Oklahoma City Daily Pointer (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 308, Ed. 1 Monday, January 13, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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OKLAHOMA OITY, OKLAHOMA, JANUARY 13, 1908.—MONDAY.
NUMBER 308
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MILLIONS
Mar- PAID T "> FARMERS FOR CATTLE
lii AND HOGS AT KANSAS CITY
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Bra.l-i LAST WEEK.
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North! Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 13.—The
art of packing houses here paid at least
place <wo and one-half millions of dollars
to the farmers for cattle and hogs
J last week.
Of this amount,^ one and one-fourth
illion dollars was paid for hogs.
The total receipts were by far the
largest in the history of the market,
inceni'amounting to about 150,000. At the
• Ad atock yards the official count was
■ offic. 133,375, and about 17,000 more were
iiaiHli<meceived at the Fowler yards. The
st rer -•
307-■ peek's receipts were just about
-double those of the corresponding
7;%eek last year. Packers took about
ui'ire' *33,000 and about 17,000 were
7-Shipped east "on the hoof."
u'p^PcvJ ^movement was large to every
6-3pther market also. Chicago had 300,-
l cler
3S. Ad
s-SwfnlPOO and the five principal packing
ii see Renters—Kansas City, Chicago, St.
st~no"J°sePh' Omaha and St. Louis—re-
irs ex-Ceived 610,000 hogs. A year ago
7"kor the same week the five markets
wi.^rwived 392,000.
' atesj extraordinarily large supplies
dr^jwere marketed without causing any
f^ important change in prices. Packers
^ddrg® Showed a desire to buy all they
s caslilould get at the prevailing prices,
'• ^j'.Which are about $2 lower on the
TTwii hundred pounds than a year ago, and
k Pfi' the lowest in about eight years.
ntTrnijplfe hogs killed in Kansas City
are ?1pst week made a total of 18 million
ounds of "product," including all
the various forms in which the hog
STATE TREASURER HERE.
James A. Menefee, state treasurer,
came down from Guthrie yesterday
and spent the day in the metropolis
with friends. He returned to Guth-
rie this morning.
When you are in a hurry to get the
day's news right from the press, go to
the Pointer office, 119 North Robinson
street. The paper is usually out by
1:30 or 2 o'clock ; never later than
three.
With his feet in bed and his head
upon the floor, the body of Merrick
Smith, a Frisco mail clerk, was
found in a lifeless condition at his
room in Mrs. Evan's rooming house
at 404 West California street last
night about 5:30 o'clock. The neck
was broken and there was also a
small bruise upon the face.
Smith arrived in Oklahoma City
INFANT
CHILD
marketed.
About 1*4 million dollars was paid
preS'
cliang'1
koepefl
6ti-for the week's supply of cattle, so
at during the week the stockmen
ter. r>-:0f the southwest received no less
c'^gpthan 2% million dollars from Kansas
PointerCity. after deducting the freight bills.
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LOST, STRAYED AND STOLEN
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Strayed—From Butcher's slaughter
rVTnMvPen, one red and white calf 4 months
5 5'tbld. Please notify W. H. Butcher, 139
-W. Second.
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$10 Reward. For shawl stolen from
-Bryant school Tuesday nigh't, Jan. 7.
s.'Bhawl Is white, purple and black plaid.
J^'No questions asked. 420 E. 10th. 7-3
lecaus*- jjOSt fT, Town—Oray colt, year-one-
roqultlhalf old, broken halter. Finder phone
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Lost—Small brown fur on Main or
Robinson. Return to Dr. Wynnes of-
Ice, 208 6 W. Main; receive reward. 6-3
Found—Watch and chain; owner can
ve same by calling at 41V W. "
FOUND AFLOAT IN CANADIAN
RIVER BY YOUNG MEN YESTER-
DAY.
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C. H. Stlgall, of 401 Chickasaw
street, and Walter Jones, 621 Wheel-
er avenue, while hunting for mussel
shells on the Canadian river yester-
day afternoon, found a lifeless body
of an infant boy afloat in a box on
the river under the Frisco trestle
south of Delmar Garden.
According to the young men's
statement, the box was under the
southeast corner of the bridge in
the water and was caught upon a
stump near the edge of the stream.
From all appearances the child was
placed in the box Immediately after
birth. Life is supposed to have
been extinct for several days.
The box Is about 8% inches long
and 5 inches wide. Upon the side is
stamped "G. Electric Co." From ap-
pearances it is an electric flatiron
box.
