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Cleveland County Leader.
VOL
LhXINGTON, OKLAHOMA TKltlMTOUY. SATl'HDAV. HK< KMIJ1ill 9, Is!W.
PITIES THE TRAMP.
SENSATIONAL LtiTTtn BY
GOVERNOR LEWELLINii.
£H ORDER TO POLICE BG'iiiD3
lli* linnin< it'ovrrunr TlikiiU* tli# I n
employed nro Too llnrtlily lirt It
With l>y (h« .Municipal It le« or
Hip M«l«, mill Auk* Tliat
Ilia "l(ork I'll*" iikI ••Hull
I*• § *• Kt* A Iml iHlie«l.
Topkka, Kan., Dec. <>.— Governor
Lewelling yesterday gave out one of
the most remarkable circular letters
ever issued by a state executive. The
letter is addressed to all boards of
police commissioners in the state, and
is as follows:
KXKITTIVK LKTTKIL
To All Hoards of Poller <'onnnlsaloiirr.s
In lhr reiffii of Kli/nb. t i th< hi.'hwavs
wore Ml eil with the throng* of thr uneni
ployed poor, who wrre made to 'move on ;tinl
were sometimes brutally whipped, sometimes
sumtnurllv handed. us 'sturdy vi^iviiit,' in
corrigible vuKuhomK* in France. just pre-
vious In the revolution, the punlshmrnl of br
ln.< poor and out of work was, tor tie llrsl of
fense, ,i term of years in the gal-
leys. for the second offense, t ur gal
leys for life in this country, the
monopoly o( labor savin; inichin
ery and its devotion toscllish instead of tuu-ial
use, have rendered more and more hum in
ing:* superfluous until wr havr a mui-alng
army of the unemployed aumlierui / even in
the most prosperous times not less than I,
(XJO.OUU able hojied men yet, until recently it
was the prevailing notion, hs it is yet the no
tionol nil but the work people tborn.-- I\rs and
those of other classes glvm to thinkin /, t h it
TV whosoever, bein^' able-bodied an I willinv 1"
work can always find work to d«> an 1 section
571 of the gem ral *t itutes of Ihsji is « d s. race
ful reminder how sava • ven in Kau is h.is
been our treatment of the m• •■-t unhappy of
our human brothers.
"The man out of work and p 'nniless is. by
this legislation, classe I with • 'confidence
men " Under this .st itul*1 unM city rrdin nice <
of similar import thousands of men -uI• \ or
no crime but poverty, intent upon u crime
but that of srrkln: employment, h;i\<- Ian
guished in the city prisons of Kansas or per
formed unrequited toil on rock piles as
municipal slaves liccatHc ignorance of r •< -
nomic couait ons had made us . riu I Toe
Victims have boon the poor and humble for
whom pilice courts arr courts oi last resort
they cannot give bond and appeal They have
bocn unheeded and unc.ired tor bv the busy
world which wastes no time v.siting prisoners
in jails. They have been too pour to lithate
with their oppressors, and thus no voire from
ihis un ler worid of human woe has ever
reached the ear of un apellate court, because
it was nobody's business to lie his brother .s
\ kef per
w "But those who sit in the m-Us of power :u •
w bound bv the highest obligation t i especially
regard the cause of the oppressed and helpless
poor. The tlr^t duty of government is to the
weak Power becomes tlendisii if It be not tl'.e
protector and sure reliance of t h«- frirndU •
to whose complaints all other e-.irs arr dull.
