The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 267, Ed. 2 Sunday, March 8, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XIV.
Sl'XDAY MOUSING,
(i I "I'll It I K. OKLAHOMA. MAltt II s. ltHin.
-1 NHAV MOKMNil
N U M BE 11 267
POLICE WERE
> iVIlSTAKPIS
> Miss Hutchinson Was Not
the One Wanted.
STEERING COMMITTEE
AP1JU1NTMENTS
SHE WAS RELEASED •
.Scarch for Burdick's Mur-
der Continues.
Washington, March 7 —The d« m-
ooratlc ste< ring committee or the
senate hold a s-. don today for
the purpi ne of considering the qu- s-
tion of tilling vacancies of t!i*- -en
ate committee. After committee ad-
journed Senator Corhain said that
ti e committee had be« n Indlreetlv
Informed that It Id the policy of
the republican senators not to tilt
the committee vaoaneU s during the
called session, and that If this pol-
icy should be adhered to the d- inn-
er rats could do nothing in that di-
rection. He claimed thet at any
rati the demo tratlo managi rs ♦ ,
would wait upon the republicans ♦
and conform to their w .lieu in ♦
th> matter. ♦ 1
The committee decided to e - *
ni/.-* the propriety of Senator
• lark's appointment as member ♦
of the foreign relation* to suoooed ♦!
Mr Bailey. It w.is ; ..!■ d that M ♦
Halley, before withdrawing from
the committee and suggesting Mr.
Clark .is his successor, consulted
Individual members of the steering
committee Th- committee had ♦
Senator ClarH ti mtrd two years ♦ ;
ago for tlte place. ♦ i
WHEN HEARST'S YELLOW COMES.
ores©1"'
HAS SECURED
TEMPORARY QUARTERS i
WHAT IS NEXT MOVE?
Miss Hutchinson Formally Was
Employed by Burdick-At-
torney Fenneliy Acts for
All Those Who Have
Been Suspicioned.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 7 — In their eager-
ness to solve the mystery surrounding the t
assassination of Edwin I... liurdick. the |
false move. They
headquarters as a result of an Identifica-
tion by a hackman, whose name I can
not recall, who said that the woman
the one whom he took to Bummer swai
and Ashland avenue on the Thursday
night ot t lie murder. That 11- u" 11
was positive. The further r*tason-i were
that a woman answering the description
nf this woman was een by Patrolman
Meyer at about 1:10 o'clock Friday
morning at Bryant and Ashland avenue*.
near the Burdick home. A further state-
ment made to the authorities was that «
young woman answering Miss Hutchin-
son's description was seen in the i nper
part of the city by a well known citizen,
who says the woman told hint site had
lost her way and wanted to get to Main
and Tupper streets. Miss 1 lut'd.lnson
lives on Tupper, near Main street."
"And why was the woman released?"
"I was not present when the woman
made statements to the district attorney. ..
i ha . be n informed, how< \«r, thai the#
woman convinced her interrogators that i yester.
she could prove an alibi by her mother, v.-ai-. .
her sister and Mrs. Coughlin. who runs
the boarding houso where she lives, also
by a woman friend. The woman was 1--
i leased because she convlnvd the author!-
AN AGREEMENI
IS REACH ti)
At midnight
March
.. hed
liat'h
ised from 1-
look .
. .. had la
>nt h
f the road.
the olTi
Accident on
Hudson River.
the
x CAUSED BY A BOY
Started a Panic by Capsizing
Small Ferryboat.
The .mis' s and repor ers and members and senator- will size us tip with a view to carry injf out the plat
form demands—hut mostl. as material for feature stork- in (h- Hearst string of newspaper^.
John
police today
(Continued on page two.)
PROBABLE
! London. March 7 An interest ii
of this w- ek's army deltate In
Mrs. Dickerson Identified Her who, On rising to make his ina
immediately retraced their steps when it
Was found that the district attorney's Idea {
>as too llimsy.
Marlon W. Hutchinson, a young woman .
employed In Burdick's office was tuken
police headquarters by detectives at
an early hour, She was not under arrest,
tic police say. He attorneys says she
was. Alter being detained for five hours
she was r leased because the police could
liiul absolutely nothing against her.
Tie result of the day's work brings the
authorities no nearer a solution of the I
mystery than they were a week ago.
Exploded theories and vanishing clues
do not dlscouruge authorities. The officers I
h ivi turned with determination to estub j
li-h the Identity of the lono woman met i
on Ashland avenue by Patrolman Meyer.
and to establish if possible some connec-I
lion between her and the woman take
to the vicinity of the Burdiqk house by
Cabman Joy, on the night of tIiq murder.
