The Tulsa Democrat. (Tulsa, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1906 Page: 1 of 12
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VOL. 7 NO. 4o
TULSA INDIAN TERRITORY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5.1906.
PRICK FIVE CENT
TWENTY Oil MORE
MEN ARE ENTOMRED
MINE EXPLOSION CUTS OFF AVE-
NUES OF ESCAPE
THEY MAY NEVER IE RESCUED
Resetting Parties Have Been Unable
to Rearh Them Up to Late
Thin Afternoon
BLUEFIELD, W. VA., Oct. b —
The last account received indicates
that the rescuers have been unable
to reach the entombed miners in the
West Fork mines of the Pocahontas
collieries. It is supposed that twenty
or thirty men are yet entombed.
BLUEFIELD, W. VA., Oct. 4 —
As the result of an explosion yester-
day afternoon at the West Fork
mines of the Pocahontas collieries
company, where the xplosion of 1902
occurred, in which Superintendent
O’Malley and sixteen others lost their
lives, a large number of men are en-
tombed. Two relief parties entered
the mines and two men named Del-
bert and Oodash have been rescued
and revived. The mine is reported
to be on Are and the work of rescue
is retarded. The cause of the explo-
sion is ont known.
sang her way clear out on the roof
and Into the esteem of Tulsa’s talent-
ed vocalists who found much to ad-
mire In her voice.
Leo Kendall, as cigarette manufac-
turer and Egyptian bey, was a source
of pleasure and his rich "sure” was
blessed assurance right in band.
The special scenery carried by the
company was much admired, the ma-
rine view and the wireless teleg-
raphy station receiving especial at-
tention.
MISTAH NELSON SAYS
HE WAS JUSTIFIED
CLAIMS THE UNWRITTEN LAW
At HIS DEFENSE
DAWSON REPUBLICANS
ARE IN A RAO WAY
water before. It Is probable that a
test will be made of the water and
It may prove a valuable water for
medicinal purposes. The tempera-
ture of the water was over 100 de-
grees.
HAVE TROUBLE IN ORGANIZING
A CLUB THERE
SAYS RIS HOME WAS WRECKER COLORED BROTHER STAYS OUT
SPEAKS IN THE HAIN
Shoots Another Negro for Alienating
HI* Wife’s Affections and Fur.
the.' Claim' Self Defense
Negroes Have Club of Tlieii Ow n anjd
Stand Aloof From "Mixing With
White Trash XoIiow"
Ninety Famille'! are Burned Ont.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 —Ninety fam-
ilies were driven from their homes
three firemen were injured and a
property loss of |50,000 resulted
from an early morning lire in Frank-
fort street today.
President Deliver* an Address in a
Downpour at Rnrrlsbarg
HARRISBURG, PA„ Oct. 4 — In
the presence of the largest crowd
ever gathered in Harrisburg, the mag
nlflcent new state capitol of Pennsyl-
vania was dedicated today with brief
ceremonies in which President Roose-
velt took an active part. Before the
exercises started rain began falling
and continued throughout the cere-
mony. The president, standing bare-
headed, delivered his address In the
heaviest of it.
Will Jones is lying in bed with a
bullet through bis thigh and Nelson
Henry, alias Charles Nelson, is in the
lockup as a result of a shooting affray
over a woman that took place about
eleven o'clock this morning on North
First street near Greenwood avenue.
All concerned are negroes.
Charles Nelson, as he gave his
name to the police, was arrested by
Chief Baber a few minutes after the
affair and still had the gun with
which be shot Jones in his possess-
ion. Nelson does not deny shooting
TOP COAT WEATHER
Colorado Spring* Report* Seven In-
ches of Real Cold Snow
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO., Oct
4. — Colorado Sprigs today exper-
ienced the first snow of the season,
reports from the mountains Indicate
a snow fall of seven Inches.
May Appeal to Dias
EL PASO. TEXAS, Oct. 4 — Rich-
ardson, Nason and Harle, Americans
sentenced to be shot at Chlhuhua for
murdering victims in order to col-
lect life Insurance, will be allowed
to appeal to President Dias for clem-
ency.
PLAY LAST NIGHT
WELL BALANCEO
In “His Highness the
Bey” Made Goad Here and Re-
ceive Merited Applause
“His Highness the Bey” was not
the whole show last night at the
Grand, for the play was well balan-
ced and there were other*. The Tul-
sa four hundred and their friends
turned out in force to see the musical
comedy that goes to Egypt for Its
title. There have been larger houses
at the Grand .but seldom if ever any
that were better pleased.
Some catchy muaic with some up-
to-date love making, a chocolate-col-
ored rebellion and some saffron-hued
Journalism combined with some gra-
ceful dancing to make the elements a
pleating little plot that spreads out
through three acts.
