Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Gimeter. Vol 5. STILL ANOTHER ENTERPRISE The Creek Citizen's Realty Bank and Trust Co. Will Soon Start Business. The Creek Citizens' Real'y Bank and Trust Co. is a new enterprise for Muskogee. All the stockholders, directors and officers of this institution are colored people. The capital stock of this institution is $50.000, $30.000 of which is paid in, and the location is one of the new brick houses on the east side of North Second street. This is perhaps the only institution of its kind in the United States—that is a concern that does a regular banking business, in which all the se interested are colored people. Articles of incorporation have been prepared, and the doors will be opened for business by the first of next month. The intention was to open sooner but owing to the floods, the furniture and fixings failed to arrive. The directors of the institution are as follows: A. G. W. Sango, P. R. Caesar, W. A. Rentie, George K. Davidson, S. E. McIntosh, Lincoln Oliver and David Dickson. The following will be the officers of the bank, having been elected by the board of directors: A. G. W. Sange, presidenr. P. R. Caesar, vice-president. George K. Davidson, secretary. W. A. Rentie, cashier andreasurer. There are many well to do colored people in Muskogee and surrounding country, and there is no doubt but w' at the Creek Citizens' Realty Bank and Trust Co., will do a good business. Phoenix. Freedman Sale Held Valid. An interesting and important case came to an abrupt conclusion yesterday in the office of the Indian Agent when Nanie Yokley, freedman, was informed that having sold her allotment she could not secure aid of the agency in regaining possession. The land in question had been sold and a warrantee deed given, and a non citizen in possession. The allottee filed a complaint and asked to have the alledged intruder removed under the provisions of the Creek treaty. When the case came up for trial yesterday, the party in possession claimed that the allottee having sold the land and the deed being on record the matter has passed out of the jurisdiction of the agent. On producing a certified copy of the deed, Mr. Bennett, chief clerk in charge of the department of intrufter conferring with the agent not the allottee that the agency would take no action in the matter, the sale having relieved the Government of further responsibility. The case is important, in as much as it established a precedent and goes to show that the department recognizes the sale of freedman land as bona fide, and will not interfere with the right of possession after the land has been deeded by the allottee. Cullings From Exchanges The movement of so many Negroes from all over, every part of the South, leaving idle many fields and plantations tell a story stronger than we can hope to get in any sort of periodical. The Negro loves the South, but the limited exercise of his rights, the continual reign of the sdirit of slavery has caused him to turn his back upon the South and to her will never return.—Item. Very little religiously moral strength need be expected from our churches and pulpits while the principal services is money-getting. Anyway, what will it profit us if we get all the money and lose the souls.—Item. Lawyer Cummings, a Negro attorney of Boston, has been selected to make one of the speeces at the National Republican Convention at Chicago, at which time President Theodore Roosevelt will be nominated as the republican candidate for president of the United States. Mr. Cummings is said to be one of the finest speakers in the United States. Notwithstanding the World's Fair in St. Louis is unpopular with the Negroes in that city a good many Negroes from other sections of the Common Wealth are pouring in to see what is whaP. The Negro who comes into the Territory with no higher motives than to rove around and commit assaults upon women is not only on the "down grade" but is preaching "another gospel" and ought to be dealt with in great haste. We will never buy your dry goods. A pretty octooon of New York has, it is claimed, "warmed up" to a rich manufacturer fer $750.000. That's money too. BOY'S ESSAY ON SOLOMON "King Solomon was a man who lived many years ago and in the country that he governed he was the whole push He was an awful wize man, and one day two women came to him, each one holding onto the leg of a baby, nearly pulling the poor thing into, each one claiming it. And King Solomon wasn't in a very good humor and said: 'Why couldn't the brat have been twins and saved all this bother.' And then he called for his sword and was going to cut the baby in two and give each woman a piece of it, when the one who was tee real mother of the baby said: 'Stop, Solomon, stay thy hand. Let old hog have it. If I can't have a whole baby I won't have none.' Then King Solomon told her to take the baby home and wash its face, for he knew it was hers and he told the other one to go to chase herself. king Solomon built Solomon's Temple and is the father of all the Masons. He had seven hundred wives and three hundred lady friends, and that is the reason there are so many Masons in the world. My papa says Solomon was a warm member and I think he was hot stuff myself. That's all I know about King Solomon." EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE ```markdown ``` North Main St., Muskogee Indian Territory CREEK GROCERY CO. DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES AND HIGH PATENT FLOUR. The Leading Colored Grocery Company in the City. We also buy and pay the highest prices for Country Produce. Located on West Snd St., South of the U. S. Post Office. OIL REFINERY WILL BE ERECTED Messrs Hatton and Hopkins of Buffalo Decide to Erect Refinery. An oil refinery for Muskogee is practically assured. It will be one of the largest and most valuable industry in the city, as contemplated by the Hatton-Hopkins company, of Buffalo, N. Y. Messrs. Hatton and Hopkins of Buffalo, have been here since yesterday morning looking over the local field and figuring on the prospects for a refinery. Late this morning they decided that they would construct one here and soon afterward obtained a ten da-s option on a twenty-five acre tract of land just north of the city limits. These gentlemen are oil men of many years experience and almost unlimited backing and the industry which they will give Muskogee will be one of the best possible things for the town, which we can not thank the Chamber of Commerce and C. N. Haskell too much for getting them interested in the Muskogee field. It has been supposed that the Standard Oil company would not construct its proposed large tanks here if a refinery was built. W. F. Gates, the Standard representative, is not in the city this afternoon, so that it is impossible to detail the action of his corporation in this matter. Number 36 Summer Excursion - Bulletin ST. LOUIS—Very low rates all season. COLORADO—Very low rates all sum- mer. Through sleeper service. CHICAGO—Very low rate all summer. GREAT LAKE RESORTS—Very low rates all summer. ATLANTIC CITY—One fare plus $2.00 round trip. July 9-10. INDIANAPOLIS—One fare plus $2.25 round trip. June 26-27. ST. JOE—One fare plus 2.00 round trip. June 28-30. CINCINATI—One fare plus 2.25 round trip. July 15-17. WEST BADEN AND FRENCH LICK SPRINGS --One fare plus $2.00 round trip. July July 25-29, LOUISVILLE--One rare plus $2.25 round trip. Rock Island System For full information call on your nearest ticket agent. J. S. McNALLY, D. P. A Oklahoma City. Builders of locomotive engines are steadily exceeding past achievements and constructing titans of the rail that excite the amazement of every beholder. At Schenectady a colossus has been turned out for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad which surpasses anything and everything seen before. The giant weighs 320,000 pounds, has six pairs of driving wheels and a boiler thirty-eight feet in length and seven feet in diameter. It is estimated that this locomotive will be 50 per cent more powerful than any other ever put together. John L.'s Advice to Boys John L. Sullivan, at his recent Boston benefit, said to two schoolboys who approached to shake his hand: "Boys, if you want to get on, do your work. Work is the only thing to make men happy and successful. "Don't be like the lad who worked so badly that when his father wrote to the boss of the concern asking where his son slept, the answer sent back was: "'Your son sleeps in the shop in the day time, but we don't know where he sleeps at night.'" Old Soldier's Story. Sonoma, Mich., June 13—That even in actual warfare disease is more terrible than bullets is the experience of Delos Hutchins of this place. Mr. Hutchins as a Union soldier saw three years of service under Butler Barke in the Louisiana swamps, and as a result got crippled with rheumatism so that his hands and feet got all twisted out of shape, and how he suffered only a rheumatic will ever know. For twenty-five years he was in misery, then one lucky day his druggist advised him to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. Of the result Mr. Hutchins says: "The first two boxes did not help me much, but I got two more, and before I got them used up I was a great deal better. I kept on taking them and now my pains are all gone and I feel better than I have in years. I know Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure rheumatism." Patience—What is a dress rehearsal? Patrice—Why, that is when the ballets have their clothes on.—Yonkers Statesman. Couldn't Guarantee Ownership "It is embarrassing sometimes to pursue a direct line of questioning," said President Elliot of Harvard, in telling about a recent visit to New York. He just had dined at a hotel in Fifth avenue, where the man who takes care of the hats at the dining room door is celebrated for his memory about the ownership of headgear. "How do you know that this is my hat?" the collegian asked as his silk tile was presented to him. "I don't know it, suh, said the doorman. "Then why do you give it to me?" insisted President Ellitt. "Because you gave it to me, suh," replied the darky. He got his quarter of a dollar.—New York Press. Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 50 cigar. Made by hand of ripe, thoroughly cured tobacco, which insures a rich, satisfying smoke. You pay 10c for cigars not so good. A correspondence school for teaching married men the art of sewing on buttons would fill a long felt want. Mrs. R. H. Plant, widow of the Macon banker who lately committed suicide, has refused to accept any portion of the $760,000 in life insurance payable to her husband's estate. Every cent will go to his creditors. This completes a heroic story of self-sacrifice. Plant, it is practically certain, killed himself for the benefit of his insured creditors, and now his life refuses even that part of the estate to which she is by law entitled. Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest and best or money refunded. 10 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. Muskogee Cimeter. Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Edited. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. NOTES OF THE NEW STATE The postoffice at Clare, Grant county, has been discontinued. Frank C. Cooper of Guthrie has been appointed a railway mail clerk. The salary of the postmaster at Salisaw has been increased from $1,200 to $1,400. Walter Nix, while swimming in a water tank at Leger, was drowned. His companions were unable to save him. C. H. Newberry of Gage, while temporarily insane, swallowed strychnine. His act was discovered too late to save his life. A conservative estimate of the wheat crop of the territories for the present year places the yield at 69 per cent of a crop. The supreme court of Oklahoma has taken Greer county out of the fifth judicial district and added it to the second. The Muskogee Bridge Construction company, with a capital stock of $100,000 has been incorporated and will put in a large plant there at once. The Rock Island has promised South McAlester a new depot soon. If arrangements cannot be made for the building of a union station the road will build one of its own. Plans have been made for an electric street railway at Muskogee. One of the offictals has gone east to purchase material. The Santa Fe railroad has opened up a division freight office in Oklahoma City in charge of F. C. O'Neil, formerly agent of the road at that place. The physicians of Custer county have perfected a county organization. The meeting was held at Arapaho. Another meeting will be held at Thomas on the third Tuesday in July. Hobart's ministers are protesting against Sunday base ball. Every member of a ball club and all managers have been served with a notice that they will be prosecuted if they persist in violating the Sabbath. There were 180 teachers at the recent session of the Choctaw normal at Jones academy. The appointment of teachers for the coming year will not be made until the disposition of the $10,000 appropriated by congress is known. Two highwaymen who attempted to hold up J. W. Updike at Ponca City were later arrested in a camp they had made and taken to Newkirk to jail. They are believed to be the men who have held up other persons in this city and vicinity recently. Altus, formerly Leger, is to have a new oil mill. The contract has been let to Oklahoma City contractors and work will begin at once and pushed as rapidly as possible. The plant is to be first class in every particular. The