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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-31
1S55-l905.
Presented
10
Thomas Dollber.
President OF the
Mellin's Food Company.
by the
Travellers of the Company.
In Honor OF the Completion

" ~ ~ T77'I7 " I''7--''I'77 I1I7N7
These "Itound-ups' have proven TO be
of the greatest value ana Importance to
ne growth OF the business, and TO them
The entire time OF two weeks is given
each year
Mr Dolbor stated that Meliin's Food
had received the highest award Ca gold
mcdaD az The Portland exposition. and
ihkt The past year had been a remarixn
bly successful one and that the sal s
% M,llm Fopd in 1905 were larger faan
lu Nuy previous year
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PLENTY or GENUINE CANON CITY
COAL At NY YARD. N. r. cHEADLE
PHONE 9.
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YOUNG AND OLD

1907 This win furnish homes for more
than 1000 families
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'aouNo-uPn statesmen.
me'<t's Food Company Entsrtalns
Travelling Men--siver Cup
for Mr. Dolber.

The 18th Annuel "Round-tp Of tho
travelling men Of the Mellin's Food
Company was concluded Saturday even
INK hy "a dinner at Youngs Hotel Mr.
Thomas Doliber. president of the com-
pany presided and Welcomed to the table
the directors. heads OF departments and
the travellers. some Of whom had come
from as far as California ana Oregon 10
attend.
The travellers presented Mr. Donber
"a solid silver loving cup made by
Tiffany & Co, which bad the following
iuecrlrti0u.
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Lodge Directory

Canton Guthrie No. s, Patriarch's MAJ
tant., l. o. o. F. Regular assembly every
second ana fourth Thursday night in
each month in odd Fellows hall vis-
ting cheyaliers welcome
H. A. BONE, Com'dt
W. J. BARNHART, Clerk.
Guthrie Lodge No. 42e b. p. o.
Meets the second and fourth Tuesdaa
nights OF each month in Elk hall
n. W. PENrEcosT. %. T.
.. FoUcART. Secretary.
Naomi Rebeolah Lodge No. 2. I. O. o.
r. Meets crst and third Hriday nights
Of every month IN odd Fellows hall
LAURA a. BARNHARDr. n. G.
SADIE MATHIS. Secretary
Guthrie Lodge No. I. A. O. u. W.
Meets every Thursday night ia the new
Masonic han. on East OkiahoEaa Visit
ing brothers welcome.
E. Ii. HUFFMAN, "A. W.
W. }. LEArHERMAN, Recorder.
T. A. A.. Guthrie Council No 74S.
Fratenal Aid association. Meets every
Wednesday night in Eagles ban, over
Eouston's hardware store. Visiting
members always welcome
Gunlie Camp No. sss
Modern WoOdmen OF Ame-i
& :" !: !. : z: g. &. =: !: ! &: !:
d. n TIRBETTs. Consul
J. r. BREWER. Clerk.
1zS1agA knights and Ladies o.
H&1 IN Security meets 2nd and
rs LIS ktNh Friday nights OF zach
Wk<4NAHS|Nnonths at the Odd Eel
NNsaZAlo hail. Visiting meme
~ ,ers always welcome. Dr.
Davla s..yens. President; ,. "A. Ander-
son. Financial Secretary; 7. Il. coralzA-
dca. Corresponding Secretary. Meeting
called 10 order at 7;ao O'Clock.
Lodge No. s2s A. II. T. A. Meets on
Friday night pieceding fun moon Of each
month
W. ID. JENKINS. President.
j. n REEVES. secrstArY.
Guthrie conlmandry No. A. meets DE
second and fourth Mondays IN the month
az A. y 4 A. A. .Bldg.. okla. Ave. Yis-
iting Sir Knights always welcome
y. y. ROWE. Em. Com.
.. n BkAFORD. Recorder.
Regular meetings lat 4 1ra Tuesdays
" Hensh ai 4; =. y 4. q Hias. ok's.
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Renfrow Division No. 3. Uniform Rank,
x. OF p. Meets second and fourth FRI
ioy nights at Masonic ball. lle East ok
Iahoma avenue.
C. +. pUNNIcA. Captain.
W. T. WARREN, Recorder.
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Guthrie Lodge No. 3. l. o. o. F.. Aaeets
every Monday night at 7;s0 o'clock at
Odd Fellows hai. eoraer Harrison and
Broad.
P V. SMITH. Noble Grand.
II. l.. spROUGH. Secretary.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-09

