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The Mulhall Fntcrprise,
rSlABIIVHD JAMAST I. 1891.
OPFICfAL PAPER OP MULHALL
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Editor And Publisher.
FIRE DRIVES TO DEATH
Carcasses of Wild Animals Choke a
Lake in Washington State.
In a special dispatch from Tacoma,
Wash . not long ago, the strang* story i
was told of a lake in Clarke county j
that was choked with the bodies of
wild animals driven into it by fierce
forest fires. I. K. Duval, a timber
cruiser t«• r t ti ♦ ■ Northern Pacific rail- j
road, tells the following story about '
it in the San Francisco Hull* tin:
"The lake i;< only about one acre
in extent, and I have frequently vis- .
ited the place before. When parsing
near the spot several days ago 1 no- j
tired a peculiar smell, and turned
aside to make an investigation. I
found the surface <>f the lake one mass ,
of deer, foxes, bears, wolves and all i
the small varieties of animals that ,
roam in our woods. The lake is In a
deep hollow between the hill- and the
fire had encircled it at a great dis-
tance in the first place, crowding to- ■
ward the lake* by degrees, and at last
driving every living animal that had 1
made its home in the woods for miles j
around into the lake, to be slowly
roasted to death la-fore- the fierce heat.
"The whole surface of the water
was covered with carcasses, and how
many deep they were I had no means
«>f knowing From the* remains «>f
otner animals near b\ I surmise that i
some tried to escape through the cir-
cle of death. 1 have heard that in
such supreme moments the fiercest
animals forget their ferocity. Some-
thing like that must have «». < urn d
hi :• for bears, • r, wolves, mink and 1
squirrels were indiscriminately mln
gied in the mass. Probably the only i
struggle was for lodgment cm the
backs of the already dead animals. ,
Numbers of the people living remote
from that region were making pil-
grimages to the lake to view Tile spec |
tacle "
Peculiarity of Japanese Women.
"hid you ever set a woman shaving
herselfasked a traveling man
"Well, it's a funny sight, but you
trust go all the way to Japan to wit
mss it, for the Japan* • ar. the only
people in the world who., women;
sl ave- They have* a «• rtain day in
the week 1 think it is Friday fot j
'his operation. The y use no lather, ;
hut warm water alone and tiny s.iave I
.not only the- face1 ami neck, but the j
fereheael also They are very quick 1
and get through the whole proc> - in I
i minute or two Nor is it strange?
that they are quick, for they have na
more hair on their faces than any
•jther women Shaving with them is
In fact, a mere matter of form- a re-
ligious e ere-numy, and not a thing ot
necessity. Hut in some' eases this
onstant shaving clove lops beards In
>ld Japanese wonie n. and then they
trust ply the razor to some purp »<e
fhe habit ne ver, though. < aitses a
growth upon the forehead, and yet
the* fore heads of Japanese women are
shaved weekly from their girlhood tilj
their death.
TO CREATE NEW OfTICE
■ till In Maku lhn l*o»ition of Territorial
A ntil tor
OfTHRlE: The committee on ways
find means derided to report favorable
to the lowe r house} of the legislature,
tin- bill tej cre ate the office of territorial
auditor. Thin in one of the most im-
|»ortant measured before) the* legislature,
and it will certainly pass It provides
that the territoriai auditor shall be snp-
rinteudent of insurance* e-x-oflicio. The
office of superintendent of insurance
has heretofore bee n combined with the
office of territorial secretary, anel has
made the latter a rich office The fees
lenve-d from the superintenelency of
insurance average) from $7,000 to $10,-
R00 a year. These fees will, by tin-
terms of the bill, l»e turned into the* ter-
ritorial treasury after this, and the? new
t rritorial auditor will be placed on a
•alary. The creation of the* new office)
will thus take* from the territorial sec re
turv a big part of the fees he now r<
ceives. The bill atso separates the ofti-
res of territorial auditor anel territorial
Aiiperintendent of public instruction,
rhe w iys ajuT means committee also
decide el to again re-port favorably the
house quarantine bill, which places the*
territorial quarantine line along the ex-
tenor boundary e»f < )klahoma. The- bill
was reporte el favorable mice be fore, but
went back to the committee, on mot.on
for an adelitional amenelnient The ael-
ditional amendment that will be* recom-
mendod changed the clauses which per-
mits sheriffs te> make inspections and
give s insjx'Ctors only the powe r to make
inapecti( ns. In othi r respects the- bill
remains as reported by the* committee
tho first time.
