Logan County News. (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1905 Page: 2 of 8
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thanksgiving
Barbarous Attack
Upon Russian Jews
A
Odessa the Jews are Treated with the Utmost Cruelty-
Heads were Battered with Hammers, Nails Driven Into
Bodies and Other Acts of Extreme Barbarism Committed
--Quie* has Been Restored
ODK88A:Tfie latest accounts of th ] but although there was « uotable
; ib-monsi ration by revolutionists at Hie
funeral f ilios«• who Jiatl been killed
in i he disturbances of last week. I he
revolutionists of the eapltal declare
, hcj- will continue to organir.e and
arm for the conflict at the govein-
ini nt which they anticipate.
A iierican consuls in several Rus-
sian cities have appealed to 'he Am-
erican embassy >t St. Peiorsburg for
the interests of eiii'/ens
d States.
devastation in the Jewish quart*
adds horror to the situation, lie "les
numerous mills, all the hakciies,
shops and nearly six hundred ln>:n< s
have been destroyed. I'he .lew- l.itied
in every instance were treated with
revolting barbarity Hen.I . \< r
battered with hammers, nails driven
into bodies, eyes gouged out and t-arH
severed. Many bodie- were disem-
bowled and in some eases petroleum protection r
was poured over the sick found hid-J of th I'nit
iog in cellars and they v ere burned
to death. It is alleged th it tin- polici
anil soldiers marched at the 1c ad "I
the mobs. Whib the mobs wer« en
gaged in Mo slaughter Hi' soldiers
busied themselves pilaging tin cash
and jewels, leaving tin household
goods to the mobs. l ite police pre-
vented anyone from arresting the
looters and als" prevented th> !£• '•
Cross workers from aiding 'h
ed. actually tiring on those
in this work.
A band of students remov
nf the stolen properly to th
miv wliib they also n >' t wt
CANNOT HELP JEWS
Can Be
bodies
whose vi
release,
to burn
professo
wound-
engaged
d amen
iiuiver-
ve dead
of J< wish denionsi riitors.
datives lati r demanded their
Tliev threatened otherwise
the univi>rsit} and kill the
Oi)H>
pil rt uf
ng t h
I lie
A: A tour <>
he suburbs tin daj
butchery found ul
Whit« rows of shops that
piling' (I had been boarded
poor I ws suffered v\oi>.
principal streets witli f« w
were untouched.
Russian shops wer ma
ly and
follow -
nil quiet.
had been
up. I'he
and the
v ■ ,it ions.
marked with
crosses painted on ihe shutters and
the private houses with ikons, so as
to protect them from the mobs.
Peasants, aimed with Unices tried
to enter the city Saturday but were
driven back. The causaltics in tiie
day's disturbances i xceided 3 4". and |
those «>i th' preceding thret days i
which have been \erilied nuniber
nearly ii.titMi
Although everything at present is j
quiet and calm the populace are still in
an anxious sate
CHILDREN SUFFERED ALSO
President Says No Action
Taken at Present
WASHINGTON: President Roosi
velt lias decided that no action can
In taken by this government at pres-
ent which will be of any benefit to
ti" .lews of Russia.
This information was made public
at the White House in the following
statement.
• f)scar Straus called upon the presi-
dent. not to ask him for action, but to
consult with him as to whether there
was any possibiliy oi action, which
would result iu the cessation of the
| horrors connected with the massacre
! of the .lews in Russia. I'he president
! slated that, of course, he had been
watching with the deepest concern iln
j reports of th. massacres; that he had
I been appealing to within the last few
weeks to ir> to lake some action not
nnh on behalf of he .lews in Russia,
but ill behalf of the Armenians, Poles
and Finns. The result of the president s
inquiries coincide with statements con-
tained in a cablegram from Count
Win. io Jacob SeliiiT. shown the presi-
dent by Mr. Straas as follows:
"The government is norrifled at
ihi>' outrage:-. \ oil know that I do
not sympathize wit ii such savage out-
bn aks■ All i can do to stop the disor-
ders i- done, but as the country is in
, such unsettled tsate the local authori-
ties are often powerless.'
"In the conditions of the social dis-
nrdi i s which actually exist in Russi a
the pi' isdent does not see that any
action can he taken by this govern-
ment at present which would be of
any benefit io the sufferers for whom
we feel such keen sympathy.
