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LEXINGTON,
OKLAHOMA.
| THE TERRITORIES. I
NEWS HAPPENINGS IN OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORIES.
VERDICT DIVIDED
rhe Board of Inquiry in the Schley
Case Reports.
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
The democratic territorial central
committee will meet at El Reno Decem-
ber 27.
It is rumored that the Choctaw will
Ui'por
TWO STATES MEETING.; RULING BY DEPARTMENT.
of Meeting and Resolution* of
ndepeiident States Meeting.
opixments of single statehood
net at Muskogee, I. T., pursuant to
•all. Delegations from the principal
points* ol' the territory attende d, but no
Claims Cannot In* Kol«t for Townsit
Purpose*.
Lawton : Under a ruling by the in- |
terior department, Miss Beal and James I \<Imirat
R. Wood will be prohibited from prov-
ing up their claims for townsite pur-
\DMIRAL CONDEMNED ON ELEVEN POINTS
buml into Wichita. ; wlIlt a fnll delegation. The meeting 1 I>"S<'K' Tlu>>" ha(1 published notices, and
•ohn Donohue was severely stabbed *vas called to order. by Colonel Robert (< 1U^H 1 ^10 ^or ma^*
bv John Gorman at Mnllhall.
L. Owen. C. A. Skeen, of Waynoka, \ il,ff th?ir Pr()ofl<' It; ,ooks now like the
svns elected temporary chairman, and 1 01* thing-they can do is to bide their
A base ball lea^uo, comprising a limn- Si. n Grayson, of Eufaula, temporary ! tlme waifc for tlH> expiration of the
bor of towns in Oklahoma and Kansas, j secretary. Committees on credentials,
is being formed. ^  permanent organization and resolutions
appointed.
>ewey Dissents ami Sustains
■Sellley on Most Points.—The Santiago
Victory Belonged to Him.—All Agree
that He was Not a Coward.
Washington: The most prolonged,
interesting and important naval tribunal
ever held in this country came to a
The E. M. Jones Saddlery Co. has l"'"' Th? committee on
been incorporated for *100,000 to do a solutions comprises tlirce of the most
manufacturing and wholesale business 'lluI"lnc"r men territory Col-
in Oklahoma City.
Fort Supply 11 servation is to be sold
next month in sn >dl tracts and that will
mark the passing of another frontier
landmark.
Citizens of Stillwater say that the
gambler of that plaoe must go and are
organizing for that purpose.
Kingfisher is after the slot machines.
Seven machines have been seized and
the owners arrested.
Some prominent men of Guthrie are
to send President Roosevelt a bridle for
Christmas. It is made of horse-hair—
black and white—and mounted with
fancy metal trimmings.
A charter has been granted to a new
Presbyterian church at Watonga, which
is to be called Ferguson chapel, in honor
of the governor.
Rush Ardry was killed, Garrett Thur-
man was shot in the back and may die,
and L. S. McDonald was shot in the left
shoulder in a saloon row in the village
of Port, in Washita county.
The contract for paving the streets of
Oklahoma City was let to the Barber
Asphalt Co. at the council meeting the
first of the week.
Joe Sneed, living near Perry, in a
state of intoxication got too talkative
and gave tip the information that he
had stolen a cow from a man at Still-
water. He was arrested and taken to
the latter place.
