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The Democrat-1opic
PUBLISHED WEEIILY.
6V HfSS A C41.R.
NEW STATE NEWS
Tulsa exports freo mail delivery about
J« ly l.
Chickasha business men will entertain
Oklahoma City business men at a ban-
quet March &.
The now Masonic building at Old
McAlester was dedicated with a i «nd
ball, the proceeds of which will go to
Masonic charities in the new state.
Cash Cade, republics
mttteeman. stabs that
grant the appeal of Oklui
tulonal (■ invention for in*
nat iona
>ngress
11 v-
Ed Aylor. a fifteen year old boy
lng four miles west of lloldenvii.' was
killed by United States Marshal Hhon
on Wednesday evening while going t<
his iioine from Yeager. The shooting
was the result of the boy's resist mg ai
rest.
Jark Fletcher has been appointed post-
master at Blair, Greer county
8. W. Ranson, aged 61. mixed In a
quarrel with E T .Smith of ^Nanette,
h younger man. and was badly cut acinus
the face. Smith was arrested.
The body of an Infant child was found
in the road ten miles south of Coweta
by Mrs. J. <i. Seniiravc-: and her daugh-
ter. The body had been partially eaten
by dogThere wan no Hew to Its Iden-
1 it> and what remained ot' the bods was
burled at the roadside The neighbor-
hood Is deeply stirred
and an investigation h
Plr E LINES CONSIDERED
Constitutional Provision Would Bar All
Aliens From New State
GUTHRIE: The question of prevent-
ing the piping of gas from the state by
refusing charters to any companies or-
ganized for that purpose and forfeiting
the charters of any already organized
which should engage in that business,
came up before the convention Friday
morning, but such strong representa-
tions were made by some of thu lawyers,
and especially by Hayes and Baker, that
the provision proposed might Interfere
with interstate commerce that the whole
matter was referred to the Judiciary
committee to dis< uss the legality of tha
proposition.
In the debate on that subject Led-
better of Ardmore stated that lie thought
there was much more danger of the con-
stitution receiving tlie disapproval of the
president if It Interfered with Interstate
commerce than on account of the "Jim
Crow" provision.
"I don't think so," said "Bob" Wil-
liams, who was defending the pending
proposition . "lie thinks a heap more
of the nigger than he does of protect-
ing the corporations."
The matter was referred, however, in
spito of Williams' protests.
A constitutional proposition was intro-
duced by President Murray requiring the
SENSATION
IS SPRUNG
PROBING THE CHARGES IN THE
COUNTY SEAT FIGHT
per cent interest In the land for locating
the county seat here.
"1 did come to Guthrie and saw Wil-
liams and Harper and renewed the offer
I to them of fo.000, but fearing that they
would not accept it because the Beaver
county mee might get a controlling In-
terest In the townslte, I agreed to give
| that sum for either 4f> per cent or 49
per cent of the land, thus leaving the
! other parties In control. Harper turned
down the offer, stating that the offer
was not nearly big enough and that he
could get $30,000. Both Williams
JIM CROW IS
SIDETRACKED
REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE OF
LAWYERS FOR LEGAL OPINION
DAMAGING EVIDENCE j srriiSS K ONE RESULT FORECAST
interest in the townslte of
legislature to pau suitable Intra for the t.'sllroony In rfenrcl to Kraft charges
icture and another
certain restrictions
• r the Incident
been started.
Okec
banker, ha
A. E. Ounn,
been appointed postmaster there, to sic
ceed C W. Sherwood Sherwood was
a candidate for reappointment, and the
fight between him and Benner. the
Rough Rider candidate, became so bit-
ter that Gunn's name was agreed upon
as a compromise.
The city council of Muskogee is draft-
ing nn ordinance covering the Issuance
of $100,000 In scrip to be used to pave
streets. A contracting firm of Kansas
City has agreed to take $100,000 worth
of the scrip if the city will issue it on
the paving contract. Congress passed
legislation last winter that gives Indian
Territory towns power to do this.
A splendid fraternal home is one of
the Institutions that the chamber of
commerce has in view for the town of
Greater McAlester. At Its next meeting
the chamber of commerce will offer a
reservation and a small bonus to any
crder which desires to accept such a
thing.
fro
Noble, i
On complaint of a mar
Jim Higgins, a resident of CI-
county, has been arrested for" a
committed In Collins county. Texas.
years ago. Higgins fits the description
and Texas authorities are expected to
substantiate the Identification and take
the prisoner hack.
