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Village of Fontanet, Ind., Com-
pletely Destroyed by Ex-
plosion of a Powder
• Mill—1,000 are
Homeless
FONTANET. INI).: Ilj iIn- explosion of tlio Dupoul l'owdw Work*
Tnosdav. between ','."1 and ~>0 pcrnoii- wore killed. 600 injured and Fon-
Ibinrt. a i ifv of I. Hlo people. was wiped out. Where there stood a thriving
and busy town there is ruin and scattered wreckage. The dead and more
seriously injured have been taken awav. Five hundred inhabitants, all
more or less wounded, remain to gather their scattered belongings and
sleep under tents, guarded by soldiers of the state.
Without warning the powder mills, seven in number, blew up. They
employed '-'(10 men. and of these, were at work when the first explosion
occurred in the press mill. In quick succession the glazing mill, the two
coining mills and the powder magazine blew up. followed by the cap
mill. In the magazine, situated several hundred yards from the mill,
were stored 1.000 kegs of powder. The concussion when it blew was felt
¥00 miles away. Every house in this town was desroyed. I''arm housef
wo miles away and school houses equally distant were torn to pieces and
their occupants injured. Indianapolis, and even Cincinnati, felt the
shock. A passenger train on the Itig Four railroad four miles away had
every conch window broken and several passengers were injured bv Hying
glass.
Immediately following the explos- 'on and the wreckage caught fire,
ions the wreckage took fire and the
inhabitants of the town who rushed
to the fescue of the mill employes
found themselves powerless to aid
those burning in the ruins. They
worked frantically in constant danger
from possible succeeding explosions.
unmindful of their ruined homes.
Dead and dying were picked up and
rollected. Eighteen bodies horribly
burned, mangled, were carried to a
protected spot to await identifica-
tion, while the badly injured, num-
bering upward of 50, were put on a
special train and taken to Terre
Haute for hospital accommodation.
Scarcely one of the 1,000 Inhabit-
ants of the town but carried blood on
hands and face from his own wounds
or those of people who had required
aid.
The mills were located one mile
south pf the town. With the first
explosion the employes ran for safety
but most of them were killed or
wounded by the quick following ex-
plosions in the other mills. When
the heat from the burning mills ex-
ploded the giant powder magazine, 90
minutes later, destroying the town
by the concussion, many of those en
Engineer Charles Wells was badly
burned and received a fracture of the
right leg.
Three school buildings were de-
s'troyed at Fontanel and ('oat Bluff,
two miles away. Ail were filled with
school children and every one of
them were more or less injured by
the collapse of the buildings. A four-
room school building was torn to
pieces and not one of the 200 children
escaped unhurt, although none was
fatally hurt A two-room school build
Ing at Coal Bluff was turned over
and collapsed. The leacher and 90
pupils were more or less injured.
The force of the explosion destroy-
ed all telephone communication with
outside towns and it was with great
difficulty that aid was summoned.
Terre Haute and Brazil sent physi-
cians and nurses with supplies In car
riages and automiblles, while special
trains were made up and run on the
Big Four railroad for the care of the
Injured. Qovernor Hanly ordered the
Terre Haute company of the Indiana
national guards to'patrol the ruined
district and to protect life and prop*
erty. The governor arrived Tues-
day evening, lie brought wVh him 700
gaged in rescue work were badly in- tents and cots for the care of the
Jured and several killed. Superintend-
ent Monahan of the plant was killed
while in his office, and his wife and
sister-ln law were killed in their home
some distance away.
That the death list is not far greater
Is due to the fact that the people of
the town had left their houses at the
first explosion and were not in them
when the explosion of the 4.000 kegs
of powder in the magazine hurled
their homes to pieces and scattered
household goods in the shape of de-
bris.
