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AILY AMERICAN.
m
SIXTEENTH YEAR
EL KENO, OKLAHOMA SATURDAY. MARCH6, 1909
NO. 20l
EL RENO TO BE roosevelfs salutatory in outlook
^ STATE HEADQUARTERS Tells Why He Believes in the Kind of
American Journalism for Which
•fruit growers to have offices That Publication Stands
vice, that decent and npr-ght public
men are as properly subjects of foul
attack as the most debased corrup-
tionlst; that efficiency and wicked-
ness are Interc'hange-ihlo; a..d that
the correct attitude to *aooi. 11 :,n-
inthe giant problems of oir great
an 1 ' *oub ed itme, s ono of aneer-
inj; aid suuercI'Mous nut utl) fulness.
! >r. Abd > i itr ! his «I3* >c ;•, • • have
nv< . I 'd this pi;\ill also \v i: i Hum
uiil'aMon ■ good have not
U:
ikiu
ill i
Ed. E. Blake Chosen Sec-
aetary and General
Manager In Charge of
State Business.
I
Civic League Meeting.
At an enthusiastic meeting of the Th(1 0ut!ook when provernor of New
tte v«rk. *„ „s„ , *
eral committees were appointed aud j grew to have a peculiar fteiing ot
an application card for membership respect and regard tor Dr. Abbott and
adopted. his associates. We did not always
There was a most encouraging at-1 agree, and as our convictions were
tendance and several new members strong our disagreements were some-
enrolled. | times positive; but experience taught
Speeches for goodly government me that, In the first place. Dr. Ab-
were made bj H K. Rlcker, P. P. ot and Ws associates always c m*
Hocker; Attomev Don. C. Smith and scientiou-sly strove to be tair, and
that, in the second place, they not
only desired to tell the truth, but
At a meeting he'd yesterday in
Guthrie the directors of the State
Fruit Growers association chose El others.
Reno as permanent headquarters for r,1<' permanent officers al*e • K-
the association. Offices will soon be Miller,, president; O. L. Smith. vce
secured in. this city and a clerical president; it. K. Garfield, seoretaiv
force installed to take care of th< and Menger, treasurer,
business. A warehouse will be ne-
cessary to store? crates, iToxes, spray-
ing material, etc., which is used by
the association and will be shipped
from El Reno to all parts of the "Mrs. M. K. Jackel 'and daughters,
state. In spite of his protests against Margaret and Susan, arrived this af-
re-election, Ed. E. Blake of this city ternoon from Kansas City for an ex-
was unanimously e ected secretary tended visit, with Mrs. .lackers fa-
of the association and given a flatter- ther, Chas. Peebles, proprietor of the
ing vote of confidence. It was deem- Sullivan hotel.
d advisable to place the manage
The next regular meeting will be
lj&ld Monday evening March 15th,
19?)!).
ment of the en ti re association* in
~ the hands of Mr. Blake and he will
have charge of the state headquar-
ters to be located in this city. His
past record as secretary of the as-
sociation has been a proud one and
I he is considered ably qualified for
C the responsible position to which he
was elected.
Officers were elected as follows:
C. G. Jones. Oklahoma City, presi-
dent; Robt. Peebley, Oklahoma cbun-
ty, fir3t vice president; H. W. Steer,
Lincoln, second vice president; .1.
\V. Furrow, Guthrie, treasurer; Ed.
E. Blake, El Reno, secretary and
manager.
roosevelt^
private citizen
k.\-pki:siim;\t ism mivks \ nn-
li<;kok i isikmh.\ messag-
es FISOM WORLD OVKIS
liberty or death
says patrick
NEW YORK ATTORNEY MAKES
DRAMATIC APPEAL
iii Language of iiis Namesake lie
A*l<s for Lilwrty or the Death
Sentence.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.. March G. Ex-
Pres dent Roosevelt's first day as a
private citizen was spent in a decid-
edly quiet manner at his home at HU(J^ commutation
Sagamore (Hill, which was swept
New York, March < . In a dra-
matic appeal before the appellate di-
v■ sioi of the supreme court in Brook-
lyn yesterday. Albert T. Patrick, who
was sentenced to death for the mur-
der of William Rice, in September,
1900, argued for nearly four hours
for his liberty. 'The principal points
of his contention were that his con-
viction wis the result of a "collosal
conspiracy on the part of the justice
at his trial and the authorities who of entire truth
prosecuted him," and >t.hat Governor honesty
Higgins had no legal right to com-
mute the sentence of the court to
life imprisonment, inasmuch as he
had not asked for or consented to
rigaS3 usnes , > o:h<> s has p. ■> 1< I
t" abandonment of t.r.tu m the ir
own part.
