The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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The Retail Merchants and the Architects of the New State will Meet in Shawnee During the Prcs°nt Year
DAILY NEWS 3 MONTHS
FOR $1, IN ADVANCE
DAILY EDITION.
he Shawnee news.
THE NEWSPAPER THAT IS MAKING SHAWNEE FAMOUS.—"FEAR GOO, TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL."
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VOL. 10—NO. 38.
SHAWNEE. OKLAHOMA THURSDAY, JANUARY 31. 1907.
THE NEWS \ 'NTH.
TRY THE SHAWNEE NEWS.
"JIM CROW" MAY NOT GO AFTER
ALL IF HE CAN
HELP IT.
Reports to Effect That He Ha* Won
Over Many of the Dele-
gates.
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 30—The "Jim
Crow" law will not go into the consti-
tution. "Railroad" Haskell, after his
temporary defeat of Tuesday, has ral-
lied his forces and now proposes to
Mock every effort to place this class
. f legislation upon the statue books
He is fighting mad over the attempt
to defeat his hobby and proposes to
get revenge. Over night, he made
several plans, all of which heat once
proceeded to carry out.
Those of the delegates who were
rampant in favor of the insertion of
the "Jim Crow" clause in the consti-
tution he has brought around to his
own way of thinking. He won Baker
over the first thing. The statesman
from Wewoka ha« changed camps and
gone over to the erstwhile enemy.
Hayes of Chickasha is solid in the
Haskell ranks because Bill Murray on
numerous occasions has made him
chairman of the committee of the
whole.
It is said that Leahy, Rose and Gra-
ham have been given to understand
that they have got to work in harmony
with the big boss and that they have
all decided to get in line and help push
the Haskell scheme through the con-
vention. Ledbetter is said to be wav-
ering, as is also Herring. Other del
egates are getting into the band wagon
as rapidly as possible.
TWO CONVENTIONS—ARCHITECTS—RETAILERS
ARCHITECTS OF THE NE* •'ATE
WILL MEET HERE DURING PRES
YEAR—RETAINERS LATER.
Secretary Roy Put Up a Strong Fight
and Was Successful In Procuring
the Retailers f<*r the Fall
of the Year.
Two conventions and a world of ad-
vertising is the result of the re:ent
trip of Secretary Roy to Oklahoma
City in the interests of the Chamber
of Commerce. The retail .nerchants
of the new state met in Oklahoma City
from all parts, and Oklahoma City had
a neat clause inserted in the constitu-
tion of the order providing that all the
annual meetings of the organization
be held in Oklahoma City. To thi3
Secretary Roy objected so strenuously
that he overcame all opposition and
succeeded in getting the meeting of the
retailers in this city next fall.
The architects were in session at the
same time from both territories, and
Secretary Roy was likewise success-
ful in securing this convention for the
present year. The meeting at Ok-
lahoma City was merely for perfecting
an organization and Mr. Roy was
speaker at the conference. This last
convention will probably have an at-
tendance of 300, while the retailers
will be at the thousand mark or over.
ti
IS A LONG FIGHT
FORMER OKLAHOMA EDITOR DE-
SIRES TO SUE GOVER
NORS.
Charges Malicious Conspiracy and
False Imprisonment—to Appeal
to Roosevelt.
PLOT TO ASSASSINATE PRESf.
DENT ROOSE-
VELT.
WILL BE TEMPORARY
INSANITY.
"Unwritten Law" Will Go Before
the Jury as Real *
Defense.
New York, Jan. 31—That a formal
plea of "temporary insanity" will be
the formal defense in the Thaw mur-
der trial, but that the "unwritten
law" will be the real defense, in sup-
port of which evidence will be intro-
duced, was clearly shown by the de-
fendant himself.
"If we get another man like Denee
on the jury," he said, "I'll be vin-
dicated. Men from the south *know
what a man's duty is in defending his
wife."
When the criminal division of the
supreme court adjourned late yester-
day afternoon, it seemed that the per-
sonnel of the jury would be completed
In time for the prosecution to open for
the introduction of testimony before
noon Thursday. If a very persistent
rumor proves to be true, however, it
is probable that two of the jurors, who
have been accepted, will be excused
with the consent of both sides, thus
depleting the ranks of the jury and re-
quiring a greater time, and probably
another panel of talismen, before the
jury is completed.
