The Guthrie Daily Leader.
THE ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRES8 PAPER IN OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY DECEMBER 8. 1004
VOLUME 24
NUMBER 113
Fl
FIRE BUGS AT
WORLD'S FAIR
ATTEMPT DESTRUCTION
OF BUILDINGS TO
COYER LOOTING
spread rapidly that when the ftre-
mon arrived 'he structure was In
llame from top fn bottom. Roberts
putting n laddor to (he second story
window ohtored tlto building and
while anmulng the lnmntea he Is sup-
posed to have bow overcome by llw
smoke and then burned up.
PROHIBITION MOVEMENT.
FIRE FIGTHERS WIN
Police Nab One of The
Scoundrels
Valuable Oil Paintings In-
jured'-IIagenbacks Men-
aRery Has Narrow
Escape
LAST SESSION OF
FIFTY EIGHTH CONGRESS
National Antl-Salc.on League to Visit
Guthrie.
Dr. Young jr. .ificor of tho National
AntM?aloon Loatjuo. will be In Guth
rie next Friday night for tho purpose
of adJroflsInr thu people on prohlbl
tlon nht the proposal amendment to
tho Hamilton statehood bill as ho
would have It. TUv Itoso said today
thai tho speaking would probably bo
held In the city hall.
Th Prob.bltlcnlsts ars ondeavorlnc
to have the prohibition clause Inserted
In ho bill and will lobby for It in
congress Hcv. Roso of ihls city re-
marked today that It would be absv
'uto'y necessary for the state to In
prohibition since Indian territory
would be annexed which means that
there will be thousands of Indiana to
go vera.
It U not known what arrangements
Begins Monday With Many Important Measures Before
it-Forecast of Opening Scenes in the House
 of Too Many Statesmen.
HEV. LYNCH CpMlNG.
(By Associated Press.)
St. Louis Mo. Dec. 3. Further In-
vestigation Hrengthens the belief that
tho fire cu .he Piko last night was of . wjh be nrado by the Prohibitionists at
ji-... .ii aw tin p niinn. alibis mee'lns: but It is evident that
waiter arrested while running from
the "Hereafter" bulMIng was found
to have eleven pocket books in his
possession.
In addition to the loss of the build-
ing u collection of oil paintings do-
pectins scenes In the novel ''Qua
Yadis." a Polish artist nnd were
brought to t'ns country under a bond
of $50000.
' thore will oe some trouble stirred up.
They Intend that Mr. McGulro shall
recognize them and If not It Is prob-
able that they will be a factor In the
future cararalgna of Oklahoma.
SALVATIONISTS MIX UP.
Slot Machines
Little Gun Play Came Near to a Scrl
ous Ending.
Judge Olsmlth was up against. n;
proposition yesterday in the police
court that stnnnrt him for a few min-
utes and ho was in a quandary as to
what to do until the gentleman who
"had made the complaint withdrew his
action. The parties Involved belong to
the Sanation tmny. Thursday after-
noon thoy rot Into a quarrel. A gun
plnv was made A complaint was
registered in th-j police court. Tho
Lord Interfered ua It were nnd last
night there was a shouting good meet-
ing at their usual place of holding.
CAUSE BIG EIGHT IN
CHICAGO SUBURBS
Raiders Met With Bullet--
One Killed and Another
Wounded.
(liy Associated Proas.)
Washington 3. C Dec. On tlipj
Hroke o fl? MturUv the .-ecind ses-
sion jf the Ji:th congress will be call-
el lo or-ler by Prnelder.t Pro Tern
Kryo In lie seunte nnd by Speaker
Cannon In the lione. The clmplulns
will pmy the rolls will bo called the
regular resolutions of notification will
be parsed committees to Inform tho
president w'll hi appointed und nil-
jouniment will follow out or" respect
for tho deceased mcml era. The pros'-
dent's message gotiernlly is received
and roml the first lay. but tlto sen-
afi Is puncttl'ous In curtain matters
nnd Is almost sure to t adjourn as a
vributo of respect to tlyj late Sonwor
Hoar of Massachusetts tnul the Into
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania. Thu
message therefore probably will not
bo road until Tuofdny.
Plenty of Work.
After the opening day when tho
moeauge of the resident is read the
rpynUi 'luslnose .if the sbmiIou will ro-
gln and the legbjlntlva wheels will
grind steadily until March 4 130o.