BEVERIDGE TO GIVE IT UP
Tli* I'm lit on Statehood Is About to Itr
A bamlontMl. Il In Itli.v.-I,
Wasiiin«jt<)\ : There ar.* indications
tonight that Senator Heveridge ami Ins
associates in the* se*nato will abandon
the*ir tight against the stateh . >d bill and
an arraugeiimnt will be ma lo sex ti fe»r
a rote. It is said on good authority
that a proposition has been made t<>
Senator Quay that the se cond Saturdav
in February be agreed upon as the date*
for voting on the'bill with the under-
standing that the IVnnsylvatiia SHiiutor
shall withdraw his opposition to tlie-
conside ration of important legislation.
Mr Quay is said to have replie d that he
would accept tlies** te-rms provided the*
agreement bej made on tho floor of the
senate, hilt he would not consent.to a
edoak room arrangement. If tie agree
ment is mado it must hi* by unanimous
consent and there* is some demht as t««
whethe r every se*nator will indors » it.
Se-nator Quay said that he* woulel use
his parliamentary advantage to block
all legislation but appropriation bills
and that tie* would insist up >u continu-
ous sessions of the seuate The fe*»diti;r
at tin* capital is that an agr* e»ment over
the state-hood bill is ne.f far etistant.
SENTENCE COMMUTED
Portraits on Tombstones
Local marble deahis are- taking pi
ke en inte-rest in an enterprise-, which '
bad its origin in Denmark, for repro 1
their tnnibste lie - a> the* Philade l
(iliia Inquire r. Tin y say that it is \ e r> ,
probable that the* m« ve uie nt wilj |
.• pre-ad te> America in a short time
started among th< Dniie ;t: a re -ult
e<f the u e of artificial marble. A
Danish maste»r builde r sin e e ded it I
producing ;i stone of bu< h delicate
tints that it was impossible to distin
gulsh it from the natural produc t. The
imitation i f the metre expensive sp»> !
ties whs found to cn t tar less thar '
the natural, and i maele- in any form
desiri d, ' olumns, plain or f)uted, ai J
e apitals as readil> as tint labs Tie j
durability is said to be as great
that <■! the- ge nuine marble It wm
also found that It was possible tc
reproduce by carving, a picture of the
Icon ed person in the imitation mar !
ble, ti ni« h ea < and far cheaper t hai
the work could be d me with the genu 1
inc artMi I
lt»r<-lny nnel linn ti <ono.t«d of Mui-
• I «• i \\ ill Not 11 it ii ^
\V,%*— nine; 11 »n • The president has com-
muteel to lit*- im]iriso!inient the «!• nth
sentence pronounce <1 ugainst (ieurg '
Uarcday anel .Tames nrtimmitt. «*«>tivie t
♦ ■d of mnreler in Oklahoma, ami
tenced to be hanged Februsry 12, 1903
< ieorge Hare lay and .lame*. I'mmmitt
wen- arre-ste-d in tin* Osage* nation iti
July, 1JKK), during a battle with anti-
horse* thief otUce-rs from the Indian
Territory, wherein J I Poole- w:ts shot
and killed l>v a bami ed' outlaws, of
whom Barclay and Bruuim tt were twi
They were brought to the fed tal jail
here and upon their trial at Pawnee
Were- se lite Heed to deHtli. The KU|iretn**
fpourt granted a stay p» ndmg an appeal
to that tribunal, but aft*rwat'!s sus-
tained the deoision of the lower court*
The tiiii«• for the* hanging of the two
men was February 1- at i'awm-e This
e-onimutation bv tie- president saves the
m ek of two ceiiivict*'d iiiurderer*<. Hoth
are natives « f the- -date e f Kansas.
BILL TO RESTRAIN STOCK
T'llO III Jollt'M Itlii \\«Mlld %lMl|-
t»ti I re# Knngt*
tll THIUI The* last vestige of tie' in
•leperiit# tie * »>t" the old tine* e-iittletiien lti
Oklahoma will U* swept away sboulei
bouse* bill No v.* ifltroeltU'e i bv .Il til■».
of Dewey, and abo i<*hing fr*'" rang*», be
|>a»>-e i The bill reejuites that all stock
shall ts* re-striuned trotu running at
large, which Would enable farmer* to
-•u fivat* crop* without fencing the ir
tie-Ms. The bill sejuarelv r* ve t>* s ce.n
ditiofis und«-r the- present lew Heave r
county will tt«k not te» Is- <tepri\* ei of
free-talis* ■ and ti** reep;*-^t pre.b^blv
will t«» granted Western oklahoma
has grown m» idly in populat u that
(in le iia\* 1 e- li ce*n**fMlit f* III!*. t'* tw«-en
ti • ti* w s-e tt!t r*. and the « ttfU-m« n. .
