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The Washington times., 1894-12-31
MISSION BUILDING FUND.
Earnest Efforts Being Made by the Di
rectors TO Meet the Obligations.

Earnest Efforts Being Made by the Di.
rectors TO Meet the Obligations.
The building committee of the Central
Union Mission, ct its last meeting, inaugu-
rated plan for meeting the obligations on
the mission building, which amounts to $500
per month or $4,000 per year, principal and
interest. With firm belief in the old coup
let that "some time or another the Lord will
provide the committee decided to enlist
1000 persons in the work of paying off the
debt. who will contribute 80 cents each per
month.
The lrst man to enlist in this well-wlshing
80 cent brigade was Judge Ivory G. Kimball, of
the police court lie was quickly followed Uy
the following recruits: a. l.. Swartwout. Rev.
Z. D. Bailey. A. S. Pratt, George w. Wheeler.
and Mrs. Il. d. Bailey. BE ore the close of
the ensuing week the committee hope to have
the brigade recruited up to 500 members.
payment OF 81 600 is due tomorrow on
the Mission building and as yet there is not
s: 90 on hand to meet the Obligation. Urgent
calls for contributions are consequently being
made
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
cHILDREN's HAPPY TIME.
Annual Distribution of Christmas Gifts
the German Orphan Asylun.

Annual Distribution OF Christmas Gifts at
the German Orphan AsvIun.
The German Orphan Asylum was the scene
OF great festivity yesterday afternoon. The
occasion was the annual distribution OF
Christmas gifts among the children who are
iamates of this institution. Members OF the
board of directors, Ladies' Sewing Society,
and Ladies' Aid Society, besides large
throng of visitors, were present.
The large platform on which the Christmas
tree had been placed was crowded with
happy, excited and eager children, anxious to
know what Santa Claus had brought for
them. Most OF the presents Lad been chosen
for their practical value and not with view
to display. though quite number OF toys OF
various description could be seen among the
other gifts donated by charitably inclined
members OF the societies having charge OF the
institution and their friends.
The exercises were opened with prayer by
Mr. Henry Ermold, superintendent OF the asy-
lum. Music was furnished by Donch's or
chestra. ''The Three Shepherds" and quite q
number of other Christmas carols were sung
by q chorus of all the children with much
vigor.
The address of welcome was made by Presi
dent Graf. Juiane Kolzen recited "Christ-
mas Happiness;' Emma Zuschnett, '.Christ-
mas Tree and Emma Graft, christmas
Greetings" There were also recitations by
Katie Kraft, Mamie Lavender, Mabel Kraft.
Joseph Guntber Ida Kraft, Anna Gunthner.
and songs by Lota Wood, Bertha Ermold,
and others,
Hon. Simon Wolf made happy address to
the children. Mr.. Anton Eberly made a
present to each of the little ones OF n beauti-
ful pocket-book containing silver dollar,
and a more happy and surprised lot-of chill
dren ii would be hard to find. All of them
both girls and Eoys-had been furnished with
new cloaks by the Ladies Sewing Society, oi
which Mrs. De Gram is president.
The total number OF little ones now in the
asylum is fouy-two. OF these twenty mine
are girls. After the conclusion OF the exer-
cises refreshments were served.
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
TESTIMONIAL TO DR.. BILLINGS.
All the Physicians in This Country and
Manv in Europe Will Contribute.

Dr. John s. Billings, of the United States
Army, is likely to receive handsome testi-
monial in appreciation OF his work on the
indexed catalogue OF the Surgeon Generals
Office. The seventeenth and last volume of
this work viii be completed in the near fu-
ture, and will probably be issued in March.
The work is very exhaustive and will be of
immense value to the medical profession, not
only in the United States, but throughout
the world.
The movement to raise this testimonial be-
gan in Baltimore, and viii take the form Of a
sum of money; lis projectors hope as much
as $4,000. Already the physicians of MI
merous cities have taken hold of the move
ment and letters have even been received
from distinguished physicians and surgeons
of Europe asking to be allowed TO contribute
to the fund, so the testimonial will probably
be international. Such is the progress already
made that there seems to be no doubt but
that the amount will be raised by the time
the last volume is out of the hands of the
publishers,
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
c. A. c. ENTERTAINMENTS.
High.class Attractions Arranged for the
Coming Month.

