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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24
Both at Libby Prison.

BY accident, Territorial Librarian J.
w. Foose of Guthrie, and Representa-
tive John w Decker Of Pond Greek,
met this morning in the territorial
secretarys Office ana a renewal of war
times began. It developed that they
were In Libby prison for several
months and knew each other there,
although this is their hrst meeting
since. One was serving In the Civil
war in a Missouri regiment and the
other in an Ohio regiment,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24
CLOTH TO CHINA.

The falling off in the amount of cot
ton goods exported to China from this
country has occasioned considerable
uneasiness among manufacturers, es-
pecially in the south. where the pro-
duction of goods adapted for the Chi
nese market is heaviest
The department of commerce and
labor has recently issued a statement
showing that in the ten months end
ing with October 1903, the value Of
all exports from the United States to
China was s13,325,S1S, against $780,
O90. .769 in the corresponding months
Of 1902 and s15,5l6,529 in the CORE
spending months OF 1901
IAN examination of the details OF
our exports to China, says Brad
street, shows that this reduction Is
almost exclusively in cotton goods
The total value Of exports Of cotton
cloth to China from the United States
/ in the ten months ending with Octo-
Der. 1908. was Ss,516,693, against $14,
G33,57O in the corresponding months
of 1902 and sS,5s5,59l in the CORE
spending months of 1901, while OF 9th
er cotton goods our exports TO China
in the ten months of 1903 we're SIG,
3O5, against $51 100 in the correspond
ing months of 1902 and $l22,ss6 in the
corresponding months Of 1901"
The political disturbances IN the fal
east are given as the principal cause
Of the decrease.
We do not believe that the situation
warrants any serious anxiety. Il
should be borne in mind that the ship
monts Of coton goods from the Uni
ted States to China during the nrst
ten months of this year comprised
greater number of yards than during
the same period Of any year previous
excepting 1902 and 1899 The deyel
opment Of China, now fairly undel
way. must continue. and with it The
consumption Of cotton goods Th'
demand exists, and southern mills arr
best fitted TO supply IT,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24
Eavora RetentIon Of Land.

Colonel o. c. French. former secre-
tary of the territorial live stock sani-
tary board. Is IN the city from Temple.
A school land lessee himself, he has
refused 70 join the organization OF
Iessees and faVors the retention OF
tho school lands by the state OF Okla
homa. re says he believes the issue
should not be a political one, but
should be submitted to a vote OF the
people, as a non-partisan isEue, to be
decided He remarks. however, that
the lessees would get but few votes In
addition to their own.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24
WHO OWNS The RA1.ptaYs?

II is a popular belief thai the rail-
roads Of the United States are owned
by a wealthy coterie Of gentlemen In
the north and east, who run matters
to suit themselves and pocket the
enormous profits Of opera ing these
systems.
As a matter Of fact, few Of the large
railroads are controlled directly by
one man or even by one interest. Even
where the so-called control Of rail-
road Is vested In one man or one IN
terest. that control is as a rule largely
moral. the man himself owning FAR
less than a majority Of the stock.
The Pennsylvania railroad is gener
ally regarded as the greatest concern
OF its kind In the world No man owns
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24
CRUSADE IN OMAHA.

Omaha, Neb., Dec 24.-Ju-ge Es-
telle, in the district court today issued
writ of mandamus, directed to Mayor
Moores and Chief Of Police Donahue,
commanding them TO enforce the law
against gambling. The writ is the re-
suit of crusade.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24

Cardinal Espinos has left the Bank
OF Spain $4,000 to be paid AZ prem
ium 10 the first Spanish general who
viii land and make a successful lodg-
ment IN the United States and avenge
the defeat Of 1898 That bank has one
fund that is certainly good for a mill
ion years unless tho cashiers hand
slips
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24

Trinity Church Christmas Services.
Midnight service, Christmas Eve, at
11.30 p. NJ.
Christmas morning service, II a. m
The music viii be rendered by a
double quartette and large surplieed
chorus choir.
The decorations are nne. the eleetri-
cal display grand.
A Merry Christmas 30 all.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24
Nice chrIstmas Present.

A Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Gold Dollar viii make an acceptable
gift for Christmas. You can get them
AZ the Capitol National Bank.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24

Seats are now on sale for Uncle
TOMS Cabin" company which viii be
at the Brooks tomorrow night Prices,
IS, 25, IS and SO cents.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24

After six distinctive failures the
weather bureau al length succeeded IN
guessing right on the weather
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24

Rock Island has Just built a non
Carnegie library. Isn't that a waste
Of city funds7
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24

Sc. IN. holiday display at The F.lr.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24

Totals ... .... .'..aSO 5'72S Al
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-24
We Invite You

to call and Examine Xmas Slippers ald Shoes You
will find many your liking and at the Lowest Possible
Prices
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Annual Pension Report.

Washington, Specialize annual
report Of Commissioner Ware places
the number Of pensioners now on the
rolls at 996,454, of which 72s,356 are
soldiers, ana 267,1S9 are widow and
dependents. Mr.. Ware announces that
it is not probable that the pension roll
will again cross the million line, the
highwater mark having been reached
a year ago. The roll shows a net loss
of 2,901 pensioners during the year.
Out of a total of SO4,S6s applications
on hand during the year, 130,109 were
admitted, and 1874 rejected. The
average annual value Of each pension
is now $133. The annual value of the
Spanish war pension roll has reached
$1,765,310. The total payments In
pensions for all wars Is S3,038,62 ;
800; on account Of the civil war, 81
62,240,400. The cost Of the pension
system per capita Of population for
1905 is given as $1.75. The system,
according to Commissioner Ware, was
about the greatest as q burden to the
people of the United States in 1893,
since which time it has shrunk from
1924 to $1.32 per $1,000 Of taxable
wealth, and in ten years, he says, the
burden will cease to be noticed.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
The Postoffice Charges.

Washington, Speciality direction
of President Roosevelt, thorough in
vestigation has been made into the
charges preferred by Seymour W. Tul'
loch against the management OF al
fairs of the Washington, D. c. post
office. This investigation has been
made by Charles ]. Bonaparte and
Holmes Conrad, special counsel OF
the government in the prosecution OF
the Postofices fraud cases, and 1t Is
lndependent Of and entirely supple
mentary to the report made py
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow on the charges preferred by
Mr.. Tulloch. MIR. Bristow's report,
Mr.. Conrad said, was simply collec'
ton of the facts in the case as re-
ported by postofice inspectors, and
contained no opinions as to the
merits of the charges. The investiga-
ton made by Messrs. Bonaparte and
Conrad will 60 into the merits OF the
charges, and will express an opinion
a. to whether or not the accused per-
sons are vindicated or are guilty or
the offenses charged against them.
The conclusions drawn from their
inquiry will be embodied in report
which will be submitted to the At
torney General the latter part OF this
week. No prosecutions will follow
from any conclusions the report may
draw, as the offenses, If any have
been committed, are barred by the
statute of limitations.
The President, says Mr.. Conrad,
was very anxious that the whole mat
ter should be gone over yer. care
fully so that If persons named in the
charges Of Mr.. Tulloch were not
guilty they should be vindicated, and
IL they were that this fact might go
on record. Their duty had been to
act in the capacity of a master In
chancery and report on the facts as
thew found them. 1t was not party
affair with the President, Mr.. Conrad
declared, but an honest desire to get
at the facts in the case, both Demo
Gratis and Republicans being involved
In the charges.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
POSTOFFICE FRAUDS.
A Prominent Man Now Involved in
The Investigation.
SPECULATION AS TO OTHERS.
The Desire of the President Is To
Probe the Whole Thing To the
Bottom, and Sec Who is Guilty.

Washington, Special.-One OF the
persons indicted by the Federal grand
Jury in connection with the postal In
yestigation is George W. Beavers, for
merly chief Of the division OF salary
and allowances. 1t is understood that
the charge G; conspiracy. Another OF
The indictments is against August W..
Machen. on a new set Of facts, involv-
ing him with Beavers. The charge ID
conspiracy.
While the officials refuse to disclose
The names Of the fouy remaining per-
sons who were indicted, 1t Is said that
none OF them is or has been connected
with the Postoffice Department, and
that one Is a man Of some prominence
II was stated at the city hall that the
climax of the investigation is to come
shortly, when a person not connected
with the Department, but a man as
we'll known as the Postmaster General
himself undoubtedly will be indicted
Tor completely in the postofice frauds.
The grand jury began hearing the
evidence in this particular case We'd
uesday, and it Is stated that when a
report is made 1t will in all probaoill-
ty conclude the investigation in Wash
lngton.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
EXPRESS AGENT SHOT.
frugedy of a Man Supposed to BE
Crazy at Jacks onville.

