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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15

teen fratcrnal organizations have a mesl-
bership of s7.S5i and own property valued
at ssi9.55G. 20
Since the division OF the territory Into
seven instead OF five districts the husi-
Eess OF the courts has been less con-
gested and the utmost expedition has
been used in the disposition OF The cases.
The necessity Of 4 separate and distinct
supreme bench in place OF the present
system becomes yearly more urgent. as
the judges require their entire time IN
these district sessions. There have been
SIS cases docketed. 5.ss3 disposed OF dur
ing the year; on June %. 1908. there were
on the dockets. 4.iSl cases. The terri
tcrisl law library is valued a; s5eoco. and
is very popular ard useful.
As Oklahoma has 40 territorial prison.
It's conyicts arc cared for at Lansing.
Kan. under contract with the state
authorities. TIE territory has hetetofoss
paid 55 cents per day Tor each convict.
Recently however. new contract wss
entered into by which the territory agrees
TO pay the sum Of - cents per day TOR
each prisoner, they to be treated in ev-
cry way as are those OF the state or KAN
Is s2s. The cost 20 the territory OF caro-
end keeping FOR the year ending June
~. 1906. was Sse5sl 20. and Tor iranspoT,a-
tion. ,6.1si.--: total. so.Tf2.6-.
The territory has "a contract for the
care and keeping Of its insane With tha
Oklahoma saritaFium Company. Tho
sanitariunn has recently been thoroughly
overhsuled asd remodeied and much i'm
proved in equipment and Ia sanitary con
di,lons on June 30. 1865. there were 80
inmates The cost 90 the territory foSk
transportation and care Tor The past yesrS
was s74ee9.f7.
Sixty-foar pupils arc ia attendance az
the Deaf and Dumb Institute. There have
been TO deaths or eases % serious t.iu-ss
during the past year The amount psid
- The territory FOR thClF care and keep
ins was sl5.5sssa.
There are now registered SIS phsrma-
cists. The number Of licensed dentists
was Increased during the past year 6y
=. making the total ~ the present isa
The Law governing the practice of medf-
cine vas made Tnorr stringcn; ~ tns
last legislature There are some isoo
physicians of al schools engaged IN the
practice of medicine
The National Guard comprises as en-
GERS and enlisted men. distributed among
y companies. troop cavalry. 1 batter.
hispiial corps. engineer cofps. nnd
signal corps 80 TIE pfereut tire.
There are Published - ,ae territory =
daily. 80 weekly. - monthly ssui-
n onthiy. si.d quarterly publications
THE number of acrss q gogsfslu@af
land vhirh have been iisa On as hDfno-
steafs. ihe number - transfers reported
b. ths registers - deeds Ga eses cosatx.
sud the growth ~ popgisiiou of every
city and town So the territory. al sad4-
cate that She immigration lnfe Oklahoma
dsrirg 'be PAST Ssar has oeen os corsss-
eratie rraan-trssss
10 regard y riatehood fhe za7crnor
saTs-
opr people are ia every rerp~ct en;isied
Continued Ga SiEtb Page.
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PIONEER is DEAD.
Col. G. n. Amens OF Lincoln County
Esss Passed AWAY

Chandler. @. T. Dec l4--Nsws has been
received by telegraph OF the death Of
Col. 6. II -Ament. which occurred 1t
Paris. Ky. His daughter Mrs. II. :. En-
merson. drove up from Sparks and took
the train for Paris and attended the
funeral. which occurred Thursday after
noon.
Col Ament was ore OF the early ard
most respected citizens OF Linz OH ceun-
y. having settled here CT the day ot
The opening. Fer seven years he occu-
pied tire fias bottom farm TIVE ard one
half miles west OF town which he secured
In the opening. Failing health thea eom-
PEELED him 70 abandon farm life and hs
ard AiS vie lived for CO... years With
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15
FILES A MORTGAGE.
Loan Is Secured With Which to Con-
Struct the Line,

