Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. HASKELLSIOR (A parody on Excelsior) The following verses were composed by State Senator H. E. P. Stanford of OkMulkee and read by him at the republican rally in Hinton theatre last night: The shades of night were falling fast. As through the northern states there passed. passed. A man bowed down with shame and grief. Who bore this message to his chief: "I'll not resign." But twilight o'er the scene then fell. He thought the matter over well. And realized the havoc wrought. There came upon him this strange thought: "I might resign." He thought of duty, derelict. He thought of Homer Benedict. He wondered if the Times is read. And to himself he calmly said: "I could resign. He slept, and on his vision burst The phantom of this strange man, Hearst, An avenging angel then it seemed, And in his sleep he fairly screamed: "I may resign." At midnight he had met the chief, The consultation there was brief; The riot act to him was read, An Bryan very lcodly said: "You should resign." Great beads of prespiration came, Emotion shook his manly frome; He said, "Now, Charley, to get fame, We must play out this little game; You must resign." Then Haskell said: "If you think best, To quiet Teddy, Hearst and West, I'll take the dose they've given me, But 'Peerless One,' it's all for thee; 'I will resign." The story given to the press Seems rather rude, you must confess; The boys call it mighty thin. I'm prone to thing 'twas Dennis Flynn Made him resign. The conduct of the colored men at the meeting on Tuesday night was a surprise to the lilywhites as well as their Dem. conspirators. The colored men di not push themselves upon anyone. The meeting was strictly a political one and not a social gathering and the uneasiness of some of the young gang of lilywhites was without foundation. Old man Bucher is said to be off the reservation. Wonder what hurts the old man. The party has been kind to him and his son Carl and we regret to say if reports be true Carl and the old man have not returned the kindness. Now is a good time to repay the debt by loyalty to the party. We desire to commend the chief of police in his efforts to clean the town of loafers, thieves, thugs and blacklegs, the start on S. Second street is a good one and we believe the present gait will be kept up. The stopping of loafers from crowding citizens from the sidewalks is especially to be commended. The police are doing all in their power to make conditions better and will if they do not relax their efforts will be successful. We refer to white as well as black loafers, neither of them are desirable citizens and while are dissatisfied and are making threats against the winter, we propose to keep up the fight until they learn how to be decent or leave. Editor Russel of the Langston Age has hopped square into the Democratic camp. Russel now raises cain for the party of Tillman and swears by the beard of the prophet he will Okla., Friday, divide the negro vote and give Bryan a big vote. The negroes do not take Russel seriously they know the reason, the MAIN reason, why Rus now claims to be an unwashed Democrat. Poor Rus we should not be hard with him, he can do us no harm and may do himself some good (financially). Parson Russell cannot carry any of his flock into the camp of the enemy. It might do if the parson lived up north but down here we have Bill Murry (Kockelborro) and Gore, the dose is too bitter for the flock wont take it. Russ's attack upon Bird McGuire will not loose Mc a single vote he would have otherwise gotten. The colored voters know that Mc is and has always been their friend and prefer not to change at this time especially when that change means to send to congress a wan who will be in sympathy with Vardaman and Tillman. Our people throughout the state have confidence in Chairman Joe Norris and quite agree with Joe when he suggested that the pugnacious Russel should poin his Democratic cohorts in a warmer region than Guthrie. Poor Russ he has gone wrong but while the lamy holds out to burn the vilest sinner may return. The lamp still burns Russ you may get in before the IDES of November. When colored men are put on the police force they should be men of the very best of character and who know how to perform the duty of the office to which they aspire. No man who uses intoxicants to an excess or al all should be selected. A colored officer who makes a failure is blamed more so than a white officer who fails and since we must deal with things as they are and not as they ought to be it falls upon the colored officer to be zealous in the performances of his duty and to make mank sacrifices in order to make a good record. The only thing the negro can do in the campaign is to support the Republican ticket. Our national candidates are worthy of our support. We can expect nothing at the hands of the Democracy. Tillman and Vardaman as leaders are sufficient to let the negro know that he can expect nothing at their hands. We are not Republicans on account of any debt of gratitude we owe the party but because we believe in the principles as enunciated in the platform and in a protective tariff. A CASE FOR THE GRAND JURY? A vast amount of adverse comment, justly or unjustly, is being made on the action Justice of the Peace Mel G. Bailey in dismissing the case of Walter Fulsom, the negro, who last Saturday evening shoot and killed Ed Pleasure, another negro, on Fon du Lac avenue. The defense made by Fulsom was that he had been deputized by Deputy Sheriff Joe Depew to arrest Pleasure on the charge of assault to kill made against him by some one. The fact is said to be that a deputy sheriff has no legal authority to deputize any one to act for him in making an arrest, or, in the service of any legal process. Only the sheriff himself possesses such legal authority, and when it is exercised the sheriff must make an indorsement on the warrant showing that he has deputized the server of the writ to perform the service. In the Fulsom case no such legal steps were taken, so it is alleged, and therefore Fulsom was acting without a shadow of legal authority. The killing is, therefore, claimed to be an ordinary case of murder, or at best manslaughter. The fact that the justice, on the same day he dischargee October, 2, 1908. Fulsom, held Sam Tulk, town marshal at Haskell, and a regularly appointed deputy sheriff, to the grand jury under a bond of $2,000 for the shooting of Will Le gon at Haskell Monday, is being contrasted with his action in the Fulsom case. In the case of Tulk, who is a white man, it was admitted that the man who was killed held in his hand a revolver at the time of the shooting; that there was bad blood between the two, and that Tulk probably had reason to think that Legion intended to shoot him. In Fulsom's case the victim was unarmed and the man who did the shooting does not appear to have had any reason to fire the fatal shot other than that his victim started to run instead of submitting to arrest. There appears to be much sentiment against allowing the matter to rest. The demand is being made that the grand jury be asked by Prosecutor Crump to inquire into the Fulsom case at the same time that it considers the Tulk case.—Times Democrat. 