The Sapulpa Light. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 232, Ed. 1 Monday, July 26, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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ASSOCIATED PBE8S
Vol. II
Sapulpa
S.\PJL?A, Q£L\H3.VIA. MON£>\Y, JULY 26, X909
! DAILY EDITION >
No. 232
HOSTILITIES
IRE RENEWED
LOVES MltS. ASTOK
Dusky Indian Prince S mil leu Hull' to
Death
Loudon. July 26.—An Indian prince
WALTER MATTHEWS UNLOADS A
CHARGE OF BUCKSHOT INTO
WILL ROBINSON'S BACK
CONSTABLE JONES IS BUSY
INTERESTING
LEGAL MIX-UP
A GOOD RAIN
IN GOOD TIME
HAVING BULLY TIME
Koosciclt and Sun hermit All I lit- tio
In Last Africa
OUT AT THE
BALL GAME
MAY RESULT IN THE FREEING OF | WE DON'T HAVE TO MUZZI-E OUK
C. HENRY, CHARGED WITH
MI'ltDEIt
is showing a devotion to Mrs. John
i Jacob Astor, which has angered her,
I while her friends are highly amused.
j Her open. Indignant and constant re-
, buffs can not cool this dusky poten-
j tate's ardor, which flamed at the 1110-
| merit the lovely Mrs. Astor arrived in
lie Arrests Matthews and Yanks In London and lie set eyes 011 hfr.
Tno Other Men Wanted on j The prince by education and experi-1
Serious Charges into is nearly as much European as
I East Indian. He has been spoiled by I
Ho3til;tifS. on a sort of lull for tV attentions paid him by American and
past several Sundays, were again rt- English fashionables, whom he, in turn I Henry, charged with the murder
utwed last evening on the North side ; lias entertained lavishly here and in | i^uce Johnson near Bristow about two
NOSES TODAY
JUDGE LEFT THE COUNTY1
Judge I in in ti 111 Adjourns Court in
Order lo Give the Lan.vers
Time to Think
The case of the state against
of
j Nairobi, British East Africa, July 26.
—Roosevelt and son, Kermit, have ac-
icepted a number dinner engagements
< i [ In their honor for the next ten days.
Thursday they will dine with Stew-
THE APPEARANCE OF A STORM lards East African Turf club. Kermit
secured a number of mounts for races
We Krturii Sincere Thanks for Being here Thursday anil Saturday.
So Kindly Keinemliered—l'eo-
pie Keel Better Superior Court Held l.egul
ItAKTLESVlLLE l'l'TS IT OVEB
THE LOCALS IN TWO
GAMES
OILERS HAVE STAGE FRIGHT
( atelier Lofton Sold But Suys He
Won't Go—Manager Shlve-
ly Here
among the colored contingent and hs Paris
a result Walter Matthews unloaded a Viewing women and their status nix-up ever happening in a local court,
heavy charged shot gun into the back with an Oriental eye, the prince con- Last November Henry was placed on
1 Oklahoma City, Ok., July 26.—Bis
(iuess e very bed.\ feels pretty good j trlct Judge Clark here Saturday up-
today, after the rain of last night— held the constitutionality of the act] After so long a while base ball—the
what we might tail the "glorious" j creating superior courts when he over- ieal article—may be seen in Sapulpa,
rain The shower was badly needed | ruled complaints of Attorney Fulton! It arrived Saturday; it was here
ars ago, is causing the biggest legal | and our appreciation, in being so kind- attacking the validity of the court. 1 yesterday,and it will be on hand again
ly' reniembe n ei. is genuine. The down- j Judge Clark held that the superior | 1 his afternoon, Sapulpa und Bartles-
pour not only served to allay to some court rightfully exercises concurrent ville, of the Western association, are
of Will Robinson, p few stray shots descends to'flirt occasionally, and he j .rial before Judge Carruthers. Before xtent the warranted fears of Water j jurisdiction with the district courts | crossing bats on the local diamond.
finding lodgment in the anatomy of an < an not understand why he is re- i tie jury brought in a verdict the Judge
innocent by-stander In the person of] buffed angrily. Uft for Okfuskee county to vote, in-
Commissloner Stout regarding our] jn civil and criminal cases and enthusiastic fandom is steamed
1 rinking and washing prospects for The complaint grew out of tin up to the top notch.
