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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15
BURLINGTON" HOLD-UP
An Express Train ON the G. B. o.
Held Up in Illinois

An Express Train ON the &. B. & ..
Held UP in Illinois
Mt CARROLL, Ills: A successful
train robbery occurred on the G. b. &
,. railway near Marcus five miles
north of Savanna. The express train
consisting of eleven coaches was tagged
at the little station and eight masked
men boarded the engine. The engineer
and firemen We're compelled to uncoupel
the express car from the train and pull
it short distance down the track
where they blew up the express safe
with dynamite and secured about $2,-
600 in silver. They then ran the engine
a mile or more further on and escaped
The express messenger shot one of the
robbers killing him almost instantly.
The bandits had made preparations to
ditch the entire train if the signal to
stop had been disregarded. The men
are thought to be railroad men as one
of them was said by the engineer of the
train to be an expert at the throttle.
The man who was killed had mileage
in his pocket issued in the name Of A.
L. Jacobs over the Iowa Central. The
Burlington officials and the Adams
Express company have made up a
purse of 81 900 for Messenger Byl for
bravery
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15

Attorney General Knox is to take
the stump with the rest of the cab.
met officers at the request of the pres.
ident. Whether Knox will talk for the
trusts or against them is not stated,
whether he will be for leaving well
enough alone or for revising the tariff
will probably depend on the section of
the country he visits.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15
Stole the Girl. While the Father prnye,

Tho marriage of Misses Maude and
Myrtle Brown, at Bonneville, Ind, took
place under romantic circumstances
The father of the girls is "a minister in
the church of Latter Day Saints and
formerly had charge of a church al
Reeds Station, Ky While there the
girls met two brothers, II. X. and Ned
Ashby and fell in love with them
The young men went to Boonville tc
marry the girls and their father object
ed. He finally decided to pray ovel
the matter and said he would give his
consent providing the Lord did. He
called his daughters and members Of
his church in, and while on his knee,
offering up IA petition, the Kentucky
lovers slipped in and stole the girl
away and were married. The indig
nant father refuses to forgive hii
daughters.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15

Major Glenn has been found guilty
OF administering the water cure" to
Filipinos and was sentenced to one
months suspension from duty and
fined $50. Torturing Filipinos is
cheap amusement in the Philippines.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15

LAwToN: Word was received here
that the Pawnee Oil and Mining COM
pay had struck oil near Richards, Il
small town fourteen miles north of this
place. Oil was found at depth of 3S7
feet. 1t is not gusher but the oil is
flowing freely.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15
MEDALS FOR FRUIT GROWERS
The Oklahoma Worlds Fair Commits
sioners Will Award Them

sioners Will Award Them
SHAWNEE: The Oklahoma commits
sioners to the st. Louis Worlds fair
will give silver medals for the best dis
play of apples, peaches, pears, grapes
and plums, and gold medal for the
best general display Of fruits at the Ter
ritorial Hoticultural sooiety's summer
meeting and fruit show at Shaw nee,
Aug. 19 and IA. These awards are
made TO encourage fruit displays and as
sist in locating the best fruits for dis
play at st. Louis in 1904
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15
Collins Held for Murder without Bal

OKLAHOMA CITY: w ID. Collins
charged with the murder of N. f. Mar
shall in Cass township, July 81, has hat
his preliminary hearing and was hell
without bail to await the action of thu
grand jury. The only witness intro
duced by the territory was the littl,
ten year-old son of the deceased. VIII,
was riding in the wagon with his fatheI
when he was murdered. According b,
the lads testimony not a word wa
spoken by either man and his descrip
tion of the tragedy places it ON the lis
as one OF the most cold-blooded mur
ders ever committed.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15

BLACKWELL People from the locality
between Peckham and Lillivale report
that Mrs G. j. McManus, who eloped
with Charley Edwards from that sec
ton a couple of weeks ago has returned
to her home of her own accord. Mr..
McManus received her back into his
home and reconciliation has been ef-
fected. Edwards is still missing and
Mrs. McManus denies cognizance. of his
whereabouts 1t is said that McManus
feels so outraged that he will put Ed
wards to death if he ever lays his eyes
on him.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15
Candidates Threw Dollars for Place

