davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11

Thomas Faulk, Of Marie, Southwest
ern Oklahoma, has become a raying
iunatlc, having gone mad on the sub
jeet Of religion after attending a camp
meeting He became so violent that
T. " Burnett. a neighbor volunteered
to escort him TO the county jail On
the way to Mangm. Faux picked up
a hammer and hit Burnett in the head
with H.. stunning him. Faux, how
ever was oyerpowered and landed be-
hind the bars. He spends most Of his
time preaching and praying
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11

William and Rebecca Jones. who
have been married for seventy-two
years. have decided to leave their
Lincoln county farm and go east to
live like young folks.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11
Programme for
Bankers Convention

Bankers Convention
The following is the complete pro
gramme for the Territorial Bankers
association which will meet in this
city on November 18th and 18th
as arranged by the executive commit
tee at meeting held at the CONNER
cial club rooms yesterday afternoon:
The convention will come to order
at 10 O'Clock a m, November the
nth, President d. w. Hogan presid
ing.
Invocation--J T. ogie. pastor OF
t. First Christian church, Guthrie.
Address of Welcome-Governor c.
NJ Barnes, mayor, president Of the
Logan County bank.
Response-t5overnor A. J. Seay, First
National bank, Kingfsher.
Annual Address-P President d. w
Hogan Yukon First National bank.
Report Of Secretary-H. W Painter
Guthrie.
Report of Treasurer-A. f. Master.
man. Ell Reno. Ell Reno state sank.
Afternoon Session.
Roll call OF members.
Appointment of committees.
Auditing resolution.
Place Of next meeting.
Nominating.
Address. The Banker as Nan,
" r. sturteyant, National Bank Elk.
aminer
Address, c. M. Ames, American Ma
,ional bauk. Oklahoma City.
Address, Savings Department in
Commercial Banks" F. P. johnson,
cashier American National bank OF
Oklahoma City.
Address. Exchange" Otto A.
shuttee, vice president, Citizens Ma
tional bank, El Reno.
Address. F. c. Nelson assistant
cashier Merchants Loan and Trust
Co, Chicago.
Talk The Clearing House" H. P.
Hillard. cashier. Mechanics National
bank, ST. Louis.
November 1s, 1908
Prayer-Rev c. w. Miles. pastor
Of the Presbyterian church. Guthrie.
Address-E. F. Swinney president.
First National bank, Kansas City
Address-Curby Purdon, president.
Bank of Chickasaw Nation, Tishomin-
go, l. T.
Address--Paul F. Cooper, bank ex-
aminer. Shawnee, Okla.
Address-U. c. Guss, president
Guthrie National bank, Guthrie
Address-D. T. Flynn, Guthrie. OF
Address--Chas, D. DAVIS. Central
Trust Co. of Illinois, Chicago. Ill.
Address-Chas. o. Austin. vice
president, National Bank of North
America, Chicago, Ill.
Afternoon Session, 2 O'clock.
Five minute talks on practical sub
jects:
J. w. McNea!. Bank Of Commerce,
Guthrie.
William Brooks, Tonkawa.
Chas. w. Brewer. cashier First Ma
tional bank. Arapahoe.
J. J. Gerlach, cashier First Nation
al bank. Woodward
Dorsey Kreltzer cashier National
bank Of Anadarko.
l. c. Thurmond, cashier First Ma
tional bank, Elk City.
o. E Helton, cashier, Farmers
State bank, CARRIER
]. w. Teter, cashier, Bank of Ripley
Address-H. s. Smith. vice presi
dent, Western National bank of the
United States. New York.
Report of committees.
Entertainment will be extended the
visiting ladies' by the ladies Of Guth.
rie at their residences on the after
noon Of both days Of the convention
November 18th at 4 o'clock p m, thir-
ty minutes carriage ride about the
city is scheduled, followed by a mus
icale at the Masonic temple. A re
very state upon the players making
vention hall at Q o'clock followed by
ball Luncheon will be served at
- o'clock on the second day Of the
convention and at night a theatre
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11

party and other features are expected
to be worked in during the convention.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11
OLD FOLKS AT HOME
WANT TO SEE VOJ-

On Sept. 1st, Sth, 18th, and Oct
9Th will offer Homevisitors Rates OF
FARE and ONE-THTRD TO all points
in Indiana and many in Ohio. also
Louisville, Ky Tickets good for
thirty days from date Of sale.
If you contemplate a visit back 10
the old homestead, do not fail to first
call on nearest Frisco Ticket Agent,
or address
3. r. Dunn
Div Pass Agent,
Wichita. Kas.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11

