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OLDEST OAILY NEWSPAPER IN TRRiT05?Y--ASSOCIATED PJ1ESS REPORTS.
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SOME CRIME
AROUND ADA
THE CRIMINAL DOCKET A3 SET
FOR HEARING.
Contains a Variety of Evil Doings In
Fact Embraces Nearly All Event?
Uusually Recorded In Territor-
ial Courts Dlckerson Jud:je.
Ada Criminal Docket.
Following Is tho docket for the Oc-
tober. 1005 term of the United Statoi
Court to bo held at Ada. I T. Hon J.
T. Dlckerson Juifge
Monday October 2.
Tabor Urown aggravate! n.Mimt
(npp.) v
W. K. Urown. destroying enclosure.
Jack Anuerson and Arh Bnwu ob-
structing raHroad track
Jim' Goodson Impeding Jus'.' v.
Ix-onanl Lareon gaming
Lou Cofor weapon.
Will Hawthorn disturbing peace.
George Gilford assault and battery.
Wllllo Coffee assault and battery
Bob Hatcher weapon.
E. M. Yates aggravated assault
IIol Carter and Hill Grlilln. gaming.
Ixmi White weapon.
Chnrley Cochran weapon.
Wlliard Tlnsley disturbing peace.
Sim Hunter disturbing ieaco.
Charley Colbert disturbing religious
worship
John El rod weapon.
Jack Froman aggravated assault.
Ott Hammond dispensing liquor.
Gcorgo McKnlglit dispensing liquor.
llvo cases.
Charley Long dispensing liquor.
"Wallace Owens dispensing liquor
Jim' Agce dispensing liquor
Charley Agee dispensing liquor two
cases. '
W. n. Lowther Introducing liquor.
W. C. Uay disposing liquor four
cases.
T. U. Lammon dispensing liquor
two c:i308.
J. L. Dean and J. L. Sinclair. Intro-
during liquor.
W. M. Feagan Introducing liquor.
John J. Clark introducing liquor.
J.t S. Jones dispensing liquor sik
cases.
Charlc. L. Jones dinrtntia? MBr.
fivo cases.
Joo I'. Walker; dispensing liquor
two cases.
Jim Hll dispensing liquor
Jim Hill dispensing liquor.
F. 'i. Holley dispensing liquor four
C US OS
. John Brents and T. K. BrenK Sr.
dispensing liquor.
John Dronts dUpsnsIng liquor.
Tuesday October 3.
Johnnie Johnson larceny and ra
celvlng.
Hob Powell larceny two cases.
J. G. Cornell manslaughter.
Lazarus Gordon and Lizzie Qonlotv
adultery.
Mcrt iMobloy and Dink Line larcs-
ny and receiving.
Wednesday October 4. y
Kirk Stpvall attempt to Will
C. L. Roit removing mortgaged prop-
erty. C. L. Rolf dispuslng mortgaged prop-
erty. ' Tom Martin perjury
Charles Trentham assault to kill.
Johnson Porter assault to kill.
Thursday October 5.
Kdny Self assault to kill.
Thomas Carney assault to ki!'
John Morris larceny.
N. II. Matthows larceny and re-
ceiving. John It. Runynn adultery.
Jeff Ross lareon.
Friday October 6.
Jim Smith Jr. assault to kill.
Tom Langloy assault to kill.
Frank Colbert larceny and receiv-
ing. Stevo Tnlklngton assault to kill.
James Boron assault to kill.
Monday October 9.
J. C. Jackson larceny and receiv-
ing. J. W. Davenport murder.
Tuesday October 10.
C. A. BiBiuukes murder.
Andy Uyan murder.
Wednesday October 11.
J. W. Lane arson.
C. D. Cowling larceny.
Dan Askew' and Will Hendricks lar-
ceny. Oscar Hammond larceny.
Thursday October 12.
Joo Harlln murdor.
Loc- Short and Dlako Allen larcony
and receiving.
Ulako Allen and Lee Short larcony
and receiving.
LIgo Harland falsa pretense.
Friday October 13.
It. R. Wright murder.
J. I. Nowrnan assault to itlll.
. Monday OclJber
James R.' Wljliams mtirlar.
Tuesday O:'to'ber 17.
Toto Heard emnznuvi t u. n.
. mall.
. 'Wednesday October' 18r
' Ed Moore larceny : . . .