Among the buildings totally de-
stroyed in the town were the Metho-
dist and Christian churches, two
school buildings, the depot, all bus!
ness blacks, including a large block
just completed, a large warehouse and
500 homes. Tu many of them the
fronts were blown away, while in
others the roofs were hurled into>
space, the aides blown out or they
were left a confused mass of collapsed
wreckage.
A Big Four railroad freight train
on the switch leading to the mills was
practically destroyed by the explos-
homeless.
The country school near Fontanel,
with an attendance of 50 country chil-
dren. had just been called to order
when the explosion occurred. The
walls of the building and roof col-
lapsed. but none of the children were
dangerously injured. The teacher,
Miss Susan Bishop of Terre Haute,
was struck by a falling beam and ser-
iously injured.
ambljlance wrecked
Victims of Powder Explosion Met With
Street Car Accident
TERRE HAUTE, IND.: Hospitals
and homes in Torre Haute were
thrown open to care for the injured
in the Fontanet powder explosion.
Relief trains carrying physicians and
supplies were hurried to the scene
and the injured were brought to this
city. Five of the injured died In the
hospital.
While hurrying to St. Anthony's
hospital the city ambulance was
struck by a street car and wrecked.
No one was injured. *4
Coal Famine Threatens Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY: The people of
Oklahoma are threatened with a coal
famine this winter. With coal opera
lers refusing to accept orders from
the dealers except those subject to
delay, and at the price of coal on the
date of shipment, the outlook is not
encouraging.
Domestic coal is now selling at the
mines at $4.50 and is retailed by lo-
cal dealers at $7.50 a ton. The deal-
ers have been notified that the price
will be raised 50 cents a ton within
a week, and it is expected before
spring coal will be selling at $8.50 a
ton. One year ago this same coal
sold for from $6 to $6.50 a ton.
Jackson Below Quarantine Line
GUTHRIE: The Oklahoma Live-
stock Sanitary board, in order to pro-
tect the new county of Greer from
Invasion and infection, has establish |
Mii a quarantine line along the north
and west boundaries of Jackson coun-
ty. Fever tick infection is reported
in Jackson and the hoard would pre-
vent its spreading.
LARGE DOCKET FOR JUDGE
New Official in Comanche County Be
gins With 344 Cases
LAWTON: With 94 criminal and 250
civil cases remaining on the district
court docket of Comanche county,
Judge Frank E. Gillette adjourned the
last session of court in the Seventh
district of the territory of Oklahoma,
and thereby left as a heritage to Judge
J. T. Johnson, the judge-elect, all un-
finished business on the territory side
of the docket. Judge Gillette left for
Guthrie to attend the last session of
the supreme court of the territory of
Oklahoma.
Forty-two Indict meAts were returned
by the grand jury that sat during the
term just closed. These resulted from
investigation of 64 alleged violations
The grand and petit juries were dis-
charged.
Vinita After State Institution
OKLAHOMA CITY: Vinita will
be a candidate for one of the state
institutions, probably the insane asy-
lum. Vinita is one of the oldest
towns in Indian Territory and may
he able to land the institution.
One candidate has already an-
nounced for superintendent of the
state insane asylum. Dr. E. G. Newall
of Yale. Dr. Newall was a delegate
in the constitutional convention and
was one of the democratic campaign
'managers in the recent camnalgn.
The man who has been following
Dr. Wiley's advice about swallowing
his food without chewing is under-
stood now to be taking indigestion
tablets in the same manner.
Railroad Company Sued for Cruelty
MUSKOGEE:! William Mellette,
district attorney, has filed suits
against the Frisco Railway company,
ch'arglng cruelty to animals in viola
tion of the 28-hour law.
He claims that M. Courtney shipped
three car loads of cattle at Beggs,
and that they were held past the 28
hour limit at Fairland without feed
and water. The penalty is not less
than $100 nor more than $f>00 for each
offense, and each car is considered
separately.
