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7',. - TULSA MORNING NtWG AND Occooccooooc 000006000000 O ' ,' 0 0 job riDrnxo ;'. 0 0 ' 0 O AS YOU LZZB IT. 0 0 0 000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 JOB PRINTING ai tov lxzz n. 'ULSA 0 coooooocoooo VOL. I. NO. IPft TULSA, INDIAN TERRITORY ' "WEDNESDAY MOUSING, MAY UilMtl. ' FIVE CENTS. PER COPY. ir Guthrie Doesn't Show any Better Excuse for Being on Earth when Capital Fight Comes up, than its Ball Team is Advancing Tulsa Will Land Prize without Struggle DAM" WORLD V TILLMAN RENEWS ATTACK ." ON PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CHARGES OFBAO FAITH. 8AY8 ROOSEVELT BROKE CON . TERENCE AGREEMENT. Declares Ec Did Not Ask for a Meet ing with the President Id Regard to the Railroad Rate Bill. ' World Washington Bureau. Washington, May 15. While the debate on the personnel of the inter state ec in me ice commission wan in progress in the seriate today, Senator Tillman took the floor and said: , , "There are only two points in the president's letter which 1 Uem wor thy ef notice. Hi attempted explan ation in ingenious, but not ingenuous. Chandler has declared most posi tively in a "written statement that the president sent for Lim for the pur pose of getting into conversation with Bailey and myself, as he lias produced the letter -of Loeb. I now declare most emphatically that to no human .being have L ever (riven my authori ty or even expressed a with to have any otnifereoce with Roosevelt in re gard toiieirill. It is well known to very senator on this floor what my at titude and feelin s have been and it is most remarL()le while he sent for democrat after democrat confer with him about this measure, that he tibould undertake under the circum stances, to assert that I sent an agent t4 hira to begin negotiations. The statement is absurd on its face. . "The president asked him to "see Bailey and myself. W met l an ap fhtment made by - dler and talk ed over the vital question. He wrote and sent to Bailey the understanding of our views, and when we met sub sequently we reached an absolute agreement, both as to the form and substance of the proposed amendment to which he said the president would assent and help (ret votes for. STARTS REIGN OF TERROR. Redman Loaded 'with Whiskey and Artillery Meets Hit Waterloo Coffeyville Record: The usual Sat- urduy night gun play on outh Walnut - tired occurred last niJVt, and as a re- j suit Tom B. Friend, an Indian police man from Inola, I. T., received an al-j lotment in the shape of a cell in tie calaboose. Friend, who is a powerful six-foot-er, mixed his whi-key, six-shooter and Voiee too promiscuously and was con ducting a free scene of terror when Policeman Gorman arrived in the joint where the erformance was being conducted. The Coffeyville cop was on the double quick and in response to an alarm of murder. "Whoopee! Yip ! I'm a red devil!" shouted the inebriated Indian. When he espied Officer Gorman l.e threw his gun down on that individual. The cop was too quick, though, and before the bad man from the territory eould pull th trigger, he was lying on his hack counting a stellar constella tion that did not exist. When he re turned to consciousness he was doing A METROPOLITAN FIREPROOF BANK BUILDING IS ASSURED TULSA. A deal has been eoi:summated whereby Geo. G. Bayne, the pushing Tulsa town builder, will add anotliT metropolitan building to the list T already contributed by him. $20,000 caeh was paid the Tulsa Invest nient company and T. N. Butts for a seventy-five foot front on Muin - street and 140 feet front on Third ' termed by manv the best ocmer lot of the city. Finns have already beenmade for the building of a fire-proof i bank building. It i stated on good aulho'rify th::t the structure is to be a i modern sky sci spcr overshadowing the 'Robinson hotel on the opposite comer. ' - ' ' : ' ' " ' Mr. Bayne has always been a consistent town builder. Te buiit the water works system. when, ticity as a mere hamlet and it is superior to any in the territory today.