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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12
BooTHE HER SON, A GRANDSON AND GREAT-GRANDsoN

been a mixed one. During the past
twenty-five years | have received ex
cellent care from my children and par
ticularly from my eldest son, who has
always lived with me- Grandma"
Boothe has not tasted plain water in
seventy-four years. When she was in
her 26th year she went to spring one
day to get drink. She became sick
Immediately afterwards and, believing
that she had swallowed a worm of
some sort with the water. she vowed
never to take another drink OF water.
She drinks coffee and tea, warm and
cold, and milk. Jane Howard, for that
was "Grandma's" maiden name, was
born in Orangeville, Pa. Her father
was born in Virginia and was sol
'dier in the revolutionary war. In 1928
he was married to Andrew Boothe,
and in 1S45 the couple moved to Barry
H., where Mrs. Boothe has lived since.
Grandma" is the mother of eight chill
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12

SilAihA4I1D W. lIIIl0Il YIN
then leave her. as he has now twice
left me-"
My dear. he said to me once in
Boston, when | was there trying to
bring him back to our home, which
he had deserted, My dear, in that
house lives a woman from whom got
$4,000 in less than three months and
he pointed to a mansion on one OF the
fashionable avenues of that city.
There is one woman living in this
city who thought she was the real
wife of Mr.. Leighton. She had twice
gone through the marriage ceremony
with him. That woman told me that
when Leighton deserted her and she
applied to lawyer to institute pro-
ceedings for divorce, the lawyer told
her there was no necessity for going
through the form. as she had never
been married to Leighton, as he had
already several wives living, and a
dozen of his marriages could be found
ON the records.
'The only thing we ever quarreled
about" she said, was a proposition
that he made to me to go West, or, at
least, take room to myself in another
house, so that he could marry other
women and get hold of their money.
He was astonished when / Indignantly
refused, Women, he declared, were
running after him to such an extent
that it was fun getting money from
them, and that he could soon pick up
several thousand dollars. l refused tC
take part in any such miserable plot,
aud he ran away from me"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12
AGED IOS YEARS.
Mrs. Hunt of Long Island city Yet En-
Joys Good Health.

Mrs. Hunt of Long Island city Yet En-
joys Good Health.
Mrs. Elinda Bonner Hunt, colored
living at No. "a Marion street, LonR
Island City, l.. l., was 10S years old a
few days ago. Mrs. Hunts family and
friends allege that she is the oldest
woman in the world and that If her
present health continues she will live
several years yet. Mrs. Hunt lives
with her son, and takes as much in
terest in the events of the day as she
did fifty years ago. She has a very
clear memory. and has frequently tolG
of the excitement that the presence OF
Gen. George Washington caused when
she was a young girl. She, however,
never saw him. Mrs. Hunt was born
in Virginia, and lived there nearly all
her life. She remembers clearly the
visit paid her native village by Gen.
Lafayette, and how the people decorat-
ed their houses and put on their best
clothes to pay homage to him. Mrs
Hunt has been married twice, and chill
dren by both husbands are living One
son disappeared many years ago and
has never been heard from since. She
has always hoped that she would hear
from the missing boy. He must be
now more than sixty years old if alive
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12
DR.. ROGERS ON TAX DODGERS"


and no man or company can lay claim
to that so long as he endeavors to
cheat the state. The prosperous citi-
zen must face his public obligations
with the same promptness and in the
SAME cpirit that be meets those OF a
private nature. His duty to the com
munity is of paramount importance,
and that means that he must be will
ing to serve it personally as we'll as
be honest in his financial dealings
with IL. Until the best men are will
ing to accept office. even at financial
sacrifice, they must expect to be served
by the worst and the result, according
to DIR. Rogers can only be the foster
ing OF the discomfort that tends to-
ward anarchy and municipal demoral-
ization. 1t Is impossible for men of
education and business affairs To
shift the responsibility to anyone else.
The remedy for any government Ills
that exist lies in their hands, and DR..
Rogers tells them plainly and force
fully that theirs must be the blame it
they do not make the most of their op-
portunities.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12
Especial letter.