Crazy at Jacks onville.
Jacksonville, Special.-J. E. Stark
shot and fatally wounded John F. An
gel Thursday afternoon in the Office ol
the Southern Express Company, In
this city, while the latter was protect.
ing the life OF his sister, the wife Of
the man who fired the shot.
Stark had been in Jacksonville sew
eral days and Thursday morning wired
for his wife to join him. She came al
about noon and at o'clock they met
In the Office OF the express company
where her brother was employed. The
wife suspected that her husband
meant to do her bodily injury when
he endeavored to get her to go to
his hotel. She desired to remain neal
her brother and declined to go.
T have brought you here to kill
YOU" Stark said. Quick as flash his
wife seized him, as he was endeavorine
to draw a pistol. She pinioned his
arms and her cries brought her broth
er. The pistol was then taken from
Stark before it was drawn. Words
between the two men followed and
blows were exchanged. Stark went
to pawn shop, where he procured an.
other pistol and returned. He entered
the office and walked to the cage
where Angel was at work with his
back turned. Resting the pistol In one
Of the small steel holes Of the cage he
fred, the ball striking Angel in the
back of the head and lodging near
the brain. Angel fell. Stark looked
about him and started to leave, when
brother Of Angel appeared and
seized him. The brother made an ef-
fort to kill Stark with knife. but 9th
ers interfered and the police placed
Stark under arrest Angel Is at St
Luke's Hospital. No hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery.
The defense that Stark's lawyers
will make is that he was insane, q
theory which is generally accepted by
those who know him and who have
been with him during the past few
days.
Stark was formerly auditor Of the
Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West road
Angel was cashier Of the Soathern
Express Company.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Miscellaneous rlatters.

The secretary's report Of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange gives figures
encouraging to the South, both as to
raising and manufacturing OF cotton.
It was reported that plans for build
Ing operations aggregating $3.50 900. 600
would be abandoned until the condition
OF labor was more stable.
Senator j. Frank Alice, OF Delaware,
in an interview, justified his request
for the removal Of Postmistress Todd
at Greenwood, Del. by saying she had
been recommended by factional op-
pcnent.
The monument on Lake George COM
memorating the battle there September
8, 1855, will be unveiled tomorrow.
Gov. W. H. Hurt, Of Porta Rico, Is
for Vice-President.
A COW caused the wrecking Of pas
senger train in Ohio.
Three men were injured in freight
wreck on the Pennsylvania roilroad,
near Altoona, Pa.
In a race riot at Bridgeville, Del: "a
white man was stabbed and several ne
groes beaten.
Three girls were drowned in a pond
near Albany, N. Y, in sight OF more
than 100 friends, who were unable to
save them.
Commander Robert e. Peary has
teen granted permission by the Presi-
dent 10 make another attempt to find
the North Pole, sailing April 1 next.
The Government has refused to ad-
NIT a consignment Of white wine from
Bordeaux, France, because analysis
showed the presence Of salicylic acid.
A State Department official practi-
cally admits that hope Of the Colum-
bian Congress ratifying the canal
treaty is abandoned.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Matters Of General Interest 10
Short Paragraphs.
Dowa In Dixie.

Hon. H. A. Gudger, the minister 70
Panama, asks a change to Antwerp.
Gov. John w. C. Beckham, Of Ken
lucky, opened his campaign for re-
election at Winchester, that State.
The Asheville, N. c.. Gazette. the
leading Republican daily Of the South,
has been sold and publication suspend
ed.
"Silver Creek" Sam Pearson, well
known character OF Burke county, N.
c., was shot and killed in bar room
at Morganton on Tuesday.
Ex-Gov. William C. Oates, Of Alaba-
ma. says the people Of that State fear
Secretary Shaw's extension Of privi-
leges to banks gives those institutions
too much power.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Three Thousand at Lakeview.

