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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-20
EImwood JottIngs.


Quite snow last Thursday night
and Friday.
Miss Matte McCannon IL still quite
sick.
The revival meeting is changed from
the Garret school house TO Elmwood
on account Of the heavy snow and bad
roads, there being more settlers along
the Creek.
Sam Lard and family have been at
John Kiles the past week ard attend
ing the revival meeting
Johnnie Johnson is spending a few
days visiting at his mothers and other
friends on Clear Creek.
Mr.. Bridges, the Como mail man did
not make his trip Friday or Saturday
The rabbit hunters had a big time
Saturday but rabbits were not very
plenty.
John vandevener and family spent
Saturday evening at Mrs. Groves.
Will Barrier is making dugout or
his claim. Look out girls he will sure
ly want Il housekeeper.
Dell Campbell is reported better.
Most of the news got under the snow
drifts Thursday night and have no
melted out 90 we could not get them
| A CALLER.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-20
Official Call for the Republican
Congressional Convention
Second District, of
Oklahoma.

Pursuant to the action taken by the
Republican Congressional Committee
of the Second District OF Oklahoma, in
meeting assembled at Oklahoma City
January 9th, 1905 and by yirture OF the
authority vested in me as Chairman OF
this Committee. The Republican
Congressional Convention, is hereby
called To meet AT Alva. Oklahoma, at
10 O'Clock a. IN. on Wednesday, Febru-
AIRY 26th, 1908 for the following pur-
poses:
To elect two delegates and two alter
mates from the second Congressional
District Of Oklahoma TO the National
Republican Convention to be held in
Chicago, Illinois, June 18th 1908.
To recommend to the State R-publi-
can Convention, one Presidential elec-
tor, to the National electoral college
The basis OF representation to the
Congressional Convention shall be al
| follows:
One delegate for each 200 votes ol
major portion thereof cast for Hon. I
| B. Ferguson for Congress, al the elec
tiun held Sept. 18th, 1908, with one
delegate-at-large from each county. =.
The following aDportionment givei
| the number OF delegates allowed eacf
| County and fractional parts Of Counties
in this District, including one delegate
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-20
Do You Want Seeds?

TIL. HERALD is in receipt of the fol-
lowing letter from Senator Owen,
which we publish for the benefit of
those who desire free government
seeds.
Publisher HERALD:-
Dear Sir:
/ am very desirous
OF obtaining a proper mailing list for
those who wish the seeds distributed
by the agricultural department.
do not wish to send them to those
who do not want them. do wish to
send them to those who would like to
utilize such seed therefore request
citizens who wish these seeds and can
use them to send me their request for
seed on postal card for my files, so
that may make proper distribution
Yours very Truly,
RoBERT l.. OWEN.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-20
As Others See Us.
What r. Shipper Thinks and
Says Of Us Ia His Engle.
wood Tribune

Last Thursday afternoon, the editor
of the Tribune drove over to our dis
tant neighbor city Of Beaver. in Okla
homa. After ride Of some six hours,
PASSING through some Of M fine country
~ ever crow flew over, we arrived at
our destination, much pleased at what
we saw and the general condition Of
crops, especially OF wheat. Much
plowng has been done and an early
planting Of corn and other spring crops
Is well assured.
While AT Beaver, we were guests OF
the Beaver City Hotel. and the genial
proprietor. MI. Thompson, made US to
feel ns though we were lat home"
Beaver city is q nice growing, active
little town Of some 800 people or more
and has N large mercantile circle COM
posed of progressive, energetic men
who arc not afraid To put their shoulder
TO the wheel to keep the wagon of pro.
gression and enterprise moving, and
especially is this so In regards to any
Legitimate form, OF public enterprise
According to the early history, Bea-
yer was founded early after the war by
Jim Lane, who built large adobe
house which was used M cowboy
hotel and store. Part Of this old
building stillrcmains. For many years
the cowboys Of the prairies rounded up
at this place to get their provisions
and mail, and many times trough
house" was experienced by members
of opposing ranches and herders.
While the Border law" was rigidly
obseryed, yet the wild spirit Of adven-
ture and excitement could not be con-
irollcd and many times the bark OF
the pistol" was signal for general
light, However, thingsare now entirely
different. aud Beaver City enjoys u
moral peace aud tranquility seldom
cqualed by cities Of the older settled
countries, Lawlessness and disorde or
" as quickly punished here as in any
ARE sociable and refined, cultured and
Religious and secret organizations
ilourishcs within Its confines and one
of the best criterions Of the high moral
character of her people is the healthy
aud vigorous growth OF such societies
Alta meeting OF the Beaver CONNER
cial Club @!ttyh citizens last Friday
night, II proposition was made to form
n company for the purpose OF furnish
ing the town with the modern conven-
fences in the shape OF electric lights
and water. The enthusiasm with
which the project was received and the
appointing of committees only goes 81
show that the people OF Beaver are
wide-awake In the matter OF all public
enterprises whereby their town and
community may pbe benefited. We
expect to zee ut no. very late date, the
citizens Of Beaver enjoying fine elec-
tric light and water system, and the
opcrationg OF IAN electric railway from
their towlf ~ some point on the Rock
Island Railroad, which when placed IL
operation. will open up the most pro-
ductive and valuable scope OF county
in the great southwest. 1t takes Just
such public spirited people Ms those ol
Beaver tn develope u couRtry's re-
sources, and 10 US il looks as IL these
people Of the southwest are awake to
their opportunities and will take ad,
vantage OF them.
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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-20

