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THE KIOWA SENTINEL. THE HAMILTON
STATEHOOD BILL
fvIOW A. • • * ND
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
During the
the Oklahoma
four ca^os w>
and motion
, st rtay's s< ni'>n 01
iprcme court acventv-
submitted on brlel*
\ b^n appolntM
ru|| Text of the Bill as Effecting the Admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory Into the Union—This Bill Is Identi-
cal with the One Introdnced by Senator Beverldge
To entlil" th" | '>plo "f Oktahomu and or , vlro of Indlnn Territory "tinll "•(■rtiry th
the Indian IVilltory 1
Htltutlon ami mute kovi
David F. Dick* has
United Btat<
vestern di"if' "f I'1111,1 1
*. he salary $2 * yo,ir |
enographer for eight |
inrk«
t he
..Itted H't'
itiMK with tho original Htnt.n. ......
I Anxoiii to form u constant""
I mute government end be a<1
form h ron- I rr-sult to tli
nmont arid t « Htate*. fogel
on un equal th* voich • ■
the United
he statement or
und upon separ-
tn articles or propositions, und a ropy
f mid constitution, articles, propositions
i..I ordinal,-«s And If the ronntltntlon
Preparatory nrhool, on*-thlrd. of the nor-
mal schools now established or herearter
to be established, on«- third; and or tne
Agricultural and Merh • i-:al college nn.
the Colored Agrlculti. I Normal unl-
veralty, one-third; th«- -'!,1 lands or tne
I proceeds thereof an nl «ve apportioned
shall l e divided betw
as tho legislature of *
«crll e: Provided, thai
reserved or tne prt ' •
I thereof shall r>e Rufe I.
and held by said stai
thereof. Interest, rent
ojly shall be u«ed
benetit of mid educa'
Such educational Instil
under the exclusive c>
and no part of the pi
the Dale or disp
the un
Kith th<
has b<
year?.
en court ste
ilglnal states,
ed by the Senate
lives of the l'i
at loot ing
i«l House
,.,1 stales
. bled.
and govermn
are republic.!
visions of th
with In the
be the duty nl
Sinu s, wit hit
celpt of the
Id election
• t of
aid
ropoi
•d state
in to
have
Tho Oklahoma ' l'y
l an association has lil'd
territorial se<
m and the i ,.ay| |hereon and a
1 If the pro-
een complied
rmatlon thereof, it snail
he president of tho United
wenty days from tlie re-
rtlth-.ite of the result or
nd tin* statement of votes
he United States n
Building ana (tutlng the lerritoo of^ described, j tion, articles, propositions and oi
of -aid -
stltu
Vtth the India
iy, as
ces
PI 01 : «>•*'
stltutlo
tho condition of It3 buslm '(l" Vlded:
*loso of I'l'l'i The statement Fhow i in iho
u rash balance on hand ol
Vlrtsll lllcks has lien appointed
TJnlted Stales commissions •" Ai«k '
by JudK« < take Ue pl <• ol
<1 T. Halts, who resigned
weeks ago.
ate of the Missouri unlvet ity law
school, and cane to the territory twi
years ago.
of oklahoma,
oms th
hereinafter pro- I
, aided, that nothing contained ,
said constitution shall be construed | state
to limit or Impair the tights o p
or dropert y pertaining to tho Indians oi
said territories <ro long «« "uch
shall remain unextinguished) orl?_
or affeet the authority of th
I'nlled States to make any In
Ion respecting such Indian:
property or other rights
enient, law or othe
of the
eminent
their
appointee .s a gral" | UaaUo.- c„mpetrni to
make if hls act bad never passed.
Bee. : That nil male poisons over the
irs. who
n*o of twenty-
iv no
Sheriff Garrison of Oklahoma county
lias purchasi'l iwo thoroughbred I
bloodhounds to aid In hunting ' run
Inais. 'i ha dog liave I n takt n "
Fort Smith, Arkan.sas. where they wi-
Ijo placed In the hands ol an exp«
trainer
George Love, postmastor at Wlls
who shot and dangerously wount
T m Wllltama, • gin nan, there i
Christmas eve, has been given ar
nmlnlng trial and bound over to tn3
federal grand Jury without bail. Tne
defendant alleges self defense.
Directors of the Murrow Indian or-
phans' home held a meeting at South
McAlester last week and decided
•end a lobby to Washington to in
fluence congress to ratify the acts ot
the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribal leg
Islnlures In donating 3.-00 acres ot
land to the Indian orphanage.
Deputy Sheriff Hartell has been pain
the reward of 9300 for the arrest oi
Mrs. Fannie Hano-Norton, who was
charged with the murder of Mrs Katie
James, near Weatherford, July 8 Mrs
Norton, while in charge of ottlccr*.
committed suicide at Shawuee.
. tho United States
,„,.r i"s of any Indian nation or tribe in
snl' llan Territory and Oklahoma, ami
resided within the limits of
, sised state for at least Six
lest preceding the election, are
uthorlxed to vote for and choose
•s to form a constitutional con-
n for said proposed state; and all
ir.s qualified to voto for said dele-
s shall tie eligible to serve us dele-
. .es; and the delegates to form such
convention shall be one hundred and nine
In number, tlfty-tlve of whom shall t>o
elected by the people of the territory of
Oklahoma and fifty-four by the people ot St. ■.
Indian Territory; and the governor, the .i., >i
chief Justice and the secretary of saiu ^ wh.eli
territory shall apportion the territory or next nl ..