-' He wa associated 'with Mr. Robinson in bmldinr the finest hotel in the two teiritoriwi-Tbo Union Trust company, said-to be the strongest .finnnfial institution in the .twin territoriea, was e promoted by him. , Mr. Bayne is said to have interested more capital in the city of Tulsa than any other one man in the city and flie announce ment of his intention to build a fire-proof building asures another hig building to the coming metropolis of the Southwest. an involuntary two-step toward the police station, being chaperoned by Gorman. On the way to the lock-up several other drunken toughs who rendei toux along in tie tough section of South Walnut street, made disparging remarks about Gorman and threaten ed to forcibly release the prisoner. This was the officer's first night on du ty in that section and be became sore. "1 don't like the way of those roughs down there," said Gorman to Chief Nat Smith when lie deposited bis Indian burden in a cell. "You haven't (rotten disgusted and are not going to quit!'' queried the chief. "I'm disgusted, hut ain't going to quit," leplied Gorman. Then he went back to South Wal nut street. An hour later be return ed, marching seven of die hardest toughs he could find drunk before torn. They were all crestfallen by be ing taken by one man, and were lock ed up on a charge of intoxication- No Quorum in the Boose. World Washington Bureau. Washington, May 15. The house had under consideratioB today bills relative to th government of the Dis trict of Columbia. It completed the bills regarding the public school sys tem. The house adjourned in the ab sence of a quorum, postponing action on th bills under consideraion Up-toDate Grocery Opens. The Up-to-Date Grocery is now op ened for. business on . t hf corner of First arid-Detroit. Geo. M. Wichau sen is tVe owner of the new business venture and will succeed. Mr. Wich haiiscn recently purchased the Blanke Tea & Coffee Honse, antl this depart ment has been merged with the gener al store. AN OKLAHOMA CYCLONE FATAL WTND STORM AT ERICH. Town Named After Tulsa Business Man Visited by Storm. Erick, Okln., May 15. A severe wind storm which struck two miles south of here today killed one person and .seriously injmed several others, and demolished six farm houses. Mrs. J. B. Askew was killed and her hus band badly hurt Mrs. A. J. Vines whs seriously injured as were five oth er persons whose names are not ob tainable tonight. Three fnmilies were saved by seeking shelter in a cyclone cave. Erick suffered no damage from the storm. The town of Enck was named after Beeks Erick, of the Union Trust company, of Tnlsa. 1 ; General Caldwell Dead. New York, May 15. Brigadier General .lohn Caldwell Tiddall, U. S. A., retired, first governor of Alaska, and for nine years commandant at West Point, died at his home in Mont dair, New Jersey, today, aged 81 years. street, giving Mr. Bayne what is in the heart of the business section How Complaints Are Answered. Oil men who have leases who are in roni-tant dreud that complaint ill he iade .y the Indian from whom the land is leased, will be interested in reading the following letter which was sent in reply to a complaint addressed to President Roisevelt by a citizen who resides near Claremore: Sir: You ure advised that your letter of the 2fth nit., requesting in vestigation to be made of cil and min eral leases on lands of citizens of the Five Civilized Tribes, has been refer red to the United States Indian In spector for the Indian Territory for appropriate action. Signed, Edward M. Dawson, (Chief Clerk). RESULT II DOUBTFUL. Scratched Ballots Make Counting Slow and Difficult Denver, Colo., May 15. The laige number of scratched ballots cast in todays' election makes it difficult to get the result. The headquarter 'i of ficials decline to give opinions, and it is doubtful if the results will be known tonight. At 11:30 o'clock re turns from !K) out of 204 precincts (!ave the following total; Itemocrat, 4,872. Republican, 4,403. J. I. ... SENSATIONAL SUIT FILED IN ST. LOUIS INVOLVES BOODLER KRATZ THE MEXICAN CHIEF OF POLICE SUES AN ATTORNEY. Case i aa Echo of the Strenuous fit Louis Days When Folk Cleaned Em Out. . St. Louis, May la Keguio Eche varria, the chief bf police" of Guadela- jarra, Mexico, today filed suit in tne St. Louis circuit court against Attor ney Joseph Whelss to recover $;)80 which he claims is the balance due him as the rewaid for the capture of Chas. Kratz, former city councilman, ar rested by him on the charge of brib ery, hclievanara claims that Whe- less acted for him, obtained judgment against Governor Folk for $S00, but that he only leceived IH-'O. Elks' Recular Meeting. The FUs held their regular session; last night, hVyuiar rotitne work was done and a large number of ap- plications considered. i TERRIFIC HAIL STORMS. Year's Crop Destroyed in Moselle Wine District. Berlin, May 1ft. Terrific thunder- stoims were reported yesterday from several parts ot western and southern Germany. A hailstorm did a great deal of damage to the vineyards and crops in the fields in lower Franconia. Several persons were killed by light inng. and numerous farm houses were burned and the animals killed in the neighborhood of Treves, which also suffered severely from te hail storm, j In parts