The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 140, Ed. 2, Sunday, April 23, 1905 Page: 1 of 10
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DR. J. P. FANN
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HITCHCOCK
IS IGNORED
GOVERNOR M'CURTAIN GIVES PAT-
ENTS TO ALLOTTEES.
Forclna a Climax o;i a Long .ir.d Bitter
Contest Lasting for Eight Months.
Interior Department Claims
Authority Blxby Silent.
A South McAlcster special says:
A Burprlso was sprung today when
(rovornor Green McCurtaln ot the
Choctaw nation commenced) tho deliv-
ery of patents to Indlau allottees the
first ov?r Riven In either tho Choctaw
or Chickasaw nations. For tho inst
eight months a hitter war between
Secretary Hitchcock of tho Interior dc-
rnrtment and tho .governor of the
two tribes has been In progress over
tho approval of the deeds by the In-
terior department.
A prolonged and bitter contest bo-
tween Secretary of the Interior Hitch-
cock and tho governors of Uio Choctaw
and Chickasaw tribes of Indians have
been waged over tho point of law re-
garding the approval of deeds to In-
dian lands by the secretary. Tho Indlnu
officials have contended that thcro Is
no authority for tho secretary to as-
mime tho right to pass on each Instru-
ment before It Is dellvurcdi to tho al-
lottee whilo the Interior dopnrtmout
has ruled that Mr. Hitchcock has a
moral If not legal right to see that
his wards nro given proper protection
In tho matter. DsedH wero sent hero
by tho Interior department for tho
signature of the governors. On tho bob
torn line of the paper is a place for
tho secretary's approval. This caused
a halt on tho part of the Indiana
Whilo they signed the deeds thoy plac-
ed thorn under lock and key nnd todaj
over a thousand deeds nro locked In
a local bank vault waiting for Secre-
tary Hitchcock to give In. Uoth hides
have hold on firmly to thoir contention
for over eight months and recently tho
attorney general of the Interior depart-
ment rendered a decision declaring
tho secretary's- position was valid.
This did not bluff tho Indians into sub-
mission and thoy declare thoy will nov-
er yield. Ah tho tribal govornmenU
tare to bo abolished by treaty noxt
.March the long delay may complicate
matters sorely.
Today's action was without knowl-
edge or authority of tho interior de-
partment but In strict accordance with
the last treaty entered into by the fed-
oral government nud tho Indians.
Chairman Hlxby of the Dawes com-
mission today wild he w'ould take no
action it being a mattor of Secretary
Hitchcock to adjust. Ho predicts com-
plications nnd mandamus suUk from
citizens whoso rights havo been dlspu-
ted by tbo radians In caso they aro
not given deeds and alleges that such
U the Intention of the Indlnn chlefH.
This Is denlod by tribal authorities.
C. M. Haines May Die.
Ada I. T. April 21. C. M. Haines
who was formerly In tho restaurant
and hotel business In this city woe
shot and It is thought fatally iujured
Tuesday morning at tho depot at Maud
just as tho enstbound passenger train
pullad into the station.
Haines it seems has been havlig
some trouble with a fclcpson and ns tho
latter was about to board tho ir.Un
he knocked tho boy dewn and wan ad-
ministering asovero beating to him.
when tho boy pulled a gun from hit-
"pocket and nt close range eont a bul-
let through tho br-i'' o lil !nto fa
ther. Haines nroso mJ sinrier-i I rtuay
when tho boy a?aln p.r1 'be ball tak-
ing effect In the W. it
Tho boy then boarded tho train and
enmo tc Konawa v'.n be pao h'nv
Bolf up to tho officers of tho aw.
IGalnesvlll'e Street Railway.
' Special to tho Ardmorelte.
j Gainesville Texns April 22. 13. J.
O'niorno. who is president of tho com-
pany which owns the electric plant at
this placo has arrived hero from Bir-
mingham Ala. He was recently grants
ed a franchise for nn electric street
railway nnd announce that work will
beg'n on tho lino Foon and that It wilt
lx In operation this summer.
SENATOR PLATT DEAD.
