The El Reno Daily American. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 70, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 25, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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The Only Paper with Associated Press Service In Oklahoma Territory, on the Great Rock Island Railroad.
THE EL RENO DAILY AMERICAN, EL RENO, <>. T., W1 DNESDAY MORNING, si 1’TI MKEIt 25, 1901
Number 70.
— THE ONLY DAILY ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.—
CZOLCOSZ FIEND.
FOUND GUILTY YESTERDAY AF-
TERNOON.
ing whether this man is to be executed firmly by the law, and put his voice
or to be set free. ; against an> idea that a man should be
“The defendant’s counsel appear here punished for any crime until he is
because, under our system of jurisprud- proven guilty in court, beyond any
ence, no man can be placed on trial reasonable doubt.
for the high crime of murder under the “My associate and myself are here
penalty of which under the law is death, to uphild the law. . Some weak minded |
notion
the due process of the law, to balk
justice, to delay by technicalities. But
without he has the assistance of coun-
sel. The court has the power to de-
signate counsel and it is the duty
of the counsel thus designated to ap
pear in the case unless they can make
some reasonable excuse and succeed in every man who knows the members
being relieved of the duty. j of the bar understands that this is no.
j “Gentlemen, when they become mem-1 so. My associate and myself are here
I bers of the legal profession, they be- \ for the same purpose that the learned
come members of the court. They j district attorney is here for. to see that
F,jare compelled, if assigned, to defend a tllis trial progresses in a legal, orderly
Czolgosz, alias Kred Nieman, was found ' criminal, or rather the one who is end proper manner.. We must in e\-
guilty of murder in the first degree barged 'vith a crime. They are com-1 crY W suppress this feeling that cases
pellcd to respond and accept the duty , may disposed of without the inter
unless they can present some reasarn- | vention of courts of justice,
able excuse, and if they refuse to per-
form that duty they are guilty of a
misdemeanor and are liable to punish-
ment by the court.
“So you see, gentlemen, if any simple
minded, thoughtless person should en-
tertain the notion for a minute that the
HOBART NEWS.
BREEZE BRINCS A REMINDER OF
FALL.
ADDRESSES OF COUNSEL
Upheld the Majesty of tlio Law and Ask-
ed fora J list Verdict Under the Evi-
dence.—End of tlic Trial.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 24.—Leon
by a jury in part III of the supreme
court in having, on the sixth clay of
September, shot President William Mc-
Kinley, the wounds inflicted afterward
resulting in the death of the president, i
The wheels of justice moved swiftly.
people may entertain the
that lawyers who appear in defense c-t
a defendant, are in court to obstruct {3QjVj|fjQ QjXY ELECTION.
Tl»« Hoys nr© Picking; Their Cnndldnlnn
and nn Inlcrcstinu Time 1* Promised.
—Some 111 tores tin;; Tigurca of Speech
in n Sermon.
Hobart, O. T., Sept. 23.—There Is a
slight breeze this morning which is in-
dicative of the approach of fall. .\nd
if we were not in a town where there
I YYUuiu 111111K in' \ nir.iu wn.ii nicy n.iy
“I remember, gentlemen, when I was no ' u 1 n,’r pcopb would appreclat
pleasant, upright young ntan to deal
with anti a good hustler, and next, his
lamps are good and are needed in the
absence of electric lights.
There is never a “roar” heard any
more about our city mail system. All
arc now properly accommodated.
Things could he made more profitable
for our postmaster if he had more
boxes to rent.
Building is constantly and unceas-
ingly going 011. Many buildings are
in course of erection all over the city.
Business houses as well as residences
are in progress.
Mr. Firchan has a large frame bouse
almost completed on the west side nf
the square. It will he used for a dry
goods store exclusively.
There is a Racket of good propor-
tions about ready for occupancy on B
street, south of the square, on the east
side. A great tnativ others will he
mentioned as thev are completed.
The people here say the 1.1 Reno
American is the only paper. One
would think they mean what they say
OKLAHOMA CITY.
