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, 1908-05-06
OFFICER is
UN|NF0RMED
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF
COAL COMPANY DOES NOT
KNOW ABOUT THE MINE.
Could Not Say When Attempt Would
Be Made to Enter Workings of
Closed Mine at Hanna, But Would
Meet Local Official Upon Arrival
There-Superintendent Here.

ID. o. Clark of Omaha, general su.
perintenjent of the Union Pacific Goa
company, passed through the city at
1870 this afternoon, in his official car.
en- route to Portland, Ore, on business
for the company. He does not look
for much pleasure from the trip, he
says, but hopes to accomplish some
good, which is pleasure enough for a
conscientious superintendent of one
OF the big corporations of the west.
Asked About Mine.
General Superintendent Clark was
train waited and was asked concern-
ing the proposed reopening of mine
No. l at Hanna, which was closed
following the explosions of Saturday,
March %, when f%fty-nine men lost
their lives, fifty-four of the bodies be-
ing left in the mine when it was
sealed. He said that he knew nothing
of the reopening.
In Hands Of Local Officers.
THE matter is in the hands of the
local officials on the ground" he said,
and they will give the word when
the attempt to re-enter the mine is
to be made. Mr.. Bradbury is there
now, and l shall meet him when 1
reach Hanna. Now / know nothing
of his plans and am not prepared to
enlighten you in any manner l may
conclude to stop off at Hanna, which
will depend non word from him
General superintendent Here.
General Superintendent w. l.. Park
of the Union Pacific passed through
the city this afternoon, his official car
being attached to train No. 3. He is
ON his way to Salt Lake and will be
accompanied as far as Rawlins by Su-
p~erintenient Anderson Of the Wyo-
ming division and will be joined there
by Superintendent Whitney of tn,
Utah division. Mr.. Park will accom-
pany Vice President Cornish and other
officials of the system eastward from
Salt Lake.
Not Posted on Water Main.
When asked concerning the laying
of the water main on Grand avenue,
Mr.. Park stated that the matter was
entirely in the hands of the engineer
ing department and that he could not
say when work would be begun. 1t
was out of his jurisdiction.
Mr.. Park noted the building opera
lions in sight from the depot platform
and was told that Laramie has felt the
return of spring already. Il am glad,
he said, land hope for the city every
possible good"
, 1908-05-06
MURDEROUS RECORD
BEING UNEARTHEO

with the expectation of further de
velopments.
May Have Been Shipped In.
One theory advanced is that some ci
the bodies found were shipped here
from Chicago or some other point for
b.rial.
Monster Of Century.
From out of the mass tangled and
sensational evidence, which indicates
that Mrs. Belle Guinness was one oil
the most monstrous murderers of the
century, and that the farm was a
clearing house of assassination and
crime, there developed today the
startling theory that the woman did
not die in the fire which destroyed
her home the night of April %, and
that she is still alive. This theory is
strengthened by the fact that the head
of the woman found in the ruins af-
ter the fire is still missing.
Hunting for the Head.
Unless the head is found today, the
police will make a post norton ex-
animation of the remains and try to
learn if it was that of Mrs. Guinness
or one of her female victims. If the
corpse proves not to be that of Mrs.
Guinness, it is very likely that she
was also guilty of the murder of her
three children.
, 1908-05-06
ALkALI WATER is
NOT BAD FOR PLANTS

Herbert King of Rock River, who
was in the city this morning with his
mother, Mrs. NJ. E. King, on some
land business, called at The Repub-
lican Office during his stay in the city
to state that the water from the huge
reservoir being built near Rock River
is not harmful for vegetation, although
unfit for domestic or stock purposes,
perhaps. 1.-The water Will wet the
land, and our average crops under
such water last year was thirty-one
bushels of grain to the acre, so you
! see there can be not much harm in it."
Mr.. King says the recent storm was
welcome in his section, as it will tend
to foster blowing and seeding. The
plows continued in many of the fields
during the dry spell, but the land was
dry and the progress slow. The snow
will make a change in this and render
cultivation much swifter and more
| effective.
, 1908-05-06
DELEGATES GONE TO
STATE CONVENTION.

