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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
WASTED IN DIGGING
BIG DITCH
SHONTSAREAL SWELL GUY
Delays U. S. Mail for Own
Convenience.


Colon Panama. May Last sun
day was a great day in the history Of
Colon, for when the sun had scarcely
begun it's climb across the heavens,
the good ship Finance steamed into
the harbor, bearing as her guests
Theodore p Shonts, chairman of the
Canal Commission: w. Leon Pepper
man. also of the Canal Commission.
and Mr. Cooley Of the civil service
capmisslon.
Sor two long lays the people had
been straining their eyes searching
the horizon for the approach OF this
particular vessel They know ssle car,
ried distinguished passengers. but this
was not the cause Of their chief con
cern. 1t was the letter from home-
the United States mail, now two days
overdue thst gave rise 70 most OF the
anxiety and all sorts OF rumors were
afoat. to the effect that much bad
weather had been encountered. To
wait two days for your mail at Colon
requires much courage, patience and
fortitade
Ims gine then their feelings when
they discoverea that the delay Of the
mails was due TO the fact that Mr.
shoats perferred not 10 sail from New
York. but had directed that the Fin
anee stesm into Key West. Fla. and
cali Tor him aud his honorable party
Mt shonts admits that he is not a
good sailor, and really he did not look
ia the beit q spirits when he climbed
down the gangway on Sunday morn.
ing 50, rather thon 10 ride the billows
of Cape Hatterss he ordered the Fin
ance 20 Key West
Cost Of the Delay.
That is an very we'll You or
would Do the same thing with our
private yacht perhaps. But Nh
shcnts Is drawing down something
like ssoooo per annpm from the Gov
ernment, and why shouidnt he have
the Government ships lose two days
and delay the mails. in order that he
may avoid a biz Of seasickDessY OF
course. we must forget that Il costs
$500 or 5000 day to run the Finance.
and lhat the Government paid pilot
$3.50 to guide the Finance into Key
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

stock market like most rich men are AZ present. and
his losses seemed as fatal shock 70 his nervous
system. Such cases are common IN this money mad
age 1t Is diseese which is hard to understand
Here a man highly respected rich. compare
lively young. who had really everything that money
could buy rsking his fortune that he might imagine
Ne had more money Money beyond a certain point
beomes mere matter Of imagination. Il is not seem
can not buy mose than Is already possessed and Is
care aud a ourden yet we find men straning after
this phantom. rsking their competency and their
lives
Mr. spencers operations we're but fraction re-
moved from ordinary gambling He was a margin
speculator He would take comparatively small
sam Of money buy stocks on credit, hold them for
an advance and when profit came he would sell.
But in this case he was mistaken. He saw only
great prosperity ahead and witch is still ahead He
sew toe railroads and Industrial companies making
more money than ever He saw labor employed at
good wages and he could see no reason why the
securities Of these companies should not be worth
more He spread ont his money on small margins
san tranciscos disaster came and $150,009000 had
TO he raised at once for that The insurance com
panies sold their securities at any price in order to
pay their fire losses Roosevelt came along with a
message in which he attacked .he railways and in
dultrial corporations. Alarm and people sold
out in panic speacers stocks went lower than his
margins on partial payments and his shares were
forfeited just as a piece Of real estate might be
which is only partly plid for ana the terms Of the
deed Of trust can not be met
Spencer paid the penalty Of the getrich-quck idea
which is sezing all classes Of people and which must
run is course. There Is certainly no good reason
why people should not buy the shares OF railroads II
they want il, but they should DO SO in regular
legitimate manner like they would ether property.
TO follow any other rule generally results IN financial
disaster and sometimes death.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

