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Oklahoma State Register.
EIGHTEEENTH YEAR, NO.
31
GUTHRIE, OKLA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER^ 1909
$1.00 PER7„, YEAR.
Mme. Steinhill Suspected of Killing
President Faure — The Most
Sensational Trial for a Century
Paris, Nov. 4.—A new sensation was
added to the trial of Madame Steinheii
this afternoon, when M. Aubin, the
prisoner's attorney, suddenly inter-
rupted the proceedings to present a
letter just received by him signed
"Jean Leafevre," in which the writer
stated that he wished to confess his
participation in the murders of which
Madame Steinheii is accused.
The Court ordered the lawyer to
read the letter and at its close Mad-
ame Steinheil's attorney suddenly
and dramatically Introduced the writ-
er, who in the meantime had made
his way through the crowd to a place
beside Aubin.
The newcomer was about twenty-
one years of age. Amid the greatest
• excitement, he demanded a hearing.
Refusing to answer all questions he
launched into his story and shouted
that he had been an accomplice in the
assassination of Adolphe Steinheii
and Madame Japay.
I was an accomplice in the murder
at the home of Madame Steinheii," he
said. "Filled with remorse, I wish
now to confess my part in the crimes.
I was disguised as a woman and
"wore a wig of l'ed hair. My accom-
plices wore long cloaks. We commit-
ted the murders and escaped to a for-
est where we burned our disguises."
Lefevre said he and his accomplices
"had escaped from France. Madame
Steinheii confronted Lefevre but said
she was unable to recognize him as
one of the murderers whom she had
/Inscribed.
The Judge ordered the man arrested
and an investigation of his story
made.
At the same time he warned the
jury that the dramatic episode might
prove to be another attempt to baf-
fle justice. The examination of Mad-
ame Steinheii was concluded this mor-
ning.
Paris, Nov. 3.—Not even Bernhardt,
in her tragic roles has ever swayed a
Parisian assemblage as Mme. Mar-
guerite Steinheii, accused of killing
iher stepmother and her husband, and
of being at least the mysterious wit-
ness of President Faure's sudden end.
swayed the cynical audience of bar-
risters and journalists in the assize
«ourt room.
Whether she be merely the "Du Bar-
ry" of the third republic, or the "La-
day Macbeth" of modern France, she
showed today that she is a consum-
mate actress, who will wield the pow-
er of her beauty, all the real or feign-
ed pathos of her position, all the aits
.ol her subtle, yet simple elopuence,
to save herself from the guillotine.
Clad in her widow's black, a tragic
-veil framing the prison pallor of her
beautiful and strangely youthful face,
and not quite concealing the masses
of her blonde hair, she faced the verb-
al onslaught of the presiding judge
with battling changes of voice and
pose and manner, that ranged from i
perfect calm to wild emotion, from
open defiance to pathetic pleading.
Tlie Witnesses Were Sympathetic.>
At the close of the first day's session
of a trial that has gripped the interest
of all France as nothing has done
since the Dreyfus controversies, this
wonderful woman seemed to have
-won the listeners to admiration and
sympathy. But she had not checked
the deadlv fire of the judges' pittiless
questioning. She refused to mention
the name of the late president of
France, Felix Faure, the mystery of
whose fatal attack Of illness in her
hoifie eight years ago, is the feature
of international interest in the pres-
ent trial. -
"I had one dear, good friend, saia
TSlrs. Steinheii softly. "But I will not
mention his name."
"Tell his name! Tell all the
names!" fairly shouted the Viscount
De Valle, president of the court.
"No, I shall not speak of the dead,"
•she answered, as calmly as before.
She Was Hysterical, She Said.
The judge refrained today fro.n di-
rectly questioning the prisoner about
the tragedy of May 31, 1908, when
shortly after midnight Adolphe Stein-
heii, the artist husband of the defend-
ant, and Madame Japy. her step-
mother, were found choked to death
in the Steinheii home in Paris, and
when Madame Steinheii was found
gagged and bound in an adjoining
room.