FATHER AND MOTHER HELD
Suspicious Circumstances Surrounding
Death of Their Children
MFSKOGFK: George Robertson, a ne-
gro, Is being held at the federal Jail
1n this city pending an Cnvestigatlon
of the death of two of his children,
supposed to have been burned to death
In a fire which destroyed the negro's
home. When the fire department arrived
Robertson and hla wife told th? chlcf
that the children were In a certain room
but the fire w. s burning too fiercely at
that time to R- t them out.
An examination of the bodies, chat red
to an extent that ma le It 'mp 's i'> . tn
distinguish their features, showed mark.-
on the heads of both the boy and girl.
The marks cannot be accounted for. as
th«- u iii where the cMldrer's ped ttoo<|
did not fall In The negro and his wife,
according to their story, slept in an ad-
Joining room. Both say they w < • e awak-
ened by smoke and ran out of the house
THEIR SALARIES VARY
Amounts Paid Marshals and Attorneys
In Different Dlsrticts
WASHINGTON There is a good deal
of misunderstanding < "u ' inlng ti - sal
aries paid United States marshals and
attorneys This Is brouf~st out by the
bill Introduced by Senator l.ong to read
Just transfer of court records In the new
state of Oklahoma, which, anions otliet
tilings, provides that the salaries of mar
shals and attorneys shall be $5,000 each
The comment of nearly every one includ-
ing legislators, was that there was a
general statute fixing the salary of these
officers at PYOOO This is not the case
Their salaries vary from fS.r.na to
In various states and districts of the
country. In Kansas, the attorney. H, J.
Bone, receives It,500 per annum, the
marshal. W. H. Mackey. Jr $4.non. in
Missouri, both western and eastern dis-
tricts. the attorneys receive $4.GOO and
the marshals $4,000
In the territory of Oklahoma both at
forney and martha) •• 1 ve $( In
Indian Territory both officers receive
$4,000 each But Senator i ong would
In the districts of the new state
Oklahoma postofflce and rural route
tnsp* tors ire recommending tne estab
llshing of thorough county free delivery
service In various counties
SUITS ARE DISMISSED
Brewery Company Had Atked Big Djm
aqes for Destruction of Beer
MUSKOGEE- Special Agent Wi Mam
F«. Johnston receive.I word to the effi-. t
that two damage suits. In which .lam-
ages to the extent of $ 1 r,0,000 was asked
by Harry S. Kohn, as general agent for
the Dallas brewi > have been d amiss
regulation of an hit
by Caudill Imposing
on the legislature.
Exceedingly stringent provisions re-
garding land ownership, intended to pro-
hibit entirely anything in the way of
speculation In lands, were reported by
the special committee composed of the
chairman of the most important stand-
ing committees of the convention, to
which several provisions on that sub-
ject were recently referred.
Allen ownership on land Is absolutely
prohibited. Exceptions are made In case
of aliens who are bona fide residents
of the state and on lauds now owned by
aliens of this state.
The legislature is requrled to pass laws
providing regulations under which any
allen who shall come into ownership of
land in the state shall dispose of it
within five years. No corporation is to
be chartered or licensed for the purpose
of buying, acquiring, trading or dealing
In real estate other than city property.
Corporations dealing In real estate In
satisfaction of Indebtedness are not to
hold the same for more than five years.
The legislature Is given power to enact
laws for the registration on land titles
and guarantee of tlie same.
All of the debate was on the recon-
sideration of the section forbidding cor-
porations to own stock In other compan-
ies. The section was reconsidered be-
cause It was considered by some of the
members of the committee (hat the orig-
inal report was too stringent Ledhetter
presented a substitute providing that no
corporation should own stock in another
corporation In the same or competing
business, which was still under dls-
cuslon at adjournment.
The convention adjourned early In re-
spect to the memory of General George
Washlngotn.
M'GUIRE TO PANAMA
Ona of the Congressional Committee to
Inspect the Progress of Work
WASHINGTON: Delegate B. 8. Mc-
Gulre will bo a member of a congres-
sional committee that will go to Panama
a nd Inspect the progress of work on the
canal. The committee will leave Wash-
ington a few days after adjournment,
March 4 It will take a steamship at
New York for Panama. The party ex-
pects to spend two weeks on the trip.
Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian canal
commission, who has chargo of the par-
ty. said that every member of the house
should visit the Isthmus and .Inspect
the canal work. He believes they should
do this In order to properly fit them-
selves to pass upon canal legislation. The
committee that will leave here In March
Is composed of friends of President
Roosevelt, who ha\e dr ne their utmost
to support the administration's policy
regarding the construction of the canal.
Delegate McGulre is deeply Interested In
the canal project and has discussed It
with Mr. Roosevelt. It was owing to the
fact that he Is close to the president
that ho was asked to be a member of
the committee Mr. McGulre Is honored
by selection as a member of the com-
mittee as It seldom happens that a ter
rltorlal delegate Is made a member of
a congressional body of the character
j Indicated.
; The members of the committee will
thoroughly Investigate the conditions on
the Isthmus as well as Inspect the work
They will gather material for speeches
In the house when canal legislation comes
before that body In the next session, it
Is understood that President Roosevelt
suggested to Chairman Shoots that It
would be a good Idea for some of his
friends In the house to go to Panama
and Inform themselves regarding the
progress made with the work In order
that they can be equipped tn give the
facts to the country and Incidentally re
ply to mis statements relative t< what
has been accomplished. In the debates
heretofore enemies of the administra-
tion have -never overlooked an opportu-
nity to misrepresent the oondltlons on
the Isthmus. The members of the con-
gressional committee will be ready to
reply to such statements and tell what
has been done.
JUMPED INTO WATER BARREL
Woman with Clothes Ablaze Escapes
With Severe Burns
TULSA: With her clothing nil afire,
Mrs Charles Putnam, of this clt\ t
caped death by burning by plunging into
a hogshead of water In close proximity.
She was severely "burned.
DESTROYED 4.000 BOTTLES
they had
Buffalo.
"Both A. J. Dickson of Cnte and J.
W. Culwell of Beaver City will verify all
the statements made regarding the mat-
ter and they are ready to come before
the Investigating committee and testlfs
if they are asked, and without any cost
to the territory."
The testimony given by Dickson Is
In line with the statement made on the
floor of the convention several weeks
ago by Delegate llarned, at which time
Judge A. S. Dickson of I Delegate Wlllalms denied in a positive
.used a sensation Friday ! statement that he had any financial in-
ie committee on rules ofj terest In the Buffalo townslte. Dickson
denies any knowledge of what Delegate
Harried knows regarding the matter, but
that the matter had been tipped
off to Harried by some person who was
alnted with the inside of the deal
JUDGE DICKSON OF BEAVER CITY
TELLS IT ALL
Discloses There was a Schema for
County Seat Grab in Harper
County and That He Tried
to Break Into It—Was
Turned Down Cold
GUTHRIE
Beaver City
night beforo
the constitutional convention, by
manding that before he would give any
connection with the location of a county
seat at Buffalo, Harper county, that
Delegate E. R. Williams of the Buffalo
district be also brought Into the room. | matter,
instructed ttme, and nothing further was done
til the committee reconvened Friday
LAWYERS WHO COMPOSE
MITTEE ARE AGAINST
Argument that Ninety Per Cent of
Constitutional Delegates Had
Pledged Themselves to Adopt
a Jim Crow Section is
of No Consequence
GUTHRIE: The supporters of the
"Jim Crow law met defeat In the con-
vention Thursday when a resolution by
Haskell to refer the question to the rec-
ommendation of a committee of nine at-
torneys wus adopted by a vote of 64 to
MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS
Convention Considers Exemptions and
Legislative Department
GUTHRIE: After spending the entire
forenoon of Monday In the discussion
of the adoption of the rules of pro-
cedure for the guidance of the legisla-
ture, the convention In the afternoon
railroaded the report of the committee
on revenue and taxation, without re-
gard to possible "sleepers.' adopting
many Important sections without dis-
cussion. What discussion there was
came up on minor points and the big
features were passed without comment.
A large part of the report was adopted
with practically no changes, except In
the section regarding exemption. That
entire section, us reported by the com-
mittee was ditched, and a substitute
adopted, exempting household goods of
heads of families, not exi ceding $100 In
value, all growing crops, tools, Imple-
ments or livestock, used in supporting
the family, to the extent of $I0ij. Ex-
, union and ex-confederate soldiers and
their widows are exempted to the amount
of $200. cutting in two the exemption re-
po* ed by the committee.
