The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 324, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 31, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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THE SHAWNEE NEWS
The Newspaper
Making Shawnee Famous.—"Fear God, Tell The Truth and Shame The Devil.'
VOL. 9—NO. 324
T" rLc' FRANCHISES FOR GAS AND ELECTRICITY ABE GRANTED
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SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1906
10 CENTS PER WEEP
THE OIL TRUST'S
INDICTMENT QUASHED
IRREGULARITY IN EMPANNEL
LING THE GRAND JURY IS
THE CAUSE.
Watonga Jury Was Declared
Because it Was Empannelled by
the Wrong Judge.
Watonga, Okla., Oct. 31—In the dis-.
trict court here the indictments re-
turned by the special grand jury
against the St. Louis and San Fran-
cisco Railway company and tho
Waters-Pierce Oil Company have
been quashed by Judge C. Garber of
the Fifth district. The indictments
charged the defendants with illegal
discrimination in freight rates and
the giving of rebates.
The special grand jury was empan-
nelled by Judge Burwell of the Third
district, who was sitting at Watonga
in some cases wherein Judge Garber
was disqualified and Judge Garber, in
quashing the indictments returned by
the special grand jury, held that Judge
Burwell had no right under the law
to empanel it.
Judge Garber had refused previous-
ly, however, to quash the indictments
returned by the regular grand jury at
Watonga, which were demurred to on
the .rounds which were consid-
ered sufficient by Judge Burwell to
invalidate the rccent grand jury at
Oklahoma City and tie up the criminal
Illegal cases there pending another session of
the Oklahoma county district court.
The indictments against the Stan-
dard Oil company and the Frisco rail-
way company attracted particular at-
tention for the reason that it was the
first time in the history of Oklahoma
that an effort was made to check the
operations of the oil trust. Charles J.
West, special prosecuting attorney ap.
pointed by Governor Frantz, says he
will present this same evidence to the
next regular grand jury and again
ask for indictments against the same
corporations.
COUNCIL WAS FREE
IN GIVING FAVOR
58 ARE KNOWN TO
Natural Gas Franchise Granted to
Two Companies
SHAWNEE CAS CO. KIS EtEGIRIC
BE AMONG DEAD
THREE MORE CORPSES RECOV.
ERED FROM WATERS AT AT-
LANTIC CITY.
Dysart & Jones, clothing.
* THE
INTERURBAN CARS
WILL LEAVE CORNER OF
BROADWAY AND MAIN EV-
ERY 30 MINUTES FROM 6 A.
M. TO 11:30 P. M. LAST CAR
LEAVES TECUMSEH AT 12
MIDNIGHT.
The Latter Company, Immediately
After Passage of an Ordinance
Favoring Electric Company,
Got Electric Franchise
The city council had its franchise argument to the members in favor of
granting clothes on last night. Three fair play as they had considered his
franchises, two for natural gas at 35 ordinance for two weeks and hal
cents per thousand and the third for agreed to act on it at this meeting,
an electric lighting plant were read At his request a committee, Mayor
and granted. All members of the Aydelotte, Councilmen Blaltley, Clark
council were present and'Mayor Ayde- 'r.rjd Pemberton, examined his contract
lotte presided. jwjth other parties to build the pipe
The first ordinance considered was line and reported to the council that
one granting to William lid' Sinclair the contract was O. K. The ordinance
Mainland and F. P. Stearns, (the prin-jwhs then taken up and amended to
cipal owners of the gas plant,) a fran- include the same provisions, includ-
chise for twenty-one years to pipe nat- ihg 35 cent rate, 50,000 feet for the
urol gas to the city and distribute city, etc., and then adopfed. Bain,
it to consumers at a maximum rate of Reid, Atterbury, Farris, Dimmers and
35 cents per thousand feet. The Johnson voted against the franchise
SHERIFF MAY BE
CITED FOR CONTEMPT
BLAKENEY CASE MAY RESULT
IN HIS BEING CALLED ON
TO ANSWER.
Kidnapping of the Child by Its Mother
'the Third Time Leads to a
Possible Legal Action.
Oklahoma City, Okla.. Oct. 31—If
Attorney B. B. Blakeney of Shawnee,
is able to substantiate charges which
he is prepared to make it Is possible
that W. A. Grace, sheriff of Potta-
watomie county, will in the near fu-
ture be cited to appear before Judge
Hainer of the district court to answer
to a charge of contempt of court for
the violation of an order issued over a
year ago, placing the litle daughter of
Blakeney and his divorced wife in the
hands of J. O. Blakeney as her custo-
dian. Last Thursday night Mrs. Blak-
eney made a third and successful at-
tempt to kidnap the child, and Mr.
