The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 99, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 6, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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The Pink Sm'th murder rase I
again in th? 1 melicht. Yester'ay a
ternoon, before Governor Frantz ap
pliration was made for a pardon foi
Smith who if. now serving a three
years sentence at Lansing.
On the first day of January, 1902
Smith shot and killed a farmer name1
Mitchell, on the farm of William
Smith, his father, five miles west of
Mulhall.
The shooting was the result of a
quarrei of two year3 standing, over a
piece of land, that Mitchell had rem
ed from Smith, to sew in wheat. The
shooting took place abaut nine o'clock
in the* morning and was witnessed by
a number of perrons. At the trial
Smith entered a plea of self defense
The case hung on in the courts for a
number of years and Smith was no:
taken to the pen until June 7, 1904. It
is claimed by the persons interested
in securing his release that as his time
is just about up, he has been suffici-
ently punished for the crime, and tbey
are asking that the remainder of the
eectence be commuted. Since go'nt1,
to Lansing Smith's father has died and
his wife al3o, leaving a small baby
g:rl seyen days old, at the time of hei
demise.
New York, Feb. 1.—Tuan Fang am
Hung Chi, imperial Chinese commis
sioners, who are completing a tour o
tb3 principal cities ol Americi, study
lug economical conditions, arrived it
New York this morniug lrom Wash
ingion, accompanied by their party
numbering nearly sixty persons. The.<
were met by a reception committei
tit' city officials and representatives o.
r.o New York Chamber of Commerce
aud the entire party immediately en
tered carriages and were taken to the
Waldori-Astorta. Later in the daj
they were taken or a sight-seeing tr.p
about the city. The distinguishe.
celsstial viritors were amazed by tht
magnitude of the build ngs and otbe
wonders ol the metropolis and ccul.l
only express ti.eir admiration with
exclamat ons of surprise.
TO FORM ATHLETIC LAEGUE.
Chicago, III., Jan. 27.—A movement
to orm a "big four" Western Athletic
Club league was launched today at a
ron.erence bald at the New Illinois
Athlet.c cl.ib. The proposed org n za
ticn is to comprise the Milwaukee
At.ileuc club, the Missouri Aihletii
club of St. Lcuis, and the Chicago A
C. and New 111 nois A. C., of Chicago
The leig :e will be for the purpose o
prcmct ng inter-club track, boxing
swimming, bill ard and possibly asso
c atii n football contests. It is als<
suggested.jo hald a big chanipionshi,
at oze of the clubs earh winter at
wh:ch the Western indcer club chan.
pion.hips in the d.fferent lines o
sport may be determ.ned.
SIMCN DALTON'S AMBITION.
Brother cf Famous Bandits Want:
Lu*cious Federal Job
Simon Dalton, a brother of the fanv
ous Dalton desperadoes, Is here fron
Kingflrher. Mr. Dalton wants to b<
appointed federal Jailor, to succeet
Lou Fowett. If Abernathy leads the
nited States marshalship appoint
T.t he s ! retty -urP "t ihe posit <i;
Pnlmn li\es witli h ■ n <>-h -i "o
rh<"ol Ian ! iea=e fotir miles nori!
KinePsh r arreTs to be .
>rt estimable young man.
'iPERCR WILLIAMS EIRTHDAY
3er! n, .lati The capital was e
'e today in celebration of the ph
ror's forty-sever;h birthday. P"'
1 offices were rlosed. flags were di>
ived and the day ws observed e'
vwhere a« a general holiday. Th
'eisrn dipl'tnnts called it the p^'a
i | resented messarrefs of congratul
>i> from th 1 r re = pective rulers Othc
cil'tou- greetings came from son
*s and municipalities throughout th
rtp're. The emperor just now Is e
edingly busy giving his personal r.
ntion to the arrangements for hi
'ver wedding anniversary ceiebratio
ext month.
Wash ngton, Feb. '2 —J.?1- S iizer te
y introduced u resolution In thi
ouse calling on the attorney genera
r Information as to when the goverr
<mt oxp.ectfed a d.e?d for the caston
uise property in Wall street, whei
te deed is and why it has never beet
jceived in the county of New Yor!
ad other facts in connection with th
tie of the custom house property t
e National City bank. He charge
iat the sale of the property to th'
ink was ecandalcus as the propert?
sa:d to be worth ten million dollar
hlle the hank agreed to pay onb
'tree million, two hundred sixty-fivi
otisand for it and has not paid any
ting as yet.
