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CONVENTION WILL
MURRAY WAS
as | Tba
ADOPT INITIATIVE
APPROACHED
by f*i
COUNTY BOUNDARIES.
UNALTERABLY
Constitutional Convention Reopens for Business
After Holiday Recess-Time for Reconsidering
W Boundaries Report Passes Easily by-
Rights Taken op by Sections—Investi-
gation of Graft and Other Things
1 :sr:r irzzsrzi-
uuDZ. (art. tm Mnmf m >tr —r «" * « * " •
Ju T —r 1- *— -r
ha * for ths consideration of treasury. Ths patlttoa was
l7 heuBderlw Batter to p*M * Jpsriateadeats Calvert of Oulhrts,
fact that If th. Cook of Coahoma City aad kt«1
■ act votsS othara _ . .. .
it could Dot PwlO«M «" b* -
Olustee. Carr of >-edsrick end Latter
division Of | of Wilburton froai dtlsens of Brittala.
to allow ths Da*1s aad other placee tor state-wide
after
that tboy found no errors I* It. aad
Henry Johnston. who announced that ha
doned his original Intension. Johnston
•ad tha other memt<ers who aald thsy
would ba for reconsideration. decided It
would not bo aafe to open tha question
M*ln. ao they talked the time away In
consideration of tha Mil of rights. allow-
III tha proposition to M">niW«r tha
county boundaries to dla a natural death
Three sections of tha bill of fight, we
adopted aftor consideration In committee
of tha whole. Thla la tha extent of tha
work accomplUhed on tha first day after
tha holldaya. No reports of standing
committee on constitutional provisions
were submitted. tha charges of graft
made In ofren letters to Prealdent Murray
and othera were not even brought beforo
tha convention, and not a word was
spoken on the eubect of county bound-
ralaa. Tha entire day waa taken up In
discussing tha sections of tha Mil of
rights relating to Imprlaonment for debt;
tha right of haheaa corpus and Beet Ion
twenty-eeven relating to granting of
having In contempt caaea. Tha habeas
corpus section waa adopted. It prorldea
that tha right of habeas corpus shall
.never be suspended In tha atata.
flection twenty-aeven, which provides
that "appaala. writs of error and super-
sets* shall be allowed In contempt
raaes and that no aurh penalty ahall ba
Inflicted until an opportunity to ba heard
Is given." brought down a flood of ora-
lin y and dlacuaalona.
Maakell moved an amendment that In
contempt caaea tha court could not Inflict
tensities until a trial by Jury waa given
or the defendant had been convicted or
p<ai>d guilty.
Wl llama of Durant submitted a aubst
tute v.-hlch denied tha right of punish-
ir.ent for contempt In all caaea arising
outside of tha court -oom. cxcept by trial
by jury. '
A petition waa read from J. A. Davis.
- democratic cltlsen of Ripley. Okla. In
... a _ I _a lha itAnvunftnn
prot.ibttloa.
CharWe fl. Thomas of Dtawr. former
governor of Colorado, baa addrussd st
length s letter to ths constitutional non-
v.ptlon warning It to safeguard Um
rights 0? Individual dtlsenahlp. Ho •*- ^
died tha unhappy experiences oncount^ ^
nrO by Colorado la tha last several
ytar*. which ba asserted wara due mal-.-
ly to an unlawful Interpretation of the
statu «s and tha stata constitution by a
corrupt Judiciary for corrupt purpoeea.
Among the auggeatlons for fcrovlalona In
tk. M^l.U.llon <rered by former Oof-
arnor Tbotw * are tl.eee:
llrrt-The al-.Vticw of tha doctrtno of
ront'r. <i«t.al co-iumpt of couru.
Second— Preventing tha giving over
of the rVUtery to ona element of eodtty
agulnst another.
Third -Irovldlng that writ of habeas
ron ua ahall never ba suspended
Fourth— Defining clearly the power of
tha courta and preventing their exer-
dae of any powers other than given by
the constitution.