Dies at Washington After Illness of
Short Duration.
Washington April '.'2. Senator O
II. Piatt of Connecticut died in this
city at 8:53 o'clock tonight after nn
Illness of some wc'ka. His death was
tho result of pneumonia with various
other complications. For tho past
week he has been jjrowlng steadily
weaker nnd although thore was a
slight hope of his recovery up to this
noon it was feared his end was near.
Orvllle Hitchcock Piatt wan bom at
Washington Conn. in 1S27. Ho stud-
ied law and was admitted to the bar In
1SU nnd established a law practice at
Meridian Conn. In 1S57 he was n
clerk of tho stato senate in which
body ho served as a member in 1SG1-2.
He was elected to tho Connecticut
house of representative In 1854 nnd
18C9 nerving as speaker during tho
last year and since 1879 ho has been
continuously a member of tho United
States senate. As a member or tho
committee on relations with Cuba ho
Introduced tho amendemont which
placed Cuba under the military protec-
tion of the United States.
LIVES LOST
IN CONVENT
THIRTEEN FEMALES CREMATED.
IN FRIGHTFUL HOLOCAUST.
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Convent Pupils Could Not Escape
Doom of Fiery Death Nun's Hero-
Ic Efforts to Save Children Re-
sults In Her Own Death.
-Montreal April 22. A dlcawrouJ
lire broke out at An early hour today j
nud reduced to ashes tho convent In
the little village ot St. Genevieve.
Quebec. One nun eight children and '
four old ladles lost their lives.
Iluck?t brigades wero hurriedly J
formed by. the villagers but tho fir
had gained such headway that It was
soon apparent that there was no
chauco to save tho building from de-
struction. Notwithstanding nil ef-
forts unfortunately there was a dcplor
able loss of life. Slstor Hegcterra In
her heroic efforts to savo the lives
of the children In her charge succumb-
od! to the smoke nnd flames. The pu-1
plls who perished woro in a portion oft
tho building where the. flro had obtain-1
ed too much headway before tho alarm
was given to enable thoso who re- j
sponded to rescuo them.
Tho fire started about midnight. An
effort v.ns made to got Point Clair by
telephone so that assistance could be
had from Montreal but for some rea-
son yet to bo explained no response
was received from Point CInlr.
Tho flro started In the old ladles'
hospital and tho sinoko was so thick
that the children on the floor nbovo
were ucablo to get down.
Tho convent wns called St. Eanncs
anil was a branch of tho convent of
the Sisters of Ste. Annes of Lachlne.
Tho building was a grey stone struc-
ture handsonio In appearance mas
sive and with the church formed a;
central feature of tho pretty little vll
lage.
New City Hall.
Special to tho Ardmorolte
flalnesvlllo Texas April 22. Tho;
contract to build tho now city hall nt
tjhla place -was yesterday afternoon
awnr.led to a San Antonio firm. The!
building Is to cost $16780 and Is to
bo comploted by October 21. I
"Col. Lumpkin" on Honest Traction.'
"Colonel Lumpkin" John McCauleyj
Palmer's doughty politician turned re-
former In tho May's McCluro's showa
v hat would happen If public franchises !
were honestly administered. In amus-
fhg but trenchant satire Mr. Palmer
dissects tho wholo complicated and de-
vlous fjVEtcm by which p"ollc fran-
chises become prlvnto loot and makes
clear in tho woodB of "Colonel Lump-
kin" Just how tho mjllnnlum of hone-;t
traction imy bo atLalned.
Satlro is a much noglocted vehicle
of expression nowadays but theso
stories of Palmer's show that It Is no
loss forceful than In tho days of Dean
Swift and his contemporaries when it
was a weapon by which all political
battles were lost or won
TO DIVIDE
BIG PASTURE
INDIAN AGENT AT ANADARKO
WILL SO RECOMMEND.
An Effort is Also on Foot in the New
Country to Employ Dennis Flynn
to Push the Matter of Open-
ing the Big Reservation.
