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THE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN INDIAN TERRITORY-ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS-ALL THE LOCAL NEWS FIRST. Early to Bed, Early to Rise TO SUCCEED You most hus tle & Advertise i. Solomon's Very Best BREAD None So Good, VOLUME XIII a DM ORE, 1. T., MONDAY KVWNIXU, FEIiUTAUV J8, I0!)7. NlTMI3EIt 230 mm Jmtm th S?.., : . THAW TRIAL RESUMED JUROR BOLTON RETURNS AND FA MOUS CASE BEGINS AGAIN. DELMAS STILL IN CHARGE Dr. Evans Again Called As First Wit nessSays Thaw Claimed That He Did Not Want to KIM White. Hy Associated Press. New York, Fob. IS. The Thaw trial wns resumed this morning. Juror Hoi ton appeared early, declaring ho felt perfectly ublo to go ahead with the trial. During the adjournment there had liecn rumors of a conflict among the defendant's counsel, but nt the open Ing of court todny all six of the nt- torneys were at bin counsel table as usual. Late last night It was stated that through the Intercession of Mrs. Wil liam Thaw, mother of Harry Thaw the dissension between tbo counsel which yesterday threatened the din ruptlon of tbo forces of tbo defense, bad ceased, and this morning E-olmas, tbo California lawyer, would continue as the principal counsel In tbo exam! nation of witnesses nnd when tbo de fense Is all In will make the closing plea for tho defense. It was added that Mr. Heltons' law partner, Henry T. Mcl'lke, would not figure nctlvely In the futureco urt proceedings. Dr. Ilrltton I). Evans, who was on tho stand when tho case adjourned last Thursday, was recalled today as tbo first witness. Dclmas took up tho direct examination, thus resuming bis position :9 lending counsel. Evans was asked to relato tho convorsntlon had with Thaw during tho first thrco vis- Its to defendant In the Tombs. Evans said bo had taken notes but these bad been lost, and bo would havo to depend upon his memory. .Tcromo ob jeeted to this, but Justice Fitzgerald overruled tho objections. Evans said that Thaw told him bo bad not want ed to kill "Whlto but bad sought to bring him to trial nnd to juMlce, and would rather havo thus humiliated him. "nut this was an net of provi denco," tho prlsonor said. Evans said Thaw told him that "Whlto bad hired tho Monk-Eastman gang to kick him to death. Dr. Evans continuing, ?ald Thaw de clared: "Lew Delafleld, a lawyer, and the firm of Mack, Olcutt, Grubor & llonyngo are In a conspiracy with Je rome to close this matter up and rail road mo off to tho asylum. They don t want tuo to como to trial, wbero I will bo vindicated nnd wbero I can tell tho court nnd jury all thcro is in this matter." Evans paid Thaw de clared that Whlto had drugged per sons and ruined a great number o young womon who had not been In clined to crime. Evnns then told of n visit ho nnd Dr. Ciins. (J. Wagner bad rondo to Thavr. Thaw had looked nt them with a peculiar stare. "Ho referred con stantly to this man this creature-, this dead man, this beast, tbo blackguard, and said tbo man had sought to tako tho vlrtuo of every puro minded wo tnnn who camo within tho sphere of his observation. Ho said ho bad gono h seo Comsock, Jerome nnd a pri vate detective- agency. Ho said Jc romo bad told him ho had better let tbo matter drop as thcro was nothl ig to it. Detectives told him they would tako tbo matter up, but they bad not submitted a report ns to Comstock bo said. Ho discovered Dolany Nlcboll, an atornoy wan" actlns as legal both to Whlto nnd Comstock. Ho re garded this ns another link in conspi racy against him." Dr. Wngncr wns then recalled. Wagner gavo practically tbo samo testimony as Evans. Ho said Thaw referred to White's den of vlco, and said: "Tho beast had three ways of ruining young girs nnd seducing j Wdi Ifc Space I them with drugs nnd physical vio lence." He believed, bo said, that Thaw was of unsound mind nt tho time he killed WJtito nnd for noveral months subsequently. Wagner said Thaw told him It wns bis (Thaw's) movlnco to protect young girls and lend them In moral paths. When a recess was taken It wan said Jerome would no longer oppose tho Introduction of Tbnw's will In evidence. The defendant today seem ed in the best of spirits. At the af ternoon session Evnna resumed tho stnnd. Final Arguments In OH Ouster. Ardmorelto Special. St. Louis, Mo Feb. IS. After a stubbori'ly contested legal oultlo which has lasted nearly two years, final arguments will bo mnilo tomor row before Special Commissioner An