The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 36, Ed. 1, Monday, August 10, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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Weathar Fsrett Monday and Tuesday probably ehowors; cooler tonight warmer Tuesday.
XA.3EM? X3JDXXIOIW
The Guthrie : Daily Leader.
THE ONLY F.VENINQ A880C1ATED PREM PAFER IN OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
VOLUME 22
EiOHT PAGE.
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA MONDAY AUGUST 10 1903.
EIGHT PAGED.
NUMBER 86
KILLING OF RUSSIAN CONSUL
COMPLICATES SITUATION
Very French
Still More
NORTH T0PEKA AGAIN
SURROUNDED BY WATER
Will Encourage Bulgarians to Sup
port Revolutionary Movement
(By Associated Prese
Belgrade Servla Aug. 10. Accord
tag to tho lntoat reports rocoirod hero
Of tho murder of the Russian consul
at Monastlr Roatkovskl abused a
Turkish gondarmo who was doing son.
try duty for not saluting him and call-
ed him a "pig of a Turk." Then ho
struck tho sentry with hla whip. Tho
gendarme thereupon fired upon tho
i-jonsul It Is stated that Rostkovskl
was hated by the Turks on account of
his Intenso arrogance.
iOnttantlnople Aug. 10. Tho mur-
der of tho Russian consul Rostkovekl
has caused intenso oxcltoraent here
and Is tho solo topic of conversation
in streets cafes and public retorts
Tho general belief ia that the incident
Is bound to considerably aggravate the
already sorlous situntion in Macedonia
and It is fe't that it will undoubtedly
encourage tho Bulgarian to support
tho Insurrectionary movement which
is spreading rapidly notably to the
southward of Monastlr.
According to mall advices from Mon-
astlr dated August p tho insurgents
who recently occupied tho little town
of Krushevo 23 milos north of Mon-
astlr numbered 910. They killed tho
garrison consisting of flfty-two sol-
tilers dynamited and burned tho gov-
ernment buildings and then hoisted
on a hill over tho town a red flag bear-
ing on ono sldo a lion with the inscrip-
tion. "Death qf Liberty" and on tho
other tha words "Courage Brethren"
Tho robelawero sOirin possession of
tho town when tho letters woro sent
off. Practically tho whole country
north of Monastlr is in revolt.
More Ffghtlno Reported.
8alonIca Aug. 10. Further fighting
occurred yesterday near SorovKcb t"
Turkish troops coming Into collision
at tho v'llago of Kallar with a largo
Insurgent band.
Many Killed and Injured
By Falling of Grand Stand
(By Associated Frees.)
Philadelphia Pa. Aug 10 Four
"persons aro dead at loast 12 are
thought to bo fatally Injured und fully
ISO others aro hurt some soriously
as tho rosult of tho accident whte' oc-
curred Saturday afternoon at 'ho Fell
adolphla National boso ball park. A
board walk which ovorhung' the loft
field bleachers fell to tho stieot car-
rying 200 spectators.
Tho identified dead aro:
Edward Graham.
Alfred Rodgors.
Sutfard Williamson aged 60 years.
Tho following aro thought to bo fa-
tally Injured:
Thomas Kane. 34 years fractured
skull internal Injuries.
Douglass McCaulley fractured skult.
Internal Injuries.
John Murphy eight years fractured
skull.
Peter Barrett fractured skull.
Joseph McCarrlgle. 12 yoars both
ankles brokon.
Joseph McConagby fractured skull.
W Snyder 28 yoars both logs brok-
on spinal Injuries.
Joseph Larkln 10 years Internal In-
juries. A D. Robinson 81 yoars conouseon
of the brain.
Lewis McGratb 30 years fracturod
-skull arm and leg.
John Radcllffe 14 years fractured
skull.
Nicholas Mos?r 61 yoars Internal
injuries.
Nearly one hundred persons receiv-
ed fractures of logs laceration of head
broken noses contusions of the head
und body but tholr condition is not
serious.
