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THE INDIANOLA ENTERPRISE
VOL. II. NO. 29.
INDIANOLA, I. T.. FRIDAY MARC H lt>. llMHi.
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WYCLIFFE OUTLAWS
AGAIN IN TROUBLE
Surrounded by Posse in Northeast
Part of Indian Territory
THREE U. S. OFFICERS KILLED
Three Brothers, Full-Blood Indians,
at Head of Unknown Num-
ber of Outlaws
Kansas, I. T , March II.—The Wv-
cliffc Hang of Indian outlaws arc on
the warpath again.
Deputy Marshal Ike Gilstrap
and possemen Dick Perry and Otis
Little were killed in the Flint hills
in the Cherokee nation eight miles
northeast of here yesterday after-
noon by the Wycliffe Rang who am-
bushed them while the marshals
were on the WyclifTe's trail.
The marshals under the leadership
of Ike Gilstrap, rode up to the home
of Jim Wycliffe, the uncle of the three
bandits about four oclock yesterday
afternoon. The Wycliffe's at once
opened fire from within the house,
and at the first volley three of them
were kiled optright and the horses
which the deputies were riding were
all killed. The officers who were not
killed continued the fight and took to
cover.
After the death of the three mar-
shals, Pleas Mann was dispatched to
Tahlequah, 35 miles distant, for rein-
forcements and arrived at the home of
Deputy Gray, who is stationed at
Tahlequah, about 2 o'clock this morn-
ing. Marshal Long of Vinita was no-
tified and started with three deputies
this morning. When Mann left the
fighting was stil in progress.
The three dead men and three other
men, one of whom was John Woof-
ford of Tahlequah, have been follow-
ing the Wvcliffes for the past month
with bloodhounds for the murder of
Deputy Vier, whom they killed at
their home about a year ago.
It is reported that a number of
other young fullbloods have joined
the Wycliffe gang. If this is true and
they get barricaded in the wild coun-
try in the Flint hills they will be hard
to capture and it may result in a large
loss of life before they are recaptured.
It is not believed that they will be
taken alive
It was bright moonlight and T > 11
Woodford with his horse shot irom
under him, together with Andy Dick,
from cover were guarding the house
which they expected to hold until aid
could arrive.
The Jim Wycliffe home is on Spav-
inaw creek.
. Repeated efforts were made by the
marshals to recover the bodies of
their dead comrades but the Wy-
cliffes would open fire at every at-
tempt to rescue the dead men. *
Marshal Darrough has issued or-
ders to run every deputy marshal in
the Northern district of Indian Terri-
tory to the scene and in addition has
wired the department of justice at
Washington asking authority to offer
$1,000 reward for each one of the
outlaws, either dead or alive. lie has
gone to Kansas, I. T.. and will per-
sonally direct the operations against
the outlaws. The outlaws are headed
by Charley. John and Tom Wycliffe,
sons of a former justice of the Chero-
kee supreme court.
The three Wycliffe boys began their
career of outlawry five years ago.
They were concerned in a stabbing
affray at an Indian dance. They are
professional horsethieves and have
given the authorities much trouble.
The Wvcliffes are fullbloods, and
would not come to the Dawes com-
mission and select an allotment so
their land was allotted to them arbi-
trarily by the commission.
ELEVEN HUNDRED DEAD.
Frightful Explosion in a Coal Mine
in France.
Paris—A terrible explosion occur-
red in a coal mine in the Courrieres
district of the Pas-de-Calias, eighteen
miles from Bethune. It has been
learned that, out of 1.795 men who de-
scended into the pits to work, only
605 have come up, leaving 1,100 buried
in the three pits.
Rescue parties that have come to
the surface say that all further at-
tempts at rescue are useless.
