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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-10-02
Personal MENTION

j. L. Mltsch is up from Edmond,
L. II. Jayne is here from Edmond.
j. A. Fuson is over from Cushing.
J. A, Metcalf, Of saltwater, Is ia the
city.
L. d. Nix will return from ST. Louis to-
morrow.
P; R. Stout and wife, Of Chandler, are
In the city.
John Fletcher, Of Portsmouth, Eng, is
at the Royal,
DR., Threadgill, OF Norman, took 10 the
circus yesterday,
b. f. Means. county clerk Of Payne,
was circus visitor.
Chief OF Police Baxter returned yester-
day from the Wichita fair.
II. A. Platt, Of The Leader. returned
yesterday from the West Side.
w. A. Partridge, candidate for the Lex
ington postoiiice, IS In the city.
s. W. Mackey and j. NJ. Avery are
over irom Enid on pie-plekng business
Mr.. A. g. Jones, proprietor OF the Pal
ace hotel, Mulhall, was In the city yester
day.
Orln Ashton came over from Chandler
10 take In the circus. He will accompany
the First Regiment band 10 Kansas City.
Dr. Barnes. Ed. Gudel. DIR. Winn, Sher-
IN Ennis, NJ. NJ. Dennison and Walter
/ Field, OF saltwater, came over 10 see the
| circus yesterday.
] W. W. Woods, OF Mammoth Springs
! Ark, Is the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
+. Billingsley Mr.. Woods ia a we'll
known architect. He is greatly impress
ed with Guthrie.
Miss Agnes Mulhall was down from
/ Mulhall yesterday attending the circus.
! She will leave for 81. Louis to-day with
/ Miss Grace York TO attend the Yelled
/ Prophets Carnival.
w. M. FSulds, Perry, +. b. Hunt.
| Sheridan, G. A. Guthrie, Standard j. n.
! Long. Mulhall, j Finch and wife, Ed /.
mOnd, G.. l.. stroud, III J StOver, Ed
mond, and + Clery, Chandler, are regis
! tered at the OKLA.
Attorney General Harper s. Cunning
ham arrived home. via ST. LeGis, from
western Oklahoma, where he has been
looking after school land leases and
straigh ening out taDgles incurred bT the
supreme courts recent decisior IN the tar
J raise.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-10-02

The FIRE department was called out
at 6:a0 yesterday evening and did bus
mess with fierce blaze at the home
OF G. c. Stowe, on North First street
TIE roof and kitchen OF the house
we're destroy ed and much damage was
done by water to the main portion of
the residence. An hour later a second
alarm called the department TO the
Stowe residence TO extinguish a smol-
dering blaze. The loss will reach 5000.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-10-02

A neat, clean girl who wishes to go to
school in Guthrie car obtain the op.
portunity on advantageous terms by
addressing &c. b. care Leader"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-10-02

Miss Ruthven, the dressmaker, has
just returned from the east and would
be pleased to see her old friends at sl5
North Vine.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-10-02

We buy, sell and exchange old
school books of any kind.-F. h,
Lille & Co,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-10-02

TO CURE A UoLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo ouinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money IL j
fails TO cure. 25c.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-10-02

Santa Fe half rates to Kansas City aud
return
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-10-02

Our motto is TO try to please every
one. Hence the great rush TO the
Guthrie Steam Laundry.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-10-02

Wise men know IL is folly to build
on poor foundation Relief obtained
bY deadening symptoms is short.
Hoods SarsapArilla cures and gives
lasting health,
Hoods Pills cures nausea, sick head
ache, indigestion, billousaess All
druggists, csc.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16
TANNER SWORN IN.
Takes the Oath of Office as Gov
ernor OF Illinois.
The Inauguration Ccremonies-Synop
of His Address-Ex-Gov. Altgeld Re-
fused Opportunity of n Fare
well Speech.

Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 12.-Gov. John
II. Tanner and his colleagues were in
Quoted into office with much pomp and
ceremony Monday.
The inaugural was preceded by pa
rade 30 blocks long consisting of two
regiments of militia. troop of cavalry,
division of naval militia and cadets from
the University of Illinois. Champaign
and the Western Military academy at
Alton, uniformed rank Knights OF
Pythns and a number OF civic organi-
cations
At aoon TIE oath of office was admin
istered to Gov. Tanner by Chief Justice
Magrulcr, of the supreme court.
Immediately after the Inauguration
the state officers held n public reception
in the governors room. Gov. Tanner
headed the line of officers which was
formed diagonally across the room. For
fully two hours the crowd jostled good.
humoredly in their effort to shake the
hands of the new officers.
Gov. and Mrs. Tanner led the grand
march at the inaugural ball in repre-
sentative hall at the state house, which
| had been transformed into ballroom
of exquisite beauty.
At the evening reception. which wa.
| held in the governors room, the officer!
were assisted in receiving by thei,
wives. The reception lasted two hours
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16
WARNING SENT TO SPAIN.
Minister Taylor Addresses an Emphatic
Note.

Minister Taylor Addresses an Emphatic
Note.
New York, Jan. 11.-A Madrid special
to the Journal says:
"A friend of the duke of Tetuan has Just
revealed the contents OF bold and eX-
traordinary letter addressed to the Span
ish government last Wednesday by United
States Minister Taylor. 1t is said that
the queen regent was greatly moved when
Taylor's blunt message was conveyed to
her. and that the government now con-
siders the diplomatic issue with the United
States as fully defined. After announcing
that Secretary Olney had cabled approval
of his condemnation of sham Puerto Rico
reforms as worthless and of promises of
greater reforms in Cuba as too vague, Min
lster Taylor wrote in plain terms his in
cividual idea of what Secretary Olney
meant when he urged prompt action upon
Spain.
HE said in his letter to the Spanish min
lister of foreign affairs that unless Spain
offered clear and reasonable terms as the
basis of peace in Cuba before President
| Cleveland went out of office the question OF
| local self-government in the island would
| soon disappear from American politics, and
| the only question to remain would be the
immediate and unconditional recognition
OF the independence of the Cuban repub-
| lie.
| Minister Taylor pointed out the fact
| that President Cleveland was confronted
by q tremendous opposition IN America In
| his efforts to befriend Spain and to pro-
| mote peace upon the basis of Spanish SOW
ereignty. This opposition was divided into
Groups-those favoring the recognition of
| the belligerency of the Cuban army and
| those favoring immediate formal recogni-
ton. of Cuban independence. BY volun-
| thrily proclaimlng her intention to grant
| local self-government and genuine eco
homie reforms in definite language, Spain
would strengthen the hands of the presi-
dent in dealing with this opposition, and
| would furnish in these explicit promises
basis upon which honorable peace be-
tween Spain and the insurgent armies
might be established.
But Minister Taylor pointed out in I'M
mistakable words that time in whic.i such
friendly negotiations might be Initiated
was very short. The present administra-
ton at Washington must soon go out OF
office. and If Spain failed to offer before
that time such u scheme of real local self.
government in Cuba as would commend 1t.
self to the new world then all idea OF re-
forms in Cuba emanating from Spain woulc
pass out ofv view and only one question would
Iemain in America-the Independence o.
the new republic. The duke of Tetuan say
this is the most serious document that ha
been written since the insurrection be
gan. 1t is not known whether Premie
Canovas has yet decided what reply h.
will make to this stirring, II not threaten
Ing, letter."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16

Decatur, Neb., Jan. 11.-At last the
Missouri river has broken into Lake
Quinnebaugh, and what was once big
body of inland water by next summer
will be nothing but barren land. Lake
Quinnebaugh was noted for it's abnnd-
ance of fish and Its excellent fall game
shooting, and for the past ten years
Chicago, Kansas City and ST. Louis
eportsmen have camped there. Satur-
.ay Mrs. Willis Williams had just crossed
the neck of land which separates the
river from the land when ii broke away.
Her horse was drowned and the old
woman barely escaped with her life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16

