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Weather Forecast Parity cloUy tonight and Wednesday.'
KEtember Of tlio -a.ssooictitfoia. Press
The
phrie Daily Leader.
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VuLUME 18.
BENZINE TANK EXPLOSION
KILLS FIVE PERSONS
Bodies Roasted to
a Crisp
SEYERAL INJURED MEN
TAKEN TO HOSPITALS
Cause of the Explosion Has
Not Yet Been Deter-
mined Dy Associated Press.
Philadelphia Pa. Aug. 20. Five
persons are known to have been klled
by the explosion of a big benzine tank
a- the Atlantic Refining company oil
works at Point Breeze at midnight.
When the explosion occurred the fire-
men of an engluo company and em-
ployes of the refining company in all
about fifty man were at work in the
pumping house drawng off oil from
the burning tanks. The llames shot
high In the air and the pumping hnuso
was almost completely demolished.
The firemen who had been playing
streams on the othor tanks then di-
rected their attention to the rescue
of be men who had been Imprlsone'd
In he pumping house. It was neariy
an hour before tho mon could be
reached. Meanwhile n score of
strenmB of water wore pouring upon
the ruins.
T?Kn lt-w1lrci iFAtA rtrtrttfrtrtl tw1
.-.4wj..v- ... -""!..' t'
sent to the morgue but only three of JU"U ' l survey ruru graft never
them could be Identified. Two!mai y survey. If they did they
bodies were roasted to a crisp. dul not establish any corners only
Nono of tho seventeen Injured men were there were allotments hence
taken to hospitals are seriously in.-jKlwa county with Its 86 or 40 allot-
Jured. Thoy aro suffering ohlafly m8nU ' very few new corners; but
from burns and brulsos. There are tn8 01 onw "o there and not enough
one hundred tanks in the big oil atones are knocked down to interfere
plant and more thnn a dozen of thorn ta the slightest degree In locating the
aro on flro. The cause of the oxplo-lnntI
Bton has not been determined.
OIL AND ASPHALT.
A. W. McKeand Brings Prosperity
Tidings From Klowaland.
A. W. McKeand returned last night
from Lawton where he Is Interested
in oil prospecting. He Is with the
Cobb Mineral Developing company)
which owns valuable mineral claims
oloven miles oast and north of Lawton.
Tho oil runs out of tho formation
making a spring of crude oil. On
this claim Is a large bed of asphalt
which can be taken out In great
lumps. The company will commence
drilling for oil In a few days having
machinery on the road.
Mr. McKeand came here to file the
articles of Incorporation of the Kiowa
and Comanche Telephone company
which will havo a local exchange in
Lawton and toll line through the
new country connecting with all other
independent lines. The Incorporators
ar. Daniel K. Rinehart of Jlorton
Kbb.; H. C. Cash A. W. McKeand B.
G. Mlllikan and A. H. Cobbs. Mr.
IUnehart is the principal stock hold-
er in the company and has several
lines in Kansus.
EXCITING RUNAWAY.
Three Buggies But No Persons Sus-
tain Damages.
While Mrs. E. G. Mlllikan was out
riding last night the front wheels cl
the cnrrlage gave way and letting the
bed down. Mrs. Mlllikan had to '
lease the lines when the horse fright-
ened by tho loose wheels hitched to
him. flew down the street running
Into several vehicles. No serious
physical injuries wore sustained.
Mrs. Mlllikan and Mrs. Chas. Greer
who was with hor wtro well shaken
up by tho breaking down of their
carriage. Mrs. Land'? bupp? was in
line of tho runaway and was badly
damaged whllo Tallmou's horse n'so
ran away but did no damage.
EIGHT PAGES.
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IOWA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Attracts Attention of Practically All
the State Leader.
By Associated Press.
Dos Melnes la. Aug. 20. Practical-
ly all of Ui Democrario leaders In
the state bare arrived to atnd the
state convention tomorrow.
A reaffirmation of the principles
adopted by the Kansas city plalfo m
concerning the monetary question
will undoubtedly be passed.
