Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, July 31, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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SOLDIERS OEM II STORM
THUtl MEN Or PENNSYLVANIA
NATIONAL OUARO KILLED.
A a«y Others War* Seriously Injured
the Entire Camp Waa
Wrsoksd.
fleltysburg, Pa.—On (ho aye ol
their departure for (hair homo* thr.-«
men of iha PftinsylvsnlK uadonal
Kuard were struck dead in «n<> of the
moat aovt.ro vl.xtrlcai storms ever
• «iwrleiir«ii on thin historic battle-
field Tho l.lontlfloit (loud urn Private
Jtnrbo, Eighteenth rogliueul; Private
NJorrInon, Ton(|i nulim'tit, I'rlvute
(Jarvnr. Tenih regiment..
A lieutenant of (hi* 'IVnlh regiment
■aid (o n rorr«m|«>ndon( of tho Associ-
ated pros* I hut three troopers were
killed mid ov«r (wo score Injured.
The Hold hospital la crowded with In-
jured. and (ho colonel of (ho Tt'iiUi
regiment haa given up hu quartern (o
those who are Immediately In need of
medical aHHlHtrinre.
fasip w#a flooded nod telegraph
wires wore prostrated.
Whan (hs storm enme up Oov,
Ht«wwt waa entertaining u few friends
In bis (ant. Tha a(orro hroko ou( wl(H
•uch suddenness and fury that the
occupants of (ha (ent found (hem-
solves entangled In (he canvas and
ropoa In an lna(nnt, but all escaped
without aorlona Injury.
Thero wore nearly 50 men In the
fogUue t when the a(orm broko and
not one la beiloved (o have escaped
Injury.
GOOD CANAL WORK.
WHIN ROOSEVELT WRITES AT A DOLLAR A WORD.
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ARE ANGRY AT VENEZUELA
CONSUL MOBBED BY RESIDENTS
OF WILLEMSTAO.
Americana Have Excavated Nearly
41,000,000 Cubic Yarda.
Washington— Official reporta re-
celved hero abow tho extent of the
work dbn'e on (hp Isthmian canal from
the time the Americana took posses-
sion of the effects of the French com-
pany on the Isthmus May 4. 1904, to
the end of the fiscal year June 30,
1#08. The reporta ahow that there
waa removed In that period from the
canal prism and accessory works 40,-
938,676 oublc yards of material. In
the flacal year 1 08 the total exca-
vation waa 27,879,378 cubic yards, or
about 66 per cent of the (o(at amount
taken out by the Americans. Steam
shovels have removed 17,467,161 cubic
yarda; dredgea 10,899,'17 cubic yards
and 182,797 cubic yards were removed
by other methods.
Castro's Representative Compelled to
Seek Refuge In Qsrman
Conaulste.
Southern Railways Raatralned.
Mount Airy, Ga.—On application of
tho Macon Orocery company and
other merchants and mercantile cor-
porations of the state, Judge Speer of
the United States court Saturday
granted a preliminary Injunction re-
straining the' railway companies from
putting Into effect the Increased rates
on shipments of staple products from
western to southern points, which the
railroads hare given notice to the In-
terstate commerce commission will
take effect,on August 1.
A Kansas Banker Convicted.
Great Bend, Kan.—After being out
for two days and two nights the Jury
In the case of Edward Jtockemohlo
returned a verdict Friday morning
L finding the deefndant guilty on one
count, the sixth., This count charges
him with receiving money for deposit
after the limit of 30 days given the
bank to try to extricate Itself from Its
bad financial condition had expired.
; J, A< 7' Hu" Beaten.
Des Moines. Ia.—By a vote of 74^4
to 5V4 the delegates in the Seventh
district Republican convention nomi-
nated.Judge S. F. Prouty for tongress
over Representative J. A T. Hull, no
notice that-a nomination had been
made at the primary of June 2 having
been received by the convention. Cap-
tlan HuH instated the convention act-
ed without power.
/ ' ' ri ,^.r
Business Looking Up.
New York—That there is a gradual,
steady increase in progress in all line*
of business was the opinion expressed
by the presidents of the various sub-
sidiary companies of the United States
Stall corporation at a meeting here
Thursday, according to a statement
given out by President W. E. Cory
of the parent Company after the meet-
To Welcome Victorious Riflemen.