of the Moselle wine district the year s crop has been destroyed. AOATNST LABOR UNIONS. Industrial Committee Says They Hin-.Miss Mary Ann Ellis. To this union der Trade Schools jwere bom seven children, two daugh- New York, May 15. Criticism of;ters and five snn two children dy the attitude of the labor unions to-jin? in infancy. ward industrial schools was embodied Those left to mourn his loss are his in the report today of the committee wife and daughter, Mrs. J. M. Wood. on industrial education to the National! Association of Manufacturers. The ', report declared that labor unions have j made efforts to hinder He preparation ; of trade schools. . j J. F. McCoy, Circulation Manager, : reports one hundred new subscribers! in twenty-four hours to the new morn-. ing edition. j Maccabees Hold Session. The Ladies of the Maccabees ehld a I business session yesterday afternoon j in Union Labor hall in the Malcolm building; There was a full attend- ance of members, and many visitors were also present, representing feur states. TRAGIC DEATH OF A CHILD ONLY THREE YEARS OLD LEONARD RAYMOND THOMAS RUN OVER AND KILLED. Hi Back an Leg Were Broken by Ssckbeax Load With Oil Well SsppliM. About 4:30 oVIock yesterday after noon, Leonard Raymond Thorn aa, aged three, as run over by a buckboard haded with oil well supplies, near Kd Fork, and reveiviiT 'injuries -from which he died shortly afterwards. Leonard's parenYiif Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas, own farm near Bed Fork and were in the town when the accident happened. " They were sum moned at once and found that the boy 's back and leg were broken. Mr. Thomas started to Tulsa for a doctor but it was too late his little son w as dead. Inquiry into the circumstances de veloped that the wagon, or buckboard, wan driven by a can Darned Murray, who at the time wu walking his team. Something happened to detract hi attention for thff romnent and he was looking behind him, ' when the wheels pa6ed over the ciijd. He bad not seen the child in the irqad at any time, and Mr. Thomas, himself, states he believes the little fellow was as leep when the accident occurred. He does not blame Murray in tb! least, and the latter is almost as much griev ed over the affair as the father. Mr. Thomas came to Tnlsa later in the evening and ordered a casket in which the remains -will be interred sometime today in Oakland cemetery. ' j' Will Arrange Funeral. S. J. Eby relumed from New Mex ico last night in response to a' tele gram informing him of his wife's deatfi. Mrs. Eby's father and mother also came up from Imisiana yester day, and sometime today the disposi tion of the remains will be deter mined. A BLOODY MURDER 14-YEAR WIFE FOULLY SLAIN. Murderer Riled Chd-Bride Wi'f. Hatchet and" Razor, Denver, May l.r. With the head almost severed I'n ra the body the naked corpse of K sa Saraco Com- jieste, the fourteen-year-old wife of George Compeste, laborer, about thir ty years of age, was fonnd today in a hovel at 24'!" Central court in this city, where they had lived. Near the bodv were a blood-stained hatchet and razor. Compete hnd not been seen by his neighbors since Sunday 'nk'ht, and it is believed t hut the mur dor was committed on that day. Compeste antl his wife had come to Denver from San ' Francisco four mouths ago. J. B. Blankenship, Deceased. J. B. Mlankenship; who died of dropsy at his daughter's house in the Burnett addition on Sunday night, was born in Morgan county, Indiana, (February 20, IR'10. He came to Mis- jsouri with bis parents in 1S40, and j was united in marriage in W6 to of Vandu. Mo.; S. O. Blankenship, of Tnlsa : W. E. Bliinkenship, of Monett. Mo.: J. M. Blankenship, of Binge, O. T.: Mrs. James Hughlet, of Tulsa, his daughter at whose Iioush he died. Many friends in this city also sorrow f,,r his death, J. B. Blankenship professed faith in Christ early in life, in IHiifl, and was a consistent member of the M. E. church, south. MRS. JAMES HUGHLET. -Okla Washington, May 15,- homa and Indian Territory - 8howers Wednesday; Thursday faii and cooler. HE TIED THEM ALRIGHT. Mayor MTuhell Gets First legal Kiss ' in Twenty Years. Mayor John O. Mitchell 'perfonned his first marriaye ceremony yesterday. His Honor was Mumped at first when called iiK n to exercise this' function of his office, as he had not anticipated an emergency .of this kind, and, hence, had made no preparations. To iet around the case he borrow ed the Pieshyteriun marriage forms from Rev. 0. W. Kerr, pastor of the l'rtvbyterian chnrcli, and, selecting the shortest ohh, committnd 'it to memory, then sallied forth to speak the words which unite "till death us do part." The