FICURINC ON A FRANCHISE FOR
CAS.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
in tt»f Trt«
The trial of the assassin consumed Counsel who appear in this case are
eight hours and twenty-six minutes J doing something which they ought not
and covered a period of only two days j to do, that person is laboring under a
Practically all of the time was occ.i- vcry ierious misapprehension as to the
pied by the prosecution in presenting a
duties devolving upon a lawyer. The
defendant, no matter how serious
a young man living in Auburn studying ■ the difference between that kind of
my profession the news came that a place and the clean place in which they
colored man had gone up on the shores | live. We have no sand in Hobart
of Owasco lake and there had murdered ; at all, except the kind necessarily
practically an entire family named Van : possessed by the citizens here—they
Ness. The news created intense ex- nave grit.
citement. The people gathered on the Saturday the people of the Hill ad-
streets to hear the news. In the course dition came very nearly having a fire
of the afternoon it was learned that the I of some magnitude. It ended without
man, Freeman, had been arrested and ' any injury to anything, hut ought to
was being brought back to that city be a warning to the pen;1 • of that por-
to be incarcerated. The people on the I tion of town and also to the citizens ot
arc more Americans sold on the streets
each day than all the other papers
combined. \VTe say let the good work
go on!
case so clear, so conclusive that even crjme he fias committed, is entitled un- sti^ets became more and more excited, j the entire city.
had the prisoner entered a plea of in- der our laws to the benefit of a trial, j They began to talk about mobbing the Our home was laid out in the prai-
sanity, it is doubtful if the jury would ! In the case of murder he must have | colored man when he arrived. Win. | rie, instead of a cornfield, and it
I II. Seward, who lived in that city, ap-
the
have returned a verdict different from ! a tr*ab .
the one rendered today i “You sat here and listened to the I l,carcd uPon the strect aml counseled
the one today. j de(endant,6 a of a when he w„ moderation; counseled the people t ,
The innouncement made tins after- , ... • * • •
, ,, . - arraigned at the opening of this term
noon by the attorneys for the defense * .
wait and see whether the
that the eminent alienists summoned by
the Erie county bar association and
man was
but the law of our state will not permit rt;llly &',ilty of tlle crime or not' an,J
him to plead guilty to such a crime as Perm,t h,m 10 have :1 le*al trUL li,n
this. The law is so careful of the the PcoPlc Protcsted' He was gmlty
Hobart, Sept. 24.—Hobart seems to
be receiving ;i business support that
our other county seats do not get.
Most of our merchants are agreeably
surprised at the amount of trading
done in the town. We are fortunate
enough to be right between two good
fanning communities and our mer-
chants are reaping an immediate ben-
efit from these parts. Already one
cotton yard has probably fifty bales of
cotton and cotton seed, corn and all
kinds of country produce are pouring
in in increasing quantities every day.
This is what makes a good town. It
is very encouraging to meet merchants
who are reaizing more than they ex-
pected when they came here. Their
very looks show a determination to
make their town go. Hobart was set-
, , , , . , „ , : tied up by men who had the means and
belore the probate judge today, The | meant business and an unlooked for
the
which caught fire,
was
and it
(iettlntc H.-n.lr for SihIfimi
bunal or Juitlra.-J«wlih No it Tm*
Store* Closed.—Other Matters ef
and
Intermit.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 24.—(Special.?
—The district court resumed its labors
this morning with the summoning ot
the petit jury. Upon the opening of
court there were a number of motions
that were argued and passed upon*
The petit jury was then empaneled, as
follows: S. A. Mentzer, J. W. Potts,
J. W. Waller, A. L. Chappell, Geo. Bo«
dine, B. F. Burlington, Jas. Beavers,
Geo. Brauer, J. F. Cannon, E. R. Cut*
ler, S. II. Hilton, J. S. Smith, M. M,
Falls, W. P. Starks, L. L. Martin, J,
II. Gigdon, John B. Otto, J. W. Marta
well and Chris Zimmerman.
The cases were then called, and th©
trial of I. Lowenstein vs. John Wagner
was commenced. In this case plaintiff
claims that defendant sold him a dis*
1 me grass
would have been destructive to many j
buildings if there had not been several j
men nearby to extinguish the lnclp- 1
ient flames.
There is a- replevin case to come up
by the district attofiiey to examine Czol- § t’"t ” " they said, and must he disposed of. | jtI(Ige and Attorney keys wen, on legal - t fiom tFu.k'lnd "fme’n a
gosz and to determine his exact mental
condition, had declared him to be per-
fectly sane, destroyed the only vestige
cf a defense that Julges Lewis and bls 1
Titus could have put together.
