Life (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 18, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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ANADARttO
Is the Best City in the New
Country; the Place to Invest
Your Money; the Place to
Live; the Place to Die.
LIFE
REPUBLICAN
Doctrines Brinq Prosperity to
Your City, Plenty to Your
kitchen, Peace to Your home
and Glory to Your Country
OVER FIVE HUNDRED PERISH
Excursion Steamer Carrying a Load
Sunday School Children Burns
Of
UPPER DECK OF BOAT FALLS ON THRONG
LIBERTY BELL AT THE FAIR
The Pleasure Boat, General Slocum, Takes Fire and Burns
to Water Edge Near Brothers Island in Long Island Sound
With Nearly 2,000 Women and Children Aboard—Many
Helpless Children are Drowned in Effort to Escape
New York. Jink 15.—A great cu ropho occurred in the East
River of llcll (into this morning when the steamer General Slocum
carrying a Sunday school excursion of the St. Marks Lutheran
church caught fire and burned to the water’s edge. At tins time
the loss of lives can only be estimated. Many think it may exceed
live hundred. Most of the passengers wore children, who, when
hcinuicd in between fire on one side and water on the other, were
unable to save themselves. It is impossible at this time to give a
very accurate account. Parents, whose children were on the ill-
fated boat, are frantic.
NEW YORK June 15.—Five bun i way of launching, and
dred persons mostly children, per- advanced the passengers began
P . . f jump overboard. Hundreds were in
ished to-day by the burning or the ex- j ^ rjvp[. Many w,,r(, resCued by the
cursion steamer. General Slocum. "ear a,„i other vessels, but hundreds
Hell Gate, in the East river. The perished.
Slocum, with the annual Sunday I several hundred bodies were
school excursion of St. Murk's I.utll- washed ashore or towed or carried in
cran church of Ibis city, on hoard was ! boats to Brothers Island. Almost
urneceding up the river to one of every other woman taken away was
the many resorts ot bong Island, calling for her child. The l,i«a«ter
When near One Hundred and Twenty- was witnessed by thousands of per-
mit, street persons on the boat saw sons on shore, and as rapid y as pos-
sm'.ke ami flames spring from the sihle hundreds ot small boats and
upper part of the crowded steamer. A launches set off to render assistance,
pnric ensued on the boat almost ini- With the boat burning from under
mediately Crowds on the forward his feet the catpatn stuck to his post
deck began to spring overboard or to in the pilot house and the engineer
rush to the alter part, of the boat. The remained at his post below until the
sere mis of the terrified passengers | boat was beached.
beard on shore, and bun Even the passengers who did not
deeds of small boats immediately put | Jump overboardwerejmot safe,
ojf to their rescue
Historic Relic Arrive* at St. Loui* to
Remain During the Exposition
ST. LOUIS: The historic Liberty
bell has arrived from Philadelphia, in
response to the petition of 90,000 pub-
lic school children of this city, and
will remain in the Pennsylvania build-
ing until the close of the fair.
Mayor John Weaver of Philadelphia
and other city officials who accom-
panied the bell, were escorted to
their hotel, where they were called
upon by Mayor Wells, President
Francis of the exposition and other
officials. The entire party then pro-
ceeded to the Union station where
the bell had b -en placed on a spe-
cially prepared float, and, accom-
panied by a squad of mounted police
and a long line of military organiza-
tions, the famous old bell was taken
to the exposition, where formal ex-
ercises were carried out.
The gates had been thrown open
to the school children of the city,
and the day had been proclaimed a
holiday by Mayor Wells. It is esti-
mated that over 50,000 school chib
dren formed a portion of the immense
throngs that greeted the bell when it
entered the grounds. The- ceremonies
were held In the plaza of St. Louis
A chorus of 1,000 high school pupils
sang "Concord,” after which Chair-
man Henry Clay of the joint special
committee of councils of Philadelphia
presented Liberty bell to the expo-
sition.
ADOPT NEW RULES
ALLOTMENTS
LAND
SCHOOL LAND LEASING BOARD
MAKES NEW RULING
CONDITIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES
Plans by Which Leases are Collateral
in Loons—The School Land Lessee,
the Territory and Money Lender
are Protected.
