The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 159, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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MORNING.
GUTHRIE. OKLAHOMA, OCTOBER 20, 190b
FRIDAY MORNINC
NUMBER 159.
v V OLOME xvin.
i DEAD AND 8 MISSING
Horrible Scene of C.rematio i
at Kansas City Fire
INURE 11ST is vmrn
OVER 100 SUPPOSFO TO HAVE
B2EN CAU «>HT
old of a ladder two atorlcs belo>w an«
alt ti* • •-! lift skived himself he broke ail
'f the fingers of both hands.
Mans Nerve Saves Three *
'.Je>4 e Ford, a laborer, carrying hi* wife
In his arms, climbed ut or a window
«•!" the • nrth floor. Ille walaed alone *
1 b«**ui unfcrt he reached a p*if t dir^lv
I over a. fireman'* ladder and fcheri drop-
I ped flw woman to a fireman beloir. The
fireman caueht her and pe^ve-d her .safely
the ground. Fond then went bacfc and
ii- nine-rrvrWhs-old bet*y mid saved
' i? -n like muni r. lie then jumped linn-
, J ?U" and was caught by a fireman.
I IT. 0 WHlso i was one oC the first
FINANCIAL LOSi, $100 000.01 persons «n the fourth floor to get t-h-e at-
i tonlion "f the fireman, lie ;pp«ared at
. I .1 wiind^w directly a.bove a ladder and
I dropped his baiby down
Flames Spread so Rapidly That1 """ *>"" "f
r , s . v- is saved and be fallowed, o cai>-
Escape by Stairways Was Cut , serious injury.
Killed With Babe
ground.. Frank Dltar. a mail clerk. ihroed Mayor Curtis F. Smith of Du'.'.a |
jumpt- l fron$t:he fourth floor and caught ( who we .,;n««i tli<* v *itors ,M. II ho.
as delivered a greeting on behalf of *. •
Dallas Commercial club. General Grab- ]
er then turned the convention over to '
General Van Zand' of Fort Worth, the,
division commander, who introduced Won
T. M. Campbell, tho next governor of
Texa-.. Mr. Campbell was revived with;
enthusiastic oheera and at the conclusion j
at' his address there was another round
of vociferoua applause. The afternooo
session was devoted exe'iif--;v>-'> to tne
business of the convention. Senator C !•
berson nil «iltlr-v> ihe r< •
Off Within a Few xVIinutes After
the Fi.-~ Alarm—Pathetic I. I
stances of Death and Rescue—]
One Man fc.ves Three-
WASHINGTON IS FLOODED
High Water is Doing Much Dam
age in Northwest
Kansas City, Oct. *G.—'The dead:
Tillu INFANT OF MIL AND AIT:
/ J I v A. KIPAHKB.
JOHN* l>l*2vdi, driver of a sand w.tg-
l . II. TW.NC, aged a laJborer.
J. F.UItOKAHA.N", ragDll n. y, c
derly.
The missing:
tiittrlcs Carlht, engineer for Nelson-
UoirH lacking company, w .u w is
v>.th typhoid fever,
Mrs. M. ltr.gm.iu aiul her tt\
(hen, Amos, aged U, and Lrom, a,;< i
Patrick lfcGunre, who Hvtd ,uu
. urd floor and hud no occupation.
George Muriin, invalid, aged <o yea:
<Mfi. Ed Wlualow ami .two d.i iihjc-.
Mabel, .iged 3. and May, 4.
Two mora are also mi*auig.
W. J. Alorely, a Missouri Pacific ft
j man 8** unknown baby arc lata 11
John Lynch grabbed the l>.«a y of John
Sparks and jumped with t nd With
tii* child fell into the burning dobria
be'ow. Both dlsappoai'od and. were kil-
led.
Another baby thrown from one of the
upper windows was caught i>y a fireman
uninjured.
