The Daily Democrat. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 57, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1904 Page: 1 of 4
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The Daily Democrat.
JMN IV.
THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. EL RENO OKLAHOMA THURSDAY MAY 19. 1904.
NUMBER 57.
LOSSES
REPORTED
TLESHIP AND A CRUISER
ST AT PORT ARTHUR
TR0YED BY MINES
HISHIMA A FIRST
BATTLESHIP.
tory is of Russian Origin and
Not Generally Believed to
Be True.
oo. May 19, 11:30 a m — Rua-
?fugees who arrived here • :t-
unk from Port Dalny say rhar
panese bombarded Port Arthur
onday. Russian soldiers who
the refugees, that during the
rdment a Japanese battleship
cruiser struck mines and sunk
St p ersbur-' May iv • The j*en<
ai staff has received the following 1
patch from General $akhar"f ur>''
da?e of May 18:
On the morning of May IT 'etar
ments nf the lapanese ad vane** gua
on the main road between Liao Ya
and Tyhounfen'~a retreated towar
'lie Tchan/alin (Chansialian) pass t
•i tcuated Seliuichen, pr >c. edl
ird K-'ng .Vang Cheni.'.
"Th< Japanese o*e concentrating
i works in he vicinity of Peng
Wang Cheng.
lapanese letaehnient< which for-
merly occupied the vilUage Itkolit-
r) ml/a twelve miles northwest of
t > ,s!,an. aav1 imparted and Tadu*-
han has also iw pn evacuated
Ther are -mall detachments >f
i \ anesp at Khondoukhan and Luan
. ho • t' iMk >f he 1ayang
-;va'v and at Salits'/alpudza
s nail .apanese jatrols >o ar
fr me o me n the vicinity ">f
Su2an
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION
THE Q. O P Of OHIO NOMINATE
STATE TICKET
IN NEBRASKA ALSO
3ERKETT NOVNATED FOR UNIT
ED STATES SENATOR.
Wisconsin, iwa. Idaho and California
Republican# Hold Their
Convent-om.
WASHINGTON FORECAST.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
—Fair and warmer Thursday;
Friday, showers and cooler
Kansas—Warmer Thursday
with showers by night; Friday
.
f (
Broome,
Elmer .1. Bur ken, was nar
rt s choice for t'nlted
tat
AN IMPORTANT CASE
OWNERSHIP OF VALUABLE EL
RENO PROPERTY INVOLVED
CLAIMANTS TO ^HE PROPERTY
Jo K. Heim and the Heirs of Daniel
B. May Contesting for
Rock Island Ave-
Liao Yang. Way ID rornet Vfaxei
of 'he Zabaccal r^srimenr f,ie*i
••nar.' p- ice Unr.morvT f -.e 2".
rifie regiment and 12 rossar.ks have
arr • a:' ■- * m ^' lar.ng
• •scape from Port Arthur. The par'y
was aided in its adventure by the
familiarity of the cossacks with the
country, through the greater part of
May 19, noon.—Th r war hjrn they traveled on horseback at
reported to have been sunk off s .• ! j c mJ ' < : -•
Arthur are the battleship ShiUi- Japanese patrols and arriving BAfelj
and ' !•" ari.. ir.-d < A , . _ ,1:. : . .
The story is not believed her-- ^he little company used the rail
ie Russians who brought th- ., i ;1. far a • San SI.. w !.• 'b« •
insist that it is true. took to the horses
Shikishima is a first class ba: Japanese -outposts were found be
Columbus Ohio. May —The fol
■wing republican ticket was nomi-
nated here yesterday
SMflUff of state. Lewis C Laylln
idsrp of the stipreme court, Wm
F Hpear
C lerk ' f 'h" itiprfme court, Ltwion
Rmerson
Dairy an>l food commi-salone**. flor-
ae^ Ankcny
The platform, after asserting it> nue Lots.
faith in the principals of the last na
tional platform, declared for the nomi
nation of President Roosevelt an<i A case of < onsiderable importance
praised his administration. Tie can is on trial at th district court room
didacy of John L Webster of Ne today, before Judge Lane, of King-
braska for vice president is indorsed fisher, re|. • <
T«e case involves the ownership of
Madison. Wis.. May 19 A continu : i« 20, 21 3 21. in block 8'.. in th.
ous parliamentary wrangle, led by the r ':.inal to vn of El R io. oc^pleJ
best orators of the Baensch faction by Jo K Mnn.'s iron-clad building,
against the efforts of the Lafollette ,old ( A K. hall
public
) of 14,850 tons displacement, j yoml Lafandian. but the country being ^
t' i teei Ai i'ii- '1'
as a draught of 27 feet and an ,i,.r • f tin enemy The
ted horsepower 1 t' 11""" ; • i,.,.- '' ' 11 « « o; < •
belt nil:** and f« ur . •. ,, • ■ : : •« • • • •
thick and her turret armor is n.;i0hing Russian territory
Ichange in the garrison lit' at Pot" \r
thur The defences there are contin
Member f>f the bonrd c f
works. Richard H Crawford.
