The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 74, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1899 Page: 2 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITAL: FRIDAY MOltNINf}, JDXY" |899.
FIRST 9LIMPSE
OF CANADA.
Editors the Guests of the Canadian
Pacific.
ITS MARVELOUSLY SCENIC ROUTE
rtitfht* Reception* and «h rrvaiiona
Along tlie W ay-linnipp I rum
A fluriitug llririge Ov«r
T. til© frraaer.
North Hend. B. C. Canada, July 14— Sps-
cln.1/- At 3 a.m. yesterday w ?sft Van
ccuver the weatern c u*t city of Tana-
da, and became the guests of the Cana-
dian Pad tic railway. This line Is ooconcl
only to the Santa Fe In mileage, having
0,twO miles of main line and branches. As
we gilded along the frozen banks and
came Into the Leeklrk mountains we
struck scenery so Inspiring, ruggld and
frightful, we began to wonder how a
railroad came to be •built over such a
route: There Is nothing In the world,
•av world travelers, on the train, to
equal the granduer and boldness as well
as the railway jeopardies, of the route
we are now going over.
The history of the canadian Pacific is
about like that of our own Union Pacific.
It was built by government aid. The g« v
eminent, however, only took stock In tho
Union Pacific and guaranteed a certain
amount of bonds, but the government it
Canada gave outright $25,000,000 f money
and $25,000,000 of land subsidy to the Cana-
dian Pacific company. This was a tub-
sidy of about 910,000 a mile.
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY 1113-
T< K\
A lallway from the Atlantic to tho Pi-
ciflc, sll the way on Brlttlsh soil, was
long the dream of a few In Canada. This
dream of the few became, In time the
hope of many nnd on the confederation
of the British North American provinces
In 1W7. its realization was found to he u
potPlcaJ necessity. Then the government
of the rew Dominion of Canada ;et about
the building of the Canadian Pacille Rail-
way, a work of such vast proportions that
the richest empire of Europe might well
have hesitated before entering upon It.
Much of the country through whl h the
railroad must be built was unexplored.
Toward the eust, all about Lake Superior
and Isyond the Red River, was a va.st
rocky region, where nature in her young-
er days had run riol, and where deep
lakes nnd mighty rivers In every direct-
Ion opposed the progress of the engineer.
Beyond Red River for a thousand miles
stretched a great plain known only to the
Indians and the fur traders; then came
the mountains, range after range, in
close succession. and all unexplored.
Through nil this, for a distance of nearly
three thousand miles, the railway turvey
had first to be made. This consumed
much time and money; people becanvt im-
patient and found fault and doubted.
There were differences of opinion, and
these differences became question* of do-
mestic politics, dividing parties, and It
was not until 1875 that the work of con-
struction commenced In earnest.
But the machinery of government la ill
adapted, at best, to the carrying on of
such an enterprise, and in this case it was
blocked or retarded by political jealousies
and party strife. Governments changed
and delays occured. until finally, in 1SS0
it van decided, almost by common con-
sent, to surrender tho work to a pvtv&to
company.
m The explorations nnd surveys o! the
railway 'had made known the character
of the country it was to traverse. In the
wildernes east, north and west of Lake
Superior forests of pine und other timber
and mineral deposits of incalculable val-
ue, were found and millions of acros of
agricultural land as well.The vast prairie
district between Winnipeg and lh" Rocky
mountains proved to be wonderfully rich
in lis agricultural resourcea.Towarils the
mountains great coal fields weve discov-
ered, and British Columbia bey >nd was
kn^wn to contain almost every element of
traflc and wealth. Thousands of people
had settled on the prairie* of the North-
west and ttfeir success had brought tens
of thousands more. The political reason*
for building the railway yere hwt sight
of and commercial reasons to >k their
place, and there was no difficulty In tin I-
lng a party of capitalists ready and bill-
ing to relieve the government of the
work and carry It on as a commercial en-
terprise. The Canadian Pacific Railway
Company was organised early In ISSl.and
Immediately entered Into a contract with
the government to complex thelin. with-
in ten years.
