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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
FIETEEN KILLED
BY EXPLODING MAGAZINE
Wreck Of City Water Crib Oul
IN Lake Michigan
Today

Chicago, H. Jan 2o rweuy-Ihfee
men are reported to have 1851 their
lives IA fire which destroyed cae
intermediate water supply crib, one
and half miles from the shore %
Lake Michigan today Eoriy-five mfn
were rescued, many Of 8hom were bad.
" burned by the tug Mriord and
brought Into city Silky men we're az
work in the tunnel under the erin or
asleep IN their hunks aheu sAey wera
suddenly confronted with death By ine
explosion Of the powder magazine and
which Immediately wrapped the wo1d.
On structure in flames, Those not XIII
ed or injured ty the expl sion had Ell
cape cut OF On every side by the
waters @! Lake Michigan. Many of tie
Imprisoned men leapod into the axe
to escape the flames before rellct tsiss
could reach erlb. and # Is Thought a
number were drowned
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

cause The other case Is 49, 2ss, but
n be completed this term of court, as
viii NOT be completed this term oi
coufJ as Mrs Mary Williams the pr.n.
cWal Witness ls physically unable 10 be
present ent lrom reports sin not Dc
this term
a lengthy argumen, was lndulged ln
40 this mornings session as 10 whether
the two eases should not be consolldal.
ga into one the indictments being i0r
the same crime. Federal Judge CT.
terai advocated lhe loiulng Of tho eaaes
To save time and expense The eoun.
sci representing tae defendant objected
and MS the main Witness for the prose-
cuilon IN the second case was unable 20
be present upon motion Of United
States Attorney John Embey tho cases
were separated
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
VERY BIG CLASS
SEEING MYSTERIES
That are Known Only TO Men,
beTS Of The Parent
Society

The arrival Of Grand Master D. d.
Hong Of Che Oklahoma Masonic order
and 4 score or more OF prominent
dasons from ar parts I he State and
200 more visiting Scottish Rite Masons
from the various state lodges marked
sae convonlng Of tho second days ses.
sion Of the big mid.wInicr Scottish
Rite gathering IN this city.
The majority II me Masons are
bringing their wives end daughters and
an unusually large gathering Of East
arn Star workers are IN attendance at
thls session. The local Eastern star
members assisted BY other Guthrlo
society ladies' are hosts Ia the recep.
linn rooms az tie Temple eyesy after
noon with public reception ana card
parties This alternon O big whist
party is scheduled
Forly-eSghl additional members Join
cd the large class Dl segeuifHNp lhal
aegau the degree work Tuesday ana
che nlA3arltg "A iiie raes npmhefs havr
slgniiied their intention nl aislng the
route NJ % and lnelpdlne lhe thirty
second degree TIE Blk Increase in NE
class today surprised the Officers the
consslory
The morning session was asenied io
the comforting af ihe following deerpes
18th, Knight OF the East Of fhe Sword.
the Eagle, lGih Princes 81 lernsa.
lom and llth, knights Of Che East
aud West
This afternoon tae l8th igih GOTH
2ist, 22nd., 28nl. eth 26th 2eih.
27tha 2Sihs aud 29lhs viii be eXempli.
lied by select Teams
Lodge b Sorrow Tha Evening.
FOR the out0ft0wn guests and iho
class memhefs this evening aill bQ con.
lueted the beautiful and impress lye
service Of The Lodge OF ffaw con
Quoted undee the auspices Of Guthrie
Lodge Rose Cf0lx wlta Almont q.
Hixon as wise master
These who joined The c.aas OF 1909
mid.wlnter reunion IN addition t those
already mentioned arc:
James III Asher Pond Creek; John
To- Arnold, Cushing Henry & hrndb
ingeFsni Francis 4 Bonnnr, Crescent,
Fred ". Benson. lngefsol; & A. nlei-
stein, Henncssey BENZ n Blue niger.
soil. Morris Blumenihal Prague Carl
To- GashlOn. Hennessey; n M Colyin,
Aga, chas, a, Dow, nd Creek A. A.
Doughty, Oklahoma ciiy arthur H.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
SENATOR CORE REFLECTED