A hundred years is long period for
human being to live and retain all
mental faculties and physical powers.
In Barry, ILL.,, lives Mrs. Jane Boothe,
or Grandma" Boothe, as she is famil-
iarly called. Grandma" Boothe has
lived ten weeks longer than 100 years
having been born April 25, 1900 With
her there is no nd-of-the-century
problem to be worked out, her birth
days having been counted, and there
have been 100 of them. Grandma"
Boothe is the oldest person in Pike
county, as probably in Illinois. Her
health is good and the indications are
she will count several more years of
life. Her physical condition would be
nearly perfect had not fall about fif-
iteen years ago necessitated the using
of crutch since. Her voice is natur-
ally weak but she manifests consider
able interest in conversation. Asked
AS to what she attributed her remark
ably long life she smiled and had NO
theory other than good care. 81 have
pursued ordinary habits during life.
! have been temperate. / do not be-
iieve in alcoholic stimulants under any
circumstances. My diet has always
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12

Charles NJ. Leighton of New York is
either remarkable man or his wife
bellies him. Leighton has been missing
from home for several days, and II is
believed that he is attending to little
business in a line peculiarly his own.
The story told by the deserted wife is
unique. Leighton is a handsome fell
low and it is said that he always had
women by the dozen falling in love
with him. Il believe" said Mrs.
Leighton. that il he has one wife in
this country he has many. He regards
1t as mere sport to marry a woman,
wheedle her out of her money, and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12

THE CHIEFS TWIN DAUGHTERS
of the Cayuse braves from another
tribe-two daring young Barnocks
from Snake river. Now. the young
redskin who steals his bride from an
other tribe is held in great honor by
his clansmen, and if he can capture
the daughter of far-away chief he is
more apt to become some day a
chieftain himself So the two Ban
nocks were very adroit. For many
days as guests they smoked the great
pipe with Chief Cougar Shirt. Not
wishing to arouse the jealousy of their
young hosts, they looked not on the
chiefs daughters. But one day, when
most of the Cayuses were out hunting
and Cougar Shirt lay asleep, the two
Bannock braves each seized one OF the
twins, who had strayed from their
tepee, and mounting ponies galloped
away with them. Shrieks of the pris-
oner maidens awakened their father.
He knew what their cries meant, and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12

Dr. Henry Wade Rogers address to
the graduates of the Case school Of
applied science at Cleveland the other
day doubtless has an extremely rad
ical sound to many people, yet he was
well within the bounds of reason when
he laid most Of our national and mu-
nicipal ills at the doors of the tax
lodging individuals and corporations.
The man of wealth-the one who has
the most TO fear from anarchistic and
socialistic conditions does not like
to feel that he is strengthening antag-
onism to property interests, but that
is Just what he is doing when he neg
lects his duty as citizen. AS DR..
Rogers says. it is where there is the
most tax evasion that the agitator
finds the largest and most attentive
audience. and the corporation that
avoids its just share of the expense of
government is the one that creates the
feeling that all such organizations are
dangerous. They are largely respon-
sible for those evils which they most
fear. Absolute business integrity Is
essential to a healthy national life,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12

the events of the war of 1912 and the
memory of constant troubles with the
Indians during her childhood days is
fresh in her mind. She does not
smoke and has ridden on railroad.
trains, though not recently. Grand
ma" Boothe Joined the Mernodist
church when IS years old and no wo-
man ever did her duty to family and
friends more faithfully than she, and
she is held in high esteem by all who
know her. Her favorite book is the
bible, from which selections are read
to her every day. She is known TO
nearly everybody in Pike county, and
her earlier life has left an impression
on many family in that part of the
state. All love the old lady for her
kind and motherly ways, and many
journey hundreds OF miles to see her.
On her last birthday nedrly 300 of her
friends called to congratulate her. She
had a pleasant word for each one.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12
Especial letter.

