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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-14
CITY COUNCIL.
OneiaI Proceedings of the Regular
Meeting, June O, 1899.

Meeting. June O, 1890.
At a regular meeting of the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the city cf
Brookhaven, Miss, held at the Mayors
office at 500 o'clock p. m. on June 9Th,
1899, there were present-His Honor
J. B. Daughtry, Mayor, and Aldermen
J. H. Willoughby, Israel Abrams and
Chas. Schnorrenberg.
Absent:-A. E. Moreton and w. II.
Seavey.
On motion, /. Abrams was elected
clerk pro tenn.
Minutes of last meeting read and
adopted.
The following accounts were exam
ned and allowed, and warrants ordered
issued for same on City Treasurer:
Steven CRANBERRY. drayage 90
Standard OIL Co. invoice of oil April y 20 So 60
General Elect; Co.. invoice April q. 20,
slS.ss; invoice April q, %, $50; in
Elect. App. Co.. invoice Of elect. supplies,
C. Z: Grafton. invoice Of May foi Mayors
A. Hurst, cash T paid r'iSi freieKt for Power =
Power House, Sc .-......-................ Is 90
| Brookhaven Lumber Il Mfg. Co., fuel for
Power House, .....-........-.... I75 %
$50; cash paid wood for Power House,
$. p. Oliver costs in case Of Mrs. r. A.
Boone vs. city Of Brookhaven.. 40
). kolhman, sundries . So
Mrs: I. A. Boone IT. Brady, Attorney
Judgment in circuit count. i42 80
L;D Boadwee, articles for streets and
Alex. Winston. drayage ........... 2 10
q; J.. Teat, cash paid for glazing at
Public School ..........- go
A. Hurst, cash paid hand on Streets. 20 30
Lincoln County Times, 1000 receipts for
Tax Collector. - s 90
date. ..............'. -....... AZ 9s
c. Il. Perkins, articles for Power House Is "a
Z: Larsen, lumber for streets ......-....-. IS
Chrlsman Brennan, attorney fee in
Boone case .......... 20 90
Chrlsman Il Brennan, md quarter of sal
| ary. ........ 25 90
J. B. Daughtry, Mayors salary for May. Is 90
Hurst, Mrrshal's salary for May. 40 90
A. Hurst, Street Commissioners salary
for May. -. 10 90
W. H. Seayy, city clerk. 10 20
A. Hurst. removing garbage .-........-....... so
Mrs. Storm, rent of Mayors Office Z 90
Forsythe. night police In May ....-..-.... Ii 90
e. ). B. Society, rent of Colored Hall - Is 90
Eliza Evans. jantreSs at Public School 90
May......-... -. 90 90
Lee Creeger, Asst Eng, at Water works 20 90
Ed Cunningham Asst. Eng. salary for
Alex. Washington, Fireman's salary for "
May, .'...'....~'.''..''. IS 90
Geo. Middleton, Asst. Fireman's salary
for May.......'. .,,.-..,..,,....... s5 90
81 johnson, work on boiler room at
Power House. se..........-......... ...-- 3 10
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
The school Land Bill Vetoed.
Secretary of the Territory

Governor Barnes gives ais reasons
for refusing to approve the school
land DILL passed 10y the legislature in
the following open letter addressed to
the respective chairmen of the public
lands committee of both houses:
Hon. j. p. Candy, chairman commit.
tee on public lands in the council,
and Hon. w. Ii. Merten, chairman on
public lands in the house.
Gentlemen-I have had under careful
consideration house bill No. 20, enti-
tied, IAN act TO create a territorial
land office and commissioner thereof
etc, and find the same so full of incon-
gruities and Inconsistencies, so short
of creating II good system Of adj
minIstration ana control of our public
lands, so lacking in the necessary pro-
visions to safeguard the funds arising
from the leases of said lands and so
generally unsatisfactory that ] have
determined TO withhold my signature
from the bill.
i would be most happy to have
signed a bill for the establishment of
a good territorial system of manage
ment of these lands and funds and
such bill, am informed, was per-
fected after some weeks of careful
study and investigation of the various
important questions involved, by your
committees acting jointly, bill which
met the approval of the secretary of
the school land board and the president
of the lcssees association, but the
house and council in the hurry and
meagre consideration given this meas
ure SO riddled it with amendments
that the bill as passed bears no resem-
blance to the bill as perfected after so
much careful labor by your committee
acting jointly.
have been informed by some of the
mem bers OF both houses that voted for
this bill that they did so reluctantly
and advised by them that it would be
better to try again two years hence
than to sign this one. / have also let
ters from prominent gentlemen in all
parts of the territory, including the
secretary of the cattlemen's association
and the president of the school land
lessees association, requesting me not
to sign the bill.
Very respectfully,
C. NJ. BARNES, Governor.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

