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The Guthrie Daily Leader.
IT'S in
THE LEADER
POPULAR
HOME PAPER
VOLUME XXXIII.
GUTHRIE. OKLAHOMA SATURDAY EVENING
TOBER
30 1909
LAST EDITION.
O'CLOCK.
NLMBEB 135
130011800
PIPE LINE
BARNSDALL AND HENRY
SAID TO BR IN BIG
GAS DEAL
ALLEGED COMBINATION
BETWEEN INTERESTS
Principal Business at First Will
Ba Disposal of Stock
to Easterners
Special to Dally leuler
Bartlesvllle Okla.. Oct. SO.
Thousands of acres of gas leases
representing the holdings of Theo-
dore Barnsdall and Koben L. henry
in this section of Oklahoma are to
be the basis of a 19306.000 pipe line
company according to a well authen-
ticated story afloat la Bartlesvllle to-
day Those Interested In the new cor
poratlon refuse lo discuss the alleged
combination between Henry and
Banitdall but from other sources it
has been learned thai the deul has
beep under consideration ever since
Hie Ktiii-vi .Natural Gas company
refused ti give Barnsdall Ihe price
We asked fu Ills gas Interests. It Is
ahaouncad Ciat the company has
in ole ulaos calling (or the construc-
tion of a pipe line from this field to
.loplln Mo. The principal business
of Ihe company for some time how-
ever w'.il be the disposition of the
IH. 000000 In stock to Eastern pur-
chasers. The company Is alro to be
bonded for $1000000.
The organization or the company Is
Mid to have progressed to a point
where the only hitch In the plans
Will be the refusal of Robert L. Hen
ry io enter the combination. It Is
aald Mist pressure has been brought
to bear to ferce him to go Into the
company and that he faces a gas
fight of big proportions If he refuses
It is also reorted thai the new com-
pany will not have gas enough out-
Side of that HOW possessed hi Ihe
Henry Gas and Oil company to en
able It to do a great deal of business
bevond supplying the needs of one
such 1own as Joplln Dr Howard
Weber who has been watching the
prr-greo" of the combination and wiho
believes somebody Is to be gold
bricked said today concerning ibe
protect
"Theodore Barnsdall failed to un-
load his so-called gas Interests on
the Kansas Natural fias company
and now he has been forced to take
up another scheme. . The new scheme
is based on the desire ot the average
Fastern man to btK gas stock The
new corporation will consist of the
Henry and Barnsdall Interests pro-
viding Henry will go into the deal
The Barnsdall lieutenants will take
care of the buslnesis here for their
chief The company will lake over
s vast acreage of leases which the
Kansas Natural has already refused
and these Will be unload d oil an un
suspecting Kastern nubile."
AS WAT3NCA NEED
Thst s grand jury Instead of the
fie diamine! and inspector probab-
ly Is what Is needed at Watosga.
Blaine county is the Import of At-
torney General West's answer to
Governor Haskell who asked it the
state examiner might lawfully exam-
ine the accounts of Ihe municipality
Mr West say that municipalities
sre not under or subject o the SM
pervlslon. etc. of the stat examiner
and that there Is no authority to
compel cities lo submit their accounts
for his Inspertion. He further sug-
gests thst under certain circum
stsnces a grand Jury would be prop
er.
It Is understood that complaint has
been mac (0 Governor Haskell al
leflng general crookedness In the
Blaine county town.
11R0ID CASUALTIES DECREASE
Washington D. C Oct. 30 A
decrease In the number of casualties
0 railroads for the year ending
dune 't0. 19011. Is shown bv a reMrt
published today by the Interstate
commerce commission.
During the year 2.781 persons were
killed and G320 .were injured on
railroads as Sfalnsi 37i'.4 killed and
-i . 1 . 1 . r -ttn n r 't Af 4
flscal year. This was a decrease of
793 killed and r.069 injured The re-
port siows that the number of em-
ployes killed In coupling and un-
coupling ears and engines w as 32 p. r
rent less ihsu during tlo lis ii . .n
Of 1908
COMPANY
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Orleans Oct. 30. Tonight O
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ENIO POLITICIAN ON
Special to Dally lieader.
