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THIS LEADER. GUTlluME, OK LA . TTTI'RSDAV, MATtOU 12. 1908.
PAGE FIVE.
The Only
One Price Clothier
in Guthrie
inn
New Spring
1908 Cloth-
ing, Furnish-
i n g Goods,
Hats and
Shoes for
Men and
Boys
Alfred Benjamin & Co.'s
I M XOI IN NLW lOkit
i fllNRgnUmin^
live \ou scon
Correct Clothes for
Men and Young
Men, M a d c in
New York.
The most perfect
tailoring, superb fit
in all the newest
Spring 19 08 tie"
signs ami materials.
Ail the newest col*
ings and mixtures.
N ot just one or two
that will lit you,
but d o z e n s to
select trom. Just
such suits as you
get from the high
class merchant tai-
lor at double our
Small-Profit Prices-
Come in ami see lliem
tile Ke v MAN
I ATT AN and |
lipsk simts
tor Spring 1906?
£ PERSONAL ti
* AND ■
iii LOCAL *
|li vw>hi
II l Bowden is in Perry.
G. \V. Coliagaii of Enid is In the city.
.1, A. Millard, of Goodnight is in the
city.
G. W Tajl- r, of Ml Reno, is in the
city.
Editor E. I Garner i hero from
Coyle.
i l Robinson, of Newkirk, is in
I he city.
Attorn v Graham of Norman la in
the - tv.
Captain Ira I. Fleet ■. of Muskogee,
is'iu the city.
El Brazell, of Lamont, is a guest
at the Royal.
Attorney <>. Blake returned tt> El
ROno la 1 c renin.•.
Dank- i G I. Gilbert returned to Ok
lahoma City la 1 evening
Editor r. ' K > . ' II of the Shaw-
nee1 H M-ald, is in Lb '"it
£ttoj-ue> c B Ann r :turutd to
(Iklahoma Clt' la 1 evening.
iM Bobr. luand^- r t>f the Helir ; 'ore,
1 ;* . r« to filed f I«Mil H trip t< v hicagO.
Y\ N. +'saH,ix«'d Cl m?ikrc. is here
today t-nnfoiajji^"' l.i'tlt- officials
John MeCftMlnnd is here from Okla-
homa city with a party of friends.'
friends.
: .1 A. Baker is here from Wewoka.
15 10. Zartman is hero from Oklaho-
Leading Clothier
ma
Cits
A .'.t int I'nited States Attorney
Isaac Taylor is in Oklahoma City.
llov. Noah B. Wickham is here from
Oklahoma City todav. In the interest
nir I he Oklahoma Childress Home so-
r.i-orge M. Green is in Oklahoma
('fty today.
.1 ('. Foster Is in Wellston.
S. J. Thompson of Wellston is in the
city.
:Postmaster Harry B. Gilstrap, of
< hamiler. is in the city
Ex-Councilman John MeBrlne leaves
Uii- evening for St. Iahus on a busi-
ness mission.
( has. Be.lamy of l>awton. has ar-
rived to be at the bedside of his
brother, Lientenaut Governor Bellamy,
who is dangerously ill at the Metho-
dist hospital in this city.
Frank D« nley is here f oin Prujfiie.
W. O. Riley. of McAleuter, Ih la the
clt>
il >
E. Sharp, of Woodward, Is Ifi the
rthage. Mo., is
id in the
J, \Y Bishop, of
in t!ie fit> -
E. ('. Vit-iPatten, of Ralst
;ii> today on busiucus.
J. J. Gerlach, president of the Gerlach
bmrk nl Woodward, is in the city today.
Ed. P. Reed, of Newkirk, Ik in the t ity.
ti. W, Tucker, of oklahoma City, is a
Guthrie visitor.
.1. M. Norton, of, Poma City, who was
speaker of the lower house of the last
territorial legislature, is here today.
Charles P. Catlin, manager of the
ntlery department of the Van Camp
Hardware ami Iron company, of In-
dianapolis, hoi., i in the city. lie
has a swell line of cutlery on display
at. the lone sample rooms.
Miii;: Sctzor, of El Retio. is In the
t ,ty, called by serious illness of Lieu-
tenant-Governor Bellamy.