London Standard Places Casualties at
3,500 Killed: 12.00 Wounded
LONDON I'he Odessa corres-
pondent of the Standard, mulct date
of November "'th sends further sen
national accounts of the riots there.
He says: "There have been more bor
rlfying massacres and fiendish cruel-
lies. but the districts where these,
took place are now cordoned by |
troops. Probably the total killer'
will number :i.r nn and th wounded. (
12.0011. In the suburbs of Moldov-:
anka alone a thousand victims re-1
maimil in the streets from midnight
until noon, when the authorities
hastened to collect and bury t lie j
bodies in great pits in order to con-;
coal their numbers Two private!
doctors attenili d more than three linn-'
dred children of both sexes, who had I
boon horribly gashed anout tin head
and shoulders with sabers. HeapingI
insult on injury, the civil government.!
when the butchery had ended, asked
the householders to subscribe |1U0.
000 to pay the police tncreiwpd
wages."
ST PETERSBURG SITUATION
Order was Preserved at the Capital.
Although Demonstration Planned
Order was preserved ai St. Peters-
Osage Indian Admitted to the Bar
HI"THR1E: I •' Hart, an Osagt
Indian, whose home is at (.rayhorse.
in the Osage reservation, was recently
admitted to the practice of law at tne
Philadi lphia bar and is considered
one of the foremost young attorneys
id tin city, lie graduated last spring
from tin Carlisle Indian school and
also from the Dickinson law college.
He will, according to present plans,
remain in the • ast to practice his
profession.
President Roosevelt Issues the Annual
Proclamation
WASHINGTON: The presldei
sued his proclamation naming I'
day. November N, next as a dSJ tor
thanksgiving. ihe proclamation t".
lows:
When, nearly three centui'cs igo.
the first settlers came to this country
which has now become this great re-
public, they fronted not only hardship
and privation, but terrible risk to the
livss. In those trim years tin cus
tom grew of setting apart one day
in each year for a special seivioi ot
thanksgiving to the Almighty for pr -
serving the people through the chang-
ing seasons. The custom lias now b< -
come national and hallowed h\ in-
memorial usag>. W® live In easiei
and more plentiful times than our fore-
fathers, the men who with rugged
strength faced the rugged days; and
yet the dangers to national lit' are
quite as great now as at nny prevail.:
time in our *history. It is eminently
litting that once each year our piople
should set apart a day for pram and
thanksgiving to the diver of good, and
it the same time that they expn --
'heir thankfulness for the abundant
mercies received, should manfully ae
knowledge their shortcomings aud
pledge themselves solemnly and in
good faith to strive to overcome them.
During the past year we have been
blessed with bountiful crops. Our
business prosperity has been great.
No other people has ever stood "a
as high a level of material wellbeing
as ours now stands. We are no
threatened by foes from without, i no
foes from whom wt should pray o lie
delivered art our passions. appewtc>
' and follies; and against these the:,
is always need that we should wat
Therefore, I now set. apart Thurs-
day, the 30th day of this November,
as a day of thanksgiving for the pas:
and of prayer for the future and on
that day I ask that throughout the
laud the people gather In their hone-
i and places of worship and in r< ador-
ing thanks unto the Most Hi-! r,,r
the manifold blessings of the pas:
year, consecrate themselves to a life
of cleanliness, honor and wisdom, so
that this nation may do its allotted
work on earth in a manner worthy
of those who founded it and of thus'
who founded it and of those who pn
served it.
In witness whereof I have her>
unio set my hand and caused the s> 1
uf the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington,
this 2d day of November, in the year
of our l.ord one thousand liin hun-
dred and five and of the independence
.if the rniteil States the one htindn i
and thirtieth.
THEODORE ROOSEYKI/I
By the president:
KI.IHI' ROOT. Secretary of Slat
Tornado Strikes
Mountain View
ror the Second Time Within a Year A Death-Dealing Storm
Passes Through Kiowa County — First Reports Give the
Number of Killed as Eight--A Few Persons are So Serious-
ly Injured that Death List May Increase
MOUNTAIN VIEW: This place was
struck by a tornado at a:45 o'clock
the afternoon of th« 4th. I he path of
the tornado was about one hundred
yards wide and only a mile long,
but In this area the havoc was great.
The Farmers' gin. with its heavy ma-
chinery aud massive timbers, is a
complete wreck. Jn this building .1.
S. Harkley. employed as packer in
the gin, was crushed to death. Ilis^
body was found pinioned under the j
debris near the press, his head and ,
j shoulders crushed into the ground.
