The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 267, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 22, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1908.
NUMBER 267
BURNED TO CRISP V
FURNACE OF FLAME
+ -*• + +
THE WEATHER.
(Associated Press.)
Washington. Feb. :l. For
' + cast for Oklahoma Fair and +
I «fr warmer Saturday. Sunday fair. <f
SARAH HIGHI
MEETS HER
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Gasoline Stove Exploded
While She Was Ironing-[
House Burns Twenty!
Minutes Before Help Ar-
rives—Fire Department's i
(juick Work
Yesterday an industrious housewife
attending to the daily labors; then a
terror stricken woman, fighting a veri-
table Hades of flames today a charred
mass of flesh and bones at Patterson's
morgue.
Mrs. Sarah C. H ght, wife of Ed-
ward E. Hight, farmer and laborer,
formerly a restaurant keeper, as
burned to death at their home yester-
day afternoon, one block south of the
city water works.
Gasoline explosion is iihe cause of
her death. While ironing her cloth-
ing became ignited and she instantly
became a mass of flames.
Being overcome she struggled blind-
ly to effect an e t and for twenty-five
minutes she burned before an alarm
was given. When assistance came, she
was dead.
Without doubt ono of the most pe-
culiar fires known in the city's history
was that of yesterday afternoon which
burned to death Mrs. Sarah Hight.
Peculiar from the point of view thut
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ATTENDANCE HAS
INCREASED MUCH
Special to the State Capital.
Muskogee. Okla. Feb. 21—The at-
tendance at the Osage Indian schools
has picked up wonderfully within the
past few days on acount of a notice
that has been issued by Indian Agent
Ret Millard at Pawhuska.
Beginning March 9, the Usages are
to draw a per capita payment of $100.
There is a federal statute which com-
pels the parents of Indian children to
send their children to school where the
schools are provided, and in case of
failure the secretary of the interior is
authorized to withhold the regular is-
suance of clothes and any annuity
payments. The agent has served no-
tice that he intends to hold out on this
payment in cases w here parents have
refuse to send their children to school,
and there is a general scramble on
the part of the Indians to keep their
children in the schools until the pay-
ment is made.
••AMERICAN FLEET MAY
STOP IN AUSTRALIA
Fish Will Keep Names
of His Friends Secret
(Associated Frets)
New York. Feb. 21 - Stuvesamt Fisti
has given out the following sUUcment
and mailed a copy to stockholder* in the
Illinois Central:
"The iloai Parte\ Q. Brill. Judge of th
superior court of Cook oonnty, Ills.. \es-
I terday dissolved the injunction which h
I had granted on October 11. WW restrain-
ing tlie I' 11 ion Pacific company and the
I Railroad Securities compmy from vot-
ing the 281,*31 share* of IHinola Central
stock held by thein. which constitute
I nearly three tenths of the total capital
of nine hundred and fifty thousand four
hundred shares.
"Proxies have been Riven to Mr. Clia*.
M. Beach. Mr. J. Dew Cutting and my-
i self, by many of those in the servl-v of
I die company, by shippers resident of
ing ii u i i material and supplies, or
teres ted ,11 industries dependent on
railroad for transportation and l>\ <
who fo
desire
• done
it
hat
Mi
"An the voting
of neccflsitN leave in the 'lands of t
Illinois ( entral Railroad < ompwn> a p<
manent record of all those |n win
names proxies are voted. It i* due to I
stockholder* In America and in F.urc
allk. that I should say that if an
them wish to withdraw, they have l
to advise of the fact, in which case si:
ptaxies will he withdrawn from pres«
tat Ion at the stockholders meeting .1
if so required, thereafter returned
those who executed them.
"First in war, first in ] • acc and first in the hearts of his coun-
try men." such ivas rhp t'nth r of Ti is country' wliosj fWTi wirt' Be
celebrated today throughout this broad land.
George Washington, who was so loved by his soldiers that they
desired to make him king at which he declared, "Let me conjure
ro one saw the are until too late to.jou, if you have any regard for \ our country, concern for yourself
save her. although only two hundred . . . ,
or your posterity, or respect forme, to banish these thoughts from
your mind," was firmly fixed in the thoughts and imaginations of
the American people. And juslly, too, for when congress placed
its entire trust in hird in a time of discouragement and reverse
such was his personal firmness, 'lis patience and judgment that out
of misfortune, he brought victory and made the American people
truly independent.