republican editors of Oklahoma met in Guthrie last week and named the following delegates to attend the national association in Chicago during the republican national convention: O. K. Benedict, Hobart; J. J. Burke, Norman; F. H. Greer, Guthrie; and John Hinkle, Ripley. Another meeting of the association will be held early in the campaign to organize for concerted action. THE ODD CORNER Which Foot Walks the Faster? You may think this a very foolish question to ask, but is it? There is no catch about it. It is a simple demonstrable fact which you can prove to your own satisfaction in a very few minutes. If you will take any pavement that is clear of other pedestrians, so that there shall be no interference, and walk briskly in the center, you will find that before you have gone a hundred yards you will have veered very much to one side. You must not make any conscious effort, of course, to keep to the center, or you may do it; but if you will think of something and endeavor to walk naturally it is a hundred to one you cannot keep a direct line. "The explanation of this lies in the peculiarity of one foot to walk faster than the other. Or, to be more correct, perhaps it should be said that one leg takes a longer stride than the other, and this, combined with the quicker movement, causes one to walk more to one side than the other. It is well known, for instance, that if one is lost in the woods, the tendency is to walk in a circle and eventually to return to about the starting point. This demonstrates the fact, also, that one foot walks faster than the other. You can try an interesting experiment in this way if you will place two stakes in the lawn about eight feet apart, and then stand off about sixty feet, allow yourself to be blindfolded, and endeavor to walk between them. You will find it an almost impossible task, because one foot will go a bit faster than the other, either to the right or left. Now, which one of your feet walks faster than the other? Lebanon Cedar in England. A famous cedar of Lebanon, which for more than 220 years has guarded the southern entrance of the old Chelsea physic garden in London, has just been cut down. In 1683 four Lebanon cedars, the first ever planted in England, were successfully introduced into the physic garden. Two of the trees flourished for nearly a century and then were removed. Child's Wonderful Escape. The 2-year-old child of Mr. Levesque of Lewiston, Me., fell from a fourth story plazza downward head foremost. The plazza below is wider and there is a wire strung clothes reel set upon it. The child in falling struck its shoulder upon the wire and, bouncing back, landed unhurt upon its feet on the plazza from which it had fallen. Iron Found in Sand. A curious sight on the coast of Java is a long stretch of shore about twenty-nine miles in length where the sand is filled with particles of magnetic iron. In some places it is said that the surface sand contains 80 per cent of iron. It can be smelted, and a company has been formed to exploit the deposits. Bird's Pathetic Death. A robin had built her nest in a tree near the home of George C. Downing of Dover, Me., and was setting on some eggs. While searching for food she found a kernel of corn with a long string tied to it, and in the attempt to swallow the string she choked to death, and was sitting dead on her nest. Gold Mine in Massachusetts. A gold mine is said to have been located in North Middleboro, Mass. J. T. Carver has in his possession a quantity of gold-bearing quartz which is thickly veined with the precious metal. Some of the specimens have been tested by an expert assayer and pronounced very rich in gold. A. Miss M. Cartledge gives some helpful advice to young girls. Her letter is but one of thousands which prove that nothing is so helpful to young girls who are just arriving at the period of womanhood as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound too highly, for it is the only medicine I ever tried which sured me. I suffered much from my first menstrual period, I felt so weak and dizzy at times I could not pursue my studies with the usual interest. My thoughts became sluggish, I had headaches, backaches and sinking spells, also palms in the back and lower limbs. In fact I was sick all over. "Finally, after many other remedies had been tried, we were advised to get Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and I am pleased to say that after taking it only two weeks, a wonderful change for the better took place, and in a short time I was in perfect health. I felt buoyant, full of life, and found all work a pastime. I am indeed glad to tell my experience with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, for it made a different girl of me. Yours very truly, Miss M. CARTLEDGE, 533 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga." — $5000 forfelt if original of above letter proofing genuineness cannot be produced. I can sometimes gauge the frailties of a married man by the mannerisms of his wife. Early in the morning, late at night, or whenever used, Defiance Starch will be found always the same, always the best. Insist on having it, the most for your money. Satisfaction or money back guaranteed. It is manufactured under the latest improved conditions. It is up-to-date. It is the best. We give no premiums. We sell 16 ounces of the best starch made for 10 cents. Other brands are 12 ounces for 10 cents with a tin whistle. Manufactured by THE DEFIANCE STARCH CO., Omaha, Neb. MUNGER, EAGLE, SMITH Catalogue and prices furnis We furnish everything need CONTINENTAL GIN COMPAN Wiggle Stick Wiggle-Stick LAUNDRY BLUE Won't spill, break, freeze nor spot clothes. Costs 10c. and equals 20c. worth of any other bluing W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No 25, 1904. LOAFERS DIE EARLY Those who live the longest are the busiest and they are the most happy. In order to have the strength and health to keep up the day's activities, use for diet It is Nature's food for man and furnishes the stomach with the material from which to make rich, red, healthy blood. Pure food—healthy blood! Think it over—act wisely. Don't loaf. Dr. Price's Food is Dr. Price, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts. Prepared by PRICE CEREAL FOOD CO., Food Mills, BATTLE GREW GIVE BABIES FRESH AIR. Boston Little Ones Sleep on Roof and Balconies. Putting the baby to sleep in a box on top of the flat roof of a modern skyscraping apartment house, or in the iron balcony far above the sidewalk, or even on the broad window seat of the upper story, at the very edge of the precipitous hight, is the newest method of fresh air training which is developing among the wealthy and aristocratic families of the Back Bay and Brookline, Boston. ```markdown ``` The treatment has become so popular that along almost any street in the exclusive section of the city one may look up to the upper stories of the houses, especially in the apartment houses, and see a box which, in a poorer quarter of the city, would be taken for a window garden. And so it is, but it is a garden for the little bud of the family. A TEXAS CHATELAINE CHARM. Novelty from Paris Likely to Become a Fad. To take home with him as a souvenir of New York, a Texas man recently found nothing so attractive in the whole metropolis as a revolver, which he purchased at a jeweler's and for which he paid $50. It might seem to be taking coals to Newcastle to take a revolver to the big Southern state, but the Texan said that the best woman-shot in his part of the country had never seen a revolver like this. It was a tiny one, barely two inches long, made entirely of gold, but with all the qualities of a regular I shooting iron. Genuine cartridges accompany it, and it makes a decided pop and genuine flash of flame when it is fired. It is a novelty from Paris, and is put up in dainty little leather-covered, velvet-lined cases, like any other article of jewelry. It is, or can be worn, as an ornament, and its possibilities are many. Mounted as a hatpin, a tiny chain attached to the trigger is pulled to set it off and suggest further hostilities to the ubiquitous masher; or dangling from a chatelaine, it is used to intimidate the guilty man who buries his face in the paper while the pretty woman before him Langs to a strap in the street car. Change in Gulf Stream. Seafaring men say the gulf stream has increased its speed and incoming ships are several hours ahead of schedule time. Those bound south are delayed. ```markdown ``` LOAFERS Those who live the longest are the busiest a He who weds and runs away, may live to wed another day. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure.—J. W. O'Burne, 382 Third Ave., M., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 4, 1860. Whenever I am called upon to grace an occasion I spend twenty minutes polishing my pate till it glistene like sparkling sunlight. It is a hair-raising spectacle.—New York Telegraph. You never hear anyone complain about "Defiance Starch." There is none to equal it in quality or quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money. Whether we do good to others or do others good is a question that is always open to debate. This Will Interest Mothers. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home, New York, Cure Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the bowels and destroy Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y. "I understand you were carried away by her singing." "Well, not quite that; I was driven away, though!"—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. The green trading stamp has now reached the pinnacle of fame by being given away with every drink by a Trenton, N. J., saloon keeper. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutive disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Half Catarrh, a cure manufactured by F. J. Choney Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulate and testimonial. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio Sold by Drugista, 75c. Take Hail's Family Pills for constipation. Defiance Starch is put up in 16 ounces in a package, 10 cents. One-third more starch for the same money. Libby's Natural Flavor Foods When you are at a loss to know what to serve for lunchoon—when you crave something both appetizing and satisfying, try Libby's (Natural Flavor) Food Products Among the many Libby delicacies are Boneless Chicken, Melrose Pate, Veal Leaf, Poorless Water-Sliced Dried Beef, Potted Ham and Corned Beef Hash, etc.—wholesome foods that are as dainty as they are good—as substantial as they are appetizing. Ask your Grocer for Libby's. Libby, McNeill & Libby ... Chicago COTTON GINNING MACHINERY: If you want any, write us. We are the leaders. We make the EAGLE, SMITH, PRATT AND and prices furnished on application with everything needed in a modern GIN COMPANY, - DAL Wherrett's CHIGGER Cure For CHIGGER, SPIDER, MOSQUITO and other INSECT BITES. PIMPLES, BASH, PRICKLY HEAT, POISON IVY, ECZEMA and all ERUPTIVE SKIN DISEASES yield quickly to its soothing influence. At Druggists, Price 25 cents. The O. E. Wherrett Co., Atchison, Kans. THE DAIST FLY KILL home-in dining-room, sle DAIST FLY KILL If afflicted with core eyes, use NEW PENSION DIE EAR THREE TYPES OF RUSSIANO. They Are the Great, the Little and the White. There are three grand divisions of the nationality—the great Russians, the little Russians and the white Russians center at Moscow, the little Russians. The great Russians center at Moscow, the little Russians at Kieff. The blood of the white Russians is pure, but their civilization is less advanced than that of the other two. The great Russians, many times the most numerous, are the vigorous and pushing element of the Russian nation. Though the least Slavic, it has been the great colonizer of the Slavic race. Its whole history has been of one long struggle against Asia. The great Russian's stature is oftener high than low; his skin is white his eyes often blue, his hair mostly blonde. The little Russian is handsomer, taller, livelier, more alert in mind, but more changeable, meditative, indolent. He has more independence, more individuality and is more dreamy and poetical. The white Russian is so called because he is fond of wearing white clothes, yet he is not as clean as the other two divisions of his country men. In old times he was also called "white" because of his freedom from taxation. E. L. SAMUELS, The Popular Boot & Shoe-Maker. Repairing Neatly Done. All Work Guaranteed Keeps Constantly on Hand a Full Line of Second Hand Shoes, All Kind. 140 So. 2nd. St., Muskogee, I. T. : John Doyle & Company : EXCLUSIVE Undertakers = Embalmers AMBULANCE FURNISHED FREE. PHONE NO.485 Office 221-223 Okmulgee Avenue. WEST CO&G R-R EAST TO EAST Rock Island System WEST DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE Free Reclining Chair Cars on all Trains Pullman Buffet Drawing Room Sleeping Cars, Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars between MEMPHIS and the PACIFIC COAST J. S. McNALLY, D. P. A., GEO. H. LEE, G. P. A., Oklahoma City, O. T. Little Rock, Ark. FRISCO SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND COMFORTABLY SERVE WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TO THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH. PULLMAN SLEEPERS, RECLINING CHAIR CARS. TRAINS LIGHTED AND VENTILATED BY ELECTRICITY. The Direct Route to the "WORLD'S FAIR CITY" SAINT LOUIS For detailed information, call on nearest representative FRISCO SYSTEM, or address L. W. PRICE, Division