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THE HOBART CHIEF.
I I NOIII.X.
IIOPAHT
OKI. V
NCW STATS NLW'i
Th'' aniimiiI mnferfiira i f tie llt|>
lint ifeank in Mag h«M at g a
tfa! wi-i k
The Fairfax Ttlfphon* company
h«H Inooriwritud. with a cipl'al i>t'.« k
of 910,000.
Jim l>ally. an inlian, In b< frig b< JI
■I perry ii[*,n tfj - chan'- Oi IUM
«•'! murder. III* fathcr-ln-law v.:. ,
wax tho victim of the assault, (.a I a
ga,h cut In bis forehead.
A'-tlng und«-r orders ff m Jodsr-
Dlckeraon, Mar hat Colbert bu
stopped if! gambling a' A
and tba «lot mi l.lo ■ h*ve Lten pu:
out of bualL<• * at> weli.
The trustees of th* state Baptist
nil I at blackwell have elected t.,«
ftculty for 'hit In*'I''.t on an ! rn-"d •
mrruru'< m>nt* lor the open.ng of the
■ch'xil October 4th.
A charter ha* been Issued to thn
Canadian Vail y fc W«- t rn Raliwa.
company, wirh 13,000,040 capital. and
headquarters at Norman.
L. D. WanMand and I! H White
Oklahoma City, Lee Heard of Ma
dill and W (', Talhr.tt "f Ada have
been appointed railway mall clerks
Mike White, a feleril prls'-n'r con
fined In Jail at Ardmore, c large 1
with arson, died from Ibe «f.<• tM <f
excessive cigarette smoking.
W. L. I worn, a farmer living two
miles north of Kavla, lost hi* hou .«
and 11h content* last week by fn
The roof took fire w.'illo Mru. Isom
* * eeioklng dinner.
Flw people were arrcrtcd In Law
ton rcrently upon the charg- of n-li
Ing ll'|u<>r lo IndlaiiN. Four p.'eadeti
guilty, and th- fifth gtvo b ut ai.d
waived examination.
Durant Ih e*^ „ fh|p|1
railroad i in- Muskogee Unlen la
about eight miles out, and prcllml
nary lines are In Inn run In tho dire
tIon of t.'iu city.
Tom Rimn, fourteen yptm o'd, was
■truck by lightning In Marietta nnd
tiled from Ih.. effect* of the nhock.
Two hnrseu were killed and two
• •tiler boy* we:,. :ev. re'y shoel.o.l ly
the huiiiu ho t.
Eddlo Mllllgan. fir.e n year* old,
who left hit lione In CImt>, Texan.
August 12, to vIm;t hi* uncle, j a.
Del tea, u carpenter living at Mu*
Itogee, It loat. II,. h * n• • vi r bu.t.-i
MmM "f i laei m i ,i.• attur* from
home, a ml diligent aearch I* bclnp
uiado for him by r. Iitlvea.
A. Carpenter. on engineer nn a
freight train, wn* Instantly killed .it
Sageeyah, Meveral mile* north t
Claremore, la*t week. The engine
Jumped the track and the tender
cruMhed Into It crushing Carpenter.
The fireman Jumped. On* of his
buudit W44H badly tuashod.
<>n the 301 h ln*t |he cx-confederal!
noldlera of ('outiitiche county will
meet In Lawton nnd organize a cen
«ral c imp Th- *«ui < mid daughter*
will u|m,> ratabllah county organ)/.*
tionm after the camp lias been char-
tered
I he government ha* ordered con-
Htructel two *ton.« liulltlInv.H at tV
Comanche Indian hcIiihii. one mil.
from l.nwti n The building* will b,
u*ed a* dorm I tot lea, on.« for the gi |
and one for (lie boy*.
WILL fen MtHHtbtMtD
Oklahoma Will Have Tw«ntyFi i at
the Irrigation Congrcaa
GL'THHIK. Ik-crtur/ J. U Tk>
burn of ttie terriv.r.Ml b-.twii nl t/ i
vulture atat'-w mat tbe t*-«!fh an
nual Irrigation eongreva will conv a
at Kl i'aio, Tei., Noteabfr 1J, ani
tfjo *'•>.h *n be continued unt.1
tr.e lKth. The mlcit.ot.ii are that tne
attendance will be very Urge. Tre
work of tal; orgar.lzat:on tu been to
amplified tbat it ha* been rieea>«-(j es-
p«."Jient to orgmiz: the coagre a ltt>
h,x different n'^tlor.a. The people or
El Pa* o an- making e\ery el fort
pr-jvide for the ent rialnrn-rji of th
congreai. Objecta of laUrei
be found eltewhere in tbe
Htatea will b« exhibited to Tialton
ari'i an entertalnmeot program of ut-
uaual attraci:vene a baa been
ran iced.
