The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 259, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 13, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XVII.
TUESDAY HORN IXC,
8UTIIK1E, OKLAHOMA, FEBHVARV 1.1, 1 HOB.
TFRSDA'V MORNING,
N I MBEH 259
SPORT IN
THE HOUSE
Whipping Post Bill Caused
Round of Merriment
THE SUGGESTIONS
Humorous Amendments Ga-
lore by Congressmen
REBATES TOUCHED
N as Been Sixty-Five Years HADLEY IS
a Railroad Man OUTSPOKEiN
Miss tynthia Roche to Become SANGUINE
Bride of Arthur Scott Burden PROPHECY
Bill Requiring Return of Freight
Allowances Passed—Makes
Rebate Receivinc Vio-
lation of the
Law
f Washington. F 1>. 12.—The house today
i had sport with the whipping post bill for
wife-heaters and then laid it on the table
effectively di.-p islng of It by a vote of 153
to 60. Tip most ifh passioned speech for1
tha mwurare wa# delivered by Mr Hip*
burn (Iowa) who depicted tho brutality
of tho man who would beat his wife, and
declared that to be whipped was hardly
adequate punishment. Mr. Adams open-
ed the discussion with a serious speech
In favor of the bill. All of the oppos-
ing speeches partook of levity, ahd Mr.
Adams received more tluin one filing be-
cause he is a bachelor.
The bill requiring the .return of freight
rebates was passed, also a measure re-
lating to court procedure. The rebate
bill provides that when a rebate has b*on
received with guilty knowledge it Is a
\ irlatlon of law and double the amount is
to be returned by the recipient of and
one-half of this amount is to go to the
Informant.
Mr. James made an attempt to advo-
cate that the whipping of the "beaters"
t mid be done in public.
Mr. Rims accepted this. If the whip-
ping he said, was to use a« an example
^ post should be erected on top of the
Washington monument where the effect
c uld be seen.
For a five minutes Mr. Stanley (Tenn)
made fun of the bill and to >k Mr. Adams
to task for never marrying. It was, he
iid, a "brutal measure of brutalizing
a brute." All the arguments In defense
of the instruments of torture burled one
hundred years ago with barbarism, he
enid, would apply to this bill.
•I am more surprised." continued Mr.
Stanley, "at this unusual proposition
r n.ing .'is it does from the distinguished
gtnHeman from Pennsylvania—of all the
men in the house Uio last one to shed
1,,,rs as big as buttermilk biscuit over a
suffering wife." (laughter.)
Mr. Gaines (Tenn.) asked what the
pi ntleman would do if he were to witnes
a husband beating his wife.
"It would depend." replied Stanley, "on
the husband and on the wife; if she was I
redheaded, even my southern chivalry
would not tempt mo to Interfere." |
(laughter.)
Mr. Bartholdt (Mo.) offered several
nr.endments. One to put on the rack a
r.an guilty of non-support of his family;
one that a wife deserter should be pinch-
ed with red-hot tongs; another paraly-
7' every man over ^5 years of age who
refuses to take a wife and provides that
he shall stand in the pillory, and after
Fix months. If he still refuse, ho shall be
burned at the stake. Theso amendments
v.« re received with hilarity. Mr. Mahon,
(Pa.) created much merriment by offering
an amendment providing for the punish-
ment of women who are "common
S'.'olda, commonly called hell cats" who
shall be ducked in the Potomac River not
less than five nor more than ten times.
Ti.' amendment exempted the president,
numbers of his cabinet, members of tho
senate and house of representatives.
Mr. Hepburn (Iowa) took the floor in
Condemns Rockefeller for
Sins of Standard
Missouri Prosecutor Turns
Searchlight on the Trust
CANNOI RfcMEUV II
/
Bequest of the Rockefeller Mil
lions to Nation Could Not
Atone for "Incalculable
Moral Wrong Done
Country
Kansas City, Feb. 12-—II
icy .attorney gonerul of M.
in interview here « interl
Ing that if John D. Rock.
death should leave his entll
to the nation it would not
wrong which, he alleges, th
Oil company has doi:
•Suppose that John L>. Rockefeller
his death left ull his Standard CM posses
.Iona a a gift to tile nation i be
in trust perpetually for oil
what then would the people ti
w.is asked of Hadlcy.
