Bartlesville Daily Enterprise. (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909.
THE BARTLESVILLE ENTERPRISE
TEN NEW BUILDINGS.
•OhfeutU'l'S HAVE BEiiN CLOSED
l uxl iiiLruxV IlVli-ROVijJMJtiJVi'Si.
TOTAL COST TO BE *250,000.
BE-. UT, bOiiOOLS AND PAVING
ALe>0 ABOUT Rf.ADY.
Building Trades to Be Rushed With
Work on Downtown District
structures ui 00 Days.
Within the next tiu days business
buiiuiiigb wiii be started in uartlesviik
wiuch will euBt an aggregate oi more
than $2uU,UUU. There are about 10
buw business buildings to be erected.
Plans have been dratted for all ot
i/hose buildings aud the contracts let
ior nearly ail of theni.
Bartlesville has been growing so
rapidly during tue past year that few
people realize the rapidity with which
fche town in being improved. The new
buildings to be started here within the
next two months are alone eiiough to
make a very pretentious town. With
the erection of these buildings, the new
wine senate bill providing for senten- ONE IS DEAD; TWO DYING-.
cing convicts to McAlester, which will I
facilitate the removal of Oklahoma RACE FEELING ENDS IN STUDENT
convicts. WAR IN STREET.
Immediately following the passage of
this bill, a bill drawn by the attorney
general1 and introduced by Representa-
tive Dunn of Oklahoma City, was in-
troduced and placed on first reading ap-
propriating $80,000 to pay Oklahoma's
indebtedness to Kansas for the care of i Knives Too Murderous for Boys Un-
ONLY WHITE BOYS SUFFER.
ALLEGED NEGRO BOY MURDERER
PLEADS SELF DEFENSE.
convicts and to pay the deficiency for!
armed.—Prisoner Does Not Deny
His Part in Fight.
200 DERRICKS LAID LOW.
OIL 1RODUCERS ESTIMATE DAM
AOE WiLL BE OVER $50,000.
ALL ARE TO BE REBUILT.
CITY SUFFERS FROM FREAKS OI
HIGH WIND.
Windows Go Out, Tents Are Ripped
Up and Streets are Strewn
With the Retuse.
the care of convicts at McAlester and j
for the expenses of transporting Okla-
homa prisoners from Kansas to Okla-1 Cincinnati, Jan. 28.—A negro boy
homa. This bill will be rushed through : charged with murder lies in a cell in
to final passage. | communicado here following a battle
An amendment to the Redwine bill!last night between white aud uegro
provides that nothing in the act should ; high school students, lie waB taken to
be construed to locate the penitentiary j jail pleading self defense.
at McAlester. By the terms of the bill! Race feeling, known to exist among
the board of control is clothed with j toe students for weeks, culminated in
authority to provide for the transfer, the battle royal in the streets. One
to provide for working prisoners on white student is dead and two others
public roads, to transfer them to the old J are suffering from injuries which the
federal jail as Vinita and Atoka. The attending physicians fear may be fatal.
bill carries an emergency which will The injured list includes only the
ma'Ve it effective immediately upon its white boys. They relied upon Young
passage and approval. [America as a defense and went into the
At a meeting of the board of prison J fight with bared fists. The negroes j in the one district is estimated above
control "the plans for the removal of , used knivos with murderous effect. | $30,000.
(From Friday 's Daily.)
There will be no street lights tonight.
Superintendent S. J. Smallwood feart
the damaged wires and will not attempt
to light the city. The residence district
will not suffer, unless greater stonn
damage develops. Power was slow late
today, the damaged wires giving way
in mauy connections.
The entire Osage Oil district was
devastated during tue night by wind
from the northwest which reached a
velocity of 03 miles ail hour before dark
yesterday. The damage to oil producers
heard the crash and imagined a build-
ing was falling. One man, who hap-
pened to be in front of the Ilarlow dry
goods store, was so badly frightened |
that he ran a block without looking
around the plate glass measured seven
by uine feet and was valued at more
than $100. It was insured.
