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AilDMOllK. INI). TEfi.. SUNDAY MORNING KEBHCAJtY 21 1904. I0BSGRIPTI0I. SS1TEIR. NUMBER ;;9
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NATURE OF BILLS RECENTLY INTRODUCED.
Oil. Pipe Lines Recommended by Mr.
Hitchcock Stephens Tells the
Good Points of His Bill Regard'
Ing Meoieal Practice..
Special to the ArtlmorefJe.
Washington. Fob. 20. Represents
the Curt In litiH submitted a report
from the. commit teu on Indian affairs
on tho bill which passed the senate
authorizing tho secretary of tho In
ti rlor to grant right of wny for pipe
lltieH through Indlnn hinds. Tills hill
N particularly applicable to Oklahoma
and Indian territories. The report
snys:
"Tho necessity for the passage of
this bill l very great. .Many oil lens
e have been made In the Indian and
Oklahoma territories but as the iw
rutnry or ttie interior noitts tiint iic
has noauthority tinder existing laws
lo k rant a right of way for the build
his of pipe lines In the Indian Torrl
tory or Indian reservations and lands
occupied by Indian allottees the same
lire not being developed.
"There are Do oil aud 8 bur wli
nuir Unrtlosvtlle. I. T.. only in
which are being; worked and there
are -III oil wells near Chelsea 1. T
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of which only 2ft are being worked
because they have no pipe line fnclll
t io.s.
"lly the terms of ninny of the lea'
ok compnitlcs nnd persons nro roqulr
en hi uriu wens ami yoi tney are
una'ile to mnrkul their products.1
"The bill is general and under It
. any company or person can build
pipii line nnu it noes not give n mo
nopoly to any. one. company or per
ami. '
Its passage Is recommended by
 the secretary of the Interior nnd the
commissioner of Indian affalis.
In another report Representative
Stephens explain the necessity for
tin enactment of legislation regiilut
ing tile practice of nifdlclup nnd sin
vary in the Itidfnu Territory as lol
lows:
I here Ik no law remiiuliug tin
praclMce ol medicine and surgery In
the Indian Territory. This Territory
has approximately r.Ou.OiiO inhabllnnts
ir.o-thlrds of whom are white fit t
yen nnu ti is ansoiutciy necessary
that those people should have some
Irw pi electing them from being lin
posed upon by Incompetent aud Ik
norant doctors and surgeons. Thonli-
senco of Mich a law has tlfTed tin
Territory with niedlcnl Impostors who
are now preying iihiii the people.
Mnce the greatest necessity for flu
passage of this bill.
"This bill has tho sanction of trie
Medical Association "Of tin- Indian Ter
rltory and was submitted to tile com
mtsstonor of Indian affulrs and the
secretary of the Interior for approval
suggestions or proposed amendments
op January 4 1904.
Hint t -. t
i e commissioner maiie a report
on sain mil to tbe secretary of the
Inie'rior. and on tho 22nd day of said
month the seuietary made a like rev
port to the chairman of this commit
ice. i ne committee adopted me
amendments proposed by the secretn
ly nnd embodied the same in the bill
now repotted.
Representative Stephens who sub
mitted tho report from t lit) commit loo
Son Indian affairs o.Mliu housti on the
.41111 in ..I..i..''.i... . J.
yum I.. i.Kumi'- me pracuce or pilar-
uiaey in inillan Territory explains
ft he necessity or this legislation n.i
follows:
. "This Is a bill enacting that It shall
'hei carter be unlawful for any person
other Than a registered pharniai'lst to
lotall. compound or dispense drugs
or medicine In life Indian Territory.
Any person over lwni.v-onc years c.r
nge having three years' experience n
n pharmacist shall on a satisfactory
examination (before tho board pro-
vided for by this bill) be entitled to
registration Graduates from approved
schools of pharmacy shall on pay.
monl of a fee of five dollar l en-
titled to registration without exam-
luatlon. "Tim chief Justice of the court of
appeals in the Indian Teriltory ap-
points a board of pharmacists for
-aul Territory consisting of'Ilv mom
lll-IS.
"No part of the salaries or expense
o. thin mmrd Is paid by the United
State government but In paid by Teei
1r the manner provided for hi this
bill.
DICK BILL DON'T APPLY.
Indian Territory Militia Must Secure
Independent Recognition.
A prs report has been going
the rounds of the territorial and
metropolitan press to the effect that
the war department has decldeed thnt
the Dick imIIIIIh bill applies to the
Indian Territory mllltln. and that
the sum of ?fio.(M)0 lind been appropri-
ated for arms nud .uniforms.