Will- Owens and "Feel Owens dar-
ccny. '
Jim .GoodVon recelvlr- tolon prop-
erty. Keel Owens and Lou Cofer larceny.
Rob Stewart receiving etolen property.
George MI1U Ud Moon- ahd IM Co-
fer larceny two ease.
Same same.
John Cunningham larceny.
Will Owens and Jim Goodson lar-
ceny. Clarence Wlllniigliby Lou Cofer and
Hob Powell larceny.
Henry Smith larceny.
Thursday October 19.
Walter Ferguson weapon.
Wnlter FersUhon assault to kill.
Major Tate disturbing the peace.
Major Tate ami Cova Gentry adulter-.
L. E. McCabe falso pretense.
PAULS VALLEY RAILROAD. .
Receives Charter Will Run from Ada
.to Wichita Falls Cost Five Million..
At the territorial secretary's ufllco
nt Guthrie eterday a charter waa
issued to tho Pauls Valley Railroad
company with Its principal places of
business at Wanetto and Pauls Valley
and a oapltal Mock of $5000000.
The new railroad proposes to con-
struct a Urn- along the following route
Beginning at a point on tho M. K. &
T. railway at or near Ada f. T
thence southwest through tho Indian
Territory crossing the Gulf Colorado
& Santa Fe railway nt Pauls Valley
and crossing the Hock Island railroad
at or near tho town of Waurlka
thence through Cotnaucho county to
Wichita Falls Texas a dlstanco of 180
miles nt an estimated cost of $5000.-
000. Tho officers and directors of the
railroad are as follows: president J
C. Amendt Chicago: vice- president
W. M. Freeman Pauls Valley; secre
tary Albert Hennlo Pauls Valley;
treasurer J. II. Thompson Pauls Val
ley; directors S. J. Garvin J. C. Hy-
barser of Pauls Vnlley and A. P. Wll
Hams John Upshaw and J. P. J. Sto
vail of Wanette.
SIXTY PEOPLE INJURED
EVERY PASSENGER IN THE CAR
BRUISED AND INJURED.
Mator Car Crowded to Its Capacity
mostly wun worxingmen .over-
turned on Account of Insuffi-
cient Brakes.
Pltwburg. Ph. Sept. 13. Sixty pas-
senders were Injured but none seri-
ously by the overturning of a trailer
.Utachpd to a car on the Homestead
dvbjlon of the Pittsburg street rail
way near Glenburg today. Tho brakes
did not work properly. The car was
crowded to Its capacity many of tho
occuparts being worklngmen. A eccno
of great confugioii followed as the up
set trailer was dragged along a eonslu
erablo distance before the motor car
could bo Mopped. Every one of tho
sixty passengers were bruised and In-
jured. TWO DEATHS IN CYCLONE.
Little Town of Walter in Oklahoma
Has 'Destructive Storm.
Lawton O. T. Sopt. 12. Report has
reached hero of i cyclone which
struck the vicinity of Wnlter. a small
town twenty miles sojith of here nt
4:80 o'clock yestordny.
The roported dead are:
Mrs. F. M. Chllders four miles west.
John Ross In Walter.
The former was killed by falling tim-
ber tho latter was struck by lightning.
There are no reports of serious Inju-
ries. The residences of J. II. Pnttor-
son and C. C. Alldor were demolished
and a dozen or more partially wreck-
od. The storm camo from tho south-
west and spent Its force In a small
area. It was accompanied by a terri-
fic rain.
Lawton O. T. Sept. 12. A small
tornndo passed over the vicinity or
Walter twenty mllos south of hero
last night killing two persons and se-
verely Injuring nine. The dend aro
Mrs. H. M. Chllders and John Ross.
Several houses were blown down.
ALLEGE EMBEZZLEMENT.
President of College for Negroes Can
Not Explain.
Muskogee I. T. Sept. 12. John W.
Leftwlch a negro college educator
president of tho Sango Baptist college
(colored) was illfinUscd from his po-
sltion by tho board of directors of that
Institution and arrested on a charge
of embozzlemont J. M' Bryant ono
of the directors swears to tho com-
plaint which charges that Leftwltwi
has failed to'account for about $1000
of the money collected for tho support
of the college. It Is claimed that his re-
ceipts are $ 1100 and his expenditures
a little over $3000 but that Ictc-
wltch denies having taken a cent ot
the money belonging to tho Institution
and claims his arrest 13 dud to jeal-
ousy. Loftwltch was placed under a
bond of $750 to await hearing Soptom-
ler 14(
Swag the Pugilists Gat.
