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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13
MIJSKE:
FRI:
SNEP

MuskUgee Okla. tau is Fire chat
broke cut thls morning At The Saratoea
restaurant. in Thlai street spread u
lhe Carolina aud Evans bulldlgns and
threatened 'he ihreo bl1ciH baunded
by 1hlsd. flfeadwas. 0kmalseo aud
Fourth streets IN the business dieiglct.
Several r0omers hid naffow escapes
hui Il ii believed ne liYes wcrpalua;
The ~aier pFeSsufn Nas inadequate.
The Gre was rlaeea nuaer control
el II aelUck after having burned fer
several aasls. The loss Is estimated
1t s25a.a0e
The flIowinR buildings mostly
three aud four story brick structures
wlts taHlenta. we're destroyed ues.
man. Carolina and Evans buildings
lipll6 6aag and Ross. ladies' lurulshlnga
MfsoHs dfuF store, Keystone TailoFa
Milo AIamf. billiard fHom Nenpaflel
millinery shores Cpnsumhra coffee anil
tea company Pleraans photograph
eallest The Chief hakeFY. euric store
manf E6al estate 4ad a|heF offices
TIE department Naa practically
helpless aud lhe ||fs pasned lltell enE
alsaF deslt ylps almost an enlllf
AauafA
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13
TELEPHONE
CASE ARGUED

The Supreme court today heard or
al argument IN two important rate
Questl0ns certified up by the corpor
alton commission. tnwit the ease Of
the a, n, &S ~ Ry c0., ys state 81
Oklahoma and thc test suit lodged BIZ
The Corporation commission before
the court IN which the City og lIarts-
horn is Dlaiuiif and the Pioneer Tele-
phone and TelegFaph company Il de-
ieudant IN an action 20 determine
whether the franchise entered into
between the city and the telephone
company IN which stipulated price
Is agreed upon for service 10 the pa.
irons Of The company within the city
limits. Is contract OF not. Seven
cases are now pending before the
commission poudlng decision upon
this same question, and asking that
telephone rates be reduced, including
the Guthrie case, which Is directly In
line with The IIartshorn case
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13
SCOTT ROOp KILLED
HIS BROTHER -IN-LAW
Stated That One Of The Noted
AIlenISIS In ThaW Case
VIII Testify


Special 20 Daily Leader.
Hobart Oklaa Jan 13. Scott Roan
charged VITA the murder OF Jesse Jen
klns, his partner ana brolher.in.law. In
the Brock hotel here on the fourth Of
last September, has begun the battle
lpr his liberty and life.
Tho ragody occurred IN one OF no
70 ms Of the bntel which The men own
ga and managed together They were
brotherinlaws, Mrs Roop being me
sister OF Jesse Jenkins R0op was i'm
der the Influence Of liquor and told
Jenkins that he wanted 10 see him
Tho two men wont up stairs into o.
rom and IN few minutes a pistol
shot was heard Roop ran down rtairi
wlth smoking .3S revolver ia hls
lands exclaimlng have shot Jesse
The occupants OF The office rushet
% the room where they found jenkins
5h through the abdomen He wa
ealried ~ room and physicians sum
amned Two days later he died. prey
ansly making written statement IA
ne conuty atturney the contents o
which have Hot sat been made public
and on which be state expects to make
Us case
Thc defense VIII attempt 10 pr NJ
Ihai ROOM YVES temporarily inaaae mf
naye employed Dr Han one of iht
noted allcmsla in the Thaw case, d
suppnri their assertions.
About Ilfty Witnesses have bee
summoned aud L is carefully ostlmal
TT that lhe eaHe wlll cost The eannl
Nly Si0O00
Many genuine scnsall Ems are prum
aed owng 10 Go close connections bl
tween ihc delsgse and prosecution
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13