GUTHRIE: The following new rul- is given them to contest proceedings
Regulations Governing Them Set Out
From Washington
MUSKOGEE: The Dawes com-
mission has received front the interior
department regulations governing the
allotment of lands by the Delaware-
Cherokee citizens. Indian Agent
Shoenfelt. who has been designated
by President Roosevelt to appraise
the improvements upon the surplus
holdings of the Delawares, has also
received a set of regulations relative
to his part of the work
The secretary’s instructions to the
commission provide that the Dels
wares shall be permitted to select
their allotments in advance of the
regular numbers and the same right
THREE DROWNED
A CLOUDBURST AT MILL CREEK
SWELLS THE STREAM
MANY ARE COMPELLED TO LEAVE HOKE
Ing has been adopted by the territor-
ial school land leasing board and is
important to lessees everywhere:
Rule 29—Lessees of school lands
may assign their leases as collateral
other citizens of the nation. They
must have their rights of citizenship
approved by the secretary of the in-
terior. In case of any contest, how-
ever. the commission is to withhold
the flames
to
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tied.
on either side or the channel at this
point it was impossible to reach tin-
vessel. The captain remained at his
post at the wheel aud headed the ves-
sel straight up the river for North
Brother island, where she was pot
aground ill shallow water. Several
hundred feel of open water still lay
between the burning steamer and the
for
Owing to rocks j they were some distance from the
shore, and the boat was a veritable
furnace.
The greatest loss of life was caused
by the collapsing of the heavy upper
deck. It fell with a crash, crush-
ing hundreds who had gathered on
the lower deck. It was then the
greatest panic ensued, amid the living
stream of persons going over the rail
Hhore and many persons perished ing into the water. - Patients in the
Shore. m ^ ^ hospitals Gn the islands became al
either in the water or
vessel after she had been beached
U was estimated that the steamer | rtble scenes they were cmnpeUM to
most insane from fright at the ter
is they were com
A large part of the crowd
carried more that, 2.000 persons. She , wBrress ^ 'chlldren
the largest excursion steamer
these waters and could accommodate aud there was little hope
these wuic a alter they went overboard.
for them
The cur
4'T0hePas“eaLBeerS whistle was blowing I Tent was' strong and the little ones
for assistance as she came op the were rwM to theta-dmithe by the
river Several hundred persons were whirl pools in Hell Gate.
seen to jump into the water lust be- At least fifty children perished in
fore she headed for the North Broth this manner,
island Her position in the water The Gene
7r mnossible for those aboard Sunny Meadows, at the extreme east
to reachTand except h, swimming, of Hands,is island, when the fire
aoa t.p saw fifty or were discovered. By the time the
foO persons mostly women and ehil- steamer reached One Hundred and
1UU person . ’ f , Thirty fifth streot the excursionists
dren jumped overboa, hurlicanB deCk were driven to the rail, many of them
throng were on the hurricane u«u.iv c..... ____, _____
The General Slocum bad reached
when that portion of it collapsed.
Many must have lost their lives in
the seething torrent of name and
water. The pastor of the church, the
Rev George C. Bphoss, was on board
with all his family aud it is reported
with clothing on fire, and they began
to Jump overboard by twos and threes.
When One Hundred and Thirty-eighth
street was reached the hurricane deck
collapsed. Many persons were
thrown into the water, but hundreds
MANY FARMS AT STAKE
Date of the Burning of a Pest House
an Important Matter
MUSKOGEE: The Dawes com-
tnisison has in hand the settling of an
important case, which, when adjusted,
will have a hearing on many more of
a similar nuture. In this particular
case the right to ten fine farms in
the Creek nation by the allottees
is the point to be settled.
In the latter part of 1898 there was
an epidemic of smallpox in the Cre :k
nation and many deaths were the re-
sult. Pest houses were established
all over the nation and the fedora’
government, in conjunction with the
Creek nation officials, made an effort,
successfully, to stamp out the dis-
ease. In one of these pest horses oc-
curred the death of the ten parties
to whom was allotted the farms in
question. This was about the first of
April, 1899. It is claimed that parties
who died prior to that ti ne were not
entitled to allotment, and where
deaths occurred after that the allot-
ments went to the heirs of the de-
ceased.
The ten allottees mentioned were
all full-blood Indians, and were prop-
erly enrolled by the Dawes coir.mis-
sion. The Creek nation since claims
to have proof that the deaths of the
parties in question occurred before
the date mentioned. It is r.aimed
that the pest house was burned about
April 1, 1899. The date of the burn-
ing of this particular pestbouse is
the important point in the question,
for if it was burned before April 1,
1899, the Creek government will have
won the case and the heirs of .he al-
lottees will have to vacate the valu-
able lands now held by thorn.
If these heirs or allottees lose in
this case many others of a similar
nature will likewise lose their allot-
ment.
All the work of Investigation has
to be done through an Interpreter,
and the old records do not amount
to much, as they were not properly
kept.
conditions:
(a) . The assignment to be execut-
ed in duplicate upon a special form
provided by the department and sign-
ed by the lessee and also by his wife
in case of a married man, and proper-
ly acknowledged before the notary
public.