Blakeney alleges that she was aided
in the action by Sheriff Grace.
B. B. Blakeney was in this city yes-
terday and stated that he was on his
Sheriff Grace and citing him to appear
for contempt of court. ,
Last Thursday afternoon Mrs. Blak-
eney went to McLoud, and, according
to B. B. Biakeney's statement yester-
day. Sheriff Grace was also there, and
went to the home of J. O. Blakeney,
where he demanded the litle girl, say-
ing that he had an order from the
court directing him to deliver the child
to its mother. Mrs. J. O. Blakeney,
was alone at the time, but she at first
demurred and asked to be shown the
order. Sheriff Grace is alleged to have
replied that he did not have the order
with him. but would show it to her
later. After consulting with B. B.
Blakeney, the father of the child, over
the telephone, Mrs. J, O. Blakeney
permitted the sheriff to take the little
girl. '
It is said that he then conveyed her
to a hotel, where he turned her over to
her mother. About 2 o'clock that
morning B. B. Blakeney was advised
by a friend that his former wife had
boarded a Choctaw train at Dale, hav-
ing the little girl with her. She im-
mediately entered the lavatory of the
company agreed to furnish the city
50,000 cubic feet of gas for use in
lighting city buildings, and heating
same, and a forfeit of $1,000 in cash
must be deposited with the city for
and the nnyor's vote carried the day.
This franchise in addition to the
foregoing, contains a provision that in
case of failure of the natural gas sup-
ply the company may sell artifical gas
evidence of good faith, deposit and^at not to eceed $1.00 per thousand
acceptance of franchise to be made (The company must accept and deposit
within ten days. The company $1,000 in cash within ten days.
must furnish gas under this franchise Then came an ordinance granting to
within 15 months or the franchise be- the Shawnee Gas & Electric company,
comes void and the city owns the thou- [ owner of the gas plant, the right to
sand dollar forfeit. On motion the build, maintain and operate for 21
rules were suspended and the fa n-
chise granted by a unanimous vote.
The question of acting on the Shaw-
nee lighting company's natura) gas
franchise then arose and the council
seemed about to refuse to consider
it, but Hon. D. T. Flynn made a strong
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way to Pawnee, where, in company ^ car w)lere she remained until the train
with his attorney, Tom Chambers of reached Shawnee. Here B. B. Blak-
this city, he meant to apply for an or-
der from Judge Hainer, attaching
Continued on 8th Page.
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Always Something Better!
That's the satisfaction of buying TABLE SUPPLIES at the C. O. D.
No matter what season of year, you can DEPEND on finding the
CHOICEST THINGS ON THE MARKET at this store. If you will read
the following list of SPECIAL OFFERINGS you are sure to find just
what your appetite suggests—then tall your order to 'Phone 203 and
the goods will be there in DOUBLE-QUICK TIME!
OUR LIST OF TODAY'S SPECIALS:
MAMMOTH QUEEN OLIVES, PINT 30c
4 X QUEEN OLIVES, PINT 25c
STUFFED OLIVES, PINT 25c
FANCY FLORIDA ORANGES, DOZEN 50c
CHOICE FLORIDA ORANGES, DOZEN 40c
MEDIUM FLORIDA ORANGES, DOZEN . 30c
BEN DAVIS APPLES, PECK 30c
MISSOURI PIPPIN APPLES, PECK 35c
GENETIN APPLES' PECK 35c
McNeil & Smiley's C. O. D. Store
USE THE TELEPHONE 203.
Comforts
Special
Prices
For
TUESDAY
Jarrell & Gee s
The Place ti B«y Slues
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years, an electric lighting and power
plant in the city. It contained the
usual restrictions and benefits fdr the
city, and was unanimously adopted.
The adoption of these thre fran-
chises puts the electric and gas com-
panies on exactly the same footing
and a merry war in piping natural gas
may now be expected.
The latter franchise makes the
price, maximum, 15 cents per watt for
lights and 10 cents per watt for power.
The city may contract with the com-
pany for street lights at not to ex-
ceed $5.50 per month, which is less
than the present rate.
The only other business transact-
ed was the awarding of a contract for
thirty cement crosswalks in various
parts of the city to H. G. Newoombe
at 17 1-2 cents per foot.
New Car Line
See us for lots on car line north.
Get our prices on North End lots.
Get your lots from us on North car
line extension.
Get your Rose Garden lots from us.
Rose Garden lots are on the lew car
line.
