The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 7, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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Weather PorecasWTonlght and Sunday pnsslbly sectored thumlorshowera
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Daily Leader
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THE ONLY EVENING A880CIATED PREC-3 PAPER IN OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
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GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA SATURDAY JUNE 7. 1902.
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ELECTRIC CAR
ROOSEVELT CANNOT ARBI
TRATE IN STRIKE SITUATION
Ti'p '.r ' ' tt? I'lrt-
STEAPRW COLLISION
COLLIDES WITH ENGINE
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Twentyfive Passengers Injured
Two of Tkfii Fatally
tBy Asaoalated Press.!
St. Louis MQ.Juu07T-TW6flty-nro
persons vrero Injured today two of
them fatally- ina collision. haw'efiS
& car ot tho Clayton branoh of the
suburban electric Uno .and a Missouri
Pacific engine at a 'surface crossing
In East St. Louis.
Almost every ono of the passengers
was cut by ilylng glass or thrown
against the door window or seat In
such a manner as to sustain painful
injuries.
Tho Injuries of a majority of the
passengers were slight however and1
they hastily set about to rescue tho
less fortunate. There were no physl.
clans at haud when tho collision oc
curred and It Was twenty minutes bp-
foro the injured received inodlcal at-
tention. '
A majority ot the victims were able
to go in search ot doctors themselves.
Residents ot Brentwood carried. oth
ers to convenient nouses or piacea
them on nelghuoVlugffiiwhsJunUt'
lUPbhy.
slclans arrive
Inabllitvfft&oyTi
the electee car
which rafiklXteflnn
lorttilou the fen-
glno.yseemso havje'n tho. cause or
thf acldTeW The anlureU arom"Uy
iocaipWte.4 I M .OV t
A list ot the. .Injured is as fallows!
William Lasnjftnotorman skdll
fractured and Jaw Jcrusheilvjjrobably
.GclbonsnlgTb laborer prph
ably 'f afalfy MM ''
Miss Amelia GrOTl delist. Kirk-
wood cut about body:..:.'
4.M n W- Smllhersl kneV tnJted.
cut.
O. W. Crcjtt abonLhead (J
L. m. urunay "ea(V MTf f t
Chas. Busett. WWfiWt
Frank a ayanianutaclurer.
Glendalo bruisea and8haB65 up.
Win. Wellhtftise legs injured.
fc.' C; Brooks ifdhft ejit.
G. 13. Brashear artist Klrkwpod.
hands cut and hip Injured.
P. H. Griffin leg wrenched'
Henry Wolfsborger. leg hurt.
Wnr. Barter hiegrd; fac'ocut5 ;!
John Anderson negro shouldef
hurt
ft-iEpll. ftCfliSHO '
James John negro head cut.
G"eorgt) Owens negro head cut and!
hrulsed. ' y
H. W. BeardsaiLJacp cuU
W. D. EwWgElneop Emerson
Mo. scalp wfijundfV' "''fSj&
Jos. McClcjrerreman':arin broken.
Geo. W. Marvin brakeman. ankle
hurl.
PUBLIC BUILDING BILL
SIGNED BY PESIDENT
i An Omnibus Measure With
Fifty Thousand For
Guthrie
Tho omnibus publlo building bill Is
now a lawt tho president having at-
j tached bis official signature to the
measure last night. The bill proviaos
for public oulldlngs In nearly every
state and territory In the union and
I Elves two Buch structures to Oklaho
maone at Guthrie and one at OK.a-
homa pity to cost 550000 each.
; Tho hpuse cpmmlttee on public
buildings at first appropriated the en
tire ?100OOQ (or a publlo building at
Guthrie tha capital of the terrltry.
but through the earnest efforts ot
Delegate p. T. tflypn. the conference
committee was persuaded to divide
tho amount between the capital and
Oklahoma Glty. s
COMMENCEMENT
EXCERCISES
Class of 1902 Receive Di
plomas Last Night -
jui
s at Opera House9 :
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The seventh annual commence-
ment exercises of tno. Guthrle.vfHlgh
school wore held last night at tho
opera- house. Long- before the hour
for the opening of- the programme the
house was crowded to .over-flowing
with tho parents and. friends ot the
young peoplo who -graduated;
Tho stage had beon nicely decor-
ated for the occasion the class colors
green and cream predominated.
