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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31
IS SUMMER
TRYING UPaH
YOUR HEAL Til?
You Need Tonic go Keep W Your
stsNrength, Not a Laxative 70 Furfh
er Weaken the EaaY

You Need Tonic so Keep Op Your
s.lNrength, Not Laxative 70 Furfh
Weaken the SOY. N
Nol ~ tonits are 1lAbie iqtaQsde
during tTa bot months Many Ionic
preparations are also pmgatiyes and
seud 10 aseravaie a condition prefa
lent in summef
N YOU are weak and run down. pale
and without energy and ambition take
a suggestion from the hot countries
OF SOuth and Central America whore
the tonic remedy almost exclusively
used IS Dr Williams Pink pills Tho
reason for The popularity OF these
pills in regions where Il is aiwJys
summer Is That they have no laNa
tive action they build an the blood
without purging and weakeniHs They
give strength and do non take h away.
An excellent example OF I've tonic ac-
don OF this remedy SIS DE case 0f AIRS.
Gilreri Is Searles OF Hag0yer street,
Marshall, Mich. e "
a was taken sick few years ago,
she says. "my whole system being run
down ana debilitated bad no
strength nor ambition lost fearfully
In flesh and my complexion was sal
low and lips pale. My stomach was
weak aud dieesun poor ! had q con-
stant craving for food, although my
stomach panied ms an Of me time.
4 There was aie5ia great deal 81 pair iil
my brck loihs AID sides and ! mad
hard headaches NV blood was thin
and impoverished and was rapidly
eona ino q decline. lvnYll noi wsrs
and l.fe 5'dn't seer worth living
20 tried doctors and Naveral Medi-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31
BRYAN DIsSEGTS
HEARST'S INDEPEN-
DENCE PLATFORM

Fairview Lincoln Neh Juiy sit-
The mos interesting piece news ~
emauafe from Fairyiew yesterday was
a formal sfaiemant hy William J brJ-
an in Which De dissecled lhe platform
oi the Independence party ad1pted ~
tho convention ia Chipago and pointed
out ,hat 81 contains q number of niai-ks
identical with or substantially similar
10 the plarks oi the democratic party
platform He declared that the Foief,
who, Weiefring The democfafie piat
form TO The republican, piUiorui aru
yef who Joins with ihe i1dfp7nd eiier
panty. merely assists NE ie1NpaisQ
marty ana tlus defeats ihe rcfoim q
which De IS interested.
aif Bryap argues nai 'ihe Ques ioa
IS not whether one aan gen aA the Fe'
form that he wants bpt how he can
ger The most reforiu, and he asseris
that the democratic party offers e
best 0ppCrtuniis io secure that Whlfn
is obfainahle al This ime.
No attempt viii he made By Mr.
Bryan TO reply 20 The open letter of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31
LINING UP
FOR BRYAN

The great business lealass Of st
Louis and Chicago, who bolted the
Bryan ticket IN 1896, are now lining
MP sohdiy for him, 'optmiucany da-
clored National Jommiue sman ia e
hrady uron bis return From Chicng9.
zone he's 70 60 away from home ami
mix Win Ile people living I'm The
Doubtful states to really understand
and appreciate the trend towsrd Bryan
which is growing stronger cve-y day
q Is combined TO no class or I'd ct men
ana IS invading the ra2ks Of the
great middle classes everywhere.
Every member of the Cleveland
cabinet is now supporting Bran Be
fore ieaving Chicago Chairman Mack
had received messages from all the
great democratic leaders in New Yo-k
piedgiug harmony an.l victory. In the
opinion OF every member Of the sub
committee he democratic party has
splendid opportunity 10 carry tae
Empire state this tall for Bryan and
shake the foundations of the party Of
trusts and injunctions Ia the New
England and middle states.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31
BIC CRAFT
UNEARTHED
lBy Aasoelated Pressl