The fire Interrupted strr-i car traffic
.ii : te elcva'.ed road and a motorman
wfc-..-c car _-.ood just opposite the ""burn-
ing structure said lie atw five or si*
persons in upper floors strugglinf
fraotically escape . nd Uo -is C"rta o
all of them succumbed to the fmoka
.er into the runs, lie
lear'vi' w and would hav<
been wash"d o"t am
and Ri itiah t 'olumb
er on and Lyndcn
FIRST COTTON PICKING
MACHINE AT CRESCENT
MUST SHOW RECORDS
Terminal Loses a Point in Hearing
at St Louis
NEWSPAPERS BAKU ED
FROM TRANSPORTATION
Interstate Commerce Coramr. on
Holds Advertising Space M;i 1
i be Paid for in C;ish not Mileage
GRAIN PRICES FIXED
Soldiers Have Surrounded
The Warlike U(es
flVE COWBOYS ARE DEAD
HERD ALSO RAIDED
BY SAVAGES
MORE IROOPS ARE £,>>12
i No Attempt Will be Made I Of
Force the Red Men Until P.ein-
forcements Reach the Scene of
Trouble in Wyoming—Wander-
ers Refuse to Return to Their
Reservation; Fight May Follow
More Evidence of Iluide Working
of Ike Alleged Tins:
Five Cowboys Killed. e
and toppled,
f aid he had
witnessed t
any had tM4
of
liei
possible.
GRAIN HANDLERS WIN
1 Long Drawn Out Struggle at Port,
land is Settled
Hie Xo.-krul.
mills luie Ix
$25,000 FOR A FIGHT
IRANI/ VINDICAIED BV
FtDtRAL INSPtCTORS
McCarry Would Give That For
Gans-Nelson Scrap
iearnid tcnigM (h
iii LLe rmnor '
The negro j.ujtfor
• otninfico building
i tbe only man u
.mate ilie lumber
rufture wlien it v.a3 destroyed by Jir-i
•arly today, was four.4 thia foarenouii.
rie said tUere were thirty faaiiliea 1 i
i«« builoing, i imbttlug over one htm-
lied p .. 1J9 admitted that a mine
; • [ tr.iosients also occupied rwna
n the b .1*119 last nlglit but was nn-
'a to any Just !;ow many ot thes=-
vera or to famish their name .
H 10o -'JO 13
Oi y the outside walls of the building
rema.!n atanding. Tho Interior constru -
n was en;Jt«ly of vaod and the stores
>ii the ground fleer und the room son the
,r fioors contained much ln.flamina.bl
Material. The entire ooni nta w re d -
vod. l>oog after tho floors had faJle
! inff tio houahold pr 'l*5 in one grea
oa- , which were quK-kly attacked
,o flames, gas from an open main th-.
teroi Lhe biw-dlng continued to burn,
. 1 rcducJng to sfh nearly everything
> :hln ite reaolt.
i'4ie luMj financial h>*s ift estimated at
. <«. Of this amcuat >W,000 w an oi
builuJng, owned by "S\'. A. Bun'ur
1 Insured l'or $W.0uo.
T e fire broke out on the ground floor
' m some unknown cause gi l. '•
in.I Ore. Oct. The ptrike ot
du handlera at this poi-i was set-
i>. m. The committee from
nks of the itriikera and tho cx-
held a coni'orence ai which it |
j was agreed thht the sinkers would re- j
of the Chamber o i1lIrn to work providing ttiat the police J
i Kantaa City, Kan-I were wltlwiruwn fi*o>m the dock.-!.
o is Je to appro*-j strike breaker* will 'be retained'
of persons in the' fnr a -luirt time when their plac
nd Kallling N -
.V .M' VVsdt! In Wit
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
>n uro
about
be fillet! by the un<on men.
yor 1-ine will order the withdrawal
of th« poMce from the docks. Muiy
inea i * prepar,i g to return t«> work in
the morning.
