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kit OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN INDIAN TERRITORY ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS. X' VOLUME xn. f SIDFftY SUGGS. PROP. ARDMOIIE. IND. TEJK.. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1906 SUBSCRIPTION 50G PER MONTH NUMBER 280 0, iln TURN DOWN STATEHOOD NEW MEXICO1 AND ARIZONA TO VOTE" AGAINST IT. Former Delegate to New Mexico Says Two Territories Would Get What They Wanted From Next Con gress Won't Accept It Now. "New Mexico anil Arizona likely will be Riven Joint statehood by the present .congress, but thoy won't ac cept It," declared T. II. Catron, of Santa Fe, N. M., former territorial delegate from New Mexico, nt the naltlmorc yesterday. "Neither of those territories wants statehood In that way, and, as I have said, they will simply reject It. "Dput I do bellevo that in a way the present and contemplated futuro ac tion of congress will do the tcrrlto torles good. I look to soe, as I have said the present arrangement adopted by congress, with the Foraker amend ment. Then tho question will bo sub mitted back to tho people, of tho territories. Our peoplo In thoso terri tories -will simply get together and submit to the peoplo of tho two ter ritories three proposed constitutions. One of these will be a constitution for the projected state. The othor two will bo a constitution for each of tho two territories. Of course wo shall do all we can to have tho single stato constitution voted down. We believe that wo shall succeed. In the place of that each territory will give Its ap proval, we bellvo to the particular constitution previously prepared for It. Then, after that Is done, we shall go down before the next session of congress and show what we have done. Wo will tell them, 'Here, we have seen fit to repudiate your no tion with regard to us. Dut Instead we have hero a proposition or our own; we hope you will see fit to gIVe It your approval.' "Now, tho American peoplo -of all things admire pluck and determina tion. And we people out there have figured It that after the members of congress have seen our display of these qualities they will accede to our requests and nccede to our requests and do what Is right. It Is an outrage, as I have said many times before, that an effort should be mado toward Jointure of those two territories. Their Interests aren't common. Territorial Ism Is meant In the American govern ment as an education looking to state hood. Now, Arizona has boen living under one code of laws and New Mex ico under another, Now Mexico looks rather to tho east whilo tho peoplo of Arizona tend more toivnrd tho Pacific. "Upon many subjects which I might mention to you, tho laws of tho two territories are absolutely at variance, With theso Interests and Institutions clashing, what can wo expect, In the event that tho effort Is made to Join tho two territories? One territory will havo to give up Its laws and Instltu tlons for Uie othor, else somo system, entirely now to both will havo to be adopted. Then all of your education Is thrown away, and where Is the hen eflt of the territorial form of gov crnm'ont? "Governor Hagerman seems to bo giving a satisfactory administration. Ho appears to ba generally popular with tho people of tho torrltory. "Our country, as you may know, is enjoying ft phenomenal growth. Gov ernor Hagerman told mo that In Jilt Dart of tho territory, tho Pecos vnl loy, the railroads aro bringing' In on an avorago of five tralnloads of peo pic onco ovory two weeks. Not all or thBBe become actual Investors, btlt 20 per cent at toast do, and you sec' -what that means.' K. C. Journal. FELL TO HER DEATH. Fate of a Widow at Ithlca, New York. Ithlca, N. Y.i Feb. 12. Mrs. M. C, iiiiiz. a widow, formerly of Circle vlllo, Ohio, who has been in Ithlca to the past few years with her son who was a student at Cornell, felt to her