FAMOUS FEMALE CROOK "FAINTING BERTHA"
FAMOUS FEMALE CROOK IN ILLIN-
OIS ASYLUM FOR INCURA-
BLES.
!WeM Known Throughout South and
West—Was Formerly Great
* Beauty.
Veoria, 111., Jan. 31.—Among the pat-
ients at the asylum tor the incurable
insane at South Bartonville, near Peo-
ria, is Bertha Lebecke, known to the
police of a hundred western and south-
ern cities as "Fainting Bertha," one
of the cleverest female crooks in the
country. Although less than thirty
years of age, "Fainting Bertha" is now
a mental wreck and will probably end
her days in a madhouse.
Until a few years ago, when the rav-
ages of dissipation and the effects ofr.lant victim.
prison life had begun to leave hard
lines upon her face, Bertha Lebecke
was a most attractive and charming
young woman, always well dressed and
with an air of good br^ling which
commanded confidence and respect.
Also she posessed the happy faculty
of being able to faint whenever she
chose, which was usually . at a time
when some apparently prosperous gen-
tleman, likely to have a "roll," was
in 'the immediate vicinity1. Swoon-
ing gracefully, Bertha always managed
to fall Into the arms of the prospec-
tive victim. Naturally no person wor-
thy the name of gentleman could re-
fuse to aid beauty in distress. Ber
tha's fingers were nimble and It re,
quired but a few moments for her to
"go through" the unsuspecting and gal-
Then she would recover
from the attack of falntness and after
profuse thanks and apologies would
trip off down the street, leaving the
gallant modern knight suffused with
bliss at the thought of having held so
l£ir a burden. It is probable that
hundredh of Bertha's victims, loth to
believe th#t so fair a maid could be
guilty of such treachery, have never
reported their loss to Vhe police. Oth
era have been less considerate and as
a result "Fainting Bertha" has served
no less than three terms in "stir" at
the Joliet penitentiary, as well as in
the jails and prisons of many othe:
states.
GINGHAMS
100 Pieccs New Double Fold
Ginghams, Per Yard
, 12 l-2c
75 Pieces New Double-Fold ^
Ginghams, Per Yard
Indian Appropriations.
*
Washington, Jan. 31—The Indian ap-
propriation bill was reported to the
senate today. It carries $14,509,201
a net increase of )6.30t>,132 over .the
bill as passed by the house. The
large Increases by the senate commit-
tee are due to appropriations under
which the United States treasury will
pay to a number of Indian tribes the
money now held in trust as Indian tri
bal funds. The senate committee feels
that these tribes are competent to
manage their own affairs and that the
government should cease paying inter
est on the fimds.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 31.—Ira X. Ter-
rill, the former Oklahoma editor who
declares he was illegally confined in
the Kansas penitentiary for ten year^
for a crime of which he wa3 never
convicted, has again bobbed into the
limelight by filing suits against Gov.
Hoch and ex-Gov. Bailey of Kansas,
as well as several prominent Oklaho-
mans, whom he accuses of conspiracy.
Altogether, his suits call for an ag-
gregate of nearly a million dollars.
Terrill is now on a lecturing tour, tell-
ing his troubles to the people of Kan-
sas. Missouri, Illinois and other states
He has recently publiehed a volume
of poems which have had a large sale
and has written a melodrama dealing
with early days in Oklahoma and with
his arrest and imprisonment
The history of Terrill. as told by
himself in his public lectures, woul'l
furnish material for a dozen melo-
dramas. Prior to his arrest for the
murder of a man named Embree, Ter-
rill was the editor of the Perkins
Okla., Independent, and was a promi
nent democratic politician, having been
elected a member of the Oklahoma leg
islature.
The trouble with Embree, accord-
ing to TerriU'8 story, was over a claim
One day he met Embree in front of
the Guthrie land office, and the lat
ter, without provocation, drew a re-
volver and shot Terrill. Terrill was
also armed and returned "the fire, kill-
ing Embree. For this Terrill says
that he was arrested and sent to the
Kansas penitentiary at Lansing for
ten years and five months, without
ever having been legallytried or sen
tenced. He finally secured his re
lease by getting his case before th
United States court at St. Louis.
