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The Muskogee Gimeter GREAT TERRITORIAL MASS CONVENTION Under the Auspices of the Suffrage League A' Successful Meeting Resulted--A Permanent Organization, Vol 5. There was an inter-territorial convention of colored citizens held at the opera house in this city at which probably three hundred delegates were in attendance. The meeting was called to order at 10:30 by C. J. Jones of Muskogee, and prayer was offered by Rev, A. J. Lacy. The chairman addressed the delegates on the subject of single statehood and declared the object of the meeting to be for the purpose of memorializing congress to pass the Hamilton statehood bill, providing for statehood with Oklahoma on terms of equality, and insisting on the rights of franchise for all American citizens, regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude. A motion prevailed to perfect an organization, the meeting adjourned to meet at 2:30 p. m. At the afternoon session the following officers were elected: Following are the permanent officers elected: Chairman, W. A. Rentie. Secretary, G. W. Davidson. Vice Chairmen; Creek nation, C. J. Jones; Choctaw, E. E. McDaniel; Chickasaw, T. S. E. Brown; Cherokee, Doc Vann; Seminole, W. D. Shawnee. Assistant Secretary. Prof. C. B. Bryant Treasurer, J. B. McCulloch. Sergeant-at-Arms, Ed. Jefferson. The object of the meeting as stated in the call, and by the chairman did not include election of a delegate to Washington at this time, hence the men who captured the machinery were away when the henchmen of the great and only egotist sprang the election of a delegate. The Jones' forces did not control the convention, the election of W. A. Rentie as chairman and A. S. McRea as chairman of the Ex. Com. shows that the anti Jones people hold the machinery of the organization. It was in the dying hours of the convention when a majority or nearly all of those in attendance had gone when one of the Jones henchmen sprung the question that the mighty autocrat be sent to Washington as a delegate, even then there were enough of the faithful to put up such a fight that he only got in by the skin of his teeth. Jones showed his ignorance of parliamentary law or a wanton disregard for law in his first ruling that there could be no temporary organization because it was not a delegated convention. This of course was in aid of his own candidacy and when he saw he could not be Permanent Chair man, he magnanimously stated its best to elect some one else. After declaring that the star chamber caucus that selected him as chairman could not be overruled he proceeded in the most disgraceful manner to refuse recognition to men on the floor whom he disliked. There were two men who are well known in business life that the chair could not see until the new chairman was elected. Jones made speech No.1 which was well received and aside from the attempted reflections on the editor of this paper was a very good effort. Speech No.2 which was made while he was still in the assumed position of chairman and was not so well received, as it was the same old speech made in the morning. The Jones henchmen have begun to crow too soon. The machinery of the organization is not in Jones' hand and there are no provisions made for credentials or expenses. We understand that four of the henchmen are going to sweep the country soliciting means, but unless they get the order from the executive committee there will be sometoing doing when they start on their rounds. "He laugh best who laughs last." Notes Extraordinary!! Mesdames G. L. Trigg and Mabel Taylor gave a grand cantata in the opera house in Vinita on the 22nd ult, afterwhich they visited the World's Fair in St. Louis and report a pleasant trip. When You Want . Second St., Next to Creek Gro. Co Clean towels, sharp razors a specialty. Colored Masons Met In a World's Congress at St. Louis,—St. John the Recognized Grand Lodge of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, The International Congress of colored master Masons of the United States and Canada conducted a success meeting at St. Louis last week. Mr. Chinn said that the call for his congress was inspired by the effect of Trans-Atlantic jurisdictions to bring about a world's Masonic league, similar to The Hague tribunal of arbitration, with a system of universal representation and the negro Masons of America should get in line with this progressive movement. Rev. E. W. Lampton, grand master of Mississippi, offered prayer and led in singing. Grand Master A. R. Chinn of Missouri extended fraternal greetings to the visitors. Grand Master Chinn was chosen temporary chairman, and Grand Secretary J. H. Pelham of Missouri was made temporary secretary. J. Milton Turner chairman of the grand lodge committee, delivered the address of welcome, to which J. W. Lewia, grand master of Lousiana, responded. J. W. Boon ("Blind Boon") of Kansas renderd several piano elections, and Prof. J. C. Corbin of arkansas read a paper on "The Free Mason of the Twentieth Century." At the opening of the after-noon session the committee on credentials reported 102 delegates representing fourteen states, two territories and the District of Columbia. Rev. E. W. Lampton, grand master of the state of Mississippi who was resently elected financial secretary of the African Methodist Episcopal church, wirh headquarters at Washington, D. C., was chosen as permanent chairman, Grand Secretary J. L. N. Smith of Maryland and E. J. Alexander of Florida assistant secretaries and William McDonald of Texas treasurer. The congress adjourned at 5 o'clock p. m. and reassembled in the form of a grand lodge of sorrow, with stations: E-W. Lampton, W. M.; A. R. Chinn deputy: J. H. Kenner, S. W.: H. L. Harris, J. W.: J. H. Dickerson, chaplain: Thos. A. Jordon, master of ceremonies: J. H. Pelham, secretary: Wm. McDonald, treasurer. The features of the closing session were reading and discussing of the retort of committee on charities, which showed that the eighteen jurisdictions represented had collected and distributed nearly $5,000,000 during the past five years for charity. Prof. J. H. Pelham of Hannibal, Mo. grand secretary of Missours, read a paper on "Practical Masonary," embracing a comprehensive plan for uniformity in the ritualistic work of the order, which was ordered printed for distribution. The delegates to the congress were given an outing at night at Bloemake's grove. No. 6200 North Broadway. The grand council of the colored Scottish Rite Masons will be convened in in Masonic hall at 10: o'clock this morning by Milton F. Shields, sovereign grand cninmander. DR. R. H. WATERFORD. Diseases fo women and children successfu treated. Also chronic diseases of men- Number 45 Help The Church. To the Race Loving Negro of Muskogee and the Vicinity Thereunto belonging: Peace and Prosperity to you and Yours— Friends, circumstances over which you and I have no control has placed the new unfinished church of the First Baptist of this city in a deplorable condition being an eyesore to all christian feeling people, and feeling as we do, that we as a people individually and collectively are interested in the finishing of this edifice, and after talking over the matter with many of our friends and believing as they did, that, the said church came in its present