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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10

Indian Territory Is prohibited for twenty
one years and longer unless the consiltu
ton is changed. Sections IL and SO OF eael
township Of land i'm Oklahoma are set
aside for the benefit Of the eonlhlon
school system as is also per cent .. 81, e.e
proceeds of the sale OF public lands inslc
is an appropriation of S5.00o000 from the
national treasury for the benefit on lne
schools Provision is made for the sup
port OF higher education and chaIltdipi9
Institutions Two districts for 1aileu
States courts. one in Oklahoma anu .hc
other in Indian Territory are poNioen
for, Guthrie Is made the temporary seat
Of government. but the House provision
continuing it in that capacity until lsi'
Was eliminated
Burrows Against Polygamy.
Mr. Burrows advocated the elinlna-
ton of Arizona and New Mexico from
the BILL and presented an amendment 10
that end. He based his opposition On the
ground that there were many poiygamlsts
in the two territories and spoke Of polys-
amy as an "offense against the eiYlliza-
ton of the age" lie said the real Of
Tense was not in plural marriages put
in polygamous cohabltation pfaelleed
after marriage elsewhere. He quoted from
letters to show that there were many
Mormons living in polygamy in both Ari-
iona and New Mexico; and SAID that'
Notwithstanding the difficulty of getting
testimony there had been some convie-
tions for polygamy. In this connection
he read a letter from the attorney gem
eral of the United States stating that
recently there had been thirty-one con-
victions under the Edmunds act ma
jority of which were for unlawful CO.
habitation. The senator, therefore, said
that he should oppose the admission OF
these territories until they should purge
themselves of this lawless element. He
also quoted from testimony in the Smoot
case to show that polygamy existed in
the territories
Towards the close of the debate Mr..
Beyerldge and Mr. Foraker engaged in
sharp colloquy over the number and
contents Of kilograms received by them
respectively. Among the messages read
by the Ohio senator, was one saying
that Mr.. Beveridge had wired to Arizona
asking that the kilograms be sent him.
Mr.. Beverldge in reply spoke of Delegate
Smith of Arizona. as Mr.. Forakers
democratic helper"
why should the heather rage?" asked
Mr. Foraker.
why should the wicked fee when no
man pursues?" responded Mr.. Beveridge.
He repeated the declaration that he had
not made appeal for testimonials from
Arizona.
Mr.. Dick spoke for the bill, and Mr.
Clark of Montana, against it, and Mr..
Beveridge closed the debate in advocacy
of the measure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10

Robbery at SpringviIe.-A long dis
lance telephone message was received
at the county jail last night asking if
bloodhounds could be sent TO Spring
VILE ST. Clair county. II was stated
that several masked men had robbed
a merchant named Woodall at that
place. and that the dogs were wanted
to make an effort TO locate the thieves
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10

Syrian rrested.-Policemen LaRue
Baker and Brown last night arrested
a Syrian named Jacob Lasaiue and
turned him over to the sheriff II is
alleged that Lasaiue is wanted on war
rants charging embezzlement, the spec
ifications being that he passed two
checks said to be worthless on Nick
Brooks. The checks were for $25 and
800 respectively,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-10

Phone 2T6 (PeopleD II you wan; ths
Gswk Engraving Co
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM.
Add Cinnamon When Using Choco-
late-How to Give Fancy Fla
vor TO Plain Cream.