VINITA: A. L. Ballard has withdrawn
from the contest for member Of the
Cherokee legislature in the Delaware
district to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Andrew Hyder James
Daniels was also candidate represent
ing the same party as Ballard and they
met at Grove and proposed to pitch dol
lars and the looser should withdraw
from the race. Ballard took "heads''
and Daniels took tails" Tails" won
and Ballard withdrew and is now sup
porting Daniels. w. w. Ward, of
Marysville, Ark, and o. A. Smith, of
Fairland, are also nominees on the
same ticket with Daniels and are all
running against Moses O'F'islds, full
blood Cherokee Indian, on the National
ticket. Moses O'Fields is in favor Of
the treaty and will vote for it,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15
Two EH- H-Congressmnn in lumber Husines.

Two EX-COngressman In Lnmber HuSineNS
GUTHRIE: j. c. Callahan, formerly
congressman from Oklahoma, and
Jerry Simpson, former Kansas con-
gresham, have formed a company for
the wholesaleing of lumber i'll south
west Oklahoma. They have interested
men of prominence in portions of Okla
homa and Kansas. The two pOpulist
ex-congressmen hold the majority of
stock in the corporation.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15
The anthorities of the .

VNITA: The authorities OF the Greek
nation have appointed superintendents is
of Greek schools as follows; johnson
e Tiger, Greek Orphans Home; Sam
uel J. Checotah, Coweta mission; j. p
Atkins, Wetumka mission.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15
HuckIeberry Finn Excluded

DENVER: "Huckleberry Finn" Mark
Twain's story of boy life on the Mis-
sissippi river, has been excluded from
the Denver public library on the ground
that il is immoral and sacreligious
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15

WASHINGTON: Minister Brown has
cabled the state department from Car
acas, Venezuela, that the rcvolutionists
have cut the cable at Barcelona.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

o. 1897 that hrouEht him 10 The notice q
the coaches.
r Il. Gaines. who has the running and
jumping records. IL the Bobby Gaines
who has been one Of the star t~virlers on
the varsity base ball team for tuo years
and who won so many Of the host o. vic
tories captured By the team this year. he
is regarded as the best All-around athlete
in competition in the university.
The mile run record has become a family
affair with the Ssvyers In 1924 Willis
Sawyer established Il as Tour minutes and
hfty-two seconds and there 1t stood tn HE
own brother. Leroy P. Sawyer. grew up and
entered the university. when be Immediately
went after his Own brothers mark. IL took
him two OF three years to get IL. for. while
he would always run away around that
mark in practice when be tried. something
would interfere with smashing il in con-
petition Either track craft would demand
& SLOW gait OF the pace would be set below
the desired speed. 50, while Leroy Kept on
winning races. be never killed the record
Willis had set til he vas q senior and
about 20 leave school. That WAS in the
spring Of 1893. and then the younger brother
finally got in q contest where his opponent
was willing and in fact frantic 10 make
FPNN1 oaNso 0ahtVH hM y ADAl o. bAt
Eve laps and knew from the intensity Of
his own Efforts that the record was 10 be
his At last Then he went around the pace
maker and sprinted down the last half lap
for the desired seconds elip-oH.
Ira kellogg. who holds the pole vault
record, is an interesting character because
he is the only poet-Bthlete who ever Al
tended the university. Irs's time is equally
divided between the fond muse and the
oinder path and he has attained consider
able publicity in both lines. This year be
graduates and be is the class poet for 'O2.
The other day at Charter day exercises he
recited his latest class efusion.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
CREIGHTON HAS HARD LUCK
Rain spells n Pretty Base Ball Pro-
gram for "omaha's own"
Varsity Team.