New York.—Experts and enthusi-
asts in marksmanship are planning a
royhl welcome to Gen. James A. Drain,
president of the National Rifle Asso-
ciation of America, and the sharp-
shooters who won the world's cham-
pionship at the Olympic contests in
London lately.
Willemstad, Island of Curacao —
The relations between Venezuela and
the people of the Island of Curacao
Dutch West Indies, are strained to
the breaking point. Following a long
series of what the residents of Cura-
cao regard as antagonistic actions on
the part of President Castro, directed
against themselves and the Dutch gov-
ernment, mobs gathered In force at
this capital Saturday night and Sun-
day and expressed their resentment In
an attack upon the home of a Vene-
xuelan who had published statements
in Venezuelan papers derogatory to
the Island, and later held violent dem-
onstrations In front of the residence
of the Venezuelan consul; surrounded
the German consulate where he had
taken refuge, and compelled the order-
ing out of armed troops so that the
consul might be protected from Injury.
The demonstration before the resi-
dence of the Venezuelan consul, Senor
Lopez, occurred late Saturday night,
and although no actual attack was
made, It is stated that two shots were
fired from the consul's house, no one,
however, being injured.
Prior to this, about ten o'clock at
night, a mob numbering about 1,000
gathered In front of the dwelling of a
Venezuelan resident who. It Is al-
leged, had Insulted Curacao in the
Venezuelan papers; broke down the
doors with stones and, seizing the
man, compelled him to sign a paper
which set forth an elaborate excuse
for the publication of the statements
with which he was charged.
The leaders of the populace also
forced him to make a public apology
from the balcony of his home, while
the crowd below hooted and groaned
In accompaniment. Furthermore,
members of the man's family were
compelled to play the Dutch national
hymn, while the people below shouted
"Down with Castro; long may Wil-
helmlna live." •
FARMAN IN NEW YORK.
Scotch Aeroplane Inventor to Make a
Series of Flights.
Now York.—That the future of tho
aoroplano as a safo moans of convey-
ance Is practically assured was tho
confident declaration made by Henry
Farman, tho aeroplane inventor and
navigator who arrived here Sunday
on board the La Touralne from
Europe for a series of (lights In his
now famous flying inachlno at
Brighton Beach. Farman was wel-
comed down the bay by a reception
committee of tho Aero club of Ameri-
ca. After two weeks In this city It is
expected that Farman will make
flights in Philadelphia, Chicago, Bos-
ton. Pittsburg and St. Louis.
"Has the aeroplane a future so far
as a practicability is concerned?" he
was asked.
"Yes," replied Farman, "it will have
a future to a very great extent. I
think the aeroplane will be safer than
the automobile or other methods of
conveyance. It will be so easy and so
quick. My greatest pause In flight has
been ten seconds, starting on an as-
cending wind. The birds In their
flight have a special Instinct which we
will never have, but we can Improve
our methods by using some of the
methods of the bird.
Marathon Race at London Captured
by John Hsyes.
I^oiidnn—It would be no exaggera-
tion In (ho mind* of any of (he 100,000
spectator* who witnessed (he finish-
ing atruMKlo of (he Marathon race at
(lie olympian arena Friday to say (ha(
l( was (ho uioa( thrilling athletic event
(ha( has occurred aline thai Marathon
race In suul nt Oremo. whom (be vie.
(or fell a( (ho goal and, wlih a wave
of triumph, died
The ve(erait athlete* 0f Europe,
America, Africa and Aii*tralla. who
have seen tho greatest atriiKKlo of
every sort on land and water for atli-
letlu supremacy, declared that thero
was nothliiit comparable to the great
race Friday wldiln their momorloi
or In (ho other Olympiad* since (he
modern cycle of (hose liogau. It was
a spectacle the llkn of which none
living had over see ti, and none who
saw It expect over to seo repented
Six Americans started in the Mara-
thon race, and nine English runners.
Of the first ton inon to reach the cov-
oted goal four wore Americana, and
they are officially placed aa follows:
Hayes, first; Joseph Korshaw. Mis-
souri Athletic club, (hird; A. II. Wei-
(on, Lawrence Y. M C. A., fourth, and
Lawls Tewinlna, (he Carllalo Indian,
ninth. The aecond man waa I'erlforon
of South Africa.
Tho flrat Englishman who crossed
(ho line came in twelfth, lie was W.
T. Clarke, and was no( one of thosu
counted upon to win.
OIL USE III THE CUT
Released a Nebraska Prisoner.
