The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 24, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 31, 1908 Page: 1 of 12
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Ihc SpcxinI l*.nrgain Price on The Daily State CapitaI Continued to July I. [OS—I Year $2.75: 6 Months $l..tO: -1
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Months $1.0(1
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six months $1.50; f ur
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UUTHKIK, JZLAHOMA. MAY 31, 1908.
SUNDAY MORNING,
N UMBEii. 34.
NMIVE AND REFERENDUM A JOiE
WILL PUT ON LID
MEMORIAL DAY IS
OBSERVED OVER NATION
HONORED HEN FILIBUSTER
IS
History of Day Upon Which
a Grateful Country Kemem-
bers Great Army Which
Made Grandest Republic
Washington, May !£—Although there
are many versions of the origin of Me-
morial day, historians of the national
ra/pltal agree that todays observance
marks the fortieth anniversary of Its ac-
ceptance by the Orand Army of the Re-
public.
General John A Logan, oommander-in-
chtef of the Grand Army of the Republic
instituted general Memorial day obser-
vance in 1868. Credit for the idea has beer
unsigned to a number of persons since
the custom has become so Urmly fixed in
national llie.
It Is sa|4 that during the spring of
1B68 \djutant Oeneral Chlpman, of the
Grand Army of the Republic, received a
letter from a former federal soldier, then
regldtng in Cincinnati. The writer stat-
ed that In Germany, his native coun-
try, It was tbe custom J*? the people to
gather each spring and strew the grave*
of their dead with flowers.
General CWpcnan. this report has it,
was so much pleased with the sugges-
tion that he made out the draft of au or-
der upon the subject a-id presented it
to General Logan, then commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army. The result wa*
General Logan's famous Memorial day.
Credit for the suggestion has also
been given James Redpath. ft newspaper
man of Kansas. Boston omd New York.
Soon after the close of the war Ite^itu
was appointed by Generals Hatch and
Jtaxton as superintendent of the schools
of Charleston, 8. C. devoting himself es-
pecially to organising a system of edu-
cation for colored youth.
While engaged in this work. It Is re-
lated. Mr. Redpath began to talk Wita
fenders who fell In the gigantic conflict
that resulted in their freedom.
One April day he was advancing tola
idea In a little church that was crowd-
ed with negro children. One of the color-
ed girls suggested that they go Immediate
ly, gather armful* of flowers and place
them on the graves.
This set Mr. Redpath to thinking of
what might be accomplice 1 by a gen-
eral move of such sort. Ir the end he In-
structed the children to tell their friends
mat on May day the graves of Union
soldiers around Charleston would be
decked with flowers.
Greater even than Mr. Redpath had
hoped wop ^he response. More than 10,-
C*K> persons, It is stated, gathered at tho
federal cemetery, and the graves were
lUerally covered with spring flowvrs.
Still another statement of the origin oT
the custom has It that the burial of a
Soldier in New York state suggested the
Idea. It was on a beautiful May day when
the sorrowing relative." and friends
fathered about the open grave beneath
the blossoming boughs of a fruit tree.
When thf >^emn committal rites were
over the last shovelful of earth had been
rast on the mound, the wind swept with
strong breath through the ovevhar.girg
boughs, and a veritable snowfall of sweet
white {blossoms descended upon the
young hero's resting place.
Tradition has It that whon, years later
this story win repeated to General Lo-
gon the Idea of an official decoration day
to< k shape In his mind.
The late General Joseph Wheeler al-
ways insisted ^hat General lagan's At-
tention was attracted by a custom t^at
had already been followed several years
by the women of the south.
THE DAY IN GOTHAM
Vrw Yortc, May JO—ot thn
CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN «.
OF NO
AVAIL
(Associated Press.)
Washington, May SO—After speaking
eighteen hours and forty-three minute*
and thereby shattering the previous loag
speech record In the history of the sen-
ate. Senator La Pollette. still appaiontl./
as fresh when he begaa, a; 7 o'clock
this morning, relinquished ths fluor to
Stone, of Miss our, who continued thy
groat one man filibuster. The senate ha1
been In session continuously since yes-
terday morning, and La Folette hslj the
floor from 11#) yesterday af'ernoon.
There was thirty roll calls during the
night, and senators In Wasalngtc-u were
RENOUNCES WILL TO
SHAKE WITH KIN
(International News Sorvlos.)
Elk tun, Md., May 80—The will of Jus.