There Is plenty o do Tho cnlemlnre
of both nouses nre loaded an lib bills
nf nil kinds; hundreds of new bills
will bo Introduced und committees are
rely to report enough to keep con--"
buy for 12 month but In tho
three" mouths congress nruhnldy will
do Utile more than puss tho rogulor
annual appropriation bills. Thpio hns
been some tnlk of n possible evtra
soaninn. The (nlv reason why such a
kobkFou shoulit l-e Culled Is teenuso
Presidential Succession.
Three yraro ago when congress as
remHed a flood of bills were present
ml for tl.e protection ov the president
ami thw? In line of succession. Some
of thoee measures wore repotted and
eirr-n reached the stage of couferenco
between the two houses when tho 67th
congresj o pltol. On tho senate cnl-
dndar Is u notice given by Senator
Hoar last April that on Tuesday De-
cember G ho would nsk tho sennto to
lake up and comddor a bill for tho
protection o tho president. Whether
or not some member of the Judiciary
commltte will push the im-ast'icnuw
'hat the MaiMarhuqtlts t-etmtor is
dead Is nut kiimui Tbure Is serious
opposition to the bill as II stands and
ifliltm It Is materially modified It prob-
ably could not pass.
Reducing Southern Representation.
Reduce I representation In i suthern
state widen have by one form or Br-
other (llsrr!M:cliled uoKroes will ht a
theme of dUcusston but not action
ilii.-lne tho winter. The Republknn
mttlonal plat form Is Interpreted by
some of the more radical members of
the party to call for such reduction
nnd thoy will go nt the subJoM fioin
tho beginning It is well understood
that to bring about :uitlilng like a
reduced reprcsiitatlon wuula ronulro
nltioh more time than u tlueo months
f08slJti of congress which o.xplrns by
limitation
The trusts will receive attention nt
1'jflnt in deb.ilo nlllioiitli io'iiu doubt j
Will Lecture at Plrat Methodist Cluroh
Next Wednesday MnliL
Tlte Rev. Krnnk N. Lynch. D. l of
Wichita will lecture at the First
Mothwllst church Wodnosdny own-
ing Ddo 7. He Is a man of sunshine.
In fine thinker nnd a very forcible
tpeaker. The Springfield. Ohio Union
says of htm
"Doctor Lyi'cb I" a remarko.de man.
He Is tnll and thin. And hns dark flnMi-
ing oot I'e s sincufid In mooniont
and Intensely drnmatlo In slylo and
delivery. He Is a typical southern
orator." 
PREPARE FOR
INEVITABLE
RUSSIANS ABANDON
HOI'jS OF HOLDING
PORT ARTHUR
KNIGHT OF PYTHIAS OFFICER8.
Semi-Annual Electlcr. Held Last Night
at Castfe Hall.
The regulnr semiannual oloctlon of
officers of tlte Knights of Pythias
todgo was hold Inst nlgl-l In their halt
and the lollowing nlflcors electod:
Chnneollor Commander. C. I. Winch.
Vice Chancellor O. K. Pnnnica.
T-roinUi t C. Tompletcn.'
Keepoi of Rocords and Seals. L. S.
Pngo.
Mn"tor of Finance I. S. x'aso.
.Master of Kxchoijuer F. M. Woods.
Matter of Work. W .T. AVarron.
Master at Arn-s. Arluir Carpenlor.
Inside CSunnl C. P. Brengle.
Outside (lourd. L. O. Lytic.
Trustee f. S. lirenclo.
STOESSEL WILL FIGHT
Will Ignore Czar's Order
to Yii
Explains Delay
JUDGIS BOLUS W R IT HS
ARKANSAS AUNT
Armistice to Bury the Dead-
Ships Will Make Sortie
When Harbor Gets
Untenable.
Made Agreement Twenty
Yeass Ago to Write After
Presidential Elections.
NEXT FUII3AY NIGHT.
Rev.
Anna Shaw to Lecture Here at
That Time
iBv Associated Picas.)
Chicago !!. Dec. 1. The mombors
of an alleged gang of pretended con-
Bta'das. who have been raiding slot
machine In th suburban towns en-
countered n severe chocic today a'.
nine island durlnir a soti Affray In
which ten shots woro firotl.
Ono of tho supposed constables was
killed and another wounded. Among
there is i demand In certain minnow i' "wM lKit anv efreotlve IorIr.
foe a rovljiou of tho tariff but many
of the incoming congressmen during
the past two ueolts have made It plain
i bat they do not want tariff revision
and further that they do not want an
extrn session.
Unfinished 'Business.