To the exemption of the Murrow and
Whitaker orphans' homes were added
all fraternal and other orphans' horn i
and their charitable funds The pro
GREER IS TO
COURT DECIDES IT HAS NO JURIS
DICTION IN CASE
INJUNCTION IS REFUSED
•SSENTING OPINION RENDERED
BY JUDGE IRWIN
Decision Is to the Effect that the
Convention is a Legislative Body
Commissioned by Congress
and Creation of Coun
ties Is Necessary
GUTHRIE: The Oklahoma supreme
court Saturday refused to grant a tem-
porary restraining order In the case
brought by Greer county to enjoin the
27. Most of the delegates took it for a]no t^e one giving the legislature p
vln'on for the taction of all |,r prn ron.tltutlonal convention from the tllvl.-
/>, It* actual cimh . iluc 1 retained and Ion ot the county Into three part*, on tho
Notld.- however came of the llnrned granted that the Haskell resolution «u to authorize any municipality to exempt
' * polite method of burying "Jim manufacturing plants from munic.pal
ft Ion being postponed at that
The committee on rules
several weeks ago by the convention to
probe ail grafts and bribery charges In
connection with the convention.
After Delegate Williams arrived Judge
Dickson proceeded with his testimony.
He stated:
night.
Judge Dickson states thnt McMahon
owns some interest In the quarter sec-
tion of land, but that Miller was the
original owner. South of the quarter
merely
Crow" so deep that it can never be res-
urrected and the opponents of tho meas-
ure strengthened this conclusion by con-
fining their remarks to arguments why
taxation for not more than live years.
The consider itkn of the report of the
committee on I ■: slative department wa
concluded, but two lines of the report,
constituting the first two sections, be-
? HONEST JUDGE COMMENDS THE WORK
;i;
i
1
Judge Sulzbacher of the Indian Territory Speaks to the Jury on Con-
vention—Says Constitution Will Be Good
OKMULGEE: Introductory remarks to tho charge to the grand
Jury made by tho Honorable Louis Sulzbacher at the February term
of court ut Okmulgee, as they appear of record of said court:
"Gentlemn of the Jury: The constitutional convention is s'ill as-
sembled in the city of Guthrie. The delegates are discharging their
duties faithfully, and the best interest of>lw ir constituents is their
ardent zeal. They wore together for a longer period than had been
expected, but their efforts are so honorable, their responsibilities so
weighty, their functions so grave, that they should not be in haste.
They consented to become the representatives of the people of the
Indian Territory, nnd they should ever receive their recognition.
They absented themselves from their families, abandoned their per-
Y sonal affairs, and are bringing a financial sacrifice to some extent
? for the sole purpose of nerving their country and their fellow citizens.
"They will conclude their task in three or four weeks and there
JL will not remain any doubt in the mind of every fair-minded and im-
partial person that a constitution will be presented of which the peo-
♦j* pie of the new state—one of the greatest in the union—can be proud .j<
y and that they should receive the gratitude and merit the praise of JJ
i thosa who will live under that civic structure. £
i "I mention that you have a great state. Providence has blessed ,*«
Y this country with natural resources and advantages almost unparal
y leled with any other state in the union. However, the citizens and £
£ inhabitants are to a large degree factors of that greatness. Good
Y people from adjoining states and from the north come here to make
X their abodes. The developments, through their toil and exertions.
have been marvelous. Cities, towns and hamlets have been brought
into existence; the soil has been cultivated, farms are now found .j,
where there was a few years ago. a so-called apathetic state—a desert. *t'
'1 wish all well under the new administration, and wherever 1 J
may be I shall always have a tender feeling for. and my best wishei ^
are with the state of Oklahoma in general, and the Indian Territory .*
In particular." .j
"Jlin Crow" should not go into the con- |nR
stitutlon. nnd substitute
The champions of "Jlin Crow," wish-
ing to force the final Issue at
date, secured the adoption of
Instructing the special committee to re-
port Monday morning at 10 o'clock. It
is considered certain that the committee
will report that a "Jim Crow" provls- tion at which their
on In the constitution will be In con- chosen. Senators sen
fllct with the enabling act. The com-
mittee Is Instructed to report on wheth-
er a future legislature will have the au-
thority to adopt a "Jim Crow
the constitution is silent
ttou.
