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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
WIND REACHES SPEED
OF 70 MILES AN HOUR
THROUGH MIDDLE WEST

E CHICAGO, Jan. 29.-Rain, snow, sleet
and a high wind, which reached a
maximum of Y miles at Kansas City,
have created climatic chaos in the mid
die west. Trains. were delayed and
telegraph companies were Frustrated
west of st. Louis and north of Chi
cago.
The barometer in the local weather
bureau stood at 49, the minimum rec
ord here. but little higher than the
known record anywhere in the country.
Although the middle west was in the
clutches of a gale which wrought some
property damage in various sections
and as in Iowa, took the guiSe of a
blizzard, no serious damage resulted.
The most serious damage reported
was in early dispatches from Lamonte,
Mo, where the roof of the opera house
was blown off, injuring two persons.
The weather map issued today was
almost without precedent.
The isobars indicating points of equal
air pressure wound like a lopsided
spiral over the middle west, centering
in Chicago, where the gale was ex-
pected to break later in the day and
extending as far west as Omaha, where
the barometer reading was higher.
Wires were down in every direction.
West of Chicago it was possible for
only far states and territories, Cali
fornia, Nevada, New Mexico and Ari-
zona, to get in their reports, which
was accomplished by using unaffected
wires south along the Mexican border
The wind blew y miles an hour at
Springfield, Mo; as at st. Louis; sc at
Omaha; Sc at Des MOines and Detroit
and As at Galveston. At the time these
reports were received the velocity in
Chicago was only miles, but the re-
suit of the storm travelling from Kan
sas, where it started yesterday and
moving toward Lake Michigan, has JUS
titled prediction of a gale before sun
down with snow and a sharp fall in
temperature.
The demoralized condition of the
telegraph wires west was attributed
to sleet. The general offices of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail-
road for many hours were unable to
learn the whereabouts of trains stalled
or delayed in a blizzard in Iowa.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
ITALIANS OF NEW YORK
HONOR QUAKE VICTIMS
Thousands Escort Bodies Of Consul
and Wife Who Were Killed in
Messina-Many Wear
Regalia

NEW YORK, Jan. ga remarkable
demonstration in tribute to Arthur 5.
Cheney, the American consul, and
Mrs. Cheney, who were killed in the
earthquake at Messina, was made by
Italian societies of this city today.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Cheney
reached New York on the steamer
Venezia, escorted by several thousand
members of Italian societies, some Of
them in regalia, and to the slow fu-
neral music by military bands the
bodies of the consul and his wife We're
conveyed up Broadway by a great
multitude.
A notable feature of the procession
was the fact that except for the police
escort and the relatives of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cheney it was composed excIu-
sively of Italians.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
EBB TIDE OF PUGET SOUND
STRONGEST EVER RECORDED
Observations OFF Bush Point Show
the Receding Current to
Be Five Miles an
Hour

SEATTLE, Jan. 29.-While making
tidal observations off Bush point, not
far from Port Ludlow, officers of the
United States steamer Gedney of the
coast and geodetic survey found the
strongest ebb tide yet recorded on
Puget sound.
The ebb was five knots an hour,
which is an unusual current in such
a narrow passage. The time of OBJ
serVation was a few days ago, during
the big range in tides.
When there is series of extreme
high and low tides the ebb flow is
always stronger, but heretofore the
current never exceeded four knots an
hour, although the range was greater.
When the survey officers found the
ebb flow of five knots the Gedney was
anchored in from sixty to seventy
fathoms.
1t is not believed this extreme cur
rent extended to the bottom, but was
only surface current.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30