latter resisting ti*-' encroachments «>f
farmer* who p.ow up the rafig«>, ainl th<*
f.irnie-i** harraHSing tin- ciettle-me'ii,
Sin < tt lit- r • ti l»r<tfli l«> C e»t ttmar r it
( ti e kasha: James Green, a laborer
Mt tie . "tfoil lit \VI4S SlllOtll* fed t « »
de Nth m the NCI- 1 boil»e \ load of *. ■ d
fell upon him, oovering him to a depth
< >f Se '• t-! fee t anel be «lu-.I b. fol.' WOll
.••it'll could get to him
Nov Ok In It•!it, a littlitnf
< ' ill:11 lie 1. iwte II. hita \
(iu'f Ii»«lit' id c aipaliy, With ii ad
rte-m It T iWte n, b:i- I ■ fi chartefee!
BONDS CARRIED
The Shawnee (omulI, After ( anvattiufi
llfturiia, l>f< lared f«»r Honda
Shawnee: The council sittiug as a
canvassing board has decided that the
errors of the unofficial returns on the
city hall proposition will give them
enough majority to begin the issuance
of bonds The unofficial returns given
out after the election showed they
lacke-d nineteen vote s of having the two-
thirds majority, but enough discrepan-
cies were found to give the projtositn »it
eighteen more than the two-thirds re -
qnired. The waterworks bonds failed
to carry. There is talk of au injunc-
tion being issued to prevent tho bou I*
being issued. Fraud is being charge d,
and while there is none existing, pi r-
haj»s, the* least hiut at fraud starts our
l>eople going.
TRAGEDY AT ENID
Turn-
Mail Shot Ilia Wile and
Wt-a|ioit on llhiiHt-ir
K\II>: (ieorge H Price, a carriage*
maker, formerly of >t. Louis, shot an >
killed his wile and then killed himself.
The couple were not living together am'.
the woman, Price believed, was about
to sue him for divorce*. Price went to
his wife's home*, kissed his children
good bye and then, pointing a revolver
at his wife, lie* exclaimed: "We wili
die together, Louise," and fired, th e
shot taking effect in the pit of her stom-
ach. Tlu-n turning the weapon to hi i
te mple, he again tired, killing himsel.
instantly.
PROTECTED HIS MOTHER
INDIAN TERRITORY SCHOOLS
*tali*ti«'a of Nmulier uf 1'upiln, 1>ae heri
ami salarift 1'aul
Vista The following statistics rela-
tive to schools in the Indian Territory
have beeu prepared by the United States
superintendent of schools in the Indian
Territory: Enrollment of students in
the territory was as follows: Thirteen
thousand tight hundred and sixty-four,
elivided among the five uatious a.* fol-
lows: Cherokee 5,383, Creek 2,754,
Choctaw 4.?vs, Chickasaw #39. Aver-
age attendance Cherokeee 3,252, Creek
1,341. Annual cost: Cherokee$98,054,
Creek fT'JJOg.SH, Choctaw |113,4S5.tio,
Chickasaw $£4,257.85.
The number of employes at these
schools are a-* follows: Cherokee 176,
Creek 136, Choctaw 2a7, Chickasaw 50.
The other schools established for chil-
dren in the Territory are located in
towns auel cities and show a total en-
rollment of 4.02H males and 4,219 fe-
males. These schools are located in
Hush Springs, Marrietta, Ardmore,
Chickasha, Marlow, Pauls Valley,
Comanche, Claremore, Nowata, South
McAlester, Eufaula, Muldrow, Mc-
Alester, Vinita. Howe ami Muskogee. j
The salarie s paid teachers is $42,558.- '
17, other expense s $14,180.44; totrl ex-
penses $5(1,838.tSl, value of buildings
$(i7,150.00. i if the children in enroll-
ment are- ne groes, 748 Indians and
tho remainder white.
McGUIRE FILES ANSWER
THE LAW MAKERS
Seventh Session of the Oklahoma
Legislature
3ILLS PRESENTED NUMBER NEARLY 200
.% Hiit#»t»n-yfar-eilel l'.n> shot an lutiinlt f
\\ho An»aultt-it III* >lolht*r
T.awthn : Walte r Kennedy, was shot
and dange rously wounded by K. K.