Guthrie, o. T., Dec. 14-Papers were
fled with the secretary of Oklahoma to-
day, of a mortgage OF 5,0o0. 900 made by
the Muskogee Southern railroad, which
is incorporated under the laws of Okla
homa, from the Kansas boundary line
through the Usage nation and the Indian
territory to the Canadian river on the
south. The loan was made by the Illinois
Trust and Savings bank, bonds 10 the
extent of $4,000 per mile to be issued in
the construction of the road and $1,000, 90
to be held nj reserve for extensions and
additional improvements and terminals.
The road is to 260 miles in length and
since the money has been secured for
construction the directors expect TO be-
gin work soon
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their daughter, Mrs. H. S. Emmerson.
Only last September they moved to their
Old home at Paris. KY, where two of
their children live.
Although Mr.. Ament had been feeble for
a long time, his death was sudden at
the last. and was a shock to his family.
He leaves wife and eight children.
Three of the latter live in this county:
Mrs. j. W. Bartlett of Chandler. Robert
Anaent of ken6rick and Mrs II. s. EN-
merson Of Sparks. Three live in Mis1
souri,. among them being the daughter
who lived here on the claim in the early
days. She was then Miss Merits Ament,
but she has since married
Col. Ament was - years of age. He
was a fine example Of the chivalrous
southern gentleman. Many warm friends
here learn with deep regret of his death
and feel the sincerest sympathy for the
sorrowing ones left behind.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15
QUEENAN CASE AGAIN.
Oklahoma County Must Make the Next
Move,

Guthrie, o. r., Dec ii.-It belongs to
the officials to Oklahoma county to do
something in the case of Tom Oueenan,
convicted of wife murder in January,
1900, in Oklahoma City, and sentenced to
hang. Both Oklahoma supreme court
and the United States supreme court sus
tanned the verdict of the lower court.
Governor Ferguson has been petitioned
to commute Queenan's sentence to life
imprisonment, but the rla-ier is not yet
officially before him. It is now the move
of the Oklahoma county ofncers. The
mandate of the Oklahoma supreme court
was received a month ago, but thus far
no action has been taken
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15
Would Place State Militia Under
Charge of the Government.

Guthrie, o. T., Dec. 1i.--Adjutant Cen
eral Z. p Bur,ingame of the Oklahoma
National Guard is in receipt of communi-
cations from like officials in Texas and
South Carolina, requecting him to write
to Congressman Dick, chairman of the
committee on military affairs, regarding
any further legislation needed by the
Oklahoma militia. Like communications
are being gent to the adjutant generals
of all states and territories. One i'm
portant move is TO place the state mill
tias under the governments charge in
stead of the states
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15
WAS FOUND DYING.
Stranger Appeared to Suffer From
Narcotic POISONING.

Kingfsher. Q. T, Lee. IA well dress
ed stranger hired Saturday TO George
Newer. a farmer four miles south of
Kinghsher. This morning he was found
dying. although he had not been COM
planning. The only thing showing identity
was a pass book with the name Sam
Martin. inside, and the address. Win
chester. Tenn. Nothing was known OF
whence he came. No drugs were found.
The symptoms were those OF Narcotic
poisoninE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15
GRAND JURY NEXT MONTH.
Greer County District Court Will Soon
Be in Session.

Granite, o. T., Dec. 1.-THE Enter
prise says a grand jury for the county
will probably convene about the middle
of January or as soon Thereafter as the
health of the judge will permit him to
commence term of district court here.
He has been strickened with rheuma-
tism and this makes the time of the con-
vening of the next term of court little
uncertain 1t is desired that the grand
jury work be disposed of during the
first few days of the term so that all
possible time and effort may be devoted
TO an attempt to clean up the criminal
trial docket Of the court.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15
WILL HEAR EVIDENCE.
Charles J. Bonapsrte viii Be at Mus
koQee. December IS.

oklahoma City. O. r. Dec. M-Chas.
J. Bonaparte and Clinton r Woodruff.
specially appointed by the president 70
conduct an investigation ot affairs in
the Indian territory for the interior de-
partment. have notified eOmpl1iaants
that they will hear evidence at Muskogee
December Is The charges involve a NUM-
ber OF federal officials and the Dawes
commission
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15
STRONGEST MAN IN TERRITORY.
Governor Ferguson May Be the First
Senator From Oklahoma.

Guthrie. o. T. Dec 1i-In speaking to-
day of possible candidates for the United
States senatorship, in case of statehood,
leading Republican official made the
statement today that Governor Tom Fer
guson, beyond any doubt, would be one
OF the first two senators. In my opin-
ion," he said, Governor Ferguson is
by far the strongest man in the terri
tory today with the people at large. His
administration of affairs has made him
close TO the people and strong with ali
of Them"
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Territorial Charters Granted.