The Creighton base ball management has
had a care % hard luck during the past
ten days. Somehow OF other it has an
tGgonized the weather man, and he. in turn,
has let loose the rain strings whenever &
game was billed for Creighton field. First
there was the Nebraska Wesleyan univer-
sity game: then the Cotner university game,
and finally the Highland Park college game
and all were spoiled or postponed by Jupiter
Pluvius The first two would undoubtedly
have proven easy victories for Creighton.
but the Highland Park contest was not
so certain. II Des Moines Creighton won
by the close score Of Is TO IA, and the
Highlands journeyed 10 Omaha with blood
in their eyes. At the end Of the Highland
half Of the fourth inning. when the game
Was called, the score stood 5 TO ! in favor
Of the visitors But this was no criterion
on which one could say that the "Scotties"
tad the game. All Of their runs were made
in the first inning on errors Of Creighton.
After hat the locals brsced Up and shut
out eight prohibitionists in one. two, three
order. And the Creighton men began to
find Ellis. the Highland pitcher. Each in
ming did the third out come when the bases
were filled with c. L. sluggers.
II the Creighton people continue TO i'm
prove Lneir 0elo al Inc rate l0ey nave DetD
doing this spring they will boast before
long the hRndiest and most complete col
legiate field in the west. The additional
bleacheTs thst have just been erected seat
almost 600 people. making a total seating
capacity Of about 1,200. The Creightons
have a perfect field, an excellent eight-foot
tight board fence around it, a regulation
bAckstop and the best clay ~gridiron in the
west All that is now needed is q grand
stand, a boon few colleges enjoy, but even
that is expected before long. All these i'm
provements have taxed the athletic associa-
tion TO its limits, and the members are
making strenuous endeHvors TO keep the
association on a good standing.
Nov that the season Is drawing TO a close
and exams are coming on, the members OF
the team are Z little lax in practice This
is unwise, and Coach LAWYER will show his
wisdom in making the boys put in their
hardest licks up TO the very last Two
strong games are yet 10 be played. Drake
university on Decoration day. the final
home game Of the season, and q return
game at Lincoln with Nebraska on the
slst II would be unfortunate, indeed. II
Creighton were 10 weaken now. after the
phenomenal showing II has made this sea
son.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

OF May 81. The finals will be played on Sat-
urdsy, June :.
In tennis a handicap tournament in
singles is planned. Preliminary rounds will
be played on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day Of this week, so that the finals will
come on Saturday, opening day. Entries
close Tuesday. May q, al Z p. m
In base ball the contests will be between
picked teams comprising club members
only. The diamond is in fine condition, as
are the tennis courts, and in the event Of
good weather some hot competitions are
anticipated.
Much recent rain has made the course
through the green on the golf link q little
heavy. because the grass has grown SO rank
and solid. The putting greens, however, are
in grand condition. and the turf generally
is live and springy. The club member are
still playing on the west niDe-hole course.
which Is situated on The forty-sCre tract
across the railroad track, q new acquisition
Of territory. Play viii be continued Oh this
for probably two months yet, as the old
course east Of the railroad track. the one in
use last year. was well seeded down early
this season and then closed up. A fine turf
is growing there as q result, and when it is
in prime shape IL Will be opened and Joined
with the other in a fine ei~ghteen-hole course
Of standArd length.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

GEES The teams sre playing good bal Hn1
The pennsut race is Q very pretty enc. but
the people sloBE the circuit apparently
don't care 70 watch the games On Thurs
day. for example. when Omaha turned out
25Oo people 10 see the hnal game with
Denver. the four games IN the American
association drew but 2.Soo all told. an aver
age q SIS 70 The game. with the expenses
Of the league amounting 10 at least Sl.60o
per day. IL is easy to see the outcome
unless more people can be entioed to the
grounds. Nor Is the hope for the future
very encouraging. Minneapolis has got far
enough down in the standing table to var
rant the people up there in quitting, as they
always 90: 81 Toledo the labor unions have
a boycott on the team. which is knockins
hard. at Indianapolis the public is weary
Of watkins, and watkins is weary OF the
publie's Indifference 10 his team ana Is
willing to 20 TO Marion or any old place
TO get away. Omaha has been asked 10 take
the place Of Indianapolis and has refused,
and there is talk OF taking the team 10
Chicago 10 finish The season on der Nord
Seit ~elretty. And stu the Hickeyites say
they are doing we'll How well they are
doing is shown BY a report nov current to
the effect that the reason the Louisville
team did not reach Kansas City in time
for last Sundays game is because the tick
cts were not forthcoming till the money
taken in al the gate on sunday had been
deposited at the railroad ONCE. Here was
as bold q bit OF bunco work as ever was
perpetrated. Dale Gear must have known
Sunday morning that Louisville would not
reach Kansas City in time for the game. but
be opened his gates and collected admission
fees from over 1900 patrons. After holding
them until it vas too late to 60 to the
Western league game, then in progress,
Gear dismissed fhe crowd and gave out
rain checks. Such disreputRble work il
easily understood by the people, and no
club will ever profit by it.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
FIELD CLUB OPENING EVENTS
Program Arranged for FIrst Day Of
season by Athletic Com
mittee.

