The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 359, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 22, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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SUNDAY MORNING,
(il T1IUIE, Olvl-AllUMA, JI NK
ST N DAY MOHNINC
NUMBER 359
FAVORABLE
REPORT WADE
Cherokee Agreement Will
Pass the Senate.
FATE IN THE HOUSE
Its Sub-Indian Committee
Hear Talk Upon it.
KIOWA GRAZING LANDS
wood from said reservation.
I Your committee therefore recom
j nii-iid tin- passage of this lull.
|. The bill an amended i- asiollows:
j Whereas, on the sixth day of Oetob
, cr. anno Domini eighteen linn 'rod an
I ninety-two. the Comanche, Kiowa, an
; N"ach • tribes of in '.ians in Oklahoin
j Territory made a treaty with the I n
Iied Mates, which treaty was duly rat
tii* 1 by congress on June sixth, nine
i teen huiired: and,
Whereas it was stipulated in sai
; treaty that each Indian in said tribe
j ■■no.iid have allotted to tiicm one linn
ire I and sixty acres of land, and tha'
j ti i remainder of their reservatio
should he thrown open to Settlemcn*
on the payment by the Vnited State
i to them of one dollar and twenty - ti v
cent - per acre; an 1,
Win reas the secretary of, the inter
| ior •'-i t apart twenty-five thousand ac
! res of land out of sai I reservation foi
a wood reservation without any an
thority for s() doing, and the right o
actual • ettiers to secure these lands «
home-* for themselves have been ig
Inured; and,
Wlureas congress has the right an-
it i- its duty to construe and see tha
, us are duly executed, and it wa
i its intention to sell the farming land,
i in said reservation not allotted to In
I dians t- persons desiring homestead^
j on farming lands; Now. therefore,,
PENSIONS.
CORNELL VICTOR OF THE REGASTA
ent of five ad
State Capital Bureau, f>io 14th St.
Stephen's Bill to Open Timber I';;■."• 1 '
f'.ib-" i . i. It tV -1 -"11. ^IO.
! lien' i.iin Keller, Oscook. $**.
1 William Pateydge. Uexingt->n. $12-
j la-. W. Summers. Cherokee. $10.
Allen Mart. Wi-st Point. $10.
Minor of |,i-. M. l.ee. Cinthrie. $10.
Reservation in New Country
Amended and Recom-
mended for Its
Passage.
State Capital Bureau, bo 14th St.
Washington, I). C.. June _ 1 —1
senate Indian committee this morn
jng ordered a favorable report jii !'•.
Cherokee agreement.
The house subcommittee of ti. In
dian committee was in se>.-i mi a'l d
hearing arguments for and ai in>
certain provisions of the Cherokee
agreement and tonight practical . <b-
c.idcd to report the measure to ti,,
full limit at its next meeting
VALLEY IS A
SEA OF FLAMES
j Green River a Mass of Fire
for Seven Miles.
VII.W OF Till. OH KM.
1923) for the api
itiotial United SlateH couiiin-' "111
nd five additional constables in t
ndian Territory, having col'idct
he same, recommended its pas^a
vithout ainendment.
The bill provides for a commi -1011
nd constable at each of tne followi
hues 111 the northwestern portion
he Indian Tcrnton. \i.. S.ipuh
\ agoncr, Okmulgee. Pryor Creek. .1
Nowata, and your committee are
he opinion that such officers Shot
>e provided at those places bccai
'iat portion Om the Indian Territory
veil populated by people who do c««t
1 'erable business and often need il
il of courts of inferior jurisdicti<
ione of which at this time are withi
1 reasonable distance of them.
A RIVAL
British Plans to liqlil the
American 1 rust.
FEARS FOR SHIP jj|(j $||||> COMBINE
NORTHERN ICR PACK MAY OF. I
STROY PORTLAND,
• I
San Francisco, June "1. though it I
s conceded that the stcamnr Portland,
which .sailed from Seat lc for Nome
>n April 2fi. is In a perilous situation.,'
One of the officers of the Alaska Com-1
merelal company, by whom she is
owned, sai'«l today:
"The Portland has been long tried
In northern waters ami has w inhered
dangers before th s. On July 4 fol ast
year fho broke through the Ice and
led the entire fleet ort of danger."
The vessel is navigated by Captain
Lindquist. who has many 'tars *'x-
perlenen with the dangerous ice flows
of Bering Strr t.
The Portland carried 1.000 tons of
freight and IU' passengers forty-*.*
of whom are bok' d from this city.
Government Will Make In-
crease to Subsidy.
