The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 9, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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. fit '/us i \'f*ar H? 75° 6 Months $1.50; -4 Months $f OO
The Special Bargain Price on The Daily State zpital Continued o u ) ' ___——I— —— i x aa=s?
™ - _ ~ = -vftRPUBltSHfD/v r,m,> AeWv
$2
^1/ flHV I4 or one
veir in
advance for The D ily
state C l ital by n ail;
months $1.50; f ur
months $1.00—until
Inly >•', i9°8*
y- r . 0>U*%
v- <~y I fwu tf +
SATUKDAY MORNING,
MAY 9 1908. o
GUTHKIE, OKLAHOMA,
SATURDAY MORNING,
V OLUME XIX
PE'ACE
OUR JACK Ts ALSO
AITHOBITIES ARE SURE
THAT WOMAN. FIEND"
IS STILL ALIVE
F I RST
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
#
Measurements Taken of Corpse and Fact Dis-
closed That it Does Not Correspond to Size
of Mrs. Guinness.
atement tic
again tonight, unless she comes up with
*,ifte money. Bhe bought mo this suit
of clothes but I must have money."
New evident* connecting Hclv lairnp-
,r hudles wore exnumeu here with the more r«*nt
The first to be turned Guinness .arm and the p
f, i NA PUIICBUo." 1 " , ..,«, «♦ n .11 ornvnu On the Urettl
I ,in is undoubtedly that of a grown mal-.
the second la believed to be the
(Associated Press.)
Laporte, Ind., May 8—Two more bod-
ies were unearthed at the Guinness (arm
today in a K*iv« near the spot where
three of the four bodies were exhumed
Wednesday.
and
T soft spot"tin's, r a pile of refuse was
to.I as the most promising *1"' ''
„ gin The digiter had not been long
|lt h|B iask when Le turned up a spade-
ful of bones and before 9 o'clock the
bodv that of a full grown male bad
been entirely exposed. The skeleton
which las badly disarticulated
scattered, but the bones were in a gisxl
stite of preservation. It Is believed that
the body has been underground about
years. T#.- second skeleton • .is
fiuind in the same place and directly
,, ,icrne tl the tlrst. with an Uit-rven-
lug s|>aoc of earth. The# bones aro
much smaller and thought to bo those
i ol woman. This skeleton was in an
articulated state also, the tools of the
digger probably having to do with the
breaking and scattering of the smaller
b«^ early as " o'clock this morning,
buggies, hacks and wagons carrying cur-
ie,"sightseers, started tor the farm and
bv S o'clock more Ulan l.UWi people hail
gathered upon the beautiful slooping
acent* of the crimes.
Farmers, merchants, clerks. townspeo-
ple of adjacent towns and village* and
■ ?iku :s from fa. away ..tie- made up
tn crowd that morbidly watched the
monotonous turning of earth.
When it was learned in this cits that
more oodles had been found many more
. repaired to the scene of deutll.
Ti i more bodies whl be fouu.l t"-l ti
Ls confidently belicvd. This expression
- J. * expressed ... lb- autoer-
itles and caused much excitement.
• Another man who the authorities ex-
pect will shed light on the Guinness
tiagedv Is Kmil Greening, a former hlr-
<-, man at t farm, who Is now living
a :l,ir, "West Reno street. Oklahoma
CI
eri of additional graves on the prem-
ises are th^ chief developments expect-
i In today's expoundings of the mys-
teries. Whether furthe excavations ada
to be made on th, fcitate will depend up-
On the ft'iiilli1'!".
Early this morning the rain
been falling ' Wednesday
il coming down InteiSnlttentAj.
The grounds drain quickly but unless
the downpour cea*es it will be impossl-
ble for Sheriff Smutzor and his assist-
ants*" to continue their search for skele-
tons. m * .
