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Weather ford
BOND MATTER
IS APPROVED
o
Npxmal Board of Regents Hold
" Meeting at Guthrie,
a .
SUMMERSCHOOL PROPOSAL
Turned Down Because of Lack
; - j
ot Kunds.
i-. ,!,,.?, r rv Ton 3 The Doara 01
' -" , ,
resents lor the normal school continued
the meeting- at Guthrie today which it
began yesterday at Edrnond.
The Weatherford school bond matter
was taken up and outside" of a few cleri-
,o vnrtc tvprft iinoi.ired to be i
. . ' . . v0T.,o
all right by Attorney General Robberts. ,
The y will be returned and when remedied
the board will accept them.
One of the most important matters be
fore- the board at this meeting outside of '
the regular quarterly settlement was the
proposition of having a summer term at
thn nnrmnl fVrtnl flip nresidenls of the
. ,,,.! Anr.niAi i,nnr,i ho I
board turned the proposition down for this
year.
Th mnmKr flrMdei1 that there is
not enough money for this purpose when
other improvements are needed more
.badly.
The presidents of the schools were
prompted by the teachers who can only
attend normal at this time of year. The
board will in all probability adopt this
plan in a year.
ABOUT THE RED MAN.
Figures Show That the Indian Popu
lation $s Increasing.
Guthrie, O. T., Jan. 3. The removal of
3,000 Choctaws from Mississippi and Loui
siana to the Indian Teiritory, which is
now in progress; need inspire no elo
quence about red men's wrongs and "the
palefaces' broken treaties." The trealy
. breaking was on the other side; these
members of the tribe arc descended from
those who failed to move west in 1S30 as
they agreed, and they are exchanging a
precarious and hard existence for com
parative affluence.
Our Indians do not now fare badly.
Far from dying out, they are increasing
in number The census of liiW reported
249.000 of them. Secretary Hitchcock's re
cent report shows an increase to 2C0.000.
Allowing for Indian admixture in men
reckoned as whites, there is more Indian
blocd in the country today than when
the Pilgrims landed. Then the tribes
were decimated by disease and wasted by
wars; great tracts of uninhabited forests
lay between them, and they could not
hold lands so much wider than they used
but now their descendants dwell in compact-communities,
usually civilized and
' prosperous.
The rise in value o their lands has
made most of the Indians well-to-do,
the richest tribes being three or four
times as wealthy as the same number
of average whites. And the admission
to full statcfiood of their territory, either
Eeparately or with Oklahoma, as pro
posed by the senate committee, cannot
be much longer delayed.
OKLAHOMA'S GOOD TOWNS.
Prosperity Overflowing Oklahoma and
Its Cities Are Booming.
Guthrie. O. T., Jan. 3. There is no
state in the Union that is more proud of
her cities than Oklahoma is of her thriv
ing towns of a few years' birth. To many
Jin, was the tirst new year in their his
tory. Others have seen as many as thir
teen, and each one has marked a great
advance in these cities' growth.
There is not one but that h"s made a.
good shiwing in the past year an;
following are but sample? ot all:
The enterprise and go-aheud character
of Blackwell'a people is known far and
wide, in fact it has the name of being ,
the most progressive city in Oklahoma
Territory, and the facts justify thc repu
tation which it has acquired, declares the
News. Its educational advantages are
Focond to none In any city of the same
population. It nas two.jexcelllcnt gram
mur schools and a high school, nll of
which give the people just cause to be
proud Its newest public school is a
handsome brick structure that would be
an ornament to any city great or small.
These schools are attended by over S00
pupus, wtioso advancement testifies to
the efflclcncv and thorouchnesa of the.
teachers. Its manufacturing, commercial
If babies were for sale the most invet
erate bargain-hunting woman in the
world would not lcok lor a bargain baby.
She would want the best baby that could
be bought, regardless of price.
livery woman naturally craves a
healthy, handsome child, and her crav- J and farmers in the Kaw and Osage coun
ing can be gratified if she will but re- tries. The streets are macadamized and
member that the child's health is her
own gift, and to give health she must
have it to give.