CANADA GIVES MILLION
Sir Furness Heads Big Company
10 Build Ships to Compete
in Carrying Trade—The
Scheme Includes
Pacific Railroad.
uncle joe did it
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v^tatc Capital Bureau, (no 14.Ii .
\\ .1 hiugton. 1). C., June 'I
rlc Joe" Cannon has slaughtered ' tie
bill providing for the opening to p il
lie settlement 4«So.ooo acre> of pra
iug lands in the Kiowa, Comanche a-
Apache country by "cutting the 1 til '
behind the ears" to Use one of Ins ,i.r
acteristic expressions. "l*n
is the financier of the house-
chairman of the committee on
riations. which passes on tlu-
ture of every dollar authorized by j
concrf \ lie is ablest and niosi
lureSipii debator on the floor.
The other night when the Stinh- n-
l.ill was being considered by the house
and the friends of the measure svp
posed that it had passed the danger |
point and would within a few moment? !
be favorably acted upon bv the houae.
'"Uncle Joe'* Cannon walked down the
aisle. He had just arrived at the Cap-
itol and discovering tlfat the bill . ,(s
tip tor consideration, lie rushed inline
diately to his seat without taking tin
time to go to the cloak room and nut
his hat away. Just as the presiding
officer was about to put the bill on I
its final passage. "Uncle Joe" step-
ped out into the middle aisle and de-
livered a ringing speech, even -en ,
fence of which sounded the death k lcli
of the bill.
LUMBER CAMPS BURiNtO
Town of Lester Seems Doomed
—Intense Heat Cuts Off Re-
lief Train—Miles of For-i
ests All Ablaze.
PoughkeepSic. X. Y.. Tune 21 — Cor
nell won all three of the events in the
intercollegiate amateur- association re
*ctta today. The four oared race was
a bit of easy work for her, but in
both the freslnnan and varsity eights
she was so cloSelv pressed that she
j really had to win them in the last half
| mile by a display of reserve force
j which none of the other crews could
1 brin,T ;• > bear.
; Summary:
( hour oaretl race, two mill■ : Cornell
' tir-t In live length-. Time 10:4? .1-5;
Pennsylvania second by three and .«
I half lengths. Time io:?4 4*5: Cohuif
j Ina third. Time 11:08.
i I-'reshniail eight oared race, two
■niles: Cornell lust by 2 ,5-4 langhts.
Time <<:A4 4 5'. Wisconsin -eeoild b\
1 _• 1 _• lengths. Time ii4-'.l 5: Columbia
rliir«l by 1 1 lengths. Time <,:jo: S\-
racuse fourth by *four lengths. Time
Pennsylvania tilth. Time ip.Ov
I Varsity eight oared race, four miles:
| Cornell "first by three leiv ills. Time
' 19:05 Wisconsin second by 1 1
j lehgths, time n :i ? 3*5j * Coliiitibta
nird by ' ,V4 lengths, time 19:18 t-5;
Pennsylvania
time 19:26; Syracn
time 19:31 —~5; Geo
19:32.
Cornell won the
her history in boa
literally swept the
race the crews, c
Courtney had to ti.
start to linish f"i
one of the three ra
by 3-4 lengths,
c fiftli by two feet,
"getown sixth, tmi"
greatest triumph i
ed by
11 the '
In 11 eli
■nly
to
anv t"
l's did the Tthaeins
to let down then
sin boys woi. the j
e dav, and to them 1
lendid I
speed. Th Wis.-.
second honors of '
belongs gr« at credit for the
fights which they made in the
and fre hnien races, in both events
they finished a strong second to the
Ithican-. In all three • ;< es C dumb .1
finished third- In the tour oarc i
Pennsylvania was second but in tlie
carsity race the Quakers finished fourth
place and in the freslnnan race they
were fi th. The univei>'itv "i Syracus •
beat the Quakers out f"i fourth place
in the freslnnan event, and in the vn-
sity Syracuse fought Georgetown o 1
ill tile last few length, luaiing the bo\ >
from Washington by le - than a \ard
at the finish line- I11 none of the r;.
were the records touched, but in ..11
. ' three events .the times were not far
• i above the fastest that have been made
' on this courte.
Despite the clouds and rain a 1 l
■ I crowd came to see the races. All
through the morning it seemed as
though postponements would be rcccs-
sar\ but as the hour for the lirst race
of the day drew near tiie .wind died
away gradually and the Sun oughts -t
wa\ through the nasty gray sky.
