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JOHN 0. MITCHELL ELECTED
IVOR OF TULSA YESTERDAY
lEPUBlMfi ELECTED ?
THE CITY COUNCIL IS EVENLY
DIVIDED.
Ayars Lost by G3 Loudcrback Makes
Great Race Hatch Wins Despite
Democrat's Tight on Him.
Name
J. 0. Mitchell
J. F. Ayars
N. Mitchell
15. l' Rice
W. 1). Abbott
E. Louderbuek
15. F. Pettus
It. A. Trees
W. J. Baber
Thos. Cooper
Jacob Morau
K. L. Essley
A. Stokes
II. M. Price
II. Hatch
J. II. Myers
A. W. Kelt
J.-W. Brown
W. E. Rohde
F. Matbewson
1 J. Yeager
J. J. Puck
J. A. Yeager
W. N. Runiley
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147 113 219 222 03
210 11") 154 15.1
179 159 2U 229 181
179 123 150 139
115 132 200 212 1
210 153 1G4 101
111 130 174 208
210 155 220 102
144 140 197 228
213 148 174 144
132 139 195 204
228 151 181 170
141 138 192 209
221 149 183 100
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209 122 150 14S
139 151 195 200
100 121 157 151
1 13 134 191 212
219 142 170 100
101 140 190 219
201 159 175 150
133 151 ISO 205
217 149 182 102
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!)r. Ilawley 222 140 170 107 35
J. E. Peirsol 115 121 200 204
II. J. Cupp 228 151 108 158 05
W. Randolph 142 140 207 210 21
0. U. Kchlcgel 220 142 100 150
In tho hardest fought municipal
flection in years, with tho biggest
voto ever polled in tho city, the Dem
ocrats elected John 0. Mitchell for
mayor, over Dr. J. F. Ayars, the Re
publican nominee, by 03 majority.
The Democrats elected tho city at
torney, recorder, city marshal. The
Itepublicans elected city treasurer, as
sessor and tax collector. Tho council
is evenly divided, four being Repub
lican and four Democratic. The mach
inery is in the bands of the Democrat
ic party.
Tho biggest voto ever recorded in
the history of tho city was polled.
1,440 votes were cast, this being an
increase over last year of 078, the
total vote cast last year being 812.
Candidate Ayars failed to develop
the expected strength, but made a
good race. "Mayor" Mitchell prov
ed a splendid runner, and in reality
is responsible for tho greater part
of tho victory of tho ticket, dragging
cvcral candidates out of the mire
of defeat. Mr. Mitchell is to lie con
gratulated upon his victory.
The splendid race of R. A. Trees
for treasurer, E. L. Esslcy for asses
sor and Henry Prico for tax collec
tor, all landing in the winning column,
is tho source of much gratification to
their friends, and a recognition of
y. iit 1.1 i i -1'ir t n't nv
deserving men.
E. E. Louderback made a great race
for the office of recorder, and it will
take a careful canvias of tho board to
determine the final result.
City Attorney Rico was "knifed"
unmercifully by the gambling element,
.uid this in the face of tho charge that
tho Republican administration had
favored the gambling element. Ibe
falsity of the chargo is evident on its
ftcc.
The election is over and the vic
tors are jubilant. Everybody on the
defeated side has an excuse for the
accident. Some say that the pretend
ed repudiation of tho tough clement
by the Democrats and the formers'
consequent boast that they would vote
the Republican ticket, while in reality
knifing tho ticket, was the cause,
while others say it was becaWe the
defeated party did not use money
to accomplish their cods.
The World has been willing to con
fess ever since tho nominations thai
both tickets were made up of good
men. Seven of these we Republican,
lour of tho seven aldermen, and being
two- less than in the last council, they
can scarcely be subjected to the abuse
which was heaped upon the six out
going members in this there is some
satisfaction.
Ho far as the World knows, or has
The World was the center of
interest after the polls closed
last evening. The office was
filled until far in tho morning
with prominent citizens anxious
to learn the election returns.