It i.- prftlhted by the*authorities, how-
ev?-r, that weather conditions per-
mit, further grew some discoveries will
V made. This view is shared by all
who have followed the case and it ts
strengthened by more or less tangible
evidence which has been drifting lnt
I^apirrte smce «*arlv yesterday. One of
, outside mnimunlratlons *whleh af
rived yesterday was from Providence
R. I. A mettfage from the
said that one of the victims of the death
farm may have been from that city
Confirmation of this is not obtainabl
MAN CLASS PETITION REGENTS
NOT to install dr. bynum
in faculty.
(Special to the State Capital)
an, Ok la., May 8 A® a
Dr. Ernest T. Hynurn'siat'^^ vlsltl-'
the University of
which he made th,
had been offered a pomuui.
of the Herman.department
Iverslty for noil year by 1
repents of tho uiiiversit>,
club of the "I'." headed by J
turn, president, passed#ies.
, . ,.ff. . i llmi t<>
was '. *■' ''
install Ur. Bynum In the Uo
m«t>'
wi.iie down here Dr.lByoun
Melr. th- present Incumbent
partment if German, and s<
him that he be his (.Bynum •'
should he (Bynum) eotno na
Don't delay
this time. Get
in quick on*the
Special Bargain
price "on The
State Capital.
Continued to July lit.
NUMBER 334
DNEl SPENT
IN MINNESOTA
BT MIES
ger-IchairmaS of state comivhttes
HURLS BOMB AT COMMONER*®
SUPPORTERS.
(Associated Press.)
•atic st. i
' ' ■ V*
depart-
tea ti
■ fi d-
•gatlon
to
Denv
th.it
tne It
ryan tut
n
have
with a
t
>tal of
ii no <
vent i
mor
j,;: 11
• than
ik hundr
'd
of tin
the
state
convention
Ch
?aid
-Thi
convention is
talk
contest
Is
*
the
purpos
e of coi
et
ing ui
nev
if
mpalK
ti on
and
|eb ncln
rt
t f o
Br ui
•fatten
hit'f for
rid Bynum
lieputv Sheriff Marr wrote to that «
dress today asking Greening to return
here at once. .. . . ,
Greening's mother asserts that her
• ' ,g the night l>. e ■!' 1
disappeared in November. 1 0 . two
persons went to the Guinness house m
■ ih- ">« •"' ""'m,
,-xplanatioi *
t,. Greening Gr.'crflng -ad
,. at the stranger/were both men. al
though the WM drewed In woman a | berg.
V.Ulliii iimtivi' "•
but In i 4, pr. sent slate of dev.-loum. nt
of evlden It if • ">«' considers
♦ion. . ,,
What the in<iuiri«"> of Prosecutor U.
N Hmllii Into the alleged connection e
R|\ l.aiuphere with t:.e crLmes wlU *)■
velop Is exilling Interest. Deputy 8hei-
Ifl It. v Man. who Is aiding J-ne states
attornev in this !ine of wor claims
that he will twlay produce witnesses :o
strengthen the testimony of I^ouis ltouie,
Bessie Wallace and Nettie Shoemaker,
who yesterday told the authorities that
laimphere has asserted thai he knew
em* ugh concernlflu Mrs. Guinness to
convict her of serious crimes and had
threatened to reveal this evidence In ro-
veng<- for her praMqUttOM of hlni. tine
of these new witnesses, it is sild, took
part in the conversation between Roule
ml Uin.l' icr-A. and. >t Is furth. r report-
e,l IS of Wiliest loned integrity suit
standing In the community.
If more bodies are found on the Guin-
ness farm *>day fresh myfterles w U
<. ,nfront the authorities. TfcS far only
three of the nine Indies bf.Y been iden-
tified. The knotni victims are:
Jennie Olscn. the 16-year-old foster
daughter of Mrs. CftlMIM* Andrew 1W-
... fc M-insll. 1 I - l> ole <1. Buds-
,f loia. Wis. One female corpse
i yet remain un-
jn wwii««wt i
garment^ Mrs. Oulnnem t"l^ 0r"^ td,ntlflM. Despite the searching inv.s
that they were a &<*** .nd M.i wite ,|>at|||Ba
!,om a®school in California to whiui
„ ■ riding Jennie Olaen.
g was surprised ll.al wnen .ie
HOFFMAN FAVORS-THE
IMMEDIATE SALE OF"
STATE SCHOOL LANDS
Col. Roy Hoffman. * Chandler. 4iai/
been in the city for the past few days
.'(inferring: with the Members of the
legislature relative to a bill fhr the
sale of the school lands. Col. Hoff-
man is very much interested In the
sale of the.-* lands and has devoted i
large part of his time to advocating
the pna*sltion in his past political
career.