Enid Okla Oct. 30 R. E. P.
Messall former councilman and
legislator charred with maintaining
a place where liquor was sold never
owned nor operated the Grand Ave-
nue hotel where It is alleged he sold
liquor according to his counsel. An-
other ground of defense by Messall.
is that even if he were guilt v under
I . law an accomplice would not be
permitted to testify against hli" .
Russell Mil) the state's only wit-
ness on the stand told the jury that
he bad sold liquor as a clerk in the
hotel jointly with Messall Hi- also
refuled the charges Cat Messall
and D. W. Buckner Messall's law-
yer had gi .-en him JUO to leave the
state and not appear as a witness
against Messall.
Some trouble was experienced In
securing a Jury.
TRAIN DERAILED.
(By Awaxiated r m I
Chillloolhe. Mo. Oct. 30 Several
passengers are reported injured but
none killed or seriously Injured in
a deralliniTt of the Wabash St.
Louis to Omaha passenger ir.iin
near Pattonsburg early today.
CUP RACE CREATES
LITTLE ENTHUSIASM
(By Associated Press.)
Motor Parkway. Long Island Oct.
iii. The V'anderlillt cup race was
won today by H F (irant driving k
Loco car who nude the two htindre..
and seventy-eight miles in (our hours'
and twenty-five minutes. Parkers
Fiat was second: Knippet's C.ialniers
Detroit third Only two other cars
were on ihe course at t.ie end.
The race .is badly marred by three
separate sets of cars running three
distance races over the same course
ai the s.i me time and by many accl
deuts. There was little enthusiasm
and few spectatots.
NTENTIONAL CONTEMPT
Ardmore Okla.. Oct. 30. Col. Ko
Hoffman of Guthrie attorney foi
William Stryker editor of the Tulsa
Democrat filed an answer in the con
tempt case against his client today.
The answer contained fitleen count-
in denials and allegations.
The defendant aumi.s that he Is tht
editor of the Tulsa Democrat an.l thai
Ihe articles t .niplained of were pub
It Shed: lie dailies that the paper was
circulated in the court toom at tin
time charged; he denies that the pa
per was accessible to ihe grind turv.
denies that the urlicles were designed
to defeat the ends of ihe justice ami
to prevent the punishment of crime;
denies that the paper was circulated
in the presence of the court or near
enough to interfere 'with t he adminls
t ration of Justice and that no agent
placed anv copies of the paper in the
building oec. pied by the court or
Jury.
He alleges lb it he did not intend
la icflect upon or hold up to contemp'
the Dotted States court officers 01
the Jurors.
He alleges i hat ihe articles did no'
. tune to the notice of the grand 1uror
and to show his good feeling toward
the court atactics a clipping from thi
Issue of Ap:ll 5. concerning .lodge
Marshall his standing ss a citizen
Md a jurist and his appointment B
(.rover I'levehhd.
SHERIFF INDICTED
Charging Bribery Maladminis
tton and Padding County-
Jail Claims
Special to Daily 1eader.
Oklahoma City. Okla.. Oct 30 -Slieriff
Harvey D. Garrison was sus-
'urtf'd from office b District Judge
George W. ("lark follow lug an accu-
sation containing tour counts charg-
ing bribery maladministration in of-
fice and "padding' of county jail
('aims regarding the feeding of pris-
oners on a forty cent per day plan.
The grand Jury took a recess until
November 22.
District Judge George W. Clark
tOpotatei Sam A. Cilhoun. chairman
of Democratic county central com-
mittee to succeed the accused sher-
iff the ror'mer to qualify in the sum
or $10000 bund In special session of
the board or county commissioners.
