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VOLUME XIII
AKDMORH, I. T TlKSDAY KYKNIMi, JANTAIiY 8, 1007.
NUMBER I'll;
JUDGE FOR THE
CANDIDATES
ArUraorclto Special
Washington. Jnu s The r port
that President Ronaiieli Has decided
to appoint Judge Towii.iend to the fed
oral bench In the new mate of Okla
homa was expected. Judge Townsend
rii virtually assured of this appoint
ment when he was In Washington
last. Townsend and the president are
rwracMWl friends and the appointment
must be considered mure of a person
al affair than anything else.
Judge, Townsend's age Is the only
thing that has made people bllove
that the president would not appoint,
the man. HI record In the territory
has been good.
(Ill, Humphries, Shepherd, Parker.
COLORADO'S GOVERNOR.
Delivered Inaugural Address In Meth
cdlst Church Closed with Prayer.
Ily Associated Press.
Denver. Jan. 8 ltev. Dr. itenry A
Ilitchtel was ImiiRUiateil g'lvt'nor to
day. Tho oath was nilmltiMlorcd to
him, ami he ttcliie rd hit mii(,u'-al
address In TmiiI y Methodic, rhi.'rli.
The gover.ior i (winded lit me
wt0 with pri.-or, followed by the
Lord's prayer.
Taft Would Increase Artillery.
Hy Associated Tress.
Washington. Jan. S Secretary Taft
on military nffulrs today and urged
nppeared before the house committee
tho necessity for an Incrense In tho
artillery corps.
PLATTING OF
TOWHSITES
LEUPP'S LETTER TRANSMITTED
TO CONGRESS.
GRANTING HITCHCOCK POWER
To Lay Off and Plat Towns on Seg
regated Lands In Choctaw Nation
Whereby People Can Secure
Titles to Improvement.
Ardmorclto Special.
Washington, Jan. S. Secretary
Hitchcock today transmitted Ui Con
gress, Coimulslotior I.eupp's lottor
miROetlliK that the secretary of the
Interior he authorized hy Congress to
lay out and plat tnwnsltos In tho flvo
civilized tribes. This communication
has special reforenco to towns on peg
regated lands In tho Choctaw natnm.
Judgo J. H. Shcppord, who has been
urging tho platting of these towns,
has at last convinced tho Interior de
partment that the people of these
town aro untitled to tho samo conshl
oration as other towns In tho Indian
Territory nnd that by platting tho
towns a largo sunt of money will ho
realized for tho Indians, and that tho
people who have invested their nil
In Improvements on t'.iosj lands will
be able to securo tho title.
Among tho towns that will bo plat
ted according to Secretary Hitchcock
nnd to which there Is no objection
made by any ono arj Chant City,
Hushy, Dow nnd Ilache.
Interstate Commerce Hearing.
Hy Associated Press.
Chicago, Jan. 8. Tho Interstate
commerce commission this morning
look up tho cattlo rates and terminal
charges nt Chicago, on shipments of
stock. Chostor M. Dawes, of tho Ilur
lington road, assorted It was not pos
sible to furnish certain statistics re
garding shipments which had been
requosted by Attorney Cowan, rep
resenting the Texas Cattle Growers'
association. Cownn declared tither
roads had furnished theio figures,
nnd It should bo possible for tho Bur
lington to do tho same.
Minnesota Legislature Convenes.
Hy Associated Press.
St. Paul. Jan. 8. Tho lo;lslaturo
convened today tho session "tob de
void ot Interest, fur tho slate i fixed
by tho Republican majority went
through according to schcdulo.
