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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28
Durant Gossip
From saturdays Daily

y From Saturdays Daily. it,
j. w. Damron was in the city
last afternoon from his farm near
Blue.
Clarence Walden arrived home
this morning from a business trip
to Ardmore.
Sam Ross is confined to his
fathers home with well.devel-
oped case of the mumps.
= Sam Hynds went down to Nc
Kinney, Texas, today to spend
Sunday with homefolks.
Joe t. wilks of Hillsboro, Tex,
is prospecting in the city and Wis
iting his friend, T. r. Landers.
Miss Lizzie Collins has re-
turned from a months visit with
Ger sister, Mrs. Hugh Bland, al
Shawnee, Ok.
j, r. Couury of Benld, ILL.,, is
in the city today as the guest oi
7 his old time friends, John and
Tom Benson.
DR.. E. o. Fowler, county lee.
turer Of the Farmers Union, viii
deliver a lecture at Browns
Chapel tonight.
G. r. Mastin, who has beer
at Rockwell, Texas, for the pas
six week visiting his daughter
Mrs. j. w. Davis, returned home
yesterday.
G. w. Brady of Mead was il
the city yesterday on business
He is still limping with a broker
leg, recent accident, but is abl'
= to be around some.
Editor Lewis Paullin and JohI
Whiteacre left this morning Wis
the Frisco route for Sawye
where they will quit the rails an,
take to the brush and spend
week on the banks of the Kiami
tia and CLASSY lake.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28
UTICA UTTERINGs.
Excessive Rams May Necessitate the
Replantinq Of Corn and Cotton.

Utica, Ind. Ter, April 25.-
AS it has been some time since
we have seen anything in print
our little town will pencil a few
dots.
Will say if you need any mud
up that way come down, we could
spare few loads and then have
some left.
Owing to the excessive rain,
corn is looking very bad and some
will likely have to plant some of
their corn over and many of the
farmers will have to plant their
cotton over. Cotton seed are
rottening in the ground, it being
so cold and wet, and this being a
fact there is quite a number OF
farmers that are going to increase
their corn crop, although tits late
they think it good policy.
The potatoe crop in this vicini-
ty is not a very good stand.
Some, however have a good stand
and looks we'll.
Ed. r. E. Ford of Durant was
with the Baptist people Saturday
night, Sunday and Sunday nj sht,
delivered some very able SER
mons, the church had it an
nounced that the protracted
meeting would begin Saturday
night before the first Sunday in
July.
c. f. Thornby of Bennington
is in town shaking hands with
friends and says there is some
water and mud at Bennington.
| Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. w. c
Cross, a fine boy, the 21st.
| M. v. Meek of Roberta hal
been very sick for the past weel
with pneumonia and is but littl,
better at this writing,
G. M. Turnipseed of near Utici
while riding on the running-gea
of a wagon got his leg caugh
between the brake and stuml
and came very near breaking it
Mr.. Turnipseed is suffering quit
a little from the accident.
The literary last Friday nigh
was a delightful success and quit
a crowd was out, more than coulc
lget in the house. The societ!
promises to give another yer.
interesting entertainment Frida.
night, May 8.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28
NOT READY TO MARRY.
Henry Ivy Could Not Persuade Young
Widow to Take His Heart.

Henry Ivy Gould Not Persuade Young
Widow to Take His Heart.
The Denison Dispatch tells this
good one:
Henry Ivy, ex-deputy United
States marshal of Durant, passed
through the city the other day
armed with legal documents
which he attempted to serve on a
young widow lady of Sulphur
Springs. The lady was cited to
appear before a judge to answer
the complaint, but she informed
his honor she was not ready to
surrender to the magnetic charm
of the u. S. marshal and that he
had just as well destroy the mar
riage license. Henry says he can
beard an Indian Territory whis-
key peddler minus fear or trepi-
dation but when it comes to cor.
railing and hog-tieing a young
and fascinating widow in the sill
ken bonds Of matrimony, then be
quails and admits there are Ger.
tain propositions that q man hsi
to butt into with more diplomacy
than he commands. About mex
Christmas she will capitulste ant
become his prisoner for life.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28
STILL DELIVERING PATENTS.
Sixty Deeds to Land Were Given to
Citizens This Morning.

