The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 97, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 19, 1901 Page: 1 of 6
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volume 17.
EIGHT PAQE8.
GUTHRIE OKLABbMA TUESDAY MARCH 10 1001
EIGHT PAQE8
NUMBER 07
ROBBERS
DO MURDER
NEW RAILROAD
IN OKLAHOMA
OVERWHELMED AND
STARVED THE GUARDS
NOW IT IS
ASSESS PROPERTY
TIB UP Ail
M05
GEORGE GOULD
- AT THESE RATES
Dam
tT
And Escape with
Booty
ONE OF THE THIEVES
WAS WOUNDED
Store of Schwartz &' Co.
looted Last Night at
Red Rock
Special to Dally Loader.
Red Rock Okia. March 10. Last
evening at about 8:30 two desper-
adoes entered the store ot Miss
Schwarts & Co. and began robbing It.
At this moment Mr. Bateman man-
ager of the Foster Lumbar Co. enter-
ed and seeing how things were going
drew a pistol and flrod upon the rob-
bers wounding one of them. Both of
the robbers drew tholr woopon and
opened Uro upon Mr Batoman killing
him They secured $3B0 and flod ho-
fore tho town peoplo could bo aroused."
Great excitement prevailed and had
tho villains boon caught tho courts
would not havo been called upon to
try them Mr. Batoman fas a most
highly respected citizen and the tor-
rlblo affair has cast n gloom over the
town. . i
SENATOR TODD.
His Work In the Territorial Council.
In looking bak and canvassing tho
records of the mon who cdmposed the
upper house of the Sixth legislative
assembly ono can not help bolng
struck with tho good work accomp-
lished by Hon. James A Todd of Lin-
coln county. Ho was ono of tho oarn-
est membors of that body and as a
matter ot fact every bill to which he
gave his full support passod both
bounce This was largely due to tho
fact that he possessed and retained nil
through tho sossion the entire confi-
dence and friendly ostoem of the
numbers of both houses. Senator
Todd was elected as a Populist but
as he staled himself the issues that
once divided tho Democrat! and Pop-
ulist parties no longor exist ho was
for a union of tho parties under tho
Democratic banuor.
There Is no doubt ot tho fact that
tho splendid record mado by Sonator
Todd In the Sixth legislative assem-
bly has brought his name prominently
boforo tho peoplo as a possible Demo-
cratic candidate for congress In 1902.
In a recent nowspaper Intorvlew
Senator Todd clearly placed himself
in lino as a possible candidate and it
Ik fair to presume that ho did not do
this without first having givon tho
subject careful consideration and as-
suming this to bo true. It mny be tak
en bb a fact that the senator Is from
thiB time on a candidate. Tho Loader
has no pot name to prosent to tho
Democracy and whllo It la toe onrly
to proquostlcato upon tho subject of
delegate to congress If Senator Todd
nhould pull In tho ripened plum It
ees no reason at present why it can
not give him a hoaity support.
COMMUTES LIFE SENTENCE.
Shacklett Will Serve Seven Years for
Killing Overstreet.
Governor Barnes has commuted tho
Ufo sentorco of Stonewall Shacklett
to soven ears for tho murdor of J.
M Overstreet. All parties engagedMn
the prosocution of the caso signed tho
petition asking oxccutlvo clomoncy.
Tho crime for which Shacklett was
convicted was tho kllhg ot Ovor-
stroet by striking him on tho head
with a piece ot scantling whllo on-
gaged In u heated quarrol over tho
seducing advances mado to his" wlfo
by Overstreet. Tho two men lived
nonr Yukon.
W Ifj. Coylo & Co. nro shipping
largo consignments of cottonseed olf
to Connecticut to bo used as fertil-
izers to onrlcli'the purchaser's "farm.
Eastern Section Opened Up
To Trade and Imi
ration
The Cherryvale News Ira the fol-
lowing to any recently:
Somo Ot the advantages the new
railroad Will bring us are. mora resi-
dences for "railroad employes hence
more labor for cttrpenters painter
and plaster more taxable property
for the elty more employment for
men on tl" rend and In the shops.