Lakeview, Special.-The Labor Day
celebration and good roads congress
held here were attended by at least g.
600 people, and was complete sue
cess. Excursion trains from Sanford,
Raleigh, Southern Pines, Carthage,
Aberdeen, and Jackson Springs brought
large crowds of people, and were well
coined by tie Southern Pines band, and
Capt. Clarke. it being the first on" IN
the grounds. At II o'clock the special
train brought Leven's splendid band,
and the Sanford Light Infantry. and
Immediately the large concourse OF peo-
ple assembled in the large grove on tie
lake. where the speaking was held.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Powers Tlak. Demand.

Washington, Special. - Minister
Leishman cabled the state Depart
ment from Constantinople that the
French ambassador has demanded the
removal Of the Governor Of Beirut and
that other forign representatives prob
ably will do the same. Mr.. Leishman
is vigorously urging the sublime Porte
to replace the Governor by some one
more capable of preserving order and
of giving more efficient protection to
American citizens and interests. In
this course he has the approval of
the State Department. Nothing is
said in his cablegram Of further dis
orders at Beirut.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Postal Clerks Mc>Nng.

Nashville, Tenn, Special. - The first
business of the second days session
Of the National Association Of Post
office Clerks was the submission OF the
annual report of Editor Scott, followed
by the report Of Secretary Leofler. The
report called attention to the fact that
Congress had appropriated funds for
the increase Of salaries OF several
thousand clerks and that the fund had
not been distributed on account OF the
investigation Of the frauds in the De-
PARTNER. Mr.. Loefler said the matter
of promotions had not been given
proper consideration and advocated a
mandatory classification.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
At The North.

President Roosevelt returned to
Sycamore Hill Tuesday after making
his labor day speech.
1t is expected that Seth Low, fus.
ionist, and George B. Mcclellan, Dem
ocrat, will be the opposing nominees
in the coming New York Mavoraffy
contest.
big Joe" Grimes, who Is said to
have weighed 754 pounds, Is dead at
Cincinnati.
It is rumored that the life Of Gov.
]. H. Peabody, Of Colorado, has been
anonymously threatened because he
ordered troops to Cripple Creek.
The Chicago Chronicle urged the
nomination Of Grover Cleveland for
the Presidency by the Democrats.
The International Congress Of
Actuaries In New York chose Berlin
for the place of meeting In 1906 and
adjourned.
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger
train broke the worlds long-distance
speed record, running from Chicago
Junction, Ohio, to Garrett, Ind, 1913
miles, in 125 minutes.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
From Across The Sea

The situation in the Balkins Is fast
approaching open war between Turkey
and Bulgaria.
The British Government appointed
a commission to inquire into the
statements that the English people, as
whole, are deteriorattng physically.
Lionel Garden, British Minister to
Cuba, warns English manufacturers
that they are in danger Of losing Gu
ban trade to the Americans.
Theodore ". Myers. ex-Comptroller
OF New York city. was quoted in Paris
as saying that Richard Croker desires
the nomination Of Senator A. P. Cor
man for the Presidency by the Demo-
Gratis.
DR.. Ladislaus de Lukacs declined the
invitation of Emperor Francis Joseph
10 form a Hungarian Cabinet.
The Chinese authorities agreed to.
the trial Of the :'eformers on the news
paper Supao =, the mixed court. <
Bishop Hendrick, of Cebu, P. l., who
will leave Rome today, expressed his
satisfaction at his reception by the
Pope and confirmed Mgr. Pablo Sing
zon a Philippine priest, as Vicar
General o. the Diocese Of Cebu.
Pope Plus X represented to Emperor
Francis Joseph the advisability Of an
agreement among the powers to end
the massacres in Macedonia.
Lawlessness. according to the latest
advices, prevails at Beirut, Syria, and
the lives of foreigners are considered
unsafe.
The Bank of England's reserve is be-
ing drained to supply foreign demands
for coin.
It is expected that an official investi-
cation will be made Of charges agaips,
the Italian navy.
Yellow fever is raging at Linares.
Mex.
Francis M. Bengue, who sent
number of annoying letters to Secre-
tary of State John Hay, was arrested
in New York.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Band Surrounded.

