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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
ARMOUR'S QUAILS CONFISCATEO
OkIahOma's Game Warden Is EnfOr-
cling the Law in Good shape.

Guthrie, o. T, Nov. 25.-The activity
and vigilance Of Whit NJ Grant, deputy
game warden at Oklahoma City. resulted
in the confiscation OF 800 quails at that
place Thursday evening and the fning OF
the local managers OF the Armour Pack
ing company $50 and costs for shipping
game out Of the territory in violation Of
the territorial game law. TIE Times
Journal gives the following account Of
the seizure and the subsequent proceed
ings: Yesterday evening Whit NJ Grant.
game warden OF the territory, discovered
about 1900 Quails packed in boxes for
shipment at the Frisco depot. The quaiis
are the property Of the Armour Packing
company, and were to De sent 10 Kansas
City. For a long time Mr.. Grant has feit
confident that game was being shipped
out of the territory contrary TO Law. At
ter finding the game Nr. Armour had the
employes OF the Armour Packing house
arrested This morning Mr.. " .. Lertz
went before PROBATE Judge Jones and en-
tered plea % guilty and was 6nei 80
and costs. which amounted altogether 70
about SO The game was crnhscated BY
the game warden and VIZ be sold % deal
ers and hotels IN this city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
ROUGH RIDER BAILEY
Who Was One of the BraveSt
of RooseveIt's Men.
HAS PECKS OF TROUBLE
And is Now in Jail Under
Serious Charges,

Oklahoma City. o. T. Nov. 25.-one of
the most courageous men in Oklahoma's
quota of Rough Riders has had little else
but trouble since his return to Oklahoma
This is Billy Bailey, who was a brave
man in Cuba and who as soon as he re-
turned was honored highly by the people
at an election. But he did not prosper.
Treating Of his case the Norman Trans
cript says: BILLY Bailey seems to be in
a pack OF trouble-snd no sooner is he
out OF one trouble than he is into an
other. He belonged to Roosevelt's Rough
Riders and took part in the Santiago
campaign, returning home wounded. In
the last city campaign he was nominated
for constable and elected by larger ma
jority than any one else on the ticket.
No sooner was he in office, however, than
he commenced associating with hard
characters, and 1t was not long before
rumors very derogatory 70 him were in
circulation. The last grand jury indicted
him for defrauding Marion Walker,
poor old blind soldier, and his bail was
fixed at $500. So strong were his pro-
testations of innocence that ]. NJ. Ratliff.
J. c. Dowd and A. o. McGiH went on his
bond and he was released; but his ar
rest last week for completely IN the rob-
berry of Browns store and many rumors
of his association and doings with noted
characters who are hiding out in the Lit
tie River country, decided his bondsmen
to take no more chances, and they de-
livered him to the sheriff last FRIDAY.
He is now in jail"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26

prosperity with which his efforts have
been crowned in the heroic struggle he
and his have made in meeting the ex-
igencies of a new country. While this is
true, the improvements are largely those
of his own hands, evidences of economy
and self-denial, and do not so much rep
resent sales from the land in excess of
the needs of himself and family. He
must necessarily have been prosperous to
make these improvements and live.
Many do not consider that this country
was but a bleak prairie six years ago. and
measure our prosperity in the same YES
sci they do that of older sections of the
country. This is not just nor fair. In
older states, where the lands are under
cultivation and fenced, houses are built,
orchards and groves are grown, the sur
plus products of the farm may be used
TO represent the prosperity thereof. Not
so here, where there Is a place and de-
mand for every dollar earned or pro-
duced. This is why our people, though
enjoying prosperity, have not the sur
plus 10 pay the government mortgage on
the lands, and need and should have the
lands given them as have been all other
lands opened to settlement. To take
from the settler on a quarter; section of
land the $500 necessary TO pay for the
land is to stop improvements, force upon
him and his family rigid economy and in
many cases throw him in debt to others
the amount paid the government. Hence
the course now generally pursued by
those who are making final proof, that Of
placing another mortgage on the land to
pay the one held by hte government"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
AMOS EWING DOUBTS
Bona Fides of the Conce m
Advertising to Compete
WITH THE STANDARD OIL
0klahOma's Inspection Law
Soon to be Passed Upon.