A rig of the National Development
company over No. 1, on the Guinn leaee
in the Hogshooter, was blown down,
and the same company lost three rigs
near Sapulpa.
A broken awning punched a window-
out in the office of .lay IT. Mullen, in
the Masonic building. A large window
in the officb of the Illuminating Oil
company, over tho American National
bank, was also broken out by a de-
lapidated awning.
STACKED HAY BLOWS AWAY.
County Is Stripped of Loose Feed by
the Wind.
HONOR CARNATION DAY.
ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT MC-
KINLEY'S BIRTH OBSERVED
ROOSEVELT WEARS FLOWER.
SCHOOL GIRLS TAUGHT HIM TO
LOVE y.MttT.p.M
Chief Executive Pays Respect to Pre-
decessor by Decorating His
Coat LapeL
Washington, D. C., Jan. 29.—Presi-
dent Roosevelt appeared today wearing
a carnation in his buttonhole, in loviag
memory of his predecessor in the presi-
dential chair, and his example was fol-'
lowed by half the citizons of the na
tional capital. The Curnation League
of America inaugurated the custom ef
remembering the birthday of the late
William McKinley by wearing a caraa
tion, his favorite flower, and it is new
generally observed in Washington and
depot, the street paving and the school
buildings, iiartlesville promises to make the remainder of the Oklahoma prison-1 The police declare they have the | John Dellart of the Douglus-Laty Oil
progressive strides during the summer, j era in the Kansas penitentiary were j negro boy responsible for the one fatal company, said today that everything is
The latest new building to be au-] mapped out. R. W. Dick, superinten- assault and say a formal charge of nmr | gone as fay south as he could see troyi
nouneed is tue brick block to be erect- dent of the Oklahoma penitentiary at, der will be filed against him. He was ] .Lot (ii. The district extends to Lot 77
ed ou East Third street by S. G. Dela- McAlester was here. A lmndred con- ; arrested while the fight was thickest j and Mr. Deilart said he believes nearly guess most of the loose feed In the
■ * * 5- . IantT 1 ~ " *— - — !-s—' """ 1 ' *— — • 1-
J. K. Johnson drove to Bartlesville ,,
. .. . , (throughout the couutry. Democrats
from two miles north of Dewey early,
' ! WAlIu n«a K.nniimi/>nna amnnrrfhd nannf
thie morning. He saw several oil rigs
flat. A rig near the graveyard just
north of Dewey is a total wreck. Mr.
Johnson said he belioved rigs in the
Weber pool suffered too.
"What bothers me most is the loss
of mv feed," said Mr. Johnson. "I
metter for the Bartlesville Steam victs transferred from (he Kansas in-'and doesn't deny participation, but 200 derricks are down.
loaundry. This building is to stand on stitution will be placed in the old fed ■! pleads he was defending himself The oil producers suffered more iron
the present site of the laundry and is>ral jail at Vinita today. j against the white students. j the high ' wind tiiau others, althougi
to cost $10,000. Mr. Delametter is re ; The roof has been placed on the new — tho storm damaged the down-towi
ceiving bids tor the construction today, j building at McAlester, and President j LATEST COMPLETIONS. [ctrvs of Bartlesville. Plate giant
Work will begin at once. ! Conners of the prison control board i } wi .d-.s were shattered, awnings wer< I
The Pemberton building on John •says that 536 convicts can be acenmmo- Reported by the Prairie Oil and Gas .twisted from thoir hangings and gins*
stoue avenue is the only one of the new ; dated there. There are now 236 Okla j Company. signs suffered. A few windows wer.
buildings under construction. The base homa convicts in the penitentiary at | blown out in the residence section ol
mout excavation for this is about coin ^ Lansing, and they will be taken to Me- 1 A. T. Fancier, No. 2, lot. 162 Osage,1 town but the great part of ^he d&int g<
ploted. The building is to be . .two j Alester as rapidly as possible. Mr. 75 barrels. j was to business property.
