The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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The ElRkno Democrat.
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vol XII.
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory. Oct. 24, 1901.
$1.25 PER YEAR
NO. 39.
GOEBEUS MURDER.
The Portland Indiana Sun in com-
menting editorially upon the reply of
Governor Durbin, of Indiana, to the
request of Governor Beckham for a
requisition for ex-Governor Taylor
and Charles Findley, says:
"Had the governor of New York
made a requisition on the governor
of Illinois for Emma Goldman or any
of the anarchist suspects and that re-
quisition had been refused what kind
of a howl would have been raised by
the newspapers and the people who
are patting Governor Durbin on the
back and urging him to refuse
Governor Beckham's requisition for
two political anarchists who are un-
der indictment for a crime no less
heinous than that of Czolgosz? The
greatest difference in the two crimes
that were committed is that Govern-
or Goebel was a democrat. This is
the real excuse that Governor Dur-
bin lias for standing between Taylor
and Finley and justice.
"Governor Durbin has announced
that he will investigate the law and
manner of drawing juries in Ken-
tucky before he decides whether or
r
not he will honor Governor Beck-
ham's requisition for W. S. Taylor
and Charles Finley. There is prob-
adly nothing wrong in making this
inquiry if done with a sincere pur-
pose, but the probability is that Dur-
bin is takiug this course in order to
find a nail upon which to hang a
lame excuse for refusing to give
these men up for trial. They both
made speeches in Durbin's behalf
last year and he will protect them
this year and hereafter.
"The total consumation of sugar
in the United States last year was
2,219,847 tons, and based on the
average increase of (5.34 per cent,
during the past 19 years, the con-
sumption this year should he 2,300,-
585 tons. Of this quanity 1,000,000
tons in round figures will come from
American sources, sajr Louisiana be-
ing able to produce 350,000 tons.
United States beet factories 150,000
Hawaii 350^000 and Porto Kico 150,-
000, all being free of duty, leaving
1,360,585 to come from other
sources and on which duty is paid.
The average duty assessed S3(i per
ton or a total of $48,981,0f>0. The
price of all the sugar consumed,
however, being enhanced to the ex-
tent of the duty of §30 per ton or a
total of 684,981,000 it is evident
that $39,000,000 additional is paid
by the people in order to provide the
government with 49 millions for
revenue, of which the government is
now in need. If the duty is taken
off Cuba sugar, the benefit of 85
millions goes to the people. On
October 8th, the quotation for Cuba
Centrifugal Sugar 98 test, free on
board Cuba was 1.90 cents per
pound, duty on same amount to
1.085 cents—equivalent to 86 per
cent, advalorem.
Day of Execution Draws Near.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 22.—Warden
Meade, of the Auburn prison spent
several hours today in conference with
the superintendent of prisons, Corne-
lius V. Collins, arranging details for
carrying out the sentence of ceath im-
posed on Leon F. Czolgosz,the murder-
er of President McKinley.
Details for the execution have been
practically completed and while the
prison authorities guard with great
secrecy all the facts, it is believed the
execution will take place before 6
o'clock on the morning of October 28,
or, if everything cannot be gotten
ready on that day, at a similar hour
on the 29th.
"Eminently Correct."
It is said that brown has issued to
himself a fat insurance policy on his
Observer and expects to "raise a
stake" when it is laid to rest in the
old newspaper cemetery at Guthrie.
—Perry Sentinel. •
We have tried to avoid entering
into any controversy with the Senti-
nel. but he seems anxious to start
something. We hope we will not be
compelled to dig up a little past po-
litical history in which the Sentinel
played the part of a traitor to its
party, and a "boodler" of the vilest
order.—Guthrie Observer.
The editor of the Sentinel does not
belong to the democratic party and
never did, therefore could not be a
traitor to it. He belongs to Bill
Bolton's Republican bull Tick Press
Association and has boodled it to
death.—El Reno Democrat.
The Wave arises in the convention
to announce that Brothers Brown
and Hensley are both "eminently
correct" in their allegations as spread
upon the minutes above.—Enid
Wave.
