The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 9, 1898 Page: 6 of 8
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Zoonds, Old Cevy
Remains
The Maria Teresa
Goes Down.
Troops
Landed
At Aguadores anc
the Spanish Driv-
from the
Washington. June «-Afl.r a lot "f con-1 w,th tho Art off Santiago, June 3. « P.
Ik-tln* r |„>rl« received her,' coneerirlnK m via Ktnprton, J«nrnlca. (delayed In
h.- landing of tr «'|Mi and such matter, at trttn,n)|,1,hm),-(Copyrt*hl«l by the AS-
t^ navy pep.rtn.em, there erne at th. .octated Pr«. AH the member, of th.
rlo.e of the day one Important bit of new. M(,rr|m c expedition are afe. Two
mbodted hi a report from Admiral Dewey l.njhtly wounded, but Lieut. Hobaon em-
irlaivl uc«« achieved by the ln-|otpM) wtthout a .cratch. This almost In-
urgent" at Manila. credible good new. wa« brought out till.
The official, have been more anxious I -afternoon to Rear Admiral Siini|jeon by
tlran they car. d to betray a. to Admiral I Al]inlra| cervera-. chief of Muff, under a
ey'M ixnHlon. They were not erl-l „a(( 0f truce.
iu.lv apprehensive of personal danger] 'Admiral Carver a," said the officer, is
the fleet but an Imprsslon was gaining I M touched by the bravery of your men
around llv.il ti* Admiral had not main- ,hlll fe(t « only rlgtit you should know
talned the > ' measures of aueceea In I they are aMve. They are prhwnem of war
hi. operation. In Manila bay that reward- ar<. being well treated.
,-d lil. flrnt effort. Now the ref.irt rec-1 Tremendous enlliu.lu.m reigns over tut
reived K>>e. to .how mat his plans are comp|ete .ucce.n of the expedition, Dur-
rklng out admirably; that he ha. suc-l,nl! ,h day the Merrlmae was plainly seen
celled in preventing the corruption ofhj-lng athwart the channel. Hhe could
Ihe Insurgents lenders by the Spaniard., harj|y have been placed betler had sho
hlch appea rtVl at one time to be threat- ,(t„,n allnk m the daylight and with no
nlnn There Is some speculation hero nccomPalnment of lire. It was an anxf-
v anrtou. minds a. to now the lnsur- ous doy „„ „ii the ship., lly noon officers
gents will treat the prisoners they have feared th.' Merrlmae heroes had
iken who nn' more numerous, It I. Huld.l (lled ln their noble work, but oj. I o clock
linn nil the captures mode by the Cuban I ,htl) afternoon a little black tug. flying a
Insurgent, sin.,' tholr war began. M waa wWHe flag, was Seen coming out of the
reported l.y eabto soon after he had se- Bttffpon hills of the harbor. Slo lysti.
red Ihe co-operation of the Insurgent | moved toward the New York, the I agahlp.
would see to It that the lnsurg*nt«_ob-1 Aw|,rt«ntCMef of Btnff Hlaunton boarded
en
earth forts.
Special to The DsJIy Lender.
Kingston, June 7. The Span
isli cruiser Maria Teresa is re
ported sunk in an engagement
Special to The Dally Loader.
Mole St. Nicholas, June 7. —
It is reported that American
troops were landed at Agua
dores, where they engaged the
Spanish and drove them from
the earthworks, being assisted
by the insurgents, who attacked
them from the rear.
In Complete Control Was Duly Touched
Merrimac Will
Not be Moved
That Bill Calls for
Big Gobs of Money
CLEARING SALE
OF-
On board the Associated Press despatch
boat Dauntless, Off Santiago de Cuba.
June 5. via Kingston, Janiacia, June I.
10 a. m (Copyright 1MW by the Associated
Press)—Whether the American Iteet sank
a Spanish torpedo boot destroyer 011 Fri-
day night has not been absolutely con-
firmed.
