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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-19
Weird Wild Woman.

Erie, Pa.-Her every act resembling
that of beast, Mrs. Jennie Lanigan.
known as the wild Woman of Glen.
wood Park" is a captive at police
headquarters after a two-year hunt by
the authorities. She has made her
abode in the woods adjoining the park
and made the vicinity Stunned at
night With a sheet about her, hair
unraveled, toothless and creeping like
a wild animal, she has been seen by
several persons. Patrolman Sandusky
found her the other night in the hol.
low Of 9 tree.
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Walked All pax Aslesp.

Boston.-Eleyen-year-old Vasal La.
shua wandered for more than nine
hours in daylight about Savin Hill
clad in a blue nightshirt He escaped
all observation as far as Is known.
and finally returned home in a badly
dazed condition. without teing able to
give the least account of his wander
ings.
All this time his fr9r.hc parents,
several policemen and scores had been
hunting the Sayin Pm district for
him.
Finally the parents gave It up and
were wondering what more they could
do. when there was a sound from tho
yard as of door closing. Vasal
walked in through the doorway of the
fiat, clad in his blue nightshirt. He
said he had no idea where he had
gona.
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DIVER 'SDAUGHTER
FOLLOWS CALLING.

undaunted, she reached the cabis Of
the barge, where she entered and with
the aid of the electric light at her
belt sought out the corner of the
cabin which contained small stand,
upon which was tiny box containing
the much desired diamond ring.
In her haste to reach it she STUN
bled and fell, and for the moment was
consumed by a terrible fear, as the
pressure of the water. together with
breathing the compressed air, had
now become almost overpowerlng: but
she quickly gained her self control.
and with the box in her hand returned
to the deck of the wrecker
As reward for this exploit Miss
Baker was presented with the dla-
mond ring she had recovered, and 1t
is now in her possession.
The ring marked t:Ie beginning OF
her fortune, as she had proved that
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-19
SURGEONS ERROR
LEADS TO ALTAR.

intensely feverish condition directly
after the first operation.
When finally the sponge had been
removed the girls condition began
to improve. but the many operations
left her in very weak condition and
she was sent to stay with relatives
in Berlin, N. H., in order that she
might recuperate. 1t was during her
sojourn there that she met Louis Rcd
derique of that town. Roderique
greatly sympathized with the girl and
devoted much of his time TO taking
her on carriage drives and long walks
so that she could regain her health.
As her condition rapidly improved he
continued his attentions and finally
became her accepted suitor.
On the day set for Miss Pard to re-
turn to her mothers home in Nahant,
Rodderique decided to return with
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she could live unGer the water, and
to be able to do this means that
person is worth anywhere from $50
to 5000 a day to a wrecking company.
AS 80 out of every 100 men who de.
soend into the waters of the lakeF
will in a few minutes begin to suff,r
from bleeding at the nose, head-split.
ting pains and suffocation. that is
why all good divers from one end of
the great lakes to the other may be
counted on ones fingers and toes.
Miss Baker now began following
up her adventure with practical work,
and she early discovered the fact that
she was fitted for q captain of divers
instead of diver alone, as the loca.
tion of the lost copper ship which
has been searched for for years has
proven.
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MANIAC PLACED IN STEEL JACK
EFT AFTER FIGHTING POLICE
AND DOCTORS.
MAINS HIMSELF FOR THE CAR
Unfortunate Man Thought He Would
Get High Position In Russian
Government as Result
Of Deed.