Electors-at-larRe, Chan P
Noah H. Hwayne
I)elegate -at-large. Myron T Her
rick (ieo H Cox. Chas Dick and Jos
H Foraker
Alternates. Chas H. Orosvenof,
Warren <i Harding. Jno. B. Cllngman
an«i H T. Eubanks, the latter color-
supporters to seat the contested dele
gattons to the republican state con
vent ion yesterday resulted in a bolt
of the Baensrh delegates an<l the re
fusal of the Cook men to recognize
the convention as legal. The point
in question was upon the power of
the state central committee against
the power of the convention to deter
mine the roll of the convention A
feature of the convention wa the an
•n the ear.v days of EI Reno. Geo.
I) Orput s .d the lots to David B.
Mu, of Y k Neb., f« r $1,000 May
I fid all but of the purchase tu >n
ev. and defaulted in he payn eut cf
«hat sum Or' ut declared th • con
tract forfeited, and afterward sold
tiie lots to Jo. K Heim. who improved
them. A long nme ago {t was discov
ered that no clear tit,, to the lots
could be given md ti e *aso w ir car
| nouncement of the delegates that Sen r ed to the c ourts by he hei of
'alf jators Spooner and Quarles did not Mr May, that gentleman having died
wish their names to lie pre--en ted be 'lie ii i>s are i.pre- -n' i y (lood
eck armor is of three ami ft1*1
.
• •
■
;hteen and flve-tent.hs knots an
■
-
es in 18D8.
ording to a recent list of Jai «n
d of the Shikishima.
s the
IV s
fore iliis convention as delegates
lai iij i he national convent1 n.
at-
,'3 New Chwang corr-
■ date of May 18. says
'ter driving out 1
lestroying the railway
re-embarked from Kai
ined fleet heading sor'
ie Rus.-.ans re-en
,ng with 1.000 infantry
•
•e made
Dail
Tav'
Petersburg. M iy
parkin has sent the t
l to the emperoi 'la
detachment of
e guard, occupied unt
ie Sin Hai Tin -lefile a
of Kainghalput/
\ north of F^ng Wang
d toward Sellnchau. i
e affluent which en'e
■ on the left bank
here is i small Tsnant
■ nr Tyang Kn
urjan (Si > 7en) Is
,y 5 . i o •
ed a force at apteh'^
s to the southeast
effect thar .lapnr
ted Taknshan
'"he Japanese have d
ldza. name) 600 a'
.100 at the latter pla
q , k x* ork
r> •" ■*
Tli*1 last named was the only col
ored member of the last Ohio leglsla
tttre
The convention was in session onlv
days and most of that time was
occupied in balloting for candlilate for
i no iudt'.e There was also a bal
for member < f the board of pub
lie work- but It was not n contest
ni i' ;eo It Cox cant the 10.' votes
Hamilton county for Caplain Craw
The only other contest was that of
' . colored men aw to who should rep
•rut them a^ an alternate-at-large.
convention was controlled by
Hi'iui h. Dick and Cox. who were dls
• to have harmony while some of
on follower* wanted factional lines
.'rawn on the • nior Ohio senator as
a delegate at large. The Ohio dele
o . ii to the Chicago convention was
not instructed, but ll is pledged by the
reasons of the past two conventions
to President Roosevelt
There was an attempt to secure a
plank m the platform In accord with
M« Kinle\ last ^eoch at Buffalo, but
it failed Senator Dick who wrote
\ho platform said
We stand pal on the tariff as well ;
:> other policies and do not want the
lowa idea
Vhe name of Ralph W Tyler,, a
prominent colored newspaper man o(
Colunihu'i had been presented In the
.nun' bunch motion" with Orosvenor |
Harding and Cllngman. but colored
. : !. ill • « i. d to him and the -
b>i w.\- «ompletel. Kubanks was d
•dared elected alternate at large
After authorizing the state commit
tee tti flu vacancies the convention
adjourned
t.oooln N e J > May 1'.^ —Th< repul)-
lican state convention yesterday nomi
na-< i the following ticket
i.,'\ iiii.m ,i n H M ii K. \ ..f Polk
Des Moines, May 1! .—Iowa's long
fight between "stand pat" republicans
and liberals on the issue of tariff re-
vision and reciprocity ended in a com-
plete victory for the former in yes-
terday's state convention for select
ing delegates to the national conven
Hon. Of the delegates chosen, I wen
ly are "stand patters" and only six
are liberals. The
v in Ac Reid >f this cl*v, and W. L.
