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The Guthrie Daily Leader
VuLUME 18.
EIGHT PAQE8.
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA TUESDAY JULY 10. 1901
EIGHT PA0B8.
NUMBER 87
BOWS PACKING HOUSE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
ENID INCURRED
HEAVY LOSSES
THE DRAWING
NO CHANGE IN
STRIKE SITUATION
FOR CLAIMS
Wichita's Leading Industry
FlameS-'Lo'ss will
Million
Scrlpps-McRae Press Ass'n.
Wichita Kao. July 16. Dolds pack-
ing house was destroyed by Are this
morning- Tli net loss is 1ml f a mil-
lion dollarn. The Are started from
spontaneous combustion anions lard
kegs at 5 o clock this morning and
spread rapidly to the killing room anil J
main building. Threo man woro In-
jured by falling walls. Thrao firemen
THE TUCKER CASE.
Indian Educator Is Having His Hear-
ing Today.
St Cyr Tucker Is having his day In
court today. The hearing of tho com-
plaints Issued from Justice Overbay's
court commenced this morning late
and ocntlnued all day. In those com-
plaints Tucker is charged with com-
mitting assault upon the persons of
Lulu Phillips and Mary Jefforson "ith
attempt commit rape. The first com-
plaining witness to bo oxnmlnod wnB
tho Jefferson girl who gavo her age
as 17 years. She was a poor witnoss
talking low and difficult to detormlno
things. Hor story was hesitating
tnough Incoherent but ono thing sho
told that could not be broken down
and that was the attempted assault.
Sho told of coming to his rocltntlon
room and thnt ho caught hor by tho
hands and put his arm about hor
waist and amothorod hor faco with
kisses. Ho then used movements that
woro vulgar; Just then somo ono enmo
Into an adjoining room and he re-
leased hor. Tho witnoss wns ques-
tioned and cross-examlnod but stuck
to this story.
The trial Is nttonded by many col-
ored poople among them being sev-
eral from tho Langston school whoro
tho assault is said to havo been com-
mitted. In a talk with Prosldont Page of the
university ho docllnod to discuss the'
matter under trial and said that ho
doslrod to have it understood thnt ho
was a friend of Prof. Tucker and
when talking seemod to leol that spite
wub tho principal oloment In this
trouble of Tuckor's.
Tucker wns seon nnd says that it is
all untruo what Is charged In the
complaints. Ho oponly claims that
Iuman E. Page who has boon prorl-
dont of tho Langston school slnco it
was lounded and who recently roslgn-
od Is tho ono who is at tho bottom of
nit this trouble Ho says Jealousy
nnd tho fact that he Is an Indian re
fusing to associate in many ways and
phicos with tho nogroes are leading
features of this prosocutlon. Whon
ho was connocted with tho Lincoln
schools of this city he assorts ho was
harrassod by sovoral loading colored
peoplo of this city. Tho school board
wbb continually rocelving anonymous
lettors and charges against him. Tho
negroes havo always fought him.
The board of ragouts for the Langs-
ton school yesterday received Tuck-
or's resignation from the faoulty and
aooepted it. The board have no
charges to make against him and aro
pleased with his work during the past
terms that he has been a teacher In
the collogo. Each momber seopis to
think that he Is all right. No suc-
coHHor Is mentioned for his place In
tho faculty. Tucker is a throo-qunrtor
blood Iowa Indian and a graduate of
tho Carlltuo Indian school. Ho was In
tho United States navy and stood high
with tho officers of tho ship on which
ho held a first lieutenancy.
ANTI-SEMITIC OUTBREAK.
Buda Pcsth July 16 Antl-Jowa stt
flro to tho Ghetto in Now Elshow
Bohemia during tbe night and twenty-
flvo hundrod pooplo wore burned. A
thousand Hob rows are homeless.
IN M'IKNLEY'S STATE.
Nlleo Ohio July 13. A thousand
Tlnplato Workers struck today clos-
ing the MoKlnley and Falcon mills.
