The Chelsea Commercial (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, January 11, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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IThe Chelsea Ccr.ixncrci&i
Pools « Shield*, 1'K< TS.
CHELSEA,
IND, TEK
N EW STATE NEWS
Nvtng «t A irx icrt has bets postponed
I mail spring.
OK A. N* \\ i cy, nprom'nent phytf*
| dan of Shawnee d« I recently.
Oklahoma fitv entart lined the Stat>
I association of nurserymen Tuesday.
Tte city dirt
I fcogee Dhows 55.•>' <).
Dpulation of Muii'
Five thousand quarts of nltro-glycer-
| Ine were stored in a magaxln« at I owev,
r3S miles west of Tulsa, exploded ro
I centlv. Tt>S I0W1 DtVt| was shak-
en as if by an earthquake, windows be-
ing broken and other ti.mw.done. The
| shock vm Iward In Bartlesville many
miles south. No one was killed.
Oovernor Frant* announces the i
' rolntement of Senator E. J. Murphy of
Arapaho, as recent of the A. anl
college at Stillwater. Senator Murphy
succeeds Hon. T. J. Hart man, who has
I resigned and moved to Sulphur, where he
entered the bunking business.
J. E. T>y. -lie. who become territorial
I Superintendent of schools Tuesday and
thereby ex-offl<i. memb«-r < f the board
I of regrents for normal schools, vii ||nl«
I • 1
I Friday.
February f Is the date that
I f i< k Jones of 1 wtoi •
I bond election. On that date th® quail-
I fled voters of the c ty will vote for or
Ingalnst an Issue of $300,000 for municipal
I Improvements.
K. T. Mo
nsor. a prominent coal opera-
|tor and ofMtsllst of ITtpsn. Ill . Is
in possession of eight of Cleveland
■county's best farms, < losing the <^al this
I week. The SOtlsMeraiSon amounts to
|$60,000 and the farms will be rented by
Monsor. Jle thinks Oklahoma has
la great future.
The Murrow Indian Orphan*' ho-ne.
IT
Ito the sits which i i s hess Amis til to it
■by the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations.
Representatives from a number of the
ommerclal clubs In the two territories
net In Oklahoma City and appointed a
pmnittM r.
Is*. | w H
land a. \y. McK
■to prepare • • irters ;i:. i other j • eiimln-
I
I'
|cnpitslized at $1 The purpose of
the company will to ert an okla-
homa exhibit for tl.e Jamestown expo-
sition.
po-tant.
Though not
* understood
'V Y' rk. the
p a favorable
Bond Decision Is
SOUTH M A HESTER
ffl'M •" nnn ■ in- 1. it
|that JlX&gl of
expert, is to annot
Idecfsfen fn the ft
■bond ' jo w! !. MM.^t. r fs t
lfor the new «
■the exter siof, v u "r -it.J ««
|ten* f •
n v ;ll affe, t the
*11 the territory towns, as they
sued ^k-'i.jer the same re: -reasto il en
Bp1tr.er fr Co the bu>> 1 o
|ti e bond* i.'ji.srd to t :e tbevi «- •>.
• ■ ' t •
|been~~!ssued un b r the provlsi i of i
prior act of congress
[COUNTY BOUNDARIES
UNALTERABLY
FIXED
Constitutional Convention Reopens for Business
After Holiday Recess—Time for Reconsidering la
County Boundaries Report Passes Easily by—
Bi!S of Rights Taken up by Sections—Investi-
gation of Graft and Other Things
GUTHRIE: The county boundaries as f vocate a system of county, township and
adopted by the convention are now un- whatever other high schools a commun-
al terahly fixed. The Insurgents sat ity may desire, theh- maintenance to be
quietly In their seats Thursday and al- borne by funds taken from the state
allowed the time for the consideration of treasury. The petition was signed by
the county boundaries matter to pass Superintendents Calvert of Guthrie,
without recognising the fu t that if tlie Cook of Oklahoma City and several
motion for reconsideration was not voted others.