speech which Mr.. Altgeld had written,
and said he had been told by the gov
ernor that he was willing it should be
printed, even if he had not been allowed
to deliver it. He extends hearty good
wishes to the new administration, and
says he will applaud every act OF his
successor which tends to the advance
ment of Illinois, hat warns him that
his task is not a light one. 1t is besct
with the greatest difficulties, and will
require wisdom, courage and intense
determination and persistence. He con-
tinues:
Increase of Responsibility.
ITO the members of the great political
party which have the honor of belonging
to, let me say, that, while we are relieved
OF the responsibility OF administration, our
| responsibilities In another direction are in
creased. for in n republic 1t is the minority
party which creates the sentiment and de-
| relops the principles which the government
, shall in the end carry out
| I'm so far as the new administration, fed
eral and state, shall adhere to the great
| doctrines of human right. and shall ad-
| here to those great principles tnat lie at
the very base OF republican institutions, let
us give them our hearty commentator and
support, but let us be watchful, and when
| prosperity of our great country are being
| endangered let us raise the alarm, and let
MS all the time feel an abiding confidence
that right will In the end prevail"
Altgeld Talks of the Episode.
Chicago, Jan. 12.-Ex-Gov. and Mrs.
Altgeld arrived in this city from Spring.
field Monday evening. From persons
On the train it was learned that the cX-
governor had been apprised early in
the day that an attempt would be made
to "turn him down" by the republicans
and he was prepared therefor, but net
for what actually occurred. At tke
Palmer house he received party OF
newspaper men. He said that the epi
sode at Springfield was not persona
question. He continued:
'It is a question of decency and Of OBJ
serving some OF the forms considered i'm
portant in republican government. 1t 4,
one of the glories of a republican form o.
government that there cannot only be
change of administration without trouble
but that the government shall be turned
over by one political party to a hostile po
litical party in an orderly manner and IL
n graceful manner, so that all classes o
citizens will accept tho change with equa
nimity. Accordingly, the custom has grow
up of having the retiring executive partici
pate In the Inauguration ana make Drie
address, and IL he were to refuse to do thi
he would be charged with failing to rise t
the occasion. So on the other hand, II tn
4 incoming party refuses to permit him T.
speak 1t simply shows it's inability to gras
or to meet the higher requirements of re
j publican government. Four years age
} when the legislature was democratic, all o
I tho customs were observed and all courte
sles were extended to Gov. Tifer. who no
only made a speech but made good one
e On the approach of the present inaugura
e ton we have, on our side of the house, OF
possible courtesy"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16
cuPPs AND BULL.
An Instance of soldisriy Heroism and
Kindness.

An Instance of Soldleriy Heroism and
Kindness.
A visit from Norman S. Bull, clerk OF
the circuit court for Crawford county,
reminded me of war incident well
worth telling. AT the battle of the Will
,derness, in 1864, Sergt. Bull was shot in
the face, the bullet passing from one
cheek to the other, tearing oil his upper
Jaw, or so nearly that it hung by brit
tie thread as it were. He walked OF
the field and in due time brought up at
a Washington hospital, remaining
there until September, or four months,
when he returned to his regiment for
duty. 4 silver plate had been adjust
ed to take the place of the upper jaw,
but it was painful and worked but
poorly. Capt. Thomas Kerr, later the
lieutenant colonel, was commanding
the regiment, and he said TO Bull: For
the love of all that's good, Sergt. Bull,
what are you back here for?"
"Oh, came back to go on duty, cap
tain
Then happy thought struck the
captain, and he asked: Look here
low would you like to be the division
commissary sergeant? You would have
plenty of time there to soak your hare
bread and to cook pancakes"
az guess I'd like that. Can you get i
for me?"
'I'll try"
Then Capt Kerr rode over to tn
brigade headquarters and proceeded t.
business after this fashion,:
General, Sergt. Bull has come back
AS you know. his mouth is all shot t.
pieces; he can't tear cartridges an.
more, and to eat hardtack is out of tn
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16
HE THREW UP HIS HANDS.

seem to mind it. He took out his field
glasses and began to rcconnoiter the
confederate batteries. He had hardly
put the glasses to his eyes. however.
when what we had feared came TO pass.
a bullet crashed through the loopholc,
striking the general apparently full in
the forehead. He threw up his hands
and fell backwards, the blood streaming
all over him. He was tenderly lifted
up and carried to the ambulance and no
one doubted but that he had received
his death wound. This, however, was
not the case, as the general still sur
wives. He has to-day a deep furrow
along the top of his head, showing the
course of the bullet and his escape was
literally hairs breath one.
'It was 16 years later" continued
Capt. McGrath, when l next met Gen.
Dodge. was introduced to him by Mr.,
Palmer, then postmaster of Chicago. Ee
! readily recalled the circumstances
have described.
General said, we have always
wondered what your object was il
taking observations on that day
| Will tCll ,Noh, iSpliSi bSh' i'oiSSN
Il came to the front of the line that day
carrying in my pocket an order from
Gen. Sherman to assault the confed
crate batteries. The fourth division
was already on the march and coming
up to support you. Nothing but tha
bullet interfered with the plan. IL
few moments you would have all beer
over the line
"'My Cod general exclaimed, 'th'
rebs would have brought a hundret
guns to bear on us. We should hay,
been murdered.' J
81 know it, answered the general
but we should have obeyed orders
The accuracy of Capt. McGrath'
story was confirmed not only by Ger
Dodge himself, but by Maj. II. 1. Smitl
of the Seventh Iowa, which regimen
was also in at the time. Maj. Smit
stated that he caught the general as h
fell, and that himself and other Off
GERS have kept as mementoes portion
of Gen. Dodge's scalp, torn off by tn
bullet. The fact that the bullet frs
struck the cartridge box used to for1
the loophole alone saved the general
life.
The significance of the story is th,
but for the confederate's well-aime
shot the order to assail would hay
been given, the division would probabl
have been slaughtered, and few lie
to tell the tale.-St. Louis Republic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
THE MAN WITH THE MEDAL.

