Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol 7 Climbing to Success. Dear readers: Through thrift, economy and perseverence we have established an independent job printing department that merits distinction among others. Ten months ago when we announced to the public that type and material had been installed to do first-class work we had the least anticipation that before the close of the year this outfit would be so nearly paid for, but but the owner is congratulated by the results of his ASIDUOUS attention to business, assisted by EFFICIENT business manager, Mr. E. D. Nickens. There have been times when prospects were gloomy and it seemed that failure was certain. obstacles were strewn along the path of success from divers sources; but we kept sawing wood, faithfully filling our promises, striving to please our customers with SUPERIOR work and using the BEST material regardless to cost. The literature printed for the Rising Sun Insurance Company, the offices of Secretary of O. B. A. and Grand Master of Odd Fellows, and the office of Grand K. of R. and S., K. of P's serve as fitting models of the class of work we do; these gentlemen are ever proud to exhibit to those who are ready to place an order for printing and are anxious to know who can do it best. It is as essential that your stationery have a neat appearance as it is that your office and personal appearance. We do your printing with a guarantee of satisfaction. To those of you who are trying to do business without patronizing the printer, we say, you are making a vast mistake and in the city of Muskogee Muskogee, I T., Thursday, October 26, 1905. RING MASTER AND HIS SLAVE. Speak slave lest I smile you Humph The great black spell-binder is here represented at a meeting of the double staters where the colored contingent are supposed to deliver the goods. The luricating oil and the oil of joy having run low it has become necessary for the ring master to resort to extremmeasures, and at this stage of the game the lash is resorted to. The king bee was called up and told to orate, which he is doing to the best of his ability. The noise and soupedation was there, and in thick gutteral tones the spell-binder is saying: "Cum up en thuse fur de greatest depopulation un de compersation un de finite composerbility ob de dubble state, doan you see, huh?" where competition is so great you can not keep pace with your competitors; therefore, we advise you to let us assist you. Deeming we have said enough and made sufficient references to engage your attention Cimeter Job Printing Departm't F, QUALLS, Proprietor "Indian" Thomas of Muskogee, does not deserve the support of a single Indian Territory republican. When Mr. Thomas lived "down in Egypt," state of Illinois, he was a rock-ribbed democrat, and at heart is still a democrat, at least the company he is keeping so indicat s. He is so new to republicanism that he does not appreciate the fact that the names of republican candidates are placed on republican tickets thryugh the action of legally constituted conventions, in which republicans preside and participate. In a political sense there was not a respectable republican in Muskogee's no-state convention Mr. Thomas finds himself out of joint and out of harmony with the republican organization, and not only that, he is in direct opposition to the expressd wishes and hopes of President Roosevelt in reference to the statehood situation.—Vinita Republican. SAVE MONEY! and buy your STOVES AND RANGES from the SADLER HARDWARE COMPANY 218 WEST OKMULGEE AVENUE. Builder's Hardware, Tools, Cuttlery, Paints and we keep everything in the Hardware Builder's Hardware, Tools, Cuttlery, Paints and Glass. In fact we keep everything in the Hardware line. Press Notes And Comments. The session of American Bankers' association which was was held in this city during the past three days, came to a close on Friday evening, Oct. 13, with a brilliant banquet at the New Williard Hotel. It is the opinioe of these financiers that this session was one of the most successful in the history of the association. One of the pleasant features sf this convention, as concerns the colored people, is the membership of John Mitchell, Jr., who is president of a creditable and very successful banking institution in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Mitchell participated in all the functions, social and otherwise, enjoyed by the members of the association wile in the capital city.—Topcka Plaindealer. AND HIS SLAVE. Humph The declaration of Independence made by Senator Rayner cannot be read without a thrill of pride that the high official life of the nation include some men capable of such a challenge as this Maryland Senator delivered to his colleague: You have declared in your convention and through your committee that any man who will not sell his birthright and support this amendment shall be driven, like an outcast and a parish, from the democratic ranks. I accept this challenge, and to show you how little a threat and menace of this sort affects men who cannot be scourged like quarry slaves to their dungeons, let me also now declare that if there is to be any political emulation in Maryland you report to your master of ceremonies that if by sacrificing myself I can save the people of this state from bondage and captivity which it is proposed to impose upon them, then I shall cheerfully submit myself as an offering for this purpose, and I shall proceed to the place of torment with a spirit of exultation and with a smile of triumph. In itself this declaration has a touch of grandiloquence, but the subject justifies the fervo,-Kansas City Star. Bishop Turner's Reply to Mayor of Carrolton, Mo. Bishop Turner replied to the gentleman in a few sarcastic remarks, which seemed to have wings of flame attached, for this man cringed rs the lash of the tongue fell. Bishop Turner said he was surprised to find a presiding officer of a city so ignorant of the Negroe's progress in this country, and said that the Negro was not seeking social equality with the white race, and called the attention of the congregation by saying: "If there are any here seeking social equality with the whites let them stand up." None arose (Continued on last page) No 5 JERRY SIMPSON PASSED AWAY. Unique Character of National Fame Known as "Sockless Jerry." Wichita, Kan.—Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson died at 5 o'clock Monday morning of aneurism of the aorta. He had been in the hospital since September 21. His condition became hopeless ten days ago and since then he has been kept alive by sheer force of will. The family was at the bedside when the end came. He was conscious up to within five minutes of death and passed away apparently without suffering. Yesterday Simpson suffered two hemorrhages, weakening him much. He will be buried at Wichita and the funeral will be in charge of the Masons. Wichita, Kan.—The funeral of exRepresentative Jerry Simpson was held in Wichita Wednesday at the Scottish Rite temple. The body will lie in state from 1 until 5 o'clock Tuesday. It will be a Scottish Rite funeral entirely. The blue lodge, Kansas, will have charge of the services at the grave. Interment will be in Maple Grove cemetery. An autopsy over the body of Simpson was held this morning. The examination confirmed what the doctors had maintained, that the trouble was aneurism of the thoracic, or ascending aorta. This means that there was an enormous distension of the blood vessel leading from the heart. Simpson's Body is Viewed by Thou- Wichita, Oct. 24.