Indianapolis July 3i.-- Sensational
eidence wes given in the case Of the
state vs. John McGregor, county com
missioner who IS charged with accept
ire q hrlhe in connection with the In
stalation Of new boilers Ia the coun-
Iy poWerhouse.
Emmett S Huggins who declares ne
was In the deal with McGregor and
on whose testimony the latter was in
lieted. testified in ihe Marion county
criminal court that ne bad acted as
the go.betweeu' aud had paid Nc
GregOr $1,000 of a sum amounting TO
SO 500 he had received from the Atlas
Engine works of Indianapolis which
company had been awarded the con-
tract for the boilers The contract
price was 1881
Hugglns, while on he stand, also
confessed TO over ffty f9rgeries while
acting as clerk OF the counv commits
sioners's court He admitted embez-
ziing $4,000 from Marion county Dy
means of false warrants He further
tstiGed TO having entered the court
house at night time and stealing va
rious records 10 cover up MS mis-
deeds and TO having them burned. in
order TO destroy any possible eyi-
dence against him.
Arthur w. Willcutts. salesman for
the Atlas Engine WORKS, followed Hug
gins on the stand and admitted TO
the payment OF S3,S00 to Huggins TO
be used by the latter in paying com
missions u the county commissioner"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31
WILL RUN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

A. the meeting OF the city council
last evening an ordinance regulating
the form and terms OF the convention
han bonds was read and passed under
am emergency clause. The bonds aro
Of a 81 000 denomination, payable at
the end OF twenty-five years, interest
at 5 per cent per annum, payable semi
annually. An annual levy on the tax
able property TO the sum Of $500 is
to be made to pay the interest and a
sinking fund Of $4,000 MUST also be
raised every year The emergency
clause which was attached was put
TO separate vote by roll cali and
carried unanimously These bonds
were ordered prin ei Immediately.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31
THREAT MADE TO COMMERCE
COMMISSION EXECUTED
Japanese Likely TO Acquire Most
Of Pacific Merchant
= Marine Business


Chicago, July sf~-Ths cade Of the
United states with the Orient. Aus
iFalia and New Zealand, amounting
to over s250.00OO0O annually, and OF
Cana,ia with the same countries. has
been dealt q severe blow by the
franscontiuental railroads. which
have decided 10 abandon a large pore
tion II tais business
by the same action the railroads
controlled by the Edward n HFrl
man. James ]. Hill. the BsrNAnd SYM
dicate and the Canadian government
have made 1t possible It Is asserted
for the Japanese Eovnrnmen. To real
ize speedily its ambition to become
the master OF an the trade on the
Pacific seas.
The Canadian Pacific, Great North
ern. Northern Pacific, Union Pacific
90 'thern Pacific, Oregon short dne
an, Santa Fe roals haNe served no.
tice upon the shipper thar they viii
go out OF the export trade to china-
japan, Australia and New zealand
November 1, and practically viii
abanson the import trade
Garry Out Threat.
In so doing the roads are carrying
out a threat which was made 70 the
interstate commerce commission az
the time that body issued what is
known az rule Sc. II Is displeasure
at this rule and the belief upon the
part OF the railroad manager1 tnat
they cannot comply with 81 except az
the severe pe.ll OF their revenues on
domestic business winch caused them
70 abandon tn Oriental trade. The
rule In question requires the railroad
10 publish the inland proportions Of
their import and export rates, and az
subsequently modified by the commits
sicn NOT 10 change these rates uniei
a three days notice for an Increase
This action IS taken 5y The shin
uers to be a severe blow nor only q
trade relations between TIE 0rieWa
countries aud the United States. hu
also to an immediate revival Of pros
perity.
Japs Will Preat
TO the transcontinental railroad
themselves II means the loss OF be
tween S3,0O0.000 and S4.e00.00O an
nually, but this loss, il is declared, b
infnitesimal 10 that which woul'
threaten them II compelled to compll
with the order Of the commi ssion- !
IS stated that one effect of the abap
document Of a number OF the larges
Oriental steamship iiues.
Ii IS stated that the lines OF steam
ers maintained by the Hartman road
through the port OF San Francisco
through the port Of Seattle by th
Hill lines and through Vancouver b
the Canadian Pacific road viii 500
be fos sale. and that Il Is more tha
likely tnat the Japanese VIII be tn
purchasers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31