With the aisles ami galleries crowd.
IA 10 taalf utmost capacity the elee
tion ol United States saaat0f ioF
the state 81 Oklahoma vas held IN
the hall ol Representatives at noon
lclal.
Hon 7. T. Gore. Of Isawiaa, Demo
crat. waa elected To succeed himself
Hon. Dennis r Flynn. Republican oi
Oklahoma City. received the full vote
uf tae Joint minority caucus
Convened At Noons
Il MAS Just twelve a'elaek wssan m
oniploye announced lie approach OF
the senate The members of iae house
arose As lhe scaaie entered and fhese
was burst of applause IS thet march
81 down lhe aisle heaael NJ t|eaEen.
ami Governor nelIalnf Th latter
nfeslae1 over lhe ialni assembly:
C0rffucs and 1IFs. Haskell ind
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

Farlnpiou. Watonga j r Edmonds
Guthrie r. Il, Buell.. Edmond VIM II
Ford, sulphuw Geo u Ferguson Ana
darko. James j. Fraies HOminy; lra
+. Fraycl saltwater; Melvin Gray
Moun,aln View Alloys Grimm Jr Sac
& Fox u A Gsney, Jennings j II
fiahE ton, Guthrie, jameA II HOopes
Mulhall; y. A. Halfdef Carleton; lag.
a Hamilton Pond Tseek Henry ~
Nardenhorg, vi Renli Logan Hawking,
Tonkawa; rhoa. O ilaws, Mulhall,
Tom Jenkins Guthrie: Il g Jacks0a,
Guthrie; VIM @. Kohlenberg, Sac s.
M x. Jos. Liebenheim, pawnee, Louis
II. I.ohr Guthrie. s, H. Lester. Shaw
nee, ~ r. Miller, oklahoma city, " -
Manning, Oklahoma Nllyi lhos. y
Maekln. Red Fork. Chas NartIn. HON.
iny. =. III Mekeown. Agrai Fred D.
Miseucr, Tulsa; B. y Mercer. Oklaho
ma civ; Lester =, Nortuk, Wood
ward. z, ~ A, posey Mountain View;
IA. NJ. Roberts, Oklahoma City; VIM II,
81 fey. Clegeland. Guy } Turner, OK
iahoma city. n. A. Thompson Ralstoni
M. l.. Wollf, Oklahoma City, Wiley
Webster Welch, Oklahoma City; VIM
I'D Wells, Pawhuska; NJ. W. Wilson
Guthrie
Late Arrivals.
Among the arrigals last night and
today at the Temple were. Davis d.
tfoag. Anadarko: Y. T. Gooienough.
Ripley: Il. NJ. DaSehus, Marshall; II.
NJ Wilmerlng, cleveland }. }. McAl.
ester McAlester; w. l.. Chapman,
shawnee. Frank j WicoH, saltwater
W. II. Wilcox. stillwater, james w
smlth. Wptleetka; n MI Brent Dew
ey3 Clint Moore. Oluetee II NJ, Tate
Wewokai j. h Ferguson, Ends y
Wat-o1s. Enid: j. b. A. Robertson
Chandler; J a. Robertson Falls; G.
~ sexton, Perkins; s. W. Murphy
Eimonil o, M Welser Edmond; o.
ID Downing Varlcn: p. Harbour
ueunestoy T. Roseguest. Chicbasda:
~ r. nlincoe. Fallls; w. T.. Griffin
Camegle, Fred Fhler, Hennessey; a.
A. Beyors, oklahoma City, George
FarW Edmonds Ggogge O Weems
Sulphur, Wiiey 3. ualp4 and J ~
Fleeman, llominy; j. II Simmons
Tulsg
pr Haley Of daylcgillei VIM, Busby
of McAlesier Henry N Fryman Adas
Major Leach, oklahoma clty, Victor
A. sniggs, McAlester, J. G. Minor, Ar.
kansas City; a. Il Glazler, Ardmore,
j. 7 Pearson pawhuska, ll 3 Brown,
pawhuska q " Wo ds, El Reno; II H
Keith Watansa O. G Owen, Tulsa
f. RoseQuesi, Chlckasha; } C. Hylef.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