Before adjournment Justice White
announced that he would pronounce
sentence upon the defendant on Thurs-
day afternoon at 2 o’clock. The pris
oner was taken at once through the
tunnel under Delaware avenue back to
the jail. To all appearances he was
in no way affected by the result of t'i
trial.
The crow! gathered at the city hah
today was the largest that has seen
him since his arraignment. People
were lined upon botn sides of the big
rotunda on the second floor when court
a man to plead guilty to this crime of
murder, so that even after he had con- ,
in this case it was in- j
cumbent upon the court to insist that
the trial should proceed nd that the 1
p< hould < 1 iblish bcyoti a reason
able doubt that the defendant was j
guilty of the crime charged against ;
“There are in our country Individuals, j
not, 1 hope, in very large numbers, j
■
Mr. Seward insisted, and they put Free- j business to El Reno a few days ago > bright future for their town. What
man in jail. It soon became known \ aIKj jf t]1Cy are back this case will be ■ we ,u>ed now is to commence to look
■ • * out for many things that go to make
the country,
1 this,
ho think in a case like
even in charges of much less 1
degree, it is entirely proper that the
cum should be disposed of by lynch or
mob law. We can hardly take up a
paper without .we learn that in some
that Mr. Seward had volunteered
defend the negro, when he was put on
trial, and indignation arose against
him, but that far-seeing man, that
statesman, saw that then was an appor-
tunity of giving an object lesson to
the world as to the proper disposiion
of that case, and for two long months
the trial went on with Seward defend-
ing the negro. It occupied some three
weeks in obtaining a jury and I sat
by almost during the entire proceed-
ings of that trial and listened to the
one
builded in the addition,
square plan.
... j >-■ li 1. ivji manj miiifcj mm g0
tried lo» a>. | a town pleasant to live in, 011c that we
Register of Deeds Elliott is having can point to with pride in .ill particu-
of the most be .iml residences Its. We are liab1* .y :f‘ alonjj in
r jt is on the I a successful business current without
thinking of many municipal improve-
- , , . - , • , _ I nients, such as a good waterworks sys-
Many other beautilul residences arc , ,, .111, 11 1, ,
being erected in Hobart. | &a"i ib
Wc are making all necessary ar- i . . ■ . . . . * 3
rangements for the coming city elec-
tion. The boys are picking their candi-
dates in both parties for the respective
offices, so we expect an intrcstlng time
for election. Everybody who is elig-
ible to vote will vote and those not
j last point should many or our citizens
I take warning. A great deal of care-
j lessness in this regard is shown by
i conditions in our alleys.
I Every day reports come from Dill,
our neighbor on the west, that she is
convened, and fringed the stairs lea hng l’ar* oi this free and independent conn
from the floor above. There was no
demonstration except that of courtesy.
A large number of women witnessed
today's proceedings.
At 2:44 this afternoon District Attor-
try some man has been murdered on
the suspicion or belief that he was
guilty of some crime. This state of
things does not exist in our community,
hut it docs in some parts of our stute>
ney Penny abruptly announced that’ the | as every intelligent man knows*
case of the prosecution was ended, j “It i* charged that our client is an
Judge Lewis arose slowly and address- anarchist, a man who docs not believ?
ing the court said that the sudden clos- in any law or any form of government,
ing of the case against Czolgosz was And there are, s<> we are told, other
a surprise to him and his colleague, individuals who entertain that opinion
.. c . I eligible will use their influence aright, j taking her part in the boom and rusTi
j defense that Mr. beward interposed. 'pjle ia,ijcs iiave formed an organi/.a- 1 *ecmingly so characteristic of this lo-
| Not that he cared anything for the . tion for a city library and reading cality. It already has four lumber
negro, but he wanted to maintain the ■ society. They will have a public open- ! which is an idication of tiic
!,aw givin« CV7 man a trial and t0 put er’s ra!rXkTT„te?cst7ngnprogrtamUn« ' 7™ h“
jdown mob violence. been prepared for the occasion. All implement houses doing business and
•This trial here is a great object interested in this kind of auxiliary edit- one morc bc,n« built and several gen-
' lesson to the world.. Here is a case cation should manifest their willingness e.ra^ merchandise stocks. 1 he Orient
of a man having stricken down th-. To hclp the cause by being present at M:‘t* bank w,1‘ open UP 1,1 ,ts ncw
beloved president of his country in thc la<lics’ Public opening. building there October I. Lots are
beloved president ot Ins country in There is noti,inp yct established in! •ncrcasmg in value every day. The
broad daylight, in the presence of hun-! our city tj1at silot,j(| receive more Orient railroad is rapidly pushing its
Mreds of thousands cf spectators. If hearty support than the library and j wor^ through there and Dill will prob-
there ever was a case that would ex- reading room for Hobart. i tlb^y b^ on a junction in less than a
cite the anger, the wrath of those that', ^any .°^ our cbUjCbes have excel- year.