The Influential newspapers of the Republican
party IN Kansas have reyolted against the ticket
nominated and the platform promulgated at Topeka
last week The Journal at the seat OF government,
the most influential paper in that party, admit that
the railroads controlled the convention anu named
the candidates The Emporia Gazette, another rep.
resentatlye Republican paper admits Is sacred and
closes its editorial follows This Is the cyclone
season and the low pressure OF the atmosphere ,nd
the deadly hush that prevails BODIES evil those who
walk abroad There is cloud on the horizon about
the size Of mans hand who holds bob-tail flush,
and while Ii Is time TO weaken and run, still the
prairie dog has been in Kansas much longer time
than man. and he never ventures far from his hole
these days. and he learns early now to duck
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Ar geromos disregard Of his oath q office and
his prediction pledges bars the prosecution Of the
bic life insurance criminals Untii Governor Higgins
suppianis Mr.. jerome with a real prosecutor It IS
asoleis to expect the enforcement OF the criminal
iaw nganst men Of wealth
The stonographic minutes Of Mr.. Jeromes address
70 the grand jury contain the statement hat George
VI Perkins IS tho partner OF d Pierpont Morgan, and
that many other hgh anancefs did what he is ac-
cused Of doing. So did the Birnhams and Eldridge
81 the Nutua Reserve but Mr. Jerome had them IN
llcted So did william A. prewer. Jr, former
president Of the Washington Life. but Mr. Jerome
had him indicted So did Lobley. Ncuman and
Jones but they have been convicted.
what distinction can be found in The penal code
between the clerk who steals the ordinary forger,
The minor official who swears to false statements
and the Mccurdys Perkins. Hyde Jordan, Fields,
Hamilton aisd their kind?
MrJerome IS becoming danger 70 the com
muniy. re has three years and half to serve.
Every small criminal he convics adds to the Injustice
Of MS administration. Every great hnancier he fails
to osecute strengthens the general belief that SO
long as he is district attorney Justice viii not be
hnpartially administered Every evidence Of favor
itisn strengthens in the community the force OF
revolutionary sentiment Mr. Jerome IS IN his pres
en attitude the chief Of anarohsrn In New York
Mr. Jerome is the legal adviser Of the grand jury.
The drawing Of an Indictment Is a technical matter
beyond the ability Of any business man and Of many
lawyers The grand jury not have lawyers other
than the distrlat attorney appear before them and
aivlse them As the grand jury say, "To proceed
against the advice Of their legal adviser might in
yoive beiS proceedings in mistake or miscarriage Of
i-stice.8
Mr. jerome says that he wants more delay until
court has passed upon the crminaliiy Of stsailne
does he wish to pass upon that point2 Judge
o'suliyan deoiied against him. Recorder Cor de
cided against him. Justice Greenbaum, OF The
upreme court. decided that Perkins should be in
dictei and tried by a petit jury
noes 1t take three judges and three jadicial de
cisons before pickpocket or secondstory man q
a burglar can be even indcted2 And which class 1
the more dangerous to American institutions-th'
high insurance officials and promoters who have
stolen the trust funds Of the mass Of the people o.
the petty criminals that fll the iails?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

q oNsTlPATioN ls caused prlmar-
~ iIy by lack Of certain elements
In the food which tepd to more or less
imperfect digestion, and to make the
liver sluggish and torpid.
The bowels carry away and dis
charge the fscal matter-that is. the
refuse matter Of the system. II the
bowels are eonstipated the fecal mat
ter clogs and eongests the natural pas.
saoes, the poisonous exeretions art re-
tslned in the body They set back
like stream damned up, and are ab-
sorbed into the system and carried all
over the body in the blood.
That's the reason your head aches.
your tongue Is coated, your mouth
tastes like a garbage can. bisck spec<s
float before your eyes. ard you are
generally unhappy. lts constipation
poisoning.
CALIFORNIA PRUNE WATERS
are positively guaranteed to cure the
most obstinate cases of Constipation,
aIIlousness. Torpid Liver or lnd'sss.
ton. 100 waters. 20 cents.
.. n. WALLACE. Pnarmaclss.
- ~'"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07
seiatlca Cured After Twenty Years Of
TcrttIre

selatica Cured After Twenty Years Of
Torture.
For more than twenty years Mr.. j.
p. Massey, Of 1922 Clinton St, Minna-
apolis, MINI, was tortured by sclatica.
The pain and suffering which he en-
dnred during this time is beyond com.
prshension. Nothing gave him any
permanent relief until he used Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. One application
of that liniment relieved the pain and
made sleep and rest possible, and less
than one bottle has erected a perma-
nent cure. II troubled with sciatioa
Or rheumatism why not try a 25-cent
bottle of Pain Balm and see for your
self how quickly It relieves the pain.
For sale by f. B. Lille 4 Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07
MOTHER
AND CHILD.

Let the mother take
SCOTS Emulsion for the
two; it never fails to
benefit them both. One
can eat for two, but nour-
ishing two is a different
thing. 1t calls for a de
gree of internal strength
that the average woman
lacks. People of luxury
are not very strong by
habit; overworked people
are weak in some func-
tions from exhaustion or
theirsurroundings. SCOTS
Emulsion can be depend
ed upon to overcome such
conditions. 1t is a Won
derfuI food for a mother
and child.
scoTF 4 nowGE. =. p...l su..,. Nj. Yah.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

70 note that every member Of the SUI
creme court Of Oklahoma who has
shown noticeable friendliness to the
corporations, have had no trouble in
being reappointed, charges or no
charges 1t emphasizes the oft-re-
peated assertion in Oklahoma, that
the aspirant for Office who has nothing
bat the people behind him, is in the
middle OF very bad fix
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Hobart News Republican, II the
eastern farmers could have a kaleido-
scopic yieg Ct Kiowa countys wheat
and oat fields, rich pastures, fatcattle,
fine horses, intelligent farmers. ener-
getic business men, Tretty children
and handsome women-the railroads
woula Don have more passenger trai-
fa southwestward than they could pos
sibly handle.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Why take a dozen things to cure that
cough? Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar allays the congestion, stops that
tickling drives the cold out through
your bowels. Sold by c. n. Renfro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07
STRAW HAre At pErERsews.

