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I OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN INDIAN TERRITORYASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS. mm VOLUME xn. CLEVELAND TIRES OF JOB PLACE OF INSURANCE "HARMON IZER" NOT TO HIS LIKING, Paul Morton Asked By the Ex-Pres dent to Release Him From the $12,000 a Year Place, Accord, to Friends. Tho Now York World Buys: "That Mr. Cleveland Is heartily sick of Ills 12,000 n year position as 'harmonlzor' of tho "big threo' Insur anco companies, la tho frank state ment of his friends. Mr. Cleveland It is said, told Paul Morton, prosl dent of tho Equitable Life Society, Monday, that ho would llko to bo re leased from the position. Mr. Mor ton, It la statod, bogg"cd hlra to re main and bIvo tho place a further test.. "Tho reason underlying Mr. Cleve land's deslro to glvo up tho position are described by his friends ns two fold. In Uio first place, he Is dlssatls iicu win mo pumicity winch was glvon his acceptance of tho office and in tho second place, ho feels koon ly the hostllo criticism which tho pub llclty had aroused. "Mr. Cloveland was appointed to tho placo of rcbato rcfereo less tkan a month ngo. Each of tho 'big threo' companies contributed ?4,000 a year to his salary. "Mr. Cleveland's employment by tho insurance companies was bollov- cd to have a much broader slgnlfl canco than that of a robato referonco, and to bo In reality tho initial step toward a 'community of tho Interest In the management of tho 'big threo.' In this capacity his functions would bo to provent tho Ryan control of tho Equitable tho Rockcfollcr-Hnrrlman control of tho Mutual and tho J. P, Morgnn control of tho Now York IJfo from getting Into any war over Insurance business.' The house cleaning committees of both the Mutual Life and tho Now York LIfo Insuranco companies havo received a "hurry up" hint from At tornoy General Mayer. It was loan ed today from directors of both com' panics that tho altornoy genoral was dissatisfied with tho progress of tho housn cleaning nnd tho failure to mako effectlvo reforms. tho attorney general has sent n messago to each of tho houso cleaning committees, which In substance says: "It is up to tho directors to do their own houso cloanlng, effectively and well. It Is a duty which they owe to their good names. Wherever thoro Is ground for roFtltuUon, It Is .their duty first of nil to Tiring suits ngalnst tho responsible persons. Tho attor ney general believes that reasonable expedition should bo exercised, nnd Is disposed to wait a reasonablo length of tlmo." Tho messago from "Tho nttorney gen eral caused consternation in both tho Now York IJfo and Mutual compan ies. Offlcors and trustees of tho lat ter nro particularly anxious becauso of tho fact that not ono reform meas ure recommended In tho four recent reports mado by the Truosdnlo houso cleaning committee has beon carrlod out. NOTES FROM CRUSHER. A Very Busy Point in a Canon of Ar buckle Mountains. Special Correspondonco Crusher, I. T., Jan. 22. A welcome chango in tho weather has como and we aro all glad. Tho O. K. Duilding and Construc tion company of Oklohoma City who bought out tho A. Mooro plant, at this flPlace, first of last .December, .is pro- f . v-iVarlng. to,', enlarge ,tbp plant and In .crease tho. output .q fill thoir ndoda , of, crashed rock. At tho present tlmo they aro shipping four cars dally of McAdam rock t6 Shawneo and a llko amount of screenings to Oklahoma City whoro they havo contracts In. both cltlos of Btrootwork as woll as concroto work. They also mako a daily output for tho Eastern Oklaho ma railway of ballast rock and aro employing In this about sixty men. Next week thoy will "commence load fng rip rap for tho protection of em bankments on tho Canadian river at Purcell and wll for this uao somo twenty mon In addition. Tho loading . will bo dono by dorricka and steam ' power. Georgo Hlrchuzor is in charge of all steam and other machinery and f SIDNEY SUGGS. PROP. Is vi ry well suited nnd ncmmlntcd with nil kinds of work dono by machinery. In addition to Iho present machin ery will be nddod another crusher, larger than the one now In use. A part of which has nlrcady arrived. This will Incrcaso tho output to more than double of what It was, and Is ex pected when In complete order to fur nish employment to two hundred men. This O. K. Building nnd Construc tion compnny havo otlicr quarries and Mr. nrownoll tho president of Uio company states tho rock In tho Ar bucklo mountains for conreto work, macadam and ballast Is of tho best quality. We are nil very anxious for tho coming ptntohood. It not Sequoyah, then somrthlng else, but in any caso, a state. Tho Ar.lmorolto is always welcome, we wish yon success. KILLED IN SNOWSLIDE. Seven Men Reported Dead at Utah Mining Camp. Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 21. Sor en men wore killed by a snowslldo at tho mining camp at Alta today, ac cording to tho latest messago receiv ed before tho telephone wires broko. Efforts to gain further Information havo been fruitless, owing to tho con dition of the wires and tho deop snow In the mountains. Tho nearest ap proach possible, even on snow shoos, Is threo miles. Alta Is twenty miles from Salt I.ako City. death;of,a balloonist HE FELL DISTANCE OF NEARLY THREE THOUSAND FEET. This Was the First Attempt of the Young Man at an Extended As cension Spectators Hasten ed from Sickening Scene. Wolfo City, Tex., Jan. 21, Thla af- ternoon at nbout 6 o'clock L. Cooper lost his life as a'rcsult of a balloon ascension at this place. It is Intimat ed by tho amusomont manager with whom tho unfortunnto man was en gaged that ho must havo fallen at least 2.G00 feet. His fall was partial ly brokon by a mass of wires about twenty-five feet from tho ground, but not sufficiently to prevent Instant death. Tho body was mangled in n m.jt frightful manner. It is said this was tho first attempt Cooper had mado at an oxtended as cension. It was his Intention tn cut loo'jo from tho balloon and descend by a parachute. Ho went up on a bar, and It was noticed by tho specta tors that ho novor nt any tlmo nctod as If ho was at easo or comfortalilo during tho rapid ascent. .It Is not known whether he attempted to cut away tho parachute or whether from nervousness ho lost Ins hold. At any rate the parachuto was not separated from tho balloon. His falling was In full view of tho spectators nnd many turned away from tho sickening sceno whllo others hurled" to tho point Indicated by his descent that ho would alight. Tho mangled remains aro being hold subject to order from Uio young mail's parents Bnld to reBldo at Clarluda Iowa. Deceased was about 20 years old and unmarried. HOW WALKER WAS NAMED. Had Indorsement of Secretary Taft and Came from Ohio. Washington, Jan. 21. It was rocall- ed today by thoso Interested in tho matter that Georgo W. Walker, whom fho presldont namod to bo United States Attorney for tho Southorn dis trict was an applicant about a month agc( for tho attorneyship of Uio Cen tral District to succeed Mr, Wllklna; to whoso placo Mr. Latham was ap pointed. It was rpmnrkod then that Mr. Walker was formerly a r'esldont of Ohio and that ho had tho Indorse ment of Secretary Taft. Now It trnnaplroa whon Sec rotary Taft loarnod of tie president's difficul ty In finding a suitablo man to suc ceed Mr. Johnson ho remlndod tho president of Mr. Walker and the pros ldontsolzed tho opportunity with tho eagornesB of a man who had found something for which ho had boen look- Ing for a long tlmo. .'Mr. Walkor has llvod in Uio Territory only a few months.. "Tho Auction" Monday night at tha Presbyterian Manse. Bo there. 21 ARDMORK, IND. TER., MONDAyIsVENING, JANUAJIY BLIZZARD OVER SOUTHWEST ZERO WEATHER PREDICTED FOR THIS SECTION TONIGHT. All Railroad Traffic Interfered With In Many Cities Street Car Lines Are Tied Up Telegraph Com panies are Hampered. St. Louis, Jan. 22. A bllzznrd of sloet two Inches thick, covered tho ground this morning with a tonrpor- aturo nt slxteoii degrcos nb'ovo zoro All Btrcet car and railroad trafflo f badly delayed. Tolographlc communication with Chicago and points oast was very poor early In tho morning, whon sml denly nt 8 o'clock It ceased.' At the telegraph offices It Is slated Uiat com municatlon Is being effected cast of hero in a slow roundabout Jashlon but tho service Is badly Interfered with on account of tho sloet covered wires. Conditions from Kansas City Kanas City, Mb., Jan. 22 Closo to zero weathor with a high wind at some points and a light snow wcro Uio weather conditions today In this part of tho Southwest. Tho coldest point reported by tho local weather bureau was at Dodge City, Kans., whero tho thormoinotor registered two degrees nbovo zero. At Kansas City, Okldho ma City and WIchltn It was twelve above. Topeka nine above. The pro dictions aro for