In chocolate ice cream stick OF
cinnamon adds to the flavor, To make
chocolate cream. scald the cinnamon
with the milk and cream, and stir
tour ounces OF grated chocolate in the
custard or cream after 1t comes from
the fire. Strain the mixture before
freezing. To obtain n coffee flavor
put four tablesrunnfuls OF the eoarsely
Ground bean into the milk and let 1t
come 10 a boil and remain in the
saalding milk ten minutes. Strain
through cloth. This will flavor
luart of mfrolen cream.
A quarter Of a cupful Of almonds and
l cupful OF pis,arhio nuts, blanched,
chopped anl mortared to a paste are
. delightful addition to any plain
cream. Peaches, pincapples or almost
any fruit may be cut line swee ened
and added to the cream when 1t il
half frozen When preparing frozen
lesscrs it should he remembered thai
more sugar ts required on account Of
some Of the sweetness being lost in the
rpe2iNg
If rich custard IS the foundation Of
he cream. a can Of condensed milk
may be used instead OF real cream II
more convenient 4 little more flavor
ing than usU.l will be required.
A favor.tc dessert with the young
,tors Is baked apple ice cream. To
make this, six sweet apples should be
baked and pressed through Il sieve
Add the pulp to n quart Of cream and
swecten TO taste. Then freeze.
Six bananas pressed through sieve
and added to a custard made OF one
pint Of cream, one pint of milk, two
eggs and cup of sugaE with few
irops OF lemon juice, make rich ice
| rCam.
Once the habit Is established. and all
he utensils are in working order, ice
reams and ices are the most easily
made Of desserts.
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26

81 ,000.000 There were, in addition, ex.
tremely valuable oil properties besides
the McCintock farm which was at this
t're belchlng forth royalties at the
rate of sl,750 day for the McClintock
heir, John Steele.
John quit working at once. lie never
went back to work after the tragic
death OF his foster parent.
Yet he couldn't enter into the full
enjoyment OF this money, for he was
not of age, and the proper authorities
simply took the immense estate in hand
for the few short months which d.
vided the young wagon driver from his
millions. During this short time Steele
showed some good business Judgment
There were hundreds who would have
loared him anything on his prospects,
but to his credit be II said he did not
go heavily into debt. He was content
to wait until tho money came to him,
and In the meantime. through the prop
er authorities, he sold an atom of his
big interests just at the time the oil
boom reached the crest lie disposed
of the two Lone Star wells to Johr
Mawhinney for s65,000 cash. This went
into the common pool. which was
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26
LOUIS FHlLlPPE'S FALL.
Excitement in the French Cap:taI
When the Monarch Was
DepOsed.

One UOT- Ing toward the end Of
February. lSiS. sat quietly in my
attic chamber working hard at my
tragedy Of Uirich Won Hutton, relates
writer in McClure's, when suddenly
friend rushed breathlessly into the
room, cxclaiming: What you sit.
ting here! Do you not know what
has happened" No, what" The
French have driven away Louis Phil.
ippe and proclaimed republic"
! threw down my pen-and that
was the end of my Uirich Won Hutton.
never touched the manuscript again.
We tore down the stairs into the
street 60 the market square, the ac.
CustomcR meeting place for all the
student societies after their midday
dinner. Although 1t was still fore.
noon. the market was already crowd.
ed with young men, talking cxcitelly.
There was no shouting, no noise. only
agitated conversation. What did We
want there? This probably no one
knew. But since the FreIch had
driven away Louis Philippe and pro.
claimed the republic, something. Of
course. must happen here, too. Some
of tho students had brought their
rapiers along as II II were necessary
at once to make an attack or to de.
fend ourselves. We were dominated
By vague feeling that a great out
break of elemental forces had begun
as If an earthquake was impending OF
which we had felt the first shock. and
we instinctively crowded together.
/ Thus we wandered about In numcrouJ
bands to the "Kneipc," where our
rcstIcSsness. however, would not suf'
| fer us long to stay; then to other
pleasure resorts, where we fell into
| conversation with all manner OF
strangers, to- find in them the same
confused, astonished and expectant
state OF mind then back to the mar
kot square, to sec what might be going
on there; then again somewhere else.
and so on, without aim and end, until
finally late in the night fatigue COM
PEELED us to find the way home.
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26