O:.lahoma Into tlfty-tlve districts, an That distri t
nearly e«jual In population as may be, pMs.. t
which apportionment shall Include tho ti. i I N>>M' l
Osage Indian reservation, and one dele- r.ivt,.-, I. . i
k ite shall be elected from each of said pn in« then -j
districts; and the Judges of the United tr. alio; ■
■tatoa oourta in aaUl Indian Territory That district numbered t
shall apportion the said Indian Territory prise ti " counties < f Oklahoma, Unn-
Into fifty-four districts, us neatly equal a.b in, l laii « ...hlo, Custn. p< wcy,
In population as may be. and one delegate 1'iy, Wood*. Woodward and Heaver.
Shall be elected from each of said die- That district numbered three shall com-
ttlots: and the governor of said Ol;laho- prise all the territory now constituting
ma territory, together with the Judge se- tin- ('lut -kee. i'n.-,v and Semn m- nati'uis
nior in service of tho United States \ and the 'ndlan reservations lying north-
said comlsslon, to Issue his procia-
n anriounclng the result of said
>n. and thereupon the proposed
of Oklahoma shall be deemed ad-
mitted by congress into the union, under
and by virtue of this act, on an equal
footing with the original slates from and
nfter Ihe four1 h day of March. I***. The
original of said constitution, articles, pro-
positions and ordinances, and the election
r« turns, and a copy of the statement ot
the votes cast ■■ wUd election, shall oe
forwarded and turned over by the secre-
tary of the territory of Oklahoma to the
state authorities of said slate.
Sec. 6 That the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessarv, Is hereby appropriated,
out of uny money In the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, f< r defraying the
expenses or said election and convention,
and for the payment of the members
tin reof, under the same rules and regula-
tions and at the sa,me rates as are now
provided by law for the payment of «;e
territorial legislature of the territory d
Oklahoma.
He. b That until the next general
cei. us, or until otherwise provided by
law. the said state of Oklahoma shall be
entitled to five representatives In tne
house of representatives of the United
to be elected from the following
ed districts, the boundaries or
shall remain the samo until the
m lie red one shall com*
4 of Orant. Kay, Oar-
we, Kingfisher, Uogan,
nd the territory com-
and Kansas Indian res-
shall corn-
court* In Indian Territory, shall by proc-
lamation order an election of the dele-
gates aforesaid In said proposed state at
a time deslgnnted by them within six
months after the approval of this act,
which proclnmntlon shall be issued .«t
least sixty days prior to the time of
holding said election of delegates. That
the Judges of the United States courts
In Indian Territory shall, for the purpose
of said election, establish and define the
necessary election preeincts und appoint
three judges of election for each precinct,
not more than two of whom shall be ot
the same political party, which Judges
Perhaps the biggest man In Okla
homa is Hollis Cortelyou, living at
Grand. He is twenty-one years old,
six feet four inches high and weighs I mny appoint the necessary clerk
..ftn nnnnrift Ik-sides this he IS a clerks; that the said Judges or election,
200 pounds. IKsitics tnis n is L,0 nppolnted, shnll supervise the election
third cousin ot the postmaster gener- |n u,,.|r respective precincts, and canvass
III, (ieoigo 11 Cortelyou, and It is said land make due return of the vote cast to
very greatly tavots Ills distinguished | the Judges of the United States oourts in
cousin In features.
I)r. J L. Brown, territorial veterin-
arian, takes a roseate view of nis
work as killer of slandered and other
diseased horses. lie has killed more
than one hundred head during the last
year, and says that In so doing has
increased the prlco of horses more
than any otner one thiug he couiu
have done.
A lire at Tecumseh last week de-
stroyed tho Farmers' National Bank
building, Wethertngton s shoe shop.
Conners law ottico and Haines* art
studio. All were frame buildings,
and a large part of the fixtures were
burned. The fire is supposed to have
started from a defective flue The
loss is several thousand dollars, part-
ly covered by insurance.
The central and northern Oklahoma
poultry show was held at Ferry last
week, and was a success. More than
seven hundred birds were exhibited.
J. J. Maehl, formerly a contractor
at Colorado Springs, but now a resi-
dent of Muskogee, has been selected
by the school board oi tho last named
town to superintend the construction
of three new school buildings to be
erected soon.
The Oklahoma City council has sent
n memorial to congress, asking tor '.no
donation of a school section immedi-
ately north of the city, which, il the
request Is granted, will be converted
into a public park. The petition has
been sent to Delegate McUuire.
The heavy rains or last week
caused a lands:t<! • In a deep cut on
the Midland Valley railroad between
Pawhuska and Skiatook Ihe track
was covered with earth for marly a
mile, and delayed traffic lor a day.
Edwin Miller, a full blood Delaware
Indian, residing near Nowata, has b n
ordained a minister or th" ;• " Mr.
Miller Is the i -ond ordain* d Delaware
minister. lie Is twenty years of age
and a graduate ot Bacone university,
n Baptist insltution situated near
Muskogee.
said Indian Territory, who shall consti-
| tute the ultimate and final canvassing
j board of said election and whose certltl-
cates of election shall be prima facie evi-
dence as to the election of delegates" and
the election for delegates In tho terri-
tory of Oklahoma shall be conducted, the
returns made, the result ascertained and
the certificates of all persons elected to
such convention Insued In the same man-
ner as Is prescribed by the laws of said
territory regulating eloctlons for dele-
gates to congress.
That the capital of said state shnll
temporarily be at the city of Outhrie, in
the present territory of Oklahoma, and
shall not lie changed therefrom previous
to nnn# Onmlnt 1915, but said capital may.
nfter said year, be located permanently
I y the electors of said state at an elec-
tion to be provided for by tho legislature.