The judge struck rather at her de-
fenseless past and questioned her
■sharply as to why she had accused
first the valet, Conilard, then in suc-
cession, Wolff, a son of an old serv-
ant, and Burlingham, an American
newspaper man, of having committed
the murders. Madame Steinheii made
no attempt to deny the record of her
affairs of the heart, which involved
not only the late President of the re-
public, but many other distinguished
in the political and social life of Pai-
is. She met the fact that she had
made false accusations with the de-
fense that the tragedy had broug.it
her to such a state of hysterics that
she did not know what she was do-
ing or saying.
Cynical Comment tu the Courtroom.
The woman, who has been openly
suspected of giving poisoned wine to
President Faure when he was her
guest alone with her in her husband's
mansion, was awakened at 6;30
o'clock this morning in the cell in the
prison of St. Lazare, At 7:15 she was
led to a motor car and driven to the
palace. As the widow entered the
courtroom the four hundred men an i
the four or five women in the room
leaned breathlessly forward. There
was not a sound until she had sunk
into her seat. Then a murmur of cyn-
ical comment arose on all sides.
Though apparently without fear, she
had walked to her chair with no
sign of bravado. But obviously she
had few sympathizers in the largely
professional audience.
Undoubtedly the woman is youthful-
ly beautiful in' spite of her thirty-
nine years and her long imprison-
ment. She is slender and was garbed
with real elegance in a simple black
gown, cut low enough to admit a
glimpse of the white throat.
The Judge linked Her l'asi I.Ife.
The public prosecutor read the in-
dictment. Mme. Steinheii listened at-
tentively to the charge that she had
planned and aided in the murder of
her husband and stepmother. Then
began the four hours of merciless in-
terrogation by the judge.
It was a duel wonderfully dramat-
ic. The president with his harsh na-
sal voice and insistent manner, raked
over the woman's entire life from her
childliocd to her arrest. He accused
her father of being a drunkard, her-
self of reckless girlhood love affairs,
her husband of many infamies.
She defended her father and hus-
band with courage and eloquence. At
times she wept. Her voice, of great
sweetness and power, caused-the jui-
ors to lean forward and listen. Many
in the room remarked that the woild
had lost the greatest actress of the
generation when she turned to other
things. Now and then her French ve-
hemence carried her away and the
president silenced her bluntly.
"I want you to discuss the charges
with some degree of order," he com-
manded, tnd she replied with a sim-
plicity and deep feeling that carricd
conviction:
"Don't Be Vindictive, Please," She
Said.
"I a monly a woman. I do the best
I can to defend myself. You have pa-
pers, documents, I, nothing. I have
been a year in prison. Until two
months ago, I thought I was accused
only of telling lies. It was not until
then that I learned the charge was
one of murder, I was harried, I was
bullied by detectives and reporters
until 1 didn't know what I said.
Please let me defend myself like a
woman. Do not be vindictive, Mr.
President."
The woman's appeal charmed the
audience as she had charmed minis-
ters, senators and magistrates of the
third republic. The judge questioned
her about he less widely known ad
mirers, but he soon led her to the de
tails of the Faure affair and it was
then that she made her positive refus-
al to speak of the late president of
France. Thus of the real story with
which all France is ringing, not a
word was said today.
Mme. Steinheil's defense was veiy
simple. She went back to her original
story of the three men dressed in
black robes, accompanied by a red-
haired woman, who visited her home
in the dead of night, killed her hus-
band and stepmother and left her
bound and half strangled on her bed.
She said the other stories she had
told were all false.
Had Wept for a Year in Prison.
"It rained detectives and reporters
from 9 in the morning until midnight
at my home," she said. "They forced
me to make the statements. They
made me do it to make copy for .heir
newspapers. I followed every one's
advice. I was in such a state that 1
might have accused a hundred other
innocent people. I was no longer a
woman. I was a mad creature. I have
wept for it day and night since I have
been in prison. I ask all whom I
unjustly accused to pardon me."
Then she passionately burst out:
"On the head of my child, I swear
that the crime was committed by the
men in the black robes."