South McAlester, l. T., April
25.- The delivery of patents to
Choctaw and Chickasaw citizens
was begun this morning at the
Office of Mansfield, McMurray &
Cornish. About sixty patents
were deliverad this morning
and many citizens applied this
afternoon for the documents. The
distribution in this city will last
two days and it is expected that
several hundred patents will be
handed over 10 their owners.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28
National Baptist Anninivery.

For the National Baptist An
niversary at st. Louis on May
10th to Oath inclusiusive, the M.
X. & T. will have on sale round
trip tickets to st. Louis at rate of
one fare plus 90 cents. Tickets
on sale May 9th to 22d inclusive,
good to return up to and includ-
ing May 9th. Those desiring to
attend the Southern Baptist Con-
vention at Kansas City, May 10th
to 18th, may purchase tickets al
this rate good via "The Katy" to
Kansas City and any direct route
to st. Louis. Stop-overs may be
obtained at Kansas City by de-
posting ticket and payment oi
small fee. See Katy's agent for
particulars and plan to 60. 117-ti
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28
ARE HIGHLY ENDORSED.
Evangelist Hendrick and Singer Car
ter Praised by Ourant Ministers.

ter Praised by Durant Ministers.
To whom it may concern:
We, the undersigned pastors of
the churches cooperating in the
meeting recently held here,
heartily and unreservedly en-
dorse and recommend Evangelist
E. E. Hendrick and his singer,
Rev. A. L. Carter. They present
the gospel in sermon and song in
simplicity and power. Their
methods safe and sane; their re-
ligious spirit deep, enthusiastic,
contagious. God greatly honors
their work.
CHALMERS KILBoURN,
Pastor Cum. Pres. Church.
l.. w. BARRON,
Pastor presbyterian church
j. A. PARKS,
Pastor Methodist Church.
c. STUBBLEFIELD,
Pastor Baptist Church.
JOHN A. OvERsTREET,
! Pastor Christian Church.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28
rom Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
2. w. Rains of Sterrett was in
the city today. es
w. A. Lewis of Shady Point
was in Durant today on business.
B. s. johnson is on a business
trip to Silo and Robbers Roost
this afternoon.
j. H. Allison and son, w. E.,
were in the city this morning
prospecting. They reeide at Ma
mar, Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Boner re-
turned last night from Denton
county, where they have been
attending the bedside Of the i'll
father of Mr.. Boner. i0. =.
Geo. w. Jones of Robinson,
H., who has been in the city for
more than a week prospecting
and visiting his cousin, O.. A.
Shipman, left yesterday for his
hcme. o
P. w. Boutcher, Of Bee, was
in the city today, and marketed
two wagon loads of hogs. Mr..
Boutcher reports corn and other
Icrops in fine condition, considers
ling the continued rains.
Rev. A. Frank Ross left this
morning for Hot Springs, Ark,
10 attend the State Farmers I'm
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

Taken up at my place, three
and a half miles south of Blue, l.
T., one light bay mare, about
four years old, Is bands high,
branded c on left jaw. Owner
can have same by proving prop
erty, paying for the cayo of same
and this notice. r. D. Ander.
son, Blue, /. T. 17-w4t
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

ion Of Arkansas as delegs To
from the Indiahoma Farmers
Union.
Last afternoon in the law Office
Of J. V. Connell occurred the mar.
riage of w. H. Babbitt and Miss
Alice Underwood, both of Silo,
Rev. N. W. Carter, Jr., officiat-
ing.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28
In the Spring

Some maiden's fancies doubtless
turr to thoughts of love, but the
majority of them, as well as hui
manity in general, have want to
lay down and stay down feeling.
Simmons Sarsaparilla is the litter
1t not only takes hold, it lifts up
That way back, weary feeling van
ishes like a.dream.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

At Townsend & Co.'S. you find
the greatest variety OF shoes and
slippers ever shown in Durant
before. There you will find
champaignes, tans, patent leath-
ers, fine kids, etc., made in every
style imaginable sold at whole-
sale prices without freight. Could
you ask for more? 16-5
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

Musical Instruction-By Prof.
Met Clellan, means the best at any
price. If you expect to make a
success of your music you must
take from a professional and
learn the practical, rapid meth
DDS. Piano, violin, mandolin
and guitar. 91-tf
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