The silver men announced through
their leader John S. Murphy Hint
thoy will be content to have a simple
endorsement of the platform without
any reaffirmation or eulogy of Bryan.
Cato Sells of Vinton silver and
aaU-rallroad man to the moat tnlke!
of man for govornor.
SCHOOL LAND GRAFT.
An Old Soldier Correspondent Ji-fat.
the Sohool Land Rough Riders.
Addlngton Okla. Aug. 19. Bdltor
Leader: I see a paragraph In the
J8agle which Is refreshing to say the
least to the effect that Dili Little's
gang will be delayed by reason of so
many corner stones being removed in
tho Kiowa reservntton. This is not
of the worst kind. I will venture to
say that three-fourths of all the cotf-
ner stones can be easily found. I
have run many miles of section lines
during my six weeks' stay in that
country. Occasionally; a stone is
knocked down by cattle. Any man
wlih as much brains as nn oyster can
find them as fast as he can walk over
the ground; and aay man with one
corner stone In a township Is ablo to
toll at a glance whero every section
In tho township lies and he does not
have to be a surveyor an ordinary
school boy con find the sections easily.
It is true thr.t
mr.mm .mmm: mm
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m"i' Rnd properly.
this tain is all in the inter at of
BUI Little's grafting committee. I
give you these facts from personal
observation. If you have no already
done o take one of Colonel Sumner's
maps and spread it out on your desk.
Then borrow one of the official mam
that you will only find in the hands
of Plynn's friends who have drawn
claims and compare them. The
Sumner map is substantially correct.
I have measured the mountains with
It and the (streams. There are slight
errors but It Is netrfy correct. Then
gaze on the official map. You will
find on tha official map a beautiful
prairie in appearance which covers a
space of 36 mileg east and west and
IS miles north and south all sectJon-
iied and In the hands of hose who
draw numbers to select homesteads
from not a hint on the official map
for those who are not familiar with the
coun'ry that this vast area of land I
granite mountains and only now and
then a little cove or valley that Is J
allotted to Indians. The space 0f s(i
by 18 miles does not con win ail or
the worthless land the unsuspecting
homesteader has to go up against.'
The Kechl hills contains three-fourths j
or a ownshlp 'hat Is a barren sand I
lMfak-
Not a stream i represented o the
government olliclal map for home-
steaders. Do you wonder that 1 is
called u brace game?
Now these same ducks would like
to s'eal the school lands but they
can't do it and hold their job I came
nome anu iounu every Flynn grafter
with claims. The old captain (I mean '
myself) who gave over four years of
the beat of his life to the governmen'
gets nothlug. not even a pleasant
look. " Twas ver thus."
"Old Soldier."
Room and Board Wanted.
Parties having furnished or un
furntohtd looms to rent and pottles
daslrlg B'udent boarders wl'l confer
a favor by leaving their names and
addjess at he Capital City Business
college.
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA
STEAMER CAPSIZED
BY A SQUALL
m
Overturns in Ten Feet of
Water and Sixteen Per-
sons Drowned
By Associated Press.
Paduoah Ky Aug. 20. The steam-
er City of Oolconda plying between
tills clt yswid IEllsabetlitown. III. was
truck by a squall In the stream
about 7 o'clock last night as she wm
enroute to Paducah and turned over
In ten feet of water six miles abovff
the elty ns she was going into Cro
well? landing. Sixteen persons ar
reported drowned. The disaster o
ourratj as suppor was being served
and many of the seventy-five paseon
gors wore In tho cabin. The wind
struck the boat without warning and
there was not time for those Inside to
escape.
Among those believed to be lost
are: : : : :
Miss Lucy Harnett of Smith land
ing.
Miss Iilzsle Graham Greenville.
Miss Trlxle Adams Greenville.
Mrs. David Adams Smith lanc"ug.
watts Havts a prominent farm of
Livingston county.
Clarence Slayton of Loin Ky. .1 d
three colored deck hands.