The races were all rowed under
splendid conditions. The crew- had a
fair wind with them and a ripping : 1 e
to help them ' Coin : «-• ., •• 1 '1 t
Irs varsity eight had po\|jr eiiotivh
to have lowered the record of 18.\
1 s Sec.ni's made by Cornell a '.ear
ago if his crew had only been hard« i
nre.sScd. The Ithicans now make pub-
lic the fact that a week aeo thev . ame
within four seconds of the n. r«'. and
that they are sure they would have
done even better this afternoon if
they had had to i ht a little liar >er • 1,
1 Ihe last mile. The) a-'nut t ha; t lie
freshman race was a surnrise, but tlu \
say they were confident of winning
AWFUL DEL!)
OE A MOB
Riddle With Bullets Body of
Half Witted Man.
Officer Went to Make Arrest and
Was Shot Dead Through
Door—The Men Disperse
After Doing Work.
amended
stephens hill
Special Dispatch to the Si jit e Capital.
W ashington, D. C . June 21- -Repre-
sentative Stephens has favorably re
ported his bill to the house providing
for the opening to settlement, under
tin- provisions of tin homestead act
the .'5.000 acres of wood land in tile
Kiowa and Comanche countn. In i«
commending the pasS.am o. the hi
the committee layl:
lie il enacted b> the senate an i
house 01 repre-eiitatives the I'niti. 1
states of America in congress : 1 — in
bled, that the twenty-live th- 'isand
acres of lands set apart 111 the Kiowa
Comanche ar t \pa.dh Imhan r. . na
tionS ,11 Oklahoma Tcrriton ly tin-
secretary of the Interior, referred to
and mentioned in the preamble of tin
act. shall he opened to settlement b\
proclamation of the president of ti-
United State within three month-
front the passage of this act and be dis
posed of under the rtlh and reguia
tiotis adopted by the Secretary the
Interior at public auction to the high-
est bidder for cash. Prpcidcd- That
no one person shall be Pennine I t<>
purchase more than one hundred and
sixty acres of land. And prov i:ed
further. That the money arising from
the sale of said lands shall be paid
to said Indians in the same main « r .1
was nrovidcd i'l the said act of June
sixteenth, nineteen htnr'rcd.
1 Your committee find that said 1
reservation i> no lon> r needed by the
Indians on said reservation or by the
soldiers'Jtatioued at Fort Sill, tor ti.
reason that the Indians have alrea ,y
had their quota of lands allotted. \ ,
titem on .nil reservation, and it t5
not needed by the troops stationed a_
Fort Sill for the rea.-on that said lauds
are situated tw ent>-fi- >• miK 1:. tn
, Fort SHI. and the ^'uijding of ti. Rk
Island railro. d i :t«> t:d fort will 1
^ coal ior fuel much cheaper than the
Hot Springs. Wash., June j
a distance of Seven miles the C.re«
river valley is a sea of llames. Sir.
noon yesterday Dr. Kleiber and ti
einployi-s and gue 1- of the Klem
Green river hoi sprinj;s h;ive been i>
sistciitlv lighting the fire to save t1
hotel. Steadily the lire was held j>ai
and assistance was sent from Tac
111:1. Near May wood three tnilcS '
low here a lumber camp has hi en bur
ed out. O11 each side 1- a sect! ii
furnace so hot that the crew of the r
lief train was compelled to -i t K pi-
led ion in the caboose while «•
Morgans camp one mile down
ally burned though it it thought llic
more valuable effects will be saved-
At Coiiton. two mile below II t
Spring-, an ongreg .ted ilie few •:f* -
krs and woodsmen of the vicinity.
They declare the fori^t or n lie-
around to be ablaze. \t Kagle Grow
the same condition exists and se ira'
smaller tires are reporte 1 within a
radius of twenty-five miles.
LIGHTED MATCH SETS WYFTH WON
FIRil#AlC°" THE DERBY
Teriffic Explosion in Biscuil
Factory and Frightful Burn-
ing of Persons.
| Big Event of Chicago Track
Went Off Well.
GALLANT FIGHT
WITH FIRE AT SEA
British Ships Cargo Burns for1
Four Days Arrives Safe
in Port.
ii^' it. sjon
«,arl'- I Pa'c.
Portland, Ore.. June 21— An 1 \plo-
curred in the factory of the
Coast Biscuit company at the
corner of Kleventh and Davis sti« e:;
about 11 o'clock today in which four
men were inured, one fatally# 1 he
following are injured:
James ^Griffin, tatally •
Alcx.indci Brill.
I
PURSE WAS HEAVY
eriousU.
