The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF IM FORT ANT
HAPPENINGS
A General Resume of What is Going
on in American and Other Coun-
tries—For the Busy
Reader
WASHINGTON
Rear Admiral JamuJ McQueen For-
sythe, l'nil"d States navy, retired,
was stricken with paralysis at his
homo in Shamokln, Pa., and grave j
fears are entertained fur his recov- j
ery, his entire left aide being affoct-
vd. I
President Roosevelt has announced
he will not interfere in the Uompers-
Mitehvll-Morrison contempt case un-
til aft-ar the appeal to the United
States supreme court ha3 been de-
cided.
The war department has cabled
Governor Magoon authority to call
the new Cuban congress together for
organization at any time prior to Jan-
uary 2S. It is stated that the con-
gress will probably be assembled
soon after New Year's day.
According to the latest advices
to tthe Isthmian canal commission,
there lias been 21 deaths so far as the
result of the premature explosion of
dynamite at San Obispo, December 12.
Forty-nine was the number originally
wound'. d. The removal of debris may
disclose other victnis.
Because tlra national debt is fast
increasing, federal buildings will be
delayed. The treasurer is not In a
humor to pay out money with a $60,-
000,000 shortage staring him in the
face.
First Lieutenant William J. O'Laugh-
lin, Thirteenth United States infan-
try at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., was
recently convicted by co urt martial
on a charge or making false reports
as to certain military duties and was
sentenced to be dismissed. The pres-
ident has commuted the sentence
to six months' confinement to post
limits and a fine of JjO a month for
the same period.
Twelve months in jail for Samuel
Oompers, president; nine months for
John Mitchell, one of the vice-presi-
dents, and six months for Frank Mor-
rison, secretary of the American Fed-
eration of Labor, were the sentences
Imposed by Justice Wright of the su-
preme court of the District of Col-
umbia, for contempt of court in the
Buck stove case.
DOMESTIC
H. B. Elliott, assistant cashier of
the First .iational bank at Eufaula,
Okla., confessed to taking the money
recently missed, thereby clearing up
the mystery of the robbery announc-
ed several days ago.
At S.in Francisco Wan? Chang, the
Corean, who shot Durham White
Stevens, the American diplomat and
advisor to the Corean emperor
on March o, of this year, re-
sulting in Steven's death two days
later, was found guilty of murder in
the second degree by a jury in Judge
Carroll Cook's department of the su-
preme court.
Physicians at St. Luke's hospital in
Spokane, Wash., have just succeeded
In checking an attack of hiccough.;
which has raked Daniel Mclnnis of
Wallace, Idaho, continuously since the
morning of December o.
William J. Bryan was chief among
nearly two score of men who sent
messages expresive of their coidial
sympathy to President Gompers, Vice-
President Mitchell and Secretary Mor-
rison, of the American Federation of
Labor, recently sentenced to jail for
contempt of court.
With a total vote of approximately
100 more than cast for its three com-
petitors, Fairview has been declared
the permanent county seat of Major
county. Okla., and must so remain for
at least ten years according to the
law. The vote was as follows: Fair-
view, 1,728; Vera, 462 Orienta, 419
•v Ringwood, 287.
A million and a half men, women
and children throughout the country,
Including 125,000 In Greater Now
York City alone, were supplied with
dinners, and upwards of 4,000 desti-
tute children were given toys suited
to their ages, on Christmas day, from
I ho proceeds of this year's Salvation
Army "kettle" contrlDiitlons.
Tom Longboat, the Indian runner,
winner of the Marathon race, was mar-
ried In Toronto, Canada, to a Mohawk
Indian girl.
Instructions to R. W. Dick, su-
perintendent of the Oklahoma pen-
Herniary, to Immediately prepare
quarters for all the Oklahoma pris-
oners at Lansing were given In a
resolution adopted by the prison board
of control at a meeting held recently
la Guthrlne Oklahoma.
The betrothal is announced at I)ay
reuth, of Eva. daughter of Ulchari
Wagr.>r, to H. S. Chamberlain, an
English author, who has writen con-
siderably about Wagner's work.
Fire damaged the Laywood hospital
at Sedalia, Mo., to tne extent of Jir>,-
000. All of the patients wre re-
moved in safety to neighborhood
residences.
