Muskogee Times-Democrat from Muskogee, Oklahoma • Page 1

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SIXTEEN 'he Republican oiling Over HOW TO Make sure you are working at the right sort of Mti cuparion If you would be happy and prosper, in want columns of the there are nunqr opportunities offered every tbe T-D-Watathwl T-D WANTS WILL HELP MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY EVENING, OOT. 20, 1910 NUMBER S95 fit lachine Isj th Wrathl DAVID B. HILL DIED TODAY (By John Oklahoma City, Oct. Republican state machine ig displeased with the Oklahoma City rimes, which has been fearlessly f-onducted by Omer Benedict along? progressive lines and In harmony vith the Republican of such men as Beveridge. LaFollette, Bristow, Clapp, Murdock, Polndex- Iter and the other patriots wiio dared wave, the red flag of insur-' Irfenry In or the Aldrieh- I Cannqn-McNeal-Harrls standpat or- I ganlzatlon, whose motto lias been' I "let the corporations rule.

Benedict has lately, been pouring I "forth some editorial hot shotB at the sort of Republicanism as in advocated by such unreliable newspapers, as the Guthrie State Capital, under subsidy of the "interests" and the little coterie of bankers and federal! job-hunters who have banded to- gether In a close corporation under the tattered banner of "Santa Ffl i McNeal and have dubbed them- I selves the "Republican organization." I Of course (he Republican voters of the state take exceptions, to the 1 Guthrie gang's attempt 10 browbeaf the rank and file of voters- and to "hog" all the federal officers in Associaled Press, sight and put them in pickle to be i Albany, x. Oil. 2n id held out as future Inducements for Hill. ox-Pnited I the boys who prove faithful to the and former governor or New Yuri, gang and the corporate interests of jdled suddenly today Wo'fert's' the state. Roost, his country For sometime the Republican machine has gone about with grouchy gloom overspreading its facial rasp and dire threatenings have been heaped upon the" of Editor Benedict who has been branded as.

a traitor.to the piratical crew that has been attempting to wreck the good ship "Republican" upon the shoals and rocks of corporate greed. It has Just been learned that the machine in its desperation IB trying to buy the Oklahoma convert it into a morning newspaper change its name to the "State Capital," place the saint-like Frank Greer In the editor'al chair, damn everything Democratic, read the Re publican insurgents out of the' party Polish military band and eight flower ARE riAKKBALdj, PAGE 10. Complete report of the World's. Series baseball game between Chicago and Phlla- delphia on page 10. today.

BOATS LOST JAKE HAMON ON THE JOB Ouihrie, Hailioft. II Til 11 (Stuff Special.) Oct. L. Republican mi of the stntr flection botu'd, has arrived Out brie, whom tbo November bal'nts are being printed intend to the 77 counties, llamon sajs that the state election hoard is determined thai i there shall be no of ballots at that election. Associated Press.

Key West, Oct. Heavy hurricane damage will tie tip traffic on the Florida East railway several weeks. The government tug. weathered the storm off Dry Tortugas and arrived here today. It reports the Rebecca Shoal lighthouse badly damaged.

The Bebecca lights and those on Loggerhead Island and Tortugas Island are out. Massasoit sighted three dismantled schooners and two steamers in to super- I trouble. The steamer Lonlsana is ashore .10 miles east of here. The passengers are being brought here by ri'v I 'll tie home. TWO ELECTION CASES UP (Staff Special.) Oct.

2.0.—The. Atw.pod case, ip which At; Jacksonville. Oct. is estimated the hurricane damage in 'Florida will not exceed half a million. Only three lives are know'.) I to be lost.

The greatest damage was ito the citrus fruit crops. Many ves- I sels have been wrecked along the coast but the occupants were rescued. CRIPPEN ON THE STAND FUNERAL apt) In the confusion that is expected to arise, grab, throw, tie, brand afid corral the Republican organiza- and. open. a.

federal.Jo6. enjploy- ment bureau for the'fellows that will bend the knee and grovel in the dust at the feet of Czar Harris and his throne-attendants. It is all a very pretty scheme and; could have been worked out by none other than some bright satelite of the I "interests" which seek to throttle the future prosperity of th -3 people i of Oklahoma both politically and otherwise. The leading merchants' of Okla a negro, is testing, the grandfather clause by a suit against Oklahoma City election nffhers to prevent tbem making him subject himself to t'iie educational 'eat Navem- ber 8, was submitted to the su- preme court today, following argu- 'mentBi before that tribunal. Strange- Associated Press.

ly enough, both sides. Republicans Grand Rapids, Oct. and. Democrats, want the case set- Adelberts' Polish church was crowd- tied quickly. ed to th.e doors' today for the last Another Republican election case rites over the body of Stanley is that of Hunter Montgomery of Ketchel.

