The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 15, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 3, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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Tonight and Thursday fair; colder Thursday.
TffE GUTH
aily Leader
THE ONLY EVENINQ AStOCIATED PRESS PAPER IN OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
VOLUME 28
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8. 1904.
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Editor
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Fussy Diplomats are Rudely Shoved
Aside By Grim Visaged Scribes
Who are Ready to Sound the
Tocsin.
(By Assocmtea Preso.)
Toklo Feb. 3. Uvents today Indi-
cate that the prolonged tonston hag
readied a climax. Marquis Ito presl-
donl of privy council was summoned
from the country during the night and
today the omporor received him and a
council of tho older statesmen wan
held with tho war mlnlstor and three
admirals.
Tho highest officials mako no pro-
tons of concoalmont of their exasper-
ation ovor tho tardiness of tho Rus-
sian reply.
An unofficial dispatch yostorday said
the Russian decision means war.
St. Petersbur g Feb. 3. Tho Associ-
ated Press Is soml-offlcially assured
that th. Russian responao will not bo
sent before February 6 at tho oarliost.
Tho tension unquestionably is Increas-
ing and tho bourso Bhows an adverse
feeling.
The Sooul-FuBan railroad has boon
occupied by Japanese troops and tho
Japanese havo taken Hold guns to
Seoul for protoction of their legation.
The Call of the Wild.
Toklo Fob. 3. Jack London tho
writer has boon arosted and imprison-
od charged with photographing Jap-
an ago fortifications.
Port Arthur Feb. 3. Important na
val and military roovemonts have boon
effected here. The Russian squadron
heretofore in tho lnsldo harbor con-
sisting of five batloshlps and two
cruUers hats Joined the outside fleet.
Simultaneously a brigade of tho Siber
ian riCee and two battories of artllery
started for an unannounced dostlna
tlon.
World's Fair Commissioners.
Tho Oklahoma World's Fair com
mlselonors are in session In Secretary
Wonner'a office this afternoon. The
commissioners expect to bo In session
throughout tho afternoon and will con.
dude the meeting this ovoning. There
are several appointments to bo mado
O. A. McNabb of Oklahoma City who4-
1s in charge of the collection of the ag
ricultural exhibits is conferring with
the commission.
Advance
Due to
in Wheat
War and
Other Causes.
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(By Associated Pross.)
Chicago III. Feb. 3. An advance of
2 1-4 to 2 3-8 cents per bushel was
made in the price of wheaL The May
option sold up to 04. Manipulation of
the market by tho Armour Interests
was credited with being the big cause
of the sharp rise but a reason of per-
haps greater potency was Increasing
ovidenoe of the Imminence of war In
the Orient
One dollar wheat in the sample
room of the board of trade became an
actuality today. The fact that the
pride whloh has long been the dream
of the farmer had again been attained
ave adde! stimulous to the efforu of
the bull leaders in the pits and shortly
after the dollar mark was reached in
sample prices in wheat the corn and
oats pits established now records
ecMpsing previous high marks for the
year.
.Frank Wilbur Is on the alck list.
Playing a Sinister
GameWithStatehood
Before Congress
Special to Dally Leader.
Washington D. c Feb. 3. Tho Re
publicans of Oklahoma In Washington
In the Interest of statehood legislation
continue to make single statehood of
secondnry consideration. All they
want Is admission for Oklahoma alone
and if that is impossible they are
protending to favor thd slnj!f state
hood idea as embodied In tho Robin
son and Quay bills. Of course thoy do
not oxpect any such program at tho
hands of tho Republican admlnlstra
tlon but nevertheless thoy aro work
ing this gag to perfection.
The above was again verified when
Colonel II. B. Haven. of Enid appear-
ed before the territories committee in
favor of the McQulre bill. No new
light was thrown on the situation but
It was tho same old story that a ma-
jority of tho people of Oklahoma woro
for the admission of Oklahoma alono
and the unpreparednoes of Indinn ter-
ritory to be admitted with it at this
time.
Crowd Plays Sharp
Trick on Veteran
Dan Anthony
By Associated Pimb.1
Topeka Kas. Feb. 3. Secretarytof
State Burrows today refused to accept
the certificate of nomination tendered
by D. R. Anthony as Republican nom-
inee of Uie First congressional dis-
trict. The managers for Curtis nad
filed their certificate last night hur-
rying to Topeka Immediately after he
had bean selected. Anthony then
filed an objeotlon to the certificate
filed by Curtis alleging that the lat-
ter had not been nominated by the
regular convention.
Military Men at the Quapaw.