Another Chance.
Announcement has been made by
Secretary Houston of the school
land department that no more names
of successful bidders on school lands
will be published until the unsuccess-
ful bidders have received notification
of the rejection of their bid in order
that the latter may have another
chance.
"You see it's this way," said the
secretary. '-These fellows, who
were not lucky enough to win the
first time in securing a lease on a
piece of school land in the new
country, want another whack at it,
and it's no more than right and
proper that they should know, first
of any, that they did not win and
thus giving them a chance to bid on
some of the land west of range 14.
These fellows, if anything, are more
anxious to know their fate than the
fellows that won, so for the next few
days the names of those who didn't
win will be searched out and mailed.
No awards of leases will be an-
nounced further for possibly four
days."
Fighting Marshal-
The council of the city of Enid
held a meeting last week and during
its deliberations Councilman Gannon
offered a resolution that the fees of
the marshal's office he knocked off
stating that the salary of $55 per
month was sufficient incentive for
the marshal to do his duties and the
city needed the fees. The next day
the city marshal met Mr. Gannon
and for a few moments it looked as
if they would bruise each other con-
siderably before they desisted, sev-
eral blows being struck.
The fistic encounter between the
marshal and councilman has brewed
considerable trouble and caused a
carbuncle to begin to show its pro-
portions on the surface of affairs. It
is said that Councilman Gannon will
prefer charges against Marshal White
looking to his removal, alleging con-
duct unbecoming an officer,and push
them to a better finish. The out-
come will be awaited with interest.—
Enid Events.
It is claimed that President Roose-
velt is most anxious to have Senator
Lodge in his cabinet. The state
Portfolio will be gi\ en him as soon
as Ilay can be deposed oi.
JOSES. VS. EL KESO.
James Jones was awarded 840 and
costs against the city yesterday, by
Senator Gillette, acting as special
probate judge in the case.
Jones claimed damages for injur-
ies received by falling into nil open
sewer leading south from the Caddo
hotel, some months ago.
We have nothing at this time to
say as to the merits or demerits of
the case. There is one thing that
we will say, however, now that the
matter has passed into judgment,and
it is this: The sewer inspector who
had charge of this work was guilty
of the grossest kind of negligence in
keeping this ditch open the length of
time he did, constantly menancing
the city with danger of this kind ; but
then the sewer inspector is a luxury
that few cities outside of El Reno
can afford to enjoy. lie is kept
and fed at an expense of SI.50
per day by the taxpayers, because
he happens to stand in with two or
three reform councilmen. His bill
last month, which was vetoed,
amounted to thirty-live or forty dol-
lars, and the services that he render-
ed for the city have never yet been
discovered.
Sff-inl Elect Un.
The call for the special court
house election will be found in this
issue. When this proposition was
submitted to the people, before, we
opposed it for two reasons. First,
we felt that the time was hardly ripe
for such an undertaking when view-
ed from a financial standpoint and
secondly, we were opposed to the lo-
cation. The question of location is
still objectionable, in fact more so
than the first proposition, but the
other reasons do not exist. The
financial condition of the county and
the people was never better. The
town is making unprecedented strides
of progress, and the time has come
for the county to take its place in
the building procession and give to
the people and town a court house
that will be a credit to its surround-
ings. No one denies the insecurity
of our public records, and the im-
portance of carying for them prop-
erly. No one can urge hard times
or financial pressure for a reason for
postponement. The only objection
that can be urged legitimately is that
of the proposed location, but rather
than do without a court house we
are willing to forego our objections
on this line rather than see the propo-
sition fail.
"Too Much Brown-"
United States Attorney Horace
Speed has refused to approve the is-
suing of a warrant for E. E. Brown
of Oklahoma City, against whom
complaint had been made of violat-
ing the federal postal laws. Mr.
Speed holds that in opening letters
addressed to "E. E. Brown" he
had violated no law, even though
the letters were intended for another
person.
