The Marshall Tribune. (Marshall, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1904 Page: 2 of 14
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MARSHALL TRIBUNE.
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W. A. kILLET.
MARSHALL.
OKLA
NEWS OF THE NEW STATE
Up to last week the Hollis gin has
turned out 1,700 bales this season.
It is rumor, d that the Santa Fo Is
to erect roundhouse and shops at
Shawnee to cost $ 100,000.
Oklahoma has paid Kansas for the
keeping of convicts since October 7th,
1S90 to the present time $2:10,738.73
The sale of vacant lots in Ravia
Is set for November loth.
The Creek council has appropriated
$70,000 for the schools of tho nation
The application for establishment
of the American National Bank at
Pom a City with a capital st ck o!
$50,000 has been approved by the com
ptroller of the currency.
Will Harper, aged twenty-three, cl
Tecumseh, while attempting to board
a moving train was thrown under the
wheels and one of his legs was cut
cff.
1
, A cotton compress company in
Oklahoma City has contracted to fur
ni:-h $00,( 00 worth of cotton to a firm
of Japanese for immediate shipmcn:
to Nagasaki.
The eighth annual session of the
Oklahoma conference of the United
Brethren in Christ convened in Ok-
lahoma City last week. Bishop G. M.
Matthews of Chicago presided.
.T. R. Owens, living east of Purecrll
last week accidentally shot himself.
He may recover.
Judge Gill cf the northern district
of Indian Territory has tiled his opin-
ion in the tribal tax matter He
agrees with the opinion of ,Judge
Townsend of the South McAlester
district, and says the courts may re-
strain the secretary of the interior
when he is not acting within the
bounds of the law.
Oklahoma, says the Headrick Her-
ald, wears more belts than an Ari-
zona cowboy. She is in ihe wheat
belt, toe corn bolt, the cotton belt,
the broom corn belt, the alfalfa belt,
the fruit bilt, the cattle belt, the oil
belt and the gas belt. She raises more
-?ane than Hades and more suckers
than Illinois.
The anti-horse thief association for
Indian Territory has just closed its
a-nual meeting in Checotah. The
most important action was the with-
drawal of the Indian Territory divis-
ion from the jurisdiction of Okla-
homa and the establishment of a
separate division. This was bitterly
fought by tho Oklahoma division.
Leading Chickasaw Indians are
said to be indignant, over the action
of the legislature in refusing to as-
sist federal authorities in maintain-
ing and establishing new schools.
The interior department will not per-
mit Indan children to attend white
schools without paying tuition. In-
dians are also opposi d to white
children attending their schools.
FIQHT WITH GUNS
Some interesting facts w ro brought
out at the South McAlester conference
last week. The territorial district has
between $.",00,000 and $400,000 expend-
ed in churches, an increase of $100,-
000 the past year. Over $100,000 are
represented in parsonages and $400,-
000 in schcol property. Tho confer-
ence embraces the two territories with
a membership of 35,000. The net in
crea-e in membership the past year
was 2,i00.
One Counstable Killed and Another
In a Precarious Conditioi
LAWTON: One of the most sensa-
tional killings in the history of the
jew country occurred in this clt>
Wednesday.
Sid Williams, constable of Brown
township, lies at the undertaker's
Rstablishment, dead, with a bul et
hole through his body.
Nep. Brady, deputy constable of
Brown township, and city marshal of
the town of Sterling, lies at the trav-
elers home with a bullet hole through
his body, which barely missed the
lung. He is in a precarious condi-
tion, and the chances are decide ily
against his recovery.
The two men met at the Palace har
and ordered drinks. Brady drank and
stepped back from the bar, when Wil-
liams, pulling his revolver, com-
manded Brady to deliver up his revol-
ver. Brady, thinking he was joking,
said that he would as soon as he took
thft loads out of it. Williams then
advanced and, leveling his revolver
at the breast of Brady, pulled the
trigger. The gun snapped and Brady
dodged a second attempt, in the
meantime drawing his revolver. Wil-
liams retreated towards the rear ot
the saloon and continued to tire, the
third shot taking effect in William's
chest. He fell, and as he did so, con-
tinued to fire on Williams until his
revolver was empty. Williams was
hit twice and had fired live times. He
died instantly.