x y fafKef general superintendent
Of no Eastern grand division Of The
Santa ne headquarters at Newton. Kan.
sas. lhe general passenger agent. J NJ.
3onneI and W Is NtteF supeflntend.
ant { lhe Oklahoma division. afe I'll
a0lhgle today Mesafs Parker aud
tonnell arrived last nigh from Newton
and sunf ftler came IN on the early
morning train from the south Several
santa Fe engineers ere working today
n ihe local yards and 4 corps s taking
levcls anrb Of The city an The main
me track with ihe axpesiatI % OF lnW
sng Tie grade between here and The
8lmarron river The rallroal Officials
refuse % explain lhe object Of their
irecueut visits 10 the capital city DUR
Ing the past few months d Is under
siood however that they win not com.
mence any oi their contemplated IN,
pr yemenis until the legislature AT
l0urns.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20


There may not be any civil eases
tried IN The United States courts dur
ing the present term, Tals announce
ment was made by Judge Cotteral
Tits morning The judge explained
taat an unusually heavy criminal doc
ket Is set for this term AMI on ac-
count OF many opinions necessarily
have to be written during February,
Oh constitutional questions heretofore
submitted. be thought he would be
unable 10 reach the cigll docket M.
iii the next term Of court. It will be
neId hi 0klahoma City beginning with
March lst Irdge C0tleral stated,
however, d United States circuit Judge
may he assigned TO assist him during
the month Of February.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
costsraI lie LenIont

M a. Rooney convicted 10 tao uni.
tea States district court last week en
lhe charge Of selling liquor 10 lnalanE
was sentenced by Judge cotlefal to
thirty days imprisonment "a the cuuf.
ty jall and 70 pay a fine OF 500 ana
costs Of sail Judge 1eiteral an'
nonnced that he would not impose nny
severe sentences during the psaseu'
term Of court stating that since the Or
ganizaiion Of the court q year ago, he
had found It unnecessary 20 " DO, and
that violations Of The Foderal laws mad
shown remarkable decrease since
statehood An crlatnal eases now eii
trial IN the United stataa district eonf'
are Tor otiehses committed prior g
statehood.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

NEGROES
CAPTURED


Special 10 DallY Loade,
Hobart. okla. Jan. 90. While on his
way up town trom the Frisco depot,
l.ouis Albright, an eccentric corn doe
~ was knocked down BY three ne
groes and bis satehei containing $4,000
snatched away At SNYDER Inst night
ab0ut Ten oei8tN Deputy Sheriff
Frank Taylor surrounded The Town and
captured the negroes together With all
tho money that was taken. Albright
has $4,000 III Oklahoma city banksi
two farms near Snyder and i've Or SIX
farms in Kansas aud said ~ be & rub
vast SUMS.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT
AGREES

Washington. san. 20 Che sesre.
trry o. the Interior and Commissioner
Wright agree "a All provisions ASKED
By The nklahomana IN q bni io close
tle aHalrs Of Che Fve TElbes. also to
Il provision that Oklahoma MISERY'S
ton sndians may selI an excert eighty
istc hamesieaas This means sale o.
surface land TO he followed by the
sale Of mineral rights OF coal lands
equalization of al fractional afl0t.
meAts III cash nj twice tho appraised
value Of The laud Mr. Garfield VIII
nuah The bin as an administration
measure
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
PROTEST TOR OUR CHILDREN

a monster protest Wlll be sent the
Legislature against the passage I the
act whIeh wogd kil tho kludersaften
work Of the public schools The pro-
iesl will eome from the larger cities oi
ihe aiale, Oklahoma city aii Guthrie
nlYuady having joined Sands lh an ei-
Tori % stop further e1nHlderall.n Of The
measure
Oklahoma City neanle have plaeed
Ten of the leading hueiness men cf that
city on a committee 70 pf0taH the
passage Of the act which has been CON
sldered n ghe senate and The lnoFo'
moui Is gaining sufficient strength D
be important 70 even politician.
a prominent Teacher Of The state
nskea Two 1t the leaaIne mpnhass III
The Tower house. Tuesday nsRninT.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
aoosr 4 aIr

