Shawnee Daily Herald. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 8, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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SHAWNEE DAILY HERALD.
VOLUME XIV
Morning Edition
SHAWNEE OKLAHOMA TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 19J8
Four Pages
NUMBER 16
STATE HEADQUARTERS IS
IE OF®
COMPLAINTS FILED
I
DEMOCRATIC WOPKERS AT THEIR
POSTS WHEN CAMPAIGN FOR-
MALLY STARTS.
treasurer appeals for
ASKS FOR DOLLAR SUBSCRIP-
TIONS FROM THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN MISSED.
Several Prominent Democrats Call at
Headquarters—Seth Cordon Says
Davenport Will Return to Con-
gress.
Democratic State Headquarters are
now open and doing business in Shaw-
nee.
The click of the typewriter, groat
piles of mail arriving and being sent
out; political leaders from all over
the state dropping in for a word of
council—all these things marked the
opening of headquarters.
Monday, being Labor Day, there was
little activity, other than the calling
of visitors.
State Chairman J. II. Thompson.
Secretary ,1. D. Burke ami R. W. Dick,
manager of the Speakers' Bureau, ar-
rived Mouday afternoon. Treasurer
1 '• C. Thurmond came over from Okla-
homa City earlier in the day.
One of the first tasks to be taken
up will be the collection of funds sub-
scribed by the various county commit-
teemen at the Guthrie meeting, as
well a* that subscribed at the Tulsa
convention.
R. W. Dick, manager of the Speak-
ers' Bureau, will start today assign-
ing speakers throughout the state.
Seth K. Cordon, manager of Con-
gressman Davenport's campaign, wat
here Monday nlgat from headquarters
at Sapulpa for a conference. He de-
clares Davenport will win with a nice
majority, despite the aggressive fight
being made by the Raymond-Harris
faction of the Republican party to line
up nil the negroes with the lilly-whites.
Dick Gore, brother of Senator T. P.
Gore, arrived Monday afternoon and
will remain at headquaners in the ca-
pacity of stenographer. X. A. Gordon
of Guthrie, jK to be chief of the mail-
ing room. O. C. Strode has been as-
signed to special road service.
Treasurer Wants Subscriptions.
C. Thurmond, treasurer of the
ADMITTED AT GUTHRIE THAT LO
CAL OFFICERS ARE TO BE
PLACED ON GRILL.
bib committee tell gomor
RUMORED THAT SHAWNEE PEO-
PLE TOLD HASKELL ABOUT IT
LAST SATURDAY
Oklahoma City and Tulsa Also Slated
to Have Their Police Departments
Shaken Up—Detective Returns
From Scene.
Special to the Herald.
Guthrie, Okla , Sept. 7.—That com-
plaints against the city officers of
Shawnee have been lodged with the
^ IP H prohibition law enforcement depart-
campaign committee, said Monday af-jmon* 'ier(4 is admitted by an official,
ternoon • ,,pfused to say what steps would
"There are tho.mends of loyal Dem>.e t?klfn- 1™ 1*rt ."'V '"'Predion that
orratfl la Oklahoma who will not have "l "V? g ha* Prac"
v to subscribe to the, lcallj bo™ complete,1 and within a
an opportunity
funds pledged by the county commit-
teemen or by Democratic clubs who
would be glad to assist in this fight
to make the Bryan majority in Okla
homa meet the estimates of our most
enthusiastic workers. They do not
know that we are really in need of
(CONTINUED ON PAliE FOUR.)
OUR PURPOSE
I' is our purp >se to handle any business en-
trusted to us in such a fair and liberal manner as to
make in* customer's relation with ihis bank s^tis
factory and profitable. A--iJe fr >m the excellent
facili;ijs nf forded, this bank has the advantage of a
lirge CAPITAL and SURPLUS.
OKLAHOMA NATIONAL BANK
few days there would be action.
It is rumored that a committee of
Shawnee people waited upon Gov.