Stee'h'. a Hi-ye ar-old boy Mrs. Steeb,
with he r son, has re-sided in Cache fot j
some time. Iv-nnedy was an old ae-
c|uaintance of tho woman. Kennedy
was.drinking and visited the home
Mrs. Ste-ele and her seiti and requ- st<*el
that he be allowed to remain all night. !
Mrs. Steele re-fused and Kennedy b
c ame infuriate- I and attacke 1 he*r.
While scuffling with her his re-volvet
was discharged twice and he final 1 >
wrenched a piece of stove wo. .el from;
Mrs Stee l.- and knocked her .ie»wn, in '
tin ting a scalp wound. Tin* boy ran te.
a corie r «>f the room, picked up a
double barredeel shot gun and fired at
K'-nri'-dv. Kennedy cannot re-cove r.
Mrs. Steele- has a gash on lie r foreheaei ,
St. e le was arrested ami brought t< ,
Law ton.
FOR BETTER ROADS
l.rgiftlat «t rt* Will l':t«« it |,uv» I nt |t r<»«-1 nu
• lit* lllfliwn.eei
< • t ! lti:it S. vt ral bills loediitig to the
betterment of the roads ot Oklahonii
will be introdue I in this leguiatnn I
is quite probable that M)ine ed' them Wil
bem oine laws, as there is undoubtedly
-trong se-ntiment tti lavor of bett*-i
roach Representative Nesbit, of Pot
taWiitomie county, will introduce ti
nie-asure- to give the ct.unty cotntniHsiou
• rs powe-r tei ini]'tove tin- roads in theii
res;ii ctive- c<»itntie- lbs plan ennf.-m
plates tliiit the roads shall l"1 ^ ft
with burin d (day. ami the* exi»*nse- there
of be taxed against tlie* contingiiou®
property. Burned clay, says Mr Nes
bit, is.the cheapest material with whioh
the roads can be* improv«*ei and it is tit
good and durable as macadam.
I'relimiiinry sunt * I oinplelA
Ti t.sa : The pre liminary survey o!
the Muskogee Southern railroad hat
been compl f. «l ft »m Fort Smith t»
Tulsa, a distance of 1 J4 miles. This i*
a 'Frisco enterprise-, cotun-cting Knn
atid I 'ort Smith by means of th • Ar'iiiti
SMS Val.e V tV' Western. 1'ht- Keili'ficU I
i e.fistru ti on company has the etintrae#
to bui 1<1 the litie ami it is believe t \v - ■ i.
will begin at otice. It follows tie Ar
kansas valley its entire length and pen t
etiates the? riche-st country in In liati j
Territory.
ARRESTED TWO THIEVES
T«*tt 4»k latitttiia <«mto? ntllriult (a|.luit
a 4 tttl |l l«* tit A I l#K**et lleelll l ti l«-11 «.
Oklahoma City: Officers Sain Bar j
tell and Shirley Dyer have re'terne.
from a trip *f nearly three btn In
miles trailing allegeel her^t.-thie-vt s I
a elugi.iit in ii'iger Mills eeiuntv an j
abotit s;x miles from the I'exas 1 ti. th
otlicers succeeileei ill arresting I.* • 1 • I .
ick and Barney Fry, who were itulicte I
by the hist grand jury The men w' i !
brought he re and placed iu the* ei.i.iit j
j'lil. The officers passed eight In is* ;
11 i< ve i tu have been stolen an * tfti ^
discovering the dugout, etilt-r«»l ati 1
eei \efcel the* allege .I thle vt s with the. j
rt-volve-rs The y «dt'.-re«l n*» it sis , ie» !
being taken entirely by surpris li. i
oftle-t-rt left here several eiay s a j an !
trailed the iti» ii tbr< ugh Meiuntaiu \ * w i
11 .hart. Foss ami Klk City Abi-t.t te
d.i>> ago Shir by I > ^ r arrest, el I , i(*
at I - itiiotid. but while passing ti i an
of tin- prise .ti- r he nskeel te» ^.» in an s»
his wife a iniuute. The lldlaon ' (»oii
-table' Vouchi el fe>r F.h rick, but be- i t
to show tip atid escapee I on a ra *e ' t-e
Dyet . . t. r in hi < d te i re cuptur bis na
and did s. atte-i cousielerablo «U t« 411
eel effort.
qUH
to build from -a poiut «-ti ihe northern
line* ot W . ti % 1 re 1 county southward
through tin- e untie.- <d Woodward,
|>e \\e \ Custe r Washita, <'a4elo and
CoinsiM In ihenc t<» the «ttil 1 e.i Mex-
ico,'' a distance ef 050 miles. The eli
rectors art Robert 1-1 Huff, Wichita
Falls, Te<xas ; Ihinsfordlv Julicn, Frank
M Knglish, Joseph W. Veamau and
(ieorge Crosby of Law ton.
