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THE SOUTH
CANADIAN
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SWALLOWED UP THE NEW COUN
TY BRIDGE.
EVERYTHING'IS LOST
THE CONTRACTORS BOND TO
, THE COUNTY NO GOOD.
I A Bungling Set c? Officials Will Cost
the Taxpayers Two Thousand
Four Hundred and Thirty
Nine Dollars.
The court house tcav. • was again
frightened out ot their boots yesterday
when a lot of laborers on the South
Canadian bridge came to El Reno to
look after their pay for labor perform-
ed during the last month. It is claim-
ed that they have not been yaid a cent.
That all of the piling and bridge ma-
terial has been swept away by the
limb waters. That the banks of the
stream have been changed to such an
extent that It will be Impossible In
construct a bridge at the point select
ed and that in all probability no bridge
will be built at the present time.
These facts have set all kinds of re-
ports afloat as regards the solvency of
the contractor and the validity of his
bond. It is claimed that the cor
tractor has nothing and that the bond
which received the scrutiny of the
county attorney and his most able and
efllc unt deputy Mr ' nul a|>
proved by our business board of bridge
exper s, Schwarberg. Leeper and Bill
Johnson is not worth the paper it is
written on. This is the opinion of
the best lawyers In the town, who
wer consulted by the laboring nn n
relative to the collection of their
wnti s.
These reports nhich was on every-
body's tongue yesterday, caused us to
make an lnvest;gation of the records.
We find that the board has adranr-i-d
the contractor f2,439. Which the tax-
payers will probably lose. We find
that the bond which our business board
accepted absolutely offers no security
for any loss of material from high
water. It is worse than a straw bond,
for the reason that it expressly de-
clares that the contractor is not liable
for any loss attributed to an act of
God.
Here is the clause in the bond which
relieves the contractor and throws
'in ihe I"
"Third—That the principal shall not
nor shall the surety, be liable for any
damage resulting from an act of God,
or from a rush. riot, civil commotion,
or a public enemy; or from employes
leaving the work being done in the
performance of said contract, or so-
called strikes, or labor difficulties; or
from fire, lightning, tornado or cy-
property resulting from accident or
A
such contract; and that the principal
■f
ble for the reconstruction, or repp.tr
of any work or materials damaged or
destroyed by said causes, or any of
Thus it, will be seen that another
hole has been knocked in the treas-
ury through the criminal stupidity of
our public tax-eaters.
RUSSIANS ADVANCING.
Japanese Outposts are Being Driven
in All Along the Line—Many
Positions Have Been
Abandoned.
Si Petersburg. Oct. 11.—A dispatch
from Mukden says the Japanese are
falling ha it on Liao Yang. The Rus-
sians are preparing to attack It.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 11.—Lieutenant
General SakliarofT in a dispatch this
morning confirms the report of the
occupation of Senaipudse by the Rus-
sians, the Japanese retiring after a
skirmish.
Rome, Oct. 11.—The Giornale Di
noma has a St. Petersburg dispatch
estimating the total losses of the
Russians tip to the evacuation of I.iao
Vang as 9:1,000 killed, wounded and
taken prisoners.
f This includes the losses at Port Ar
thur, in the Liao Tung peninsula, the
15.000 troops sent against the first
Japanese army; 10.000 at Kaiping and
Taschikao and at Haichttng 6,000.
At Liao Yang the losses were 20,-
000.
Additionally the correspondent says
2,0in' -ailors were drowned and 10,000
soldiers and sailors taken prisoners.
' St. Petersburg. Oct. 11.—A battle
upon wh ch the fate of this year's cam-
paign in Manchuria, depends seems
only a few days ahead. Advices from
lie fr at are meager. All that is
positively known is that General Kuro-
patk ;i has cast the die at last, and is
march'nr re iutely mrainst the enemy
as if resolved to do or die.
According to unofficial reports field
Marshal Oyama, at the first sign of
General Kuropatkin taking offensive
began drawing in his line and con-
centrating upon fortified positions
north of Liao Yang. According to
the latest reports which are contained
in a press dispatch from Mukden dat-
ed at ti o'clock las: night, th£ Japan-
ese outposts are being driven in alt
along the line.