It is my dut.\ to srr that the lav. s ar< faith
fully executed,'and among those law-, is the
constitutional provision th.it n • instru-
mentality of the state 'shall deny
to any person within it. jurisdic-
tion the equal protection of the laws
And who needs to be told that equal protection
of the laws does not prevail where this in-
human vagrancy law Is enforced. It separates
men into two distinct classes, differentiated
as those who aii |. nniless and tnose who ar<
not, and declares the former criminals, only
the l.tter are entitled to the liberty guaran-
teed by the constitution To be found in a
city 'without visible met us of sipport, or
some leyitim.itc busm -<.n," is the involuntary
condition of some millions at this moment,
^ and under th< law we proccd to punish thein
for behu victims to conditions which, we as u
people, have forced up n them
' I have noticed In police court reports that
•sleeping in a box car is .un n_' tin varieties
of Ibis henious crime of helm: p or. Some
police judges have usurped a - >\.t. ;-ti powr
pot permitted the hi-'hr i futu tionarles «.( the
state or of thr nation, and victims of Indus
trial conditions have been peremptorily 'or-
dered to leave town
"The right to go freely from place to place
in search of employment or rven obedience to
a mere whim, is part of that personal liberty
guaranteed by the constitution « f the t'nited
States to ever\ hum m being on American
soil Kven \oluntary idleiic-s is not forbid-
den If a Diogenes prefer roverty if a Co!-
umbus cheo'.r htiuger anil the discovery of a
new race, rather than seek personal comfort
bv engaging in 'some Ir.'itimate business.'
I am aware of no power in the legislature or
in city councils to deny him the right to seek
happiness in his own way so long as he harms
no other person.
'if men commit offenses, let them be ar
rested and punished, whether rich or poor, but
let simple poverty cease to i crime
"In some cities it is provided by ordinance
that if police court lines are not paid or so-
cured the culprit shall be compelled to work
out the amount a - a munic'pal slave and rock
piles and bull pens are provided for the en
forcement of thosr ordinance \nd so it ap
pear- that this slavery is not imposed as a
pun shinent, but solely as a means of collect
ing a debt
"Such city ordinances are in Ha,'rant viola
tion of constitutional prohibition-- The rock
pile and the bull pen would never havr hr«n
used in deiraudiu • the friendless anil poor
Let thrse twin rrlics of thr departed auction
bloek era cense to dis :race the cities of Kan
sas And b t the daw'u of Christinas flay Hud
the rock pile, the bull pen' and the crime of
being homeless and poor obsolete in all the
cities of Kansas governed by the metropolitan
police act
'it is confidently expected that their own
regard for constitutional liberty ind their
human Irapu ses will induee police commis
sioners to carry out the spiril as well as the
letter of the fore.oins? su gestions.
• L I) Lkwki.i.ini., (Jevomer "
) rigbt fill Itollor K,\plo«ion.
Kasha no. Texas, I >. «•. ti. The
boiler of a Texas and Pacific engine
drawing* thirle.mi cars exploded near
here yesterday, Willing Engineer
Charles Klliott, Fireman Charles
He vers and Hrakeman Frank Spence,
whose body was blown Hit) yards.
He vers was blown IK) yards. The
air pump was blown 700 feet, and the
main portion of the boiler 'J.V) feet.
Considerable track was torn up and
nine cars wrecked.
A Mayor Murdered.
Mkmi'UIs, Tenn.. Dec. ■> K. <
Williamson, mayor of Ha/.elhurst,
Miss., was brutally murdered bv
Kirby Miller at 1 ' o'clock yesterday.
.). II. llorton. a brother-in-law of
Miller's, has been arrested as acces-
sory. People are wild with indica-
tion.
At durant, I T , the entire business
portion of the town was gutted by
Are, causing* a loss of ■ "• 1,0 o
Monsignor Satolli. speaking* at
Washington, declared himself warmly
in favor of Catholic schools.
I 'YN AMITE IN LONDON.
I %v ii. v-1 mr I'oiiuili Fouod In • I.odg-
miC llotMA I'olicu Hard at Work.
L m> Deo, .—In the room of a
man named Schneider, who is re-
ported to have just arrived from the
I nited States and whose place in
Chonccry lane was searched yester-
day. was found a tin can eclosed in
two wooden boxes. They were taken
to the How street police station and
immersed in water until to-day, when
they were examined by government
expert.-, and were found to contain
twenty-four pounds of dynamite in
cakes with fuses and everything ready
for use.
The police are in active search of
the inuit who managed to escape.
The impression is gaining ground that
the police have really discovered, ac-
cidentally, a plot to cause a dynamite
outrage in the law courts.