tbony In the ouster suit of tbo wtute of Missouri to revoke the licenses of tbo Standard and llopubllc Oil compa nies and to revoke the chnrter of tho Waters-l'Ierco Oil company. Attor ney (lonornl Hadley will represent Mio state In tbu arguments, and Judge Henry Priest and John D. Johnson of this city, Frank Hagermnn of Kan sas City and A. D. Eddy of Chlcngo will npear for tho defendants. The evi dence in the caso covers over 5,000 typewritten pages and Is sopnratid in. to tbreo larro vo'umes. After the fi nal arguments the case will bo pre sented to the Missouri supreme court for its decision. Attorney General Hndley expresses himself ns confi dent Of victory and considers it cer tain that tho court will Issue. an or der pitting the defendants out. of bus iness In tnls state. Tbo suit to oust tbo oil companies was Inaugurated on Mnrch 29, 1003, the chnrges set forth In tbo petition alleging that the defendants had formed a combination In restraint of trade nnd had violated the state anti trust law. Hearings havo been bold in New York', Texas and other parts of tlie country nnd much evidence has been adduced tending to prove tho al legations of tho state. SPECIAL WIRES OUT. Interstate Commerce Commission Af ter Packing House People. Omnha, Xcb., Feb. 17. The Inter state conintercc commission in to in vestigate tho relations betveen tho Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies on otio side and the pack ing bouses, grain flrmn nnd other business houses throughout the coun try, who have heretofore had special telegraphic wires anflfipyclal opera tors furnished tlicrnEThlijnornlng all wires of this description wwere discontinued nnd only noMrKwIrcs running from these ofllcosmeftM main ofllces were left. Tho Pf; tors manning the wires from 'toe packing hoimo end nre now employed by tbo packing houses and not by tho telegraph companies. The Interstate commerce commission Is said to have. taken tbo position that furnishing these largo customers of tbo telegraph companies with facilities! denied the smaller customers and is a. discrimi nation and an investigation' Is de manded. In tho packing houses ot South Omaha this morning ovory through wlro which Is not actually leased to tbo packing bouses wns put out of commission and tbo packing bouses were forced to havo thtlr tel egram:? relayed at the inula otlicos. Similar action has been tiksn nt all business bouses which have beep furnished through wires for tholr hue Iness. E. A. Cudahy of tbo Cudrhy Packing company said: "Tho only effect of tho now order ti tbnt wo will be compelled to lensu our wires Instead of simply sending telegrams at commercial rntes ovar wires furnished by the telegraph com pantos. All tbo packers will proba bly loaso new wlrcjj today and have full use of them." Tho operators will bo packing house employes Instead of telegraph com pany employes. For Contempt of Court. Ily Associated P"css. Tulsa. I. T Fob. 18. H. II. Tnlloy, a lawyer nn- prominent politician, who during a trial throw a chnir ni tbo opposing counsel, was today sen tenced by Judgo Lawrenso to twenty days lu jail nnd fined ono hundred dol lars for contempt of court. Ho win bo taken to Jail at Muskogeo this af ternoon. ACT OF A DAREDEVIL COWBOY PERFORMER MAKES SUNDAY DIVE TO DEATH. LARGE CROWD WITNESSED Oscar Smith of Carver Show Makes Fatal Plunge at San Antonio. Performed His Daring Feat Many Times. Sail Antonio, Fob. IS.- Two thou, nnd people saw Oscar Smith dive Into eternity yesterday. It was the tragic flnale of the Carver show at Electric Park. The accident occurred nt 1 o'clock. Smith walked up tlie steep Incline to Its summit and there awaited the coming of Little Powder Face, the mnrc be rodo many times. It took li I tn but a moment to mount. Ho wav ed his last farewell and a minute or two thereafter tbo animal stepped from the platform. In the twinkling of an eye hort.0 and rider wertf bur led In the dark waters of the pool. Little Powder face swam from tho pool; Smith remained beneath four teen foot of water. There was a momentary wait. Thon It was realized that something had befallen the rider. Immediate stops were taken to drag Smith to the nuililUf. I. lull UIKIilUI, UIU KIT! III red," who was also to mako tho dar ing leap, stood near hy watching the men attempting to bring Spilth's body to the surface. It was twenty-live minutes before the body was recovered, notwithstand ing the fact that a number ot per sons dived Into tho pool. The body was brought