Otto Gramm, S. H. Campbell, Will
Schilling, l. w. Emmons, Justice Hugh
Hynds, Sheridan Downey Fred Cam
eron and Jesse Converse left last night
for Lander, by way of Cheyenne, where
they have gone to attend the repub-
lican state convention tomorrow.
They are instructed to vote for dele
gates to the national convention favor.
able to the nomination of Secretary
Taft for president and for the nomina-
ton of F. w. Mondell for congress
and Judge Carpenter for judge of the
Second district.
, 1908-05-06
NOTIFIED OF ILLNESS
OF AGED MOTHER.

Clark Pelton this morning received
a message from his father at Collins,
o., informing him of the serious i'll
ness OF mis- mother, now in her 10th
year. Mr.. Gran,m. the general man
ager of the Boston and Wyoming
Lumber company, was on his way to
Lander at the time of the receipt of
the telegram to Mr.. Pelton, and the
latter did no know until he could com
municate with Mr.. Gramm if he would
be able to cave for the Buckeye state
tonight.
, 1908-05-06
ARMY BILL PASSES.
Senator Warren Presents Complete Re.
port of the Conferees.

Washington. d. C., May 6.-Senator
Warren today reported to the senate
ferees on the army appropriation bill
and it was adopted. This makes a fat
increase of $500 a year in the pay of
officers and 80 per cen in the pay of
enlisted men of the army. The bill as
finally agreed to carries S95, 3S2,246.
, 1908-05-06
POLICE CALLED.
Ohio Democrats Require Presence of
Coppers at Convention.

Columbus. o, May 6.-Judson Har-
mon was nominated for governor and
resolutions strongly endorsing Bryan
and instructing the delegates to the
national convention to vote for him
were adopted by the democratic state
convention here today. Harmon was
nominated on the second ballot, after
a lively time, during which a squad
of police was called to maintain order.
, 1908-05-06
TO ATTEND
SYNODICAI SESSION,

A number of the ministers who will
attend the eighteenth annual conven-
ton of the Rocky Mountain synod,
which begins tonight at the Trinity
Lutheran church on the west side,
arrived today from the east. Rev. R,
B.. Peery, president of the synod, and
Rev. c. E, Sparks, the secretary, were
among the arrivals. The majority of
the gentlemen who will attend the
convention are from Colorado.
, 1908-05-06
THE ATLANTIC FLEET
IS At GOLDEN GATE
of the Connecticut as she entered the
historic bay of the western metropolis,
Thousands of STRANGERS.

of the Connecticut as she entered the
historic bay of the western metropolis.
Thousands of Strangers.
1t is estimated by railroad officials
that more than 300, 900 strangers have
been brought into San Francisco dur
ing the past forty-eight hours to as
sist in welcoming the fleet. Among
those here are the governors of half
a dozen western stGtes.
Secretary on Hand.
Secretary Metcalf has been here for
several days and will review the feet
In he harbor on Friday. For ten days
the official program has been mapped
out for the entertainment of the of
icers and men of the visiting ships.
Shores Are Lined.
With the earliest streaks of the
coming day thousands began this
morning to make their way 10 the
various points of vantage where they
might see the fleets entrance. At the
same time cores of steamers loaded
with excursionists lined the pathway
of the vessels to their anchorage.
Sought First Glimpse.
Many excursion steamers sailed out
side the harbor to give eager enthu-
siasts the first possible glimpse OF the
ships. The harbor itself was jammed
with pleasure craft of every kind
from the earliest dawn.
Pacific Fleet Awaits.
Just inside the inner harbor. in Lee
Angle island. the nine cruisers and five
torpedo boats of the Pacific feet wait
the arrival of their Atlantic brothers.
viii Join Procession.
The entry Of the battleships will he
the signal for them to get under way.
and as the last Of the eighteen battle
ships clear the island, the western
cruisers will steam into the line n
accompany the fleet on it's two hours
journey through the bay to anchorage.
Taft at Colon.
Colon, May 6.-The United States
auxiliary Prairie, with Secretary Taft
and members o fhis party aboard, ar
ried at $3.50 this morning.
, 1908-05-06
Former Lookout operator Here

