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J Jfll l I'll 1 I) ARDMORE, IND. TER., FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1002. VOLUME IX. SIDNEY HUGOS ! . $5 A YEAR. I NUMBER 311 Profribtor at I ft ft ft ft KRJO, WHO KILLED HIS FATnfcM, RETURNS AND SHOOTS tinthrr Indian. Who Dies, ana Brother Says "You Are My Prison r" Care for the Wounded Man Other Matters. ' His tho Jcnnln&B Dros. aro recolving lain, tlreda or Inquiries about It dally- Tho chitons gonorally aro highly plowed ovor tho election of Cross as dologato from Oklahoma. Wowokn, I. T., Nov. c. i.eww unr- died this morning in the Unltod n tee Jail here from the effects of a dllet holo through his lung. Harjo ho was n full blood Somlnole, was a lid Indian who shot and ltllled his ithor a fow wools ago nonr Mccom ay bocauBo the latter rofueed to go Is bond in n wliUky caso. Ilarjo I ok the trail nnd has been scouting ntll Saturday, whon ho boldly roturn d to his old homo and thoh shot an chor Indian In tho leg. A numbor of Ainlnolos thon started out to run him r' and cpmlng on him Tuosday morn " ig, thoy undertook to arrost him, but ,o unslung his gun and was about to taa ,80 It, wlion his own brothor shot him. T hoy put tho wounded man In a wagon y ,'nd hauled him to Wowoka and dollv- rod him to Marshal Loo H. HcnnotL j )r. C. P. Linn oxamlnod his wound and V ironouncod It fatal. ri ' Unltod States court Is In session, , vlth Judgo Raymond on tho bench & ind a large nuhor or Indian Torrltory jji, ittorneys prosent. Prosecuting Attor A, loy Win. M. Mollotto is on hand nnd a rushing things. Marshal Dcnnott II Jrought ovor fifty-six prlsonors from X UuBkogeo for trial. Among them nro 3 tlx murderers nnd tho rcBt nro felonies -, It is not llkoly that tho civil docket 2 will bo reached this term. This Is 2, the first term of court hero since tho 2. prganizatlon of tho now western dis- trict nnu consequently many ncwiaccs nro present and tho town Is crowded, Among tho nttornoys attending aro lion. Mm. Cravens of Fort Smith, T, A. Lorln and Col. Crisp of Muskogee, Judgo Thomas and A. S. MCKonnon, L formorly n member of tho Dawes conv I mission, but now nttornoy for'tho Scm L Inolo nation. Much Intcrost Is taken In tho forthcoming townslto snlo and FLYNN CONCEDES IT. Says Cross Is Elected and Statehood Is Defeated. Guthrie, Ok., Nov. C. I-nat evonlng Dennle Flynn announced to sovorol republican lenders that ho concedes the election uf Cross. He stated Opon ly thnt Cross had undoubtedly defeat ed MoQulro. and says the omnibus stntehood bill will bo turned down by the eenate as a punishment for elect ing Cross. NO CLAIMANT FOR BODY. Casey, the Dead Outlaw, Apparently Had No Friends. Tho body of Dert Casey, the outlaw who was shot by Deputy Marshal Hud son Monday, still lies at the Patterson undertaking establishment, no one hnvlng claimed the body. John Pottoms of Ilrldgoport, nnd Uu Griffin of Cordoll. positively men- tlflod Casey as tho man who escaped from them last March. Others who have soon tho body nro positive that tho body Is Casoy and tho Identlflca tlon sooms comploto. Dort Casoy was about 21 yoars old, from Information gained at tho mar shal's ofllco. Ho was about 5 feet 10 lnchos In height and wolghod ICO pounds. The belongings of tho doad outlaw. Including the four horsos, guns, and other paraphornalla, havo been ordorod shinned from Enid to Kingfisher. Largo crowds havo revlowod tho re mains and many of tho cnllors nro people from out of tho city who, out of curiosity wished to so tho man who had terrorized portions of tho Torn tory for a number of years. The reward of $5,000 will bo dlvld cd between Hudson and Hockott as soon as tho lndontlllcatlon Is complot cd. Tho body of Sims, tho other outlaw, Is In chnrgo of tho sheriff-of