I igtet e ni* «,ff ^tad I'.tiatett-a
A Til l! Mr. tfee.t't: «' J?oggs of ti
Asher statr bank, wil! buy about • .
oar loads of see*d potatoes forth- s it
Pottawatomie* potato growe rs ie
tion, which has recently been organ z
for tho purpose* of advancing the* ; « tiit
growing industry in south Pottawi
totnio county. Mr. Boggs says tin
there* will b<* a great increase in th
I acreage of potatoes in south l'ottawi
tomie county this year, and he est
mates that Asher alone will ship
I car loads of potatoes tjiis season.
The P«'lf(jat»*-t*l»»rt Aimwrri tha Croat
l etlitest l.lrrtion < nsm
Ol'THRiR: De legato -elec t Bird S. Mc-
Guire has filed his answer to tho notice
of Hon W. M. Cross in the contest case
which tho latter has brought against
him Mr. McGuire alleges substan-
tially :
First. That he did not havo legal no-
tice* of Mr Cross* contest.
Second. That tho notice of contest
was not sufficiently definite in that it
did nc»t Stat.- who the 125 unnaturalized
persons who cast votes in Woodward
county were.
Third. That the same is true* as to tho
allegation that illegal votes were cast in
othe r counties of the Territory.
The clause of the answer w hich con-
tains tho real issue- in the contest, ac-
cording to Mr MeGuire'fl own state-
ment, is tin* one wherein lie denies that
votes iu which the voters voted in both
tho democratic and populist columns
were thrown out illegally. There were
arproximate! v 4,or>S of such ballots
Mi M <itiir makes tho claim that it
was legal to ivject them on th * ground
that they Were distinguishing ballots—
that is, that it was possible to tell after
taoy were counted who had cast theiu.
Teai liiiig liieliaii* to Work
Guthrie: Kxpcrimeuts in the way
of teaching Arapahoe and Cheyenne
Indians to work are being made by the
Fe ileral agent, John 11 Sege-r. During
the last month he paid out s'^nO to In-
dians tor labor pe rform- i in working
roads and painting and repairing the
ugency building-. Con.-iderubly more
than that will be paid out during Fe-b-
ruarv. as other Indians hav.- expres.-ed
a des.n- to earn mou- v Tins mone y is
appropriates! for the purpe.». ot hiring
the re tskins to work; thus gi^ ing them
an opportunity of e arning a living, in
stead of receiving rations entirely free
from the* gc v t m ii.* it, as lis alwayi*
been the? c«<te>m Tbe»« Indian.^ have
never workeel before
FLYNN SAYS IT'S CLASSEN
Tli* I'e li'ijutf Sjio elahoma'* I n «t lit .
puhlii an stwiator Mill In* \ II. < l ittoi
WaSIIINOTON He-legate D. 1 FlVfll
said: *'The omnibus bill will pass This
congress will give Oklahoma a state
hood enabling act There is no teal but
what the president will sign th • incus
ure. '
•'You will b»* one- e f the* first se-nator-
named fr in th- new state , \\i 1 y<>u
not. Mr I'lynn . ' was aske el. "No sir
I am fired of hearing these senatorial
stories. 1 am not a candidate I< r I 'nit
eel Stat, s senator, ami I will not be-. I
have practically quit politics. My pri-
vate inte rests re-ejuiro ne*arly all my
time now*. The first republican senatot
from Oklahoma will I Anton li Clas-
sen."
KILLED HIS FATHER
Smith W<«1kt*r, of (.rant ( otnity. Shut ley
(tin Sun at iMtmrt laMt*
PoM» Cheek Kstie Walker, aged
V:i. shot an t killed his father. Smith
Walker, nt the ir home east of Jeft'erson.
The young man is now in jail The
treinbte- o<- tin* I while the family was
at tinnier Twe» of the smaller children
were ejuarreling Walker, in correct-
ing them, handled the girl roughly.
She complained to her brother, who
had been pre*v oiislv cliastised atul sent
from the* table. The yeeutig mail la*.
nine infuriated, s«*eur«-ii a shotgun an
shot his fathe r just above the heart
\N. itlke-r roewe to his t»»t. ami tv* he» elir
so his sou lift 1 again The* ball ente r
• d the* fa'ht-r's head Walker wat
about 4.% ye ars ohi and one «>f the wt*l'
kiieiwn tuiint is au 1 p ditie laus of (iiant
innty.