fell to almost zero by midnight, in
creasing the seriousness of the storm.
Snow fell all night and during the
early hours of the day was whirled by
the strong winds into clouds which
completely filled the air and formed
into great drifts.
In this city many streets were en-
tirely blocked and the street railway
company found it impossible to meet
the conditions.
The report of much damage began
reaching the police station early in the
day. One casualty resulted in the
north end, where a chimney on the
Swedish Lutheran church was blown
down and fell on the roof of an adj
joining cottage.
1t crushed in the upper bedrooms.
dangerously injuring Miss Mayme Nc
Namara, who was asleep there. Hun
dreds Of windows were blown in and
scores of street signs were scattered
over the sidewalks
Freight traffic was entirely suspend
ed on all lines leading into the city.
The telegraph and telephone companies
were the worst sufferers.
Early in the night wires in. all di-
rections were down and today the only
wires working were between Omaha
and Kansas City and the overland cir
cult to the west Of both Postal and
Western Union were Frustrated and
the telephone companies reported a
similar condition
Reports received before the storm
broke down the wires indicated that
the full force of the storm was being
felt over a wide area
Omaha people awoke to find little
chance to get downtown and business
was practically suspended during the
forenoon.
Passenger train No. % on the
Southern Minnesota division Of the St,
Paul, running between La Crosse and
washington Springs, S. Oak, has been
stuck in a snowdrift west of Jackson.
Mimi, since 1920 last night. The
train has many passengers, but being
a day train, carries no sleeper or diner,
A relief train was started out last
night, but had to give up.
Passenger train No. on the La
Crosse division of the same road was
wrecked today at Portage, Wis, but
nobody was injured.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
POLICE DEPARTMENT OF
STOCKTON INVESTIGATED
InquisitoraI Body Subpoenas Entire
Force as Result of Many Crimes
Committed in Last Few
Months

STOCKTON, Jan. 29.-The entire po-
lice department of the city is the sub
ject of an investigation by the grand
jury of San Joaquin county
The inquisitorial body was quietly
called together during the past week
and went into session this morning.
All members of the local police force
have been subpoenaed. There have
been many burglaries and holdups i'll
the city recently, and there have for a
long time been rumors of illegal con-
duct on the part of officers, but the
exact nature of the inquiry is not
known.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
Seeks to Repeal Law

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.AThe law
permitting either house of congress 20
refer Civil War claims to the court of
claims for adjudication will be re-
pealed if an amendment to the omni-
bus clainSs bill which was adopted to-
day by the senate becomes a law. The
amendment provides that such refer
ence may be made until January /, 1910,
and Senator Fulton, in charge of the
measure, announced that it was the
purpose of the committee on claims 10
refer probably 1000 claims on the COM
mittee's files to the court.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
Accused of Robbery

VALLEJO, Jan. 29.-Charged with
robbing the United States mails, Ed
ward Goodhardt, alias Edward Gull
lard, was arrested here last night. He
is believed by the police to be a part
ner of Charles Mccartney, now serving
a fifteen-year term in the Arizona pen
itentiary for robbing the mails at Far
go, N. D., in September. 1908. Good
hardt escaped and it is believed came
to California and obtained work in the
Mare Island navy yard. He was dis
charged couple Of months ago and
returned to Vallejo last night.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
BLIZZARD ATTAINS TO
FEARFUL FURY; WRECKS
HOMES IN NEBRASKA

OMAHA, Jan. pa blizzard which
was heightened by a sixty-mile wind
ragged throughout Nebraska, western
Iowa and South Dakota all night and
toward morning increased in fury.
Hardly a single line of communication
was open in any direction and in this
city the public service corporations
were almost all demoralized.
From a temperature of So at 6 o'clock
Thursday evening the thermometer
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
EL0PES WITH DAUGHTER;
IS SLAIN BY HER FATHER
Country Dance in Oregon Is Scene oil
Tragedy as Result of Girl
Meeting Abductor
Outside

ALBANY. Ore, Jan. 29.-Homer Roper
was shot and killed at midnight at a
country dance near Brownsville by
Charles J. Powell.
Last fall Roper eloped with Leah
Powell the 16-year-old daughter of
Powell. Three weeks ago Powell and
his wife induced the girl to return
home.
Roper followed, and they met at a
dance last night, Powell missed his
daughter from the hall and found hep
outside in company with Roper.
Powell drew a revolver and fired four
shots into Roper, killing him instantly.
Powell surrendered to the authorities.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
DAMAGE BY STORM AT
ST. JOSEPH ESTIMATED
TO BE OVER $4,000

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Jan. 29-After a
blizzard lasting nearly twenty-four
hours, during which the wind blew fifty
miles an hour, the temperature this
evening was II above zero and falling.
Inc damage in st. Joseph and vicin-
ity in broken glass, unroofed buildings
and wrecked electric signs is estimated
at over $4,000
The city is in darkness on account of
the light plant being shut down.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
Found Dyinu in Hotel

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-COnrado Dam
ielson, Porto Rican manager for the
United States Express company, was
found with a bullet wound in his head
in his apartments in the Hotel Carlton
early today and is now believed to b.
dying in the Roosevelt hospital. His
wife, Eleanor, who is known on the
stage as Annie Yates Palmer, declared
that her husband attempted to kill her
and then shot himself. She told the
police they had been duarreling
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
WIND 72. MILES AN HOUR IN
KANSAS CITY; ONE MAN DEAD

