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HASKELL IS WINNER BY Ml
Constitution Carries by a Major-
ity Close to 80,000
DEMOCRATS ELECT STATE TICKET
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OKLAHOMA CITY: Complete re-
turns from 71 counties of the stale,
I as given out at stat" democratic bead-
i quarter*. Indicate that Govern reli ct
Charles N. Mask, li s majority i8 3n,-
571. he having carried ">S counties with
J majorities ranging from 50 to l.soo.
I Frants carried but 13 counties, lias
kell leads the ticket by more than
t.DOO vote*, with Miss Kate llarnard.
nominee for commissioner of chart
tlea and .correction, and William
• j Cross, nominee f r secrtary of atate,
_ | making a close race for second place
McGuire Only Republican to Enter Congres3 from (l"dy democratic
I VI c |3 1 u f i f • i county of th state In ii aupport of
the INew .Mate—Both Mouses or the Legislature Haskell and the democratic ticket.
Strongly Democratic—Prohibition Carries by rip." "i!!n.,|,.!«.°fiioan toTci^e
Large Majority-Returns are Coming in Slowly ",L 'l"",
I kell a majority almost equivalent to
i the entire majorities of Kraut* In the
thirteen counties which he carried.
No doubt now remain* as to the
election of the four < ut of five dem-
ocratic congressmen. 40 out of 44
state senator* and «0 of the 119 atate
repreaentat Ives. Congressman-elect
Ferris defeated his opponent by ap-
proximately 15,000 vote*, farter had
practically no opposition. Davenport
—Many Irregularities Reported
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OFFICERS OF THE NEW STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
Governor—C. N. Haskell. Muskogee.
Lieutenant Qovernor—George Bellamy, El Reno.
Secretary of State—William Cross, Oklahoma City.
Attorney General—Charlea J. West. Enid.
Treasurer—James Menefee, Fort Cobb.
Auditor—M. E. Trapp. Guthrie.
Superintendent of Public Inatruction—R. E. Cameron, Sulphur.
Mine Inapector—Pete Hanraty, McAleater.
Examiner and Inspector—Charles Taylor, Oklahoma City.
Insurance Commissioner—T. J. McComb, Oklahoma City.
Commiaaioner of Charities—Kate Bernard.
Labor Commiaaioner—Charlea L. Daugherty, Oklahoma City.
Clerfc of Supreme Court—H. L. Campbell, Ardmore.
Railroad Commissioners—J- J. McAlester, of McAlester; A. P. Watson,
of Shawnee and J. E. Love, of Woodward.
Members of the Supreme Court—Jesse J. Dunn of Alva, S. W. Hays of
Chickasha, R. L. Williams of Durant, J. V. Turner of Vinita and
M. J. Kane of Kingfisher.
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^practically no opposition. Davenp: rt | Dr' w''*01
+1 defeated llTOWj In the Third din- i
♦ trlct by a vole of 2.:«>o. and Fulton ut THC fllM illMUIA El EPTIMI
♦ this district ha* defeated former Gov 1 Ht UALAIIUIIIA CLCUIIUH
♦ i ernor Ferguson. |
The constitution has been adopted
UNDIGESTED SECURITIC
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Its not catchino. old man; and ne'll aet over it «nnn.
PERKINS BODY EXHUMED.
Large Majority.
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OKLAHOMA CITY: That the dent
ocratlc ticket has been elected to a
man there Is no doubt. Four of Ihe
five congressmen are democrats. Hird
8. McGuire has been elected from the
First district—all the rest are con-
ceded to the democrats.
Both houses of the legislature are
overwhelmingly democratic, which In-
sures the election of two United
States senators. The d.-mocrala
claim 90 out of the 119 representa-
tives In the first legislature and 40 out
of the 44 senators—leaving the repub-
licans 29 In the lower house and four
In the upper branch of tho legislative
detriment
While Chairman Hunter is claiming
the election of Frants for governor,
the returns so far as received show-
that be has very little upon which to
base a majority. The republicans are
not giving any figures that are con-
vlnclng and If they really have any
they are being withheld from the pub-
lic. The claim Is made by Hunter
that the election of Frants is sure by
at least 20,000.