old man Garner. 1 Last -vtar one English countess at-) itiucting the jury upon his departure the immediate future, but has also: transfer of a minor case, In which! Our recently acquired Webb City
Just what caused the trouble lias j traded him and so demonstrative was j to return a sealed verdict and that he j /endi red it possible for our long-suf-, Attorney Fulton was engaged, from | aggregation appears to be allrlght,
not yet been ascertained, but it is al-
lied tt at Matthews, gun on shoulder,
had spent most of the day in search of
Uobinson and as when aresteel by Con
he that the lady's husband and his .vould receive it upon his return. This Wring citizens to walk the street* to- the district to the superior court. Eul- with one slight exception which may
friends, told him bluntly that if he dirl .vas on a Saturday. Judge Carruthers j l|> with unmuzzled nones, the dust :tun waa an active candidate for judge
not cease his attentions they would j returned the Wednesday following and | Llat was cutting such capricious. superior court.
thrash him within an inch of his life. ! .ound that the defendant liad been ad- ipers in mid-air yesterday now being!
be set down as "stage fright:"
If not this it is something Just as
bad and resulted In losing both Sat-
stable jones, his eyes were found to He left England in high dudgeon, cure] judged to be guilty by the Jury and j changed Into very respectable mud. | Mrs K \y. Blake left lust night for j urday's and yesterday's games to the
be a bit green, the cause is presumed, ing the stupidity of the earl, who, he | punishment lixed at life imprisonment for awhile last evening It appeared J a wetkg recreation lit Eureka Springs. I Bartlesville bunch, when in reality it
tu have been jealousy. j thought, should have been flattered by
^ physician drilled around over! his admiration for his wife.
llobinsons hack for about two hours j
last evening and recovered 68 No. 8
shot. The rest more deeply penetrat-
ing the hide doubtless are entirely
lost.
The wounded man's heels were
found to be intact and his re-
covery . of course, is merely a matter
of days.
Constable Jones had Just gone to
the North Side and placed under ar-
rest one Rosco Turner, wanted for
SHOOTING A MYSTERY
MAHK BASSETT, NEWSPAPERMAN,
FOUND WITH BULLET
IN BHAIN
Editor of the TuNa Daily News and
Formerly Ironi Mattoon.
Illinois.
Tulsa, Ok., July 26.—W'lth a 22-cali-
The elefendant immediately moved
for a new trial, which was granted.
When the case came on for trial this
morning before Judge Barnum, coun-
cil for the defense moved for the dis-
charge of the prisoner on the grounds
tl.at when Judge Carruthers left the
county the court was virtually dis-
solved and the Jury discharged with-
out any say so upon the part of the
prisoner. Counsel contended that the
present trial amounted to the placing
of Henry twice in jeopardy for tlm (<-*lk Clilts oi Dovy Lined With En
same offense. j thusiastie Thousands
It apepars that the state Is inclined j ~ -. . ■ "•
iiat a storm was imminent, the light-1 Arkansas
rjiings ripping around through the
angry clouds after great fashion and,
on at least three distinct occassions,
tie thunders snorting most uproar-
otifcly. But the storm didn't come, for
vjhich we return our thanks. The
rain did. for which we also, again
return our thanks.
SPANS ENGLISH CHANNEL
FLIRTED TOO MUCH
INFURIATED RUSSIAN
LYNCH YOUNG
GIRL
WOMEN
A
Victim Pounced Upon as She Was
Coating From Church-Her
Clothes Torn Off
carving another negro, when the
trouble occurred. He captured Mat- j ber Pisto1 1>',nS on t,ie fioor ^slde him J to the legality of this contcn-j Dover, Eng., July 26.—For the first
'.(hews just as the infuriated coon was Alark Ba8se,t' editor ot the Tulsa Daily , |luu bul aiguts that, since the accus-, time in the history of aviation, and
re loading Ills shot gun, lined him up j News- forme r publisher at Mattoon and j ed m(m(j for a new tr|a] wll£n the ver. J W|th tlle wjl(1 (,hu |8 ()1 r( ds of
with Turner and marched the pair
off to the county jail.
Turner had been on the scout for
about six months and
turned when nabbed by the officer.
Constable Jones made another im
Kankakee, 111., and manager of the
diet of the jury was read, in this act English people ringing out to him on
St. Petersburg, July 26.—A savage
and revolting case of lynching occur-
red on Sunday in the village of Vol-
eekhi, in Hie government of Volhynia.
A young and beautiful woman living in
\ates press bureau in the republican j !le waived his right to take advantage j ycsteiday morning M. Blerlot, the i ring the hatred of the other women
primary campaign in Illinois last year!
of the dissolution of the court and tin French aeronaut, completed his trip of the village by her flirtations with
looked like the loeals should have won.
j Their all-round playing out-classed
that of the visitors, but In the critical
mome nts they seemed to get the tre-
mors, and just couldn't deliver the
goods. Too bad. Bu they'll get over
the shocks in time, without doubt.