E. G. Howard andN. G. Moore,
grocers, have formed o partner
ship and consolidated both ol
their stock of goods.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28


From Tuesdays Daily.
Will Mclean of Augusta, Tex,
is Ia the city visiting his friend,
Is. II. Kyle.
DR.. Thompson of Cabot, Ark,
is in the city visiting and pros
pecting.
j. N. Sphar and wife of Mar
shall, Mo, are in the city today
prospecting.
| G. N. Rogers and d. G. Flen-
nikin of Paris, Texas, are in the
city prospecting.
AL Reeves arrived in the city
to-day noon and is among our
merchants.
| Jas. r. Mckinney returned last
might from a business trip to Dal-
las, Texas.
| A. M. Robertson of Caddo isin
the city to spend few days on
business.
Mrs. Stilman Speairs of Paris,
Texas, is in the city as the guest
tof Mrs. Ed L. Speairs.
Aubrey Scales Of Ft. Worth,
Texas, is in the city visiting his
friend, Charlie England.
Hugh White Of Paris, Texas, is
in the city visiting his cousin,
Mrs. B. L. Cunningham.
@. E. Burkhart and wife have
departed for Chicago to purchase
midsummer millinery.
M. E. Gooding, w. A. Stevens
and r. N. Dunham are at Box
7 chito today on business.
Miss Hettie Davies of Sterrett
is in the city the guest of her
J friend, Mira. Albert Haden.. !
Miss Alice Giles of Austin,
Texas, is in the city the guest Of
, her cousin, Mrs. r. T. Davis.
Roy A. Baird, travelling audi
tor for the Pioneer Telephone
, Co., was in the city today.
w. M. Hynds returned lasl
Afternoon from a visit with his
, family at Mckinney, Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Trout Of
Sterrett were in the city today
shopping and visiting friends.
w. D. Keirsey and family Of
Keirsey were in the city today
shopping and visiting friends.
Hugh Cox arrived home today
!, noon from few days visit with
relatives and friends at Bonham
Texas.
!, Mrs. Fred Heiman, daughter o
. Mrs. B. L. Cunningham, is re-
ported as being i'll with yellow
jaundice.
a w. w. Shaw and family o
u Leonard, Texas, are in the cit.
. visiting G M. Shaw and fam lily
and prospecting.
L. D. Horton left this morning
II for his home at Boswell after
:. . few days visit with his brother
= and on business.
Maitland Edwards left toda,
n for his home at Louisville, Ky,
a after a prolonged visit with hi
u cousin, j. |. Slinker.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

Ethel Fuller returned this
morning from a business trip to
Ardmore, where he closed deal
for a tract of land adjoining the
city of Durant.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28
It's Oil Right.

1t may not smooth the waters,
but it SURELY soothes the pain. Use
it on your cuts, burns. bruises,
aches and pains. 1t will make you
happy, because it makes you we'll
Hunts Lightning Oil.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

Foley's Kidney Cure make kid
neys and bladder right. Don't de-
lay taking. Sold by o. L. Sham
non.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

See the "Union Depot for a
day in the opera house Friday
evening, April %. Homo talent.
Don't miss it. 216-4t
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

The surest and safest, remedy for
kidney and BLADDER diseases is Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure. Sold by o. L,
Shannon.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

Foley's Honey and Tar contains
no opiates, and will not constipate
like nearly all other cough medi-
cines. Refuse substitutes. Sold
by o. L. Shannon. i
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

Missouri, Kansas and Texas.

The FriscOl Railroad
EAST BOUND.
No. AZ. Express. -. 8:51 a. m.
No. "a. Mixed trair .10:25 q. m.
WEST BOUND.
No. Al. Express 80. .6:o5 p. m.
No. 63. Mixed train. 12:41 r. m,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28
W. s. TERRELL,
Mt E r S
THE DURANT NEWS,
Modern Printers.

No order too small to receive our
most careful attention.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-04-28

The finest, purest
and most complete
line in the city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-26
The Newspaper Man.

