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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11
RAILROAD BUILDING
In OKLAHOMA
Mileage Doubled in the Past
Two Years and Many
New Lines Projected

in Oklahoma more new railroad
has been built this year than in any
other state o. territory in the Union,
wit. the exception Of Texas. over 300
miles of extensions have been com
pleted in the territory since January
/ by the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific. the choctaw, Oklahoma and
Gulf and the Blackwell, Enid and
Southwestern, and the same com
panies have further extensions under
way aggregating over 300 miles, of
which at least 175 miles are expected
TO be completed before the close Of
the year.
Although the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe has built no new mileage in
Oklahoma or the Indian territory this
year. has planned much important
work in that section Of the country
and has just secured an amended
charter for the Eastern Oklahoma
railway, which provides for the con
struction Of 745 miles of new line, in
addition to the seventy miles already
built under the original charter of the
latter company. This amended char
ter calls for extensions from Ripley,
okla, to Owasso, l. r., 80 miles; from
Pawnee. okla, to Bartlesville, l. I.
6l miles; from Bliss to Pawnee Bluff,
Okla. Sc miles: from Ponca TO Elgin,
Kas., 60 miles; from Gushing to
Shawnee So miles; from Pawnee,
okla. via Chandler. Shawnee and
Tecumseh, to Dougherty, /. T., on the
Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe, 100
miles, and from Guthrie northwest to
Alva, Okla, 1O5 miles, with various
ehort branches into the rich agricul-
tural regions of Oklahoma ahG WITH
three arms stretching up into Kansas.
1t is not expected that all of this new
road is to be built in the immediate
future. but the entire projected mile
age is through sections of the coun-
try which will demand railway faciii-
Tics MlAilh a lev gAaAo ~ nv ~ NV
ent, and this broad charter will en-
able the Santa Fe to undertake the
work OF extension in various direc-
tions as soon as the conditions may
warrant.
1t is a notable fact that although
many thousands Of miles of new rail
road are projected in Oklahoma and
the Indian territory, the building is
being carried on exclusively by large
SYSTEMS, such as the Rock Island, the
Santa Fe, the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco and the Choctaw, Oklahoma
anu Gulf. All OF the companies whose
lines already penetrate OF cross this
section have planned numerous ex-
tensions and branches and are pre-
pared to proceed with the work of con
struction as soon as the development
of the country iustifes, from which
It would appear that there is little
likelihood Of any independent road of
Importance being built in that region,
with the exception OF the Kansas
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

The Times-Journal makes this brag
for Oklahoma City "OkIahoma
Citys population is double that Of any
other city in the territory; it's post
Office receipts are double, its bank
deposits are double excepting public
funds,) its floor space in brick or
stone structures is three times the
amount in any other town; is retail
trade double, and it's wholesale trade
eighteen times the wholesale trade
carried on by any other town in Okla
homa"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11
stood Death OF.

e. B. Munday a lawyer Of Henri
etta, Tex, once fooled grave digger.
He says: MY brother was very low
with malarials fever and jaundice.
persuaded him to try Electric Bitters,
and he was soon much better, but con.
tinued their use until he was wholly
cured | am sure Electric Bitters
saved his life.' This remedy expels
malaria, kills disease germs purifles
the blood; aids digestion, regulates
liver, kidneys and bowels, cures con
stipation, dyspepsia, nervous diseases,
kidney troubles, female complaints
gives perfect health Only soc at A.
Il. Gray's drug store
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11
GALL IT 4sHoLLeoscH."
English Alphabet Can No Better Ex.
press the Pronunciation Of
czolgosz.
[By Associated Press.l

[By Associated Press.1
Buffalo. Sept. Czolgosz, the
name of the man who shot President
Mckinley, offers lingual problem
to nineteaths of those who attempt
20 pronounce it, 1t is one Of those
nama- which the English alphabet
cannot spell phonetically and which
the average English speaking per
son stumbles over IN trying to ex-
press after hearing it spoken by a
Russian. Written accof ding to it's
pound, the name Czolgosz. or it's
nearest equivalent, IS "Tchollgosch
or more broadly speaking. "shon
goseh."
The former pronunciation is the
one given yesterday by Sergeant Ter
Isaiah. Of the detective bureau, who
is a Russian, and who Is familiar with
the varied dialects in Polish Russia
whence the parents Of Leon czolgos'
came 20 this country.
"Cz" Is represented in the Russian
alphabet BY character which Is pro
nounced much the same as though
one were suppressing q sneeze 'tch'
The next two letters--"ol'-sg pro
nounced il combination as thougl
written "oll' and the remaining let
ters OF the name gosz" be CIV
en- the sound OF 'goseh."
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