ACTING GOVERNOR FILSON AND
W. H. MURRAY BOTH AP-
POINT ELECTION BOARD
MI'SKOOEF!: Owing to au elec-
tion muddle in this county, the state
canvassing board at Guthrie has pass
ed over the returns iemi>o?arily in
the hopes ihnt some order may | ^
restored out of the tangled-up mess.
Rumors nf fraud i%i the election,
which have brought the election of
ihis county into the federal courts,
are responsible for the trouble. One
member of the board of county com-
missioners named by the const it u-
tionaal convention left the county
and another resigned because he was
a candidate for office. Acting Gov-
ernor Filson then appointed two mem
bers to fill the vacancies—one a dem-
ocrat and the other a republican.
President Murray of the constitutional
convention appointed two members to
fill the vacancies ca'used by the two
original members, claiming that Fil-
son did not make his appointments
within the specified time, and in-
structed tile chairman of the board
to refuse to recognise Fil son's
men. The board met without the Fil-
son appointees being recognized, can-
vassed the votes and certified the re-j
suit to the territorial secretary. The i
republicans claim the board threw!
out fjve precincts by fraud.
The republicans toog Ihe matter in-
to court to secure a mandamus to
compel a canvass with the Filhon ap
appointees as members.
It was necessary to secure service
on J. R. Wyands, chairman of the
Ixmrd and a democrat, but for a cou-
ple of days Wyands was in Guthrie
consulting with democratic leaders
and outside the jurisdiction of the
court. Acting on the advice of his
party leaders, however, Wyands re-
turned to Muskogee and papers in
vassing board, actinq upon hip inform-
I ation, will probably throw out the en-
l"ir« vote from Muskogee county un-
pens the vote is recanvassed by the
j members appointed by the acting
governor and forwarded at once to
■ Guthrie.
NELS DARLING INDICTED
OKLAHOMA CITY MAN HELD RE
SPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO
CATALOGUE HOUSES.
OKLAHOMA CITY: Nelson S Dai-
ling. president of the Oklahoma Sash
&■ Door company. Oklahoma City, and
who has been active in the flght waged
b> members of the Retail Merchants'
association against mail order houses,
has been indicted by the federal grand
jury, in Minneapolis, Minn., in con-
nection wilh "the little black book" in-
vest igattion. Mr. Darling has gone to
Minneapolis to answer the charge.
When the slate meeting of the Re-
tail Merchants' association was in ses-
sion in Oklahoma City last July, Mr.
Darling read a paper in which he ad-
\ oca ted a systematic flght against the
mall order establishments.
Mr. Darling outlined a plan in that
address which has since been put in
operation. In order to embarrass the
mail order houses as much as possi-
ble. in ihe hope that they would
abandon the Oklahoma field, hun-
dreds of letters have been written to
them by Oklahoma retailers, in which
questions were asked concerning the
character of goods advertised in cata
logues. When replies were received
to these letters, other letters were
wrlten. In this manner the houses
have been flooded with unprofitable
correspondence asking other ques-
tions.
Oatalogues that have cost the mall
order houses a large sum of money,
have been sent to Oklahoma. The re-
■'T $ •
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, ' Wti
It. Stagier, S S. Shearer and W. TI
('happen: . Joe Sherman; No
| hie, Charles Frazier, Red Rock; Okla-
i homa, C G. Jones. Oklahoma City,-and
I Dr (' R. Da> Kdniond; Okmulgee, W.
| ('. McAdoo. Wagoner, A. D. Orcutt.
MEN WHO WILL MAKE THE FIRST Coweta: Alfalfa Grant (Notorial),.). P
LAWS OF OKLAHOMA Evans. Helena Garfield, Kingfisher
(flotorial) Kugem Wetrous .Enid.
• . Senate, democratic members: Sec
108 flfPflfSENTITIIES IND 44 SENATORS ^ TT'k", VfZTr™*
| triet. Frank Matthews. Mangum.