If Mr. Rockefeller did that
Hadley, "he could not aton
most incalculable moral wrong hi
done the country. It *>.uld nut atone tor
the distill
1 pref-
Chinese Statesman Sees
I earful fnd to I rouble
A GREAT MASSACRE
i Declares Boxer Trouble Wil
j End in Much Bloodshed
WARNS HIS ERIENDS
Oriental Says That Order to
Throw Off Foreign
Element in China
Has Been Is-
sued
VETERAN RAILROADER
ENOCH BROWN HOLDS RECORD
FOR LONG SERVICES.
Amagaria, Ontario. February 11.—
Enoch Bown, tall, stalwart and heal-
thy, . arrylng upon his shoulders the
weight of seventy-nine years, holds. It is
believed, the distinction of being the old-
est locomotive engineer in the world.
He lives at Amagaria, Ont.
With all the years of hard work lie has
passed through, with till the worries and
hazards of an engineer's life, scarcely a
wrinkle has come to mar his features,
and only a slight Incline to his shoulders
marks his age.
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Bown celebrated
their golden wedding three years ago.
Tht v had nine children, losing one. A
non and a daughter live at home.
Enoch Bown was born in Lancashire,
England Oct. 14, 1826, and was only four-
teen years old when he began railroading
COMMENDS
PRESIDENT
Lumber Deaers Endorse
Strong Resolutions
ON HIS TRUST FIGHT
Roosevelt's Procedure Alone
this Line Specified.
Next Meets in
Shawnee
Special to the State Capital.
Oklahoma City, OkLi., Feb. 11!—Re-
solutions were pas ed by tiie Twin
Territorial Retail Lumber men's as-
sociation which met here. Tho mat-
ter of fieignt rat--* was referred to a
commltte who will take it up direct
with the railroads. The next meet-
ing will be held in Shawnee in July.
The resolutions follow;
Be it resolvea that we the officers and
members do heartily oialorse and ap-
prove the action of President Roose-
trie bill nrter an attempt had I veil and congress in rhe searching in-
been nisdo to extend the ttm< of debate vestIgatlons Instituted for the purpose
during Which It wit.' stated many gentle- of eradicating trusts combin-s, and
men wanted to speak. Mr Payne re-j all unlawful combinations in rest raj nt
fused such extension. Mr. Hepburn de- of trade.
rl.i-ed tho situation which tho bill | That we do commend the tireless ef-
^ -light to remedy n serious ami disgrace- forts of the larger associations to pro-
mt ..... It WM 'tnpo-s I >1«• to find an i '-nr.- S'.ivoi.ible freight ra: <■ gisla -
nthquate punishment for the 508 "brutes'' tlon applicable to the products we
who had beaten their wives in the DIs-1 'handle.
a helper on tne old London and Birm-
jham. now the Northwestern Railway.
In 1847 he became a fireman on the road,
and was soon appointed engineer. Ten
years later he crossed the Atlantic to
Canada, and Immediately secured an ap-
pointment as engineer on th- old Great
Western. He was then twenty-seven
years old. He ran between Xiagura Falls,
London and Windsor. He also engineered
on the Buffalo and Like Huron.
These lines have sin* <• been rebuilt and
are now known as the Grand Trunk lines.
Enoch Bown liked work, and. while
he had always been employed, he had
brought up a large family, and when re-
tired at the age of 71, found he was not
wealthy. He decided to worK some more
and was soon picked up to operate the
dummy car which crosses the famous In-
ternational Fridge hundreds of times
dally. For eight years this fine-looking
and graywhlskered engineer was daily
•seen at his post, but Janua.rvl, last he
dOSSd his labors, and now llvSf a QUlet
life among his friends and neighbors in
the hamlet of antiquated Amagaria.
known as "poaching" and earnestly re-
commeau that our members assist Ir
dis. uugaging such.
We desire-to promote the interests of
our retail association as far as pos-
sible without infringing upon the rights
of the manufacturers or the lights of
our patrons.
NEWS FROM BANKS
NEW INSTITUTIONS AND CHAN
IN OTHERS.
Oklahoma City. Okla..
new hanks, changes In
creases of capilizatlon
lows In Oklahoma this v
The First National I
Beaver county, was org.
officers: .1 H. Wright,
Harris, vice-president:
ler; J. V. Grubbs assist
bank will begin buslne*
and will later bulla's fin
building. This Is the fl
in Reaver county.