The production is neither starless
nor all star but In the main the per-
formers received well merited ap-
plause.
Johnny Fogarty, as Jimmy, gets on
well with the ladles whether they be
stenographers or princesses.
George L. Cox, as a war correspon-
dent. showed an enviable faculty for
making news when there was nothing
doing and made good In more ways
than one. ,
Mabel Addington gave the Tulsa
bunch some good pointers on Urn
opportunities of a pretty stenograph-
•».
Ethel Dovey as the dutiful daugh-
ter of a stern father kept her news-
paper-man lover In irapense Just long
enough and promptly skidooed with
him when that became Juattflable.
C. Richmond Kent displayed to
perfection the strength and the weak-
ness of the military governor tempted
by a daughter of the Ptolemlen.
Mabel McCane an Princess Kaloney
SADDLE AND HARNESS
BUSINESS GROWS
Makes and Sell* High Grude Stuff
Suited to the Needs of the
Purchaser
A business has sprung up in Tulsa
1 nthe last eighteen months without
attracting any special attention and
has developed into an enterprise that
the city Bhould feel proud to possess,
and that is the harness and saddle
manufacturing plant of W. R. Camp-
bell on Boston avenue, between First
and Second streets.
Mr. Campbell is au old settler in
the Indian Territory and is known
throughout the territory as a hust-
ling saddle and harness maker. He
came here eighteen months ago and
opened hli place of business on Bos-
ton avenue, and hat enjoyed a good
butlnesa from the start.
Mr. Campbell and his help make
all of the harness sold from his store
and make nearly all of the saddles
Some of Ik. chenporgradaa can ha
bought cheaper than they can be
made here.*" All of his high grades
saddles art made right here la the
plant and the purchaser is given the
privilege of seeing all of (he material
used In making saddles, and knows
what he Is buying. Mr. Campbell
says he Is well pleased with Tulsa
and appreciates the business ha has
received here.
The store conducted by Mr. Camp-
bell Is a purely retail establishment
nnd Is one of the best equipped shops
In the new state.
The republicans have tried again
to organize a club at Dawson but met
with the same fate as they did at
their former meeting—failure. Judge
C. W. Butterworth and his associ-
ate would not attempt to organize a
club again so they sent William
Querry and two other old time repub-
licans, who the Judge anticipated
would have more success with the
Dawson people.
The speakers told their small au-
dience that the present president of
the United States is a republican, and
wha a noble man he is and how much
Crowd at the Auction Hale
A large number of people went out
to the auction Rale at Forest Park
this afternoon. The Commercial club
band played in front of the Robinson
hotel at 1:30 o'clock and went out
to the grounds in a baggage wagon
to furnish music for the people who
attended the sale. Men were carry-
ing banners and It looked like a cir-
cus was in the city. One large man
stood on the rear of the baggage
wagon spelling for the sale and a big
time is expected to be pulled off at
the grand lot selling this afternoon.
TULSA MAKES GOOD
AT NEW STATE FAIN
HAH VERY CREDITABLE KXHU
ITS ON DISPLAY
MUSKOGEE ACCORDS COURTESY .
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Tulsa People Attending the Fair Are v
Pleased With the Courteous
Treatment Given Them
Jones, but claims that he was Justi-|
fled in shooting him, as Jones fired he ha* done for ,he poor peop,e- BDd
Caller Tonight
CHICAGO, Oct. 4. — Weather for
Kansas and the territories: fair to-
night and Friday; cooler tonight.
CAPTAIN AND SIXTY
OTHERS ARE LOST
Emigrant Steamer Founder* In the
Indian Ocean and Only a Few
Are Saved
HONG KONK, Oct. 4 — The emi-
grant steamer, 'Charter House, voy-
aging between Kelhow and Hong
Kong, foundered off Hainan Haad on
September thirtieth. Captain Clifton
nnd sixty passsngers were lost. A
raft belonging to the steamer was
picked np. On It were Chief Engi-
neer Dewse, twenty-three of the crew
nnd two women. They had been
drifting for forty-two hoars.
three shots at him before be began
shooting.
Nelson’s wife seems to have been
the cause of the shooting. Nelson
says Jones has taken his wife away
from him and is now living with her.
He also says that he has never had
any trouble with Jones but that the
latter opened fire on him as he pasesd
tho Baker restaurant Just east of the
Midland Valley tracks on North First
street. Nelson says he has a sister
living on Cheyenne avenue Just north
of the Frisco tracks and she Is his
only relative, except his wife, living
here. He claims to have come here
from Guthrie last December and has
been working as a hod carrier since,
being a member of the local union.
Jones says that he never stole the
wife of the other negro whose name
he says Is Nelson Henry and that b•
was In the restaurant talking to Mr*.
