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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

switches and sidings preparatory 70
the cons ructions of the yards The
twenty-four hour limit on live stock
being on ears. makes this point the
unloading and feeding station for all
live stock shipped over the Frisco
from Texas and southwestern Okla
h9ma to ST. Louis and Kansas City,
ana this being he junction of the two
lines. over taxed the capacity Of the
old yards
The railroad company has also sta
toned a live stock agent at this point,
and foreman Of the stock yarcs with
a crew of helpers whose duty is to
look after the yards. and superintend
the unloading, feeding and shipping
over the Oklahoma and Red River
divisions
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

A Chicago paper has a representa-
tive in Oklahoma "colating statehood
sentiment and dissecting issues.
Nothing TO It. There is no statehood
sentiment in Oklahoma any more A
laundering congress has so harried the
people of this territory that disgust,
supreme and bellying, displaces SEN
timent. Moreover, there are no is
sues, either Everything is quiet in
Oklahoma at present, except business
ami happiness. During the next two
years there will. be but one Issue
that is the question Of school lands,
and even that will be left to the in
telligence of the people.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

After The present season has pass
ed and the last Of the theatrical en-
tertainments is over; after the names
of the actor folks and plays they pre-
sent have become memories, one date
on the calendar will stand out con-
spicuously which a red line should be
drawn to Indicate to the unreliable
memories that upon Saturday, Feb.
18th at the Brooks theatre, Joseph
Jefferson, Jr., and William. w. Jeffer-
son presented the brilliant comedy,
"The Rivals" Theatre-goers will re-
member the date they found perfect
enjoyment and an intellectual feast
in THE Rivals" Sneridans gem Of
wit The company to be seen here is
the same which travelled with Joseph
jefferson with only two minor ex-
ceptions) this season. The comedy
will be mounted with beautiful
scenery. costumes and handsome APP
pointments appropriate and artisti-
cally disposed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11
FRISCO BUYS LAND.
Gets Twerty Acres at sapulpa for
Stock Purposes.
snocial 70 pally Leader.

Special to Daily Leader
sapulpa, /. T. Feb. 11.-Twenty-one
acres of ground has been purchased
here by the Frisco Railroad company
90 be used for stock yard purposes.
Tae new yards. when completed, Is
estimate TO cost $4,000 and consist
of native and quaran inc yard.
aoorei with crushed rock and win be
the lareest on the Frisco system.
The site acquired is just east Of the
2wa limits. and was selected and
siaked ont several months ago but
mat ers were held up pending nesou-
ations with the Indian allottees who
owned me land The last deed was
obtaine3 yesterday. and the company
viii at once pat down the necessary
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11
school census Taken.

Enid, Okla, Feb. 11.-H. Kennedy,
who has been engaged for the past
several weeks in taking the school
census of the city, has completed his
work and is ready to report to the
school board. There are 2.632 chill
dren in the city OF school age, as
shown by his report Using the usual
method employed this shows that Enid
has a population of 1S,160 people.
Mr. Kennedy has been taking the
school census for the past several
years and his records show that in
1903. the school children in the city
numbered 2.ll5; and in 1902, ,G55.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Ewers Viii e president of the Po-
tato Growers association OF Potta-
watomie county, said today that grow
ers In the country tributary to Shaw
nee would begin planting their spring
crop in ten days, and that, if weather
conditions were good, many fields
would be planted by February 10. The
acreage viii not be more than one
half TO two-thirds of last year the
falling off is due to the high price of
cotton and the unsatisfactory prices
for potatoes. Po.tawatomie is the
heavieet producer of cotton in okla
homa.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