Lawton Okla. April 22. An effort
Is on foot lu the now country to em-
ploy Hon. Dennis Flynn to tako hold
of tho matter of opening tho 48000(1
acre Indian pasture reserve of Coman-
che county during the coming session
of congress. It Is expected that tho
rlty councils county commissioners
and commercial clubs will entor into
some kind of a contract to this end.
Major James F. nnndlctt tho United
-Ill iu. lt.ll.4 U I It J i.uu.v
EASTER
States .lidiun agent nt Anadarko In
conversation with Col E Mitchell
recently stated that ho wouldi recom-
mend to the secretary of tho interior
that a portion of the big pasture taken
from the western side he leased for
agricultural purposes when tho new
leaso contracts are made. The dividing
lino between tho portions will
probably bo yo situated that about 200-
000 acrc3 of the laud may be placed
In the western portion.
The sccrotary haa not yot made n
re-advertisement for bids and it Is
expected that Randlctt'u recommenda-
tion will precede that ro-advortlsemont.
It Is reported that Waggoner and nur-
nett will bid on tho remainder of the
lands tor grazing purports.
Comparo our prices with others. If
wo don't savo you money don't buy of
us. Is that fair? Our goods aro now.
No carried-over styles to ahow you
23 AUDMOKE DRY GOODS CO.
Some of tho republican papers of
tho eait are already beginning to pre-
dict that President Roosevelt will go
out of offico as heartily dlsplsed as
Grover Cleveland. All of which may bo
very true but It must bo conceded nt
tho present writing tho president la
having a "bully timo" hunting be.tr
and trimming down tho hand hold on
tho big stick ho Is going to bradlsh
ovar congress next Octobor. If Roose-
velt does Mi duty In trying to glvo to
tho pcoplo tho laws that ho conscien-
tiously bolinvos r.hould be engrafted
upon tho statute books nnd Is turned
down by his own party then tho blame
must rot with tho party and not with
the prosldont.
Palmer's Perfumes nro delightfully
frugraut and lasting. We havo thorn.
23 F J. RAMSEY Druggist.
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CIVES UP
FIGHTING
IRA TERRELL THE OKLAHOMA
CONVICT. SUBMITS.
Is Willing to Serve Out His Tlnv.-.
Taken Back to4Kansas Penitentiary.
He Intends Suing for Dam-
ages When Free.
lAsavcnuortb ICan. At rll 22. ha N.
Terrlll was taken bacit to the Kansas
penitentiary tonight and be announced
that ho would make i:o moro offjrts
In court to get out dm' would at tho
end of his term sue the warden nuu
certain Oklahoma officials fo dimi-
ages. Terrlll was granted a second hear-
ing In court this afternoon on an
amended petition when ho raised tho
MORNING.
' point that ho was entitled to two
.years from March 1891 tho date of
1 bis sentence to March 189C tho timo
he was actually placed In the peniten-
tiary. Terrlll made an elaborate argu-
ment on tills and when ho finished It
wns shown that he broke Jail nnd was
in fugitive from justice during tho In-
terval of two years. This ended the
i fourth habeas corpus suit.
Terrlll has not worked any at tho
j punltontlary for three years but 1ms
put in moat of his time writing a his-
tory of the world In poetry. Ho said
tonight that he was ready to go to
! work. His object Is to get back good
! time which If It Is granted will let him
out in p.nother year.
I caving tho court room Terrlll said
to tho clerk: "When I get out and
start my damage suits you will have
. plenty to do.
Terrlll. who was an original Okla-
j huma boomor kiilcd George W. Em-
i broo) on tlie "goverannmt acre" lu
( Guthrie Ok. In 1891. Terrlll was a
I member of thu territorial legislature
at that timo and Uio arthur of tho cap-
tal pjnlshmeut law. Ho escaped death
on a technicality however and was
( sentenced to a term of fourteen years.
( Aftor his first conviction Terrlll es-
caped and was In hiding two ar.
Since being tak'n to tho penitentiary
ho has mnde a constant effort to so-
curo rolea-so. Ho contended that as
tho homlcido was committed on gov-
ernment property tho territorial court
hod no Jurisdiction.
