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CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY IN EL RENO.
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THE EL RENO DAILY AMERICAN, EL RENO, O T TUESDAY, JULY s. 1904.
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Long Wrangle Over the Report of the Commit-
mittee on Credentials When the Populist
Convention Was Called to Order Today
Associated Press Dispatch.
St. Louis, July 5.—Th 'lay L'pfore
convention broke fiot a'4 murky. 1-or
\ dhe first time the streets an J hotels jo-
\lay took on pre-conventiou air. I rains
prought belated delegations anl
marching clubs. The g ncrai situation
as affecting the outcome o! the con-
vention remained unchanged. \ strong
lead was developed by Parker yester-
day, emphasized by the actio..! of Penn-
sylvania's delegation, which provoked
some inquiry a> to whether a stam-
pede would follow. There was some
gossip that several of the favorite son-
would withdraw during Ue day, but
this has not taken any definite shape.
Before the- national committer met to-
day to take up contests it wa- report-
ed that in case the Illinois committee
would favor unseating the Ilopki.is
delegation it would mean a \vtory for
the Harrison-Hearst delegation back-
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Associated Press Dispatch.
St. Louis, July 5.—Today the air is
frill of suggestions that Hearst and
Olney and Wall should take step? to
relieve 'delegates instructed for them
The Parker mianag-ers are1 confident
that fhe New York man will *how a
clear majority on the first baVl.t and
that this showing will bring into line
a sufficient number of states t<> give
him the necessary two-thirds vote. It
is practically conceded that the Gor-
man vote, as -a result of tlu Pennsyl-
vania action will be cast on the lnitja
ballot for Prker. If this is followed by
a like action on the part of any other
recognized candidates, the result may
prove an assured nomination of Par-
ker before the convention assembles.
Associated Press Dispatch.
St. Louis, July <v— At a meeting ot
Tammanv leaders this morning it was
practically decided that all opposition
to Judge Parker would be withdrawn.
This decision will be given out definite-
ly during the day, but it is received
now on best authority.
Associated Prrss Dispatch.
cept the situation for liberal declara-
tions of reaffirmation, which cannot be
>ecured without a. fight. Bryan "has not
formally declared his position but his
fellow delegates thus interpret.
Associated Press Dispatch.
St. Louis, July 5.—The sub-commit-
tee of the national committee today
reported to tlu national committee t'hat
it was unanimously of the opinion that
| Hopkins' delegates from Illinois
J should1 retain their seats. The report
(concurred in. and the Hopkins people
will hold their seats unless ousted by
the action of the committee on creden-
tials. Harrison and TT arst men are
greatly disheartened by their defeat
and announced their intention of car-
rying the fight before t"ne committee
011 credentials, and if barred th re.
would go before the convention it sell
Associated Press Dispatch.
St. Louis. July 5-—(i p. m.)—As the
day wore on it seemed more likely that
Parker's preponderance would not
cause any change in coniplime* tar
votes in states instructed for fav, rite
sons on the first ballot. In the mean-
time Parker .adherents are calmly con-
fident that no possible combination
can now defeat him and contend the
rst ballot will end the fight.
injured. They used a broomstick for
a ramrod, and pounded it in with i
base ball bat.
TOY PISTOL VICTIM .
Associated Press Dispatch.
Ponca City, Okla., Henry Diamond.
14 year old boy living near here,
shot himself in the pit of the stomach
yesterday with a toy pistol and the at-
tending physician i; unable to -;y
whether the boy will survive or not.
Two similar cases 'have happened her?
within the past few weeks and in each
case the victim died.
St.
* Louis, July 5 —The Tammany
people are so confident after to,lay -
conference that thing* "re going to
run smoothly, that they have practical-
ly decided to order three special tarins
to leave Friday afternoon anticipating
that the convention will be over by
that time.
Associated Press Dispatch.
St. Loots, July >— At a meeting of
the Nebraska delegation the Bryan
eommitt? p*sY<' resolutions. Bryan*
contention will be for reaffirmation of
the Kansas City platform The plat-
form was discussed and while 110 ac-
tion was taken 0 tendency was to ac-
Jfi
Associated Press Dispatch.