Two gamea were scheduled between
"Boston and Philadelphia Saturday a
lomon and tho Attraction drew over
tOflM. persons o the ball park. MolVallUes.
accident occurred at 5:40 o'cloclc while
tho BoBton team wa3 at bat In Its halt
of tho fourth Inning of tint ccond
gamo and was directly due to a ;uur-
rol between two drunken men li iho
stroot
Tho National League stands aro built
of steel and brick tho brick walls ex-
tending entirely around tho grounds.
At tho top of tho 16ft field seats and
extending from tho grand stand to tho
end of tho bleachers thero was a walk
about three feet wide which ovorhung
tho stroot It was this walk that gavo
way under the hi-vy woight
Men who " standing on tho walk
were nttrnc y a disturbance In the
street. Th y leaned over the railing
to see what was the trouble and drew
the attention of other spectators seat-
ed on the top row of the bleachers.
Then occurred what Is seen almost ev-
ery day at a ball game a rush to see
what the other spectators wore look-
ing at
The walk became overcrowded and
without a moment's notice fell to the
fcldewalk twenty feet below carrying
nil who wore on It. Thero were prob-
ably 3000 persons sitting on tho left
ftold bleachers and the roar made by
the falling timbers croated a panic.
Ins.tnnUy tho spectators! rose on
masse and made a rush dova tl
stand and Into tho playing field. It
was a great bltwk wave of humanity.
Men and boys climbed over ono an-
other In an effort to escapo the
grounds. Notwithstanding what had
occurred tho ball players and others
trtdo to stop tho mad rush but they
wore swopt aside in their unsuccessful
offorta and sevoral persons woro badly
hurt In the crush.
Outside tho grounds the scene was
ono of horror. For an ontiro block on
Flfteonth stroot from Huntington
stroot to Lehigh avenue men and boys
wero lying writhing In agony. Some
were burled under tho wreckage
others woro lying in tho gutters and
dozens woro stretched out in Flfteonth
streot on tho car tracks Some wore
unconscious othors wero rolling ovor
suffering groat pain and others at-
tempted to get up and walk only to
fall again.
It is odttmated that fully an hundrod
persons who wero Injured wont direct
to their homos.
n examination of tho ralk after the
acoldent showed many of tho woodon
supports which extended threo fovit
beyond tho walk to be rotten. noy
wore about 2 Inches thick and about
six inchos wide. They broke off flush
with the wall.
Washington Big Guns
Welcome Union Printers
(By Associated Press.)
Washington B. C Aug 10. The
40th session of the International Typo
graphical union began hero today
with a large ruajorlty of tho 316 dele
gates present. Chairman Whitehead
of the committee on arangomonts pre-
sided whllo by bis sldo sat Secretary
Cortelyou of the department of com-
merce and labor. Public Printer Palm-
er and a number of other prominent
men Commissioner MoFarland and
Willis Moore ohlef of woathor bureau
who was at one time a printer wel-
comed the delegates. Moore congrat-
ulated the union upon its strength up-
on tho progress made and Influence
exerted. Ho spoke also of the presi-
dent of the United States as a friend
of labor and congratulated tho conven-
tion upon that fact
DYNAMITERS AT WORK.
(By Associated Frees.?
Vienna Aug. 10. According to a
dispatch from Salonica lnaurgonta
Jast evening blew up with dynamite
the custom bouse aVzibevcho on the
erylan. frontier. Thero were no fa
i'i -
Madame Humbert Makes a
Grand IStand Play ..j
While oh Trial
(By Associated Press.)
Paris Aug 10 Tho Humbert trial
today drow another largo crowd. Mme.
Thereso Humbert oontlnuod to dom-
inate tho proceedings and created
several scones when tho court ati
temptod to examine mombora of thq
family Bonnet the presiding Judge
Insisted on examining Frederick Hum-
bert hor husband but Mmo. Thoroso
rising said:
"I domand to bo heard. I am strong
today and will oxplain whoro tho mil-
lions are."
Tho Judge howovor pfu oeded with
the examination of tho inner dofondJ
ants doanltd Mmo. Humbert's constant
Interruptions. During Judge Bon
net's seething Intonvs-itl'm of tJ"J
husband Mme. Thereto dramatically
exclaimed:
"Monsieur the president: You are
clealry showing by your manner that
yo uare against us You should dis-
guise your feelings and try to appear
impartial."