A copy of this reeport was recent-
ly mulled to the chief of the general
staff by the brlKiidler general com-
manding the Indian Territory mili-
tia together with nu Inquiry as to Its
authenticity. The following ieply whs
lecelved:
War Deisirtnient
Otllco of tiio Adjutant General. 
Washington. Feb. IS liiOl
lirlgudlor General Irti U Reeves.
Comdg. Indian Teriltory Volunteer
Mllltla.
.Muskogee Indian Territory.
Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your lotler or the Sth
instant to the Chief of the (ienernl
Staff Inclosing a newspaper clipping
to the erfeel that "the war department
had decided that the provisions of the
Dick mllltla bill were nplicnble to
the Indian Territory mllltla with ier-
oioneo to arming and equipping;
the mllltla." and requeuing to be
Inionned ir It was tin- and if so
what steps are nwesiary lo procure
arms and uniforms lor the territorial
mllltla. remarking that should Hie de-
partment have decided to arm and
uniform ttie organization.-. you can
furnish a roster of olllcers and in
many onsen or enlisted men.
Replying thereto permit mo to say
that you have been misinformed and
that the article In (juestlnn lias no
foundation In fact. On tho contrary
the provisions of the .Military Act
which relates specifically to tho or-
ganized mllltla of stales and territo-
ries and the District or Columbia
cannot pi sslbly apply to the Indian
Tot rltory. which Is neither a slate or
i. rrih r Wr respectfully.
ixo f orn koyi.i:.
A ting Asslsi Adjutant Ceneral
I ABSCONDING" CASHIER
OF THE BANK OF WAURIKA
IS
ARRESTED '
At New Orleans The Key to the Sue.
cessful Capture Was Obtained in
Ardmore Some Fine Detec-
tive Work By Officers. '
(' A. Alullraln. former cashier of the
Bank of Wanrlka. wV departed from
mat town one week ago wul: uinds"
of the bank estlniuted to be fiotn
000 to JS.oOO has been anestec!. The
nfllcers here iccelved word to '.his el-
feet yesterday from Now Orleans.
un ins search for the defaulter
Sheriff Johnson caino to this town nt
once and by the aid of local olllcers
secured iiil'ornuitlon that led to the
apt ii re of .Mcllraln. '
It was learned hero Hint Alcllriiln
Intended to go io Cent nil' America by
" -ew wrieans. Tbe name of
the hotel at which .he- would
stop the nnnio niid'dnttj of the depart-
me oi jne steamer on which he In
tended to take passage were secured
here and the defaulting cashier will
bo brought buck to face the charge
iKnlnst him.
The piece of dotuutlvo work done
II this case by the president or the
bunk and Sheriff Johnson aided bv
Chief of Police Hooker and Policeman
Buck (larielt of this city would do
credit to the finest del
whore or to the much read detective
stories.
Wewok'a Democrats Organize.
I'he WewoRa Democrats have . reun
ited a' club 'of -:: members uwl will
onslderably increase the membership
before tho Territorial ennin.iii.n i
held.
Snbscrlbe for the Ardmorelte.
THE WAR CLOUD
DARKEN
Rl'SSIA ANNOUNCES NISCIvSSITY OF
OK ING PORT ARTHUR WHICH
DOOMED TO KALI..
ANOTHER WAR GLOUD HOVERS
All JSurope Is Arming and Strcngtlienln Fortifica-
tions France Advises Spain Against England's
Intrigue Coveting Rome Spanish Territory.
Sweden Not To Be Outclassed Is Following the
Example Set By Denmark and Getting Ready for
the Fray.
Now York. Keb. 20. The World's
Chel'co corespondent says: It I re-
ported bore and gonerally credited
that Russia lias decided It necessary
at present to aluindon all .Manchuria
and to lull back on Amur.
It Is sinted on (he highest authority
that AlexletT has announced nt the
war conference nt liKrbln thnt I'ort
Arthur was doomed to fall Into the
hands of the .In panose In a short
time.
Xew Voik. Kob. 1!U. The .loui-nnl's
St. I'otersbiirK ccriespondont says:
The Kwaiigtuug peninsula. Including
Dalny is being evacuated by the Rus-
sians in a seini-paulc. Troops on (lie
lino of the Siberian railway for miles
are moving. It resembles die. panic
lot real of a defeated army.
At .Mukdpu. the confusion Is su-
preme. KupruioiiK ipinutltles of inlll-
tary stores block the railway.