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 29.-The
entire southwest today is in the grasp
of a blizzard which began late yester-
day and which at it's height exceeded
previous records for severity. In Kan
sas City several inches of snow blown
by wind of seventy-two miles an
hour, for twelve hours has fallen.
Communication in all directions was
entirely shut off up to noon.
Charles Bernard, a plasterer of Kan
sas City, Kan. was blown from
wagon bridge and killed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
straus' "saIome" Rendered

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The much
heralded production of Richard Straus'
"Salome" was given at the Manhattan
opera house before a brilliant society
audience. The rendition gave abso-
lutely no offense, the dance Of the Seven
Wells being interpreted by Miss Mary
Garden.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
BuIqarians Disband

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 29.-The
governor of the villayet of Adrianople
has telegraphed the minister of the in
terror that Bulgaria is disbanding the
reservists recently concentrated on
the Turkish frontier.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
Blizzard in Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Jan. pa blizzard is
raging in the northwest with a fifty
mile an hour gale blowing Tele-
graphic communication with the east
was almost destroyed during part of
the day. Trains are hours late.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
NO TRIVIAL TECHNICALTIES
GO, SAYS SUPREME COURT

Guthrie. Okla. Feb 22-The origin
al court of appeals today handed down
Eve opinions. Several important ques-
tions of practice we're involved In the
cases decided
By Justice Baker; When a de-
fendant is clearly proven to be guilty
this court will not reverse a conyic-
ton upon any teehnicality or exeep-
tion which does not affect the sub
stantial rights OF the defendant" was
held IN the denial of a rehearing to
Campbell convicted Of larceny
BY Presiding Justice Furman The
Judgment of the lower court Is AZ.
firmed IN the case OF Nick Arie, con
victed OF selling whisky In Comanche
county. November 49, 1907. a general
test of the prohibition provision Of
the constitution and of the right 10
sell whisky after statehood under a
license issued prior and continuing
afterwards was involved in this ease,
and the supreme court rendered an
opinion several weeks ago on which
the criminal court bases It's opinion.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
GEOGRAPHICAL BOARD WILL
REVISE OKLAHOMA MAP

bid you ever examine map Of
Oklahoma? bid yon ever want 70
know the name OF small stream IN
the southwestern part Of the state or
did You ever hear the name Of a creek
mentioned aud then Try % lind it on
the map2
"AlI Oklahoma maps now IN exist.
ence are taken from the government
SURVEYS OF 1879 declared Professor
Chas. N Gould. state EcologiHt Of OK
lahoma. In recent interview Many
Ot the NAMES of the creeks Ia south.
western oklahoma. creeks Of eOnsld.
erable Importance as, Barnitz aud
Beaver IN Custer county. Calyery In
Washita, Quartermaater IN Roger
Mills. and Turkey creek IN Jackson
county, were not given by this survey
aud since then no one has taken the
trouble 10 have these errors correct.
ed
Professor Gould. through the Okla.
homa ge0Rieal survey, has collected
the data and isprepaFiug 20 have cor
rect maps published He has secured
the cooperation Of Henry Gannett,
chairman of the United States geoR
raphie board. who vii publish the
maps after they are corrected by the
Oklahoma survey So hereafter the
government maps viii be correct to
date.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
STILL CONSIDERING
SCHOOL LAND BILL
Two Provisions, Thought TO Sc un.
constitutional, Stricken From
Measure Sent to House.

Guthrie. okla. Feb ia-Bdt two
important changes Were made IN the
senate school lana bin as reported to
the house. beth changing provisions
thought to lt unc, institutional The
senate bid provides for the sale OF
the indemnity, enabling act and pub
lie agriouhuN.. lauds IN i60acre tracts
and the grazing lands in 64O-aore
tracts. ana provides that no person,
even a lessee shsll have the right to
purchase more than une tract. The
enabling att and constitution provides
that the lands shah be sold in i6U'aere
tracts, preference right being given
60 The lessee he senate bin pro-
vides that cry lessee having q SUR
plus trying 20 dispose Of It and there.
by transferring g preference tight,
shall be guilty of a felony As the
courts have held that the preference
right is q property right the senate
provision was eliminated as uncon.
stitrtional
TO secure the object sought by the
senate In the proposition limiting pur.
chasers 20 leO acres. and &C the same
time not violate the enabling aSt and
constitution the house committee has
submitted an amendment that where
lessee has more thgn l60 acres such
lands shall not be sold by the state
but shall be retained and rented of
per cent of the appraised value an
nu4lly un,ess the lessee desires "a
voluntarily relinquish his preference
right To an "a excess OF go acres
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
WAKING PROGRESS
IN SCHOOL AFFAIRS
Plans for Southwestern Normal Ac-
eepted -6artlssvllle and 6rls
to Erect High Schools.