Will be Brought Here
For Identification
A telophone massage received at tho
United States mamhal's offlco at 2
o'clock Sunday morning conveyed the
news of a fight with three outlaws
eight miles from Pawhuska Saturday
evening. Doputy Marshal Haines was
fatally wounded but a telegram thin
morning stated that tho wounded offi
cer was improving and thought to be
out of danger. Two of .tho outlawa
woro killed and tho third membor of
tho gang escaped.
Deputy Marshal Bennett was also
engaged in tho fight with tho desper-
adoes. "
News of tho battle la meagre yet
enough has been learned to Indicate
that the conflict was an exciting ono.
Tho doeporadoos aro thought to oe
tho samo men who hold up and robbod
tho Hennessey Rock Island dopot so--oral
months ago and which also a fow
weeks ago shot and killed Marshal
Cross at Geary Thoy have been chas-
od by tho host officers In Oklahoma
since tho murder and nro thought to
have roaohod Pawhuska whoro tho of-
ficers thoro wero notified and tho bat-
tle followed.
Marshal Bennett telephoned that ho
bollevod tho men woro also tho samo
parties who hold up and robbed a
number of people noar Rartloavllle
sevoral weeks ago tho tfrst account of
which was reported in (ho Loader.
Sovoral horses which woro stolon nt
that tlrao were recovered Saturday.
In tho battle ono of tho outlaws was
killed and ono was shot and captured.
Tho third member of tho gang escap-
ed. Tho dosperado who was captured
died this morning.
Thu bodiofl of tho doad outlaws will
be brought tp thb oif y tomorrow morn-
ing for identification as It Is not posi-
tively known to tho pffloers who they
are. Several Goary citizens aro In tho
city today awaiting tho arrival of tho
remains and will attempt to Identify
the bodies tomorrow.
Chlf Depu.ty Marshal Wllllte left
this afternoon for Ralston and tomor
row jWlth Deputy Marshal Bennett
wilt bring the remains to the olty.
Absent Minded Woman
Forgot a Valuable Bustle
(By Associates Preeaj
St Paul Minn. Aug 10 Word wag
recolved by the union depot officials
that a missing buBtle In whloh $7300
had boon sewed by Mrs Lucy Van
Car of Shawnee Kansas and whloh
she supposed she bad dropped from
the train while enroute to St Paul
had been found. Mrs Van Corke In
her hurry of olaving Shawnee bad for-
gotten the valuable article and re-
turned home Just in time to save It
from being burned as rubbish by the
new tenanta of her bouse.
Negroes Charged With Crime
Violently Ushered Into
Eternity
By Associate Prat.
Hattietburg Mitt. Aug. 10. A ne-
gro Amoe JOnes was hanged by a
mob horo Saturday night for shooting
and mortally- wounding Jailer II. M.
Sexton Jones and another negro
namod McElroy who wero prisoners
seized Sexton intending to break from
tho Jail McElroy throw Sexton down
and two white youths also prisonora
held him. Tho nogrooq disarmed Sox-
ton and ones shot him. Inflicting throe
wounds that aro said to be fatal.
A crowd gathered outsido the Jail
whllo a doputy and several others on-
tenred and overpowered three of tho
prisonora. In the confusion McElroy
escaped from tho Jail. Tho crowd cut
side decided to lynch Jonoe. Promlnont
man urged them to desist jtd the
wounded Jailer sent word to leave the
mnn unharmed. The mob later seised
Sheriff Batson and tied him
Tho flro brigade was requested to
turn out and help disperse the mob but
refuted The mob then broke into a
window of the Jail and cut tho negro
out of his cell with 'chisels. He was
brought out to tho crowd of about 600
men and boys a rope wns tied around
his neck and ho was dragged through
t jo town to Gordon croek brldgo whoro
ho was hanged to a telegraph polo and
bullets woro fired Into his body. It Is
tnought ho wns doad boforo ho was
hanged.
The shorlff had telographod to tho
governor when tho mob first awcmblod
and D'i order camo to tho local militia
to turn out but it was too late. Whllo
tno mob was forming and threatening
to lynch tho white prisonora also tho
sheriff spirited them out of town
At Valparaiso Ind.