Haskell at Shawnee Saturday and in-
sisted that he look into the charges
filed against the police department.
A detective who has been in that
part of the sta.e for several days has
returned to headquarters, but refuses
to discuss the case. It is understood
that Oklahoma City and Tulsa win
likewise be cloaned-up before the work
is fairly 'started. In each of these
owns the police department is under
fire.
HIED FERGUSON PLAYS
L OF 6 YEARS 00
SECOND MYSTERIOUS VISIT OF
ATTACHE OF REPUBLICAN
HEADQUARTERS
Walter Ferguson of Guthrie, son of
the ex-governor, newspaper man, orig-
inator of the Bill Murray Squirrel
Rifle Brigade, political student and
weather prophet, now an attache of
Republican slate headquar.er*. drop
ped into Shawnee at midnight list
night smoking a pipe and looking e\
ry inch of Sherlock Holmes, the mys-
terious. He acted as much.
Here to get fresh air—what time
do I catch a car to Tecumseh, " was
his reply to an int rroga.ion as to
the why and whenceforth "f his sec-
ond visit to Shawnee within three
days.
Rumor has it that young reruuson
is working out a mare's nett that Joe
Norris proposes to spring at the cri.
leal moment.
HEALTH OFFICERS
ED LICHLYTER, OF HARTFORD
ARK.. KILLS WIFE AS SHE LAY
ASLEEP.
at to
WOMAN HAD RECENTLY TAKEN
BABY FROM HIM AND BROUGHT
IT TO SHAWNEE.
Little Tot at Play on Bed With the
Dead When Tragedy Was Discov-
ered—Man's Body Claimed by
His Relatives.
PREPARING ORDER ABATING
FEARFUL ODORS ON INTER
URBAN RAILWAY.
SHAWNEE STREET SWEEPER TO GO
JUDGE BAKER OF WEWOKA.
SERIOUSLY ILL AT HOSPITAL.
Judge Baker of Wewoka, a member
of the Oklahoma constitutional con-
vention. lies in a Shawnee hospital
• riouslv ill. An operation will be
necessary. Relatives and friends fear
he has small chance for recovery.
Look Overs^ Offerings
Women's Oxfords
$2.88
$2.48
$1.98
$1.68
$1.48
$1.29
98c
89c
Any pair of low shoes,
le^ular #4 00 value
Any pair of low shoe*,
regular $3.50 value
Any pair of low '■hoes
regular JU.OO value
Any pair of k>w sh< es
regul ir $2. 50 value
Any pair of low shoes
regular #2.00 value
Any pair of low shoes
regular $1.75 value
Any pair of low shoes
regular $1.50 value
Any pair of low shoes
regular $1.25 value
Men's Oxfords
(j?-| £*Q Any pair of low shoes
regular $2.50 value
<&-j QO Any piirof low shoes
regular $3.00 value
Jft Any pair of low shoes
*P^io^O regular $3.50 value
<f>0 QO Any pair of low shoes
regular $4.00 value
Children's and Infants'
Oxfords all reduced in the
same proportion.
Madden & Jarrell
"Heart of Shawnee' "Sells the Best"
STATE CHEMIST MAKES START
LING DISCOVERY OF COCAINE
IN SOFT DRINKS
Vinegar Having Six Per Cent Alcohol
to he Outlawed—Mixed With Grape
Juice Makes Wholesome In-
toxicant.
Sweeping orders to abate local nui-
sances will be issued this week by
the Oklahoma Stat Board of Health,
working pi conjunction with the coun-
ty board.
Among other things to go are the
street sweeper in Shawnee; the fear
tul odor at the slaughter home on the
Interurban, and the accumulations in
the gutters of Shawnee.
State Superintendent Mahr is now
engaged on the campaign of this char-
acter that is to extend throughout the
state He will begin the new order
of things at home.