Here YOU discontented kn0cker
Growlin bout the country's llls,
Chloroform your dismal talker;
Take course O lives pills.
Stop yer dern klo.tee howlln'.
Chaw some sand and KIT some grit
Don't 81 IN the dumps agrowlin,
Jump the roost
An boost
"A bit!
Fall N while the bands aplayin'.
Ketch the step an march along
stead q pessimistIc brayln'
Jlne the halleluyah songl
Drop your hammer-fio some rootIn'-
Grab q horn, sou cuss. and split
Every echo with yer tontin';
Jump tho rO0sl
An boost
biti"
Macey's Monthly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
CALVERT SUCCEEDS CAIN

r @. Cain, Tuesday evening tender
ei his resignation as superintendent ol
the city public schools and same was
accepted by thp board which unanl
mously elected Prof s. w Calvert
formerly Of this city, now of Missouri
10 The position.
Prof Calvert founded tho Logan
county high school. Established n
Guthrie four yoars ago and was priu
clpal Of the sch ol untl two years agt
when be rendered his resignation
Prof Cain resigned 20 accept posi
tl5n III the office Of State Auditor
rapp.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

what action The house was likely "
take and received reply lhsi there Is 4
reception rom ii tne dark CORNER tot
lull Wild or experimental measures aud
all Of them can rest until 1911
Guthrie has more chiilfeH In The
klndefKaffn then any other ely ui the
state. aud bias also The beat county
high school IN Oklahoma In fact
Guihfleites are as proud q their high
sehoei As any think In Logan county
and the farmers talldron are patrons
og che hiah cipoi 30 a nafled degree,
The protest oi tie elites asasnsl me
chanee 81 Alndefgafleu statute wlll
be loud enough e 10 heard across The
state. and h wlll he beaded BY the
leading educators q 0hlgh ma. nay
the committees nus preparing the
data b Nolk from
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

daughter Miss Frances We're given
seats ca the speakers stand and there
laan an enthusiastic round ~ applause
"a they entered the hall Many other
state officers we're also present with
their wives and families
Applause As Gore Appears.
The roll uf each house was called
and II WIS announced that i majority
WAS present
During the roll call OF the senate
Senator Gore entered oa the arm 81 q
frleni aid was escorted 10 a Beat
near the front Ills appearance was
the slsnsf for another outhufsi Of
arrisus
Following the roll eaIl there Has a
Uries prayer ~ Chaplain Jones II tho
house and Senator Thomas II LAW.
CONTINUED en paas 4
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
RAILROADS
CLAIM RATES
CONFISCAT0RY

Kansas city No Jan 20 Final
arguments In cases OF the eighteen
Missouri railways now conlestlng the
two cent paasenger fare and maxi
mum freight laws on che ground they
are conaseatory were begun in the
Federal court today before Judge
Smith Mcpherson Frank Hagerman
lur the railroads declarcl three rail.
road companies lost money carrying
passengers at two cents ana 0saess
snow profit OF only two and a h1lf to
Iiyo per cent on Investment
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
BEGIN COOPER TRIAL
MURDER OF CARMACK

Nashville. Tenn. San 20 kll ls
now Ia readiness for opening Of ,he
iilal Of Colonel cooper ana his son.
Robin Cooper ior the mldea Of TX.
Senator eaunacA enly lhe ahlec.
iilns nf counsel can now sianl IN way
0i beginning The ease
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
TODAY In
DEPARTMENTS
cllAaTERg

tTIAHTEItI
The Seminole County Abstract Co,
OF Wewoka, with a capital stock Of
s5000. The directors Ere; VI A lea-
nings. D. r. Frasier. r. " jennings,
Bell II. MeClause. all Of Wewoka
The Sweet Candy Company OF Okla.
homa cltg with a capital stock Of S5.-
goo. The directors are: Asher Rusen-
berry r. O. Rosenberry Rnd Henry
Beree. all Of Oklahoma CITY
Lindsey Lumber Company OF Collins
VILE, with a capital stock Of $1,000
The directors are. r A. Cain, + II.
Lindsey, and J. II Mildetown Of Col.
linsvllle.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