The unflnlsheJ business in the sen-
ate Is u hlil passed by tho house pro-
i vlillnur fnr the rnr.utrimtlnn of railionilj
tho rersons arrented for participation j Jn )e niilnriu MumU 1y uiinn.
in the tlgtu woro two woanug '". nf five nor cent Inonmo unon the
Intlou being passed. Following a cam
jialgu In which the trusts were iiuulo n
vTOl tsuc it i natural to export that
there mutt be a ereut deal nf talk on
the subject whonevor there Is an op-
portunity An Efght Hour Labor Bill.
"I wanted to wait nnd aeo how Ar-
kansas went jny doar mint before
writing you banco tl.o unusual delay."
Thuso uro tint words that Judge J. J.
Boles of tho loeul 1?M offluu. mud In
Addressing a Jciiirthy leltar to his
aunt in Arkansas Mrs. Maggie Mc-
Rlmion. with whom be has had (1
 standing ns-eement for tho Inst twetf-
(By Associated Prss.)
Toklo Doc. 3. The first atmlsllco
between the combatanta at Port Ar-
thur was declared on Iieccmher 2d for
tho purpose of burying the dtmd. It
lamed for air hourr
Russian Ships Will Hun Gaurtlct
Toklo Doe. 3. -U Is the general
opinion hero thnt tho Port Arthur
uoet will nttO'Ui t to mako a sortlo
when the harbor bocotnos untunnble.
It Is ovldent thnt most of 'he ships
nre badly damaged and unfit for ser-
vice but somu bavo lighting pernors.
Tho RtiasInuH nuntlntie iii'ne clenrlnR
oporntlout
Left With Jury
KIOWA COUNTY GOALMIH.
SIGNERS CASK
A bill uhlrh bus agitated congress ty venrs tliRt if u Damronitle preel-
United States Attorney Speed
Unable to Hear How
Jury Decided.
boarlng the wort's
stable."
Cook County Con-
Arrangements have been complotod
for tho locture of Bov Auna Shaw the
great woman suffragist which will be
given next Frlany night nt thd Chrl
tian churclu No admission will Le
charged nnd a latge crowd Is expeotei'.
Mrs Shaw haa n reputation "of being
n fine lecturer nnd as this is an alt-
importnt sut.Jcct she will doubtless bo'.
given n ;ood audience.
Her Clothing Caught Fire.
Mr. Armstrong wife of Trod Arm
strong of Vinton? barber sliop had n
narrow oscnpo from doath this morn-
ing bv flro. it. s'nrtlng a fire this
morning her olothos Ignited nnd sho
wna ovorely burned.
Hospital Burns
ONL KILLED AND FOUR
INJURED
Narrow Eecape of the Bal-
ance of Inmates From
Firey Death.
New Ball League
GUTHRIE TO BE IN THE
ASSOCIATION
(By Associated Press.)
St. Louis Mo. Dec. 3. One man
was burned death nd four young1
women nurse seorely Injured by
Jumping from thu windows and In
running through the Dames while es-
caping from the nurse-i' borne of the
Missouri EaprtJrt imiltarluni which
was partially dtstroyyd xy nre today
Krnnlc Roberts a fireman employed
In the sanitarium lost hie lire In at-
tempt to save the nurses.
lhe injured ar- Miss Charity
Laurendo? aged 24. of Mawillon. O..
sprained back bruised bodi  Mls
Kffle Morgan aged t. nf Tta county
Mo ankles broken back UJurcd.
probably internal injuries by jumping
from a third story wlndtw Miss Blla
Ilock aged 25 yoars. of Michigan bad-
ly burned. Ml Eva Brown St Louis
Jump! from third atory window.
Fifteen nurses liesides the matron
were asleep when the firs broke out
AJI had narrow ejw-upes. The flro
monev lvetp' in such roads. Tho
bill nlM provides for Issuing Philip-
pine bonds for other lutetnnl -Improve-moiiU
In the Islands and In several
other purtlo'inr8 amends- tho Philip-
pine lnws pase-i by (Kmjjrwss
Another hill for ' tho Philippine
which hns Iimii urgod by Socretnry
Tnft aud the proslilent as woll as
nearly eery one Intoroited In thu
Philippines proldos for a material re
duction of the duly on Mtgnr and to-
bacco at well bb other Philippine
products
Statehood Bills
Another mencuro whlclt received the
tanotuin of the house last session bu'
which hs never been pusnwl In the
senate is the statehood measure which
provides fur two states doubling up
the termoiies of Okialioma and Indlen
territory as one arid Aril' na and New
Mexico a- anothu- This Mil. like any
other whi-h tusy encounter opposition
In the- Hi-imtc. could he eatlly defeat-
ed an I M.hfcatcs of a separate state-
Several days sl-.ee the name of the' hood for all ihe territoriea are llkrty
Mtu.urt Valley Ilaro Ball leftaua whs  to pursue thst course
discarded and a new appellaUon as-
Circuit to Include Wichita
St. Joseph Guthrie and
Other Cities.
it
mm
case
This
mimed. Tt.i new name i to le "Tlw
vVestirn Aasaniatu n" and ihe cir-
cuit is to 'ndude nutlirle Oklahoma
City Wlch'ta and 8t Joseph.