on Thursday under the rules it could not Petitions were offered by Roberts of
be taken up later. Olustee. Carr of Frederick and Latimer
The delegates who oppose division of | of Wilburton from citizens of Brittain,
H.uiks of Hess expressed himself as ' The whole printing question was then
fearing that by restrictii.g the bids as n«utlo a special order fur Saturday rm *n-
it had. the convention might have es- !rr. After some other minor resolutions
tal lisbed a monopoly. He was followed haJ been tabled, the convention wont
by PHtman of Knid, who stated that or- Imo the committee of the whole to take
ganized labor k< often as arbitrary as up the remainder of the bill of rights,
organised cajdial, and referred lo the 1 The section covering grand Jury mat-
prcsmt car congestion, resulting from ter excited considerable debate, and two
the action of the longshoremen's union or three changes were made in that
•it Galveston. Ifo put up a unique plea section. Under its provisions a gr^nd
for the adoption of the contract, declar- i jury is to be called only on petition of
Ing that the enabling act required the the taxpayers, unless the legislature
onventlon to follow In matter of ex- iwakes It mandatory, and the number ne-
nse the precedent established by Ok- < ess.iry to return an Indictment was also
lahoma legislatures, and that if there ' change 1 from twelve to nine, the legls-
was a graft it was the fault of congress lature allowed to extend its powers, re-
and not of the convention. 1 st *cted by the report to criminal m it-
Pltttnan was still speaking at the noon tern, so that it might Investigate con 11-
hour, and was called down by President Hons of jails, poor houses, etc., as at the
Murray, who proponed to adjourn the present time.
convention, but held off long enough to An effort was made by Ellis of Orlan-
MURRAY WAS
APPROACHED
UNKNOWN BCODLER HAD $5,000
TO SPEND ON "ALFALFA BILL'
let Haskell got in his graft investigation
resolution before adournment.
Next in importance to the printing
discussion was the state rights speech
made by I^edbetter In connection with
| do to ta< k on a provision forbidding pun-
ishment for violation of Injunction ex-
cept on conviction by a Jury,
"I saw yesterday that the convention
was afraid to take this matbf up." said
the Swartz r.«>lut!on which declared tho -Mr Rllla- Ho ,hon appealed to the re-
«ent!ment of the convention to l>e In I'Uhllciuis as well nn the democrat* to
fnvor or tha amendment of the United ho,P h,m out ,n 1,16 matter.
Sl'ite, constitution bo as to permit of llftnnty of South McAlester made an
•ha regulation und levying of an Income "tended R| eerh In favor of Ellis' nmend-
ta*. The resolution had been favorably ">ent. reoltlnc the history of the In-
r«| orted by the committee .>n federal 'unction trouble In the I'nlted States,
rrlailons. and came up In Its regular Murray opposed a majority verdict In
Oklahoma counties planned t. allow the I Davis and other i luces for state-wide I °,der on the cal<'n,Jur criminal rases, but wanted a thJ'e*
nmp makers to move a reconsideration of prohibition. As s,>on ,h8 matter was up for dls- w,lcre "°ma ffreat corporation la con-
the county boundaries action as they an- C harles S. Thomas of Penver. former 1,'"K!"on I.edhetter Vas on his feet In vlu- ocrn' '1 *'her* one or rnore of ,e luror*
ifoveruor of Colorado, ivldrejsed nt "rous opposition, lie Insisted that Ok-
len«ih a letter to the constitutional con- lahon'a ous,lt not ,0 congress for rommlttw wlth lhe section,
amendments to the constitution until committee along witn tue secuon*
sent back to it Thursday.
nounced before the convention that they
would do, and that when the matter was
ee open, to force a fight for restoring
the old county lines and recording dis-
tricts.
