The Tulsa Democrat. (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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Official Paper of
City and County
THE TULSA DEMOCRAT.
THE RARER 1 HAT GOES INTO THE HOMES'”—THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM
Associated Press
Dispatches
TWO DESTRUCTIVE
FIRES IN TULSA
LAST NIGHT
EWING RESIDENCE ON SOUTH
DENVER BADLY DAMAGED BY
BLAZE WHICH BROKE OUT IN
THE ROOF.
SKATING RINK BURNS
Several Business Concerns Threatened
While Rink Theater was Burning—
McDermott Residence Ablaae and
Lumbar Yard Saved With Difficulty
—Heroic Work of Department.
The fierce fires which started at dif-
ferent times last night dill considerable
damage and on account of the strong
wind which was blowing at the time,
threatened a great destruction of prop
erty and gave the firemen a strenu*
ous night of it.
Shortly after nine o’clock last even-
ing a blaze was discovered in the roof
of the new Ewing home on Denver be
tween Fourth and Fifth streets, by
Arthur Antle. the livery man who re-
sides just next door. Mr Antle sent
In the alarm. Central In some way
got confused and it was quite a while
before the alarm reached the fire sta-
tion. When the central station fire-
men arrived the whole upper part i f
the building was ablaze and they lm- j
mediately sent in a second alarm j
which brought the boys from the North ]
side Station on the geene In a few
minutes.
A strong wind fanned the flames
and threatened the home of Mr. An-
tle and others for some time. The
firemen got two lines of hose on the
building and although the pressure of
the water would hardly carry'
stream to the roof, they groped their
way through the darkness, stumb- I
ling over the furniture of J H Evans j
who just moved Into the house that j
morning, up the stairs and onto the
roof In a few minutes they had the
blaze under control in spite of the
wind and other drawbacks Mr Kw
ing had just erected the house at a
Cost of (3.800 and the insurance was
(2.800 . Mr Evans saved most of
his things as he had not had time
to get any of them up stairs The fire
started from the gas Jet in the attic
It will probably take the insurance
money to cover the damage.
The firemen worn out from the fight
they had with this fire, gathered up
their hose and returned to the sta-
tion where they did not get to bel
until midnight They hardly had
dozed off In slumberland when an
other alarm enme In They Jumped
Into their truosers and boots, si! 1
down the pole, hitched and answers 1
the call which was sent In from Enst
Second between Detroit and Elgin
Here they found the Tulsa Roller Ska;
ing Kink, belonging to Wtn A McDer-
mott. nil ablaze The same fierce wind
was there to contend with and It soon
swept the blaze across the lot to the
house of Mr. McDermott, occupied
by R A McGinnis.
The firemen knowing they could do
nothing to save the rink put their
streams on the house which was saved
from total destruction after It was
damaged considerable Presently one
of the hose W'as disabled. It was
traced back to learn what had hap-
pened when It was found to have
been burned In different places In
several sections. This served as a co.t
stderable handicap to the firemen in
their work
Presently the telephone poles In
front of the rink began to sway and
soon they toppled over into the street
with a crash bringing many wires tv
the ground The firemen were work-
ing directly under the wires and had
any one of them been a live wire,
several firemen and others would prob
ably have been electrocuted. The fire
ate its way hack to the shed in the
rear of the rink and directly across,
a narrow alley from the Crews un 1 ^
Carter Lumber company yard where
a large amount of lumber was stored.
The firemen seeing the danger ran .
line through the yard but It only
reached little more than half wnv and
no water could be thrown on the tire
or the end of the lumber shed to keep
U from catching.
Suddenly one point was gained in
the firemen's favor The wind which
was carrying the fire towards the lum
ber yard, suddenly changed and car-
ried the fire In the opposite direction
The firemen had ail their hose In com
mission except the burned sections
They examined them and found that
three sections had only been burneJ|
through the outside casing and thev
added one of them to the short line
In the lumber yard No sooner than
they had it connected and the stream
on the fire when the burned section
bursteil One after the other the two
other sections were put on with the
same result Then the firemen of the
central station who were on the hose
went to the wagon of the north side
station where they found one section
of hose not in use Quickly they car
ried' It to the lumber yard and at last
they had a stream on the shed.
