The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 17, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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The El Reno Democrat.
VOLUME 17.
EL RENO. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY THURSDAY. MAY 24, 1906.
NUMBER 17.
Woman Will
Be Hanged
DECORATION DAY PROCLAMATION
THERE'S NO MOVEMENT ASKING
THAT DEATH PENALTY BE
COMMUTED
SHE IS FRIENDLESS
Aggie Myers Committed An Awful
Crime and Shows No Remorse.
ISBEN DEAD
4
b Special to Democrat.
' Kansas City, Mo., May 23.—No sign
' of any popular movement asking ex-
Secutive clemency for Aggie Myers, who
$ Is condemned to die on the gallows
nexa month. For nearly a year the
woman has been confined in jail at
Liberty, Mo., and has seen no one ex-
' cepting her mother and jailors. Her
lawyer has not even visited her. Mrs
Myers always appeared defiant of pop
: ular opinion and gave the impression
If that sympathy if offered would be
~ welcome. Governor Folk, is expected
■ to give the woman the customary sixty
'■ days reprieve.
MRS. DAVIS DYING
Special to Democrat.
ijf New York.. May 23.—Mrs. Jefferson
Davis' condition is again grave today.
KENTUCKY CROPS
Are in a Very Bad Condition on Ac-
count of Drought.
Special to Democrat.
t, Owensboro, Ky.t May 23.—Thous-
ands of dollars damage is being done
in Western Kentucky by Continued
drought. Half of the wheat crop is
already ruined and tobacco is great-
ly injured. Grasses are all a'total fail-
ure.
CHAINED TO A TREE
Dead Negro is Found Shot to Death.
| Special to Democrat.
| New Orleans. La.. May 23.—Sheriff
Ward is advised that the negro sus-
r pected of robbing a white boy in the
public highway was chained to a tree
all night near Blanchard. When the
officers were sent to release him they
fo und he had been shot to death.
OLD SOLDIERS INJURED
The Great Norwegian Poet and Dra
matist Died Today
Special to Democrat.
Christiana, Norway, May 23.—Hen-
rik Ibsen, the world famous Norweg-
ian poet and dramatist, died this af
ternoon after a lingering illness at the
age of 78. He was born at Skien, a
small market town on the sea, forty
miles from Christiana and had a hard
struggle in early life. By the help of
Old Bull, the famous violinist, he was
appointed theatre director but it was
not until the production of two of his
great works. "Brand" and "Poor Gynt"
in 1867, while living in Rome, that he
reached the end of his troubles. Dur-
ing his latter years he lived at Chris-
tiana.
CANNON AND WILLIAMS
Both Get Angry in Congress today—
Statehood the Cause
Special to Democrat.
Washington. May 23.—Friendly re-
lations between Speaker Cannon and
minority leader Williams were jarred
today when Williams, filibustering as
usual in the interest of the statehood
bill .demanded a roll call on a motion
to go into committee of the whole for
consideration of the diplomatic bill.
Connon overruled him. Williams de-
nounced his ruling as an Injustice.
Cannon read from the constitution and
ruled with emphasis. He left the
chair in a huff as the house went into
committee, Williams livid with anger
showed defiance.
PATRICK REPRIEVED
He May Yet Get a New Tria'
Special to Democrat.
New York. May 23.—The application
for a new trial of Albert Patrick con-
victed of the murder of millionaire
Wm. Marsh Rice, was completed this
morning. Recorder Go[f ordered pro-
duction of the briefs by Friday, so he
could make an early decision.
FREE ALCOHOL
Favorable Report of the Bill Ordered
In a Train Collision in Indiana
Special to Democrat.
Battle Ground, Ind., May 23.—Two
' interurban cars filled with old sold-
|lers collided between Lafayette and
the soldier's home today. Thirty of
the injured were taken to the hospital
Special to Democrat.
Washington, May 23.—The senate
finance committee today authorized a
favorable report on the free al«ihol
bill
TO BE COURT MARTIALED
SEND THEM BACK
[Italian Anarchists to Be Deported
Commander of Battleship Rhode Is-
land.
Special to Democrat.
Washington, May 23.—The navy de-
partment has ordered the court mar-
tial of Captain Perry Garat who com-
manded the Battleship Rhode Island
when it grounded in York river.
PRESBYTERIANS TO UNITE
■Special to Democrat.