Becomes Food for the
Approximate Half
Dollars
inlracuously escaped death. from Uie
same cause scrambling from under
the debris unhurt. A million pounds
of meat and fire hundred loads of lard
were burned. The plant covered two
acres of ground. The lumber yards
adjoining caught lire. The firemen
were hampered by weak pressure and
confined their effort to prevent the
flro reaching Cud thy's packing house
north of the lumber ynnl.
PARK RESERVE.
Will be
Controlled by
Division.
the Forestry
Washington D. C July 10. The
park reserve of 68000 acres In the
Wichita mountains will be under the
control of ihe forestry division of the
general land offlco. There is not a
single allotment or school section in-
side the park Commissioner nichnrds
having formed the boundary lines In
such a manner as to eliminate all In-
dividuals from the pnrk land. Tho
park Is the most beautiful portion of
the Wichita mountains nnd Is water-
ed by numerous spring fed stroams.
until It is oroatod Into a natlonnl park
the rosorvo will bo enrod for by a
reeldont forestry suporvlsor nnd nn
assistant known bb a "rangor." The
supervisor will recelvo n salary of
about $1200 and nil actual and nec-
essary traveling oxponsos. Ho will
be nllowod par diem subaistonao of
11.60 in addition to car faro. otc. A
ranger is paid $00 per month nnd Is
required to furnish his own horso. The
game laws of Oklahoma will bo en
forced In the resorve and the super-
visor nnd rangor made doputy gamo
wardens under tho laws of Oklahoma.
Whon tho reserve becomes a national
park tho killing of gamo at any time
will bo prohibited. Commissioner
Richards in talking of tho park re-
servo said that a superintendent and
assistants should bo put In charge at
onco. Tho rocommendotlons for ap-
pointments will bo mado by Delegato
Dennis T. Flynn. Oklnhomans if en-
orgotlo onough can get the places.
A man wns seen to alight from a
Hock Island train tho othor day go
to the baggago room nnd procure bin
trunk and haul It down to one end of
the platform and open It up. calling
out "sandwlchoe right this way.'
Pooplo swnrmoil around him Hko flies
around a molassos Jug and it was no
time before his trunk
full of sand-
wlclios had vanished.
A BOOSTER.
He Wanted
the People ot
Too
Know it
All kinds of people are In the city
dally on their way to El Reno to reg-
ister for n farm and they make Inter-
esting busjects for the study of hu-
man nature." Lust night there was a
green looking sort of a fellow walk-
lag up and down the platform while
Kl .4 ft It 11rirAjf t tf hiitnnn fAlltl t-
n. iwu wiiwhou (ue imuinit gvgut w j
get off and eat. This fellow was
dressed in tho ordinary clothes of the
present period but in addition he
wore a linen duster upon tne back
ot this linen duster was printed In
largo letters: "I am a booster; put
me off at El Reno." Ho attracted no
end ot attention upon tho platform.
WEALTHY RANCH-
MAN MURDERED.
Sorlpps-MoRao Press Ass'n.
Cheyenne Wyo. July 16-The body
ot Sam Carlson a woolthy ranchman
waB found In a cabin in tho Big Horn
basin. The faco was crushed nnd a
bullet hole was lu tho chest. Every
where In the oabln are signs ot a des
perate struggle. Carlson Is known to
have possessed a large sum ot money.
BREAK IN STEEL STOCK.
London July 1C Steel stocks fell
six points today on strike news
As a Result of Saturday
's Fire; List of the
Property Destroyed
Special to Dally Leader.
Enid Okla. July 16. The following
la a complete list of property destroy-
ed I nSaturday night's Are together
with the approximate losses and In-
surance: Grant Yakey blacksmith? and reel-
dene. Gamble & Hanna carriages and Im-
plements. IW Fertlewlrtx meat market and
realdence.
Mauldtn & Son furniture.
Central Hotel. Z. H. Brock pro-
prietor. Deo Hive restaurant.
Foster A Co. second hand store.
Gensman Bros. hardware and itn-
pleme:.' -
Moor ft Moore lawyers.
Hugh Donly office.
Randies & Grubb commission mer-
chants. Ortman's bakery.
St. Joe hotel.
Dr Vasen office.
J. IJ. "Ferguson law office.
Montezuma hotel.
Enid Cigar factory.
Eagle rostnurant.
Enid Supply company hardware.