On this day it is customary for the people, young and old to
commemorate the birth of George Washington by patriotic exer-
cises. combining the joyful celebration of the father of the inde-
pendence of America with the reverence for a lofty minded, selt
sacrificing and wise gentleman.
The schools of Guthrie held Washington's Birthday exercises of
a patriotic nature yesterday No business will be carried 011 in the
city today, a legal holiday.
yards away her husband was working
in the barn.
Mr and Mrs. llight lived in a house
belonging to the Rock Islanfl railroad,
on the right of way south of the
water station about 900 feet. Mrs.
Hight was Ironing yesterday afternoon
and it is supposed that she was at-
tempting to regulate the gasoline, when
the stove exploded.
The room In which the stove was lo-
cated is evidently the dining room,
and opens off into the bed room, this
latter room being situated on the north
side of the house. Into this room Mrs.
Hight ran without doubt endeavoring
to wrap herself in bedclothes to extin-
guish the flames. That she was over-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES
MAY GET AN ANNUITY
(Associated Press)
Washington. Feb. 21.—The president
today .sent to the senate a report from
the keep commission recommending the
reapointment of superanuated employes
in the classified civil service of the gov-
ernment. A bill accompanying the re-
port approved by the civil service reform
leugue provides for a deduction from the
employes salary of fl sufficient percen
ta«e monthly to create a fund to pay an-
nuities equal to one and a half per rent
of such salaries. Retirement ages are
from 60 to TO years.
Russia is Ashamed of
the Stoessell Verdict
WEALTHY BACHELOR MURDERED
(Associated Press)
Wabasha, Minn., Feb. 21.—Ben Roem-
er whs murdered last night in his home
in Pepin township by two unknown men.
He was 72 years of age, and a bachelor,
quire .-ealtliy.
Associated Press
St. Petersburg, Feb. 21-—The passing
of sentence of death yesterday by a
court martial upon Lieutenant General
Stoessel, who
cowardice and treason
Port Arthur to the Japa
with little satisfaction
triad on charges of
sun endi tin
:, is received
t!hP Russ in
Ln
in
YOUNG ENGINEER DEAD.
(Associated Pta**)
Chicago. Feb. 21.—Max E. Elehberg.
aged 29 widely known In ronectlon with
electric lighting. eoal mining: and var-
ious other enterprises, died last night.
ONLY WASHINGTON BUSINESS.
(Associated Press.)
Washington. Feb. 21. Ry special or-
der only business pertainipg to the Dis-
trict of Columbia was considered in the
house today.
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DESERTED BECKHAM.
(Associated Press.)
Frankfort. Ky. Feb. 21.—Rep-
resentative Arnett left Beckham
today and voted for Congressman
James for senator. The vote;
Beckham f.T. Bradley f.T: James
2: Campbell 2; Allen 1, Fehr 1;
Blackburn 1.
oapitoi, where it l.s felt thai the trial <>f
Generals Stoessel, Fook. Relss and
Smirnoff has done practically nothing to-
ward establishing the rial responsibility
for the Toll of the fortress.
The court indeed, fixed the extent °f
the guilt of Stoessel and others, but ncg-
WILLING TO WORK-
NEGROES NOT LAZY
Special to the State Capita).
Lawton, okla., Feb. 5*1. • A delegation
of negroes from the east end of this city
visited the city council at Its meeting
last night and submitting a list of sev-
enty-five negroes, stated that this num-
ber is willing and anxious to receive
work, and asked that the list be filed
with the city clerk, so that applicants
for negro help may secure them from
this list.
Many members of the negro population
have recently been placed under arrest
for vagrancy and it is the desire of those
who visited the council to prevent the
feeling that the negro population Is a
dead weight to the city.
MADE A BIG BLUFF
(Assoclated Press)
pittsfleld, Mass.. Feb. 21 After board-
ing a fast Boston to Chicago freight
truln near the Chester station of the
Boston and Albany early today, threat-
ening the conductor with revolvers, and
rifling the cars, five tramps led Pltts-
field officers an exciting chase and final-
ly escaped. No one was Injured and no
shots were fired.
letted to Judge the situation of which
they were the product. It declined to ad-
mit testimony regarding the prepare-1-
ness of the fortress ;1t the beginning nf
the war. the role of the navy In the <le-
fensp of a marine stronghold, and other
underlying factors in the "humiliation >f
Russia.