Two young men established laun-
dry at Geary. gathered in a quantity
of soiled clothing and after week
delivered the same and collected for
fl aud skipped town. When the pack
ages were opened by their patrons
the clothing was found to be in exact
ly the same condition as when sent
10 the laundry A hotel ns%n Is also
out SIS worth OF board and lodging.
Pawnee insists that electric lights
are necessary In that town.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

Rollingstone Nomoss-'De only job
l ever had was a horrible example,
Thirsty Thingumbob Gee. dat must
a been great. Did dey keep you
boozed all de timer" RolliRgstone No
Nav; it wasn't dat kind.
was horrible example fer soap
salesman"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

Fred voeiss Of Wellington, Kas.,
recently married an Usage Indian
maiden who possesses 1900 acres Of
choice land and received 900 acres as
wedding present from her parents.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

The Shawnee Quill retells this good
Irish story on Oklahoma City: "An
Irishman went to an Oklahoma City
restaurant and asked for a square
meal The waiter first brought soup,
which Pat drank with relish. She
then brought in some celery, which
soon went the way of the soup. The
waiter then brought in 8 fine lobster.
He looked at the lobster and then re-
belled. Madam, he said. I've drank
your dish water and ate your bouquet,
but Oi'n be dogonued II Oill ate the
bug"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

There is trouble in the southern
district. Twenty members OF the
Ardnore bar are out in remon-
strance against Judge Townsen's re-
appointment and a large fund has
been subscribed to defeat his confir-
nation if reappointed by President
Mckinley.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11
working Night and pay.

The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Or. Kings.
New Life Pills. These pills change
weakness into strength, listlessness.
into energy, brain flag into mental
power They're wonderful in build
ing up the health. Only 25c per box.
Sold by A. E. Gray.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

Oklahoma is waiting to hear the
thud Of ]. A. stine's landing on Pres
ident Ament of the Alva normal
stine has the sand and IS looking for
the sock.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

A little life may be sacrificed 10 a
sudden attack OF Group II you don't
have Dr. Thomas Electric OH on hand
for the emergency
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

Business lots sold in Lawton for
S32s,675 and residence lots for $751;
$50.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11
TERRITORIAL SNAP SHOTS.
Matters Of More or Less Interest to
Leader Readers.

The abundance of rain now falling
in Oklahoma is no indication, howev-
er, that there will be good skating in
Oklahoma next winter.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

A thousand volumes have been ad
ded to the university library at Nor
man this year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

Miss Cheek has announced her in
tention of building a $4,000 hospital
in East Guthrie.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

Bad blood and indigestion are dead
Iy enemies 10 good health. Burdock
Blood Bitters destroys them.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

phsh any such result. The advan-
tage gained by long course of
these drugs IS only temporary and
short-lived.
No wonder, then, the blood
poison victim grows respondent
and abandons hope when, after TAX
ing mercury and potash long and
regularly, and having followed to
the letter his physicians instruc-
tions, he sees the old disease return
ing, bringing many new and strange
symptoms, and, in spite of medical
skill and in defiance of all human
efforts, the body is soon covered
with a mass of pustular sores and
copper-colored spots. The mem
branes of the mouth, tongue and
throat thicken and ulcerate, glands
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11
ONTAGIOUS
BLOOD POISON

pesofa
S to dsappon nmentT ID
Ii the sores NJ derupton andp hpor
horrible ureof
mthe
and
deadly
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

Nearly 100 preachers drew lucky
numbers IA the FL Reno lottery.
A reunion of the blue and the gray
for all of Oklahoma viii be held in
Weatherford, September IL, IL. and
10.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-09-11

M rc ry and
Potash, holding
out false hopes
Of a cure, lie ad
the unfortunate
victim into a
mire Of darkest
d e S p air and
doubt. II ~ ~
The Washington times., 1901-07-08
A sIuv privnteer sensation.

