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The Statehood Situation
CongreM is Doing Nothing Regarding the Statehood Question
and Advocates of the Measure are Able to Give But Little
Encouragement—Bitter Fight Cannot be Averted
QUARANTINE RULE
*A FOLLETTE’S PAS9 BILL
New Member from Wisconsin Is Mak-
mg Good His Prediction
SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES ARE . WA.SHINGTON: Senator La Follette
MADE BUT REGULATIONS RE-
MAIN ABOUT THE SAME
DIVIDES THE QUESTION
donator Foraker Introduces Hie
Amendment to Statehood Bill
■WASHINGTON: At the beginning
«>f Friday’s session of the senate Mr.
Foraker presented an amendment to
the statehood bill directing the moth
<»da of proceeding In Arizona and
New Mexico on the question of admis-
sion. It directs that within thirty days
after the approval of the statehood
bill, the governors of tho two terri-
tories shall respectively call elections
for submitting tho question of state-
hood.
Voters of the two proposed states
ehall voto separately and tho union
shall not be consummated unions a
majority of tho votes In each terri-
tory are cast In tho affirmative.
WAITING ON PATTERSON
, BESTRICIIONS IN THE CHEROKEE NATION
Until.
No Date for S'atehood Vote
Minority Report Is In
WASHINGTON: Senator Patterson
said lie had been too busy recently to
prepare tho minority report on tho
statehood bill from the committee on
territories, but that be expects to
make report within a rew days. Until
th© minority report It In there will
be no agreement as to th© time for
vote on the statehood bill.
There senators are claimed by both
Beveridge and Foraker as favoring and
opposing statehood. They are Elkins,
Burkett and Platt. Aside from these,
♦ntroduced a bill prohibiting federal
officials from asking or accepting rail-
road or other passes and prohibiting
railroads from granting them. Tt Im-
IK‘808 penalties for violations of the
| law.
The bill f.xjjida all persons and cor-
|H>rtlon» giving free passes or franks
I to any political commltteo or its em-
ployes; to any candidate for an office
under the constitution or laws of the
| United States, or to any holder of
such an office. The bill forbids passos.
Cattle from Roger Mills and Washita
Counties May be Shipped Without
Restriction—G-eer County Remains
Belov' the Line
OKLAHOMA CITY: Dr. J. L. Allen, 'ranks or privileges beln:;"issuedTo
MARKET REPORTS
SPOT COTTON MARKET
New Orleans Spots
Ordinary, 8c: good middling, 9 15-16;
low middling, 10 3-1G; middling, 10
12-16; good middling, 11 2-1G; middling
fair, 11 710.
St. Louis
Middling, 10 15-16.
News of the New Southwest
Matters uf Interest Pertaining to Oklahoma and Indian Territories
Garnered from Various Reliable Sources and Presented
in Condensed Form for Benefit of Busy Readers
Inspector of tho Burenu of Animal In- anY other person for "the traveling
dustry, has received from tho secre* jllcconimodation or transportation 5f
tary of tho bureau at Washington, tho ; aiD’ person or any property or the
annual quarantine regulations, effect- 'ransmisslon of any message or com-
| ing tho movement of cattle in Okla- niunicatlon.”
homa and Indian Territory, which ! The punishment for violations of the
became effective February 1. The 11,1,1 18 "Imprisonmont at hard labor,
operations are not materially different not moro than five years or less than
than last year although some import* j "5® ycar or hy flno not exceeding
Executive Committee Prefer to Have
Territories Admitted Separately
KANSAS CITY: Tho ©xecutlvo com
mitte© of tho Trans-MlssisslppI con-
gress fixed on November 2, 1906, In
this city as the tlmo and place of the
eeventeenth congress. Tho session will
continue four days.
It is expoctod that the governor of
every state In the transMississippi sec-
tion will bo in attendance and a ma-
jority of the representatives and sou-
ators.