Fifth—Giving district courts original
©I a who stated that a*- | lu* the coaualtlaa ef tha wfeola to
as Is attm aa arbitrary aa s tha r^avaiaJar of tha MU of rights
asltaL aad referred U tha Tha aacuoa covering grand Jury mat-
t ear umpatlns resulting fraan tar exrtted iaua«darahie debate, aad tw->
of tre liinxilioiaaaia s mxtoa or throe chaagas wara mada to thai
at Ga. aatea. He put up a ua^ue p>a aactloa. Uadar Its provMoas mad
^Zoa of O* eootr^rt. d-dar- Jury la to ba c*i*d oaly a. of
act roqulrad the tha tAspajara. ur.laas tha legHature
to foQew la matter of ti makaa it saaadatory. aad the number aa-
it a«tibttT-H by Ok- ceaaary to return aa todVciaeaet was alaa
K there rhangod from twelve to sine, the bgla*
z««- si 'irtinn n
*> tt~—« •—; w>*~- ^
" rTrsHtp1"
Vest la Unportaaco to tha prtattng that the convontlon
dlacussloa wm tha mala -m* |J Wmatt* ^
^ r Ellis He then appea;ed to the re-
tha gwarts raoolutloa which «•**"***■ pcbafM, u well as the democrats to
aentlment of tha convention to bo In ^ gutter.
favor ot tha asaeadmant a< tha Hanraty of flouth McAla^er mads an
State* constitution ao aa to permit of __.h to fmv#r ^ nils' amend-
the regulation W^ng of an ln^me mating tha hiMory of the In-
tag. Tha reaolutioa had bosa tovotaMy ^ ta ^ United flutes
reported by the commutes on fadoral oppneed a majority verdict In
"where some great corporation Is coa-
matter was «P for «s- ^ oc mor, of the Jurors
mralon Ladbettar was on his feet la vlg- ^ - pinally tha entire see-
oppoaltlon. Ho laalated that Ok- t(<)B ^ tn,rn,Omenta, was referred
lahoma ought not to ask cor frees for • mmmittoa along with tha sections
-v-.nattfuVl.tn untl . ^
UNKNOWN iOOOLEd MAO l «0
TO t^CNO ON -ALFALFA BILL'
If REPRESENTED DAVIS
• — TO ID« commiuw wat
to tha conatltutlon aatil ^ „ ,t TharwUy
It geta Into the union. Ha • -
d himself as having no doubt that
would get in and declare!
that he did not believe that tha .
dent had any right to deny admlasion.
"Furthermore. I had doubta as to
whether tha conatltutlon ought to be
amended In this respect. If yon glv
congreas that power, you take the great-
eat Hep In yeara In encroaching oa tha
it^hta of the statea. Tha atate should
have the power to levy an Income ta*
and I believe that It la a dangerous thing
to give the federal government primary
Jurladlctlon on the Income tax proposi-
tion. I don't want to offer any amend-
menta adding to tha powers of tha fed-
eral government."
Led better referred to It aa a thing
that ought not to bo done by a demo-
cratic convention. Bwarti then aaked If
the Income tax had not been a part of
— the democratic policy for years. Hay fa
Jurisdiction, excepting In writs of babeaa f ch,cJ|MhA aIt0 Bpr,ke along the same
corpus. Injunction %nd prohibition, and , ||na ua referred to the endorsement
making no Jurisdiction of dlatrlct courta ^ ^ ^ th< 1|Kom# Uz by Bryan during
NEGRO TROOP
QUESTION UP
LODGE OFFERS AN AMENDMENT
TO FORAKEI'8 RESOLUTION
GUTHRIE: The conveatloa
teak up tba question of Wtlng the esa-
. r. , for printing and aftsr wrangling
^ to the committee with Instructions
U report Moadsy. Tha committee on
conveauoo acoounU and
nlao instructed to report upon the ■«
count of the Leader company for print-
ing already dona.