to test this freegft distribution business, sad go
catch me two bottles of beer and box of Turkish
cigarettes"
The gen bowed and disappeared on the jump. In
less than ten minutes he returned with an Oriental
smile and the articles asked Tor.
Well, after this, life to that fisherman golden
sunset and torchllght procession in joyous
junction. He lay back in the morris chair and kept
that genii on the jump getting things for him. When
ever he wanted perfecto, or new spring suit,
bottle of the oldest and coolest, pair of silk
penders, roll of money with a rubber band
it, he told the genii about it, and the genii produced
And, as the genii invisible to every except
his master, one knew where the fisherman got the
money he flashed or the fine clothes he Every
body anxious to get the fsherman's side, be-
cause his side looked like the shady side of easy
street. AS he had it in plenty and was willing to
blow it, nobody seemed to care WHERE HE GOT IT
or how he got it. He had got it, and that was
enough.
Shortly after that genii began to get busy provid
ing things for his master, people in the village began
to send in calls for the police to investigate mys-
terious disappearances Of personal property. One
would complain of the loss OF turkey another of the
disappearance of watch, another would report a
roll of bills gone fourth told about raid his
wine cellar, and on, until the whole place in
an uproar. The chief of police said that gang Of
professional crooks was working the town, and ad
vised every man to sleep with eye open. Which
same every man did, but saw nothing
One day the fisherman called on his genii for coin
and was handed a fat pocketbook, which the master
recognized as the very one his friend the crippled
apple woman, kept her savings in. He knew the
pocketbook well, because he had often the poor
woman pull il out from behind the clock her man.
tel shelf and count its contents. He knew that she
trying to get together hundred dollars to pay
the expenses of operation that she hoped would
cure her lameness He had not heard OF the loss of
the poor creatures little fortune, but he began to
suspect something. He called his genii, and asked
him pointtb,ank where he got the pocketbook he had
just delivered.
Without moments hesitation, and quite as q mat.
ter of course, the geni described the apple womans
house and the place from which he had taken the
pocketbook.
"Do you mean to tell me that you took away that
poor woman's money and gave it to mei' demanded
the Mortified fisherman
"Why certainly" answered the genii "You asked
for money, didn't you"
sand did you get all the things you have been
supplying me with the wayI"
"Of course" said the genii; chow else was to get
themi You must have known that somebody HAD
TO BE DEPRIVED of things that you got WITH.
OUT WORKING FOR THEM. You knew that
had no time to PRODUCE WEALTH, and in order
to procure il for you took advantage Of my su.
perior wisdom and experience to get II away from
those who DID PRODUCE IL, and were by misfor.
tune or ignorance or carelessness UNABLE TO PRO.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-09

One upon time when fairies, gnomes and COB.
Inns velt among men, and witches rode broomsticks
through the air, there lived fisherman who poor
and disconnected. 1t was his habit to shut himself
up in his room at nghtfall and spend long hours in
darkness and solitary reflection Bitterly did he re-
proach fate for dealing harshly with him, and fer
vently did call the good fairies to bring him for
tune.
One night he returned to his hut more disconsOlate
than usual, on account of the utter failure of his
days fishing He brought nothing home with him
except his net and bottle of curious shape, which
had been brought up from the bottom of the lake in
the last cast of his net. He had placed the bottle
back in his net, after examining it, and forgot all
about it until the noise made by its striking the floor
as he cast the net down, called his whole days catch
to his mind. In his anger he picked up the bottle
and dashed it to pieces against the back OF his Chin
ney.
smoke which quickly took on human shape, and a
masized man of copper-coored complexion, dressed
in Oriental garb, stood revealed before the aston
ished eyes of the thoroughly frightened usher
man.
The caster of nets stood not upon the order of his
going but making dash for the only window the
hut afforded went forth into the night leaving the
Oriental gentleman in possession of the field
After his breath gave out he stopped, and finding
himself alive took his courage in his haAi and
walked back home Peeping in the window he saw
his table spread with snowy cloth, piping hot
and bountiful supper laid thereon, and his bottle
acquaintance standing calmly by welding the fly
brush
This looked so good to him that he boldly entered
the door, proceeded to the table, and ate the best
supper he ever had The Oriental gentleman cleared
off the table and, making deep salaam before the
fisherman, who was too full for utterance, said:
what commands has my master for his SLAYER
"Put me next to this little game" said the fisher
man. "Im all in Can't figure it out What's the
answerW
cts for the master to command and the slave
to obey" answered he of the bottle. 81 will ex'
pain-listen:
81 am genii of great renown and remote an.
tiquty. Let's see, this is the first day of April is
it noti 1t isl Well, six or seven thousand years
ago a wicked witch got mad at me because refused
to tell witch was witch, and catching me one night
just after had emptied my seventeenth bottle, took
advantage of my helpessness and capped me into it,
She sealed the bottle with waterproof gum arabic
and couple of Arabic curses, and threw me into the
lake, with these fatal and truly calabistic words:
There you must remain until released by a red
nosed, bow.legged fisherman with squint in his left
eye (no offense, hope l am repeating the witchs
wOrds) and released you must act as slave to
this good.for-nothing fisherman, and get him what
ever he may wish for
$50 here am, and there you are. It's yours to
ask and me to get il for you"
When this recital was finished. the fisherman, just
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-09
LAnDSnATlHIl1G-