evolved the idea OF hiring people to
help him, and then-well, the rest was
easy.
Adopted by Farmer.
John Steele was born near Waterloo,
Venango county, Pa, in the fall Of
1S41 He was left an orphan when but
a few years Of age and when between
seven and eight years OF age was
adopted by Culbertson McClIntock, a
well.todo farmer living on tho out
skirts of what Is now Oil City. McClin-
took owned his own farm, since famed
In oil history as "The McClintock
Farm" From 1t millions OF dollars
worth OF oil was taken years later.
1t was not for Culbertson McClin-
took, however, to reap the benefits OF
the oil. He died some three years
before oil was discovered OIL his place,
and when his will was read II was
found that he had left the farm to his
wife during her life, and Il was then
to go to JOHN Steele. his adopted son.
There was also an adopted daughter,
named Emily Scott. but she does not
appear to have been left anything by
McClintock Years later. when Steele
was rolling in wealth, he gave to the
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26

swelling at an enormous ate. against
the day when Johnny Steele shoulu be-
come OF age and come into his own.
squnnders 100000 in Day.
At last the time came, and an ava
lanche Of money rolled down on the
former poor driver, who, In his child
hood days, had never had SO much as
n quarter to spend The way In which
ne made the money fly caused even
tho oil region, then engaged in its mad
chase for wealth, to sit up and take
notice. There never was speader
like him before ond few have initiated
and none equaled him since. His first
draw on what was considered an mex
haustible supply OF wealth was $780,
600.
Gimme It in hundred dollar bills"
he said to the cashier Of the oil City
bank, TO which he had walked from
his home up OIL creek at Rousevilla.
Il want to show some Of the boys n
good time"
And the boys" were shown Johnny
Steele started down the street with his
thousand $500 bills, and to every one
he met he presented one Of the bills.
Those who hesitated and wanted to
know why got two OF the bills. He
had not gone far until some OF those
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26
BEST LINGERIE RLoUSEs.
One May Wear the Filmy Waist over
Bare Arms or Make Use OF
Silk Underslip.

From week TO week one sees new
Touch or new idea on lingerie
blouses. They grow prettier as the
winter advances. They are made with
ingenuity, skill and the highest artis-
tic development.
All the fabrics are transparent,
quite as sheer as any used during the
summer. Either from reasons OF
health or OF fashion il has become Gus
tUmary among women to wear O plain
white silk slip under the thin blouse.
Colored slips are not 80 much used,
although here and there one sees them
with very smart CODwebby blouse
In color that harmonlzes with the
suit.
On the whole. the plain white slip
g pre,tier. There is strong fashion
for adding a great number Of color
touches to the blouse that Is worn
with ones best coat suit.
For instance. on a fine white hand
6erchicf linen blouse there Is a hem
stitched box plat down the center and
his Is fastened with four turquoise
buttons set in dull gold. At the base
If collar there is a soft cravat Of tur-
luolse satin, the three.quarter sleeve
Is tied In with q four-inch band OF
satin ribbon run through two-inch lace
beading and finished with wide bow
at back. The belt Is of white satin.
dotted with rows Of blue buttons, front
and back. This is worn with a black
broadcloth suit, which has shawl
collar of Chinese blue embroidery
edged with silver braid. Some wom-
en- object to the severity OF the white
slip because II does not give e chance
for the dainty ruflles and ribbons that
the corset cover affords.
This objection can be overcome by
wearing corset cover as elaborate
as one wishes over the white slip.
1t Is not a question OF fashion, but
one OF inclination, this hlgh-necked
underslp. 1t Is usually decided by
woman's constitution. SO that II any
one prefers to wear her lingerie
blouses over bare shoulders ana arms
and hlmy corset covers, It is perfectly
correct even in the bitterest winter
weather-Anne Rlttcnhouse.
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26