mayor, who is quite a irallant, claimed the legal right to kiss the bride, remarking at'tewards: "It was the first time he had kissed a lady legally in twenty years." Accuses Roosevelt of Mad Faith. "Of course, the president was not bound not to change, but he was bound under such circumstances to vive justice, and this wah not done. "Even the attorney general himself was not notified. The charge I made and still make is that the president is guilty of bad faith and that the rate bill ias been emasculated of one of its most valuuhle and essential fea tures by the president's action." MORE GRIEF DEALT OUT TO RAILROADS THE CAR DISCRIMINATION COMMERCE COMMISSION DIGS UP MORE TESTIMONY. Distributer Admits He. Received Spe cial Assignments of Can Inter- feting with Equitable Dis- tribution. Philadelphia, Pa., May I.j. Testi moiiy leading to show favoritism by the railway companies in the distribn pnations committee, if limit repair when the interstate commerce com mission resumed its investigation into alleged railroad discrimination. Short ly be tore the close of the afternoon session, George V. Clark, a car dis tributor employed by the Pennsylvania Kailway company at Altoona, Pa., ad mitted that he had received orders to make special assignment of cars to the Berwind White Coal company. Clark admitted that special allotments hud at times to certain extent inter fered with an equitable distribution of cars. The High School. Fiev. Youngblood conducted devo tional exercises for vn Monday morn ing. Mrs. Darrow was a pleasant 7th "B" grade visitor Monday afternoon. We managed to ihave school yester day in spite of the combined attrac tions of a dog show and a street car nival. The board of education showed its appreciation of the city teachers by reinstating all teachers who were ap plicant for their positions. Miss Lizzie Stewart, our efficient Hth Grade teacher, will not be with us another year, having decided to devote her time to teaching music. One of our teachers, noted for her absence of mind, forgot to remove her hat the other day during the school period. Professor Ciirran says the reason he is retiring from school work is lie cause of his extremely retiring dis position he finds it difficult to face a lot of "schwd mams" who all want to tell him their troubles at once. Much of the beauty for which Tnl sa is famed finds its way to our school rooms in the shape of roses, wisteria and various other beautiful flowers. The pupils and patrons being tenerous along this line, and we cer tainly appreciate their tlioughtfuluess and thank the givers. Lee Mathews, the archit t. has just returned from Pawhuska, where be landed the contract for plans for another bank building. The letting of the contract for the Stewart & Hirt bank building at Paw hnska has been postponed until May 23, next. TERRIBLE RAMPAGE OF CRIME "BY CRAZED GEORGIA OPERATOR STATEHOOT CELEBRATION. The Indefatigable Dock-son Is Going To Wake Things Up. , W. E. lockst n, the promoter of the recent Pokey parade, s genial and all around good fellow, is preparing for a celebration on the day statehood is declared, which will awake the echoes in the surrounding hills and be on a scale fully iu keeping with this most hustling city in the State of Oklaho ma. This eclcbiation will take the form of an afternoon and evening parade, and will be composed of all the lodges, societies, unions, business and profes si( nal men, gas oiid oil men, and, ir. fact, everybody. Mr. Oocksoti proposes to make and furnish large painted banners suitable for all callings, and bearing appro priate mottoes, welcoming "Oklahoma and Statehood." The afternoon parade, at 3 o'clock, will be headed by the Commercial Club band, followed by a mi st beau tiful display of uniforms, robes, ban neis and advertisements. The evening, affair will consist of a grand display of fireworks, ringing of bells, blowing of whistles, and all kinds of noise much louder and hotter, we are told, than signalized the Dokey parade. It is expected to meet the expenses through the merchants advertising at f:i each a sum which will pay lor the banners, band and fireworks. For this purpose Mr. Dockson will inter view the merchants and make an ef fort to get them all united on the mat ter, tie thinks this is the nest way to greet , statehood, and at the same time enliven this growing town and slow the world what a hustling people we will he in the new state of Okla homa. RUSSIAN SPEECHES TAME LITTLE DOING IN THE DOUMA. Only Enthusiasm Shown Waa Over Absence of Woman Suffrage. St. Petersburg, May l.1). After an afternoon spent in discussion of rules of order, the lower house of parlia ment this