1 first came into close co tact with the country can suffer. These men j The Outlook has stood t. rght-
sneer at the very tidea of paying heed eousness, but it has never been sell-
to the dictates of a sound morality;' righteous. It stands tor the thugs
as one of their number has cynical- ()1 the spirit, and yet it remembers
ly put it. they are concerned merely the needs ot the body. It serves lofty
with selling the public whatever the ideals, it believes in a lotty idealism,
public will buy a theory of conduct Hut it knows that common sense is
which would justify the existence of essential above all other qualities to
every keeper of an. opium den, of the idealist; for 'an idealist without
every foul creature who ministers to common serse, vv thout the capacity
the vices of m'ankind. Here, again, to work in hard, praetica fashion
it 's perhaps not especially to the for actual results, is merelv \ boat
credit of Dr. Abbott and his associ- that is all sails, and with ne' her
ates that they have avoided this pit; ballast nor rudder. I he Outlooks
fortunately, thev are so constituted belief in gentleness and t 'iide .ess,
that it is a simple impossibili;y for in *Pi«'it of brotherlv love, n ver
them to fall into it b inds it to the necessity of cultiv.it-
• «« <"> very treat £ « .he^n,* of
credit for avoiding another type of ,n tlu, ir,dividual, as in the Nation,
temptation which has much :>isdna- no gentleness, no cultivation, and.
tion for men of cultivation and of re- above all. no gift of money-making
fined taste, and which is quite as and no self-indulgence ill the soft
fatal to their usefulness as indul- ease of living, can in any way atone.
made a serious endeavor to find out
the facts. 1 found, moreover, that
they combined to a peculiar degree
a number of qualities, each of them
good, but rarely found in combina-
tion.
Every owner, editor, or reporter of
a conscientiously and ably conducted
newspaper or periodica' is an asset
of real value to the whole commun-' gence in yellow journalism. A news- ., |h. outlook has shown a fine scorn
ity. It would be difficult to overes- paper or periodical which avoids vul- Qf un(rulh jn i,v(,|.v fm.m of unf lil..
ti mate the amount of good which can gar sensationalism, which takes 'and
be do:u' by the men responsible for cultivates an interest in serious mat- ness and injustice lo any man or
such a publication -responsible for ters. and things literary, artistic, and >' cause. It is not ° ni'"
its editorial columns, responsible for scientific which, in short, appeals ■ma.nifv never to err; but l.i • out-
its news columns, responsible for its to people of taste, intelligence,,and makes a resolute effoit ... hud
general policy. "We have many cultivation may ::ever;heless do <"'t what the tacts actually a v, i e-
r^wspapers and periodicals, big and them grave barm, and be within its fore passing judgment Wit i us
litt'e, of this kind. But we also have own rather narrow limits an element earnest, ess and strength ol c.invn -
many that are emphaLcaliy not of of serous mischief: for it may ha- t-lon go hand in hand with a sincen-
this kind. bitually and consistently practice a desire to see and to state the ot.ier
During the las: few years it has malign and slanderous untruthful- man s point of view. It believes that
■ecome lamentably evident that cer- ness which, though more refined things ,n this world can he . .d.
tain daily :ewspapers. certain per- than, is at least as Immoral is, the better, and it does not indorse <i• t \-
iodicals. are owned and controlled by screaming sensationalism of a y rep- otic movements which vvould nie,-" y
men of vast wealth who have gained presentative of the journalism which leave things worse. It champions tb.
t heir wealth in evil fashion, who de- H affects to despise. A cultivated rignt oi I he many. It desires in ev-
s re to stille or twist the honest ex-1 man of good ntelligence who his ac- <M'> inspect to represe t to guide
predion of public opinion, and who quired the knack of saying bitter "right, and to uphold the interests
find an instrument tit for their pur- things, but who lacks the ro ustness of those whom Abraham Lincoln
pose in the guided «:..d purchased which will enable him to feel at ed the plain people. It .eels ;
mendacity of those who edit and ease among strong men of action., is cul:ar desire to do all thai can be
write for such papers and periodicals apt, if his nature has in u anything <L>ne for the poor and the oppressed.