TJiIs fentt albue Ib pf greatest im-
portance. Wo have almy contend-
ed that ontorprUee which employ la-
bor are the most beneficial tc the olty
for when labor Is profitable employed
all line of business flourish. Tho
road will not parallel any other rond
honco bocomoa a new lino through a
new and ono of the finest sections of
tho torrltory and Oklahoma thh
opening up nn omplre of wealth at
our very doors and In which if whole-
sale houses are located here no other
houses can compete. It makes this
the terminus of the shipping trado of
one of thb greatest cattle raising
sections of our "country' New towns
and cities will spring up like magic
all along the Ilnd and It will open up
a new field of trade for our brick
plants. More factories will locnto
horo when tho now road roaches this
point and as tho factories come other
roade will want to get into Cherry-
valo. Tho Missouri Pacific and tho
Knty alroady are keeping n keen
watch of Cherryvalo's dovolopmont
and will surely- come. Those are
neither "plpo dreams" nor ovordrawn
pictures but what should and will bo
tho ioglcal result ot getting this now
railroad it Is tno oponlng wedgo to
onlargft opportunities and greator
possibilities for Ghorryvalo. 4Thls
road will .soon roach out across tho
Pattlo covered plains of Western Tex-
as to tho Rio Grande making It ono
of tho most Important' lincq that Vro
could have. Then again It will pass
through tho groat coal Holds ot he
territory making this tho distributing
conter for a largo torrltory. In short
It will make Cherryvalo one of the
most Important railroad centers of
KanBae "-nd build up hore a commer-
cial and manufacturing center equal
to any In the state. It Is pt tho ut-
most Importance to the laboring men
that the road bo built as It will alvo
them more labor it Is to the Interest
of tlid business men as It means moro
business for them; It Ib to the ntor-
ost of proporty owners us It will on
hanco tho valuo of ovory foot of prop-
orty In tho city.
FRUIT CROP IN DANGER.
Last Night's Storm May be Followed
With Sleet and Freeze.
Much fear Is being expressed about
tho effects and what may follow last
night's storm. Sleet or snow with a
sharp freeze will do untold damage
to tho fruit orop of Oklahoma for a
groat portion is now in bloom. For
weeks peoplo havo boon wishing for
rain to dronch this country not think-
ing that It would ho followed prob-
ably by a blizzard. Last year this
spell ot weather came on March 30.
It was so close on tho warm weather
of April that little damage to (he crop
was sustained. Throe years ago It
came at this time of tho month and
totally devastod tho peach plum and
apricot crop. A few cherries sur-
vived tho awful storm which came
about halt past three in the morning
catching all fruit In full bloom. A
rain during the month of March In
Oklahoma needs to be feared by evory
fruit raiser In 1U bounds.
18 APPOINTED.
Peter Becker Named Secretary of Live
Stock Board.
Governor Barnoa has appointed
Potor Booker at Ppnd Creek aocro-
taryof tho Sanitary and Live Stock
board. Ho was ono of the tovernl
nominations sent to the council for
council for confirmation and turned
down. Nlnd of tho members who
voted agftlnst him havo Wai stU'to-
monts asking fy. hl appointment
siting bint it was an orror In voting
hla name 'that cause his non-conflrmn-tlon
n 1 o
Leavenworth Convicts De
mand Better Food and
Treatment
crJpps-McRao Press Ass'n.
Leavenworth Kas. March 19.
Three hundred ctmvicta working In
the mine overwhelmed and captured
their fifteen guards yesterday. And
have held them ever elnce. They have
had nothing to eat since yesterday's
breakfast. The strikers have ad-
dressed notes to the warden saying
they must havo oetter food less work
and no punishment for the strike or
they would wreck the mine. The war-
den has put extra guards at the mine's
mouth and sent a message demand-
ing unconditional surrender.
WOODS COUNTY
DIVISION MATTER.
"It Is Not Dead" Exclalmt the Cleo
Chieftain.
Tho Cloo Chieftain has the follow-
ing to say anent the defeat ot the
WoodB county division bill in the
Sixth assembly:
Tho dlvlilon ot jods county has
again been defeated by an Oklahoma
leglslatme but It is not dead. It will
Anally succeed As Gladstone said
"Dofoats In a good causa are only
resting places on tho road to victory
at last." Constant hammering will
finally baiter down all opposition.
Noxt timo we will give thorn the
knock-out- blow. Wo will put thorn to
sleep for all timo and the question
will be settled.