Ne» lout.I to I It-it wr
tift \ tie e>i a t'nv Antiemncrment liaf
be e n iiiad* h. re that the Frisco roa<
vn r.l at once biiibl iiorthw e'St from thif
place- towiird Denve r Promoters atic
*ontractors le ft hero to itisjM*ct the
r..nt** te» tween Oklahoma City am
Kingfisher.
Io I IHI Nt\» Ni tt'iitf Midi
i it'Ttii:te Tht- }■ at'1 of t- ge nts of th#
Oklahoma unive r*ity tne-t in the office
of Governor Ferguson. Tho board dis
cm-is -<t tin ••reelioii c f an additioua
wing to the university hall but this wai
opposed by (Jovernor Ferguson on the
grounds that congress has passed a bill
stopping tho territory from buildin#,
any more institutions this year. Th#
board decided to use tho 000 insur-
ance money on the destroyed scienc#
hall, for the erection of another scicno#
hall, work on tho new building to be '
giu soon.
\ nrief Ilrvlf w «»f the I»ieitn;« of the
I.e-giilaiure for u \\ft*k—Itill* Intro*
elucpei lly iiotli lirauchei (ilvtn With-
out Couiuinit
Tu«tita<f, January Id
This was a busy clay in both the
council and lower house. In the house
•he reading of bills ami referring them
o the proper commit te ea < ccupie d most
>f the time. Nine new bills w* re intro-
luced in the house. Two sessions we re-
fold by the house, s]M*cial committee on
the election contest of Edwurd Mauly,
democrat vs. James Wilkin, republican
from Kay county. The time set for the
report w as fixed for January but it
is stated that the committee will be tin-
»ble to report then. The joint resolu-
tion of Dyke Ballinge-r, No. was ad
opted, and goc s to the council. This
resolution memorulizes congre ss to pass
■tn act giving Kiowa, Caddo und Com
tuche county the lot fund money, se> it
•an be used by the county commission-
ers.
XVf<tn«>ftfttty, .luuuary 21
Fifty-oeur bills were introduced in
tho nt'iiate within fifteen minutes. Six-
| teen of these were by Hickam, twelve
, by Foste r, and others scattering. Among
i tin- most important were measures to
I increase the capital stock of banks; to
provide for the employment of male
convicts; to make a one-half mill levy
to replace the state university recently
t urned at Norman; to make railroads
liable for injuries to employes; to make
April when old Oklahoma was o}s-n-
?d, and the first Monday iu Se ptember
'egal holiday.-; to provi.le punishment
for the employment of child labor; to
make crimes of rape and incest punish-
able by death; toprevent destruction «.f
(ho flag; to make an appropriation for
the* free distribution of vaccine for pre-
vention of blackleg among cattle; to
empower railway conducte rs with the
authority of a sheriff; to abolish the- of-
fice of oil inspector; to coinjiel chiidr- n
to attend school. Iu the- house the
principal measure was one l»y Mathews
to create tho office of territorial auditor.
1 hursilit}, .laiiunry 'I'J
Senator Winkler introduced a concur-
rent resolution me moralizing congress
to pass an act allowing < )k!ahoma to ti-e
the buildings on the Fort Sill reserva-
tion for a pe-nit- ntiarv. The resolution
was unanimously passe-d, and ordere-d
sent to the- house. Se*veu Iie-W bills W'i rt
intro luoed as follows; An act t<> amend
section 278, article 15, chapter 66, 1898,
relating to providing a code tor civil
e»r*• dure-. a bill providing that no ja-r
tonal prope-rty shall be* exempt from e \
acutic n for wages of clerks, mechanics
r la! re-T>; an ana n lnie nt te> sect;..n
of article * of chapter #t7, INUSJ; to
,a'*■ vent trespassing on railway trams
%nd grounds; an act placing the ac-
oe tints e»t e'i unty boards of he alth n the
lands of county commissioner.-; a bill
preve nting a person not a citizen e l the ■
United States from securing title to
f21i in < »i. i ojna : atuithe r making the
aomestead, household furniture, ceme ■
?erv lot**. farm implements, tends of
rTi.de . the- family library and portrait-,
tive- milk cows, two horses and a wagon,
one- buggy, te n h«-gs, twenty sheep, all '
saddles, all provisions on hand, the last :
nine ty . Ui \V wage's exempt from attac h- j
ment, execution or other forced sale.
