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Norman Transcript
TERRITORIAL HAPPENINGS. CBEETfflEATY
NORMAN,
OKLAHOMA.
territorial notes.
The Rook Island intends building I
depot at El Reno.
Over 200 delegates attended the grand
lodge of Masons lipid at Guthrie.
The waterworks proposition, at Ton-
kawa, carried by a vote < f IN tot
against.
The Enchon Indians contemplate tbt
establishment of an industrial school at
Bristow.
The postoffice at Lone Tree, Woods
county has been discontinued; mail tc
Amorita.
R. G. Dunn & Co., mercantile agent*
have established a branch offloc at Ok-
lahoma City.
It is said that 200 claims in the
Guthrie district of Liucoln county art
not proved up.
The Alton-Dawson Mercantile comp-
any of Oklahoma City have increased
their capital stock to $200,000.
Oklahoma now has"3M prisoners in
the Kansas penitentiary which cost the
territory for keep $8,325,119 a quarter.
T. C. Briekel, of Chandler, lias pur-
chased 800 head of Angora goat* and
will start a goat ranch in Lincoln county.
Tho ladies of Hennessey are raising
funds with which to decorate the grave
of Pat Hennessey, founder of that town.
The Lehman-Higgius Grocery com-
pany, of Wichita, will establish a
branch at Enid carrying a $100,000
stock.
Commissioner Wright of Muskogee
lias been named as commissioner of In-
dian affairs, the best paying position in
the field.
Booker T. Washington is to
lecture in Guthrie at an early tiate, and
the colored contingent is ecstatically
Jubilant,
James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier
poet, is expected to attend the reunion
of the Oklahoma Indiauians at Guthrie
February 23.
Phillips Gerst, former city treasurer
of Buffalo, N. Y„ has been arrested on
a charge of misappropriating $i?,000 of
tho city's funds.
Commissioner Jones has given oni
that there will be no postponnient in
leasing the Kiowa land, but the leases
will become operative April 1st.
Sheriff Thompson, of Caddo county,
has landed two alleged horse thieves in
the El Reno jail for safe keeping. They
were captured by Marshal Flowers, of
Araphoe.
Owing to a defect in publishing the
uotice of election recently held to incor-
porate the town of Asher, Pottawato-
mie county, tho voto will have to be
taken again.
Latest Reliable News Gathered with Special Aim to Please
the Wishes of Our Readers.
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL.
FEES TOO SMALL.
Serving Papon and Making Arr«t« Too
Poorly Paid la Indian Territory.
Washington: A curious condition
of affairs existing in Indian territory
haa been brought to light by the con-
sideration of a bill introduced in the
senate fixing the fees of United 8tates
marshals and their deputies. Under
the present law, now in force in the ter-
ritory, as interpreted by the comptrol-
ler of the tmurary, United States mar-
shals are only allowed 50 cents for
serving a" warrant in a case of felony,
while for serving a warrant in a misde-
tneanor case they am allowed a ^ee
$2 and expenses, which reasonably com-
pensates them for the time thoy are en-
gaged in serving the process.
In representing tho case to the senate.
Senator Hoar referred to the report of
Attorney General Knox showing a case
where a deputy marshal had recently
made an arrest of a person charged
with larceny. The deputy travelled 15
miles to make the arrest and back, and
the same distance on a later day to
serve subpoenas. Under the federal
fee bill he would have received $7.42
and would have been reimbursed to the
extent of $4.75 for expenses His entire
actual expenses having been $6.75 he
would have lost $2 of his expenses,
which would leave him a net earning of
$5.42.
The fact that the compensation and
fees above mentioned are so inadequate
makes it difficult to enforce the law ap-
plicable to the Indian territory, especial-
lv Hirainst those guilty of the crime of
letter
on to be
22d, 23d,
Homo tor Indigent Couiradfm to Bo fcullt
•t Month Me A loiter.