condition unintentionally by mismanagement, therefore we suggest and emplore every lover of God's church regardless of sect, creed, member or friend, of other churches to meet at the unfinished church on the corner of 5th and Denison street at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 30, 1904, and their briefly and harmoniously discuss and formulate; take subscriptions and cash to finish this church ere the frost of winter comes. We are persuaded we can easily raise two thousand dollars or more to roof this church so these good people can go in it, and finish it. This will be in keeping with Muskogee's ways of doing, thereby dispensing some good. God bless us, and we thereby removing a great stigma from our people and helping as best we can in an humble way to beautify Greater Muskogee. We give to railroads and other city building enterprises. Why not to the house of God. Be not jealous church we are your friends. Dr. Waterford, Editor Brocks, W. H. Twine, Lewis Whiple, R. Wood, Promoters. A mass meeting of colored citizens, composed largely of visitors from other states who are attend the World's Fair and the various national conventions that have held sessions here recently, was held at Masonic hall yesterday afternoon. Dr. E. W. Lampton of Mississippi who is one of the candidates for Republican presipential electors at large in that state was chosen as chairman and E. E. Perkins of Mississippi was elected secretary. The political situation, as it affects the negro race, was discussed and the following resolutions was adopted: Resolve that it is the same of this meeting that a crisis of such gravity is confronting the negro race of the country that we will be untrue to ourselves if we do not take cognizance of the grave perils that now threaten our lives, liberty and future existence in these United States. That we believe President Roosevelt, by his public actions and repeated exponents of justice before the law and equality of opportunity for every citizen, regardless of race, color or previous condition; and that, therefore, the weight of our influence and our most earnest labors should be given to promote the success of the Republican party at the coming national election. WORLD'S FAIR FAR BEYOND EXPECTATIONS THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE LOUISIANA PURCHASE MONUMENT AND PALACE OF VARIED INDUSTRIES. NEW STATE NEWS Mail service will be established on the Katy branch between Guthrie and Fallis. Internal revenue agents seized one hundred and twelve cases of beer at Ardmore last week. Eugene D. Head has been appointed postmaster at Dustin, vice George W. Beard, deceased. The second annual street fair at Sterling will be held August 25th to 27th. Coloney Roy V. Hoffman has been selected as Oklahoma day orator at St. Louis September 6th. Charles Langdon, a fourteen-year old boy living near Anadarko, was thrown from his horse while driving cattle and sustained a fracture of the skull, from the effects of which he died. Jesse, the ten-year-old son of the Rev. W. E. Moore of Boynton, had his right foot cut off at the ankle by running into a mower. Farmers in the vicinity of Roberta and Albany, south of Durant, are complaining that the boll weevil is going considerable damage to the cotton. Muskogee papers report an epidemic of summer complaint among the infants of that town. Many deaths have resulted. The Canadian county farmers' institute will have a big picnic at Caddo Springs August 30th. Delegate McGuire is to talk upon the work of the department of agriculture. The Interstate Post is a new paper at Tulsa. It is published in the interests of the order of G. A. R. of both territories, with E. E. Brackney as editor. Comanche county has just completed a number of bridges, and contracts will soon be made for twenty-five more. It is expected that five or six thousand Indians will be in attendance at the Comanche county fair, if the work of the committee does not miscarry. The fair opens the 12th of September. A postoffice has been established at Paul, Dewey county, with L. D Jones as postmaster. The Knights of Pythias order is now talking of organizing a cavalry company of the order at Oklahoma City. If organized it will be the second of this kind in the United States. A St. Louis man has made a proposition to the citizens of Guthrie to erect a one hundred and twenty-room hotel. The citizens must subscribe $7,500 in stock. Frank Jansen, while at work on a Rock Island bridge at Geary, fell and was killed instantly. His home was in Memphis, Tenn. Arrangements have been made by the merchants to hold a street fair and carnival at Chickasha September 19 to 24. An amusement company will furnish a large number of attractions. Merchants will make displays, and there will be exhibits of fine products. Races will also be a feature. ```markdown ``` The World's Fair at St. Louis is now in the midst of its splendid season. Colossal, complete, cosmopolitan, it commands the attention of the world as no other enterprise of the present year. From all nations there are pilgrims coming to this shrine, and from all our states and territories there is a constantly growing throng of visitors. United States Senators, Governors of States, men eminent in science, art and letters—all express unqualified admiration for the Exposition and free acquiescence in the oftrepeated statement that this is by far the greatest and best universal exposition ever held. During July a well-known magazine and newspaper writer from New York, Mr. Addison Steele, spent a week at the World's Fair, inspecting the grounds, buildings and various attractions as thoroughly as was possible in that limited period. Returning home, Mr. Steele published in Brooklyn Life the following appreciative comments on the Exposition: In the expressive language of the day, St. Louis "has the goods." I had expected much of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, for I had kept in touch with the making of it from its very inception, five years ago; but after nearly a week of journeying through this new wonderland I must confess that in every essential particular it is far beyond my expectations. The biggest and best it was meant to be and the biggest and best LOUISIANA PURCHA it is. The exposition, rumors notwithstanding, is quite finished. One of the greatest, and certainly one of the most agreeable, of my many surprises was the extreme beauty of the main group of buildings. For the simple reason that the camera does not exist which could take in the vast picture as the eye sees it, the early views of the group—a bit here and a bit there—gave a scant idea of the scheme as a whole. Nor did the early views of the ten individual buildings which make up its compon- ```markdown ``` ent parts do justice to their nobility of architecture and general grandeur. Then again in the ground plans and bird's-eye sketches—the only possible manner of showing it—the far-shaped arrangement of this group looked stiff and unsatisfying. Far from that, it is quite as remarkable in its way as the famous Court of Honor of the Columbian Exposition. In one respect it is even more notable, for instead of two grand vistas it offers a dozen. The main vista is, of course, the one looking up the Plaza of St. Louis—whose crowning feature is the great Louisiana