Meanwhile let everybody boost th
oilers. Our pitch and catch are great.
The visitors shut the locals out Sat-
urday to the tune of 6 to 0. Yester-
day's game resulted in a score ot 6 to
3 in favor of the visitor*. Neither
game was featured with especial bril-
liancy. A third engagement is in
progress as we go to press. __
Manager D. M. Shively, of the Wea
tern association is here, having ar-
j rived Saturday. He speaks encourag-
ingly of the league.
had Just re- *'as fou,Kl 111 the sll0p of the A R I discharge of the Jury, brought about 1 across the English Channel, he having the men or the neighborhood, both mar ] ,1P
i Black Printing Company this morning. | _ iow. a wue oe
This discovery was made by his little
son. who had an appointment to meet
But Sapulpa conies in for a little sor
lng received tills morn-
ing that McClure, formerly manager of
jfor the girl reached a climax on Sun- j the Wfbb ,.||v Uam had soM Frank
Judge Barnum postponed decision' When a wireless message was re- day when It became known that on her j |it)fjon who became Sapulpas catcher
by the Judge's departure from
(county.
1 It ft Calais, France, at 5 a. ni.
liBtanee is twenty-five miles.
The lied and single, the women's hatred'
d slating that Blerlot had grace- account one of the young men of the
when the franchise was transit red, to
the Three 1 league and for Mr. l.ofton
to report at once ot Itock Island, I 111-
Il\
portunt airest yesteida.v in the land-| |,jg fatiier there, as the two were ex-
, ,. „ . , . 1 iln the matter until tomorrow morn
ing of Ike Hutton, White wanted 011 pectlng to attend Sunday school to-;
1,0.0-0 nf ooo...iit with intent in kin .... n., '■ '"K 'n 01'''r ,n K've contending fully sailed from the coast of France village had broken his promise to:
chaige of assault with Intent to kill. sether at the First M. E. church. The:
dutton also has been on the dodge I liall ha(l not tarrietl in8tallt death wlth !,aw 18 tinle t0 1,l ta,h and wlth '"diction, pointing to his sue- j marry another girl.
i as<" rtain just where they are at. 'cess, the beautiful chalk cliffs of Dover y,, coming out of church the women ' 110;B. Lofton says he- won't go and
, Henry is also charged with killing; were lined with people, and when, both 0lil and young, threw them.elven Sapulpaus say McClure had no right
j.iasper Webb at the same time he! rhrcugh the haze and far in the dls- j upon tne flirt, and, In spite of her crieB j t0 sell, so there
killed Johnson. He probably will be . lance, the aviator was seen coming, j for I1M tore all her clothes oil. ! catching is first elass.
j hi. machine yet flitting thfough the They then dragged her through the vll j
: ,iir as beautifully as one of the .ea . iage bv tile hair of her head, beating
j gulls below It. the de monstratlcn on | amj gtoulug her me redely.
At first the men laughed, but when
they saw how savagely the girl was
for about six months, returning a lit-
tle past noon. He was at once recog-
nized by the officer and placed under
arrest. lie is in the county Jail.
WILL DOUBLE TRACK
WORK COMMENCED TODAY
IMPORTANT FRISCO IM-
PROVEMENTS
ON
The Beginning of the Double Track
From Monctt lo Oklahoma
City
Tulsa. Okla., July 26.—That the
Frisoo railroad is preparing: to lay a
•touble track from Tulsa to Monett,
Mo., the beginning of a double track
from Monett to Oklahoma City, la the
story given out by high officials of
the road, and the prnent grading
work along the line from Tulsa to
Monett strongly Indicate that the story
is true.
The culverts will be widened, and
the grading along the line will be of
a character to allow a double track
The plans call for a 24-iuch ballast,
all ties to be of creosote, with rails
each weighing 85 pounds on the ties.
.Tea gangs will start today on the
Idg improvement, and by the middle
of the week It Is expected that 500
men will be at work. Practical rail-
road men are of the opinion that the
improvement will cost In excesB of
*750,000.
it, although Bassett was shot through t
the bruin. He is still alive at the hos
pital where he was removed.
The statement was given out;
that there is but little chance for re- j
covery. With no powder marks on the
face-, when In ease of suicide, it is al- '
most impossible to escape them, and
without a known motive for self-de-1
you are Lofton's
tried on this charge this week.