••I am out of politics." said the ( oi-
onel last mght. "that la as far as
looking for any offlcJ is *onc.-rn, ,1. I
have some considerable Inter* si in
paving s.^ne debts of pOiitkMl frlenti-
ship I •know of nothing in nu en, i«
life that I appreciate more than the
hearty support *me loyal, true-bli.e
friends gave me In my canipalf.i ]*>'
spring. The politics that Interest me
is doing something for those fel-
lows. 0>
"I am very anxious t^ tec the pi op-
session of thi* legislature maW
provisf^i for the sale of the school
lands. If the sale Is needed In other
places a% It Is In my < ounty they will
certainly not revise to sell them. I
believe both in the principle and ex-
Jldiency of the action." #
COWBOYS C0!«TTB0T AT °
SULPHUR IS SUCCESS
(Special to the State Capitil)
Sulphur Okla., May 8.—'The great
cowboys roping contest and tourna
ment which ^vvas scheduled to close
today will be continued through to-
morrow. the many huriiwda who have
watched eagerly the marvelous feats
of the cowboys having petitioned that
the excltln* and thrlllin* spirb be
continued througH tomprrow, making
four days of the contests • $ three as
originally planed.
• R. K. Reed of Hoggs, Okla.. who
won first prize tfc- flflt day and the
second prlee yesterday, won tiepi prlie
I again today. Time, 0:-'4 1-5. aim
Vale of Scullin won Second prize.
Time, 0:31 3-& In a contest for
side purse, m ifleler of Sulphur who
holds the worlds swiftest record
tied fii- steer in 0 :1 3-0, win-
depart
Melr refused to make
Bynum as U>
said t" ha"- o"--- t,.Unite
City without having ma< e
arrangementg for tlie next >eai h i ^
A A i'lln ; " vote «• "
tho board of re|ent to the University
of Oklahoma, at its laat meeting, \o • •
Ur bynum a position on thf ra.uity «
t! r Slat" uiiiv'•: M • '
mtlmK tt> tli^ !" '
of Ute nuestlon, three possible PO lt ''|'
for llr. Bynum: One, that lie h. mitiu.
ed a, head of th. Q* ^"m.nt
or as professor of Kreii. h and ton an
languages, a position now held y ' •
Davidson; as dissociate Position In Jh«
di p., i tm< nl y hlsu r> aiu
preparatory department,
held by Hoy Ulttlnger. or. as
new department, especially created o
him, a« head or the department of n««« -
,-rn languages, whereby he (Byn
would be over both Melr and I
rt of the department
-Why. they spent $10.000 in HennSJ
P „ coonty alone. What they did U,
without record in the history of oolitic,,
i T„ey tol# people that Johnson's defe «
Minn,iota would end In the* whold
thing ,nd now that they have taiKHT
the/ are crylnB 'raud. In half th*!
counties of thi, stat there was no fight
There wa, only one ticket and thJt wa*
Johnson's.
dele
IVnve
_ « nr
with
.I ^im-
position *n<
iynt^in t
10
ognlze
i a are ln<
.. ntltledj
,.1^ treat-
. r • ' ' i't<*l - Will
a. ilk. .a.aecre-
Bryan v
...v. _.>rit«ils from Polk
•ountle* and probably from
Hennepin and 8t. l/ouls oountlAs. H
asscrti'd thst a rival state oonventlOi
ire than probable.
arbor daTItTSew york
(Southern Press.)
fonventlon and show
to .i BBflt they WiD BSt
" a conference of the b
i held Suturdtty.