Xew York. Fob. 0. The World's
Vladivostok correspondent says: Tho
temperature Is frigid and sutTerlng
among the troops nnd civilians Is in-
tense. Supplies are running short
and the government is being peti-
tioned to take clisrgo of all to pre
vent extortion.
Refugees are told that they can
slop only at llarhlu or go furthei
west.
New York. Feb. mi. The Woild's
Paris correspondent says: There Ii
ovory indication that France Is ex-
pecting other ICuropean nations to be
Involved In Riibslan-Japauuse war.
A sensational aiinouiiceiueut was
made this afternoon that the govern
" i..
ment has ordered built an Immense Hoaiions on coitnln parts of the Span-
powder and caitridge factory aiidfor'h'' :oa"-
seme time has boon sending troops Huron Rlchthnrcn. the minister of
to lndoClilnn secretly. foreign arfalrs. has made an Impcr-
Slx warships heavily stocked with  nnt . 'loclnrotlon regarding German
medicines and hospital stocks havei"00'' tht' l:ils'- He states
been ordered toady to leave for S:il-'llml vlew 01 ' outbreak or war.
gnu In ton dttys. I " was 'ImposBlble forGerinany to with-
draw the L'.COO men she now lias In
New York. Feb. '.'(). The World's .
St. Petersburg correspondent says
The anti-American feeling here Is
glowing more Intense dully and tho
HUtliorltles took special precautions
during last week's ilemonstiatlouK to
safeguard the embassy from Insult
and attack.
The aniiniir against Kuglaiid Is
scarcely less Alitor than against Amer-
ica. New- York Feb. L'ilf-Tho World's
Ghefiio eorespiinilunl says: Tht. Aniei
Iqan squadron la iiionienia!jlyax!ij(Wt.
ml liiirn Tltiir.. 1 rxt .uul 1 .11 1  .. A
"1U POHHiniiity or iron-
I. ill .villi Cuflnru.!.
.-. ii ii.iiiii oMiii-
she rlglilM
In tlur province of Shan- i
tllllK
It Is stilled tho American warships
will land a lorcu of ijiarluos huro.
louilon. Feb. I'll- Lloyd's today
asks a pieuiliim or ilu per cent against
an outbreak or an Anglo-French war
within ninety days.
The high mate Is ouused by the
French ordering warships and marines
to tho Far Kast and' the fact that the
Russian squadron Is sill anchored at
Jibnttll. on the Red sea.
Jllmtll Is a seaport ot Obok. a
French possession at the entrance lo
the sea of Aden. The Russian Moot
from the Illaok sea. which comment
ed Its Journey frciu tho Illaok sea
several days ago has boon anchored
EVERYWHERE
A BAND-
IS OVER ENGLAND ANO FRANCE
nt the French pott Tor three days
dud has caused much sinoiiliitlnn In
diplomatic circle and unless It Is
ordered away by (he Flench at once
will be taken to iiieiffi that France
will loud nlil to Russia In the Japa-
nese war.
' FiHiice nnd RiissIh have long hud
an Hlllauce which requires France to
ttld Russia In the event she Is attack-
Vhl Fly two foreign powers at one
jlnie. Kngland hud an alliance with
Japan cf about the same purport and
If one of those great nowors Is drawn
1 1
Unto the war
In the Far Hast It Is
lure that
the other will be engaged
on the other
side. If ICnuIand and
Franco become involved it will bo
very hard for the other world pow-
ers in F.urope lo stay out of the light
and like the Napoleonic wars will be
pioduced In lOurope.
i'.' king- I'V.JJiHiililJim ul.1 tu.
n.. imons in iJiilope ii is no less
than alarming to lioto the attitude of
France in permitting the Russian lleot
to remain at a French port on the
east coast or Africa.
Merlin. Feb. Si. According to a
teleginni from the .Madrid correspon-
dent of the Ilerllner Tngblatt. the
French government has conlldentlally
Biven warning to the Spanish cabinet
of the tecrot plant of the llrlllsh go-
jerunient to soUe parts of Spanish tor-
ruory in case of war.
This Is the reason why Spain Is"
sending troops to tho Canary Islands
Ceiita. (inluelu and the neighborhood
of the straits or Gibraltar.
The French government has also
ulvlsed the strengthening of the t'ortl-
China and at Kaalo Tchan. The troops
In China are the backbone or the
maintenance of order In China.