, Fifth district,'Thomas Moore, Olustee;
Democrats "Will Have 91 and Republi- 8i*,h, d™; " \ "'".'"TV,
M land J. .J. Williams Hobart; Eighth dis
cans 18 in Lower House—Senate
Lower
Will Have 37 Democrats and 7 Re-
publicans.
The first Oklahoma legislature,
which will convene at Guthrie, will be
composed of. 109 representatives*and
forty four senators. From unofficial
returns it appears that the democrats
will have ninety-one and the republi-
cans eighteen of the members of the
lower house, and thai the senate will
be composed of thirty-seven democrats
and seven republicans.
A list of ihe men elected to the first
Oklahoma legislature, according to re-
turns not yet canvassed by the Oklaho
ma election board, with a few dis
tricts omitted, as the result of thcj
trict, P. Gouldlng; Ninth district.
Edmund Braze]), Grant county, and S
.), Soldani, Ponca City; Tenth district.
Henry S. Johnson. Perry; Eleventh dis
trict, Clarence Davis Bristow; Thir-
teenth district, M. F. Eggerman, Shaw
nee; Fourteenth district. Roy Stafford.
Oklahoma City, and W. H. Johnson.
EI Reno; Fifteenth district, George O
Johnson, Fort Cobb, and L. K. Taylor.
Chickasha; Seventeenth district. El
mer M Thomas, Lawton, and D. M
Smith, Duncan; Eighteenth district,
J. C. Graham, Marietta, and J. C. Lit-
tle, Sulphur; Nineteenth district, R. L.
Wynne. Lexington, and H. S Blair.
Katie; Twentieth district, T. F. Mes
| senger, Atoka, and Jesse M. Hatchett.
I Durant; Twenty-first district, E. T.
Sorrells, Milton: Twenty-second dis
klmwn" '"/IT" iS "0t yet <'p"nite|y I trict. H. h" Hoiman, Wetumka; Twen
known, as follows; i ty.th'lr(J dl8tr|ct R M ltoddic, Ada;-
Lower house, democrats—Adair 1 Twenty-fourth district, W. P. Stewart,
county, T. L. Roder; Atoka. R. M.j Antlers; Twenty-fifth district, W. N
Rainey, Aioka; Beckham, George C.' Redwine. McAlester: Twenty-sixth
Whitehurst, Sayre; Bryan, A. Frank district, W. M. Franklin, Madill;
Ross, Durant, and J. H. Baldwin. Twenty-seventh district. Eck *E.Brook.
Sterrett; Caddo. Frank Stephens, Ca Muskogee, and Campbell Russell, Rus-
nadlan, M. R. Cope, El Reno; Carter, i sell (contest); Twenty-eight district,
Leo Harris and J. F. McCants, Chero ; Dr. P. C. Conn: Twenty-ninth district,
kee, Lee L. Manns; Choctaw, W. H.j l. M K€>s. Pryor Creek; Thirtieth dis-
trict, E. M. Landruin, Tahlequah;
Thirty-first district, P. J. Yeager.
Tulsa; Thirty-second district, J. H
Strain, Nowata.
Republican members: First district,
J. S. Harris. Guymon; Third district.
A. E. Vpdegraft; Seventh district, R.
S. Curd, Aline; Twelfth district, Harper
S. Cunningham; Sixteenth district, H.
E. P. Stanford.
Armstrong, Boswell; Cimarron. Frank
L. Ca steel; Cleveland. J. Vandeveer,
Noble; Coal, C. W. O'Neal, Oconee;
Comanche, ,1. Roy Williams, Lawton;
Craig, E. B. Robv, Blue Jacket! Creek,
W. B. Stone. Bristow; Custer, Howell
Smith. Southwest City, Mo.; Dewey,
Lee Jones. Trail; Ellis, Rimer V
Jesse, Gage; Garvin, W. M. Lindse,
Elmore, and W. M. Tabor, Stratford;
Jrady. Robert M. Johnson, Chickasha,
nnd A. S. Riddle, Grant, J. M. Smith:
Jieer. G. W Briggs and Dr. Pendgraft,
Harper; F. M. Durst, Supply; Haskell.