Qn'hrie will no doubt havo equally
as eood a team if not a better one.
iban it had last season rnd tbee mimed thy
not the Itat-t reason to reel whamed
of the boyH who did such eoelleni
work.
It may if Uwr-d for that Outline
will add litrls to the brilliant record
it made hurt year by beating all the
teams of this new leaxue before the
season is done.
The loiU have the stuff if they only
play as line ball 3 thev have in days
gone by
With Tom Neal Itacktnff tliem. the
boys will 'tn 'be gauntlet to a c-ol 1
standstill. Ajianwients will be made
soon for several first class iwlrler
whom it U ciuierstooil tit nuuiarc
ment already have conditionally eu-
Senator Smoct's Case.
! viniBvlint doubtful If a vote
Ik e.icticc; in the tenate In the
of Senator nfer1 Smoot of I ctf
ease atira"td a KP-at deal of at
tention Ifl't MfMioii when the commit
tee on privileges anr elet(HS suui-
heads of the Mormon
ror n number of years proUding fori dent were elected ho. who Is Demo-
eight hours work only on all govern- cratlc should write aud If a Hepubll-
mem coidructs no doubt will be re-' eu president he. a llepubllcun should
ported from the sennto committee on 'write
labor which has given much time to' .Judge Boles nays that this ugreo-
ha.i1ngs A bill of similar character1 ment was made before drover Cleve-
was lost In thu Inst congress by bo-1 land run (he ftrst time. His sunt Is
Ing oroT.iod out by other business !k woman of 55 or 00 years of age aud
The snme Into may nwnlt this measure l highly educated nnd soldom can
should u be reportel from the com-1 one find her far fiom wrong on any
miuee. oobitonl. religious or plillosopl.lcal
Irrigation. question.
Irrigation b.u become n permanent ' CUvoIm.i came up the flirt
lel8latlve topic huerucvan closely l '' ". Holes McK.nnoiis. and
will the public land question It ha- ' " lrf tl k' Mkt f" "VL-'1 ln
tesulted in tetilns two house oumn.lt. ' "' rl Arkansas They were
.. l.v. .h nr fll o.nle wide now- '!vl'"1 on iwlfal
 ....  j oplnoae. Mnnv ..f them were ami aro
iiiTalice t'l iiiiiiiiiii uiiiiiiiii bciiuiwi
vhI i tmii 111 llirLf-rnta .IiiiIitm TLiihA
irom western Mates. Several meas- - -
urea intende.1 -s amendmnnu to tin- '" lhe c'owl1' rne' r "
nlga. Ion law have !k en  nested and n "e ""'' 1ftm' l0 '"
Hie bfo.e congress If the western "cr while he went hh sn-
.....n wr.a 11..II0.I (li nn ilmilil nnillll '""'cr Cr'Wll
. i..i.iui..n ..... ..-in. .n. ""'He tle' "" ''ss Had the op ; number of
xiiled It Is quite likely tbat niHhing  wrtu'y u aJr Uut w rt""
' will be done. ! 0 m"' m hm' lw"nty years The
... ' n-iti'i tnat ine juuk u tnaititig tooay
It Is no. known whether .here w ill  u ( uui me
lu- anv legislation relating to tlie- h h . of wpIiK
Panama caaai although it may ho
"""" UM' Screttv T"f HKo a.. Ins u.n. it In q..lu ceIlai li:t
a repcrt of his personal investigation wh;i U)u ln u
.rt eonditmuH In .he canal rono h -a( hflt
Counfnq Eleeteral Vote. "delay In writ.in iIih time was 1)"
One day dui.n" th wornii:; toslon.ulS(J . ia( . l( an1 nw Arkn
ill be de)ie. t.i counrlng the el-' '  w. h x. m t.ud a jesw.n thai
(oral vote cast f'.r tb president nl wl v1(ali r v -n ln 90B fr 8jie
vice UTOfcWut 1 h ballots of fclectors u fJf fWJ v  u(J lhe r.B of 
of the aiffereit states are sei.t to the I 4 tbif)jjin thml tw Hund fo.