Him-ye-an-hihi is a Cayuse squaw
who has the distinction OF being the
mother of the only pair of twins in the
tribe. 1t is the custom in her tribe
to slay all babies that come in dupli-
cate, and the woman. known as White
Fawn, is proud that an exception has
been made in favor OF her offspring
two little daughters, as cute as In
dian babies can be. When she rides
into Pendleton, Ore. near which the
reservation OF her tribe is located. she
lays them across her horses back, one
on each side, like a pair of saddle
bags, and no whimper is heard from
then as the pony jogs along over the
rough and rugged road 1t is said
among the Cnyuse Indians that the
two daughters of Chief Qui-a- i-som-
keen Cougar Shirt are the only other
twins ever reared by the Cayuses.
They were born long before the pale
face had trodden over the happy val
l?ys Of the red man, when upon the
mountains there roamed the grizzly
and the wild goat when the streams
were full of fishes. and when the ma
tive bunch grass grew knee high and
made good pasture for great herds Of
ponies.
These twin daughters were Won
drously beautiful, and when they had
grown to womanhood reports of their
beauty and grace had spread afar and
their hands were sought in marriage
by two of the bravest of the young
bucks. One day there came two rivals
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12
HASLVED 100 YEARS.
Remarkable Life of An Illinois
Woman. w, -

dren, six or whom are living. The
oldest of these is 20 and the youngest
SO. John Boothe is the eldest of the
children. John never married and has
always lived with his mother. He Is
a plasterer by trade and still follows
that work in the little town where he
and his remarkable mother live. The
pair own a little cottage Grandma"
Boothe has twenty-three grandchil-
dren and twenty-four great-grand-
children. Woman suffrage has no
place in Grandma" Boothe's heart.
She does not believe in woman's vot-
ing or otherwise usurping mans prov
ince. She thinks the bicycle won
derful machine and the use Of electric
ity is a constant source of interest to
her Though her vision is not per-
feet she is far from blind. Her hear
ing is not acute, but it is better than
that of most persons twenty-five years
younger. Her parents did not live
long. and her husband died compare
lively young When necessary she
can walk unassisted, but a servant is
employed TO attend her. Grandma"
Boothes early life was passed on a
farm. as was that of her husband and
parents. She remembers distinctly
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12
II h~A>Ax- Cayusc Indian
~ ~ ANkS 20 Woman Is
Mother, Twins, Twins o ''''


taking down a horn he summoned his
warriors to the pursuit This was use
less, for their ponies, tired from tho
days chase, could not catch the
fresher ones of the Bannocks. When
these two braves reached home with
their captives they We're married to
them with great ceremony.
Chief Cougar Shirt, Indian-like.
vowed revenge. He sent runners TO
the neighboring Umatilla and Walln
Walla tribes. whose chiefs soon met
the Cayuses in a council, at which the
three nations formed an alliance and
declared war against the Bannocks.
But before the Umatillas and the
Walla Wallas could join their allies,
tho Bannocks, 1000 strong. had almost
exterminated the Cayuses and re-
turned home.
The medicine man of the Cayuses at-
tributed their defeat to the twins of
! Cougar Shirt, and since that time TIL
Tox-e-lox and A-lom-pun came. two
and half years ago, no twins bo.r 20
the tribe have been allowed to live.
When. not far from How-tim-e-nea
creek, which flows near the southern
boundary of the Umatilla reservation,
White Fawn gave birth to these two
papooses, Chief Si-ah-sum (No Shirb
remembered, doubtless, the bad luck
| the twins of Cougar Shirt had brought
upon the Cayuses, issued an edict de-
claring that the tribe must comply
with their ancient law-that the twins
must be killed Ha-hots-mo (Yel-
low Grizzly Bear, the father of Tox
e-lox and A-lom-pum, loved his pa
pooses and did not want to see them
put to death. He therefore induced
Chief No Shirt to call the great coun
| ell of the nation to reconsider the de
cree
| When the great council assembled
Yellow Grizzly Bear, dressed as IL
ready for the warpath, his face painted
yellow and red, beat for few minutes
with his war club the big rawhide
council drum. He was the greatest
orator in the tribe and hoped by power
of speech to save the lives of his twins
When there was no noise but the rus
tling of the leafy branches under
which the council sat, his stolid far
more than calm. Yellow Grizzly BeaI
began to speak.
He told the great council how his
heart was filled with gladness when he
learned that White Fawn had given
MIN the two papooses. and how they
would grow to be beautiful maldens
and become the pride of the whole
tribe. Then he told them that he had
had a vision of good fortune land In
dians have great faith in dreams)
that he saw Tox-e-lox wed to the son
of the chief of their friends, the UNA
tillas, and A-lom pun the son of the
chief OF the Walla Wallas; that the
three became one and meeting their
old enemies, the Bannocks, in a great
] battle, slew them all. and that in still
another dream he saw the three tribes
drive the palefaces from their happy
valleys; that on their mountains the
grizzly and wild goat roamed again;
that their streams were full of fishes
and that their bunch grass grew knee
high once more. The eloquence of Vel
low Grizzly Bear saved the lives OF
! ToX-e-lox and A-lom-pum.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12
Fell in Lave with ralml.t "she..