At 10 o'clock l-'rlday night the cruiser
New Origins discovered what appearad
a torpedo boat destroyer close to the
shore, and signalled the Hagshlp New
York that It was evident that a night
torpedo attack was to bo made. The
New York and the New Orleans opened
tire and their .liells burst around the
dark object. Finally a 13 Inch from the
Masaa.hu.otts (not the Oregon as first re
ported), was tired and exploded, and the
search lights of the vesels were turned
on the ttjiot where the supposed deslroyei
had been sighted, but no trace of the ves
sel could be found, and It was believed b>
officers of the New York that she ha.
been unk. The first assumption wa. that
VMol wa. the Terror, but It 1. believed
now that K wa. the IMuton, or the Furor
ns the Terror is not understood to hove
Batlago. on Saturday two
served the ruled of clvllll.-d warfare. Thl. the vixen, flying n ling of truce, and met SohWarIkopf torpedoes were found float
Hon wa. ina.le nec-ssnry by the tvr-1 S|(an|Hh tug, which proved to be the |
rlble tales which had been circulated of cji„n, half way. ■
ai.tUTV.l by the Insurgents. The navy de- Cataln ovlede signified his desire to see
rtment offi. lally declared tha't Dewey Is A()mlral Sampson personnally. un.1 he was
„.,( responsible for the safe keeping and ,.lken on bbard the ftaffrtdp. 1 he enthus-
- - —1 spread from the Vlven
Ins two mile* south of Bl Moito. Thin
of torpedoes Is used by the Spanish
and one of the two found had only the
practice he«ad.
Many official! fo the fleet believe that
that the appearance of I a darkened railway train that
mov
maintenance of these prisoners, which aH ihe ne
isletse «>< «..i,nw,r .^rc...^
irtivhslons I New York hardly excited the surprise I uf the bombardment. instead of a dee
''r"V n!ivy department gave orders today] „wt m|Bht have bee)n | troy
No wreckage has been found, no
hat the double turroted monitor Monado-1 HninpHon greeted the raptaln mosldead bodies have been noticed, and It Is
at Mare Inland, i'allf, Should be|A|iy, thanking Admiral Cervera for i s I I)OBa,ble tha)t lhe torpedo
no
were some of
Merrimac whe
ide ready to sail for Manila within trnL,ulen< courtesy and made the prellmlm., , ^ ^ nrtHl at the coiu<.
day., and tlio ne.*e.stiry orders were bur-1 nn-angemeiit for the exc innge o . . I . ^,u[ jiobson sunk her.
rledly 1.1, graphed. The Monetrey will not ,lljbson ami hU ieven heroc. Aomlral Samson Is determined not to
,11 for the company of the Monadonoek However, as they n™, allow the Spanish to remove the Merrlmae
oeure another merchant ship to uccom- ul„, ,H,lnted out his great shl|W with pride.
nany Ihe Manudonock on her voyage, ^yr... of clothing for the Merrimac heroes
Monadonoek Is a powerful double w,.rt, put on board the Colon and Captain
turrct.nl monitor. ovelde -went bock In his little tug under
With twin screws and 3.000 horse powerllh(, flnK of truce, never used, perhaps, to
engines she I. easily able to moke 12(4 „ morc chlvaloua person
is an hour. Iiulll on the general line. Th(. names of ihe two wounded men ^ cn.w
f 1 he Amphlte, she has hotter engine.. | w(.re n(,i learned. One has n. slight wound |
Ing at the hull, and the American fleet
formed In line of battle, with orders
bard. It turned out that the Spanish
were not o engaged and the fleet with
drew. Admlrnl Sampson has giving spe
clal orders that El Morro. where the Me
Imprisoned, be spared In
,,r tu. Ampnrie, |W"rc Af-lthe firing.
She carries four 10 Inch guns In two tur-1 in the cheek and.theJ) ^ VleUt Hob- I Admiral Tervera's polite assuranre*
rapid flrlng guns and a numerous I u,r blowing up the Merrimac Lit ut. mod i
iwiim ashore and wen |nv,H ...
Lieut. Ilobson and his men were con-
fined there. This placing of prisoners In
Consequently the Monadonoek has | _ . t A it I the direct line of fire Is denounced bj
lhe ability to make a k nger cruise than
the Monterey w+thout replenishing hi-
.-.ml supply, yet "her capacity Is ttll too
sm.ill to permit tier to make the pa*«uge | 8un Francisco, Juno
^
■r^) t,,ns In bunkt-rM. anU almost us much | captured..
more stown^f* ncm can be found on her
r Doings at Camp Merritt1
6— Today was
the American officers as a thirteenth cen-
tury defense, an act of Incarnate cruelty.
