The Sapulpa Light. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 121, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 17, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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VNSOCIATED PRESS
Vol. II
Zhc Sapulpa %iQht
DAILY EDITIOH
SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1909
No. 121
COUNTY SEAT
CONTEST LAGS
SEW MOrXDS SCHOOL
A Ruilding t 15'' Erected l
That ('Itj
TARIFF BILL
FROM EL PASO INTRODUCED
<;«|.S TO SI'PREMl' COI'BT
Former Governor Seay Wter Old Debt
Hot? Mono} Imolved
FATAL WRECK
AT MONTREAL
ItBHSTOW FAILS TO RESPOND
WITH PROMISED WIT-
IS ESSES
In addition to'getting the county |
high school building, which will cost ;
from $40,000 to $60,000, the city of
.Mounds will soon have another ward I
school building which will cost $20,000 j
The work on this building will begin
niiT immediately and it will be ready for
EVIDENCE STRICKEN 0U1 |0ccupancy When school opens in the,
4 I fall. The building will be of pressed,
brick trimmed with Carthage lime-
stone and will be strictly modern in
every respect and in keeping with the
push and enterprise of that hustling
little city.
A new business house is now in tin
course' of construction on Main street
DECLARES THAT ONE W
AT \ TIME IS .11 ST A
PLENTY
IKE PROVIDES FOR AN INCREASE OP
PIETY MILLIONS IN
REV ENIE
'T MARRY OTHER WOMAN LUMBER DUTY IS SLASHED
Ktferee Parker Holds Testimony In-
Admissable I'nder
Plead lugs
Says
Eier) Doir Has His Day
Never Did Like Cats," He
Roars
"I Coffee and Wlilsky Schedules I ndian*
ed—Reduction On
Sugar
Guthrie, March IT. From the dis-
trict court or Kingfisher county was i
appealed today the case of Lyman,
Hobbs vs. T. C. Smith and J. A. Black-j
ford, involving a deal in hogs. The
defendants in error purchased the
hogs from Hobbs and several days
later they died of cholera. They then
sued Hobbs in the district court and j
got damages against him amounting Engine Got Beyond Control of Crow-
to $700. From this decision Hobbs ap-1 Con.ternatlon
Ensues
peals. 1
Former Governor A. J. Seay of King
PASSENGER ENGINE PUNttES
THROI'UH CROWDED WAIT-
ING ROOM
MANY PERSONS ARE INJURED
/
Not much is being done in the
■ounty seat contest today because of
the lack of witnesses on behalf of
Bristow.
The testimony of the voter who yes-
tf. lay said that he registered in one
ward and afterwards moved into an-;
xher. where he voted, was stricken |
from the records at the instance of
•ounsc-I for Sapulpa, Special Referee
Parker holding that such evidence
,-ould not be admitted under the plead-
ings.
It. A. Scanion, who testified that he
live i six miles south of Bristow and
voted in Sapulpa, was the only witn. sis
xaniined this morning. The adn >
sioti of tiiis evidence was objected >
on the grounds that it was not cove -
<j . v the pleadings.
• ;unsci for the Sapulpa side of t i
st appear to think that, so far
' B- stow has made a poor showing.
COLBERT VI'PEAI S CASE
Hr4 Killed Twenty-one and Then Sen-
tenced for Robbery
ithrie, March 17 -Hill Colbert,
*•;. . was convicted in the district
■r.irt at McAlester on December iJ.
•II, cf robbery, with Arc arms, and
i, a' need to life imprisonment at hard
av '. today appealed his case to the
•naiinal court of appeals.
Colbert was for many years a depu-
ty United States marshal in the In-
liia Terltory and Is said to have kill-
a twenty-one men while ou duty, lit
■.Tils tried nineteen times and always
acnaitted. He is a prominent Choctaw
Wlman and owns much land.
The program at the Scenic last night
was unusually good. "The Life of
Edgar Allen Poe" being alone well
worth the price or admission. 1-ie
song features were timely. The pro-
gram will be repeated this afternoon
and tonight.
\t the Scenic
"The Life of Bdsar Allen I>f " "A
Wreath in Time," "The Blind Musi-
elan and Willie's Wat' r Springier."
Illustrated sung. O'Brien lias No
Place to Go." Special features.