■ Washington, May 23.—Result of trip
■Miy Commissioner of Immigration Sar-
Bfigont to Baltimore warrants will 1
gpssued soon for deportation of sev.nl
Htalinn anarchists, who have been! Injunction to Prevent Union Refused
lifcocking to this country lately ryid ma"
Hi Baltimore their headquarters.. Special to !.;■ •
MINING RESUMPTION ! cation for an injunction to proven
Each year a day is set apart for
special remembrance of the nation's
honored dead. It is fitting that the
nation should do this. In so doing we
but crystalize into a single memorial
occasion the nation's undying senti-
ment ever day by day deep In the
hearts of her surviving citizens—
grateful beneficiaries of the heritage
derived from her patriot soldiers.
In keeping with the custom practic-
ed each year throughout the nation
with increasing tenderness of pride
and growing patriotism. I hereby call
upon the people of Oklahoma to ob-
serve. with loving tribute of rever-
ence and veneration for our soldier
dead, with loyal tribute of honor and
praise for our soldiers living, the re-
curring anniversary of the nation's
remembrance,—Decoration Day. May
30th, 1906.
Our national holidays have become
rich beyond the former belief of those
who Instituted them. With every pas-
sing year the debt we owe our soldi-
ers, living and dead, grows deeper In
the nation's consciousness. With this
ever deepening feeling of tender in-
debtedness grows also a solemn pride
in the character of the American citi-
zen. They who fought to achieve our
original independence as a nation
again later to uphold the nation's
honor when Impeached, again still
later and especially to establish tin-
broken and undiminished forever the
Integrity of the American Union, still
again and finally secure in our nation
al existence and the blessings of free-
dom. to advance the cause of an op-
pressed and outraged Island, achiev-
ing forthwith their national independ-
ence, went out gallently to sacrifice of
precious youth and venerable age
alike,—by their heroic deed estab
lishing forever the fighting gallantry
of the American citizen soldier. It is
highly fitting that we as a nation give
special and formal tribute to their
cherished memory.
These sons of national duty, con-
tributing their last fall measure of
devotion, sleep today beneath a land
rich in resources of happiness and
blessed with the highest, because
freest citizenship the world has ever
srtn Sf.r not that they aro dead!
Head? S.irely rhey are nr<t dpf.d t i
us! Though dead they yet speak,
as only the unselfish can speak. Sleep-
ing they yet live, and in the heart of
the nation they will live forever.
The month of May brings fresh fo-
liage and new beauty to landscape
Every flower that springs from the
earth at this season is a signal har
binger of peace breathing fragrance
of our citizen-soldiers' devotion
Every north wind that blows through
stately pines sighs in sorrow for the
departed soldier of the Union. Every
leaf that rustles in the south wind
whispers gently of the memory gems
of the Confederate cause. No longer
victor and vanquished—no longer
North and South—we are one! They
rest today in the silent gardens every
where—it may be alone, unhonored and
unsung—beneath the one time wilder
ness of our sacred battlefields.
All honor to the American soldier
living and dead. Union and Confoder
ate. veteran and young comrade! i
Blessings forever on his loving mem-.
honor on the soldier living! Love and
sympathy for th oereft mother, wife,
sister, sweetheart! With such citizen
soldiers and angel-ministers for our
ultimate defense, peaceable by voice
warriors in necessity, homebuilders
and home defenders all, the nation is
secure.
In Witness Whereof. I*have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the seal of
The Territory of Oklahoma to be
affixed.
Done at the City of Guthrie this 1st
day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and six
and of the Independence of the United
States the one hundred and thirtieth.
FRANK FKANTZ. Governor
('HAS H FILSON, Secy of the Tor
A Woman
Murderess
LOCAL NOTES
Frand Moore of Mustang township,
was adjudged insane yesterday and
was taken to the asylum at Norman by
Deputy Sheriff McCartney. Moore be-
came very violent while on the train
and help had to be summoned to con-
trol him. This Is his third term in the
asylum.
Mrs. Louis Hoffman and children
departed this morning for Fort Smith.
Arkansas at which place Mr. Hoffman
ha 8 secured a position as engineer in
an ice factory. Misses Tilllc and Sel-
ma Hoffman will remain here for some
time.
Mrs M Harrett lias moved into tin
South Barker residence property which
she purchased from Frank Lyle, a few
days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Corder of Hin-
ton. and Mrs. Hans Paulsen returned
last night from Wellington. Kansas
to which place they took the body of
Mrs. Ed Sunderland for burial. Mrs.