—The body of ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson which lay in state today at Masonic temple in this city was viewed by hundreds of persons. The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Simpson received scores of telegrams of condolence. FOR A COLONIAL SECRETARY. The President Considering a New Cabinet Officer. Washington.One of the probable recommendations of President Roosevelt to Congress which is now under discussion by officials immediately concerned is for the creation of a new department and consequently the appointment of a new cabinet member to correspond to the colonial minister in foreign governments. This will be the result of an unsatisfavitory state of affairs which dates back to the conclusion of the war with Spain. At that time the control of the new possessions was naturally placed in the hands of the War department, as those possessions were then under military control. Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines were first governed by military rule and then jointly by military and civil government, in which there was constant friction, and this condition even today is not unknown in the Philippines. Cuba was turned over to the Cubans, but Porto Rica went to the State department, while the Philippines continued under the supervision of the War department, with both a civil and a military governor. Meanwhile, there had been added to the colonial possessions of the United States Guam and Tutuila, and these were passed to the Navy department. According to officials of the government, the obvious head for the new department, provided Congress consents to its formation, will be Colonel Clarence R. Edwards, the present head of the bureau of insular affairs. It has been largely through his efforts that the bureau has increased in importance and to his personality much of the credit for the fact that the bureau never has been charged with "graft" should be given. ALCOHOL IN MOST MEDICINES. Indispensable Requisite in Compounding of Some Prescriptions. It is of course true that some proprietary medicines contain alcohol and nearly all liquid medicines prescribed by physicians contain it. No honest man will defend the sale of intoxicants under the guise of medicine; but every honest man should protest against a system of wholesale denunciation born of malice, or ignorance of pharmaceutical principles, and fostered by selfish interests. It is assumed that alcohol is the cause of intemperance; but there is a great difference between alcohol and whisky. If a substitute for alcohol could be found for use in the manufacture of medicines, its discoverer would render a great service to the profession of pharmacy and the science of medicine, for alcohol is a very expensive ingredient and a cheaper substitute would be gladly accepted. Unfortunately the word alcohol, in the minds of many people is associated exclusively with bar-rooms, drunkenness and all forms of degradation and vice. This is due to a lack of knowledge by the general public of the fact that alcohol is an indispensable requisite in drugs, tinctures and fluid extracts. All fluid extracts and tinctures on the druggists' shelves contain from 20 to 90 per cent of alcohol; and of all liquid medicines prescribed by physicians more than 75 per cent contain it in large proportions. Alcohol is required to preserve organic substances from deterioration and from freezing, and it is also required to dissolve substances not soluble in water, while it contributes to their preservation when dissolved. Diluted alcohol is largely employed in fluid extracts; and whenever a greater strength of alcohol is required as a solvent (for extracting medicinal principles) the medicine is of such a character as to preclude a large dosage; and for this reason preparations, even if containing 50 per cent or more of alcohol, are practically less intoxicating than beer. In such cases the character of the medicinal constituents is such as to absolutely forbid the taking of the medicine in any way except in very small doses and at stated intervals only. To assume that any great number of proprietary medicines are used as beverages is the veriest absurdity.—Exchange. OXIDINE OXIDINE OXIDINE OXIDINE OXIDINE OXIDINE OXIDINE OXIDINE President Eliot's Simple Life President Eliot of Harvard lives a life of the greatest possible simplicity. After seventy years of life, more than half passed as head of the university, he declares that one of the most desirable satisfactions of his life comes from having nothing to do with the attainment of wealth. Erect, light of foot and alert as a youth, he eats well, sleeps well, walks rapidly with his shoulders thrown back, and is as eager to get new facts as when he entered Harvard as a student fifty-six years ago. "I a matisified with the rewards of my life," he said simply. Do You Itch? "The cup of human misery is never quite full until some form of itching skin disease is added. Then it overflows. Hunt's Cure is a specific for any itching trouble ever known. One application relieves. One box is guaranteed to cure any one case." I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with the very best courage. When they are real they are not glass threads or frostwork, but the solidest thing we know. USE THE FAMOUS Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2-oz, package 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. Lots of people with no relatives whatever occasionally pay visits to their uncles. I honor that man whose ambition it is, not to win laurels in the state or the army, not to be a jurist or a naturalist, not to be a poet or a commander, but to be a master of living well. LEWIS'S SINGLE BINDER THE BEST QUALITY STRAIGHT 5¢ CIGAR ALWAYS RELIABLE Dealers supplied by their jobber or direct from Frank P. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. This Is What Catches Me! 16oz. — One-Third More Starch. SIXTEEN OUNCES DEFIANCE Cold Water Starch HAS NO EQUAL DEFIANCE TRADE MARK STARCH SEQUENCES NO COOKING PREPARED FOR WARNING PURPOSE ONLY 16 OZ. DEFIANCE STARCH CO. ORAMA, N.B. A... FULL POUND for 10c No premiums, but one-third more starch than you get of other brands. Try it now, for hot or cold starching it has no equal and will not stick to the iron. AND COST OF ANALYSIS will be paid to any person who can find a trace of Arsenic, Strychnine, Morphine, or any other poisonous or injurious drugs in IS GUARANTEED TO CURE GRIP, BAD COLD, HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA. I won't sell Anti-Gripline to a dealer who won't Guarantee It. Call for your MONEY BACK IF IT DON'T CURE. F. W. Diemer, M. D., Manufacturer, Springfield, Mo. W. J. BLACK. New Passenger Traffic Manager for the Santa Fe Road. M. H. William J. Black, who has just been promoted by the Santa Fe railroad to be passenger traffic manager of the entire system, with headquarters in Chicago, was born Oct. 3, 1864, in St. Louis, and has been in the railway service since 1879, beginning as an office boy with the Vandalia at the age of 15 years. He retained his first position five years, when he became rate clerk in the passenger department of the Missouri Pacific. In March, 1886, he was given a similar position by the Santa Fe. He was promoted to chief clerk in the passenger department in April, 1887, and to assistant general passenger agent Jan. 1, 1892. He has been general passenger agent, with headquarters at Topeka, Kan., since Feb. 1, 1897. School Savings Banks Oklahoma City has put the school savings bank plan into effect in all its public schools, and has received nearly $5,000 in deposits in the few weeks since the opening of the current school year. Each room has a president, cashier and other officers, and the same in each building. Every evening the room cashiers turn over their deposits to the building cashier, who takes them to the bank designated as the official depository. Pupils can deposit money wholly on their own volition, but must have the consent of their parents to all withdrawals. One doctrine which is common to all satirists of society is that the age they write in is the worst of all known ages, the lowest point of degredation yet reached. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. In Vienna glass is being used to fill teeth with. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen is Nature's great remedy—Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup and Consumption, and all throat and lung troubles. At drug-gists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. The average weight of an Andaman Islander is sixty pounds. FITS permanently cared. No fits or nervousness after First day's use of dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restor er. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. DR. K. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. The real ideal husband should be a busy man, and one whose day is very full. Men are not happy without plenty of work; and a man who has no outlook for his energy elsewhere bestows it on his household, with generally unfavorable results. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds. N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. Clergymen stand second in the list of investors; mechanics first. WESSON SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Tom Southern, Eighteen Years Old is Held for the Murder. Muskogee, I. T.—Tom Southern, a negro, was brought to Muskogee Saturday afternoon by Deputy Marshal F. Jones, of Checotah, charged with the murder of an old colored man named T. C. Wesson, one mile north of Brush Hill, by waylaying him and shooting him with a 38-calibre revolver. The crime for which young Southern is held was committed Friday evening while Wesson was returning home from Checotah, where he had been to market a load of cotton. The killing of Wesson is the result of a quarrel which began last July, when Southern ran off with Wesson's 13-year-old daughter. Wesson succeeded in inducing the girl to return home and made charges against Southern. He complained to the officers in Muskogee and a warrant was issued for Southern's arrest on a criminal charge. Southern is said to have made threats against the old negro at the time, saying he would kill him at the first opportunity. Southern heard that he was wanted, ii is said, and had left the country. According to Deputy Jones, William Youn, Henry Boswell and William Smith will testify to having seen Southern shoot old man Wesson. TWENTY-ONE KNOWN DEAD. Result of Storm Which Swept Great Lakes-42 Vessels Lost. Chicago.—Later returns from the storm which swept the great lakes for thirty-six hours, subsiding this morning, increase the known death list to twenty-one and the number of vessels either lost or damaged to forty-two. Several small crafts are missing and it is feared that the death list will grow. Cleveland, O.—The steamer Bulgaria came into port this afternoon bringing news of the loss of the barge Tasmania off Pelee Island, in Lake Erie, during Friday's storm. The Tasmania sank at 5 a. m. Friday with her entire crew of eight men. Those lost were: Captain William Ratford, Courtwright, Ont. First Mate George Whitesill. Donkey Man Austin Mahers. Cook T. R. Tershough. Seamen Mike Doyle, August Albrick, John Pratt, Harry Laypash. Killed Horse Trader in Self-Defense. Muskogee, I. T.—Frank Terry, the aged merchant who has been on trial in the Federal court here charged with the murder of Bill Crumrie, a horse trader, was acquitted yesterday. The attorneys for Terry made the argument of self-defense. TULSA, I. T., MAN KILLED. P. A. Walker Meets Death in a Wreck in New Mexico. Snta Fe, N. M.—Passenger train No. 425, on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, was wrecked yesterday by a spreading rail at Caliente, half way between Baranca and Servilleta, in Taos county. P. A. Walker, of Tulsa, I. T., representing the Irrigated Lands Investment company, of Denver, was pinned under the wreckage of the rear passenger coach and killed. Manuel Atencio, of Santa Cruz, Santa Fe county, had a leg severed and will probably die. Several others were injured. There are no houses at Caliente, and no habitation within many miles. The injured were brought to this city today. CENTURY'S TIN IN ALASKA Deposit of Cassiterite 25 Miles Long by Ten Miles Wide H. W. Hammond has recently returned from the tin fields of Alaska, and is enthusiastic over the future of tin mining in that territory. He says that the placer deposits of tin ore, or cassiterite, near Cape Prince of Wales, are spread over an area of twenty-five miles long and ten miles wide. "In this field." he says, "there is enough placer tin in sight to equal for a century the present world output of 97,000 tons annually. Outcropings of the ore from which these placer deposits have come have been located at various points in the York mountain range, to the eastward, but thus far the main ledges have not been uncovered. The placer fields themselves are so large, however, and so easily worked that quartz mining is not likely to be necessary or advisable for decades to come."—San Francisco Bulletin When a man is devoted to his wife she is generally devoted to having him devoted to her. Good News for All. Bradford, Tenn., Oct. 23d.—(Special.)—Scientific research shows Kidney Trouble to be the father of so many diseases that news of a discovery of a sure cure for it cannot fail to be welcomed all over the country. And according to Mr. J. A. Davis of this place just such a cure is found in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Davis says: "Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that is claimed for them. They have done me more good than anything I have ever taken. I had Kidney Trouble very bad and after taking a few boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills I am completely cured. I cannot praise them too much." Kidney Complaint develops into Bright's Disease, Dropsy, Diabetes, Rheumatism and other painful and fatal diseases. The safeguard is to cure your kidneys with Dodd's Kidney Pills when they show the first symptom of disease. Henry Labouchere of London has been discussing in his paper the startling topic, "How to Thrash a Wife." The brilliant cynic is outspoken as usual. He holds that even the best of wievts at times stand in need of correction, but advises that the matter "should never be undertaken without care and deliberation." Canes, pokers and other similar instruments are held to be dangerous, but "Labby" strongly intimates that a strap may be used