They did not know that during the
holidays the county boundaries committee
had gone over the report, and reported
that they found no errors in it. and that
is not bought." Finally the entire sec-
tion. with all amendments, was referred
vcption warning it to safeguard th*
rights of individual cltlsenshlp. He
cited the unhappy experiences encount-
ei ed by Colorado In the last several
y< ars. which he asserted were due main-
ly to nr. unlawful intrcpretatlon of the
and the state ccnstltution
Henry Johnston, who announced that he corrupt Judiciary for corrupt purposes.
spend
i and |
r ejj-
would move a reconsideration had aban-
doned his original Intension. Johnston
and the other meinl>ers who said they
would be for reconsideration, decided t
would not be safe to open the question
again, so they talked the time away In
consideration of the bill of rights, allow-
ing the proposition to re insider the
countv boundaries to die a natural death
Three sections of the bill of rights were
adopted after consideration in committee
of the whole. This is the extent of the
work accomp!ished on the first day after
tho holidays. No reports of standing
committee on constitutional provisions
were submitted, the charges of graft
made In open letters to President Murray
and others were net even brought before
the convention, end rot a word waa
spoken on the subect of county bound-
rales. The entire day was taken up In
liseusslnr the sections of the bill of
rights relating to Imprisonment for debt;
the right r f habeas corpus anl section
twenty-seven relating to g* nt!ng of
he^vin^1' In contempt CASSS* The habeas
corpus section was adopted. It provides
that the r!*^ht of habeas corpus shall
ver be suspended In the state.
Section twenty-sev*n. which provides
that "appeals writs of err^r and super-
edeas sh^ll be allowed in contempt
ases and th * no such penalty shall l e
nflleted until an opportunity to be heard
given," brought down a llood of ora-
y and discussions.
Haskell mov«d an amendment that in
contempt case* the court could not Inflict
fmalties until a trial by Jury was given
or the defendant had been convicted or
p'u^eq guilty.
i for provisions In
by former Guv-
Among the suggest 1
tho countiti.tlon c-ff
ernor Thou.i.s are there:
I'lrrt—The i of the doctrino of
con 4*.ri 11 .onal coaumpt of cotirts.
Second — Preventing the giving over
of the m'iltary to one element of society
ng.iinst another.
Third i rovidlng that writ of habeas
cor| us shall never l e suspended.
Fourth—Defining clearly the power of
the courts and preventing their exec-
after it gets into the union. He ex-
pressed himself as having no doubt that
(oklahoma would get In and declared
that he did not betieve that the presi-
dent had any right to deny admission.
"Furthermore, I had doubts as to
whether the constitution ought to be
amended in this respect. If you give
ccngress that power, you take the great-
est Mep In years in encroaching on the
il,:! ts of the states. The state should
have the power to levy an income tax
and I believe that It Is a dangerous tiling
to give the federal government primary
jurisdiction on the Income tax proposi-
tion. I don't want to offer any amend-
ments adding to tho powers of the fed-
eral government."
I„cdbetter referred to It as a thing
else of any powers other than giveu by I ought not to be done by a demo-
the constitution. cratle convention. Swartz then asked If
Fifth—Giving district courts original lIie tax ha 1 not been a part of
jurisdiction, exc- pting in writs of habeas t,l<> 'lemocratlc policy for years. Hayes
corpus, injunction and prohibition, and Chickasha also spoke along the same
making no jurlsdi tlon of district courts !,n° nn * referred to the endorsement
In these niatb s «. n urrent With the su- ,£r'%cn to the Income tax by Bryan during
NEGRO TROOP
QUESTION
UP
LODGE OFFERS AN AMENDMENT
TO FORAKEI'S RESOLUTION
W lt<
of
tted
pretne court.
Sixth—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 toe alleged un-
due authority exercised by the courts and
militia of ColorHflo during the strike and
election troubles there in the past few
years. The letter criticised the Colora-
do courts.
I>u*ing 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 Haskell or-
ganization. which contended for late pri-
maries in order to give the convention
aspirants for office time to get Into the
race. The Oklahoma democratic com-
mittee recently sot March 12 for the pri-
maries to select ststs oCkiii fMi itimk
ftniotd bv BmMJ and tfcs ifwiitpii
all
mix
on and
ed a split in the
A petition
democratic
his Oklahoms trip. On a roll call the
1 resolution was adopted by a vote of 84
to 14. Two republicans. Covey anl
'"loud, voted for It, and five democrats,
H iker, Pea ring. Graham, Kornogay and
tedbetter, voted against it. The reso-
lution favoring the amendment of tho
•-« iistltutlon to permit the election of
I'nlted States senators by popular vote
wai also adopted on a roll call. 94 to <1.
