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REV. B. F. ABNER
Kingfisher, O. T., Associate Editor of Western World, made ail eloquent
speech at the Emancipatian Celebration at Chickasha
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Chickasha, I. T.
JOHN O. LhKTWIOH
Editor of the Western World, Orator of the Day at Chickasha, I. T., and the
Emancipation Celebration.
EDITED:
W. (
JOHN T. CAPERS.
GUTHRIE CITY NEWS.
The territorial executive board
held a session at the First Baptist
Church last week.
Come to Guthrie o  .Tuly 3rd and
4th and gather inspiration.
The Big World boasts of having
met one of Guthrie's pretty school
inarms and wonders why Oklahoma
City does not attract them. Easily
answered: The force in the hub city
is not sufficiently stn.ug to draw
them from the Capital City.
; stitution he will enter next fall. Fer-
gusou graduated from the Wentworth
Military academy, Lexington, Mo., a
few days ago. t The alternate, who will
probably take the appointment, is
George Renshaw, of Eaid. Renshaw
is a son of J. P. Renshaw, for a nam-
Iter of years secretary of the republican
central committee and clerk of the
United States district court.
Quite a number of people were in
the city last week watching the re-
sult of Langston University. Now,
the matter is settled. All good citi-
zens should be invited to make it a
sucoess. Persons have a right to bo
for or against a thing, but should
not keen up strife after the majority
has spoken.
Rev. Moore and congregation ol
the A. M. E. Church is doiug some
excellent work in repairing their
edifice.
Rev. T). Bruce and congregation of
the M. E. Church is doing good
work.
The annual sermon of the Interna-
tional order of twelve was preached
at Cassiday's hall last Sunday. The
program was good. Quite a repre-
sentative crowd was present. Revs.
S. S. Jones and C. W. Abbington
officiated.
Prospects for Guthrie to become a
great city was never so bright as at
ent. Mayor Barnes and
Commissioner Hopkins arc proving
to be the right men in the right
place.
Misses P. K. Henderson and P. C.
Snell, two of our city teachers, have
gone to Kansas to spend the vaca-
tion with their parents.
HAS FIVE WIVES
Five Women Appear as Witnesses in a
Hi^amy Cane
Claremore: John Kirk was ar-
ranged before Hy Jennings, United
States commissioner for this district,
and tried 011 the charge of bigamy.
He was bound over to the grand jury in
the snin of $4,(XX), and in default of
which he was Bent to jail. John Kirk is
a very much married man, having five
wives present at; the trial. He is a man
about 17 years old, robust in health and
build, homely features and has a dull
expression. It seems he married every
womau who was desperate enongh to
have him. Throe of the women bear-
ing his name have infants in arms and
blood in the eyes. They will prosecut
him to the full extent of the law. When
Kirk was arraigned for trial two
months ago the trial was adjourned
and thon put off on account of the ill-
ness of the prosecuting witness. Since
that time three more wives have joined
the prosecution. Kirk looks worried
and no wonder. All of his wives put
up at the same hotel ami at noon Kirk
was brought in for dinner. His counte-
nance expressed anything but pleasure.
He noticed the women talking pleasantly
to each other and aside to the otlicer he
saiil "If I'd thought they oould get
along that well together, I would have
put me up a harem, and would have
l>een done with the whole lot." His
trial will come up some time next Sep-
tember.
PREFERS THE PEN
(iovcrnor Kctkuhoh** Son Tlilnk* the Pen
Mightier Than the Sword
Guthrie: Walter Ferguson, son of
GovernorJFergnBon, has declined to ac-
cept the appointment offered him to tho
United States Naval academy at An-
napolis, by Delegate-elect McGuire.
Ker^tinon nays lie intends to enter neww-
paper work after completing a course
in the uuiveriity of Kansas, which iu-
GUILTY AS TO LAW
Trinco Mairietta Dlvorreil Weman
Before the Six Month* Huh Klap^il
Holdenville: Al. Vassey, agent at
the Frisco depot, was arrested and
bound over to the grand jury on a charge
of bigamy, in which is illustrated a
principle of the the law. Mr. Albert L.
Everett and wife, Jtogether with their
nine-year-old daughter, lived at Mus-
tang, Oklahoma. During their resi-
dence at that place the defendant, Al.
