The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 170, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 6, 1898 Page: 2 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL, NOVEMBER (8...-1893 SUNDAY MORNINfl
JUDGE J. G.
STRANG'S REPLY.
44
77
99
Completely Refutes the Slanderous
Lies Published.
PROMINENT
MEN
COLDS
June* had been indicted by the graud
Jury, of course there was not a word
of truth In it, burt it helped to form an
estimate on the < haracter f' r truthful-
ness .>f Mr Gren.
Mr Karl, uttorney f«-r Mr. Cotton
said a month ago that CoHon had theie
letters and intended to dispose of them
ing gone down to the next station on
the noon 'train. That he went frctn the
train to the office -cup: d by himself
and Judge Strang and that when he
gut there the door was locked from the
inside and he was unable to get in.
It is also reported by Green and hie
friends that Judge Strang was in the
TESTIFY. That "Hang On'
Erary Charge Made li> Funrr or«
of Imleeeiir.* Answered in u
Way to Nllcnee Them
Fore ver.
UNOrRING fOIGHSthit hdig no .ind may
rnd in tomumptioj orr broken up by
"71."
HARD SlIRBONN COLDS that lead lo la
brlppe are dis ip-ieil by "Se enly-
Seven."
T t SAC 101 S COLDS that run Into Pneumonia "
— are itjfptd by "77" | HcU.
The other evening paper lart ev.-r, ! fBtQIINT C010S that tlti earn Catarrh J
<i ■ ■ u f f i it I- ar® < ured by "77 1,1
Ing contains an article. Brier i haptei | At ,jr,iKgiHts or sent prepaid. price, -><•
of History." T.I many of the peopl<-I „ml |nrK,. pnckr, fluk. It.no. l>r I
vt Guthrie much uf this matter ih nut Humphre>>* Manual ai drugKlMta ur -11
new. Many already knew that Mr. ' frv>,_
Humphreys' Med. «"« .. Tor William
John Sts.. New York. Be sure t > get
H-l-M.P-H-K-t-Y-S
1 :o who« \er would |*iy the n
j rhem and was informed by
Strang that they could not be aojd to
■ him. Their publication furnishes Judge
I Strang an opportunity to show by.the
j ; tatements above th'at (h<* whole tale
Is false, and place th«- mailt er right be-
fore th peotple.
I All this matter was s i>. to ttie Kan-
| sas City Time* a kmg 'time ago but
I that paper was t<« decent and honor-
*t for office at the time 1 know he was not.
Judge He was ait the Probate Court and came
down with me; we atopped at McKay's
reud estate office and Strang talked
with Mr. McKay CBncerlMng a certifi-
cate relating to flnfcJ proof 1n the Land
Office a m >inent. and while there the
Bus from the train wewt by. The de-
pot Is two blocks from -there and i ne
from Green und Strang's office. We
walked around th" corner onto Harri-
GRAND CHANGE •
•_~.1V THE
MONARCH
A
publish such glaring falsehoods, son street, and down to the alley that
hi. three afMd'iviXs that prove runs north to the rear end of the build-
Strang s whereabouts at the ing In wMdi said office Is located.
' n
Green, a acndldate for chief Justice, be-
lieving that the only way t« secure the
position he coveted, was to d > the other
candidates who stood In ids way, and
that to accomplish such purpose he sent ———
tie stuff published to his friend, Harry .xnl\ ijy
Cotton, who was working to secure his.
Green's, appointment as chief justice;
but who is now here swearing that at
the very time he was working for Green
and using the false and libelous
•ent him by Green, he, Green, was rob-
bing him, Colton. by stealing from him,
m his attorney, and as receiver of his
property in this city.
Judge Strang knew of Green's charge
prisoners turned out of Jail by
the sheriff. The county attorney does
not know when they were let out. He
does not have charge >f prisoners and
the sheriff only rtuned them out when
j it was certain no evidence could be got
against them. The wife of Thornton
made the complaint, but failed to put
the Territory In possession of any evi-
dence. The public are referred to Mr.