(b) . One copy of the assignment
accompanied by the lease must be*
filed in the office of the School Land
department within fifteen days after
the assignment is made, and a filing
fee of one dollar (ID he paid there-
for, the other copy to be retained by
assignee. All assignments to he null
and void unless so filed.
(c) . Lessees to have sixty days
after the maturity of the loan for re
i’he Delawares are to be notified at
once of the advantages thus given
them, and if any member shall not.
within ten days from the date of such
notice, select the allotments which
he and his family are lawfully
entitled to the commission is author
ized to locate the improvements of
such citizens and designate his allot
raents.
Pennington and Mill Creeks Are High-
er Than Ever Before Known—Homes
Are Washed Away—Frisco Track
Washed Out
MILL CREEK: During a heavy
rain Friday night a cloudburst oc-
curred one mile north of town, drown-
ing three persons and doing great dam
age to crops. Three Mile creek, a
small spring branch just west of
town, became a raging torrent, one-
half mile wide. Bennington and Mill
creeks are higher than ever known,
and have swept all before them. The
persons drowned were Mrs. R. H. Wil-
son and baby. 2 years old, and Miss
Fay Davis, daughter of W. E. Davis,
engineer at the Lester gin.
The WIlHon house stood near the
creek hank, and was carried half a
mile down stream. It Is not known
whether the occupants attempted to
escape, as the flood occurred at 3
o’clock In the morning. The bodies
of the women were found lodged in
Mr. Shoenfolt is instructed to make trees in Spring creek, anil the child s
a personal inspection of the Improve - body was found floating,
ments of the Delaware surplus lands Many other families along the
and whore necessary, require the af stream were compelled to leave their
fidavits or both the vendor and Ine homes, among them being: S. h
where application has been1 ........... w*t°r
Mar-
vendee,
made to sell such improvements.
demption of'assiRnment by paylns the and the commission are to work to
full amount of principal and interest father In so far as the rights to citi
t da|e zenshlp ami the possession of l! e im
(d). After redemption period has provements in question are con
tin. the Frisco agent. Water was two
feet deep on the floor of the house,
which Is near the depot. The resi-
dence of Ben Reynolds was washed
away.
About 200 feet of the Frisco rail-
road track was washed from the grade.
expired if the loan is no,.mid the ease -ned alimlt ^ ^rod an^ewa.
may be advertised for thi.ly days in ^ ^ Qf , e„ lan(1„ ,.J resume*. All efforts to locate R. H
I want ___ it__L....I....1 .. 9 H,n
a paper of general circulation in
county wherein the land is located
and sold to the highest bidder, said
advertisement to designate date, hour
and place of sale, the place to be at
the place of business of the assignee
or the front door of the court house
of the county wherein the land is lo-
cated
cess of what the Delawares art <*n |
titled to hold as allotments.
BATTLE NOW IN PROGRESS
Japanese and Russians Are Said to be
Busy in Manchuria
LIAO Yang: Japanese artillery has I
fin I
Wilson, the husband of the drowned
woman, have been in vain. He left
here two days before the flood for the
Kansas wheat fields, and Is now sup-
posed to be somewhere in Oklahoma.
Fear is felt that many people In the
lowlands did not escape, as the rise
of the streams was so sudden.
Details are awaited.
(et The proceeds of the sale to be opened upon Vnfangow (a station
applied as follows: First, in payment the railway twenty five miles above
of all past due rents and assessments ! Kin Chout
due the territory; second, in payment
of the cost of advertising and sale; ST. PETERSBURG: Emperor Nich
of loan and inter- olas has received the following tele
FLOOD WAS SEVERE
Hundreds of Miles of Fence Washed
Away—Town Destroyed
MILL CREEK: Reports coming
In from all directions Indicate that
the flood of Friday was much worse
than anticipated. 1*0 more lives are
reported lost, but damage to crops has
been quite severe in the Bennington
,ha, thev warn lost ' The boat caught were precipitated into the lower deck
fme in Hell Gate and tbe flames had which itself was a mass of women and
““S'w.' *ZTL (bh«Tthca'firc <hMarny of the bodies recovered were
It was | horribly burned. It will be hours be
be- fore the fire in the hold of the vessel
third, in payment
ests; the residue to go to the lessee gram from Lieutenant General Baron
making the assignment j Stakelberg
(f.) In case of advertisement of A battle began around the Rus d*n
the lease for sale a copy of said ad- 1 position four and a half miles south
vertisement must he mailed the secre- of the station of Wafanhoon (Bafan
tary of the school land hoard in a reg gow?) the enemy making repeated at-| *n<I Blue bottoms, thejdyfer^golng over
istered letter and received by him tempts to dislodge our left flank. The *v'“ n* n Ur"tae'a n“
not less than twenty days before date : at:uric was repelled and we letaincd
of sale. 1 otir position
(g). Full report of the sale and pro-| The first regiment, occupying *•'
posed distribution of proceeds of sale i<>«i llrnk of our position, sustained
must be submitted to the department severe losses. It commander, Colonel
under oath for approval before the j Khavastounoft, and Adjutant Dragos-
the tops of some of the houses. One
man took refuge in a wagon, which
he chained to a tree. The current
was very swift, nad the water went
down almost as quickly as it came up.