Tacoma. a
'clock llii 111
21
Office b< 1)
Griffin wt
from a fifty
San Francisco. Cal.. June l:1 That
tlo> llri lsli shin Monkbarn-. wli eh ar-
rived here 140 days from Liverpool,
ever reached lnr destination is din-
to the gallant ll"ht against tire made
four days and nights b\ Captain M. -
Xee ey and his erew. Tin Monkbariis
I left Livrrpoo .latiuary All wnt
I well unt 1 February 21. when at 4:30 ;
; a, ni smoke was discovered eonong
. i- of the eh-vatorH lea li ig to the t'<>. <
The Race was a Remarkably ,\n , v. v.d .-,
fact that the eareo wag on fire. Four
of th
and
1 Shin
ti the
1 (Viet I
ton w
n 21- At Jelft r-
mian, half-witted,
a mob. Shipman
ohn Swearnigton
,1 1 eS| -ling ar
c officer's death
Soon an excited
man '■ hot! -e. All
re nroduced and
house with IjiiI-
their work the
y. Shipman had
ho had ridiculed
ent to the house
and when the of-
New York. June 21.—Tne British
i-lopiiig eomlunalion which intendH to
eoinpi te with the Morgan syndlca (l for
the North Atlantic, and Pacific rail-
road freight and passenger business
is now about consummated accord.ng
to the Loudon correspondent to tho
Herald. Many reports of the lortnatlon
of the new syndicate more or lees ac-
curate have appeared In the Inst week.
On good author*'y tho following de-
tails are given
Sir Christopher Furness is to be the
head of the new compilation, u L to
niptalized at one hundred mi-litm. Tim
C1111 yard company In ine tided 111 th
deal. The 1 trititsli government has
agreed largely to increase the pres-
ent subsidy while Canada promises ai.
least one million dollars vearly. Six
large passenker boats of ." knots an
hour are to be built, also a dozen P
knot freigli ers at an aggregate cost
of $12.fi00.«0t . Tlie ent re capital Is
said have been underwritten. One
we I nown capita i d who offered to
take una big block of the stock was
told tha* the whole amount had been
subscribed. In the minds of those who
support tho scheme the Atlantic as-
pect Is not greater than the Pacific.
The main idea Is the util zat'on of the
Canadian Paid fie railway as the chief
link in the chain bringing Australasia,
Inda. Chfna and Japan into nearer
and more intimate touch with England
and providing an all-British route
shorter than is now available.
PRESIDENT DFIFRMINED
TO SECURE RECIPROCITY
drowned in cheek
, May Send Treaty to Senate or
Call Extra Session of
That Body.
n, June 21—The pretty
liscusScd Cuban reciprocity
members of congress,
.tir «■ do . to the president
d that he is nil firm for
auk on tlu
tin
car the
The
niit of tha Casca'U .
has changiVl ami is now blowing lack ' hoi
.ner the liprne l course. ! he '. r«< j wi\"
hotel and be dth resort at Hot Springs ! a «in
was , ,i 1 by the hardest kind of work 1 s|ter
011 the pari of the Tacoma fire de 1
part men: which was sent on a special
train. The sixty mile trip up the
mountain side was made in two hours.
There is no further danger unless a
■ or v -i, : ■ ••■cur . . 1% • surrofind
ing fori in the vasca ie mountains
•.re still allatuc. but the most conibus
lible material has all been consumed
and only three trunks are left on which
the tire can .< I. The lire engines an
tho • loam-d I y Tacoma to the variou-
tlire,a'.eicd towns are being returned
Si 1 • e the engines were setll away Ta-
coma has had four fir«*s, one a brush
fire of considerable* proportions 011
tlu- outskirts. The tin on tu enio'.in-
lain, although thirty to fifty miles
away have made the weather almost
unbear: hie in Tacoma air' clour;-* ■ "
smoke s-1i 11 hang ovci the city.
'I" wind i • mere. ^ n I driving
the tin-s back- The .sanitarium at Mot
Springs is again ill dam/ei and the
town of Lester seems doomed.
A large lo sing camp at WoodLwi.
humid a" 11 o'clock. It is iuipo,Sil4e
to estimate losse* correctly- Thou
s-an''s of dollar® worth of fine log" iw
1. Sudteulv
red. throw in;
;aught fire.
tu e
siter. The hatter's clothing
mid he was fright.nlly burne
ic ensued among the forty j.
iug 011 he iloor. but the fire was
extinguished. The loss will not
CCCtl $1000.
>k till
\ pan
w. u'k
1 Drake
ex traditi-
CAINAL CO^FEREINCE
Pretty One and Was Made
in Fair Time From Start
to Finish.