South McAlester : R. B.
major-general commanding
ritory Division of the United
ate Veterans has issued a cir
calling attention to the
held at Dallas, Texas, ^
24th and 25th. The letter also contains
the following in regard to the Confeder-
ate Home to be built at South McAlester:
"With more than ordinary pleasure I
call the attention of all confederates
that during the past year there has been
organized and incorporated under the
laws of the state of Arkansas. The
Confederate Momorial Association of
the Indian Territory for the purpose of
building and maintaining a confederate
Home at South McAlester proper officers
elected and thirty-one lots purchased in
the town of Sonth McAlester for the
purpose at a cost of $775, and the first
payment made thereon. It becomes
now the imperative duty of all con-
federates to oome to the assistance of
the projectors and subscribe liberally to
the stock of the association, and prepare
a place to care for the few indigent
comrades of the Indian Territory."
ly against those guilty
horse stealing.
With this explanation the senate pas-
Rod the bill without a descenting voice,
and similar action is expected by the
house within a few weeks. ^
A DASTARDLY CRIME.
It U Being Investigated by the County
Authorities.
Oklahoma City: A dastardly crime
is being investigated by the county au-
thorities—that of two men who are
wanted on the charge of attempting
rape. There are two little girls in the
case, one aged eleven and tho other
twelve years. The men in question
were found in company with the girlB
in a wine room Sunday evoning and
were arrested by the polico They gave
cash bonds of $10 each for fheir appear-
ance in court the next morning but, up
to the present time they havo failed to
put in an appearance. A oonnty official
this afternoon stated that the crime was
one of the most outrageous ever com-
mitted in this city and the worst he has
<ceard since his term in office.
j PEOPLES INDICTED.
|)*l!l*ppr mid Kby ore H«l(l on Cliarfft*
of Kxtortlon.
Oklahoma City: Among the indict-
ments returned by the grand jury, one
against William T. Peoples, on the
charge of murder in the first degree.
Peoples, as will be remembered walked
into Haley's drug store on the morning
and shot Eugene
dead in his tracks.
siKned Note* for HocelpU.
Wichita: During the session of the
Oklahoma Livestock association the cat-
tlemen were crowdujK into the room
used by Mr. BotfKtho secretary, so
fast to pay their fees, that
the receipt book F^uAtwitb
him was used nseutyfcj^^f -flis
young lady assistants out to Or-
dinary reoeipt book. She brought back
a note book. The receipts issued after
that read; "I promise to pay $5," etc.,
and they were all signed with Bolton's
name. No one noticed the mistake un-
til afternoon and now Mr. Bolton wants
his notes returned. "The cigars seem
to be on me," he said. "I want all the
new members holding my not® to pre-
sent the note at once and I will cash it
in at full value less the amount on the
face." There was about $200 of this
paper issued.
In the roping contest at the cattle-
men's meeting at Wichita C. W. Jack-
son, of Oklahoma, was awarded the first
prize of $100 and .he richly deserved it.
Ho was tho nerviest rider on the ground
and after riding his broncho for five
minuteB. took off the bridle and rode
without it, letting the broncho go as it
would. Walter Fletcher, of Ooolidge,
was awarded second; C. Reynolds, of
Bliss, third; R. C. McPheruon, Oklaho-
ma City, fourth.
MUSKOGEE BOND ftSUE.
Ask tho Conarroaalonal Coi
nulttee to Voto.
Washington : Delegations present-
ing the Woman's Suffrage Association
appeared before tho committees of con-
gress in advocacy of their pleas thatwo-
men be allowed to exercise the right of
inffrage, In the senate they appeared
before the committee on woman suf-
frage. The meeting was presided over
by Senator Booon, of Georgia, who
practically turned the control of the
hearing over to Susan B. Anthony, who
made the first address of the day. She
began by calling attention to the fact
that for forty years and seventeen con-
gresses ladies had been coming to con-
gress with their pleas, but she said that
only on one occasion had their proposed
amendment to the constitution been
awarded the honor of being taken up
In tho senate for discussion. She there-
fore made an appeal to be hoard by the
senate, expressing the conviction that
the women of the country are as much
entitled to be heard as are the Filipinos,
Porto Ricans and Hawaiaus. 6he also
said that the 600 women who had been
sent to the Philippines to teach were
quite as well qualified to exercise the
right of citizenship as are men who go
to these islands for the baser purpose of
getting money. On the house side the
delegation appeared before the judiciary
committee and Mrs. Carrie Catt ad-
dressed the members. A half dozen
foreign delegates also addressed the
committee, describing tho progress ol
the woman suffrage movement in otliei
parts of the world.
