Miami Record-Herald
MIAMI IND TER
NEW STATE NEWS
Robbers blew open the safe In the
etoro of the Hess Grocery company
in Tulsa but were frightened away
by officers before they secured any
money
One night last week twq of the
business houses at Enid were entered
by burglars The polico arrested
threo wen supposed to be implicated
in the robberies
The report of Herbert II Smock
bank commissioner for Oklahoma
showi 292 state banks in the territory
- -an increase of forty-two since Sep-
tember The total capital stock is
given at $3018700
Two small children of Howard
House living near Caney were pois-
oned by eating toadstools for mush-
rooms Tor a time they were in a
critical condition but arc now out of
danger
The retail merchants of Sulphur
have perfected an organization un-
der the Retail Merchants Association
of Oklahoma Nealy all the business
men of tho town 'are enrolled as mem
bers
The Western Union Telegraph
company have given Atlus nn up-town
office Heretofore all telegraph busi-
ness has been conducted at the depot
which is three-quarters of a mile
away from the business part of tho
town
The County commissioners of Com-
anche county have granted a saloon
license to H N Ford to conduct an
intoxicating beverage dispensary at
Frederick This place has for some
time been one of the “dry” towns of
Oklahoma
The Republican Editorial Associa-
tion of the Third congressional dis-
trict has adopted resolutions against
uegro domination The resolutions
oppose the nomination of a negro on
a ticket for elective office declare in
favor of separate schools and for
‘Jim Crow" cars and waiting rooms
The Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Fholographers’ association in session
at Shawnee selected Oklahoma City
as the meeting place for next year
Ccntralia has no railroad but held
an old fashioned country fair recently
of which everybody in town is proud
i
J K Hill a farmer living near Ca-
toosa was nominated by the Demo-
crats of the Sixty-third constitutional
convention district at Collinsville on
Monday
The city council at Cushion has
adopted the Initiative and referen-
duin Tho mayor ef Lawton vetoed the
ordinance for a second telephone com-
pany A Choctaw nation farmer says tur-
key i are very successful as destroy-
ers ef the boll weevil
M E Watson secured tho unani-
mous nomination of tho republicans
of the 40th district at tholr convon
tlon at Anadarho
The enrollment this year at the ag-
ricultural and mechanical collego Is
about 450 an Increase of fifty per
cent over last year's attendance
A farmer near Weatherford has nn
orchard which raised a second crop
of peaches this year And tho sec-
ond crop was mot the scrawny var-
iety at that
During the past quarter twenty
babies were added to the Osage rolls
making 2071 members of the tribe
showing an Increase of 200 in tho past
two years
AvrnneCmeafs are being made for
a new town ta the Glenn oil fields
five miles fmn Mounds
A new $1500 Presbyterian church
is planned ter Edmond
The Orient ta erecting a new depot
at Clinton
Arrangements have been made to
drill for oil and gas at Apache
B T Thom peon and associates have
been erected a fraoch'ae to fu-mtRh
Batumi mg at EMd the mavmnnt
price beta Ttwitmd to BO cental per
thousand wftlc feet
W J BRYAN
IN NEW STATE
SEVENTEEN STOPS MADE BY
DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE
TWO TERRITORIES
ENTIRE STATE HEARS HIS VOICE
Rousing Receptions Tendered Him at
Every Stop and at Oklahoma City
15000 People Greeted Him
at 8:20 O’clock p m
William J Bryau completed his
three day’s tour of the two territories
at Blackwell Friday night after a
most strenuous day At every stop
be was accorded a rousing reception
and the ovation which he received at
Oklahoma City rivalled that of Madi-
son Square Garden New York It
Is estimated that fully fifteen thous-
and People heard him at Oklahoma
City Special - trains were run from
nearby points to every town where
the Bryan special stepped and an op-
portunity was offered to all sections
of the new state to greet and hear
the champion of democracy
Tho great commoner was met in
Arkansas by a delegation of promi-
nent Oklahoma democrats who es-
corted him on his tour of the new
state The party entered Indian Ter-
ritory Wednesday evening stopping
W J BRYAN
first at Wilburton and then going
thence to South McAlester where the
first big meeting of the trip was held
It was midnight when the party reach-
ed Muskogee hut several thousand
people patiently awaited Its arrival
and Mr Bryan addressed the crowd
in the wee Binall hours of the morn-