Ed Boyles. Chant; Hughes, Edward
3wengel, Holdenville; Jackson, W. E.
Banks, Hess; Jefferson, Charles Lon-
don. Hastings; Johnston, W. H. Mur
ray. Tishomingo; Kay, Logan Haw
kins. Tonkawa ad Q. T. Brown. Bre
nan; Kiowa. .1. T. Armstrong and J. B.
Faulkner; Latimer, James stivers,
Wilburton; LeFlore, Charles Broom;
l^ove. J. R. McCalla. Marietta; Mar-
shall. H. P. Ashby, Madill; Murray, M.
Turner. Davis; Muskogee. A. J. Sn< 1
son ami Fred B Branson; (county con th(, statehood proclamation
tested); McClain, Thos. C. Whitson;
McCurtain, William Harrison, Boko
ma; Oklahoma, I. N. Putman, Oklaho-
ma City, and VV. I.. Ross. Edmond;
Okfuskee. Thomas B. Wortman; (coun-
ty contested); Osage, .1. B. Deyrle;
Payne, P. A. Ballard; Pontotoc. Frank
Huddleston ; Pottawatomie, Milton
Bryan, Shawnee, W. P. Durham and
W. S. Carson; Pushmataha. Ben Wil-
liams; Rogers, John F. Tandy, Chel-
sea: Roger Mills, J. L. Paschal; Semi
nole. J. B. Chastaln, Little; Sequoyah.
Winchester Allen, Salisaw; Stephens.
SPECIAL GRAND JURIES
ATTORNEY MELLETTE WILL KEEP
JUKUHS IN SEnVICC UNTIL
STATEHOOD
MUSKOGEE; William Mellette,
district attorney for the western dis
trict has summoned a special grand
jury and will keep the jurors in ser-
vice from now until the president sign«
\'KW 10NK It OTIC I. AT GUT1IRIK
the mandamus proceedings were serv-
ed upon him.
Porter Spalding, democratic county
clerk, also absented himself from
Muskogee county, and the board ap-
pointed Frank R. Applegate (republi-
can to act in his place. This appoint-
ment angered J. W. Brady, the demo-
cratic member of the board, and he
submitted his resignation. Now Gov-
ernor Frantz must appoint a new
members. Loaders of both parties ad-
mit that, the mix up in Muskogee
county has anything beaten that has
been witnessed in western politics for
many years. •
Secretary Wilson, who as acting gov-
ernor, appointed the members whom
the democrats refused to recognize.)
has the evidence in his office that he
made the appointments 'within the
three days limit, and the state can-
cipients of the books did not send for
them for legitimate purposes and they
will endeavor to show that the charac-
ter of the tight against them is in vio-
lation of the law.
"The little black book." as it Is
known in the investigation, gives ad
vice to those interested in the fight
against the catalogue establishments.
The name of the author of the book
is not shown in the publication neith-
er is the name of the publisher indii-
cated on the fly leaf.
if is believed to be ihe purpose of
the mail order houses tx> endeavor to
connect Mr. Darling with the author
ship of this volume.
It was only right that the New Yorli
policeman who is worth only 1500,000
should retire from the force and give
others a chance.
FARMERS' CONGRESS MEETS
National Association Convenes in
Oklahoma City This Week
OKLAHOMA CITY; The National
Farmers' association, with a mem-
bership extending throughout the
United States and Canada, will con
vene in this city on October 17 for
its annual meeting, which, will ex-
lend over five days. Three thousand
delegates are expected to be present,
a large majority of whom will come
from Oklahoma. •
Many promineut men will address
the association, among them being
Governor Cummins of Iowa, Governor
Brown of Florida, Governor Frantz
of Oklahoma, and N. J. Colman of St.
l^iuis, first secretary of agriculture.