Sunderland was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Corder and a sister of Mrs. Paul-
sen.
H. K Canon departed this morning
for a visit.
The Sayre Co-Operative Pickle and
Syrup company, of Sayre, which is put
ting lti s large plant of that kind, bou-
ght the machinery of the Western
Sd> :-!i'or.ip*Ry .)f this <*ity /e«ter4ay
It is claimed that eleven thousand
:tcres of ribbon cane will be converted
into syrup at Sayre this season.
VOLIVA CUTS EXPENSES
BEING TRIED IN MISSOURI
KILLING HER HUSBAND
Slashes Salaries and Saves $70,000 a
Year
Chicago, May 22.—W. G. Vollva, the
present head of the Christian Catholic
church, announced to his followers in
Zion City that between May 15 and 19
he had reduced expenses In the finan-
cial department of the church from
$9,800 per month to $3,832 per month,
This saving, he said, had been brought
by a reduction of the working force
and a cut in the salaries of those re-
tained. In the same manner he said
a saving had been made in the eccle-
siastical department that would
amount to $70,000 annually. Over-
sefers who had been receiving $300 a
month were reduced to $60 . His own
compensation uuder the new adjust-
ment, he said, was $100 per month.
These facts, he said, were some of the
details of a report which he made yes-
terday to a committee appointed by
Judge Landis to investigate the con-
dition of the industries in Zion City.
Vollva announced the resignation of
John G. Excell form the office of gen.
eral ecclesiastical secretary owing to
lack of sympathy with some of the
doctrines of the church.
The condition of John Alexander
Dowie today was said to be practically
unchanged.
SHE'S SUPERSTITIOUS
And Says, She Heard the Gallow'a
Trap Sprung Three Times Last..
Night
Special to Democrat
Kansas City, Mo., May 23.—Venire
called today from which the jury will
be selected to try young Mrs. Dora
Drogmund charged with murdering her
husband Edmund, after domestic In-
felicities. Both were musicians of
abiltiy. Mrs. Dogmund's cell adjoins
the death chamber in the county jail
Today she averred she hoard the trap
in the gallowa sprung three liinea
during the night.
Mrs. F. II. Clark will spend a month
at Port Leavenworth, visiting her
cousin, Mrs. Krenger.
John Kay. an attorney and banker
of Graham. Texas, was a visitor in the
city today.
A. C. Kreipke transacted business
in Oklahoma City today.
?ry! Let not
^an citizen gi
the heart of any Ameri-
ow cold of tend or pride
Miss Rose Hampton of Oklahoma
City is visiting Misses May and Eva
Stone.
The ladies of the Presbyterian Mis-
sionary Society met with Mrs. F. R.
Farrand yesterday afternoon and had
a most delightful time. The occasion
was in the nature of a rose party. The
beautiful rose was greatly in evidence
and each guest received a choice
flower as a souvenir. Several inter-
esting papers were road. Refresh-
ts were served. The next meet-
will be held at Mrs. Bert Hayes'
Fred Sears today, sent by express,
to a Minnesota man who made some
Investments here recentlvv* samples
of grain from fields in this vicinity.
There were samples of wheat, oats,
corn and alfalfa and they will open the
eyes of the Northerners to the wonder-
ful fertility of Oklahoma soil. The
wheat straw was Ave feet long and
the heads were simply perfect. One
bunch of the wheat was from the Held
of Dick Killian near Darlington, and
one from Henry Wolf's field and the
ot!lcr sample* <vere /elected from all
over the county.
Dick Killian expects to start binders
to work in his wheat field next week.
He has 180 acres of soft wheat which
will be ready to harvest then, and the
yield promises to be immense.
The court crowd went to Kingfisher
this morning for a court session of
two days.
The residence of Fred Vogt, who
lives a mile from Okarche was struck
by lightning a few nights ago and con-
siderably damaged. Two little child-
ren had a miraculous escape from
death. The bed in which they were
sleeping was literally broken to pieces
but neither of the children received
the slightest injury.
Outolhi
I. T
John Lefever, a cotton planter of
Hydro, came down today and* hired
fifteen negroes whom he took out to
his plantation to chop cotton. Mr.
Lefever has 240 acres of cotton grow-
ing this season. He pays the n« groes
J. W. Maher of the Oklahoma Farm-
ers Mutual Indemnity association,
went to Carmen and Augusta today
adjust a number of hail and lightning
losses which have been reported from
those places.