NEW STATE
ARE PLENTIFUL
f'.n!i"i niul many otliirs are said to
lie candidates for the oiliei ledeml
jllilci ship. TlU-le 1MB I" ' II some gns-
sip here that the president Is .i : t i.il
to J. Henry Shepherd of South MiAl
ester for the other H)Hltlon. Judge
Shepherd has every qualification for
the office, lie halls from Louisiana
and Is a Democrat. It 1st very likely
that the president will apimlnt a Dem
ocrat to the office. For thN reason
Judge Shepherd's chances are not to
he undeicdMnited. 'Shepherd, fto,
however, Is an elderly man and this
may deprive him of the office. If
one may he permitted to prognosticate
a Httlo It Is snfe to say that the
president will npiiolnt a oung man
for the other Judgeship.
CHEROKEES IN WASHINGTON.
Representing the Full Oloods in Va
rious Mailers Before Department.
Ardmorclto Special.
Washington. Jan. S. Messrs. John
Muskrat and Dai Id Muskrat, I.. 11.
(irlts and J. II. Dick, of Tahlequuh,
are In the city representing the Cher
okee full bloods In various matters
before the departments and congress.
The delegation represent the Kee
tooah Society which claims credit for
tho successful termination uf White
man's case In the supreme court nnd
as a lean It asks that half of the $60,
100 attorney feo be awarded it for
services rendered attorneys Murclil
son nnd Hemphill In the prosecution
of the case. Those attorneys howeer
show no disposition to divide ttielr
"hard earned money" with the "Kee
tooahs" nnd It v 111 tnke nothing less
than nn act of congress to make them
llviile tho JCO.000 feo they have earn
ed in this case. Tho society wants
tho court of claims to examine Into
tho equity of tlulr claims.
Tho delegatlun has also luought
word vo Washington that tho Chero
kee full bloods pioposo te contest
tho government's right to :unho tho
great number of allotments to freed
men In the Cherokee nation nnd will
sue for tho recovery of their lands or
the equivalent In money out of the
federnl treasury. Tho full bloods
claim that anywhere from $10,000,
000 to $15,0011,000 Is duo them ns n
result of this Illegal allotment. It Is
said that tho suit brought by tho Chor
okees will cause n long drawn out
fight between tho full bloods nrray
ed on one side and the freedmcn nnd
tho government on the other.
Municipal Change Wantfd.
Denlnou, Tex., Jan. T. Tho city of
DenUon wants a municipal commis
sion form of government. A mass
meeting of tax payers under tho alls
pices of tho Denlson hoard of trado
last night unanimously appointed n
committee to petition tho city council
to call an election within tho next
fifteen days to hnvo a voto for and
against n commission form of govern'
ment. Tho chairman was also nil
thorlzed to appoint another commltteo
to draft suitable amendments for a
chnrter, to tho cud tint Denlson may
he put under commission govern
ment. French Peter's Pence.
Paris, Jan. 7. It Is announced to
day that tho l'opo will no longer ac
cept Peter's penco from France. All
donations from French Catholics will
hereafter bo devoted to tho support
of tho clergy of this country.
TWO CENT RAILWAY FARE.
Committee So Reports to Constitu
tional Convention,
Hy Associated Press.
Guthrie, Oltla., Jan. 8. Tho com
mltteo on railroads and public sor
vice corporations reported to tho con
stitutional convention today, rccom
i 'ending a two-cent railway faro nnd
' e enactment of a fellow servant
law.
Prominent Shriner Bound Over.
t- Associated Press.
Kansas City, Jan. S. Harry H. Al
ln, charged with emboszllng $7,000
u i recorder for tho local chapter of
P' rlners, was todav bound liver to
tho criminal court. Hall was furnish
ed. He Is ono of tho best known
Shriners In tho United States.
Subscribe for The Ardmoreite.
PREACHER AS GOVERNOR.
Rev. Dr. Henry Duchtel Inaugurated
Governor of Colorado,
Ardmoreite Special.
Denier. Col.. Jan. S. The ltev. Dr.
Henry Ilitchtel of Denver university,
was today Inaugurated as governor of
Colorado, suceedlng Governor McDon
ald. A large escort of the national
guard accompanied the new noverr.ur
and the retiring executive In tho pa
rade down Hroudway to tho Capitol
where the governor's salute of sev
imtcen guns was flrad. l'romlnent
ltepuldlcnn from all over the state
were nere to witness the Inaugural
ceremonies. This Is tlm first time lu
the history of Colorado that a min
ister has been Inaugurated governor.
