The Shawnee News. (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 134, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 4, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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WEATHER.
Oklahoma — Unsettled tonight
and tomorrow, with rain.
Kansas—Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday.
THE SHAWNEE NEWS.
"The Newspaper that is Making Shawnee Famous—Fear God, Tell the Truth, and Shame the Devil"
READ IT.
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THE SHAWNEE NEWS Tt'ESD.VY, OCTOBER 4. lain
THREE MONTHS ONE DOLLAR
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SWIFT COMPANY MADE CO-DE.
PENDANTS BY WRIT TO-
DAY.
National News Association.
Kansas City, .\lu., Oct. 4. -The pro- \
(luce exchange ouster case was con-
tinued until Friday, upon objection
to Judge Porterlield trying the case.
The defendants declare they will be
ready then. A writ against Swift &
Company making them co-defendants
was issued today.
TO GET AT FACTS OF COLUMBIA
True to his promise that gronnd
tor the biff Baptist University would
I* broken Monday, W. P. Blake,
cliairnaa of the buildiiiff committee,
aecwHips.nied by Mrs. Blake, Carey
Furnas, one of the contractors, and
others, went to the site yesterday,
and with a pretty ceremony, turned
the iirat shovelful of earli.
The honor of moving the lirst
earth was accorded Mr, Blake, on
account of the heroic work he has
doue for the university. He was
followed by Mrs. Blake, after which
the others took tlieir turns.
This IMO I'D i 111; men and teams
started to work on the excavation.
The ground lias been plowed and the
scoops are now being used. Dirt Is
being moved rapidly.
This afteruoou Contractor Higicius
goes to Carthage, Mo., to buy the
stone from the famous Carthage
quarries, and from there goes to
Colleyrllle, Kas, to purchase the ti-
trilied brick. All of the material will
be ordered shipped us soon as possi-
ble.
NABHOW ESCAPE FOR TEDDY
National News Association.
Oyster Bay, Oct. 4.—Roosevelt had
a narrow escape today. While riding
a spirited horse, he was struck by
an automobile and half thrown to
the ground. He kept the saddle, how-
ever.
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COURT OF APPEALS REVERSES
JUDGE POLLOCK OF KAN-
SAS.
National News Association.
Kansas City, Kas., Oct. 4.—Judge
Pollock of the federal court, pre-
sented with a mandate from the St
Paul court of appeals, reversing his
decisions, this morning, immediately
promulgated It as the ruling of his
court The mandate reverses Pol-
lock's decision granting an injunc-
tion to prevent the Kansas bank
guarantee law from being enforced,
and means that all national and state
banks in Kansas must guarantee
their deposits. The Nationals will
appeal to the supreme court, but
meanwhile will obey the order.
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FREICH CITY IS BEING DESERT-
ED BY RESIDENTS.
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National News Association.
Paris, Oct 4.—Cholera has broken
out at Marseilles. There have been
three deaths and a dozen cases re-
ported. The disease was brought in
by Italian immigrants.
Hundreds of residents are fleeing
the town. The authorities there and
here are taking every precaution to
prevemt the spread of the disease
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
National News Association.
Montevideo, Uruguay, Oct. 4.—Fire
swept the water front, destroying the
grand docks, the custom house and
raBt quantities of American and Eu-
ropean Imports. The damage will
probably reach a million.
Police and Private Detectives
on Every Possible
Lend.
Work
ARE SEARCHING FOR PEERLESS
NEGRO Bl'KNED.
National News Association.
AndaluBa, Ala., Oct. 4.—Rucb With-
ers, a negro trusty, was taken from
the jail by a mob of four hundred
and burned at the stake. He was
accused of attacking a white woman.
The mob formed quietly, chained him
to an iron stake, and with oil satur-
ated wood piled around, he was burn-
d to ashes.
COWBOYS BOUND OVER, CHARG-
ED WITH CRUELTY.
National News Association.
Muskogee, Ok., Oct. 4.—The gov-
ern nicut lias decided to probe the
sensational failure of the Columbia
Bunk A' Trust Compnii) at Oklahoma
City.
The probe will commence when
the eastern Oklahoma district court
meets at Chickasha this winter.
The government ran not investigate
FOURTEEN
the Columbia directly, because It is
not a national bank, but will reach
It through the failed Tulsa National
Bank, which was controlled by the
same people.
building. It was completely wreck-
ed.
DYNAMITE CITY IIALI,.
