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Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
coFFEY CASE ARGUED

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 16.-Argu neuts in the case of former Super visor NJ. ". Coffey. charged with hay ing accepted a bribe of S4O0O in con sidcration of which he voted for grant ing a franchise to the United Rail roads. under which the company ccn' verted au its lines 70 anoverhead trolley system.' were completed this morning and the charge 10 the jury VIII be delivered by Judge Dunn to- morrow morning.
 With the tria of Coaey the first Of any member Of the society called the SchmidtZ board oi supervisors on charges arising ont Of bribery-graft investigation has been taken up. COhey. with rest of the board members. was granted inmu- niry, but this later wes withdrawn in his case. as the prosecution alle9ed he had not lived up to ms contract in giving evidence at other trials inci- dental 10 investigation.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
OLD LOVE IS REVIVED

CLRAkSDALE, Mss. Feb 16.-A romance, starting in Mississippi. ez- tending to the Philippines, thence around the world. has ended with Ln,s marriage here of Thomas II. Ray and
 Mrs. Gertrude Ray. The groom is a soldier in Uncle Sam's army. His
 bride is his second wife. but she also happened to be nj first until spat. followed by divorce proceeding. caused Ia separation They were first mar ried in 1901 at Water Valley. Miss. Then Lieutenant Rays regiment Has ordered to the Orient.
 Legal proceedings soon followed, re sulting in q divOorce. Meantime Lieu tenant Ray remained single So diG
 his wife. He reached here a few days ago from Fort Thomas, Ky. where his lregimenL Is stationed, and. meeting
 his wife, they agreed to bury differ.
 ences. Rev. F.. b. Solomon tied the knot.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
WRESTLER ISSUES CHALLENGE

Eugene Traveller late of COlarado SuriuEs. Colo. issues a challenge
 throuEn the Review JO Wrestls any
 man ir Bisbee or the surrounding dis
 trict at l52 pounds. his nat weight.
 He Is willing, he states. 70 pest a sid, .bcg o7 sg5o >trd have winner take all in & match os catch ac catch can style- The last matches had by Traveller, ac- cUrding tO his statement, vas at El Pasc. Texas. where he hooreo three men. Kennedy. Graham and Lett lie insists that any one approaching ana him shall be oB the mat square, as nc will consider TO framed-up bouts. He can be found ar Lowell with the Rus- sell Carnival cunpary.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
FAMOUS PORTLAND THEATER TO CLOSE

PORTLAND. Me, Feb. l6.-The Portland theatre, one of the most famous houses in New England. will close it's doors Saturday night for ever Notice has been served on James E.. Moore. its lessee. by the present own CTS of the property. the State Loan company. and the Fidelity Trust company, that it is to be torn down to give way to a business block to be erected as soon as possible, and that the building must be vacated.
 No event in the recent history of Portland, outside the burning of the old city hall, will strike a deeper chord In the hearts of large number of residents of the city or is hosts of summer visitors than the closing of the long and distinguished career of this nationally famous playhouse. The great stars of music and drama have appeared in 1t, great meetings in the history of the city have been held there. Hundreds of thousands of Portland people. during it's many years of existence. have been entertained there, and have only the pleasantest memories of it.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
RAY CENTRAL MINE BACKED
 BY CAPITAL
Kelvin . Calumet Property Is Financed by New York Pro- motors, Who Plan Camapign of Development.

Operating as the Ray Central tho reOrgauizsd company owning thc Kelyin-CalumeJ property in the Kei- yin district consisting of about tweI.e claims and a mil. VIII start an ac- tive campaign of development work in the next thirty days, says a special to the Silver Belt The Lewisonns U New York. the bigg st copper mine promoters in the eGst. have taken hoia of the proposition and now S300,000 is available in cash for the prosecution of the work. One million, eight hun dred thousand dollars more Is to fol- low in instaliments extending over q period of years.
 W. E. Twitchell recCntly returned from the east. where the matter vas finally settled. Some time ago an expert representing the LeVisohns was in PhOcuiS. making investiga-
 ions. ard his raI Icrt hack 10 lHv cOmu-uy YRS Esry iaTC-aD,e. Int acouir LcEt c~ ,hc ar,Icrty and the change Of tEc gouy yaUy name and iis financing h07 -ln the work Of srS- eral weeks.
 Tho prcslrt mil on tle property will b5 used for oriy samplinG ct the ore. and when the proper state ot de yelopnont has been reached new plant win be installed. The Kelvin Calumet has some fine shCwings and is regarded as unusually rich Tor that district Native copper has bv'=n found in some of the workings, which extend over several thousand ivu,. Mir. Twitchell has been foremost in its development and his little mill proved the camp ard aroused interest in the Kelvin country as a mining re- .sicn.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
CHICAGO WHEAT