Some of the subjects to be discussed
are Chinese immigration, the Panama
canal, forest reserves, trans-continen-
tal transporation and statehood of tho
four territories of the trans-MissIssIp-
pl section—Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Arizona and Indian Territory. It was
the unanimous sentiment of tho con-
vention that th© trans-Mississippi sec-
tion is greatly Interested in having
each of thee© territories admitod as a
aeparate state, in order that this sec-
tion may have its Just right fa the
legislative hnlls of the country.
thoro are fifteen republican senators ant changes In the territory are made, j *5.°00 nor less than >100.
counted by tho anti-statehood forces i The regulations provide that hereaf- Agents and officers of companies
as opposed to th© bill as It stands. !ter cattle from Roger Mills and Washl- wlth,n tho purview of the bill are to
Most of them would favor the bill If
tho Foraker amendment wore added,
permitting a separate voto on the
statehood question t>y Arizona and
ta counties may bo shipped Interstate j ho privileged from tesnrylng In rela-
for any purpose without any restric- M°n to .rythlng it prohibits, and no
tions. In addition to this Inspection Person so testifying is to b0 liable to
will be given during the entire year 1 Punishment for any offense concern-
Now Mexico, and It appears probable for the movement of cattle for pur- ln^ which he was required to testify,
such an ameritlment will be made. poses other than slaughter from that “Free pass” as used In the bill la
part of Canadian and Blaine counties ,,f*f)ne<l "any form of ticket or milage
south of tho Canadian river and of onl,tling tho holder to travel over any
Caddo county north of tho Mangum : I,art th® line or lines of any railroad
branch of tho Rock Island railroad; j ,8SU«d to th6 holder as a gift in con-
NO NEED OF ALARM
Provision Will be Made for Continu-
ing Indian Territory 8chools
MUSKOGEE: In response to Inquiry
made by J. B. Benedict, superintendent
of schools to th© secretary of the In-
terior, ho is advised as follows: "Tho
secretary of the interior directs special
attenion to report said to be widely
circulated In Indian Territory that all
schools will close February fourteenth.
No order to that effect has been is
sued from this office or from the de-
partment. Assurances ar© given by
leading men In congress that the bill
for winding up affairs In Indian Terri-
tory will reach tho president for sig-
nature before March fourth, but if
tho bill does not become a law schools
must close os directed In order refer-
red to.”
In Kiowa county, north of the line ^deration of any service performed
between townships four and five. Greer j or to be performed by such holder
county remains below the quarantine or any other person, except where such
line.
holder
any other person, except
In Indian Territory the regulations where such tick—t or mileage is used
provide that no cattle shall be moved !
from tho quaractine area to that part
such holder in
his duties as nr
the performance
employe of the
RATE BILL PASSES
The Vote is AH But Unanimous, Being 346 Yeas to 7 Nays--
Bill Sent to Senate Where Consideration by Committee
WASHINGTON: Anticipating tho
roll call on th© rato bill thero was a
large attendance of members and tho
galleries were crowded.
After th© roll call the announcement
of tho passage of tho bill was rtr
ceived with a ripple of applause.
Speaker Cannon stated tho voto to
be 346 yoas and seven nays. Those
voting against tho bill wore all re
publicans. They were: Littlefield of
Maine; McCall and Weeks of Mas-
sachusetts; Perkins. Bouthwlck and
Vroeland of New York and Sobley of
Pennsylvania. «
Mr. Sullivan, of Massachusetts, vot-
ed "present” and was not paired.
Thero were 28 members pal rod but
these pairs were generally political
ones. None of them was made on the
bill and consequently did not Indicate
opposition.
Following is a summary of the Hep
bum rate bill.
Tho bill according to Mr. Hepburn’s
statement in closing th© debate, on
the measure was intended, and did
so far as could bo made, he said,
comply specifying with the recom-
mendation of President Roosevelt on
the rate queatlon. It gives tt© inter-
state commerce commission authority
when a rat© has been complained of
na "unquestionable” by u shipper, to
Investigate that rat©, stato whether or
not It Is unreasonable, and if found
to bo unreasonable to name a rate
which is to be Just and reasonable and
fairly remunerative which Is to be
tho maximum rat6 to bo charged.
This rate so fixed Is to go Into ef-
fect thirty days after It Is announced
by the commission, subject during
that time to be set aside or suspended
by the commission or tho courts. After
It has gone Into effect It is to remain
tho rate for three years. During this
time tho opinion has been expressed
by those who have participated in the
debate that tho rate may also bo re-
viewed by the courts and if found to
bo In conflict with the terms of the
act or with tho constitution, by being
confiscatory, can be set aside by the
courts.
of the Cherokeo Indian reservation railroad issuing the same."
north of a lino running east from the Railway mall service men while In
southeast corner of the Osage nation, ,he performance of their duty are to
without first having been dipped In ! 1)0 exempt from the provisions of the
Beaumont crude petroleum. Further, ! bill,
that cattle may be moved from that
part of the Cherokee- nation, north
of said line during tho entire year upon
first being Inspected by an Inspector
In the employ of the bureau of animal
Industry and if found free from Infec-
tion, to any state north o th© quaran-
tine line, after having obtained con-
LIVE STOCK MARKET
Kansas City
JURY MUDDLE STILL ON
Congress Has Dene Nothing to Offset
the Phillips Decision
GUTHRIE: The spring terms of dis-
trict court, in th© seven Oklahoma
CATTLE ( , i districts, began during the next ten jjuatice
l Ki;IfZ?:h0lr? ?J°A“d.d.PM* I days, and yet no bill remedying the »n
ed beef steers, >5.25@6.00; fair to
good, >4.0005.2G: western fed steers,
>3.50(0)5.60; stockers and feeders,
>3.00@4.80; southern steers, >3.50®
5.75; southern cows, >2.25®3.75; na*
tlve cows, >2.25® 5.25.