Jrige j r Al Robertson this morn.
ing iiiel application IN the district
court for dissolution Of the Widely
protective association organized in
1905 ana Of which he is president. The
compsny has eona into voluntary hana
ruptcys
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

As noted previously, tae Daughters
81 G8niederacy we're favored Wy ad-
dresses By Senator Gore AMI sir E, j..
Glddlngs, the occasion he|Hg one Of
the most enjoyable che ci,y has known
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
RrFJsgp soM7Aas LICENSE,


Jefferson City. No. Jan 20--rhe ali.
pfeme court of Missouri tday refused
O license o de bH 'He 70 tais state 90
The NarMeM Central Coal 90. ~ New
Haven. Conn he6aHae n4t an Of ils
capital stock la subscribed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
q ~ n = -. !. ~ 800
Il FRESH TOPICS
Z OF THE TOWN !
sH9RsaamaaaHFasmsz Haam


Another moving picture show n
IS slated to open soon on Oklahoma
avenue.
The Lender Is read by the majority
of iranslcnis IN the city This was
evidenced ibis morning by light Of the
twelve members Of the jury lTawn in
TIE Hallpck caaa sestliyln3 they had
re1d the leaders account u the Hel.
lock case.
Charlie Taompaon Is oelnk Tried iaic
afternoon before lnetiee q S. sowaFe
on the charge of steHlire some iurs
ifoia tho NJ, BehF store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
socToR pUks sAYs
HOOP Is INSANE.

Special 10 Dallg f.eador
Hobart Jan 20 Doctor Jnhn W.
Duke. Guthrie exneft. On wltaesa stand
I'm the famous Poop murder trial de'
alared he believes 8oop Is N insane
mau and gave scientific REASONS lhere.
fnf
THE case Wlll oeeuny lhe hAlance Of
the week md may not get TO Jury
Saturday
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

Chicago I'll, Jan 90 "A telephone
message from ihe crib al one ffty'
SAYS several bodies have beer recov.
cred from the tunnel Report added
laple are more bodies at boil0m of
the shaft.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
POWDER
PLANT
DESTROYS

Nv IIHHWNTTTTW TI"T1T
philadelphia pa., BAN, 90 explosion
IN tho mixing building Il ilie Dupont
pgWder nlant q Glbhsl0wa N g.
twenty miles south Of Philadelphia to.
day injured twelve men and destroyed
several small buildings adjacent G
plant
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

Female Writer
Edlior Dean tcmalo department OF
Town Topics IS in the city She came
10 interview Governor Haskell far the
eastern publication
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20
HALL0CK
] j R Y
CHOSEN

G. J. dfIer. Red Rock. farmer.
Robert Case Ponca City fanchman.
9 N Gwafthouse. Gushing, farmeri
y 3 Foley FalrfaS. raashman S. If.
Eelm, saltwater farmer w II Ne.
Normlck, Perry merchant. George
Rue Orlando. fagmer E i Kelley.
Payne county farmers VI ii Grey
tulhrlo. professional a Washman.
lsanrcIsey fafmerl 4. ward. okarahe.
caiileman' sat Emlhl Payne county
farmer
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-20

Tue case al the unilad StJes ya u.
II. llalleek n which the defendant Is
ehafged with subofdinali0n Of periufy
was called 10 the United states diatflct
court this morning at Ten o'clock with
Federal Judge 3 II caltegal presiding
Tho defendant was present N person
and represented by his attorneys Dale
a Blcrer oi Tits city and exliOsara0f
stanley Of Wichita The case ls helns
prosecuted ff the government rs
United alates Attorney John Embry
and bis assistant , W sf9ihoru The
ease IS oi wide interest there beng d
hhmbef If school mans ~ witnesses
present from several states anf some
prominent ehlle ami eenuulssion ueal-
esa from Kansas CITY afe aIs &It
aHsses, The day waa almost wholly
gaxoa Hp bf the empaaellIue oi The
above inr{
The majority of lhe Jury are fNrmefa
q Wlll lake from four n slx aaTs 81
e0mplAte lie faAp There ara Tive
counts AsalHSi nc deleadan ID this
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-04-10
DOUBTED TALES OF SCIENTIST.
scotsman's Summing Up Of Character
of Man of Learning.

