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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13
No MAIL that oAY.
PootoHiee Employees An Over the
Country Wm Eat Turkey.

Pootofiiee Employees An Over the
Country VIII Eat Turkey.
official notice has been received
from the postoHice department in
Washington by Postmaster Mccoy
that no mail will be delivered by the
rural carriers on Thanksgiving day.
This order, which is signed by Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General J l.
Bristow applies 20 the entire terri
tory. The rural carriers do not have
the holidays which the other employees
of the postoffice have. II requires a
special order from the postofice de-
partment to give them a holiday. So
far the only day on which they have
not been required 10 carry mail has
been on Thanksgiving
The local onice viii be open
Thanksgiving day only between the
hours of and p. m
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13
General Bates
Makes Report

Major General John Bates, in
his annual report which is published
in the September number of the Army
AM Navy Journal. makes some sweep
ing recommendations regarding
changes in governmental army posts
and The disposition of the regular
soldiers. in this report he makes
the following recommendation con-
corning Fort Sill and the disposition
OF the Apache Indians
Fort sill, Oklahoma, which, with
the wood reserve. has a reservation OF
I77.920 acres, is another place where a
large force might be stationed to ad
vantage. The time has come at Fori
lsin when a choice must be made be
tween the military interests and those
of the Indians. It seems undesirable
10 allow such a reservation--so favor
able for military lnstruction-to pass
from the control OF the war depart
ment It is believed to be worthy o
INDA5tuti"Aivh " ti"A'iNi Wy ~AF''N"
prisoners OF war TO the Fort Rene
reservation, giving it to them out
right including the buildings thereon
which. with perhaps, some slight al
Iterations, might be made 10 admirabl!
shelter these Indians. If the sug
gested change be made the Rene
garrison should be transferred 10 For
SIN, to the benefit Of military inter
ests"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13
PREPARE FOR SERVICES.
Tabernacle Seating $500 People Has
Been Provided.

Tabernacle Seating $500 People Has
Been Provided.
The tabernacle being erected for
the union revival services which be.
Gin Sunday is rapidly nearing compile
ton The frame work is fnishe and
The entire building covered with
waterproof paper. The building will
hold about $500 people
The taberLec Gle will be heated with
four large stoves which viii make the
building comfortable in case OF cold
weather The material used in build
ing this tabernacle has pen leased
until the close OF The revival ly which
plan the cos; of the building Is only
about $3.50 Arrangements are being
perfected for selling stock in the
building. the shares to be 81 each the
entire amount subscribed TO be paid
ir necessary. The Incidental expenses
win be met by free will offerings al
each meeting.
After paying all Of the expenses OF
4 ,he meeting. if any of the Incidental
money should remain in the treasury
I!t will be applied TO the construction
of the tabernacle. The remuneration
of the evangelists will be made up en-
hrely by free win collections taken
up on the last Sunday Of The meetings
Union prayer meetings are being
held at the different churches each
evening this week. preparatory 20 tbs
revival
AT the prayer meeting at 'he South
Methodist church last evening there
vas large attendance. The Rev w
IC. Miles OF The First Presbyterian
church. was IN charge The meetine
onight will be hell IN the Firs
. Methodist church At The close OF the
meeting last night business meeting
was held at which a number OF com
mitees from the different churches
were appointed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13
reRRlaLE RECORD OF
SLAVE OF MORPHINE

Cincinnati, o., Nov l3-Tho most
abiect slave to The morphine habit
who over entered the city hospital.
so far as the records of that insli,u-
tion show. is James Gates, aged b7.
who adiniuei that for twenty-five
years he had averaged ten grains a
day In that time he has taken $4,000
,saius. Threc grains viii kin non
user GATES has swallowed enough
morp Inc tt KIN 26,7G7 persons. It
Is hought he can not survive many
days
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13
TAR AND FEATHERS
EoR GIRLS sETRAYER.

Charlotte, Mich, Nov i3.-J Darl
Copeland was dragged from under a
bed in the Williams house. where he
was a day clerk by a mob and tarrc1
and feathorel Ills clothing was torn
to shgcds Copeland was accused Of
being responsible for the misfortune
oi Mabel Sturdeyant, the young woman
who hanged herself IA he Phoenix
house There were many prominent
citizens in the mob. and Csopeland
was ordered go leave town within
tWcnly-for hours un er penalty ol be.
iar treated 10 q seco . coat OF tar
and feathers
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13
Lac the osaae Natlon.