The state election board will moot In
Guthrie October 8 to canvass the re-
turns. Then the two judges on the
board nd Governor Frants! must certl
fy the count to the president. No tltn.
limit i* set on when this certification
must be mado to the president and it
is likely that the republicans will
take all the time they want to Inves-
tigate charges of fraud and illegal vot-
ing aH the members ■( the board are
republicans.
Claims of fraud Increase. Republl-,
can leaders declare that the election
will be Invalidated
because of the
clerk to publish
certified copy of all the tickets to be |
voted for. In many Instances the pa-1 KoRer MllIs' 4:!6; s 'mlnol,>- "K>- Su-
pers published but a portion of the H'oyah. Stephens. 1.187; Texas,
tickets and In other places the tickets -2:!; Tillman. 910: Washita. 947;
without the certification of the county Washington. 35; Woodward. 161.
were received and the returns at pres-
ent Indicate a major! ;y of more than
3.H.OOO. Thirty-five thousand, how-
ever, Is now c.->nslder«d a conserva-
tive estimate of the majority.
Complete returns, although not
-1i ietly official, indicate the following
majorities:
Haskell: Adair. 3."0; At> ka, 404;
Heaver, 65; Rryan. 1.817; Canadian,
215; Carter. 1,225; Cherokee. 78;
Choctaw, 39fi; Cimarron, 76; Cleve-
land. 675; Coal, flSu: Comanche, 430;
Craig. 189: Creek 176; Custer, 3">0;
iJelaware. 375; Dewey, 75; Kills, 31;
Garvin, 1.584: Grady, 1.837: Grant,
54; Greer, 1,152; Harper. 75; Hughe*.
'<79; Jackson, 1.5:',6; Johnson, 1,064;
Kay, 150; latimer. 355; Love, 718;
95; McCurtain. 316; Mar-
Democrats Claim Victory for Haskell
by 35.0C0—Statewide Prohibition
by Overwhelming Vote.
Oklahoma C'ty, Ok.—Early returns
f->m Tuesday's election indicate Ui ■
ratification of the constitution by an
overwhelming majority. i\ N Has
koll, democrat. Is leading for govern- |
or.ar d the state wide prohibition
proposition Is believed to have carried !
ted in many counties; *hB"' 802; MayeH' 2fi,: Murray. 875;
failure of the county i Nowata. 150: Osage. :!2.">; Payne. 168;
In two newspapers J Pittsburg. 50; Pototoc. 1.452; Potta-
' all the tickets ... he watomle, 1,612: Pushmataha. 446;
Lawrence, Kan -The body of Lu-
cius II Perkins, the Lawrence law-
yer. who died June I after a fall from
the roof of bis home here, was ex-
humed Monday morning. The work
was done under the personal dlr.-ctlon
of W. II. Mackey, Jr.. United States
marshal for Kansas, and under the or-
der of the l ulled States cir<- lit court.
Mr. Mackey brought with him the
laborers anil machinists to do the
work. The' members of the party
were at the griwe shortly after 6
o'clock Monday morning. The grave
Norman, Ok.—Two precincts out of *as opened in .t little morn than nil
three here givo Haskell 150, Frants I hour und the machinists bewail cul-
64. Haskell and the entire democratic " K the rivets of the steel, burglar
ticket will be elected by at least 3u,- proof vault which contained the cus-
000 majority according to late re- ket. The casket was opened at 9
ports from all over the state. The ma- o'clock.
Jcrlty for prohibition is steadily in- The court ordered the body #x-
creaslng and will exceod .o.OOO. | humed at the request of the Mutual
— | Life Insurance company.