That Oklahoma does not intend 70
be outclassed In the matter Of school
facilities by the ,ider states is evi-
denced by the following news items
from differert localities
Guthrie rGe Normal school re
gents have adopted the plans OF Arch.
itect Charles Subholter Of Muskogee
for the new main hall OF the South
western Normal school at Weather
ford The building will cost praeti
caliy Sl00, l0a
Bartlesyille-The board OF eduea
ton has been notified thar the 500,
Geo school bond issue. sold recently
10 the John Nuveen company of Chi
cago, had been placed on deposit IN
a bank there ana the money was av
atlabe and subject TO check ON ordel
of the board Plans viii be made AZ
ones for the beginnirg of work on the
school hui'aitE that will be ung OF the
finest in the state
Bristow- Greek county Is eontem
plating the building of high sohoo
10 ost approximately $4,000
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
TEDDY" OBJECTS
TO LIMITATION
House Committee Report on Appro.
pria,lon Dill ReVlVes Dispute
Retween Roosevelt and
Congress
~ Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Washington u C.. Feb, 10 Two
old disputes between the president
and congress was revived today when
the house committee IN appmpria.
tions reported The sunday civil ser
vice bill The bill carries an appro-
priauon ot one hundred thirty.seven
million, twenty-five thousand seven
hundred dollars. or twenty.six million
dollars less than the estimates
The committee incorporated In the
bill the same limitations on the use
of the secret service operatives ot the
treasury department ns was included
Ia the bin which became a law last
winter Il Nas this limitation that
drew forth ,he severe criticism OF
President Roosevelt
The largest item In the bill Is for
condemnation worf on the Panama
canal, For this purpose ySs.69S GOO
is appropriated. or four million more
than Is carried in the currCnt sunday
civil appropriation bill Tor that eN.
pendlture
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
BATTLESHIPS HONE
AFTER LONG CRUISE
With penants Streaming and Bands
Playing The American Ships
Arrive Home.
ny AsaoeInled press

BY Associated Press
old Point Comfort Va, Feb. 22-
With homeward bound penants
streaming far behind them tweny.
eight bands playing the star spang.
ed Banner" the battleship fleet Of the
American navy ended It's worlds
cruise here today.
After steaming in review of the
president, whose eagle crested flag OF
blue was at the mast of the cruiser
yacht Mayilower, the sixteen battle
ships finally cast anchor IN the same
fair bay OF Hampton roads from which
they started fourteen months ago on
their notable journey Of forty-iiye
thousand miles
Joy over the home coming was writ.
ten on the face Of every blue jacket
and officer aboard the warahips,
While the homage paid to the fleet by
every nation of the visiting list has
been Il source of intense interest 20
those aboard the famous vessels there
WAS no scene IN all the world com.
pared with the familiar marks noted
by the warshipg az they steamed trls
umphantly behind Virginia eopes to.
day
After the ceremonial greeting of the
battleships. the Maynower took up Il
position ia the center OF the fleet and
Admiral Speery aud other flag officers
were received on board, and TO them
President Roosevelt extended cordial
thanks. which he afterwards express
ed anew 10 the officers and crews Of
the four divisions OF flag ships
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26

