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THE PITTSBURG ENTERPRISE
VOL. I\.
PITTSBCKO, OKLA.. Till KSOAV. (MTOBKIi 2, 11 :i.
NO. H
IES1ESKILL1
TERRIBLE DAY SPENT BY CIT
IZENS OF HARRISON. MISS.,
UNTIL TROOR3 CAME.
BLACK BROTHERS RUN AMUCK
Crazed With Drink, They Shoot at
Everyone in Sight.—Two Officer*
and Another White Man, a Ne-
gress and 4 Negroes Killed.
Harrison, Miss.—Two drug crazed
negroes, brothers, ran amuck and be-
fore they were killed and the attendant
disorder quelled, three white men. four
negro men and a negro woman were
shot to death and five white person/
and several negroes wounded. A seri-
ous clash between tho rac**s was pre-
| Just a few minutes before and Con-
I ductor A. R. Appleby was standing at
| the station talking to the flagman,
1 Bond. Without warning the two ne-
groes fired on them and both fell
Then they directed their fire at Clauds
Freeman, who was waiting for a t*ain.
Ho was instantly killed. The negroes
next opened fire on the train, terror-
I izing many of the passengers and after
l* left turned their attention to a sleep
ing car from Natchez, which was left
on the tracks to be picked up by th#
through train from Memphis to New
Orleans. Many windows the slop-
ing car were broken but noue of ths
passengers were hurt.
Next the negroes made their way to
a cotton seed warehouse, where they
barricaded themselves.
Frightened citizens by this time had !
gathered their wits and telephoned for !
Sheriff Hammett at Fayette, who ar* j
MRS. ELLA FLAGG YOUNG
IMPEACHMENT COURT RULES
ALL CONTRIBUTION EVI-
DENCE AOMISSA3LE.
OFFERED TO RETURN $25,000 GIFT
Ex-Senator Staciler Testifies to Be-
seeching Tammany for Support
for Sulzer in the Pre-Con-
vention Campaign.
Albany, N. Y.—These developments
marked the impeachment trial ot Gov-
ernor Sulzer:
Jacob H. Schiff. a New York banker,
rived about 5 o’clock accompanied by ; testified that he was recently asked
STATE CAPITAL
NEWS NOTES
ASSETS OF DEFUNCT MU3KOGEE
INSTITUTION AMPLE FOR
GUARANTEE FUND.
STATE WILL NOT BE THE LOSSER
ESTABLISHES NEW GAS RATES
Corporation Commijaion Take* A
Hind In Shawnee Charge.
Shawnee has been discriminated
against In the price charged tor gas
by the Shawnee Gas and Electric com-
pany. the same concern which furn-
ishes gas to Oklahoma City and Guth
tie, according to an order issued by
the corporation commission Installing
a new rate to he charged for gas in
Shawnee.
There were four complaints filed
Amer.cin National of Muskogee Ar- against the company, one on the rata
u
vented by the arrival of a company of him ahPri!T Hammett, heavily armed
A small crowd of men | b>' Samuel I. Frankenstein, a former
law partner of Governor Sulzer, if he I
would accept the return of the alleged
one had ventured to lead the posse t.: j $2 500 campaign contribution which
the place. Taking a few men with the hanker said he gave to the gover-
Sheriff Gillis.
w'ere tiring into the seedhouse but nc
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superinten-
dent of the Chicago public schools,
asserts that the old academic type of
education Is coming back and that the
"three RV will again be fundamental
In educational work.
militia from Natchez aboard a special
train.
The dead:
SHERIFF G. R. HAMMETT of Jcf
ferson county, shot whit - leading s
posse to where the negroes were in
hiding.
Former Constable FRANK KNEIST-
I.EY, shot at his home after being
called to a door.
CLAUDE FREEMAN, white, of Fay-
otte, shot at railway station while
uwaitign a train.
TELLER WARREN, negro.
JOHANNA AIKEN, negreas.
TOM WEEKS, negro.
JESSE THOMPSON, negro.
THEAD GRAYSON, negro, killed
during promiscuous shooting
WALTER and WILL JONES, ne-
groes lynched.
Wounded: Orin Gillis, former sher-
iff, shot in shoulder and may die, A.
B. Appleby, conductor of the Yazoo-
Mississippi Valley railroad, shot in
started toward the seed house. Seeing
this move, it is believed Walter Joee.s
took to the tall grass nearby and as
j Hammett approached the negro tired,
killing the sheriff instantly. A shot
from the seedhouse brought down
Gillis.
By this time the countryside had
been aroused and farmers came pour-
ing In from every direction. A crowd
assembled at the seed house. A call
was sent to Governor Brewer for
troops.
