Mulhall Enterprise. (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1903 Page: 2 of 8
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"•■iSflLSS!1*' iAFTER PRESIDENT
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AN ARMED CRANK MAKES DE
I VIAND TO SEE NATION S CHIET
PUTS UP FURIOUS FICHI WITH OFFICERS
.A. B. "WOOD, Proprietor.
Sir Thomas lost his binnacle, but bo
will take his vermiform appendix bark
to England with him.
Secretary Chamberlain was all right
until lit* became h»j well known that
people called him "Joe."
Naturalh the rural mail carriers
objec t to country roads out of which
the bottoms have dropped.
Connecticut will have to whittle it*
cigars out of something else this your.
Its tobacco crop is a failure
A woman who knows how to make
good bread can lack a lot of brains
and her family will never miss them.
Stuart Rohson left $31,992. mostly
in cash in the bank—which is about
the most satisfactory possession, after
all.
Now for n rush of hunters to Alas
Ka' Dr. Fri/.ell. government scientist,
reports seeing fresh mammoth I racks
up there.
The assets of the $12.000.000 Na-
tional Salt company ha\e been sold tor
1337,000. Evidently the salt mines-
were salted.
After submitting to an interview the
sultan of Tur.*« y has the nasty habit
cf turning the interviewer over to the
i xcf utioner.
Perhaps Mrs. Peary was afraid that
after another dash for the j>ole there
would be no use trying to make Robert
toe the marl..
* A a< k of expert management In t'.ie
piesent crisis in European affairs is
painfull) evident. Where is Corre-
s j:ondc:.t Creel man ?
We learn by telegraph that a bather
ai Asbury Park was arrested for wear-
ing a high 1 at into the water. If that
was all. no wonder.
If Harry l.ehr ever come? to grief
in a financial way he can soon re-
establish his fallen fortunes by start-
ing a mau milliner shop.
Wr.rn the rlilted States army goes
up against the football players of this
country it will meet the fate that
sooner or later comes to ev« rv chain
pion.
Having sold the first two Sham
rocks, perhaps Sir Thomas Lipton hn^
got a quarter of the money that he
will not d to pay his expert doctors'
bills.
Capt. Wringe will make a flrst ratr
American citizen, but there are three
or four available skippers between
him and th« job of sailing a cup tft>
fender.
Another American word, "nickel."
has joined "hittek and "rosbif" in the
French vocabulary. It is used in
speaking of the new Frencn live-cent
nickel coin.
A daring Frenchman is coming
across the Atlantic next May in an
airship. Prof. Langley will meet him
on the banks of tht Potomac with au
automobile.
With the friendly help of Mr. Rockc
feller and other well-known citizens,
voting Cornelius Yanderbilt has just
"made" $10,000,000 in the stock mar-
ket Who lost it?
Following his plan of commemorat
lug the army and navy in music, Mr.
Sousa's next composition should be a
spirited symphonic poem entitled
"Dncharted Rocks."
Recklessly discharging a revolver at
a concert at Middletown. N. Y . a man
sent a bullet through the bass horn
of a member of that band. Perhaps
you can imagine what the band was
playing.
An Eastern woman on the eve of
her wedding wanted the word "obey"
ruled out of the marriage service. But
why couldn't she accept the word in
a purely Pickwickian sense as tlie rest
of 'em do?
Drne Hailing From Minneapolis Im-
| agines He Was Sent For—Wanted
to See President Roosevelt Just for
Fun—Sent to Asylum
I WASHINGTON: A man who gave
ibis name as Elliott and his home Min-
neapolis, engaged iu a tight with a
• policeman at the white house Monday
I Doth the policeman and Elliott were
j slightly injured and were taken to the
j hospital. Earlier in the day Elliott
appeared at the executive offices to
see the president. He was mild man
nered und the officials there told him
to come back later. Some time after
that he appeared at the white house
and while talking to Officer Cissell
drew a revolver. In the struggle that
ensued he was disarmed.