The recent republican state cam-
paign in Kansas cost $19,359. accord-
ing to the financial statement just
made public by Chai.-man Dootey.
Bank Commissioner Smock has is-
sued authority to do business to the
First Bank of Mannsville, Okla., cap-
ital $15,000.
Auto-intoxication, one of the rarest
disease's know n to the medical profes-
sion, was treated by Dr. Sanimis, of
St. John's hospital. New York, in tlrs
case of Frank Sheridan, 12 years old.
The boy ate food containing sugar,
which did not digest. The sugar ly-
ing in his stomach fermented and al-
cohol was freed.
Alleging that a conspiracy existed
between P. H. Weathers, the archi-
tect, . M. Fielding and the Manhattan
Construction company, builders of the
convention hall. Guthrie citizens have
instituted suit to have declared void
city bonds to the amount of $10,000
to build the hall. Fraud is alleged
covering betw< mi $30,000 to $.>2,000.
The Goldfield, (New) consolidated
mill with a capacity of 600 tons per
day, has started with a full force.
Every piece of machinery is in com-
mission. The new Florence mill was
tried out and found to be in perfect
running order.
The review of the dividends of cot-
ton manufacturing corporations for
the year shows an average dividend
of $6.99 for the year, says a Fall
River, Mass., dispatch. The total
payments were $1,741,135 on a capi-
tal stock of $27,125,000.
Fire, which started in the Stanton
grocery store at Mulberry. Kans., de-
stroyed an entire block in the busi-
ness district. Loss $25,000.
C. J. (Buffalo) Jones, who for years
was a familiar figure in Yellowstone
Park as a game warden, is in Chicago
demonstrating the quality of buffalo
meat. He brought to the city 4.000
pounds of the meat
A Lake Shore passenger train on
the branch between Jackson, Mich.,
and Fort Wayne, Ind., was wrecked
near Pleasant Lake, In. Sixteen per-
sons were injured, five seriously. The
wreck is attributed to a broken flange.
Governor Haskell, at the request of
Governor Hoch, of Kansas, has ap-
pointed a committee of five to repre-
sent Oklahoma in the investigation of
the Kansas penitentiary. The com-
mittee consists of P. J. Connors, P.
J Goulding. Enid, .T F. King, Newkirk,
Geo. E. Cullen, Savanah, and W. H.
Murray, Tishomingo.
Governor Hoch, cf Kansas, has ap-
pointed a committee to investigate
the state penitentiary at Lansing.
This follows the charges recently
made by Kate Barnard, commissioner
of charities for Oklahoma.
John Collins, the Kansas university
student who was sentenced to life
imprisonment for the murder of his
father in May, 1S98, in Topeka, Kas..
has been pardoned by Governor Hoch
and released Christmas day.
Thomas F. Ryan of New York, has
announced that yielding to the ad-
vice of his physicians he had resign-
ed from the directorate of 331 cor
poratlons. The only enterprise in
the management of which the noted
financier retains a hand are the Mor-
ton Trust company, the National
Bank of Commerce, and the Ameri
can Tobacco company.
Declaring that the Standard Oil
company of Indiana, the Republic Oil
company of Ohio and the NV aters-
Pierce Oil company of Missouri had
conspired and combined to monopolize
the oil business in Missouri, the su-
preme court of Missouri Issued a de-
cree ousting all three from the com-
monwealth, and fining them $50,000
each.
The trial of Beach Hargls, aged 23,
charged with the murder last Feb-
ruary, at Jackson, Ky., of his fathor,
Judge James Hargia, Is now on a!
Irvine, Ky.
FROM THE
HOUSEKEEPER'S
NOTEBOOK
lotfenlous Arrangement* lor
Small Apartments.
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
FOREIGN
President Castro Is seeking pei..o
between France and Venezuela, and
to bring about a renewal of rela-
tions.
It Is stated that Castro, president
of Venezuela, Is now practically an
exile, and that he dar* not return to
Venezuela. The Bank of Venezuela
has cancelled the unlimited letter of
credit Issued to him. He Is openly
charged with conspiracy to compass
th«> death by assassination of Gomez,
left In charge by him when he de-
parted for Germany.
THOUGHTS FOR WOMEN.
If we never show our kind feeling,
what guarantee has our friend, or
even ourself, that it exists.
