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The Muskogee Cimeter. FIRST SALE OF EARLY WINTER GOODS We do not wait to be pushed into line with low prices but we keep in line and always in the lead. Our customers well know the class and style of goods we carry, and during this sale will be marked lower than the lowest. Remember the sale begins THURSDAY, NOV.17,continue through SAT. NOV.26 Remember that we are the Dry Goods people for good Goods and Low Prices, W. H. Woodward and Company. Volume 6. We do not wa but we keep i mers well kn and during th est. Remember THURSDAY, Dress Goods. 40 inch all wool Cheviot in all colorings worth 65c per yard on sale at All wool Venetian cloth and fancy Zibalines in an endless variety,worth 60c at The greatest variety of Broadcloths to be found. No. 1003 Broadcloths that sold in the largest cities for $1.75 will be placed on sale at $1.25 The $1.25 Broadcloth, the best in the market for that price, on sale at Prunella cloth in any desirable shade. This is the most popular medium weight, smooth finished goods to be found and will be placed on sale at 75c Zibalines sacrificed. 75c Fine grade of silk finished Zibalines reduced from $1.25 to Extra High grade, that is the finest made of Zibalines, reduced $1.50 to $1.00 Yard Finest quality of French Embroidered Flannels. These are Remember the Goods and Muskogee, Indian Territory, Thursday November 17, 1904. Tailor Made Suits Suits made of all wool Cheviot, navy, brown and black, value for $15.00, at $11.00 Just a few of those suits left at $7.50 Nothing ever came to the town like our suits at $I5.00 $25.00 suits reduced to.....$19.00 $23.50 suits reduced to.....$17.00 $30.00 suits reduced to.....$22.00 $37.50 suits reduced to ...$27.00 $40.00 suits reduced to.....$30.00 Skirts Skirts 50 Wool Skirts in grey, blue brown and tan, good for anybody's $4.00 will be on sale at Never anything for the money like our skirt that will be on sale at Our High Grade Skirts, worth $5.00 and $6.00 at If you want fine Silk and Voile Skirts with guaranteed silk drop underskirt for dress use at low prices give us a look. Thanksgiving Linen Cream Table Damask at a bargain, reduced to 30c Pure linen bleached table Dam ask extra wide, worth 75c at 50c $1.25 pure linen bleached table damask, full two yards wide at 95c All other table linens reduced to same proportion. The genuine old time Turkey Red Damask reduced to 45c Ladies Huck Towels, a snap at 10c Umbrellas Greatest value in good Umbrellas ever brought to the city. A full tape-edge, best gloria taffetta covering, sterling silver handles, worth $3.00 reduced to $1.95 50 Fancy Umbrellas. These are drummer's samples at half price. One price Poi de Soie silk, worth $1.25 at 85c. Extra heavy and wide Poi de Soie silk worth $1.75 at $1.30 Number 6 DS with low prices and. Our custo- oods we carry, than the low= AT. NOV. 26. Poi de Soie Silk Shirt Waists reduced to A full line of Buster Brown Collars at 12 1-2c Embroidered turn over Collars at a bargain, 10c A complete assortment of fancy Collars at low prices. Pure Linen Hankerchiefs for ladies at 5c Pure Linen hand embroidered Handkerchiefs as others sell for 25c, at 15c, Pure Linen Gents' Handkerchiefs at 25c 10c A new lot of 35c Pillow Top Covers at BELTS BELTS We have enough Belts for two stores of the newest styles and will make the prices so low there will not be enough for one. Did you see our Ladies' Hand Bags and the prices on them? Just received a line of Cravenette Coats to suit all the ladies. HALF PRICE. 100 Shirt Waist patterns of silk finish Wash Goods reduced from $1.50 to 12 pieces Crepe de Chine worth 75. reduced to 45c ROOSEVELT CHOSEN ROOSEVELT CHOSEN ELECTED BY LARGEST POPULAR VOTE EVER RECORDED PARKER CONGRATULATES THE PRESIDENT All Doubtful States Went Republican —Missouri Breaks Away from Solid South—Both Houses of Congress Strongly Republican ELECTORAL VOTE Roosevelt 343 Parker 104 Necessary to a Choice 239 New York: The republican national ticket has been elected by a vote in the electoral college that will exceed that of 292 given for McKinley in 1900. The result of the balloting was astounding even to the most sanguine of the republican managers. Confident as they were of success, they were not prepared for the astonishing figures which followed the closing of the polls, bringing into the republican column not only all of those states they had claimed as safe for their candidates, but, with the possible exception of Maryland, every state considered doubtful. Democratic successes are confined to the solid south, in which Kentucky is included, and Mr. Parker has not carried a single state which did not give its vote to Mr. Bryan four years ago. Unofficial returns indicate that he has lost some of those which the Nebraska candidate held for his party As a dramatic climax to the sensational majorities given him came President Roosevelt's formal announcement that he would not be a candidate for re-election, lending the only exciting aspect to an election otherwise so one-sided that it was impossible for even the victors to attain that degree of enthusiasm that usually marks the occasion. President Roosevelt carried all the northern states—swept them, in fact—and how he has 343 electoral votes. northern states—swept them, in fact and now he has 343 electoral votes. The banner state is Pennsylvania. Twenty-four hours after the polls closed the returns of this state indicated that Roosevelt's plurality would reach 485,000. Next came Illinois, where the president polled approximately 225,000 more votes than did Judge Parker. Ohio gave Roosevelt 200,000, and New York 174,000. The New York city returns are still incomplete, but the amazement over the result has not subsided. Judge Parker carried Greater New York by nearly 41,000 votes. In general, the situation is confidently interesting because, notwith the states were cut, President Roosevelt ran ahaed of his ticket in many localities, notably in Massachusetts, where he secured a plurality of 86,000 votes, while the republican candidate for governor was defeated by 35,000. In that state the legislature is republican and the entire republican ticket with the exception of governor was elected. In Nebraska the definite announcement is that the legislature is republican and disposes of the statement that Wm. J. Bryan has aspiration for a United States senatorship. In that state, too, the governorship is in doubt. There is a curious situation in Minnesota, where Roosevelt secured 125,000 plurality, but where a democratic governor and a republican lieutenant governor were elected. Chairman Babcock of the republican congressional committee has been returned to congress from Wisconsin, but Chairman Cowherd of the democratic congressional committee was defeated in Missouri. Vonyson PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT Elected by the Largest Plurality Ever Given Any President New York-With the election returns still incomplete the plurality of President Roosevelt in the nation, according to all indications, will exceed 1,500,000—the greatest plurality ever given an American candidate. The nearest approach to this vite was in 1896, when McKinley received a plurality approximating 850,000, and in 1872, when Grant received 762,991 plurality. Interest centers in Missouri and Maryland. Late returns indicate that the former state is in the republican column so far as presidential electors are concerned, but Joseph W. Folk, the democratic candidate, has been elected governor. In Maryland the presidential vote will probably be cast for Roosevelt. Late returns indicate that Thomas A. Smith, democrat, has been elected to congress in the First district by 450 plurality. Congressman Jackson of this district, however, puts forward a claim of trick ballots and fraud, and says he will contest the election. In the other states it is simply a question of pluralities. The "solid south" was broken by the defection of Missouri—this section PRESIDENT THEOD Elected by the Largest Plural of the country usually having thirteen states in the democratic column. The figures show but twelve states, with 133 votes for Judge Parker. MISSOURI St. Louis—Complete returns from all the counties in the state, and most of them official, give Folk for governor 30,566 plurality. The rest of the republican state ticket is defeated. On the national ticket the Roosevelt electors received a plurality of 28,271. The state legislature is republican and on joint ballot will secure election of a republican United States senator. Kansas City—The Star says: Chairman Evans of the democratic state committee, concedes the election of eight republican congressmen in Missouri. They are Frank D. Klepper in the Third district; Frank B. Faulkerson in the Fourth district; Edgar C. Ellis in the Fifth; John Welborn in the Seventh; Richard Bartholdt in the Tenth; Marion R. Rhodes in the Thirteenth; William T. Tyndall in the Fourteenth, and Cassius M. Shartel in the Fifteenth. --- COLORADO Denver—The democrats now concede the election of three republican congressmen in Colorado. Revised returns give Franklin E. Brooks (Rep.) a majority of 2,976 over John F. Shaffroth [Dem.), congressman at Large, and show 2,785 plurality for R. W. Bonynge (rep.) in the First district and 6,082 plurality for H. M. Hogg (rep.) in the Second district. WEST VIRGINIA Parkersburg—The democrats have conceded everything to the republicans in West Virginia, including the five congressmen and the legislature. The only dispute is on the majority of Dawson for governor. Republicans claim it will be 10,000, democrats say 5,000. MARYLAND Baltimore-That an official count of the ballots for the presidential electors at last Tuesday's election in Maryland will be required before definite knowledge of the result can be assured was demonstrated by the semi-official count in Baltimore City and in twenty of the twenty-three ORE ROOSEVELT ity Ever Given Any President counties of the state. The returns received thus far indicate that seven democratic and one republican elector were chosen. The congressional situation remains three democratic and three republican congressmen having been elected. INDIANA Indianapolis—The official count reported from ninety-two county seats give Roosevelt and Fairbanks a plurality of 92,871. WISCONSIN Milwaukee—An official canvass of the vote in the Third district gives Congressman Babcock (rep.) a plurality of 385 over Grotophorst (dem.) MISSISSIPPI Jackson—The democrats have a majority of approximately 50,000. GEORGIA Atlanta—Returns from 108 precincts give the democratic electors a total of 68,680. All eleven democratic congressmen were elected. LOUISIANA New Orleans—Louisiana's plurality for the national democratic ticket is about 25,000. The plurality in this city will only be about 14,000, owing to the independent movement, the ticket being large and complicated, and many did not vote the national ticket at all. SCUTH CAROLINA Charleston—Returns not all in, but safe estimates place the vote at 50,000 to 60,000 democratic and from 5,000 to 6,000 republican. IOWA Des Moines-Indications in well distributed returns indicate that Roosevelt's plurality will be 125,000, and the entire state ticket will have about the same number. Republicans elect ten congressmen, with the chances that the Second district, which is in doubt, will also go republican. Wade, democrat, however, seems to be holding his own with the vote of 1902, when he carried the district by 1,500. NEBRASKA Lincoln—Practically complete returns from every county in the state on presidential electors and governor show that Roosevelt's plurality in Nebraska will not be less than 80,000, and may reach 90,000. Governor Mickey's plurality is not less than 9,000. In the legislature on joint ballot the republicans will have 123 to none for the opposition, with one senatorial district in doubt. Should the republican candidate win in this district, the state senate will be solidly republican. KENTUCKY Louisville—A special to the Courier-Journal from Maysville, Ky., says that complete returns from the Ninth district give John M. Bennett, republican, a plurality of 68 over James H. Kehoe, democratic incumbent in the race for congress. The republican managers in Louisville are still claiming that Judge W. H. Jones republican, has defeated James Richardson for congress in the Third district but unofficial returns indicate the latter's election by a small majority. ARKANSAS Little Rock-Additional returns reduce the plurality for the Parker and Davis electors in this state to less than 30,000. In some counties the Democratic vote shows a decrease of 50 per cent under that polled at the state election in September. ALABAMA Montgomery-All candidates for congress are elected. The plurality for Parker and Davis will be about 75,000. PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia—Complete but unofficial returns received by the Associated Press from every county in the state, with the exception of Alleghany, in which Pittsburg is situated, but from where a close estimate has been obtained, shows that President Roosevelt's plurality in Pennsylvania has reached 494,952, probably the largest plurality ever given a presidential candidate by any state in political history of the country. President Roosevelt's total vote according to the figures at hand is 830,552, and Judge Parker's 335,660. McKinley's total vote in 1900 was 712,665 and Bryan's 424,232. The City of Philadelphia gives Roosevelt a total vote of 227,693. Returns from 49 of the 60 counties give Swallow prohibition. 237,863 votes out of 280,715 cast for all candidates. NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh-Both democrats and republicans claim the eighth North Carolina congressional district. All other districts are Democratic, and the democratic majority will be about 50,000. MAINE Portland. Me.