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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE.
Forty.Eight Thousand Dollars Paid
for a Fancy Lot Of Tobacco.

The biggest purchase of high grade
tobacco ever made in the West by
a cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank p. Lewis. Peo-
ria, ILL.,, for his celebrated Single ,ind-
or cigar. A written guarantee was
given that the entire amount was to
be fancy selected tobacco. This, no
doubt, makes the Lewis factory the
largest holder in the United States
of tobacco of SO high grading
Herald Transcript, Peoria.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

At Lafcadio Hearn's funeral at Oku.
DO. In japan. an address presented by
his former students spoke of the pen
OF the deceased having been more
powerful than Japan's victorious
sword. which Is strong way OF out.
ting 1t just at present.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

r. 8. Messmer, of Hiawatha, Kas..
claims the corn husking record of.
Kansas for this fall. Recently while
at work in the corn field of Jack NJ.
Hart, who lives north of Hiawatha,
he "shucked" 205 bushels in 10 hours.
Messmer's home is at Fredonia, Kas..
but he has worked here all fall. He
husks on an average of 100 bushels of
corn a day.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
Drink Plenty Of Water

Drink a glass Of water when you
get out Of bed In the morning. Never
mind the size of the glass. Let the
water be cold II you will. Some peo-
pie prescribe hot water, but that isn't
necessary. You may have washed
your face already and relished the
experience. You may have taken a
cold plunge in the tub and delighted
in the shock and it's reaction. The
brisk use of the toothbrush has left
your mouth and the breath sweet.
But you are dirty still.
Drink a glass Of cold water in the
name of cleanliness. It becomes one
of the shortest and easiest toilet du-
ties. II Is swallowed in a second, and
In Eve minutes has passed from the
stomach, taking with 1t the clogging
secretiOns of the alimentary tracts.
1t has left behiad the stimulus that
goes with cold water, and by filling
the arterial system to the normal. 1t
puts spur to the circulation that
has grown sluggish In the night.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
Insist on GETTING It.

Defiance Starch. This is because they
have stock on hand of other brands
containing only IL OF In a package,
which they won't be able to sell first.
because Defiance contains 16 OF. for
the same money.
Do you want 16 OF. instead OF u Oh.
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires no cooking.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

A woman has an idea II no men
speak to her on the street 1t Is be-
cause they think her husband is con-
cealed somewhere about her.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

Five buildings were destroyed by
fire in haw,on last Friday night. The
cause OF the fire is unknown. Loss.
$2,5OO.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

The twenty-fifth anniversary OF the
founding of the Congregational
church at Vinita was recently cele.
brated.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

It is estimated that 100000 worth
OF property was destroyed in the In
dian Territory last week by forest
and prairie fires.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

A GUAI,ANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
itching, Blind. bleeding or Protruding Pilcs. Your
druggist will refund money II PAZO OINTMENT
falls " cure you In 10 IA days. Soc.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

A girl is mighty clever to have q
different way of making fool of
every different man.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative BromO Quinnc Tablets. All drug.
gists refund tho money II II falls to cure. 4. W.
Groves signature is on each box. CSC.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
GUARANTEED MINING INVEST.
MEN19.

We are the largest mine operators
In the west and cordially invite you
to write for prospectus and full partic.
ulars about OUR NINE ASSOCIATED
COMPANIES. which have Joined In
forming our INVESTORS GUARAN.
TEE ASSOCIATION. with $5.O00.O00
capital, TO GUARANTEE ALL OF
OUR INVESTORS AGAINST LOSS.
Write for free information and be con-
vinced.
ARBUCKLE-GOODE COMMISSION
COMPANY,
325 Olive Street, st. Louis. Mo.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

At q recent meeting, the teachers
OF Comanche county, in session at
Lawton, a set OF resolutions indorsing
the prohibition movement were in.
dOrsed.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

A harrow company has been organ
lied at Tulsa with q capital stock OF
$4,000.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

An eight-foot vein of coal Is said to
have been discovered near Arapaho.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

Muskogee has between thirteen
and fourteen hundred union men.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

All Upto.Dats Housekeepers
use Defiance Cold Water Starch, be-
cause 1t Is better. and OF. more of II
for same money.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

The most expensive thing in tho
world is to win bet, because you
have to celebrate 1t.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

It's awful bad luck to dream yor
aren't married when you are.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

w. A. Angel, chief clerk in the
Atoka land Office. reports that ninety
per cent Of the Choctaw allotments
have been made.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

John Labrier, who was ordered ar
rested as an accomplice of William
Regnier in the killing of Will Rowan
in north Beaver county several weeks
ago. has been released on a $500
bond. Regnier has been convicted,
but has appealed to the supreme
court.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
325 Olive Street. st. Louis

Whan sincerity can be expected
from a combination of curling tongs:
rabbits foot and stays.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

Even II some things refuse to go
your way. there are other things.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08
NEW STATE NEWS.