Tims Bixby Summoned to Wash-
ington to Join Conferenoe.
SUPPLEMENTAL T8EATY IS UP AMIS
' • i 1 TV— 7 IDT4) fllllvT 111UP DWl
Gov. Ferguson has appointed Dr Z. |rf Jannary 10th lH8t.
E. Beemblossom, of Oklahoma Vltj' i McLaughlin, a clerk,
secretary of the live stock sanitary: T^.o wen> fired. Peoples was
board, in place of O. C. French, of | hcl(1 to ^ Rruml jury by Judge
Alva, resigned. | Campbell. No story as to the exact
City Vttoruey Howe of Hobart has j cause of the shooting has as yet been
faction over the collection of fines j Thto TefHhe
from gambling hons-js. cunw> of the shooting a secret in the
At an enthusiastic railroad meeting hetirt 0j Peoples. Indictments were
held at Chandler for the purpose of rais- j uls0 returned against Dr. Arthus Del-
lug tho $25,000 bonus for tho Choctaw li(<pjir ulld Chas. Eby on the charge of
road, a good start was made by sub- oxtortion. As will be also remembered
icriptious amounting to $11,000. ) Dellispar and Eby are the men held on
- j the charge of blackmailing Postoffice
A proclamation has been made by the , Beelie and causing a woman
governor of Oklahoma proclaiming tho ^ ^ namr of ohapin to work him for
towu of Norman a city of the first class, i -
The petition shv, rs the town to have a
population of 3,313. and the election of
city offltsers is set for the 1st day of April.
$3,400. Other indcitments were return-
ed but they will not be made public for
a time.
a New Town in Indian Territory.
<iet« • Life sentence. ; South McAlester: A new town at
Gcthuie: John Cox has been sen- , ^ jtmction of thc Missouri, KanFas &
imprisonment for ^ the T ^ and Fort Smith & Western has
been dodicated. The townsite company
Territorial Trunt Company Made tho
neat Offer tor Them.
Muskogee: The city council at its
meeting opened tho bids for tho bonds
be to issued by the city for the purpose
of building a waterworks and sewerage
system. The amount of the bonds was
$175,000. There were several bids, but
the Territorial Trust and Surety Comp-
any of Muskogee was found to bo the
best bidder, bidding at 5 per cent with
premium of $7,875.
Race Circuit tor Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City: The Oklahoma Fair
and Racing association is actively pre-
paring for tho fall campaign. A meeting
of representatives of the various towns
already in tho circuit, was held here.
The circuit has not yet been arranged
but will be announced at some time in
the future. The inrscs are very liberal
as arranged at tho meeting. The total
amount will reach 110,000. Secretary
Tedford will visit the various l ading
towns in the territory to arrange the
circuit for the coming fall meefugs.
When the circuit has lieen completed
unother meeting will be held in this
city to complete the final arrangements,
fix the dates and advertise the pu;"ses.
Bitten By Rattlesnake.
Phoenix, Ariz. : Professor Georg®
Warton James, author and lecturer ol
New York City, was biten by a rattle-
make on the left thumb. He was given
medical attention within four minutel
Mid pronounced out of danger. Th«
snake was a big one and he grabbed it
by the neck in a cage for the purpose ol
laying it on the ground to photograph
it. Ths snake was to strong for him
and loosened its head enough to twist
around and bite him-
To .Select The Site.
Guthrie: Fred L. Wenner of this
city and Otto A. Shutfee. members ol
the Oklahoma commission to the St.
Louis exposition, have gone to St. Louis.
The two commissioners go to select a
site for the Oklahoma building and spac«
for exhibits. The building will be
erected after the plan of the Wisconsin
building at the Buffalo exposition ol
last year. This building was inspected
by commissioners and the plan decided
on at that time.
Long KattablUhed precedent.
The proposition to grant an annual
,tension to Mrs. McKinley, the widow
of President McKinley, has a numbei
of precedents, and it is not protabU
that there will be any objection made
to the bill which haa been mtroduoed
to grant her an allowance of $a,000 a
year from the public treasury has al
ready passed both houses of congress,
and she is now enabled to transmit aU
her letters through the mail witlioul
paying postage.
year of Violence.