A TM ron THINKIHO.
3eri*tdr%~Mfed Wss Wrestllrtfl Wit
Serious Question.
A story current In Washington Jo*
now tells of the house bunting •:*
.aerience of a certiin senator frojj '.1
northwest, whoa# romantic marrlag
lo a Delaware lady recently receive*
much attention In the press.
It appears that the senator wa
hown throuph on# awell mansion b;
'he owner thereof In person, a woma«
>f considerable moment la Waslitn;
on society.
I am not at all anitoae to leas-
■iy home during my absence from thi
•ountry," explained the lady, "aa
hall, of course, have to let It fir
isLed, and I have feared to uo thu
ecause of the expensive firings
ave placed In L In your caa . nov
•vAr." she added. "1 ahall only be to
tad to rent you the house, knowl .f
s I do, that in your hands tnere wi
>e no danger that av furniture wl
ot he taken care of. I will leaie to
1,500."
The senator did rot reply, but cor
inued to gaie out of the window. Jus
« he had done all through the worn
n's talk.
"Why. senator?" she exclaimed
what on earth are you looking at %■
atentlyT"
"I was thinking.'
"Thinking*'* echoed tba lady.
"Yes." answered he, am ttlnklnr
r rather wondertng, what. If I shoul
nke yonr house, I ahould do wlti
Ue reoiainlng |S00 of mj salary."
• "ushlona.
.. Jen is made
"T CtviTi'! v ■ ■ in the shape
( a ntcat 11>. Hiit'lt Is tied witk
rinison «atia r!*.'i~«i, iust as a meal
ick wouM bo and the top l fac#J
«tth red. so ttai ti shows a pretty o a-
•ast with the crea.n ci>lored pongSK
s spreads opwa. Cunningly peep^
ig from the folds of thla top la a
rown velvet mouse sc realistic In a^
iarance as to be a aource of much
ausement A design at wheat ears
embr l lered upon the rr®at •( the
low
Ptn'illir Aeeideot te Olit
Miss Otissle "..ass of Omaha.
•tandlrg before a mirror the otner
lay combing her la r gave her head
i sudden toss. Then she found that
tier b^vl was turned sldewaya and
chut she couldn't goi It back. She
laugh'-gly said she had a crick In
n« r neck." T.-esently she began
'offer gr^at pain and a doctor waa
sett for. Tt didn'l take him long to
tiscover that th itrl bad disjointed
iter neck. It took two sorgeo. *, aided
>jr two strong me\ to pull the vert
tjra back In place. Had the dlslocw
occurred one Joint further dow*
he girl have b*en killed.
Panama, Feb. 1 —A firr1 that started
-tly today in a four story house
town as the "Concerdia," In the
irrera district, destroyed a large
3ck of wooden houses. The losse
a estimate 1 at half a million dollar
id the insurance is light. Many wo
and cliil ten l'ving in tenements
ire rescued. No lives are known t<>
• ve been lost, but some Americans
••3 reported m s=s ti?. The fircmef
>re haUricapped by lack of water.
Former Irdi n Legislator Killed,
^drt ore, I. T . .Tan 27.—Sam Hare
prominent Oh:eka=aw Indian rv-
rmerly a member of the Cli cl<a a^
- !Blat:ire, was shot and instantly
lied at his hnrre -t Maansv lie |>te
°sterd y afternorn W A La! e, n
hito man. was placed ua.ler a' est
his morning an 1 taken to T shoni!' er
here he will have an examining trial
lie is a farmer. The t -o rn n h"d
misunderstanding abont a bud deal
Tulsa. I. T F 1) 1 - \ sreak «Met
• ! red th e tndy nl Rev C W Ke: •
;tory w':i'.e he was preaching fh -
aral rf " tint T"ne Perfyinan th
nous Crock rri sion°ry end °tol-
nev frotn a Tee will offering box
Micred for the poor o ftbe city. Th
dicaticns ate that a member o fr
•;;i church gol the money.