Afp. Cain, Harris, Hopkins. Jenkins, all
r« i ublleans, voted against It. The third
n. l. t on reported at the same time, fa-
v« * ;? ;; the recall of senators by the leg-
islature, was passed without division.
The printing discussion was resumed
st the opening of afternoon session anil
after Pittman bad completed bis speech
which was interrupted by the noon ad-
journment. Weaver of Ada took the floor
for the purpose of ba king up Baker's
allegation of the morning. He said that
some of the delegates had criticised
Baker's action, but Insisted that any one
who would read through the Itemized
statement would seo the justice of his re-
marks. lie pointed to five Items for
present r rlnt«ng purposes. which aggregated
first IK*
will Prof
, and
Itlons
ar which $
ther I12.S4.
picked out twe
of exactly the-
IS.23 was charg
an Item of $4
others for
ime length
d and the
or binding.
foldini
id trimming came In for sp«
ritlc
F rantz Names De'egates
The following list of delcritc
peen appointed bv Governor
FYantz to attend the Trans-Mlsso
farming Congress to be held In
J.anuary ?4 and 1907* J.
(ilson. Beaver: Nlcanor TruJIlll.
uan C. Tsounso Heave
^tr -ns? o-j J ]4
nont: J. I/eepe**. V.\ P. no: Ike
Sterling !' ! A • *
- have ,r
Frank ^(
usl Dry . ,
Fr c*sy'i Sc««'er.
W
W. Sexton.
^Vjlliam 1 \ j
urter. Martha
Lindsay.
iTobart: J A
Ned H"
rimers.
Har-
Knid:
on. Por.d Creek; G. J
T. N. A they. Hlaclcwel
Kingfisher; r. A. Morrl
I douglas. Perrv: Joh
fields. Oklahoma City; O F Hinds, n^r-
Georee L. Bishop Cordell; G. J. T,en-
berr. Alva; C A. N'ewcomb. Tangier.
Delegate McGuIre has Introduced a bill
congress permitting the I e la ware
idians the authority to bring suit
Igalnst the srove -nnient for I1S.OOO 0^0 for
|nal accounting. On account of a form-
compromise, which they claim they
^•ere for 1 to mak«"*. the suit cannot be
|rought mitliout the esMsnt of congress.
READS BIBLE TO ROBBER.
1erchant*8 Aged Wife Urges Holdup
Man to Reform.
TULSA: A masked robber entered
store of K. G. Kemble, an aeed
nerchant. at Second and Greenwood,
I
landed his money.
While Kemble wn passing over the
(currency his wife. vo-irs old. read
verse out of the Bible, "I-ot the
kicked forsake his wa; g and the un-
godly his thoughts." to the thief.
Two little girls came in. "Oh, 1
know you," exclaimed one of them
robber became frightened and
fled.
blrthdai
was rea
ehool
iklaho
GtTTHniE:
ing contract
has burst for
to time, tut
OdiCJI
ys b«
y from '
m smoth<
ime
'red
nventlon jthe
that tho clal
make with
one particulai
system of Ok'
ia is weak. They ad- kell an
. In- by the convention leaders.
tee's to a head Friday morning
y t> cusatlons on the floor of th«
than by Delegate Baker of Wewc
contract which the* commit!
h'gh venUon printing proposed to
' the th" Guthrie Leader compar
Ion— of the biggest grafts ever
law* and that an attempt was be
pro- railroad it through without
i for delegates a chance to know
this steal was taking pla«e.
nal The subject was va ml' debated, Tlas-
others defending the contract.
nrpetrated.
