wait until the
i ~— last moment. Head off tronhle
Pinkham’s advice.110” ^ *** ^ ‘ be satisfied without Mrs
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MAMMOTH
yime M“k)-s Furious UlntiigPM.
As lien. Washington crossed to New
York to assume the presidency .if the
United States a salute was fired le, the
Spanish man-of-war. Galveston.' As
Washington entered New York eitv at
the close of the revolution, the Dritish
troops were evacuating the place. Ad-
miral Dewey, lying at anchor in the
lower harbor, received his first friend-
ly visit from .Sir Thomas Lipton, u
T-SU, J!Ct- 1 lle relative positions
of the Lnited States. Great Dritain and
Spain have considerably changed in
something over a century.
Rnmnrkuhle l'olltl.-ul Career
The late Horatio Seymour, to'whose
memory a monument was unveiled at
Utica, N. recently, had one of the
most remarkable political careers in
the country’s history. At 23 he was mili-
tary secretary to Gov. Marcv, of New
York, and he was five times a can-
didate for governor. Twice he was
elected. He was defeated three times
once by a plurality of only 303 votes.’
In 1868 lie carried New York state for
the presidency against Gen. Grant. He
declined a first-class diplomatic post
abroad and a nomination as United
States senator.
martial law to he i-koflaimfij
Pretoria. Oct. 3.-\Vhile yesterday
found 1 retoria more quiet, as tlie re-
sult of Saturday’s exodus, detachment,
of burghers are still moving toward
, \ o ksrust the nearest station to the
Natal border It is reported that mar-
, a" be l)nH,1;‘i»ied Tuesday or
>\ eilnesdav. Already all civil proce-
dures have been stopped until further
orders and another proclamation post-
pones the sittings of the circuit court.
J he sentiment of the D ,er.s was signifi-
cantly manifested as the train can-yin -
th.e I retoria contingent to the from
departed yesterday. Members of the
volksraad. win, were looking on, ex-
el.limed, “that lsoiit ultimatum.”
DOERS MASS,N(1 v EAR TUI; FRONTIER
-Mafekmg, Get. 3.-Great uneasiness 1
exists here over the massing „f the
Doers near the frontier. At a largely
attended meeting yesterday ,M. Kioslc
R f<,r;n.er 11Ili*.Vor. and other speakers’,
complained that the imperial authorh
ties were neglecting to provide proper
protection for the inhabitants, as this
I is much more exposed than the
N.-itai border. The Doers, backed with
artillery, could invade the town in a
arid r If>UI S \'a"V w‘*,n‘,n* ‘ Lildr.-n
*‘nd 1 efugi-i-s, the speakers pointed out
dangen"'’ 1>'aC'"‘i '>* f-’reat
DOERS AKIIl'T To ATTACK I>I M,RE.
Dundee, Natal, Get. ■* ()
sand Doers are now eoneen t rated “hi
close proximity to the frontier and it
is reported that they m-e about to at-
tack Dundee. rile most complete pre-
eaut"uis have been taken. Charlea-
fowti is deserted. All the women and
children have left and not more than
ten men are now there. A locomotive
rs ready to bring away the railway
I Harris Thinks There Will He K„rly
Action Taken I>y Coiigr«*sn on
the Matter.
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Washington, Oct. 3.—Senator Har-
i ris‘ of Kansas, who is in Washington
; says he thinks there will be early ac-
j tion by congress on the Philippine
question. He believes that there will
| 7 r S-l'0nj'r disP°s'tion to give the
hilippines a free g-overnment, with
Ctlrt.aln ^'on,r,,l their international
a flairs by this government, consistent
with the responsibility we incur in
their behalf, and with the retention by
the mtod States of perhaps a great
nava station and a port and city,
which shall he a great emporium
° . nerit>,’in tradc* and ooiniru?rce in the
orient. He believes that under the
surface tins is wh u the great mass of
the American people want, and that
they do not want the Filipinos as
either American citizens or colonial
subjects of this government. He he- i
, lieves that the thinking American who I
| wants expansion means by that expan-
sion of trade, not empire.
Dewey. Men »„ l„ Wa,hlnKton. j
Washington. Get. 3.-*.ie navy de-
part ment has arranged to have 350 of I
the Olympia’s men take a special train I
for Washington on the Pennsylvania
roan at Jersey City at 9:15 next Mon-
i .i.\ ing-lit. 1 hey will come in tourist
sleepers, which will be their headquar-
ter., while they are in Washington, and
" >11 leave the Tuesday following for
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FOR A PAIR OF ELE-
CANT LACE CURTAINS.
Constantly haunting:
'th© markets of Europe
and America with
I ready cash to buy with
brings us bargains
only possible with
houses of the tersest
capacity. To our pat*
rons this often means
two dollars’ value for
one dollar in money.
Th?'v'-iVel,Aen<1?'V of n",y household.
n,ro American n« t in a beautiful
an rx:lrt repnviuetion
of real Irish point, which, when hune
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Our jirleo per pair
98c.
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above- Our°monUi,^grocery SSSTSTU*
MlnneapolU Warel.ou.e. Ilurord.
^Minneapolis. Minn., Get. 3_Tho
Sashe«W?nh°USe °f the Minneapolis
Sash and Door company burned yester-
dav, entailing a loss to the firm of «so
000. The adjoining warehouse oAh^
\ oodward-Hohncs company, manufac-
t u.i rs of wooden and excelsior gutters,
also burned, causing a loss of 812.000.
Three adjacent dwellings and a store
were also destroyed.
W. J. Bryan's Itinerary.
Lincoln. Neb,, Oct. 3.—Col. \V. J
Drvan completed his Nebraska speech-
making at Fairbury Saturday night
and left yesterday for Dallas! Tex 1
cWraticeheirilLtake Part iD the de®o'
tratic rally beginning to-day. After
making a number of speeches in Texas
Mr. Dryan will go to Kentucky for an
£3?taS5 “d
, Heed 'd Mr. Strauss’ Protest.
| Constantinople, Get. 2.—The cus-
' no,? °m,cials havinSr refused to pass 80.-
000 sacks of American Hour arriving
directly from the United States on
the ground that thc flour was unwhole-
some, the United States minister, Oscar
. . Strauss, energetically protested at
the palace and obtained an irade or-
dering the admission of the flour.
TVill I.evy on the Cattle.
Austin Tex., Oct. 3.-The attorney
general has filed three suits to recover
possession of land that had been fenced
„UP cattlemen. Altogether about
nnoli , r*re ,D vo1 ^ each case
appheauon for sequestration was made,
Mordis granted the same,
son rl,?) ?’ °n aU cattle on the land
sougfot to be recovered.
Fifty-Five Million, on Deposit.
Topeka Kan.. Oct. 3.-The people
of Kansas have on deposit iu the banks
Dam ?■ 6 S5‘’00,J'0;)0' Reports to
K6 000 0^”'8S?ner J5re'(lenthal show
8-0.000,00° ,n state and private banks
!hl*'t ? est> mated that 839,000,000 is
deposited in national banks. This is
an increase in deposits in two years of
over 830,000,000, y aFS OT
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