The Weekly Examiner. (Bartlesville, Indian Terr.), Vol. 9, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 13, 1904 Page: 3 of 10
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I Indian Territory News. I
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Intermarried Citiirna.
The Choctaw and Chickasaw citizen-
ship court created in the summer of
1002, to pass upon the rights of court
claimants to citizenship in those na-
tions, and which has been in session
since October of that year, has ren-
dered its first final decision on tho
morits of the cases before them. Tho
court holds that an intermarried citi-
zen could not marry out of the tribe.
The Choctaw council passed a law that
when a man, on the death of bis Indian
wife, married a white woman, he for-
feited the rights of citizenship. Tho
citizenship court holds that this would
vldlate the treaty of 1866, something
the Choctaw council would object to.
The court has not yet admitted any
white children of such marriages,
though 300 are seeking admission.
Nor has the court admitted any of the
claimants who seek admission on the
claim of possessing Indian blood, three
cases, involving 40 persons, having
been rejected. Eight intermarried citi-
zens have been admitted.
Jours' Advice In UiBKFi.
Commissioner Jones, head of the In-
dian bureau of the interior depart-
ment, gave a hearing to the 18 Osage
Indians headed by Gov. Jim Big Heart,
who ask for the allotment of their 1,-
C00,000 acres of land and a division,
pro rata, among the, 1,700 members of
the tribe of their trust fund of $8,500,-
000 in the United States treasury. Mr.
Jones congratulated the Indians upon
the advanced ideas the Osages had
shown and which they had adopted in
their affairs, and assured them that
they would be fairly treated. They
were warned that they were now sur-
rounded by white people and that their
lands would sooner or later be divided.
If they did not agree among themselves
upon some sort of division congress
would do it for them, and Mr. Jones
thought that they could reach terms
which would be more satisfactory
among themselves.
Mill Do Some Cnlrnlullnx.
Mr. Jones, commissioner of Indian
affairs, stated that the probable out-
come of the negotiations now on be-
tween the Osage tribe of Indians from
Oklahoma and the Indian office would
be the adoption of a plan of distribu-
tion of funds and allotment of lands
on the same basis as that made for
the Kaw Indians. That was on the
basis of 160 acres per capita and an
equitable distribution of the surplus
lands upon terms agreed upon. There
are valuable oil lands in the Osage
leservation, the value of which the In-
dians have been learning from the
white men in the last few years, and
they will take into account the rela-
tive values of different sections of
land in the allotment. The tribe is
not disposed to give 160 acres of the
best oil land to any one person, anu
there will be some calculating done in
reference to this portion of their 1,600,-
000 acres.
Affects Interest Law*.
Judge Joseph A. Gill rendered an
Important decision In the United
States court on the question of the
Interest laws now in force in Indian
territory. It was in the case of Mrs.
W. J. Kuhn vs. T. W. Milam, wherein
suit was filed on a note bearing ten
per cent, interest. The defendant filed
a demurrer, setting up that the note
was usurious and void, both as to
principal and interest, for the reason
that the note drew a higher rate of In-
terest than that allowed by law, eight
per cent The court overruled the de-
murrer and held that the plaintiff
was entitled to receive the principal
and eight per cent, interest, but for-
feited the difference between eight per
cent, and ten per cent.
1,041 Application* to Hell.
Statistic^ compiled in the Indian of-
fices show that since September 1,
when the Indian lands were placed on
sale, four freedinen to one Indian ad-
vertised their lands for sale. Freed-
men are negroes who were owned as
slaves by Indians when the negroes
were emancipated. At that time these
ex-slaves were given full rights with
their old masters and when the allot-
ment of lands was made each received
the same as an Indian. A total of 1,041
applications for sale have been made
since September. Of these 228 are lull-
bloods, 210 mixed bloods and 603 freed-
men. The number of Indian allottees
is double that of freedmen.
Will Clonrt Many Title*.
Whatever the outcome of the suit of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
company to recover alternate sections
of land along its right-of-way through
the Indian territory, there is no doubt
but that the suit will cloud title to a
great deal of Indian territory land.
The city of Muskogee, one of the best
towns in the southwest, is located on
the alternate section of land claimed
by the railroad company, and that sec-
tion is one of the most valuable in the
southwest, the property now being
worth millions of dollars.