to advantage. TORTURING HUMOUR. Body a Mass of Sores—Treated by Three Doctors but Grew Worse —Cured by Cuticura for 75c. "My little daughter was a mass of sores all over her body. Her face was eaten away, and her ears looked as if they would drop off. I called in three doctors, but she grew worse. Neighbors advised Cuticura, and before I had used half of the cake of soap and box of ointment the sores had all healed, and my little one's skin was as clear as a new-born babe's. I would not be without Cuticura again if it cost five dollars, instead of seventy-five cents, which is all it cost us to cure our baby. Mrs. G. J. Steese, 701 Coburn St., Akron, Ohio." The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust. It must not surmise or provide for infirmity. It treats its object as a god, that it may defy both. DON'T FORGET A large 2 oz. package Red Cross Ball Blue, only 5 cents. The Russ Company, South Bend, Ind. The people who find happiness are not those who seek it, but those who put most into life. When a man marries we are told he takes the fatal plenge. At any rate, he puts his foot in it. W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ALL PRICES BEST IN THE WORLD ALL STYLES THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOEMAKER SOLE AGENTS FOR W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES Established July 6, 1876. W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes have by their excellent style, easy fitting, and superior wearing qualities, achieved the largest sale of any $3.50 shoe in the world. They are just as good as those that cost you $5.00 to $7.00—the only difference is the price. If I could take you into my factory at Brockton, Mass., the largest in the world under one roof making men's fine shoes, and show you the care with which every pair of Douglas shoes is made, you would realize why W. L. Douglas $3.50 shoes are the best shoes produced in the world. If I could show you the difference between the shoes made in my factory and those of other makes, you would understand why Douglas $3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe on the market to-day. CAUTION.—Insist upon having W.L.Douglas shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine without his name and price stamped on bottom. WANTED. A shoe dealer in every town where W.L.Douglas Shoes are not sold. Full line of samples sent free for inspection upon request. Fast Color Fuellets used; they will not wear brass. Fast Color Eyelids used; they wint not dead. Sketch. Write W. L. ROWLGLAS, Brooklyn, Mine The World's Standard DE LAVAL CREAM SEPARATORS 600,000 In Use. Ten Times All Others Combined. Save $10. - per Cow Every Year of Use over all Gravity Setting Systems and $5. - per Cow over all Imitating Separators. Send for new Catalogs. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. Canal & Randolph Sts, CHICAGO 74 Cortlandt Street, NEW YORK OVER 5,000 BRANCHES AND LOCAL AGENTS. We buy, sell and exchange new and second-hand safes and bank fixtures. Write us for catalogue and prices. Safes sold on small monthly payments. Don't pay big prices for safes. Write us today. TELEGRAPHY Oldest school in Oklahoma. Good position sure on a now railroad if you learn in Okla. Get catalogue. Oklahoma City School of Telegraphy. THE GRAND PRIZE A.J. Tower Co. TOWER'S FISH BRAND MAKERS OF WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING, SLICKERS, POMMEL SLICKERS AND HATS. FOLLOWING OUR SUCCESSSES AT PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO AND OTHER EXPOSITIONS WE WON THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE AWARD AT THE ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR. TOWER'S FISH BRAND A.J. TOWER CO. ESTABLISHED 1854 BOSTON, CHICAGO NEW YORK TOWER CANADIAN CO LIMITED, TORONTO, CAN THE GRAND PRIZE When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. W.N.U.—Oklahoma City—No. 43, 1905 THE CIMETER, PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE wre 6T OF THE NEGRO BY CIMETER PUB. co ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT MUS- Geen! 1., AS SECOND CLAGS MAIL MAT W. H. TWINE - + «© « Editor. R WOOD, - - + = Ass’t Editor. J. T. TRIMBLE - ~ Gen'l Solicitor E D. NICKENS, Advertising Manager. Speaker Cannon is for single statehood and Uncle Joe is a power in the Congress of the U.S. These little fellows down here can’t run a bluff up there and make Congress help them in their little scheme. The Negro contingent of the Sequoyah outfit have about giv- en up tie fight, the oil of joy as well as the lubricating fiuid has been exhausted and the fellows refuse to enthuse, The last at- tack at Frank’s soup house and the aftermath cooked the goose. The seperate staters went up like a sky rocket and came down like a tumble bug. Even the soup house brigade are on the jump, and brother Gordon has turned and give the outfit a rap and now no one seems to do the cause reference, So mote it be. We have many letters from diffent parts of the territory asking what to do on election day and we have advised our boys against double statehood if they vote at all, but we realy think it best not to vote at all because that constitution was not made by the people of I. T., and because the statehood that Owen, Thomas et al want, Thomas W. Lawson of Bos- ton, Massachusetts is making it hot for the big Life Insurance company that has been robbing the policy holders, widows and orphans. The American pubs lic owe Mr. Lawson a debt of gratitude and should give him all the assistance in their power to bring the * * * big ras- cals to justice, The recent in- vestigations in New York prove that Lawson is and has been on the right trail and there are more exposure to come, Gen, Keifer and Hon. T, E. | Scrogry, both congressmen | from the old buckeye state, are| single staters) We had the pleasure of talking with Mr.) Scroggy recently and as he rep- sesents our old home district we grew confidential and told him how many things we need down here; and we know the Indian and oklahoma Territories have a friend in Hon, T. E. Scroggy. And Shoenfelt has gone to Washington to get the position of Judge of the Western District Now if we are to judge of him by his interview’ in: the Kansas City paper touching the Negro when he (Shoenfelt) was Indian Agent, then the Negro will catch hell in his court. He made an ass of himself in that interview, and charged all Negroes with being dishonest, etc. Such a man is not fit to sit on the bench and we are satisfied will never. reach the goal of his ambition. It would be a step backward to place such a man in a judicial position in this country or any country. A man to occupy such a position should be broad enough to give all citizens a “square deal” President Roosevelt Talks to Richmond (Va) Negroes. In his address to the Colored industrial association the presi- dent said. **] want to congratu.