Iko Horchfolt tnllor.
Branch Wlchltn Wholesale grocery.
Branch Armour Packing company
Kansas City.
Branch Courter Produce company
Wichita.
Simile Produce company Wichita.
J. Kershaw poultry dealor.
The Losses.
The heaviest loser is tho firm ot
Gensmnn Bros dealers In hardwaie
and agricultural Implements. Thoy
carried a stock of $40000 with only
$7000 lnaurancss; they occupied tholr
own building a Inrgo two story brick.
Randies & Grubb commission mer
chants occupied the old opera house
block and had a stock on hand ot
probably $26000. Insurance small.
Gamblo & Hanna loso two car loads
ot fine carriages la the warehouse.
these carriages had never been set
up. The saved two enr loads of bug-
gies and carriages which were in
their salesroom. They will lose $6-
000. No Insurance.
Foster ft Co. second hand store
loss $8600 to $8000. No insurance.
Mauldin ft Son furniture had a
stock of $10000 small insurance.
Moore & Moore loso the finest law
library on the west side; $1600 will
not cover their loss on books alone
bosldes their office (urnituro.
Ed Pertlewlrtz lost his butchor
shop residence and most ot his house-
hold 'furniture besides $1000 in money
which was hidden In a bed n total
of about $6000.
The loss on the St. Joe Montesuma
and Central hotels will aggregate on
the bulldaigs $7600 and on the furni-
ture as much more.
The branch of the Wichita Whole-
r.uv Grocery company will lose $10-
000 small Insurance.
Armour's Packing company put two
cars of salted and cured meats in their
warehouse Saturday and none of it
was saved probably no Insurance.
The aggregate losses on the build-
i ings most of which were frame and
oh' will not reach over $26000 while
the stocks destroyed were worth ful-
ly $76 000. It Is Impossible to obtain
the full list of the Insured and
amounts but the best Informed place
the total at not over twenty per cent
ot the loss. This was on account ot
the high rate the pramlunis being in
the burned district 8 por cent.
As far as can be ascertained now
the unfortiiuatoa will rosumo busi-
ness m soon as tboy can obtain loca-
tions. Many of them owned the prop-
erty In which thoy woro locntod and
they are already figuring on rebuild-
ing at once
The city council will pipbably nice
tomorrow and pass an ordlaanco pro
hlbltlnfr the erection of any morn1
wooden buildings in the buslneos dht-
trlit. which will compel tho erection
of u 1-tter class of buslnoss Mocks
Many of those burned our f a vef
Will be Hinder the Super
vision of a Democrat Pop-
ulist and Republican
Rl Reno. Okla. July 16. Commis-
sioner Richards said today that the
drawing for both land offices would
take place at CI Reno on tbe same
platform and at the same time. The
device from which the identification
cards will hj drawn and numbered
has not been built but will be some
form ot a wheel. Secretary Hitch-
cock Is opposed to a regulation loU
tery wheel as the association of Ideas
distresses persons "opposed to oV
tcries. The moat delicate features
of the drawing to ho manipulated as
carefully as nitroglycerine will be Lie
taking ot the first three or four envoi-
opes from tho wheel. The persons
whose names appear upon the cards
In the envelopes will be entitled to
select In the order of drawing valu-
able homesteads adjoining the town-
sites. Any accident or blunder would
arouse Instantly tbe cry of fraud and
cause much embarrassment to the
representatives ot the government.
Commissioner Richards says that
he will employ every possible means
to secure absolute falrnoes In every
detail of the drawing. The persons
who will be selected to draw the en-
velopes from the wheel will first havo
to draw numbers from n hat to soo
which one ot them can draw the first
envelope from tho wheel. The othora
will draw in the numerical ordor.
This will prevent any possible collu-
sion among these employoes In draw-
ing the first three or four numbers.
After these numbers have boon with-
drawn the drawing will sail nlong
smoothly as one onvolopo will bo as
good as nnothor.