Mlne-Aw iter Milium mirv.ooo.
The Coalgate Mining company
brought suit against the Texas & Ok-
lahoma, Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railways, McArthur Bros., of Chicago,
and Michael Collins, of Haileyville, for
$45,000 damages. The petition alleges
that July 4, 1903, the contractors, In
constructing tho Texas & Oklahoma
railroad near Coalgate, removed a dike
which protected the mine from over-
flow from Caney creek and used this
dike in tho construction of the road
fced; that Caney creek then overflowed
and destroyed the mln
Section Line HoimIn.
Answering a request of the Commer-
cial club of Vinita, the United States
Indian agent has said that he will di-
rect the opening of any section line
roads required for the purpose of travel
and traffic and directs that names and
particulars be sent him. The agent
says that where roads are to be es-
tablished other than on section lines
the actual value of the land taken else-
where than along section lines will be
determined by some person designated
by his office. If for any good and suffi-
cient reason roads are to be placed
elsewhere than on section lines, per-
sons desiring them to be so placed
must make application to the Union
agency showing reasons why said roads
should be placed; amount of damages
done; character of damages; estimated
value of land taken, together with a
diagram showing the road as it is to
be with reference to the section line.
Prltchnrd a Fighter.
George K. Pritchard, of North Car-
olina, recently appointed United States
marshal for the Central district of In-
dian territory, is a fighter. He is a
brother of ex-United States Senator
Pritchard. He served a term as sheriff
of Madison county, N. C., and for years
was a United States revenue officer and
a deputy United States marshal in the
moonshine regions of his native state.
He has had some of the most hair-
breadth escapes and some of the most
desperate battles with evildoers of any
man in the south. He killed one man
in a hand-to-hand fight after being
shot, through the breast, an dit is said
carries the marks of no fewer than
half a dozen wounds on his body, in-
flicted in desperate encounters with
moonshiners and desperadoes. His
general record is that of one of the
bravest men ever in the service of
the government.
To Ret In Tonoh.
Pleasant Porter, principal chief of
the Creek nation, left for Washington,
where he will remain several weeks.
The purpose of the trip is to get .in
touch with legislation now pending be-
fore congress to prevent, if possible,
the passage of any bills which he
thinks will be detrimental to the Creek
nation. One of the bills to which he
is opposed is the granting of state-
hood to Indian territory before the
tribal governments expire in 1906.
- Will Sell to the Santn Fe.
Senator Long, from the committee
on Indian affairs, reported favorably
without amendment the bill permitting
the Kiowa, Chickasaw & Fort Smith
Railroad company to sell and convey
its railroad and other property in the
Indian territory to the Eastern Okla-
homa railway, to lease all its railroad
and other property in the Indian terri-
tory to the Santa Fe Railroad com-
pany and thereafter to sell its railroad
and other property to the latter road.
A telegram from Bruce Jones, chief
clerk of the Cherokee land office, an-
nounces that the supreme court ad-
journed for three weeks and no deci-
sion was handed in the Cherokee-
Delaware case, involving the right
claimed by the Delawares to 157,600
acres of land. All work touching
Cherokee lands will be suspended and
the Cherokee laud office closed pending
the delivery of this decision.
Delaware Protest Heat-lien Senate.
A statement from the Delaware In-
dians protesting against the plans of
the Dawes commission for the segre-
gation of the Delaware land in the
Cherokee nation, in which the commis-
sion is charged with setting aside the
first segregation in the interest of land
companies in which they hold stock,
was presented to the senate by Senator
Penrose. v
Scrlonnly I pnetn I,and Title*.
The secretary of the interior, Mr.
Hitchcock, has issued an order di-
recting the Dawes commission to issue
no more allotments of land of Indians
who have been accepted by various
tribes. Large numbers of Creeks,
Cherokees, Choctaws and Chickasaw
Indians are affected. The order will
seriously upset land titles and cause
complications in Indian affairs.
MnnUoKee l.iKht Plant Sold.
The light and power plant, ice plant
and gas franchise at Muskogee were
sold to a Chicago company. This plant
was the first electric light plant evei
built In tho Indian territory. The con-
sideration was $125,000.
Dr. May'* Gray Kaitle.