zero wonthcr general oral now i In over this territory by tonight. A sn storm is reportod to bo general Arkansas today, in southeastern Kqn sas a blizzard stfjl raged today. Street car traffic is supOnded and alt trains are late. South McAlesUr, Jan. 22. nils part or Indian Territory Is today tho grip of, a genuine blizzard", A blinding snow storm accompanied by high wind, has raged slnco last night, drifting thesnow badly, nnd bringing all traffic to a standstill. Tho storm Is tho worst experienced for years, SL Joseph, Jan. 22. St. Joseph Is In tho grip of a blizzard. Lincoln, Nob., Jan. 22. In eastern Nobraska this morning mercijry stood ono degree nbovo zoro. A hnrd wind but no snow. Des Moines, Jan. 22. Zero weather all over Iowa. A high wind has dam aged the wires. St. IjouIb, Jan. 22. Communication with the cast was not established till ono o'clock, nnd at that hour Chicago still remained Isolated. ' New York, Jnn. 22. Tlorgahplc communication with Chicago was cut off at 9:35 this morning. Just before tho wires went down news was re ceived that traffic was delayed and that a storm was doing much damago wlUiIn a radius of sovcral miles of Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 22 Chicago is cut off from' Uio nows o Uio world today by a Blcct Btorm which prostrated the wires In every direction. Business Is curtailed greatly by tie up of street car linos, owing to tho sleet forming on tho rails. Hundreds of thousands of people aro seriously affected by tho tie up. Will Locate Summer Normal. Itoff, I. T., Jan. 22. At a recent mooting of tho oxecutlvo commit too of iho Chickasaw -Teachers' Associa tion, preliminary steps wcro taken for tho next regular meeting of tho as Boclatlon to be hold In Ardmoro, 23rd and 24th of FebrtTdry. Tho following committee has been appointed to select a place, sot a tlme,i nttmo a faculty, and complete arrange raonts for a Summer Normal InstU, tuto. H. A. Stanloy, 'adlll. T. T. Piorco, Tishomingo. ChnB. Evans, Ardmoro. W. C. French, Wyrinewood Jas. Oaborn, Pauls Valley. Towns wishing this normal will mako offora to If. A. Stanley, of Ma dill, There will bo about 150 teachers Ja attendance and a profltnblo instltuto Is.oxpected,' ' This committee will report to tho assoclaton at Ardmoro. E. P. DOWNING. Prealoxmt. FOR THIRD TERM MOVE R008EVELT PARTY WORKING TO SWEEP HIM IN. Many Significant Actions Pointed Out by Those Watching Maneuvering. Working to Appease South. Much Talk Is Creattfid. A Wushlngton Kpeonl to the New York Herald says: Jacob A. Mils' slatomont made yoa torday declaring that Prosidont Rooso velt would run for a third tlmo If It became necessary In order to achlovo the defeat of the "monoy power,' which ho believes Iff ngagod In ob structing the proBidont'ii reforms, nt tractod consldornblo attention here, In fact, everything printed bearing on Uio presidents polltcal n'mbltlon at tracts much ntlontlon, and especial Importance is attached to Mr. nils' Statement that "party linos will bo wiped out in 190S." This, it Is declar ed, foreshadows tho formation of a "Roosevelt party" that will swoop tho presldont In for a Uilrd term. Representatives hero point but Big nlficant things, both North nnd South in justification of their bollof. Thoy say that tho president has already laid tho ground for a noosovelt party tn the North. Ho can either bo3s tho Republican-partv In Now York and Now England, or creato a Roosevoll party, Just as ho chooses. In Uio South ho Is working to nppeaBO tho Southern Domocrats. ins appointment of Gen. Luke B. Wright to bo Ambassador to Toklo is regarded hero as puroly political. His selection of Judge Roso of Arkansas to be one of the Amorlcan dclogatcs at Tho Hague Is on tho same lines, ins uuierminaion to rotlro nogrooa in Uio South as officeholders, so that they can mako way for whlto mon Is in the same line. There Is a very gen eral fooling that Uie presldont ox poets great things from tho SouUi, nnd ho Is seeking to hold enough Southern men In hand to carry Uirough measures, despite Republican opposi tlon. Tho Southern Dcmocrata saved tho Phlllpplno tnrlff bill last week. FRANGEWANTS SATISFACTION VENEZUELA MUST APOLOGIZE FOR INSULTING TREATMENT. France Has Warships at Hand and Peaceful Blockade will be Estab lished or a Seizure of Custom Houses May be Result. WaBhingtou, Jan. 21. It Is loarnod here that Franco will demand an im- modlato apology of Presldont Castro for what la