Two negro shop-lifters were arrested
at Chickasha, where they had been do
fourteen months limit applicable to all having in open and secret sessions
lands. . I lasted one week short of three months,
The decision also affects a number of " ''en Secretary Long was handed t he
projected townsites where the entry- findings of the court of inquiry which
man expected to jwy *10 per acre and inquired into the conduct of Rear
onel R. L. Owen, of Muskogee" D. M. I R('f 11 l,atellt under the general townsite ; Admiral Schley during the Santiago
Bailey, of Haileyville, and W. J.' Wade, la^; !! a!?IlalKu- , . ,
of South McAlester. The sentiment of I T1?erf> will be consternation among a * or seven weeks the court heard
the convention was strongly opposed to goo,11  "' >'lx-ople who had their plans ! testimony, and for fully a month it de-
anv union with Oklahoma and this was l,na<le "loM* lillos which contemplated liberated upon that mass of evidence
incorporated in the report of the reso- tOWnS 11,1,1 a,lditioM- lmt  >' these ! finally reaching the conclusion
lutioriK committee. While small in I Hchemes are ,lnw set back nearly a year
numbers, the heaviest business interests
of the territory
and a strong d<
au-
result was a complete
i Whether any scheme can be devised to surprise, and it is probable tha nor
are represented here | tfet around thi.^ ruling is not known at j prophesy has approached the truth,
.ration M ill no doubt'this tirne' bnt thn Pr^biiity is that it | Instead of one report there are two
! iiounced. The
surprise, and :
I>0 sent to Washington to combat the
views and arguments of the single
statehood convention. The following
are the resolutions adopted, showing
the grounds for opjKisition to single
statehood:
"We, the people of tho Indian Territory, in
zeneral, non-partisan Convention ussemnled
ior the purptwe of presentiiitf to tlie eongress
►f the United States the wishes and views of
• the business men and of the people of Indian
Territory in regard to statehood, do hereby
adopt the following resolutions:
"Resolved, That wo are unalterably opposed
to any political union with the territory of
()k lahoma.
"We have ljeen living for very many years
under a totally different law from that of
Okhihoina Territory. We desire the ri^ht of
till free men to pass laws when it can be prop-
erly done for our own self-government.
Therefore,
"Resolved, That ils soon a* it may be done
without violations of the obligations of the
United States government to the Indian peo
I pie. and as soon as the settlement of the land
distribution of Indian Territory can be accom-
plished so that all citizens may be of an equal
r< otintf in the matter of taxation, we desire,
and we earnestly request the right of self-
government be granted to us separate and
apart from any other state or territory in the
union.
FAITH WITH THK INDIANS.
"We earnestly request that the United
States keep absolute faith with the Indian peo-
ple who bought the lands of the Indian Ferri-
rory from the government of the United
States. They paid for these lands in money,
and as part payment for the lands they gave
I UP east of the Mississippi river rhev nveived
the solemn pledge of the United States govern- |
I ment in numerous treaties that the laws of no '
I state or territory should be extended over
i them w ithout their consent. They have not
. . . .... . ! consented and are unanimously opposed to
llig a thriving business, put ill jail, and | any political union with Oklahoma.
during the night broke out and arc now e™t"
at liberty. ern states, and we earnestly pray for the co-
operation of the representatives of these states
Miss Allen Schmidt, of South Me- in securing to us the blessings of liberty, in-
v 1 ..11 * . p dependence and self-government.
Alestei, has l)eeil ap))ointed secietaiv I>I I "Resolved further. That the congress of the
the Rebeckah assembly of Indian Ter- , United States is hereby petitioned to make
k I provision for the election m Indian Territory
will have to l>e followed.
A BANK BLOWN.
Robbers Blew
| Both are signed by George Dewey,
president, and by Samuel C. Lemley,
as judge advocate. The form is said to
tlie sef,T~of the itai.k ,« be recognized in all courts of inquiry,
Peckham. the signature of other members not be-
Akk wsas Citv: The Citizens' State inR necessnry, but it is explained that
Bank, of Peckham, Okla., was blown j Admiral Dow'/.v signed the seoontl re-
open by safe robbers and about $3,000 I Por^' 11 minority report, to expressing
in money taken. The explosion which qualification of or dissent from the
wrecked the safe and shattered all the view8 <^l>r'^sed by the court, eompris-
windows in the building, was heard by in^' besides himself, Admirals Benham
several people, but as the wind was IU1<1 Ramsey, in the first report.