Dr. J. B. May, of Herbert, killed a
'oald eagle that measured eight feel
from tip to tip. May declares that tho
eagle had killed and was eating a 200-
pound hog when he shot it.
Vinita Ilia men tlie Railroad.
Vinita claims to have big deposits of
coal which llo undeveloped because of
the refusal of a railroad company to co-
operate In mining them.
Steplienn Wants to Know.
Representative Stephens, of Texas,
introduced a resolution In the house
calling upon Secretary HitchcocK tc
forward to that body all papers In the
Bonaparte report on Hroslus' charge*
and letters of all agents conducting
investigations.
Trailed(lirr Water*.
John Harmon, a farmer east of Che-
cotah, was shot and Instantly killed by
one of his neighbors. Bill Works, the
result of disagreement over financial
matters.
Objection from Railroad*.
Id the opening of roads along sec-
tion lines throughout the Creek and
Cherokee nations the Indian police
bave more trouble with tho railroads
than with the Indians. Those whos9
allotments adjoin the section line are
only too anxious to have the roads
open as they realize it will enhance
the value of their land. Some of them
at first objected to the roads being
opened on the section lines as they
were already well provided for in this
matter, but when shown the good it
would do have granted their permis-
sion and assisted the police. The rail-
roads, however, are not so cordial in
the matter. They contend that it is
not necessary that roads be opened on
every section line. "It will be danger-
ous to the residents of the country,
an attorney for one of the roads is
said to have written.
At War Over a Name.
Two ljttle towns in the northern part
of the Chickasaw nation are battling
over the name of "Stonewall." The
two towns are separated by 2*6 miles
of prairie. The new town, which has
been in existence but a short time, is
located on the branch of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas, railroad which is to
run from Coalgate to Oklahoma City.
The old town, located off the line of
railroad, is one of the oldest in the
Chickasaw nation, but has never
thrived as others in Indian territory
and never could boast more than 200
inhabitant's.
For Park I'nrponea Only.
Judge Joseph A. Gill gave an impor-
tant decision in the case of Dr. Oliver
Bagby et al. vs. the city of Vinita.
The city authorities and the contractor
for the waterworks plant undertook
the construction of a stand pipe and
power house and other buildings neces-
sary to the waterworks plant in the
North park. Judge Gill holds that the
plat of ground in question must be
maintained as a park and that any
other use for It, would be an infringe-
ment on public rights. An order re-
straining the city from following out
its original plan was granted.
A Troublesome Stream.
The South Canadian, or main Cana-
dian river is subject to very sudden
rises, and its bed is the most treacher-
ous In the territory. At only one place
in the whole river is a foundation
found beneath the sand, after the river
has been sounded to almost any
depth. At Lexington, where a bridge
three-fourths of a mile long spans the
river, the sand Is found to be 96 feet
deep, and still no rock o? even gravel
foundations. At almost any place
quicksand is found, and where it does
lot occur to-day it is found to-mor-
row.
Some Queer \amen.
The Osage delegation now at Wash-
ington is composed of a number of
| men whose names congressmen will
j find hard to pronounce. In the delega-
tion are Gov. James Big Heart, Ne-
i kah-wah-sha-tun-kah, Black Dog, Pe-
I ter C. Big Heart. Eaves Tall Chief,
| Arthur Bonnicastle, Brave, Shon-Uah-
| mo-lan. Bason Rind, Heh-scah-moie,
Judge Lawrence, Frank Corndropper,
Fred Lookout, Charles Prudom, Charles
Brown, Judge W. S. Mathews and W.
T. Leahy.
I.ont IIIn Way. Froae to Death.
George Bearskin, a prominent full-
blood Seneca Indian, who resided near
Cayuga, was found dead by the side ef
i the road between Cayuga and Seneca,
, Mo. Bearskin had been for several
| years principal chief . of the Seneca
| tribe of Indians. It has been learned
from Seneca, Mo., that Bearskin was
I seen there and left that town for his
| Indian territory home considerably
under the influence of liquor. It is sup-
posed that he lost his way in the night
and was frozen to death.
Control* S,OtM> Mile* of Wire.
The merger of the Pioneer Telephone
company, with headquarters at Guth-
rie; the Long Distance Telephone com-
pany, of Shawnee, and the North
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, of Muskogee, was effected.