The latest chase and capture con
| Quoted by members Of the asssocia'
ton was the expedition into the
Usage nation. where two members of
the notorious Hennessey gang were
Nlled af.er desperate fight at the
cl6se Of chase that extended over
two months.
Warren Bennett, Pawhuska and
Wylie Haines, Homing. both deputy
United States marshals. and both
members Of the Anti-Horse Thief as
socia' ion. were responsible for the
capture of the bandits. Haines re-
eeived serious wound during the
Rght
Two weeks ago 800 delegates at
tended the annual meeting o, The Ok
iahoma association and elected James
A. Klrltwood president which posi-
lion he has held for the last I've
years
"Travelerf is Well Known.
Traveller a Set black horse. siH-
teen han high and weighing about
100 pounds. owned by the presiden,
Of the association is probahly more
widely known in Oklahoma than any
other animal in the territory The
horse has carried his rider an day and
an night without rest except for food
and water
Traveller is now II years OH but
he is still able 10 catch the air OF
excitement in man hunt and on an
occasion OF that kind he sprints over
country roads ami fields as if he were
a colt
While the association has succeed
ed in nearly wedding out all Of the
outlaws and desperadoes one re
mains. who has fought on posses, es
capped arrest and is still at large. He
i Ben Crayens. for whom The re
swards aggregate $1,000 He is eonsid
cred one Of the most desperate mer
that the west ever possessed. an ha'
the reputation of shooting 70 kill De
fore taking any chances on capture
His Many Crimes.
Amons many crimes be Is waaie'
for the murle Of Alvin Batemap q
Red Rock, March i9, 1904, and %
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13
A Runawan eIeyele.

Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg OF J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove,
nm Il developed a stubborn ulcer un-
yielding to doctors and remedies for
four years Then Bucklens Arnica
.salve cured It's just as good for
burns. scalds skin erUptons and piles
25c. at r b Lille & Co.'s drug store
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13
PARKER's
TO HousEKEEpERs

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eral trial quantity OF
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the famous silver polish used by own.
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13

Years Of suffering relieved in a
night Itching piles yield at once to
the curative properties OF Doan's ONT
mcnt Never fails. Al any drug store
so cents.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13

The city council dld not meet laat
evening n is quits probable lhera
win be no meeting until nexr Thurs
day evening
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13

Rendered the Terri
tory by the Anti
Horse Thief
Ass n

With the advance OF civilization
across the Western prairies the horse
thief and his band have been bunet
ed and beaten about until they bid
fair 20 take their place in obscurity
with rowing heris Of buffalo deer
and antelope
Instead of the vast expanses of
prairie which afforded ample avenue
.S6f escape for the horse thief and his
gang OF marauders the plains are now
dotted with little towns located in
each Of which is a telegraph instru
ment that simple little device which
has probably done more to eradicate
the horse thief and his methods than
ANY other one agent
BY It's means the ban-it has no
sooner broken the law until he is
hemmed in on all sides by United
! states marshals. sheriffs, farmers
posses and vigilance committees, who
I either force his surrender or shoot
him down in bat le
The passing Of the horse thief in
Oklahoma can be credited largely to
the efforts Of the Anti-Horse Thiel
association, which has 42i lodges ir
Oklahoma and Indian territory, with
a membership of 10000 The Nationa
AntiHorse Thief association was or
ganize6 N Northern Missouri forty
\ one years ago and it ultimately ex
W ttended it's membership into all of th'
=. adle and western states and terri
torit II has a membership Of 80
O0O
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-13
Born Of Necessity.