Mothers
whose babies have
been weak and punv
have nursed in strength
their first strong child
after using Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. It
is the best prrnarative for
maternity, encouraging the appetite,
quieting the nerves and inducing re
freshing sleep. It gives the mother
strength to give her child, and makes
the baby's advent practically painless.
ilv trife had been sict nearly all her life,"
says Mr. E. K Pricks, of Petersburg. Menard
Co.. Illinois. Box 37, "and after trying every
thing 1 could think of I made up ay mind to
trv ""Farorste Prescription.' .got sir bottles,
vfhich my wife took, a tablespooafal three time
e day. until the baby came She felt better
after "taking thc first bottle, and when baby was
bem he weighed nine and a haif pounds. To
day he is six months old and vreighs twentr-two
pounds. He is as good a child ai anv one could
Ttrislu The doctor says he is as healthy as any
baby could be. and also says the use" of yonr
Favorite Prescription ' tras the cause of such a
kcalthy baby."
Sr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
best and safest laxstive for the use of
. delicate women.
rheumatism
T!if
Some suffer torture from the very begin
ning, the attack being so sudden, sharp
and. disastrous that they are made help
less cripples in a few davs, while others
teeiomy occasional .iicui ui
die knees, ankles, elbows and wrists, or
?,3E5!S
iSSSAttSaBL - SS!
I the blood, and muscles and. joints are
i filling with corroding, acrid matter, and
S? SSwr"" tos
i force, no constitu- fjJC Rl OfiS!
tion isstrong enough
to withstand its fcar-
I Iain faaWBar
AND
SYSTEM
RULED
BY ACID.
CO V 11U5UUIU. JU t
fuiwows, awaits v
tuns are crippled a
ic-
and
deformed, or literally
worn out by constan t
pain. Rheumatism is
(.caused by Uric Acid
vs cviiK; vmi
tatrnr poison in the
M -s tfae cause of every va
fjety anl farm of this dread disease. Ex-
terual remedies do not reach the blood,
consequently do no lasting good.
S. S. S. goes directly into the circula
tion and attacks the disease itself. The
acid noisons that cause the inflammation,
soreness and swelling are neutralized and
UQQd aQbd cleansed of M irri
ting matter, and nothing is left in the
circulation to pro
duce other attacks.
S. S.S. being a vege
table remedy does
not impair the diges
tion orgcneralhealth
like alkali and Totash remedies, butbuilds
"P and invigorates the entire system, and
at wewmc u. luwu
permanent cure of Rheumatism.
Whiteforour free book on Rheumatism.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
and transportation advantages, surround
ed as it i3 by the richest wheat and corn
producing country in the world, are in
no wise behind its educational excellence.
It is the meeting point of two of the
greatest railroad systems in the United
States that sends its products to every
market in the civilized world.
Medford has grown nicely and steadily
notwithstanding the various obstructions
that have been in her way. Business has
been reasonably prosperous, considering
the shortage in the crop. It has a good
flouring mill, one of the best in the ter- j
ritory; thc headquarters of a telephone
exchange that is fast reaching into new I
territory; thc cross roads of two of the i
largest railroad systems o the United 1
States; the nucleus of shops wherein to
manufacture wood furniture and build-
ers' materials; and several other begin- j
nings which might be enlarged with little :
effort. Yet there arc others on muclf
larger scales which may be obtained by j
united effort, says the Patriot.
The Anadarko Tribune declares that a
careful observation of conditions in the
towns of the "new country" shows that ;
Anadarko is the queen of thc collection.