The new sheriff announced thai
the former demitv sheriffs. wIDi ex-
ception of H J. (Jakei Armstrong
and W. D. Wltcher. both Indicted
cn bribery charges will be retained
in the service under the new head of
the sheriff's office
LAND SALE
DATE STILL
UNSETT1ED
C O M P L I C ATIONS CON
FRONT STATE SALES
DEPARTMENT
UW AUTHORIZING SALE
STRICT IN PROVISIONS
Most of Leases Land to fie
Sold Do Not Expire Until
January 1st
Following i tit announcement by the
sales department of the school laud
iininission lo the offset that the in-
l -in. lily lauds In the nine rich ugri-
ultural counties on which the COM
nission ai a recent meeting approv
Id the adjustments of the apprise
pent and the lessees' improvements
would be sold before the 1069000
icres of "new college lands" In Noith-
w lern Oklahoma are put on sale
that the BO.OOO acres In Lincoln conn
y would be the first to be sold but)
ireds of letters are now being re-
ceived from the people of this and
lelghborlng states hv the seho ' land
lepartOMBI asking for the hoc .lei of
ntormatiun to be Issued by Hie saiet
eoortnteni giving too dleoftottoa ind
ocation or the land to be sold the
lesctiptlon and apraised value ot the
i woes' improvements app'aised value
.f the land etc.
The announcement has been made
'i the state press that the actual sale
it the land In ail probability would at
oninicncvd about December lsi which
.ccordlng to a statement made bj
eeretary Cassidy today is mislead
ug owing to Hie ract tnm unuei tin'
7esemc.rcums.ances he dea tmne
an not set a date for the. sale to
ommeuce with any degree of cer-
alnty. The sile of the land must
made according to the provisions
f Senate Bill No. 1 passed by ihe
econi legislative
rovides certain 1
icfore the actual
amis can be made
I isembly which
ings to be done
' 11 'be lease
1
When the sales .; i 1" : . 01. .an
ed several months ago by the selec
Ion of J. M. Sbepler as chief sales
tgent It was the Intention of tne com-1
1. 1 Am . II I... -. ... I !.'.
'llli-'lMli i.i rr-11 hi.- 11. n w.. a-;
ande" In Northwestern Oklahoma up
on .which there we no
eases and upon win. loaooe
nud no p.efe.ence Ugh . 1 h se
ould have been sold under Ihe law
vith no preliminary steps save the :
lortv uay auvenih.nK nmivv mi"""
Believing that the farmers of the
date ami the people generally were
iroaporooa wlih the sale of crops at
tigh prices this fall the deportment
irdered the Indemnity lands to be
ilrst sold which will necessitate the
ale to be deferred until the preliiuin
'ty steps are taken.
Under the law the secretary of the
ommission Is required to notify eacn
.r the lessees that the adjustment
if the appiaisemeiit on the sab- limb:
ad been approved by the board. See
.tary Cassidy nas a Inrge force at
wrk sending out these notices to
he lessees in the nine counties Ifl
bich the stile land has been contirm
d by tne board. The lessee who hi
ot satlsii'd with the appraisement as
onlirmeii bv the board ha:' under the
aw thirty da; S in which to notify
ne coaUOlMlOhers in writing.
11 case StlCh noi ice is nled the land
.ill be reserved from sale pending
u review of the sppralsenteai in the
ttrict court of the county in wnic.i
be land Is situated.
The law also provides thai "all
uch leased lauds shall not be sold
.nlll 'he expiration of each lease con ; IcMahon the conf eased triple mur
ract or sooner upon petition of lessee dcrer sentenced to life Imprlson-
o the commissioners of the land 0 lmn wa8 Recred fnml .MMahon
ice asking Mr sale of said land so h sh.n
eased. . .
Most of the 250(M) acres of indem . 'he Information I got from Jim
lite lands which have been ordered last nlpht Is the most sensational
old bv the department in order that v Ha ( ker lo.lay "It ImpM-
he appraisement and adjustment vork .a 1S( u di.a ..m
vere completed is covered by 1 esses ;
vhlch do not expi:e until January 1 11 f l1rH
IMO. and some do not expire unltl lat
er.
Secretary Cassidy believes that p ac
ically all of the lessees who nave
signed the acceptance of Hi adjust
BMCt made by the cominislhui on
heir improvements will sign a pen
ion asking the department to sell the
land ss soon ss possible. Less than
ifn per cent of the lessees in tht
nine counties in which the appraise
ments hare been approved have re-
fused to sign an acceptance to the
adjustment made by 'he Died ndjusi
I ers.