- late you on the showing your school children have made, and further | wish, to congratulate the representatives of the col- ored race who have shown such progress in the industrial inter- est of this city. All they have ‘done in that way means a genu- ‘ine progress for the race. I am sslad as an American for what youare doing. The standing of ‘the bank, which in this city is /managed by colored men,should 'givegenuine pride to all the col- cored men in the country. Its ‘record is an enviable one. You colored men who show in busi- ness life both ability and a high |order of integrity are real bene- | factors, not only of your race, but of the whole country.’” RESPONSIBLE AND RELIABLE DRG. L. KNEBEL Positively Painless Dentistry Bridge Work Specialist Gold Crown Specialist Teeth Extracted Without Pain Plates of All Kind Bridge Work - $4.00 Gold Crowns : 4,00 Plates : - 6,00 Painless Extracting - .50 Diseased gums treated, nob Uo sta SNE ec away Opp. Post Office. FOR RENT 500 acres of land in cultiva- tion, known as the Peters land about four miles west of Mus- kogee. Good land. | Price reas- onable. See or write ' Dr, R. H. WarerForb. Muskogee. I. T. DURFEY HARDWARE COMPANY. INCORPORATED Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Tinware, and Celebrated Monarc Ranges. Every one Guaranteed, Builders’ Tools, etc. All kinds of Tin Work and Plumbing, Refrigerators and Ice Coolers. She On Okmulgee Avenue Is THE PLACE to buy your groceries. They can duplicate any price of their SO as and they also give you the very best goods. any carry ev- erything in the grocery line. And can be found— In Phe Estes Building on Okmulgee Avenue Near the M, K. and T. R, R, GENTS FURNISHING GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suit Cases W.E. McCLURE, Knox Agency, English Block. Muskogee ~- - - - “ch. Official Statement of the Condition of the @ommeretal ation’l B22! ~~ Pca =~ Muskogee. Indian Perritory, RESOURCES | LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts $712,003 95 | Capital $200,000 00 Overdrafts, cotton, 25,989 61| Surplus and Profit 21,572 39 Bonds and Prewiums, 206080 49 | Circulation 150,000 00 Furniture and Fixtures 7,985 11 | Deposits 759°530 25 Cash and Exchange 189,093 =| a $1,141,152 64 $1,141,152 64 The above statement is correct D N FINK, Cashier, Here are some of them: High patent flour per 100, $2.90 | ac City and Waterloo corn Meal, per bushel, - - - 60) BLOM er fete ere? ee gk Best Eating Potatoes - - 50)Canned Peas, 3 for - - - 25 Coin Special Hams, per lb,, 15 ‘** String beans, 3 for 25 i} Be Lard fo 1g “Hominy, 3 for - - 25 *f sf Breakfast bacon 20 ‘ Kraut, 3 for - 95 Smoked bacon, per lb., 10 to 134 ‘* Sweet Potatoes - - 25 Dry Salt Meat, per lb., - 1 ‘* Blackberries - - - 10 Canned Apricots, - - 2 for 35 ‘* Gooseberries 2 for - 98 | ‘© Peaches - - 2 for 35 ‘© Pumpkins, 3 for ~ - 28 ** Pears - + 2 for 35 ‘* Tomatoes, 3 for - - 26 EVERYTHING THAT ISCARRIED IN A GROCERY WE HAVE, AND ARE ALL FRESH, CLEAN GOODS, Phone your orders or let us know and we will call for your orders,, A Warm Imitator of Close Prices, These Prices are Cash Only * Yours for business, GEORGE WIDEMAN, “qr TAKING THE STUMP To tell about our lumber. It is put forward to win the approval of the lumber users of this section and when its good points are ap- preciated it will certainly do so. We see no satisfaction or anid in handling low grade stock. Neither will consumers when they learn that the finest lumber does not piece by the foot but by the inches, a sts eL SY aS 2 py Ba) A a OTe ; 7S Oa age | Vata x | Amy | aN be. Hee f ae 7 — Loeal and. Personal. Be up-to-date, call at Cimeter and have your address cards printed. oe It makes no difference what you want to sell or where it is located, this Company will send you buyers, . e¢ 9. v For Satv—One lot 110 feet front by 213 feet deep corner close to oil well, A bargain. See or write J. T. TRIMBLE, 211 S. 2nd St.. Muskogee, I. T. oe “If you have anything to trade or sell in the way of Real Estate, write to Kimrra Rean Estate AGENCY Co., LO Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.” °° It is winter, and you are in need of wearing apparell; don’t forget our old friends, J. W. Adams and T. J. Elliott. They can please you. °° The Black Patti Troubadours’ ball at Jones Hall tonight, Bush and his aggregation are the en tertainers Go up and havea good time. o°¢ Revs. Toombs and Simons are busy getting up Dollar money, let Muskogee rally in order that the good bishops of their respec- tive conferences may see fit to return them’ they are christian gentlemen and ar a benefit. to the moral condition of our pec- plo. ANNUAL CONFERENCE RALLY. A great financial rally will com nence at Beebe Chapel C. M.'E. church, 52058. 7th St., Oct. 29. and will close Novei- ber 12, 1905. The officers and members request their many friends and the public at large to assist them in this, the great- est effort ever made in Musko- gee. A special program will be rendered cach Sabbath — Some noted divines will be present and will preach. The choir under the manage- ment of Mrs. M. B, Brown, will furnish special music for the oe- casion, See small bills later. W. F. Simons, Pastor. P.S. The pastor will preach twe special sermons next Sun day, Oct. 22, You should hea Go to Now located at new quarters No, 512 South urd Street Phone 70 Aloette wou CHURCH RALLY Gibson, I. T. Oct. 28rd, 1905, | Editor Cimeter:—I desire to State the condition of St, John Baptist church of this place. Rev A. W. Taw of Muskogee was called to the pastorate of this ‘church some two months ago. This call gave the church impetus for from that day it has moved moved surprisingly, fi- nancially and religiously. Last Sunday was grand rally day. After Sunday school and devotional exercise the pastor ascended the rostrum and took for his text the 23rd Psalms “The Lord is my shepherd, I shal! not want.’? He preached avery interesting sermon and his remarks were lucid and from the beginning to the end, ‘This being Dollar day to liqui- date a debt which has been hanging over this church for years. After the sermon was ‘concluded the members respond- ed tothe pastor’s call and $40 ‘was raised in a few minntes, ‘uotwithstanding, quite a num- lof the members were sick in bed jand many others were detained ‘at home to wait upon the sick, shad all the members been pres- ent there is hardly a doubt that this collection would have doub- jled itself. The neighborhood lis entertained in this school is ‘entertained in this church with lan enrollment of ninety-five pu- | pils under the management of IR. D. F. Hill. The following gave $1.00; jC. Richardson, M. Jones, J. A. | Fonville, Emma Richardson, T. |C, Crinshaw. C. TH. Ashley, T. |H, Cleveland, Ida Fonville, | Minnie Harper, Dinah Harper, {Clara Ashley, Tinnie Fonville, |W. C. Cleveland, J. H. Cleve- land, S. M. ¢ arper, Curry Pier- |son, Tennie Pierson, America jJones, J.T. Marshall, Libby ji, Geo, Taylor, Lula Taylor, (50c); Rena Richardson, Marga- vr Rodgers, Meatron Durley, Willie Richardson, — Beatrice tee Dotsey Cooper, Henry Paylor, At the store of Graygon & Son, four miles south of Wagoner, we have a saw mill, Any kind of na- tive lumber can, be gotten there at $1.25 per hundred. A good colored engineer can get a position. Log cutters are wanted at good wages. Log cutters get $1.00 per thous- and. The men in the yard get 15 cents an hour. Plenty of work at good wages. Farmers can get plenty of good land to rent. THOS. GRAYSON. MRS. A, G, STEELE, Medium and Specialist, Cures Female Troubles, Diarro- hea, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Ner- vousness and Painful Menstruation, : Call or write MRS, A. G. STEELE, P, O. Box 75. Checotah, I. T. : Low Rate Sampes From LITTLE ROCK, ARK., &80 From HOT SPRINGS, ARK., $31 From SOUTH McALESTER, L. T., $25 From OKLAHOMA CITY, 0. 