Night and Day Dank.
Ardmorclto Special.
New York, Jan. 8. At the organi
zation meeting of tho new Night and
Day bank today, A. 1). Dennett, pres
ident tif the Commercial bank of l'ort
Huron, Mich., was elected president
of the novel Fifth Avenuo "continu
ous" financial Institution. Ho suc
ceeds Oaklelgh Thome, bend of the
Trust Company of America, who was
the temporary president of the N'lght
and Dny bank. Ilennctt Is nliout 12
years of age and Is well known lu
western financial elides. Tor many
years ho has ndiucnted tho night
and dny plan of conducting banks In
large cities and it was partly for till
reason that he was selected tu head
tho present experiment.
A lirge number of leading New
York hanks held their annual stock
holders' meetings today.
:
Democratic
The time for Democratic activity draws near. The
people are wondering what we are going to do when we
get the offices. Meet with the Democrats in Grand Rally
at the City Hall, Friday night, January , 1907.
H. H. BROWN, Chairman.
GIFT FROM CARNEGIE.
Gives $750,000 for Home for Bureau
of American Republics.
Washington, Jan. 7. It Is announc
ed that Andrew Carnegie hns given
$7C0,000 for tho construction of n
building to be used by tho Huieau of
Aemrlcnn republics. Provision for tho
slto has nlieady been made by tho
I'nlted Status and tho South American
republics.
Mr. Carnoglo was at tho statu de
partment today, and was In conference
with Secretury Hoot, who Is chairman
of tho board of governors of tho bu
reau. Secretary Hoot Informally
thanked him for his gift and indi
cated that ho would at onco send him
n formal letter of acceptance. Proel-
dent Iloosovclt already has written
Mr. Carnegie, expressing appreciation
nnd acceptance of tho donation.
The gift hnvlng been made to tho
bureau of American Republics, tho
permission of congress to accept It
will not bo necessary. Several years
ago congress appropriated $200,000 us
tho share of the United Stntes toward
tho alto nnd building of tho bureau,
and between $25,000 and $30,000 nl
ready has been contributed by tho
South nnd Contrnl American conn
tries belonging to tho bureau.
Kahn-Dreyfuss Wedding,
Huff. I. T., Jan. 7. Miss Annntt
Dreyfus of this placo nnd Mnx Kahn
of Coalgate, I. T., were married nt
tho rcsldenco of I-oon Kahn at 6 this
afternoon. Rev. Dr. Hlatt of Oklami
homa City officiated.
An operation Is always necossary
when the doctor needs tho money.
SPECULATING
T
I OF SENATE TERRITORIAL INVES
I TIGATING COMMITTEE.
CONGRESS WILL BE ACTIVE
Belief that Mr. Bixby Will Receive
i Some Drief Mention But He Has
j an Everlasting Friend In
Secretary iHtchcock.
Ardmorclto Special.
Washington, Jan. S. The select com
mute of the senate which spent the
summer In Indian Territory Investi
gating the affairs of the lire Civil
lied Tribes will report Its findings
to tho senate within the next ulffltt
of ten days ami possibly svoner.
There Is much ieruliitton here as
to what the committee will recom
mend to congress In the shape of
legislation to remedy the cilia known
to exist In the territory. Ono thing
Is certalnc nngress will not do things
by hah cs this time. The legislation
that will bo enacted will be drastic
and calculated to remme the canc?r
from which Indian Territory has
been suffering for so many years.
