The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 2, 1907 Page: 2 of 16
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THE OLEOMA STAT * C'yTKL. SUI'TDAY MORNING, JUNE 2. 1907.
3t.u iMiji'MODi* xv;" V"(r ~> —V"*,'""KUROKI THE SUEST OF
„ r * | CHICAGO BUSINESS MEJN
lh ITS
CORRFCT
ITS AT
PETliRSENS
Japanese General Crcdit3 "Windy
$ « City" With One of the Most En-
:
thuiastic of His Receptions
I
"BATTER UP!
YOU'RE ON DECK
of
I lav tiic game "safe" and make a home run with one
PETERSEN:® NOBBY SUMMER SUIiS. j.
When dressad in our apparel it's easy to make the "-Rranc ^
stand plays" and receive the coatinuous applsusc ol tin-
critical pubic. ^I our tw
PICK THE WINNERS FROM S6.50 TO S25 CO
Chicago, June 1.-General Baron Knro-
kl, the- Japnnese war hero, was banquet-
ed here tonight at the Auditorium novel
by the Chicago commercial club. All of
Chicago representative business men
were at the dinner and General Kuronl
declared through h!« Interpreter that 4t
was one of the most enthusiastic recep-
tions he had revived since visiting
frl America. General Kurokl said:
1 "i am very grateful for your greet-
w | ings and it if a Kreat pleasure and prl-
' vll. ae to bo Invited to such a splendid
£ I banquet and to be able to meet such
a prominent gentlemen of such an Irnport-
M ant city. I thank you for your man
r o irtesles extended to our party, and
S [ tie re I drink to the prosperity of the club
y and every succcess for its members.'"
5 'I he toast was reived w th hearty .
* plau.-.e and was drunk standing.
General Greely Reples
General A W. Greely. who sat it
•p.aker's table, said
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r, '•] . -iker . in we. snhi
1 <X "The visit of this distinguished soid-
'J ier seems to me a warrant#of continued
^ & ! peac between America and Japan %'hloa
ft I is marked l\v friendly rivalry betwom
f. I.nr two urmies In the practice of ti.'-'
THERE'S A HAT FOR EVERY HEAD
WE'VE GOT THE HATS
Panama Hats
The finest grades of this sea
son productions.
$4.00 to $8.50
Close, Quick
Prices at
Petersen's
<$ailor Straws
The ever popular summer hat
in all'shapes and glares.
$1.00 to $3.50,
Goods Ex-
changed or
Money Re
funded
armies in the practice of tho
Ja panese military vlrtues-loyaity, eour
S I esy, uprightness and frugality- whlcd
SI are equally valuable to the body politic
€|in reac* war-
VI during the afternoon .General Kuro<i
$! visited the University of Chicago an I
11 nii.s given a rousing reception by thJ
^ students.
\ Ccneral Kurokl and his staff will to
morrow attend the baseball gam.- be
/ two en the Chicago American i^agu
team, and Detroit.
i rOR CATARRH of ttto no?
j 1 tliroat, stomach, bowels end nu■
d !,-iicatc onir.ns, taUo Mood's Snrsnp
|; rllla—it is A RADICAL CURf
|'POLICE TOO POOR
t TO BUY UNIFORMS;
$ WILL GIVE DANCE
ti Fppclal to iht
fl Kl K- Ml. June 1-El Reno's police fo«ve
>2 ;Vill n'ii'e ji grand ball In Red Men's nail,
* T, Friday evening June 7. When they vert
>z!«worn in they were ordered to buy unl-
2 formo out of their own poCKet. This .he
i • -
v-M «.c not able t" do as it takes that
.. ..." h with hard scratching to keep th 'r
A•^vv'V'', families a.r d pay taxes. A good crowd
. _ 1 will attend the'ball.
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SPORTING RETURNS
JHICAGO UNIVERSITY
PLAYED CROOKED' BALL
Ti e College Team Disbands Be-
cause Another Batted for the
Outfielder in the Game
CH^'iga. .Tttne 1. It Vas announced .it
v.. university of Chlcao todny that th.o
niversltv baseball team had been ««■ -
. ei iled from all participation In the In-
•! col'« :iti- I jiscball and that Coach
IV.-kituron had been dismissed.
The efct-ge Is made by the fithkt*.^
hoa-d thnt <**idctgo. In the gam- with
the university of Minnesota yesterday.
ivh'.~h was won by the latter team, plr"1'-
fd • ne man In c nter field and had an-
other but for him throughout the same.