The newspapers today express sym-
pathy with General Stoessel. and derlai.*
that the death sentence undoubtedly will
be commuted. They demand also that
General Kuropatkln, vlceor.v Alexieff
and other officers still more Intimately
responsible fur the loss of the war he
placed on trial.
EASTERN CAPITAL
TO BUILD SULPHUR
Special to the Stale Capital.
Sulphur. Okla., Feb. 21.—Sulphur Is
full of northern and eastern capitalists
today and a number of larae real estate
deals are being negotiated. There are
also a number of wealthy men from old
Oklahoma negotiating for Sulphur real
estate. L. w. Johnson and associates
of Oklahoma Cltv closed a deal thl«
morning for the Fant addition to Sul-
phur. paying Col. J. R. Fant $15,000 for
the property.
The Johnson company will set a large
force of men to work immediately side-
walking this property and grading the
streets. Only homes of a modern type
will be permitted to be built on this ad-
dition.
L A WTON"[S*TO PAVE
Special to the State Capital.
the Stat
Lawton. Ok In.. Feb. .'I. At a meeting
of the city council last night, the city
clerk was authorized t«> advertise for i> <1?
for the laying of fourteen blocks of pa\ •
ing through the business districts of the
city Bids are ,-ilso to be advertised f"t
the mountains,
formed a reaen
works system,
improvements a
flftc
-foot da
vhlc
air for the
Contracts f
AND MEN
AT LIB
f
Ships Are Visited Daily by
Peruvians—Women Vastly
interested in Big Fight-
ers-Uncle Sam May
Send Them East
(Associated Press) "
Li'ii" f-eb. Rear Admiral Rvanft
has given orders that the snips of the
"'••i -dmit xisltors dully from two ii
nv. |, HI . x,*pt Whfn tli«y sr.. , ualitiK.
I III- ordci is very pleasing to the Peru-
vl1"' ^ ho a re not slow to take advantage
of Mm- courtesy extended. Yesterday af-'
ternoon several Peruvian families visited*
the Kentucky. The women were vastly'
phased in viewing the battleship and[
• n li.inted with the attention aceordei
them. Dancing was suggested, the ofll-
-ers of i he battleships responded gal-'
lantlx and an Impromptu ball wan given-
III-- music being furnished by the shin i
band.
Hear Admiral Evans is feeling betted,
this morning. Bui he still has to walls'
with the aid of a cane.
Lieutenant Cordter, the naval attach*
of the United States is a frequent guesty
on board the warships.
TI i• Central and South American
Telegraph com pan .\ received from Ad-
miral Kvans a communication thanking-
it for the privilege accorded to Ameri-
< in officers of sending free of chargtt
ocial family messages to the LTiiituA
States.
MAY GO TO AUSTRALIA
(Associated Pr«w)
Washington, Feb. 21. An exceedingly*
cordial invitation to have the American,
fieri visit Australia has been extended
by Hon. Alfred Deakin, prime minister
of Australia. Secretary Root in ac-
knowledging the invitation, remarked
The eventual movements of our fleet
have not yet been determined. While it
N probable that the vessels will return
way of Suei. I would be glad If som*
uf them could be sent by the Australian^
rout- but ft would be premature i<*
promise this."
Secretary Ml* ten If in making publlo
the invitation today expressed the grat-
ltinh )f the navy department for tins
• nihility expressed and said that tlm
matter would be taken under consideru-
tioi
SCULPTRESS IS DEAD.
Be lie Feb. 21. Vlfss Harriett Hos-
ier the sculptress, died todd> at her*
ome tn Watertown after an illness o£
bou< three weeks.
TO WELCOME TAFT TO BUFFALO
Special .lo t'iie State Capital.
Buffalo. N. Y.. Feb. 31—'Democrats
will join with republicans in greeting
Secretary Taft when he arrives here to
momiw to deliver a Washington's birth-
day address before bliu Ellicot club on
the occasion of the annual dinner of
that organisation. Elaborate plans for
the reception and entertainment of the
secretary have been made.
