The Weekly Examiner. (Bartlesville, Indian Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 27, 1903 Page: 3 of 10
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:: Indian Territory News. |
II" Flmt Chftutauquu.
The first Chuutuuqua assembly of
Tndian territory will be held at Sul-
phur August 2 to 16, and from the
present prospects there will be a
large gathering to witness the
launching of the new enterprise.
The location, which will be pre-
served by the national government
as u park, is an ideal one for such
a purpose and is noted for its beauty
in a country where beautiful loca-
tions abound. An excellent pro-
gramme has been arranged, with
'■en. Fitzhugh Lee as the star attrac-
tion, and all of the educational
classes and other features of the
regular Chautauqua work will be in
competeut hands.
Prlncn Improvement! nt Sapulpa.
The Frisco rnilroad will build sev-
eral miles of new side tracking at
Sapulpa, a depot and llarvcy eating
house at the "Y" and ten additional
stalls at the roundhouse. This will
make the .Sapulpa roundhouse the
second one in point of size on the
Frisco system. The old depot will
be, moved south of all the tracks
and used for a freight depot. The
excavations for the new passenger
depot and eating house are now com-
pleted and the work on the building
will be pushed from now on.
The Tuakaliiima Party.
The Tuskahoma party of the Choc-
taw nation nominated George W.
Scott for national treasurer, E. II.
Wilson for national secretary, 1'. J.
Hanson for national auditor and C.
S. Vinson for national attorney. The
party indorsed Gov. McCurtain, par-
ticularly his action withdrawing tim-
ber lands from allotment.
Schoenfelt to I'oy I>oyal Creek*.
Indian Agent Shoenfelt has been
notiflell that the payment of the
'*600,000 on t lie loyal Creek claims
will be left in his hands for dis-
bursement at his discretion. The
payment will be made as soon as the
authentic roll of the claimants,
which is now in Washington, reaches
the agent at Muskogee.
OlllcerM an<l Indiana 1'lnlil.
A running fight took place be-
tween Deputy Marshals I. L. Gilstrap,
C. W. Itiggars, J. II. Vier and Yaden
Wicket and a band of full-blooded
( herokee Indians in the Spavinaw
hills east of Yinitn, in which Officer
Wicket was so seriously wounded
that it became necessary to ampu-
tate his arm.
Still l)rl\ln« Out Cattle.
District Revenue Inspector J. L.
Jordan reports that the Indian po-
lice have been driving large herds of
cattle out of the territory in the vi-
cinity of Marietta. These cattle be-
long to stockmen, who, it is alleged,
refused to pay the tribal cattle tax
of 25 cents on each head.
In the Flood of 1H-14.
Gen. W. K. Hardy, of the Kaiv In-
dian tribe, yet a vigorous man though
close to 90 years old, was living with
the Kaws where Topeka now stands
when the tlood came in 1844. He said
lately that the water was 30 feet
deep where Congressman Curtis*
home now stands.
('«• Out Patent Medicines.
Cuitcd States Marshal Colbert has
made one of the strictest rulings in
regard to the enforcement of the
liquor laws in the territory which has
yet developed. He proposes to shut
down on the pntent medicine topers,
and leaves them nothing but lemon
extract and red ink.
Mce to Look nt.
"Doc" Ray, of Grant, found a
broken tie on the Frisco track and
prevented a wreck by flagging a
freight train. The company sent him
a life pass. "Doc" doesn't travel
much, but likes to take the pass
out of the bureau drawer occasion-
ally and look at it.
la fane of n Strike.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
road is buying all the coal it can
and dumping it in the railroad yards
north of Chickasha. The railroad is
doing this to be on the safe side in
case of a strike or a rise in the price.
About 200,000 tons will be bought.
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John A\li<-at Resisted Arrest.
Deputy Marshal Priest tried to ar-
rest John Wheat at Sallisaw, when
the latter resisted and the officer shot
him to death. Wheat, was ehnrged
with assault with intent to kill.
Emancipation Day.
Emancipation day, June. 1!), was
generally observed in the southwest
by colored people. In Ardmore sev-
eral thousand feasted on barbecued
meats.