HOGS—Heavy, >5.82® 5.87; pack-
ers, >5.87(05.95; pigs and lights, >5.55
@5.80; bulk of sales, >5.85(0)5.87.
FIGHT ON "UNO”
A Territorial Drink Will be Investigat
ed by Department
MUSKOGEE: 'The department of
at Washington has taken a
the crusade of the federal au-
Jury defects in Oklahoma has boon tboriti'“s to prevent the sale of "uno*
passed by congress. Early in the ses-
sion both Horace Speed, United Stat s
in the western district and it is not
unlikely that a federal Investigation
district attorney took up the matter Dc road© lu cas© the sale of this
with Attorney General Moody, who Im- beverago Is found to be a violation of
mediately recommended
to congress thar. such a Jury bill be
passed by congress for Oklahoma. At
his report of th 3 prohibitory laws by the courts-
in this district The fact that "uno"
is soil In two of the districts of In-
the same time Chief Justice John II. <iian Territory and barred In another
a violation o' law will be the sub-
owes and yearlimrs «4 wi^ t j Burford drew a bill remedying the j «* wm u
era fed i-earllnra' J-Vii! 3l"'y -yiteni- "><t torwarded it to Con- of ltu inquiry if made,
era and feeders^’; wi2°’ '°Ck' sr6ssnlan Blr<l S- McGuire, and it was \ nistrlct Attorney Mellette received
' promptly introduced. It has passed;" ,eter from the attorney general ad-
tho house, but is hung up in the sen- j vls,ng him to enforce the law against
*t©- , tbc sale of "uno" and other beverages
Unless tho senate acts at once thero j of a -loutbful character. This is in-
is little use to convene the spring terpreted to mean that the department
Chicago
CATTLE — Beeves, >3.6506.30;
©ows, >1.50(0)4.40; heifers, >2.30(0
4.85; calves, >3.55(08.00; good prime
steers, >5.35(06.30; stockers and feed-
ers, >2.G0@4.50.
HOGS—Mixed and butchers, >5.70
@5.97; good heavy, >5.85(06.00;
terms of court, for the reason that un-1
der the decision of Judge Phillips of
{is back of the western distlrct officials
long as the decision of the court
rouirft hoftw *r 7n^r fiA ' u i« ™ bo drawn ln Oklahoma In compliance
“8l“- T5'70 I wlth "«'• The autumn terms
the United States district court of ap-1 of this district is not reversed from
peals, at St. Louis, no legal jury may ! *be federal bench. Fourteen men are
@5.87; pigs, >5.25(05.70.
SHEEP—Lambs, >3.40@7.35; year-
Hngs, >5.50@6.25; sheep, >3.50R>5.50.
CASH GRAIN MARKET
LAWSON’S INSURANCE PLANS
Author of Frenzied Finance Can Con-
trol Election of Three Boa.ds
DES MOINES: Thomas W. Lawson
of Boston, caned on and Invited Gov.
ernor A. B. Cummins to serve with
sent of the state to which they may be jlour °tber distinguished reformers of
Kansas City
WHEAT—No. 2 hard, 80c: No. 3
hard, 74<@78c; No. 2 rod, 92@93c; No.
3 red. 86(091c.
CORN—No. 2 mixed, 39040c; No.
white. 39040c.
OATS—No. 2 white, 30031c; No.
mixed, 30c.
of court dragged through with this
decision hanging over them and prac-
tically nothing cl Importance was ac-
complished. The fellows who were
found guilty are asking that the ver-
dicts be set aside because of the il-
legality of the juries, those who were
Indicted are demanding that th9 In-
dictments bo quashed for the same
1 reason, and no civil cases of irnport-
2 , anco could be heard excepting those
j wherein the jury was waived and the
2 matter heard by the judge solely.
destined. I America on a committee to which he
This is a new departure for Indian w111 turn oyer his New York Life and
Territory and is the first time that ; Mutual T-ife of New York proxies, and I white 31(0320
the government has ever placed any wlllch he asks to attend the coming an- i ’ _
quarantine restrictions over any part j nual meetings of these twro companies j
of Indian Territory. A large part of i *or llle PurPoso of . electing good, i
the Cherokeo nation bdng prairie i llonesl> sound, business men as direc- I
Chicago
i WHEAT—No. 2 red, 87@88c; No. 3
red, 85@87c; No. 2 hard, 83@85c; Na
j 3 hard, 80@83c.