During the discussion Baker charge.!
certain members with ar attempt to
the contract through. Plttman
scouted the Idea, declaring that tha
WANTED DAVIS TO BE NAMED AS | iJ'iTud bUT dls-
A COUNTY SEAT cu-ed nearly every day since that
time, "forty days of tha convention hav-
lag passaJ. five-sixths of tba priatta*
Democratic Caucus of Dslsflstas D4- has beoa <h«aa and no contract has y*
_ . , _ _ a ■ -A lat"
In these mattera concurrent with tha su-
preme court.
Blxth—Prohibiting election commission-
ers from exercising any Judicial functions
or authority.
The letter of Governor Thomas, who is
a law partner of Senator Patterson of
Colorado, was based upon ti.e alleged un-
due authority exercised by the courts and
militia of Colorado during the strike and
election troubles there In the past few
years. The letter criticised the Colora-
do courta , M
During the democratic caucus Moman
Prultt of the Oklahoma democratic com-
mittee'. announced that the committee
will change the date of the primary elec-
tion to suit the constitutional convention.
This Is a big victory for the Hsakell or-
ganisation. which contended for late pri-
maries In order to give the convention
aspirants for office time to get Into the
rw The Oklahoma democratic com-
mittee recently set March II for the pri
fit rn tv inw uf-viuw • -' '—
hla Oklahoma trip. On a roll call the
resolution was adopted by a vote of ti
to 14. Two republlcana. Covey and
Cloud, voted for It. and five democrat a.
Baker. Dealing. Graham. Kornegay and
Le£better, voted agalnat It. The reao-
lutlon favoring the amendment of the
ctnatltutlon to permit the election of
United States aenators by popular vote
wa.i alao adopted on a roll call. 94 to <
A p. Cain. Harrla. Hopkina. Jenkins, all
r« i uMlcans. voted agalnat It The thirl
rr. 1.1 ion reported at the aame time, fa
vo* Injj the recall of aenatora by the leg-
ialature. was paaaed without division.
The printing discussion was resumed
at the opening of afternoon session and
after Plttman had completed hla apeech
which was Interrupted by the noon ad-
journment. Weaver of Ada took the floor
for the purpose of backing up Baker's
allegation of the morning. He said that
of the delegatea had criticised
vMstf an Course Touching Use ti
Money—Will Wait far Daft-
nits Charges to ba Flsesd
Before Convention
OTTHRIE: The proposition of
ti gating charges made In the newspapers
that boodle has been usej In making the
county map of the new stats was dis-
cussed in a caucus of Democratic dele*
gates here Thursday afternoon. Henry
Johnston, who called the caucus to order,
declared In favor of an Investigation.
The deliberations were held behind closed
doors.
1'uring the caucus President Murray
stated that s man who said he repre-
sented the town of Davis In Murray
county, offered a bribe to locate that
town favorably for the county seat.
Murray said the man galled him up over
_*Aa. . . 11Va
Foraker Declines to Discuss tha Race
Question. Declaring that it haa
No place in the Present Caaa
of the Brownsville Affair
Under Investigation
WASHINGTON: The fight In the sen-
ate over the president's recent order dis-
missing the three companies of negro
aoldlers. will be conteated on the clear
cut Isaue as to whether the president
exceeded his constitutional powers.
This wss determined when Mr. L/>dge,
recognised as the spokesman for the ad-
ministration fa the senate, offered an
amendment Thursday afternoon to the
Foraker resolution calling for an inves-
tigation of the Brownsville case. The
purpose of It Is to eliminate from con-
gressional Inquiry all matters except the
question of guilt or Innocence of tha dis-
charged soldiers. It will place the senate
on record as recognising the legality oI
the president's action. Mr. Foraker, who
Is leading the forces against the admin-
istration. announced that he would re-
sist the adoption of the resolution. The
whole question then went over until Mon-
day. at which time Mr. Lodge was to
speak In defenae of the president's course.