Ife Is made up to most of us of lit-
tle things, and many o friendship
wither* through sheer neglect.
Many persons live in small quarters
from choice. Others do so from ne-
cessity. The business woman chooses
them for every motion counts in
strength and the time required to do
her housework. In cold sections of
the country, they help solve the ques-
tion of heat, it Is a fact that com
pactness saves time, expense, and
many steps in the coursft of ft da>.
Though we may, sub rosa. long for the
spacious rooms and large houses con-
sidered necessary by our forefathers,
reason tells us that many and large
rooms make more work.
Many devices have been adopted to
aid the housekeeper who must live
in compact quarters. Among them is
a bed which pulls out of the wall and
can be pushed back when not in use.
Generally, it runs back into a closet,
the floor of which is raised to the
height of the bed. In this way it is
completely out of sight and takes no
room in the day time. Ventilation is
secured by openings which let in the
air in various places. People who have
tried this bed consider it practical and
sanitary. The clothes are placed in
a chest during the daytime and this
also serves as a seat.
Another labor-saving device is the
kitchenette. This Is a small room,
usually six feet by four feet, much re-
sembling a closet and built in the
apartment, where it is desired to go
without a kitchen and the sitting room
is used for a dining room. This kit-
chenette holds a small gas stove, usu-
ally two burners, a tiny sink, and a
small refrigerator. The walls behind
these are lined with shelves and clos-
ets to hold dishes. It Is remarkable
how much cooking can be done In
these small rooms. Some "cliff
dwellers" get their three meals
in them, and they are primarily
Intended for persons who wish to cook
their own breakfasts and luncheons
and go out for dinner. These kitchen-
ettes are usually found in apartments
consisting of two rooms and a bath.
Life in apartments simplifies house-
keeping in many of its forms. Stairs
do not have to be climbed, rooms are
few and conseqnent work lessened,
but the servant problem still remains
in some modified form and new prob
lems arise in place of the old. To
meet the demands of the modern ten-
ant all kinds of apartments are erect-
ed with aids like the kitchenette, some
practical and others not. So far as
known no such absurdity as a stove
which serves as a folding bed has been
invented, but many ingenious devices
have been placed upon the market,
among them a set. of springs which
can be placed over the bathtub at
night, and made to serve as a bed.
Some Inventions are not to be adopt-
ed for sanitary reasons, others are
worthy of consideration. Many of
these fixtures and appliances that re-
lieve housework of muo!l ?! its druag
ery have been patented, others are
not and can be tried anywhere.
It may surprise many to know that
some of the most novel inventions in
the way of reducing living space to a
minimum, and at the same time plan-
ning apartments so they are comfort-
able and in many cases luxurious,
come from California. 1 he latest fea-
tures in the best apartments are so j
novel and sensible that they deserve |
wide attention. A handsome new
apartment consists of parlor, living
room, kitchen, private hall, private
bath and storage closet. As space is
desirable, the parlor and living room
are made to serve a double and triple
purpose. The parlor is both parlor
and bedroom, and the living room is in
turn dining room, bedroom and sit-
ting room. So unique are the arrange-
ments that when used for one purpose
there is no Indication of their having
ever been put to another use. Waste
room in every form Is avoided, and
doors, mantels and other architectural
features are arranged so they can be
converted Into a double feature.
Off from tho living room and con-
nected with It by doors, which not
only separate the rooms but are useful
In other ways, Is a tiny kitchen. This
Is complete and arranged so that an am-
ple meal can be provided in a short
time. The sink has an attachment
whereby the holes In the drain can be
closed, thus making a pan which can
he used for dishwashing. Other pat.
ents simplify work In a similar man-
ner. Undoubtedly the most unliiue
features are the uses to which the
(ioorB are put. On the Inside of one
of the doors opening Into the kitchen,
a gas stove Is hung, on tho other side
Is suspended a dining table top, four
by si* feet in size. The small center
table in the sitting room Is wheeled
to this top, fastened to it by means of
clamps and returned to the middle of
the floor. This makes a dining table
for six persons. This convenience is
eclipsed by the wonders of the othet
door, for this swings on a central plv
ot so that the stove, with gas still
burning, can be turned into the dining
room and used as a hot buffet to warm
dishes during a meal. Thus the ac-
cusants of this unique apartment have
living room, kitchen and dining room
provided in a simple, up-to-date man-
ner, and few steps are required to
accomplish the work which Is reduced
to a minimum.