Oklahoma City : While the anthon
ties refuse to discuss the matter at any
length, yet it is known that they .ear
there will be mob vengence on the two
men, who are in jail at present in this
city charged with being the murderers
of Sheriff Smith and Beck at Anadaiko
several weeks ago. If an attempt is
made to take the men to Anadarko foi
preliminary trial, it is believed that
there will be either a hanging or a .-lg
tight as a result.
ANOTHER ROBBERY.
Another Cnne ol Holdup Near Anadarko
—Team and Wugon Taken.
Anadarko: A man was held up
Burglary at K! Reno,
El Reno Bonebrake's hardware
store and Johnson's saloon was broken
into Bonebrake lost, nine Colts re
volvei* and a lot of valuable knives.
Tho stuff taken will amount to over $150.
At Johnson's placo the cash
was opened and over $8 taken. The
thieves also visited the slot machines
and robbed them of all there was iu
them, they also took about four quarts
of whiskey and a lot of cigars. John-
son's loss is about $50.
Overall"Factory "Burn*.
Oklahoma City Flyun's Overah
factory .
tenced to life
murder of five men near Wear, I. T.
P. W. Tyler, of Watonga, lias beer
ap]>ointed a member of the board of re-
gents of the Langston university, vice
T. W. Taylor, of Guthrie.
Mrs. E. O. Cook, of Shawnee, has
fallen heir to $250,000 by the death of
«n uncle in Manila. By birth she is
ubont three-fourth S]wuiish.
Department Refuned, • Short Time A*o.
To Ratify Supplemental Treaty, bat tn
Receipt of Jteeeoat Information, Dealre
to Have it Ratified.
Washington: Mr. Tains Bixby, act-
ing chairman of the Dawes commission,
Is in Washington in answer to a sum-
mons of Mr. Hitchcock, secretary of the
interior, for the purpose of joining in
& conference concerning the proposed
supplemental treaty with the Creek
Indians. Pleasant Porter, chief of the
Creeks, has been in Washington for a
week on business connected with the
proposed ratification of the treaty, and
an effort will be made to have it closed
up at once.
The department refused to agree to
the ratification of a supplemental trea-
ty some woeks ago, but in the light
of new information on the subject de-
sires the treaty to be ratified. The pro-
posed treaty provides for a change in
the system of allotting lands. Under
the existing treaty the allotments are
made on an appraised valuation, loca-
tion, mineral deposits and a number of
like elements entering into the value
placed upon the land by the appraisers.
The Indians are now asking to have
their treaty amended so that the ques-
tion of locality and mineral will not be
considered in appraising the value of
the allotments. Other features of the
proposed supplemental treaty are of
minor importance.
"These natters have all been discuss-
sd by the Creeks and the Dawes com-
mission," said Mr. Bixby, "and I do not
anticipate any trouble in having the
supplemental treaty promptly ratified.
If this is done there will be no difficulty
in having the work of enrolling the
Creeks and allotting their lands speedily
closed up."
There are now abont 1,500 01 tne
Creeks who have refused to enroll on
the list of the commission, but Mr. Bix-
by believes that they will come in as
won as the supplemental treaty has
been ratified. Something like 8,000 of
the Creeks have already been enrolled,
and the deeds for their lands are await-
ing the approval of the secretary of the
interior. As soon as tliis matter is dis-
posed of, Mr. Bixby says, the Creek af-
fairs will be rapidly closed up, and the
commission will then turn its attention
to the Chickasaws and Choctaws. "The
work of the commission," said Mr. Bix-
by, "has been beset with many diffi-
culties, but we are now able to see our
way out, and will be able, I think, to
close the work in a couple of years.
There will be work, of course, for a
number of years, but it will be of a
minor character, and can be attended
to by a clerk or two in the Indian de-
partment. All our efforts are now be-
ing made in securing supplemental
treaties with the civilized tribes, so
their lands may be allotted promptly
and the Indians placed on their own
resources."
Mr. Bixby stated that ho knew noth-
ing about the proposed reduction in the
membership of tho Dawes commission,
except what he had read in the news-
paper reports.
Oeta $3,300 and a Life l'oxitlon.
Blackwell. David Cowardine, the
brakeman who used to run on the Santa
Fe local with Conductor Ed Finney,
and who had both legs cut off by l>eing
caught between two cars and run over
at Cicoro, has settled with the company
for $8,500 and a life position in one of
company's offices.