All the so-caIled yellow journals are
not confined to the United States. Eu-
rope seems to be rapidly becoming their
favorite stamping ground, and the ter
rffying sensations manufactured over
there, out OF whole cloth, from time to
time, often are Of a character TO make
the Chinese news liars of Shanghai
green with envy.
The Petit Bleu," a Brussels, Bel
gium. paper. offers a brilliant illustra-
ton Of this statement in an article
printed last Saturday. in which it is as
serted that Mr.. Kruger has been
strongly urged by certain enterprising
promoters TO arm privateers TO make
war on British commerce. that he has
refused TO entertain the proposition.
but that the people behind 1t, should
he prove obdurate. announce their in
tention TO prosecute the enterprise
without his consent.
A more silly canard hardly could be
imagined Assuming the survival Of
the Boer Republic as a State. which
most Americans do, as matter Of SEN
timent, but which, under the rules Of
war and OF international law, is at
least a very doubtful assumption, in
present circumstances. it should be re-
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

General Appraisers had sustained his
ruling, by a vote Of two to one, the
Secretary was quoted as saying that
he was glad the appraisers were not
unanimous. for he had been very doubt
full himself. Whether ia these respects
he has or has not been reported with
strict accuracy. matters but little. The
most general consideration of the facts
shows that il is in the highest degree
uncertain whether the Russian rcgula-
ton ope -ates as a bounty. Besides this,
the Russian Government explicitly de-
MED that any bounty was paid or in
tended.
Surely Mr.. Gage. under such circum-
stances, could have exercised his dis
cretion by giving Russia the benefit of
any doubt that might exist in his mind.
But he did not. He resolved the doubt
in favor Of the Sugar Trust, and virtu-
ally decided that NJ. de Witte had Ut
tered a diplomatic falsehood in deny
ing the existence of any bounty. And
now, when Russia retaliates in a way
THAI is likely 10 hurt us hundred fold
worse than we can hurt her, a vail
goes up from the inner circle of the
Treasury Department on behalf of Mr..
Gage
The blunder was simply ineXcusable.
The Secretary knew that the interests
ne was jeopardizing were many fold
greater than those which he was trying
to favor. He knew, moreover. that in
taking sides with the Sugar Trust be
was casting his lot with monopoly
which. while not the greatest, perhaps
is the most odious in America. its eX
actions being felt in every household.
There is literally nothing in sound
logic or in common justice TO be urged
in favor of Mr.. Cages action. The
only plea TO be made for him is The
technical one that under the Dingley
law he had no discretion after the fact
was established that Russia paid a
sugar bounty. This. however, is decid-
ing the case in Mr.. Cages favor by as
suming the very point in dispute, which
involves the further assumption that NJ.
de Witte was deliberately untruthful in
order to save from the payment of du-
ties a quantity of Russian sugar, not
equal in value to a single small cargo
OF American machinery, such as we
were exporting to the Empire of the
Car
The Washington times., 1901-07-08
PERSONAL.