J. ('. Kirk, of Shawnee, is in the
city.
II T. Mayo iu here from Oklahoma
City.
.1 P Street, of Oklahoma City, is a
Guthrie visitor
J. Harrington, of Weleetka, is in the
city.
S R. Hiyer, A c Beaman anl
Handy Young, of Alfalfa county, are
her tivJay, on their way to the Re-
publiean convention at Oklahoma City
R. L. Sanford and wife, of Marshall,
arc in the city.
II. EJ. Ctinfield. of Navina, spent
Sunday in tho capital vlty.
Senator II. S. Johnston returned
',m l evening from a Sunday visit in
IV rry.
Senator 10ek Brook has returned
from Muskogee.
United States Attorney John Embry
i; in Oklahoma city to- lay on matters
before tho federal court.
Clark Fluid is in Perry.
(Maude Sltterley Is in Enid.
A, P. Pyle is here from Kingfisher.
J. E. Hall of Pond Creek, is In the
city.
S. K. Bowyer of Carmen, is in the
city.
K. P. Alexander of Enid is in the
city.
Attorney Bitcknor is here from
Enid.
S R. Hawkins is b re from McAl-
ester
Henry H. Dodd is in Crescent City
today.
Frank Thurston has returned from
Kansas.
E. W. McCarter of Pond Creek. Is in
the eity.
Rolaud Hughes, of Normau is in
the city.
B. A. Ward .has returned from Ok
lahoma C|i.V.
A 10 Turner of Hastings. Nebraska
is in the city.
It. C. Lozier of Blackwell, is a
Guthrie visitor.
Wm. L. Cheatam of Bristow, is a
Guthrie visitor.
County Attorney J. B. Mitchell, oi
Garvin county, is in the City.
Special School Land Appraiser J. I
McDaniels, of Meridian, is in the city.
I The Cambridge club held a meeting
i yesterday afternoon at the Carnegie
' library.
W. O. Kennedy t f the Western News
i paper I'nion, was here from Oklahoma
City las eveniug.
L. D. Bolton, chief clerk of the lower
house of the Sixth legislative ass em-
j bly, is in the city today .
j J. L. Mitch, secretary of the board of
' regents of the state normal schools,
.is here from Oklahoma City.
Robert Dunlop, county treasurer of
kirk conferring with politicians
kirk conferrig with politicians,
i It. (J. Hays, former county attornex
j of Oklahoma county, is here on legal
matters iu the supreme court in-day.
I City Attorney Wlnfleld Scott, of
Enid, is here attending the telephone
hearing before the corporation com
I mission.
Ex Senator I P. Ilicluitn of Per w is.
j is iu the city, lie is a member of the
| board of regents of the state normal
schools.
I J. S. Fisher, of Heaver count:. Is in
: t he eity lie was the republican'
nominee for stat« examin r ami in-
spector in the recent campaign.
i Hon. Lee Cruce. president of the
I board of regents of the statr nniver-
jsity, i; In i looking after the interests
iof that institution before the educa-
tional committees of the legislature
Dr. I. B. 1 rin. of Newkirk, who was
I paroled by Governor Haskell last week
lis In l he city to-day. He wa ''ii
leuoetl to ten years in the peuiten 1
itiary iu 11)05 on the charge of man
j slaughter.
| Judge I. L. Calvert leave;, tills
I evening for Woodw ard to arch the
j land office records iu an effort lo lo
jeate vacant school land to which the
I state is entitled mid r the grant of
congress In the enabling act.
' Ex-Councilman .1. L. Calvert, left
jtliis moriiiug for Woodward county to
i make a search for vacant lands for
the school land department. They
are 20,000 art res short on the l,0f 0,000
| given the state by the enabling act.
j Fred A. Wilson of Enid is in the oil*
W Foster is here from Tecumseh
j todav.
\\ N. Hays of Norman is a Guthrie
} visitor.
' E. B. Hughes of Oklahoma City is
j hero totla>.
I ('. H. Kellogg of Henryetta Is iu the
capital city.
! Former I). Iegatt .1. B. Deyerle of
iiomana is iu th< cit..
1 E. II I loss and J. W. Howard of
Fairfax are In re today.