The fire lasted little more than an
hour during which time the rink was
totally destroyed together with Its
equipment and McDermott's house
greatly damaged The damage to the
house was about (1.000 and It was In-
sured for that amount The rink was
(Continued on Page Eight )
YEGGMEN ATTEMPT TO ROB THE
EARLTON BANK NEAR CHA-
NUTE BUT ARE UNSUCCESSFUL.
'NEGRO ASSERTS COL-
LINS IS INNOCENT
OF MURDER
Chanute, Has . March 26—A daring j
lull unsuccessful attempt was made by I
a band of yeggmen to rob the Earlton |
Bank of the town of Earlton near here j
at an early hour this morning Two I
nltro-glycerine shots were fired. The
town W'as arroused by tile explosion
and inside o fan hour a posse was or-
ganized and tho pursuit began The
bank building was badly wrecked.
ARCHER RELEASED FROM KAN-
SAS PENITENTIARY HAS WRIT-
TEN A BOOK ON THE FAMOUS
JOHN COLLINS MURDER.
STEAL CAB, HOLD UP AND BEAT
CABMAN, ROB TWO PEDES
TRAINS—WILD DASH THROUGH
CHICAGO.
KOREAN IS DEIIGHIED
Msdill Wants in Firet Class.
Madill, okla . March 26 —Hon Sum-
mers Hardy left here tonight for Guth-
rie carrying certified copies of a special
| census showing Madllt's population to
be over 2.000 and a petition from her
'citizens to the Governor asking him
to proclaim an election whereby Madill
may become a city of the first class.
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Governor Signs Bill.
Guthrie. Okla , March 26 —The Gov-
ernor has signed two bills, giving a
code of procedure for the State Com-
missioners of charities and fnrrec-
tions, and for the protection of em-
ployes who enter boilers when ihe
latter are under steam pressure.
When Chang was Told of Stevons'
Doath Last Night Ha Expressed
Manifest Dolight—Illinois Solidly for
Cannon—Iowa Democratic Convsn-
tion will Instruct for Bryan.
Land Inapoetor Appointsd.
Guthrie, okla. March 26—J C. Nor-
ton of Cordell has been appointed land
inspector for the School Land Depart-
ment for all of Washita anil Custer
counties, and part of Caddo and Beck-
ham counties
WILL BE TRIED ON
NEW CHARGE
HENNIGER NOT GUILTY OF RAPE
CHARGE WILL BE TRIED FOR
UNLAWFUL COHABITATION
A trial held in the district court ye-
1,-rday afVrnonn was that of James
Hennlnger charged with committing
rape on little 14 year old Eva Cott. of
Okmulgee From the testimony given
In the ease the girl was returning from
Winfield. Kansas, w here she had been
visiting relatives and stopped at Tul-
sa to change cars
Khe stated that while sitting In th •
Frisco depot Just after the 3; 30 a m
train left, and waiting for the Okmul-
gee train, she was approached by Hen
nlnger who engaged In conversation
with her He induced her to walk
about the city with him anil after
getting her In a lonely place accom-
plished his cowardly purpose. After
taking his little victim i«rt of the
way bark to the depot Hennlnger ill-
appeared and the girl found her own
way to the station Her sobbing over
her awful experience attracted the
attention of the police who finally
drew a story and descrlplon of the
defendant from her Hennlnger waa
arrested In Kapul|>a the following day
Hennlnger tells a similar tale of th.
affair and auppllmenta It hv saying
that he was taken from n room where
the two had gone to rhnnge the girl's
soiled dress at the point of a gun In
a mvsterlous manner Judge Toe or-
dered the Jury to return a verdict of
not guilty which they did and Hen-
nlnger will be tried on a new charge
of Illegal gnhabltntlon at the May
1 term of the dl-trlct court
Falling Wall Kills Two
Peoria, III.. Melt 26 — One man was
killed and two others seriously In-
jured by a falling wall of the Hart
Weigher cum|*ny. recently damaged
by fire
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Blew at Anarchistic Sheet
Washington. Mch. 26 — The post-
master general has issued an order
annulling the second class mailing
privilege granted "laUJuestion So-
riale" an Italian publication Issued by
an alleged anarchistic group in Pat-
terson, N J.