Material for Temperance Work.
J. P. Connors, of Canadian, in col-
lecting material for temperance work
found that .'IN drunken persons in
Indian territory killed 41 sober j>er-
sons in 30 weeks.
Tronltlp fur Oil Men.
The interior department is nfter
the oil men who are putting down
wells in the territory before their
leases are approved by the depart
in nt, and announces that such pro-
cedure will invalidate the leases.
Old He Kill Ilia Fatherf
KH Julian, alleged slayer of his
father, Solomon .In linn, a well-
known citizen living in the Choctaw
nation, was arrested near Benning-
ton by the federal authorities and
■ placed in .{all at Atoka.
Whole (ianii Dltarmed.
United States deputy marshals
from Muskogee arrested four ne-
gro tracklayers who have been work-
ing on the Fort Smith & Western,
15 miles west of Okemah, and who
were leaders of a crowd which has
been terrorizing the country about
flint point. A fifth negro, known as
Soosie Mountain, tried to stnnd off
Ihe entire posse, which surrounded
the construction camp, and was killed
in the attempt. The whole gang was
disarmed when the arrests were
made and over 75 weupons were
taken from them.
Indian Work for Smithsonian.
James Mooney, of the bureau of
ethnology of the Smithsonian insti-
tute, Washington, is camping with
the Indians on the Washita river.
He is having the older members of
the tribe, in which he is located, ex-
ecute some of their distinctive
aboriginal work for preservation in
the institute. Some of these prod-
ucts will be exhibited at the St. Louis
exposition.
Straightening; Prohate Docket.
Judge Raymond has undertaken to
straighten out the probate docket
for the Western district and has
called for reports, inventories and
appraisements from 890guardians and
administrators. Such orders have
been made before, but have been gen-
erally obeyed. This time1, if the re-
ports are not forthcoming, attach-
ments will be issued without bail.
Railroad from Vinita to Denver.
Contracts have been let for the
construction of the Missouri, Okla-
homa & Western railroad, chartered
to run from Vinita to Denver, run-
ning through the Cherokee and Osage
Indian reservations and through
northern Oklahoma. The road passes
near Bartlesville, Ponca City, Pond
Creek and Alva, developing an entire-
ly new country.
Land Offices Reopen Jnly 11.
A report has gained very general
circulation throughout the territory
to the effect that the land offices
were not to be opened this summer
and possibly not until the first of
the year. The report was positively
denied by Gov. W. E. Stanley, of the
Dawes commission, who stated that
the offices would open for business
July 11.
To Open Section Miles.
The Indian agent's office at Mus-
kogee has asked for $10,000 with
which to prosecute the work of open-
ing roads along section lines. Some
action of the sort is greatly needed,
as the allotting of funds enables the
allottee to fence his holdings,
through which the old road, in its
devious course, mnv have passed.
l-owrey'a Ilody Exhumed.
The body of George Lowery, who
died in 1852, was exhumed at Tahle-
quah last week and buried in the new
cemetery. Lowery was chairman of
the convention that framed the
Cherokee constitution, was once as-
sistant chief and represented the
Cherokees as a delegate to Washing-
ton.
To Connect Mlnlntc Towns.
Work is rapidly being pushed on
the interurban electric line which is
to be built from South McAlester to
Hartshorne. The entire distance is
only 15 miles, but the road passes
through the towns of Krebs, Alderson
and Haileyville, in addition to those
in which its terminals are located.
Horses Killed In Uunnnny.
Two horses were killed at Tulsa
in a runaway and some men in one
of the vehicles to which the teams
were hitched narrowly escaped. The
accident occurred by the two teams
colliding while one of them was run-
ning at full speed.
llnrrestliiK the Potato Crop.
The harvesting of the potato crop
in the vicinity of Muskogee has just
commenced. The fields so far har-
vested hnve yielded from 50 to 75
bushels per acre, and it is thought
the yield will be rather heavier on
the later crop.
Five Wives Faced lIlKamlst.
John Kirk was arraigned nt Clare-
more on the charge of bigamy. He
was bound over to the grand jury.
Five women, each claiming to have
been married to Kirk, were present
at the hearing. Kirk is 47 years old.