The sales department is pushing
jtl.e sale of the land along as far as
j possible and Sales Manager Sheplci
will on Monday turn over to the p'lnt
1 er the copy for the booklet giving the
iifserip.ivu vummM.m tucAiauti. uu
or the 00.900 acres or indemnity tea
j In Lincoln county. The booklet will
1 be ready for distribution within twen-
ty days provided enough of the les-
sees In U"o!n county tuition the
1
with the sale of the land before ti;.jr
lease expires which will authorise ts
dcartmeat to set a dale tor the sale
to commence after k i -. i . at leas
forty days for adveitlsiug the sale
Secret -tv Cassidy contemplates the
sale of the Lincoln ram' I in. I l
commence during the latter part ot
L eoember.
The report that the department
now has men In the field adjusting
sale lands in other counties is erron
1 eous. Secretary Cassidy states that
the adjusters will not be. put baik in
to the field until February or March.
ENDORSE GORE'S COLONY PUN
Stapulpa Okla. Oct. 0:j. Negroes
of Okl.it. una In convention here at
'.ended by liftv delegates from all over
the state selected five delegates to
go to Washington the first of the year
to lobby for the plan proposed by
senator Gore of this str'e to colonize
lie representative-! of tie .ace in Li-
beria. The delegates che-eii are- ..
Washington and C. W Neloms or
apulpa and J. W. Anderson C C
Claggett and A. B. Johnson of No-
wata. WILL SUB! SCHOOL PAPtH
John W Wilkinson assistant State
superintendent or public instruction is
iirep-'iing to !uiK-h a new school pa
per here to be known as the Houth-
est School Mens .lomit. It Is not;
tc be a pedagogical publication and
vill not interfere with others of that
kind but will be de-voted to oduea-
lional ne-As. Associated wlih Mr. Wil
!;inson in the new publication will be
W. K. Gill of Pawhuska In charge
of the county superintendent i' depart-
ment; W. Cnlvert. of Cuthrle in
h ige of the city superintendents de
part Stent; Rev. T. F. Brewer of Nor
num. high school department; K. (i
.. .. Stillwater seconda y agrl-
Milturul schools; B. 11. Hester of
Claremore. rural schools and J. M Os
bene diploma clerk In the state sit
perintendent's office examination!
;ui1 toarheis qiiorieH. mm Will also
be a special depart nientjior eich nor
mal school the A. & M. college. . ate
t'niverslty imliistilal sctonl and other
siate schools in charge of the presi-
dents of those institutions.
COTTON TO MARKET
Tle lig pnCes f )aHl w
day had the result of twinging more
cotton into GiUhrle today than there
n--Z .1. Mreote nr ten
ytllrHj wtln . hustiness thorough
rale8 wero Mocked with wagon loMbt
U the fiee.v supe. The cotton mar
lut M Nor nivislon street was
crowded tliioiiKhout the dav and the
(.i1h of )aUli aill .
Wt lv HJ li(.k n fW(rH itruiig
:;m)! Division street as far as Noble
avenue and on Cleveland avenue 1 oh
Kirsi to Vin.- streets
a i)tw elock tod l there were!
t .-v f lit j 1 nree wagon load:; of cotton
by actual count on the market cor
J k.J k. ...... j
uei nun cuit; in 117.11. linn ii.'i'n m
based during the ing. The price
was .omewln o today ran
tnm MJB to 16.10 nr hundred in
lh aI1 :! ; in the lint
u. rterd as hujB M 5 N wa
lilld hl lllC se0d 2nd 11 cents In the
iiiu.
I
Alleged Confession By Triple
Murderer Implicates at
Least Two Others
(By Associated Pr s" )
Kansas Cllv. Mo . Oct. 30 Fur-
her HertuMonal liiiorimfiion liupli-
ating peranps persons close to Jas
Patrick McMahon Is still being
held. He became violent last night
declaring evetv one
was a detective
o convict him.