. . i , . lent clioirs organized for each Lords It has been reported that Harrison,
saw it, this was one; and yet, under thc Day services. This is an index to the i our neighbor on thc east, is ahead or
claims of young people enlisted here. [ all other new towns in one particular.
Rev TTn«hnv> nf tlie ('nnn-reimf i,
advice of the president ‘let no man
hurt him,’ he was taken, confined in Rev. Upshaw of the Congregational Jt has a cotton gin ready for work.
We feel sucii doctrines are dangerous, our prjson indicted, put upon trial here c'lllri'11 delivered a very logical sermon The rush in building business houses
"and the case is soon to be submitted hff 1irJIf.^h7J»^nT,are,0n 1 !' jl"'1 rCM''cncos art, bein»
.... .. , I nis I his life is the stage and we are | built fast in all parts of town and some
to you as to whether he is guilty oi the actors, etc.” Again it has been are good ones. Wives and families
the crime charged againat him. That, said that this world is a market place, are coming in on every train. Many
. gentlemen, speaks volumes in favor )vbcrc everybody is buying and sell- j nf thc women unused to the life they
that will long be remembered by those licve firmly in that, I do not believe ! tj)e orderly conduct of the people of 111 * be thought it a hunting | find here arc adapting themselves to
who heard it. U creates * danger to this court usual L,e city of Buffalo. : ma!r1d7rh7rik,Mku7g'!n I and an'' Laki"g holJ the
Judge Le-.vs said: | to the b' lici becoming so common, that, wils a man occupying an ex-, especially applicable to thc people of are supposed to bc'hardenedTo'incon"
Gentlemen of the jury: A calamity men who are charged with crime shall <lUcd pos|,ion, a man of irreproachable ..................
has fallen upon the nation through the not be permitted to go through the j character; he was a man who had come
! here to assist us in promoting the pros-
They had no witness to call for the
defense. lie asked the court that h*
be allowed to address the jury at
once. The court assented and the
venerable jurist began on an address
are criminal, are doctrines that will
subvert our government in time if they
are allowed to prevail.
“Gentlemen of the jury, while I be-
PERILOUS HOME COMING.
Trial* ami Dangrr* of Hi'turn Trip From
llu* Arctic Gold (legion*.
Port Townsend, Wash., Sept. 24.—The j
overdue steamer, Oregon, arrived today 1
from Nome, bringing 474 passengers and
<750,000 in gold. The Oregon sailed
from Nome on the morning of Septem-
ber 6. The third day out she encounter-1
; cd heavy weather in which she lost her \
rudder post. The gale lasted ten days
and during that time the big craft floun- j
dered around ut the mercy of |
the elements. During the gale
tin* captain and crew made he-
roic efforts to rig a jury rudder bat
1 met w ith little success on account «>f the
• fury of the storm. Finally when the
storm abated somewhat their third nt-
tompt \\as successful ami under a slow
j hell she steamed 1,700 miles. Before
tliis port was reached provisions ran low
' and all ot her passengers were paleed on
short rations. When she arrived here
her passengers and crew were reduced to
the verge of starvation. On September
9 a cabin passenger named Daniel
O’Brien di< <i from the effects of delirium
tremens and the body was buried at sea.
O’Brien’s home was in Minnesota. The
Oregon will be towed to Seattla this
evening.
Iiigcr»oll Now*.
The beautifully situated town of In-
gersoll, located on the Choctaw North-
ern railroad, in the northeastern part of
Woods county, ninety miles north from
Gearv, was opened 011 Sept. 3d and has
made rapid progress on its destined
course towards becoming one of the most
important cities in Oklahoma. Sur-
rounded by a splendid farming country, eased hog, and he asks for damages.
ah h’K1'1' improve.!, businetn men The criminal cites will not be heard
see its advantages at a glance and have A. , ,
1 until thc grand jury has completed It<9
labors.