The organization of this congr* a.
will be an follow*:
'i be p< rrnan- ut efficer* of th • con-
gr«ai. Including the caairman of tn
aec lon, oicmln-m of the fnited Ht t
aenato and boui>.e of r prf«entatlvet<,
gov.;rnora of giatea an J termor.ei-
embaaaadora, mlnlaura and othe
repreaentativea of foreign nation:
ari'l colonies, meml.era of it;te ant
territorial Irrigation commlanionv
ten del'g'ite* to l e appointed by tht
govern« r of each state ari'l territory,
BLOWN TO PIECES
LOADED ELECTRIC CAR Ri;NS
INTO A BOX OF DYNAMITE
NIKE PERSONS KILLEO--Hlh£T££H INJURED
A Fifty-Pcund Bo* of D/ramita Fe !
Onto the Street Railway Tracts
From an Express Wagon—A Num-
ber of Perxona Injured
MELROSE, MASS.: An oatwarl
bound elcctric car conta.ning th.rt;.-
two persona waa blown to piece* in
'h a c:tjr by fifty ^pounds of dynamic
that bad fal.'en from a wagon. Six
person* were ki.Ud ou*right, thr--
mere died of their IcJ trie4 within an to the rescue. _ i=vui
h'-ur and nir.e ttm ct:.ers on tfca car a ladder, on which the drenched gi..^
v.••re takea to the two hospitals, su. climbe-J out, most or them fainting
feri ig from severe lnjur.es. .v J-i-t when they reached the surface over
a n-.ru of person-* in the imxtediat. come by friglit and sewer gas'
e?1UK1'°n Wfero hurl Thfc t^her. were soon reinforced
Tt,u ^ Sf «PHnters. by th^ entlre p.jptllalion of the BU.
thr " I P °P,e. r",h ' aloJt b"rb' ,hfc Police and fire departments
f^n;-i^-r1'1^arn,,,av'r renderins ^«iVe ^ce
lo in.,j rcla'ive* and friends, and tne
A HORRIBLE DEATH
Nine School Girls Near Cincinnati
Fa at* a Pr vau't
I\' JNN'ATI A' Ka£t nice *-h o:
g'.rls were suffocatel in a vault at
P.< if ant Rid;e public school hous«
and a score of others narrowly es-
caped tLe same bor-:;>:e death.
At recess at-rjt thirty young girlf
were in the outhous? assigned tr-
them, when the floor gave way, pre
cip.tating them into the §tone-*ai:ed
cesspool of twelve feet deep and con-
taining four feet o7 sewerage. Tht
frantic strugel s of tto-e who were
on tr^p kept at least nine underneath
unti. they were dead. The framt
^hed over the sewer was about twenty
t> rt square, without windows, so that
only one girl escaped fal ing. She
ran into the s-hool >u; ding and told
the teachers what had happened. The
Inr.c pal of t'^e acao 1 T. L. Simmer-
man. and several women teachers ran
The principal secured
RULED THEM OUT
THE LEASE SYSTEM A CURSE
CITIZENSHIP COURT KNOCKS
OUT NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS
governor or earl, Mat,- an-i territory, I ^r^t'ed" Z Th"n °thCr# ,Hted out bodies
four d egste* to b- appotnud by t:.e y °' an ex till the death pool was cleared Tho^e
stea^S555£-«
Principal Simmermann finally faint
eZmZr.'; ;;;.m t^/^Jc,:, fkr* r1^ «>.
flee that one of t-.e boxes had falicn
ofr. He hurried back in the hope i r
picking It up, but the electric car
reached the box first.
The report of the explosion was
h< ard many ml'es. I)i:e tly opp<jRit.-
tho B ene wjs the Masonic bu.Iil-g,
every window of which was shattered
•- •-«« "" | w"*"w *
A score of persons wiihln a hundred
yard* of tiie car were knocked d iwn
debgates, each duly accredited by
any regularly organize J Irrlnat; a.,
club or other coin mere, a I body, two
agricultural or horticultural tocie y,
two delegates, each duly accredited
by any agricultural collet-, or colltgo
or university having a eiiair
diaulic engineering, forestry or other
d of spectors faint.