Tine democratic society of western
Vew York has passed a resolution in
A'hlch It declare® i he members will
"honor themselvs" by welcoming Sec-
retary Taft "to a cIty w'nloii has given
(lie nation two president* and l which
in oomnron with her slstor municipali-
ties- throughout the land.
la meters of Washington
tos the father and savior
reveres vh
an,| Lincoln
if our coun-
+ + + + + + <• + + +
TAFT IDEA SUPPORTED.
'Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 21.—-Secre-
retary Taft made an argument
before the senate committee of
the Philippines to Increase the
Philippine commission to nine
members The bill was report-
ed favorably.
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DEMOCRATIC FACTIONS
PROMISE MUCH FUN
MUM1ANT PUN
TO LOCATE ALL SCHOOLS
Have Scheme to Sidetrack All Towns Not Favored
Tliem-Uiirant, Nowata, Taleqnah, Checotah and
Muskogee to Get All the Plums
by
%
+ Special to The State Capital.
* Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 21.— This city
+ is the scene of possibly the strangest
+ democratic convention ever held in the
+ territory known as Oklahoma. Hun-
+ dreds of democrats are here and from
J appeareances itortighth about every one
+ of the fanhful has brought a sharp
knife with him and is ready to com-
mence sticking in every direction their
bosses—Murray, Haskell, Bellamy,
Cruce, Hoffman, Turner or the little
fellows ho have a following may di-
rect.
Governor Haskell was on the ground
early today and it was# quietly inti-
mated that he hoped the people of
Muskogee would see that any endeavor
to indicat* that Murray was a greater
favorite than he be out-yelled, as a re-
sult o ft his. it is said there has been
organized a crowd of boomer^ who
will pack the convention hall anil that
when the proper signal is given there
will be h wonderful Haskell demonsta-
tion. These same people understand
The location and erertlon of the vari
out public buildings of the state form
one of the greatest matters of Import
ance to be decided by the present legis-
lature. In the senate the chairman of
the public buildings committee is Sen-
ator Eggerman of Shawnee, while the
house chairmen Is William A. Durant.
It has been practically determined
that the state university at Norman will
be rebuilt, alao the colored university
at Langston ,l>ot'i of whlrth institution*
were recently deal rove 1 by fire Another
buiMhig will be added to the three nor-
mals at lOdmond, Weatherford an«l Alva.
In addition to these buildings. It n3w
looks like Durant, Nowata and Tahle-
quah will get the additional three nor-
mal schools Of I he stale. The school
for the blind goes to I'hccotaih, the sec
end insane asylum to McAlester or Mus-
kogee und a deaf end dumb school is yet,
to u. located.
The above locations form the slate,
agreed upon between Speaker Murray
and Representative Durant, of Durant,
Murray h house whip. They figure th.u
the locations above named will bring lo
them sufficient sup|iort fnnn the various
legislators representing those commun
Itles that they will be able to whip
through these location*, despite the . f-
forts that other towns of ehe state ire
planning on making to secure sonic of
t'lese Institutions.
The Murrav Durant plan is | > make ■;
the location* a cut-and-dried ffa r
placing the Institutions to a t i. m-
•elves and !>• •' itlvcl.\ 6 and aTVolmelv
shutting out all other applicants with-
out even hearing. It is understood,
however .that other cities who are ap-
plicants are preparing to contest this
slate and the public building lobby he, >
will outshine the ono that visit Guthrie
during the famous couuty seat and coun
ly boundary tight*
• X
+ 4 + + + + + + + +
WHAT THEY WILL DO.
Today at Muskogee the Murray-
Cruce-HaskMI factions of the
democratic party will line up for
battlo, but no matter what does
happen It Is expected a story of
harmony will be sent out. Mur-
ray, who Is backed by the legis-
lature. feels that the governor has
slighted him. Cruce followers
think the governor hat. "double-
crossed" their favorite while Has-
kell must fight to retain his own-
ership of the democratic party.
The United States senators were
forced out of the "aca by Mur-
ray and the lieutenant governor
must battle to seat his delegation.
MURRAY HAS
WHIP AND
USESiT
that thee are not to be over enthus-
iastic for any of the other leaders, es-
i-ci u!i\ Murra> and *■ * rmolt the
friends of Muit.ij have sttfrt--d amove
ment to demonstrate to the Haskell
element that heir friend Murray is
equally fls popular, If no more so than
the man they claim is endeavoring to
on Munay's boom for govern-
Murray in Control
in control,
having for
J The Murrav crowd
the speaker of the 1
the past several week
for that very purpose
Haskell element prov
Is Intimated Murra,
sin if
put
or.
been working
iiid should the
troublesome it
friends will
f the govern-
wipe the name
Oi- oil ibe slate and put some one else
in his place. There are plenty of
names to select from and it Is evident
the spaker feels that he has a chance
to get even with the governor for the
recent endeavors to call him down be-
cause of Murray's endorsement of
measures which have been tar from
pleasing to the governor.