Elliott was determined to see Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Ho was overpowered
by the officers at the white house en
franco and carried to a police van
which had been summoned. He was
placed in the van iu the custody of two
officers. Seeming to realize then for
the flrst time that he was under arrest.
Elliott began a furious struggle with
his captors. He drew a revolver and
attempted to shoot officer James ('is
"•eli. The officer grabbed his hand and
wrenched the weapon from his grasp.
Elliott's struggles were so tierce, how
ever that the two officers in the*
cramped quarters of he van were un
able to overcome him. Cissell then
drew his revolver and tired two shots
to attract attention. Chief Usher
Thomas Stone and Officer Parker, of
the? whito house force, who h;ul as-
sisted in carrying Elliott to the van.
rusued back to the*vehicle and assist-
ed in overpowering him. In the strug
gle with the police in the van Elliott
broke a glass panel, severely cutting
his head and face. Officer Cissell sus
tained a serious cut on his right arm.
two inches of flesh being cut out. El
I lot t undoubtedly is violently insane.
Several days ago Secretary Loeb re
ceived a letter postmarked Washing
ton and written on letter paper of St
James Hotel. The letter enclosed a
photograph of Elliott and an incoher
ent request for an interview with Pres-
ident Roosevelt. Nothing v as seen
of the man until the president attend
ed morning services ut (Jrace Re-
formed church. Elliott appeared near
the entrance to the church and made
an effort to speak to the president but
be was foiled in his endeavor by secret
service officers. At that time the man
manifested no symptoms of Insanity
and quietly left the vicinity of the
church. One of the door keepers asked
him why he wanted to see the presi-
dent.
"Oh. just for fun." he responded.
The president sent for me and I just
want to see him."
Elliott was removed from the jail to
j the federal insane asylum.
Masonic Reunion Ended
j GUTHRIE: Scottish Rite Masons of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory closed
their fall reunion here with a banquet,
in which "00 covers were laid. Con
. gressman James 1). Richardson, ol
I Tennessee, grand commander of the
order for the southern jurisdiction,
' was the chief speaker. The meeting
was the most successful in the history
of the order in the territories. The
new class of 140 members elected
these officers:
President, Cieorge Ruddell. Weather
ford: vice president. T J. Mayer. Hold-
enville: secretary, II. A. Basliam.
Shawnee; treasurer, .1. S. Alexander.
Oklahoma City; orator, John F. Pal-
mer. Pawhuska.
MET AT EDMONU
Bc.rd of Reegnts for Normal Schocti
Held Quarterly Meeting
EDMOND: The regular quart* :!v
meeting of the board of regents 1
the territorial normal school- was h< Id
■ he e. All the members and the pre i
dents of the several uormals wi ri
present. The letting of the contract
for the building here was e xtended for
I ten davH as only oue hid was handed
in ami other contractors asked for
further time The contract lor ihe
heating plant was let to Mr. Binns tor
| $1 1.87V Jasper Sipes secured the eon
tract for furnishing opera chairs f,.r
the' normal. The contract calls for
t»7G sent: and the price is nearlj $>,-
00(».
'I bi bojprd decided to add a eli» r ol
art an I manual training to th • North-
western normal school at Alva. I M"
work in this department will bet in
about I he first of the year.
The board will hold a sp< <al me et-
ing at Edmond October v. lef h»
contra- j for the normal school at H i
mond find will likely visit Weather-
ford tc> Inspect the addition which has j |
| been recently completed. 1q thc» receipts there was an increase
I tie matter of coal for the normal |(if upward ol $.'10,000,000 from ens
s, !;"0ls wus taken up and the board lum*. ami a falling off of over *11.000,
| ueeept.-.l the live ears of McAlesvr ooo f,.onl jnteniul revenue, the latter
ooal recently purchased for the nor |,einK the result.of lesislatlon enacted
. mal html*, three cars for Alva nnd ujt), (h-ji object.