, Oklahoma City. March 17.-Wiiliam Washington, March 17.Downward re
11. Killaby, alias Henry Sigman, al-; vision with maximum duty of twenty
legrd bigamist, self-reputed friend of1 „er cent in excess of present tariff and L an attempt to collect $600 nnel in
associate of Robert Louis numerous provisions by which it is teregt since 1000. being a loan Seaj
Usher today Hied In the supreme court
an original case, naming the counties i
of Kills and Roger Mills as defendants
Montreal, March 17.—Six persons
were killed and several seriously injur
ed today when a passenger train with
engine got beyond control of the crew
and plunged through the walls of the.
women's watting room of the Windsor
royalty, associate oi iwuc" uuu i««= - , -
Stevenson, millionaire mine owner and | estimated revenue to government will nmde to old Day county, which th
a veteran of the Spanish-American be increased from forty to tifty mil- j c0IlB,ltutiOnal convention wipe d off, ^ ^ wreck created a
war is lying at the Alt a hotel this ; non dollars are salient features of new the map a]Ui divided between the de- I ^
. . ■ i i . > I :., + h<mar> tO- .. . . i^..,
, ity. untie r the care of a physician. II, j tariff bill introduced in the house to- j ffnrtant counties.
was brought from El Paso yesterday day by representative Sereno li. Payne ,
lnorninK ' Deputy Sheriff Arm ehalrnian of the Ways and .Means com-1 \oted Novelist Dies
OEP1CER KIDNAPS PRISONER
strong.
Ilis wife, who was pretty Mabel
Fret land, a school teacher will arrive
; from Norman this afternoon for a
conference with the prisoner. Killaby
says he will be able to prove that the
! chaige cf bigamy is a piece of devil
i isti jobbery.
"Everv dog lias liia day." saiel tue
mittee. i Lynchburg, March 17
Re commendations made by 1'ie s j \lac( al iney Lane, aged forty-flv
elent Taft that inheritance tax be• noVelist died here late laBt night while
provided anel that a limited amount of j on her way south. She had been 111
tobacco and sugar be admitted free for Beveral days. "The Mills of God,
Mrs. Elanor ,
i Illinois Sheriff Hustles Oklaliomun
From Muskogee
fro mthe Philippines are Included in
the bill. The measure also provides
for issuance of Panama canal bonds
to the amount of forty million dollars
anel "Nancy Stair" are
works.
two of her
SPEAKER NAMES FRIENDS
Hill SE BECOMES I NIU LV AT IN.
N'OI NCEMENT 01 ( OMMIT-
TEE APPOINTMENTS
Senile I uiiirked and Si Hissed While
Cannon Slaps \ ftiormisi) for
Order
Sick man. "I will be out of this con- to reimburse the treasury for the ori-
dition , i• tty soon. If I were on m;, ginal purchase of canal and re-enacts
feet I could settle it in fifteen minute-s. ; provision for issue of treasury certi-
Killaby insists that he does not iu ate s the amount being increased
know the name of the woman in Hoi- from one hundred million dollais to ^
| landale Miss., who claims that she ,wo hundred fifty million dollars,
married him last August in Culorad' , While there is no duty imposed upon j
Springs. He intimates, however, tha'. coffee, tea is taxed tight cents when
he has probably seen her and unci, r J import* el from the country where It is.
clrcumstancCB that would not re!'<e: j produced and nine cents when from
Muskogee, March 17«— Sylvester
Hanson, sheriff of Murphysboro, 111.,
with requisition papers from Governor
Haskell, loaded A. Hill into a buggy
and drove him out of the county last
night before habeas corpus papeis
could be issued.
The prisoner is wanted in Illinois
on a charge of conducting a land
swindle by selling lots at Nowata
Okla.. representing that a large sani-
tarium was there and doing a big busl
V ; nvss The Illinois citlKHS vidlte l the
,:"*B ""C «■ W -«■
COMMERCIAL CLUB SMOKER
SEVERAL MATTERS OK MITCH IM-
PORTANCE CONSIDER.
EI>
Hand Director to Heirin Work
itl Once
, was sworn out.
credit upon her. Concerning the niee
ing. he leaves the impression that
w;is iiat time lie began to assume t!
nin e of William H. Killaby, givln
,i; (lit name of Henry Sigman.
•■( don't know who the Hollandah
Washington. March 17.—There
a sensational scene in the house ystei
j day attenioon win n Speaker Cannon
announced the committees on rules
and wavs and means. The speaker woman is," continued Killaby. "Tha
had appointed as the uen.ocratlc men- is precis, ly what I want to find out.