This action Is Interpreted to mean
that the opponents propose to keep any
reference to the question out of the
constitution, even barring a provision
authorizing the legislature to pass such Total Damage
law if
tho ques-
The ground floor was
the Fair Mercantile com-
Estimated at No Lest
Than $85,000
Ledbetter, Graham and R. L. Williams MUSKOGEE At an early hour Sun-
were among the strong champions of the Jay morning the Culbertson im',!.' m.. t">-
law on the floor. Williams gave notice pether with Its entire contents, was de-
that when the question comes up for itroyed by fire.
final disposition he will move to have a occupied b
"Jim Crow" provision in the constitu- pany. one
Hon. submitted separsftely to a vote of stores In the city. The upper floors
the people. occupied by real estat
The opponents revived all their men.
arguments, that more than twenty den* Electric light wires
ocratle representatives and senators in the exposed wires threatened the entire
congress had written lottors to dele
grounds that the court Is without Juris-
diction in the matter. A dissenting
opinion was rendered by Judge Irwin.
The constitutional convention was rep
resented in the arguments by Delegates
Henry Asp of Guthrie and W. A. Led-
hetter of Ardmore. Horace Speed of
Guthrie made the argument for Greer
county. C. N. Haskell, who fathered ths>
division of Oklahoma counties, brok®
the news of the derision to the conven-
tion, which brought forth applause from
the delegates.
Chief Justice Burford and Justice
Vainer delivered the oral opinions rep-
resenting the majority decision, t'hief
Justice Bur ford tonk the position that
the Oklahoma supreme court Is primarily
a court of appeals, with appelate Juris-
diction only, and has no original Juris-
diction such as would be involved In
hearing an Injunction suit begun In the
supreme court. Justice Halner, concur-
ring with Chief Justice Hurford. held
thai tho constitutional convention is a
legislative body, commissioned by con-
gress to make a constitution and stato
government; that the creation of coun-
ties Is Incidental and necessary to the
formation of a state government, and
thnt the acts of the convention are sub-
ject only to the will of the people, the
constitution of the United States and
the enabling act, and to review by the
president.
Justice Irwin In his dissenting opinion
of' the* largest department ,n substance that the organic act
-renting the district and supreme courts
and' professional °' Oklahoma conferred upon them com-
rnon law and chancery Jurisdiction, wlth-
melted and out Pt,t,lfig any limitation upon those
wo sections were tabled
adopted for two others,
addition for the provision that the
early senate shall name Its own committees,
a motion report as adopted provides that the
senate shall consist of not more than
forty members and the house of not
more than one hundred and Ave.
Terms end fifteen days after the elec-
successors are
four years and
representatives two. For the first elec-
tion senators from even numbered dis-
tricts serve until 190S and from odd
numbered districts until 1910. The leg-
islature is to he called together by proc-
amatlon of the governor not le«s than
fifteen nor more than thirty days aftef
the admission of the state.
HEAVY LOSS TO MUSKOGEE
gates stating that such a provision In
the constitution would be dangerous,
that the people want statehood first
and would rather delegates would dlsre-
and gave the court necesary pow
oiock,'""necessitating "the shutting dow,. «th'« there
of the power plant, putting the
total darkness. The
which the fire broke out caused s
city In
narrow escapes of persons sleeping In
lery.
"Folowlng the action of the conven- j is a school section, and M< Malum and
tlon In dividing Woodward county I de- j his sister own the land adjoining th«
terminal with others from Beaver county quarter on both the north and the east,
to secure, if possible, an option on pos- If the county seat should remain ut
slhle townsltes in Harper county, the Buffalo, this would give McMahon a
northwest county carved out of Wood
ward. Two of the men associated wit I
me were iny brother, A. J. IMckson o
Gate, and J. W. Culwell of Beaver Clt>
"Following this determination I went j
to Miller ami McMahon, the owners of But No One W
the quarter section of land on which
Buffalo ia to l>e located, ami made them
sn offer of $'..000 for a half Interest in
the land. Both men were satisfied with
the offer, but told me that before any-
ixtensions of the
FOUR CARS WERE DETACHED
Killed in This Rail-
road Accident
The southbound Rock Island
train, loaded with homeseck-
lltched Thursday night about
yard their pledges than to do anything the building.
to cause President Roosevelt to turn Aside from the enormous los« finan-
down the conslttution. "lallv. the most distressing feature is
Delegate Graham of Marietta, the lead- the entire loss of the records of the local
Ing "Jim Orow" champion, answered «nd grand Masonic lodges of the n-
these arguments by declaring that its Han Territory. These records w< n
opponents had not advanced a single 16- «"Pt In the office of Major V. alrond
gal argument why Its Incorporation retary of the chapter and
would endanger statehood or produced
a tingle statement authorised by Pres- IM.000 insurance
ldent Roosevelt to that effect, and con- MO.OOO, Insurance. $20,000; Pair M
tlnued: ,,le con,Pany stock '
• 'Jim Crow' today for Oklahoma or f ;"n00: ^ alrond and ( ran^r
'Jim Grow' never, gentlemen; thnt Is the Insurance. SJ00.