The Harkley hone which w as near i
the gin. was carried about two hun-
dred yards to tin Shawl 1- . d yard,
where it was dropped. Mrs. Harkley j
was found imbed li i In the mud m
the snoot, her le ad and face covered :
with wounds which will probably
1 prove fatal.
The residenci "1 Jesse Morris, near !
•he Harkley homo was destroyed.!
Mrs. Morris and two - nail children
I wore covered with debris, but were j
unhurt Farther to the northeast was
the Shawl feed yard, wlu re live ,
horses were crushed to death. Ad-
joining th> feed yard was the liuinie j
home, where Mrs. Hulnie and her
brother. Frank nark, were immd
dead. The North Side Hotel near 'his
point is a mass of broken timbers.
Direct ly east, ill the edge of town, is j
the wreck of a carriage in which
even members of tlie Hollis laniily. !
wiio were just lesvins town, |
struck by timbers. .1. E. Hollis. Joe
T. Hollis and Ed. Hollis and John ;
Gudon were severely injured by lly :
, timbers from the gin. Ed. Hollis j
thought to bo fatally injured, for- j
f the splintered timbers pone j
trated his body.
I'he Crocki r livery barn in which ;
over twenty horses wen stabled, is a >
total wreck. None of the horses were
killed.
The large two-story school house
was lifted straight up in the air.
turned completely over and crashed
inu
is
tion-
down upon the roof just besides the
foundation. The .Methodist church ip
also a complete wreck. I'he other
church, which was used as a school
building, was totally destroyed. Many
residences were unroofed. The sides,
of somi housi s wen crushed in.
i'he number of wounded will read,
thirty, with three cases almost cer-
tainly fatal. A com pier o list of the
• had ar< : W. T. White, J. S. Harkley.
Mrs. Jennie Ilulmc, Mrs. \\. II. Holt
and two children, Frank Clark,
No damage was done outside the
town.
The storm struck Mountain View
in Hie midst of a terrific rain storm,
which continued for some time after-
wards, inaking it very disagreeable In
looking after those who were killed
and hurt, hilt by night everything was
thoroughly in hand and by midnight
all the injured were properly taken
care of. The people of the town'have
taken the situation thoroughly in hand
and all the homeless an I destitute
families have been supplied with cloth
ing, provisions and shelter. All the sur
rounding towns responded promptly,
those from the east on the evening
passenger train, those from the west
on a special that the Rock Island run
from Mangum. The storm came from
the southwest anil with nc warning.
The tornado dropped dow i .it tin
school house and went a northeast di-
rection. working many freaks. Tin
iirst btiliiling struck was the schooi
house, and from there on it swept
almost everything in its path-, breaking
up about one half mile north of town,
at Ihe Washita river. The damag.
is heavy, perhaps $100,000, partly in-
sured. The school house, two churches,
two 1 i\i ry barns, one hotel, the Chick-
asha Gin Co's gin. one lumber yard
and ten residences are completely
wrecked, while there ai about fifteen
other residences damagi :! more or less
If th storm had gone through th<
town a block east, no doubt then
would havo been hundreds of people
killed.
INSTITUTE DATES
TO USE SULPHUR WELLS
Oklahoma Sheriffs Meet
SHAWNEE: The Oklahoma Slier-
ills' and County Attorneys' associ-
ation. with sixty members present,
was in session here last week. Only
business regarding proposed criminal
legislation was transacted. A ban
quel was served to 100 guests in hon-
or of t h > a isitors.
Colonel D. M. Wisdom Dead
MISKOGEIC: Colonel Dew M
Wisdom, for six years Indian agent at
the union Indian agency at Muskogee,
and an ex-confederate soldier, died
here of Hright's disease. Ho had
been in failing health for several
months. Colonel Wisdom was ap-
pointed in 1SS.1 by President Ch-ve
land.
TO MARCH 1.000 MILES
Troops at Fort Riley and Fort Doug-
las to Exchange Stations
SALT LAKE CITY: An overland
march of more than one thourmd
miles has been planned for the twenty-
second battery of light artillery, now
at Fort Douglas, near this city, and
the nineteenth light battery, now at
Fort Riley, ivas., which have been or-
dered to exchange stations. I'he iv.o
commands will begin the march next
• week, going by way of Cheyenne, and
i the journey is scheduled to in com-
pleted in seventy days. I'he twenty
second battery, which is larg(*.y com
posed of veterans of the Sp:iuis'i-
American war. numbers 120 men and
Inn horses, with six guns and qua r
master's outfit.