Ung the
w big a
■*av r declared that a gtrl could
fol ling for 10 cents and that the
r Items would not cost more th*n
nts ITe therefore objected to pay-
ro for 30 cents worth of work. Ref-
^e was also made to the charge of
for "extra copies" of the conven-
rules which were to be furnished to
convention by the Fairview Commor-
el ub and n liberal charge for the
Bryan letter which Nlblack had agreed
to furnish to the d< legation free of
charge.
When the matter came to a vote Hayes'
motion to refer the Itemized statement
to the committee on convention expenses
and accounts was carried and President
Murray named Baker and Hayes as a
"scaling down" committee to appear be-
fore that committee.
Foraker Declines to Discuss the Race
Question, Declaring that It has
No place In the Present Case
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
soldiers, will be contested on the clear
cut Issue as to whether tho president
exceeded his constitutional powers.
This was determined when Mr. Isnlge.
recognized as the spokesman for the ad-
ministration In 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 the dis-
charged soldiers. It will place the senate
• n record as recognizing the legality of
the president's actios. Mr. Foraker, who
is leading the forces against the admin-
istration, announced that lie would re
si^t the adoption of the resolution. The
whole question then went over until Mon
jd'.y, nt which time Mr. Ix>dge was to
speak In defense of the president's course
The discussion w«s led by Mr. Cul-
berson (Texris) who defended the presi-
dent's action In dismissing the soldiers
He held that as much of the order as
was aimed to debar the negroes from
similar employment under the federal
government Is Inoperative.
"If the effort being made here." he
said, "to deprive the president of a power
Is successful. It would disorganize the
army nn l place It at the mercy of the
faction which might arise within the
army circles."
Mr. Culberson characterized the shoot-
ing up of the town as "an act of wan-
ton savagery on an Innocent and sleep-
ing people," and exclaimed with deep
scorn: "Talk al l ut the glory of the
uniform. Public opinion and law ought
to drive from the army, scoundrels who
connive at such conduct." He pointed
nut that the negro question had already
cost the country in lives and declared
that It will still continue a grave problem.
Whether It would mean deportation or
another war he did not feel competent to
forecast.
In reply Mr. Foraker said he did not
propose to discuss the race question. He
thought It had no place In the consid-
eration of the present case He said,
however, that If It was to be thrust upon
biin he would tn'.«e It up In due time.
HE REPRESENTED DAVIS
WANTED DAVIS TO BE NAMED A3
A COUNTY SEAT
A GHASTLY TFACEOY
LEGISLATION TOR CR1EK INDIANS.
WILL PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS.
APPOINTED MAJOR GENERAL
C. A MuTl-y of Efmord S' ot to Death Delegation H .iCed by CHef Psrter Leave President Pooievelt Decide. Uoon Strict Dr. John Threadqlll Succeed, the Late
Thp cable* s i>* A:o it-'!k }:a«n't
I cm a foot !n the grave It la ther«'f<ire
1 unnecessary to say that A by cato la 1?
|itill uaj/arM«<--*>'-' ' •• iwera.
Inconsi?le ic>. thn j,a ie jewel o.'
I human nature, hag nev*r been betU
illustrated than by the barbarous con-
trast of bravery vij coward!"i' *M
medical )*>... jal r0,n, 0,,t In pre
I feaalnnal motor-car drivers. T! ey rlafc
tbelr Ihen In perfiOM runs fur BOB
for exoiter.ieni. tor fame, from "
for the sp >rt or m hatever the i:-- ti. •
may b . Yet some of them will v
I have the number 13 on their cfn7
Shrinking fr-.ni the fictitious t"rrtr
of a me-lieval stij "'?t!t'on th«*v (.Inn;:
boldly into dancer* that art* so ob.-l
ous that every spectator of a r:t
hrlJs hla breath. C'uiloui iilrgits
human nature!
for Waahlntjton
Ml'SKOCEE; A delfiMtlon of Creek
Indian*. Iieadrd >>• Chief Torter. and
representing the Cre**k national council,
his left for Wa*lilnaton, where they will
represent the nation In all legislative af-
fairs that come up at this session of
concTe
While WMkinj Cow
EDMOND: The Iwvly of C. A. Murphy
of this ptaco was fojnd In a cow h"<l
hr-rn ThurcJav niorrlnu. niif-re ho haj
been murdered presumably the evening
before while mllklnit a row. The fatal
shot. It la thought, was fired from a rlrte.
the ball erterlrc Murphy's Jaw and com-
ing out at the top of his head.
