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The Okeene Eagle.
C. C. Outhier, Ed. A .-‘ub.
OKEENE,
OKLAHOMA.
An Ohio clergyman was arrested
Just after marrying his thirteenth wlte.
Thirteen always was an unlucky num-
ber.
12 US OF HAIL
STONES AS LARGE AS
FALL IN TEXAS.
EGGS
Theodore P. Hhants, who is pres-
ently to reform the street cars of New
York, generally rides in a call him-
self.
Every now and then Europe de-
mands certain assurances that the
kaiser has really lived down his past
as a war lord.
British women arc
going
hack to
nightcaps. No, It is
not
the
kind
grundfalher used to
drink.
but
the
kind grandmother used
to wear.
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture Is the nestor of the cab-
inet and Is the only member who was
one of the original group at the be-
ginning of Mr. McKinley's adminis-
tration.
King Edward himself may have
been much surprised when he discov-
ered in his speech a few knocks for
the house of lords. Doubtless he will
speak to the man who wrote it and
tell him to be more careful next time.
President Baer of the Reading rail-
road doesn't pay to haul passengers at
the present rates. A good many peo-
ple will Insist, on the other hand,
that It doesn't pay to travel at the
present rates. So we may regard It as
a stand-off.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE TO CROPS
Storm Sweeps Path 12 Miles Wide
Through Country—Roofs of Build-
ings Crushed Through and Fruit
Trees Shattered.
Miss Lillian Tyson, proprietor and
manager of the lion Ton theater. In
Philadelphia, has Inaugurated the cus-
tom of giving free tickets for matinee
performances to the orphans In the
city Institutions, the messenger boys
and the school children.
Mrs. Hritauia \V. Kennon, great-
granddaughter of Martha Washing-
ton and a descendant of the last Lord
Baltimore, celebrated her ninety-sec-
ond birthday a few days ago at her
home. In Georgetown, D. C. She was
born there and has lived In the same
place all her life.
The order of Knight of Jerusalem
has been bestowed by the kaiser on
Dr. George Post, an American mis-
sionary, of Beirut, who is now in Ber-
lin. The Kaiser sent Count von We
del to the American church on Sun-
day to represent him when the Rev.
Dr. Post preached.
The library of Yale university has
received from Miss Marla E. Peck, of
Pittsfield, Mass., four volumes once
the property of Israel Dickinson, of
the class of 1738. Tin* books were
nsed by hint during his college course.
Each volume contains his book plate
and one his autpgraph.
Arthur F. Stater, recently sworu In
as assistant secretary of the tre.xsury,
was born In Carlisle. England, in the1
early eighties. He was brought to
America when one year old, and has
lived all his life until recently in
Iowa. Three months ago he became
editor of the Walla Walla Dally
Union.
At Christiana, a little town In the
Transvaal, a Ik nit 70 miles above Kim-
berley, an alluvial deposit has been
discovered hearing diamonds, and tin-
entire area has been staked out in
claims, which are granted by the
government, each 60 yards square.
The “digging" for diamonds, which
are found in the surface deposits, (s
somewhat similar to placer gold-min-
ing There some 3.000 diamond-min-
er*. representing every nationality, arc
living In huts and tents with their
families
The official figures showing the
trade between the United fliates and
noncontiguous territories Alaska,
Hawaii, the Philippines and Porto
Rico—are worth studying. The total
In 1906 was $131,000,000, against less
than $100,000,000 In 1904. This Is
rightly regarded as indicating extraor-
dinary growth. And that Uncle 8am
Is a generous patron of his "depend
ents" Is apparent from the returns
which prove that the United States
buys much more of them than they
buy of Americans. However, all of
the territories are making bigger and
bigger purchases of this country.
1-ondon dearly loves court gayety and
display, of which the British capital
had little during the later years of
the successful hut rather quiet reign
of the good Qu.-en Victoria. King Ed-
ward, tactful and kindly, gives his
people their wish, and the court gilt
ter Is all they could desire. It makes
a pleasing setting or background for
the s*>«slons of Parliament and does
no barm to anyone, for while all en-
joy the spectacle they also know that
the real power rests with the house of
commons, which speaks the deciding
opinion of Englund on all great ques-
tions.