There were three prominent mili-
tary men entertained at the Quawpaw
club yeeterday evening. They were
Brigadier General B. M. Hayes U. S.
A. who has been detailed herp for
service with the organized mlllUa:
General B. P. Burllngame of Guthrie
adjutant general of the Oklahoma
guard and Major Harry W. Pentecoet
of Guthrie. General Burlingame and
Major Pentecost were enroute home
from St. Augustine. Fla. where they
attended the meeting of. the national
guard ana wore the guests of Mr.
George H. Lee general passenger
agent of the Choctaw who Introduced
them to the club Little Rock Arkan-
sas Democrat
General Hayes who Is mentioned In
the above article commanded the Fifth
Cavalry troops which had charge of
the opening of Oklahoma. He Is now
stationed in Arkansas.
A Democratic club is being organiz-
ed at Cbickasha.
Preferred Charges
Against Gov. Over
Flouston Affair
The fact was disclosed today tho'
charges alleging that Governor Fergu
son had condoned corruption in office
were filed with President RooaeveUJthe attorney general to send to the
in June uy uverett u. I'urceu eauorahouse a full report made by any
of the ISnld Brents In IOnld. William
Grimes territorial secretary was In
eluded In the chutes. In n letter toLUttn territory to InveaUgnte charges
president uoosevt:: itirceu uecmroin
that Ferguson and Grimes as mem
bers of the
board hod
ton case."
territorial school land
"whitewashed" the Houe-
James J. Houston was secretary off
he Oklahoma stohool land board. .Ver
non D. Whiting secretary of the Re-
publican territorial committee told
Governor Ferguson thnt Houston waB
peculating in school land leases.
Whiting admitted that-he was In one
of the deals. Whiting made thee
statements after he had been sent for
by Governor Ferguson who had learn-
ed from Delegate 13. S. McGulre that
Whiting was In possession of informa-
tion derogatory to Houston's olttclnl
Integrity.
As chairman ol tho school .land
board Governor Ferguson began an
Investigation of Houston's office that
led to an official Inquiry by Ihe board
and ultimately to Houston's resigna-
tion. Tho board failed to bring In n
specific finding against Houston. At
the time tho board adjourned its of-
ficial Inquiry and he repeated the
statement today Governor Ferguson
said that the reason tho board failed
to bring In speolflo findings was that
Whiting who had submitted the bulk
of the charges refused to come before
the board and swear to what he had
said. As a matter of fact Whiting's
personal statement to Governor Fergu-
son Involved another person who wna
In danger of losing his official position
if Whiting substantiated what he had
said. This man was a friend of Whit-
ing and the latter protected him by
writing a' letter denying what he had
told Governor Ferguson. The board
hud depended upon Whiting's testi-
mony and when he failed to appear
the board temporarily was left to hold
the bag though it was determined
at that time by Governor Ferguson
that conditions were sucJi that I Urns
ton could remain no longer in offlc
PurceJl haJ. not long since emcr- d
from the Populist party Joined the
Republican party and was acting as
spokesman in lite newspaper for Dele-
-ppite-McOlilreund the-McGuiro-faeUet
of the Republican party. He charged
in his newspaper that Governor Fer-
guson had permitted the Houston case
to be ."whitewashed" and became so
vindictive in his onslaughts that he
lost for a time his sharo of the laud
office prating In Kingfisher. It was
never suspected liowever that Pur-
cell would go to the. extreme of filing
charges in Washington against Gover-
nor Ferguson as the latter ua
largely responsible for McGulre'a
nomination and had been his person-
al friend for many years.
Put-cell's letter was brief and to the
point President Roosevelt referred
it to Secretary Hitchcock with in-
structions to inquire as to its truth-
fulness. Governor Ferguson- had made
a totalled report of the Houston case
tO' Secretary Hitchcock and when the
Pureed charges came to Governor
Ferguson he simply reiterated what
ne uaa sntu in nis oniaiai report. The i
Puree!! letter did not reach Governor
Ferguson until the latter part pf 1h-
oember. Puree M Is a candidate for delegate
I iu iii- neimuiicau national convention
rrom uarueid county not for poll u-1 a strong jeaithy. active fionUu-
reasons but according to bis own tlon d.penaB jargey on th8 ocmitloa
statements to see whether the people l tlm ver. Th famoug tUf
of Carflekl county will Indorse his j kaown DeWut's Little BartyJtteeni
newspaper policy. It is a certainty J on)y f Ieane the mtem bt they
that he will not go to the nation-.l ' 8lrongtuen he actk)n of tae Tr aa
convention if Governor Ferguson tan rIulll -he tissues sunnortlna that or-
pp vent n. Grime ha other lenrM'
than the Roosevelt charges to settle
with Pureell
Tickets will go on sale tomorrow
morning for "The Minister's Son"
PrUoa 25 50 75 and' J1.00.