This style of sordid evil does not even of meanness or untruthfulness. to i'ud to help upward those strug-
constitiire a temptation to The Out- strive for a reputation in what is to gling to belt, r themselves. Hut it
look; no influence of any kind could him the easiest way. He can find 1>;,S no s.vnipath.v vv. tli moral weak-
make the men who control The Out- no work which is easier and less "ess or sentimentally. All that it
look so much as consider the ques- worth doing than to sit in cloister- ('° does and will do lor the
tion of abandonment of dr.'y . and ed aloofness from the men who wage <ause ot labor; but it will in no shape
they hold as their first duty inflexi ble, the real and important struggles of ol' way condone violence? or disorder,
adherence to the elementary virtues life and to endeavor, by an unceas- It stands lor the rights of properi.
ntire courage,.entire ing output of slander in regard to a°d therefore against the abuses ot
them, to boater up hi's own r.n- property. It nelleves in a wise indi-
Morover, they are as far removed easy desire to be considered superior vdualism. and in encouragement ot
as the poles from the apostles of to them. Now a paper edited by men individual initiative; and therefore
that hideous yellow journalism which ; of this stamp does not toave much all the more it believes in using the
defies the cult of the mendacious, the popular influence, and therefore is collective force of the whole peopi
HISTORICAL EDITION
WILL BE ILLUSTRATED
SPECIAL VIEWS SECURED ON request
Promoters Will Visit
Residents Who Desire
Special Views Repro-
duced in Coming Issue
things that are most necessary to the
salvation « this people. It is the r
earnest belief that every man must
earn enough to support himself and
those dependent upon him; but that
when once this has been accomplish-
ed, -monev iimmediately be hm . ,
ondary to many other tilings. in
this matter The Outlook puts its
principles into practice It strives in
proper ways to make money, if it
did not make monev it c mid not be
run at all. But making m >nev is ,, , . , . .. - .
not the prime r.Mann tor it : "loi>,s :<> I"' ««! in the special
<11u'<*. The first i|nest K...I eilltlon Ol the American, we
any matter of policy arises, so far as
The Outlook s concerned, is whether
or not a given course is right, and
should be followed because it is in
the real and lasting interest of the
Nation If this question is answered
in the affimative. then The Outlook
follows the course Indicated with all
the courage. Earnestness, and ability
that are at its disposal.
In response to inquiries regarding
Ma
THEODOKE
■h 1909.
ROOSEVELT
i0ne hotel
raided again
IlKi (iAME SAID TO II Wl
rAl'CiHT THIS TIME
I'oliliciaiis Were Having OihmI Time
liul Whole AITalt' is lleing
Hushed.
to announce that -this issue will
be well illustrated with city and coun-
tr\ view.-, and reproductions of pub-
iMiildin.-i and lesidences. Several
requests have been made for illus-
tr.i ions in thin i.-suo but dt. is nianl-
!'e lv impossible for the men iu
• ii.ii it. secure. 11 usi rations in every
1 •> • 1 it> Anyone spei ial y interested
mi faun or city scenes will confer a
favor on the management by so in-
forming tin office and arrangements
w.II be made by Messrs. .lepson and
Lull is to secure views asked for.
The work o securing data is pro-
gressing rapidly and the promoters
of this edition w sh to thank the resi-
dents of this city and county who
have thus far so generously assisted
in formulating material for use In the
forthcoming issu-e. IT he compilation
BERN pfaysloaX, financial resouroea will
be completed within another week
and by use of these and other statis-
tics the city's growth during the past
few years will he clearly and forcibly
shown. Crop statistics will prove of
interest both to farmers living in
this city and to those intending to lo-
(iuthrie. Okla., March County
.Ulcers headed hv K. I.. Williams of I'"'V .... ,
1 (Ititlirie. a real - state wirt, is a Special advertising rates tor this
n,.«htv prohihitlanls:. and the noted ' « furnished on appU-
li. I. Waiifch. aeain invaded the sa- 1 at' n :,nd single ropies will be
e.l preelnct. ,.t the lone hotel last to anyone aafclng for them.
,aught such large r.ish M'rangements lor a speotal mailing
inane, and less detrimental to the people
to do what but for tne use of that
Dec!si'on was reserved by the court.
tak-
tear of snow by a gale of wind and ■ ihe meantime Patrick will be ,ak
has the appearance or a desolate and l jek to 8lng SmR prison and <-
bleak place. Notwithetandlng the "n all the facilities he needs to pre-
sold wind of todiy, Mr. Roosevelt Dlstrirt Attorney Rob-
rt C. Tay lor will file a brief in reply.