Indiana Foe Bryen
Indianapolis, Milt. 26 — Indiana dem
oi ratio convention adopted a plat-
I form favoring a revision of the tariff
! und declared for instructing delegat-s
i to vote for Bryan.
Emporia, Kan.. Mch 26 — Louis T.
W Archer, a negro of this county who i
was recently released from the peni- ,
tentlary after serving a sentence for j
assault, hua written a book on the fa-
mous John Collins murder trial In
which he alleged the offer was mail--
to hint, together with two other ne-
groes. to kill Collins' futher He as-
serts that John Collins now serving
sentence for the murder is guiltless.
The Collins murder case referred to
In the preceding telegram happened
eleven years ago this coming May.
John Collins was a student of the
Kansas university In the Junior year.
The young matt was studying for the
ministry anil was soon to become a
pastor In the Episcopal church Un-
fortunately for him he became Infat-
uated wit!» a Lawrence beauty who
Spurned him on account of his medi-
ocre circumstances. Just before the
close of the university term the father
of shdlins wui* .shot to death In his
horn* in Topeka and hi* non wan nr-
rented and convicted of th* crime.
The main evidence aicainnt him wa«
th* fart that hi* fath*r’* Ilf* wa*
heavily injured In hi* favor and th*
testimony of n«Kr«»es« to the eff*<*t that
th* younif divinity *tud*nt had tri* 1
to bribe them tu do the deed N»*
murder trial In th* we*t ever create I
a Kr*at«T aenaatlon. t*lnre hi* Incar
Aeration a ’iillln* ha* mastered th#* prln
t»r** trade and ha* h**n a model pri*
oner. Several attempt* made by mein
her* «*f hi* family and friend* to *♦-
j cure a parol* f'»r him have failed
Chicago, March 26 -James Kane waa
found dead In a cub at IMh street anil
A’aluniut avenue today with a bullet
through hi* head. The police had at-
tempted to arr» *t him after he and two
companion* had beaten a cabninn.
stole hi* cub and held up ami robbed
two pedestrian* In the course of a
wild <ia*h through the ntr#**tH of Chi-
cago the policemen shot him.
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Rock Island Bridge Burnod.
fhtekashu, Okla, March 25—The
Ro#k Island railway bridge across th*
Washita river at this plac* was burned
at 7 o'clock last night The origin of
the tire 1* unknown. All traffic i* de-
layed tmth un the main line and on the
Mangum branch The through imssen-
ger trains probably will U* ilctoured by
way of hawtori ami Wuurlka over th*
Frisco.
From It Just
dams
Washings ..n, Mch. 25 — The official
r*|M»rt of the inve*tlgatlon held on
board the cruiser Milwaukee of the
taking of $3,800 from the *nfe of Pay-
master Sklpwtth shows that the safe
probably was locked and the paymas-
ter was not away from th* ship during
the time when the adstractlon of the
funds must have occurred. The ves-
sel nvuh at target practice In Magda-
lena bay at the time. The rejHirt shows
that all possible precautions wer*
taken ami that the robber In some
way must have obtained the combi-
nation of the safe.
DAVIS ELECTION LAW
IS AJOPTED BY
SENATE
COMMITTEE HOWEVER REFUSED
TO STAND FOR SECTION FOL-
LOWING THE LA FOLLETTE PRI-
MARY ELECTION LAW.