Charged With Sup-
pressingl ndianTerri-
tory Report
Special to Daily Loader.
Washington D. C Feb. 3 Repre-
sentative Stephens of Texas intro
duced a bouse resolution calling upon
special examiner or examiners sent by
the department of Justice to the In
of corruption made by S. M. Brosius
agent of the Indian Rights association
kgaint severa'l federal off lolals in that
territory. It also requests that a
statement be mnde of alt government
officials who have become members of
corporations known as "Tribal Devel-
opment Companies" and If such are
still In the employ of the government.
The object of the Stephens' resolution
is to get Mr. Leo Chalmer's report on
his Investigation of the Dawes com-
mission administration. Mr. Chalmers
Is of Austin Texas and Is a man of
high standing. Mr. Stephens declares
I that . Chalmers report was sup
pressed by Secretary Hitchcock.
Two
Charged With Murder
of Roland Wright
Under Arrest
! I
l United biates Deputy -Marshal Geo.
Foster passed through "tlrt city this
morning enroute to Perry with one
Joe Baker In custody whom ho nr-
rested yesterday at Warwlok on the
charge of murdering Roland Wright
whose dead body was found some
time ago on nn Indian reservation.
Governor Ferguson recently offered a
600 t award for the arrest und convic-
tion of the murderers and. a few day
ago one of the boys who accompanied
Wright on his trip from Ilenver county
was arrested at Weleetka charged
with the murder. Baker It U said
was also a companion of the boy and
as both of the accused left Beaver
county with Wright It Is thought that
one of the two young men is guilty of
Ihe crime of which both are accused
Roland Wright left his rome in
Denver county last year for Garfield
county wnere R wanranmentlan ta
work In the harvest field. He worked
In Garfield county for some time and
finally wro'o his parents stating that
he was leaving for Kansas with a team
ot horses and a wagon He also stated
that ho had with him two companions
After that his parents never hoard
from him and upon investigation dis-
covered that his team and wagon had
been sold in Wichita at auction In
i December by an unknown young man.
A pair of shoes and some o her arti-
cles" were Identified at belonging to
Wright and a search was commenced
the general supposition being that lie
had met with foul play
Later a roan who claimed u be the
father ot the ltoy appeared and aaked
that he might search for the body. He
whs soon after discovered digging up
the remains of Wright and was ar-
rested but was afterwards given his
liberty owing to a lack cf evidence.
There Is but lltle doubt In the tabids
of the officers but that one of the two
rneu arrested Is guilty of the charge
although bo'h protest their innocence
n Early Riser
LUtle Early Risers are easy to i
act they never gripe and yet they are
absolutely ".ertala to produce results
that are satisfactory In all cases.
Sold by J N Wallace.
The public schools are crowded.
Cleveland's Great Secretary of Navy
Suddenly Expires While Under
Influence of Ether Preparatory
to Operation.
Phone Company Will
Make Radical Im-
provements Tho Bell Telephone company 1b re-
building throughout and wl'iiln six
weaksVWlll establish the best tele-
phone sorvlco In this part of the coun-
try. The company 1ms appropriated
$36000 for tho reconstruction of their
system horo and nothing In the way
of making It the most up to date ss-
torn will bo loft undone.
A new multiple switch board with
tho central euorgy Hash light system
will be put In and nil of tho old cables
and wires will be pulled down and
nothing will be left to remind one of
the old system -with the oxaeptlon of
a few felophono poles. The company
Is now putting in many new ones.
Ringing for central and waiting for
an answer will he a thlna of the past
as it will only be necessary to take
the reeolyer from the hook to get con-
nections with the central office. The
toll service wllj be so arranged that
any one can talk from his house to any
point In the territory Kansas City or
any town on the line A of the super-.
Cuous ''Number please" "Did you get
them " etc. will be done away wltli
The service will be as prompt and as
satisfactory as could be desired
"We expect to be In operation In-
side or six weeks If not sooner" said
Manager Harry Westb-ook today.
"Starting out with u list or six hundred
subscribers."
When asked if this action of the
'phone company was brought about by
the recent strike be said-
U-i'Wo The- company Jiaa-been-aj-pafil-
Ing for a year or more to put In this
system here and It has been brewing
for a long time. We will employ fif-
teen operators including the relay
force Our natrons are all cnrdlallv ln-
I vlted to come to headquartrrs as
soon as we have things in running
order and see for themselves."