Arrangements are nov completed for the
formal opening Of the Field club next Sat
urdAy afternoon, and with all preparations
well in hand, committees are now merely
resting on their oars, while those in
charge Of the athletic features are wait
ing for the entries 10 fill and be closed.
The presence on the grounds Of the
handsome new buildings makes the open-
ing Of double import, as II is not only a
h~ErbinEer OF q season begun, but Is also
a houseWarming for $500 worth OF archi-
lecture and construction Of the highest
grade. That sum WAS put into the new
dancing pavilion. which comprises besides
the dancing floor only q roof, e versnds and
bowling alleys underneath. 50 il Is a cinch
that the place is elaborate and substan-
tiAl.
This new structure is now practically
completed Only a little work on the bowl
ing alleys remain 10 be done and this
viii be finished by Wednesday OF Thurs
day. It's acquisition makes the club feel
prosperous. indeed, especially with the
Membership list in so hhttsrinE a condi-
ton The limit Is soc and there is nov
places for about twenty-five more members
before the lists viii be fuIl. Last season
the club ran up 10 $50 members ana sew
entyhVe new ones have come in 90 far
this year. However, about thirty Of the
old ones have dropped out, leaving q few
open places.
The Ethletie events for the opening day
have been planned. In some cases the
Tournaments win begin then and continue
over into the next week In others they
will be started early this week TO bring
the finals On opening day. Large numbers
az entries are expected in all events.
In golf there viii be one open tournament
The qualifying round viii be eighteen holes
medal play. The rWenty-fOUr highest scores
in this will qualify for the following rounds.
They VIII be divided into three flights Of
eight players each. and these vii each play
doNn 70 one man over thres r0undE Of nine
holes each All plsy following the qualify
ING round VII be match play Entries must
Be made xlth the house secretary b. noon
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
TRACK RECORDS OF NEBRASKA
Coach Booth Complies n Table show
ing Performances at the stand
ard Outdoor Events.

'Ballington" Booth. coach and athletic
instructor at the University Of Nebraska.
has just compiled a complete table OF the
field and track event records al that in
stitution. This is corrected TO date. thus
including the season just ending, and com
prises the Official best records made in
competition az thirteen different events
during the history Of athletics Al the State
university. This is the first time sach
statistics have been published since 1898.
The table gives the year in which the deed
was done. II reads:
lOe-yHrd-dash: r d Andersen. 10 sec
2s6-yErd-assh: N B. Pnlsbury. % Is sec
44O-yard-dash: r D. Andersen. 81 sec
Ss0-yard-run: p Hewitt. ? minutes. 6
Is seconds. 1900.
i-mhe-run; L P. Sawyer, 4 minutes, 4s
Iee-ysrd-hurdie: R H Gaines. Il sec
2s0-yGrd-hurdle; E H Hsgensick, Is SIS
High jump: p H Gaines, 5 feet. 10
inches. 1901
Broad jump: R H Gaines. q feet, 5
HAnmer throw; P Brew. III feet, 1900.
Discus throw: T. Brew, III feet 1870.
Shot put; p Brew 81 feet n inches
Pole vault; Ira kellogg. 10 feet ; inches.
1892
The most remarkable thing about this
list is that none Of the records date back
OF 1895. and that all save four Of them
have been made since January J. 1900. This
fact shows plainly that the last few years
have seen = great advance IN athletics Of
this sort al the school. and that although
The average ages OF the participants iE
now far less than what IL was ave years
age. the boys have no trouble smashing the
records that men set for then during the
last decade Of the century Just ended.
Many Of the names that appear In the
table are familiar from prominenos in other
lines Of sport Take NJ B. Pinsbury. for
instance. who has the 2SO-yErd dash 10 his
credit. He Is the huge varsity fullhAck
the 1O-Poandsr who has been the largest
man on the Nebraska team for two years
and who made the first Of NehrRskA's scores
against Minnesota IN 1900. when Wisconsin
could only score 5 against thu Gophsrs.
while the Cornhnsksrs put up L. II Was
by one Of those SAM record 220-yErd runs
thar Pilsbury made that score. dAEhtng
through a puzzled line after z fake kick
play. He aid not need 10 run the whole s2b
yards. but he made seventy and could have
gone the rest.
Again. there is Fred Brew. with three
tossing records 10 hiE credit. He VAS cap
playing tackle, rnd in 1901 he vas again
IN The line hs a guard But Pred vas a
track athlete long before he began playing
foot ball In 1854 Il being IN fact, his ga
p0sure Of NOndsrfu muscle in a rrack meet
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
origin of a Famous Expression.