Guthrie, q. T., Dec. 12-Charters have
been issued by the territorial secretary
as follows:
The Arlington Gas. Oil and Coal Co., of
Arlington, with capital stock of 81 500.
The stockholders are Ed. Weilman, X. F.
Gravitt, r. II. Fairbanks, D. NJ Barricb,
A. D. Fairbanks, all of Arlington.
The Kia Nichi Gulch Mining Co., of
Lawton. with a capital stock of 81, ,500. .0o0
The stockholders are W. d. Earl. Mary
H. Earl, o. r. Rurnham, Emm Baird,
Alvin Campbell, Rose Goodwin, of Law
ton, I. c. Boyd, of Washington, d. c., J.
Z. Jarvis, w. NJ. Skinner, of Lawton
The Bank of Commerce of Geary, with
capital stock of $1G0.0oo The stockhold-
ers are: c. H. Dewaide, of Oklahoma
City; A. L. Bartlett OF ST. Joseph, Mo-:
r. d. Woods and W. III. Hall, of Geary,
and r. NJ. FELTON,. of Hydro.
The Telluride United Mines Co., of
Guthrie and Chicago, H.. with q capital
stock of S1.O00.000. The stockholders are:
Daniel G. Thompson, c. J. Bishop, C. w.
Adams. g +. Boscom, of Chicago and
G. V. Pattison and y. l.. Hourighaus, of
Guthrie.
The first Christian church of Wakita,
J. T. Walton. Peter Ritey, Fletcher Priv
ett, Sr., W. Clinesmith. Olaf Matson. w.
D. Ross, c. II. Matary, and Walter Priv
EFT.
The Baptist Missionary Baptist church
of Cereal O. T., with the following trus-
tees and incorporators: j. w Zlanton
J. W. Fox and Arthur White.
The First PRESBYTERIAN church of Red
Schwartz and j. NJ McElhaney as direc-
tors and incorporators.
Notarial commissions were issued as fol-
fows:
Daniel T. ouinlan. of Sophia, Beaver
county.
Fred Framholtz. of Bison, Garfield
county.
L. E. Bragg, of Temple. Comanche
county.
c. e Don Carlos, of Mangum, Greer
county.
n. s. Sherman. OF Oklahoma City, Ok
lahona county.
Bert f. Foulds. of Gate, Beaver county.
Charles l.. Thornton, OF Texas, Co.
manche county.
John ". Flourney. OF Texola, Greer
county.
Guthrie. 0. T. Dec. 1.-THE following
territorial charters have been issued:
The Newkirk Oil company, of Newkirk,
with $500 capital stock. The incorpo-
rators are c. n. Johnson. ]. s Thomas
A. =. Williams, r. McCauley. T. Q. VIII
liams, II. C. Lambert, =. w. Smith. Harry
Grisby and s. II. Stevens.
The Entering Wedge Mining company,
Of Roosevelt. with 81, ,coo.O0o capital stock.
The incorporators are \. I. Schwartz,
]. B. Lenertz and r. II. Davenport. of
Granite; w NJ Parker. r. L. Hutton and
j. D. Hutton. Of Roosevelt
The Telluride United States Mining
company, OF Guthrie and Chicago. Iii.
with 100000 capital stock. The incor
porators are Daniel G. Thomas. c. J.
Bishop. G. W. Adams and c. F. Bascou,
of Chicago: C. V. Pattison and ~ L.
Homrighous. OF Guthrie.
The Oklahoma Corn Growers associa-
ton. Of Newkirk with the following IN
corporators: ]. O. Thomas, William
Howard Phelps. W g Bardo, Of Newkirl.
and the dean Of the Oklahoma experiment
station at saltwater.
\ notarial commission has been granted
to q Il Schultz Of Blackburn, Paw
nee county.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15
Munyon's Kitch-Ha Soap
MAKES THE SKIN
SOFT AS VELVET

tell-tale stones found yet in the vicinity.
but careful search may reveal them
The old legend says that when the right
spot is found there will be three stones
forming triangle ana in the center OF
this will be found the buried treasure.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15
Headaches From Colds.

Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the
cause To get the genuine, call for the
full name. 25c.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15
To Cure ascoId in One ,ay

Take Laxative Bromo Quinirs Tablets.
All druggists refund the mone- 4 it fails
to cure. Z. w. Groves sigma! -.'e is on
each box. 25c.
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Guthrie. o T. Dec 1.-THE Official
call has been issued for the annual busi-
ness convention OF the school land les
sees OF the territory in Guthrie OF Jauu-
airy / The principal business is he e'ec-
ton of officers. the candidacy of Reure-
sentative \. McTagart OF Woods county
for president being the blg thing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-15

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all the essentials of a singer, deep
dramatic sense. the poetic faculty the
intellectual outlook. ear, voice, every
thing. in fact. Wonderful mani He is
doctor Of philosophy, an instructor OF
harmony plays the violin and is first ira
gedian in the Stats Theater at Meinin-
gen. Why, he couldn't help singing! He
brought the other Wolf song. too, the
'Fussreise,' I gave the other night. That
embodies to me the whole spirit of the
morning.
You must have some splendid recitals
in London?"
'Hml" the singer said, mot so many
as we should have. There are two things
in London that make a singers life not
wholly happy one-that's II he cares
for his work. The charity concert is one.
There's a perfect plague of them. Some
titled this or the other will write hon
eyed note insisting that you sing for the
benefit of a home for tongue-tied cocka-
toos or hump-backed kangaroos in which
she is interested. The dear duchess her.
self does not pull a penny out of her
august pocket, by the way. And some
times one cannot refuse. The objects are
so ludicrous, too, frequently, and the
more sentimental the more successful. l
remember for example, a benefit for
homeless dogs that netted a clean cess,
while in the same week a benefit for
broken down old singer, Anna Cole. made
just 915. 1t is the same way with actors.
Little Dan Leno, the cleverest low COM
edian on the English stage is now in an
asylum through overwork, said to be
largely due to the excessive demands
made upon him by so-called charitable
institutions"
And the other reason why the singers
life is not all beer and skittles in Lon
DOM"
THAT is more serious. 1t is the low
tone of appreciation for the best songs
that prevails-of course, comparatively.
And again, happily, it is changing every
day for the better But the indifference
and ignorance of the public as to the best
of song art is directly due to the vicious
system of song royalties that is ram
pant Edward Lloyd, for example, got
never less than $500 a year for singing
'The-Unholy! City Antoinette Sterling
used to make an annual e700 for singing
The Lost Chord Well. then, the public
naturally said to itself-not knowing of
this-'these songs must be good, for these
great singers sing them, and went home
to put them on every piano rack in the
country. Then the poor song writers, with
Albani and such people in such roper
torres, wrote songs to fit them-venal, of
course, but, unfortunately, all but inevi-
table The whole song standard is low
cred in consequence. I have the honor to
be- and Mr.. O'Sullivan shook a proud
head, lone of the smallest royalty singers
in England. But there's Plunkett Greene
and a few others to keep up the fight"
Trust an Irishman to be in some sort
of fight" / laughed.
"Ah, must tell you about the Sligo fes-
tival," the Irishman then laughed. 81 go
down to sing there every year, and last
year at the little affair; they had thrif1e
of a singing contest they made me make
a 'spache' he actually saidl well.
went for the people, starting with his
Lordship the Bishop. You my lord Bish-
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MRS. FISKE WINS ~
HIGHEST PRAISE
IN HEYSE DRAMA