Baker when Henry passed and saw
him there. He says that Henry slop
ped and came back Into the restaur-
ant saying, "Tou got my wife,” aa^
pulled his gun, shooting at him over
the heads of some children that wer^
playing A tfte restaurant. *
Jones says he then palled his gun
and returned the lire. They both
ran out of the restaurant to n church
that has Just been built over there
when the ball struck Jones In the leg.
Henry or Nelson, si his name may he,
went on to town where he was ar-
rested by Chief Baber with the gun
still In his possession.
Baber then went to the house
where Jones lives on North 8econd
street snd found the wounded negro
unable to be taken to the Jail. Jones
told his story to the newspaper men
there. When asked what kind of a>
gun he had used. Jones replied that
he had used a 38 calibre on a 45
frame. He refused to tell where he
had left the gun, saying, "I knowed
devilish well you devils would be
here for me and take my gun and I
left It.”
Jones Is a hod carrier snd has been
employed by Jack Hansel to work on
the new residence of O. O. Bain, but
was laying off today waiting for atone.
Jonea will be unable to leave his bed
for several weeks, as the bullet pro-
duced n as vers wound about knit
way between the hip and knee.
especially the colored brethren.
The "old Dawson warhorse” in the
republican ranks, Mr. Booth, said af-
ter the speech making that the roll
was now ready for the republicans to
sign but no one came forward to sign,
so he took the book out into the au-
dience and after pleading with them
for over an hour got five to sign the
republican roll of honor.
A special invitation was extend-
ed to the colored republican party,
that was organized in the colored
church In the north part of Dawson
to disband thfiir club and Join the
white republican club and give their
support In making the republican
club at Dawson one of the strongest <
mixed republican clubs In the terri-
tory.
Dave Holdbrook, a white man, said
that he and two other white men
were members of the colored club
and they didn’t like to Join the white
republican club.
The republicans have found out
that they haven't got as large a ne-
gro delegation at Dawson as they
first thought and to combine both tho
republican clubs won’t mafc^ n large
enough republican elnb to cut nay
lee in the election.
OIL PRODUCERS SAY
PRICE WILL 60 UP
That 'Produced is Tulsa Fields Is of
Superior Quality and Is
Much In Demaad
J.F. Kirkpatrick SCO
The Mm Wit Sell
REAL • ESTATE
They Rave All the
Bargains In the Cttv
leak «| CfiMeMrct'BMr-
Pbone 97. Toim. T
^■—IIIEIIliriMtHHIlIlHIMHIWItllHA
C. Lewis Wilson, architect, la draw-
ing plans nnd specifications for a
beautiful brick home to be erected
by Jay Foresythe la the Lyach A Fore
■ythe addition. The structure will
cost about 16.000 and bo built mod-
ora in every particular. It will have
nine rooms, with a bath and several
closets. It will be two stories high
and will be one of the finest houses In
the city when completed and will be
a credit to the Lynch 4 Forsythe
addition. The excavating commenced
this morning snd the work will bo
pushed until the house la completed
Another Governor is Bombed
PROVINCE OF SIMBIRSK, RUS-
SIA, Oct. 4—General Bteervnkewltch
governor of Simbirsk, had a narrow
escape from assassination thla after-
noon. A bomb was thrown at tho
governor, wounding him In the hand
and the leg. His injuries are not fa-
tal.
STOPPED JUST IN TIME
Driller* Go Down 1.MO F> H si
Find Rolling Hot Water
Colcord, Oalbreath and Jones, oil
producers, brought In s well of hot
water on their lease In the Red Fork
oil district this morning. They drill-
ed down 1,600 feet and didn’t fln-J
n thing save a quantity of almost
scalding water. The teat was made
thla morning and aftar finding the
hot water Mr. Oalbreath decided to
abandon the well and pronounce It
n wot duster. He says never In all
hla extensive experience with drill-
ing for oil has he found a well of hot
Very few people, save the oil pro-
ers, ever stop to think of the amount
of oil and gas that is being shipped
sway from the Tulsa fields. The pro-
ducers say that the price of oil Is
bound to raise before many months
on account of this one item.
In the old oil fields, where they
have exhausted rear* ago in Indian
Pennsylvania and Ohio, It I* said that
they will begir to Mena i» d the oil
fields will be in active cpei-atlofi for
a number of years ayclc until nil tho
oil is pumped snd tha ground thor-
oughly dreaned of nil Its IngredUata.
At present the Talsa oil field 1* la
Its prime and nover hag any off
country produced ns high • gravity
of oil has the Tales Aside. Every
since the first discovery ef geo sni
MI the Tulsa fte1#^|he opdrattto
have had troubles, first with the rail-
roads, next with the Standard OH
Company, and one obattels and then
another has been thrown la their
way.