High-class Attractions Arranged for the
Coming Month.
st meeting of the amusement committee
Of the Columbia Athletic Clab, held on Satur-
day evening. the eGtert ailments for the COM
ing month were arranged. A rare feast for
the pleasure of the members and the friends
of the club will be presented upon the even
ing selected.
In order that the representative citizens
and sojourners. professional and otherwise.
OF this city may have an oppor, unity of learn
ing more of the splendid opportunities for
athletic and social development offered by
this big club, the board of governors will
hold reception on the evening OF January
l6, from TO y O'Clock. The whole house
viii be thrown open and every department of
the club will be in full operation from the big
gymnasium down to the bowling alleys
In the gymnasium Prof. Crossley and his
pupils vii. present z programme, a portion of
which will be given each half hour, so that
the visitors may have opportunity Of seeing
any or all of such branches for which they
may have preference.
In the bowling alleys the star bowlers of
the club. who have won the right to bowl
that night in O preliminary set of games, will
play for valuable prize, presented by Mr.
Robert Leding.
A collation. viii be served. and an evening
OF good fellowship viii be the order.
On The following day, the 18th, the club
viii give another OF the series of ladies'
days, and an entertaining programme viii
be presented. TO be followed by dancing.
For Saturday evening, 26th, " smoker, "
with novel features, will be given in the gym
nasium.
For the board Of governors reception. a
number of excellent working committees
have been appointed, of which the following
have been named chairmen:
On invitation, DR.. William r. King; on en-
tertaiDment, Samuel w. StinemetZ; on press,
Tom Bivins; on music. Alex Shaw
For tho reception committee 100 members
have been named with President Alexander
Grant, chairman. who is also ex-oficio chair
maa Of the other oommitteas.
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
DAVEY is A MATCHMAKER.

Prisoner in the District Jail Who Has
an International Record.
Some interesting facts about the past career
of Roger W. DaveY, the suave Briton who is
now in the District jail, charged with trying to
swindle Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Blakeslee, OF No.
1883 Fifth street northeast, have just come to
light.
Dayey is a well-dressed, choppy-bearded
man of insinua.ing manners. He obtained,
by false pretenses, promissory note for $500
from Mrs. Blakeslee, to whom he made mani
festations of affection, and. il Is alleged, was
about to realize the value by mortgaging the
widow property. He was also mixed up in
bogus draft transaction on Brown Bros,
but earnestly protested that he was an honest
EnglIshman on tour.
1t was thought by the detective that he was
a professional swindler, and it is now known
that Davey lad a similar escapade in New
York. and was only prevented from marrying
wealthy widow by the discovery of pre-
yious ofiense
Mrs. Louise Caldwell was welded at the
Hotel Brunswick in New York a week ago.
She is seventy-one years old, and immensely
wealthy. Just year ago she was going TO
marry Roger Williams Davey. the same who
is now in Jail here. The wedding night have
found bin in the Tombs. He was arrested
for alleged swindling, and then it came out
that be was well known in England. Benja-
min b. Groom, OF Kentucky said that Davey
and an accompliee obtained q, $50 from him
on bogus Texas land Geal When Davey
WAS arrested blank check signed by Mrs
Caldwell, his aged sweetheart, was found in
one.of his pockets.
Dayey has been exposed by his match
making schemes by London Truth. lie
jumped $500 bail in New York, and could not
be found until he turned up here. He was at
| his old tricks when caught again. He may
be taken back to New York. When ques-
toned after his arrest by Detective Carter,
Dayey showed much shrewdness, and defed
any attempt TO prove that he had been guilty
Of raScality
The Washington times., 1894-12-31