J. Hall of the First district of this ooun-
ty, was renounced in the Orphans' court
here today by his son, Charles O. Hall,
of the firm of Musgrove. Hall & Co., ex-
pert accountants of Baltimore. Hall died
last fail, and the document has Just been
discovered In a lock box in a Middle-
town bank. Under the will all his prop-
erty was bequeathed to his son, Charlsa
O. Hall, stipulating that he pay his sis-
ter. the only other heir, $800.
The beneflclary renounces the will so
his sister may be given half the estate.
The Orphans' court will pass upon the
renunciation papers at Its next meet-
ing.
OUT AFTER ANFEU
( Special to Stste Capital.)
Tulsa, Okla., May 30.—Dale Devol and
Virgil Dobbins, both under twelve years
of age, were today sentenced by Police
Judge Woodford to spend the next ten
days in the city jail. The lads were
caught on the streets after midnight. In
order to make provision for their ten days
stay in Jail, a negress named Sadie w 11-
, __ , , _ - . Hams was given her freedom and the
routed from their beds many tlm« . Btone | two cMldren plaoo(, |n that par( of th
Jail which was but a few hours before
launched Into the subject and has every
prospect of speaking through the day.
Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, la coming on a
special train to aid in the filibuster
The senate today adjourned at 1:20 fcr
thirty minutes. During tlie adjjurnmcnt
the democrats urged Stone to ^ult the
filibuster, but he resumed at i and at 1 15
yielded the floor to Gore, the third and
last of the filibusters.
He promised at the beginning of his
remarks that he would not violate thl
rule which forbids the reading by sen-
ators
vacated by the negro woman.
NARROW ESCAPE
( Special to State Capital.)
Marshall. Okla , May 30.— M. L. Ingle,
who resides near Potter, this county, has
cause to remember the flood waters of a
few days ago. While returning to his
home from a trip U> Marshall the 'earn
of mules which he was driving were
swept off their feet and the buggy toppled
Senator Gore called attention to the over_ succeeded in loosening the team
fact that the pending question, namely, from the buggy and swam to a nearby
the adoption or rejection < f the confer- tree. The. mules and the buggy were
enre report prevented the offering of any*
fcnendmf nts to the bill and as he did
this, he ssid "so the American people
could understand why the minority seem-
ingly made no effort to expose the beaks
and talons of this financial cross between
an eagle and a vulture. Explaining his
figure of speech, he said the bill was re-
lated to the vulture in devouring the dead
and to the eagle In devouring the l v-
*ng.
At the conclusion of Mr. Gore * speech.
the vote on the confer ;ic? report was
taken and it was adopted if, to 22 and the
bill was thus passed
( 8peoial to 8tate Capital.)
Oklahoma City, May 30.- -tfunday base-
ball playing In Oklahoma Cltj will be
prohibited If that provision of tlws now
clijr charter, framed by ten free holders,
is carried whfu the new charter Is voted
upon this fall. All gambling houses will
he Hupprossed and tlie police arts given
p'hernalia.
power to destroy all gambling par*-
tlst church In this city, has tendered h;s
HINSON RESIGNS
( Speoisl to State Capital.)
Oklahoma City, May 30.—The Rev. W. B.
Hlnson, pastor of th« White Temple Bap-
tist ohurcr In this city, has tendered his
resignation and has announced that ho
will return to San Diego, Cal. from which
place he came to Oklahoma IHty four
months ago. The local position paid a
salary of 16.000 a year. Rev. Vinson was
known as the highest salaried minister In
the state.
OHIOAOO TO ATLANTA
(Southern Press.)
Savannah, Ga., May 80.—Through
passenger train service between Chi-
cago and Savannah, via Birmingham,
will be Inaugurated tomorrow by the
IlllonlB Central and its newly acquired
line, the Central of Georgia. The In-
novation will give the Harrlman sys-
tem a through train service between
Savannah and San Francisco, thus
linking the Atlantic and the Pacific.
RURAL LETTER CARRIERS
(Southern Press.)
Oshkosh. Wis., May 30.—Rural let-
ter carriers of Wisconsin today took
advantage of a holiday to hold their
annual state convention In this city.
KILLS HIS MOTHER BY
ACCIDENT, IS FREED
Scranton, Pa., May 30—Otis Wood,
after leaving the courthouse upon be-
ing acquitted of homicide for killing
his mother, went to the residence of
the Rev. Dr. Rogers Israel and, on
bended knees, took the pledge to ab-
stain from liquor for the remainder of
hlfl life.