Tulsa, Ok., Oct. 4.—In the justice
court, J. Ellison, a roper, and his
band of sixteen cowboys, were bound
over to the district court to answer
to the charge of cruelty to animals.
Their bond was fixed at $250 each.
The cowboys were arrested last
week at the instigation of the Tulsa
Humane Society. At a ropiug contest
held here at the time one steer was
killed, the horns were jerked from
another's head, and several other an-
imals were brutally mistreated. Car-
rll will tight the case.
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J RULER OF JAPAN. J
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Sir William Treloar, former Lord
Mayor of Loudou, who has just ar-
rived iu the United States for an ex-
General Otis Is Accompanied Con^
staut'y by Two Men as
Guards.
National News Association.
I,os Angeles, Oct. 4.—Under a hun-
dred thousand dollars reward, police
and private detectives are following | 'I' *'* ' "I" V *
all clews to the dynamiters.
Two men who rented a room In a
lodging house next door to the Times
plant have now disappeared.
The explosion occurred In an alley
opposite their room. The rooming
house was badly damaged at that
point. It is believed these two men
brought the dynamite down the coast
in the yacht Peerless.
All efTorts are directed toward find-
ing the yacht.
General Otis has offered to bury all
victims iu a private lot and erect
tended visit. He is known as "The suitable monument bearing all their
Great London Beggar," having at one
time, in fourteen minutes, talked one
hundred and fifty pounds out of his
listeners in bid of a home for crip-
pled children. He proudly boasts of
being a beggar and Bays his complete
begging record is the getting from
the British public of over seventy
thousand pounsd for charitable pur-
poses.
names.
The first funeral, that of Harry
Elder, night editor, was held today.
Otis is accompanied by two guards
whenever he appears in public.
NEW MINE INSPECTOR.
Guthrie, Oct. 4.—Governor Haskell
has named R. W. Church of McAl-
ester as chief mining inspector of
the state, succeeding Pete Hanraty,
who resigned on his election as the
first mayor of McAlester under the
commission form of government
Hanratty was recently defeated for
re-nomination as mine Inspector by
Ed Doyle of Chant. This is the third
appointment made by the governor
to an elective state office since state-
hood, the other vacancies being caus-
ed by the ersignatlon of Insurance
Commissioner T. J. McComb and the
death of Secretary BUI Cross.
NOT IN A HIT OR MISS
Sort of way, but steadily, week
by week. Saving dollars Is not for
the rich alone, but for all who would
be rich.
Save your dollars and deposit In
our Savings Department and earn
4 per cent
$1.1)0 starts an account.
Bank ol Commerce
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SUPERVISORS AGREE
TO ALLOW RAGES
HOWEVER, THEY PRESCRIBE RE-
GULATIONS FOR THE
EVENT.
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Maeza, Spain, Oct. 4.—Attempting
the assassination of the mayor, an-
archists dynamited the city hall
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PETROL TANKS EXPLODE.
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Jersey City, Oct. 4.—Following an
explosion heard for miles, eight im-
mense petrol tanks of the Standard
Oil caught fire. Burning oil ran
through the streets, destroying the
Colby Stove plant nearby. Hundreds
of employes barely escaped the li-
quid death. Two trolley cars had
narrow escapes Flames covered a
district equal to eight city blocks.
S1IAWFEE FAST WINNING KK<'(MU-
NITION AS GREAT CENTRAL
COTTON MARKET.
Street cotton today reached 14.00
for lint and 4.65 for seed, and cotton
seed sold as high as $22.
Shawnee is fact winning recogni-
tion as the great central cotton mar
ket, and the fleecy staple is being
hauled here from points which have
heretofore contributed but little to
the local market.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Foss, Ok.. Oct. 4.—For the third
time within the past two years Foss
was visited by a disastrous fire. Five
buildings in which were located six
businesses were destroyed, entailing
a loss estimated at $30,000.
TO HANG NOVEMBER !tt.
Ft. Smith, Ark., Oct. 4. — Friday,
November 25th, the day following
Thanksgiving day, Mack Johnson will
mount the scaffold and pay the pen
alty with his life for the ruthless
murder of his wife, unless the su-
preme court or Gov. Douaghey in-
terferes with the sentence pronounc-
ed by the trial judge.
National News Association.
New York, Oct. 4.—The Nassau
County board of supervisors has
agreed to allow automobile races on
October 15, provided they start at
ten o'clock, instead of at daybreak,
and that the course be well guarded
to prevent accidents.