New York.-Laboring under the de-
luslon that II he made some great per.
sonal sacrifice I'm the name of the
car and czarina of Russia they would
reward him with high political hon
ors. William NJ. Mclaughlin, 80 years
old. of Huron street, almost tore his
tongue from its roots, shortly before
noon the other day. became violently
insane and had to be strapped Into
strait Jacket and removed to the
Kings county hospital Before he
was finally brought into submission,
however Mclaughlin gave the DOCTOR
the ambulance driver, policeman,
and several neighbors the tussle Of
their lives.
Just what drove Mclaughlin to
such sudden violent insanity the doc
tors have not yet been able 70 dis
cover. Except for the small shred
of flesh McLaughln's tongue is sew
cred, but the doctors hope to patch II
up so that IL will grow on again.
The insane man is unmarried and
made his home with friends at the
Huron street address. He has been
out of work for long time but 1t was
not noticed that he had serious faults
with his mentality.
Early In the morning however, his
friends were surprised to hear him
talk queerly about the sacrifice he
had been called on to make in be-
half OF the car of Russia. What
that sacrifice was he would not tell
those who asked him questions In the
effort to paclfy him. but he raved
considerably about the high minis
terlal position with which the czar
would repay him for the doubtful trib-
ute of agony. After awhile the folks
with whom he lived got tired Of his
nonsensicGl talk. and. thinking that
he had been temporarily deranged by
the heat, left him to himself
Shortly before noon. however. the
tenants on the floor below heard him
scream and stamp around the floor
at a great rate. When several of
the neighbors had summoned enough
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her. They were married by Friar
Parent of the French church in Lynn.
They will live for a. time in Nahant
Miss Pard had at one time contem-
plated a lawsuit against the Boston
surgeon because of the trouble caused
her. but everything has now turned
out so we'll she has decided to drop 1t.
She consulted lawyer some time
ago, but her sister has stated that she
would do no more about it, The doc
tors in the Boston hospital had treat
ed her kindly during her stay there.
the sister said, and leaving the sponge
in the wound had been due probably
to their overanxiety to perform the
operation as quickly as possible. They
haL done their best to save her life,
and now that all had ended well she
would do nothing about the matter.
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been accepted and the men and the
seyerer sisters only await the ac-
ceptance by another pastor of call
TO the church.
Rev. Dr. Krause looks like the pic
lures one sees of German abbots
Fourteen years ago DR. Krause took
charge of the church i'm Staploton. He
was professor of theology. Latin and
Greek in Wagner institute Rochester,
n. Y, at the time he accepted the
call. and was accounted a man of
superior attainments. He was edu-
Gated in the University of LeiDsic, and
had a ministerial charge before he
came TO this country.
BY and by the townspeople whis.
pered that he good pastor was a
trife 700 cornwall. WhtO they spoke
with him about it he pointed out st.
Paurs dictum about the small drop
for the stomach's sake.
Then there came the UhlUlman
marriage in Stapleton a little over
two years ago Uhl a millionaire
London hotel keeper married the
daughter of a wealthy Staten Island
family. The festivities following the
wedding were participated in by a
large company Of German singers
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INDIAN TEARS UP st,coo.
Millionaire Usage Chief Enraaed
When Denied Whisky.

When Denied Whisky.
st. Louis.-Disappoin because
he could not buy fire water" and
enraged because his monthly in.
come had not increased in proportion
to the advance in the price of crude
oil, former chief of the Osages, Push.
me-ta-ha, tore up and scattered to the
winds more than 1000 in new bank.
notes the other day on the streets OF
Tusla |. T.
The Croesus of the Usage tribe, who
is rated at $2,000000 in his own right.
Is believed to be the richest Indian in
the world to-day. His monthly income
from oil and gas royalties alone ex.
ceeds 100000. He handles the estate
of his entire family. consisting OF
three wives and II children, whose
combined wealth, at the present price
of crude oil, is said to be at least So.
100000
The old chief lives in a miserable
log hut, about IS miles from here, in
the rock ribbed hills of the Usage ma.
ton, and those who know him init
mately say that his house resembles
q barn, rather than a place of human
habitation.
He rarely visits a white settlement.
and when bootleggers cannot be found
he becomes enraged and threatens
dire vengeance against the white race.
His threats. however. mean nothing,
for he is too lazy to make trouble for
him harmless. and say that since oil
and gas have been discovered on their
lands and great riches have come to
the family the chief is growing cross.
except when whisky Is to be had
Every member of the Usage tribe,
consisting of about 1000, is worth
$4,000. Those who We're fortunate
in selecting their lands along the 96
meridian, in the mldcontinent oil field.
are immensely wealthy.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-19

The inflow of new shades suddenly
rose TO the proportion of crash.
Such a jam was there at the entrance
that a panic was narrowly averted by
reason of souls getting the notion that
it was Brooklyn they were going to
instead of Hades.
Old inhabitants had seen nothing
like it since the days of the Spanish
inqulsition.
Indeed, this colloquy was to be
heard on every hand:
Glad to know you. What sent you
here?'
The auto da fe And your
"The auto mo bile Y World.
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LATEST NATURE STUDY.
Cat Fondles a Rattlesnake Until En-.
dearments Cause a Fight.