Prof Fuckers successor in the pres
idency of the British Association will be
! Prof Dewar, who will appear in the chair
| at the Belfast meeting in 1892.
The Queen OF Holland has become a
keen admirer of the autocar, and is learn
! ing how to drive one. her brother-in-law,
| the Duke of Mecklenburg, giving her les
! sons.
The Irish societies of Chicago are or
ganizing a monster demonstration on the
| occasion of the visit of Mr.. Michael Da-
witt on August 10. The demonstration is
| also intended to celebrate the Inaugural
tion of a new Irish national movement
Don Jerman Riesco, the President-elect
OF Chile, is a relative OF the retiring
President. Senior Errazuriz. and has had
the support of both Liberals and Radi-
Gals.
President Harper, of the University of
Chicago, has just received the degree of
Ii. D. from Tulane University. New
Orleans.
Don Cameron, ex-United States Senator
from Pennsylvania, is being doomed for
Governor of that State. It is declared
that he can have the nomination for the
asking. the machine" being with him.
DR.. Edward Dwight Eaton has decided
to remain at his post as President of
BeIOft College, a position he has held
since 1886.
Senator John p Jones of Nevada has
over $4,000 invested in orange growing
near Los Angeles, Cal, and has become
quite an expert judge of the fruit
Prince Nicholas. the third son of the
King of Greece. has already shown his
talent as an artist. and on the recent visit
of Lord WoIseley he gave him drawing
of group of Eyazone soldiers, which has
been very favorably criticised.
Sir Martin Conway. the famous noun
taineer, who has just been elected Slade
nrofessor of fine arts at Cambridge Uni
yersity. England. made his first ascent
of mountain at the age of seven.
Telserene de Bort, the famous French
aeronaut. has secured the lowest tempera-
ture mark on record. " degrees cent?
grade. or g76 Fahrenheit. The reading
was registered on a thermometer in a
trial balloon recently sent up to height
Of 81, ,000 feet.
The chair of astronomy in the Univer-
sity of Missouri, which has been vacant
since Prof. Milton Updegraff resigned it
10 enter the United States Naval Obser-
yatorv at Washington, has been filled at
last by the selection of DR.. Frank II.
Sears of the University of California.
] Pierpont Morgan has one of the most
elaborate collections of beer stems in
America. During his last trip abroad he
purchased two more that formerly be-
ionged to a collection owned by Prince
Bismarck The price paid for them would
buy beer enough to fill all the stems in
America a couple OF times.
Nine times out of ten King Edward
merely reads the speeches that are writ
ten for him IT would be impossible for
any one man to cover the number of sub
jects he is compelled to handle in the
course of one year. A specialist is, as a
rule commanded to write the speech
which his Majesty afterward reads.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08
That Despatch to Dewey.

It is really too bad that the bureau
Gratis, Of the Navy Department cannot
settle il a. once who is entitled to the
credit Of the despatch sent to Admiral
Dewey, directing that officer to capture
or destroy the Spanish fleet in Philip
pine waters. The country is in almost
breathIess anxiety over it, and the mat
ter should be cleared up promptly, TO
the end that the name OF the writer
may go sounding down the corridors of
time without the slightest shading upon
the glory so gallanly won.
To be sure. upon its face, it does not
seem to be very extraordinary
achievement. Admiral Dewey was at
Montojo was at Manila with the fleet of
Spain. With the commencement Of the
war. Dewey had to betake himself
from the neutral port, in which his
ships lay. He had to go somewhere,
and nothing was more natural than
that he should strike a blow at Manila,
thus, if successful, weakening the power
IF the enemy, and at the same time
dnding a safe and permanent base fer
MS OhA DPGl dAAbAS- IL t4NeAAAg NehS AAAN
duty of the Navy Department to Gp-
prise the Admiral of the situation, and
it is difficult TO imagine what else
could have been done than the send
ing of some such despatch as the enc
referred to. It is hardly supposable
that the depaT tment would have
cabled the war has commenced; keep
out of the way of the Spanish fleet" A
message of that kind might have been
sent il il had been known that the
American feet was greatly inferior to
the Spanish. but we are not advised
that the Navy Department had any
idea that such was the case. If it had,
the wisdom of the order was, at least,
doubtful.
Evidently somebody connected with
the Navy Department is looking for
cheap distinction, for the question Of
who wrote the despatch is aboIt as
small a matter as any that can well
be imagined. Still, in its small way, it
is a curious affair. One would natural
ly suppose that a despatch TO the com
mander Of a distant feet, directing him
TO attack an enemy, would be issued by
the President, through the Secretary
of the Navy; but Mr.. Long is reported
as saying that he knows nothing about
the despatch. Itseems scarcely credible
that a subordinate in the department
took il upon himself to issue the order,
although the earnestness with which
the credit is claimed by some of them
suggests that they must have in mind
something more than the distinction
which pertains to the mere clerical
work Of writing the order. Any Crdi-
nary typewriter, or stenographer, could
have done that, just as well.
But after all, either Lieutenant
Whittlesey or Admiral Crowninshield
had as much to do with the battle Of
Manila as Admiral Sampson had with
that of Santiago, and If Sampson is en-
titled to have his profile upon what is
essentially a Santiago medal, why
should not some other bureaucrat get
whatever glory he can out of Dewey's
victory? We may be certain, though,
that If the battle had gone against
Dewey, these same carpet knights Of
the Navy Department would be only
too glad to leave all of the disgrace of
defeat with him, just as Sampson would
have allowed the odium 10 fall upon
SchIey if the Spanish feet had es-
capped from Santiago.
The Washington times., 1901-07-08
Tbe Defence Of Mr.. CAGE.