t\..i fo, Weatherford, and approved of l 111 the ido of the expenditures
he action of President Halter in buy- u , rc, was an increase in every import
i.iR ih. , ce il. I lie president and nee- ;,nt account except pensions and inter
MAKES A REPURT
THE TREASURER OF THE UNITED
MAKES HIS STATEMENT
(ARCE EXPENDITURES CUT THE SURPLUS
Internal Revenue Receipts Fall Off
Over $41.000.000—Expenditures In
creased on all Accounts Except Pen-
sions ar.d Interest
WASHINGTON: Ellis 11 lioberts,
treasurer of the t'nited States, has
submitted tei Secretary Shaw his re-
port on the coudition of the treasury
June iiO, 190;). and its operations dur
ins the past fiscal year. The total
n«'t revenue for the year was $500.
au increase e»f (:>S.dK8,43!) over
the year preceding, and the total ex
p^ndltiires $500,099,007. an ine*r« asft of
$ 782,034. The surplus was $54,297,-
CG7, as compared with $91,287.:I75 in
OKLAHOMA'S FINANCES
I retary were instructed to contract for
five more cars of the mine run and one
of slae'K for Alva, and four more for
Weatherford, at the same prices that
the coal had been purchased by Presi-
dent llaxtcr. The president and sec
retary were ordered to purchase three
cars of Kansas ee>al for the normal
est, in which there were slight savings.
The expenditures for the two military
departments, which together amounted
to $191,237,554, forming by far the
heaviest outlay for any single purpose,
were upward of $21,000,000 greater
than the year before.
The aggregate income, including be
school at Edmond, t he presidents of j sides the revenues, the receipts fron
Iho di.forent normals read their quar bonds, notes and coin certificates, war
terly reports which showed that tli. and the aW;rc.:Uc out
schotds were In tine condition and I Kr> $1.U,2.C47.C05.
making rapid I progress.
FIFTEEN NEW INDICTMENTS
RIGHT OF WAY SETTLED
Government Surveyors Finish the
Work at Coalgate.
The government surveyors who have
been locating the limits of the right
of way of the Missouri. Kansas- &
Texas railroad have finished their
work at Coalgate, and gone to Phillips
to survey and plat a town Bite at that
place.
I The work of the surveyors removes
the obstacle to the approval of the
j plat of Coalgate by the interior lie-
; partment. When the tlrst survey was
; made it was discovered that the rail
i road had built Its track ofT of tie
right of way originally granted it, and
) this complicated the matter to such
I an extent that the department could
not approve the plat until it was ad-
justed. This having been done by an
agreement between the town site com
mis ion and the railroad company, ap
proval and appraisement will soon fol-
low.
The civil service commission has re-
ceived a call from the Philippine gov
ernm< nt for l-'.O military teachers
The salaries range from Sl'dp to J 1,200
per annum.
WILL PURCHASE A SITE
Oklahoma City's $50,000 May be Used
tor Buying the Ground
According t > the daily Oklahoma!)
while in Washington recently Hon.
Dennis Flynn paid a visit to the super-
vising architect for the federal build-
ings. lie conferred with him relative
to the appropriation of $.'.0,000 for the
building at Oklahoma City. It was
agreed that the sum was not sufficient
tor the erection of a building for a
town the ■ i/o of Oklahoma City, and
it was determined to use the money
lor tbe purchase of a site.
Final Result of the Postoffice Invest
gation
\\ ASIllNdTON: Fifteen new indict-
ments were brought Into the supreme
court of the District of Columbia as
the linai result of the Investigation
in the postoffice department. Several
of these lindings were against persons
who have already been indicted. In
dictments involve James N. Tyner, the
late assistant attorney general for the
postoffice department and Harrison .1.
lianvtt, his assistant; .lames T. Met
calf, superintendent of the money or-
der system of the postoffice depart
nu-nt; Norman Metcalf, son of James
P. Metcalf; Henry C. Hallenbeek, pres-
ident and general manager of the
Wynkoop. Hallenbeek and Crawford
company of New York, the firm which
for several years supplied the depart-
ment with its money order blanks, and
William Doremus.