speelal To Daily Leader
Washington. Jan Il 'rhe .fipArly
lreasy between the United states Of
COLOMBIA ara Panama hae been re-
eelvel hy Tho senass. This treaty
promises 10 reopen The controversy
YVee the birth of saH feaubllc 81 Rana.
ina. II consequence, Ar Root. sec
reiafy of state, has asked permission
o. appear before the foreign rotations
committee 10 that he mny fully eN.
plain and elaborate Upon ssnleioi he
features a thR treaty and Ia Bosaiaall
dieafm criticisms q tha document b
winning over. II possible the mIno.d.
members % lae committee
THE particular portion OF the tfeslg
whlea promises to open up conlro'
gersY 5 The one uiaiine % the as.
sumption az 4 pofllsn q the pualIc
dabt II Colombia hy Panama This
portion Il iixe1 at sz.a00pon And Il il
provided that the amonm shall Be
pass ever % Colombia n ten equal
lnalallmenlo 4 Is ma,tor Of r.
Hafk among ibe Denue alio senators
ihHg this means annaM payments af
fesaaan pach AMI EhHsn anuNal pHy-
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OF certain drugs. etc.
lly johnson. 81 Hughes, amending
statutes aud defining legal pnactltion.
er Of medicine
BY same defining legal rate Of in.
tcresi.
lly same. providing for bridge
over the South Canadian river and
carrying appropriation oi sloO000
therefor
by loyelace. o. Latimer amending
statutes.
By Maxcy Of potl" establishing
statn confederate home,
By same, providing for one trial In
certain eases
By same bonding school districts
BY same. as 10 cities maintaining
kindergartens.
by Rider. registration OF voters IN
cities
BY Ross Of Comanche. defining aud
preservation az court files.
8y Temple, Of Bryan, defining rate
OF interest
By Tate. Of Seminole, amending
statutes
by Tulotson of Nowata, same,
BY Turner. OF Murray. permanently
locating state school Tor the deaf at
Sulpnnf
By Wallace, Of Carylu, as 10 litho-
graphing, etc
BY same. payment sherifs expen.
ses ~ certain cases
BY Whayne, Of Carter, establishing
state normal school at Ardmore, and
approprlating $4,000 therefor.
ny Wilson, Of Greer, relating to
insurance.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13
DEMOCRATS SCENT SCANDAL

nionis equal exactly the annal pay.
mcnl luhde under treaty hY the United
States 10 Panama, which He pay as
rental under our lease Of the Canal
Zone.
Democrats eeans Scandal.
Dcmolratle senators have repeatedly
tried to agniVe President Roosevelt
and the present administration IA an
aliesed deal foF the cfuslloa 81 tho
republic of Panama Thef have nee.
e- been successful The EFFORT 10 IN.
voIFo the sfhtf department At the
time when FRANK n Lo0niIH VAS kct
ing Secretary 81 state ansi aant mo
now famous eahlegsam asklns Il the
revolution which resullef n Ihe hlrln
of the Panama republic was over be-
f0rc Il actually begun, has never been
successful 0F attracted she astenilun
o. tho country Now the mlnOrlis
senators seem 90 fepl that lie coun.
Try ls Inclined 10 be more critical Of
President naaseyolt lhkH Il the TIME
Nhnu he IIlIIa republic q rahan1
came inle ek.atenee IN consaqnenee.
lCnnEIHaeH Oh PAGE NanHt
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13
.BALKED At
TAKING OATH

AZ the express rate hearing today
before fac Corporation commission,
after Auditor Busch. Of the American
Express company had introduced n
biz hunlle OF siatlstics and figures
purportlng to snow tho earnings and
expenditures Of The company. he Was
called upon 10 state under oath that
they were correct lie refused 10 do
10 ana Withdrew the statistics as evil
ience
This Is Rock Island day before the
commission Several companies were
neara. C. W rlnaman, superlnien
dent Of the oklahoma and Arkansas
llvislon, represented The road AZ the
aearing end settled q number Of the
caspb with The cnmnalnants out 0f
court
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13
ARRESTED Ar REQUEST
OF SHERIFF GARRISON
Stately Descendant Of Cherokee
ChIetiaIn Saw a Man
Shot 10 Death