Vassey, became an acquaintance of the
wife. Later divorce proceedings were
instituted by Mrs. Everett against her
husband, and a decree of divorcement
was granted by tho district court of Ok-
lahoma county, Oklahoma territory.
Soon thereafter aud prior to the expir.
ation of six months from the date of
the decree of divorcement, Mrs. Everett
and the defendant Al. Vassey were
married at Holdenville. The statutes
of the Indian Territory provides that
bigamy is the marriage knowingly of
an unmarried person with the husbaiid
or wife of another. The court held that
the Oklahoma law forbidding the mar-
riage of the divorced parties for a period
of six months after the decree of di-
vorcement was extra-territorial in its
application, and that the defendant is
| quilty of bigamy.
TO VISIT SOUTHWEST
NewHitnppr Correnpomleiit Will Inupert
Indian Reservation
Washington : Mr. Francis E. Leupp,
one of the best known of the old Wash-
ington correspondents, expects to go into
the southwest about the first of July as
the special representative of Mr. Hitch-
cock, the secretary of the interior. He
will make a personal and exhaustive
investigation of certain conditions 011
Indian reservations iu that part of the
country aud report to the secretary. Iu
addition to his reputation as a reliable
and couservative newspaper correspon-
dent, Mr. Leupp has experience in In-
dian affairs. His report is expected to
linally dispose of rumors which have
long tieen current and which involve a
Well known Indian agent and a num-
ber of other government employes.
AFTER TAX AGAIN
Indian Police MukliiK Another Attempt
at Cattle Tax
Chickasha: The Indiau police are
again iu the western part of the Chick-
asaw nation to enforce collection of the
'i5c per head on herds owuetl by non-
citizens. There are several large herds
in the vicinity of Duncan whose own-
ers persistently refuse to pay the tax 011,
though they have been repeatedly
served with a ten-days' notice required
by law to pay the revenue. Inspector
,1. B. Kelsey, with several members,
proceeded to Duncan to drive out all
these herds. Before leaving, Mr. Kel-
sey said that the limit of putience had
lieen reached and that the herds would
go out iu short order.
llpfruhKMl From Selling School Property
Kingfisher: Judge Irwin granted
the injunction prayed for by the county
of Kingfisher, to restrain the board of
education of the city of Kingfisher from
selling lots 3, 4, S, and 0, block 64 iu
North Kingfisher, also enjoined said
board from selling the buildings
or removing them from said lots—
unless it be for the purpose of rebuilding
a school house for separate schools for
colored pupils in this city. The case
will be appealed for the taking of the
district's property without com]>ensa-
tiou, is hardly in aocord with the fun-
damental principles of law.
Retail grocers of the Indian Territory
met at South McAlester and perfected
an organizajion for the territory. The
U3Xt annual meeting will be hold at
Durant 011 the loth of Juue next yenr.
attempted to hold over ou technicalities
EMANCIPATION DAY!
Colored People Have a Big Crowd
And a Most Creditable
Parade.
Today is Emancipation Day—
and the colored people are cele-
brating. Not the actual emanci-
pation day, however, for Lincoln
signed the proclamation 011 .Ian. 1,
1863, but the colored people are
not particular about the date, just
so the event is properly and ap-
propriately celebrated one day in
the year and that day is today. In
the north the Fourth of August is
usually the date selected, but in
the Beautiful Indian Territory
June 19th answers every purpose
and does just as well. So there you
are.
While the celebration is the
work of our city colored people
and has been gotten up by them
they are being assisted by quite a
large crowd of outsiders. About
41) soldiers from Erot Reno, includ-
ing their excellent hand and a base
ball team, most of them members of
the Twenty-fifth United States In-
fantry, came down from El Reno on
train No. .'15 and the Lawton Ex-
press this morning. '11 lev brought
with they also a large crowd of
colored people from intervening
points, and together they are all
celebrating at the Fair grounds this
afternoon.