The commissioners who will super-
intend the drawing will probably bo
citizens of Oklahoma one a Republi-
can another a Democrat and tho
third a Populist. Commissioner Rich
ards made this statement today lie
will recommend the persons to be ap-
pointed. the bulk ot their belongings which
now .et opy tin- g ivs-r.mcnt n:id court
house square. It Is Impossible to
obtain a house In town and from ono
hundred to two hundred people will
ho compelled to live In tents until
houses can be erected tor thein. Some
however were not so fortunate and
lost; all. The above will glv? a fairly
good idoa of the losses.
IN A SHIRT WAIST.
An Arkansas City Minister Expounds
the Gospel Attired In the
Very Latest
A week ago the Rev M. Lee Sorey
pastor of the Christian church In Ar
kansas City gave notice to his con-
gregation that he expected to appear
in the pulpit upon the following Sub-
bath attired In a shirt waist nnd that
the members of his Hock who so de
sired could do likewise. True to his
word when It came time to open serv-
ice Sunday morning the Rev Sorey
stepped Into the pulpit wearing In
stead of his black coat a shirt waist.
The colors of the waist were very
modest. The minister looked cool
and comfortable and the sermon that
he preached probably was productive
of Just as much good as though he had organization. The Brodrlckx on the tored to mw on' mine none too
worn a coat and vest 'other hand are th moat rabid tory"'""' TMy thoiihim-t persona
The example of the pastor was not family extant Lady Tweedmouth tamping along the re In which had
followed to any great extent by the i though a sister nt Lord Kandnlph !un ho low that wutt r ionld only bt
malo members of the congregation
It was new to them and they will
probably take to the new custom kind-
ly. WOMAN MISSED HER AIM.
Scrlpps-McRao Press Ass'n.
Paris July 10. Olga Roska a Po-
lish woman tried to assassinate Ban-
din minister of public works today.
She flrod a revolver at him hut missed.
The woman told the pollct she did
not fire to kill but merely to attract
popular attention to a claim her bus -
band has against the government
which the latter declines to settle
j The woman was accompanied by
I her child when she fired the shot.
Uoudln was in his carriage.
Conference of Steel Trust
Officials Anxiously Await-
ed by Strikers
Scrtpiw-McIUe Vress Ass'n.
Pittsburg Pa uJly 16. There Is
no change In the jirlke situation
here today. Excepting tho Moneseon
plant all steel hoop and tin mills
were closed by the strikers. The
strikers are orderly. The conference
of steel trust officials In New York
today is anxiously awaited. Presi-
dent Powel of the tin workers organi-
sation at lfllwood Ind. telephoned
President Shaffer ot the Amalgamated
asoclatlon today that the tin workers
are apt to go out In sympathy- The
Clark mill employees here non-union
for ten years will charter as a union
lodge today. The only reverse the
strikers have sustained Is their fail-
ure to get the mills nt Rcottdale and
Saltsdale. Pa.
Strike List Growing.
Soranton Pa. July 16. A wide-
spread strike In the anthracite coal
teglonu is apt to follow the strike
which the stationary engineers say
they will declare Immediately unless
tholr demands for wage Increase nnd
shorter hours are granted by 6 o'clock
this afternoon. If the anglnoers strike
nnd onuso the mines to he tied up a
hundrod thousand men nnd hoys will i
he Idlo.
REGISTRATION RUSH IS GREAT.
Governor Richards Believes Total
Registration Will Go Over
100000.
' El Reno Okla. July 1Q More than
8600 peoplo had boen reglsterod up
to 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Tho
crowd Is Increasing.
Eastern excursionists are beginning
to arrive. The Rock Island today
brought 4000 people.
Govern"? Richards said this morn-
ing that the registration would go
ovor 100000.
Advices from Fort Sill say 3160
people were registered there yester-
day and 1600 this morning.
Grafters continue to work and
clashes between company officers at
the booths and con men nre frequent.
. .
REAL ROMANCE IN LONDON.
Young Couple Engaged After Romeo
and Juliet Style.
Scrlpps-MoRiio Prima Aas'u.
London July 10. An engagement
of tho Montague nnd Gapulot descrip-
tion Is announced. The parties to It
are Duclloy Marjorlbiinks u gunrd's
officer 27 years old and son ot Baron
Tweedmouth. and Muriel uldost
daughter of War Secretary Brodrlck.