Purchase Monument—and across the Grand Basin to the Cascade Gardens. On the right are the Varied Industries and Electricity buildings and on the left Manufacturers and Education, these—with Transportation and Machinery still further to the right and Liberal Arts and Mines beyond at the left—making up the body of the fan. For its handle the fan has the Cascade Gardens—rising in a grand terrace to a height of sixty-five feet above the floor level of the buildings mentioned and crowned by the great Festival Hall, the Terrace of States and the East and West Pavilions—and the Fine Arts building directly behind. The Pike has in the Tyrolean Alps the finest concession that I have ever seen. There is a great square with many quaint buildings, a little village street, and above the snow-clad mountains—which look very real as the USE MONUMENT AND PALACE OF V evening falls. The best scenic railroad yet devised affords several fine glimpses of the Alps and there is a very graphic exposition of the Oberammergau passion play in the little church. The Cliff Dwellers' concession also looks very realistic at nightfall. It is elaborate in arrangement and the courting, snake and other dances by the Southwestern Indians make it another of the Pike shows which should be taken in by all. In Seville there is an amusing marionette theater and some genuine Spanish dancing. For the rest the Pike offers ```markdown ``` infinite variety, and as a rule the full money's worth is given. The enormous Jerusalem and Boer War concessions are not on the Pike. It is a case of dine at the German Pavilion and die at the exposition. In a beautiful Moderne Kunst building adjoining Das Deutsche Haus the best food and the highest prices on the grounds are to be found, the table d'hote lunch and dinner costing two and three dollars, respectively. There is also a la carte service. Everything considered, the prices are not excessive, and at least one meal should be taken there for the experience. Another should be taken at the Tyrolean Alps, either outdoors or in the gorgeous dining-room in the mountain-side. The best French restaurant is at Paris, on the Pike. Lower in prices and in every way admirable are the two restaurants conducted by Mrs. Rorer in the pavilions of Cascade Gardens. The east one has waitresses and no beer and the west one waiters and beer. For a bit of lunch Germany, France and England all offer delicious pastry in the Agricultural building. These are not free ads, but time-saving tips for the traveler. There are no end of restaurants to fit all purses on the grounds. 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It did not take well and the barrels disappeared. Now comes a city council elected by Negro votes and since it has become urgent that public closets be built they propose to bring up the color question and furnish one for blacks and one for whites. Of course they have no law that will support them in spending the peoples' money in order that they may show their prejudice, except the lilywhite club that excludes men on account of color, doubtless some of these people thought they were holding a club meeting. We were in a Southern city recently and saw the public closets that were designated as follows, "For Ladies." "For Gentlemen" and the entire public made use of them regardless of race or color and there was no friction. What in the devil is the matter with this city council, are they trying to make trouble between the races when things are moving smoothly they certainly must have a case of rabies caused by abolishing the office of "Liftum Dungi." ATTORNEY-AT-LAW PHONE 306 ROOM 11 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 candyee ice cream, flour, sugar, coffes and country vegetables. Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN, --- SUBSCRIPTION: (In advance) One Year $1.00 Six Months 50 Three Months 25 W. H. TWINE - - - Editor. R. WOOD, Ass't Editor and Manager. J. T. TRIMBLE - - Solicitor. F QUALLS, Manager, Printing Dept Republican Ticket. For President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New York. For Vice-President, CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, of Indiana. Boys who go out on excursions should be careful not to bring any whiskey back as the detective is on the lookout and will bag you sure. Better let it alone the penalty is too great for the amount of pleasure had in drinking the fluid. The present City Council gave four colored men the position of "Liftum Dungi" and it seems they afterwards relented and took the job away. Gave it a new name and appointed a new man to fill the place. Next Spring these same fellows will be asking for the votes of these men and doubtless promise to restore them to their place. We supposed that even Dickinson knows that when a man is charged with larceny, that he must face the music. All thieves are compelled to do that and not entitled to any credit for it. We shall give reasonable time for a hearing from Perkins, and then publish what the court record show touching this paragon of honesty. There is an unconfirmed report that C. W. Raymond will resign his position as judge. We hope this is not true as it will seem like a calamity for Judge Raymond to leave us at this time. He has made a most acceptable official doing his full duty and working night and day to keep the court work up-to-date. He has done more work than any judge on the bench in the Indian Territory. We need such men as Judge Raymond to make this country what it ought to be, the greatest in the Union. The erudite editor of the goosling "New Era" is still in the vindicating business in so far as the Siamese Twins of Gold Dust fame are concerned and assigns that as the reason for the brilliant editorial in the last weekly issue, no brother the Cimeter is not dead and possibly may be living when some other journals have found a restin place in the journalistic graveyard. We desire to go on record as being against the bond issue and hope the voters will cover it with an avalanche of votes so deep that the trumpet of the Arch Angel can't bring it to life. We have lost enough money on that water-works plant and now would be a good time to unload The tax-payer will be benefited by private ownership of the plant As then the fellows who use the water will pay for it as it now stands, we fellows who live in the suburbs, help pay the tax and get no benefit therefrom. Better sell the plant and build more school houses. A S McRea GEORGE PLEASANT, Go to Now located at new quarters No. 512 South 8rd Street Phone 70 Opposite Gill Sanders Wholesale House. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES The Canadian Valley Trust Company Has a number of applicants who desire to rent houses. Owners of three, four, five and six room houses can secure desirable tenants by listing their property with us. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. MORRIS' CAFE The only first-class, up-to-date Cafe in the city Where people of all nations can be served A Splendid Billiard and Pool Hall Adjoining The finest in the southwest. If you are hungry step into the cafe; if you want to spend an hour of pleasure the pool room is the place. R. H. MORRIS, Prop. The Barnett Grocery Co. STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES We have anything you desire in the Grocery Line at prices that defy competition. Give us a trial and you will repeat. Located on South 5th St., near the South Side Boulevard. F. A. BARNETT & SONS. FARM LOANS AND ABSTRACTS JAMES L. LOMBARD. President. CHAS. H. LOMBARD. Secretary and Manager. D. G. WILSON, Assistant Secretary. MIDLAND ABSTRACT COMPANY 207 N. Second Street, MUSKOGEE, IND. TER. FARM :: LOANS :: ON :: FREEDMAN :: LAND Loans made to Creek Freedmen who are farming on their allotments Spott Cash Sore. BIG LINE OF SPRING MILLINARY! Shirt Waist Suits, Shirt Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Muslin Underwear, Dry Goods, Tin Ware and Enameled Ware, Queens Ware, and Glass Ware. West Broadway, Muskogee THE FAIR. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Mr. P. French, is visiting his wife at Checotah. Go to Fisher & White when you need anything in the dentist line. Mr. Ellis Childers of Wagoner is in the city on business before the Dawes Commission. Misses Lucy Bean and Laura Day, of Vinita were visiting in Muskogee this week. Rev. Franklin, P. E. of the Guthrie District spent some time this week in the city. Miss Townsend and Mrs. Evan, of Cincinnati, O., are here visiting Mrs. Escoe. Mrs. L. G. Cobb, our efficient Hair Dresser manicure and massage artist is visiting friends at Boley I T. Trade with our advertisers they deserve your trade and show that they appreciate and are willing to help race enterprises Buy a lot in Rentiesville, the new colored town on the M. K. & T. R. R., lots $12 to $50. Write to W. H. Twine, Muskogee, I. T, Mr. Chas. Gibson, is on an extended visit to Texas. He will make Ft. Worth, Dallas, Galveston and Houston while there. P. M. Maglorie of Alexander, La., after visiting the World's Fair stopping off for a few days in our city. The ladies of the A, M. E. church will give a lawn social at the residence of Mrs. F.W. Reed, N. 14th street, Thursday night, August 25th. All are cordially invited to attend. Young Bro's, have bought out Mr. Sturgeon and will continue to conduct a first class cold drink and confectionary. Watch for their add in next weeks issue. Convention Notes. Dr. Guess was the delegate from the Choctaw nation in the convention. Rev. J. N. Jackson of Eufaula was a delegate and did as good work on the floor. Hon H.-R. Pierson of Guthrie, was in the city, and paid a visit to the convention. W. A. Rentie, the permanent chairman, handled the convention like an old hand in the business. Things were quite stormy at some periods but in the end the regulars captured the convention and machinery. The colored band furnished splendid music for the occasion and the audience showed their appreciation liberally. Hon. S. T. Wiggins of Ardmore attended the colored men's convention, representing the Chickasaw nation; he was the only delegate from that nation. Brooks, McRea, Sango, Prof. Thompson, Gordon, Price, Isaac, Lacey and others handled Rentie's campaign with that vigor THAT BROUGHT SUCCESS. E. B. Cabelle of Wewoka, represented the Seminole nation and was a strong candidate for chairman, he was one of the most popular delegates in the convention. Jones, the chairman, who opened the ball, did not have good sight or hearing when the Cimeter man tried to get a hearing, in a smooth way in his two speeches he gave us a rap for our opposing his call as it was written. The Jones henchmen who got up the report (that was never printed) attempted to ridicule those who licked them in the chairmanship fight, are known and will be remembered. Ingratitude is the greatest of crimes and there are some would be politicians loafing around Muskogee and who have not been in town long enough to make wading for a shot gun that will learn that like the ghost of Bango their sin will rise up when least desired. Coble, the obstreperous delegate who claims to hail from Adam's Creek, exploded a lot of surplus gas in a tirade against lawyers, doctors and preachers, and then subsided The people make a mistake in sending fellows as delegates who know only abuse and billinsgate. Be it remembered there were only five delegates outside of the Creek nation who attended the convention; and the towns of Checotah, Lee, Boynton, Grayson and twenty other towns were not represented. We hope the present executive will see to it that the next convention is one in which the colored people of the Indian Territory are represented. We believe he can and will do it. Rooms 5-7-9, Carolina Building. CORNER THIRD AND OKMULGEE. We use the best material and do high grade work at prices within reach of all special prices on gold crowns and ridge work Have your theeh saved before its too late Tourist Rates. The Frisco System will iss ue during the Summer months, Tourist round-trip tickets to various resorts and locations-the mountains, Lakes and Seashore, at greatly reduced rates, with ample return limit. Call on nearest agent or address Passenger Traffic Dept., St. Louis. The Best Advertising Medium through which you can reach the colored people is "THE CIMETER. Durfey Hardware Company Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, the Celebrated Monarch Ranges, everyone guaranteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All Kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. PHONE 205 ROWSEY BLOCK III North Second Street. Realty Bank & Trust Co. Money loaned on Real Estate, Chattel and personal security : : : : : : Deposits Received. Your Business Solicited. A, G. W. SANGO, President. W. A. RENTIE, Cashier. OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS: Shirts, Hats. Underwear, Suit Cases. Muskogee. - - - Ind. Ter'v. 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 End St., South of the U. S. Post Office. OUT IN CALIFORNIA The Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar will be held in the early Fall. Thousands are going. Its a good time. There is no doubt but that all good Americans desire to see the Golden States sometime. Here is an opportunity. Is there anything to prevent your taking advantage of the exceptionally low rates announced for this occasion? Muskogee. OUT IN The Triennial Co held in the early good time. There icans desire to see is an opportunity. taking advantage nounced for this Rock Island System INCORPORATED Bank & T USKOGEE: d on Real Estate, Ch real Estate Bought and ved. Your President. Haum: Furnishing ALL DESCRIPTION ts. Underwear McCl X AGENCY. ENGLISH K GROCE MERS IN STAPLE AND OCEP PATENT FLOUR. The company in the City. We services for Country Prod South of the U. S. Post C IN CALIFORNIA Conclave of Knight y Fall. Thousands are is no doubt but th see the Golden States y. Is there anythif age of the exceptiona s occasion? Hardware, Tinware, the Celebrated Monarch, Ganteed, Builders' Tools, etc. All Kinds of ing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. III North Second Street Bank & Trust Co. SKOGEE: I. T. on Real Estate, Chattel and person- : : : : : : Estate Bought and Sold. d. Your Business Solicited. president. W. A. RENTIE, Cashier. URNISHING GOODS, ALL DESCRIPTIONS: Underwear, Suit Cases, McCLURE, AGENCY. ENGLISH BLOCK. Ind. Ter'v GROCERY CO., IN STAPLE AND FANCY CERIES TENY FLOUR. The Leading Colored y in the City. We also buy and pay ee for Country Produce. Located on outh of the U. S. Post Office. Ind. Ter'v IN CALIFORNIA Unclave of Knights Templar