up by Cal Wilson, a Cherokee, who remained under the water so long that ninny thought ho had met a similar fate to that which befell Smith. Every effort was inado to resusci tate Smith, physicians nud others working over bis body for an hour. Thcro wns but little water found in tho dead boy's stomach, which led the physicians to bcllcvti that bis death occurred Immediately after istt Iking tho water. Tliero wa3 a largo discoloration around tho left eye, which led tho physicians to believe thnt tho animal threw up bis bead on ntrlklng the wa tor and struck Smith In the face. The blov probably rendered him tincou cjw. or Ills death might havo oc mrredjaimedlntely. IrawMia last night by an nttnebe of th'o-jihoijjthat Smith was aubjc to heartrthjeaHo and had complati- . lierorafplnfe- on with his act. ir ovor.lwElMluted tinon nddln ii, , shnro"ltthfrerrormance. S!ulthiiilimJUvo of Springs, Coli)j tl: ono of tbo cowbayfETiihe wo-id as Ht.'d In the entertainment ofniw- volt whllo the chief iIef'K ntlvwn! r btinl t-itf-tiftfct i on his famous boar To Smith wns given the going a bear, which piosldcnt to shoot, th - n th Iat:e refused to do so. Young Smith wns .i oruban and survived only by nr utnt rotldlng i Olenwood Springs. JU wax In li' eighteenth year. ' In all probablllt bo sent to fllonwooi mcnt. Ho joined ' nith's fcodv i Springs for K. Carver uhofi Attjust. He ' . oow uttd dlv ' .ud nevor met i nnd follow wa St. Josei h, Mo., 1, ridden tho huckl horse ninny time. an accident. Smith's assorh ' ors. lu tin sho- i' deoply &ffect; by Ills trarlc or lb h , DeAr-n- id for Leader. Washington Kb. 17. It was today that tin - who aro opjiosfi tho loadorshl o Mr. WIIIaiuhIi persuaded J U DtAnnond 07 " aottrl to lio n sjdliiute for the 4 Thoao who oii.mled tbu otu7 111 behalf of Cbainu Clark a'-. promoters ol tho prwat n'jc Judgo I)oAn toncl during Urn 'i , session has mtroduwnl a i bills of a vc . radical kind. Ing tlie president tho right to remove federal Judges may be cited as an ov. nmplo of their trend. Tho general nature ot Judgo DeAriuond's mtaa- tires Is somewhat akin to tho Hearst preachments on reform which clrcum- Btnnce has prompted some to suspect that Judge DeAriuond's candidacy has the Hearst faction In tho house as Its chief promoters. OWEN IN WASHINGTON. Asks for an Additional Appropriation for Copventler. Washington, D. C, Feb. IS. Col onel Itobert L. Owen toTliiy laid before congress a certified copy of the ex-poim-'s Incurred by the constitutional convention to dale. Col. Owen has been authorized to ask for on addi tional appropriation of $i:i.,()00 with which to complete the work of the convention. Ho has received nNiur- wees of assistance from several He- .I"1""" leaciurs and It Is qulto like- ly that tho money will be forthcom ing. Republicans Watching Oklahoma. "StT Louis Mo., Feb. IS. A special to Republic from Washington nays: While there Is no likelihood of th' passage of the bill introduced by Rep resentative Murphy of the Sixteenth Missouri District, providing for the reepnl of the statehood enabling net, it wns learned today that somo of the lenders of the bouse are taking notice of tho constitutional convention now In session at Guthrie, Okln. It was stated positively that tele grams wcro sent yesterday to prom inent buslnass men In Oklahoma, re questing their presence In Washing ton. They nre asked to bring relia ble Information nliout tbo workings of tho constitutional convention. It H'nn lint linanlliln it tnnrn tlin unttma i ... bom tbo telegrams have boon sent- So far as known no action has been taken on the request of the constitu tional convention for a further npprn prlatlon to .wind, up its affairs, it is expected that tho Initiative will bo taken In the senate. Hepresentntlvo Murphy 1ms anpouncrd tbnt be will secure tbo adoption of nu amendment to nny such proposition containing several llmlltatlotis. Cracksmen's Good Haul. Hamilton, Ala, Feb. 17. Somo time during tho night safoblowers cracked tho door to tho vault in tbo teottnty treasurer's otllco of Marlon county and secured over 110,000 making their cs capo down tlie Ilutnliatchlo river. Bloodhounds wcro sent hero from Mr mlnglngbnm nu-i are leading an nrmo'' posso on tho h t. Tho town v t awakened by tin cxploslr, . n. j o robbery was not rtN'-u- ud ut-iil Ibis morning. A rowar JfiGO has. been offered, De i j Military Idea. . Cblcr.. JM-. F'oIj li,r. K- Hlrseb i prominent Uptf' r'ip ,i(,o, -uldrortlng fcy . ,n w.imon nnd a