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KI,U IN, OKLAHOMA, THLKSI.UY, (HTOIIKIt 2, ll
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As Told in a
Few Words
Good and Newsy Items
of General Interest Con
densed to Small Space
WASHINGTON.
TIio senate confirmed Joirph W.
folic an solicitor general of tliu state
ilep irtment.
11. M Pllnloll, a newspaper editor
it Peoria, III, Jh foremost among
those now being considered by Presi
dent Wilson for ambassador to Hussii
Secretary Garrison will direct nn
nvnstlgutlou of tlio charges made by
Oeau Worcester a.nd W. II I'lilppi),
ludltnr of the Philippines, that tJu
ury exists In tlio Islands.
Mrs. Hnim.illno Pankhurst, Inaler
of tlio CuglltOi militant surtragete.
will liavu t rim thn gauntlet of the
Ullii Island linmlgtntlon Inspectors,
mid posslbl) go Into tlio United Stales
courtH In New York, liofore hIip will
ho able to land In this country to fill
uer loctiiro engagements
"Man rillure" all along tho lino,
from olllcinls and directors of Hip Now
Haven railroad down to Us trainmen,
(s hold by tln interstate commerce
ommlssion to havp been thp catiHO of
tho W.illliiKfoi'il wreck September 2,
in which 21 wero killed and 35 in
lured. A Bhnke up In tlio department of
agriculture to ellmlnitn duplication of
work and reduce expense was pre
dicted by Secretary Houston befivo
the house agriculture committee. The
aorretary H.ild his plan was rot ready,
but declared that in one office bo had
discovered twciity-tlvu unnecessary
oinplojcs
Many vacancies exist at the West
I'olut military academy as a result of
IIib failure of hotli principals iml 0'ier
nates In many cases to pus the cidut
entrance examinations and bemuse
flfliiators and representatives fall to
send in nominations In unsvver to the
nppeals of tho war department. There
is no disposition to lower the stmd
urds of admission and it is prnbahlo
that the consent of congress will la
nought to hie the president fill all
vac nicies for which nominations aro
not forthcoming In time for tho cn
trJticu examinations
DOMESTIC.
The fJlants and Athletics will head
(ho big leagitps and play tho world's
championship seiies.
Tho (1. A R. In contention at Chit
tnnonga elected Col. Thus. II. Soward
of (iuthrlo senior vlcecomminder
Fire of unknown origin dustroxed
the plant tit the Chanule, Kan. Ilrlek
and Tlio company. The loss Is $50,
000. , Tho International lesguo sea 'in
closed with n game between Newark
and Jersey City, which tile New irks
tills year's cliamploiis won 5 to I.
Klovcn lawjers from four states and
thu dominion of Canada are In Con
cord. N. II, to help Hirry K. Thiw
resist tho effort of the state of Now
York to obtain his return to tho Mat
teawan asylum
What Is believed to bo tho tlrst
move on thn part of tho IVimsylranli
il.iilro.id company gradually to rellovo
'tsolf of property extraneous to trans
portation, was made when President
Sirnucl Ilea announced that tho board
jt directors had decided to dispose of
Its security holdings In all anthracite
iojI compinles that tiro attached to
tta s) stem.
Four workmen were killed and ono
Injured In in explosion In tho gel
lino mixing house nt tho Dn Pont
ponder works nt (libbstown, N. J.
Two deaths nnd tho loss of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars In prop
erty Is tho toll so far In tho California
forest fires.
Iron Mask (Dlsgiilse-Ilnyal Rose)
proko tho world's record for six fur
longs on a circular track at Louisville.
Tho now record Is 1:10 4-5. The horso
Is owned by U Irving Livingston of
Cincinnati and Is five years old.
D, Cady Merrick, counsel for flov
jrnnr SuUer, announced that the gov
ornor would ceaso henceforth to ox
srclso tho functions of the executive
office, until tho termination of his
trial.
Tho late Mayor Oaynor'i will was
flled. The widow gets the Urooklyn
residence and r0 shares of Royal Bak
ing Powder company stock. The re
mainder, except minor bequests, is di
vided two sevenths to each of the two
sons and one-seventh to aach ot the
three "unmarried daughters. Tile ralue
of the estate Is estimated at 12,004,090,
i Renting tho
tli country
Saturday
Tho dreadnatight Texas, newest and
blggnst ship in the American navy, ar
rived at the Norfolk navy yards to
havo her bottom painted prepr.'atorj
to her trial trip
Frank .1 Manhill, chess champion
ol the United States, beat the llohe
mlan champion, Oldrlch Dunn, In thn
first match gamp of a surlo.v of five
after Uitrtj-slx moves.