' btrs of the rules committee Champ I do know that 1 was never married
Clark of Missouri, Fitzgerald «f New to her anel that I will be able to l r«v
.York, and em (he committee on ways it, but 1 may have been guilty of a.i
jand means Broussard of Louisiana' Indiscretion
i and Harrison of New York. I "I married this little girl (referring
other tea producing countries.
The internal revenue lax on e ig.u
e tte s is mate rially increased while t,.e ,
u
Editor Becomes P. M.
The smoker given by the Commer-j Mangum. Okla., March 1" l"'i>r tha
cial club at the c lub rooms last night | third time in years, the postmaster
ta\ on bee r and whisky ia und.st n i. larRt ly attended anel an interest- Ht Mangum has changed anel II. L. I'rit
A <Kt of '' '' 'h "1,(U |ng „ffair throughout. An Invitation t tenden. editor of the Sun-Monitor, has
the steel and 1m.: 1 i - j,a,i i,u n extended to the buslneis men | jU8t assumed active duties under the
iron cue, hules, tall i*. •' of the <-itv to be pre sent and that they j m,w administration. II. <'. Sweet,
anel works of art more than >wen,'- (( y.ag tvl(knc(d by the | roundtr 0f the town, veas postmaster
" :irs 1,1,1 a" '•la" " ' : Vte, llS,'( . large numbe r present. ] for 13 years and his successor, W. C.
-farm- °" 1K7 rr'onotu r 72'r Several matters of Importance were 1 SI,add. n, strv.d for .2 I* «"
"" 1:1,1 ,in considi red, among them being the pro j having expired March :i. Two
uiunutactoro In pioportlon. ^ «h annual poatoflScu re-
MOONT FROM OKLAHOMA
i , , ...mains about posed entertainment of the members j years ago th
,,:l pottery .e mains ab«. « ^ ^ 1#,(.|lph w( r, <7,000 an„ y,,u- the
Fitzgerald led the revolt against j to Miss Pre.land> under the name of the same but duties on w nd , a.so decided receipts were $15,000.
Champ Clark in the fight on the Can-jlUnry Blgman. that of my fathe r. in - plate the Woodmen a, their log! ~~ |||By
non rules and Broussard and Harri-, order that 1 might protect He r and td. while duties on larger , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ JQ JJJpy
son voted with the republicans. Ah , will do it to the last drop of my blood., duced.
A
U-il.R SEARCHING EAR
WIDE ORDERS HORSE
PRO* ET. RENO
AND
I their names were called prolonged |.Wait until I ge t up. 1 have lawyers Tariff on wool of first and second j 1,500 members were expecte
! hisses came from the democratic side, laud bankers for friends In Pawhuska claM is not disturbed, but on woo o , prese , .
ii •• . •_ i .. I Imniirn QQ I'OI'TlPt WOOl . It T
Y
j,- Will Re Cliartered Soon and HI*
Ray Sent oil Journey lo
White House
il Reno, March 17,—President Wil-
iam Taft will ride an Oklahoma bred
;io:s> After having visited every coun
try in the world the former war sec-
•e-tary has decided that Ft. Reno has
■ !i iiorse' he wants for his personal
Speaker Cannon pounded his desk
with the gavel. Although he knew the
hissing came from the democrats, ht
directed his admonition to the galler-
ies,
and I'll get out of this all light."
I JUDGE HART TODAY DELIVERS
The matter of an up-to-date local | niAKOE IN' EAMOl'S COOPER
Ml RDER TRIAL I •
third class, known as carpet wool, it
Is reduced on cheaper grades. I band was considered at some length
CK) Treasurer's Report Recommendations for placing wood j and it was decided that one should be j
Report of city clerk February 15 to „uip ou the free list and reducing tastslled. Arrangements were made
Embrace*
i - —r. - -.—I0-"-." W"M "'j
! "'The' democrats' hiughtr^li ap-; C ollated" Lu Feb. ii. to Duty on refined sugar is reduce ,1 ( The proposed entertainment of the
plauded. During the uproar, on mo-j March 15. '09 ^<>01 four hundredth, of a cent per• poundj Fr.sco and RocVtj.land^ |
j ti on of Leader Payne, the house ad-
Pour Distinct Felonies -
(iiarge Lengthy
I 1
A ar will be chartered soon anel In \
'•barge of a keeper the horse, a big
iiay. weighing 1,214 pounds and 16 1-2 I
natids higii will start on bis long Jour-
ney to the White House.