death from a fourth floor window of tho Ithlca hotol yesterday. Sho bocamo 111 during tho night and whllo leaning from tho window to get fresh air, sho fainted and fell to tho ground, strik ing heart fl'3t on tho Iron grating. noath was Instantaneous. Tho body will bo taken to CIrclovlllo Xn wlnr a trany,nmbles boeauae ho ran' K'o AsMrg, and In summer bo- .cause tbore Is no sleighing. TEXARKANA FIRE SWEPT, Loss of Property In that City Over Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars. Texarkanh, Tex., Feb. 12. A terri fic fire swept out halt of a city block this morning beginning about 2:30. It burned for four hours. Tne total loss is $75,000. Tho total Insurance Is nbout $20,000. The fire originated in a small real- ence back of the Covington hotel and Is supposed to have been caused 4y a runs catching from a lamp. It sprciid to the Covington hotel owned by Hon Collins. Loss on hotel ml contents, $30,000; Insurance $10,- 000. I-oss on Degrazler's saloon, $5,000; Insurance $2500. The fire spread northward destroy ing the) Pullman boarding house and the Ingram block, owned by Dave In gram. Tho loss on theso buildings and contents Is $20,000. partially covered Insurance. There aro many other minor losses. Fireman T. I Johnson wns badly In jured by a falling wall from tho Cov- ngton hotel. Tho flro company on the cast side lost 400 feet of hoso burned urlng tho conflagration. Thoro were many narrow escapes on tho part of boarders. A FIG TURF SCANDAL MILLIONAIRE RACIN i MAN IM- PLICATED IN AFFAIR. A Horse Drugged and Smathers Is Ac cused of Knowing Lou Dillon Was "Fixed" Prize Ciia Taken From Owner by Sheriff. New York, Feb. 12. The American says: 1'he most sensational turf scandal of recent yenrs was reveaed last night, when It becuno known that E. 2. Smathers, the millionaire turban. had been accused of knowing that ditiKH had been adrnhilf tcied to Lou Dillon, C. K. G. Dilllngs' fnmous trot ter, when, at Memphis, In Octobor, 1901, Smathers, driving his own horse, Major Delmar, beat Ixu Dillon. The gold cup, worth $5,000, which Smathers won nt that time, has been taken by a deputy sheriff out of Sma thers' possession In his suite In the PlerpontB, and Is now In tho sheriff's office. MY. Smathers, when seen late last night, said tho cup had boen seiz ed before he loarnpd of the startling accusations. Smathers returned to his apartment yesterday and on learning of tho seiz ure of tho cup, wns furious, llo hur ried to tho sheriff's offlco anil depos ited a bond for $7,000. MY. Smathers said last night: "If the dope was used on Lou Dil lon I had no hand In It and knew nothing nbout It. Lou Dillon wns a fa vorite and she should not havo been If anyone know she had boen doped." The race was one of tho most sen sational In tho history of the local trotting turf. Tho $5,000 gold cup, which, It Is said, has been taken away from' Mr. Smathors' apartments ltt Now York, was offered by tho Mem phis association, and was to belong to tho driving club whoso membor won It twice. B. E. Smathers took the first race In 1002 with Lord Derby. C. K. G. Billings won tho noxt one In 1903 with Lou Dillon and tho final raco year following was won by Mr. Smathers who drove Major Delmar, Before tho raco Lou Dillon had work' ed close to the record and was a fa vorite In tho betting although Major Delmar was at the top of his form In tho first heat Lou Dillon, driven by Mr. Billings, went woll to tho hnlf mlI6 post ,and ; then' dropped tack hopelessly 'beaten. When tho horses were brought out for tho second heat It wns decided by Millard Sanders, of tho Billings' stablo hnd n veterinary that tho "roaro had "Crimps," and Mr, BIllng3 drovo tho second heat mere ly to glvo tho event tho appearanco of a contest although ho made no at tempt to win. Famous Pianist Disappears. Chicago, Feb. 12. Fannyo Bloom flold Zlglor, the world famous plan 1st, has disappeared. Tho police havo