Irishmen scott' at the idea that
Schneider had any connection with
the extremest section of the Irish Na-
tionalists, saying that his name was
sufficient to class him as an Anarchist
and that it would probably be shown
that, if tho explosive found in his
londging was really an infernal mi
chine, it was probably sent to London
by the Anarchists of New York or
Chicago, who arc also charged with
supplying the Anarchists of France,
Austria and Spain with funds and
other means of causing explosions.
The Evening Standard has caused
an increase of the excitement by re-
porting that the police have found a
number of bombs in a swell cafe in
the West End.
HARRISON REFUSES TO TALK.
The !•;*-President lias Nothing to say on
the I'reHiileiiI'm Muhihcp.
Indianaidi.ih, IikI., Dec. ti. — Kx-
I'residuDt Harrison was askeil if ho
lia<l read the president's message re-
plied that he had just finished its
perusal, but declined to talk upon it
f<ir publication. "The impropriety
of an ex-president discussing* publiclv
a president's ine.ssajje." said he, "is
very palpable, and I do not cttre to do
so. I alii a Republican and President
Cleveland is a Democrat, conserjueutlv
we differ radically in our views and
and opinions, and his suggestions and
re.'otiiinendations are not in accord-
ance with my ideas. I notice, how-
ever, he goes down the line of the de-
partments and treats of them fully.
Its length, too, is greater than the av-
rage message.''
1*1.tinniu ,(iin %%oiir ueuu.
London. Dec. 0 —- Madame Julia
Wolfe, composer of the opera '< arina,"
is dead
NEWS NOTES.
Over 000 cases of the grip have been
reported at St Joseph, Mo . n the
last three days
Over 100 families at llichmond. Ind.,
are dependent on public charity for
the means to live
J. J. Carter's hotel at Shackelford,
Mo., w destroyed by tire with all its
contents.
Thomas Axworthy, the exiled de-
faulting treasurer of Cleveland, Ohio,
is dying at Hamilton, Canada
The Kl l'aso, Texas, Herald and
Tribune, both afternoon papers, have
been proscribed in Mexico
The principal business block in
Wheatland. N. I>, was destroyed by
fire. Losses 8.* 0,0d0.
(ilass factories'in and about W heel-
ing, W. Va , have resit til id or prepar-
ing to resume work with full forces.
Dr. Lewis J. Warren, a prominent
physician and Haptist leader of Clay
Center. Kan., died of Height's disease.
Tramps broke into the store of J.
L. Sheldon at Heading, Kan., and
secured clothing, money and other
articles.
In his charge to the grand jury at
Warrensburg, Mo.. Judge John K.
Ryland declared in favor of the whip-
ping post for minor off ernes.
Major Joseph W. Wliatn, paymaster,
1". S. A., has been ordered before the
retiring board at Washington by
direction of the President.
1'nited States District Judge Foster
of Kansas, who is now at Oalveston,
Texas, is gaining health rapidly an J
expects soon to be well again.
Ellsworth Ingalls has been appoint-
ed receiv r of the Norton, Kas., state
bank which closed its doors last Fri-
day night with $3SOOO liabilities.
II. D. Uichardson. assistant cashier
of the Advance Elevator company of
East St. Louis, was arrested and con-
fessed a shortage of 82,000.
The Wichita followers of Colonel
James II. llallowell announce that he
will be a candidate for congressman-
at-large before the next Republican
state convention.
The total paper currency outstand-
ing November 30 (less £ 1,000,000
estimated to have been destroyed in
the great Chicago fire) is £1,115.349,-
17S, an increase for the month of 811,-
231,008.
The North American llond Invest-
ment company of St. Paul, has sus-
pended • because of the decision in
Chicago against the Guaranty com-
pany of SL Louis.
Special thanks have been offered iti
all the Iterlin churches for the Em-
peror's escape from the plot to assas-
sinate him. and the ecclesiasts
throughout the German empire have
been ordered to hold services for a
similar purpose.
The I'nited States court of private
land claims at Santa Fe, N. M . has
confirmed grants for 100,000 acres in
Rio Ariba county, for 19.000 a -res in
the same count v and for 'J.:4,000 acres
in Socorro county, but rejected th?