Sec. 3. That the delegates to the con-
vention thus elected shall meet at the
seat of government of said Oklahoma
territory on the fifth Tuesday after their
election, excluding the day of election in
case such day shall be Tuesday, and,
after organization, shnll declare, on be-
half of the people of said proposed state,
that they adopt the consttlutlon of the
United States; whereupon tho said con-
vention shnll, and is hereby authorised
to form a constitution and state govern
nient for said proposed state. The con
stitutlon shall be republican In form, and
make no distinction In civil or political
rights on account of race or color, and
shall not be repugnant to the constitu-
tion of tho United States and the prin-
ciples of the declaration of Independence.
And said convention shnll provide by or
dlnance Irrevocable without the consent
of the Vnltcd States and the people or
said state-
First. That perfect toleration of re
liglous sentiment shnll be secured, and
that no inhnbitnnt of said Htate shall
ever be molested In person or property on
account of his or her mode of religious
worship, nnd that polygamous or plural
marriages, nnd the sale, barter, or giv-
ing of Intoxicating liquors to Indians, are
forever prohibited.
Second. That the people Inhabiting
j said proposed state do agree and declare
> that they forever disclaim all right and
| title in or to any unappropriated public
lands lying within the boundaries there-
, of, and to nil lands lying within said
limits owned or held by any Indian tribe,
or nation; and that until the title to any
such public land shall have been ex*
j tinguished by the United Stntos. the
I same shall be and remain subject to the
j Jurisdiction, disposal and control or tho
| United States. That land belonging to
citizens df tho United States residing
without the limits of said state shall
' never bo taxed at a higher rate than
, t|,e land belonging to residents thereof;
that no taxes shall bo imposed by the
j rdate on lands or property belonging to
hlch may hereafter b# purchased by
United States or reserved lor its
east of tho Cherokee nation within said
state.
That dlstrjct numbered four shall com-
prise all that territory now constituting
the Choctaw nation and that part or the
Chickasaw nation lying east of tho range
line between ranges two and three, east
of the Iiioian meridian.
That district numbered five shall com-
prise the counties of Greer, lloger Mills,
Washita, Comanche, Cleveland
and Pottawatomie, and that part of the
territory comprising the Chickasaw na-
tion lying west of the range line between
ranges two and three, east of tho Indian
meridian.
And tho said representatives to the
Fifty-ninth congress, together with Me
governor and other officers provided for
in an Id constitution, shall be elected on
the same day of the election for the rati-
fication or rejection of the constitution;
and until said oftlcers are elected and
qualified under tho provisions of such
constitution and the said state admitted
into the union, the territorial oftlcers or
Oklahoma shall continue to discharge the
duties of their respective otflces In said
territory.
Sec. 7. That upon tho admission of the
state Into the union sections numbered
sixteen and thirty-six, in every township
In Oklahoma territory, and-all indemnity
lands heretofore selected In lieu thereof,
are hereby granted to the state for the
use and benefit of the common schools:
Provided, that sections sixteen and
chlrty-slx embraced In permanent reser-
vations for national purposes shall not at
any time be subject to the grant nor the
indemnity provisions of this act, nor shall
any lands emoraced in Indian, military
or other reservations of any character,
nor shnll land owned by Indian tribes or
individual members of any tribe be sub-
jected to the grants or to the Indemnity
provisions of this act until the reserva-
tion shall have been extinguished and
such lands be restored to nnd become a
part of tho public domain: Provided,
that there Is sufficient untaken public
land within said state to cover this grant:
And, provided, that In case any or the
lands herein granted to the state ot
Oklahoma have heretofore been con-
tirmed to tho territory of Oklahoma for
the purposes specified in tills act. the
amount so confirmed shall be deducted
from the qunntlty specified In this act.
There is hereby appropriated out or
any moneys tn the treasury not other-
wise appropriated the sum or five million
dollars for the use and benetit or the com-
mon schools ot said state In lieu of sec-
tions sixteen and thirty-six, and other
lands of the Tmllnn Territory. Said ap-
propriation shall be paid by the treasurer
of the United Btntes at such time and to
such person or persons as may bo author-
ized by said state to receive the same
under laws to be enacted by said state,
and until said state shall enact such laws
snhl appropriation shall not be paid, but
said state shall be allowed Interest there-
on at the rate of three per centum per
annum, which shall be paid to said state
for the use and benefit of its public
schools Said appropriation or five mil-
lion dollars shall be held and Invested
hv said state, in trust, lor the use and
benefit of said schools, and the Interest
thereon shall i>e paid quarterly and used
exclusively in the support and mainten-
ance of Slid schools. Provided, that
nothing In this act contained shall repeat
it(T« t any net ot . ongreas relating to
the Sulphur Sprl
James I!. Chlnn has purchased the
franchise of the Oklahoma City base-
ball team in tne Western association.
Mr. Cfcinn is a resident of Oklahoma
City and Is determined to give tne
town a pennant-winning club.
Weatherford and Taloga have
raised $10,000 each as bonuses to get
the Texas Oklahoma Ac Northwestern
railroad
A lodge of Odd Fellows was Insti-
tuted al Berlin last week.
The Muskogee Oil Refining com-
pany, composed of several local men
and eastern capitalists, has boon re-
have betn Wed, v h a capitalization
of $2,500,000. I he oil field immedi-
ately south of Muskogee will be de-
veloped.
dell t
i ma
be h-
denned <
tended, or ti
States over it
braced in the st
serve or for the
nal pn
Third. That tbe debts ami liabilities of
Raid territory of Oklahoma shall be as-
sumed and paid by said state.
Fourth. That provisions shall be
made for the establishment nnd main-
tenance of a system of public schools,
which sha'l be open to nil the children
of said state nnd free from sectarian
control: nnd said schools shall al'-vavs hi
be conducted in English: Provided.
that nothing herein shall preclude the
teaching of other languages in said pub-
lic schools.