The police are said tonight to be work-
ing on another clue furnished by Chas I
Merrill, a private watchman, who cover- I '
ed see, mi blocks on Summer street- i
Merrill claims to have seen a man jwdl
woman on Summer street near Elinw I , Were Assaulted bv a Negro WllO
about 11:45 o'clock on the night of the J n'1" * & |
murder. He stepped Into ajj^ alley and
lam's sixty
known hen-
us the lower branch of the law, 111 which
Sir John had "briefed." no fjjwe than
< Ight lord chancellors. thirty justioes
and over a hundred judges, l.ord Chan-
cellor Salllshury presided and Lord Chief
Justice Alverstone Lord James of Hert-
ford, Attorney Ci< neral Elnlay. Solicitor
General ('arson and nearly all tjic judges
ami leading counsel wee present. Includ-
ing Sir John's partners, one nf whom Is
B F. llawksl. v, of Jameson raid fame.
HIS MAIDEN SPEECH
WEATHER.
Iiingion. March 7.—V
f >Klali
aim? t
LORD LOVAT COLLAPSED
BEOWNINQ.
CALM BEFORE
THE STORM
Assailant Then Expired.
* ""My lords. I
corps svstem. l v
scheme ' and tb
to utter anothi r v
ntnie to think W, air
■ sat down, unal
liis failure in t
uch a contrast
work in th< ton
HUSBAfND WILL DIE
it
pa
himself
1 d out that Loi •! Lovat • - •
Wabash Trainmen Still at
Work on Answer.
BOltl SIDES RETICENT
-. ,r,!. A
Vi ' ? tl . ihe 'V
h.indl- d< . • ir^jght wains
" '.V it* •
- W I e kl • i>.*ViW out Ait- I
lave- . II v ail kin 1- j
w'.th-u l rest for sixty
-1 retch, we ..wo have
omplaln of. V
1.: t_ w I ■. >• i, , vfc^l 1 lQJ* op< T « HP
: drops n|f;>t.hes,-uaeferred :
-.%vs with the lit e:u"u.s amt .«ionlilft-
L-aders can handle about half ot?ihe busl- j
Jvj dried
io\\ 11.1 lis III- w; t until 111 • . doi tn> j
. .no again w it le< t
. . , I! I. .4 . "Tfl top of
"The Adams Injunction even takes away
ie rnrht to unit the .ompany's service
permanent they can hold ;
Insular Loan Bill.
San Juan. P. It.. Marel
Decrease in Imports.
I'he h
SLARCII1NG (OR BODIES
Swift Current Carried Many c
the Bodies Away - Some
Recovered and Idcnti-
fied-Were All Italian
Laborers.
i.le't
It.
only a short tin
shire rose fron
lords, looked si
speak, and th-
ing a word.
e Pu'ji of 11- von
l'<- Sell .'I th ^
1 vvI> a 1 omill. inU:UoiTig to
sat down without uiter-
in
1. fo
who
Inst til-- Strike
P.. nf II. T , and B. of L. F. to the
ditch.
unci ' JOIIN HOPKINS,
iainr..in General Committee ti R. C"
he statement of chairman Hopkins.
'resident Ramsey tonight
FUNSTOIN TO
WASHINGTON
Sudden Summons There Dis-
arranges His Plans.
id:
vlsh
disc
the
SOME LAND DISPUTES
couple stopped under a light.
heard the man say:
"Well, you can go as far as the stoop
with me anyway."
The woman hesitated, and then they
started towards Elmwood aveivu* in the
direction of Ashland avenue. About 2
s'clock lie met tlie man again on Summer
itn-et. Merrill did not see the woman, lie
says he can recognize the man, who
spoke with a Oerman accent.
The lady who Is a very attractive wo-
Han In appearance, came here about a
car ago In company with her mother and
Beat Them to Unconsious-
ness With a Hatchet Then
Outraged the Wife.
SOLD LiKL SLAVES
Would Not Predict the Magni-
I tude of the Strike Should
One Be Declared-Ram-
sey Makes Offers
ed grlev
airman Hopkins wer
ought up by the cor
• lings with the Wi
0111111 - with Mr, Ho
ure all after,
at and high
ed
TltE NEW COINS
DirminRham, Ala., March 7.—Mrs. J.
C. Dickerson, who, with her husband,
was assaulted by a negro ut the Dicker-
• ear ago m comuaiiy witn ner iiioiner ana i . , ,,. . .
sister Florence, from London, on arriving | son home in Cordova on We-lnesday was -
jn this city Miss Hutchinson secured a night, died In the infirmary here this •" 1
logjtlon on a monthy paper printed by : evening and Mr. Dickerson is not ex-
.. ... H. ipectea to nve. Mrs. Dickerson rain
ered consciousness this morning and
identified Henry Walker a negro who
wa« arrested on suspicion as the as-
sailant.