Lawton has more people Hobart possibly ,
has a few more inhabitants but perman
ent and artistic buildings, general pro- j
gressive conditions considered, Anadarko .
is conspicuously prominent and far in ad
vance of her sister cities. The very many j
fine buildings already built and in the ,
course of construction tell a story that
furnishes its own illustration and places .
the earnest and progressive spirit of the j
citizens beyond question. i
The Hobart Republican declares that it
must be gratifying to those who pur- j
chased property in Hobart in the days at
what was then considered cxhorbitant
prices, to find that their investments
have more than doubled in value and are
still advancing in intrinsic worth. At the
time of the lot sales much sympathy was
expressed and many shaking of thc head .
wise or otherwise, were indulged In be
cause of the nerve and business discern- ,
ment of the men who paid what was con- '
sidcred fabulous, prices for their, holdings. 1
But it is different now. Instead of the
condolence then so freely offered, you
now hear words of prnise and congratu
lations for the men whose business sa
gacity foresaw a bright and prosperous
future for Hobart and- that their Invest
ments would .profit them even a hund
red fold. The business men of Hobart are
broad-minded in their views as well as
j liberal in their dealings and are doing
what th ran to aiJ apd encourage thc
development of the. country. The far
mers are intelKgent, of the best class,
and are also doing their best to improve
and to make their land more productive.
It Is to their Interest to have a nearby
trading and shipping point to market
their products.
Newkirk is one of the best and most
prosperous towns in Oklahoma, says the
Kepublicen Xews-Journal. It is the
county seat of Kay county, one of the
banner wheat raising counties in the
rnlte! States. The cit yof Xowkirk has
about 500 vote"s and about 700 school
enncren, tans making the population
about 2.000. It is on the main line of the
Santa Fe railway and has convenient
trains and most excellent freight facili
ties. The now Santa Fe recently built
which taps the Kaw and Osage country,
enters there. This lino is now complete.
It is said to be tho finest equipped rail
way in Oklahoma. It gives Xewkirk easy
aecefS tO tlli trade Of Inrcf! rnnfhmnn
curbed The principal buildings are con
structed of a beautiful white limestone
which is quarried within four miles of
town. There is a good court house .city
hall, parks, public school, and high school
and waterworks. The varios buildings
nro or stone, the cost of building being
about two-thirds the cost of elsewhere.
The various parks, school snd city hal!
J tracts were donated by the United States
government and are worth in the aggre
gate over S150.0.
Binger. Caddo county. Is a new. rapidly
gruwing town in tho beautiful valley of
Sugar creek; there are opportunities sel
dom offered for business and investment
The town has passed its infancy and is
fast assuming city proportions. Binger
has been established and doins business
for more than a year, and many of the
things so trying o business men in a new
town are provided for there. The rail
road Is here and have treir new depot
an. yards completed and all paid for so
there is no bonus to raise for that pur
pose, announces the Journal. Jublic wells
are dug and equipped, and In fact nearly
all of the needed improvements necessary
in a new town arc here and all paid for.
The town Is provide! with a beautiful
ten-acre tract for a city park, which,
when the town Is incorporated, will be
the property of the "municipality. One
block has been reserved m a beautiful lo
cation for school purposes, and these,
together with the fact that as soon as the
town is Incorporated they will be avail
able for school purposes the
amount derived from the sale of the
townsltc.
A &mz
msr
decision is
FOR Mir
CLAIMANTS
Have Rights Over the Home
steader in Oklahoma.
AN' INTERESTING' CASE
Decision Will Give Stimulus
to Cement Industry.
Guthrie, O. T., Jan. 3. The much de
bated question as to the rights of min
eral claims over homesteaders in the
Kiowa and Comanche country, seems to
have been decided In favor of tho min
eral claimants. "When the Comanche
country was opened to settlement there
were made at the Lawton and El Reno
land offices about 15,000 mineral filings.
The belief of mineral in Comanche coun
ty has been proven beyond a doubt Es
pecially -s this true of cement, gas and
oil. That there is "gold in the Wichita
mountains there is little doubt. Whether
or not the gold can be found in paying
quantities, is the question.