Passenger Agent, JOPLIN, MO. Mortgagee's Sale. Mortgagee's Sale. (First Publication in Cimeter June 9, 1904.) Whereas, Minnie Duncan now deceased did by her certain mortgage deed with power of sale dated the 27th day of May, 1903, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the United States Court and ex officio Recorder in Volume H2, page 377 convey to the Territorial Bank and Trust Company of Muskogee, Indian Territory, the following described real estate situate in the City of Muskogee, Western District, Indian Territory, to wit: Lot number five (5) and the South half of lot four (4) in block number sixty-eight (68) of said city according to official plat approved. And whereas, it was provided in said mortgage that in the event of her failure to pay the note therein described the said mortgagee or its assignee, agent or attorney in fact shall have power to sell the property therein described upon the conditions therein specified, And whereas, the note described in said mortgage deed is now past due and the whole of the principal and interest thereon remains unpaid Now, Therefore: By virtue of the condition in said mortgage fully set forth and the power vested I, Chas. W. Westerhide, Agent and Attorney in fact of the Territorial Bank and Trust Company of Muskogee, I. T., the legal owner and holder of said note will proceed to sell the real estate in said mortgage and above described at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash at the front door of the United States Court House in the city of Muskogee, Western District, Indian Territory, on the 9th day of July. 1904, between the hours of 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of that day for the purpose of satisfying said note and the cost of executing this trust. Land! Land! Land! Lot 100 x 140 in the resident district, $500.00. A lot 50 x 140, near oil wel $400.00. A fractional lot for $250.00. A house and lot for $500.00, —Call or write W. H. Twine. Notice to Home Seekers. If you want to buy a deeded farm in the Creek Nation, now is the time to buy before the prices go skyward. I can sell you a farm at a reasonable price. For further information see or write Citizens who desire to sell their land or borrow money at a low rate of interest on ten years' time to improve your land. See Twine. To the New Comer. If you want to buy a farm at a reasonable price, See Twine. A S McRea ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Sharum Building. Muskogee, Ind, Ter Hello! Who is That? Say. did you know that Gen. Pleasant kept a first-class place on the east side of Second street? Everything good to eat, cigars of the best brand, fancy candies, ice cream, flour, sugar, coffee and country vegetables. He sells cheap, give him a call. GEORGE PLEASANT, Proprietor. CHAS. W. WESTERHEIDE, Agent and Attorney in fact. When You Want A Clean Shave A Neat and Stylish Hair-cut Or Shampoo So. Second St., Next to Creek Gro. Co Clean towels, sharp razors a specialty. J. A. BANK$, Proprietor Go to CREEK Livery Barn, Corner Fourth Street and Elgin Ave., for the finest turnouts in the city. Any kind, any shape any time. WM. RAGSDLE & CO World's Fair Rate May 21st St. Louis and return only $8.90 via Frisco. 20th Century Colored Photograph Gallery. Opposite U. S. Court House. Photoes of all kinds made in the latest styles. Cabinets plain per dozen, $2.00 " platina " 3.50 1-2 " plain " 1.50 1-2 " platina " 2.00 4-4 " plain " .75 1-4 " platina " 1.00 W. E. Murdock, Prop. --- CATARRH IS THE CAUSE OF MOST KIDNEY DISEASES. PE-RU-NA CURES CATARRH. TICKLE GRASS BY BYRON WILLIAMS Beside the Stream. "Jim!" "JIM!" Chorus—"Jim! Jim! Jim! You've got a bite!" Jim's older brother—"Jim, you darned little cuss, can't you see nuthin'? You've got a bite!" "Aw, g'wan, tain't nuthin' but th' wind!" "Tis too. You never saw th' wind make—Lookee! Lookee! See 'er jerk!" "Shet up!" from Jim, cautiously kneeling in the wet sand beside the pole setting in a crotched stick. "I tell you it ain't nuthin' but th' wind—'er maybe a minnie!" doggedly, from James, putting his hand cautiously on the pole to connect with the bite current! Sustaining no shock he gently pulls the string an inch or two to "feel" of the bite! Chorus—"Don't! Aw don't!" Jim's brother—"Whajerwant t' scare 'im away fer anyway!" angrily throwing a stone at the sand bank! "Gosh darn it, don't you suppose I know how to fish fer—' Splash! There is a violent bending of the pole, a leap into the air by something gleaming pearl and gold—and the line sags from a waving rod! With mighty sweep Jim throws the sinker over his head! Too late! The hook is bare! The sucker has escaped! "Darn you (sob, sob) fellers (sob, sob) anyhow! Can't you let (sob) me alone (sob) when I'm (sob) a goin' t' ketch a fish! Boo hoo hoo!" Ah, the tragedy of boy life! A Change. Take off your tailored suits, and don the airy gown. Remove the patent boot, put on low shoes of brown. M. THE SUMMER GIRL. Roll up your sleeves—so high! The sun will give its tan. A sailor hat I'd buy, and don't forget a fan! Inclose your ankles silm in screen-door socks of pearl— Then, you, right in the swim, will be a summer girl. Sucker Time. The ships that pass at night Are stalwart ships I know, But those that pass by day Bear hope within their bowl A small and anxious lad Rowed by another boy-- And loudly do they shout: "Say, Jimmie, ship ahoy!" And out across the deep In shrill, beseeching terms, There falls upon the car: "Has youse got any worms?" A physician says most people drink too much water and become water- logged. That physician must have been living in a prohibition district. An Indiana justice of the peace has married 2,000 couples. But he is now 89 years old and feeble, and must soon be called to repentance. SAMUEL R. SPRECHER. Samuel R. Sprecher, Junior Beadle Court Angelina, 8,422 I. O. O. F., 205 New High St., Los Angeles, Cal., writes: "I came here a few years ago suffering with catarrh of the kidneys, in search of health. I thought the climate would cure me, but found I was mistaken. But what the climate could not do Peruna could and did do. Seven weeks' trial convinced me that I had the right medicine, and I was then a well man. I know of at least twenty friends and members of the lodge to which I belong who have been cured of catarrh, bladder and kidney trouble through the use of Peruna, and it has a host of friends in this city." SAMUEL R. SPRECHER. Catarrh of the Kidneys a Common Disease — Kidney Trouble Often Fails to Be Regarded as Catarrh by Physicians. Catarrh of the kidneys is very common indeed. It is a pity this fact is not better known to the physicians as well as the people. People have kidney disease. They take some diuretic, hoping to get better. They never once think of catarrh. Kidney disease and catarrh are seldom associated in the minds of the people, and, alas, it is not very often associated in the minds of the physicians. Too few physicians recognize catarrh of the kidneys. They doctor for something else. They try this remedy and that When a man loses his job he naturally feels put out. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the grums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. If a man can't be bought you can usually land him with flattery. Try me just once and I am sure to come again. Defiance Starch. Man can't understand how his wife forgets her trials and calls up a smile every blessed night when he comes home from work. If you don't get the biggest and best it's your own fault. Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere and there is positively nothing to equal it in quality or quantity. remedy. The trouble may be catarrh all the time. A few bottles of Peruna would cure them. Pe-ru-na Removes the Cause of the Kidney Trouble. Peruna strikes at the very centre of the difficulty, by eradicating the catarrh from the kidneys. Catarrh is the cause of kidney difficulty. Remove the cause and you remove the effect. With unerring accuracy Peruna goes right to the spot. The kidneys are soon doing their work with perfect regularity. Thousands of Testimonials. Thousands of testimonials from people who have had kidney disease which had gone beyond the control of the phy- HAY PRESSES LEAD LIGHTNING OUR CATALOGUE SHOWS WHY SEND FOR ONE MOW SHOWING ALL STYLES KANSAS CITY HAY PRESS CO. 457 MILL ST KANSAS CITY MO PILES NO MONEY TILL CURED. 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid a 200 page treatin. on Pillen, Flists and Diseases of the Rectum; also 100 page fillen, treatin on diseases of Womens. Of the thousands cured by our mild method, some paid a cost till cured—we furnish their names on application. DRS. THORNTON & MINOR, 1030 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WINNENE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by drugrists. CONSUMPTION W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No 25, 1904. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. Captain James L. Dempsey, Captain 2nd Precinct Troy Police Force, writes from 198 Ferry St., Troy, N. Y., as follows: "From my personal experience with Peruna I am satisfied it is a very fine remedy for catarrh affections, whether of the head, lungs, stomach or pelvic organs. It cures colds quickly, and a few doses taken after undue exposure prevents illness. "Some of the patrolmen under me have also found great relief from Peruna. It has cured chronic cases of kidney and bladder troubles, restored men suffering from indigestion and rheumatism, and I am fully persuaded that it is an honest, reliable medicine, hence I fully endorse and recommend it." JAMES L. DEMPSEY. Officer A. C. Swanson writes from 607 Harrison St., Council Bluffs, Ia., as follows: "As my duties compelled me to be out in all kinds of weather I contracted a severe cold from time to time, which settled in the kidneys, causing severe pains and trouble in the pelvic organs. "I am now like a new man, am in splendid health and give all praise to Peruna."—A. C. Swanson. [Name] CAPTAIN JAMES L. DEMPSEY. CAPTAIN JAMES L. DEMPSEY. AY PRESSES LEAD OUR CATALOGUE SHOWS WHY SEND FOR ONE NOW SHOWING ALL STYLED KANSAS CITY HAY PRESS CO. 457 MILL ST KANSAS CITY MO sician are received by Dr. Hartman every year, giving Peruna the whole praise for marvelous cures. Pe-ru-na Cures Kidney Disease. Peruna cures kidney disease. The reason it cures kidney disease is because it cures catarrh. Catarrh of the kidneys is the cause of most kidney disease. Peruna cures catarrh wherever it happens to be located. It rarely fails. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. TOLD IN CALIFORNIA. Helping the kidneys is helping the whole body, for it is the kidneys that remove the poisons and waste from the body. Learning this simple lesson has made many sick men and women well 9 Judge A. J. Felter of 318 So. E. St. San Bernardino, Calif., says:—"For 18 years my kidneys were not performing their functions properly. There was some backache, and the kidney secretions were profuse, containing also considerable sediment. Finally the doctors said I had diabetes. Doan's Kidney Pills wrought a great change in my condition and now I sleep and feel well again." A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Judge Felter will be mailed to any part of the United States. Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all dealers; price 50 cents per box. A bill has passed the house and senate, and has been signed by the governor of New York, making it illegal in that state to issue stamps, trading stamps, cash discount stamps, checks, tickets, coupons or other devices to be redeemed in merchandise, unless each such stamp or coupon bears a statement as to the amount which will be paid for the stamp by the issuing company in cash. A Negro's Profitable Invention Andrew Beard, a negro who has worked in the machine shops of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad company in Birmingham, Ala., for twenty years, has just sold a patent for a car coupler of his own invention for $100,000. In addition he is to get a royalty on every coupler made or his model for seventeen years. Every housekeeper should know that if they will buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use they will save not only time, because it never sticks to the iron, but because each package contains 16 oz.—one full pound—while all other Cold Water Starches are put up in 3-4 pound packages, and the price is the same. 10 cents. Then again because Defiance Starch is free from all injurious chemicals. If your grocer tries to sell you a 12-oz. package it is because he has a stock on hand which he wishes to dispose of before he puts in Defiance life knows that Defiance Starch has printed on every package in large letters and figures "16-ozs." Demand Defiance and save much time and money and the annoyance of the iron sticking. Defiance never sticks Senator Quay selected his own epitaph shortly before his death, saying to a friend: "I'll tell you what I want, Richard. I want a plain tombstone, a simple slab with this inscription: 'Matthew Stanley Quay, son of Rev. Anderson Seaton Quay and Katherine McCain Quay. Born September 30, 1833. Died May — Implora pacem.'" He added: "You and Mary can fill in the day yourselves." Do Your Feet Ache and Burn? Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Holiday of Russian Servants. Holiday of Russian Servants. Every other Sunday the servants in a Russian household are entirely free. Their work stops Saturday night after supper, when the servants leave the house, not to return until the next Monday morning. The employers never ask where or how the free time is spent. STATE HOUSE IS DWARFED. Immense Sakecrapers on All Sides of Boston Building. When the present old Boston state house was erected in 1748 it was by far the most pretentious public building in the province, and its cupola rose high above all surrounding buildings. One hundred and fifty-six years later the former pretentious state house appears dwarfed and insignificant between the skyscrapers which surround it. Not less than five scyscrapers, four of which are 125 feet high, and one of which is 186 feet high, front on the streets close by, and it is not necessary to ascend very far in any of POLISH REPUBLIC these in order to obtain a position from which to look down upon the very tiptop of the weathervane surmounting the cupola of the architectural relic. Not a building is now standing in the immediate vicinity of the old state house that was in place when the people of Boston rebuilt their town house, which the year before had been ruined by fire. Rivera Swallowed by Chasma. One of the most singular features in the scenery of Idaho is the occurrence of dark rocky chasms, into which creeks and large streams suddenly disappear and are never more seen. The fissures are old lava channels produced by the outside of the mass cooling and forming a tube, which, when the fiery stream was exhausted, has been left empty, while the roof, having at some point fallen in, presents there the opening into which the river plunges and is lost. At one place a river appears gushing from a cleft high up in the rocky walls. Where this stream has its origin, or at what point it is swallowed up, is absolutely unknown. Woman Dresses in Kilts. The new woman, attired in the latest development of her idea of rational dress, has invaded the city. Yesterday afternoon a somewhat stoutly-built lady was to be seen walking jauntily down New Bridge street. A apparently quite unconscious or indifferent to the amusement that her appearance caused to the passers by. Her costume consisted of a dark blue coat and skirt—or, rather, kilt—which reached to just above the knees, disclosing beneath a neat pair of knickerbockers of the same material. A pair of thick, black woolen stockings and low shoes completed her attire.—London Mirror. Bondman Made Free Proves That He Was Grateful. An unusual testimonal to his love for his old master is shown by a monument standing in a Columbus (Ga.) cemetery. This picture illustrates the shaft executed to the memory of John Godwin, and besides the date of his birth and death has cut deep in the marble, these words: "This stone was placed here by Horace King, in lasting remembrance of the love he felt for his lost friend and former master." King was the property of the bridge building firm of Godwin & THE MEMORIAL TO THE FATHER AND MOTHER OF THE FAMILY WITH THE PRESENT MEMORIAL TO THE FATHER AND MOTHER OF THE FAMILY WITH THE PRESENT Bates, and was given his freedom after showing a great amount of skill as a bridge builder and engineer. Odd Names in Pennsylvania Court. Some oddities in names were brought out in a hearing before Magistrate Fitzpatrick at the Germantown police station a few days ago, when Cecil Grant, an Indian boy, who had run away from a farm where he had been employed, was arraigned preparatory to sending him back to the Carlisle school. When asked his name the young brave replied: "Black Bull—white man's name Cecil Grant. My father's name is Mr. Skunk and mother's name is Mrs. Skunk, and brother's name is Lame Arm." All this was said in almost one breath, leaving the judge dazed and still grasping for some proper handle by which to address the copper-hued prisoner. Philadelphia Record. Marriage Brokers of Italy. In Italy there are any number of matrimonial brokers, and the business is quite a regular institution. In their offices there are books with the names and particulars of all the marriageable girls, rich or poor, who live in the district, and the brokers go about endeavoring to arrange engagements in exactly the same way as they would do ordinary trading business. It depends entirely upon their success whether they receive any payment for their efforts or not. Showing Front and Back. SHOWING FROM THE BACK A fashion adopted in Paris and London and now finding favor here is having portraits taken of the back of the figure as well as the face. The two photographs are then placed in a revolving frame, so that a more complete picture may be obtained. Potato Grew Through Ring. Some years ago Mrs. H. H. Sleeper of Elizabeth, N. J., lost her mother's wedding ring in a heap of chips and sawdust. Some time later, when the incident had been forgotten, the ring was found encircling and nearly cutting in two parts a large sweet potato which was grown on the place. The decaying refuse had been used as a fertilizer and the potato had grown through the ring. SORE FEET SORE HANDS One Night Treatment with CUTICURA Soak the feet or hands on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of CUTICURA SOAP. Dry, and anoint freely with CUTICURA OINTMENT, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. Bandage lightly in old, soft cotton or linen. For itching, burning, and scaling eczema, rashes, inflammation, and chaling, for redness, roughness, cracks, and fissures, with brittle, shapeless nails, this treatment is simply wonderful, frequently curing in one night. Complete Hammer Care, consisting of CUTTURA Rescue, $8c. (in form of Chocolate Coated Pills, $3c. val of $10), Ointment, $8c., Soap, $3c. Deposits: London, $40 Charterhouse 8q., Paris, $8s. Rue de la Plea; Boston, 127 Columbus Ave. Poster Drug & Chem Corp., Sole Froun "Send So" how to Cute You Human." The Canadian government has appointed a large Scotch herring packer to develop the Nova Scotia herring industry, which has long proven a failure. The improved methods of putting up the fish will greatly improve the market conditions in the United States. Try One Package. If "Defiance Starch" does not please you, return it to your dealer. If it does, you get one third more for the same money. It will give you satisfaction, and will not stick to the do. As an Evidence of Good Faith Do you really think that he is in barnest in his courtship?" "Certainly. He offered to deposit a certified check with his proposal." —Judge. Never air the faults of others until after dedorizing your own. THE CIMETER Published every week in the interest of the Negro by the Cimeter Publishing Co. W. H. TWINE - - - - Editor. R. WOOD, Asst' Editor and Manager. J. T. TRIMBLE - - - Solicitor, Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee I.T. as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTON: One Year..... $1.00 Six Months..... 50 Three Months..... 25 LOOK AND READ CAREFULLY. This is a positive warning-No papers will be sent to any one in debt to this paper until paid up. Take notice and pay up or you will be deprived of the great religious weekly. The recross means your time is out. P. R. Caesar, Vice Pres. of the Creek Bank is one of the most wealthy and influential men of the Creek nation. The Creek payment has been stopped in order to make a new roll. It will be the latter part of July before they can start again. Mr. Green (colored) of Checotah sold a tract of land for $10,-060 last week, and he has plenty of land to make a splendid farm. There is a move on foot to establish another newspaper or two in the metropolis. Well boys there is plenty of room at top. The Creek Citizens' Bank & Trust Co. will prove a success. It is the only institution of its kind controlled by colored men in the West. When you have job printing to do, why not give it to some of the race journals to do, even if it does cost a few cents more. When you want some big puff given you, there is where you rush and if you fail to get it then you howl. The whiskey peddlers are being pulled right and left, and it seems the fellows wont take warning. Experiene is a dear school and only fools attend it and it seems to us the supply, both black and white, are inexhaustable in this locality. Col. J B. Hell is the name of a Georgia man running for office. He is a warm proposition and is said to be running a hot race, suggests an exchange. We always thought hell was in Georgia and now its running for office. It will be hell if he is elected Three white men had a scrap on the streets one day last week, but neither of the dailies would report their names on account of their high standing, and their is nothing in the report from the police court showing who they were. Had this been some pour cuss, the police would, doubtless, have taken a shot at him "just to scare him" and maybe killed an innocent bystander. Great police force we have, almost equal to our (mud works) water works. A. L. Ayers, a Negro lawyer and politician, was assassinated at Langsten, Ok., the 6th inst., died of his wounds later. Ayers was addressing the council when a shot was fired through the window from the outside of the building. The bullet struck him in the left side and passed thro' the body. Two men were seen to run away in the darkness. Ayers was one of the leading Negroes of Oklahoma, and the race has lost one of its best men by the untimely taking off of this race leader. We hope the cowardly assassins will be caught. On our return from the St. Louis Fair, we made the statement as to the treatment of coloaed peodle as we found it. Some few sap-headed Negroes said that our statement was not true. Now the Fair management propose to have special tanks of water placed on the grounds to accommodate the Negroes and also a hash house. From this you con see the other fellow lied or there would be no use of this extra preperation for visitors. On the pike they have signs "No colored people served in this restaurant." A few Negroes who can play white go there and they say there as no discrimination, but just let the big black fullbloods go and he can tell a different story. We have been there and know what the result is. Early Tragedy. The Assyrian maiden was in tears! "What is the matter?" asked her girl friend. "Herbert wrote me a seven-page love letter and threw it over' the garden wall. It was written on the finest terra cotta he could find. Page number three struck father, who was asleep on a bench, and now he and Herbert are throwing my love letter back and forth with all their might, and unless a policeman comes pretty soor I don't believe I'll ever know a word of what was in it!"—Washington Star. Oldest Active Fireman. John Shumaker, aged 79 years, of New Castle, Pa., is held to be the oldest active fireman in the United States. He has been a fireman since he was 14 years of age, and always maintained a deep interest in the business of fighting the flames. SATISFACTIONGUARANTFED Dave Richardson. - Prop Turner Hardware Co. Turner Hardware Co. Carry a Full Line of BEST IMPLEMENTS, WAGONS, BUGGIES, HARNESS, SEED AND EVERYTHING IN HARDWARE . GOODS THE BEST -- PRICES THE LOWEST CALL AND SEE Us . . . MUSKOGEE, I. T. OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS: Muskogee. - - - Ind. Ter'v. Oldest and Strongest Bank in the Indian Territory. interest Paid on Deposits. Abstracts Made. idel ity Bonds Written. MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY Patterson Mercantile Company. Loans and Discounts $410,936.13 Capital $200,000.00 Overdrafts (Cotton) 23,198.69 Surplus and Profit 16,978.26 Bonds and Premiums 106,080.49 Circulation 50,000.00 Furniture and Fixtures 5,046.26 Deposits 345,142.28 Cash and Exchange 68,125.35 Reserved for Taxes 1,266.38 $613,886.92 $613,387.92 The above statement is correct. D. N. FINK, Cashier. Business intrusted to our care receive prompt attention. DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, GROCERIES HAND MADE CLOTHING, SHIRTS. ALL KINDS OF HATS. THE ODD CORNER To a Cigar. O. Panatella, you are blent With much of human element, And when your form and fate we scan We think how you resemble man. We judge you by the wrapper, which Is thought to make you poor or rich; And man-by outer garb of his We reckon what the filler is. Although man at his fortune mocks, Like you, he's sometimes in a box; Like you, his maker's cunning hand Determines what shall be his brand. Sometimes you are domestic. He Is often compelled to be Again, to honor custom's due He must provide much revenue. And man—like you, a helpless thing— Is made for some one's pleasuring; Like you, some day he meets his match; Like you, he many dreams will hatch. O, Panatella, you and man Indeed fulfill the selfsamo plan. For in the end aside you're cast And come to ashes at the last. —Chicago Tribune. Paris' Ancient Watch. One of the curiosities of Paris, Me., is an ancient watch which has been in one of the leading families for generations. Gen. Farwell carried this watch during the war of 1812. Its previous history is unknown, although it evidently came from England at a much earlier date. The dial is ivory and upon it is a hand painting in colors of a fort with soldiers in the bright colors of the British uniforms drilling in the foreground. Sentinels in red coats stand upon the walls. The door to this fort is cut through the dial and connected with the mechanism in the interior is a weel, on which are soldiers in colored uniforms. As this wheel slowly revolves, privates and officers appear to pass through the door of the fort at regular intervals. It is said to be the only watch of the kind in existence. On the interior of the case several watchmakers, who have