'T., $25 Rates Correspondingly Low from All Southwestern Points to California and North Pacifie Coast. Tickets on sale daily until OCTOBER 81 ROCK ISLAND GEO. H. LEE J. S, McNALLY, Gen. Pass. Agt, Div, Pass, SYSTEM Little Rock, Ark, Oklahoma City, 0.T DON"? PAV FWO PRICES FO AGENPS WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A WHOLESALE NURSERY HERE AT HOME BUY FRUIT $ Peay 4enke , RAY EDEL TREES oF tim BERRIES Se OFS Muskogee Nursery Co. einen prendond! Phone 3or 31 feet sobbed abe tobe erg teehee toeebt g ft nadl nA + 4 WE CAN The Ganadian Valley Trust . a é : Company 5 REN I Has a namber of applicants who desire 4 to rent houses, wners of three, four, five anil six room houses can secure de- Y OUR sirable tenants by listing their property with us. HO USES REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Canadian Valley Trust Co. acipclpciocip nein ip vil ace Recipe la iecledincin locate Aadinitn ipdiedipdindadlndln pdt dip dp Pndtndiadlntinindtastytinintintiadintasl PAP eesere PN PIP Nee ONION ONT IO o SIMONI IO aa eee NaNO Oe F. 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TERRITORIAL NOTES The attendance at the Oklahoma university this year is greater than at any time before in the history of the school. The Indian Territory pharmaceutical board met at Muskogee and examined twenty-three applicants last week. Oklahoma county's jail bonds were sold last week for $1.07 to the State National bank of Oklahoma City. The next highest bidder was a Chicago firm. The city council of Wynnewood has called an election to vote $28,000 bonds to build a waterworks system. Announcement has been made from Tulsa that the bonus of $7,500 to secure the James La Tourette zinc smelter, which is to employ 100 men, has been subscribed. The promoters of the proposed smelter have been notified to ship material immediately. Will Henderson, employed in a mill at Medford, had his right arm crushed between a belt and pulley so that amputation above the elbow was necessary. Dr. George W. Stiles of Cushing, a graduate of the Stillwater agricultural college, who, for four years, has been an assistant in the bureau of animal industry at Washington, has been appointed bacteriological chemist in the buraeu of chemistry of the same department. The citizens of Davis, in a mass meeting, declared themselves to be in favor of the council calling an election to provide for a waterworks system. At Frederick, John W. Owens, a negro cotton picker, attempted to board a moving passenger train. He fell under the wheels, losing both legs. He died a few hours later. The chamber of commerce of Oklahoma City has taken up the matter of securing rates from railroads for the meeting of the women's federated clubs of the two territories, which meet at that place November 7th to 10th. After a fight, extending over a year, during which time Tulsa has been without fire protection, the city council accepted finally the water system and indorsed its use for fire service. The city has made arrangements for a fire department, and the station will be finished shortly. While out hunting, J. F. Hargis of Wynnewood was shot accidentally by his companion, John Norman. The load of shot entered the back of Hargis' neck and head. His wounds are not considered dangerous. The Oklahoma live stock sanitary board has notified railroad companies and shippers that there will be no open season, so far as Indian Territory and Texas is concerned. No cattle can be shipped into Oklahoma from either of these points without being dipped in crude oil. The Beaver county commissioners, in examining the bonds made by the abstractors of the county discovered that the security was insufficient, and rejected the whole bunch, requiring new bonds to be made in the sum of $5,000, with sureties whose property is in Beaver county, and to qualify in the sum of $10.000. EASY TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT. Little Girl Knew Simple Way Out of Difficulty. The Hotel Belleclaire houses one of those rare anomalies—a woman who does things contrary to the advice of her husband. One of the things to which that unreasonable man objects is the occasional "touching up" of his wife's hair. Notwithstanding his forcibly expressed opinion on the subject, the rejuvenating process was undergone one day last week at the hands of a professional hairdresser. Bessie, the four-year-old daughter, was an interested observer of the operation. "Now, Bessie," said her mother, when the hairdresser had gone, "I don't want you to say anything to your father about mamma having had her hair dressed. Do you understand? If you don't tell him perhaps he won't notice it." Of course Bessie promised to maintain a discreet silence, which she did up to 6 o'clock, when, meeting her father at the corner, the secret was promptly sacrificed on the altar of filial affection. The man was mad and lost no time in saying so. After he got through talking Bessie was interview by her other parent. "Bessie," said her mother, sternly, "what made you tell? I told you not to." "Oh, that's all right," said Bessie. "Don't worry. I can easily lie it back again."—New York Times. Saw Possible Victory. "Miss May Sutton," said a tennis player, "never gets actually excited in a game, but bad playing by a partner will often arouse a sarcastic humor in her. "I don't pretend to play well and when I found myself one day in Cincinnati paired with the young champion in mixed doubled I expected to do little and I didn't disappoint myself. "To tell the truth, I played pretty badly. But Miss Sutton did unusually well and politeness obliged me to shower a continuous stream of compliments on her. At a critical point she saved a game with a remarkable back-hand stroke and I shouted: "‘Bravo! Beautiful! Well played, indeed!” Miss Sutton smiled grimly. "‘That’s right,’ she said; ‘you applaud and let me attend to the ball and we'll win yet.” Call on a Lynn Bank for Beer. A business institution like a bank sees little of the humorous side of life, although now and then something happens to vary the routine. The employes of a certain national bank in Lynn., Mass., noted for the elegance of its furnishings, such as desks, marble floors, etc., were in the midst of their daily labors when an individual rather the worse for wear and liquids entered, leaned against and rolled along the shelf reaching the whole length of the bank to the teller's window, where he deposited a nickel and stood rather unsteadily. When asked what he wanted, he said: "Glass (hic) of beer." When informed it was a bank desk he was leaning against and not a saloon bar, he hastily murmured an apology and shambled out. Magnesite Hills. In the neighborhood of Malelane and Kaapmuiden, 10 miles from Lourenco Marquis, in South Africa, large deposits of magnesite, said to be equal to the best Grecian article, have been found. The veins are of varied width, in many places being more than 10 feet in thickness, but the central hill near what is known as Salt Creek appears to be one vast deposit about 2,000 feet long by 200 feet wide, and upwards of 300 feet high. According to the estimate made by the consulting engineer, the deposits of magnesite at this particular point exceed a million tons. The topographical position of the magnesite hills is such that the deposits can be quarried at a very low cost. GREAT SONG WRITER. Paul Dresser, the Popular Composer, Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills. Paul Dresser of New York, author of "Banks of the Wabash" and many other great song hits, writes: P Gentlemen: I wish to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills, in the hope that my endorsement will be read by some of the many thousands of sufferers from kidney complaint. I was so wretched from this malady that I could not sleep, rest nor eat, and had a weak and aching back. Doan's Kidney Pills effectually cured me, and I wish that others may know. (Signed) PAUL DRESSER. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Bermuda Hay On June 29 and 30, 1905, two and one-half acres of thin upland soil on the farm of the experiment station at Stillwater, Oklahoma, was set to Bermuda grass, by planting small pieces of sod eighteen inches apart in rows three feet apart. This land had previously been manured and used for growing an experimental orchard, clean cultivation having been given the soil for several years. On September 25, 1905, the grass was cut for hay and was entirely free from weeds and crabgrass. The yield was at the rate of 2,584 pounds of cured hay per acre, the total amount being nearly three and one-fourth tons from the two and one-half acres. The rainfall during the less than three months in which this crop was growing was unusually heavy, amounting to nearly 14.13 inches. The average precipitation for the same period in previous years is 9.62 inches. This heavy yield, however, indicates how quickly cultivated land may be sodded with Bermuda grass, and the returns which may be expected from planting it. The hay is clean and excellent for feeding to horses. If crops would grow like weeds do farmers would be rich and happy.— "Bingville Bugle" items in the Boston Post. Many a man stints himself in this world in order to get a little ahead and when he gets it he goes and spends it for a gold brick. THE SECRET OF YOUTH. De Soto looked for the secret of youth in a spring of gushing, lifegiving waters, which he was sure he would find in the New World. Alchemists and sages (thousands of them), have spent their lives in quest for it, but it is only found by those happy people who can digest and assimilate the right food which keeps the physical body perfect that peace and comfort are the sure results. A remarkable man of 94 says: "For many long years I suffered more or less with chronic costiveness and painful indigestion. This condition made life a great burden to me, as you may well imagine. "Two years ago I began to use Grape-Nuts as food, and am thankful that I did. It has been a blessing to me in every way. I first noticed that it had restored my digestion. This was a great gain but was nothing to compare in importance with the fact that in a short time my bowels were restored to free and normal action. "The cure seemed to be complete; for two years I have had none of the old trouble. I use the Grape-Nuts food every morning for breakfast and frequently eat nothing else. The use has made me comfortable and happy, and although I will be 94 years old next fall, I have become strong and supple again, erect in figure and can walk with anybody and enjoy it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville." in every pkg. Recommended by Prominent Physicians and Chemists Calumet Baking Powder Perfect in Quality Economical in Use Moderate in Price George Bernard Shaw, who has been indulging in some acrid criticism of American literary taste, has the most unpardonable set of whiskers which ever grew out of a man's face. A recent critic remarked: "There are many things for which a man may not be censured, but his whiskers are his own fault." Shaw has a set which diffuses itself all over his collar and shoulders and makes it impossible to determine whether he wears a collar, end shirt. A Household Necessity. I would almost as soon think of running my farm without implements as without Hunt's Lightning Oil. Of all the liniments I have ever used, for both man and beast, it is the quickest in action and richest in results. For burns and fresh cuts it is absolutely wonderful. I regard it as a household necessity. Yours truly, S. Harrison, Kosciusko, Miss. Justice Never Tried a Case Justice Never Tried a Case John H. Edleman has been a justice of the peace in Jefferson township, Henry county, Indiana, for fourteen years, but in all that time, though many cases have been before him, he has never tried one of them. When a dispute arises between citizens, no matter what it may be, he always managers to bring about a compromise. "There's no money in that for me," says Justice Edleman, "but it saves money for my neighbors, and I generally manage to send the contending parties away in good humor." He recently attracted some attention by offering to perform marriage ceremonies for fifty cents each and provide a wedding supper or breakfast for the couple. Edleman, who is seventy years old, calls his farm the "Garden of Eden." You can never tell which dog is a going to come on top in a fight by his size. It's the same way with human beings. The cry for justice provokes a bitter indignation in quarters where the plea for charity evokes a ready response. Now Legality of County Commissioner's Action Is Questioned. Guthrie, O. T.—The question as to whether the board of county commissioners has a right to exercise the pardoning power has arisen at Stillwater. Peter Carter was convicted of assault at the last term of court, the only conviction secured, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs, which were quite heavy, or to be confined in jail until he had been there one day for each $2 of the whole amount against him. Two or three weeks later, and while the county attorney was away from home, the commissioners met, remitted the fine and costs and ordered the sheriff to discharge the prisoner. Now some of the citizens are questioning the commissioners' authority. Great French Explorer. Count Savorgnan De Brazza, a Frenchman by adoption, though not by birth, whose death occured the other day, ranks as one of the great French exporers and colonial organizers. In twenty years he explored the vast reign in West Africa now known as the French Congo, founded and maintained twenty one stations among the 5,000,000 natives living there, organized a large part of the territory as a French colony, stopped wars between the tribes, established friendly relations with them and did all this without shedding blood. In a sentence, this is a summing up of De Brazza's work. Violence played no part in his policy and he never shot a native. UNCLE SAM. SECOND-HAND MAN. Government Will Hold an Auction at Muskogee Next Week. Muskogee, I. T.—Uncle Sam is in the second-hand business just now, having a lot of miscellaneous articles in care of the Union Indian agent at Muskogee, which, according to instructions from the commissioner of Indian affairs, are to be sold at auction next Saturday at 3 o'clock. Among the articles are two horse collars, one commode, a wash stand and spring wagon, a number of stoves and several sections of stove pipe. This property is now in the store room at the Union Indian agency and the government is anxious to get rid of it. Ardmore Fair Is Over. Ardmore, I. T.—The annual fair closed here today. The races were the big feature. W. F. Stedman, of Wichita, Kan., with his string of horses wan one of the principal winners. JILTED WOMAN'S REVENGE. Disfigured Faithless Lover and His Paris.