The Townships of Hamburg, Preston
Fairyiew, Churchill, Rail, Lone Star
Texmo. Shirley and Crowford in Rog.
er Mills county, 3.
The Townships of Verden, Washing
ton, Valley and Kechi in Grady county
2. Making total Of l43.
Each member of the Congressional
Committee shall join with the Char.
man Of the County Central Committed
of his respective county in calling the
County Conyention, to be held prior t.
the Congressional Convention ant
there elect the delegates as alb I'VE ap
portioned, to the Congressional Con
vention.
Attest
J.C. FISHER, Chairman
VIM A.. BRIGGs. Secretary
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-20
Official Directory
U. S. Land Office, Woodward

u. S. Land Office, Woodward
ES Virgins, Receiver
Dick 7 Morgan, Register
District Court Officers.
Hon Il II. Loofbourrow, Judge
Hon. John Embry, U. y. Attorney
John X. Alternately, U. s. hsrshal
W T Quinn, District Clerk
County Officers.
Albert wellborn attorney
John Sims, Treasurer
W l. Beardsley, Clerk
Clyde Maple. Sheriff
Jw CulwclI, County Judge
0w Meeks, supt OF Schools
Ada B Smith, Register Of Deeds
LIS Munsell, Coroner
W q Fields, Surveyor
Maphct, Com LIST District
BCLewis, Com. I'd District
AP P,Hatfield, Com 3d District
commissioners Meet
The First Monday In Janusr. April
July and October.
County Court
The First Monday In January, March
May, July, September, and November
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-20
County Court

The First Monday In January, March,
May, July, September, and November
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-20
or. !. 4. MILLER,
Dental Sur0s0n.

I have located in Beaver for the
practice of dentistry in all its branch
es. Plate work speciality. Twill be
absent from my office one week begin
ming with the first Monday In each
month. Respectfully,
j. A. MILLER.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-02-20
Archer S. Barrow

Auctioneer and Live Stock Salesman.
Will cry sales anywhere. Address,
Floris, Oklahoma, r.. f. ID. No. 2.
Il-28 II.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07
BOZ B ThR0WER AT
WORK IN CHICAGO

Chicago, May 6.-Charles w. Kirch-
ner and the members of his family mar
rowly escaped death last night when
d mysterious bomb explosion tore out
the front of their residence and broke
windows in all the adjacent houses.
Kirchner is lumber foreman.
The explosion aroused much excite
ment Hurried calls were sent for the
police, but the perpetrators escaped.
Kirchner lays the plot to labor trou-
bles and admits that he has made some
enemies in looking after the interest
Of his employers, the Mears-Slayton
Lumber Company. The company offers
a reward of $500 for the arrest of the
lynamiters.
Kirchner and his wife and several
OF their children had retired to their
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07

Every hotel boarding house ana phi
Yate residence within the neighbour
hood Of San Francisco is taxed to the
oEeriloNing, and the crowded condi-
lions are expected to continue during
the most Of the 10 days program of
entertainment provided for the officers
and men of the visiting ships.
Within the earliest streaks of the
coming day, thousands Who wished to
view the historic spectacle of the
fleet $ entrance began to make their
way to points OF vantage along the
shore running both north and south OF
the Golden Gate
The harbor itself was damned with
pleasure craft
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07
The BANK OF PINE BLUFF
Every Nation i.
at Tho csnfsreaee