regarded as his insulting nnd unwnrrantablo treatment of M. Tnlgny, the French Charge d'affaires. Three French warships arc wltnin striking distance of tho Venozuolun coast and two moro aro on tho way from Franco. What form tho dis pleasure of Franco will taku has been tentatively decided and tho dotalls of tho program will bo communicated confidentially to tho Washington gov ernment. Not until Castro has felt tho form of French dissatisfaction will tiie world know whether a peaceful block ado Is to bo established or whether a custom house will bo seized. Should tho seizure of custom houses along the coasUbo docldcd upon it is not unlikely that In ordor to disabuse tho anxiety oC tha European Powers lest tho payment of, thoir claims is to bo stopped, Franco, may ask eorao out. eldo neutraf Power to act aa rocelvor for tho custom house returns until President Castro has apologized and glvon assurance of his Intention to ro- flume diplomatic relations with Franco. It is dove-Joyed also that Uiroo or four cablegrams of tho greatest Im portance addressed to M. Talgny by tho French government were never dellevered. This will bo tho subject of a rigid Investigation. Tho man who la known among his Intimates as a "good follow" doosn t always havo that reputation at homo. Politics la making others bollevu what you .don't bellovo yourself. 22, 190C jwcripiion 5oc A SOONER CASE une ot UKianoma's Early Contest Now In Supremo Court. H..H...I.. SM.t- ... wumiiu, uiuu., .inn. 21 case contesting a hoinestoad entry In Okla homa county, wherein tho original on tryman wna charged with being Hoonor, has found Its way Into Uio Ok lahoma supremo court. The original entrymnn was Henry Howe, a brothe of Ed Ho wo and Chas. llowo of Atch Ison, Knn. Howo died In 1S92, follow ing uio opening of the couutry In 18S3, and his rights passed to his wld ow, Sarah I. Howe, her daughter, No rn, and tho two brothora In Atchison Tho widow, howovor, bought tho quit clnim deeds of tin brother, and with tho daughter hns sinco occupied at least a portion of the qunrter aoctlon Involvod. Early In 1891 Milton K. .irkor on lored a contest against llowo. alleging mm to bo n sooner. Tho cuso has bton In the courts, in somo form, ova slnco, but In tho nicantlmj tho Into rlor department hn. uphold tho cl 'In: or raruor nnd hold How0 to havo beon a Boonor. Parker thou filod an entry on tho claim' in 1893, nnd built a big rosldonco, but has never boen nblo to dispossess tho widow nnd daughter ot llowo. Thoy hold tona clously to a part ot tho land and aro now In tho supromo court of Uio ter ritory contesting Parker's deed to tho homestead. ANTICIPATING TROUBLE RU8SIAN POLICE TAKE PROMPT ACTION AGAINST TERRORISTS Arresting Working Men Many Lead ers Will be Detained Until Tues day Guards on Duty Mon day Is the Critical Day. St. Petersburg, Jan. 21. In nnilclpat Ing a terrorist attempt at bomb-throw. Ing on Monday the police today con uucjort searches In all the largo fac lories and also ns a precautionary meastiro gathered In a largo number of tho lenders of Uij worklngmon whom thoy will detain over Monday. Heavy guards tonight began patrollng tho industrial quarters and tho rifles hav0 beon provided to arm tho pollco In caso there Is an outbreak. It Is stated that those spucinl meas urea will be In force only until Tucs day. If Monday passed without dis order the authorities are ennflilonr that tranquility will reign until tho critical period ot tho elections to the Douma. The street railway employes and tho apothecaries have voted for a gen eral strike on Monday, but It Is bo- Moved Hint tho decreo of the work men's council will bo only partly obey ed In the fnctorlos nnd commercial houses. Tho Moscow workmen havo not re covered rrom tho last strlko and probably will noglect to obsorvo tho day. Dispatches from that city say that many bombs havo boon nban donod In tho streets, tho owners np parontly being discouraged anil fear ing arrest. THIRD TIME FOR CHANNELL. An Oklahoma Farmer Taken to the Asylum for Third Time. Guthrlo, Okla., Jan. 21. John Chun- nell, a Crescent township fannor, has boon taken to Uio Insane asylum at Norman for tho third tlmo In flvo years, being adjudged Insane during tho paBt woek. The. caso Is a peculiar ono. Channell baa written a blblo of fioveral hundred pages, Uio pointers for which ho claims to have received direct from God. Ho gots these point ers from dark objects or spirits which