He says that the night he shot his
mother she was moving about the
house, and that he thought she was a
burglar
MAIL CARRIERS MEET
( Special to State Capital.)
Chickasha. Okla., May an.-The annual
meeting of the mall carriers' association
than 100 members attending. Addresses
were made by Postmaster RoseWRTA
were made by Mayor H. B Bridges, A. T.
Whitman of Oklahoma City, Postmaster
J. A. Ro*e, D. D. Sayer, F. J. Croucler,
and A. E. De Klnner During the after-
noon the visitors were taken for a drive
about town.
MINES TO REOPEN
( Special to State Capital.)
Hartshorne. Okla.. May 90 During the
past few days a force of men have been
at work cleaning the coal mines in this
vicinity, which were closed down when
the strike was called some week? ago.
The lr.ral union has received Instructions
to report for work Jur.e 1, when, it is
'believed the mines will be started in full
blast.
DEMAND PROHIBITION
(Southern Press.)
Knoxville, Tenn., May 30.—Meet
ings to demand state-wide prohibition
will be held tomorrow in nearly all
the churches of Knoxville, to be fol-
lowed by a mass meeting in the after-
noon. Anti-Saloon league leaders say
that Tennessee has reached a point
where state prohibition cannot be
much longer averted.
DAY GAME
A
CU or base running and bard hlttlri*
. ms ball enabled Guthrie to win uiv
opening game of the scries with El Reno
yesterday afternoon at fhe local ball
park by the score of ( to 11. A total of
twelve safe binglee were made by Cap
tain Wilson's men, the majority °f the
hits being made at opportune times.
The El Rem. ** ji started the game
with ft rush. Sullinger went out and Jay
Welslnger, the former Guthrie short stop
who followed drove the ball to center
field and stopped at the third sack. He
scored on a single by Porter.
In the second Inning the visitors pushed
another pl#y®r across the rubber but
were unable to score after this inning.
The locals awoke In the third Inning
and scored three run". "Lefty" Hender-
son brought in one of the scores by a
hard drive to left Held for three base*.
Another score was «f~ade in the fifth in-
nlnjj and anot^r in the sixth. The 3naJ
score v,fs made in the eighth.
Hayes, l; wild pit* h. Wllllts; bases on
the fourth inning. Wllllts held the v sit-
ing team safe at all times and besides
striking out seven of tlifc El Reno players
made three safe hits at the bat.
The second game of the series will be
played tills afternoon. The score.
R. H. E.
El Reno 110 000 000—2 i D
Guthrie WO 311 01x-6 12 3
Batteries: Guthrie. Wllllts and Blos-ln-
game; El Reno. Simpson, Hayes and PlnK-
crton.
Three base hits, Welslnger, Hender-
son; two base hits, Barry; stolen bases.
Swart tel. Pulliam, Sullinger. Barry, sac-
rifice hits Porter. Itlossingame; struck
rut by Wllllts, 7; by Simpson. 2; by
Hayes, 1; wild piach, Wllllts; bases on
balis, off Wllllts. 1-
TO TRY SINGLE TAX
PROVISION DEALS
FINAL DEATHBU
Lessees, Tired of Haskell Pro|
crastination Realize They
Have Been Made
Tools of
SENATOR KNOX SPEAKS 10 •
SOLDIERS AT GETTYSBURG
Gettysburg. Pa., May 30—Senator Knox d-ately to his command. Just as he pro-
wus the orator of the day at the Me- tested—"Why. .what's the matter, Gen-
morlal day exercises at the national eral'.tlu far-off ound of a single can-
cemetery. The address marks Senator non shot wis heard, Huford's signal to
Knox's departure from his life long eus- his skirmishers to .pen on the enemy,
tom of making addresses only on matters and Buford said, "That's the ma.t
of public Interest In which law questions 'r.ie battle of Gettysburg had begun.
of that pitlle
the Union forc<
i fell ba-k to C
ave :>ntag n'st!
id fought, a' (l t
w and f npht
e world knows.
rrtble
ilsed but
y Ridge.