The American at El Reno discovers the
solution by finding a patent for a min
ing claim in Comanche county. Upon
examination of the document it showed
that it was United States patent No. 35,
7DS based on mining certificate No. 1
in the Lawton land district, patenting to
I. G. Hamilton, S. A. Walker, Sam Laz
arus. J. R. Dougan. Leo Jacobs, D. R.
Low. A. M. Chafiin, Zacr Mulhall and
Max Marx, one hundred and sixty acres
of mineral land in section 23, township
S west. The endorsements on the pat
ent showed that It was recorded in book
six of the deed records of Comanche
county, at page 79.
Upon inquiry, the attorney said:
"The minln? property contains a large
deposit of mining sulphate of lime; it is
used in manufacturing what we call ce
ment or wall plaster. A cement mill will
be constructed by the owners near the
beds and a spur built to them from tho
Rock Island road near Rush Springs.
The mill will have a daily capacity of
one hundred tons."
Being asked as- to the proceedure by
which this entry was made, he said soon
after the opening of Oklahoma to set
tlement, these lands were all covered by
homestead filings; the owners, however,
made mineral entries for the lands and
afterwards filed in the land office at Law
ton protests against hte homestead filings
as to that portion of tho lands which con
tained mineral, claiming that the lands
were more valuable for mineral than for
agricultural purposes, and asking that
the agricultural entries be cancelled as to
tho mineral lands. The mining claim
ants also made application to the Law
ton land office for patent to claims. A
hearing was afterwards had at the Law
ton land office, witnesses being examined
in behalf of both the mineral claimants
and the agricultural claimants, and after
testimony had been taken for several
days the agricultural claimants, real
izing that there was no use of further
contention, admitted that the lands con
tained the mineral deposits, and they
wero thereupon adjudged to be mineral
and not agricultural, and the agricultural
entries were cancelled as to the portions
of each homestead which contained min
eral. Thi3. however, did not affect thoso
portions of the homesteads which did not
contain mineral, and thc agricultural
claimants will be permitted to make final
proof as to the remaining parts coertu
by their filings.
After the cancellation of the agricultu
ral entry the local land office allowed
thc application for patent of the mineral
locators, received payment for thc land
at the rate of ?2.50 per acre and issued a
final receipt: the matter was then report
ed by the Lawton land office to the com
missioner of the general land office, who
approved the proceedings of the Lawton
land office, and thereupon the patent
which i? before you was issued by the
president.
One other, mineral entry 011 cement
lands h's since been made by the Lawton
land office, come of the parties being
interested, and tho patent ha salso been
issued on that, it being for Acme placer
No. 2.
Several months ago an entry" was made
at the El Reno land office for Delaware
placer No. 1. and final receipt was issued
and the railroad has been constructed
from Gement, Oklahoma, to the mine,
and about 100 tons of cement Is being
mined and shipped to IHuirlow. where it
is being manufactured into plasfer.
"Yes. there was some little difficulty
nhrtiit noRsession between the agricul
tural claimants nnd the mineral claim
ants, but it did not amount to much, as
tl-e agricultural claimants soon realized
that thev would gain nothing by trying
to prevent the law taking its proper
course as to these mining claims. A min
eral claimant is required to do $1(0 worth
of work annually in order to hold thc
claim, but where he is kept out of pos
session by the illegal acts of another, the
law excuses him from doing the work,
ar.d the agricultural enlrymen soon re
alized that they wero simply delaying the
final decision, and In no way benefiting
themselves."
"The mineral claims on public lands of
the Tn"td tatcs are held by the courts
to be real estate capable of sale and con
veyance, and section 910 of the revised
statutes of the United States provides
that no possessory action between per
sons in any court of tho United States
for the recovery of any mining title or
for damages to any such title shall be
affected by the fact Uiat the paramount
titlo to the land in which said mines
lie is in the United States but each case
shall be adjudged by the law of posses
sion. The United States supreme court
has repeatedly held that the mere act
of locating a mining claim by one quali
fied to locate It of Itself gives hom an
estate In the land subject only to the
rights of the United States; In other
words that It operates as an immediate
grant.