(By Associated Pressi
8t. .lohnsburg. V't.. Ocl. 30 . - Nine
lives were lost In a fire that destroy
nA m rfttfwn' hank hlnrV her
The
laying or the double course
paving on North Division
he tag rapidly pnahed to
I
NOW FOR
ELECTION
NEW YORK MAYORALTY
CONTEST OF CHIEF
INTEREST
THREE STATES WILL
ELECT FULL TICKETS
Disfranchisement is Issue in
Maryland; 6 0 P Hopes
to Carry Virginia
Washington. O. C . Oct. 30
Tiough full state tickets are to be
v'oied for in only three stales next
Tuesday there will be scarcely a
commonwealth or the rjaJoa ait Mat
its election of minor officials mimic
ipal or congressional contests or a
ballot on proposed constitutional
amendments to occupy Its attention
The stales which are to choose gov
einors and other state officials are
AL. .!.... ... 1) 1. . . .1 It I 1
viMHnii.
Politics in Massachusetts and
RaOOe Island loom up unusual ty
large for a. off yea. Governor A.
; .1 . Rothlcr Is the Hcpiibllcan eandl
late for re-eleitlon In Bhode Island
The Democrats have nominated Ol
j ney Arnold a Providence maniifac-
tarer wiho was defeated by a narrow
margin a year ago. In Massachu-
I setts Governor Draper and Lloulen
ant Governor Froiliiughara head ''-!
Kepiildican ticket ("r a vecond time.
Arrayed against them on the Demo-
cratic side are .lames H. Vahey who
was unsuccessful a year ago. and
Kugene N Foss a wealthy manu-
facturer and a former Republican
Ti JXT ' h'.km"5K
merit ot stale affairs forms the chief
issue Iii the Massachusetts con lest
In Rhode Island the light hinges on
tine question of reapportionment nnd
several proposed changes In the '-
lehi of government
4k O. P. Eyes Virginia.
In Virginia. the governorship
OlOng with other official places Is at
Stake and the ciiiestlon Is what
strength the Republicans win be able
to disclose after a most aggressive
campaign and with the Nations! ad
mlnlstratiou doing all In Its power
... ... ... u I.
" ? Hah on h"
n(. J.'.Vls . . 2 XIX I t
mM!i (liscus Judge William
H Mhi . Democratic tick-
Th Kepntilican candidate Wll-
Ken kr( udmittedlv
..io
sole in. n and well qualified for th.
.fflce or cnicr executive The fie
publican I. a.. is ai. maktiif. i". at
predictions of carrying the state. The
Users sober Judgment of well Inform-
ed politician.-; is that this Is Dot to;
In I'xptclod. but t bill it is po... ibl
that the Democratic majority may b.
cut into heavily
Ditinfranchisement Issue in Maryland.
In Maryland ib. amendment to
the constitution to disfranchise aa
ored volerK is t'he Issue that Is al
too'b and nail and th." pn.f.- ; greni
. 1 ndUk HI Miey w ill defeat It. If
that do it will result In placing
Maryland la the doubtful column
politically Instead or making It aofr
. . 1 1 v Democratic In tholr Ifhl tha
. Republicans claim to have the sup
port ol the independent voter nnd
the foreign born jl itlzetJslliK On i
ih.- other hand tihe TenK)crat3 are
railing prlactpauy aa the rural vote
which is almost solidly In ravor or
disfranchising the negroes to carry
the ameadmeal to victory.
Contests in Other States.
In New York state two Justices of
the supreme court are to be elected
and the fate or several constitutional
amendments or minor Interest will
be decided by the voters. Pennsyl-
vania will elect an associate justice
ot ihe supreme court state treasurer
and auditor general. Minor stat of-
ficials will be voted for In Nebraska
an.l on or two other stales. In near-
ly all of the slates where the elec-
tions sre to be held tickets have
heen placed In the field by the Pro-
hlbiiiunists and the Socialists but
neither party Is expected to figure
prominently In the results.
New York Fight Overshsdows All.
Of more Interest throughout the
country than even the state elections
! tie na'":a :v '''I 1 in New York
Oft Aga'ti it Is the story of Tarn
IBf tjmd anti Tammany. Again
flfere fa a throe cornered fight In
lolved in I'i'.e dental situation with
William R Hearst running as an
Independent candidate again a prime
factor as he was in the last muni.