The scene in court while the con
was out early and took his daily ex
ercise in the woods.
His day was interrupted by calls
from a score of newspaper represen- dwnned man, pleaded his cause with
tatives to secure an -Interview.
sensational, and the v,, —— — i—... ,
which, throughout its wide but va- large than yellow journalism; but co lective force must be left undone
pid field, does as much to vulgarize it may, to the extent of its power, I am glad to l>e associated with Dr.
and degrade the popular taste, to exert a very real influence for evil. Abbott and the group of men and
weaker, the popular character, and to by the way in which it teaches vounr women he has gathered around him,
dull the edge of the popular con- men of good education, whose tal- because they practice what they
science, as any influence under which ents should be at their country's ser- preach: and 'because the.v preach_thc
first he refused to talk. Finally,
however, he consented to say a few-
words, and made the first public an-
nouncement of the date and steamer
on which he is to depart for A rica.
which is March 23. by the steamer
Ham b u rg.
It is a happy family at Sagamore
Hill. Mr. Roosevelt is enjoying an
all the mental agility and fervor of
a trained lawyer, was sensational.
Patrick declared that life imprison-
ment was a more severe sentence
than death, and asked the court to
either give him his liberty or send
him to ihe electric chair under the
original sentence. He contended
however, that the governor's action
iu commuting his sentence without
he starts on his hunting trip
More than anything else. Mr. Roo
evelt needs, he found today, is a
uninterrupted democratic life and >'« consent had the effect of a par-
expert. to continue to enjoy It until d0£sjlgUnt Attornpy Taylor.
In reply, said that Patrick should
either accept the sentence of life
'Tvr!,l,„ "J'u'\ ZZt'Tnt tV.ie- imprisonment or. if he did not ac-
-secretary. A deluge of letters tele lefI lo d:, was
grams and cablegrams poured into \ • • •
« Sagamore Hill today, hiring ing to the t0 electrocute him. ^
former president the kindly senti-
ments of friends from all parts of Henry Bannister is pus* ng out the
the world. He asked the press to cigars today and wears a smile that
I announce that it is a physical lm- won't come ofT. It's a ten pound girl
possibility for hini to answer even this time and Henry is the happiest
one-tenth of them. ^ . .
miser s slayer to pay death penalty
Trenton, N. J., March f,.—Unless Little by little the longing for
a stav of execution is secured. Walter the aged man's tin,tie} grew, and tin-
Zeller. an eighteen-year-old youth, ally it was deckl. I that Walter
will die In the electric chair In the should drug the old m ill's coffee at
st ite prison here during the coming night, and, under the influence, ob-
wcek. He was cornic ed of conn,lie- . tin the money. The scheme failed.
Ity in the murder of his grandfather. The old man merely became ill and
William Itead. near V.neland. last could not sleep.
November His boyhood playmates Ti,en It was planned to lure the
and accomplices in crime. Herbert 0i,j ln:in ,)Ut on the dark roadway
(irigg and Cllne Wheeler, will speud near the house in the family's all-
thirty years at hard labor in the ... Hnti overpower him. Hut Itead
slate prison. refused to leave the house after
The murder of which the three dark.
youths were convicted entails n s:ory Finally :t was decided to take den
that has never been equalled in t,oi'at<• measures William Head was
South Jersey. The aged victim, to Ite overpowered while in bed. The
known throughout Cumberland flrst attempt of this kind was frus-
county as a miser, was formerly a tinted. Some one entered the house
prominent contractor. He amassed )lv back door Head, alone in
considerable wealth. Some ten or is little room, heard the door creak
twelve years ago he fell from .the sec- on ||s hinges. He arose and grasp-
ond floor of a building he was erert-i|Il(, |,1h heavy cane and a revolver
ing In P.iterson. He was discharged shouteu: "Who's there?" A wild
from the hospital a cripple. stampede followed. The door slani-
llradually his physical infirmity ev- med and the house was quiet again,
tended to his brain and he was no The second at.empt followed a few
longer capable of holding the reins nights later. The aged miser awoke
over hundreds of mechanics, lie re- to find a hand fumbling with the
tired anil lived for some time iu West pocket of bis blue arm shirt. He al-
Philadelphia wavs slept In, his clothes. He start-
Then he became eccentric and a ed to get 'ni and was atruck with hia
burden to his caretakers. About « '"VL*V™™ ReVd
three veirs ago he moved to Vine- 1 •' was gone. (The Agues fled. Head
kind to live with Mrs. William -Coop- following them with blood stream'ing
er. a married daughter. About the from a wound in hisJoi 'head. H<
\ old man's affairs the daughter knew overtook and leeognlzed the
\ nothing. She and her husband knew and was struck dovv n. ,
that he was or at leant had been After the finding of th old ma
rich lie Often showed • them a tody it was not long belore suspicion
much-thumbed roll of banknotes and titrwd toward the grandson and his
one da " he held before their wonder- The young men had dIweir-
ing eves a package containing about ed from their usual haunts within
S «-,ll nnn in bonds * '<■ ' however, they had been
If. .. i u i it, from taiu located and arrested. Young Wheel-
* Read s one dellg.it aside from talk- ^ ma(je a detailed confession of the
ing about his money, to be to ^ (tal(J tha, Z(.n,,r ha,l fired
watch the hairraisng performances (h(i HhQt (ha( fc|,led hls Rrall(ifather
of his favorite grandson. Walter a^t(M. tjj(, j^tt,.r had rocognlzed him.