State Of Oklahoma. County Of Della.
ware. SIS In the County Court.
In the matter OF the Guardianship
OF Oliver Downing, a minor, Alex
Downing, Guardian Probate No. li6.
order for Hearing Petition 10 Sell
Real Estate.
rhe petition OF Alex Downing as
the guardian of Oliver Downing. a
MINOR. haying been presented to this
Court. praying that an or&Sr be
made authOF ging said petitioner 20
sell the whole or SO much and such
parts OF the real estate described In
said petition as the Court shall judge
necessary or beneficial, which lands
are situated in the County OF Craig.
State OF Oklahoma, ami more aecu'
rately described as follows, towit'
The w \ OF NE. u and ". =
OF NE 4 OF NE, 4 OF Section So
Township 26 North Range go East,
being In all 100 acres more or less.
And it appearing 20 the Court from
such petition that il is necessary
OF sell the whole or some portion OF
the real estate for the purposes and
reasons mentioned in said petition,
therefore. said petition viii be filed
herein and a time appointed for hear.
ing the same
AND 1T is HEREBY ORDERED
by the Court that Tuesday. the End
day of March. 1909. at the hour OF
ten o'clock A. NJ. of said day or as
soon thereafter as the same can be
heard, that being a day OF the reg
uiar January, 1909. term OF said
Court. be and the same is appointed
as the time when all persons inter
ested in said estate, as we'll as the
next of kin are directed and required
to appear before this Court to show
cause why an order should not be
granted to said petitioner to sell sc
much of the real estate of said minol
as is necessary.
1t is further ordered by the Court
that copy of this order be pub
nshed for three successive weeks N
n newspaper of general circulation N
the County OF Delaware, State OF Ok
lahoma. and County of Craig State o
Oklahoma. before the hearing day on
said petition
Dated this SOth day Of January
1909
Il. So WILSON N. SMITH,
Judge OF the County Court
Adds A. BROWN,
Attorney for Guardian
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETl-
TloN TO SELL REAL ESTATE.

The petition of Fred Martin, as the
guardian of Priscilla Johnson, nee
Martin. a minor. having been pres
ented TO this Court, praying that an
order be made authorizing said petit
toner to sell the whole or so much
and such parts of the real estate des-
cribed in said petition as the Court
shall Judge necessary or beniicial.
And 1t appearing to the Court from
such petition that it is necessary TO
sell the whole or some portion of
the real estate for the purposes and
reasons mentioned In said petition,
therefore. said petition will be filed
herein and time appointed for hear.
ing the same.
AND 1T is HEREBY ORDEknD,
BY the Court that Monday, the 18th
day of March. 1909. at the hour of
ten o'clock a. m. the said day, or as
soon thereafter as the same can be
heard. that being a day of the regular
january. 1909. term OF said Court, be
and the same is appointed as the
time when all persons interested In
said estate, as we'll as the next of
kin are directed and required 10 ap-
pear before this Court to show cause
why an order should not be granted
to said petitioner 90 sell so much OF
the real estate of said minor as Is
necessary.
It is further ordered by the Court
that copy of this order be publish
ed for three successive weeks IN q
s a. Iu ftfsf
/ both In the County of Craig, State
of Oklahoma. and County of Nowata,
State of Oklahoma, before the hear
/ ing uay on said petition.
Dated this nth day of February
1909.
THEO D. b. FREAR
Judge of the County Court.
! Adds A. BROWN.
Attorney for Guardian
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
CUBA BELIEVES IN
MONROE DOCTRINE
Bill introduced in Island Legislature
to Prohibit All Foreigners From
Owning Property
ny Associated Press

hN AsSeNlateQ fiSSA-
Now York. Feb ia.-A bin prohibit.
ing all foreigners from holding any
property in Cuba was today introduo'
ed nj the houso at Havana Property
OF AmerlcaLc, English. Spaniards,
Germans and French amounting 20
nearly two billion dollars would be
affected by the passaro of such "a
measure.
1he government officials &C Wash
ngton are not SURPRISED over the tnet
that bill had been introduced IN the
Cuban house OF representatives pro.
hibiting foreigners from holding pro
porty on the island, but say its enact
ment into law would be the most un'
fortunate thing that could happen for
the future prosperity of that country
The proposition is sure 60 meet with
strong diplomatic objections from all
countries whose citizens have inter
ests In Cuba.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
ENID rs ENTERTAINING
THE STATE LEGISLATORS.

enid. okla. Feb. 20 The program
for the entofJaifsaent of the members
OF the legislature ana state officials,
with their Wi es, who arrived here 800
strong this afternoon, has been com
pleted The visitors viii be shown
the city In electric ears and NJ 4
O'Clock will 30 served With banquet
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR
LANDING INSANE HOSPITAL

Aleuer received this morning by
Sheriff II. e Ridenhour from Hon. u.
~ Ratclin contains the following In
teresting information about the loca.
tion of the sta'e hospital for the i'm
sane
Prospects for landing the insane
hospital are still good May be able
10 get II 60 n vote today
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-02-26
FIVE MASKED ROBBERS GET
$4,000 FROM A FARMER

By Associated Press,
Muskogee. OKLA, Feb 81 Five
masked robbers entered the homo Of
James Heck, who lives near stlRler
early today and compelled Heck To
hand over 60 them two thousand dol
lars. the saving OF lifetime, and cs.
capped