Drew Salary on Fictitious Name.
South McAlester: F. C. Jamison
has been arrested on a charge of em-
bezzlement. Jamison was one of the
employes of the McAlester coal com-
pany, in charge of the pay roll of the
mine, and it is charged that he entered
a fictitious name on the roll and, with
the aid of a confederate, drew the
salary.
COUNTY FUNDS WERE SHORT.
A Discrepancy l7an ICn-Probat* JadKe'«
Account* In Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City: The expert ac-
countant employed by Henry Overhrt- ,
tier under contract with the county W'mM'
commissioners to examine the books of \
county officials since 1897, filed a report
with the commissioners, alleging tnas
the accounts of Asa C. Jones, ex probate
judge, showed that there were no vouch-
ers or entries authorizing the expendi-
ture of the sum of $4,268.62, as reported
by Jones. William Taylor, county at-
torney, and the expert accountant will
go over the books with Jones to give
him an opportunity to explain the dis-
crepancies. Overholser is to reoeivs
half the money he recovers for the Boun-
ty. Jones was elected by the Pojmhsta
in 1896 and held office four year*.
Propose to i'ay $1.33 l'er Acre.
Washington: Mr. McComas,
Maryland, has introdued in the senate
)Ij n , , building a bill directing the secretary of the in-
was destroyed by fire, and the Duumng tcrior to pay the Wichita and affiliated
containing the same bands of Indians $1.25 per acre for all
The loss to stock wiU b®^ ianda included in the forme . Wichita
pagnc broken
christened Crowder City, for Dr. Crowd-
er of Canadian, a town only three miles
away, which will bo moved to the new
site. One block was set aside for a pub-
lic school house and each religious de-
nomination was given a fourth of a
block for a church. Tho erection of
frame buildings in the business district
is ore veil ted. A $70,000 cotton oil mill
will be built. The I {Tg^l "a* Ti^re^ -ardto
The postoffice at Wilburton, I. T., a diy.sion point of tho Fort Smith & ,1^ & ^ Qf ^^
will be advanced from the fourth class Wes rn. Want More s.eulency KsercWed.
to the third class, a presidential grade, p«—y i^>mi ontcc closed. Guthrie. F .T. Maldamer, O. W.
April I. viuTHiut Major McKinley, of the ' Hun and II. J. Cnllen, all of Wellston,
laud office has received the following ; have been in the city to see Governor
It is believed, by tliose who are in a . fn,nl Biuirer Hermann, com- Ferguson and the school lanu board
position to know, that the Blackwell, :SXr Ttho U. S. land office: I about timber cutting on schoo^ lands.
this man and made him get out of his
wagon and mount one of tho horses and
rode three miles with them while one of
the men drove. After going that dis-
tance they ordered him to "strike the
grit" and they drove off with his outfit.
The man walked to Anadarko and com-
municated the above facte to Sheriff
Thompson who immediately put two
men on the trail. The chances of their
position to know, that tne iwacKwm, , f th(, jj. S. land office: about timocr curiiug u..
Enid & Southwestern is tube purchased , ordered closed j They think more lemency should be cj-
,rt operated by the Frisco system. | fortlmith records and business , m<[wmovtd to cultivate
1.1 Pitv rn.ts the next' meeting transferred to your office. All business - ^ as is being done around Weils-
1 £ advertised to bo transacted before thp ton The w<i talked fairly and
of th 10klahoma la • * nBilU8ti' Perry office will be transferred to you. j promised closer investigation.
which recently closed an entnuBiastic ' . —
meeting at Wichita. To Brllljr |tl„ k Hor,rft,ler. ! l. K n Woman Stobbed.
„ - . \ rifmisitioii on the jrov-1 PoNc.vCrrv: Word has just reached
Anakarho
Anadarko:
been held her<
. ,-as appointe
fer with the w ,, • — ■ — | u> — — — - -
officials with a viiw of inducing mar (,OTU)tv who will bring Montgomery to | towll when they were attacked by a man
Ano-^nrltf*. oklahoma. Montgomery is charged | wbogo only weapon was a club.
insurance $2,500. The origin of the fire
is unknown, but is supposed to have
caught from a stove. Mr. Flynn says
the plant will lie rebuilt at once. Ihe
factory gave employment to *5 people
and was just beginning to do a good
business.