Kveratt Rpxroat wis nnnied In a
warrant as the murderer of bis wife,
Mrs Mlldren Allison lluxru.it, a Chi.
cago dancing teacher, nlid was shot to
death nenr Wheaton, III.
By defeating lies Moines Denver
won the pennant In the Western
league for Hit third consecutive tlnm.
Post-season spites Raines with the
wlilner of thn American association
pi ntinni are being negotluted for by
tho ovners of the Denver club to be
Kin October ".
Sunday m lino Is of several southwest
Oklahoma towns art- engaged in a
couto-St in which iitteiidauco, collec
tion and number of oltirers sind tenth
era 'present Jie the points! which
count. Altus is 6w points ubead at
piesent
Judge Bledsoe, sitting at the trial
of George II. HV.,,,, ilia caiiitallst
charged with offenses against girls,
vetoed an attempt of ilio prosecution
to Impeach lilxby's testimony Tho
court rulPd that testimony or Inmates
of the Jonquil, a notorious resort. In
refutation ol Hixbj's declaration that
his relations with them had not been
Immoral, would not be admitted. Thn
caso Is being tried at Los Angeles.
S.illisav, witnessed some lightning
changes In banking circle.! last week,
when a bank changed bands twice in
less than forty-eight hours. It. W.
Mines purchased the Interest of A.
ft. Dunlap In the Farmers National
Hank at Sallisaw, and Immediately
closed a deal with the Sallisaw Hank
and Trust company whereby tho lat
ter companv absorbed the former In
fitltuttnn, thus becoming thu largest
financial Institution in Sctptojah
CT.nl.
Fuderal olllcers aro becoming ex
tremely actho at Chlckaslia in prose
cuting bootleggers and It Is tho state
ment of Deputy UnltC'l States Mar
shal Dillon that, according to orilers
received from headquarters, the pro
hibitory law Is to bo enforced to tho
letter. Several federal olllcers are
working In and around Chlekasha with
tho result that federal prisoners arn
lodgnd In jail nearly ovory day charged
with violating tlio liquor laws "Stool
pigeons" aro being used very effective
ly by tho oillccrs.
FOREIGN.
Mllltnnt suffragettes set fire to Sei
field House at Sonforth, four miles
northwest of Liverpool, causing $400,
000 damage.,
A man registered as Count Ilorrlo
do Heaucalre nnd believed to be thn
French diplomat scrWug us mlnistei
to Denmark, attempted suicide by
shooting himself at u hotel in Aber
deen, Scotland.
Frederlco Oimhoa, minister of fop
plgn affairs, was nominated for the
presidency by the Catholic party con
vention (lenerJl Kugeule Ilascou was
notnlti itPd for the vice presidency
Hotli candidates are regarded as men
of high standing
That fleneral Huerta and his organ
Ization will support Frederlco (lambna
candidate of the Catholic party for the
presidency. Is the report brought from
the capital. There was received at the
same time unoltlcially a copy of Prce
blent lluorta's most recent assurance
that his government would seo to It
that the elections were conducted fair
I)' on the date fixed. October 26.
In a fierce battle between Servian
troops and Albanians on the Now At
biulan frontier, 200 Albanians were
killed and many wounded. Thn en
counter was brought about by an at
tempt by tho Albanians to pouniratn
thn territory captured by the Sen
vims.
Tho Greek authorities nt Kolltsa
rMbanh, havo seized the American
mission schools there, whore Instruc
tlon Is given to a hundred Albanian
girls. Tha Greeks havn also arrested
many Albanians who have returned
from America, releasing them only
when thn Albanians promised to join
the agitation for tho incorporation ol
tho dlctrlct In Greece.
The aviator Pegoud, who recently
made an upside down flight at JuvUy
and repeated the performance at Hue,
accomplished another daring feat nl
Versailles In bis self-imposed task ol
proving the stability of thft aeroplane
After mounting to a great height, Pe
goud dipped the left wing and UU
machine Blowly turned over on its
side. The aviator flew (or some sec
onds head downward. He then re
gained the upright posltllon by grace
I fully looping the loop.