There Strang purchased n load of wood
SHKKIFF BINKHAItT'S AFFIDAVIT for his house, and being that the wood-
Guthrle, O. T.. December, 1897. ' man lived near a man who owend Mm,
To The Attorney General, Washington, , Mr. Strang, a note, he asked the wood-
D. C. j man to wadit a moment till he could
Sir —It is reported that George S. step to his office and write a line to
Green, candidate for Chief Justice, send out to the debtor; Mr Strang then
came home on the train from the south went rapidly through the alley to the
in the afternoon < i December 13th, lfc)7. ! back stairs leading to ttoa office -which
and found the door . > the office oecu- ' is the near of the building. I walked to
pie 1 by himself and Judge Strang, lock- , the corner and turned North and as I
ed on the Inside, and it Is stated by approached the front of the building T
Green, or his friends that Judge Strang saw Judge Green coming up to the of-
w as in the office at that lime. T left flee -the second time. I know Judge
Judge Strang at the Probate Court, 1 Strang was not at the office when
Judge Foster's Court, and came down | Green was up and the door was locked
to the train with a prisoner, Mr. Lem- , and that Strang was noit there a. mo-
on, and know that Judge Strang could ment a head of Green v.hen he went up
last.
; Finnan Haddiea per can,
AFTER November 2, 98, Golden City tomatoes per can,
we Will do no soliciting, Morning Glory brand green gage plums per can 11c
Mi.rnitig Glory brand Bartlet pears per can, 4O0
150
O'Jc
17c.
and have deided to do business Package Yeaxt, —
Inks per bottle, — OUc
Chase & Sanburn's celebrated basket fired tea, formerly 70c per
lb., goeB at - —•—SOo
C. <fc S. sun dried Japan tea, former price 40e, goes at 30o
0. <fc S. gun powder tea,former price 50c per lb., goes at...—. ,—._.40o
on a strictly cash basis. We
are going to sell at prices lower
than ever before and still de-
..._ 13c
, Common surdines, per can,..
city. Notice these prices: ! Corn beef per can,
liver orders to all parts of the™ch imP°,r!ed «an[iae* l,er can' JJ®
r Common sure lines. tier can - ^
Holland and O. W. P. Brown, who rep-
•t the lima and knowing thai he \va I re,en(pd Hul,| defendants. Thornton
not at the office of Oreen & Strang, at nn"d j.aynei th(. mv|d iheet r.ays, ti,a
the time Green claimed he was; because maUer |„ which Holland s n ime is usid
he wsa at the Probate court In con- i |g -another „ne on Strang" Yet the
■eetinn ith the preliminary enamtna- oaJe )B ,h(. Btime as (h„ lini! |n W|,'cl!
tlon of Phil. Lemmon, for burglary, :,lcc,trver makes his aSH . 'it.
who was afterwards sent to the penl- ! A„ tl) prank McKeevar. he was ar-
tenttary for the crime. Knowing this, r,,al[.d on complaint of Frank Oum-
and knowing that <3reen h charge was mlngs. on a charge of breaking open his came home on the afternoon train from
fot* political purposes, he promptly se- h,,u8,, and stealing chickens. Af- (ithe station below where he had gone
not have got «t6 the office till after
Green got there from the train. I saw
Green go up to the office from the
train. Most respectfully,
F M. Rinehart,
Sheriff I«ogan Co.
JUDGE FOSTE1VS AFFIDAVIT.
Guthrie, O. T , December. 1897. | ed to the bench In this territory he
To The Attorney General, Washington, i was nn able man and would be a credit
Most Respectfully,
E. P. Kelly.
To show how 'Inconsistent Judge
Green Is, It Isonly necessary to state
that ho told a prominent republican of
•this city only a few days ago thait he
FIrst-Class Goods,
Low Prices and
Prompt Delivery Guaranteed
IDE MONARCH GROCERY
118 EAST OKLAHOMA AVE.;
I
h« ped Judge Strang would be appoint-
D. C.
Sir:—I hear that. George S. Green
I cured the statements of Judge Foster,
y Frank Rinehart and E. P. Kelley, who
vj knew that Green's statement was false,
because they knew Strang was at the
* 1 Probate Court at the time Green clalm-
^ ed he was In the office of Green &
r Strang, which statements are published
herewith.
Mr. Green's statement that Judge
8trang had previously secured a po-
sition In the legislature for a girl, young
or old, Is wholly false. Strnng did not
secure a position In the legislature for
•ny girl, and tbe girl that Mr. Green
claimed was at the office with Judge
Strang, never had any position in thnt
or any other legislature. This state-
ment was simply made to lend an air
rf plausibility to the balance of the
■tory.
' The statement that Mr*. Strang found
'■L some letters In the pocket of Judge
* Strang, written by said girl. Is also
false and made for the same purpose a
«t the statement in relation to her having
| had a position In the legislature. That
I i* to bolster up the main charge.