ing Thursday the day's work began at
Vinita where at 8 o’clock in the morn-
ing Mr Bryan spoke to three thousand
people and during the day Chelsea
Claremore Tulsa Pawnee Perry
Qnthrte Oklahoma City and El Reno
were visited
Clinton Geary Alva Enid and
Blackwell were visited Friday nn
overland drive being required to
reach Alva
Mr Bryan paid a great tribute to
tho now state of Oklahoma saying
he liked it better each time he visit-
ed It and among other things re-
marked: “I am here as a citizen of this re-
public to welcome you to the sister-
hood of states and to the full enjoy-
ment of tho rights of citizenship
But lot yonr rejoIdngbe tempered
with a sense of the responsibility
that citizenship Imposes When you
were denied a voice in the manage-
ment of your own affairs you might
have been justified In Indifference to
public questions of other states in
shaping the destinies of the greatest
nation under the snn”
Ilia trip was conducted under the
auspices of the democratic state cam-
paign committee and of course h!a
speeches were a discussion of the liv-
ing issues from a democratic stand-
point Notwithstanding the fact that since
his arrival in the United States near-
ly a month ago Mr Bryan has been
in one continual round of speech-
making bis voice is as fresh and as
powerful as it ever was and he shows
ot the least symptom of fatlgne
Apparently he is a man of steel
He Is never worried he is always
master of both hlqaself and moment
and he has talked as much on the
the same sort of subjects as any
man in the world without tiring his
audiences ot exhausting topics
The secret of his ability to do
these seemingly lncomnrehenslble
Incredible things la that he is syste-
matic as a clock and takes the utmost
care of himself He possesses the
Napoleonlo hab’t of perfect command
of the function of sleep and rest and
can snatch a nap and awake in ten
minutes as fresh as if he had slept
ten hours
BIG INSURANCE 8UIT
One of the Largest Has Been Filed In
Territory
SOUTH M’ALESTER: One of the
largest insurance suits in the history
of the southwest was filed in this
city or rather the case is divisible in-
to two suits
E C M Million and Philip W
Samuel the executors of the estate of
Joshua Burdette deceased have
brought action against the Penn Mutal
Life Insurance company to compel
the payment of a policy of $100000
to Mrs Burdette the widow of the
dead banker who lived at Eufaula
The executors also have filed suit
against the Provident Insurance com-
pany of New York City for a policy
of $3500$ which it is alleged that
the company has refused to pay
The defense of the companies i3
that Burdette may have died by his
own hand His death is wrapped In
mystery so far as the manner of it is
concerned He was shot by unknown
parties — so it appears — in his yard at
his home near Eufaula on tho night
of the third of April In spite ot the
utmost ’ viltgance there has never
been the faintest clue to the discovery
of the murderer A hired man who
was on the place tho night of the
murder testified that he heard some-
one walking in the yard shortly be-
fore the shot was fired that ended Bur-
dette's life
That Burdette expected assassina-
tion and had been expcctelng it for
years is proved by the fact that he
frequently mentioned his foars to his
friends It is also a peculiar fact
that Burdette was one of three weal-
thy men in the Indian Territory to die
by the hand ot the hidden assassin
within the current year the last one
being Cicero Davis of Purcell
The republicans of the 55th dis-
trict have organized by electing W
W Graves of Walter chairman and
E Etzold of the Temple Tribune
secretary The nominating conven-
tion will be held at Temple Oct 12
ROCK ISLAND
MUST BUILD BRIDGt
JUDGE IRWIN SEVERELY CEN-
SURES RAILROAD COMPANY
Construction of New Cimarron Bridge
Must Begin at Once and Day and
Night Guards Must Be Kept
KINGFISHER: Judge C F Irwin
of the district cnirt in an injunction
proceeding here Saturday sustained
the proceedings brought against the
Rock Island railroad by County At-
torney Bowman to compel the com-
pany to build a substantial bridge
across the Clmarrcn river
The company has placed a flimsy
trestle across the river to replace that
destroyed by the recent flood which
caused the wreck at that point on
September 18 An injunction proceed-
ing was brought to compel the com-
pany to run no more trains across the
bridge The action was temporarily
suspended by the court pending the
hearing Saturday
Judge Irwin in sustaining the in-
junction severely censured the Rock