Dlalno county, for furthor Identification. Sims was known to bo n dosperau man, though hot as bad as Casoy. If no friends of Casey nnd Sims ask for tho bodies tho government will havo to bear tho expense of burial. Guthrie Leader. m E ii I DON'T LI l PC TO LAN. ET LOOSE GRACT. PUB- Ignore Law and Order Secretary Hitchcock and Department of Jus. tlce Determined to Protect Set tlers Official Report. noring tho law and the iwders of tho president nnd secretary of the Interior for tho Immediate removnl of these obstructions. The order for this wna given last April but wns extended to July 1 upon tire plea of the cnttle men and thetr promise to remove tho fences upon that date. Fences havo been removed during the year from 24,604 ncres or the public domain, nnd the promises secured from cattlemen to remove nearly 4,000,000 acres. Tho report of nn Inspector on dut In Ne- slipped a little steel saw nnd n brnce braska Is Incorporated In tUe report of "t six-shooters to them and with the the commissioner. This states that flt they sawod their way to liberty and with i. F. ANDERSON, B. F. FRENSLEY, G. L. ANDERSON, S. II. TORBETT, President. Ylce Preildent. Cashier, Asst.Cashr, 1ST NATIONAL BANK, Ardrnore, Indian Territory. Designated Depository for Bankruptcy Funds m Chickasaw Nation. Capital paid in $ 60,000.00 Surplus and Profits 140.000.00 Total $200,000.00 Tho oldost bank In Indian Territory. Accounts of firms and individuals solicited upon tho most liberal terms consistent with Rood banking, Washington, D. C, fcov. O-Mr. Hitchcock, secretary of the Interior, hns been making a systematic and persistent campaign for seveml years against the syndicates that have been trying to defraud the homesteaders and settlers or their rights. Ho has determined to put an end to the Irnnds by which cattle barons nnd laud spec ulators have been securing possession and control of vast tracts of tho public domain. Itecord of tho past year shows that In the Indian Territory, New Mexico, Nebraska, California, Wash ington, Oregon and Wyoming thous ands of fraudulent ontrles havo been made by representatives of these syn dicates, for the ovldont purposo of protecting tho cattlo barons In tholr unlawful possession of tho grazing lands. Mr. Hitchcock hns broken tho gamo up pretty woll In tho Indian Ter ritory, although n syndicate or Toxas cattlo men Is still In tho possession or a good deal of grazing land for which tho Indian owners aro not re ceiving proper compensation. Somo of tho schemes worked by the syndlcato and their agents aro oxpos ed in tho annual report of tho com' mlsslonor or tho general land ofllco mndo public today. Commenting upon tho plans Tor fraud that woro dlscov ered In Arkansas, tho report sny3: "During tho flscnl year ton convic tions havo been secured for frauds committed In connection with soldiers' additional assignments oxocutcd In Arkansas. A groat systematic conspl mcy for tho l.urposo of defrauding' tho gurornment In these cases was dis covored to bo In oxlstonco during tho lattor part of 1901 In this stnto, which has been compiotoly broken up and the guilty parties sontonced to porlods of Imprisonment In tho United Statos penltontiary at Fort Leavonworth ranging from thrco yoars down, to gethor with tho imposition of fines, In tho states of Minnesota, Wis consin nnd Michigan many nppllca- Hons havo been suspondod nnd reject ed which nro found to bo cloarly fraud ulent. As yet, howovor. no convle. nearly the entire public lands of Ne braska nrd under fence by cattle men and that efforts are being made by them to secure some color or title ROBERTS, POLAND & BRUCE INSURANCE. REAL ESTATE. BONDS. It Might be Worse You will realize that fact moat forcibly when your accideut happens, if you havo beeu pru dent enough