Bassett, Neb.—"Bill" Hazard made
his escape from jail at this place Fri-
day. Several weeks ago he broke Jail
at Gregory, S. D., where he was held
on the charge of stealing horses, and
was captured last Thursday at New-
port by Sheriff Marsh of Rock county
and placed In Jail here, where he was
held awaiting the arrival of the sheriff
of Gregory county with requisition
papers to take him back to South Da-
kota. Early Friday two men appeared
at the jail and with guns held up the
guard and forced him to open the
cell door and let the prisoner out.
The guard was then locked in the cell,
where he remained until found by the
sheriff some hours later.
Rates for State Fairs.
Chicago—The Chicago Great West-
ern Railroad company made official
announcement Thursday that special
rates for state fairs In Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Mis-
souri and Kansas will be made during
the coming autumn. The rate will be
one and a half fftres on the two-cent
basis. Other western roads signified
their Intention of meeting this rate.
A Kansas Maniac Died In Jail.
Wichita, Kan—Miss Jewel Staple-
ton, 19 years old, died suddenly at the
county jail Friday morning, where she
was awaiting a hearing before an in-
sanity commission. Miss Stapleton
was released on parole from Osawato-
mle July 2, but became unmanageable
and was put in the detention room for
safety.
Mors Men to Qo (o Work.
S(. Louis—Upward of 16.000 men
will be re-employed within tho next
-° days In the large factories and
foundries of southern Illinois, which
have boon working short handed fol.
lowing (he finnnclal depression of last
year, according to data Just made pub-
lie by (ho East St. Louis Commercial
club.
Dead In Arkansas Wrock.
Ft. Smith, Ark.—Throe persons were
killed and three others more or less
seriously Injured between the stations
of Goodland and Nugo, near hore, Sun-
day afternoon when a Frisco pas-
senger train was derailed. None of
the passengers were hurt.
Mr. Roossvslt's New Job.
New York.—President Roosevelt has
accepted the honorary presidency of
the Peace and Arbitration league
which is the outgrowth of the North
Carolina congress and which has as
its object adequate armament and ef-
fective arbitration.
governor asks for dismissal
of firi line case
KSF PSODffDEO NIMH III1I0IITI
Contention Msdt That Restraining Or
dsr Would Ruin Oil Business In Ok-
lahoma—West May Maks a Fight
Agalnat Dismissing Proceeding
GUTHRIE Governor Charles ,\\
Haskell filed a moduli In the district
efturt of Logan county on hohalf of
(ho statu of Oklahoma, u*klnx the
court to dlsmlMS tho suit brought Ity
Charlo* Wo*t, attorney general of Ok-
lahoma, to restrain the i'ralrlo Oil k
Has company from laying plpo In pub-
lic highways. If the oil company were
prohibited from building plpo linos It
would have the effect of drlvlug tha
I'ralrle company rrom oklahoma.
Governor Haskell asaerta that the
• ralrlo company acquired its right
to build pipe lines In Indian Terri-
tory before statehood; that It waa
not vloladng (ho constitution or laws
of Oklahoma In Its present undertak-
ing and furthermore, that the at tor-
nony giwiitral 1kuI no authority to
bring suit in the name of tho state
without the governor directing him to
do it.
Attached to ttho governor's petition
was tho report of a special representa-
tive of Governor Haskell who Inves-
tigated the matter and who hold that
unless tho Prairie company w.-is per-
mitted to build Its proposed linos the
oil fields of Oklahoma would bo
ruined.
MIR FAVINO CONTRACT RUUN« IFOMTS FOR SS
Emergency Clause Held Inoperative.
To Supreme Court.
Oklahoma City, Ok.—The Oklahoma
Huprettitt Court waa asked Saturday
for a final option on tho validity of
patio* contracts in Oklahoma OH?
an4 other Oklahoma (owns a* a re
suit of (he opinion iiandod duwu by
Judge ls>we hero Friday in a teat
cnao, in which 11 was hold that lh«
law waa valid, but tho oniorgoury
clause Inoperative. Tho case a If or In
pavlu# contract* aggregating thous
uuds of dollars in this state.
Put End (o Quick Divorces.
Oklahoma City ok --Fifteen minute
divorces In tho courts of Judges
l<"Wo and Clark or (he District Court
of this county and Canadian county
are at an end as the rosuK or an
agreement readied by Hie Judges
They announce liuit In the fulure sll
divorce enses must run (he regulu
(Ion thirty days' notice. This will
atop tho practice of aitomoy* tiling
waiver of summons of (he defendant
and will give the judges lime to do
term I lie whether (he plaintiffs aro
entitled to divorces,
Husband Dead, Wife Arres(ed.
