The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 4, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 30, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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Generally fair tonight Sunday probably scattered showers.
The Guthrie Daily Leader.
THE ONLY EVENtNG ASSOCIATED PRESS PAPER IN OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
VOLUME 24
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA SATURDAY JULY 80. 1904
NUMBER 4
WILL ASK PRESIDENT
TO INTERVENE
Strikers Want Roosevelt to Secure
for Them a Just and Equitable
Settlement of Their Grievances;
Rioting at St. Joseph.
(By Associated Pres.)
Chicago III. July :;0. Beforo
the :
meeting of tho nllled trades today It
svas disclosed that a resolution would
bo Introduced demanding that Prest-
dent Roosc'olt glvo word that Unltod
States district attorneys all ovor th"
country begin criminal prosecution
against tho big packing plants which
two years ago woro permanently en-
Joined from combining to 3x prices
not only upon finished meat products
bur upon live stock. It will be urged
upon tho presidont that tho best Inter
ests of the entire country are preju-
diced by the sreat strike which has at-
fected all parts of the country and
that widespread misery has been ca'us
ed. Tho resolution Bays:
'Tooling that tho crisis Is a grave?
one we appeal to you for Intervention
to secure for us a Just and equitable
settlement of our grievances which
have been of long duration. One word I
from you will Inevitably bring about j
an adjustment of the present contro-
versy." I
Aftor tho adjournment of today's
meeting of tho representatives of alh r
ed packing house trades It was denied
that resolutions which were prepared parade and in vowing otner pageants
ashing aid from President Roosoveni Incident to the occasion. There was
bad been presented to tho meeting. it one of the biggest crowds of the expo-
was stated that President Donno'.'y sltlon
would confer with Secretary II. D '
Call of tho Butchers' union concern-
ing tho resolutions.
STRIKE WILL EXTEND.
Packers Refuse to Consider Concilia-
tion This Late In the Day.
Chicago III. July 30. Unablo to ar-
'range a confereuco with representa-
tives of the Now York packors Mich-
ael J. Donnelly president of the Amal-
gamated Meat and Butchor Workmen
of America has ordered a strike of al.
the members of his organization em-
ployed In Now York by Schwarr.schlld
& Sul'berger and tho Unltod Dressed
Beef company. Tho order was tele-
graphed to Now Ycjrk last night That
the probal llitlos of a settlement by the
opposing Interests In Chicago aro as
remote as ever was plainly tlonmn-
stratod when Henry C. Wallace of Dn
Moines la. and A. U Amos of Budli-p
lneham In called on tho packers v '.Ui
a proposal from the strike leaders o;
ferlng to concede the most Important
point In tho controversy If the oie.-
ployers would agree to renew peao
negotiations. Mr. Wallace and Mr.
Ames were told by the packers thai
there was no possible chance for any
further conciliatory move and that the
n. wero now in a nosltlon where
. ..i.i i. .! in w nntnr.a
and that thoy proposed to ignore thntoho1 containing three thousand dol-i
frmwn ! fr vtinl Atb Ifr tiifid Int Ali.tfh.l I
strikers.
de'Uered
tho men
Thft Dackers' answer WaH
to tho strike leadors and
from Iowa left tonight for
homo.
From a statement made by President
Donnelly last night it would appear
that tho men are becoming anxious to
return to work.
"We shall bo glad to confer with rep-
resentatives of tho pacKers at an
time." said Mr. Donnelly. Whllo I
can not say that our position Is In any
way changed wo are not anxious to
keep up a running fight and shall be
glad If a sotUemont can bo effected."
Omaha Plants Running.
Omaha Neb. July 30. Several car
loads of non-union men arrived here
today and wore distributed among the
different packing plants A large num.
ber of pickets witnessed their arrival
without demonstration. The plants
are slaughtering today.
Serious Rioting at St. Joseph.
St Joseph Mo. July 30. Chief of
Police Fraas hu ordered the entire
1 po'lee force to SQflth St. Joseph to
diepsrse rioting' 'strikers. Assaults
were made at noon on Walter Snun-
jdera manager of IJorrls & Co.'s pre
vision department and Charles Bl.rt
head cattle buyor. Both were boaton
I - " woro leading strlko broakora Into
tho Morris plant.
Roosevelt
Kids HaveGoodTime
Rubbering at the
World's
Fair
(By Associated Press.)
St. Lculs Mo July 30. At tho
World's fair today the Roosovelt party
of boys was keDt busy in following
tho transportation and railroad day
Creve Coeur Lake Mo. July 30.
Tho events In the Olympic natlonnj
regatta of the National association of
amateur orasmen Mere decided to Jay
before the largest crowd that ever at-
tended a boat race In this country. Tho
feature was the race for the champion
ship single sculls and a spectacular i
event was the race for elght-oared
shells. Several crack men from the
East participated.