Oen. Castillo, commanding the Cuban
forcea in the west and north of the pr«-
Spedal to The Dally Leader.
Kingston, June 7.—The Amer
ican troops landed at Bai<iuiri
consisted of H00 marines, three
regiments of infantry, three bat
teries of artillery and a bat-
talion of engineers.
The Spanish iortsare in ruins.
Morro shared in the destruction.
The victory is complete.
from Honolullu to the PhilUpptoea un-||,aytiUy ftt Camp Merritt. Word waH 1 ylnce of Santia|f0t has been concentrating
aided. With thes- two monitor. AdmlrU ,aat n,ght that the pay- CubanH ,n ^ vlc,nlty of the city.
v,.,,camP •
t'li.lli fleet undertake to nlrtack him in I [hat the long looked for money would
Manila harbor. be distributed. The volunteers expect'
The monitors at their maximum draw ^ receive their quota of coin of the
only HV4 f «'t of water,< r ten less than the
but they were doomed to
a " I realm along with that which the regu-
Spanlsh battleship Pelayo, and therefore |
Special to The Dally Leader.
New York, June 7.—A cable
message from Kingston, via
Cape ltaytien,indicates that the
bombardment at Santiago was
for the purpose of covering the
landing of troops.
The Merrimac has not been
removed from the channel. The
Spaniards made an ineffectual
attempt to blow up the wreck
with dynamite.
Only two of the Spanish ships
haDpened to be in range during
the engagement, and the Itein
Mercedes was badly damaged
nll.llMttn im in*.* I • i | *
would be able to pick Uhelr portions in liars received
the shallow harbor water, where the Span-1 dissapolntment
Ish battleships could not jxwslbly reacn|th camp early this morning and took
them, and taimmor away a-t the latter to I wj^j1 besides several clerks JHO.UUO.
s,,|ves so small ft mark as to render It very I mllBt(,r nnli his corps of assls-
dirilcult for the Spanish gunntrs to reply |T he l aym ,
ffeotlvely. There 1s no <k>ubt e
iil of the Monadonock's seaworthiness, for I regulars. The money paid to the men
fore being reconstructed at tho Mare t()dtty represents two months pay, one 1 reaU|t of a poll of the national convention
Island navy yard* she made the entire L tt,jvance( which the government last I made through the mall by senator Jones,
voyage from Delaware clear aroundjeciaed to give all troops who are | It grows out of the reports of the Rep-
Harritty Knocked Oat
Washington, June 6—J. M. Guffy has
paymaster visited 1 been made the representative of the suite
of Pennsylvania on the democratic com-
mittee to succeed Hon. William liarrlty
Messrs liarrlty and GrfTy were notified
« - the ehange by senator Jones of Ark.,
doubt entertain-J tants went directly to the camp of the | chiurman Qf the committee. The
substitution of Mr. Grffys name Is the
Washington, June *-Bey< d the pas
xage of an urtfo.it deficient-v 1>UI. ma n
necessary oy the .Vi" a*l:h Spain, il"
deficiency meaui'e carrion uppi •!'* ai'
for the war end navy esl.ibliuh neill; ; g
gregatlng $17.7 5,/)J These upproi r at.* r
are In addltlM) ef :hj unount t. l'ur
d latec \>y the gcneril dclicienv • 1
During the yrii. ?r | urt of Ihe m-i-sit
measure provided for the taking of
the twelfth and subsequent censuses was
under consideration but no progress was
made toward its completion.
The bill, as passed, appropriate* 117,
745,ouO for the war and navy departments
till favorably reported by Mr. Hour
(Rep. Mass.)from the judiciary committee
provide for the compensation and ex-
penses of special counsel for the govern-
ment In prises cases was pased.
resolution offered by Mr. Davis,
Hep. Minn.) that the President be re-
quested, If not, In his opinion, Incompat-
ible with the Interests of the public, to
communicate to the senate all papers
luting to t'he claim of Hugo O. Leowl
for his expulsion from Haytl
reed to.
Allleon preserved a partial report
from the conferees upon the sundry
civil bill. The senaite Insisted upon Its
asked for futher conference.
CsntertRep. Mont.) reported from
the military affairs committee, a bill
authorizing the President In his discretion
to waive the one year suspension fron
promotion and to order re-examination
of officers of the army in certain cases
and It was passed.