10 THE JAfs, OUR GOOD WILL.
Little Japan has struck the first
blow. She mas undertaken to stop the
glacial advance" Of Russia The lit
tie island kingdom, a fighting force
worth reckoning with for less than
fifteen years, is throwing the weight
Of her 100000 in the way of the
Bear. The time to stop Russia has
come, think the Japs, and rightly.
OF itself Russian expansion will
never stop Russia is expansion.
From little handful Of people in
eastern Europe the Russians have
grown and extended and expanded
and conquered and absorbed until
they hold above 100000 square
miles of contiguous territory and
have filled two continents with alarm
After Manchuria will come Korea,
and after Korea other dependencies
of China, and then Japan Itself When
Russia sits down on the Pacific coast
with a continuous coast line from the
Arctic oceeh to Port Arthur, the days
of Japan will be numbered. 1t is now
or never with the Yankees of the
east.
In this struggle the sympathy Of
Christian America is with Pagan
Japan Not even the touching spec
tacle of the czar journeying to Mos
COW. after the custom of his ances-
tors. 10 pray in the cathedral there
TO the God of battles to give victory
to the Russian arms. can move he
Americans from their sympathy with
,he Japanese.
We are not deceived by appear
anees
Pagan japan is more essentially
,hristiaa than devouuy Christian
Russia. Oriental Japan is more occi-
lental taan occidental Russia.
The little brown man is more Anglo
saxon than our close blood-bro her,
Tie stalwart, white-sldnned. fair.
haired Russian.
The japanese stand for constitu-
tional government. religious liberty
redom Of speech education, prog
rosl, democracy
Russia stands for religious persecu-
ton. repression OF speech, ignorance,
mediavalism. autocracy
The Kishinef massacre explains
why We are for the japanese
The ruthless crushing of every in
aunc OF liberty among the free
epirred people OF Finland arouses the
Indignation of free America.
America la interested wherever in
this worll there is any conflict be-
tween tha caucs Of liberty and the
cause of absolution. Americanism IS
not confined to the territory OF
America. II stands for the rights of
man everywhere. and wherever the
champions of those rights contendi
with their enemies, there is Ameri-
canism and there is American sym
pathy and good will
Long live Japanl
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Lawton Is enjoying a merry time
with one Gerard II Ma thes. an al
legged engineer attached to Hitchcock's
interior undertaking. department
Matthes gives out the statement hat
"Lawton is a dead town and should
have no water works" The people OF
Lawton surely ought 10 know what
90 DO TO Ma thes. The man is either
ignorant blindly premdieed or else
he has found some Of the liquor which
tue ". c. T. y. found in Secretary
Hitchcock's car while he was touring
the territory
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Colonel Everett Purcell is now Civ
ing an imitation of a man drawing in
his horns. Purcells first rip away
from nome was signalized by burst
ol gubernatoriar charges. He was
going direct TO Washington ami have
Ferguson boloed in "a iiffy. He dis
covered, alas, too late, that an An
CORA must possess more than a meal
lcRet a cigarette and a sickly "bah
butt ln oa Washington. Govern
nor Ferguson is doubtless susceptible,
as all Republican officials are. but il
vll quiro a JapanesQue naval man
eaFor with ten inch guns 70 dislodge
hm al this stage of the game
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Henry Asp is on the warpath good
and strong. McGuires endorsement
of Cash Cade was a villianous slap
al Asp. who lent Mcclure money 10
make his campaign on. We don't
blame Asp. Ingratitude is the free
homes issue in disguise. II Mr.. Cot
tingham did not wish to back his part
ner for national committeeman, it was
right and proper for him to with
draw from The firm
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Guthrie cab drivers scorn the impu-
tation that Russian drivers in an out
burst of war enthusiasm, refused 10
accept pay from Officers wearing the
ears uniform.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

The announcement that Associate
Justice Galbraith viii quit the au
preme benca OF Hawaii az the eNpira
ton af his tenn mex, June and return
10 Oklahoma Is simply an indication
hal me natural inducements of tnis
territory are more aiuring Jhau 5ot
600 a year government position ever
in such q beautiful ci as Honolulu
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

|ernor Barnes denies tnat he has
rawn from politics He inti-
that he Is merely on the fence
ihe fellows are on the fence Nho
bid % be there Il must be a re.
ably strong fence.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Tom Henslcy has received an in
condoter' from Washington accord
ing O the Democrat Presume It is
something good to eat--don't know
tho However, it cant be worse than
"Iganhoe."
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