repaired or cleaned it have engraved their names. Among these is Oliver Gerish, Portland's first watchmaker. When he repaired this watch the only jewelry store in the Forest city was in an unfinished chamber. The proprietor had no showcase or counter and kept his money to make change in a wood box in the brace of a beam. Another man who repaired this watch was Waldron of Norway, who was the first watchmaker in Oxford county. Vegetable a Dwarf Giant. Dr. Welwitsch brings news of a wonderful tree which he found growing in the west of Africa and named for himself, the Welwitsch. The extraordinary proportions of a trunk four feet in diameter, with a height of only one foot, make the plant look like a round table. The tree never has more than two leaves, and these are the seed leaves, which appeared when the plant first began to grow, and which it never sheds or replaces with others. They are in themselves remarkable productions, often attaining a length of six feet, with a breadth of from two to two and a half feet, each being cut into numerous ribbon like segments. The flowers form crimson clusters, something like those of the larch. These trees form forests on a tableland some six miles broad, at a height of from 300 to 400 feet above the sea on the west coast of Africa. Figures Centuries Old. The famous great gallery at the base of the towers of Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, is decorated with curious grotesque figures which have been made familiar by thousands of reproductions and copies for centuries. The statues were carved and put in place during the twelfth century, yet they still stand exactly as they were placed in position. The inroads of time and weather have not served to destroy their original lines. As with the statuary of the cathedrals of the middle ages, these statues differ slightly in form, even though they are supposed to be symmetrical. Oplum Smoking in China. It is generally understood that a large percentage of the Chinese are addicted to the use of opium. This is a misconception. The belief that the Chinese of rank and culture use the drug is due to the prominence given to the cultivation of the plant and the manufacture of opium in the Celestial empire. As a matter of fact, a native who uses opium is looked upon by his superiors as we discuss and classify our drunkards. The idea that a pill will produce an exhilarating effect on the beginner is also erroneous. One must be accustomed to the use of the drug to get the pleasant effect. The first pipe to an American produces nausea. Two or three will make him sick. If he can stand eight or nine of these "pills" he is apt to dream, but the awakening is always an unpleasant reality. Fish in Peculiar Prison. A fisherman on Sebag lake in Maine hooked something while trolling and on reeling in his line found a small log attached. The piece of wood was hollow and the ends filled with refuse. Upon shaking it three small, but very lively bass, fell out into the canoe. The supposition is that they were chased into the log by a larger fish and in some way became prisoners. Cosmopolitan New York. Here is a New York court item: A Greek driver for a Chinese firm is accused of running over an Italian boy; he was arrested by an Irish policeman; the boy was attended by a German doctor, and a Hebrew coroner held the inquest. Now a French and Polish lawyer are discussing before a Scotch judge and an American jury whether the firm shall pay damages. Old English Inns Disappearing. The old English inns are fast passing away. The "King of Prussia" hostelry at Finchley was recently torn down. It had been running since 1757, and the license had been continuously in the hands of one family since that time. The old "Plow" at Kingsbury Green is said to be 850 years old, and the "King James" at Enfield 990 years old. Think Dog Committed Suicide. A dog belonging to Kiernan Gorman of Ansonia, Conn., deliberately walked before a train and was killed. The dog had been nearly suffocated in a fire earlier the same day, and did not seem to know what he was doing. He persisted in remaining near the railroad crossing, and some maintain that he planned to do away with himself. First Vermont Maple Sugar. It is said that the first sugar ever made in Vermont was made in Bennington in March, 1763, near the log cabin of Capt. Samuel Robinson, the first settler of the town. The sap was caught in short logs hollowed that held about a gallon. Many pounds of sugar were made and a liquor cask full of syrup. Good Kind of Cow to Have. F. L. Ames of North Easton, Mass., boasts of a Guernsey cow which at a Bath competition made 2 pounds 10% ounces of butter in a day. Her average yield of milk since her arrival in this country in 1902 has been 20 quarts daily. This is equal to 2.3 pounds of butter. Injunction Against Striking Wife Injunction Against Striking Wife. Ohio has come to the front with a new injunction. It was granted to a man to prevent his wife from going on a strike, and now she has to do all the housework or be in contempt of court. Treasure in the Sea An Italian company has been formed to recover bullion sunk in Vigo bay 200 years ago. It has found one of the old galleons at the very outset of its search, an anchor, a chain and some cannon having been brought up as evidence. The salvors have hopes of raising the vessel bodily and removing the contents at leisure. Vigo, a town in northwest Spain, has figured at least four times in the annals of English war. In 1589, the year after the invincible armada, Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norris wound up an expedition to Portugal by capturing Vigo, burning the city and ravaging the country. It was in 1702, however, in the fighting days of Queen Anne, that the great "affair" occurred. As an old line has it, "In 1702 brave Rooke did strew the depths of Vigo bay with gold." War had been declared with France and Sir George Rooke, who had distinguished himself at La Hogue and afterward took Gibraltar while in command of the united British and Dutch squadrons, received information that Where Men Live Long A person over 100 is a phenomenon in England, and his or her death is an event to be chronicled. All through Morocco, Algeria and Tunis, however, centenarians are as common as blackberries, and hale young fellows of 70 and 80 are regarded as being on the right side of middle age. Every traveler in the "Barbary States," as they used to be called, is impressed by this remarkable abundance of centenarians. A gray-bearded old man of 70, who is trying to sell curios to a tourist for thrice their value, exclaims: "By the beard of the prophet, may my grandfather die if what I tell you is not true!" Looking at his gray beard, you think he is quite safe in calling down that curse upon himself; but when you make inquiries you find that he really has a grandfather living, aged about 110, and that the old gentleman is still going about doing business on market days. Life is not wearing in Moslem Africa. A man never does anything in a hurry there. Noturally, he does not even grow old in a hurry. When Thieves Up in Science It appears that Germans of known bad character are allowed to escape on condition of leaving the country. England is practically the only refuge open to them so they flock here, and among them the expert German burglar visits us in ever-increasing numbers. It is said that Germany is the country of specialists, and the criminal but intelligent Teuton makes a specialty of his business, to which he applies the latest scientific methods. The extent to which the art of burglary has been developed is evidenced by the fact that ingenious housebreaking tools are manufactured, such as portable ladders, portable phosphorous and electric lamps, ratchet drills, sheet iron cutters, adjustable jimmies, pick locks and various kinds of skeleton keys. Some of these are, of course, legitimate and necessary tools, not necessarily nor mainly used for felonious purposes. Stoddard's Modesty. As is not the case with many present-day celebrities, no one could justly accuse Richard H. Steeddard with being puffed up with an exaggerated idea of his own greatness. Spanish galleons richly laden were then anchored at Vigo. On arriving there he found that the commander of the French escort had protected his convoy by placing them behind an enormous boom formed of masts, yards, chains, cables and casks, but, undeterred, the Torbay, under Vice Admiral Hopson, crashed through, to be very nearly destroyed, however, by a fire ship. It is said that the latter still had its cargo, which consisted of snuff, aboard, and when it blew up the snuff prevented the flames from making headway. A complete victory was gained by the allied fleet. According to some accounts five galleons were among the prizes, which had on board 20,000,000 pieces of eight, besides merchandise of equal value. Of the silver fourteen millions were saved and of the goods about five millions. Four millions of plate were destroyed, with ten of merchandise, and about two millions in silver and five in goods were brought away conjointly by the British and Dutch. he is 70 he is beginning to get over the first flush of youth; he is no longer counted as one of the boys. But not until he is at least 90 does he expect people to pay honor and reverence to him as a veteran, and even then he must take a back seat and listen deferentially when the hale and hearty centenarians approach. In the country districts the centenarians are even more in evidence than in the cities, and many of them are of the softer sex. Many of the "marabouts," or holy men, who are to be found at the sacred shrines and tembs which are scattered so thickly all over the Barbary States, live to incredible ages. There is one at Marakesh who is said to be over 150 years old. His body is shriveled up like a mummy's, his face is the color of ashes, and the skin is drawn tightly over his cheekbones, like the parchment on a drum. Yet his eyes are bright and fierce, and he walks unassisted every morning to the tomb, where he sits all day long to receive the offerings of the faithful and listen to their petitions.—London Express. Any given house once entered the scientific German can open the strongest cast-iron safe by means of an oxyhydrogen blowpipe, which produces a heat so intense as to melt any metal against which it is directed. The following plan is also practiced: A recent chemical discovery has produced a preparation known as thermite. If a portion of this is placed on the top of a safe a heat is generated so powerful that the toughest steel cannot withstand it and a hole is burned in any desired portion of the receptacle. Doubtless these are the men who are now crowding into England in such numbers under the designation of German workmen; at the same time those who have been already convicted in Germany often adopt an English name so as to conceal their identity as far as possible.—Westminster Review. "Well," said a friend to him several years before his death, "the papers will say a lot about you when you die." "My friend," was the poet's quiet reply, "I will scarcely be mentioned." ADOPT NEW RULES SCHOOL LAND LEASING BOARD MAKES NEW RULING CONDITIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES Plans by Which Leases are Collateral on Loons—The School Land Lessee, the Territory and Money Lander are Protected. GUTHRIE: The following new ruling has been adopted by the territorial school land leasing board and is important to lessees everywhere: Rule 29—Lessees of school lands may assign their leases as collateral security for a loan under the following conditions: (a). The assignment to be executed in duplicate upon a special form provided by the department and signed by the lessee and also by his wife in case of a married man, and properly acknowledged before the notary public. (b). One copy of the assignment accompanied by the lease must be filed in the office of the School Land department within fifteen days after the assignment is made, and a filing fee of one dollar ($1) be paid therefor, the other copy to be retained by assignee. All assignments to be null and void unless so filed. (c). Lessees to have sixty days after the maturity of the loan for redemption of assignment by paying the full amount of principal and interest to date. (d). After redemption period has expired if the loan is not paid the case may be advertised for thirty days in a paper of general circulation in the county wherein the land is located and sold to the highest bidder, said advertisement to designate date, hour and place of sale, the place to be at the place of business of the assignee or the front door of the court house of the county wherein the land is located. (e). The proceeds of the sale to be applied as follows: First, in payment of all past due rents and assessments due the territory; second, in payment of the cost of advertising and sale; third, in payment of loan and interests; the residue to go to the lessee making the assignment. (f.) In case of advertisement of the lease for sale a copy of said advertisement must be mailed the secretary of the school land board in a registered letter and received by him not less than twenty days before date of sale. (g). Full report of the sale and proposed distribution of proceeds of sale must be submitted to the department under oath for approval before the sale will be ratified and a new lease executed to the purchaser, and no sale will be ratified if the price paid is not three-fourths of the appraised value of the improvements. (h.) When the canceled duplicate assignment or other satisfactory evidence of payment of the loan is presented to the department the assignment will be cancelled and released on the books of the department and the lease returned to the lessee. Indian Territory Murderer Arrested EAST ST. LOUIS: Ben Garrett. 