Antonio Chaves grant of 130,000 acres
in Socorro county.
GENERAL NEWS
r«i rfully
Sllfftpil
Eronti.
of <'iirr*n
The president sent his message t
congress Monday.
When* ftp a n > b "\\ m Perry wwi
somebody licked he gets Dick Vlunkit
to do it.
tViamrj offiolili look opon ti iveni
or Wilti s new eoinage ichonM as
tirely visionary.
PmUtari Pel v • Bra I Ka not
absolute dictator, and his minister
act only on his direct orders.
Two serious wrecks occurred Sun
day on the Lehigh, one at. Whitehav
en, Pa., and the other at Eaton, Pa
Dr. L. A. I!. Hedge committed sui
elda Sunday in a hotel al Frankfor
by shooting hitnself through the head
Dick Crokcr sees the hand writ in
on tin- wall, and it is aald hai • I«■
flared his intention of retiring fron
the leadership of Tammany.
Compt roller of the Currency E-.'kel
has made his annual report, prixl j
flets and figures regarding the
cial situation in this country*
Hoke Smith's report shows plainl
that he does not favor statehood to
Oklahoma, a fact which isdiscourag
ing to the friends of tin* movement.
Judge Win'ers. of Indianapolis, ha
settled the Iron Hall controversy bj
making tile receivership permanent
and has ordered the funds divided
Ledru Guthrie has been summ >ne<
from Waahlngt >n to appear before th<
\ nited States grand jury in Oklahom
in regard to frauds in tlie Strip open
ing.
The railroads had better put in de
pots at the to.**-* where they do no
now even deign to stop their trains. I
they do not the government will inakt
them.
J.J. \ an Alcn, whose i ppointmcni
as embassador to Italy t ailed out s.
much unfavorable criticism has writ
ten to the president declining to ac-
cept the place.
1 he Iowa City (la ) Republican
building was tot illy destroyed by lire
Friday morning. Loss $10,inn*, insur-
ance about half. The Republican^
loss is very heavy.
Ltndsey Carter, and his wife, whoi
is blind, were murdered and burned in
theii home at Hearne, Tex., Friday
nighL 'I'wo .(Vf,l'0(?s havs been ar-
A dispatch to the London Daily
News from Odessa, says that General
Guerko is suffering from aortic aneur-
ism, and his active military career is
therefore closed.
Ross McKane, the Gravesend politi-
cal dictator, was Saturday arraigned
to answer to the charge of contempt
of oourt. He now denies the actions
attributed to liitn.
After a trial at Lincoln. Neb., last
ing two days. Congressman W. A. Me
Keighan was discharged on the chargi
of attempting to <lefraud th>' Lindcll
hotel of a board bill.
Southern senators declare that the
taking off of the sugar bounty woul*
mean ruin to Louisiana, and that i
tight will be made on Jit in the sen
ate that will defeat it.
Emperor William was so delightei
at the singing of the manncrelior a
Hanover that lie has invited its mem
hers to take part in a court concert a
Potsdam, December 10.
Near Rastrop, Te.v.. on tli • Missouri
Kansas $■ Texas railroad, a train wen
through a trestle, killing Georgj
Schneider, hrakeman. and seriousl,
injuring t he condu :tor and a car in
speetor.
Governor Wr.ite, of Colorado, ha
appointed a new warden for the peni
tentiary, and the new ollieial stole ;
march and took possession in tin
night while the deposed otlicer w:t
asleep.
vhere w n • almt -1 :i riot in Londoi
Sunday when the anarchists dctic*<
law and the police and gather* i ii
Trafalgar square in spite of the or
ders for them not to do so, which lia«
been issued.
."cnator Jones of Nevada, is unaii!
to see any improvement in busincs
since the repeal of the Sherman act
•j islati« ^i
favorable to silver during the prescti
administration.
Morton has completely .o' e liar
on all his promises of patronage h
made Tni sney, and now, like the r. •
of the cabinet officers has a dispos
tion t > farm out the places where the
will do the most good.