In the procession were the Okfuskee county, suing the state Polish military band and eight flower election board and the Okfuskee girls who preceded'the white hearse county "election board for his bearing the pugilist's body. On Hocking Valley Kills Five and Injures Sfeveral Others Upper Sandusky, Oct. Five reported dead and many injured by the ditching of the northbound Hocking Valley passenger train No. 33, south of Harpster, this PHOTOGRAPH OF CHAS. KV ANS HUGHES IN HIS ROBES OF OFFICE AS A JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

Black Dog, an Ex-Osage Chieftain, is No More TOO COLD FOR DOUG TODAY "Froze out and gone home." This was the sign someone lagged on the of Kunn -M Clarence II. Dnglas. general secretary of the Commercial club this The secretary's chair was vacant aptl Ills desk was pulled down. The steam was itirned on the httlld- lug lit noon, however, and It be; lleved l.iat the secretary will leave It's own 1 mid come to the city late Ibis afternoon. STRIKE Is Ordered by Three Big Unions on the M.

P. and Iron Mountain Assoc inted St. Oci. ntetal workers, pipe men, blacksmiths and bollermakera i employed by the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain will be ordorcd i out on morning, according to official statements by fliev prc'SToeTlts of International unions here today. TEST BARKER'S ORDINANCE place, which he alleges "he did not Detal i a are jacking.

The same commission the interior department PLEADING" STATUTE vacate, and which has been filled by another. The supreme lit rr writ bringing: Une I 1 ca8e llp on ltB meritB next Satur- (Staff Special.) Guthrie, Oct. Mexican extradition hearing took a technical turn yesterday, and the ar- homa City say they want none the I ray of counse: on either side Oreer brand of politics in the metro- their attention to the statute of polls of the state, that Greer's news- limitations, pleaded by the five de- paper has done more to pros- fendants, W. L. Chapman.

R. C. perity of Guthrie than anv other one Conine, A. T. C.

Grimes thing and that the medium and John Garrett. of the allege' of vllliflcation and slander of the' ci crimes' if committee'd, were corn- best citizens of the Re- it ted more than three years ago. publican 'party has fallen into bad United States Commissioner D. M. repute not only within the borders I Tibbets had the argument today con- (QMitlatfcd on page g.

-i- 3 1)oint SOME CRIMINAL CASES APPEALED day. RETAILERS MEET TO-XHJHT. traip was near Lemoyne chose Black wavy, JS i J- iT News has reached here of the his fellow tribesmen, death of ex Chief Black Dog of the ln 19ug Bi ack Dog was a member Osaga Indian tribe at his camp near of a delegation of fullblobd Osag Pawhuska. Black" Dog was looked wn went to Washington to oppose by the federal government as he removal of restrictions from the the leading statesman of his tribe sale of anc iH. He also, advocat- ile and when it was dee'ded to appoint e(1 tlle enro ilment of Osage children the emms.

morning, an Indian upon the Osage allotting born subsequent to July 1907, up i llle caae 18 tn 1 01 A to and Including January 1908. for the place. The ordinance problbitlng the- trade by street barkers without a license, will be tested in Hardin, who was arrested Tuesday by the Associated PreBS. London, Oct. cross-examination of experts in the Crippen case centered on an alleged scar on the body supposed to been Crlppen's wife, but.

which the defense contended was only a fold in the skin. Alfred Asplnall Tobln, chief counsel for Crippen, plied Dactors Shilshury aud Marshall with Inquiries, but the medico men Were not shaken ffom the assertion -that tne murk had been left from the wound of an. tldn. Crippen. paler than at time before, followed rhe evidence with strained tntentneas.

William IF. Wilcox testified to having discovered In the body i a poison which he was satisfied had been taken through the cause of death: The £1 son. he said, was hot by homeopathits as was suggested! fche defense. The medical evidence vl closed the case for the Hon. Crippen Is expected to the witness box next.

Tlie will attempt to prove the bodysj Coitnd In Crlppen's home nw-A that'of his wife. Otppen On Doctor Hawley Harvey faced his accusers from the witpNqtl box today, It was a ment. dimunlttre figpMi.s^J the American emerged from the parative Isolation of the dock; to a position where he by the throng. He stepped but quickly Into the box, anA tug Bible m'mi hua. calmly.

He gaye ol reer. He explained the Hyoscln, the poison which UML( was used VII more, by saying It was faqfl use In the treatment of cases. The he proceeded. He admltti; a on the body and a half caused, be aajd. tat' tweWe years agtji.