Desperate
Robbers will Receive
"Short Shrift if
r
i
aught.
j
(By Associated Press.)
Portage Pa. July Jo. Charles Hays.
a driver omployed by the Puritan Coal
company was shol and killed today
and Patrick Campbell Ui company's
Paymaster was fatally
waiiudel by
throe men who oscapod afler taking a
ml nul ninuii i nun iuiciiiru m fni..
nmpoyos. ino two mon wore passing
In a buggy whan the rohLew armod
with shot guns omorgod from tho
woods nnd flrod at them Arm oil
posse aro in pursuit and lynching may
occur If tho robbers are caught.
CONFEDERATE REUNION ENDS.
Shawnee Okla July 80. The lasc
day's session of the United Confedor-
ato Veterans of Oklahoma territory
was held yestordny. Major General
Joo "Wilkin of Norman was re-elertod
i to command tlm veterans for the com
ing year and Adjutant General William
Cross of Oklahoma City was selected
to servo for nnother year. The re-
mainder of the offlcors on the bUtt
will be appointed ia a short time by
General Wilkin.
VESTS' CONDITION UNCHANGED
(By Associated Pretta.)
Sweet Springs Mo. July 10. Thel
condition of ex-Senator George 1 Vest
today Is practically unchanged al-
though he rested well last night.
Murder
And Suicide Takes
Divorce Out of t
Court.
By Associated Prcn.l
Kansas City Mo. July 30 JullUB D.
Kent a stationary engineer shot and
killed his wife Augusta Kit as all
lay asleep at tlrelr home here today
then killed himself firing a bullet
through his heart. Kent had recently
sued his wife for divorce. Their five
year-old son was the only witness to
the tragedy. Kent and his wife were
dead when neighbors arrived.
DEFIES AN OKLAHOMA JUDGE.
Warden Jewett of Kansas Refuses to
Obey an Order.
Topeka Kas. July 30. Warden
Jow'dtt of tho state ponltentlary has J
looked horns with an Oklahoma Judge.
The Jtidgo asked tho warden to return
an Oklahoma prisoner to his court to
testify In a criminal caso. Tho warden
declined. Then the Judgo granted u
writ of habeas corpus commanding the
warden to do sr Upon tho advice of
tho attorney general the warden Ignor-
ed the writ. Now the Oklahoma Judgo
proposes to Issue a bench warrant for
tho arrost of tho warden for conbvript
of court. But thlB doesn't frighten tho
warden. A Kansas district J'tdgo tried
the same game a fow months ago in
exactly the same kind of a case and
the supreme court released tho war-
den holding that he could not bo com-
pelled to gad around over the country
with prisoners who were wanted as
witnesses.
Rupture
Between France and
Vatican Appears to
be Complete
(By Associated Press )
Paris July 30. Although no of
flclal announcement has yet been made
It can bo positively affirmed that the
rupture between Franco and the Va-
tican is completo. The Holy" Seo's
lengthy reply to tho Fronch note
though most courtooasry worded
merely nmosuts to a polite statomen'
that the pops does not lntpml to In-
fringe on the stipulations of tho con-
cordat and will not wltlulra'v tho let-
ters calling the bishops of Dijon and
Lavh to Rome
TOWERS GOT TEN VOTES.
His Nomination By Furrow Caused
Slate to Crack.
A feature of the Republican county
convention. Thursday not down on the
slnto program was pulled off by B. H
Furrow a delegate from the Third
. ld-ft 1 Ufa Ttl .M-.nt linn fel A It JnM A
noiu. uii. I'uuun nun tunuya umi
stauncn uepumican out ne is out
! with his party now. When the motion
was offered unmake the nomination or j
Johnson candidate for county clerk
unanimous Mr. Furrow placed In noir-1
liiallon John Towers immediately
there was a eoen The clutlrman be-
came arbitrary at once and sought toj
rule out Furrow but Furrow stood by .
his guns and roll oall was demanded. I
The colored delegates caught on ami
also yelled for tbu roll oall. In the
end Towers received 10 vote two
from the city and olght from the
country. Johnson got all the rest. TJm
movement momentarily cracked the
ulata. Mr. Furrow stood his groum!
like a Trojan and put the llly-whltw
on record. The inoldent contains a
moral. The average voter will be able
to find 1L
lite Socialist county central com-
mittee is IrT session thU afternoon to
fix the date for holding the county con-
vention wnlch will take place prob-
ably the 'latter part of AugusL
Raseball
May be Played on
Sunday in Virtuous
Topeka
(By Associated Press.)