There were additional indictments
against August W. Machcm, former
j superintendent of free delivery;
(ieott;e Ueavers, formerly chief of the
salary and allowance department: W
Scott Towers, who was in charge of a
substation of the Washington postof-
fice. and Senator (ieorge A. tlrei n of
N»-v\ In some eases there were
several indictments against one pri-
son.
Tax Dodger Fined $1,000
' 11': I'l \ v 11.1,1', ILL.: I,eopold Knc-
j uei. one of the wealthiest citizens of
Bond county, was fined $1,000 by Judge
i Charles Moore in the circuit court as
| the result of an investigation conduct-
led by the hoard of review. lCnebel
i having made three different schedules
of his property to the assessor and
; having subsequently been indicted for
! perjury. He appeared in court today
: with his attorney. Lieutenant Gover-
nor Northcott, and entered a plea ol
j guilty to the lesser offense of "deliver-
ing false or fraudulent lists to the as-
| !;essor," whereupon Judge Moore im-
posed the tine. Knehel at once paid
| tlx amount and was released
BANK RODBERY AVERTED
! One of a Gang Confesses That the
Bank Was to be Looted
I LAWTON: A gang of eight, seven
j men and one woman, came into Wau
j rika. and reamlned during a whole
ila> Their unusual actions caused ex
eitcment and frightened the citizens of
that tow'ii. They made many visi.s tr
the hank of Waurika, ana in fact visit
I ever) place of business in the
1 town.
! One of the gang was stationed al
the depot when arrested. The others
by twos were found stationed at vari-
oua places in and out of the town.
■ two ot them being four miles south on
t-:e railroad. I hey say they belong at
1 v uickasha.
I wo of them escaped about the time
the northbound train left for Chicka-
sha. and as the Frisco depot of Chick-
iasha was robbed, it is believed that
'the escaped men did the act
I Before they entered the bank, they
were arrested by Constable J.
|Horn. One of the men atresteu eon
fessed nnd to... all the plans of the
j hank robbery. They were brought to
, Lawton and placed in jail.
"
Sues an Attorney
HOJJAHT: John M. Hayes, a lawyer
j of Mountain Park, has been arrested
, or. a complaint sworn to by Joseph W.
i Scherer. of Charleston. III. Hayes
waived preliminary trial and is being
held on a bond of $800, Scherer al-
{lores that Have aetc.l as his ugent in
i (lie purchase of real estate, being in
trusted with $:\o00. and that Hayes ap-
propriated tbe same to his own use
It is claimed specifically that he
j bought a farm with part of it and used
j the remainder in meeting some pri-
I \at# obligation*.
At the close of ihe yea: , the treasury
j I1 eld |S9U.0CS,8C9 in gold and silver on
deposit against out-landing eertlti
eates and treasury notes, besides the
$150,000,000 in : ol. 1 which forms the
! reserves ngniust 1'nlted Stales notes
Treasurer lioberts places the monc-
| tary stock of the country on June 10.
190:!. including gold and silver, i'nited
States notes, treasury notes and na
tional bank notes, but not certificates,
at $2,088. 149,0-1. au increase of $124.
Ss2.;jC:! for the year. The increase in
gold was $00,137,401 and in national
bank notes $:.(;,998,559.
The total estimated stcr-k of gold
was $1.252.7U 1,990; constituting near
ly 47 pf-r cent of the whole. The gold
in the treasury amounted to $031,420.
789, after a gain of $71,220,480 in
twelve months. During the year $120.
715,723 in gold was deposited at the
mints nnd assay offices. Of the re
eeipts from customs at the port of
New York, constituting 07 per cent of
the whole, 8S per cent were in gold.
The proportion of gold at other ports
is about 80 per cent. The imports of
gold wero $44,982,027 and the exports
$47,090,595. The increase of the mon-
ey in circulation during the year was
$121,740,252, of which $59,770,402 was
in gold and gold certificates and $51.