"Well, have you done?" asked the
judge. I have let you go on and say
what you pleased. The results have
gone to show yourself as you are."
But the verdict of an impartial ob-
server of the session was that the
mysterious, beautiful and shrewd de-
fendant had won, b" her eloquence,
her coaxing, her tears, her flashes of
indignation, the sincere sympathy of
that cynical audience and had gained
an opening victory i nher duel with
French. Justice.
The "Woman of Mystery" to Paris."
Paris, the city of all the world
which novelists and story writers
seem to love best ns a setting for tales
of love, Intrigue and crime, has been
the home of few sensations, either
acted in history or imagined in story,
more remarkable than that one in
which Mme. Marguerite Steinheii is
the central figure. Those who know
Paris only through reading—through
the stories of such authors as Dumas,
Victor Hugo, Eugene Sue or Gaborian
—may find a true narrative just as
thrilling In the career of this real wo-
man of mystery, the hlond charmer ot
kings, presidents, noblemen and mere
men, stories of whose dark deeds,
half rumored and half verified, have
Interested the nations for more than
ten years.
Mme. Steinheii is known in political
circles as "La Charmeuse," and
among the talkers in the streets, In
the cafes, and In the Latin homes
where a rich story so exhilarates as
"La Veuve Rouge," (The Red Widow.)
BE PORTS ON OKLAHOMA cm
COM Kl!\ Of H ATE OCT.
"CPS DEMOCRACY'S CHANCE.''
lalnfleld, N. J., Oct. 29.—Dr. Wood-
row Wilson, president of Princeton j
University, addressed the Plainfield |
Democratic Club tonight on "The
Democratic Opportunity. lie founu
his inspiration in the situation pre-
sented by the passage of the Payue-
Aldricti Tariff Bill in th
Bank Commissioner of State Issues
a Statement.
Oklahoma City, Ok., Oct. 30.-—A. M. j
Young, State Bank Commissioner, who
assumed control of the affairs of the
Columbia Bank and Trust Company
Sept. 28, tonight gave out for publica-
tion his report of the condition of the
bank at the close of business ac noon
today and will submit the report to
the State Banking Board Monday for
approval. i y. - , - . ...
The report shows that the total lia-1 federal government ought to assume
bilities at the close of business today with regard to powerful business coni-
were $411,675.41, against $2,901,047.93, binations.
when he took charge Sept. 28. The!, 'The Democratic party is now fac-
report shows that the sum of $2,489,- , '"8 an unusual opportunity and a
372.52 has been liquidated. The total very great duty, Doctor Wilson said,
assets are $1,763,200.63. It
that W. L. Norton and othc...
assigned to the State Banking Board,great and small; has lost its treedom
additional securities as follows: °t choice in a hundred ways, and may
Negotiable notes $240,000. bonds de- be said by reason of its peculiar pol-
livered and guaranteed $124,000, oil ides to have allied itself with some-
producing properties appraised at■ thing less than the Nation as a whole.
$183,000, bank's assets now in the The Democratic party, on the other
hands of Mr. Young amount to $1,199,- hand, is iree from entanglements anil
wo°dron«wihon^s^tjs, the^Tarhi New York Elects Gaynor; Pluiality About 70,000. \
Bannard, Republican, Second, and Hearst, Inde
pendent, a Fair Third in the Mayoralty Race.
Sutiiinary of Election Results.
Elections were held Tuesday in
face of a many States and cities throughout the
very considerable opposition within country, with varying results, there
the majority party and the widely va-
rying opinions of what attitude the
is shown "The party In power has become n-
hers have tangled with all sorts of Interests,
600.63. Mr. Young states that a
shrinkage of $637,799.97 ill the total
assets could occur before any final
loss on any funds would occur.
It is shown that State Treasurer
Menefee had on deposit $189,000, se-
cured by bonds ard other collateral,
which have been sold and the State
Treasurer paid In full.