Muskogee, I. T—Thursday night 1 At the time of his death Mr. Per-
there was no question but that Has- kins cnrrled a iiollcy in the Mutual
kell's majority will be 35.000 and for 1190.000 and the company ha* re-
posslhly 40,000 when the return* are > fused to pay it on the ground that
In. Perkins' death was the result of poi-
Frantz: Alfalfa. 321; Illalne, 205;
Garfield, 1,279; Kingfisher, 350; l.ln
coin. 79: Ixigan, 1.652: Major. 334;
Noble, 34: Okfuskee. 208; Okmulgee
208; Wagoner. 49; ; Woods. 26.
FULTON BY 500
Democrats Elect Congressman Frorr
Second District
OKLAHOMA CITY: K. L. Ful
ton's ma> rlfy over T. H. Ferguson
in the Second district congressional
clerk as to the ticket being a copy of
the ticket to be voted for.
In Muskogee county. Haskell's
home, both the republicans and demo-
crat* claim the elertion and both are
yelling fraud. The election commis-
sioners of the ortunty started to can-
At democratic headquarters thejvass the returns and then turned the
election of Haskell I* claimed by up- ballots over to the county commls-
wards of 30,000. There seems to be! sinners. The county commissioners
good and sufficient grounds for this are all democrats and the republicans
cl lm. as the entire democratic stale I are already claiming fraud in the can-
ticket Is conceded by the republicans; vas*.
and four out of the five congressmen Chairman Hunter claim* he Is In raCe will be between 500 and 600 al
are surely democratic, so that In or- ,, ssesslon of evidence where ballots' lholIgh offlc!lu flKUreB haV(. not
dor for Franiz to lead Haskell he were thrown out because they were rpceWod fmm all of ,he prwinot!,
would have to run far ahead of his republican and without cause. In the lhf> fon countleg comprlaiag tlu,
ticket. Wlr.le this might be possible. | Indian Territory, tho democrats had .
It 1* hardly probable. Then the par-j the election machinery absolutely In1 '
tlal returns received would lndicai • ihelr bands and nev< r failed to make
that the democratic committee have the best of it, he says:
some basis upon which to base their j "This action on the part of the dt m-
dalm. . ' ocrats In attempting to steal the elec-
The constitution was carried by|tion tnay tie up s'atoho d for months
nearly 100,000—receiving a majority i to come. If they think they can ste.il
in every county. j it thus easily they ore mistaken. !>:•-
Prohibition carried by upwards oficisuse we will fi^ht thorn to the laot
16,000 votes. ditch."
Haskell Is the maker and the ex
ponent of the most radical constitu-
tion from a democratic standpoint In
son taken with suicidal intent previ-
ous to going upon the roof, and was
not the result of an accidental fall
the union. The democrats have also ' from the roof.
carried four of the five congressmen. | The trustees of the estate have *ued
James S. Davenport in the third ills- i to collect the amount of the policy
trlct, C. I>. Carter in the fourth dis- ! and the rompany will attempt to
trict, R. H. Fulton in the second dis I prove by analysis the presence of
trlct and C. F Ferris In the fifth dis- I poison. Attorneys for the estate will
trlct. Hird S McGuire, in the first ; appeal from the order of Ju<Ue lie-
district, will be the only republican Pherson and attempt to keep the re
congressman. The republicans have ! port of the physicians from being used
seemingly accepted the result in good as evidence.
faith mil the leading rejmhliean )
papers have come out urging the Im-
mediate proclamation of statehood. |
Judge James Humphrey Cead.
Mississippi Railroads Indicted.
Jackson. Miss.—Following up thf
Indictments returned several days ago
'barging the Illinois Central and the
Topeka, K.in lud'.'e James Hum- Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads
phrey, of Junction City, member of with Issuing passes to persona ti"t e'i-
the state tax commission, died Wed- titled to such under the lew. the grand
nesdny morning at 1 o'clock. Judgo jury of this count) lias reported true
Humphrey has been Kick for about bills again.-r every railroad In the
three week~ Judge Humphrey was state both Intra nnd ii ierstate for
one of the leading democrats of the their alle- d 1'nlip. in i statements
state and ran for railroad commission- showing the number of i asses Issued
er last fall nti the democratic ticket, and to whom, as 11..- law directs.