Marjorlbanks caused much family
consternation when at 20 he became
the fiance ot "Blrdio" Sutherland a
haudsomu Gaiety girl which coat the
family $25000 to heal her wounded
heart.
The young m in since has seen serv-
ice In the South African war He
also Is one of the best polo playcra In
England Baron Tweedmouth while
very wealthy Ih an advanced radical
and is manager of the libera! party
i Churchill warmly adopted her bus
band's politics. Lady Hmdihk is a.
daughter of Harl Wemyss. She is
leader o fthe Eclectic Souls set and
one of the cleverest and wittiest wo
men of society. She contributed
largely to make her husband's polltt
eal fortune.
AN ENAMORED CAPTAIN.
Scripps-McRae Press Ass'n.
San Francisco Cal. July 18. Cap-
tain Strong and the titled actress
.Lady Fran Is Hope have returned to
San Francisco. Telr tmcapade here
at a hotel a few days ago eaused
Strong to suddenly resign hla army I Rpworth leaguers now hr whle
commission The couple are living at 'twenty thousand more wilt anlv u -a
French ruUnant now. ifore night
PITCHED
BATTLE
i
Between Citizens
and Burglars
WHO WERE DYNAMIT-1
1NG SAFE VAULT
Citizens are Aroused by Ex-
plosion; Burglars Fight
Their Way Through
Scrlpps-McJtae Press Ass'n.
Alexandria O. July l(k A pitched
battle occurred thin morning botwocn
citizens and Ave masked bin glare who
alarmed the town with three dynamlto
explosions trying to force the vault
i In Russell ft Aahbrook's Bank. Ono
villager Jihn Lloyd was wounded.
IThe alarmed clttsens surronndod tho
loank with guns but tho rnbhora shot
I their way through unharmed. Noth-
Ing was secured in the way of booty.
TEN THOUSAND AT EL RENO.
Texans Moving From Lawfon Swell
the Biggest Crowd Yet.
El Reno Okla. July 10. Tho move-
ment of bomoseekers toward El Reno-
Is now under good hondway and this
morning found tho biggest crowd in
town slnco the registration began. Tho
booths wore not opon Sunday and tho
clerks woro compelled to db two dnya
work In one.
Many Texnns aro coming from tho
Lawton country to register here. Thoy
sny they were lod to believe that tho
Iawton district contained at larger
numbc" of homesteads than tho El
Rene district and that consequently
thousands of people from Ttoxar and
the Indian territory started for tho
Iawton niHtrlrt. They soon found.
however that If everybody bound for
l.HWtou registered for liomwateads In
i that Iln'rlt there would bo thousands!
of blanks drawn bpcaiiac of lack nt
homcsteadH to meet the dimand. 1hl
a Increased the crowd here which
today numbered fully
ten thousand
people.
There lu now an abandnnce ot
water Beds can be fouid for every-
body nnd no man ni go hungry
Merchants nnd restaurant keepers
continue to charge reasonable prices
The moat surprising thing at El Reno
Is the absence of fighting and bolster
our drunkenness. There has not been
a disturbance sufficient to attract at
tputlon hIik e the reclstratlon began
There Is no scarcity of water. Tho
Rock Island railroad has di tiled three
wells and Ih hauling water from Man
gum.
Two pel BOBS left the Koi t BUI mi. I
taiy reHcratlon on Hut m day and
Hundii) foi every new nirlv.il. Twcn
1 new oinpanli-H were fmmed mak
iiiK a to'ul of H.L'tio up tn this time
who ha' s rvod notlie of their Interi
tion to apply for homent ml at tliiH
offb The order glen by MhJoi
Sotr leipuhtlng thorn who had legls
- ; found In tho deeper pools had pollut
' th waters to mik h un extent thnt
even the horses refused tu drink it
Thousands of the campers have re
mow! to other parts of hie reserva
Hon when purer water can be found
"-
WORK OF LIGHTNING.
gerlppa-MeRae Press. Ass'n.
New Orleans La. Ju'y 10. Light
nlug struck and detioed the Card
ner Motor works lust nigh' Loss fifty
thoiiHsnd dolhtrH
San Francisco Cal. July i6. Evei
hotel In th city l ovonruwded vnth.
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