The discussion was led by Mr. Cul-
berson (Texas) who defended the presi-
dent's action In dismissing the soldiers.
The committee on rules appointed ta
Investigate charges of boodle submitted
a report stating that it would bo la con-
tinuous session to hear say evidence
that may be submitted by delegates ar
others and that It will make a thorough.
Investigation.
.. letter was read from Congressman
Stephens of Texas than*.Jig the conven-
tion tor the compliment In naming a
county after him. and promising to da
what be can for the new state.
A petition from the First Baptist
church at McAlester was presented ask-
ing for sute wide prohibition.
A provision wss introduced to creata
a non-partisan board of health to regu-
late the practice of medicine, food In-
spection and quarantine, and that no
IVW is Mstvi .w. vpctlivu aasivs h
Murray said the man nailed him up over j t* given to any school or as-
the telephone, stating ftat r.e would like | it alao provtdee that all phy-
to have a talk with him on county | rtrl&nl now practicing In both tern-
boundary milters. Murray refuaed to tori„ ^ Emitted to practice" In the new
grant an Interview. Murray said the Upon their certificates, without ad-
man called him up later, stating that he j examinations or fees
would be a candidate for sheriff anJ ^ constitutional prcgiosltlon by Caudlll
stipulates that no armed forces ba
brought Into the state for the preserva-
tion of public peace, except upon the
order of the legislature or the governor,
when the lglslature Is not In session.
It Is practically certain that the Ini-
tiative and referendum will be part of
the constitution of Oklahoma In a dem-
ocratic caucus Saturday night the dele-
gates declared almost unanimously for
the Oregon provision as reported to tha
convention by the legislative committee.
The principal features of the initlatlva
and referAdum provision adopted in cau-
cus was the percentage clause, requiring
petitions to be signed by S per cent of
that he would like to talk over politics
with him. Murray stated that he turned
down thla proposition and that thla man
went to a bualness man who waa a friend
of Murray's and etated that Davis had
15.000 which It would use to get several
townships added to that county, and
aaked the bualneas man if Murray would
accept It. The business man expressed
the opinion that he would not. The al-
leged Davis man then asked the busi-
ness man to put out a feeler. Murray
said that his business friend then told
him all about It. and that he refused to
consider the proposition.
All who spoke In caucus expressed the ^ _ . .
belief that no delegate had accepted any j ^ electorf t0 initiate legislation, and I
money, and no delegate made any charge j ^ ^nt to Tr^fT. The caucus favored
of graft against another member. J tht- percentage to 10 and 15 per
Many expressed the opinion that there ln ^ government of cities to com-
should be a public Investigation. De e- | ^ an amendment to the Oregon
gate Plttman moved that a committee of > ronftt|tut)on Only a few members op-
three be appointed by pre5|.lent Murray (he mwurt Delegates Johnston
to conduct the Investigation. Prrm'^t | an,, Murray made strong speeches urg-
Murray opposed this, saylr.g that If ne i ^ |tf Jujopti0Tli declaring that the party
appointed the committee his opponents | Flatform3 demand such action.
would charge that he mmel men who ^ cauou> wal c&Iled upon request of
would white wash the Investigation. , ^ farmers' caucus, composed of forty
Then Kornegay of Vinita offered a mo- who demanded that the con-
tlon that an Jnvestl*ation committee of take immedlate action on tha
seven delegates, bc sciected by the con- §ubJect
mlttee recently set aiarm w Baker's action, but Insisted that any one . 7 the or(lpr as
m.rl~ U. L" w„„W ,hTO«h tt.rnlted «. Wl.b. "
•"""w"" «. points «">•
^- r,. t r-l©
^I^Tlinn WT s.
provide by ordlnsnce for the election ma-
"3e,".r.r«
Frldsy's Session.