S. Sullivan of Newkirk, is ir the
eity conferring with state officials.
W. E. Verity, business manager of
j the Shawnee Herald, is in the oily:
Editor Sidney Suggs, of the Ar i-
•uorelte. is iu the city from Ardmore
I'nited States Revenue Inspector,
('has. Howard is here from El Reno
to-day.
! Attorney E. A Walker Is h -re from
Ardmore on matters before the suprc-
I me court.
i Adclbert Hughes bus gone to Baxt m1
Springs. Kansas, to look after som
I mining interests there.
Deputy District Clerk W 'i'. Warren
j is in Oklahoma City" attending the re-
publican state convention.
Heber P. Harter of the Barter Real-
ty Co.. of Oklahoma City, in the city
last evening. Mr. Harter was a form-
er Guthrie resident.
School Superintendent E. A. Gill of
Osage count> is here today conferring
with State Superintendent 10. (). Cam-
leron relative tf> educational matters
' H. v\ Means of Pawnee is in the
city, lie is one of the leading cotton
giliners of the new state, having uevev-
j a 1 gins located along the Eastern Ok
J lahoma road.
! Nathan Patterson, of the Patterson
Furniture Co., ha > returned from Ft.
j SVtpply where lie has been furnishing
the buildings th re preparatory t the
i state moving its insane patients li nn
Norman to that place.
Goes to Peniten-
tiary for Life
WILL SOON
KNOW FATE
Oklahoma City, Okla.. March II.—
Death upon the gallows. Imprison
nicut in the penitentiary at hard labor
for life, or acquittal.
The Tegeler j 'try must decide upon
one of these verdicts as the fate of the
man charged with the in nlerof James
It Meadows, a cording to the Instruc
tl«iii of Judge Joseph G. Lowe, of the
district court. The case probably will
go to the jury either late tonight or
before noon tomorrow.
Beginning at 1 o'clock Attorney
Higbley, representing the state, spoke
until 0 o'clock last 'evening. He re
hearsed the various features of the
case and delivered a strong argument.
Attorneys A N. Mutiih n and J W
Johnson spoke in behalf of the de-
fense today, ami Samuel If. Harris,
special assistant attorney general, will
close the case cither tonight or to
morrow morning for the prose af'iou.
In informing you as to what o n
stitut s a reasonable doubt," said
Judge Lowe in instructing the .lurorn,
"The court directs you that it is not
a mere whim or caprice, not a cun-
ning. ingenious or artificial doubt,
not one that is searched for. but is
: 'it'll a doubt as naturally arises from
a full au I fair consideration of all the
evllen e. and after such consid"ra-
tion would create in the mind of an
intelligent man a doubt for which if
called upon lie could give an explaua
t ion.
fhe first thing to be decided by
the Jury, according to the instructions,
will l>. whether .lames R Meadows Is
dead or living, judging from the evi-
dence. The further and independent
fact must then be established that
Rudolph Tegeler either iu person or
in conjunction with Mrs. Llla Mead-
ows -did the killing or 'possessed a
guilty knowledge and was the person
who killed Meadows, or knew of the
killing <r participated therein, either
actively or by counsel and advice."
J-.idgf Lowe emphasized the fact
that some direct evidence pointing to
the guilt of Tegeler and Mrs. M -all-
ows had been brought ir it during the
trial. Instructing on the question of
circumstantial eviden e. Judge Lowe
said:
"There appears to be in this case
somt direct as well as circumstantial
testimony, am] if y. u sho Id find that
the siate relies wholly upon circum-
stantial Evidence for the purpose of
couvic.ion, the .ourt instructs you
that the circumstances relied upon,
taken together, must not be suscepti-
ble of explanation upon any other ra-
ti nal hypothesis than that of the de-
fendant's guilt, and, l!' aft r a care-
ful consideration of all the evidence in
the case there Is In yo r minds any
reasonable doubl as to the defendant's
guilt, it would be your duty to ac-
rid r."
Referring to testimony in support of
an alibi, (lit ourt instructs:
"Person desiring to I > so may. per-
haps, fabricate it with greater ease
and hopes of success and with less
fear of detection and punishment than
other kinds of defenses, for the rea-
son that honest witnesse . introduced
*o establish it, may mistake dates
periods of time, identity of people, Bur-
rs tindlng conditions and other matters
about which they testify. Yet when
once established is conclusive."