The fact that 6009 feet of cable
will be Strang makes It look like the
Bell company means business.
Murder Trial Attracts
General Attention in
Western Kansas
(By Associated Proas )
Norton Ka. Feb 3 - T.u trial of
Okaut'Cey Dtwey and bin tvtn twboya
wan begun here today Tin court
room was crowded Tbt. ill prelim-
inary skirmish came when Prosecuting
Attorney Hotchkiss aaked permission
to add tour names to those already In
dorsad on the information Senator
H( asin for the defease bjected and
asl.M forty eight hours in which to
mttke Inquiry to tte qualincatlona
of the four new witnesses TbU was
overruled. Judge Hamil on then chal-
lenged the entire Jury drai.-n from the
Jury box yesterday. The challenge
wa overruled and court adjourned un-
til aftern'xm
(By Associated Pross.)
New York Feb a William Cliin
Whitney former gocretn-y of the aav
''I'"! few minutes at'nr 1 o'clork j
terday afternoon at his home 871 I n
nvenue In his 04th year
He died while under the lnflucncv or
ether ndmlnlsterd preparatory o a
second operation for nppendlcltib
By his beside weie hhj son. Harry
Payne Whitney and his dnugluer
Dorothy Whitney as well aa Dr Will
lam T. Bull the chief surgeon in nt
tendance.
Mr. Whitney wn taken ill Friday
night at the performance of ' Rlgolc"
to" at the Metropolitan opora house
and had to leave boforo the opera end
od. Dr. Waltor B. James tho Whit
ney family physician was summoned
and found that tho condition of tho
patient waB such that aftor a consultn
tton an oporatlon was decided upon
and performed by Dr. Bull. Tho pa'l
ent rallied so woll that It was fully
bolloved that ho would recover
Mr. Whitney's condition waa very
gravo however on Sunday nnd Mon
day nnd at a consultation hold yester-
day nftornoon tho conclusion wna
reached that the only hoi6 for the pa
tlent lay in a second operation
A bulletin Issued in the morning
stated that there had been ft Hlifch? irpf
provement In the pntlont's conu'iir
but shortly before 3 o'clock aiarmlna
symptoms were noted nnd hnrrbd
preparations were mrt for n uu
opera ion.
Mi Whitney was pUced unih r t .
Influence of cither but whether tl.
ration was proceeded with or nr
unknown. . .
When the physlclanB percclvi d hat
the patient was In danger ot d' arh
Harry Payne Whitney and Miss Dr-ro
thy Whitney were immediately no'l
flel They hastened to the side of
their father and in a few minuf h
hail breathed his laist oxygi-n a.j
used nad all tho skill of the phylrlan
nnd aurKeons brought Into p)ay t.j
save the life of the distinguished pa
lleut but to no avail.
It was 8 o'clock before the simiif
fact of his death a made put f
Later the following si'titment a
sued
"Mi Whitney died nt I o I. . i
pontinl'is &i.j Moo i loisoniim f t
lowing aa operation for uppeiidld'i
The interment will be at Wm.i
lawn at a date to he lu-reafui ti .
In the family plot when- th muhu
of .Jrn Flora Payne Whituej ii'n
Whinny and Mrs Whlcnuj'h j'umi
child. Flora Payne Paget.
"Mi Whitney k chillren Han
Pane Whitney and Mis !' i v
Whitney were with hlro when h in
"The funeral ervlce lll In- t ' t
at Grace church where Mr Vu i .
a pew holder
The full list of -all besr.-rs v
be given later."
Soon after the death tlsi'ort ). . ir
to call at the house Aiuuu n
'ieie ('uruelluH Vandtrhllt and v -
reiar of War Eill.u ltoot Mr 1
Mrs l'ane A'hilney w. r In Tin :
vtlh ;a when Mi V hltix v
dltit.ii Ix came critical but they I' r i
New York immediately on a t-
train A cablegram wa- sen. H 1
d;i '
IK )'s
hi ll.-i
home
PI .
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Mm Almerlch Paget Mr h
laughter la lxmcon an. I t i
I that she In now on In r n
I 'ird of gowrmr of thi l m
i i . of which Mr Whltuc wa
a in uitr postponed aa ?nti i am
meut the club Has to httve hat !a-
night Tickets will go on (sale toiuurnm
morning for "Tb.- Minister's Sop
Price 86 60 75 and ?I00.
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