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ENID DAILY EAGLE.
VOL. VIII. No. 47.
E.MI), OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, XOVKMBKR '2i), I1H>8.
PRICE FIVE CKNT1.
SEVEN KILLED
LABKIiH AUK MIS UF A I >1NO.
I O'ov eminent \ot Always ReK|M>nsible
for "Piui1 Food" Declarations.
Which was Run Into by a C.
B. & Q. Passenger Train
ihree met death instantly
\Vi> THE OTHKIl FOUR D1FD IN
A SHORT TIME.
only Three of a Party of Ten Esca|h
• Without I'atal Injuria and
These Were Slightly Hurt.
An Illinois Tragedy.
(Chicago, Nov. 20—Seven track
laborers on a handcar wore run
clown by a Chicago Burlington and
Quincy railroad passenger train )«'-
tween Highland and Lagrange, 11 li-
uoIb, today nnd killed. Three met
death instantly and the other four
died immediately afterwards.
Ten men were on the handcar. The
others escaped with slight injuries.
The aefcident is said to have ibeen
due to the laborers putting their ear
on the wrong track.
Indictments Not Quashed.
After argument at length on the
motion to quash the indictments
against Smith and Tyler for the
mortgage deal with Aunty Wade
Judge Sturgis today overruled the
motion and alto held that the evi-
dence introduced at the trial to clear
tbe title to the property Is admissa-
ble in this case.
greatest prosperity era
now greets oklahoma
Washington, Nov. 20—According
to a sweeping decision by the com-
missioner of patents, any label bear-
ing the inscription "Guaranteed un-
der the pure food and drug acts,
June 30, 1906," where such inscrip-
tion is intended to imply that the
government is responsible for the
purity of the goods, will be refused
registration.
It 1s claimed that hundreds of pack
ages and oth
try are so printing
give this impr
held by the officials that the govern- I
ment simply accepts tlie assertion of ;
the manufacturer that the goods are !
pure and then investigates his busi- ,
ness. Upon proof that the pure j
food and drugs act is being violated
the goods are confiscated and the
ma n ti facturer punished.
The Kaiser's Advisor is Tired
of His Job
WKATHKR FORM 'AST.
Tonight fair;
fair, warmer.
Saturday
IN A PUZZLE
COURT HELPS OUT
A Medical Department to be
Added to 0. C. U.
))
Tronble Fwired in McIntosh County. J
Eufaula, Okla., Nov. 20—Now i
that the supreme court has declared i
invalid the recent county stmt elec- i
tion in McIntosh county, a new con- ;
test, which may develop even more I
startling features than did the lust 1
one, is exp cted. Before there was ;
bloodshed, in addition to numerous \
quarrels. The feeling between the j • -■
residents of Eufaula and Checotah, - ... . _
the contesting towns, is intense, and KellOgg GrillS KOCkefeller
further trouble Is feared. Two men j
were killed as the result of the elec-
tion squabble before.
>d that hundreds 01 pacK-
sstsl&st ib* 10 silence reichstag j,,,,
upression, whereas it is
frisco conductor
<)IU>Kll TO QtTKT Pl'Bl.IU
FUELING.
i* President of the Cowman Legis
lative Body is Requested to
Prevent Reference to the
Kinperor if Possible,
Opinion Is General That the
State Will Have a
Real Room Soon.
Oklahoma. City, Okla., Nov. l!0.—-
That Oklahoma is destined in the
next two years to witness its great-
est era of prosperity is the opinion of
shrewd business men, who have
watched the trend of' events in the
past, and believe themselves fully
capable of judging the future. It is
frequently predicted nowadays, that
Oklahoma is going to startle the
whole country, and perhaps the en-
tire world, as a commercial proposi-
tion. Although only a year old,
reckoned as a state, the new com-
monwealth is preparing to shake
off the shackles of politicians, and
forge to the front. Not only is this
true of the cities but of the rural
districts as well. Reports received
here through the Federation of Com-
mercial clubs, are to the effect that
business men everywhere are pre-
paring for an unprecedented holiday
business, to be followed by a steady
and healthy growth of trade. The
cities are doing their part in the
general scheme for the up-building
of the state. Tills does not apply
to any. one city, but to nil of them.