The railway system of eastern Canada
had already advanced far up the Ottawa
Valley, attracted mainly by the rapid
growing traflc fr« m the pine forei*a, and
It was from a point of connection with
this system that the Canadian Paclh.-
Railway ha i to be carried thr<> i th to "lie
Pacific coast, a distance of two th >uvand
five hundred and fifty miles. Of th|< t
Government had under construction < no
section of four hundred and twenty 'ice
miles between Lake Superior ml Winni-
peg, and another of two hundred and thir-
teen miles from liurrard Inlet, m the Pa-
cific Coast, eastward to Kumlo mis lake
In Brittlsh Columbia. The Company un-
dertook the building of the r. in .intiig
nineteen hundred and twenty miles, an 1
for this It was to receive from iiie gov-
ernment twenty five million lollars in
money and twenty-five million acr -a of
agricultural land. The two • i.«.hs . f
railway under construction were • bo tin-
Ished by the government, and, togelhe"
with a branch line of sixty-live miles al-
ready In operation from Wlnnlp g south-
ward to the boundary of the United
States, were to he given to the company
In addition to Its subsidies In m iticy an 1
)and;and the entire railway wnei com-
pleted was to remain the property of the
company.
RENEWED ENERGY.
The company set about its task most
vigorously, and while the engln « -s were
exploring the more difficult and less
known sections from the Ottawa River '•>
and around Lake Superior and marking
out a line for fite native-. work waa com-
menced at Winnipeg and pushed west-
ward across the prairies, where one hun-
dred and thirty miles of the railway were
completed before the end of the tlrst year
During the second year the rails advanced
four hundred and thirty miles The end
of the third year found them at the sum-
mit of the Rockv Mountains and the
fourth In the Selkirk*, nearly a thousand
and fifty miles from Winnipeg.
While such rapid progress was being
made west of Winnipeg, the ralnls advan-
cing at an average rate of three miles
each working day for months In succes-
sion, and sometimes live and even six
miles In a day. armies of men with all
modern appliances and thousands of tons
of dynamite were breaking down the har-
riers of hard and tough Laurentlan and
Huronlan rocks, ami pushing tho lino
through the forests north and east of
Jaike Superior with such energy that
Eastern Canada and the Canadian North-
west were united by a continuous railway
early In 1885.
The govern section from the Pacific
coast eastward had meanwhile reached
Kamloops Lake and there the company
took up the work and carried it on to a
connection with a line advancing west-
wardl across the Rockies and the Selklrks
The forces worked towards each other
and met at Cralgellarnhle, In Eagle Pass
In the Gold of Columbia range of moun-
tains. and there on a wet morning, the
7th of November 1K85, the last rail was
laid In the main line of the Canadian Pa-
cific Railway.
The following years were marked by an
enormous development of traffic and by
the additions of many lines of railway
to the company's system, and by the es-
tablishment of the company's magnlflclent
steamship service to Japan and China.
One line of railway was extended east-
ward from Montreal across the state of
Maine to a connection with the railway
system of the Maritime Provinces of Ca-
nada, affording connections with the sea-
ports of Halifax and St. John; another
was completed from Sudbcry, on the
eompany's main line to Sault Ste. Marie,
at the outlet of Lake Superior, where a
long steel brldpe carries the railway
across to a connection with Its two Im-
portant American lines leading westward
—one to St Paul and Minneapolis and
thense continuing across Dakota to Por-
tal where It again connects with the Ca-
nadian Pacific railway, tho other through
the numberless Iron mines of the Mar-
quette and Gogebic districts to Deluth,
at the western extremity of Lake Super-
ior: still another, continues the companies
lines westward from Tononto to Detroit,
connecting there with Unsft > Oh!
St. Louis and all of the Great Mississip-
pi Valley. And now the Companies lines
embrace over 0,000 miles of railway ami
spread out toward the West like the fin-
gers of a gigantic hand.