Guthrie, O. T. Nov sS-It Is yet too
early to predict 70 what extent the stand
ard oil trust IS gosns to be affected by
the new concern which has recently es-
tabnshed oil tanks al Oklahoma CITY.
The new concern calls itself the Anti
Trust on comaay.' and The manager "a
charge declares that II Is the Intention %
his company TO make a vigorous aghs Tor
business in Che territory and that ultl-
mately oil tanks viii be established IA
every city OF Importance in Oklahoma.
Conserving the object and standing %
the antitrust company OIL Inspector
Amos Ewing. who was IN Gu,hrle last
night. said that while Il was true THAI the
company had established an oH tank az
Oklahoma CITY he was not prepared 20
say that IT was intended Tor sincere CON-
petition against the Standard OF com
pany. He had been told that the new
concern was backed By a million % 81
Louis capital. and was amply prepared u
fsht TO a finish. but past experience had
demonstrated that the dozen or more At
temPts to establish competition % tho
Standard OIL company have proven fail
ures. simply because the so-called coGn-
petition lacked sincerity.
The OIL Inspector. speaking 81 the pres
ent status % the oil inspection law passed
by the last legislature. said that the CUES
ton would soon b passed upon by Judge
Bureil. whose high ability as a lawyer
and jurist was a sufficient guarantee u
clear. distinct Interpretation % the law.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
CATTIE-FEEOING EXPERIMENTS
saltwater station VIII Practice Upon
the Insuspeeting Bay steer.

saltwater O. T.. Nov The expert
mont station began aa experiment Mon
day TO ascertain the relative feeding
value 81 the various Folders. Four stSors
II ordinary stock have been selected and
the method % procedure Is about a.
follows. The time allotted 20 each kind
OF feed is two Yeeks with a proper In
terval between % allow the enects 81 one
kind 10 set completely out Of tho system,
before the measurements % the next are
taken. Two % the st~ors VIII Do fei
two weeks on corn fodder. then changed
% black rice corn and thon o. large sor-
ghum fodder The other two viii - fef
first on kafr fodder. then on milo maize.
and then on small sorghum fodder Each
days feed Will be carefully weighed as Il
is given 70 the animals. the residue left
uneaten also weighed snd the manure
both weighed and analysed Each steer
viii be weighed every day. have regular
times for watering ana feeding and h:a
physical condition carefully motel
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
IN SEARCH OF A MAIDSTONE
Father and Two sons Who Were Dog
Bif en- Near Perry.

Perry. o. T. Nov. 25-Tbe Enterprsse-
Times says: Uncle JACK Chrlstofer. who
lives fifteen miles northwest % this citg.
and his ewo sons. John and WIN. were
bitten by their old house dog recently and
as there has been several cases % rshles
among stock IN their locality. they have
become uneasy a. 70 the result ~ jhe4r
injuries. although they are seemingly
tries. VIII went 70 Kansas City Monday
in search OF a madzt9ne while Uncle
Jack was here today on his way O. Paw
nee. where there Is ssid 20 Be a good
stone. and will sec whether or not 81 will
adhere 70 the wound. II g r. foend fbe
stone adheres on either the father or son
the other son vii frnuef ately take che
come treatment SIR Chr.st1f-r had q
son bitten ~ a raa.2 drz saue th.rf- -sre
years ago 81 Kansaz and a sto1e vac go
piled - the wound j. adhered readily
Treatment was continued uutn the stane
refused 20 adhere and the Victim has since
selt 10 %! effects from TIE bite
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
MISS BELLEFLEMMING LAWY Err
Recently Admitted to the Bar at
Paul's Valley 1T

Guthrie, o. T., Nov. 25.-From Indian
Territory comes the story of Miss Belle
Flemming of PauPs Valley, who has just
been admitted to practice law at the
bar of the United States court in the
Northern district of the territory She
was admitted to practice on Saturday af-
ter a rigid examination Miss FIemming
is the daughter of Colonel B. NJ. Flem-
ming, clerk of the court, and IS but II
years old. She is by birth a Kansas
product, having first seen the light in
Usage City, Kansas. Miss Flemming has
been reading Kent and Blackstone in her
leisure hours ince she was II years old.
She is a brunette and petty, but cares
nothing 70 rsociety, preferring the law
reports to fashion journals, and hard
study to dancing. For several years she
has been her fathers assistant in the
office of the clerk of the court. She is tall
in figure and extremely popular with the
members of the legal profession.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
OF SECOND VICE PRESIDENTS
Editor Isenber< Describes Their Ar
duous and Multifarious Duties