Tho friends of dlvislpn put up a
strong DghL and it IB no fault ot
thulrs that tho bill did not Paps. We
won a signal ylctory In tho house but
when tho matter camo up In tho coun-
cil wo wore up against a tough proposition.-
And although wo had the act-
ive oarnost support ot tho Choctaw
railway and tho friendship of such
poworfnl corporations as tho Rock
Island and Santa Po railways and also
of tho Barnes' administration 'and the
business mon of Alvn yet wo failed.
And why? Simply because two coun-
cllmen from Woods county barred tho
way. They had mado mich a combin-
ation against It that we could not run
It over thern. From tho first Coun-
cillors Updograft and Coulson had se-
cured pledges ngnlnst division. They
hail voted for anything and every-
thing to secure votes to kill tho di-
vision measure and they succeeded.
They voted for the "mound builders' '
bill With the expross understanding
that thp frjonds pf that measure In
tho council would vote against the
division bill. Wo had their pledges
nlso. Bellamy Foster and Winkler
pledged themsolvoe to voto tor tho di-
vision bill but when It camo Up two
of them voted against It and ono. rd
fused to voto. These votoa would
havo carried It. Why' mon who havo
the roputatlon for truth and voraalty
that they havo should play falsa wo
don't know. Councillor tJpdograff
perhaps oxplalns It all. Sonator Fos-
ter got up to voto for division but
changod his mind while he was on
tho floor and cast his vote against It.
Senator Updograft said: "I gave Fos-
ter n hard look and he changed his
mind." We are of tho opinion that it
wns that "hard look" that changed
enough votes to defeat thel measure.
But the fight Is over and we may
as wall accept the situation as we find
It -and not complain. The past has
taught Its lesson nnd if we do not
tako udvantago of it in the future w
do not deserve to succeed. The di
vision proposition Is a Just measure
and should go through without oppo-
sition. A few who want to remove
the county Beat from Alva to Augusta
assisted by those who want about four
counties carvod out of Woods are
fighting us but tholr offortB will be
futile. Woods county will bo divided
In the noar future In apltft of these
fellows.
FOR WASHINGTON.
Governor Barnes Departed This Morn
no for National Capital
.Governor Barnos departed this
mqirnlng for Washington to bo gone
on "weolc Matters regarding his re
appointment aro said lo l0t tho rea-
fsfn of hits presanco In Ui national
'capital. .
Who Talks of a Huge Com-
bine for Ecomony's
Sake
Sflripps-McRae Press Asan.
rJew York March 10. it Is said
Ulrtt George Gould held a conferenco
Rel days ago with officers ot the
western roads with the object of com-
bining all of the Gould roads west and
southwest. Gould already praotlcally
controls them but they are operated
separately Chief roads tonuorned:
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain St.
Louis Southwestern Texas Pacific
international and Great Northern and
the "Wabash. The capital stock of the
companies under he combine would
bo $100000000 Economy Is ascribed
as the reason for the project.
PLEASING PERFORMANCE.
Ethel Tucker and Her Company In
"Queena" Last Night.
Uthel Tucker and her company ap-
peared last night In the four-act drama
entitled "Queena." The Brooks' Was
ctowded. every seat being taken long
before the curtain went up. Miss
Tucker is a favorite with Guthrie
thonter goers and her bill was a
special announcement from the fact
that she made a great lilt hore nearly
one year ago in the same plect. Ilor
ooneoptlon of tho part of "Queena" is
porioct while her compnny is fairly
T.oll balanced with clover artists. The
conipini) ofers a good article ot
repertoire and give a pleasing per-
formance as was testified last night.
Tpnight Miss Tucker will be seen
In '.'Knobs O'Tonnossee" Hal Hold's
original and beet piece. Ponular
prlcos will prevail all the weok. A
Bpqpljtf annpuncomor;t la mado for
Friday night ""Tho Wlfo" being tho
bill. On that ovoplng an Kastor sup
prise Is in waiting for tho ladios.
CAR-LOAD OF BUGGIES.
Binkley and Ramsay Put In Fine
Stock of Rubber Tired Vehicles.