THE BROOM CORN CROP
of the congrcM*
For th.j fir*t time in iti history
Oklahoma will tie adequately repr
senled by a large delegation of it*
citizen* In thi* body. The present
Indication* are that Oil* territory will
hav.- no le*s than twenty-live repre-
sentative cltlz n* in attendance
SCHOOL LAND LEASES
Misrepresentations as to the Okla
homa Crop Have Been Circulated
GUTHRIE: Sail Secretary Tho
burn of the territorial board of agn-
e-ilture: "I was asked for an esti-
m 'to of tho probable bronm corn in
Oklahoma by a representative of n
lotal paper ton days ago and within
. thrio day* thereafter I was quoted
and rendered doif by the concuss on. I by an eastern paper as stating that
The In;ini diate v.c.nity of the ucei- j the Oklahoma broom rorn acreage
dent presented u learful spectacle | probable amounted to 30tJ,000 arres,
when thono in tho neighborhood ar | and this gross misrepresentation!
rived upon the scene. The ground «till credited to me. is being pub
h.ih strewn with legs, arm* and othe:- I lished In numerous papers through-
portion* of the bodlc* of those wiio out the wtst. There is reason to be-
lind been ki'*^. and shrieks atel J lievo tnat the broom corn crop of the
Senator Stewart Says Renters Should
be Put Off
MUSKOGEE. Senator Stewart of
Nevada is miking a t'.ur of the In-
dian Territory for the parpose of
finding out the conditions. He raa
made several trips to d"f.-rent tov.-i:s.
i In expressing himself upon the leas?
| system he said that he wou!d recom-
t^ERY FEW, IF ANY, ARE ACCEPTED n-«ad to the int r:or departm. nt that
W l|MIMtl be made to sell (1M
i lands b-longing to the Indians, ex-
.... | cept their homestead rights, to
Large Number Will be Affected by MUMJ settlers on iasy payments.
the Ruling—Many Hclding Land continuing over a period of several
Expecting Approval of Claims Must ,
The lease svftem Is the cure of
vacate the Allotments the Indian Territory," said Senator
ARI MORE: The I u.t-d Stat s Stew2 t. "Something should be
citizenship court, silting at Tist > done to get the renters off the land
mingo, bas just rendered several and replace them with owners. Ir
opinions affecting the rights of a necessary, renters of land should be
large numter of claimant to c.tiz -n- htavlly taxed. If the farmers who
snip in th.- Chickasaw and Choctaw are not leasing lan^s from the In-
nations. Toe court reviewed the dians would get an opportunity to
testimony in a number of important | buy on easy payments they would
cases. Very few persons If any, gladly do so. Renters from th©
states would also come to the terri-
The Apprai*'-™ •vara Has
Completed Ita Work
GUTHRIE: Tho school land n|c
praiMcrs, now in I ho field, will get
came from the writhing forms
About I ol the Injured.
I'nited Stales Is short this year, and
that, therefore, there Is a splendid
opportunity for the speculator to
bear the market and buy up the bulk
of tho broom corn at a low pri.-e and
Driver Charged With Manslaughter
— „ MELROSE, MASS.: The authorities
through their work by November 1 of state an<1 of the city of Melrose ,
at tho latent, according to Secretary 81 arte<1 an ln1ulry J ,<> tho explosion , an a'lvancp. which Is
Kred L. Wwnner «.f tho *chool land th'' "'Htnn * Nor" ern stitet rail- ... , Ct'm° a ,lttle later on-
leaning board. A number of the ap I w"y whlch occurred here. I vlew ot tiie 'act tbat the broom
p.ulMer* have finl*lied their work and ,toy F«'n'on, driver of tho express °"rn Crt)I> in a" s,at('s outside of
several will be through by October waK" from which the box of dyna- °klahon,a ls estimated to be 35 per
lllth, but those In the new country m,te f,',1 on the car track, i* still de- ! 'Tnt Hhort of w'iat it was a year ago.