Queen Alexandra owns several fine
chinchilla and Persian cats Princess
Alexander of Teck and Prince Matt
rice of Ballentiurg also possess value
ble specimens, hut the real cat fan-
cier among the royal family of Great
Britain Is Princess Victoria of Brhlea
wig Holstein, and the only royal cut
tery Is Ihe one now oatahllahed at
Cumberland Lodge. This hua been ar-
ranged on the most up-to-date prlncl
plea, and has curtained windows and
a front door, with a knocker and let
ter bos The iiormla are surmount*)*
bv a crown and .lie Initials "V. H Ji,"
Houston. Tex., April 22. — Reports
received here today toil of a terrific
hall storm which passed over Car-
thage, Yorktown and Clayton late
yesterday, do" *g enormous damage
(o crops, houses and live stock.
Telegraphic advices state that hail-
stones as large us eggs fell and at
Yorktown the ground was covered to
a depth of twelve inches.
The path of the storm was twelve
miles wide and crops will have to be
replanted. Fruit trees were shat-
tered by the storm and hailstones
crushed through roofs of houses.
Southern Texas today experienced
unprecedented weather, the condi
tions pointing to snow.
Amarillo, Tex.. April 22. — Rain
last night was followed by snow to-
day. The preclpitat oa is general
over Ihe Panhandle country and Is
of great benefit. As early fruit was
killed In the recent freer.e no dam-
age is done by the present storm.
BREWERIES ARE SILENT.
Officials Are Anxiously Waiting a
Move.
Topeka, Kail.. April 22. — The
brewery companies have not made
any surface moves in the ouster
suits filed by the attorney general
and the state officials are anxiously
awaiting any indication of what the
breweries are going to do. There Is
considerable doubt In the minds of
the officials ns to what the next
move is going to be. No one seems
to know just what the breweries
are going to do. Thus far no attor-
neys have appeared and announced
that they were representing any of
the companies. Hazen & Gaw, of
this city and several out of town law
firms have asked for copies of the
petitions filed in the cases but when
they did this tlx- attorneys announc-
| ed In the supreme court fhat they
did not wish this action to appear as
if they were representing any brew-
ery. They wanted It distinctly un-
derstood that they were not interest-
ed in any way but wanted the copies
of the petitions for their own infor-
mation. They paid cash for the
copies and no r - ords except the
cash cr-dlts appe..r in the nfT.ce of
the supreme court clerk. It Is un-
derstood that 1 ale & Amidon. of
Wichita, have asked for copies of
the petition in the- Mohan Supply
Company case.
It was said by an attorney here to-
day that the brewery attorney.-: did
not know Just which way to Jump.
They want to remove the care* to
the federal courts if possible but this
Is a dangerous pro|>ositlon as any
such action would be an acknowl-
edgement of the service of the In-
junction order and summons and
there would be no way of evading
the cases on the ground that the pa-
pers were m t served. It is believed
that some of the breweries will
make an attempt to evade the order
of the court on th*- ground that they
were not served a;; they had dis-
charged their ngenls iu Kansas be-
fore the papers were served.
Is Thaw Breaking Down?
New York. April 22. — Dr Smith
Ely Jelllffe, one of the alienists who
testified for Harry K Thaw, call.-.l
at the Tombs today and as a result
th:-re were Immediate rumors that
Thaw had broken down
This was denied by Attorney
Uatilel O'Reilly*. Thaw, he said. Is
in the best of condition, both physi-
cally and mentally. Thaw und pr.
.Jelllffe. Mr. O'Reilly explained, had
l-eootno close friends and the doc-
tor's visit was personal, rather than
professional.
Mr. O'Reilly also took occasion to
deny rumors that Mrs. William
Thaw Is in financial straits and
might not be able to rals.- hull for
her son. even If the court admits
him to ball. Mis. Thaw wns ready,
hi* said, to offer ball in any amount.
The application for hall, however,
prohnt ly will not bo made until next
Actually Saw a Green Bug.
