The Daily Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 179, Ed. 1 Monday, September 2, 1901 Page: 1 of 4
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Worst Wreck in HiBtory Of Great
Northern. Crashed into Pass-
enger at Bate of 70
miles an Hour.
Devoted to The Interests of Stillwater.
Stillwater. Oklahoma. Monday Evening, Septemb^^Ta^
>loneI rinvn*' j ^
WOODS GETS
THE DECISION,
S stillwater J
• The Largest, Liveliest S
J and Healthieat City in *
X Eastern Oklahoma. ff
($4 ,60 per year.
Orest
Of the awful wreck on the
Northern near 8po -ane, Wash., tSatur
day, the associated press says
Colonel Downs' death has cast a
g oon, over the entire citj H ,
e n ;"r0ad servic<>- Tomorrow
bw.u have ...UBrt the dut.cg of
Knn. , Jnt°f th,< sPol<«ne Fall. A
enal \ alley roads, at the personal
rnr'''""1- ""—awld
ow now visiting i„ Bskersfield, Vt„
stestM"""""m"
Mr. I)owns and hi. son left Monday
No. 179
All report.show that the wreck on I th" private c r «ith"hTs%uen.?Lieu!
lh", n *°rlh<>rn fortJ mi>" east of to" nt Vi< °' Blue, an American naval
K.lispell, Mont., was the worst in the
road's higtory. and one of the most
agonizing in the annals of American
railroading. Thirty-four lives were
lost, and ten .person. were injured.
Three of the injured will surely die,
and the others were seriously hurt,
Hy strenuous and heroic efforts, (if-
officer, and wife. They accompanied
tbe.r guest, as far east a. Mlnot, and
were returning home when the wreck
occurred. Kirk Downs was about 21
years of age and was employed as sec-
retary by his rather.
J Ilenry KUir, the cook, also resided
here. He was about 40 years of age
' ",M« "croic enorts, m- auoui 4U years of age
teen of the bodies were taken from the nrui leave* a w'dow and four children,
wrecked cars. All the other victims FreH Thwinw Rmb-P • •
were cremated, including Superii.ten- I , , K 3Dk ComMlSS10ner.
dent P. L. Downs, and hi. son, T
Down..
for territorial bank commissioner to
succeed Krank J, Wikoff of this city
who resigned a couple of months
ago to become the president of the
While doing this, all the I pre8ident "r the National Bank of
There is a severe grade near the |
scene of the wreck. Two engines had
taken a train of twenty eight freight
cars up this grade and drawn off to j
take water. \Vhii« fining ti.aj|
Kirk!, Kn'<l " Thwing, of Oklahoma City,
j has been selected hy Governor Jenkin.
twenty-eight ears started down the
grnde. The runaway train dashed
down the grade at frightful speed and
crashed into Ihe rear of west bound j
passenger No. 3, near the siding
r". The appointment was
officially announced today. Of the
matter Sunday's Capital says:
Fr.-d II Thwing has been an Oklaho-
| man since the opening and at present
Njack Superintendent Downs' pri- ' '* "f i,s fiT'-wen business men
He has made in Oklahoma and helped
i to advance the interests and welfare of
I ,h<' territory at all times. He is a
I .launch republican a*id ■ w is as st rung-
| endorsed for ihe position as any |
I ever has been in Oklahoma It is be-1
vate car «■« attached to the passen-
ger. and next to it was a day coach
tilled with railroad laborers from Du
loth. A. the runaway train sped by
Die switch it Struck a caboose and day
i oar 11 on th- siding, wrecking them
Hre imm diately start-d from the oil
lamps in Ihe cab' -e The p >int wh re |
th** wild train crashed into the pa--en*
fr «"«. several hundred feet away.
and it was two and a half hours before
lliellarnes reached the main wreck
Meanwhile frantic efforts were made
to take out Ihe dead and injured. The
wreck wa piled high and wedged into | ,, -
almost hopeless confusion and in ' po!",1(Jn of bttIlk commissioner with a
j magnificent record. In
Seoretary of Interior Refuses to
Order a Hearing. Woods
did Not Violate Home-
stead Law.
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SAW
HOUSTON, Vlc. P,«ld.ntf''A'HOUSTON* C«W«.
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w\\om\ eant
•*•**' •ii*iniii'iiift< < s>iia a_n_
Paid up Capital
Surplus
SIiaWATEH. OKLAHOMA
125,000 00
1.60000
The following Washington dispatch
of Saturday nays:
In the contest case of J. L; Calvert
against J. K. Woods, coming from
Lawton, O. T., land district, and involv-
ing entry No. 1, the acting secretary of
the interior has refused to order a
hearing of the case. The charges upon
which the contest wa< founded were
substantially that Wood's entry was
made in violation of the homestead
law by reason of its location on the
south line of the town of Lawton. And
that the entry embraces a tract a mile
long and only a (juarter of a mile w ide,
and was so talceii for speculative pur- -
po-es and not for agricultural purposes :
and that the entry was made at a time
When there were a large number of
townsite settlers on the land who oc-
cupied it for trade and business pur-
poses. The decision holds that the
selection of land adjacent to he town
of Lawton was not in violation of the,
letter or spirit of the law and that the j
fact that there may have been alleged I
townsite settlers on the land at the
time he made his entry does not affect I
Woods's right of entry.