The consolidated company will control
25 exchanges. 2,000 miles of pole lines
and 3,000 miles of wire circuits. The
lines are mainly in Oklahoma and the
Indian territory, although they extend
into southern Kansas, to Carthage,
Mo., and to Denison, Tex.
Something I.Ike a Funeral.
Much excitement prevailed wlien
Judge C. W. Raymond called up 16
of the leading business men of Holden-
\ille, who had entered pleas of guilty
of selling whisky in the Indian terri-
tory, and sentenced them to serve 100
days in jail at Fort Smith, Ark. The
pri^bners were then put on the train
and sent off to jail at once. Their
wives were in court and the parting
scene reminded bystanders very much
of a funeral.
Holilicil anil lleaten,
James Welch, a full-blood Cherokee
Indian. 2o miles east of Vlnltn, went
to Southwest City, Nfo., and remained
until he bccame intoxicated and then
left town. Two men followed him in-
to the territory and assaulted him.
He was badly beaten and stripped of
his clothes and when aroused was al-
most frozen to death.
To Stimulate I in in Ik rat Ion.
The Rock Island, effective February
10 to March 15, will make a one way
rate of $10 from Chicago to points on
Its lines in Oklahoma and Indian ter-
ritory. to stimulate immigration.
Heretofore the rate has been $20 for
the round trip.
Thomas IInllliiuton President.
The Vinita Democratic club perfect-
ed permanent organization by the elec-
tion or the following officers: Presi-
dent, T. M. Bufflngton; secretary, F. S.
Amos; treasurer, Ed Lee.
A CITY IN KUINS.
In the Heart of Baltimore Great
Buildings Are in Ashes.
TROUBLES FOR GOV. WRIGHT.
BOTH LAND TKOOPS.
One of tlie (ire*te*t Fires In the World'!
History Han l,ald Waite 140 Arras of
Industrial Enterprises—Loss
It Staggering.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 9.—Baltimore is
staggering under fire loss which no one
lias the temerity to put in figures.
The important commercial district is
blackened ruins, laid bare by a con-
flagration which raged without mo-
mentary check from 10:45 a. m. Sun-
day until late in the afternoon yester-
day. At three o'clock yesterday aft-
ernoon the city officials again
breathed. It was agreed the flames
were under control. They had raged
28 hours in spite of almost superhu-
man efforts put forth by the best fight-
ing forces which more than half a
dozen cities were able to muster. The
city is overcast with gloom. Apparent-
ly there Is but one cause for gladness
and that is that there are no home-
less. The residence section of the city
escaped.
Throughout that terrible contest in
which firemen and fire waged for su-
premacy, humanity was handicapped
by a gale which carried burning
brands over the heads of the workers
and beyond the reach of hundreds of
streams of water poured into the rag-
ing furnaces. But for the work of
volunteers In seeking out and extin-
guishing these embers it is almost
certain the burned area would have
been twice larger than It Is. About 75
squares or 140 acres are in ashes, ex-
tending from Lexington street on the
north to Pratt street on the south;
from Liberty street on the west to
Jones' falls on the east.
Men last night talked in figures that
were appalling and almost incompre-
hensible in their vastness. An ex-
pert, the city building inspector, esti- j
mates the loss in buildings alone at
$150,000,000. On the other hand, it is
said that insurance estimates do not'
place the total loss at a greater figure, j
Not a single life has been lost and
not a human being has been even dan- j
gerously injured. The hospital lists1
consist of minor burns, with the excep-!
tion of Jacob Ilglnfritz, a fireman from
York, Pa. He has a fractured leg and
is badly burned.
There has been no disorder and, to
the credit of the city of Baltimore, it
bhould be said there has been no loot-
ing or attempt at looting. Baltimore
last night was as orderly as a village,
and only the throb of the laboring fire
engines and the reverberating boom of
dynamite, as it brings dangerous walls
to the ground, disturb its wonted quiet
Men who have lost all, who were mer-
chant princes Sunday and practically
' beggared now, view their great losses
with a calm that is either the apathy
I of dazed senses or quiet resignation
| to the inevitable. This constitutes the
| most remarkable phase of the measure-
less calamity that has befallen the
I monumental eity.
j The common remark of citizens is
| that Baltimore has received a blow
from which it cannot recover for years.