—Two hundred cities and towns for president out of 519: Parker, 15,512; Roosevelt, 35,710. Lozal Happenings. The bill of fare for Thanksgiving will be superb at Jones Cafe, Miss Bessie Wallace is visiting friends at Waco, Texas. Take your Thanksgiving dinner at Jones Cafe. Dan Pratt, of Eufaula, was in Mus- kogee Wednesday on business. E. E. McDaniel of South Town, has again arrived in our city. Mr. Chas. Lane has returned from an extended visit to Texas. L. J. Merriweathers of Boynton, was in the city Wednesday. If you want an extra good dinner Thanksgiving day go to Jones Cafe. Henry Dedmon and daughter, of Clarksville, were shopping here Sat- urday. Mr. Ben Nail of Choctaw Nation, was in Muskogee Tuesday and Wed- nesday. Allen Myers, of Wagoner, visited Muskogee Saturday and Monday on land matters. i Mr. Tucker of Okmulgee, was shak- ing hands with friends in Muskogee Wednesday. Mrs. Katie Terry left Monday even- ing for St. Joseph, Mo., where she will spend several months. ‘ Stewart McCullouch, private steno- grapher for W. H. Twine, has gone to Tahlequah to accept a similar po- sition with Attorney “Bud” Brown. Mr. G, C. English received the sad intelligence that his brother was very low with pneumonia at Dallas, Tex. Miss Clara White has returned from a visit to her brother, Dr. White, of Boley, I. T. We are anxiously awaiting an an- nouncement of an opossum feast, af- ter which we would gladly accept an invitation to help dissect a large dish of chitterlings. Signed, The Cimeter force. Mr. E. L. Thurman has bought a half interest in the Excelsior barber: shop heretofore conducted- by J. A Banks. The firm name will be Banks & Thurman. When both bath tubs are placed and new furniture arriver they will have the swellest shop an¢ bath rooms in the Southwest. ee Sean a Rach ace 2a Face a age eae eeie eee spu0y Aso204 ware _ UOBpU] aL ere Ang we) 00,777 nec” AUSV1 LVisans . WHNLI0 Dr R. H. WATERFORD. Diseases fo women and successfuly treated. Also chronic.diseases of men- 201-2 East Okmulgee avenue. The Barnett Grocery Go. : STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES , SCTE Nis easy | |. A. BARNETT @ SONS. THE TAILOR First door south of Fire Depart- ment, South Second Street. A. C. Crockett 544 ALTAMONT STREET, :: Lunch @ Oyster Parlor :: This is the place where all elite go while visiting on the North Side. We keep every- thing in season. Don’t for- get the number : : : : 544 ALTIMONT STREET, ; a a ater se hothmel ius «Cohosh Get ade eae oe baree) Se a , , FRISCO SYSTEM CHICAGO @& EASTERN ILLINOIS R. R. e Double Daily Trins | BETWEEN @ . St. Louis & Chicago |: MORNING AND EVENING From LaSalle Station, Chicago, 9:50 a. m.—O:10 p.m. | From Uuion Sta., St. Louis, 9:30 a. m.—9:46 p.m | (Merchants Bridge) { Morning or evening connection at both termini with lines diverging Equipment entirely new and modern throughout, ‘ A Double Track Railway. ‘ Equipped wit. practical and approved safety appliances, ; Substantially constructed. | MUSKOGEE UNION RAILWAY, 10 AXD FROM Ft. Smith and Wagoner and the Kan- tas and Cherokee Oil Fields, via Coret- ta and Missouri PacificRy. Lv. Muskogeo— 9:8) a. m. and 8:05 p. m. Ar. Ft. Smith— 19:65 p. m. and 11:45 p. m, Lv. Ft, Smith—- 4:00a. my and 8:15 p.m. Ar, Muskogee— 7:81 a, m. and 7:85 p.m. Ly, Muskogee— 6:25 a. m. and 6:20 p. m Ar. Wagoner— - 7:10 a. m. and 8:10 p.m. Lv. Wagoner— 9:65 a. m. and 9:17 p. m. Ly. Muskogee— 13:46 a m. and 3:17 p. m. For timo of trains beyond Wagoner vee Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain time tables . A. R. Payinonavs. Trafic Manager. 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 shesestmngeneeee FRCS tL. W. PRICE, me nortin, Me. CRON ORORORORORORORORORORORORORORORORORORONORVHORCHOE i Youlare going, of course, and it isnatural that you. want to go as reasonably as pousible.. This will ine terest you: On Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursday i in other words, every day in the week}except Friday f and Saturday, until the close ofthe Fair, The : : : ' . i will run Extremely Low Rate 7 COACH = EXCURSION | TO ST. LOUIS : AT LESS THAN ONE FARE for th ROUNDTRIP. ! at 95 per cent reduction, tobe exact. Return limit | seven days frum date of sale. Ask your,nearest tick- et agent regarding rates, and tell him about the ad- vantages of the Rock Island Koute to the Fair. GEO, W LEE, 6. P&T. A. 3. S$, MCNALLY, D> P. A, Little Rock, Ark. Oklohome City With many a furrowed trace of life's wind-fretted deep. Here lies a common face—an aged man asleep. Just off the dusty way whereon the sun-glare breaks. Amid the drowse of day, a casual nap he takes. Only a poor old man; yet whence, through all disguise Of years of toil and tan, steal over his closed eyes These gleams, soft as a kiss, which to the face impart A beauty and a bliss—the youthtime of the heart? By magic race and blest the scars have been annealed; The waves are all at rest; an inner peace revealed. That lends each furrowed trace of life's wind-fretted deep A tender, childlike grace—on this old man asleep. Life's Little Inconsistencies. "Yes," said the fashionable doctor, as he wrote out a prescription, "you have told me your symptoms and I see you are troubled with acute nervousness." "O!" wailed the fair patient, "every little noise makes me jump, every time a door creaks I start like a person in danger. By the way, Dr. Hicharge, I'm going to take my motor car out for a spin; I always run the machine myslf, you know. If you jump in I'll leave you right at your door." Still explaining the sad condition of her nerves she drove the auto down the avenue at a rattling clip. In and out of the tangle of vehicles the jolting juggernaut flew at twenty miles an hour. The nervous wreck put on brakes and glanced casually at the mounted police who were galloping far behind. The pale-faced physician gasped. "Here's your house," said his patient sweetly. "I hope your prescription will calm my poor, weak nerves." New York Sun. Lucky Stones. There is an old proverb which states that "he who possesses a turquoise will never lack a friend." Certainly from time immemorial the turquoise has never ceased to be regarded as a lucky stone. Amulets are much in favor at the present moment, and the wearers of them are by no means only of the feminine community. They are worn in all manner of quaint designs. Each precious stone is supposed to contain some property peculiar to itself. It seems hardly credible that people of common sense should believe in such things, but true it is that amulets are at present much in vogue, and, apart from their superstitions, they are one of the daintest presents imaginable. The emerald is credited with a host of god influences, the crysolite is a cure for insomnia. But the luckiest amulet of all is that containing a turquoise, whether by reason of its "true blue" color or not it is hard to say. Met Her Matoh. Waggs-I had the laugh on my wife yesterday. Boggs-How did it happen? Waggs-We were out driving, and she discovered an echo that beat her out of the last word. The Reading (Mass.) man whose buildings have been struck by lightning for the sixth time should dig under his premises and see if he does not strike an iron mine. Bringing Guatemala ants into the country to eat up the boll weevil is a form of contract labor immigration which should be encouraged. A Baltimore woman advertised for a husband then killed herself. Some men's luck never leaves them. The Sandwich islander's alphabet has only twelve letters. Some men stop drinking for the pleasure of beginning once more. WAR SPIRIT OF THE JAPS. Their Fanatical Bravery a Thing Wonder At Lieut. Masaki of a Japanese warship writes to his wife: "After all there is plenty of luck in battle and a fellow of good luck cannot die if he wish to. For instance, a shot or ball cannot hit a lucky dog like me. On the occasion of the fight of Feb. 9 the only things I had in my bosom were the charm you sent me and a photograph of Iko (the lieutenant's oldest son). During the fight I took my post on a barbette and directed the fire of the broadsides; but when the range had increased I ordered to cease firing. Then I took out Iko's photograph and turned it face toward the scene of the battle, addressing it as if it were Iko in person. 'If as a result of this war,' I said to it, 'the situation of the far east is firmly fixed and no war should occur during your lifetime, then you might think yourself born in vain as an officer's son. Therefore you should carefully observe this scene even from your photograph, so that the sight may inspire in you the proud warrior spirit worthy of a man. If, however, fortune favors you with a chance of being under fire, as I am now, then there is all the more reason to observe the scene carefully for your future bene t.'" A black eye indicates that the owner looked for trouble and found it. In speaking of the danger from libraries, Dr. Canfield, librarian of Columbia university, says: "Many persons, even among those who give their attention only to good books, read too much. There is a vast amount of mental dyspepsia in the land, particularly among women", who constitute by far the larger part of the reading public. They should read less and think more. Education and the great increase in the number of public libraries are responsible for the present tendency toward an overindulgence in the reading habit." He never with misfortune met; Men hall him with acclaim; He shows me all the gold he makes, The glory and the fame. But is he any happier When all is counted in? Just one man knows, and he won't tell— The Man I might Have Been. —McLandburgh Wilson. Thinks People Read Too Much. According to Dr. Graham, of Belrut, another disease is to be set down against the mosquito, namely, dengue fever, variously called African fever, breakbone fever, giraffe fever, dandy fever, etc. The disease is an acute eruptive fever, rarely fatal, but leaving various .disagreeable sequels—paralysis, insomnia, marked mental and physical prostration, etc. Dr. Graham found that he could regularly produce an attack of dengue in a non-immune by submitting the latter to the attack of mosquitoes which had fed on sufferers from the disease. Go to The Big Sale of Early Winter Goods is now on at W. H. WOOD & COMPANY Corner Second and Broadway..Turner Building. If you want the colored people to trade with you advertise in GET YOU READY! GIVEN BY THE THANKSGIVING DAY AND NIGHT The students will entertain the citizens of the city and territory A Thanksgiving Dinner will be served free at the college. At 11 a. m., the Students and friends will assemble at the CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH, and Rev. J. M. Dade will preach the Thanksgiving Sermon assisted the pastor. The THANKSCIVING RALLY will take place immediately after the sermon...This will be the greatest contest ever witnessed in the territory. On Thanksgiving night the Grandest Concert ever witnessed will be pulled off by the students for the benefit of the College and First Baptist church. Visitors are coming from all parts of the territory. Citizens are invited. Come one, Come all. Tickets on sale everywhere. AND HIGH PATENT FLOJA. The Leading Colored Grocery Company in the City. We also buy and pay the highest prices for Country Produce. Located on West and St., South of the U. S. Post Office. We cordially invite you to make our store your Head-quarters. We have a full line of DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, and GENTS FURNISHINGS. ALL AT FAIR and HONEST PRICES--CALL and SEE US. Great Indusements at Brin's Specialty Store We are over stocked in Ladies, Misses and Children Jackets and Skirts that we will offer greater bargains than any house in Muskogee. Don't fail to see our Ladies' Long Jackets with belt in the back just received at $7.50 they will cost you double elsewhere. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR NEXT WEEK'S SPECIALS, WE WILL MAKE IT INTERESTING. Local Happenings. Wanted. A colored boy or girl who can handle a typewriter and write shortband. Inquire at W. H. Twine's law office. A good chance for a deserving young man or woman. Notice. All who are interested in learning sorthand should address Box 860 Muskogee, I. T., for circulars concerning the stenographic work of the Twentieth Century corresponding school of stenography. Mrs. Gertrude Reece visited Chase Sunday. J. C. Johnson of Wewoka spent Monday and Tuesday with us. Mr. Long of Inola was a pleasant caller at our office Wednesday. Bud Loury of Tahlequah was seeing friends in Muskogee Sunday. Rev. G. G. Gratton is elevated to presiding elder of the Muskogee district. Bud Brown of Tahlequah spent Sunday in Muskogee and left Monday for Wagoner. Mr. H. Burnside was slightly injured by a wagan accident last week. He is now all right. Mr. Wattey of Coffeyville, Kan., was shaking hands with friends in Muskogee Monday. Our popular merchant, T. J. Elliott left for St. Louis Tuesday to lay in a supply of goods for the holidays. Prof. Herbert, a clerk of St. Louis Mo., has accepted a call as teacher at Black Jack school, Creek Nation. J. W. Washington made a trip to Coffeyville, Kans., last week and purchased building material for the First Baptist church. Great Indu 2 Misses Alberta and Roberta Watson of Tahlequah were here this week visiting Mrs. T. J. Elliott of 305, Corner Court and Eleventh. Mrs. Lucinda Biggers and son and daughter, Jno. T. and Miss Lulu, of Denison, Tex., are on a visit to Mrs. Henry Burnside of South Second street. Rev. W. S. Simonds of the Little Rock Conference will succeed Rev. H. G. Gratton as pastor in charge of Bebe chapel C. M. E. church. Miss Lottie Nealy of 536 South Main street has opened a kindergarten school at her home. She has quite a number in attendance. Dr. E. P. Brown of 208 N. Poplar street, Greenville, Miss., is spending some time in the Creek Nation prospecting. If suitable lands are found the doctor may become as famous a planter here as in Mississippi. Hulfutta Micco, Chief, Jacob Harrison, deputy chief, of the Seminoles, in company with Attorney J. C. Johnson, were in the city Tuesday transacting business with the Indian Agent. Our townsman, J. A. Banks, in fitting up his barber shop in the Jones building on South Second street, ordered three bath tubs and piping and the dealers in plumbing supplies refused to fit up his bath tubs. Mr. Banks was almost forced to go to St. Louis to procure men to fit them up. We are glad to relate that they will be fitted with aid from the local plumbers. A. S. MCREA, Lawyer, 201-2 Okmulgee Avenue. CREEK CITIZEN'S 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. Clothiers and Haberdashers WHO ARE YOUR HABERDASHERS? If we are not it is because you have not inspected our line. From whom do you buy your SHOES? If you do not buy them from us it is because you do not know that we carry the best line of Men Women and Children's Shoes in Muskogee. Quality in our shoes counts over all. Where do you get your clothing? If you have not bought our brand of "Good and Reliable" then you are loosing money by waiting or buying elsewhere. Remember that quality and style are in evidence in our Clothing, shoes, and in every art of haberdashery. See us for Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Suit Cases, Valices, Umbrellas, and OVERCOATS Especially. We have just received a large shipment in late patterns and new weaves. Come and see them. We are the Leading Haberdashers Prices more reasonable. Quality not equaled. High Grade Goods at Low prices is our motto Come today. Our Ladies SKIRTSat $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 are the talk of the town, see us for that line of goods Before you buy. 1 have just received a large weaves. Come and see them Prices more reasonable. Qu at Low prices is our motto JONES' BLOCK, SOUTH SECOND ST., ```markdown ``` Your Money's Worth! of DRY GOODS, MILLIN- L and SEE US. CITIZEN'S & Trust Co. EE: I. T. ate, Chattel and person- ight and Sold. Your Business Solicited. W. A RENTIE, Cashier. Haberdashers YOUR HABERDASHERS? It is because you have not in- do you buy your SHOES? buy them from us it is because we that we carry the best line and Children's Shoes in Mus- in our shoes counts over all. you get your clothing? If you your brand of "Good and Re- are loosing money by wait- elsewhere. That quality and style are in evi- clothing, shoes, and in every art dry. See us for Clothing, Shoes, trunks, Suit Cases, Valices, Um- OVERCOATS Especially. We ment in late patterns and new We are the Leading Haberdashers not equaled. High Grade Goods today. Elliott Bros. alty Store A prominent Southern lady Mrs Blanchard, of Nashville, Tenn., tells how she was cured of backache, dizziness, painful and irregular periods by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—Gratitude compels me to acknowledge the great merit of your Vegetable Compound. I have suffered for four years with irregular and painful menstruation, also dizziness, pains in the back and lower limbs, and fitful sleep. I dreaded the time to come which would only mean suffering to me. "Better health is all I wanted, and cure if possible. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound brought me health and happiness in a few short months. I feel like another person now. My aches and pains have left me. Life seems new and sweet to me, and everything seems pleasant and easy. "Six bottles brought me health, and was worth more than months under the doctor's care, which really did not benefit me at all. I am satisfied there is no medicine so good for sick women as your Vegetable Compound, and I advocate it to my lady friends in need of medical help."—Mrs. B. A. BLANCHARD, 422 Broad St., Nashville, Tenn. When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, bloating (or fatulence), general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all-gone" and "want-to-be-left-alone" feelings, blues and hopelessness, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: I have been cured of severe female troubles by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I was nearly ready to give up, but seeing your advertisement I purchased one bottle of your medicine, and it did me so much good that I purchased another, and the result was so satisfactory that I bought six more bottles, and am now feeling like a new woman. I shall never be without it. I hope that my testimonial will convince women that your Vegetable Compound is the greatest medicine in the world for falling of the womb or any other female complaints."—Mrs. MAR Copy, 2060 Birch St., Philadelphia, Pa. other, and the result was so satisfactory that I and am now feeling like a new woman. I shall hope that my testimonial will convince women around is the greatest medicine in the world for any other female complaints."—Mrs. May Adelphia, Pa. Woman is cordially invited to write to Mrs. anything about her symptoms she does not miss is Lynn, Mass., her advice is free and myailing woman who asks for it. 7 Remember, every woman is cordially invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham if there is anything about her symptoms she does not understand. Her address is Lynn, Mass., her advice is free and cheerfully given to every alling woman who asks for it. --- situde sleeph "war hopeh tried Vege trouble you n AS your good that I purchased another, and bought six more bottles, and am never be without it. I hope that that your Vegetable Compound is for falling of the womb or any other Cody, 2660 Birch St., Philadelphia. Remember, every woman is Pinkham if there is anything a understand. Her address is Ly cheerfully given to every ailing WANTED.—For the U. S. Army, able-bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recruiting Officer, Postoffice building, Oklahoma City, Okla., or Tulsa, Ind. Ter., Enid, Shawnee or Guthrie, Okla. Rubber Stamps. Notarial Seals, Checks, Stencils and Badges. GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL AND COPPER PLATING WAND & SON, OKLAHOMA CITY. BEGGS' CHERRY COUGH SYRUP ouree coughs and colds. A Severe Case of Womb Trouble Cured in Philadelphia. EPWORTH UNIVERSITY Joint property of the two Methodisms. In tend to be thorough in scholarship and helpful and religious inspirit. Ten head professors, the majority of whom have taught in such universi- tice as Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Columbus, Leeland Stanford, devote their time to the college of liberal arts. Full corps of instructors in Academy and Music, Elocution and Art, Large campus of forty-two acres beautifully situated. Modern buildings. Physical, Chemical and Biological Laboratories. The first session begins September 7, 1904. Address, President R. B. McSwain, Oklahoma, Okla. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 47, 1904 Had Learned to Save. Father—Halloa, where did you get all those toys? Son—I bought 'em with the money you gave me. Father—But I gave you that money to teach you how to save. Son—Yes, pa; I keut it for three weeks, until I learned all about saving, and now I am learning how to shop.—Stray Stories. Sarcasm. "Why, John," said Subbubs, returning from a month's vacation, "the lawn is all dried up." Can't understand it, sir," replied the lazy caretaker; "I worked hard on it all the time you was gone." "Ah! You shouldn't work so hard. You probably ran the lawn mower over it so vigorously that you scorched it." Couldn't Touch Him. OMIS The Golfer—Are you laughing at me, boy, because I missed the ball again. The Caddy—No, I was just thinkin' what a cinch it would be to be your bad little boy.—Philadelphia Telegraph. Sizing Him Up. "Pon my honor!" complained Hi Tragerdy, with an air of great disgust, "that railroad is positively atrocious. It took me thirty-two hours to come from Chicago." "What are you talking about?" demanded Lowe Comerdy. "That's mighty good time for a freight train." Laid It to the Sermon. Rip Van Winkle wakened rather flustered from his twenty years' sleep. "Yes—yes," he muttered hastily, "the sermon was very fine. Perceiving, however, that he was not in church in time, he tottered down the hill. "Don't you sometimes feel discouraged about our political system?" "No," answered Farmer Corntossel. "I kind o' like it. It's a great relief to have a man come around shakin' your hand an' tellin' you stories without tryin' to sell you books or lightnin' rods." How He Got Even. She had just worked the "I'll-be-a-sister-to-you" degree on him. "Excuse me, Miss Chillington," he said, "but as I am already well supplied with elder sisters, would you mind being a grandmother to me instead?" Proof Positiv Soques—"I must have been unusually drunk yesterday." Hoques—"Why do you think so?" Soques—"I found a receipted bill from my tallor in my pocket this morning." A Suggestion. Miss Passay—"Well, what do you think of her? She had the face to say I'd never see 30 again." Miss Pepprey—"Perhaps it wasn't her face that prompted her to say that." A Bachelor's Guess. "There is a boy in London who can understand three different languages." "What are they, baby talk, grandma talk, and English?" Soldiers Cultivate Gardens. In the French army soldiers are allowed to have gardens in any spare barrack ground and grow vegetables, which help out their rations. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New York, cure Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials. At all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The Political Shirker. "I hates," says Uncle Eben, "to see a man thinkin' he's done his whole duty as a taxpayer an' a patriot when he pins a campaign badge on his coat lapel."—Washington Star. "A Morris chair" his women folks argue, "is just what father needs when he is tired, so we will get one and charge it to him." Thereupon it is put in the Parlor Where Father Never Sits.—Atchison (Kan.) Globe. It's Peculiar That out of hundreds of good liniments one is so far ahead of all the rest—but it's a fact. Hunt's Lightning Oil is in a class to itself, and way ahead of the next best thing. Aches, pains, cuts, bruises, sprains, sore muscles and stiff joints simply quit doing business when it's applied. Animated Steel Girder. A steel girder fell while being holsted to the top of a San Francisco building and struck a house mover's wooden roller, which ricochetted across the street, passed through the window of a crockery store and swept a fifty-foot counter clear of the bric-a-brac, cut glass, dinner sets, vases, etc., that were upon it. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that it Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient the opportunity to recover from the mature nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonial. Address F. J. CHENKEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Wait Till He Calls. When Messer Trouble comes lurking down the street don't tear out and embrace him. He may have business in another direction. Sea Water as Antifat. A new fad for reducing fat is causing a good deal of talk in theatrical circles. It is the deep sea water cure. American Stops Swiss Train. Losing his new hat out of a window of a Swiss express, an American passenger pulled the alarm cord and the train was stopped. He recovered his hat and cheerfully paid a $10 fine. Drink Only Home-Made Wine. Persia has no distilleries, breweries or saloons, only home-made wine, and it is hard to get drunk there. Business Honor in Japan. In Japan every dishonored check or note is publicly gazetted, consequently very few are dishonored; in Tokio, for instance, with its 1,500,000 population, only forty-six a month during the year ended May last. ALL SIGNS FAIL IN A DRY TIME. THE SIGN OF THE FISH NEVER FAILS IN A WET TIME. WHY DON'T YOU WEAR TOWER'S TRACE FISH BRAND SLICKER BLACK OR YELLOW AND KEEP DRY? BEWARE OF INUTATIONS. LOOK FOR ABOVE TRACE MAKE Catalogue Free Shipping Fall Line of Garmans and Bats A. J. TOWER CO., Boston, Mass., U. S. TOWER CANADIAN CO., Inc., Toronto, Canada. Is in advance of and far more sweeping than schools of Osteopathy, including in its course of study Osteo-Manipulations coupled with Dr. Corbin's famous Turko-Russian bath, the use of which is thoroughly and practically taught. All instructions given in operating room on patients suffering from some of the many chronic diseases. PHONE 594. 201-2 OKMULGEE AVENUE. Say. did you know that Geo. Pleasant kept a first-class place on the east side of Second street Everything good to eat, cigars of the best brand. fancy candiee ice cream, flour, sugar, coffes and country vegetables. LOST, STRAYD OR STOLEN. One dark bay mule, 17 hands high and about ten years old, no brands, collar mark on each shoulder with lump on jaw bone. Go to --- ```markdown ``` NETTLETON LODGE NOTES. New Prospect Lodge No. 77 is doing nicely and the boys are well pleased with A. Clark as W. M. Silver Trowel, No. 40, at Clarksville, I. T., is just fine and is a good set of boys and are pushing things through all O. K., with J. M. Rentie, W. M. Stringer, No. 15, at Tahlequah, I. T., is not doing so well, but I think we have got the right boys behind it now and they are going to push the boys out. Bethel, No. 91, at Beggs, I. T., is all O. K. and the boys are toeing the mark and sticking like glue. That is right, keep it up boys. Have got the right man in the right place. J. W. James, W. M.; L. C. Lumpford, S. W.; W. A. Green, J. W. Mount Hope, No. 20, at Okmulgee, is doing very well, but not as well as could be, on account of some of the boys being in Kansas City. But never mind that boys, you must keep it a going and I think we will, for we have got the right boys. Tom Martin, W. M., S. H. Cates, S. W. Beaming Star, No. 19, at Lee, I. T., is a cracker-jack and is doing well, and everybody is satisfied and is thankful that they have got such a good set of boys. J. J. Jefferson, W. M.; John Rentie, J. W.; H. J. Colbert, S. W. Fred Douglas, No. 62, at Grayson, is in good shape now, the boys have been bothered a little, but is all O. K. and everything is moving along nicely. A. Brown, W. M.; Charlie Hill. S. W.; A. Kelley, Sec'y. Bristow, No. 74, at Bristow, is all O. K., but the boys are a little lazy and are not working hard. But we think the wheel is rolling now and will continue. J. W. Murry, W. M. Eastern Light, No. 87, at Haskell, is all right, but the boys are slow. Boys, you must move up and get out of that state, which I believe you will. Jake McDaniels, W. M.; C. H. Smith, S. W.; G. Mitchell, J. W. Star Light, No. 89, at Twine, I. T., is there with the goods and is doing well, and will do better when they move the hall to Taft, I. T., where they have bought a lot. Go ahead boys, you are right. F. W. Drirer, W. M.; C. A. Morrison, S. W.; J. A. Patrick, J. W. J. T. TRIMBLE, G. L. of Okla., and Ind. Teer. SATISFACTIONGUARANTEED Dave Richardson. - Pron We are Saving Money for Thousands of People ON GOOD SHOES How About You? Roessler-Freeman Shoe Co both CENTURY BATH COMPANY School of MANUAL THERAPUTICS. For further information address, C. M. CORBIN, D. O.. 109½ North Main, Muskogee, I. T. Or the Editor of this paper. DR. J. BOSTON HILL Treats All Diseases. Calls Answered PromptlL : : : : : : ; : : Hello! Who is That? GFORGE PLEASANT. A. J. ADKERSON, Checotah Go to CREEK LIVERY BARN. 