REPORTS reached Paris from Algiers
Of the massacre of another French ex-
pedition in the Sahara by the Tuariks,
the most fierce of all the fanatic Arab
tribes which infest that vast desert.
"AuNT KATY SNoDGRAss died at
Milford Center, O., on the 23d of the
grip, aged 1903 years. She was the
oldest woman in the Woman's Relief
corps of the United States.
WILLIAM A. BRADY and MarSn
Julian, on behalf of Jim Jeffries and
Bob Fitzsimmons, have agreed to ac-
cept the bid of the Coney Island Ath.
letic club for 25.round contest be.
tween the two heavyweight pugilists
on May 96. The offer made by the
club is purse of $50, 900 and the pic.
ture privilege to be divided between
the two principals and the club, each
receiving one-third.
A RACE war was reported on the ESQ
as being on in Little River county,
| Ark, and an indefinite number of ne.
groes had met their death at the hands
of an infuriatcd white population.
Seven were known to have been
| lynched and the work was not then
done. White men were collecting in
mobs, heavily armed and determined,
negroes were fleeing for their lives
and the community was in an uproar.
Mrs. MARTHA PLACE died in the elec.
tric chair at Sing Sing, n. Y, on the
Goth for the murder of her stepdaugh-
ter Ida She went calmly to the chair,
leaning on Warden Sage's arm. Death
was instantaneous
IMMENSE copper lodges have been dis.
covered on Prince William sound,
Alaska
DURING the absence of John Dian
and wife from their farm at Green
fell, Man, their residence caught fire
and their five small children were
burned to death.
JOHN A. MOORE has been arrested on
the charge of numbering his five chill
iren and then burning the house over
them at Hutchinson, Kan, in order to
conceal the crime.
OFFICIALS of the Port Arthur canal
became aware that preparations had
been made TO take out an injunction
aud to oheckmate the proceeding the
iredge was moved to the meeting
point at night and set to work and the
waters of the gulf now flow through
he canal in Texas.
The report brought from Skaguay,
Alaska, that tons of mail were being
ost or destroyed at that place and
hat Canadian mail carriers refuse 10
handle letters unless they bear Cana
lian postage has been denied. A large
amount of mail accumulated at Skag-
lay during the winter months, as II
was impossible to get over the summit
lntil February.
FIVE persons were injured, two prob.
ably fatally, in runaway during a
funeral at Evansville, Ind, the other
day. The five persons were in hack
and the team became frightened at a
street car. The hack was completely
demolished.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
Beats on a uurglar.

Oklahoma City Times-Journal: Mrs.
George f. Gardner, by her wonderful
bravery and courage, successfully pre-
vented the robbery of her house last
night. About nine o'clock she went
from the sitting room into the bed
room to look after her baby, when she
came face 10 face with Eig, burly ne
gro, who had just entered .he room by
the bed room window, lie poin Ted a
revolver at her aud told her he wanted
the money which was in the dresser
Mrs. Gardner was all alone and could
call to no one within hearing distance.
She made movemeHt towards the
dresser, when the negro still pointing
the revolver at Mrs. Gardner, made a
movement towards her. She was
afraid he was going TO assault her and
with a sudden spring toward the me-
gro she grabbed the gun with both
hands and gripped it with a death
grip. desperate struggle ensued
and Mrs. Gardner who is strong wo-
man and to whom fear gave additional
strength, was about TO wrest the gun
from he~ viliainous assailant, when he
attempted To shoot her. The baby
awakened by the report of the gun, be-
gan to scream and the burglar took
fright and backed out of the window.
AS soon as the burglar vas gone she
ran to the phone and telephoned for
the police. 1t was some time before
they arrived, however, and no burglar
could be found.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

