The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 288, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 30, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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WEATHER
Oklahoma: Generally cloudy and
colder; tonight partly cloudy.
Kansas: Showers tonight or Sun-
day and colder east and southeast
tonight.
The shawnee news.
The Newspaper that is Making Shawnee Famous—Fear God, Tell the Truth, and Shame the Devil'
The Shawnee News is a
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VOL. 14. NO.
THE SHAWMCE NEWS, SATURDAY, APRIL SO, 1#Ml
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TH HSWB. THMm MONTHS. If OO
DEIQCittTlG nun KEH
confesses to have accepted
bribe.
Charles White, Member of the Lower
House of the Illinois Legislature
Files Confession.
International Press.
Chicago. April 30—'The Tribune
this morning devotes two pages to the
confession of Charles White, a dem-
ocratic member of the Illinois legis-
lature at the last session, and a mem-
ber of the lower house, In which he
makes the startling announcement
that he received one thousand dollars
for his vote that helped make Wil-
liam Uorlmer, the blonde statesman,
a United States senator, In direct op-
position to the Instructions received
in the primaries.
He attempts to excuse the accept-
ance under the plea that he did It
for the purpose of exposing the cor-
ruption in the legislature, out It Is
not likely that either his party or his
friends and the court will take this
unreasonable view of the matter
when the question comes up for In-
vestigation. White will be taken be-
fore the governor and the attorney
general with the request that an In-
quiry be Instituted into the deal and
the punishment of a bribe giver.
Gov. Deneen says that the confes-
sion is of the most startling nature
and that a full and unconditional ex
then over -carefully stated that they
contained some very important mat-
ters but the one from Haines In
'which he said that the had found no
strychnine was missing from the cor-
respondence. Judge Latshaw stated
In reply that no other letters had
been turned over to the state, but
that If such a letter existed he would
have Paxton hunt It and produce it.
Dr. Atkins was recalled and asked
few unimportant questions about
Bright's disease Hexteon then took
the sctnd •" .old about giving poi-
thoroughly as well as to his 80nu w „ajnei! for el(,amjnatlon he interesting
iiomcn iui eAcmuiiitiuun. ne,
methods, but in no way has he de- salrt th„ h0 performPd the poBtmoJ
nied the charges that are made by teni on gwope an(] ,hat he d|d n0,
One of theHandsomeat
White. It will be remembered that dle from appoplexy. There was noth-' structure
a woman dressed in blue is said to ,ng about christman that showed 8tructur«
that his death had come about from; in the City—Splendid Sunday
natural causes. Hypothetical quen j School Department.
lions were propounded in which he
nave made an attempt to murder
Browne in Springfield, from which
there was quite a sensation raised at
the time, but the subject was soon
dropped and nothing ever was heard
of it thereafter.
MMHM'S SKULL FRAC-
T0RED0IE0 THIS NORNIMG
LAST NIGHT'S FIGHT IN FRISCO
He Died This Msrnlng and Morgan
and the Seconds Have Been
Arrested.
International Press.
San Francisco, April 30.—In the
prize fight last night between Mor-
gan and McCarthy, the latter had his
skull fractured by a knock down blow
in the first round. McCarthy was
removed from the hall and taken to
the hospital where he died this morn-
ing from his injury. Morgan and
the seconds have all been placed un-
der arrest and will have to face a
trial for murder. As a result of last
night's fight the ministers have Is-
I sued a call for a meeting at which
ammation will be made Into time they will make a protest against
truthfulness,^ and^ the guiUy party .be |prize fitting and the excitement is
running high It is believed that the
made to Buffer for "it. "Lorinier. the
party who received the benefit from
the bribe, refuses to say anything
regarding it either one way or the
other.
White says that a few days before
Lormier was elected, and when there
was a dead lock, that he told Lea
Browne, the democratic leader of
the house, that he was in a financial
straight and that Browne asked him
if he would vote for a republican for
senator and he replied yes. After re-
ceiving this reply Browne gave him
one thousand dollars with the under-
standing that he was to vote for
Lorimer.
On the following day after receiving
the money Browne pased around the
word that there was going to be a
•tunt pulled off on that day during
the first ballot for Unitd States Sen-
ator, the results being that Lorimer
was elected instead of Hopkins who
had reooived the majority votq in
primary, with the help of fifty dem-
ocratic v<$es. Browne t^en gave
White one. hundred dollars. A few
days later he met Browne in Chica-
go at which time. he received the
remainder of the bribe, eight hun-
dred dollars.
