davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-01
Confusion of Exits,

SOfitbSiOTi OI GxItS. Here is passageway on the south side of the first balcony which looks as | though it led to d stairway. But in the darkness the people scrambling through it were caught like rats in a trap. They | could not get either way The confusion l of exits was such that no one could find his way in the darkness. If those things are considered exits, I do not know what | Constitutes an exit that would be of any | us,."
 Nh, Stanhope told the alderman that he mad nade an inspection of the building
 and thNt structurally 1t was good.
 You cannot convince me- declared
 Alderman Herman, If you talk for a ] hundred years that people could get out
 or that place, 1 don't care what they call ! the exits. thex did not work: there were not enough of 'hem open, and the people l could not get OUT. The plans show aisles
 at the end of the first floor, but we were over there and say the seats run bang ] up against the railing, leaving no aisles at 1 all Now, what 1 want to know is did 1 these people in building this theatre live | up to the plans they submitted to the l city building department? Here there | seems to be ample exits on paper, but | a number of friends of mine got badly ! scorched just the same"
 "On the first floor they got out" said
 MT. Stanhope,A
 My friends were on the first floor, but | they got burns on their backs just the same" Aldermen Herman rejoined. l Alderman Friestdedt declared that in
 the second balcony there is not sufficient | room when the stats are down to allow any one to walk setween them. 1 Alderman Coney look from the floor of
 the stage bits of ths stage curtain to the ] store of an asbesto:, company. The bits were shown to be oi asbestos, although ! the examiner pronounced 1t of a low l grade.
 They wanted a cheap curtain and they l got it," one of the clerks remarked He 1 was immediately hushep up by one of | the firm. who said they did not wish to | discuss the matter, inasmtch as they had
 bid upon supplying the curain to the the
 atre, and their bid had been rejected for | lower one.
 1 From early in the morning until late at night crowds besieged tie undertak- . ing rooms anG hospitals looking for the I cad and injured. !; Six busheI baskets of ables and i trinkets of various descrint ere gath cred by the policemen nen and turned overy 6 these were fully d every 1 case the VI Rt $50 l o'clock. the hr11D
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-27
DISTRICT COURT.

A case in which The l. NJ Rumsey
Manufacturing company of St Louis.
Is plaintiff and the state Capital com
pany ct al are defendants. was filed in
the district court today
Action is brought for the foreclosure
of a mechanics lien and other relief.
Tie plaintiffs ask for the recovery OF
money to the amount OF S2967.3S, with
interest at z per cent from November
8, 1902 In the petition the plainun
asks that the defendant be barred and
divested OF all right, title claim etc.
10 the real property for which the
plaintin furnished a heating system
and that the property be sold for the
purpose Of satisfying the plaintiffs
demands Cotteral & Hornor are at
torneys for the plaintiffs
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A SECRET PAINTING.
Modern School Of Art Evolves Great
Picture-On Exhibition at
Grand Leader.

In the show window of the Grand
Leader is being displayed celebrated
painting by zamba, one of the fore
most painters of the modern school, a
pupil Of Meissonier. The painting IS a
transparent one. the secret being the
clever discovery Of Boulay. the noted
French chemist
The picture represents a French
countess, famous for her beautiful
figure, as seen in her private box at
the grand opera While the onloolIer
lis admiring her beauty she fades
away before his vision and is seen =
minute later transported to her bou.
doir at home. wearing Americas lead
ing corset, the celebrated w b., for
which the Grand Leader is the agent
in this city.
Weingarten Brothers of New York,
the manufacturers of this famous make
secured the painting at an enormous
cost and il is through their courtesy
that Il is now being exhibited in the
display window Of the Grand Leader.
The painting is now on IT'S way to the
Pacific coast. Mexico, Australia and
New Zealand, having attracted thou-
sands in the eastern states
An especially constructed electrical
apparatus in connection with Il, caus-
Ing the dimming and Frightening Of
the delicate shades. producing an n.
spring effect No lover OF art should
fail to see this exhibition which has
been termed the wonder Of the
Twentieth century Il may be seen
every night after dark this week in
the large show window Of the Grand
Leader
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Lumber
of Twin erri
tories in Annual
Session o-day