are involved. He spoke as follow
My Friends and Fellow Citizens of the July cl
Republic: n<>t be
In the last days of June, 18®, the Con- 'and tli
federate forces raiding on the north and morroi
east and advancing i om the west, were the m
recalled and concentrated towards this that n'l th
spot under the pressure of the Union l^et u«; leove the battle now. v<-> 'he
forces coming up frcm the South. On th^ recltai '>f Its details >f wilnr * ' o t< ••
afternoon of June 30th. the weary and purs >f those \< r, . 0f
dusty troopers of Buford's vanguard rode th ir p «=t achleveme ' m p" ! en-
through the village and threw out their title them to speak Let us ith K--ek
picket lints In readiness to touch the ad- t,- flnd the rt. | r«v n r, (;.-•• vobnrg
vane** from the west of the Army of discover, !f possible, lis fundamental
North Vlrgnla. enn-e; find what Inde, <1 >vis t . m t< r.
On the morning of July l*t at nine u'->y jt was necesswry that Of i sburg
o'clock, an officer of another staff came should h'>: what law 'had the -on
clattering up to BuNird and was sharply —^ —
questioned and ordered to return lmme- CONTINUED ON PAGE 6. COLUMN 1.
(Southern Press.)
Portland, Ore., May 30. A prac-
tical test of Henry George's single tax
theory may be made In Oregon. If the
voters in Monday's election pass fa-
vorably upon an amendment to the
taxation laws, under which all fac-
tories, machinery, dwelling houses,
barns, furniture and fmprovements
will be exempt from taxation. .The
provision is as follows:
That all dwelling-houses, barns,
I sheds, outhouses and all other ap-
i- I purtenenoes thereof: all machinery
- and buildings used exclusively for
" manufaeturlng purposes, and the ap-
° I parte^n es thereof; all fences, f irm
machin ry and appliances used as
such all fruit trees, vines, shrubs and
nU other Improvements on forms all
livestocy; all household furniture in
nil ■ '~ owned by workmen
; tI in use. shall b' exempt f- m tax-
•T',20U: I FOSTMSN
-n Pre
'ntlon lu
ver t lrt'
rn n will af1
Governor Signs P are
Appropriation Bills
torpuiMiiuii tonimission is at Last Affluent—WhitaKer
Orphans Home at Pryor Creek
THE COURT JESTER.
Appropriations of $69,310 to pay the
precinct election officern of the gen-
eral election last September; 112,-
952.40 to pay the temporary county
commissioners and county clerki to
eonduct sftld elections; $fi0,8Hf .90 for
tho long-suffering corporation oommli-
■ \pn; $fi,000 for printing the decisions
of the aupreme oourt, three thousand
volumes: J2.500 for puy of apeclal dis-
trict Judges to he appointed by the
governor when needed In crowded dis-
trict courts: $1,000 for the main-
tenance of the school for the blind at
Fort Gibson; $89,700 for the malntnln-
anoe and equipment of the Whltaker
Orphans' home at Pryor Creek a to-
tal of $¥08,2*7.80—were Included In
the sixteen bills signed by the gover-
nor yesterday.
There are now about o sow's of
more unsigned bills in his possession,
largely appropriation bills, which are
to be signed up ne*t week,
The bills signed yesterday are as
follows:
House bill B9B. which provides for
COIMTINUBD ON PAOl 1, COLUMN ft.
t
©
"Any measure referred to tho people by the initiative
® shall take effect when it shall have been approved by a ma-
@ jority of the VOTES CAST IN SUCH ELECTION." Sec-
® tion 3, Article V. Oklahoma Constitution.
DEMOCRATIC FINAL DEATH BLOW.
As the flnsl death biow to the school land lessees' hopes there stands thll
provision In the Oklahoma constitution that not a majority cast for or agalnql
the sale of the lands, but a majority of all votes cast In the election must b|
secured or the bill will be lost.
EVERY PERSON. WHO THROUGH IGNORANCE OR LACK OF INTER|
EST FAILS TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION IS COUNTED AGAINST THll
ACT UNDER THIS PROVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND VOTE|
AGAINST THE PROPOSITION.
The school land lessees cannot hope to conduct anything I ke the campalo|
that was made on the llquo question. I hough thousands of dollars were used
that campaign, and the prohls and antls had workers st every polling place >]
the state yet the total vote cast In the governorship race was 250,815, while
total vote o the prohibition article was 242,619, or 8,196 less than the TOTAl|
VOTE cast In the elect on.
It Is conservatively estimated that the presidential camns.'gn wit' ing nul
300,000 voles this fall. T:>e school land lessee* cannot hops to bring out morl
votes than was out o the prohibition question or 240,000. Of this ?4'\000 nlnel
ty-one thousand votes ca defeat their bill under the provision ot fie conttltutloij
that a majority of all votes cast at the elecalon must be had.