will be fall. Thousands are going. Its a is no doubt but that all good Amer- the Golden States sometime. Here Is there anything to prevent your of the exceptionally low rates an- occasion? Tickets on Sale Aug. 15 to Sept 10 Rates from your home town on request. GEO. H .LEE, G. P. & T. A. Little Rock, Ark. J. S. McNALLY, D. P. A Oklahoma City. --- HAND MADE CLOTHING SHIRTS HAS DINGY OFFICIAL ABODE. British Prime Minister Not Housed With Magnificence. A dingy old house in a narrow cul-de-sac leading out of Whitehall, London, one of three which form a alender wedge of drab brickwork in a magnificent block of buildings—this is a fair description of the most remarkable dwelling house in England —probably in the world, for it is the center from which, for nearly a couple of centuries, the far-spreading THE BROADWAY Exterior of No. 10 Downing Street. British empire has been governed, and where generations of prime ministers have made their home. A couple of centuries ago Downing street consisted of "four or five very large, well-built houses fit for persons of honor and quality, each house having a pleasant prospect into St. James' park, with a terrace walk"; and it was one of these houses which George II offered to Walpole, the premier, as a personal gift; and from that day to this No. 10 Downing street has been the residence of successive prime ministers, and under its roof half a century of cabinets have met. Smallest Electric Motor. The smallest electric motor in the world has been built by a watchmaker whose work has trained him to handle delicate machinery with the exquisite care required in making a motor that moves with all the regularity of a big machine, and yet is so small that its owner wears it as a scarf-pin. Viewed from a little distance, the article has the appearance of a very valuable and rather curiously-designed pin. It is only when standing near to it that its nature can be discovered. The first thing to attract attention is the buzzing of the machine, which, by means of a current obtained from a small battery carried in the vest pocket, is kept in operation at a high rate of speed, with a noise like a bee buzzing. Traitora' Stone. A curious specimen of the famous Traitors' Stone of Rome is still preserved in England. It is a large round piece of sandstone, much of the appearance of a millstone, with a few apertures which make it bear a faint resemblance to the human face. At one period in Roman history it was the custom to have all persons sus- 2 pected of traitorous conduct place their hands in the mouthlike opening. If the stone bit their fingers the prisoners were deemed guilty. WORN DURING CIVIL WAR. Woman's Bennet That Was Considered Pretty at That Time. A return of the wartime styles is among the most convincing fashion prophecies for the near future, and already many touches characteristic of that period have begun to creep into our frocks and millinery. But what are wartime fashions? asks the younger generation. Well, here is a summer headdress SINGER discovered for you in a copy of Godey's Lady's Book of the civil war period. How do you like it? It is described as "a combination of Marie Louise blue reps silk and black lace. The curtain is deep, but not pointed; boquet of open water lilies, a creamy white, on the right side." Romance of a Box. The wife of a painter named Oury, residing at Conde-sur-Marne, France, has just uncarthed a fortune in a strange way. Eight years ago, when her husband's parents died, he received, among other things, a box. His wife, in dusting the room, let it fall. When she picked it up she discovered that the bottom lay on the floor. The box had a double bottom, and between the two was a small zinc box containing Rente certificates for $2., 200. No interest has been paid on these for more than half a century, so that the total value of the treasure is now considerable. It is believed that the box once belonged to a burglar. A Harmony in Horn. This curious table has a top of wood, but the legs and nearly every article upon it excepting the cigars and pencils are made of horns. In the vicinity of Livingston, Mont., were formerly ranges where thousands of elk grazed. The elk sheds its horns regularly, and in many places hundreds of antlers have been picked up on a small area of ground. A mechanic in Livingston conceived the idea of making the horns into various articles of use, and the table represents one of his ideas. The legs are made of one pair of antlers. Upon the table are cigar KN holders, inkstand, pen holder, ash tray and several other useful and ornamental articles, and all are composed of the horns except the ash tray and inkstand, which were made from a part of an elk's hoof. Not only tables but chairs and other kinds of furniture are made of horn framework, and a house in the city is surrounded by an elkhorn fence.--New York Herald. PRAISE FOR MINT JULEP. New York Newspaper Rhapsodizes Over Summer Drink. The jingle of ices—the ruby-tint nigh it. The half-burned jewels far down in the glass. Small wonder the heat-ridden wretches should buy it. J How dear to my heart is the drink or my manhood When Jimmy, the barkeep, presents it to view; The sparkle, the mint leaves—the drink that a man should Toss right to the spot when refreshment is due. --New York Telegraph. Clock Was Polite. Gerald Balfour of the British cabinet opened a new market hall in Leeds the other day. The opening was fixed for 12 o'clock exactly. The large clock in the center of the market was so manipulated that it should strike the hour immediately on the guests taking their seats. Mr. Balfour, accompanied by the civic fathers, arrived late. The clock had its duty to perform and it meant to do it. As the guests took their seats it boldly clanged out the hour—twenty-five minutes late. How Many Feathers on Hen? A New York concern has just closed a unique guessing contest in which the contestants were required to estimate the number of feathers on a hen. Many estimates in the hundreds of thousands were received. several in the millions, the highest estimate being 600,060,017. The correct answer was found to be 8,120. Historic Vermont Tavern. Of the eight taverns in Bennington Vt., that entertained man and beast prior to and after the revolution, only one, what was known as the Harmon tavern, is now standing. This tavern was built about 1769 by Daniel Harmon and for nearly a century it was kept by himself or some Harmon Inn. of his descendants. It was on the direct stage line between Troy and Montreal and Brattleboro for many years, and had a wide reputation. For fifty years it has not been occupied, except as a storehouse, and is rapidly going to pieces. It was in this house that Gen. John Stark took his breakfast the morning of the battle of Bennington, after leaving his camp and marching to meet the British forces. The only high grade Baking Powder made at a moderato price. Calumet Baking Powder Manuel Estrada Cabrera, who has been re-elected for a term of six years as president of Guatemala, has come to be known as the "Diaz of his country." From 1862 to 1898, when Cabrera was first elected president Guatemala was in a continual turmoil of revolutions. But for six years there has been remarkable peace under the present ruler. The republic has more than 1,300 schools, has coffee for