Kirk pat rick of York, N 1 . and Mr
Helm by lilako & Illake. It is thought
The iots are now valued ut $ '.,500.
PULL FOR AN OPERA HOUSE
A Concerted Effort New Wdl Secure
the Building.
<; Toler, the opera house nan
dutions adopted is ready to listen to proposals lo^k
contain no sentiment whatever in
favor of tariff revision, but deelari
that the protective principle "found
its highest lulflllnieii in tie Diiudey
law As io reciprocity, the platform
declares that it Is "u.iwise to seek
markets abroad by sacrificing some
parts of the markets at home"
The delegate at large named were
Senator^ Allison and Dolliver. I \V
and (iovet nor Cummin
l'<m atcllo
ublican siat>
gales to tin
Ida, May 19.—The
convention to elect
republican national
• *
The following wer< selected delegate:
to the national convention:
l nited Stales Senator \Y B Hey
man W c Hall of Grangeville \\
E. Borah ol Boi. V R Goodling o
Shosbon- D W Standrod of Poca
o and .i \J S
Standrod is the Idaho member ol th
republican national committee
The resolutions indorse Roosevel
in I he strongest terms possibh fo
' : '! ! '.ill 11 t 'I
mend Senator Hepburn and 1 >ngr<
man French
The convention was entirely hat
moniout
ng
toward the erection of an amurement
hall in this city Mr Toler is a bus
mess man, and If he undertakes to
build an opera house here ne will do
it without loss of tin. H< will a<
c< pt the same proposition that vsas
n'ade to Johnson, a f< u months a •
but whal er l- done mst be done
quickly. The opportunity is here now
for El Reno to do .something. Propo
als roav Vie left with John i\ Gooil
win, secrrtary of the Chrruber of
( uime • "i " til direct to Mr To
ler at Y/'chita . or that gentleman will
'^!ie ie*- and hear any proposals
ihat «h> cit ens desire to mak< Get
to work
BALL GAME SUNDAY
El Reno and Geary Will Contest At
Athletic Park.
Arrangements ha\
a ganu of ball bet*
and Geary teams i
Sunday afternoon at
a verv strong team,
been made for
en the El Reno
this city next
::e Geary has
nd the El Reno
players
A good
are
un
attenda
•to: yt a hard gam
ice is earnestly d-
Call., May 19
convention
Albert G B
jr, chairman
m indorse
elt and noints with
following an elected
Sacremento,
publican state
elected Jlldg*
Sonoma count
The platfoi
Roose\ilt am
Ice Cream Soda at Green's 5 cents
large
pipe
rune
\ernor IMmunl (i
• 'nrr-fo havo r0t|rpd In the dlrec-
.f « ' ne -'hens and Haba- pie of El Reno.
1 .ieutenan
^eGUton.
Secretary of state -A Galu-
Treasurer Peter Mortensen
Attorney General Norris Brown.
Auditor—N. E. Searle
Land commissioner H M Ea' m
Superintendent of schools—J L
Green's ice cream ll the Best. The | McBrien.
• (iinnc th' sm""- ton" ■
Sali - Th ra; idil> '
former on the building an^ th
Their pipe has been done 1- I
surprise and gratification to the peo-
the work
laying of
matter of
nat convent
Governor George c Pardee
D. SprecUle proprietor of th< San
r
San Francisco and Jud|:« J VV Mc
y
TAILORING?
Best on Earth
PRICES?
as for ready ma
id.
FOTN'D
ther°eUtrr Japanese' result of thirty year, experience.
Arrangements an being ma<:
which It is beli< > I wll! r.'- 111 he
erection of a splondiil brick business
house on th' three lot- immediately
south of the Kirst National Itank
Delegates-at iurge to the national (building
WORK
and BE^
GOODS?
f the BEST
FIT?
GVARANTEED, or
are not yours.
WHERE?