Zeller. and his loon companions. Tw() ghoU wp|.(> (|rw) The olo man
(irigg and W heeler, as they rehearsed wa| draR .rt ,Mt.k an(, lnid „n the
in the Head orchard the deeds of ^ an(J hjs revo|vpr ln his
their penny dreadful heroes. I,nag- |mn<J ^ k(| u & ,ha| h„ hBd
Inary Indians were scalped and woe ^ hlmM,lr Th,, ,hrw. yoUths then
betJde the stage coach that might h,i|T|ed across the Helds and into
l>nHHi ' town and divided their spoils before
One night last fall young Zeller separating. Of the thousands of dol-
sald: "Hoys, we must have money. Uars t^at the agod miser was suppos-
We must have It at once if we Intend P(j (0 have coneoaled about h'ls i>er-
golng West ait all." non the young murderers were able
But that would take more money to find but $15. This they divided,
than they had ever seen, except Hi j Qrlgg received $7. Wheeler $5, and
the palsied hand of William Head j Zeller $3 as his share of the pro-
That money would aid them to real-. reeds of the robbery and murder for
iae theLr ambition. . I which he is to pay the death penalty
n ight—'but
that the authorities were thrown into
eonfusion, and no aires,s are shown
on the police books or county regis-
ters this morning.
Politicians and legislators of both
parties were assembled in one of the
rooms upstairs and were hav ng a
good time when the raiders appeared.
Williams sought to bu.v'b< er for evi-
dence, wishing to double-elneh the
matter, but his request was refused
by a prominent newspaper man of
the southern part of the state who
was putting up the drinks and he
was told to take all he wanted "on
me," the said editor patting himself
on the chest as he spoke Williams
then told them to consider them-
selves under arrest, before he learned
who they were.
Kfforts are ba ng made to suppress
the affair.
list will he made later on.
ICS \ Nl> ST. .IOIIN
Will llegin llvungelistir Services at
Ihe Christian Clturcli Tomorrow.
These men will arrive tonight and
begin their services on tomorrow
llmwiiing Centenary (Miwm'viiI
London. M-arch 6. The one hun-
dredth anniversary of the birth of
Klizabeth Barrett Browning, who is
conceded throughout the English-
speaking world to have been one of
the greatest of woman poets, was ol
served today with commemorative
exero ses held under the auspices o
numerous literary societies.
Elizabeth Barrett, as she was be-
fore her marriage to Robert Brown-
ing. the poet, was born March <* .
1S09, Her genius was evident from
her earliest girlhood, and was fost-
ered by her devoted parents. She
began to write at K years of age. At
10 her father printed for her her epic
poem, "The Battle of Marathon." At
17 she wrote a learned essay on
Mind." Ait 26 her poems were al-
ready mature n thought and art.
I :i. 1K4 6 she was married to Robert
Browning and the greater part of
her life thereafter was passed in
Italy. Among her best'known poems
are The Rhyme of the Duchess
May," "Lady (Jeraldine's Courtship
The Cry of the Children." and
Sonnets from it he Portuguese."