NEW STATE NEWS.
An eight-foot vein of coal Is said to
have been discovered near Arapaho.
A harrow company has been organ
lied at Tulsa with q capital stock OF
$4,000.
Muskogee has between thirteen
and fourteen hundred union men.
Five buildings were destroyed by
fire in lawton last Friday night. The
cause OF the fire Is unknown. Loss.
$4,000.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
founding of the Congregational
church at Vinita was recently cele.
brated.
1t is estimated that 100000 worth
OF property was destroyed in the In
dian Territory last week by forest
and prairie fires.
At recent meeting, the teachers
of Comanche county, in session at
Lawton, set OF resolutions indorsing
the prohibition movement were in.
dOrsed.
w. A. Angel, chief clerk in the
Atoka land Office. reports that ninety
per cent of the Choctaw allotments
have been made.
John Labrier, who was ordered ar
rested as an accomplice Of william
Regnier in the killing Of Will Rowan
in north Beaver county several weeks
ago. has been released on a $500
bond. Regnier has been convicted,
but has appealed to the supreme
court.
The body of William Slatterly, the
man murdered in the Wichita noun
tains by companion. was taken to
Chillicothe, Mo-, for burial. Mr..
slatterly resided at that place before
moving to Oklahoma.
The United States grand jury at
Fauls Valley returned 113 true bills.
Most OF these were for gambling and
introducing liquor into the territory.
The United States citizenship court,
sitting at Tishomingo has denied the
application In the celebrated Sarah
Palmer case, which involved the right
to citizenship in the Chickasaw ma
tion OK large number of claimants
There Is no appeal from the decision.
Lawton's mayor has ordered that
NIL gambling halls. dance halls and
houses Of III repute be closed. He
has also declared war on the police
force.
At Forney Spur large barn be-
longing to Tom Jester was destroyed,
as n result OF a prairie fire. The barn
was filled with hay and grain. and
the contents were total loss. as
there was no insurance.
The Oklahoma building at the
Worlds fair has been sold to the Elk
lodge at FL Reno for $4,000. The
building will be produced at El Reno
exactly as 1t now stands at the fair
grounds. The structure at st. Louis
cost the territory $15,420.10.
The franchise and team of the lola,
Kansas. club. which last year won the
pennant In the Missouri Valley base
ball league, has been bought by Okla
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

The body Of William Slatterly, the
man murdered in the Wichita noun.
tains by a companion. was taken to
Chillicothe, Mo-. for burial. Mr..
slatterly resided at that place before
moving to Oklahoma.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

At Forney Spur large barn be-
longing to Tom Jester was destroyed,
as result OF prairie fire. The barn
was filled with hay and grain. and
the contents were a total loss. as
there was no insurance.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

Lawton's mayor has ordered tha
all gambling halls. dance halls ant
houses Of III repute be closed. HI
has also declared war on the police
force.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

The franchise and team of the lola,
Kansas. club. which last year won the
pennant In the Missouri Valley base
ball league, has been bought by Okla
homa City. and the team removed to
that city. Guthrie has also secured
n franchise in this league. which will
In the future be known as the West
ern association. Gene Barnes. who
last year managed the Oklahoma City
team. is tho purchaser of the lola
franchise.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

The Oklahoma building at the
Worlds fair has been sold to the Elk
lodge at FL Reno for $4,000. The
building will be produced at El Reno
exactly as 1t now stands Mt the fair
grounds. The structure at st. Louis
cost the territory $15,420.10.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

The United States grand jury at
fauls Valley returned 113 true bills.
Most OF these were for gambling and
introducing liquor into the territory.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1904-12-08

The United States citizenship court,
sitting at Tishomingo. has denied the
application In the celebrated Sarah
Palmer case. which involved the right
to citizenship in the Chickasaw ma
tion OF a large number Of claimants.
There Is no appeal from the decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-20
What the INQUEST is For.

There begins today in New York a cor
oner's inquest TO determine the responsible
ity for the appalling catastrophe of last
Wednesday. when loaded excursion
steamer was burned in the East river and
more than 800 persons lost their lives
Three points in particular are to be COW
cred, the origin of the fire and the methods
employed In fighting It: the management of
the boat when the fire was reported to its
commander, and finally the equipment of
the boat as respects facilities for saving life
On all three points charges have been made
rejecting upon the company owning and
the men operating the boat. While this in
quiry Is In progress the federal authorities
will conduct an investigation of their own
into the manner in which the laws regulat-
ing steamboat traffic were enforced In this
instance and what responsibility rests upon
the owners of the boat or the government
inspectors who issued the certificate enti-
Ting them to put the Slocum In commission
Between the two investiga tons the field
should be thoroughly covered and every
asoertainable fact disclosed. For the river
excursion business IL 30 vast and affects 50
many millions Of people that 1t is in the
highest degree important that the causes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-20