Hundreds of miles of fence have been
washed away, and the little town of
sale will he ratified and a new lease |aff Nodochinsky were killed. General Ywr*c» tw'*nty miles northeast of here.
executed to the purchaser, and no sale (jernross was wounded a shrapnel
will be ratified if the price paid is not bullet shattering the right side of his
three-fourths of the appraised value |ower jaw, but he remained on the
of the improvements. field.”
(h.) When the canceled duplicate --------
assignment or other satisfactory fcvl All Quiet at Cripple Creek
dence of payment of the loan Is pro- CRIBBLE CREEK
Is reported entirely lost.
cottltl be made to check the
A frightful scene followed
impossible to run the boat ashore be fore the tire in me nom o. me .w.~.
“ ot the Hell Gate rocks on either j is out. and the bodies removed there-
side Nothing could be done in the I from
CHANGE IN GUARD SYSTEM
KNOX TO GO TO THE SENATE
Sheriff Carpenter of Lognn county
arrested John Gates, ex-city marshal
of the negro town of Langston, for
the murder of Councilman A. L.
Yates. Gates and two other negroes
were accused by Yates In his dying
statement. The trouble grew out of
the recent city election.
Suing for Bonus
SHAWNEE: The sheriff and his
deputies have just served 201 of the
leading business men and property
Bractlcally aBI owners of this city with summons to
sen ted to the department the assign- the large mines in this district which either make answer tq or default be-
ment will bo cancelled and released on have been closed during the past week! fore July 6, a suit field agakist them
the hooks of the department and tbe
lease returned to the lessee
have resumed operations. After a con I as guarantors of the payment of right
ference between representatives of of way bonus to the Missouri, Kan
the various local unions and of mine nas & Texas railway, the sum of $18.-
An Attorney Up for Contempt
GUTHRIE: The Oklahoma su
preme court has cited H. A. Johnson,
a prominent attorney of Perry, to ap-
pear before the court on August 31
owners and the Citizens’ alliance the
employers agreed to make a full and
fiank statement concerning their at
j tltude toward all organized labor. The
| committee is here preparing a draft
next to show cause why he should not of such a statement which will he sub-
be suspended from practice and pun- mitted to the central committee for
Ished for contempt. In a brief filed approval before it is made public. An
in an appeal case Johnson is alleged other party of miners will be deported
to have assailed the integrity of one
member of the bench.
Ml SKOCiGr*. . , Knox of Pittsburg, attorney general
eral jails arc completed tl f-njtP(i States, has been select-
system of feeding prisoners will be : ^ (() fj|| ,(1(. seat j„ the United States
abolished, ami the government itself j senatp made vacant by the death of
will take the mailer in hand. Also j M s qnay He will accept and serve
the guard force will be cut down one i ,)y appojntmcnt of Governor Penny-
half. which will mean that fully forty j parker untji Mhrch 4. the date of the
men will lose their positions There expjratton nf the late senator's corn-
are four of the new jails, and they are mission Unless political complica-
te be completed during the latter part tions sh0„M arise he will be elected
of July. ; for the full term by the legislature
The new system will be a crest toss wh|0h meets in June. It is expected
to the men who have up to the present | fhat Mr Knox wt)| remain in the cabl-
time received annual contracts for i net llntji December,
furnishing provisions to the inmates.
Thev have made from three to four Boy Badly Injured
thousand dollars a year by reason of I.AWTON: News from Manitou.
shrewd economy The contract that ok., states that the eleven-year old son
the new Insituatton will be under will of George Huff was very seriously in-
he much safer than the old ones war- jured by being run over by two hand
the change in the guard sys- cars. The boy, who was riding upo|
one of the cars, fell ofT in front of It
_________ The cars passed over him, cutting
Good actors and good architects sonj0 ugly gashes in his head and
draw good houses. body. He may rtcover.