San Francisco Sept. 12. On ac-
count of somo clerical error it was
stated tho receipts of tho Britt-Nelsoii
contest wero $340G9. Cprrocted figures
showMhat Nelson Brltt and the club
divided $48311. This moans $31402.16
for tho fighters and $1C908.85 for tho
club. Of tha $31102.15 Nelson gets
$10811.29 and Brltt fl3.5C1.8G. Added
tn (ho winner's ohare Is 45000 ho got
for his Ihtorest In tho moving pictures
wli Hi )ring3 Jel3on'8. profits up- to
?Z-iB41.Z!J.
Cholera at Berlin.
Berlin Sept. 13. Fifteen now' cases
of cholera and four deaths ure report-
ed In the past 24 hours.
NO END TO THE OIL.
Cleveland Field is Producing as Much
at Ever.
Cleveland O. T. Sopt. 12. Tho nc
tlvlty In tho Cleveland oil field contin-
ues unabated In spite of tho many
prophecies n few months ago that op-
erations here had reached their height.
It was considered that drilling would
necessarily ccae soon owing to tho
restricted area ot the field hut there
seems to be no end to It one loratlon
following nnothor and tho outlying
ncreago responding equally well. It Is
also admitted that the production Is
now as great as at any previous time
although there nre now something like
125 wells on a half section of land.
There seems however to ho little
prospect ot n material extension o'f
the field. Ono woll to tho toutheast
and two to the south Indicate that
those aro tho only probable ja
streaks. The smnll discoveries of gas
nt Ponca City and Hlackwell consid-
erably to the northwest of Cleveland
nre not considered to be ot nny im-
portance ns oil indications and the
test at Blackburn with salt water at
2000 feet offers little hope there.
Tests nt dishing and Tyron between
here and Oklnhoma City have also
foiled and operators have practically
despaired of finding anything along
the east era line of Oklahoma In Potta-
watomie nud Lincoln counties
NEGRO IS BEATEN.
Makes Inflammatory Remarks and Is
Taken Out and Floqged.
Mnnsfleld Tex. Sept. 12. A negro
Known In this vicinity as Paul Jim
was severely punished by the cltzens'
or tnc town for mailing slanderous re
marks concerning tho recent burning
of the negro nt Waxnhncliie. Tho often-
slve remark was mnde when tho negro
read of tho burning.
A body ot citizens quietly took the
negro down In tho creek bottom near
by stripped him to the waist and gave
mm lou lasbcs on his baro back or
dering 1:1m to leave town and not to
come back.
Tho citizens here propose to have
no such talking on the part of negroes
nud the lashing of Pnul Jim it is
thsught will serve as a reraader to
any others who may feel inclined to
make similar remarks. On the other
hand they arc firmly determined to
afford protection to nil negroes who
are law abiding and orderly.
INNOCENT MAN WAS HANGED.
Gutity Mnn fale Confession of '.a
Crime Committed Years Ago.
Mlnot N. D. Sept. 13. The dead
body of Cltus. Herzlg has been founu
hanging to n treo In a secluded spot
In Wallace county. On his breast was
a confession In which he stated thai
be had over thirty years ago raped
and murdered Llzzio E. Gcombachcr
near Youngstown O. for which crime
Chns. Sterling nn Innocent man was
convicted and hanged. Herzlg recent
ly after making n similar confession
disappeared. Ho had been working as
a hired man near here.
Freight Handlers Strike.
Chicago Sept. 13. Executive off!
cers of freight handlers union held a
meeting today to consider repllos to
the general managers of railways to a
demand for an Increase In wages Tho
strike feeling abated fiomowhat when
tho union leaders Interpreted the writ-
ton replies of a number of general
managers to mean that they wero wll
ling to enter Into negotiations with the
union. Representatives of the union
nre determined to seek conference
with several of the largst roads.
Under Peace Bond.
In the United Stntes commissioner's
court yesterday afternoon tho prellni'
Innry trial of GId Oscar and John
Stevens charged with a&sault with In
tont to kill Tom Campbell was held.
After hearing the testimony ConimlS'
sloner Kobnett placed tho defendants
under poaco bond to await tho action
ot tho grand jury. They wero also re
quired to give a peace bond. The case
aroso from family troubles nnd rosult
ed In a duel between tho partlos with
Winchesters. No ono was hurt but
thero waa considerable oxcltoment.