The second annual meeting of the
TWIN Territories Lumber Dealers as
sociation is being neld here today in
he hall of Guthrie LoIge No @ A.
r. A. NJ The meeting was called to
order at o'clock this afternoon by
P. Walton of this city, president Of
the association. A number of i'm.
portant questions we're discussed by
the lumbermen present No regular
program was arranged ald the pro-
ceedings consisted Of a number Of
short, yet interesting, addresses de.
liyered by well known lumbermen Of
the two territories
The election of officers Of the asso-
citation for the ensuing year will take
place tonight The nexi meeting place
of the association will also be decid.
ed upon at the evening session.
The Twin Territories Lumber Deal
ers association was organized here
one year ago. The officers are:
President-P. T. walton, Guthrie.
Vice President G. Leeper, Okla
homa City
Secretary. e Mars, Guthrie.
Treasurer-G. B. Rohr, Kildare
Board of Dlrectors-Gu hrie district.
L. I Beland: El Reno district, A. II.
Showalter; Enid district, J. Butts;
Pond Creek district F, II. Gentry;
Perry district. w F. McCune; Yinita
district H C. Miller; Oklahoma dis
trict, r. NJ Richardson; McAlester
district. p. H. Rogers; Alva district
A. Metz.
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9 . @ O 0 O q o o o @ o Q Q o O
O sEcRETARYs OFFICE. O
0 @ O @ @ O @ @ o 0 o C c = 9 = 0

Charters were issued today to the
following corporations
The Oklahoma, Roswell and. White
Mountain Railroad company Of Okla
homa City and Roswell. N. NJ. The
purpose Of the corporation is to con
struct a line Of railway extending
from Mangum. Greer county, in a
.southwesterly direction through Har.
demann. Childress, Cottle, Motley,
Hall Rriscoe, Floyd. Lubbock, Hale,
SWisher. Lamb, Hockey, Bailey and
.Cochren counties in Texas, and Chaves
Lincoln counties in New Mexico by
way of Rio Hondo; thence into Hondo
Junction up to Ruiloso to the junction
of the Corrizo; thence up Corrizo
river to the Mescalero cjal fields;
through the Mescalero Indian reserya-
tion, via Mescalero agency. to Tul-
arosa The estimated length of the
road is four hundred and fifty miles
and the estimated cost $4,000 600. The
capital stock is s5,OOO,OOO The In
corporators are; James s. Ryan,
Christen Lorenzon. J. w. Graves, W.
B Graves, s. p. Stanford, S. A. Byers,
G w Clark, J. G. Leeper of oklaho-
ma City; j NJ. Russell. o. S. Russell,
J. r. Rose, ]. S. Lenox OF Roswell, N.
81; b. J Clardy of Shawnee, and w.
NJ Pyles of Mounds. 1T,
The Peoples Ice and Fuel company
of Oklahoma City, with capital
stock Of $2,4OO. The ncorporators
are; n stefen of Wichita; c. w.
Conpellee ami A. S. Connellee Of Ok
lahoma City
The Pioneer Prospecting company
of Morrison, Okla, with a capital
stock OF 100000 The incorporators
are K J. Plunger, A. Harding, A.
Cunningham, c. S. Dalorhide. all Of
Morrison
The Spurrier Lumber company of
Guthrie, with a capital stock OF $780,
600 The incorporators are; S. l.
spurrier of Guthrie; W. r. Fellows Of
Saltwater, and S. c. spurrier Of Ok.
mulgee. l. T.
Noiarial commissions We're issued to
the following
G. J. sDaugh OF Shawnee. Potta-
watomie county.
A. A. Kuek Of Lawton, Comanche
county
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MaChen
AndPostaI f FraudCol-
leaguesF oundGuilty
by jury
CRy Associated Press1