Mr. Your.s gives the list of stock-
holders and the amount of stock sub-
scribed as follows: W. L. Norton. Ok-
lahoma City, $117,400; D. M. Phillips,
Oklahoma City, $1,000; .1. W. letter^
Bristow. $500; Mr. •?",Levant, St.
Louis, $1,000; T. C. Davis, Oklahoma
Citv, $10,000; H. H. Smock, Oklahoma
City, $10,000; V. D. Houston, Oklaho-
ma City, $11,000; E. F. Balise, Tulsa,
$1,000; F. C. Baldwin, Bartlesville,
$200; D. C. Stewart, Bartlesville, $2,-
000; E. W. Tidball, Bartlesville, $2,-
000; F. C. Audibert, Bartlesville, $1,-
000; J. P. Murray, Oscura, N. M„
$1,000; W. C. Raymond, Bartlesville,
$700; P. C. Hogan, Parsons, Kas.,
$200; R. E. Cies, Bartlesville, $500;
James A. Menefee, Guthrie, $25,000;
A. W. Baxter, Bartlesville, $1,000; H.
Weber, Bartlesville, $2,500; F. L. Mal-
er, Lima. Ohio, $2,500; B. D. Hite, An-
adarko, $3,000; J. L. Reider, Oklaho-
ma City, $100; George B. Harmon.
Tulsa, $2,000; S. Brooks, Oklahoma
Citv. $2,000; E. J. Maier, Lima Ohio,
$2,500.
The report concludes: "No officer
was indebted to t he bank except
James Menefee, who had two notes for
$10,000 each, none due at the time,
and one which has been paid since.
The other is secured by additional
collateral. The expense of handling
the affairs to date has not exceeded
$2,500, while under the same condi-
tions the expense fo rhandllng a Na-
tional bank would not be less than
$50,000. I wish to express my grati-
tude to the people of Oklahoma City
for their courtesy, to Governor Has-
kell for his great assistance and to
the members of the State Banking
Board."
OTHERS STUDY, HE LEARNS.
Telepathy Aids s Blind Student in His
Work.
Chicago, Oct. 30.—Blind from birth,
but able through telepathy to take
the difficult course of medicine and
surgery without study is the remark-
able condition of J. W. Boletin. a stu-
dent in the Chicago College of Medi-
cine and Surgery.
Boletin, a young Russian, asserts
that through a sixth sense which he
cannot explain, he can read the minds
of his friends and classmates and in
that manner acquire from them the
knowledge they obtaoined through
hard study.
H. Wolk, a room-mate of the mys-
terious blind student, said today that,
after completing his studies for an
evening, Boletin, even though no con-
versation had passed between them,
would be familiar with the subject
which he ha dbeen reading.
Boletin does not believe his power
is anything supernatural or anything
beyond what any man could do if he
would think hard.
"The whole thing is largely a thing
of memory and sound reasoning," he
said.
"With Wolk here I get along nicely.
We understand each other thorough-
ly."
Is it true that Wolk reads to him-
self and you understand what he is
reading?"
"Yes, that is true."
is at liberty to choose policies suited
to the national conditions as a whole.
It is free to make a program for the
general good. But it should do th#
without allowing itself to be encum-
bered by old formulas.
Aldrich lliil Favors tlie Few.
"The principle upon which the Al-
drich Tariff Bill is based Is not the
benefit of the country at large and
the careful stimulation of its many
and varied Industries, but the benefit
of those engaged in the protected in-
dustries, (he incompetent along with
the competent. It is a means of in-
suring profits to certain manufactur-
ers on the plea that what they are do-
ing adds to the wealth and trads Of
the Nation, but without regard to the
question whether they are adding to
the wealth and trade of the Nation in
the way most wholesome and most
suited to the common benefit.
"The demonstration of the whole
thing, its corrupting effect upon our
politics, its enfeebling effect upon our
industries, its sinister effect upon our
political principles is now evident to
every man who allows himself to
think without obscuring his view by
private considerations of self-interest.
"We are at present trying the very
hazardous experiment of regulating
trusts in one or the other of two ways.