CHICAGO. Feb. 16.-A slump in whea. rrices al the start was due to the decline Of 1-2 to 5-S cents in the price of wheat in Liverpool, and favor ss'5 eather conditions throughout tns country foI fall grown crop, neayT sn1H's aeing reported over a large sec ton. inc. uGinS the Ohio river Ialiey. There was considerable selling for short account operating transactions and initial quotations were unchanged to 3-Sg1-2 cent below yesterday g close. During the first hour trading was quiet and prices held fairly steady at the decline. Demand by big holders finally brought out numerous selling orders for smaller shorts which caused strong all in and the market closed near the best prices of the day. Final prices: May S1.14 Is C.! <; July, S1.00 1-2.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
CARNEGIE ELECTED OPTIMIST-IN.CHIEF
"Let'S Look Cheerful Club" Chooses Iron Master as Its
 Head.

NEW YORK, Feb. l6.-"Twizt Op- Itimist and pessinist the difference is drOll. The OpJimist sees the dougir nut, the pessimist the hole" Lay of the optimist club. When Andrew Carnegie was pre- senfed with the optimist club doueu- nut at a meeting Of the Authors cluo he took a large bite out of the rlu-. 1 lie threw the hole away and promptly accepted the clubs presidency when ! it was offered to him along with the ! ldoughUur
 The club was formed at Salt Lake City ou November II. 1907. by William J. Robinson, who. together with scv-
 eral ether mining men, found him
 self flat broke"
 | Let's Look Cheerful "Oh. whats the use of being ,,rs..i-
 mists,' declared Mir. Robinson, -Isrs
 look on the cheerful side and invite Ievery one we know 10 get aboard the
 optimist band wagon" ] The rest of the party accepted the idea. scrapsd together S2OO and sent
 out circulars announcing the forma-
 tiOn of the club. with Robinson as op-
 timist-at-large. Immediately replies began 10 come in and the club grew. Among the early members were Presi- ldent Roosevelt. William IT. Taft, then secretary Of war, and AIr Carnegie. 1 Today there are I5,OOO men in the lc'ub and POO. 900 waiting to be elected.
 About a busheI of applications are re-
 ceived daily.
 Carnegie Not Present Having elected him, it was neces- tsary to send him a notification | Irving Bacheller knew that Mfr | ICarnegie was toattend the meeting luf the authors ciub and hes went there with the notification. At the same time he notified Harry Lauder. ithe Scotch comedian. that he had been elected deputy eptimistat-large lfor Great Britain.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
HAIR ANNEX STORE | 10 OPEN THIS WEEK
The New Building on Main Street to Be Completed By
 May ist,

It was announced yesterday that the annex building of the Fair store will be opened this week for business. In this building Is being displayed brand new stock of dry goods and lades' ready-to-wear goods. This build ing was damaged by the recent fire. but it has been made new and more attractive in its arrangements than & was originally.
 Br. NaHman since his return has been giving his attention to arranging the goods which he purchased for the new store during his visit to the east ern markets.
 The excavation has been made for the basement of the new store build ing that will go up on the ground where the old one stood before the fire. This building will be three stories high above the basement. The upper room will be used for surplus stock and the two stories above the base ment will be used as salesrooms.
 Ben Frankenburg is now in the eastern markets making purchases for the Main street building and he will also select the furniture for this building. This furniture. and the goods will be shipped so that they twill arrive here about May lst. when it Is expected that the building will be ready for occupancy.
 We expect to provide Blsbee with one of the most comi1letc and modern department stores to be found in the territory said Sam Frankenburg to- day. It will be our purpose to show the people of Bisbee that We appre- ciate their patronage Tn tne past by offering them something better in The wag7 of s store than they have ever had before
 It has been reported that franken- burg Brothers < Newman would es- tabIish a branch of the Fair store at Courtland. Mir. Frankeabarg said yes terday that this proposition had been discussed, but that as yet no denite decision had been reached, stating this woul1 dqpende on whether or not a dCsiiable location could be secured.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
srsiNG On rnE y4rs.