TECT 1T, There may be some moral ways OF getting
MUCH for LITTLE but there is NO RIGHT WAY
of getting SOMETHING for NOTHING"
Upon this the fisherman, being moral man, drove
the genii from his house, restored with explanations
what property he could, and went fishing again
This fable has been set forth for the purpose Of
bringing home to all who read this journal the oper
alton OF system, which has been legalized in this
State, by which men may get SOMETHING for
NOTHING, or its practical equivalent.
1t Is what Is known as acquiring land by tax title
and it has been successfully worked that the
ownership of lands in Florida has, in little more
than five years. passed out OF the hands OF the many
into the hands of the few.
Under the statutes made and provided prior to
1908, the land OF any person sold to the State
for unpaid taxes, and certificates OF such sale
deposited in the State Treasurer's Office These
tifcates could be purchased by any one from the
State, after two years from the date OF the certf
cate, and all that required to PERFECT THE
TITLE to these lands sold for taxes, was publica-
ton of NOTICE OF THE INTENTION OF the pur-
chaser Of the certificate in SOME NEWSPAPER
that he would apply for tax deed at the expiration
privilege OF redeeming 1t at any time before deed
issued. The purchase price Of the certificate the
face of the certificate and rs per cent interest for the
first two years and per cent thereafter, with sub
sequent taxes, clerks fees, etc.
Under the operation of these laws thousands Of
HcTeb Vi luHu DeOHBlHK I'd LHe peOple VI Jnib DIte
sold for taxes and the certificates piled up
in Tallahassee by the thousand. Before the rush Of
the turpentine operators was made into Florida,
after it became known that the forests Of the adon
ing States to the north exhausted, the appea.
ton Of Gland poor" applied to many OF the cit.
liens of Florida. The owner OF tract OF land
would clear part OF it for cultivation, build his
house and his farm buildings thereon and exc out
rather precarous existence the cleared part. The
part that was uncleared practically worthless,
and entirely far as any good it did, to the
owner There was no demand for it, as there
thousands Of of unoccupied land belonging to
the State which could be bought at from 80 cents
to $l.25 an acre, and taxes the land became q
great burden to some. There were Others who
careless and still others who ignorant and the
fact that the land had been sold to the State for
taxes and certificate issued against II did not dis.
turb them, because, either through poverty, ignOr
ance or carelessness, they were unable to redeem
the land.
These people were cut of from the means of get.
ting information quickly to what was happening
in the Industrial world They did not dream that
the time at hand when the land which had been
going begging at 81 an acre would be worth from
~ to IS for turpentine purposes. But there
were OTHER PEOPLE IN THE STATE, and in
other States, who did have this information, and who
CONTINUED on Thirteenth Pagel
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-04-18
ANXIOUS TO SECURE FUNDS
RUSSIAN LOAN ISSUED AT 49,
WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 PER
CENT AS COMMISSION.

