The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-11-26
New York Letter
BUNCH OF GOSSIP FROM
METROPOLIS
Express Company:
Jewels Valued at $4,000
Stolen.


have been caused by the loss of am
nvcrcoat that once belonged 20 Ahra-
ham Lincoln Freeman escaped fron
slavery and fed TO Washington. He
became a servant in the white House
and since S6i had iealously guarded
as a treasure an overcoat President
Lincoln presented to him. The court
viii he asked to estimare the value
Of the ocat, which is the only point at
issue between Freeman and the eX-
press company
William u Baldwin Jr, president
Of rhr Long Island Railrca doompany
is reported 10 be critically i'll at his
home 4, Locust valley He has been
under medical treatment for intestinal
trocb'o six months and submitted to
an operation ia SeMenber. The relief
il gave was only temporary and his
condition is understood 10 be much
worse than at any previous time.
W neither or not ne is suffering from .
cancer could not be learned
Jewels valued at $4,000 have been
stolen from the apartments Of Mrs
Eleanor Lorraine Beatty. we'll known
society woman nf Pitsburg and New
York. simultaneously with the theft
OF the jewels the butler .disar peared
His wife. who was employed as house
keeper. was arrested anG is said to
have confessed that her husband was
guilty had disposed Of the plunder and
intendes TO sail for Ely'ope. Detectives
have been retailed to watch all out
going steamers,
Miss Annie s. Peck the mountain
climber arrived in this city yesterday
afternoon FROM colon She was a pic
ture Of health and her face was
bronzed as result OF her experience
Of FIVE months in exploring South
An erican ranges and climbing peafs
Among Miss Fecks feats was the as
cent of Sorata the Bolivian mountain
whose height is estimated at 10000 10
$4,000 feet
Miss Pect. who is Chicago girl
sand she did not reach the SUNNI, OF
either peak but got within 500 or 500
feet of the top of Sorata. which from
Sir Martin Conways description is %
greater height Than that attained by
Sir Martin, and therefore IS a new
record. Miss Peck went 10 COO feet
mp the east slope Of Huascaran and
$4,000 feet up tho west side which
excels the hest previous marks on
both sides by al least l 1,0OO feet
Omittine to declare a ~ 0r nand-
some dresses when >he arrived on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. after a
long stay abroad. Mrs arthur Cation
Of Chlcaso, paid duty on them later
amounting 70 nearly $500
About this tine last year Mrs. ca.
ton arrived from abroad Tor the horse
show. bringing a large number Of
trunks, declared as value unknown.
Four of these she kept for the horse
show. sending the remainder TO Chi
cago under 0ond, where duty m four
heares was paid later
Eight shipwrecked sailors, the cap
tain and crew Of the three masted
schooner IsleshCro, who were rescued
from their storm-logged craft after a
terrible experience in the hurricane
which swept the Atlantic seaboarl
early in the week. were brought here
today on The British steamer Atholl
which arrived from Yokohama and
ether far eastern rorts. Tho rescue
was made i'm the dangerous seas of
Cape Henry. while the waves were
breaking over the helpless craft fore
and al,
Once or Jhe Atholl, clue men were
giyer fooi aud warm clothing. an
,hey showed little of he cnects o.
their terrible experience when the,
arrived here today The Islcsbcro sail
ed from Savannah Ca. Nov 9. bcun,
for New Bedford. Mass, with earg,
OF yellow pine The schooner en-
oountered me hurricane sunday. He
sails We're blown to ribbons Thl
tremendous seas pounded the achoone
50 necessarily that she sprung leal
and alled rapidly settling urtil he
decks We're awash. All hands sough
safety on tao Geek OF tho after house
from which perllous position the
We're rescued eighteea hours later b
the A.holl
Former Governor Hugh S. Thompso
OF South Carolina who Is critically i
Al his home IN this city was wo-se tc
day He passed. a restless nilht en