St. Louis, July 5.—It is understood
th.t delegations from West Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Colum-
bia. which formed the neucle<; of the
Gorman strength, have decided to
vote for Parker.
Associated Press Dispatch.
1 St. Louis. July 5.—"The situation is
unchanged", said Bryan when asked
today concerning the effect of the ac-
tion of Pennsylvania in joining Parker
forces "Opposition to Parker still ex-
ists," he continued.
1 Associated Pre-s Dispatch
! Springfield. III.. July 5.—W iien the
populist convention was called to order
today, there was a long wrangle over
the remort of the committee 011 cre-
dentials. The report of the committee
on permanent organization brought a
storm of protests from the fusion, wine
as it showed the middle-of-the-road-
er* had secured all offices of the con-
vention. Creede. of South Dakota, pro-
tested strongly while Judge W. J.
Babb. of Kansas, and Baird, of; Texas,
made conciliatory speeches pleadmt
for 'harmony. The report of the com-
mittee was adopted, making th** per-
manent officers a* follows: I. W.
Mallatt. Texas, chairman ■} Charl s
DeFrace. Nebraska, secretary: W. 0.
Campbell. Kansas, assistant secretary.
Crazy Snake Indians
DECIDE TO FILE AT LAND OF-
FICE INSTEAD OF TAKING
ARBITRARY ALLOT-
MENTS.
Ardmore. I. T. July v—It is report-
ed here today on good authority that
quite a large number of the followers!
of Crazy Snake living near Conway,
who have heretofore resisted all ef-
forts of the federal government to al-
lot them their share of the tribal lands,
will now file at the land office, instead
of receiving an arbitrary allotment.
J. H. Carlock of the Dawes com-
mission reports that a number of, these
Indians are filing since tlie field party
started out.
Contest Cases.
SlT P R K M E CO V RT H A N D E D
DOWN A DECISION TODAY
Associated Press Dispatch.
Topeka, Kan.. July 5.—The supreme
court today handed down a decision in
the contest cases of Allen and Bower-
sock and Anthony and Curtis. The
court says if the allegation of fraud
against the contest board can be es-
tablished it will take jurisdiction in
contests and open them up and decide
the cases upon their merits. If 011 th<
other hanr. plaintiffs dn not prove a
fraud 011 the part of the board, tin
court will re fill se to go into the mer-
its of the case, and the decision of
the contest board will stand regardles-
of contests. The next move of the
court will probably be to appoint ref-
erees to take the testimony 011 the al
legations of fraud.
brators enjoyed. Th* only riticism
s the failure to have a marshal of
the day. "Some one to see that each
of the events were pulled off 011 time
One of the mo>t importnt features of
the day, the oration by Judge C. F.
Irwin. was omitted, owing to the fact
that there was no one to announce
where and w'.ieti the different events
were to take place. Immediately after
the band escorted the Guthrie delega
tion to the main part of the city tli
returned to the city park at 11:30
where Judge Irwin was to have deliv-
ered hi«, oration, but it was not an-
nounced. The band dispersed after
remaining there f.or a sljiort time, and
before t ie committee and Judge Ir-
win arrived at the park.
The races and base ball game at the I
icir grounds were very excitii g and a
fereiy. amount of -utbusiasin existed
among the immense throng. The stage
coach robbery, which wa> to liav< tak- ]
en place at 4:30 was not pulled off un-
til 6:30. It wa- very exciting and nov-
el and one of the most attractive !
events of the day. The band concert j
and fire works in tae evening and the
dance on Wade street ended the gl<>r 1
ions celebration in El Reno.
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N" I'M I! I' K
Associated Press Dispatch. I
Bonesteel, S. I).. July 5.—\\ li.-n the in line, .-.it 011 the ground and played
government registration books for en- | cards and lunched from which tin \ had
try on the Rose Rnd Indian reservation purchased from the venders passing 110
opened tioda.v there were about tliir-j and down the line,'J. S. Ram-,, o5 New
teen hundred people waiting in line. York, who had been in the line sinoa
Wet and steaming under the hot sun Monday afternoon was the first man
those who had stood all night through, i t< register.