Made the Topers Weep.
The spilling of 600 gallons of
Choctaw beer in the streets of Coal-
gate by a deputy marshal was a
sight that made some of the strong
men weep.
Military School for Sonth McAlester.
Col. W. I'. Maury, of Gainesville,
Tex., is at South McAlester making
arrangements to start n military
school which will nceornmodnte 150
students.
Ilnrllesvllle Oil Wells.
Bartlesville hus 56 producing' oil
wells, each wifh an average capacity
>f 24.6 barrels a day, making the to-
tal output 41,328 barrels a month.
Say He Stole Selioolhonae.
•Tames Tounsley, near Okemah, is
charged with stealing a schoolhouse
and moving it- on his ranch.
Captnreil n Deserter.
Ijevl Satterwhite, a deserter from
the United States army, was cuptured
at Ardmore.
HOLLAND IMITATES ENGLAND
Dutch Representative at Ilelernde With
drawn and All Diplomatic Relations
with "Meat-Ax" Government Cot Off.
Belgrade, June 21.—Great Britaii
has practically broken off diplomats
relations with Servia. The Britisl
minister, Sir G. F. Bonihani, will leavi
here at once fyr England.
t'ulted States Takes Similar View.
Washington, June 21.—The Unitet
States government has adopted ai
attitude similar to that of Englanc
toward the new Servian dynasty. 11
will be in no haste to recognize t
government created by assassinatioi
in the absence of some exhibition of
a disposition to punish the guilty.
AHftuftftiiiatlon Too OfTenftlve.
The Hague, June 21.—The Dutcl
representative at Belgrade has beei
instructed to assume the same atti
tude as Great Britain toward thi
provisional government of Servia.
SAVED BROTHER FROM RUIN.
Wealthy Sinter* ot Leroy Dresser, of tin
' Shipbuilding Trust, Natlslled Creditors
by l'aying OO Cents on the Dollar.
New York, June 21.—With an aggre
gate wealth of $70,000,000 at theii
command, Mrs. George W. Vander
hilt, of liiltmore, N. ('., and Mrs. Johr
Nicholas Brown, of Rhode Island
have come to the rescue of theii
brother, Leroy Dresser. Mr. Dresser'i
connection with the shipbuilding
trust is said to have involved him foi
millions of dollars. In order to pre
vent the Vanderbilts from becomin|
involved in the scandal and failure
Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Brown pro
vided means for a settlement. Dressei
& Co.'s oreditors are to receive 90 pel
cent of the full amount due them
The remaining 10 per cent, goes t<
the law firm, through which tht
settlement was effected.
HE LIVES TO SEE IT.
Statue of Fx-Congressman David II. Hen
demon L'avelled at Clermoni, la.—
Monument to Lincoln.
West Union, la., June 20.—The Lin
coin soldiers' monument and thi
statue of ex-Speaker D. B. Hendersoi
were dedicated at Clermont. Yictoi
Dolliver, brother of the senator, oi
behalf of ex-Gov. Larrabee, presentee
Ihe statue to of Col. Henderson +t
the Twelfth Iowa Veteran associa
lion, now in reunion at Clermont
Helen Larrabee, daughter of the ex
governor, unveiled the statue. Tht
speech presenting the Lincoln monu
ment was made by the giver, ex-Gov
Larrabee. Col. Henderson's speed
was characteristic. He was evidentlj
much moved by the exceptional lionoi
of a statue to his memory while h«
lives to see it.
CONVICTS TO WORK ON ROADS
Warden Jewett, of the Kansas Penlten
tlary. Will I'ut Ills Wards to Use-
ful Employment.
Topeka, Kan., June 22.—Warder
Jewett, of the state penitentiary, hai
ordered wagons and machinery t<
commence good ronds work in tin
neighborhood of the prison. He wil
work 200 convcts on the roads. His
first work will be to repair the roat
from Lansing to Leavenworth, ant
after that is done he will build soutl
toward Kansas City. He is also put
ting in a new pressed brick machint
and will turn out pressed brick foi
the different institutions this sum
mer. Gov. Bailey will build a bricl
barn at the executive residence thii
season. He will use prison brick.