In the first place, we are trying to re
strain them from forms of organiza
tion and courses of action against
the general interest by the compul-
sion of fines and penalties. These
fines and penalties generally fall, not
upon tlie individuals responsible, but
upon the - i khold-rs who, under our
present extraordinary administration
of the law, are without any real pow-
er to control the business they nomi-
nally own.
^ Make tlie Corporations Tell.
"The other means by which we seek
control is the government of public
service corporations, as we have come
to call them, through commissions.
We have carried this metheds so far
that we have virtually gone the length
of dictating their management, which
carries us very much beyond the point
of mere control.
"There is only one principle in re-
gard to these matters which the Dem-
oratic party can consistently adopt.
It is perfectly possible to make all
corporations so disclose the detail of
their organization as to make it evi-
dent to the officers of the law what
official, what authority, from its board
of directors down to its most subordi-
nate responsible officer, is responsi-
ble for the ats oc fthe corporation
with which the law chooses to deal.
That being done, it is perfectly feas-
ible for the law to punish directly
the person or persons who ordered
anv illegal thing done.
"The question I want to leave with
you tonight is: Will the Democratic
party offer its services in the great
enterprise?"
being no National issue involved to
bring about concerted party action.
New York.
William J. Gaynor, Democrat, was
elected Mayor of New York, leaving
bis opponents, Otto T. Bannard, Re-
publican, ami William R. Hearst, in-
dependent, far behind. Hearst was
last in the contest. The New York
Fusion forces have elected William
A. l'rendergast as Controller and Jno.
Purroy Mitchell president of the
Board of Aldermen. Indications are
that Whitman, Republican-Fusionisi,
has been elected District Attorney of
New York County. Returns from over
the State indicate surprising Demo-
cratic gains. Buffalo, Schenectady
Elmira and Gloversville elected Demo-
cratic mayors.
Ohio.
Tom Johnson, the picturesque May-
or of Cleveland, has been defeated by
a decisive majority by Herman Baehr,
Republican.
Whitloclc, an Independent, has been
ro-elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio. Di.
Louis Schwab and his Republican col-
leagues were victorious In the Cincin-
nati municipal Election.
Indiana.
Til Indianapolis, where the temper-
ance issue has been figured, Lewis
Shank, Republican, is elected over
Charles A. Gauss, Democrat.
Pennsylvania.
In Philadelphia, another battlefield
on reform issues, Samuel P. Rotan,
Republican, was elected District At-
torney over D. Clarence Gibboney,
representing the Law and Order Soci-
ety and the reform element. Rotan's
majority exceeded that in any previ-
ous campaign, being estimated at up-
ward of 30,000. The Pennsylvania
State elections for Treasurer, Auditor
General and Judge of the Supreme
Virgin la.
In Virginia the early returns indi-
cate that the Democratic ticket, head-
ed by Judge Mann for Governor, has
been elected by about the usual ma-
jority.
Kentucky.
Democrats led by Head, candidate
for Mayor, won in Louisville.
The negro question was the main
issue in the campaign, which was
characterized by bitter personalities
on both sides. Killings occurred la
Louisville and in Breathitt County.
Fusion ticket is probably elected at
Lexington.
Nebraska.
Omaha has elected Republican of-
ficials with possibly few exceptions
in the minor offices.
Republican County ticket wins In
Lancaster County (Lincoln) by a
larger vote than during the Taft-Brj-
an election, but with a loss as com-
pared to the election two years ago.
New York, Nov. 2.—Tammany elect-
ed another Mayor of Greater New
York today, but lost Its grip on city;
finances. ^
William J, Gaynor ot Brooklyn
swept the five boroughs to victory as
Mayor by at least 70,000 plurality, de-
feating Otto T, Bannard, Republican
Fusion, and William R. Hearst, la-
dependent. "•**
He tailed, however, to carry his tick-
et with him, and the Republican-Fus-
ion forces will control absolutely the
Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment, which will disburse approxi-
mately $1,000,000,000 during the ad*
ministration.
This is more than half a defeat for
Tammany, for the control of the
Board of Estimate was one of the
principal issues of the campaign.
