The Daily Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 206, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 21, 1895 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 7.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1895
NUMBER IOC.
Big- l>rive ^
——©oceetss
The biggest line of Holiday
Goods and toys in the city.
Prices guaranteed to be the
Cheapest.
•990000C
THE
I)H U«Ci 1ST
Highest of all in Leavening Tower.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report
I
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Powder
OKLAHOMA AVE., AND FIRST ST.
SMALL GIRL'S COATS.
NOW OPEN!'
New Shoe Store
With a Clean Fresh Stock of
BOOTS & SHOES.
DAVID HETSCH
A
IlLAZK.
AN!) THE FLOODS CAME
Rnotv hid) Rain delavstre
LOYAL LEGION.
Emphatic Resolutions Passed at a
Meeting at Evansville, Ind.
FITZHUGH LEK'S OPINION.
The Southern General Doe* Not Relieve
There Will He War—Congressman
t.rosvenor's Speech i t an
Army Corp* Reunion.
Evansyii i.k, I ml., Dec. 21.—Gen. Lew
Wallace was vehemently applauded at
SIGNIFICANT I IINH'.KI NCR.
Representatives of South * merlcan lie-
publics Think the Time Opportune for a
l'olltlral Union of the Ni*w Worlil.
Washington, Doe 21. Among1 Sec-
retary Olney's callers yesterday were
Minister Andrade, of Venezuela; Min-
ister Mendonca, of Brazil, and Minister
Romero, of Mexico, representing three
of the first republics of South and Cen-
tral America. Although none of the
Central and South American diplomats
will consent to be quoted regarding
their call, it is known that they, as
a rule, have cabled their govern-
ments that the present serine an op-
portune time for tiivokiug the Monroe
Wallace was vehemently applauded at ;||>elri|||, uh u Mlpp„rl ,Wuin t
the meeting of the lx>yallekion last I Kuro|h.„„ pressure, several of them
night when he said: I he Monroe ; . itl with Kuro-
REPAIRING NEATLY DONK.
CORNER OK LA HO MA
A WD F/RST ST.
AVE.
Guthrie. Ok.
Occupants of a Block in Denver Lose
$125,000 Through Fire.
DAMAGED HV HEAVY 1UINS.
The Desplalne* Valley a Hushing Torrent-
Tracks Washed Away Train* Collide
—A Floor Collapses Thirty
Live* Lost.
Dknvkh, Col., Dec. 21.—A fire was
discovered at 4 o'clock this morning in
the 1 tic lie block, at 10th and Curtis
' streets, in the business center of the
I city. The tire started in the rear of
| the C. A. Estes Shoe <"o. and had
I gained quite a start before the fire*
1 men arrived. The fiames spread
, to the buildings occupied by
I the Evening Post, the Seholtz Drug
Co., the Habeock company, furriers and
several other smaller concerns, includ-
ing the Hoffman saloon. By hard
• work the lire department was abl
prevent it from r
building. a large brick structure just
•t Car Travel au«l
........ Trains to He Abandoned.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 21.—Nearly
every street car line in the city was
stopped this morning by the snow, and
it was late in the forenoon before the
cars were running with any degree of
regularity. Travelers who wanted to
take early outgoing trains had to walk
to the Union depot, and business men
who are located in the west bottoms
were compelled to walk to their vari-
ous places of business.
At the I'nion depot there were hun-
dreds of travelers awaiting the arrival
and departure of belated passenger
trains. Nearly all the trains from the
east were late. All day yesterday
trains from the south over the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas and the Kansas City. I
Fort Scott Si Memphis railroads were ],y.«
delayed at Pryor creek, in the Indian j tervit
night when he said: "The
doctrine is the glove of challenge
thrown to all the great powers of
Europe. If one accepts the gage it
will, in likelihood, be with most
of the others in the alliance.
England in arms against us is
one thing, all Europe, with the excep-
tion of Russia, is another. If we must .
fight, I wish it could be with England |
alone. Not that it would be an easy
affair if the duel were single handed,
but that it would be a complete affair !
—a finality."
The following resolutions were
adopted with deafening applause:
Unsolved. In the enforcement of the Monroe
doctrine we are not members of political or-
gani/.st i« ns. but Americans jealous of Euro-
pean uKirrantlizHtnent. and determined to re-
sist all monarchical encroachments on the
western hemisphere.