Specimens of Precious Metals
' 11"I'HRIK: Lewis Clark, a m . ■
cauio to the -office of the territorial
school land leasing- board, showing
specimens of ore, which he claims to
be gold and silver, which he found
on a school land tract near l.u.h .
in Oklahoma county. Ho says il: aail
is very rich in those minerals.
Secretary McNabb Fixes up a Schedule
of Meetings
(il"l'MRIE: I'h' dates were an-
nounced by C. A. McNabb, secretaiy
nf the Oklahoma agricultural hoard.,
for the farmers' institutes to be held
luring November and December. I'hey |
Include: Custer county at Arapaho.!
November S and1:": Dewey county at
Taloga, November 1.0 aud 11: Woods
; county at Alva, November i:' and 14:
Woodward comity at Woodward, Nov-,
ember IB and 16; Oartleld county at j
Enid. November and 21: (Irani
I county at Pond Creek, November --1
and 23; Kay county, at Newkirk, No-
vember 24 aud 25: Noble county at :
I'erry, November 27 and 2S; lJawn< •
county at Pawnee. December 1 and ■•: ;
Payne county at Stillwater. Deccnberi
tj and 7; Kingfisher county at King-i
lisher, December II and 12; Canadian,
county at El Reno. December I:! an.I j
14: Blaine county at Watonga. l)e;-e ii-
ber 15 and 10; Oklahoma county at I
Oklahoma City. December IS and lit:,
f gan county at Gnthrb , December 2n ;
and 21.
3,000 Bales Awaiting Shipment
OKLAHOMA CITY: On account or
car shortage $120,000 north of cotton
in the bale is on the platform at the
compress at Eldorado waiting to bo
moved. This represents nearly :!,t)00
bales and if is being brought in every ,
day as rapidly as it can be picked.
Those Three Miles From Lawton to
he Basis for a Resort
LAWTON: The sulphur wells three
miles northeast of Lawton tire to be
utilized. This well is nearly 2,50"
ti of deep, and is really an artesian
well, the water spurting out of ii to
ihe height of fifty feel. I'he well
was drilled by a Chicago company,
w hile prospecting for oil. It is local
id on the farm of M. Smitz. and the
Chicago company has surrendered o'l
interest in it. Dr. J. Hrewei' of Lav
ton and several capitalists have taken
hold of tin matter and will utilize Ti.
Hath houses and a large pavilion will
be constructed next spring, and it is
intended to make It a health an<'
pleasure n sort. I'he bath house will
in constructed upon the most moderr
plans, for vapor, turkish ant] shower
baths. 'I'he pavilion will be construct-
ed so as to be used for balls, convc:
lions and other public gatherings.
Things are Different Here
(it'THRIK: Tilings are different
liei' from what they arc in Texas and
Arkansas, said Jesse Nortlnip, con-
victed ai Pawnee of stealing property
from tin Santa Fi . who was here on
bis way to the penitentiary. "Down
ihero a fellar can do what ho pleases
to a railroad and a jury won't do
nothing to him. but you bet your life
I'm through monkeying with railroads
in this terrilory." Jesse was sent up
for one year.
The "Katy" Loses Bonus
HIJTH HI I': I'he Katy ' railroad
lost out on the bonus promised II by
the city of Guthrie for bringing the
road in re. accordi; - to a decision ren-
dered by Jtidgi Hurford. Tlie bonus
was not, as i- l.s tally I In- case raised
' v popular subscription, but an i igltt
mill tax levy was ordered by the city
tin tin;' purpos' Several taxpayers
nb'r en I. inning th« til the Guthrie Na
Tii>naI bank, which filed a suit, asking
that the county treasurer. Charles K.
Seeiy, be enjoined front placing that
tax on th' records. \ temporary in
junction was granted at the lime, and
tin - been made permanent. I'he city
pays the costs of the litigation.
Mutkogee Cotton Gets Medal
M1 SKOGEK: Judge Mover lias
turn notified that Muskogee won the
gold modal and diploma for cotton ex
Mhited at lite St. Louis i xposiiiou last
year. There mi re three moilais award
oil to Indian Territory for cotton. Mus-
kogee. \rduiot. aud C'lii asb.i leooiv
uig them.
Absence mate - ti" li> : t grew \ . tl
tfer.