Meeting of Royal Neighbors
44 How are your bowels?" the doctor always
asks. He knows how important is the ques-
tion of constipation. He knows that inac-
tivity of the liver will often produce most
.. disastrous results. We believe Ayer's Pills
■"ZHib. T,jr^>rjrk can po?s^:.v«.:
i.afon. y«M.
\Uic, F,!h. Sold for over 00 years..
(Continued from Page I.)
own under the Indian allotment plan.
The case will bo appealed
The daring holdup and robbery of the
To Bulgarian laborers In broad da;.
I'ght near Stroud promised for a time
to develop into an intenational affair,
t'be ulgarians wore unfamiliar with
I Viuerican customs and feared that at-
tempts would be mad • to massacre
them.
! They secured legal advice and filed
j charges against the government with
| the. Bulgarian consuls iu New York
i and St. Louis. A suit of $10,000 was
i tiled against Kaspborry and :il suits of
| $in,000 each were placed against the
' federal government.
Stroud citizens were indignant. De-
I mauds that the guilty ones be punished
were made on the district court and
| grand jury.
As a result of th • investigations
started by Stroud citizens. Mrs. Bottle
Raspberry, wife of Cyrus Raspberry,
and her daughter. Hazel .dann. were
; arrested as accomplices :o the crime.
It. was charged that the girl was carrv-
; ing a can containing men y. and to-
bacco peculiar to the Bulgarians, whoa
apprehended. They were released.
The trial of Deput;. Sheriff I. W.
j Lilly will follow the trial of Askins.
It is expected tuat two days will se >
the finish of the Askins case.
Greeted With Applause
Continued from Pago One
escort them to a seat at the speaker's
disk. Both were called on for
speeches, and responded briefly.
Dr. Abbott, the eminent New York
divine, has been delivering a series of
addresses at Norman, and will ad-
dress the legislature at Representa-
tive hall tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
COUNTY JURY POSTPONED
Perry, Okla.. March 5.—Judge St.
Clair says that on account of the
change In the new jury law there will
be no jury for the county court until
the March term, at whfch a new ti raw-
ing will be made. The list published
last week as having been drawn to
serve In the county court will be 'ex-
cused.
( Continued from page 1)
mittees.
Before adjournment five delegates
will be elected to the supreme camp
ill Chicago on May I • |f 08. Also the
officers for the next triennial will be
be elected.
'i his evening':*, program:
The team from the 101 Reno caap at
rived tins afternoon and will exemplify
the ritualistic work this "vening Im I k
the banquet and reception is given by
j the local Rose Camp No. 111:'., at
which covers will be laid for 250.
Last evening the loc3l < imp met and
the delcgats who were in (he city were
I present and were entertained by the
I lodge with a social vsaion after the
• wbrk had been com luded.
Amour the delcgats present ar .Me ,
dames J. M. Baughman. A. J. Simmon
White Eagle: Staford. W. MeFagan,
I (alston: J. Gussle, Jordan Rocky; J
P. Spaulding, Ponea City; L. B. liar-
kins. Ponca City; J. L. Johnson. Mary
Engles. Jones; Minnie Saunders. Mar
I th a Hunt. ('. A. Sanderson. Agnes
Wells, It. L. Smith of Crescent; J. II.
Rarlow, Shawnee; C. Davis, leanings;
J. C, Dalsye. Pleasant Valley; I'loreuce
Harris. Muskogee; Lizzie Simmons,
! Broken Arrow: .1. A. Skickeltord. Ok-
lahoma City; A. 10. Saxey, El Reno;
Hattie Shaffer. Shawnee; p. Wells.
Lone Wolf: Mary L. Carey. Elk City;
Lotie Bennett. Elgior: Stella Elting.
Hinton: S. A. Jordan, Hydro: Ida
.Moss. El Reno: W. I. Gault, Binfor; L.