MY little boy, four years old, had
severe attack Of dysentery. We he'd
two physicians both Of them gave
him up. We then gave him Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Dlarrhoea
Remedy which cured him and believe
that saved his life William II Stroll
Ing Carbon viii. Ala. There IS no
doubt but this remedy saves the lives
of many children each year. Give 81
with castor oil according to the plain
printed directions and a cure is GER
tain, FoI sale by g r. Reniro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31


victor Rosewater, of Omaha, changing
@ conspiracy between air. bfyan and
his brotherin-law state Chairman All
lem 70 purloin' votes in Nebraska
"He simply addressed that letter TO Zoe
10 attfact attention. said Air Bryan.
le Is hardly the man 20 80 TO ths
popuare as guardian'
The actual preparation OF The speeeh
OF acceptance was began by sir. Brs-
an yesterday Among the notable ~
tors who VIII De present on the day Of
notification viii be John w. Kern of
Indiana The democratic vice presid n-
vial nominee Al the conclusion of the
exercises Mr Bryan viii receive the
notification conulittee ana several dis-
irsuisned guests al Fairwew
Unlike his distinguished opponent
waO refused 10 accept an elephant ats
mascot, Nr Bryan. in response TO
q letter from the agricultural society
of Minnesota toiaTaphed that he
would he delighted ayah himself of
their offer 10 send him an educated
mule as a mascot
"lie Is said to understand the hab-
its of the elephant, leclared MIR Bry-
am with o twinkle in Inc eye. and for
that reason, AMONG othecs I shall ac,
cept hin"
The swelierirg heat did not deter a
number of persons from going out o
Fairview and payus heir respects 10
the democratic candidate Tho were
{ cordially received and Mr. Br an him.
SELL although busily engaged i'm draft
I ing his speech took The time to per-
sOnally conduct his visitors through
/ his home and show them his priceless
collection OF art treasures gathered dug
/ ing his trip around the world
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31
REsIsTS OFFICER WHO kILLSElM


Special tc Daily Leader.
Marietta, Okla July 31--While re-
sisting arrest on the charge Of dis
turbing the peace at Leon Yesterday
afternoon at 2:S0, Robert Thompson,
a wellknown Chickasaw citizen. was
shot and fatally wounded by Deputy
Sheriff Boutwell,
The shooting occurred in the store
Of Joseph Faulkner. THOMPSON had
been drinking heavily for several days
and when Boutwell, approached MIN
he attempted to get his revolver AMI
Boutwell, fired Sheriff Davis has
gone "a the scene Of the killing.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31
SOURCE Of
IRRITATION

Washington. Iuly 81 inofl'iy lo
eXtraite offenders Cor so-cal.d po-
litical offenses which in the onfim
me administration are really crlt
thai should be exiradltable' is PROVING
a source OF great irritation ia ihe
effort Witch The United States govern
mont Is making 70 break up refQiU
iipnary activity alQns me AoHicau-
Itxas boundary This coupled Wt.
the dit6nhtg ~ deteeiirg and uoFah
conditions 90 the nea,r8lil lave FENDER
n dii0cuif 20 convince the MOS ~
.of tnc sincerity oi thls fenmen
in rs detoralnai1Q 10 Nunfh lnc
guilty
on hio rerepl trip 70 Oys,e Boz
Ambassador Crcei alkei over ihU
whole border iroubk Win Psehdon
Roosevelt Who Is deftrminea to nl.
an end 10 the trgub.o lps lar az iiea
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31
a REVELATION.

Il is revelation to people, the
severe cases Of lung trouble that have
been cured by Foley's Honey and Tar
lt not only stops the cough but heals
and strengthens the lungs. IL ~ Rug
giles. Reasnor, Iowa. writes THE
doctors said l had consumption, and
got no better until l took Foley 4
Honey and Tar. 1t stopped the hem
orrhages and pain In my lungs and
they are now as sound as a bullet"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31

Malaria Causes Loss Of Appetite.
The old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC, drives out ma
laria and builds up the system. For
grown people and Children SOC.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31

Three New styles in Ladies' Tan
$500 and $3.50 Shoes Just received at
Robinson's.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31

portion with soft delicate
called ia
nophuent aa vgoI il the blopd. long
be when
poons lining
untlea
Of catafrf
Arshihe eie Is4istas nAot though
eatah by cleansing ts blood Of al Impurities and roson Then
only resdy goes
particle o the from Just what
s.. Book Catarrh medical ALL
write THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, Ga.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-31