Valparaiso Ind. Aug. 10. John
Wilson a powerful nogrp attempted
to assault Mm Hugh F. Bltta at hor
homo four mites In tho country. Sho
was In tie houso with hor two little
chlldron when tho negro appearod at
tho door and asked for matches. Whoa
ho atackod hor tho children scroamod
and tho negro ran
Over a hundred neighboring farmors
and farmers hands startod In pursuit.
The nogro Jumned a passing freight
train and ocapod to Warsaw. Tho
telephones had been usod and deputy
Shorlff Matthews and William Wil-
liams a school teacher wore at tho
depot
Tho negro drow a knlfo and attacked
Matthews but was knocked unconsci-
ous by a stone thrown by Wilson
Ho confessed. Tho stroots of tho town
have boon filled with angry farmers of
Washington township muttorlng tholr
throats of vongeanco but no attack on
the Jail Is feared.
Two Negroes Get 99 Years.
Henderson Tex Aug 8. ftham
Strong tbo negro surrendered by a
rnob which had taken him from tho
Jail for tho purposo of lynohlng him.
was sontonced to 90 years In prison.
Shortly aftor tho conviction of
Strong a negro named Amual Thomp-
son was brought In from Mount Enter-
prise where It is alleged ho had at-
tempted to assault a MUb Sparks. He
was hurriedly trie) and 'was also giv-
en 99 years.
ALLEGED HORSE THIEF HELD.
Texas Bad Man Was Captured Near
Lawton Recently.
Lawton Okia. Aug. 10 Aftr a
chase in whlclr strong resistance was
offered to the officers a man known
under the names of Darla Campbell
ad Caraecoa he 1mm arrested here
with horses and a mule In his posses-
sion which it la bellevsd were stolen
II& is to be taken to Wichita Falls.
Tex. where it la alleged be stole the
animals some of them having been
Identified by men from that place. It
Is believed be Is wanted in other coun-
ties for crimes and is being held pend-
ing the arrival of officers from tho
surrounding country.
Inhabitants Fear a Repetition of
the Disastrous June Hood
Servian Cut Throat Sang
Sent Into Coventry
(By Associated Preaa.)
Vienna Aug 10. In consequence of
tho assassination of King Aloxandor
and Queen Draga and tho subsequent
nttltudo of Servian mllitarys officers
both Rusnin-and Austria havo decided
to send homo all Servian officers study-
ing In tholr military schools.. Russia
has forbidden hor offlcors to havo
either official or social Intercourse
with Servian offlcors
Willtom Rrummitt Died
Suddenly of Dropsy
WIHIum Brummltt aged &7. who has
beon a roslrtont of Guthrio and Logan
county sevenl years dropped dend In
his room nt tho ISxcelsior ' tel nt
9-30 o'clock last ovonlng Diopsy wng
tho Immediate cause of his death.
Mr. Brummltt has been living in tho
vicinity of Meridian during tho past
few months. Ho formerly was engaged
In tho real ostnto business hero hav-
ing an offlco In tbo building occupied
by tho Guthrio Savings bank.
Whllo a resident of Meridian Mr.
Brummltt suffered much from dropsy.
Several weeks ago ouo or his nolghbors
wroto to BrumiaUt'a brothor In an-
uprising him of tho condition of his
Oklahoma brothor and ho togothor
wlht another brother arrived only yes-
terday. Thoy wont to tho homo of Mr. Brum-
mitt near Meridian but when ho loam
ed that his brothers had arrived to
care for him and it posslblo tako him
back to Missouri ho became angered
and refused to go. Ho camo to Guthrio
yesterday afternoon and waa seen on
tho stroot by a numbor of his acquaint-
ances. Last opening Tio spent somo
tlrao conversing with a frlond and at
9:80 Btartod to rotlro. His frlond ac-
companied him to tbo room and an ho
neared It Prummitt uttored a groan
and foil bank Into the arms of the
friend. A physloan was called but life
was oxtlnot
Tho body will bo taken baok to
Hickory Crook Mo. by tho two bro-
thers tomorrow morning.