W. w. Brown. the shoemaker, has
moved his shoe ahop to l1s West Okla.
Ave, IA the harness store. All work
promptly and neatly done.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

time the 9. q. managers thought the
life insurance contribution scandal
was forgotten, along came the nation
al bank contribution exposure and
once more the managers had to work
their explanation and denial depart
ment overtime
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Weatherford Democrat: What y
pity when man takes notion to
murder his family and then himself
he does not take notion to begin on
himself first His family would pro
badly better appreciate the mode Of
proceiurc.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Enid Events We are heartily Oh.
posed 10 ,hss muckraklng' business
LEI - turn our thoughts 10 higher
holier, nobler thinss let us slowly
wcnd our way dixie Gray's cows) DER
ihe lee and list 10 the droning bee
while the housewife plies her evening
care let white winged peace soar
aloft ane let rs contented be: may
opr years be three score and ten and
y We grow older we DO 20 much to the
annoyance Of our heirs. Let the
wives wave, the gentle zephyrs
zephyr, the dewlsis aroplet downlet-
and leave the evening to Mary and
hof bean
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Enid Events : great many people
are worrying more than Cash Cade.
Cash don't care whether he is con-
hrmed or net He don't need il
either as Z vindieatlon or occupation.
lie Is content in the knowledge Thar
from his belt bangles one red-leaded
scalp and another of a lighter shade.
besides snn3ry trophies and memen.
toes Of hard fought victories and
triunp phs Of the right cause Jesus
was crcrifei because he trlsd TO teach
men frlth nor csn Cash expect 70
pursue bis Ideas Of party publication
fi,houi meeting the star % me caluni-
inatcr
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Weaiherford Republican, Patrons
Of rural routes ought to palronize the
carriers an the time Get your stamps
postal cards. registers and money orr
GERS from them Don't come tc the
postosice but do your business with
your rnrai carrier II viii make
better showing foi your route The
government IS keeping close fab on
every route IS to the number Of pieces
OF mail received and delivered. money
orders and registers. The routes do
Ing the lecst business win eventually
be stopped.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Visits His Brother ard inspects Their
BIC store,

A. A. Ramsay Is here from Carthage,
Mo. visiting his brother. Il. w Ramsay
and family MIR. Ramsay is agreeably
surprised at The rapid progrs ihe
capital city has made since his last
visit here aad believes thai during the
present year even greater advancement
viii be made. Ramsay Bros. own the
stores IN Carthage Mo. lola. Ka s. Enid
and Guthrie
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

ChickaSha STAR You can we'll
spare the clerk who insists upon talk
ing outside about the inside affairs OF
your business.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

China claims that she is no longer child Of
darkness Dealing with those Russians and Japs
has evidently opened the eyes Of China.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

The House has thanked General Porter for dis
covering John Paul Jones. II IS now in order to
thank John Paul for being discovered.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Snshioh Advance: Let these who
have created tho wealth Of Oklahoma
create the Commonwealth; and II any
political party denies it, woe to that
party; and If the American republic
stands for such denial, God help the
American republic.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07
THE MANIA FOR MONEY.

THE MANIA FOR MONEY!
Corwn H. Spencer, one OF the richest men IN st.
Louis dropped dead the ticker while watching his
fortune melt away He was wrong on the New York
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Gage Banner The Republican
party is today badly divided on every
prsnosilion bur one, and that is the
absolute necessity o. being continued
IN power"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Canadian Valley Echo: Democrats
@. oklahoma should cortInue 10 ad.
yoeaie statehood for Oklahoma. but
several Of them should quit voting for
Republican delegate because ~ho
stands IN with the majority in con
Eresh" It ought to be clear to any
Democrat now that the majority party
doesn't want statehood Democrats
IN congress have invariably voted for
statehood The Republicans have de-
leated the measure.
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As u sAoulD -,eTwsEN egnrLEMeN.