Choice Of any Mems or Ladies' s4.oo
oxfords at 1920; $3.50 oMords at
$3.50; $500 oxfofds at s2.4s. Robin
sons.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-11
WANT MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
Citizens of Birmingham Appeal to
Governor Following Assault
on Train.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. lo.-Mor h
three dozen arrests rave been made in con-
neetion with the shooting into a train bear
ing strike breakers and soldiers near Bloc
ton early sounday morning, in which three
men were killed and fifteen hurt. Many
citizens OF Birmingham are calling on the
governor to declare martial law In the
mining district, SO that the strikers can he
dissrmed, and where leaders are giving
advice that 10 inclined to be inflammatory,
they can he deported from the state OF
locked NJ in jail"
The men who were injured in the shoot.
ing are progressing nicely, except Robert
Sigmon. a laborer, who will probably die
before night.
In addition TO the First regiment Of the
Alabama National guards the Third bat.
TALON OF the Third regiment Is on duty
in the strike zone. Several mines were
started today. Sheriff Higdon's early re-
ports were to the effect that everything
was quiet in Jefferson county last night
and today. The reports from Shelby county
where four houses were dynamited satur-
day and a negro killed, are to the effect
that the deputies are still at work and
probably will add to the number of meI
arrested.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-11
sLAsAUoH OUT or THE RACE
witbarsws from Primary Contest for
Nomination - County At
torney

". " ~siabaush. formerly district Judge
and county attorney. has Withdrawn from
the race Tor county attorney for the rea-
sgn, a. hs states u. that there are others
faf mOre anxious 20 be prosecuting attorney
than he tsidor ziesler. who also filed
Tor the nomination. pulled out Immediately
following the closing u the filing period,
and With the withdrawal % Judge Slabaugh
thfrs remain but four candidates on the
republican ticket for the nomination. These
ars James &. Klnsier. Albert p. Sherry. n.
4. uoiilster ana Henry q Meyer.
~ a man does his whole duty, fearlessly,
Under his oath and the law and does not
simply draw his salary and follow the
limo ~ least resistance, u means a great
sacrifice 10 his private business. and for
SUCH an officer there ls little encouragement
and much criticism. says Judge ~slabaugh.
"T believe. like Roosevelt and my party,
national. state and county. In doing things,
not simply IN saying t~hings-work, not
words. count.
ITO read those strenuous pIanks in the
democratic platform on the criminal prose-
cution Of trusts and railrods, unlawfully
contributing and then look at Bryan's
chief hackers. Tammsny. Murphy, Sullivan,
Dahiman and the like. to enforce them,
seems like a t%ravesty on government.
Their lives run counter TO their platform
and protentions. For out OF such who made
them should come help for their enforce
ment. Defiers Of the law are not enforcers
of the law"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-11
FIRST VIOLENCE IN STRIKE
Passenger Train Near Winnipeg
stoned and Windows Broken
WoFkmen Leave Yards.

WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. o.-rhe first
act of violence OF the Canadian Pacific
railway strike occurred last midnight, when
almost ali the windows in the coaches of
a passenger train were broken by stones
hurled by unknoWA persons in the St,
Bonaface yards across Red river from
here. No one was injured.
Today twelve woTkmen who had begun
work yesterday walked out Of the yards,
remarking to the strikers pickets at the
gates that they did not propose to remain
imprisoned like eonvicts."
With regard to an assertion that the
present struggle is between the railroad
and union leaders rather than the men,
]. H.. Mevay said;
such a statement Is absurd. There was
not time enough between the issuing OF
the arbitration commission award and the
beginning Of the strike for us to Influence
the men. MOI was any such attempt made
All that was submitted 10 the men wal
the award OF the commission with the
question as TO whether the men would &C
eept OF not. The vote for a strike was
absolutely a spontaneous movement by this
men themselves and they are sticking e
Il with practical uaanimity."
Local strikers emphatieally deny thai
the engineers union viii support them. The
strikers say that in another week many
Of the trains viii be unfit for the road.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-11
FALLIERES' DAUGHTER WEEDS
Owing to Separation of Church and
state Ceremony Is COmDRra-
lively Simple,

PARIS, Aug. 10.-As a sequence to the
separation of church End state In France,
and. incidentally, because of the mourning
Of the bridegroom, the marriage today OF
Medicine Anne Marc Fallieres, daughter
OF the president Of the French republic, to
John Jean Joseph Edward Lanes. the presi-
dents secretary. was not attended with the
special brilliancy which one might expect
would embellish the nuptials Of the daugh-
ter of the president Of France.
Nevertheless, the function was a mem
orable social event, for all France, ire
~spective Of rank or situation in life, showed
a warm, genuine interest, evidencing the
sincere affection with which President Fall
Heres is held by the people.
The wedding was indeed striking for it's
simplicity. The marriage party drove to
the city hall of the Elysee palace arron-
basement where, In an artistic bower OF
flowers and in the presence OF Premier
Clemencoau and others of the cabinet and
officials. they were legally united ny Mayor
Roger Allo.
The marriage was blessed by a nuptial
mass at the church OF the Madelein, where
a great crowd had assembled to catch a
glimpse of the bride, who made an impress
sive picture as she mounted the high steps
on the arm OF her father, and walked up
the main aisle to the altar.
Foreign Minister Pinchon and Minister of
Marine Thomas were present at the cere-
mony, but there was no large official
delegation in attendance. owing to the fact
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-11
GIRL WITH THE CLASSY EYE
Lacy Turns the Blind Lamp nm Name
and Her Chum, Beating
Them Co II.