June 21,— C<
tiiidc throtigl
colt Wyeth
first derbv ai
f the race b>
irit. s and by
ing 1 he be-,
ie bast- Tile
it about the b
If
I lit
es were cut in
s pumped on th
deck and wite
la'/ln*? merchan
he
This tr
foul.
Wjeih
kthing in
. run an
that 1
y before
11 rode a
colt. Ill
<11 its hearir.;
10 concIuM. :'!
ng of the c-j
convicts seen.
ished
Lucid
bee
old ci
Luci
Ka -t
,..riti at 2 1-2 i"
•h inside the nioiu
real surprises of t
\pplchv and Ala
second and third,
Appleby would ha
a good chance 1
eavy. but when the
1 up at 1
iter Dw>
t lie lu av
horScs went t
Vanejurver. B. C.. June 21—A tel- for the first r..cc ...11
ephone message received here at noou NV'l° - ' their
the future bo« ,<. ga- .-
lie track |
the nasi j
card, those
[1 111 him ir.
the bets for
EST J taS ' i.d'rom L . Ccuter states th.t Convicts ^ ^ ,
Pi-ne and Kn.v counties cannot be Iracy and Merrill w.re se%u about ten Qnu 0{ the best fea'.ur< t!-.i race
lc.- .n -. oo.ee\ o'clock tu «, mornlug on a hill east of won by \\ vcih v Mu*. . •. t .>n : ••
-— —* La Cent.:' Sheriff Marsh and po«e ./ -r the tail of the :.i.- ^ ' wc-r-.
Ok'l AHOVtA WFATHFP with bond hound* will leave for th« ifieli deuu o-.- by <
' • I lull r :i hai
'<'• - t.. .1 '* the ■ mw i ts have b.>-., ti In the woodfr w ..out. a.. . j.parcnt . >rt i
and Indian Territory- I'«ir and wartner Siu:-1 hetw« en Salmon creek bridge and j
day; .m • a .> fair. * Pioneer smcc Monday night, (Continued on page two.)
until the f'am
?'iffir-iently *o allow sa ors to go Int 1
the lio'd. fix tru-kl" to the s mou «!< r
j !••" ha''s and holgt th^m to tho dock'
v here th- v w< V thrown em-bonrd.
[ reirly ^l| of the frpo in the fnr-
jvrd ho'd wa« iot b on- .I before the i
r-e was exti " 'f h'-'l, LP 'e harm w -s
i"v* to the bid I of thr. shin The ca-so 1
.ictti"oned In which t'w <i>-e -'tart-
ji-. M-i.t consisted of oakum, f t and
tdiemi als.
WAS \ FAtiur:^
' P'ttabii'T, ban. Ji "e L'!.—The . n-
ference of the miners and operat "f
today aeompllshed nothing, a- u«val.
v "her «'*'«* off red «* v '.eis
| i tow. - r. there Is a dlspo^i'lon on the
part of th" tu ner« to c>-ent a com-
nrond •>' ami if 11 set'>merit i« r*acbe.|,
; ir is not believed te-tt he miners- wi'l
favor a re'< '-a stride., e , should
one he ordered i vi the national eon
j ventlon next month.
FIVE MORE OFFICERS.
State Capital Bureau, 0:0 14th St.
Washington, d- C- Tun j:—The
committee on the judiciary of the
house has favorably reported t: c b.
introduced ty Represc: -ative Scott <
Kan.af providing tor the lopointruent
oi ti. c uddjtioua! Unite 1 Stat.- i\.iu-
mi.-iioner* and five addita • a; con-ta-
bles m Indian Territory, l'hc r, j ort j
1- as follow-:
The committee 011 the y.n'n 01 r\ 10 J
whom was referred the bill (il. !< :
kin(i i mm well
rostoeek e robbed
' BI'lKiLAHS
AM
BLOW OPI-'N SAPH1
TAKK STAMPS.
ashn.. June A j^pec-
lie: fr om Black D.amond,
irts that the saf< of the
that point wii blown
;ht antl $1" in cadi Be.' ur-
110 clue. The sheriff has
stigate.
NOBLE COUNTY
RETURNS
last conquem
Loudon, June 21.—The Fortnightly
J'<e\-ev.- in an editorial article. expreSs-
e: it-eli « apprehensively dubious con-
e ruing Credit Britain'-, capacity for
• Lc telt u.iposcd ask oi p vermr.g one
; iarter «'i tl.c globe ai 1 one third oi
'• ;ant I'he paper hazards the
conjecture that the pe^.~ acreement at
j pr • >na marks th mi* of Great tJnt-
11 d t he has iougl^
her. t \ 1 of c'.'uiiuc u
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