HlR Business in Lund OBlce.
Lawton: Last, week was a record
breaker in tho land office here. Then
were 180 filings and 51 contests. Ihis
is the largest week's record for some
time am' shows the business being done
here Large crowds throng tho office
from P p. m. until 4 a. m. asking num-
erous questions that would ^ tne
patience of Job, yet Major McKmKht
and Judge Magnrie with their clerks
are handling the business efficiently and
cheerfully.
The Kellogg sanitarium at BattH
Creek. Mich., an adventist institution,
Was burned to the ground. Nolossol
lives is reported. Loss .about M)0,000.
Killing in Keif-Dclcnse.
South McAlestku • Goo Drumright
who confessed to kiLHng John
prelimin
I that
Uobsou May He Retired.
WasHJMItos: The president sent tt.
reservation iu Oklahoma territory and
not allotted to them in severalty, which
shall forever extinguish the judgment
of the court of claims dated January 81,
1001, for compensation to said Indians
for lands reserved in the reservation for
the use of schools and public buildiugs
in the future state of Oklahoma.
Hate o* Arbor I>ay.
Guthrie: Governor Ferguson has
issued a proclamation setting aside
March 14 as Arbor day. Tho governor
in splendid terms advocates the planting
of trees all over the territory.
road to come through Ana Jarko. oklahoma Montgomery is charged y.-bose only weaj>on was a club. Before, „
fLJofhtne. and II, womei could give an alarm both | the wnttte a moesage recommending th«
Governor Ferguson
roinmunication from
ritorTina scheme to raise buffaloes, ' crul states. He traveled in Oklahoma . yoi^r tiiui made, a hasty rt'treat, j s<-iiatorGtolJ;ngerimmciliate
and savs that Oklahoma is the natural j M'vcral years selling school furniture i fln,| Uy> to this time has net been heart, j ? „ v.iil nmvidine for Mr. Ho'o
li une of the bison, which ho asserts, j school supplies anil is \\>~!1 knowu | fr<
' more profit t0 i:ialiy school officers. I J "J"
could Ik rnis>
il her
f " h he theft of a team of liorees and ,e women coul.l gii e an alarm both the s,uate a message reoommeudmg
is in receipt of a | w th the tliett or a reamo .J1 dralt effective blows with the dub, j retirement of Naval Constructor xtioh-
an Illinois man a bugp\ at Lawton a«u I and before tliev were aware both iiad j mond P. Ilobson, the hel"o of the Mern-
sration of the ter- ago. He has 1x en traced througft relieved of about in change. ..„,i in accortlance with this recom-
'i3 | The robber tin n made a hasty rexroat } ^g^^^onSenator Gall:igerimm&J-'-i'-
r?' and up to this time nas not t ">n heart*. Vlill proviiling for Mr.
ru | from, altliough he is now being traucu / ■ trunsl'cr to the retired list.
I i.v of the old time Indian s-coute. I son trunsicr ro in
Mayor Jones in Woshinfftoti.
Washington : Mayor C. G. Jones, of
Oklahoma City, Okla., arrived at the
national capital bringing an abuiul-
uit supply of single statehood ozone,
which he diffused so completely among
the advocates of that movement. Mr.
Jones is having success in all he came
here for, principally in connection with
railroad work in Oklahoma.
Arrest of Cor Thieves.
Anadarko: A gang of negro car
thieves, which has been giving the Bock
Island much trouble here for several
months, was captured by tho officers of
this citv assisted by two Pinkcrton de-
tectives employed by the railroad comp-
any. The detectives arrived here twe
weeks ago, and began working on the
case, and with such success that they
jven blacked their faces and accomp-
mie<l fhe thieves on several* trips, col-
Deaperato Attempt to Gain F*o*do .
Lawton: W. W. Montgomery,
charged with grand larceny, jumped
from a passenger train and attempted
to escape Sheriff W. Wo Painter near
Cronby, Texas. Montgomery, who m
alleged to have stolen a team and boggy
from Harper, Kansas, five months ago,
was traced by the authorities to Coman-
che county. Sheriff Painter located
Montgomery at Beaumont, Texas.