Tho parties reside oast ot the city and
nre well known farmors. Campbell
Is a son-in-law of the defendants.
Komura Has Typhoid.
Now York Sopt 13. Physicians 4.0
day after consultation announced that
Baron Komura waa suffering from ty
phold fovor. He Is very ill though only
in tho first stages or rover. Ills mton
tlon to start for homo tomorrow of
courso has been postponed.
Another physician disagreed on the
diagnosis of Komura's case and In
slats that tho patient is suffering from
an iniuuieu gan manner arm nis con
dition Is not serious.
Tulsa Wins Apple Prize.
Tulsa I. T Sopt. 12. Secretary
Walker of the Tulsa Commercial club
received notice today fhat tho award
commltteo In tho agricultural depart
ment of the Lewis & Clark Exposition
nt Portlnnd had awarded Tulsa the
grnnd prize for the best apples ehown
Tho notice was accompanied by tho'dl
ploma and a letter. Tho letter stated
tho medal wns being stnicK at tno gov
ernment mint at Philadelphia and
.would be forwarded at an early date
-Tho Territory was awarded tho grand
prlzo for corn nt the St. ljuw Fair.
Tho .'apples on exhibition at Portland
were gron-ti by different farmers' In
tho Immediate vicinity of Tulsa.
Tho Ardmorelto soils coupon booka
THE FEVER
RECORD
FORTY-THREE NEW CASES AND
THREE DEATHS.
A United States Civil Engineer Strick
en ine matter of Screens one of
Greatest Importance News
from Country Meagre..
New Orleans. In.. KimiI i- nmi.i
record to C p. in. Tuosdny:
mew cases 43.
Total case to date 2370.
Deaths 3.
Total deaths to date 319.
New fool 12.
Cases undor treat mont 314.
Discharged 1737.
The onlv mum .mi Mm Hut ..
cases that is of special note la that of
ii. o. lougias a united States civil
engineer who in ntnfimni nt .i...
mouth of the river supervising ccrlnln
work In progress there. Ho was strlc
en in h house In tho city and taken
to the Emergency hospital.
' ame ot ono or tho host known
men Jn the city figure In the list ot
Mupiucus taos ani may ll0 reported
as positive Wednesday.
Of the deaths ono occurred nt tho
Emergency hospital ono at tho Marino
hospital and tho other far down town.
In View of (Jin nnll
-- - - w. ....... u.umij
Adopted requiring all householders to
mc. uieir ciaiorns screened with l!
mesh wire bv Oct i nn.i
attending the removal of tho tempo-
nrrvtiii ji cncoseciojtii Dr. White
and the medical society today publish-
ed a cnnl tn thn nitun !.! .. .i
in parlng the permanent screen to
inn. mrm ver uie ciotn and In no caso
remmvo them.
The fact that thirtv itnva i. i.
set aa the time limit for the elimina-
uun nr n. rnsna nf i.nn... r.... r
tr.o lust rumigntlon causes many points
on the mnn to nnne.ir n Infnnln.i t...
as a matter of fact there has been no
imeouon tner ror weeks. For Hint
reason a statement of tho number oi
foci -now appearing on the records
would be misleading.
However thoro aro somtt figures on
tlllS SllbleCt Whlnll In.Unlfa Mint rl..
dld work haB been done in. wiping out
polnf of infection. Tho original dia-
trick f ' lnfcl'on comprised forty
ftaUJrOL Anil UlAi-n lima I.aa.. on f .
In that district. Kach focna reprosont-
.-i Huverai eases necau3e thoso houses
were Inhabited as a rule by sovcral
families. Of thiwv 2S.1 in im t
rr-ported a caso of fevor In tho past
niiriy uays. i no samo proportion holds
fcuuii uuiaiuo oi mo uistrict.'
Countrv Casen Hnm
. v4 UiU
country wa3 meager today. Tho state
board has sent ampin lellef to Tallu-
Kill three nhvslnlnnj nn.i ni.
. . muu l AAA.lA.llU.13
hospital surgeon ahd eight nurses bo-
k uu iuo accuc.
Patterson 5 cases.
Kenner 2 rnana 1 Tti
.mww MvtiL.
' Hansoa City 2 cases.
tir. iioao c ca3e9.