Cedar Kaplds, la., Mih. 26 — The
democratic state convention to select
delegatee to Denver convened today
Bryan le clearly In the majority.
EXPENSES ARE LIMITED
Something New Fee Tulea
Lee Mathews, architect, Is making
plana fur a two story flat deatgneil for
two famtllee Thta will fill a long dr-
ained want In the building line The
building will be provided with natural
gaa heat Combination gaa und elec
trie ligbta. hut and cold water, large
commodloua halla and cloaeta, separate
atnlrs. *wk and pine finish; In short
everything that goes to make a mod-
ern and up-to-date tenant residence.
Platforms Mutt Be Written by Con-
ventiona and Not by Candidates as
it Cats In Wiaeanain—Bill far Oirla
Industrial School Pama Fubtie
Hearing an State Buildings.
Kicked to Death by a Horee.
Shawnee, okla, March 25—Lennle,
the 11-year-old son of c. H Wush-
hurn, living near Tecumeeh, this
county, while playing in the harnyard
on his father's farm, was attacked by
a horse running in the yard, and Is1-
fore assistance could reach him was
kicked to death The boy’s neck whs
broken, and he was stamped all over
the I sidy by the Iron-shod hoofs of the
vicious animal
PETTY THIEVES AT
WORK IN EAST END
STEAL ARTICLES LEFT OUT OVER
NIGHT FROM RESIDENTS ON
DETROIT AVENUE
NEGRO SAYS HE
SNOT TO KIU
SHOOTING SCRAPE OVER WOMAN
STIRS DARK SOCIETY CIRCLES
IN SAPULPA
Herne Jury Still Out
Kansas City, Mch 26 — At an early
hour this afternoon the Home Jurv
was still out.
Nurzee for the Navy
j Washington. Mch 25 — The hill tn
establish and organise a corps of
trained women nurses for the C 8
I navy was ordered favorably reported
* by the house committee on naval af-
t fairs today.
Several families on South
avenue between Second and Fourth
streets have been suffering the loss
of clothing, wash tubs and other art-
icles left out of disirs at night. The
losers have no Idea who le doing the
stealing as it Is done in the dead
hours of the night while they are tn
sluniberUintl
COUNTY OFFIC E
SAFES DELIVERED
At 2.15 yeaterday afternmm a tele-
phone message was **nt t<• Hherlff
King at th* c#»urt house that a shoot-
i„g case had .......... near the round LARGE •AFETY VAULTS_HOLD 60
San Fran. Ison. Mch. 26 — Wha.t
i'hang, tlo Korean, who fired tile shots
which proved fatal at eleven thirl,
last night to Durham White Steven-,
was Informed of his victims deuth. he
received the lo ws without
and with manifest delight
house Col. Dlngman sent the mes-
sage and tin sheriff and Deputy Crown
over left for tne scene At 2:3" Sam
I’asey, a negro, walked up in front "f
the News office and surrendered f •
Chief Jim darnel, handing him a 38
RECORD BOOKS. HAVE 21 PIG-
EON HOLES. ETC.
The safes for the county officers,
which have been belli by the Katy
I.....pie on Account of some disagree-
ment In the freight rate, have at last
......... heen fumed loose by that road and
surprise | Winchester and remarked that he |n taken to the county court
• He was j thought he had killed his man The house There are four safes, one for
no friend of Korea and he Is better j , h|( f locked Casey up in the city Jail,
dead,” said Chan*. I but tur„ed him over to Sheriff King
'who told darnel he wanted the negr >
Guthrie, Mch. 26 — The senate com
mlttee of the whole yesterday adopted
the mandatory primary election law,
by Davis, but refused to stand for tho
section following the LaFollbtte pri-
mary election law, now In forco Id
Wisconsin, under which candidate*,
nominated fqr office by any political
tarty, write the party platform. A
substitute was adopted providing for
a new set tion that a mass convention
be held at each precinct at 2 o'clock
on the day of the primary, with tho
precinct committeeman presiding, to
elect delegates to a county conven-
tion to be held the following Satur-
day. for the puriiose of drawing up
a county platform, thla convention
nV"'to elect delegates to stmto and dis-
trict conventions for tho same purpose.