In s. s. S. Nature has provided
Ig42%dIs in
N ~ down condition strong or
vegetable
remedy for touug the and bringing refreshing u sleep
ID a of
the only
ef
w Of blood
the acsC Care soh Hamilton
chronic
does away with the uncomfortable ness BREATH
drowsiness and dizziness that often after eating
only the best tonic but Alternative purifying
IL n
searches and il Many times health
bad condition Of the blood only reeded purifier
and tonic combined, such a remedy S S
suffer from debility insomnia loss Of appetite
bad digestion the disoTdered blood
blood good condition inygote and up
S''' nE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA GA.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11

Jefferson's fair opened Wednesday
and will continue the remainder Of
the week.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11


tions seems to be a little on the wane
The passing Of the longhorn is one Of
the factors which figures in this
cnanse
Enid's Cherokee Indian medicine
company will soon be in shape to
squeeze out 200 gallons of hair tonic
a day. The company is Incorporated
with capital of 100000.
Greer county teachers have been |
trying to get together on a uniform
system Of school books.
The electric interurban railway at
South McAlester is ready for opera
ton
Pryor Creeks fruit evaporator is
consuming 100 bushels Of apples
day.
yinita supports twenty-five or thirty
lawyers but requires only seven ply
sicians
Mangum gave a premium of 800
to the farmer who brought the first |
bale Of this seasons cotton to town.
The man in Indian territory who |
looks as if he we're waiting for money
from home is the agent who brought
Choctaws from Mississippi.
A Braman picnic party claims to k
have seen Pat Hennessey's bones at
Hennessey, It is more likely that they
were the bones Of John Wilkes Booth.
Vinita man who wishes his family |
brought up with religious surround. (
ings has bought the Presbyterian
church and viii convert II into res
idence
The Epworth university building at
Oklahoma City has been finished. Aft
er paying for the building and the
campus the university had balance
Of $4,000.
School teachers in the Chickasaw
nation are paid salary Of about $40
month. The shaving of warrants.
owing to lack of tribal funds, cuts
down the amount to about s25.
About all the full blood Indian in
Indian territory can hope to save in |
the scramble is his inalienable home
stead. AS to the residue of his land.
it is simply a question of which white
man will win.
William and Rebecca Jones. who
have been married for seventy-two
years, have decided to leave their
Lincoln county farm and go east to
live like young folks.
Reports in circulation that num- !
Der of Southwestern oklshomans had
been killed during an earthquake at
Chamal, Mexico. have been denied as
utterly false. Instead. the people
there say they are progressing finely.
Mangum Is considering plans for |
general and vigorous campaign
against the ants which infest that
town.
Hardness in the Lone Wolf school
is not to be tolerated The principal
has been instructed TO use all reason
able means in this direction, even to
expulsion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11

S. S, S. improves the
appetite, aids the diges-
tion and reinforces the
systeni, and its good ef-
fects are seen almostfrom
the first dose. II acts
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11
, Mrs. E. B. Bradshaw, Of
Guthrie, Okla, cured of a severe
case by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

NSXCthDE (OhlpUu1u.
great many women suffer with a
form of indigestion or dyspepsia which
does not seem TO yield to ordinary
medical treatment. While the symp
toms seem to be similar TO those Of
ordinary indigestion, yet the medi-
cines universally prescribed do not
seem to restore the patients normal
condition
Mrs. Pinlxham claims that there
is a kind OF dyspepsia that is caused
by arrangement OF the female organ
ism, aud which, while it causes dis
turbance similar TO ordinary indiges-
tion, cannot be relieved without a
medicine which not only acts as q
stomach tonic. but has peculiar uterine.
tonic effects as well.
Thousands of testimonial let
ters prove beyond question that
nothing will relieve this distress
ing condition so surely as Lydia
II, Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. It always works in har-
mOny with the female system.
Mrs. . 0Pinlxham advises sick
women free. Address Lynn, Mass.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-11

Coal has been discovered in the vi
cinity Of Leger. People were first at
traeted by black prairie dogs appear
ing, and upon examination they were
found to have been begrimed with coal
dust. Later particles of coal that
burned nicely we're picked up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
Pecan Hunts In Kentucky.