520,193 in national bank notes. The
share of money for each person in-
creased 89 cents, and the proportion
of gold to the whole rose u» 42 per
cent, the highest ratio ever recorded
i'le >• has been a continual increase
in the proportions of pape:' currency
of tiie denominations of $10 and under
in circulation, but the growth hardly
keeps pace with the demand. The
supply can be increased it congress
will authorize the issue of gold c«rti
ficates for *10 and remove the restric
i.ion on ihe issue of }5 notes by nation
al banks. To me. t the constant prep
s.i c requires strenuous effort in tin
preparation ol' the currency issue. The
national bank note - presented for re
tVmptinn during the year amounted to
$190,429,021. or 51 per cent of the aver-
:gt outstanding. Of the five-dollar
notes the redemptions were 55 per
cent: of the tens 40 per cent: of Ihe
twenties 49 per cent; of the fifties, 01
per cent, and of the hundreds, 73 per
cent. These figures show that the
tens and twenties remain In circula
tion longest.
Treasurer Makes His Monthly Report
to Governor
Ol'THKiE: Territorial Treasurer
C \\. Rambo submitted his monthly
report to (.overnor Ferguson and th.
secretary of the interior, showing the
balance on hand at the close of busi
ness on August 31. the amount re-
ceived and paid out f.om September 1
to September 30, sad the balance on
hand at the close of business Septcm
her 30, 19.i3: also, the amount to the
credit of me several funds named be-
low :
tlenora I Revenue Fund . .$ 13,555.51
Nortnwestern Normal
School fund 10,880.52
Northwestern Normal
School Tax of 1903 1.50
Noimal School fund ... 27,871 47
Normal School tax of 1903 .. 1.5c
Normal School building
fund j.i7
t nlversity fund 3,Gu.4ti
i'niversity Huildlng fund . . 9,473.42
University Fund tax of
1903 1,77
I'niversity Equipment
fund 1 r,C
I 'niversity Insurance Indem-
nity fund 02,901.50
Colored A. A- M. I'niversity
fund 4,112 47
Colored A. & M. I'niversity
fund tax of 1903 .59
Colored A. i. M. University
lease fund . | .222.24
Common School Indemnity
Building 1.1 ikI 4.G97.82
Common School fund 13,845.43
Public lluilding fund 20S.800.09
Common School indemnity
fund 2,332.05 '
1 niversity Preparatory
School fund tax of 1903 . . .78
University. A. A. M College
and Normal School fund, 14.000.13
A. & M College Levy fund. 1,303.85
A. & M. College Levy fund
tax of 1903 ,78
A. & M. College Bond 1.73
A. £- M. College building . 1.984.90
Northwestern Normal ISuild-
ing fund . 954.82
Southwestern Normal Build-
ing fund 31,140.13
Southwestern Normal School
School fund 218.70
Deaf <t- Dumb School fund. 17,020.08
Deal & Dumb School fund.
lux of 1903 y<j
Blind School fund 7.200.48
Board of Education fund ... 3,107.25
Condemnation School lands, 10,501.75
Greer county Sections 13 . . 9,109.19
Oreer county Sections 33 8,521.34
Library fund 1,359.04
Bond Interest fund 48,451.99
Interest Land Lease fund, 1,818 53
Statutes and Session Laws, 117.00
Permanent School fund .... 100.00
Condemnation Sections 13 . . 902.70
Condemnation Sections 33, 2.130 83
Beautifying fund for South-
western Normal 4,515.32
Total $572,023.11
Balanet on hand Sept. 1, '03 $5S9,518.11
Amount received from all
sources from Sept. 1 to
Sept. 30, 1903 04,425 28
$053,943 39
Amount piid out from Sept.