Special to Daily Leader.
Denver, Colo, Jan, lar A. a Witness
In murder ID Oklahoma city last
spring, Mrs, Emma smythe. also known
as Mrs. Helen woous. was arrealed Ia
her room at ifiO LarImer street at
neon today BY Officers Dell and Carr
She ~ said to number among her fore,
fathers chief Of the Cherokee tribe
Of Indians She IS handsome, TAN and
stately, and about 81 years Of age. SHE
Is a brunette With clear blue eyes and
splendid figure.
According TO one Of ksr acuuaiul.
ances her career haa been on the r0.
mantle order and she fled from 0klah0.
ma to avoid testitylng against an al
|mlrer who, in her presence. shot ana
Killed another man who was seeking
place IN her affections,
Mrs, Smythe conducted h0ardlnN
house and abe was receiving the atlen.
Gions Of Richard Madison. All wont
weli until Alongn llasht began paying
her court One night lasl spring. after
the crowd Ind lndulged freely III Intoxi-
eating liquor. trouble started Aladl.
H0n pulled B long revolver end AIre.
Smytha attempted % snatch Il 0us 81
hts hand She was seized Il IA phiN
by friends Of Madison and while sht
looked ou with horror Madison shot
Knight three @ four times.
"no You Love Him Now71
The SLAYER is quoted as haylnR cato
in her. ei.aak & your nnN friend Du
yeu love him npwg" She gazed upon 4
bloody corpse
Slra smythe Who had secured q az.
voroe, was Instructed by sheriff Hl D.
Garrison ta remain "a Oklahoma eli
Witness I'd the ease She was noi
placsd under hand, however and two
nr Saree mouths ne0 she came ts
Denver
Her arrest Was made s The request
u Sheriff Garrison Ia q mesaagu 10
Chief Armstrong
~ Is something that have trlad 20
forget" said she IN Ii a nightmare
that have been trying 10 eqose from
my mpmurY forever ! am we'll con-
necicd "a 0klab ma City aud / have E
great many friends there / did NOT
rua away @ keep from appearing as 9
ltness ID this ease
Mrs smylhe IL said 10 have figured
as prominent wllness In gw0 other
mrrder cases IN Oklahoma.
Married. q Preacher.
One story told Of her Is that sha
once married a minister Of the gospel
who was infatuated with her She
learned shortly after the wedding that
The minister had family and hha
never obtained divorce The preach.
er. u is reported thereup0n deserted
his bride and committed suicide while
en- route 70 India by jumping from the
deck OF a alaamer,
sherlff'Garrls0n says In his message
to Chief Armstrong that he win send
for Mrs Smythe within q day or two.
..-ea-.re,---s@
J. y. Bali has sold 10 Chas b Walt.
ers for $1,000 the southwest quarter
Of the northeast quarter oE aaetlcn
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13
INTENSE SUFFERING AT
MUSR0GEE AND WAGNER

Kansas City Mo. Jan i3.--Mildef
weather prevailed Ii Kansas and Mis-
sourl today with a continued fail ef
snow. The temperature was generally
above zero.
Muskogee and Wagner. Oklahoma
were with ut gas OWING to braas iu
the main and the p0pnlace AZ these
places suffered intensely II Is report
Cd that many cattle perlshed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13
SONS DEFENSE
RUINS FATHER

Flushing + l.. Yar 10. annmlnf
I'D the defense Ii the trial If Thornton
Jenkins Halna was resumed today ~
Attorney MeInlylM who WIS given un
II nom to-day In which 70 conclude
Now York. Ian. isAll the money
lhai Gen. peter Hams father ut Thorn
ton jenkins Halna. had gathered io
seshar io lnaafe comfort ii the late
yearA on himself and his wife has beer
swept away in the defense of their
son in his ffial for aiding n the shoot
lne o. William r Annis according 70
lcAn F Melalyfe Thornl0ns lepa'
defender
i'h0 laat piece ~ property which
lhf GENERAL n9aaeesrd said Ar Me-
Inlye today was morseaaed Just el
Ter C1f|Hinlas
nnraI foIE yin bhiid telephone
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13
CRIMINAL COURT OF APPEALS

The criminal court Of appeals Is In
session this Afternoon In the conyen.
tldn hail building Many cases are be.
ing submitted upon briefs
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13

Florence. italy Jan. i3.-Several
earth STOCKS were recorded here snli
morning al intervals Of Two seconds
People rushed out from their nonses
fearing repetition Of tho sclllan dts
asters. No damage was done aud cain
was soon restored.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13
AGAIN
.TERRORIZED