A present the big bay is being well
noken into service at the army i">st
ne> that when President Taft mounts
ilin ho will be possessed of a charger
inr will show him eiff to the best ael-
antage
When the order came to Captain
tlar laman of the local army recrult-
im station he immediately went over
d the fort and there, out of more than
head, he, assisted by many of
he ddcr and more experienced horse -
net. selected the- buy for the presi-
Total
! Paid treasurer, see last re
Palled to Land Thieves 1 port
| Yesterday afternoon Chief Jones re- j I'aiel treasurer March 6
! ceived information from Wewoka and Paid treasurer March 17. ..
I Madill. Okla., that silk thieves had
| gotten busy in their respective com-
' munities recently, having robbed a
few department stores and were luael-
e d In this direction with bulging suit
cases. Last night when the Texas
made
Ttotal
8. N.
.MO
.$1,110.00
700.00 1 principal increase s
. 492.00 „utleB on lemons, cocoa and subBli-
~ tut* h for coffee, e*oal tar, elyeh, gloves,
M,302.HM I ooated papers and lithographic prints
HURD, Treasure i
Nashville, March 17.—The case of
Col. Duncan B. Cooper, Robin Cooper
anel John D. Sharp, charged with the
murder of forme i Senator K. W. Car-
Weddlni; Day Announced
C.uthrle, March 17.—The marriage
train pulled in a couple of suspicious „f MIbs Francis Haskell, daughter or
characters alighted some distance up (love rnor Haske ll and Leslie O. Mb-
' the track, having large brand new of Guthrie, will occur March .11
suit cases in their possession. Chief |„ the private office of the governor.
Join s took their baggage' from them The ceremony will be> performed In
and Inspected It, but found no silk the presence of a few Intimate friends,
and the rueT. were alluwe el to depart. The wedding trip will Include the'
■ — Houth and Cuba.
Slirns \notlier Bill
Guthrie, March 17: .Governor lias.- Warn. Weather Cuming
kell has signed the Franklin bill pro- New Orleans, March 17. For Okla
v Id Ing for a state reporter at $2,000 hon.a tonight Ineleaiing cloudiness
court and warmer; Thursday partly cloudy
su
ten t
per year for
the criminal court o
lirime cr
l^leflfala
Zinc in ore is assessed one cent per! officials was deferred until later.
pound for zinc contained. Tariff on .
„ig iron is reduced from four to two | PARDON KOR KOROER
and a half dollars per ton. | ^ ^ ^ ^ whl(,, ( „Ilvlcled | mack was given to the jury today.
Icrs—Now Free The Judge s charge was very lengthy
He said while indictment contains but
: K1 Reno, Okla., March 17.-B. IV'" reaUy , mb,a";d 7''
.1 „ ii distinct fe lonles. niurele r in fiist ete-
Ksllck, who was convicted here on the
. nmrder in second degree, volun-
charge of forgery and sentenied to
, t«r\ inauslaiighter and Involuntary
serve one year In the penitentiary has
be e n pardoned by Gov. Haskell. Be inanslaughte i.
fore his trial Esllck jumped his bond
, , lliir-c Tliicl' la Jail
ami was arrested In Los Angeles and . .
Through the prompt efTorts of I hiet
returned to this city.
, , ... ,,f Pi,lice Jones the horse thief wno
While awaiting trial he swore out >f
. .„i„.t rnHp awav Saturday from a local hitcn
warrants and gave testimony against
gambler* with whom he associated Ing rack with a pony belonging to J. S.
Thev were convicted anel fined. For Cook, was apprehended yesterday
this action one of the charges against afternoon at Chandler, Oklahoma, and
him was dismissed and at his trial he returned to the city Jail here last
was given a minimum sentence. night. He gives bis name as Tom
— ,t is thought that the testimony he O'Brien and Is about 10 years of age
A St Patrick's dance will be given gave against the gamblers brought In- It appear, that he 1.
... i,ia Mention for „ Fisher. Oklahoma, for thieving In that
tonight
Recroprocity provisions are contain-
ed in paragraphs assessing duties on j
bituminous coal, coke anil agricultural
Implements by which these articles
are given entry free of duty when im-
ported from countries which permit
the free Importation of these articles
from America.
Maximum and minimum provision
of bill do away with the necessity of
continuing foreign trade agreements
The abrogation of these is provided
I for.
warmer In the east.
the Ladles' an
xlllary of the O. R. <'
pardon.
vicinity.
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Irelan, O. M. The Sapulpa Light. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 121, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 17, 1909, newspaper, March 17, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc151551/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.