blowing at the time the noise was at-1 The reIKjrt condemns Admiral Schley
tributed to some other cause. Hunt for J 011 eleven points, while Admiral Dewey
the robbers began at once. Blood | sustains him on most particulars,
hounds were put on the trail and started \ is sai(1 ftt the navy department that
towards Blackwell. The robbers left ! 'here wil! 1,(1110 further proceedings in
two handkerchiefs in the bank and j this celebrated ease on the department's
from these the scent was given to the ' initiative.
tion Schley informed the department
that he would proceed cast the follow-
ing day. He also >ent a communication
to the commandent of the naval base
at Key West Jhat it was impossible to
coal certain ships at sea and owing to
the squadron's supply of coal the col-
liers would have to return to Key West,
necessarily delaying operationu to some
extent. In regard to th.'s the court held
that the Commodore'.-; statements were
misleading.
Schley was censured for failure to
communicate with the insurgents at
Cienfuegos—and ascertain if they had
any information as to the location of
the Spanish squadrr#i. The majority
report found him guilty of disobeying
the departments' orders—and claim he
did not do his utmost with the force
under his command to capture or de-
stroy the Colon and other vessels of the
enemy which he attacked May 81. By
commencing the engagement on July :i
with the port battery and turning the
Brooklyn around with port holm, Com-
modore Schley caused her to lost! dis-
tance and position with the Spanish
vessels—especially with the Viscaya and
Colon. The turn of the Brooklyn to
starboard Avas made to avoid getting
her into dangerous proximity to the
Spanish vessels.w The turn was made
toward the Tex,a  and caused the vessel
to stop and back her engines to avoid
possible collision. Admiral Schley did
injustice to Lieutenant-Commander A.
('. Hodgson in publishing only a portion
of the correspondence which passed
between then. Commodore Schley's
conduct in connection with the events
of the Santiago campaign prior to June
1, 1898, was characterized by vacilla-
tion, dilatoriness and lack of enterprise.
His official reports regarding the coal
supply and the coaling facilities of the
flying squadron were inaccurate and
misleading.
His conduct tluring the battle of July 1
8 was self-possessed and he encouraged,
in his own person, his subordinate
officers and men to tight courageously,
llEWEY'S SEPAKATF liKPORT.
dogs. These dogs are the property of
F. W. Stevens and F. C. Coleman, of
Wichita, the men who had dogs on the
Montgomery trail. They went through
Arkansas City on last evening's train.
I11 the opinion of Admi al Dewey
I alone the passage from Key West to
1,. ■ ,• Cienfuegos was made by the flying
The flying squadiwi consisting of the ; squadron with all ^4 dispatch
Brooklyn, Massachusetts, lexas and Commodore Schley having in'view the
Scorpion, under the command of Com-; importance of arriving off Oienfuegos
modore Schley, sailed from Key West 1 with as much coal as possible in the
May IS), 1898, with orders from the navy
About two miles west of Peckham the \ department to proceed with the utmost
dogs entered a barn owned by a Mr. j dispatch to Cienfuegos to capture the
Welsh and it is supposed the robbers re- \ enemy off that port, if possible, or to
bank was fully insured from robbers.
CATTLEMEN TO GO.
1 1
| hie. The flying squadron arrived off
j Ceinfuegos 011 the morning of May 32,
| and established a blockade. During the
ship's bunkers. The blockade ot Cier
fuegos was effective.
Commodore Schley, in permitting th
steamer Adula to enter the porl
i fuegos. expected to obtain infj
concerning the Spanish squad/
her when she came out.
The passage from Cienfuaj
point about twenty-one miles
i Cien
Nation
p* from
of u (li'li'xate to represent Indian Territory iii
J. P. Lowe killed a bear weighing 3o0 j
pounds in < 'leur Creek country last j
week. He sold it to a hotel at Antlers [
for $:)0.
Tom Anderson, a Creek Indian, was !
killed by being thrown from his horse j
near Wagoner recently.
