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EL RENO, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 19C8.
NUMBER 14.
WASHOUTS BLOCK J™.
THE RAILWAYSD™ iANT
NO TRAINS FROM EAST OR WEST
INTO THIS CITV.
BRIDGE SWEPT
AWAY AT YUKON
Heavy Rain of Last Night Swept Out
Section of Track Between City
and Fort Reno.
Railroads Suffer Less in All Parts
of State as Result of Recent
Heavy Rains.
Insofar as past anil west travel is
concerned El Reno might as well be
off the map today, for last night's
storm caused a section of the track
near the brick plant to be washed
out and the bridge east of Yukon is
damaged to such an extent that all
trains are unable to cross.
No trains from the east arrived
in the city until a late hour this af-
ternoon, but the washout at the
brick plant was in shape for trains
to cross at 1 o'clock.
Possibly the worst damage ono the
Rock Island system was at Enid,
where the bridge over Boggy creek
went out and also the viaduct over
Main street in that city. These
have been repaired so that trams
are able to cross. To the south,
trains are running to Chickasha and
the Mangum branch is being kept
open in a very creditable manner. It
is still impossible to go direct to
Fort Worth and passengers are forc-
ed to detour by way of Vernon, Tex-
as. and the Ft. W. & D. railway.
The high waters are becoming se
rious from Topeka to Kansas City
and there may be is repetition of the
floods as in 1903, if the rains contin-
ue in northern Kansas and southern
Nebraska.
Freight traffic is absolutely at a
standstill as it is only with the great-
est difficulty that the railway compa-
nies are able to get their passenger
trains through and freight trains are
perforce abandoned.
Every effort is being made by the
Rock Island to repair damage as
rapidly as possible and work trains
are being kept on the move day and
night. If the rains would let up for
only a few days all damage would
be repaired and full service resumed.
The steel bridge over the South
Canadian is holding in good shape
and the work done by the railway
company to confine the current toi
the middle of v.se stream has proven)
of immense advantage.
rys negro and found them barricad-
ed, but finally persuaded them to
surrender by telling them they would
be protected from lynching. They
were put in jail, ike and Job Furry,
and yesterday when they were pre-
paring to give bond some of the stock
men began beating Charles Ford, a
white man who lived near the scene
of the first trouble, and caused a
general stampede, the two negroes
jumping out of the windows. The
sheriff hollered: "Catch the nig-
gers!" and the officers and stockmen
mounted and joined in the chase. Ike
Furry was caught by William Hay
and held until Deputy Sam Page ar-
rived, when the negro ran his hand
into his hip pocket as if going to
shoot, when the deputy sheriff shot
him through the jaw, near the base
of the skull, when he fell like dead.
Then the chase for Job was taken
up anil he went through lots, gar-
dens and yards until former Sheriff
Sam Thrasher, who was unarmed,
stopped him as he was about to en-
ter the residence of City Attorney
M. I.. Cunningham. Sheriff I little
arrived and the negro sprang at him
and came near pulling him from his
horse, and getting hold of the offi-
cer's pistol. At this moment the
stockmen arrived and shot fae negro
twice. He was tuken to the jail with
the other wounded negro and left in
the corridor. When County Physic-
ian .Markham arrived at the jail he
found that Job had revived and es-
caped, though desperately wounded.
He was seen about three hours later,
five miles south of town, entering a
negro's house, where he secured a
double-barreled shotgun and a num-
ber of shells loaded with large balls.
A posse is after him. and he is n
desperate negro, and he will not be
captured without resistance.
It is rumored that state rangers
have been requested, but as no other
trouble is anticipated, they will not
be needed.
TWO NEGROES
SHOT IN TEXAS
LONGVIEW THE SCENE OF AN
\ EXCITING CHASE.
Desperately Wounded Negro Escapes
and Will Resist Recapture to
the Death,
Ivongview, Texas, June 10.—Great
excitement w as caused at noon yes- j
terday by two negroes • being shot |
down in the most populous street in
the city.
The trouble started last Saturday,
when three highly respectable cattle-
men, J. H. Carver, Ike Killlngsworth j
and Werts Hopp. were driving some
ELEVATOR TO
BE ENLARGED
CONTRACT FOR WORK HAS BEEN
AWARDED.
Farmers Co-Operative Mill & Eleva-
tor Company Wil Double Their
Plant's Capacity.
COMMENT ON TAFT'S MEMORIAL
DAY SPEECH.
Selection of Commander in Chief of
United Confederate Veterans
to Be Made.
DENTAL
SECOND ANNUAL SESSION OF
STATE DENTISTS.
Recommended That More Thorough
Knowledge of Teeth Be Taught
in Public Schools.
cattle to the stock pens and a year-
ling insisted on going with the bunch, j
Several efforts to cut it out failed.'
and the stockmen agreed, as the^
pens were only a mile a*ay, they,
would cut the yearling out at the
pens.