WITNESSES WOULD NOT ANSWER
Armour's Man Refuses to Testify Be-
fore Commerce Commission
WASHINGTON: President Rob-
bins of the Armour car lines and Mr.
Sproule. ti: 111c manager for the South-
ern PaoH'u Itailwav company, declined
to a lis w i ■ questions put to them by j
the into, -tate commerce commission
in the private car line inquiry, both
acting under instructions from their
(counsel. I'lie examination of Robbins
was intended to show that the Ar- .
mour car lines, through Armour
Co ot other concerns controlled by
i lie same interests, is engaged in iiusl
ne>s icli.'r than that of leasing cars j
to railroads and refrigerating perish- !
able shipments. Mr. Sproule was ex-
amined . to an alleged 'pooltng oon-
| tract" between the Southern Pacific
and iln sou'hern California railways.
When tlie Information was denied to
the commission it was announced that
tin hearings would he adjourned 111-
deflulti 'y No action was taken re-
garding Die declinations.
I'nki caro of ihe tents and the
town- nil) tale care of themselves
WOULD OUST THE PULLMAN'S
Attorney General Coleman Has Insti
tuted Quo Warranto Proceedings
TOPEKA. KAS.: Ilecausi t It I'm
man Car company, an Illinois ci.po.
ation, with a capital stock of J7t.nun
non, has not paid to the treasun r et
the stat' of Kansas ti charter |ei ,t
$1 i sun for the permanent school fun «,
Aiiorne> General Coleman has in-
t ut ed quo warranto proceedings
against the company, asking It by
what authority it does business in i'i
state.
Mr. Coleman asks the supreme coin :
to compel the company to show by
what warrant or authority it exctvi- .;
in ihe state of Kansas the corpora -
riglii and power of charging a prii
and compensation for its sleeper
diners and parlor cars; that tin cor.
Iia tiv be adjudged as having no right
to iiii business in the Stale: that the
defendant l< ousted from the s1 a;i
from performing under its franchise,
and that tin defendant be adjudaed ••
pay the cos s of Ihe proceeding.
I lib- is the second suit of this ti;,
lure brought by Mr. Coleman. I In
first was brought, against the \\ • -e rn
f'nion Telegraph company.
Judge Burford Disqualified
<H"I'HRIK: Judge Burford, who;
was a depositor in Ihe bank, luis re-
fused to sit iu iln Capitol National |
bank cases, willed an no at tnis term :
of court, HUd In will probable gel
Judge Hainor to come hen to lu ar
them. He also ordered a change of
judge in the ease brought by Newman
A; Staplelon vs. T. A Neal. The suit
is an echo of ihe tlnn when Neal was
in charge of the Guthrlo base ball
team. Several players got -.nils uf
clothing from the tailors, alleging;
that Neal had directed them to do so.
Now Neal, who is a brot lierdn hi «■ Of
Judge Burford. is Mieil for the value
of ihe clothing.
Suit Against Cement Company
tiUTHRIK: The suit agtiins: the
Venn t'eiuenl company vi l-ae St.
Louis, to enjoin it from ..king cemeiii
deposits off a schoei hind tract near
Cement, In Caddo county, will !>.•
heard by ugre. aieiit on Novenibi ■ I...
in'the tlislrict court in Caddo county,
before Judge Frank i;i!" •
One touch Of .•.•lUbnrn m e
1 whole world skin.
I iio
Lawson's Campaign Is Expensive
Thomas W. Lawson, in an inter-
view, gave some figures on the cam-
paign lie is conducting against the big
iiisnranc. companies. He says he bus
nt out three million pieces of mail
maiter asking for policy holders' jirox-
n >. rhest cos $i2,nnn for postage
and $!:!,<MM) for printing. Ue has es-
tabiishcil a private jirlnting plant for
the purpose, employing seventy-nine
piTMin. lb has twelve clerks open-
ing mail and sixty-seven tabulating
proxies, addressing documents arte
folding bulletins. Ho claims to hsv.e
had In.linn proxy coupons refurneil
and lo have sent copy for proxy
blanks 'ii 2'j.000 publications through
out the country.
Heavy Movement of Coal
SHAW NEE: Business in the trans-
initiation department of the Rock IS I
and oklihonia lines is very largo at
; pri sent, the freight department is be-
ing worked Io i:s utmost capacity,
he le-'itvie.-t part of the traffic is on
coal, wiilch is being transported from
Indian Territory coal fields to points
v. egt.
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