question. You break faith with your lras>
people and there will be more political Vnvk* & Toomer.Joss, W.OOO, iusiuran.
graves in Oklahoma than 'n the nation- fl.oeo, J.
al cemetery and they will not contain no insure
republicans, either." ,, 0(
He pointed out thnt fully 90 per cent *l "ft0. uc
of the delegates In the convention
constitutional or statutory llmlta-
suddenness with t,onB- and t,,e ,nf,re fart thnt the PXOr-
clse of such power was difficult and In-
convenient did not In any way militate
against the possession of the power. He
also held that the convention could only
create counties ne. essary to the forma-
tion of a state government, and that It
Is not lustlfled in dividing counties where
there is no necessity for tho action.
constitutional provision regulating
The loss Is estimated at $S9.00'>. with Insurance companies was adopted pro
folow*: Building vldlng for the creation of an Insurance
department under the supervision of an
Insurance ^commissioner, appointed by
the governor with the consent of th*
senate, to serve four years. The legls-
Insurance, $100; Howell, latUrc shall require such deposit of col-
lateral or Indemnity for the protection
$40,000, Insura
Fast, capital-
ENIP:
thing could be done I must conn
Guthrie anil see Delegate E. I. Will
and O. G. Harper, a constitutional
ventlon clerk, who had been given
midnight
near Bli
u t h
Okla
Foi
eft
elected on pledges to put a "Jim Crow"
section in the constitution.
;'r> .dent Murray pyiday announced
ti mmlttee of lawyers to prepare a
legal opinion and submit It to the con-
stitutional convention on the question of
the legality of the proposed "Jlin Crow"
The original list contained the names
of W. A. Ledbetter, T. J. Leahy and J.
C Crahnni. but each of these gentlemen
declined to serve on the committee. The
list as finally approved by the conven-
MAY FORCE APPROPRIATION
ADOPTS THE INITIATIVE
is
fo
, the
•onimlttce
f seat of Ha
held up on
in connecti<
Democratic Senators Come to Rescue of Convention
Constitutional Convention
WASHINGTON: The democratic sen- (J' I'HRU--
ators have taken up the cudgel In be-l<m,,,m Pr" 1
half of the Oklahoma constitutional con
ventlon and will endeavor to force an
appropriation through congress to pay
the deficit. The plan Is to attach an ,
Item to the deficiency appropriation bill l
and threaten the whole bill with defeat -
unless the amendment Is adopted The
deficiency bill will be late in reaching
the senate and If tho democrats -
tors decide to talk It to death they will '
have no trouble In doing so. The •; v
contains many things the republican ad- "
ministration needs. The demo-rats be- 1
lleve they will have no difficulty in >•
curing an agreement on the Oklahoma '
Item The republicans may stand out '
for a limitation providing that the J
money will not be paid unless the in-
vention supplies a constitution which '
meets tho approval of the people and 1
the president. The democrats will not
consent to any limitation of that nature. ,
snv they have the whip hand and not- .
withstanding general oppositional ■ u ti..-
republicans claim the appropriation will.,
he forced through.
Committee of Whole Fa-
le Initiative
was finally
ind refer-
idopted in
ssed upon
jy a vote
location of the
ounty. which has
Moore of Enid. Langley of Pryor
Creek. Rose of Blackwell, Swjwtz of
Che iea Kane of Kingfisher, Nelson of
Tulsa. Henshaw of Madill, Jones of Ry-
an and Johnston of Perry.
The committee was Instructed unde*
the Haskell resolution to report back
to the convention Monday. The result
the opinion was considered a fore-
gone conclusion, as every member of
the committee but one lias at some
McShea. loss, loss $1.00,
ice;Oklahoma Land Company.
), no Insurance;Vollentie, loss
insurance Ohio Real Estate
loss, f .00, no Insurance; Geo.
Powell loss. $1,000, no Insurance; J.
Warren Reed, loss. $r..0ft0, no Insurance;
J. C. Taylor, loss. $500. no Insurance;
Donovan & Grlsell. loss. $1,000. no In-
surance; John Blackford, loss, $250, no
Insurance; Werder, loss. $500, no in-
The cause of the fire is a mystery.
