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THE INDIANOLA ENTERPRISE.
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VOL. II. NO. 13.
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Captain Frantz is
Appointed Governor
Osage Indian Agent Will Succeed Governor Ferguson As Chief
Executive of Oklahoma Territory Next January--The New
Governoa a Peraonal Friend of Pfesldent
WASHINGTON: Captain Frank by President Roosevelt two years
Frantz, a« present agent of the Osage . ago. He was a rough rider captain
Indians. Is to be appointed governor under Roosevelt. participating In the
of Oklahoma at the expiration of the «*«>• J «° "'• B"'
I engagements on Cuban Boll, ana tins
term of governor Ferguson. I ^ ^ {o th# pre8,dent evor 8lnc0.
The announcement that trant/,H(j waa backeJ ,,y ,be Congressman
would be appointed to succeed Fergu Mc(julre faction of the republican
Bon was made at the White lioiw j)artv jn oklahoma in his candidacy
following the conference ot Mo(jutre for governor, but it is believed hero
and a delegation of Oklahoma republi that he won strictly on his rough rider
cans with the president. I record. Gov. Fergusons adininlstra
tion has been clean throughout and
GUTHRIE: ('apt. Frank Frantz. he asked re-appointment on his record
whose appointment as governor of Ok- and his friends believe that only
Elections Held
In Various States
Party Lines are Dropped In New York and Philadelphia and the
Local Issues Fought — Democrats Elect Mayor of New York
and Carry the State Ticket In Pennsylvania — Municipal
Ownership Will be Factor Hereafter
I he elec-iorats showed gains In Toledo and
| Akron.
Maryland The roe proposed con
stltutional amendment whose sliegoit
purpose was to disfranchise negro
voters, was defeated republican*
elected the stale comptroller and city
official!- Political complexion of legis-
| laturo uncertain.
Massachusetts The republicans
elected Curtis (iulld. Jr. republican,
lahoma, is announced from Washing
ton to succeed Thos. B.* Ferguson on
January Ihirteen. next. Is at present
agent of the Osage Indians in Oklaho-
ma, to which place he was appointed
be-
cause Kraut/ was a rough rider was
his appointment made. Frantz Is about
115 years old, an 1 wit; be Oklahoma's
youngest governor. He was a demo-
crat prior to his rough rider career.
Kappler's Talk
On the Treaties
Charles J. Kappler, of Washington, Is of the opinion that Oklahoma
and Indian Territory will be admitted as a single state during the coming
session of congress. Mr. Kappler has had a wide experience among the
members of both houses of congress, and through his work formerly as
chief clerk to the United States senate committee on Indian affairs, gath-
ered a vast amount of knowledge concerning the territories, particularly
Oklahoma and Indian Territories. In a recent interview in the Kansas
City Journal he says:
"I believe that some time between December 4th and March 4th, of the
next year, congress is going to pass a bill giving statehood to those terri-
tories as a single state. I base this opinion upon views of the members
particularly senators, throughout the country. They appear to have
come convinced that It Is time to admit these territories
les are deserving of admission to the union. I think
have become pretty well convinced of that fact now
are going to act at the coming session accordingly
WASHINGTON. Nov
tion returns received up to II a. m.
show that the democrats have carried
the mayoralty campaign In New York
City: the state stlcket In Petinsyl-'
vanla; the state ticket In Virginia,
the city ticket In Louisville, while re-
publicans have made a clean sweep
in N.assachusetts and Chicago and
Cool; county and have carried their
tickets In New Jersey. Khode island,
Nebraska, and Maryland. In New-
York Hearst lias a plurality In the
borough of llrooklyn of almost IK,000
with 14 election districts missing. The
returns indicate MeClellan s i> elec-
tion l>y several thousand plurality.
Hearst has charged fraud in the vot-
ing. Bird S. Coler was elected
borough president of llrooklyn on the
municipal ticket. The election shows
that municipal ownership will be a
considerable factor hereafter. In Ohio
the result Is still doubtful, though
the returns to a late hour indicate the
election of i'attlson, the democratic
candidate for governor.