stories-and will be occupied by the, Conners says that tlie last of the pris- Barnsdall Oil Co., No. 9, lot 9.3 Osa^e,, The high wind, usually from the
Ogilvie billiard hall and bowling alle\ J oners will be removed within a week 50 barrels. j south, had . switched to the northwest |
and will have a cafe on the frst floor, after the expiration of the Oklahoma j Roth & Compton Oil Co., No. 3, Al- during yesterday. At Third street and
The work on the Kress building, to (Contract with Kansas, January 31. jbert Leo Evans farm, 11-21-12, 15 bar-, Johnstone avenue at f>:45 o'clock yes
be occupied by a Kress^Syndicate ten-j The new. building at McAlester wasseta. terday it had reached 53 miles. Luoa
cent store on East Third street, will I built by prison labor, and Snperinteu- I Michigan Oil Co., No. 8, J. D. Daugh- observers gave other estimates, but fe*
be started at ouce. The bids have beon dent Dick is pleased with the mauner ;erty farm, 5-27-13, 50 barrels. 'remained up during the night to watel
roceived and the contract will be let! in which the work was done. One j ftew York Dev. Co., No. 2, W. Daugh- the damage.
wells as Republicans among thd osantora
and representatives paid thiB mark of
respect to the martyr president today.
William McKinley was born January
29, 1843, in Ohio. Before his ascendency
to the office of president of tho United
States he was chairman of the power-
ful ways and means committee in eon-
„ . gress and the tariff bill of which ae
county is flouting 111 the Canev river
. , , , . . ,, . was the author still bears a noted place
toddy. The hay 1 lost was worth about . ■ 1
$50.
'•On the road to town .every hay
stack I saw had been twisted and lifted
away. A man can't tr\ to save it. to-
day in this wind and its going to be a
big loss."
At Muskogee the base
taint was demolished.
An outside door of the lobby 0
Oklah theater was demolished.
this week.
The Kreep building, which is to ad-
join the Kress building on the east, wil|
be started at once. Both buildings are
to be of Kansas City gray pressed brick
and will add to the looks'of that quar-
ter of the business district.
The Johnstone building on West
Third street will be started at once. It
is to be two stories, with office rooms
above a store room. The Baird build
ing will stand beside the Johnstene
building and the contract has been let
for its erection. It is to conform in
size and style to the Johnstone build-
ing.
The Rupard hotel is to be built at
once on the corner of Third street and
Keeler avenue. The certainty that the
depot will be erected on Keeler avenue
leaves little room for doubt that the
hotel will be erected.
X. J. Maire of Lima, O., one of the
promoters of the new six-story hotel to
stand on the corner of Fourth and John-
stone has written to his associates here
that work will be started on the hotel
in the spring.
The new Elks home, to be erected on
tho comer of Second and Dewey, will
be under way inside of 60 days. The
building committee now has charge of
the work of drafting the plans.
All of these buildings, with the new
library and the school buildings,
promise to keep the building trades of
Bartlesville pretty busy supplying men
during the coming summer.
prisoner. Thomas Bailey, serving two erty farm, 5-27-13, 50 barrols. | The oil derricks 15 miles south oi
years for larceny, escaped. j Steve Markham No. 1, Henry Bough | town Were directly in the path of tin
farm, 18-18-12, 150 barrels. storm and seven out of every 10 went
To Celebrate Lincoln's Birthday. | Quaker Oil Co., No. 5, Sophia Boliug | down, according to messages to the En
(From Thursday's Daily.) farm, 28-17-12, 175 barrels. j terprise today. The derricks cost about
LOST BRAINS, MAY RECOVER.
Yeung Man Injured by Falling Wrench
Still Lives.
(From Thursday's Daily.)
George Terrel is still alive at the
hospital suffering from a fracture of
the skull. The attending physician
said the man lost a handful of brains.
He may recover.