The history of the trouble between
the two men dates back more than
a year. In a difficulty at the town cf
Sterling, while Williams was under
the influence of liquor, he fired upon
a citizen of that community. Brady
arrested him and brought him before
the court. The next grand jury in-
dicted him for assault with intent to
murder. The case was set tor trial
in the district court and continued
for the term. Both men are married
and have families.
COUNCIL CLOSES
ACCIDENT IN COAL MINE
Ten Men Were Killed and Three In-
jured by Falling of Shaft.
WILKESBARRE, PA: 'Pen men
were killed and three seriously in-
jured by an accident at No. 1 Auch-
inclose shaft, operated by the Dela-
ware, Lackawanna and Western Coal
company at Nanticoke. The men
were mostly all upon the mine car-
riage to be lowered to the workings
below. The signal was given to
the engineer, who began lowering the
men. The carriage had gone but a
few feet when the engineer lost con-
trol of the engine, owing to the re-
verse levers failing to work, and the
carriage, with its load of human
souls, ten in all, dashed beyond the
Ross vein, landing nearly 1,100 feet
below the surface, and from there
they were precipitated 300 feet
further into a sump.
Those who may not have been
killed outright were without doubt
drowned in tCe sump, which is fully
fifty feet deep with water.
WICHITA FOREST RESERVATION
Three Thousand Head of Stock to be
Given Free Range
LAWTON: Forest Supervisor E. E.
Morrissy of Cache, is in receipt of a
letter in which he is advised that
3,000 head of cattle and horses will
be allowed free range in the Wichita
forest reservation from January 1 to
December 1, 1905. No more than
125 head so admitted must belong to
the same person. He stated that
grazing on the reserva is splendid
this year, and that the number limit-
ed by the department would be un-
able to make any inroads on the
1904 growth.
Charles McMillan, a prominent
citizen of McMillan, was fatally
wounded by the' accidental discharge
of a revolver.
CREEK LAWMAKERS ADJOURN,
AFTER THREE WEEKS' SESSION
ANTIPATHY EXISTS IN THE NATION
Racial Feeling Manifested Itself in
Many Ways—Creeks Hold That Ne-
groes Should Have No Part in
Deliberations
OKMULGEE: The Creek council,
which has been in session for the
past three weeks, has closed. Much
Important legislation was passed
during the closing hours.
One of the mo.-t remarkable fea-
tures of this council has been the an-
tipathy which has developed on the
part of the full-blood Creeks toward
the freedmen (negroes) who are mem-
bers of the council. This racial
feeling has manifested itself in iuany
ways, and is the first time it has ever
appeared in the council. When those
negroes who were formerly slaves of
the Creeks, came back to the Creek
nation after the civil war they were
granted equal rights by the govern-
ment, and thus obtained communal
rights with the Creeks. They have
been accepted without a murmur in
the legislative halls of the Creeks
until this session ol' the council. The
negroes have been given their land,
and the restrictions retaoved from it
by the department. The Indians
have been unable to secure the re-
moval of their disability. '1 hey claim,
too, that the negroes have received
all that is their share and should no
longer have a voice in making laws
for the Creek nation, of which they
are no longer a part. This raec feel-
ing has cropped out a number of
times this fall during the sessions of
the council.
The council has appropriated $7G,-
000 for tho maintenance of the
schools of tho Creek nation. There
are nine boarding schools and about
twenty-five day schools. In addition
to tho-e there are forty schools es-
tablished by the government this
year, which may be attended by both
Indians and whites. This appropri-
ation exhausts every dollar of the
Creek national school fund. It will
be used one year. After that time
the Creeks will be without money for
their schools, unless it can be raised
from some other source. It is ex-
pected the government will take the
mattir in hand and provide schools,
altho ugh this is purely problematical,
as the last government appropriation
is bi t for one year.