A Pouch Chief Resigns Ills Title.
Guthrie, Ok., June 22.—The great
est event in the history of any In
dian tribe occurred yesterday ai
White Eagle, in the Ponca Indian res
ervation, when the aged chief o!
the l'oncas. White Eagle, resignet
his title and conferred it upon hii
son. Chief Tahgy, of the tribe. Ii
honor of the new chief 700 poniei
were given away as presents and 2,
000 Indians participated in the sui
dance, which celebration was madi
in time for the change in chiefs
Sixty Thousand Saw Chicago Derby.
Chicago, June 22.—The crowd whicl
saw the $25,000 American Derby was
the largest in the history of the race
It numbered between 60,000 and 65,
000 people. It was Chicago's greatest
gathering of any year and earriec
with it on astonishing display oj
fashion. The Picket won the derby.
Wants i Temperance Plank.
Winfield, Kan., June 22. In his ad
dress to the Chautauqua assemblj
here, Gov. Ferguson, of Oklahoma
was heartily applauded in innking th
statement that when the time camt
for Oklahoma to become a state, h«
hoped to see a temperance plank ir
the constitution.
Hank at Oakley. Kan.. Rohbed.
Oakley, Kan., June 20.—The State
Bank of Oakley was robbed lust
night. The safe was blown open and
a complete wreck. The robbcm
jjot between $4,000 and $5,000.
TRAFFIC IN PEONS.
Sensational Disclosures Made in
Three Counties in Alabama.
Negroer. said to He Herded In Stockade*
and Compelled to Marry Agulnitt Their
Willa—Iflack Girl Held n« Slave
for 11 Month*.
Montgomery, Ala., June 23.-—'Thus
far authentic cases of peonage—
slavery is a better word—have been
found in three counties of Alabama—
Tallapoosa, Coosa and Lowndes. The
last named county is still under scru-
tiny. The sheriff is accused of main-
taining peons in addition to controll-
ing the regularly convicted county
prisoners. His name is Dixon, and he
is one of five brothers who dominate
the politics of Lowndes county.
_lhe most shocking disclosures of
the Investigation thus far center in
the counties of Coosa and Tallapoosa.
Here peonage in its worst form has
apparently thrived for at least 15
years. Coosa county seems to have
ei\gaged largely in the business of cre-
ating peons and then selling them to
the slave drivers of Tallapoosa coun-
ty. John W. Pace, ex-sheriff of Talla-
poosa county, is recognized as the
most persistent violator of the state
law against peonajfe. Pace is the
wealthiest and most powerful man
in Tallapoosa county. His plantation
is one of the richest and largest in
that region of the state. Pace has
for years employed the county con-
victs of Tallapoosa and maintains as
part of his establishment a stockade
with cells, a kennel of bloodhounds
and a force of armed guards. The
supply of regular county convicts in
Tallapoosa county was never equal to
the demands of Pace's business. He
required between 40 and 60 negroes
nearly all the year round to operate
his mines and sawmill, his grist mill
and to till his fields. He found it
profitable to secure his help by creat-
ing peons rather than by directly
employing negro laborers who volun-
tarily offered their services to him.
Nearro Girl Fourteen Months a Slave.
Atlanta, Ga„ June 22.—In the con-
vict camps of Georgia the people of
this state have revived the worst
features of slavery. Negroes are
herded in stockades and camps,
whipped for trivial offenses and com-
pelled to marry against their will and
without legal ceremony. They are
forced to do degrading labor without
pay. The grand jury of Waycross,
Ga., hos been investigating the slave
pen known as the McRee camp, with
the result that a shocking condition
of affairs has been discovered. Lula
Frazier lived at Waycross with her
husband and child. She was arrested
on a charge of bigamy by "One-Arm
Charlie," a professional "crime
hunter." She was kept in jail three
weeks and then tried and acquitted.
Her lawyer was William Crawley. He
charged her $50, which she couldn't
pay. Frank McRee paid Crawley the
$50, and the court sent the woman
to the McRee camp for 14 months to
work out that amount. Her story
told to the county commissioners
after she had been rescued by the
sheriff under orders of the grand
jury may be taken as evidence of the
shocking condition of affairs in the
Georgia slave pens.