Ipal campaign In the metropolis. The
Tammany candidate is William J.
Gaynor who personslly has been an
upponent or ring organization
Ihrnturhnwt his career. The Republic
an nrganir..i v.ii. alter mm euorve iu
work out a fusfon program nomlns'
ed for mayor Otto T. Bannard a
financier of standing a man with a
clean record but one wlwt never has
nPon
Continued on Pe Eight
THE LEADER MARKETS
The market t . printed in
The Leader tcy ig TOOAY't
and ramie1 b nd
pend on it.
may de-
WOMAN SUES EDR
BREACH OE PROMISE
IfeeJaJ to The Daily Leader.
Kingfisiier Okla. Oct. 30. Sensa
tional cbargea aud extracts from er-
lulgcnt luveletteis ae contained in
a suit petition filed here against 10.
F. Doorlev of Kingfisher by Ag
:. s M l-' an .. ol New Yeik. who
. barges Uoorley with breech Of prom
ise and asks for damages iu the sum
of Jlu.ooo Numerous love letters Sic
inaile exhibits along with a phot.
g.'aph of the residence of A. H. Si ho
waller winch the woman alleges was
represented ti liei i: lloiiit '
deuce in who
after marrUge
Miss Evans
dated April IX
Marriage taut
September 14
says that In a letter
lie DOOr (Of proposed
she accepted and that
last was fixed as the
uay of the wedding she sav that Dr
Doolley reached New York Septembei
12 and they went to visit Mends In
! a Jersey; f'.iat while there the doc
lor became 111 and they returned In
New York city shortly thereafter
according to the petition DOOdoj
deserted her aud returned lo oMaho
mil.
PLUNGER PITTDN
WINS ON COTTON
Chicago Oct. SO. Jatnes A. Pat
ten became spproilBtataljf 4i00O.OOO
i. her through a srQd rise in Am. 01
is and English eotteo markets sea
tortajr Ha is lung about 108000
lales. much of which he accumulat-
ed when cotton was selling around
An advance 'his morning when
shorts attempted U) cover gives Mag
an average profit ot 4c a pound
Patten's Invasion of the cotton
market occasioned considerable sur
niise among Ira. lets who had
thought the wheat pit wus his ofll
fl.id or operation
IjsSalle street brokers who have
kept in touch with Ihe deals ol the
former mayor or Rvansion say bis
winnings ibis year total no less than
$13 000000
NEW ORLEANS GIVES
PRESIDENT WELCOAAE
I By A (wxiated I'ress I
New Orleans. Oci M To the
roar of guns from wm ships in mid
ti.. mi anil ihe cbe-rs or a auadred
ihousan.l citizens President Taft ar
r i v . d here thla morning bringing to
a successful conclusion the nip down
the river from 8t. louls.
The Preeldent spoke this aft.
noon before the Lakes to the Gull
Lb op Wate.-wavs conv
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LEGAL I
Spot lal to Dally leader.
Arkansas city Kan. Ocl 30. The
longstanding tra.lliion lhai a man
could not be extradited on a mlnot
fealony charge whs shattered when
Raines rinkerlou wa relumed here
qroa Oklahoma "n the . barge of bool
lenglng
tinkerton refused ba return to Kan
sas for trial when an orflcor went t'
Bold OKlii with a warrant (Of Mm
ecently prosecutor lleektiian Hon
applied to Governor Btubbs for reqin
cltlon papers in the ease Govern. i
Haskell recognised them upon pre
natation .
GETS LIFE SENTENCE
Pleads Guilty to Killing His
Two Sisters and
Brother-in-Law
Kansas City. Oct. 3d. James Mc
Mshon pleaded guilty to the murder
of his two sisters. Rose McMahon
and Mrs Alonzo van Koyen and his
brother-in-law Alonzo van Koyen in
e count court of common pleas at
Kansas Cltv Kas. late yesterday.
He immediately wa seBtfriced to
life itnilsoaraeat in the stale prison
Si I
pel.
-mar
An eJU
with th
?r left ror the
nlghi .