A smouldering fire broke out in the
Cecil pit of the Courriere mines at a
depth of 850 feet, where masonry
work was proceeding M Barault, the
chief engineer of the mines, descend-
ed for the purpose of investigating
the circumstances which led t'>_ the
fire. This is all that is known of the
origin of the terrible catastrophe
The cages in which the miners de-
scended into pits Nos. 2. and 4 were
at about 7 o'clock this morning
hurled thirty feet from the m juth of
the shaft.
NO SIM'S I AKI N.
Cun^m Will lie IMHiernlo Willi
the Curtis Itill.
Washington, D. C. Inquiry of
the members of the senate commit-
tee on Indian affairs develops the
fact that 110 steps have been taken
thus far toward a ct mference on the
Curtis bill which provides for the
settlement of the affairs of the five
civilized tribes. Senators C'lapp and
McCumber, Republicans, and Sena-
tor Dubois, Democrat, have been
appointed conferees on the part of
the senate. The house nnd senate)
conferees have been informed that
Si ni. or Clnpp, who Is chairman of
the Indian committee of the senate,
Is deeply engrossed in he prepara-
tion of a speech on the railroad rate
regulation and can not now divide
his time between that and the Indian
bill. The adoption of tiio resolution
which provides tor u extension of
the tribal conditions makes hasto
unnecessary in connection with tho
Curtis bill, so that the conference
will proceed with the greatest delib-
eration.
WILLING to kink.n if ASKIOI).
Shouts Negotiating to Sell His Stock
in Clover Leaf Hallway.
Washington, D. C. — Chairman
Theodore 1'. Shents of the isthmian
canal commission, under examina-
tion by the sena:o canal e >111 nil1100,
answered questions technical and
personal concerning the plans for
the construction of he great water-
way and Ills relations to the organi-
zation. Incidentally, he left the In-
f«rence that he would gladly sever
his connection with the Clover Leaf
route if this was demanded of him,
but that he would net lake his fam-
ily to the isthmus. He gave former
Chief Engineer Wallace a good re-
cord, nnd said that ho was entitled
to .consideration in the matter of
taking his family to the Isthmus. Mr.
Shonts closed by urging congress to
take action immediately on tlie type
of canal to he constructed. He said
that economical procedure on the
part of tho canal commission de-
manded such action.
HIO BONI S FOR <111, LEASE.
$.'5,100 Paid for One Minor Indian
Allotment.
Sapulpa, I T.—Sealed bids for oil
leases on twenty-nine allotments of
Indian minors were opened by Pro-
bate Commissioner Thomas Sanson.
Twenty-six of the leases were sold to
the highest bidder. Morrison &
Company bid in the Edith Durant al-
lotment, five miles east of Sapulpa,
for a bonus of ?: ,400. This was the
highest bonus paid. All bids re-
ceived offered a royalty of one-tenth
besides the bonus. Each Indian
child whose allotment is leased has
a guardian appointed by the court.
Hamilton Returns.
New York.—Andrew Hamilton,
the legislative a- < nt for s vcral large
insurance companies, whose name
has .been prominently mentioned in
connection with the recent legisla-
tive insurance investigation, has re-
turned firm Europe.
Hamilton said that as soon as he
heard that criminal proceedings were
contemplated, he decided to return
to the United States.
GENERAL NEWS.
Sapulpa is figuring on a sewerage
system.
The house has passed a bill admit-
ting a delegate from Alaska.
The last census of Kansas shows
a population of 1,500,000 people.
It is feared the late cold snap has
damaged fruit in Missouri and Kan-
Governor Frantz has named
March 16 as Arbor Day. Get ready
to plant your trees.
Ardmore will vote April 7 on a
proposition to issue Suo.ooo bonds
for municipal improvements.
England has provided a big de-
fense fund; $148,630,000 for the
army and $180,000,000 for the navy.
In the face cf the Chinese boycott
the geeretary of commerce shows
that American exports to China in-
creased ovtr five million dollars last
year.
The hcuse has passed a bill to re-
lieve tobacco growers by permitting
them to sell leaf tobacco without the
tax of six cents a pond heretofore
charged.