SEVERE STORMS IN NEBRASKA
Wln<l Hlnws Over Hullillnes and Hall Rutni
Growing Crops In Many Sections—A
Farmer Killed by Lightning.
Lincoln, Neb., June 22.—Severe
storms of wind and hail prevailed
in eastern and central Nebraska yes-
terday evening. Near Hastings small
buildings were blown over and hail
practically ruined growing crops in a
strip two miles wide and several miles
long. Hail between Milford and
Beaver Crossing, for a distance of
12 miles, cut vegetation to the ground
and smashed window lights. Near
Ulysses, Melville Crawford, a farmer,
was struck by lightning and killed.
There wns a heavy rain over nearly
half of the state.
A Dig Fire at Holsr.
Boise. Ida., June 22.—An earlj
morning fire in the business section
of this city caused a loss of $140,000
Ihe origin of the fire is not known.
Wonld Not Postpone WeddluK-
Albany, Mo., June 21.—Fearing th«
ronsequr net's of a postponed wedding.
Miss Belle Sellers was married t<:
Joseph T. Hemphill, of Washington,
Pa., at the Sellers home in this city,
while her mother lay dead in un ad-
Joining room.
Death of Col. ltlarkwell.
Chelsea, I. T., June 21.—A. J. Black-
well, a wealthy and eccentric char-
acter, is dead here. He founded th«
town of Blackwell, Ok., and later he
founded David aod ClieUia, in the
Cherokee nation.
A Missouri Girl In a Man's Clothes.
Corthage, Mo., June 22.—Miss
Maude Guge, 22 years old, missing
from her home in Oronogo in this
county, since last Wednesday, was
discovered Saturday attired in man's
clothing working on the farm of
Ernest Peugnet, near this city. When
encountered by her father, Edward
Gage, and an officer the girl was at
work In a field pitching hay. She
wns recognized by the fattier, but
maintained until the last that she
was unknown to him. The girl had
cut her long hair with a kr.-fe. She
finally returned to her horn*.
Freight Serilce Demoralise I.
Kansas City, Mo., June 22.— «"reight
scrvice in and out of Kansas City is
bndlv demoralized. Firms that re-
ceive and forwnnl large quantities of
freight say that the situation has
not been so bad in years. There has
been no great amount of freight re-
ceived in Kansas City for the lp«t :!0
days, owing to flood conditions, and
big wholesale houses are telling <ad
stories of cars that are loaded ttid
ready for shipment, but cannot be
moved.
CLASH WITH STATE COURTS.
navy Department Finds Itseir In Embar-
rassing Position lt«rause of Failure of
Shipbuilding Company.
Washington, June 20.—Secretary
Moody received a dispatch from Eliz-
abethport, N. J., announcing the seiz-
ure by the sheriff of the cruiser Chat-
tanooga, now building at the yard of
the New York Shipbuilding company,
one of the companies of the United
States Shipbuilding company. The
secretary took the telegram to the
cabinet meeting, where the subject
was discussed.
The time of the cabinet meeting
was consumed in a large part by the
consideration of the legal questions
involved in the decision of the United
States government to disregard the
decision of the court of Virginia and
seize the incomplete gunboat Gal-
vestion at the Trigg ship yards
In Richmond. Attorney General
Knox presented a carefully-prepared
opinion on the subject, strongly
affirming the right of the government
to disregard the injunction granted
in the Virginia court which forbids
the resumption of work on the Gal-
veston pending a settlement of the
claim of the sub-contractors, who
have not been paid for material
furnished. The cabinet, after con-
sidering this opinion, unanimously
decided that the government case was
sound and the programme outlined
by Mr. Moody should be pursued. It
is intimated that information will be
conveyc*d to the Virginia justice who
granted the injunction in this case
that he has exceeded his proper func-
tions and it is expected that he will
withdraw from what the attorney
general and the president regards as
an untenable position, thus avoiding
any clash at Richmond.
GREAT CHANGES IN ARMY.