Island for its poor facilities on this
division and stated that it was a mat-
ter of common knowledge that the
company is very careless In regard to
the safety of the traveling public He
ordered that the company keep a
watchman at each end of the Cimar-
ron bridge where the wreck occurred
both day and night until further or-
ders are made by the court
Judge Irwin also ordered the Rock
Island to begin at once the construc-
tion of a safe and substantial bridge
at the scene of the recent wreck and
gave until November 5 to report prog-
ress on th permanent structure
WOULD CHANGE BANK LAWS
Commissioner 8meck Recommends
Improvements
GUTHRIE: Herbert H Smock ter-
rltorlal bank commissioner of Okla-
homa in connection with his bien-
nial report to the governor made rec-
ommendations regarding legislation
for the control of state banks In the
new state of Oklahoma
Mr Smock wants all banks with
less capital stock than $10000 re-
quired to raise the capital to that fig-
ure or retire would have directors
own at least $1000 ot the capital
stock recommends that the present
law requiring stockholders not to con-
tract Indebtedness with their bank in
-excess of 50 per cent of the capital
stock be revised so that no part of
the funds of any state bank shall he
loaned to the officers or directors
thereof and prescribing a penalty for
violation
He recommends that a law be en-
acted permitting a bank to advance
funds to assist in marketing agricul-
tural and manufactured products In
any amount not exceeding the paid
up capital of the bank to any one deal-
er the loans to be limited to 80 per
cent of actual cash value of tho products
NEW RULING
IS IMPORTANT
RICHARD M LESTER OF ARD-
MORE RECEIVE8 AN OPINION
' FROM INDIAN INSPECTOR
ABOUT DECEASED INDIAN LAND
United 8tates Indian Inspector In the
Cate Where Baker Tecumeeh Died
'and Heirs 8old Lands Hold
That Sale Was Void
- ARDMORE: Richard M Lester an
attorney of this city has just received
a ruling from the United States In-
dian inspector regarding the sale ot
a deceased Indian's allotment in the
Chickasaw nation which is of vital
importance to all parties who have
purchased lands of this nature
It appears that on July 10 1903
Baker Tecumseh a Choctaw full
blood died intestate and on Decem-
ber 3 1903 his heirs sold his allot-
ment to a white man for a cash con-
sideration After such alleged sale
was made the land covered by such
deed was contested and the contest
decided against the administrator of
thd estate of said Tecumseh The ad-
ministrator then filed upon new land
in the name of said deceased person
and the heirs desired to reimburse the
purchaser of the land first filed on
by making a deed to him conveying
the land last filed upon
The question involved was that the
heirs being full bloods and having
been paid in full for the allotment of
said deceased person prior to the act
of April 26 1906 if their deed made
now to reimburse the purchaser would
have to be approved by the secretary
of the interior in conformity with sec-
tion 22 of said act of congress ap-
proved April 26 1906 which provides
‘That the adult heirs of any deceased
Indian of cither of the five civilized
tribes whose selection has been made
or to whom a deed or patent has been
I issued for his or her share of the land
of the tribe to which he or she be-
longs or belonged may sell and con-
vey the lands inherited from such dec-
edent All conveyances made under
this provision by heirs who are full
blood Indians are to be subject to the
approval of the secretary of the Inte-
rior under such rules and regulations
as he may prescribe
The Indian Inspector rules that the
sale originally made by the heirs was
I void Such lands could not be con-
veyed by the allottee or his heirs until
J the allotment became final It ap-
j peared that it was subsequently de-
termined that the land belonged to
some one else and therefore Baker Te-
cumseh or his heirs had no right to
the same which they could convey
If the heirs now desire to sell the
land finally allotted they must pro-
ceed under the regulations of the de-
partment of the Interior governing
the sale in Inherited lands
Republicans Name Delegate
ENID: At Hunter the republicans
nominated Grant Smoot ot Noble
county as candidate for delegate to
the constitutional convention from the
twelfth district J E McCarty Mr
Beeson and H M Spalding all of
Garfield county were candidates
They passed resolution favoring con-
stitutional provisions prohibiting the
sale or manufacture of intoxicating
beverages In the new state
The democrats of the eleventh dis-