Fifth. That said state shall never en-
nct any law restricting or abridging the
right of suffrage on account of race, color
or previous condition of servitude.
Sec. 4 That In case a constitution and
state government shall be formed In com-
pliance with tbe provisions of this act
the convention forming the same shall
provide by ordinance for submitting said
constitution to the people of said pro-
posed state for Its ratification or rejec-
tion nt an election to bo held at a time
organized, and p".;>crs of incorporation ' v, (1 ,n * 1 ordinance, nt which eiec-
1 tion the qualified voters or said proposed
^14 shall vote directly for or against
the proposed constitution, and for or
against any provisions separately submit-
ted. The returns of said election shall
lie made to the secretary of tbe territory
of Oklahoma, who. with the chief justice
thereof and tbe chief Justice or senior
Judge of Indian Territory, shall canvass
f the I'n
In Indian 'lerritorv I'M hanks have
been organized since March, lyou.
I Jndgi
the same; and If a majority of the legal
With a toiul capitalization ot Jil.iJa,- I votes cast on that question shall bo for
000. fi"veral of them have a capita* I the constitution the governor of Oklaho-
,r,„ro h..n (inn mm ' ma territory and the Judge senior lu ser-
Ication of more than $100,000.
r of tho United
it her lands em-
after sot aside by
;. game pre-
of objects ot
•leal or ethnological Interest;
ng contained in this net shall
with the rights and ownership
ted States in any land hereatter
set aside by congress as national park,
game preserve, or other reservation, or in
the sud Sulphur Springs reservation, as
it now is or may be hereatter defined or
extended by law; but exclusive legisla-
tion. in nil cases whatsoever, shall be ex-
ercised by the United States, which shall
e exclusive control and Jurisdiction
r the same; but nothing In this pro-
viso contained shall be construed to pre-
vent the service within said Sulphur
Springs reservation or national parks,
game preserves and other reservations
hereafter established by law. of civil and
criminal processes lawfully Issued by the
authority of said state, and said state
shall not be entitled to select indemnity
school lands for the thirteenth, sixteenth,
thirty-third nnd thirty-sixth sections
that may be embraced within the metes
and bounds of the national park, game
preserve, and other reservation or the
said Sulphur Springs reservation, as now
defined or may be hereafter defined.
Sec 8. That section thirteen in the
Cherokee Outlet, tho Tonkawa Indian
reservation nnd tho Pawnee Indian reser-
vation, reserved by the pr • lent of tbe
United States by proclamation Issued
August 19, 1SS3, opening to settlement tne
said lands, nnd by any act or acts of con-
i>> s •• • .id dale at. I • : thirteen
in all lands whclh mny be opened to set-
tlement In the territory of Oklahoma, nnd
al Hands heretofore settled in lieu there-
of. Is hereby reserved and granted to said
stnte for the use and benefit of the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma and lUe Universitv
the institutions
I state may pre-
,e said lands so
Is of the sale
kept or invested
and tbe income
or otherwise,
luslvely for the
rial institutions,
ions shall remain
rol of said state,
ads nn :ng from
any lands herein
iticatlon il purposes, or the
Income or rentals thereof, shall be used
for the support of any religious or sec-
tarian school, college, or university.
That section thirty-: ree, and all lands
heretofore selected In lieu thereof, here-
tofore reserved under said proclamation,
and acts for charltabl nnd penal Institu-
tions and public buildings, shall be ap-
portioned and disposed of ns the legis-
lator? of said state may prescribe.
Sec. !< That said sec tions sixteen nnd
thirty-six, and lands taken In .leu tnereor.
herein granted for the support of the
common schools, mny be appraised and
sold at public sale in one hundred and
sixty aero tracts, or less, under such
rules ond regulations ns the legislature
of the said state may prescribe, prefer-
ence right to purchase at the highest bid
being given to the lessee at the time or
such sale, the proceeds to constitute a
permanent school fund, the Interest of
which only shall bo expended in the sup-
port of such schools Hut suld lands
may, under such regulations as the legis-
lature may prescribe, be leased tor
periods not to ex«*eed five years; and
such lands shall not be subject to home-
stead entry or any other entry under tne
land laws of the United States, whether
surveyor or unsurveyed, but shall be re-
served for school purposes only.
Sec. la. That said sections thirteen and
thirty-three, aforesaid, if sold, may be
appraised and sold nt public sale, In one
hundred nnd sixty ncro tracts, or less,
under such rules and regulations ns the
legislature of said state mny prescribe,
preference right to purchase at the high-
est bid being given to the lessee nt the
time of such sale, but such lands may be
leased for periods of not more than five
years, under such rules nnd regulations
as the legislature shall prescribe, and
until such time ns the legislature shall
prescribe sucn rules these and nil other
lands granted to the state shall be leased
under existing rules and regulntions, and
shnll not be subject to homestead entry
or any other entry under tho land laws or
tho United States, whether surveyed or
unsurvyed, but shall be r< served tor
designated purposes only, and until such
time as the legislature shall prescribe as
aforesaid, such lands shall tie leased
under existing rules: Provided, that be-
fore any of tho said lands shnll bo sold,
ns provided in sections nine and ten ot
this act. the said lands and the improve-
ments thereon shall be appraised by
three disinterested appraisers, who shall
be nonresidents of the county wherein
the land Is situated, to be designated as
tho legislature of said state snail pro-
scribe, and the said appraisers shall make
a true appraisement of said lands nt the
actual cash value thereof, exclusive ot
Improvements, add shall separately ap-
praise all permanent Improvements
thereon nt their fair mad reasonable
value, nnd In case the leaseholder does
not become the purchaser, the purchaser
at said sale shall, under such rules and
regulations as the legislature may pre-
scribe, pay to or for tho leaseholder the
appraised value of said Improvements,
and to the state the amount bid for the
said lands; nnd nt the sale no bid for
any tract at less than the uppralsement
thereof shall be accepted.