The* trick was not discovered by Min-
nesota. Whin the matter was called to
the attention of th© athhtlc board it
< at nn " ln\ < rtlgntcd, with the re-
sult that the team was summarily bis-
banded today.
AT OAKLAND
San Francis"o, June 1 The (eature • f
the racing at Oakland this afternoon w
the mile r«ce in which five or the fan
est horses at«the track spot ted color;.
San Kara, off Hying. *was i ass.-d on the
back stretch by Optical, but latter f- il
hadtT beaten on cthe far turn where Fed-
ford 'set sail fo'r the leader. lie looked
to'have Pan Fnra collared at the saddllr^
IiaddocK but the mare drew awav und- i
the punishment and wni« by thre pa,:
of a length In 1:3S 2-6. which Is a new
:z, CADE REMEMBERS
ytiu's ago. Up|ets
SOLDIER "PAL
rational Republican Committee-1
man Has not Failed Once in 14
Yeirs to Decorate Grave
Why You Can't Win
in Wall Street
it rlearly nd forcibly t*ld In *n irticlt, "Wliit'j
' the Matter withi'Will Street '"i* the New Broadway
Magkeine for June Tlu ,* «cl« tflh atsrtlmj facts
abuut the b«iio oper*tioii , f W ll.Street—how the
;ast record for th
dd the previous rr
over this track twi.
were numerous (hiring the aftfrnoon.
Cabin tllHpiayed consjvc.i'as !mprov -
m 'it over his prcvlor.s race, and r, e
<.tlfct.iis may t;ik- •••;.n. UiWiam m-tr
liim Iho last Imr - ut. S.m Finn is 1 ■' '
-;iu vN'-iy til Ihe ntlh race.
THE O. A. K. FLOURISHING |
Sorri il I.. t<M ■t*t« Capital Sllcclll to the State tapltal..
Bartleavllla. I. T.. June l.-Th«.Okt.i- Kl Heno, Juno l-Hon. Ca\li Oafle wis
hama K naa Arfcanatw league is in ft a visitor In the city Thursday nisnt.
flpnrlahng condition, aald lT.--.|..nt Mc rout, hoitta t„ Shuwne# from Kln*«*.i -r
,npi • ,,f t| . r. ration v.tio w::s 'a ; where he had. been decorating the g i.o
tte city Inst night. Pa noni ylll i-rtiln or a„ oM aoWlar name. 1 Calmer For lie
,t_ finches A -• now nmpos-u* tifelpa t fourth in year® iMsli Oadt nM r-.-r
,!-<s . f bartlesville. South McAiestlet a decwatlon day go by without go-
I'arsons Mtisk^ ,ree Tulsa and F. 'tji.ig tod-Kingfisher to put flowers on tu*
Smith are represented in the nssocla-j grave of his old_ friend.
tlon.
METS RELEASE FRANK STARKEY
Special to the Stat Capital
Oklahoma City. June 1 —The uncondi- |
tlon'1 release of Frank Starke v of Pu- ,
. i, Citiii. last yeai a member of the; Retired' Texas Merchant
Pueblo team >>f the \V«ate n league, as
a member of the local tcurn was
noun cod t.dav bv President's. C. Iley-
snan. Starkey has bt ■ <\ playing short
stop but when BU:y White was sfcured
• t.in the Omaha t-am he w i- \ ■ "'"d
the bench. Tw.. tin. •' strong p'" v.'rs wii!
likely join the lu 1 t«-a:n in a few days.
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25c Suiting, 19c
36 inch Bradford Suiting--an-
other new cotton fabric that has
cleverly caught the looks of wool.
White and mixed grounds with
smari stripe—effects in black;
o-ravs with stripes in soft, pretty
colors; blue, tan atid green hair
line blacks—all very smart, good
effects. Their usefulness for waists
.childien's dresses and tailored stnts
will impress you at
once, yard .
^ ii' jou nre inter-
ested in mcney
saving valves.
■ The gist cf our story to-day is
expressed in dollar signs and they
stand for the amount you
sav.e by buying at l&amsay's.
Rather than discourse on conceded
merits we prefer to speak of reas-
onable prices.