Many Killed
ACCIDENTS AT DIFFERENT
PLACES ON THE FOURTH.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Litchfield. 111., July 5 — In place of
the usual celebration accompanied by
exploding fire crackers and the glare
of. a typical Fourth of July night.
Litchfield had been converted into a
hospital and fill day relatives and
iriciu's live sotlglii t'1 relieve ti suf-
ferings of th* injured in the wreck of
tin Wabash llyer from Chicago 111
which, aeeording to unofficial reports
10 persons were Killed and mor ■ t ha -
50 more or If - seriously injured.
It is expected that the inquest which
began today will last several lavs, as
there are many witnesses to be exam-
ined.
In connection with the Conner - in-
quest, the;.state authorities are con-
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Oldest Factory in the Terri-
tory.
ducting a rigid investigation into the
cause of the wreck
Many persons believe that the wreck
! was the work of vandals, a, the open
switch, which caused the passenger
: train, while running at a high rate of
• speed to collide with the stationary
I freight, had not been used for twelve
j hours.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Muskogen. Mich . July 5.—A sail
boat containing seven p.e..sure seek-
ers was eaj. i iit 011 Mueskegon Lake
yesterday and four oS the occupants
were lonned 111 view ot :i in Ireilj of
spectators The party eon-i 'ed '.if \l
bent l\i nr.ii ott. of the .Sh.r.v Elect!ic
Crane Works, his wife an I three chil-
dren, L:n a. four years .1 I and two
ot'he- little girls, aged ? v. irs and 13
months respectively, ind two sisters.
Misses Ai!e':ne and Ce r tie Emer-
son. Hi ;i winds pi . ,. u • I when the
part) started out and when near Red-
diman' Point the yacht c*|i.uel. Mr.
land Mrs. Kennicott aid M-. Ge ir?
ette Emerson clung to the overturned
boat. The parents mad irantic ef-
forts to save th children. The 13
II months'old l.ai.v wis rescue ! but dieu
1 befo, reaching shore.
| KILLED BY GIANT CRACKER-
Ahaocilted Press Dispatch.
St Joseph. Mo„ July 5.— An 1111-
1 kn.iwn man was killed ' 11 north Main
street 1a>t night by a giant cracker
which he held in his hand at the time
it exploded. Eight persons in various
parts of the city were badly injured.
PREMATURE EXPLOSION.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Bloomington, III., July 5.—By the
premature explosion of a cannon at
Colfax early yesterday Leo Grending
and Ralph Hester were dangerously
A Day Long to be Re-
membered
NOISE WAS TERRIFIC
Everybody Had a Glorious Time and
No One was Hurt—Throngs of
of Enthusiastic People
Were Present.
The biggest celebration in the his-
tory of El Reno and in all probability
111 the history « f this part of Okla ioina
was pulled off here yesterday. Throng>
of enthusiastic people filled the city
from . arly morning and all entered
into the full spirit ofj the day. Of the
immense crowd t.iat filled the city
there were none that did not expre>s
themselves as well pleased. The small
boy and some of the larger ones, were
i in evidence on the streets all day, and
the noise was something terrific. The
•order regulating the shooting of fire-
works, was in at measure ignored. No
cannon cracker* were noticeable, but
the torepdo canes were us;-d in all
-ize3. The cannon crackers would
have been preferable.
People from all over Canadian coun-
ty were in attendance and excursions
brought people from outside the coun-
ty. A special train brought many peo-
ple from Guthrie, who were met at the
St. Louis, El l< no & Western depot
by a committee of the Eagles, the con-
| cert band and a large number of citi-
zens.
| There were many attractions in the
city and the program committee and
the different committees on arrange-
ments for the attraction* of the day
are to be highly complimented on the
amusements w<!iich the El Reno cele-
Awaiting Strike Order.