Tho thriving firm of Blnklqy &
Rgmsay of North Division street yes-
terday purchased ot Will N. Hellen
territorial agent of the RhoadesCnr-
mean Buggy company a full car load
of the finest line of rubber tired ve-
hicles In the territory. This firm will
soon have a massive buggy sale at
which will be offered these elegant
vehicles of all styles at prices that
will open the eyes ot all expectant
purchaiore.
Mr. Ilollon. ft ho sold this large in-
voice is one of the best salesmen on
the road and has recently come to
Oklahoma to make IiIb home.
TO JOIN THE SHOW.
Oklahoma Rough Riders Leave Today
to Join Buffalo Bill.
It seems that Buffulo B! l's Wild
West ahow Is not complete unless
represented " by Oklahoma Rough
Riders and today a number of the
boys who helped to make htbtory at
San Juan left via Oklahoma City for
Brooklyn N. Y where they are due
to meet tho show at Ambrose park
Saturtlay. Buffalo lull will open the
season at Madison 8quare park. New
ork city they will do the Pan-
American exposition at Buffalo for six
week. The company of Oklahoma
Rough Riders is composed of the fol-
lowing braves
Bob Rngland Will Mitchell. Ben
Miller Dorsey Miller. Guthrie Will
McGlntsy Stillwater. W O Wright
Clyde Stewart Pawnee and George
Norrls Caahlon.
JOLLY BOX SOCIAL.
Degree of Honor Ladles Entertain at
Woodmen Hall.
Tlie ladios of the Decree of Honor
of the A. O. U. W. gave a delightful
box supper social at Woodmen hall
last night. It cost a quarter to eat
with a lady but the gentlemen did not
obji ct to a small matter like that and
I boxes and baskets were rapidly dls-
) nsiac.fl rvf Thft ovaiit wm nttanflAil liv
a largo utcwd ot the members and
friends of the order.
IO i'BMVHNT 1'NKUMONIA ANI JHII
ra'attWliimVQrtlalue retnore. toe eauw
County Assessments on
Same Basis Throughout
Oklahoma Territory
The county assessor isnow In the
midst of his work listing the taxable
property ot the people. Bach year the
mount ot property turned in has been
of such low figure that the returns
have had to be revised. There Is no
need of this it people are honest lb
giving in their property and Its valu
ation. In order to overcome this tilt-
flonjty as much as pot-Mble and in
order thai property throughout! tits'
territory might have the same vnlun
tlon the county assessors at their An-
nual meeting last fall arranged Uitt
following list of valuations:
Rates of Assessment.
1 First class horses $10 to $100;
second Class horses $10 to $-10; third
class horsos $6 to $20.
Stallions and Jacks $10 for oaoh
$1 service foe to Insure.
3 Mules pnd asses first class $16
to $105; second class. $25 to $46;
third cdass $6 to $25
4 Cattle six months to two years
Old $5 to $80; two years old and over
$1S to $30; cows $15 to $26; bulls
$16 to $100.
6 Sheep and goats over tlireo
months old $1 to $3 bucks? $6 to $26.
6 Swine over Liree months old
$2.80 por cwt.
7 Farm Implements cash value.
88 Wagons 10 to 80 per cent of
cost.
0 Pleasure carriages 10 to 80 por
cent of cost.4
10 Watches gold $20 to $60; sil-
ver and others $1 to $1.60.
11 Plato and Jewelry cash valuo.
12--Musical Instruments ot all
kinds cash value.
13 IIouso hold furniture not loss
than $6.
14 Territorial nnu all other bonds
cash vahio.
16 Stocks In a company cash
value.
10 Bicycle? $5 to $26.
17 Money face value
18 Crodlts cash value
10 Merchandise stock not less
than GO per cent cash alue.
20 Manufacturers Htoc k for pre-
ceding year cash alne
21 Promissory note ' ash value.
22 Tax sale ceitiflcaK:- cash val-
ue. 23 Judgments rash value
21 lxnns discounts etc. of banks
and banking Institutions cash value.
26 Improvements on untered lands
Including school lands not deeded
cash value
26 Grain on hand 80 per cent of
market valuo.
27 Machinery of all kinds jJ to 80
por cont of cost.
28 The aggrognto of all othqr por-
sonal proporty 10 to 80 por cent of
cost.
23 Deodod lands $1.50 to $6 por
aero.