Mrs. George Fedrick and son, Dick
from Thorpe, New, passed through to-
day on No. A for her old home in Kan
sas, being called there by the sickness
of her father, who had a second stroke
of paralysis. Mr.. and Mrs. Fedrick
used to work as operators at Lookout,
but are now stationed at Thorpe for
the San Pedro road. Mrs. Fejrick's
health is considerably improved since
going to a lower altitude.
, 1908-05-06
ELkS HAD CHARGE
OF FUNERAL TO-DAY.

The remains of George e. Baird of
Omaha were taken to the Elks' hall
at 10 O'Clock this morning, where
they lay in state until the funeral this
afternoon, a guard of the members of
the lodge being stationed at the hall.
The services of the lodge were held
at 2:30, the pallbearers being selected
from among the members of the local
organization. The interment was in
the city cemetery.
, 1908-05-06
A KILLING FROST
IN IOWA RECENTLY

A letter was received yesterday af-
ternoon from E. d. Hiskey, assistant
cashier of the First National bank,
VINO with Mrs. Hiskey is visiting at
'heir former home at Monroe, Ia,
hoting a killing frost there a few
nights ago, nipping tender vegetation
and doing some damage thereby.
, 1908-05-06
EXTRA REHEARSAL OF
THE CLORAI IINION

Extra rehearsal of the Choral union
will be held tonight at the Carnegie
library at Z o'clock. About fifty voices
are now preparing. with rehearsals ev-
cry Monday and Wednesday, for the
huge annual concert on Friday even
ing, May goth.
, 1908-05-06
E, EVEN BODIES FOUND ON SITE
OF BURNED BUILDING AT
LAPoRTE, INDIANA, TO
PRESENT TIME.
One Man Arrested as Suspect, But
Many Are Inclined to Believe
That Woman Was Murderess, Sc
curing Corpse Of Female and PIac-
ins 1t in Ruins of Burned Building
AS Being Her own-crime of Day.

Laporte, Ind, May 6.-Laporte to-
day is in the throes of a murder mys.
,erv that takes rank with the crimes
nrepertrated by DIR. Holmes of Chi.
cago and the Bender family of Kan
GAS. Eleven deaths was the total this
morning for which explanation is be-
ing sought.
Bodies Dismembsred.
Five bodies, some of them dismeni-
bered and parts sewed in ~gunnysacks,
were unearthed yesterday in the barn
ward of the burned Guinness house,
one mile out OF town.
One Arrest Made.
With four i~mperfectly identified
bodies recovered from the ruins OF
the house since the fire of April %,
which led to the arrest of Ray Lam
rhere, a carpenter, on suspicion OF
numbering Mrs. Belle Guinness, her
two daughters and small son., there
are nine bodies to be identified.
Woman May BE Murderess.
Mrs. Guinness is believed to be the
murderer OF the men and children.
ona dead man was lured to the GUM
ness home HI a matrimonial edvertise.
ment Two NJ Mrs Guinness's hus-
bands died under suspicious circum-
stances and both were insured.
House Burned Twice.
Twice fire DESTROYED her property
and in both cases she collected the
insurance TO-DAY It ia even intimated
, 1908-05-06
RAILROAD NOTES

oca Mason is in the city this after
noon.
]. F. Pierce returned to Rock River
today.
Pat Gallagher filed his brand Ger
~tifcate today.
Prof. ]. d. Towar returned today
from Cheyenne, where he had been
to attend the farmers conference, be
ing n of the speakers.
, 1908-05-06
UNIVERSITY BOYS
RELIEVE Transfer

A load of stone was stalled at the
university this morning, six horses be-
ing unable to move the load, and after
the drill hour the university cadets to
the number of forty or more, getting
ropes, pulled the load to the place
where wanted, Contractor Inman ex-
pressing his appreciation of the good
horse sense displayed by the young
men.
, 1908-05-06
SOUTHERN STORM.
Three Fatalities and Several Injured
by Wind and Rain.