Tulsa. |. T.-The following story is
not told by Rev. Long, Jack London,
Mr.. Roosevelt or others who have
written nature studies, but by DIR. Nc.
Connell, OF Tulsa, who knows snakes
and cats when he sees them.
DIR. Mcconnell was sitting on his
porch when he saw a cat coming up
the lawn dragging a rattlesnake about
three feet long.
The cat had the snake by the nape
of the neck II it had such thing,
and apparently was experiencing no
trouble in "toting" its load.
The feline carried his snakeship un.
der the porch. and there for IS min
utes she lovingly fondled it with her
paws. Dr. Mcconnell called the mem.
bers of DR.. Harrison's family to watch
the performance.
Finally a disagreement arose, and
the serpent was seen to strike wick
edly at the cat. Tabby liked this
phase OF the situation fully as well
as the amorous stunts, and fought
back with zest.
The snake and the cat kept the duel
up for probably Ave minutes. when
the spectators thought it was time to
interfere, and the snake was killed.
The cat was bitten in dozen
places, but the bites had no effect
other than TO rufiie her fur.
The snake had a number of deep
scratches on it's body Fourteen rat
ties and q button were taken from its
tail.
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TORE OUT TONGUE
AS "A SACRIFICE.

courage to investigate they found Nc
Laughlin pounding his head against
the wall, clawing the furniture and
screaming Justify. Apparently he waa
in great agony, for his tongue hunt
far out OF his mouth and seemed I"
be suspended by merely few shred,
OF flesh
The neighbors rushed to the Green
point police station. from which
hurry call was sent to the eastern dis.
trict hospital. When DIR. Snyder ar
rived with the ambulance Mclaughlin
pushed his tongue back into his
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from near and far, and wine and beer
flowed freely.
Early in the morning, when the
guests thought of departing. they
found that 16 of their silk hats had
been converted into crush hats by
the simple process of using them as
a bed.
krause admitted that he had been
aweary and laid him down. but not
on the hats. Some more things were
said, and Rev. DR.. Krav3e departed
feeling hurt.
That started It. The resignation
ended It.
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mouth, snapped his jaws, and refused
to let the doctors examine It or treat
him. II required the combined
strength of about six men to hold him
still, but their task was by no means
an easy one, for Mclaughlin display.
ed great strength and raised ructions
with everybody and everything in
the room. When they finally fioored
him strait-jacket was clamped
around him, and DIR. Snyder had to
pry open his jaws to stun his mouth
with gauze so that the few shreds that
still held the tongue to it's roots would
be left intact.
Then they carried him down to the
ambulance and removed him to the
Kings county hospital in Flatbush.
There It was said that McLaughlin's
condition was serious.
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CORPSE" RISES IN BED;
STARES AT UNDERTAKE Ell
EM5ALMER AND CORONER FLEE
IN HASTE WHEN SUPPOSED
DEAD MAN SITS UP.

Mishawaka, Ind.--A pale form lay
on bed at the home Of Joseph
Weinberg. Members of the family
spoke in whispers, and all moved with
noiseless tread.
The pale form was that of Joseph
Weinberg himself and his relatives
mourned him as dead. Weinberg he'd
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-19
PASTOR SLEPT ON HATS
AT WEDDING, IT'S SAID
RESIGNS, BUT PROSPECTIVE DE-
PARTURE DOES NOT DAMPEN
HIS ENTHUSIASM.

New York.-Rev. DR.. Albert p.
Krause, pastor of the German Lu-
theran church of Stapleton. s. l., sat
in the center of bevy of stout ma
irons in the basement of the Sunday
school building the other afternoon
eating ice cream and cake and drink
ing lemonade
Rev. Dr. Krause has rendered his
resignation under pressure. and II has
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-19
RISKS HIS LIFE FOR
A PICTURE OF DENVER
NOTED IRRIGATION EXPERT
CLIMBS TO DOME OF COLO
RADIO STATE HOUSE.