Reports from the north, east, south
and west, are all the same, commer-
cial activity, and industrial progress.
Now that politics is going to quit the
stage for a time, at least, the busi-
ness man, those who really build the
ship of state, are coming forth from
their hiding places. They are get-
ting "busy." For the past two
years they have been fearful that
seme over act on the part of politi-
cians would put them off the map.
But now it is different. Perhaps
one of the healthiest signs of return-
ing prosperity is the revival of rail-
road building propects. Activity has
been in evidence for some time in
the southwestern part of Oklahoma,
especially in the Big Pasture section
but this activity has been accentuat-
ed by the retirment form the stage
of politics. People tire being more
confident of wise legislation at the
hands of the next legislature, and
there is no reason why they should
be otherwise. At Lawton, arrange
ments are rapidly going forward for
the completion of the Lawton, Wlch
ita Fulls and Northwestern railroad,
from Randlett north. In the north-
east em part of the state, arrange-
ments are going forward for at least
one new railrcad in the oil belt,
wuile to the south and north come
■ .milsr reports. In Oklahoma City
business men are working on the
plan for i railroad to the northwest
into Wond?, Alfalfa, Beaver. Wodd-
ward and Texas counties, and it is
< \pected thatbefore long definite an-
nouncement will be made of the or-
ganization of the company.
Hobart. Okla., Nov. 2 0.—Suspic-
ioncd of ha\' ng taken part In the
theft, \V H. Yandell, a Frisco con-
ductor, has been arrested here and
thrown in jail on a charge of steal-
ing a grip containing valuable pa-
pers.
Several weeks ago a hand bag
containing valuables and belonging
to a passenger on one of the trains
mysteriously disappeared. A special
detective was put on the case but all
efforts to find the valic
vain.
Sunday while in conversation with
(i. W. Ferguson the brakeinan on his
train, Yandell, told him of a trip
which his wife was going to make
and mentioned that she needed a
.-atchel. Ferguson offered to loan
li's hand bag and when the train
j reached Mountain Park he secured
it and turned it over to Yandell.
A lew moments later a railroad de-
tective appeared, examined the
satchel then In Yandell's possession
and inquired of the conductor where
the same was secured. Yandell ex-
plained and a search was made for
Ferguson, who had in the meantime
disappeared some where between
Mountain Park and Hobart. Contin-
uing his search the detective arrest-
ed Yandell and placed him In the
county jail here.
His preliminary has been set for
this week .
Berlin, Nov. 20.—Acting upon ad-
vices from Chancellor Von Buelow
t linn i fit' Von sto,eaei'£ president of the Re-
arrested at hobart j i eli stag, will endeavor to prevent all
| references to Emperor William for
the present in the Reichstag discus-
sions. This course was decided upon
to quiet public feeling.
Von Buelow reported today that
he is nervously depressed and more
than ever disposed to resign from
office when a good opportunity aris-
es. He is more easily tired now
than before Ills recent Illness. The
prince laments that lira official du-
ties allow linu no time for indulg-
ended in ! ing this personal tastes.
William Doesn't Like It.
Berlin, Nov. 20.—The emperor's
moods have always been an object
of study from hour to hour by the
members of his official household,
and they have been carfully, almost
painfully, watched during recent
days. The results of these observa-
tions, with a partial report of the
emperor's conversation, have keen
transmitted to widening circles out-
side the court, so tliata the upper
bureaucratic and diplomatic offici-
als are toleraibly well informed as
to his monarch's personal view on
the events which have been so great-
ly agitating the country.