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We see no satisfaction or profit in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the inchesr Dress Shoe Relief Mixture farrhoea, dysentery, bloody flux, cholera in infantum and all bowel complaints MEDICINE GLASS Drug = Store Share Company ATED. Inware, the Celebrated Monarch Lders' Tools, etc. All Kinds ators and Ice Coolers. III North Second Street HAND MADE CLOTHES SHIRTS ALL KINDS OF HATS Fishing Goods, SCRIPTIONS: Wear, Suit Cases. CLURE, ENGLISH BLOCK. - - Ind. Ter'v A Lumberman Standing on a Tree Stump with a Stack of Wooden Planks. ```markdown ``` Muskogee Cimeter. W. H. TWINE, Editor. MUSKOGEE, IND. TER NEW STATE NEWS In the United States Court at Ryan the jury brought in a verdict of acquittal in the cases of Henry and Tom Dosset, charged with the murder of Drew Wade at Courtney, about two years ago. The United States court house at Durant was badly damaged by fire last week. The damage is estimated at $1,500. A section of the Santa Fe bridge at Purcell, which washed away during the recent high water, was found high and dry by some section men near Calvin last week. J. G. West, a farmer 50 years old, living near Ravia, was shot and killed Friday evening in a personal difficulty. Ernest Roberts, a young married man, has been arrested. Arrangements have been made by Senator George Brett of Ponca City to ship 15,000 head of cattle from Mexico into Oklahoma during the present open season and feed them in the Osage Indian country this winter. John Philip Sousa, the "march king," will tour Oklahoma and Indian Territory this fall for the first time in the history of his organization. The band will play in Muskogee on Thanksgiving night and will appear at South McAlester on the afternoon of that day. The Indian Territory correspondent of a Dallas paper was dumbfounded on election day when he received a telegram from his paper asking him to send full returns of presidential election in Indian Territory, as well as results of the local vote in the territory. Ewall Waterson, son of the noted newspaper man and lecturer, Henry Waterson of Louisville, who has for a year been living on a ranch in Comanche county, is reported to have deserted his wife and left for parts unknown. He has been absent for several months. Mayor Van Winkle of Oklahoma City has ordered all the gambling places in that city closed. The gamblers had overreached their bounds and demanded from political candidates their promise of exemption from prosecution in case of election. Upon hearing this the mayor took a decided stand and ordered their places closed. Mr. VanWinkle says they must not again open during his administration. The affairs of the Shawnee Light and Power company have been placed in the hands of a receiver, J. C. Fisher having been appointed by the court to that position. The enterprise has been a paying one, and it is intimated that $50,000 has been diverted from its regular channel. The secretary and treasurer of the company, J. J. Henry, is reported to be in Denver, and his books are not to be found. The two new buildings for the use of the Agricultural college at Stillwater have been completed. The greenhouse is a fine one, and the arrangement is such that plants of every description may be grown to advantage. The dairy building is fully equipped and work in this department has been begun. This is a great benefit to the college and to the surrounding country—to the people by making a market for the country dairy produce, and to the college by bringing the people into closer touch with it. Kept Out Witches. In England, up to comparatively recent times, horseshoes were extensively used almost everywhere as antiwitch charms, and the custom is not even yet an extinct one. No witch, it used to be said, could enter a building over the door of which a horseshoe—or, better still, three horseshoes—had been affixed, prongs downward. Waste Little Time in Japan. In Japan people conduct their business with wonderful celerity and without waste of words. Even a sale by auction is a very quiet affair. Each bidder writes his name and the amount of his bid upon a slip of paper, which he then places in a box. When the bidding is over the box is opened by the auctioneer and the goods are declared the property of the highest bidder. Asphalt in Sicily. Immense deposits of marketable asphalt have been discovered near the town of Cordeone, Sicily. An AngloItalian syndicate is now being organized for the purpose of exploiting these deposits. Qualifications of Dublin Voters. Do vote in Dublin one must occupy at least a room at a certain rental, and the law authorities have decided that the room the voter occupies must have a door. Portieres will not surface. Paper Printed in White. The latest thing in Paris journalism, a paper bearing the title of L'invisible, made its appearance on the boulevards on October 5. It is printed in white ink on black carbonized paper. TILL NOON. The Simple Dish That Keeps Cne Vigorous and Well Fed. When the doctor takes his own medicine and the grocer eats the food he recommends some confidence comes to the observer. A Grocer of Ossian, Ind., had a practical experience with food worth anyone's attention. He says: "Six years ago I became so weak from stomach and bowel trouble that I was finally compelled to give up all work in my store, and in fact all sorts of work, for about four years. The last year I was confined to the bed nearly all of the time, and much of the time unable to retain food of any sort on my stomach. My bowels were badly constipated continually and I lost in weight from 165 pounds down to 88 pounds. "When at the bottom of the ladder I changed treatment entirely and started in on Grape-Nuts and cream for nourishment. I used absolutely nothing but this for about three months. I slowly improved until I got out of bed and began to move about. "I have been improving regularly and now in the past two years have been working about fifteen hours a day in the store and never felt better in my life. "During these two years have never missed a breakfast of Grape-Nuts and cream, and often have it two meals a day, but the entire breakfast is always made of Grape-Nuts and cream alone. "Since commencing the use of Grape-Nuts I have never used anything to stimulate the action of the bowels, a thing I had to do for years, but this food keeps me regular and in fine shape, and I am growing stronger and heavier every day. "My customers, naturally, have been interested and I am compelled to answer a great many questions about Grape-Nuts. "Some people would think that a simple dish of Grape-Nuts and cream would not carry one through to the noonday meal, but it will and in the most vigorous fashion." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creck, Mich. Look in each pkg. for the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." SCIENCE and INVENTION The Electric Water Faucet. Some of the electric devices for household use are marvels of ingenuity and convenience. A little electric heater is shown which can be screwed on to any faucet and which will furnish a half gallon of water per minute at 100 degrees temperature. It will give a faster stream at a lower temperature, or a slower stream at a higher temperature. All double piping and hot water apparatus can be eliminated by the simple adjustment of one of these heaters, at sink, bathtub or washbowl. Then there is an arrangement known as the "suspended unit" heater, which is a nickel or silver-plated tube, connected by wire with any lighting circuit, and which may be dropped into any liquid it is desired to heat. With it baby's food may be warmed in a few moments, eggs or coffee boiled in a few minutes or a bath tub of water warmed sufficiently in half an hour. Handy Kitchen Utenail. Most of the devices which the inventor has turned out for use in the kitchen have been designed for the purpose of economizing time and labor for those who do the housework. Some of these articles are so small and trivial that they hardly seem worth while, and yet they find their way into many a kitchen and are used almost daily by the housewife. In the accompanying illustration is shown one of these little implements, designed for the purpose of removing the eyes from potatoes and specks and imperfections from other vegetables or from fruit. The device consists of a V-shaped beak, which is designed to be inserted just beneath the eye, or spot, when the trigger is pulled with the forefinger, closing the upper jaw down over the lower and biting out the spot it is desired to remove. This work can be done more easily Extracts Eyes From Potatoes. and rapidly with this little tool than it can be done with a sharp-pointed knife, and with less danger of cutting the fingers, to say nothing of staining the hands with juice of the fruit or vegetable being prepared for cooking. Robert Patterson of Rochester, N. Y., is the inventor. Fuel From Neglected Sources. Interesting experiments are going on in various parts of the world looking toward the cheapening of fuel and the more perfect burning of the coal mined in great industrial countries like the United States. Germany has nearly 300 concerns which work up coal dust into condensed fuel known as briquettes, and these fuel factories convert a vast amount of coal dust into forms which permit its use for many purposes, with entire satisfaction to those who employ it. Enormous quantities of coal dust have been allowed to go to waste in the United States, and some authorities calculate the loss at not less than one and one-half times as much as the present coal consumption of the country. Here is a great chance to save fuel which will some day be much needed. World's Largest Wireless Station. What is claimed will be the largest station for wireless telegraphy in the world is nearing completion at Pisa, Italy. It will be ready by the end of the year. Through this station direct connection will be afforded with all countries of Europe, as well as the United States and Canada, and with all vessels on the Mediterranean, Indian and Atlantic oceans. Wiggle Suck WASH BLUE Costs 10 cents and equals 20 cents worth of any other kind of bluing. Won't Spill or Break Can't Spot Clothes DIRECTIONS FOR USE: Wiggle=Stick around in the water. At all wise Grocers. Big Hairpin Factory. The greatest of the world's manufactories of hairpins is at Painswick, a village in the Stroud valley, at the foot of the Cotswolds. There are no fewer than three hundred persons employed in turning out these trifles of the boudoir, and hundreds of automatic machines are in constant operation transforming miles of wire into tons of finished pins.—London Engineer. Down to the Sea in Ships. Statisticians find that something like 2,000 vessels of all sorts disappear in the sea every year, never to be heard from again, taking with them 12,000 human beings, and involving a money loss of $100,000,000. Still we like to think the world advances steadily toward the millennium. Men With Feminine Tastes. Whenever a man is found to have tastes commonly considered feminine, he is almost sure to be a distinguished personage. For instance, Sir Walter Scott, Mohammed, Dr. Wolsey, Richelieu, Montaligne, Pierre Lotl and the poet Gray were all excessively fond of cats. An Honest Opinion. Mineral, Idaho, Nov. 14th.—(Special.)—That a sure cure has been discovered for those sciatic pains that make so many lives miserable, is the firm opinion of Mr. D. S. Colson, a well known resident of this place, and he does not hesitate to say that cure is Dodd's Kidney Pills. The reason Mr. Colson is so firm in his opinion is that he had those terrible pains and is cured. Speaking of the matter he says: "I am only too happy to say Dodd's Kidney Pills have done me lots of good. I had awful pains in my hip so I could hardly walk. Dodd's Kidney Pills stopped it entirely. I think they are a grand medicine." All sciatic and Rheumatic pains are caused by Uric Acid in the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy Kidneys, and healthy Kidneys strain all the Uric Acid out of the blood. With the cause removed there can be no Rheumatism or Sciatica. Median Age of Negroes. The median age of negroes is 19.4 years--that is, half the negroes in the United States are below that age. The median age is four years below that of the whites (23.4 years), a difference closely connected with the high birth rate and high death rate of the negroes. Kabo Corsets Get Grand Prize St. Louis, Oct. 16.—It has been announced that Kabo Corsets, made by the Kabo Corset Co., Chicago, have been given the grand prize and highest award by the board of judges at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. A good fellow will lavish "smiles" when he would not think of giving a hungry man a sandwich. You never hear any one complain about "Defiance Starch." There is none to equal it in quality and quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money. Tears and solitude are the philosopher's laboratory. ANOTHER LIFE SAVED. Mrs. G. W. Fooks, of Salisbury, Md., wife of G. W. Fooks, Sheriff of Wicomico County, says: "I suffered with kidney complaint for eight years. It came on me gradually. I felt tired and weak, was short of breath and was troubled with bloating after eating, and my A WOMAN IN A WORKING STATION limbs were badly swollen. One doctor told me it would finally turn to Bright's disease. I was laid up at once time for three weeks. I had not taken Doan's Kidney Pills more than three days when the distressing aching across my back disappeared, and I was soon entirely cured." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 Cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,N.Y. Effect of Bee Stings. Two bee stings suffice to kill a sparrow in two or three hours. Analysis of the bee poison has shown that it contains three principles—one convulsive, one stupefying and one which gives rise to acute inflammation. * A NOTRE DAME LADY'S APPEAL To all knowing sufferers of rheumatism, whether muscular or of the joints, sciatica, tumbagos, backache, pains in the kidneys or neuralgia pains, to write to her for a some treatment which has repeatedly pured all of these tortures. She feels it her duty to send it to all sufferers FREE. You cure yourself at home as thousands will testify—no change of climate being necessary. This simple discovery banishes uric acid from the blood, loosens the stiffened joints, purifies the blood and brightens the eyes, giving elasticity to the whole system. If the above interests you, for proof address Mrs. M. Summers, Box 416, Notre Dame, Ind. A Most Humane Man. Lawyer—Judge, this man couldn't maltreat a horse. He's the kindest of men to animals. Why, he feeds his dog on nothing but tenderloin steaks. Only the other day he beat his wife black and blue for forgetting to feed the dog.—Judge. FOR SALE. Horses, Mules, Harness; One and Two-Horse Baggage Wagons; Landaus, Berlins, Hansom and Four-Wheel Cabs, Victorias, Ten-Seated Passenger Coaches, at reasonable prices for cash. This is surplus equipment purchased on account of the World's Fair. Address D. Jamison, Superintendent Passenger and Baggage Department, St. Louis Transfer Company, Broadway and Spruce street, St. Louis, Mo. New York Girls Must Smoke. It's funny how a girl's lips can smell of tobacco smoke when she has been in a room alone with a man.—New York Press. Ask Your Druggist for Allen's Foot-Ease. "I tried ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE recently, and have just bought another supply. It has cured my corns, and the hot, burning and itching sensation in my feet which was almost unbearable, and I would not be without it now.—Mrs. W. J. Walker, Camden, N. J." Sold by all Druggists, 250. Don't It Jar You To have a cough that you can't leave off—even when you go to bed? Put it away for good by using Simmon's Cough Syrup. It heals inflammation of the throat and lungs—gives you rest and peaceful sleep. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don't keep Defiance Starch. This is because they have a stock on hand of other brands containing only 12 oz in a package, which they won't be able to sell first, because Defiance contains 16 oz. for the same money. Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 oz. for same money? Then buy Defiance Starch. Requires no cooking. Great Britain's Shame. If the paupers in Great Britain were arranged in a procession, four abreast, it is computed that the procession would be nearly 100 miles in length. DAIRY Realizing the Presence of Dirt. It is the experience of these factory inspectors that where the owners of a factory are prosecuted for keeping an unclean establishment the men that supply their milk quickly come to the conclusion that it does not pay to send milk to a factory of that kind. In many cases the defections have been so numerous that the factory has had to close and go out of business. Farmers have listened to the campaign of education long enough to begin to realize that high prices for their milk products cannot be obtained if the medium through which they reach the public is a filthy one. One would suppose that the farmers who take their milk to a factory every day for six months would be able to realize the presence of dirt in the factory before a stranger came along and pointed it out. It is a queer thing this realization of dirt. If an inspector had not begun legal action against the factory the farmers would have been content to bring their milk to the same dirty factory year after year. The men that could not realize the dirt in the factory till it was pointed out to them do not realize the untify conditions of their own farms. If high prices for cheese made in a dirty factory are not to be hoped for, neither can we hope to get high prices for cheese and butter made out of milk produced in a dirty stable. Roots and Silage. Roots are good for cows and so is silage. In the United States silage is far cheaper than roots if we compare the cost of the dry matter in each. Careful estimates have been made of the amounts of nutrients in the form of roots and in the form of silage that can be produced on an acre of land. It has been certainly proved that twice as much nutriment can be produced in the form of corn as in the form of roots. Then, too, it costs less to raise an acre of corn than it does an acre of roots. The corn is planted, cultivated, cut and made into silage by the use of machinery, while beets have to be raised largely by hand work. Labor is a very expensive item in the United States. In some parts of the Old World, where labor is cheap, the cost of raising roots is comparatively low. Raisers and users of roots in those countries come to the United States and try to do the same thing, but soon give up the attempt. This is why all the admonitions to raise roots for cows seem to fall to the ground without bearing fruit. It is a matter of finance. It is by far more economical to get succulent feed from silage than from roots. Root Rot of Apple Trees. In some of the Western states root rot is becoming a great source of annoyance to the orchardists. It is found quite generally in orchards over five years of age and even in some younger ones. The disease is, however, of more frequent occurrence in new land than in old. The disease is most to be met with on poorly drained land, though it is found more or less on any kind of land. The disease is not a product of the apple orchards but exists in our native forests. Thence it spreads to the apple orchards. This is a very important reason for not setting apple orchards on recently cleared land. That the disease is highly contagious is shown by the fact that it will attack an apple tree and spread from it in all directions killing every tree it touches. The best remedy is to remove and burn infected trees, not putting other trees where the old ones have been. It takes at least three years for the disease germs to die out. 900 DROPS A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS/CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipes of Old Dr. SARREL FITCHER Pumpkin Seed Mix. Sweet Banana Slices Jamaica Sweet Pumpkin Seed Morphine Sweet Worm Seed Cinnamon Sweet Mintgreen Sweet A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of Char. H. 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Of the two billion odd eggs annually consumed in the United Kingdom less than one-third are produced in Great Britain. Nearly every country in Europe exports vast numbers of eggs to the "tight little island." Russia does the biggest business in this line. TRADE MARK. A Marvel of Relief St.Jacobs Oil Safe and sure for Lumbago and Sciatica It is the specific virtue of penetration in this remedy that carries it right to the pain spot and effects a prompt cure. MEXICAN Mustang Liniment is a positive cure for Piles. Business University FINEST BUILDING. BEST EQUIPMENT. $60 Pays Total. Expenses for Six Months' Courses in Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Penmanship and if you are willing to work to pay board. Positions secured. Free use of text-books. Railroad fare paid. Write today for full particulars. Address TNOS. M. MILAN. Prest., Oklahoma City, O. T. eee 4 iHE CIMETER, Vatu shod cvery Week 1m tiv interest of the Negro br the Cimeter Pablishing Co. En‘ere: at the Post Office at Muskogee, 1. ‘i, us second class mail matter, SUBSCRIPTION: (ln advance) O06 Ye OP sresccosssssamsssssssesemaeeesssssresseees OROO SUX MONEHB ...ccsesccssssssenee sotessssersseseersseee OO TRPOO MOMS csessessssssneessseceeseses seeeeeeeen DO —————————————————————__=_—= W.H.TWINE - - + = Editor. WoO), Asst Elitor and Manager. J.T.TRIMBLE - - — =~ Solicitor. ANNOUNCEMENTS. I he e'y annoxnce myself as a can. dilate for t e @Mfice of posimas er of Mushosee, sublect to the actioa of the republican clubs of Muskogea. i. T. ESTES | I herely announce myse'f 28 a can- d'daie for the office of postmaster of Musko see, subject to the action of the republican c'uls of Muskogee, I, N. URY. I hereby announce myself as a can- cidate for the office of post master of Musisogee subject to the action of the Republican club of Muskogee. FRANK W. REED. I hereby announ.e myself as a candi- date for the office cf post master of Muskogee subject to the action of the repub ican Clubs of Muskogee. HARRY W. BRACKEN It looks like there will be a big convest tor Postmaster but in the end ail will be harmony and the man who gets the endorsement will, we believe, get the office, ‘To vote by ballot is a good way but if the old Indian plan of standing up by your man until you are count- +d is adopted there will be some fel- lows who have promised all the can- didates to vote for them who will be pbsent. The way to make a good town a Letter one, is for the people who have property interest in the town to join hands and protect that interest at ul hazards, The fellow who has been too lazy and indolent to accumulate enything Is unfit to advise and it is this kind of a cuss who don't give a a- n what happens because he has nothing at stake and nothing to loose or gain, Such fellows are always poping up as leaders. a HARMONY VS, PRL JUDICE. On Saturday night, Nov. 6, there will be a meeting of the Muskogee re- publican club, ut which meeting some one will receive the endorse- ment for the position of post-master. ‘That meeting proposes to be a warm number in every particular, and we hope after it is all over that the man who receives the endorsement will receive the actual support of every loyal republican who resides in this vicinity. It will be useless for any man who does not receive the sup- port of the majority of republicans of this community to make further ef. forts to secure the position or retard the success of any other applicant. We have been informed that the National Committeeman has said that he will endorse the man who re- ceives the endorsement of the repub lican clubs of this town, If that ie true then no one who has been a can- didate or who is now a candidate can get the endorsement of the National Committeeman from the fact that there are three clubs here; the Roose- veit club, sometimes designated by us as the Lily White club, the Lin- coin club, frequently des gnated by us as the Ivory Blacks and tools of the Lily Whites, and the Muskogee republican club in every sence of the word, one that draws no color line, one that admits any man if he claims allegiance to the grand old party. ‘We are satisfied that no one can get the endorsement of all three of these clubs. We regret very much that the National Committeeman has made the statement above set forth if he did make it, because we can remem- ber thet “we were his friends when all others were his foe.” We never did think that it was good politics, or even good frendship, to desert ones friends and favor those who had been anything except a friend, and we don't think that the most popular republican in the land can always succeed by following out that kind of a policy. We admire and love a man (even if he is wrong) who will al-| ways stand by his friends. | ALL IS WELL IN THE LOCAL REPUBLICAN RANKS. Recently developments have brought out the light that there is a safe republican majority in the city of Muskogee, and the only thing that will prevent the republican party from winning a glorioue victory, at the spring election is that the repupb- iicans, those who claim to stand by the grand old party, can not get to- gether, There has been a great deal said about one laying down all pre- judices that may have been engend- ered on account of some minor af- fair and that we unite on one propo- sition, and that is for the election of a republican ticket. We think that is a good thing and that it ought to be done. We tried to do it last spring, but it seems that there is a element who are willing to have har- mony when they get all the benefits to be derived therefrom, Everybody knows how we feel to- ward the Lily White republicans and toward their dupes. Yet, for the good of the party, we shut our eyes to the facts that some of those cus- ses were on the ticket last spring and we voted for them, every man. We voted a straight ticket. We ad- vised our friends to do the same, and yet the very fellows who profited by our so doing have kept up their part of the fight right along, and it could be seen whenever they had a chance to strike at any member of the old club they did their utmost to squelch him. When a colored man was to be considered for anything, even in the making up of a program for a pupblic meeting the Lity Whites used thei utmost energies to humiliate him it he happened at any time to be con. nected with the fight against them They seem to have buried the hatchet but left the handle gticking up. Ow position is this: we want to see ou! party win in the local contest next spring. We are willing to do an) and every thing for the good of ou! party We are willing to even for give the Lily Whites for their insults their prejudice, and their cyntinuet ingratitude, but we say here and now while we forgive and while we ar willing to stand shoulder to shoulde! with them and vote the straight tick ‘}et for the sugcess of our party, wé '}say again while we forgive them damn them, we will never forge , them. MUSKOGEE TITLE & RUST CO. GENERAL BANKING f MBSTRAGTS of TTLE, INSURANCE, SURETY OOHO6 ond EAL ESTATE LEE ESET PEEPLES CEE Sopot PO OOOE4, i:_ FARM LOANS AND ABSTRACTS :: ——SSS—SSSSSSSS SS a, EE cage: * Se cass MIDLAND ABSTRACT COMPANY 207 N, Second Street, MUSKOGEB, IND. TER. ,; FARM : LOANS : ON :: FREEDMAN : LAND Loans made to Creek Freedmen who ure farming on their allotinents MORRIS’ CAFE The only first-class, up-to-date Cafe in the city Where people of ai 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. HH. MORRIS, Prop. Corner 2nd and Denison Sts, STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION eine ag GUARANTEE GOLD BOND LOAN : SAVINGS CO Drafts to All Parts of the World Also Bank Money Orders MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 1904. RESOURCES, || _——_LIABILITIES. Loan$ and Diseounts..........$3,962 80| Capital paidin..............$5,000 00 Overtdrafts...............:.++. 821 12) Net Surplus..............-.. 1,851 82 Bonds Premiums’ & Stocks. . 1,992 50 | Deposits Eubiaey to Check.... 872 07 Furnwre and Fixtures...... . 1,130 00| Time Deposits.............. 4,000 00 Cash and Sight Exchange.... 1,166 97 RealEstate.................+ 3,150 00] $11,723.90 | $11,723 39 I, Wm. H. Sims, Secretary and Manager of the Guarantee Gold Bond Loan and Savings Company, ween Oath certify that the above statement is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. WM. H. SIMS, Sec. and Man’r Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 3rd tay ot Nov., 1904. LENNA LANNIGAN, Notary Public WATCH-MAKER R. A. GIVENS ® JEWELER. Dealer In e Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Etc. Just opened in front of U. S. Court House, and has just re-. caive my fall line of Jewelry which ia strictly first-class and up-to-date in every respect. 1 carry nothing but the best ds and of the latest design. My prices are reasonable. gan and see the latest ebaties you want to buy or not, ‘North Second S. . Muskogee, Ind. Ter. WE CAN RENT YOUR HOUSES ee OO CCC ET Te we | . ‘ | The Ganadian Valley Trust : ‘ | Company | | Has a number of applicants who desire < | to rent houses. Owners of three, four, 4 five and six room houses can secure de- sirable tenants by listing their property ‘ with us. p ‘ REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. The base and superstructure of the democratic party has been swept away by a great flood of votes, and the party with no issue, except one based on racial and personal theories, goes by the board as if struck by the full force of a Johnstown flood. The unparalleled republican majorities show how indignant the American people are towards the deception, the shambling and shiftiness, as well as the personal and race rancor which the democracy has displayed from the beginning of the campaign. Democratic orators have made themselves hoarse denouncing the Negro, denouncing the president for extending zen, harping about "nigger equality" and threatening "Jim Crow" cars, complete Negro disfranchisement, banishment and even annihilation, appealing to race prejudice, and, in many ways, trying to array the white man against a weak and loyal and industrious class of American citizens. They made a direct and bitter assault upon an entire race of people. They sent out their race-hating champions, whose arguments frequently descended to blackguardism. Such men as Tillman, Gorman, Vardeman, Graves, Bailey, Jeff. Davis and Howell to stir up rancorous feelings against the Negro and against President Roosevelt because he refused to shut the door of hope against a man on account of his color. A party with a race issue can not win in the United States. Education is abroad; knowledge is running up and down the earth, and, running too swiftly for the ante-bellum and slow-paced democracy. The domocracy was beaten, again and again, on the tariff and money question, and also on expansion, and this year they sprang the race issue in their speeches and writings, and their defeat became a rout and a disaster. In some states the majorities against them run to 100,000 to 200,000 and 400,000; such sweeping denunciations have never been known in American politics before. It is the voice of the people, and it sounds like the voice of God. It comes from Mt. Sinai, like lightning from the clouds of popular vengeance. They have submitted the Booker T. Washington incident, the Crum case and the Indianola affair to the people, and the people have rebuked them as with a voice of thunder. The people have indorsed Roosevelt's policy on the Negro, and thrown the door of hope more widely open for the black man than ever it was before. The verdict of the people also says that you must not disfranchise loyal citizens without suffering some form of disfranchisement for doing it. The continual blunders of the democracy stamps the party with incapability and uselessness, and their bitter and causeless assaults upon a patriotic element of American citizens on account of race or color unfit them to control in government or to exist as a party.