Terrel was working on a lease when
a heavy wrench fell from the rig,
striking him on the. head. Yesterday
he was admitted to the city hospital
fer an operation.
AGAINST DISPENSARY,
HOUSE BILL WOULD REGULAATE
LIQUOR TRAFFIO.
Guthrie, Ok., Jan. 28.—An indication
teat the sentiment of the honse is ad
verse to the dispensary system for the
sale of intoxicating liquors for medical
purposes, is a favorable committee re-
port upon the house bill by Wallace
for the repeal of the article of the Bil
laps prohibitory law creating the dis-
pensary system. The report of the com
mittee was unanimous.
Other pills reported favorably for
passage in the house: By Heims,
prohibiting the sale of cocaine
ether narcotic drugs exeept upon the
prescription 01 a physician, aud by
Oharles permitting the sale of apple
eider.
A meeting of the Womens' Relief
Corps and the G. A. R., has been called
for next Saturday, at the corps hall,
for the purpose of arranging a program
for the celebration of Lincoln's birth
day, February 12.
The teacherB in the city schools have
already taken the matter in hand and
are arranging programs for the day.
Col. Higgins, post commander, has
extended an invitation to the teachers
and anyone else interested to attend
this meeting.
When tho big newspapers beard that
J. H. Connolly, the writer of sea tales,
was on board the Republic in the re
cent wreck they exerted themselves to
get him to write the story. It was im-
possible to get connection with him
Now, it develops, according to the
story of Captain Seal-by, that the writer
was too busy fighting with the women
for a place in the life boat to attend
to the more serious business of writing.
Argue & Compton No. 23, Lucinda! $650 to build. The bases will be saved
LABOR LEADER TO LECTURE.
President Samuel Gompers Speaks Be-
fore Social League This Evening.
New York, Jan. 28.—Samuel Gom-
pers, president of the American Federa-
tion of Labor, will tonight open a
course of lectures to be given under the
auspices of the Ethical Social league,
when he will speak on "The Responsi-
bility and Obligations of Trades Unions
for Social Progress.''
Other speakers in the course will be
Dr. Samuel, Schulman, Dr. Stephen S.
Wise, Professor Leslie Willis Sprague,
Dr. John Haynes Holmes, John L.
Elliott, Dr. Leigbton Williams and
Charles Sprague Smith.
Divorce Statstics.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 28.—The pop-
ular impression that divorce is espe-
cially common among actors finds con-
tinuation in the completed report which
thecensus publishes on the subject of
marriage and divorce. The ratio of actors
professional showmen, etc., who are di-
vorced, when compared to those in the
same professions who are married, is
found to be one to Bix. This it the hig-
hest in the table.
Next to the actor class comes the
•commercial travelers, among whom
th re appears one divorced during the
20-year period to every nine married
men reported in the twelfth census.
Musicians, physicians, bartenders, tele-
graph and telephone operators have
very nearly the same ratio, one to 23.
The comparison indicates also that di-
vorce is more frequent among physi
cians than lawyers, and more frequent
among the latter than among clergy-
For farmers the ratio, 1 to 92, is be-
low the average; for laborers, occupa-
tion not specified, it is about the same
Guthrie, Ok., Jan. 28.—Warned of the I as for farmers; for agricultural laborers
feet that thtf contract of Oklahoma | it is still lower.
with Kansas for the care of Oklahoma
prisoners expires Sunday in a message
from Governor Haskell, the honse pass-
Pittman farm, 7-17-12, 100 barrels.
Northern Oil & Gas Co., No. 5, Daniel
Taft farm, 12-27-13, 25 barrels.
Phillips "& Co., No. 2, L. Longbone
farm, 11-27-13, 40 barrels.
National Oil & Dev. Co., No. 1, Jos.
Lamar farm, 11-27-13, 35 barrels.
Julia Oil & Gas Co., No. 3, Sarah
Meagher farm, 32-15-18, gas.
Bear Drilling Co., No. 1, Thos. F.
Meagher farm, 32-15-18, dry.
