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TOE LOGAN COUNTY NEWS THE POPULAR VOTE
By J. II. HAUEB.
CRESCENT,
OKLAHOMA.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS
RECORD BREAKING VOTE
NEW STATE NEWS.
The Katy and Kock Island rallroad(
have reduced the rate on coal from
the Indian Territory coal fields to
Oklahoma City. Coal is being laid
down to dealers in the metropolis at
(2 per ton.
Hon. Dennis Flynn, who has recent-
ly returned from a trip to Washing-
ton, says the date of February 1st
has been generally agreed upon as the
time of passage of the statehood bill.
Samuel A. Robinson, who was con-
victed of manslaughter by the Caddo
county district court and sentenced
to serve eight years in the Lansing
penitentiary, has appealed to the su-
preme court of Oklahoma.
Tho single statehood delegation of
the two territories will start for
Washington January 7th. The object
of the delegation is to work for sev-
eral amendments to tho pending
btatehood bill.
REPUBLICAN PLURALITY OF 2,549,331
Tho jury at Oklahoma City, in the
case of tho territory against Oscar
Leverich, who was tried for killing
his brother-in-law, Oscar Smith, re-
turned a verdict of acquittal.
Figures of the Recent Election Com-
plete—There Were 13,523,796 Votes
Cast—Roosevelt Receives 56.5 Per
Cent of Total Vote
CHICAGO: Tho official canvass of tho
votes cast November s for presidential
electors lias been completed, and the As-
sociated Press Is therefore able to pros- j
cnt tho first table giving tho official vote
of all the forty-five states. The total |
vote is 13,608,496, against 13,968,574 in 1900
a decrease of 460,078.
The ballots were divided as follows:^
Roosevelt, republican 7,627,632
Parker, democrat 6,0X0,0.)!
l)ehs, socialist 391,687 I
Swallow, prohibitionist 260.303 ,
Watson, people's 114,J :S7
('orrigan, socialist-labor 33,115J
llolcomb, continental labor 830 ;
Roosevelt received over all, 1,746,768, aial i
over Parker, 2,647.578. In 1!*)0 McKinley
had 467,046 more than all tlie other can-
didates and 859,984 more than Hryan.
Tho vote for Roosevelt was 409.812 more
than for MeKlnle\awhile that for Park-
er was 1,277.771' lor Lilian for Hryan. Mc-
Kinley polled more votes than Roosevelt
In Alabama. Georgia, Kentucky, l^ouisi-
ana, Maine. Maryland. Mississippi, New
Hampshire, North Carolina. South Caro-
line, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Roosevelt received more than McKinley
In the other thirty-two states.
Parker received more votes than Hryan , ..v —
In Delaware. Georgia, Mississippi. New 1 vote in each state for the live
Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South candidates:
The Pioneer Telephone and Tele-
graph company is to install a new
switchboard with a capacity of 2,1?00
'phones in Tulsa. Nine new toll linos
are to be built in the territory with-
in the next six months by the
company.
Several towns in Indian Territory
are establishing public libraries, and
where assistance can not be secured
from tho municipal government c:i
tertainments are arranged with cloth
or leather bound books as admission
fees.
The franchise of the Fort Scott
base ball club, which was formerly a
part of the Missouri Valley league,
but now the Western association, has
been tarnsferred to Guthrie.
Oklahoma City will ask the coming
legislature to grant a new charter.
The chamber of commerce is at work
preparing plans of one that will meet
lhe requirements of the present time,
as the city has outgrown the present
one.
Carolina and West Virginia, while Bryan
received more than Parker in the re-
maining thirty-seven states.
The republicans made gains over their
vote in 1900 in thirty-two states, and the
official figures show losses in thirteen.
The total gains of the republicans w<*r*
732.048, and the total loss 312,1:49; not gs^n,
419.799.
The democrats polled more votes in
eight states than in 19'io. but f«wer In
thirty-seven. Their total gains were JO.-
792. and the total los.-es 1,191,491; net loss,
l 800 099 . .
Roosevelt carried thirty-two states
against twenty-eight by McKinley, anil
has 336 electoral votes under the appor-
tionment of 19O0. McKinley had 292 under
the apportionment of 1SS0. there having
been an addition of twenty-nine votes by
the last apportionment.
Parker carried thirteen states, against
seventeen by Hryan and has 110 electoral
votes. Hryan had 155 under the appor-
tionment in force in 1900.
