The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 136, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 31, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ONLY EVENING A880CIATED PRE88 PAPER IN OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
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VOLUME 24
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA SATURDAY. DECEMBER. 81. 1904
NUMBER 186
LEADER
DR. CHADWICK
IN NEW YORK
ARRIVED WITH DAUGH-
TER FROM EUROPE
THIS MORNING
AN AFFECTING INTERVIEW
Declares Wife Innocent of
Terrible Charges
Professes Poverty Citing as
Proof His1 Traveling as
Second Cabin
' Passenger.
least lnuiringe license and probate
.natters will b" signed by htm.
Sheriff Carpentor said he net6r was
so glad of anvtlilnp In his Vfe as to
gpt rid of that office. Hart Murphy
wilt be on hand Tuesday and after that
It will be Sheriff Murphy who will
serve papers ajid lo the rest of the
I stunts la that office. Charles Seoly
will be his own successor lnthe coun-
ty treasurer's office after October 1
1005. Henry Henri jj will Blmply
change his polt!on from a deputy to
register of deeds Frank Mcdulre will
continue as he has and no one 'has
heard him kicking about taking the
oath cf office for the second term. The
coiintv commissioners wll". bo changed
all around. The now commissioner
arc J. T). Burke. David SWank and
John C. Favors. The county clerk's
office will be occupied by Ed Trapp
who Is ready with his equipments to
as ume full cha go. . Comity Superin-
tendent Derrick will not be bothered
to change until July 1 and then he will
simply succeed himself.
(By Associated Press.)
New York Dec SI. Dr. Chadwick.
who Is under Indictment lo Cleveland
with Ms wife for uttering a lorgery.
reached here today on the tdoamer
Pretoria Dr. Chadwick and his
la.ighter occupied one of the poorer
state rooms In the second cabin.
When Informed of his Indictment
the trembling Chadwlok said; "'I hava
heard nothing of this matter and will
say nothing tint 1 1 get ?orae authors
tlve Information."
Dr. Chadwick wll! go to Cleveland
this afternoon In charge of Short
Parr he having consented to return
without formality. In reply to iuos
tlons Chadwick said; i
"I am Inexpressibly shocked by the
recent turn of cvonts. ? am Innocent
nt nil the ehnrcea analnst mo. I can
Yiot believe that the dreadful thlngB
the papers sry aro truo. I can say
nothing of tbo awful charge against
mv wife as I know nothing except 1
what I read in the papers. My life
the 'last Jtew weeks has been a living
death. My daughterMary poor little
darling. I lovo her love ber with all
my life. When -ccovored from my
Illness in Paris my financial resources
we; bo low It was necessary for me
to travel in tho second cabin Insisting
that she so first cabin but she i fi
lled an')' renulnod with me. choeri.ig
me in my dark hours or trouble.
"Oh. tlila la a dreadful calamity! Ij
know llUte of Mr Cfiftdwtck'a flnan-i
clal affairs and until I And out more
details will say nothing.';
Ho w) be rtpprt from Cleveland
that Mrs ChadwHck had been measur-
ed by the BertUrton system und ex-
claimed. . v '" '
That Is the lastfltrawi. Oh that I
should b& hrought tcAfilsJ Ouilty? Of
course n:t. I am absolutely Innocent."
When told th?t Mrs. Chadwick waH
believed to bo Mme. Pevor.' Chadwick
fell back as though stunned. "No no.
no! Don't sav that' It can not bo so.
I do not botietv such a thing possible.
If she Is. I never suspected it aji can
not bollave It"
"Do you think she can be guilty as
accused?" was asked.
"I can not think her guilty of any-
thing i do not know tho charge but
she can not be guilty."
Cleveland Ohio Dec. 3t. Judge Til-
den of the criminal court today fixed
the ball of Dr. Chadwick at ten thou-
sand dollars Attorney Dawley stated
that bond for that amount would prob-
ably ne ready when Chadwick arrived
hero.
Fight Two Fines
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nfUE clocks were on tueuitroke o' twelve
The night ir bltteTcpId
I taw upu the avenue .
X figure gray and oldr t v
An ancient man with ilive'r hair.
Who carried on hie back.
Dent double with the weight ot age
A lean and empty pack
jaUT even a he passed away
Adros. the frozen know"
A youth came striding Into view
till smooth youug cheeki aglow.
Ills shoulders bore' a bulging sack.
And music-box at well
t hailed him as he hurried by
"Pray telt me whai you sellt"
TJ'K smiled and sent the answer tyiek
Along the snowy street
"Blue Violets and daffodils.
And apple-blossoms sweet.
And all the songs of happy birds
Thai ever charmed the ear
And perfumes from a thousand fields
I am the glad New Year.