salonica, By Cable.-Tweire battal-
ions of Turkish troops are reported to
have surrounded a large revolutionary
band near Ostrove, 80 miles from Mo-
nastir. Fighting is progressing. The
reyolutionists have taken up position
near Lake Aniatove, in the villayet of
Constantinople. Turkish troops are
now said to be attacking them.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Hiss Roosevelt in Submarine Boat

Newport, R. l.. Special.-Miss Alice
Roosevelt, daughter Of the President,
went down in the submarine boat Moe
casin. The boat did not leave her
dock at the Torpedo station. Miss
Roosevelt eretered the boat with Capt.
Fletcher, of the station. The crew then
closed the matches and water ballast
was taken in until the vessel settled
to the bottom. After being submerged
for few minutes, that the novelty OF
the situation might be appreciated, she
rose to the surface and disembarked.
The water was quite shallow where
the boat went down.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17


another
therefore,
and what meant by best
itself to its environ
which will contribute mo
to advancement Of the
or sometimes the best to under
the unscucus
winning the fight surely he
mott competitor who could have won
Sometimes sell them at lower
selling genuine article He may succeed
driving His survival shows his fitness
survived
with his wool manufacture his coth
cheaper misrepresentation for aN WOOL Being able under
article, he him
Judging Standards who have shown their
Rockefeller
Of citizenship
conditions exist survival OF the
survival the best But state OF cva
restraints and Inequalities
position opportunity it something very Dill
the ft
demands
usually the least highly organized and there
the lowest -.
the ft implies lot Of people This does not follow from
a ALL
may appear something theoretical and abstract has
yerypr applications
We learn Ieastt two things from it.
other should be to try to
econdito that the majority are fttes
should organize society in future tnat the
those most desirable to socety-NeW
American.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Rev. Hovev Dead.

Newton, Mass, Special.-Rev. Al
yah Hovey, D. D., one Of the best
known Baptist clergymen in the coun
try and for many years president of
the Newton Theological Institution,
died Sunday night, aged SO. He was a
trustee of Worcester Academy, Brown
University, vice president and trustee
Of Wellesley College, a member Of the
board Of managers of the American
College and others.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Youth Shoots a Man.

Spartanburg, S. c., Special.-Miller
Mckinney, a member of the firm OF
Sloan & Mckinney, merchants at Tue
arau Mills, was shot and killed We'd
resday afternoon about 3 o'clock by
Harry Dean, son of Magistrate ]. M.
Dean, of Duncan's. The tragedy is a
most dep,orable one, and the promi-
renee of the families of both deceased
and his slayer makes it the more re.
grettable. From what can be CLEANED
OF the happening, it appears that debt
CT $3.50 due Mckinney by Dean caused
the killing.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
The Postal Fraud Cases.

Washington. Special-After deliber-
ating for several weeks over a mass
of documents submitted by the post
Office inspectors, the Federal grand
jury in this city returned seven indict-
ments in postal cases, involving six
different persons. All the indictments
were kept off the public record and
both the officials Of the district attor-
ney's Offices and Of the Postoffice De-
partment refused to divulge names or
details of the indictments until the
parties indicted are arrested. The
identity OF the indicted individuals
thus was left a matter Of conjecture.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Loss of Schooners.

Mobile. Special.-Capt. Scott, OF the
British schooner Bartholdi, has receiV-
ed a letter from Capt. Foster, OF the
British schooner Emerald, dated Isle OF
Pines, telling OF the loss Of the three
schooners at Grand Cayman during the
recent hurricanes, which have not been
mentioned in previous dispatches.
These are the schooners Georgiana,
Active and Clyde. The letter also men
ticns the loss Of many small coastins
vessels.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-09-17
Machinists Strike.

Macon, Ca, Special.-The machin-
lists in the shops of the Central OF
Georgia Railroad quit work Tuesday
morning because they were refused an
increase of two and one-half cents an
hour in wages. Superintendent Kline
left for Savannah, after failing to
reach an agreement with the men. The
machinists have struck, it is said. be-
cause an advance of wages had been
granted in the Savannah shops Of the
company and not here.