The parade was a very creditable
demonstration, am! proved to the
white people that their colored breth-
re nalways work hard to make a suc-
cess of anything when they start at
it. The procession marched up
Chickasha avenue from the depot
headed by the colored bund, a most
excellent organization, whose splen-
did music has been an inspiring
feature of the whole. Following
the band came a handsomely decorat-
ed float bearing the Queen of the
day, and a crowd of little youngsters
dressed wholly in white. This float
was followed by several others, one
furnished by the A. M. E. Church,
a handsomely decorated run about,
and the old band wagon loaded with
little colored folks. Following these
came the rigs, containing the color-
ed people, and there was u long
string of them.
During the afternoon there will he
addresses by Oscar Spencer, A.
Jeltz, editor of the 'I opeka Plain-
dealer, Dr. A. 1). Griffin, of this
city, E. T. Barbour, a lawyer of El
Reno, John C. Leftwich. ol' Okla-
homa City, editor of the Western
World, and Rev. B. F. Aimer, of
Kingfisher.
There will be a base ball game lx-
tween the nine from Ft. Reno and
Carter's Colts, a bicycle race, foot
race and horse racing. At. night
a ball was given at the colored Odd
Fellow's hall iu honor of tile Queen
.Miss JIar.v Boyd.
The day was a great success and
our colored people deserve much
credit for their ufforts.
NOTES
The following big guns were en-
tertained by the Misses Falters at a
2 o'clock dinner: Big World Left-
wich. Rev. Dr. Abner, of Kingfisher,
Dr. A. I). <iriffin and Prof. Oscar
Spencer. The Walters know how to
entertain in a royal manner.
Editor Jelks of the Plaindealer
was in town talking for his paper
and to his numerous ex-sweethearts.
Dr. Abner and Prof Spencer were
entertained at dinner my Miss Marie
King at the home of her grandmoth-
er. Mrs. Austin. Abner is certainly
a chicken eater though but he
preaches equally as well as he eats.
WON THE PRIZE.
R. Fletcher the Murk Hanna of
Chickasha won the prize for the best
decorated rig in the big processio.i
011 the 19th.
KNOCKS OUT SOONERS
Sinking (111 WellM Before Approval oi
Lease In validate* Th«*m
Mcbkogee: The interior depart-
ment is after oil men who are putting
down wells iu tho territory before
their leases are approved by the depart-
ment, and anuouces that such proced-
ure will invalidate the leases. Inspec-
tor Wright received the following tele-
gram from the secretary of the interior:
"The department has reoeived infor-
mation that divers jiersons are engaged
in prospecting for oil ami sinking wells
upon lands in the Cherokee nation to
which they have no leases duly ap-
proved by the department. You are
directed to give public notice that such
procedure is illegal ami that leases will
not be approved where the parties have
prospected and sunk wells theron prior
to the approval of tho lease."
PROF. OSCAR SPENCER
Chickasha, O. T., A associate Editor of Western World, Planned the Great
Emancipation Celebration at Chickasha.
orr for the summer
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KILLED WITH A HOE
Chief of Iowa ImliaiiM Dies From an In-
jury Inflicted hy a Hoe
Gvthkie: As the result of wonnds
inflicted by one of his tribesmen with a
garden hoe, Daniel Tohee, chief of the
Iowa Indians, is dead at his home, seven
miles southwest of Ripley, Payne coun-
ty, Robert Roubideanx, an Iowa, is un-
der arrest charged with indirectly caus-
ing the death of his chieftian. It is
■aid the two Indians got into an alter-
cation near Tohee's home one day last
week, he receiving cuts on the head
antl face. Tohee lingered until one
day this week, when he died from the
effects of the trouble.
It is impossible to learn the canse of
the difficulty. Some say trouble has
been brewing in the tribe for a long
time, over the management of certain
matters. It may have been caused by
a dispute as to who would take care of
the crops. The Indians refuse to dis-
cuss it.
Tohee was about 40 years old and
was popular with members of his tribe,
and hail the respect of the whites who
came in contact with him. It is said
that Frank Kamp may succeed to the
chieftaincy at the next Iowa conclave.
The entire tribe numbers less than KM)
people.
The average man is such a good and
indulgent father that he finds poverty
c imforting in oltl age.
Brooks House
First Class House
Good Rooms" and Meals.
Rates Reasonable.
Groceries
and Ice Cream Parlor
No. 408 W. 2nd St.
LUCAS BROOKS, Proprietor.
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