Emperor Mutssuhito, the Imperial
Ruler of Japan, whose life was re-
cently attempted by assassisn, who
are declared to be the hirelings of a
band determined to make a demon-
stration in a way of reactionism, ra-
ther than progression, which the ra-
dical would be assassin generally
preaches. It is the first time in the
history of the country that an at-
empt has been .made upon the life of
a sovereign. There are those in the
Mikado's kingdom who are already
sneering because of this, and assert-
ing that liberalism breeds the would-
be murderer.
THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF THE MAR
RIED MAN SHOULD BE TO SAVE
It li possible that luck may play an Important part in the
making of fortunes, but It has nothing to do with fortunes
accumulated from ths savings of labor.
A bank account however, will be of assistance and the
young man or woman who will take this method of saving
from his or her salary will eventually reach the desired goal.
This bank welcomes the accounts of thoso people whe
are working on salary and have a desire to save a part of it
The State National Bank
Capital 1100,00# Surplus, MMW
FREI6HT RATES
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BOILER EXPLOSION CACHED A
DISASTER TO THE STEAMER
CHIRIQUAI.
William K. Vandprbilt, Jr., who
has just returned from abroad and
who has created consternatiou by
declaring that all of the reports con-
cerning his interest in aeronautics
are fakes. He has been reported or-
dering the very largest kind of an
aeroplane and everything else of a
magnitude in aeroplane flights. He
insists that he has never been on an
aviation field and has never ordered
an aeroplane of any description. The
sporting world is reported as in the
depths of despair because of the In-
formation.
National News Association.
Colon, Panama, Oct. 4. — Seventy
persons perished when the steamer
Chiriquai sank, following a boiler
explosion, near Point Jarachine,while
trying to make up lost time, on Sep-
tember 27.
The passengers and crew number-
ed a hundred.
There was a terrific tight for the
life boats.
The vessel sank quick, sucking
down fifty.
Two life boats were launched, but
it is believed one sank. Thirty per-
sons picked up in the other told the
story.
Tugs have been rushed to search
for any survivors.
FORESTALLED UNTIL FEBRUARY
NEXT—AFFECTED FIVE
HUNDRED LINES.
National News Association.
Washington, Oct. 4.—The advances
in rates on westbound trans-continen-
tal traffic from eastern points which
were to become effective October 10,
are suspended by the Interstate Com-
merce Commission until net Febru-
ary.
The advances were from five to
twenty-five per cent on a number of
commodities. They afTected five hun-
dred railroads operating in almost
every section of the United States.
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.
CAR MIXES SHIPPED TO PANAMA
Vinita, Ok., Oct 4.—A car of
mules was recently shipped from
Duncan, Ok., to Panama, says the
Muskogee Phoenix, and adds: "The
animals brought $140 each. Oklaho-
ma products go everywhere. Our
brooms sweep the world, our cotton
goes to Korea and Japan, our corn
and hogs are known wherever 'good
eats' are needed. In fact, with Ok-
lahoma off the map the old earth
would have a thousand vacancies
that it would have to fill."
Guthrie, Ok., Oct. 4.—The following
is the telegram, which was sent by
Chairman Jim Harris of the Republi-
can State Central Committee, Sun-
day, to former President Theodore
Roosevelt, usking him to come to Ok-
lahoma, giving to this state as much
time as possible to help the republi-
cans in the state from Haskellism:
Guthrie, Ok., Oct 2, 1910.
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt,
OyBter Bay, N. Y.
On your western trip this month
can you Include Oklahoma, and if so,
we want as much time as you can
give us. We would like three days
for a special train over the state.
Conditions are ripe to carry Oklaho-
ma. J. A. HARRIS.
State Chairman.
National News Association.
Washington, Oct. 4.—The explosion
of a cartridge primer in the navy
yard killed two, and two others are
probably fatally injured.
FAIR WEATHER FOR P. O. P.
National News Association.
Kansas City, Mo„ Oct 4.—The sun
came out this morning and beautiful
weather is promised for this week's
festivities. Thousands of visitors
are here. It rained all day yester-
day.
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Are Voti Able ?
to take advantage of an opportunity when It presents Itself,
or Is it out of your reach T
The man who saves does not have to exclaim, "Oh, If I
only had a few hundred dollars now!"
He knows the value of an opportunity; he made himself
realy for It—he knows the value of a dollar.
Let your earnings earn more . We help you—we pay 4
per cent Interest Start today.
BETTER COME IN TODAY AND OPEN AN ACCOUNT.
The Oklahoma State Bank
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