Venice. Jan. l3.-~Two earth shockl
were fell here and at Milan this morn
Ing.
People rushed fr2m their houses ane
gathered II open SQUARES There wa.
40 lamage. however
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J. 70. Bali has sold 10 Chas 3 Walt.
ers for $1,000 the southwest quarter
Of the northeast quarter Of aeetlcn
II. l6. B
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lconlInued on page gl
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13

that 'sceti0n 49, Article ., 81 the con.
stituli0n docs not require tFansporla.
lion aud transmission companies at
their own expense 20 provide such
equal facilliIes and conyeniences be
tween parties, firms er corporations as
10 overcome or equalixe dlsadyant
ages caused by dlssimlllar location"
4 f4u..m4 A afi....A
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-13

The Supreme court IN a maEimous
opinion this morning reverses the
Corporation commission In ordering
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad company TO build spurs for th2
Apache MllIug company and the Miller
f3raln company At Apache at the exc
nense Of the Railroad company holding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01
On the March for Elephants

60 we lost no time At dawn the next morning we
- were en- route in light marching order, leaving
Regal in charge of our base camp, all donkevs and
the spare mules Our course was almost due north,
through rolling hills and broad plains sloping up
from the main west fork of the Mara to the foot Of
the lSurla Escarpment. vast black wall, 1nacceSs
IDLE at most points which stretched out of our ken
into the horizon to northeast and southwest.
Five miles out reached the munyata of koy-
delot, ST.. who welcomed with gifts of great gourds
of milk. We promptly turned these over to the
porters at our noon camp, as the natives method OF
cleansing their dairy vessels makes Masai milk
possible, save when it MIXED direct into
of his vessels, when it is found sweet and
rich as the milk of the best Jersey COW.
Out of the village followed by fifteen or
twenty OF kovdelot's Young el Moraui. keen that
should shoot them some buck the skins of which
Continued page is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01

of posho native grain food, beans, corn, or
millet was nearing exhaustion, and the kavi-
rondo grow abundant crops of metdmd (Egyp-
tIan corn
With lot Of mixed porters exhaustion of
posho is always most serious thing, no mat
ter how abundant game meat may be- If he
can get meat, the Wakamba asks nothing
else. The Wakikuyu will touch no kind of
meat. even at point of impending starvation.
Indeed, when we had already cut the Others
to half rations OF posho Ga full ration being
one and one-half pounds day to the man
and were giving them all the meat they could
eat, our Wakikuyu pathetically pleaded that
their fathers had never eaten meat and that
they could not. and full posho they had To
have
SO it was every last one of these aboriginal
vegetarians rushed back TO the railway
with Judd The Mohamedan Swahili will eat
no meat not properly haldted by one Of their
own faith.-the throat cut and the carcass
properly bled. before death The Somai will
touch no form of food but rice and halaled
meat. Thus while none of our porters would
dare desert from the Mara camp for fear Of
being bagged by Wanderobo we confronted
plenty of trouble when the posho gave out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01

had been a serious problem All the time Judd
could spare was expired and he was then planning
attempt for short cut station of the Uganda
Railway, hundred and thirty to hundred and
sixty miles north of us But to the north and north
west interviewed the Isuria and Lumbwa ranges,
gashed with deep watersheds and clothed with belts
of dense forest while the northeast Law the mighty
uptt of the Mau and unknown dry stretches of al
ternating lava and Jungle of the kidong Valley.
Without path or guide. either to be
desperately hard and slow going.
-Four days before we had sent three of wapa-
gazi into the northwest hunting for some Nasal
munyata and since they were ratoned for only three
days. had begun to fear that the Wanderobo had
picked them up. Thus it a great relief when
found that koydelot could give us two of his eli
moran (warriors) who knew practicable route to
the Lunbwa tribe, whence guides could be got
Lumbwa station on the Uganda Railway
When we reached camp late that afternoon after
a fine days sport that yielded several good
trophies we found koydelot and his awaiting
us with fine fat-tal sheep. the usual native bak
shish, which recprocated the full of its value
Fashions Transient Among Savages
A LOT of beads however. found
ceptabe, even some of the most brilliant hued
OF the lot. They not in style What do YOU
think of that?
And yet it is absolute fact that in set of the
hdie monde the world over is fashion tickle and
transient than among African savages. Traders of
small means have been ruined, trekking into the
interior hundreds of miles with wares that proved
unstable at any price In the few months of their
absence the fancy of the ebony beauties had shifted
Red or white beads were demanded by those who
previously would look at but blue beads; iron
wire was preferred to copper brass; previously
popular prints of cotton were discarded; etc.
Indeed, no manufacturers have buster, harder
study for attractive new patterns than English and
German printers of cheap cottons for the African
trade. But it is satisfaction to find that in plain,
unbleached cotton goods no English or European
cotton spinners have been able to compete with
New England mills. whose goods have held first
esteem throughout Central Africa since first in
ttrrooduced,, through Zanzibar, way back in the
COS, and still fetch better prices than the best
foreign products
At dawn of January IL, Judd pulled out north
with his Nasal guides hoping reach Lumbwa in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01