A pretty feature In these same flats
is a combination book case and writ-
ing desk. This is stationed to the
left of the mantel. To all appearances
this is the only object but it serves j
another purpose as well, for it Is also
a door which leads into the storage j
closet. This closet is arranged to hold
tli" bed clothes as well as wearing ap-
parel. The bed itself is in the day- |
time a handsome mantel. A spring at- |
tattled to the top shell' of this mantel
lets down the front to form a bed ,
when desired. This turning of the !
mantel into a bed is a sanitary ai- J
rangement for the back of the bed |
opens Jnto a well ventilated closet.
Clamps are fastened to the four cor-
ners of the bed to hold the clothes, j
When the bed is turned up in the
day time these clamps keep the clothes
suspended, and as there is a space of
an inch and a half between the various
rrtlcles the air can circulate freely
all day. Nor are these all the Aladdin
wonders, for the large cheval glass in
the parlor, like the mantel in the sit-
ting romm, serves a double purpose
and turns down to furnish a full size
bed with sanitary conditions like tha
other.
Here, then, are living room, parlor,
two sleeping rooms, kitchen, bath
room and reception hall, with practi-
cally nothing but two rooms to care
for. In some of the new apartments
where added room is needed, a Vene-
tian blind is suspended from the cell
lng so that it cuts the room In half.
This can be rolled up to the top of
the room In the daytime and at night
It forms a protection so that the room
is divided into two and thus gives op-
portunity for an extra couch. In oth-
er apartments screens are fitted on the
reverse side to hold extra clothing. A
new patent of this kind consists of a
screen with hooks on the back which
are concealed when hung with cloth-
ing, by canvas covered doors. Dress
boxes are utilized for seats in the day-
time and beds at night in other apart-
ments.
Many of these plans to minimize
space and economize labor are worthy
of consideration. Space in the kitchen
can always be saved by using a kitch-
en cabinet arranged to hold cooking
and eating utensils. The best or these
cabinets are costly and an old book
case can be converted Into one at
small expense. The newest kitchen
table is made with the molding board
under the drawer which holds knives,
forks, spoons and enough dishes for
a meal. The board slips under and
can be pulled out when needed. Hooks
are placed at Intervals down the legs
of the table to hold pans and cooking
utensils that must be hung up. In one
small apartment where there was no
kitchen the housekeeper had a stand
made the right height for washing
dishes. A large hole in the top allowed
the dish pan to be inserted and a per-
forated piece of tin the exact size of
the bottom of the pan made a false
nun y.-fck'h prevented particles from
settling In the pan. The water in this
way was free enough ffO.m sediment
to throw down the bathroom escape
pipes. The cooking utensils were
hung on hooks around the legs of this
impromptu sink.
How much can be accomplished in
small quarters if the housekeeper has
Ingenuity and Is on the alert for new
ideas! One of the latest inventions
j for apartments of small space Is the
sectional chiffonier. It Is really a
drawer containing two boxes over
which another drawer the exact coun-
terpart fits. A detachable mirror rests
on top, and the whole is an attractive
and serviceable piece of furniture to
hold clothing or anything one desires.
When more seats are needed In the
room, the two sections can be taken
apart, the mirror placed out of the
way, and the top and bottom sections
make seats against the wall. In this
way there are seats for four guests
who never Imagine they are sitting on
what was once a chiffonier.
"Goodness, sonny, what s
trouble?"
"Nawthln". I Just wanted to see if
1 had forgotten how to cry—boo-hoo!"
INTOLERABLE ITCHING.
Fearful Eczema All Over Baby'a F«0«
—Professional Treatment Failed.
A Perfect Cure by Cuticura.
"When my little girl was six month*
old I noticed small red spots on her
right cheek. They grew so largo that
1 sent for tho doctor but, Instead of
helping the eruption, his ointment
seemed to make It worso. Then I
went to a second doctor who said It
was eczema. He also gave ine an oint-
ment which did not help either. The
disease spread all over the face nnd
the eyes began to swell. The Itching
grew intolerable and It was a terrible
sight to see. I consulted doctors for
months, but they wero unable to cure
the baby. 1 paid out from $20 to $30
without relief. One evening I began
to use the Cuticura Remedies. The
next morning the baby's face was all
white instead of red. I continued until
the eczema entirely disappeared. Mrs.