its chief agricultural staple and has mineral wealth, besides many possibilities not yet developed. Before his election President Cabrera had been a lawyer by profession and is a man of education and culture. Every president before Cabrera for sixty years had been a military officer. Eggs Valuable in Jaundice. Eggs are the only food for persons afflicted with jaundice. Prizes for Window Gardening. Paris offers prizes for window gardening. JUST ONE DAY Free From the Slugger Brought Out a Fact. "During the time I was a coffee drinker," says an Iowa woman, "I was nervous, had spells with my heart, smothering spells, headache, stomach trouble, liver and kidney trouble. I did not know for years what made me have those spells. I would frequently sink away as though my last hour had come. "For 27 years I suffered thus and used bottles of medicine enough to get up a drug store—capsules and pills and everything I heard of. Spent lots of money but I was sick nearly all the time. Sometimes I was so nervous I could not hold a plate in my hands! and other times I thought I would surely die sitting at the table. "This went on until about two years ago when one day I did not use any coffee and I noticed I was not so nervous and told my husband about it. He had been telling me that it might be the coffee but I said 'No, I have been drinking coffee all my life and it cannot be.' But after this I thought I would try and do without and drink hot water. I did this for several days, but got tired of the hot water and went to drinking coffee and as soon as I began coffee again I was nervous again. This proved that it was the coffee that caused my troubles. "We had tried Postum but had not made it right and did not like it, but now I decided to give it another trial so I read the directions on the package carefully and made it after these directions and it was simply delicious, so we quit coffee for good and the results are wonderful. Before, I could not sleep but now I go to bed and sleep sound, am not a bit nervous now, but work hard and can walk miles. Nervous headaches are gone, my heart does not bother me any more like it did and I don't have any of the smothering spells and would you believe it? I am getting fat. We drink Postum now and nothing else and even my husband's headaches have disappeared; we both sleep sound and healthy now and that's a blessing." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look for the book, "The Road to Wellville" in each pkg. ACHED IN EVERY BONE. Chicago Society Woman Who Was So Sick She Could Not Sleep or Eat, Cured by Doan'a Kidney Pills. Mari l o Knight, of 33 N. Ash la nd Ave., Chicago, Orator of the West Side We n eas sday Club, s ays: "This winter when I start ed to use Doan's Kidney Pills I ached in every bone and had intense palns MADGRAF in the kidneys and pelvic organs. The urine was thick and cloudy and I could barely eat enough to live. I felt a change for the better within a week. The second week I began eating heartily. I began to improve generally and before seven weeks had passed I was well. I had spent hundreds of dollars for medicine that did not help me, but $6 worth of Doan's Kidney Pills restored me to perfect health." A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale b. all dealers. Price 50c. A Big Field of Salt The great field of crystalized salt at Salton, Cal., in the middle of the Colorado desert, is 264 feet below the level of the sea, and is more than 1,000 acres in extent. Its surface is as white as snow, and when the sun is shining its brilliance is too dazzling for the eye. The field is constantly supplied by the many salt springs in the adjacent foothills. Traced The Prima Donna—Why don't you give the part to my daughter? She sings beautifully. She has inherited my voice. Manager Conn—Is that so? I have often wondered what became of your voice.—Detroit Free Press. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Gibraltar and Cronstadt are the two most brilliant examples of elaborate permanent fortresses that have, so far, fully answered all expectations, neither of them since fortification having ever been captured, while most others have at one time or another violently changed hands. Seeks No Further "No more nauseous doses of quinine and the like for me. Cheatham's Laxative Tablets are surer in effect and far more pleasant and convenient to take. I seek no further for a safe and sure cure for Billlousness and Malaria." Edw. Dubols. Clayton Bruner, a Creek freedman near Tulsa, is alleged to have sold one piece of land five times, and the deeds were all on file in the clerk's office at the same time, all having been filed during the past month. If this story is true Bruner holds the record for selling the same piece of land a number of times. BEGGS' BLOOD PURIFIER CURES catarrh of the stomach. FOOD CURRE FOR CURES WHILE ALL THE MARK. Best Cough Syrup. Tasteless Good. Use in time. Bod by drugstore. CONSUMITION WITH THE WORLD'S BEST WRITERS his griefs. There can be no doubt that at the time Shakespeare wrote "The Merchant of Venice" the Jews were not regarded with high favor, and Shylock's first speech shows he is informed by the spirit of revenge. JEW THAT SHAKESPEARE DREW. Most people appear to think that Shylock must either be a demon or a savior. He is, in truth, a mixture of both—the man—the Jew! Once more the poet shows the impartiality of the judge in dealing with Shylock. He presents in him the vices as well as the virtues of his race. Domesticity is one of the Hebraic virtues. The love of his daupghter commends him to our sympathies—anon his vengeful and cruel nature commands our censure. It is, therefore, ridiculous to present Shylock as a merely sympathetic character. Of course, the culmination of suffering creates sympathy with any man, and, while laughing at his pretensions, we weep at I do not deny that Shylock had just cause to be angry, and it has been said that revenge is a primitive form of justice. But just when we begin to think that Shylock is becoming the martyr-hero of the play, and that all our sympathies are meant for him, Shakespeare, the altruist, enters upon the scene and gives us the immortal speech on the quality of mercy, which, bursting the walls of the narrow court, preaches to humanity the eternal message of Christian forgiveness.—Herbert Beerbohm Tree in The Fortnightly Review. NAVAL GUNNERY RECORDS. It appears from a tabulated statement of the results of the annual target practice issued by the navy department that the gunners of our fleet have attained a very high degree of accuracy. This is particularly true with regard to guns of five-inch caliber and upward. The north Atlantic and the Asiatic battleship squadrons have distinguished themselves by records of 87.27 per cent and 82.84 per cent, respectively. The cruisers have not done so well as the battleships. The explanation is simple enough. The larger vessel constitutes a steadier gun platform in a seaway, and, its guns being placed higher, a more perfect range is secured. This conclusion is emphasized by the fact that the gun practice of the torpedo flotillas was very unequal. MAKE ONLY TO SPEND. We make more than others, but we spend both carelessly and for advantage. The American mechanic's home is brightened by pictures; well-made furniture, carpets and tableware are for his use; he has books on the shelf; has a parlor organ, or even a piano; he goes to the play once in a while, and expects a few holidays in the summer, when he can visit some crowded seashore. The American professional man lives in his own house or comfortable apartments, and dresses and lives nearly up to his income, no matter what it is. He is never averse to receiving large fees, but he is averse to storing them away in vaults. And this easy getting and free spending give to us a larger view of life than can obtain among people who are forever counting the pennies and trying to minimize expenditures. Such people will have few of the wholesome pleasures that we enjoy and their lives will lack range and variety. The individual who works for $10 a week and saves $9 of it is your true type of money-maker, but he is not an American.