Hero he comesl Doff your hat till the hero
goes by;
Mo- don't stop to listen for trumpets and
drums.
No banners are waving, obscuring the
sky,
AN speaking to us of the hero that comes.
TITS only this workingman. grizzled and
grim,
On his way to the place where he tolls
for his bread;
You don't care to stand here bareheoded
for him,
Unless you are told wha. he's done. what
he's Bald?
And what may his name be? Why, how
can tell?
I've asked him no questions-sufhcient for
me
~ that little bronze medal pinned on his
lapel,
That ali whom he meets. having eyes,
they may see. 4,
And know that his soul has been touched
by the power
That blots out all selfishness, cancels all
fear;
1t speaks to the world of perilous hour
That called for a man; and this one an
swered: "Here!
DO you fancy he waited to spell out his
name?
Or to wonder what sort of medal he'd
wear?
Or to think how he'd look in the temple
of fame!
Or who of his neighbors would gaze on
him there2
Not an instant He looks like the rest OF
his clan;
His hands are as rough. and his clothes
arc the same
But, he's filled the full measure of greatness
of man:
And, from that hour to this, he has won
new name.
And that name Is Hero: care not to see
Where he lives nor to hear what his
neighbors might tell;
Nor the name they call him; sufiicieh
for me
Is that little bronze medal pinned on Ms
| lapel.
Margaret Holmes Bates, In Youths Com
panion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16
Yiotnrla,s Prsference.

London, Jan. 12.-The prince of
Wales in response to requests made
to him for advice as to the most
fitting plans for celebrating the
occasion of the completion OF the
sixtieth anniversary of the queens
reign, has caused to be announced
that he is confident that her maj
esty would prefer that the occasion
should be marked by works of mercy
among the sick and suffering. embrac-
ing any movement tending to brighten
the lives and ameliorate the condition
OF the queens poor subjects.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16
iNDIANA's NEW GOVERNOR.
Inauguration of James A. Mount and
Other Omcers at Indianapolis.

Inauguration of James A. Mount and
Other Omcers at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. IL. - AT 12
o'clock James A. Mount and Thomas
Haggard were inaugurated governor
and lieutenant governor, respectively,
of Indiana. The ceremonies took place
upon platform erected in the main
corridor of the capitol building. and
they were witnessed by big crush OF
people. The exercises began with a
parade of carriages, the governor
elect being escorted from the Denison
hotel to the state house.
The party first proceeded to the SEN
ate chamber, where the lieutenant gov
ernor-elect was sworn in. Associate
Justice Monks administering the oath
The lieutenant governor then made a
brief address, and Immediately there
after the general assembly, preceded by
Gov. Matthews, Gov .-elect Mount, Lieut.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16
TRAGEDY IN WISCONSIN,.
Herman stimm kills His wife. His Sou
and Himself.