In the Kentucky bottom lands along
She lower Ohio and its tributaries the
apple orchards and sugar BUSH are
things of tradition, says the Indianap-
oils News. Their places have been tax
en- by the pecan, which yields much
greater revenue. The pecan orchard is
usually distributed throughout one of
those immense cornfields of several
hundred acres that formed the ante
bellum plantations. Here they are en-
riched by constant cultivation as well
as by the fertilizer from the overflow
of the Ohio that occurs always once
and frequently oftener season. The
pecan season opens special festivities.
Society in the neighboring towns and
cities takes it up most enthusiastically
with pecan tours" picnics. dinners-in
truth, all varieties of fetes that such In
genuity can originate. The right to
gather the nuts is purchased and pro-
fessional climber hired A woods din
ner is the most pleasing feature of the
occasion-bacon, chicken, broiled. on
spit before a fragrant fire; Irish pota-
toes and the real. old fashioned red
sweets, onions baked in crater OF hot
Goals, kimmeI rye bread, roasted cheese,
gingerbread and crabapple cider from
the farmhouse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
FAIL TO GET THE MONEY
Three Thugs Try to Crack a Safe, but Get
Away Only with a Stolen
Cntfer.

Algonac. Mich. Jan. 22-Three
cracksman made an unsuccessful at
tempt to rob the AlgOnac bank. owned
by Moore Bros. of Port Huron. The
bank is located opposite the Kimball
House. Before beginning operations
the burglars stole horse and cutter
from the barn of \. y. Smith. presi-
dent of the village. On reaching the
bank. two of the men remained on
guard outside. while the third made
his way to the vault.
A charge of nitro glycerine was eX-
ploded. This aroused Landlord Har-
sen and some of the guests of the Kim
bail House. They could plainly see the
burglar ut work on the safe, but they
We're unarmed and the fOrbidding as
pect of the two guards in front of the
bank kept them within doors. Again
the thug exploded IA charge. which
made much wreck. but did not open
the box where the money. $1,000. was
Then they got scared and drove off i'll
the stolen cutter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
LABOR TROUBLES AT LYNN
Result in a Proclamation by the Mayor
Calling on the Police to Get
Very Busy,

Lynn, Mass. Jan. 22.-Prompted by
the disturbances created Tuesday night
when striking shoe cutters and their
sympathizers attacked the cutters who
took their places. Mayor Eastman has
issued a proclamation calling on the
police to enforce to the letter the city
ordinances against lettering on the
streets. and urging all citizens to re-
frain from cOngregating in the shoe
factory district or making any demon
stration in connection with the strike.
The police on escort duty are mounted.
Order prevailed yesterday, and the I'M
ion shoe cutters continue the work of
placing new men in factories from
which the knights of Labor cutters
struck last week
Considerable excitement developed
yesterday when the board of health
learned that some of the cutters
brought here came from Il factory in
Rochester. y. Y. where il was as
serted an outbreak of smallpox had
caused shutdown. When this news
was received by the knights of Labor
cutters il was decided to ask the city
TO appeal to the courts for an injunc-
ton to restrain the boot and she work
ers' union from bringing men here from
infected districts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
PARIS DEALERS SEEK
MISSISSIPPI RIVER PEARLS

MuScatine NewS-Tribune: \ repre-
sentative of - large Paris iewelry
firm who has been in the vicinity of
Prairie du Chen in the interests of
his firm will visit this city in a few
days in quest of the valuable pearls
owned by various citizens. This firm
has deposited $4,000 i'm Prairie du
Chen as a guarantee of its intentions
of being in the market and offering
the highest prices for pearls found
by those who make the search Il bus
mess calling.
The firm. it iS understood. has Sc
cured some beautiful pearls. one black
pearl weighing but eight grains be-
ing bought by them recently at cost
of $500.
Frank Freeman, the owner of the
largest and most valuable pearl ever
found by a citizen of this place, has
received word from the agent of the
Paris firm that he will be in the city
in few days and would make him an
offer on the one nc i'm his posses
sion.
The pearl. it will he remembered,
was found along the northern river
while Mr.. Freeman was engaged in
pearl fishing in that vicinity last sum
mer. 1t is beautiful large stone.
black in color and weighing Sl34
grains. While it i true that Mr..
Freeman has been offered various
large sums for the beauty, he has not
seen fit to dispose of it at the prices
named by would-be customers.
Mr.. Freeman and many other of
our citizens who are lucky posses
surS of these beautiful pearls will no
doubt be offered tempting sums. by
the buVer when he arrives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION
Makes Two Fissurcs i'm the Earth and
Shakes a Town in the
Bay State.