Ta." "asked tho kid. "what Is 'race
suicide?' "
j "Raco suicide my sou" quoth pater-
! lamlllas "ls nutomobllo speeding."
"Success Magazine."
Subscribe for the Ardmorclto.
FINE FISHING TRIP.
Return From Expedition '
H. V. Dick Sidney Sugg-. S. T
vllle returns! Friday night from the
ChocUiw Nation when- they xpctit sev-
eral dayi! In company with other Ard-
more parties fishing and hunting.
The fishermen who returned brought
back pb'usant renilnlscciiHc of the trip
nnd likewise tales of camp life.
It was stated that Mr Dlodsoo elms-
ed a mountain panther for over I
hours only to discover that ho had
mnde a mistake. Some one said that
the animal wiif a shoat that had stray-
od off In the mountains.
Mr. Sugga easily won Uio honors
by killing a wild turkey the only one
that was brought Into camp. Ho also
distinguished himself by catching the
biggoKt me of fish.
Mr. Dick hold tliat ho had a greai
time and r-ally enjoyetl tho trip while
the others' said that the outing was
greatly enjoyed by them.
The patty hunted nnd fished In tho
mountains north of fiarviu where tuu
rest of the Ardmoroltes aro camped.
Mr. SuggH says that ho took a largo
number of subscribers for the paper
on his return trip.
One of tho llBhermen lt keeping a
diary nd a full report will be made
when tho others nrrlve.
CROP CONDITIONS.
Rain has interfered With Farmers.
Reduction In Cotton Acreage.
Weather conditions have Interfered
seriously with farmers In tho Chicka-
saw Nation during the .past month
there being considerable complaint of
too much moisture which has prevent-
ed the tillers of the soil from planting
their crop. Nearly all of the corn h-iw
'jeen planted but very little work has
been done toward planting cotton.
The molsturo linn retarded tbo efforts
i of the farmers and they are behliti.
Warm wenthcr Is needed just at pro
out to develop crop conditions. It Is
learn si that thore had been a nlK-:it
decrease In cotton acreage In th'.a
section. Cotton men are of the opln-
i Ion that the decrease will not exec 1
J li per cent throughout tho Chlclcasa '
Nation whilo some are Inclined to be-
lieve that Mia crop will be curtailed at
least 15 per cent. Many farmers mi-
uouncet their Intention of reducing
tho acrcago at the commencement ot
tlie season but whether thoy will do
so remains to bo seen. It Is evident i
that they aro not Impressed with'
prevailing prlce3 and would rather .
plant a more profitable crop. A lare(
number are making a plea for dlvorM
flcatlon. Within tho past few moniiia
a great deal of land has been cultlv.t;-!
ed In fruit. This In timo will prove
profitable to farmers who are rbnnd'n-!
Ing cotton for other crops.
At tho Washita presbytery at Atoka!
It MtiH announced that many members'
would attend the Uible conference
which meoLs hero Juno 13-2H. Uev. j
Welth who altendet) tho ovrtaion said
that great crowds wero coming here
for tho event. He said that the meet-J
Ing of the Washita presbytery wa3 a
most successful one nnd that It was
largely attended.
Chickasaw Telephone Company
One enterprise of which tho poo-!
pie of Aidmoro are Justly proud Is thej
Chlcka3uw Telephone company wlthj
ihlfl place as headquarters. Their op-
erations extend over almost tho entire
nation and wherever their lines have'
ben Installed It lias rosulted In tho!
Increased efficiency of telephone sor-j
vlco. Tho company has local exchang-
es at Duncan Marlotta and at Ard-j
moro. The accomodating service at1
thc-so places Is sufficient recommenda-
tion to flay nothing of thoir toll lines'
which ombraco a most satisfactory!
connection between Santa Fo and
Rock Island towns togeUicr with oth-'
er Intermediate points. Tho expansive
and modernizing policy of Mr W. II..
Dcrry tho manager of Uio company
certainly moots with tho approvnl of
Uia po:p!o of Ardmore.