Highwaymen attempted to hold u
the outbound stage to ( ripple Creel-
eighteen miles from ( anon < ty. Fr
day morning. The passengers show
light and tlie robbers were repulsci
No one was reported hurt.
The 400 miners at the Winthrof
Mich., ininc struck Friday a gains
store orders, and tin- mine will arobq
bly cloae forthe winter. Ii; Augfuii
the miners had agreed to receive pa
in store orders rather than have th
mine close down.
The workhouse at Radajos wa
burned Tuesday. The flames soon al
ter the tfre started spread rapidl
throughout the building, and the it
mates were rescued with difficulty
No lives are reported lost, but six t
persons were injured.
There is a great row on in the de?
and dumb institution atOlathe, the
board of charities having suramaril
dismissed the stewarl and matron «■
account of a quarrel with the superii
tendent. Sensational development
are expected to follow.
NUMB Kit til
' Oklt noma ha n't had a convention
j yet wu'i'e ex Speaker lUniels hasn't
I rung i" a speech
J F.x-Marshal Grimes hat erected one
; of the finest buildings in the territory
at Kingdsher.
The Newton Republioun reports the
transfers of farm property in Harvey
1 county ou the increase.
! In tin* strip there is a tight over
j towns between the railroad and the
! government, and the government will
' win.
J Congress met in regular session
I Monday, and in the house the tariff
| will have the right of way from tho
j start.
1 M. Cfcsitnir Perier has formally pre-
i sen ted the new ministry to President
| Carnot and the policy will bean*
uounced during the week.
The P.erlin Post announces that the
queen of Roumanla • aows symptoms
of an attack of paralysis which will be
more severe than the previous one.
Germany is watching the cabinet
crisis now in Italy with great interest
! and hoping that ex-Premier Crispi and
: his friends will be restored to power.
Government papers in Germany aro
| advising the ministry to take tho
j sternest measures to choKC off the
growing sentiment in favor of social-
ism in the empire.
The criminal court at Ifagen lias
j sentenced the ex-editor of the Rhin-
| isch Westfaeliseh Zcitung to si\
weeks' imprisonment for insulting
I Chancellor Win Cuprivi.
i James Winch leafier of the gang
who held up and robbed a St. Louis.
Iron Mountain A Southern express
train at Oliphant, Ark., about a month
; ago, has at ia*t been captured.
The members of the C. A. Ii and T\
{ V. L.. of Salina, attendetl in a body
I the scr\ s of the Methodist church
j there Sunday, and the pastor
• picuchcil a sermon on patriotism.
The government is gradtially wear-
j ing out the Tory opposition in the
I house of commons and now expects to
j be able to get the parish council bill
through without resorting to closure
'THE TWO TERRITORIES
STATEHOOD CONVENTION
KINGFISHER.
AT
lond.n.eil N.in of Okl iliom:, ,,u I th. ,. ...
1 T..rri„.r,. IvI.XUKIMUR, (). T„ NdV Si-At I
v . , ' o'clock this afternoon the convention
Newkirk claims t<i have ',',400 inhab- M , , , .. , > . *r a
(fuuts met. After J. i . c aluon had offered a
! blessing, J. C. Uoberts, mavorof King-
^ v nicketi thieves are running riot in | t]siH.r
Guthrie. 1
The court house at Enid will be two
stories high.
The cit y election at Pond Creek is on
hot and heavy.
Pousse cafe i«. just
great run at Perry.
Pond Creek is to have un election on
the 8th of this month.
El Reno is anxious to have the
\N icliita country opened.
Hominy is sold on the streets of
Pond Creek at 5 cents a quart.
A fire company has been organized
at Enid with forty members.
now having a
welcomed the delegates. Sid-
ney Ciark responded. He said in part:
"We have here taxation without
representation. In statehood we
would be represented in congress, and
not be like children at the feet o?
power. There are cond tions in many
localities that demand help. Had we
stateoood we would not cry for aid in
vain. Give us statehood and the peo-
ple will choose the judges, and tho
courts will be courts of justice in re-
ality as well as in name. We are in a
battle for home rule for Oklahoma."
C. II. Reddiek of Oklahoma City. H.
S Cunningham of Logan county. Mr.