Sweden Is now following the exam
ple or Denmark mil Is also aiinln
Telegrams from Stockholm state that
a council of slate was raid Tuesday.
at which It wus decided to strength
en the forllilontlo'is of the Island or
Gothland. K was also dot bled to mo-
bilise the coast artillery. It was also
proponed to bring a lleot from Kails-
l.iona to Stockholm anil concentrali
I.....! I. 0..-i.tl.'.. . '
' t0ops linSweilo'n. ' 5 5
Tho AtiMrlaii oinlm Jwim
'..... ....
IS llltlllllliAll
that the war In the Far ICast will not
I. .
iniei reie with .Russia action in trie
IImILmiim. iinil Iln.t irnuulu .....
oi-sary for China will be drawn from
the losorve. so as to leave the 'milita-
ry fortio in Kuropo Intact.
It is reported lien () Kd author-
ity that Turkey' par.ence is nearly
at an end anil unless the .Macedonian
agitation ceases energetic measures
will be taken to bring llulgarla to
its sense. As I lie sultan Is su.eraln
of llulgarla aud tho subffine parte
docs not consider a doofaratfon or
war necessary Turkish tioopx wllibe
marched Into llulgarla as Into a vassal
state which Is In rebellion.
New Town of Stonewall.
Stonewall I. T.. Feb 20 --The now
town of Stonewall Is assuming quite
a cltllled appearance. The large two-
t! bank and stone building Is just
'c is iied ami bids are open for the con-
Mriullnn or 'an entire block or brick
Hinl simie IusIhhh housws. People aio
iomliig from rery dlrvettoii nitl thje
townslte Kit)lo die hardly nbl to
Know property nnd look aftr the vast
number of honiwekers. Three rIii
sites two sHwmlll sites together with
msny inercsntlle locution lmve nl
ready been sold nud Improvements
eonutienced. nnd notwithstanding the
fuel that Sionewnll Is only about H'
days old money has Iteen raised auif
an Immense school building will is
i looted wlihln the next thirty rtay.
Indian Appropriation BUI.
Special to the Arrtmorelte.
Washington. Feb. 20. The Indian
apprnpilutlon bill wh n poricd lo the
h raise today.
Tho Lord loves u cheerful giver
and most Hople also lose no oppor-
tunity to assure him of llwlr mix tion.
PATROLLED THE BOWERY.
Woman Found Her Husband's Slayei
After Detectives Failed.
New Yovk. Fob. 211. After nn un-
icinltllng search of nearly seven
weeks during which she has walk ml
day and night on the bowery spenl
hours In unwivory retorts and ex-
hausted every resource of a skilled de-
tective .Mrs. Katto Duffy of rSrook-
lyu today caused the arrest of u mini
who l accused or being her bus-
bund' murderer. Richard Duffy her
husband wus family stabbed on the
night of January 1 In front of :i
bowery resort and before liU death
suli! that the wounds bad been In-
lllclcd by Charles Devime. The po-
lice used every effort lo capture Do-
vune but. In spite or a lull description
given by Duffy were unable lo do
so. Ills wife however iiudlscoiirugcd
kepi up the search without remission.
She patrolled the bowery visited
haunts Devime was wont to frequent
shndowed his friends and even
watched rallioad stations and steam-
ship piers in her attempt to find him.
Last night she saw the man enter a
li'otol o'u "thcnidwory'iind liironueip the
police who arrested Dmniiu after a
struggle. Ho had been In Pittsburg
since the murder. It wus suld.
Devime. who. with Dnrfy. U said to
have been prominent In the "gang"
life on the lower east side wus ar-
raigned today on n charge of homi
cide.
llllit HAS fl III Bill
IT MAY BE GOOD BUT IT COMES
TOO LATE.
Makes It Unlawful for Any Officer or
Deputy In Indian Territory to Buy
Lease or Become Interested In
Any Land In Any Manner.
Special to the Ardmorelte.
Washington Feb. 20. Congress-
man Little of Arkansas today Intro
duced a bill to make It unluwful for
any officer or doputy. serving In In-
dian Territory to buy or lease any
lauds to be Interested directly or In
directly therein or to be Interested In
any company .corporation 01' pattuar-
fchlp formiHl' or orfjanlx'oii fop-io jiur-
pone of owning leasing or In any way
controlling. any lauds while owned by
Indian' nllntleea. '  !
The ponnlty fin' vmlntlon n lo 1m
two yours linprlM)Uiiiciit. or payment
of $111.0110 llilwliud rdinoval from of
fice.
Benevolent Society.
The member of the soclely will
meet Thursday afternoon with .Mis.