—Brooklyn Eagle. LIFE, DEATH AND LOVE. A woman lay with closed eyes and quiet breath waiting to welcome at angel whose presence seemed to over shadow the white-curtained room. A man knelt beside the bed, the woman's hand pressed close in his against his cheek, while his lips moved as if in prayer. In the room were Life, Death and Love. "What have you given her?" questioned Death of Life. "I brought her my best gifts," an swered Life; "youth, health, beauty, joy and Love." "Has Love brought her good gifts?" again asked Death. Said Love with wistful eyes, "I brought her brave, bright hours, sunshine and laughter, happiness and glory in living, and then a heavy cross The sunshine she shed all about her even with the fading of Life's glory; the cross hidden deep in her soul cast self and made a new radiance and beauty there." "Let her come to me," said Death "Life had much to give, but peace and rest are not for Life to bestow. Love would give all, but must reckon with the human heart. I will crown and glorify and bless her." Life fled from the quiet room with a sigh and one whispered, tender word; but Love lingered, brave even in the full presence of Death. "What of him?" said Love, pointing to the kneeling figure. "He made the cross?" Death asked. "Yes." said Love, weeping. "Yes," said Love, weeping. "We must teach him," said Death "what he could not learn from life."— L. M. S., in The Outlook. HOW TO REACH A DECISION. If indecision runs in the blood you inherit, arouse yourself and strangle this insidious foe to your achievement before it saps your energy and ruins your life chance. Do not wait until to-morrow, but begin to-day. Compete yourself to develop the opposite quality by the constant practice of firm decision. No matter how simple the thing you are called upon to decide be it the choice of a hat or the color or style of a garment, do not vacillate. Throw all the light possible or whatever you have in hand for decision; weigh and consider it from every point of view; call your common sense and best judgment to your aid before reaching a conclusion, and then, when you have once made your decision, let it be final. Let there be no going back, no reconsidering, and no opening the matter up for further discussion. Be firm and positive. Declare the polls closed.—Orlison Swett Marden in Success. WOMEN ON THE GOLF LINKS. Golf is a grand old game, of course but its widespread popularity in this country, its marvelous growth here in the last few years, is largely due to the interest that is taken in it by young women. If it were not for their presence in goodly numbers on the links no such public favor as golf has met with would have been recorded. It is a repetition of the old story of the opera season; the presence of pretty women in the boxes makes us all pretend to love music and crowds the Metropolitan. The young American girl who plays golf not only fills in the picture prettily, but plays a rattling good game—as is evidenced in the scores made in the women's metropolitan championship games on the Apawamis grounds, which were concluded in fine style recently.—New York Herald. Manufacturer Had to Meet Demand of Savages. A clockmaker discovered that a rival was sending out large stocks of cheap clocks to the heart of Africa, and doing good business with them. He spent a large sum in making better clocks and shipped thousands of them to the same market. Strange to say, his sales were small, although his rival, turning out a cheap and inaccurate timepiece, was selling all he could make. Finally he found a key to the mystery. Savages like noise. The clocks made by the first exporter had a particularly loud and aggressive tick. His competitor had made a better clock, but it was almost noiseless, and the savages would have none of it. The next cargo of clocks which the maker shipped to the Guinea coast ticked louder than anything ever heard there, and they sold like pink lemonade at a circus. Voice From Arkansas. Cleveland, Ark., August 15 (Special).—Nearly every newspaper tells of some wonderful cure of some form of Kidney Disease by the Great American Remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills, and this part of Arkansas is not without its share of evidence that no case is too deeply rooted for Dodd's Kidney Pills to cure. Mr. A. E. Carlile, well known and highly respected here, tells of his cure after nearly a quarter of a century's suffering. Mr. Carlile says: "I want to let the public know what I think of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I think they are the best remedy for sick kidneys ever made. "I had Kidney Trouble for 23 years and never found anything that did me so much good as Dodd's Kidney Pills. I recommend them to all sufferers." There is no uncertain sound about Mr. Carlile's statement. He knows that Dodd's Kidney Pills rescued him from a life of suffering and he wants the public to know it. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney ills from Back ache to Bright's Disease. A Big Job of Lifting A Brooklyn school building, five stories in height and 150 feet in length by 84 feet in breadth, has been lifted thirty-four inches. In times of heavy rains the lower part of the structure has been flooded, and therefore it was thought advisable to elevate the walls. This raising of the building by means of jacksecrews has been watched with keen interest by groups of spectators, but far more remarkable feats in the uplifting of much heavier and more massive structures have been accomplished in other communities. They Should "My honest convictions, based upon my own experience and that of my friends, is that 'Hunt's Cure' will cure a larger per cent. of skin troubles, especially of an itching variety, than any other remedy. Certainly those afflicted with any form of itch should try it." J. O. Monroe, Atchison, Kas. True Happiness. No one seems to be happier: in Atchison these evenings than the boy with a new pup in his arms. The Uplift will denounce us for saying it, but he bears a happiness in his face exceeding that seen in the face of the lover, or the young mother with the baby in her arms. The boy with the pup (agalu, apologies to the Uplift) knows no jealousy, fears no apprehension; the pup is his, and he is its. The neighbor boys envy him, and he has something at last that loves him without saying "Don't every five minutes. In ticketing the Happy Ones, put the boy with the pup at the head.