He claims that he met Representa-
tive Robert Wilson in St. Louis three
months later and received nine hun-
dred dollars more in consideration of
his vote. The confession has proves
to be the sensation of years in po-
litical circles. Browne says that the
charges are remarkable but before
they are accepted in full that an in-
▼estogation had better be made of
agitation will have a damning effect
on the Jeffrey's fight.
miners settle wage question
Coal Operators and the Miners Have
Reached an Agreement the Latter
Get Five Per Cent Advance.
International Press.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 30.—The coal
operators and miners have reached
an agreement and have signed the
scale this morning. With the wage
scale the question of powder was also
satisfactorily agreed on. The miners
get an advance of five per cent over
the old scale.
DEFENSE SECURES
BETWEEN
PAXTON AND
SCIENTIST.
ence that had passed between Paxton
and the scientist. Walsh made an ex
amlnation of them and after looking
DEDICATION OF
CENTRALIS,
PROGRAM HAS
BEEN ARRANGED.
was asked to describe the symptoms'. Sunday the lew building at t&e
and the said that he asked Hexteon Central Presbyterian church will be
If the Indications were that he died dedicated with appropriate ceremo-
rom poisoning. | njes in w(1|ch the pe0p|e 0f ttle entjre
Hokteon said in his examination city are invited to join. The pro-
that there was no trace of meningitis ffram for the day will be found with
In Christman Swope and no trace the regular church nutices in this is-
taces of oppoplexy in Colonel Swope's sue. The officers of toe church have
body but neither of them had died sent cit the following invitation to
from natural sauses Prom the sym- the dedication services:
toms both of them had died from con- "Vou are hereby most cordially In
vulsions caused by paralizing pois- vlted to attend the Dedication of the
i combination of poisons, new church building of the Central
Strychnine and cyanide of potassium Presbyterian church on the corner of
were such poisons. He said that both Beard and Eidfewood streets, or ae*t
of their endeavors were in good con- Sunday, May 1, at 11 > m. 8ermon
dltion. Cyanide was never given as by Dr. T. S. Clyce of Sherman. Tex.
a medicine. Excellent program of music.
"Yours truly,
"J. M. CLARK, Minister.
"A. J. Pluke, Dr. A. L. Austin. Prof.
to buildi mill.
Work on the Vlvion Wire Mill in
the Inglewood addition will begin "" " * ** amuu, rroi
next week, according to those inter- W w Cunningham, Klb H Warren,
csted. The mill will be ready for W W Rnrs''h'",h '
operations within a few weeks.
W. W. Rorschach, officers'.
The new church is a very haad
some oae and excellently adapted to
the purpeae for which It was built.
The Sunday school aire sorvai depart-
ments In the basement are eepecially
well arranged to be of the greatest
use to the church members in the
tarloe departments of church wort
M DEMI IS GUG
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WAS
shot at winfield,
last night.
KAS.
Supposed to Be From Shawnee—Wore
a Mammoth Department Store
Hat.
Who knows J. W. (Bill) Bashford,
who was shot to death at Winfield,
Kas., last night? This Is what the
local police are trying to ascertain
today.
The police received word last night
that a man of that name, supposed
to be from Shawnee, had been shot
at Winfield, Kas. No particulars of
the shooting were, however, given.
The man is described as being 22
or 23 years old, light completed, light
hair, wore a brown suit and a hat
bearing the brand of the Mammoth
Department Store, Shawnee.
The name foj. W. Bashford does
•ot appear In the city directory.
Work on Baptist University
Building Will Begin Now In
a Few Weeks—3 Buildings
Work upon the great Baptist uni-
versity will begin within a few
weeks. The three first buildlngs.two
dormitories and the administration
building will be completed within the
year. Other buildings will be added
as needed. The university will have
ample funds with wnich to extend
and enlarge its work. Full collegiate,
law, medical and theological courses
will be given.
These are some of the facts about
the new university that will be of
interest to Shawnee people. The
signing of the final contract, that
was announced exclusively by The
News Friday, was the cause of gen-
eral rejoicing Among all the citizens.
It might be said that the final trans-
action was a great relief to some,
who feared that Shawnee was about
to lose the great school.