An especial effort was success
fully made to get reliable news
in a quick manner, and the el
ection returns were gotten with
authenticity and dispatch. The
telephono was kept busy and all
information obtainable was giv
en inquirers.
heard, there is no complaint whalevi r
against the conduct of tho election.
The representatives at the polls of
both parties did their duty honorably
and well, and this is another cini-e
for satisfaction, and reflects credit
upon the city. The igiKorance of:
some of the voters, an ever present
thing in all elections, gave scope for
some dirty work on the part of par
ties outside the polls, but inside there
was no friction, no discordancy.
Another fact worthy of notice by
Tulsans, and by people at a distance
and interested in, Tulsa, is that the
election was the. most orderely and
free from drunkenness of any ever
held her or in the Indian Territory.
Tho election of four eotincilmen
is the redeeming feature of tho elec
tion. With the aid and mangement
of the Republican councilmen and
the Republicans elected, it ii thought
that the Democratic administration
may be steered away from 'the rocks
of destruction and the city saved.
Councilman Malicwsor notwith
standing tho fight made against him
by tho Democratic organ, landed safe
ly, and is being congratulate! by his
many friends.
"Councilman" Rumley ran splen
didly, and will prove worthy of the
trust imposed by his friends.
"Councilman" Cupp made a win
ning campaign. He won out, despite
a fierce opposition.
"Councilman" Ilawley camo out
of the fray with colors flying and hon
ors galore. Ho will make a council
man as good as be ran.
Harry Hatch, whom tho Dcmocral
recently read out of the warty, was
elected by a big majority.
The Democrats take the helm after
a Republican administration, which
has wrought wonders and accomplish
ed great good for Tulsa. They come
as reformers, men who will purge
the city of evils that they claim ex
ist, men who will lessen taxation,
practice economy, and cause the city
to bIosom as the rose. It is safe
to say they will find many thorns up
hn the roses, and the biggest r,w of
all will be that when the people wdl
repudiate them alter a year s mis
management of city affairs and return
the Republican party to control.
Yesterday's election is significant
to me. It means far more than the
personality or popularity of the can
didates or the solution of any local
issues. Yesterday's election in Tul
sa, as well as in other towns in the
Territory, mirrors the attitude of our
people towards tho Republican con
gress which is witholding us from
statehood. I have in my possession a
recent and accurate poll of the voten
ut Tulsa, nnd it shows that the Repub
licans far exceed the Democrats and
have a majority of one hundred. There
can be no doubt as to the cause of
the shifting of this vote to the Demo
cratic column. If the Indian Terri
tory is denied statehood by this con
gress, the Democratic leaders will
smile at the short-sightedness of the
leaders of the other side, for it means
the adding of another state to the
Democratic column in spite of the
vigilance and efforts of the Republi
can workers in our Territory.
H. B. TALLEY.
KANSAS CITY REPUBLICAN.
Beardsley Elected and Carries Council
With Him.
Kansas City, April 4. Returns of
yesterday's election, as yet incom
tlete, show that Henry M. Beardsle?
was elected mayor of Kansas City by
a plurality that "ill pivbablyexcecd
l.lllll).
The count was slow i'i, the outside
wards, and the official voles of fewer
than half of the precincts had been
received at midnight. I'nollicial re
ports left no question in I'.eardsley V
election, but they did imt cover the
returns on the members of the coun
cil mln other city ollicers. Conse
quently there is doubt about the up
per house, though apparently the Re
publicans have elected the upper
house except, perhaps, W. A. Hunker.
.John 1'. Eaton, whose name was op-'
po.('f) to Bunker's on the ticket,
leads Gregory in nearly every pre
cinct, and Hunker drops behind
Beardsley.
The lower house is either a lie or
a Republican by one vole. The Re
publicans have apparently lost one
member in the Ninth ward, M. C.
Wuerz, and oue in the Tenth, E. E.
Morris. Some of the other candidates
were a little in doubt at midnight.
BRISTOW G0E3 REPUBLICAN.
Progressive Town Looking for Fur
ther Progress.
Special to the World.