A Itceord of Twenty Drinkers
A writer in McCIure's for August the cliff was unprecedented.
tells of his observations of twenty Tumultuous Cheers
struction, the suicide theory is divided!frlends who becarne ""dieted to drink All England, for the past several
early in life. Here is what happened weeks, has watched for such an event,
with the opinion that it was murder.
The Tulsa News, heavily financed
was to make its appearance next
month as the organ of the independ-
ent element In politics in this part of
the state. Mr. Bassett was principal
owner in the paper, us well as its head.
Among the promoters of the paper
was Mayor John O. Mitchell. The po-
lice have taken possession of the pistol
found, and a complete Investigation of
the myBtery will be made.
At Mrkibbeus This Week
At the close of our great clean
sweep sale we And -ourselves with
many odd, lot. and broken line, on
hand which we will continue the re-
duced prices until cloied out. One
special line of Ladles Oxfords In size,
up to 4 1-2 former price up to $4.00
all this week priced at $2.39. If we
have your size In this lot you get a
remarkable bargain.
The Weather
New Orleans, Tut; 26.—For Okla-
homa tonight and Tuesday, partly
cloudy and unsettled.
to them:
Marled under twenty-five years of
age; paternity and family duties
first checked, then stopped alco-
holic liquor drinking 9
Suicides In saloons while drinking
(bachelors) 3
Burned to death while lucapacl-
ated by drink (bachelor) 1
Accidentally fell while In saloon
very drunk and killed by fall
(bachelor) 1
Supposed accident by leaky gas
jet: no reason for suicide other
than tired of drinking (bachelor). 1
Died from pneumonia at twenty-
nine years of age (bachelor) 1
Died from tuberculosis of lungs at
twenty-seven years of age (bach-
elor) 1
Bartender In Chicago West Side
saloon (married) 1
Street peddler in Chicago South
Side (bachelor) 1
Not heard from since 1904; then
a tramp 1
Try the Light want adds.
and when It became a reality, after
several unsuccessful attempts, Eng-
land cheeretl French genius with a
hearty good will.
As the machine neared the cliffs the
tumult became greater, but as if by
magic stroke all became quiet when it
waB Been that Blerlot was In danger
his aerial craft sinking below the level
of the high rocks. Disaster seemed
imminent, but the aeroplane took a
start upward again, but not in time
to prevent It. smashing Into the cliffs
Blerlot was slightly Injured In the
collision, but his wounds are consid-
ered trtval.
All Dover Is feting the Frenchman.
LEGION OF HONOR DECORATION
The Wright Brothers Thought Lots of
In Paris
Pari., July 26.—Orvllle and Wilbur
being maltreated they attempted to
rescue her. The Infuriated women,
however, drove them off, and then drag
ged their unhappy victim, who was by
this time a mass of wounds, to a large
tree Just outside the village, where
they hanged her to one of the brunches
and then lighted a fire of brushwood
under her. When the police arrived
on the srrne the y found the victim of
the women's fury lying dead under
the tree, blackened to a cinder.
TraMc Delayed
Because of the wrecking of a freight
train north of Tulsa yesterday after-
noon, all south bound traffic was de-
layed several hours, the passenger
train due here about 9 o'clock last
night arriving at five this morning.
A (irund Showing
The display of shirt waists In Mc-
Klbbens window Is the greatest combi-
nation of quality and price ever seen
In our city full all over embroidery
BOTH FEET GROUND OFF
EARL JONES FALLS BENEATH
( ARS OF RAPIDLY .MOV-
ING TRAIN
Home of Unfortunate Man at Catale,
Where lit' Has a Wife and
Three Children
Earl Jones, aged 25 years, while at-
tempting to boarel a west bound
freight train near Vinita yesterday,
fell beneath the cars, both feet of the
unfortunate man being ground off.
Jones' home is at Catale where he
has a wife and three children. He was
taken to the home of a brother who re-
Bides at Vinita. He Is In a precarioua
condition.
Wright, American aeroplanlsts, of fronl waists at only 69c. At
Dayton, Ohio, were today decorated McKlbbens sure.
with legion of honor for achievements
In aviation. Try the Light want ndds.
Recovers Judgment
The Long. Bell Lumber company
this morning In the district court re-
covered Judgment against E. L. Diake
and L. S. Watkins In Ihe amount of
$600. The Long. Bell eompany was
represented by Judge W. M. Cowley
of Columbus, Kansas.
The new picture show at the Majes-
tic Air Dome will open tonight.
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Irelan, O. M. The Sapulpa Light. (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 232, Ed. 1 Monday, July 26, 1909, newspaper, July 26, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc151660/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.