Both McMahon ai
srere eager to have 1
Immediately and tin
sought pef
mission of the authorities to let the
plea lie i nte red without the formal-
ity Ol a jurv trial. Prosecutor Joseph
I . . 1 k. d McMahon a lew .pies
lions .ilt 'is age and occupation
I HI tC SO OyWiStlU Li 44 lUi. --
room snd the case was disposed of
in less than ten minutes.
"I'm glad to get started on my
NEXT WEEK'S
EVENTS IN
FORECAST
- . . i . v
PRESIDENT BEGINS FINAL
STAGE OF 15.000-MILE
JOURNEY
ELECTIONS WILL FURNISH
NEWS OF INTEREST
Several Changes Among High
Government Officials Be-
come Effective Monday
Washington D. C . Oct 30.
Leaving Ntiw Orleans at an early
iiour Monday mornlcg President
Tafl will begin the final stage of his
' toon mi tourney. Monday and
I in .lav will be devoted to visits to
some of the ebbr cities of Mtsshjalp-
1 1 Including Jackson West Polut
and Columbus Birmingham will
have blie President Wednesday and
Macon the forenoon or Thursday.
Arriving at Savannah Thuraday
. venlng the President w'.ll remain
1 here until early Friday afternoon.
Charleston ami Columbia are net
on Ihe schedule Augusta will be
1 ached Saturday evening and the
visit there will continue over tiun-
da 'ihe Tuesday elections will profc-
ably furnish the most interesting
news of the week. No surprises ar
expected In the results of the con-
tesls ill Lie three states that Will
.boose governors Massachusetts
Rhode Island and Virginia but th
-nit in Maryland where the dls
: rauchisemeiii amendment Is to be
voted on appears io be doubtful and
as a consequence it is awaited With
iie.'n interest especially In the
I outliers stales where the negro
rote Is a factor.
The entire country is manifesting
1 llvelj Interest In the New York
mayoralty contest and readers ev-
iy where may be expected to scan
he V .'due: dav paper.' In an eager
de: ire to learn whether Tammany or
.lull Tamilian Is victorious at the
noils whether Oaynor BtnaofA Of
1 1. a 1 st is to be
1 1 opolis.
Oeveral chang
rnraem oflciota
Ive Monday. On
Ih
gov
will become effect-
' al dai George R.
1 '1 Itoli W III : lcceej Bee II
1 in.i i' porlo Rico ami
foal 1
le Mc-
(iung will nssume office as Halted
State in 1 i.ier succeeding Charles
I' Tf 1 1
Cot Iroie.t mi Can Klsht
Special to lisnU le(ler.
liwton Okla. Oct. 50. Col.
. .e l David L Sleeper promoter and
eneral counsel for the Lawton and
I't sill Electric Hallway company.
111.1 Simon Smith president repre-
"iitiug lb- Southland Development
loinpaiiy both or (iklahoma City to-
day closed a deal with the Lawton
! Transit company represented
by Btnte Beaator .1 Elmer Thomas
fir the 590 acres of land Included in
Medicine park eleven miles north-
iMi ol Lawton for $."jU000.
Ihe n w o w 1 1 e r s are making ar
rang emeu Is for davetopasttl of the
: ark Two large dame for lakes a
iinin.a tesoii hotel sauitaiium and
summer residences will b built
before spring an.l negotiations are
n now wHb the war department for
.1 right of -way across the military
reservation for an electric lino cob
neci log Lawton Ft Hill and Medl-
. me park A Tranchlse tor the city
railway is to be voted on No-
1 mnr 23. It Is planned to com-
idele Improvements by May 1910.
TO-DAY'S
MARKETS
Chicago Grain.
Chicago. Oct. 3o . The market
Closed moderaieiy active with all
Important grain on the downward
road .
Wheal December closed at
Si 5 1-8; May at $1 Ot 3 4.
Corn December closed at 59 I-80;
May at 01 Sc.
Kansas City Grain.
Kansas City. .Oct. 30. Heavy re-
ceii.u distressed the local market.
tuber dosed at 57 l-2c;
at fiO 5-Sc .
Ksnaas City Live Stock
isas C'ty Oct 30 Cattle
p I ..MM. H. ; -Receipt 4-
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