Holdenville, ok, Mrs Cnrrle Pros
Ion was arrested here In connection
with the killing of her htiNluuid at
Hanna, a munll (own In the eastern
,h'" c?n,y' . T!1" ,!hootl"K well victorioii
Results of But Fl
flelsily
Guthrie, Ok A slslladcal (sbi
compiled by Assistant Hecrotary <*fj
lllale Uo Meyer In regard lo (li*
comity segt elections SO far held anitj
to be held, shows tha( (wen(yaln
elections of (hai sor( have so farj
boon railed by (be governor, on pro.'
sen(atloii of (he petition* required by)
dm constitution and the law paaaoa
by tho last legislature vitalising (bees
i<oii*lliutloiial provisions The result!
of fifteen of I hem hate boon official-
ly declared by htr governor.four inort*
liavo boon hold but no official pro-
clamation yet nutde n* lo the rosuH.
and seven are yot to he hold hii
cases wore appealed to (ho stiiirniiiA
court Two of theni. Involving Grant'
and Coal count lea, have li* u derided'
In favor of tho winners ut the polls,
and the odor four from .Mcintosh,
Wagoner, Adair and Beckham conn*
ties, are still ponding
Tlie Urst county soul eincilons hold
were on Maytl ItoOi Mulntimh and
Wagoner couutie*. whole die fight
waa especially hitler, hold (heir e|oc«
lion* on thn* day, with Checotah and
Wagoner aa the winner*, Grant coun-
ty came in on May 21. Medford win*
iilng, On June 2 there Wert- elections
In Atoka county, with Atoka as tho
winner; c«ml county, in fovor of
Coalgate: Adair county, with Still.
occurred Tuesday night about
o'clock, while Preston was asleep.
Mrs. Preston claims that she waa
asleep n( tho time of tho shooting
and that she hoard pardo* outside
the tent In which they lived. Mrs
Preston is iiursiug a l'weeks-old
baby.
MACK NATIONAL CHAIRMAN
Fixes Value s( $613,000.
Kansas Clly, Kan.—W. G. Goodwin,
the expert engineer employed to make
an estimate or the physical value of
the Metropolitan Water company's
property, has filed with Mayor Cor-
nell hia final report. He places the
value at $613,000.
Oklahoma Democrats Contribute.
Gu(hrie, Ok.—Three thousand dol-
lars was raised In three hours here
after the news was received here of
Gov. Haskell's appointment as treas-
urer of the Democratic national com-
mittee. An effort Is being made to in-
crease the fund.
German Mining Experts Coming.
Washington, D. C.—In response to
an Invitation extended by the United
States government in behalf of the
geological survey, Great Britain, Ger-
many and Belgium will send to this
country next month their leading ex-
perts in the prevention of mine dis-
asters to aid in the inauguradon of
the work here.
American Car Will Win.
Paris.—It is announced as practi-
cally certain that the American car
In the New York-to-Paris race will be
adjudged the winner owing to the non
compliance of the German competitors
with certain conditions governing the
race.
Tammany Consents to Bryan's Friend
Being Head of Democracy
CHICAGO; At a meeting of the
democratic national committee here
Saturday the following officials were
chosen to have chargo of the coming
campaign: Norman K. Mack. New
York, a personal and political friend
of Mr. Bryan, chairman of the nation-
al committee; L. P. Hall, Nebraska,
vice-chairman; Urey Woodson, Ken-
tucky, secretary; Governor Charles
N. Haskell, Oklahoma, treasurer; John
I. Martin. Missouri, sergeant-at-arms.
The selection of Mr. Mack came
only after two important long distance
telephone conversations, one with Wil-
liam J. Conners at Buffalo, N. Y.,
and the other with Charles Murphy,
the Tammany leader In New York
city. Conners Is reportetd to have
said that Mr. Mack would be accep-
table to him as national chairman it
Murphy would also accept him.
Conners was asked If he would tele-
phone Murphy to that effect but re-
plied that he preferred that Mr. Mack
should do his own talking with New
York. The proposition then was put
up to Murphy, and. It Is said, the
Tammany leader declared that Mr.
Mack would be acceptable to him if
he would confine his operations to
the duties of national chairman and
not interfere in New York politics.
