The Curtis Courier. (Curtis, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1905 Page: 2 of 8
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The Anderson Centenary.
Copenhagen, April 2.—liana Chris-
tian A deraon's centenaiy is being cele-
brated throughout Denmark Under
royal pitronage. Several foreign coun-
tries have sent delegate* to Odense, the
biithp'.aee of Auderson. Foreign Min-
ister Levetz.au gave a grand fete Satur-
day uiglit. which was attended hy King
Christian and members of the royal
family, diplomatic corps and the Amer-
ican colony. King Christian today
placed a laurel wreath on Amleisun's
monument in the myal gardens The
celebration* Include dramatic pc.form-
at!' es and the exhibition of relics.
The town of Odense was beautifully
decorated A monument to the nuth jr
avh- unveili I o.i the wall of the town
near the cottage wliere Anderson wa*
born.
A LONG TRIP
TO THE WET
THE RRESC INT STARTS ON A TWO
MONTHS’ OUTING
Hi* Tour win Tah* in Many Place* In
the West an* Southwest —Will
Hunt in Taaa* ana Col-
orado
Wa'IUngt "u —Pi widest Ilooiw-vt-i;
left \\ asJiiiiK tt.i Monday morning on 4
long trip to the West and Southwut.
He will be absent from the capK.il for
nearly two mu. tbs. One of the chii-t
oC7' < t« of the trip. whkh the president
long ha- had in mind. Is the rvoutou <jl
hU ’ rough rider" regiment of the 8pm-
ish American war. which is to uk
place at San AsiUinlo, Tex., next Fri-
day. and for which an elalmrate* pro-
gramme of exercises has berm arranged
There will be a number of Uriel
•lops en route where the president will
•naki sddrwae*. Leaving Han Anto do,
there will be a brief stop a id address
at Fort Worth, which will terminate
tb<< public part of the trip, following
which Hie president Is to go hunting ia
tin- Pj 11 hundie of Texas, and later in
Colot ado. All arrangement- have been
made whereby the president will keep
Intou ch with public affairs, both dur-
ing his lailn ad ride a id while hunting,
»o that In- will be enabled to pass on
all m.ittcrb requiring his attention.
’•he president 1* looking forward
with keen pleasure to Id- long vaca-
tion. The following atatrmo.it regard
ing the itinerary of the trip was male*
publh at the White House Sunday:
"The president will leave Washing-
ton Monday. April 3. at 9 a. m. over tho
Pennsylvania railroad. He will be tc-
companled by Secretary Isieb, Dr. Alex
Lambert, (leneral S. M. B. Young, Lieu-
tenant U. It. Fort esc lie, Mr. M. C. Latta
and Mr. J. L. McGrew, stenographers
•md leprcsentativrs of newspaper press
as-ociations. The first stop will he
made at Louisville, Ky., at 9 o’clock
Tuesday morning. The president and
party will pass in procession through
thb city, a id the president will mai:>;
an address.
” The train will leave Louisville at
11 o'clock, piss through St. I-ouls at f!
p. in., a id at that point take the MU-
aourl, Kansa- A Texas road for San
Antonio. A few short stops will be
made in Indian Territory 011 Wednes-
day. At Sheiwian, Tex., where thi
parly will arrive at 4 p. m.. tlie presi-
dent will leave the train, drive to the
public square and make a brief address.
Dallas will be rlached at ti:30 p. m.. and
after a public addtess the president
will attend a dinner.
T he next stop will be at Waco, ou
Thursday. April li, at 9:30 a. m. The
president will speak briefly at* Waco.
He will reach Austin at 2 o'clock Thuis-
day afternoon, address the Joint ses-
sion of the legislature at the eapitol,
and later spcik to the public oil ths
l.iw 11 of the eapitol.
■'1 he tmiii will reach Sam Antonio at
8:.10 p m. Thursday, but then* will In-
no public programme until the follow-
ing morning. The object of the presi-
dent in vi-lting San Antonio is to at-
tend the reitmion of his regiment. Kx-
eretscs have been arranged which will
till the entire day. including a review of
the regular troops at Fort Sam lions
ton. a procession in which the Grand
Army and Confederate veteran* will
take part, luncheon at the ‘rough rid-
ers' ’ camp, and a dinner by the Bttsi-
ne-s Men's Club at Hotel Monger. Tn«
president will leave at 11 p. m. for Fort
worth, hi riving there the next momlug
at 9:45 and leaving at 10:43. The pro-
gramme for Fort Worth will consist of
a drive and an add mss.