Sec. 11. That an amount equal to five
per centum ot tho proceeds of the sales
of public lands lying within said state
shall be paid to the said state, to bo used
as a permanent /fund, tho interest only
of which shall hi- Upended for tho sup-
port of the common schools within said
state. )
Sec. 12. That Vn lieu of the grant of
land for purp<r^v or internal Improve-
ment made to new states by tho eighth
section of the act ot September i, 1H41,
which section is hereby repealed ns to
said state, and in lieu of nny claim or
demand of the state of Oklahoma under
tho act of September 28, ISO, and sec-
tion 2479 of tho revised statutes, making
a grant of swamn and overflowed lands,
which grant it is hereby declareo is not
extended to said state of Oklahoma,
the following grant of land is hereby
made to said state from public lands of
the United States within said state, for
the purposes indicated, namely: For the
benetit of the Oklahoma university, two
hundred nnd bfty thousand acres; tor
the benefit of the University Preparatory
school, one hundred nnd fifty thousand
acres; for the benefit of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college, two hundred and
fifty thousand acres; for the benetit ot
the Colored Agricultural and Normal
university, one hundred thousand acres;
for the benefit of the normal schools,
now established or hereafter to be estab-
lished. three hundred thousand acres.
The lands granted by this section shnll
bo selected by tie board for leasing
school lands oi the territory of Oklahoma
Immediately upon the approval ot this
act. Said selections as soon ns made
shall bo certified to the secretary of the
Interior, nnd tne lands so selected shall
be thereupon withdrawn from home-
stead entry.
Sec. 13. That said state when ndmit-
h1 as aforesaid shnll constitute two ju-
dicial districts, to he known as tho east-
ern district ot Oklahoma and tho western
district of Oklahoma; the said Indian
Territory shnll constitute said eastern
district, and the s >lo Oklahoma territory
shall constitute said western district.
Tho circuit nnd district courts for tne
. stern district ill be held on term at
Muskogee, one term at Vinita, one term
at South McAlester, and one term at
Ardmore, each year, and the circuit nnd
district courts ot tho western district
shall lie held one term .-.t Outhrie, one
term at Oklahoma City and one term at
Enid, each year, t -r the time being. And
tlie said districts shall, for Judicial pur-
poses. until otherwise provided, be nt-
t ched tn tho eighth Judicial circuit.
There shall be appointed for each of said
districts one dtstrlct Judge, one United
States attorney, and ono United States
marshal. There shall bo appointed a
cl« rk for each or paid districts, who shall
keep bis oftlce at Muskogee and Outhrie,
respectively, for the time being. The
regular term of said courts shall be
held nt tho places designated In this act
at Muskogee on tho hist Monday in
January and at \ inlta on the first Mon-
day In March; at South McAlester on tho
tlrst Monday in June; at Ardmore on the
ilrst Monday in October; at Outhrie on
the first Monday in January; at Oklaho-
ma City on tho tlrst Monday in April; nt
Enid on tho first Monday In October, in
each year, and only one grand Jury and
one petit Jury shall be summoned in
each of said circuit nnd district courts.
The circuit nnd district courts tor each
of said districts, and the Judges thereor,
respectively, snail possess tho same pow-
ers and Jurisdiction and perform the
same duties required to be performed
by the other circuit and district courts
nnd Judges of the United States, and
shall bo governed by the same laws and
regulations. The marshal, district at-
torney, nnd clerk of each of the circuit
and district courts of said districts, and
all other oftlcers and persons performing
duties in tho administration or Justice
therein, shnll severally possess the pow-
ers nnd periorm the duties lawfully re-
quired to be performed by similar otn-
eers In other districts of the United
States, nnd shnll. for tho services they
perform, receive the ffes nnd compensa-
tion now allowed by law to ofheers per-
forming similar services for tho United
States In tho territory of Oklahoma; and
that the laws and procedure or the pres-
ent territory of Oklahoma, as far as
applicable, shall extend over and appiy
to said state until changed by the legis-
lature thereof.
Sec. 14 That all cases of appeals or
writs of error heretofore prosecuted and
now pending in the supreme court ot
the United States or the circuit court ot
appeals for the eighth circuit, upon any
record of the supn-mo court or said ter-
ritories, or that may hereafter lawfully
be prosecute.! upon any record from
either of said courts, may be heard and
determined by h.iid supreme court or the
United States and the said circuit court
of appeals. And tbe mandate of execu-
tion or other proceeding shall be directed
by the supreme court of the united
States or said circuit court of appeals to
the circuit or district courts hereby es-
tablished within the said state succeed-
ing the territories from which such rec-
ord is or may bo pending, or to the su-
premo court of said stale or other state i
court therein established, as the nature
of the case may require.
Sec. 15. That the said circuit nnd dis-
trict courts and the oourts ol said state .
shall, respectively, bo the successors ot I
the courts • f oklahoma and Indian tor- |
rltorles as to all such cases arising with-
in the limits of the territories describe^
in the tlrst section of this act with full
power to proceed with the samo and
award mesne or final process therein;
and that from nil Judgnn n.i decrees
of the supreme courts of s .a territories
or the United States courts for said ter-
ritories In any case arising within the
limits of said state prior to admission
the parties to such Judgments or decrees
■hall have the same right io prosecute
appeals and writs of error to Hie su-
premo court ot the United States or to
the circuit court of appeals for the
eighth circuit as thify shall nave had by
Ihw prior to the admission of said state
Into the union.