E. E. Brown of Guthrie, who
made the complaint, is not satisfied
with the United States attornej-'s
construction of the law and avers
that he will bring the matter before
the federal grand jury.—Guthrie
Leader.
The new president has promised,
so it is said not to interfere with the
status of the Philippines for the
time being. Not until they kill off!
a few more companies of our troops, j
Coleman the Balloonist-
The following is a press dispatch
sent out from Kansas City:
It is given to but few men to fall
three hundred feet and live, but that
distinction is enj iyed by Frank Cole-
man, who left for his home in Moberly
yesterday, after having spent tivt
months in Bothany hospital and be in
three months more in the care of a
physician.
Coleman is an aeronaut, and the ac-
cident to him occurred at El Keno O. T
Maren 3, last. He had been making
weekly baloou ascensions for the mer-
chants of that city. He had been in
the tlying business since 1804, and had
made 272 successful ascensions without
receiving a scratch but the 27lid was
one to many. He was accompanied in
his tlight on that day by Clarence
Bain of Keytesville, and they wore to
have made a double parachute leap.
The paraohutes fouled when they were
at a height of three hundred feet, tore
the foot rope from the baloon and let
the aeronauts fall from that dizzy
height. Bain was instantly killed.
Coleman struck a tent, bouncing thirty
feet in the air, and when picked up
was a mass of dislocations and com-
minuted fractures. Twenty bones were
broken and four joints thrown out of
place. He was unconscious for four-
teen days. His complete rocovery Is
believed to be a matter of but a few
months, although it is probable that
he will never again bo able to walk
without crutches.
"You can call me a bollonatic if you
want to," said Colman yesterday, "but
I'm going back in the flying business
as soon as I get strong again. I don't
think, though, that I will try any
more double parachute leaps."
Submitted.
The county commissioners last .Sat-
urday evening decided to re-submit the
proposition of voting bonds to build a
courthouse, to the people. This action
was based upon a petition which it is
claimed contains 805 names of taxpay-
ers of the town and county.
The proposition calls for $50,000
bonds to build a court house and jail.
It also proposes to build it in the north
west portion of town on a block of land
the promoters of the scheme propose
to donate to the county for that pur-
pose. The special election is called
for November the 2f>.
Killed Accidentally-
Last Saturday night, between twelve
and oue o'clock (iilbet L Grace, was
shot and instantly killed a short dis-
tance west of the Ro<'k Island railroad
crossing on the stand pipe road.
From the evidence taken before
CoronorS .! Dyer, the following facts
concerning the tragedy have been
gleaned:
On Saturday morning tae deceased,
accompanied by his two sons, aged re-
spectively It) anil 21 years, left his
homo in Oklahoma City, and started
for the now country. They camped
the first night a short distance west of
101 Reno. Between twelve and one
o'clock the deceased and his two sons
who wjro sleeping in the wagon, were
aroused from their slumber by some
loud, and what seemed to them, unsual
noise, made in all probabilty by some
parties driving by. The deceased evi-
dently thinking that they were about
to be molested, called out to the boys
to get the gun, and at the samo time
began searching for it himself, in the
darkness From the evidence, it ap-
pears that both, the deceased and his
son, Oscar, had hold of the weapon,
which was a double barrel shot gun,
when it was discharged- The entire
charge from one barrel took elTect just
above the deceased eyes, carrying away
the top of the head and the entire up-
per portion of the face.
The young man thinking that the
shot was tired by some one on the out
side of the wagon, seized the gun and
was in the act of tiring in the directing
from whence he thought the shot
came, when all at once ho mado the
horrible discovery that his father was
killed. The boys face was bespattered
with the blood and brains of the un-
fortuate father.
The two boys in their frenzy, rushed
up to the police station, half dressed
and related their awful experience,
believing that their father had been
fired upon and murdered by some
one.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was
that the killing was accidental and ex-
honorated the boys from any carless-
ness or blame in the matter.
The deceased was 54 years of age and
leaves a wife and eight children. The
body was shipped to OklahomaCity for
entrement.
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