Patterson Plantation 1 case.
Lafayetto 1 caso.
ANIMALS ARE KILLED.
Terrlffic Hall Storm .Damages Crops
in mjsnna county.
Cordell Okla.. Sept. 12. Thursday
PVOnlllE about sly n'nlnrV flila nnrf f
the country wa3 visited by ono ot tho
iiaiuudi ruins mac ever fell In this
Part Of the countrv Tt urna hn.ll.-
ed as we ltad not had a good rain for
!"'vpral week A terrific hail storm
visited the neighborhood immediately
west and south of Dill ten miles wot
uere. Hundred of acres of cotton and
fnrase crona wnra nntirolv iiuitmvi
Orchards In the path of the storm look
as ii uioy were visited by a cyclono
Thousands nf nunll
ens wore killed and one farmer lost
si vorai calve and r which were
pounded to death by hall. Old set-
tlers In the virtnllv vlaftail lv tl.a l.nti
ay It wag the worst hall storm they
c-M-r saw. -ine rain.liai put the ground
In Slllondid abann fnr .1 In rot. iiirMni
of wheat ami Washita county will have
thf bumper wheat crop of the territory
I'll IVIJt).
CONSCIENCE AWAKENEO.
United States In Mldjt of Ethical Re
vlval Saya Chlcaga Divine.
Chioago III.. Sept. 13. The Rev.
Balcom .Shaw In his sermon at tho
Second Phesbyterian church Sunday
said In part:
"For years the American conscience
seemed to lo eenlnsr Its Jaot slecn.
Graft had flourished until wo had bo-
como a nation of grafters. Cornora
tlons had grown so lawle&s and mer
ciless as to cea&d to bo cautious.
"Rut six months ago with tho sud
denness of a meteor's flash like .i
bolt out of a clear sky a now situa-
tion nppeared. First came tho cry of
tainted money which was so loud and
so wjdo&pread at to warn corrupt nnd
unscrupulpuo meu to urm reformor3
v itu v.'eappns nnd to push the- cause
ot tnorough- honosty mliea ahead. Fol
I wlng'thlB wab tho Equltablo expose
which has dealt corporation trickery
a blow from which It will not soon re
cover :
"What aJ this promises for the
work ot tho Christian church can
scarcely bo estimated. Wo are lu
the' midst of nn ethical revival and
.f tho church will only relato itself
rightly to thd movement it may pavo
i lie way. for tho spiritual rovlval for
wnirii j i)a3 long been eagerly look
BRYAN NOT A CANDIDATE.
Not Only Not Announcing a Candidacy
uut inoi rerunning one.
Chicago. 111. Sept. 12. "I want to
make my Kisltlon perfectly clear; l
want to say to you that not only am
I not nnnoitnclng n candidacy but 1
am not permitting u candidacy. "
in inese words Wllllnm J. Ilryan ad
ministered u check to the enthusiasm
which nt tho Jefferson Club banquet
given tonight In Mr. Hryan's honor
greeted tho speeches advocating hit
nonilnntlon for tho third tlmo for pro3-
Ident. There had been warm' words of
praise for Mr. Br; an particularly from
former Congressman Jnmos of Ken-
tucky nnd J. H Tavln of Covington
Ky. who had declared unqualifiedly
for Mr. Itryan an the Democratic nom-
inee for president In l'J08 nnd from
Alexander Troup of New Hnvon
Conn. who declared thnt Hryan was
the natnnil and legltliunte lender ot
the Deiuoerntlc party In the coming
campaign
"I nm not now" said Mr. Hryan. "a
candidate for nny olllce. 1 havo never
Id t lint I would nvcr nualn be a can
dldntu for olllce hut I want to sny now
that talk of candidacy for ofuco does
not nfTect mo ns It onco did. I bollovo
that my plneo lu history will bo deter-
mined not by what tho pooplo aro able
to do for me but what 1 am nblo to
do for the peoplo. (Applause.) I thlnli
it Ik now too ioon to chootio a candi-
date for president to make Uie race
three years from now) too early to
pledge ourselros to any ono mnn. t
trust Hint beforo tho tlmo comos to
nnmo n man for tho next presidential
race light may be thrown upon our
party's pathway that a man may be
chosen who will be best nblo to do for
tho party moro than I have yet been
nblo to do."
MAY BOYCOTT BANKS
Oklahoma-Indian Territory Bankers
Pass Resolution.
