The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-12
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The excavation for the Masonic
temple is completed.
Pension checks arrived today and |
the war veterans are glad,
The Guthrie baseball team leaves
today for Saltwater, where they will |
cross bats with that team
A telegram announces the death Of
Miss Stella Ryan, who has been In
Mexico for several months for the BEN
eft of her health.
Cuban girls are to be given homes
and education by Mrs. 5, A. Steele. Of
Chattanooga, Tenn, founder of the
steele orphanage.
The Guthrie fall carnival died last
night. President Hornor and Man
ager Berkey attended the funeral
Inactivity of the committees caused its
demise
John c. Hall, one Of the civil ensin.
/ eets Of the Santa Fe was in the city
last evening, and remarked that Okla
lahoma will have plenty Of railroads
this year
Dennis Flynn called on Gov Barnes
this morning and told him that Secre-
tary Jenkins was mistaken about Pres
ident Mckinley intending to visit
lOklahoma to investigate the Outcelt
matter
| Lawyers at Mexico, Mo-, have ex-
amined the old indictment against
Alexander Jester, for the murder Of
lGilbert Gates in 1871, and they pro-
nouuce it perfect. The trial will not
be held before Septe nber.
j L. Harolson, travelling stock buy
er for the Houston Texas, Packing
House, was in the city Yesterday and
reports that he finds more fat cattle
and hogs in Oklahoma than in Texas
or Louisiana.
Frank Burford is now a full hedged
lawer He was receiving congratula-
ulations Of his many warm friends TO-
day on his successful examination for
practice in the territorial court
| Frank is smart and clever and has a
splendid legal mind
The live stock sanitary board met al
Oklahoma City yesterday and passed a
r esolution granting the rights OF feed
ers TO have their pens quarantined Oh
the line Of railroads. That will allow
tue cattle to be shipped in and ted the
corn and cotton seed Of Oklahoma.
There are forty.nine prisoners in the
federal jail, the IN majority of whom are
waiting trial and serving sentence
for introducing whiskey in the In
dian country There are five blanke'
Osages serving out sentences. Five
months will elapse next week anC
they will be discharged for good be
havior
The stockmen's trade bureau, OF Chi
cago, has a scheme To display agricul
tural and manufactured products o.
the western and southern states ia
building near the Live Stock Exchange
building in the union stock yards, anC
has written Governor Stanley to take
steps 20 have Kansas represented. Ok
lahoma should nave exhibits there
/, The eastern capitalists interested il
the Shawnee road will arrive tonight
They have raised the money ahC
railroad iron and are ready TO com
M nee work Shawnee has complied
Q with her agI eemon.. Now IL
/ Guthries time to MAKE her report.
! Railroad men say that all Indication
I poiut TO a fierce railroad war in Okla
homa. All the lines Of road in tn,
r territory are fighting 30 get INTO th'
best parts Of the territory, and unless
they come to some agreement regard
ing the division of territory and traffic
a rate war is considered certain. Th'
Santa Fe ahd Rock Island, il is assert
= I'd, have joined hands and will worl
together. 1T is claimed that the Mis-
T souri, Pacific and the Frisco lines arr
! preparing TO do the same, and the TIVE
ordinations will fight each other
Ihs outcome OF the difficulty will b'
watched with interest by railroad mel
- and shippers. Wichita Beacon.