Barbarous Attack
Upon Russian Jews
At Odessa the Jews are Treated with the Utmost Cruelty--
Heads were Battered with Hammers, Nail* Driven Into
Bodies and Other Acts of Extreme Barbarism Committed
--Quiet has Been Restored
OWCSSA I lie latest accounts of the | bur*, although there was n notable
devastation In the Jewish, quarters! nonstration by revolutionists at the
adds horror to the situation. Resides
numerous mills, all the bakeries,
shops and nearly six hundred homes
be
that the terrltor-
that the members
and 1 believe they
I doubt if there will
be any connection of these territories with Arizona and New Mexico"
Mr. Kappler is thoroughly familiar with the treaty stipulations be-
tween the government and the Indians, and he declares that the claim
that the government will be breaking faith wiflh the Indian tribes by an-
nexing Indian Territory to Oklahoma as a part of a state has no proper
foundation. Mr. Kappler is author of the book widely known throughout
these territories, "Compilation of Indian Laws and Treaties.
"There is nothing that can prevent the I'nlted States government
from admitting Indian Territory as a part of a state. A pr<ffcedent which
established the right and authority of the government to take a step was
set when the organization of Oklahoma was first completed. Now the
proposed admission of the two states to the union would be entirely in ac-
cord with the previous action. It wouldn't as some have claimed, be a
violation of any promise. Of course there'4 are some provision of the
treaties which touch upon these matters. And a treaty, through age, be-
comes in the nature of a sacred thing."
"But aside from that the government given the authority to do that
which shall seem best for the Indians. Whatever may have the provisions
of any previous treaties with the Indians, the government is sovereign and
It has the power to act upon previous treaties as such a sovereign power."
This led to the question as to the manner of treatment which the In-
dians generally have received at the hands of the government. Mr. Kappler
said:
"As long as I was connected with the senate committee on Indian af-
fairs, I never knew of an act of congress which didn't show that the gov-
ernment was dealing scrupulously with these wards. It has appropriated
money in large sums to the Indians. More than that, the government has ful-
filled its obigatlons to them in every particular so far as I have known."
"I believe that the Indians will be given the liberty of selling lands
which they may possess aside from their own homesteads, and I think that
this should be the policy of the government. It will be the undying policy
at Washington, however, to have the Indians continue to hold their home-
steads. But by allowing them to dispose of their other lands the effect will
be not only to yield them some financial returns, but at the same time It will
induce men to enter Indian Territory from the more thickly populated
states.
"I nquestionably, those territories have a great future as agricultural
communities, and the example of the white man entering the Indian Terri-
tory and living there will be good. We have heard the cry that the Indian
would not progress in spite of the means which the whites are conferring
upon him to that end. But my experience and observation lead me to take
an optimistic view of this situation, and to say that as a rule the Indians
are benefited permanently by schools. It Is the exception for the Indian to
retrograde, once he has received a taste of these better things. It Is com-
paratively rare that he goes back to tile blanket life after he has been
taught better."
governor by 29.4:15 plurality and I" H.
Draper, republican, lieutenant govern-
or by 3,9:15.
Chicago Republicans made a clean
sweep In Chicago and Cook county.
Hubert U. MeConnick, republican,
elected president of the sanitary trus-
tees.
Khode Island Clean republican
■ weep,
Pennsylvania 1'hlladelphla over-
whelmingly carried by the city party
(reform ticket I; Berry, democrat,
elected treasurer by upwards of 75.000
plurality.
Virginia--The democratic plurality
| is about 20.000 and Swanson elected
The suffrage amendment In Mary-1 governor. Negroes generally remained
land was defeated overwhelmingly. I away from the polls. Next legislature
Massachusetts elected a republican (,n joint ballot will have 24 republicans
governor by a majority approximating Insiead of 10 as at present.
that of Douglas, the present governor. Salt Lake City—The American party
The following is the summary of the (ami mormon) defeated the Mormon,
returns: democratic and republican candidates
for mayor.
Louisville, Ky.—Democrats elected
a mayor, and legislature remains prac-
tically unchanged with a good work-
ing democratic majority.
New Jersey—Republican gains In
the legislature sufficient to prelude a
successor to Senator Dryden.
San Francisco—Union Labor candi-
date for may probably elected by 15,-
000 majority.
New York—Mayor Geo. 11. MeClel-
lan, democrat re-elected by small plu-
rality ; Wm. Travers Jerome. Inde-
pendent, district attorney, reelected;
Bird S. Coler, municipal ownership,
elected borough president of Brooklyn.
Ohio—Both democratic and republi-
can leaders claim election. I'attlson,
democrat, carried Cincinnati. Cleve-
land city and county and the demo-
have been destroyed. The Jews killed
In every Instance were treated with
revolting barbarity. [Heads were
battered with hammers, nails driven
into bodies, eyes gouged out and ears
severed. Many bodies were dlsein*
bowled and in some cases petroleum
was poured over the sick found hid-
ing In cellars and I hey were burned
tenth, it Is alleged that the police
and soldiers inarched at Hie head of
the mobs. While the mobs were on-
gaged In Hie slaughter the soldiers
busted themselves piiuging the cash
and Jewels, leaving the household
goods to the mobs. I he police pre-
vented anyone from arresting the
looters and also prevented the lied
Cross workers from aiding the wound-
ed, actually tiring on those engaged
in Ibis work.