The new health law of the state
gives the superintendent extended
powers It is the most elaborate law
ever written on the subject, and if
executed to the letter will revolution-
ize health conditions in the state.
After Scda Fountain Drinks.
State Chemlfct Edwin DeBarr has
analyzed a dozen or more of the pop
ular soda fountain beverages sold
throughout th** country. He reports
to the Health Commissioner that a
large maiority of them contain
cocaine. The publication of the list
of drinks so freely used will cause a
sensation.
A popular brand of vinegar on the
market contains six per cent of alco
hoi At Wewoka this vinegar is mixed
with grape juice, and after beins al
lowed to ferment over night, is said
to be cipable of making a man fight
a cr;)s8-cut saw. Dr. DeBarr took a
ample of the vinegar and gave It a
h"r ugh test. It will be outlawed.
Certain brands of canned meats on
he Oklahoma market are now being
investigpted The preliminary tests
are not to their advantage.
DETROIT FAKES TWO
Alarmed by shots, that awakened
the neighbors, Policeman Jack Kelley
forced his way into the locked room
of Mrs. Ed Lichlyter in a West Main
street rooming house Sunday morning
at 7:HO. He found the woman dead,
shot by her husband, who In turn shot
himself and was lying unconscious by
her side. Between them was their
three year old daughter, who appar-
ently wai unaware of the tragedy that
had been nacted in Its life. Tne lit
tie on was playing and laughing when
the door was forced.
The husband and wife had been
separated. Saturday he returned from
Hartford, Ark., where he is working
in the mines; for the purpose, it Is be-
lieved. of kidnapping his child. The
wife had previously taken It from
him.
Mrs. lichlyter was employed as a
waitress in a local restaurant. On
advise of her attorney she weni to
Hartford and secured her child from
the pot session of its father, by merely
carrying it off.
Saturday night Lichl"ter typcured a
room adjoining that of his wife at ner
rooming house. But the bed clothes
were found unrumpled. and the room
was apparently never used He wen.
into her room soon after arriving, and
those in the house heard them quar-
reling at different times during the
night.
They w> re startled by the shots ear
REAL ESTATE
BARGAINS
30 fine lots in Hoffman Addition cut
to $100. Each on installment pay
ments.
Modern 9 room residence close In
No. 509 N. Bell Street is a snap at
53000.
Oesir. ble 6 room residence in 40C
block N. Market goes on terms of
5300. Cash and $20 per month.
$100 cash and $15 per month gets a
neat 3 room cottage in 500 block N
Market.
Four good 4 room cottages within
two blocks of Rock Island shops gc
for $200 cash and $15 monthly pay
ments.
ly Sunday morning. The policeman.1
Jack Kelley. was the first in the room LITTLE DORRIS SINGER SUSTAIN-
af.er the firing. The wife was then ED INTERNAL INJURY IN REAR
dead evidently shot while she slept END COLLISION
The bullet pierced jmt between her
es. which were badly powder burn
THE MM MID NOT STOP
The man was unconscious, and un
•ble in talk or move He was shut m
the right temple. He expired shortly t
afterwards. The child was taken cart* |
of by friends. CROWDED CARS RETURNING
Coroner Fleming arrived not Ions, FROM BENSON PARK PARTIC-
after. and the two bodies were taken IPATE IN SMASH-UP.
to the morgue
It developes that the dead man had
inquired If he could secure a vehicle 0n# Woman i..mn. c „ ^
.11 n ftm.I, 11,11 street liver, aft,, Aliahu 7n w«d pL.H p f ""
IllldnlKhl Sulnnl.n ; he (nlellcled to kid ' 8 H! ' , P't<:h-p"«ngers
nap his chll.1 and make his escape In ! Have a M'raculou« E"ape.
a buggy. Why his plans failed will I
never be known
The dead woman Wat buried hv rela * n
tIves yesterday afternoon Interment , , °n8, the 8,x *ear old daughter *
was at a country cemetery, southwest! and Mrs- J Singer, is *
of the cltv She was before her mar 05f ctof!a^ at the 'ami,y home, *
rlage one the Do Wit famih pioneer . 201 S' D,x0n- the result of a
farmers of this section I , 8trcet car cedent on the Interur- ♦
Lichlyter. who worked for the Rock
Island in this cl.v at one time, will
be burled in Hartford. Ark A broth-
r and a brother in law arrived from
* ban at 7 o'clock Monday night.