PettlngrewtRep. 8. D.) of the In-
dian affair* committee, called upon the
bill for the protection of t'he people of
of the Indian Territory. The bill which
relate* to the allotment of lands In sev-
eralty to the Indians of the territory,
was under discussion until 2 o clock,
when It was displaced by the unfinished
buslnes, the bill to provide for taking
the twelfth and subsequent censuses.
Pending the dtecusslon of the census
measure, the senate concurred In the
house ammendment to the bll for the pro
tectlon of homestead settlers.
Mr. Carter, chairman of the census coil
made an extended statement concerning
the object of the bill, and the possibility
for its enact Into law at as early a date
as practicable.
As provided for In section 24 of the bill,
the twelfth cesus shall be restricted to
Inquiries relating to population, to mor-
tality, to the products of agriculture and
to manufacturing and mechanical estab-
lishments.
All question a* to quantity and value
of crops shall relate to the year ending
Dec. 31, nexit.preceedlng the enumeration.
The information collected shall relate
exclusively to the fiscal year ending near
est the date set for enumeration of the
population. At the conclusion of Mr. Car-
ters statement. Mr. Cockrell (Dem. Mo.)
proposed amendments to the bill that of-
ficials of the ceusus should enter upon
OUR ENTIRE STOCK
OF
BOOTS AND SHOES
fob the
UT JE3 X T 3 O D A V B «
Big Reduction in W. L DodrIm Slioes-Uest In the World
COME AND 8EE
DAVID
guthrie.
HETSCH.
OKLAHOMA.
H-
WHAT OKLAHOMA MUST 00
It Can iiud Will Have the BeNt
Display at Omalia.
John Golobie, Secretary of tho Okla
homa Commission of the Traps Missis-
sippi and Interstate Exposition re-
turned from Omaha this afternoon,
lie states that the people of Oklahoma
do not realize the magnitude and im
portance of the exposition. It is on a
scale, in many respects, comparable to
the Chicago exposition. Not only the
western but also the eastern states are
vying with each other in the display
of their products. Not only that but
foreign nations are on the ground
with their arts and manufactures,
even Spain.
Oklahoma has the best space in the
Agricultural building,fifty by twenty,
eight feet and twenty feet high to a
gallery. ThiB space is now being en-
closed by a handsome booth, and will
be ready for the exhibit within a
week. This exhibit must be gathered
from this year's crop, and farmers
should bring to the cities in their
vicinity such exceptional articles as
they think will be worthy of taking
the exhibition.
it should be to the interest of every
Oklahoman to assist in this matter, as
from the exhibits already on the
ground, Oklahoma can take front rank
in quality, and especially so In grains.
It Is ex- I ubllcans of Pennsylvania, who first,
through their sta,te committee and lait-
terly through their state convention re-
quired that Mr. Harrltys name dropped
.anil Mr. (Irftys added on tho general
receive the money ^ue Impounds that Mr. Harrity has ceased to be
In accord with his party.
Special to The Dally Loader.
New York, June".- A cable
message from Capo Haytien says
the bombardment of Santiago
yesterday lasted three hours
and that the Spanish war ship
liein Mercedes was badly dam
aged in the engagement.
The second Spanish commo
dore in command and five sailors
are reported killed and many
wounded. One lieutenant of in
fantry and twenty-one soldiers
of the American fleet were seri-
ously wounded. Three officers
of artillery are also reported
wounded.
The bombardment was renew-
ed at noon at Aquidores.
Twenty-four American ships
are engaged in landing troops at
Baiquire, a harbor fifteen miles
east of Santiago, where heavy
fighting is reported.
The latest report says the
Spanish forts at Baiquire have
been riddled.
Horn to San Franctsco, a voyage longer
than that made by t'he Oregon. about to depart for Manila.
The members of t'he navy construction I pected that the Pennsylvania. Colorado
crops arc still rejoicing over the splendid I an(j other volunteer organizations.
cploK of Ilobson and Powell. The lat"|wh|ch nre to Btart for the Philippines
r. a young oadet, who sat through the!
n'g Hours in a at earn launch, through the |th,s weeK
Spanish tire, waiting to fetch away Hob-1 them tomorrow.