Canada's iron girdle has given a mag-
netic Impulse to her fields, her mines,
and her factories, and the modest colony
of yesterday is today an energetic nation
th great plans and hopes and aspira-
tions.
A PROVIDENT!AT. STOP.
At Bear Creek. a bridge spaning a
branch of the frozen river burned out
at mid-night. Four hundred propellers of
the archntedlum levers of the United
States were snoozing Innocently In their
births, uncauslous of tho dangers ahea I.
Put these wa^ a watchman at the bridge.
He was a hero of faithful duty. He
swam the seething river, for the moun-
tain floods arf now on. and running a
mile back, flagged our train. This deed
A
of M Honey, was the talk of every excur-
mist. A purse was taken up for him
and a memorial of thanks voted him. He
hod averted an awful disaster for the
bridge was around u mountain curve
and c iuld not have been seen in time for
air btake safety. None would have been
left to tell this tale bad the train run on
to that burning bridge.
The train being in a mountain fortress.
ran b.i' k eighty-five miles to North Bend
and Holiday morning w* awoke to hear of
our h.ilvation and to realize we wets
where w,i had suppered the evening be-
fore.
Providence had stopped the Sunday
hand of these moral educators hut had
put us In a beautiful spot for the day.
Here the Canadian Pacific has one of Its
splendid hotel.- This road conducts Its
own hotels at nearly all points on its
route and they ;ire models of ease and
plenty. Aroun i this hotel Is a lawn of
velvety beauty, dotted with shade tress.
The tourist were n«H)n «>ut with railway
pillows resting under the shade of tbls
lawn.
OTHER SCENES
Tf there ever was a rugged spot of
grand .-emery this Is one. The valley Is
i b.iwer of green—not ovei a mile wide
and a mile long. The frozen river—now
sixty feet above low water, from the
mountain torrents—goes leaping through I
i ha I ; and all around are mountains •lnK a*t€r a su-t
held consul*atfcm
DEFENSE
FOE JESTER.
Attorneys Arc in Consultation in St.
Louis.
HIS FORMER LAWYER TALKS
Preliminary Hearing; Transcript V
In lixiateiiec-Corpu* Oelectl to
be Proven In It the
Maine .11 au.
St. Lou.h, Ma., July 27 -P. H. Culiin ,of
Mexico, Ms., who will do tend Alexander
Jester, was in Uhe c:ty yesterday look-
fedieral court. lie
dn ita
;.civ.te struggl
• month to i me the country w;ll be
• ■i.' ned for ney test many. It -s held by
the utl.>n t-iat the. defence wiil not
.. tempt to questfion the identity of me
man under arre t but will make the
ru st «>ut of :he Inability of the state to
; luce the dead body of Gilbert Gates
: had witn wbo eaw It. Undoubt-
edly a great deal of new ■u-*t'knony is
l.e:i*r ga faced up and ne.tbor s*de is in
ihe •.ui.st disposed to acquaint uhe <o:iher
*lth wht". t 'has discovered.
The kiwyers regard 'it as a remarkable
t thai many persons are turning
" * who I.ik .v Something connected either
directly or Indirectly with t'he case.
Many thefts witnesses five In other
tfbktes and aome of t'hem a long way froti
Missouri. Added to everything else ,tns
crantas hove been released from the r
e.iiM-.-; anal they are htwra.- -ing the law-
•' PS wMb '!. -r ^ .\v-. ForltMUAy tOt
Jsstsr, las la in Jill and t'he .vheriff sflj
not permit the cranks to ace htrm con-
sequent y the latter are tn such a poa'.t-
"n that they are compel Led to fall oaelt
n t'he un pott eel -d lawyers. They have
a a borts oi . heorles abouc. the cj.;i al-
most any of wheh ought to be cjnFl^er-
ed sufficient to admit them to an insane
asylum.
! no doubt and'was In the hatolt v f leaving hwn in the
oorridor with anofher prnnner. %V'hen I
gave the prisoners their supper, Wafker
who had txv-n in the corridor with the rest
hfd out ana I d.d not miss him. The two
had cl.mbcd to the rujf of a cell and by
plUtig up mattresses and bedding.^wtre
able ro reach t'he ventilator.