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ST. JOSEPH TRAINMEN EX-
PECT TO GO OUT AT
ANY TIME.
Associated Pi ess Di -patch.
St. Joseph, Mo., July 5 —Officers "i
the local street railway employes' 1111- ■
ion expect an order from their inter-
national headquarters tomorrow morn- !
iiig to call out the trainmen employed
by the local street railway company. I
Some of the places of the firemen in t
the power house, who struck last night
have been filled by non-union men and j
the trainmen say they c&n not work
on cars pulled L \ curie..t supplied by I
"scab" labor. Unless the firemen's
••IriUe is speedily settled a general
trike is inevitable they say.
Couldn't Stop Drinking
McGuire Sets Dates.
WILL DELIVER MANY AD
DRESSES IN THE NEXT
MONTH.
Guthrie. (). T.. Julys.—Delegate B.
S. McGuire lias gone t« Perkins where
he delivered a patriotic address at the
Fourth of July celebration yesterday.
Dates have been >et by Delegate Mc-
Guire for addresses as follows: On
the 14th of July he goe., to Fallis to
deliver an address at a picnic.
On the 15th of July he will attend
a meeting of th. Settlers of the Pas-
ture Reserve, who will 1iave a picnic at
Duncan, I T . and at * hich he will de
liver an address. It is expected' that a
good many^ Texas congressmen and
many prominent men from the terri-
tory will attend this picnic.
On August he will speak at Hin-
ton, the occasion being the 2nd annual
celebration of the establishment of the
town. Governor Ferguson will also
be present at this celebration.
On August o he will attend the
oounty contention at Arapahoe.
On the nth of August Ti«* will de-
liver a speech at the old soldiers' r«*
union nt Jefferson, Oklahoma.
On th y ith <>f \n *-i ' • will attend
the county convention at Cheyenne.
Oklahoma
tragedy among' the political prisoners
in. the territory of Yakutsk, Siberia,
; have reached lu re. It seems that
i Count Kutaisoff, the new governor
'general . f Irkutsk, introduced several
, new rules which made the miserable
lite of thi prisoners still more unhiap*
py. <
I It is said that occasion for the iuno*
| vatiou was furnished by the refusal of
the exiles to volunteer as soldiers for
the Manchurian campaign iu order to
obtain the czar's amnesty. The new
rules greatly restricted their privileges
by forbidding all coinmunicaiio.i with
other exiles passing through the dis-
trict and condemning infraction of the
rules with deportation to distant vil-
lages, where the scarcity of habitations
and food rendered the condition of
the prisoners one of, solitary confine-
ment and certain starvation.
The political prisoners decided at
last to protest against the new meas-
ures, and providing themselves vithl
food and arms, gathered in the house
of a merchant, called Romanoff, which
they barricaded, while thev sent one
of their number to parley with the act-
ing governor, who absolutely refused
to grant any of their requests.
The house was quickb' surrounded
by troops and police, who failing to
dis'odge the prisoners, beig'in a ter-
rific fusilade upon the windows and
doors, with the result that more tha n
a score were I dled outright. Orly a
few -oldiers wvi* wounded, and all the
remaining prisoi.ers were *aken before
the war tribunal, and, it sai l, l.ne
been executed.
r\N ARMY OFFICER C<
.MMiT^ Man in Baby Carriage.| Ashamed to Leave Jail.
SUICIDE BECAUSE HE
LOSES HOPE.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Honolulu, July 5.—First Lieutenant
Guilford S. Garber, of the United
States corps, committed suicide by
shooting here at 2:15 o clock this
morning. He placed a revolver in his
month and then pulled Jie trigger. He
died soon after.
Garber had been out with some
companions the night befor" He left
the following 'note: "It's no use; I
cannot stop drinking." He also left u
check to the order of a iri end of the
artillery, and anothc# for $50 for his
company funds Hi s accounts are
straight. Garber's i.otic va- in Midi-
son. Wisconsin.
GLAD TO STOP THERE AFTER ■ ONCE PROSPEROUS MER-
KALLING FOl '< STORIES. CHANT NOW PREFERS IT
FOR A HOME
Were Married Twice.