Hon and his crew. Is ab o a member of the! The steamer Zealandia will be the first
constructor Hlchborn. The youngster was I the ready for the sea. The worl
Hsigned to the force of naval architect-1 f p|aPinK ),er Htores, which began yes-
inT^t^t.™U-rday was a, last completed this even-
corps' as much so as Chief Hlchborn Mm-1 Ing and but little remains to be done
„ejf I now before roops can be sent aboard.
That Oadls fleet was reported to be do-|The carponters and painters have fln-
Ing strange things In the West '1111108 thp|r work ;lna |t |9 expected that
v in not giving the naval officers I
any concern.They have learned .Trough 'he first detachment of soldiers will be
Bhi'to department that t'he Simrrlshlson on board Wednesday.
ships were at Cadiz last Friday, so they! The vessel has been Inspected and pro-
eould not have been In tho Went Imtli'* | nounC(.,i to be In first class condition. I pieces almost dally, so persistant are the
•o days later. . ., | The Zealandia will go Into the stream I rebel attacks. Tho natives are lloc ns
Up to the clouc of office hours It could
not bo learned at the war or navy de
their duties Jamiary 1. 1899- He offered
also an amendment providing that the
minor employes of the census office
should be appointed by the secretary
of the Interior Instead of by the director
of the census.
Pending action upon the amendment
the senate, at 4:20 p. m. went Into exeeu
live session and soon afterwards adjourn
ed.
i Manila is Ready to Tip
London, June 6—The Hongkong corres
pondent of the standard says:
Advice from Manila say Admiral Dew-
y has gathered the steamers now block-
aded n the river to lie off Cavlte In read-
iness to receive foreigners. Tlio Spaniards
are losing arm, ammunutlon and field
Chlcknmauga. June 6—Orders were Is-
sued today to proceed at once to recult
their companies to their full strength.
The order was one recuKlng officer and
four enlisted men to each baitalllon. The
details were made out In a unmber of reg
iments today and the work of recultlng
will begin at once.
The sham bnittle which wafl to have oc
cured to day between the regiments was
postponed.
I after she has been boarded by the troops
to Aguinaldos standard. He Is on the
whole conduction the campaign on hu-
.herc to shbw that the trops had landed Inlto await the finishing of the work on ^ principals. In the course of a pitch
part men t that on y news had reached |the china and Colon. The alternations I ,KlUle on May 30, a number of natives
force near Santiago, ami the officials, high I ,)ejnK maje for the accomodations of I aux|Ulare deserted the Spanish lines for
and low. mad® no concealment of their I ^ goldlera wm be finished on the China (ho lnmirgents. From the general tenor
''Mak^Orandliery, military attaehee of and Colon by tonight and tomorrow theot news from Manilla, there Is a right
of the French embassy, lePt tonight for I work of loading the stores will be taken I to believe that the city will fall Into Dew-
Tampa. where he will proceed with t'he up- lt l8 now reported that these ves- ley's hands before the arrival of the Am-
sels can not sail before the end of this | erican troops.
week and even next week Is mentioned
the most probable time for the time
for th start. I has not been officially
out as yet what troops will go
on the second expedition.
The steamer Centennial Is being
AVtr I'obI JUantrr.
Mrs. Stella M. Beebe, wife of Post
Office Inspector Frank lleebe, has been
appointed post master at Jones City, a
new town on the Frisco extension, and
named after C. G. Jones, of Oklahoma
City.
An K*ca\ rd Conrlet.
A snspicous character, named Tur-
ner, was recently captured in this city
by Chief Cochran, and detained until
information could be secured. Wednes-
day a wire was received from Lansing,
Kaa., stating that Turner is an escaped
convict, and requesting that he be held
until the penitentiary authorities ar
rived to take charge of him.—Oklaho-
ma City Champion.
troops embarking for Culxi. Prince Lls-
ven, of Russia, a captain of the Russian
royal artillery, and assigned for special
service 1n connection with the war, called
on the war and navy officiate today, anil
later left for the south. These are the
last of the foreign observers to leave for
the scene of action.
It was Mated at several of the foreign
embassies and legations today that there
was no warrant for t'he published reports
that the foreign military and navy
tacheea were making unfavorable reports
to their home offices on the American
army and navy, particularly the former.
It Is said these foreign observers know
from experience the difficulties attending
the equipment of raw levtea and that they
give generous recognition to the manner
in which 2U0.U00 men have been assembled,
perts say that more or less confusion is
unavoidable In such u gigantic undertak-
ing. and that military science recognises
this confusion as inseparable to the as-
sembling of a largo volunteer force.