Sec. R That In respect to all cases,
proceedings and matters now pending in
the supreme or district courts of said
territories at the time of admission as a
state and arising within the limits ot
such state whereof the circuit or dis-
tricts courts by this act established
might have bad Jurisdiction under tbe
laws of the United States had such
courts existed at tho time of tiio com-
bk noement of inch eases, the said cir-
cuit and district courts each, respective-
ly. shall l>e the successors of said su-
preme and district courts of said terri-
tories and In respect to all other cases
nnd matters pending in the supreme or
district courts of said territories or u
the United States courts for said terri-
tories nt the time of the admission or
such state, arising within the limits or
said pro. ed state, tlie courts of sain
state shall; respectively, be tho succes-
sors of said supremo and district terri-
torial courts and tho I nited States
courts In said territories. And ail tho
files, records, indictments nnd proceed-
ings relating to any such cases shall be
tra-sfeired to such circuit, district and
i. o.urts. respectively, nnd the samo
s* 11 be proceeded with there in duo
course of law; but no writ, action, in-
dictment, cause or proceeding now
j ding, or that prio'r to the admission
of said state shall bo pending, in any
t riltorlnl courts of said terri ories or
the United States court • tor said terri-
tories shall abate by the admission ot
said state into tho union; but the same
shall be transferred and proceeded *. u
In the proper United States circut
trlct. or other state court, as the case
may be: Provided, however, that in a.,
civil actions, causes and proceedings tn
which tho United States Is not a party
transfer shall not be made to the circuit
nnd district courts of the United states,
except it be a case which, under existing
laws, might be transferred from n state
court to tho courts of the United States,
and upon written request of one of tne
parties to such action or proceeding,
filed in the proper court, as now by law
required, nnd in the absence or such re-
quest such cases shall be proceeded with
In the proper state court.
Sec. 17. That the constitutional conven-
tion may by ordinance provide for the
election of oftlcers for a full state gov-
ernment, Including members of the legis-
lature and five representatives to con-
gress, nnd may attach the Osage Indian
reservation to counties contlnguous or
constitute the same a separate county
and designate the county seat thereof,
and shall provide rules and regulations
and define the manner of conducting tne
first election for oftlcers In said counties.
Such state government shall remain in
abeyance until the Htnte shall be na-
rnitted Into the union nr.d the election
for state oftlcers held, as provided tor
in this act. Ihe state legislature, when
organized, shall elect two senators or
tho United States In the manner now
prescribed by tbe laws of the United
States, and the governor and secretary
or said state shall certify the election ot
the senators and representatives In the
manner r- quired by law; and said sena-
tors and representatives shall be entitled
to be admitted to scats in congress and
to all the rights and privileges of sena-
tors and representatives of other states
in the congress of tho United States.
And ihe officers of the state government
formed in pursuance of said constitution
os provided by said constitutional con-
vention shall proceed to exorcise all the
functions of such state oftlcers, T.d ail
laws of said territories in forcc tnerein
nt tho time ot their admission into the
union shall be in force in said state, ex-
cept ns modified or changed by this act
or by the constitution of the state, nnd
the laws of the United States not locally
inapplicable snail have the same force
and effect within said sta.e as elsewhere
within the United States.
IIv- i
DON'T DESPAIR.
Read the Experience of a Minnesota
Woman and Take Heart.
If your backache aches, and you feel
sick, languid, weak and miserable day
after day—don't wop
ry. Doan's Kidney
Pills have cured thou-
sands of women in the
same condition. Mrs
A. Helman of Stillwa-
ter, Minn., cays: "Bui
for Doan's Kidnej
pills 1 would not be
living now. Thej
cured me in 1899 and
I've been well since
I used to have such pain in my bach
that once I fainted. The kidney se
cretions were much disordered, and 1
rvas so far gone that I as thought tc
be at death's door. Since Doan s Kid
ney Pills cured me I feel as if 1^ had
been pulled back from the tomb."
Sold hy all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Holidays in Japan
There are three national holidays in
Japan. January 1 Is one of them,
and ihe birthday of the reigning em-
peror, November 3, Is another. Hut
February 11 is the greatest of the
three dales, for it is th. annlversar>
of the coronation of the first emperor,
Jimmu.
BOY'S TERRIBLE ECZEMA.
Mouth and Eyes Covered With Crusts
—Hands Pinned Down—Miraculous
Cure by Cuticura.
"When ray little boy was six months
the two greater shocks. This was also old, he had eczema. The sores extend-
accompjj:icd by a roaring noise. 1 ed so quickly over the whole body
The earthquake was felt as far north that we at once called In the doctor,
as Lincoln, Nebraska, wist as far as We then went to another doctor,
Abilene and south to Emporia and but he could not help him, and In our
cast to Joplin, Missouri. The center despair we went to a third one. Mat-
of disturbances was at Manhattan and ters became so bad that lie had regu-
Abilene were the visitation was lar holes in his cheeks large enough
severe. j to put a finger Into. The food had to
The direction of the seismic wave 'en given vith a spoon, for his mouth
was apparently from the southwest to was covered with crusts ns thick as
the northeast, and its forcc was spent j a finger, and whenever lie opened the
before reaching Kans s City. The mouth they bman to bleed and sup-
earthquake was felt m Joplin, and purate, :ss did also his eyes. Hands,
slight attention was givm It, the gen- j arms, chest, and back, in short the
eral Impn.sslon iH ing that it was the whole body was covered over and
result of blasting operations In the over. We had no rest by day or night,
mines, it. 8t Joseph the ahock waa Whenever he was laid in ins bed, we
siilllcleiitIv s« veto to rattle dishes, de had to pin his hands down; otherwise
tad. pictures fiom the walls, but no he would scratch his face and make an
serious damage was done. Kansas got open sore. I think his face must have
the lull force or the terrestrial spasm. Itched mo«t fearfully.