At Fort Worth the public part of
the trip will ond. The president will
spend some time hunting In the Pan-
handle, and will then go to Colorado
for a hunt of some weeks’ duration. No
plans have yet been mad* for the ic-
turn trip to Wa-hington."
A NEW CANAL COMMISSION.
The Prts.liM Ha* CirrM Out RaargaM-
laatian Plan*
Washington.—The pieaident haa car-
ried out hU plans fur the reorganiza-
tion of iba Isthmian eaual < onimtsslo t
as to personal and bu-lnea* method*
gen*rally on the lines of the legislation
I e Miggedel 10 aongriss *t the last sua-
sion which failed In the crush of bust-
r*«» in the < losing hours. Monday with-
in half an hour after the piv-ldent'a de-
parture ir-.m Washington, Secretary
Taft, directly In charge of canal ma -
t< r«. n.ade public tha personnel of tha
n«-w cozumU/lon and the division of
duib-s among them.
tinly one member of the old eonimls-
eb.n was reappointed. Mr. Benjamin 5 .
Harrod. Otherwise, the commission 1
new from top to bottom, for there is u
t»’P and bottom and considerable differ-
ence between the functions and pay of
the commU-itners. Ending lie was
obliged legally to appoint seven com-
missioners, the president did ao. hut be
carried out hia own plan by making
three of them practically the conimh-
•ton. The other four, though bearing
Ihc title of commissioners, not only re-
ceive a much smaller compensation,
but ore assigned much smaller fields of
activity.
The president also has carried out
his scheme of dividing out the work tf
canal building among the commission
rn. -o that, nominally acting as u body
on stated occasions, each individual
member would operate In a -pedal
field. The head of the roiumls-ion is 1
trained railway man. chosen for bis ad-
ministrative abilities in the tinaudal
und purchasing Helds: the new govern-
or of the zone is a lawyer, who h is also
bad to flo with state affairs: the engi-
neer commissioner already Is known
lor his abilities in the execution of the
practical work cf canal cutting. The
otner members of the commission are
placed to comply with the law as to thu
numb, r of the commission, but are men
of high ability as hydraulic engineers.
secretary Taft told them Monday
feat they were expected to show re-
sult*. end that Is said to be the keynote
for the preddent’a action of Monday.
Ch ilrniin Shonta, with Governor
Magoon and Engineer Wallace, will
spend most of hla time In the xone. hut
as the administrative offices are direct-
ly In Mr.' Flionta' charge he will be In
V> asTiingtun more or less. The pur-
chasing agent of the company will
probably establish himself in Sow
Y01 k.
The personnel of the new Isthmian
canal commission Is as follow*: Theo-
dore P. Fhonts. chairman; Charles E.
Magoon, governor of the canal zone;
John F Wallace, chief engineer; Rear
Admiral m. E. Endlcott, IT. 8. N.; Brlg-
aulrr General Peter C. Haines, U. S. A.,
1 ci i red; Colonel Oswald M. Ernst,
engineer corps, U. 8. A.; Benjamin M.
Harrod.
ihcsc names were announced at the
war department Monday, and in con-
nect ion with the announcement Secre-
tary Taft gave out for publication a
Stajenmut showing the allotment* of
salsrl' b to the new commissioners and
his own letter to the president and one
from the latter explaining the plan of
reorganization of the commission; the
reason* therefor and the particular
dutns to be assigned to each commis-
sioner. The first reads as follows;
" I he president has made an ordur
allowing a salary of $7,600, with travel-
ing expenses, to each member of the
comn.ls-lon, and to the chairman of the
commis-ion the additional compensa-
tion of £.'2,500, to the chief engineer
the additional compensation of $17.oOC.
and to the governor of the canal zoue
the additional compensation of 910,000.
Tt.e head of each department Is allow-
ed the use of a furnished house on tha
Uuimus. and his traveling expense*
when traveling 00 the business of the
commission.
'* he total Is $102,500. The salaries
and allowances under the former cotn-
misalon amounted to $120,000. ’ The
total compensation of the governor of
the zone and chief engineer are In ef-
feef win hanged.
••Professor William H. Burr and Mr
William Barclay Parsons, civil engi-
neers, will be appointed a- members of
the i*jnsulttng board of engineers.”