II November j. | taln«Ml. p tiding tho Investigation by Oklahoma broom corn grower
Mr. Wenner says thnt the rentnls th'' a"t-orltlc3. j ''.,n w''" aff°rd to hold his crop for a
on about two-filth* or the territorial' Tho slipped from ' the ! ; at Ioast" Good ^ru.sh will be
school latuls Will lie due on October waK°n without the knowledge of the a K°°d pri"° ber°ro snow *
I. and tlin learn.* thereon expire on I ''r'vt'r- s again emphasizes the necessity
■fanuary 1. Included in thin two- Tho "ionr> s-rloiiKly injured are ai-1 f,,r tho PromPt collec ion and publi-
f I ft Iim I* all I he school laud In tlio new I mHSt completely dear as a result of ! Z'™0?.*™*"™1 information in
country, composed of the counties of | the concussion wh« n the car struck °k,ahoina "
tho dynamite. The physician* think it
probable in the majority of cases huur-
Ing will return.
• addo, Comanche and Kiowa. Theso
lands were appraised three years ano
under Secretary Jim Houston, and
were Icasu 1 for a period of threr
year*. All these lea*e* expire on I straightening out wires diHarranged
January 1. I by the explosion found n portion of a
In I.0K1111 county, on the contrary, I body on the cross arm of a pole,
and in numerous of the other older I At Madden the officers and th
countie* tho leases expiring this IJudge held a conference as n result of
winter are |en* than one-tiilr-| of the | which tho plan for holding Kenton.
UNDER $2,000 BOND
total in the counties named Unlet
the reorganised system all • ernes ,.x
plro on January 1, and :ill rent* are
due on October 1.
I ho brtvlp <>r valuation placed oa th,
lands upon which the leases expire
• his Wlnt.r will lie the snme as that
made last year, when tho rental vniu
a' I-"i was materially increased Kor
t he "
■ i ..... .... • "« <i | | * .i j n 11'
tne lands now being appraised, how have drawn an opinion in the tribal
!. M,r"u ,ary ^e;,ni'r will be tuo tax case when the court meets here
equalizing agent. ,n October. The case has bo.„ ro-
Charles Arms
Enid's carnival was one of th •
greato-t sueceHses in the history ef
such enterprise« In that town, and
Enid I < H lug congratulated |.y a'l
who utendifI iiitiit her fine hospi
tality.
H \V Ult'. n fireman on tho Man-
gum line « r the Rock Island, r.
ctdvod a serious Injury In the eye
fr. m the bur. ting „f the water
gaiiKe. ,-\ pleee of itlitss struck him
cutting the eyelid Rn,| ball it is
thought the sight will not be de-
stroyed.
James Dav's. a bridRo workman at
Muskofjee. discovered some valuable
pearls in the Ylrdlgrls river, near
that town.
Pel. gat ions from Weleetka. Sapulpa.
Holdenville nnd other t tru vera *ent
to Muskogee t piMSest against r. I
loyal Creek payemnt* bein}; m-o'e fn
Muskogee, claiming t, unjust The
Indian asent agree.r to male- pay-
ment* In Wel.vtka October td to i !
Okmulgee October 14 to 20, S.ipitlpi
October L'l Slid 2J. These dates are
additional to Muskogee.
(•ambling houses a; Oklahoma City
are acalu op«>n. and running full
time. Them fit* of moral excel-
lence do not seem to be of long
standing.
At Pond Creek Mrs. Cora llttta ha*
entered suit against a ph.vslclau ask-
ing 93.000 datnaKcs She alleges
that in N.iVi in' er. r. OJ her hnsban !
vmp!o\ed the d< feiiilnnt physuiau to
give her medical treatment, but. sae
claims her hciltk has been further
Injured.
ferred to Judge Townsend, who win
W|IS killed near render tho opinion. Several other
aiisnaa and Joan Chambers BUrren- I lnip. : tant opinions' will b
lered to officers at Norman. | down at the Otcober term.
OFF THEIR MAP
Several telephone linemen who were J' S" W,lson Held For Conspiracy In
j the Assault of C. O. Shepherd
| SOUTH MCALESTER: The gov
| ernment sprung a surprise at the pre-
I liminary hearing given J. s. Wilcox,
| the Hartshorne business man
| charged with assaulting Charles O.
I Shepard, chairman of tho Choctaw
townslte commission. Tho case was
continued and a warrant Issued
charging Wilcox wi^h conspiracy.
After examining four witnesses Com-
missioner Wright bound the defen-
dant over In the sum of |2.000. From
the evidence produced light was
thrown on the identity of the second
man who was a party to the assault,
and who Is said by an eye witness
to have struck Colonel Shepard down.