There is a hard fight being made to
sette all the differences before the con
vention convenes, word having been
passed around to the eect that William
Jennings Bryan Intends sending them
a message and that he hopese there
will be no open war fare'at the flint
MAY HAVE NATIONAL SLATE
Chicago Feb J That He«rst In-
dependence league ma. decide to put -i
third national ticket in the field llib
year is admitted by th? 1. ague leader-
who are gathering in Chicago today lor
a national conference to be held tom. i
row. Adherents of the He<.rst body are
here from New York. Huston. Sit. Fran
i-
id
he outlined at tomorrow's confers no*.
Afterward an adjournment will bi taton
intll Oil Denver convention has chotlB
i candidate.
Tin fact tha: Hearst and Bryan held
long consultation ;it the former's hom«
> it > sonic tImie ago is regardeo
ing the Independence leaj
bo.lv and for holding*
doiph Hi-arst Is expected
meeting tomorrow.
. It is understood that a
atlo
eniocratlc
It ryan r
Mimed tha
preside
t! hi I tick, t a
name at t -e toflk
Haskell Wants Compromise
The iliskell people are straining
every nerve to get m me kind of com-
promise out of the tangle, but up to
tonight the Murray element seemed
absolutely In conrtol of the situation.
the a'livai of the special from duth- ^
rio with m<tubers of the legislature I
proved an addition to (he Murray eie- 1 +
ment and contrary to the belief that ! *
CONTINUED ON PAQE 2, COLUMN 2.
LOGAN COUNTY WILL BE
INSTRUCTED KOR TAFT
Seeley Sentiment for Delegate Grows With for Rig Secre-
tary—The liross Vote Demands Taft-No
Dissension in Honks
WHAT THEY WILL
the govhrm r
ganise l It dei
th" real ho-1
had Ihe legislature
eloped that Murra\ wa*
Haskell was greeted
ue, but Murrav was the
♦ + + ♦ + ♦
. klndlv it i
^ I whole show
•f. Tin- hcllaniy faction, although close-
+ l\ with the governor on a working
♦ proposition that they must assist in
+ making good the promises made
J <'ruee are busy endeavoring to smash
the Murray hlate, which tonight reads
for the delegates at large.
William Murray, J. B. Thompson,
♦ + ♦ Thomas lx yle, Oovernor UfwkelL
Oklahoma's democratic Host*
are .gathering in Muikogee today
for the suts convention. The
convention will select four del?
(jdttH-at - large and four alternates
to the national convention at
♦ Denver, and two delegates and
♦ two alternates for each conores
+ sional district of the new state
♦ William Jennings Bryan has been
+ unanimously Indorsed for the
+ presdency by the state central
4 committee, and there Is no visible
♦ opposition to the Nebraekan
among the leader* of the new
+ state i democracy, although It is
•f said there Is a strong under cur-
+ rent favoring the sending of an
♦ unlnstructed delegation.
+
'. •There is no dou
movement in Logan
the ground up. and I
Hon which meets in
from today will semi
vention a delegation
ing Taft, but "Taft
through
That is going to I
( iiiiar characteristic
eiuleav*
bu\ them.
• 'apltal man lie. been
" nl politician- fo* s«v«
entio
It will
of the co
he half he
Taft
There will he no vlctor\ fo
candidate perching up<>n
banner or "Damning with faint praise"
Thor* will be no endorsement "only,"
sentiment.
A close canvass of the lo al situa-
tion falls to show any real live antl-
Taft material although It is admitted
that there are some people that are
Impressed with the "few favorite - ins"
movements that always spring up be-
fore conventions. This sentiment In
scattering. Aluro so in Log en county
ion of state instructions,
y eltiaen thut goes out oj
this state to the Chicago convention will
go with the knowledge that Ihe peo-
ple at home want Taft. At least, thai
is what the rank and /lie say. That ii
what can he heard on •verj street col
ner.
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