Will Return Full Amoun(.
Guthrie, Ok.—'Through n typograph
Icni error l( was printed that of the
$10,000 appropriated by (he ieglsla
(ure for relief of cyclone sufferers
In certain counties the state board
of agriculture had expended $$,300 In
making investlgadon*. Tho board
only spon( $:i00. |( |H President Con
nor's intention to place the money
out a( Interest until It will earn the
expended portion, so that the full
amount can be returned to the s(ate
WOULD HAVE BREWERY SOLD.
Special Counsel Bring 8uf( Alleging
Claim at Oklahoma Cl(y.
Oklahoma City, Ok.—Fred S. Cald-
well. counsel (o (he Governor in (he
suppression of liquor, has filed a sul(
here asking for the sale of the Moss
Brewing plant to pay off a claim of
$51,000. He alleges tha( after pro
hlbitiou the brewery made beer for
fifty-one days and that the manage
ment Is liable for $1,000 for each
day the brewery was operated.
German Car Reaches Paris.
Paris.—The Gorman automobile in
the New Yorlc-to-Paris race arrived
here Sunday eveningand was greeted
with loud cheers by the Sunday prome-
naders as it swept up the crowded
boulevards to the finish post.
Government to Appeal.
Chicago—District Attorney Sims an-
nounced positively Thursday that a
petition for a rehearing in the case
of the government against the Stand-
ard Oil company of Indiana, decided
adversely to the government by Judge
Grosscup and bis associates In tho
court of appeals Wednesday, would be
filed.
St. Louis Insurance Man Dead.
St. Ix>uis, Mo.—Louis E. Snow, one
of the most prominent insurance men
in the middle west, died here Sunday,
aged 66 years. He was a brother of
E. G. Snow, president of the Home In-
surance company of New York.
Spree Ends in Fight and Death
OKLAHOMA CITY: Dan Smith, a
prosperous farmer, was shot and in-
stantly killed and Deputy SherlfT J.
J. Lucas of Oklahoma City, was
wounded in the knee in a gun fight
near Choctaw City, 12 miles east of
here, Thursday last. The deputy, in
company with another, had gone to
arrest Smith, who had been on a
protcartec spree. Smith was charged
with threatening to kill his wife. The
body of Smith has lain by the side of
the railroad track, where he was kill-
ed, all night, awaiting the arrival of
the coroner.
Contest Between Churches.
Shawmv, Ok.—The Sunday schools
of (lie Christian churches of this
city and McAlester are carrying on
a peculiar contest, which will be end-
ed Sunday. The contest is as to the
attendance, the collections and the
number of teachers present at the
Sunday school In each town for a
period of three months.
The matter has gotten to be a
thing of civic patriotism, and almost
everybody in Shawnee will get Into
the Christian Church Sunday morning
if they can possibly do so.
Down at McAlester the contest for
the Sunday school Is being managed
by T. R. Dean. At Shawnee Rev.
Vorhels has charge of the contest.
Bach one of them has hope of win-
ning.
. and Kill* cnunly,
whore there wn* no result. The *o&
ond election there i* to lie held on
August 10, IUI18, between Arnett Itnii
Shattuck.
On Juno !> Harper county *o|or(od
Buffalo ns II* permanent county
seat. Tishomingo won III Johnston
•ounty on June Hi. and Paul* Valley
in Garvin cnunly on Juno so. In live
cases (Including Kills, already listed)
no town could secure a majority, and
second elections have been called aa
follows: Cimarron county, August 2$,
between Boise City and lioby: I*
Flore county. Augtis( 2d, between Po-
trail and Spiro; Hughes county. Sep-
(ember it. between Holdenville and
vVolumpka; Jofffforson countv, Sep-
tember 0, betwoon Ryan ami Wau-
rika.
Klerdona were hold in Marshall
county on July 10, In Nowata on
iuly 11, In Haskell on July 14 and
in Jackson on July 18. all resultlnR
In victories for (he (emporary county
wits, but none of them has y«t
been officially proclaimed by the gov-
srnor. The elec(lous yet (o be held
!nclude Cus(er roun(y, July 29; Creek,
\ugus( 12; Okfuska, August 27; Kay,
September :i; Seminole, September S:
Bryan, September i); and Pittsburg.
3eptember 20.
Many Hogs Shipped.