The class motto "Climb though tho
rocks bo ruggqdV' was a feature or
tue decorations.
The exercises were highly enter-
taining and the pupils porformed their
parts with much credit to their teach-
ers and to themselves. .
Tho annual class address -was de-
livered by Prof. A. C. Scott president
ot the A. and M. cclloge at Stillwater
and was. an oloquont address
The .programme In full was as fol-
lows : i
Invocation Rev. J. T. Ogle
Chorus High Sahool Gleo Club
Class History lone CoyleJ
Class Prophecy Grace Griffith
Quartette "Speed Away"
Ora Dawson Robert Morton Harry
Hall Lorln Hutchlns.
Oration.. ....... VAmerlpan Ideals"
Orl L. Ray.
Oration "Qup Vadls"
Carrio Seaman.
Quartette .......... "faeronado"
Nelllo Baldwin Laura Humble Olllo
Sheror Gertrude Glcjn.
Oration- "Responsibility of American
Citizenship" Walker Fields.
Class Poem Loulso Houston
Vocal Solo... Mrs. Addle Hourlghaus
Class Address Pros. A. C. Scott ot
Stillwater.
Flute Solo . . "La Favorite do Vienna"
R. Stewart Brlggs
Presentation ot Diplomas Hon. Wm.
M. Spurlook president of the board
of education.
Bepediotlon Rev. W. C. Miles
The following ypung peop'e conv
pose the class of 1302:
Misses
lone MargaraUe Co'la.
Ethel Grace Griffith.
Mary Louise Houston.
BesBle Ethel Jones
Bertha Grace Kyear.
Josephine A. Mossoy.
Elisabeth Bruce AiaJJeaU
Lora Belle Richmond
Carrie Mae & earn an.
Bessie Matilda JYUllamson.
.esses-
John Valkar FJaltL "
Lepn Burns Hogler. .
George WUlIan? PJnft9yrf;
Orl Lively ltay. ... . . .
(Continued on page C.)
GermanitajPianlc.
The Germanla Vereln society will
hold Its annual picnic tomorrow au
William's Grove. It.:.has baen posts
poned a couple i weeks on; account of
the heavy rains but the grounds are In J
good Condition TioW and tho plonlC will
be given' tomorrowr Ad'mUaion to the
grounds' W'bV tnvilatipn cards.
' S f'i X. rill
Rvery remnan.t.at the Grand Leader
Is marked Jn.plajihjHiya apd the Iqw
Announces Be Would Be Pleased
To Do So If He Could
'.'H
N By Associated Press. ' "
Washington d. C June 7. Tho.
prosldont today hold a Jong cohfW
once at the Whlto h'dtiso with SonatPr
Hanna on the coal strHp. Tho presl-j
dont convoyed to Mr. Hnnna tho idea
that Jio would like very much to do
Jomothlng to scttlo the strike
Nothing doflnltd howovor was de-
cided upon. The prosldont nlso sont
for CarrolJ Dwlght commlsslonor of
labor to got his views on tho situa-
tion and also as to what might prop-
erly bo done by tho govorniuont look-
ing toji settlement ot the controversy.