It was in one OF the large downtown res
aurants that the short little woman and
aer tall husband went to dinner one night
"Wil you have oy sters!' asked the man
dancing over the bill OF fare.
Yes said the short little woman, as she
tried in vain to touch her toes to the floor
And, John. | want a hassock
John nodded and, as he handed his order
20 tine waiter he said: "Nes, and bring q
isssock for the lazy.
Zone hassock?' asked the waiter with
what John thought more than ordinary in
crest, as he nodded in the affirmative. Still
The waiter did not go, but brushed the table
Loth with a towel and rearranged the ar
!ces on it several times, while his face go'
rery red Then he came around to Johns
iide and, speaking sotto voce, said: Say
mister, | haven't been here long, and I'm
iot on to all these things VIII the lady
have the hassock boiled or fried dY'-Chicage
Chronicle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE DEPARTMENT.
Edited by the WomRn's Suffrage Asso-
citation Of Oklahoma Territory.
From the Bishop of New Zealand.

From the Bishop of New Zealand.
1t is asserted by the "Antis" that
New Zealand women vote on the wrong
side of moral questions Ifthey DO the
fact does not seem to have come to the
clergy, who might naturally be sup
posed to be interested in moral qres.
tions At the recent church congress
in Nottingham, England, the Most
Rev. william Gordon Cowie, ID. D.,
Bishop of Auckland and Prlmate of
New Zealand, read paper on the
Colonial Clergy, in which he said:
Il am not a little proud of being a
member of the governing body of a
national university which was the first
in the British Empire TO confer degrees
upon women. Our young New Zea-
land clergy who are graduates, having
passed their .. A. and N. A. examina-
tions at the same time with their sis
ters aud cousins, would perhaps help
their equals from oxford aud Cam
bridge to understand how the con fer
ring of university degrees upon women
would not necessarily enfeeble the
virile constitution aud customs of
those universities. Our young New
Zealand clergy would. also be able to
show, from personal experience, how
the conferripg of the Parliamentary
franchise on all our women Of the age
of 81 years had led to no harm or in
convenience, but that the men of New
Zealand were wondering why the
women of the colony had remained SO
long without the right TO vote at Par
liamentary elections"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
LEASES OF CREEK INDIANS.
What the Department WIN Permit In View
OF Ailotments

OF Ailotments.
The secretary of the interior has
reached the conclusion in the matter
of the renewal of the leases of the
lands in the Creek Indian nation to
cattle owners for grazing purposes,
these leases being terminated by the
terms of the Curtis bill. The secre tary
has determined that only lands which
are occupied by individual Indians not
exceeding the approximate share TO
which the Indian aud the members of
his family are reasonably entitled to,
can be leased in advance of allotments.
The Dawes commission will begin the
making of allotments on April l. II
when the allotment is made it is found
that an Indian is rightfully member
of the tribe and the lands selected do
not exceed the proportionate share of
himself and family and are not in the
possession of some other Indian, the
selection will be approved and entered
on record and the Indian will then be
allowed to make lease of this years
pasturage. The department holds that
it will be reversal of the proper or
der to approve leases before the allot.
ments are made, but 1t is understood
that cattlemen having stock on the
reservation under the old lease will not
be molested until they can have suf-
ficient time to make their leases under
the new order of things. A large num-
Der of cattlemen in Texas and the In
dian Territory are interested in the
decision.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

The territorial secretary has granted
a charter to the Kansas, Oklahoma
Central and Texas Railroad company,
which is organized fos the purpose OF
construc ting a railroad from Salina,
Kan, TO Denn:son, Tex, by the way
of Kiowa, Watonga and Oklahoma
City, with a branch line extending
from Watonga to the western boundary
OF Woodward county. The capital
stock of the proposed road Is $1,000, OOO
and the incorporators are o. Hamilton,
Il. II. Davis and Frank Hageman of
Salina; c. A. McBrian, c. 5. Burrell
and Phillip Koch OF Watonga; A. l..
Sweet of Van Vert. Ohio, S. w. Moses
of Great Bend, Kan, and McGregor
Douglas of Oklahoma City. The gen.
eral Offices of the company are to be at
Watonga,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
OKLAHOMA AFFAIRS.
The Important Events of Every
Part of the Territory.
OUR PEOPLE WILL PLANT TREES
April Chosen by Governor Barnes ~
Arbor Dsy - The Governor Gives
Reasons for Not Approving
school land BiiI-Sc-
gro's Brutal Act
Notes.
Arbor DAY Proclamation.