Mayor McLane is among those who are
optimistic and while expressing his
sorrow over the calamity expressed the
hopeful conviction that this city will
quickly rise like a Phoenix from its
ashes.
It is anticipated that there may ue
much suffering and destitution follow-
ing upon the heels of the destructi\«
visitation and Mayor McLane and other
city officials are already discussing re-
lief measures. It is estimated that as
many as 20,000 persons will be thrown
out of employment and many of those
and their families will be without re-
sou rcea
Gov. Warfield called an extra ses-
sion of the legislature to empower him
to declare the city under martial law
and suspend all business for ten days.
Gov. Warfield declared the day
a legal holiday. It is expected
this will be extended for several
days, or until such time as the chaotic
conditions in the business and financial
districts can be straightened out This
proclamation closes all banks and othei
financial institutions and defers the
payment of commercial paper. This
action of Gov. Warfield suspends the
operation of various business contracts
and greatly relieves the complex con-
ditions which confront the business
and financial interests.
A Hundred Members of the Constabulary
VltfHti Desert from the Army and
Loot ComnlMRry Department.
Manila, Feb. 10.—Seventeen mem-
bers of the constabulary stationed at
Vigan, one of the leading business cen-
ters of Luzon, have deserted, taking
with them 50 rifles, 5,000 rounds of am-
munition and $700 obtained by looting
the commissary department. The num-
ber of fugitives has since been aug- London, Feb. 9.—The Chefoo corr -
mented by a party of 80 escaping from 1 spondent of the Daily Mail cables that
the same quarter. Gov. Wright prompt- six Japanese transports are landing
ly requested military assistance and j roops at various ports In Korea, from
Col. Thomas immediately dispatched a Masampho and-Fusan, on the south of
fapan and Russia Rushing for
Strategic Points in Korea.
The Former to Occupy Seoul—Cur's force*
Reported Near the Great Wall of China
and the t'ourt Is Preparing
to Flee.
squadron of cavalry scouts In pursuit
Col. Scott left at once with a body of
constabulary.
THE CLAIM TO BlflGNORED.
The Indian Agent Ordered Not to Notlc*
the Claim of the M.. K. & T. to Al-
ternate Section*.
Fort Worth, Tex.', sTcb. 10.—A spe-
cial from Muskogee, I. T., to the pechili province, 110 miles northwest
Record says: The Indian agent has | pekin and near the great wall, and
received instruction from the depart- hat preparations are making for the
ment of the interior to ignore the light of the Chinese court and the re-
claim of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas noval of the Imperial treasure, as It is
Railroad company to every alternate -eared that Russia will descend upon
section for ten miles on both sides of pekin.
Kunsan, Mokpho and Chemulpo, on
'.he west. Seoul is to be occupied and
the landing is being covered by tor-
pedo division. The main body of the
lapanese fleet, the correspondent con-
cludes, will sail in the direction of
Port Arthur.
In a dispatch from Tientsin a corre-
spondent there of the Standard says a
Russian force is reported at Kalgan,
its right-of-way through the entire ter-
litory.
The Mukden dispatch repeats the ru-
nor that a Japanese squadron is oft
Wei-Hal-Wei, on the north coast of
JacksfuT's HtTle Wyo.**Feb.To!—Tom he, ^an-Tung peninsula with the ob-
Estes and M. V. Glltmer have arrived j iect,of intercepting the Russian ships
from the north and report that a snow-
slide occurred on this side of the
mountain pass a few days ago which
buried the ranch of Gus Koener and
killed sheep and otittle In large num-
bers. It is believed Koener perished,
but nothing can be done until spring
to recover the body, as the ranch is
under 300 feet of snow and rock. The
elide was over half a mile in width.
:oming from Europe.
Japan Cnts Korean Cable.
