Garfield County Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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ENID, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST S, 1908.
NO 38
OVER 200 DEAD IN
S10.00o.000 FIRE
full Death List in Forest Con
llagratiou Never Known
PRIMARY RETURNS
ningham on July 13. His trial
was cet for August 12
Drayman Now is Worth Foar
Million Dollars 0. D. HUBBELL WINS IN CON-
TEST WITH CHARLEY
PORTER
Vancouver. B. C., August 3.—
This city awoke to a full sense of
;he completeness of the destruc-
tion around Fer.iie today. Owiffgs
to a competent authority the loss
will exceed £10,000,000 and tin
death list total will never bp
known. It is now believed thai
at least 290 have perished.
Vancouver wired $5,000 lo^
relief yesterday and a trainloadi
cf supplies went out today. Win
nipeg dispatchcd a train with
nurses, doctors, hospital stoi
and provisions.
Loggers to the number of 80
in the camps ui Elk Lu~iber Co.
have perished i i the flames and
several settler* with their fami-
lies who lived o i the line of the
railroad between Fernie and
Michael have di sappeared. The
death total will probably grow
larger and a special dispatch from
Winnipeg declares that it will
reach 400.
Whvn the ilaniis were consum-
ing Fernie all the prisoners with
the exception or five black hand
suspects were released. Later
they were recaptured and sent to
Nelson.
Crowds of ref .gees have also
arrived at Nels m, the overflow
i rom Cra nbrook. These are beinn
cared for as mucti as po>sil>le bui
their condition is pitiable. Io
their flight they brought nothing
away but the clothes they had on.
A telegram from Editor Simp-
son ot the Cranbrook Ilerald,
which surus up the situation
there as follows:
"All help needed quickly or
worse will follow."
No l s of the dead has yet
been received at Vancover.
Kingfisher, Okla , Aug. 8— Af
ter years of litigation B F.
WN,dman, a drayman ot King-
fisher, has, through the winning
of his case, become the heir to
an estate valued at $4,000,000
•ThMecUion w is rendered May
11 and Mr. Wildman and his,
younger daughter are soon to
derive the first benefit by making
a visit to Europe.
Wildman's uncle, Joseph Meux,
one of the wealthiest mine own-j
ers of California, died 20 years
Republicans Nominate
McGuire in First
District
Large Vote Polled In This
ers oi j*■"
' 1 igo and left his vast estate by
J will t • Wildtnan. Other relatives
"" contested the will and since that j were
time the case has been in tin
court until its settlement.
Senator Allison Dead
following nominations
made without opposition.
Dennis Flynn, republican U. S.
Senator, T. P. Gore, democrat,
I Henry S. Johnson, democrat,
! congress, Eugene Watrous, re
Bristow is running away fiom
Long in nil section'--.
At the Long' headquarters hope
of Long's success has been stban1
doned, but no public admission of
defeat is made.
New Bank#
Oklahoma City, Aug. 5,—C.F.
Elerick, president of the First
State Dank, announced yester-
day that he soon will ir.corporate
no less than fifteen banks in Ok-
lahoma and Kansas.
"Thev will all be state banks,''
said Mr. Elerick yesterday, "and
probably will be located in the
following cities: Newkirk, No-
wata, Bartlesville, Ardmore,
Tulsa, Elk City, Blackwell, Enid
Guthrie, El Keno, Chickasha,
McAlester, Vinita, Pauls Valley,
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O.J. Fi.rniNO, Trns 8. T. Al.Tc>NvWo-Pros Kuanh !l. Lktsiin, Cahlilei
H n i c I N at i or| eil i k u ] k
Successor to tlu* Hank of Kin
CAPITAL l:ULi.Y PAID, $100,000.00
Courteous and Liberal Treatment to all
A first-class Banking Institution wi h largo capftal conducted
along safe and conservative lines.
WE DO NOT PAY INTEREST
ON DEPOSITS
OUR STOCKHOLDKRS ARK AS FOLLOWS:
S. T, Alton M. GodschalU J. ('. Roberta
M. M. Callaway W. H. K'ng li. L. Robinnon
W. K. Cog it a 1 J. K. McGhri.stv A K Steohcnsor.
John Curran J. D Muiton Gles'n A Walter*
C. K. Gannon C. ft. Milunv ft B. Wetitnerly
Frank TI. Lctson O. J. KU tning
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Senator William Boyd Allison publican. J
M. Porter, ••epubli-1 Lawton and Parsons, Kansas.
The Man 117/0
Helps to Create
11 oar its
/'lis ill ess
Ihs Money
Stagnation.
died Tuesday afternoon at uis
heme in Dubuque, Iowa. He was
well-known all over the county,
having served in* Co-'gress for
many years.
No Bars Says Lozier
FIND BODY ON
GUNNESS FARM
Guthrie, Odla., Aug 4.—R. E.