MONTANA IS SHY $240,000
State Treasurer Sued For Interest
On Public Money
Holeim. Mont.. 0< t. !S.—Attnrni
eral Albert Galen today began
the district court against the
VEG2TERIAN3 HELD
FOR MANSLAUGHTER
Lt ers of tho Brotherhood of
j Light Must Answer For Death
of Six Small Children
dtH-ltled afte
-info
used
nl
NO CHANGE FOR FRANTZ
A. W.
.1 !
nd.sn
LOW 411MKS
! GREAT MONUMENT TO
ILLINOIS SOLDIERS
ock.
juiiJ-
00 alleged to have been ree<-;\ 'ti
' ofliclala interest on rublic
i<-pu!>ited in banks. The sum of
asked from J. H. Rice, tbe pres-
sure; $^0,000 from A. H. Barrett
et-t'ssor, and $105,000 from Tim-
Collins, ]M rsti c predece
REBATE CAS.3 POSTPONED
DISAPPEARS A"TE8
SHOOTING MAN
P'itriet Attorney Was Examining;
Santa Fe Records Yesterday
I.os Angeles, Calif., Oct . 25.—T:
Isolated as it wan, the burning
a was difBtcult of accens and it w-'.
• time before tl?e fiiw departmeu:
i lied tiiO Boenc. Several com panic.-*
tro at A fire in another -pari, of tin)
y. When Uie flromen arruvod tne en-
building was in flanif-s. So quickly
t.ie flames sproad that within a f' «
ites altcjr the fire wua discovered ail
■ us of esoape by tne etaJrwaya for
e f.xjres of occupants wo shut off.
n two aWes of tbe building the elevated
ulway traekH hemmed it In and made
hi i°r w k for the firemen. Then
I <-r obsta<;le aroee. Tho fire urn - 1
I u.'ve aufticient laddc i and mum
•«e tliey had were too short t-
the upper Btori. A euffocatin
filled tbe build.ng, evidently . oin-
from th« burning Rtocke of mer-
ia<« on the floor oelow and ome of
occuc&nta probably were nevt r a 'a
0 leave their rooois.
Pe< pie are Frantic
Dwlms Santa Fe Does Not Op
low alls on lie upper fl ers -t i , pose Anti-PaSS Law
women « th balblos in their anunl
c'liJdren clinging to th'-m leaning j T ; Ua, K> , t>et. 2ft Pr« nt li P.
1 out f:om the window unaibfe to find I Ripley «' t lie Kinta fe railroad, whii«
mcajis of esoape - ml yet taking ad , n Topeka tod.iy gave out a formal state
gi; of t' littla* t'rfsh air v. ;i n nt In which in deciaree that
ndows (lorded. The firemen qudek- way company w il not oppoat
Victim Was Seriously Injured B-
fore Help Came
TWO DIVORCE SUITS FILED
TAFT PROMISES TO
VISIT THE TERRITORY
was no hitting today of the fed--i ti v
Jury tbut Is investigating the alleged
bating in freight rates by the Santa
railroad to the local furniture and Imp
ment dealers, adjournment having b«
taken yesterday until Friday. This «
done iu order to give the district a :
ney's office an opportunity t
th« gre.it mu.s.i of bookft filt« do*
tuid papers hauled into the room
day by the railroad company iu r
to the grand jury a subpoenas o
their records.
PRES. RIPLEY C*r I.JCORD
BACON IS AGAIN IT
] Why Cuba Should not be Annexed
to United States
la'
i in their ladders up, but they d l
i each abova the third floor. Mttny
were on the floor above. The
• n first d-voted thenifelveji to '-ie
p'e eu 'be second and (Hiird floors
i d|d not heed the screams of th<l
*l le sbnve. M«ny of the ptrnons i i n* aliz-d fo-
nterlor of the building: were already n t be dupli'.