Fond du Lac Bulletin: It may
sound funny in the light of the fact
that they are generally credited
with strong inclinations towards
Bohemian life, but it is neverthe-
less fact that the standard of
morality among newspaper men is
high. By the term newspaper
men" is meant editors, reporters
and writer's, and it does not en-
brace the circulating and advertis-
ing departments. Statistics go to
show that journalism produces
fewer criminals than either the
cloth, law or medicine. To be
brutally frank, there are more
rogues among the lawyers and
doctors, and the clergymen, than
among the journalists. There is
nothing personal IN this assertion,
as the former professions are in the
main made up of good, clean men.
1t is fact, though, that if truth
full history were to be written of
sociological conditions in this city,
covering period of some thirty
years, some interesting chapters
would have to be devoted to min
listers who eloped with other mems
wives; to Sunday school super1n-
tendents whose records were tainted;
to doctors who were not exactly
what they should have been, and to
lawyers whose departure to other
climes was necessitated through
force of circumstances. There is,
however, not a single instance
where a newspaper man has placed
himself within the pale of the law
or had his name even remotely
limited at in connection with a
felony.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-26

| found the back door open and en-
tered. No, sooner had | stepped over
the threshold than Mrs Boyd, her dark
eyes blazing, sprang fercely at me aud
grasped me by the coat collar.
Leave this room instantly" she
screamed, at the same time tugging
ne toward the door with the unnat-
dral strength born of frenzied fear.
grappled with her and had her fairly
subdued by physical power when
Brooks stepped in and took her in Gus
tody. We had known that Boyd did
his work in room on the second floor,
and started up the stairs. When half
way up l met Boyd, in his shirt
sleeves, descending.
who are your" he demanded.
''Tyrrell, of the secret service" | an
swered, "and you are my prisoner"
81 have heard of you," he said.
Great beads of perspiration started
from his face, and he became limp as
l placed the handouts on him. Strong
man as he was, he displayed none of
the ferocity Of his frail wife, who, in
the meantime, had stood, sullen and
apparently looking for a chance of
escape, in the kitchen. A six-hour
search of the house followed the ar
rest. With Brooks and Mcdonald in
charge of the prisoners | undertook
the search, after telegraphing Chief
Washburn.
In a loose board in a box in the
front room upstairs | found cleverly
mortised cavity containing the plate
of the reverse side of the counterfeit
$40 note of the State Bank of Ohio,
a note that had been extensively
showed by the ''coney men," as well
as the plate of $40 counterfeit bill
of the First national bank, of Dayton,
o. Mortised into the woodwork of an
upholstered ottoman in the parlor
were the plates for the 500 Lincoln
head" treasury note, the concealment
in each case being so cleverly accom-
plished that it required the smashing
of the wood almost into splinters to
find the plates. In the cleat on an
other box was found 1888 in good
currency; while wrapped in some old
clothes under bed were found seven
sets Of blank plates, one set being of
the size used in the counterfeiting of
United States bonds. The counter
feiter's workroom showed him to have
been engaged in plate cutting at the
time we entered the house. 1t was
learned later that Boyd had set price
of $4,000 on the Lincoln head" plate
Immediately on the receipt of the
telegram from Fulton, Chief Wash
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-26

fore the population is announced.
In the census of the cities Milwau-
kee is first with 312,954, Superior
second with So, 665. Racine third
with 32,297, Oshkosh fourth with
SO,6O1 and Lacrosse fifth with 49,
900. The gains in this list are Mil
waukee, 1889, Superior, 1914;
Racine, 3,195; Oshkosh, 2,317, and
Lacrosse los. The count at Mil
waukee is disputed and Lacrosse
worked hard to avoid loss.
The returns for the rural districts
are not complete, but, as consid-
cradle area of land in the north has
not yet been brought under cultiva-
ton, it may be expected that they
will show gain on the whole. The
lower part Of the state contains land
Of such excellence and is so we'll
cultivated that, in proportion to
acreage improved, Wisconsin the
last ten years led the nation in
value of agricultural products, &C.
cording to government reports. 1t
excelled even Iowa and Illinois, but
total product was far, less, as it
does not contain SO large a proper
ton of tillable land as these two
states.
There has been a considerable
shifting of industries in Wisconsin,
particularly of those depending on
lumber.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-26
PART II.