Mont F. Highlcy was admitted td
practice.
VV. H. Frost, who has a gas fran*
chise before the council for a number
of weeks, arrived here from Fort Scott*
Kan., yesterday and will be at thc count
cil meeting tonight. It is expected that
some definite action in the matter will
be taken at this meeting. Tin: fran-
chise proposes that Frost be given tlm
right to lay mains on all the streets
and alleys of the city; the prices to be
charged consumers ranging from $1.00
to $1.50 per thousand, according to
amount.
Today is Jewish New Year, and sev-
eral stores are closed.
In thc probate court the suit of A«
Roily vs. the Choctaw, Oklahoma and
Gulf was tried, and the plaintiff given
judgement for $51.25.
Marriage licenses were Issued to
Chas. Hubatka and Annie Otis of Ca-
nadian county; Chas. Beard and Ilattio
Reed of Oklahoma City; Foss Lofton
and Myrtle Wilson, colored; Geo. T.
Pfeiffer of Kansas and Louella Barnett
of Oklahoma City. The latter wer<3
married by Judge Allen.
Oklahoma City teachers are looking
forward to the annual teachers' con-
vention to be held in Guthrie during
the holidays. The feature will be a
lecture by Robert J. Burdette.
It is announced that the bakers of
this city will meet and organize in the
m ar future, adopt a uniform weight fop
loaves of bread, repulate prices and
reach a mutual understanding that will
be of benefit to all concerned.
The incandescent ligh* service has
been suspended in this city for some
days past, owing to repairs at the pTant,
1 ought property liberally, not for specu
l.ition, but for improvement and occu-
pancy. Upwards of fifty business houses
are built and in course of construction
and the sale of lots steadily continues,
The townsite is owned by the Choctaw
Northern Townsite and Improvement
company and everyone doing business
with them meets with courteous and
j liberal tieatment.
The Bank of Ingersoll, of which J. A.
Stine is president, G, }.. Nickel, vice
president, and W. M. Bickel, cashier,
opened on the 19th and already has a
large line of business.
C. E. McDaniel u..s been appointed
j postmaster and our postofiice will soon
be in operation.
The Choctaw Northern railroad con-
nects with the Choctaw, Oklahoma Mi
' 1 nIf at Geary and with the Santa Fe at
Alva, Ing^rsoll being the junction point
for the Alva branch and the line is being
rapidly extended to Anthony, Kansas.
The road is now running regular passen-
ger trains from Geary to Alva.
With prices of property in Ingersoll,
only about one fifth the amount paid in
Lawton, Hobart or Auadarko, and a
heavy trade awaiting the opening of bus-
iness, anyone with a moderate amount of
capital, can obtain a foothold and be as-
sured of success here.
The American come# daily and is a
welcome visitor, bringing us news of all
the world.
the new country. j veniences.
His metaphor was no doubt appre-1 This evening thc women of the di-
ctated most of the three, for ,t seems I fertnt churches will give the first social
that all regard our present habitation ,.vcr Rivcn in our town at lhe hal|
ad of this man, but thc question is j form of a trial in a court of justice that
whether his act was the act of an insane *ynch iaw shall take thc place of thc
man. If an insane man. it is not! dignified administration of law by our
murder and he should be acquitted of j courts of justice,
the charge. He would then of course “When that doctrine becomes suffi-
be transferred to an asylum. ciently prevalent in this country, if it
“Much discussion has occurred in our ever docs, our institutions will be set
midst, and it has been called to my aside,and overthrown, and if we ,a ............. t «■«. u move one ih> (Jom)l l(rt
attention. :i In thc propriety of .my not tm informed as to the state (sjble f,.,r the act he committed. That '"0^ Ihtdev^TniikitU'''a'nrettv careful its '»o support, r s'will L'n'e'dav hmh
delcnse.bciiiK interposed it this case, mind of some people in some parts ol 1 qucstion is une you are called upon to ; tour’ot thc I£l Reno district ill search I upon with a Kr<,at Hcal of Pride.
Many letters have been received by me the country, the time is fast approach-1 decide. | of vacant quarters nf land. Dr. Bailey
,, ei. a , . * mg 1 | will get one if there is any left.