Mrs. Emelia Hansen. palmist OF
S19 West Forty-seventh street, who
uses the name of "She" in her profes-
sion, has a most ardent lover. says
a telegram from New York. His fate
is warning to all who would fall Is.
love with female palmists. The other
night he called on her and proposed.
She refused. He tainted. She called
a policeman TO remove .in. Next
morning he was still in a trance and
unable to tell his name.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12

have been brought to this country,
but no Kadiak bear was ever captured
alive. DIR. Tarleton II. Bean, the fish
expert, who is in charge of the depart
ment of fisheries at the Paris exposi-
ton, while making an exploration of
the fishing resources of Kadiak island
last year saw a good many of these
bears and describes them in graphic
terms He says that while climbing a
rocky hill one day he saw a large
drove of them near the coast running
about and playing like so many lambs.
There rlust have been hundred and
fifty OF two hundred in the bunch, he
says. and some OF them were enor-
mous.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12

To eaten monster bears.
DR.. Frank Baker of the Smithsonian
Institution, has sent Elwood Hofer,
guide and hunter of the Yellowstone
park, to catch some of the monster
bears on Kadiak Island. In the Gulf of
Alaska, for the National Geological
Park. These bears are Of the polar
breed, perfectly white, with long
heavy fur, and at full growth are twice
as Large as the ordinary black bear of
the Rocky Mountains. weighing from
Sc, 400 to 5000 pounds, and standing
/, as high as an ordinary cow-the big
(kest carnivorous animal living. The
tracks they leave in the snow have
often measured fifteen inches long and
ten inches wide They are very savage
and fight desperately when attacked.
, scyeral have been killed and the skins
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12
IS A GAY SWINDLER.
CHARLES LEfoHTON'S SUCCESS
WITH FAIR WOMEN.

lie Always Has an Eye to Business and'
Wheedles Cash Out of His Dupes-
said to Be Possessor of Many Wives
story of Victim.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-12

II is better to be disappointed in love
than in marriage.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-31
THIRTY CRUSHED.
FrightfuI Accident to Arkansas Work
Train and Many Injured.

st. Louis, Dec. 31.-A special to the
Dispatch from Little Rock, Ark,
says:
Thirty men, railroad employees,
were injured, four perhaps fatally, in
wreck today at the Fort Smith cross
ing in North Little Rock. The hood
lum' train, in which the employees ride
to work. approached the crossing at a
fair rate of speed, the engine push
ing the cars. Suddenly the engineer
saw light switch engine emerge from
behind a building and start across the
track ahead of him. He applied the
emergency brakes, but the four cars
broke loose at the sudden stop and
rolled on. striking the switch engine
broad side. The 200 men on the cars
jumped. but thirty were caught and
crushed"
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-31
ELECTION CONTEST.
California Candidate for Congress viii
Bring a Contest.

San Francisco, Dec. 31.-Congress-
man julius Kahn, defeated for re-elec-
tion in the Fourth California congress
ional district, by E. ]. Livernash, has
served motive on the latter for con-
test for the congressional seat. The
official count gives Livernash a major
ity over Kahn of 141 votes, but a decis-
ion rendered by Superior Judge Heb
bard in the Webster-Langdon contest,
for superintendent of schools, throws
out so many votes affecting Liver
nash's majority that a partial recount,
on the snap tally principle. gives Kahn
a plurality of 124 votes. A further tai
ly will add greatly to these figures.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-31
JUDGE BAKER RETURNED.
His Views on Statehood and Presl-
dant RoosevsIt's Position.
fORNOff ALSO RETURNED.