WASHINGTON, Feb. I6.-DetaiIad inforuatIVn cOncerulng the nu4aOer CI Japanese n tnIs codnlry, tneir ocCU- BauOn ana relations 10 communities in which they live has been conected for the federal government during the last year by Jne immigratIon com mission, created by congressional res olution in 1907.
 Field agents of the commission are stIIl in California studying the foregn additions to the population. Their object is tO obtain information in re- gard both to immigrants who pass be- meath the notice of officers of the gov ernment and also those who are re- ported to have been smuggled across the border. 4 study has been made of the mode of life of the Japanese in that state. the effect of the leasing system and all relations of the races with a view of arriving at some con clusion regarding the future develop ment of the Oriental.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17

A pension Of Sl2,O0O 8 yoar is pro yidCd for ex-prcsidents in a bill in- troduCgf in the house of representa-. lives by VOIsted of Minnesota. after sixteen years of continuous service in congress, it Is believed that Representative s. ". Mccall. of the Eighth district of Massachusetts. is considering retirement. He has been
 offered the presidency of Dartmouth
 college, of which institution he is a
 graduate. and it Is thought likely he
 NlI arcant fhe offer.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17

The democratic state central con- rnit-ee Of Missouri has elected Col. Moses Wetuore ot St. Louis as na- 3onal committeeman to succeed w. A. Boutwell,. Eho died during the pres fdentiaI campaign last fall.
 senator Eiihu Root is tO remain at Hot Sprires, Ark, until February 22. On February 27th he is to be one o' the guests at the annual dinner of the Amen Corner association at the Wal dorf-hsteria in New York City.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
Mrs. Tinslow's Soothing Syrup

ass ben used for over sTxTT-FIvE YEARS
 IIIIdLztoSSs .s oi NOTIFIES fqr thsir psIEI.Dfa eoOt HE'S the CHILD. SOFTEN sthe GUMS, ALA sil fAlSt GCREs WIND COLO. aud is the .. remedy for D4Akhhfk.A. Sold ny Drurgirfs in e-e FN-t of tae world lse sure and a.k for co Mrs Wit tlS's SeotninE SyrI.p.. and take no oskcr kir aN'l ty-n.e ctnta . rcitle. sfil4rantsed under ! Pod and IIfse Act. Jure 1lta. li<ss S sial fufrt s1rL AS OLD AND WELL TRIED RtNsUN.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
The Stock Market.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-AmeIgamat cd Copper, S76.37; Smelling, sS6.?5; AJchigon, $10l.S7; St. Paul, Sl47.5O; New York Central, s12S.S7; Pennsyl vania. Sl32.50: Reading, $I33.25; Southern Pacific, $119.37; Union Pa cifie. slSlF?; Steel, s52.25; Steel, pre- f-rrcd, STA
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17

The house of representatives in New Hampshire has turned down a bin that provided for the erection of a statute 'of Franklin Pierce. the only New Hampshire man ever elected. president Of the United States.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17

|'or~ras=-fan wiINem c. Bonnet, who hos haen considered favorably ,.e Q s,ossibie republican or fusion can didate for mayor Of New York next faU. hos l-ean obse~ted to hv inenen- ti.I -ar-hiicsns prho are io have a sav ID the rnnri~iraI ownership cam rsisn bara1aa oF NIT Bennet's well pnown attitude In favor Of local op- ton
Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-17
lSEE the NEW SPRING OXFORDS

Take a yesbule show window the variety unlimited Bishee Se0 before Others $55O that to be favored for the coming in this showing
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-16
GUTHRIE REMAINS IN
WESTERN ASSOCIATION
Strong Rivalry to Fill Vacancies
Caused BY Dropping Of Pitts
burg and Springfield


Director Howard Price and secre.
taFy Frank Orr. OF the Guthrie Base
ball association, returned today from
Kansas City. confirming the pleasing
announcement that Guthrie will re-
tain her franchise IN the Western as
sociation
-. Pltlsburg. Kansas. and Springfield,
Missouri. lost ont. Other towns are
after the two places made vacant and
the Western association viii be q
stronger league than ever Il is pos
sible that Little Rock. Ark, viii get
one Of the places If she is not taken
into the Texas league Little Rock
sold her franchise Ia the Southern
league 10 Chattanooga. Tenn. ana
since that time has been trying 70
break into either the Texas league
or the Western association. A greater
effort has been made to secure a
berth In the Texas league than IN
the Western association on account
Of the Texas league going into Glass
B. 81 The last meeting Of the National
commission. Tulsa, Okla, Will prob.
ably BE- candidate for one Of the
places as she signified desife last
year Of getting into The game but
some difficulty arose during the ne.
goliallona and the matter was dropped
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-16
WANTS To CONSOLIDATE
FEDERAL LAND OFFICES
Plans of Commissioners Den
nett to Cut Down Main
tenance Expense