J*nwrence. Kan.. April 22. — The
Kt i , ii bug has appeared In a field of
wheat near lakeviNk. Homo dam-
age had already been done. This Is
the first report of the present-*1 of the
green hug In this county.
Just a Dream of Dementia.
WuHlilnglot). D. C., April 22. —
Announcement was made today
by secret service official* th*t no
further attention will be paid to the
statements of Jan Hartuli, who in-
formed the jhiIIco of Newark, N. J .
that a conspiracy whs on foot among
the miners at Hazleton. Pa., to ua-
siiHsInnte President Roosevelt, aa
Invet loan Ion clearly established tin-
fact that Ihe story told by Mai I ill %
had no foundation, and that Ida tti'nd
had become unbalanced by the daath
of bis wife several weeks ago
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Delegates Re-Assemble to Complete Their Labor
end Sign the Constitution.
Guthrie, O. T., April 16.—The con-
stitutional convention will draft u
new _ election ordinance and appoint
the election officers in the new coun-
ties of Indian Territory and Oklaho-
ma. This was decided upon by the
convention at the opening session at
10 o'clock this morning.
On motion of R. L. Williams, of
Durant, a commitlee of lawyers was
appointed to prepare the new elec-
tion ordinance us follows:
R. L. Williams, chairman; Led-
better, of Ardmore; Henshaw, of
Madill. More, of Enid; Nelson, of
Tulsa; Hayes, of Chickasha; Asp. of
Guthrie: King, of Newkirk; Kose_ of
Blackwell: Baker of Wewoka; ami
Johnston, of Perry. The convention
took a recess at 2:30 this afternoon
until 9:30 tomorrow morning to give
this committee lime to formulate
the new ordinance.
The committee will obey the order
of the court and frame the ordi-
nance to comply with Its mandates
The new ordinance will abolish the
supreme election board. Kadi mem-
ber of the committee has been as-
signed a number of counties for
which he Is to suggest the names of
the election officers. Acting on
these suggestions the convention
will subdivide the new counties of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory into
commissioners' districts and munici
pal townships. It will then appoint
three commissioners in old counties
and will appoint a county clerk in
each county. These will perform
the same duties as the present coun-
ty commissioners and county clerks
under the Oklahoma election laws.
In divided Oklahoma counties the
present county boards and clerks
will act as election officers in th<-
portion of the old county containing
the original name and county seat.
C. N. Haskell stated that he un-
derstood that the mandatory pri-
mary provision, which was to be-
come a permanent part of the con-
stitution. had not been finally pass-
ed. The clerk of the convention in-
formed him that the provision had
never been presented to tbe en-
grossing committee for engross-
ment. On motion of Haskell the en-
grossing committee was instructed
to bring it In ready for third reading
and final passage tomorrow.
Several attempts were made to
reopen the county boundaries fight
but met with III success. Ottawa
county presented a petition asking
to have its boundaries extended
south to conform with the Sequoyah
map. A petition from Beckham
county asked that the reported
change taking some territory out of
that county and adding it to Roger
Mills be not made. President Mur-
ray referred It to the committee on
rules.
That the convention will make
few changes In the text of the con-
stitution except to correct errors
was made evident this afternoon
when the convention tabled by a
overwhelming vote a motion to In-
crease the levy for school purposes
from 5 to 20 mills to conform with
the present Oklahoma law. Sandlin,
who made the motion, declared that
there is universal dissatisfaction in
Western Oklahoma with the low
school tax levy that may be raised
under the constitution. • Rose and
other delegates pointed out that by
the provision assessing proper! v at
Its full value the 5 per cent wi I be
equal to at least 18 per cent, as prop-
erty under the Oklahoma law Is now
assessed at only about one-fourth its
real value.
congress. The board to canvass re-
turns of the constitutional election
is prescribed in the enabling acL
The governor Issues a proclamation
••ailing the election. In all old coun-
ties the regular county clerks and
county commissioners perform the
election duties.
The report of the committee cov-
ers aporoximatelv 330 typewritten
pages and Is almost as long as the
constitution.