His arrest will follow.
cipal witness for the
woman, was not present,
health, but It was found
consider hep deposition,
I the driver of the express wagon, was
modified and a charge of man
slaughter was preferred. On this
charge Kenton was held iu fl,0U0 for
| ti hearing October 4.
Tribal Tax Opinion Expected
SOUTH MCALESTER: It |8 rv
peet.'d that the court of appeals wii«
were admitted.
It is learned that the court knocked
out ►everal cf the judgments of the
I nited Stites courts in the Indian
Territory. Those judgments admit-
ted a large numb -r of people to par-
ticipate in the til~al estates of the
two nations and the creation of the
citizenship court is the result of a -
mitting to citizens!.?,! persons al-
leged to be not of Indian blood or ex-
traction by the federal courts.
The new court was created in th-
main to rtV'ew federal court Judg
ments, and the opinions handed down
deny the claimants' rights as citi-
zens.
Hundreds will be affected by tne
action of the court. Many claim-
ants in possession of land, holding
such on the presumption that their
cases would be favorably acted upon,
will vacate the allotments, or, if they
refuse will be disposesied.
Whole f imilies will be alfected by
the decisions, among whom are in-
eluded Andrew O. Rhodes, Sampid r.
Rhodes. Emet L. Rhodes, Ella .\.
Rhcdes Mrs. Robertha Oltver and
James Lee Oliver, who were declare I
citizens of the Chctcaw nation by
lederal court decrees.
Adverse decisions were also ren
dered in the Sorrelis, William Quint,
Askew, Ella Bennett and J. H. Hill
cases. These persons claimed th >
right as citizens of the Choctaw or
Chickasaw nation.
In the famous Goodall esse Judge
Adams of the court gave an opinion
in which after reviewing the testi-
mony, he says:
All the testimony introduced by
the plaintiffs upon the point of th>
blood of Betsy Phelps is not of that
lear and convincing force that
should be presented In order to war-
rant tho court in finding in favor of
the contentions of the applicant. To
say nothing of the discrepancy and
contradictions in the sworn applica-
tion of Charles Goodail to the com-
mission to the five civilized tribes in
189<; ho states that his mother.
Betsy Phelps, is a full blood Choc-
taw woman, while in his testimony
be fore this court he states that she
was a half blood Choctaw woman.
"The application of the applicants
Is denied."
tury and buy linds on such ttrms,
and the landlord system would soon
bo replaced by farmers who would
own the ground. This p'.an would
keep out unscrupulous speculators,
who would w.t care to buy land on
such terms, and would bring in actual
settlers."
TO HELP FIGHT SALOONS
New York Society to Discuss Plans
for Making the New State Dry
MUSKOGEE: In response to the
solicitation of the Muskogee Minis-
T2RRIT0RY FARMERS' UNION
Delegates From Various Parts of the
Territory in Attendance
DURANT: A teriitor.al conven-
tion of t :e Farmers' Co-Operative
and Educational union was held in
Durant. N. C. Murray, president of
the Texas union, and O. P. Pyle and
A. M. Colwick, members of the ex-
ecuti\e board, and a representative
body of delegates of Inditn Territory
unions were in attendance, end the
convention was strong in Interest.
The convention met to consider
the prop lety of stat- trganization.
The Texas u'.ijn, wi.ieh holds char-
ter privileges from the United States,
objected J) territorial organization.
The fight v.as fierce nnd long, and
resulted in the election of a nom-
inal head of the territorial union. A.
Frank Ross of Durant was elected
terri'orial business rg nt, and Sam
I. Hampton, formerly of Eonham.
Tex., state organizer and lecturer.
Heidquarteis will be ot Durant and
It was agr >c 1 that at the next state
meeting of Tex:s, Indian Territaiy
can be chartered and set up house-
keeping for herself.
A resolution was adopted calling
upon tho federal and Choctaw rov-
ernments to cooperate in stopping
alleged grafting in the Indian terri-
tory.
Oklahoma Will be Reoresented
GUTHRIE: For the first time in
its hi tory, Oklahoma wi;l be repre-
sented in the Nathnal Irrigation con-
gress, which meets ~i El l'aso, Texas
November 1C, 17 and 18. Governor
Ferguson and a number of other ter-
ritorial officials will go, as well aa
a large number of business men. it
is estimated that the complete quota
from the territory will be no le,a
than twenty-live.