23 years old, was arrested at the national stock yards on the charge of having killed Mrs. Marta Cantatecos at Bloden, I. T., on May 28. The arrest was made by detectives who recognized him from a description as he was trying to get a check cashed at the National Stock Yards bank on a bank at Bolden. After he had been taken to the police station, he admitted his identity and confessed he had killed the woman, but he claimed that he did so in self defence. ALLOTMENTS OF LAND Regulations Governing Them Set Out From Washington MUSKOGEE: The Dawes commission has received from the Interior department regulations governing the allotment of lands by the Delaware Cherokee citizens. Indian Agent Shoenfelt, who has been designated by President Roosevelt to appraise the improvements upon the surplus holdings of the Delawares, has also received a set of regulations relative to his part of the work. The secretary's instructions to the commission provide that the Delawares shall be permitted to select their allotments in advance of the regular numbers and the same right is given them to contest proceedings as other citizens of the nation. They must have their rights of citizenship approved by the secretary of the interior. In case of any contest, however, the commission is to withhold from allotment the improved lands in question until the case is finally settled. The Delawares are to be notified at once of the advantages thus given them, and if any member shall not within ten days from the date of such notice, select the allotments which he and his family are lawfully entitled to the commission is authorized to locate the improvements of such citizens and designate his allotments. Mr. Shoenfelt is instructed to make a personal inspection of the improvements of the Delaware surplus lands and, where necessary, require the affidavits of both the vendor and the vendee, where application has been made to sell such improvements. He and the commission are to work together in so far as the rights to citizenship and the possession of the improvements in question are concerned. It is estimated that there are about 200,000 acres of improved lands in excess of what the Delawares are entitled to hold as allotments. Came Near Drowning STROUD: While driving from the Sac and Fox agency Mr. and Mrs. Blumenthal of Prague came near being drowned. Their horses stepped off the graded road and fell into a deep body of water. The horses were drowned, but the occupants of the vehicle escaped with their lives. KANSAS MARRIAGE NO GOOD Chorekees Have to Wed Again to Save Rights of Their Children BARTLESVILLE: A wedding ceremony which, it is believed, is without precedent in the Indian Territory, took place at the Baptist parsonage here. Mr. and Mrs. John Crittendon, both Cherokee citizens, were married by the Rev. Mr. Brendel for the second time within two years, although there never had been a separation. While the ceremony was performed, the mother held in her arms her one-year-old infant. Mr. and Mrs. Crittendon's first marriage was in Kansas, under the laws of that state. It was supposed that a Kansas marriage was good and valid to all intents and purposes until they applied a short time ago to the Dawes commission to have their child enrolled as a Cherokee citizen, when they were informed that a marriage under the territorial laws would be necessary before the babe could be considered a legitimate citizen. Rather than permit the infant to lose its allotment of land and also its pro rata of the tribal funds and appropriations, the father and mother decided to remarry, under a license issued in the Cherokee nation. Summer Normal at Snyder SNYDER: The Kiowa county summer normal commenced here with seventy-five teachers in attendance. The normal is in charge of County Superintendent W. P. Stewart, and will last four weeks. THREE DROWNED A CLOUDBURST AT MILL CREEK SWELLS THE STREAM MANY ARE COMPELLED TO LEAVE HOME Pennington and Mill Creek Are Higher Than Ever Before Known—Homes Are Washed Away—Frisco Track Washed Out MILL CREEK: During a heavy rain Friday night a cloudburst occurred one mile north of town, drowning three persons and doing great damage to crops. Three Mile creek, a small spring branch just west of town, became a raging torrent, one half mile wide. Pennington and Mill creeks are higher than ever known, and have swept all before them. The persons drowned were Mrs. R. H. Wilson and baby, 2 years old, and Miss Fay Davis, daughter of W. E. Davis, engineer at the Lester gin. The Wilson house stood near the creek bank, and was carried half a mile down stream. It is not known whether the occupants attempted to escape, as the flood occurred at 3 o'clock in the morning. The bodies of the women were found lodged in trees in Spring creek, and the child's body was found floating. Many other families along the stream were compelled to leave their homes, among them being S. L. Martin, the Frisco agent. Water was two feet deep on the floor of the house, which is near the depot. The residence of Ben Reynolds was washed away. About 200 feet of the Frisco railroad track was washed from the grade, but was soon repaired and traffic was resumed. All efforts to locate R. H. Wilson, the husband of the drowned woman, have been in vain. He left here two days before the flood for the Kansas wheat fields, and is now supposed to be somewhere in Oklahoma. Fear is felt that many people in the lowlands did not escape, as the rise of the streams was so sudden. FLOOD WAS SEVERE Hundreds of Miles of Fence Washed Away—Town Destroyed MILL CREEK: Reports coming in from all directions indicate that the flood of Friday was much worse than anticipated. No more lives are reported lost, but damage to crops has been quite severe in the Pennington and Blue bottoms, the river going over the tops of some of the houses. One man took refuge in a wagon, which he chained to a tree. The current was very swift, nad the water went down almost as quickly as it came up. Hundreds of miles of fence have been washed away, and the little town of York, twenty miles northeast of here, is reported entirely lost. Suing for Bonus SHAWNEE: The sheriff and his deputies have just served 201 of the leading business men and property owners of this city with summons to either make answer to or default before July 6, a suit field against them as guarantors of the payment of right of way bonus to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway, the sum of $18,000 being yet unpaid. The bondsmen are individually responsible under its terms, and are worth many more timest he amount. This suit is brought against more defendants than any other ever filed in Oklahoma, and it is now the intention to fight it to the supreme court. Three Times Robbed MUSKOGEE: The Phoenix clothing house was burglarized one night recently and $205 and some clothing taken. This store has been robbed three times within a year. LIBERTY BELL AT THE FAIR Historic Rolle Arrives at St. Louis to Historic Rolle Arrives at St. Louis to Remain During the Exposition ST. LOUIS: The historic Liberty bell has arrived from Philadelphia, in response to the petition of 90,000 public school children of this city, and will remain in the Pennsylvania building until the close of the fair. Mayor John Weaver of Philadelphia and other city officials who accompanied the bell, were escorted to their hotel, where they were called upon by Mayor Wells, President Francis of the exposition and other officials. The entire party then proceeded to the Union station, where the bell had been placed on a specially prepared float, and, accompanied by a squad of mounted police and a long line of military organizations, the famous old bell was taken to the exposition, where formal exercises were carried out. The gates had been thrown open to the school children of the city, and the day had been proclaimed a holiday by Mayor Wells. It is estimated that over 50,000 school children formed a portion of the immense throngs that greeted the bell when it entered the grounds. The ceremonies were held in the plaza of St. Louis. A chorus of 1,000 high school pupils sang "Concord," after which Chairman Henry Clay of the joint special committee of councils of Philadelphia presented Liberty bell to the exposition. MANY FARMS AT STAKE Date of the Burning of a Pest House an Important Matter MUSKOGEE: The Dawes commission has in hand the settling of an important case, which, when adjusted, will have a bearing on many more of a similar nature. In this particular case the right to ten fine farms in the Creek nation by the allottees is the point to be settled. In the latter part of 1898 there was an epidemic of smallpox in the Creek nation and many deaths were the result. Pest houses were established all over the nation and the federal government, in conjunction with the Creek nation officials, made an effort, successfully, to stamp out the disease. In one of these pesthouses occurred the death of the ten parties to whom was allotted the farms in question. This was about the first of April, 1899. It is claimed that parties who died prior to that time were not entitled to allotment, and where deaths occurred after that the allotments went to the heirs of the deceased. The ten allottees mentioned were all full-blood Indians, and were properly enrolled by the Dawes commission. The Creek nation since claims to have proof that the deaths of the parties in question occurred before the date mentioned. It is claimed that the pest house was burned about April 1, 1899. The date of the burning of this particular pesthouse is the important point in the question, for if it was burned before April 1, 1899, the Creek government will have won the case and the heirs of the allottees will have to vacate the valuable lands now held by them. If these heirs or allottees lose in this case many others of a similar nature will likewise lose their allotment. All the work of investigation has to be done through an interpreter, and the old records do not amount to much, as they were not properly kept. Sheriff Carpenter of Logan county arrested John Gates, ex-city marshal of the negro town of Langston, for the murder of Councilman A. L. Yates. Gates and two other negroes were accused by Yates in his dying statement. The trouble grew out of the recent city election. The third annual session of the B. V. P. U. was held in Enid last week. MILITARY REIGNS THE MINING DISTRICT AT COLORADO UNDER STATE TROOPS UNION MINERS BEING SENT OUT OF STATE Seventy-Six Union Miners Deported Into Kansas—More May be Sent Out This Week—The Mining Trouble May Last For Some Time DENVER: A week of riot and bloodshed unparalleled in the Cripple Creek mining district ended Sunday with the district still under martial law, the Citizens' alliance at Victor demanding the resignation of city and county officials, who are in sympathy with the union, and the miners themselves being forcibly deported out of the state, with orders not to return. President Moyer of the striking federation of miners is yet held a prisoner at the military bull pen at Victor on the charge of inciting riot, the supreme court of the state having handed down a decision on his application for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the constitution confers power on the governor to hold any insurrectionist without right to civil proceeding. The closing of the Portland mine at Victor by Adjutant General Bell after the rioting, was important in that it was accomplished peaceably, and will doubtless result in a judicial notice being taken of the situation by the federal courts, since the Portland company is organized under Iowa laws. The most serious disaster of the week was the event at the Independence depot, when thirteen non-union miners were killed and many others injured by dynamite, exploded under the depot platform. The old trouble of years' standing was opened afresh, and never since the four thousand union miners went on a strike nearly a year ago has the situation been so serious. The mine owners and citizens alliance were not only incensed toward the union, which they believe responsible for the dustardly dynamiting at Independence, but the militia was rushed into the distirect and at once began arresting union miners by the wholesale. Before night 175 of them were rounded up in the bull pen. During the afternoon two riots had demonstrated the intensity of public feeling, seven men had been fatally shot during an open air meteing and twenty union miners had been shot at their hall by militiamen. That night the office of the Victor Record was wrecked, presumably by union miners, for advising editorials that the strike end. Adjutant General Bell hurried to Cripple Creek, and the Citizens' alliance at Victor forced the resignation of Sheriff Robertson, Marshal Connell and other public officers, who were led into a meeting hall, the most conspicuous articles in which were two ropes with hangman's nooses ominously adjusted. Feeling against union men was still further increased by the finding of a bundle of marked photographs of nonunion miners, whom, it was presumed, had been marked for assassination. The deportation of union miners continued during the rest of the