The convention passed an ordi-
nance that th*- parchment copy of
the constitution Just completed shall
remain forever in the office of the
secretary of state and shall be the
official document. The convention
practically completed work tonight,
but will be compelled to reassemble
later to sign the constitution on ac-
count of the shortage of parchment.
The convention today ordered the
clerk to advertise for bids for mint-
ing 100,0(10 copies of the constitu-
tion anil journal o* dally proceed-
ings. |
Guthrie, O. T., April 17—The final
Guthrie, O. T., April 19—The dele-
gates and officers of the constitu-
tional convention at 2:45 p. m. today
affixed the signatures to the consti-
tution of the proposed state of Okla-
homa. The constitution was finally
approved as edited and interlined
during the closing hours of the con-
vention.
I -legato Harrison called attention
to the fact that the signatures were
affixed on the anniversary of and al-
most at the same hour as the battle
of Lexington, where the first blood
was shed In the American Revolu-
tion.
7 be constitution was finally adopt-
ed by a vote of 85 to 0, twenty-seven
being absent and not voting. The
first to sign th** original parchment
copy was W H. Murray, of Tisho-
mingo, delegate from the One Hun-
dred and Fourth district and presi-
dent of the convention. He signed
with a pen made or a quill from an
eagle capture 1 in Oklahoma and
presented to the convention by Wil-
liam J. Bryan. The stem was made
of native grown alfalfa, wrapped
with Oklahoma manufactured silk,
and presented by the Oklahoma
Historical Society to President Mur-
ray.
Then followed the signatures of
the other officers and delegates to
the convention in the order of their
districts. Seventy-five ' delegates
signed, none of thirteen republican
delegates affixing their signatures.
The convention will adjourn finally
tomorrow. The delegates took a
special train tonight, for Oklahoma
City to attend the Haskeil-Doyte de-
bate.
The reading of the parchment
copy was finished except the county
boundary report, which Is not yet
transferred to parchment on account
of delay In the arrival of material.
The convention, hovft-ver. adopted
the county boundary sections with
out final reading.
The convention decided to have
75,t)00 official copies of Ihe constitu-
tion printed for distribution over the
state; 10,000 to go to el -etion offi-
cer.*, 1,000 to state chairman of each
political party, atid 300 to each dele-
gate.
The special committee appointed
to report the amount of money that
wot 1 1 have to he raise-1 for payment
of convention employes during the
rocerg for transcribing and engross-
ing constitution reported that the
cost will be $2,195.50. The conven-
tion accepted the r port and divided
the expense among the d*legates, as-
sessing each $20. The first two to
reading of the constitution from the pay were Lvlegate.s Cobb, of Sapui-
parchment copy which is to he kept
permanently In the archive* of the
state was begun this afternoon. So
tiresome was the reading that only
forty of the faithful, fifteen less
than a quorum remained in the hall.
pa and Harris, of
publicans.
Wagner both re-
Guthrie. O. T.. April 13.—"ihe con-
vention today repealed the old elec-
tion ordinance creating a supreme
election board to canvas* returns
aixl adopted an ordinance which
compiles with Judge Burford's de-
cision and adopts the Oklahoma I
election law-, making the territorial
governor and on** member from • ach i
of thi* two principal political parties, i
named by the state chairman, a j
board of election commissioners to 1
pass on certificates of nomination. !
print and distribute ballots.
In Osage county nnd new countlci
of Indian Territorv and Oklahoma i
not bearing tin* ol I name, provisions
are mini*- for the appointment of a j
county clerk to perform tbe duties
of a like officer under th*- OKI thomn j
laws. This rotinty clerk and one
member from each of the two prlu- 1
cm I political parties, nominated by
In his latest novel. “Conlston." Win-
ston Churchill has a character Jethro
Bass, around whom he has groupej in-
cidents la the life of Ruel Durkee. and
some of which nr** not. Durkee was
known throughout New Ifami shire for
his wit, and the following anecdote Is
one of hundreds told In l.,.i native
town of Croydon.