('. lib kam. El Reno; Mary Axles. Tern-
pie; W. M. Judge, ingfhhcr: W. II
Crovvr. J. L. Housewprth. Cashion;
Celia Bennett, chandler; N'iola IPerci
val, .Marie Blevenes. .Moore; lennie
Talbot. Maine; M. F. Emerson, Sparks:
J. Threadgill. Waterloo; Lora Baker.
S Shaw, Enitl; J. N. Alvls, Custer;
Laura A. Winson. Frederic; E. P.
('louse. Perry; ames .Murphy, Avery;
P. c. Hallaway, F. c. Gootling, New-
kirk; Mrs. E. Saey, El Reno.
The delegates were entertained at
the Elks hotel last evening ami today
at noon by the local reception commit-
tee. The State Camp feel much in-
debted to Representative J. S. Shearer
in ills efforts to make the meeting a
success. He Is stale deputy for the
Modern Woodmen of America.
A Nowata restauranteiir threw dyna-
mite at his wife and killed eleven un-
i taxui doga. Had ho killed his wife he
would have been given a fair trial by-
jury, but because ho hit the worthless
dogs, he had to take to his heels and
| is now hiding in thp timber along the
Verdigris rler.
Deputy Sheriff Bound Over.
Deputy Sheriff Ed Hull, of lovell,
was arraigned today before Justice
Lytic on the charge of murder. He
entered a plea of not guilty, waived
preliminary examination and was
bound over to the district court under
$:t,000 bond. Hull is the deputy
sheriff who shot ami killed Marlon
Morgan, whom he supposed was a
horse thief, near Lovell, Wednesday,
claiming that Morgan resisted arrest
and hail drawn a gun on him. Mor-
gan's body was shipped to Piedmont,
Kansas, this afternoon for burial.
Express Companies at Hearing.
The five express companies trans
acting business in the state, namely.
We lis-Fargo, American. Adams, Pacific
and Southern, are represented at the
hearing before the corporation com
mission today iu regard to hotter
service oil their lines. The coinmis
siou is after a deduction ot rates, also,
where express is carried over two
! lines.
nnr protection
NEEDED IN SCHOOLS
As an echo of the Cleveland, Ohio
I fire in which nearly 200 school cliil
dr n i« .-i iheir lives, attorney tleneraI
1 West today addressed an open letter
to State Superintendent Cameron in
regard to the fire protection of the
state schools. In which he .a- :
"iii" constit ul ion vests lo t h • boo I I
of education the : upervi. iou of in true
lion in the public schools, I take il thi •
carries with it supervision of all the
utilities of in truction ami places of
instruction and persons instructing,
ami therefore I would be pleased I >
know from you. as chairman ot the
hoard, whether the hoard is thoroughly
informed as to the conditions of
schools iu Oklahoma for the purpose of
avoiding such accidents as occurred
ill Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday. The
lack of tire escapes. Inward opening
doors and other such evils I contend
shall be removed at once, if tlie.v exist.
1 am alsti informed that little children
in this state are instructed in cellar:
of certain schools and that the dark-
ut :.s of such a room is very injurious
to their eye Bight. I «ill be • lad to
have you inform me very fully as to ail
the defects of all the schools iu the
state in regard to this matti r that I
may place the matter before tho board
of education, the courts, or the Gover-
nor for necessary legislation."
A similar letter was written to Mis:
Kate Barnard, state commission! r of
charities ami corrections in which the
attorney general asks for a report on
the conditions in the reform ami indus-
trial schools of the state, over which,
under the constitution, that depart-
ment has supervision, if the school is
supported wholly or iu pait by the
.tate. asking particularly about lire
; (>scapes. Miss Barnard lias not ofii
(dally investigated the conditions of
these schools, but from personal obser-
vation when visiting tlies? institutions
prior to her election to office states
that practically none of them are
equipped for fire protection.
Assistant State Superintend, nt J W.
Wilkenson in replying to Attorney
General West's letter states that
less than 10 per cent of the schools of
'the state have proper fire protections.
I that the doors of very few of tho
! school buildings open outward and
i that practically none have fire escapes.
