The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-10-13

TERRITORIAL SKETCHES

The Oklahoma esbytery is in ses-
sion In Edmond Twenty-Five pastors |
and the elders Of their churches are in |
attendance. The presbytery convened
last night and will adjourn tomorrow
noon. The Rev. Mr Miles Of @ ithrie
was chosen moderator.
Oklahoma City Times.J ournal Some
OF the Inhabitants of Indian Territory
towns want pumpkin pie without cut
ting up the pumpkin They will learn
that just as soon as they have schools,
good streets, lights and Ere protection
they will also have taxes.
Not only is Enid too small to main
tain two Republican or Democratic
papers, but so Is Kansas City; so is
Wichita, and so is any other town
Life is too short TO spend any of IL in
opposing the memb bers OF ones party,
and opposition, contention and demor
alizatlon are bound to ensue under
those conditions Enid sun Eagle.
The eighth annual conference of
the NJ. II. church is ia session at Okla
homa City this week Bishop j N
Fitzgerald Of Boston arrived this
afternoon and will preside About
200 ministers and the wives of many cf
them are present Today an examin-
alton was conducted for the purpose
Of admitting young ministers into the
conference. Tomorrow the regular
work OF the conference will begin.
Ardmoreite: United states Attor~
ney w. B. johnson, Of the Southern
district received a message from the
first assistant attorney general, Mr..
Hoyt, asking IL Mrs Willie Enloe was
TO be held at Washington on a charge
OF murder. The defendant vas insane
when the crime was committed and
was sent TO an asylum. She has re-
covered. There viii be no prosecu-
tion.
Erwin Covey, Of Blaine county, was
tried yesterday at Watonga for the
murder of his wife, February goth
! Covey Acknowledged that be killed
his wife but had to shoot her four
, times TO do il His wife attacked hin
with a monkey wrench and he in self
! defense was obliged TO kill her or she
would surely have killed bim. He
was acquitted J, II Warren, of Eel
Reno, was attorney for the defense.
A special TO the Times. Journal from
Choctaw City says About l2 o'clock
last night the safe OF Stone & Co
! hardware merchants, was blown open
and about 5000 taken There is only Y
slight clue as to who the robbers are.
Three we'll dressed men, who were
} strangers, were seen hanging around
town and this morning they were gone.
The report made by the explosion was
: heard, but no one went to see what
was the matter. This morning Sheriff
Copeland arrived on the train from
Oklahoma City with two loodbounds,
and an effort is being made to track
: the robbers.
+. Enid Wave: Jesse p Reed, a young
r man, nineteen years old, well known
in this city was adjudged insane be
fore Judge Beauehan,p today. The
a young mans trouble seemed to be
that tender passion known as love
lie became infatuated with a certain
young lady in this city who did not
4 encourage her admirer, in othel
words. she treated him coldly. Th,
other day he became sullen and bois-
ferrous and threatened the life OF hii
father He seemed TO think there wal
a mob after him all the time. Sheriff
!. Porter will start for Norman with tn,
unfortunate boy tonight.
The case OF Alexander Jester, Al
a Paris. Mo-, charged with the murder
of Gilbert Gates In 1871, was called OF
4 the l2th After the prosecuting attor
4 ney stated that the state was ready
n for trial counsel for Jester created
a sensation by saying The defense, in
order TO expedite business and dispel
useless theories, desires to answer thai
it is ready for trial and that the pris-
3 oner az the bar is Alexander Jes' er
q the salhe who passed through Monroe
county In 1871 and who was indicted
in that year on the charge of murder
r ing Gilbert Gates. We also plead not
guilty" Up TO this time the defens,
. had denied the prisoners Identity.
At Oklahoma City suit for SIC ,0Ot
damages was filed in the district court
by Wm. =, Harper as attorney for c
: h, Brown, OF Choctaw City, agains
the Choctaw railroad company. IL
his petition Brown alleges that he wal
8 laborer on the Choctaw railroad ,em-
ployed as a section hand. While help
ing to carry a steel rail two OF tn,
= men carrying one end of the rail fell
4 throwing all the weight OF the rail on
Blown, and, he declares, wrenched hi
back so that he is unable TO earn
4 livelihood Brown further alleges
that ore OF the men who fell wal
I nearly blind and should not have beer
employed by the company.
N Harper 5. Cunningham, attorney
4 general, has gone To Washing ton
I where he will argue several tcrritori
\ al eases now pending before the Unit
4 ed States supreme court The most
\ important is that OF the territorial
i board Of equalization.
Three times in he history Of Okla
] homa the hoard OF equalization haS
Y increased the assessed valuation to an
4 amount greater than the aggregate OF
4 the total valuation as returned by the
Y county clerks In each instance the
n board was ught IN the courts.
The decision Of the United States
supreme court will be- of great legal
! Importance 10 every state and terri
I tory. The last legislature pas sed a
v law forbidding the board To make
4 such u raise ia future