Gov. Ferguson has received a pair of
spurs—a gift from the citizens of Hobart,
who sends them for use in riding the
'broncho." The governor says that il'
kindness will not win with the "bronk"
then he will use t he spurs.
Application has been made for tho
organization of a bank at Thomas,
Okla., with a capital stock of $o,000.
Senator Fairbanks has introduced a
bill for the admission of Oklahoma as a
Htate and providing that the capital
thall lie local id at a town to be called
McKinlcy in honor of the late presi-
dent.
A new iKistoflice in Kiowa county has
l>eeu established and is to be known as
Roosevelt. It is to be supplied from
Wildman.
The 1 Hulking department has author-
ized the Farmers and Merchants bank
nt Seiling to do business.
Pliney Sojier lias been appointed as
general attorney for the Creek nation
Ht a salary of $."j,(X>0 a year.
Governor Ferguson avows that all
the publicity possible will lie given to
his official acts.
  —   —been served with
POPULATION OF o00,000. i , • . . . • „„ . , ,
"Wo believe that our people now number notices. lllls order has
500,000, a population greater than that of al- created consternation among cattlemen.
moHt every state at tho time of its admission
11 ■ the union.
"Resolved further, That the proposition to
allow Oklahoma to pass a ronstitution which
the Indian Territory should he compelled to
accept hereafter wotald lx> a gross injustice
and revolting to every principle of free and
enlightened government. We wish to record
our unatteralble opposition to such'a proposi-
tion. We appeal to the towns of Indian Terri-
tory by town meetings to indorse the alx>ve
resolutions."
Indian* itegard Thein a* Intruder
tlie Choctaw Xatioa. 1 . , . . ,
\    night they formed 111 columns of vessels
Akpmokk: Prominent cattlemen of hea(le(1 on shore> au(1 moving at snffi-
e Choctaw nation will be ejected from deMt d fo k fhoir 1)ositions. The
vi'S"; f'T 88 lntr"'T^ snil,llel' Performing picket dutv in shore
• d i,n, d b ''I , KrV,'ra,r fl[t; "f f1"' ones, ^e majority of the
l«r Jr. f H ' llKha"s haye the board held that Commodor.. Schlev did
ilrnv f tt, n tenor department. llot procewi with the utmost dispatch
Manj cattlemen who own thousands of „ff Ci.-nfnegos and block that port as-
head of cattle have ln-en served with 1 dose as 1
notices. 1 his order lias . o ta ^ i .
Ma} 22, the Dupont arrived at Oien-
rni frrva witb
it to a
sth of
[ day the ships lay off the port at various Santiago was made with as ml h dis-
distances, in 110 particular order. At patch as was possible while keeping the
squadron a unit. The blockade of San-
tiago was effective.
Commodore Schlev
ATTACKED BY A PORKER.
llonuM on ({razing- Luntl.
j Gi'thrie: Secretary J. ,T. Housjon.
of the territorial school land board, has
fuegos until more definite information.
' The next day Commodore Schley re-
ceived a dispatch from the conimander-
j in-chief saying that the Spanish fleet
An \rdiii4i
by a Vi«
announced that the net bonus on the
j grazing lands in the new country, with
those in the Wichita country yet to be
,,r TT , , j accounted for, amounts to $68,470.78.
W II. Spradley, who re-, This rt,preBcnts th), ammlut pai(l by H,u,.
cessful bidders for three year leases 011
The secretary es-
timates that the Wichita lauds will net
nr a 11 • -.i |50,000 more, or a total of |118,470.78 011
Mr. Spradley was 11. a pen with some , thp .nizillK lun(ls aloue> Tho UKricnl.
tural Jaials netted $80.211.30, and the
a ,, ,, , -ixl, year rentals paid on all lands
jrspradley could escape the animal stuck uqa 'pi . i •
. .! . , ,t ^ . ; amount to JjJ,890. Hie total oi monies
his tusk m his victim s knee, the tusk ,,„,,ived. therefore, in leasing the school
entering under the knee cap, tearing it lim,ls th(l new (,onnt
loose and letting out the contents of I e8timatwli to 1.!)! .
the joint. It also severed an artery, j
and the blood gushed from the wound j It js now asserted, by those who seem
was the senior
officer of our squadron off Santiago
when the Spanish sipiadron attempted
to escape on the morning of July 3,
1898. He was in absolute command
and is entitled to the credit due to such
commanding officer for the glorious
victory which resulted in the total de-
struction of the Spanish fleet.