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
Baltimore. Nd, May 6.--Eyery ma.
ton on the globe. even China, India
and Japan. were represented In tho
eight hundred delegates to the In.
ternational conference Of the Metho.
dist church. which was called to order
today by Bishop John NJ. Walden Of
Cincinnati in the Lyric theater. The
days business consisted merely Of
meeting Of the Standing committees
when It was arranged that they are
to gather in different theaters instead
OF the. ante-room of the theater To-
night the delegates We're welcomed by
Governor Crothers and Mayor Mahol,
and Rev. Dr. St. Clair responded.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07
he farm some time ago.

the farm some time ago.
Sheriff Smulzer has advance the the
Dry that some Of the bodies may have
been sent there from Chicago In an ef-
fort to cover up crimes in that city
lie has asked the Chicago police to
Investigate the antecedents OF the
Guinness woman, she having lived In
that city prior to her appearance hero
in 1900. =
That the fire which caused the
deaths of those children and the mother
was Of Inceudiary origin Is the firm be-
lief Of the local authorities. Also they
deeply suspicion that Roy 1amphere.
driven BY jealousy, is the man who
started the fatal blaze.
The victims SO far unearthed are:
Alice Olsen, aged 16: adopted
daughter Of Mrs. Guinness.
Andrew Heldesren, aged 80, sutton
Of Mrs. Guinness, from Aberdeen, S. G.
Two unknown men and one un-
known woman.
Mrs. Belle Guinness, aged So. mother
and three children, Miccle, aged IL;
Lucy, aged 9, and Philip, aged S.
-'"'' Is She Still Alive9
From out the mass of tangled and
sensational evidence which indicates
that Mrs. Bella Guinness was one of
the most monstrous murderers of the
century and that her beautiful and
we'll kept farm a mile northeast Of
La Porte was a clearing house for as
fsassination and crime, there developed
today the startling theory that the wo>
man did not die in the fire which de-
stroyel her home on the night of April
%, and that She is still alive and hid
ing probably in Chicago.
This theory is strengthened by the
fact that the head of the body of the
| woman found in the ruins of the Gun
ness home after the fire is still miss
ing, although every effort has been
made by the authorities to locate it,
even going through the charred tim
bers piece by piece. Unless the head
| IS found today, officers will make a
post-mortem examination OF the re-
mains of Mrs. Guinness and subject
| them to q more careful analysis to
learn whether or not the woman was
killed in the fire Or she substituted the
remains of one of her female victims
| for herself and then set fire to the
house in order to cover up the crime.
Three More Bodies Found.
1t is reported, but not yet confirmed,
that three more bodies have been
found in the cellar of the Guinness
house.
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May Run Out
Western Union

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
Cincinnati, May Elm letter to the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
Prosecutor Rulison today threatened
to begin action to Gust the company
from Ohioif it continued to furnish wire
service to bucket shops He also inform
ed owners of buildings where bucket
shops We're located that they would be
fined if they did not eject them. The
John w. BALKAN Brokerage Company
today assigned. The liabilities are
$4,000 and assets $4,000
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07
fleet GIVEN GRAND
OVATION AT FRISCO