The body of the babe was almost
too large for the box. The little
feet and arms were doubled up un-
der the body. Other than a white
sheet, which looks like a pillow
slip, no clothing or garments were
used to cover the infant's remains.
When the young men discovered
their gruesome find they took the
body to the police station, and it
was later removed to the Street &
Harper undertaking parlors.
INQUEST HELD.
According to the statement of Dr.
Howard, who examined the infant's
body, the child never lived to breathe.
After hearing his statement and the
statements of the two boys who
found the body, the coroner's jury
returned a verdict after consider-
able argument. Several of the jur-
ors claimed that they believed the
child was thrown in the river by il-
legitimate parents and that the case
should be investigated by the of-
ficials, while others questioned their
authority to recommend investiga-
tion of the case.
The jury found that the unknown
male child was not born alive, and
recommended that the officials in-
vestigate.
Those who composed the Jury are
O. A. Hurst, Chas. D. Hesler, Sam
Bartell, J. G. Street, Felix Lowery
and Dr. S. M. McColllster.
yesterday upon his regular run. He
arrived at the Evans home about
noon and entered his room as usual.
Mrs. Evans, who was the first to
discover the lifeless body, made the
following statement this morning:
"When Mr. Smith came in he
said: 'Mrs. Evans, I'm awful tired.
As I came by the church I had a
notion to stop, when I heard them
singing so sweetly, though I thought
the rest would do me more good.' I
told him that he looked awful tired.
I told him what room to occupy,
and he went upstairs. Before he
retired he stopped upon the steps
and asked me to call him at 5
o'clock, so he would not miss his
train. At 5 o'clock I called him and
he did not answer. About 20 min
utes later I went and knocked upon
the door and called again. I was
sure he had not left the house, so I
went to the bath room and called
to see if he was there. Before go-
ing to the bath room I noticed some
of his clothing in the room when
I opened the door. I went back and
opened the door again, and there
found him with his head upon the
floor in a perpendicular position. I
was terribly frightened and ran and
called Mr. Mary and Mrs. Lee. When
Mr. Mary entered the room he said
that the man was dead. I tried to
call the police, but could not get any
service out of the telephone, and did
hot get them. I started to send
some one after them, but some °f the
officers appeared."
Justice Oldfield was summoned,
and after calling Dr. Howard the
body was removed to the Street &
Harper undertaking parlors.
Dr. Howard stated this morning
that the neck was broken. He stated
that it was evident that the man
was taken sick, and in trying to get
up had perhaps fainted and fallen
headfirst to the floor.
From the condition of the body
the man had been dead for several
hours.
Smith was about 35 years of age.
He has a wife and three children
residing on Greeley avenue at Kan-
sas City, Kans. The body will per-
haps be sent to that place.
The coroner's jury held an inquest
at 10 o'clock this morning and re-
turned the following verdict: "We
find that Merrick Smith came to his
death by cause of a fall which re-
sulted in dislocation of the neck,
producing inBtant death."
MAKE
NO INVESTIGATION A3 TO
WHERE LIQUOR IS BOUGHT—
CITY OFFICIALS SHIRKING
DUTY.
It is plain to be seen that the city
officials are making no effort what-
ever to help enforce the prohibition
law, but are merely treating it as a
joke.
There were four drunk cases in
police court this morning. Three of
them plead guilty and were given
the usual fine of $5 and costs.
One of the victims thanked the
judge very heartily after receiving
his fine.
"Looks like you might say a man
is welcome," said the $300 a month
city attorney.
"Old Smartie, you might investigate
where all these people are getting
this booze," replied the judge.
If the officials were trying to en-
force the law they could easily find
out who these violators are.
FIGHT
IN PLUMBING SHOP THIS MORN-
ING—ONE ARRESTED.
A small fight occurred in Rice &
Bosmier's plumbing shop at 14 West
Main street this morning about 8
o'clock.
Paul Melker states that A1 Duemke,
a steam fitter, struck him over the
head with a wrench and then he
choked him before the two men
were separated.
The trouble originated because
some of the workmen are alleged to
have accused Duemke of stealing
some tools. Duemke, according to
Melker's statement, called several of
the men vile names, when Melker
took up the argument.
Melker swore out a complaint
against Duemke after the trouble.
The case will be tried in police
court tonight.
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Tucker, Dudley R.; Tucker, Howard A. & Tucker, William L. Oklahoma City Daily Pointer (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 308, Ed. 1 Monday, January 13, 1908, newspaper, January 13, 1908; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc152940/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.