Whitman, Mass, Jan. 22-Two fis-
sures in the earth about three feet
deep and few inches wide and run
ming for a distance of a quarter of Il
mile are the only evidences of mys-
terious explosion which shock this town
just before edaybreak yesterf ny. Houses
were shaken violently and crockory
was broken in several residences.
A number of persons. aroused by the
explosion. began searching at daylight.
In meadow they found crack in the
earth crust about three feet in depth
and two or three inches wide. They
followed it for three-quarters of Il
mile before they reached the end. Lat
er they discovered another fissure of
the same description about seventy-fivc
feet away from the first and parallel
with it. An eXplanatio2 of the eX-
plosion is lacking.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
TRAIN Is WRECKED
BY FIEND'S WORK
Serious Accident at South Green.
field Due to Thrown
Switch.

Springfield, Mo-, Jan. IA west
bound passenger on the St. Louis &
San Francisco ran into jan open
switch at South Greenfield, 40 miles
west of here. this morning. Engineer
Fisher was killed and Fireman uIl-
bert fatally hurt, and the express
messenger is missing. Several pas
sengers are reported injured.
The entire train was destroyed by
fire that started soon after the
wreck occurred. Physicians left here
for the scene.
None of the passengers was serious
ly hurt. 1t is believed Il misplaced
switch. the work either of train rob-
bers or Il malicious person. caused the
wreck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
AGED COUPLE IN DESTITUTION
Woman of 1O2 Years Living in State OF
Poverty and Hopeless
ly Ill.

Marion, Ind. Jan. 22.-Blind and
wasted in body until she is reduced
to skeleton. Mrs. Matilda Davis. 1O2
years old, : lying on Il rUdcly-con-
structed bed in an old cottage in Wal
nut street. The bed is made of dry
goods boxes and covered with pieces
of paper and tin gathered from the
alleys of the city. With the old wOm-
an is her husband. 9S years old; son,
- years old. and daughter. 50 years
old. The old woman is hopelessly i'll
from old age.
The father is helpless from paralysis.
and the son is disabled as the result
OF a fall which fractured his right hip.
The only support of the three is the
income secured by the daughter, who
works ut the home 'Of ncighbors. She
Washes. scrubs and Yoes anything she
car get to do. regardless OF the fact
that she is 50 years of age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
NOVEL PLEA IN DEFENSE
ThInness of a Mans Skull. When AbDOr-
NAL. Must Stand Blame for Death
or Damage.

of the state vs.. Jack Phillips. con-
victed of manslaughter. WAS argued on
rehearinG before the supreme court
yesterday. Phillips. while acting as
special policeman at Eldon. dubbed
Clarence Debard so severely that he
died.
l. NJ. Tomlinson. for the defense yes
terday. argued that the killing Of De-
bard must be held to have been acci-
dental. because the autopsy had shown
Debard's skull to be abnormally thin.
and that if Phillips misjudGed the
thickness of the skull AND inflicted
blows that ordinarily would not have
caused death to man he should not
be held responsible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
UNHAPPY SEQUEL
OF AN ELOPEMENT
Husband Fires Four Times at His
Bride OF Five Weeks and
Slightly Wounds Her.

Chicago. Jan. 22-"Shoot me dead,
If you shoot" said Mrs. Abraham Fur
man, a. five weeks old bride. to her
husband in a saloon at III West Madi-
son street Tuesday evening There
upon her husband fired four shots. but
only succeeded in giving her slight
wound i'll the hand. An elOpement be-
gan the Furman troubles. and FIVE
weeks of life in Milwaukee followed
The wife came to Chicago Monday
and went TO friends at sol Paulina
street.
The husband came after her. and
secured her promise to meet him at
Madison and Halsted streets Tuesday
evening. From there he took her to
the saloon to talk She refused to
return to him. I'm desperate" he
warned her. The shooting followed.
One bullet hit the floor, another the
ceiling. another the rear wall, and
only one did damage. Furman is said
also TO have tried to kill himself, but
he did not succeed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22

Lincoln, Neb, Jan. 22.-If the recon-
mendatiOns of the executive commit
tee of the Nebraska Populist party be
upheld there will be no more fusion
between the Democrats and PopulistS
of the state At meeting a resOlu-
ton was adopted, declaring it 'the
sense of the executive committee of
the Peoples Independent party of Ne
braska that hereafter it act indepen-
IDENTITY in politics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
MAXIM ONAIRSHIPS
.Gunmaker Does Not Seem Opt.
mistic as to the Success of
Air Navigation.
HE is A MAN WHO SHOULD KNOW
For He Has Blown in" $4,000 Oh
Experiments - Cannot Go
Against the Wind.

