Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 137, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 9, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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Chickasha Oklahoma Tuesday Evening June 9 1 903.
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Now Believed That Hunter Has Eluded the
Officers-Sheriff Louthan is Sail In
Pursuit
Oklahoma City Oklahoma June 9. j
With several of the posse returning
to ingflsher after having scoured the
surrounding country Including hay
stacks thickets lofts huts and every
fence corner that suggested a hiding
place and with others expressing the
belief that it Is useless to chase fur-
ther It Is given out by the ofileers
who have led the search most vigor-
ously and determinedly that the ne-
gro Alf Hunter who shot Sheriff
Garrison near Hitchcock Friday af-
ternoon has crossed the . Cimarron
river to the east and is now making
his escape
The ofilcers have ordered blood
hounds from Wichita but have little
hope of picking up the trail any-
where Biuce It Is believed to be (even
In the vicinity of Kingfisher) more
than 4S hours old. Another thing being
considered Is that all of the surround-
ing conditions favor the fleeing mur-
derer the water In many places being
up to the buggy bed thus effectually
covering the trail.
The officers that are In Kingfisher
say that they will soon return to their
homes unless something happens soon
to convince them that Hunter has
bee'n Been or located.
Mat Jones the negro now in
jail at vVatonga declares that he put
Hunter out of the buggy Friday room-
ing about 3 o'clock Id front cf George
Jones' house hut George Jones who
In not related to Mat stoutly denies
that Hunter alighted near hla house.
After the officers had sweated George
Mil)!! SALE
OF KriQCKERS
Spokane Wash. June 9 Boosters
of Ellensburg and the valley west of
Spokane have arranged a noyel fea-
ture for their annual reception and
smoker in the rooms of the chamber
of commerce June 15 when a special
(cmU'lUce of buAiiinos tut-n ili round
up every "knocker" and 'mossback"
found within the --nflnes of the dis-
trict and sell them at auction to the
first bidder. The sole condition of
the sale is that the buyer will use
every effort to inject the spirit of the
west into the person soid to him as
a "knocker'' or "mossback" and if not
successful will get hi mout of the
ouii! ry. The slogan of the boost-
ers is "Make Ellensburg the bull's
ye; now Is the time for action.
Boost" Officers of the chamber of
commerce say there are few so-called
"knockers" In the district but as
there Is no tangible reason for their
The First National Bank
Capital and Surplus $ 1 50000
By reison of its large Capital and Surplus and iti careful Management
affords the best possible Security to Depositors.
Directors.
II. 3. Johnson
C. B. Campbell
R Bond "
T. II. Williams
J. D.
UNITED STATES DEPSITORY
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FIVES FOTIL
Jones for a long time he was turned
loose and taken Into custody again 12
miles north of Kingfisher. The ofil-
cers now hinpe their hope on gaining
some information from Mat. Jones as
to Hunter's trail and his plan of es-
cape. Accordingly several officers will
return from Kingfisher to Watonga
where the negro is in jail and attempt
to force from him the information
which they believe he possesses.
Sheriff Louthan of Chickasha; Sher
iff Sam Campbell of Enid and Sheriff
Tyre Baker of Anadarko were drifting
toward Omega and Hitchcock last
night late while Sheriff L. A. Cham-
bers of El Reno was headed toward
Blaine county to the south and west
of Grant school house. Sheriff McAr-
thur made the trip from Kingfisher
by way of El Reno Geary and Waton-
ga and telephoned to Kingfisher that
no developments from this county seat
had materialized. The same report
came from Sheriff Tate of Kingfisher
at Hitchcock.
It is believed that the negroes in
the vicinity of Kingfisher iiave been
acting as confederates of Hunter and
have supplied him with ammunition
and although it has been rumored on
the streets repeatedly that ammuni-
tion had been sold by hardware men
to negroes none of the reports could
be verified.
It Is not believed by the officers
that any of the hardware stores would
have permitted any of their clerks to
sell ammunition to negroct because of
the excitement and feeling that pre-
vails. DEATH BY
DDI
About five o'clock last evening Er-
nest Famme an eighteen year old
boy was drowned near his home In
Carnegie.
He had been running a small canoe
as a ferry boat acto the Washita.
w here it was four feet over the wagon
bridge At the time of his death no
one else was in the boat and only
one other canoe was near. Its occu-
pant bays that a omsquitd or fly lit
on the boy's neck and the boy in
trying to kill it lost his balance -and
upset the boat. The witness to the
scene was unable to reach the boy in
tini'. to help him and the latest re-
ports from Carnegie 3tate that his
body cannot be found.
being it has been decided to rid the
country of them by the means of
the plan outlined in the foregoing.
E. B. Johnson
C. H. Befsent
T T. Johnson
Ben F. Johnson
Sugg
Early Morning Blort At Guthrie
Special to the Express.