ST. Louis will have great fair, and
she viii make Chicago look like some
small piece OF change. The fair
should make 81 Louis a city Of more
han a million inhabitants by 1910
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

sam Humphreys To- the Globe AYERS
thai E Reno s abou The fastest
proposition IN Oklahoma, and he
wodes in with zasuul feryor TO pict-
ure ne beauties of The west side city.
Humphreys is pretty forceful propo-
sition himself ana he dances 10 the
spotlight with amazing picturesque
ness.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

It is said that Jim Cottingham ask
ed for a salary raise and the Santa
Fe turned him down. Wait until the
next legislature, when the Santa Fe
will need the fine Italian nit Of Cot
tinghaml All watt
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Filipinos are on a hot chase
ear Hadji Cade from their
' 1t is true that Hadii IS borne
by the en- orsemcnt of Mcclure.
5 do not believe Cade viii allow
lf to be boll-weeviled
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

The latest statehood bin introduced
in o congress specifies that lndiaa
territory and Oklahoma shall come in
as one state and that one of the new
states senators shall be of Indian
blood. It's a Flynn bill. Flynn has
been an Indian for years.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

potato growers of this section
repairing to plant a good crop of
this year, and potatoes always
a good price They produce
than cotton, and bring more
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

press dispatches state that
ID. Rockefeller is planning 20 re
D favor OF his son. Retire from
Ibis commercial and industrial
'ements-or his Sunday schoolY
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

A press dispatch describing the
war enthusiasm in ST. PETERSBURG
goes on to say Most remarkable
was the refusal of drivers 10 accep.
money from officers whom they iroye
10 he palace" Most remarkable, in
deed In fact, very little short Of thc
millennium
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Bob Neff's attention is called to the
fact that Sam Humphreys needs an
o her bracer Sam speaks of a case
in which the news we're we'll
handled"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Californian who needs three
new skin might alriy To
Flynn who skinned Oklahoma
SCOT, 600 worth OF cuucle.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

The premature announcement yes
terday OF Senator Hanna's -eath did
no result in the placing of the flag at
half mast over the territorial buld-
inc
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

The city council permitted itself TO
be gulled once before IN granting an
extension of the eiectris ligll iran
chise. Win the council close it's eyes
annin9
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

The name Of the Korean minister to
the United ates sounds like ex-Gov-
ernor Jenkins endorsement OF
Hanna
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Judge Irwin is doing carpenter work
on The court hosue at El Reno The
Judge Is a finished artisan.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

man who says there is nothing
newspapers these daya will
find anything in them.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Coming events cas- their shadow
betore-the frisky ana farseeing
sparrow Is already buIIdIng It's nest
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

broso says that most criminals
gthanded, but Oklahoma city,
lis ambidextrous.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

now limited IN some quarters
be initials g. o. p" means
'rs on purpose"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

secretly, but wisely limited that
Merrick preferred the charges
Senator Burton of Kansas
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

.y Heath has nominated Gov
Taft for president But nobody
) Heath's nominations.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

lllng Of presidential possibiIi-
what's the mat er with getting
more pay rolls for Guthrie.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

iries bank clearings 4t.j re-
IN the right side of the ledger
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Prolongat,on of the war will result
in an increased demand for wood
type
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

mbia is neglecting her own
hat she may go gadding abroad
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

ma Smith is not busy just now
amt he invent an asbestos coal
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

with a dread of its effect born of her
knowledge of the sufferiugs of other
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There is not the slightest cause for
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vFavorite Prescription has the testi-
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Do not accept an unknown and un-
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Keep the bowels healthy by the umelr
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Lyceum operate Co, tonight at the
Christian church. Fourth number
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

issippi stin has negroes to
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-11