Beat Them to It
MUSKOGEE: All tho coal mines
at Henryetta are closed down, and aa
a consequence about 400 miners are
out of employment, and most cf C.etn
have left town. Owing to a griev-
anco the miners were about to stride,
and the operators, learning of their
terial association the Lake MohonU intentions,Closed tloTinos Zt
conference of the Friends of the In- j how long this condition will continuo
dian society, at its meeting next | ls not known, but the citizens S tha
month in New York state, will dis- j town are anxious that the mine*
cuss plans for keeping the saloon out should re
handed
A FALLING PIER KILLED THREE
Officials of the Katy Railroad Re- An Accident to Workmen Caused by
fuse to Recognize Savanna an Unsound Foundation
SOl'TH MCALESTER: The Mis- VINITA: The east pier of a stcl
sottrl, Kansas Texas Railway com- J toll bridge being erected over Grati-I
pan.v no longer recogni.e* the town or I river, nt Carry's firry, ten mil-s east
Savanna, the stitlon being moved f Af:on. fell, killing three, fatally
than three miles north to Injuring three nnd injuring iweutv
( hamber s mine. Ti ls action wa.-. one others, soaie of whom suffered
tnl.cn as a result of the trouble am-- | broken limbs.
A STRANGE CATTLE DISEASE
sumo operations, an tho pay
them.
Ing over the strike or the Katy
telegraphers. Savanna is a mln.n--r
town, and union sentiment is j-trong.
'1 he Katy strike breaker got a warm
re vption. The fight on him even ex-
tended to a boycott cf the woman
who furnlshr I hliu board. Fin Uiy
the window lights of the depot wire
brokt n out. Tie K .ty errt i.tls then
sent a force ot men and moved the
entire depet to Chambers, and the
agents have been d rected to sell no
tickets to Savanna.
D( RANT: The local camp of the
Daughters ot the Confederacy h-s
elected Mrs. A S. Gntllot as delegate
to the general convention or the
Daughters or the Confederacy, which
convenes at St Louis Oetober :s. Mrs.
S. H. Kyle was elected alternate.
An Oklahoma Woman Honored
OKLAHOMA CITY: At the tn-
eunlal session of the supreme chap-
ter, Order of the Eastern Star, which
has been In session in St. Louis, Mrs.
Madeline It. COttkltag or this , ty
was elected m. s: w,.:thy prand ma-
tron. Mrs. Cenkltng served for two
years as grand secretary. au,i two
years .is worthy grand matron of Ore-
pon. Order of the Eastern Star, and
for the past five years has been nn
active worker and recognt-ed leader
In the supreme chapter of the world
Stock in Kay County Dying From a
Disease Resembling Anthrax
GUTHRIE: R. If. Hahn, territorial
cattle Inspector, has reported to tno
sanitary board a strange disease in
Kay county, on tho Schussler farm,
| from which four head of cattlo have
All the surgeons in Grove and dll(1 and three more hav° beci very
Afton were summoned. A messcngoi s'ck' although better at present,
from the scene of tho accident says I ril° disease in some respects ls said
100 men were at work nt the time. . to resemble anthrax, although this
and the pier collapsed without warn ; disease has never before been found
Ing. owing to faulty eonstruetl >n of ; 'n 'his territory.
the f, n idation. The bridge was of Tho cattle die In convulsions. Be-
sted. on stone piers, and was to con- j tween the carcass and the hide Is a
ncct the cast end of the Cherokee >'0"°w substance and on the left side
nation with Vinita, and to tnke th.< 1 an<l Hanks are swellings of great
place of the ferry between Aft.u and sizo- The mysterious disease bas
puzzled expert^ farmers and all
—— others alike.
DuSInt ,mi„?r|,Drnhave a ' r "ahn' *"h tho Bhpri" <*
new postoffloo, modern ln everT V ^g" '° ,OWn8b,p
tail. The equipments will cost up ft lD_tha.t COUnty to to™
Negro Porter Chloroformed Her
OKLAHOMA CITY: Mrs. W. A
OLD JAIL DESfclRTED
Grove.
wards of $4,000. It is probable thai
a new brick structure costing about
$4<'00 will bo erected for the use of
the postofficiv
the cleaning up of the quarantined
pastures.
An eastern syndicate may build
street car line In Guthrie.