Carnegie Oil & Gas Co., No. 2, Birdie
Holland farm, 4-25-13, 50 barrels.
Johnson Oil & Gas Co., No. 1, Fred
McDaniel farm, 9-25-13, dry.
Sagamore Oil & Gas Co., No. 3, Ed
Wheeler farm, 18-26-13, 10 barrels.
Booth Oil Co., No. 3, Stella Sells farm
29-18-12, 200 barrels.
Villa Groves Oil Co., No. 3, Noah
lspscogee farm, 20-18-12, 200 barrels.
Southwestern Oil Field Co., No. 2,
School Lands, 16-21-8- Pawnee Co., 50
barrels.
Columbia Oil Co., No. 3, J. B. Helmiek
farm, 18-21-8, Pawnee Co., 60 barrels.
G. W. Barnes No. 1, Wm. H. March
29-18-12, 100 barrels.
Gypsey Oil Co., No. 3, Standard Inv.
Co., farm, 35-13-14, dry.
Bear Drilling Co., No. 1, Leonard
Roan farm, 17-14-18- 20 barrels.
Stainard Oil Co., No. 1, Eva Sufall
'farm, 7-13-19, dry.
Deming Inv. Co., No. 1, Sam lspscogee
farm, 34-18-12, 75 barrels.
Nypo Oil Co., No. 1, Ida Evans farm,
8-14-18, 50 barrels.
Julia Oil Co., No. 2, A. P. Barnett
farm. 20-18-12, 200 barrels.
National Oil & Dev. Co., No. 3, Katie
Secundine farm, 31-26-14, 40 barrels.
Wolverine Oil Co., No. 1, James Tay-
lor farm, 25-26-13, 40 barrels.
Wm. Johnstone, No. 3, Wm. John-
stone farm, 19-26-14, 150 barrels.
Sagamore Oil Ce., No. 12, Annie
Marshall farm, 31-26-14, 75 barrels.
R. M. Jennings, No. 1, Charley Bill
farm, 6-25-14, 50 barrels.
Spring Oil Co., No. 2, Dora E. Parks
farm, 33-18-12, 10 barrels.
Matson Oil Co., No. 3, Lot 53 Osage,
600 barrels.
The Peacock Oil Co., No. 1, Rosa
Peacock farm, 4-25-13, 15 barrels.
Harry V. Dorman, No. 2, Nora E.
Keefer farm, 32-26-13, 25 barrels.
Berg & Egan, No. 2, W. P. Thomp-
son farm, 4-25-13, 50 barrels.
National Oil & Dev. Co., No. 2, James
Lamar faTm, 11-27-13, 35 barrels.
John C. Cobleigh, No. 7, Agnes B.
Henry farm, 11-27-13, 40 barrels.
George R. Smith, No. 1, Edward
Meagher farm, 32-15,18, dry.
Decern Oil Co., No. 5, F. B. 8tem
farm, 28-15-14, 300 barrels.
Chandler Oil Co., No. 3, Van 8.
| Chandler farm, 35-27-12, 25 barrels.
Armstrong Oil Co., No. 1, Carl Arm-
strong farm, 25-27-12, 35 barrels.
Test Oil Co., No. 2, Robert Bamett
farm, 30-27-14, 50 barrels.
Roth Argue ft Co., No. 1, Annie M
Martin farm, 13 2612, 3 barrels.
Blessed be the courts. Paragraphers
can noW qnit collecting that $29,000,000
•4 a committee substitute for the Bed- fine.—Cleveland Leader.
No movement known to engiineen ia
mot duplicated la the human body.
dow;
3 Arcade saved its pi
by bracing them.
ball grajd
glass win-
Oil men estimate that the cost of lwn
ber and labor to rebuild each derricl
will be about $150.
The Douglas-Lacy lot had 23 dcrrieks
Many of these were already down ant
the wind took away the seven that r >
mained, standing, laying the lease flat.
Some of the lots in the Osage had as
many as 40 derricks and but few are
standing today.