Representative J. M. Gregg of
Georgia was unanimously chosen
chairman of the Democratic con-
gressional committee which met at
the capital.
STATEHOOD BILL
PASSES SENATE
Motion to Concur in Senate Amend-
ment when Bill is sent to House
FORAKER AMENDMENT CARRIED
Arizona and New Mexico to Take
a Vote-Guthrie Only Tem-
porary Capital
Washington, D. (' —Friday at 5:3.1
p. 111 . the senate passed the bill for
the admission of the new state to
lie called Oklahoma and to be com-
posed of the territory of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory. It was a house
j' 'int statchod bill with al the pro-
visions relating to Arizona and New
Mexico stricken out. A motion to
strike out was made by lltirrows and
it was carried by the close vote of ,17
to .15, after having been lost by a still
closer vote of 35 to 36.
The test vote, upon which the op-
ponents of joint statehood showed
their greatest strength, was on the
Foraker amendment, whi h provided
that Arizona and New Mexico should
have an opportunity to vote separate-
ly 011 the proposition of joint state-
hood. This was carried by a vote of
42 to 4Q.
The state is allowed the usual
quota'of executive, judicial and legis-
lative officers, two United States sen-
ators and five members of the nation-
al house of representatives.
A constitutional convention with
110 members, 55 of which are to be
chosen by each of the territories
comprising the state, is provided for,
and all male citizens or male Indians
membership in it.
There is an especial provision pro-
tecting Indians in their rights and
continuing the prerogative of the na-
tional government to ontrol their af-
fairs.
The sale of intoxicating liquors in
what is now Indian Territory, is pro-
hibited for 21 years and longer un-
less the constitution is changed.
Sections 16 and 36 of each township
of land in Oklahoma are set aside
for the ben iit of a common school
system, as is also five cent of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of public lands.
There is an appropriation of five mil-
lions from the national treasury for
the benefit of schools. The provision
is made for the support of higher
education and charitable institutions.
Two districts for United States
courts, one in Oklahoma and the oth-
er in Indian Territory, are provided
for .
Guthrie is made the temporary seat
of government but the House provis-
ion continuing it in that capacity un-
til 1 q 15 was eliminated.
The Katy flyer went south one da'-
last week in two sections, s<« heavy
laden with passengers it took two
engines to pull it.
SIX HUNDRED KILLED.
Battle Between American Forces and
Hostile Moras.
Manilla.—An important action be-
tween the American forccs and hos-
tile Moras has taken place near Jolo.
Fifteen enlisted men were killed,
four commissioned officers wounded,
36 enlisted men wounded and the
naval contingent operating with the
military sustained thirty-two causu-
alities. The Moros lost six hundred
men killed.
Major General Leonard Wood, the
commander of the division of the
Philippines reports as follows from
Jolo, capital Sulu islands:
"A severe action between the
troops, a naval detachment and the
constabulary and the hostile Moras,
has taken place at Mount Dajo, near
Jolo.
"The engagement opened during
the afternoon of March 6 and ended
on the morning of March 8. The ac-
tion involved the capture of Mount
Dajo, a lava cone, 2100 feet high,
with a crater at its summit nd ex-
tremely steep.
"The last 400 feet were at an angle
of 60 degrees and there were fifty
perpendicular ridges covered with a
growth of timber and strongly forti-
fied and defended by an invisable
force of Moros.
"The action resulted in the extinc-
tion of a band bf outlaws, who, rec-
ognizing no chief, had been raiding
the friendly Moros and, owing to
their defiance of American authority
had stirred up a dangerous condition
of affairs."
t ami: ni:\k ijoini; to mi:\ico.
Clierokees OmsldcKNl Migration
llutk in isati.