C. II. Johnson and J. J. Clarke, two
young men of Guthrie, who had gone
to Kansas looking for work in the har-
vest fields were practicing with a re
volver near Arkansas City, and while
it was in the hands of Clark it was ac
cidentally discharged, the ball enter
ing near the groin of Johnson, produc
Ing a painful but not necessarily fatal
wound. The wounded young man has
returned home, and if no serious turn
takes place will be out agsin soon
Joe Johnson was shot and seriously
If not fatally, wounded by T. 8.
Sprawles, near Shawnee, last Satur-
day; the ball, a 41 caliber Colts, enter-
ing the neck and passing around the
vertebrae, lodged and could not be
extracted by the surgeon.
Judgement Againnt Urinroht.
In Justice Morgan's court a judg-
ment was entered against Charles H.
Griswold, in favor of K. L. Blincoc,
on a lumber bill.
Insurgents are
Hongkong, June 6-The British gunboat
thoroughly examined by the Inspector I gW[ftt which has just arrived from Manl-
of hulls and boilers who will probably I j;li reports that the Insurgents have cut
make his report tomorrow. She was I the railway outside the town and advanc-
looked over by army officers and they | ed to within four miles of tho city,
do not like her condition at all.
vessel can not snll as she Is and be
healthy troop ship and the army offl
cers have recommended several very
radical changes for the convenience,
comfort and health of the troops.
Spanish regiment mutlned and shot .its
officers.
Fighting between the Insurgents and th
Spanish troops is frequent, and the for-
mer brought a thousand prisoners tc
Cavlte.
The Americans, lt Is reported at Man!
The 1\ S. S. Monterey and the collier |jat aJW,|St the Insurgents with boats and
Brutus, which Is to accompany her on I machine guns.
her voyage to the Philippines are still The Swift repeats a rumor that tho In-
.ylng peacefully at anchor ln the bay. I surgents had captured and tortured f
tiome needed repairs were made ln the | number of priests. The Brlfl>.h r .
dents at the time the Swift left .still re-
Monterey's distiller nnd It Is not expect-
ed that the two vessels will get away
before tomorrow morning.
Troop E., 4th U. 8. cavalry, arrived
this morning from Vancouver barracks.
It Is under the command of Capt. J. C.
Garth, with whom Is second lieutenant
L. Kltlnge.
The next troops to arrive will be two
train loads of recruits for the regular
army from Ft. McPherson, Ga. Com
pany C, 4th New York volunteers, will
arlvo In two or three days, as will also
a company of recruits from Ohio.
malned In Manila, but the foreigners were
taking refugo on the foreign shipping.
The Oklahoma City Times-Journal
boasta that the street! in ibat town
are crowded and jammed every Satur-
day from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. That's
generally the way in little towns. If
there are no attractions in the business
houses people naturally take to the
atreets
(Copyrighted 1N8 toy the Associated
Press) Cape Hay ti an, June ft—10:30 a. m
Tho cannonade at Aguadorcs began at
7:45 this morning. It became stronger at
There is a good one on Coal Oil 1 n
b pec tor Amos Kwlng: KoBijfn Hart
Barnes shipped bis father a barrel of
sea water last week, which had flown
over the decks of the Vicksbur* during
_ dewy night. General Coal Oil In
spector Ewing met it at the depot, and
being informed that it was a barrel of
oil for the governor, he immediately
inspected it and passed it as first class
carbon oil. There Is nothing like stand
ing in with the coal oil Inspector.—
Enid Wave, 25th ult.
Tho trustees of the Presbyterian
7:Hi, both sides seemed 40 put forth ever) I ('tiurcb, having decided to buy or build
and at 8:45 a. m. wns still In progres. a parsonage, will receive, through its
Kingfisher College was preached Sun-
day at the 00^.^. church by to be given in writing U
Iter W. L. Dibble of Guthrie and Is on or before Batnr ay,
spoken of in the most complimentary Judg0 ,nd Mrs, B. T. Halner came
terma by thoae who heard it. | down (r0|n Newkirk, Sunday night
The ladles committee appointed by
the mayor to care for the soldiers who
enlisted for the present war, and for
their families and dependent ones at
home, are hard at work making some
needed articles for troup I), firs! U
volunteer cavalry, and boon wl".