Judge and Mrs. b. S. Baker re-
turned TO their home in this city last
night. After the trip to Washington
with the Albuquerque statehood com
mittee. the judge and his wife spent a
short time in Omaha.
Judge Baker was seen at his home
this afternoon by The Citizen and he
expressed himself strongly in favor of
statehood.
We will have statehood" said Mr.
Baker. III not as presented in the
omnibus bill, we will have it in some
form. If the bill was brought to a vote
now. there is no doubt but that il
would pass, because there is a ma
jority large enough to carry il.
There is a determination among
the senators opposed to the bill to de-
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-31
RAILROAD NEWS.
Resident Engineer Nudge Resigns
and Will Go on Santa Fe Cutoff.
A FEW INTERESTING FACTS.

Fred H. Nudge, for number of
years resident engineer for the Santa
Fe with headquarters at Las Vegas,
has resigned that position and passed
through the city last night en- route to
Deming to visit his brother, II. b.
Nudge, night clerk at the Harvey
house at that place.
Mr.. Nudge is a competent civil en-
gineer and has filled his late position
with the utmost satisfaction to the
railroad officials, and it is thought that
as a compliment and reward for such
services, the Santa Fe is soon to ten
der him a more lucrative position.
1t is not positively known, but con-
stant rumor has made it almost certain
that Mr.. Mudge's new position will be
along the line of inspector of construc-
tion on the Santa Fe cut off.
This is another reason preceding and
giving strong evidence of the early
building of the cut off. Although the
corporation papers OF the New Mexico
Eastern, as the cut off is called, have
not as yet been filed with the terri
torial secretary at Santa Fe.
F. NJ. Smith, the right of way man,
is at work securing the titles for land
and making deals in his capacity, for
the new work.
The bids for construction of the cut
off are in the office of James Dun at
Chicago, and it is reported that the
Of h., or uphn
have been accepted, will be given out
in few days.
The building of the bridge across
the Rio Grande at Belen will be begun
first. Inquiries being made of Superin-
tendent McNally of the Rio Grande
division as to whether or not Stag for
the abutments o. the bridge could be
secured at the Silver City smelter, is
evidence that the company contem'
plates the immediate building of that
structure. The bridge will be at least
half mile In length, and will run al
most straight across the river from
bank to bank. The river bank on the
east is high ar =. furnishes a fine found.
alton for the bridge abutments. the
bank on the west is low and in the
spring when the water is high, is Gov
cred with the overflow and becomes
swampy, making a very poor place for
a bridge foundation. 1t will require a
large amount of waterproof riprap TO
make bridge located there secure and
it is for this reason that the company
is already making these inquiries.
A railroad man with experience in
railroad bridge building said this morn
ing that it would take 300 men nine
months to build the new Rio Grande
bridge.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-31

feat it. and that is the reason why the
fight is being prolonged. Beveridge
would not acknowledge that there
were enough votes at present to carry
the bill. but stated that IL il was nee
essary they would adopt the tactics of
talking it to death, which can he ac-
complished If the senators find the ma
jority favors the passage of the bill.
II will not Jetray any confidence
when | say that President Roosevelt
told me that he did not want the bill
to come to him in its present form, but
If all the parties concerned were salts
fed with the bill making one state out
of New Mexico and Arizona and Okla
ohma and Indian Territory one state,
he would give it his hearty support.
But he has never expressed himself
whether or not he would veto the bill
in its present form. There is no doubt
that we will get statehood In some
form"
Deputy United States Marshal Fred,
Fornoff, who was member of the
Albuquerque statehood committee, re-
turned to this city today. After the
committee had finished their work In
Washington Mr.. Fornoff spent few
days with his mother in Baoimore. Md.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-31
TWO GOOD LETTERS
About Albuquerque Eastern Railway
and the Big Lumber Mills.
WATCH OPTION HOLDERS.

G. L. Brooks, who was at Flagstaff
in the interest of the Aztec Land and
Cattle company, returned to the city
this morning, for the purpose of meet
ing here tonight w. S. Hopewell of
the Albuquerque Eastern railway, but
instead he found letter awaiting him,
saying that Mr.. Hopewell had left San
Ia Fe on Sunday night for Chicago for
conference with Hon. w. II. An
drews, president of the company. Mr..
Hopewell informs Mr.. Brooks that he
will return from Chicago the latter
part of the present week. He will
meet here the company's corps of sur
veyors, now at Durango, and will then
begin the survey of the Albuquerque
Eastern into the city.
The plat of the new railway com
pany was filed with Probate Clerk
Summers this morning.