11-1-08. Such case as the Folsom one make people who come here believe that life is cheap and such a place is not a good place in which to live. Muskogee can't afford that kind of reputation. We admire the courage Judge Taft has displayed in the manly statement made when a request was made that he should also denounce Senator Foraker, replied: "I would not hit a man when he is down, to get all the votes in the United States." This statement is one of the pleasant features of the present campaign, and establishes the true character of Judge Taft, that he will not join with the cowardly herd of jackels who follow afar off, the steps of Senator Foraker. This manly action on the part of Judge Taft will bring him many votes among the friends of Senator Foraker. None of the friends of Senator Foraker will take much heed to the statement made by the editor of yellow journalism. All who are acquainted with Hearst, or have ever read his papers, are acquainted with fact that both columns and headlines glitter with sensations. That Senator Foraker was in the pay of the Trusts, none of his friends will believe. The answer that has been made by the Senator, brings the truth that long before he was elected to represent his state in the United States Senate, he was consulted by the Standard Oil Company in regard to a case then pending before one of the state courts, and was paid for his services. According to Hearst's theory, a man who enters in any capacity in the employ of a leading corporation, bears forever after, the brand of Cain upon his brow, to be marked if he should ever enter political life. This is both unfair and unjust. Agaist Sale of Lands. It is said that both political parties are in favor of selling the school lands and investing the funds arising therefrom. We are opposed to the sale of said lands, we believe that the hungry hoarde of officers should not be turned loose upon money that belongs to the children. The rents arising from the use of the land amounts to a greater rate of interest than could be obtained by selling the land and loaning the money at 3 per cent. As it now stands the principal (the land) will increase in value as the other lands lying adjacent to it are developed but if the lands are sold the principal will always remain the same and produce less interest than if the land remained the property of the children, a permanent school fund. In its present condition it cannot be stolen or in any way depreciate in value. As the years go by and our state takes its place at the front as the most progressive state in the Union these lands will become so enhanced in value that the rents coming in will give our descendants the greatest school fund of any state and the foundation, the principal still remains for posterity. Vote against the sale of school lands. In the Probate Court of the County of Muskogee, State of Oklahoma. In the Matter of the Estate and Curatorship of Willie Davis, Minor. ORDER for HEARING PETITION of GUARCIAN for SALE of REAL ESTATE. It appearing in this Court, from the petition this day presented and filed herein by D. N. Fink, the curator of Willie Davis, minor, praying for an order of sale of certain real estate belonging to his satd ward, that it is necessary and would be beneficial to said ward that such real estate should be sold. It Is Hereby Ordered, That the next of kin of the said ward, and all persons interested in the said estate, appear before this Court on Wednesday the 4th day of November, A. D. 1908, at 9 o'clock A. M., of said day at the Court Room of said Court at Muskogee, Muskogee County then and there to show cause why an order should not be granted for the sale of such real estate. And It Is Further Ordered, That a copy of this order be published at least three successive weeks before the day of hearing said petition in the Cimeter, a weekly newspaper printed and published in said Muskogee County. Dated this 3rd day of October A. D. 1908. Every colored voter in this district will vote for Creager for congressman, no matter if he does belong to the Snake faction. It is their duty to vote this time and redeem the district from the blight of Democracy. Every negro should get his certificate of registration from its hiding place and have it in readiness for business on election day. You can't vote unless you have it. You will be approached by some and offered a consideration for it but don't let it get out of your possession. It's the evidence of your right to vote and to sell it is equivalent to selling your vote, which means the selling of your race, your wife and children. No 51 Muskogee Cimeter. OKLA Claim to a Title. The slang phrase, "a good mixer," has a peculiar meaning when applied to a man. It seems never to have been used as descriptive of women. But why not? Some women might wear the title with distinction, although in a little different sense. For generations women have been engaged in "mixing" reluctant elements. Flour and butter in their hands have combined into flaky biscuit; and uncongenial cousins have made up an agreeable family party. A woman at the head of a large household has need to be a good mixer, says the Youth's Companion. She may have three generations under her roof and dependent upon her care. With the children she must be as a child; with the grandmother she must see the wisdom of age, even beneath its feebleness; for the willful son she must mingle ready sympathy and firm control. Woman's service in village or church is often that of welding together obstinate and diverse elements. For there must be no Democrats or Republicans, no Methodists or Catholics, when she has in hand some measure for the common good. The shade trees in a certain village are a growing memorial to a certain woman who got the Second Adventists and the Congregationalists together, and set them in pairs to digging the same holes, instead of working on opposite sides of the street. She was a good mixer herself, and, like all of that brotherhood, she was the cause that good mixing should be in others. In this world of strife and misunderstandings and petty frictions, the rarest and dearest of her sex is the woman who goes her way—a smile on her lips and a gently persuasive sooon in hand—measuring and mingling contrary tastes and dispositions and ambitions, and adding to the combination that subtle one-knows-not-what or personality which is the crowning grace of a good mixer. Edelweiss, "the fatal bloom," has almost disappeared from the Mont Blanc range in Switzerland, and an Irish nobleman, who is an expert mountain climber, is now engaged for the second summer in planting the flower at the highest altitudes he can reach. The self-imposed task, although it evinces a pleasing sentiment, does nobody any particular good. If influential men of leisure would apply their enthusiasm to the work of reforesting barren places at home, there would be a different story to tell. A Queensland judge has decided that oysters are wild beasts. A man in the pearl industry had 100,000 oysters in the shell spread out at Friday island and some Japs stole them. The court solemnly held that both oysters and pearls are wild animals, for the stealing of which there is no penalty. The judge should lose no time in telling the world how he classifies terrapin. As the richest town in the world, Brookline ought to be ashamed to have allowed a historic elm tree, said to be the largest tree in that town, to which George Washington used to hitch his horse, to be destroyed by the elm-leaf beetle. We have had the book "Three Acres and Liberty." The president asks, in behalf of the farmer, for 160 acres and comfort, variety and happiness. DEMOCRATIC PARTY AGAINST OUR NAVY Objects to Appropriations to Make Us Equal to Our New Responsibilities. Would Leave Us the Prey of Stronger Nations—Success of Monroe Doctrine Depends On Adequate Navy. William Jennings Bryan has always opposed a great American navy. He went to Congress years ago, and if he accomplished anything worthy of note, the record has failed to show it. At that time the Democrats all over the country were looking to him with growing admiration