CORN—No. 2 mixed, 40@41c; No. 2
I white, 41c.
OATS—No. 2 mixed, 290 30c; No. 2
MURPHY WINS CASE
country. It naturally follows that a
considerable area is free from infec-
tion. It Is the Intention of the bureau
to give relief to those areas when it
can be done witnout endangering cat-
tle Interests.
WASHINGTON: The senate com-
mittee on Interstate commerce began
consideration of th<4 Hepburn rate
bill, which passed th© house. The
first day was devotedl to th© first sec-
tion, which describes the kind ot
transportation to which tho act shall
apply.
Several amendmemts were suggest
ed by fcenators unfriendly to th© bill.
It Is generally conceded that th<i
Hepburn bill, with only a few modifi-
cations, will huv© a majority report
whan tho committee votes next week..
BILL TO SENATE
Urgent Deficlnecy Measure Carries an
Increase of $1,187,612
WASHINGTON: The house bill
making appropriations to supply ur-
gent deficiencies was reported to the
senate by the commltteo on appropria-
tions. It was amended so that now it
carries >17,386,962, an increase of >1,-
187,612 over the amount appropriated i
I 1,10 state house. Mr. Lawson wras
accompanied by E. D. Ridgeway, one
of the publishers of a magazine In
which Mr. Lawson’s story "Frenzied
Finance.” appeared.
f.ir. Lawson told Mr. Cummins that
the other members of the commitee
will be Governor Johnson of Minneso-
ta, Senator LaFollcttn or Wisconsin,
_ _______ __________ ^ ^ Governor Broward or Florida, and ex-
by tho house. The principal items of! Att°raeY General Mouett of Ohio. He
tors. 1 Ex Attorney for Creeks will Get $5,000
Governor Cummins replied that he ! of Sa,ary
would consider the proposition, and MUSKOGEE: The case in which A.
after a conference with Governor John- j P Murphy, now congressman from
son of Minnesota, one of th© other 1 MlHfK)urJ' sought to enjoin Chief Por-
members, would make definite answer ter* who discharged Murphy from the
The conference between Mr. Lawson offlco of Creok national attorney to pro-
and Governor Cummins’ private office vent tho Payment of tho salary to Cas
Increase are as follows:
said he had recelevd a large number
Advance to the Panama railroad to "f pr0*lc* from 1>0l,cy holdfcr3 1,1 the
In th© payment of tho Kaw Indians j
which has Just b©en concluded at tho
Kaw agency, tho disbursement
amounted to >20^69, or about >150 a
head for man, woman and child.
THE 8MOOT HEARING
Defense Will Call Big Batch of Wit-
nesses to Disprove Statements
WASHINGTON: Th© introduction of
testimony against Benator Rood Smoot
of Utah haa been closed by th© pro-
testants counsel. A. S. Worthington
who represents th© senator, said ho
was not ready to prooeed, but that
he would communicate with Chairman
Burrows, within a fow days. Tho
character of the evidence offered this
session, said Mr. Worthington, had
convinced him of the desirability of
calling witneeeea for tho defense. With
reference to the list of the members
of th© Utah constitutional convention,
members of tho legislature and stato
officers, charged to have been poly
gamista, Mr. Worthington said that It
might bo necessary to call from 100 to
200 witnesses to disprove tho to.stl-
mony of tho prosecution unless the
committee permitted tho filing of affi-
davits. He said that Senator Smoot
was anxious that the case should be
closed and that there ehould not be
one day of unavoidable delay.
ENID: Dale Hughfs, aged fifteen
years, and his brother, aged thirteen
left their home at Douglass, a small
towm near here to hunt coyotes. When
about two miles from Douglass, Dale’s
borao stumbled, throwing him across
th© gun, which was accidentally dis-
charged. The entire charge of No. 8
shot catered his body just below tho
right arm. Dr. Parker of Douglass
was summoned, but the boy was dead
before h© arrived, having never re-
gained consciousness after tho un-
dent.
