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The Guthrie Daily Leader.
VuLUME 18.
EIGHT PAQE8.
QUTHRIie OKLAHOMA SATORDAY AUGUST 17. 1001
EIQHT PAQE3.
NOMBBR 75
STING'S HOT SHOT
AT GOVERNOR JENKINS
THE GREATER
NAYY DEPARTMENT
TAKING' NO CHANCES
INFERNAL MACHINE
PLOT FRUSTRATED
AN UGLY
FRISCO LINE
FEELING
Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Sunda
The Chief Executive's Discourteous
Demeanor Caustically Reviewed
IS A VIVID REMINDER THAT COURTESY
HAS A PLACE IN POLITICS
And Insinuates That the Governor is Controlled by a
Powerful Outside Influence and is Pur
posely Creating Trouble
Captain J. A. Stlne of Alva one of
the mombera of the commission nam-
ed by Governor Uarnee to locate the
Southwestern Normal school has
mailed the following letter to Gover-
nor Jenkins:
"Woodward Okla. Aug. 16 1301.
"Governor W. M. Jenkins Guthrie
Okla.
"Dear Sir: Yours of the 13th In-
which you make the weak offort to
apologize for a wrong act received
and In reply will say that had you tho
manhood to suggest or evon hint that
my resignation as one of the commis-
sion to locate Uie Southwestern Nor-
mal school would have oven been ac-
cepted by you It would havo beon
tendered you at onco with tho best of
feeling; but after waiting two months
and you had learnod that our commit-
too was called to meot on tho 10th
you on the 9th hurriedly appointed
another committee As to myself I
am Inclined to view your action with
a degreo of leniency. n8 rumor Inforjms
mo that your 'Frenoby" henchmen 6?
Alva the wheels In whose heads neon
oiling badly have boon doing their
utmost against mo circulating such
false representations as appear in
your lntorvlew published In tho
Wichita Bagle of the 13th Inst in
which you state that 'Cade ami Stine
wore stockholders In the Choctaw
railroad" etc. As to Mr. Cade I cms
not answer but as for myself I am
not Interested In that toad In any
form or manner ohor than securing
the lino Into the city of Alva In com
mon with all the citizens of Alva (ex
ceptlng the onemles of the city :?
forrod to nbovo) ; and I havo not as
yot boon able to meet a. single jncm-
bor of our commlttoo nor have I boon
Intcrvlowod by any one .as to vhoro
I would favor locating aald school.
But that beautiful Inconsistency that
HARMONIZING" offect voac. direct
Insult will havo on tho balance of the
commltteo I fall to bo and yjur ac-
tion In this caso appears plain to :no
that In appointing a committee which
under tho act of tho legislature must
bo Illegal you have In that way d
tormined to oronte trouble to oeyilve
the gu.. (i.'zis of U i'i.'.. '' '
what they are Justly ntltled to under
the law but which you will not Jo If
In my power to prevent and It the
balance of our committee feel as I
do In tills matter we will proceed to
do our duty without fear or favor and
elect such location.
"Yours most rospectfully
"J. A. Stlne."
The foregoing i in. response u a
letter addressed to Captain Stlne oy
Governor Jenkins In which the latter
sought opportunity to apologise tor
his seeming discourtesy In nppoinMnz
an. enMrely new commission without
notifying the old members but suc-
ceeded In adding Insult to Injury. Tho
governor's letter Is as follows:
"Guthrie Okla. Aug. 12 1001.
"Hon. J. A. Stino Alva Okla.
"Dear Sir: In changlnc tho mem-
bership of tho coumItteo to looato the
Southwest Norn.al I hopo you will not
lako It as any dlsoourtosy to yourself.
'"For some reason tho people Inter-
ested In tho location of tho school
havo had thetr suspicions and dUtrust
aroused In rogard to tho-contemplatxl
action of tho committee and I have
received a number of lotors and peti-
tions Indicative of that fact and I
thought It host to appoint fi wew
membership on tho commltteo.
"If I have noglectod any courtesy
in not communicating with yon be-
forehand I hope you will excuse the
oversight as there was no dis-
courtesy Intended.