been asked by her husband to search for her. Sho suffered from melancholia and It Is feared harm has befallen her, Pardoned By President. Washington, Fob. 12. Midshipman Minor Meriwether of Louisiana, who wa3 convicted of hazing and sen toncod tq. dismissal, has been pardon ed by the president. STIRRED BY . BRYAN'S TALK THE CHINESE AGITATORS APT TO STIR UP MORE TROUBLE. The Commoner Was Entertained at Banquet by Chinese Merchants at Shanghai Exclusion Act and the Boycott. Seattle .Feb. 12. Samuel Glasgow, manager of a milling company of Spo kane and Seattle, has received Hong Kong newspapers nnd letters from William Burt, representative In China of tho company, which state that tho speeches made by W. J. Bryan before Chinese merchants nt a dinner given by them In his honor, have been used by Chinese agitators to stir up fresh agitation against American products. Previous to this at u meeting held by nbout fifty, commercial representa tives and delegates from tho various Chlncso guilds of Shanghai, Canton and Hong Kong, tho delegates had agreed upon twelve proposed modifi cations of tho exclusion law. Tho American representatives agreed to havo their houses urge theso upon congress and the Chinese agreed Im mediately to call oft tho boycott. Then, according to Hong Kong news papers, Mr. Bryan appeared and wns ntertnlncd by the Chinese merchants nt a dinner. Ono of the Chinese mer chants at the dinner reported tho pro ceedlngs to the Chinese newspapers. He quoted Mr. Bryan ns declaring that he labor party was so strong In the United States that the Chinese work men, skilled or unskilled would nover be permitted to ontort This Informant said that while Mr. Jlryan had agreed to supjiort a num ber of proposed chnnges, he had not been able to draw from tho American leader nny definite assurance of sup iwrt of tho policy which tho Chinese would Infllst upon as tho only condi tion on which tho boycott would bo withdrawn, After tho Interpretation of Mr. Brynn's speech became known, the Chinese merchants said they were onvlueed that the American congress would not adopt the changes recom mended by tho American merchants and Hint their best policy was to put on tho boycott screws tighter than over. ... BEAVERS PLEADS GUILTY. His Connection With Postal Frauds Lands Him In Penitentiary. Washington, D. C, Feb. 13. In tho criminal court horo today George W. Beavers pleaded guilty to tho Indict ments charging htm with conspiracy with former state senator Ueorgo E. Green of Blnghamton, N Y.. and W. Doremus, to defraud tho govern ment In connection with furnishing postal supplies, also for bribery, and wns sentenced to two years In tho West Virginia penitentiary. Ho was Immediately taken Into custody. SHQOTS WIFE'S PARAMOUR. Husband Admitted to Bond Unfaith ful Woman Held. Chicago, Ills., Fob. 13. O. W. Mur phy, superintendent of tho Chicago Bock Co., who last night shot Daniel P. Pndfleld of Bollovllle, Ills., whllo In company with Mrs. Murphy, wna to day released on $10,000 bond. Mrs Murphy Is confined at the stsitlon on a charge of disorderly conduct. Pad field, 'who was shot twice. Is expected to recover. HADLEY TAKING TESTIMONY, Missouri Attorney General After Standard Oil In Iowa.. Des Moines. Iowa. Feb. 13. Attor ney General Hartley of Missouri ar rived hero today and began faking testimony In tho alleged unfair com petition salo of oil by tho Standard Oil company In Iowa. PACKERS FIRST WITNESS. Swift's Office Manager Takes Stand Nothing New Develops, Chicago, Ills., Fob. 13. Frank Haywarrt, ofllco manager for Swift &' Co., was tho first witness for tho packers today. Hayward wns ono of tho men who Interviewed tho govern mont agents at tho tlmo of tho In vestigation. Nothing now wns adduced Crisis Not Warranted. AlKeclras, Morocco, Fob. 13. Re- ports circulating In European capl tats aro that tho crisis has been roaobed but ar not warranted by aq tual conditions