When Edwards maoe h s exit t'he col-
ored wonian yelled "they are breaking
Jail." She was on the south side of the
Jail and I supposed she referred to the
city prisoners. I srra'hbed my Winchester
bud ran around that way. When I reach-
ed the rear of the Ja'l, Edwards had Just
slid off t'lie roof. 'Edwards *s no longer
a trusty."
Much credit Is due uhe Jailor and to
"Aunty, the cook for their prompt action.
Ju fee T. P.
of th city relative
t! of t'he old man now in jail
to a defens
nt Mexico an«
lousalids feet high. Nlblack, vof the j
trader, thinking the country unconquest-
I domain, climbed to the top nf on
. ■••.iiidalns, plante. 1 tho American j'1 is alt"g«.'Lher lik« > that me Jud„ 1
took possession In the nams of in the defense n wa I ths a<-
m It was an original discovery | t' rne>% w h« d.«t. i • d •' ' ♦'* " ^ :
.e else ever seemed to have been 1 was arralgnod In M .ann- county ear y
on this uummlt. It i:- hopsd International.t'lie ssarsntles for trie murder of Gil-
inollcatlon* over this will he avoided; ^"srt Oat
FALL FESTIVAL.
KINGFISHER
TO GUTHRIE
The Rock Island and Santa F
Route.
THIS LINE WILL BE BUILT
W
3eg
Lig
EVERYBODY WANTS TO DONATE
FOR ITS SUCCESS.
As was stated in yesterday's Capital,
that the only M'ose Weinil enger and Wil-
liam Rtoxhaupt had started the ba4l to
rot: 1 rig for a grand street fair this fa'l
toy circulating a paper 'to t'he member*
of the club to organize for a grand free
street fair. Yfcsurday they walked down
Harrison avenue and Division street and
there was not a dissenting voice against
flag
STILL MORE COUNTERFEITING.
The secret service lias Just unearthed
| another band of counterfeiters and secur
i ed a large quantity of bogus bills, which
j are so cleverly executed that the average | It. The following signed tho subscription
,pcrson would never suspect them of be- Us*:
lug spurious. Things of great value are , M. Weinberger *25
always selected for imitation, notably RLtxhaupt
| 1 lostetter's Stomach Bitters, which has j Tearney and Selstrom 25
many Imitators but no equals for dlsoP-. K. O. M'HUken
for Is was soon learned, that the CannckS
claimed this sopt slong with the other
oceans of "useless distance" the find
hereabouts.
At 7:30—and It dues rot get dark here
until Oo'clock— religious services were held
on the lawn. Prof. Herbert of Mlsslss
ippl and Mrs. Pa well of Illinois, lead ths
singers, and the old tunes were sung with
: vim l v tho 400. echoing throughout the
mountains In the hearts of all. Some 20
local Chinese fishermen and Indiana
fringed the edges, hearing for the first
time a United States religious service.
The conductor was the loc Scotch
editors, delivered an address. The two
Presbyterian missionary. Rev Burkholder
Walter Williams, for the non-preaeher
preachers excursionists—Dr. Orlse, of Del-
aware. and Dr. Dearlni? of Indiana,
preached sermons.
This was Indeed religiou Romance, as
picturesque a scene In as majestic a loca-
tion n the Imagination could draw.
And when the meeting wound up with
"Amen a " and the doxology, there were
tears plentiful and a few old fashioned
meth<>i11st shouts would have stirred up a
genuine revival.
We were kept here twenty-four hours, [t ^ ffakl ^ pl.;|K,
At 3 p. m. there were shouts of "aboard" j ^ |n.t„r^t 4n this s
and awi
through Canada.
go for 2,000 more miles
"Pt is ruthcr strang0." sa-d Judge Da*
shuw, "to consider the number of wit-
nesses who ere yet liv ng. There Is stlil
nnofciher strange feature of tthe case and
fhtait 1e that none of the original testi-
mony of the preliminary hearing seems
to (be In existence. I wa« i you ti.g lawyer
at the t'ime and took copious notes of tho
testimony as did also Jester himself, the
Justice of the peace lx-fore whom hto
hmrtng was -held; and tho Circuit A'* > -
ney Alevander. So far a-< 1 have learned
nfll of tihls \hns been lost. I felt certain
t'hatt 1 had preserved my notes bub h .vo
not been aible Kb find them.