MINE EXPLOSION
CHARLESTON, W. VA.: At lcasi
twenty-eight men ar© supposed to
havo met death in a terrible mine ex-
plosion In th© Parall mine of the
Stuart Collieries company near Oak
Hill. Thirty-nine men were employed
In tho mine an only twelve have es-
caped alive. Six bodies were recov-
ered near the mouth of tho min© and
It is certain that all tho others in the
mine are dead.
The explosion was caused by a
pocket of gas which was struck in a
vault in th© mine. The explosion was
terrific and it is thought that many
of tho miners were killed outright by
It The system of fans was comp’etc
ly wrecked and all air was shut off,
pay for the ©qufpment of that company
>650,000; contingent expenses of for-
eign missions >30,000; contingent ex-
penses of the consular service, >30,-
000; full settlement of the German
claims for losses in connection with
the disturbance In Samao in 1S91 un-
der convention of tho United States;
Germany and Great Britain >20,000;
also to Denmark >760 for settlement
lands, >20.000; for completion of work
of five civilized tribes commissions.
New York Life and Mutual Life ot
New York, which, with th© otbars he
expects to get, and which he is con-
fident will come In If the committee
plan goes through, will give him con-
trol of both companies.
Big Packers Enter Field
TULSA: P. D. C. Ball of St. Louis,
president of th© Tulsa Ice and Pack-
ig company, announced that two of the
big packing houses of Kansas City
>75,000; for th© bureau of animal in- hatl entered the< territories and that
dustry, department of agriculture
>115,000 and Spanish treaty claims
commission awards >29,000.
The bill Is amended to limit the
cost of the heating, lighting and power
Diant for the hous© and senate office
biddings, the capltol, congressional
library and such other buildings as
may o© erected adjacent to tho capl-
tol grounds to >1,395,000. The cost
of the subway system to connect the
capltol and senate office building Is
limited to >168,000 and the expendi-
ture of that amount Is authorized.
Soon to Begin Line to Texas
OKLAHOMA CITY: Almost all the
lines of the Oklahoma & Texas from
here to Wichita Falls, Tex., are ready
for cross sectioning, preparatory for
th© grading. This is the information
given out by G. B. Stone, one of the
chief promoters of the line, who ro-
leavlng the men to smother to death. turnwl fr°n» a trip over tho entire
The min© is a abaft min© about seven j length of the road. The grading win
hundred feet dfep and the unfortunate ! l>°sln here within the next few days,
miners had little c'aance ot escape.
Most of the entombed men are Hun-
garians or negroes who had little ex-
perience in mining. They were not
expecting th© pocket of gas which is
nearly always discovered in mine
vaults in the Kanawa region.
Oklahoma's Financial Standing
GUTHRIE: Territorial Treasurei
Rambo has filed his financial state-
ment for January showing capital or
hand, >754,587.36; an Increase of >34
882.48 for thorn onth.
Them onth’s expenditures were >337,-
872.53, and the receipts >372,755.01.
The public building fund amounts
to >443,506.69.
and as funds for the building of the
road have been securod, the work of
construction will not be interrupted
when once It Is begun.
Putting plc-asuro first is a sure way
of postponing it.
Names Assistant District Attorney
ARDMORE: J. E. Humphrey has
been appointed by District Attorney
Walker aa his first assistant attorney
Humphrey was Johnson's first
tant aud made a strong fight for the
position given Walker. Other assist
ant attorneys are not yet named.
A delegation of the Ponca tribe of
Indians, In charge of J. C. Miller of
they had established headquarters in
Tulsa where packing, storage here has
been made with tho Tulsa company.
Standard Oil Testimony
OKLAHOMA CITY: It is stated
upon reliable authority that Attorney
General Herbert S. Hadley of Missou-
ri will arrive in Oklahoma City within
a fewr days for the purpose of secur-
ing depositions in the case now prnd-
ing In the Missouri state supreme
court to oust the Standard Oil com-
pany from doing business ln Missouri.
Several former employees of tho
Waters-Plerce ahd Standard Oil com-
panies.
M. Moot, his successor, was deeffied ln
favor of Murphy to the extent that the
i finding of the master in chancery has
sustained that the Creek nation must
pay into court the money due Murphy
! as salary from the time of his dls-
i change to tho time he begun Tils term
I as congressman. This sum amounts to
! about >5,000.
Murphy was discharged as Creek na-
tional attorney in April, 1904, on the
grounds of the Bonaparte report that
he was not a fit man to hold the ofice.