to carry accident insurance. Insurance won't set broken bones nor heal wounds, but it will pay "doctor's bills and grocer's bills whilo you are laid up. Bottor see ns about it soon. W. S. WOLVERTON & SON L. D. MASON, DEALEH IN Nev and Second Hand Furniture and Stoves. G6ods Bought, Sold, Rented and Exchanged North Washington Street, Ardmoro, I. T, FIVE PRISONERS ESCAPE. Men Held at El Reno Object to Quar ters and Seek New Fields. Id ItenoOk., Nov. C. At some time between sundown on last evening nnd the break or day five prisoners os enped from the county Jail at HI Hono, and have departed for the Sunny South, or somo unknown more con genial elline. They did their work well nnd smoothly. Some person bnd tho latter held the other prisoners quiet. They used the saw first In removing the bar in the ronr of their cells and then on a bar at one from the government. This is accom- t "e wlnitows In the north end of the Jail. The rest was easy. The escaped are: Wheeler, under arrest on n charge of ropo. l'rewltt, charged with burglary. Craig, felonious assault; shooting at Officers Holm re and Stonemnn. Irwin and Grndjytwo men nrrested for burr ry at Yukon. The little steel saw with which they did their work was purhnps olght or ten Inches In length nnd very shnrp. It had nn lmndlo nnd : tho user of It had wrapped n ploco or bnndnnn handkerchlor around it, which not only served ns n lmndlo, but also doadonod or mulllod tho sound mado by tho grating or tho tooth. Tho bars had boon sawed at ono end only, nnd woro onslly romovod artorwards. A reward or $25 has boon offered for the capture of all tho oecaped oxeopt Wheeler, and ho hns had n price of $50 hung ovor his hoad. It Is under stood that thoy took tho train south from hero that night, but It Is not definitely known. Shorlft Cosby nnd somo doputlos nro In pursuit. pllshed by what Is known ns the "ho bo filings." Hired employes of the cnttle companies have filed upon thou sands nnd thousands of acres of land now undsr fence, and there Is no se cret of their plan to sell these hold ings ns soon as the title can be se cured, to the cattle companies. Tho report says: "The persons who pay for these en tries expect to hold them by buying a hearing applied for If claim Is sus pended, and to appeal from tho- local officers t6 the commissioner, nnd from your olllre to the secretary, and thus run It along for several yoars It pos slblo holding the land and range meantime pending flnnl decision. Of course, thoy file In nit kinds of nnmos, nnd possibly two or three times under dlsgulso. Thousands upon thousands of such entries havo beon made In tneso states within tho past two or threo years especially since the fonco agitation camo up. Tho homo stead law is n dead Iottor, absolutely no attention Is paid to It." Tho commissioner urges Increased appropriations for Inspectors nnd agents for tho department in order that Investigations Into thoso frnudu lout ontrles may be mado moro thoi oughly and promptly. A little ovor 5,000,000 acros of land woro certified and pntontcd to rail roads during the year undor tho lnnd grants mado by congross to nld In tho construction of rnilroads. During tho season tho Interior dopaitmont allow ed 1,107.000 snoop to ontor eight of tho reservations for specified porlods, tho grazing to be confined to specified nroas, and 450,137 head of cattlo nnd horsos to graze In thirty-eight of tho reservations. CHOICE OTS . . T Soveu choico dwelling lots in southwest part of city. If you want o flue locnlion for n home, investigate thoso, $750 will buva5-rooui dwelling, good corner lot, well, burn and storm house, corner Seventh uve nue and 0 street, N. W. $15 monthly installments will buy n neat 'troom cottage, corner lot, good improvements. Das routed for past 