hero. SOME WASHINGTON NOTE8. Bill to Create an Additional. United States Circuit Appeal Court. Washington, Fob. 12. Tho houso Judiciary committee has rcportod fa vorably Congressman Stephens' bill authorizing the president In conjunc tion with the .Uatc of Tcxns to mark tho present boundary lino between Texas anil tho Territories of Oklaho ma and New Mexico. The committee has also reported favorably Stephens' bill establishing a United States court and record'ng distiict nt Dun can, I. T., Instead of Comanche, taa now existing. Sunator Clark has Introduced a bill which M'eliH to creale an additional United States circuit court of appeals, comprised of Idaho, Montana. Colora do, Utah, Wyoming, Now Mexico, Ari zona and Indian Territory. Allison Mayflcld, one of tho commis sioner of the Toxns railroad commis sion, In said to bo one of tho numer ous Texan.s who will seek tho appoint ment of Intel stato commerce commis sioner under' tho proposed Hepburn law, and has friends at work In bo half of his candidacy. It Is generally conceded, however,, tha Judge Sim Cowan has tho lusldo trade .for the prospective opening. Tho now form of money orders that prevents the "raising" of theso orders by means of a chemical preparation of tho paper so as to make It sensitive to tho ncidR, used In erasing tho ori ginal figures, has proven so successful that tha postmaster general has ask ed congress for an appropriation of $15,000 to put these money o:(i' blanks In general use. MUST CONSIDER NEGROES. Booker T. Washington Delivers Ad dress In New York. New York, Feb. 12. Booker T Washington spoke yesterday In be half of tho White Uoho Industrial as joclatIrti at Its headquarters In this city. The association's name offers a home for respectablo negro flrjs seek Ing employment. Thoro were man white persons present who hnva 'ti- ;en an Interest In the work of tha president of TusUegee. Washington urged tho necessity of the negro ser- ant being u bettor servant than his white rl'vnl. "This Is ono of tho places of good work In which I havo been most deeply interested," he said. "It represents practical and not Im aginary needs. In tho city of Now York there arc 65.000 representatives of our raco negroes. Tho negro pop ulation Increases rapidly and It Is for the welfare of tho nation that there are institutions like this. "In tho great anxiety to get forwnrd n modorn business nnd II f o It Is dif ficult to get ono race to feel that It s the only race. Forty years ago there ,err six milium negroes In this country nnd now there nro ten mil Hon. They must be considered. In tho largo wholesale business they send out drummers with samples of tho goods thoy want to sell, the honest salesman declaring that tho goods represented by, tho samples aro even better than tho sample. It Is very Itn iwutant to our raco that you hero lu tho north should show yourselves wor thy samples of Industry anil progress Iveness. Your responsibility Is tre mendous. You owe It to yourselves nnd your peoplo In tho South that you should gain tho favorablo opinion of tho people of tho north." DOUGLAS TO RUN IT7 Said to be Slated to Manage Mc Gulre's Oklahoma City Organ. Oklahoma City. O. T., Feb. 12. It was stated positively hero today that J. A. Jenkins, of Muskogee, would have nothing io da with ho editorial m'anngemejit of tho new dally M"c Oiilro organ to bo started here March 1. It Is1 said that Jenkins will stay in Muskogee and manage a McGulro paper there, and that Clarence Douglas, of the Muskogee Phoenix will transfer his Interests to this city, and tako charge of tho new paper. Tito transaction is causing conslilerablo comment horo nnd tho two papors now hero have nractlcnlly served no- tlco that tho l'UPiness men will luv nothing to do with tho now paper. Miners Committee In Session. Now York, N. Y Fob. 13. Tho siib committ-c o'. miners continued In conference today lu relation to tho framing