Memphis, Tenn, May 6.-Three
dead, several injured and a consider
able property loss and decentralization
of traffic, resulted from a storm OF
wind and rain which swept over
southern Arkansas, western Tennessee
and Mississippi yesterday. The wind
tangled wires, while the rain caused
numerous washouts on railroads.
, 1908-05-06
DIVIDEND DECLARED.
Quarterly Earnings by SmeIters and
Securities Company Unchanged.

New York, May 6.-The American
Shelters and Securities company to-
day declared a quarterly dividend of
IL per cent on preferred A stock and
IA per cen on preferred B stock, I'M
changed from the previous quarter.
, 1908-05-06
Ohio Troops as Patrol.

Columbut, Ohio, May 6.-Troop B,
mounted troops, from the Columbus,
Ohio, National guard, left today by
special train for the tobacco district
of Brown county, where the tobacco
farmers are %terrorizei by night rid
ers from Kentucky. They will patrol
the river from Aberdeen to Higgins
port,
, 1908-05-06
ELECTRICIAN LEAVING
FOR HIS OLD HOME.

Percy Collins, who has been the
electrician for the light company here
for the past year, will leave Saturday
for his home in New York state. Mr..
Collins will not return to the city,
having been offered a responsible posi-
ton in that state.
, 1908-05-06
Q 9 6 G CO @ oooOOoo G
@ GRANTS REPRIEvg. C
} Governor Stays Execution Of Har-
} ry Orchard for Two Months.

Q Boise, Idaho, May 6.-Gover. G
Q nor Gooding today granted a re- G
9 prieve to Harry Orchard, SEN {,
Q fenced to hang on Friday of next q
Q week, to July 2. This action was @
. taken because a question YVES Q
Q raised as TO the legality of the g
@ board of pardons acting on new e
@ matter at a special session. g
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, 1908-05-06
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
HELD lA9T NIGk

Democratic primaries were held in
sne Inherent wards of the city last
Ign, the Third ward electing the fol
ing: R. L. Fee, Pat O'Connor, Ed
MURPHY, B. A. Stouffer. George E
nhiios, J. W. stryker. George J.. Nor.
sAa' T. 2. Kelly, Frank Davidson,
, 1908-05-06

When in need of job printing or any
thing in the book line call on The Re.
publican. First class work guaranteed.
, 1908-05-06

Why not get all the news when it is
by reading The Republican?
, 1908-05-06

Why not &c. all the news when it il
news BY reading The Republican,
, 1908-05-06
MOVING FOR
PROSPERITY
PRESIDENT OF TRUST COMPANY
SENDS GREETING TO PRESl-
DENT OF FIRST NATIONAL.

Festus j. Wade Has Asked President
lVinson to Interest People of This
Community In 1.-THE National Pros
perity Association" Calling Meet
ing If Necessary.
, 1908-05-06
Boys Murderous onsIauahts.

New York, May ga si%xteen-year-
old boy. known only as Carmello, and
employed in a barber shop in Brook
lyn, early today cut the throats of
his employer, Antonio reraso, Mrs.
Peraso and three BARRIERS while they
lay asleep in Peraso's apartments on
Elllt0n street
, 1908-05-06
Wounds May Be Fatal,

The wounds Of Peraso and his vile
are believed to be fatal, while those
of the three BARRIERS are serious, but
are probably not fatal. The boy es-
capped. The police believe the boy the
agent of a Blackhand gang.
, 1908-05-06
cotored Girl slain.