Resolved. That we demand that our govern-
ment recede not from its position with Kn-
gland. but firmly and with force, if necessary
I compel a recognition of the Monroe doctrine.
I tt/hoirh fee's Opinion.
I i vvfiint'KO, Va., Dec. '1. In an in-
/ with (Jen. Fitzhugh Lee he
European pressure, several of them
being involved in disputes with Euro-
pean nations at this time. The state-
ment is made by one of them that sev-
eral important results will follow the
vigorous construction of the Monroe
doctrine. First, it is said, will be the
official adberanoe of the South-
ern republics, making the dec*
prnet ieallv unanimous
from the countries of the
western hemisphere. It is po .ited out
that Lord Salisbury insisted that the
Monroe doctrine was not recognized
as international law. but this, it is
said, will be answered by a showing
that all the republics of North and
South America accept it as the law
governing them.
The protect of another conference
of American republics in line with the
Pan-American conference, but with a
view to political alliance rather than
commercial reciprocity, is being dis-
cussed also. The suggesti
eh dire
at the
territory, on account of washouts.
The Missouri Pacific from St. Louis,
due here at seven o'clock this morning,
was nearly three hours late. 'I lie
Santa Fe s California train came in
two hours behind time. From Chicago
reach'i'nir the Jaciibson | ^X"a^ Z^uXiZ
■ l.rick structure .pis' ' , ' .
A MESSAGE.
The President Writes in Regard to
the Financial Situation.
CONGRESS URGED TO ACT.
Mr. Cleveland Hope* That In Default of
the Inauguration of a Better System
Congress Will Ho Something;
to Restore Confidence.
. the alley. The lliche block is a
tory office building and the
:>or is occupied by business
All the offices on the second
•«' badly damaged by water
The loss was over 8125,000;
j two-sto
i ground
j houses.
| floor
! and fir
11 pArtly insured.
Ouuiaired by Heavy Rains.
kimii'.t. III.. Dec. 21.—The entire
- area of the Desplaines valley is a rush-
* water rushing to the
i eial scheme. Pending that the execu-
tive branch of the government will
not relax its efforts nor aban-
! don its determination to use
I every means within its reach
j to maintain before the world
j American credit; nor will there b<
1 any hesitation in exhibiting its con
fidence in the resources of our country i ing torrent oi wuicr man...* ™ •
'and the constant patriotism of our steady downpour of rain for the last
people. hours. The banks of the canal above
In view, however, of the peculiar here have broken, and a half mile of
situation now confronting us, I have . Santa Fe railway tracks have been
ventured to herein express the earnest swept away. Trains are being run
hope that the congress, in default of | over the Alton from Joliet to Chicago.
Washington, Dec. 20. —At 4:40 o'clock | lhe inauguration of a better system of Many of the inhabitants have left their
this afternoon the president sent the flnance, will not take a recess from its houses while others remain with the
following message to congress: labors before it lias bv legislative en- j water creeping over their floors Cel-
To the Congress: actment or declaration, done some- lars all over the district are flooded.
In my last annual message the evils , thi not only to remind those appre- Trains < oilbie
of our present financial system were i jiensjve among our people that the j UT!< N. Y.. Dec 21. lhe passe n-
plalnly pointed out and the causes and j resources ,,f this "overnment ami a ger train on the Adirondack A st.
means of the depletion of government RC|>1 ulous ra.r}lrd for honest dealing, Lawrence railroad, leaving this city at
affords sure guarantee of unquestioned 12::;:. this morning for Montreal col-
safety and soundness, but. to reassure j tided with a light engine at Horse
the world that with these factors and ! Shoe Pond. 100 miles north of here at
the patriotism of our citizens, the abil- , four o'clock this morning Ln rmeer
itv and determination of our nation to j William I Brassel, of the passen-
meet in any circumstances every obli-1 ger train, who was a resident of this
gution it incurs do not admit of ques- city was killed. Engineer Hunt of
J, ' the light engine was seriously hurt, w„,
Task at the hands of congress such j and the firemen on the passenger engine since last eve
prompt ai.l as it alone lias the power | suffered a broken leg. No in.iur.es SOUrl
t„ .rive to prevent, in a time of fear other than slight bruisesi werereceived
and apprehension, any sacrifice of the | by the passengers. Both engines were
people's interest and the public fund, smashed. ^
or impairment of our public credit in M 1K Minn„ Oec. -'1. -A pot-
an effort by the execntlve action tore-; t.ono(ilit.sc()ml „ „f tll(,
lieve the dangers of tin present eon- I house caved in at 11:."id o'clock.