While reading THE TINES in the house OF
Mrs McKenna, at No. 627 ID street northwest,
The attention of the inmates was attracted TO
a paragraph stating that the police were
looking out for Eugene l.. Swingle. of Dill
Ion. Muskingum county, Ohio, dangerous
crank who was known to be in the city, and
writing threatening letters to do murder.
It was remembered by Mrs. McKenna th at
a man answering the description given was
one of her dodgers, and after an investigation
she became convinced that he was wanted.
She notified police headquarters and Detec-
tive Quinlan and Policeman sullivan promptly
answered the summons. They arrested
Swingle without any trouble, and found in
his room revolver and two boxes of cart
ridges.
When examined at headquarters the pris-
oner freely admitted his identity.
II had murder in my heart he said, "but
you have driven il all out Of me.
woN'T KILL ANYBODY now"
Swingle was locked up at the New Jersey
avenue station. He believes that be is an in
ventor whose accomplishments have far out
stripped those OF Edison.
reporter had an interview with the crank
last night. He is mild ana oking
man.
"Where did you get the idea you were
sent TO kill somebody" he was asked.
''Well, a minister of a Congregational
Church in this city named Holmes revealed
to me in vision that was TO murder a man
whose name commences with q and whose
surname corTesponded with an ediilce in
which l was seated"
''Had you been planning to kill that man?''
81 was waiting for another vision. It's
hard for me to say just now. The thing
that's troubling me is a mouse running about
in my room now. He's too smart to be
caught
Further questioning revealed the fact that
Swingle had handed the threatening letter TO
Walter Johnson. of the Patent Office. The
prisoner thinks that he has had several
patents issued, but does not Know much about
them.
The legal firm of Church Church. on Sew
enth street, transacted business for the crank
and it Is believed that il was his intention
TO KILL JOSEPH b. CHURCH,
Of that flrm. This idea is produced by the
fact that Mr. Church's name begins with J
and his surname is q synonym for a
place of worship, as spoken Of by the pris-
oner.
SWingle will not be able TO do Mr. Church
any harm, however, as he is und oubtedly in
sane, and will be placed in safe in stitution.
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
The Percentage of wrongdoers.


I crossed on one of the big Atlantic liners
lately with 500 other saloon passengers. They
were naturally people of intelligence and,
presumably. of easy circumstances. Yet at
least half of those people were planning to
rob our government of money by contriying
plans to avoid paying duties. truly owed. To
do this all of them had to break our laws,
and in most cases had, in addition, to lie de-
liberately.
Many of them were planning to accomplish
this theft by the bribery of the custom house
inspectors, thus not merely making them-
selves thieves, but bribing other men to do
wrong. In this city l can show you blocks so
densely inhabited that they are an election
district themselves. Blocks in which twenty
people live and sleep in single room year
after year, where the birth of little life into
the world means that all must eat less and be
less warm. . But cannot find in the
poorest and vilest part of the city any block
where the percentage OF liars and thieves and
bribe-givers is as large as was that among the
first-class passengers OF that floating palace.
Each condition of society has its own misdo-
Ings, and, believe. varies little in the per-
centage of wrongdoers 20 the whole.-From
1.-THE Hon. Peter Sterling" p L. Ford.
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
He Mns rnn nIaduliLn

One of the less important witnesses in a
small trial was flnicky sort of q man, with a
mincing little stop that made the Judge frown
as he came to the stand. The attorney asked
him his name. age and occupation.
Il can't tell you my age" he twittered.
"Why not? Don't you know 2" inquired
the attorney.
'Yes, sir; but should prefer not to tell it. -
"But the court wants TO know what it is. -
''And must decline to tell it,
BY this time the Judge was out of patience.
"Mr. Officer" he said, addressing the
bailiff, remove that lady from the witness
stand and escort her out of the courtroom.
Call the next witness Detroit FREQ Press.
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
A Plot That Failed.

O'Toole-There, begorra. Two tied Barry's
goat on the railroad thraek, and that train
coming u'll kill um.
Goat-Now, if 1 hadn't swallowed Mrs.
Hoolihan's red petticoat yesterday I couldn't
have coughed it up TO flag that train.-Kate
Fields Washington.
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
Fortified AGAINST Eato.

With fifteen tons of cabbage converted into
sauer kraut, one Knox county man is ready
fer snow blockades or anything.-Lewiston
Journal.
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
WORK OF THE MISSION.
Variety Of Services, Including the Tramps
Church. Held Yesterday.

Variety of Services, Including the Tramp's
Church. Held Yesterday.
One hundred and forty-eight men gathered
in the reading-room at the Central Union
Mission yesterday morning to attend the
Cramps church, This has become fea-
ture at the miss on. The meeting was started
by the superintendent, Mr.. Thompson, who
is himself a convert. No preacher presides
or gives any sermon, but simple, off-hand
service is conducted by the superintendent
and his assistants.
At o clock every Sunday Rev. E. d. Bailey
conducts training class composed of the
converts and workers. The class has been in
existence five years and its. membership is
very large. The addresses, usually two each
evening. are generally intensely interesting.
Last evening Mr.. Maice, the blind evange-
list, convert of the Mission, gave the ad-
dress He has had great success as an
evangelist in other cities, and his address was
interesting TO the audience.
At 6 o'clock the converts Of the Mission
had their usual Sunday evening gathering.
Their band, which has only recently been
organized, now numbers more than sixty
members. They have banded themselves to-
gether for mutual helpfulness 1t is the in
teniion Of the Mission workers to gather into
this band all the converts, SO far as possible.
You Have Met Them.
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
HERE Is 4 CRANK
THAT MEANT MURDER
Says ItWas Revealed TO Him in a
Vision TO Kill Somebody
WHOSE NAME BEGINS NTH j.
Probable That Joseph B. Church
Would Have Been His Victim.