with the swelling of buds, herald
ing the near approach OF spring, comes
a reminder OF a duty we owe our terri.
tory and succeeding geuerations-the
beautifying of our homes, our streets
and oar public grounds and the restor-
alton of natures protection to the soil
and life by the planting of trees.
"In almost every commonwealth OF
the nation, law or custom has decreed
that annually one day snail be devoted
TO fulfill ing this duty;
Therefore, |, C. NJ. Barnes, COVER
nor of the territory of Oklahoma, do
set apart and proclaim Wednesday, the
5th day of April, 1899, as Arbor Day,
and earnestly request that upon that
day every resident OF the territory
plant at least one tree, vine or shrub.
"All mankind has aspirations for a
monument-what monument more fit
ting or enduring than massive tree,
lifting its head high toward the heav-
ems and benetiting all who follow.
He who plants a tree and cares for
it is indeed public enefactor.
Let the day be spent not only in
beautifying homes and thoroughfares
and public parks, but let it be observed
in the schools and educational institu.
tions of the territory in beautifying
and adorring the grounds and the con-
ducting of exercises of such character
as will impress its beneficent object
upon the minds of the pupils.
"In testimony whereof | have set my
hand and caused the great seal of the
territory to lie affixed hereto, this 18th
day OF March, A. d., 1899.
sc. NJ. BARNES, Governor.
"By the governor.
"W. NJ. JENKINS,
Secretary of the Territory"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

Governor vetoes County welghsrs Bili.
The governors veto of the county
weigher's bill nipped in the bud
measure that would have placed the
farmers at the mercy of the county
weighers As it reached the govern
ors desk, the bill contained clause
making it compulsory to weigh on tue
scales Of the county weighers, which
it is claimed was surreptitiously in
serted in the bill. The governor in
vestigated the matter and learned that
the clause had never passed the coun-
ell, but was inserted in some myster-
ious way during the closing hours OF
the session, This is the same clause
for the passage of which $500 was al
legged to have been paid-sSOO in the
house and $500 for two senators. The
amendment passed the house but failed
in the council.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
County Clerk Caffrey ReIeased.

The supreme court of the United
States has granted a superseadeas in
the case Of Richard Caffrey, the coun-
in Jail at Oklahoma City for refusing
to extend the "a per cent raise Oh the
tax rolls in compliance with the man
date of the territorial supreme court.
The motion to dismiss the case
against Caffrey was postponed until
the hearing on its merits, which will
probably be at the October term of
the federal supreme court. Caffrey
will be released from custody upon
approval of his bond in the sum of
$1,000, and the payment of taxes,
which was temporarily suspended will
be resumed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
AN ORIENTAL PEACH.
As q Singer of Monaghan Tany This
yassal Was n winner In
n Walk.
10 Pant the Laughing Soil"

Her majesty, Isl An, empress of China.
sat in her palace, in the purple Forbidden
City, with her brow resting on her thumb
and her index finger pushed up through her
fringe. Rousing herself presently from her
profound absorption she beckoned to wal
nut-colored person plastered up against the
yellow silk tapestry.
"Un,Hung," she said, where is the en-
peror?"
Dash your ignominious slave into mil
hon atoms, oh, ameythyst flower of the
Slestial Kingdom" he responded, lying
nat on his chest before her, "but your slave
wotteth not"
"Wot?"
,,"Eo, most purple of our yellow lilies Of
the Yang -tse-K Kiang, do not wot where the
emperor is"
and this to me?"
Most beauteous descendant of all tho
gods, your vile slave speaks but the truth,
though he lies here on his very stomach.
lie wotteth not where the emperor is
~ slave, dog, canine wretch, scum of the
Yellow river, did / not tell you what to do?"
Truly, most divine of all the gentle, pur-
pie peoples of Pekins. and your slave did it
to the queens taste, so to speak"
Aha, then he is dead?"
crystal sea-"
Why liest thou, knowing that he is
How the dickens, most marvelou. of
mandarin matrons, do know where he is?
I'm no fortune teller"
"Oho, aha," smiled her majesty, again re-
lapsing into thought, "bring on another
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
a,,,roaa Acro.. ,he English Channel

plan Of connecting that country with France
oy railway. Engineers say roadbed can be
aid on the bottom OF the English channel
md by mounting trestlework on wheels, SC
hat it projects above the water, the railway
AN be operated. This seems beyond belief,
but it is perhaps no more remarkable than
ome OF vIs cures accomplished by Hostel
.er's Stomach bittG-s in bad cases ot dys'
pepsia, indigestion end constipation. This IL
In age OF wonderful achievements.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
Judge q. \. Irwin sworn In.