—St. Louis Advance. E. E. Sims, the President of Lincoln club comes out in a letter as gives some of his club members hell about selling out, etc. We are satisfied the president of the club is anxious to protect the good name of his club but in our opinion the club was conceived in iniquity and brought forth in sin and it is just natural for them to be guilty of the crime that the president accuses them of. However the fellows who are accused of selling, so we are informed, claim that the president has a deal on of his own. It's a case of pot calling the kettle black and in this we are reminded of the watermelon feast on the hill at which time the members of that famous club charged each other with selling out and one cuss came near being choked to death and a preacher member squalled out "any fellow that says I'se got de swag is a dam liar." Great fellows are the Lincoln club outfit. They are birds from start to finish and are the tools of the Lily White aggregation as of yore. NAME NOT LIVED UP TO. Petropavlovsk's Fate Brings Compas- sion to Senator Hale's Mind. Senator Hale claims that the fat of the Petropavlovsk proves that battleships are obsolete. "The word battleship," he said the other day, "is now a misnomer. This big and costly and helpless sea monster, that at a touch of a $4 mine or torpedo turns turtle and sinks—what right has it to call itself a battleship any longer? "Hardly any more right," the Senator went on, "than the child of a certain Ellsworth couple had to call itself Methuselah. The parents of this child liked Biblical names, and their children, as they appeared, were christened Ncsh, Ruth, Shem, and so on. Finally a boy baby arrived, and the name of Methuselah was bestowed on him. "But poor little Methuselah did not live up to his name. On the contrary he died—died in his infancy—and in one of our Ellsworth cemeteries you may see his tomb, with the epitaph: "Methuselah Carney, aged nine months. "I think of the epitaph," concluded Senator Hels, "whenever I think of modern battleships." Allison Tells of Changes. Imagine Senator Allison, many years chairman of the influential committee on appropriations, in a long struggle to secure the appointment of a skilled laborer to help him in his duties around the capitol! Then you have a picture of the astute Iowan as he described himself recently to his colleagues. During debate regarding the extension of the capitol building Mr. Allison became reminiscent about the growth in the amount of public business that senators must attend to. He said that when he first came to the senate, thirty years ago, senators had no clerks or others to help them. "Several years passed," said Mr. Allison gravely, "and still I had no assistant. Finally I succeeded in securing the appointment of a man as a skilled laborer, who helped me in my clerical work." A smile went round the senate chamber at this description, for nowadays every senator has at least a clerk and a messenger.—Boston Post Jones Cafe will serve an extra dinner for Thanksgiving. ROBBINS & COMPANY, DEALERS IN Fine Groceries, Teas, Coffees, Cigars, Tobacco, Butter Eggs and Country Produce : : : : : PHONE 554, 322 N. Second St., FREE DELIVERY GET YOU READY! To Attend the Thanksgiv Services and Concert GIVEN BY THE Students of Sango Baptist College and Industrial Institute THANKSGIVING DAY AND NIGHT The students will entertain the citizens of the city and territory A Thanksgiving Dinner will be served free at the college. At 11 a. m., the Students and friends will assemble at the CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH, and Rev. J. M Dade will preach the Thanksgiving Sermon assisted the pastor. The THANKSCIVING RALLY will take place immediately after the sermon...This will be the greatest contest ever witnessed in the territory On Thanksgiving night the Grandest Concert ever witnessed will be pulled off by the students for the benefit of the College and First Baptist church. Visitors are coming from, all parts of the territory. Citizens are invited. Come one, Come all. Tickets on sale everywhere. Non-assessable and carrying no personal Ability. 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 Creek 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 Bec'y and Trees' Western Oil, Gas and Investment Co., Muskogee. Ind. Ter y Published every week in the interest of the Negro by the Climeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee, I. T., as second class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION: (In advance) One Year.....$1.00 Six Months.....50 Three Months.....25 W. H. TWINE - - - - Editor. WOOD, Ass't Editor and Manager. J. T. TRIMBLE - - - Solicitor. The Irish World is one of the best papers in the United States and was very helpful in the election of President Roosevelt. It is doing for the Irish people what the Negro papers are doing for our race. And when they say Arkansas is about to be saved and come over on the Lord's side, we imagine we hear those arch angels of rebellion and prejudice Vardman and Tillman say and "Thou too Brutus." We are against mixed schools; against extending the restrictions; against everything that retards the progress of Indian Territory.—Times, Bert Greer's paper. There he goes again. Who in the "hotel bill" said anything about mixed schools. The Negro is not raising any cain about it, and it comes with a d——n poor grace from a fellow like Bert who has always pretended to be the Negro's friend. Why keep up this agitation unless the cuss wants to get up a row with the "whites and the blacks." In reply to those who have continually asked what office do we want we say, that we are not a candidate for any office we are free to express our opinion without being handicapped, we are willing to stay down in the trenches with the other boys. We have made the offer to those who desire to sail into immoral school teachers to fly in and up to date they have failed to come up and tell what they know. We extend the time to December, and if they then refuse to make good, then the Cimeter force will investigate and turn on the light. The first week of the December issue of this paper will be given over to the colored ladies of the town and all the articles will come from them except the editorial column which will be presided over by W. H. Twine, Jr. We have noticed one thing about some of the Muskogee professional Negroes, and especially one or two Negro lawyers, and that one thing is that whenever these would-be Negro leaders have any printing to do they run to the white newspapers. There can be no excuse for this, the colored people are publishing three weekly papers in this city, and if these would-be-leaders don't like this paper they can go to the others. In my opinion there is but one thing to do, and that is to search their records and nine times out of ten, you will find that these same would-be-leaders are hiding from justice. In other words they left the old country with a bad record. Now, Mr. Negro, you can't be a white man, and the white man is not going to do anything for you when he finds out that you are trying to get out of your race. "Hint to the wise is sufficient." Step pretending and be a loyal race man, or your statesmanship is doomed for defeat in this country. The deck is being cleared and our guns will soon be ready for action. We will allow a chance to prepare for war or peace before we give your names to the pupublic.—Pioneer. You are all right old man, we have noticed the same thing and wondered what the cusses want and what they mean. 20th CENTURY BATH COMPANY School of MANUAL THERAPUTICS. Is in advance of and far more sweeping than schools of Osteopathy, including in its course of study Osteo-Manipulations coupled with Dr. Corbin's famous Turko-Russian bath, the use of which is thoroughly and practically taught. All instructions given in operating room on patients suffering from some of the many chronic diseases. For further information address, C. M. CORBIN, D. O., 1091/2 North Main, Muskogee, I. T. Or the Editor of this paper. THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN The above is a likeness of A. D. Johnson, of Vinita, I. T., one of the most prominent colored men in the B. I. T. He is Dep. Grand Master of St. John's Gr. Lodge, F. and A. M., of Oklahoma and Indian Territories. 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 soon I don't believe I'll ever know a word of what was in it!"—Washington Star. 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. E. L. SAMUELS. THE POPULAR . . . BOOT & SHOE MAKER, 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. Spott Cash Store BIG LINE OF FALL MILLINARY! Shirt Waist Suits, Shirt Waists, Corsets, Hosiery, Muslin Underwear, Dry Goods, Tin Ware and Enameled Ware, Queens Ware, and Glass Ware. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE COMMERCIAL NA'TN'L BANK 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 SMITH-TORRANS CO. EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE SATISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY BACK Oldest and Strongest Bank in the Indian Territory. Interest Paid on Deposits. Abstracts Made. Fidelity Bonds Written. MUSKOGEE, INDIAN TERRITORY. Shirt Waist Muslin Un Enameled OFFICIAL COMMERCIAL At ch RESC Loans and Discou Overdrafts (Cotton Bonds and Premium Furniture and Fix Cash and Exchange The above sta Business in SMIT SATISFA North Main St. The Terr Oldest an Muskogee, I. T Parker Sends Congratulations "The President, Washington. "The people by their votes have emphatically approved your administration, and I congratulate you. ALTON B. PARKER." Washington, Oct. 8. President Roosevelt's reply to Judge Parker's telegram was as follows: "Alton B. Parker, Rosemont, N. Y.: "I thank you for your congratulations. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." WEST VIRGINIA Parkersburg—West Virginia seems to have kept pace with the rest of the union. The democrats concede that Roosevelt has carried the state by over 10,000, but have not conceded the election of William C. Dawson, the republican nominee for Governor, although his election is claimed by the Republicans by over 20,000. VIRGINIA Richmond-Actual and estimated returns give Parker and Davis about 27,000 majority in the state. The ninth district is the only one carried by the republicans. WISCONSIN Milwaukee—The latest estimates of republican pluralities in Wisconsin give Roosevelt and Fairbanks between 125,000 and 140,000 and La Follette between 50,000 and 60,000. DELAWARE Wilmington, Del.—Roosevelt has carried Delaware by about 5,000 and the republicans elected the governor and congressman. The legislature will be overwhelmingly republican. WYOMING Cheyenne, Wyo.—Wyoming is conceded by democratic committee to have gone for Roosevelt by a large majority. In many places almost the entire registered vote was cast before noon. An unusually large number of women voted. TENNESSEE Nashville—In an interview late this afternoon Secretary Tuck of the republican state committee conceded the state to the democrats by a ma- IDAHO Boise—Returns from country districts coming in slowly. Figures do not change former estimate. Roosevelt has about 25,000 plurality and Gooding for governor between 18,000 and 20,000. The rest of the state ticket will run about the same as the governor. Republicans have elected every member of the legislature with the possible exception of one. CALIFORNIA. San Francisco—California made a new record in presidential majorities having given an unprecedented vote for the republican candidate for president. Counties that have hitherto been loyal to the democracy changed their political allegiance. It is safe to assert that Roosevelt's majority will be in the neighborhood of 50,000, and that seven and probably eight congressmen will be of the administration's political creed. The next legislature will be republican by a big majority and the United States senator to succeed Bard will be re-elected from the republican ranks. MINNESOTA St. Paul—Later returns justify the previous statement of one hundred thousand for Roosevelt. Both sides still claim to have elected governor, but it is quite probable that Johnson, democrat, is elected over Dunn, republican. The Scandinavian districts, which are usually republican, have voted almost solidly for Johnson. The state ticket below governor is all re- publican. The legislature is strongly republican. NORTH DAKOTA Grand Forks—Roosevelt carried North Dakota by from 20,000 to 25,000. This is an increase of over 60 per cent from McKinley's majority. 