t. . ..f the Mlnnesot
said there would
! and VV
drawiri; p. >
while Melr and Davidson ■ ■ • 1 •
elates and drew associates
\Vftat really will be done .1
nlng fir^ money In this purse, J-e 1 *
\V. .mi pier Of Tuttle made a He in 0;-6. wjl]#h,. in , ... +,.% {.<r n^xt >
winning second money* H« th Heeh-r , , maj..iii •>' tne hoard
and Worn pier «&re Indians^ Beeler ja'Ht nn • tin# in his tav
will attempt tomorrow to lower his
championship record. It is reported
that a former world champion wiil ar-
rive in Sulphur tonigHl md < ' nteat
•sith Heeler for the championship
The following are the wlnnei of
firrfl and second prizes during 'he
Itit three daw of the contest First
daw first prlz^ $100. K 1* Herd, of
Heggs. time, $30. Second pri/ <# J•" «),
K* Jamison. Ardmore, time, 0:81 3-5
Second day. first prize. $100, Joe
Worn pi <T, Tuttle, time 0:22 Sccond
prl - $50, .E. rf Hoed. ^-ggs. tiys
0:34 1-5. Third day. first prize. $100.
i; l> Reed. Beggs, timr :4 .a S- -
ond prize. $50, Jim Vale, Scullin, Okla
time 0:81 3-5
proclsmatl'
the p'ibll
,rm>'.'n^e
I'! a per J
Dsyl
ouk, tiv line
doubt Bynum
next year
aH
^ ids appoint
ment will
in gytte of oouatfass peiiuoni w
contriry >'• Norman '>,;W M "
body and faculty of t!ie nnlverslt>.
L>r. Bynum was formerly a mem
of the fat uity *
SPECIAL TRAIN
(Special to the State Capital.)
BASE BALL RESULTS,.
AMERICAN *
At Chicago.
hleago-St. l.oul« game postpoflwrt,
,undf.
\\ Cleveland
,, . , ,,,| i), K,imc pu,!tr *i !
At Boston. * * *
Dr.
mander
j t.
at Washington.
Washington,
awoke thT ne*t mornln* to tln<i_ Jennie
had gone during the night. U,f®
. •• also had left the place and He ll-n •
t suv either of them or the slil a«.un.
She picking up of the thread. Which
cmiee, Lamphere With Uie mystery •
the death hou« . the sherlfTs asslsUii.t,
Hoy Man. to-lay. dtwt-.vered aru.thtr
vnnefs in the person <
V • gave b, smith cMdcn .
which tendiwto prove Owtt l.amphe,e had
■ tempted S blackmail tlie woman.
says that l^Biphere told
ilr Oulnnesa s In his l > 'ei-
I made her go down on her kn. <
i t night said 1.atrial
"I am going to make
inn ti
ATLANTAWTED BY 'DESTRWCTIVE CONFLAGRATION
At Plttsbu
rittsburg-Chlcag
CONTINUED OH PAGE
tin ,. tn of ill' • V-rlfT and state'
torney there Is aj yet almost, no^
in ih, bientlty of these l odles^
task is eomplieated b> the fact lliat tho
boil Ir* have been In the grou*
least 1* months.
Th3, ,he IMnkerton oneratlves who
•■ere hrouahl Into the tttOt maj' be able
discover fresh evidence Is^he hop*
COLUMN t 1
Bulphur. okla. Ml
Winln. Of Sulphur, | phlladriph,a
chief nf the Trans-Mississippi sons of |
confederate veterans, has pel l i ti d j ^
arrangements with the 1 otton Beit for
a special train from I't. Wort i . t'J
BlrmlnBham and return i he . pi.
|„, will.ieav Kt W-rf .^tnfl , 1
7th 111 11 O'clock and "ill *rrTy°
Utrailnfftham at - I' Motnla>. .
train will •stop V
phis and those on hoard will V
tertained l > th j.
i trade "I ■*' fon,
,e $18.85 for th<
Jklahoma points to Kt V. °r"t
NATIONAL
Loi
I
pn- leljl
+ + •►„ +
\ 0 WEATHER.
i (Associated Press,)
° Washington, May 8 t' oroens
+ Oklahoma: Fair and warmer
+ urday; Sunday fair.