A band of students removed much
of the stolen property to the univer-
sity while they also took twelve dead
bodies of Jewish demonstrators,
whose relatives later demanded their
release. They threatened otherwise
to burn the university and
professors.
luneral of those who had been killed
| In i he disturbances ot last week. The
revolutionists of the capital declare
they will continue to organize and
arm for the conlllct at the govern-
ment which they anticipate.
American consuls In several Rus-
sian cities have appealed to the Am-
erican embassy at St. Petersburg for
protection of the Interests of citizens
of the l ulled States.
kill the
Sequoyah Squelched
Large Majority of Indian Territory
Voters Favor Joint Statehood
OKLAHOMA CITY. From returns
received from many points in Indian
Territory It would appear that the
election for the ratification of the con-
stitution for the proposed state ot
Sequoyah has failed. I'slng the re-
turns received as a basis, but a small
per centage of the votes of the terri-
tory were polled—probably less than
one-tenth. Very few votes were cast
in the Chickasaw nation At Chicka-
sha, Ardmore, Purcell. Ada. Coalgate,
Marlow and other places it is reported
no votes were east.
The estimated vote of the territory
Is placed at 150,000 and it is doubtful
If 20,000 votes were cast.
Bartlesville has a voting population
of at least a thousand, but fourteen
votes were all that was polled. In the
Okmulgee district 050 votes were
cast out of 5,000. Davis cast less than
100 votes. In Dnrant the vote cast was
about one-eighth of the entire voting
strength. At Tulsa the city neople did
not go to the polls—the 121 votes
Issue of annexing the cities of McAles-
ter and South McAlester was carried
by large plurality.
Wilburton save 1,7112 votes for Joint
statehood flth Oklahoma, and 411
against. Sequoyah did not poll u
vote.
The largest vote in the territory
was in the Sallsaw district, where
3,000 votes were cast.
CANNOT HELP JEWS
President Says No Action Can Be
Taken at Present
WASHINGTON President Roose-
velt has decided that no action enn
be taken by Ibis government at pres-
ent which will be of any benefit to
the Jews of Russia.
This Information was made pulillQ
at the White House lu the following
statement.
Oscar Slraas called upon the presi-
dent, not to ask him for action, but to
consult with him us to whether there
was any possllillly of action, which
would result In the cessation of tho
horrors connected with the masBncri
of the Jews In Russia. Tho prosldon*.
stated that, of course, he had been
watching with the deepest concern the
reports of the massacres; that he had
been appealing to within the last Tew
weeks to try to take some action not
only on behalf of he Jews In Russia,
but In behalf of the Armenians, Polee
and Finns. The result of the president'!
inquiries coincide with statements con-
tained In a cablegram from Count
Wltte to Jacob Hchlff, shown tho presl*
dent bv Mr Straas as follows;
" 'The government Is horrified at
the private houses with Ikons, so as I lho(lo outrages. You know that I do
to protect them from the mobs. j not sympathize with such savage out-
Peasants, armed with knives tried j |>roa|<H All I can do to stop tho dlsor-
to enter the city Saturday but were ,|0rg |s done, but as the country Is lr
driven back. Tho causaltles In the | HM(,h unH,,||ici iKale tho local authorl-
day's disturbances exceeded 140, and
those of the preceding three days
which have been verified number
nearly 5,000.
Although everything at present Is
quiet and calm the populace are still In
an anxious sate.
ODKSSA: A tour or 'he city and
part of the suburbs the day follow-
ing the butchery found nil quiet.
White rows of shops that had been
pillaged had been boarded up. The
poor Jews sufTernd worst and the
principal streets, with few exceptions,
were untouched.
Russian shops were marked with
crosses painted on the shutters and
CHILDREN SUFFERED ALSO
CHEAPER COAL AT MUSKOGEE
Direct Line to Henryetti Reduced
l-rice From $4.St) to $2.65
MUSKOGEE: The opening of a di-
rect line of railroad from Muskogee to
the Henryetta coal fields has brought
cheap coal for this city. A contract
was signed last week for the delivery
of live hundred cars of coal at $2.lib
a ton. Less than a year ago Muskogee
was paying as high as JI 50 a ton tor
coal.