Watson received his largest vote in
Georgia, the total of that state. 22,634,
with 20.508 in Nebraska, being nearly
one-third of his aggregate, 114,037.
Harkor polled 50,-'18 in 1900.
Tho prohibition vote in 1900 was 208,.91;
this year. 2«0,:i0I; a gain of 51,512.
Four vears ago the socialists had an
electoral ticket in thirteen states and
polled 87.7'',9 votes. This year they had
a ticket in fifteen states, and the Debs
vote was 391,587. In 1900 over 15,000 votes
were polled in only California. Illinois,
Massachusetts, Missouri and New York.
In November of this year Debs reeoived
more than 5,000 votes in California, Illi-
nois, Indiana. Iowa. Kansas, Massachus-
etts. Miohlagn. Minnesota. Missouri,
Montana. Nebraska, New Jersey New
York. Ohio, Oregon. Pennsylvania, t tali,
Washington and Wisconsin, the largest
i number, 69,225, in Illinois.
The vote of the socialist-labor party in
1900 was 39,944. This year it was XI,453—
a loss of 6,491 in these states: Colorado,
335; Connecticut, 575; Illinois. 4.968; Indi-
ana, 1.598; Kentucky, 596; Massachusetts,
i 2.359; Michigan, 1.012; Minnesota. 974; Mis-
souri. 1,875; New Jersey, 2,680; New \ork,
19.127; Ohio. 2,633; Pennsylvania. 2,2211;
Rhode Island. 488; Texas. 4-1: Virginia,
50; Washington. 5.592; Wisconsin. 223
The continental labor party had adher-
ents onlv in Illinois—really Chicago—
where 830 votes were polled.
Tho follwing table shows the official
rinclpal
NO LAW TO COVER MUSKOGEE'S APPLICATION
On Account of Existing Conditions Judge Raymond is Compelled
to Deny the Application for Incorporation as City of the First Class
MUSKOGEE: In an application i ing of section 72G of Mansfield's Di-
praying for Muskogee to become a1 gest that tho duty of ascertaining
city of the first class, Judge Raymond | from the census what cities of the
holds that under the existing laws second class are entitled to becomo
there Is noway by which the elassi- 1 cities of the first class devolves upon
Rcatlon can be raised. In a lengthy tfie governor, auditor and secretary
opinion, fully covering the case, the of state, and by section i2< that these
judge does not consider he has the au-! officers and these officers only, may
thority to grant the request. Among declare cities of the second class
Morris S. Simpson, a dry goods
merchant at Lawton, lias filed a pe-
tition in bankruptcy. His liabilities
are placed at *49,000 and assets nt
130,000. Surety bond payment is giv-
en as the cause of the failure.
There were over one hundred con-
victions at the recent term of court
at South McAlester, ranging from
thirty days to life imprisonment..
More than three hundred indictments
were returned by the grand jury.
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
•Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming 20.489
Totals
•One republican elector.
)osovelt.
Parker.
Watson.
22,472
79.S67
5.051
46,860
64.424
2,318
205.22«i
89.294
134.<>87
100.105
" 824
111.0S0
72.099
495
23.711
19.360
51
£.134
27.046
1,165
24,003
83.472
22,634
47,783
18,480
435
632,645
327,606
6,275
3< if t.289
274.345
2.444
307.9< 7
149.141
2,207
210,873
84.800
6.156
206.277
217.170
2,511
5,205
47.708
64.437
27.630
''' *338
109.497
109.446
1
257,822
165.746
v 1,294
361.866
134.151
1.169
216,651
66,187
2,103
3.147
53.280
1.424
321.447
296,847
4,226
34.942
21.773
1.49:1
138.558
51.876
20.508
6,867
3.982
344
54,179
33,905
83
246,164
33.566
3.705
859,533
688 881
7,459
82,442
124.121
819
62.606
14.253
163
600,09.;
344.674
1,392
60,415
17.521
753
840.949
337.998
41.605
24,839
1
72.0X3
22.022
1,248
105.369
131 *653
2.45*1
. 50.308
167,220
8.062
. 62.444
33.413
46.682
9.777
46.450
80.638
i'59
. 101.501
28.098
669
. 132.608
100.850
•.39
. 280.164
124.107
530
20.489
8.930
.7,627,632
5.0S0.054
111.637
Swallow.
Debs.