"J do not know wh it t h • .prosecution
"has dilsdovetred n e th« pre'.lmiaa.rv
Irea.ring, hut 'at that timci there was noL
enOoigh testimony to . >n\1ct. I be 'trie
very mticth Interested In th ^ case and -c-
me>m1 er tire imti>ro of nil -the testimony
qudte well. Jttdgo Owen T. Rouse of New
MexHco was a tow partner of m'n at
the time and J was appointed to assist
ihltn in "the defense of Jester.
Jester ih«*i no "money. He 'Wad but 20
cents on "his <penso:i when he was arrest-
ed an owned a 'half Interest In a little
home in Shawnee valued at about J1"«0.
1 a mortgage on
n after 'he was
der like indigestion, dyspepsia, constlpa- j
tlon, nervousness and general debility.
Always go to reliable druggists who have
the reputation of giving what you ask for. j
RAPIST CAUGHT
GOOD REQUEST
FROM THE GOVERNOR.
ORICKLY ASH BITTER "
■ CLEANSES THE LIVER AND BOWELS
AID FOgTOHS TH SYSTEM TO B1S1ST fSIVAIirilC B1SBA5M.
He Wishes for Data, and Photo-
graphs of Oklahoma
Scenes.
Governor Barnes has Issued Che fofllow-
ilng circular letter which ts self explana-
tory:
Terr.'tory of Oklaiho-ma .executive depart-
ment. Guthrie.
Deair -S r:—During the ywr pasH thous-
ands of tteqiH relating to new entrrprise*
an-d geneni.1 progress have been
clipped from the columns of the various
papers of the Tcrri'toTj* an«i fl el In the
executive dtepartmeivt for use in compil-
ing my annual report to tlhe sw.-etary of
the 'nitertoir. Thewe wfll 'be of material
assltanee to mo but I should like very
tnucth hi addMfon <o receive within t'he
next few weeks copies of any special
edit: an vou may 'have issued within t'he
yea/r, or ">f current liMiuee oontaiumg no-
tices of . xt ra crop yields, or reviews of
the ^eaenal oonditiona, progress and pro ;-
of your section of uhe Territory.
'1 would also Ilka to have you pu'bllrfh
a notice disking thait photognaiphs Oif farm
and croip seenee, netuml scenery, fruit.
and grain displays, 1 ve st'ock. Th« best
t f t. ev phocb^rwphs wll'. he eelected for
us Mid all will be returned Vo t'he send-
ers by mail postpaid.
I hope that tlvos'
ei.t/ly <*omplh'd wrh In order that tjie
progress resources of every county.
w \ He faithfully deputed in the ropor'.
I'ully ret agnizing h« w greatly I am In-
d : t.-d m the prets of ttlie territory for
the asixiance the\ have given me in h-j
w rk prc^sentittg Oklsilhoma to tho
w'1 In its trwe llgtfrt. T desire to thank
y > i |h; -jiuiJIy tV r y. ur hearty co-opera
ti m In the past, trusting twat I may have
aono In uhe future.
Very respectfully,
C. M. liAliN'KS, Governor.
July 20, 18M.
The safest way to pass counterfeit nu>n-
'• Is on the • i'poslte side of the street.
anreste*d and When e- employed .i e mn-
eel to resist the att inpt of Sht^riff Mel-
f o-n of Mex'kio to bring him hack *to Mis-
souri. it seems he draws a $11! a month
disabHlity perusJom from the government,
and tlMs ctonstlfutes Uhe total of
worldly assets. He 'has three or four mar-
ried dh'ildren. bu-t it * not known If -the.y
are willing: or able to "help h'.m.