It Is probable that other conferences
will bo hold and the president kept
advised of "the situation. Ho wllf.be
in readiness at any tme to oxtend aid J
u it is lounu tnnt no can ue ot sorvicci
in setllng the dlfreronces.
i
Roosevelt Can Not Act
Wllkesbarre Pa. June .7. The
hanging In oftegy of J. plorpont Mor-
gan in ono of tho streets of South
Wilkosbarro by a crowd of men and
AAAVSAAAAWWSWW
ANOTHER RAILROAD
HEADED TO GUTHRIE
Contract Let For The Den
yer Enid & Gulf "
Railroad
Enid Okla. June 7.The Magle-ot
this city says:
Tho Denver Enid & l.ulf will soon
be a rnilroad In reality. Yaetorday
the contract was lot to the Bos Lino
Construction company to build the
lino from Enid to Marshall a distance
of thlrty-ono mllon. Sixty days is tho
tlnio set for finishing tho grade and
as tho tracklayers will follow closely
upon thoMiooIs of tho gradors it Is
confidently oxpectod that trains will
bo In Pporatlon between Enid and
Marshall early in August.
One hundred and ilfty toams will
go to work naxt weolt. This numbor
will be rapidly inoroased until threo
hundred or inoro teams wlih mon in
proportion will be making the dirt
lly.
Tho right of way Is now all secur-
ed form this city to a point about ton
fmilee southeast of Marshall. From
thoro two survoys have been mado.
one to Guthrio and the other to Ok-
lahoma City. It la not known yt
which route will b taken.
Hnld has won. Of all the railroads
which have been projected contem-
plating the Unking ot the oast aide
of the territory with tho west side
the one projected by Enid men back-
ed by Rnld money and Enid onthusl-
asm will be the first on6 completed.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
At the regular meeting ot the coun-
ty commissioners the contract for re-
pairing the Cimarron bridge north of
this city was let to Poteot and Loos
for I&S0.00:
The bridge over the Cimarron at
C'oyle was ordered ropnlred and con-
tract lorto RKrTea! for D86;00.
7& ecTtitrafct was awarded Daniel
Dyjce-Jpr ;atf o.ppt steel bridge to coflt
107.50 in Blsmark township aqd two
coutraetsTwere let to J. Kllpugh
one for a 60-foot to cost $180.00 and
orifeVfdr aiS&fbbUio post ?80.00 steel!
TpXrneU. fc Blair and" J. W.
tinkler ;were appplnted to vlow th
right of way for the extension of
3ft5nth. atxflet north.
boys was the Onlv hmlilnnr in tnnr
tho stllluesB of tho Wyoming valliPROHIBITIONISTS MEET
" iuinB. ino crowu cnoerou anu
pbltffl the object with stones until tho
pollMlsporsed them.
"Aty mining lowns fr"rourtdlng tho
city Itro very quloL
Tho nowa from Washington that
President Roosevelt could ndt find
his way clear to" take a hand In bring-
ing about poaco botwoon minors and
operators was' received with gonuino
drsappointmont'' "
Burned In Effigy
Shamokln Pa.( Juno 7:-i-A mob ofl
strikers late last night 'surrounded
the homos of Sub-bosses Homer Mur
phy and Rafler.' and two' Poles and
built fires on which offigles represent-
ing the bosses were burned. Tho
domonstratloiiBigrew .so vigorous that
tho non-union ' mea promised not to
go to work today.' .
The fireman al Luke Fiddler and
Cameron colllorieB wore stpnod to-
day. NrfN
COUNCIL EXTENDS
LIGHT ORDINANCE
Also Let Sewer Contract
to E. N.Ford of Kan
sas City
At the reoeec session of the city
council last night the franchise
granted to the Electric Light and
Powot" plant which oxplres in 1007
was oxtondod until 1917 to the suc
cessors of the old light plant com
pany. In consideration of extending
tho franchise tho new company ageos.
to double its present capacity slrnlo
expend ?86000 at onco In improving
the plant; lov grant ttho pity a robntii
of 1800 on its light bills and furnish
arc light sjt six dollars por month. Tho
city has the jrlght a purchase tho
plant on tho 1st day of Oc.lB07 and
oa'oh ilvo years thoroaftor at a price
tu be nxed by dlslntorosted appraisers
The work of constructing tho throe
sewer mains advortisod for was lot
to E. tf. Ford of Kansas City Mo.
his bid boing $11000 and tho lowest
of all tho bids submitted.