Time seems "
most untimely
when he brings
a woman to the turn
of life. Life is or
should be at its
ripest and best for
her, and she ap-
proaches this change
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-27
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, April 2s.-,The cotton market
opened firm at an advance OF lbu22 points.
showing considerable activity and excitement
as r. result of covering by recent sellers ana
some demand from houses with European ana
Southern connections, promoted. presumably
BY the hrm showing OF the Liverpool market
where futures instead OF being 3d5 points
lower were SOLO points higher with spot cotton
in more active demand than for days past at
an advance OF points
somewhat more favorable than expected, low
temperature being confined to the northern
portion OF Texas, while the rest Of the belt
was fairly seasonable and the advance OF near,
~ a quarter OF n cent attracted heavy pront-
taking by room bulls. Accordingly the market
late months leading under liquidation by wire
houses New Orleans, however, sent very bun.
ish wires. The leaders in the Southern ma rket
were said to be bidding for large blocks OF
May and July. indicating that May notices
" ould BIO taken care OF. and shorts here be-
coming uneasy with some apprehension as to
u bullIsh crop report at mid-day continued coy
erng. With offerings calling OFF slightly me
market was again advanced. and before MD
day was above y the OPENING figures WIN inc
about a stand on. but was followed BY some
liquidation, notwithstanding, which the market
showed pretty steady undertone until Just
before the close. when aggressive selling by =, 2
prices were finally barely steady with tho
advance cut down to a matter OF 7Gl6 points.
Sales estimated at 100000 bales. Port re-
ceipts are below last years. estimates mod
e,ately full and export small.
asas Ss'p' IsiS last Week and LIES as ssar
For the week 10000 bales against 565ol last
week and 66b6 last year, To-day's receipts at
New Orleans were S,lal bales against $50 last
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-27
CONTINUES
LISTL|[..,.E|:.S';''S;;
Market Showed No Activity
Yesterday and,1s Even More
stagnant Than Ever.
j. 5. STEEL STE: DECLINED De
Bets on Nomination and Presi-
Dental Candidates Appear and
Will Have Influence.
STEEL DECLINED
INV Associated Prcss)

NEW YORK. April 2s.-'ro-day's stock
market was even more listless and SYM
pathetic tl,an that Of yesterday. Inc
iree declining tendency OF yesterday was
arrested, but this discouraged rather
than fostered activity. The movement
had no news to account for II, and there
was no symptom of any large denland
In any quarter. United States Steel pre-
ferred was the most active stock and It's
recovery was In face OF the prhctical con
hrnatlon OF the report prevalent Sesler-
day In The early dissolution OF the pre-
ferred stock conversion syndicate, on on
which the stock declined. The seconu
mortgage bonds were sold down IN the
early marke, to ne , extent ~ 81 ia, p1 6,v
ing OF steel for the account or tlic ran
roa dis Is due to their inability TO place
bond issues as desired. But this VIEW ,ns
large temporary borrowing By the rail-
roads are to continue lmprov emcnts TO
winch they we're already committed be-
An initial engagement OF gold Tor Thurs YRS
days steamer was made to-day, and bills
sold in the exchange market was sup
POSED e re e asah h g.nnr sn arket vas
entirely unaffected, the demand tor time
loans being little. more tnan nominal.
The appearance OF PETS on NOMINATIONS Ions
Is q reminder of repressiHe influence on
the market destined TO gain in influence.
Tie recovery Of large fraction In
United States Steel preferred was the
days market. The closing was heavy
and stagn&nt Bonds were irregular
Total sales. par value, g, [9O,GOo.
United States Is. decline LIS per cent.
on call
Total sales were 1910 shares.
NEW YORK, April 26.--Close: Money
on call easy, Ia II; Closing bid, l; Of
tfcred at ND cent?
Time loans nominal: sixty and ninety
days, 2Q2 IL; Six months. S43 IL per
cent.
cent; sterling exchange easier with ac-
tnal business in bankers bills at 1887 .2oI
Sis7.35 for demand and at s4so.l0H$is2.l5
Tor sixty day bills. Posted rates. %eG and
ASS l-2 commercial bills, $is5 Bar silver
81 IL. Mexican dollars 80 IL.
NEW YORK. April 2s.-Standard Oil
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-27
"A MILLION FRAUD.
The More the Investigation Is
Stirred the Worse It Gets.