(.IM ItXL M:\vs SI MMAItY
■J
"The Traitor," themselves the Ku Klux Klan. Some the man. who proving false to the
Everybody who has seen "The strange sense of the eternal fitness most saned vows, organises a dan-
Clans.nan," has been deeply impress- of things, however, made them dis- gerous nltatlon of the old Klan and.
ed^by the white robes of the mys- card the white robes of the real Klan Judas-like, betrays his comrades. It
terious Ku Klux Klan. When the and don flaming red that has always was indeed fitting that such as he
same one sees "The Traitor," the se- been the badge of bloodshed, of an- should wear the red robes of in-
quel to "The Clansman" they will be irehy and of dishonor. No wonder faniv. As seen in the play the red
more deeply Impressed by the flam- that their evil d*M-ds Inspired a tem- robes are most picturesque and par-
ing r«*d robes worn by the spur- porar) reign of terror until they tlcularly wh«*re the rider Is mounted
Jous Klan. Of course each color was were wiped out of existence. For a on a white horse. The scene where
deeply significant. The original tme the story of their crimes was the bogus Klin gathers at the ruins
iKlan was organized to protect the attached to the real Ku Klux Klan of In wood Is one of the moat spec-
homes a.id the liberties of the South, hut as time has passed even th*' peo- tacular and Impressive ever shown
White, the symbol of purity, was a pie of the North have learned to dis- in. a play. The moonlight falling
most appropr ate color for their uni- tinguish the real and the bogus upon the deserted ruins reveals the
form. After their work was done Klans. "The Traitor." dealing as .it night n'.der* In their rolies that glow
and they had disbanded by order of does with this theme, will still more like molten flame. It Is a scene never
General Forrest, some reckless Are- dear the atmosphere of lies that ac- to be forgotten. "The Traitor" will
brands who had private hatreds to cumulated for years and show the b« the attraction In this city at the
appease, organized bands of night true patriotism of the original Klan.' Kl Reno Theatre, next Mouday,
riders and had the audacity to oalljOf course the traitor of the play is March 8.
Washington, I). C . March 6. The
>ek will witness a lull In national
affairs, following the excitement of
the Presidential Inauguration and
preceding the opening of the special
session of Congress called to revise
the tariff.
President Taft probably will be
kept busy. Much routine 'business
awaits his attention and numerous
appointments are yet to be made as
a consequence of the change in the
administration. Senators and Rep-
resentatives, including many new-
comers, will gather In the capital In
readiness for the opening of the spe-
oal session of Congress.
Kx-Pres dent Roosevelt w ill spend
tlm week at his home in Oyster Bay
with a possible visit to New York in
connection with hv preparations for
his trip to Africa.
The customary I^enten dullness
will prevail In society both at home
and abroad. Washington society
will undergo its quadrennial shake-
up occasioned by the departure of
many high officials and their wives,
and daughters who have been lead-
ers in ithe social whirl during the
Roosevelt administration.
Motor ear exhibitions In Milwau-
kee, Kansas Oity, Boston and Port-
land. Ore., will divide the attention
of the automobile world. Devotees
of the national game will find much
to interest them in the reports from
tne Southern training camps, where
the teams of major leagues will be
ngaged in practice work preliminary
to the opening of the championship
season next month.
Other events and happenings that
will contribute to the news of the
w H'k will include the progress of
the Standard Oil rebate trial In Chi-
cago. the proce«*dlnga of the sftate
legislature* still in session, a national
reunion of the Blue and the (Jray in
Fftzgerald, Cia., the result of the gen-
eral elections in Italy and possible
developments in regard to the crit-
ical situation In southeastern Europe.
Take ait trip wKh President Taft
through the Canal, at the Illjou The
atre, Sunday and Monday.
L. K. Sellers.
morning. They come direct from
New Albany, hid., where they have
held a successful meeting. Mr. Sel-
lers is a cultured, consecrated man
of successful experience in a city pas-
torate and in the evangelistic work.
Mi St. John conies with the highest
recommendation as a soloist and
la> |{oy St. John
chorus leader. The workers In the
Chn'stlan church have been making
preparations for these meetings.
They will begin on tomorrow with a
large chorus choir and the workers
are preparing to co-operate in every
way to bring real success tto the
cause of Christ ln our city. We can
but welcome such cultured and con-
secrated people Into our midst.
Italian General Election*.
Rome, March 6. -Following a
desultory campaign the general elec-
tions will take place tomorrow for
members of the Italian parliament.
The existing government expects s
substantial victory, lis i>osltlonj hav-
ing been considerably strengthened
by the recent fears of international
complications arising from the Im-
broglio in the Balkans.
Kx-Confederate* Will Meet
A meeting ol the Ex-Con federate
soldiers of El Reno is called to meet
at the city hall Saturday evening.
March 13, for the purpose of reor-
ganisation. J. A. NICHOLS, Adjt.
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