Muskogee, I. T.—Tho present
movement among tho fullblood
Creeks to migrate to Old Mexico
upon the dissolution of tribal gov-
ernment recalls the historical fact,
almost unknown to the present gen-
eral Ion, that the Cherokees before
being removed by thu United States
government from Georgia to Indian
Territory seriously contemplated go-
ing to Mexico. This rcoord appeals
in an old letter written in 1S30 by
tile Mexican consul at Washington,
D. C., to the Mexican representative
at Philadelphia, introducing John
Ross, chief of the Cherokees. This
dd letter is In the archives of the
Creek council house at Tahlequah.
For a number of yi ars Chief ltoss
resisted removal. The United States
government, however, finally forced
tho,treaty of 1 s::s upon tho Cliero-
kieo#, and they exchanged their
honjes in the east f r the new coun-
try lu Indian Territory. Tho Chero-
kees did not remove to this country
in 1839 until finally forced to do so.
July> 21. 1X110, a committee of the
oouncll of the old Cherokee nation
adopted this address opposing the
migration which in pathos, lino pa-
triotic feeling iuuI lofty diction ha
seldom been equaled In any nation,
the closing paragraph of which
reads:
"Shall wo be compelled by a civil-
ized anil Christian people with
whom we have lived In perfect peace
fot' Che (last forty yonra and for
whom wo willingly bled in war to
bid final ad'iett to our homes, our
streams and our beautiful forests?
No, we are still firm. Wo Intend still
to cling with our wonted affection
to the land which gave us birth and
which every day of our lives brings
to us now and stronger ties of at-
tachment. We appeal to tho Judge
of all th(o earth who will finally
award us Justice, and to the good
sense of tho American people
whether we aro Intruders upon the
lands of others. Our consciences
bear us witness that wo ure the In-
vaders of no man's rights. We have
robbed 110 man of his territory nor
have we deplrevad any one of ills
inalienable 'privilege. How then
shall wo indirectly confess tho right
of another people to our land by
leaving it forever? On the soil
which contains tho ashes of our be-
loved men we wish to live on—on
this soil we wish to die."
HADLEY ISSUES SI itl'OENAS.
Wants Pierce and Adams lo Testify
011 March 10.
St. Louis, Mo.—In compliance
with the order of Special Commis-
sioner Anthony, Attorney General
Hadley iias issued a subpoena for H.
Clay Pierce, former president of .the
Waters-Pierce Oil company, now In
New York, and for Charles H. Ad-
ams, secretary of the cdl company,
commanding them to appear In St.
Louis and testify in the oil hearing
which Is set for March 19.
Tho subpoenas were placed in the
hands of Sheriff Clark for service.
The subpoenas are not binding out-
side of tho state of Miss url.
Will Hum Illinois Itirer.
Tahlequah, I. T.—The Illinois
River Light and Power company has
filed articles of incorporation. The
officers of the company aro Frank
I^ewis, president; .1. M. Lewis, vice
president.; O. C. Rabbeneck, secre-
tary and treasurer. This Is the com-
pany which proposed to build a datn
on the Illinois river east of Tahle-
quah and put in a water p:>wer
plant there. Surveys havo been
made and the plan Is pronounced
practicable and a good financial in-
vestment. It is claimed that H,00
horse power can be developed there
and that the plant will co&~ less than
a quarter of a million It would
supply power to all towt.s within a
radius of fifty miles.
To Develop Cop|H-r Mine«.
Hartshorn, I. T.—There is reason
to believe that good copper mines
are about to bo developed near
Hartshorne, in the Choctaw nation,
■a, town hitherto owing its existence
to the fine coal fields there. W. J.
Adams, who lives at Hartshorn, and
two or three Indian Territory capi-
talists, have made plans to develop
these mines. They havo taken
leases on 2,300 acres of land, 520
acres of which Is five miles south-
east of Hartshorn, and the remain-
der twelve miles in the same direc-
tion. A shaft has been sunk on the
520 acre lease and the owners of the
lease asser' that they have found
copper in rich quantities. They also
state that they have found consider-
able gold on the lease twelve miles
from Harshorn.