The prevailing feeling among the
members of the emperor's suite is
one of resentment at the popular
outburst against him and there is
no disposition to sympathize with it
or excuse it. The emperor is de-
scribed as feeling that he did not,
In the language of the note he au-
thorized to be published in the Ec-
ichsanzeiger, go beyond his oatli
| when he took the crown faithfully
to observe the constitution. The
emperor regards his hereditary and
constitutional relation to Prussia and
to the federal states as unchanged.
A committee of the party lead-
ers of the Reichstag decided todya
to defer for a time, in favor of im-
portant measures, the discussion of
ministerial responsibility and the
recent utterances of the emperor.
When th. torse takes up the sub-
ject Prince Von Buelow will give
the Reichstag his personla deduc-
tion on his interview of Tuesday
with the emperor. In his address
before the Reichstag on the new
measure to increase the imperial rev-
enues the chancellor said that he
believed the existing unfriendly
feeling toward Germany could be
overcome. Continuing on the mat-
ter of foreign relations, he said that
the parvenu was not lived anywhere
and that Germany, in spite of her
ancient history, occupied the posi-
tion of a parvenu among the na-
tions of Europe.
WARRANT INTEREST CASES
BISON COl'PLK ARK WIH) AIT KB
HlFFICTI/n OYKR
AGE LIMIT.
John Gabriel, rtv'diug three miles j
nasi of Bison, camp to tuts city this |
morning with the intention of mak- '
ing a voyage on the eea of niatri- |
mony but his ship did not leave port. I
Therefaj-p Gabriel was caused much
worry and excitement but Judge
Culllson finally devised a means by
which the young mail could have
the knot tied at the appointed time,
thereby receiving the everlasting
friendship and thanks of the young
man.
Gabriel Is barely twenty years of
age and when he appeared before
the clerk of the county court with a
neighbor to have the marriage li-
cense Issued, he presented a state-
ment from his parents that Ihey
were willing that the cermony
should be performed. Then came
the difficulty. Under the old law
a statement was all that was neces-
sary but under the new law the par-
lit must either appear in person or
have the statement sworn lo before
a notary public.
Gabriel was in a dilemma. He
could return home, which is nearly
twenty miles distant, and bring his
father back to this city but by the
time this had been done it would be
too late for the ceremony to be ob-
served at the appointed time. The
only other means by which his fath-
er could be reached was by tele-
phone. His father had 110 phone,
however, and so it was necessary to
get connection with a neighbor and
have his father summoned, who
gave his consent to the issuance of
the mnrriage license.
And they were rr irried and lived
happily ever after.
college vert prosperous
BUT PAID WELL
Cross-Examination
;ts(,s Against the it> on Pre State-
hood Warrants Filed in Coun-
ty Coart.
The City of Euid was made defen-
dant in two cases filed in county
court this morning. In one case
J. G. Unger appears as plaintiff and
in the other the Bank of Enid filed
the suit. Recovery of interest on
warrants issued while the city was
without bounds before statehood is
asked and in the petitions it is
charged that a mistake on the part
of the city treasure was the cause
of their inalblllty to secure Interest on
the warrants.
The city issued a number of no
fund warrants to pay indebtedness
^before Oklahoma became a state and
when it was admitted into the union
it became necessary for the city to
Issue bonds to take up these war-
rants. The plaintiffs claim that
although they presented the war-
rants to the city treasurer for regis-
tation, he neglected to register them
and therefore they failed to receive
the interest due them.
The city council was appealed to
but they refused to pay in whole or
in part the interest and the result
was that a suit for recovery of the
interest was filed in district court.
On the same day the cases were fil-
ed in district court, the legislature
passed a law taking the cases from
the jurisdiction of that court and
placing them in the jurisdiction of
the county court. City Attorney
Acuff entered a demurrer when the
eases were called in district court,
with the result that they were dis-
missed. t
This morning the cases were filed
in the county court but it is thought
by those who are In a position to
know that It is probable that the cltv
may pay the Interest to stop the
litigation.
Marriage Licenses.
.Tame* J. Canavan, Thomas
Nancy A. Bronson. Enid.
Frank Rioe, Brerkenrldge. 23
•Alice Llerer, Hunter, 19.