Robinson at .Mrs. 0. P. Van Dtmborg's
it 2:3U o'cluk. A full uttondanco Is
requested. MRS. A. C. CRIJCi:.
Secretary.
Killed In the Philippines.
.Manilla Feb. 20. Nontenant .Mac-
Cruit and six privates of the constab-
ulary have berti killed by a Isdo rush
of S0O fanatics while patrolling the
oust coast of the Island of Sainar.
Private Saloiuan. Fourteenth cavalry
stationed at Jolo. has also been killed
bj hill' ini-ii
1
provisions of bill introduced
bVmr.-curtis.
Would Have Payments Bsfiln May
1904 and Be Made Eaeh Year
Thereafter In Sam Manner.
Tribes Share Equally.
Special lo the Ardmorelte.
Washington. Feb. 20. Congr ii-'iis:
Curtis has I tit rod need a bill by i
quest ftnthorlslng th( payment ot tin
Choctaw aiitl ChloJtmmv iovnie
funil lo the memlwrs ol the Cho taw
and Chlfkasaw tribes. Tllo blll pro-
vides; That the money now nr. emulate I
ami which may hereafter be an tint i
latnl In the United States treasury t
the credit of the Choctaw and Chick
iiunv nations tlorlveti irom tie- -u
or town lots In the said Chocinw an
C'blcknsnw nations shall bo paid
the ineiubeni cf Ihe Choctaw an I
Cblcknsaw tribes (rrsednion excepted)
in the lun'nner following: That. b-
ginning the II mt or .Muy. Isle; n-
townslte nionoy so aocuinulatotl khatt
be divided nnd paid to the Chtx tnwi
and Chlckusnws (.It tjslmeii exti-pti-d).
each uetuhr to m-elve an equal p n
thin thereof.
That no iterson claiming tu lie a
momlHTs of tho Choctaw or Chickasaw
tribes shall bo paid any portion m
this Mud until lie or she has been cti
rolled as such inemmorirs and nroii
inont has Iiikmi apiirnvetl by the n-i-re-tnry
or the Interior. Provided that
there shall lie reserved' ft om payment
ol the townslte fund an nuuiutit equal
to the sum tf the pro rata shares of
all persons claliiilug to bo members ot
the Choctaw of Chickasaw tribes en-
tilled to share In th.-s fund wnose
claims are pending at the time said
fund Is-divided fnr'pltynieut: and tho
money reserved shall be paid to silch
persons If they be Dually enrolled and
their enrollment approved. In the
same ninniior as other payments ot
ttwnslle fund nre made heroiindoi
That lfthe fund thus reserved (.r
any pari of It should nut bwcome pay-
able by teiiKOii of tho failure of thr
portions claiming citizenship to bo
onrollod or of their nllolment to l.-
apprrred nsh ereln provided said r'
y. rve fund JiHl buck lo the sen
eial towuslle futiii io lie illvlde.l and
paid to the member of said tribes or
approved enrollment as olner town
alle funds.
That ir any peron wiicse naint ap-
pears upon the rolls as herein provld
oil shall have tiled sulisequont to the
-tli day or Septoinhor. I!i02. ami bo
fore receiving his pro rata share of
Ihe accumulated townslte fund the
monoy to which such person would
have boon entitled If living
shall be jiuld In his name to his legal
representative.
That following the paymont to ba
made against tho first day of May
lf-04. as provided In this act. pay-
ments shall be made euch year In like
manner to the members of tho Choc-
taw and Chickasaw tribes of approved
enrollment of the fund accumulated
from the salo of town lot In the Chcc-
Mnw and Chickasaw nntlons as afore
said.
That the payment of the townslte
fund shall bo under tho direction of
the secretary or the Interior as pro-
vided in section 111 or an ncri. approved
Juno 2S. I SOS. being "an act for the
prcteotloii of the people of llie Indian
Terltorj nnd for othrr purposes."
rimf the seei etary be and he Is
hereby authorised upon the request of
the secretary of the Inferior to de
posit In the United States mib-trcas-ury
at St. I.ouls .Mo. to the credit of
the proper olllcer or jierson to be
designated by the secretary of tho In-
terior and charged with the duty of
paying out the townslte fund ns here-
in provided the accumulated townsile
I'i'iid belonging to the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations at that tlnio on
deposit In the -United States treasury
t.r a sulllclent amount thereof tu
curry out the purposes of this int.
That all nets or parts of acts In
couDlcl herewith nro herubj res peal-
ed and this act. shall be In force from
and after Its passage.
An epicure Is a poison who du-sn't
enjoy the kind of loid that agree
with Irin