Speaking of the state Institutions b"
says that none of the normal schools
have fire escapes and have inadequate
water facilities and that fhe greater
j portion of the statu Institutions have
inward opening doors. In regard to
the school buildings on the Indian Ter-
ritory side of the state he states that
owing to the fact that no assessment
can be made by the counties until May
1st for school purposes, and that those
I districts which want to build school
| uses can not do so before next fall tin
-ler the pres ent laws, the children will
be competed to go to school in r nted
1 buildings the greater purt of next year
The buildings, he states, are poorly
I lighted and heated, besides not having
proper Ore prot'-ction. Mr. Wilkeuson
| states that he and his department are
! aware of the fact that the state in
j stltutions and schools are : or dy In
I need of additional fire protection and
pression water tank if not a water
(advocatc • he v atabll hmunt "i ,i . mi
plant, at each ot the s tale institution: .
I besides remedying the inadequate fire
je a.apcs and inward opening door evils.
In r gard to the children attending
i school in basements he btate: that
j some of the state normal schools are
so crowded for room that the primary
j departments and many of the class
i rooms are in basement rooms ami that,
it hey are as well lighted as possible
hinder the conditions and that until th"
new normal schools are located hi the
liiMian Territory part of the state such
conditions will exist. He adds that it
I lUUFt be remembered that the state
superintendent's office is located in
the basement of the state house.
The city of Guthrie recognizes the
fact that her public buildings are not.
equipped for fire protection ami the
J city council has instructed City Attor-
ney Green to draw an ordinance which
will made a radical change in the
i theatres, school buildings ami hotels
in regard to more exits and additional
lire escapes.
MUSKOGEE JAIL
HAS 115 PRISONERS
Special to Daily Leader.
Muskogee, Okla.. March II. -There
are at this time 115 prisoners in the
Muskogee county jail. This is more
than half the usual number found in
the federal jail at Muskogee when all
: the prisoners in the Wetsern district,
embracing fifteen counties, were con-
fined there. It is claimed that there
is more criminal business handled by
the sheriff of Muskogee county than in
any other two counties in old Indian
Territory.
R. R. WILSON GUILTY
OF SELLING WHISKEY.
Chickasha, March 0.—The jury en-
gaged to try the case of the people .<t'
fhe stat • of Oklahoma vs. R R. Wil-
son, returned a verdict of guilty.
I Judge Williams assessed a line of $-100.
also to serve thirty days in the county
jail. Wilson was agent for Pablo and
offered no concealment. He set up
the plea Pablo contains ho little alco-
I hol as to be non-Intoxicating.
TWO MEN
KILLED IN
ELliD FIGHT
I trested were: "The Message of the
I Pagan Religion." Tha Message of
Judaism," The Message of Christian*
ity The Doctrine of Christianity"
isnd "The Evidence of Christianity."
The attendance d ring the week just
< 'osed has bf ou large. Each day Dr.
j Abbott has set apart a tlmo for con
t fi rrlng with students and meeting vis-
itors. Through thee public addresses
| and 'personal conferences be is <lolng
nr. immense amount of good.
I'l ollll
Holland
to Kirk
Decatur, Ala.. March 11 W. !\ ti. I
land and Ins son, Walter Holland, an
both dead ami J. W. Turner fatally
injured as (no result of a light in ustlce
W. F. Berry's court todav.
Mob ami Joliu Turner, sons of .1. W.
Turner, who were also engaged in the
fight, but who were uninjured. mml<
their escape. Imf officers are nil ihilr
trail.
All the parties concerned •'
neill country people.
The fight grew out of an <
feud. Some years ago \\'. !•
mortgaged sonic farm limb
Wallace, of Moulton. Mr. Walhn e
foreclosed the mortgage ami the prop
crty was hough! by J. W. Turner
Holland remained in pissc viion for
me time after the foreclosure of the
mortgage and bad feeling grew up be
twecn the Hollands ind •he i'urm*rs.
which resulted iu many quarrels anl
fights.
A few days ago th • Holland« ae
cosed the Turner;; of ciPtlng ;helr
wire fence, and the Tuners were ar
ested. Today they appeared in eomt
ami were acquitted.
After the trial, but w'i'lo they were
still iu the courtroom, Walter Holland
told ,1 W. Turner that no swore to a
iu*. ami drew Sils revolver from a hip
pocket Turner's sons. Bob ami John,
rushed toward Waller Holland with
drawn knives ami with one blow iu the
heart Holland fell dead.