Washington, D. c., Feb Guilty
~ Indicted. was the verdict announc.
ed by the jury in the postoffice con.
spiracy trial shortly after s O'Clock
Hast nigh, stating at the same time
that his was the verdict as to all four
defendants, August w Maehen, late
general superintendent of the rural
tree delivery division; George E.
Lorenz Of Toledo Samuel A Croft
and Diller b. Gion of Washington
The jury had been out nine hours
In the dimly lighted room sat the
fonr defendants. who after the case
was given TO the jury nad been placed
IN the custody of United States
marshal and confined 10 the limits OF
the city hail Each wore an anxious
look. and deaihlike silence fell on
the small crowd which had been per.
mitted to enter the room, as the clerk
inquired of the foreman IL a verdict
had been reached The jury as to
man rose, and as the words guilty as
indicted fell from the foreman's lips,
the defendants and their consul seem.
ed appalled, During the time the jury
was out The four Defendants had
paced up and down the hallway out.
side he court room and had given ex-
pressions 70 the belief that each hour
the jury spent In discussing the case
brought them nearer Ia acquittal.
There was general astonishment that
the jury had included In the convic-
tion Samuel A Gron. a Washington
policeman and inventor OF the Groff
fastener.
Five ballots in an were taken. on
the first ballot the vote stood TO 5
for conviction. ON the second to 4.
on the third to 3, on the fourth 10
to p and on the fifth the vote was
unanimous
Immediately after the verdict was
rendered. Chas A. Douglass. in behalf
Of all four defendants, filed motions
for new trial, for an arrest of iudg.
ment, and for an appeal for the pur-
pose OF the defendants being admit.
ted 20 bail Bail was then fixed at
320. 600 each the bond Of Lorenz and
the two Grons being increased from
$4,000 When Mr Maddox. in behalf
OF the Grohs. inquired as 20 the amount
of bail 10 be required of them Judge
Pritohari said
Il know no difference between
these defendants. The jury has said
they are guilty and | can not disorlmi.
nae. but will treat all alike"
Next 10 Samuel A. Groif. the most
suTpgised man was Machen. who said
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H. |. COHEN HERE.

Former Guthrie Pioneer Looking for
a Location.
II l. Cohen Of Denver who CON
duo ei a clothing store next door to
DIE Capitol National baak. several
years ago, is in the city Yes, | am
looking for location. said Mr. Cohen
q may return to Guthrie The health
of my son, Bonnie, aged 10, is poor
and doctors order a change Bennie
belongs here anyway, for he was the
first Jew baby born in Oklahoma"
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WITH THE SICK

Mrs T. B. Ferguson is improving
Miss Letha Penteeost mas recovered
from a weeks Illness.
Chandler McKennon, who has been
suffering from an attack Of appendici-
lis, is rapidly improving
Or Barker is reported slightly i'm
proved
Major Pentecost is again at his Of
dce after few Gays attack Of the
grip
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For Sale--Seven CD volumes OF de.
cisions of the department of the inter
ior, relating to public lands.
One volume Taylor's Pleadings and
Practise <Kansas). Address, The
Leader. Guthrie. Okla.
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he was thunderstruck at the verdict
Justice Pritchard this afternoon sen
tenced Machen, Diller 3 Groff and
Lorenzo each TO two years imprison-
ment in the penitentiary and to pay a
fine Of $4,000 each The case Of
Samuel A. Croft has not been decided.
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ARKANSAS WANTS TERRlroRy.
Wallace Introduces Bill to Annex Strip
Of Cherokee Nation.
Special to DAILY Leader.

Special 70 Daily Leader.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 27.-Repre-
sentative Wallace Of Arkansas, today
introduced a bill to authorize the state
OF Arkansas TO extend its boundary
line to include strip Of the Chero-
kee nation. forty miles wide by thirty
miles long. This land was made a
part Of Indian territory by the chero-
kee treaty Of 1928.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

The Byrne's IS Bells" scored a tre-
mendous hit before a large ami de
lighted audience at the Brooks last
night The production Is continuous
shrek Of laughter from start to I'm
ish and there are novel features with
out end The performance viii be re-
peated tonight
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Lost

A valise from my room in City hotel
If party who took same will inform
me where contents (papers and trim
kets) may be found. no questions viii
be asked.
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LOST OR STOLEN DOG-A white fox
terrier, short tail. pink stripe across
tip of nose; very playful. Reward for
return to DR.. H. w Conrad. 1151s S.
Second street, Guthrie, Okla
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-27

WHY NOT RENT A SAFETY DE.
PcsIT BOX IN A MODERN STEEL
VAULT AND FEEL THAT YOUR
ARE sEcURE2 FROM
81 TO So PER YEAR PAYS FOR ONE,
ACCORDING TO SIZE. SEE THE
CAPITOL NATIONAL BANK ABOUT
1T.
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sary to make the guests feel that the
pleasure has begun: refreshments or
gossip. Therefore. get out the re-
freshments early, aad head the other
off.
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WHY NOT RENT 4 SAFETY Oh.
POST BOX IN A MODERN sTEEL
VAULT AND FEEL THAT YOUR
VALUAsLEs ARE sEcuREs ERoM
81 TO 50 PER YEAR PAYS FOR ONE.
ACCORDING TO SIZE. SEE The
CAPITOL NATIONAL Bark ABOUT
".
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-27