Suspicion points strongly towards a
Sixteen-year-old l^,v w > I is l.<> n em-
ployed by Murphv. t.ut who baa disap-
peared. The l-oy cam« to Edmond from
Chickasha Slmultaneou-.ly with his go-
ing was noted the dlsapp arance of a
team of hot" and
that beloneod to Ii'-j *■■■ f .
James West, the n>-!ghl >r who discov-
ered Murphv*s bod v. vtate<J th.it t'-e in in
had doubtless Iain In fie -J,, i all fh< altotm<-nls completed anl the surplus
night, the t->dy belne brulsrd anl cov- ;ana divided amorg the Individuals. They
Enforcement of Requlatloni. S. J. Wilkl
WASHINGTON: Prcslrent Roosevelt OKI.AHOMA CITV: Kr. John Thread-
has decided a strict enforcement of the glli of this city has received the appolnt-
regulatlons governing public lands. Sec-
retary Hitchcock of the Interior depart-
ment Issued orders to the special agents
In land offices making It mandatory upon
It Is the authorised lobby of t '""m n(lfr A>'r" 1 < co11^« a" JiUa r'-
# latino to the unlawful fencing of public
the Creek*. Cnptaln G. W. Brayson of 1
land and place *ueh Information before
Eufaula and Sam Haynes of Okmulgee a rnlt(Ml states district attorney for pros-
are aluo In the del
This (telegatio
th«*r* bo * ftn.il
tribal affairs 1 «
urge flr*t. that
mont of all Cre«'k
the dlnnnlution of
clothing their government. Thin Includes the sal*'
of the national property, such as school
) dlsoov- buildings, c^pitol building and grounds
und all oth*
red with mud as though the cow
trampled It during the night.
had
Cortl Tlroth# rs the Italian t ankers of
New York nty. the lea ! of the padrone
system in the United 8tab-f have estab-
lished a branch bank In South McAlester.
John 13 Tua. tlie Italian merchant, is
at the h^ai of the butlness.
'rom the fullbl-
made an appro
expense* at Wa
MT.'SKOGKR:
o« *. information
wf.ter at the sl<
r!ver. the ron"
Commercial clut
Engaged In petting ex-
regardlng the flow of
« of tb*' dam on Urand That
ilt' -e nr^o'n « d by the
> is hard at work, but
ecutlon. Not only are the agmts to In-
vetsigate charges that may ! e filed, but
tliey are directed to take the initiative
where they have re;«sonabl cause to be-
lieve that abun^s exist.
The unlawful fen« ing must come down
also. PpeHal agents, rer-ivers and reg-
property. Th^y also want |«fArs are direct* «1 to enforce aft**r April
1 the law providing for th*' nummary de-
struction of em-losuros and obstructions.
Tills action of the president m^ant
that the (imall rancher is to be given
a chance at the pasture lands of the
west which have been gobbled up by In-
fluences which are said to lead directly
to congress. Heretofore it has required
*lxty day*' not!« > to occupants and the
filing of technical complaints
f# n«*e?« could be removed.
It I* the determination of the admin
u ant netting left f« r the fc'-vernment to
do in "which they have a property in-
terest after the tribal government goe^
out of existence. This delegation is In
favor of removing the restrictions from
Indian lands, to a certain degree, but not
r I at Ion for
^ingion.
this
council
lobby's
5.000 ITALIANS.
ment of major general commanding the
Oklahoma department U. C. V.. to fill
r'le vacancy a used by the death of
Major General R. J. Wllk. « of Norman.
I>r. Threadglll was a member of the
' :'f-'*r house of the last territorial legls*
Uture.
He has announred his staff officers as
fr.lloT s:
William Cross. Oklahoma City, adju-
tant general and chief of staff; J. f.