"Rev. Mr. Thurston for three years
filled Ihe pulpit of the Union chruch
In the village called Shimpahire, that
pari of Croydon in which Mr. Durkeo
lived. When Thurston was about to
have, ho culled upon Mr. Durkee, and
said:
"Mr. Durkee, l have preached for
•hree years here, and during that time
have been Intimately connected with
nil the charities In this town. I have
carefully noted, so far as I was aide,
what you have given to numerous char-
liable objects, and as near as 1 can
find out, you have at least given one-
iourth of all the contributions to char-
itable purposes In his town and v!
th** county chairmen, constitute a
county board of election coRimls- j dally. Now, that norms remarkable to
Hiom-rs to perform th* duties In the me, and yet 1 hnve n.-ver seen you
new counties of election coni mis- within my church since I have been
slower under the territorial law here. I thought ! would come up.
Provision Is hIso made In all the ft(t | going to leave, and ask you
new counties for the nppolntnx n( by j what „ n,HHnt VVhv do you BO
much to chat liable, and. Incidentally,
the convention of a hoard of county
commissioner* to establish voting'
places and election precincts und ap-
point Inspectors of election In each ,
precinct.
The territorial election hoard Is
continued In force for the purpose
of canvassing the returns for state
nnd district officers, members of the I
legislature nnd representatives to j
Scattered Hie Money. — Like a i
modern Moot** C’rlsto, Id* pockets j
filled with yellow $2t* hills, which ho
tried to give away to pedestrians on
the street*. Van H. Williams, a law-
yor of Hugo, I. T., created n sensa-
tion at Muskogee, Williams shoved
bills down th* -ant collars of busi-
ness meit. In the Turner hotel he
tor** hills In two. Front there he
went to a tailor shop to have them
•owed together. H<* said he wna n
good nature*! wolf from the forks of
th« creek and wa* seeing the
sights.
.o religious purpose, and never go to
church?"
Mr. Durkee, In hi* Inlmllsble style,
repeating each expression, replied:
"That’s easy. That'a asy. I can uf
ford to--ean rfTord to. Don't hnve to
stand your preaching—don't have to
stand vpur or^aeh'n* "
Method in hi* Profligacy,
The other day uno of the national-
ist members, raw to London, was In
trod need to a party of ladies In thu
dining room of the house of com-
mons. As he left he gravely pre-
sented each lady with his card. A
friend ventured to hint that this
was carrying politeness too far for
London custom*.
"Sure." »a» the reply, "It didn't
matter, I had 200 of them print-
ed Dr* rhunged my nddreaa, any-
way, ao they re no u*'- to me’"-—l.eed* I
Mercury,
Comanche Votes Bonds. — Com
anebe has voted $25,000 In bonds to
build municipal water works. The
vote was almost unanimous.
Suicide Attempt Fails. — Everett
Tunnell, a widower, was taken to
the hospital at Guthrie from Jen-
nings in a precarious condition as
a result of an attempt to commit
sujcide. Hi* throat wa.* cut In such
a manner that he now breathes
through the opening.
Three Arristsd for Counterfeiting.
City Marshal McCoy arrested
three men at McLond on the advice
of It. S. Marshal Jones. The men
gave their names as "Sear Face"
Murphv Patsy and McKinsey. They
are charged with counterfeiting and
being Implicated in the Tulsa bank
robbery.
$25,000, With a Proviso. — Dr. J
H»-nsley. of the Carnegie library
board, of Oklahoma City, lias re
reived notice that Andrew- Carnegie
would donate an additional $23,000
to the Carnegie public library if the
city council will guarantee an an-
nual fund of $5,000 for its mainten-
ance.
Accidentally Killed. — Lon Wil-
son. a farmer living near LittWobc
was killed by the accidental dis-
charge of a shotgun, under the
buggy seat. The load tore through
the seat and Into Wilson's leg. The
surgeons cut from his leg a number
of shot, an 8-lnoh finish nail and
some hair from the cushion.
White Will Remain Postmaster. —
Receiver A. W. Maxwell of the Law-
ton land office, received a dispatch
from Secretary Loch stating that
Postmaster Joe T White would con-
tinue in office. This announcement
marks the end of the warmest con-
test over the appointment of a post-
master in Oklahoma.