The editor of the Cleo Chieftain
has a spasm then says. "For tho past
six weeks we haw been neglecting
our business and working for the pub
lie ard It has not ben a very paying
Invott. .ent. The uiorp you do for a
community the harder some people
fight you You can't do any tiling to
suit them They ace knockers of the
worst sort and yo". can't get them to
boost to save your iiwt It is their
mission to tear down and not to build
up. Unfortunately ry community
Is afflicted with people of this kind.
Cleo has her full cnmta and they are
the busiest people it. the universe. If
we can Just capttur .1 lallroad soon
we wilt not be king in getting rid of
these creatures. When we get thorn
snowed undei with good people they
will move away and Infest some other
locality.
GONE WITH PRISONER.
Sheriff Tate Leaves With Hodges for
Colorado.
Sheriff Tate accompanied by State
Cattle Inspector W C Russell depart-
ed for Prowers county Colorado this
morning with John Hodges wanted
there for horse and eattlo styoHng.
Hodces has been under a;roBt fioro
for over a week and has fougfltoff
his removal to Colorado in every cotv
2 Cana
dian lines
ENORMOUS RAILROAD
STRIKE MAY BE ON
New York Central Employes
Threaten to Stop Traffic
on Lake Roads
Sorlpps-McRae Press Ass'n.
Albany N. Y. March 10 Train-
man of New York Central west of
Albany threaton to strike because
they nre paid leas than trainmen at
Buffalo for same work. If demands
for adjustment are tefused It la pre-
dicted that the biggest railroad strike
the country has ever seen will follow.
Hmployes threaten to tie up all roads
along the lakes Including the Cana-
dian lines.
BANQUET FOR STANLEY:
Invitations Issued 'today by tho Local
Y. M. C. A. Workero.
A banquet will be extended Gov-
ernor V. E. Stanley when lie comes to
Guthrlo as gunst of the Y. M. C. A.
of thift city. Tho distinguished visitor
nnd his partocfcwlll bo bora Wadnes
day March 27 tholr visit being for
tho purposo ot stimulating lite move-
ment and aiding Jn tho organization
of tho Y. M. C. A.
Tho Invitations load as follows and
wore sent out to all the business ami
professional men of tho city:
"You nre cordially invited to bo
present at a banquet at Cassldy hall
on Wednesday evening 0 30 p. m.
March 27. to meet Hon. W. E. Stan-
ley governor of Kansas F. K SShipp.
of St. Louis Mo J R. Thompson of
Keokuk Iowa and f C Mithanor of
uew York city (No financial solici-
tation.)" The following gontlstnen form tl"i
reception committee
F. II. Groer O Tt Fgan W. M
Jenkins Horace Speed R. W Rumsny
S. T Franklin and C. B. Bllllngsley.
HOSTILITIES WITH MOROCCO.
Tne Warship New York on the Way to
Mazagap
Scripps-MoRne Press Ass'n.
Washington D. C March 10. Tha
armorod cruiser New York with Con-
sul G'tnuuaro aboard. Is oxpocted to
roach Mnzagun tho nearast poet to
Morocco city tlie cnjdtal of Morocco.
Saturday The consul will Immedi-
ately proceed to the capital and de-
mand an apology for the incidents
growing out of tlie settlement of the
claims of American citizens. If re
fused the next step Is the beginning
of hostilities Whllo Chimmere tiarelK
overland tbu guns of the New York:
will be trained on Maiagan
ADLER CONTESTED.
Chris Johnson Wants to be Ceunty
Tresst r.
This afturnooii th- su!t kittltled
Chris Johnson vs Kxllx Adlei and
Jonathan Ames wax filed In the dis-
trict court contorting the election of
Felix Adlor ax t u.n treasurer claim-
ing groaK f Hindu wins committed at
the Novwnb'.i th election when
Adler wan dclai the didr !'''tel
treasmei II S Cunningham is at
toni y for plaintiff
Are you tlrk If so investigate the
merits of Herblne. It Is B concen-
trated medicine the dose Is small yet
it quickly produces the most gratify-
ng results digestion Improves the
lips and cheeks lose their pallor the
eye becomes bright and the step elas-
tic. Prloo B0 cents.
F. B. Lllllt & C0 and Wheeler fe
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