tingency. IIkovku t ,.kvb. B | befleveJ that .,v01,,i , mpl„ye are
Executive Mansiqn. Dec. -0. 189a. an<u.r u,c lons of ,k,bris. Walter fiale
hay a it i > will remain. j is missing, and i
■ St. Louis came in at 1(!::$0 o clock on
| time. The snowstorm did little dam-
age to the telegraph wires in this part |
of country.
Up to noon about six inches of snow
had fallen. Kansas City is on the
western edge of the storm and Spring- ]
field, Mo., is about the center of it.
was asked if he thought the United
I States and England would go to war.
I • Xo," he replied; "months and months i
I will'pass before the United States com- J
i mission will report. In the meantime
I the pugnacious winds will blow tlicm-
I selves out, the angry waters subside
' and a common ground be revealed upon
1 w hich each of the English speaking
I giants can honorably stand.
I "What did you think of the presi-
I dent's message?"
•It was a capital performance, r>o-
' tent, powerful, masterful, and in-
tensely American. He hears the roar
of the British lion with the
ical support
Central An
to it the
of all th
can
aggiv
vould
■ fact<
this allied
■public
States at its head
new and formida'
tional affairs. It is ni
among diplomatists that
anee will take the form
but it is urged that ti
union existing eonstitut
iplomatic
of the United
noral a nd pliys-
• Southern and
11 blit's. In the
treiigth of the
11 the United
,titute a
effective
interna-
wggosted
I, an illi-
a treaty,
.•cling of
compact
formal utider-
was not snowing in Concordia, Kan., I difference he does the vm.cc < t the
nor very far west of here in Kansas, storm king when he is shooting ducks?
southeastern Kansas , ••Suppose the angry waters do not
and east as far as subside and war should follow, would
been no snow at | you go into the light?" asked the re-
gold were explained.
It was therein stated that after all
the efforts that had been made by the
executive branch of the government to
protect our gold reserve by the issu-
ance of bonds amounting to more
than $102,000,000, such reserve then
amounted to but little more than ST'.).-
000,000, that about $10,000,000 had been
withdrawn from such reserve dur-
ing the month next previous tc
the date of that message, and quite
large withdrawals for shipment in the
immediate future were predicted, 'lhe
contingency then feared has reached
us, and the withdrawal of gold since
the communication referred to
and others that appear inevitable,
threaten such a depletion in our
government gold reserve as brings ut- ------
face to face with the necessity of fur- nuniorg of the Ambassador'* Recall
ther action for its protection. This I tlve Denied In Washington,
condition is intensified by the preva- Washington, Dec. 21.—Reports were
lence in certain quarters of sudden and current here yesterday, due largely to
unusual apprehension and timidity in the excited state of the public on the
business circles. ' Venezuelan question, and to the prior
We are in the midst of another sea- attack on him in the house of repro-
son of perplexity, caused by our dan-1 sentatives by Mr. Barrett and others
It was
and in Oklahoma,
Illinois. There ht
Omaha or in Iowa.
A telegram from Fort Scott, Kan .
says: Six inches of snow on about six
inches of rain in this section has re-
sulted in the abandonment of passen-
ger and freight trains and put a qui-
etus on Christmas trade. But one pas-
senger train has arrived here over
the Memphis road since yesterday
noon, ami two short accommoda-
tion trains have arrived over
the Missouri, Kansas A. Texas, lhe
latter road is a foo t under water for a | <
mile near Deerfield, and in the Indian i<
territory all traffic has been suspended, j )
The Neosho river is six miles wide and instantly reali'/'d.
the flood worse than for many years. | in my judgment." >
The southern trains are running ■ ' before we shall b<
I around over the Iron Mountain. No another war. 1 <1
' mail has been received in this city (hostilities. I thin 1
xcept on the
ific from St. Louis.
•ould
saber
you gc
1 porter.
"Oh. I expect in that case I
not resist drawing my cavalry
once more anil going in with the horse
' marines."
W hat Coneressinan Hronvenor Thinks.