"Yes, there has leen considerable con
troversy as to whether a mining claim
"77"
For Colds and
GRIP
can be located on a tract of land after a
homestead filing has been made upon it.
but there is no reason Xor' any- question
on that, as it has- been -very clearly de
finitely .settled jbpth. by congress, which
by section- 319 of "the revised statutes
provided that all mineral deposits in
lands belonging to the' United States.are
free and -open' toexploration and pur
chase, and the 'land, department, which
has repeatedly decided that it Is the
land of the 'United States and subject to
mineral location at any time before the
homestead entryman has made final proof
and paid out on the land. The courts
have even gone farther than this, and
held that wherever the true existence of
a valuable mineral deposit was known i t
the time of the agricultural entry on
the land, the agricultural patent is void
and passes no title, the title of the min
eral deposits still remaining in the Uni
ted States, and subject to mineral entry."
ADVICES OF CONFIRMATION.
Powers Decline to Accept Indemnity
on Silver Bisas.
Washington. Jan. 3. The state depart
ment has received confirmatory advices
from Pekin of the declination of the
powers to receive their second indemnity
Installment on the silver basis. It is not,
understood that the declination was ac
companied by a threat, but tho actlor
itself is regarded as sinster. If has been
suggested, it Is not taken with a view
to making a record of the" position of the
powers in this matter. The situation is
regarded here is warranting some con
cern, though, unless the Washington gov
ernment Is to utterly discredit everv
statement of the powers in the past two
ears whenever a possibility of a division
of China came up, it cannot believe that
there is an intention to proceed to ex
tremes. It is again suggested that the
time. Is ripe for reference of thi3 import
ant issue to The Hagaie tribunal, a con
summation devoutly wished for by China
and a cause which has commended itself
to the Washington government. The
United States which is interested equally
with the other powers is getting as much
money as it can in the shape of indemnity
still feels bound by moral law to support
the Chinese contention for the silver basis
looking not only upon the language of
the protocol and the Pekin treaty itself,
but also having a solicitious regard for
China's integrity and perpetuity as a na
tion. The other powers are united in de
manding a settlement on the gold basla
This is an Issue which in the mind of the
officials here is eminently adapted to the
methods of arbitration. Sa far China
also has suggested a reference to Tho
Hague tribunal, but it Is posslblb and
even probable that if the powers are
going to extremes, the United States gov
ernment will seem bound to discharge its
duty under article 27, of Tho Hague trib
unal and point the way to arbitration.
TRAFFIC GREATLY DELAYED.
Floods West and Snows East ot
Mountains Delay Trains.
Seattle. Wash., Jan. 3. The Great
Northern coast line and the Northern Pa
cific's line to Sumraas are the only lines
of railroad running out of Seattle, which
aro open tonight. For five hours today
even these lines were blocked by slides.
Floods have interrupted the train service
on the west side of the mountain and
slides in the mountains have added to
the trouble. In addition there have been
numerous slides occurring on the west
side lines.
At 7 o'clock tonight the climax In the
railroad flood situation was reached when
the White and the Stuck rivers in King
and Pierce counties went out of their
banks, "burying the Interurban and North
ern Pacific tracks between Seattle and
Tacoma several feet under water, flood
ing the valley between AubUrn and Kent,
and driving many of the residents all
through the White river .valley out of
their homes.
Train service between Seattle and Ta
coma has been abandoned and at mld
n!ght it was stated there was no telling
when it would be re-established.
The Northern Pacific advices from Au
burn are to the effect that there were
several bad washouts in the v'clnity of
Auburn, and that the big bridge between
Auburn and Tacoma was tottering and
ready to go out at any time.
The streets in tho towns of Kent,
Christopher, Auburn, Darrington and
others in that vicinity were flooded, and
there was no telling how great the dam
age to property will be, but it will bo
very heavy.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets.