Kootball tn.
leading untvei f
swung Into actu.
NEWS
HAPPENINGS
OVER THE STATE
TAKES FIRST PRIZE IN THE
AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT
3TATE FAIR.
EXCELS IN VARIETY OF PRQD3BTS
Pottawatomie County Wins Second
and Comanche County Third
Other News of
The State.
Caddo county Is the banner farm
tng court) among those exhibiting nt
the Statu Pair this year. Caddo won
last year nnd It was conceded this
time that It had the host chtiuoe lis
Mion as the dlspla'K were In pint.
Pottawatomie cotin, was second and
Comanche third Tho' uxhlb$ graded
100 percent.
The exhibit contains gruln. feed
t-tufls, fruit and garden truck of almost
eoiy arlety which can Do grown
In this latitude. Corn, knllr, feterlta
and maize are umong the feed grains.
There is also wheat, oits, millet, ttl
fnlfa and hay of all kinds. The small
crops are shown In profnslon. Irish
ond sweet potatoes are shown, smooth
and of a size that v 111 please thenost
exacting Melons and pumpkins or sov
eial sorts are also sIioaii. Tho tmok
Section shows large variety and can
tains sumo onions that ure tho best
that hae been shown b"ro.
Other Winners.
The other counties ranked In order:
Jackson, Woodward. Greer, Carter,
firad), Canadian, Pittsburg, Payne,
llryan, Klngtlshnr, McClalu, Love,
Illalne and Mcintosh.
Among the several county exhibits
that of Woodward county attract
ed much Interest on account ot tho
lino fruit display. This county has
one of tho best fruit exhibits on the
;ouniis and 1 Is nreillctPiJ- that iff
(line this will become tho banner fruit
county of the stato. Thero are some
specimen.! of pears that havo proven
u surprise to the visitors.
There are also tipples and peaches
ot gool silo and slid to bo of the
rery best flavor. It h is oeen claimed
that this Is not a corn county, bit
there are amiw lino ears on exhlbl
lo show thnt corn can bo raised there
It Is said to be a good karir, maize
and broomcom county and the ex
nibits prove the claim Tho'so In
ohargo siy that this county Is going
In for fruit more than over next year
and report several now orchards to be
planted this yeir.
Bryan County Exhibit.
nryan count, on tho Red River, has
proven that sugar cane can bo grown
i.orlh of thn river and exploded ua old
heresy. It has always been held that
the Red River marked the northern
boundary of tho sugir belt and that
real bugar cane or ribbon cano could
not be grown north of thn stream
Six lino stalks that were grown as an.
experiment provo that this Is not true.
Thn stalks aro seven feet tall and long
pointed. They aro from the tlrst crop
and It Is claimed that then Is no
troulilo In obtaining a crop of six too'
Mulks In this county In tho bottom
lands, R Is mid that six foot stalks
Rill prodtico $200 In srup to the aero.
This county Is also a great cotton
-ounty ami shows some line cotton
plantn (Hied with unopened bolls and
cotton ready for picking.
A fenturo of this. exhibit Is n cabin
made of corn Btalks Thn whltp virlety
of corn Is used and It makes an un
usual and beautiful oxhlblt. Thu corn
used In tho exhibit Is Pxcellont and
shows that this Is a great corn coun
try as well as cotton center.
DEATH PENALTY FOR INDIAN.
Sequoyah West, A Cherokee To
The First Man Electrocuted.
Be
Pryor. For thu murder of Dan
Frnmo. a hihorer, near Strong, on
March 2. 1313. Sequoyah WoBt. full
blood Cherokee Indian unci member of
e prominent tribal family, must pay
tho penalty with his life. This was
the verdict In thn district court of
Mayes county, before which court tho
cuso was tried last week. It Is thu
tlrst tlmo In tho history of Mayes
county that tho death pnnulty his
boeu Imposed, It was received stoical
ly by tho Indian. Tho enso was tried
before Judge Preston S. Davis, of
Vlnlta Judge of the twonty-thlrd Ok
lahoma district.
If tho Judge sentences West In
accordance with the Hading of the
Jury, electrocution will
ally, and If cirrled out,
first case of the kind under tho nuw
statute pa'ssd by .tha fourth legisla
ture which tluMjad the methods of
InfUctltii the death penalty In Okla
homa from hanging to the electric
chair.