At -the preliminary hearing the state
twenty-thnee witnesses :in i' .-"von of
aire known U) be dead. Others \v
rrcst testify a't the luaringr before tihe Jus-
tice of the iPencc .but were probably
cwMed before the G;and .lury and a*' no
loivger 'in -t'he land of the living brings
Ithe total of dead ■witnesses tor the stat^'
up to twelve. The others, it &ec;r.s can
be •found. Many ot:hers have btren <:
covered. 1*t ts stated wh^ose test'moiv 1
be of value and all together it Is expe'l-
e i 4tit 200 persons w ll be saminoned t^
tes>fif>*.
That both skies are preparing f • a <]■ . •
j{ Jfcappy 77/other s
Sratitudo
WANTED IN IPOLK CONTY, IOWA.
FOR A 1IKNIOUS CRIME.
Y< sterdtay tlhe Governor honored a re-
quisition from the Governor of Iowa for
Thomas Meeks who was arrested and
held at Oklahoma City, charged with com
mltting the crime af rape.
Tho Ok I ah rna City Da ly OkHahoman,
gives the following particulars:
'IThomas Meeks, wanted at Des Moines
Iowa, for rape, was arrested at ten a.
m. yesterday by Officer Tom Bla se.
Meek was at v. >rk in the carpenter shop
of l'. b Cruper on California avenue wftien
arrested and was known a^ J. H| Robb.
About the tirst 'of July <a card was re-
i ived at police headquamters fn>m J. iu.
Stout, Sheriff at I>e« Moines, giving t'he
description of a man Who hia«l commit-
ted rape, the Victim being a ten year old
K rl. Officer Tom Blaise spotted Uhe man
Kolxb as be.lmg 'the man wanted. He en-
: red Krettger's sh'op yesterday and ad-
dressing Robb said: "Is your name Thos.
Meeks V"
"Yes, -that's my name, what do you
.want," answered Robb.
"I want you on Information from Des
M tines, row;.," 4-aid t'he officer. Meeks
sad no -rn'oro but wont quietJly to jail.
T<h * accused has been 'hero some t^no,
work.ng a< ""his t t'ade. He ".s quiet and
peaceable and had made a good Impress-
ion. iiie had made acquaintances in a
neigfohorhood, Koutih of tthe city and for
s-ev. rai Sundays no has been Qeading Stin-
day school services at a church In t'hat
Tiei g*hiborihood.
Officer Bla se wired S"heriff Stout of the
capture and rectfivtsi an answer that
there was no reward tor t'he man but
that he would -give $2T> ou.t of his own
pocket for tfhe man. Meek will 'be held
untill the sheriff arrives.
M i
10
P. M. Wyatt ....10
J. M. Brooks .. . i!0
Oscar Hamilton 1fi
Edward Nichols
Sendletyaoh Bros
Welntherger Bros
Reaves Bros
W. H. Coyle
U. C. Ouss
Victor bar
E. L. HtrsCht
H. C- Rltterbustvh
Frank Greer
War err and Cooper
F. Wijikel 10
William Campbell 10
Mike Cassldy 10
•E. tH. Knauss
L. C. Comer ^0
Frank Olsmlt^h 10
G. M. Sharum 1^
T. B. Reder 10
Mllfler Candy 10
(Electric Dight Co., r'0
R-tttterbusCh Bros 25
M. Collar 10
Leader Printing company 25
The gentlemen went over on Oklahoma
avenue and Joe SenrJiebach 'took the list
and everyone said "Put -me down. I am
in lV r it," until Joe was so confused that
he will "have Presdient Levy, who is ex-
pected home today to oall a special nvf
ine for an active organization so that
the fair will be tan overwhelming success
Watch for the call and he present with
aill your .^Tigges-ttons. Gut'hrie is on a
h gh mad <to wealth and prosperi-ty ,a id
everyone should pusih her.
II C onnects tlie Capital City Witj
l lie U rst Nlde aud the Ito. k
Island With the .