P to the time at which Mrs. Fiske
produced Mary of Magdela," Paul
~ Heyse's powerful drama of ancient
Jerusalem, in which she appears
as the Magdalen, herb fame has grown
to a point that placed her apart
from other actresses in English through
a succession of remarkable impersona-
tions of the most difficult of char
acters, all of which were modern to a de-
gree 1t had enormously been presumed
that Mrs. Fiske was solely a great ex-
ponent of the modern school of acting.
The fact that her earlier experiences in
the theater were in the classic drama in
association with the great among the
players of those earlier years, and that
such experiences must have fnstilled the
best inspiration possible, was lost sight of
The error was seen when Mrs Ffska
originated in English the part Of Mary of
Magdala in the Heyse drama. in which
she will be seen in this city during tba
present season William Winter the dean
of American critics, said in the New York
Tribune on the morning after the produc-
ton of MARY Of Magdala": Mrs Fiske
who has not hitherto acted any part that
contains so much experience feeling
spirituality and mournful beauty as are
combined in the Magdalen. rises in This
embodiment to an impressive altitude of
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op, l said and you, Nj. Creighton, and
you-so on-it's the shame it is for all
this talent here to be neglected for the
sake of a few guineas and scrap of in
terest. I'll tell you what I'll do-Ill come
down and adjudicate every year and start
a prize fund ii any one will follow me.
And this year. would you think it. they
had a splendid little festival-choruses
bands, violin solos. songs. All sorts of
music they had, from rale ould Gaelic
patter songs to q Paiaestrina eight-part
motet. The motet was sung by an old
fellow that looked like Moses, an ancient
grandam, two little snub-nosed girls and
others, and was led by a o1e-legged prac-
teal plumber They were all factory folk
from Newry, and / tell you they sang
wonderfully.
81 wanted the thing more to give the
people something to think of besides poll
tics this patriot Gael went on, Ito keep
the men out of saloons and to give the
girl children a chance to come in contact
with things fine and pretty. And it was
charming to see the factory girls in their
simple little dresses singing alongside rich
young women with every external refine
ment. But l nearly blubbered when the
school children sang-babies of II to 10.
It's Ditiful as a bird cry. There's
a pathos unexplainable about the child
voice. The only thing that saved
me was joke, and l grabbed for it like
q drowning mani"
ITO the Sligo festival" I said in going.
Long life to it," said Denis O'Sullivan.
81 am rather ritard-is it not?" Grego-
retti cried as he came into Mr.. Leahy's
office at the Tivoii a moment or two after
/ arrived there on my baritone hunt. He
held out a fervent italian hand, and
every bit of his dental jewelry beamed
on me. ~ am very glad know you. I
thank you for what you write about me.
You have been very kind all this with
a well-rehearsed and artless huency.
"And you have been very clever" I
echo, smiling back This is an infectious
" good -humored person. To begin, then.
l asked: do you know Salassa? We like
him very much here?" To Gregoretti.
the fine old artists legitimate successor,
the question was obviously natural.
mo; but by name" he replied, and
noted then the clean, careful and musi-
cal cut of such English as Gregoretti has.
81 know you like him. When you write
about me. you speak of him, is it not?"
and the singer leaned back with joyful
pride in himself. You excuse me if
speak English; I practice with you
What parts do you specially like to
Specially, speciality" Gregoretti quot
ed. bewildered
'Parlez francais?''
A bubbling "Oui! QUIZ answered me.
/ translated.
81 have a prediction, no?' Gregoretti
looked at me.
Prediction all right I nodded.
II have predilection,' with proud rep
etition, ''for Ernani, Figaro, Radcliffe,
Baron Scarpia, Gerad-oh. l can't think"
with his hands thrown up. II have sing
forty-six roles"
"Iago, of course?"
"Oh, mooch like Iago. But Maurel you
should hear. Vous aimeriez beaucouo
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lico favorito. you know. In Italy not so.
l not know if 1 great man there, or lit
tie man"
Then in a polyglot lingo Gregoretu
showed his thoughtful side in an eloquent
exposition Of operatic conditions in Italy.
How the Socialist party, in view OF the
poverty of the country. has declared IL
self against the subventiOning Of thea
ters. How there is another clique that
is all in favor of the retaining of the
subvention traditions. How these two
parties make themselves evident in the
atrical audiences by applauding and hiss
ing certain singers for no other reason
than that the other side does the Other
thing. How in consequence the independ-
ent, with a Socialist on one side and
subventionist on the other, one applaud
ing, the other kissing, does not know
what to do. How in Rome the great
Argentina Theater, once the recipient OF
200 600 francs for a four months season
yearly. now gets nothing. How the the
aters are everywhere closing
"And it is better for the poor when
theaters are opened" Gregoretu con-
cluded. Ladies want the gloves and a
new dress, want always TO change,
n'est-ce pas? And make it better for
merchants and better for theaters and
better fer singers"
What do the King and Queen think
about the situation?"
mo care" laughed GregorettiS like
only automobile" -