The Prairie and the Illuminating com-
panies bad heard of little damage to
their properties at noon today. From
reports gathered by telephone none was
injured by the devastation. Tents and
sheds were blown away.
The wind blew a tree on the Sand
creek bridge last night, demolishing the
bridge and destroying the telephone
lino. There is no connection with that
section of the field today. The Sand
creek bridge is about four miles south
of here.
Mall Box Wrecked.
A great portion of the damage in
town was done this morning. The
fact that citizens came down late
probably saved some being injured, for,
at daylight, the wind was holding high
carnival in the streets. At the corner
of Third street and Dewey avenue it
even tampered with government prop-
erty, tearing away a mail box and car-
rying it half a block. The box, the
sort used for packages, weighs nearly a
hundred pounds and doubtless would
have wrecked anybody who got in it's
path as it sailed from it's moorings.
Arcade Window Braced.
The plate glass windows at the Ar-
cade were nearly shattered last night
but braces were hurriedly procured
and the place barricaded from each
side. The wondows were saved.
Wind Fixed Trap for Fowl.
A chicken pen, tilting gracefully
from the walk in front of the Right
way hotel at daylight, reminded the
proprietor of the annual expense of re-
moving offerings after Hallowe'en. The
chicken yard, about 20 feet square,
stood as though it had been permanent-
ly placed there. The gate stood ajar,
but the trap had caught no fowl.
Dewey Rink Down.
The skating rink at Dewey was
blown down during the night. The rink
is located in the town square and no-
body was in it, according to a message
to the Enterprise today. No serious
damage is reported from there but sev
eral small buildings and sheds were
blown down.
Elements Defeat Carpenter.
C. T. Turner sat up all night guard
ing the electric sign in front of his
Midway restaurant. The sign crashed
out soon after daylight—just as a car-
penter was delivering a brace to pro-
tect it. The damage was about ti 5.
Window Was Insnred.
At 8 o'clock last night a large plate
glass window in the front of the Eureka
drug store was broken by the wind
It fell outward upon the sidewalk and
was shattered into a thousand pieces
Pedestrians who were rushing along in
that locality with heads down to avoid
dirt and gravel which filled the air,
m American political history
September 6 Fatal Day.
McKinley was shot September 6 at,
Buffalo, N. Y., by CzolgosK, and died
eight days later.
The dead president loved tho carna-
tion above all other flowers. It's pecu-
liarly appropriate, therefore, that na-
tion should wear upon his birthday this
tender token of affection.
The imstom was originated by Lewis
G. Reynolds of Dayton, Ohio, who wore
a white carnation draped in black on
tho first anniversary of the president's
death. Later lie conceived the idea of
"The Carnation League of America,"
and took steps to organize it.
It was while McKinley was governor
of Ohio that his fancy for the carnation
became a fondness. A bevy 1 of girl
A rig north of the ice plant, belong , of Lako Er,e ^ paineg
ng^to the Cudahy company, was blown 1.,,^ ohiQ) mHd„ him atl ho„orary
' ber of their class, at the same time pin-
Ining their class flower, a carnation, is
Barnsdall Oil company reports five j his buttonhole.
derricks down, two on lot 80, one on
lot 94, and two at Shiatook.
the
Twelve dericks arc said to be down
on tho Lannom place southwest of town.
Class Interests President.
The incident occurred while Governor
I McKinley was in Painesville as a guest
At noon today the Sagamore Oil com- 1f thp Qarfield dub He flVer after_
pany had received reports of four der- .evinced..an interest i„ the dm
rick., being blown down on their leases |and oftfin r(,raemf,fired an(1 Wfl8 remoM. '
last night. jberod by them. Mrs. McKinley also
became interested in the class and its
i insignia and provided a bunch of carna-
A well known oil man says in his
opinion the number of derricks blown |tion; for hJ hu8band
down in tho fields will average three
out of seven.
s room every
morning. A reunion of the class was
in progress when Mr. McKinley was
first nominated for the presidency, and
a congratulatory telegram was sent hint.