Bristow, I. T., April 4. Hristow
gave a Republican majority of twenty
seven for seven officers-out of ten.
The Democrats elected one council
man by a majority of two votes, and
Holmes Davidson, a Democrat, was
elected city marshal over neiijamin
Young, Republican, by a vote of 137
to 87.
THEY MUSTN'T C0NTRD3UTE.
Insurance Bills Are Now Up for Con
sideration. Albany, N. Y., April 4. The first
of the six insurance bills upon the
calendar today which provide against
political contributions by insurance
companies, is put over until tomorrow.
A bill prohibiting insurance lobbying
passed without opposition.
FAMOUS SPANIARD DEAD. .
Madrid, Spain, April 4. General
Blanco, who succeeded flen. Weyler
in command of the Spanish troops in
Cuba during the Spanish-American
war, died today. lie was ninety-seven
years old.
HE PLEAD GUILTY.
Bribed Agents to Give Him Special
Contracts.
Green Day, Wis., April 4. Charles
Carpenter, of Chicago, general agent
for Wisconsin of the Barber Asphalt
company, today plead guilty to giv
ing bribes to threo aldermen to se
cure contracts for paving. His sen
tence has been deferred.
Boston, April 4. The Harvard Ath
letic committee decided to allow, the
university to continue the playing of
football during the coming season,
although President Elliott favored the
abandonment of the sport.
Jackson, Miss., April 4. The statj
convict farm building bgurncd to the
ground today. One hundred and fifty
prisoners fought the flames, and d'.d
not attempt to escape.
The loss will be $50,000.
SINKS TO ITS MIDDLE.
A Fino Horse Nearly Disappears in
Main Sewer.
A fine horse, hitched to a Tulsa
Transfer company's wagon, broke
through the thin crust covering the
sewer on West Third street, between
Main and Boulder, this morning, and
went down up to its middle. Tho long
er it remained there, the lower it sank,
and the driver nnd a largo force of
willing helpers, seeing tho necessity
for Immediate action to prevent its
going down to China, worked strenu
ously to relieve him and finally suc--eeded
in extricating him without in
jury to him in any way.
Bulletins furnished by the
World were handled in the
Robinson hotel last evening.
The election returns were post
ed promptly upon their receipt '
at the World office and the pub-
lie kept correctly and minutely
informed of the situation. This
paper deems this action only a
matter of business, and is glad
of an opportunity to be of set-
vice to it many friends.
ii.
II I TORY IS
REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY OF CITIES CARRIED
BY PARTY OF PROGRESS.
ELECT ALL IN MUSKOGEE
Every Man on tho Republican Ticket,
With the Exception of the Street
Commissioner.
Muskogee's Clean Sweep.
Muskogee, I. T., April 4. Musko
gee went overwhelmingly Republican
yesterday, electing every man on the
ticket, with tho exception of street
commissioner. The- city council is
Republican.
Tahlequah Republican.
Tahloqnnh, I. T., April 3. Repub
licans here have elected the majority
of the ticket.
Broken Arrow Republican.
Broken Arrow, I. T., April 4. Re
publicans won a sweeping majority
in this city at the elections yester
day. W. F. Taylor, mayor; R. R.
Johnson, recorder; E. II. Poreutt,
marshal; F. F. Hurt, treasurer; P. W.
Lacey, assessor; J. W. Shaw, collec
tor. Democrats got tho assessor and
one alderman out of four.
Haskell Solidly Republican.
Haskell, I. T., April 4. The entire
Republican ticket was elected at Has
kell yesterday. N. Lnmberlson, Re
publican, was elected over T. J. Way,
Democrat, by a majority of eight. For
rccori.T, Harvey, uepuniican, was el
ected over Cullop, Democrat, by 20
majority. All tho Republican alder
men were elected by from 25 to 35
majority.
Split Even at South McAlester. . .
South McAlester, I. T., April 4.
The citizenship ticket was elected yes
terday at South McAlester. Two Re
publican aldermen were elected out
of four, riicro was no mayoralty
race. This is a city of the first class,
and a mayor is elected every two
years.