Murphy’s contract held to March, 1906,
?nd he could not be discharged except
for good cause. Murphy then sued,
Porter for breach of contract and later
filed the injunction suit against the
payment of the salary to Moot, his suc-
cessor. The case was referred fo the
master in chancery, wno held that
Murphy could collect salary up to
March, 1904, the beginning of Mis term
of congressman, but not for the re-
maining year of the contract. He also
sustained the injunction against the
payment of Moot’s salary. Bolh sides
then filed bills of exception to the mas-
ter’s report. Judge Lawrence sustained
the master’s decision.
COLBERT CASES TO GO OVER
Government Not Ready for Trial in
Tribal Warrant Matter
! ARDMORE: Witnesses in the B. H.
| Colbert case are being notified by the
government not to appear at Tisho-
mingo February 12, the date recently
sot for the trial of the tribal warrant
j eases in which the "rough rider” ©x-
j marshal Is involved. United States
District Attorney Walker stated that
J a morion for a continuance of the
case, for the reason that the govern-
ment will not be ready to try them.
The government wishes to investigate
certain matters in connection with the
cases and needs additional time. Dis-
trict Attorney Walker says the cases
will not be dismissed. A number of
witnesses reside in St. Louis and Jop
lin and in Texas.
now under Indictment in this district
as a result of a decision of Judge Ray-
mond two years ago that the sal© of
"uno" is a' violation of the law. These
cases have not been dismissed, so it is
taken that the Fn'ie ol this beverage
is still under the ban of the low. In
the northern and southern districts of
Indian Territory, however, "uno” Ik
sold without interference.
The members of the Christian
church, of this city, at the regular
service adopted resolutions thanking
United States Attorney Mellette ana
United States Marsnal Bcjmett for
their fight against "uno,” and pledg-
ing their co-operation In the enforce-
ment of tho pronibitory law6.
WENT OVER THE FALLS
Mexican Narrowly Escaped Drowning
in the Washita
LEXINGTON: Hernandez Concja, a
Mexican laborer, went over Larlmore
Falls in the Washita river a short, dis-
tance south of here, recently and nar-
rowly escaped with his life. He was
fishing In the river just above the
falls and his boat drifted so far down
into the rapids that he was unable to
recover himself. The falls are about
twenty-five feet high and th© water
goes over with a roar which can be
heard for a mile. The boat was
crushed to kindling wood, but the
Mexican clung, to part of the Reel and
was rescued by a farmer who hap-
pened to be cutting wood a little far-
ther down the stream.
Coalgate Road Incorporates
GUTHRIE: The Coalgate, Sulphur
& Western Railway company was In-
corporated under the laws of Okla-
homa, with >200,000 capital, to build
line from some point on th© Re.l
river, in Comanche county, O. T„ in a
northeasterly direction through Com-
anche county and the Chickasaw and
Choctaw nations, to a point on the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad,
near Coalgate, a distance of 120 milos.
Tho incorporators of the company,
which will have Its headquarters at
Lexington, ar© Robert E. Thacker, J.
S. Little and Jay Sherman, of Lexing-
ton: G. M. Weems, W. A. Lovejoy and
F. N. Nicholson, of Sulphur, I. T.
W. A. Lall, who was charged with
the murder of Charles Hare, a promi-
nent Chickasaw Indian at Mansville,
has been admitted to bail in the sum
of two thousand dollars.
Two New Recording Districts
WASHINGTON: The senate passed
the two bills introduced by Senator
Long establishing additional record-
ing districts in Indian Territory, with
terras of court at Bartlesville and Wil
burton. The senator introduced a bill
establishing another recording dis-
trict, with headquarters at Tulsa.
Roff Warehouse Destroyed
ARDMORE: Fire at Hoff destroyed
the largo grain warehouse, the prop-
erty of the Birgo estate, and con-
tents, which belonged to C. G. Partain.
Partain’s loss is 15,000 bushels of corn
and 7,000 bushels of millet, with largo
quantities of nay anil machinery. His
loss is estimated at >18,000, partial-
ly covered by insurance. Tho loss to
th© Birgo estate Is also heavy.
The recent issue of Chlckasha city
vnter and sewer bonds, to the amount
of $60,000, has bee# sold to a Chicago
firm at >1.05. Plans and specifications
for bids will bo submitted In a few
days.