;i it ;«»::t memorial asking congress
te> return to tla- new counties ad money ;
unappre priate d from the sale of te \vn
h ts v :ts read ami passe I.
The first matter in the h( use was the
annoiiticetne-nt by the* sj*e-aker that tin
dt-r tlie* fe-<leral appropriation no a«hli-
tiotial <■onnnittee room.i ceiuhl be furn-1
ished the* legislature. The speaker was
thereupon instruct el to furnish neces-
-ary rooms nt the expense of tlisterri-
j tory. A petition asking for the quar-
antine line to lie extended to take in the
Kaw reservation was received from the
council ami referred to committee. A
substitute for house bill No. 1, making
the quarantine line tho same as the
1. rnndary of Oklahoma was received
' anel ordered printed. Eleven bills were
received, including the granting the
Anti-Horse Thief association the right
to arrest ami allow members to carry
arms; authorizing cities to build sewer
systems and le vy assessments; piovid-
mg lor sjK'cial assessments to pave
street*: making it unlawful for rail-
roii'is to refuse freight from a competi-
tive line : compelling grand juries to lit-
! tach te stimony of witnesses to indict-
ments, granting right to condemn sites
f. r school houses to probate judges; ex
• mpting no prrsonal prope rty from at
tachm -iit for wages of clerks, mechan-
ics or la'Mirers; giving right to employ
deputy county c lerks; working convicts
on public roads.
Frielii), January
In the house the contest case of Man
ley vs Wilkins was de*cided iu favor of
tin- hitt* r. Se ven bills wersintroduced,
among them an net repealing the loca-
tion of the south we to n normal.
In the council five bills were intro-
duced, among them was one repealing
the southwestern normal location. The
first bill to pass both houses was the
granting to the ne w counties their pro
rata of school apportionment.
Saturitny .fan nary 34
The council did not meet for business
today. The bill authorizing the appro*
printing out of the common school fund
for the hem fit e f the three new oountie s
passed the house and is now ready for
the governor's signature to make it a
i law. A number of new bills appeared
in the house, among them the following;
Providing for tho investment of tho
fund of Oklahoma; providing for the
destruction of cancelled chattel mortg-
age's: providing for the de-jsisit and safe
keeping of the public funds of the terri-
t)ry and receipt of interest on daily
balances; regulating the admission of
attorneys to practice; to ex* mpt from
taxation to heads of families personal
property to the amount of |1<HJ: an act
repealing chapter 27, article o of the
i laws of 1901. e ntitled an act to empower
countie-s and townships to levy road
and hrielge taxes to build road and
bridges and for other purposes. A
t tion from citizens »>f Stillwater asking
for measures to enable them to obtain a
. better grade of coal oil, was re ad.
Ilotutuy, .Puiiuaiy je»
Among th" most important bills act-
eel upon today was what isknownasthe
lassoes* bill, being a bill drawn in favor
of the school land lessee. It now lookw
as if fin1 bill will pass the- lower house,
and is f* id te• be- satisfactory te. the lew
sees, having Iw e n proposed at their last
eonve title .ti. The house*, upon motion
se-f aside* Thursday, tho '-"•Hh inst., as
McKinley day. A committee was ap-
pointee! t.. arrange* a pre-gram ami to in-
vife* the- gene ral piblic to participate.
This i late* is the* birthday * if the martyr-
e»d pre siele'iit. The number of bills in-
tro ir.ee .J in this le slature* up to elate is
1>*. An e-ve-n olio humlred has been in
troduced in the- h< use. The first bill
signeel by the speake-r was the school
apji rtieiiinif lit bill passed Saturday
S.-Tiator Hicham introduced a resolution
re<|uiring tho territorial secretary to
furnish the council with a verified i*tatt«-
tne tif of all fees received by him at
snperiute*ndent of insurance, and also
e xpense s e>f the onioe-, as we'll as salarv
re e e-ive-el frem tho t'nited State s. The
resolution further calls for a statement
from th'* oil inspector as to fee- n-e iv. -»l
during the year ending December M.
1908 A bill was passed by the council
legalizing the election of li. A. Dillups
as probate jmlge e.f Washita county. A
committee of Ave was appointed on ed*
ncatieiti and instructed te» visit tho te-r
rite rial institutions. The council took
up the- bill granting justices of the js-ac«
exclusive jnrisilietionin cases where* the
crime is le-ss than lelony, and the same
w as passed.