Canadian Goes Republican.
Canadian, I. T., April 4. The en
tire Republican ticket was elected at
Canadian yesterday.
Coweta is Republican.
Coweta, I. T., April 4. Complete
election returns hero show Coweta to
bo a Republican town. Tho Demo
crats, however, pot tho mayor. Fol
lowing is the ticket elected:
Mayor Reed, D.
Recorder Chapman, D.
Marshal Bridges, R.
Treasurer Johnson, I).
Assessor B. E. Kemmer, R.
City Attorney B. J. Beavers, R.
The Republicans elected all the al
dermen.
Guthrie Democratic.
Guthrie, Okln., April 4. City elec
tion here today resulted in a clean
sweep for the Democrats, every Demo
cratic candidate being elected. For
years Guthrie has been a strong Re
publican city.
Tho result is due to tho efforts of
tho Daily Leader, who waged war on
the negroes holding offices.
Atoka is Republican.
Atoka, I. T., April 4. Atoka is
again placed on record as a Republi
can town of the southern portion of
the Choctaw nation by the election of
city officials, thero being but one Dem
ocrat elected, that the city marshal.
William Bassett was re-elected mayor
by a majority of Ave.
ELLIS ON STATEHOOD VOTE.
Bill Returned to Senate to Prevent
Graft, Ho Says.
Kansas City, Mo., April 4. Edgar
C. Ellis, member of congress for the
Kansas City district, fully believes
that Oklahoma will be a state before
winter. Mr. Ellis returned from
Washington yesterday.
Speaking of the fight for statehood
in Oklahoma he said: "The friends
of statehood for Oklahoma in Wash
ington believe there is no doubt of
success lliis term, but sometimes peo
ple do not understand each other, and
have different ideas on producing the
same results. The business men here
who want statehood right away are
anxious to improve business condi
tions in Oklahoma, while equally good
friends of Oklahoma are lighting for
it to come into the Union wit Ii all its
rights protected.
"When it came hack from the sen
ale separated, the House, would have
voled for Oklahoma statehood promp
tly it the bill had come back in proper
form. But it came back carrying an
amendment thai, in justice to Okla
homa we could not adopt. Legisla
tion for years had retained the owner
ship of sections 13, 10, 33 and 3d out
of each township for tho use- of tho
future state. Two of them are for
school purposes, sections 10 and 30.
Our bill had provided that sections
33 of each township should go to de
finite institutions, and 13 was to go
to the new state to be used for what
purpose the new state should dictate.
"When the bill came back to us,
section 13 in each township was to
;o to the state unless claimed by
someone filing a mineral claim for it.
That meant a graft.
There was an opening for persons
to obtain valuable gas, oil and coal
lands, or even farms, by simply filing
mineral claims. The lowest estimate
of tho amount it would take from tho
new state was a million dollars. Gov
ernor Frantz of Oklahoma territory
wired us that be knew of one town
ship where the loss to tho stato by
losimr section 13 would be $200,000,
Frantz asked by wire for conference.
AN AERONAUT MISSING.
New York, Apiil 4. Tiic baloon in
which Aeronaut Noquet mado on as
cension yesterday, was picked up to
day by a life saving crew near Fire
Island. There is no trace of Noquet.
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Cannon-BaH on Norfolk & Western
Runs Into Open Switch.
Norfolk, Va., April 4. Tho Cnnnon
I5all passenger train of the Norfolk
& Western was wrecked today at PJu
niper station by running into an open
switch. A relief train, with physi
cians,, has been sent out, as a loss of
life is reported. It consisted of two
couches, a baggage and a mail car.
TEN MORE MINERS RESCUED.
Miraculous Rescuo of the Courricrcs
Mine in France.
Lens, France, April 4. Ten more
miners who were entombed in the
Courricrcs catastrophe on the tenth
of March, were taken out alive
by tho rescueis today from pit num
ber four. This rescue is considered
more miraculous than the saving of
the thirteen on March thirtieth, not
only because the men were entombed
longer, but because they were in a
section of the mine where there were
worso dangers. The men are terribly
emaciated, and whether their lives
will bo saved is doubtful indeed. The
rescue is attributed to the demands of
the women, who forced the resumption
of tho rescue work. It is said that
tho sound of knocking was heard from
tho unexplored portions of the mine,
and additional rescue forces were hur
ried to work.