Washington Court House, Ohio,
May 6.-Bert Devaney, aged 40, white,
a well known horseman, last night snot
and killed Ida Bird, aged %, a col
ored girl, and fatally wounded her
mother. He then ran into the barn
of Silas Shackelford.
Killed Man and Himself.
Refusing to come out, Shackelford
went after him mi was shot and killed
by Devaney. Later Deyaney commit
ted suicide. 1t is thought he was in
sane.
, 1908-05-06

Was Refused Admittance

Devaney shot the girl and her
mother when he called at their house
and was refused admittance.
, 1908-05-06

Taft at Colon.
Colon, May 6.-The United States
auxiliary Prairie, with Secretary Taft
n members o fhis party aboard, ar
ried at $50 this morning.
, 1908-05-06

Continuing their digging at the same
place, they came upon the skeletons Of
two more persons, but 1t was impos'
sible to tell whether they were male
Or female. Digging in the ground in
the yard was continued this afternoon,
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'State Question No. 2 !
The 7onens Systens


land owner TO procure an abstract,
which usuually costs Sl.00 page with
the minimum price OF $500. there is
one page Cor every transfer hence
in the course Of hundred years say
these transfers each costing so cents
TO Sl00 a page; every step since the
beginning OF the sale Of that land is
recited in an abstract A friend OF
mine recently told me OF one abstract
IN the state OF Kansas that cost him
$1,49c.00. There was an abstract
made out In the City of Mexico a short
while ago that weighed 500 pounds
and cost many thousands of dollars.
The next step of the purchaser is to
present that abstract 10 a lawyer and
retain him TO look Il over and rende.
an opinion as to the title. The law
yer does SO and gives an opinion that
may be good and 1t NAY be absolute
~ worthless; the man goes upon the
land lperhaps It Is unimproved) he
builds home apou Il and after he
Is fixed and feels that nc is sniell
anchored once IN home. Years rolled
by; a defect In the title is discovered; /;
the real owner sued him for posses
sion; he gOes Into court. Is defeated
in the first trial, he soils some Of his
personal property and appeals th,
case aud hires additional counsei hc
loses again and goes 10 the supreme
court whore he loses not only the per
sonal property which he had to spend
/ for attorneys fees and court costs, bui
loses his case and HIS home. This Il
not oyerdrawn. hundreds OF occur
rcnccs OF this kind have happened, i
Is not AN exception eyon TO The rule
! Il rs the rule. Again under The ab
/ straci system nnn desires 20 bor
, row somc mOuoy quickly tO save him
perhaps from financial ruin; ho goo
10 the bank, the bank is afraid Of tn
uolr, the bank has no certain mean
Of Knowing especially AZ The nomeui
perhaps by reason of not being abb
10 get ,he lUan when he bad lande,
security he meets with financial ruin
Now, the TOrrcns' system Is the ~
verse, itis not a registration OF deed
and ev.dehce Ol title II Is an absoiur
registeroi title. First however, ther
Unjust be trials 70 determine th
ownership and then all deeds are can
cellcd and an eNcept leans or lien
upon the land q certificate Is isses
20 the owner for the decree and afte
that there Is never but one outstano
ing certificate and that certilicat
shows every condition Of title. An
man as soon as he sees The certii
cate and Il is marked "Torrens Land
knows that II is good. # IS just .
sound aud as safe as buying a goverl
mcni bond in fact The Wall Stree
loufeel leai sfrlng said ihai y
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-20