WILLIAM BUSDY IS DEAD
First Cltlten of McAlestsr Succumbi
to Operation.
McAlcster William Husby, McAl
ester's most widely recognized public
benefactor, distinguished t Itlzen, coal
operatir and former newspaper man.
Is dead lie died following a pro
truted suffering from diabetes which
..is brought to u crisis throe week"
ago by the development of carbuncles,
iiCQUiuiUatlng a surgical operation Fnt
a time It was not bullued his cundl
Hon was serious, but n second oper
aflon bad to b performed nnd from
that time bo gradually weakened.
He was a thirty-third degrco Mason
member of the order tor twenty
twven years, and since 190? had been
sovereign grand Inspector general fot
the state of Oklahoma, prior to thut
time and after l'jnl having ht'U the
same position In the Masonic ordoi
of the old Indian territory.
He uullt nnd owned the Husby hotel
and tha Husby theater, structures -oil
Ing SJiM.nno and $lf0.ooo respectively;
eaubllshed ho Choctaw Rnllwiy and
i.lKhtiug plant, of which lie was presl
dnt at the time of his death.
NEW Rl ORD IS MADE
Stat:
University Figures Surprise;
70 Students Registered
Normiti More than 700 student
hail enrolled In the I'nlversltj of Ok
'ahoma, at the close of the seoonif
day's regiHtrition. Tills Is by far tlu
largest number ever enrolled during
the tlrst two d.os of sdiool and It
greater than the totul enrollment ol
the tlrst semester last ear, which wae
030.
Of the 700 now registered. 1513, near
ly half, aro now biudeuts, Indicating a
record-breaking freshmen class. The
medical school of nil departments
leads In Increase In students while
law school and department of lino arts
also show large Increases. The en
rollmeut In the medical school Is dou
hie that of last year. .
The university tampus ha taken on
new life and student activities have
been started.
Fort Sill to be Improved
Washington. Not only will Okla
homa keep Fort 3l.i, but the now fi
rnous army post wilt bo greatly Im
proved within thn course of the next
year, If the plans of tho war depart
ment do not miscarry. It Is learhed
from authoritative sources that tho
war department has approved expend
Utirps of 1700.000 at Fort Sill, but
when active work will be started Is
purely a matter of eotijecturo us con
Kress must tlrst pass on tho matter
The department's great weight nnd an
appropriation of such slzu as U need
od, seems almust sure
Large Cotton Receipts
Ardtuore Local cotton receipts
from wagons now total 2.111 bale
and tho average price paid will ex
ceed lit cents. The ptesent Indlcu
tfons are that 15,000 bales will be mar
keted hero this season and If present
prices prevail, this means prosperity
for murchant anil farmer alike, bottou
pickers are hard to secure In many lo
calltles, and farmers aro making In
qulries every day for hands. If thn
present good weather prevails. It will
be of Incalculable benefit to farmers
In gathering their crop.
Dean Acquitted of Smith Murder
Muskosoa R. A Dean, charged
with tho murder of Claude Smith, win
acquitted The Juy hud been out 33
hours, Hirly In the deliberations the
Jurors stood seven to tlve for cotivlc
tlon. Dean shot Suiltn In his gro
eery utore. early In the morning ol
July 17. He pleaded self dereusu.
OKLAHOMAN3
ARE LUCKY
Many Successful In Drawing Home
steads In Ft. Peck Reservation
Glasgow, Mont. Residents of Okla
noma, who wore successful at the
land drawing are ns fallows:
No ;w, Claude W. Russell, Dinger;
No 155, Mrs Klla I), Smith, Oklaho
ma City; No, 371. O. FI, Jefferson. Mils
kogeni No. 110. George W. Gilogly, Sa
palpi; No. II.', Frank Kllutsworth.
KiuM, No. 222. Arthur Toll Hrown,
Morris; No 218, George A, Kennedy,
Knld; No, 39n. W, W. Hrown. Tulsa;
No, 105 Robert 13. Henry, Hartlesvllle;
No. 401, Dr Henry Hlender, Okeeno;
No. 13P, Thomus II, Henderson, Fort
Cobb; No. 430, Frny Joyner, Law ton;
No 34S. William Clark. Pratt: No
Ibo the nen-''no- t'larenCfl A' Allnn- ,oml,5, No'
It wil hn the'"". Alvln Heard, rilockvllle; No. 681
. UwniOHiaO t-,v Hliiwnei.. N!n nil
McOulnncll, Pauls Valley! No. 1033,
C P Varney. Knld; No. 1452, Delia L.