Wonderful Oil Well at Okmulgee.
—One of the greatest oil wells in
mid-continent field was brought in
by the Iola company, on their lease
southeast of Okmulgee. The test
gives the oil the grade of 44 gravity,
the bpst grade yet found. No pro-
vision for storage had been made
and the oil is now going to waste. C
Embraced White Woman. — Wes-
ley Johnson, a negro, of Chickasha.
was fined $500 and sentenced to
three months in jail for forcibly em-
bracing a white woman on the
street. White citizens were forming
a mob to whip or lynch the negro If
the court did not give him a severe
penalty. The negro says he acci-
dentally stumbled against the wo-
man.
Tulsa After Big Game.—Tulsa has
invited both the democrats and re-
publicans to bold their national con-
ventions in that city. Formal Invi-
tations was extended by the com-
mercial club, which has evolved
plans to care for all comers in ease
the invitation should he accepted.
The city will erect a large conven-
tion hall und pledge $100,000 to cov-
er the expenses of each conven-
t'on.
Frazier Found Not Guilty. — A
verdict of not guilty was returned
In a rase against William Frazier, at
Stillwater, who was Indicted last
October fer the murder of Claude
Mr>chett. a fifteen-year-old ixgro
cotton picker. While scuffling with
several cotton pickers Frazier In fun
pointed \ supposedly unloaded gun
at Match \tt and killed him. Mateh-
ett made a dying statement exoner-
ntlng Frazier.
Maniac Tries to Kill. — Ephrlam
McDowell wns arrested at Bristow
und taken to jail at Muskogee. Ib-
is said to be insane and Is accused
of assault with Intent to kill, lie
has an hallucination that hr is the
great chief of the five civilized
tribes.”
Shot by His Son-in-Law. — Blake
Jones, of Red Oak 1. T„ w ho was a
candidate for sheriff of Lutimcr
county, wus shot und killed h Top i
Thomas, his son-ln law, The dim
cuity arose over the recent marriage
of Thomas to Jones’ daughter.
Death Caused by a Piach Stone.—
The 3-year-old daughter of T. M
licit man. a farmer living west of
Perry, died recently. The supposed
cause was from swallowing a peach
atone.
Murderer Is Shot Dead — George
Golden shot und killed hi* mother-
in-law. Mrs Kate Paris, In her hotel
at Claremore and later was *ho’
dead bv Chief of Polio*- Leech In a
running duel in which Leech was
slightly Injured. Golden hud quar
reled with Mr*. Paijs over a hoard
bill. ——
Killed by Collapse of a Klin Shed.
—In thu collapse of a kiln shed at
th** plant of the SapuR*** Prvsncd
Brick Company. Harry Lockllu was
Injured fatally and Ben Dows
seriously. Lockllu'a home I* at Ne
vnda. Mo.
Railroad Construction Has Begun
—Work has been begun on the pluc
vllle 44 Northern railroad, from
Monctt, Mo., to Muskogee. Thl* l»
said to be a Frisco proposition, It
will, when completed, make a Hue
to 8t Louis Ihul will la* too mtlg*
shorter than any present line
Slayer to Stay in Jail. — District
Judge Gillette has denied the writ of
habeas corpus asked by attorneys
for Dr. F. D. Beauchamp, who is iu
jail at Hobart charged with murder-
ing Charles Thomas on a train at
Hobart on Februarv 15. Beauchamp
must remain in prison until the next
term of the district court, when his
case is docketed for trial.
Homesteaders Paid in $1.300,000.—
Two thousand two hundred and
twenty-two homestcc.lers have filed
up to date on lands in the big pas-
ture. The certified checks repre-
senting one-fifth payment on the
land already filed upon have reach-
ed $1,300,000. Nine hundred thou-
sand dollars was placed to the credit
of the Kiowa, Apache and Comanche
tribes of Indians after deducting
$400,000 for surplus funds; 184
homesteaders are yet to make en-
try.