—A terrible revenge has been taken by a young woman of Chalus, a village near Limogee, upon a former lover, a farmer, who is said to have jilted her. The farmer married another woman, and as the wedding party was leaving the church the rejected woman appeared and threw the contents of a bottle of vitriol over them. The bridegroom was disfigured in a frightful manner and may lose the sight of both eyes. The bride was burned about the face and neck and her mother and five other persons were injured. The perpetrator of the outrage escaped and is still at large. Conditional Piety. Two Scotch fishermen, Jamie and Sandy, belated and befogged on a rough water, were in some trepidation lest they should never get ashore again. At last Jamie said: "Sandy, I'm steering, and I think you'd better put up a bit of prayer." "I don't know how," said Sandy. "If ye don't, I'll chuck ye overboard," said Jamie. Sandy began: "Oh, Lord, I never asked anything of Ye for fifteen years, and if Ye'll only get us safe back I'll never trouble Ye again, and——" "Whisht, Sandy!" said Jamie, "the boat's touched shore; don't be beholden to anybody."—New York World. STRENGTHEN THE STOMACH STRENGTHEN THE STOMACH Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Really Cure Indigestion Instead of Merely Relieving Symptoms. There are plenty of remedies by which you can relieve for the time heartburn, pain and gas on the stomach and can smother nervous sensations and induce artificial sleep. You can humor your stomach by giving it predigested food. But when you take your next meal all your trouble begins afresh. There is only one sensible thing to do. Strengthen the stomach and do away with the necessity for drugs and artificial foods. The best remedy ever found for this purpose is the one that was used by E. E. Strong, of Capleville, Shelby county, Tenn. "For years," he states, "I suffered greatly from indigestion. I tried many different remedies and some of them would relieve me for a time, but the trouble always came back. About six months ago I had an unusually severe attack, and while I tried everything I had ever heard of, I found that none of the ordinary remedies would reach the difficulty this time. "One day I read in a Memphis paper how Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had cured a Michigan woman, a sufferer from chronic dyspepsia of a most stubborn type. I then tried the same remedy and it proved just as successful in my case. I took only three boxes, and was cured. I have not had the slightest symptoms of indigestion since." The tonic treatment has a sound principle as its basis, and abundant success in actual use. Multitudes of cases that had defied all other remedies have been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The pills actually make new blood and strike at the root of all diseases caused by bad blood. They contain no harmful stimulants or opiates. Every dyspeptic should read, "What to Eat and How to Eat." Write the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Scheneotady, N.Y., for a free copy. There is a new invention the men will bless: A shirt that opens down the front and doesn't have to be taken on over the head. It has been our experience that some of the most important things in life have happened at the moment when we were tangled up in getting a shirt over our head.—Atchison Globe. Rest and Sleep. Few escape those miseries of winter—a bad cold, a distressing cough. Many remedies are recommended, but the one quickest and best of all is Simmon's Cough Syrup. Soothing and healing to the lungs and bronchial passages, it stops the cough at once and gives you welcome rest and peaceful sleep. If a rooster wakes up about midnight and crows because he thinks it's morning why don't he go to roost in the day time? Who can answer this? Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. To look ahead is a good thing, but to look backward one is better able to see how to get ahead. Important to Mothers. 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Largest Saw Manufacturers in the World, Factory and Executive Offices, Indianapolis, Indiana BRANCHES: New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Portland, (Oregon), Seattle, Sap Francisco, SOLD BY GOOD DEALERS EVERYWHERE Western Life Indemnity Co. The Policy Holders' Committee at No. 77 Jackson Blvd., Chicago, will give complete information about the expenditure of $200,000 of company funds as commissions to Mr. Kosenfeld for the purchase of Life Insurance Company of Pennsylvania business made on or about February 20th, 1905, and the expenditure of $200,000 on September 20th, 1905, to purchase 8,000 shares of stock in the Security Life and Annuity Company, (par value $10 per share). Mr. Moulton, Mr. Rosenfeld and Mr. Moore, the Executive Committee, are now cited by Judge Kohlsaat to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt in making the last transaction. Make inquiry at once. HERVEY B. 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TWENTY-FIVE BUSHELS OF WHEAT TO THE ACRE Means a productive capacity in dollars of over $16 per acre. 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Means a productive capacity in dollars of over $16 per acre. This on land which has cost the farmer nothing but the price of tilling it, tells its own story. The Canadian Government gives absolutely free to every settler 160 acres of such land. Lands adjoining can be purchased at from $6 to $10 per acre from railroad and other corporations. Already 175,000 farmers from the United States have made their homes in Canada. For pamphlet "Twentieth Century Canada" and all information apply to Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to following authorized Canadian Government Agent-J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri WANTED FOR UNITED STATES 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. 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(Continued from page 1) and the speaker continued "You see that the Negroes, just as brainy and as intelligent as men of the white race, are not seeking social equality with white men or women, but if we will take a casual glance over this congregation with the mayor we can see that his race has sought and obtained social equality with our race." Bishop Turner said that he had traveled in the greater portion of the world and of all the mean men he had met the American whites were the meanest, and the devil of hell could not begin to compare with them; and he had never heard of the devil being partial to anyone on account of color, that he would burn the white man as much as he would the black man but probably make a little exception in favor of the mayor of Carrollton and have a little hotter fire for him. -Toneka Plaindealer We must say amen to the Bishop's reply, as it is well known that throughout the south that the white men who howl against social equality are the very devils who practice social equality with Negro women be they married or single, if they are weak enough and foolish enough to permit the licentious hell hounds so to do. There is a colored lawyer in this city whose business card reads as follows: "I tends to your insurance and all other kinds of law business. Notary Public."—Pheonix. 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