The strati a\ of the forward move-
ment will be concealed as were the
preparations for the advance so that
all surmises as to where General Ku-
ropatkin intends to strike are mere
guess work. It Is not clear whether
Gel -..1 Kuropatkin contemplates a
blow on the left, center or right of
the Japanese army, but the fact that
stress is laid on the capture of Ben-
slaputze, which opens the roads and
fords to Bensinu, twenty miles east
uf I i.i'i Van . where General Kurokl
crossed and that Cossacks are already
reported in the neighborhood of the
stream, might foreshadow an exact j
reversal of the battle of Liao Yang
this t^ne the Russian commander |
flanking and turning Liao Tan.-:, wit!, j
his left as Field Marshal Oyama dill |
with his right.
; :rvi from the hasty manner In which
the Japanese withdrew before the firs!
show of Russian strength that their
recent ostentations for an advance
were largely a bluff. Opinion here
is that an Impending battle is likely
to develop with startling rapidity.
It is reported that the Japanese have
abandoned Slanchan, Saimitsze and
Meichoulin, positions east of Liao
Yang.
In political circles considerable
stress Is laid upon the moral effect
upon the Chinese that may be ex
pected from General Kuropatkln's ad-
vancing without being compelled to
mi;, on the e i c iv of Mu den
It being remembered that the Japan
se failed to r< tch the city of imper-
ial tombs during the Chmo-Japanese
EL RENO DOGS WILL COMPETE
Will Figure in Nebraska Coursing
Evert Next Week.
The Nebitska Coursing Event will
occur next week at Friend, and two
El Reno greyhounds will compete for
the prizes offered. "Miss Ringling."
owned by Sheriff Ozmun. will run In
the Waterlco race, and "Morning
Star," owned by J. T. and H. T.
Bradford will enter in the F urlty
race. They w ill he taken to Nebraska
by Bert McFadden, of Oklahoma City
who will take several Oklahoma
City dogs to the races. The El
Reno dogs are as finely bred as any
in the United States, and it is i \pect-
ed that they will give a good nccouut
of themselves in the races.
A gentleman named Nelson died, at
5 o'clock this morning, at his home,
ten miles north and three milo* east
of El Reno, of paralysis. He was
82 years of age.
The board of directors of the El
Reno Gas <• mpanv held a meeting for
the transaction of routine business to-
day.
Win. Finan, a former resident of
El Reno, is h re from Old Mexico,
where he ha valuable farming lands.
FIR,- >'aN RETURN.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 11.—The rumor
of the existenci of a secret under-
standing between Russia and Germany
in regard to the war In the far east
has again been received. According
to the latest version Germany gives
certain gurantei s to Emperor Nicholas
regarding the German frontier which
will enable Russia to withdraw troops
from the big garrisons maintained In
Russian Poliand and dispatch them to
the far east, beside agreeing to sup-
port Russia in the pcace negotiations
at the end of the war.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 11.—A dispatch
from the Russian headquarters at
Mukden, says the land blockade of
Port Arthur has been weakened; that
the Japanese at Liao Yang have been
re-inforced by fifteen thousand men
by way of Ni w Chwatig and that they
expect three additional divisions in
a few days.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Franklin Pagels Entertained His Lit-
tle Friends Yesterday.
(From Tuesday's Daily.)
The fifth anniversary of Franklin
Pagels' birth occurred yesterday, and
the event was celebrated by a parly
at which about twenty-five of his little
friends were present. Franklin was
assisted in entertaining by Mrs.
Pagels, Mrs. Bruhweiler, Mrs. Patz-
wold and Miss Minnie Brink, and the
occasion was thoroughly enjoyable.
The guests were:
Arthur Schuldt, Camdon Stone, Al-
len Mead, Raymond Mead, Harry
Mead, Dennis Murphy, Donnie Skaife,
Neal Maurer, Dillard Sams, Lillie
Sams, May Sams, Gertie Harms, Ber-
Harms, Harriett Cook, Clarence
Heckes, Josephine Bruhweiler, Hellen
Allen. Dorris Beck, Eugene Engle,
Harry Schafer, Bernice Schafer.
WAR BULLETINS.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 13.—The Rus-
sians are attacking the entire Japan-
ese front.
It extends from the railway east-
ward to Kaotaitse. The Russians have
lost heavily.
General Paneioff, commanding the
Sixth Siberian division hns been
wounded.