_ Let the figures talk—
36-in-. Wool Suiting, 3lJc
These materials are 36 inches
wide and are shown in the latest
weaves of sprges and mixtures in
beautiful light colorings of white
and black checks and-stripes and_
panama plaid mixtures in talis,
grays, etc. They have always
sold at 58 and 65c, but it is right
nojv th it we sacrifice on these cloths
and vou get the benefit. Indiapens-
1 fTn able for ladies' skirts, suits, nQp
I JC c'c- Exceptional value at JJU
1
,1
75 Cent N.w Silks for 48 Cents.
•About 200 yards left of these beautiful new silk suiting in latest
-nlnrmes of light and medium shades of b'ue,. tan green, gray, e •
me patterns are in dress and shin waist lengths and to close out this
lot at a radical reduction they all go this ^ QflfJ
week at, yard
On Wash Goods
We have some odd lengths and patterns of
whita madras and colored washable fabrics that
are most useful in the summer wardrobe for
practical, every day dresses and waists, wrap-
pers, negligees, bovs' blduses. They all sold
at from 25c to 45c yard. If you want them to
cost litte, dont let these small priced cottons get
away before you get some of 1 tp
them at 1 UU
Ladies' Umbrellas
26 inch umbrellas of black piece dyed Taffeta
tape edge, princcss loop, congo handles, best
paragon frames. These days of much ram make
this popular umbrella a mucll needed arl1^^
An exceptional nil
value at V •'
Tailor Made Belts
This belt is made with five and seven rows of
tucked lawn on g.ood foundation, has either gilt
or silver buckles and come in all sizes 24 to 30 m
We made a special purchase of 24 dozen of
ili?se belts in order to sell them at HLp
the low price of.
."FECIAL TBAIN FOR
BODY OF W. B. WOMACK
WESTERN ASSOCIATION
WICHITA 4; SPRINGFIELD 1
Wi,-irm. June 1.—«pttntt.l4 k i <> h
ti,:-,, him "fr 'J' Clark t >1-1 v mill Wichita
link the (£:in« hy thf iicure of 1 J. ^
! SorifrlrtteM nono 001 oo- l? 1
tuuui ii c " " „
broken w«fk—wh t it mean* to .trade ution mar-
gin"—in riwrt, tJIsithe t ory tl.tht world's grtat-
est tpc« IWto)V etmttr fr m a new viewpoint, anil
with authority
"Th.imnfM ti th. aMwlMolt" is am.Vin- arti-
cle of i«item t.4t;ttJH of thr power with
wtiich'dtiJ pMrfon grip«; t in«n<l!i npon Ihouinnds
—im..Qie w y t<K beftora' violate the lnw. (
t.men aotf' wpimu i« t*« metropolitan rati; ^
and of ill* iwrtnl miewy'whirh follows in i; ■
Wkllit
ion
• 0 i
the w
;;ame
*\vaki
I.eayry of Modwn Hotels" parades
JH U 1 a Uivn '
tevt and iet rc-«he princoly palaces wt\ich hj
ma4a r vaiiS« amaaement of the world a'
trayfUri.
The Work of ,,Fainter, with reproduc-
tion# of some ofikis famous ninstfrpieces. is toH ■ i
another typintrl Iroadway"Special, and a nli5wing ac-
count,of the • .
Brilliant Sowty Colony t Tuxedo Park, with
many.beautiful portraits of society's queens, is fur-
nished in still another of these splendid Broadway
features t
!n addition to these artiijes there are
EIGHT SPLENDIDLY SPARKLING
SHORT STORIES
by such favorites as Eleanor Gates, Mary Wi'i •
mina Kasiinga, John Kendrick Bangs, Edith J. Hn
bcrt, E^witi L. Sakin, and others. •
These itorie# are all so infused with life .v
optimiam that no one who loves a good tale we.!
told can afford to mist them. The regular, depart
ments whioh have made Broadway famous the past
year are better than ever:— #
A Review of the Season's Plays
Prominent People Paragraphed
Verse and
Magnificent Illustrations
You will find all these good things in
The NEW
Hatter iff Partridge and
•It-,i k ind Weaver.
Olmstoad; and
OKLA. CITY 3; HUTCHINSON 2
Oklahoma City. June !• Page's mij
, inhir-, with Tilt «!)?«• "■ i: '!
i i-iv hire hits r.ave th<> Mets to.r
^Pcoi-e- * R M V.