'The state ticket is elected by probably 4,000 less. Of the 140 members in the house of the legislature about 90 will be republicans. This will insure the election of a republican United States senator to succeed Senator McCumber. ILLINOIS Chicago—The indications, based on the returns received, were that the republican national ticket had carried Illinois by about 150,000. The chairman of the republican state central committee asserted that Roosevelt would certainly have a plurality of 200,000. The democrats declared that the figures were greatly exaggerated CONNECTICUT New Haven—Complete returns from every town in the state give President Roosevelt 111,336; Parker, 72,167. For governor, Roberts, republican, 104,763; Robertson, democrat, 78,187. The same towns in 1900 gave McKinley 102,559; Bryan, 74,094. MONTANA Butte—Returns from the outlying districts will give Roosevelt a majority of about 10,000, Joseph M. Dixon, republican, for congress, 4,000, and J. M. Toole, democrat, for governor, 6,000. The legislature is claimed by both parties. Joseph W. Folk. Joseph W. Folk. MASSACHUSETTS. Boston—The returns from the state have been completed and the figures show that the republican presidential electors received a plurality of 86,279 in a total vote of 422,825 cast by the republican and democratic parties. The votes for president and the head of the state ticket were: Roosevelt, 254,552; Parker, 168,273; plurality for Douglas' plurality, 35,710. OREGON Portland—Roosevelt's plurality in Oregon will exceed 40,000 and may attain the remarkable figure of 45,000. The republicans carried every county in the state, whereas in 1900 Mr. Bryan carried five counties. The total vote cast will exceed 87,000, of which Parker received about 15,000 votes and the other candidates for the presidency the balance. Debs made an amazing run in this state, in some sections passing Parker. The socialist party polled over 7,000 votes. Exact figures will not be obtained from several interior counties for several days. NEVADA Reno-The count comes in slowly. So far as heard from, the republican state ticket is in the lead and Yerington, republican, for congress, is probably elected over Vanduser, demo crat. The state is conceded Roosevelt. UTAH. Salt Lake City — Returns from about one-third of the voting presidents of the state give Roosevelt 27,381, Parker 15,992 and Debs 1,509. The precincts reported include many of the heavy republican districts, but so uniform is the gain for Roosevelt that it is now evident his plurality in the state will be far in excess of first estimated. OHIO Columbus — Continuing republican gains warrant the claims that Roosevelt has carried Ohio by 150,000 plurality. Charles Dick, chairman republican state committee. TEXAS Texas-All democratic candidates for congress elected. NEW JERSEY Newark-New Jersey was carried by the republicans by a bigger majority than ever the most sanguine of the republican predictions. The state gave in the neighborhood of 60,000 for Roosevelt, exceeding McKinley's majority four years ago by 3,000 or more. Eight republicans and two democrats will constitute the state delegations, a gain of two republicans. The legislature is overwhelmingly republican and John Kean will probably succeed himself as United States senator. NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord—This state has preserved unbroken its line of republican victories which began with Fremont in 1856 and has given its electoral vote to Roosevelt by approximately 20,000. The republicans have also elected their congressional and state ticker VERMONT White River Junction—Roosevelt carried Vermont by about 31,000. He ran ahead of McKinley's vote in 1900, while Parker ran behind that of Bryan. The only question at issue was the choice of presidential electors. NEW MEXICO Santa Fe-Almost complete returns from all parts of the territory show that W. H. Andrews, republican candidate for congress, carried fifteen counties and George P. Money, democratic candidates in one county. Andrews' plurality is 4,440. The legislature will be overwhelmingly administration republican. Only six democrats are elected out of a total membership of thirty-six. Even Mexico Went Republican City of Mexico—The straw vote of the American colony in the city of Mexico, while not participated in by very many of the colony, demonstrated conclusively the supremacy of President Roosevelt. All had supposed that the colony would go overwhelmingly democratic as so many southerners reside here. The result was as follows: Roosevelt 355, Parker 215, Swallow 13, Debs 10 and Watson 4. FLORIDA Jacksonville, Fla.-The few scat- tered returns so far received indicate the usual democratic majorities in Florida. The democratic candidates for congress are all elected. SOUTH DAKOTA Watertown—Chairman Martin of the democratic state committee issued a statement in which he concedes that Roosevelt has polled 60,000 votes, Parker 30,000 and Watson 15,000. MASSACHUSETTS Boston—Sufficient returns from the election have been received to indicate the election of William L. Douglas, democrat, for governor, by almost 20,000 plurality. Boston—Complete returns from the city of Boston for president give Parker 49,433; Roosevelt 38,559. VICTIM OF RED TAPE. Life of Brilliant Russian a Sacrifice to Official Dilatoriness. Vassil Youlshkin, a brilliant graduate of Moscow University, has just died there in poverty at the age of 50, and the story of his life, which was ruined by the policy of the censor's department, has attracted great sympathy and interest. Twenty-three years ago Yaruoshkin wrote a work on physiology, embodying a number of remarkable discoveries he had made. His scientific friends pronounced it epoch-making. The manuscript went to the censor in 1873. Again and again the author applied for permission to print, and for the return of his manuscript. He accumulated a drawer full of formal replies, saying that the matter would receive attention. Soured and disappointed, M. Yarulshkin never undertook other work. On the very morning of the funeral a packet of manuscript arrived at the house where he died, with the stereotyped approval of the censor expressed in a formal note. Dog's Sagacity Saved Train. A dog with a red danger signal between his teeth stopped a Lehigh Valley passenger train near Mt. Carmel, Pa., the other day. The dog's master, Bernard Dougherty, died the previous day, and at daybreak, the dog, not seeing him about the house, started for the railroad. He had often done so before. Dougherty, who was a trackwalker, had taught his dog to carry the flag. The dog entered a shanty, and, procuring a flag, proceeded along the track in search of Dougherty. When the train approached the dog stood with the flag in his mouth and the absence of the watchman was discovered. Tree Looks Like Doughnut. This odd elm tree, with a big branch that loops and looks like a doughnut is on the summer estate of ex-Senator W. W. Towle at Fryeburg, Me. The child, gazing through the hole, is little Betty Towle. The tree has presented the same appearance for more than ninety years. Kitten Aroused Dog's Jealousy. A curious instance of a dog's intelligent jealousy is reported from Llanishen. A happy family there consisted of a lady, a cat, a kitten, and a Yorkshire terrier. All four were on excellent terms until the terrier took umbrage at attentions which its mistress testowed upon the kitten. The terrier straightway began to dig a hole in the garden, and finished its task to its satisfaction in three days. Then the kitten disappeared. A search was made, and as the terrier was seen patting down the earth over the hole which it had refilled, the soil was removed, and the kitten was found to have been buried alive. The dog was punished, but it took the kitten to the grave again, and the following day took it to a ditch and left it there.—London Daily Express. THE RURAL ROUTES ACCORDING TO POPULATION OKLAHOMA IS IN THE LEAD HAS HALF AS MANY AS STATE OF TEXAS There Are Four Hundred Routes In Operation, and More Applications on File—The Country Roads Are Prov ing to be Hindrances GUTHRIE: Oklahoma, according to population, has a larger proportion of rural mail delivery routes in operation than any western state. The state of Texas, with its millions of population, has about 800 routes; Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa have in the neighborhood of 1,000 each, and Missouri has about 800 in operation. In this territory there are 400 routes in operation, and by January 1, 35,00 families will be served by rural routes in Oklahoma. This means that 160,000 persons will receive their mails daily, is being delivered by rural carriers employed by the government for that purpose. Over $300,000 is disbursed annually to rural carriers in this territory, and to this is another of the benefits derived from the rural delivery system. Four rural agents have been detailed to Oklahoma. The work is nearly up to date, and applications for new routes are being investigated within sixty days after their acceptance in Washington. One of the hindrances to the extension of the service in this territory is the condition of the country route. The farmers fail to realize how necessary it is to have the highways passable every month in the year, but, although this condition prevents the extension of the service, the department hears less objections from Oklahoma than other western states, because Oklahoma applicants for carrier offer to make the trips daily, even when the roads are not in the best condition. RAILROAD MAN KILLED Two Officials of Rock Island Meet Death on Motor Car CHICKASHA: As a result of a horrible accident which occurred about two miles west of here one the Mangum line of the Rock Island, George A. Richards and J. F. Johnson are dead. The former was division engineer and the latter roadmaster. Reliable information concerning the affair is lacking. The two men left Anadarko on a gasoline motor car, the most probable theory being that they were run down by the local freight train. Another theory is that the motor car had already been wrecked and the men killed or disabled before the freight train struck them. The remains, which were terribly mangled, were picked up by the local and brought to this city. Mr. Richards came here about four months ago from Trenton, Mo. His remains will be taken to Milwaukee. Mr. Johnson has been roadmaster here for five years. Both men were married. A Strong Flow of Gas LENAPAH: The Lenapah Gas, Oil and Mining company has brought in a big gas well on the Woodward land, west of this place. The gas sand was struck at a depth of 1,035 feet and blew the 2,500-pound drill entirely out of the well. The well is the strongest ever seen in this section. Experts are using every means possible to control it. Child Drank Kerosense Oil GUTHRIE: The young son of Robert M. Carr, private secretary to Governor Ferguson, is critically ill as the result of having drunk coal oil. MANY INDIANS EMPLOYED One-Fourth of the Office Force in the Cherokee Land Office Are Red Men MUSKOGEE: In all its departments in Indian Territory it is the policy of the government to give employment to Indians by blood whenever they are competent and can compete with white employees. This plan has proven successful, and now nearly one-fourth of the clerks in the Cherokee land office are Cherokee Indians. There are also a great many Indians in the employ of the Dawes commission at the general land office here and at the Choctaw and Chickasaw land offices at Atoka and Tishomingo. The appointment to places on the Dawes commission is not nearly so much a political matter as is generally believed. It is true that a great many employees are sent here from the states by politicians, and they are given places. But it is the man on the spot who gives evidence that he can do the work that secures the place, in most instances. The same policy is pursued in the Indian offices. There are a great many Indians by blood employed there. Of course most of them are less than half Indian blood, but they are citizens. This system is also creeping into the department of justice and is especially marked in the appointment of deputy marshals. SCHOOL APPROPRIATION Chickasaw Legislature Votes $250,000 for Educational Purposes ARDMORE: The Chickasaw legislature, it is learned, has appropriated $250,000 for school purposes. It is said that there are quite a number of school warrants out, and one of the purposes of this appropriation is to pay these warrants. The legislature also passed an act putting all schools on an equal basis, of payment, viz: $12.50 per month for each school. The committee appointed by the legislature to confer with a like committee of the Choctaw council relative to the affairs of the nation made a lengthy report recommending a plan of settlement, which was adopted by the legislature. Both nations will make an itemized account of the finances and settle accordingly, the Chickasaws to receive one-fourth and the Choctaws three-fourths of the money. TALIHINA'S DISASTROUS FIRE Half of the Indian Territory Town Goes Up in Smoke RIS, TEX.: Word was brought here by a train crew of a big fire which wiped out the entire west side of the town of Talihina, situated about one hundred miles north of here. They reported that this section of the town contained a number of business houses, two hotels, the brisco depot and section house and other improvements, all of which, with the exception of the Frisco coal shed and water tank, were totally destroyed. The rails were so badly warped by the heat that it was impossible to run the train over them, and it was found necessary to lay a section of new track before the train could proceed. The fire is supposed to have originated in a grocery store. They Want the New State to be Dry The Businessizing of Mr. Ingenious Impossibilities During the last two years I have made several successful transactions along lines where I previously have erred. To-day I believe that where one gets to growing, the lower one happens to be when one started, the higher one will get when one ends. When I was a boy I went into a country store to buy some goose-quill toothpicks for a Christmas present. To show you the kind of buyer I was at that time—I paid ten cents for a package of a dozen, bought some other things, and had three cents left. Locking the showcase over to see what I should do with the three cents, I saw a broken bundle and took three more goose-quill toothpicks at a cent apiece. I had heard my father say he liked that kind of a toothpick, and I was out for toothpicks. Let me tell you about the kind of a man the storekeeper was. He didn't buy the way I did. He knew how to buy to make money. He kept the things that the people wanted. He thought ahead of the people and thought straight. He knew how to buy and to sell for more than he paid. Much of my time was devoted to studying things that this Mr. Storekeeper never thought of, and my mind evolved such original but impossible plans that I earned for myself the reputation of being "up in the clouds." Recently a general manager introduced me to one of the directors of his company. He said he had been trying for several years to pull down to earth one of the legs of this man! In reviewing the last quarter of a century, I am pleased to see that soon after making a mistake, I recognized the mistake, and by the time my friends began to criticize me, I had made some headway in planning a preventive of a repetition. Sometimes I had little victories. About the time I got the toothpicks. I went into a hardware store to get a large pocket-knife. Pointing to the knife I wanted, the old merchant put his hand in the showcase, lifted the knife a few inches from the box, told me it was $1.25, and put the knife One of Poe's Experiences. Poe, one night during those last weeks he spent in Richmond, related this personal experience, adding that he would carry it with him to the grave. "I was living in Philadelphia during the epidemic of the cholera there. All day I would pace the streets, seeing the dying and dead, until my heart was faint and sick within me. Late one evening, on coming home after one of these aimless wanderings, broken down, and with a thousand pictures of suffering and death dancing hideously before my eyes, I lay upon the bed. In a moment I was asleep and dreamed that a black bird like a raven came into the room and perched over the door. I asked what it was. The bird replied: "'I am the spirit of the cholera, and you are the cause of me!' "I woke with a start, but the apparition was so real that it made an impression on me I shall never forget." —The Lamp. Chinese at House Servants. "Chinese house servants are getting scarce and high priced in California," said Mr. R. B. Lester of San Francisco. "With many of us this is a source of real grief, for your Chinaman is the most perfect of all the servitors of this earth. He won't make one mistake a year; he carries out his orders with unquestioning obedience, and he never 'sasses' his employer. With their growing scarcity there has been a corresponding increase in the wages until now a good Chinese cook thinks nothing of asking $50 to $60 per month."