SHUtU t V.
«I
I.J "
The engineer has completed the suip
vey of tho Indian Torritory, Guthrie an<
Western railroad, from Guthrie to Kini
Usher and found ^ very good route bj
way of Downs, reaching Kingfisher by
almost a direct line, the distance beins
but one rnlle mure than an air l'lne-*
thirty-four miles. There will be but three
bridges between this place and the con-
nection with tho Chicago Rock Island and
Pacific railway company. Partiee con-
■nected with some of the strongest trunk
lines stand ready to take hold of this
enterprise just as soon as the right of
way can be securod.
This line means much for Guthrie, while
the lines extending from th|s plae<* ease
in thu direction of the coal fields will add
greatly to our material prosperity; this
line connects the capital with the wet
side is fraught with the great Inerest to
this portion of Oklahoma. It will unite
us with the western counties of this terri-
tory so that the seat of government w*
l e an assured fact and the capital will
remain at Guthrie for all time.
This enterprise should be given hearty
local support and encouragement. Those
who have subscribed to help make the
survey should call at once on tho local
committee and pay their subscription, so
that there may be no delay 1n the good
work.
Tt is safe to sav that if Guthrie does
her whole duty, before the snow files, the
porters on "The Great Rock Island" as
trains approach Kingfisher will call nut,
"look out for your baggage, change cars
for Guthrie and all points east."
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weak and tired that I could not do my
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took your Compound ull through, and
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LUioKii, DEVIMK, TEX.
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SciI.VELDEB, 1244 lifcLbN' AVE., DblKOlT
MICH. • ®
ATTEMPTED JAIL BREAK
OKLAHOMA CITY PRISONERS FOIL-
ED IN THE ATTEMPT.
Okla'h *ma City Oklahoma n: There was
ti lively sensation at ithe county jail about
eig'ht o'tdook last night caused by an at-
tempt on t'he part of two prisoners to
break jail.
The old Cok>red woman wtio cooks for
the prisoners gave the alarm, by yell
Ing for Jailer Dixon. She had * een a
man crawl out of the ventilator on the
•t'-p of t'he jaril. slide down t'he roof and
drop -to the ground Inside the Jail yxrd.
Jail* r Dix ai ran to the rear of tho Jail
with his Winchester and Deputy Couch-
man ran anou/nd to t'he alley on the
north side. By this time the prisoner had
e mbed the yurd f nee. Two guns were
leveled nn *hlm and he came down in a
jiffy. The prisoner proved to bo W'.iiam
Edwards, who lias been in jail for six
months on the cfhait^e of burgilarix'ng
Oh as. Balzer's saloon.
Edwards was returned to Ja I and It
was then found' that Joe Walk r. also
( irged w th 'burglary, was following
■•a the rneels of K*wards, lie: had
. i the ventilator b t gat n# fur-
. lioth men returned quietly to their
cells.
The prisoners had been exercising In
the corrid r aud when no one- wat watch-
ing they had climbed to the riof of the
c.iir. id 'fhus reached the ventilator One
minute mire and t-v would a-xve mode
good their escape, hut the c'd colored
v. or.' ni' w.i.teh'ful eye effectually spoil-
>r Dixon was se n by <he reporter,
"I had made ludwards a trusty and
AFTER TWO YEARS
H. Y. JONES? TELI^S A STORY OF
HARDSHIPS IN KLONDIKE.
Victoria, 1?. C., July 27—H. Y. Jones.
Who recently crosscd the Edmonton tral'
has reachedl this city. He started from?
Swift Currant «N. W. T. on April % Wi
taking witlh him 7i5 ibeef cattle and four
assistants, one of whom, Joe Butler, w is
drowned while gblng down Lizard ilvor
in a simall boalt, being cuugtit In Cran-
berry rapids. Every one of the catf.'e liv-
ed itihrough all hardships, subsist ng on
m'oss, bushes and withered weeds and
were sold at a profit. In July of last year
Jones s«.ys a party of twenty were lost
on the grehlt Slav l^-v Several nf the
bodies have <been found near Sylvester
Tending. At afr>oi t tihe same time, tho
Harris* hro'thera of Sea>ttle, l'ost a'l but
four of a fband of forty cattle. A larger
Iherd 'belonging to Laing and Manzell
were -lost at Dunregan on the Peace riv-
er, only six being saved.