Fl. SCOTT BANK FAILS
AFTER HEAD! m I
<. I; INT HORN A I) Ws IXSTI1I -
TIO-N WAS (INK OF OLDKtiT
IN KANSAS.
Ft. Scctt, Kas.. Nov. 20- The
First National bank of Fort Scott,
one of the oldest banks in this
state, closed its doors this morning.
The bank had deposits of seven
hundred and two thousand dollars.
The closing followed a run on the
bank yesterday when depositors with-
drew fifty-six thousand dollars.
Grant Hornaday is president. It
is said the bank's i
liabilities by one hundred and
twenty-seven thousand dollars and
the two thousand depositors would
be paid in full.
PRFSIDI'.NT ZOLLARS HAS HAIS
I I) I I,(KM) l\ SIX WKKKM.
Ami the < treat Body of Christian
Churches arc Vet to be Visited
—Will Soon lw Out of l)cl t.
— A New Balding.
Affairs at Oklahoma Christian
University are prospering far be-
yond what Enid is aware. In fact,
the institution lias already practical-
ly risen above its tide of financial
distress so that its future progress
is absolutely assured. There arc
entanglements yet to be straighten-
ed out but the college is safe be-
yond any question.
In less than six weeks President
Zollars and W. L. May have raised
for the college over $11,000. This
money was contributed by only six-
teen churches, visited during that
period, and many of those visited
were small churches. President
Zollars states that If the University
Development company will meet its
obligations to the university that lie
is absolutely certain every dollar of
indc/btedness could be paid, running
expenses easily met, and that by the
time the college opens next year he
can have an -endowment of $100,000
or more and at least $50,000 on
hand for current expenses.
A Medical Department.
Encouraged by the recent great
success of the school and the finan-
cial support that is being given it
the university today made a tentative
announcement regarding the estab-
lishment of a medical department.
This announcement was made In the
following -manner, by Randolph
I Cook, a member of the executive
I committee of the university:
"The Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees of Oklahoma
Christian University are glad to
nake the following encouraging an-
nouncement to the patrons of the
University everywhere, and especi-
ally to all the ( li list Ian churches
Oklahoma, Kansas, and Northern
Texas.
u A new hospital, with capacity
for twenty-live bods, modern, and
equipped in a first class and scien-
tific manner, will be affiliated with
the University and its work. This
hispital will be a Training school
for nurses, as well as the nucleus
for the establishment and equipping
of a Medical Department in the Uni-
versity It has been the intention
j of the Board of Trustes to inaugu•
eoo per cent dividends
The question of the proposed loca- j
tion for the Baptist state college, j -
which is to be settled by a special lo-
cating committee of the Baptist or-
ganization on February H, Is Just
now engaging the attention of busi-
ne s men here. Several sites have
IF PAID IN Tin; RISKY,
SHAKY OIL BUSINESS*
been offered in various parts of the
city, and the contest for the loca-
tion is expected to be interesting.
out of a well
seventy feet deep
K ill I \ MAN Ll\ KS TO TI LL <>l
KXPMRIKNCU.
umber Was in Well oil Ranch
When <>as Fvplosion Shot, lliiu
Out—Landed on Solid
< i round.
Bur TIm'nc Fnoriuous Profits Had
Nothing to do With the lti.sk
the King of Fiiiuncc Points
Out for Kellogg.
ehlf.i
would
veil by
Nov. 19. How
you like io be shot out of a
an explosion?
That is exactly what happened
Ernest Kills, at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning says the Eagle.
Mr. Kills is a plumber, and a
brother of Harry Kills, foreman of
the Wurster Construction company.
He came here shortly after his other
brother died, and has Decn living in
the north part of town until recently.
He is now living on South Wichita
street, In the tenth block.
Mr. Kills was On the ranch of Al-
fred Harrison, near Finley, fixing
some pumping machinery in a 70-
foot well.