It Is remarkable this Boles McKln-
non election letter-wntin? agreoincni 1 said 'ha' ht
During these vears Cleveland. I.as haI  rejxrt f-o
preaMent pro 10infire of the senate
church to tell what had been going on and m tlie second Wednesday. 111 reo-
of a poiv-i;ious charaeior ln Utah. 1 tuary. the senate with the 46 ballot
and ihotihauds of persona petitioned  lxt one f.oni each state w.ll p.o-
dally to have Suioot ejecetd from the eod to :he house canvass tne vow
euate. A tcore or more of wltneee- and dteigre the result.
ar vet to b- cxamlBea. and the d.- j Pwo waatprs are to tase oath of
fense ha not even legun. so that it . otTI. -Philander C. Kftox th sucres-
ts evident thai efr.re a reiwrt Is made -or of Senator Quay frow Pennsyl-
to ht- .-lBt". the session will be so j ante and V Murray Crane the sue-
far sftem that i.c prions atleii.pt will wor of Senator Hoar from Massa-
lio inndc to rea"!. a vite upon Senator . huaetU IxUh seals lmiug 'fu made
United Stntos Attorney Horaca
8peel roturaed this 1. ornlng fn.m
Auadnrko where ho lias been attend
Ing Ilia trial of V B. Poole. J
Kyan and John A. Blair tho llrst com-
missioners of Kiowa county who him
charged w in misdemeanors and Irreg
ularities of urlous Kinds I'p until
noon today Mr. Spee I had heqrd noth
Ing from ihr- Jury. The Jur wont out
with the cune yesterdov afternoon It
Is mo.e thnn pnihnble In the I'ldgment
of several of the bebt nttorneys con
neeted with tho case that there wilt
be a disagreement an ovig tin- Jurors
It developed In tho couiho of lb"
trial that about $04000 had bw.i
drawn from the governm-:. ImlnK tbn
terms of th accused county com
nil'sloners and onlv a pstt of It pos
Ibly one half or inoie of it was uet
for a iii'-rlioi Ions purpoxe
J W. Stnkfi Hie bridge Imil'ier h.
was glvm tho coutrao. ror Tictlng 1
tho br'dges and also th
building of tint court houw was un
able acconling to report 10 stipu'sto
clearly where the n.on-y hud bei-a
IM-nt
The coramissloners are cbai td -viu
having m nt in account.- f . .imur
more brid-'i- tllun wt-re rwi '.uip -Klcwa
ro.'r.t The court Ti'Uf-i am l
was erected v.is a yxKirly lm.it sum-
lure. Kxorliituut pticcH won hait' I
for the Imii.1iii matonit' and t1.
foundatPm bus iiucc iarti..iiv cnnu''
led and fell ii n
Besides tin mi- things 1' 11- "Id th'
they have be 11 seemed ot i h mo"-.
heinous .iIiikm than thio t. Wpe 1
... biixioi.H in iii ir . 'n i
tho Jury It 1- inmstbln
Smoot's title
gaae There U Pupee. lllatt .uid
o.her anv one of whom cculd do
satlafcctory work
'''he port of Guihrle feel al ease
vacant by death lnc- the last sesskn
WWW'
in regard to burking the uaine next
Sanson and l" not be afraid to bet
on the local team ay.lnst all ooraers
in the Western Association league.
two terms Harrison iie. McKlnley
one ItiHisevelt I.eaily one urn' Knoite-
veil elected igalo.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
O O
O TODAY'S COTTON MARKET. O
O O
O -ed Cfltten $2 X O
O Lint Cottcn ... . 6 CC O
O O
O ( Furnished ty Houghton & O
O Douglas Cotton flln Ca) O
O X
O O.O O OiO O O OO OOOO OJOjO
thst they will  endir a venio. toilai
Later Mi tfeed .euiiHl a t i
ara.u tl.N af'i-inoon from Aiuo'arko .
the elleti th.ii the Jmy i-innud a
vordlct of not guilty" in ihe (6 of
the l'nlt"t State vs. W I ) o'e v.
I 'tvaa did John A Bl-tn oinn.W
tioin-1 of Kiowa c-o.iiiu 'I lie i 4ii
will iiroliu' ' be dropp i It h'1
heen iuferred that no uii.n vin h
taken.
Judge A. c f II. r i i i U c
Guss wilt leave mt we.- ..r Wa.h
iugion agd otUtr p int ea