3 years for $10 n month. The Redfield Agency Established 1893 Mdmon, I, T. BANNER 3 A LVE tho most healing salvo In the world. Tnblo cutlery for ono week nt cost. 3-5 E. NOLAND. JJR. J. G. ABERNETHY Dentist Over T. N. Colemafl's Drug Store. A. E. ROGERS All kinds ol Territorial Drinks. ., Short Orders 401 East Main St., Ardmoro. A. DIVEN8, President H. A. PALMER, Cashier. DON LACY, Vice-President W. A. WOLVERTON, Asst. Cashier. THE CITY NATIONAL BANK ARDMORE. X. T"3 Capital and Surplus. $100,000.00. Accounts of arms and Individuals solicited. Accorded all alike. Courteous treatment A Coffee Chance. Not exactly n coCoo Jacket, n coroo Jacket, but "bore's tho coffoo chanco of tho wholo yoar. Beginning Novombor 1 and for 30 days I will soil Chaso & Sanborn's tlons havo boon secured against th-4.Ill Coffeo 8,pounds to tho dollar. Each Clllltv Martins. Altliniii-n Min ,1lp(rlr nttornoys in thoso states havo sovornl cases ponding for trial, and no doubt, Bomo of them will bo successful." Tho roport shows that tho cattlo men still Insist upon tho rotentlon of their ronccs In tho public doinnln, lg- pound will draw 30 cups ot coffeo and tho olght pounds will equal sixteen pounds of any othor brand. This Is tho samo coffeo that was furnished tho old soldiers during tho Ardmoro union In July, CGt. jake. ro- When the brain seems weak and weary, And life itself is dark and dreary; s When all other friends have fled. Try sleeping on one of C. It. JONES' FOLDING BEDS. In fairy land you'll seem to wander, 'Mid Elysian dreams you'll pondor, Wondering much what realm is this, What fairy land of perfect bliss. When morning with its rosy light, Folds back the dusky Bhades of night, You'll shower blessings whilo you can On C. It. JONES, the FURNITURE MAN. usePLANSIFTER HIGH PATENT FLOUR It Is the Best rae WHALEY MILL & ELEVATOR CO. The First National BAiik of Marietta, I. T. Established, ! 89 6 Offers to depositors every facility which their balances, bnsinsa and responsibility warrant. See that Fine Folding Bed Directors Judge Overton Love Geo. M. D. Hoi.ford Jas. A. White E. F. Graham H. A. Kirkpatrick Holmes Willis Jas. N. Kirkpatrick W. S. Derrick; J. G. Butler In His Show Window. Securitv for Depositor, Borrower and Bank Our Motto HIK IHMl 'Ardmore, I. T. Capital Stoch and Additional Liability . . Largest olany Bank In the Chickasaw Nation, VVE accept small and large accounts and conduct a General Banking Business for You. Farmers, stockmen and other business men make onr office their headnuarters whon in Ardmnrn. OUR bank is a publio institution and wo advance tho best interests of the people and givo their business our personal attention and extend to them every facility consistent with safety to bank and cus tomer. EVERYBODY READS WHEN MONEY TALKS DRS. ENLOE & FANN, Dental Parlors. For 30 Daya wo will mnko tho following Reductions and PrlcoB: Qolil Crown. ?-'K llrltlee Work, partootli 3 60 I'oroolaln Crown lio uionmonii uiowmr 4 00 ArtlUctal Tooth, per lot 7 60 ueo'dolil Fllllnita, upward from..., II 00 Amalk'um l'llllni; i-omeni ruiioiri Tooth Bxtraotoa Vlthout Tain. s 00 Notblnc bat first olass matorlil usod In nil work. 12 vnarn' nxnnrlnnnn 4 yoars in Ardmoro. and hero to atav. All work cuarantood. Thoon nrlnnn for 30 days only, ao como early. OUlce, upatalra In Oruoo Bldg, ovor A 0, Young's Furnlturo Store, opposite Postofilce. ENLOE & FANN. Dentists. 0. It. Smith. President. 0. M. Campbell, Vice-Pres, Lee Crock, Cashier. G. W. Young, Stockman J. 0. Thompson. Attorney, Directors. 0. It. Jones, Wholesalo and Retail Furniture. Sam Noble, Wholesale Hardware, j.jti W5NNINQTON, (Jrocer. R. W. Randol, Merchant. NONE BETTER RIVAL FLOUR EVERY SACK A GOOD ONE VVHITEMAN BROTHERS, Wholesale Distributors, ARDflORE, INDIAN TERRITORY. i