V It will be noticed that he says he does
j not know that there Is any truth In the
'< rumor. He also says: "I have made
t no charge, bu told some frlen Is." That
• statement is false as shown by his send-
' Ing affidavits to the attorney general 'n
T Washington, as stated In his letter to
* Colon. He says. "I realise It la difficult
iti for me to say anything Just now. U
® may be said It Is for a purpove." Ce •
5 tainly, Mr. Green knew It was for a
purpose—for a political purpose, and
t' th?t the public would recognise 1 as
fruch, and so he says, in his letter of
J Fefruary 16: "I do not car.- to be
>' known in this matter." Why n>!, if It
; T-as true. He did not want t • • • known
It
'.ti the m.i'ter—was ashamed to let the
, public know of the despicar ' ■ buvit .
^ he was engaged in. yet he wanted his
?• friend Colton to use the ma'iet to de-
f« n; if he could, a rival ca m. :.j:e A
if mar, wh. is himself ashamed of bis
. f work i* rot entitled to anv er< dlt in
' ' connection with it and for that reason
j alone the public will not give his story
any credence.
Again, note that he says In his letter
y of October 28, 1897. In relation to*Barnes,
( j' Cunningham & Co.. that he again says,
terwards It became apparent thatjkthe K.n the noon train, and found the door
to Oklahoma Judiciary.
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I
t
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t,
fact of the stealing would be difficult
to prove, and McKeevar was permitted
to plead guilty to petit larceny, pay a
small fine and costs, amounting In all
to $15—and this 1s all there is of the
McKeevar case. The $15 was fine and
cost and was paid to the court.
FIRE ALARM.
Tvast night about 10 o'clock nn alarm
j of fire was sounded and every body
ito the offh^e, occupied by h'lmself and
Judge Strang, locked from the Inside.
and he was unable to get In, ctnd thait
Mr. Green, or some of his friends, or
both have intimated that Judg'e
Strang was in the office alt the time.
Now, I desire to say that 1 know Judgv
Strang might write and publish the ' Strang wa* noi there, he was In my )nlo the inst-ltuthm and soon pi« It out.
history of Kdgar's trip to Mulhall and Court. I know because I he ca e of the
what happened, but he Is too decent to Territory against Lemon was before
do it even for political purposes.but :n-r this Court and Judge Strang was in my
people know the chapter in the young office until after the train came In.
man's history. j Tho ^riff went with bemon t«o the
Green has always denied that he over train, and Strang remained at my office
wrote a word derogatory to any Judicial some time after the Sheriff left.
started to run. In the meantime, the
whistle of Sharum's gin was blowing
furiously, and denoted that the fire was
at or near the gin. The company ran
Straight to the gin and found the gin
was ailre. They turned a full stream
It anpears that the saws got hot and
set the cotton lint ailre, which was
pasted into the press, and being funned
In its passage, Boon developed flames.
No serious or costly damage was done,
whatever.
applicant In 'this territory. Within a
month and since Colton began to show
theae letters. Green denied to a gentle-
man of this olty thait Colton had any
audi letters signed by him. and yet. we
are informed and believe thait Colton
has a letter signed by Green. Justice
Dale, Governor Barnes. Judge Brook. I In on the train December, 13th. 1897,
Roy Hoffman, Tvou Pitt:- and Edgar from the south In the afternoon, hav-
Most respectfully.
J C. Foster. Probate Judge.
E. P. KEDLBT'S STATEMENT.
Guthrie, O. T., December. 1897.
To The Attorney General. Washington.
D. C.
Sir:—It Is said George S. Green, came
Peoples Voice (Populist): Mr Calla-
han entered this county, Thursday, In
the Interest of Mr. Keaton, but after
learning t'he situation he left this
morning without having made any
speeches, declining to help pull local
Democratic chestnuts out of the fire. '
He has not forgotten how the Demo- !
cra'tlc managers In this county traded
r
Protect Home Industry.
"Me Who Neglects KIs Own
Is Worse Than An InfldeU"
I
Reasons why you should use
ti
FIRST—It is the best flour on the make!, all our bakers use it almost excluvsiely
Which is the best evidence of its superiority
SECOND—It is made ot Oklahoma wheat, which took first premium at the
World's Fair, Chicago, '93.