\ meeting of the building commit-
schools or departments; to establish
maintain and conduct manual train
ing schools in connection with such
preparatory schools or departments;
to establish and maintain one or
more colleges, and to provide instruc-
tion in all collegiate studies; to estab.
lish and maintain on institution of
higher learning In which all the'all
thereof, for any oneor more of the
departments of said institution and
for any of the objects aforesaid or for
any educational purpose; to grant
such literary honors and degrees as
are usually granted by like institu-
tions, and to give suitable diplomas;
and generally to pursue and promote
Walsh Said After He H ad Examined tee 0 fthe nlve™Uy "as held in the
the Papers that There Was an Im- offic<' of secretary Geo B. MoKinnis
portant Letter Mlaalnf. of 016 «ate university board, last
night. At that time many of the de-
tails were gone over, and some of
branches of advanced learning may
be taught and which may comprise
separate departments of literature,
low, medicine, music, technology, the-
ology, the various branches of science
both abstract and applied, the culti-
vation of the fine arts, and all other
branches of professional and techni-
cal education which may properly
be included within the purpose and
object of such an Institution and to
provide and maintain courses of In-
struction in each and all of said
departments; to prescribe the course
employ Instructors and teachers and
to maintain and control the govern-
tion, and in each of the departments
ment and discipline of stld Instltu-
t hereof, and to fix rates of tuition
and the quollflcations for admission
and the qualifications for admission
(to the said institution and itt va-
and any oi the objects above
International Press.
Kansas City, Mo., April 30.—Judge th bulldin« Plans were laid
Latshaw this morning gave the de- The unlve™lty will be thg instirntim. „ „
fense all the letters and correspond- rorporation known 88 lie Oklahoma' riou„ uenartment. ft* ™
ence that had nasaed hetw«« State Baptists University Association ]nv „, . receive, hold
of Shawnee. Okla. The purposes of i i'^rtle" o tT "T
the university are set forth as fol-UhiPh ' k OBe hereof,
lows: Which may bG 1" the «aid
"To provide opportunities for all !°rPOrati0n or lntn"ted 4° s care
departments of higher education to
persons of both sexes on equal terms;
to establish, conduct and maintain
one or more academies, preparatory
Personal Interest j:
The Bank of Commerce in Shawnee takes a personal interest
in the advancement and welfhre of customers.
It takes pleasure In furnishing patrons and friends with all
of the special conveniences and privileges of a modern; well ap-
pointed commercial bank.
In addition to this, personal official counsel will be given the
individual financial problems of customers.
"The Bank of OMMMrct ia Shawniej;
, > L I. Flake, Cashier Wallace ftrtlT!. Jr. Preaideat ( >
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Lees. < >
Whether by gift, grant, beques', de-
vise or otherwise, for educational
purposes; to act as trustees for
persons desiring to give or provide
money or property, or the income
The Small Depositor is
Welcome at This Bank
STATE
• •A hundred small accounts make a
ones That is one of our i mm tor
hnnk stranger than a donm lar*
"rtta* the man of limited ~-|a to
"•"•eat hte bwdneea with oa
,Ar*e aoooanta are wataem tan.
•or It In our purpose to aarra m.
the people, whether their 1 mil mi fce
small or large.
THE STATE MTMML BANK
•1*M*' United toatce
named, and to all things necessary
or pertaining to the accomplishment
ol the said objects and purposes or
either of them. And such institution
or institutions as shall be established
hereunder shall be given such name
or names as the board of trustees
hereinafter provided for shall desig-
nate.
"That the place where the principal
business of said corporation is to
be transacted shall be at Shawnee,
Oklahoma.
poration is to exist is perpetual."
Poration is to exist is pereptual." •
tearing down building.
A most interesting spectacle was
the destruction of the old Rock Island
;ia.-«'nger station this morning. The
building was gutted yesterday and
this morning a long steel cable was
secured and hitched to various por-
Hons of the building, first one place
and then another, the building being
literally torn to pieces. A freight
engine attached to the cable furnish
ed the power.
SO SAYS GUTHRIE PAPER THIS
MORNING.
A good representative delegation of.
Shawnee citiiens will go to Musko- J spiracy had been directed agaltst (he
gee Tuesday next in a special train' president and Wickersham thFongk
sion of the state capltol location ques- revenge.
ion. At a mass meeting held In the
superior court room last night, about
BO signified their Intention of making
the trip. The special will leave Shaw-
nee about 7 o'clock Thursday morning
and Will go via the Rock Island to
Holdenville!!, thence to Muskogee
on the Frisco, returning the same day.
committee appointed by tre mass
meeting last night Is distributing the
orders for tickets this morning.
The meeting last night was an en-
thusiastic one. It was characteristi-
cally a boosters meeting, and all
manner of questions were discussed.
It was called jointly by the Chamber
of Commerce and the Shawnee Devel-
opment Co. and C. W. Cook presided.
A general discussion of several mat-
ters of importance ended with the se-
lection of a committee of fifty to
represent Shawnee at Muskogee. A
representative committee was chosen,
vnd these were called upon today by
th earrangements committee.
The eastern part of the state was
represented at thsl meeting by a num
ber of gentlemen engaged in agrlcul
tural pursuits. All spoke In terms of
the strongest condemnation of the
proposed Oklahoma City—Ledbetter
state copltol removal bill.