The board has only t lis one recom -
,• of the length of
since the oc-
>f the Santiago
commends no
e had in the
promises."
1 lie Honorable Isadore Rayner and
M. A. Teague, counsel for Rear Admiral
Schley before the court of inquiry, held
Mint Hilton
Swine.
Ahdmoke:
sides in the northwester
city, met with a dreadful accident, from I
the effects of which he will probably ! tW llU1,is
never entirely recover.
others made at him and before Mr.
such a
through his conn-
in such a volume that it, was only by
much effort that Mr. Spradley's life
was saved.
A waiting; Confirmation.
Washington: The president sent to j
the senate the following territorial!
nominations: To be chief justice of
the supreme court of Oklahoma, John |
H. Burford. To be associate justices |
supreme court of Oklahoma, B. F. Bur- j
well and Bayard T. Hainer. To be |
United
to be in a position to lutqw, that tin Commodore Schley the
was probably at Santiago and if he was a consultation with their client for th<
satisfied that it was not at < 'ienfuegos ] purpose of outlining their future cours.
to proceed with all dispatch to Santiago of action. It was decided to ask Secre
and if the enemy was there to blockade tary Long to wi thholil his approval of
that port. At S:'.'0 a. in. the t'astine tho findings of the court until
and the collier Merrimac arrived at j tim<> as the admiral
(ienfuegos. At noon on the same date sel, can file au objection thereto. The
the British steamer Adula was permitted , request was delivered to the secretary
to go into Cienfuegos. At 7 a, m. May and while he has not yet answered the
•-'4. the Marblehead, Vixen and Eagle communication it is understood there-
arrived at Cienfuegos. At 10 a. m. the i quest will be granted.
, Marblehead and Vixen proceeded to j The admiral's friends, while thev
| tho landing place J3, 8 miles west of j claim the decision was not what was ex-
; Savanilla point, communicated with I pected, they believe that after due and
; the insurgents, landed stores for them,' careful consideration the'case wiil be
J learned that the Spanish squadron was ( dropped. They call attention to the
not in the harbor of Cienfuegos, re- fact that Dewey's statement clears the
joined the squadron and reported to ! admiral of
Rock Island will soon build from King
fisher to Watonga.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
obtained.
anything that would dis-
information | grace him in the eyes of the. people and
j they say that Dewey's opinion will out-
After the receipt of this communica- weigh all others
Tri
torial Hoard of Kilncalion in |
Session.
(il'TiiuiK: The territorial board of!
education met in this city to discuss the I
question as to whether
torial teacher's certifict
THREE MEN SHOT DOWN. WOLVES GNAWED HIS WRISTS.
wo rolicemen ami Intended
Sliot to Death.
Houstox, Tex. : In
an attempt to
Damage Suit Brlnt-s Out IInrrowinK
l et«iU of ail Accident.