+
♦ ♦♦ + ♦ + ♦♦*
EDUCATION TO BE DENIED NE.6R0
, Under the oppo,.t>)n of candidates
—J , for congress in the third district and
♦+ : Partisan Prejudice at
? rdllloail I IYJUU ";ed not ,,Dub„e.ns and that because
ti High Tide in Lower ~jr^'ieL"„
House—Riddle Ram-
LOSS ESTIMATED
AI ASSflUT TVfO
PROTECTS AGAINST ADULTERATI0M #
BRYAN'S PURE POOD I
BILL PASSED MOUSE J
+ + + + +
(Associated Press.)
.ton Tex.. May 8—-
henry furman IS.LAMBASTED
FiRE .
■ ' . " in state senate
Made by Senators.
With twenty-two of the forty-four Okl.hon^ cH^nil appeals.
h.l«r it at every turn, the aovernor s b III to other dlstlngush-
aod thu, s.dd'e the Hon. Menry M. f" of thr.. or four thou.and
ed and hungry politicians on the s*"1 ^ The ,er,a-.e scrapped over
and y h .na exceedin ly ha , Hr oective and knowl-
,hey io" —
stVSutinn. they
the privileges ofebetterment by an in
dusti'lal training, the house yesterday
defeated Speaker Murray's bill app.o-
nrlatiou (2.500 for Halochee Industna
InstituA Taft. Oklahoma, a blanch
Tuskegee.
Kei.M .-ntaiiv" nrait-«m and Hidda. I- <\
ri'
fight on
arguing that
ti,"0
the ffUj.
. thi ~
tlnket
eonfctitutlon. he shoi 1«i
from gaining an education in'
l r. Kiddle, whote prejudice,
er k« pt beneath the surfaoe
the Idea that the education c
ored race could be "ChrlHtli
tion." After Mr. EIHh had r
inmlti. of the
former hotly
did ng ■
support th"
prohibited
rd
■eli,
ft°'/m"day' yest.rdey. .djtrned" atter the bll Ih.d been almost
edge of where they w*r, at, and Tina
crawfished out of existence.
There has been some parllamentnir
te ogles in the otfen time, befuddled sen-
\ tne oil "il f
ate, hut never atrrthjng .qv.
oecawloned veeU Mk4> b>
the admlnlstmtlon force, sup^nUng^
bill to force ur. amendment of Bsria.
Pavle In over a prior motion of Sen
tor of Son-tor Stafford, leader-In th.
light against the hill
therein leaving the matter of the ap-
of the judges to the peopV
tTiat the bill "<lo not pass.
of the congrosslonal aspirants from thi
third district, bitterly denounced thi
fourteenth amendment as the m.iSL in.
famous outrage ever perpetrated 01
forced down the throats <«f the p oplf.
Concluding he safcl: "I wouldn t ap-
proprlate a dollar for the educ ation of
the negro In this country, but I woukl
spend untold billions In transporting
him to lands far beyond, the seae."
The ctlon of the committee of the
whole In r.iportlne against the bll 'f
.univalent Its indeftnlt* I '-H
mini ex.ept ti lt the former It- uihJ0:t
• t vote to re^nnWtor.
he hill provld< *1 for the appropriation
$2,500 for th<- Institution. W B0° l"
u<>ed by the board of regent* for
buying new apparatus, and $1.0«0 to ho
lined In paying the nalariea of the teach-
' Atlanla,(ia.. May K.-Jwo solid
biiHHu'ss blocks of Atlanta art- 111
fains SuIh.v as th.' r'Milt of a flrtt
which threatened for a time to
carry its destruction through. ihe
business section of thi city and
perhaps wipe out the entire down
town .lo-Tiit. °
The lire loss may be conserva-
tively «stimatt'.l at *l,o00,000.