Denver, Col.-Clinging to a slender
rope, fighting his way up the danger
GUS curve of the bell of the capitol
dome over sheet iron roof, blistering
hot in the sun. George w. Speer, the
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on the part of the family and many
assurances that Weinberg was really
for sure dead, both men came to the
house and performed their duties
without interruption.
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UNQUALIFIED.

Does your wife still call you a.
many pet names as she did when you
were first married?"
Not as many pet onss-
Cañon City record., 1907-12-19

The work of the double tracking of
the main line of the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad between here and
Canon City will be resumed at once,
the outfit cars having arrived and the
gang of men will be shipped in this
week Most of the work has been ac-
complished and 1t will only require
about six weeks to finish the job.
Most of the ties and all the rails have
been layed along the right OF way and
one small bridge is to be constructed
near Canon City. The pile driver and
several construction cars arrived here
Sunday and were taken onto the Held
Of operation.
Just as soon as the money shortage.
which Is now about over. struck the
country. the Rio Grande ofaclals an
nounced the abandonment OF work and
the entire outfit was laid on without
q moments warning Some Apprehen-
sion was felt at the time. that the
money stringency might run several
months longer than Il did. and that
he work would Be called OF for the
winter. The money that has been
spsAt In wages BY The company was
pAiA to . oaass Of men who 81 this
Cañon City record., 1907-12-19

The public library has just received
an addition to its furnishings in the
shape of a beautiful picture, the gift
of the now non-existent Ladies' Lii
brary Association. When this associa-
ton disbanded after turning its prop
erty and books over to the city it left
in the hands of its equipment commit
tee one hundred dollars to purchase
something in the way Of decoration for
the new building. The committee put
the money at interest until something
worthy of the donors could be agreed
upon and this it has found in Robert
Van Worst Sewall's The Canterbury
Pilgrimage" the original of which is
in the possession of George Gould.
An explanation of the picture may
be interesting as there are some who,
perhaps. have not read "Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales" One day in early
spring a company of Pilgrims met at
the Tabbard Inn in Southwark, all on
their way to the tomb of Thomas
a'Becket in Canterbury cathedral. The
inn was roomy and there were many
stables. so all found accommodation,
ard soon became quite friendly, al
though il was rather heterogeneous
company. The Prioress and her nun,
Cañon City record., 1907-12-19
PUBLIC LIBRARY RECIPIENT
OF VERY HANDSOME PICTURE

the Friar, knight, cook, Squire, the
Doctor of Physics, Haberdasher, Coun-
ty Parson and Yeoman an humble way
farer, the miller, the wife of Bath.
thirty-one in all. About four days was
commonly occupied on the journey
from the Inn to the shrine of the Saint.
and as there was great danger from
highwaymen in the Fourteenth CEN
tury, Harry Bailey. the host, who has
an eye to business. proposes that they
form a party, both in coming and go
ing and each of you shall tell the
rest four stories. two on the way to
Canterbury and two on the way home,
and which ever one in this party tells
the best story, shall have the supper
at this inn at the cost of the rest when
you come back"
The plan is accepted, and the picture
shows them the following morning on
their way accompanied by the genial
host. People interested in the library
ought to know something of the writ
ing of Chaucer. the Father of English
Literature, who left SO deep an I'M
preston on his age and on the English
tongue Ii the picture serves to arouse
the interest the committee hopes 1t
will. the association will be repaid for
its beautiful gift
Cañon City record., 1907-12-19

Piled upon the desk of Cashier Geo.
F. Rockafellow, at the Fremont County
National Bank Tuesday afternoon was
forty-five thousand dollars in bran
new, crisp five, ten and twenty dollar
bills, which had just been received by
express from the treasury department
at Washington, D. c.
They were made by the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving from a plate
belonging to the Fremont County Ma
tional Bank in the possession of the
government and they looked mighty
good in this time of financial strin-
gency, with Christmas less than a
week off. The five dollar bills contain
a yignette of President Harrison; the
ten dollar bills a vignette of President
Mckinley, while those of the twenty
dollar denomination show the portrait
Of Hugh Mccullough, former secretary
of the treasury.
The notes on Mr.. Rockafellow's desk
were printed in sheets, each of them
containing five bills, which have to be
cut with a pair of shears to secure
their separation. They are, of course,
unsigned by the cashier OF the bank,
for which a blank space is reserved at
the bottom of each bill, although the
law requires that the cashiers sigma
Cañon City record., 1907-12-19
WILL. TAkE PART IN con-
SULTATION on CLUB CASES