Captain Jesse Bauer and Pilot IS
IB. Peck succeeded in rescuing many
people. Peck stated that whn the
boat struck there was no time to
escape. She went down on her side
in ten feet of water and that fow
reached the shore.
After the wind had subsided some-
what those of the crew who had
esonped found no one and of aU the
women on board only Mm. Hoyden
wife of the engineer Is known to hive
been saved.
Peck states that the books will ha-e
to be found beOre it can be dstermlu-
ed who and how many are lost
The City of Golconda plied between
this city and Klizahsthtown 111. She
had an unusually good passenger list
Captain Bauer said:
"In my opinion the people In the'
cabin were drowned instantly a I said tha' the work would be complet-
dld not hear screams come from the ed. notwithstanding the adverse opln-
cabin. Usually In such accidents the ion of Attorney General Strang
steamboat will rock back and forth against the diversion of tie school
several times before Uirnlng over but fund for improvement purposes. The
the Golconda went over wlthou any governor assigns no reason for his
of this and it happened so qu(rkl sudden change of front so it is fair
that It Is a wonder any were saved
COTTON SECTION BULLETIN.
Itain-
fall j
T. '
00 '
.02
T. '.01
Stations of Oklahoma.
Max.
tern.
Chandler 05
Mangum 102
Oklahoma 80
Shawnee 9 i
Stillwater missing.
Weatherford 07
Stations of Indian Territory.
Max.
tern.
Ar!n-.5(e 98
Durant no report
lloldeiivllle missing.
Marlow 95
Muskogee 95
R&in-
fall. '
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05
lM)
1
Dlstrlot Averages.
Max.
tern.
80
88
Rain-
Atlanta ..
Augusta ..
Charleston
Oalvoaton
Li tie Rock
Memphis .
Mobile
fall.
.26
86
98
98
u-
01
"'
.10
.32
00
.24
.or
.01
if.
86
Montgomery hi
New Orleans 96
Savannah 88
Vicksburg 92
Wilmington 88
Oklahoma 96
03
Light local rains occurred over th-
entire cotton belt d.irinr tl. naat .
. i L m - '
tweny-fonr hours. Temperatures
' '
were generally seasonable.
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UI1MO. WfclWflU SOU Mil
Al A.n.. Dh.l
severely wounded one day last week
nt Lawton. Harry Dunbur Is under
unrest accused of the offense.
f.. T ITi ... hn' Wagoner knocked him down and
It fc roported thaf Al Wagner fee u R lK)y(d
formerly of thle place was shot and1lw ft pIece of (og
TUESDAY. AUGUST in 1901
STRIKERS GAIN
DECIDED ADVANTAGE
Succeed in Closing Two
Plants to the Dismay of
Steel Managers
By Associated Press.
Pittsburg p. Aug. 20. Tho Je-up
on the Continental and Pennsyhanla
rube plants of the National Tube
company .n this city was oomiihatd
during the night and early hours of
this morning. Machinists and a few
other employes In Ui Pennsylvania
work to the number of about stxty
nave not gone out but the other two
properles nre silent and doserUrt.
The Pennsylvania men went out
fleet quitting at six o'clock last nlcht
lov reeitonse to the call of the organ-
Itn of the American Federation of
Lbor who had been working among
um for several weeks. Then In
large mimuers they surrounded the
Continental works and called on the
worker there to quit and join In the
strike.
'At midnight a large number of Con-
tinental men dropped their tools and
by morning the last man had left the
place.
The shutting down of the two plants
adds about 1800 men to the force of
strikers. The success of the labor
organisers in ge ting the men out
cheered the other strikers to a high
Pitch of enthusiasm. Officials of the
National Tube company would not
discuss the strike lieyond saying they
have lieen keenly dteapponted in the
attitude of their men.
The steel managers announced that
ano'her shift was 011 today at the
Clark mills and that property was now
running in full blast.
SUCCUMBS TO CRITICISM.