Theie is nuthorltv rr the state
ment that Senator Cl.nl' leport will
ceusuro Chalnnaii TaniB iilxby tor
certain practices luought to light by
tlie committee and which are consid
ered not to reflect credit to the com
missioner. In oilier words Mr. Iilxby
will be charged with Indiscretion ami
will bo publicly reprimanded. It Is
barely imsslbly that tho commission
er will bo forced to resign ns a re
sult ot the charges against his office
Surely Hlxby'B usefulness has beon
greatly Impaired since tho Mott-lln'i-
linger and I.eo chargos wore preferr
ed against his olllco ami tho senate
inquisition. Iilxby though has a warm
supporter In Secretary Hitchcock. No
official In tho servlco Is consldoreJ
with hlfhor regard by Secretary
Hitchcock, Mr. Hitchcock persists In
tho defenso of Hlxby and It Is no se
cret that the secretary thinks that
ttio charges against tho commission
er to tho flvo civilized tribes were In
spired by territory grafters who have
no use fur an honest man lu federal
office.
Ah to the coil and asphalt lands of
tho Choctaw and Chickasaw nations
It is reasonablv certain that tho com
mittee will rerommond the wile ot
tho surface lands to bona fide homo
steiider'' and the leaso of tho under
lying mlnorals on a royalty basis.
The existing leases aro not to bo In
terfered with and will be allow d
to expire as provided by an act of
congress passed last year. Tho salo
and leaso of these lands on this ha
sis Is calculated to furnish Choctaw
I nnd Chickasaw Indians with tho
much needed money tor tho Improie-
mcnt of their allotments,
If congress provides for this plcco
of legislation It will oa diametrically
opposite to the wishes of the Choc
taw and Chickasaw people whoso leg-
I-I.iiuie only recentli; petitioned on
i ess tor the Imntcd ate sale of the
l.inils in question. These people hope
( nalle $10.11011.0011 in more for
their possessions. They want the coal
and asphalt hinds sold at once under
tie- pietense that their Hople are ac
tualh going to their graves fnr writ
while others are barely subsisting rtir
t,.e lark f money.
SCHOOL FOR FARMERS.
Third Week's Course Deg.m at Still
water Today,
j Anlmorelte Special,
i Stillwater. Okln.. Jan. 8. Tho third
, annual week's course In stock Judg
ing and seed selection for tho far
mers of Oklahoma and Indian Territo
ry Im unn today at the territorial ng
'Iriiliiinil and mechanical col lego with
a mh ui attendance. Fine specimens ot
cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry have
been secured for the stock Judging
Instruction, In which tha college pro
fessors will be assisted by experts
from other states, A corn show will
be glen tomorrow and prize awarded
for tho best exhibits grown lu Okla
homa. Seed selection for kaillr com,
cotton, oats nnd wheat will also bo
considered. Tho Itistttuto will last
through the present week.
Pardon for Solomon Hotema.
l'arls. Texas. Jan. 7. Information
has been recalled tbnt President
Itooseielt hns pardoned Solotmm Ho
tema, who was comleted In the fed
eral court at Paris of murder and
who was undergoing life Imprison
ment nt l'ort Mel'horson. near At
lanta, tia Tlu i anion was Issued on
New Year's Dav
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ANOTHER MOVE FOR HEARST.
New York Attorney General Enters
Suit Against Mayor McClellan.
New York, Jan. 7. Attorney Gen
eral Jackson on behalf of the people
ot tho state of New Yoik, today on-
tercd suit lu tho supremo court
ngalnsl George 11. McClellan, praying
that tho latter be ousted fiom tho of
fice of mayor of tho city ot New
York, on the ground thnt he linn
usurped and unlawfully holds such
office, wnereas Wllllaui Randolph
Hearst Is legally entitled to the
same.
It Is stated that this new proceed
Ing has until I ng to do with the quo
wnrrnnto action which last week was
tempornilly enjoined at the applica
tion of Mayor McClellan.
Open a Public Night School,
Ardmorelto Special.
Savannah, Gn., Jan. i. Final ar
rangements were completed today hy
tho board of education for tho open
ing this evening of a public night
school, where young people employed
during tho day will be afforded an
opportunity to acquire nn education
nt t. expense of tho county. In ud
dltlnti to tho common school branches
a complete commercial course will lie
offered. Including shorthand, type
writing ttnd bookkeeping. The faculty
has heun chosen from tho preont
teachers employed In the day schools.