P. E. Gumbln. Sheldon, la., July 13,'08."
Poller Drug * Chi-m. Oorp., Sole I'rulin. UoMoa.
The Land of England.
Twelve thousand seven hundred and
ninety ono persons own four-fifths of
the soil of England, their aggregate
property, exclusive of that within the
metropolitan boundaries, being 40,180,-
775 acres. In point of fact, tho num-
ber of owners of four-fifths of the Eng-
lish land Is nearer 5.000 than 12,000.
Of these 500 are noblemen, and four
or five of these swallow up the reat.
—New York American.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,
nH mereury will surely destroy the sense of smell
*>d Completely derange the whole system when
entering It through the mucous nurfares. Hueb
n?tl,ll* should never he u*-d eirept on preserlp-
lions from reputable physicians.
Will tin H ten fol«l to the good you run |iohnu i> ae
rive from them. 11 nil s Catarrh Cure, manufactured
Ry j Cheney A Co . Toledo. (>.. contains no mer
ciirv and li taken Internally, act In* directly upor
the blood and mucous surfaces of the.J1
buying Hall s Catarrh Cure be sure you get th.
genuine It is taken Internally and made In lolodo
Ohio, by 1 J ("honey A Co.
Hold by Druggists. Price. .5e. per hottk.
Take flail's Family Pills for eonstlpatlon.
Woman Known as Sailors' Friend
Miss Josephine R. Upham has just
accepted the post of woman mission-
ary and organist In the new American
Seamen's Friend Society Institute in
West Btreet, New York city. She has
had 15 years' experience in the work
for seamen and comes direct from the
Sailors' Haven, Boston. She is known
personally to sailors from every part
of the world, who speak nnd look upon
her ns their friend. Her iufluence
with men with whom she comes In
contact Is very great.
Not the Right Course.
"Why don't you question the utility
of your wife's course?"
"Oh, that method wouldu't answer."
—Baltimore American.
Too Much for Mamma.
"What's the matter with your ey«.
Tommle?"
"The boy next door struck me,
mamma.
"What for, pray?"
"He said I struck him first.
"And did you?"
"No; honest, I didn't, mamma!
"Well, why didn't you?"
Not "Just as Good"—It's the Be3t
One box of Hunt's Cure is unfailing-
ly unqualifiedly, and absolutely guar-
anteed to cure any form of Skin Dis-
ease. It Is particularly active In
promptly relieving and permanently
curing all forms of itch known.
Eczema. Tetter, Ringworm, nnd all
similar troubles are relieved by one
application; cured by one box.
Reflected Glory.
"Say, what do you. think!" cried De
Ripper.
"Give us the answer," said young
Vafv. pippy
"I've M found out," cried De Hip-
per. "that ■" " *hw
as tho chap who kicked ittfi victory
[or Harvard, don't you know!"
Important to Mothers.
Kxamlne carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that It
Dears the
Signature of/ 9 |MJ r_ITf
In Use For Over ."IO Yeara.
Tiie Kind You Have Always Bought
We would willingly have other*
perfect, and yet we amend not our
own faults.—Thomas a Kempis.
I'II.KM crttKD IK 6 TO 1« l AV .
PAZO OINTMKNT l« «ii ranu*Ml t.i rufe an. rw
of Itching. Illlnd, lllotxllnn ..r I'rwnidlng I'll". In
0 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c.
The way to gain a good reputation
is to endeavor to be what you desire
to appear.—Socrates.
OONT "d'OII. YOl'H CI.OTHRS,
Use Red Croaa IUII Blue and keep them
white uk nnow. All grocera, 5c a package.
And It sometimes happens that a
man 1b married to his boss.
Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c. You
pay 10c fur cigars not so good. Your deal-
er or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111.
For what tho mind wishes, that Ik
also believes.—Hellodorus.
Trial ptofcage
Can Allen's Fool-K.sae
I'vmall red, aottlns, awi-atlns fwt. !«h\ I
trw. A. H. CMiukttHl.ljO Itor, M. t .
A singer doesn't welch bis word*
th* musical seal*.
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