"Yours very rospectfully
"Wm. M. Jenkins
"Governor."
Captan Stlnu was In the city en-
route today to Oklahoma CHy where
he will meet with the .balance of the
Barnes' committee next Monday and
form thence proceed to view the dif-
ferent sites presented. To a Leader re-
norter he said : ' I
"Upon my arrival nt Oklahoma
City and If the balance of the com-
mittee are of tho sainJ mind we cer-
tainly will proceed to'earry out the
duty for which we were appointed by
Governor Barnes. Had Governor
Jenkins by word or act oven fntlmfttad
'hat he desired to name a new com
mlttoo my resignation 'would have
been scut in immediately nuajwlh
good" grace. BufteTIIscouftecWs and
insulting; manner of the governor's
course has aroused my ire and ihe
more I ponder over it the hotter I
become."
COTTON SECTION BULLETIN.
Stations of Oklahoma.
Max.
tern.
Chandler H
Mangum 05
Oklahoma 06
StSISUwnter 0B
Weatherford 05
Rain-
fall. 00
00
00
00
.11
Stations of Indian Territory.
Max. Raln-
tom. fall.
Ardmore . 07 00
Durnnt no report.
Holdonvillo 03 00
Marlow 08 00
Muskoeoo 95 00
District Averages.
Max. Rain-
tern. fall.
Atlanta 82 16
August a missing.
Charleston 88 T.
Galveston 96 00
Little nock 92 T.
Memphis 82 .30
Mobile 76 3.78
Montgomery missing.
New Orleans 86 .00
Savannah missing. ;
Vlcksuurg 81 &'
Wilmington 88 .is'
Oklahoma 98 .01
Excessive Precipitation.
Auama us '""young ladles' class in physical tram
Chattanooga Tenn 152!in. Th board adjourned to meet
Borne Ga 171ion August 31. ins'ruotlng the art hl-
West Pul Gn 3 30 L t tQ (raw panB anu 8Ioclflcatlciis
m .. ni
j. uuuuu u "
Mobile Ala 878
Tusourahlu Ala 2.08
Heavy rains occurred over the cen-
tral Gulf Btates olaewhere precipita-
tion was light and soattering.
Chas. M 8trong Sec Dlr.
Notice to Leader Subscribers.
AU subscribers to tho Dally Leader
not rocelvlng the paper regularly will
confer a favor by notifying the offico
at onco either In person or by 'phone.
Authoritative Announce
ment of Executive Roster
of Consolidated Lines
By Associated Press.
St. Louis Me. Aug. 17. The flrfi
official announcement of (he changes
brought about by the consolM-tllou of
the Frisco-Memphis lines vwts tatted
today from Frisco headquarters in
this city. Following Is n copy af tho
circular:
Dated St. Louis Mo. Aug. 17.Kf
fectlve today the Jurlsdlctloi of Uie
following offlcinls is hereby extended
over all lines ot the Kansas Olty Fort
Scott & Memphis Railroad company
and Krnsas City Memphis & Uf
mlngham Railroad compnn ''
n. L Wlnchell vice president and
genorni manager au jajuih. wi
A. Douglas vice nrosldsnt nnd gonH
ernl auditor St. Louis
lit 1IUU11UI Ml. um SBSSH
O. H. Hoggs vice presldont and 'aBfj
ststant gonoml manager St Louis. HI
Guthrie Omvftth & Henderson gon-
oral counsel! New York.
L. P. Parlrer general solicitor St
Louis.
F. II. Hamilton secretary and treas-
urer St. Louis.
Frederick Strauss asston saere-
tary nml assistant treasurer. New
York.
A. S. Dodge freight traffic man
ager St. Louis.
Bryan Snyder 'passenger
nmnagor St. Louis
J. A. Middleton general
traffle
freight
general
general
agent St. Louis.
Charles Hall assistant
freight agent St. Louts. -
H. G. Wilson assistant
fi 1tj!it agent St. Louie.
I. C Dunbeck. assistant
freight agent Kansas City.
genera
I
K. K. Voor'ieos assistant 'general
freight agent Memphis
A. Hilton general passenger agent
St Louis. . 4;
James Donohue assistant general
passenger ngent Kansas City.
