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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

The Times-Journal says the regis
tration in Oklahoma City has reach
ed 2,486, and it is expected the mum
ber to reach 5000 before the closing
of registration last night.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

J. w. McNeal, since his return from
Washington, feels considerable en-
couraged over his prospects to be ap-
pointed governor to succeed Governor
c. NJ. Barnes He states quite frank
ly, however. that ne really konws
nothing about the situation or his
chances, except that no appointment
viii be made before May.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

James Kelley, while receiver OF the
Mangum land Office, hurrahed for
Flynn until he was hoarse. Ex-Re.
ceiver James Kelley, late OF the Man
gum land Office is now growing hoarse
hurrahing for Barnes How little
things work great changes.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

Since Dennis Flynn and Joe Nc
Neal have deserted the field at wash
ington and left the fences all down
Governor Barnes ought to be able to
fix up all the gaps to his own liking
an6 high enough to keep out all strays.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

The corn king, Geo. II. Phillips. has
forced the Chicago corn market up to
421s cents a bushel, and as he has the
shorts cornered the market will GER
tainly go higher before he pulls in the
strings.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

Joseph w McNeal, so It IS stated,
believes that the indictment found
against him by the Logan county
grand jury, is the work OF malicious
political persecution and is done FOR
the purpose Of iniurying him in his
candidacy for governor. Both he, ex-
Governor A. j. seay and Mr. Horsfan
are demanding an immediate nearing
before the courts
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

The widow OF Preston Brooks, of
South Carolina, who caned Senator
Charles Sumner in his seat in the
United States senate on May %, 1856,
has just died at her home in Columbia
Her husband died in january, 1857.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

Most all the Republican papers in
Oklahoma are on the fence on the
gubernatorial question. They don't
know where to light. Occasionally an
editor will change rails. but he still
sits on the fence.-Ponca City Demo
crat
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

The old saying that new broom
sweeps clean Is true, and II is true also
that old as we'll as new brooms made
by the Guthrie Broom works sweep
clean all tho time and last much longer
than other manufacturers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

Secretary jenkins Is being groomed
MS dark horse candidate for gov
enior. Dut McNeal seems 70 be in the
leaj OF the dark horse.--Ponca City
Democrat.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27
LoDeE DTREorORY.

GUTHRIE coMMANDERY NO. 1,
knights Templar, meets every Wed
nesday evening at 1880 at their Asy-
lum in the Masonic temple. Visiting
Sir Knights always welcome.
Jno. Ransom Hamill, r. G.
e. NJ. Bamford, Recorder.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

Colonel j. w. snyder win lecture
on Good Government at Jackson
hall IN the Fifth ward, Friday evening,
at 1890, Lecture is free and all are
invited.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

The aggregate OF the rewards now
offered for the capture OF the murderer
Ben cravens. reaches nearly $1,000.
That ought TO bring in the sconndrel
IN some shape.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

w ID. Williamson win make the best
street commissioner Guthrie ever had.
Every property owner knows this, and
they know also that his defeat would
be a calamity to the city
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

who will get that $1,000 reward for
the scalp OF Ben Crayens2 It is now
up TO the United States marshals and
the local Officers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

A few Of the Flynn supporters are
watching their chance to make goo
goo eyes at Governor Barnes.-Ponca
City Democrat.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

No one knows the unbearable tor
ture one undergoes from piles unless
they are SO afflicted Tabler's Buck
eye Pile ointme { is a quick, safe and
painless cure. Price, so cents in bot
ties. Tubes, rs cents.
F. b. Lille g. Co., and Wheeler &
Son.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

The negroes Of ST. Louis have
thrown on the Republican yoke and
organized the auxiliary Jefferson
club, Nearly 1000 have already
joined the club.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

# 1t is really true that Secretary
jenkins sees the gubernatorial plum
ripening in his yard, he is not disposed
TO let the fact be known.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

New Mexico has at last made a
strong pull for statehood, by passing a
law to make train robbery capital
offense.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

A dispatch says that Mrs. c. NJ.
Barnes. wife OF Soyernor Barnes, who
has been quite ill,n Washington has
so far recovered as to be able TO drive
ont IN hor oarrlnge.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

According TO Lord Lansdowne the
English propose to hold on to what
ever rights the Bulwer-Clayton treaty
gave them in the Nioaraguan canal.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

Why Is il that when a man In a
semi-temperance town emerges from a
saloon, he looks up or down the street
and goes the other way?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

Our Dennis Flynn has been quieter
and has done less talking since he re-
turned from Washington than ever
before. what's in the wind?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

Fifth ward people should not fail
to attend and hear Colonel Snyder
Friday night at Jackson's hall.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27
LOW RATE EXCURSION
TO
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
VIA.
THE cHocTAW ROUTE.