1 .0 Sept 30 $ 81,320 28
Balance on hand at close of
business Sept. 30. 1903 .. 572.623 11
$053,943.39
10 COVER CRIME
.'CUNG GERMAN GIRL RAVISHED
AND THEN MURDERED
AFTER ARREST ONE BOY CONFESSES
The above funds are deposited a
follows:
In Capitol National Bank. $285,449.47 1
In Guthrie National Br :1c .. 193,893 92
111 Logan County ht.nk .... 08.210.1:9 1
In Bank of Commerce .... 25,069.43 1
Total
Total in banks
. . $572,023.11 i
11..Bo |
A Really Important Question
"What i the world going to do.
with its multimillionaires?" cried Wil-
ham T Stead. That doesn't bother j
us so much as the question. "What J
are the multimillionaires going to do'
with the world?"—Indianapolis Sen-
tinel.
ELECTED FOR PENITENTIARY
Man Sold Span of Mules Left in His
Charge
OKLAHOMA C1TV: C. A. Cross, a
railroad cot tractor, who has been do-
ing work in this locality, went on a
visit to his home tit Bowie Texas, and
left his mules in care of George Hatch-
cock. No sooner had Mr. Cross left
town than Hatchcoek trotted out a
span of the inules and sold them to
George Hales for $150. lie found his
way to one of the numerous gambling
| halls and in a short time he had lost
I the money. He undertook to replete
j his funds and trotted out another span
I of the long-ears nnd hunted up Mr
Hale-. A little cross examining by
Mr. Hales convinced liim that the man
had no right to dispose of the property
and he promptly'had him arrested.
Hatchcoek hail also.taken the liberty
to sign the name of C. A. Cross to a
check on the bank, but when the check
was presented for payment the officer
of the establishment refused lo cash
it The prospects ar> good tor'Hatch-
coek to wear striped clothes behind
prison bars.
WASHINGTON: A good deal of
pressure has been brought to bear on
the president to induce him not to
call congress into extraordinary ses-
sion in November, but to all callers
who have spoken to him in that vein
he has said that this government has
committed itself to the proposition
that the Cuban reciprocity treaty be
made effective at the earliest possible
date, and he regards it as a matter of
good faith that this country should
keep its word. He has declined, there-
fore, to consider any proposition look-
ing to the abandonment of the idea
CYLINDER BURSTED
An llinota Distillery Wrecked by an
Explosion
PEORIA. ILL.: Seven men were
I kilk'il and five others injured by an
| explosion at Coming's distillery. One
: large .eetion of the flve-storg building '
j was thrown into the air by the burst-
I ing of «t copper cylinder twenty feet
1 in 1« u. tn and ' i ;hf feet in diameter.
Every man who was in the building j
j .it ihe time of the explosion was in-
j stainiy killed, the injured men being
on the outside.
Thr • of the four walls of the build-1
j in£ w. r( blown out. (Jreat gaps were j
1 rent in them from top to bottom, pull-
j ing the roof with them and underneath
the mass of brick, mortar, beams and;
twisted machinery lies the mangled;
corpse of John Wilson, which may not
be gotten out for a day or two.
Nobody has a clear idea of what j
caused the explosion.
The damage to the buildings and
machinery is estimated at about
000. and it will hp three months before j
the plan: will be in operation again.
The postoffice at Sturm. Caddo coun
ty has been discontinued.
Binger Gets School Money
BINGER: B. C. McWilliams, pretd* J
dent of the board of trustees of this ,
town, has received from the treasury
department of the United States a
draft payable to the town of Ringer
for fl 500. This money is derived
from tho sale of the townsite of Bin-1
ger. Application for it was made
about a month ago. and the prompt-1
ness with which the department of,
the interior has acted in the matter ,
is very gratifying to the citiens of this j
place. The money ca» be used only
for school purposes.
Girl Sent on Errand Caught in Wocd*
by Ive Rogjrs and Mike Maloy and
•vas There Ravished and Murdered—
Rogers Confessed
PKRKY: Probably the most atror
1ous murder ever perpt trated in Ok la
ho*na, was committed at a point ono
ami a hall miles south of Day. a poat
office fourteen miles southeast of this
city. The victim was tho thirteen
year-old daughter of Nick Prekash, ji
Oerm&n farmer, and the murdorers
were the sons of two neighboring farm
erg. The boys. Ive Rogers and Mike
Maloy. aged respectively 17 ami H
first ravished the girl and then, when
she refused to promise not to tell of
their crime, they ehssed her wheu
she tried to run away, caught her and
cut her throat from car to ear.