Same old place, F. W. Bruchmann,
.51 S. R. I. Ave., El Reno, O. T.
w\
NUMBER 58.
be more cautlousjfor he must
is squadron for frie contest of
ipremacy of the sea with the
fleet when It arrives in the
loss of the Hatsuse, irrespect-
other casualties, which may
jccurrt.nl in Togo's fleet, is of
most importance, according to
•neral staff, members of which
d out to the Associated Press
t tends to restore the equili-
afloat. Despite the number of
ties in the Russian fleet it has
lost only one battleship, the
pavlovsk. It is true that the
an and Czarovitch were torpe-
it the beginning of the war, but
Were safely towed into Port Ar-
The damage they sustained was
s, particularly ill the Czarovitch
epairs have been In progress
then and the officials state that
letgivan is practically ready to
ie her place in the fighting line.
Czarovitch is still undergoing
rs, and it will be some time be-
she can put to sea. Prior to the
Ion of Port Arthur several thou-
Bhipwrlghts entered the city,
hey have since been rushing the
of repairs.
e Russians now say that the
are agalhst the Japanese. The
t Japanese movements reported
ie general staff tend, neverthe-
decidedly to befog the authorl-
as to the real situation of the
ij Why General Kurokl should
enly stop his advance on H!a
i and Mac Yang when General
ipatkln was known to be prepar-
0 withdraw is a quectlon partial-
nswered by the condition of the
s. Beyond this Kurokl is credit-
irith another reason which Kuro-
in either has not discounted or
in>i communicated to the author-
here' It Is suggested by many
it may have some connection
the landing and whereabouts of
mysterious third am y. which has
ime a bugaboo to the military
eglsts. but whether or not this
rue, the fact remains that Kuro-
positions are such as will enable
strategically to retain Kuropat-
in the interior and prevent him
rfering with the operations con-
ed with the clearing out of South-
Manchuria and the operations
nst Port Arthur. %-
is now generally belidi'JMfthat
mission of the second lajnneaa
y is not merely the investment of
Arthur, but Its capture. The
.nese must appreciate, now that
• fleet has been weakened, that
appearance of the Baltic fleet will
e Russia immensely superior
t unless the Port Arthur squad-
be destroyed
the Japanese are to be succesa-
n the war they must retain com-
1 of the sea, however great the
hat ever may have been the ori-
object of the landing of troops
ie southern part of the Llao
; peninsula, it is believed here
it can now only be the destruc-
of the squadron at Port Arthur,
en should the enemy capture the
ess, it was emphatically declared
night that they never will get
Russian warships. Under orders
t before Port Arthur was cut off
crippled squadron was to leave
larbor immediately before the
>ss fell and altack the Japan-
leet If the enemy retained the
iority which existed before the
w ere destroyed there would have
little chance of a successful sor-
Now the authorities are hope-
tat in case the squadron must go
he chances in the conflict will
ore even. This will be the case
e repairs to the Retsivan and
ivitch are finished in time,
e crippling of Togo's fleet will,
thought, more than ever deter
Japanese commander from divid-
his fleet, as he must retain his
ier ships off Port Arthur. Thus
Vladivostock squadron may have
her opportunity for raids
G. A, R. REUNION.
Veterans Will Finish Their Work
At Kingfisher Today.
m and the outlook was favi
hat city, adding: "Even If Gutli
does not get the convention that
n is securing a few million do!
s worth of advertising in Its ef-
to secure it."
olonel Henry Watt'
Thresher company, has gone on an
extended trip to Kansas City and oth-
er northern points.
ine mftieri I Is > ng delivered foi // r0 13 e ~r0P'
Henry Lassen's n> residence. Th<
building wil be of the fit. lohn A Goodwin has received a
dwellings in th« y. Its co wii lot of literature relating to sugar! ,
be in the n rhood of \ t i.eet cult up from the agricultural de- A delivery wagon locked horns with
and dollar partment Washington, which h> Dr. Ffty.geraid's buggy this forenoon,
(will gladly furnish free tQ. tenners l w nh djisa-. to the bug-
Subscribe jr the Daily De I w udy the question. 1 gy.
pected such a mishap to Vice Admir-
al Togo, particularlj since the naval
commanders at Port Arthur hav
faithfully duplicated his plan which
resulted in th' -inking of the Petro-
pavlovsk.
The effect of the disaster will un-
doubtedly b 'o cause Admiral To-
he Grand Army encampment at
igfisher will be brought to a close
ay. Most of the El Reno delega-
tion have already returned and the
i est will come home tonight. Those
who are here speak In the highest
t. i m- of the Kingfisher people as . n-
ertalni i s, and will gladly recipro-
:at w hen occasion comes. Thi next
mcampnient will be held in Law'ton,
next May.
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Hensley, T. F. The Daily Democrat. (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 57, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1904, newspaper, May 19, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc160223/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.