Mrs. Dickerson says her husband was
aroused during the night by the negro,
who immediately attacked him with a
hatchet, knocking himse nseless.
fore the grand jury tod ti
gation charges that
Immoral purposes ex
lice idstrict was to
<:dwin L. Burdick at his env-lope fac-
tory. Last January she left his employe.
Vince then she has been singing In a
rhurch choir, but has not been employ-
ed at any kind of work.
Pldllp V. Fenneliy, the attorney who Is
acting for Seth T. Paine, set about to
jeeure Miss Hutchinson s release, ob-
taining from Justice White, of the su-
preme court, a writ of habeas corpus,
directing the police to bring Marlon W.
Hutchinson before the court After serv- .
tng the writ the attorney, a.vofpanled j sprang out of my hed with my baby m ^ / ,
«iy Miss Florence Hutchinson, returned to my arms," Mrs. Dlskerson continued. '
Juwlii'w White', chaml.cr wh. rs me writ . , ,h thl,„ h|, witll ,he
was arifti^l. , , . ... . ... .,
Soon afterward Marion Hutchinson left hatchet, at the same time jerking th.
headquarters accompanied by i detective. Imby from my anns and throwing it
The detective how-v- r. did not place any across the room on the bed.
restraint upon her movement*,..Mr. i-'en- | ,.Al tWs m0I,irot Mr. Diekm-son halt
In girl.- foi
in ili. Fourth p -
*.
ke slaves anu that a prlct
was paid for each good looking
.vonian r.-reiv. •! Furtljy te-timon\
the < ffert that girls are securec
hi prisoners and forced to weai
nt that mad-- it impossible foi
to escape to the streets.
SENATE COMMITTEE
the
Washington, Mat
m it tee on foreign i
for an hour and
f this time ti
n and trainmen
sh raii\va>.
lsel for the liri
today busily at v
answer to th< «
different hotel
neill, numerous t
.Ve are work-
injunction,''
msci for the
ation between
i-icscnting the
lioy s ai>U the
and trainmen
THE FIRST PHILIPPINE
CHIVED FROM THE
Washington. March 7. <"olo
chief of the insular division
department w ho made prepar
(•lens Fall . N. V March 7.—Nine-
teen men are dead as a result of the
(apslzing of thi> boat used by workmen
at Spir Falls, about ten miles west of
Glens Falls, on the Hudson river. .More
than a thousand men are employe*!
| ti.-to ai present in the construction of
the power dam of the Hudson rivef
Power Go. The laborers and manf
j "f the masons are Italian who live :•
j chanties on the north side of the riv-
er The main portion of the work is
carried on at present on the opposite
side of the river The men have been
in the habit ot crossing a small bridge
where the river Hows through the un-
finished port bin of the dam. but the
river has been rising for several days,
and the company fearing the bridge
was unsafe, destroyed it with dyna-
mite.
Below the work about a half mile
Is a ferry. The Jioat is a scow-shaped
affair thirty feet long and thirteen feet
wide, and is operated by means of ca-
bles. It is large enough to carry i
heavily loaded team, and as many as
150 men have been taken across at one
time. Yesterday, when the men were
Funston's Visit to \X asllington i.eing ferried across, an Italian boy
known as "Cigarette" became fright-
ened and fell overboard. He was res-
cued, however. This morning seventy
or eighty men got aboard ami the boat
started, leaving a big crowd on the
bank waiting for the next trip. When
a few feet from the shore the water
'plashed against the rail and the boy
who had fallen over the previous day,
seized one of the tackle ropes which
ran from the overhead cable to the
ha.- rec ivd | Btern of the boat. Some of the men
m to \\ ,ish | started toward him and instantly the
boat careered and filled, everyone be-
i." Ji n j ing thrown into the water. The Hud-
ingion. j son. swollen by the fresh rains bore a
, Litiu- j uore or more of the struggling men
down the stream Many others suc-
ceeded in catching hold of the boat,
whi- li had righted, and they clung
there until pulled ashore.
The wildest excitement prevailed,
tarried many of the
l ias no Special Significance
Will Command Troops
in Alaska.
department
Assistant
In Fi
vard shore
"Ml.
were
nelly tclcghoned to Justice White, who
was' at the Elliott club, asking if the aroused and the negro dealt him an-i
gni could he brought before him there (other heavy blow with the hatchet, j
"Is the woman under arrest?" asked knocking him down again. £
lThe°attorney informed Justice white I "Then he turned upon me striking j
that the officers said the girl was not < me several times. 1 resisted the best
Prisoners Escape.