His Arrest Accomplished Through a Para
graph Published Exclusively in 1.-The
Timss"-Selievs5 Himself an Inventor
Far Greater Than Edison-peelares he
Won't Kill Anybody Eow-Under Arrest.
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
Signs of Panic Arc Spreading.

SI5uS UI fdHIS ZA1C 5PIIH0AttEs
1t will be simply terrible when the women
get so they hypnotic the mon into marrying
them.- -Atchison Globe.
The Washington times., 1894-12-31
You Have Met Them,

Chickens and turkeys attain the age of ten
years. The duration OF gooss's life is fifty
years.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-04-06
BOARD OF TRADE MEETS.
Conmittecs Appointed to Look After Sew
ersi Propositisas.

Committees Appointed to Look After Sew
ersi Propositisns.
The board of trade met last night in
special session at the district court
room. The attendance was small.
Postmaster Merten presided, and
willard Stapleton took the minutes.
The committee on canning factory
reported favorably on buying lot for
Salmon.
A committee was appointed to looL
into the matter of buying a lot fol
johnson, who desires TO rebuild his
planning mill.
MIR Cook of Kansas presented a
proposition for establishing business
college here. The matter was referred
40 a committee
Mr. Farrell made = proposition fol
locating a pressed brick plant II
Guthrie. This matter was dis usssd
at length and finally placed in tn,
hands OF a special comm ttee.
The board will meet on mex
Wednesday night and near reports %
CONN htees
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-04-06

sesn isseeipehs Of THrLkAprs clossly
for The next week for the latest infpr.
nation. The exact extent OF these
defaults can not be ascertsIned to-
nisht, but there are quite large mum
Der, and some Of the very hest trs.t ts
are included. 1t is very likely that
the governor will require deposit cf
twenty-five dollars to aeon pany each
bid as an evidence Of good faith
The governor is determined that
honest settlers shall have the land,
and that he will cut of the specula-
tors. 1t is a shame that some of the
very best lands in the strip should be
thus delayed in the renting Cash
pay ments of the frs. years rental in
advance to accompany each bid will
be preferred. Owing to the latsness
of the season, 1t Is likely that the gov
ernor will not give more than 10 or Is
days, and hopes 10 have honest set.
tiers on the lands BY the soth Of this
month.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-04-06
sHYsTERS STILL AT WORK.
They Send Mi,icsdinE Telesrs.s to New
York . aPsrs.

They Send MislcsdinE Teiegrsas to New
York sPers.
Last week The LEADER printed ar
article detailing the visit to this city
Of one A. C Shellbrook, New York law
yer who was sent here by a ccterie OF
New YorK merchants To inves tigate
our divorce laws. As stated 6hellbrook
was heartily discouraged at the exist
ing condition OF things and returned To
New York with the report that Ok
lahoma was no better for divorces
than New York" But notwithstand-
ing this, certain disreputstle local at
torneys OF this city sent the following
telegram TO the New York Sun. They
should be jailed.
GOING TO OKLAHOMA FOR DIVORCE.
GUTHRIE, April IA. G. Shellbrook, I'll
attorney Of New York city, has been here
several weeks In the interest OF New York
people who want divorces, and left fol
| there yesterday, having found that his
| clients could all easily obtain divorce
! here after a residence OF ninety days
| There are thirteen or fourteen causes re
| cogniZed, and service can be obtained by
publication in county papers, which nj
lows the matter to be kept quiet. II 4
| estimated that there are now hundred
people in the territory waiting to pro
! cure divorces.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-04-06
RECALCITRANT REGENTS OF
THE AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE
SERVED WITH A PEREMpTORI WRIT.