Mines have been opened at Henry-
etta and at Tamaha, on the Arkansas
river and the coal from the latter
London Standard Places Casualties at
3,500 Killed; 12.00 Wounded
LONDON; The Odessa corres-
pondent of tho Standard, under date
of November 5th. sends further sen-
sational accounts of the rlols there.
He says; "There have been more hor-
rifying massacres and fiendish cruel-
ties, but the districts where these
took place are now cordoned by
troops Probably the total killed
will number 3,500 and the wounded.
12.000. In the suburbs of Moldov-
anka alone a thousand victims re-
mained In the streets from midnight
until noon, when the authorities
hastened to collect and bury the
bodies In great pits In order to con-
ceal their numbers. Two private
doctors attended more than throe liun-
ties are often powerless.'
"In the conditions of the social dis-
orders which actually exist In Russia
tho prelsdent does not see that any
action can be taken by this govern-
ment at present which would be of
any benefit to the sulTerers for whom
we feel such keen sympathy."
NOT TO BE RE APPOINTED
cast there was done by people from competition In railroad rates and re
the country, half of whom were In- duces the cost of th ecoal laid down
dlans. South McAlester voted for in this city.
adoption by 140 to 37 against. In Mc-I
Alester the vote on the constitution Two More Gold Medals
stood 49 for adoption to 12 against GUTHRIE; Two more gold merals
Krebs defeated the issue by three were received last week by Secretary
votes. At Haileyville 245 votes were William Grimes from the Louisiana
cast for the constitution and 30 Purchase Exposition management,
against it; at Hartshorne. 117 for and These were won by Oklahoma on her
none against; at Kiowa, 200 votes for mineral exhibit and on the relief map
adoption and none against. Ashland j of the territory, which was made by
gave fifty plurality for the Issue. The'the Oklahoma university students.
place gets a river rate. Tho M
& Gulf railroad to Henryetta gives dred children of both sexes, who had I
been horribly gashed atiout the head
and shoulders with sabers. Heaping!
Judge Raymond Will Servs Out Hie
Term and Quit
WASHINGTON: It Is authoratlvely
stated In official circles that Judge
Charles W. Raymond, of the western
district of Indian Territory, will not be
reappointed. Owing to the Interces-
sion of his friends, lio will be permit*
ted to serve out his present term,
which expires December 17, 1905.
While not all of the various charges
preferred agulnsl Judge Raymond have
been prove 1, II Is understood that a
sufficient number of allegations touch-
ing ills judicial temperament, particu-
larly In rulings while on the bench,
abuse of attorneys practicing before
his court, and general untltness for tho
position he now occupies have been
sufficiently sustained to render his re-
•KATY" GIRL TO GO
OKLAHOMA SALOONS CLOSE
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Have Of- Decisions of Court Making Nearly All
ficia 11 y Declared Against Nickname Towns Dry
KANSAS CITY: Officials of the Mis ] GUTHRIE: Numerous recent court
Bouri, Kansas & Texas have decided decisions in Oklahoma are resutling
that the abbreviation "Katy" is to go.' in "dry" towns throughout the terri-
The agents of the road have Deen ad- tory, in places, too, where there have
vised that the full name of the road been saloons since the opening of the
must be used hereatfer for Its trade- territory. It began with the decision
mark In all advertisements and tint of Judge Gillette at Lawton, holding
famous picture of Katy and her travel ; that an applicant for a saloon license
ing suitcase are to be eliminated from must have a petition signed by thirty
all advertiseing matter of the system. resj,]ent taxpayers in the ward where
Not only is this to be done, but all ga]00n was to i,e located. This
attaches of.the road, lreigtn as well ,jecjsjon made every Comanche county
as passenger, must take care t° towu -drv." except Lawton.
the full name of the road or the lni- ^ ,
tials thereof, and must not use the During the past week Judge Bur ord
nickname This order emanates from made a similar order at Chandler,
headquarters. The "Katy Girl" was closing the saloons at Agra and which
the lithograph of a handsome woman will result In "dry" towns throughout
upon the side of whose flowing skirt Lincoln county, excepting at Chandler
was the map of the "Katy railroad." j and possibly at Stroud. The last sa-
. loon in Beaver county, was closed dur-
We learn to know nothing but what ing the week and if the orders of the
we love- and the deeper we mean to court continue along the lines of tne
penetrate into anv matter with insight Burford-Glllette decisions every saloon
the stronger and more vital must our ;B Oklahoma, outside tne largest towns
love and passion be.—Goethe. i will be closed.