HARltIs 10 HOCH.
Chicago, H., May 9, 1906.
Governor E. w. Hooh Topeka Kas.
Accept hearty congratulations and assurance Of
nay highest personal esteem. W A. HARRIS.
HoCH ON HARRts
Colonel Harris served his state with distinction
in the United states Senate. He is a gentleman
worthy OF yo,r respect and say to you that want
to beat him and intend to beat him political lines
and not on personal lines.
--oOo-
The insurance scandals Of New York are said to
be squarely up 10 Jerome. Mr. jerome VIII now have
to work up or blow up.
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Oklahoma City Post: It is q queer
commentary upon the intelligence and
justice OF human actian. that the only
member Of the Supreme court in Okla
homa that could go before the people
OF his liStrict and receive the sup
port and franchise of the legal voters
thereof for any official position With
in their git. should be the person up
on whom to vent the spleen and vindi.
catiseness OF political grsftefs and
renesades Judge Gillette possesses
an the qualities Of a big, broad, con
scientious and judicial -haracter, and
his natural loyalty to those whom he
supposes are his friends, although
resulting in mistaken identity. can
scarcely be regarded as sufficient rea-
son TO iistify those whom he trusted
aud believed to be true in under.
handed and cewardly assassination.
Perhaps the most direct cause Is the
enmity that Judge Gnlettes clerk has
Incurred ia a political way. Mr. sis
sons methods and manipciatssns in
the political field Of the seventh die
trict. have been very questionable and
Offensive 10 great many people, and
the judges loyalty TO him made il
necessary 70 sacrifice the judge in or
der to reach the clerk. Judge Gil
l7tte Is undoubtedly the victim OF mis-
taken friendships, malicious envy and
rotten politics. When the people get
The privilege OF exercising their full
rights as American citizens and the
horde Of peanut politicians who lnfest
fair Oklahoma arc buried beneath an
avalanche Of popular sentiment and
contempt then will such men as
Frank cillesle receive their just de.
sets and the 1ncomium Of their ser.
vices 70 ne people and to their party.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Muskogee Pheonix The strange
thing about the situation in this Terri
tory Is that some of the big Indians
don't give few whoops stick some
feathers in their hair. and really leave
the reservation as becomes wild
blanket tribe, such as Senator Spoon.
er believes the citizens here 10 be.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

Blackwell News; The judge OF the
iuvenile court Chicago. took 1000
wards Of the court to the hippodrome,
Il must have been circus for the
judge.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-07

RFyaa's cOmnousr' Iust about sAs
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oA'sAons CITY Post Itis peculiar
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ment about $4,000 to place those 800
barrels Of cement and that other truck
here, and 1t viii cost the Government
$4,000 to cart It away"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-18

relics of the Assyrian, the Babylon
ian, the Egyptian, the Phoenician,
the Grecian, the Roman, the Mos
lem and the Crusader. Each has
done his part to destroy it's noble
covering of forest and to add to the
desolation wrought by his predeces-
sor. If the process could be re-
versed, and the greed of man re-
strained, and proper protection be
given 10 the reforesting of the re-
gion, the cedars of Lebanon might
yet become, as in the days of the,
Psalmist, the glory of the whole
mountain system. 1t is the man who
mas wrought the desolation and prac-
tically destroyed those groves which
the poet has fittingly called Goods
hrst temples" When shall we re-
store them agaln?-George Freder-
iSk Wright in Records of the Past
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-08-18
THE CEDARS
OF LEBANON

On both tanks of Lebanon we en-
countered the ruins OF ancient tenn
pies, in every case erected on con-
spicious sites and amid scenery Of
rare beauty and impressiveness. One
was upon summit near the famous
Natural Bridge, halfway up the
mountain side, which commanded a
view of Beyrout and of long stretch
OF the sea shore northward. An
other was at the head of the Adonis
river, where it burst in great volume
and fully formed, from the base of
the upper limestone which crowns
the summit on the east. Here from
time immemorial Adonis had been
worshiped with lasciyious rites. until
Constantine, In the fervor of his
recent conversion to Christianity
decreed its destruction. On the east.
ern side of the range at Zammuneb
about halfway to Baalbek. we on.
countored again the foundations NJ
an immense Phoenecian temple, con-
eerning which but little has ever
been written, II is nearly across
the mountain opposite the Temple
or Adonis. and like that il was ,o-
Gated where an immense stream NJ
water gushes from the mountain sido
and amid most impressive scenery
Oh Baal6ek. near by, It is not neces.
sary TO sneak. nor Is this the nIsca
TO give details concerning the ruins
OF various other smaller temnlas
whieh are found In this locality
As one stands upon the summit,
OF Lebanon, 1000 feet above tha
eedars' aud looks down upon tb,,
ancient grove and upon the sim
more ancient moraine upon which :,
is growing, and his eye takes IN tho
sites oil these ancient temples on ,he |
western flank and the vast exnarso
oil the Mediterranean beyond sra |
turning to the east, secs the n,s,n 80
Coele-Syria spread out before hin
with the distant ruins OF Bas,hal, a.
the center. he can but feel As nevas
before the force Of the words .,
no'y writ all aesh is grass and ss
the Hover OF the field Il perisho,h :,
over 'his held In successive waves
have come aud gone an the yrss, ~
"0aS OF antiquity, Here are ths