Moore of this city, while returning New Federal BaRtiu ,♦ ** .
from a summer sojourn In Colorado Ll nl Muskogee la
was chloroformed in a sleeping car mus^ck? °CC"P'ed
on the Santa Fe railway by the negro ! * Nearly two hundred
porter, who attempted the theft of I prl*oners ot the 0l«l federal "bull pen1'
her rings. Mrs. Moore recovered ! thls clty woro "arched in twos to
consciousness in time to pre vent the | ,ho finc now federal prison in Court
porter from carrying out his plan. A I °"er8 greeted tho change with dem«
woman passenger saw tho negro's nt- | <>nstrations of Joy. Before be'i
tempt at robbery and inquired what I moved, however, each of thom wf
ho was doing, which caused him to shaved and had a bath, so that thev
inako his escape. The matter was i might bo as clean as tho brl"ht new
reported to the trainmen and a Santa I ce"s in which they are now conrieed
Fe deten-tive, who was aboard the I The opemlng of the new <all follows
j years of patient effort on tho part 0f
| Loo E. Bennett, who has been tho
I nited States marshal at Muskogee
since 1897.
Thirty-five of th^ prisoners moved
from the old bastiic, or oue-rifth of
town, met his death In a peculiar mar.- I nuirder.'™ nUmbC1' ar° cbaiKC-'(1 w'th
nor. Just before retiring ho went to I
the kitchen and picked up n cracker I
train, promptly placed the negro un-
der arrest.
Choked to Death
PERRY: ,i W. Stracker, one or
the best known farmers of Noble
county, living four miles north of
New Half Mile Record
ALI.KNTOWN, Pa.: Before ten
thousand persons Prince Alert estah
lished a new half mile track record
bv pacing a mile In 2:03* without a
shield at the Allentown fair races. He
made the same time at Bethlehem,
l'a. on September 19. last year, but
Hunting Season Soon to Open
MUSKOGEE: The hunting season
is at hand, and as there is no game
law in the Indian Territorv it is sup
posed that this will a hunters' para-
di>e as Ions as there is any game to
shoot. The only so • ion of law ap
a shield was used at that" time.' His SnfJ" wl!*" T7,r"0r>' U a ft^ral
time by quarters was n'-iu, 1:on. ,h.at
time were perfect. Tho
— —. no person
1:31. 2:0.1V,. Conditions for fast IndkmT.m^ domaln# of an>'
great nacrr ck, J Ka"U , Xcept for bsistance.
This does not prohibit one from hunt-
was driven by Jack Curry and w..-
paced by a running horse.
ing. but docs pn.hitut tae shipping
or sell.ng of game.
and took a bite or it. A piece of the
cracker caught in his windpipe and
choked him to death before assist-
ance could reach him. He was
enlng of the Strip. , uI ocv.Ilim lo tllc
the opening i
The jail was built in isaa, nnd
since then C.9C8 prisoners have boon
confined there. Owing to the tact
that there are no aaylurnn for tho in-
sane In the territory, many demented
persons have been confined in tho old
inll MM/1 A r* /%•••..«. u
feder.
I al asylum in Washington.
NEEDN'T WORK ANY MORE
Another Arrest for Shepard Assault |
SOUTH MCALESTER: Wolford
Ungles. aged twenty years, lias been! OKLAHOMA CITY J n Vn
arrested, charged with conspiracyhn, _.ir„ri, , ^°ung.
His arrest follows the preliminary , . .. . # rcat^ ^ the
examination given J. C. Wilcox, who I . °,r cn n farm near
is charged wit'i having assaulted i 'J?" ',,n<"11 ,50t work any
Townslte Commissi,,nor Shepard at "'^' n'° ™ Paso «nd con-
Haitshorno l#,t Saturday. Ungles is a I Un " " T ; °f ,lU llrp- «o-
■M of the former poatmastcr at Harts- | ° on n,:' "natic gate
home.
young
man
cn of the former posinieSU T at Harts ' ' 1 1 «■ UI WMtl* gate
IOTM. A Wllne-s te.tilled that the ' rallioad croestng tad ku re-
oung man confe sea to assaulting n f*'\c'd "a. °rr°r ol '■•' 01 f. r his pat
ian a few minutes after the attack i!"L 1 f "n addlt.'.nn royally of
i o Shepard. I fiV0 "o ha, accept.
1 cd the offer. "
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Fields, William A. The Hobart Weekly Chief. (Hobart, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1904, newspaper, September 29, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc186710/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.