The Ardmore exchange is perhaps1'
th flnfwt In tho Indian Territory. At
pre-3iit there are moro than BOO tolo-j
phunin. with such nn Increasing de-(
mand. for new one that tho compAiy
'is now enlarging tho switch board fa-
'clime to a sufficient capacity for tbo
I accommodation of COO subscribers
I which -will be accomplished within Un
i irx tbrt" mouths. '
SQUADRON
ON THE WAY
SOLEMN PRAYERS FOR THE SAFC
TY OFF&r-D IN RUSBi A.
It Destination Is Vladivostok or tin
Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea.
Nothing Has Been Heard of
Fourth Russian Squadron.
St. I'uteivburg April 22. Ileports
rn current hero that tho Ituttstan sec
ond squadron has already loft Kam-
ranh bay and Is on the way to Vladl-
ontok but the government will pro-
ceed with action on tho Jnpancso pro
test a tho .quadrou had not contln
tied Its voyage.
A special borvico was held In tiin
admiralty church yesterdny to offv
prayers for tho (safety of tho squad-
ron and ltd successful nrrlvnl at Vladl
vostok.
The service was attended by High
Admiral Orand Ihike Aloxls Admiral
Avolan ehier of tho admiralty and
other prominent naval ohicora.
St. Petersburg April 22. The laUjf
word of Admiral Itojcijtvensky was a
dispatch from the agent of tho finance
minim- r at Shanghai saying tho squad-
ron had passed through tho rttnalts or
Formosa but the authority given by
the agent for his statement Is consld
ered doubtful. The admiralty pro
fosses a good deal of skepticism nv
gnrdlng all the dispatches from the
far Knt't rowirtliig tho location of the
Russian vessels pointing out that false
news is likely to bo set nflont deliber-
ately. The officials hero neither deny
nor nlllrm the report that Hojestven
sky Is stilt at Kamranh bay
The foreign olllco displays no ana.
loty as u result of the protests made
by Japan over the alleged violation of
Fronch neutrality expressing conll
deuce that when nil Uio facts are
known It will bo found that the Rus-
sians did not vlolute tho neutrality ot
France. Serious complications ore
not anticipated.
Tho reiteration of th story that tin
Russian protected erulsir Aarkol.! In
tcrncd at tihaughal Is tailing on coal
iitH. preparing to slip out Is again de-
nied. Nothing has been hetird from tho
fourth division of the Russian squad-
ron commanded by Admiral Nebago-
toff Most of the naval men express
tho opinion that RoJetvcnsky will not
r.iwalt a Juncture with Nobngotoff but
will nllow this weaker division to trail
behind him.
Lew Wallace's Unwritten Novel.
The great American novel accord
ing toi Uio great I-ajw Wallace was
"Murvalo Eastman" by Tourcee a
book of fifteen years ago. It ban a
Mib-tltk "Christian Socialist" and Is
a story that few people have read au
It wan Issued by u small publishing
house. General Wallace Uiought UiU
tlllo detractel from its interest us
people mlgbt Imagine it a life of a so-
cialist leader or a treatise on social-
Ism. General Wallace himself had lu mind
an American novel. Ho once said
that it was his IntenUon to wrlto thin
story aftor ho had completed his me-
moln. His theme was tho striving ot
Americans to accomplish wonderful
thing:) In an Incredibly short time. His
hero was to bo a restless American
who lived for a few years In Europe
then In Australia in Africa nnd la
South Araorica and who finally after
years of wandering returns to his own
country only to start again upon bis
Journey never satisfied never httppy
tho spirit of an Indian within him and
the childlike dcslro to see now scenes.
In each of those countries his hero
was to accomplish worthy deeds and
when ho returns to his own country ic"
is with tho lutcntlon of leading tho life
of a son of tho soil but his hero flud.t
ho cannot do so. Tho story would"
havo been suggostlvo of "The A'
Ing Jow" with the olomont of rollgiswr
controversy eliminated. From "Suc-
cess Magnr.lne."
New line Scott's health bustle and
hip pais at tho
23 VRDMOUE DRY GOODS CO.
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