Finding hi3 hiding place too pre-
carious, Will Jones started to run to-
ward a coal chute nearby, but had
gone only a few steps when a bullet
ended his life. A rope was placed
around the body and it was strung up
to a telegraph pole near the station
and became a target for everyone noi
| scooting at the seed house.
Soon after Will was killed, Walter
picked Tom Weeks, a negro, off the
coal chute. Either the bullet wound
H, THAW’S HEARING AT CONCORD
nor without restrictions as to. its use.
MY. Sch iff said he had replied regie 1
tively.
The high court, by a unanimous,' JEROMf. OOAD£9-fBY DEFENSE
■ GROWS PERSONAL
i.
vote, decided to admit all testimony1
pertaining to campaign contributions
made to the governor/ evety^ thp|:g!i>
they were not specified ill the arfTCles' Opinion of New Hampshire Attorney
of impeachment. * s i , Genera! to Guide Governor.—
This ruling paved Gie way for tha. . , .. .
, \ I , , I ■ f Claim Thaw is Indicted
introduction of evidence Jmgjh jed tof t
Concord, N. il—The duly of thj
from
breast, leg and arm, dangerous; Wit- or the fall would have killed him.
liam Kncistley, son of Frank, shot in
hand; William Dennis, shot in leg;
W. C. Bond, shot in leg. Sixteen ne-
groes were wounded but none serious.
The trouble started about 2 o'clock
in the morning and continued iuter-
Not long after Weeks was killed, the
speelal train bearing the Natches
guardsmen arrived and this seemed to
have cowed the desperado. As they
were detraining the crowd rushed the
seed house. Not a shot greeted them
and as the leaders went into the place
I show the governor had solicit
received large contributions
! brewing interests.
The governor asked, according to
the testimony, that these contributions
he given in cash instead of checks.
Counsel for the impeachment man-
j agers said they were prepared to
prove the governor received campaign
contributions “vastly in excess" of the
| total mentioned in the articles of im-
peachment. There were more than 100
I not accounted for. counsel asserted.
The names of a large number of
j these contributors, other than those of
j the brewing interests, were brought
| Into the evidence. These included
fifty-two persons mentioned as draw-
ers of Sulze^ checks in the account
af Lott is A. Sarecky, the governor s
campaign secretary, in the Mutual Al-
liance Trust company. This account
showed with checks and cash that de-
posits of $14,400 had been made be-
tween September 10, 1912. nnd the
date of the governor’s Inauguration.
'Judge Lewis J. Conlan of Now York,
a lifelong friend of the governor, teg-
| tided he had raised money for the
&
mittently until 10 o'clock, when Walter i win, dra,-n weapons they saw Jones I governor s campaign but had given
Jones, the elder of the
youths, who started the firing, was
lynched just after the soldiers arrived.
His brother, Will, had been shot by
citizens earlier in Hie day.
The shooting was started by Walter
Jones, aged 20, in
two negro | completely unnerved but not injured
They quickly placed a rope around his
neck and rushed him to the coal chute
As the negro was drawn up the rope
broke and he fell heavily to the
ground. Not a word of act of protest
] came from Jones a3 a larger rope was j obtained the support and later solicit
tin nc,ro quarter |jrawn arom,d his neck and again he j ed campaign funds for Sulzer.
to him without restriction as to
use.
Sulzer called personally on Charles
A. Stadler, president of the American
Malting company, Stadler testified and
requested his aid in obtaining the sup-
port of Tammany hall. He said
state of New Hampshire toward Harrj
Ker.dall Thaw was the subject of
haustive argument before Governor !
I-elker.
The legal battle in which William j
Travers Jerome, special deputy attor-
ney general cf New York state, which
seeks to obtain the extradition of
Thaw as a fugitive from justice, was
pitted against three of the fugitive's,
tirray of counsel, was dramatic at
times and near the close came dan-
gerously near to being personal. '
To the charge that he had resorted
to a subterfuge and was moved by
ulterior motives in his determination
to return Thaw to the Mattewan asy-
lum for the insane, Jerome retorted
with unusual feeling that the state
of New York would not permit its |
justice to be defeated by the corrupt [
use of Thaw money.