Portland OregoniRn: My bastard uncle. ."
said Hamlet, has killed my father. Let
me consider q suitable punishment"
Just al that moment q 70. 20 and 30 oc-
tor came out Of the stage door OF the
thester across the street and FASTENED to-
ward a neighboring sandwich pArlor.
"Ahal~ muttsred the Rstute prince. IN
make him sit through a nelodrHmA!" and
suiting the action TO the word he proceeded
TO prepare for the wretched king the most
horrible torture known.
II was the dramatic critic who wrote
the show notice Of thar performance who
originated the expression There's some
thing rotten in Denmark"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

A little boy, not quite PA years old. while
playing around the yard. had the misfortune
10 fan and strike his chin lightly on the
walk. whereupon he went 10 his father. near
by, and said:
Papa, baby broke his neck"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

At the recent Chamberlain dispersal sale
at ClRrks. Neb.. J. Z. Griren Of Omaha
purchased the 5-yeRr-old bay mare Luskon.
claimed TO be very fast by her former
owner. H A Proctor of South Omaha
was also a purchaser al the Chamberlain
sale. He bought q spar OF black geld
ings. 6 years old. sired by Black Nc
Gregor. They are both sixteen hands high.
well matched and good actors. Mr.. Proc
tor recently sold them at an advance to
Arthur Brandeis Of Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

The teacher was trying 10 help the boy.
Nov come. Johnnie" she said, which
is greater, rwo-thirds OF three-quArtersy -
The boy did not know.
oh, yes, you DO" said the teacher hope
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Ac EOhtNSON n D. { n MEDICAL Direcfof
Tears against The mental ana physical suf-
te1ng OF lost mAnhoo that The lnsutute
has decided 70 distr1buts tree trial pAckA-
eee 70 al who write. II is q home treat
nent and al men Eho suffer with any
form OF SEXUAL resulting from
.osthfu folly, premature loss Of strength
ana menory, weak hack vancOcele. or
snseaAaon 81 parts can nov cure them
The remedy has a peculiarly grateful ef-
.eet OF warmth and seems 70 act direct
ne desired location Eivtng strength and
e~sSsopmsnt inat where IL is needed Ie
cures A. the lis and troubles that come
sre4 geers Of misuse Of the natural func-
uona and has been an absolute success In
~ cases a request 20 the State Medical
tnsutlte ~ Elektron Building. Fl WAYNE
snas stating that gcu desire one OF their
aee unL packageE vii be complied with
topFIy The Institute IL dedir0us ~
IeeShin9 thAt great class Of men Who are
sn.o.e 70 leave hons 70 be trea ted Ane
Ihe nee sample VIII enable them 70 see
10 cap Il Y 70 Be cured 81 ssxaE weak
shen The proper remedies are EN-
h-Sssa 2 lnstitsts makes 70 ~rsst7c-
nona Any man Who writes viii be sent
ne aAmple. carefully sealsd IN q plain
R-sEAse 30 that ia ~recipient naed have no
leu q embarasHmeot OF puhllclty Raat-
IN AA EeQ1ested - Nnts Wlrholf ds1T.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

Visitor-so you go 10 school now DO you:
Tommy-Oh, yes, sir.
Visitor-And what part Of the exercises
do you like best2
Tommy-Why. the exercise we get at
recess.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
LOCAL HORSE NEWS OF WEEK
Gossip from stable and Track of Iu-
terest to Owners. Trainers
and Drivers.

John Rsynor OF Parsons. Kan. instead Of
shipping his horses to Omaha to be trained
has sent them to West Union. Ia, where
the Cedar Valley circuit opens on May rs.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25

NO. Willie" said the little miss. Il
can't so with you any more. You're getting
TOO big. Your voice has begun 10 change"
MY heart hasn't changed any, Oracle"
urged the boy.
NO, but mine has"