of th'i demands. William Little, n mcm'ior of tho International exccutlvo board and Edward McKay national organizor arrived today I response to a telegram from Mltclxrtl Mitchell declined to say why ho had callod them'. THINKS STATEHOOD SURE. W. T. Sprowls of Dd-ant Is Optimistic and Predicts Union With Oklahoma. Among tho promlnont mon who havo dvocated tho catns t Blnxv state hood nono have worked nnrj unceas ingly than W. T. Sprowls o! Durnnt, who was In tho illy jostor.Ur nn bus- ness. Ho wns ono of the many state- ood delegates who wont to Washing on In December to tirgo Joint state hood with Oklahoma nnd from' tho moment he reached Washington until e departed ho wis making a plea for self-government. "In my opinion,' ho said, In apctiK- ng of tho sIM-: tlon yestordny, ,'co i- gross will pass a incisure creating ono state out of the two tcrrlto. cs. do not bollovo that Arizona or Now Mexico will Intcrforo with us. I bo llovo that the Foraker amendment will pass the Senate. This iimend nient Is fair to thoso territories. Us iiiitin provision Is that tho pf-oplo will oto on tho qsestlon of Joint sUo- hood. Mr. Sprowls Is very sanguine that wo will get statehood soon anil says that the sontlmen' In congress M strong for Joint stutehood for Indian Territory nnd Oklahoma and that wo are entitled to It on meritorious grounds. After spending the dny he departed for his homo. 00 MUCH SOCIETY YOUNG MAN OF ADA CONFESSES AND 8KIPS. Was Cashier and Confidential Book keeper, Trusted Implicitly by His Employers Could Not Resist Temptation Left Town. The Oklahoma State Capital says The peoplo of Ada nro asking what did ho do With tho vast sumn of mon cy taken nnrt how on earth did ho keep It up for three years without de tection. Theso -questions aro being asked becauso Harry Dowlor, a social young mail, who stood high In this own as a model for honesty, sobriety and In gqncral nn exomplary young man whom tho officers are looking for, charged with stealing nbout five thousand dollars from tho Ada Cotton Oil company. Bowler Wns cashier and conlldcn tlal book-keeper and trusted Implicitly by tho olllcers of tho company. Ho confessed but when confronted rcfus ed to stato what became of tho money Ho lived with his aged mother and was a dutiful son. Ho was a thirty second degree Mason nnd Sunday school teacher. The name of Harry Bowler stood for nil tnat was high and noblo among tho society at Ad The young ladlos looked upon him as their Ideal. Ho never kept bad com pony and drew a handsome salary. P, A. Norrls, general mannger of tho Ada Cotton Oil company discovered the shortago last week and accused Bow lor of tho crime, to which ho confess oil but asked a llttlo time In which to n.iko restitution. His friends attempted to make the amount good but upon learning how great It was thoy withdrew from tho matter. Young Bowler loft on a south bound Frisco train last Tuesday morning for parts unknown and off! cers nre after him. Tho matter has caused great excitement here. M'r, Norrls says the shortage may run very much hlghor when tho books are all checked up. BIQ REPUBLICAN POWWOW. The Faithful Enjoy Big Love Feast Last plight at Muskogee. MuskogQO, I .T Feb. 12. Two nil a- drOd" representative - Republican of Indian Territory, attended tho banquet hero tonight, given undor tho auspices of tho United Republican Club of Mus kogee, in , honor of the birthday of Abraham Uncoln. Thero were many out-of-town guests, present, notlceablo among them being Joseph A. GUI, Unltod States Judge for tlio Northern district; D. L. Sleep er, Tulsa; Orlando Swain, Okmulgeo N! G. Turk, Chocotnh. This Is conceded to havo been tho most successful mSetlng of Republi cans ovor hold In tho Wostorn dis trict. Ono of tho features of tho even ing was tho maiden speech of Judge W. R. LawvoncQ of I ho Wostorn dis trict, whon. ho responded to tho toast "Tho Judiciary of tho Now Stato." Blizzard