—Atchison (Kan.) Globe. All Up-to-Date Housekeepers use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it is better, and 4 oz. more of it for same money. LOCAL HAPPENINGS. D. L. Ball of Kansas City, Mo. is in the city, Hon. H, R. Pierson was in the city on business. Miss Jefferson of Lee, I. T., is visiting in the city. Mr. Norton of Natchez, Miss., is visiting relatives here. Mr. J. D.' Adkinson of Checotah was in the city on land business. J. C. Walker of Okmulgee is among this week's visitors in the city. Hon. Geo. Bailey of Checotah is here seeking a location for business. Mrs. E, B. Beckman et al of Ft. Gibson are in the city on business. Mr. Granville Carter of Greenville, Miss, is here seeking a location for a drug store. Dr. Liep of Nashville, Tenn. is here and has decided to hang out his shingle among us. Miss Lena Lennigan returned on the 11 from Mt. Vernon, Mo., where she visited the old home. Mrs. Maria Allen of Littig, Texas, is visiting mr. and Mrs. N. Turner of 1001 So. Cherokee St. Jno. T. Biggers of Denison, Texas, was visiting his sister, Mrs. Henry Burnside last week. Miss Evangeline Sims will leave Sunday for Talequah High School where she is employed as teacher. Prof. Wall of Coweta is in the city on business. He expects to be joined by Mrs. Wall on the 15th Prox. Mrs. Tobe McIntoch lies a corpse in the Second Baptist at this writing, August 17, her funeral will take place on the 18, from said church. Father McIntosh and his daughter has our sympathy. Miss K. A. Weaver recently returned from an extended trip to several Northern Points, Miss., weaver will locate in Muskogee, and practice her profession, viz, Hair Dressing, Manicuring and Massage New Prospect Lodge, A. F. & A. M., will confer Royal Arch degree and Knights Templar, Friday night, the 19th inst. A. S. W. Sango, Grand High Priest; H. H. Hardwicks, Grand Eminent Commander. Miss Minuie Keller of Muskogee has been appointed Music teacher in Philander Smith College a at Little Rock, Ark. Miss Keller is one of Muskogee's most amiable daughters, and her many friends in this locality wish her success in the field of her choice. We are proud to know that one of the fairest flower of the Beautiful Indian Territory had captured one of the prizes of Arkansas. The state has honored itself by the appointment. Now that the new jail is completed a new sidewalk should be the finishing touch. The guards at the U. S. Jail will be cut off about half when they move to the new jail. We would like to see our old friend and manager R. Wood retained if we do miss him from our sanctum. E. Frank Chochran of Oklahoma city, known by many as one of the oldest deputy marshals in B. I. T., is now night turnkey at the U. S. Jail. He is known as a fearless and impartial officer. He relieved our old friend Bud Kell. These are good men and they know how to handle prisoners from experience. Kell reads the Cimeter. He is now day turnkey and is a great improvement on the man who quit. Kell is alright THE POPULAR . . . BOOT & SHOE MAKER, E. L. SAMUELS. 140 South Second Street, MUSKOGEE UNION RAILWAY. TO AND FROM Ft. Smith and Wagoner and the Kansas and Cherokee Oil Fields, via Coretta and Missouri Pacific Rv. Lv. Muskogee— 9:30 a. m. and 8:05 p. m. Ar. Ft. Smith— 12:55 p. m. and 11:45 p. m. Lv. Ft. Smith— 4:00 a. m. and 3:15 p. m. Ar. Muskogee— 7:81 a. m. and 7:35 p. m. Lv. Muskogee— 6:35 a. m. and 6:20 p. m. Ar. Wagoner— 7:10 a. m. and 8:10 p. m. Lv. Wagoner— 9:55 a. m. and 9:17 p. m. Lv. Muskogee— 10:46 a. m. and 2:17 p. m. For time of trains beyond Wagones see Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain time tables. A. R. PAYINGHAUS. Traffic Manager FRISCO SYSTEM COMPLETELY AND COMPORTABLY 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, Dyke's Passenger Agent, JOPLIN, MO. Ben's Quick Relief Mixture A speedy and sure cure for collo, cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, bloody fluz, cholera morbus, griping in the stomach, cholera infantum and all bowel complaints. ASK FOR A MEDICINE GLASS BEN ESTES, DRUGGIST - MUSKOGEE, IND TER. Do Your Banking Business With The Territorial B Oldest and Strongest Bank Interest Paid on Deposits. Abstracts Made. Fidelity Bonds Written. JOHN DOYL Exclusive Undertake (LICE) Ambulance F Territorial Bank & Tr and Strongest Bank in the Indian Ter on Deposits. e. Written. MUSKOGEE, INDIAN DOYLE COM Undertakers and En (LICENSED) ambulance Furnished F The Territorial Bank & Trust Co. Oldest and Strongest Bank in the Indian Territory. Interest Paid on Deposits. Abstracts Made. Fidelity Bonds Written. MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. JOHN DOYLE COMPANY Exclusive Undertakers and Embalmers (LICENSED) Ambulance Furnished Free GUARANTEE LIFE MUSKOGEE, IND Capital Stock An Old Line Company issues a Life and Endow DIRECTORS:—E. J. Mints, Muskogee New York; F. L. Conger, Okla. St. Louis, Mo.; C. J. Miller, mond, Wynnewood, I. T. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF COMMERCIAL United State Muskogee Inc At close of business F RESOURSES Loans and Discounts $410,936.13 Overdrafts (Cotton) 23,198.69 Bonds and Premiums 106,080.49 Furniture and Fixtures 5,046.26 Cash and Exchange 68,125.35 $613,886.92 The above statement is correct. Business intrusted to our GLOYD - LU Taking The Stump NTEE LIFE INSURANCE MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY Capital Stock $200,000 Company issues all forms of Limited Life and Endowment Policies. —E. J. Mints, Muskogee, I. T., Ge. —F. L. Conger, Oklahoma City; Wm. Mo.; C. J. Miller, Muskogee, I. T. Annewood, I. T. FINAL STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF MERCIAL NA'TN'L United States Depository. Muskogee Indian Territory. At close of business Friday, January 22, 1904 RESOURSES | LIABILITIES Discounts $410,936.13 Capital (Cotton) 23,198.69 Surplus and Profit Premiums 106,080.49 Circulation Fixtures 5,046.26 Deposits Change 68,125.35 Reserved for Taxes $613,886.92 The statement is correct. D. N. FINK less intrusted to our care receive prompt GUARANTEE LIFE INSURANCE CO. An Old Line Company issues all forms of Limited Payments, Life and Endowment Policies. DIRECTORS:—E. J. Mints, Muskogee, I. T., Geo. D. Lennon New York; F. L. Conger, Oklahoma City; Wm. M. Eggleston, St. Louis, Mo.; C. J. Miller, Muskogee, I. T.; Samuel Raymond, Wynnewood, I. T. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE COMMERCIAL NA'TN'L BANK United States Depository. Muskogee Indian Territory. At close of business Friday, January 22, 1904. RESOURSES | LIABILITIES 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. GLOYD - LUMBER - CO. 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, --- --- Phone No. 486 Bank & Trust Co. in the Indian Territory. KOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. E COMPANY Srs and Embalmers (NSED) URNISHED Free Office 221-23 Okmulgee Ave. INSURANCE CO. AN TERRITORY. Bank $200,000 All forms of Limited Payments, Payment Policies. Kogee, I. T., Geo. D. Lennon Oklahoma City; Wm. M. Eggleston, Muskogee, I. T.; Samuel Ray- THE CONDITION OF THE NA'TN'L BANK Depository. Territory. Day, January 22, 1904. LIABILITIES Capital $200,000.00 Surplus and Profit 16,978.26 Circulation 50,000.00 Deposits 345,142.28 Reserved for Taxes 1,266.38 $613,387.92 D. N. FINK, Cashier. are receive prompt attention. 年年年 ```markdown ```