Two perfectly ladies were standing on
the corner Of Sixteenth and Farnam n
day evening waiting for their gentleman
friends.
Say, look there said one, "Whatdye
think o. that7 There's a girl carrying a
cigarette In her hand, lighted too. right
out on the street. Ny, what a nervel She
oughto be %pinched."
MY lord, Name" said the other,
that's Lucy. When did she start doing
things like that"
Dunno, she musta been goln' to the
bad somepum fierce. Are you goin' to
speak to her? 1 aIn't, I wouldn't speak to
her anyhow, but specially not when she's
smoking on the street. Geei'
The lady in question on the arm Of a
real sport sailed by without a glance in
their direction.
Name, she cut US. N that wasn't a
smoke, It was a joss stick. You amt up
on the fashions, Name"
Il don't care anyhow II she didn't speak,
I cut her, she didn't sec me at eli. That
was a swell fellow with her. wasn't IT.
Wen, what II It wasn't a, cigarette. she
might a been smoking one, she's capable
, OF IT,"
"Uhuh, come on here's the boys. Hullo,
Charlie And away they went.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-11
DRESSERS GRANTED DIVORCE
Ease Of Prominent New Workers il
Quietly Heard at Sioux
FalIa.

SIOUX FALLS, s. D., Aug. 10.-(Spe-
cial Telegram.)-Mrs. Daniel Leroy
Dresser. who last fall established a resi-
dence in Sioux Falls, was today granted
an absolute divorce from Daniel Dresser,
president Of the ~Shipbuilding trust and of
the Trust Company of the Republic Of
New York City. The divorce was granted
by Judge Frank B. Smith of Mitchell, sit
ting in the state circuit court I'm this city
In place of Judge Joseph w. Jones, the
regular Judge. who is on a trip 10 Eu-
rope The decree was granted Mrs. Dresser
on the ground Of desertion. The question
of allmony did not enter into the case
so far as the court records disclose, this
feature evidently having been adjusted
out OF court. At the hearing before Judge
Smith. Mrs. Dresser was represented by
United States Senator Kittredge of Sioux
Falls, while c.. W. Gould Of the New York
bar and +. r. Wians of Sioux Falls rep
resented Mr.. Dresser. The decree was
granted Immediately after the hearing.
Mrs. Dresser, II is stated in her behalf,
Is not yet ready to discuss her future
plans. She has, lived very quietly since
taking up her residence in Sioux Falls and
not until nearly four months after she
arrived in the city was her presence dis.
covered.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-11
LIFE ON THE FARM
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

consent to serve upon the commission on
country life. Ny immediate purpose in APP
pointing this commission lie TO secure from
IL such Information and advice as will en-
able men to make communications to con-
gress upon this extremely important mat
ter. / shall be glad II the commission will
report to me upon the present condition OF
country life, upon what means are now
available for supplying the deficiencies
which exist, and upon the best methods OF
organized permanent effort In investigation
and actual work along the lines l have
Indicated. You will doubtless also find II
necessary to suggest means for bringing
about the redlrection or better adoption OF
rural schools to the training OF children
for life on the farm. The national and
state agricultural departments must ulti-
mately Join with the various farmers and
agricultural organizations In the effort to
secure great efficiency and attractiveness
In country life.
In view Of the pressing Importance Of
report before the end Of next December.
For that reason the commission will Cub
less find 1t impracticnble to undertake eX-
tensive Investigations, but WIN rather con-
fine itself to a summary Of what In al
ready known. a statement OF the problem,
and the Recommendation Of measures tend
ing towards its solution. with the single
exception Of the conservation OF our nRtu-
raj resources, which underlies the problem
OF rural life, there is no other material
question of greater Importance now before
the American people. / shall look for
ward with the keenest interest to your re-
port. Sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.