The Muldrow Press
E A MILLER Editor & Publisher
MULDROW OKLAHOMA
Epitome
of the
Weeks News
A passenger train broke through a
trestle on the New York Central
near Manchester killing '!f passen-
gers and seriously injuring over 100
others The work of rescue was im-
peded by the fact that the cars were
upturned in the water where they
plunged
Weakened by continuous question-
ing for almost SO hours William Lee
at Booneville In) made a writteu
statement in which he said he had
killed his father Richard Lee in self-
defense after the father had murdered
his wife and younger son Clarence
Blindness or insanity are the alter-
natives confronting William Mapes
a farmer of Sparta Mich Mapes is
bund in one eye and mM other day a
siiver of steel flew into the good one
The pain has driven him temporarily
insane The good eye must be re-
moved Two thousand shop employes of the
Illinois Central at memphis members
of the newly formed system federa-
tion have voted to strike unless ofti-
ccrs of (he road recognize the federa-
tion Monday is fixed as the time lor
the walkout
Military guards of the railroad sta-
tions at Liverpool were removed and
traffic was practically in a normal
state The city was tranquil and in
view of the progress made in the
peace negotiations it was believed
that labor troubles there are almost
at an end
An order by the interstate com-
merce commission June 19 suspend-
ing new individual and joint rates on
cotton until February it 1912 was
cancelled effective September 1 The
railroads affected wore the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain
Harry N Atwood the young Mos-
ton aviator completod the longest
and perhaps most remarkable cross-
country aeroplane flight ever made
when he landed on Governor's Island
after traveling in 12 days from St
Louis
A race of people who had never be-
fore beheld a white man or an Indian
has been discovered in the Arctic re-
gions of British Columbia by Vilhj-
UI Stefansson leader of the Amer-
ican Museum's scientific expedition
which left New York in April 1908
With the election which will decidj
the fate of the reciprocity agreement
still more than three weeks off the
tight in (he industrial and agricultural
province of Ontario Canada has
leached a point where practically ev-
erything else has been neglected in
the heat of political interest
The Tobacco trust is losing no time
in obeying the decree of the United
States supreme court that it dissolve
Already a tentutho plan has beta
formed for the dissolution of the cot
poratlon and its re establishment in
conformity with the Sherman anti-
trust law
Of ten men who were working at
the 1400-foot level of the new live-
vompartment shaft of the Giroux Con-
solidated mines at Ely Nev when it
catlght fire six are dead and four
are at the point of death after pass-
ing through the flames to reach the
surface
Cape Carter a negro was burned
at the stake on one of the principal
streets of I'tirodl Okla while a
crowd of 2000 persons gathered about
the flames drowned the agonizing
ties of the victim with their cheers
A great conclave of trust magnates
labor leaders economists and legisla-
tors is to meet in Washington be-
tween now and the reconvening of
congress to confer on the economic
crisis which the nation laces
Charles Tindnll 38 years old su-
preme director of the Court of Honor
ml an orator was fatally shot at
Shelbyville Ind by Kdward Van Pelt
years old brother-in-law of United
States Senator Works of California
The shoot Ins occurred on South llar-
lison street a crowded thoroughfare
A cabinet council was held at Paris
Prance when the course of the
French negotiations with Germany
over the Moroccan dispute was unan-
imously ppproved as was the instruc-
tion to Jules Gambon the French am-
bassador to Germany
W P Tower a traveling salesman
for a New York jewelry house com-
mi'ted suicide by hanging himself
with a towel tied to a bar of his eel!