; Y . Il u .
GREENSBORO, N. c., April 26.-The
whjskey fraud cases were taken up In
the federal Court this morning. Only
three of the five defendants are present,
Two having not been apprehended.
Defendants counsel made no further
objection to going into trial. and the
case was soon under way.
The district attorney read the bill of
indictments, outlined what the govern
ment expected to prove, and the court
adjourned until 3 o'clock. The afternoon
was consumed with introduction on the
part OF the government with records and
documentary evidence.
a prominent government official here
from Washington said last night that
the more the case was investigated, the
bigger and the more ingenious the frauds
appeared; that 1T now looks as II they
had been going on for five years. and
the government had lost a million dollars
in revenue
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-27
MARINE lNrELLldEMcH
PORT OF RICHMOND, APRIL 2s. 1901,
fI.I-a.l aJSnlUln

PORT OF RICHMOND, APRIL IS. 1904
ARRIVED.
Steamer Berkeley, shelly, Norfolk. merchan,
disc and passengers, Old Dominion line,
Steamer PocahOntas, Graves, Norfolk and
James ltivcr findings. merchandise ana pas
setigets Virginia Navigation Co.
Bnrge John II. zimmerman, Meyer, Batl-
more coal r, p. Murphy and Son,
sAILEn
Steamer Berkeley. Shelly, Norfolk. merchan-
disc aud passengers. Old dominion line.
Schooner John "A Beckerpian, Rogers, James
River, railroad ties
Barge Oak. Wnsead, James River light.
PORT or WEST POINT, APRIL %, 1901
ARRIVED,
panylle Short baltimore passengers and
general cargo
Elm City. Haynes, AIattaponl River Land
ings, passengers and general cargo.
SAILED
Duny!lie, Short Baltlmor., passengers md
general cargo,
ings. passengers and general cargo
PORT NEWPORT NEWS. APRIL %. 1904
ARRIVED.
schonner Thomas A. Ward, Norfolk.
Schsoner Ed W. Murdoch. Boston.
SAILED.
s.,hoonar Dorothy Palmer, Boston.
ssbooner Ed' ii. Cole Portsmouth.
Schooner Samuel $ InoEp.. nos'oA'
BarSs West Point. PORTLAND
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-27
RICHMOND PRODUCE MARKET.
-. aIl Icnrrectcd Every ITridaYl

FLouR--unchanged dull. W H;1nM : Re
ceipts very Hight: market quiet fCORN-Grad-
ed corn active: damp and soft dull: and can
only be sold at large concessions oATS-Con,
tintes very dull. RYE-Qu!et at unchanged
quotations. HAY-Receip,s light and demand
active ut advanced quotations.
EGGs-Receipts moderate and market firm
ut quotations.
and in good. active demand: other grades
fairly active at quotations. @
q POULTRY-Receipts continue light. market
steady no demand for turkeys.
VIRGINIA BACoN-Ali choice, well smoked
stock continues In good demand.
PoTATOEs-Receipts continue very light
and market active.
APPLEslReceipts light: market in better
shape.
oRANGE7-Receipts Of Florida light; market
fairly active
ONIONS-Receipts ample; market dull.
g SOUTHERN VEGETABLES, NEH-Receipts
RECEIPTS FOR THE wEEK-wheat, 5000
bushels; corn. 1885 bushels; oats $3.50 bush
els; flour, 1926 bErrels, hay. 3sa tons; mill Of
fall POI tons. tsEt K h
STOCK IN ELEVATOR-Wheat 1,oS9 bush
ais. oats a. 293 bushels. 9,