HIVE ENOUGH MINERS
YALE-HARVARDS
ADMIRED RY ENGLISH.
Entertained in the House of
Parliament and Taken to
Theater by Prince.
♦>j|i
NEGROES BEFNG PLACED IN KAN-
SAS COAL MINES.
Kansas City, Mo.. July 27—Sevent-y-flve
negroes imported from the south were
today placed in the Central Ooal and C«ik«
company's mines at Scammon, Kansas.
This quota fills up tihe Scammon mines,
and further Importations expected will
be sent to the company's mines at Nel-
son, Kansas. Altogether the company will
have 600 imported negro miners at work
In the district within ten days.
President Hobart of the Kansas and
Texas coa! company says his e >mpany
Intends to fill its empty mines w; h .Im-
ported negroes as fast as possio.e now.
The Southiwesitern mining and Improve-
ment company has also placed an order
for negro miner?.
CANADIAN OFFICIAL HESIGNS.
Van Oouver, B. C. Jury 27—A private
telegram from Victoria says:
Hon. Joseph MVirtln .attorney general.
h"s resigned 'both his office «adn seat In
parliament as a result of a government
caticus '.ast night.
L'ond m, July 27—The members of the
ale-Harvard athletic team who -particip-
ated 'in the Inter-university contests at
the Queen's eluib on Saturday were enter-
tained 'n the -parliament 'buildings to-
day, Where their clean cut appearaince
elicited much ndimtratlon from former
athletes wb'o are now members of the
fftouse of oomimons. The American ath-
letes occupied seats In the distinguished
vlsl'fors g-allery of -the house and subse-
quently tea was served them on the ter-
race, where A. ,T. Balfour, Joseph Cham-
berlain and others joined t'he party Mr.
Balfour especially evinced Interest In the
career of the learn, asking many ques-
tions a.nd expressing the hope 'that an
Oxiford-Oa.m1jrld'ge team will go to ths
United States next year. Leee Know^e*
member of parliament, a 'former char*'
pion runner, then conduot-pd the team
through the buildings. Tonight the Amer-
ican collegians attendeil' the Prince of
Wales theater In order *0 see Martin
Harvey's perroromince of "The Only
Way."
CHANGES AT FORT PORTER.
Buffalo, July 27—Lieut. Dougherty, 7th
Infantry has arrived here under orders
from <General Miles to t.uke command of
Port 'Porter, which since tihe absence of
the baltalMon of the 13th Infantry has
been garrisoned by a company of the se/•
enth. Major Ataman, who was with the
13th infantry a«t San Juan I* ait present
•in command at Fort Porter"Vnrler a.i or-
der fix>m -tlhe .secretary of war iwiued Ap-
ri! 6, lb90, directing him to taike charge
of the fort during tho absence of the 13th
In the Philippines. As me orders of the
secretary of war are beliieved to take f
precedence over tho orders of Gen eral
Miles. Uhe question is to do submitted to
the War departmetn as to who is actually
in command of the posit.
OKLAHOMA WEATHER
Washington, July *7—Forecast fo.- Frl
d.iy and Saturday—Oklahoma and IudlMn
Territory Generally fair Frklay and
probably 'Saturday; variable windis.
Cut and Slash in Drugs
The Biggest Cut in Prices of Drugs that ever was made in Guthrie. Wall Paper must go, closing it out to
make room. Come and see what we have* Paints of all kinds, Brushes, Hair Cloth and Paint at very low figure.
R. REINFRO
206 OKLAHOMA Ave. Opposite Post Office
RENFRO'S Pills and RENFRO'S Sarsaparilla the best Tonic oathe market. Soap Cheap enough to burn.
Come and let us show you what we can do for you.
Respectfully.
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