Guthrie Okla June 9 (Special)
A terrific windstorm accompanied
by a sweeping rain swept this section
of country early this morning. Trees
were torn up by the roots many small j northwest of this city was killed out-
buildings moved from their founda-1 right. . Others are reported injured.
Is an Up-to-Date Play House The Delmar
Stock Company Scores a Great Success-
"Tfcelma" Tonight
In spite of the adverse weather coa-
ditlons the opening of Chiekasha's
new summer theatre at Convention
hall last evening was a distinct tri-
umph for te management and for
the Delmar Stock company who made
their debut in this city on this oc-
casion. Stifling heat the most uncomfort-
able of the season did not deter hun-
dreds of the best people of the city
from showing their interest and ap-
preciation of the enterprise pf the
band boys by their presence on the
opening night the house being com-
fortably filled.
People who had not seen the hall
since it was converted Into an up-to-date
summer theatre were surprised
at the wonderful transformation that
has been made. The stage comes up
to all the requirements of the largest
companies and the scenery is as pret
ty as was ever painted Seated with
comfortable opera chairs with raised
galleries and well apointed ice cream
parlor for the refreshment of patrons
there is nothing lacking. There is
no better equipped summer theatre in
Oklahoma.
Not least among the attractions
of the house is the splendid home or-
chestra w hich played last evening and
will be maintained throughout the
summer. Under the direction of Prof.
Bernell who is without a superior as
UKCLE SAL1 CHECKING UP TITLES
W. F. Blakemore and G W. Green-
baum clerks from the Indian office at
Muskogee are checking up the records
of lau! titles as they apear on the re-
corders books at the court house.
They are gathering data concerning
every piece of land in the county city
property alone being excepted. It is
a large task and will occupy the time
of the two men probably four weeks.
It is understood that the government
will make an investigation of the ti-
tles of all Indian lands.
Muskogee June 9 Initial steps
were ' taken this afternoon to clear
the title to thousands of Indian allotments-
that have been illegally trans-
ferred when George Woodruff assist-
ant attorney general in charge of the
Indian bureau of the department of
the interior; J. George Wright com-
missioner to the Five Civilized tribes;
Indian Agent Kelsey General Attor-
ney Lyman F. Parker and W. W. Hast
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Kansas Cit.y June 8. The Missouri j
and Kaw rivers continued to rise here
mday a Utile more that an inch an
hour but the crest of the flood in
both rivers i sin sight and will passs
on Wednesday. The weather observer
says that the Kaw will rise six or
seven feet higher and the Missouri will
rise nearly three more feet to "26
feet.
Weather conditions in Kansas are
fair and apparently the rain is over.
The trbutaries of the Kaw and the
upper section of the Kaw itself are
falling and will continue to fall. The
Kaw river is discharging its water in-
to the Missouri at great speed which
means that there will be no backing up
as in 1903 and 1004 when all the Kaw
bottoms were flooded. In those yars
the Missouri river was higher than the
Kaw.
Some of the lowlands about Kansas
tions and much damage to corn by
being geaten into the ground.
A twister could be seen northwest
of the city. Wm. Hansbrough a farm-
er aged 50 living fourteen miles
a musical leader in the southwest
the orchestra made a hit with every
number drawing forth hearty ap-
plause and encores each time.
"A Midnight Marriage" was the
opening bill of the week's engage-
ment of the Delmar Stock company.
It is a pretty melodrama wholesome
in tone and with sufficient comedy to
balance the sentimental part of the
play. The entire caste is a strong
one every member proving thorough-
ly competent. Miss Louise Carter the
leading lady met with instantaneous
favor and throughout the ptay charm-
ed the audience with hef pleasing
personality and her clever acting. Wal-
ter McCulloch the' reading man as
John Van Buren .the rector handled
his role to the entire satisfaction of
everyone showing first class ability
as an actor and Harry G. Keenan as
Dick Van Buren was strong in his
part. L. Rufus Hill as Judge Knox
was a pronounced success in comedy
and Edwin Boring was very clever as
Alex Robinson.
In the role d Phyllis Lee Miss Ef-
fie Hert won the praises of everyone
and as Bess Van Buren Miss Ruth
Gale made a decided hit.
With elegant costumes and splendid
stage effects this excellent company
delighted everyone. They will be seen
this evening in a dramatization of
Marie Corelli's famous novel Thelma."
ings M. L. Mott and E. D. Hill tribal
attorneys got together to size up the
situation.
Congress apropriated .tu00 for
this work. As soon as Jesse Wilson
arrives from Washington a regular
commission will be organized and
suits brought immediately in the fed
edal courts to make persons who have
taken deeds leases or contracts of
any kind on Indian allotments when
they could not legally do so but to
tie up the lands until they could buy
them deed the lands back to the
Indians.
The men who have paid out money
on the land will lose ft.