trict also held their convention in
this city and upon the sixth ballot
nominated C H Pittman of Enid
The convention adopted a submission
plank in their resolutions on the pro-
hibition question
Senator Tillman will speak at Mus-
kogee October 19
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
Hurricane On Gulf Coast Leaves Des-
olation in Four States
NEW ORLEANS: With the partial
restoration of communication with
the Btorm-etrlcken sections of Louis-
iana Florida Alabama and Mississip-
pi it Is possible to form an Idea of the
enormous damage done by the hurri-
cane The damage is widespread and
will amount to millions while ship-
ping on the coast suffered to some ex-
tent The greatest damage seems to
have been In the central portion of
Mississippi where vast timber forests
were laid low entailing great losses
upon the owners Lain Miss tells
of a forty-acre tract of timber on
which only six trees are still stand-
ing The storm that did this damage was
a northeast hurricane that swept over
the state of Mississippi and prostrated
nearly everything in Its path Nearly
every town Bouth of Jackson suffered
more or less and the number of small
houses demolished or partially
wrecked will reach several hundred
The crops Buffered greatly especially
cotton which was standing In the
field All this was laid low and ruined
Com wss also seriously injured
DID NOT 8UCCEED
Terrorists' Plot to Kill Emperor Falls
' In Inciplency
ST PETERSBURG: A well laM
plot against the life of the emperor
and one with all the chances of suc-
cess on its side was uncovered with
the arrest of two armed terrorists a
man and a woman in the quarters of
one ot the servants of the Alexandria
palace Peterbof his majesty’s closely-
guarded residence on Cronstadt bay
The servant's son and another lackey
named Klemm Klepinkoff who were
concerned in smuggling the terrorists
through the guards were arrested also
Emperor Nicholas has been expect
ed to return to Peterhof this week and
it Is presumed that the terrorists in-
tended to shoot him while he was
promenading or playing with his chil-
dren in the palace grounds
Part of the great park at Peterhof
is protected on one side by the waters
of the hay and on the other sides
it Is enclosed by a high wall sur-
mounted with iron spikes This wall'
is constantly patrolled by trusted Cos-
sacks Inside the palace grounds the
only buildings are the unpretentious
palace and two or three smaller
houses for the servants
The ramifications of the con-
spiracy in which arrests have been
reported almost daily Bince September
15 when a lackey and several others
were arrested are extensive and may
possibly have included two or more
subdivisions one directed at the em-
peror and the other against Grand
Duke Nicholas The arrests of these
lackeys explain the manner in which
threatening letters were introduced"
into the apartments of the emperor
FORT SILL MAN TO CUBA
DR ALLEN JOINS THE HOSPITAL
CORPS— THIRTEENTH CAV-
ALRY IN READINESS
LAWTON: Dr J H Allen com-
manding the hospital corps at Fort
Sill received orders Sunday to go
immediately to Newport News to join
the army hospital corps which sails
for Cuba He left Fort Sill Monday
For services rendered in San Fran-
cisco after the earthquake and fire
Dr Allen was promoted to the rank
of captain He is considered one of
the army's best men In the hospital
department and his promotion in four
years has been rapid
Major Taylor commanding the Thir-
teenth cavalry at Fort Sill has re-
ceived orders to hold troops in readi-
ness for immediate transportation to
Cuba in case of call Practice march-
es have been abandoned and troops
are ready to go at any time
The inimitable Rev Sam P Jones
Is stirring up the people of Oklaho-
ma City in a big ten days' revival
meeting
Woodward Is rafstng a $15000 bonus
for an east and west line of railroad
ONE KILLED EIGHTEEN HURT '
Fatal Traction Car Crash at Muskogee
Thie Week
MUSKOGEE: One man Is dead
and eighteen people are seriously
hurt three of whom probably win
die as a result of a street car on the
MuBkogee Traction company's line
Jumping the track and overturning
near Sanders four miles out of Mus-
kogee The dead:
UNIDENTIFIED MAN
Seriously injured
Mose Nero an Indian Muskogee
badly mashed
E Cornett Muskogee leg broken
injured Internally
F R Ross Muskogee hips mash-
ed Slightly injured:
Alice WrighL O B McKellop Rj
Thomas L EL Flowers J T Pryot
Nell'e May I Porter C Wotts 8 S
Collins and wife Mrs James Kelley
James Robnett Mrs Tom Rose aJI
of Muskogee W Periotte G W Wood
and J 0 Wood of Tahlequab