Ok I a t'ltv 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 x >'
ilutchlnaon • 0 0 0,^00 0^2 0 «. i J
. j *; y . fi •• s; P:'l.;ii:st and
and Fi
nancier Died at Sulphur Yester- i
d y of Pneumonia
Special to the State Capital.
fii.lphir, I. T. June ] —\V. n. Wo ma o it |
aped .7 a retired north Tt*xas mercnant
and financier, died at his home In Sul-
phur today of pneumonia^ Hi wu tn
con of NV. O. Wamack of J)allas and
j, rand son of W. L. Wtnnack <<f Rociw-ll.
His nephew P. C'. Moore sherman wis
at his bevlsld.^ when the t-nd came. The
remains wiil be taken to \Vhttewri«?nt b's
old home for burial. A special train hear-
ing the remains will leave Sulphur to-
morrow morning at 8 o'clock.
Hp recently completed a palatial nam* |
In this city. _
IB EEMC'NSTANCE
ON HOLIDAY ILLEGAL'
El Keno Saloonists Seeks Manda-
mus to Conroel the Issuance of]
a Protested License
See Our
Window
Curtain
Display
Theodore Tilton
"The Way of the Transgressor is Hard."
Ho Began as An Inspired Teacher and Ended Almost as
Outcast' A Disgraced, Dishonored and Unhappy Man
TOPF-KA 1-1: WEBB CITY 0 3
>P,d;.i. I*an.. June 1. TtfyeKa w
-t name by superior hitting. TI
Kl Reno. June 1-H
^|.ty. applied for a Hci
Paulsen o
' st? tn, sell
City
First
tuning out J to 1
! Theodore Tilton lms just (lied in
Paris at th* age "I 72 Sueh I? the
I life of a man who In his time aetecl
r"mix. I -nary parts. He began as an insplr-1
lOo it '.0 | ; M endecl almost an outcast—
- . | a*"* °n M:i> th. PauUtn npw cla aw .,lg„rai.,.,i dlihonored and unhappy
•n 'nalngs. V\ebl),,hat May aoth being a legal holiday a .id |;' «' * • pro)lut.t . ,r Nc York
I .'trance
filed
mtainii
n n E
'• r-hn ..yy
\'.bb City1 —
liytnrlan Hal!'
o o o o niooo
ooooooooo-
d llenry; 1
JCPL1N €; LEAVENWORTH 1
Joplln, June 1. I'ntll the ninth, i^nv-
o o o -i 8 n
erhlll; and
legal objections having been filed ne
intioi sep why he should not receive l''s
■ • sc. The county clerk refused to s-
it ili? license «>n demand. Paulsen ip-
,irt\l before Judtr«- Irwin, and :.sk l
i a writ c-f niAml imua to compel ihe
■ • rly « It rll to Ifsiu- tfe ".I'eiisc T •
tidKr his th^ caso under advi^m^.tt.
proposed location for' the saloon i" ! ^
i thp new throi' story 'hotel re«v it'.y j hl'y
:> 'tftV by J'ans Paulsen near the
1 >o'ts Island dfpot.
M.tlarla,Makes raJo r;ckly Children.
■ Ol,! S:«'.i'!-e 11e I-'-. T. t\r- • C1.'11 *1 'v
„... in ilnrla .:• ! V<:M up the ►y-te-e
.. ' M 'li-rler. ' '
HAYES PRAISES PEFSTDENT
"MAGAZINE
'15 Cent*
For JUNE
ALL NEWSSTANDS
$1 .BO n Veur
Delegate Says Oklahoma Will Get
- e Chance to Vote
11 wyes of
i-r>e
Phlfkasha. was a v'sit<
terday. The delegate '
from Washington, but
visit John J.
faithful that
'am
vot
all kinds ar
,> said Tevldv
nnj that 1:
about Willi
I v;i'*t liipgu.
he 1* certain
• to vote f« r
!(<• had noti ag to
Mirrfvj-.
iroute home
i, l over to
vo toll the
, (e.fl for
leserlptio'u.
th<- salt < f
ids* to gi-e
\\, did not
■ the prVi-
i' n una '1
iM .uial a ad
HEALTHY SCHOOLMA'AM
. Found How How to Feed Acrsclf
Mar, school teavhers, at the nil of
thior year's work, foci thoroughly cx-
! i and worn phyivmly ar,1
mentally. The demand upon the ner-
s and brain of a teacher Is unusual
ai ut,' they ar ■ well fed und f«*d
properly selected food. It Is nat-
ural that they should run dnvn,
A little woman* teacher in Mich, who
I . s be-n teaching regularly for a
number J f years, has always found
herself thoroughly ex/iausted at the
• nd of the s<s*ion, until within the
i vt yar. shf has made use of Orap^
\' it*- food with the result that she
. ion-'-l the year as a robust, healthy,
strong, vigorous woman, having gain-
' id in* weight from 9< pounds to 120.