BABY CHIEF" OF THE OSAGES
INSTITUTE DATES
Honor Conferred Upor Ten-Year-Old Secretary McNabb Fixes up a Schedule
Son of Intermarried White of Meetings
GUTHRIE: According to an old GUTHRIE: The dates were an-
custom among the Osage Indians, nounced by C. A. McNabb, secretary
Insult on injury, tho civil government. I appointment Inadvisable In the est!
when the butchery had ended, asked' <«> ">'• •>'« department ofJustice
(he to subscribe 1100,-1 As tho president has referred this case
000 to pay the police Increased
wages."
ST. PETERSBURG SITUATION
Order was Preserved at the Capital,
Although Demonstration Planned
Order was preserved at St. Peters-
to the attorney general for recom-
mendation and report, the department
of Justice, after months of Investi-
gation, Is said to have reached the
conclusion that Judge Raymond is not.
qualified to fill the position which he
now holds, It Is selfevldent that he
will not be reappointed.
A NATIONAL THEATRE
and followed by them for centuries,
the title of baby chief has been hand-
ed around every third year. This title
places the bearer second in power
and Influence to the principal chief ot
the tribe, and ever afterwards the
boy holding this hono.- is prominent
among his tribes-nen. The title car-
ries all the prestige among the Osages
as do all the similar titles of the most
aristocratic governments. The owner
thereof is socii
of the Oklahoma agricultural board,
for the farmers' Institutes to be held
during November and December. They
include: Custer county at Arapaho,
November 8 and 9; Dewey county at
Taloga, November 10 and 11; Woods
county at Alva, November 13 and 14;
Woodward county at Woodward, Nov-
ember 15 and 10; Garfield county at
Enid, November 20 and 21; Grant
Pond Creek, November Ti
above his fellow tribesmen. il"" county, at Newkirk, No
Recently this title was bestowed vember 24 and 25; Noble county at
upon the ten-year-old son of Emery Berry, November and - , awnee
Gibson, an intermarried white man. county at Pawnee December 4 and 5;
the ceremony being conducted by Tom '>a>'ne county at hti wa er, teem >er
Tall Chief, the bearer of the title 0 and 7; Kingfisher county at King-
during the past three years. Here- lls >er, December II and 12; Canadian
after the receplent of the title will be county at El Reno, Deceit < r an
known as Baby Chief Bhlnk-kah-kah- >«: Blaine county at Watonga. Decern-
he-he, and at the expiration of the "er 15 and 1C; Oklahoma county at
three years he will be allowed to be-1 Oklahoma City, December 18 and 19
stow the same litre upon some other county at Guthrie, December *
youthful member of the trfbe. I an(* -*•
cially and politically county at Pon
iw tribesmen. and 2.i: Kay c
Ruling Ties Up Oil Money
PAWHUSKA: Home difficulties "
have been created In the Osage oil Thirty New Yorkers Contribute One
field by a recent ruling of Secretary: Hundred Thousand Each
Hitchcock affecting the leasing of oil) America Is to get a national theater
lands. In which it Is held that pay [agt Announcement has been made
mcnt for oil taken from Indian land tha, plan8 for one have been completed
must go to the original less'I hlir 1 tiirty wealthy New York men.
cuis out the sublessee so far as recog- ^ men w,u contribute
nition by the Interior rlepar men and wlth fund they will
concerned. As -. ,esi.lt of th.contra ^ „negt playb0use In the coun-
versy, the Prairie (.as and Oil com- structure will cost $2,000,000,
pany U. refused to pay oil taken firm try. 1 he structure win co
leases a!T -etc I by th • ruling until th"re
has been an adjustment of difference?.
The oil is being run as rormerl;-. but
payment Is withheld perding a settle-
ment of the controversy.
i he manager will be Conreld.
For years a desire has been expressed
by those interested In the stage to
have a great national theater in this
country. The example set by France
was often pointed to but until lately
no movement in this direction seemed
likely o be successful. The effort all
along has been to secure an endow-
Suit Aoainst Cement Company
GUTHRIE: The suit against the
Acme Cement company of Bast St. ------ ; , The contrlbu-
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heaviest ever made In any country
deposits off a s"bool lan
Cement, in Caddo county, will be
heard by agreement on November 15.
in the district court in Caddo county,
before Judge Frank Glli -Ue.
One touch of sunburn tcakes tha
whole world skin.
lor this purpose.
A hand In the hr.nd Is worth two In
the gloves.
Seaside communications corrupt
good manners.
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