figures, Of increased cotton acreage ana cot
ton production in Togo. Kamerun. German
East Africa, Songea, Lagos. New Guinea
northern and southern Nigeria and the
Nyassa highland in Africa In Nyassa
alone the increase In cotton area is from
1912 acres last year to e8.S40 acres this
year.
Mr.. Mason in his report tells Of the dis
tribution Of American and Egyptian cot
ton seed in Asia Minor. Morocco. BOrneo
and Brazil. There is no doubt that the
cotton area in Egypt has been largely In
creased by the construction of the Aboukir
dam for the storage of the food waters OF
the Nile for irrigation.
The increase above last year in the acre
age tn the southern United States was over
10 per cent, bringing the total cotton acres
to about 80 600 600. This increase was partly
made by planting many old fields in cotton
and by the conversion Of sugar land In
Louisiana and tobacco land in southern
Virginia and North Carolina.
The worlds consumption of. cotton is in
creastng. 1t may be that in the next dec
ade Africa and South America will COM
pete with the United States In growing the
white fiber
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-20
African Cotton.

When cotton was being marked up by the
cent rather than by the point 1t was con-
iectured that the bull operators were over
doing 1t. 1t was thought in the first place
that they were marking the price so high
that they would not be able to unload their
holdings and so 1t proved 1t was thought
IN the second place that giving to cotton
such a high fictitious price would stimulate
the production out of due proportion to the
demand and bring loss to planters. 1t was
also believed that the ease with which
few market operators manipulated the
American crop and threatened foreign spin
ners with extortion would strongly encour-
age the opening up of cotton areas in other
parts of the world in competition with the
American grower.
New cotton lands are being made avail
able and more will be. For long time II
was a southern superstition that only in the
south United States could first-class cotton
be grown. No one thinks this now Then
there was another belief that cotton re-
auired a proportion Of heat and cold not
found in many parts Of the world-that cot
ton would not thrive in summer where
there was not frost in winter,
The cotton grower would be more af-
fected by competition Of cheaper field labor
than the wheat. corn or potato grower, be-
cause cotton Is not harvested by machinery.
1t can be planted. cultivated, ginned and
pressed by machinery, but 1t must be
picked by hand.
A recent report from the United States
consul general at Berlin, gives impressive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-20

and circumstances Of this disaster should
be made known to the end Of strengthening
all possible safeguards against repettions.
The public demand - for the utilization OF
this horror for preventive purposes. and not
merely for the punishment OF those who
may have contributed by their incompe-
tence or cowardice or corruption to the
awful result. That such as these. when de-
tected. viii be punished is accepted as q
matter Of c0urse.
What IL wanted first Of all Is assurance
that the laws, II not sufficient to guarantee
the utmost degree Of safety on the boats.
shall be strengthened to the end that the
federal governments jurisdiction may per-
NIT 1t to compel the adoption of every
known appliance for reducing the danger
to life. OF course no laws and no severity
of administrative enforcement will prevent
errors Of judgment such as that which. 1t
Is charged. resulted In the Slocum being
carried an unnecessarily long distance up
river after the IRE was discovered. Nor
can statutes prevent panic from spreading
among hundreds Of women and children
But laws can and should operate to prevent
the commissioning Of tinder-box boats
carrying high infiammables improperly
protected. equipped with rotten. dust filled
Hfe-preservers, unavailable boats and rot
ten fire hose. and manned by incompetent
crews. Laws can be framed and executed
to the end of raising the standard Of eff
fectiveness Of all Hfe-guarding appliances.
Laws can and should be enforced to raise
also the standard Of character of the men
into whose care the lives Of millions of
people are annually intrusted on the rivers.
This, then, is the best object of the in
QuirieS now on foot, to make sure that
through the exploita ton Of the actual facts
of the Slocum disaster a public sentiment
shall be created certain to force the enact
ment of the necessary federal and state
legislation to yield a thorough. reliable,
honest steamboat inspection. and through
1t to eliminate from the excursion business
the fire-trap hulks and the incompetent Of
hcers and crews now engaged in this bust
ness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-20
Park Tree Cutting.