Smith. Uwtonj No. 1560, John M.
Wlnburn, Qrlmeg No. 1081. Fred OU-
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IfVIIVU, S.W.W.
NEGHOES KILL 8
T W LI
TERRIBLE DAY SPENT BY CIT-
IZENS OF HARRISON, MISS.,
UNTIL TROOPS CAME.
BLACK BROTHERS RUN AMUCK
Crazed With Drink, Thay Shoot at
everyone iff Sight. Two Officers
and Another While Man, a Ne
greis and 4 Negroes Killed.
Harrison Miss.--Two drug crazed
negroes, brothers, ran amuck nnd be
fore they we. killed and the attendant
disorder quelled, three white men, four
negro men nnd n negro woman were
hot to death and five whitn persons
and Hovcrnl negroes wounded. A serl
oils dash between the races vvaB pr'
vented by the arrlvnl uf a compiny of
militia from Nut iiez aboard u spcchl
train.
Tho dead'
SIIKR1FF G. H I1AMMKTT of Jcf;
fersou county, shot while leiding a
posso to vvhuru Hie negroes wero In
hiding.
Former Constable FRANK KNKIST
I.KV, shot at his liomo after being
called to a door.
CI.AIIDi: FRKF.MAN, while, of Fay
ette shot at railway station while
awnlllgu it train.
TIMJ.KR WARRKN, negro.
JOHANNA AIKKN. negress.
.TOM WHHKS. negro.
JKSSH THOMPSON, negro.
TIIKAD GRAYSON, negro, killed
during promiscuous shooting,
WALTKIt and WILL JONES, no
groea. lynched.
Wotinjtd: TJi-liTCH'.IH, former hpr-
Iff, shot In shoulder uti'd may die; A.
H. Appleby, conductor of the Yazoo
Mississippi Valley railroad, shot In
breast, leg and arm, dangerous; Wil
liam Knels,tloy, son of Frank, shot In
hand; William Dennis, shot In leg;
W. C llond, shot In leg. Slztocn ne
gro is wero wounded but none serious.
Th trouble started about 2 o'clock
In tho morning and continued Inter
mittently until 10 o'clock, when Walter
Jones, tho elder of tho two negro
joutliH, who started thu firing, was
Ijnched Just after thn soldiers nrrlved,
Ills brother, Will, had been shot b)
citizens earlier In ttie day,
Tho shooting waH started by Walter
Jones, aged 20, In tho negro quarter
wheru the woman and Thead Grayson
wero shot nnd killed. Walter then
went to the homo of his mother and
aroused his brother, 1R joars old. To
gether they proceeded through the
main street of tho tittle town, firing
nt everyone In sight Citizens aroused
by tho shots peeied twit of windows
and then hastened to cover.
The negroes went to tho home ol
former Coutsablo Frank Knelstley,
and when ho camo to the door ho was
shot through the head Death was In
ntnntaueous Knelstley's son, II
Hum. grabbed for a gun when lie saw
hi) fattier fall, but burore ho could fire
he received a bullet la ouo of Ills
bauds
The Yuzoo and Mississippi Valley
depot Is near the Knelstley homo nnd
the two negroes walked In that direc
tion. A train had arrived from Natchez.
NEGRO GASES TO BE PUSHED IN SUPREME COURT
Washington A bitter light against
alleged race discrimination In vari
ous section of thu country Is to be
made shortly on behalf of negroes be
foro the supreme court.
The Oklahoma and the Maryland
"grandfather" constitutional amend
ments by which thousands of negroes
have been disfranchised, will bo nt
tacked as unconstitutional. An effort
will be made to have thn Oklahoma
"Jim Crow" legislation annulled. An
attempt will ho mado by Tennessee
negro organizations to be permitted
to use tho iiimo of "Knights of Pyth
ias" for negro lodges, as well us white
lodges. t
Frank Gtilnn and J J. Deal, two
election officials, have been convicted
of conspiring to prevent several ne
groes from voting at thn congressional
elections of 1910 In Oklahoma. This
was done on the basis that the "grand
fathor clause" was unconstitutional
Tho eighth circuit court et appeals has, the suareme cort. having teat ttatai' ':
expressed doubt as to the validity ot 'en use la th. court, of vlmmmLmmT.k
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Just a few minutes befon and CosJ
ductor A. H. Appleby was staadtag M'
the station talking to the flagman,
llond Without warning the two ne
groes fired on thorn and both fell.