J C. Roberts and daughter Mrs
Gus Nelson, arrived in the city today
from Kingfsher
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-27

Captain B. F Hegler returned TO
day from a business trip to FL Reno
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-27

have farms to trade for city prop
erty. Call at the Capital City Busi-
ness College.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-27

Deputy United States Marshal Geo
Cohagan returned today from bust
ness trip to Kinghsher
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PERSONAL MENTION.

J. r. Willis of Purcell, is a guest at
the Royal
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Do you catch cold or does the cold
catch you.
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Attorney f. l. Fulton of Pawnee
was in the city today attending court
w Ii BlaclSman Of Norman. was Ia
the city today
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-27

The Leader Plant
Furnishes Your
Blank Books
Quickly
Bank Supplies.
Stationary
ft
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EItAsr 0ns o. lv0 thIags !. aeess-
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LITERARY aLEANINds.

An Italian novelist, Salvatore Farina,
eonfesses that for six years he COM
pletely lost his memory for languages
and names.
Col. Prentiss lngraham, the novelist
who has just died, was cousin OF Mrs.
haybrick and had been looking after
her estates in Virginia and West Vir-
ginia.
Cheng Vow Tong, former secretary to
the Chinese commission to the st. Louis
fair, has published q volume Of poems
relating, in the main, to the United
States.
Richard Sattler. publisher Of Lieut.
Bilse's notorious military romance ex-
posing the alleged rottenness at German
military posts and garrison towns, has
received the manuscripts Of about $50
tmitators, most Of them retired officers.
Julia Cooley. q little Chicago girl
II years old, is receiving considerable
attention from the literary world
through book Of poems she wrote
which has just been published. Rich
ard LaGallienne is her literary god
!ather. and it was he who selected those
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IN An 70. AWKWARD I POSITION.
stage Villain in Wild Western Town
% Headed Of by Unapprecia- "
5% tive Audience.

1--WE were playing in small town IN
the far west of America some years ago."
said an actor, when our leading man had
rather a rough experience. All the
miners of the district were in the the
alter. Well, the villain had been perse-
cutting poor maiden through two acts.
In the third act he came to the powerful
scene Of the play.
AT last he said, 7 have you in my
power, and nothing on earth can save
you. I, who was the slave, am now tho
master!'
80 saying, he advanced toward his
trembling victim.
"'Mercy!' she moaned.
"'Mercy?' he retorted. You had no
mercy for me, and will have none for
you!'
AT that moment a grun voice was
heard from the gallery:
"'You varmint! I'll settle with you
"There was the crack of q pistol, and
bullet whizzed near the heavy man.
"'Plug the son of gun, boys!' con-
tinued the voice, and shower Of bull
lets saluted the stage villain.
HE didn't stop long. In the wing he
met the stage manager, who was white
with anger.
"'You have broken up the scene,' he
said.
"'Well?'
eco back to the stage, sir, and wait
for your exit
~ think not
"T tell you won't have the man In
my company who is so easily discon-
certed. Go on with the scene, or you
leave the company Tomorrow
''That was serious. To be stranded in
the forsaken town was calculated to
make the villain hesitate.
"I'll 60 back he said.
HE tore off his wig just before going
on, and, stepping down to the footlights
with an injured expression of counten-
ance, he said:
Ladies and gentlemen were
no ladies there, but that didn't mat
ter-'with you kind permission, I will
resume the scene. Before doing so, how
ever, want to call your attention to the
fact that the young lady and myself are
merely acting parts. In reality we are
the best Of friends. L bear no ill-will
for your display of heroic chivalry. I
trust, however, that you will curb your
generous sentiments, for if you should
hit me the play would be interrupted.
If any of the gentlemen will meet me
after the show in saloon, they will ind
out am not a bad fellow
Loud cheers greeted this speech, and
the play was resumed"
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Ru9sia's Horses.