TO KEEP NEW STATE
OUT OF POLITICS
Stone Would Have Constitutional
Convention Bi-Political
CITIZENS ARE TO BE APPOINTED
Not More T un Two Out of Three
to be of the Same Political
Faith- News Notes
Washington. Senator fit one, of
Missouri, proposes to Introduce
amendments to Hie statehood bill
whloh will come to a vote the last
of Ibis week, for wlileti he hopes will
have the solid support of Ills Demo-
cratic colleagues, and which may be
accepted by the leaders In charge of
the bill. The senator believes that
the bill as now framed makes possi-
ble the calling of a partisan constitu-
tional convention. He wants It made
bi-partisan, and believes he can ac-
complish ibis by 0110 of his amend-
ments.
The bill as reported, provides that
the governor, chief Justice and secre-
tary of the territory shall divide It
Into districts which shall elect dele-
gates Ito the convention. Senator
St tie proposes that after tho words
"governor, chief Justlco and secre-
tary" In tho bill as framed, his
amendment shall bo added, which
will read:
"And the president shall appoint
an election board, to be composed
of three resident eli liens of the ter-
ritory of Oklahoma, not more than
two of whom shall he of tho same po-
litical party, who shall take an oath
to support tho constitution of tho
United Stives nnd faithfully dis-
charge their Heveral duties as mem-
bers of said board nnd who shall
meet at such time and place as tho
president shall designate and organ-
ize and elect from their liiembjrshlp
a chairman nnd secretary of the
hoard; nnd said board, etc."
Another of Senator Stone's amend-
ments deals with 'the kindred subject
in Indian Territory, and .proposes:
"That the president .-hall appoint
an election hoard, to bo composed of
resident citizens of the Indian Terri-
tory, not more than two of whom
shall be of the satire political party,
who shall lake an oath to support
the constitution of tho United Slates
and faithfully discharge their sev-
eral duties as members of said board,
and who shall moot at such time and
place as the president shall designate
and organize and elect from their
membership a chairman and secretary
of the board; and said board, etc."
A third amendment which Senator
Stone has evolved is designated to
cover tile selection of clerks of elec-
tion boards, whom he desires shall
be two In number, and not of the
same political party.
Clark Won Land Fraud Case.
Washing'on.—United Statis Sen-
ator Clark, of Montana, won the case
against him In tho supreme court of
the United States in which the gov-
ernment 'sought to havo cancelled
patents to 1 1,400 acres of public
lands in Montana, which were alleg-
ed to have been fraudulently secur-
ed. The opinion in the case was de-
livered by Justice Holmes, and up-
held the decision of the circuit court
of appeal* for "lie Ninth circuit Jus-
tices Harlan and Hrown dissented.
WALSH mai in: niCH VET.
Possible Margin of tH:l,5(iO,000 After
All Debts Are Paid.
Chicago.—The committee appoint-
ed by the Chicago clearing house for
the purpose of liquidating the af-
fairs of the Chicago National bank, of
which John R. Walsh was president,
offered to sell the Southern Indiana
and Chicago Southern railroads,
which are the principal property of
Mr. Walsh's assets, for $27,500,000.
The offer was made to a committee
of Eastern railroad men, who have
been lately inspecting the properties.
If the price Is accepted. It will pay
off all the obligations assumed by
the Chicago clearing house, meet the
book value of the Chicago National
bank, which was $242 per share, and
leave Mr. Walsh $3,500,000. The
offer has been taken under advise-
ment.
Ropp is making preparations for a
big canning factory.
INDIANS AUK CITIZENS.
(e>\eminent l oses lis (Nintcnllon at
SI. Joseph.