have a large package on its way. Next
Wednesday the organization of this
committee will be perfected and the
work for the future planned out, and
verythlng more fnlly determined
upon. Good deeds are catching. Guth-
rie appears to have been the only
place where the new soldier was
thought of on decoration day, and the
noble example set by our ladies in
caring for him, has spread clear out to
the Pacific coast, and already it has
become plain to the patriotic people
that in sending our boys to defend the
honor of our nation, we took it upon
ourselves the duty to take good care
of them and their families, and it will
be nobly done by the ladies of our
land
SCHOOL H0AHH
Holds mi Interesting Meeting.
—Election of Temehers
Postponed.
At the meeting of board of educa-
tion, last evening, it was decided to
have the examlpation of teachers on
the 7tl , 8th and uth of July, Instead of
the last of August. All applications
for positions were referred to the com-
mittee on teachers and course of study,
and those who receive certificates from
the examining committee will be con-
sidered in making up the list of teach-
ers to be recommended by the com-
mittee.
The board will meet July 14 to take
action in the matter of electing teach-
By a recent order of the board
no teacher will be engaged whose
certificate was not obtained since the
first of May.
A rule was put on the record that no
person be employed in any capacity
who is related to any member of the
board by consangunlty or affinity.
There were 31 in attendance at the
May examination, of whom ten failed
to pass. Six first Intermediate certifi-
cates were issued, and five second and
only two first primary were granted,
but tkere were eight second primary-
The county treasurer paid the dis-
trict tressurer, since May, 1897, $20,.
500 80 for school purposes, and the
board drew warrants amounting to
$12,025.55. The large number of old
warrants afloat consumed all available
funds, but the only warrants now un-
paid are $3000 on the district fund.
All county, separate and territorial
fund warrants have been taken up.
Collections on last half of taxes are
likely to be sufficient to meet all obli-
gations now existing.
The levy for 1898 is eight mills dis-
trict tax, three mills sinking fund and
one mill judgment fund, in all twelve
mills, precisely the same in gross that
it was last year, but the sinking fund
levy was reduced one mill and the
district fund increased one mill. The
sinking fand has now over a thousand
dollars to its crcdlt with which to
meet September interest on the bonds.
A nine months' term was ordered to
begin September 5. The outlook for
the Guthrie schools is quite auspicious.
IN TIIE SUPREME COURT.
Judge McAtee came over from Enid
Sunday, to attend supreme court
The wheat crop in the Indian terri-
tory is beginning to head out nicely
It will be but a short time now till the
wheat harvesters will begin to get m
their work. The crop is good this
year, and the price being high a great
deal of revenue will be brought into
the country by It. There was a big
yield of wheat last year, but this year
will outstrip anything ever known m
our history.
Miss Lillian Hunter, sister of Jess
Hunter, returned from Iowa, yeBter
day. where she closed a successful year
teacher in the public schools. She
was re-elected for another year and
will return after the vacation is over.
Miss Hunter came by Omaha and visi-
ted the exposition which, she says,
will be a great success in every way
Dr. G. W. McKeeby left for Denver,
Col., this morn'ng to represent the
territory In the American medical as-
sociation, of which he lias been a mem-
ber for many years. He expects to be
absent about a week.
Acting Governor Jenkins has ap
pointed the following members on the
Omaha exposition commissioners: E.
Senatar, J. E. Doom, of Shawnee;
Thos. Jensen, El Reno; A. T. Elley,
Tonkawa, and G. E. Morrow, of Still-
water.
Acting Gov. Jenkins to-day granted
a pardon to George E. Bolen, who in
1894 was sentenced to five years from
G county. His time would have ex-
pired (allowing good behavior clause)
the 17th of this month.
Secretary Jenkins has granted
charter to the Woods County Keal
Estate and Improvement Company
Capitalized for 810,0(10. Incorporators:
C. Tilbury, Ed Solf, Albert J. Boyce,
Charles Solf, Ed Lamb, Willis Baker
and T. B. Bartle. They will do busi
ness at Augusta, O. T.
Cal Orner was appointed supreme
court baliff this morning by Chief Jus
lice Burford. On adjourning court the
new baliff said : " Oh, yes, the honor
able supreme court is now adjourned
until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, at
At a low estimate the farmers of
Oklahoma will raise this year thirty
million bushels of wheat and at one
dollar a bushel means just one hundred
dollars, each for every man woman and
clilld living ia Oklahoma.