* The father is suffering from a
* badly mashed foot. J. A. Bailey,
* motorman on one of the cars, is
there vesterdav afternoon to claim the * badl>' shaken "P. though not seri-
- * ously injured. *
body.
OKLAHOMA FARMER SELLS
$3,000 WORTH OF ALFALFA.
Guymon, Okla.. Sept. 7 —Demonstrat
lug the possibilities of alfalfa, a farm-
er in Texas county has just markeied
his crop of alfalfa seed, which netted
him three thousand dollars. The
seed comes from the growth of hay
of this year, and besides the vield of
seed there were several cuttings of
ha\ which brought a good price, and
a ready market.
EASTERWOOO & PUGH
The Real Estate Men
$4.00 per Month
Our blK NIGHT SCHOOL for the
Tall and winter Ls jus, starting and
■ve are prepared to give the very best
u struct ion to the night school stif
lents. Special attention is given to
hose whose early education has been
neglected. This it a great opportun-
ity for those who work during the
day to secure a good business training
at our night school. We teach Book-
keeping, Business Penmanship, Spell-
ing. Shortl:-and. Typewriting, etc . at
night The n'ght school session runs
from 7:00 t«> '♦:0( on Monday. Wednes-
day and Fridir evening*. Don't fan
to a- > abouv the Night School Phone-
474.
WESTERN BUSINESS COLLEGE
Shawnee, Okla.
Shelving, Window Glass, Plate
Glass, Windows, Doors, and Mill
work.
A HOME INDUSTRY
llelplnfi to Build Shawnee
Dr. G. H Tayman Meets All Competition
DENTIST !
Office over
Bank.
Shawnee Nt'l
Phone 92
j Special to the Herald.
! Detroit. Mich., Sept. 7.—In an excit
in^ double-header here today Detroit
had revenge for the defeats at the
hands of the St. Louis Browns on their
home grounds last week.
First game:
R H .
St. Louis I? 8 1
Detroit 4 $ v
Batteries: Powell and Stephens:
Winter and Schmidt
Umpires: O'Lotighlln and Hurst.
Second game:
R II K
St Louis . ?. * <
Detroit 9 10 -
Batteries: Howell and Spencer: Mul-
len and Schmidt.
Umpires: O'l^oughlln and Hurst.
PAPKE WHIPPEO KETCHEL
IN THE TWELFTH ROUND.
RENT MONEY
WILL BUY A HOM1
$50.00 cash, balance $12.00 per month
without interest, buys 4 room house
(lose o shops . $650
Well located 1 room boute close to
cur line. $100.00 cash, balance
Sir. 00 per month $800
$100.00 cash, balance on terms to suit
at 7 per cent secures a desirable 5
acre truck farm, with nice 5 room
house, etc $1600
beautiful, well drained lots, con-
venient to car line, the best and most
profitable Investment for your monthly
savings to be had $5.00 c:tsh and $5.00
per month until paid out Let us show
you.
Good 10 acre truck farm: 2 room
house: barn: well. etc.. convenient
to car line. $300.00 cash, balance on
long and easy term* $1800
5 acre truck fram: 5 room house, barn,
well, bearing fruit, berries, etc.
$100.00 cash, cn terms to suit $1500
C room two story residence, close In.