because of his obstruction tactics. On July 9, 1892, he arose in his place in the House of Representatives and opposing a proposed naval appropriation, said: "Mr. Speaker, I believe in a sufficient navy. We have this now, either in existence or in construction. We do not need more." Is the Same Bryan Today. Such was Mr. Bryan sixteen years ago and such he is to-day. He has opposed every proposed appropriation to increase and strengthen our navy, as a matter of defense and protection to our coast line, and a preventative of war with other nations, as a source of pride and prestige and insurance to our country. The matchless record of our navy at Santiago and in Manila Bay during the Spanish war interests him not. Had his ideas prevailed we would have had no victories on the water in that war. Must Always Be Ready. As wars between nations come suddenly, just as do personal conflicts between men, our navy must be maintained upon that basis of possible contingency. Our national history shows that wars have sprung suddenly into existence while wise men were proclaiming that war could not occur. There are many instances where the most unexpected occurrences have brought us to the very verge of battle. We are not a military nation, yet we are a rich nation, and undefended wealth invites aggression. The very liberty of individual speech and action which we as a people so prize and guard, renders it possible that at times unexpected causes of friction with foreign powers may suddenly develop. Even at present this country is negotiating arbitration treaties with a number of the great powers. These treaties have a special usefulness because in the event of some sudden disagreement they render it morally incumbent upon both nations to seek first to reach an agreement to arbitrate and at least secure a breathing space during which the cool judgment of the two nations involved may get the upper hand over any momentary burst of anger. Such treaties are entered into with the hope of preventing wrong doing by others against us and also as a proof that we have no intention of doing wrong ourselves. Preparedness Safest Peace Argument Yet it is idle to assume that this world has yet reached the stage, or has come within measurable distance of the stage, when a proud nation, jealous of its honor and conscious of its great mission in the world, can be content to rely for peace upon the forbearance A court has enjoined one man's wife from annoying her husband. Asking for money annoys husbands most, but even a kindly court cannot prevent wives from doing that. of other powers—as seems to be Mr. Bryan's idea. It would be equally foolish upon our part to rely upon each of them possessing at all times and under all circumstances and provocations, an altruistic regard for the rights of others. Must Maintain American Prestige. The United States can hope for a permanent career of peace on only one condition, and that is on condition of maintaining a first class navy—despite the obstructive tactics of the Democratic party. The government has found it necessary to be liberal in appropriations for rivers, harbors and bays, for irrigation, for the construction of public buildings, and for various other public enterprises which redound either to the benefit of some specific locality or to the people at large. Every great power has found it necessary to provide protection for its commerce, its foreign trade, its ports, and its people doing business or traveling in other countries. We have become a great power. This nation today lines up alongside of the five great powers of the world. We have assumed responsibilities by the recent colonial expansion which was thrust upon us, and from which we cannot escape if we would, and ought not if we could. Responsibility of World Power. We have obligations to Cuba, where we have said to the world we will protect her against assault or invasion, against attacks upon her independence, integrity of territory, of her institutions. We have Porto Rico, which can be defended only from the sea, as Cuba can be defended only from the sea. We have the islands of Tutuila; Guam, Hawaii, and the Philippines far from the United States, all of which must be protected from the sea. We have assumed another obligation in the Panama Canal, which perhaps is greatest of all. We have the longest line of sea coast of any other power in the world except one—7,000 miles—and in addition to that, Alaska. We have assumed responsibility for law and order in Panama. The spades and drills and steam shovels are there at work and the whole world is taking notice, because they are to alter the paths of commerce and to change the relations of nations. The future of the Monroe Doctrine is in the custody of our navy. Its peaceful recognition will be the tribute which other nations pay, not to the doctrine, but to our sea power. We as a people do not fully appreciate the commercial jealousies now existing in Europe against us and which will be accentuated by the construction and completion of the Panama canal. Not alone our states on the Pacific, but the whole line of ports on the Atlantic Coast, will come into this comeptition, for the ports on the Atlantic coast are as near in miles to Japan, China and the Orient, by the Panama canal, as are the reservoirs that gather for distribution abroad, the products of Continental Europe, or London, through the Suez Canal. Commerce and Our Sea Power. This great future commerce cannot be protected by treaties alone. We cannot protect our commerce and expand our trade by mere arbitration at The Hague alone. We can only maintain commerce by having a sea power adequate for its protection, for the security of our islands, and to prevent a hostile fleet from destroying in a week the Panama canal, after it has cost us from two to three hundred million dollars and ten years to build. It is therefore to the interest of every high-minded, public-spirited American to endorse the constructive policy of the Republican party, and encourage the establishment and maintenance of a first-class American navy. Yellow Fever at Kingston. Kingston, St. Vincent, B. W. I. According to official reports two cases of yellow fever have occurred here, both terminating fatally Thursday. NAMES EXAMINING BOARD. Acting Governor Announces Appointment of Oklahoma Doctors. Guthrie, Ok.—Acting Governor Bellmany announced the selection of the state board of medical examiners, appointed from the different schools of medical practice as required by senate bill No. 189, which became effective about a month ago. The members of the new board are: Dr. W. T. Tilly of Muskogee, Dr. A. A. Chambers of Poteau, Dr. Davenport of Oklahoma City, and Dr. A. M. Butts of Holdenville, allopaths; Dr. H. C. Monta of Muskogee and Dr. J. A. Price of Guthrie (alternate), osteopaths; Dr. D. W. Miller of Blackwell and Dr. J. Hensley of Oklahoma City, homeopaths; Dr. Frank P. Davis of Enid, electric; Dr. A. R. Lewis of Ryan and Dr. J. R. Briggs of Atoka (alternate), physio-medic. Democratic Executive Committee. Mangum, Okla.—The democratic executive committee of Greer county, a subcommittee appointed from the county central committee to manage the campaign for that party in Greer county, met in Mangum in adjourned session. County Chairman Wilemon announced that J. W. Rider of Granite, had tendered his resignation as a member of the committee, stating as his reason that he now has the double duties of Mayor of Granite and editor of the town paper. The chief object of the meeting of the committee was the election of officers. A. M. Stewart was elected chairman and H. M. Malone secretary treasurer. The committee is now composed of six members, as Mr. Stewart was not a member of the original committee. The members are: A. M. Stewart, H. M. Maloney, J. L. Wilemon, A. F. Schwartz, C. L. Barnett and J. E. Taylor. NEW INTERURBAN RAILWAY. Plans 22-Mile Line From Miami to Baxter Springs. Guthrie, Ok.