evening began a debate on an address in reply to the speech from the throne, adjourning at midnight. The discussion will be resumed at 11 o'clock tomorrow. The evening's debate was tame. The only scene of real enthusiasm was due to reference to the absence from the address of the plank on the subject of women's suffrage, which brought half of the members of the house to their feet, cheering. George M. Carter is in Pawhuska and making sales for the Tulsa Vitri fied Brick company. A. B. Budlong, a prominent Bris- tow round bule cotton man, was in Tulsa today on business. RAILROAD RATE BILL PROBABLY BE PASSED TODAY. Washington, May 15. With the exception of the anti-trust amend ment, the senate today concluded its consideration of the railroad rate hiil in committee of the whole. ai:d as soon as that piovisiou shall be disposed of. will take it up to the sen.ite. The leimral expectation is that the pass question will be di-Hsel f e.irly t morrow and a general hope is that the bill will be pa-sed before til ' close of t morrow's session. The pass question was hroiivht to life again through the instrumental ity of motion made by Culberson, author of the original provision, to reconsider the vote by which it was adopted, which was agreed to. A num ber of suggestions in the way of substitutes were presented end these will have to be dealt with before tlio bill can bp reported to the senate. After it is reported, several uuestions will be re-opened. The greater part of the day was speut in discussing the eighth sec tion of the bill relating to the ersoimcl of Uie interstate commerce com mission, resulting in an elimination of the entire section andarestoration of the present law, which provides for five commissioners id salanie of 7,500 each per annum. The honse today, by a decided vote reaffirmed its faith in the navy department, defeating an amendment of Tawuey, chairman of "the appro- . priations committee, ti limit repairs on the ship to ten per cent of the cost. A vote of eonfldence coming after twv hours' hot debate on Taw ney's proposition. ' -..ikH) SEQUEL DRINK AND DISAPPOINTMENT CAUSES WILD TRAGEDY. Killing and Wounding Six, Burning Homes, at Last at Bay, J. H. Claik Blows Out Hit Fraina. Atlanta, Ga., May 15. Crazed, ty drink und disappointment in a love af fair, James H. Clark, a telegraph op erator at the little town of ChambWe, , a dozen miles north of Atlanta, bciran lute yesterday afternoon a rampage of crime. In less than twenty-fonr hours be killed one man, severely wounded three others, slightly wound ed a fifth and clubbed a sixth with shot gun, set fire' to the home of one of his victims, and at last when sur uoou jjjjt A'ljjoq ftmixl n ,q papunoa today, shot himself through the heart. Clark, who came here some month ago from Baldwin, Ga., paid marked ' attention to the niece of E. S. Pureell, but waa discouraged, lie went to the 1'nrcell home lust evening and dr manded admittance, which waa refus ed. He then set tire to the liitche, and when E. S. Purcell and his son, W. J. Purcell apieared to fight tie flames. Clark Hred upon them , wound ing both.' Returning about midnigpf Hurli idiulc another attemot to Are AWFUL LOVE tli Uinta Whiin n attemot Vl-a. 'made to sieze him, he shot W. 8. Mask, the railroad station agent, in the back of the neck. Clark then fled to Dun woody, aoout five miles distant, where he arrived early today. Ha went to the store of Nash A Cheek and de manded ammunition.,.. The store peo ple had been warned by teTepluiiie to it . , . .1 i ' 3 reruse to sell tne required cannag. Clark immediately fired, kKng Cheek with a bullet through the heart. He, also fired at Nash, inflicting dangerous wound. He then ran o the woods. On his way down .the railroad track he met W .J. Coker, whom he attack ed, wounding him slightly. Officers were roused at once and blood hounds were put on t'ie track of the insane man. He was seen in the woods near ( hambless shortly utter noon anu when he found himself surrounded, he shot himself. Surprise Birthday Party. Mrs. Mike Horner was made the re cipient of a pleasant surprise party at her home, two or three miles from Tulsa, last night. It was given by her daughter", Miss Horner, in honor of her mother's steenth birthday, and the features of the occasion were the presence of a large number of pleas ane friends, a magnificent supper, a jolly good time, and the expression of good wishes from everybody, Federal Court Meeting. ' Federal court for the Western dis trict, sitting at Sapulpa, , will open May 21, Judge Sulzbacher presiding. Although there will be no grand jury all penal bonds are returnable the first day of the term. WILL