Guthrie, o. T, Nov. pa large, mourn
full and yoiceless tribe of second vice
presidents in Oklahoma will appreciate
the light thrown on this important posi-
ton by Editor J. L. Isenberg of Enid.
Mr.. Isenberg was recently made second
vice-president of the Enid Commercial
club and in reply to a friend, who wrote
to ask him what a second vice-president
does, Mr.. Isenberg says: 1.-The duties of
the second vice-president are preserved
on ice during the dog days and placed in
cold storage during the winter until both
the president and first vice-president per-
ish, or are crippled so bad during the
fight over the location of the depot, that
they cannot attend the club meetings.
Then, and then only, is the second vice
president admitted to the club rooms,
then only for the purpose Of spotting the
balls on the pool tables or carrying out
the dead after the five cent ante game
breaks up in a row. He will also be re-
quired to report to the directors the name
of any member playing the tenpin alley
all night. The second vice-president will
be ex-officio chairman of the committee,
whose duty it will be to appraise the alb
butting property across the switch track
from the depot and keep the flies off the
creamery. In case Of personal encount-
er between the executive officers and the
board of directors, the second vice-presi-
dent will hold the has of the executive
officers and coach said officers TO reach
home ase when he thinks an opportunity
has presented itself. The second vice
president will be made as ornamental as
possible, but will not be allowed to make
any extempore remarks without the unan
imous consent of the directors in writing
1t will be his duty to listen to the kicks
OF those who don't, like the location of
the depot and point them to a better life
an the subsequently. We cannot think
in fact We know-that this honor, con-
ferred upon US, was not intended as an in
dividual compliment, but it was simply
meant as a sort of star chamber issuing
Of a compliment to the community in
which we live Northwest Kenwood. If
the duties become too much of a mental
strain we shall urge the board of direc-
tors to accept our resignat.- regardless
Of what it may cost"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
RETURN OF ONE TRAVELLER
Girl in Missouri Who just Missed Be
Ing Buried Alive


Guthrie. o. T. Nov. 25.-Charles John
son. q young farmer. who resides q few
miles southeast Of Guthrie. has returned
home from Missouri. where he was sum
noned 10 attend the funeral OF his sis
ter. Mr.. johnson said that he had Just
concluded reading a letter from his sister
inviting him 10 spend Thanksgiving al
home, when the announcement % her
death reached him. He went home TO
attend the funeral and was, with the rest
or the family. gathered around the coffin.
when suddenly the supposed corpse raised
to a sitting position and commenced 20
speak It appears that the girl was in a
trance and when Mr. johnson Ieft home
to return 10 Oklahoma his sister was IN
apparent good health. His remarkable
story Is vouched for in the following
clipping from a Missouri newspaper:
After being given up FOR dead BY her
relatives and the attending physicians.
and having all the funeral arrangements
made, Miss Nora Johnson. a. l6-vear-old
girl, living near Braymer. sat M IN her
coffin and told a strange visitation that
she had experienced while her PARENTS
were making ready for inJerment. Miss
Johnson is the daughter of a weII-to-sio
farmer. A few days ago. without any
previous Ill health. she suddenly fen into
a death-like trance. Just before anirna-
ton was suspended she had been in the
best of spirits. The trance 50 nearly re-
sembled death that parents and physi-
clans alike We're baffied The girl was
laid out, and an absent brother. who was
in Oklahoma. was telegraphed for. He
had just concluded reading a letter from
his sister, Nora, inviting him home 70
Thanksgiving dinner, and the shock cauS-
ed him TO swoon. He had scarcely reach
ed home 10 join the other mourners CT his
sisters funeral, when their weeoiDp was
changed to amazement by the girl sitting
up in her coffin. Her awakening was as
sudden as had been the suspension Of ami
NATION. Without warning she came out
of her trance. and her astonished rela-
uves had gathered about here she re-
lated to them strange vision.
While she had been on her bier she
declared that she had a dream. She had
seen and talked with the Lord and he
had told her that she was to die within
a week The girl talked about nothing
else that occurred during her trance. She
seemingly was unconscious Of everything
about here, and remembered nothing save
the warning she said she had received
from God The nature OF the message
she brought back from the spirit land. or
dreamland, as It may be, IS such that the
Johnsons were reticent about telling the
facts in the case. During the week they
have watched her carefully Yesterday
the week expired. and at last accounts
the girl was still alive and healthy. The
Johnsons are highly respectable and
truthful people. They are vividly i'm
pressed with the TRANCE experience they
have passed through-that OF almost bury
ing the girl alive"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
EDITOR PALMER COMES BACK
At Those Who Find Fault With
His Constituency