Several fine dwellings are to be
constructed in North End. Get our
prices on lots.
The finest lots In Shawnee are of-
fered by us on the New car line North.
Buy Rose Garden lots now and
double your money in three months.
We are offering the best lots on
the new car line North. You will
double your money in three months.
EASTERWOOD& & PUGH.
119 E. Main St. Phone 505.
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^ We have secured a long term^
lease on the corner room of the'
ft <
^ Whlttaker building and will oc-^
® cupy same on or about
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Eawh 9t Commctce J
In* Rmih WhitUkar Bid ♦
Several Others Are Known to be Dead
But Their Bodies Have Net Yet
Been Recovered.
Atlantic City, Oct. 31—The conten-
tion of Coroner Gaskiii that a number
of persons who lost their lives in the
electric train wreck on the Thorough-
fare bridge may 00 buried in the mud
where the cars plunged, was borne;
out late today when the holies of Mrs.
Paul Felsberg, Mrs. Selina Johnson and
Mrs. Sarah Miller were recovered from
under the abuttment in the center of
the bridge with its nose in the mud
and when the workmen were trying
to lift it from the water tho bodies
| THE INTERURBAN CARS
$ WILL LEAVE CORNER OF
BROADWAY AND MAIN EV-
ERY 30 MINUTES FROM 6 A.
M. TO 11:30 P. M. LAST CAR
LEAVES TECUMSEH AT 12
MIDNIGHT.
worked loose. That of Mrs. Miller was
I inned fast in tho wreckage but that
of Mrs. Fe]sburg floated up to the
view of tho workmen, Mrs. Johnson's
body was found some time later,
caught under the wreckage. All were
cut and battered.
The finding of these bodies in-
Creases Ihe official identified dead to
51 and the total number of bodies re-
covered to 51. There are still known
to be among tho dead the bodies of
Mrs. Frank Monroe, 30 years old;
Joseph McElroy, H. H. Burch and Ar-
tnan Al< is Tedesco, which makes the
certain number of dead In the wreck
58. There still remain at various
mortuaries unclaimed bodies. The sec-
ond of the death dealing cars was
raised this afternoon, and it is prob-
able that before long tho last one will
be entirely out of the water, by which
time it Is expected that several other
bodies will be recovered.
"Your lur.lr" r y ' If you
watch for chances and openings in
the want ad. columns—make these lit-
tle ads. your favorite literature for
awhile. No "bad luck" endures that
test for long. Try advertising in Tha
Shawnee Nowa.
BUYER SURPRISED
CIRCUS MAN DIDN'T EXPECT
FIND SUCH BUSINESS
HOUSES.
TO
Mr. Cochran Says Shawnee Has Beft.
ter Stores Than Many Large
Cities.
Mr. Cochran, the "buyer" for the
I-Paw-Selis circus, the man who pur-
chases the food supplies for all the
people carried by the show, purchased
a large amount of groceries this morn-
ing from the Burke Grocery company,
103 East Main street.
To R. E. Burke, the head of the com-
pany, Mr. Cochran said: "Why, I am
surprised at the size of your stores
and their great stocks. Without go-
ing out of your store I have bought
practically every grocery we need, and
I must say that your stores are better
than many of the large cities can
boasL"
NARROW ESCAPE.
Six Children Thrown From Overturn,
ing Wagon.
While her mule team hitched to a
wagon containing six children, the eld-
est 17, was standing at the Santa Fe
freight depot, Mrs. Helen Knight, who
resides six mileR west of the city, was
inside the station looking looking after
a box of freight. Hearing a sudden
I noise, she lookejj out and discovered
I that a transfer man, whose name can
not be learned,'had driven to close to
lier wagon that the two had locked
wheels and in a second her wagon
j turned over and the mules began to
. run, throwing the children out. The
eldest girl sustained a sprained wrist
and the others were bruised but mi-
raculously escaped serious Injury.
Mrs. Knight's team was caught after
they had demolished the wagon. The
transfer driver went on immediately al-
ter the accident without stopping to
ascertain the consequences.
❖❖ WOW W < W WW ow wwwoow
| Free Ticket to the Circus >
CXJS ACER'S WAY >
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Wednesday is the
Day of the Circus
And we have made arrange-
ments to give a FREE TICKET
to everyone who spends as
much as
$10
in our store.
SHOVEL-'EM-OUT PRICES
WILL PREVAIL THIS WEEK.
EVERYTHING MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES.
One Price to All
Go to the Show
Via Agee's
REMEMBER THE STORE
I Gus Agee, THE CLOTHIER |
£ 115 EAST MAIN STREET. X
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