Wood worth of III a i no county, and II.
Ii. Smith of Woodward, were,nominat-
ed for temporary chairman.
. . Mr. Cuuningham withdrew, and C.
A non ctti/.ens protective league has , R n0(jiliek was elected,
<>r>rani*iM at IWl 1'tveU. (it-orifp K. I.uinj; of KlngHnher, and
Tho tulU of oUl ilioma KPtling the '!'■■ I'ulmcr of L county, wrre mail*
Corbctt-Mitchcll tight is all bosh. I secretaries.
T ie committee on permanent
Hal-
Naglc, George
PoncaCity claims to have over !1 'ardlner W. R. Asher, A. E. Newman,
l.«,(h) people, not including transients, 1 Albert C. Kline. G s. Van Gunclv, T.
v # H. Patton. Ivan G. Cotikling, T. A.
norman un to have a system of Milton, W. R. Eeafan, C. ( .Tones,
water works or know the reason why. .\fter the appointment of commit-
Enid is < rowing over the fact-that j 101,8 t,,c convention took a recess for
the town has eight plate glass fronts, ii,n bour.
J SK< OND st SSIOJf*
senator Martin of Kansas is in . . , A .
f.,i- . ;, . . . ..] i I*, w. Mc Adams of Ardmore was
lavoi )i .single statehood for Okla- , , , . n
|t(llna made permanent chairman nnd J. R.
j Corrigan vice president. J. P. Samp-
Some of the business men of Ed- son and George Kamcy were chosen
, i ie committee on permanent or
Pond Creole apctety trylny to raalutlon «ii oompoawd of B. I* ifol
•tniirjflp aloiifr with one puff iloR. \V. .1. Kloek. H. I'. N iflc. (ieora
mond
Rank.
ha-
organized the People
\t San Francisco Sergeant llruce,
of Company A, Reuceia Barracks, was
sentenced to five yoara at Ft. Leaven-
worth, and then to be dishonorably
discharged for drunkenness while 011
d utv.
The barb wire mill at Lawrence is
; i"no~t utt'ermg from hard times. It
j runs night and day, still is unable to
i keep up with the orders for itr pro-
duct.
Rev. Calvin lloliuiin is the possessor
of the only complete set of minutes of
the .Meetings of the Kansas Methodist
conferences, the tirst of which was
| held in a tent in Lawrence, October
! Republicans of Chicago last Satur-
| day nominated Acting Mayor George
II. Swift for mayor to till the vacancy
j caused by the death of Mayor Harri-
son. and the Democrats named John
P. Hopkins.
The correspondent of the London
' Standard in Rome says that in thd
| highest and most reserved circles it is
well known that the highest dream of
! the Vatican is the establishment of a
federal Italian republic.
Benjamin Lavigne. a prominent St.
i Louis coal dealer, was killed Tuesday
! by an electric wire falling on him and
his horse. The wire was a street rail-
| way trolley wire and horribly burned
I the man and his horse.
Superintendent of Indian Schools in
i his annual report takes issue with the
! statements that the Indians ire de-
1 creasing in number. The number of
! troublesome Indians is diminishing
j rapidly. It is declared that the ger.-
i eral average of government schools is
! above that, of contract schools. The
I paramount problem of the Indian
; bureau is to teach the American Indi-
an to work in the fields and raise bis
own subsistence. Already there are
favoring indications and only till per
cent of the Indian population now re-
ceive government rations. The alle-
gations of brutal discipline arc dc-
! nied.
Kx-Congressman Nathaniel Buel
| Eld ridge, died at Adrian, Mich., Tnes
day. lie served through the war in
the Thirteenth Michigan as lieuten-
! Colonel. In 1881 he was elected to
I congress and re-ckct 'd in 188i .
If there is a Kansas editor who is
| opposed to an imoiiie tax on s: .noo
.and upwards because it will oppress
him, he has not yet made himself
I ki own. The Kansas editors are wide-
| ly u now ti for their patriotism.
At Martinsville. Ind., young Waltc
Edgars, son of a farmer, was arrested
Tuesday, charged with killing bis
brother William. They and their fa-
ther had a quarrel and both wero
driven out of the home. William was
mysteriously shot and killed shortly
J afterward.