This m A, cvcrr
signature & fjofymrt box. 2oc
IRISH LAND PURCHASE.
Way Is Cleared for Legislation to That
Effect.
Dublin, Jan. 3. The conference which
was called by Lord Dunravcn. Lorn
Mayo and others interested In the Irish
agrarian question with a view to ar
ranging the sale of the land by the land
lords to thc tenants met again here to
day. The only absentees were Lord Dun
raven, chairman of the conference, who
is sick, and John Redmond. A report
was .drawn up and signed by all those
present and forwarded to the lord lieu
tenant of Ireland, the Earl of Dudley.
The contents of the report have not yet
been given out, and while the agreement
regarding the report completes its present
work it has been resolved net to dissolve
the conference.
London. Jan. 3. The Dublin correspond
ent of the Observer says the report of
tne Irish land conference does not calf
for compulsory purchases, but It clears
the path for final legislation on the ques
tion. The report makes recommendations
in favor of evicted tenants.
The members of the conferenes, contin
ues the correspondent, are pleased with
the result of their meetings and there is
a general feeling that a great step for
ward has hcen taken toward the settle
ment of the Irish question.
VICTIM S OF LOCKJAW.
Four More Deaths of Boys Reported
from Norfolk.
Norfolk. Va-, Jan. 3. Four more deaths
were added today to the long list of fatal
ities growing out of lockjaw produced by
burns received from toy pistoLs on Christ
mas. This brings the total up to thirteen
deaths, and there are at least two cases
which will result fatally. One of those
who died today at the Naval hospital
here was George Spencer, a seaman in the
navy. years of Rge- The others are:
John N. Turner, colored, S years of age:
Lynn Walker, colored. 5 years old: Leon
ard Drugcid, colored. years ola.
ASKS POPE'S BLESSING.
Dying Bishop One cf the First to Use
Pacific Cable.
Honolulu. Jan. X. fBy PzciSc Cable.
die of theSrst cable messages from Hon
olulu was from Bishop- Gslitan Rupert,
o. the Catholic church in the island, to
I"cp Leo. extending New Year congrat
ulations and asking for the Pope's bless
ing on 'the bis?, who i dyiSR.
For the first tims la the history ef thc
UUnds. Associated "Prese dispatches were
Peruna is recommended by fifty- members of
Congress, by Governors, Consuls, Generals, Majors,
Captains, Admirals, Eminent Physicians, Clergy
men, many Hospitals and Public Institutions, and
thousands upon thousands of those in the humbler
walks of life;
received today in Honolulu through the
courtesy of tho Pacific Commercial Cable
company. There was great Interest in tho
receipt of news on thc days of Its oc
currence. The steamer City of Pekin ar
rived today.
MRS. TINGLEY'S CASE.
She Denied Sprinkling Human Ashe
on Corner Stones.
San Diego, Jan. 3. Out of the mass of
general denial which constituted Mrs.
Tingley's statement today were some that
she had never sprinkled the a3hcs of
Mme. Blavatsky or William Q. Judge
upon the corner stones during ceremo
nials, and that she never told Mrs. Mohn
of Los Angeles that mother love was
an undesirable thing and that parental
affection was a thing to be severed. Mr.
Kellogg of Mrs. TIngley's counsel under
tntr to cross examine her as to the
i meaning of the name "Raja Yoga" and
th purpose 01 me school
Mr. Shortrldge for thc deefndant inter
posed a sharp objection and argument
followed, thc court consuming some amo
in speaking on thc point and Indicat
ing that the summing up would be held
strictly to evidence admitted.
Mr. Hunsacker of defendant's counsel
excepted to the language of the court
as discussing the weight of evidence.
HE ROBBED GRAVES.
Hampton West, an Aged Hoosier, In
volved In Serious Crime.