He was appointed on tho tax commls-
CHAS. N. HASKELL—FIRST GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA.
GUTHRIE: The recent election
cost about $65,000, according to
Charlea H. Filson, territorial secre-
tary, who bases his estimates on the
cost of other elections; this Include*
the printing of the ballots and all
other expenses. Twelve thousand
election officers were employed.
A deficiency appropriation, covering
this expense, will be asked of con-
gress. at Its coining session, and In
oasa congreaa does not grant it, then
the legislature of the new state will
be petitioned to make It go d. An
attempt waa made during the last
congress to get a $135,000 deficiency
appropriation for th constitutions!
convention and thla election, but the
request waa not granted.
In his recent address here. Bird 8.
McGuire, delegate In congress, said
ka would favor In congreaa the pay-
ment of all election expenae*. and of
all anlary due clerks In the const! tu
tlonal convention, and of the conven-
tion's printing bill, which It la na-
deratood amount* to $1«,000, Is addi-
tion to the 91S.B00 tor the printing
•t the ballou for tho etoeOca
be 100.
From Republican Standpoint
Chairman Hunter of the republican
state central committee Friday spent
nearly two hours with Frank Warren
of Holdenville. A. E. Perry of Coal-
gate and Sam IHiwnlng, members ol
the republican state committee, dis-
cussing the feasibility of contesting
the election should the returns indi-
cate that Frantz has been beaten
through fraud.
The situation was discussed th rr
oughly and It was the concensus ol
opinion that a contest I* inevitable.
The courts and the election board
will be resorted to should the clr
cumstanceB demand such action.
Mr. Hunter, however, has by nc
means conceded the electlrn of th«
democratic ticket. On tho contrary
he has taken tbo returns from 700 pre
cincts so far received aa a crlteriot
for the statement that Frants will b<
elected. These returns which havt
been received through the regular
OKIjAHOMA CITY: There'll be a i channels and certified to by the re
desperate battle by present o.unty spective election judges from all over
officials to hold their jobs until 1909. the state, give Frants a decided lead
They claim the enabling act exteuded over hla democratic opponent and for
th IVt0 U>at <late' that reas n Mr. Hunter says that
I have known for some time that Haskell can only poll a majority vote
the county and township officials through fraud. This vote be will con-
elected Tuesday could not Uke thair
seat* until January. 1909, but I didn't
say anything until now," said County
Attorney Hay*, republican.
•There's nothing to It." said Sam
Hooker, the new democratlo county
judge. The newly elected officers
will take their aeats just as soon as
Oklahoma becomes a state. Whoever
heard of territorial offioers holding
over after a territory became a
state?"
"Under the )rlat provision of the
territorial election laws and the con-
■tltutlon the county officials, with
the exception of the clerk of the dis-
trict court, and perhaps the probate
Judge, cannot uke their aeats until
January 1 of an odd year, which in
thla caae la llll," said County Attor-
ney Hayes.
Mr. Fulton will carry Oklahoma
county by 75. according to returns so
far ' received: Canadian o unty by
■M9; Caddo by 27V, Custer by 397;
Dewey by 41: Texas by 2u0; lleaver
by 60; Harper by 65.
The vote In Woodward. Woods nnd
Ellis counties I* extremely close, but
It Is believed that Mr. Fulton will
carry each of these counties by 25.