In addition the Republiean-Fusion-
ists elected Charles Whitman District
Attorney of New York County, whode-
NAVAL BATTLE AT SAL AMIS.
Forts and Warships Fired on Mutin-
ous Torpedo Boats.
Athens, Oct. 29.—For the first time
since Tbemistoeles overwhelmed the
Persian Fleet two thousand years ago
Salamls was the scene of a naval bat-
tle today. The correspondent of the
Associatde Press has just returned
feated George Gordon Battle, the Deni-
Court resulted in the usual ltepubli- 0 cratlc nominee, by at least 13,00i>
can majorities. ^ ) plurality, and John S. Shea for Sher-
( alifoi-nin. jff over Christopher D. Sullivan, Dem-
Tlie returns front San Francisco ocrat, by approximately 10,000.
where reform issues are uppermost,! wuh a tota, of Blxtecn votes in tha
indicate a Republican victory. , Bofml of E8timat6i the RepublicaD.
. i,r . , lv.' ,, ... 'forces, even counting out the elec-
In Maryland, the Constitutional tlo„ of the borougU presidents of the
amendment disfranchising the negro Bronx and staten uland wU1 „
is still in doubt, the Ba nnore vote haye te more than the nec-
being Strongly against the amend- e majority.
ment. while returns from the Interior
indicate increasing strength for the' Hearst ran a poor race. Once de-
amendment. feated in his contest for the Mayorai-
Massachusctts. l-v against McClellan in 1905, he went
In Massachusetts, the returns up to down again today with a total of less
midnight indicate that Gov. Eben s'. th?n 150.000 "s against approximately
Draper, Republican, has been re-elect- for Gaynor and L 4,000 for
ed over James H. Vahey, Democrat, Bannard.
by a greatly reduced majority, estl-I With but thirty-six election districts
mated at 10,000. Gove. Draper's ma- out of 1,679 missing, the total vote
jority last year was fiO.OOO. j for the Greater City for the three
Rhode Island. candidates was as follows: Gaynor
In Rhode Island, Gov. Pothier, Re- 243,870, Bannard 173,399, Hearst 148.-
publican, was re-elected over Olney 549.
Arnold. Democrat,
majority
by a substantiar This gives Gaynor a lead of 70,171
over Bannard and 95,321 over Hearst..
l\Sl It<;i:\T HANKS FILL IT.
Enemies of Cannon Are
Where Least Expected.
inlded in the list of five or six en-
I tioned above. He is an insrgeni and
Appearing opposed to Speaker Cannon at every
turn of the road. He had personal
grievances against the Speaker be-
cause of committee assignments and
belongs to the wing in the party in
Congress which is not for peace at
any price.
That a revolt Is ready to burst out
Bayou Sara, La., Oct. 30.—A care-
ful canvass made among thoroughly
Informed political leaders from a ma-
jority of the Republican States, sena-
tors, governors and representatives
aboard the Presidential ill et, indicates j In lllionis is all but conceded by even
that the insurgents themselves in Con- [ the standpatters, and with the pros-
gress have underestimated the pect almost certain that the tariff and
strength of the movement which they | Cannonism are to be twin issues in
initiated at Washington last winter. | the Sixth District special election, the
I nless the correspondents have balance of the Illinois Republicans are
been misinformed deliberately by j wondering fearfully how long before
members of the House of Representa- | it will spread to their own bailiwicks,
tives who ought to know what they
are talking about, between thirty and
forty sitting members of Congress
who have been classed as "regulars"
at the national capital, are ready to
announce their candidacies for re-
election upon platforms which shall
include the election of a new Speak-
To Save tlie House Majority.
These men, it has been found, are
not necessarily insurgents, ar.d they
here from Scaramanga, from where he do not appear to be following the In
The first title has to do with her
course as a beautiful adventuress
dabbling in love, finance and politics.
She has achieved the title of "the red
widow" only since her widowhood,
which began when her husband, a
widely known artists, and her step-
mother were found bound and dead in
the family home on the Impasse Rusin
last May. Suspicion now points at
"La Charmeuse" as the accomplice
if not the perpetrator, of the crime.