Governor Jenk(ns Will Not pr0CceWlWftDsaSftS
Contrary to Attorney General's
Oplnfon.
Oonior Jenkins has announced
that work on the Improvements for
the Alva Normal school would be
stopped Last Saturday the governor
to presume that It was the Are of
newspaper ultieisiii that led to yes-
erdny's announcement.
It 18 understood however thst an-
othir way has been found by the re-
soun efui president of the Normal
school to chase the cat around tho
stump. It is repor ed that the con-
templated Improvements will be com-
pie' eel tne citizens of Alva guaron-
teeing the contractor his pay and
they In turn will seek to be relmburs-
ed by the next legislature. Thus It
will be seeu the people will have to
Pi" the bill after all the virtuous pos-
lng of the governor.
The Mi'lltla Encampment.
Adjutant General Burllngame has
iMiued an order cal lng the territorial
militia encampment to meet In Perry
for one week beginning October 10.
The reason given for opening the en
campment on Thursday or the mid-
le of the wk. Is to avoid desecrat-1
. U lol. i ... ! thl"-nu .mining ms .way wi.n uuir
ing two HiiikIum. and to have the
. roops enjoy 0:10 Sunday in camp.
thus giving the chaplain of the regl-
ment something to do. He can preach
to ihe soldiers. The equipment will be
moved on Monday and everything put
in tilace fur he at rival of the 1 100 pa.
ixsflro was wersiea. i Robert Ilamp'on escaped thiotigb the
A rurious fisticuff took place laatjnaine. The mob then marched from
night be' ween Walt Wagoner and ain t pa(.e burning negro houses
big negro commonly known as "Bur-an nrnK nto them The negrom
ley." "Burloy" was drunk and do- fled in ail directions many taking
ftlrttll in rlnn fhn aljlawullr rf urli.tA
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.CiU""- ? numbr Of he0Wm. Hpringfleld to find
"9a- among them being Wagoner he
. ... ; .
cursed some of them and started to
. 4t . . .. . .
push them into the street. Wagoner
woinu nor ne imposeu upon and stiuclt
me tou-n negro wnon lie started for
J. S. Bartleit of Joplln. Ma is n vis-
itor in the city.
EIGHT TAQE8.
NEGROES CREMATED
BY WHOLESALE
Tremendous Uprising of Whites at
Pierce City
REIGNIOF BLACK TERROR
PREVAILING IN ffSSODM TOWN
Homes of Negroes Burned and the Town Cleared of
Blacks Five Men Lynched 'Shot and Burned
as the Result of a Brnlal Assault
By Associated Press
Springfield Mo Aug. 20. Pierce
City where Will Godley and French
Godley the former' grandfather
were lynched last nlgltf aa a result of
the murder of Miss Castle Wild Is
today in the hands of hundreds of
armed white men who are Intent on
driving all negroes from town. All
negro houses In Uie city are being
fired by the whites and one negro.
LPete Hampton is said to have been
cremated In hit home. The mob to
day broke into the arsenal of the
local militia company and is now in
possession of improved rilles. So
much excitement prevails that It is
almost impossible to secure a correct
story of the situation over the wires
i:j . a .. . ...
left for the scene. Most of the ne
groes havo left Pierce City abandon-
ing their homes which have been
burned.
A report was sent out that two ne
groes in addition to t.ho God leys' were
lynched early this morning but this
Is denied.
eOorge Iark n porter on the St.
Louts and San Francisco railway
whom French Godley before ho waa
shot to death charged with being
Mas Wild's murderer was arrested In
Springfield this morning and is in
jail here. Lark declares lie Is inno-
cent and says the man who commit
ted the crime boarded with him and
Ilel.
Blood hounds which staited at the
scene of Uie murder went at once to
lark's house. IStigene Barrett a ne-
gro confessed that a man named
Flavers who had boarded with Lark.
Is tho real culprit. Flavors Is said
to be under arrest at Tulsa I. T.
over the territory line from here and
Barrett is under arrest at Mount
Vernon twenty-five miles from Pierce
City-. Plavers will surely be lynched
ir brought back. It Is not believed
that Barrett will be lynched.