The law presumes the defendant , B„„llam ha,„i|i,,R aI| ca,„
innocent until he is proven guilty, and J needing medical aid, in the absence of
wc start with the assumption that the j L)r. Bailey, his partner. Drs. Bonham
defendant was not mentally responsible iml Dailey are enjoying a good prac-
for the crime he committed. We have I
penty of our great exposition. Awl the Indians hunting ground, so the tjK. sinsher building. The entcrtaln-
lie was shot down whde holding a re- , picture was more vivid. Of course nlent win ])C Rjvcn majn|y t0 crcatc an
ception. | us climax was the ultimatum of the j jllterfst in thc pllhlic rcadi rooIn
"His death has touched every heart I K”*' “*‘nS Heavenly • ,Ilfy ]lave beR„n here and t“ raise
in this community, and in the whole j Judge Dill, attorney for the Orient PhSHid"/”™ ouVwdTn •"’ Kvery °nC
world, and yet we sit here quietly con- road being put through Kiowa count, hj, in„,,Pn,.r j( no„)in more
are sidering whether this man was respon- 1 V 1 yesterday to investigate proceed jg
hould turn out and lend it the help of
This
great move, one, no doubt, that
KMI'F.ItOR NICHOLAS* €11 AlllTY.
Romintcn, Prussia, Sept. 24.—Em-
peror William, wearing thc uniform ot
the Russian grenadiers, rode today
into Wysztyten, a little town on trie
Russian side of the frontier, which
was almost destroyed by fire last Au-
gust. The peasants assembled in the
market place and his majesty addressed
them as follows:
“Emperor Nicholas, your exalted
sovereign and my dear friend, has
heard of your great misfortune. He
wishes to let you know through me
how greatly the news distressed him ^
and to express his hearty sympathy j *11'j.*711*11
with you. IIis majesty sends, through '
me, as
his people, five thousand rubles. You
will see from this how the eye of your
exalted sovereign overreaches thc
whole of his great empire, even to its
border towns and that his warm, kindly
heart heats for all his subjects. You
will show your gratitude and love for
your emperor and father by joining me
in crying, ‘To the health of his majesty,
till* Fmn©mr Vlrlml ic lliirralil'
and a great deal of inconvenience fiai
been caused.
Ifon. A. H. Classen, receiver of th<!
Oklahoma City land office, has re*»
turned from a trip to St. Louis, Chica-
go, Detroit and Buffalo and is more oP
an enthusiast over Oklahoma than evoj
before. He reports that he was kepi
mark of his fatherly care or , ' 7 an^v*’r'nK questions about Okla-
homa and that great interest was mart*
tested in the east about the rising
territory. ▼
since I was assigned with my asso- ing when men charged with crime will
ciate to defend this man, questioning not be permitted to come into court
the propriety of a defense being at and submit to a calm and dignified trial,
tempted. You gentlemen know, per- but will be strung up to a tree on the
haps, how Judge Titus and myself came bare suspicion that some one may hold
into this cas . The position was not the belief that they have committed
sought by us, but we appear here in some grime.
perlormance of a duty that we thought “It is not long since I read in a
devolved upon us. notwithstanding it paper that a colored man in the south
was an eceedingly disagreeable one. had his life taken because he had in*
“His honor, the judge who presides suited a white man. What it was the
at this trial, F a justice of thc su- paper did not say. bul he was strung up,
preme court; he is here because the law I -uggest, gentlemen, that that class of
makes it his duty to preside and sit at the community who arc crying out
this trial. in our cities and are sending letters
''Our very distinguished and able dis- to lawyers suggesting that the man
trict attorney has prosecuted thi- ac- who is charge 1 with the crime that this
tion because the law made it In* duty defendant F. should not be permitted
to do so. You, gentlemen, arc sit- to have a trial before a court of just-
ing there because you arc commanded ice. are a more dangerous class to thc
to appear here and under our system community than the anarchists, about
of jurisprudence it was your duty to whom we read so much,
sit here, hear the testimony in thi; “Now it is thc duty of every Ameri-
cas*: and perform the duty of determin- | can citizen or every good man to stand
110 been able to present any evidence
on our part. The defendant has even
refused on almost every occasion to
tal to his counsel. He has not aided
us, so we have come here unaided to
consider this important question. But
l know there is in every human being
a strong desire to live. Death »s a
spectre that wc reject, that wc alt dis-
like to meet and here this defendant
without having any animosity against
our president, so far as we can see,
committed the act, which he knew it
he was sane, must cause his death
How can a man with a sane mind per-
form such an act? The rabble in ‘he
streets will say no matter whether he
upon with a great deal of pride.