RalaaMl tered idea whoae body Jt Htm unearthed In cellar Qfy drop Crescent, homo. aware a body had lottk. BENNETT The Muskogee Retailers tion will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Commercial club rooms in the Colorado building tonight. Eight o'clock, is the hour. Important business matters, that are being withheld from the public, will come up for discussion.

BECAUSE, THEY SMOKED New York, Oct. pressfons and upraised nauas were in evidence in ahii-'cigarette cicles here today when 'the news spread tnat American women at last night's dinner ot the Jupanese society smoked cigarettes with their coffee Black Dog was a Confederate spl- W. W. Bennett, chief clerk of the'dier and participated in many bat- United States Indian agency who left ties, but no soldier in the southern "'uskogee several weeks ago for army was never more thoroughly re- Soldiers Grove, WIB to regain his' constructed than was this tribai health, is jll with fever in the Wis- chief. He served several terms as consin town, and is compelled to oe chief of his tribe and was several confined his bed.

Mr. Bennett Unias chosen as a delegate to Wash- had a touch of malaria when he left lugton to inform the Great White Fai her of the needs and of morning attaoked the validity fnlihlnnri members of the tribe em ova of ana th question of whether or not the fullblood memners of tne irioe. otner nilan queB tipns: favor! ordinance waB good, holding that giving the children the best land pos- he had no Jurisdiction on that point slble out of the surplus," he said, and his duty was merely to carry "We blanket Indians as a rule do ou the provisions of the not understand how to manage our There was no dispute, as to the affairs and protect ourselves in so facts and Hardin was fined $5 and For this reason I am against cost. The case was appealed and the removal of any restrictions that i the validity of the ordinance will w'll permit the sale of any Indlan.be tested. The defendant tendered lands leaving that-for our grand- Jth money for a license, according SIX ARE KILLED CIVIL.

SERVICE KXAMS. Associated Press. New Vortt, Oct. boiler fv- A competitive examination plosion killed six flr.jmen outright the rules of the United States Civil and fatally wounded two- others 2,000 women and girls children, who perhaps will be edu- to Sullivan, and the city- clerk, act" cated and therefore better able to ilug under direction-of the mayor, manage the land matters." refused to Issue sameV First XkftdVtTave Caught Most Everybody Unawares Muskogee awoke with; a 4-hls morning. The unusually warm The dinner was given in honor of! Service commission will be held at.

an dthrew Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Toklo and his Muakogee on February 4, 191 ife, and tne're were a score (Staff Cuthrie, Oct. appealed, to the criminal court of! appeals today, are as follows: J. B. Wright, a barber, appeals from a ten-year sentence given him in Kiowa county for betraying 'Bretha a old Sa.l- vatlon Army lassie at Hobart. I Mrs.

J. M. Fossett. appealing from a sentence of fine and 30 days given her In Custer 1 for hsfinir II pints Xfj whisky and bottles of beer ttatl could not properly accounts for. Ed Ryan, given eight in I Coal coilnty for killing George Sm'th, also appeals.

TV. H. Roeser, the Twlsa oil magnate, 'appeals to the supreme court from a Tulsa county verdict giving Minnie A. Pease, an Osage Indian woman. $3,100 damagas for injuries received when hencarr'age horses ran away from fright of an driven by HOeeer's chauffeur.

anese women present, as well as a number of Amerlcau women. Tiie nomen, although they Dr. J. W. Crewdson, of Louisiana a noted physician, is in Musko- Japanese gee-The guest of Mr.

and Mrs. N. F. smoke ai home, did not indulge at Hwicock. He ts on his way south the dinner, but several or the Ameri- an3 stopped over to see old friends can women puffed daintily at their and the town.

cigarettes. weather of the- past fow weeks removed all thoughts of gas stoves, furnace heaters and the like, and i when it began raining yesterday aiusKogee on teorusry 'auu uuu 4 imm-i Jap first grade of clerical and for third today at the bagging and rope plant soeV' caugh? Mus" 11 as a grade or sub-clerical positions in the of the American Manufacturing I crlm 8 cau nt -Musac- variotis field branches of the federal company at Breen Point, across service out side of Washington, D. the East river. C. Application forms and lnforma-1 Th circumstances surrounding tton can be received from the secre- 'he explosion are a mystery.

When tary of the examining board at boiler in a ware Muskogee post offtice. i gee with Its stoves down: The Whole Story of Uncle Sam's Vast Money Matters Told inj a Associated Presd. Fort Dodge; 9rt. weather was cold and dowdy today and the funeral of Senator Dolllver waa held In the city armory. Ing the night many distinguished friends of the deceased statesman reached the city.