J. T. Woodruff assistant general
solicitor. St. Louis.
W. B. Spauldlng general claim
agent; St. Louis.
W. P. Nowton assistant general
auditor St. Louis.
George A. Hancock superintendent
ot machinery Sprlngflold Mo.
A. J. Davidson general superintend-
ent St. I.onls.
B. It. Hammond superintendent of
maintenance Eorlngtleld Mo.
C. It. Gray st'i erlntetulent of trans-
portation Springfield Mo.
C. D. Purdct. chief engineer SL
Louis.
J. V. Hsnim assistant chief en-
gineer Sprlngflold Mo.
Zack Mulhall general live stock
ngen. St. Louis.
W. M. Dyor general baggage ngent
Sprlngflold Mo.
II. C. Spraguo suporlntondont of
telegraph Springfield Mo.
J. M. Hgan assistant superintend-
ent of telegraph Springfield. Mo.
(8lgned.) B. F. Yoakum
President .
It will be seen that a number of
Memphis route officials are retained
In the reorganisation of the greater
Frisco system and that very fw
changes have been made among off!
cials of the Frisco system. Offlclule
of the Memphis will come to St. Louis
about September 1.
BORAD OF REGENTS MEET.
The University board of regents h.'d
a shor meeting in the city today It
elected Miss Ka'e McBride ot Grieu-
fteld Mo. instructor in rolce culture.
She Is also to have charge of the
tor a combination building oX stone
nnd brick.
The Territorial hoard of education
will meet on August 30. Rou lae bind-
noss will be before It.
Lee Patrick who has been agen
for the Sac and Fox Indians for the
psst four years has resigned his po-
st Ion his resignation to take effect
upon tho appointment of hlB succs
Bor. Mr. Patrick will engage In busi-
ness In Chandler.
Will Have . War Ships on-
Hand to Guard American
Interests
(Oy Associated Press.
Washlngten D. C Aug. 17. In the
entire absence of news today con-
cerning the Colonic '"-Venesuelan
trouble the navy department which Is
directing all Its energies In hurrying
ships to the scene ot the disturbance
In order to enforce our treaty guaran-
tees expects to hare three ships on
the'way within twenty-four hours.
The Machlas which has been de
tained at Hamilton Roads by threat
ening weather south of Cape Hatter-
as will bo able to start today.
The battleship Iowa 1ms arrived at
San Francisco nnd tho department
bellevoe sho will be nblo to sail by
tomorrow morning.
The Itnnger at San Diego started
southward today
SMOOTH CONFIDENCE MEN
BALKED IN TIME.
Thefr Anxious Victim Narrowly Es
capes Through a Tfmely
Warnfng.
Two of the smoothest confidence
men that have ever worked In any
locality eucaped the clutches ot
Sheriff Carpenter yesterday evening
and although he hag telegraphed At.
along the line In ever "-eMon. us-
ing the telephones where there were
no railroad connections he has utter-
ly fulled to locnte them. They are
"Crooked Month Green" alias Welt-
zbI nnd his partner whose name Is
said to be "Kelly."
Their confidence work Is altogether
among tho fanner class whom they
Imposo with tho old gag of "bet you
can't pick out the enrd." using what
appears to lie three ordinary playing
cards.
It In claimed they have' been In the
etty for tho past few days posting up
on who are wealthy farmers. "Kelly"
line been taking the Initiative In thjs
inquiry and' located Peter Schaffer
well known In the city as a well-to-do
farmer nnd who Uvea nearly eight
miles northeast of the city.
"Kelly" hired a rig of the K. C.
Ikui yesterday morning and went out
to the Schaffer farm. There was not
the least thing suspicious about him.
He found the farmer after hunting the
neighborhood over and Imparted to
him his desire to buy his home place.
A deal was fixed up and in the after-
noon they started .for town to make
the transfer o fthe land. "Kelly'' had
learned that Farmer Schaffer had re-
cently sold a nice fnrm for $2000.