The bill limits the expensas of can-
didates In securing the nomination*
as follows: Governor, ((,500; other
state officers. It.MM; corporation com
misstoners and supreme court I1.6M;
congress (800; state senators and rep
resentatlves from districts of more
than one county. (260; county officer*
(200; and city officers, 1100 for mayor,
in cities of from 3,000 to It,666:
mayor less than 3.000, (50; other*. Ill
Senator Stewart's bill for an In-
dustrial school for girls was finally
passed.
The rommlttee on public building*
of the house nnd senate held Its first
public hearing lust night for the bene-
tit uf candidates for state Institution*.
About thirty towns are candidate* for
such Institutions and have represen-
tatives in Guthrie
The house spent most of the day In
caucus discussing the advisability >f
sending legislative committees to tlM
various towns to Investigate their
claims
Agricultural Bill It Up
Washington. Mrh. 25 — Considera-
tion of the agricultural appropriation
hill wue begun In the house today
The amount carried by the measurc
Is (11.431.436
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ALLEGED THIEF BROUGHT
FROM KAN8AS TO ALVA
Alva. Okie , Mch 25 — Wendell G
llobhs. charged with stealing a horse
from a liveryman at Capron. last July
liss been brought here from Kansas
where he was placed under arrest Sat-
urday Hobbs was soliciting orders
for liquor for a Kansas City whole-
sale house when he hired a livery riff
at Capron He drove away and never
returned
____ Ik - • Afc
Springfield. III., Mch. 1# —' Tk» ffiktg
convention to select delegate* to CW- (
cago was called to order today. The
convention Is solidly for Cannon The
platform says "W* recommend to
the delegate- to the national conven-
tion and urge upon the convention tie
wisdom of declaring for a revision "f
th* tariff "
Bryan 14 t* 1
Grand Torts, N. D , Mch 25 — The
democratic state convention met this
morning In a caucus that lasted nearly
nil night Tlo Walsh county delega-
tion adopted .i resolution to endorse
Hryiin by fourtee to one
BANK OF COMMERCE
Tulsa, Oklahoma
CAPITAL STOCK
SURPLUS and PROFITS
DEPOSITS.....
Deposits are Guaranteed.
$ 25,000
15,000
227,000
The Largest State Bank In Eastern Oklahoma
To Disband Company.
Guthrie fiklt, Mareh 26—Orders
have been Issued from the offiee of ad-
jutant Gen Frank Canton for th. dis-
bandment of Company L Itrst Regi-
ment. Oklahoma National Guard, at
Perry, on* of the oldest companies in
the servlee Disbandment becatn*
nt-eessary when the Company fell be-
low the minimum number required by-
law l.leut lu laney will be retained
on the unasslgned list until a vacancy
occurs
on a,charge of shooting with Intent
to kill.
The rifle contained one empty and
three loads When the prisoner was
Hske.t by a News reisirter If he was
sorry, he replied "No, sir, I in hap*
py" The shouting was over a woman
of not the highest rank
Another man named K»ler, was nr-
rested, being the one shot at by Ca-
ny III- was not bit. the bullet pene-
trating the left pant leg below the
knee Koler tired back tit Sum with
a 45 Cult's revolver. Roth are in the
county Jail Sapulpn News
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Illinois For Bryen
Chicago Mch 25 The demcaratl
-late mitral committee today en
each of the following offices: county
Judge, treasurer, clerk u«ul district
clerk They were purchased at a cost
of (350 each or (1.400 for the four
These safes are very large In size
lu lug built to hold 60 record books
and having 21 pigeon holes and 8 dor
ument files besides They are of th-
famous Herring Hall make and ari
most convenient. The safe for th*
treasurer will contain a strong box
or money l-.x beside the equipment »f
Hie other safes.