Noblesvillc, Ind., Jan. 3. Hampton
West, aged C years, a farmer living
soutii of this city, was arrested tonight
on the charge of stealing thc bodies ot
Ralph Brcckcn an! Walter Manshlp from
the cemetery, nine miles south of No
blesvillc. Th e warrants were sworn out
by relatives of the dead men on the
strength of Information received from
Rufus Cantrell. tho Indianapolis ghoul,
who is reported to have said that he
helped West take the bodies. West is
also under heavy bond to answer to two
similar charges in Marion county. Sher
iff Fox has In his possession warrants
for the arrest of Beveral other Hamilton
county men, some of whom are promi
nent, on charges of robbing graves.
LOAVES ARE MADE SMALLER.
Advance in Price of Wheat In Mexico
A Hardship on the Poor.
Mexico. Jan. 3. The recent advance in
the price of wheat has caused the bakers
here to diminish the eiz of their loaves,
whilo still chargins the same price, and
this has worked a hardship on the poorer
classes. . The government is determined
that the -wheat riag. which has ben mo
nopolizing thc grain market, shall be deaJt
a severe blow. For this purpose, the
recent decree taking on the duties f
wheat was issued, and the railroads have
reduced rates from the border. The city
government proposes to establish munici
pal haktries and sell bread at cost to the
poor. The policy of the government is to
break up all monopolies that raise the j
price of living to the masse. j
ONE OF JURY TESTIFIED. j
Burglar in Killing LilUe Must Have
Leaned Over His Wife..
David City. Neb Jas. 3. In the beartar
tcday of Mrs. Lillie. charged with kitting
hr husband. W. D. VTestoTer, a ssersbtr
o." the coroner's jury, who bad sat at the
Irquest. tertifled. He toid t experi
ments mde by the jary C whiefa thex
Jxcame eocrinced that if LiDJe - shot
Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy
Always Cures.
by a burglar the latter would have been
forced to lean over Mrs. Lillie in firing.
This assumed to the strongest testimony
presented by the prosecution. Mrs. LUlle
testified before the coroner's Jury that nf-
ter the burglar had fired at her husband.
she rolled off tho side of the bed to avoid
a shot directed at her.
ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY.
Clumsy Affair Was That of Two Men
at Lawton.
Guthrie, O. T.. Jan. 3. Burglars of the
bold type have struck Lawton. The News
) relates that yesterday morning at 1
o'clock two men broke In the door of the
general merchandise store of McCasland
& Lcftwich with the intention to burglar
ize the store. John Stein heard the men,
t and ran around from thc rear where he
was steeping. Th" two men Med and have
'. not been apprehended.
j This attempt at burglary was very
I clumsy. The store Is located on tho
j south side of Avenue D, between First
I and Second streets. The two men wnlk
! ! up to the door and putting their shoul
! dcrs to it, pushed It In. breaking off the
lock. This was about 1 o'clock, when the
; streets were yet occupied. One man en
tered the store, while the second one re-
, rralnd on guard at the front.
The breaking of thc lock nttractcd Jack
Stein, assistant fire chief. Ho rushed
around to the front of the store, and tho
one man whistled to his partner. He
came hurriedly out of the store, ami th
two took to their heclu, making a suc
cessful escape.
WRECK NEAR BIRMINGHAM.
Details Are Meager and Company Is In
Ignorance of Cause.
Birmingham. Ala.. Jan. 4. Passenger
train . No. 27, from Atlanta' to Birming
ham on the Southern railway, was wreck
ed near Weems station, seventeen miles
from this city, at 10:20 o'clock last nljrht,
but the details are very meager. A report
reached the superintendent's office at 150
o'clock this morning that the engine and
four coaches were turned over and that
the engineer and fireman are rniinjc.
Several persons are said to have been in
jured and a relief train was sent from
tins city carrying a corpa of physicians
and officials of the road. The scene of
the wreck is seven miles from a telegraph
station.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. I. The Jacsl ex
'prees officers hore hare received a tele
gram stating that Kxpresi Messongsr
Jones was esriowiy injured.