SUIT TO DEBAR ATTORNEY
Lawyer who Filed Charges Against a
Judge in Trouble
ENID: A sensational suit has been
commenced in the district court of Gar-
field county against Charles J. West,
an attorney of this city, the object be-
ing to bar him from the practice of
law. The petition was field by Colonel
John C. Moore of the law firm of Moore
& Moore, of Enid, and contains tlve
specific charges accompanied by affida-
vits. Th© charges made embrace ex-
tortion, false representation, swearing
to falsehood aud unprofessional con-
duct. C. J. West Is the attorney who
recently filed tho charges against Dis-
trict Judge James K. Beauchamp, alleg-
ing misappropriation, etc., making a
special trip to Washington with his
charges. He is also lieutenant colonel
of th© First regiment of Oklahoma na
tional guards.
ABERNATHY NOMINATED
President’s Friend May Have to An-
swer Charges Before Confirmation
WASHINGTON: John R. Abernathy
has been nominated c
marshal of Oklahoma.
WOULD SELL ISOLATED LANDS
Lacey's Bill Gives More Power to Land
Commissioner
WASHINGTON: Representative!
Lace*, chairman of the committee on
public lands has introduced a bill
which, if It passes, will make it lawful
for the commissioner of the general
land office to place upon the market
and sell for not less than >1.25 per
acre any isolated or disconnected
tracts or parcels of the public domain,
less than a quarter section, which in
his discretion it would be proper to
expose for sale, after thirty days’ no*
tice.
SALE OF SURFACE LAND
Anticipation of Amendment Causing
Activity In Coal Districts
SOUTH McA LESTER: Believing
United States that the senate and the house will
It is confident- agree to tho mendment offered to the
Bill Tultey a brother-in-law of Gov-
ernor Brown of the Seminole nation,
was struck on the head by an Indian
with a bar of iron at Sasakwa and later
died from his injuries. His assailant
has not. yet been apprehended.
ly expected that a vigorous protest j Curtis bill by the senate committee,
will bo mad© and he may be com- considerable activity is already seem
pelled to answer charges before he is in this vicinity. One of the amend-
oonfirmed. Abernathy is charged with ments provides for tho sale of tho sur-
being to Intimate with an ex-bandit face of the vast segregated coal belt
and noted sporting man in the ter- surrounding this city. At present this
ritory which in some quarters is land is held from allottmnot and all
thought to render him unfit to hold the j settlers have been driven off by f deral
°^ce- officers. Farmers are now preparing
Abennthy says A1 Jennings, who Is j to buy homes, it being the largest
the man referred to, Is about the only single tract of land ever thrown upon
man w ho has not asked him for an the market In Indian Territory.
j appointment or recommended a man , ---
J for deputy marshal, and declares the! cashier Charged With Wrecking Dink
j charge that he could possibly be in- j GUTHRIE: On a warrant sworn out
j fluenced or deterred by friendship | by Paul P. Cooper, teiritorial bank
j from doing his duty Is absolutely j commissioner, B. D. Mathews, cashier
| gratuitous. j of the defunct Bessie hank of Bessie,
- i was arrested on a charge of wrecking
Thomas Hanlon and Richard Moffatt the bank by embezzlement. It was
; are under arrest at Tulsa, charged ; organized four years ago bv Auxier
1 with stealing several head of horses Brothers, hut afterward passed Into
from Tulsa people. They were appre- ] Slathews' hands. Cooper has charge
hended at Blackburn.
Sayre is rejoicing over the prospects I lhe 101 rancl>. has gone to Washing-
a. . ___ ____ * trin mnl.n .... .. IV.... ...... ,
of securing a >40,000 cotton seed
mill.
ton to make an effort to secure leg-
islation which will be of great bene
fit to th© tribe.
Platting New Towns
GUTHRIE: The sj/enth town to b©
platted in Day county, which until
EUFAULA: It has been discovered;
here that th© Eufaula postoffice has ;
been robbed ot a large quantity ot
mail by someone who rifled the mail j a few years ago was counted
boxes. It is believed that Paul Carey,
the negro who robbed tho Muskogee
and South McAloster postoffices,
stopped at Eufanla on bis way to
South McAIestor. Carey, who was ar-
rested at South McA letter and 1-? ln
tie country only, Is Durham, the sur-
veying of whiph is now in progress.
The other towns are Grand. Goodwin,
Texmo, Carr, Arnett and Pinkston.
The Miller brothers of the *’101” ranch
. .. .. . . # „ , . , are also platting tho town of Bliss, ad-
•all there, has made a full confession joining their ranch.
to robbing tho postoffle© there and
Muskogee, and also implied that
robbed the posioffle* at Tulsa.
Cattle Inspection for 1905
GUTHRIE: According to
compiled by Thomas Morris, secretary
of tho Oklahoma live stock sanitary
commission, more than 80,000 cattle
were inspected tor shipment during
tho year 1905 by both territories and
f« deral inspectors In Oklahoma. Pas
tures to the number of 360 were quar-
antined in toe territory during the
year.