Skiatook, Ok.—Col. Reuben Dye re-
ports that most of the fat hogs" have
been shipped, and he will not buy
any more until after the new corn
comes in, when many more will be
fed. lie is now buying cattle, and
will ship his last car of hogs and
two cars of cattle next week. In all
he has bought and Shipped seventeen
cars of hogs hiee last February.
Class Confirmed,
Kingfisher. Ok.—A class of seven-
ty-three was confirmed in St. Paul's
Church Friday by Rt. Rev. Theo.
Meerslheart, D. D., bishop of Okla-
homa,
WAS GENERAL CU8TER'S SCOUT.
Day Wheeler of Geary, Ok., Just Al>
lowed a $30 Pension.
Guthrie, Ok.—One of General Cus-
ter's old scouts and the best known
Indian flglUer in Oklahoma, Day
Wheeler of Geary, has been allowed
i pension of $30 a month by the
United States government.
Wheeler came to Oklahoma when
here was nothing but Indians, buffa-
!oes and coyotes wandering at will
aver the trackless plain. He has
ienn a resident of Geary for several
years.
Wheeler started out from Illinois
when but a boy to cross the plains
if that state and Joined an overland'
?xpedltlon to the north. He then
Irlfted south to what afterward h<-
?ame Oklahoma, and there he be-
came au Indian scout for General
Custer. He scouted for Custer for
several years until the latter went to
the Little Big Horn country.
Wheeler can relate many exciting
Indian adventures and Is a storehouse
of information upon bloody battles
>etween tho white adventurers of the,
early days and the Oklahoma wild
bribes of Indians.
Twenty-five Drowned In a Tunnel.
Berne, Switzerland—Drillers work-
ing In the Loetchberg tunnel Friday
moralng tapped a subterranean lake
and the rush of water filled the bore,
-4ft>wninr 25 men, all Italians.
Indian Land Restrictions Removed.
Muskogee. Ok.—After a struggle
for legislation covering eight years,
which became acute with the advent
of statehood, eastern Oklahoma has
finally secured the removal of re-
strictions from nearly one-half of the
Indian lands, the law becoming ef-
fective Monday.
Government to Push Standard Case.
Oyster Baji, N. Y.—President Roose-
velt Thursday night announced la un-
mistakable terms the determination of
the admini«ti;ation to proceed with the
prosecution of the Standard Oil case
dWQlU the decision banded down by
tbe Ualted States circuit court of ap-
peals Wednesday.
Portland, Ore., Has Heavy Fire Loss.
O^PoftlatK, Ore—Fire in (he elevator
.*biB*ton building, «* six-
story olnce structure, early Thursday
cawed a km estimated at 1300.000.
Tha "Commoner" Haa a New Bditor.
Lincoln, Neb—William J. Bryan has
retired ttta active work on the Com-
moner and will not be personally re-
sponsible for matter appearing In It
in the pretfeht campaign. Charles W.
Bryan, will be (be publisher and Rich-
ard L Met calf the editor for the cam-
Freight Car Robber Shot.
Denver, Col.—Special Officer Frank
L. Wood Sunday shot and fatally
wounded Harry Glasgow In the Den-
ver A Rio Grande freight yards.
Bishop Potter's Funeral.
Cooperstown, N. Y.—The funeral of
Bishop Henry C. Potter, seventh Prot-
estant Episcopal bishop of the diocese
of New York, was held in this village
Friday morning. The services were
in tbe historic Christ church where
James Fennlmore Cooper worshipped
in his lifetime.
Haa a 564-Pound Meteor.
Cripple Creek, Col—Samuel Slfers,
a ranchman of High Park. 20 miles
northwest of here, found a piece of
metal weighing 564 pounds on his
ranch Friday. Mineralogists told him
It waa part of the shell of a meteor.
Aisayers say It Is worth at least $2
a pound.
A New Alliance.
Copenhagen—It is reported that-the
Danish and 8wedish governments
have agreed upon an offensive and
defensive military alliance.
Hanged Himself in Jail.
Galesburg, III.—A man thought to
be Nicholas Morbler, about 35 years
old, hanged himself in the county Jail
Thursday while apparently mentally
deranged.
Killed by a Cow.
Waterloo, Ia.—Rev. August Schleu-
ter, pastor of St Paul's Evangelical
church at Tripoli, is dead as the re-
sult of injuries received when a cow
which he waa leading to pasture last
Monday suddenly became vicious and
attacked bin,
A Catholic Press Aseociation.