Kansas City, Mo. Lc. lie J. Lyons,
.UMstant United Stu'ea ill*iiict at-
torney. returned from St. Jrseph,
where lie appeared in the Puehanan
county circuit court on behalf of tho
kov. anient in a number of cases
brought by money lenders against
members of the Kickapoo Indians.
The creditors garnishced money
on deposit with the government to
the credit of the Indians. Tile cred-
itors contended that the Indians be-
ing citizens by law, they had tho
same standing In the courts as other
citizens and should bo made to pay
their debts.
The government contended that
the Indians' money was 110: subject
to garnishment, the Indians being
wards of the nation, notwithstand-
ing the fact that they were citizens.
Many Intricate points were Involved,
but the Buchanan county court held
that the Indians must pay their debts
the same as other citizens.
The effect of the decision, It Is
claimed, will Involve nearly $5,000,-
000 lu claims against Indians In oth-
er parts of the country nnd tho gov-
ernment will appeal.
A BAGGAGE CHECK ST'AL.
tiling 0|K>ratci| on llnllronds ami
I .noted Luggage,
South McAlester, I. T.—In ar-
resting May Spencer and Maud Ciurrl-
son, Deputy Hunter Is believed to
havo broken up one of tho boldest
and most original gangs i f thieves
seen In this seotlon for a long time.
It Is claimed the gang consisted of
two men and two women, who hail
provided themselves with a big bunch
of railroad baggngo checks. Their
schenio was to go to a point of trttns-
fer, cut off the original checks, and
attach their own. They had a stamp-
ing outfit, nnd tho checks lliey at-
tached to the stolen bagtago could
not bo told from tho genuine. One
of the gang would then buy a ticket
to the place for which they hail
checked tho baggage, take It to a ho-
tel, loot It and disappear.
i«
SHIPMENT CHEROKEE MARIILK.
Received in Muskogee an<l Will be
Used for lltillilliig Purposes.
Muskogee, I. T.—Hockemeyer,
the granite and marble dealer, re-
ceived a carload of marble from Mar-
ble City, which Is to bo used In ereo -
Ing a tomb at tho Clreen Hill ceme-
tery. This Is the first of this marble
to be used hero, but the Indications
aro that In the future much of It will
be used. Ceorge 11. Hloom Is to
build on Okmulgee between Fourth
and Fifth streets, and will use this
marble for tho front of Ills build-
ing, which is to be two stories,
2 ."1 x 100 feet.
Cliiiinpinii Cotton Raiser.
Dustin, I. T.—Mr. Krause, of this
place, has the reputation of being
tho champion cotion raiser I11 this
part of tho country. Last season
he had In eighty acres, and the pro-
duction was good. To n reporter he
said that eleven acres of his land
brought him $91 yer acre, and this
Is a record that he don't- believe can
bo beat.
Illgli License Kor Chicago.
Chicago. As a s'ep toward stamp-
ing out crime in Chicago, the city
council passed an ordinance Increat-
ing the price of saloyn licences from
$500 to $1,000. Unless Mayor Dunne
vetoes the ordinance it will gj into
effect May 1.
Illcw Cashier to the Ceiling.
Romana, I. T.—The Interior of the
First National bank at Ramona was
wrecked by an explosion of gas which
had accumulated under tire tluor.
Cashier Charles Davis was blown to
tho celling, the vault door was blown
off and silver was scattered about tile
room. No money was lost and the
occupants of the room were not ser-
iously injured.
Brakemiin Crushed 1 let ween Cars.
Muskogee, I. T.—News was receiv-
ed at the Midland Valley ofilces Here
that Ben Zufall, a brakeman, was
killed at the Fidelity coal mine, near
Greenwood, Ark., by being crushed
between ears while making a coup-
ling. Zufall was 22 years old and
formerly lived in this city.
porum te. Incorporate.
Muskogee, I. T.—Tho .'.own ct
Porum will be incorporated. Mont
T. Sharp, a local attorney, presented
a petition for the Incorporation cf
the town in court this week.
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