The Odd Fellows presontod av pgtl
tlpn asking that the alley north of the.
nqw city hall be vacated and donai
to. the ordor It being the Intention
eroct.a tenltorial Odd ffQlloa' biilld
Ipg upon the lots betweon tjhq mruj
block and the city hall. ThprpeL
was laid on the'tabfe. . . -4
yA
new countiesIdem'oc'ratic'!
TV
So Says
Mayor L
LaWton
Pf
Ross
of
JL
Two prominent business men In tho
city today are Mayor L P. Ross of
Lawtpn and John M. I'atterggn man
ager of the LawtonGf. pll and MlpJi
oral company. Both 'are- hore on kusj
JlCTin UUtUlU L11U BUJIIUII1U UUllfl. -W-j
.'-Comanoho county Is safely Qem
oratlo" said Mayor Ross "ai
give Bill Cross n;handspma n
tills fall. The Jame 'can be rj
said of Caddo and Kiowa
The wholo HouthwpfiL h.rpr Cro!
V nil! niu uuaii.
Slon. A. II. Burks. Inspector from
tlyj genoral land bffico at Washington
DiC. 'Will oe In Guthrld the first of
the week.
William K$ifpU.!li V t!ij .city to-
day from PexkJjs.
WWffi
itniuuvn
MfSHrriPTr
gsiaii-Bj
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IN CONVENTION
L. X. 5 Cleve Nominated
For Delegate to Con-
. gress "
Th prohlbitiouists of Oklalioma ter-
ritory niot in Cassldy's hall ynstorday
nftornoon and after a sosslon lasting
unUlf.mldnlght pororcted a territorial
organfatlon and named a candidate.
for dologatp to congress-in tho-per
son of. L Tu VanJlovo:o OklahoniaJ
Olty. .-;-
Tho- follo.wlng delegates woro pros-
out: O. C. Osborne Perry. ' . (
C. E: Harmon jr. Edmond.
L. 8. OhllilB tiward.
E. O. Ourke Navlna.
A. C. Durkeo Navinn.
Dr. H. W. Nowby. Guthrio. '
Il S. Stookwoll Porryi
J. T. Ogle. Guthrio.
lw. T.VanCIevo Oklahoma City.
mJJmIIUI Guthrie
"j. M. Monroo El Reno.
F. B. BarbOiir' Lahtortt.
A. H.'lloaln Okhrchp;
T. II. Alton. Cashlon.
Ohas. Brown Carmen.
J. E. Browor Guthrlft.
F. H. Smith Onshlon.
K. C. Harmon Cashlon.
Goo. i. Anderson Cashlon.
B. F. Harmon Cashlon.
B. S. fitockwoll of Perry was oho'
bn as permanent chairman and J. J
Hill of this city ns soorotary. I T
Van "Clove was unaftlmoliBly noffllna'
tpd frfr.-"delegate to pngrqss anil the
!?.. .. ..-'- .v . .
roSolutlon after 0Uip- iisjutl denujfgla
tlon of tliotrnfflc. chargo the tarrl
torhU administration with being guilty
of a nulllllcatlon of tho laws of Okla-
homa in allowing saloons to be
licensed )n tlio throikupw cpuntios b
tfore thoro weropaoplo thoro legally.
quallilod to sign petitions. The reso-
lutions go on to state:
In vnrious Instances tho supreme
court has commanded county commis-
sioners to rovoko Hconsos which tho
havo issued 1 1 legally. .When Suajf U-
consos havo boon.rovpkod asaloongi
have continued without a license thus
boln in robollian to the supreme court.
tho territorial administration has not
t down this rebellion and I thus
reant to the function of executive
government whose office it Is to en-
Hlfcrce law.
The following territorial oommlt-
tBe was galoctsd and the convention
1 adjourned:
Ti. S. StockwoN Perry pMsldont.
;sj v. a nimpnrey uuuine vice
nrpeldont.