The Russian edict forbidding the ex.
portation of horses on account Of thu
war with Japan has very disadvan.
tageously affected several sections o1
Germany; particularly those of north.
ern Germany, which portion Of the
country has been accustomed to de.
pend for its general supply upon i'm.
portation of horses from Russia. II
the year 1903, $4,000 horses, valued al
100000 marks ($4,046,00O), were
imported into Germany from Russia
London Telegraph.
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Happily Located.

Rastus-Am yo' lot cast in pleasant
places amongst yo' new neighbors
deacon?
Deacon Snowball-'Deed yes, sab
Brudder Rastus. The family naixt me
on de lef' hab got a watermillion patch,
and de family on de right done got TO
hundred chickens. Nah neighbor on de
right am deaf, and de brudder on nah
lef' goes to chu'ch six nights out oh de
week an lose so much sleep he sleep
like er log de seventh night. Yes, sab.
yo' mout' say nah neighborly sur
roundin's was mos obsequious, sab,
mos obsequious, fob fact!-San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
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NOT PRACTICAL FARMERS.
Good Profits Made in Small Fruit
Growing by Men Who 90
by Theory.

farming, young man, is a trade
not profession. It doesn't depend on
theories. It depends on practice. And
these stories in the magazines about
men who make Independent fortunes
off of one crop of strawberries, or
melons, or sparrow grass, or anything
else, are so many fairy tales"
With that the commission merchant
looked complacently around his stand,
measured the crates of berries with his
eye, lit cigar, and waited for reply.
It came, but not from the reporter, says
the Chicago Tribune.
Pm not so sure about this theory
business" said the man across the way.
i've seen a good many farms that
wouldn't pay under practical farming
that yielded good, paying crops when
one Of these agricultural professors
took charge Of them.
There Is such a place down state
Always. Nobody could do anything
with it.
"Well, a young fellow with glasses
came sailing along and he bought the
place. Everybody laughed, of course.
But he is rich man to-day. And what
do you suppose made him rich? Why.
sparrow grass. And he grew it by the
DRY, at that"
In a moment or two the discussion
included half dozen marke tmen, and
these are the conclusions which the re-
porter felt were justified by their sew
eral Judgments:
That the profits in growing small
fruits depend almost entirely on the
care with which they are packed for
shipment.
That the big profits 60 to the pro-
ducers of extra" goods and that in
more cases than otherwise, the pro-
ducers of these extra" goods are not
what the neighbors call practical
farmers"
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Kansas City Southern Ry. Special
Excursion

Liberality consists rather in giving sea.
sonably than much.-Cicero.
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among her verses to appear in the book!
the ocMTAU0 c00pAsov. 09lo vo0x en-.

among her verses to appear in the book
Mollie Elliot Seawell, the authoresA'
must pay duty on several pictures which
she brought back with her from her last
trip to Europe. Miss Seawell claimed
free entry for the pictures on the ground
that they were articles necessary for
her well-being and comfort on the jour-
ney, but the board of general appraisers
decided that they were not included in
this category.
John Philip Sousa, the conductor, has
received notice Of his promotion from
Officer de academic Franchise to ON
cier de INSTRUCTION Publique" Of
France. The new distinction gives Mr..
Sousa the golden palms and rosette oe
tho French academy. He is the only
American who has received this decora|
ton. He is also member Of the Roya1
Victorian order Of England, having BEEN
decorated by King Edward VII. three
years ago.
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The Russians are experimenting with
a "water-clad" battleship, which has an
upper deck OF cork and a second deck of
armor. g. The space between the two can
be filled with water; then the ship floats
q foot under the seas surface. -
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ney Pills I have lifted six hundred
pounds and felt no bad effects. have
not felt the trouble come back since,
although I had suffered for five or six
years, and other remedies had not
helped me at all"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Eoster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
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Three EAGLES Kill q Cow

Three eagles attacked and killed a
COW belonging to Aaron Whitson. at
Garden City, Kan. They also picked up
and carried. about Is yards dog that
weighed IS pounds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-09-30

There are wings on the money that .
man never had to earn.-N. Y. Press.
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Pills did me agreat
lot of good, and if
it were not true !
would not recon-
mend them. Itwas
the strain of lift.
ing that brought
on kidney trouble
and weakened my
back, but since
using DOan's Kid
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There are four different state
swords belonging to the city of Lon
don. The black sword is used on
fast days and during the mourning
for the royal family.