Guthrie Ok. Sept. 12. Tho execu
tlve commltteo of tho Oklahoma-Indian
Terrltorlnl Hankers' Association today
called a special meeting of tho asso-
ciation for Monday Sopt. 18 at Sul
phur Springs I. T. for the purposo of
discussing at length the alleged dls
crimination by Kansas City banks In
tho matter of exchange rates.
Tho following resolution prefontod
by Otto Shutteo or tho 131 Reno Na-
tional Hank was adopted by tho com
mittee today and will form tho basis
for notion nt Sulphur:
"Resolved that tho exchaugo rates
ehat-gc'J by all banks In Oklahoma and
Indian Territory members of thin ns-
soclntlon on collections received and
remitted for shnll not oxceod ono-
tenth ot 1 per cent nnd nil items of
local correspondents in each city and
provided further that If tho items aro
handlod by tho Kansas City Clearing
Houso Association each bank bo sent
Its own Items If they nggrogato ?50 or
moro."
K. G. Leavens manager ot tho Kan
sas City Clearing Houso Association
was present but refused to accopt
tltfk v-ncmln f Inn TTn ntrrnrA liiiumni
to consult with tho clearing houso
president Imntodlatoly and telegraph
his anwer It was admitted tonight jy
mombors of tho Oxecutlvo committee
that a rejection of tho resolution by
tho Kansas City Clearing House
would mean a boycott on Kansas City
banks by a majority of Territorial
banks.
THE NEGROES OBJECTED.
Colored Pupils Refuse to Attend School
with Whlte3.
Knnsas City Sept. 12. Twenty no-
gro pupils woro refused admittance to
tho white schcol at Kansas City Kan-
sas today and it Is said they will con-
test th"f casa lu tho courts. Tho Kan
sas loglslntitro last winter pawacd nn
act soparatlng thn iacos lu tho Knn
sos schools. Bonds wero voted for the
erection of a school for tho negioos
but the structure has not boon erected
yot. Until tho nogro school has been
erected thero will. lie two sessions ot
the white school. The whlto children
will bo permitted to attend lu tho
mornlutf nnd the nogroos in the after-
noon. At Bonner -Springs Kansas noar
here fifty nogro pupils left tho school
building whon the momhoM of tho
board ot ducatIon notified them that
thoy would havo to ticcupy tho samo
rooms ns tho whiles.
TOGO NOT ON BOARD.
Fortunately His Life. Was. Saved
Dead and Wounded.
Washington U. C. Sopt 13. Ad
vices from the American attacho at
Toklo tcday say the loss of killed and
missing on tho battleship Mikasa was
256. The wounded will number 343
Admiral Togo was not on board.
Public School Opens.
Madlll I. T Sept. 12. Tho public
school opened horo ycstonlny with
ovoj- 250 pupils n attendance. Thero
will bo six teachers this year. Prof. II
A. Stanley qf Ardmoro is superintend
ont with Mrc J. H. Watklns. Miss An
na Page. Jennlo Honshaw Notflo Har-
dy and Miss Smith as assistants. This
promises to bo a . very successful
school year.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wells of Hrlce
Now Mexico loft Saturday nlglit for
a' three week's visit lu Ardmoro and
St'r Louis after which they will re-
turn to Chlclsashn Jo oompleto their
visit wun relatives- nml mends. Mr
Wells was formerly In tho real es
tate biihlnoKS here.r-Chlcknsha Star.
New wintor goods ready for your so-
i?ct.on Stolfa tho tallor'P. 30-lm
SOMETHING
MYSTERIOUS
MAN LONG MISSING TELLS STOR1
OF WORK IN MINES.
Was In Counterfeiters Gang. Where
uoniira were iviaae rrom Pure Sll-
.ve More Profitable Than
Selling Slver Bars.