THE RIVER IS RISING.
Rise of Eleven Feet in Arkansas at
Wichita.
Look out for the Arkansas river.
There is a rise of eleven feet at Wich
ita this mornimr. and the flood is
coming this way.
The river has never been known
by any one, yet met with in Tulsa, to
have overflowed its banks, but this
riso is of an uncommon nature, and
while no one anticipates any damage,
it is perfectly possible that it may
overflow slightly this time, especially
if the rains continue.
Eufaula, I. T., April 4. J. Bnr
netto, the president of the First Na
tional bank at this place, was shot and
killed, whilo standing on his back
porch last night. Ho had often ex
pressed fear of assasination by a
bitter personal enemy.
Wanted Every body to know 1
dig wells in first-class shape, cement
and all. Wm. Fields, First and Detroit.
mm in
MM CLEARED
VINDICATION OF OKLAIIOMANS
IN WASHINGTON.
RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCE!
Embry's Name Will Probably Ee Pre
sented to Senate Again Speed
Left for nome.
Washington, April l.-fho rejmrl
of Mr. Busted, special a cut of the
Department of Justice, who investi
gated t'.ie (barges against John F.mbry
if Chandler, Okla., is fiivorablo to
Embry. His report was submitted t
day to the attorney general, who to
morrow will send it to the president.
There has been a vacancy in the
office ever since the removal of Hor
aco Speed. John Scothor'i lias been
acting district attorney. Speed, who
came to Washington recently seeking
a vindication, left for hoire today.
He submitted a statement to official
of the Department of Justice. This
statement has bum referred to Mr.
Busted, who also investgated the char
ges against him nnd upon whoso re
port ho was removed. When Hasted
has replied to it, Attorney General
Moody will announce his decision ia
tho matter.
It was said at the Inte.i ior Depart
ment today that a special agent of
(he department who investigated the
charges against C. M. Cade had made
a report vindicating Cade. The lat
ter was appointed register at Guthrie
in the land oflico a month ago. His
nomination has been held up on ae
count of tho charges referred to. The
senate i3 now expected to confirm it.
TALKED COTTON WITH FRANTZ.
Guthrie, Okla., April 4. A conven
tion of Oklahoma cotton growers call
ed to meet hero today was abandoned
because of lack of numbers, duo to
mistakes of promoters, llarvio Jor
dan, president of the Southern Cotton
Growers' Association, camo from At
lanta, Georgia, to address tho meet
ing. Ho discussed with Governor
Frantz tho condition of tho cotton
growing industry in Oklahoma, where
cotton is a crop in twenty-one of tho
twenty-six counties. Tho auxiliary
of the Southern Cotton Growers' as
sociation is fairly well organized in
Oklahoma.
MINERS WON'T WORK.
Pittsburr. April 4.The Pittsburg
Coal company, which si-rned the new
scale, advised the miners' district
convention today that it was unable
to resume operation, becnuso the
men in twenty-one of tho mines have
failed to show m. Tho convention
is asked to appoint a ommittec to in-
duco tho miners to rcsumo work.
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS
The political battle has been
waged and the victory lost and
won. Now the large minded
public-spirited citizen will lay
aside all political differences
and promptly take his p'-ace in
the ranks, and shoulder to
shoulder with his neighbor of
opposite political faith fight out
tho larger and more important
question of creating the Great
er Tulsa.
The Commercial Club is the
organized and disciplined force
to which recruits are rapidly
coming, that will put our city
to the fore front and make It
second to none in the coming
state.
It is the duty of every mem
ber of the club to give his
hearty support to the orgnisa
tion. Only in that way will it
attain strength sufficient to win
laurels for our city.
Next meeting of the club oc
curs on Thursday night Every
member should prove his loy
Jty by Wfef present