Minnie Irving la Leslie's Weekly.
next month has written lo Topclm de-
fending himself against the counter
attacks which have bepn made on hlrr.
Mr. Horh and a number of othor lead-
ing Republican havo Indorses! the ac-
tion ot Afr; Valonlire but Mr. Mother
takes exco'ptlon to .'omc ot tho thlngd
which Mr Valentine has said about
him. Ho fays:
"Tho fact' as to whether Prof Vern
on is a talented man or not cuts no
flguro w-halever In the cauo. Mr. Vat
online Bays he received six letters
from Republicans thanking him for
Inviting '-''irnoit. Had he added all
from negroes he would have shown
more sincerity. I" to tfva present prl
ItiK I havo ir .i" S it'fera cor-
dially Judo-1".- ' rot3? all 't
which may ' " to '.ailing at my
office lit; Soui" Main street Wichita.
Good hard common sense oxc.rclQO-l
at this time will he of advantage J r
on. The peoplo of Kiu.ir'vt nrd not
fanatics politically or oihotwlae bill
let such functions as proposed by Mr
Voentlne go unrcbuked and how .ong
wlljlt he befoie we will be so brand-
ed by tho decent and more high mind-
ed people of the United States?"
COAL CONCERN
GIVEN RATES
SANTA FE FREIGHT MAN-
AGER MAKES ADMISSION
CLAIM BUSINESS REASONS
ORIGIN OF WHICH IS
MYSTERIOUS
Threatened to Destroy Great
Government Dry Dock at
League'Island.
(By A3sbcIatod Press.) t
phlladelpRla Pa. Dec 31. Hun-
dreds of marinas and sailors with
butKets In hand have aided tho mtvy
yard fire department and crow of tho
government tug Modoc in lighting two
pmnlH fire of' mysterious' orlgl.-i'
League Is'auiir sparks rrom which
threatened) to destroy the gi at dry
dock In course of construction Four
marines were overcame by smoke and
two Bailors from the Donver In tholr
eagerness to reach the scone fell Into
the river. They weto rescued. Rear
Admiral Dicklps. the commandant .will
probably appoint a board ot itujulry.
SEVEN INDICTMENTS
RETURNED BY GRAND JURY
Another "Clew"
Rival Company Forced to
the Wall
Believed That All Cover Matters Connected With Cap-
itol National Bank Failure and Against Former
President Charles E. 'Billiiifsley.
A Chicago Blaze
The federal grand Jury made ltrf 1Tnitod States Attorney Horace
final report In the district court this Speed stated to tho court that the
afternoon at 3 o'clock rctunihi'' sovon grand Jury had spent seventeen days
Indictments. Tho names covered byjnjnvestigatlng matters pet tabling to
the Indictment aro not n.ado put Ho tho failure of the Capitol National
t-but It is stionelv hinted Hun tho en- bank and m recommended that the
lire seven indictment are dtrectod
against Charles 13 Pllllug-duy. presi-
dent ot the defgnct bant.
In their repor- of their work tho
grand Jury state that the Cnpltol Na
COLORADO MURDER EX-
CITES MUCH INTEREST
Kansas Fanner Thinks Vic-
tim Was His Daughter
' Who is Missing.
BUSINESS BLOCKS WERE
DESTROYED
Explosion Tore Up Street
Sidewalks and Tossed-;
Firemen Into Air.
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Chicago I'l. Dec.
started to-tJv mi the second floor ot aj
seven Blory rloU building In V.est;;
Van Buren street occupied by the
Cash Buyers Union destroyed propory
I ty wprth sl. hunrod thouennd dol
lnrtu .rspreatflng rapld;y the fire soon
assumed largo proportions and thera
were fea.rs that the. whole 'lUttiet wan
In danger. An adolnlng building oo
cupied hy tho Zeno Manufacturing Co.
a foufitory-structure was soon gutted.
The flro sproaa to the building occu-
pied by the Boston Rubber Paint Co.
and the Peninsular Stove Oo. damag
Ing both seriously. An explosion in
the basament of the Cash Buyers Un
ion building tore up the street side
walks throwing flreraon into the air
and tearing the llv; wire of the olor-
tlonal bank failure' was due almost en-
tirely as near as they could find ac-
coidiag to tho evlddnre at Jmnd to.
bad loans. Tboy stutc th.it entries
prior to tho failure wore rnadt In tho
bank's books so as to mislead thu bank
examiner. The report also Infers that
when the 53 per cent assessment was
ordered oy tho comptroller ot currency
'.'.. A fire that! A rr0ver of New ' Yorlf paM In
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Charles
Tuesday at Noon
NEW COUNTY OFFICERS
WILL TAKE CHARGE
Court House Assunjes Differ
ent Complexion With
Democratic Officials.