Tokio, Oct. K!.—Field Marshal Oy-
ama reports that the Japanese are
gaining ground In the battle south of
Mukden. The Russian attack, he
says, lias been repulsed.
Mukden, Oct. L! —It is reported her
thai the Russians are in possessiot
of Yental.
Russian officers and men dee!
they will return o Mukden only
victors.
rney D dn't Win All the Honors, but
They Did Very Well.
Some of '!. El Reno fire department
w! attem ! the tournament at Okla-
hc.i a ( :t\ h \e returned to El Reno
. id :iie ii' - - will arrive this evening.
The honors at the tournamen wore
divided among the departments of
veral towns. Floyd Lutz, of this
city, won the prize for the 100-yard
In the qua or-tnile run the El Reno
team beat ail others by from 2 to
5 seconds, b-it owing to a slight mis-
take by one of the firemen, they were
fouled and lo out. The hub and hub
race was not run, on account of the
lateness of the hour, but it was con-
e ded to El Reno, "George" and "Bell"
having demo :strated their ability t'o
itrun any oth"r team «u the grounds.
The boys s- r they are highly pleas-
ed with their treatment in Oklahoma
City, and that th • ■>• v re shown every
courtesy, and enjoyed their slay there
immensely.
Sheriff Ozmun was one of the
judges in the races.
The tournament will be held next
year in Muskogee.
It is exei edingiy bad taste for the
Blobell to refer to this or any other
newspaper as the organ of so and so.
when it Is remembered that nine dem-
ocratic ofllee holders and candidates
for office signed a note of $2,000 to
keep the Dlobell going as their per-
sonal or.Mn during this campaign.
When it is known that these same
candidates are still stockholders in
the concern. The El Reno Democrat
is the organ of no man or set of
men. it has no mortgage or note of
any kind airaiust it. It has no out-
standing bills against It, and does
not beg like Lazarus for political help
to keep it alive. It is not soipoverty
cents a thousand, to set the few slicks
each day. It is the personal property
of Its editor and no one has a dollar's
worth of interest in it whatever, not
even the court house gaiiv. No corn-
sons can influence its course or dic-
tate its policy. It Is supporting u.ore
than half of the republican county
Ing part of the democratic tlcke is
not. We are supporting them because
levied six per cent taxes on tii-j people,
nomination.
Strayed f om my place in El Reno,
cow. Any information leading to
the recovery of the same will be lib-
eraly rewarded. J. O. Truitt.
173-et-lt.w
Mukden, Oct. 13.—Fierce fighting
is in progress ail along the railway
this morning. Both side are indulg-
ing in terlflc artillery fire.
The railway almost to Yi utai is in
possession of the Rip aus and the
station has been dame >1 terribly.
Alter five hours' bombardment M ni-
da. the Japanese line alo:.^ the • nt ire
fr i retreated. The Japatii ■ flanks
and center resisted stubbornly, center
about the Yentai m ues. As a re-
lt of the flghtii . issians drove
the Japanese arte, itit but the right
clung to its position.
Mrs. \V. J. Perry returned yesterday
ti ".   week's \. ;t at the t«.:
W. R. C. Resolutions of Respect.
Whereas, Our Heavenly Father, in
his all-wise and Divine providence,
has seen fit to remove from our midst
our beloved and esteemed sister. Mary
J. Lake: therefore be it
Resolved, That in her death her be-
loved husband and children have sus-
tained an irreparable loss and the
mere!' of Reno Corps No. 2". of El
Reno. Okla.. extend to her bereaved
ones our heartfelt sympathy In the.r
sorrow, and commend them to look for
comfort to our Father in Heaven, who
doeth ail things well; and be it
Be-olvcd, That our Corps has lost
a kind and loving member, and thni
our charter lie draped for thirty da> -
in her memory; aud be It further
R< - jived, That these resolutions tie
spread upon our records and a copy
be sent to the bereaved family, and
also to i ich cf our local papers for
publication.
ANNIE G VAN HOESEN
ELIZABETH DYER.
Committee.
Deafness. Asthma. Catarrh or the Head.
Nose. Throat, Lungs and Stomach.
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'I'qokic: Ofli • 34 Ursidence ti-lu
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WYNNE WAS APPOINTED.
For the Past Two Years He Has Bee.-
First Asr, stant Postmaster Gen-
eral—A Good Cabinet
Official.