High School Injunction
Argued Before Burford
Before Judgo Burford in chambora
this nfternoo;. was presontod tho pe-
tition for an Injunction to rostraln the
trustees of tho county high school from
causing to bo oreoted tho county high
sohool building Tho petition was
presented by Atorney Strang Cottorul
& Hornor and County Attornoy Mo-
Quire and wan resisted by Attorneys
Dale & Blerer.
COTTON MILL AT CARTHAGE.
Citizens Subscribe $100000 Towards
McDonald's Enterprise
Cartnage Mo. Aug. 10. Carthage
aeoyto btfre subscribed J 100000 o&ah
to the capital stook of the Carthage
Cotton Mill company being organised
at this plaoe by Wltten McDonald
TUls Insure the erection of the plant.
The mills will have a capacity of 10
000 spindles and 240 looms and will
manufacture fabrics suited to the gen-
eral HMds of the southwestern mar-
kets. A GHA8TLY FIND.
(By Ascoolatcd PTess.)
St. Paul Minn. Aug 10 Tho dis-
membered and headless trunk of a
human body was found floating In the
Mississippi river at the dam noar St
Paul
Tbo Cltlzena State bank of Braman
notified the seorotary today of an in-
crease of eapltal stock from 5000
to 10000.
(By Associated Prees.)
Topeka Kaa. Aug. lO.-Tho Kansas
rlTor here ta higher than at any time
plnco tho Juno flood marking eight
feot abovo tho low water mark. It Is
still rising at tho rate of half an Inch
an hour but unless the hoary rains
o ftho past week west of here contin
ue no serious dnmngo Is feared How
over alarm is folt at North Topoka.
Seldlor crook which flows through
tho north side of tho city Is rising
rapidly and North Topokn is now sur-
rounded by water.
Oklahoma Gets
Permit to Eaild
Special to Dally Leader.
St. Louis Mo. Aui. 10 The elev-
enth permit for the construction of a
stole building a the World's Fair was
Saturday Issued to Otto A Sutloo
troatmior of the Oklahoma commis-
sion. The erection of the pavilion will
probably be begun this week by tho
Hill Construction company of this city
and mutt bo completed by Docembor
1. 1903 The contract price Is ?1&000.
Tho pavilion is to bo two storios and
will occupy an area of 73x71 feot Par-
lors and a rocoptlon ball will bo on
tho Aral floor Porches will surround
tho front of tho building on both floors
Tho supportiug columns on the lower
floor aro to bo Corinthian while on.
tho upper floor a Moorish effect will
bo obtained by broken flllgrea arches.
WESTERN M1NER8.
Taka Drastic Measures to Enforce
Payment of Union Scale.
(By Asaoclaicd Press.)
Cripple Creek Colo. Aug 10 A
committee of tho Western Federation
of Minors mado a tour of the district
this morning calling out miners at
proportion whloh are shipping ore to
wills operated by the United States
Reduction and Refining Company
which has refuel to pay tho union
scale Stratton's Independence mlno
was one of the first mines closed
DAKOTA DIVORCE.
Plays a Part In Noted English Divorce
Quit.
(By Associated Proas.)
London Aug. 10.-A dlvoroo today
waa granted D. S. Constnndlnldl from
his wife a daughtor of Stephen Rail!
mombor of tho Arm pf Ralll Brothers
on tho ground that Mrs. Constandinldl a
conduct led to tho misconduct of her
husband. Tho suit raised the question
of the legality of Dakota divorces ta
England. Tho husband charged his
wife wlth Mgamousl marrying Dr.
Lanoo family physician
DOUBLE KILLING.
Husband Killed Wife Then Shot Hrnij
self to Death
(By AijBoelated Press.)
Buffalo N Y. Aug 1 Kent St.we
aon of F. D. Stowe geueral manager
of th MsrebaoU Despatch and Trans-
portation Co shot his wife today kill
iag her instantly and thin snot him
self dying later It la believed he was
temporarily deranged from illness
The anniversary of the opening of
Caddo county was celebrated at Hln-
ton Friday Governor Ferguson and
D. T. Morgan were Ue principal speak
ors. "Tho crowd whleh attended tho
celebration was ono of the moat en
tbusiaatlc I havo ever addressed in
Oklahoma" said Governor Ferguson
today. "Hinton la a splendid town anil
U fast becoming known a one of the;
best in western Oklahoma.
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