The Farmers and M«
Lahoma, Garfield countj
with Mh hael rt. ..J
Fleming and W I.
ly dishonorable ai
i _ jral trend the sui
Standard Oil methods Kas
ing and financial organfeartoi
lea. In my own reoent inve
have had the most |..-itl\-
proof of the demoralizing
Standard Oil in Mlssoui
.reiice still exists. It
Kansas City than It <1 1
< Vty to St. Louis. But Standard
a refinery nt Kansas City. Standard OH
is shipped In iron barrels and indepen- j
dent in wooden barrels, lro
T II Mil
took charge
said he knew the bill was not
going to pass, but he. wished to rebuke the
levity w-ith which the attempt 19 ad*
minister proper punishment had been
r<. t Ivtd.
Mr. Payne moved that the bill bo laid
© 1 the table. A vote by roll call was
crdered on his motion, which was car-
ried hy a vote of 15" to 60, thus defeating
tho measure.
4t> WEATHEIt
+ Washington. D C., Feb fort
♦ nst for Oklahoma and lndum T r
♦ rltory: Rain Tuesday, Warmer
+ Wednesday.
That we commend the efforts of
this association in the promotion of
friendly relations with the manufac-
turer's association and their nie.nbers
but that we do not approve of demands
for prices unreasonable and not war-
ranted by the cost of production and
condition^ of the market, and that it
shall continue to he the object of this
association of retail dealers to use it?
utmost efforts to procure for our cus-
tomers en the mom favorable terms the
products of manufacturers handled by
♦ us
♦ We condemn arbitrary action by the
♦ owners of Hie red book in listing d<&)
♦ era is klckee* without having first
♦ j full and impartial investigation
We sincerely condemn the business
management
Februa rv.
The Cement State Bank of Cement w
b^ nationalized and the oa|
creased to 125,000, tjnd the
to the First National Bank of Cement.
The Lincoln county Hank of Prague
has been sold to Messrs Bush. Taggart
and Blover, the former two from Texas
end the latter of Prague who has been
caihler of the bank since l!s beginning.
Tite capltsllzatlcn will lie Increased to
$-i 000 and the hank made a nations!
The new management will erect a new
btick building at once. They will begin
business 1 \ the first of March.
The Union Oas and 011 Company, of
r:..t kwe',;. hive inert t - • 11 t! -ir capital
st-irk fronj $201,000 to an even hslf mil-
lion. The company has contracted for
several new wells and have other Im-
provements planned for the year. This is
one of the biggest oil companies In the
territory.
TO KOREGI/IBE MEN.
Special t • The State Capital,
I • II IK stl r I. T . Ffib. r - F .rmal
noii 1 u served on the stockholdi rs
of tiie Rusby Hotel Construction com-
V •A tV ' ■ Gt. .It West-
ern Coal and Coke company will proceed
immediately to foreclose a lien for fRl.flfln
for material furnished for t'e building.
'IMie cost of the hotel was |1|0.000,
w*
Somt
with th
t wo-storj
national hank
hanged
n.vDi.KV
To Blame For th
Wrong
11 ERRr.RT ^
Who Holds Rocl
StainUrd < HI
heavier, but tin
Hai I road of
e adopted t
Irick
1 \ .ide the h
BUliu i
DLAD 1^
'IN Hi INI
I 'A K T.N I S AWOKI
■tori
•IN HIGH I IFE
ENG AGEMENT OF PR< M 1NI .NT
CHiTV COI PLE ANNoi'Nt Kl
N. \v Vork, 1 • 1 1- Th.. engag. men
Miss Cynthia Roche to Arthur 8
OKLAHOMA
I wedding w 11
■ .it Newport early
ork. Mr. Harden
A Burden. The
11 in New York's
Cincinnati. Feb. 12—Wong Fong, a
former secretary of the six companies
to .".111 FranolMO, lw. 0 VHttlB* ill
ihiH rlty. ay I"' th"'l''1 the 15 lxt'r
trouble III China la iil '"t t« iUlmlni.10
l„ 11... Ki-Mileai nu.« a, re ut modern
times. tA
, 1issued the following warning 10
several imerlcan friends last night,
.bout to tall . ; .v-irilln* In frlc.'lK
,0 v.. Chlnt .11 Toll ll.en. to
„,,.k in linn or (i nnaiiy leiopor-
alliy ,,,,1 nf ihe ountry Be-
fore February -t
yeater.n.y tlu.t lh.
order I.in b—i I"
in .t, holes of the Chinese tvfoiin
1 «*,at|on"t,r at
' elements In our • ••out 1 K
' . "i tiih association is ostertHi-
ruary me «
bly patriotic."