Other persorys of prominence who will
attend are Congressman Charles R.
Davis of Minnesota. W. A. Cotton and
Professor W. R. Hart, both of Massa-
chusetts.
Alfonso may visit South Amorica
Is that a sigu the b«b.v is crying
nights?
OKLAHOMA'S FIRST CHILD
Prixe Offered for First Born in the
New State
GUTHRIE: The question as to
who was the first child born in Okla
homa after lis opening lo settlement
has been raised again by a contest
instituted by the management of the
state fair at Oklahoma City. Mr. and
Mrn. R. Cunningham of Clinton claim
the honor for their daughter, Okla-
homa Belle Cunningham, who was
born on May 18, 18R9, only a month
after the opening
RETURNS TO STAND TRIAL
A Former Noble Physitian Charged
With Arson Gives Himself Up.
NOBLE: Dr. W. Murphy, who with
William Brannon and Doctor Parker,
was indicted by the grand jury on a
charge of arson, arrived in Noble and
gave himself up to the officers. Dr.
Murphy was one of the prominent citi-
zens of the place but has been in New
Mexico for several months for the ben-
efit of his health As soon as he had
heyd of his indictment he returnad.
Last winter the townspeople of this
village awakened to find the business
section of their town on lire. Among
Ihe property destroyed was a drug
store belonging to Dr. Murphy and
and several buildings owned by Park-
er. Soon after they had collected the
insurance for their property they left
for parts then unknown.
William Brannon, who was a deputy
marshal, resigned and departed from
Noble. Brannon and Parker were ar-
rested in Texas. Their trial is set
for the next term of court.
in the northern district' the same
policy has been adopted. The district
attorneys will hold these special grand
juries at their command for the pur
pose of taking pleas of guilty from
persons under arrest and to return in
dictments against any person who
shall commit a serious crime between
now and the time statehood is effec
tlve.
Mr. Mellette stated that under the
peculiar conditions now existing that
W. b. Anthony, Marlow; Texas,' e j. ! were a murder committed there could
Earl: Tillman, J. R. King, Davidson; j116 no wa? of returning an indictment.
Tulsa. C. L. Holland; Washington, A j against him because there will be no
F. Vandeventer; Washita. David J more federal grand juries, and such
Smith; Woods. W. r. Abbott; Wood J persons could not be indicted by a
W. Hart; Pittsburg, Jesse F stale court if the crime was commit-
ted before the state was created. It
ward.
Hendrickson and H. M. McElhanv;
Johnson and Cpal (notorial), C. A.
Skeen. Wapanucka; Bryan and Atoka
(notorial). W. A. Durant, Durant; Pon-
totoc, Seminole (notorial), Edgar S.
Ratllff: Muskogee, Haskell (notorial),.
Hughes (flotorlai), Ben F. Harrison.
Calvin; Comanche, Stephens (Hotori
is understood that in the southern and
central districts the same plan has
been recommended.
Editor Convicted of Libel
BEAVER: J. S. Fisher, late re-
1), A. ti. Japp; Creek. Tulsa (flotori , publican candidate for state account-
al), VV. E. Norville, Tulsa; Washita. | ant, ami owner of several papers in
Custer (flotorlai), L. i.. Reeve: Cleve this count; was Friday convicted of
land, Caddo, Canadian (notorial), Ben criminal liliei
Wilson. Yukon, Payne. Pcwnee (flotor-l niinii - the .w., n> ..••
ial), George Hudson, Cushing; Lincoln -
Pottawatomie (notorial). H. G Stett-
mund. Chandler; Sequoyah, LeFlore
(notorial), E. A. Moore, Spiro.