At the conclusion of the arguments |
the governor gave counsel time to [
file supplementary briefs, so his de- ,
cision will not bo known for a week
at least.
where the woman and Thead Grayson | waB pulled up_and th* crowd looked
were shot and killed. Walter then • on as strangled to death.
went to the home of his mother and
aroused his brother, 18 years old. To-
gether they proceeded til rough the
The crowd then went to the homo
of the negroes where they found twe
negro men, and were about to lynch
ECHO OF THE SNELL CASE
Baby's Body Found in Wails of His
toric Illinois Mansion.
main street of the little town, firing j them, but were persuaded not to by
at. everyone in sight. Citizens aroused , officers. It seems certain that the
by the shots peered out of windows! Jones negroes had planned details ol
and then hastened to cover. their murderous night as they were
The negroes went to the home of j well armed and had a plentiful supply
former Contsable Frank Kneistley. I of ammunition. Their mother said one
and when he came to the door he was of them had remarked that he was go-
shot through the head. Death was in
stautaneous. Kneistley's son. Wtl
liam. grabbed for a gun when he saw
his father fall, but before he could fire
he received a bullet in one of his
hands.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
depot i; near the Kneistley home and
the two negroes walked in that direc-
ing to “shoot up'' the town, but she
thought ha was joking.
As there was no evidence that
there would be more trouble after
Walter Jones was lynched, the Natchez
guardsmen returned home.
Generally the negro population was
as much incensed>at the Jones broth-
ers as were the whites. They ex-
tion. A train had arrived from Natchez pressed no indignation . t the lynching.
NEGRO CASES TO BE PUSHED IN SUPREME COURT
Washington—A bitter figljf against
alleged Taco discrimination in vari-
ous sections, of the country is to be
made shortly on behalf of negroes be-
fore the supreme court.
The Oklahoma and the Maryland
“grandfathef" constitutional amend-
ments by which thousands of negroes
have been disfranchised, will be at-
tacked as unconstitutional. An effort
will be made to have the Oklahoma
“Jim Crow” legislation annulled. An
attempt will be made by Tennessee
negro organizations to be permitted
to use the naim'i of "Knights of Pyth-
ias" for negro lodges, as well as white
lodges.
Frank Guinn and J. J. Beal, two
election officials, have been convicted
of conspiring to prevent several ne-
groes from voting at the congressional
elections of 1910 in Oklahoma. This
was done on the basis that the “grand-
father clause” was unconstitutional.
The eighth circuit court of appeals has
expressed doubt as'to the validity of
Seated beside the governor In the
senate chamber of the capitol. where
the hearing was held, was Attorney
h-| General Tuttle, by whose opinion the
executive said he will be guided.
During Jerome's argument new an-
gles in the celebrated case developed.
One that appeared to take the oppos-
ing counsel by surprise was his state-
ment that Thaw is now under indict-
ment in Duchess county, charged with
conspiracy to escape from the insane
asylum. Former Judge Willium M.
Chase of New Hampshire and Former
Governor William Stone of Pennsyl-
rangc* to Take Over the Depos-
its and Wird Up the Affair*
of Union State Bank
A deni has been completed *Ti
which the American National bank of
Muskogee will take over the deposits
of the Union State hank whioh was
closed by the state banking depart-
ment recently. W. It Samuels, state
bank examiner for the east side, stated
that the stockholders of the defunct
bank would probably lose their invest-
ment but that the deposits for which
the guaranty fund was responsible
would b? paid if the assets were prop
erlv handled under the agreed ar-
rangemeut.
Unsecured deposits for which the
hanking board was responsible
amounted to approximately $190,000.
These deposits will be taken over by
tin- American National bank of Mus-
kogee.
The American National purchased
noil’s amounting to $80,000 and re-
ceived $20,0*10 in cash. In addition
thereto the balance of the assets of
tiie Union State Bank will stand as a
guarantee for the collection of the'
notes purchased.
According to Examiner Samuels,
the banking hoard did not put up eith-
er cash or notes and will not lose.
George VY. Allison, president of the
Union State bunk will become affil-
iated with the American National bank
as vice-president and will devote his
attention to the collection of the
notes turned over to the American
National.
The assets purchased by the Auer-
lean National i ere passed on by P„
M. Fink, president of the Commercial
National bank, J. H. Ogden, president
of the First National bank and tha
clearing house examiner.
Inability of ils officers to eliminate
bad paper is the cause assigned by
bank examiners for the closing of the
Union bank.
The total deposits amoun'ed to
$226,000 in round numbers, of which
$126,000 was public money. These de-
posits were as follows: County treas-
urer. $64,000, secured by $46,000 In
stocks and bonds and $10,000 In se-
curity bonds: school land department,
$29,000, secured by $20,000 in building
bonds; state treasurer. $17,000, secur-
ed by $20,000 in public building bonds;
city treasurer, $ 12,000. secured by se-
charged for domestic use and the
other three on the rates charged by
the company for gas furnished for
manufacturing purposes. The domes-
tic rate now charged by the company
Is 115 cents per thousand ruble feet
with a .7 percent discount If paid with-
in ten days after the monthly bill is
due.