TIE CHOC AW HOUIE.
Travel over the New Line and visit
Americas greatest health and pleas
ure resort.
Tickets on sale March 18th, 1901,
and good for return until March 18th.
An extension to three weeks will be
granted upon payment Of amount
equal to price Of ticket.
All particulars on application to any
agent c. o. & G. r. r.. or
c. B. Hart, General Western Agent,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Geo. H. Lee, q. P. & T. A., Little
Rock, Ark.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

The Nebraska Legislature could do
business along Republican lines If Il
wasn't for that fellow Rosewater.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

"A certificate has been issued by the
comptroller authorizing the Lehlgh
National Bank Of Lehigh, Indian ter.
ritory, to begin business, with a capi.
fai stock Of s2b,qeO.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

The labor unions at New Castle, Pa,
don't want Carnegie's S5OOO0 library
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27
A DELICATE CHILD


Let delicate child take a
little SCOTS emulsion Of cod
liver oil after breakfast OF
dinner not too much too
much will upset the stomach.
Better too little than TOO much.
The effect will be slow Il
ought TO be slow. In a week,
you will see it began the FIRST
day. Don't be in a hurry.
Wen ssod you little 70 ny Il you gAe
SCOTT BOVINE, ~ rtarl street ~. York
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

Seems easy 10 q man, but there is
great deal Of lifting and reaching to do
a great many trips Up and down stairs to
make in the course Of days house work
It's hard where a woman Is we'll For
a woman suffering with come form Of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

none seemed 10 DO me any permanent good.
The doctors said Il was the worst case of inter
nal trouble they ever had. I decided 10 write
10 YOU for help. received 4 very encouraging
rcuiy and commenced trthrncrt al once ]
mad not used your Favorite prcscrip pti0u q
week before I began 10 feel better. ard, as
continued, my health gradually improved II ~
improving every day.n
DR. pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent fy-ee on receipt Of stamps
to pay cost Of mailing only. Seud ~
one cent stamps for book in paper
covers or Al stamps in cloth, to DR..
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, NJ Y.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27
I aloud GroceriesI Our Price are what TaIks.
Miscellaneous

1 pound Lyon Coffee -
l pound Arbuckles Coffee IA
l quart can Of Syrup g
/ package seeded Rasins 10
2 packages clean Currants 25
l Pail Jelley 10
l pound beans s.
/ pound Rice O.
l package pure Corn Starch 5
l package Rising Sun
Stove Polish
1 bottle Catsup 5
/ bottle Pepper Sauce 8
l No. l Lamp Chimney A.
1 No. 2 Lamp Chimney 6
1 bar Coco Soap II inches
long A.
1 box Soap, 4 of kind g
! box, 3 bars in box 8
1 package Yeast Foam 4
l pc ckage Ralston Yeast 4
l package Sunfower brand 4
l pound Tea Dust 90
l pound Young Hyson tea 80
l 10 uncolored Japan Tea so
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27
Cheap Rate
Excursions to
California

Only s25 from Guthrie,
Tuesdays to April 30. Tickets
good in tourist sleepers and
chair cars.
The Santa Fe Route most Ill
rectly reaches the fertile val
leys, the great trade centers,
and the noted tourist resorts Of
California. A fine opportunity
for homeseekers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

wEDNEsDAY MAncH =. l00l.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-27

rfeualc trouble " il
Is daily torment.
There are thousands
Of su ch WON e n
struggling along, day
by day. in increasing
misery. There arc
other thousands who
hayc found a conf
plete cure of their
disease in the use Of
Or. picrce's Favorite
Prescription. II
stops debilitating
drains, cures iucgu-
lanty, heals inham-
nation and ulcera-
ton nourishes the
nerves, and gives
vitality and vigor.
1t makes weak
women strong and
sick women we'll. II
contains no opium,
cocaine nor other
narcotic.
vFor a number Of
months I suffered with
female trouble % writes
Miss Agncs McGownc,
of f7i2 Rank 81. WASH
inQton. ID c. ~ tried
m.uH.Dm s..aI1IHA 800 AffN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
A SHIP BUILDING PLANT
With Capital Of So, 900, 900 to Be Lo-
Gated on the Delaware