—A charter was issued by the secretary of state to the Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Interurban Railway Company, of Miami, with $200,000, capital stock. The company proposes to build an interurban line from Miami through Hattonville and Lincolnville to Baxter Springs, Kas., twenty-twi miles, at an estimated vost of $20,000 per mile. The proposed line goes through the heart of the Miami-Baxter zinc field, and proposes to haul ore as well as passengers. The incorporators are Franklin Smith of Joplin, Mo.; F. O. Freeman, R. H. Holton, John Hall and W. W. Coolter of Miami. WOULD RESTRAIN CALDWELL. Oklahoma Liquor Company Objects to Having Its Shipments Seized. Guthrie, Okla.-J. M. Stump and B. W. Tucker of Gainesville, Texas, doing business as the Oklahoma Liquor company, brought suit today in the federal court here through their attorney, W. B. Caldwell of Oklahoma City, against Fred S. Caldwell, state enforcement attorney; Sheriff H. D. Garrison and County Attorney E. E. Reardon of Oklahoma City, Charles Post, chief of police of Oklahoma City; C. T. Warden, C. S. Moore and Roy Holcomb, state secret service officers, to restrain them from seizing liquors sent into Oklahoma by the company on shippers' order. HASKELL WINS A CASE. Judge Campbell Refuses to Appoint Receiver for Indianola Company. Muskogee, Ok.—Judge R. E. Campbell of the United States district court, in session here handed down a decision in the case of the Baileys of Ottawa, O., against Governor Haskell and the Indianola Contracting Company of Muskogee. The Baileys, who own 240 shares of stock in the company, asked that a receiver take charge of its affairs on the ground that they were being mismanaged by Haskell. The court held that the allegations were unfounded, and the case was ordered dismissed at plaintiff's cost. e ©. e e Malaria Makes Pale Sickly Children The Old Standard GROVE’S TASTELESS CHILL, TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system. You kuow what you are taking. ‘The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless, and the most effectual form. For adults and children, 50¢, GOV. KELL RESIGNS GHARGES BY HEARST AND ROOSEVELT Party—Charges of Grafting, Pro moting and Trust Manipulating CHICAGO: Governor Charles N Haskell, of Oklahoma, has resigne: as treasurer of the democratic nation al committee. The resignation wa: announced by himself three hours af ter his arrival in Chicago from Guth rie, Okla., and after he had conferrec with officials of the democratic na tional headquarters here. In giving out his decision, Mr. Has kell in response to a question de. clared he did not desire to be re sponsible for any embarrassment which might result to the democratic party by his retaining the office o! treasurer. For the past week the papers of the country have been full of rumors as to Governor Haskell’s connection with the Standard Oil company and certain railroads and the steel trust, During the campaign .n Oklahoma last year these same charges were brought against the governor, but it would appear that little credence was given them by the majority of the voters of Oklahoma. The revival of these charges during the present campaign was {nagurat- ed by W. R. Hearst, one of the found- ers of the new independence party, who made open charges against cer- tain men in both of the old parties. As the result of these charges the re- publicans forced J. B. Foraker, of Ohio, to resign from the national speakers’ bureau. This occasioned a general charge being brought against the republican leaders by the democrats. ‘These ac- cusations brought forth oper letters from both President Roosevelt and W. J. Bryan. The president made charges against Haskell, which ne- cessitated a trip to Chicago for a con- ference with members of the national committee, which resulted in the res- ignation of Governor Haskell as the treasurer of the national democratic committee, When Mr. Haskell arrived in Chi- cago he declared that he had not re- signed and that Mr. Bryan had not asked him to resign. He then went from the station to the democratic headquarters at the Auditorium Annex. When a list of questions was handed him he retired to his room, saying he would give out any answers later. In his room he was closeted for a long time with National Committeeman Martin J. Wade, of Iowa, and Josephus Daniels, chairman of the democratic press committee. tI was midnight when Mr. Haskell reappeared from the room. 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Published Every Week in the Interest of the Negro by Cimeter Publishing Co. Entered at the Post Office at Muskogee. Okla., as Second Class Mail Matter. REPUBLICAN TICKET NATIONAL TICKET FOR PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT JAMES S. SHERMAN. FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR DENNIST,FLYNN,Okla, City FOR CONGRESS Third Oklahoma District C. E. CREAGER, Muskogee. FOR STATE SENATOR Twenty-seventh District HARRY BEELER, Checotah FOR REPRESENTATIVES Muskogee County JAMES KNOX, Boynton. ED. MERRICK, Muskogee. FOR FLOTORIAL REPRESENTATIVE Muskogee and Hoskell Counties CHAS. A, COOK, Muskogee. Republican Headquarters—Rooms 222, 223, 224 Missouri building. Republicans are alive to the issues and are making a winning campaign but a little more effort should be made to get out the stay at home vote of last year. The colored men who are followers of Suake should be seen after, and all means possible used to get them to vote. Its the policy of the Snake Indians not to vote and this means aid to the Democrats as the negro followers of Snake are Republicans. Go after the Snake vote and get it. We have harmony in Muskogee Republican politics at this time, which we hope will be lasting, but we must remember that lasting harmony cannot come by one side concealing everything and the other arrogating themselves the right to the earth. Lily Whitison is still extant and occasionally pokes up its snakish head as instructed on Tuesday morning. Continued exhibitions of this political maniac and dompfooishness may cause less harmony. If we could have persuaded our leader last year to permit Dennis Flynn to speak in Muskogee there would have been a different result from what came. The milk and cider Republicans are sorry for their sins and we forgive them if they vote the Republican ticket just this one time, and may be when they see how it feels to be a Republican they will stay in the told. Creager's Maiden speech is a gem. As congressman from the fighting 3rd district of Oklahoma he will make good. The voters can now see the difference between a real man and donothing Jim. This county, the home of Mr. Creager, is a Republican county and we can, must and will give him a thousand majority. We must get out the 600 Republican voters that staid at home last fall, when this is done the victory is won. Dennis Flynn delivered an old time Republican speech at the Opera House on Tuesday. The house was crowded --- with voters and they enjoyed the speech of the little Irishman and especially that partin which the Democrats were skinned to a nicety. Flynn is one of the most popular men in the state regardless of politics and if his name goes on the official ballot Mr. Gore is a dead duck. Dennis is a vote getter. The Irish and negroes swear by Dennis. Some of the Republicans are being persuaded that some of the Democrats will vote our ticket but we don't count much on that. We believe that our