Nine years ago the Oklahoma d.
vision Of the association was born OF
necessity In those early days the
bandits and desperadoes roved over
the prairies and preyed upon the bi
onoer settlers al win ana dehed ar
rest. One of The most desperate AMI
daring gangs was that OF Yeager and
Black with their followers
with the organization of the Okla.
homa Anti.Horse Thief association
they came in touch with new force
and they were finally brought into
camp with their boots on" For the
capture OF this band of outlaws Jas.
Gibson Of Sheridan. and J p Monra-
quand OF Homestead. both members
of the association. deserve credit
These two men followed the trail
of the outlaws for months ana final
ly, with the assistance OF a party OF
association members broke up the
gang. capturei son2 of the followers
and killed Black an Yeager, the
leaders.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-16

door and athletic lines, and the young
women of today is so distinctly an
open -air-kind of person, that the piano
has perfoPce been relegated to the
background of a girls education, un-i
less she has clear mission for music.
Then there is the social side of life
that, too, has opened up vistas to the
modern girl undreamed of by the girl
Of fifteen or twenty years ago. To
speak of only one of the changes which
the altered social conditions have bred.
how much greater stress is now laid
upon proficiency in speaking the mod
ern language than was laid even so re-
Gently as fifteen years ago. People
now travel and visit abroad. so much
more than they did. and national rela-
tions have become so much richer,
mere intimate and varied, that it has
year by year grown more important for
a young gentlewoman to master other
tongues than her own. But all round
to excellence is hard to attain. If one
wants to do one thing or two things
really well, some other things are nee
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-16
NO WIDOWS WEEDS
FASHION DEGREES THAT MOURN
ING SHALL NOT BE WORN.
Mourning Is Protection and Explains
Without Words-Fashions and Fads
Affect the Best of PeopIe-Even the
Most Considerative Are Influenced.

1t has gone out of fashion to mourn!
Take notice, We devotees of the correct
thing, and when death enters your
family write to Mr.. e. w. Box, of the
Ladies Home Journal, and ask him
how long your veil should be and
whether you should use black borders
on your stationery and handkerchfefS
or not. Eddie will know, and also he
will give you the psychological rea-
sons thereof In New York widows no
longer wear the Widows cap or the
bonnet and veil, unless they are well
along in years, or happen to be old
fashioned and refuse to allow fads to
dictate to them in regard to one of the
deepest emotions of the human heart.
Young widows now get themselves up
most fetchingly count the months of
mourning, and never wear the veil over
the face one day longer than fashion
dictates. For a sister, brother, cousin
or aunt, the slightest black is worn
and but little change made in the So
cial programme. Indeed. it is society
itself which has to do with the change
in the observance Of mourning-that,
and the rush and hurry of American
life, which leaves but little time to
mourn for the dead, because of the at
tentions We must pay to the living.
I There is not much doubt that the
letting down in the proper respect
SHOWN TO the QSau marks a QeterlOfa-
ton in our national life, even if it is
done-or mostly so-by a small con-
ttingent of persons who are not typical
of our country at its best, and who
have more money than brains. And
yet how difficult it is to rise above
fads and fashions. The best of people
are affected unconsciously by them, and
this is nowhere more marked than in
this very thing of mourning. 1t used
to be that whole families wore black
for three or four years for the father
of the family, and sometimes did not
resume their social duties for four or
five years. But this something that
gets into the atmosphere when a thing
Us the fashion, has even affected the
most conservative of persons, and we
now find that a year is a long time for
those in mourning to stay away from
fheaters and amusements. Another ev-
1dence, says some one, of the weakness
of human nature. Well, perhaps, it is.
certainly an evidence of how strong is
custom.
Say what you will about mourning,
IT is mark of respect and also a pro-
lection to those who have lost. mem
bers Of their family; it explains mat
tiers without words and gives outward
evidence of the inward sorrow. 1t is
also intensely respectable.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-16