OTTTHRIR: The fighting on the print-
ing contract in the convention, which
has burst forth spasmodically from time
but has always been amothered
which he Informed the convention that
the atork haa left a new boy In his home.
thst h la a hard-working man, and he OTrow,
asked the delegates to Vote a name for sldsred. The oentlmSM
the boy. and also to subscribe a purse allowing the Oklahoma laws to go
for the boy. which the father intended
to put In the bank, together with the
donors' names, to be drawn out by the
boy when be reaches his twenty-first
birthday anniversary After the .petition
was read Resident Murray refrrfed It to
the committee on county boundaries. 1n-
ferlng possibly that the committee's
n-e-r.'-ership l more able financially ti
donate a puree for the Davis son than
the other convention committees.
A petition -was read from the h'gh
school auperlntendenta' committee of the
Oklahoma Slate Teachers' assoclatlen -
nt ui>lxed during the holidays at Bhaw-
nee—aaklng the convention to pro-
vide a substantial high school system for
the new stale, and stating that In thla
one particular the preaent educational
propositions or exact.y me Iu"aaccesstol. It would disorganise the
ttzxz ssrtsrjfi w.? s
folding snd trimming came In for ape
. ... . army circles.
m v «, ™
II,. loMIM tor 10 <M> « d "•« I > !• •' "" "" " .
has burst rortn spw"." .— . —tn the charge of uniform. Public optnlon and law ought
to time, but has always been smothered ^wmMjtao to drive from the army. «OWdral- who
bv the convention leaders, finally cam —uirh were to be furnished to connive at such conduct. He pointed
to a head Friday morning In open ac- ,tton r '' f^rvi^w Commer- out that the negro question had already
cusetlons on the floor of the convenUon |the by ^ t|w cMt the country In lives and deWared
by Delegate Baker of Wewoka that the wh|ch NIblark ^ a(tT^| -thai It will still continue a grave problem
contract which the^^commltt
ZZ With To^Te'r to ti. delegation free of j Whether It would «
\Trunn r------
the Guthrie Trader company was one
of the biggest grafts ever perpetrated,
and that an attempt was being made to.
railroad It through without givingr the
delegates a chance to know how big a
steal was taking place
another war he did not feel competent to
chance. '
When the matter came to a vote Haves' precast. _ ^ ^ m not
Murray named Baker and Hayea as a eratlon of the pre^-nt case.
ventlon. two of which should be repub-
licans. and be elected by the republican
minority. The general sentiment seemed
to favor this motion, but action was de-
ferred.
Delegate Hayes of Chickasha and
county boundary committee expressed the
belief that an investigation wculd be un-
wise until some definite charge was pre-
sented to the convention.
By a resolution Introduced Friday
morning by Delegate Haskell of Musko-
gee. and adopted by the convention
without opposition, the committee on
rules has been constituted as a speci.il
trlbun it to Investigate the charges whi h
ha\e been made from various source,
regarding bribery in connection wl 'i
touM) boundaries and other matters. It
Is to summon before It all persons who
ore supposed to have any knowledge of
these charges, and make a full report
ot i«s Investigations to the convention.
The fact that the committee will hav
no vay to enforce the attendance - f
w'metres will, of course, not Interim
with the performance of the duties In-
tended for It by the convention. If ti e
witnesses do not appear, the committee
can report back to the convention that
no testimony was given before It tend-
ing to substantiate the charges, and
there was therefore no foundation for
them.
The town of McAlester adopted as Its
f?cw Tear resolution that It have the
name of Its postoffice changed.
WANT EAST AND WEST LINE
C. A. Murphy of Edmond Shot to Death
Whlls Milking s row
EDMOND: The body of C. A. Murphy
of this place waa found In a cow abed
here Thursday morning, where he had
been murdered presumably the evening
before while milking a cow. The fatal
shot. It la thought, waa fired from a rifle,
the ball entering Murphy's Jaw and cotn-
jng out at the fop of his head.