in the jail at Pittsburg Kan Tow-
er was arrested a week ago Since
then k has tyen under a physician's
care He has relatives living in 8
Louis
The extraordinary session of the
sixty-second congress marked by tin
passage of the Canadian reciprocity
bill veto tariff revision legislation
the statehood and other important
measures adjourned sine die
All Paris is stirred over the report-
ed loss of "La Jacondes" the famous
$5000000 portrait of the wife of Fran-
ftsco Giaconde that was painted by
Leonardo Da Vinci 1500-1504
W A Skinner and wife of Pallas
Tex froze to death in a snow storm
on the slopes of Pike's Peak at a
height of 13000 feet Their bodies
were found under a snowdrift near the
cog road
Half a score of senators and repre
sentatives of cotton growing states
have joined in an appeal to farmers
urging that cotton be held for a high-
er market At a meeting of the con
gressraen in Washington it was de-
cided to advise farmers to co-operate
with educational and co-operative
unions It is declared 13-cent cotton
is possible
Testimony that Henry Clay Beattit
Jr was in the company of Beulah
Binford "the other woman" the night
before the murder of his wife was
offered in the trial of Beattie at Ches-
terfield Courthouse Va on the
charge of having slain the woman
whom he wed a year ago
Before the Ohio public service com
mission at Columbus the cause of
the recent wreck on the Big Four rail-
road in which 50 persons were in-
jured was shown by the confession
of Jacob Eastman tower man at the
crossover of ths Toledo & Ohio Cen-
tral and the Big Pour tracks Fast-
man told the commission be had ler
the train run over the defective switch
thinking it would "get through all
right" although be "knew it was
risky"
Dr Edmund Richter noted German
engineer held by Greek bandits for a
ransom of $225000 has been turned
over to the rescue party sent to pay
the ransom money to the bandit lead
er Lalios
Former Presides! Cleveland's eld-
est daughter Esther is soon to wed
Randolph D West of New York son
of Prof Andrew West of Princeton
university
Richard Lee Mrs Bee and their 17-yoar-old
son Clarence Lee were
killed in their beds and their houst
set on fire at Baoneville Ind Wil-
liam Lee an elder son was arrested
charged with the murder
The pope was permitted to take a
brief outing in the Vatican gardens
He is still very weak but the physi-
cians profess to be satisfied with his
condition
The Journal de Cominercia of Rio
Janeiro confirms the recent announce
ment that Brazil has engaged German
naval officers to command ships ot
her navy
Nearly $7000000 worth of "patent
medicines" were exported from the
United States in the past year and
for the past decade the aggregate
amounts to more than $60000000
More than 250 women and children
excursionists were thrown into a panic
and their lives endangered when the
Tourist a passenger boat on the Calu-
met river burned near Hammond ind
The boat was beached to save the
passengers
Two thousand five hundred em-
ployes of the Union Pacific road were
laid off at Omaha The reduction in
forces applied to all departments The
employes were not discharged but
were laid off with no time set for
their return
Governor Johnson of California hon-
ored a requisition from the governor
of Indiana for the return to Indianap-
olis of James HOtttek a detective of
Los Angeles for trial on the charge
of having kidnaped from Indianapolis
John J McNamara
Privates Levi Anderson and John
R Lyons of the tenth cavalry a ne-
gro regiment were awarded certifi-
cates of merit for risking their lives
in rescuing a companion from drown-
ing July 6 in Malleus bay near Fort
Ethan Allen Vermont The man had
sunk in 15 feet of water
Heavy rains had the effect of cool-
ing the indignation of a mob which
killed three negroes and burned nu-
merous Luildiiis at Jakin a small
town near Donaldsonville Ga as a
result of the killing of Manna New-
berry by a negro
The campaign publicity bill was
signed by President Tat't Its provis-
ions affect all candidates for congres-
sional seats both in the house and
senate and require publicity of ail
campaign funds before election
Mrs G rover Cleveland who has
been with her children at her coun-
try home near Meredith N H during
most of the summer desperately
fought a fire in the gashouse a few
Xeet away from nor house and with
the aid of sevemi persons on her
property manages to put out the
flames and save MV residence
Secretary James Wilson of the agri
cultural department told the congres-
sional investigating committee his side
of the Wiley controversy The secre
tary said he signed a paper granting
authority for the appointment of H H
Rusby
POSTAL ROAD
IS
ASSURED
PRELIMINARY PLANS MAPPED
OUT BY COMMITTEE
ATTORNEYS ARE ENGAGED
Form of Petition and Procedure to Be
Prepared Soon and Placed in
Hands of Committeemen and
Road Districts Formed
Oklahoma City— The proposed in-
terstate postal highway from the
Kan&as line on the north to the Texas
boundary on the south will be built at
once by the organization of road dis-
tricts and the sale of road bonds ac-
cording to preliminary plans mapped
out Thursday by the ways and means
committee appointed at the good roads
meeting held at the Lee-Huckins hotel
ANTI-TOXIN GIVEN FREE
TO THOSE UNABLE TO PAY
State Board of Health Takes New
Step in Fighting Diphtheria-
Physicians to Help in Work
Oklahoma City— For the purpose of
preventing the spread of diphtheria
the state board of health will furnish
anti-toxin free to those in different
parts of the state who are unable to
purchase it By this means also
Health Commissioner J C Mahr hopes
to arrive at a fair estimate of what