—Washington Post. down without showing it to me. I told him that that was the knife I wanted and I counted out the money! I enjoyed his surprise over my ability to buy that priced knife. One morning before starting to help work out our road tax, I made a boyish brag to my father that I would use a hoe or nothing. About fifteen minutes later you might have seen me climbing over the back fence to trade my hoe for a shovel. The boss had convinced me in about ten seconds that I needed a shovel. Since then I have seen many smart and strong men momentarily foolish enough to unnecessarily say what they would or wouldn't do, to their final regret. To-day I like to buy goods as a consumer. Let me have a roll of bills every day with which to roam through the stores, without any obligations to complicate the spending of it, and I would make some decidedly good selections. Not so very long ago the selections would have been about 20 per cent as good. When about ten years old, I got to fooling with a big man around a force pump that had a hose attached to it. My boy friends and I thought it great fun to wet the big fellow, but soon the battle turned and we found ourselves soaked, and when my father found me, I wasn't complimented over the outcome. Since then I have tried to keep out of kinds of fun which would surely enable the other fellow to have the fun at my expense and laugh last. A recent experience taught me this lesson. With great enthusiasm I submitted plans in copy to a man who has spent more than a half million dollars a year for several years, in advertising. He made all kinds of critical remarks about the idea, but by careful maneuvering I got the thing in type, improved somewhat by my determination to make it go, and resubmitted it. With very little revision he accepted it. The other man is not always able to see your new idea the way you see it by presentation in its first stage. Artful Alliteration. A writer has discovered that many of the worst foes of the horticulturist begin with "w," and he instances worms, weevils, wind and other workers of wickedness. This suggests a question as to whether there is any natural grouping of good or evil things under particular letters. Take "b" for example, and consider how many boons and blessings to man begin with it. The baker, butcher and brewer bring him bread, beef and beer. For additional foods he has bacon, beans, bloaters, broccoli, broth, bivalves, bananas, berries, biscuits, buns and butter. After a banquet of bonnes-bouches he may bring out his briar and blow his baccy while he bestrides his bicycle. These are but a few of the beneficent things included under that blessed letter "b." Now, as a contrast, take "d," and among the first words we think of are damp, dark, dreary, dismal, dirty, depressed, despairing, dead, drunk, and so on, the very sound of which is enough to drive one into doleful dumps.—Tit Bits. By Any Name. "I have a friend," says Representative Sulzer, "who entered the restaurant near a railway station not far from Buffalo and called for a cup of coffee and a Hamburg steak. "The waiter left and returned in a moment with the coffee but no steak. "'Where's the Hamburg steak?' asked my friend. "'I'm very sorry, sir,' was the answer, 'we're out of Hamburg steak just now, but we can give you ham most every other way.'" [Name not visible in the image] HON BIRD S. McGUIRE. Re-Elected as Delegate to Congress McGUIRE ELECTED HAS DEFEATED MATHEWS BY NEARLY 1,500 VOTES PLURALITY AHEAD OF TWO YEARS ACO The Delegate Ran Ahead of the Republican Ticket in Nearly Every County—Vote in Southern Counties Was Light Hon. B. S. McGuire has been re-elected as Oklahoma's delegate to congress by a plurality of 1,502. Mathews did not run as well in the western part of the territory as was expected, and the increase of McGuire's majorities in Woods, Logan, and Lincoln counties and the reduced majorities of Mathews as compared with Cross in others would indicate that the republicans were nearly correct in their estimate of 1,700 majority for McGuire. The Oklahoma claims that the election is close, but figures Mathews in the lead by between 500 and 700. GUTHRIE: According to the last figures received at territorial republican headquarters, and practically final, the following table shows the majorities by counties in 1904: McGuire Mathews Beaver ..... 125 ...... Blalne ..... 475 ...... Caddo ..... 256 ...... Canadian ..... 6 ...... Cleveland ..... 356 Comanche ..... 748 Custer ..... 105 ...... Day ..... 147 Dewey ..... 76 ...... Garfield ..... 800 ...... Grant ..... 390 ...... Greer ..... 2,400 Kay ..... 375 ...... Kingfisher ..... 249 ...... Kiowa ..... 650 Lincoln ..... 951 ...... Logan ..... 1,555 ...... Noble ..... 52 ...... Oklahoma ..... 347 Pawnee ..... 185 ..... --- Payne ..... 303 ...... Pottawatomie ..... 967 Roger Mills ..... 525 Washita ..... 487 Woods ..... 1,600 ..... Woodward ..... 600 ..... Totals ..... 8,103 6,591 McGuire's plurality in 1904.....1,502 Guthrie—Both Chairman Filson and Governor Ferguson place Congressman McGuire's majority over Mathews, democrat, at 1,500 to 1,800, a strong gain over two years ago. They claim the school land lessees, labor unions, German and Bohemian vote almost solidly went for McGuire. This county (Logan) is the banner republican county with over 1,500 majority. Woods and Lincoln give 1,000 majority each. Chairman Filson clams the republicans have elected eight out of the thirteen senators, and eleven out of twenty-six representatives, with four districts still doubtful. Edmond - Edmond city gives Mathews 153; McGuire, 132; Straughan 3; Loudermilk, 4. Two years ago it gave Cross 91, McGuire, 151. PREDICTION OF STATEHOOD McGuire Believes it Will be Secured This Winter GUTHRIE: Congressman McCoire, who was re-elected last Tuesday on a joint statehood platform, predicts early statehood. "I feel gratified," said he, "at the increased majority in the different counties of the territory where the majority two years ago was not very large. It shows those counties are gradually becoming more republican and that the increasing population of the territory the last two years has been republican people. "This majority, and the assurance that Oklahoma is now a republican territory will aid in securing statehood this winter. I have no doubt at the next presidential election Oklahoma will be able to participate, and I only regret that the people of Oklahoma could not at this election aid in the sweeping victory of President Roosevelt. "I believe in the election of President Riossevelt, Oklahoma is more than ever assured of statehood." HOW THE VOTES WENT Returns from the Different Precincts So Far as Obtainable We give herewith a statement of how the election went in the several precincts so far as we have been able to ascertain with any degree of accuracy: Lawton-Ove Harris, chairman of the democratic county central committee, gives it as his opinion that Mathews' majority in the county is about 1,000. With the exception of one commissioner, the entire democratic ticket is elected by majorities ranging from 400 to 1,200. Menefee, for the council, gets 800 majority, and Ferris, for the legislature, about 1,000. Perry-Complete unofficial returns give McGuire a plurality in Noble county of 47. Two years ago his plurality was 3. El Reno-Mathews' majority in Canadian county will be about 50. Guthrie-McGuire carries Guthrie by 763. Also Guthrie township by 38; Marshall township by 29. Two years ago McGuire received 726 majority in Guthrie. Final returns from the fourth ward in tihi ti ycsvgmfwy byBBS shrdlu in this city gives McGuire a majority in the whole city of 853, a gain of over 120. Precincts thus far in Logan county give McGuire 1,250, big gain. It is estimated that he will carry the county by 2,000. Colony—This precinct gives McGuire a majority of 15. Norman—Mathews' majority in Norman is 126. Gain of 9 for democrats. Carmen—Ten precincts in this county give McGuire 1,036; Mathews, 569. Chandler—Seventeen precincts out of 35, including Chandler and Prague, give McGuire a majority of 457. Heavy gain over two years ago for McGuire. Earlboro—Earlboro gives Mathews 139, McGuire 112. Two years ako Cross received a majority of 38. Pond Creek—The complete returns of this city gives Mathews 146; McGuire, 110; net democratic gains of 40. Stroud—This town gives Mathews 139; McGuire 131. Two years ago Cross, 132; McGuire 96. Luther—Luther complete gave McGuire 229; Mathews 56. Two years ago it gave McGuire 155; Cross, 84. Enid—Five precincts in the city out of six gave McGuire 731, Mathews, 499. McGuire's gain in this city will be 40. Outside precincts coming in slowly. All show gains for McGuire. Perry—Returns show that McGuire carried this city by a majority of 136. Gain of 38 for McGuire. Shawnee—Unofficial returns from the county give Mathews a majority of 989. The majority two years ago for Cross was 1,365. El Reno—The total vote gives McGuire a majority of 129, which is a loss of 31 votes for McGuire from two years ago. Okarche—Okarche gives McGuire 48, Mathews 29, mutilated 5. Cross' majority two years ago was 16. Weatherford—Ten precincts out of 29 in Custer county give Mathews 585 and McGuire 600. The democrats make slight gains. McGuire carried the county two years ago by 62. Yukon—The vote at Yukon was: Mathews 22, McGuire 113. Two years ago Cross 230, McGuire 120. Lawton—Lawton city gives Mathews 120 plurality. Twelve precincts outside of Lawton give Mathews plurality of 298. County will probably give 1,000 for Mathews. Frisco—The vote here: Mathews 81, McGuire 98. Two years ago Cross 52, McGuire 87. Weatherford—Cedar township precinct No. 3 gives Mathews 69, McGuire 93. Arapahoe o complete returns: Mathews, 132; McGuire, 174. Two years ago Arapahoe gave Cross 31, McGuire 95. Sayre—Sayre gives Mathews 118, McGuire, 63. This city two years ago gave Cross 105, McGuire 51. Shawnee—Shawnee city gives Mathews a plurality of 345. Two years ago the majority for Cross in the city was 368. Hobart-The indications, from estimates of townships not reported, are that Mathews' plurality in Kiowa county will not exceed 200. The figure may be slightly in excess of this. Two years ago Cross received a majority of 374. Guthrie—The following Locan county townships give McGuire majorities: Mulhall 20, gain 30; Lawrie 27, gain 8; Spring Creep gives Mathews 22 majority, gain 6. Fourteen Logan county precincts give McGuire 1,036 majority, 13 townships to hear from. Present indications show Guthrie county ticket, except Feely, for counrie has repudiated negro politics by giving majorities that insure the election of a democratic legislative and ty treasurer. Cross—This precinct gives Mathews a majority of 30. Calumet — This precinct gives Mathews a majority of 12, same gave McGuire a majority of 11 two years ago. Enid—McGuire for delegate to congress, gained in 40 precincts in the city of Enid and in 14 precincts of 42 gains 138. If this gain is kept up it will give him 1,124 majority over Mathews. Guthrie—McGuire carries Mulhall by 29, a gain of 36; Crescent by 4, a gain of 35; South Climarron by 152, a gain of 40; Guthrie township by 37, a gain of 14. Cashion—Cashion gives Mathews a plurality of 12. Hennessey—This city gives McGuire a majority of 77, a gain of 33 over two years ago. McLoud—McLoud gives Mathews 94; McGuire, 59; same two years ago gave Cross 108; McGuire, 45. Newkirk—McGuire carried the city by 76, a loss of 44. Mathews carries South Vernon, loss of thrtyi . Choctaw City—The town gives Mathews 25; McGuire 31. Weatherford — Mathews carries Weatherford by a majority of 43. Cross' majority two years ago was 38. Pawnee—City gives McGuire 226; Mathews, 193. Two years ago, Cross 165, McGuire 263. Pawnee—It was given out here that McGuire had carried Pawnee county by a majority of 60 votes. Kingfisher—Pat Nagle issued a statement in which he declares that McGuire lost Kingfisher city by 70 votes. Chandler—The republicans gained a complete victory in this county, carrying the county ticket along in the avalanche. The majority for Mcguire over Mathews is 951. Anadarko—Anadarko city gives Mathews 230, McGuire 300. Two years ago Cross received 231, McGuire 357. Out of forty-four precincts twelve heard from give McGuire a majority of about 200. Kingfisher — Seventeen precincts give McGuire 127 plurality. Norman—Cleveland county will give Mathews a majority of about 375. Two years ago the majority was 359. Entire democratic county ticket is elected. Woodward—The city of Woodward gives Mathews 142; McGuire, 132, showing a gain of 12. Piedmont—The vote here: Mathews 78, McGuire 56. Wanette—This precinct gave Mathews 173, McGuire 70. Asher gave Mathews 124, McGuire 53. Dale gave Mathews 103, McGuire 105. Mangum—Mathews received 436, McGuire 103. Same two years ago gave Cross a majority of 187, showing a big gain for Matehsw. Eldorado—Dryden gives Mathews 98; McGuire, 26. Francis gives Mathews 128; McGuire, 5. Looney, Mathews 128; McGuire 18. Hollis Mathews 72; McGuire 15. Enld—McGuire's plurality in this, Garfield county, with one precinct to hear from, is 766, an increase of 56 over his plurality two years ago. The republicans elect J. H. Decker to the council and Jno. Ingmire to the lower house, besides the balance of the ticket.