week, and it was announced that the district would be rld of every semblance of unionism. Later in the week this spirit spread to other trades and professions till a general boycott was declared against all forms of union labor in the Cripple Creek district. Governor Peabody and General Bell still hold the reins and the wisdom of martial control is being demonstrated in the gradual pacification of the disturbed elements and the cessation of rioting with deportation of miners. Several County Officers Are Sojourning in Denver DENVER: The following Teller county officials are exiles from their homes and will not return to Cripple Creek while the military is in control, owing to reports that the citizens' committee, which is co-operating with the military, intended to force them to resign their offices: District Judge W. P. Seeds, County Judge A. S. Frost, County Assessor P. J. DeVault, County Treasurer D. J. McNeill, County Clerk F. P. Mannix. All of these officials, except Judge Seeds, are in Denver. "I have not been asked for my resignation," said Judge Frost, "but I have heard that members of the mob which has taken control of the affairs of the county are fater me, as well as the other county officers. I shall stay in Denver until after the militia has been withdrawn from the district. I have no idea of resigning, but it is impossible to do business properly and orderly in Cripple Creek under present conditions. Judge Seeds has telephoned me not to return to Cripple Creek until military rule has been abolished. The conditions in the district at present are such that I do not feel it best to hold any court there. I shall hold court here for a week for Judge Lindsey, who has gone east. It is known among all of the officials who have left Teller county that those officials who were caught there were forcibly taken before a committee and were asked to resign their offices. They were asked to sit down at a table on which two ropes with the hangman's noose tied in the ends were lying." Judge Seeds is at present holding court in Kiowa county, and will not return to the Cripple Creek district for the present. GIVE WAY TO OKLAHOMA Illinois Farmers Can't Compete With Its Broom Corn Production GUTHRIE: B. Mitchell, a broom corn magnate of Centralia, Illinois, is here looking into the culture of the crop in Oklahoma. He says the Illinois growers are viewing the increase here with alarm. Charleston, Ill., the home of Mr. Mitchell, is in the very center of the famous Illinois broom corn belt, and yet, as a result of the large growth in Oklahoma, the acreage there this year, he says, has greatly diminished, as farmers say they cannot compete with the Oklahoma product. "I was told," he said, "that Woods, one of your western counties, raised as much broom corn last year as the entire state of Illinois, and I was inclined to doubt the statement until I looked up the matter and found that this county was six or eight times as large as Coles, my home county, which is credited with being the banner county of Illinois. The Oklahoma product is put on the market at a so much lower price that our farmers simply cannot compete with the western fellows. Our land is so expensive, while your is so cheap, that I expect the farmers back there will have to take up some other crop." The growing of broom corn in Oklahoma, however, is not confined to Woods county alone. It is rapidly becoming the staple crop for Garfield, Grant, Beaver, Dewey, Comanche and Kiowa, and the acreage this year is fully 25 per cent more than in former years. In 1900 only the states of Illinois, Missouri and Kansas surpassed Oklahoma in the production of broom corn, and since that time the territory has forged ahead of all of these states. Stop Gambling OKLAHOMA CITY: County Attorney Ralph Ramer issued an order closing all gambling houses and questionable resorts in the city. The Sunday closing of saloons is also included in his edict. NEWS OF THE NEW STATE Items Concerning People and Places in what now Comprises the Domains of Oklahoma and Indian Territories. NEW OATH REQUIRED Federal Officials Must Swear That They Are Not Interested in Land MUSKOGEE: The 200 employees in the government offices have received notice from the chairman of the commission calling their attention to the provision in the Indian appropriation bill which provides that after the first of July each employee must make oath that he is not connected with any company dealing in Indian lands, or is not dealing in town lots before he can draw his pay. There are few of the employees of the government who have been here any length of time who have not bought town lots, and a great many of them have bought Indian lands and hold stock in trust and investment companies. This also applies to the commissioners themselves as well as most of the Indian office officials. Consensus of opinion among the employees is to stand pat on their rights. There is talk of the employees joining in a letter addressed to the commissioners asking what they intend to do with their holdings. The employees are likely to follow suit Comanche's Cotton Crop LAWTON: Cotton in this section is showing up exceptionally well, and while early in the season for forecasts, it is confidently asserted that the banner crop for Comanche county will be raised this year. The acreage has been materially increased over that of last year. The largest single field belongs to the Rev. W. W. Webb, an ex-Confederate, a republican and a Methodist minister. He, together with his sons and a grandson, are cultivating a field of 150 acres, and declare it should yfield over a bale to the acre. Katy Files Suit Against Bondsmen Katy Files Suit Against Bondsmen SHAWNEE: The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway company has filed suit against the seventy bondsmen who guaranteed the payment for the right of way through this city when the road was about to be built. The greater part of the money was raised by note, but this bond was put up, signed by business men to secure the road in the collection of the notes, several thousand dollars being unpaid. The road now being in operation, the suit has been brought to force payment of the bonus. It will be settled without trial. Highway Robber Convicted ARDMORE: In the United States court here Bill Poe, charged with highway robbery, was convicted soon after the crime was committed. His alleged accomplice, Sloan, was shot by a posse and afterward died here. Poe is well known throughout the southwest. Elk City Bank Sold GUTHRIE: From Elk City is reported the sale of the Elk City National bank to the National Bank of Commerce of Oklahoma City, and the latter's officers are now in control. The national bank examiner is reported to have found the Elk City institution in good condition. D. A. Mayer and J. N. Cook of Elk City remain as directors under the new regime. A Langston Attorney Shot LANGSTON: A. L. Ayers, an attorney of Langston, while in attendance at a council meeting here, was shot by an unknown person. During the progress of the meeting Mr. Ayers stepped to the door of the council chamber, and had no more than opened it when a shot rang out in the darkness, and without a word Mr. Ayers reeled and fell. It is not known whether Mr. Ayers' injury will prove fatal. Two Boys From Kay County, O. T. in Uncle Sam's Service NEWKIRK: Kay county is exceptionally proud of two of her sons, who are in the navy and the coast guards. C. W. Johnston, son of John Johnston, a farmer living on Duck creek, is a member of the coast artillery, at Fort Wright, Fisher's island, New York harbor, and he recently broke the record in long distance shooting. He is the gunner in charge of the 16-inch gun recently installed at that point, and a few days ago, while at practice hit the target at a distance of twenty miles. Jacob Critz, whose fatner lives in Blackwell, is a gunner on the new battleship Maine. While at practice recently he hit the target, 1,600 yards distant, eight times out of eight shots while the ship was running at the rate of twelve knots an hour. SIX WERE DROWNED Negro and His Five Children Overturned in Deep Water MUSKOGEE: Alfred A. Lee, a freedman and his five children were drowned in a slough filled with back water from the Arkansas, which is very high. Taylor lived in this city and had a farm in the Arkansas river bottoms. He started with his children to work in the fields, and drove into the slough not knowing how deep it was. The wagon was overturned in fifteen feet of water and all were drowned. Laborers in fields nearby rushed to the assistance of the Lees, but were too late to save them. All the bodies were recovered and were brought here. Lee was about 50 years old and the children drowned ranged from 5 to 15 years of age. Negro Chased Out of Madill ARDMORE: Trouble between whites and negroes at Madill, caused by a negro knocking on the door of a white woman's house, terminated by the whites running the negroes from the town. Twenty or more armed citizens went to the negro houses, shot through the houses and frightened the negroes away. A negro woman named Bonner returned the fire, wounding an unknown white man in the thigh. District Attorney Johnson says he will thoroughly investigate the matter and thoroughly prosecute the wrongdoers. Injunction Is Dissolved SHAWNEE: District Judge Burwell has rendered a decision dissolving an injunction against the commissioners of this county which enjoined them from paying $3,500 to an expert who recently completed a nine months' investigation of the county records for the past seven years. The expert found that $20,000 had been paid illegally in fees to various officers, and suit will be brought to collect from those who have not already settled with the treasurer. The injunction was brought by parties affected by the investigation, and the dissolution in effect confirms the legality of the investigation. Young Woman Suicides PERRY: As the result of disappointment in a love affair Blanche Ditto committed suicide. She was the daughter of J. D. Ditto, a prominent farmer living seven miles southeast of this city. She was twenty years of age. At a dance she quarreled with her sweetheart, a young man living in Perry. She then went to a drug store and purchased an ounce of laudanum. She was discovered lying in her bed unconscious and in a lying condition. A doctor was summoned, but could render no assistance. BESSIE'S FISHING BESSIE'S FISHING A morn to a poet's wishing, All tinted in delicate grays and greens, Miss Bessie and I went fishing. I in my rough-and-tumble clothes, With my face at the sunshine's mercy; She with her hat tipped down to her nose, And her nose tipped vice versa. I with my rod, my rest, and my books, And a hamper of luncheon recesses; She with the bait of her comely looks, And the seine of her golden tresses. So we sat down in the shade of a dyke, Where the white pond lilies teeter, And I went to fishing like quaint old Ike, And she like Simon Peter. All day I lay in the light of her eyes. And dreamly watched and waited; But the fish were cunning and wouldn't lose. So when the time for departure came, My bag was as flat as a flounder; But Bessie had nearly hooked her game— A hundred-and-eighty-pound FIG FIGURING IT OUT BY RUBY DOUGLAS "I can never thank you, Miss Carew," began Tom Stanton for the sixth time within half an hour. He stood in front of the big, open fireplace in the Carew sitting room, very wet and disheveled. His overcoat and hat, soaked likewise, hung on the back of a chair before the fire. A pair of skates lay on the floor. "In only one way, you may," answered Diana, at last. She spoke as if she had suddenly determined to say something upon which she had been pondering. Each time Stanton had tried to thank her she had artfully turned the conversation into foreign channels and ignored his expressions of gratitude. "Give me your solemn oath," she continued, "that you will never ask me to marry you, and I am fully thanked for what I have done. Yes, I know that sounds presumptuous, Mr. Stanton, but nowadays persons labor under the delusion that if a girl does M. Goud "Don't—don't dare to say it!" some—O some little thing like I did—for a man, that he is in honor bound to ask her to marry him. I won't have it, so promise." She looked as well as he did in heavy wet clothing and with his hair curling recklessly about his broad, white forehead. "But you save—" he began, but was interrupted. "Don't—don't dare to say it! I did URING T OUT" BY RUBY DOUGLAS not!" And Miss Carew stamped her foot emphatically. "But you did; you saw me floundering about among the chunks of ice and you ran all the way, at a great risk to yourself, and pulled me out. I was foolish to skate on such dangerous ice. I could never have crawled out before I was frozen—so there! I must refute your denial. What do you call it, Miss Carew?" "Never mind, only give me your promise. It was mere luck that I happened to be in the window of my room and saw you go in. I know the air holes in the slough, living so near. Your promise?" she said interrogatively. "Is that quite fair?" he asked. "Suppose—" "No, I won't! I would never, never marry a man who thought I had saved his life even if it were years and years afterwards. I should always feel that he asked me out of gratitude." "But I won't feel that way," said Stanton, honestly feeling it might be true, but smiling down at the look of despair she gave him. "There you are, this very minute," she argued, "before you have known me an hour, already contemplating it. O