Tile new rate carried Into effe<*t by
the order of the commission Is IIC
cents per thousand cubic feet for the
first 200,000 cubic feet with a 5 per-
cent discount if paid within ten days.
For the next 300,000 feet the rale will
be 21 cents per thousand cubic feet
with the 5 percent discount if paid
within ten days. For the next 1,000,000
cubic feet tile rate will be 13 1-2 cents
with a 212 percent discount und for
all in excess of 1,500,000 cubic feet
tile rate will be 12 1-2 cents per thou-
sand cubic feet with a discout of
2 1-2 percent if paid within five uays
A Hat rate of 10 cents per thousand
cubi cfeot Is charged for manufactur-
ing purposes, provided us much as J,
000,000 cubic feet are used', while in
Oklahoma Ulty the rate for domestic
purposes, according to the order of
the commission, is only 30 cents pet
thousand cubic feet with the same dis-
count concessions us that offered in
Shawnee where the rate is 5 centi
higher, and a graduated rate for manu
lecturing purposes, lower than charged
in Shawnee.
CASE UP OCTOBER 15.
United States Supreme Court vylit
Consider Grandfather Clause.
According to information received
by Homer N. Boardinun. United State*
district attorney for the western die
trict of Oklahoma, the United State*
supreme court will take up on Oo
tober 15 for hearing the cases of .1
J. Beall and Frank' Guinn, formei
stair election officials of Kingttshct
comity, convicted on a charge of pro
venting legal voters the right of vot
ing. The “grandfather clause" tn the
Oklahoma coustitution is involved.
The case has gone to the highest couri
on two propositions: Is the grand
father clause in the Oklahoma const!
tution valid, and is tho amendmenl
void in that it attempts to prevent
anyone voting for federal officials uu,
curity bonds for th" same amount, and I *rss they can tvad and write any seo
kgency township treasurer, $1,690-
. Bloomington. II!.--The mansion at
Clinton. 111., erected forty y*'ars ago
by Col. Thomas Sneil yielded another
sensation when it was learned that
the skeleton of a child in a home-made j vania. pleading for Thaw, had empha-
coffin had been found skilfully con-: sized the common belief that no bill
the clause and has asked the supreme
court to pass upon the question.
The Oklahoma "grandfather clause”
made it necessary for all perso'ns
whose ancestors were not qualified
to vote in 1866 in this country to he
able to read and write in order to
vote.
The Oklahoma “Jim Crow” law re-
quires railroads to provide such
coachps for whites and negroes eqijal
in-every way in comfort and conven-
ience. Five negroes seek to enjoin
the railroads fro menforcing the lgw
They lost in the lower federal courts,
which went so far as to hold that rail-
roads need not furnish sleeping cars
for negroes if there was not sufficient
demand by negroes for such accom-
modation.
For several years a fight has been
waged between white and hnj(ro
lodges of Knights of Pythias in the
south over the use of the name. The
negroes have brought the matter to
the supreme cort, having lost their
cause In the courts of Tennessee.
eealed within a wall. Wreckers tear ■
ing'down the residence made th ’:
grewsome discovery, which adds an- \
other chapter to the stormy history of
Col. Snell, who died about seven years
ago and for whoso fortune a famous
tight was made in the courts of Illi-
nois.
The story of Colonel Snell’s life was
told in the courts at three trials. wh“ti
Richard Snell broke his father's will
on the ground that the old man was
of unsound mind. It was brought out
that the lure of gold led at least one
husband to consent to his wife's sell-
ing, her affections to the banker, while
both connived in attempts to gain
more gold by holding out their 14
year-old daughter as a reward for th’
eccentric millionaire.
Letters were introduced to show the
relations between Colene! Snell and
the mother, and also letters from the
daughter, imploring him to exchange
his money for her kisses.
Other letters were offered to prove
that Mrs. Mabel Snell McNamara,
grand-niece, profited more by the will
than anyone else; that Colonel Sn“ll
had practically disinherited his only
son and that during the life of the
elder Snell. Mrs. McNamara had re-
ceived annual money tributes amoi"’f-
lng to many thousands of il mars and
had accompanied him on many trips.
has been found against their client
#nd that accordingly there was no evi-
dence before the governor that New
York intended to place him on trial.
Jerome went further and gave his
word that Thaw would be placed on
trial if returned to New Y'ork state.