St. Petersburg, April 1S.-It was an
nounced here during the day that the
arrangements for the new Russian
loan, totalling $440,000,000, have been
signed in Paris. About half the amount
was taken by France in conjunction
with Belgian interests and Austria
took the portion originally assigned to
Germany. The United States did not
participate in the loan, which was
divided as follows:
France, $240,000,O00; Great Britain
$66 100000; Austria, $23,000,000; Hol
land, $l1 100000; Russia, $100.000.000
The loan, which is at per cent, is
for forty years and is free from taxa
ton. The portions allotted to one
country will not be good for delivery
on the bourses of the other countries
participating in the loan. The issue
price will be S8 and the bankers com.
mission is per cent.
That Russia should be willing to
issue loan on such terms shows how
anxious she was to secure money be-
fore the assembling of the Russian
parliament. 1t is stated, but not con-
firned, that one of the conditions Of
the loan is that Russia shall not make
another issue of bonds before the ex-
piration of two years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-04-18
DISAGREEMENT SEEMS LIKELY.
Conferees on Statehood Bill Said to Be
Far Apart.

ConfereeS on Statehooo Bill SAID to Be
Far Apart.
Washington, April Is. - Arrange
ments have been made for another
conference on the statehood bill, which
probably will be held on Thursday.
There is less hope of an agreement
now than when the bill was first in
conference. At that time it was
thought that the house conferees might
agree upon a proposition to submit the
jointure proposition of New Mexico
and Arizona to the people of each ter
ritory separately at the time the vote
was taken on the constitution of the
proposed new state. The Foraker
proposition, which was voted in the
bill before Arizona and New Mexico
We're eliminated, provided that there
should be separate election for de-
Ciding the question of joint statehood.
Inquiry among senators who support
ed the Foraker amendment has devel-
oped the fact that they are rather
tenacious for the last amendment and
insist upon a separate vote. The house
conferees seem more disposed to stand
for their original bill than before,
which would mean no agreement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-04-18
FORMER CHINESE MINISTER Ac-
CUSED OF INCiTING ANTI
AMERICAN BOYCOTT.
SENATE COMMITTEE HEARS EVIDENCE
OPINION GIVEN THAT MOVEMENT
WAS BEGUN TO AID IN NE
GoTIATiNG TREATY.

Washington, April 1S.-Causes for
the Chinese boycott of American goods
were inquired into during the day by
the senate committee on immigration
in compliance with a resolution intro,
duced by Senator Tillman. Charles
DENLY, chief clerk of the state depart
ment who for twenty years was in
China attached to the American lega'
tion and later holding positions under
the Chinese government following the
Boxer outbreak, was before the COM
mittee.
Without hesitancy Mr.. DENLY gave
1t as his opinion that the boycott was
instigated by the Chinese minister in
this country to give an incentive to
treaty negotiations. He said the move
ment had not been spontaneous, but
that it had been organized and sys-
tematized by intelligent men who knew
conditions here as well as in China.
do you think that Mr.. WI, the for
mer Chinese minister to the United
States, had anything to do with it?"
asked Senator Lodge.
"Well, think the boycott as an ef-
fective implement must have been
thought of by an intelligent Chinese
official who has visited this country"
replied Mr.. DENLY. He added that he
had no direct information to show
that Mr. WI had been instrumental In
starting the boycott or that he had
beeen active in sustaining 1t.
Mr.. DENLY said the first open mani
festation of the boycott had been in
1904 and he then traced the move
ment to the present day. He said the
boycott now apparently was nearly
dead, but that the spirit was latent
and easily could be stirred into life
and fury
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-04-18
GRAIN COMMISSION ENJoINED.
Wisconsin Inspectors Must Not Inter
fere With Certain Elevators,

Superior, Wis, April 18.-United
States Marshal Lewiston of Madison
has arrived in Superior and served
copies of the recent injunction issued
against the Wisconsin grain commits
sion. The Injunction prevents the
commission and its agents from inter-
fering with the handling of any grain
at the Itasca and Terminal elevators.
1t practically covers the same scope
as the injunction which was secured
by the Globe Elevator company some
months ago and is brought at this time
to Illustrate the attempts of the com.
mission to inspect outgoing cargoes Of
grain. 1t is expected that the injunc-
ton will remain in force until final
determination of the Globe case is
reached and upon which will ultimate
ly depend the constitvtiouaNty of the
Wisconsin grain law.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-04-18
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Senator TiIlman Speaks on His Reso
luton of Inquiry.

