The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-03-30
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Oklahoma City Oklahoman: II IS cur
rently reported that Mr.. l.. II. Kramer
will shortly begin the erection Of a new
elevator OF 100000 capacity. Mr.. Kramer
is liberal minded citizen who has al
ways been shrewd enough TO unload his
grain at good profit and he proposes to
Increase his facilities for handling grain.
Oklahoma City Times Journal: David
Smith, adl dlndg insane today, will not
be sent 10 Norman but will be turned over
10 the United States authorities, as he
stands convicted Of perjury aud is await
ing a new trial. His perjury case will
likely be dismissed and he will be sent
TO United States hospital for the insane.
Chandler Publicist: Assistant Engl-
neer Burns and force arrived here last
Friday, and on Saturday retraced the
line through town and made new sur
veY higher up the side OF the draw. En-
gineer Hinkley and President Jones are
expected here today TO examine the
cha age made. They will definitely locate
the line and probably the depot before
they leave.
Alva Courier: II you have a home
stead, keep II. The time Is near at hand
when real estate will be valuable, and
recolleet that the public domain is al
most occupied, aud that the new fields for
future settlement are few and scarce and
may never be realized IL you have a
home In Oklahoma, keep IL. Ninety nine
chances to a hundred 1t Is better home
ia better land than you could find else
where.
Oklahoma City Oklahoman: Clebe
Morris, the negro who was arrested for
stealing wat.h from w. S. Harding,
was brought up IN the police court and
transferred TO the justice court, where he
was bound over 70 await the action Of
the grand jury He is committed TO iail
IN default OF a $500 bond Morris returned
from Lansing, Kan, a few months Since
and has been working with the scAvenger
force until arrested.
ArApahoe Bee: Judge Tarsney dls-
charged all the regular panel OF grand
and petit jurors because there was a diff
ference In the size OF the slips the county
clerk had put In the box from which the
jurors were 10 be drawn, snd majority
were residents OF the east side OF the
county. The United States marshal aud
United States clerk and county clerk
prepared a new set Of regular sized
tickets and proceeded TO draw grand
Jury.
Chandler News; On the evening OF
March 80 our city was visited by one OF
the most destructive cyclones on record
One OF the hitherto unpublished anee-
/ dOtes OF that historic occasion relates TO
a cyclone shield, SO 10 speak just at the
time when the cyclone struck, woman
OF small stature was marketing at q well
known groceryi so was colOred man.
When the earth and everything on ID APP
peared 70 reel, the woman put the coll
ored man between herself and chaos. In
vain did the man struggle 70 free him
self from her terrified clutches the better
10 protect himself from the fury Of the
storm. The woman held on with a firm.
unfaltering grip. The colored man
prayed for freedom with as much
/ iervor as his ancestors ever ala. NF 9h
| Gawd's sake, let go, nom, IT'S a KILN
me. /" he walled, as debris battered him.
"I'll not let 90" Quoth she, and she
didn't When things ceased 10 hy
through the air this ingenious woman re-.
leased Ter unwilling protector and
emerged unhurt. But alas for her shield
lie was SCARED and cut and bruised, and
for many days he was known 10 the hos
pital physieiads.