Paris, Feb. 9.—The French foreign
jffice is advised that the Japanese have
;ut the cable connecting Japan and
Korea. The object of this action is be-
lieved to be to prevent news of the
sperations of the Japanese reaching
che Russians, which was possible no
matter how closely censored the de-
spatches sent might be. Following the
breaking off of relations between Rus-
la and Japan, the cutting of the cable
InduAtrial Colony for Oklahoma,
Shawnee, Ok., Feb. 10.—Plans were
Just perfected at this place, whereby is regarded as significant of the pur-
over 1,000 colonists made up of various pose of the Japanese to begin hostili-
business interests, embracing pressed t^8-
brick and tile works, a spinning mill, j Russia's Path Beset with Thorns,
a hub and spoke factory, a creamery 1 London, Feb. 9.—Assuming Russia
and chees<> factory and an evaporated lefeats Japan she will bo confronted
fruit and fruit crate factory, are to be with a demand for the acknowledge-
located at Winchester, a point on the ment of Chinese sovereignty in Man-
Rock Island railroad 20 miles south of "hurla from Great Britain and the
of this place. j United States, and that she must either
' ?rant it or fight both countries. An
Pnshinz Coekreii for President. I understanding, the paper adds, has
St Louis, Feb. 10.—A number of Mis- been reached in this sense between the
souri democrats, including Senator United States and Great Britain.
William J. Stone, Gov. A. M. Dockery j France Predicts Japan*. Defsat.
and the secretary of state, Sam B. j Paris, Feb. 9.—Opinion at the for-
Cook, met in the Planters' hotel Tues- jign office Is very pessimistic, but a
day to push the candidacy of United high official says that French diplo-
States Senator Cockrell for president, macy will be equal to the task of striv-
The meeting arranged for funds to ad- ing to effect a reconciliation and "spar-
vance Senator Cockrell's Interests. ing Japan the crushing defeat which
threatens her."
Ra«nia Negotiating for a III? Loan*
London, Feb. 9.—'"Russia is nego-
liating with a syndicate of French,
Belgian and Dutch bankers," cables
:he Brussels corespondent of the
| Standard, "for a loan of $200,000,000."
Russian Tradinc Vessels Seized?
I London, Feb. 9.—A special dispatch
from Berlin says that a strong fleet of
I Japanese warships, reported to be on
Date of Senator iiurton's Trial changed ts way to Chemulpo, Korea, has seized
St. Louis, Feb. 10.—The date for the 3everal Russian trading steamers.
trial of Senator Joseph R. Burton, of j * Berlin Hears of Captaren.
Kansas, on charges of accepting a fee i Berlin, Feb. 9.—The conservative
from the Rialto Grain company for se- Deutch Tag Zeltung affirms upon
curing official protection for them, was diplomatic authority that three Rus-
changed from March 7 to March 21 sian ships have been captured by the
in the United States district court yes- Japanese.
tcrday.
Fourteen Killed on Canadian Line.
Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 10.—Fourteen
persons were killed and more than a
score injured in a collision between
two passenger trains on the Canadian
Pacific near Sand Point yesterday.
The trains in collision were the east-
bound and westbound "Soo" specials.
Both trains were under orders to stop
at Sand Point and pass there.
Will Bnild City of Tents.
St. Louis, Feb. 10.—Bemis' addition,
j near Clayton, is to be the site of an
, open-air hotel for exposition visitors.
A Lebanon (Mo.) association has se-
cured the tract and will erect 200 can-
GEN. CORB1N IN CHARGE.
With l.OOO Regular Troops the Head ol
the Regular Army Will Maintain
Order Jn Italtlmore.
HEAVY FINES INFLICTED.
l'w<> Men Implicated In an Attempt to
.smuggle Oaine from Minnesota to Iowa
Ordered to Pay S'jO.OOO.
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 9^—Fines of
J2ii in 0 each have been imposed by the
district court of Jackson county upon
William Kerr and Robert Poole, who
were convicted of having been impli-
cated in a wholesale attempt to smug-
gle game from this state across the
line into Iowa. Ii default of payment
af the lines Kerr has the alternative
of 300 days In pail and Poole of 200
days in jail.
The prosecution of Kerr and Poole
Rrew out of the larges seizure of game
w<r made by the authorities of the
date, 2,490 ducks and other game birds
oeing captured.
Thought It "Fire Proof."
Webster City, la., Feb. 9.—George H.
Reineeker, the Webster City million-
aire. lost $250,000 in the Baltimore
Are. He owned the steel structure next
to the Hurst building in which the fire
started. He carried but $4,000 in-
surance.