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE annual
report of Fred Dennet. commissioner
OF the general land office, Is not eal-
cuIated to cause much enthusiasm
among the register and receivers Of
the land offices In Oklahoma. The
reason for this Is plain Commission
es Deunet would consolidate the Of.
fiees and thereby cut In half the ex-
pense Of maintaining two officers In
every land district In the country.
Fortunately for the men In the sery-
ice there is little chance for congreas
to carry out the NORTH Dakotan's rec.
concentrations al this time. Indeed.
'thefe is no disposition upon the part
Of the senate to deprive itself Of sbis
important Bit of patronage
The very latest thing and which
wa1 made quite clear in President
Tafi's recent message to congress-, Is
ID. slye diplomatic service a civil serv.
Ice status. This already has been
done with the consular service and
It's three or four hundred uffices.
Mr. Dennet's report Is regarded a.
a model for concise statement and
treatment OF the public land question
Ife concluded with a long list Of rec
concentrations for remedial Iegisla.
ton which doubtless viii be Of con.
siderable Interest 10 everv homestead
er IA OKian0ma.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-16
cHOCTAWS AND CAICKASAWS
INTERESTED IN OUTCOME
Senator'S and Representatives
Divided as to Wisdom Of
Acquiring Property
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Washington. ID. c.. Dec 16.-Sec-
retaiy Ballinger will shortly take up
the question of disposing of The seq
regated coal and surnlus lands Of the
Choctaws and Chickasaws and will
meet tue members OF the Oklahoma
congressional delegation with a view
to discussing the whole question
The problem presents Two distinct
phases-the disposal Of the surplus
and surface lands, and the disposal Of
the coal underneath 100000 acres Of
the land.
The so-called Choctaw and Chick.
asaw councils have explained the
desire to sell The lands with the coal
and asphalt beds 10 the Government
for lump sum OF $60,00O,0Q0 The
Oklahoma senators and representa-
tives hold widely divergent opinions
as TO this policy Senator Owen is
opposed 10 the Government purchas-
ing the land at an appraised value,
for several reasons One is that the
allottees would receive more money
for their holdings ii they were dis
posed OF iIf the open market. His
second objection to the Federal Gov
e nment's obtaining possession Of the
lands IL that 1t would seriously Grip
pie, financially, several Oklahoma
counties. They now derive revenues
through taxation from these holdings,
hut would lose that source Of income
II the property came into the hands
Of the Government
Another reason why Senator Owen
does not want the Government in
control OF he lands Is that II would
require their administration BY some
Federal bureau on commission, and
he feels that Oklahoma has had
enough OF Federal bureaus
Representative McGuire has not
made up his mind what policy he
will favor in the matter OF disposng
OF the coal supply. but he Is draft.
ing bill which win provide for the
sale OF the surface OF the coal lands
in some public manner, preferably
by auction and IN small parcels.
That Secretary Ballinger viii rec
ommend the purchase by the Govern.
ment Is the impression here. Sen
ator 1aFolIette has bill before
congress, providing for the sale OF The
surface lands by sealed bids and for
the governmental requirement OF the
coal by apptaisement His bill then
provides for the operation of the coal
and asphalt beds By individuals or
corporations under certain restrlc
tons and under Government license.
instead OF under lease.
Senator LaFolletie prefers the IL
cense over the lease system. because
the Government could better enforce
It's regulations In the disposition OF
the product by revoking a license
than by going into conrt 10 upset a
lease for failure to comply with the
regulations II is expected that con
gress will take mp this subject after
the holidays, and II is the expressed
intention Of the congressman inter
ested in this subject and Of the de
partment Of the Interior to press
legislation in the matter
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-16
ENDS HOSPITALITY
WAS NOT sT|NTED
Guthrie Visitors Received With
Open Arms and Entertained
to the Limit