Lessees familiar wjUl this provision of the Oklahoma constitution are nol
enthusing over the Haskell-hold-the-sch ool-land-leesees-unt'l-after-the- c'ectlora
fal!u e-overwhelmlng-democratic- l qlsla ture-to-redeem - democratic- platform!
pledges-proposition to submit the defeited school land lessees bill under the Inll
tlatlve action of the constitut ors Wse lessees know that certain pollt clanl
regard them as "good things" on election day, and they do not sr.re to dig dowf
Into their pockets to finance a campaign that Is lost before It is ^egurv.
The
idicatlon that there
e.ting here Thursday
• p.! it |3 n*,u being K:/en an|
other twist.
I
M
I another lot of nio||
ev. to be a political football, and to
will be a rous
when the school land lessees and othe
Interested parties will meet here unde
the call of O <vernor Haskell to arrang
for submitting und r the initiative see
Hon of the constitution, t*ie bill d f- at
by the bg'y'r-ture for the s:ile of t i
school lands. Hut wi"e lessees are n
enthusing over the pr^poRitlon. The
feel that the knife has been stuck lni j CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN
SOME HISTOF.Y.
"F.<ur years ag( ," said one ryf the lei
!** i> #r
LUil
510015 CONVENTION Mil
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Til b*>I
illoxl
•d thrvvgh thn Isirftlg'-J
Yo building c nventl n ha
nns that under the bill n
' roe months,
gham, however, and nt
* * <• + + ♦ + *|
iithrle before tho mating
•i|
ous conventions that axe oontln-
■v -In. is man and capitalist of
t of public buildings now In
at which the hert means of
n I impreswlon !s that th > city
i • e<,nrentlon hall. Or a
luli ii-ig ownod Jointly by those
the host halls In the aouthwost.
v. th plenty <*f space for commit-
It will be a com.ivod'.ous build-
authoring cities of moro than
1". as pn's-od without the frrver-
>thlng could be done Cowards is-
prominent lnwyers. 4nys that
. !- n ) - -H .ry fo the lt- i Ijond* t«< build the big build-
TH y gn -in. 1 und is-1 b and build it st o®oe, Tliie
•, II be dUMissod and d<«|(]sd st th public maetlng next week,
Kearly every man of any consequence In the city has omphntlcally
placed hlmee'f on record as fuvo-ing th> erection of tho b.«st building
ihst nan lis pot up, large enough to house the biggest body that oan
|,.thsr In th" slate. If $100.1)00 U not mongh, more will be c.sed,
+ + + + *+.**■+*++* + ***** * * *
Standard Oil Octopus
Enters Upon Defense
Frank iulja, Oov,ir.iineiit Attorney Conducting Inqnlsl
tlon—Trust Pla^J lor Sentiment
(Internstleeal Newg Bervfee.)
Hi, Haul Minn , May * -The impilry
lula pie affair* of the Standard Oil cor-
poration began In New York on May Jn,
(Monday) The ontupua wu- called upon
10 enter upon tbe task of proving its
defeitee. The venue for tho inquiry was
to luive been Chicugo, but the Miandanl
011 people sueoeeded in getting the venue
of |he inquiry changwl. It will bo ro
ineinbt rud that tho Inquiry was adjourn-
ed from Cleveland, OhW , t y«ar, At
that lime Hon Frank H K.llogg of
kiaint Paul, who represent* tlu govern
inesl, had taken surtidenl evidence lo
make oU| a prlmae facie case, and |he
lav|idry then HSltd. 'fhe eb^et af Uw
nnulry >van t.« shew that the tan-1*r
i H earperatlun wa« an Illegal oorpc
i ..it undei th<# iharman antl (mat iaw|
. . W. • ,1 "
i Hon M Baandard Oil M''•!
legalb dissolved by the et>urts ttX
In
i i auk II *1
i -tieIf i ;.i I|t«t I
cU Mdlti "f Nil twav Wltnes:
velio, In their business eapt d tat Ions hs
,h..ww f 'i- Itw, n, \e iqulvn
pmAnr Dm raited bf bis «iue«tion^
l* .« V h i appt.tb'd fr'i too sah'ty
eecroey and have been l *ivl that the e
oontinu«o on a. qqlvjmn
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