612
853
993
1,184
7.3H>
29.5:J5
3.438
4.304
1,606
4.543
607
146
6
2 337
685
197
1.0:10
4.419
37.740
69.226
23.496
12.013
11.601
14,847
7.245
15.4V4
6,609
3,102
993
1.510
2,106
3.044
2,247
4,279
13,591
13,302
8.911
6,253
11,692
192
"7.M
13.008
328
5,529
6,323
7,412
""749
1,190
6.486
9,687
20.787
86,888
301
124
1.137
2,017
19.339
36.260
3.806
7,619
33.717
21,6 3
768
956
2.965
3.138
1.889
1.3T4
4.244
2.2*7
5.767
792
m
1.312
21S
3.229
9.975
4.604
1,574
9.-70
28,220
203
1.077
260,803
291,587
other things he says:
cities of the first class.
not tlie
governor. There is
•There is no doubt but that such an | "I am
order as here prayed would be popu- no governor of Indian Territory. No
lar with our people and such a decis-1 statute can be found providing that a
ton meet with large approval. But J judg0 Qf the United States court in
no honest citizen would contend for a (j10 jnl)ian Territory shall exercise
moment that an affirmative decision j sucj, a power as is given to a gover-
should be made simply because such j nQr scction 727. The governor of
a decision would bo a popular one. i a state js the chief exesutive officer
Not what is popular, but what is the j (he state. Here the president of
law, should always be the rule for j the united States is the chief execu-
guidance. No right-minded man , ive 0(ijC0r. in Indian Territory wa
would say that any decision should be have no sucu officer as auditor.
made unless it has the support of the
law controlling us.
"Courts do not make laws. They i
simply declare what in their best
judgment the law now is, as enacted
by the law-making power. An ob-
noxious statute can not be ignored
simply because it at the moment is
unpopular.
"If courts should follow the wave
of public sentiment with regaad to
the statutes the business men would
scarcely know how to make their con-
tracts and the investor would not de-
sire to become a holder in such a com-
munity.
"It statutes enacted by the United
States congress for public guidance
are obnoxious or unpopular or inappli-
cable, relief must be had from the en-
acting power.
"It will be seen by a careful read-
"No one would contend that the
United States marshal or the United
States district attorney is the auditor,
or that they have any power to be-
come a part of such a board as is
provided by section 72C or 727. In
Indian Territory we have no secretary
of state. It cannot be seriously
urged that the clerk of the United
States court corresponds to such of-
ficer.
"The clerk of the United Stat.:s
court of appeals at South McAlester
is given, by a recent statute in re-
lation to forming corporations, jtome
of the authority exercised by a secre-
tary of state in some of the states of
the union, but these powers are lim-
ited, and do not embrace the power
to raise cities from one class to an-
other."
JACOBS, THE RAPIST, SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS
•Highest democratic elector.
The following table shows the sains j
and losses of the two parties named, in
the different states, compared with the [
vote of 1900:
—Ilepnb.— — Demo.—
Gain, l.oss. Gain, i.oss.
John F. Davidson of Aline, who a
year ago was taken to Ohio to answer
to the charge of arson, died in prison,
where he was serving a sentence for
a crime of which his friends believed
him innocent. He was a highly re-
spected merchant and citizen at Aline
and tho evidence upon which he was
convicted was purely circumstantial.
Governor Ferguson has o^ered a re-
ward of $">00 for the arrest of the per-
son or persons who murdered William
Agee in Jone.i, who was mysteriously
murdered and his body buried, but
!he remains were disinterred by hogs
and dogs. Two men, Bratcher and
Soper, were arrested at Kent, Texas,
and believed to be guilty of th;
henious crime. _ * i i
' Beginning March t, 1905, Chickasha
will have free city mail delivery. An
order has recently been isued by the
postoffice department to that effect.
A company has been organized to
pipe natural gas from Bartlesville or
Cleveland to Oklahoma City, supply-
ing all intermediate points.
A company to manufacture hollow
brick has been organized at Bartles-
ville.
Russell L. Cowen, probate judge-
elect of Washita county, dropped dead
is he arose from the table after eat
ng a hearty meal.
The Indian Territory militia will
give a grand ball at Muskogee Janu-
iry 12 in honor of tlie Oklahoma mi-
lit'a. This Is intended as a courtesy
X) the latter militia for honors shown
■he Indian Territory officers at the
•ecent encampment.