Philadelphia. June THE Times says:
A company with a capital of at least
So, 600. 900 Is being organized to build an
other ship building plant on the Della
ware river. The promoters of the COM
pany claim that $500. 900 has already
been subscribed and that they have op-
toned a plot of ground at Chester. Pa,
where it is proposed to erect the plant
One of the leading factors in the new
concern is State Senator w. G. Sproul
of Delaware county. a son-in-law of the
late John Roach, who represents the
largest investors. Interested deeply in
the company and in fact one of the prin-
cipa1 capitalists in it Is man who is
one of the officials Of the Bath Iron
works at Bath. Me, but whose name is
withheld at this time.
1t is said the formation of this new
concern will mean the consolidation, or
at least the working in harmony of the
Wetherin engine building company and
the plate and steel industries of Chester
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
WILD STORIES.
Eastern Papers Print Queer
Stories About Kansas.
Say School Land Is to Be Had
For Asking.
STATE TO GUARANTEE
World Says Crop of 1900 Bush
els Is Assured First Year.
Auditor Cole Consequently Re-
ceives Many Odd Letters.

Bv the time the renown of the KAN
sas school lands, which have been re-
Gently hunted down, booked and an
nounced ready for sale and settlement,
reached New York city, the twistedness
Of things in the metropolitan newspa-
pers' Sunday magazine editions gave
their readers some funny ideas. The
Worlds young man told the glorious
news in this way:
The opportunity for the young man
without an education and a strong
physique is in Kansas The state mas
just declared that 10000 acres Of the
school land in the western part OF the
state can be entered.
This land is now offered for sale in
quarter sections, $50 down and the rest
his crop. They guarantee that II ne
will put the 100 acres in wheat he VIII
raise ], 500 bushels in the first year
If he does not the land companies VIII
pay him one-half of that amount IN
cash. AS the wheat would bring him
about $500 ne is sure of an income OF
$500 annually and farm besides Thou
sands of young men in the east are tax
ing advantage of this unique offer.
It is little wonder that after reading
such a glowing promise a Rochester
young man should send this letter.
ION what terms are these BLOCKS OF
$50 acres 7offered for sale to young men
desiring to settle in Kansas, and also
ON what terms to private individuals as
a
is not very definite in its terms, as it
quotes $50 down and the rest payable
when the young farmer gathers his
CROP" What I would like to know more
particularly is what is meant by the
rest
The fasteners who want to come. to
Kansas should not be laughed at, but
sucfE1hings explain why the west is diff
ferent.''
A Brooklyn telegraph operator shows
a big business head also He wants to
know if he can get a house on time as
we'll as the land.
II note with interest" he writes, AN
article published in the Sun stating that
Kansas would make favorable terms
and considerations as to disposing of
quarter sections of land in western
Il presume the present condition of
land is bare.
please inform me as follows:
Cost Of living house, 2 or 3 rooms also
barn.
Cost Of horse or mule and tools for
cultivating.
Cost of seed wheat, oats and corn for
planting (per acre).
Cost of securing water
Cost of fencing for the 100 acres.
Proper time to begin blowing for pre-
pairing the new ground for winter wheat.
ANY other information you think nee
essary viii be thankfully received.
Your state gives time in paying for
land; viii I get time in paying for the
house and other necessary adjunctS If
nav IL or one-third cash down %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
FOR WORK.
Farmers Cooperative Grain
Association Chartered.