Attorney M. J. Kane Is over from
Kingfisher attending Supreme Court
This is Jim's first visit in a year, and
he is busy getting acquainted with his
friends
The Kay county News says Hon.
Dick Morgan is making lots of friends
in his race for the republican nomina-
tion for delegate to congress.
Judge Jeremiah Strang arrived home
Sunday from Washington, where he
has been investigating the delay rela-
tive to the appointment of another
associate justice.
Judge R. B. Foirest is over from El
Reno attending supreme court. Mr.
Forrest says little about congressional
affairs but is keeping a close eye on
his fences.
J. L. Brown Is up from Oklahoma
City attending supreme court.
J. L. Jenkins is here from Oklahoma
City.
Judge and Mrs. C It. Brooks arrived
home yesterday from a visit to points
in Kentucky and Ohio.
The hay crop of Logan county, like
all other crops, will be immense this
10 a. m.!"
Judge Chester Howe, of Perry, is In
the city to-day attending supreme
court. The judge was admitted to
practice in the supreme court when it
was organized, but he failed to sign
the record and by consent of the court
did to this afternoon.
year.
Dick Plunkett was invited today to
open Kingfisher court by Judge Mc-
Atee.
The Dinner 11 11 Is a new paper just
started at Shawnee, by P. L. Carpen-
ter, editor.
J. B. Hart of Newkirk is doing bus-
iness with the School Laud depart
ment.
It will be the proper thing now to
carry a rabbit's foot when you tackle
a bottle of any kind.
Judge Hammer is here from Oklaho-
ma.
Hon. Dick T. Morgan Is down from
Perry.
Judge and Mrs. l'arsney came over
from El Reno, Sunday.
Sam Waller can prove that he is re-
lated to Admiral Dewey.
The rush of home people to the Bum
mer resorts has begun.
Guthrie needs a convention hall just
as much as Oklahoma City.
J. J. Martel, private secretary of
Jerry Simpson, was in the city today,
J. J. Hofflnger of Kingfisher 1« ln at
| tendance on the aupreme court.
Uiove Huntly Case Being
Argued.
E. D. Nims vs. G. T. Bryan, et al.,
from Noble county, dismissed.
O. S. Cutler vs. Territory, from Paw-
nee county, continued for term.
The afternoon session was con-
sumed by argument in the case of
Grove Huntly vs. Territory. Huntly
was convicted of a murder committed
near Crescent, Logan county. Scot-
horn and Herod represent Huntly and
Hon. Harper S. Cunningham appears
for the Territory.
Since Guthrie does not like to hear
Oklahoma City called the metropolis,
why not compromise and call Guthrie
the "Territorial political metropolis?"
As politics in the Territory at the pre-
sent time is largely of a commercial
character, no reflection would then be
cast on Guthrie's business standing.—
K. C. Journal.
The amendment is accepted.—Okla-
homa City Times Journal.
J. J. O'Rourke was in the city today
on his way home from Kansas City,
where he had been to meet his son.
The latter haB passed examination at
Annapolis, and Is now a full fledged
naval cadet; but was granted six
months leave prior to beginning the
regular course. He succeeds Bart
Harnes, whose term at Annapolis la
completed.
' i
Hon. J. C. McClelland, of Pond
Creek, district clerk of Judge McAtee'*
court, is in the city and gave the
Lkadkk a social call.
In crossing a log on the South Cana-
dian, all the family, wife and children,
of J. J. Chabord of Roff, Chickasaw
Nation, were drowned, he alone escap-
ing.
It Is rumored that Lee Nutter, of
Cushing, will soon take unto himself
an Indian wife and a mile of children.
The wife to be is Mrs. Furlong, and
she has eight chidren. Lee is looking
out for old age. All know what an
Indian child is worth per year.
<U
A telegraphic dispatch says Sam and
Curtis Young, two negroes who mur-
dered the marshal of Clarksville, Mo.'
on the 5th, were taken out of jail the
same night and hanged by a mob.
Elmer Slaton, a bright young man
who died Sunday at the home of hia
a int, Mrs. P. A. Young, In this city,
was buried this morning. Rev. L. H.
Holt conducted the funeral services.
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