Montgomery secured permissi/m to go to
the closet in the rear end of the eoaca.
While there be picked the locks to h
shackles and jumped ont of the window
while the train was going at the rate of
forty miles an hour. An employe of
the road discovered the attempted es-
cape. At Sheriff Painter's request the
train was stopped. Montgomery was
picked up by the side of the track in an
unconscious condition.
aTold^timer. \
Bens* a tho Only Uvln* Signer «f th4
Cherokee Treaty.
Fort Gibson: Samuel Houston
Bcngc, the only living person who par-
ticipated in the Cherokee treaty of 1866,
is residing here. The Cherokee® fought
with the confederacy during the civil
war. and it was throught the treaty of
1866 that tho tribe regained ite former
standing with the federal government.
Benge was born in Georgia iu 1882 and ,
came to the Indian territory in 1JJ38.
He lived for many years in Sequoyah
district, Cherokee nation, where he was ,
a friend and neighbor of Sequoyah, the 1
inventor of the Cherokee alphabet,
Bengo has a fund of interesting reinQi-
isoences of Sequoyon. Unlike his peo-
ple, Benge supported the union ajulwas
an officer in the federal army. With
the exception of chief justice, lie has
held every office in tho gift of the Clier-
okees. At Muskogee he made the first
republican speech in the Indian territory ■
after the war.
SEEKS RELIEF.
Chief nufftnyton «oe« to Washington in
Hchalf of Starving Indians.
Vinita: T. M. Buffington. principal 4
chief of the Cherokee nation, has gone
to Washington in tho intercnt of tbt
full-blood Cherokee Indians, who are
struggling against starvation in the ,
hills of Delaware, Saline, Flint Going-
snake and Tahlequah districts. The
chief will personally request the secre-
tary of the interior to allow tho pay-
ment from royalties for relief purposes.
There is approximately $30,000 in the
subtreasury of the United States at St.
Louis to the credit of the Cherokee na-
tion, and with the consent of tho det
pratment of the interior this money
would be immediately available.
The suffering among the fnll-bloods.
whose crops were destroyed by the
drouth last summer, has become 60
acute that several communities have
instituted relief measures, pending the
necessary delays on account of pay-
ments through tribal funds. They will
investigate the cases of destitution in
the territory contiguous to them and
give all temporary relief within their
own districts. In the event that Chief
Buffington fails in his mission at Wash-
ington the collection of a relief fnnd
will lie inaugurated ail over the Chero-
kee nation.
The Hepburn bill was passed reoejitly ,
providing for the construction of a
bridge over the Arkansas river at Fort
Gibson, L T.
Accidentally Killed.
Checotah, L T. : Will Julian a
young man in the employ of the Spauld-
ing-Hutchinson Mercantile company, of
Checotah in the hardware department
went to a dance six miles east of Che-
cotah. Julian went with a gun in his
hip pocket and while in a friendly scuf-
fle the pistol fell from his pocket to the
floor. When it struck the floor the
pistol was discharged and the ball en-
tered Julian's mouth, went through hi?
head and buried itself in the ceiling
killing him almost instantly.
Jack Barr Not~OuIHy.
Atoka.LT.: "Jack" Barr who ha>
been on trial here for being an accom-
plice in the Caney, L T., train robbery,
has been acquitted.
I'onca and Otoe Delegation Return.
Ponca Crry: Major John Jenson
and his delegation of Ponca and Otoe
Indians have returned from their trip to
Washington; having had a most satis-
factory trip and accomplished tho pur-
poses of their visit to the national capi-
tal. The major 6ays that it is the pur-
pose of the department of the iuterior to
allot lands to the children bom siuci
the first, allotment and then permit the
Indians to dispose of the surplus land to
settlers.
Important Change* bj Territorial Son;.!.
Guthrie: Tha tt Ho rial board of
instrcution decided to have two periods
of normal institutes,, the, first ending
July 18-15), and the second on August
15-]*;. The board also s-et the time for
applicants for graduation from the pub-
lic schools on tlie last Friday and Satur-
day of April. It was also concluded to
change the course of study Jor common
schools, and thoroughly reviec the same;
place.
msh the charges against thefh.
institutes >vere selected.
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