KILLED HIMSfLF
! Oklahoma Farmer Vt'cnt Out to
Hunt Rabbits With Fatal
Result
ants Bank nf
is reorganised
ture president. C ,1
Haski w vice- presi-
GOT CAPITAl
Colonel Lincoln Speaks Good •' s-'
^K'ord for OMahoma .
INOI "WILD AM) WOOLY'
Will Take Kank With Best o'
oiaies Pawnee Bill Work-
ing for the Preserva- o-e« ' >
lion^of buffao
si. n. w. .
tlon comprising the j
d "tnn.it n eU-m«Mir
'apltal.
Feb. 12 Harrison
farmer living near
jent1.v killed himself with
Brandon was in the habit
mm to the Held with him
.. d killing rabbits. H«
iding plow and In leaning
:t lever th > gun fell
. .I V\.I •. ii -ell'0 K' I Tim
the side and r inged
rt, causing Instant
•kne.ss came lie did not
a short time his life-
. 1 mnd on the plow, the
ing stopped when the shot was
lenves a wife and two small
to the Stat
noka. Okla
rift
1 U him
iiime
ade up of Just such good men men. —
nh you will aee In Indiana,
Vu y., |() disbar oklahomain
1 M : I:^I:H- FIbBD AGAINST a J.
TION OF RPFFAt/4
Isltor from
>rdon hilly,
of tiie whole country, as ■
of mature years, as Paw
same region
ir known to
\\ i;8T, ATTOHNKY AT ENID.
Enid, Okht , F«
g' Hid
' ; file
A suit was irt-gun
•t court to dislmr
,i West, deputy county attorney,
>m He Is In Washington | (l.,,lu n , uracil' > of law. Tiie suit was
•. Moore. It contains five
The first Is of swearing
t . a* ea 1..11 '..ik for I!a mptcy casa; satond 1M
re." ho says, "to ask | j w'.( ,,,u, minil uri-sented himself at-
In a good muse—tho j |,,r|„ .
■ tiffiUo. It Is reliably . ( u
- .uu not over hOU of 1 t
animals in the United 1
• ime prompt action j p<
will become extinct. ,
ve for tiielr breeding , .
w In , • 1 nuse; ' fl. thafc
^• Hj m.<i ti luduiently extorted
from H !*'• * 'lampltt; fourth tha*
I,,,.,,/, and agent for Rradstreet >•
, |f(j ttnd forced Frank S. Kirk
1.1 nkruptcy; fifth, that he showed
,i . nd dishonest action in
Hanna bankrupt caw,
ly ill of the credit ore.
*ntiy aired In court
lteaiu iiamp. He has Just
Washington, where he
ppear ts-fore tiie depart-
.- ipposedly to give testt-
to the Beauchatnp inves-
I WO JUPtith DISAGREE
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A CAPE OK
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Ho
Ju
1 T., F b. It Judge W. F.
>f tho Western district, yes*
illy re\« 1 SI d t ll- di- IHIOII
:,i.. mond, his perdecessor, la
ed
j le
01. • ,1 • . h - •
Oklahoma City. Okl
Mr. and Mrs. T C.
■ ' unty awoke yestere
ftund their three-mont
lt«t crib . There was t
what caust-d the llttli
physician was unah
whether the little one
from heart disease.
breedIn
and ti
Miction .
f's death.
el Lil y
• of ti per cent
' when ti " transaction Is ho.ina
itra< 1 and tiie money lender charges
, per lent :ll interest charged ubova
■ ent Is Illegal and le forfeited,
itaymond ruled thai when mom-v
II,. , , I vs is loaned at a rate exceeding 8 i*r
< • nt both principal and interest wss for-
"iitat •'' felted. According t* Judge Lawrence s
, , de if law doi s not (v>ntiuni>iut
s requist- I that the principal Hhould isi fot Itwted iu
I cuec usurers Interest is charged*
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 259, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 13, 1906, newspaper, February 13, 1906; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc126031/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.