six or eight days. With him
| sent back twenty-three OF
our porters, reducing our safari
to a total of thirty. including
Outram and myself. Sorry
indeed were we to part from
Will Judd, as rollicking. Jolly.
and able a mate as man ever
had.
The day after Judd's depar-
ture we were delighted to be
assured by one of koydelot's
sons that he could guide US TO
elephant. three days march
north of west of our camp.
within the great basin lying
between the Sotik and kisii
country and to the south of
the kisii Highlands. - de
lighted, for we had been under
the impression that there were
no elephant within much less
than a fortnight's march Of
our Mara camp. Nor had we
realized that the kavirondo
were SO near, a most important
fact to us then. as our supply
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01

DAYS of FIVE wears ago and. assured that we
were not Germans. of whom they hold a guilty
fear due to their VIGOROUSLY frequent raids
of natives and settlers in German territory
their suspicion was allayed. Excepting the
members of the Survey Commission and one
lone professional elephant hunter. no white
men had ever before been among them, they
told us.
we had to send back to camp for an inter
prefer. Upon his arrival we learned that the
Sntdni Chief of this munyata was young
koydelot handsome lad of no more than
twenty-five. son of the head witch doctor of
half-dozen nelghboring munyatas Shortly
thereafter the elder came with half-dozen
of his headmen. himself habited in handsome
gray monkey skin cloak. Topped over the left
shoulder and covering him to the thighs
Gravelv seated behind his straight planted
war spear upon a little round six-inch-high
stool carved from single piece of hardwood
surrounded by the sk1n-clad group of his bow
and spearmen. koydelot was not without a
certain crude dignity.
And dignity he succeeded in maintaining
until one of the party plucked short blade
of grass. rolled it into pellet, pressed it zap
parently) into the toe of his boot, exhibited
empty hands, made upward passes over legs
and body, and then plucked from his moutl
Ito the Nasal obviously same grass blade.
koydelot rolled off his stool with wonder and
away.
Indeed. shortly thereafter the beginnings
good entente between US were almost hope
ruined, when another of the party exhibited t
Nasal a lovely full set of teeth. and then, af
seemingly violent wrench at the lower teeth, sh
an empty under jaw. OF into the bush some
ried. and away from us all withdrew in wide
gaping wonder and dread of creatures with sue
Canny attributes.
Nor did we make much further progress
them till third got out press the spring a
flies shut tape measure At first, most of then
all ed 10 al IT III
edition of some sort of snake; but, once we conv
them it had no fangs. each had to have his an
play with it for the next half hour.
This meeting with the Masai solved for us
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no mental task, no other form
of labor. will they perform.
They plant no crops. and
in diet subsist entirely upon
their f1ocks and herds. now
that game killing hy natives
is forbidden and in a measure
stopped. Their chief diet IS
mixed milk and blood, the
latter drawn from the necks Of
their butter fat bullocks.
The Natives Suspicious
OUR approach created
- sensation. Lads herding
sheep and women fetching
water from a nearby spring
fitted away through the bush
like shadows. and we were
halted for sometime a hundred
yards from the gate before
group of elderly men and
young warriors came out, alert,
suspicious, nervously clutch
ing their spears. Presently,
however. they recalled Outram
from, old BOUNDARY Survey
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