the cost to the state will be in case
the legislature passes an appropria-
tion bill for the purpose
The step is taken on account of the
fact that the schools over the state
will open soon and the first attack
of diphtheria usually comes during
the first ninety days of the Bchool
term
Often according to Dr Mahr par
ents who really are not able to buy
the anti-toxin necessary to save chil
dren already affected by the disease
or to protect children not affected
will allow the disease to proceed to a
dangerous stage while in still other
cases the parent will purchase the
anti-toxin on credit from some drug-
three weeks ago The committee gist who in turn will be unable to col
which is composed of one member lect for it
from each county through which the Although the various school boards
road will pass met at the office of the ' or county commissioners are emnow-
state highway commissioner Lred to furnish anti-toxin to those in
Chairman Clark C Hudson reported
the result of his conference with the
eastern bend attorneys and the sub-
sequent employment by the State Good
Roads association of a Chicago firm of
attorneys who have examined the Ok-
lahoma road laws and submitted a
schedule of procedure and a form of
need of assistance a delay of from
thirty-six hourB to three days is ex-
perienced and such delay at times
proves fatal
The department of health is not
preparing to furnish the anti-toxin
indiscriminately but only to those in
real need of it to prevent the contag-
petition that will ::et all requirements ion 0r to physicians who are in a
of the law positjon t0 distribute it where it is
Forms of the petition and procedure needed
will be placed in the hands of each
committeeman immediately and road ' COMMISSION ISSUES ORDER
FIERY FAGOTS
FOR A FIEND
PURCELL PEOPLE BURN NEGRO
TO DEATH AT STAKE
OFFICIALS JO WERL ESS
Mob of 3000 Gathers Around Blazing
Pile and Cheer at Writhings of
the Victim of Its Vengeance
—Orderly but Firm
districts organized To form a road
district it is accessary to secure the
signature of twenty-five of the voters
of the proposed district and an elec-
tion for the issue of boi ds is then
called by the county commissioners
It is anticipated that no trouble will
be experienced in securing the re
quired number of signatures issuing
bonds and building the postal highway
immediately
State Leads In Preserving Game
Oklahoma City— Wallace Evans
owner of one ot" the largest same
farms in the United States at Oak
Park 111 is in Oklahoma City attend-
ing to the collection of a state war-
rant for $5100 due him for pheasant
eggs The state of Oklahoma pur-
chased some 20000 eggs last year
and according to Mr Kvans is taking
more pains in the preservation and
propagation of its game resources
than any other state in the union
For a long time Mr Fvans says his
tarn) was obtaining several hundred
thousand quail a year from the two
territories to be sold to other states
but the laws now prohibit this
REGULATING COTTON RATE
Three Classifications Provided and
Minimum Weights Range From
18000 to 30000 Pounds
Oklahoma City — A proposed order
regulating freight rates on cotton seed
and cotton products has been issued
by the corporation commission and
set for hearing on September 1
Three classifications are established
OHO covering unginned cotton the j
second for cotton seed cotton seed
cake and cotton seed meal and the
third for cotton seed ashes and cotton
seed hulls
For the first class rates are estab-
lished only up to fifty miles ranging
from 6 cents per hundred pounds for
five miles to lf cents for fifty miles
On the second class the rates start in
at 3 cents for five miles and reach the
maximum at 188 cents for 4Hi miles
On the third class the charges range
from 3 cents for live miles to lfl cents
for 400 miles
A mixed rate on cake meal and
hulls is provided on the basis of 20
percent of the rate tor the second
class and the balance on the basis of
thp third class For two-liop hauls an 1
Calumet Makes Complaint arbitrary rate of from 2 to 4 cents !
Oklahoma City— Steve Knight and s to be added to the one-line rates: !
fifteen other citizens of Calumet Okli- J for three-line hauls 4 to 7 cents and
tor more than three lines from 8 to
10 cents The minimum weights for
the various classifications range from
18000 to 30000 pounds
homa have tiled a request with the
corporation commission for an inves-
tigation of the water supply at the
railroad stockyards at Calumet ask-
ing that the commission take some
steps toward having the road furnish
an adequate supply The commission
has taken the matter up with T H
Reacom general superintendent of
the Rock Island at Ei Reno
Purcel Okla— While a crowd of
more than three thousand gleeful
men women and girls looked on ap-
plauding every move a few grim
white men Thursday afternoon poured
coal oil over the nuked body of Pete
Carter the negro fiend who attacked
Mrs Minnie Spraggins near here
Wednesday night and laid him on a
pile of oil-soaked fagots to which a
torch was applied There he burned
to a crisp
The negro was caught by three
other negroes about 3:45 Thursday
afternoon and turned over to the
mob Pndersheriff Frank Farris and
Deputy Sheriff Hart Hayes the only
officers in Purcell were locked in the
"booze room" of the courthouse when
they attempted to save the negro's
life
Mrs Spraggins is expected to die
Undersheriff Farris and Deputy
Hayes were among the first to reach
the scene and they made a strong ef-
fort to prevent the lynching assuring
the members of the mob that there
would be no chance of the negro's es-
cape "We agree with you there" piped a