Topeka Kas. July 80. Judgo Hason
Of the district court today decided that
Sunday haso ball could be played In
Topeka. One of the Missouri Valley
Iengue players had been nrrested on a
charge of plavlna; Sunday ball. Tho
court held that Kansas laws did not
Iname base bull as a Sunday offense
as It did cock fighting horse rnclng.
etc and therefore disuitsed the pris-
oner. Plunger
Ryan Brought to St.
Louis in Custody of
Detective.
(By Associated Press.1
St. Louis Mo. July 30 John J.
Ryan arrived In St. Louis in tho cus-
tody of Detective Klllaln to answer to
four indictments- chargltu; tho emboi-
zlement of JSOO.OOrt. Othor Indict-
linonts charge tho larceny of smnller
sums. rtn minutes after Rnn a. liv-
ed over tho Pennsylvania his attorney
Charles Nolan stopped from an Illinois
Central tralnreveallng a chase which
tho latter had mudo from New "ork
as tho result of a tuse Klllaln hud
played to got his prUoimr. Nolan do-
rlnrad thnt Rvan uqk kidnanned by
foilalu and George Flcicelflson "tffWfi.
torney who went to Jersey City to
represont tho state In any Segal pro-
ceedings which might ansa. Nolan Is
o-.ildpoken In denouncing tho iiielh"ds
he tays I likcitsen used In setting
Ryan out of New Jersey. Ryan was
reloaded by theshorlff In bonds of 1700
for which his sister-in-law. Mrs. Mary
Maloney went surety.
Fighter
Eddie Hanlon Given
the Kibosh by Bat-
. tling Nelson
(By Associated Pressor
San Francisco Cal July 30. In one
of the lleroMt battles over witnessed
in this olty "Battling" Nelson of Chi-
cago last night defeated Bddle Hauion
of Sun Francisco the end coining In
the nineteenth round. From the time
' of the ringing of '.he aigual for the
commencement of the fight the young
easterner began mixing matters In the
liveliest manner. Hanlon fought In his
usual' fashion but the Chicago la4
I earl) penetrated the guard of the Cali-
fornia!! who bore several laclal marks
before the tenth round testifying to
the accuracy and force of his oppon
eiit's blows It was almost an even
thing until the fifteenth with the boys
lighting fiercely. After the tllteemh
the tide of battle began to go toward
Nelson who throughout although very
heavily punished about the fare ami
body had manifested his usual power
of endurance and assimilation of pun
Ishment.
The sound of the gong In the elgh
teojith saved Hanlon from defeat at
that period but In tht next round he
came up so badly dazed that Nebson
had him at his mercy and was Iwt
(ring him around the ring until Ui
looul lad became so helpless that th
spectators made a protest against the
continuance of the one-sided fight
Simultaneously with a slgpal from .the
police to the referee to stop the con-
test the towel was thrown Into thr
PORT ARTHUR IS
Report of Capture Was Probably
Another Freak on Part of Im-
aginative and Unreliable Cor-
respondent at Shanghai.
ring from 1 Union's corner and tho
reforee. Hilly Roche pronounced Nel-
son the victor. Throughovt the .affray
the blous or Ifnnlou did not have any
apparent offect wliatevor on Nelaou
who came up gnmoly and stubbornly
to tho lino and always carried tho bat-
tle on the other mau's territory. At
the conclusion Nelson did not display
a bruise whllo Hanlon's face was
bleeding and cut.
Rev. Ogle Will Resign. '
Thfi Rk. J. P. v r.'o pastor of the
First Chris! Ian church has announced
to iho mombora of tho church that ho
exports in tender hm resignation as
pastor nt wa"' lime In the noar fn
tnro. Ho has not ('ecided whore la
will reside In tho f it t tiro The Rev
Oclo has resided in Guthrlo for bov-
oral years past and his many Wends
... . . . ... .j
will Mgret to loam of his contemplat
ed departure from the clt.
Samples
Of Oklahoma Early
'ffrn U rgently-Nee;
ed at World's Fair
A letter Just received from Suporln-
toudent 0. A. McNnbb ot tho Oklahoma
World's fair oxhlblts In agrlaulturo
and horticulture liy Secretary Thoburn
of tho territorial board of agriculture
severely arraigns tho apathy and lack
of Intorest manifested by tho people
of Oklahoma. Mr. McNnbb says that
he 1ms written personal letters to a
number of Oklahoma farmors who are
known to have extra fine early corn
and solicited samples for exhibition
but up to date ho him not received a
single specimen. His desire to have
green corn on exhibition nt this time
is bocauso he wants to show the stnti
of oarly maturity to the corn grouora
of Iowa Illinois and othor northern
corn growing stntoa whero the crop Is
much less advancod. Ho vory aptly
remarks that ho "can not wait until
shocking timo" it ho la to make the
most ot the opportunity. The onpor-
tunltj to compare the earllness of Ok-
lahoma corn with the corn of other
slates Is one tliat may not occur again
In many years and commercial clubs.