Walla Walla
under
"T«J1 them to release her nt once," said
Justice White
Tlun Mr. Fenneliy was told t\v the po-
lice that the girl was not niu'oj- arrest
ut present and she never had he-n under
sir- st and that « at liberty to go
whenever she pleased.
. Th- two , - i th. ir .i-tui nf.. t :i a
1 ' |e: i th- li.iiltling.
It soon became evident that the police | _____________
and the district attorney ■ ofUoe bad!
t ■ 1 ln " , ' v PROGRAM ARRANGE!)
Hutoblnson into < ustoay Later the foi i
lowing statement was given out: j .
1 "What seemed to r liable informs
i having i • -t- hed tho police d< partment 1 speakers ft ir y m c, a conf
ould. and my hands and arms were J ni
badly cut by tho hatchet.
"Finally the negro overpowered mr J.'v
and dragged me into an adjoining room
where, after assaulting me, lie hit nie i
on the head with a heavy revolver." ' t*i
There is great excitement at Cor- '
dova. i n
iiv
POLITICS IN THt
KANSAS SEVENTH
Selecting MateMal to Succeed
Chester I. Long as Con-
gressman.
Teams were quickly harnessed and
loaded with skilled log drivers ami
sent down along the river to points
where the bodies would likely be found,
i /i-ii- of dinner palls, hats and coats
-wre i shed out. but it. was nearly 0
1 il k before the first body was found.
Th - a: • found iu the log jam two
miles below the dam. and was reo
„niz--d a thai of Fred Forran aa
Italian interpreter
The river for m.
and dragged in h
is
of the
otln
last evening that a certain young woman
living ln the city might have some valu-
able information regarding th" murder of
Edwin I-. Burdick. v.- require-1 this wom-
an to come to h-u'liniartei s tins morning
and uive .my Infoi inaiiou she inic.iit have
8he i atnc and made a stat- ni ; She was
at no time under arrest."
The foregoing statement was gl ml
by the district attorre-v's sti i -a i ipiu v„
lie said the statement was ma le :■ m the
I 'li-- department Ml. Coatsworth algO
tatcd that the staletn-'iit « t i from
the police department and n >t I -mi the
•llsirlct attorney's support Superintendent
Bull was then seen.
"Old the police Issue this statement
n- was auked
"The statement v\ i - Issued l-\ th- lis
trict attorney," replied Mr. Bull Th-
ill ti i- t attorney wi.t. tie -1 ; n m
"Ami did you hot issue tie st ti itn i "
"."so sir "
"But the district attorney savs the po-
lice cave it out
That does not make any difference. It
did not come from me
Superintendent Hull tb"i* is l th. f--l
F.NCE AT TOPEKA.
nfei
lnti
March 7.—A complete I
-matlor.aI Railroad V. 1
to he held here from :
given out. The
ft
! April IK) to Mav :i. has bee
J list of speakers Include the
I names: President Roosevelt, i
' W Bailey, of Kansas: Jos R,
I presi.lt ill Of th- Wabash rtkllr.
i Mudge, general manager of th<
| railroad; It- > Chllv. M Sheldon, of Tope-
ka; Rev 1' S Henderson. I D., Hrooklxn
j N. V.; and Rev. I'lmoie Harris. I). I> .
i of Toronto, Ont. Miss H* 1 "ii C^uld will
. I also be present.
UNUSUAL EVENT
To Evict Cattle.
Reicnshank's Re port.
of $l.:ui4.75« from I'.'-l l
lid was r, IT per cent, agai
t In 1901
Delay In Securing Loan
CINCINNA 11 CI IIZENS
b- ing watched
of finding the
iciims There
hree Bnglish-speak*
a-- Italia is being
number. The roili
calieJ, and tonight
n a - ounted fot eg-
ertam
it
Wabash r.
John Ho
commit ti ■
h-talilna the
iVabash em-
it gl .
WILL CLOSE SOON
that ti.-' loan is
in April, It 1- no
Ktatis will tak-
. lo;
'1TOU ENTERTAINED FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
the first time In
Received by Italy's Queen.
Home, March 7 Dowager Queen M
gherita received In prlvat. audience t--
I nltcd Htst« Consul General Decustro i
Mrs. Deeaatro.
Rockefeller and Party in Pasadenln
ak- m-n from tw
agijis cwmin«iu tsl to pi
other fi l«hi - Mi
the Pole# In Rusaii
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