Terrill openly declares that Kansas
is a slave state and that Governor
Hoch jls implicated in a conspiracy
to maintain such slavery. His state-
ment is based on the fact that all Ok-
lahoma prisoners are sent to Kansa ?
where they are forced to work, de-
spite the fact that Oklahoma laws
make no provision for h%rd labor as
a part of a prison sentence.
Prior to the filing of the damai:'
suits against Governor Hoch, Terrill
made several attempts to cause the
arrest of the Kansas executive on a
charge of conspiracy to maintain a
state of peonage in the Kansas peni
tentiary. After appealing in vain to
United States Attorney Bone for p«r
mission to prosecute Governor Hoch
Terrill carried his case before Attorney
General Moody, where It was again
turned down. The matter is now be
fore President Roosevelt, and Terrill
is confident that he will yet be in-
strumental in sending Governor Hoch
and others implicated in the alleged
"conspiracy" to the penitentiary.
Terrill is about 54 years of age and
is a native of Marshail. 111.' H > played
a prominent part in the last campaign
in Kansas, working for the democratic
ticket.
Evidence Discovered in Chicago While
Hearing a Robbery
Case.
Chicago, Jan. 31.—Evidence which
It is expected may disclose an anar-
chistic plot for the destruction of the
rulers of all the principal nations of
the earth, including President Roose-
velt, was ordered today in the prosecu-
tion of George Stern, alias Gerbet, al-
ias Harry Braun.
He Is charged with the robbery of
Kirschberg's jewelry store. After the
arrest of the prisoner, the officers ob-
tained a search warrant and conduct-
ed a thorough search of the room of
the prisoner. In it was found several
trunks filled with anarchistic liter-
| ature.
! Another trunk was also found filled
I with weapons and anarchistic explo-
sives. Included among the property
i was a picture of President Roosevelt,
and pictures of most of the rulers of
I
the European nations.
An investigation was immediately
begun by the police, assisted by de-
tectives, but they were unable to ob-
tain any information of the existence
of a definite plot.
Notwithstanding this failure, the of-
fleers are still hopeful and believe
that they will yet be able to make
Important discoveries from their clu^
and are making a strong effort to
learn something of the career of th >
prisoner and the identity of some of
his closest friends.
THIRTY MORE BODIES OF MANGLED MINERS
RESCUED FROM WEST VIRGINIA
COLLIERY ON FIRST
Now Thought That None Survived—
Company Has Sixty Coffins
Ready.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 31.—Thirty
mangled bodies near the bottom of explosion as already encountered show
the shaft of the Stuart mine, discov-
ered by the rescuing party in their
first trip to the bottom of the mine,
bore mute testimony to the rescuers
of the terrible force of the explosion,
which wrecked this mine yesterday
afternoon while seventy-nine work-
men were in the chambers.
It is not now believed that any of
the men will ever be taken from the
shaft alive and the evidences of the
that it was entirely too terrific for hu-
man life to have survived.
Most of the men were American*
and had large families. About twenty
were aliens, and a dozeu others wer
negroes.
The Stuart Colliery company, own
ing the mine, has sixty coffins with a
large force of physicians already on
the scene, and mor coffins have iH-en
ordered.
NORTH SIDE PROPERTY OWNERS sion from the old terminus on North
HAVE AGREEMENT WITH TRAC-
TION CO. RECORDED TODAY.
From Terminus on North Broadway
to Section Line East and
West—Consideration
i 0 000.
Broadway to the north section line
east and west, a distance of one and a
half miles. The money, deeds and ab
Provides for Extension of Old System j stracts were deposited in the Bank
of Commerce and were turned over to
the company on the completion of the
extension. The contract also pro-
vides for a five cent fare each way
{and the schedule of at least one car
The contract male by fifty property (every hour between 6:30 a m. and
owners of the north side for the exten-( 11:30 p. m. daily. The receipts for the
sion of the car line with the Shawnee money and deeds from the car com-
Tecumseh Traction Co.. on September pany were also attached to the con-
190§, was put on record today. The tract when placed on file. This con-
property owners gave the car company (tract was recorded on the advise of
$7,000 in cash and $2,000 in property ^ counsel and in order to quiet the
contiguous and adjacent to the exten-, property owners who feared the com-
pany might tak« up more tracks in the
north end of town.