Guthrie Q. T. Nov. 25.-Some time ago
T. J. Palmer OF Medford editor of -ba
Patriot. Republican paper. published
an article declaring that the farmers Of
the Cherokee Strip needed free homes
Immediately number of Po0ulist papers
attacked Mr.. Palmer. saying that hitherto
he has claimed that the country ur.5sr
Mckinlc yis prosperous. and r5ii,r,IiD.~
MN tor an alleged change II front. In
replying To these critics. Mr.. Palmer ssvs.
We repeat that the people Of Oklahoma
are prosperous. True. they have not be-
come millionaires in the SIX wears thev
have lived on the prairies of Oklabor,a
Search history as yo viii or may and
where in all the settlements az new
country viii you md such r~o-~ass ss
has been made in Oklahoma Its s--s1
does not exist. No section Of country ,,.,s
ever developed as rapidly Is this hos
been; no lands can show rs many srh-
santial Improvements in city or caru--,
'n the same length OF time as can be sas.,
in Oklahoma. But il must ne reusrnssr-
"a that the lands upon which our oeanla
settled were absolutely without a0,thf,y
thereon 70 sustain life: not a vesrier 81
civilization existed on the vast 9rair-es
70 enable the homes;eader To live. he
had TO bring with him substance To scs
tain himself and family until il could be
produced The buildings. groves. or
chards and other improvements now 10
be seen where six years ago was naurht
but blank prairie. is the best evidence
not only Of the energy. industry and f~u-
Salty Of the homesteader. but Of The
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
FLYNN TACKLES Mr.. SPEAKER
For a Place on Committees Next TO
Territorial 4 fairs.

Guthrie. O. T, Nov. pa special from
Washington says that Delegate Dennis
FLYNN Of Oklahoma has reached Washing
ton with his statehood bill and his meas
1lre for free homes. Friday he called on
Speaker-elect Henderson and modestly
suggested that Oklahoma would feel as
grIeved if he its delegate, was not given
81 place on the committee on territories,
public lands and Indian affairs. After
his conference with Mr.. Henderson. Dele
gate Flynn announced that statehood for
oklahoma would be pressed in the pend
ing session and thi time the fight would
be won. The entire population of Okla
boma Is in line with the new plan for
single statehood with a clause providing
for the addition of Indian territory to the
rev state. Last year. he said. Oklaho-
ma was divided on the question Of single
statehood and for that reason no pro
eress was made. This time the bill would
Re heartily supported by all factions "EX-
pansion can not be considered an accom-
plished fact" said Delegate Flynn until
oklahoma has been admitted into the
union. There must be a new star on the
alag and two senators in the senate from
abe state Of oklahoma before we will ad-
mit that expansion is either accomplished
or proceeding along the right lines" Dele
safe Flynu's bill is to have the opposition
"f Indian Territory leaders. They do not
like the idea OF being the tail to Okla
homa's statehood kite. They viii try to
have the bill killed at this session, be
lievins that within the next two years
the Development Of the Indian Territory
viii be So great that its admission as an
independent state can be secured with
out difficulty.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
BABY SWALLOWS A SAFETY PIN
Open, at That. Hut No III Effects
Experienced

Guthrie o r., Nov 2s-I-ast THURSDAY
the infant son Of Mr. and Mrs ". 4
Mauror ~ FL Reno swallowed a safety
pin. the News says. The pin was open
when swallowed Mrs. Mausr noticed
the baby choking snd putting her nng-rs
fra his throat % help him. stuck 10 on he
point Of The pin. Every EFFORT possible
was made 20 dislodEe the pln. but With
out success. There was nothing thsn -
be done. so che doctor SAID. bot leavs The
case 10 nature ard hope for nc best And
nature took care ~ tho little ore. who
IS out ~ danger and seemingly none The
worse for safety-pia diet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
OKLAHOMA'S WAVE OF CRIME
Probably to be Accounted for on Pure
Psychological Grounds

