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ISUBSCRIPIION 50C PER MONTH NUMBER 205
MURPHY SUIT
FILED AGAINST CHIEF PORTER
OF THE CREEK NATION.
A Personal Suit or $30000 Damages
and All Costs Plaintiff Says the
Chief Was Unjust Oppressive
and Malicious
Tho Muskogco Evening Tlmos says:
Following tho suit which Arthur P.
Murphy attorney for tho Creek Na-
tion Mod In tho United States court
Tuesday against Chief of tho Creeks
Pleasant Porter and M. L. Mott ho
filed a second suit this morning
against tho chlur which Is oven moro
interesting than tho first in tho cir-
cuit court of Pulaski county Missouri.
It Is a personal suit for $30000 dam-
ages and all costs.
Tho main fenturo of tho suit Is
that it takes tho case out or ttic
hands of tho Federal courts and Into
tlio state court of Missouri. Chief
Porter has been visiting In St. Imls
for some time and the notice of the
suit was served on him at tlio Plant-
ers' Hotol this morning. Mr. Mur-
phy wont to Pulaski county Missouri
last night and filed tho suit at ths
opening of business this morning.
Tho complaint for the most part
Is similar to that filed In the Federal
court Tuesday which camo up this
afternoon and was continued. It rO'
cltos that the plaintiff was duly ap
pointed Crook Nation attorney on
January 10 190.1 to serve until
March 1000 and that the appoint-
ment wns proporly; approved.
It says that tlio purported termina
tion of tho contract by tho chief was
unjust oppressive malicious and in
violation of tho trust conferred on tho
chief; that "the defendant wns actu
ated moved and impelled to tako no-
tion against plaintiff without
any fnult or wrong doing of the plain'
tiff and In whlcli action the defend'
ant was counseled prompted and in
Uuenced by personal enemies of and
conspirators ngnlnst tho good name
and standing nnd reputation of plain
tiff and with the purpose and intent
to Injure oppress hnmillnte and raor
tlfy plalntilT in respect to his finan
cial Interest and in iris feelings
standing nnd reputatlru nnd good
nnmo nnd that In furtherance of
such Injurious oppressive nnd malici
ous purpose bolero giving the
plaintiff the notice aforesaid did In
form certain ouemies of the plaintiff.
lo-wlt. C. H. Douglas and ethers and
furnish to certain newspapers which
had been opposed to nnd unfriendly
to plaintiff of his put pose nnd intun
tiou so to Injure humiliate nnd op
press plalntilT; nnd did procure the
snmo to be published in said unfriend
ly newspaper the Muskogco Phoenix
printed and circulated in Muskogee
by an arch enemy or Clio plaintiff
viz. C. II. Douglas" etc.
Tlio complaint further states that
the plaintiff worked falthrully as his
duty ngnlnst tho nllogod mnWiIna-
Hons of tlio defendant nnd others
who wen' really it is nllegod enemies
to tlio Creek Nation.
An Interesting nllegatlon U ti tho
L. P. ANDERSON President.
C. L. ANDERSON Cashier.
FIRST NATIONAL
Ardmorc Indian Territory.
Designated Depository for Bankrupt Funds of Chickasaw Nation
Capital paid in $ 60000.00
Surplus Funds 180.0O0.00
Total . .$240000.00
Tho oldest bank in Indian Territory. Accounts of firms nnd lndl7lduale
solicited cpon tho moat liberal terras consisting with Rood banking.
W. S. W0LVERT0N & SON
Insurance Bonds Real Estate
A1ID ABSTRACTS.
The LorKes-. and Strongest Agency t
In tine Two Territories.
Managers Ardmorc Abstract Co
General Agents j j
Illinois Life Insurnuce Co.
uited State1?
effect that tho action of the defendant
wns "for tho purpose of Injuring nnd
detracting from prospects of plaintiff
in the campaign of plaintiff for elec
tion to congross In tho Sixteenth dis
trict of Missouri to which position
plaintiff had been duly nomlunted by
convontlon on March 1G 1901."
Tlio concluding paragraph is as fol
lows;
"Wherefore plaintiff says lie has
been actually damaged In tho sum of
$20000 and sustained punltlvo dam-
ages in tho sum of $10000. for which
ho asks Judgment ngalnst tho defend-
ant together with nil costs of suit by
him herein laid out and expanded "
LANDS OF MINORS
WILL BE PROTECTED BY INTER.
IOR DEPARTMENT
And the Federal Courts Under a
New Ruling Guardians Will Di
Appointed for All Children
in the Choctaw Nation.
Some time slnco Indian Inspector
Wright submitted the nnmos of a
largo numbers of minors having allot
ments on plno lands In tho Choctaw
Nation to Judgo Clayton of tho Cen
tral district nccordln? to Instructions
from tho interior department and
asking" that guardians bo appointed
for them.
It hns now been determined that
this sfiall bo done and notices are to
be sent to nil minors to como in and
chooso their guardians nnd woro
they fail to do so tho guardians will
bo appointed at tho discretion of tho
court.
