The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-03-12
OVER TIE TERRITORY.


A kiln Of $50 eco brick is to be burned |
az Chandler
Hal. Bowles, OF Purcell, sailed for
Juneau, Alaska, on the steamship City
OF Topeka, last week.
Editor Isenberg, OF the Enid wave,
is having trouble with his eyes, and Is
in serious danger Of losing them.
Mrs. James e Hall, Of Purcell,
whose husband died last week, will
receive s. 600 from the New York Life.
j. II. Harper, Of Pawnee, while NOV
ing house, crawled under IL ito see
IL everything was all right" The
house broke in two and part OF II fe
on him. He was badly injured.
Whether his provocation was just or
not is not known, but Jim Oden, who
lives near Cato In Kjng6sher was
arrested and fined S95 for threatening
TO kill George Charter, the village
postmaster.
Perry Sentinel. Mr.. Harm has been
appointed clerk OF tho district court
under Judge Hainer for this district.
This knocks out DR.. Southard, the
middle weight champion Of Bro.
Barnes, and insures C. A. Hunt as
deputy.
Bird Smith, who shot and killed Bill
StOvall in Pottawatomie county last
week, was bound over without bail on
the chatgs Of murder in the first de-
gree. The Rogers woman is being
held as a w.tness. Both are in the
Tecumseh jail.
| pe,.. f,a.,,t,r. Na,so~ao, a, or,,1,v,
| Louis Reward, while on his way to the
Usage country, was thrown violently
! from the wagon in which he was rid
ing and sustained painful, severe and
perhaps dangerous injury. Some OF
his ribs are broken and he is suffering
considerably The horses became
frightened at the cars.
Norman Transcript: Judge Dale
was thoroughly roasted by Frank Nc
Masters in last Sundays Oklahoms
City Globs, and A. A. Byers pulverized
Judge Biarer at banquet recently
given in the latter's honor at Newkirb
The gentlemen waited until the Judges
were eff the bench--Rnd we can sec
where they're right. 1t is safe now tC
express your contempt.
| raw ace bsaDhhtus we want IL ulb
liuctly understood that He'll Roaring
creek is not in Payne county, as the
newspapers have generally credited it
II is In Pawnee county, four mileI
southeast from Black burn. A preachei
some years ago organized Sunday
school out there, and the boys pro
posed that it be called He'll Roarin
Sunday school The preacher objected
the boys insisted, and it came near be
ing that In reality, il not in name.
Washington special: Since 1t ha
been ascertained beyond question tina
Lincoln McGeisy was innocent Of
participation in the murder of Mrs
Laird, the United Sta,es authoritie
have taken renewed interest II
4 b;inglng the perpetrators OF the shock
ing crime to justice. Attorney Gen
eral Griggs has been personally inves
tigating the law bearing upon the sub
ect and the result is that he has in
! structed the United States attorne,
that conviction for conspiracy in thi
case would carry with it the dealt
penalty or imprisonment for life. Th
I authority to inHict such a penalty |
g given in sections 550s and $500 o
. revised statutes.
= Attorney General Cunningham reu
G dered au opinion in references TO tn
, law passed By the Fourth legislativ
assembly which requires the applica
y ton OF taxes collected for the curren
= year to be applied TO the current ~
penses Of the year, in which he Ad wise
g the territorial treasurer that, inas
, much as no provision " as made by tn
legislature for the payment of out
standing Indebtedness or for defei
which must necessarily arise bstwsei
the appropriations and the current Is
levies, that the Legislature could nc
have intended TO apply the law to tn
territory OF oklahoma, as this woul
Q mean reputation OF the territoris
d Indebtedness which would not be me
. by the current levies.