•Tlie Terminal hotel, .tne of the
lamest in the city. fc. 11 mass'
bricks. It had oil n« r.-rilter J00
guests when the fire started c.«
iii<ck awsy. Every one escaped.
*
several other small
>.ve there was n« io«s
* Modeled after the federal pure^ food
law and deemed by many to be a more
protective measure In some ways, the
house yesterday passed the comml*tee
substitute tor the Bryan and illlams
bills. creA.nfl a pure footi. ou.a
drug commission f the state of Okla
horna. prescribing Its duties an p
er., .egulatiofc the m.nufaeture and
sale of foods, and'carrying an
Dilation of JS.OOO to be used in putting
thc law into effect. This aPPr^latlon
was cut by the house from $10,000
Ho chances of ImporUA e wei e «
bill, SJthOUfn #vn K
Imitation Food Stuffs
Mu s f "b e Labeled
Properly According
to.the Bill
th'u«"i,i,"ooot
was'rided'ou't'of order'on his substitute,
,i„.n lid that It was on amendment to
?rs.
aobicultural bill.
(Associated Press.)
Washington. May 8—The agricultural
appropriation bill was taken up in the
senate today. Senator Teller resuming
hla in ..|.|J..slll.>.i Io ■'t-
^ i rhj w.
hotels but In
of life.
The fire parted in t1- '' ' .• sitjr• *
Meyer Bakery company, Madison and
Nelson streets, early this morning.
The wagon* hud just started
with their early morning load of bake-
stuft when the alarm was given and
an attempt was made to start the
electric elevator in the Schlesslnger
building to awaken the emplojrs
asleep there. The eWator failed to
respond to the starting mechanism
and the fire authorities believe tho
fire may have been due to some de-
fect in this electric elevator. When
the first fire company arrived the
building was a mass of flames. ChU
C'ummlngs immediately turned
MAY OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S OPPOSITION
i {PUBLIC BUILDINGS
•• CAUSING WORRY IN
........ ,::,i DEMOCRA TIC CAMl
created, iftl appointl\«\ ar< ^,j,. ' j • — 9 ^
i; JlmisZ" m,f :::::: Tahlequah Sure of Normal School and McAi
ister Will Get Penitentiary if Locations
— ;■* Are Mado j-mM
eta.
___ is of
his services. 1
mission will r
traveling xp*
Ir.ed to cmpli
.per m
The
will
and will be
stenographer
r>ther member;
da>
receive
■ngaged, together
•lints expenses. The
hlle
tln>e actually
necessary traveiln
•psotors will rs<*e
Working un.r their expense*.
Two laboratories for analysis of food*,
da in- products and drugs will be main-
talno,I. one a,t Norm/in. the other at th«
Agricultural and Mechanli-al college al
Stillwater. , ... ..
Standards of purity are tlxed by the
bill for cream and mlllt and the methods
of malting tests proscribed.
Adulteration of milk Is made a misde-
meanor as Is the removal of cream from
mllh without labeling tho cans contain
.1 - ,,a amirsh.e s-i i te and ti .- free-th Ink j nd politics heu,)
„.v.-MM UJJM '7*;."p0;,t,cta"i
rr,.'^v',^rih.n
Institutions among the hundred or so t ow
ttgh
and
hot
least five
There'll |
an<l for ever t« wn
uradvely speaking.
will be ae sore i- -an h0
got nothing.* The governor u<
sire this soreness for next full he wis.i-
M i .kIan a to roll up a deinoei a ii
majority for president thst will n.ake
the other states look thin ws> "in on
dlder mat man domlnstli.e demooraey In
Oklahoma with such a firm and compel-
,hi tors a.ls*> have poHrtcaJ
being at stake. About r
,m-v one hundred of them
hey rsturn home without
I....-I eitV'rt to jfive theii I
. It of 1.11 e turn- Mile, ttou|
ring.
A \m, a
contrary
made fru
competing
foreible bit of
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Greer, Frank H. The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 9, 1908, newspaper, May 9, 1908; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc126686/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.