Bishop 1>. A. Payne, founder of Wil
i berforce college, senior bishop of the
A M. E. church, died at his hoino at.
Wilberforce, (>.. Friday, after devo-
ting seventy years of his life to relig
ion and education among his people
He had been a bishop in the church for
thirty-two years.
William II. Shureman. th? cx-l ank
lev. who was president of the. defunct
! hangc bank of Normal. III., nlead-
cd guilty T icsday to twenty-nine
counts of an indictment for embezzle-
ment in receiving money for deposit
j when the bank was insolvent. He
j was sentenced to one year in the pen
itentiary and to pay a fine of twice
i the sum of the deposits involved.
r**taries. and I). F. Smith and Dick
Plnnkitt, sergeants-at-arms.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows:
"Your committee deem it impracti-
cable to draft a bill to he introduced*
One trouble with Charles Reddiek I in congress, and in lien thereof we
of oklahoma city is that he looks like I submit the following resolutions and
a poet. memorial to pe presented to congress:
mm , , .. | I "To the congress of the United
I he Law Indians offer to sell their states:
government ut 81.Ml per ,
I hat great trunk line, the Perry.
Enid A Pacilic railroad is still statu
quo.
land to the
"At a convention at Kingfisher it
was resolved that we indorse the res-
olutions of the El Reno statehood con-
vention and the Purcell convention,
and here and now we unite in request-
v- , , , , , I ing congress to provide for the admin-
,, N « 11• 11oI > <>f Oklahoma ( ity has : sion nf Oklahoma and the Indian Ter-
• i ep 1 *' a call from the Baptist L-itorv as one state; ami
"Resolved, Thai the convention fa-
• Wft'i uX u- i "-..rtll (flivfrnments urnon? Hie fiv«
nhouia pupers at KinKIMi.-i-. ] .'ivillz.ed nallona. tli<- completo uivlv
ion of their commou domains among
the citizens of each nation respective-
ly. making citizens of the Indians,
and that the Indian Territory be made
a state with Oklahoma at the earliest
possible moment.
"Resolved. That the convention fa-
vors the abrogation of the existing
cattle leases on Indian reservations in
Oklahoma, and that the unsettled res-
ervations be thrown oren: Provided,
That such division to the Indian tribes
shall be made equally, and shall be
alienable at option, save the home-
stead of 160 acres: Provided further,
that sections 11\ and Hit shall be re-
served for common school purposes.
"Resolved. That any lands within
the live civilized tribes now occupied
as townsites shall not be set apart un-
divided to any Indian, but the same
One good thing about Oklahoma is j shall be patented to the occupants for
hat the papers are never given much ; their several use.
The Authorities of Purcell made a
raid mi the gamblers last week. They
took in four.
papers at l\uigli
Oklahoma would be more thankful
if somebody had licked Swineford
while he was in the territory.
It is dollars t > doughnuts that Jake
Admire shakes hands with every dele-
gate to the statehood convention.
Enid had a fire the other morning
audit has begun to blossom on the
town that it needs a lire department.
The milo uiaize from Oklahoma that
took the first prize at the world's fair
was raised on cx-i iovernor Seay's
farm.
The annual meeting of the Territo-
rial Teachers' association will be held
nt Oklahoma City December 27, 28
Snd :J'J.
ciillina
shack" a palatial resi-
tlene
One man in Oklahoma has read ev- j
•rything that has been published on
Ihe Stiles court martial and he has
;een ready to die for a week.
If an advertisement can be believed j
Guthrie has a magazine that will rot |
lake subscribers from Oklahoma
■*onnty. But that sounds like a fake.
A proclamation has been issued by i
iovernor Renfrow declaring Pond ]
'reek a city of the first class, and call- 1
ngan election t<> be held in that city j
December H, for the purpose of elei
ng city officers,
N.
Resolved, That wc request the com-
mittee on territories to introduce in
congress a bill embodying these pro-
visions."