George D. Key has resigned the of-
fice of probate judge of Comanche
sounty and will be succeeded by
Harry Kir
State
Alabama
Arkansas
California .. ..
Colorado — ..
Connecticut . .
Delaware .. ..
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky .. ..
Louisiana .. ..
Maine
Maryland ....
M a ssachusotts
Michigan
Minnesota .. ..
Mississippi ...
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska —
Nevada
N. Hampshire
New Jersey .
n.mv York
N. Carolina ..
N. Dakota ....
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
S Carolina. .
S Dakota ....
Tennessee ....
33,162
40.741
41.610
20.5So
34.660
34.226
LI.; 1S
99X
26.705
18.;*..
45.59
26,190
9.01!*
16.723
•>.oo
37,541
16.704
b0,u.'9
.308
15.siTi
Texas
Utah
Vermont —
Virginia .. .
Washington
W. Virginia
Wisconsin ..
\\ > oming
Totals ..
15.305
4.114
44.018
12.766
14.298
. 5,972
100,203
11,593
3,072
65.442
16,735
35,178
1,308
SHAWNEE: The Henry Jacobs
rape case, tried here on a change of
venue from Oklahoma county, con-
sumed the greater part of last week.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty
as charged. The attorneys for the
defense promptly filed a motion for
appeal, which was dented by Judge
Beauchamp. The sentence was fixed
at ten years in the penitentiary at
hard labor. Last summer at Delmar
garden at Oklahoma City two young
men assaulted two young girls and
escaped, and eluded the officers for
only a short time. When captured
and identified they proved to be
Jacobs and a young friend named
Murphy, whose hearing will be held
later. The defense attempted to show
that the girls had a bad reputation as
to their chastity and virtue. One of
the chief witnesses used by them was
Mrs. N. E. Bond, police matron and
superintendent of the Amie rescue
home. She attempted to relate sev-
. 73'_\048 312,249 30,7i>: 1,•-'31.491
Used Gasoline for Coal Oil
GUTHRIE: Wilholm Schultz Is
1))y(4i fatally burned, his wife and three
175,45. t children are dead as the result of a
"- 0- "i ! Rasoline explosion in their hone, near
7?'.8ui | Guymon. The family recently home-
17,7:;.; ( steaded a claim in Beaver county,
' coming direct from Germany. They
1-.X-51 could not speak English, anil, going
to a store for coal oil, they made
57,714 signs which Hie merchant interpreted
j to mean gasoline. The mother held
1.5.378 i the lamp burner with the wick lighted
I while the father filled the lamp with
i'.'&iu 1 the gasoline. A terrific explosion
I followed, killing two children instant-
3u';::l I ly, the third child and mother dying
soon afterward. Tho father cannot
was stopped by the court on the
ground that it was only hearsay evi-
dence. The woman who is seeking
to save the fallen girls admitted that
what she knew of the young ladies
was told her by a detective employed
by the defense. Other witnesses-
put on the stand by the defense were
equally of as little value as this
woman.
This case has occasioned quite a bit
of aaxiety, not only at the enormity
of the crime, but the efforts used by
the defense to have the case fail to
come to trial. An assistant county
attorney was dismissed for taking too
active a part in he prosecution, and a
wealthy relative of Murphy is alleged
to have offered Mr. Davis, father of
the girl, a consideraole sum of money
to move to Mexico. A change of
venue was asked and allowed and a
new trial judge was secured, but the
evidence was so convincing as to the
guilt of the defendant that when the
eral acts committed by the young I case was finally given to the jury
lady tending to show that she was i they returned a verdict in less than
not what she should have been, but an hour.
6.21 li
130,-08 j
li.M.i, live.
186,234 |
Trickery in the pulpit
make truth in the pews.
does not
SIOUX CITY'S FIRE
RUSSELL IS CONVICTED
Property Valued at Two and a Half Lawton Editor Found Guiity of Man-
Comanche to Get a Brick Plant
COMANCHE: Arrangements have
been made for the removal of the
Addington brick plant from Adding-
ton to this place. The plant cost
about $20,000, and is said to be a
fine one. It will be located immedi-
ately south of the town of Comanche,
and the Rock Island Railway com-
pany will build a switch track to it.
An inexhaustible supply of fine shale,'
which is said to be the best in the
territory, abounds in this section,
and the owners of the plant expect to
do a very profitable business. The
pay roll will amount from $05 to $90
a day.