They drove by Ike Furry's home,
a negro, and stopped to get a drink ^
of water, when Furry said his year-
ling was in the bunch and abused
the cattlemen insolently. One of the
w hite men hit him with a bottle and
ke ran and seized a gun and was
only prevented from Bhooting by an-
other of the stockmen running his
horse over the negro.
The sheriff want to arrest the For
The Farmers' Co-operative Mil! &
Elevator company have awarded to
J. A. Horn of Oklahoma City the
contract for building an addition to
their elevator in El Reno. The work
to be completed by July 4th. This
will enable the elevator people to
properly care for the oats crop of
the present year. The contract would
have been let to an El Reno builder,
if he could have given assurance
that the job would be completed in
the desired time; but every contrac-
tor in the city was so rushed with
work that none of them would bind
himself to have the job finished as
soon as demanded by the company.
The cost of the addition will be about
$4,000, and it will practical!v double
the capacity of the elevator. The
work will be begun this week.
The stockholders of the company
are seriously considering the propo-
sition of establishing an alfalfa mill
In connection with the chop mill. The
farmers of Canadian county are rap-
idly becoming alfalfa growers, and a
mill which will grind that product
would be a paying investment here.
Birmingham, Ala. June 10.—Re-
flections on the character of General
Grant, made by Secretary Taft In his
Memorial day speech at Grant's
tomb. New York, have put that presi-
dential a pi. mt "In l>:ul" with irany
cor'ede .te veterans. "Untimely"
and "II ' > ed" are among the mild-
est of the charactr rizit lions of Taft's
speech by leading members of the
United Confederate Veterans, who
are in Birmingham today at the gen-
eral encampment. Among a majori-
ty of the boys in gray there is great
respect for the memory of General
Grant, and the statements of Secre-
tary Taft do not meet with favor of
the men who so often saw their vic-
tories turned into defeats through
the military strategy of the short,
calm, implacable leader of the un'on
armies.
Three men are being prominently
considered as the successor of the
late commander In chief of the Unit-
ed Confederate Veterans, General
Stephen D. Lee.
These are Gen. W. L. Cabell of Dal-
las, commanding the Trans-Mississip-
ul department of the United Confed-
erate Veterans, and since the death
of General I.ee. the lieutenant gen-
eral commanding the organization;
General Clement L. Evans of Atlan-
ta. commanding the army of the de-
partment of Tennessee, and Gener-
al George W. Gordon of Tennessee,
commanding the Tennessee division
of the United Confederate Veterans.
All three of these officers held 1he
rank of brigadier general In the con-
federate army, and according to pre-
cedence In command, ranked in 'he
foregoing order.
Since the death of Gen. I.ee there
are still living two officers who held
commissions as lieutenant generals in
the confederate army. These are
Gen. Alex P. Stewart and Gen. Si-
mon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky.
Neither General Stewart nor General
Buckner have been able to partici-
pate as actively in the reunions and
affairs of the United Confederate
Veterans as Generals Cabell, Evans
and Gordon, and are not regarded as
possible candidates.
The United Confederate Choirs of
America, which was organized at
Richmond last year, began Its gener-
al convention today. Mrs. Griff Ed-
wards of Portsmouth, Va., is the
present commander of the society.
FLOOD!! IN KANSAS
KAW AND MISSOURI RIVERS CON-
TINUE TO RISE.
Muskogee, Ok., June 10.—Making
recommendations for action by the
dental profession of the state, which
contemplates a more thorough knowl-
edge of what dentistry teaches and
the dissemination of knowledge con-
cerning the teeth through the public
school system of the state, Dr. C. I..
White of Oklahoma City, president
of the Oklahoma Dental association,
in its second annual session here,
closed Ids annual address at the ini-
tial session in the auditorium yester-
day afternoon. With a view of ma-
terializing some of the suggestions
advanced by Dr. White, two commit-
tees were appointed, one on resolu-
tions and the other for immediate
action. The former Is composed of
Drs. A. C. Ilixon of Guthrie, S. A.
Long of McAlester, and A. L Wal-
ters of Checotah, and the latter of
I)r;\ Sparks of Oklahoma City. White
of Oklahoma City and A. E. Bonnell
of Muskogee.
"Indications are that we are go-
ing to have a most successful meet-
ing," said Dr. E. P. R. Ryan of this
city, secretary of the association,
last night. "By tomorrow morning
we are expecting all of 200 dentists
here, representing almost every town
of consequence in Oklahoma."
Thus far the meeting has been
very encouraging and about 150 were
present yesterday afternoon, when it
>vu.s called to order. Rev. Dr. A.