Mr. Fcrgnson has carried Alfalfal
county by 2."ft; Majors by 374, an4
Mate* by 22.'!. !| Washington—Commissioner of Lab-1 pany nnd Horace S Rand of liurlins-
Cimarrou county has not been or N'ell left here Thursday for St. ton. Conn., ii .l .i. | i r conspiracy to
beard from, but Mr. Fult n believe* i Louis where he and Chairman Knapp defraud the government. They were
that his majority in that county wilt °f the Interstate Commerce commis Indicted with I'.nrah and oth-
8lon by Gov. lloch. He *prv<
member of the first board of railroad
commmissioiiers of the state ot Kan
sas.
Ro?d Appeals for Assistance.
Warrants for Millionaires.
Rolse, Idaho,—A warrant was
Wednesday issued for the nrrest of
8ummer G. Moon aed James I„ Hur-
ts r. of Eau Claire, Wis., millionaires
nicer* of the Harin-r Lumber com
Kion. Who Is now in the West, will era. The) "ill be brought to ltoisc at
lend their oflices in an effort to settle once to answer the charges,
the Impending strike of the engineers
on the Missouri Pacific railroad The
road appealed to the federal govern-
ment for protection under the Erd-
r.iann act.
Beri-Bert in Nebraska.
I All New Except Right of Way.
| Topeka. Kan. The state board ol
railroad commissioners has issued an
order to A. W. Sullivan, general man-
ager of the Missouri Pacific to make
repairs on the main line from Kansas
LHSTCREEKCHIEF'U,IE 11 "Ml SM MILES
MOTY TIGER RECEIVES COMMIS-
SION FROM PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT
W.5 BOM m OflED IH TERRITORY
_______ , United States Marshal Mackey Carrie*
! Out Order ef' Federal Court—
by more than 80,000 majority and pn>- The Constitution Was Adoited by a i Commenced at Daylight.
hlbltl n has been steadily increasing !
its majority since the first returns
Lincoln, Neb —Dr. I. D. Jones of ! city to the Nebraska state lliie and
Murdock, Neb., Tues.lay morning In- | on the Central branch, new ties, bal-
lasting, raising track and better
formed the state boaru of health that
test.
The returns received at republican
headquarters are being icarerully
guarded and will not be made public
until the proper time. Mr. Hunter
said Friday night that he has been
compelled to keep his figures secret
for the simple reason that the dem-
ocrats will think twice before they
try to steal the election.
DURANT: A* the result of a fight
at Ulue. ten miles east ot Durant,
Wade Nicholas Is dead and John An-
derson Is so seriously cut that It 1*
thought that he cannot live. The af
fray < ccnrred back of a store build-
ing. Both men walked to the Nicho-
las home, some blocks away, where
Nicholas died. No arrests have been
made, and it is aaaerted that no one
knows who oomalttod the deed.
20 cases of berl-berl existed among
the Japanese laborers at Alvo, Neb.
The state board immediately *ent rep-
resentatives to Investigate. Dr. Jones
declared that the disease resembled
paralysis an 1 seemed to be contagious.
Judge Reese Gets an Appointment.
Lincoln. Neb.—Supreme Court Com-
missioner N. D. Jackson of Nellgh
Wednesday evening tendered his
resignation to the three Judges of the
supreme court, who filled the vacancy
by the appointment of Judge M. 11.
Keese of Lincoln.
President McKinley*s Body Moved.
Centon, O Shortly after 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon the body of the
late President McKtnley, guarded by
a detail of United State* *nldlers,
was taken from the grave in Weston
cemetery'to the Mausoleum on Monu-
ment Hill.
drainage were found to be needed. The
road was given do days to start work.
Peace Conference in November.
Washington —Members of tho Cen-
tral American diplomatic torps wno
have been holding sessions here to
arrange for a permanent peace con-
ference to settle dl. .culties arising
between the various states In Central
America signed a p.otocol Tuesday
providing for a conference of dele-
gates here in November and for the.
continuation of peace pending a final
agreement.
A German Homer Denied.
Pari*.—Reporta that Germany haa
offered France a free hand In Moroccd
In return for recognition of the Oer-
man sphere of influenced are pro-
nounced officially to be untrue.