candidates can be elected by Republican voters or not at all. The Democrats are not such fools as some Republicans are, they never throw away an opportunity to elect one of their number. Had the 76th district been Democratic as it was Repubno Republican could have been elected, yet we don't blame Mr. Haskell for polling the Republicans and carrying that district, we commend him for his sagacity. Judge Cook is a stlwart Republican and as such will poll the full Republican vote in this county and that means we will send him out of the county with 100 majority at least, we have the vote and it must be cast and counted. Every colored voter in this district will vote for Creager for congressman, no matter if he does belong to the Snake faction. It is their duty to vote this time and redeem the district from the blight of Democracy. The disgraceful scene of a lawyer being drunk in the court room and being repremanded by the Judge, is one not to be proud of and the fact of a colored lawyer being the culprit is humiliating to the colored members of the bar. There are a dozen colored lawyers here and C. J. Jones is the only one that has ever been reprimanded by the court. The colored members of the bar regret the occurrence for many reasons. oung The Third Congressional District of Oklahoma is the banner Republican district in the state. Watch the vote and Muskogee county is the banner Republican county in the district. Watch the vote. If there is to be a justice of the peace elected in Muskogee at the November election we serve notice now that no cuss connected with the sellouts can win. We don't blame the Democrats for buying but d—the Republican who will sell out. Every negro should get his certificate of registration from its hiding place and have it in readiness for business on election day. You can't vote unless you have it. You will be approached by some and offered a consideration for it but don't let it get out of your possession. It's the evidence of your right to vote and to sell it is equivalent to selling your vote, which means the selling of your race, your wife and children There is a big difference between now and last year. Just one year ago. Dennis Flynn, the Republican giant, was not permitted to speak in Muskogee and this year a crowded house of thousands listen to him and cheer the sentiments he expressed. Its a real live campaign this year and the Demies are frightened into fites and have commenced to d—the negro. The floral decoration of the Opera House last Tuesday night was furnished by our Republican P. M., Maj. Robinosn. The house was hastily arranged and in keeping with the Republican way of doing things. Hep Stanford made a good impression on the boys in the trenches. His peatry caught the crowd. On closer inspection Hep is not such a bad fellow after all. We believe that the city administration should not forget the workers when they are handing out plans and we believe that a lawyer should be paid for his services even if that lawyer is a Democrat. Can you sell the connection? Don't all speak at once. Honesty is always best and this applies to corporations as well as individuals. H. T. WALKER. Attorney and Counsellor at Law Room 19, Brown Bldg. Phone 1169. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. FOR SALE. 60 acres of good land $20 per acre; 40 acres of good land $15 per acre; 20 acres of good land $15 per acre. 4 stand cotton gin for $4,500. Will trade for farm lands or city property in Muskogee. 4 stand cotton gin for $3,500. Write to W. H. TWINE, Jr., Box G, Muskogee, Okla. WANTED-To sell standard sewing machines on $3 per month payments. J. A. WALCOTT, General Agent, 1093 E. Broadway, Muskogee, Okla. Go to GUS' PLACE, 2201/2 S. 2nd St. for a good square meal. Short orders that tickles the palate. Best place in the city for a good meal. Call on him. NEW STAT LO Dealer in Watches, Diamond instruments, Clothing and Gents Open evenings Until 10, Sat. GOOD BARGAINS IN J. F. JOHNSO 117 NORTH THIRD ST. Muskogee Paint a NEW STATE LOAN OFF In Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Tools, Clothing and Gents Furnishings. Evenings Until 10, Saturday Night Until 12. GOOD BARGAINS IN UN-REDEEMED PLEDGES J. F. JOHNSON, Proprietor. IN THIRD ST. MUSKOGEE, OK gee Paint and Glass Co Dealer in Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Tools, Musical Instruments, Clothing and Gents Furnishings. Open evenings Until 10, Saturday Night Until 12 O'clock GOOD BARGAINS IN UN-REDEEMED PLEDGES J. F. JOHNSON, Proprietor. 117 NORTH THIRD ST. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. WALL PAPER, PAINTS and GLASS PHONE 360 318 WEST OKMULGEE ST. THE GIMETER J THE QUICK MA OKMULGEE ST. MUSKOGEE, O GIMETER JOB PRINTING C QUICK MAIL ORDER HO 318 WEST OKMULGEE ST. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA. We do business by fair competition and conservative methods :: :: :: Reasonable rates made consistent with first-class printing :: :: :: Try us once and you will always send us your work :: :: :: :: South Second Nickens & South Second St., Muskogee, Ind Nickens & Nickens, Props South Second St., Muskogee, Ind. Ter FOR SALE. H. T. WALKER. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Office in Brown building. $ 2nd Street. Room 20. Call on A. T. Clark when in need of Coal, Feed and Groceries. Corner 4th and Elgin Ave. Phone 901. Cash For 100 Homesteads. "NOTICE!" I will pay you more cash for your Lands than anybody else will. Bring your deeds and get your money, all at once. The money is here in the bank, you get all your money when you sign deed. I have more than 50 houses and lots with good water, for sale on 10 years time. My office is No. 1 English Block, Muskogee, Ok. WM. P. FIELDS. DR. E. D. MORRISON, Women and Children, and Venerial Diseases, Chemic and Microscopic Examinations. Phone 1773. 310 S. 2nd St. Muskogee, Okla. TE AN OFFICE ands, Jewelry, Tools, Musical In Furnishings. Saturday Night Until 12 O'clock UN-REDEEMED PLEDGES ON, Proprietor. MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA nd Glass Company MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA OB PRINTING CO. AIL ORDER HOUSE t., Muskogee, Ind. Ter. Nickens, Props. Official Statement of the Condition of the Commercial Nation'l Bank Muskogee, Oklahoma Close of Business, Wednesday, July 15 RESOURCES Loans and Discount 1,036,690 Merdrafts 4,672 Bonds and Premiums 288,000 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 10,977 Fish and Exchange 278,138 $1,618,488 LIABILITIES Capital $ 200,000 Corplus and Profits 45,022 Circulation 200,000 Deposits 1,173,458 $1,618,488 Muskogee, Oklahoma At the Close of Business, Wednesday, July 15, 1908. Loans and Discount 1,036,694.68 Overdrafts 4,677.50 Bonds and Premiums 288,000.00 Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures 10,975.08 Cash and Exchange 278,135.89 $1,618,483.15 LIABILITIES Capital $ 200,000.00 Surplus and Profits 45,024.93 Circulation 200,000.00 Deposits 1,173,458.22 $1,618,483.15 EWART, THE TAIR CORNER SECOND & COURT STREETS MERRY WIDOW PANT acteristic for their Nicety of Fit everyw PHONE 866 FOR SALE. STEWART, THE TAILOR CORNER SECOND & COURT STREETS MERRY WIDOW PANTS Characteristic for their Nicety of Fit everywhere. PHONE 866 --- Commercial Muskogee, At the Close of Business, RESOU Loans and Discount Overdrafts Bonds and Premiums Real Estate, Furniture and Cash and Exchange LIABILITY Capital Surplus and Profits Circulation Deposits The above Statement is Correct. G. W. BARNES, PRESIDENT. D. N. FINK, VICE PRESIDENT. STEWART, T CORNER SECOND & MERRY WH Characteristic for their N PHONE FOR SALE. FOR SALE. 3-room house and 50 ft. lot close in, $650.00. Write W. H. TURNE, Box G, Muskogee, Okla. AGENTS WANTED—16x20 crayon portraits, 40 cents, frames 10 cents, and up, sheet pictures one cent each. You can make 400 per cent profit or $36 per week. Catalogue and samples free. FRANK W. WILLIAMS COMPANY. 