©en, Vonng to Be Chief of Staff, with
Corbln and Carter as the Other
General Staff Officers.
Washington, June 20.—Secretary of
War Root has issued an order assign-
ing Maj. Gen. S. B. M. Young as chief
of staff, with Maj. Gen. Corbin and
•' -V sA*
GEN. S. B. M. YOUNG.
(Soon to Be Head of the Army.)
Brig. Gen. W. II. Carter as the other
general staff officers. Brig. Gen.
Tasker H. Bliss is to become presi-
dent of the war college. The order
will take effect August 15.
STEP-RATE PLAN ADOPTED.
Modern Woodmen Insaranee Assessment
Win He ;$5 to lOO Per Cent. Illgliei—
• 5U.OOO for Flood Sufferers.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 20.—The
convention of the Modern Woodmen
decided to meet in June, 1905, at Mil-
waukee. A resolution was unani-
mously adopted appropriating $50,000
for the aid of the flood sufferers in
Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and
Oregon, the most of which is to go
to Missouri and Kansas.
The readjustment committee an-
nounced that it had been unable to
come to an agreement and the entire
question of readjustment was thrown
on the floor of the convention, the
members and delegates presenting
their individual plans. T^ie conven-
tion finally adopted the Iowa plan
for a readjustment of rates. This
provides for a graded increase rang-
ing from 35 per cent, to 100 per cent.
The vote was 215% to 156.
FEUDISTS NOT CONVICTED.
Jury Trying Jett and White Discharged—
One Man Saved the Former from
the (iallowi.
Jackson, Ky., June 20.—The jury
in the Jett and White case reported to
Judge Red wine at nine o'clock that
it was impossible to agree on a ver-
dict and were discharged.
Attorney Byrd, after a consulta-
tion, made a motion for a change of
venue. Judge Redwine refused to
hear arguments but of his own accord
changed the venue to Cynthiana,
Harrison county, at the next term
cf court. Cynthiana is not in Judge
Redwine's district. He surprised the
spectators by at once ordering the
prisoners sent to Lexington under a
detachment of soldiers. It is stated
from a semi-official source that the
jury stood 11 for conviction and one
for acquittal in the Jett case and
seven for conviction.and five for ac-
quittal in the White case.
A POSSE CHASING THEM.
Two Negro Thieves Killed a Missouri
Hrltlge Carpenter and Wonnded His
Companion Near Sherman, Kan.
Hutchinson, Kan., June 20.—John
Newbury, a bridge contractor from
West Plains, Mo., was killed and Rob*
ert Grose, a bridge carpenter from
the same town, was seriously
wounded by tYvo negroes on a Santa
Fe freight train near Sherman. The
two white men had just quit a bridge
gang and were making their way to
the harvest field. The negroes at-
tempted to hold them up and a fight
followed with the above result. The
negroes escaped but the sheriff and a
posse are in pursuit. Grose examined
his companion and found he wa? dead.
He theft made his way to a farm-
house, although suffering great pain.
CATHOLICS WIN VICTORY.
PROMOTIONS AND PENSIONS.
Conspirators Who Killed the Servian King
and Queen Will Not He Slighted
by the New Sovereign.
Belgrade, June 20.—The provisional
government has offered the diplo-
matic corps places at the railroad sta-
tion oil the occasion of the reception
of King Peter, also expressing the
desire that they appear in uniform.
The diplomats have not replied, pend-
ing the receipt of instructions from
their respective governments. The
provisional government is very short
of funds and has been unable thus
far to raise money in consequence of
its status not being legalized.
The streets of Belgrade are begin-
ning to wear a gay aspect. They are
decorated with flags and Venetian
masts and have been erected from the
palace to the railroad station. The
position of the regicides under the
new king is freely discussed and it
is generally expected that they will
be promoted and pensioned and then
gradually removed. Any slight to
them, however, would be hotly re-
sented by the army, which is master
of the situation.
Says Christianity Is Tottering.
La Crosse, Wis., June 20.—The Engw
lish Lutheran synod of the northwest
is in session here. Rev. George H.
Irabert, of Minneapolis, called atten-
tion to the fact that a spirit of world-
liness is growing in the churches of
this country, and predicted the grad-
ual downfall of Christianity unless
ministers got out into the fields and
worked them with more vigor.