City Attorney \. l.. Taylor went to
Denver Tuesday night for the purpose
of attending a consultation at the office
of Messrs. Bonynge & Ritter, of the
various city attorneys of the state and
representatives of the Anti-Saloon
League in relation to taking some con-
certed action on the so-called club
cases" which have been taken up to
the supreme court on appeal from the
lower tribunals.
The alleged clubs haze given the
authorities a great deal of trouble in
a number of both dry" and wet
towns and it is with view of securing
Cañon City record., 1907-12-19

some license tags for the machines.
Application for licenses, it is under
stood, are now ready to be acted upon.
Charles Shaffer is building a new
house on River street, adjacent to the
building occupied by the Western Un-
ion Telegraph Office The other day he
got six of the aldermen together and
they gave his assurance that he could
place a shingle roof on the building.
So, by motion, an amendment Of the
fire ordinance, to grant the request,
was ordered.
John r. RitZman wants a water me-
ter installed in his hotel Ths matter
was referred to the water committee.
but it was informally decided that NO
individual meters will be installed un-
til complete water system is author
ized. Mrs. a. S. Lewery wants an ad-
justment of her assessment in side
walk district No. 3. The matter will
be Investigated. The water COMMITTEES
will investigate the necessity for an
additional fire hydrant at the plant OF
the Colorado Canning company.
Chief Cassidy, of the fire department
made a clever talk in favor of a dona-
ton for the volunteer firemen and
loosened up SIS. After three false mo-
tons council finally adjourned.
Cañon City record., 1907-12-19

The Sunday before Christmas as al
ways one of unusual interest to pa
irons of the postofiice, for then 1t is
they crowd its lobby when the mail
comes in as on no other day of the
year with the expectation Of receiv-
ing letters and packages from distant
friends. Heretofore people who are
served by the rural mail delivery.
which includes large number Of fam
lilies on Lincoln Park, Four Mile, Park
Center, Orchard Park, ETC., have been
unable to get the letters and other
postal matters which reach here on
Sunday until the following day. which
is especially disappointing to them at
Cañon City record., 1907-12-19
ADVANTAGES OF TRADING
WITH HOME MERCHANTS

grocery bills or any of the thousand
and one debts that people have to
meet in the transactions OF the daily
life? Nay, nay. Pauline; It Is hope
iessly lost so far us the community
In which you live Is concerned. It Is a
goncr and will never Jingle in your
pocket again.
It ia far better to stick closely to the
local merchant. Home Is where your
friends are and II Ia to them that you
60 when you are a little short Of the
needful and require their endorsement
for credit. II 10 to your friends and
neighbors that you 20 when you want
favors OF any kind and In your home
town II where you ought to spend your
money.
In making your holiday purchases
kindly remember the business men
whose advertisements appear IN the
home papers. They viii treat you
right II 10 to their interest to treat
you right. They make II possible for
the home papers to keep . force OF
men at work. maintain Q pay roll oe
several hundred dollars q week, which
In tnrn 10 spsat WITH OA1on Clty ner-
chants,
Cañon City record., 1907-12-19

authorized to proceed with his nego-
tiations on the matter and submit a
proposition.
These three features constitute the
most important matters to come before
the meeting. There was, however, quite
a little routine business transacted.
Chairman Boyle, of the cemetery
committee, reported that Dali De
Weese wants to straighten a portion
of the DeWeese-Dye ditch in the ceme-
terry acreage. This will place some ad-
ditional lots under the ditch, and will
be desirable in every way, it was ex-
planned. to the city. The cemetery COM
mittee was given power to act in this
matter. Some figuring is being done
on the proposed construction Of cush-
ion reservoirs to improve the water
supply next summer. This plan is a
detail of the Cottonwood proposition.
1t would be a sure investment for the
city, and would save the pumps, by
working them on a steady lift instead
OF using them to keep up an irregular
pressure on the city pipe system. Fur
ther investigation will be made of this
matter.
The new automobile ordinance
passed second reading. Plans we're
made for Alderman Orme to paint