In warner plaster was shaken from! "We finally thought nothing cou d
ceilings, and things were tumbled 1 help, and I had made up my mindjo
about generally. A dispatch from Ein
pona said the trembling lasted sixty .
bc.om.Is, nnd reports from Top. k.i1 «u™ him. oth,rwlse^ he w.« t.be put
writ- Ilmt while the vibrations In the """fr good tnedlca^care But;
cil> weie slight, neighboring towns
KANSAS SHAKEN
AN EARTHQUAKE OF SMALL DI- j
MENSIONS STIRS INHABITANTS
OF SUNFLOWER STATE
MANHATTAN IS CENTER OF DISTURBANCE
Chimneys Topple Over and Houses (
Were Rocked—Earthquake Felt as ;
for North as Lincoln, Nebraska— !
Joplin, Also Notices Shake
MANHATTAN, KAS : A sever* j
earthquake shock w;« j experienced
here at 0:13 u'cIock, Sunday evening.
The tremor was jntense that dishes
on tables were shaken together, ar-
ticles fell from shelves and brick
chimneys were knocked down iroir
the city school building and the
i'nioii Pacilic freight depot and froiu
several houses. The ireuior was pre-
ceded by a rumbling noise like the
rolling of a heavy wagon or a hollow
booming sound The shock seemed to
be of two distinct waves, a lateral
one followed instantly by a vertical
movement.
There was not a home In Ihe city
that escaped the shock. The people
ran from 'he houses terrified, think-
ing that some awful explosion had
occurred In the vicinity. The transit
of the wave was from the southwest
to northwest. Some people felt a sec-
ond shock twenty minutes following
n. send my wife with the child to Eu-
! rope, hoping that the sea air might
were more severely visited.
MUST PAY NEAL S BOND
Judge Hainer Decided Against Fidel-
Lord be blessed, matters came differ
ently, and we soon saw a miracle. A
friend of ours poke about Cuticura.
We made a trial with Cuticura Soap,
Ointment and Resolvent, and withiv
ten days or two weeks we noticed a
decided improvement. Just as quickly
ity and Deposit Company
fillTHItlK: Judge Dnyard T. Hainer as the sickness had appeared It also
has decided the case of John J Mil- began to disappear, and within ten
dreth, trustee in bankruptcy, vs. T. A., weeks the child was absolutely well.
Neal, former court clerk lu re. involv- Rn(j his skin was smooth and white
ing Noai's liability on his bond. In fa , B8 nover before. F. Ilohrath, Presl-
vor of the plaintiff on every point He dent of thc c L Holirath Company,
hel.l that Neal h.i.l recovered Manufacturers of Silk Hlhhons. 4 to 2
^er^W'Sf the trust fnnds per ?lnU Alley. South Bcthleheu,,
sonally and that the techtilcal defenses Juue 5 1905-
offered by his surety, the Fidelity and Judge on Affidavits
Deposit Company, would not hold. I The suggestion of an English barrls
I tor that a certain matter was a proper
The company claimed that if bonded i
Neal as clerk of the United States dls-
trie, court, and was not responsible '<* •> "r:" examination, not
for territory matters; also that It tor affidavit, aKre.'.l with an emphatic
. .Mil.I not he held for money lost In opinion of an English justice, recently
the Capitol National failure, as that j retired. He was once trying a case
was a I'nlled Slates repository 'I'he j at n,e Manchester assizes, In which a
decision holds the company lintile for man ]1;1(| been cross-examined upon an
the full amount of its bond, S35,U0tl. j afjid;lvit. Summing up the cvldenco-
II Slid V a fa7me7~wh(T recently to the jury, the judge said: "Uentie-
moved from' Illinois to a farm in the men. of all the weapons In the wnole
vicinity ol Chickasha, was killed Dy ! ™">ry of tnlqult there Is nothing to
being kicked by a horse. Ho
is sur- equal an affidavit for concealing th©
vived by a wile and six children.
truth."
In Indian lerritorv 121 banks have
been organized stnee March, WUU,
with a total capitalization oi j £*7.1'?,
000. Several of them have a capital
l/.atlon of more than 5100,000.
$100 Reward, $100.
The reader*
• t* it
TO BECOME ARCHBISHOP
WAKING IDEAL FINANCIAL DEAL.
Party of the Second Part Very Com-
placent Individual.
Hearing voices inside the room the
wife of the eminent financier paused
ni the door of his oftlce and heard thi*
conversation:
"Yes, wo have several hundred
thousand dollars over and above nny
possible amount we shall need for
this year for taking up matured en-
dowment policies, or paying death
claims, which we should like to In-
vest In good securities."
"You have full power to Invest this
fund?"
"Absolutely!"
"H'm! 1 am glad to meet ycu. in-
gced. It happens most opportunely
that our firm is about lo organize a
syndicate for tho exploitation of cer-
tain suburban properties. The secur-
ity is gilt-edged und the profits are
sure to be large. We can use a con-
siderable amount of money in finan-
ciering this enterprise."
"Do you consider it, personally, a
desirable investment?"
"I consider it away up In O. It'f
the best thing now on tho market."
"Well, I'll see you again to-morrov
and wo will arrange for the deal."
Here the conversation ceased.
Tho wife of the eminent financier
waited a moment longer, then knock,
ed lightly on the door and went in.
"Why, Jasper," she said, surprised
at V.ndlng him alone. "I thought 1
hear! you talking to somebody."
"Quite likely, my dear," he answer
ed with a large and genial smile. "1
was talking to myself."—Chicago Til
tune.
World-Famed Orris Powder.