please promise!" Diana was so earnest that Stanton stopped smiling and turned his other side to the fire before answering. "I'll promise on the condition that you will permit me to continue our acquaintance—if I may come to see you and learn to be friends. I could not thank you in a lifetime for what you have done, so we will let that pass. It was brave and—" He was going to say sweet, but refrained wisely. Neither did he tell her he had the wet belt and tie which she had knotted together. He would keep that always. "Very well, now promise," she said, extending her hand. He took it in his. "I promise, Miss Carew, never to ask you to marry me out of gratitude," he said. "No, no, no!" she cried, hopelessly, and taking her hand abruptly from him. "Promise never, under any circumstances, to ask me to marry you." He hesitated while he looked earnestly into her eyes. And because he saw a troubled, eager expectancy in her expression he took her hand again and said, "I promise." But he was sorry the moment the words had left his lips. Now that she had extracted her promise Diana chatted on merrily with Stanton, and long before he was dry enough to go out of doors she had learned why she had never seen him before. He had only the night before come to Cedar Rapids and, in wandering about to get his bearings in the town before taking up his duties with his firm, had come upon the Little Slough. He had secured some skates at a nearby shop and—Diana knew the rest. In due time he came to call. Only one subject was tabooed when they were together, and that was the skating accident and the promise. "Diana," said Tom one night—he had called her Diana for some time. "I did not promise to refrain from telling you I love you, and I do! I love you better than anything in life, and if you can't figure out some way out of my difficulty, I shall be sorry your were in your window that morning. I shall, Diana!" He tried to take her hands and to force her to look at him. "Tom Stanton, don't you dare!" she said, laughing at his seriousness. "You are dangerously near breaking your promise, and I won't pull you out if you go over the brink as I did on the ice." Almost a year after Diana had extracted her promise from Stanton she came into the room where he was waiting for her and sat down beside him on the couch. "Have you a pencil and paper, Tom?" she asked. "I want you to figure something for me." She moved close to him. "But first, Tom, are you quite, quite sure that you love me—that you would have loved me anyway? No—" she said, repelling his attempt to take her hands. "Tell me." "Yes, positively sure, Diana," he said, earnestly. "Are you going to release me?" "Nonsense!" she cried. "I just wanted to be sure; I will never release you from that promise." Silence fell between them for a moment. He was thinking of how many times within the year she had raised his hopes, only to dash them to the ground again. And yet he loved her. "Now put down the figures I tell Wizard "Is it all figured out?" you," she said, alter a minute, "and don't ask questions. One." He put a figure one on the paper. Beside it a nine," said Diana. He did it. "Naught! Four!" said Diana, excitedly. "Very well," said Tom. "Now divide it by four." she said. "Four hundred and seventy-six," he read, when he finished. "Well, what of it?" He was mystified beyond expression. "Is it all figured out?" she asked. "Yes." "And can't you see that 1904 is devisible by four and that it's leap year, and—O, Tom, I love you so. Won't you marry me? Please do," she cried. And if taking her in his arms and holding her as if he would never let her go again was giving a positive answer, Diana's leap year proposal was accepted.—Ruby Douglas, in Boston Globe. WEAKNESS OF STRONG MEN. No One Absolutely Free from All Man ner of Defect. Those who are seeking through study of superior men to make themselves at least less inferior are often puzzled and baffled by the discovery of characteristics that seem absolutely incompatible with greatness. There is hardly a great man whose life is at all accurately known in whom there was not a weakness that would destroy an ordinary man—sometimes mental weakness, as utter lack of judgment; sometimes moral weakness; again, physical weakness. But is there on record a single case of a great man who had not through his character a certain toughness of fiber which made him free from the common weakness of whining and rushing about for refuge at the first black lift of adversity? Is not that fundamental sense of insecurity, or inability to stand alone, the great enemy we all have to fight? Is it not the enemy that drives some to the false courage of drink, others to slink and crawl along the byways of indirection and crime, many, many others to resign the guidance of their destinies to some master or masters with hardly an effort to thing or do for themselves?—Saturday Evening Post. WHY HE WAS NOT DISTURBED. Clergyman's Explanation Disconcerted Would-Be Joker. A clergyman who was traveling stopped at a hotel much frequented by wags and jokers. The host, not being used to having a clergyman at his table, looked at him with surprise; the guests used all their raillery of wit upon him without eliciting a remark. The clergyman ate his dinner quietly, apparently without observing the gibes and sneers of his neighbors. One of them at last, in despair of his forbearance, said to him: "Well, I wonder at your patience! Have you not heard all that has been said to you?" "Oh, yes; but I am used to it. Do you know who I am?" "No, sir." "Well, I will inform you. I am chaplain of a lunatic asylum. Such remarks have no effect upon me."—Short Stories. The World Beautiful. Oh, dwellers on the lovely earth, Why will ye break your rest and mirth To weary us with fruitless prayer? Why will ye toil and take such care For children's children yet unborn. And garner store of strife and corn, To gain a scarce remembered name, Cumbered with lies and solled with shame? And if the gods care not for you, What is this folly ye must do To win some mortal's feeble heart? Oh, fools! when each man plays his part, And heeds his fellow little more Than these blue waves that kiss the shore shore. Take heed of how the daisies grow, Oh, fools! and if ye could but know How fair a world to you is given, O brooder on the hills of heaven. When for my sins thou drawst me forth, Hadst thou forgot what this was worth Thine own hand made? The tears of men, The death of three score years and ten, The trembling of the timorous race— Had these things so bedimmed the place Thine own hand made, thou couldst not know To what a heaven the earth might grow, If fear beneath the earn were late, If hope failed not, nor love decayed. —William Morris. The End of All Armies. We may really be on the verge of the millennium, for M. Emile Guarini has come to the conclusion that it will soon be possible to destroy armies by lightning. Receiving a shock from a wireless telegraph apparatus through an umbrella, he experimented with a Ruhmkorff coll, and found that shocks could be transmitted through the air with moderate currents. He concludes that the energy of 1,000 horsepower, at 100,000 volts, could be concentrated by antennae so as to destroy life at a distance of twelve miles. The present difficulty, which he believes will be soon overcome, is that of controlling and directing the electric waves. Too much humility and an insincere heart lurk together in the shadows of hypocrisy. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Crops nave been damaged a good deal by the continued rain and overflows Mr. Wiley Jones has bought a splendid piece of resident property on Third St. The colored children need a school in the 3rd ward, and we hope the school board will furnish one. Mrs. Nettie Drake has purchased a very desirable lot on S. 3rd St, and will remove her hotel to that place at once. Trinity Lodge No. 14, F. & A. M. and Easter Star Chapter No. will install their officers on Friday night at Odd Fellows Hall. The corner stone of the A. M. E. church was laid by the K. of P., Sunday, a large crowd were out and a splendid collection taken up. Not an empty business house in town and the carpenters can't build resideces fast enough for the influx of new comers. All this indicate a good town. The new Creek livery barn is about completed and Mr. Ragsdale will be on 3rd St. near the Frisco tract to accommodate his customers in the same old way. There were about 40 unfortunates up before Judge Berry, Monday morning, some of them got off free while others were stuck. Both races were there. Frank Reed, Atty McRea and several others leave for Chicago on the 19th to attend the Republican convention. Mr. Reed will be Sargent-at-Arms at the convention. The Creek Grocery Co. have commenced hauling rock for the foundation of their new two story brick building on South 2nd St. This will be a crackerjack when finished. The Pheonix says there ought to be a fire company on the east side.—agreed—and a colored fire company on the west side. What say you, both at same time. Can you come that far? There are a great number of teachers in the city this week attending the Normal, they are a good looking, intelligent set of ladies and gentlemen and we hope their sojourn will be a pleas ant one as well as profitable. Treat them well, the future of our boys and girls is in their hands. PROTECT YOURSELVES. Intending visitors to World's Fair can assure themselves satisfactory rooming accommodations through the Merchant's Service Company at a nominal expense. For particulars, apply to nearest Frisco System Agent. MASONS ELECT OFFICERS. Trinity Lodge No 14, F. & A. M., elected the following officers for the ensuing year. F. W. Reed, W. M. Wiley McIntosh, S. W. B F. Lowe, J. W. Geo. Pleasart. Treas. W. H. Twine, Sec'y. A. Cole. Chaplain. E. L. Samuels Tyler. Muskogee has the best colored band in the Territory, the boys are trying hard to reach perfection and our business men should help them by making them a present of a suit for each man. FREE TRIP TO THE Do you want to go to the World's Fair! If so, here is a chance: The gentleman agent or other male person sending in the greatest number of suoscrib ers, the winner must send in at least fifty subscribers, by the 1st day of July, 1904, we will present him a round trip tichet from his home. if he lives on a R. R. to t, Louis, otherwise from the nearest R. R. station. The same proposition is extended to the ladies. The subscriptions must be for one year. Anyone eligible to get in the game if you reside in the Indian Territory. The same proposition to residents of the States, but the winner must send in at least 100 subscribers. TAKE YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS TO Ben Estes' Drug Store and get exactly what the Doctor Ordered. Corner of Main Street and Okmulgee Ave. Sat It Quick, Right and Cheap. We never substitute. HEADQUARTERS FOR PURE Drugs and Medicines. Ben Estes, - Prop W. H. TWINE, Lawyer. Will practice in U. S. Courts and Daws Commission. Office on Second Frisco System Rates Second Class Colonist and Intermediates. Also one way second Class Colonist to all points in the Northwest. Daes ot Sale March 1 to April 30, and Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. H. E. HARKRIDER, Ag't. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale background with no discernible features. Durfey Hardware Company Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, Buggies, Wagons, Implements, Builders' Tools, etc. All Kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing. FARM LOANS $ ^{A_{n}} $ ABSTRACTS JAMES L. LOMBARD, CHAS. H. LOMBARD, D. G. WILSON, President. Secretary and Manager. Assistant Secretary. MIDI AND ABSTRACT COMPANY 207 North Second Street, MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. FARM LOANS ON FREEDMEN LAND Loans made to Creek Freedmen who are farming on their allotments. Spot Cash Store. BIG LINE OF SPRING MILLNARY! hirt Waist Suits, Shirt Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Muslin Underwear, Dry Goods, Tin Ware and Enameled Ware, Queens Ware, and Glass Ware. THE FAIR! THE FAIR! GloydLumberCo. Gloyd Lumber Company, Nort Main St. : : : Muskogee, I. T. Non-assessable and carrying no personal liability. Officered and directed by prominent business men of Indian Territory. The Company has a lease on 40 acres of land near the Famous Red Fork Gusher at Red Fork, I. T. In addition to this property, the Company has an option on Oil Land in the Greek Nation that can be bought as soon as the owners get title to same. As Gushers have been discovered near property controlled by this Company, we feel that every owner of stock in this Company is on the road to Fortune. Stock in this Company is now offered at $25.00 per share. If you want to reap a Fortune from investment, send remittance or write for prospectus to Taking The Stump To tell about our lumber. It is put forward to win the approval of the lumber users of this section and when its good points are appreciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or profit in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber by the foot but pieces by the inches. III North Second Street ABSTRACTS BARD, D. G. WILSON, Manager. Assistant Secretary. CT COMPANY USKOGFE, IND. TER. REEDMEN LAND who are farming on their al- h Store. NG MILLINARY! ists, Corsets, Hosiery, Goods, Tin Ware and Ware, and Glass Ware. THE FAIR! umberCo. A Lumberman Standing on a Stump with a Saw and a Stack of Wooden Planks. er Company, Muskogee, I. T.