Conditions In Nebraska Omnha. Fen. 13. Blizzard con- dltldns exist M3 morning I" Nobrni- ka. with a high wind, drifting badly. . , CAPTURE IS IMPORTANT MURDERER TAKEN IN AFTER SIX TEEN YEARS OF FREEDOM. James McCarty Arrested by Sheriff Garrison of Oklahoma for Killing McPherson In 1890 Bonds men Said He Was Dead. The Oklahoma Stato Capital says Assistant attorney general Don Smith yostorday received tho follow lowing telegram from Sheriff G. W. Garrison of Oklahoma county: Llttlo Bock, A-k I havo In chargo James McCarty. Wlll lonvo for Oklahoma City at 2:30," O. W. OAIiniSON, ShorllT. McCarty l wanted on a chargo of murder committed In Oklahoma City on August fourth 1890, McCarty, who was In n saloon, qunrrolcd with Sam McPherson nnd was given a gun by tho bartender. At sight of the rcvol- cr McPherson ran out Into tho stroot where McCarty followed him. McPhor son dropped on his knees and begged that his life bo spared, but McCarty riddled his body with bullets. McCarty was placed under arrest and lator released on a $10,000 boai. At tho tlmo tho Sac and Fox reserva tion was opened fourteen years agi tho bondsmen appeared In court and mndo a motion to bo dismissed from thu bond. They offered allegod ow dence that McCarty hart died and hal been burled In tho Sac and Fox coun try. Sheriff Garrison nnd deputy sheriff Shlrloy Dyer went to work on tho case rccontly on Information tending o show that M"cCarty was not dead. Tho two officer? wont to Arkansas where they located McCarty In the saloon business and Identified htm. Sheriff Garrison bccured a requisition on tho Governor of Arkansas from Governor Frantz and yesterday ar rested their man. McCarty will be placed in tho Okla homa county Jail and held for trial at tho coming session of court. Honry Howard was tho county nttornoy who prosecuted tho case In 1890, A pocu liar featuro of tho story Is tho fact that thoro arc flvo mon In business In Oklahoma City at present who lived thero sixteen years ago and who were oyo witnesses to tho shooting; JUDGE DEFINES USURY. Question of Interest to Territory Bankers and Money Lender. Muskogee, I. T., Feb. 12. This af ternoon Judge Iiwrenco rendered a decision In a usury case which Is or great Importance to Indtnn Torrltory and especially to banks and capital generally. It was to tho effect that tho contract rate of Intorost In tho torrltory Is 8 per cont but that In caso an attompt was mado to collect more than that, that but C per cnt can bo collected which fs lntororcscted to bo tho legal rato In this country. Thero has Ion; boon i controversy ns to what Is usury nnd tho penalty In this country. Judgo Raymond hold that It usury Is chareed, tho Interest and principal woro both forfeited. Tho court of appeals was novcr able to decldo this question. Tho decision mado different opinions. Tho dOLialon mado by Judgo Lawrence, Is la lino with tho opinion of Judgo GUI or tho Northern district. SOOTHING SYRUP'S SLAUGHTER. Million Babies Killed by Patent Med icine, 8ays Expert. Washington, Fob. 12T "Moro babies hayo been, killed by soothing synip during thej past fifty years JMn tho United States has lost men In oil tho wars In which It hn oeen engaged." Professor II. H. W. Wlloy, chlor or tiio bi(rcau of chemistry of tho agri cultural department, said In a speech last night. "It Is safe to say," Dr. Wiley said, "that In this tlmo moro than 1,000,00' headstones mark tho gravos of In fants who havo succumbed to tho poi sons contained In theso sleep-producing drugs, admlnlstorod by unthink ing mothers, against tho advlco of ro putablo physicians. Soothing syrups alono havo filled many graveyards. Impuro milk contained in cans' Is moro deadly In tho gorm llfo it har bors than all other baby food com bined." , Dr. Wlloy was discussing what ho termed "tho patent modtclno ovII,,r nn s'H 't was "criminal quackery" vtX ii Vrer toned to undermine the health of tho American people.