A parent whilo tho natural guanr
Ian of a child Is not legally so unless
so ordered by tho court and in many
Instances tho parents have been and
are now selling the timber on tho al-
lotments of their children and after
the timber nas boon cut the nllotmont
Is practically of no value as tho land
Is genorally worthless for agricultur-
al purposes.
This action on the part of tho par-
ents Is a violation of the law as tney
most nlwnyh spend tho money nnd
In tho future should the parent bo
appointed guardian for the child an
accounting will have to bo mndo of
the money realized from the sales.
Tho party who cuts the timber nlso
violates tho law. and under tho now
order of things tho party who takos
the tlmhcr will lie doubly liable un-
less tho same Is proporly purchased
from tho legally appointed guardian.
Tlioro nro casos whore tho pnront
will prove to be Incompetent to net
for the child and In nil such the
court will appoint sultablo guardians.
At present tho ruling only applies
to tho Cfioctnw Nation but Inter on
tho order may bo extended to cover
othor nations.
This nction vlil havo a tendency to
check tho wholesalo shipping of pine
and walnut logs which has proven
such a lucratlvo business for n few
parties In tho Indian Torrltory within
tlio pnst few years. Phoenix.
The White Klephant Is the stan-
dard of all good buggies Williams
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B. P. FRENSLEY Vlce-Pres
C. S. MAUPIN Ass't Cashier
Fidelity and Guarantv Co
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DEMOCRATIC
WILL ASSEMBLE WEDNESDAY NOON JULY
SIXTH
In the Great Coliseum at Saint Louis An Even
Thousand Delegates Will Be Present It May
Be Saturday Before the Nomination
Is Decided Upon.
St. Iuls July 1. An oven thous-
and delegates will iissoinbL In Colise-
um Wednesday to name a candidate
as tho Democratic party's choice for
president of tho United Stntes.
Whllo (lie greatest uncertainty ex-
ists as to tho action of the convention
In regard to tho selection of candi-
dates and tho adoption of resolutions
NEW COLISEUM ST. LOUIS
NATIONAL
the proceedings will Mltiero closely to
tho routine and doflnlto program al
ways followed by the national politi-
cal gatherings.
Tho dologntos will assemble In tho
Coliseum at noon on Weunesday.
They will be called to order by ox-
Sonntor James 1C. Jones of Arknnsas
chairman of the national committee.
Senator Jones will make a brief ad-
dress presenting to tho convontlon
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
who will bo introduced as temporary '
chairman. 
Tho chairman will rail upon the
different stnte organizations for mem-
bership on the committees on resolu-
tions credentials nim permanent or-
ganization and ordor of business.
Tho committee will bo nnnouncod
nnd will report to the convention
when It moots th'o following day.
Tho convontlon will adjourn nnd
wait for the various reports from
tho committees.
WIlTlam J. Iirynn who Is hero as
a member of tno Nobrnska delegation.
Is understood to dosiro tho chairman-
ship cf tho resolutions or platform
committee. Ills selection will nat-
urally fie combated vigorously by tho
"conservatives" who are mostly sup-
porters of Judgo Parker. The plat-
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DIRECTORS.
C. R. SMITH. President.
C. M. CAni'RELL Vice Pres
LEE CRUCE. Cashier.
(1. W. YOUNO Parmer.
J. C. TMOflPSON. Lawyer.
CONVENTION
form committee will have a difficult
task on Its hands to satisfy tho oppos-
ing1 elements and draw up resolutions
thnt will bo acceptable to a majority
of the delegates.
Tfiero are numerous contests to on-
gngo the attention of the credentials
committee nmong the most Important
being the cases from Illinois and the
SCENE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
District of Columbia.
Senator llalloy of Texas Thomas
Barkworth of Michigan Patrick A.
Collins of Boston nnd James Hamilton
Lewis of Washington aro among
those mentioned for permanent chair-
man. John W. Martin will bo sor-gennt-nt-nrms
and C. J. Oavln of Now
Mexlcc will bo reading clerk.
Thursday tho convention will be
called to ordor by tho temporary
chairman.' who will receive tho reports
fiom the committees on credentials
nnd permnuont organization nnd or-
der of business and those reports hav-
ing been adopted a committoo will be
named to escort to tho chnlr tlio per-
manent chairman. Following the ad-
dress of the permanent chairman will
como the report of the coinmlttco that
has framed the platform.
Friday will bo tho big day of tho
convontlon the clay to which all of
the previous sosslons nnd proceedings
aro but an Introduction. It will bo
the dny on which candidates for presi-
dent anil vlce-prosldonl will bo named.
The candidates will ho placed in nom-
ination but few believe that the con
vention will be nble to make a selec
tion beforo Saturday and probably
later.
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DENMARK IS THREATENED.
Should Japan Win Germany Would
Seize Copenhagen.