Also suspicion let loose has run In
pursuit of the secrets of her career,
and she is accused of having adminis-
tered poinson to Felix Faure, sixth
president of the third republic.
Therein lies her chief claim to the
great -ubllclty she Is now achieving.
Therein Is the reason why the volatile
French populace, ever eager for those
sensations which emanate from the
nocturnal life of the gay French capi-
tal, Is gaping in the streets for the
latest gossip of the past doings of
Mme. Steinheii, Just now the most
talked-of woman in Europe.
watched twenty minutes of fighting
this afternoon between field batteries
and big warships on the one side, and
the mutinous naval officers who left
the capital Wednesday, with torpedo
boats, on the other.
The first shots were fired after 4
o'clock and a sharp exchange of shells
followed. Some of the projectiles
struck tho arsenal buildings, but the
correspondent saw only one shell hit
a torpedo boat—theSphondona, which
immediately was enveloped In smoke.
No great damage was done so far' as
is known.
During the action the torpedo boats
gradually steamed backward until
they obtained the shelter of the head-
land. when the firing ceased. The reb-
el vessels, while the engagement was
in progress, returned the fire of the
warships and field batteries, but ap-
parently little damage was done on
either side The rebels were led by
Lieutenant Tibaldos and are reported
to have numbered three hundred
men.
Athens is quiet tonight, but much
suppressed excitement prevails. An
official statement has been issued to
the effect that the arsenal, which was
In the hands of the rebels, has been
recaptured and that the mutinous tor-
pedo boats are expected to surrender.
surgent flag which was raised con-
spicuously in the last session of Con-
gress. They for the element which
would prefer to have the Republicans
of the House organize the House, but
would eliminate "Uncle Joe" to in-
sure a Republican majority in the
next House.
They have reached the point of dis-
cussing candidates for the Speaker-
ship, and from Information obtained
today upon the residential fleet, early
In the approaching session of Con-
gress, during which Speaker Cannon
will preside over the House, a definite
program of action will be prepared
and followed.
Names of tentative candidates who
are under consideration have been re-
ported in confidence to the correspon-
dent's and if made public would as-
tound some of the intimate Cannon
coterie.
Some of the latter have heard of
what Is In progress, but they have rid-
iculed the matter. They have heard
the stories which are romping up and
down the fleet, but they have tried
to stamp them out with ridicule and
denial.
Cooper an Avowed Candidate.
Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin,
an avowed insurgent, is an open can-
didate for the Speakership. He Is not !
LABORERS' CLAIMS FIRST.
Federal Judge Benders Important De-
cision iu Oklahoma Central
Railroad Case.
Ardmore, Ok. Oct. 30.—Federal
Judge Campbell entered an order in
the Oklahoma Central Railroad re-
ceivership. In the case of the Western
Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago,
declaring all laborers' claims con-
tracted subsequent to Dec. 1, 1907, amf
amounting to about $90,000, to be
preference before claims of bondhold-
ers and a first lien upon the road.
The Court directed their receiver,
E. A. Ramsey, of Muskogee, to at
otVe issue certificates for the full
amount, and out of the sale to pay the
laborers. The question as to priority
of the general officers' salaries was
reserved for further hearing.
President Dorset Carter stated to-
day that the order was a victory for
the railroad company, and that 90 per
cent, of the bond holders agreed to
this character of settlement.
FRIAR JOHN Bl'RIED.
London, Oct. 30—Fve hundred
years after his death, Friar John, of
the Biackfriars of Stamford, has been
burled with the rites of his order for
the second time.
This second burial is the sequel to
the discovery of a mummified body
on the site of the ancient monastery
at Stamford. It was atfirst thoughc
that the body was a woman's and no
other than the Fair Maid of Kent,"
mother of Richard II. But a parch-
ment in monkish Latin found with
the body proved it to be that of Friar
John Staunforde, brother of th
Biackfriars' Order, who died early In
the fifteenth century. „ j
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