Nevada, Mo.: For the death of hei
r or not a terri- J areest a man for buncoing, two officers | husband, Mrs. Mary MoConaughey has
ate is a certificate.; lost their lives and the man wanted was j filed suit f«jr $5,000 against the Missouri
ia«s deci1 1 *' .in«ii, r*- —*—1 ^
T. the United States court of the southern ^ ]Zvi*ion "necesl^v"^
district of Indian territory, Hosea | certificate. The statute' sin
Townsend. lo be United States attor-; that thc territorial board has
Benjamin L. Robert eon has been ap I United States marshal for Oklahoma   ; , , . . , ,, ., . . ,
,iointeil postmaster at Purcell. I. T.. and Canada H Thompson To ls> jndge of I f^-^erallias .lecided that it; also shot to death. During the carnival
" . 1 i' " A, 77 I w not and therefore the board desires t«. now 111 progress eveiy endeavor is being
to make it a ! made to protect visitors, and the police
Lawton has organized a literary i "1STn< r 01 territory, Hosea | certificate. The statute simply states [ were under stringent orders as to con-
society. ownsene. LobeL niteil States attor- ] tiiat tjI0 territorial lioard has the right | fidence men. Sid Preacher has been
, . ney for the central district of the Indian
A mysterious malady is decimating j Territory, John H. Wilkins. To be
die herds of cattle in Indian Territory. Unifod States attorney for the southern
raltl< "f" well one day and drop. district of the Indian Territory, Wm.
d<ad the next. Some cattlemen attri-, B Johll8on AJ1 of the above nomina-
bnte it to the feeding of corn stalks. 1 tjnlls al.p reappointments.
to issue such certificate, but 111 no placc
The good roads committee appointed
by the Commercial club waited upon
the business men of Weatherford this
week and received donations to the
amount of $2,700 to be used in improv-
ing thc roads leading to that city.
MUSKOGEE BONDS APPROVED.
1*mi« of $1 .T.,0011 for Waterworks and
Sewerage Purposes.
Mlskouee: The secretary of the in-
terior has approved tho bonds issued by
Muskogee for waterworks. In Septem-
ber the city of Muskogee voted to issue
bonds for $17/5,000 for waterworks *.<nd
sewerage. The secretary of the interior
T. The distance is | refused at first to approve the bonds,
will lK'gin at botb ! but after securing additional informa-
tion decided to approve them,
I ■
The Choctaw railroad company luu
signed a contract with the citizens of
Guthrie to build to that city at once
from Hartshorn. I.
140 miles. Work
ends of the line.
; are set forth the qualifications necessary
; to obtain it. The attorney-general says
! the certificate will not hold if any board
j of education should have opportunity to
i object to it.
Another feature of the board's ses-
sion was to make arrangements for tin
instructors' aud educators' certificates.
A plan to revise the course of study ol
the common schools was also discussed
by the board
meeting were:
arrested many times, and Officers Her-
man Youngst and ,T. C. James went
after him aguin this afternoon. Preacher
was near his buggy, where he had a
shotgun, and, grabbing it, opened fire.
Tho first barrel mortally wounded
James. Youngst tried to pull his pistol,
but could not get it, and before he
could retreat Preacher fired and hit
him, and then began striking him over
the head with the barrel of the gun,
I11 attendance at the I knocking Youngst down. James, who
President Boyd, of Nor ! was lying almost dead in the ditch,
three
Pacific.
His corpse was found under a Mis-
souri Pacific bridge recently, and the
petition says his wrists had been
gnawed, probably by wolves. McCon-
aughey was about to visit relatives at
Rhinehart, and according to the allega-
tions, the train did not stop at the
station. McConanghey was put off
some distance down the road, and in
walking back in the dark met his death.
General Funston is now on his way
from Manila to the United States. He
has been given a leave of absence on
account of sickness.
The supreme court of Indiana has de-
nial!; Superintendent Moss, of King raised 011 his elbow and fired three c'ded that John Rinkard must die in
fisher; Superintendent Ewing, of Still- ihots, killing preacher. the Michigan City prison January 12.
water, and Superintendent Baxter.  Rinkard is 70 years of age. He (hot.
After January 1st the Rock Island lin«l killed hi« wife at Marion withouj
('handler citizens are hopeful of gi t-1 road is to increase itg stock from $60,- > I revocation. His attorneys pleaded ij
ting the Santa Fe road into their citv. 000,000 to •? 120.000,000. ' sanity as his defense.
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