An Italian has just been appoints
>rd mavrr of Dublin. Ireland. He hi
robatly made enough out of th-
?nana bits'ners to enable him to suit
port the dignity of the office
WEDDED Lift IN CtfMAIRA. *
ra of Uw Boys of * Faiuilr OItm ti
Their Father.
The marriage customs of Sumafc*
ire quaint in the extreme and yet
neither sex seeraa te desire a change
The women certainly have little t«
tomplaln of. The husband is com
oeiled to settle a marriage portion oi
hus wife before the nuptials are cele
arattd and, though he maj uubse
■juentiv get a separation from her, hi
?an neither alienate this portion no
touch any of the property she ma;
nave brought into the marriage coa
tract. Husbands and wivew lire Ir
separate houses, the former visitlm
the latter every evening. If there art
.'bi'.dren, the boys only live with thet
mother until their fourth birthdav
«vhen tney tak" up resider.ee wit)
their father The girls remain w'H
cl.elr mother until they marrv. watct
tiey do at an parly a^e. vhec 'he
riiro ive to a small house close t( •
maternal dwelling, says Home Note^
Vhen a woman become? a w'dow
plants a flagstatt at her door * •
whi?h a flag flies. T' , Sv„
>oitance In th* w! • , ■ '
long as it rema'ns - -t
tie is (impelled 1 rv
i ain ttntfarrief! vv 'im
ent in ti f R' ^ <Pre • t i " v"
i osl mini It, •' •
r.-\«uito ■ c.;t'
7 '.rr.e of Stepping « T« '«.
a recent convention ot alrbis'ff*
•3i> an mteiwtiig report was preset !
! si.owlrg iiow the distance requited
ir the stopping of trainb beer
educed oy the new h'.gh-sprert brake,
k train running eighty miles *n hour
as stopped in 2,240 tect by the high
•^e^ brake at 110 pounds, where or
it ary pressure of seventy pounds
>ok exactly half a mile to bring It tc
i stand. Other train speeds and r^
•uctious in storing distances were
tese. Fifty miles an hour, from 840
o 700 loet; fifty-five miles, 1,030 feet;
Ixty-five miles, 1.685 to 1.300 feet;
•eventy miles, 2,vi0 te 1.630 feet; K'
vstv-hve Uit t m-
Carl r ardor was by no mean* taa^
•ned. After awhile he pulled hit
father's paper away.
"If they were girls," ha eald eat
tmnly, "I'd sail 'em Kate and Duptt
cate."
"But, Carl." said the father, T«
lorry, but I understand thai on* la •
>oy a"d th# other Is a glrL"
Chagrined, but by no means daunted.
Jarl went aad 'curled himself up oa
ihe sola to think out th* new oompU-
tatloa All at once he burst out:
"Par*, if one war a bah* boy, aad
'be other a baby girl, I'd—I'd call 'est
Max aad Climax."
No wonder it has been hard to ex-
cite any Interest in that Algeciraa
conference. So far no one has sng~
ges'ed how much Morocco will bav«
to pay or the way in which the money
Is to be blown in.
The hear ng of Senator Burton's
case has been advanced. Bnt If the
ttpr -n e court shuul.l deride like the
tower -ouri .lecldnd. 'he senator will
.ael ti ler no . ((ligations for having
his caje dviineeu.
M«rylard ni propose# an antK
• clsareil.* 't l retting quite styl-
sfi now ilav- in p s anti-cigarette
t <( '• h tyle does not ap-
'i 'h., .'..toiiiled to the en-
-rc
! av. tt.
' riot bet h n ;h t he puble likes
t i'r.z. "eveit la the wsy
:c2at h at «iown b-"ft on Coi. Mann's
. ; ■>* i'resident may ta<^c
ji c. but this helpM aim a
, lot with thy p'ifclic.
p* io« • • £?■ b poncewte#.
CantJi, Of; r.-t,. r>. -!i his been die*
covered by .ho e :y nuthn.-ltle* that th«
forgeries or the Inte Arthur Prior, of
Cleveland. In connec'lon with the Can- .
ton waterworks extension bonds, amount
to five hundred thousand doilur*. In«
s ead of three thousand, aa previously
annaunoced.
Anadarko, Okla., Feb. 1.—Indian Agent
Blackmon has received Instructions to
prepare for the lens'nn of the remainder
of the Indian pas ure lunds. The leas,
tng win be under Uw nttme refut|tlOQ9
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