X. Hall, pastor o fthe First Baptisf
church, delivered the invocation,
which was followed by the welcome
address on behalf of the city by
Mayor Bennett, who extended a cor-
dial welcome to the visiting dentists
and formally turned the keys of the
city over to them. Dr. A. C. Hixon
of Guthrie responded on behalf of the
visitors.
A discussion of Dr. White's ad-
dress, which was read from manu-
script. and the recommendations
made by him concluded the after-
noon's session, which made it im-
possible to render the remainder of
the program, which was concluded
this morning.
The selection of officers of the as-
sociation will occur today. The se-
lection of a meeting place for next
CORPUS DAY
DISTRICT COURT
TWO CASES BEFORE JUDGE
LOWE THIS AFTERNOON.
Muskogee county. Dunlap was a
special officer, deputized to guar^
the court house at Eufaula. Three
shots were fired, one bullet striking
Dunlap in the head.
Evidence against Julian, according |
to advices received from Eufaula Is |
circumstantial. A number of people i ■
claim they saw him running to his' Accused of Having Furnished Aid ta
room after tile shots were fired. Aj Alf Hunter Knowing Him to
search was begun and Julian found Have Committed Murder.
in Ills room, alone. It is said that
as soon as discovered be begged the Application of Mary Emmons Charj
BUD JONES HELD
IN DONDS OF $2,500
officers to protect him from mob vio-
lence. Mack Hart, a traveling man,
who had a room adjoining that of
Dunlap, says thai he heard Dunlap
come to Julian's door and call. A
moment later three shots were fired
and the body of Dunlap was found
in the hallway in a pool of blood.
Excitement for a time was intense
and there was talk of mob violence.
Sheriff Oldham, however, and his
deputies took charge of Julian and
taking him aboard the north bound
train, brought him to Muskogee.
It was said in Eufaula that in the
afternoon Dunlap was heard to say
that he feared trouble with Julian.
General Dunlap Is well known In
this part of Oklahoma. In the old
•d With Grand Larceny, Was
Continued,
Hud Jones, who was arrested Mon-
day night, charged with aiding in tha
escape of Alf Hunter, the negro who
murdered a negro woman in Okla-
homa City two weeks ago, and lat-
ter murdered Sheriff Garrison, can
have at least temporary freedom, it
lie succeeds in giving bond in thu
sum of $2,500. So said Judge Ix>we,
before whom Jones was taken to-
day, .in hopes ot securing his re-
lease under a writ of habeas corpus.
The writ was denied, and Jones' bond
was fixed at the sum stated.
It is claimed that after killing the
woman in Oklahoma City, Hunter
Indian Territory days he w as a dep-1 came to El Reno and was sheltered
uty marshal under former United and assisted by Jones, and helped
States Marshal Leo Bennett. During j on his w ay westward, where he later
his reign as an officer he was twice] shot and killed Sheriff Garrison and
charged with crime, and one time wounded Deputy Sheriff Sanders. It
stood trial for murder. | is also claimed that at the time
Julian is a young man, about 21'Joms knew that Hunter had commit-
years old, and was elected county
clerk at the first county election last
fall.
DAILEY'S CONDITION
IS VERY SERIOUS
ted murder, and was a fugitive from
justice.
The other habeas corpus case to-
day was the application of Mary F.
Knimor.s, who is held In jail upon a
charge of larceny. This case was
continued until tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock.
JUDGE'S FIRST EFFORT.
TEXAS SENATOR
FROM OPERATION.
S SUFFERING Marriage of Yukon Couple Solemnis-
ed by Judge Lowe Today.
No One Permitted to See Him, All
Callers Being Denied Entrance
to His Apartments.
New York, June 10.—In the corri-
dors of the Waldorf Astoria last
night those friends who should be
acquainted with the condition of
year, one of the important features
1,P' Senator Joseph W. Bailey were down
cast.
Millers in Detroit.
Detroit, Mich., June 10.—Hundreds
of millers from all over the country
will take par in the three days' mass
meeting of the National Federation
of Millers in Detroit.
Topeka and Kansas City Flooded
While Valley Farm Lands Suf-
fer From Floods.
of the convention, will probably
made tomorrow. Oklahoma City
Ardmore, Shawnee and Guthrie will i from
probably be candidates, with indica-
tions favoring Shawnee as the suc-
cessful city.
Big Issue of Bonds.
St Louis, Mo,. June 10.—Bid-
They were without advices
the Bailey apartments and
vague reports were in circulation,
some even going so far as to inti-
mate that the senator's Illness was
of a serious character.
That the senator's illness has as-
will
more serious
ms lo be" tli*
Rex O. Bernard, aged 18, and Mtsj
Allie M. Bales, aged 16, both of Yu-
kon, were united in marriage this
afternoon, by Judge Ix>we, in the dis-
trict court room. They are a good
looking young couple, and their mar-
riage was witnessed by representa-
tives of all flie El Reno papers and
a number of other citizens.