j h« r nerves strong, fnce bright and
I *■-beery, and really a wor/ler to all her
fri. nds. who constantly comment on
her color and strength. She knows
exactly to what change Is attr!bu->
ted, for Ir, the years past, living on
•idlnary food, she has almost broken
down before the school year rfoxed,
vhen as. since u«tng Orupe-Nuts, this
ehatige has been brought about;
(' pee prima fade t f the value
l i tin and nerve eent« rs. "There's a
Ri-ason." Head "The Uoad to Well-
Ta
City. He was a membcy -i IP ury
W.'Vd th'ch.r- famous Plyntouth
ilutrch He ear)y attractpd tho nt-
iintftin .of th'- freat praaoher and_
\ ho graduated from ;f io"i I1-
,; ,.r secured lilm a pn^iij.m "ii the
K, «• York Ir,dependent, tiv , mi;
Btuven. It "as tho Rl'e:it
rtllglous weekly "f the day ui the, pi t-
when the weekly paper'was the ureal
political eductal T-Al and n< nil f- -
tur of "the n:iti(in. '1'ilton f'-l1 i:i 11'"
with a yiuriB ts«rl named Ei:>'.ahetii
M Richards Beecher married them
received Into thalr horn* M
a gtther aimosj. Tilton speedily l)f
,,,,,, famous 'As a edit
he has already been suf,
(uyP- was warm and glowing, his <Tlr-
tion lofty and impressive, he was him-
si^f as bWl(l*ome as U tjreek K'al He
vent upon the lecturc plot form Ju4-'
hi the time when this was a popular
a ti favorite .metllod of Instruction
l.ifp km mejl tovh' all ro^. s ,ind whii'
, ,.,i , ..,im In the midst of this,
th") re e.ime a thunderbolt out of the
sky. Tilton discovered that
Pcr-rher ho seduced his \vif"
confer sell her f.'Mt and Tliti.n
And here Is u part of unwritten
history which was clveli to ti.is editor
I, th. son ' t II " i'.v 1' i'"«< it Tilton
n.nde nn a lult up<1h a lady cor.ioctcd
■- llli th J. ■ York lnd pendent Sh
n ■ entrd it and reported Jt to you,is
llownn. Who, in the alisenre of his
fat lit was manat?in,T the N .v Ynrk
Independent- Tilton ,said tfl h-r that
his -iction wns no worse than lleecher
hud performed up'11 his wife, niul
which he had perpetrated upon Mrs
noweiv When young ltow. n hear !
this he peremptorily discharged riltou
from his position with the New York
Independent. Tilton .ailed upon Ucech-
Ladies Vests Special
Blcached s\viss ribbed vest with tape neck and
sleeves. The vest everyone thinks is a good thing
when they sell it at 12 1-2C. Our summer under-
wear dep't is complete and we have this Q^l a
extraordinary value at.
Ladies Waists
These waists are of fine sheer material made
in latest styles with embroidery front and em-
broidery trimming. Extraordinary 02 fjjj
value at
Ladies Skirts
The^e tailor made skirls are of good weight
fine quality auto.linen, They are cut full and
plaited. If you do not wish to pay
where get in on this $2i50
Ribbon Special
We have a quantity of colored pure silk taf-
feta ribbon three and one half and four
wid« regular 25c and 1 Qp
35c Special IJU
Remember
Our Salur-j
day Night
Sales
v., nilict but. never lost his hold upon
the people and the fr.ct that h • had
been sued for damages gave color la
the asertion that it is a ease of black-
mail and that-Tilton tried to m i ;
money out of it. Kvery one cohm-cted
with the case testiiied against I oei li*
er, but such was his supe-. b confldenco
,hls magnificent a* umpt:> n, his re-
markable nerve, aiyi M* tremond u«
fi re-. that he obtained the verdict in
spite of the evidence, in spite of com-
mon sense and in suite of popular •
lief in his nuiit Shorty after th.a
he toured the contl'y under the rn
\A • toured 1 . < juncty under the m in
iiveni-1,' of MaJ "• Pond. It i* p:l!(1
that he gave* the profits of his lectur-
ing tour, to pay the expenses of the
doJVnse. but never in his lif'' '
leceived wKh such manifestation -C
popular favor as on- thi:; tour. In, tho
meantime Tilton had formed a friend-
*hlii for a daughter of old Jeremiah
I'l.rtiss wliu owned* the patent med.
cine Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup,
and she pensioned htm and ««nt ,n 11
ai-r.-ad to I'aris, where he lived In se-
clusion. His wife overeomo by sor-
tow, bIiruled by Tier tear.;, died n_
Chicago of apoplexy a few years ai-o.