Whllo enroute to the city they met
u trump-like character an old man
wearing a long linen dustor and car-
rying a buttered grip. This odd old
man stopped the two and engaged
them in conversation asking where
-lived n Mrs. Chas. Stone?" Schaffer
replied "I never heard of that name'
here before." The old man then pro-
ceeded to tell that he was hunting her
for the purpose of buying a farm and
had plcniy of money with which to
do It. Upon inquiry as though doubt-
ing his anaor.lon th' two wrrr
shown. Up opened bin weather-worn
gr.p and displayed several bunches
ot what appeared to be bills In varl
ous large denominations Schaffer
and "Kelly" cautioned him that "car-
rying around so much money ns that
he might Ret robbed" He said tliut
nevt. uuppcnLJ but once and it Has
by a game of cards some fe'low work-
ed on him. It occurred In 8t. Louis
ho said where a fellow bet him he
could not pi' k out a
certain card
which he was shown "I lost but 1
got the curdH" he tiald He was ask-
ed by "Kelly" to show the cards It
he hail them with him. Searclilag
through his pockets the cards were
fortheomiug at once. "Kelly" feigned
interest in the game and proposed
U.sit he could not fool them that way.
I. was a go and tiio cards were
spread before them.
Whllo the o'd nisn was engaged
will hlB grip. "Kelly" turned s.lghtly
one corner of a card. A bet was
wagored for $3000 that neither could
not pick out the card Tho old man
Dastardly Scheme to Blow
up Illinois Sheriff De-
tected by His Wife
By Associated Press.
Carmel III. Aug. 17. An attempt
to kill Sheriff Bngen Ackerman by
an Infernal machine was prevented
by the watchfulness of the sheriff's
wife. A candy bucket was sent to
him from ItrauavHle Intl.; r?1 whan
the lid was opened another lid wm
found Inside. Mrs. Ackerman though'
beet to remove the screws frrm the
1((I and this act undoubtedly saved
the lives ot those present.
Besides the sheriff and his family
several of his friends were In the
room. Upon removal ot Uie lid some
wires were found. Then he second
Hd was cautiously removed exposing
four sticks of dynamite arranged
Wilt matches and cartridges wlilcH
would have exploded If the bucket had
been opened as Intended. The author-
ities at Bvansvllle were no titled and n
special meeting of the council and
board of supervisors has been called
to take action on the matter.
dived into his grip and tossed out a
bunch of bills said to contain $3000;
"Kelly" picked out the card with the
turned comer and the old man pitched
the bunch of bills Into the buggy
saying. "I'll bet you $2000 more you
can't do that again" It was tried
with the same result.
Tho o!d man now proposed a gam
saying ''Now you fellers won my stuff
and put up no money agalnxl. I'm no
piker and unless you do It ITb Just
plain stealing on your part nothing
else.. I think-you fellers ought to cite
me that you've got $2000 apiece."
"Kelly" appeared to desire to do tho
right thing and suggested that ho
would go to the bank and get the
8500 he was to pay for the farm for
which he had bargained with Schaffer.
This was an In'erestlng mutter to
Schaffer and he offered to draw $2-
000. also.
They loaded the old man Into the
back end of their buggy and started
for town but arriving at the edge of
the city 'he o'.d man gut out and said
he was tired and would wait for the
two to come buck bosldes they were
taking him from his destination. The
two came to the city together Schaf-
fer getting out at the corner ot Okla-
homa and Ilroad going directly to the.
Hank of Indian Territory while 'KeF
ly" took his rig to the barn. Schaffer
tolil U. C. Guss the president ot the
bank that he wanted a loan ot $3000.
Wondering what Sclmffer wanted
with so much money he nsked him
what he desired to do with It. Sohnf-
fer then told Mr. Guss the whole trans-
action. Guss saw the smooth game
being played to "bilk" Schaffer and
explained the whole Hchamo to him.
He cauy.ht on and started out to look
for his man "Kelly." He found him
standing In front of Uie iMink. There
he roated the fellow In the quaint
manner of a German using broken
ISnglish. This frightened "Kelly'
who saw that his clevor game was
"done" and hurried out of town to
mot his pal. lie was gone before
woid could be sent to the sheriff.