and every one make night Of 1t with
me. Give Bess q bottle OF champagne
TO start with"
Bess was the beautiful little mare
he rode, and Immediately interest was
ccntered on the horse whom her owner
said drank champagne. Bess, more
over was the only sober one OF the
outfit SOME hours later, for Johnny
Steele surely made good when he start
ed out to make night of IT," and this
was one Of them.
Nobody who hears my voice can
spend cent. I'm Johnny Steele, -
was the fayorite cry OF the little fellow
as he entered resort, and there were
always those within sound who at once
began to figure just how expensive they
could make the hour with Steele. There
Is yet to be found the man who will
say he ever saw Coal oil Johnny"
take a cent ot change from the bar or
anywhere else, for that matter. Fo
such as the young fellow was no such
things as dollars or small bills.
Lights Cigars with 500 Bills.
What was considered the height OF
his extravaganza came one day when
he entered the Oh Exchange at Brad
ford TO look around. lie never dabbed
in oil himself. 81 want to see my
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26

Philadelphla.-ln an unpretentious
house on little farm near Franklin,
In the northwestern part Of Pennsyl'
vania. there died the other day man
who some 40 years ago acquired
most unique and remarkable distinc'
tlon. This person was John w.
Steele, better known as Goal OIL
Johnny" king of all the spendthrifts
the world has ever known.
II Is several years now since this
once famous character had passed out
OF sight Of the general public. but the
record he established In the few short
months that he was rolling in wealth
will long he remembered.
Has Wealth Untold.
Inside OF 12 months, beginning at
the close Of 1868, John Steele did per-
haps more to advertise the wealth OF
the Pennsylvania oil region than any
other ten men. He advertised Its
wealth by spending II. A beardless
boy. he woke one morning to find him.
self possessed OF untold wealth In bulk
and an income from oil royalties OF
sl.750 per day, Sundays included. He
did not know the value of money, has
not TO this day any Idea Of how much
money he had and spent. but It has
been estimated at from Sl,5O0,OOO to
s4.OOO.OOO.
BE the amount the first or last
named. the fact remains that In seven
months time from his coming into
possession Of this immense wealth he
went through it and was broken. In.
side of year from the time he became
q Croesus, he was back at the little
railroad station at Rouseyille. Vcnan.
60 county hustling trunks at $40 a
month He has been hustling ever
since to keep up with the grocer's bill.
Never was there n man who made II
rain money in such showers as did
Goal Oil Johnny" during his brief
transit across the horizon. 1t Is claim
ed that the newly.rlch Plttsburg mil.
lonaire would look like piker In his
spendings when lined up alongside the
Housewife Pa, wagon driver who was
in a night elevated 10 the millionaire
class. The entire cost OF the widely.
heralded "Scotty" special last sum-
rner would not have furnished Coal
OIL Johnny's" cigar lighters In those
DAYS of Ca Steele simply couldn't
spend his money fast enough until he
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26
CAREER OF YOUNG MAN WHO
SQUANDERED MILLIONS WITH
IN SEVEN MONTHS.
A RECORD THAT HAS NEVER Been BEATEN
John w. Steele. Who Acquired Worldwide Reputa-
ton by Throwing Money TO the Winds. Dies in
Poverty in Pennsylvania Near Scene of
the Source of His Wealth.

young woman enough to make her In.
dependent for life.
Mrs. McClintoCk was a shrewd busi-
nes woman and when oil was dlscoy-
cred on her farm she drove the closest
bargains possible with the producers.
The pool under the McClint0ck farm
babe fair to be inexhaustlble and she
had little troubel in getting an almost
fabulous sum in cash. reserving n big
royalty on all oil brought from her
farm. This was about three years
after the death Of McClintock
But John Steele was not allowed to
loaf because his foster mother then
had money. He was sent out to work
at driving wagons for the oil men. He
did not even have team OF his own,
but hired out as a driver. and each
Saturday night his earnings were
brought home and given to Mrs. Nc
Clintock, who dumped them into the
common hoard at the old farmhouse.
She rapidly accumulated bank stocks
and valuable properties in surrounding
towns and cities as well as In New
York and Philadelphia. But she never
changed the close, penurious style Of
living to which she and her husband
had been forced when they were trying
to pay for the rocky farm on the little
run which afterwards became world
famed as OIL creek.
Explosion Brings Millions,
She never hired servant and never
moved from the !Ittlc farmhouse, which
soon became hemmed in By oil wells.
Always insisting on doing her own
homework. she came to her death in n
most tragic way, while performing
house duties. Early in 1863 Mrs. Nc
Clintock rose one morning before day.
break, as usual, to prepare breakfast
for John Steele before he went out
with his wagon. She made the last sad
mistake of trying to light the fire with
can Of coal oil with the oftrepeated
result. There was an explosion and
she was burned to death,
In an old and crude safe In the cor.
ner of one room in the little house there
was found $GjO0O In gold. Subsequent
discovery proved this was the savings
Of Mrs. McClintock for only a week or
50 The exact amount Of cash on hand
at the death of Mrs. McClntock was
never definitely known. but is sup,
posed to have been far more than
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26