The Guthrie delegation of mer-
chants and professional men and their
wives who atteneed the big live stock
show at Enid yesterday were given a
royal reception by the people OF Enid,
during their stay in the Garfield
county metropolis
Ii seemed as they could not do
enough for the Guthrie delegation A
delegation from the Enid comIlercial
club headed by q brass band, met
the Guthrie special at Marshall and
escorted the visitors to their enter
prising town The Enid delegation
wore badges upon which was inscrib-
ed we Meet You Half Wayl7 We
are Bosting for Guthrie for the per-
manent state capital and the Peo-
pies Packing plant for East Enid
You Scratch our Back and We'n
Scratch Yours" They also gave 10
each member Of the delegation copies
of a newspaper editorial as to Enid 5
warm feeling toward Guthrie. attach
to which was picture OF the live
stock pavilion.
When the train arrived in Enid the
Guthrie visitors were escorted to the
commercial club rooms in automobiis
where good fellowship speeches we're
made. The prominent men of Enid
evtending greetings 10 the canitaI
Continued on Page Eight
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-16
SN|N[QER ?
Witnesses Testify That Woman
on Trial is Professional
Claimant
(By Associated Press.l

Seattle, Wash, Dec. Witnesses
from cities In the Middle West were
put on the stand today in the trial
Of Mrs. Maud NJ. Johnson, an alleged
professional claimant is being tried
on the charge Of swindling the Seattle
Electric company out of six hundred
dollars by pretending to have been in
jured in street car accident G. j.
McPhilamey, former claim agent for
the Leayenworth and Topeka railroad
Identified her as Mrs. N. e. Harrel
son, TO whom he paid two hundred
and fifty dollars for injuries SUSTAIN
eG al oskaloosa, Kansas, and Carl S.
Otis, of the Rock Island railroad tes-
titled that he paid four hundred dol
lars TO her al Harrington, Kansas. in
1908.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-16
MURDER FOLLOWED
QUARREL OVER WAGES
Texas Boy Declares He Used
Ak on Kansas EIpIOyer While
Victim Was Asleep

l4arned. Kas. Dec. rs. "A murder.
committed here september IA, has
been brought to light by the confes-
sion OF Clyde Charles OF palhart
Texas. who says ne killed George b.
Neptune and buried the body on the
farm, Guided BY Charles. officers
found the body yesterday. Neptune.
widely known farmer, had decided
10 sell his farm and property and
leave The country. his wife having
applied for q divorce early In August.
Charles says he Is not yet Is years
old
September H.. Neptune came 10
Larned and arranged with local
newspaper Ia advertise n public sale
Of his farm lmpieb snts and stock for
September 2S Neptune was ac~
eompanied by Charles. who had
worked for him as a hired hand since
harvest time last summer. This was
the last time Neptune was seen alive.
The tifst Evidence that Neptune
had heen killed was the finding Of
races Of blood on boards and on the
door Of the iofi OF the barn. Further
search revealed an old quilt with
traces of blood aud the charred re-
mains of a coat were found. Word
was sent to the sheriff at Dalhart,
Texas. who questioned Charles at the
home OF his mother. AT first Charles
denied eyer having known Neptune.
but when confronted with the bill OF
sale which he had presented when
he sold Nepiunes horses he contra
dlcted HIS first story and declared
Neptune had sold the horses to him.
On the strength Of HIS conflicting
stories and The other evidence he was
arrested Charles agreed to return
Without requisiilon papers. After
long questioning ne confessed 10 the
killing.
AS calmly as though he we're relat-
ing an every day occurrence, he told
how he had tried for some time to
sot Neptune to let him take the
horses to D8lhart under the plea that
he could sell them there better than
at the sale here, and how after a
quarrl over wages, he finally determ-
ined 10 Kill him. After returning
from Isagncd September IA the two
men went 10 sleep In the barn.
Charles says he lay awake and waited
nntil about 2 o'clock and fhen arose
and secured an az and returned to
Neptune's side as he lay IN the loft
on q pile Df quilts and struck him
twice on the head
Bundling The body up In the quilts,
he says he rolled and carried II to
The loft door and tumbled Il TO the
ground. he then secured q wheels
barrow. he SAYS. and loaded the body
and The bloody bedclothes Into Il and
lrundled The load 70 a point In the
sand hills about half mile south OF
the house. where he buried It.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-16
F RAME:: Up
Suicide Letters puTpOrilng 10
Have Been Written By Bath
tub Victim Found
fnn AanncInted prassl .

New York, Dee 16 Further dis
coveries In the room vacated by Mrs.
Caroline u Martin, mother OF Ocey
Snead, the East Orange bathtub vic.
tim, when she was arrested last
night, made today by the police, in
eluded more than one hundred sui
eide letters purportlng to have been
written by Mrs Snead One letter
addressed 10 whoever finds this "
expressed dread Of pain and stated
that nobody had harmed the writer.
"bui | cannot bear physical agony
il concluded
Mrs Mary Snead, sister Of Mrs
Martin and motherin-law Of Ocey
snead, was arrested this afternoon
for implication in the murder.