EL RENO DID WELL
AT LOG ROLLING
CAPTURED TWO OF THE PRIZES
OFFERED
SEN! LARGEST DELEGATION
Aiid Did Much to Make th-s Meeting th#
Big Success That It Proved to Be
The Modern Woodmen's log rolling
at Guthrie will close today. El Reno's
delegation acquitted itself nicely, the
Woodmen's Hand of this city being
awarder first prize and the Forresters
Team winning second prize. The
State Capital is its account of the pro-
ceedings says:
With the streets packed for blocks
with spectators and with the porches
of the territorial office building filled
to overflowing, the competitive drill,
the first strictly Woodman feature of
the log rolling was held shortly after
two o'clock yesterday afternoon on
Division street, near Oklahoma avenue
The first prize. $100, was awarded to
Oklahoma City camp, No. 6892.
The second prize, $50 to El Reno
camp No. 7088, and the trird price,
$25. to Nardin Camp No. 61)28.
The El Reno camp, dressed in dark
olive dr: < n suits, concluded the drill-
ing being acompanied by a band and a
large
the E
rrowd of
Reno tes
El Ronn
the uni
3f
| Lccks Like an Agreement Will be was refn
Reached. i He savs the
le Presbyterian
by judge Johi
enthusiasts,
• < rod until
J.
Knox,
, Dan
Fort-
mrds,
-ogan
Weld-
Joff
iildt
•*
between minors and coal operators of
! the south west continues today. The
| opinion of those who come in touch
with conferees Is that amie, ■ settle-
ment will be reached this on, car-
rying with it a general resi ption of
mining in Missouri, Kansas, .rkansas
and Indian Territory by tlv y thous-
and minors at an early date.
WYCKLIFFS ESCAPE
■
layed ti
T>
Telegraph
or, W. A. L
s calling oi:
Fight With the Posse May Take Place
Soon
Special to Democrat.
Vinita, I. T„ May 23.—The Wyck-
liff gang by striking into Clear Creek
and thus throwing the hounds off the
trail narrowly escaped the possee un-
der Sheriff Wofford. Marshal Dar-
ough has sent a second posse to head
off the gang which is believed to be
heading back towards Spavinaw. The
marshal expects to pen the fugitives
between the two forces.
| manager here yesterday. Mr. Logan
is a very pleasant gentleman and i?
more than pleased with the man,. 1 -
ment and the success of their office
at this place. While Mrs. Sel i < rs hn
for some time contemplated a trans-
fer to another office, it is the com-
pan's desire that she remain here.
Mrs. Marriet Smith, who was in-
jured by falling down stairs, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. A. F. New-
ell, Monday night, is still unconscious
and flo hope for her recovery is en-
tertained. Her sons, Judge C. W.
Smith, of Kansas, and H. A. Smith of
Lawton have been notified.
patriot i
perforir
m. com mo mo rr
oed upon ensanguined battle-
fields of honor.
Above all Jet no unkind or uncharit
able sentiment cause any hand to
withhold from any American soldier
the wreath of flowers or meed of
praise. For today we are one,—in
hope, in faith, in charity and the
greatest of these is charity.
Honor and blessing on the memory
of the soldier dead! Blessing and
profe
! pupi
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night. Fortunately th * suspension
was not made permanent. The pupils
were willing, but the faculty thought
otherwise so the professor was finally
cut down after being considerably cut
up. The play, "A Case of Suspension"
was well played. Pupils and all who
assisted did remarkably well. The
large audience was delighted.
The h<
terday e\
territory
the city
No rain fell a mi
and but very little
east of town.
W. A. Clute is making splendid im-
provements on his Russell street resi-
dence property, west of the Rock Is-
land tracks.
del
ldi-
Roh-
Car-
o. F.
H.
)hn
terson. T. Y. Corruthers, J. Mat
Brown, Gertrude Salter, George W.
Compton, A. E. Saxey, L. D. Hill, C.
E. Sherman. D. A. Wilhite, A. C. Hixon
Messrs. A. E. Saxey, Piano Hickman,
George W. Compton, A. C. Hixon. D.
Anderson, Claude Pettis, Marcus Tru-
itt, Guy Davis, Sidney E. Clute, A. W.
Secrest, J. D. Newman, J. A Shuck,
T. W. Maher, B. B. Richardson, A. B.
Fortune and Jim Duffy.
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