A committee of laules to assist In
the state capitol work was named as
follows;
Mrs. Jim Dickson, Mrs. L. Wheel-
er, Mre. J. M. Aydelotte, Mrs. A. S.
Pace, Mrs. Grace Hall. Mrs. John
Rain, Miss Kate Yunt, Mrs. Pike
Baker, Mrs. Wayland, Mrs. Benham,
Mrs. J. H. Scottt, Mrs. Roy Jenkins,
Miss Nellie Ware, Miss Bmma Car-
ron Mrs. A. T. Walker. Mrs. H. H.
Smith. Mrs. T. C. Sanders. Mrs.
Paul Cooper, Mrs. G. A. Streeter, Mrs.
Chas. -Holloway, Mrs. o H. Weddle,
Mrs. Ed Cofer.
ARGUE ON BRANDIES
DEMAND FOR PAPERS
WANT ALL
the papers
duced.
In the superior court this morn-
ing two boot-legging cases were tried.
J. P. Davis, a Wewoka negro, was ac-
quitted of a charge of violating the
prohibition law.. Jingo Bourbonals
was found guilty of such an offense,
and was given a floe of and «30
days In fail. Both cases were tried
before 11 o'clock, and the jury was
excused until Tuesday morning.
The Pottawatomie County Medical
Society meets thSe evening with Dr.
J T. Bradshaw in the Chrisney
building.
Shnwna# offers th* advantages of
being located In the oenter of two
millions of consuming population WHO
•re all pwpeiw.
Southwest
to one of the beet lighted etttee In
the Southwest
Cheap electric PfWer let all Ms*
Which Were Submitted to the Pres-
ident at the Time He Wrote
Ballinger.
International Press.
Washington, April 30—Ballinger's
investigating committee that are ex-
aming into the Ballinger case, have
concluded to allow the attorneys to
argue on Brandies demand for all
papers an dthat they be produced,
which were submitted to the presi
dent when he wrote Ballinger the
letter of vindlcvatlon In which he
said that it was a victory for Pin-
chot.
Brandies claims that Ballinger's re-
port was not written for two months
after the president bad written his
leter of vindication, but that it was
antidated In order to make It ap-
pear that It had been submitted to
Taft.
Vertrees is making an argument
Instruments and Uniforms Are t be
Shipped From Guthrie Imms-
tfiately.
The Guthrie State Capital saw thin
morning:
Guthrie has lost the band of that
First Regiment, O. .V. O. Its instru-
ments are packed ami awaiting an nr*
der to have them shipped to ram*
other city. While it is not official!*
known where the band will be locate*
hereafter, it is bellved that it will gw
to Shawnee. The mueicians, them-
selves. cannot be transferred
There are twenty-seven pieces In
the band. It has been a source of
much pride to Guthlre, turning out
upon all public occasions and aiding,
in welcoming prominent visitors F*>r.
such services the band has been paid,
privately It has always been under,
stood that they could fulfill any
contract. No objection was ever
raised when the band turned out upow
democratic occasions.
Yet, when Bird S. MoGuire Visited)
Guthrie a few weeks ago and the,
boys were guaranteed J«5 to play up-
on the streets in his honor, Obey
were yanked off by an oredr frou
the adjutant general. Because It was,
congressman elected upon a ro^
publican ticket. The members of tho
band reeented this order. They
denced it by requesting a disctargf.
Lleutenat Garison. head of tho band,
resigned. No action wae taken hy the.
adjutant general then.
The majority of the members of
the band ore democrats There wan
no personal desire to play In honor
of McGulre. They merely took ad-
vantage of an opportunity to earw
a few extra dollars. Following tb
order to get off the streets in uniform'
and with the regimental Instrument*
they plucklly appeared a short time
later In civilian clothes and with In-
struments which they had borrowed
around town.
Guthriehas been tbeheadquarters of
the band since statehood and prior
to that bad the band for several years,
at odd times.
WIPED OUT BY FrRE.
International Press.
New Orleans. April 30.—Telegra
received here state that tho busineiw
- — — section of the town of PVirt !Jm«n,
against their production and sald^Costa Rico, has been almost entirety
they would show that a great con- wiped out by fire there this morning.
The Bank
Habit
PoMlbly jon who read this have never kept
If not let us suggest poo make the experiment Too wUi flad It
helpful In many way*. Aside from tho fact that your Minor urlll
be safe from theft and fin. nob a habit tea* to thrift,
discipline, and a geaoral understanding of husMees prinefclM.
It affords also a convenient method of paying Mils. Peur et -
am preserved and returned to yen and serve as receipts for amounts
paid.
We eoHott your
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