Cirved to Piece*.
1 awton. O. T.—In an altercation
concerning a woman's character be-
tween Joe Roe and Will Putnam, fann-
ers. living on Jack creek, four miles
west of Chattanooga. Roe was literally
carved to pieces with a Barlow pocket
knife in the hands of Putnam. One ear
was severed from his head, his faca
w is fearfully butchered and several
deep -tails were inflicted in his left side
and abdomen. The wounds will prove
fatal. PtaTnam has thus far eluded cap-
ture. but the authorities are on his
track.
COPPER Ml *6 ACCIDENT.
Fivs Ut* Kills* and a Number Seriewety
Injursd.
Prescott, A. T.—As the re-nit of an
explosion i:i the United Venle mine at
Jerome, owned by Senator Clark, live
men Ere dead and seven otner* werb*u>-
ly. if not fatally. Injured.
file dead: T. W. Cnofut. E. Ruffin.
J M Roe. Peter Seder. A. J. Ililladarn
The Injured: M. Nevonkh. B Oar-
cia. J. Hondo, J. p. Roe. B. Carpo, J.
L.iovich. M. Sullivan.
The accident'happened just ns the
thiits were beinc changed nsd all tne
lien exee|>t twelve had been raised to
2ie surface. They were waiting at the
‘fatten of thn 100 foot levgl to be hoist-
id from the mine when n terrific explo-
ilnn occurred, killing five instnatly sad
Injuring seven others.
Ou account of the recent heavy rains,
surface water found It* way to that
portion of the mine whare Arc had been
smoldering for several yenra and steam
thus generated caused the explosion,
blowing out the bulkhead*, erected to
keep the Are from spreading. The men
were suffoc.ited by smoke and heated
■team. Had tha accident happened fif-
teen minutes sooner 100 men would
have been caught. Fifteen minute?
later the new shift would have been at
work. The explosion caused the mine
to cave from the surface and the rail-
road which crcjted the property turned
over und the rfi|* were twiated In every
conceivable shape. •
The mine company has had trouble
with fire for years acid hnd constructed
a cement ’ bulkhead which It was
thought would keep it under control
for years. This baa been destroyed.
No Pardon for Em I toy.
Topeka.—Governor Hoch will not
grant a panic* to *2. J. Smiley, convict-
ed of violating the Kansas antl-lru-t
law while acting as aaef.'tary of tne
Kansas Grain Dealers' Association.
•'Mr. Smiley D a miniature Rockefel-
ler.” said Governor Hoch Saturday, in
discussing the case. "If his methods
were to prevail the farmer* of Kansas
would have received only $20,000,000
for their wheat this year. Instead ot
IC3.000.0CO. I am glad we have a taw
that will protect the mem who raise ihe
wucat." .
DIED ALONE.
Bank President Passe* Awsy In If >■ Lons-
ly Homs.
Brunswick. Mo.—Alone in the home
which since the death of his wife some
years ago he haa allowed no one else
to enter, the dead body of Thadcoii3
GrilTen, president of the First National
bank of Brunswick. was found Satur-
day morning, where it had lain sincj
his death three days before.
Mr. Griffin lived alone, and a* he had
said he was going to his farm north of
town for a few days, nothing wa*
thought of his not being seen about
town. Saturday morning a boy was
sent for his laundry, lie could srouso
no one. a ;d looking through the key-
hole saw the old man lying in bed. ap-
parently asleep. Neighbor* were in-
formed. entrance to the hou-e effected
through a window, and Mr. Griffin wa?
found to be dead.
A coroner's Jury decided that he died
of heart failure.
Mr. Grille 1. left no children. His
nearest relatives are a brother. Captain
Morganzo Griffin. of this county, and
the children of Ills brother. Major Al-
bert (iriffen. formerly secretary of the
Kepubliyan state- executive committee,
who died at St. Ixxuis two years ago.
Since the death of Mr. Griffen’s wife,
he had lived alone. He would not let
the home to tenants, nor have servants
on the prenioes. Everything in the
THIRTY COAL
HIKERS KILLED
FATAL ANO DISASTROUS EXPLOSION
IN JOfiBPH LEITER'S MINE.
Thirty
ten
By
RIOTINO RENEWED.