Monday l the last day for a number
ot the county officers to serve the peo-
ple ot Losan county. Probate Judge
Goodrich says that lit- feels as though
he were about to he relieved of a bur
den. Hm successor. Judge J. C
next federal grr.r.d Jury be ordered to
take up the caso nnd continue the In-
vestigation. He said In part: "We
have covorfd the ground pretty thor-
oughly and have fount: many things
that looked shady but we could not
get tho necessary evidence to make
an action. Boolcs and papera whlcih
tho Jury desired very much and In
dact needed could not be found any-
where. The'9 wee several wltnessorf
whom we did not care tp take Into the
Jury room because we could not trust
them "
Tho court made an order fixing tho
amount of ball. In each cuse at $10000
but stated t.hnt upon th? giving of one
$20 000 and that President
Bllllngsley borrowed 5.000 from Mie S0(jd an HUfTuleilt tond tho (lthor aU
bank on hlrt personal note to muko hidlctments should be held in ahoy
aood his Urtsossincnt. a nee.
Sallna. Kas Deo. 31.. W. Carl-
son a farmer of this count.' .o mak-
ing Investigation ot tho Cutler moun-
tain tragedy fearing that his daughter
Mrs. Chrlatlana Tlendershntt. 1h the
victim. Mis. Hendorsdiott ltvod In
Colorndo Springs and some time ng)
wroto her fathot that sho was coming
home for Ohrlatmns farlson wrote
several IottorH In answer but never
hoardrom her mm of the letters lin-
ing returned. Mrs. Hmderchott was
29 yearn old and had dentnl woik sim-
ilar to that taken from tho victim. Irrt.
Hondor8hott was married in Oklahoma
Bovornl years ago. Her fiiiBhand wa
a tolograph ojiefalnr. A short tlmo
prior to her going to Colorado Springs
be sent hor to Sallpn promising to fol-
low Httuderohott did not come and
soon the woman went to Colorado
Sprlp&n.
Story of Colorado Fuel and
I ron-Company's Triumph
'Over Competitor.
Chicago III Dec 3J.The story ot
an alleged deliberate conspiracy be-
tween th Colorado fuel and Ircn com-
pany and the AtchUon Topt'ka and
Santa Fe railroad to bankrupt tho
Caledonian Coal company and thereby
throltlo competition In tho coal field1
of Gallup N. M nnd in tho Trinidad
district; of Colorado bus boon related
to the Interstate commerce commls-
fclon In nil of Its sensational details.
The concliiidou nt tho story win
given before tho commission when V.
B. Blddlo; freight traffic manage? for
th Cvita Fe ndmltted that for years
the Uiluihdo fuel and lion coinpany
had enjoyed a rate on coal shipmonls
which was. between $1 and fllS per
ten lcsshau the published tariff on
llo with tho cotnmliMon nt Washing
ton.
When listed why this was done tho
roply was: "For business lcanaiiH."
In the1 cniitfl of New Mexico Uw
Caledonian coal company has begun
suits aBnlnst the Santa Fe to recover
damages agtrregntlng $4Q0.)0fi for al-
loged conuiiorolal ruin hnd practical
banliruptoy brought about by an al-
leged deliberate and continued viola-
tion of the provisions of tho Intcr-ittao
commorco act.
REFUSED TO TAKE ELLIS.
Heroic Mother
Sheriff
Carprnttr Returned Prom
Lansing Yesterday
ami started for the city dlopousary.
He walked 11 blocks In the c-
wlurt IiuMmr Ice and snow to his
bleeding noee and when he reached
the dispensary wa so oold and weak
he eonld scarcely stand.
Tho dispensary physlalon sent hint
at one to the city hospital in an am-
bulance and when ho reached the re-
coption room hr could not walk
Hb was carried upstairs on a Etrotoh-
or. and medicated cotton was stuff!
Into his noe. Thlu stopped the
Attorney Canned
PRESIDENT TAKES AN-
OTHER OFFICIAL SCALP
I .. ii..- vu ilia ttnonltnl nlivatolnn
rlc car lino down. .Fortunately nona I "" " "- -
of the firemen was Injured. taro.! his los. of blood and the ex-
! posure wouia roeuii 9rieuaiy.
Fnjm
MAY DIE
Csntlnuous Bleeding
Ncse.
1 Hart says ne oannot account for Ul
attack tmlww It to tli hemted ro
of the u" ot two or nree wni;i -".?
which b Tcelve4l whllt) at work t
month ago.
Strawr. will start in .Tuesday at noon
and from then on for two years at without avail; then dresied hurriedly
Special to Dally Leuder.
St. Loult Mo Dea 31. Joseph
Hart an eleetriolaH living at XWT
Olive streat wU havo a long temV
in the hospital it 'nothing more iwr
lous. as the result gf .underestimating
tha importance ot nn attach ot blead-
iug at the nose.