SOCIAL CALENDAR.
Xhe W. C. T. U. meets next Friday
afternoon at three o'clock with Mrs
B. J. Waugh, 712 North Broadway.
+-*+++++++.1 mm in
SHAWNEE.Of\LA
WE HAVE
NO PUBLIC FUNDS
OUR DEPOSITORS ARE THE
PEOPLE
Jan. 26,
159.12.
1907, Deposits $352,
BANK OF COMMERCE
A Few Days Only
DoeoTUed Cups and Saucers, throe
decorations, $1.00 values for 50c per
Hatchings In Dishes, Bowls, etc,
i'. cost
Fancy China at Cmt.
Farcy Lamps at Cost.
Reduced Prices in Dlnnerware.
AT
BOCHER'S
Quit Business Sale
114 East Main Street.
OTKE RS DOING IT.
You can make money on Shawnee
investments.
New 7 room cottage on car line, $1.-
200, terms $500 or less cash, balance
Installment.
To trade. 100 acres. 120 cultivated
mostly level, 5 miles of city, price
$3,500, mortgage $1,500. will trade
equity for good city property.
Beautiful 200 foot vacant lot on N
Louisa, is a snap at $600. will take
$300 in good live stock. Your own
terms on balance.
Five acres within three blocks of
car lin * in city, is one of the prettiest
locations for a home and truck gar
,d^n our price for a short time $1,200.
Rose Garden is th« highest and
sightlie^t location in the city. Its fu-
ture is one of the brightest. Several
beautiful dwellings are to be erected
this year in this addition. We can
sell you a nice lot now at a reasonable
price. See us if you are interested.
EASTERWOOD & PUGH,
Phone 505.
Room 7, over Oklahoma National Bank
Willard Johnston, President.
George E. McKinnis, Vice President.
Mules Brought Into Shawnee.
Roy Hayes arrived in the city this
morning with a car load of mules for
W. Billings. The stock was selected
from the best In the west and will he
sold to the farmers about the city.
There were twenty-eight heed In all.
A Hunting Party.
Three of Shawnee's famous sports-
men, namely Bob Leftwlch, Charles
McKnight and Bailey Haines, left on
the Santa Fe for Byars Lake on a
.day's hunting expedition, for which
we will vouch for a full bag.
C. M. Cade, Cashier.
Russell Johnston, Asst. Cashier.
THE STATE NATIONAL BANK
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
Statement J nuary 26, 1907
RESOURCES.
Time loans and discounts
Demand loans
United States bonds and premiums
Bonds and warrants
Furniture and fixtures
CASH ON NAND
$258,675.05
. 15,971.67—274,646.72
78,812.50
38,427.69
3.000.00
278,692.26
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock
Surplus and profits
Circulation
DEPOSITS
$673,579.17
$100,000.00
. 11,675.12
25,000.00
536.904.05
FOR SALE.
Business and residence property by
non-resident who wants to sell and sell
quick. Good property and well lo
cated. Commission paid to any real
estate man or firm who will work up
and make sale of same. Residence is
at No. 412 N. Beard street and busi-
ness property is at No. 321 East Main
and Oklahoma avenue. Ba dness prop-
erty is also for rent and residence will
be for rent on March 12th. Will sell!
♦ ither or both of these propei ties, or1
rent them with a twelve months leas<* j
For prices, terms, etc., see W. P. Dix, I
No. 112 N. Union avenue, Shawnee i
Okla., or write me at Arkansas City j
Kan. COLUMBUS LYTAL. j
$673,579.17
The above is correct. c. M. CADE. Cashie.r
Nov. 25, 1902, Deposits $105,456.40
NOV. 17, 1903, DEPOSITS $199,558.57
NOV. 10, 1904, DEPOSITS t3B3.S2E.64
NOV. 9.1905, DEPOSITS S298.9I6.I8
SEPT, 4, 1906, DEPOSITS S324,828.66
NOV. 12, 1906, DEPOSITS $469,284.74
J4N 26. 1907, DEPOSITS $536,904.05
AN INCREASE IN DEPOSITS IN THE PAST TWO AND ONE HALF
MONTHS OF $67,619.31, AND IN THE PAST FOUR AND ONEHALF
MONTHS OF $212,075.39.
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