VINO hau lor H'oh'us pee" ""'''"H ~,
TINS wlndlall got Steeie III 10" ana
stopped MS lhulScrIiii'ha'e s''i"e
they wanted II themselves
Inc history OF thaI uay WIN i'"s 'o
remembered IN vi Oily' II was ~
yet DARK "heh young Slee'e po'I'N''
a lew 'housahus 10 continue 'he u'' .
spending 10 S'ee'e' win MS NJ" MI,
Mons oorro"ihb was 'n' 'hS''2' y,
thlhsS. IN MS I"'e' y'n'a no "ou'u
nave hau lrouo'c ~ oo''o","s ny
thlhS' lor MS i''i'.''"' S''' '"u '''e
since set 90,
bowman ~"-" - ~"''"i''''
ohe OF 'A'F' W. ''.'' '''"'"'
hlHsell TO YOU" '.',''g !" ''' Nou' -
MS "eH''H Vas ~" "'.. ."'''' a sam
DICT III 1" Inv WV u' 9'' VA !, ''.'N'
OIL ale.'' "-''', '.. ''', w" '..''''' ~ was
not I""a ".'.'I '-''' O'' ",'"!,S' do
ne "G5 10" "h1"'' "',' '"P D ss,S'
pluhs.: .' 'h' Il .'' Il. '.'i ta"'lhs "a,
ple. i-t ..'"o." We" "'' ""e" io u,"
ne Wo"'' "''l1'I IN i'""'S 'oS' MS
Winnings 10 '"a "e1'~' VI So-he Dy
a'aii"ci' '"''"
Buy SuurseIi ne" nat anu nave
afihk on Johuhg a'eeie'
but the ordinary rouio'tc "heel q,
the faro deal was 100 $40" lot 'Coai
oiI johnny. lie "ah'eu actloh' anu
wanted II III Duhches. ne seluom II
ever playeu POKER lhere 100 nlucn
time lost ueaI'hb ana uia"ins catuS'
he used TO say "hen pressed 10 SIT ID
game It's 100 SLOW lts IN Ola
ladies' game
one OF the IaNorl'e stunts Vi Ooa'
oll johnny was 10 walk lhlo gam
Dllhg room WIN le" ol MS choice
irienus ana ask the proprietor 10 y IL
MN the place nc usually bought at
leartul hsure' anu tHeh "ould take
ms pace at 'he ueaier chalr ana ioati
MS lriehas money 10 pa! against MN
self. lie didh know much about deal-
ing faro, coulu scarcely tell "ne'hsI
card won OF lost ior tue houSh' ahu
so TINS was the easiest OF PICKING lot
the SHARKS VINO haa associated 'hem'
selves with the niue KING Oh spend
thrifts.
The news soon spread throughout
the "orlo Vi ''''S hioueIh i"u vi iloieS
and that he was easy from the horth,
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26
Valuable Brushes.