$500.00 cash, balance $25 00 par
month $20ww[
8 three room houses, located in cen \
Monday evening, when traffic was
so heavy because of the Labor Day
crowds, the Shawnee/Tecumseh Trac-
tion Company had an extra large num-
ber of cars In service. On the single
track to Benson Park it h necessary
I for two or more of the cars in such
(cases to travel close together. Three
cars, all headed for Shawnee, In the
following order, operated by Motorman
Adams, the second by Roy Weddle
and the third by J. A. Bailey, were
traveling within a short distance of
each other. Singer and Ills child were
in 'he center car, which was closed.
The car stopped at the bridge near
flu- car barn, to le. them off. The
little girl was advancing toward the
door, followed by her fattier* The
latter looked up and saw the rapidly
approaching car, within a few hun-
dred feet, run by Motorman Bailey: —
he shouted.
With a crash, the light summer car
dote behind, dashed .into the rear of
the do . d ear. The clld was thrown
against the controller, which was dent-
ed In, and the hther was hurled to the
floor Th ' other passengers were
aken The car itself was started,
ti sp'te *s break, but Mo.orman Wed-
dle stood at his post and got it under
centi I after It slid ten feet. Motor-
i an Ba'ley threw on the reverse cur-
rt ut < n his car.
Thf numerous: p.issengers, who were
p cl ed on the sides and in the aisles
of the rear ' r kept their position
But on< woman Med jumping, hor-
tunatcl she landed iu a pile of weeds
and f| d net suffer air Injury. The
front end < f the rear car whs not dam-
aged to any extent, but the rear plat-
1 form <! the csr In front was a wreck.
j Upon Investigation it was dlscov-
I r d that the Singer child was bruised
High Grade Lumber and Interior "nd hurt internally. It died ten rnin
Finish, Bank and Store Fixtures, 1 '' 11 reaching hon.
Th if more pas • risers were not hurt
's considered miraculous. It is a for-
tunate fact that the closed car had
but a few passengers.
No funeral arrangements were an-
nounced last night by the Singer fam-
ily
It has not been decided ye whether
r u ' an Inquest will be held, but It
will probably be found not necessary,
since there were any number of w'.-
nesses as to the cause of death.
Traffic was restored In thirty ml. -
utes after the acciden.
Superintendent Weddie of the In-
terurban company, went to the Singer
home as soon as he was apprised of
the accident He also called on the
injured Motorman Bailey, who was
struck on the head and whose neck
SHAWNEE
Planing Mill
ASKS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Corner h and Market Street
Telephone 127
(CONTINUED ON I'AGE FOUK I
Special to the Herald.
Los Angeles, Cal , Sept 7.—In the
twelfth round today Billy Paipke whip-
ped Stanley Ketchel In a fight for
the middle weight championship. |
Champion Jim Jefferies referred the ,
fight. The betting for several days
has been 2 to 1 with Ketchel the fav- Room 4, over Shawnee National Tj'k,
of manufacturing district, on car
line, in town of Imi.ooo inhabitants,
paying 0 per cen, on $8,000.00 to trade
for good farm or Shawnee property. I
LAMBRD-HART REALTY CO.
STA' LMENT OF
THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL BANK
SHAWNEE OKLA.
As made to the Comptroller of the C rrenc ai 'he close of business
Wednesday, July 15th, 1908
RESOURCES
Time Loan* and Discounts $J50.545.72
nklng House, Furniture and Fixtures 22.000.00
United States Bonds and Premiums .. 62.500.00
Uonds. Securities, etc., (county Wirrtotll 4,848 55
Demand Loans $ *<'.,268 23
an on Ifend and in other Banks 171.79312—228,061.45
$657,955.72
LIABILITIES.
C ipltal Stock and Surplus Funds $105,047.50
C'rcnl in Account 50,000.00
Deposits 502,908.22
$667,955.7.
The above Is correct. J\0 W IONES, Cashier.
M Aydelotte, P. A. Norris, H. T Douglat, Directors.
This Hank has no Funds of the I'ni'ed States or the State of
Oklahoma oo Deposit.
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