1208 W. Taylor St. Chicago, Ill. ST. LUKE'S PHARMACY, A. E. Johnson, Proprieter. Corner Court and Second Street Opposite Federal Court House Phone 172. A. R. NORRIS' SHOE SHOP. Boots and shoes made and repaired. First class workmanship. Try me and you will be satisfied. Call at my shop on Emporia Street, next door to Browning's store. Got to D. Richard's Barber Shop at 224 S. 2nd street for first-class work. First-class workmen and sat- D. RICHARDSON, Prop. Queen City Installment House buys and sells new and second hand furniture, stoves and all household goods. Phone 1760. No. 121 South Main street. Lot 100 feet front, two houses on the lot one four room house and one two room house. Houses rent $18 per month. Good location high and level. Lot in block 235 Muskogee price $3,000. See or write W. H. Twine, Jr., Box G, Muskogee, Oklahoma. ```markdown ``` Pation'l Bank, Oklahoma Wednesday, July 15, 1908. RICES 1,036,694.68 4,677.50 288,000.00 and Fixtures 10,975.08 278,135.89 $1,618,483.15 ITIES $ 200,000.00 45,024.93 200,000.00 1,173,458.22 $1,618,483.15 E. D. SWFENEY, CASHIER THE TAILOR COURT STREETS DOW PANTS society of Fit everywhere. E 866 EASY WORK GOOD PAY Make big money in your own town $75.00 to $150.00 a month easily earned. No experience or money necessary. We back you with our capital and teach you the business. Elegant line of samples Irec. PANTS $25.00 up SUITS $99.00 up Prepaid Every man made to reside in an industry. One bustling agent wanted in every town. Exclusive territory. Write 50 agent's outfit - FREE THE PROGRESS TAILORING CO., 158H Harriet Street, Chicago DR. COE'S SANITARIUM. LOCATED AT 20TH AND WYANDOTTE. BEST INVALID'S HOME IN THE WEST. 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Or if Mr. Waters beheld the destruction wrought among his “Early Rose" potatoes by the new pest, the Colorado beetle, and came glowering to the house for Dick's assistance in “buggin’ the vines’—a back-breaking task, consisting in crushing the beetles and their eggs between wood- en paddles—he was sure to be “riled” beyond even a deacon’s endur- ance by the doubly exasperating news that both Dicky and the paddles had Joined Dolph and the jug in an outing that promised to end only at dusk, For Dolph and Dicky were invet- erate bumblebee fighters, and the jug and paddles were their only efficient armament. With the former they bot- tled the flying squadron of their yel- low-banded foes, and with the latter they “smashed” the stray guerrillas hastening home to the conflict. The boys cruised around a clover field, poking at the fence corners, until they discovered a nest of bumblebees, Then they set the open jug, half. filled with water, a foot or so in front of the entrance, gave the nest a vig- orous thrust or two, and retired with their paddles about a rod away, to look out for strays, and watch the infuriated home guards proceed to “bottle” themselves, according — to the tactics long subsequently made fa- mous by a Spanish admiral. After the last efficient warrior had been jugged, the boys proceeded to rifle the nest. Last of all, they poured out the contents of the jug in a sunshiny spot, in order that the bedraggled bees might revive and refill the looted nest, to be rifled again by the boys later in the season, After one bee fortress had been sacked in this systematic fashion, Dick would go prospecting for another, while Dolph made a trip for more water to the nearest stream or farmhouse, usually a much great. er distance than the hated journey from his home to the brewery. In this fashion they spent the long summer day, returning at dark with only an occasional sting upon which their parents could logically base an injunction upon the pastime. But one morning Dick's father, who so rarely threatened that Dick had never dared to disobey him, quietly assured the bee-hunter that if the po tato bugs did not, receive their full share of attention that day from him and his paddles, the latter instru ments would be turned against his own person in a fashion that he would long remember, so Dick went to work with a dismal face, which was soon lightened up, however, by Dolph's appearance upon the scene and bis offer of assistance, For awhile it was a pleasure te smash the hard-winged beetles and “squush” their soft-bodied progeny now beginning to hatch from ube neglected eggs, but the potato rows seemed endless, and the bending pos ture of the boys began to xrow intol erable, so that Dicky finally straight Mt ee, a re a sponded: “That's it, Dicky, we'll do it!” “Do what?” asked Dick. “Why, burn the bugs,” said Dolph. “Well get our old wash-pan, half fill it with coal oil, knock the bugs into it with our paddles, put in sawdust, and have a bonfire. ‘Twon't be ernel, ‘cause the ofl will drown ‘em sense- less, and they'll be burnt up before they knows it. If they ain't dead, it ll serve ‘em right for playin’ ‘pos- sum.’ They had observed that the potato bug, when disturbed, will draw in his legs and remain for some time motionless. The new plan worked admirably, with four times the rapidity of the old method, and in a short time enough bugs had been collected to form the first auto-da-fe. So down they went to the Waters’ wood yard for combustibles, carrying the pan of bugs and the oil can. Here they ofund sawdust in plenty, but it was too damp toignite,even when soaked with kerosene. All the chips had long ago disappeared from the bare — space, gathered by the boys themselves to kindle kitchen fires, But in the corner of the lot, by the board fence next the alley, was a rank growth of catnip and wild mustard which undoubtedly hid many 4 splinter from the vigorous ax of Mr. Waters. Into this tangle ‘the boys plunged together, and out of it they came with simultaneous, but diverse, discoveries. “Bumblebees!" cried Dick, and Dolph held up a jug half-filled with a quid whose odor proclaimed it whisky. Now, these events took place in the days of the “Crusade,” a movement inaugurated by “Mother” Stewart and other Ohio ladies, against the liquor traffic. The wives and daughters of F village would go about from one drinking place to another, singing and praying in front of each, and sta- tioning, when they departed, two of their number as “pickets” to take dowa the names of all persons enter- ing the saloon, In the face of such organized pyblicity, it was only a very hardened or very independent man who passed the picket lines. For a time, back doors gave access to old customers, but the vigilance of watch- ers from overlooking piazzas or other points of vantage, soon eut off this method of secret access to the daily dram, So recourse was finally had by confirmed town topers to jugs hid- den in convenient and secluded spots, | It was upon such a resort that the boys had stumbled. | The boys were just Neroes enough [to delight in a variety of victims for the coming holocaust. So they poured out the whisky in the jug, filled it with oil, put it back uncorked in its hiding place in the fence corner, then jumped over into the alley, and, by | violently shaking the fence post, in | the rotting base of which the bees {had built their nest, roused the in | mates to sally forth on the other side against their supposed enemy, the Jug. But when the boys were about to return to wateh the result of their maneuver they were deterred by the appearance of Col, Corcoran, whom they at once divined to be on a visit | to the secret abiding place of his cher: | ished comrade and only enemy—John | Barleycorn, In earlier and more sober days the colonel had been the pride of the community, first as a gal lant officer in the civil war, and later as a representative of the district in congress, and though he had fallen grievously from his high estate, he | stan carried himself with a soldierly bearing ana raced the world with @ cam, if suspiciously florid, coun. tenance From a secure hiding place they watched the colonel look around to see if the coast was clear, and then reach through a broken board in the fence for a jug. They dared not say a word. With a practiced swing, learned years before jn the harvest fleld, he lifted it upon his right shoul der, pulled down the mouth to his lips, drew in his breath and took a long and loving draught. The next in siant, with a sputtering yell, he leaped into the air, dashed the jug to pieces on the ground, stared one in stant at a few damp bees struggling in a little pool of ofl, and then, with a wild shout, fell myone on his face, writhing in a fit of delirium, Luckily for the colonel, the terror- stricken boys in their flight spied old Dr, Dinwiddte coming down the street inabugey. It took but a few seconds for the quick-witted ex-army surgeon to grasp the urgency of the — situation from the boys’ disjointed — exelama- tions, and, lashing his horse, he turned into the alley at a speed and on a curve which would have over- turned a larger vehicle or a lighter man, and leaped to the ground. be- side the now exhausted and uncon sefous inebriate, The colonel was apoplectic in the face and frothing at the mouth. The doctor whipped out his lancet, bled the patient. and then pried open the clenched jaws, allowing a half-dead bumblebee to escape! The boys had run up by this time, and explained, and the doctor, roaring with laugh- ter, exclaimed: “Now he only needs a wick down his throat to burn like a campaign torch!” Then he remembered the dignity and circumspection due his position as a physician, and added: “Boys, if you ever say a word about this, you'll not only get a licking from your dad- dies, but I'll give you a dose, the next time you're sick, that'll make you think you've got a whole nest of bum- blebees fighting in your little insides, The colonel is so proud that he would never hold up his head again, if this story fi out.” | But we story did not get out dur- ing the lifetime of the colonel, who could never again look wii® equanim- ity upon a bee or a jug. In time he won back his old law practice and the esteem and respect of his towns- men, and died only last year, a judge of one of the highest courts, and an unconscious testimonial to the effi. eaoy of the bumblebee cure, A Bishop's Arduous Life. Some idea of the onerous and diffi- cult duties of a bishop may be gath- ered from the work of Dr. W. C. Gray, bishop of southern Florida, Nearly 60,000 miles of territory go to make up the diocese. There are few mod- ern facilities of travel and, although one strenuous bishop made an effort to get over the whole in one year, he failed, in spite of the fact that he only spent three weeks of the entire year at his home. Apart from the size of the diocese, however, the 250,000 in- habitants are composed of Cubans, ne- groes, Swedes, Danes and Germans, while between 400 and 500 Seminole Indians still remaining in the swamps have to be visited. Missions have been established among them all— red men, black men, brown men and white men, and the new mission open- ings are such that the present bishop is constantly on the “go,” visiting them, In fact, he is away from home nearly all the time, Cheerful lanorance. “You'd be surprised,” said the wom- an who is supposed to be wise, “how many people are perfectly ignorant of the correct way to write acceptances and regrets when they are asked to entertainments. It would pay some enterprising woman to go around writing them for those who don’t know how. You'd be amazed to see the peo- ple who come to me to ask how it is done or to get me to write them. And,” she admitted, “if the truth must be told, I don't know so awfully much about it myself.” TESTING PAINT. Proverty owners should know how to prove the purity and quality of white lead, the most important paint ingredient, before paying for it. To all who write, National Lead Co., the largest manufacturers of pure white lead, send a free outfit with whych to make a simple and sure test of white lead, and also a free book about paint. Their address is Woodbridge Bldg. New York City. If you would not cease to love man- kind, you must not cease to do them good.—Maclaren. TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA hy cysTEM. Take the Old Standaht GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. You know What you are taking. The formula is plainly. printed on every bottle, showing itis simply Quinine and Iron ina tasteless form, and. the most eedectual form, FOr growD people and children, 50. Talk not of a good life, but let thy good life talk.—Schiller. If Your Eyes Bother You get a box of PETTIT’S EYE SALVE, old reliable, most successful eye remedy made. All druggistsor Howard Bros., Buffalo, N.Y. If you don’t get the best of it, make the best of it. Sire qa @ \ Ce = 2 Ss: : SX) eS : See This woman says Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Pomboond saved her life. 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Hewitt—That new watch of yours is a beauty. Jewitt—Yes, but I don’t get any chance to show it; wherever anybody asks what time it is somebody is sure to see a clock before I can get my watch out. PRESCRIBED CUTICURA After Other Treatment Failed—Raw Eczema on Baby’s Face Had Lasted Three Months—At Last Doctor Found Cure. “Our baby boy broke out with ec- zema on his face when one month old. One place on the side of his face the size of a nickel was raw like beefsteak for three months, and he would cry out when I bathed the parts that were sore and broken out. I gave him three months’ treatment from a good doctor, but at the end of that time the child was no better. Then my doctor recommended Cuticura, After using a cake of Cuticura Soap, a third of a box of Cuticura Ointment, and half a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was well and his face was as smooth as any baby’s. He is now two years and a half old and no eczema has reappeared. Mrs. M. L. Harris, Alton, Kan., May a4 and June 12, 1907.” Getting Back at Him. He (peevishly)—Here and now I wash my hands of the whole affair. She (calmly)—And don't forget your face and neck while engaged in the laundry aet. Man and Beast Alike. Only those who have suffered the agony of eye afflictions can appreciate the blessing to humanity in Dr, Mitch- ell’s famous Eye Salve, Introduced in this region as far back as 1849 it is found to-day in all well regulated homes hereabouts. Not alone the eyes of man but those of the dumb animals have enjoyed its comforts, Mitchell's Eye Salve. Sold everywhere. Price 26e, Often a woman stands in front of a mirror and neakes a bluff at adjusting her hat when in reality she is making sure that her front hair is pinned on properly. Imnortant to Mothera. 7 Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the c Signature of, y Ltd In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. Majesty of the Law. Law kept is only law; law broken 1s both law and execution,—Meandor. Actual Facts. For upwards of fifteen years Hunt's Cure has been sold under a strict guar. antee to cure any form of itching skin troubles known, No matter the name —less than one per cent. of the pur- chasers have requested their money back. Why? It simply does the work, If you have anything to do, do it; don't loaf on the job, i NEWS OF THE WEEK Most Important Happeaings of the Past Seven Days. Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Ben- efit of Our Readers. Miscellaneous. tempt and directs that he be brought to that city to answer. After being out 24 hours the jury in the case of S. I. Whitlow, charged with perjury at lola, Kdn., in connec- tion with the Sapp murder case, brought in a verdict of not guilty. They have up-to-date thieves in South Dakota. After robbing the Col- ton Savings bank at Clinton a party of burglars escaped in a motor car. Several white pupils in the Lincoln public school at Topeka went on a strike because one-third of the pupils in their rooms were negroes. ‘The children have the sympathy of their parents. In @ collision between a passenger train and a freight on the Northern Pacific railroad at Young's Point, Mont., 25 persons were reported killed and from 30 to 45 injured. The Nebraska Bankers’ association at their meeting in Lincoln adopted a resolution in opposition to the guar- antee of bank deposits. The meeting of Missourf, Demo- cratic State Editorial association end- ed with a banquet at St. Louis at which addresses were made by party leaders. The twenty-eighth annual conven- tion of American Federation of Labor has been called to meet in Denver November 9. The Coliseum at Denver, the largest hall in the city next to the new Auditorium, has been destroyed by fire. During the drought the Ohio rivet was so low that automobiles crosse¢ without the use of bridges in severa places. | Sanderson & Bolles, connected wit the Co-operative Live Stock compan) at Kansas City, have filed suit agains 25 other firms at the stock yards foi $50,000 damages, charging that the de fendants are boycotting them. | Two persons were killed, three prob ably fatally, and more tnan 25 other! less dangerously injured when a Frise passenger train left the rails on - sharp curve near Carthage, Mo., an - plunged down the embankment int » Spring river. || Wellington, Kan., has suffered frot } three incendiary fires in as man } days, causing considerable loss ¢ } property, There is no clue to the mi ' ereant. . A call has been issued for the a , sembling of a national convention ¢ ; what is termed the “Liberty party” ¢ | Chattanooga, Tenn., on October 3. An anarchist plot to assassinat King Alfonso has been nipped in th 7 bud by the police at Pau, France, : John Gallagher, 87 years of age, on t of the oldest residents of Leaver » worth county, Kan, was killed in runaway accident at Springdale. | The Prohibitionists have adopted tt camel as their official party emblem tL Rafael J. Ruiz, son of a promine: banker of Hermosillo, Mex., was r cently shot to death by Yaqui Indian 0 | "Phe Kansas railroad commissione! * have made a written demand ¢ George Gould and B. H. Hariman th g the Missouri Pacific tracks in the sta .. be repaired at once, n | A typhoon of terrific velocity 1 e cently swept through a portion of t ». Philippines causing disaster in i y | Wake. <,| The building known as the Mus Hall bath house at Excelsior Spring ; |Mo., has been entirely destroyed | ’ fire. Cases of Asiatic cholera have been discovered in the winter and other palaces of the nobility of St. Peters- burg. A panic prevails among the well-to-do classes, and many are hurry- ing to leave the city The American bark Star of Bengal was wrecked on Coronation fsland, off the Alaskan coast, and 110 men were drowned, including nine — whites, Twenty-seven of the crew and pas sengers were saved, The government forest service esti- mates the loss by forest fires in Mine nesota at upwards of $10,000,000, with the fires still burning, Garden City, Kan,, is to send a dele- gation of 25 to the National Irrigation congress at Albuquerque, N. M.A fine exhibit of the products of that part of Kansas is to be made, Five negroes were sent to the pen- itentiary in one day recently from Mexico, Mo., for various offenses, The baseball season in the Western association closed with the pennant in ‘the possession of the Topeka club, which had a percentage of .641 games games won, Wichita was second and Oklahoma City third. On account of the rapid spread of LSHolers: in Russia, Surgeon General Wyman of the public health and ma rine hospital service, has decided to send to that country an agent of the bureau who will be a cholera expert Russian immigrants are being closely watched to prevent the spread of the disease to the United States. The Busch Glass Manufacturing company’s plant at St. Louis, which has been closed since June 15, is to start up on October 1. Before a large and distinguished audience at Lemans, France, Wilbur Wright succeeded in capturing the world’s record from his brother, Or ville, by keeping his machine in the air for 1 hour, 31 minutes and 51 seconds, traveling a distance of near ly 61 miles. Albert Filley, paid the extreme pen alty of the law at Kingston, Mo., fo the murder of his wife, child anc brother. A mob of citizens surround ed the jail for several hours to take summary vengeance on the murdere in case the governor reprieved him. Railroads affected by the Missour | river rate case decision in which the; yore ordered to make reductions fi freight rates, have been granted a sta of 30 days. The Cassidy & Gray Commissio: | company of Quincy, IIL, with offices i | Chicago, Peoria and 42 other cities 1 lowa and Illinois, has made an as | signment. In attempting to ford the south for ,jof the Cottonwood river in Chas | county, Kansas, Miss Myra King, school teacher, and two of her pupil | were drowned. Personal. Goy. Charles N. Haskell of Okla- homa has resigned as treasurer of the national Democratic committee, The resignation was written after a con- ference with leading Democrats at the national headquarters in Chicago, and is the direct result of the charges made against him by William R. Hearst and President Roosevelt, Gen. T. C. DuPont, head of the bu- ‘reat of campaign speakers of the Re publican national committee, has re- signed and his resignation has been accepted, His connection with the powder trust which is being sued by the government is given as the cause, The body of Lieut. Selfridge, who was killed in a fall from the Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer, Va., has been buried in Arlington National cemetery with military honors, Leslie Carter, the Chicago capitalist and until recently president of the South Side Elevated Railway com pany, is dead of gas poisoning, A. J, Reynolds of Windsor, Mo., whe was injured in the recent dynamite explosion at that place, is dead of his injuries, making the thirteenth fa tality. Col. William F, Stewart of the Coast artillery bas been ordered before ¢ retiring board at Washington, MY OWN FAMILY USB PE-RU-NA. | » 7 \ 4 MON, GEORGE W, HONEY. Hon. George W. Honey, National Chaplain U. V. 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For two yeafs Dr. Hartman and his assistants have incessantly labored to create Peruna in tablet form, and their strenuous labors have just been crowned with success. People who object to liquid medicines can now secure Peru- na tablets, which represent the solid medicinal ingredients of Peruna, ——— ee) Good English. A French lady living in America en gaged a carpenter to do some work for her at a stipulated price, She was - surprised later to find that he charged more than the price agreed upon, When she attempted to remonstrate _ with him, however, her English failed | her and she said: “You are dearer to | me now than when we were first em guged.”"—Success. | Brare oF O10 Crry OF ‘TOLEDO, 1 | Lucas COUNTY. ( ane Snwens 9 a Feank J. CHENEY makes oath that he t# senior partner of the firm of F, J. 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