LOOKS BAD FOR BINGHAM
OKLAHOMA NOT REPRESENTED
In Government's Cotton Ginning Re-
port, Just Issue;i
GUTHRIE: Although the report
of the government has been issued,
showing the amount of cotton ginned
la the various cotton growing states
of the south, yet no mention is made
there n of the cotton in Oklahoma and
Indian Territory. These territories
are eliminated entirely.
This is evidently not the fault of
the government, but rather should be:
blamed to those persons who were
named to collect cotton statistics for
the government. There are supposed
to be agents at work in all districts,
and if they do not report, of course
th > government has no way of includ-
ing the territories in this report.
The cotton ginned in the territories
would show up favorably with sever-
al of the states, and would show more
than a number of the oldest cotton-
growing states, and the territories
should have this additional showing
to their credit. This work should
be placed in the hands of men who
will attend to it.
Some Crooked Work Being Practiced
—Dawes Commission Employes in It
TISHOMINGO: Some sensational
testimony was given in the hearing
of G. W. Bingham, the Tishomingo
attorney, who was summoned before
the Dawes commission here to show
cause why he should not be disbarred
from practicing before the commis-
sion.
The hearing was conducted before
Tams Bixby, chairman, and G. D.
Rogers, chief counsel. Final decision
was deferred until the other mem-
bers of the commission can be con-
sulted. Two clerks have already been
discharged, F. C. White and W. Mc<
Davitt, as a result of an investiga-
tion from Washington.
Evidence was introduced at the
hearing to show that Bingham had of-
fered bribes to the janitor to get pos-
session of records and had advanced
his clients ahead of those of other
lawyers in their turns of filing at the
land office, contrary to the rules ot
the commission. Mr. Rogers intro-
duced testimony given by Bingham at
a previous hearing, which was in sub-
stance:
"l ast Saturday night I saw Turner
near the hotel. I told him I did not
have all the records necessary for
my work. I told him I would give him
$100 for the use of tiicse rolls Satur-
day night and over Sunday. About
that time a third party came up and
that stopped the conversation. I made
the offer for the purpose of finding
out who was getting information than
I could not get and how they were
going about it."
J. W. Morris, a Tishomingo attor<
ney, testified that Bingham told him
that he (Bingham) could get informa-
tion by paying for it
"I heard him say," continued tha
witness, "that he could shove people
ahead of their regular number by pay-
ing for it."
S. W. Burton, mailing clerk In tha
land office and a close friend of
Bingham, stated that one night ha
went to the attorneys house and saw
a book in his room which looked iden-
tically like one of the roll books of the
land office, and that a stenographer
was taking data from it. Turner saw
this through an open window.
In rebuttal Eingham attempted to
show that it was the common practice
at the land office to advance people
out of their turn where they were rep-
resented by favored attorneys.
Walter Worden testified that num-
bers were taken out ot the office of E.
C. White and placed upon the spindle
in the filing division before they
should be reached.
Fred T. Marr, chief clerk at the
land office, was placed on the stand
by Bingham's attorney in an attempt
to prove that at least ten persons had
the combination to the valut wheie
the records were kept, some of whom
were not at the time employes of the
commission. Mr. Marr explained that
some ex-employes, who previously had
a right to access to the vault, still re-
tained the combination, but that it
was not given to anyone who had nc
business with it.
Mr. Bingham's attorney attempted
to prove that Mr. Marr had assisted
Bingham in opening the safe one even,
ing Marr said that tie did not remem-
ber such an occurrence.
In an attempt to prove thatp lats ot
the allcted and unailo'«vi lands wer«
given out from the land office con
trary to the rules of the commission
John McClure, of Chickasha, wa
placed upon the stand and swore thai
he bought tuch a plat from a land
man by the name of Chapman, who
declared that he could get them when
ever he wanted them.
McClure testified that he acted as
a go-b( tween for another man, who
wanted to see if the plats could b«
bought and that be paid Chapmai
$7.50 for it. The testimony intro
duced by Bingham to prove corruption
in the land office, although sensational,
was not definite, and involves no pen
sons in particular except those wha
are not now connected with the offica
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