Defective Brake May Cost $15,600
LAWTON: John R. Hale, a railroad
contractor, has sued tbo Rock Island
railroad for >15,600 damages for In-
juries sustained by nlm becauso of a
defective brake on a car which had
been furnished lilm by tho railroad.
While leading the car with gravel on
an incline the broke gave way and the
oar carried him some distance, dump-
ing him out. Hte shoulder and spine
were hurt and he was internally In-
jured.
Woman Fights Quarantine
BESSIE: Because th© deputy sher-
iff charged with maintaining a diph-
theria quarantine at the home ol
Henry Buehler here twice compelled
Mrs. Buehler to return to her home
when she Insisted on starting uptown
In violation of quarantine orders she
threatened his life with a shotgun one
uay recently. Mrs. Buehler was dis-
armed and again compelled to return
to her homo, but is still obdurate and
refuses to recognize the right of the of
fleers to quarantine her home.
| of the bank assets.
Doctor and Nurs.' Arrested
j MUSKOGEE: Dr. W. T. Lilly, a
practicing physician of this city and
Business Larger Than Any Other
WOODWARD: Figures prepared by
Dick T. Morgan, register of the Wood-
ward land office, show that the office ^*,SB 1-4,1I-V Stewnrt, a nurse, were ar-
here is one of th© largest, if not tho! by Deputies Jones and Cot.
largest. In volume of business in the
country, and that the business for the i
year 1905, greatly exceeded that of
any previous year in its history. The
records show 4,4G8 filings for the year,
as against 3,382 the previous year, and
2,500 contests as against 1,000 the year ,
before. This increased w6rk was also I
| done with two less clerks than before, i
tie on a charge of causing the death
of Rosie Sanders by performing an
operation. They were- held without
bond and sent to jail awaiting a pre-
liminary hearing. All persons con-
nected with tho affair are white, and
well known he$e.
Don’t practice deception, for
will certainly be found out.
'--J
you
« I Jn U P°*8lbl.° tha‘ SecrpUry | CORDELL:' As a aecule to tho clos-
flKnroa Wilson of tho department of agrlcul- , lng of the suu bank of Besaie |ft8t
ture may attend the coming Midland
stock show to bo held in Oklahoma
City March 13, 14, 36 and 16. An in-
week, B. D. Matthews, cashier and
prinicpal stockholder of the bank, hasj
been arrested on a warrent sworn out
Traders to Be Reimbursed
WASHINGTON: Delegate McGuire
-•onferred with Indian Commissioner
Leupp. urging that fifty thousand dol-
lars of the Sac and Fox Indian’s re-
serve funds be used in
Cutting at Country School
CU8HIN8: A serious cutting affair
occurred at a country school honse
_ near hsre. Some of the larger boys
payment for j were try,ng *° arraaB<-> a fight between
vlf-illnn v . , . , , ^a "ttiicui onui 11 UUl ~u . ituuo uu uncil IUI . " -------'-**
. . , b^on extended him and ■ the bank commissioner. The bank tbeir pari indebtedness, and fifteen tW0 sma,,er onfcs. both about 16 years
it is believed ho will accept 1 'iijj -------;■<..........
M The man on the treadmill doesu
, enjoy seeing the wheels go ound.
Don’t forget that to be a good talk
er you must know when to stop.
Th© pastures of the Osage rcserva*,
tlon will be leased March J5. There
are about 140 pastures to be leased,
varying in size from those of a few
hundred acres to those containing
thousands of acres.
has had a precarious existence since it
was organized four years ago. The
first owners were forced to sell In or-
der to avoid a collapse. The First Na-
tional here then bought the bank ana
put Matthew’s In as cashier, but sold
to Matthew© and his associates last
fall.
thousand for tho same purpose for the I oW' th<,ms°!7e8 engaged (n an on-
Iowa’s Indebtedness, this sum exhaust- i cpunter> ,n which young Manning
ing the --liter's reserve. Leupp assured *’tat,bed HoVand in the back Just be-
Delegato McGuS-e that he will recom-
mend appropriation, and the latter is
now preparing a bill which be will
endiavor to rush through tlie house,
making the desired appropriations.
/
low the sbrfilder blade. While HoH
laud’s wounC is of a serious character,
it is not considered likely to be fatal.
And what is wisdom compared to %
dimple?
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Keyes, Chester A. The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1906, newspaper, February 16, 1906; Jones, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc859886/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.