Washington, Oct. 11.—President
Root velt yesterday announced the
appointment of Robert J. Wynne, act-
ing postmaster general, as postmaster
general.
The appointment of Mr Wynne as
a member of the president's cabinet
was not unexpected by those In touch
with the situation. It was known
that in the event of Mr. Payne's death
Wynne as acting postmaster general,
the death of Mr Payne, the president
so designated Mr. Wynne and Indi-
cated his intention of naming iilm as
George II. Cortelyou, could arrange
his affairs se t. to assume the duties
of postmaster general.
Mr. Wynne was appointed first as-
sistant postmaster general on April
17, 1002. For nearly a quarter of a
century he had been a Washington
newspaper correspondent, surving at
various times the most Important
newspapers of the country. At the
time of his appointment he was Wash-
ington correspondent of the New
York Pre6s.
it was information he had secured
as a newspaper correspondent, corro-
borated. and reinforced by evidences
found in his department after his ap-
pointment, that led Mr. Wynne to
make the recommendations to Post-
master General Payne, wiiich resulted
in the sensational developments in
the postoffice department. ii is
thought probable Mr. Wynne will be
■deil t ;. Mi C"i    i"■ -
master general about January, 1905.
Meantime a succe or to Mr. Wynne
will likely not be appointed.
Mr. Wynne was formerly inducted
into his new office at 1 o'clock this
DO YOU WANT
I"* I it* Hc>st. liiiral Mail \V«t(|ons
COME AND T RTJTI I) THF1I COME AND
SEE ME 1 IIIILaiI see Mf
i Imiki other kind- too. Don't forget the place
tin corner one lilock S, new court hou^e
FL. cJ. Tb
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Our President's Last Iteaat;
. lugust l'JOj.-
Hi huvi )nrj\ hi!jiiiancittl <trrnngeimuts, where
I'll after Isf. ire can dune out alt desirable
farm hunts with </is/ tf< /i, excepting such delays as arc
inculentat tode/'i diet or irregular titles-
FOR MONEY AT FAIR KATES, FftSY TERMS. I ONG TIME. SEE
\\\ o. BASIIOKI^.
OVER
McGrot'lis Qro., ELI Kono-
Wi n n 11 is: \Vi t i no Atjoncu
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Factory stock of all kinds
, CMd work u Specialty 
f J AS- TOMPKINS, Manager.
'. Law m NMK i
JOHN VI. DIX,
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—AND—
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Ml, ATS - Ul
KVEHYI HING
THAT IS KEPT
IN A iST-C't.ASS
- MARKET—
WOODSON STREET
EL RENO- OKLA-
Lou Bennington oi the postofflo
Canadian, yei
h at Caldwell,
J. M. WALKER SELLS GROCERIES
couri. within and for the County of
homa, and must answer the petition
State Dank, action on notes to recov-
er the sum of $:;50.00 with Intel' t
on the same at 12 per cent from July
19, 1904 and 10 per cent additional as
attorneys fees on or before the 23rd
day of November 1904, or the sail
petit i> in will be taken n trui'. and
judgement against you for the said
amounts and sustaining the attach-
ment herein issued and levied on the
northeast quarter of ection 34,
township 13, range 10, Canad an < un
ty, Oklahoma Territory, and ordering
(he said premises sold to batisfy tha
said judgment and costs.
W. L. BAXTER,
Attorney for Plaint iff
Atli'.-' E. M. lIEGtER Clerk ol l In
District Court.
HE PAYS THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE FOR
Butter. Eggs and Country Produce
HE HAS THEM ALWAYS IN STOCK. FRESH
ill North Bickford Avenue, El Reno Okla.
t-iaac. TMmus.x. t. i.ssaew
TEETH
Filled, I:\tracted
Crowed and Bridged
vj At The
 KEITH DENTAL PARLORS 
THE ONLY PAINLESS DENTISTS IN EL RENO
Jalor.ic Building. Corner Woodson and Bickford. Bell Phone 34.
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Your head is ail right, so is your heart
It's your liver that is not all richt. And your sick-headl(&tf|
biliousness, diz/y spoils, indigestion, constipation prove It.
Ayer's Pills are regulai liver pills. They make wrong livers
right. Sugar-coated, all vegetable. Sold fur 60 years, tow*?"-' '