The third annual session of the B
Y. P. U. was held in Enid last week.
Grimes Misses a Holdup
GUTHRIE: By refusing to wait
for the ’bus to take him to the hotel
in Baxter Springs. ICns., recently,
Territorial Secretary Grimes saved
his wallet. Mr. Grimes had gone there
to look after private interests near
In a woodenware exhibit in the Pal
aee of Agriculture at the World’s Fair
i is a pail weighing 2,375 pounds.
COURT OF APPEALS MEETS
Two Questions Important in Indian
Territory to be Considered
SOUTH McALESTER : The court
soon, but their destination has not yet|
been given out.
A metal rt»of is Haiti to he positive)
protection against the building it cov
ers being struck by lightning
HAD DUMMIES ON THE ROLL
A Frisco Road Boss Padded the Pa) |
Roll to the Extent of $400 a Month
GUTHRIE: Through the alleged |
000 being yet unpaid. The bonds-
men are individually responsible under
its terms, and are worth many more
timest he amount. This suit is brought
against more defendants than any
other ever filed in Oklahoma, and it
is now the intention to fight it to th*
supreme court.
Three Times Robbed
MUSKOGEE The Phoenix cloth-
ing house was burglarized one night
recently and $205 and some clothing
taken. This store has been robbe I
three times within a year
of appeals of the Indian Territory will ; forgery of pay rolls by John Fit* |
have two matters of general interest ' patrick. a Frisco road boss on the Sa
to come up at this term. The (’hero- pulpa division, between Oklahoma I
that place, ancl arrived on an evening kee fullblood organization is trying to City and Sapulpa. the management ol
train. The ’bits driver refused to
start for town on the plea that he
must wait for another train. Mr
Grimes “hoofed” it. He had gone
but a few seconds when two masked
men entered the waiting room and
robbed those within. Mr. Grimes says
he had a “hunch” that something was
going to happen.
rants
tem.
Dssiyns for Precious Gsms.
The leaf of the geranium, the fruit
of the vine, or the flower of the poppy
may serve sa models to be carried
out In precious gems. It <a by these
things that the jewels of this age will
be recognized by future generations.
One is glad to notice that artists are
not confined entirely to copying de-
signs of the periods of Louis XIV’.
Louis XV and Louis XVI, but that
some scope is given to their original j tl30 damaged
genius.
■ deprive the freedmen of that nation,
1 numbering 4.500, from participating in
the tribal lands and funds, on the
i ground that the tr^atv admitting the
| freedmen to citizenship was not law
I fully adopted. The validity of the In-
dian tax on merchants in the towns
i of the territory will also be tested.
Judge Raymond of the western dis-
trict upheld the Creek tux, while
I Judge Clayton of the central district
i declared that the tax could not lie col-
j lected in the regularly platted and
sold townsites of the Choctaw nation.
Incendiaries Burn a Barn
HELENA: Unknown partieri
emptied a barrel of kerosene fiom the
second story window of James Wells’
store building here and then fired it.
The entire building and stock were
destroyed An adjoining hotel wa:
the road now estimates the loss
a result of such embezzlements at |
$10,000. It is charged that Kit/.
Patrick carried a sufficient numbfv o'|
dummies on tlie pay roll to guarant
him a salary of $400 a month. He |
has managed thus far to avoid arrest,
his- present whereabouts being un
known
Lccs by Lightning at Yukon
YUKIN: Electrical storms, which
have visited this section recent 1
have done considerable damage tc
stock. The lightning striking th*
wire fences ran for miles, in some
instances, and killed cattle and horse
grazing near by. It Is reported here
that Henry Gildings, a farmer, lost
seven fat steers nod three Worses In
this manner, while his neighbors ar-j
also losers
UNDER JURISDICTION OF COURT
Allotments Art Not In the Mends of
Department After Passed Upon
Mt'HKOGEK In a case paxael
upon Indian Agonl Shoenfelt takes the
positnn that when an allotment of
land Ik once alienated by a bona fide
holder the ageney ean no longer inter-
fere in any way with its poBsessor,
even though the wrong person might
assume to occupy the property. The
specific case decided was that of Nan-
nie Yoker. a freed woman, who, ariar
haring sold her allotment, applied to
the agenl to have the occupant ru-
mored under the intruder act.
This case was only one of a dozen
others of a similar nature which have
been presented to the agent, and his
position in this matter will probably
terminate a rapidly growing nuisance
The agency is compelled to see that
the land of the allottees are not In-
truded upon by non-citizens or wrong
fill claimants, but after the cale of an
allotment the property then, accord-
ing to the agent comes under the
jurisdiction of the courts and net tha
interior department
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