Sir Archibald Geikie, the dist1n-
guished geologist, who will probably
succeed Lord RayIeigh as president of
the Royal society, tells good story
in his capital book of Scottish Remi-
niscenees."
'I was quite sure you had been in
our neighborhood," a friend said to
Sir Archibald Il met the old farm
err of C., who had a strange tale to
tell me.
'.Dod, Mr. Caithcart,' he began, i
ran across the queerest body the other
day. AS l was coming by the head OF
the cleugh l thocht heard a Wheen
thinkers quarrelin', but when I lookit
down there was ae wee stoot man.
Whites he was chaplin the rocks wi
hammer, whites he was writin' IN
book, whites fetchin' with the thorns
and misca'in them for a. that was bad.
When he cam up frae the burn, him
and me had large confab. bod! he
tell't me a. about the stanes, and hoo
they showed that Scotland was ance
like Greenland, smoored in ice. A
very entertainin' body, Mr.. Caithcart,
but-an awful, awful leear." -Tit-Bits.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-04-10
The canitaI and It's Memories.

Musty memories hang thick about
Washington. Every other house has
been dignified by close contact with
famous men and women. One built on
a magnificent scale for lack Chandler
is now used as a boarding house or
hotel. On the walls of it's lofty par,
lors hang four great tapestries as soft
in tone as some of the famous CODE.
Inns The mistress of the. house has
seen every inauguration since Lin.
coins. The tapestries, worked by her
sister. were exhibited at the World s
Columbian exposition. One depicts an
Illinois soldier who for IL years board.
ed in the house. The eyes of the lady
of the house brighten into youthful
ness as she tells how this wonderful
tapestry portrait worked by her dead
sisters hand from the living model,
hung in the Illinois building and how
it was taken to the rotunda Of the
capitol in which the veterans of the
Grand Army of the Republic con.
yened. The wife of the man stood as
the tapestry was slowly unrolled be.
fore the eyes of the grizz1ed men who
patiently wondered what it meant I'M
til suddenly with one acclaim they
cried: BLACK Jack! Black Jack on
horseback"
To the gentle lady, whose voice trem.
bles as she tells the story, the men
who play their part in the beautifully
adorned city are the shadows-her
realities are of another time and have
passed into another realm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-04-10
HISTORIC TREES ARE PASSING.
Little Care Taken to Preserve Nation
al Mementoes at Washington.

Old inhabitants of Washington were
saddened the other day when the high
wind overturned the famous silver
spruce which stood guard near the
north gate of the White House ever
since Old Hickory planted it in the
latter days of his administration. The
tree has been slowly dying for years
and in the hollow trunk gray squirrels
had made perfect tenement. At
least six families were evicted by the
fall of the silver spruce, but they
have found homes in some boxes
which Mrs. Roosevelt had fastened to
some nearby trees. 1t is. doubtful
whether this tree could have been
saved, though Jackson enthusiasts
now express great indignation that it
was permitted to languish.
1t seems strange that with the mil
spends on trees and forestry problems
so little success is discernible in
saving the historic trees of the capital
Some of the most beautiful as well as
historic trees have died within the
past five years right under the. nose,
so to speak, of Clifford Pinchot, tree
specialist. Other countries save their
historic trees, as witness the veneer
able cypress under which Tasso medi
tated during his exile to Rome. II
has been tenderly nurtured and guard
ed by the Italian government and iron
props and all manner of stays are be-
tween it and the fury of the winds
on the Janiculum hill. 1t is now
so hoary and SO visibly old that it is
really one of the most touching sights
in Rome. In Washington trees plant
ed by Jefferson, by Alexander Hamil
ton, by John Marshall and Daniel
Webster have been uprooted or have
fallen the prey to plant enemy. For
theories the government is probably
in the lead of all other governments
on forestry questions, but as judged
from results seen in saving historic
trees of Washington, that is another
story