The Fay State Bank of Fay was au-
thorizeil by II H. Stnook. territorial
hank commissioner, to begin business
with a capital stock of $10,000.
executive committee meets
Considers "Jim Crow", Local Option and
Other Question# at Guthrie
of the policy holders as It deems proper.
T'ntll otherwise provided by law. .ill in ■
surance companies operating in ' • st.it#-
except fraternal companies, shall pay
annual entrance fees, as follow--
Legal reserve life Insurance compan-
ies $200; foreign fire insurance con pan
le*--. $100; foreign accident and health In
surance companies. $1"" sur i l bond
companies, $lf.'"; plate glass insurance
i companies, not accident, $'-•">
T'ntll the legislature shall provide oth-
erwise. each Insurance, surety and bond
lng company, except domestic companies,
shall pay an annual tax of two per cent
on all premiums collected, and a ti'
$3 on each local agent. Until char
by the legislature, the insurance ■
mlssloner shall collect from each fori
company doing business In the stat
reasonable fee for each examination,
such fees to he paid to the state tr
during the
of tin
lep
ed Ills be-
ssed upon
Was I
of th
>y the pres-
Dwever. and !
stitutlon to
ed. fo
ap-
ett Wli
figuring
harmless
A NEW ROAD CHARTERED
5t. Loins. Springfield and Oklahoma
Western to Be 233 Milne Long
■ '•I'l'HRIL: The St l^ouls, Springfield
im! Oklahoma Western railroad, capital
M (me with headquarters at Lawton
i! I Sulphur, was chartered here. It Is
i.. 1 : uli miles east from Lawton
theast l hrough Kc
I" ators at S. Blocker, Stigler.
GUTHRIE. From statements made
after the meeting of the democratic ex-
ecutive committee of the two terrltor-
es here Monday, It Is gleaned that all
•nit one of the members are in favor of
the Insertion of the separate coach
Mause In the constitution.
During the session the committee also
considered the liquor question, and It is
naltl that the members are united in
favor of the loenl option plan.
At a tfeucus of the tnebers of the
•cutive committee and democratic del-
gates to the convention Monday the ad-
visability of Inserting the "Jlrn ("row"
was discussed, the opposing
advancing to the committee
t.nsls for their conclusions.
action wns taken on the "Jlrn
provision
Monda
the
of attorneys submitting
\\
ning
Phu
J J
1 A. I>.
Reall and J
E Fdwards, a farmer living near
eland, while harnessing a team In
barn was accidentally killed by the
harge of a sh*t gun he had carried
The entire top of his
Into the stab
head was bio
The private corporations report wis
finally disposed of by amending se tlon
5 to provide that no corporation may
iwn stock In any other competitive cor
poration. or one engaged In the same
line of business, and that no hank or
trust company may own stock in any
>ther bank or trust company, with the
•xception of stocks held for debt, which
must be disposed of within twelve
uonths.
The report of the committee on edu-
cation was submitted to the onvention.
The maintaining of separate s"hools for
White and negro children, with equal fa-
cilities, is made mandatory upon the leg
(stature. Compulsory attendance of all
•hlldren between the ages of eight and
ilxtcen years for at least four months
in the year and a provision that reading
the bible In the public S< hools shall not
be prohibited, are features No teacher
■>r school officer shall be Interested In
iny school book or appliance company.
The state educational board consists of
i stfite superintendent, to be je sident
■){ the board; tho governor, state secre-
arv and attorney general.
off.
Bear Raid
car ' >sds of beer
a result of legal
lie owners and Hpe-
S. Johnson The
) bottles when he
attachment In the
ed The suits grew
tlon of a large <i . It
beer by "Whisk:
against Kohn nnd of
erv which w.«s hro i.
of the
of se.
md bre
.«k Thurs
attorney afte
twe* t •> -1 iirei
Opposed to Publicity.
"What I want," said the repor
who hud liwn s. nt t< got an Inter .
out of the financial magnate, "is
Inside story of that deal. "Thnt
exactly the kind of story 1 atn y
to gi\ <« you \ ung bo'.n " <■ i-"i: !•
answered the financial niagn;i'« \
will have to promise that you
uae !t on the first page."