Cincinnati. Ohio.—The American
Catholic Press association was or-
ganized here Saturday. Many of the
principal Catholic newspapers of the
country were represented by theil
editors or managers at the meeting.
Two Dead In Automobile Accident.
Plattsburg. N. Y.—J. E. Dodge of
Maiden, Mass., and Lockwood Reed of
Port Henry, N. Y.. were killed in _
shocking automobile accident six
miles west of Port Henry Saturday
night.
West Point Cadets in Disgrace.
West Point, N. Y.—Eight cadets in
the United States military academy
here were Thursday sent to their
homes as a result of hazing members
of tbe fourth class.
■•"•ay Friday In Omaha.
Mexican Troops and Indians Battla.
Tucson, Ariz.—In a desperate bat-
tle between Mexican troops and Pap-
ago Indiana last Tuesday at the Im-
maculada ranch near Cetro Colo min-
ing camp in the Altar district of 8o-
nora 19 Indians and two soldiers were
killed and five soldiers were wounded,
Japanese Deported.
San Francisco—Sixteen Japanese
Who tod Illegally entered the Ualted
Lincoln Boys Drown While Bathing.
Lincoln, Neb.—While in bathing at
Capital beach, a pleasure resort near
this city, Henry Haoschlldt, Jr., and
Joseph Orlofsky, each 12 years old,
were drowned Thuradnj night
War Officials to Visit Kansas.
Leavenworth, Kan. — Secretary of
War Luke E. Wright, accompanied by
MaJ.-Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief of
staff, and Capt. M. F. Davis, secre-
tary of tbe general staff ,are expected
to be present at the opening of the
coming term of tbe army service
schools at Fort Leavenworth Auguat
15. They will proceed from this post
to Fort Riley to attend the opcitfhg of
the school of application for cavalry
&nd field artillery. This will be the
first visit of Secretary Wright to these
poets.
All Quiet in Honduras.
Washington—A dispatch from tbe
commander of the gunboat Marietta
at Ceiba, Honduras, reports all quiet
there. The government is In control
of affalra and no further attacks by
revolutionists are expected.
Oklahoma's Coal Production
GUTHRIE: Oklahoma's Intal pro-
duction of coal for 1907, according fo
the annual report of the United States
geological survey, just received here,
was 3,642,658 short tons, having a
total spot value of $7,433,914. The most
noteworthy feature of the report is
the great Increase In production over
1906. While the report for 1906 was
for Indian Territory alone and that
for 1907 Is for the state of Oklahoma,
the entire coal producing section of
the state Is contained In what was for-
merly Indian Territory, and the com-
parison of Oklahoma for 1907 and In-
dian Territory for 1906 is really of
the same territory.
School Bond Election at Bradley
BRADLEY: The school board has
ordered an election for a bond Issue
of $10,000 for the purpose of erecting
a new school house. There is small
doubt but that the proposition will
carry largely as towns of similar size
recently held elections upon the same
question which carried by huge ma-
jorities. These places include Ninne-
kah, Rush Springs and Tuttle.
Celebrate at Chickasha.
Chickasha, Ok.—The Farmers' Uii-
ion encampment and celebration in
honor of the removal of restrictions
is on here with large crowds present
Many people are here fropi other
States. The ropers contest is very
exciting. The best rope men of the
State participate and the cattle are
Imported from the Texas plains es-
pecially for this event. Senator Gore
spoke Friday night to a large audi-
ence. An address by Gov. Haskell
closed the program Friday night
Guthrie, Ok.—An opinion Friday by
Assistant Attorney General Spillman
holds that money deposited outside
the State by residents of Oklahoma
should be listed for taxation in this
State. The opinion was given in re-
ply to a query from a LeFlore county
citizen who has money deposited in
a Fort Smith, Ark., bank.
$2,000 a Year.
Oklahoma City, Ok —At a salary of
$2,000 a year, Professor L. W. Cole,
'ormerly at the head of the depart-
ment of psychology at the state uni-
versity at Norman, but let out under
he new administration, has accepted
fhe position of experimental psychol-
ogist on the faculty of WeVJesley
-ollege. ■ 1
A Race War Averted.
Natalbany. La—A threatened rare
strife between Italians and Americans
was armed Thursday by the taty
Pittsburg Swept by' Storms.
Pittsburg—At least ape ltfe was lost
and damage esdmated at S quarter
million dollars or more resulted from
a series of storms that swept over
Pittsburg and surrounding territory
late Friday afternoon and early Fri-
day evening.