Phillips. Asher, assistant adjutant gen-
eral J. I>. I.arne. Oklahoma City, chief
euartermaster: j. a. Miller. Chandler.
Ju.lg.' advocate; Sam Porter, Mangum,
chief comlssary; A S. Reeves, lawton!
Inspector general: James O'Hara, Okla-
homa City, paymaster; r>r. McKay r>ou-
t'.an. Perry, chief surgeon; George D. Me-
I.enn. Oklahoma City, assistant surgeon;
\\ . II. I*rlinrose. Perry, chief engineer;
W. r>. Matthews, Weatherford, chaplain;
1". J. Glddlngs, Oklahoma City, historian;
aide de .amps, <>-orgfl C. Whltehurst.
Sayre. Howard Klder, Oklahoma City,
Claude Miller. Altus. W. I.. Alexander,
before oklahoma City, J. N. Armstrong.
Norman; brigadier general, First brigade,
iklaho ma City, G. W. R. Chlnn; Second
Indian
some time murt elapse before a con-
tract with the promoters of the ojmpary
will be closed. J. J Mcpherson, repre-
senting the outsl i*- lnt**i« ats Interested In
the project. Was in the city this week,
lie rtatcd that if the proper showing
of water was mide an a- urate estimate
would be made o: the « *t of financing
the proposition. It I* still thought by
those who are vorkirg on the matter In
the Interest# of the el' y that the cost
will reach one million dollars, and the i
amount of horse power available will be j
ten thousand.
H.-v/e Located
Territory the Patt Year.
BOI'TM AI.KSTKK Several of the
trains that have gone through this city
on the way s^ th fer the pu.-t few dnv*
have t*een overloaded with Italian and
Syrian laborers. Figures collated by the
local railroad authorities show that more
than 5.Italians have come to the In-
dian Territory and North Texas during
the past year. Marty of th« ae families
have been distribute I among the coal
mines of the d*st r\ and others have
gone to the fiult belt.
,lstratlon to rid the country from the brigade. flhawnee/T. J. ilogg; Third"bri-
grasp of the land grafter. Hobart. M D. Davis!
I LAWTON: Major Charles W. Iliylor. — —
in charge of the Thirteenth cavalry, ata- Deliver 3.COO Deeds.
tinned nt Fort Sill. r,. . jV d official no- MT'SKOOBE: Acting on Instructions
tice from lenersl MWi-kev, command- ^fom the department of the Interior, the
ing the department of Texas, that the Thiwes commission will begin the de-
ceneral court riiart'il which Is to try l'verv of thirty thousand deeds to In-
Major <*l arles V.' I'erirose and Captrtin «llnns In the Chickasaw and Choctaw na-
Fldgar It Va< kiln of the Twenty-fifth tlons. which have been recorded by the
infantry will convene at Fort 8am Hons- 1 eornmlaslon.
ton February 4 The date of the trial These deeds are pent to th eownerS by
was delayed by the assault on Captain reentered mail, the register card being
Mn'klln at F« rt Heso en the night of returned to th commission, threby giv-
l e« ember 21. bv nn unknown man. sup- l"g them sn Mltlonal receipt. In this
f.o«e.j to be one of tiie negroes of tlia nianrer the Indians are put to less trou-
|discharged companies ''e than If the deeds were sent by ex-
•oress.
Democratic Caucus of Delegates DI-
, vlded on Course Touching Use of
Money—Will Wait for Defi-
nite Charges to be Placed
Before Convention
GITTI1I1IK: The proposition of inves
tlgating charges made in the newspapers
that boodle has been used In making the
county map of the new state was dis-
cussed In a caucus of Democratic dele-
gates here Thursday afternoon. Ilenrv
Johnston, who called the caucus to order,
declared In favor of an Investigation.
The deliberations were held behind closed
doors.