Han awoke at 1" o'clock last night
and Ills nose was bleeding.
He bathed bis face In water lessen-
ed tho hemorraga considerably; thea
he went baok to bed and to sleep.
At 7 o'clock this morning he awoke
again to find his nosa sllll Ideedlnp
He tried the cod water treatment
CONVF.NGS MONDAY MORNING.
Logan County Hlfjn School Will Not
Celebrjte Ntw Year.
2'b Irnn ooaaty high school Till
convene Voftday morning Instoad of
Tuooday as has been announced. Prof.
W. R. Calirt gave this nnnounoemoat
out today.
Brirgs bright shlnlnjr merry eves
rich red Wood gcoa" health. Tba
what Hfrlllrter'H TlobJ;y Mountain Tea
will do. SP cents Tea or Tablets. Ask
vour drugadst
Prosecuting Officer for Gov-
ernment in Oregon Land
Fraud Cases.
(By Afwreinted Press)
Washington D. C pc. 31 Presi-
dent KpooveU today dlrotd the re-
moval from oBhMt of John H. Hall
United fetatM lUtrict attorney far
OrcftMi. Hall had hen prowcutlng ( tkht aral tltaes
SherlO' Charles Carpouior returnol
from Lansing Ka. yesloulay after
tioon wlien' h? took flvo iirlstmars all
ot whom were recently sentenced by
the Loi-'an county district court.
Among tbo prisoners was FranK Ellis
who was convicted for manslaughter
In tho second degre. Warden .lewott
refused to accept Kills because he had
boon sent there once before nnd had
been sent away awing to Innanlty
Fherlfr CSurpenter left ICIHr In I-an
aliiK however lu cIjuxk ot peputy
SharW George Carpenter who will
hold bin) unlit some further action la
taken In court here.
GAVJT.LIFE TO SAVE HER
CHILDREN
Died From Burns After Kes-
cutag Them FromDHurii
ing House.
PAYNE COUNTY MAN.
Wants to be 8ergent-at-Anrit In Legislature.
offloor for the government In the land
fraud oajefl nnd hie removal la made
la' connection with Uim.
According to what Puyne county Re-
publicans ray W. L ot of Bint
Grave tcwneltlp. will be a condldate
for tencfsnt-at-arms kt ti lower
house re ih lefcinlatmo Mr. Scott U
a etroair jia-ty worker and lms been a
cnndt'lato for 'ditrift on thu Hepuhli
His frienOa
DEFENDS HIS COLOR LINE.
ate pttehtaif hiip.
A MONTH'S REVIVAL
C. W. Mosher on the Invitation Issued
to Prof. WtT. Vernon.
Speoial to Dally Leader.
Topeka Kas. Dec 31 0 W. Moth-
er the 'Wichita roan who protested
against the action ot Del Valentine
president of tho KvnsaB Day club in
Inviting the aegro. Prof W V. Vera
on of Kansas City. Kas to speak at
the annual banquet of the club here
Will Begin Tomon-ow at First Metho-
d'tt Cliurah.
P.. W. I' itse of the Plrt Metho-
dlkt church announced today that
M'1m Ansa Oleason and L'i.zaboth
Mwritt of Illinois. wlll comcienoe a
rev.val tomorrow morning at the
Methodist church which will continue
during he month of January. A
strong chorus of ?bout thirty voices
has been rgaalred and everything has
been arramted for oonveiiieuce In con-
ducting the meeting
By AMOClld Frew.
Tfgln.Nrb. Uoo 3l.-ln"a liro hero-
today Mrs. Joseph Reuse was o sort
nutdy burtiud that she died shortly nt-
tcrwnrds. Her clothing naught flro
and she dived Into a tank of water
quenching the flatuee which enveloped
liar but not. howeter. before tho
cIqUim wore burned ol her. Sho
daanod buck Into the buruinr house
er.tlngulli()is the fire and saved her
children and &Oun afterward dleil
from the effects of her burns.
IN f HE DI3TRICT COUrtT.
AIUge Murderer cf Hegler It Ooage
Ccuntry Aprils for Ball.
The att"'ny for Norrie Watklfti.
who killed owe Hegler In me Osage
country fttout three month ago. ap-
peared before Judge llalner lu court
this afteriionn and made ap'tllcetlan
for lull fcr their client After liturinij
nrwumciiu on boiJi side ihe court took
tho met'ei under advsmiit.
PER80NAL MEfsflON.
ISxPollcenMn Frank
from J .analog today.
Fills relumed
fius Nt-lun oemc In to.lay from De4
Molneg Iowa.
Gut brio Pea and Coffee houee keeps
ths proper kind of gords at 109 Vet
Harrison.
A new suporlntendent for the Payne
county poor fann Is to be employe!
soon.
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