Suspicion points strongly towards a
idjieen «[vear-old boy who has been em-
ployed by Murphy, but who has dlsap-
'peared. The boy came to F>lmond from
Chickasha. Simultaneously with his go-
ing was noted the disappearance of a
team of horses and some 1«ed clothing
that belonged to his employer.
Jam«*a We«t. th^ neighbor who discov-
ered Murphy's 1.0^. atated that the man
had doubtless lain In the cow shed all
night, the body being bruised and cov-
ered with mud as though the cow had
trampled It during the night.
# "
Contl Brothers, the Italian hankers of
New Yo-k City, the head of the padrone
system In the Untied States, have aatd -
llshed a branch bank In South McAlester.
John B Tua. the Ita'lan merchant. Is
at the head of the business.
Mt'SKOOF.K: Engaged In getting ex-
a.'. Informntlon regarding the flow of
SUIT TO ENJOIN HITCHCOCK.
Cherokees Would Prevent Al'otrrents to
"Later Born" Pappooses.
WASHINGTON: Suit waa Instituted
In the district court here by David
Muskrat. Henry Dick and Levi B. Grits,
representing the fullblood Cherokee In-
dians. to enjoin the secretary of the In-
terior from allotting Cherokee lands to
Indian children born since July 1. 1902.
Under a treaty entered Into between
the government and the Cherokees ln
1901 the allotment rolls were to be closed
on July 1. 190*. and the land allotted on
the population of that date. It was pro-
vided that no child borik after that dato
should participate In the distribution of
tribal property. In 1305 congress, with-
out consulting the Cherokees, passed a
law giving all children born before March.
4. 1906. the right to share in tribal prop-
erty. Between July 1, 190!, and March.
4. 190«. there were mors than 6.000 Cher-
okee babies born. The plaintiffs In tha
case want these barred. They claim
that the subsequent legislation passed by
congress Interfered with their vested
rights as acquired under the agreement
of 1901. The court granted a temporary-
writ and set the case for hearing on
January 25.
The valuable residence of J. E. Camp-
bell of Nowata was burned Saturday. It
was built thirty years ago, was one of
the oldest In the Cherokee nation and
valued at 111,000.
LEGIBLAI ivrs rw~ - ■—
~~~" i . President Roosevelt Decides Upon Strict Dr. John Threadglll Succeeds ths Late
Delegation H aded by Chief Portsr Leave • - • WHklns
foe Washington. WASHINGTON: Preslrent Roosevelt | OKLAHOMA CITY:. Dr. John Thread-
MUSKOGEE a delegation of Creek j enforcement of the ?! of this city has received the appoint-
Indians headed by Chief Porter, and has decided a strict enfo cement^ °f he ^ commanding the
representing the Creek national council, regulations governing pub jniitahoma department U. C. V.. to fill
representing tne will |retary Hitchcock of the Interior depart- j ^ va(Wy caullM by ths death of
has left for \N as gt . mfnt |Mued orders to the special agents | Major Genenli g. j. Wilklns or Norman,
represent ths nation In all g |n Und offices making It mandatory upon 11)r Threadglll was a member of the
fairs that come up at this session | thMn aftcr Aprl) j t0 collect all data re- ljppw houM of the laat territorial legla-
congress. It la the authorised lobby « |Ut|Ilg to th. unlawful fencing of P* bHc ■ Utur(,
the Creeks Captain O. W. Brayson of and place gueh information before | ,{<1 ^^nced his staff officers as
Eufaula and Sam Haynea of Okmulgee !a united States district attorney for pros- iff „0T „.
' ln th, delegation. eeutlon. Not only are the agenta to in- wmiam Cross. Oklahoma ntv, adju-
Thi. delesntlon will urge first, that j vetslgate charges that may be filed, but tant g«,nerti and chief of staff; J. f.