REGISTRATION BOOKS
SHOW TOTALOF 958
ArniUd at Hobart.
Waxahnchl*. T*x Marc h 2ft Olf-
f«*r*l «’«•* a v‘ <n*f man who waa In*
4tcte<| three or four >*»r* #**<• for th*
burglary of a l»ou*»- near ovlllw, wa*
arrested I'rMiiv afternoon at I!oI»mM,
a’tins t,t|. . M« Alplti wi l t to Ho*
to bring ihe prisoner to WaXA*
hnehl*
ok
hurt
|h«r**«i Hryan f«»r president
PREPARE TO FUND STATE DEBT
^swha^Jal^ofvoters
HAVE DONS THEIR PWTV
CLOSE FRIDAY
Afftuiiish the voters are register-
l;n at th, rate of KwO a tlay. unless \
_ -they double lhat number several |
Lsa s'eture'i Bill Passed Author!*#, '.'» •» not ruffit ell of them will be en-
Inuf *f E-md* I titled to vote M the coining election
^ ] a, the bowk* will dose tomorrow j
uthr. II T»f *dn,tnl*'r»- J night, ... Tuesday th. '
* . .. ’ x_____k* l,.s ..ii four wurtl* showed that
lion I* P»M'*rlr#
S#*#r E • ttnsion at Durant.
Durant, *»kiu, March 2* Thr
for the Nile of $15,000 worth of
and aat*-r «it*n*lon ImiikI* wr
■animated yesterday tnornlna
check eovarlfi* th* purc hase
riM'*IVffi<l fr*i'inctniiatl. (
fun4 nil the
di M miVi re d t w rrr nt% 1m**4* rl«»r
to Ji#n 1. r*"* f. r V .itch ** th«
l*Bl"lnture r*« *ntl* *#i»**d A 1*111 auth»
oris I nr an The maxi*
mum amount wh'.fh »*hy I'*
$1.ttn.nno They wif t* twenty*f*nr
Im'IhIf 1 0-, rtnk» 4 |1 I r» it InterfM V
I* th. /fcVntlon t* n*K« »»*•••
mofi. t^rlo*4 '** fcvotabl*. a
. fr A he land departs M. f,*“
" s III' bo»f ns *•'■ urlty. aid •' '
+ „ „,p i„. necessary l>. draw tn.m
,.e#e..i*.* 1-t eel.....I fond MM J"
\y ishlofton »l Already (2
aet .gn has been 4r*wn and pl*ced
In‘the stale , ,
Mute Treasurer Mem-fee has 1-suet
, ,,|| f..f warrant., giving notice that
Aorll 7 Is the l»*d day *»>on "h'0'1
books tor all four wards showed that
761 Tn'eh had regl«ter..l. yesterday
•hbW*i a gain f-f »" h**""* 1
oVl.ich bringing the number up to
841. the same time today the book-
showed a gain of 117 or n Hdal «f *6* |
In all four wnrile
The registration In the different
wards are as follows I'lrat ward. 212. I
K. i-nnd ward. 206 Third ward. 2*1 |
and Fourth ward, 25" *66 <-r the i
number registered toihiy at three
,, , |,M k. Is considerable less than one |
half of the number of legal Voter- In ■
this rlty I
Remember the h.s.ks clnee tumor- |
row night and tho-r mfl r.wletrred by
that time will have fn - omlng At
the coming -living election, s., d«n t
mil It off but register, rwgtstet, reg-
Cool at th*
SrsHo Rogtono.
KBB l r- | ^ -J—
UptwiAertfcw sltswtsuJ •* • ••“-
*"*7HE LEONARD
CLEAN ABLE
REFRIGERATOR
| TW» n ne gnaw weA ffiad
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I are ths rssuk el 2J yens «npMe* «•
the ps* ol *• ■■sidtcursis It K*s
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glens* *1 i«*“ *»4 *7 "A can K»
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W. AouU ks * hLsys*
qwet the has. timy rririgwaia sksw-
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