The health und beauty of the hair
were studied by the old monks, whe
were doctors, chemists and perfumer-
combined, and whose study was i .i
perfection and cultivation of humai
health and beauty. The orris powde
of Santa Maria Novella is consider*
the finest in the world. It is m.i
from the plant growing in the in-
vent gardens and is ground In the co:
vent laboratory. It is used to perfum
linen, brush the teeth, and to app.
♦.o the skin after the bath.
It's a terril'e nuisance to have
reputation to live up t*
the <-nly p«kIUv«
curt* now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
bring a ci-nnttiiitlonal dlnea^e. requires a cmmltu-
II >nal treatment. II... * Catarrh Cure In taken In-
ternally. ucilnx directly "I""' the blond and mucous
mrfif • • of the •votem, thereby destroying ihe
r .nidation • f the disease, and plvlitg the patient
_ , MrentMli i y building up the c<>n«tltutl<>n •"'I * "lst
Bishop Meerschacrt May Succeed nig nature in d-dng ltt work. The proprietor* have
a r, hhichnn rhanrl!^ " f '"> "> ,lh curut.ve power* that Uiey otter
Archbishop Gnapclie ,nc Ihn I,...t I ■ I,.«r- t r liny case ihut It lallJ tr
OKLAHOMA (M TV: It is understood j eure
in Catholic church circles in Oklahoma (
I hut Right Kcvrreud Theopllc Moor-
vrhaert hue appointed blshon of Okla-
homa. will In all probability l>e ap-
pointed lo the archbishopric of New j
Orleans to succeed Archbishop Che;
Addrt
i | . .1 CJ1KM.\ .v lo., Toledo, O.
all Pruffgfsu.75c.
1 uu.lly l'lii# for constipation.
Gift to Sheffield School
Formal announcement of tho $1!50,«
000 legacy to the Sheffield bcientltlc
pel lo. who died of yellow fever In Sep school from the estate of the late M.
tember d. Viets of Uranby, Mass., has Just
At the mertinr: of the bishops r,r 'be foecn made. The gift Is tho largest
New Orleans ptovinco held recently, QVer giVen to the school except the
original endowment of Joseph Earl
which was followed by a meeting or
Ir'i'ns" 'l\n.V',.n,!ii,r,y,-' I™ imlorsM Sin HUM. the leander Of the school,
11,1 then names .r v..inled lo Rome, and Frederick W. Vanderbilt, who has
from which rope Pius X will make a given the school two dormitories wlth-
selocii in f<>r a successor to Archbish- In the last two years.
op Cliapelle The three candidates,
arc I': ' "i> Dunn" or Pallas, lex.. Cures Cancer, Blcod Foison and
ltishop lleslin. of Natchez, Miss., antl Scrofula.
in imp Meer hacrt, ol oklahoma j jf you have blood poison producing-
City eruptions, plmphs, ulcers, swollen
From these Fisliop Mecrsrhaert *s glands, bumps and risings, burning,
for itiar.v re the most likely can- Itching skin, copper-colored spots or
i, 1.. i... m r, ; rn to tli" vacant rash on inc. skin, mucous patches in
, , mouth or throat, falling hair, bone
see. lie lias the nios thorough know- pujng (,j,j rheumatism or foul catarrh,
K'ik'e of French, be-i speaking s take Botanic Hlood Halm (IJ. B. B.).
rial olher Ianuu ic.es fluently, lie fin- it kills the poison In the blood; soon
is" ed bis education in the American all sorer, eruptions heal, hard swell-
colle"i_! of I ouvaln where he was Ings subside, aches and pains stop and
on!arnett prlMt in 1ST.: many ot the W°r"
present priests of .• w Orleans not j.'or cancers, tumors, swellings, eat-
only received their education at the ing sores, ugly ulcers, persistent plm-
same time and place, hut some of p,es of al1 take 11 de~
them were classmatcs and ordained
at tho same time as Bishop Meer-
schaert. lie Is also an immune from
the yellow fever and smallpox, having
contracted boih maladies at Natchez.
Miss. He coulracted yellow fever at
Ocean Springs, La , during the scourge
of 1875, after he had been engaged for
eight weeks in nursing stricken mem-
bers of his flock, lie also assisted and
stroys the can - r poison in the blood,
heals cancer of all kinds, cures the
worst humors or suppurating swell-
ings. Thousands cured by B. B. B.
after all else (alia, B. it. li. com-
posed of pure botanic Ingredients. Im-
proves the digestion, makes the blood
pure and rich, stops the awful itching
and all sharp, shooting pains. Thor-
oughly tested for thirty years. Drug-
gists, $1 per bottle, with complete di-
rections for home cure Sample free
and prepaid by writing Blood Balm
Co., Atlanta, Oa. Describe trouble and
<
dul noble work lu the yellow lever fre* medical advice also sent In sealed
scourge of 1878.
TECUMSEH: A. C. Tcrrlnc, the en-
gineer who nas been examining thc
feasibility of an electric line between
letter.
The Lamb Wore Out
Wilton Lackaye, the player, has a
story of an animal show In the west,
, where the principal fea' > of the pro-
Teem- seh aud Shawnee, has reported gram was billed ns "The'Happy Fam-
favorably to th, Shawnee Lighting iiy-the said "family" consisting ot
company, which propose , to build the a Hon, a tiger, a puma and a lamb,
line. Dennis t. Flynn Is president ol Somo one, in conversation with tbe
tlie company, which Is owned large- proprietor of the show, asked how
ly by eastern capital, if the Inter- long these animals had lived together,
urban plans are approved, it Is Stated Quite confidently tho proprietor r
that the company will also purchaso plied:
the property of tho Sli&wnee Trae-1 "About eight months, I think- but
non company, which Is now In the the lamb has to be renewed occa
hands of a receiver. I lonaUy."-Harper-« Weekly.
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