At each subsequent reunion of the class
the president was remembered with a
box of carnations.
When Mr. Reyonlds presented the
"Carnation day" idea to the attention
of the McKinley National Memorial
association at Canton, Ohio, it met with
the instant approval of the late Senator
Hanna, Judge William R. Day and
other trustees of that association. It
was Mr. Reynolds' original idea that
"Carnation day" be observed on Sept-
ember 14, the anniversary of Mr. Mc-
Kinley's death, just as the primrose of
Lord Beaconsfield, but Alexander H.
R'evell of Chicago, a Carnation league
derricks down on the Holland lease, \ trustee, was successful in having the
section 4-25-13. Wolverine Oil com-1 date changed to January 29, as being
pany reports a derrick down on the j more appropriate. The idea was pro-
James Taylor lease. Imulgated through newspapers on Dee-
— ember 2, 1902, and met with unversal
The people who live near the tower approval.
Delokee Oil company lost four out of
seven derrkks on the Ean Bobbs farm
last night. They also lost one on the
Mary Thursday leases.
A 5x8-foot plate glass window was
blown out at the Sterling millinery, in
the Mutual building at noon today.
The window was insured.
Workmen employed in putting the
new corruce on the Mutual building
were forced to quit work yesterday
afternoon, fearing they would be blown
from the roof.
Carnegie Oil •company reports two
of the city water company were ner-
vous all during last night for fear the
high wind would blow down the tower
and flood that section of town.
J. C. Watts of the Examiner lost a
bran new hat. It was blown from his
Carnation Day" Appeals to All.
The primary object of the movement
is, of course, to provide a perpetual me-
morial in honor of McKinley. That ob-
ject has already been accomplished.
Hundreds of thousands of his country-
men had it in mind to do him honor,
head last night, and disappeared above |^"nal,y- in some appropriate
the buildings. This morning it was
found near tho Right Way hotel.
A teamster named Hampton occupied
a combination tent and frame house on
Sixth and Keeler. The tent was wreck-
ed by the wind, and nothing remained
of it this morning but a few shreds.
Belated trains were one of the re-
sults of the wind. The Santa Fe from
the north, due at 9:35, was 45 minutes
late, but the Santa Fe north was on
time. The Katy from the north was
over an liour late.
A shed wag blown away at the Lan-
yon-Starr smelter and several tents in
the vicinity were wrecked. No serious
damage is reported from West Bartles-
ville other than the inconvenience of
having tents blown from over the sleep-
ing occupants.
Simpson's grocery lost a window
measuring 8x10 feet. It was insured.
Ritter's grocery and the Economy fur-
niture store, each lost a small plate,
the former measuring 3x5 feet and the
latter 5x5 feet- These also were in-
snred. Windows were also destroyed
in the offices of Dr. Pollard, Dr. Still-
well and J. H. Mullen.
(The "Carnation day" idea struck a
responsive chord in line with the loyal
impulse which prompted the stopping of
nearly all wheels of industry for those
few moments on the day of burial.
The day was first observed on Jan.
29, 1903, the sixtieth anniversary of
McKinley's birth. Hundreds of thous-
ands of Americans, at home and abroad,
wore the blossom as a token of their
love and respect.
A CATHOLIC CENSUS.
pre Than Fourteen MUlio'i in tfe*
United 8tatea.
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 29.—There
are 14,235,451 Roman Catholics in the
United States, according to the advanse
sheets of the 1909 Wiltzius official
Catholic Directory, published in this
eity. The statistics are furnished by
the Archbishops and Bishops of the
United 8tates after the taking of a
census in all dioceses.
Adding to the 14,235,451 the number-
of Roman Catholics in the Philippines,
Porto Rico and Hawaiian Islands,
brings the grand total of Catholics un-
der the United States flag to 22,474.-
440, aa compared with 12,053,000
Catholic subjects under the British
flag.
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