The Tulsa oil should sell for more
then any oil la tha world botpinso
It is of higher grade. Tho Olena oil
pools are at present the largest pools
In the world and never has their been
a large pool that produced as hlg)i a
grade of oil as does the Olenn pools.
The Texas oil pool, familiar to all
old oil men was at one time as large
a* the Olenn pools bat the oil was of
a poor quality and did not last ns
long as the Glenn pools are erperted
to b# furnishing oil.
D. B. Crewson is in Muskogee thla
week In charge of the Tulsa booth
nt the new state fair that la
held this week at Muskogee.
Secretary Tucker of the Commer-
cial club was In Muskogee tho latter
part of last week and will return Sat-
urday of this week. He says tha Tnl-
sa exhibits are not so elaborate ae
some other towns but the vai
larger and more staple products «►
hiblted than all the other towns la
the Indian Territory.
He says the Tulsa showing Is very
creditable to the city and that Tulsa
has the resources for raising a larger
variety of farm products than any
other section of the new state.
Several good horses from Tuha
were taken to Muskogee and anterrai
In the races snd are making quit# a
reputation for Tulaa as a town wharfi
good horses are kept. Several youafi
horses from Tulsa are on exhibition.
If the weather Is favorable Ae re-
mainder of the week the
people will come out about in
the fair, says Mr. Tucker. Ho
the people of Muskogee have goat
a great deal of expense preparing
the fair and It Is an sxhibltlon tint
will be a credit to this section at A*
territory.
Mr. Tucker says the net
la In /airly good coadltlou sad
street car service la good aad Ae
pla of Muskogee have
Tulsa people nicely while
the fair. Large
•early every section
are visiting An
TULSA TAKES THE
THIRD PREMIUM
Ooold Easily Have Had First If Ae
Farmer* Around Here Had
Gone After It
D. B. Crewson, Tulsa's ofllclal rep-
resentative at tha New State fair, re
turned last evening A look after
some private business today.
He brings the Information that
Tulsa took third prise oa community
agricultural display. He says further
that It could Just as well have been
first If the farmers and fruit growers
la this vicinity had taken any Inter-
est In making a display of agricultu-
ral products.
There were no premiums offered
for mineral exhibits, but If there had
been Tulsa undoubtedly would have
distanced everything ss the Tulsa
exhibit of minerals was larger snd
better than all the others combined.
Forty towns were represented in
the fair and Muskogee was fair to
all. allowing each of tho forty an
equnl representation with herself In
the directorate.
The three community premium*
awarded for agricultural displays
wero Tahlequah. first, a 46-foot flag
snd $15 In rash: Porum, second, |50
In rash: Tulsa, third, |35 In cash.
57 Varieties Cigars
Tulsa Drug Go.
J. L Palmer,
Manager
l Its Om
GUTHRIE, Oct 4.—there la
change In sentiment on Ae constltn-
tloaal delegate question since
Bryan spoke herd’last Thursday i
Even*the Santa Fe organ has sot
had the courage to say anything In
the behalf of the 8anta Fe candidate
since that time. The few leaden of
the republican party have been In
dally consultation and the only thing
so far figured out Is that It will ho
be necessary to buy Asp's way laid
office. The fifty thousand dollars
which Is to come from Ae Santa Fn
railway Is the beginning of tbe big
slush fund that Is to be used in de-
feating the will of the people.
The Santa Fe organ Is making a
fight for existence. The success of
Asp and the republicans In the consti-
tutional convention means that mat-
ters will be arranged A give Frank
Greer the public printing, and this
Is one of the things that has caused
such s stillness nt the capital.
It has not been learned who An
lenders have flicked on to touch the
national committee for the fifty Aoan
and. that they expect to get from that
source. Slvce Cash Csde balked on
the proposition. Asp snd Greer have
been unable to determine tha bank
meant of approaching the national
committee, however, tho fright which
Mr. Bryan's trip has produced, to
making them so desperate, that daa-
perate steps will be taken to cany
out their plan of buying their way
Into the constitutional convention.
It Is proposed to wait until tho last
week of the campaign nnd then tarn
loose the money. The nttompot ofi
Asp, who wrote the enabling set, to
fix It so Illegal voting could bo car-
ried on, has raised a storm of disap-
proval by the right thinking and hon-
est people of the new state, and It la
doubtful now If they will be nhlo tb
carry out the program. Thla la an-
other reason why the organisation It
falling hack on the Mark Hanna plan
of buying the election.
Emheaaler la Fonnd ftallty
PARKERSBURG, W. VA.. Oct. 4—-
J. Henry Fisher was found guilty
today of enibessllng 171,000 of An
fund* of the defunct Homestead BnQd
Ing association.
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