These assertions were coupled with
the explanation that the returning ot
the indictment had been kept secret
in order that evidence might be pre-
sented 'to the jury against "the insti-
gator of this plot, a man of more im
portance than any one yet mentioned
in this proceeding."
Oovernro Felker had announced that
counsel would not be confined in their
remarks, but might shed all the light
they could on the case. In opening
Mr. Jerome contented himself with
stating that the governor had no alter-
native to honoring the request of the
New York authorities. He held that
the only points to be determined were
that Thaw was wanted, that he was
in New York state when the alleged
offense was committed and the matter
of his identity.
Judge Chase followed with the argu-
ment that Thaw was insane when he
escaped from Mattewan and therefore
Baltimore In Race Wbr. irresponsible
Baltimore.—A race segregation ordl- cieorge F Morris, the third of
nance was pa---ed hy the city council.,Th»w'* counsel, attacked the petition
A house on Mosher street, occupied | tor extradition, saying it sought to
by negroes was bombarded w-ith|ao indirectly what Its sponsors coull
stones and bricks for three hours b7|niJt do directly. In teh name of pub-
white men and boys from roofs, win-1 |jc 0piaj0n and public sentiment, he
dows and stoops of houses opposite ] governor to exercise broad
occupied by whites. | discretion in dealing with the case
with no security.
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Ask Approval Of 1912 Contracts.
Attorneys representing the book
companies losing out by reason of
the supreme court decision, relative
to the 1912 hook adoptions fqr the
common schools, appeared before the
state hoard of education and asked
the board to approve the contracts
signed by J. J. McAlester, acting gov-
ernor. Tile members of the hoard took
no action whatever, informing fhe at
torneys that they had not received
official notice of the court s action.
It is understood that, mandamus pro-
ceedings may be resorted to in com-
pelling the board to approve the con-
tracts on the ground that the governor
has approved the contracts and bonds.
Relative to this, however, the attor-
neys would not say.
The hoar^l of education were con-
vened in their regular monthly ses-
sion. Only routine matter* were
acted on by the board.
tion in the constitution.
Buyers for State Land
The new college land situated (n
Cimarron county and sold by the state
school land department list week
brought prices ranging from 15 to 80
per cent above the appraised value of
the land, according to a report made
by John R. Williams, secretary of the
department.
Buyers were readily found for all
the land offered on both days, says the
report. The land is being sold in sec-
tions of 640 acres, and was appraised
at from $250 to $500 per section. Sec-
retary Williams, under whose direc-
tions the land is being sold, is making
Boise City his headquarteTs qnd .the
sale will continue until October 10. ot
until ail the advertised land is dis-
posed of.
New Agriculture Board Appointed
J. P. Darby of Muskogee, G. A.
Ramsey of Colbert, I. C. Renfro of
Sulphur and Frank Gault of Geary,
compose the new board of agricul-
ture. Their appointments to succeed
the present hoard, which was re-
called at the special election in
August, were announced by Governor
Cruce.
Decision Against Osage Allottee
An Individual allottee of the Osage
nation cannot receive all of the roy-
alties accruing from oil or gas pro-
duced on their allotments under an
opinion handed down by Judge Sharp
of the supreme court commission, in
affirming the decision of the district
court of Osage county in the case of
Martha Leahy, an Indian, against the
Indian Territory illuminating Oil and
Gas company.
By an act of congress the royalties
from oil and gas produced on allot-
ments in the Osage nation are to be
paid directly into the treasury of the
United States and then prorated
among all of the members of the tribe
the division to be made as near equai
as possible. Martha Leahy, who owns
considerable property in the lease
covered by the Indian Territory Illum-
inating Oil company, sought to have
this provision nullified so that she
would receive all of the royalties from
the oil and gas produced on he,- allot-
ments.
The ease was tried In the district
court of Osage county where a judg
ment against the allottee was ren-
dered. and which is upheld In the
opinion by Judge Sharp.
The question decided upon by Judge
Sharp is of great importance on th*
east side of the statp where Indian
On October 10 Secretary Williams
and his squad of salesmen will go into i allotments are most numerous.
Texas county and dispose of the new
college land in that county, advertis-
ed for sale. The sale in Texas county
is scheduled to last until October 29.
The new college land, embracing
600.000 acres, was ordered sold by the
| Fourth legislature, and is known as
grazing land.
Wird Blows Down Many Well Rigs
Okmulgee—A small cyclone rieai
here blew down from thirty to tifti
oil rigs in th“ Bald Hill field, doing
damage to the amount of $20,000. Rig
timbers were scattered all over th*
k field. No loss of life Is reported.
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