making life uncomfortable for every
body aboard.
Wireless dispatches sent from the
ships to shore during the night told
of the preparations for entry into San
Francisco Bay, under the glare OF the
MONDAY sun. The movements Of the
fleet were SO timed by navigators that
the Connecticut passed within the
headlines of the gateway at Point
Bonita on the north and Point Lobos
on the south at exactly II o'clock.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, who
left the feet after the first 10 days
target practice at Magdalena Bay and
went to Paso Rombles, Hot Springs,
for treatment, rejoined the fleet yester-
day at Monterey and took up quar-
tiers in the emergency cabin of the Con
necticut, where he spent most of his
time during the long trip from Hamp-
ton Roads.
Governors Welcome Fleet.
The governors of half a dozen West
ern States arrived here to voice the
welcome of the entire west to the bat
tleships of the navy and the more
humble citizens of the various com
monwealths have flocked to this city,
to Oakland, to Alamenda, and many
suburbs of all these cities in unpre-
cedented numbers. 1t is estimated to-
dav that more than 100000 strangers
have been brought to San Francisco
alone during the last As hours.
The fleet has been the topic of every
CITY town or hamlet within several
hundred miles of San Francisco during
the past two months, and every person
able to make the trip has come to Wit
ness both the arrival today and the
review of the fleet in the harbor by
Secretary Melcalf on Friday.
The secretary has been in the city
for several days and on board his re-
viewing ship, the Yorktown, saw the
entry of the magnificent line OF fight
ing vessels today from just within the
lharbor gates.
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ditions it is quite probable that the
prosecuting attorney at Fort Smith,
according to the facts stated in his
letter, has some material to work on,
and his instructions from the attorney
general are that such violations OF the
law must be prohibited. The "orig-
inal package" theory can not be
worked in Arkansas.
The letter from Attorney-General
Kirby TO Mr.. Mcdonald is as follows:
Hon. A. A. Mcdonald, Prosecuting Al
torney, Twelfth District, Fort Smith,
Ark:
Dear Sir-Yours of the 4th inst,
asking my opinion as to whether or
not agents having been shipped to
them in the state and selling same In
original packages, are subject to the
liquor license laws Of the State and
punishable for violation thereof. is
received. a.
:. Yes. Congress, by the Wilson act,
2e Stat 713. C. 72S. adopted special
rule enabling the states to extend their
authority as to such liquor shipped
from other states before it becomes
comminsled with the mass of other
property in the State by sale in the
original package. and the power Of
the State of Arkansas attaches to fer
mented and intoxicating liquors when
shipped into the State from other
states after delivery and before the
sale in the original package, and such
sale is subject to our laws and regula-
tons as completely as though the
liquors were produced within the State.
Delemater VS.. S. Dakota, 20, U. S.
SO.
Any sale OF them by such agent in
the original package or otherwise,
without license, is violation of our
law aud subjects the seller to the pen
alties thereof. Yours very truly,
w. F.. KIRBY.
Attorney General.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07
THE LAP0RTE, Ind,
MURDER MYSTERY
Bella Guinness of LaPorte Ind. Believed to Have Been
One of the Most Fiendsh Murderers of Century
Eight Bodies Recovered From Burying Ground
Believed Accomplish Slew Mother and Three Chill
dren-Is Being Held Under Searching Examination.

LaPorte, Ind. May 6.-The discov-
cry yesterday Of the remains of Mrs.
Bella Guinness and her three children
in the charred remnants of their home,
one mile, north OF this place, has re-
vealed the fact that large number Of
bodies have been buried on the farm,
and it is believed that Mrs. Guinness is
one OF the most tiendish murderesses
in history.
The barnyard of the home was liter
ally streWn with buried corpses, some
of which have been identified as the
remains of persons who have disap-
peared from this locality in the past
eight years.
The Ere which destroyed the home
is believed to have been Of incendiary
origin and Roy .amphere has been ar
rested on suspicion. -.
Further excavation which may re-
veal more bodies on the corpse-strewn
farm Of Mrs. Bella Guinness. one mile
north Of here, Is promised for today
by A. F. Smulzer, sheriff Of I4aPorte
county.
In addition Roy Lamphere, who is
held ,on charge OF having caused the
deaths Of Mrs. Guinness and her three
children who were incinerated in the
fire which destroyed her home on April
%. Will be subjected to another exam
nation before Justice Smith.
1t is hoped by Mr.. Smith that Lam
phere will shed some light ON the bod
les found in the barnyard of the Gun
ness home yesterday. One is believed
to be that of Nadrew Helgelein OF
Mansfild, S. c., who was a suitor for
Mrs. Guinness hand. Another may be
the mortal remains of Bonnie Olson
Foster, daughter of Mrs. Guinness
who disappeared in 1906. The third
is partially accounted for as that OF an
unidentified man who visited the place
two or more years ago.
Other skeletons thought to be those
Of the children, are unexplained, al
though Lamphere told the sheriff last
night that child disappeared from
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07

different rooms and some of them were
already asleep when they were all
thrown from their beds. At first they
thought an earthquake was shaking
the house down, but when the excite
ment subsidized, an investigation was
made and the cause of the trouble was
found
Leo Kirchner, 16 years old, son of
Charles w. Kirchner, was entering the
front yard when the bomb exploded.
He was blinded by the flash and hurled
to the sidewalk.
William Kirchner, "a years old, an
invalid, was assisted to the street
with difficulty. Other members Of the
family are:
Joseph, 21\ years old; Louis, 16;
Frances, 10; Walter 3, and Marie, 10
years of age.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07
Hartman and
Gould Make. u