The Farmers Cooperative Grain and
Live Stock association the outcome of
the Salina farmers meeting. was char
tered today by the state charter board
to do business in Topeka. It's capital
stock is 10000, in two thousand SO
shares.
The object as stated in the charter is
to buy and sell on commission, or 9TH
erwise. all kinds of grain, live stock, or
other farm produce and for this pur-
pose to act as agent for any person,
company or organization, or association,
to establish and maintain offices, yards,
grain elevators. marts and emporiums
for the safe keeping, selling and diStrib-
uting such product, to conduct a busi-
ness exchange and to transact any BUSH
ness necessary or incidental to the fore
going purposes"
The board Of nine directors consists Of
J. A. Bucklin, Oakley; A. p. Collins,
Salina; H. c. Hawkins. Kellogg; w. c..
Peckha1n, Haven; James Butler, Topeka;
w G. Mcconnell, Morehead; r. W.
Smith, Delphos; Geo. E. Smith, Kensing-
ton; W. O. Mathes, Mcpherson.
The Topeka shareholders are E. B.
Cowgirl, five shares, and James Butler
and II. D. Martin, one each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
VOTE IS LIGHT.
Little Interest in Republican
Primary Today.

'Tf I can just get my vote out. 7 win
win in walk" This is the way each one
Of the candidates sizes up his chances
for nomination on the county Republican
ticket.
The Republican primaries today have
scarcely made a ripple Of excitement IN
Topeka. The vote is coming in very slow
y and viii in all probability be very
not enough people present to organize
around and rustic uD a crowd
At the Auditorium, where the voting
fer the fifth precinct of the Second ward
is in progress, only 50 votes had been cast
up to O. clock
John Marshall. candidate for register of
deeds, has got his name prominently be-
and indications are that Bert Lucas and
a: Newman are making little the best
the candidate for sheriff and Newman for
county clerk
Journal Office this notice has been posted
on a large placard:
Through octopusical jealousy. newspa-
pers. refuse TO bulletin Jeltz vote we
shall issue Col. Jeltz bulletins here every
hour, Col Jeltz now seems to lead for
-'-1s ..The Jeltz Junta''
People seem to think that G. c. Clemens
is the head man Of the Jeltz 1unta. ~
any rate. Clemens is getting the credit for
the authorship of the word 'octopusical
In some Of the county precincts heaVY
vote is expected on account of the county
commissioner ngnJ- Inc county centrai
committee has arranged TO receive the
returns from all precincts in the county
this evening at the Armory.
DEAD NAN ON TICKET
There was quite a spirited contest at
the Republican primaries today for
places as committeeman on the Repub-
lean county central committee.
1t is seldom that there is a contest
but at today's election two and three
candidates names appeared on the tick
ct in the various precincts There are
81 committeeman to elect in the county.
The contest seems to be over the ratifi-
cation Of the nominees of today's pri-
maries in case the biennial election law
is held by the supreme court to be valid.
TOdays nominations are made accord
ing to the official call for the election to
be held next November. If the election
law is good the election will not be held
till November, 1902, and the question of
whether today's nominations shall be
ratified to hold over till that election or
whether another primary shall be held
will come. before the central committee
Today some of the voters in Muddy
precinct north of town are voting for a
man whose name appears on the ballot
and who has been dead two months.
The dead man whose name appears on
the ballot was Jerry Miller. William
Ream has been the committeeman from
Kilnaer, or Muddy precinct, and some
had an idea that he should be defeated
So his opponents looked round for some
one to run against him. They thought
of Jerry Miller, paid his assessment OF
81 and had his name placed on the list.
It was printed on the official ballots for
Muddy precinct. After the ballots were
sent out to the polling places in that
precinct it was discovered that Miller
had been dead two months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
DEATH OF HIRAM PRICE.
e P Dillon, of Topeka, Was His
Grandson and Namesake.