Lq j. J. mi uuiune ecremrj nun
easurar. " '- - ". v' "'; ' '
&TI.
L. Muokolls Ktldars.
J. M. Monroe El Rono.
x T- Van Clma. Oklahoma
OKy.
Chas. Drown Carmon
MORE DELEQATE8.
Appointed hf Governor to the Butte
) Mining Qonoress.
OPernof Ferguson today abpolntod
her following additional delegates to
tho international mining congress
wnlch will he hem In Butte Mcnt..
Sept. 1 to E 902:
T. J. Palmer Medford.
A. L. Thomas Pond Creek.
. O. M- iMaekey p0ad creak -
The Hadley Crashes Into the Wilson
4 And Seyeral Lives Lost
By Aosoclatid Press.
DulutVi'Mfrt'ni Ju'nft 7. Tho whale-
back steamer fhPra'as Wllsdn cap-
tain Camoron inastor and tlib wood-
on sloamorV'Gb'oi'gb O. Hhdloy Cai-
taln Fltisgorald master collided Just
outside of Duluth cftn'al todhy'nnd tho
WHSPn sank within loss than a wln
utoi 'Thes'IIatllo'niado a ruu'for tho
boaell and reached thoro nono too
soon.
Life Saving crow'lilckod' up'bovoral
We'nbrfrS of tho drew of tho' Wilson
but several aro Known to havo (icon
drowned. Nono of the1 tno'nVuOrs or
tho rifglit crow oscapod;'
Tho list of lost Includes tho cook
second cook. two' Pliors whofllman
lookout fireman and thrvcj dock
hands. v '
The Wilson "whs combs toward tho
canal and tho Hadloy going out both
loaded. Just boforo reaching1 tho
cannl and when about opposite tho
WllBon tho Hadloy was glvon orders
by a tug to go to Suporlor. Immedi-
ately alio stoorod off for tho Superior
entry and crashed dlroctly Into the
Wilson.
Tho Wilson went down so quickly
that it did not soom possible to savo
a llfo. Ono moment the two boata
wore plowing through tho water two
hundred yards npart tho ' next tho
crow ot tho Wilson could bo seen
Jumping Into tho watur. Ono man on
the Wilson with groat prosonco of
mind throw Ufa preservers to sovnrnl
struggling1 In the water. Tho crow ot
the Hadley also threw preservers to
those In tha water.
immudlately after tha collision tho
Wilson pitched forward und wont
down. As she plunged tha craw still
on board rushed to tha stern Jump-
ing overboard. Tha Wilson did not
live a minute after the collision. Dur-
ing the short time sha wns on top of
tha water she seemed to be supported
entirely by tha Hadloy's prow which
was sticking In throng her plates.
CASH ONLY WILL
SECURE THE ;KATY
Imperative Necessity
Quick-Action on Part.
of
of Subscribers
Til contract wW the M.. K. & l
Is nut ysi siguau. '
It wilt not b slirned uaq) tha
Meadlan TownMte company mi tuf-
flclent funds to permit ot Its making a
prqper guarsutss to Presidaut Finney.
Monday nlgnt wUI dtose forutar all
Katy matt.-rs At that tlmo GutUno
will Uavejlhe roa or It will not hare
lf--t all. rests with the peopto who
bars mads notes to the Katy good
for ti moHthij. tf tbasa uotas are
cashad at ones. Uis the toraitt6 to;
3pjlm p9 f- otltrto. weir
uwvf"; !" iniug iif a)sriuBrs
Urfik ig to cash In at oncn ?.
jyjmjB 1$ shor T1iuel9tiaai6t4ng- it
you' would bav'titfKat yen mus
either cash your notes or place thorn
In battkabln shape. &
Tho Children Day programote of
th UarB4s Chaiwl M R. burch Sun-
day school will be given at tbt- ('iiapt
orner Hixlh strent and Maimni avtt-
us temorrpw iniirnlng ai 1" :loclc
Everyone cordially invlt!
i
E. D. Wiggins Woodward.
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