This was clearly a compromise, and
it rcsu ted ill a row a row which pre-
vented a grand ball which the citi-
zens of Kingfisher had intended to
, give to the delegates to-night Frank
i .illet opened the fight by protesting
against Clark and Asp, as Washington
representatives, asking congress to
admit the Indian country as a state.
(iiliett int rod need resolutions to thi.
effect. He desired single statehood.
Clark responded by hanging Gilletj
| hide on the fence. During the excit,'
, inent the sorgent-at-arins put Keaga
. • , , v r .....in /^,1,.,'hc Chickasaw delegate out of th#
' lie tfiii! «>f I N l-'i-nlI for tho (lelwtc ,vaH ,ontinUe(lat
miirilei-iif «..-ortfo I-.m iroo «'ll pn.ba- ami Itlaine
bly I..- hold Iiofore .liiilRe S«°U on a ; nties fought for li'.llefs amend-
of yonue f«iIiidpro Daiea but tR,v WCro lost.
■o„rt, llale liavtntr boon I err,II. at- rhe orl(rin„i res„|llti„ns as reported
toiney in tin-foiniti timls. by the committee were then adopted
I As the Hook I-luiol pahsonpor train I bv an almost unanimous vote, and thn
was coming north last Tuesday night j« onvention decided for single state-
the city marshal of South Enid, ae- hood.
compniiicd l>\ ten deputies, boarded rnF. f.xf.cittivf. roMMirrKK-
the train at \Vakomis, the first station The executive committee met ihis
south of that town. When the con- morning and completed its roll of
ductor. Dan Dacy who had charge of j members. It also reduced the assess-
thc train, came along to collect the 1 uicnt of all the new counties, includ-
fares. the marshal and deputies of-1 ing Reaver county to ?2"i.
iored to pay as far as South Enid, but ] Henry E. Asp, of Guthrie, and Sid-
wcre informed by him that he had no J ney Clark, of Oklahoma (ity, ware ae*
rates to that place and i lee ted to represent the interests of
could not collect fare short! statehood in Washington.
of North Enid. Tliev then begun to The executive committee as it
argue the case with Dan with the evi- stands completed is as follows Si«i
dent intention of holding him at hand ney Clark, committeetnan-at-large;
until the train reached the corpora- Krank Mc Masters of Oklahoma county,
tion limitsof South Enid, and then ar- t r. Wagoner of cleveland, h. h Gil-
rest him for \iolating the ordinance let of Canadian. H E. Asp of Logan,
for regulating the speed of trains \\. \\. Milton of Pottawatomie. II. R.
through the city. They were in- Gilstrup of Lincoln, J. K Shaffer of
formed by Conductor Dacy that they Payne. F. S.Cook of Washita, W. A
could not legally arrest the crew of a l alkenstriie of lllaine, W. R. Hen
mail train in their city limits or other jdryxof G. E. E. Clogston of E, B.
wise w ithout a I nited Slates warrant ilonttie of P, Q- •' \\ rightsinan of 1.
for a criminal fiffcns- 1'hey had no |, \t Rornbeck, 1 R Sampson, H. R.
chance, however, of arresting the con- Reagan, J- K. Humphrey and R. \\
ductor and the train passed through I \f,.Adams of the Chickasaw nation; J
South Enid ;it the rate of eighteen j y. Sehenek. J. R Lawrence and G R
miles an hour. \\"lien the train stopped t;reen of the Choctaw nation: J. 1
at North Enid the officer and deputies Waldron of the Cherokee nation. Au-
atteinpted to put Conductor Dacy un- gust Irev of the Creek nation and J,
i _/ ......I 1 . -t .I.« Cnmimnlo r*! tir*n
Long of the Seminole nation.
has a joint called "Ship
ler arrest, but were confronted with \
Winchesters in the hands « f the con-
ductor. baggageman, express messen Perry
ger and train guard. Seeing that an , ^hoy."
attempt to make the arrest would j ' . . ,
(ioubtloss oml ill blood'hed. tho officer IJuanah Parker, chief of oneof he
desisted, ami the train sped north- j Comanche tribes, was in LI Reno the
ward thirty minutes late. other day.
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