THIRD—We employ the best skilled labor and have the latest improved ma-
chinery, known as the Plane Sifter Process, Ourcapacit; is 600 sacks per
day. It costs no more than other flour. If your grocer-man don't keep it,
leave word at the Mill, North Division Street, Phone f 1, and we will see
MODEL ROLIL. MILLS.
I
STcnritorij of ©Ulahoma,
<£xecuti c rcpartmcnt#
QThanU$0iuiit0 ^jjJvucUtutitttmt*
The President of the United States by Proclamation Having Set Apart
Thursday, the 24th Day of November, 1898,
fls a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer,
THEREFORE, In accordance with said proclamation and in grateful acknowledgment to God, the
giver of all good and perfect gifts, for the manifold bleasinge bestowed upon the Nation and the Territory
during the year now drawing to a close:
I, 0. M. BARNES, Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma, do earnestly request that upon the day so
designated the people of Oklahoma will refrain from their usual avocations and around family altars and
within tho walle of edifices dedicatee; to Holy worship unite in prayerful thanks and praise to Him lor the
gifts so lavishly bestowed.
As a Nation, our offer of the lives cf scores of thousands of our noblest citizens and of millions of
treasure in humanity's behalf, has been blessed with signal victory, peace once more restored to our
borders and the honored respect of all nations assured.
Of the noble band of brave men sent forth from Oklahoma to battle for the freedom of tne oppressed,
CHARLES HERWiG
FAINTED.
was found along si
and a few others Ir
dealing against th<'
. of Allen,
odd places,
principles
Wilson
double
As
Secretary He
Read
Refused to
which, two years before, he had falntea.
The deft it of Mr. Copeland at Mulhall
was owlnK to the political schemes he
jobbed against him. He was Instrumen-
tal in defeating D. \V. Miller for repre-
sentation, after Allen, Dobson. Pulllam
and others bad conceded Mr. Miller the
nomination, for thin office.
He Is the same political shyster he was
years
"I do not want my name used in con-
! flection with the matter." Anain. why
not, if it was the truth he was telling
his friend Colton" When a man tinds all but one return^2 from the bloody field of carnage
It necessary to charge the chief e:
j' five officer of the eTrritory with dis-
$ honesty, if it is true, why not be man-
* !y and say so over his signature, or by
^ *i-ord of mouth. He who tells the truth
need not be afraid to have It known
** that he has uttered it. The le ters re-
* lating to Barnes, Cunningham, Marshal
k Th
ompson and others, as well as his
' letters relaing tu Judge Strang sh • v
, that Mr. Oreen was b.. anxious t 1>.
crfne chief justi. e that he lost hw h I
* end in his desperation lied ahou . very-
bedy. The man Overman, stak d ir th.
% presence of witnesses, that h- h d b. n
requested by a friend ■ f Ore.-n > to
t make an affi'! t \ m ! ■ •
4fl#t the office when Ore* n « lairne t h-
] ; was there, but that he had refused be-
j *ause he did not see Strang there,
j As to the affidavit of Mct'srver, re-
f Ittllng to the cane « f the Territory
. against Thornton and Payn \%
I learned that the partle
. 'A the sheriff and the
gfral times to secure evident •
Our Territory has had a year of unalloyed prosperity; abundantly hath the harvest yielded; more
widely have religious and educational influences been extended; commerce grows and expands as the days
go by; manufacturing ind .-tries prosr r and are added to; natural resources are being developed; new high-
ways of travel and comm-nicatnn opening up; good health vouchsafed our people with a freedom from the
ravages of famine, pestilence and storm, which makos our commonwealth a place most attractive and
directs to it the favoratle attention of all the Nation.
For all these things lot the people give thanks, net forgetting the poor, flle needy, the afflicted, the
8oriowful, but extending to them aid and ; mfort in tho same bountiful measure that blessings have teen
m -d ,nto us by the Master who said, "the greatest of all these
jS Charity."
Done at Guthrie this fifth day of November in the year of
our l.or.i nne thousand eight hundred and ninety-eigh'
A man wh
AN OVERTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS false to his politico' friend;
i false to the people. How e;i
j man vote for such political r,
At <h<- I'op (on vent Inn nn *nrtl. you y(U<. for m„n
Meeond street Four Year*
Aoo, He Fainted Dead
■rill prove
vlll l rovo
an honest
als? Will
T. FLYNN,
This Stalwart Free Home Champion
Will Speak Here
NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON.
Aw ay.
he?
PERSONAL.
convention
Mi
the
tent, on
ss Lulu Mangum, of El Reno, is In
ity.