Ilerlln. July I. (lermany hns learn-
ed of an attempt on tho part of Influ
ential Russians to regain tho alien
ated sympathies of the Scandinavian
nations by wnrnlug them thnt tho In-
dependence of Denmark Sweden nnd
Norway will Imniodlnloly bo threaten-
e.1 by tho Knlaer In t'o event of a
collapse of Russian power. Denmark
is especially warned that Germany
will proceed to convert Copenhagen
Into Iti principal naval station and
use it ns a base for extending lta
swny over tho whole Imltlc region.
When the Dowager limpress of
Russia recently received a Danish
editor she expressed through him
tlio Russian court's amnxomcnt that
Denmark's sympathy fu tho Ruseo-
Japanese wnr should be so cordially
on tho side of Japan. Slio was rep-
resented as saying:
"Russia Is tlio only power Interest-
ed in the continued Indopendeiico of
Denmark. '
Her majesty's declarations woro
circulated throtignoul Scandinavia
whoro thoy nro generally Interpreted
as a Russian throat.
Berlin regards theso dovolopmonti
ns Important only ns an Indication
of tho straits to which Russia Is re-
duced to maintain Its prestige.
WILL INVADE LONDON.
Restoration Host Headed By Dowle
to Cross tho Ocean.
Chlcngo July I. Iondnu Is to re-
ceive n visit from John Alexander
Dowle nnd his "Restoration host"
w ho will tnenco he carried In n lloot ot
gospel ships.
At tho tnbcrnaclo In Zlon City in
the course of his llrst sermon aCter
his return from his globo girdling trip
Mr. Dowio lias announced his plan.
Ho called upon nil who wished to go
with him to riso to their feet and G-
000 people or nearly every ono In
the hall stood lip.
No tlino wns sot for tho Invasion
anu DowIo'h followers do not oxpect
It will ho attempted until after next
year.
Wantes.
To buy Intonnnrrlcd white surplus
allotments not filed. I will furnish
the land. Olllco ovor First National
bunk. W. T. POLAND.
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Two pieces of desirable city rcsl-
denco property for farm proporty of
intermarried citizens or frccdman's
or surplus allot monta.
$250
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doslrnblo lot.
Wo hn -o houses to ront. See us
about real cstato deals.
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J. A. BIVENS President.
DON LACY Vice-President.
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RUSSIA MAKES CONDITIONAL
OFFER THROUGH FRANCE.
Will Surrender Port Arthur and Give
Up Ships and Arms Providing the
Garrison Will De Freed No
No Decisive Battle Expected.
Toklo July l. It li report! that
Russia has through Prnnc offered
to surrender Port Arrhu. to Japan to-
gether with Its ships and arms there
providing; tho garrison Is fred.
A eontlrniHtlnn of the report Is ini-
possible nnd It Is Ronerally regarded
to be untrue.
St. Petersburg July I.- Imperial
Ukaso Issued nn order today mobiliz-
ing nil troops lu the St Petersburg
province. .
Llao Yang July 4. Seeing tho lm-
possibility of bringing about a decis-
ive Imttlo in consoquonco ot tho re-
tirement of tho Japnnose nnd tho
heavy rums Oonoral Kiiropatkin ac-
companied by military attaches Is re-
turning to Ilnl Cheng. Tho Japnnose
have retired to tho sandy part of tho
country to wnlt better wonthor. Tho
Russians have re-occupied their old
position thirty miles onstward of
Llao Yang. The two nrmles aro now
bivouacked on either sldo of Dallcn
Pans which cannot be said to bo ef-
fective occupation for olthor army
as the dcop mud will render Impossi-
ble a movement of transport wagons
and guns. No battle ot any conso-
quoneo has Keen fought tliero slnco
tho Russians retired from Dallcn Pass
beforo tho J n panose advance.
Toklo July 1. Tho Vladivostok
squadron eluded Vlce-Admlrnl Kami-
muni's squadron east of tho Island of
Tsu Friday night In tho dnrknoss. A
drizzling rain and fog favored tho
Russian vessels. Tho two squadrons
met early In tho cvonlng tho Russians
boiug north of I let Ibland nnd tho
Japanese south of Tsu island. Thoy
woro ten miles apart. Tho Russians
bolted to tho northeast whon ihoy
wero discovered by Vlco-Admlral
Knmlinurn. Tho lntter cliasod thorn
at full speed. The Jnpanoso torpedo
bonis steamed iuiotrl and entered
within tho range of tho Russian guns.
TnTTRusRlan vossols vigorously" shell-
od tho Jnpanoso torpedo bouts. This
firing explains tho cannonading heard
on Tsu Island nnd gnve rlso to tho bo-
Hot that a gcuornl engagement was
In progross. Vlco-Admlral Kamimura
Rained on tlio Russian ships and was
only llvo inlios In tholr rear when
suddonly nt 9 p. ni. ntl tho Russian
vobsoIb extinguished tholr lights and
disappeared lu th'o darkness. At that
tlmo Clio Japanese torpedo heats wero
prosslng tho Russians who had been
using their sonrchllghts. Tho torpe-
do boats failed to got closo onougn
to the Russian squadron to discharge
torpedoes.
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and bridge work specialist. With Dr.
Fann. 13-lm.
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