N«nv Theodore, n broken and dishon-
or 1 man, passes away in his exile.
:itrikir,T example of a man who h:is
lest everything in this «■ id that men
l„ Id of valu- -.hoi-.n, frlen-lshi*, p. .-
Kit ion. those tlihms that logs.; lifo
worth living. Kfu* vi.ars he " ■ ■VI '
In li.rls. the life of a pariah. Now I10
dies, le.iving only the wherewithal t'
joint a moral to adopt a lalo
Alas, peer Tilton. We krft'W him when '
In the Hush of youth and pride of pow-
er he essayed to lay down the law for
the republie. Only a few w eks be-
f,,]-e't'.e disclosure of Be«"linr' rela-
tli ns with his wife, be leored Grant
and Sheridan becaus*-- ^hendun on, .1
gundaj morning ha i colled 4'• I''*11
Grant at the White.H ill" an I when
the two lert, after a convivial botti-f
Pheridan walked down, ^ennsytvan a
1.venue. mnnlf.^tlr.T: by unsteady st-ps
Ihe fervor of the encounter, a Met
that Tilton held V he an Ipstancr 't
demoralUatlon. Ar,d yet. at that very
time, he was endeavoring to oonowU
In h!s own family, a condit on
thlr.cn compared with which con\ v
I,lll\ Is a virtue. "I.et the dead pn-t
bury its deatf" 'The example of ni-
ton'shows that the outward observance
,.f the formalities of society rtoes r.it
conenai the ranker within, and that
wo may talk as mueh,as we like about
things but aftej- all. the broad prin-
ciple, friendliness, wipen-heartedm 1,
Iclliidllness are the foundatt'in "f that
vii'tuo Hint must maiflfost lU«-li
,r lo re-lnstatt him. Young Bower,
siood out- It was i-n Insult to his
mother which young Bowen would not
overlook. Aiter various Interviews
und 6ndgavors to heal up tile trouble,
Tilton precipitated the llglit by suing
I t, flier fpr diima Res, placlr.t hi.-
thiini or JluO.OOO. Tills put Tilton at
1 o : advafltge. It showed thill he. was
V iling to eondote- his wronc for mon-
ey. Beecher was iiuieit to seize the
opportunity. In his congregation was
Thomas G. Shearman, the noted single
i-xer the r: ;ht arm of Jim Klsk and
.1 (Souid,. the man who had enabled
those old sharks, to steal the Erie
lilroad. lie' took up the cause, of
her and devoted himself to the
i Tense of tie great .Brooklyn orator.
is said that he expended in this
ause nearly one hundrod thousand
dollars, an emlrmous sum ir, 'hose
Beecbtf'o wife uneonselo.isly
aided the defense. Bbo was a jealous,
unsymi athetic woman who w'lsntp
1 tier husband but who b.-el litt .■
-mpathy for ihe worner, who clus-
tered around him, and who ministered
him as to an ovan-tel The trial
■ ■ her denied everj'thlng .there wes
was the most pictureso.uo thing that
b id hitherto «aken rilaee In Amerlea.
no.doubt In the minds of the.
'the general public^hat he lied "like a
gentleman," an \*s said later "f .1
F'mllar'actoin In the case of i,ie Prlnee
Of Wales. The New York Sun alone
nnd the Chicago Tribune took the op
pi. site side. The Now York Sun want-
ed needier to retain an attorney who
had helped tlj Sar, through many
shady transactions, and because the
friends of Peeeher 4*efuaeil, "the Sun
turned against him. The Chicago Trl
Pune had as special correspondent
Alfred Townsend. He s^pured
the., ir of Tilton and obtained the or-
i. imil l^ttei*. which Bee, her had wrlt-
trn atyl because of this the Tribune
..!,.,,,1 by lliiton. The rest of Ihe press
tif the e'mftilry *ere fulliiful to Beecher
nnd the great preaeher came out of
the suit scarred und woundud lu the
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 2, 1907, newspaper, June 2, 1907; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc126514/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.