KUNE
t# Haws Em
m Accumulation cl
Shaft
s Cause*
Oas ■
Benton, III.—It Is probable that thir-
ty or more of the fffty men entombed la
Jo-eph Letter's mine at Edgier Mon-
day aa the result u! the explosion are
dead.
When between thlrty-flve and forty-
Ive miner* had descended Into the
Bilne Monday to resume work the ex-
plosion blew the timber* about the
Riouth of the mine high Into the air.
One of the steel cages was blown to the
surface from the bottom of a 500 f»t
■haft The shock of the explosion was
felt at Benton, twelve miles distant.
One miner was killed and four were
Injured at the mouth of the shaft in
which the explosion occurred. The
work of rescue was begun at once by
miner* who were arriving when the ex-
plosion took place, but tho main shaft
waa demolished so that rescue work haa
to be carried on through the airshjfts.
Thi* has hindered the work of aiding
the entombed men to such an extent
that when darkness fell only three
bodies uml one Injured man had been
brought to the surface. These bodies
were found forty feet from the bottom
of the air-haft and this Is as far as the
rescuers have been able to penetrate
the shaft.
A committee of union miners from
Duquoln and other neighboring mining
towns, headed by Dktrlct President
Morris, ha-tened to Zelgler Boon atter
the explosion occurred and offered their
afd.
Ihe bodies of the dead are so black-
ened that they cannot at once be identi-
fied. Roily Campbell is the Injured
miner brought out of the shaft and it It
said that he cannot live. Campbell la
conscious, but he la unable to give any
explanation of the accident.
There waa much excitement among
miners when the accident became
known, because there had been a strike
of long duration and many conflict!
had occurred between striker* and noc •
union axlhera. An nil day investigation
tends to show that the explosion was
due to accumulated gee.
Up to 10 o'clock Monday night fifteen
bodies had been recovered. The work
of rescue Is made very difficult inf
dangerous by the foulness of the air in
the mine. Only two of the bodice
found -bow marks of the explosion.
Death in the other ca-ses having evi-
dently resulted from asphyxiation.
Joseph Leiter waa expected to reach
Zelgler Monday night, although it was
at first reported that he was on hia way
to Europe.
Monday night thirty-one coffins, ac-
companied by an undertaker, arrived in
Zeigler. These represent only part of
the known dead. ,
The Kaiser’s Bold Talk.
London. — The correspondent at
Tangier of the Times asserts that the
correct version of Emperor William's
conversation with representatives of
the Sultan of Morocco la aa follows:
“The emperor declared that he had
come expressly to Tangier to asert that
he would maintain the absolute equal-
ity of German economic and commer-
cial rights and that he would not allow
any power to obtain preferential ad-
vantage*.
The sultan, he said, waa the free
sovereign of a free country, tad Ger-
many would tnaiat on always carrying
home was Just a* it stood on the day of on her affaire direct with him, and
Mrs. Griften's death.
Cotton Firm Close*.
Liverpool, April 2.—Warrants have
been issued for the arrest of A. E
Stephens and A. Hendcrso 1. of tht firm
of Stephens A Henderson, cotton spec-
ulator* having offices In New York.
Kentucky and Havre. It is believed
Stephens is ia America.
The men are charged with conspiracy
with intent to defraud. The firm
closed its doors last Thursday.
New York. April 2.—The firm of
Stephens A Henderson is not known
among the cotton houses in New York.
A corporation directory mentions
Stephens A Henderson as having an
office at No. 20, Broad -treet. Informa-
tion regarding the firm is unobtainable
tonight.
Miss Woodby—My great gramlmoth-
e- on my mother’s side was noted for
her proud aud Imperious bearing.
Miss Newitt—Indeed? Our servan
g.rl's the same way? Catholic Stand
ard.
would never allow any power to act aa
an intermediary. The preaent was an
unsuitable time to introduce reforms on
European lines, and all reforms should
be founded on Islamic laws and tradi-
tion*.
What Morocco a required was only
peace and quiet, and he would And
means later on for making hla opinion
known on questions of detail. Finally,
the emperor declared that he had made
these vlewa quite clear In a conversa-
tion with the French charge d’affaires.''
Vandiver Appointed.
Jefferson City, Mo.—Governor Jos-
eph W. FoTk Saturday appointed W.
D. Vandiver state Insurance commls-
ebarge of his office Wednesday of this
charge of bis office Wednesday of next
week. Mr. Vandiver's appointment
was urged by many prominent business
men and bankers of St. Louis and Kau-
saa City.