iTcenw by the dense smoke and he '
l>e carried out b- the firemen. But
uy *'r* able to escape down ti r<
idees without esslstonoe. After s«- -1 of
ment of anti-pass law l>y th<- 1. z
though li declares that lie he!'-. *
a law will save nothing to the r
He declares that the Iftnta J,'
ank to be favorod in the matter
tlnn. ti l MW'in that the Bant
150,000 a tulle
I at that \alu.
ting e\ery one ihev ooulrt
tbe pee* 1 and third Doors, the llreu. ■ |
t rt ed elr .ttention I" the pe< t
above. A- tT-e :add*m; did not rsn- <|
sbo\e ths tbird fluor, the n>*t on tho
fourth floor laterally pitched their wives
Mid children down to the flrem
I* Just as sjuIo
ti in Kansac ««
office
Bert McFadden to Go to Sulphur.
I. T., to Judge in a Coursing
Meet—Gas Franchise Granted,
Maximum Rate to be 35 Cents-
Supply Promised in xo Months
' ■ " Htat' Ctplial.
' "k ■ -V.ltWe r
in -ier ba
f art. Jno
w. • k. b .an aoim. ,.i
br •<!. S rflk at IT-'
k. k Mdk/aml
own. pla
■ b>. i .| repeated
.She was ' >.■ i
into t'
.-'i - v||| reein- - unl-
.ipllnrtffof ■-!
dU^r-ree suits w. • iii,-.i he i
' court h re yerterday. On< s til -1
• .!• iih <itb' bI asking sepai.ition fr nt!
,M- Otvbri* leging In ..inp j
' I :\Uh Is Mnj Monogaid vt .«■■■. I
vlth It the i
this city if 1
REGISTERING FAST AT KREBS
before rounding' tinuii
u r«* lSMicd by M ajo
< freely f-«r the dispatching of two more
tioop of the Tenth cavalry from I-"it
Hobinaon at once.
Am aoon as tliese troops arrive at tlie
military < amp north of Gillette the ru-
tin battalion will move for . aid und
• uround the Indian camp < n Powder
ivi r. and demand th«. surrender
ihe I « who are 800 strong If they
• ill i-t'fus to a< i oinpany the troops
an .ttack will be tbe only alternative,
RUMOR KILLING DISCREDITED
t'lu > onno, Wyo., « « t > UoventoP
' la M-. l ived ■ report front
(Illlette, A\ \ • ne.ii which is located
tin < . up ! ill I I- Indians, sayinX
•i:at ai lie is quiet and that the
Indian are in<>flelisiv* . No « redenrS
it given to tbe report tluit tiie Indians
ve eiigUKt 1 a nuniiiT of cowboys it|
bittlb*. A hmiliar report, it i« --aid,
v .. circulated a few tlayi ur".
RIPLEY NOT STANDARD
VOTED THE SARE3
Entire Directory B*<ard of Santl
Fe Re elected at )| ka yester.
Day
•igbt hundred w hir
nearly 1800 bur
MORE BUILDING
SHOW THE COM Ml ("TEE
SAYS DANIELS HAS
VIRGINIA ALL HIS WAY
I rt MdF
I (Mrtrfr
• tonth
nal een
lleiu *•
.maal in'
8e)>teoii n
T., soc. m i
of a
CLOSES IN INDIANA
Bryan Will Continue His Cam
paign Speeches in Ohio
JEFF DAVIS AT McALESTC
ARGUE MANDAMUS CASE
the ItiiidWH and then Jumpe
gtei'tid and wwr« eitiier bllle.1
Injured. tv>m« whom i *
wu-ii fell the sutrre dislau
1 to the Veterar
CONFEDERATES AT DALLAS
T)alhtH, Texa*, Oat. Si.— Hundreds
•4 si tors were in the city toil y to att^i
tie opening of tl e Annual reunion
he Texas division of Unit*
MASONS FINISH MEETING
Th
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| n
i . rtae, *
StMl T
Mr.' II
;laliy d
yaeh- t\
THREE MORE KILLED
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 159, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1906, newspaper, October 26, 1906; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc126332/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.