The scene that followed the lynch
lng of the Godleys last night and this
morning only found the enraged whl'e
people more determined than ever to
rid the city and vicinity of the ne-
groes. T ... . ' . K .
lets the molt went to the house of
French Godley the young man h
grandfather and shot him to il.uth
Then they went to Ike Carters' hou
1 In whkh were Pete
and
Pit.
Hole it
II. imp
Hampton both negroeH
ton who was seventy flw y.n-
was burned to death Hi w.f'
il!
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place of safety. The officers tele
phoned to MoneU and Aurora nearby
towns for help. At 10 o'clock this
morning the city was still in the
hands of the mob. whlh finally broke
Into the arsenpi of the PUne City
mlltla company and took ail the state
rifle) to be found there. Kvery train
to Pierre City is bringing in excited
crowds that add to the general confusion.
NUMBER 77
The report sent out last night that
s boy waa shot Is denied today and
the name of the man shot to death Is
given as French Godley Ineteod of
ICugono Barret'.
Pierce City Mo. Aug 20. Ono
(houennd men composed tho mob
which lynched Will Galley last night.
He was taken riom tho jail at : o'clock
and hanged. His body wan then rid-
dled with bullets. Gene Carter his
pal. was shot to death on the street.
The negroes assaulted tho girl MIsh
Castle Wilde while sho was returning
from Sunday school. Her throat wan
cut from ear to ear.
SALE OF TOWN LOTS.
By ABsoeT&Ud Press.
utt&h!uQJaj3Bi.c. Aug. ao.-Aotuis
Secretary Hyan last night received
from Oovernor Richards a report
showing the sales of townslte property
at the three coun'y seat towns in the
Kiowa and Wkhlta country up to and
including last Saturday. Tho stiles
and receipts were as follows:
Iawton 009 lots $208303
Anadarko 77 lo.s $1066&.
Hobiut 052 lots $167491
Corn Brings Good Price.
A negro farmer living on Full
creek ton mdles sou'h and twelve
miles cast of this city had a load of
corn on ho street today which for
vise of earn and duality of grain la
tho finest Men In tho market for ttuu
season's crop. He had a waon box
of usual size and depth heaped up
measure making about twelve bush-
els shucked from only four shocks
cut fourteen hills square. The ears
would average nine incite In length.
The loud brought eightytflve cent
per fnwhel. The farmer Bays thero
is considerable corn in his neighbor-
hood but the crop Is spotted some
fields being better than o hers
West Side gocital.
Wednesday evening there .Mil ue a
lawn social ;it he resident . 1 r Mr
.1. B. Aston 110! West Logan 'U"uue
Klven by the up worth Ichu. .r ihe
M. IS. chinch. Smth. A .t" ' I iliuo Is
proinijet! in nil Partis or 111 tug
'" M" "'""" l nt" "' "" " "ar'
r.es.
Another Surprise Marriage
The fii'iiiH ' Han y xibmoke
lnwt lust nigh' ! .irned "f ln- m rrl-
ire to Mixt IMith Hut!. 1 01 (k.ho
ma City. Wi!.li look pln ..limit wo
ueeks ago in Ol lahom.i (.is Last
night tin y much up u huge . n.wd
ami . !miihi .1 the ( on il- ;it their
hum.' i.ii I J.. - f il.iii'ison uwinu
Wreck at Bliss.
'l In i "in ii.in.jnK"'- wut ii i out
tin tv Ihe nn . i i 'oday at 111. s a
atutiuii ninth nf Peiry oung to a
freight train wiek A r Jumped
the track aad landed .impulse"
requiring considerable time o tight
It No one was Injured
J. A Blackmail boll the piooer y
at tne corner ot Oak street and Man-
sur avenue belonging to Pror Ru-
dolph Newman to Mrs. Cn oim
Hauimlll the pur I .m- price i.uig
$1100
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