st. Louis, Jan. 22.-That Santos Du-
mont, the young Brazilian aeronaut.
failed in his attempt to construct
ship that will successfully navigate the
air is the startling declaration of Sir
Hiram Maxim, the inventor of world
wide reputation. This announcement
comes with disappointment to the of
ticials of the st. Louis exposition, who
had fully anticipated that the eXhi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
Thre. Men Very Badly Hurt.

EIwood. Ind. Jan. 22.-By an eXplo-
sion at the Pittsburg glass factory,
three men We're probably fatally in
irred and three others were seriously
hurt The most seriously hurt are:
Robert GammOns, grinder: Sidney
White. a grinder; William HUT. The
other injured less seriously are: Roy
Higgins. John Osman, Prudence
Gaioux. The boiler room was entirely
cd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
HoAK CR1r1CIsEs THE PRESIDENT
Says His Time to Express Opinions on
Bills Is When They Are Passed.

Washington, Jan. %. - During the
senate session yesterday Burton Of
Kansas requested the passage of bill
which, he said. had been vetoed once
by the president. and explained that
in its present shape it was satisfac-
tory to the president. There was a
Discrimination TO take the matter up
and finally HOar criticised the presi-
dent for having indicated to Burton
his approval of the measure.
1T is being continually stated in the
newspapers. said HOar, that such
and such bills are administration meas
ures. and that set of senators had
called on the president and made ar
rangementS for the senate's action on
trust bills, the statehood bill and other
measures The time for the president
to make up his mind about statutes
is after we have passed them. and not
before. unless he avails himself of his
constitutional privilege to make com
munication to the entire body by mes
sage"
The discussion was ended ny Spoon
er moving an adjournment, which WAS
carried.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
Hi. idea of the Matter.

''Do you think you ought TO demand
so much money for campaign pur-
poses?'' said the man who resents mod
ern election methods.
We'll" answered Senator Sorghum
thoughtfully, IF 1 were rich enough to
put up a campaign fund all by myself
| don't know that l would be in poll
tics at. all,"-Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
Fumigation Costs a House.

Benton HarbOr. Mich, Jan. %. -
While fumigating for tuberculosis the
residence of Guy Hemingway at Sodus,
a small village near here, caught fire
and was burned to the ground. Some
members of tie family made an exist
in their night clothes. For a time the
village was threatened.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
QUAY MAKES TEST
Vote That Shows How the Sen.
ate Stands on the Omnibus
Statehood Bill.
HoAR ORITIoIsEs THE PRESIDENT
Because of Talk Relative to His Opin-
ions on Proposed Legislation
Lesser's Bribery Sensation.

Washington, Jan. 22.-Burnham Of
New Hampshire put in three hours
of the senate'S time debating the ON
nibus statehood bill, and then suspend
ed his remarks until today. Cullom
then appealed to Quay to permit an eX-
ecutive session for consideration of the
Cuban reciprocity treaty. The request
was not acceded to. and Cullom re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
State UniversIty.s Anniversary.

Bloomington, Ind, Jan. 22. - The
efghty-second anniversary of founders
day of the Indiana university was cele
brated Tuesday with a large attend
ance of distinguished educators, every
college in Indiana and many in adj
joining states being represented. The
ceremonies centered around the dedi-
cation of the new Science hall. Dr.
Bryan was inaugurated as president
Yesterday, and ex-President Swain de-
Iivered an address last night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
Mob Rohs Coal Cars.

Paris. Ills, Jan. 22.-Five cars of
coal standing on the Big -Four side
track. in this city. were made the OBJ
ject of raid by thirty-fve men and
boys Monday evening. The police re-
fused to take any action, as was the
case when Il similar raid was made
several days ago. The poorer classes in
Paris are without fuel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-22
Bryan Drawn as "A Juror.

Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 22.-W. ]. BFy-
an has been drawn as juror in the
Lancaster district court for the Feb
ruary term. Notification was sent him
that he must report for three weeks
duty beginning March =. Bryan is a
member of the bar and, if he desires,
can plead that as an exemption from
service. although he is no longer ac-
lively in practice. In this service Bry-
an will drawn 81 a day.