During the caucus President Murray
stated that a 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 aald the man called him up over
the telephone, stating that he would like
to have a talk with him on county
boundary matters. Murray refused to
grant an Interview. Murray said the
man called him up later, stating that he
would be a candidate for sheriff and
that he would like to talk over politics
with him. Murray stated that he turned
flown this proposition and that this man
it to a business man who was a friend
of Murray's aud stated that Davis had
15.000 which It would use to get several
townships added to that county. and
asked the business man If Murray would
accept It. The business man expressed
the opinion that he would not. The al-
leged Davis man then asked the busl-
s man to put out a feeler. Murray
said that his business friend then told
him all about it. and that he refused to
insider the proposition.
All who spoke In caucus expressed the
belief that no delegate had accepted any
money, ar.d no delegate made any charge
of grnft against another member.
Many expressed the opinion that there
should b# a public investigation. I ele-
gate 1*1 ttman moved that a committee of
thrcM bo appointed by president Murray
to conduct the Investigation. President
Murray opposed this, saying that If he
appointed the committee his opponents
would charge that he named men who
would white wash the Investigation.
Then Kornegajr of Vinita offered a mo-
tion that an investigation committee of
seven delegates, be selected by the con-
vention. two of which should be repub-
licans. and be elected by the republican
minority. The general sentiment seemed
to f ivor this motion, but action was de-
ferred.
Delegate lfayes of Chickasha and
rounty boundary committee expressed the
belief that nn Investigation would be un-
tvlse until some definite charge was pre-
sented to the convention
' Hy a resolution introduced Friday
morning by IMegate Haskell of Musk)-
gee. and adopted by the convention
without opposition, the committee on
rules has been constituted as a special
trlbun m to Investigate the charges whl'h
hate l*en made from various source.-,
recording bribery In connection wit'i
tnui.t} boundaries and other matters. It
Is to summon before It all persons who
twe supposed to have any knowledge of
these charges, and make a full report
V Ms Investigations to the convention.
The fact that the committee will have
no way to enforce the attendance c f
ultncfres will, of course, not Interfere
with the performance of the duties in-
tended for It by the convention If the
witnesses do not appear, th© committee
can report back to the convention that
no testimony vas given before It tend-
ing to substantiate the charges, and
there was therefore no foundation for
them.
The town of McAlester adopted as Its
New Year resolution that It have the
name of Its postofflce changed.
WANT EAST AND WEST LINE
St. Louis. Oklahoma A. Pacific to Run
From Joplln to Oklahoma
n\UTI.KSVII.I.F The organisation of
the St. I/)uh, oklahoma & Pacific Rail-
road company, application for a charter
for which has been made, grows out of
the desire of residents of the towns in
southwest Missouri, n- rthern Indian Ter-
ritory and northeastern Oklahoma for an
east and west line. Joplln. and points
west de ire a line Into tha rapidly grow-
ing lead and zinc country of the Qua-
paw a. Although the devolpemnt of the
oil Industry In the Indian Territory has
been magnltudlnal. It has not brought
about additional railroads. The officers
of tho St. T/)uis. Oklahoma A- Pacific rail-
road company are: F. M Overlees. Har-
tlesvllle, president* II. J. Helm, llartles-
llle. secretary; Conrad Stretcher. Mill
Pond, treasurer; S M Porter. Caney,
Kansas, general counsel. Other merpbers
of the company are George J. Curl and
M. Overlees. all of Bartlesville. The
Incorporators have paid In $7,000. which
will be expended in making surveys. An
eastern financial Institution has agreed
to take the bonds of the company If their
engineers report favorably on the project.
The road Is proposed to run from Joplln.
Mo., via Miami. I T.. and Hartlesvllle to
point In western Oklahoma. A civil
engineer will drive over the route this
week Senator Porter, who la connected
with the new company, haa abandoned as
Impracticable the line proposed to run
a soflthwestemly direction through
Oklahoma from Caney, Kansas.
The po«toffice and store at Louis were
robbed by bu*glars who forced open the
door of the \ ulldlng and*broke open the
till. About In money and stamps were
ired. besides other valuable articles
hm store. The proprietor of the store
and postmaster Is A M. Clark. Ixmla la
located about twelve miles northwest of
Cldora i • 'the authorities have no clue
to the robbe.s.
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