Amalgamation Failed—The grand
commandery of the Knights Tem
plars of the Indian Territory failed
to amalgamate with Ihe Oklahoma
commandery as was expected dur-
ing the thirteenth annual conclave
of the Knights Tempers of the In-
dian Territory held in Chickasha
Tho Indian Territory commandery
expected representative s of the Ok-
lahoma commandery to consider the
question of a union but they failed
to arrive. The conclave voted to
continue a separate existence. South
McAlester was chosen as the meet-
ing place next year.
Blazing Steers Stampeded. —
Twenty-five head of Texas steers
were burned to death at Myers in a
fire which destroyed the dipping vat
and stock yards. The morning was
cold and a small fire was built.
Sparks blew into the vards where
there were 1,050 steers belonging to
Tucker & Hayes, of Elgin, Kan.
Th*? animals had been freshly dip
ped in oil and were dripping. The
fire spread rapidly an*’ in a short
time had destroyed the vat and
yards. Cowboys cu* the fence
down and stampeded the cattle. As
many as fifty were at laze at one
time.
Guilty of Wife Murder. — In the
Tennlngkelt murder case at Enid
the jury brought in a verdict of man-
slaughter In the second degree. The
maximum is four vea-s in the peni-
tentiary. — The tmgedv occurred
nearly two years ago Tenningkelt
is ari aged German who can not
speak English. Ho and his family
lived on a farm and In a family row
he struck his wife on the head with
a hammer and killed her. His ex-
amination In court w-28 conducted
through an Interpreter. and he
stated that his wife attacked him
and he hit her on the head with the
hammer, a harder blow than he In
tended.
Liberty at Age of 169.—In the dis-
trict court of Kay county, at New-
kirk, the motion of Woodson Mor
ris for a new trial for the killing of
Fines Cassidy was overruled, and
Morris wa* sentenced to serve
ninety-nine years in the penitent!
arv. Morris killed W. 1*. Cassidy
and his 18 year-old k>-n Fines, In a
quarrel over a settlement for a farm
which was rented by the Cassidy*
from Morris. In ihe trial for killing
the elder Cassidy Morris was acquit-
ted on a plea of self-defense. He i*
70 years old and will Ire taken to
the penitentiary soon with four oth-
er prisoners convicted at th>- present
term of court.
Inspecting Dipping Process._Dr.
Cooper Curt!*, a federal inspector
from Washington, is touring Okla-
homa Investigating the manner of
disinfecting and dinpiug cattle in
i he territory. He ha* recently vis-
lied Tennessee, South Carolina and
Virginia on a similar mission.
Assistant Attorney General Quito.
—Don Carlos Smith, who has been
Hrsf assistant attorney goneir* of
Oklahoma for the Let five years ha*
resigned. With the resignation goe*
Smith's statement that he will an
nounco for the republican nomina-
tion for attorney general of the new
Mate, In case Attorney General W.
C. ( rotnwell doc* no- announce.
Fred Elkins, who served as asdst-
nnt attorney general during the ad
mlnlstrat'pu of Gov. C. M. Barnes,
wus appointed to succeed Smith
Her Skull Wa* Crushed. — While
playing n.-ar where her father wa*
gi Indlng chop, Annie Mooney, th« G-
> ear-old daughter of Edward
Cooney, of Reaver City, *** )n.
M:.nil- killed. Her head was uol-
•I. ntaliy caught between tho lever
and the mill and her skull crushed 1
Palntsr Trie, to Kill Himself. —
V* Hlluin A. Wright, a sign painter, of
\\ ami mi, made an un*-uri-t-*sful at
u-mpi to *nd his life in Jail by cut
Hug a rash In his throat with a
pocket knife.
F.re Destroys Indian School. -
The Osage Indian hoarding school
tor boya, sltnau-d at run* the ;ine
from Arkansas City in Oklahoma
wu, di-sin»y«-*| oy fife, I*,** it-.oimi
An fur na U known all the lunialo*
.-scaped sufely. Th*- school wa*
built In Ih.o and wa* one *.( the old.
- >i landm*-, m on the < >«
notion.
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