A special car over the interurban brought Senator aad Governor Carroll who made addreaaea at the funeraL house attached to the plant blew up there was a rush for the doors and many of the weaker ones were trampled under foot. GAVAGAN HAS ARRIVED The wife and children of Simon Gavagan, deceased, are here from California to attend the funeral of Simon Gavagan, who died last Saturday night. P. J. Byrne, the first mayor of Muskogee and an old friend of the family, is making ar There was.

a big rush for gas stoves this morning and every hardware house In the city was doing a land office business selling gas heaters and every man who bought wanted the stove sent out. and set up within the next half hour. Not an Idle plumber could be found in town, for all were busy putting up stores and making connections. With the wind whistling about his ears, Hr. Business Man come to town this morning smelling like a moth ball.

His wife had dug out. his winter overcoat and there was no time to send to the cleaners and, have it pressed. Wifey hustled it on Mr. B. M.

and hustled him to his. office. flLt the change has resulted in gaml. The clothing man who has been watching his winter goods groaning on the shelves yesterday began to move them top prices. Only one man was seen, this morn shiver Hogged out in winter regalia they will t'ake on new life.

October The malaria germ which has been lingering about until late in the Tall will be hiked farther south and no more will work on Muskogee humanity until next July or August There are several things that the cold weather will damage, and that la open air attractions billed for the week. Bailey's circus la due here tomorrow and, should the weather continue to be as cold ae today the attendance will not DIED1 Lawrence, 'KaAi, Frank. Bryitf tthe English tare at the' KM here thA moraiaarof i RALPH Aalph old son of Mr. dalt, of 414 at-the family from thd hone at noon, Rer. Pntmaa' termedt waa-mada cemetery.

TSe7 Mdijarj Fire new reported yeeterdsar perlnteadeat of Heatttt and ala dose watch on the aad- have not foand tt-j order the ejkwtaa of schools, 1 On aeooaat of the baid Jack Waeelef poned hla match Olrmpu alrdoaie and too wet to alt la come up to the duck hnntlaar wealhni i i- i-irmra 1 -jO Busy Days A For Pres. Tojft Washington, Oct. 20. the arrival of President Taft In Washington this morning and the assembling of congress early in December, the Chief Executive will have some very Important work to do. Chief in importance will be the selection of justice arid an FIGURES GIVEN ABOVE HAVE JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED BY THE SECRETARY.

OF THE THB COMPILATION FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR HA ywa JU8X ttnCPUeTSD. rangements for the funeral. The (ing with a straw hat, pustlce of the supreme conrt; body will be buried in Green Hill on his way to a haberjashery. The selection of five Justices of the com- cemetery, Muskogee. The time of shoe man gets hie.

The change of merce court, ranking with circuit the funeral had not been set late weather brings about a change of Judges of the United States; writing this afternoon. eoirlt and as soon the family Is of the annual message to Congress, and a trip to Panama to inspect the progress of the work on the canal. The supreme court and the com' merce court appointments will not be made until the congress assembles. The President would not announce such Important Judicial selections until congress Is ready to pass upon them, and It Is doubtful If any lawyer of standing would accept one of these places and attempt to enter upon the work until the congress had first confirmed the nomination. The two supreme court vacancies have been giving the President anxiety for several months, it la be- 1 lleved that the President will name Associate Justice Swarxe of the New Jersey State Supxame court.

iJf.he does not do this he probably lect a Western man from tie-Eighth ClronlV flocrotau. Wajwl to tiewt tale HEELS AND SPURS CONVICTED HICKS The first cotton stealing case of the season was tried ln Judge Bailey's court this afternoon. A gro named John Hicks was tried on the charge of stealing 320 pounds of cotton ftaim Henry Blng- iam, a farmer, who resides near Haskell. The state proved that the who stole the cotton was tracked ts) where the cotton was found. It was shown that the tracks were jnade by heel less shoes with a spur attached to one of them and It was further shown that Hicks wore heelless shoes and a spur on the flight when the cotton was stolen.

The negro was found guilty and eentencelr to pay a fln 0 of 150 and circuit aad la atdered by the President, vr. P. OAXBS iWl Gates, of Otat the Prairie Oil AChuet dependence, waa i dday confertng with relative to the eetfle for pipe line right of dlaa lands la thtf the. elate. 'I i Jll I.

1 la good docfc a and the man with can aeen trai sloicea aloaar thMi'l A number of hm night from near had bagged fine ooKomamiAic i Veraoa, hla ip.