Attorney-eensral Galbraitb returned
yesterday afternoon from Newkirk,
where he obtained = peremptory
writ OF mandsmus to compel ex.
Regonts Blake. Ewing aud Campbell
Of the saltwater agricultural college
% turn over the books and other be-
longings of their respective offices
Judge Bierer signed the order, and
three days were given the x-reRen Is
to answer
Ex- Regents Quicn and Fletcher
acted like gentlemen in the matter
and turned in their designations to
Governor Rsnfrov, but the remaining
members being under the thumb of
ex Governor Sesy and cohorts, held
out and now are Obliged TO be fred
bodily.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-04-06
ANENT SCHOOL LANDS.
ssms Very ImPOr'sot Iaformsiisa ~
Lessoes.


ssms Very Imports Infornafisa For
Lessoes-
II will be remembered that when
successful applicants for school lands
in the Cherokee strip were notified OF
the acceptance Of their applications
they were given thirty days from the
date - their notices within which To
execute their leases The thirty days
have now expired On all lands east of
range six west Of the Indian meridian,
and forfsitures will be Immediately
deslarod by the governor. School
Land Commissioner Blincoe II now
busy preparing q list OF lands where
applicants have failed to execute their
leases, aud as soon as he same Is ON
pletr it viii be printed for dIstriSu-
tion. In view of the lateness of the
season a very short time only will be
given for dling bids and parties desir
ing To bid on these ands upon which
default has been IN msde will do well "a
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-04-06
LOCAL MELANGE.

Arrangements are being made to Sc
cure a suitable building for hospital
work which GuIhrie stands in great
need of.
DIR. Furrow has sold his lain in the
strip for 81, 0aO, and has returned to
Guthrie TO resams his profession.
Advertising car No of Howe h
CushinR's circus arrived in the city
yesterday, and the paper stickers
billed the city for the colossal show
which appears here April II.
Judge 5. II. Bradley of Enid is in the
city. He says tn Democracy of that
place suffered a Waterloo, the Repub-
licans electing a mayor, city attorney,
police judge. city treasurer and seven
ont of eight councilmen. j. l. Wig
gins, Democrat. was elected clerk and
Judge Bradley, himself was crowned
with the honors of justice of the peace.
Frank N"Master. the editor.prisoDer,
was taken to Enid yesterday where he
will cndeavor TO secure writ OF
habeas corpus before Justice Burford
A. Smith. the shoe man, has
closed out his entire stock to Kaylor 4
Mr.. Smith will leave for St Louis.
Rev Rogers delivered another able
lecture at the probate court room last
night to an appreciative audience.
The Ladies of the G. A. r. will meet
in masonic hall Saturday, April At 8
m. A full attendance Is required
+. Kitchingmsn, Secretary
The Oklahoma City fair association
has raised 81, 0OO to be given as prize,
a the fall racea
/ Not long since a young man wal
seen in the city with two heads on his
shoulders. Both were fully developed
| heads with rather handsome features
one crowned with blonde hair. tn,
other with black. The young man IL
not a museum freak, as might be sup
posed. The other head was the head
of his sweetheart and would probably
not have been in such deformed po
sition had il not been for the young
lady's neglect to pull down the blinds
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-04-06
THE CAPITOL HILL CASE.

he L wn,it. Hoard uesrs Nostsd Lsaa
Question.
The townsite board Yesterday heard
the case OF the city Of Guthrie. where
IN it desires deed to the Capitol Hill
property.
As mentioned recently the Interior
department decided that the park
should be decided to the proper muni-
cipal authorities a, soon ~ the neces .
~sry proofs were Forthcoming. The
townsitc boarl decided to make out n
deed To the park as soon as the city
maj paid all the assessments on the
same.
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SEARS ca 4WFORp.
Marriage Yesterday of Pronaiasn
(oupls Of Chandler


toupls Of Chandler
Mr.. Beverly h. Crawford and Miss
Helen Sears were united in the holy
bonds Of wedlork at Chandler yester-
day morning at o o clock.
Tho wedding was q very quiet affair,
only y few relatives and two intimate
friends hf the contracting couple be-
ing present. Immediately after the
ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs Crawford
drove to this city and took the train
for Pueblo. Colo, where they will
hereafter reside. The happy couple
were the recipients OF many valuable
and costly presents
Mr.. Crawford 10 . rising young law
yer. He graduated last year at Ann
Arbor, and has since been practicing
his profession in Chandler. The bride
is we'll known not only in Chandler,
but in Guthrie so:ietv, and he's won
many friends by her bright and genial
disposition and charming social
graces. She is accomplished, and de-
servsdly popular. aud Mr. Crawford
has won jewel.
Their many friends in LoEan and
Lincola county wish them unbounded
happiness aud full measure of pros
perity,