liens existing, there would not be any
mortgages filed. but all liens would
show themselves on the face of the
certificate. The transfers made would
cost the ordinary fee of so cents or
si.O0, of getting certificates Of any
matter or copies of ordinary certifi.
Gates OF any matter OF record II Is
just simple, and indeed works on the
same plan of transferring stock in q
corporation or the books of the cem-
pany, except the land is transferred
onthe books OF the Torrens' Land Rec
oids by a bonded officer Of the state,
usually made by the register OF deeds.
Now opponents of this system when
they make an argument against Il they
begin to recite that II is declared un-
constitutional in Illinois and Ohio.
Yes, that is true. True because there
was some kind OF sympathy, in one
instance. between the lawyer and the
court; In others because the state con-
stitution, but il has been tested before
the supreme court of Massachusetts
aud has gone to the supreme court OF
the United States IN the case where
in the supreme court Of the United
States has said that it complied with
the due process OF law OF the land
and that fl did not violate the cOnsfi'
tuition of the United States, ii il did
not violate the constitution Of the
state. II was declared unconstltn-
lional in Illinois because there was il-
dicial pewers placed upon the CLERK,
although II is In force In a detective
way n Cook county, Illinois. and yet
z hold before me a book from a real
estate dealer of Illinois In which there
ere the nRmes Of some 800 business
men, bankers. real estate dealers
railroad magnatcs. capitalists and
other citizens OF Chicago all stating
that they we're satisfied with the Tor
irons' laud certificate under the Ill
nols plah, even in It's defective form
Railroad presidents say In this book
let that they would accept a Torrens
iaud certificate in preference 10 a war
ranty deed backed up by bond e
guarantee tlile because ID is safer ant
as yOn know bonds arc supposed t'
hc tho safest thing in tie business
world.
Nuw word a. TO aly the COn5iilil
tion Of Oklahoma Should ho amcndes
and ! wagt 10 say ln That oQiuwuiiol
lat from the floor Of The SeQnnyal
convention 1 had this provision put IN
to the SeQuoyah constitution Frou
the floor OF the constitutional oonsen
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Torrens' Land Certificate is the safest
security that could be made by law"
have but recently "a letter from The
Governor General Of Ontario. in one
of the provinces of Canada, In which
he said: "Of all the many things OF
which we are proud in this province
we are most proud of our Torrens
Land Law" Now, suppose the hold
er Of a Torrens' Certificate desired 70
borrow some money upon tract OF
100 acres of land, say $4,000 and he'd
80 to Representative Briggs bank
over there and say desire to borrow
100000 Mr.. Briggs would say, is your
land abstract land or Torrens'?' II
he should reply abstract Mr.. Briggs
would say I would like to submit that
to my attorney first; and perhaps at
the end of a week he might get an
opinion and then refuse the loan, but
Il he said it's Torrens' he wonld say
let me see the certificate. The mo.
ment he looked upon the certificate
/ he knew every condition OF the title
| without a single cent Of expense. Now,
the only thing he would want TO know
would be the kind of land or about
what the land was worth. II he knew
of the land he would be ready then,
as he would ever be, to make the loan
because he would know the whole
power Of the state was behind that
/ property to protect the Title. Now
suppose he would loan the $4,000
the owner would have that certificate
cancelled on the clork's records and a
new one issued to the owner, whom
we viii suppose to be Representative
Rainey here, ON the face of that cec
/ ulicate issued To Rainey, would Dc
this statement: &c. w. Briggs holds
% first lien for the sum Of $4,000 on
this tract OF land." Then IL Mr.
Rainey would show .hat certificate t.
anyone Il could be seen easily wbai
the condition Of the title Is, that Is
say, that the title in fee belonged 4
r. NJ Ralney, OF Atoka, but that G
W. Briggs. Of Granite, holds frs
licn of $4,000 Now suppose M;
llainey AZ a later date would desire
10 borrow $4,000 and he should so q
Representative Robert j0huson's hanl
m the town of Cbickasha, Mr. John
son would ask what kind oi land Is IL
"abstracf or "rnrrrns Mr Ralne.
would answer ID is "rorreus The,
he would ASK 10 see the certificate
= when Johnson lnohrd at the cortiiicali
| he would know The condition of III
title aud the only question that h
would want 10 know Is whether or no
the land would stand one more hul
5 ired dollars II he knew, from traye
ing over the lard or from his person
? al knowledge previously gained, Il .
ne valuable land he would be as read
Z then as be ever would be 10 loan d
that piece OF land Should he max
the loan that certificate would be car
celled and q new one issued shown
Z that land belonged TO X. NJ Rainel
that The first lien was held by G. "
Briggs for $4,000, and that seeoa
! lien was held by Robert H. Johnso
for $4,000 Now as Mr.. Rainey pal
s Oft that lien the same process OF cal
+ ceiling the certificate and the ieeI
T amen ~ new ones elimlnailng the pa
. nuni. aVA ail h.d heen pad Ai,d