Missouri Auto Licenses.
Jefferson City. Mo.—Up to Monday
night Secretary of State Swanger has
Issued licenses to 1.J02 owners of
automobiles, 67 to dealers and 664 to
drlvera. The total amount collected
from this source to 911,378.
eaolgoloa'a Parents in Want.
Cleveland. O.—M. Caolgoles and hla
wife, parent* of the assassin of Presi-
dent McKlnley, have applied to the
our oharity department for assistance.
Caolgoles * Is SI and Ma wtfe 78 years
oM.
New State Ha* 1.414.042 People.
Washington —Director North of the
census bureau Thursday was nd vised
that the final figures for the new state
of Oklahoma show a total population
of 1.414.042, Oklahoma having 721.141
Inhabitants and Indian territory 692 •
SOL
Tiger Comes From Pure Indian Blood
and May be Said to Represent
the Non-Progressive Element
of His Tribe
GUTHRIE: M t) Tiger, chief of the
Creek Indian nation, succeeding the
late Chief Pleahaut Porter, has re-
ceived hi* commission from President
Roosevelt making blm the authorlta
live head of the Creek*.
In \ lew or the fact that be will prob-
ably be the lust chief of the Creeks,
much Interest attaches to Chief Tiger
Hearing a name which indicate* agil-
ity and strength. Chief Tiger does not
belle his name in appearance. He Is
straight as an arrow, wears a black
beard and has a dignified manner
which commands attention at the first
glance.
The chief's given name Is II- mah
ti ka. which, being difficult to pro-
nounce in Kngllsh, has been corrupted
to "Moty " This name translated
from the Creek means. The first to
cross the river, enter enemies' coun-
tries and recapture canoe." it was
the name of one of Tiger's gallant an-
cestors who. with three other brave
Creek warriors were the first t> re-
capture the canoe from the enemy
during the Florida war.
Moty Tiger comes from pure Indian
blood, and was born In Indian Terrl-
tory five years aTter his father, Tulsa
Flxico, and mother, Louisa, enilgraied
with the Creek tribe to ludian Terri-
tory In 1836.
Tiger, true to hi* name and parent-
age, early became a warrior, and at
the outbreak of the civil war he en-
listed In the volunteer Indian regi-
ment of Colonel Chilly McIntosh and
served through the war. retiring a* a
lirst sergeant. Reduced to poverty in
the service of the southern cause, he
split rails, fenced a plat of ground and
proceeded to make a living for him-
self and family. He was not called to
official |HisllIon until 1874. when lie
was elected captain of the light horse
of the Creek nation. I>ater he was
elected a member of the house of
kings from Tuckabatchee town and
held successively thereafter the posi-
tion of district Judge of Deep Fork
district, member of the house of war-
riors. attorney general, superinten-
dent of Creeks orphans' homes and
prosecuting attorney of Deep Fork
district.
In the fall of 1899 Tiger wag elected
second chief , f the Creek nation and
re-elected in 1903. In 1893 the Dawes
commission was created by act of con
gress for the purpose of negotiating
with the several tribes of Indians in
Indian Territory with a view of dis-
solving Ihe tribal relations and allot
ing the Indian lands. A mass meeting
Jof Ihe Creek* was called by Chief Per
ryinan to e nslder the proposition of
the commission und Tiger was the
only Indian present who did not op-
pose the plan.
Chief Tig.^r Is following the prece-
dent of Sam Cbecote, who was chief
of the Creeks many years ago. He
W'as an Kncli-h scholar, but whenever
anyone spoke lo him In an official ca-
pacity, especially as a representative
of the government, he refused to 'talk
unless the conversation was inter-
preted Into Creek. He U> k the ground
that he was representing the Creek
nation and that their mrive language
was the only one he would recogol/.c
In the transaction of business (or un-
people.
Since assuming the duties
a constant stream of full-bli
dians may be a< >n filing In'o Ids office.