The land was not subject to appro
&
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we respectfully
solicit your
v
business. . x
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1 U. C. /MORRIS' *
(ash Grocery.
U'T lh,H "Vf"> >*"< : prlation for townsite pu'rpo-, imrVas
I th "r as f°r i U"y ,,er:<un entitlrd 10 «"« upon it or
portion u unquestioned. Mr. occupy it for the purposes of trade or
I A Full Supply of All Season- I
3 able and Canned Goods. s
5 Everything Sold Right. |
| North Main St., Stillwater, O.I I
: business, and uo such occupancy could
It
spite of superhuman efforts, the tiaiiie
burst through the wrecked ears before
the work was completed. J 11. H'air
(colored), cook ill Mr. Downs'car, was
taken out alive, but died in a few min-
utes. It was impossible to get at the
Indies of Superintendent Downs and
non.
The runaway |.,re down the hill ai
lightning speed, rounding the most se-
vere curves at a speed of upward of
•Hventjr miles an hour, where regular
train* barely crawled along. With «
roar it bur^t Around tin* curve and,
uhafc ia moat remarkable, jnmtM'd n
Kplit hwitch which would have turned
it to tin* t ide track, and crashed into
the pi^rnRiT J'h. rt- was ncitr time
tior opportunity to escape. Mr. Downs,
<'iir and thut of tin* laborer* w re
Thwing was strongly b.eked by Guth-
rie republicans and it is their desire I operate to defeat hi. right to enter
mt he "I return to Guthrie from : is further held in the opinion that
ma,;::;,;:)iney anu make t,iis his p-; is not °f
j «•« 'r°m ^ I «.,e .srtsrr^o;
May 1'9, 1890, do not control in this
■nt record. In holding the ] matter, but that the general provisions
position he has brought credit to him
self, to the republican party and to the
territory and people of Oklahoma.
No man can till the oltiee better.
■ TAL S'JGG<:STI0H.
<i e-
Ohsert
in n It,
Mil ti I f
Order*
\ Of the homestead law do. The secre-1
j tary says that under Ihe act of June 6,1
l lyotl, making provision for the disposi-
j Hon of these lands, it is directed that
| they shall be disposed of under the
j general provision, of the homestead
and townsite laws of the l .iited States
i d under this law Wood's location is
{ valid.
| ...Stillwater Meat Market
'■i kinds of Fresh and Salt if
| Meats. Fish, Oysters, Pic- |
* ; k!es, Catsup, Horse Radish l|
% ^tc- Hides and Furs. ®
*2 GEO. STEES, Prop. |
smashed into kindling wood, th
ptnts of the private car meeting iu-
slant death. The debris and shingles
*'id lumber of the freight burned like
t i der. The train crew was forced back
from its work of rescue by the (lames
One man penetrated as far as the pri-
V ite car, where he -aid he saw the dead
hidii-ofMr. Downs and his >on, mid
'run where he dragged Ihe body of the
cook. In the laborers' car many of the
forty-six occupants wen- so pinned in
11mt I hey i on Id not be reached, and
burned before the ejes of the specta-
tors.
I lie lire was so fierce that the rear
sleeper cou'd not lie saved, though it
hud not left the track. Its occupants
were hurried into forward ears, which
w 're hitiilnl ahead out of the reach of
ti c lire. The Hume, extended to the
hrush alongside the track and burned
the telegraph poles \ w ire break fol-
lowed. which, with a storm, greatly re-
tarded telegraphic news of the wreck
The lirst message sent went to Kalis-
pe". whence the wrecker and all doc-
bifs iu that town were ordered to the
•cene. I lie Injured were given every
attention, anil as soon as po.iible the
train w ith its gruesome burden of dead,
djmg and Injured was taken to Kalis-
pell.
n.e writer v
the Italtimoi,
The order
.vas just bcin
frs took .a
u- | rlaneed at ti
t at the dishes,
in ordi r for tuc s:i
ntlier simply s;i i t:
I' ' ' In w easily a
mtd in his tattoff
it I ,ii r. ci ntly in a
in- nt. "Just watch
' to this table."
n:.-*aii.v tnere. sa.v.
r t). two gentlemen
- rv i when two o'h-
at the talile. Thev
hi., of fare and over
e ef them gave
things and the
"Hrlng me the
her sat
•ame, please." An-ither sat down,
and when he ; a v.- il order of the
last two served icr the s.mie, simply
.•haiu'iiiir to liuik ii-tead of coffee.
n.'< - ion who had
I'lint made five in
Drdered the "same i !iiii.,.r."