LozieJ, state superintendent of
liquor agencies said tonight that
reports from Muskogee , at bars
vrere opened in towns in eastern
Oklahoma and liquor sold public-
ly were false. Late yesterday he
talked by telephone with "Bud''
Ledbetter, chief of police at
Muskogee. Sheriff W. L. Odob,
at Checotah; Alonzo Lewis,
sheriff at Tulsa and Henry Clay
King, sheriff at Sipulpa. All
denied such violations existed in
their towns.
One hundred barrels of contra-
band liquor was seized at Musko-
gee yesterday. Superintendent
Lozier is unable to understand
how the report was started. He
said that the statement that the
Billups inl'orcement law was
can, state representatives, Danl A novel feature of the Kansas
Huett, democrat same, against bank will be the fact that the
Porter, P.J. Goulding, democrat Oklahoma depositor's guaranty
state senate. A. A. Stull, re- law probably will be sought to
publican, Lahoma, representa- cover its operations. Mr. Elerick
live, against A. H. Ellis, Orlan- who is a strong believer in the
, . efficiency of that law, maintains
do, democrat. | '
that depositors should have all
democrats .protection possible. The bank,
_ . , iui however, will be incorporated
Smith Ji"
Watson 493 under the banking laws of Kan
Qore . 804 Uas and the Oklahoma idea will
Johnson one 0f its added teatures.
Big Campaign Tour
KEPUCLICANS
\
La Porte. Ind., Aug.—The
discovery today on the farm of
Dr. Bowell of a half du£ grave,
covered by fence rails and branch-
es and e . raining the decomposed
t>ody of a well dressed man aged
frbout 40 years, has aroused the
authorities to investigate.
Coroner Mack tonight, after
examination, declared the man
lad been shot through the head.
Nf^ro Indicted
Rushevtlle, Ky., August 3.—
Kufus Browder, the negro whose
crime ciused the lynching of
four other negroes, was indicted
by the grnnd jury this afternoon
for the murder of James Cun-
Goulding 801
Hubbell 422
Porter 414
Ellis -399
Huett 365 _
Lincoln, Aug. 5.—Bryan today
outlined the subjects he will
Mitscher .4311 discuss in his forthcoming
Reynolds 530 speech of Acceptance. The
pi^.llr) 97u speech will be confined practical
Iluincr 273 ly to the question, "Shall the
McGuire.... 821 people rule." The measure
Lightfoot 699 rewards, guaranty of bank depos
Kruse 404 its, tariff and the trusts wiil be
Watrous 1098 treated in several speeches h
defective was untrue, but even if | Conkling. 649 will make within the next thirty
it were constitutional prohibition ! Hayes 458 days.
woula be self operative. | Stull -469 Bryan will make several cam
portcr , 543 paign tours which will embrace
nearly all parts of the country
precincts in Kremlin Town- spiking- jn most of the principal
ship not heard from yet. cities between the Atlantic and
Keowee township not heard | Pacific oceans. This announce-
expected here
Golden State Wrecked
from yet.
The total socialist vote in the
Tuscoo, Ariz., Aug. 3—the
Golden State limited, the fast
trans-continental, all - Pullman
train of the Rock Island railroad
west bound from Chicago to Los j L-ouoty was 42
Angeles, struck a broken rail! '
while running at a full speed at Col. Dick 1. Morgan of Wood-
Ilado station, 40 miles east of ward was nominated for congress
Benson, early today and the two on the republican ticket in the
rear Pullman c.ach., .li.C- ^ Uuri Iodic.„ W.UU«
ed injuring eighteen passenger, , - Cowherd o( K.n.a. CUT, has
It is considered marvelous that i 1 • Lincoln ot ui Keuo.
Irnent is made on authority
| Chairman Mack.
Cowherd Wins
Kansas City, Aug. 5—.Late
returns from the primary in Mis
none were killed.
B.
PENNIMAN
212 West Randolph
Our Teller
will pay out on y oui
k, whether pre
sented in person or
through another
bank :: "
Fulton was nominated troin that been nominated by the democrats
district on the Democratic ticket, for Governor over David A. Ball
, - . and Judge Wm, Wallace. Cow
I he reports from the rs d.s- ^ nominalion igc,?ialed by
trict are not all.n yet, but.t is t„ twenty.five tl)0Usand t)Ut
thought that McGuire defeated , ,
^ , . definite figures cannot be had
flainer by an overwhelming vote'
Your Checl
Good
and passes current when it's draw'i' a'awnagainst us
well known solvency makes ^s and drafts i I „
pass current ti .• world over. Your banking initr
subserved when Riven in our chargc. Your banKing
is cordially solicited.
Dklfljionia Stale Bank
Enid, Oklahoma
for congressman in that district.
U :iited States Senator Thomas
Gore on the Democratic ticket
nd Dennis T. Flynn on the
publican, had no opposition in
ir districts for the nomination
a senator to succeed Gore for
; short term.
When vou are asked to put your money in a bank you have a right
to know and should know just how and why that bank is safe.