II is in no way strange that the Off
GERS of the Treasury Department are
hard at work in defence Of Secretary
Cages sugar ruling, which has pro-
voked the unfortunate tariff war with
Russia. The regularity and frequency
with which. Of late. pleas have appear
ed in print defending the Secretary's
course indicate all too plainly that the
officials of his department recognize
the seriousness Of the issue that has
been raised. and how injurious 10 US it
is likely to be. II Mr.. Gage were clear
ly right. he, and his friends, could
safely afford to let the matter rest; but
they DO not and the pleading char
acter Of the arguments on his behalf is
in itself a confession Of weakness.
II Is being urged now that the Ius-
Eian Government seems erroneOusly to
suppose that a discretion rested with
the Secretary. whereas, under the Ding
ley law. he had no discretion what
ever, but was bound to collect the
countervailing duties as soon as he was
satisfied that Russia was covertly Jay
ing a bounty This is simply an eva
sion Of the main point in cOntro-
versy. Everybody knows that the Ding
ley law provides for countervailing
duties when the fact Of foreign bcun-
ty is established. But ii is with refer
ence 10 the fact itself that the Secre-
tary could have exercised some rea-
sonable discretion
When the matter was first made pub
lie, Mr.. Gage was reported as being
much in doubt as 10 the fact of Rus
Hia paying the bounty. When a little
later it was stated that the Board OF
The Washington times., 1901-07-08
AN IMPOVERISHED CABINET.

Fortunate is the Cabinet officer who has
enough money to buy hundred thousand
dollar residence and to keep up his estab-
lishment without regard to the so'ary he
receives. But how about the member who
has to depend on the scant allowance of
s., 900 a year? In many Administrations
he has been the man who has done the
most important work and who has been of
most value to the nation. The pay is not
adequate and there is no reason why it
should not be increased. especially as po-
sitions of far less inheritance are much
better remunerated- At the same time
any measure that looks TO relief in this
direction meets with violent opposition.
In many sections 5000 a year represents
a princely income. but that is not the
case in Washington, where the expenses
of living and the demands on a Cabinet
officer increase steadily every year
PHILADELPHIA Times
The Washington times., 1901-07-08
THE MIGHTY MEANS.

1t is frankly observed about the pre-
tender TO the leadership of the British
Liberals that Mr. Asquith would have
been advanced to that post long ago had
he been of ample means" The Imperial
list Liberals are going to furnish the
means 1t has always been understood
that certain distinguished Republicans in
this country would have preferred to be
tariff reformers had not the tariff bene-
iciaries furnished them the means to be
Republican leaders.-Chicag Chronicle
The Washington times., 1901-07-08
LAYING PIPE.

With the seat of executive authority at
Canton. Ohio. the period Of dullness and
commonplace routine in Federal official
ism has descended upon the Administra-
ton at Washington like some vast, all
enveloping cloud. But the politicians and
the secret powers that are combined to
control Federal affairs will not rest nor
take a holiday Summer is the recognized
season for laying political pipe for i'm
poTtant uses hereafter, and hence the
utility of long vacations for chief officials
desirous of promoting partisan ends
PHILADELPHIA Record
The Washington times., 1901-07-08

Unless all signs fail the Morgan Steel
Trust and it's army of workingmen be-
longing to the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, will
reach an agreement, probably. thissweek,
and what might prove to be the most
widespread and disastrous strike in his
tory viii be averted. a conference has
been arranged between the opposing froces
of capital and labor to take place at Pitts
burg on Tuesday or Thursday, and as
both parties seem inclined to peace, there
should be nttIe difficulty in their reach
ing a friendly understanding.