This Is the first attempt In the South
to establish public night schools, and
tho result ot the venture In awaited
with Interest by educators of this
section.
Tho boll boy will tell you that many
aro called, but a few aro dozln'.
Call
CITY OF PANAMA IS SAFE
THRILLING STORY OF TRIP
Hy Associated I'less.
Mexleli City, .M.- . Ian. 7 l.mils
Kaiser, consul fur the Inltid State-i
lit the isirt of Miiatlau, Mexico, lias
telegraphed to the ssiM-lntcd l'ress
the story of tho trip of the Pacific
Mall line steamer Cit ot Panama,
which was thought to hnvo been lost
off the California coast.
The story was related to the consul
by Captain Xelsen of tho City of Pal
atini and shows that tho fears for the
safety of the vessel were well
grounded, for It recounts a thrilling
trip, replete with danger, narrow es
rapes and heroic action on th part
of the olllcera and crew of the boat.
Throughout the terrible trip hut one
life was lost, that of Manual Acuna,
n Chilean, who was a member of Ihe
crew.
Captain Nelson related tho story
of the trip In the following words:
"Wo left Sim Francisco on Decem
ber 01 wllh thirty-live passengers on
board. While we were crossing the
bar n terrible northueslen struck
us nnd the little steamer was tossed
like ii chip on the seas that ran nniim
tain high, The storm, Instead of
abating after we hail crossed tho bar.
Increased In fury and we were In the
teeth of the hiPTlcauu for seventeen
consecutlio hours.
"During the height o ft he gale the
life- boat davits crashed against tlio
deck and were hiMkeu ami every
thing movable on board the steamer
wb washed tiverlionrd. XIato George.
Iloiitswaln Telecen and two seamen
were ordered up to secure tho remain
lug life rnftH. Hut these men no booii-
Kansas Legislature Convene.
Ily Associated I'roas.
Topckn, Kan., Jan. S. Tho legisla
ture enlivened here today. Gov. iloch
will not be Inaugurated for the sec
ond term till January His mes
sage will probably bo rend lato this
afternoon.
Hoch lu his message today recom
mended the appointment of a com
mittee to Investigate tho mattor of
reduced railroad fnios nnd favored
nn employment expert to ninko n thor
ough Investigation of freight rates.
lie siibl the nuixliuiim lnw and the
nntl-dlscriinlliallon law passed by tho
hist legislature made It posslblo to
stabllsli ten Independent oil refin
eries, and that tho laws nro saving
users of coal oil u halt million dollars
every year.
TROUBLE NEAR ADA.
One Farmer .Kills Another Slayer
Escape-
rVrdmorclto Special.
Ada, I. T., Jan. 8. Trimble botweon
farmers seven tnllos wintli of bur
yesterday afternoon resulted lu tho
killing of Robert Glpsou by u man
named Cruhmo, who was u newcomer
to that section. Hoth men aro middle
aged men and have fnmllles. Tho
cause of tho trouble cannot bo nsccr-
tallied, other than that it nrosu over
a woman.
Crume escaped nnd hns not yet been
located by the officers.
Warren Will Succeed Himself.
Hy Associated Pross.
Choyenne, Wyo., Jan. 8. On tho
first ballot, Republican members of
the legislature in caucus today unan
imously voted to support United
States Senator Warrou for ro-olcc-thin..
Tils assures his election.
Hearst Elected Chairman.
Hy Associated Press.
Now York, Jan. 8. William H.
Hearst was today elected chairman ot
the state committee of tho Independ
ence League.
Shah Is Critically III.
Hy Associated Pross.
Teheran, Jan. 8. Tho Shah's Ill
ness hns taken n turn for tho worse
this afternoon. Ho is declared to be
In a very critical condition.
Sensational Report Untrue.