.hire be a 'lnal settlement of all Creek they are directed to take ths initiative Asher, assistant adjutant gen-
HM1 affairs before the dlaaolutlon of'where they have reasonabl causa to be- >ral; j n. lAme. Oklahoma City, chief
tribal affairs beiore that abuses exist quartermaster; J.A.Miller. Chandler.
The unlawful fencing must come down ju^ge a<1vocate: Sam porter. Mangum,
also. Special agents, receivers and rec- rh|Pf eomlsaary; A. 8. Reeves. lawton.
Isters are directed to enforce after April |n8pector general; James O'Hara, Okla-
1 the lnw providing for the summary de- ,homa city, paymaater; Dr. McKay Dou-
thelr government Thla Includes the sale lleve that abuses exist,
of ths national property, auch as school
buildings, capltol building and ground!
and all other property. They alao want
the allotments completed and the aurplua
llie Hi I' mm ii«—r
land divided among the Individuals. They
1 the law providing for the summary ue- homa city, paymaater; l r. aacivay
atractlon of encloaures and obstructions 1gan_ Perry, chief surgeon: George D. Mc-
Thls action of the president meant i*an. Oklahoma City, asslatant surgeon;
that the small rancher la to be given W. H. Primrose, Perry, chief engineer;
a chance at the pasture lands of the w. D. Matthews. Weatherford, chaplain;
out or existence. ..... west which have been gobbled up by In- R J. Olddlngs. Oklahoma Clty^hlstorlan;
favor of removing the restrictions from , nuenoee which are said to lead directly aide de camps. George C. ^ Wtehurs
, to a certain degree, but not to congress. Heretofore It has required Sayre, Howard Elder. Oklahoma City,
from the fullbloods. The Creek council „utv days' notice to occupants nd the Claude Miller. Altus W L. A'^an ".
made an appropriation for thla lobby'a ] flllng 0f technical complaints before oklahoma City. J- ^ .
made an Pr ^ couUJ b# removed. Norman; brigadier general. First brigade
It Is the determination of the admin- oklahoma City. 0. W. It. Chlnn; Second
latratlon to rid the country from the brigade. Shawnee. T. J. Hogg; Third bcl-
grasp of the land grafter.
That Number Hsvs Locstsd In Indlsn
IheTommlttee appointed by the! Territory the Past Year.
Commercial club Is hard st work, but | SOTTH M'ALESTER: Several of the
•omb time must elapse before a
ft< * iniprwiBviun -
wrter at the site of the dam on Orand
river
iiiiisiv- MIS '*r ' s
expenses at Washington.
5,000 ITALIAN®.
LAWTON Major Charles W. Haylor,
In charge of the Thirteenth cavalry, sta-
Cotnme'rCnl club I. hard at work, but I SOUTH M'ALESTER: ^ | tloned at Fort Sill, received official no- ^ -™rtm'ent""of the Interior, the
mink time must elapse before a con- [n[nn that haVe gone through this city ^ from General McOaskey. col"'"a^* DnwM commission will begin the de-
tract with the promoters of the company on way for the past few dava lnf th0 department of Texas, that t th)r,y th0U8and deeds to In-
wlll be closed J. J McPhersrti, repre- ^ 0V„,0(l(1ed with Italian and gtncral court martial which la W try „ ^ Ch,(,kaJ1RW and choctaw na-
asntlng tha oataMe «n,*rests Intsrsttad In j_rj| - - 1 -
III ipntur, " ■" '• - "•
r.ide, Hobart, M. D. Davis.
To Deliver 3,000 Deeds.