Special Agent Enisges In
at Muskogee
148DKOC5EE: Three car
are tied up here as a r
proceedings between the ow
lal Agent W|l
; it ter destroyed
a stopped by
snds of Chief of Folic*
ittachment ran out at ft
: lay afternoon, when th
(ruction again began
i hment stopped further
Kverv Joint In the cl
t during the day.
otis«. wns broken Into w
nd pulleys operated by
Millionaire Is Forced to Tell
GUTHRIE. Harry iSorsueh and hit
. late* In the Southwestern Lumber-
Prominent Resident Succumbs
WIAW NBE James Whitt
merly owner of all the eastern part of
the cltjr and at present owner of n . h
valuable property, died FrMay of bron-
chitis He wns 7« years of age.
M- Whlttaker had Just refit I i ni
a trip to the City of Mom o \ ere he
went for bis health. Ho was one of th>
first settlers of this county and re. . ntlv
celebrated his golden weddltn He was
nn Odd Fellow and that order, with
Rev J. E. Burt of the Methodist church
at I'erry. formerly of Shawnee had
SOLD TOWN LOTS AT AUCTION
Receiver for Development Company
Realises on Available Assets
Island Deveioj
sold at public
. Frank Wii^-I
NEGRO LOBBYISTS THREATEN
nsist on Freedmen Qeir.g Put on Chick
anaw-Choctaw Rolls
WASHINGTON Some western negro
.l.hyists w'.:o are here trying to revive
lie Itallingcr scheme to put 1.500 freed-
licn n the Chickasaw-Choctaw rolls at
m expei: . t ti . tribes Of J20.000.00"
hreati i to tart an uprising among the
i, ••... s ! K is agai .st Senators Cur-
ls and Long for opposing tho scheme
either of
y It Is an
RECORD LEASE PRICE
not
charge
He i
of the funeral.
the
■oils
cha
member of the Ok-
Blg Bonus to Indian Baby
MUSKOGEE: The biggest bonus ever
liven for an oil lease In the mld-contl-
icnt field, was paid here by George W.
Ditrnes and company to Lena Glenn, u
,rec year-old Indian girl for twenty
teres of land, the compensation being
|-|3,i)00. The lease was sold through the
ourt«. In addition to the bonus, tho
rri will receive royalty to ten per cent
if all oil produced on the land. The land
was evidently considered a prtr-.c tract
by the oil men-*ns many of them staid
in until tho bidding hud pas: ed the
• «*• Th* b,a '""".7,,no i Identified.
was 542,500. 1
fArty three Thousand Paid for Rights
on Twenty Acres
TULSA; Forty-three thousand do'iars
was paid for twenty acres adjoining the
Ida E. Glenn lease. In the Glenn pool,
breaking the record for lease I-muses
in the territory oil fields George E
Barnes, of Muskogee, was the purchaser.
ITY: The remains of a
OKLAHOMA
man badly mutilated, were
railroad yards of the Frisco
remains are being held at :
lng house In the hope that
1 tllH
The
sold tho h n
Th
oil
ells
ells
INDIAN BILL AGREED ON
Arrangements to Pass the Appropriation
Measure This Week
WASHINGTON: The Indian appro-
priation bl'i has been agreed to by the
' S and Will be pa I this W* k
a sliding scale of salaries for superin-
tendents of Indian schools The senate
i .'i-mitted amendments > arrylng $ .
•■•■I to be eliminated. The bill .irrles
BILL WILL NOT BE ACTED ON
of Captain Curtis Meas
to Remove Indian R<
ons Is Dropped
WASHINGTON: Senator Curtis' bli'
remove restrictions In the Indian Ter
passed this session
r rounded by
i els a day. The tract
.■•hich Bob Galbreath dr
to be put down in tli
Thrown Under Ti.
">QCE: Tho body
tho land, but
h pay
rltory
The In'
Its Indi
Forty-Three Children
MUSKOGEE '; • ' Rob ' : t
Creek freedman. who was in tins cttr
today looking after his holdings, claims
the Roosevelt medal, declaring that he
is the father of forty-three « hlldren.
W! m asked If he had ever heard of
r ,<suicide, he repl. i l that he h id not
Roberts says that twenl ix • ^"
wer eborn to his first wife, and seven
put ;
vlso '
the
vhlch did not
senators, am!
•at legislation
drcr
!•«
ur promise of Immunity.
u did l
It pusscd the house.
thun
citu. d to otjd iht malut*
leems
doing thl* hi
all Of the . e!. brltl
One bears the
other Lincoln
stiP another is •
ery difficult tas
has exhausted abo
i of the United fltati
una Of I loose ••!' a i
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