"V\< II. that heat> a I" exclaimed
3iie of the lirst in astonishment,
"Noth ii ■ at all leniark.ihle," said
Ihe lirst -peaki r. "Wliv, in the liouaj i
af the lute 'Kattv' Townsend, who 'I""1 '"<• newspaper
Erst introduced 'tlree out and draiv
one' in this town. ! heard eveny wait-
;r yelling 'Strawhi rr_v shortcake,' so
when I started out 1 -aid to Mr. Town-
lend:
"'Well, old Jnnn, .'id you succeed la
rushing th** shortcake?'
" 'You bet. Dir. you catch on?
(Veil, you see all we got to do to In-
crease a popular demand for some-
thing we feur we are going to be
ituek on Is to give the tip to the
waiters. At lirst not one order lu ten
is genuine, but nfler awhile every
•u-ioiner follow, mil like a game of
tuchre, and the th'ng'. accomplished
rd every one is satisfied. KU, «ee?"
Cnllforiiln'N Frnlfi,
No equal area of (he earth's surfaci
ia. produced profitably a variety ol
.he fruits of tree, vine and thru)
qual to that of C*Ulorui .
Jefferson Ulub Organizes.
The board of directors of the Jeffer-
son club of Oklahoma met at Oklaho-
ma City Saturday to elect a secretary.
1 licit- wen* three applicants, among
them being Carl llavinghorse, n poli-
tician of iiuthrie, who was elected
unanimously. The hoard of director**
composed of the following wu
O. K. Barrett, Shawnee; W. 1). Cald-
well, \\ eatherford ; Jnsper Sipi-s, Okla-
homa City : I. (} Niblack. Guthrie; K
B. Korrest, K| l:.*no and I . J. Wriglit--
1111.11, l'avvnte. Ihe mailer of select-
ing permanent headquarters and fix-
ing up club rooms was postponed until
September I'l, when a meeting will l.e
held at the Hotel I,**** in thiscitv.
I'. 1 .arret t, editor of ihe Shawnee
Herald, was clecte.l pn ss agent fortlie
| club and it will bo his duty to furnish
. . i" the territory.
Jasper Sipes, who has been officiating
as temporary secretary or the club,
mide the following statement:
"The .1* fferson club, organized only
two months ago, now has a metnber-
I ship of :HH). it will be the duty of the
j .-eeretary ,o devote his entire time in
j procuring members and o/gunizing
branches of the club and to arrunge
the lectures to be ginn. There are a
great many men in the new country
w ho will prove bcnelicial to the club
nud during the fall we expect to in-
crease the membership to 1,000."
It is believed Oklahoma City w ill be
selected fortlie clubs headquarters.
TO BAR JOHN CHINANAN.
C ill toil Slnten milt Cnnnila to t'nlte la
■ u KITnrt to Stop t iilaTTftil In.
flux of the Celestials.
Robt- Jol>"stou L. A. Woods
JOHNSTON & WOODS
hrst natio/mal
BARBER SHOP
I p-to-date first class tousoiial
parlors.
HOI AND COLD BATHS and finest line
oi cigars in the city.
£. ?. zina,
Attorney at Law.
Office up stiur. over (Iazkttk office in
New brick, N'ortli Main,
Sirs. Irene lingers at 610 North Duck
street will do dressmaking. Uest of
references. (g4j
The I nitcil States government and
the Canadian government are coro-
s i billing In an effort to stop the smug-
ted: l-'lltig of and uilawfal influx of China-
men into Canada and the United
States. Both countries have suffered , o m,.
; Within the last few years, and Canada ^ ilder First National liqulr
ha. unintentionally helped to break
the United States exclusion law, \ — , ,,
A representative of the United \ ~ "
States customs department is in Otta-
wa at present, acting in conjunction
with the Canadian officers. From
what has been discovered, the Cana- j
dian authorities are convinced that j
many more Chinamen than the law J
permits have come into Canada in bond
for the last few years, and have then
mysteriously disappeared. ]t is to the
interest of the transportation com- I
panics to see that the law is obeyed, |
und therefore, the authorities say, it
must have been customs officials who, j
through neglect or otherwise, have
permitted these men to disappear, it
is stated that evidence has been se-
cured against several r>f these officials
and I hut a general sliuke-up w ill soon
follow.
Oil an average 2,000 Chinnmen have
been imported into Canada fortlie last
live years. Each year about S00 of
these have gone through in bond to
Jamaica and other places under the
padrone system. About 500 a year
were entitled to stay here on pnying
the $100 a head tax, and the remainder
should have been deported to China,
but only a small percentage win so
deported.
1" M Yatks, M. I)
Kyes a specially
*!• B Miri:i'iiv, ,W, p.,
Local Surg. E. O It. It,
MURPHY & YHTES.
Physicians & Surgeons.
Offiee i", s.nli-sover First National Hank Uldg,
iius\o'ieil ,lay or iilKh(. .stillwat.'r, o. r
Blancett & Mason,
Palace Barber Shop.
I'irst class bathrooms in con-
nection. Your patronage so-
licited,
North ok Youst, Stihwatkh
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