Nkw Yohk, Dec. 21. -Congressman
(irosvenor, of Ohio, was the guest of
! honor at the reunion of the 11th army
J corps last night. When he was intro-
duced by lien. Do Cesnoia, president
! of the association, there was a gen-
that he would
REI'ORTKH FAVOR \ltl.Y.
Senator 1'elTer's Itlll to Compel Oilltdals to
I xpend Appropriations
Washington. Dee. ::l. Senator Pef-
fer reported favorably from committee
to examine several branches of the
civil service the bill which the senator
had introduced on the first day of the.
I session, prohibiting officers of the gov-
I eminent from refusing to pay
j appropriated by conltres
heads the calendar and it
pression that it will go Un-
intended to cover non-'
sugar bounty and
the
•ourse on the
cut's Vetie;
seen in that
that the recall of Ambassador Bay-
ard was imminent Private Sec-
retary Thurber, when asked
about the matter, made an
absolute denial, adding that the
recall was not con-
I temple ted. It is believed
• i...
gerous and fatuous financial opera
tions. These may be expected to recur
with certainty as long as there is no
amendment in our financial system. If
iti this particular instance our predion- .....
ment is at all influenced by recent ambassador's
insistence upon the position we should j temple ted. U is i«ue cti "B|« i
occupy in our-relation to certain ques- the president would* not at this time ,
tions concerning our foreign policy, j make any change in the embassy to
this furnishes a signal and impressive j t;reat Britain, for It could not but ag-1
warning* that even the patriotic sen ti- gravate the present situation.
ment of our people is not an adequate . mn.osion
substitute for a sound financial policy.
Of course there cah be no doubt in -rwenty Lives Reported Lost In a Mine
any thoughtful mind as to the com- Tenn.
plete solvency of our nation, nor can I Chattanooga, 1 enn., Dec. 21
there be any just apprehension that | is received here of a fire-damp exji
■' American people will be satisfied sion in the mines of the DaytonCoal
[. | department just before the crash came,
there is little doubt that lie is dead.
Firemen are at work removing the de-
bris.
Tldrtv Lives Lost.
Rai.kIOH, N c., Dec. 21.—So far as
known • lives were lost in the Coin-
nock mine disaster. Nearly all the
victims were natives of North Caro-
lina. The search for bodies is still go-
ing on. The accident is supposed to
have been caused by an explosion of
dynamite, a large quantity of which
was kept on hand for blasting pur-
poses.
Fireworks Factory Iturncd.
, Jkhsky City, N. .f., Dec. 21. The
: fireworks factory of Charles Uerhardt
i on the plank road near the Hacketi-
j sack river, was destroyed by fire this
morning. The damage was aboul
j 110,000
Till, si:NATK.
with less than an honest payment
our public obligations In the recog-
nized money of the world. We should
not overlook the fact, however, that
aroused fear is unreasoning and must
be takon into account in all efforts to
avert public loss and the sacrifice of
our people's Interests.
The real and sensible cure for our
recurring troubles can only be effect-
ed by a complete change In our fiuan-
Iron
live*
have
Dayton, Tenn.
re reported lost. F
uen recovered.
Twenty
■c bodies
A St. Joseph forger Caught.
St. Joski'H, Mo., Dec. 21.—A message
announced the arrest at Harrisburg,
Pa., of Lloyd B. Edgertou. wanted for
uttering forged drafts on the national
bank of St. Joseph, it is said that he
secured several hundred dollars.
A Hill rawed for a Venezuelan Honmlary
Commission.
Washington, Dec. 20.—The foreign
affairs committee of the senate met
■arly this morning and devoted the
time before the assembling of the sen-
ate to consideration of the ^Venezuelan
commission bill passed by the house
the day after the president's message
was sent to congress. After some dis-
cussion, the following was agreed upon:
That the sum of flOi.OOO. or so much thereof
is may be necessary, be and the same Is hereby
ippropriuted for the expenses of a commission
to consist of three members to be appointed
by the president, by and with the
id vice and consent of the senate, to in-
vestigate and report to him the facts
n regard to the divisional line be-
tween the republic of Venezuela and Hrltish
iulana: provide^, that section - of the act ap-
proved July :u. Ihu-1 making appropriations for I
j :|,e legislative, executive and judicial ex-
pense, of th> k'overnment shall not apply to
my commissioners app«dnted under this act.