laughing feminine voice from one of
the motor cars
According to the woman's state-
ment Carter entered her home with a
piece of gas pipe and struck her on
the head knocking her down He then
beat her until she was almosl uncon-
scious and attacked her After he
had committed the crime he snatched
a mattress from the bed and ripping
it open with his knife scattered the
contents over her almost unconscious
body Then he set fire to the mass of
cotton shavings and excelsior and
ran from the scene Mrs Spraggins
was barely able to crawl from under
the blazing massfi and just as she did
so the negro returned
He saw that she had escaped tem-
porarily and kneeling down beside her
started beating her systematically
with the gas pipe Her neck was al-
most severed by a blow from the
blunt weapon her jawbone both her
arms and her hip broken and her
body terribly hruised She thinks the
negro was beating her steadily for
at least five minutes but she would
not allow herself to lose conscious-
ness realizing that if she did she
would be burned to death and unable
to tell the name of her assailant
When he had finished beating her the
second time he picked her up and
threw her on the blazing pile of rub-
bish from which she managed to roll
away and get outside the house
Cudill On the Job
Oklahoma City— W J Caudill the
new state enforcement officer from
Hobart has been inducted into office 1
Although W A McLamore who was
asked by the governor to resign sev-
eral days ago has not done so his
pay stopped the minute Caudill took
his oath of office No communication
REFEREE MARTIN'S DECISION
fcAY MEAN NEW ELECTION
Complaint Filed
Oklahoma City— C B Revell and
M Wagner of Asheville N C
tiled complaint with the corporation j has been had with McLamore
commission against the Muskogee I
(las and Electric company alleging' To Hear Objections
they are required to pay a minimum Oklahoma City — The corporation
of $74 per month on two 37-horse commission has designated Septem-
DOWer elevator motors and that the bor 1 as the time for hearing objeo-
biU for electricity used will run from i tions to the proposed schedule of rates
$15 to ?25 less in a month than the on cotton cotton seed and cotton
minimum amount specified They ask seed products The proposed rates
fn Ccny Seat Election in Pottawat-
omie fjounty Shawnee's Offer of
Courthouse Equivalent to
Bribe
a hearing
Virginians of State to Organize
Oklahoma City — Virginians resid-
ing in Oklahoma will shortly be asked
to organize local chapters in every
city and town of the state accord
ing to announcement made by R EL
Sty 11 president of the Virginia Okla-
homa society- Cnder the plans of
the statewide organization there will
be a general chapter with any num-
ber of auxiliaries all over the state
DetailB of the organization will be
worked out in Oklahoma City on Wed-
nesday October 4 which will be Vir-
ginia Day at the Oklahoma state fair
which opens September 2t and closes
October 7
apply wholly to car load lots
Requisition Issued
Oklahoma City — A requisition has
been issued by (lovernor Cruce on
the governor of Nebraska for Antonin
Muzik wanted in Kingfisher county
tor obtaining money under false pre-
tenses and now under arrest in Knox
county Neb
Shawnee Okla— Rereree Judge Mar
tin at Tulsa handed down a decision
in the Shawnee-Tecumseh county seat
contest in which he holds that the
offer by Shawnee of its city hall build-
ing for a county court house during
the campaign prior to the election is
equivalent to offering a bribe and
that the matter of changing the lo-
cation of the county seat must be
referred to the people
LABOR-DAY CELEBRATION
IN THE CAPITAL CITY
Owen One of Donors
Muskogee Okla — The county collec-
tive exhibits to be displayed at the
second annual Muskogee fair this fall
promises to bo among the headliners
in the new agricultural hall One thou-
sand dollars in cash premiums will be
v( n the prizes ranging as follows:
J250 $200 $1 " 0 $100 $73 $60 $50
540 SS and $30 Senator Robert D
lwen is utie cf the donors to this de-
artraent
Supersedeas Denied
Oklahoma City — The supreme court
denied the petition of the Rock Island
Santa Fe Frisco and Knty railroads
for supersedeas writ on the order ol
the corporation commission requiring
that representatives of the local bag
gage companies be employes of the
roads before they may be furnished
transportation by the roads
Miltcn Appeals
Oklahoma City— R D Milton sen
tenced to seven weeks' imprisonment
by the superior court of Pottawatomie
county for forgery in the first degree
has appealed his case to the criminal
court of appeals He was eonvtctet:
of forging a deed to the allotment
of Dinah Walker a Seminole freed
woman located in Seminole county
The Oklahoma City Labor Unions Will
Hold A Big Picnic at Fair Park
on Fourth Day of September
Oklahoma City— Having secured
Fair Park for the celebration of the
working man's Fourth of July Labor
Day September 4 the Central 'Trades
Council of Oklahoma City has com
pleted Its program which is now on
the press and will be turned out by
the printers in a few days The pro-
grain is a very elaborate affair and
the committees have done some stren-
uous work the UUl few days ia its
preparation It will be an all-day af-
fair at the park the usual parade be-
ing dispensed with The morning will
be occupied with speaking and music
Senator T p Core State Senator
Frank M Colville and Mont R Powell
will be the speakers
Cities and towns throughout the
state not holding Labor Day celebra-
tions have been invited to join the la
boring men on this day and a Ian
crowd from outside the city is expected