lukion OF inquiry.
Washington, April 1S.-Mr. Tillman
during the day called up his resolution
directing the committee on finance to
make inquiry concerning political con-
tributions by national banks. He ex-
pressed fear that his frequent speak
ing on the subject would cause the
feeling that he was cranky" on it.
Nevertheless, he felt his responsibility
to be SO great that he could not re-
frain from calling attention to the
facts. He then had read an article by
James w. Breen, printed in the New
York Herald, entitled How the Banks
Filled Hanna's War Chest" making 1t
the basis of his comments.
Commenting on the article Mr.. Till.
man said the members of the commit
tee on privileges and elections had
told them that as a matter of course
everybody had contributed to the fund
Of 1896. They had promised to report
a bill regulating campaign contribu-
tions, but three weeks had passed and
still the bill was not on the senate
calendar.
Mr.. Foraker, speaking for the sub
committee having the bill in charge.
said that he had been in frequent con-
ference with Messrs. Knox and Bailey,
the other members Of the sub-commit-
tee. and that they were now preparing
to report to the full committee recon-
mending legislation.
After further discussion the resolu-
tion was referred to the committee on
finance and Mr.. Foster was recognized
to speak on the railroad rate bill
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-04-18

DJ--:iesS, put / nave entire Ialln III the
right judgment and single minded pur-
pose of the insurance convention
which met at Chicago and of the COM
mittee of that convention which for
We are not to be pardoned If we fail
to take every step in our power to
prevent the possibility of the repeti,
ton of such scandals as those that
have occurred in connection with the
insurance business as disclosed by the
Armstrong committee"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-04-18

GRAND !.aY is SUMMONED
JUDGE DECLARES MEMBERS OF
SPRINGFIELD (Mo.) MOB
GUILTY OF MURDER.

Springfield, Mo-, April 1s.-Sup
pressed excitement pervaded all
classes here on the opening of this, the
fourth day of Springfield's race war.
The arrest of half a dozen men ac-
cused of completely in Saturday night 8
lynching had had the effect of clearing
the streets when the members of the
mob who had openly boasted of their
participation in the affair began to
realize that the state and county Off
GERS had really combined in an effort
to prosecute all offenders. Then the
people had again been infiamed with
the mob spirit when 1t became gener-
ally known that another negro had
been killed, this time by white boy
In self-defense. This tense feeling was
still apparent when morning came.
Sheriff Horner early sent out a dozen
deputies armed with the twenty or so
warrants still unserved, while in the
criminal court the selection of a grand
jury called together under instructions
to indict the mob leaders was begun.
Judge A. J. Lincoln of the criminal
court, in charging the grand jury, was
bitter in his statements. After recit-
ing the causes leading up to the call
ing together of the jury he said:
This outrage deserves the condem-
nation of all good citizens and the
most rigid investigation at your hands.
All persons, their aiders and abettors,
engaged in that shameful outrage are
guilty, under the law, of murder In the
first degree. The law makes 1t no less
crime because 200 men engaged in
the consummation of the crime than if
one man alone and under cover of
night committed the offense. Crime
never becomes lawful because multi
tudes seek to give it sanction. Mob
violence never has and never can ac-
complish good. Lawlessness places all
things and all men In peril"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-04-18
CITY COUNCIL DEADLocKED.
Holds Continuous Session in Effort to
Elect Speaker.


Elect Speaker.
Kansas City, April 18.-The first
session of the lower house of the city
council under the administration of
Mayor Henry M. Birdsley (Rep.), who
was inaugurated Monday, developed a
stubborn deadlock over the election OF
speaker. At 1890 a. m, after 104
fruitless ballots had been taken, the
tired councilmen, following a siege of
nearly fourteen hours, seemed no
closer to solution than when the
session opened. At that hour motion
to adjourn was voted down.
Coffee and sandwiches were brought
into the chamber at different times for
the councilmen.
The deadlock was broken shortly
before noon when ID. r. Spaulding, a
Republican. was elected speaker on
the 118th ballot.
Chinese Towns open 70 trade.
Toxic, April 18.-It was semi-offi-
cially announced during the day that
Antung and Tatungkau, both near the
mouth of the Yalu river, will be opened
to trade and travel May l. Mukden
will be opened June and other places
soon after that date.