In order to give the actors in the
Lincoln tomb robbing plot their prop
err places before my readers it will be
necessary again to wander briefly from
the straight path of my story. In the
early '70's it was as easy for a secret
service operative to find traces of
counterfeiters as it is for a fisherman
to get bite in a Wisconsin fish lake.
It was sometimes as difficult to land
the "koniacker" as it is for the fisher
man to land his bass; but the, central
west teemed with "coney men," more
or less known to the secret service.
The custom of intermarriage among
counterfeitlng families had bound a
large number of the most proficient
criminals in this line into league &C.
mented not only by a common purpose
and common danger, but by ties of
consanguinity. l have told how Pete
Mccartney married Martha Ann Ack-
erman, the daughter of an accom-
plished pair of counterfeiters, and her
self an expert. Ben Boyd had married
Mrs. McCartney's sister, Almiranda,
also proficient in the printing of bogus
currency. The mother of the Acker-
man girls, after the death of her first
husband, married another counterfeit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-26

burn and his men moved on the briggs
house in First North street, Centralia,
and arrested Nicholas and Barbara
Stadtfeldt, Mrs. Nelson Driggs, their
daughter, and Charles Stadtfeldt, their
son. briggs, the big prize, was not in
the house, but was arrested the same
day by Chief Washburn two miles
south Of Odin, ILL.,, in company with
Nicholas Korn, nephew of Mrs.
briggs, on whose person was found a
large sum Of counterfeit money. The
day following counterfeit money rep
resenting $117,437 was found hidden in
the heavy woods seven miles north of
Centralia, where briggs had concealed
it just before being taken into custody
Ben Boyd was tried before Judge
Blodgett in the United States district
court, in Chicago, and was defended
by Judge Tuley. He was sentenced to
ten years in the Joliet penitentiary.
briggs was tried in Springfield before
Judge Treat and was sentenced to Is
years in the penitent1ary. The coun-
terfeiters' wives were released; Charles
Stadtfeldt received an eight-year SEN
tence, Nicholas LANCE, a helper on
the printing press, was sentenced to
four years, and old man Stadtfeldt was
released. The backbone of counter
feiting" in the country was broken.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-26

The harvest season has brought
with Is the annual complaint. From
the small neighboring arms to the
vast grain fields of the west on both
sides of the national boundary the
cry goes up of a scarcity of labor to
secure these crops. High prices
as compared with the usual farm
wages-are offered, but without at
tracing sufficient number even Of
unskilled and only partly efficient
hands. OF really effective help, &C
cording to reports from the harvest
fields, there is lamentable def
cheney. Yet in the cities there are
able-bodied men without employ
ment sufficient to meet all the de-
mands Of the harvest fields. It is an
ever-recurriug condition. For a
brief season there is a serious def
cheney of labor in the country and
throughout the year surplus in the
cities, but all attempts to re-adiust
these conditions have proved futile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-26
w. j. Bryan is to 60 a broad and

w. j. Bryan is to 60 broad and
remain two years in foreign lands
Entangling alliances at home, and
the danger of injudicious words,
will thus be avoided. Wise move
w. j. You yet have a chance to
run for president and it will not be
long now till your party begins
casting about to see where it is at
for the next campaign. Two years
from now will be about the psy-
Geological moment of Mr.. Bryan to
appear on the bewildered scene, be
hailed as the logical leader, and If
he thinks conditions ABOUT right for
a chance for success, he will make
the sacrifice Of running again. Of
course he will probably be mistaken,
and if he takes the nomination, be
defeated again, but Bryan is hope
full fellow you know and clutches
at straws.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-26
1t Paws 10 Advertise.

81 thought your husband had left
YOU" said Mrs. Brown to Mrs. Smith.
''He did, but l advertised and got
him back. 1t was very simple"
what did you say in your adver-
Simply this: 'Five thousand dol
lars cash paid for prompt return of
property missing from Blue street
No questions asked He needed the
money and he came himself
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-26

The license committee of the Mil
waukee common council has recon-
mended shutting mp several sa-
looms with dance hall attachments
where the carousing night after
night disturbed the neighborhood IN
which they existed. The last call
in their dances was: Promenade
all with your ladies to the bar"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-26

The statistics of crime COM
piled 10y the United States census
bureau are attracting attention and
should surely be enough to shock
the country. Since 1884 there has
been total of 1S1, 951 murders and
homicides in the United States.
There were 1885 executions, or
only one execution for every fifty
seven murders. In addition to this
there We're 1920 lynchings or ninety
four more lynchings than legal exc
cutions.