Ily Associated Press.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 8. In a wreck
on a Georgia railroad this morning,
nenr Harnett, Ga., two or threo cars
were turned over. As far as known
only ono was Injured. A sensational
report that twenty-flvo persons were
killed, proved untruo.
The more sunshine there Is In some
men's lives tho less hay they make.
cr re.irlird i U, i aft , ih.m tiK werj
all nw i i t o, i In, ir.!
III! Ilinr'l i' '". .JTV & llfCI n i,
cninmiuideil by Mate Moibn, wai fl
hall) l.iunelied Mi .iiiwlille time tr
the men who were being tosseii ab.nit
by the sell Mate George, Iajat-,w uti
Teleceaand one of the sennn n I , 1
succeeded In reaching one of th. in.
rafts' that had been swept Into He
sea. With great heroism, Mnie Mo
den and his crew reached the Mini,
en men and succeeded In Kawi,
them. Arunn, one of the tide se.im. n,
was seen to be tossed up by a hu.-
wavo and then to disappear.
"A the sturm ws Incrcaslnc it
was decided to run for a haven ,m,l
the crippled eraft was finally limn ur
safely Into Drake's Iluy on the ma. t
of Calirornlir. Although tho boat had
lioen badly tuiirutrd by the sen. id
was not so badly Injured but tbnt Bhc
could proceed on her Journey. Tho
boat waited fur the storm to subside
nnd then proceeded on hor Journe
southward, arriving at the port of
Masntlnu at (1 o'clock Sunday night"
When tho boat steamed Into .Mazat
land, the imssengers were loud In
prnlse o ftho bravo conduct and em
prise of tho brave conduct and clll
cloncy of the captain and tho crew
A collection was Immediately taken
up, the proceeds to be used In tlm
p i.chose of gold medals for the crew
that manned the life boat during tho
height of the storm nnd saved tho
lives of their companions,
Tho condition of the steamer was
such thnt she proceeded tin her Jour
ney southward today.
MACKLIN'S
ASSAILANT
NEGRO CORPORAL ARRESTED FOR
MURDEROUS ASSAULT.
IS NOW IN MILITARY PRISON
A Dllod-Stalned and Bullet Punctured
Khaki Jacket Found by Boys Led
to His Arrest Has Seven Flesh
Wounds on Wrist.
Fort Reno, Ok., Jan. 7. Tho finding
ot n khaltl Jacket, one sleeve ot which
Is covored with blood and punctured
presumably by n bullet, led to tho
arrest this afternoon of Corporal
Knowlos of tho Twonty-llfth Infantry,
colored, on thu charge of murderously
assaulting Captain D. U. Macklln on
tho night or Dec. 21.
When arrested the negro officer was
found to hnvo a severe flesh wound
in thu wrist, which ho said ho had
been treating himself for over three
weeks. The wound lu tho wrist Is
declared to have been Inflicted by tho
snmo size bullet as wont through tho
sleeve of thW Jacket -which ' boro
Knowles' Initials.
Tho Jackot, which led to Knowles'
arrost, was found near tho fort Sun
day by two boys In tho direction tak
en by tho bloodhounds that followed
the trull ot Macklln's assailant.
Knowles refuses to talk and Major
Penrose," commanding offlcor, refuses
to give any Information concerning
thu arrest.
ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK.
Building at Crawford, Ok Badly Dam
aged, Guthrie. Ok., Jan. 7. Word has been
received hero from Crawford, In Day
county, of nn nttompt to rob the Cot
ton Kxclianno bank thore. Tho bur
glars worked from midnight until aft-
or I o'clock tnlng to enter the aafo
nnd gavo un only after they had
wrecked tho entire front of tho build
ing and vault. A number of charges
of dynnmlto wore exploded and tho
outer doors of tho safe blown off.
Tho robbers wero very near tho mon
ey when they were frightened away hy
John Jones, n Crawford merchant,
who discovered what was going on
and began firing Into tho building
with a Wlncnester. Thero was some
thing over $5000 In tho safe.