Washington, Feb. 9.—At the urgent
i request of Senator Gorman, and upon,
vas tents, fitted with floors and spring ! his pledge and that of the governor of
beds, for the accommodation of pat- Maryland that the legislature of Mary-
rons. land would pass a resolution calling
upori^the natioaa lgovernment for mil-
*nh,Whn 'tary assistance, Lieut Gen. Chaffee,
Dayton 0.. Feb 9.-Philip Keiffer, rommauding the general staff, sent
a wealthy manufacturer who cele- teiegraph orders to Maj. Gen. Corbin.
brated the 102nd anniversary of his commanding the Department of the
birth a tew months ago. is d>ad here. J Bast at New York to proceed forth_
He drank six cups of coffee daily all . with to Baltimore and take miiiUry
his life and was an Inveterate user of (0mmand of the sltuatioa there,
tobacco. Nearly 1,000 soldiers have been ordered
Ravia Bank Bobbed of .l.TOO. l° "f™ ^ ^ " 18 "HVH'
Commerce, Tex.. Feb. 10,-Bandlts bta,Pl1 at the war dePartment that the
ba\ " cracked the safe of a bank at °ational tro°Ps afe to s^ve as a police
Ravia I. T., and secured $1,700. The fo™ un,der hue direction of the mayor
j citizens, aroused by the noise of the and local aulhoritiea-
. explosions, attacked the robbers. Fir-
ing ensued, but no one was hurt. The
robbers escaped.
Jesse Jewell
Kansas City, Mo.,
>n Trial.
Feb. 10.—Jesse
No More Branch Summer Schools.
Columbia, Mo., Feb. 9 —An agree-
ment has been entered into by the Mis-
souri university and the Missouri nor-
mal schools not to hold any branch
Jewell, state senator from Kansas City, | schools next summer. Last summei
was called in the criminal court for juniversity maintained schools, with
trial upon a charge of soliciting a | members of the university faculty as
bribe of $9,000 from the alum baking teachers, in Joplin, St. Joseph and
powder company. other Missouri towns.
• I OO.OOO Fire at llonston, Tri.
Houston. Tex., Feb. 9. — A block of
buildings Including the Central fire sta-
tion, two livery stables, two business
houses and half a dqr.en residences
burned here. SevecAl horses burned
to death. The loss is $100,090.
Ageet Couple Together in Death.
Chicago, Feb. 10.—Lying side by side
in bed 68-year-old David Hinchliff and
his wife were found burned to death.
The fire was caused by the explosion
of a lamp.
Keyes llent on Revenge.
New York, Feb. 10.—Gen. Reyes, the
newly elected president of Colombia,
has sailed for Paris to protest against
the Panama Canal company transfer-
ring Its contract to the United States.
Raided an Kmporla Hotel.
Emporia, Kan., Feb. 9.—The Fifth
Avenue hotel, one of the three leading
hotels of this town, was raided by the
sheriff and a policeman, and about a
drayload of whisky and beer was con-
fiscated. *
Kellef Hill in t'onfrem.
Washington. Feb. 9.—A bill was in-
troduced by Representative Emerich-
(111.) appropriating $1,000,000 for the
relief of sufferers from the Baltimore
Are.
In«ll<>te«l for Natural!***tion Kraada.
St. Louis, Feb. 10.—Indictments were
returned by the federal grand jury
yesterday charging former Police CapL
Samuel J. Boyd, Nathaa Levin. Adolph
Fein and Jacob Kaplain with con-
spiracy to defeat the naturalization
laws. Capt. Boyd la already under In-
dictment on a similar charge. Nathan
Levin and Adolpb Fein are serving five
years' sentence In tho penitentiary,
having been convicted of naturaliza-
tion frauda. The Indictment returned
yesterday is thf only one pending
against Kaplain. who la an ex-police-
man.
A Mother Wlilp* a Teaeher.
Salina. Kan., Feb. 9 —Because Mis*
Lizzie Butler, the teacher of Happy
Corner school, whipped her boy, Mra
W. H. Hollis, O.j wife of a farmer,
went to the school and whipped the
teacher. The trouble probably will be
aired in court.
Indian t hief Freetm to Dewth.
Vinita, I. T . Feb. 9.—George Bear-
skin. principal chief of thQ Seneca In-
dians, has been found dead by the
roadside nead Cayuga, it is sappo«e4
he had lo«t his way nnd was frozen 14
death.
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