Invested Too Heavily in Cotton
LAWTON: M. M. Simpson, pro-
prietor of a large department store
here, has gone into voluntary bank-
ruptcy. His liabilities are given as
S-19.04S.59; assets, $30,105.34, principal
among which is the stock of dry goods
and clothing, valued at $19,000. The
claims of his creditors range all tho
way from $10 to $5,000. The latter
amount is the claim of Marshall Field
& Co. of Chicago. Mr. Simpson has
bean a heavy cotton buyer and tho
recent slump in the cotton market
caught him long. He was also on
the bond of C. A. Secor, a wholesale
liquor dealer, who left his bondsmen,
to make up a large deficit.
ANOTHER RAILROAD SURVCV;NG| MR. GARFIELD'S FIRST REPORT
Million Dollars Destroyed
SIOUX CITY, IOWA: Eire, which
originated in the Pelletier dry goods !
store, destroyed two of the best busl-j
ness blocks of this city, entailing aj
loss of $2,500,000. One man. whose '
body has not yet been identified,'
jumped from a fourth story window
and was killed. Three hotels were
burned, but all the guests escaped.
Many largo structures went up in
smoke, but two of tho buildings woie
seven stories, and were the best in
the city.
Legislation for Agricultural Board
OKLAHOMA CITY: The terri-
torial board of agriculture met here
and arranged a program for the an-
nual meeting to be held at Guthrie,
commencing February 14th. I he
board discussed the subject of a more
extensive agricultural legislation, and
also considered the matter of a prop-
er apportionment of funds for the
next two years. Because of his elec-
tion to the legislature Mr. Murphy re-
signed his position on the board.
slaughter in the Second Degree
LAWTON: Tho jury In the case
of Oklahoma vs. L. T. Russell, tried
at Anadarko, returned a verdict of
manslaughter in the second degree.
Russell was formerly editor of tho
Lawton State Democrat, and was
charged with the murder of Colonel
W. Hawkins, assistant chief of police
at Lawton and sergeant-at-arms of
tho Oklahoma lower house. The dif-
ficulty occurred on April 4 of this
year, on the Democratic county con-
vention day, tho shooting taking p.ace
in a crowded street.
Short Line From Kansas City to Tex-
as—A Missouri Pacific Project
TULSA: W. H. Heendren. chief
The Federal Governcr.int Has Power
to Remedy Conditions
WASHINGTON: The first annual
engineer of the Kansas City, lulsa & rep0rt of the commissioner of corpor-
Southwestern railroad, and a corps °f S ations has been submitted to congro s
engineers are here, just in from the j,y Commissioner Garfield. lie says
field, after completing the final sur- no satisfactory reform is to be ex-
vey of 100 miles of the road between pectod under the state system of in-
Tulsa. I. T., and Chetopa, Kan. After. corporation; that the fe leral govern-
the holidays the engineers will again mont |las at jtg command sufficient
go into the field, and will run a line
southwest to Wichita Falls, Tex..
I power to remedy exlsliug conditions
passing through Shawnee and other
cities. A line to Oklahoma City is a ;
part of the project
in its control of interstate commerce.
He therefore suggests that congress
consider the advisability of enacting
a law for legislative
The line is considered to be a MiS- tgrstate and foreign
souri Pacific proposition. It will bo
Lot Sale at Temple
LAWTON: A sale of town lots was
hold at Temple, at which time 3,500
lots at that place were sold at auction.
The lots brought $:!0 each. Persons
were present from various parts of
the country, besides many from Okla-
homa. Tho visitors were favorably
[impressed with the situation and
i made many purchases.
regulation o? in-
:ommerce under
a license or franchise which should
the shortest line from Kansas City to provjde among other thing.?, tin
Texas, and passes through lich conn- granting of a federal franchise or 11*
try. The heaviest grade on the line censo to engage in interstate eon-
located is fifteen foot to the mile, i merce,
which is an advantage over some of j ...
the roads in Indian Territory, which. The Kingfisher Oil and Gat? cor -
have grades as great as iitty-two feet pany is now figuring i.>r ti lease (if
to the mile. j 1,200 acres of land, or eight quir'tr
| sections, immediately south of t'r.o
What is often too small foi a man pity (>f Kingfisher, for the purpo e of
to consider is often large enough for boring for gas und oil. The land
God to use. | will be securefl in one body.
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