real "state men nnd public spirited
people generally should see to It that
Mr. MeNaMt is promptly supplied with
the best and moat matured specimens
of corn stalks In full ear that can be
found
Mr McNabb also
specliretin of apples
wants perfect
peaches pears
grapes melons tomatoes potatoes
and other fruits and vegetables. Okla
noma will not have nnotlier epportuni
ty to advertise her advantages as
cheaply anil etfwtlvely as the one
which is n'w presented at least not
for a long term of y?ars
The farmers who .esble in the vicini-
ty of Guthrie should me an HTort to
tee that a few h'lls of Logan county'
mest corn are sent in at once Rrlng
r send it to Secretary Thoburn of the
board of agriculture or Secretary Mc
Keand of the Con.werrtal club.
Do it quick'
The West Side W. C. T. U will meet
"Monday at 3 o'nlook with Mrs Geo.
deed 1UU West Mansur.
Captain W. S. Rarnhardt returned
o the noou train from a visit to Lex--ngtpn
Mo
STILL ON DECK
(By Ass6clatod Proas.)
Toklo July 30. The rumored fall of
Port Arthur is offlclilly pronounced to
be untrue
Che Foo July 30. A Junii which left
Port Arthur Thursday last rauorta ter-
rific lighting on laud and soa which
had pueu going on for throe days. The
Associated Press corroapondunt taunts
from tho sumo reliable authority that
tho movements of tho R'issinii Vladi-
vostok squadron hastened tho present
attack upon Port Arthur.
Hal Cheng July 29. An attack on
tho right flank of tho Russian south
orn army developed this morning Tho
butllo oponod with a heavy artillery
flro tinder rovor of which the Japanese
Infantry ndvancod along the railway
until clnvon o'clock when tho forward
movement wa-j chocked. Fighting was
rniitlniiml lint in v-AotiW la nnt Isvinusit
I continued but tho result in not known.
London July 10. A report from
Oflhlma says tho Vladivostok squadron
was seen this morning fourteen miles
off Izu Four Japanese warships weru
pursuing tho Russians southward.
Toilo July 30. (!'. p. m.) Th
Vladivostok squadron passed Tsu
Gem straits on tho way to Vladivos-
tok at one o'clock this nftornoon.
Rl... -I.. ...mm IAS-. KI....M n !.
..lCn WIVVlfltJ WW Ml IISVTCt l-WMJb
New Chwang July 30. Tho Japan-
ese havo removed two largo electric
nilnos from the mouth of Lino ri-cr.
Thoy aro soarolung for sixteen other
such mines known to bo thora Peo-
plo who loft Now Chwang before the
.Tnpanese camo in aro returning an.i
confidence hns been restored. The
Japanese- spocio bank will open rcxt
weok.
Russian officers captured at Ta Tsch
Kuto aro receiving especial oousldcra
tlon from the Jaoaneso
U Is reported here that .he Russian
gnu boat Slvouch has been destroyed
nt a point thirty miles un Llao rhor.
Continuous and heavy firing Is heard
from the direction of Hal Chonj.
WashinQton. D. C July 30. Th
stnte department has recelvod l ho fol
lowing "iblegrnm from Minister Grls-
com nt Toklo dated today.
"Officially reported that Russian
squadron has returned to Tbu Gam
straits bound westward."
Appealed to Supreme Court.
There was filed today in the suprtire
court an appeal from tho district
court of OMahoma county lit which th
First National bank f Pulptim
Springs 'lxas Is Hie plaintiff tn errr
and .1 B. StrlbllnK. H M Donnelly R
II. Wilkin. Geo H Oanlner. Mr i
Bturtevant J5 F Sparrow the Fret
Hofer Packing company ana the Oki;
hoina uking company are the l.
fenlants In error. The petition r
cites that on March i'0 19o:t the p':Un
lifts iiiBtltuled a selt in the dlstrtc
court of Oklalkoma cc-umy and on
September 15 1903 filed an amen I- t
petition to have its lull-rents in certain
shares In the Fred Hoi fer Packln
com i)i. ny sold for the purpose of satis
fylng an Indebtedness which snh "
was hypotnlcated 'l. the plaintiff u
error. That on September 87 the d
fendants filed a demurrer whl?h wa-
sustained October 26 1H03 and th
petition of the plaintiff in etror wa
dismissed from which decision an ap
peal Is taken. The plaintiffs ask tlvr
the decision of the lower court be
versed ind remanded for further pr
ceedlngs
Toda was pay day at the territorial
offices the offlolals and clerks rccetv
lng their salaries for the mouth oX
July.
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