Slnrnmn Tex.. Sent 12 Thn rA.nl.
ing public ot this part of Texas is
more or lM conversant with tha tor
of Wnlter U Davin foniraTlr of Gray-
mm County but now nt Tiittle I. T.
wuo uisappearui rrom Oklahoma City
and whoso wife and family were mys-
uuru iiy ui receipt ot a number ot
letters In the missing man's handwrit-
ing all of which detailed a captivity
lu a mine Jn which he claimed to hi
forced to work without compensation
unci io which lie was carried so tho
letters stated after being drugged
In July Davis mnde ills appoar.ihcs
ngnln nt his home near Tuttle show
lug plainly tho wear nnd tonr ot phy-
slcnl and mental suffering. There wore
snatches ot Ills story told by hint from
tlmo to time all more or lens discon
nected and in none of them a thread
Hint could be linilorstnndlngly traced
from start to finish. All efforts mado.
to get the unfortunate man's state-
ment wero so palpably productive of
nervousness and confusion thnt thoy
wero finally doslstod f rom. Llttto by
little tho surotindlngs ot homo proper
medical attention employment on tho
farm nud other normal conditions
braced him up to a capability of recu-
perating his memory and today by au-
thority of tho man who was missing
so long his father J. F. DaVls who re-
Hides north ot Sherman gives out a
statement Tho following is substan-
tially the statomont:
"I remember that I sold my team at
Oklahoma which was tho business up-
on which I went from Tuttle I. T. i
met thro men and ono of them askod
mo to tako n drink whloli I did. A
strange sort of stupor camo over me
but I remombor fairly wolf being taken
to a dopot or somo other plaoe and
hearing ono of tho men who gave me
tho drink toll a mnn who aBked about
mo that I always; got drunk whon i
camo to town nnd that ho -was going
to take enro ot me.
"Then thero Is a blank. I have a
recollection of tho nlr blowluj; in my
faco nud ot waking up and .looking out
ot a carriage window. Ii a little-whllo
wo stopped In a rough hilly placo and
myself nnd four or five others woro
hustled Into what I thought was a
cave. I soon found It was a silver mine
and in this wo wero forcod to work. Jl
was granted tho privilege ot sending
the lettors out that my wife got. The
fact that tho counterfeiting ot sflvor
monoy waa curried on In tho cave or
niln.o was not told in my lettors be-
cause they road nil ot them beforo
they took them out and tore up every-
thing thoy .didn't liko.
"Ono night wo woro moved to anoth-
er place something liko the first one:
In July wq worq told that wo woro
gohiK to bo rolcancd. At night throo
of us wore placed In'-a closed vohlclo
and driven to n Uttlo railroad station
'and put on tho trnin.' Just beforo day
wo wero taken off and another closo.l
vehlclo carried ua out into a rough-
looking country. Early tho night fol-
lowing wo woro taken to tho train
again nnd nbount midnight taken' ou
In what appeared to bo a good-sized
town. Wo went out into tho suburbs
and wero ndmitted to a houso.
"Worn out I nt last soon fell asleep
and when I woke up it was broad day-
light. I asked whoro I was aud was
told it was Hutchinson. Kaa. No ono
could toll us n thing about tho parties
who brought us to tho houso. A sort
of dull Indistinct doslro to got homo
seonis to mo to bo tho only feeling i
had and I camo homo. I rton't know
whero tho counterfeiters' cavo la but
I am undor tbo impression that It
cannot bo vory far from Howard Col-
orado." Davis also statos that tho coins
mado in the cave havo ns much Bllvcr
In thorn as tho genuine and that when
ho asked why this was so 'ho was tolu
that thoro waa moro profit In It' so
stamped than soiling It In tho bars.
J. F. Davis mado in substanco this
samo statomont to Sheriff Russell to-
day. .
Coal Miners' Strike Over.
Henryotta. 1. T. Sopt 12. The
strike which has been on In tho coal
mines hero for threo months Is over
and tho striking minora havo' gone
back to work -under tho samo condi-
tions whch wero offered them at tho
tlmo tho strlko wns declared. Some-
thing of a sensational naturo promises
to dovolop.
ALICE ROOSEVELT'S ESCAPADE.
Jumps" Into a Swimming Tank With
Her Clothes On.
San Francisco Ca.1; Sept. ii. Tho
Rxamlncr prints tho following from
Honolulu:
Tho trnnsport Sho'rldnn. which arriv-
ed hero a day or two ago from Mnulla
brings a story of Miss Allco Itoosc-
Volt tho president's 'dmiehtor who Is
with tho Toft party that.showa her
In a .most Interesting and" unconven-
tional tqUv
She jumped into tha swimming tank
on tho dock of tho sUmship Mnnchur-
lit with her clothes because . of a
."daro" sho was tho first to propose.
Representative Lonsworth plunged In-
to tho tank anil helped MIr-s Roosovelt
to a Btep whoro thoy both cllnitwa
up and out ot tho water1
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