L. Wilson
he city.
if Wellington, Kas..
frai times to secur •
( ^ainst them. That n
Payn", we h ? ve j
ei wet". 1 *«y I '
P p:> tp'Vr,.,l ^ • |
ie ,vv< fi
fiy thn Qovernir
-;.«s ' •
WM M. JEtTKIMP,
Secretary of the Territory.
Fmir ypnrs <\B". the cnuntv
of tho populist party met in
North Second street.
A medicine fakir was In town, and this
tent was secured for five dollars. The
democrats held their convention the same
day. David H. Miller, of Crescent town-
ship, called the convention to order ami
Mr. Lounty was made chairman.
Charles Herwlg was made secretary, and
also a man from Lowrie, as an assistant.
Every pop In the county remembers that
convention, for the democrats wanted to
fuse and sent these pops a love letter.
. *. . . , .... Dr. Laverty will sing at the Plymouth
E. II. Cox. Pullian and Dobson had pro-
. , . , , „ Congregational church, today.
mulgated this fusion overture through the j
democratic party. The State Capital • 13. B. Crawford, secretary of Townsite
then published the proceedings and called 1 Board No. 6. is here from Perry.
this document "A Delicious Love Letter." j Manager Wilson of the Oklahoma
I't was presented In regular order for j Telephone service, was in the city yes-
reading and the secretary, this same | terday.
Herwig.
A. It. Thomas and wife of Oklahoma,
are here.
Geo. Clayton of Waterloo, Okla., was
here yesterday.
Mrs. Fred Do!cater he returned from
a visit in Illinois.
Q. W. Sloan and wife, of Crescent
City, were here yesterday.
as so
populist that he
democratic overt'
this
thorough a middle road
refused to read those
ires. He exclaimed that
Mr. Lounty
he would not read
chairman, entertained It. The conven-
tion howled for the reading of this im-
portant paper, and amid tho con fusion
and excitement of the occasion Mr. Her- i
wig fainted and his assistant came to his'
aid and read the document.
Now this Herwlg Is working his tc.--
nails ofr for election on the kind of a J
ticket he once fainted about for fear ;i
would bp organized and nominated
was then a woman, so to speak, toi
tuous to dabble in fusion.
Will Mr. Herwlg please state his r
for this right about position and hi
dent falling from grace. How can In
a sheep In the face In the light
Miss Ida It. Good, one of Logan coun-
ty's best teachers, was in the city yes-
terday.
Charley Pilson. School Land Commis-
sioner, is home from a trip to the Kick-
apoo country.
Miss Sallie Maxey left yesterday frr
Marshall, O. T., where she wlU teach
school this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Judge Wicks of Pueblo
it Colo., arrived in the city yesterday, and
j|e i will visit tvith Secretary Jenkins.
lr" Prof. Ware, superintendent of the
i Shawnee Public schools, was In the
",n city, yesterday, attending to matters
vl- ,,f school business. The Pi of. made
many friends here during the late Nor-
e W ill ( line Hi* < anipaign
4>lit lirie. mid Will Addrexn the
People al I he Opera
Hoime-
It has been arranged to have Honor-
able Dennis T. Flynn close his cam-
paign at Guthrie, and on next Monday
afternoon, he will make his last speech
at tho Opera House. Special arrange-
ments ate being made for his rtceptloi),
and every body is cordially Invited to
come out and royally greet this stal-
wart advocate of Free Homes. The
Military band will be out. and this will
be the most enthusiastic meeting of this
campaign.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Droino Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it falls
to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q.
on each tablet.
II II.
f this j mal Institute, who were pleased to see
fact? him among them again. He went home
Two years ugo, this political Jackanape' lact niglu^
Denver, No. 5.—Tho Indian root ball
team from Haskell Institute, Lawrence,
Kan., today defeated the team of the
Denver Athletic Club. Score: Indians,
12; D. A. C\, 5.
NEBRASKA 18—KANSAS C.
Lawrence, Kan.. Nov. 5.—Three thou-
sand people witnessed the foot ball con-
test today betwt n the teams represent-
ing the state universities of Nebraska and
Kansas. The Nebrnskans wero victori-
ous by a score of IS to fi.
MICHIGAN 6—N. W UNIVERSITY 5.
Evanston. 111., Nov. 6.—Michigan's
heavy team defeated the Northwestern
University 11 th 1.• afternoon by a score of
a 5.
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