Valuable brushes, such as those with
ivory or tortoiscshell backs, may be
thoroughly cleansed by using bran in
stead of soap and water. The brush
is dipped into bran, which must DO
rubbed into the bristlcs as one would
do soap. and the particles may after.
ward be removed by tapping the brush.
hristles downward on the table. The
process Is somewhat lengthy but 1t
prevents the bristles from becoming
softened as they inevitably must be
is wetted. when every trace of bran
has been removed the brush will be
found TO be perfectly clean and may
then be wiped with a soft silk hand
kerchicf.
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26

money 20, he always Sall When ask q
to invest IN some seemingly luscious
bit nf n flyer in oil. But ON this occa-
sion h. came In from the street and
stood unnotced by many OF the OIL
kings who were scramblinc for a shade
on the market. one minute IN obscuri-
ty for Coal Oil Johnny was enough.
The next moment he had cloggcl tn
wheels of the oil exchange, He stepped
out where he could be seen, selected
cigar from his vest pocket, pulled
roll OF bills from another packet
skinned of 800 note. and folding it
as a lighter struck Il match and 1t
the slOO bill, then touched it 10 h,s
cigar After getting a good light from
the century note, he watched il burn
up. and threw away the irglr.
"Faugh! That's bad one, be said,
as he tried another cigar, and also lit
1t with new 500 bill.
This simply paralyGei the members
of the big oil exchange. They had bscn
used to making and losing fortunes in
a day but such wantCn waste Of money
had never before come under their no.
/ tice. There was a lull in the proceed
ings and the gang gathered round Coal
Oil Johnny" Then he was happy, He
had attracted attention.
Got to do IT, gentlemen. Got TO do
III. Can't spend my money fast enough,
SO |, have to burn 1t up" he said, a. he
strutted up to the main desk in the big
room.
Tries to Buy Oil Exchange.
Say, how much VIII you take for
the whole place. I'll buy want to
own the on Exchange for one after
noon" sail Coal OIL Johnny" really
in earnest and seemingly thinking he
could buy the place. Where's the
proprietor? Tell him Johnny Steele is
here and wants to buy the placn. I'll
give 1t back to him tomorrow; max
him a present of it,"
Such a proposition as buying the
Bradford Oil Exchange was impo sible,
but 1t was about the only thing that
John Steele ever liked in those day5
that he couldn't buy. Veteran oil men
la western Pennsylvania vt slvcr
when they think what might have hap
pcnel had such thing as that pro
posed by Steele that day been possIbl'.
Had Steele in his mad clr,e er of spend
ing got control OF the oil market for
even one day he would have made
widespread trouble. His mania fer
Ispenuing at that time had reached such
proportions that he would have stop
pea ut nothing to gain additional no.
tice, and with the millions he then had
he might have cornered the market.
This offer to buy out the Bradford OIL
Exchange was as near as Coal OF
Johnny" ever came to dabbling in the
fluid which had made his fortune.
Buys Hotel; Gives 1t Back.
II was few days after this that
Steele again electrified the upper oil
country by one OF his purchases. lie
walked into one OF the leading hotels
of the region, and seeking the propria-
tor said:
II like the looks OF this nlace ard |
want to buy It, How much is 1t, spot
cash. I'm Johnny Steele and / have
the money"
The proprietor OF the hotel looked
ct the be2rdess boy. 1t was his first
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26

Beat separately then thoroughly to-
geher. the yolks and whites Of four eggs;
add one cupful of sugar and beat, then
one-third of culful of boiling water
and beat again; next add by half.cup-
fuls. beating all the while. one and ore
half cupfuls Of flour, pour tablespoon
Cul into each patty pan and bake IS
minutes in quick oven, or drop on but
tered tins.
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26
New Evening Gown,

A new gown Tor evening wear OF white
wash chiffon, made with three five
inch nounces around the bottom, each
fiounce with design worked In silver
spangles on the edge. The upper part
of the skirt irregularly dotted with
spangles. The bodice has deep bertha,
also trimmed with spangles, and quite
short sleeves.
The Farmington times., 1906-01-26

Linen suits and collars and belts that
are laid In the sun to dry after ironing
will be murh sitter than II dried CD 6
line.