MUSKOGEE: Acting on Instructions
ritory and northeastern Oklahoma for an
east and west line. Joplln. and points
west desire a line Into the rapld'.y grow-
ing lead and sine country of the Qua-
paw*. Although the devolpemnt of the
oil Industry In the Indian Territory has
been masmitudlnal, It has not brought
about additional railroads. The officers
of the St. Iiouis. Oklahoma ft Pacific rail-
road company are: F. M Overlees. Bar-
tlesville. president; H.'J. Helm. Birtles-
ville secretary; Conrad Stretcher, Mill
Pond, treasurer; 8. M. Porter. Caney.
Kansas, general counsel. Other members
of the company are George J. Curl and
J. M. Overlees. all of Bartlesville. The
Incorporators have paid In 17.000, which
will be expended In making surveys. An
eastern financial Institution haa agreed
to take the bonds of the compnny If their
engineers report favorably on ihe project.
The road Is proposed to run from Joplln.
-Mo., via Miami. I. T.. and Bartlesville to
s point in western Oklahoma A civil
englneor will drive over the route this
week.. Senatijr Porter, who Is connected
wlt£ the new company, haa abandoned as
|J ctlcabla the line proposed to run
In a sodthweeternly direction through
Oklahoma from Caney. Kan sua,
will be closed J. J Pi-mer*™. |hav, bw>n overloaded With Italian an.. gcneral court mama. -
111 tnouirni py imi pw i -
Who are working on the mailer In hsvs been distributed smung ths coal
iSrofi; that ths cost | mines of ths district and others bars
will reach ona million dollars,
gone to tba fruit bait
ion rworuwij -•
was delayed by the assault on Captain
Macklln at Fort Reno on tha night of
Dscember ti, by an unkni^n man. ai -
poaed to be one of tha negroaa ot tha
discharged coopanlaa.
dlans In the Chickasaw and Choctaw na-
tions. which have been recorded by ths
commission.
These deeds are sent to th eowners by
registered mall, the register cfrd being
relumed to th commission, Ihreb- -4"-
The postoffice and store at I/>uls were
rolled by burglars who forced open the
door of the building and broke open the
till. About !* In money and stamps were
secured, besides olhar Valuable artlclea
registerea man, u.« rrni «>r <^iu u™n i (n the atore. The proprlelor of the store
returned to th commission, threby glv- nn,\ postmaster Is A. M. Clark, touls Is
Ing them an additional receipt. In this located about twelve miles northwest of
manner the Indians ar« put to lass trou- Eldorado Ths authorities hava no clue
bis ' f ' 10 ths robbers.
TO THE PHILIPPINES.
All Nsaro Troops Ordered Sent Out of
the Country.
WASHINGTON: The action of tha
aecretary of war In ordering all the
negro troops In the regular army to tho
Philippines caused much comment among
political leaders and army men.
By several It waa regarded as a pun-
ishment visited on negro troops In gen-
eral on account of the Brownsville af-
fair. By others It waa taken as a sign
that the administration wanted to send
the negro troops so far away that thera
would be no more agitation over their
alleged conduct What gave weight to
these -observations was ths fact that ths
war department has not made a practice
of sending negro troopa to tip Philip-
pines In recent years.
When tho trouble first started In the
Islands all the negro Iroopa were sent
ovtr there. At that time no suitable
quarters could bo found for them and
they were quartered In churches and
public buildings In the city of Manila.
They were thrown In such close contsct
with the natives that It was Impossible
for the officers to maintain discipline.
On account of thla demoralised condi-
tion the department ordered them all
back and decided not to send any more
negro troops to the Islands. That whs
five yeara ago. Eighteen months ago tha
order waa modified and the Twenty-1
fourth Infantry was sent there, where It
still remains.* Now the Twenty-fifth In-
fantry and the Ninth and Tenth cavalry
are to go. This takes In all the ne*n>
troops.
P< rctary of War Taft Issued a state-
ment to ths effect that the Brownsville
affair had no connection whatever with
the order to send negroes out of the
country. All of the white regiments had
had two years' service In the Philip-
pines and were entitled to come homa
Ths amy now has good quarters
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