HI* cullers represent largely the non
progressive element, who hope
through their new chief to restore
some or their 1 st power. Although
he can talk Knglish perfectly, Chief
Tiger conducts all his conversations
regarding official affairs in the Creek
language. His office force Is com-
posed of a secretary, two stenograh-
ers and an interpreter and If a whit >
COMPANY CAPITALIZED AT FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS TO CON-
STRUCT ELECTRIC LINE
OKLAHOMA CITY: The Oklahoma
and Central lnterurl>aa Railway, Tel-
• :aph. Telephone, Light and Powur
company, with $".OOO.OOIJ capital
stock, sud headquarters at A. uth Mc-
Alester and Oklahoma City, has bees
chartered for the purpose of building
an electric line westward trom Mc-
Alester via Holdenville. Wewoka.
Shawnee, Oklahoma City, Kl Keno.
Geary and Weatherford, to Cheyenne
In Itoger Mill* county, a distance ot
500 miles and at a cost of $17,000 per
mile. Ilrancb lines are provided aa
1 Dow*:
Northwest from McAlester to Che-
cotah and Muskogee; south to Atoka
and Durant; tniin It Idenvliie north to
Okemah and Okmulgee; from Wewo-
ka south to Ada: from Shawnee north
t ) Chandler and Stillwater, and south
to Pauls Valley, Davl* and Ardmore;
from Oklahoma City uorth to King-
fisher and Knid, and south to Chick-
asha, Anudarko and l4awton; from
Geary north to Watonga; from Weath-
erford north to Tal ga and south to
Cordell, Hobart, Mangum. Sayre and
Elk City.
WORK ON PIPE LINE
Oil la Now Flowing From Tulsa to
Oallas
DALLAS. TEXAS: The pipe line ot
the Texas rompany is completed and
In operation from Tulsa. I. T , to Dal-
las. and eight of the big tanks on the
e mpany's ground*, four miles west
of the city, have been pnmped full of
oil. These tanks bold 37.&00 gallon*
each.
The machinery of the refinery ha*
arrived and Is being placed In the
buildings, and It Is said the refinery
will be ready to beglu operations la a
few w.'eks.
South of Dallas the pipe line Is, with
the exception of a gap of a few miles,
laid as rar as Corslcana. and about
rorty miles has been laid a:uth ot Cor-
slcana. The contract. It Is said, calls
tor the completion of the line to Port
Arthur, the company having beea
sending and receiving communlca
tions over them for several days.
CUTS MAN INTO STRIPS
FATHER HELD VICTIM WHIL1
HIS SON SLASHED HIM WITH
KNIFE
SHAWN'BK: Infuriated by Jealousy,
George McClelland, an educated Sue
and Fo* Indian, stabbed Claude Ty-
ner. a Shawnee Indian, with a knife,
tour mile* south ut Shawnee. John
McClelland, the murderer's father,
held Tyner while his son slashed tha
victim until the flesh hung from his
body in ribbon-like sbreds.
H th or the young Indian* were ed-
ucated and were rival* for the hand .
or leaping Fawn, a reservation In-
dian maid er unusual beauty und con-
siderable wealth. They met in the
road and began to quarrel. McClel-
land's father heard them talking and
ran to bis son's aid.
He grabbed Tyner's arms and held
them behind hi* back, while the
younger man drew a kntte. plunged tt
repeatedly Into Tyner's breast and
backed ihe whole upper part of hla
body. • -4
Ti ner'* body was left lying in the
r ad just n- it fell. It was latpr taken
to Tecumseh, w here an in<]ue*t was
held.
Chief .
i id
i•• ma ' rs of Indian
I at McAlester this
a pcatniasteraf
EXTENSIVE LIQUOR RAI-i
Whisky Johnson and Eighteen Depu-
ties Dump 25.CC0 Pints
TCLSA: Jud.ge W. It. Lawrence re-
cently instructed the grand Jury that
nil beverage* coutaluing two per cent
alcohol were liquor* in the eyes of
the law. According to this ruling W.