Barry and Carr. u. S. A, and Gen.
Hughes, of the Kansas national guard.
Maj. Coffin will command the division
al artillery.
1t was found, as a result of last
years maneuvers. that for the maneu-
vering of large bodies of men In the
working out of technical operations,
the present field, large as it is, is in
adequate. The war department has
obtained the written consent of lao
land owners adjoining the reservation,
whose aggregate holdings amount to
seventy square miles, or 44.239 acres,
to the military authorities entering
upon and occupying their holdings
whenever necessary to do so in
the prosecution of the maneuvers this
year, at a nominal rental of cents
per acre. By this means, it is stated,
the war department has secured a sec
ton of country which affords almost
every kind and variety of terrain that
could be desired in practicing field op-
erations by troops, consisting of plain,
high, rolling country, streams, woods,
de6les, ravines, railroads, etc.
The section lines and farm roads are
such as would have to be utilized In
actual war in a like country, and the
houses, separately or clustered In small
villages, form an important part IN
playing the war game.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-16

essarily forced into the background. If
one spends her days autoing, swim
ming, horseback riding, golfing, dancing
and visiting over one or two CONT
nents. there is likely to be neither time
nor any great inclination for scales
and five-finger exercises.
1t is said that an agency is about to
be formed in England for the purpose
of buying high-class cats for America.
Th1S, comments an American cattarian
would no doubt be an excellent thing,
but it will be difficult to secure reliable
buyers. There is no danger that Eng
lish breeders will not offer their best
stock to America, but they are more
than likely to ask extortionate prices
First-class prices for second and third
class stock are, it seems, quite the rule
for such transactions.
While the fashion of high French
heels seems to have been adopted by
many New York women, in San Fran
cisco it has become almost universal
and the heels themselves have reached
their limit in regard to height. The
strong winds that are prevalent during
the summer in San Francisco make
heels a somewhat conspicuous part of
the toilet, and whether it is the height
of the heels that causes it, or the diff
Guilty in walking against the wind, it is
surprising to see how many women
walk with the toes turned in. Toeing
in with common sense shoe is not at
tractive, but with a narrow French heel
two inches high it gives a peculiar
twisting effect.
A young American once found him.
self in an English country house; he
was not a bad young fellow, but he
carried the habit of self Qualification
beyond the possible point, so that he
got himself disliked, and ordinary men
said that he was a romancer. A son of
the house took him aside and spoke to
him delicately upon the subject.
WELL" the American said, ct would
hurt me to offend any of your insular
prejudices; but the fact Is that when 1
commence to bluff my tongue sort of
runs away with me. I'd tack it kindly
if you'd give me a nudge,or a kick, or
something, when you think I'm spread
ing it too thick"
The son of the house said he would.
That night the American took an Eng
lish heiress in to dinner, and she hap
pened to refer to Conservatives. 1t
started the American.
I had a cousin in Virginia who built
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-16
BY THE SKIN OFHISTEETH

There are many men who have
never felt any greater fear than a tim
Id child feels when sent to bed in the
dark, said young Langton, the sur
yeyor.
"A man may be as brave as men are
made, yet the fear of death will clutch
his heart when death falls black across
the road he must tread
Il was chased by a panther once
myself. and the fear of death roweled
me for many miles. 1t was in New
Brunswick in 1897, when winter was
closing its grip.
In the first week in December the
winter cold-mailed the lake with a
four-inch plating of Ice. To me skat-
ing is one of the greatest pleasures of
the ice in cold silver, the snow on the
spruces was like alabaster. the shad-
oWs were inky black. When / sat
down on the beach to put on my skates
l drew deep breath of wonder at
the dreamlike loneliness of the land
scape.
"a few minutes later 1 dashed into
the wide mouth Of a narrow creek
that curlS for many miles through the
lonely forest, and rushed upstream be-
tween the ancient spruces, Slowing
and lurching and scampering around
the long curves, the exhilaration of the
oWIl HIOlloIl Thrilling me IKE Wine.
About five miles up the creek ]. stopped
myself and sat down upon the grass
matched roof of a muskrat house.
The keen air was still; a great ST.
lence brooded over the forest the big
spruces cast irky shadows across the
ice; the ranging stars spangled the
solemn sky. twinkling Jelly; the moon
at the zenith of her path poured down
flood of light. Soon 1 felt the
glamor of the solitude stealing over
me. The loneliness entered my soul.
and l felt the stirring of a vague
dread
I tried to shake off the nervousness
that was gripping me. J. filed my pipe
and scraped match ON hip.
AS the match snapped and famed
a sudden peal of golden laughter
sounded behind me. Dropping the
match 1 sprang erect and whirled
around. Shrill and clear and sardonic
the peal rang out again.
"A thrill of terror went through me.
and short ripping scream froze the
blood in my veins. Then two spruce
boughs that sagged low over the ice
parted with a rustic, and a panther
pushed between them and crept cIowlv
out of the black shadow upon the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-16