The thinning out of the trees in Lafayette
Square by order Of the President has been
Viewed with alarm by some citizens, who
seem 10 fear that the axe strokes soon to
be heard there presage :, general devasta-
tion Of the park trees of the capital. In
point OF fact no such deplorable result Is to
be dreaded in consequence OF the Lafayette
Square enterprise. The President, it is graft
flying to note first of all. took counsel In the
case with Mr. Pinchot, enc of the foremost
American authorities on trees and their Gull
ture. Mr. Pinchot has been engaged for
years in an effort to stimulate tree love
among the people and to teach the best
way Of forest preservation. He Is the last
man to suspect of butchery. His program
of cutting was based, 1t would seem, upon a
desire to benefit the larger, finer growths
of the park. without actually lessening the
shade or injuring the artistic aspect of the
reservation If single one of the great
eims Of the square had been marked for de-
gtruction to open a view from the White
House protest would have been Justifiable
The Presidents desire. however, seems to
have been to foster the best growth in the
square and to clear away the useless under
growth.
Last week there was begun a tree-destroy-
critical feelings in the breasts of the people
The axemen were started at work in re-
moving the trees which row occupy the site
for the new National Museum building The
site having been formally chosen probably
no amount of protesting would avail to
check these tree-destroyers one minute.
But the telling of these park growths
stands today for the violation of a principle
which Is vitality related to the capitals at
Effectiveness. In place of beautiful trees
will some day arise creation in masonry,
which. however artistic, will never COM
pensate for the lost growths of nature. And
that building will represent a tendency in
site-choosing on the par. of Congress which
must be vigorously combated by every be-
lever in the future splendor of Washington.
This obstruction of park trees, however,
suggests a still more ruthless slaughter of
fine grnwths. which has been proposed by
the advocates of what is known as the
Mall vista boulevard as feature of the
development of the city's greatest public
reservation. The careful trimming and re-
moval of the trees In Lafayette Park is in
tended 10 enhance the beauty and strength
OF the remaining growths, but the vista
project is based upon the absolute removal
OF many scores of magnificent trees to
make way for rectangular stretch of I'M
broken turf and gravel from the Capitol
grounds to the Monument and the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt.

The situation at Chicago so far as the
presidential nomination Is concerned mas
been the cards for a long time. Now
and then. 1t Is true. some wiseacre has
taken the world into his confidence and
demonstrated to his own satisfaction the
unwisdom of the Roosevelt business. and
predicted that when the time came the re-
pubncans would call another to the leader
ship. There was precedent to begin with.
We were reminded of the fate Of Vice
Presidents succeeding to the presidency by
the agency of death. Mr.. Roosevelt must
go the way of all such political flesh.
There was the level-headedness of the re-
publican party to end with. 1t was certain
to improve the opportunity to swap an un-
safe for some safe man, and appeal to the
country on that action.
For awhile this sort of talk played around
the name of Mr.. Hanna. Those who in
dulged in 1t assumed that the Ohio leader
could easily be lured into the field They
exhausted the vocabulary of praise in his
honor. They assured him that 1t was he
and not Mckinley who had won the vic
tories of 1896 and 1000. They adjured him
to step forward and win victory now in
his own name. He could do it. The heart
OF the party was with him. The confidence
or the country was Centereu III MIN. MI
Roosevelt, they declared. had received all
the honors to which he was entitled or the
party could afford to bestow. Let him give
place now to another.
Mr.. Hanna was human, and these assur-
ances coming from some of hts friends
must have made him feel good. But he had
political sagacity. and must have appraised
them at their real worth. He doubtless saw
things In their true light and as likely
subscribed to them. AT any rate his rela-
lions with Mr.. Roosevelt continued cordial
to the end and gave out no suggestions of
rivalry treachery. We shall probably
continue to hear that had Mr.. Hanna lived
he would have swept the deck at Chicago.
but the authority will not make the state
ment impressive
Mr.. Roosevelt Is the choice Of his party,
not by reason of the power he commands.
but by reason of the fight he has fought
and the faith he has kept. The crown laid
up for him which he is now to receive he
has fairly won. He represents all for which
the party stands and he has steered the
party to its NEST notable recent achieve
ments. He is at once therefore It's logical
and it's strongest leader. Any other nomi-
nation would in the circumstances be i'm
beetle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-20
Parker and Platform.
Says the New York Tribune.

says the New York Tribune:
The democratic state convention in Ar
kansas Endorsed the Kansas City platform
and instructed for Judge Parker. Evidently
the Arkansas democrats think Judge Parker
Is equally willing to stand on no platform
or any old platform. "
Come. now. Why should Judge Parker
feel uncomfortable in the neighborhood of
the Chicago. or the Kansas City platform?
He stood on the one from 1896 to 1900, and
has been standing on the other since the
latter date. And of course he has voted
for Mr.. Bryan twice. 1t is not so difficult
to fit Judge Parker. or any other aspirant
Tor the st. Louis nomination.. with a plat
form. The difficulty is in constructing a
platform the country will accept from the
party which has twice so seriously blum
dered. The votes of Arkansas at st, Louis
Will be just as acceptable to Judge Parker
as those from states which ignored the
Kansas City platform