It sometimes looks as though a wise
Providence had created woman so thit
man might always blame her for his
defects and misfortunes.
Conflict Oetweea Jewish Socialist* and
Wirtaw Waiice
Warsaw, April 2. A serious coafi-cl
occurred at 7:10 o'clock toalgkr it*
Dzika street, where a Jewish Socialist
society, known aa the Bund, had organ-
ized a demonstration. The troops which
came to dlsper>« the gathering fired
into the crowd, killing lour peiwoi ul
wounding forty others
The trouble betas when, under La*
pretext of holding a memorial meeting
for a late Jewi-h Socialist leader. %
crowd of more than 1,000, mostly Jews,
carrying red Sags, marched into la -
st rest and waa met by a mixed police
and military patrol of twenty men. The
police assert that the Socialists filed
revolvers at them, the leaders Inciting
tho mob to attack the patrol, which
thereupon fired several volleys Into the
:rowd.
ihe crowd removed all except nine
of the wounded, two of whom were wo-
men. These were taken to the hospital
It Is expected that two or more of the
wounded will die. The dead and
wonuded were all Jews. The police
made many arrests. Other dlaturb-
ancea are reported to have occurrtl.
The streets had been patrolled through-
out the dny. the authorities having a-i-
ticl’iated trouble.
Conditions here are causing much
uneasiness and nervousness. Hand-
printed proclamations have been founu
in the streets, warning the public
•gainst walking near government build-
ings and other places, as bombs would
be thrown In these quarters. Several
parents whose children are attending
school in defiance of the school strike,
have be«-n warned by letter to with-
draw their children as the school build-
ings would be blown up.
Representative* of the party of vio-
lence, it Is not fulte clear whether they
are Revolutionist* or Socialists), are
visiting private persons and levying
contributions, for “ammunition." They
produce lists of names with the amount
to be collected from each and require
the contflbutor to sign his name oppo-
site these a*sessmeiuts, which range
from $2.i>0 to $59.
When Governor General Maximi-
vitch arrived here ton days ago to as-
sume his official duties he ordered that
the Cossack attachment awaiting Itiia
at the station be retired, saying he d:J
not wfint an escort Driving through
the city today, however, the governor
general's carriage was surrounded oy
twenty Cossacks.
The euitor* of the Polish newspapera
h* re were -summoned to the c stle yes-
turday. Governor General Maximovltch
received each of them separately in the
most friendly manner and talk.-l wdh
them on various subjects freely, espec-
ially on the question of censorship, lie
invited them to go to him In case of
any difficulty.
Gunshu Pass. Manchuria. April 2.—
The skirmishing between the Russians
and Japano*e Advancing army con-
tinues. Goneral Mistcfaeiuo 1* in close
touch wilh the Japanese.
Native reports, which may be taken
for what they are worth, state that the
Japanese are leaving bef(are the Rus-
sian front only a screen, capable, with
the help of the Mukden and Tie pass
fortifications aid garrisons, of holdiug
in check General Ldnevltch and are
transferring the bulk of their five
armies to Vladivo*tnk and. by means
oi a wide movement through Mongolia,
to Tsitslhar. Considering the great
distances Involved, the pian appears
too bold and almost impracticable; but
Japanese intoxication from continued
success, bold Initiative and determined
perseverance must be regarded. Tb?
situation affords an opportunity for
Russian cavalry, which thus far baa
played an Insignificant role, to distin-
guish itself by ascertaining th? Japan-
ese intentions.
With General Kurokl's Army iu the
Field, April 1 (By Way of Fusan).—
Two detachments of Japanese rivairy
have returned to the army after thu
most extensive and dangrous scouting
exploit of the war. Two detachments
were sent north early ki January under
the leadership of Colonel Naganuma
and Major 8a*egawa and numbered
each 150 men.
Only 100 men of each detachment re-
turned. They explored the Russian
positions west of Mukden. They en-
countered and eluded many forces c f
Russian cavalry and penetrated General
Mlstchenko's line. Them, going north
ward, they crossed the railroad, cutting
the road and the telegraph line In th
battle. Afterward they visited Kiri
and explored that place north- c(
Kaiyuan.
It Is a mighty poor excuse for a man
that can’t convince some woman that
he Is the wisest and beat on earth.
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