Commisisoner Wright has already
collected a lot of data on these cases
where transfers have been illegally
made. The eommis!.on will com
mence work on these and Wright will
furnish piore. It looks now like thee
would be 7.500 suits. This means a
world of litigation for the land buy-
ers will fight the cases.
City are submerged but. no damage
has been done. All the bridges are
safe there being little driftwood run-
ning. The banks of the Kaw are high-
er than in lOO-'l and tue railroad tracks
are higher. The packing houses and
wholesale establishments in the Kaw
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Lively Scrap Before the Republican Com-
mittee Bradley Leads Insurgents Taft
Forces Win
Chicago June 9. Despite the fact
that the ant is decided to bolt the
committee Saturday niaht and carry
their contests to the convention Ken-
tucky contests in the four districts
were taken up yesterday by the na-
tional committee.
Senator Bradley who is a strong
Fairbanks supporter is leading the
fight for the antis. He presented
forty affidavits today alleging that
the Tat men packed the Kentucky
state convention and denied the reg
ular delegates admission. He declar-
ed that word was sent to Kentucky
from Washington to the effect that
if the state officeholders did not favor
Taft they would lose their jobs.
The antis have practically aban-
doned the hope of seating any of the
contestants bu they intend to con
tinue the fight in the convention in
the hope of making a compromise.
It is believed that compromises will
be made In many contested districts
for the Taft men know that a failure
to make some sort of concilliation will
result in splits which would be disas-
trous to the party and especially would
endanger the re-election of many con-
gressmen. Solomon Luna of New Mexico whose
proxy as national committeeman Man-
ager Frank Hitchcock held arrived
in Chicago and Hitchcock has decided
not to sit again as a member of th-j
national committee.
The committee seated Taft dele
gates from the Third Florida district.
The Taft delegates from the First
Georgia district were seated yesterday
OW OPEN TO
FORT VORTI
It was announced by the Rock Island
agent here that the line is now open
to Fort Worth aud it is expected that
regular traffic will be resumed soon.
On the north end trains are running
on the main line to Caldwell but
trouble is reported on the Kauaas di-
vision between Manhattan and Tope-
ka where heavy rains have caused
washouts.
On the Mangum line trains are run-
ning only to Fort Cobb a bridge near
that point being out of commission.
The Oklahoma Central bridge over
Walnut creek east of town wal dis-
abled Sunday and traffic has been sus-
pended since that time.
Oklahoma State Bank
CHICKASHA' OKLAHOMA
YOUR DEPOSITS WITH US are INSURED by the DE-
POSITORS GUARANTY FUND of the STATE of OKLAHO-
MA which offers you ABSOLUTE PROTECTION.
The OKLAHOMASTATE BANK claims to be the true friend
of the Farmer auci we are always glad to give him our assistance
and advice in all matters of business. We invite you to come in
andsee us and if you are not already a customer we would be
glad to have you become one.
We h&Oe a priCate room (or correspondence
Which is always optn to you
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afternoon.
Senator Hopkins of Illinois arrived
this afternoon with a draft of a plat
form favoring tariff revision amend
lug the law allowing the railroads to
make a reasonable rate agreement
ship subsidy and exempting labor or.
ganization from snap Judgment.
The Taft delegates from the second
and third Georgia districts and first
Kentucky district weie seated yester
day afternoon. This makes a gain of
ten for Taft.
BULLET IN HIS BODY
FOR SIXTEEN YEARS
Dr. Penqulte perforr-.o." a successful
operation yesterday on Otto Sprider a
smith at Human's blacksmith shop re-
moving a bullet which he received six-
teen years ago. The bullet was era-
bedden just above the knee and had
never been flattened. Mr. Sprider is
now about thirty years of age and re-
ceived the bullet by accident when a
boy.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
ELECT OFFICERS
The nights of Pythias held a big
meeting last evening electing the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
W. A. LaBoone chancellor command-
er. Dr. Chas. P. Brown vice chancel-
lor; J. S. Garner prelate; J. L. Robin
son master of work; Paul A. Arnold
keeper of records and seals; Howard
Miller master of exchequer; R. M.
Evans master at arms; G. W. Utter-
back trustee.
0ILF1L
R H W
ANAGER
Mr. J. A. Svurtz has arrived in th$
city from Temple Tex. to take charge
of the Apache Oil mill succeeding
Mr. I. M. Bryan as manager. The lat-
ter will leave in. a few days for hia
old home in North Carolina to visit
relatives but expects to return in a
month to remain in Chickasha.
Mr. Swartz is a thoroughly experi-
enced man in the oil mill having
been with the Apache company for
twenty years. He expects to bring
his family here In a short time.
The Apache mill is one of the largest
and best cotton oil plants in the en-
tire country.
It was built last season and embod-
ies all the latest Ideas and appliances
in oil mill equipment.
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