The commissioners at their last Sat-
urday’s meeting adjourned to meet
again the first Saturday in October.
Dr. Barley will go to Fd Reno to-
morrow to file on a claim near Hobart.
Thackston fc Pepper are adding to
their beautiful furniture every day. The
next addition will he a fine soda foun-
tain.
All will he sorry to learn that Mr.
Cox, the first drayman and transfer
man in Hobart, has sold out. Mr.
Lake has bought hi mout.
f.................. ........ Superintendent Evans is in the south
lfc contemplates organizing ^r,rl ,bc country looking after the
districts at Mountain Park, organization of school districts. He
^Continued on Page Two./
mate of the location they have choser
for their profession. In every case
they have proved themselves adequate
to the occasion.
Superintendent Evans starts for the
southern part of the country today, to
return Wednesday or Thursday of this
week,
school
Parkersburg. Wildman. and Cooper.
There will he a term of not less than
six months in each of those places this
winter.
The county officers have all had
signs painted and placed over their
doors in the court house. This is of
value to those who have business deal-
ings with our officials. All who run
may read.
Mr. Day of Kingfisher is doing a
lucrative husim - with his gasoline
lamps.
has already organized the Dill and
Harrison districts and school will open
at both of these places next month.
The First National hank will move
into its new building in about two
weeks.
FROST MI’S CHOPS.
Topeka, Kan., Sept. 24.—Kansas corn,
kaffir corn and late fruits have been in-
jured considerably by frosts within the
There are probably two reas- Past week- ln the portion of the
for his mammoth rush—he is a (state the damage was the most severe.
1 the Emperor Nicholas. Hurrah I"
HON !> ri HC H ASK.
Washington, Sept. 24.—The secretary
of the treasury today purchased 1191,500
long term four percent bonds; $112,500
fours of 1907; f 1,900 fives of 1008. Since
April 1 la*-t the total purchases have
1 een #33.656,960, at a cost of J40.395.b97.
During this fiscal year the expenditures
on account of bond purchases have ex-
ceeded the surplus revenues of the year
by #9.644.197.
Wttftiitngtou Special.
Washington, D. C.t Sept. 24.—(Spec-
ial.)—W. H. Boggs was today appointed
postmaster at Isabella, Woods county and
H. J. Cloyd, postmaster at Parker, Cus-
ter county, Oklahoma. J. K. Pember-
ton was appointed postmaster at Red-
land, Cherokee Nation I. T. Marvin M.
Robinson, of Medford, Okla., was grant-
ed a pension of $10, as was Wm. A. Sit-
terall, of Westville, I. T.
Wm Pdileps, the Indian farmer for
the Wichita ami Caddo Indians, was
taken ill while near Bridgeport and
came to FI Reno for medical attendance
and is now at the home of Mrs. Patterson,
on Rock Island avenue, under the care
of Dr. Hatchett.
ANARCHISTS UNEARTHED.
i Counterfeiter* and Fonn4
l etter* With Mcfflo'* N*m«
Arrested a*
to Have
on Them.
Kansas City, Sept. 24.—In the arrest
here today of two Italians, Nicola Alessl
and Francesco Governale, charged with
counterfeiting, secret service officers
have discovered what appears to be a
circle of anarchists, believed to b* idea*
tified with Antonio Maggio, now unde#
arrest in New Mexico for prophesying th©
death of President McKinley. At th©
Italian’s quarters were found a quantity
of letters and printed matter, in Italian,
bearing Maggio’s name. The men wer©
bound over on the counterfeit charge and
the literature forwarded to Chief Wilkie,
of the secret service for investigation.
COLUMBIA'S TIME ALLOWANCE.
New York, Sept. 24.—As a result of
the official measurement of Shamrock
II ami Columbia today the Shamrock
allows the Columbia forty-three second**
BUFORD FLOATED.
Washington, S*pt. 24.—A cable tnes*
sage today from General Chaffee, at
Manila, says that the transport Buford,
which ran aground near Miudinoa • few
days ago, has been floated uninjured am!
is now loading the Twenty-third regi«
ment of infantry, which she will bnug
to New York by way of thc Suez causi.
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