1-iWt In the evening he two confT
l nee men camo ba k to the el'y and
hflu(t a negro boy near the federal
Jail to take the rU o the barn they
changed their peisonal appearam e
ami "scon cd " Where Is a mys cry
They dibappeuicd its though they
( w swallowed up l.v the earth
learned now tha the two me
well known operator of this m.i m. i
of swindling and have been in jiiImhi
vri iin Thev imie one. at. d h
I mRny parU t KanBHH ttIlli KflllKht for
by the authorities of that utu'e
Traces of them ami their game are
heard from seveial sta es of the weat.
As the result of a conference Ik--
tween Supt "alvert of Logan 'ounty
and Sup Mohh of Kingfisher county
the contioveiK.v over Hi hool Dlxtriit
IS? lying In both counties has been
settled by dividing the district and
establishing separate schools. TUt
coloied distill t will be under the
charge of Hupt. Calvert and the white
district under Supt Moss
Growing in Strike
Circles
STRIKERS WILL RESENT
IMPORTED WORKMEN
Trouble is Feared When
the Forces Meet; Carnegie
Plant Threatened
(lly Associated Press.
Pittsburg Pa. Aug. 17. The atten-
tion of the steel strike Is directed to
the west again today. Kverr possi-
ble effort of the strikers Is centered
to win Milwaukee and Chicago over
from their adverse standing on tho
strike. Milwaukee is to vote on the
question today and the Inboiers are
confident that they will be favorablo
to them.
After Milwaukee acis a move will
be made to get the Chicago men to
hold unother meeting and ronslder
their infusalH to go out.
Coupled w I h tlit new western
plants Is a determined effort on tho
part of the strikers to break Inside
the combination ct wen' .-rn proper y
A secret organisation linn lieen go-
ing on in the flatter for wo me time
despttd the vigilance of the officials
of the company and a show ot strength
Ij expected by Monday. It 1h believed
that a number ot men will be gotten
out at Duquesne nnd the strikers say
tha they are strong enough to shut
the plant down and that tliey-are go-
ing o do so as soon as their plans are
matured.
The strike leadets plan to hold (i
meeting at Duquesne tonight and that
fact Is taken as an Indication that tho
commencemeti of a new turn on Sun-
day night and Monday morning marks
the time for action.
There in a growing belief Mutt tho
good oider which has been general
will no' prevail much longer. Th
striken' xpirit of vengeiire at points
where union and non-union meu come
In contai t in Increasing. A party of
strike-breakers from the South Is ex-
pected at. Monnossen and strikers are
patrolling the town In anticipation of
... elr arrival. Troub'e Is feared when
the two forces meet. It is also bellev
ed that som trouble will result from
the effort to tie up the CarneKu prop
erty.
Firm Channos.
F. Ii. Llllle and Co. have sold their
book and stationary store corner of
Oklahoma and Division to A P. Tl-r
&. Co. The senior member of the new
firm Is Arthur Tyler nephew of Mi
Llllle who has been otirifctwl wl It
this popular place for the rt One-
years. The store Is well ent.tb'lHh' il
ami has earned much pojiul.utty by
keeping up with tho l.ito Ii i'l.iture of
the day.
Suit Withdrawn-
The hiiI' recently Instituted by bo
city agaiiiHl ex Mayor llerke and tho
iiieiuliiiH of the former Ity council
to rccow r It uoO which I whh alleged
"" llh'gally donated to tb- Oklahoma
and Kustcni railway find 1ls been
! wIMidrawn by order o. the dty coun-
' A showing was made that the
money in ques Jou- was turned over
to the railroad soliciting committee
upon the urgent advice of representa-
tive Hl7.enB and this led to Uie with-
(diuwal of the suIL
-
t .) Houston secretary ot the
' m hoot l.uxl hoard Is home from the
n v oiuiirv where he Inspected the
work being done by the school land
appmlsere. He says the work In
Klnwa county will be completed by
Tuesday and he hopes to place tho
lands on the mark t for leaning bo
fore many days.
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