Hearst News Special to the Graphic
New York, May 6.~-There is a we'll
defined rumor on Wall street today
that Hartman has secured control of
the Western Maryland, Gould line, in
the hands of a receiver. The rumor
carries the statement that Hartman
and Could, after years of enmity, now
have become friends.
1t is said that Hartman will sue
coed Stuyvesant Fish as director in
the Missouri Pacific.
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Original. PACKAGE"
SCHEME WON'T WORK
Attorney General Kirby Gives Out Important Opinion
Regarding Sale of Intox icants in Arkansas-Must
Be in Accordance With Local License Laws-Fort
Smith Alleged Volators.

Hereafter original package men
had better look we'll to their practices,
as an opinion handed down by Attor-
ney-General Kirby this morning puts
the ban Of law violation upon the
practice of selling beer or other intox!-
cants in Arkansas territory without
regard to the local laws.
The opinion was prompted by a
communication from Prosecuting At
torney Mcdonald of Fort Smith, who
stated in letter to Mr.. Kirby that as
man as four saloonkeepers in his city
were shipping in beer by the carload
and then selling 1t by the key or bar
rel, under, the immunity apparently
granted by the Original package
principle, 1t being held that it was
no violation to sell intoxicating liquors
in the original package or barrel in
which they were shipped into the
state, and that the local laws requiring
license did not apply until the peck
age had been broken open and the goods
commingled with other retail goods.
This was in keeping with an opinion
OF the state supreme court rendered in
1891, after the passage Of the Wilson
act. and apparently without cognizance
Of the existence Or effect Of the VII
son law. The Wilson act was passed
in 1890 by Congress, and extended the
state jurisdiction as to licensing liquor
dealers not only to those who sold in
the retail package, but to those as we'll
who sold in the original package
In other words, it covered all liquor
sales and made them amenable to the
state and local laws.
Under this law. whoever sells intox-
icatins liquors either in retail or
Original package" form, must con-
ply with the county, city OF other IL
cense conditions, and in case of failure
he is guilty of violating the laws and
subject, on conviction. TO fine or i'm
prisonment or both Under these con-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07
Former President
Cleveland Sinking

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
Lakewood, N. j., May 6.-Groyer
Cleveland is slowly sinking, according
to information obtained tonight from
Lakewood Hotel. It is said he can
take no nourshment which, With his
age, makes his condition precarious.
DR.. Lockwood, the New York stom-
ach specialist, has been hurriedly call
ed here and will make an examination
Of patient tomorrow. DR.. Bryant, the
family physician, refused to talk about
his patients condition.
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Powers Pardon
Was False Alarm,

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
Louisville, Ky, May 6.-The Repub-
lican State convention was thrown in
to a wild panic of joy today by the an
nouncement that Caleb Powers, alleg-
ed murderer of Gov. Goebel had been
pardoned. Money was thrown on the
stage to hire special train to bring
Powers to the convention. The re-
port proved untrue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07

San Francisco, May 6.--Four months
and 20 days out from Hampton
Roads, the Atlantic fleet of battleships
and the Second American torpedo flo
tilla steamed today within the Golden
Gate and cast anchor in the harbor
of San Francisco, where a welcome
characteristic of truly Western hos
pitality awaited them.
All night the 16 battleships lay at
anchor off the outer lightship gently
rolling about in a restless manner anu
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07
Modest in Dress, Smart il
Style.

Our spring suitings cover this point
in every detail and we tailor them
with this idea in view. Our constantly
increasing patronage is the very best
evidence that we please our clientele
of trade. Eisenkramer the Ialior'
over Citizens Bank, Second avenue
corner Pine street.
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T eddy Followers
Endorse Mr., Taft

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
Birmingham, May 6.--The admins
tration faction of the Republican State
convention today endorsed Taft for
the Presidency.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-07

Mrs. NJ. C. Cross of Pine Bluff, came
down last Tuesday evening to see her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Hankins, Jr.,
who has been quite sick. Mrs. Han
kins recovered sufficiently to accom-
pany her mother on her return to Pine
Bluff Saturday. Monticello Advance