ho sees in U;e clouda. Ho has ridden several horses to death chasing thoso objects. Ho also had a glass houso constructed for a sort of workshop nnd through the glasa studies the Btars. Hla quartor aoctlon farm la In cloaed with a tblrtoen-wlrq fonco, and nt ono tlmo ho bad a gnto built bo that whon it wna opened tho person ontoring would be confronted with a doubltWbnrrollcd shotgun pointing di rectly at him. For many mornings In succession Channell woukl compel tho members of hla family to listen to his reading several chapters from' hla bl blo. Fow women can chango color with out tho aid of the make-up box. Tho Angell's nro horo thla woek at the opera houso. . THE AUCTION TONIGHT. pfR month; NUMBER 2 PARTY PIE DISTRIBUTE THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATIoJ HAVE LOST THEIR PULL. Recent Appointments Show That Tl rltories Have Small Influence! Appointments Made Without Recommendation. nulhrlo, Okla., Jan. 21 Tho nouncement from Indian TcrrlK that Georjto R. Walker ot SouUi A Aluster has boon appointed Unit StatoM at tornoy in tho Southern d trlct of that territory to succeed H. Johnson and that ho pullod tl place through tho Influence of S-l rotary Tnft of tho war dopartmoj shows just what Oklahoma and dlan Torrltory Inlluenco la worth Washington whon nppolntmonts al being considered. Walker lb an cellont nttomoy and will mako a goi otiicor but nothing politically hi boon hoard of him until his appolJ niont was announced. wiinin uio past week also frd Washington was announced tho rc-J polnlment of Chief Jusflco John Hurford nnd Assoclato Justlco Bay a I i. nainor and Ucnjamln F Durw. of thb Oklahoma supromo couJ Whoro did thoy got thoir pullsT Bu ford was tho only ono of Uio trio cl dorsel by Uio republican organizatlri In Oklahom-i, but ho would havo lanl ed without It Uirough Uio Influenco bra "oTO frlond," Vice-President FaJ banns of Indiana. Mr. Hnlner wc without homo Indorsomont throurJ Uio Influonco of Senator William Allison of Iowa, and Mr. rturwoit wo! without local endorsement tnrourl Uio Influence of Senator Steve Elklil of West Virginia. Assoclato JuathJ Clinton F. Irwin la asking roappolnl ment and making hla boast that h docs not rely on Oklahoma, but o tho Inlluencj of Senator A. J. HoJ kins of Illinois. John W. Scothort nsaistant United States attornei holds hla placo through tho Matt Qual machine In Pennaylvanla and la noi asking to bo mado a Judeo on thl samo pull. Recently Mr. Maxwell of MIssouJ wna appointed over Oklahomana tl bo register of tho land office nt La? ton, and Mr. Sickles of Mlasourl wnl re appointed register of tho El Ron land offlco, whllo Mr. Hodge of IUInl ols holds a similar placo hero througl Spcakor Joo Cannon's Influence. And In his speech at Wntonga, ro contly, ox-Congressman Flynn madJ the statcmont "in tho president'! presonce, Mr. Frantz, tho governed denied tho Intorvlows glvon out thai ho owed his nppolntmnt to any Ol ialioma mon." CAUGHT BETWEEN CAR8. C-l.,.. D I . ...... . . I . mu uianiun raiauy nun wnlia Connecting Train. I uenison, Tex., Jan. 21. A Frisco! brakoman named Wllkorson died thli morning at Roff, f. T., as tho rosuli of Injuries rccelvod last night whllo at work at Scullln, I. T. Tho Frisct local on which he was at work stool ped at Scullln to pick up a car. Wilkl orson wont botwoon two cars to put! on mo air noso ana wnuo so ernl it t . ... I ployed other care switched on th track whero ho was working, pushoc logother tho two between which he was working.. Wilkoraon was badlyl mutilated, but llvod till ho was takenl to Roff. Ho was formerly employed! horo as a switchman for tho Missouri,! Kansas and Texas. MEDICAL SOCIETY FORMED. Officers Elected for Oraanlratlonl Completed at Ada. Ada, IT., Jan. 21. By Invitation of! Drs. Llgon and King of this placal nbout twenty doctors mot at thoir oC- flcea and organized a medical aocietyl for aixteonth recording district. Dr. J. W. Gilbert of Roff was mado prc. Idont, Dr. J. F. Sullivan of StonowaHl vlco presldont. Dr. W. H. Greor ofl Ada, .secretary, and Dr. W. D. Akersl of Ada troasurer. This Is the first I district or country organization of Its I kind .In Uio Torrltory. Aftor the or. I ganlzatlon Dra. Ugon and Ktng t3n dored tho nowly organized society s smoker. Tho society will hold Its next mooting at Roff on tho lot das; oi Aiarcn, Tho ndvlco of our frlouds conies In I handy when wo want to 'blanio our failures, on something. , il