We want you to understand the reasons for the supreme safety of
this Hank.
The First National Bank
ii organized under the National Banking Law and is under the constant
supervision of the U. S. Government.
Nut less than live swnril remrfS must be made each year, and
these reports are always called for an unexpected date in the past, 'lhe
airairs of this b ink mu-t always be in : uch shape that we can make a
satisfactory, detailed sta'ement to "Uncle Sam" for any past (late
that the Comptroller of the Currency may pick out.
This means llailV readiness These reports must be publish li ard
must be verified by the expert Bank Examiner whom the government
sends here to tlioroii^hly examine
The Man Who Deposits llis Money in
This Hank Fosters /business Activity.
to t.ilk over lhe j method has yet been .-".lopted,"
situation. None of the clerks
employed will lose their positions
by reason of the change, though
a greater part of them will be
transferred to Muskogee.
The office is now busy sending
out certificates ot allotment and
this will be practically finished
by the fifteenth. The contest
records will remain here and
permanent headquartess leased
for the contest department. Near-
ly all tbe work ot the office has
been finished and the removal is
made in the interest of economy.
said Governor Haskell today.
There is approximately 310,000
on hand now."'
Say Booze Dill wan Lost
The Tulsa Slayer in Hiding
until late today. Ball appears
t have received a larger vot
than Wallace. Herbert S. Had-
ev attorney general was the
only candidate for governor on
the republican ticket.
Land Office Moved to Muskoflce
Tulsa, Okla., Aug. 3.—Clay
Harris, the slayer of his wife and
child, is still at large and the
officers have temporarily aban-
oned the hunt, because ot the
failure of bloodhounds to take up
the scent. Today a man answer-
ing the description of Harris was
arrested in Hominy, in the Osage
nation, thirty miles northwest of
Tulsa, but his arrest proved to
be a case of mistaken identity.
The reward of /5(l0 offered for
the arrest of Harris by his father
in-law, Chauncey Owens, may be
supplemented by a like offee by
the state and possibly another
£500 by the American Express
company, for the shooting oi
Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 1 —
Chief of Police Ledbetter acting
for the state authorities, raided
five saloons here today confiscat-
ing a quanity of beer, 't hree
hours after the raid the saloons
were again running. County
Attorney Crump announced that
he would prosecute all saloon
men but no lurther arrests were
made.
Liquor mcL assert tonight that
the Dillups prohibition bill was
never certified to bv the state
auditor as required by law; that
when it left the governor's office,
his signature had been affixed^
and afterwards it was either lost
or was stolen and is not now in
the possession of the state.
Friend ot Dolly Madison Ceid
P^ort Gibson, Okla., Aug. 1.—
Mrs. M. J. Ross, 81 years old,
the most noted Indian woman of
tlie state and one of the best
known in the country, is dead.
The end came peaceably at her
borne uear Fort Gibson alter an
company. iui i.n- I.,, r , ,
. . . , ,,, ' illness of several weeks.
Walter Vann, a driver for the
express company, who was a|
witness to the murder of Mrs.
Harris and baby. Vann may die.
Experienced officers believe that
Harris, who knows every foot of
the Osage country, is hiding in
the hills.
Bristow NominaL,-
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 5.—Re-
| turns received here up to 3 o'clock
! this afternoon made it certain
i that Jos*[ill L. Bristow of Salina
lias been nominated for the Unit-
ed States Senate. Chesser I.
Governor has About $10,000 in
Party Campaign Fund
Ardmore, Okla., Aug. 3—.The
Jhickasaw land office is to be
moved from here to Muskogee
about the fifteenth of the month.
A year ago th* department leased
the present quarters only to that
date. A phone message to the
owner of the buildMg stated >hat
j t 'V I 11 K |/vu« • VW
the department would vacate state Bank of this city.
Guthrie, Okla., August 3.—
Nearly $6,000 was received today
by Governor Haskell, treasurer
of the national democratic c;-m
Mrs. Ross was a neice of Jobn
Ross, who was chief of the Clier-
okees for 40 years, and the wile
of William 1'. Ross, who succeed
ed John Ross as chief, and who
died 17 years ago. She was born
in Georgia and catne to the
Indian Territory with her par-
ents when n small child.
She was a women of culture
and was born in afllutnc She
was educated by the Moravians
and iived among that scct for
several years. She remembered
hearing John Howard Payne
sing "Home, Sweet Home" at
licr father's home in Georgia.
I paign committee. The funis are
. - „ ! t,eing deposited in the Oklahoma j She was in Washington a great
Long of Me iane ,>-gc, viio ^ department would vacate Sute jjani{ 0f this city. 'deal and was acquainted with
was a candidate or re-e fur tba( time_ C!ue, Clerk 1 "The money is arriving rapidly the v ives of several presidents,
counu'in the'"lu Thow ihatI Bycum. of the commission, is considering that no systematic among them Dolly Madison.
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