GAINESVILLE, Wis.,, Jan. 1l.-ln one OF
the three little rooms above the Kent
Paint company's store the bodies of
three people-Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Stimm and their siX-year-od son, were
found weltering in their blood, dead,
Saturday morning. A mute witness
cheap revolver half submerged in
fresh blood-convictcd the father OF
the crime, and the black eye that
showed through the blood stains on
Mrs. Stimn's face proved that resist
ance had been offered, but uselessly. A
jet of brains from the child's head had
been thrown to the ceiling when the shot
that cut its little life short as it lay in
bed hud been fired, and another wound
in the head showed that the father had
not calculated TO half do the job. One
bullet had been sufficient to kill Mrs.
Stimm, and it had entered squarely be-
tween the eyes.
After emptying his revolver in slay-
ing his wife and child Stimm, it APP
pears. had tracked their blood out into
the kitchen. Then he walked back and
locked the front door, leaving the marks
of his blood-stained fingers on the key
and the white doorknob. After
that he went back into the sit
ting-room and watched his wife's
life ebb out. Then he calmly
reloaded the revolver, letting the empty
shells full on the floor. Seating himself
on the floor where he could see his
wife's dying agonies he held the revol
yer against his forehead and pulled the
trigger. His nerve was gone, however
and the revolver raised as the shot wa:
fired and the ball simply cut Il three
inch scalp wound in the top of his head
Raising the hammer again he pointed
the weapon at his chin. The ball missed
its mark and grazed his neck, hardly
tearing the skin. Then, holding the re
vover close to his left breast, he sent
ball clashing into his vitals and fell owe
dead, while the weapon dropped int,
the pool of blood beside him.
The shots were heard by many people
but no one Investigated. When th
Kent company's store was opened Sat
urday morning blood was found oozin.
through the ceiling and dropping on tn
floor. The door to the rooms above wa
forced by Sheriff Acheson and the au
thorities took charge. Family trouble
were responsible for the crime, Stimr
having repeatedly threatened, since hi
wife sued him for divorce, to kill he
: and himself. Mrs. Stimm was a mus
cular woman and did not fear hin
They had been living apart since the be
ginning of the suit, but Stimm went t
her home Friday night. He was boz
maker by trade and 30 yenrs of ag'
Mrs. Stimm came here from Monroe an
, married Stimm seven years ago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16
a CLOSE SHAVE
The Momontoup Effoct of . Confederate
Roldior'a Bullet.

Soldiers Bullet.
Ofthe many stirring incidents RECALLED
al the reunion of the Society CT the
Army of the Tennessee none is more
remarkable than one in which Gen.
Granville M. Dodge, president of the
society, plays the leading part. The
story is thus narrated by Capt. M. j.
McGrath, of Chicago:
"In 1865 the left wing of the Sixteenth
army corps, under the command of
Gen. Dodge, was encamped behind in-
trenchments outside of Atlanta. l
was in the Fifty-second Illinois, which
formed part of the left wing, and i'll
the second division. Gen. j. NJ. Corse,
who is dead. commanded the division.
We had made loopholes in the earth
works through which the men inserted
their guns when shooting. The con-
! ssderates kept up hot fire, and we
had to exercise the utmost caution. it
was especially dangerous to get be-
hind loophole, as the moment the en-
emy recognized any dark object shut
ting Off the light they would make q
target of it.
Such was the state of things when
Gen. Dodge came to the front one day
and walked up close to the earthworks
We particularly warned him of the
risk he was running, but he did not
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16

question. Can you get him in as COM
snissary sergeant at division headquar-
tcrs?"
The general squinted, after his fash
ion when question that he took
deep interest in came before him, and
said: "Tom"-he always called Col.
Kerr "Tom" when he didn't call him
"Chicken"-"Tom, Sergt. Bull is as
coed u soldier as the old regiment ever
had. Few men would have come back
in his condition. / think you ought to
recommend him for a commission. He
will get along some way with his ra-
tions if we can relieve him from cart
ridge tearing"
That afternoon letter left CAMP
signed by Capt. Thomas Kerr, com
manding the regiment, requesting thai
Sergt. Norman S. Bull be commissioned
a lieutenant, Two or three weeks later
the commission came and he served the
balance of the war, or up to GravellS
Run, as an officer. He was wounded a
Iiatcher's Run in February and agar
at Gravelly Run the last day of March
He was shot five times and three of th'
wounds were serious ones. Those IL
his face made him n great sufferer 70
1s years and required so much atten
ton, so much medical skill, that it usec
up nearly everything he had. 1t cos
the lieutenant something to keep upOl'
cory In the breeze, but he says that
NJ had n thousand lives he'd rather Sc
laid down than to see that fla
own in disgrace."-J. A. Watroui
60 Times-Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-01-16

New York. Jan. I2.-hoch, Dreyfus &
Co., wholesale jewelers., have suspended.
placing the affairs in the hands of at
torneys to arrange a settlement with
creditors. The amount involved is said
to be about 100000. The firm came
from New Orleans in 1889. where its
business was established Az years earlier
by Nathan Koch.