Republican members—Alfalfa coun-
ty. W. H. H. Allen: Beaver, Dr. Abel
J. Sands; Blaine, W. H. Bowdre; Gar-
field, J. M. Porter. Enid; KingHsher,
Harvey Utterbach: Lincoln, Henry
Reel and James Lockwood; Logan, G
mpaign Fisher
published an article against F. C
Tracy, a member of the constitutional
convention and democratic candidate
for county attorney of thi^ county, in
which he stated that Tracy owed Beav
er county $n,G0O and termed him a de
faulter. Tracy immediately brought
action for criminal libel which result
ed in Fisher's conviction.
INAUGURAL PLANS HELD UP
EXACT DATE CANNOT BE FIXED
AND DEFINITE PLANS ARE
HELD IN ABEYANCE
GUTHRIE: Governor-elect C. N.
Haskell and a number of the gentle-
men elected with him on the state
ticket, held a conference here in the
governor's suite In the Royal hotel,
and discussed Inaugural plans, but be-
cause of the fact that the exact date
cannot yet be determined, all deHnite
plans must be held in abeyance.
Former Chief Justice Frank Dale,
who has charge of the Guthrie end of
Inaugural matters, stated that nothing
definite had been done as yet, but that
committees soon would be named to
begin the preparations. It was desired
by the local citizens to get tlje views
of Mr. Haskell and others before pro-
ceeding
Social maneuyers are sometimes im-
portant in army life as well as mili-
tary tactics.
WANTS THE EXACT DATE
GUTHRIE: John H. Burford. chief
justice of Oklahoma, has addressed
a letter to Attorney General Bona
ii.t' te at Washington asking him to
tdviBe President Roosevelt that 'hs
public interests will be best subserved
if he will make a public announce-
ment of the exact date upon which he
will promulgate his proclamation de-
claring Oklahoma a state. He says
this !s necessary to prevent confus-
iou In the operation of the courts.
Chickasha Marshal Resigns
CHICKASHA: Chief of Police J. H.
Miller of this city, has resigned be-
cause he said the city coqncil wished
this to be a wide open town and he
would not permit It. The council is
composed of democrats and Miller is
a republican. He was elected last
spring and had 18 months yet to hold
office. Miller asked the councilmen
to appoint an assistant chief that he
could depend upon to enforce the laws
but they refused to accede to his
wishes
Bonfire Made of Gamblers* Traps
SULPHUR: While clouds of smoke
filled the streets, costly gambling
paraphernalia from two gambling halls
were burned in the streets of Sulphur
after a raid by Bob Bailey, deputy
United States marshal. Bailey and _.s
assistants raided several joints and
gambling halls. They found no liquor
but eight poker players were arrestees
and fined (11.50 each by the police
judge.
GREATER MAJORITY AGAINST
Fifteen Counties in Indian Territory
Against Prohibition
GUTHRIE: Strange as it. may
seem to many, Indian Territory, in-
cluding the Osage Indian nation, gavo
a greater majority against prohibition
than did Oklahoma. In OKlahoma only
two counties gave anti-prohibition ma-
jorities—Logan and Oklahoma, whild
fifteen Indian Territory counties voted
against it, including McIntosh, No-
wata, Osage,- Pittsburg, Pushmataha,
Rogers, Sequoyah, Wagoner, Creek,
Washington, Carter, Coal, Craig, John-
ston and Latimer.
Indian Territory cast 57,765 for
prohibition and t>5,«56 against, a ma-
jorlty against of only 3,100. Oklahoma
Territory gave prohibition 71,759 vote*
and 56,575 against, a majority for or
16,180. In Ihe entire state prohibtion-
received 130,524 to 112,244 against, a
majority for of 18,280. Of all the votes
cast in Ihe election, prohibition receiv-
ed but 6.300 majority.'
It Is officially denied that the dow-
ager empress of China Is 111, and the
spineless einperor may as well put off
Indefinitely the day when he hopes
to rule wharf he !« supposed to reign.
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Ulam, P. L. The Chandler Publicist (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, October 18, 1907, newspaper, October 18, 1907; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc151270/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.