MISSOURI COUPLE FOUND
THAT FIRST CEREMONY
WOULDN'T STICK.
Associated Press Dispatch.
Sclalia, Mo., July 5. —Heury Coffin,
a wJl known traveling man, and
LuIii Wciderhold, of this cit>, w.jre
married for the second time thu af-
ternoon. A little over one year ago
the couple were married her.- and a
few months later it was ascertained
there wa- a defect in the divorce
granted Coffin from his *irst wi'e an<!
that tlit deer-e was ill ;jal. Mr. Cof-
fin and '.lis bride separatsd and lived
apart until a legal divorce coul l be ?e-
cnreil Tin decree granted last
week and todaj fudge I T. Smith
married th couple at th? home of the
bride's mother, in this city.
Set Hire to flis House
Associated Press Dispatch.
j New York, July 5.—Mrs. William
j Black, started down cellar ft>rf her
lialiy carriage yesterday afternoon, bill
I stopped to talk with her neighbor. Af-
ter a long while Mrs. Black started
j again (or her baby carriage, and she
ws muc'i surprised to find a full-grown
' man in it.
J "What are you doing here?" she in-
quired.
"I fell here," said the man. "My
name is Iguatz Rloch. 1 was kalsomm-
ing the airshaft four stories up when
the rope broke arwl I was very fortu-
nate to find your baby carriage ;.t the
bo.'tom."
'How fortunate 1 stopped 'o I ilk
wiili Mrs. McGuire." said Mrs I*.'*.r<
Ct'.ierwise the l.al;y car.*r.tr< wr.il'\
r .1 hi ve been 1 f re."
fgnatr Bloch's story was true. All |
' 1. (all cost him was a sprained a"l;le.
thinks to the baby c.irriju-.
Siberian Exiles Doomed
refusing to volunteer in
the czar's ARMY they
are starved.
Associated Press JispJtch
Vienna, July 5 Derails of the latest
Associated Press Dispatch.
Williamsport, Pa, July 5.—T. F.,
Rivers, once a prosperous merchant >.f
this city, is an inmate of ihe Lycomrtg
county jail by preference, il.- was con-
victed of a minor offense and sent to
jail fur eight months. Four mouths of
this were to be deducted, conditional
upon the payment o( a fine of
Rivers, however, refused to r .ike ail
effort to pay the fine, preferring to te-
:n;iin a prisoner, and such he his b e'l
ever since, although i!iis term expired
nearly a. year ag). Uy taking advantage
of the debtors' insolvent act he could
gain his freedom at once, but :li!s he
say h« will never do, de'taring that
he will spend the remainder of his
days in jail
ile says that, hiving losi Ins busi-
ness and repu'.rion, he is s*'. I I '
leL've the pail The authorities are pre-
paring ti. gie iii:' the al' ■" il j' x
Iti.k'ng his fre dom or goi lg to tt.
L- V. Turner, formerly proprietor
oS the Caddo house in El Ren.., who
ha- been running the Chickasha hotel
for the past two years, !ias sol 1 out.
He was in the city a short time this-
morning and remarked that as yet he
was not certain where he would locate
next.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO
jjEs>Tku 1 KLSIDEINCE IN
ST. JOSEPH.
Associated Press Dispatch.
St. Joseph, Mo., July 5.—Firebugs
1 made a second unsuccesstul attempt
j within two weeks to destroy the home
of Josep'.v A, Crouch, South park, al
daybreak this morning.
| The unknown culprits saturated old
I rags with coal oil and then chucked
' them into an opening between th;
1 weather bo a r d i 11 g and the plastered wall
I above the cellar door. The fact that
Mrs. Crouch spent a restless night on
account oS her sick cluld, probably
UVved t.ios ■ members of •the family
1 who were sleeping upstairu, from suf-
focaliou. „ .. i| Jli.jM
Dr. PRICE'S
CREAM
BAKING POWDER
helps housekeepers more than
Any other Article In the
household* Its tise protects
the health of the children*
mratf bakim*
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