f' ' ii. t -tig undiY tlf , ' i it Atnnrloir I - ' iatlon It rat i .ia inniiPB' vail botb- to make to glo agene jj , ri. ST. AGNES CONVENT WAS PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FIREMAN INJURED BY FALL From Rocf of the Building Depart mcnt Though Handicapped Did Good Work Loss Estimated at $4,0C0. Fire Sunday evening damaged the St. Agnes Academy, a Catholic school for Klrls, In this city, to the extent of about $1,000. Tho fire originated lu u row of closets, on the third floor of tho building nnd when dis covered was eating Its way through tho roof. As there was no one on the third floor at the time the alarm was not turned In until one of the gables bad been entirely burned away by the flames. When tho department reached the scene thej were handicap ped by the absence of nufilclent hose, and were unnble to sttliii? hut imp Hue. The nearest flro plug was sotuu nine hundred feet from tbo building and there wns only nbbut 1200 foot of hose on the wagon. Tho boys fought the flames for twenty minutes with the one lino of hose, but made umo Headway ngulimt the flaineir which burned Into the building. After a delay of somo twenty minutes an additional line of hmo was strung and with two streams playing on tbo build ing the flro lu the rront part or tho building was checked. Tho absonco of bidders however made the task a difficult ono and tbo firemen were at a disadvantage lu lighting .tbo llnines from tho reur. Several daring climbs wero mndo by firemen who stood tho bent of tho Humes, standing directly underneath tho burning gnblis, until a rope wns thrown nnd the hnjo pulled to tbo roof. As soon as the fireman gained this advantage tho burning building was entered with ono hose from tbo front and ono from tbo reur. Assist anco was rendered tho paid firemen v vr'' ' ' vvluio lbo Hi nut . i' mat a stilm of tuilnara ..o buy carrying furniture Iroin tbo bt'lldltig. .V; After lighting for I"- nt-jj was : '4 $ K w-'- vul -M-. ii . w fa '3ft St.oet. ' 1-J 4U i t WJLiON. n)UK LINii. . Anmittn Kestst.'mut 9 XEOFIELD 'UMHtl ACIKT . ,..t tueai or Fiie -t ra-.':ai.)lxtc&. t f . Vdie and nKt men, fell from tbo roof ot tbo burn ing convent building jesterdny after noon while lighting tbo nro nnd wns painfully Injured. Resides being bruised up considerably his- loft hip was sprained and k is f,.,-e,, ho wlI, be laid up for stmo ,i,J.i,i Mlt llol)or. son was attempting to crawl over tbu roof of tho building and tako tliu hose when his feet slipped and be was- thrown bend forumoit to tbo ground. His Injuries nro not serious. The fire department was handicap ped yesterday In lighting tho flames In a manner which It was Impossible to overcome. At a recent tire two Kculltig bidders belonging to tho com patty wete burned up and tho depart ment Is short of bidders. They wore unable- toHcnle the walls with the Ilin Ited number of ladders they have. They were also handicapped by tho packing in the water plug to which tho boo wero attached, blowing out, thereby diminishing tbo force of tho streams. Consldetablo criticism was In force by bystnnders about th. seeming Ineffectiveness of tbo efforts of the department, llandlcanned as they wore, however, this criticism Js unjust, nnd the boys deserve crod l for n long light of three hours. A HEINOUS CRIME. Both Parties Lodged In Jail After a Chase Victim u Child 13 Yean Old Two Youths Aged 15 and 17 Brought In. Will nnd Tom ingran, aged 1C and 17 years, respectively, wero nlacod In tbo federal Jail lu this city this aft- ernoon on ono ot tho most heinous charges which has over blotted tbo records of a local federal court. They aro charged with committing criminal assault upon a young girl just turned thirteen years of age. Tbo ciliuo Is said to havo been committed tbreo miles west ot Elk Sunday nftp-noon. Tho girl who Is suld to have been the victim Is Edna Javn. IL. Is r.lntmmt ft... . i""K uion met nml assaulted her on (. ,. mm, , 10 day time. News of the crime soon n.nea.l hv,r tbo Elk Bcttloment nail a eartv nt huntsmen wero quickly organized nnd oarcii ror tbo .criminals beirnn They woro found and officers nt this iaco notined. Tho mornlnPn nfn tills morning sent Deputy Jim Havens to tho aceno of tho crime. Mr Hnv- en to nrismi. Un,it i,i - ..wui.t why T w4vind tjuaruVd. ' or k i.Ua i -I v ; LtE BOTEt ITELEPHONE 7 A- m. K tmf. si irm -.Him ou cenq," K.vv ry call npot cMh. ..TO.. CALIFORNIA $25.00 ONE-WAY COLONUT TH 1 mm I- H. kill Mt. ..4(1. BS via it " t. . r , I " M Eli i I