moonlit ice-long, lean and yellow
gray.
For moment stood petrified. The
big cat crouched within twenty wards
OF me. his topaz eyes glowing with vel
low hre. Then, just as the brute, with
herce snarl, sprang toward me, I
wheeled quickly and skated away down
stream.
over the shadow mottled ice Traced
with desperate energy for my life, skat-
ing with long, quick strokes, bent dou-
bic death. Having no weapon, 1 knew
and my mind full of the fear Of a horri
bic death Having no weapon 1 knew
would have no chance in a scuffie with
the panther. If the animal caught me
should be mangled and ripped, and
probably dragged off into the bush and
left to die slowly, if 1 was not enaten.
But L knew that unless I slipped in
turning around a bend 1 had a good
chance to escape. Luckily my skates
were very sharp, and though the ice
was almost as hard as glass the long
blades never skidded, but scratched
deeply enough into the ice to make a
slip unlikely
Il have sSated in many a race, but I
don't think / ever skated so fast on
straightaway course as I did on that
night on that twisting creek, which is
like series of letter SIS. How 1 ever
got safely around all those curves is
beyond my understanding.
Behind me. almost at my heels. the
lightly bounding panther extended his
supple body and did his best. Above
the groaning of the ice and the scrap
ing and ringing Of my skates 1 could
hear the soft thudding of his big pad
ded paws.
"As 1 reeled and swung around those
bends with that lithe-leaping beast
never more than half a dozen lengths
of his body behind me, and sometimes
within a yard, my fear was that 1
should fall in Whirling around the next
curve. 1t is marvellous that I did not
fall, for 1 dared not slacken my ter
rife speed and the bends became sharp
er as 1 neared the lake. Several things
the panther sprang at me, but each
time fell short.
ut seemed hours before I saw the
wide mouth of the creek and the big
open lake glittering in the moonlight.
AS darted out upon the lake the pam
Their seemed to realize the futility of
the chase. He wheeled around and
turned back into the forest. and I slow
ed up, drawing a great breath of re-
lief"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-16
PLANS FOR MANEUVERS
OF ARMY ANNOUNCED
War Department Secures a Large
Amount of Additional Field Room.

War Department Secures a Large
Amount of Additional Field Room.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 15.-
Plans for the forthcoming army man
euvers at Fort Riley, Kas., were an
nounced at the war department today
The maneuvers are to begin on or
about Oct. 81. They will be participant
ed in by troops from Jefferson bar
racks, Mo-; Forts Leavenworth and
Riley, Kas.; Sill and Reno, Okla; Mo
brara and Robinson, Neb.; Logan, Col. !;
d. A. Russell, Wyo.; Douglas, Utah;
Smelling, Mimi; Lincoln, N. D.; Keogh,
Mont, and Myer, Va, one regiment of
infantry from the Iowa national guard,
two regiments of infantry and two bat
teries of field artillery from the Kansas
national guard one regiment of infan-
try from the Missouri national guard,
one regiment of infantry and one COM
pary signal corps from the Nebraska
national guard and one battalion of in
fantry from the Colorado national
guard, making a total of more than
II 900 men.
The following brigade commanders
are announced: Gems. Grant, Bell.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-16
Poems Worth READING
REBUkE.

Inc world is old and the world is cold.
And never day is fair" 1 said
Out OF the heavens the sunlight rolled.
The green leaves rustled above my head,
And the sea was sea of gold.
The world Is cruel" I said again.
Her voice Is harsh to my shrinking
ear,
And the nights are dreary and full of
pain"
Out of the darkness, sweet and clear,
There rippled a tender strain
Rippled the song of bird asleep.
That sang In a dream Of the budding
wood
OF shining fields where the reapers reap,
OF a Wee brown mate and a Nesting
brood,
And the grass where the berries peep.
THE world is false, though the world is
fair
And never a heart is pure" I said;
And loi the clinging of white arms bare,
The innocent gold of my babys head,
And lisp of a childish prayer.
Ina Coolbirth