Oklahoma Miners Killed.
Miami, Ok.—Jess Bennett of Carter-
rill*, Mo, and Ed Reynolds of Miami
worn killed In tha prematare expto-
GUTHRIE: The supreme court de-
nied the writ of mandamus to force
the mayor of Oklahoma City to call an
election on the new charter proposed
for (he government of (ha( ci(y, bu(
held tha( (he provision or (he consd-
(ution Is self-executing and that the
election may be held without a proc-
lamation by the mayor. This means
uat (be charter may be legally voted
upon.
The elecdon on the new city char-
ter will be Bold on September 2. No
Cfflcers will be elected at tke Coming
election, howe Ter. \
Levy in Bank.
Guthrie, Ok.,—Oklahoma City is to
have another State Bank. On Sept.
1 B. Levy, leader of the anti-prohi-
bition forces last fall, member of the
Legislature and former Guthrie bank-
er. and Joe McClelland, banker and
politician of Pond Creek, will be as-
sociated in the Oklahoma State Bank.
THREE DIE IN FRISCO WRECK.
Passenger Train No. 6 Derailed Near
Fort Smith, Ark. •
Fort Smith, Ark—Three persons
were killed and three others more'
)r less seriously injured between the
stations of Goodland and Hugo, near
liere, Sunday afternoon when Frisco
passenger train No. 6, due in Fort.
3mith at 6 o'clock tonight, was de-
railed.
The dead: Mike Hlckey, engineer;;
Ed Clark, express messenger, and a
tramp. The injured: Postal Clerk
Miller, Fireman Jackson and a news
butcher on the train whose name is
unknown.
Enter(afnmen( and Supper.
Haileyville, Ok.—The Baptist
Church gave an entertainment and
supper here last Friday night for the
benefit of their church, which was
largely attended.
Oklahoma Commission Finds Irregu-
larities in Book Companies' Bids
GUTIfBlB; It has develdped th&t
fully half of (Be text book and sobool
supply oemp.:slsa that have p:aN J
bids with the slate school book com-
mission bare not complied with
(he requirement# of (he law in sub-
mittlng (heir Wd3. An opinion or the
attorney general stales, however, (hat
affidavits and statements accompany-
ing bids, where they are defective.
To Vote Bonds.
Skiatook, Ok.—Petitions are being
circulated for signers, which, when
the required number of names is ob-
tained, will be presented to the
School Board to call election on July
28 (o vote $15,000 bonds for buildtng
school houses In this district. Skia-
took township.
. Depots Justified.
ofcUioma CJty, Ok.—A coroner's
jury aVChoctaW City Saturday found
that Deputy Sheriff J. J. Lucas and
Ollie Beatty. who had been deputized
as a deputy, were justified in shoot-
ing Dan Smitb. who was killed white
the twd were trying to arrest him.
Another New Cotton Gin.
llomiry. Ok.—Tbe machinery for
the ee« cotton gin and electric light
plant is about all here. The owners
intend to Install an electric dynamo
and ma ft with the aaase power aad
ik IM city with electric light
Wants Sheriff's Office.
Mounds, Ok.—Claiming gross fraud
In the election last fall, Harry G
Stein, Republican, has filed suit in
the district court for the possession
or the office of sheriff. The office is
now held by Henry C. King. Demo-
-rat. Stein alleges irrebularltles and
misconduct on the part of the Demo-
cratic Judges and clerks of the elec-
tion in twenty-four out of the twenty-
five voting precincts In the county.
CLEARS ROOM, KILLS VICTIM.
Mysterious Murder Puxxles the Police
of Tulsa.
Tulsa. Ok.—Lee Hodge, a laborer,
was mysteriously murdered at his
home In this city Sunday night. Ac-
cording to a woman who resides at
the same house. Hodge was murder-
ed by some man who forced an en-
trance into the house and after clear-
ing the room in which Hodge was
sitdng by brandishing a six-shooter,
shot him with the pistol.
Have Struck Gold.
Guthrie, Ok.—The people of Durant
think they have struck gold in that
vicinity. A few months ago T. L,. Al-
len. who had been connected with
gold mining ventures before coming
to Oklahoma, noticed some yellow
grains in the sand of a small stream
near Durant. Sa(urday he made fur-
ther investigation and panned oat s
tew grains or yellow metal which be
claims stood the chemical analysis
of gold. There 1k
la Dinat ever the I
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