Guthdie o. t, Nov. 27-tor the last
thirty days Oklahoma has witnessed its
greatest wave of crime. BY some 1t Is
claimed that this is a result Of too great
laxity on the part of the courts, but the
truth seems 10 be that it is simply one
of those mysterious epidemics of sugges-
tive or coincidental crime which come
to all localities, apparently periodically
To say nothing of the numerous burg
Iaries and minor crimes, there have been
three cases of attempted robbery, for
tunately with no accompanying crime.
One of these took place in Beaver coun-
ty, another at Tucker postotfice. Potta-
watomie county, and another at Dixie
Pawnee county. Only one suicide In that
period has been recorded, that Of
bachelor farmer near Oklahoma City,
Homer May. The wave apparently
started with the murder OF Walter Davis
whose body was found in pond near
Perry. He was threshing hand and not
in circumstances to invite robbery. 1t Is
A curious circumstance of nearly all the
crimes committed since that time in
Oklahoma that robbery has not been the
motive Following is the list of assaults,
the name of the victim being given:
October 2f-John Clymer, cowboy,
southwest of Arapahoe; quarrel.
October 2HJohn Wilson. North Enid,
assault; motive probably robbery.
October 26-J.. r. Lowe. near Chicka-
sha. killed by son-in-law; quarrel
October 2S-Arthur Bird, FL Reno, as
sassinated: not robbery.
October 29-Roxie Cotney, near Lexing-
ton: Quarrel
November 4-Will Austin (colored),
Oklahoma City; quarrel.
November S-M McDermott. Ponca
City: footpad. CMcDermott recovered.
November 16-JP W. Curthorn. John
sonville. (Since died..
November 17-Frank E. Taylor, near
Kremlin: not robbed
November pa. ]. Stennet; shot wife
and daughter near Oklahoma City.
One of the places given. Chickasha. IS
not in the territory Of Oklahoma but
in the Chickasaw Nation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
BAVENS FOR CLARKE
As the Right Man to Help
Flynn Get Statehood.
HE REBUKES POLITICIANS
Who, as He Charges, Take
the Narrow View of Ii.
HE REBUKES POLITICIANS

Guthrie. o. T.. Nov. 25.-The selection
Of Sidney Clarke as the man to go to
Washington to lobby for statehood has
met with so much criticism that Senator
Ravens has come to his defense. Mr..
Clarke is a Democrat and Mr.. Ravens is
a Republican. Mr.. Ravens says in the
Enid Sun-Eagle: Some Republicans
have political reasons and some Demo-
Gratis personal reasons. Now, inasmuch
as Mr.. Clarke consented to go if his
naked personal expenses were paid, and
also agree to subscribe so TO pay those
expenses, the job does not seem to be a
very fat one, and there should be no oc-
casion for jealousy on that score. The
object to be accomplished is too important
for any personal favoritism in the selec-
ton of an assistant in the work. VINO
ever can accomplish most should be sent,
and no one should be sent merely because
he would like TO make the trip and spend
a few days in Washington. Neither
should personal rivalry or dislike be con-
sidered to prevent the selection of the
man who could do the most effective
work We are Of the opinion that Mr..
Clarke was the proper man to select, for
two or three good reasons: It is well
known that political considerations have
much TO DO in determining the actions of
congress in the admission Of new states,
and that long delays have occurred on
account Of political objections. Our dele
gate, Mr.. Flynn is a Republican, and en-
uirely capable of taking care of the Re
publican side of the question. But the
Republican majority is small, and there
are nearly as many Democratic as Repuo-
llcan voters to look after. And it was no
doubt the opinion OF the statehood com
nittee that It would be wise to send some
,one TO Washington who could more par
1icularly aid in securing Democratic
votes. and in avoiding any possible sus-
Ticion that the measure was Repubh-
can proposition. And it was necessary TO
select a Democrat for that purpose. To
have chosen any Republican, would have
been a great mistake. Again, Mr.. Clarke
is known to be a sincere and earnest
friend of statehood, having been foremost
in every statehood movement. He would
not 20 to Washington for pleasure trip,
but to work for cause in which he Is
5eenlv in earnest. His familiarity with
the subject. his experience in Washington
and his acquaintance with pubic men,
all give the assurance that he could De
more useful than any man who has nol
had his opportunities. We do not believe
there is another man in Oklahoma, out
side of Delegate Flynn, who would be so
useful at this time; and we regret that
any mere. personal or political considera-
lions should be permitted to emoarrass
the campaign for statehood. The subject
IS too important for such suggestions to
be seriously made by any real friend Of
the cause"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26
OKLAHOMA IS WILLING TO TRY
Passing Railroad ContrOI Law. Des-
pite Failures Elsewhere.

oklahoma City. o. T, Nov. 25-Co-
Incidental with The building IF 81 many
railroads in Oklahoma The talk Is general
thar 1he next legislature VIII pass law
providing for the creation and raaia,e-
nance NJ a board u railroad commission
ers whose powers vii lenab.a them 10
nN and overcome Determinations in
freight rates The advocates OF the
board IN Oklahoma hold that board
can oe created which can be effective.
Notwithstanding the failure az similar
commissions II other states.