This was Judge I^owe's first wed-
ding ceremony "in Ills whole life,"
according to his own statement, but
In- delivered such a pretty accom-
panying speech, and so graphically
portrayed the joys of home life that
j two widowers and an old bachelor In
I lhe audience grabbed their hats and
I struck out to hunt life partners. The
( I j judge also thought that the practice
a"'" ' ' " j lie was receiving in performing mar-
general be-1 , .. ..
| riage ceremonies was well worth the
! fee, and lie informed tile new family
i that they didn't owe him a red cent
Young Peoplfl Meet.
Jacksonville, 111., June 10.—Hun-
dreds of young people of this sec-
tion are in Jacksonville today to at-
tend the annual district conference
at the Christian Endeavor lunlon.
Kansas City, June 10.—The high
waters of the Kaw and Missouri riv-
ers have done thousands of dollars
damage to houses in the lower parts
of the city and many persons have
been forced#to leave their homes.
At Topeka the lower part of the
city was inundated and many bridges
have been swept away. The farm
lands along the Kaw river have
been flooded to a depth of several
feet and the loss to potato growers
along the valley will amount to thou-
sands of dollars.
The Santa Fe road is tied up at
two places on the main line between
Topeka and Kansas City. At a point
between lawrence and Lake View
there is a considerable area of the
track under water. Also at Tecum-
seh the track is covered with back-
water.
Not a foot of Rock Island railroad
is visible for two mllee west of the
round house. The tracks are all cov-
ered at a depth, ranging from two
feet on the main line at the water
tank and signal tower, to nearly 12
t«et on the northmost aid* track.
sumed
be opened today for $5,500,000 worth! ever,
of municipal bonds, for delivery July Hef, and color Is lent to the various
1, bearing 4 per cent Interest. No reports circulating by the fact that
bids for less than $1,000 were re ! no one can get from the Bailey; U)p work (|one by hlm
ceived. Two and a half millions of, apartments any word oi comfort. ( , at(M. the groomi not t0 be ollt.
the money received from the sale oL Messages an acce.itid toi tin Bui . ijone jn generosity, and to show his
the bi nds will be used in the erec- ley family but no ri spoiiM tail hi appreciation of Ills newly-acquired
tion of a new municipal building. Aj elicited. Instructions al-o have !>► > n wif(, pr{vsPnted the judge with a bo*
half million will be used for the free! issued that telephonic connection (.lpar Havana niters, the oa
bridge across the Mississippi. The I with the Bailey apartments be riis- ^ mark(it
continued and, as the local operator I
inadvertently admitted, "We cannot
ring the senator's apartments. The
bell might disturb him." An Inter-
view with the senator was denied
with the statement that no visitor
matter whatsoever would be
city hospital will get $S00.000. and
the balance will be used in improve-
ments of the fire department, bridges,
viaducts, highways and parks.
TRAGEDY IN EUFAULA
COUNTY CLERK ARRESTED FOR
MURDER.
County Seat War Leads to Shooting
of General Dunlap, Special Offi-
cer to Guard Records.
OLD SETTLERS.
State Convention of 83ers Will Meet
Here July 4th.
on any
received.
A similar request to interview Mis.
Bailey met with the same result.
The hotel clerks will give out no in-
formation, denying knowledge of an
operation or of attending physicians.
Judging from rumors ami the omi-
nous silence on all matters, it would
seem that an operation had been
I>erformed, and that, while It It
doubtless of a serious nature, it is
not wanted to be construed that it is
Muskogee, Ok., June 10.—The sec-
ond tragedy in the McIntosh county
seat war was enacted Monday night; of a vital character, as it cannot be
when General Dunlap was shot and
killed In the hallway of the third sto-
ry of the Foley hotel at Eufaula, at
9 o'clock.
Ed C. Julian, county clerk of Mc-
Intosh county, has been arrested,
charge/ with the crime. Julian was
reliable information. One reason
assigned for the inability of all in-
quirers to receive communication
from Senator Bailey is that he is
probably suffering from the influence
of opiates administered before th«
brought to Muskogee yesterday, and ' operation, which is presumed to have
is now in charge of the sheriff of taken place.
For the purpose of otganizing a
state association of the pioneers of
'89. a mass convention of old settlers-
will assemble at El Reno on the mor-
ning of the 4th of July, at the coun-
ty court house at 10 o'clock.
It Is urgently requested that old
settlers, men and women, and the
j children of the pioneers will be pres-
1 ent from all portions of the state,
j The Canadian county association of
'89ers extends a most generous wel-
come, and everything will be done
to make the convention not only his-
toric, but an event of pleasure and
enjoyment.
Papers throughout the state will
confer a favor by giving publicity to
this call.
N. W. Evans, president.
E. J. Simpson, vice president
W. J. Clark, secretary of Can a J tan
County Asj>oclaU«n sf 'S9ers
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