As he went down the well with his
candle lighted he smelt gas. He re-
alized that an explosion was at hand,
and with wonderful presence of mind
he prepared for it as he squeezed his
lips tightly he found himself
out through the mouth of the
and into the open air
lid
New York, Nov. U< . Itockefeller
was again on the stand, when the
hearing wau resumed today cross
examination was at once begun toy a
Frank B. Kellogg, special assistant
District Attorney.
In response fto questions about
the hazardous nature of the oil bus-
iness owing to the possibility of a
failure of supply, Rockefeller said
the production of crude o l in O?o
Pennsylvania field had steadily In-
creased from 1X6 to 190u.
"You have been prosperous since
the- beginning?" asked Krilogg.
•'Yes," replied Mr. Rockefeller*
"Dou you consider a busiuem
hazardous that on the original li-
ve?* ment of sixty seven million dol-
lars paid dividends amounting to
five bundled and ninety one million
dollars?" queried the government t>
attorney.
4'I do not consider tro amount of
n.oney made determines whether tin-
business is hazardous or not,"
fiJd Rockefeller.
charity contributions
from out of city
Burlington Ranker Sends in his 1k l
Lit- to Aid Knid Workers
For the Pooor.
oing
well
-o
committee
meets with success
Last Night's Meeting Cleared Away
nil Doubt As to Probable
Financial Returns.
A rousing meeting of tbe Cham
ber ot Commerce was held last
night at which the matter of the liv
stock buil ling i>ud groand w.is pre
sented again, and a very interstlng
statement of what has been done
along this line in Texas was made
by C. C. French of Ft. Worth. Sev-
eral thousand dollars was subscrib-
ed to stock In the new company af-
ter the discussion. All doubt as to
whether the proposition llfkely to
be one that will bring financial re-
turns was wiped out by the splendid
showing made and the committee
feels that It will now get tbe neces-
sary subscriptions without (hesita-
tion. The committee had excellent
success in its work today.
paving companies in
fight at oklahoma city
Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 20 -
The courts have taken a hand In
Oklahoma City's paving muddle,
and an injunction against the city
council to prevent the consideration
on the recent awards of contracts to
various paving companies is now
pending in Judge Carney's court.
The fight grows out of the action of
the council In revoking the awards
of contracts to the Parker-Washing-
ton people. They awarded the en-
tire paving job to the Conway com-
pany, on a five years guarantee
plan, aTter a campaign had been
waged against what was termed to
l be an extravagant expenditure of
the city's paving fui.ds. Foui t< en
miles of street paving is tied up in
the court process, but the city au-
thorities claim they will come out
the victors in the controversy.
12 killed in explosion
Interest in tho plan of raising $1,-
He landed j goo for the associated charities by
ground, and that Is what j contrlbutions of one dollar each has
New York. Nov. 20.—Twelve men
are believed to have been killed by
an explosion of gas in a main in an
excavation at Gold and Front
streets, Brooklyn, today.
assets exceed Its j ra^e wuci, a department from the
first, and the articles of Incorpora-
tion provide for it; and now that a
favorable time has come the exe-
cutive committee makes the general
annuncement that such steps are be-
ing taken, and the work will be In-
augurated January 2Gth, at the be-
ginning of the next semester. On
this date a general opening of the
hospital will be held, with luncheon,
and appropriate addresses by Pres.
Zollars and others.
''The Hospital will be a beautiful
three story building in Enid, fire
proof, and having a hot water heat-
ing aparatus. It is one of the beau-
tiful 'buildings of the city, and will
be a splendid addition to the collec-
tion of University buildings, already
erected.
The labratory will be equipped
for all inircoscopic work, such as ex-
amination of the sputem for tubef-
locls, etc., Dr. K. A. Mayberry will
have charge of this Department, as
well as to be the house surgeon and
resident physhleian. Dr. S. N. May-
berry will be the chief surgeon. The
May', erry Brothers are well and fav-
orably known throughout Oklaho-
ma and Kansas. They are affiliated
with the following medical societies:
Garfield County Medical Association,
The Oklahoma State Medical Asso-
ciation, the Oklahoma Central Medi-
cal Association, ami the American
j Medical Associat ion, the Society of
International Hallway Surgeons, tin-
Frisco System Surgical Association,
and the Rock Island System Surgi-
cal .Association. These with other
qualifications, are as good as any
men could have for a work of this
kind, and the University manage- |
saved his life.