As soon as the senate met. Mr. Mor-
gan secured unanimous consent for
the consideration of the house Vene-
zuelan boundary commission bill, and
it was at once read. Then he offered
the senate a substitute ami briefly ex-
plained the changes.
— ~ After being debated the senate
Mother ..<! Child !>■ < I,tern. tbo biU-
ANS A ItlloK, Mich Dee ■■ llllhHI SI. AIN.
Charles Grossman, wife of a hardware
merchant, committed suicide by jump- i our Hundred of the
ing into a cistern back of their house, j ' etui- of z
She curried with her her three-year- Co «TANTIKOPI.Bt U®c. 21* Anomua
old child. A note was left telling dhpateh from ^eitotin says that ti,
where the bodies could be found. ! Armenians there. ast Sunday massa-
| cred all of the Turkish soldiers im-
Wanamaker Utter the ■enatoratolp* ! p^^goned in the town. This probably
Pun.adki.I'HIa, Dec. 21. Ivx Post- j referH to the 400 Turkish troops who
inaster-Oencral NVanamaker is now a I were captured by the Zeltounlis when
candidate for United States senator, the uprising first occurred, although it
Wanamaker s manager, State Senator ; ^een aunounced that all of the sol-
Kaufftnan, is writing to members of tin djerg| except nine, who were dead, had
legislature, announcing the fact. | been released,
inticipation was !
It is a long time,
d Mr. tirosvenor,
ailed upon to face
l't look f«>r open
it her congress or
the British nation will be stumped, "tie
or the other, before long. These t hrents
of foreign wars are useful. They lo-
cate germs of wonderful patriotism. It
is cheap and safe to make them. It
does not cost a great deal when the
president's message is read. All you
have to do is to swear by the message,
although I don't doubt that the presi-
dent can be enlightened as to the true
interpretation of the Monroe doctrine.'
At this point Lieut. W B. Eidleman,
ex-mayor of Easton, Pa., shouted ex-
citedly: "Don't be so sure of that.
•I am not quite so sure," went on
Congressman (irosvenor, "that the
Monroe doctrine is involved in the
Venezuela matter. Suppose that Spain,
after her fruitless and bootless task to
subdue Cuba and being impoverished
financially, should sell Cuba to Eng-
I don't know that the United
interfere under the Mou-
re fusing to
propriated for se
bill as reported
all cases where
| and directs the p;
I any purpose spe
appropriation, e;«
government and
hound thereby.
ribut i
I Mil.
The bill
the im-
... It is
ment of
apply to
Morton
>ney up-
on. The
provides that in
congress authorizes
yment of money for
ifird, and makes an
h department of the
very officer shall be
11 id r *1.1
Wichita
Thompson
tern# i Tells How He Ihippenea
>■ froui the Kansas l'enltenliary.
Kat
I )c
21.—J.
do
(.IV o.
. a druggist «.f this city, has
letter from W. P. Patterson,
who was supposed to be shipped dead
from the state penitentiary to his
home about a year ago. Patterson
was a wealthy hotelkeeper at Arkan-
sas City ami was sent to the peniten-
tiary about two years ago for 14
years for complicity in the mur-
der of a cattle man. In his let-
ter he states that he paid an offi-
cial in the penitentiary $7,000 for
his liberty and that his alleged corpse
was a stiff procured in Chicago for the
purpose of carrying out the fraud. Mr.
Thompson will not state where Patter-
son is, and the object of the letter was
to ascertain the whereabouts of hii
wife and information concerning her
HOW A It I) IN KANSA
osts (•
I lie Cirand Army
tlou at Fm
Emi'ohia. K; n De
). < . Howard lecture
the Kansas state nt
large audience on
nooga." The Grand
him a reception at their
ifternoon. In a talk pr
Awarded
highest honors World's Fair,
DH
c he he
M r
1 li is!
vein
1 the positii
Thi
nt her a fight or a back
country cannot back down, but 1 do
not anticipate trouble. It would be
terrible—the idea of these two nations
'oing to war. We are Christians, we
both worship the same God and be-
lieve in the same Savior, and war
should not be, but for all that, Cleve-
land has taken the right position and
there we should stand."
CREAM
BAKING
P0WDIB
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pure Ciape Cfcain of Tartaf Powder. Free
from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant,
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
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