Judge c, +, Irwin arrived at FL Reno
Saturday from Guthrie, where he had
been TO be sworn in as judge of the
second judicial district. The Judge
district comprises the counties of Can,
adian, kiug fisher, Custer, Washita,
and Roger Mills. Ed. NJ. Eegler who
has so ably filled the office of district
clerk, will drop TO the position of first
deputy Mr. w. 5. Hunter who sue.
ceeds Mr.. Hegler as district clerk, is
from Illinois. The rest of Judge Tars-
ney's retinue will be retained for
awhile.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

THE war department has secured
from well-known press clipping
bureau "a newspaper history of the
war with Spain" The history com
prises 20 volumes, each volume con.
tanning 200 pages. 1t will be valua.
BILE contribution TO the history OF the
war. Each date begins with the
press dispatches, then things of a
civil nature bearing upon the war,
war legislation, interviews and let.
ters from people in regard to the war;
and, lastly, editorials. A great deal
of special correspondence from promi-
nent correspondents is preserved ip
these volumes
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30
STATE OF ONO, CITY 81 TOLEDO, =.
I rfAS epr STy -

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is tn,
senior partner OF the hrm of +. j. Cheney
/ Co., doing business in the city of Toledo
County and State aforesaid, and that s7it
irm will pay the sum OF One Hundred Dol
,annot be cured by the use of Halls Cstarrl
Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in m,
presence, this 9th day of December, A. ID
1855 A. w. GLEASON,
[Seall Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally anC
tets directly on the blood and mucous sur
aces of the system. Send for testimonials
nee, T. j; CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

ARMY officials are planning legisla-
tion for the permanent organization of
the army at the next session of congress
and there is one idea receiving much
attention. 1t is to give the different
states of the union special interest
in the United States troops by fixing
regular army quota TO be supplied
by the various states according TO
their population and then calling the
regiment or regiments, as the case
may be, after the state in which it or
they are organized 1t is claimed that
IL would serve to create state pride
in the regiments.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

Mr.. DAWES, the comptroller OF the
currency, in answer to inquiries in re-
gard to the apparent scarcity of paper
money, said that the chief reason for
the growing demand for paper money
was unquestionably the increase in
the general volume of business There
has been no reduction in the amount
of paper money which of itself would
cause scarcity. The amount of paper
money in circulation March /, 1899, is
much greater than it was year ago,
the total increase in circulation over
one year ago being s45, $685.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

ACCORDING TO the Railroad Gazette
there were during the year ls9sin this
country 2,22s railroad accidents, re-
sulting in the death OF 426 persons, of
whom &c were passengers and S25 were
employees; GIG passengers received in.
iuries and t.O21 employees were hurt
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

MIR. MANGUM, of Vicksburg, Miss.
has recently tried the experiment o.
having 30 monkeys TO work on his
plantation picking cotton and states
that he found it both profitable and
successful "The introduction of mon,
keys as cotton pickers means more to
the south" said he, "thau a cotton.
picking machine; for the monkeys are
success as piekers, while the
machines, so far, have been failures.
The monkeys are in every way superior
TO negroes as pickers and the cost OF
picking is about one third" Next fall
MIR. Mangnm intends to import ,,OOC
more monkeys from Africa.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

SHOE tops will soon be turned out
by trust Under the corporate title
of the American Hide and Leather
company, with gross capitalization of
$50, Oo0. 900, 25 out of 80 OF the leading
tanneries Of the United States have, it
was said, decided TO pool issues.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

A coPPER combination OF vast dimen-
sions is soon TO be organized in which
the Rockefellers will be the chief fac
tors 1t is proposed to bring together
some of the largest mining properties
in the country. The exact amount OF
the capital stock of the new trust is
not yet known, but in well-informed
quarters in New York IL is said that it
will be 5000. 600, 600.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-03-30

ANNA LANDS, a Swiss silk weaver at
New York whose stomach was removed
last year and who experienced good
health for almost IA months without
the organ which heretofore has been
considered indispensable, is dead.
The ultimate cause of her death had
no connection with the operation,
however The surgical feat proved
highly successful and added more than
year of comfort to the patients life