Moved Twlee to Avoid Mobs.
Wichita, Kan., June 22.— Kdwurd
Christie, accused of killing L. D.
Pierce at Peck, was taken from the
Nine Killed In Iowa Wreck.
Waterloo, la., June 20.—While go-
ing at a terrific rate and turning on
a curve unaware of the approach of
a freight train, passenger No. 2, east-
bound, of the Illinois Central, crashed
head-on into the freight near Ray-
mond. Nine persons were killed, and
both engines reduced to junk. The
engineer and fireman of each crew
are deud.
Hon Sold for 917,037.
Macy, Ind., June 20.—Record prices
were paid at the Poland China swine
sale held here. The aggregate salea
jail at Belle Plaine and then trans- 1 of two days ww« over $60,000 for M
ferred to Wellington for fear of mob head offered. The highest price paid
He was then brought to tor any one fcfif was that paid for
"Ideal Sunrise," which approximated
$17,95 r.
violence
Wichita to elude a mob at Welling-
ton,
Negroes to Hang for Robbery.
Mobile, Ala., June 22.—Three Jeffer-
son county negroes will be hanged
In Birmingham August 7 for robbery.
Only one i erson has beeu hinged in
Mabama for this .,'ritno.
Ilroke Finger to Avoid Work.
Dublin, Ind.,.lunc 20.—David Hardy,
a prisoner in the Delaware county
work house, deliberately broke hia
left forefinger at the jail iu order to
void trac'.ing atone.
In Chicago They Went Into Court and
Defeated Free Text-IIooks In the
Public Schools.
Chicago, June 20.—The German fed-
eration of Catholic societies scored
a big victory in its fight against free
text-books in the public schools when
the appellate court announced its de-
cision in the case of Peter Kill vs.
the board of education and city of
Chicago. The appellate court affirmed
the decision of Judge Neely, who en-
joined the board of education from
purchasing free-text books with
funds of the public schools, on the
ground that it was illegal to do so.
Worklug Up nn Express l.iquor Ruslneaa.
Topeka, Kan., June 20.—Attorney
General Coleman has been asked for
an opinion as to the practice of out-
side liquor dealers in shipping liquor
into Kansas. The shippers are now
trying tb work up an express busi-
ness whereby they can sell liquor
in any amount through an agent.
It is claimed that by this method
there will be no violation of the pro-
hibitory law. The courts will soon
be called on to settle the question.
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New Church to Have Smoking Room.
Kansas City, Mo.. June 20.—The
plans for the new $60,000 Christian
church at Independence and Glad-
stone boulevards embrace a most rad-
ical departure in ecclesiastical archi-
tecture. It will contain one of the
last things usually thought of for
such an edifice—a comfortable and
capacious smoking room. This will be
for the use of the men, and will be
luxuriously furnished.
He Offended the Frealdent.
Washington, June 20.—President
Roosevelt requested the Washington
Times to recall from the white house
a reporter who offended the presi-
dent by writing a story that Sena-
tor Stott, after waiting at the execu-
tive offices, departed in a huff, de-
claring that he "had no time to waik
to see the president."
Stolen Mouey Soon Recovered.
Joplin, Mo., June 20.—Two men
robbed the Adams Express company
at Webb City yesterday morning of
$2,000 that was consigned to the Car-
terville bank. Both men were after-
wards captured in t he woods three
miles from Joplin and the money re-
covered, $1,000 being found hidden is
a mill.
Hettle Greeu Sells a Road.
Austin, Tex., June 20.—It is re-
ported here that the Texas Midland
railroad, which is owned by Mrs. Uet-
tie Green, has been sold to the Roelc
Island-Frisco and it is te be extended
south from Ennls to Waco, where it
Wilt connect with the Aransas I*aaa.
"Thankful for Favora Extended."
Clarksville, Ark., June 20.—Georg*
Burham and Fred Underwood were
hanged here Friday for the murdev
of Sheriff John H. Powers. Both nxna
made a speech thanking the peopt*
ot Clarksville for their kindness.
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