Waller Holland's father uad rushed
to his assistance ami lie likewise met
death by being stabbed u.v the Turner
boys.
.1 W Turner was beaten over the
head with a pistol ami will die.
There was panic in the courtroom
ami in the rush for the doors several
men ami boys wore caught In the
jam and badly bruised.
Officers were unable to stop the light
Ior prevent the stampede.
On account of his serious conlP'on
J. W. Turner has not been placed un
dor arrest, as It is believed he will
die. *
W. F. Holland was a brother-ill law
til W. W. Garnett one of the largest
wholesale merchants of Decatur.
Board of Education
(Continued from Page I.)
educational board su, e v snn over the
state schools.
The board according to Superinten-
dent of Education Cameron, in all like
lihood. will hold that it has the power
to compel the city schools to remodel
t 'eir buildings with a view to providing
adequate fire escapes and outward
swinging doors. This Is contrary to
the attitude assumed by the depart-
ment of education last week when At
forney General West sent his letter to
Superintendent Cameron, asking if the
! latter department knew of the condi
j lions throughout the state.
"We have reached the conclusion
that very little legislation is needed
for us to act," said Mr. Cameron. "We
j are of the opinion that wo have juris
diction over the state university arid
i normal schools.
'The matter of providing a uniform
text book system was also discussed
i today. Governor Haskell favors the
plan that the board name the mem-
bers of the commission instea I of him-
; t • 1 f, as provided in the bill of Ren
; i e .entailve J. Roy Williams. We intend
to follow the liiw s i i the bll. however
I be commission will consist, probably,
id even men as provided in. file house
: u.e i to e. We have no desire to over
tide that, whore it meets uitli our
ipl'i
val.
FORMER GUTHRIE BOY.
Youngcs' Pythian Chancellor Com
mander in the World.
A Go dland (Kansas) exchange
prints the following:
Sparks lodge No. 170. Knights of
Pythias of Goodland claims tha dis-
tinction of having the youngest chan-
dler commander in the world. Feb-
ruary 21 the above named lodge was
organized and Curtis Calvert received
the ranks of knighthood and immedi-
ately after the organization of tho
lodge he was duly elected as chancel-
lor commander of said lodge. Curtis
IV L!l years old. He entered upon his
duties as presiding officer after the
organization of said lodgo and his
brother knights feel that they have
made an excellent selection for this
important position.
It is believed that this is the first
in stance in the history of fraternal or
ganization where a person o! this age
was lected as presiding officer on the
Might < f his Initiation into the order.
Curtis Calvert, above referred to,
is the son of J. L. Calvert, of this city.
For a long time he was a circulator
for The Leader, and graduated from
tin - Logan county high school tw o
years ago. Popular with his class-
mates. ranking high in the graduating
class, and paying close attention to
whatever duty was before him, he left
GutlTrie carryin the good will and re-
spect of all acquaintances. He went
to Goodland. Kas., to be onie a clerk
in the law offices of his uncle. G. L.
C'alvert, Democratic county attorney
of Sherman county. The young man
is, in the language of the street, mak-
ing good and all of his Guthrie friends
will be glad to know it. The uncle has
been twelve years county attorney, al-
though the county Is normally Repub-
lican.
LYMAN ABBOTT AT NORMAN.
Norman, Okla., March 0.—Lyman
Abbott, of New York City, arrived at
the university Wednesday, March 4,
and began Thursday afternon a course
of lectures on "The Message of tho
World's Religiou." The five subjects
WENT OVER STtEP BANK
Kansas City, Mo., March 7. Bur-
lington pasenger train No. 4 which
left Kansas City at 7:30 o'clock this
morning for Chicago, was derailed at
Kearney. Missouri, twenty-five miles
north of here and went over a fifteen-
foot embankment. iwonty persons
were injured, four seriously. The ser-
iously hurt: l D. Guy ton, Kansas
City, horse and mule buyer; head cut
ami otherwise injured. It. 10. Wilcox,
Kansas City, horse buyer, hip broken,
hurl internally, chappell, a young
divinity student studying at Liberty,
Missouri. Traveling man frotn North,
name unknown; unknown, uiictni
scions. None of the others injured are
seriously hurt.