The wonder Is why, after the ex-
ploding gas shot hi in out of the well,
lid not fall into it again. If he
had, he would undoubtedly have been
Instantly killed In the fall of more
than TO feet. Instead he landed on
tlu rim of the well, and he was
mighty glad cf It.
Mr. Kills did not have any too
much hair on his head, anyway, but
what lie had was burnt off in the ex-
plosion. His eyebrows are gone, too, |
but he is glad that he did not fare j
any worse, lie is pretty badly burn-1
ed, but his condition is in no way
| know the conditions some poor peo-
Near 111., well In question some ar(1 ,n and fec, ,t mJr duty ,Q
gasoline. II Is said, was "tored my ahar(,
leaked Into tile well and formed a , tru)y
already spread beyond the boundar-
ies of Enid, as is evidenced by tbe
following letter and (contribution
received at the Eagle office today
from the cashier of the Bank of Bur-
lington, Burlington, Okla:
Enid Daily Eagle.
Enid, Okla.
I Gentlemen:
I Enclosed please f 11.00 which
I I would ask you to please hand to
j *he proper officers in charge of the
charity work in your city. 1 read
| your report in the paper today and
I believe this to be a good move
I I have lived in Enid myself and
well and formed a ,
gas there.
After the explosion Mr. Ellis was j
Kent home to Wichita and his inju-
ries were dressed.
tegeler case to high court
Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 20—An ap- j
peal will be filed with the criminal
court of appeals this afternoon in
the case of state against Rudolph
Tegeler, the man now serving a life
Bentence in '!"• Kan*&« penitentiary
for the murder of Janien Meadows,
Pioneer Telephone foreman in June
1907. Tegeler and Mrs. Meadows,
widow of the deceased were tried
in the Oklahoma county courts, and
the former was given a verdict of
not gnilty following tbe conviction
of Tegeler. The dead body of Mead-
ow* was discovered in his home in
Capital Hill. suspicion at once
pointed to Mrs. Meadows and Tege
ler, who had been holding
tine meetings.
C. M. BRKDEHOFT
Have you send in your dollar? If
you haven't do so at once. The
Eagle will receipt you for it and
the charities association will issue
you a membership card.
C. i: |)AI T SUFI) FOR IHVOIM'F"
< BI FI.T\ IS CHAKGKD
Me ry m uch enc
Cruelty, threats to take her life
and forcing her to work his panltor-
lum until her health was imi>aired
are allege! In a petition filed by Mrs.
Joe Daut against her husiband, C.
E. Daut, for divorce in district court
this morning. Daut conducts a
clothes cleaning establishment and
barber shop atNo. 119 West Main
street and the suit is said to be the
outcome of a disscntion which oc-
curred 'fiereral days ago between
the parties.
In her petition Mrs. Daut states
that they were married in Wichita,
and they immediately removed to
this city, having been here more
than a year. She alleges that her
oliraged ' husband forced her to sew and
for a child by a former wife
clandes-
ment ar-
over the prospects. ,
U \ N DO LP 11 COOK, I nnd that he was guilty of inhuman
Member of K\.. utive Committee." 1 treatment lo her. Ph« rharRrw that
KeallziMK that Hi" university has I., compelled her I., perform such
more 111.111" met the expectations of | labor In his establishment that she
th illy .in organized effort is now
M ini: planned to see that Enid mcts
her obligations to the college which
a,-,, huldln* .( bark. There is an un-
11 nimo., agreement that this should
be done at once.
Is now m a slate of nervous col-
lapse Sho asks absolute diyorco
nnd such other relier as the court
may think proper. Pant was di-
vorced from his former wife font*
years ano.
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