The girl, Mary Prek&sh, had been
sent on an errand to the home of ?i
neighbor named Katz, living about »
mile from her father's home. On he.
return she took a cut off leading
through some woods in which Rogers
and Maloy were hunting. Mike Maloy
caught and ravished her and then the
two together killed her, cutting her
throat with a pocket knife. Returning
to their homes they washed the blood
from their clothes and made no effort
to conceal the crime.
The girl's father, alarmed at her
tardy arrival, started out to tlnd he*
and discovered her dead body within
an hour of the time of the commission
of the crime. A coroner's inquest wa
held and a verdict returned that the
girl met her death at the hands of
parties unknown.
Suspicion polntod strongly toward-
the two boys, however, and they w< re
finally arrested by Sheriff John Mr-
G< bee and Deputies Joe Clinton and
Vanderventer. On the way to Perry
Rogers confessed to the crime, which
had been ouite positively proven be-
cause of the tinding of the bloody
clothing he had worn.
As the crime was committed in
Payne county the case will come up
for hearing at Stillwater.
PREPARES FOR WAR
Jn Spite of Peace Talk It Looks As If
War Only Will Make It
SOFIA: The war minister has or
dered out the military contingent of
recruits for October 14 instead of at
the beginning of the year, as usual
This step, though quite constitutional,
has occasioned some surprise consid
er.ng the reported improvement in thi
general situation.
v. nile the conditions undoubtedly
are more hopeful there is a strong be
lief in many well informed quarters
that the Macedonian question is still
very threatening and can be settled
only by war The Bulgarian govern
ment, therefore, continues prep&ra
tions for eventualities. In the moan
time, the Turkish diplomatic agent at
Contsantinople. M. Natchevics, will go
to that city.
LONDON: News from Macedonia
gives reports of seven fighting from
both Turkish and insurgent sources.
After an encounter near Nevrokop.
lasting thirty-four hours, the Turkish
troops burned two villages. The insur-
gents were scattered. The Turks re-
port that 130 of the insurgents were
billed at Ila/Jog. while the insurgents
report that 1G0 Turks were killed in w
fight at Belavodit/.a in the Perl ope
district.
The va 1 i of I'skub has reported to
Constantinople that 15,000 Servian
workmen are engaged in road making
near the Turkish frontier under the
direction of the chief Servian general
staff.
MINISTER SUSPENDED
Rev. John M. Laird Made ' Impropei*
Advances to Young Girl
(ICTHRIE: On charges of unminiv
terial conduct. Rev. John M. Laird
presiding elder of the McAlester dis-
trict was found guilty by a committee
of prominent Methodist minister.
tending the annual session of the Ol
lahoma Methodist conference, and i^
suspended one year from the mini.-irt.
Rev Laird came to the southwest in
1S92 from Wast St. Louis, Illinois, liav.
ing been prominent in the Southern
Illinois district for several years. Dur-
ing his Illinois pastorate he was sta-
tioned at East St. Louis. Marion.
Joliet, Elsah, Kane and other places
It is charged against Lair 1 that he
made improper advances toward a 17
year-old girl, who was a member or
his family at South McAlester. She
resented the advances and informed
her father, also a minister in the
Methodist church, in a Kansas confei
ence, who reported the charges to an
investigating committee of the Okla-
homa conference. They have returned
a sealed verdict, declaring Laird guil
ty, which w as opened and read in open
conference.
Rufus Binion. a negro living near
Ardmore was convicted about u year
ago, on the charge of murd^rin^ a
little negro girl by unmercifully whip
ping her. He was sentenced to httng.
and his case was appealed. The in
dian Territory court of appeals ha-
affirmed the judgment of the lower
court, and Ardmore thinks she will
have a hanging to pull ofT before
many moons.
"Is he. an interesting lover?"
"No—not much better than a hus-
band."—Life.
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