The wrecked train was made up of
baggage car, smoker and two coaches.
II Is an accommodation train and ships
at every station between here and Chi-
cago. The accident was caused by
spreading of the rails. All but the
smoker turned over as they went
down the enbankmenl Physicians
were sent to the scene from Brook-
fleld and Kearney. The Injured were
picked up by a later train. Most of
them continued on their journey.
MUSKOGEE /;OING3
Muskogee. Okla. March 7—The
commissioner to the Five civilized
Tribes today made an order that the
land oi it ers for the Choctaw nation at
Atoka, ami the Chickasaw nations at
Ardmore, should not be closed as was
previously ordered
Alter sending a representative to
the land offices it was found that dur-
ing the past few weeks there had
been a great increase In the num-
ber of allottees filing, and for this rea-
son the land offices will be kept open
a while longer. It was proposed to
close the filing ami bring the records
to the general ofices :■ t Muskogee and
arbitrarily til all Choctaws and Chlc-
kasaws who had not selected their
allotments.
Muskogee Okla., March 7. Nick
Nash is a physician and about two
Bennett, formerly United States mar-
shal for the western district. Steve
Tilley, one of Bennett's deputies, and
the United States Fidelity and Guaran-
tee company, Bennett's bomtsmeu. for
47,.r 00.
Nash is a physician ml about two
years ago was practicing medicine at
Indianola. Tilley shot Nash, thinking
he was a bootlegger, the bullet en-
tering his hip and partialy paralyzing
him.
Muskogee. Okla., March 7.—A cor-
oner's jury this afternoon found that.
Edward Perry, the M. K. & T. claim
agent who died Monday came to his
death at the hands of three policemen,
A. J. Fields, N. W. Kepley ami Joseph
Stein, who beat him with clubs while
they had him under arrest ami were
taking hint to jail. Warrants will bo
Issued for the three officers at once.
Muskogee, Okla, March 7. Justice
Frank Cox of Haskell county, has es-
tablished the record for enforcement
of the game law. A man wafc ar-
rested and brought before him charged
with killing quail out of season. He
staled that he had shot at a rabbit
and accldently killed the quail, and
that it was the only one he killed.
The justice assessed a fine of 25 and
costs with the injunction that hunters
ought ft) be more careful about shoot-
ing at rabbits.
Muskogee, March 7.—There is a
wild scramble for county warrants
going on around the county seat of
nearly every one of the forty counties
in Eastern Oklahoma. The coutnles
have no cash on hand and these war-
rant • are selling all the way from fen
to thirty per cent discount. As the
state has made provision for the
counties borrowing money and plat ing
themselves on a oanh basis within a
short time, and the county warrants
pay six per cent Interest until they
are cashed, they make au attractive
investment for the man with ready
money. Witnesses, JurOTB and others
who have small warrants sell them at
a discount rather than hold them and
the warrant buyers are doing a thriv-
ing business.
FOR COLORED LIBRARY.
Judge Perkins Working in Behalf of
Good Cause.
Judge Napier Perkins, together with
a nlimber of colored women is work-
ing on a scheme looking to the found-
ing of a library for the exclusive use
and benefit of colored boys and girls
ot the ity. 'The object of this move,"
said Judge Perkins, "is to inculcate a
better spirit in our youth. Our col-
ored "hoys shod I be kept off the
Streets. Wo believe that a library
would more nearl yreme&y present
conditions than any thing else. If
the people will cme to our support
and give us aid substantially We can
make the project a succes."
GOVERNOR ORDERS
ELECTION AT ADA.
Ada. Okla.. March 7.—City Attorney
Holt i.-i Just in rceeipt of an official pro-
clamation from Governor Haskell calling;
for a special election to be held here
March -S, to vote on lite question, "Shalt
Ada become a city of the first class?"
also for the election of all officers for
such cities. Under the provision of the
new emergency bill, the question of
whethe a eity shall become h city of the
first class must he voted on by the elec-
tors residing within such city.
AMERICAN CAR
STILL SHOWS THE WAY
Laramie, Wyo., March 10—The
American car In the N^w York to
Paris race left here at 7:3u o'clock tills
morning.
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