Bk-mtagbam. Ala.. Jan. it A the relief
train sst to the wreJ: had ot returned
at 2:23 a. m.. the local ofSciala of the
Southern raitwsy say thry are 5n com
plete Jgaarance zs to the true extent of
the wreck.
They assign so eaure whatever ether
uan that it wu an aecideni and rttae
to give out any particular until the ar
rival of the relief train.
NORDICA IN GRAND OPERA.
Famous Singer Goes Eac&c ts Stsge
After Tws Years. Ahsencs.
New TotJc, Jan. iMdi Nordics
made her re-appearance is srand oper
to New York this aTtrrooca a iter n ab
sence nf aboat two yrars. Thr fi
rlncer fcx recovered from her recent 5a
dhrpotaKi and la the performance cf
-Tristan and Isolde brSUiatiy sustain
ed her roJe. Xadasn Nordics." reeeptloa
waj Ddtsbgy cordial. entuc:! itr by
the apixase wtJs which her TfzArrir. of
the role was awarded.
THREE MARSHALS SHOT
At Csal Creek, a Small Territory
Towr. by Unknown Man.
McCcrtsJa. I. T , Jan. J.Thre Ual?ed
States- deputy sir4l. ftMM Serre of
jXintklt. Italpb SesrrxU or 5Crta.
' frSd XSGtktT WfcSVt WUK fct 9t Vee
far
learned, were shot by an unknown man
who resisted arrest today at Coal Creek,
a small town on th Kansas City South
ern road. Deputy Sorrell was killed in-
stantly. the other two deputies beln
$crlotWly wounded.
While the deputies were attempting: to
arrest the man he suddenly drew two re.
volver and opened fire. Treeing hlsnhrtf
from arrest with the weapons he dljap
pcarrd across tne country and hai not
been apprehended.
JOHN SEL1Y "CAUGHT.
Man Charged With Wholesale Forgery
Located In Texas.
Vlnccnncs. Ind., Jrfn. 3. John Rrthy,
the fugitive from Vlncennes, charged with
forgery, who recently escaped from il -nctt,
Mo., officer, has been capturd and
is in jail at Bastrop. Texas. Ills alleged
forgeries aggregate J30.00O. Superintend
ent of Police Dunn has left to brine him
back for trial.
ORDERED TO INDIANOLA
Charles Fitzgerald Will Take Charg
cf Situation There.
Shrveport. La., Jnn. 3.Char!ea F tz-
gerald. poatnfflce inspertor, located at
! Jackson, Miss., who wan here to&sy on
; government business, received an ordr to
' ,-rocced immediately to Inrtlanola, MIbs ,
to take charge of tho sllUAtkrn thef.
1 He left for Indlanola this afternoon.
ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
Shamrock III. Will Probably 8
Launched at Glasgow.
Glasgow, Jan. 2. Thc frame of the
Shamrock HI have now been set ur and
thc plating laid. Tho rhallTigrr will be
ready for launrhlng before April, the
time first named. Th Time stJ?nr$sls
that fit- Patrick's day would b an ap
propriate date for the launching.
Napier Lothian Is Dead,
lioswn. Jan. 2. Napier Lothian. Jr far
twenty year a stace manager ot wld
reputation, died today.' Ife was stac
years, accompanied Mary Anderson to
JTnckind, wher he U;n) for her fJhke
speare's "Winter's Tale." and toured tb
Csiud States with her.
loys Dying of Lockjaw.
; Louisville. Ky-. Jan. S.-Wlll Wets. U
years of sste. Ik dead and Henry Ttor,
1J years, and V.1JI O'XeiU. aed U yezrs.
ars dyls la this city of loekjiw. cs
by wounds self-toSUctCid In Srfsr Urf
1 pistols oa Christmas.
Guthrie, O. T-, Jan. 2- Tie timtnl ort
the remains of Arthur Xetoi Dsi'
toot p!e today at fb rrnfcytrU3
church, the Rer. MKes ojnclatinc
THE
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