INDIAN TLKKITCRY SCHOOLS
se ,*i iit ti'* ,,f Niinil.fr tt* I'lipiU, ltai lie-re
nnel sulurit'l I'aiel
Vint a * The* folio wing statistics rela-
ti\ to schools in the Indian Territory
%»■ be'.*u prepartsl !i> the I'nit I State •.
i. . -erinteii'le lit of sell'm Is in th."» Indian
l'erritory : Ivirollmont of students in
th * t rrit >ry was as folleiw-! i'init ti
» tisami ei^jlit hundreel and sixty four,
livid * i atn tig the five nations as fol-
lows: Cherok" Creek V, i• • 2,
Che»etaw C tickitsaw '.♦ilib Aver-
rt;*.■ atte-n«lane*e t 'h- rokeee !?, J i?, i'rea k
}. l!. Annual cost; t'le rokee
Oreeb |72,1(KI.8«# Choctaw 1118,485.66,
i 'h e .asaw |s;,^:iT.Ha.
ih' iinmlicr «if employes at thes-«
schools are as follows: Cherokee 176,
I'it k ('lioctaw *J"t7, Chickasaw oo.
l he*oth *r schools e-stat>!islied for chil-
dren in th Te-rntory are- located in
towns and citie s uti I show a total en-
rollment e.f 4,0->H males ami 4.V1U fe-
males 11 ese schoi s are li icah I ft)
Kush Springs, Ma: rie tta Ardmore*,
t'hickashn, Marlow, Pauls \ alley.
( \einniadu*. Olarejm re. Nowata, Si nth
McAlester, Eufaula, Muldrow, Mc*
A 1 -tei. Vinita, How • and Muskogee-
The salarie s ]>aid toachors is $4 ', ~'>s
17, otlu-r expe'iises ^11.1H0.-II; totrl e-x-
j.eii-. s ?.Vl,vM'i|, value of buildings
|liT. 150.(>♦•. < »f tho c hihlren in i ur> .1
nit *iit UOH are neirroes, 74b Indians and
the re mainder w lito.
Waterworks ltur«l* Approvpel
Sol-I ll Mi' A i rsTi.r.: Mayor Fielding
Tie*wis received notice from Secretary
Hitchcock t mt he had a'proved the
Sc.uth McAlester issue of $100,000 of
bonds for waterworks and sewers. Tho
contract for construction of the reser-
voir has been let, and pipes, hydrants
and machinery will bo bought Febru-
ary 14.
KILLED I1IS FAFHLR
Smith Walke r, of l.inut C ount?, Shot by
It m s«tii at l»innt*r Tateln
Po\l» CitEKk: Kstie Walker, agr-d
21. shot and kille-'i his fathe r, Smith
Walke*r. at the ir home- east of Je fferson.
Tie-young man is now in jail. The
trouble oce tirte d while the family was
at dinner Two of the- smaller children
wa re quarreling. Walker, in correct-
ing them, handled the girl roughly.
She complaint d te» her brother, who
bad bee n previously chastiseii and se-tit
, from the tablet The young man 1s*-
caitie infuriate .1, secured a shotgun and
•.hot his father just above flue heart.
Walke r rose t«» his f«e t. find as he did
«o his sot! fired again The* ball entei*
e*ei the* fathe r's he*ad Walker %>»»«
a!»otit 4"* ye ars old anel one of the we I
known farme rs an i politicians of (.trait
eouuty.
Throng ti liaint *lart li 1st
OKt.Aiie.MA i'nv: Information !^as
been re-cei\e*> 1 to the- rlfect that the*
track layers on the Oklahoma City Af
We-Ste in WiT' llOW .'i.'i Ifl 1 h S fl'Om I. -
nah, Te xas, and would linish the wors
Fehniarv J>. Through trains will run
from here to that t.lnc.- March 1.
Washiv .To**: Delegate Flynn of Ok-
lahoma. has introdue. 1 a tall providing
that the- appreciations from the pro-
c ♦ Is oi the sale- of tow ti lots at Anadar-
ko, Lawton and Hobart, heretofore set,
apart for ini]irovemeut in those tcwus,
be so increased that there shall bo ex-
pemh'd at Lawton $150,001), at Anadar-
ko $00,000, and at Hobart $50,000, It is
also provided that the cost of the court
houses at. Anadarko and Hobart bo iu-
creased from #10,000 to $110,000 each
and that $7fi,0 0 beexpench .1 for a oourl
| house at Lawton; the balance to bo ox<
I peudod on municipal improvements.
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