K. "Whisky" Johnson and eighteen
deputies raid"d all the "two per cent"
man wishes to speak to the new chief joints in the city, securing X',,006
he must do so through this Inter pre- pints of Hiawatha. Pablo and Uno,
ter.
To Fortify Vladivostok.
St. Petersburg.—A dispatch to the
Rourse Gazette from Vladivostok
states that defense works costing
$19,000,000 are to be undertaken in
that vicinity.
Senaatlonal Decline in Cotton.
New York.—There was a sensation-
al decline in the cotton market Mon-
day, accompanied by great activity
and considerable ezcltemenL Prlcea
sold at the lowest level since the ad-
vance on bad crop news early last
Juae.
Oen. Godfrey Will Soon Retire.
Topeka. Kan.—On the ninth of 0
tober Brig. Oen. Edward Settle Ood-
frey, commander nr Fort Riley, will
retire from aotive service la the army.
Ho haa boon In tho army far 40 roars.
Escaped Soldier Returned to Fort
LAWTON: After being at liberty
for five months, during which time he
visited Lawton and other Comanche
county town*. Horace M Buck an ar-
tilleryman of battery 11 light artillery
at Fort Sill, has been arrested. More
lhan a month ago he left the post and
never returned. He was taken into
custody by policemen. Ixodes and
Kdwards und taken to Fort Sill where
tie was identified as the escaped sol
■'dier and placed In the guard house.
WILL CLEAR DOCKET
Judge Gillette Will Not Let Up Until
Work is Completed
LAWTON: The term of the district
court opened by Frank K. Gillette,
Judge of this district, will remain in
se**|on until the entire docket ha*
been cleared. ThI* was the Informa-
tion given out as official of the court
and comes as g od news to those who
have cases of long standing which
iave been crowded out on account of
aiore Important ca*es having to take
••he right of way. Many night ae*
■ions have been held here and for a
number of terms iwo courts were
held, a apeclal judge presiding over
one of tbem. There are several hun-
dred case* now pending in this
county.
A meeting of the republican atate
central committee ha* been called to
meet at the Tbreadglll hotel at ten
o'clock Wednesday morning. Septem-
ber 15. At this meeting tha arrange-
menta for carrying tha fight Into tha
oourta will ha mada.
which was dumped into the Arkansaa
river. This is the most exten*iv«
liquor raid ever made la the Western
district. The officer* cleaned the city
of all this class of beverage* except-
ing three wagon loads of Pabk>, which
were replevlned.
A crowd or negroes trom Renties-
ville. who had rollowed the judges ot
election to Checotah, were dispersed
by City Mar*hal George Odom of Che-
cotah. and one negro. J. C. Adams,
was killed. Odom was taken to Mus-
kogee by the United tSates marshal
and arrested.
Frisco Violated Stock Law
MI'SKOOKE: United States Attor-
ney Win. Mellette of the Western dis-
trict of Indian Territory, filed suit
herein the Cnfted States court agalaat
the Frisco railway In twenty-five sep-
arate ca*es charging violation of tbo
laws of congress In the transportation
of cattle, keeping them In cars with-
out watering or feeding more than
twenty-eight hours. The maximum
penalty Is 9M)0 fine. Should he win
the case, tbe total fine would be |l|a-
500.
TULSA: Mrs. Jennie Chapman, who
drank laudanum with suicidal Intent
la*t week, is dead from the effect of
the poison. She rallied under n phy-
sician's care from the power of tho
drug and It looked a* though aha
would recover until Saturday, whan
aha begsn sinking. Mrs. Cbapmaa
waa the wife of a well-known resident
of the city. She had t:ng been mol-v
ancholy and of a despondent natar«
and her last attempt at aelf-deatnt*
tlon was th* third within a f-w w«ak
She was a young womaa.
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