Hiram Price. whose death at Wash
ington, D. c.. dispatches announced Fri
day was a virile figure in national life.
Hiram Price Dillon. the Union Pacific
attorney, is a grandson and namesake
Of the deceased. Hiram Price was faith
er of Mrs Judge Dillon, who with her
daughter, We're lost at sea on the ill
fated Bourgogne several years ago.
Hiram Price was a native of Pennsyl-
vania. He was born in 1914. In 1874 he
moved to Iowa and became distinguish
ed in the history and affairs Of that
state His home was in Davenport. He
began his public life as school fund
commissioner for his county in 1847s Next
he was register for two terms. He was
president Of the State Bank of Iowa
from its inception in 1859 until the state
bank system was superseded by the ma
tional bank system in 1870. He was
paymaster general of the state of Iowa
during the civil war
Hiram Price served five terms in con
gress between the years 1852 and 1881
He was offered the nomination again IL
1856 but declined to return to congress
on account of his years. The nomina-
ton was equivalent to an election for
his district was strongly Republican
During the Garfield-Arthur admins
tration Hiram Price was commissioner
of Indian affairs. He resigned in 1885
being past Il years of age at the time
He was asked to continue but had de-
termined to retire from active public
life and did so. Hiram Price was DOM
inant character. He was strong in his
beliefs and positive in his disbeliefs. His
public record was an estimable one.
Since his retirement from activity in ma
tional affairs he had still maintained
his residence at the capital. His remains
viii be inferred at Davenport, Iowa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
ONE MINUTE Cough Cure
Cures quickly. That's whaS les made 70
CHE POISONED NE. +.
Dying Declaration of Mrs J. z. Scott
Concerning Her Husband

- J44Ak 0cGAaLdh41A u - - ~SCe@
Concerning Her Husband
At O'Clock Friday afternoon Mrs =
K. Scott OF 902 B street, North Topeka.
died. and in her dying breath declared
that she had been poisoned by her hus-
band.
Once before. on Sunday. May 19, Mrs
the presence of her husband. that she be-
IeVed that her husband was trying to
poison her She said that he had told
her that he never would live with her
again. and expected to fix her so that no
other man could live with her
All the parties in the affair are colored-
Mr.. and Mrs Scott have not lived to-
gether for some time. The daughter SAYS
that Mr.. Scott drove his wife away from
home with q revolver and told her never
to come back Mrs. Scott has been living
since that time with her parents at 500 B
street.
Mrs. Scott said that the first dose Of
poison was given about May L. in a
capsule of quinine- She claimed that sub
seQuent doses were administered in small
quantities until she suspected that some
thing was wrong. TIT was then that she
began TO make the charges Of such ser
ious nature against her husband
The daughter thinks that her mother 8
death was very suspicious and says that
she wants to have an autopsy and exam
1nation Of the stomach of the woman The
case has been reported to the coroner. but
he has not fully decided what to do DR..
Shields declines to make any statement as
to what he thinks caused the woman $
death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
WILL NOT MOVE.
Topeka Trunk Factory Is to Stay in
Topeka

Topeka
The story printed in the Kansas City
papers this morning to the effect that
the Topeka Trunk factory and the
Wichita Trunk factory were to be
moved to Kansas City and be CONSOLE
dated is not true The Topeka trunk
factory viii still be maintained here al
though the Wichita factory will be re-
moved to Kansas City.
Our plant in Kansas City" said Geo.
". Hossfeld to a State Journal reporter
this morning. will be the largest in the
west. The reason we are moving from
Wichita to Kansas City is the fact that
we need more room and better shipping
facilities Both of these we get at
Kansas city We have had the plant at
Wichita for Is years and the one here
for 21 years
There VIII be erected for us at 527
Wyandotte street, Kansas City, a three
story building, 50x150 feet, which will ex-
tend back to the old six story structure
in the alley between Sixth. Delaware,
Wyandotte and Fifth streets, formerly
the Buck factory, later the Bauer ma
chine shops. This latter will be the shop
of the new company, and the new build
ing Will be its warehouse. Seventy-five
men win be required to operate the
plant. It will start as soon as the build
ing is I'D,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01

The Topeka ex-Slave Pension associa-
ton will meet Monday night, June 3. at
the B street Baptist church in North
Topeka. A programme of addresses and
papers has been arranged for The
meeting win be opened with devotional
exercises conducted by Rev. White The
remainder of the programme follows:
Address by 3. w Thompson.
Paper by A. A. Scales.
Ex-slave song by J. w. Anderson.
Address by B. P. Moore of Emporia-
Song by the ex-slaves.
The local society numbers TAG members
and the meeting viii be one of unusual
interest to the ex-slaves who are now
living here