Then they directed their fire at ClaiH
Freeman, who was waiting for a ttUn'ffc -
He was Instantly killed. Tho nsgrc
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Izlng many ot tho passengers and t1e5ll
I left turned thnlr attention to A sleeg '-
Ing car from Natchez, which wai'lett (
on tho trackH to bo picked up by JCtr
tlirfiunti Imln frnm M f.tlltlfllll tl MftSF . '??
Orleans. Many windows the sleeg- J",
Ing tar worn broken but uono ot UM j
passengers were hurt.
Next the negroes mado their way te)
a cotton seed wnrehous-j, whore thef
barricaded themselves.
Frightened citizens by this tlmo turf
gitliered their wits nnd telephone AMJ,
Sheriff Hanimett at Fayette, who"ijtf
rived nbout G o'clock necompnnled hf
Sheriff Glllls. A small crowd of BU"i,,'
were tiring Into tho seedhouso but BO
one bad ventured to lend the posse ta
I lie tilnrn TnWInir a few men with
him Sheriff Hanimett, heavily armed, JC
started toward the Heed bouse. Seeing 'J
this move, It U believed Walter Jonos ('
took to the tall grass nearby and as ''
Hammett niitiroucbed tho negro fired, .r
killing the sheriff Instantly. A shot Jm
from thu seedhouso brought dows)
Glllls
It
Hy t'lls tlmo the countryside had
been aroused and farmers camo pour'
Ing In from every direction. A crowd &
assembled nt tho seed house. Atcall ,
was sent to Governor Drewer for
troops.
Finding his hiding ptace tea'
carious, Will Jones started te tliti &?
ward & coat chute nearby, 'bat ,klRO ''.',
gone only a few steps wnsn ajMllp', '
ended bis lite. A rope was'-s4sj.o '
around the body and It was Strug 'i'
to a telegraph pole near the wtkMtHrt--:
and became a target fa
ShOOtiOR at thu swd (Jci;-w'V'i' '
Sooti after Wilt ivas kUMI
'.isjaiaW
o.
picked Tom Weeks, a it
coal chute. Either the belief wo
or the fall would bare killed him.
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Not long aftor Weeks was kilted, thsj .
special train bearing the NateeiVv.; at
-.. , . . .l i. iir r ' v
an urriveu aim cms seeiHra t v
havo cowed the desperado. As they Js
wero detraining tho crowd rushed th . '-
ui.ed limiRit. Nnt It alint pml0il lhm J ,
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uiiu an inu u-uuirrB weov iiuu tnu puH j ,7i,
with drawn weapons they saw Jonas., Vr
completely unnerved but nol InJureeV'if1
Thev nulckly nlaced a rone aroiind his - ... ";
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neck and rushed him to tho coal chute. tf
As the negro was drawn up the rope
broke and ho felt heavily to the
ground Not a word of act of protosl
camo from Jones ns a larger rope was
drawn around his neck and again hs
was pulled up and tho crowd looked
on us ho strangled to death. '
Thu crowd then went to the hosts
ot tho npgroes where they found two.
negro men,. nnd wore about to lynch
them, but wero persuaded not to by v
o Ulcers. It seems certain that the
Jones negroes hud planned details of
their murderous nteht ns they were,
well armed and had a plentiful supply
of ammunition. Their mother said one
of them had remarked that he wus go
Ing to "shoot up" tho town, but shi
thought he was Joklt))?.
As there was no ovldenco that
there would bo more trouble after
Walter Jones was lynched, the Natche
guardsmen returned home.
Generally tho negro popu'itlon wns
as much Incensed at tho Jouej. broth- .
ers ns were the whites. They ex
pressed no Indignation at the lynching.
the clause and has asked the supreme
court to pass upon the question.
Tho Oklahoma "grandfather clause" '
mado It necessary for alt persons
v.hoso ancestors were not qualified
to voto In I860 In this country to h
able to read and write In order to
Wte.
The Oklahoma "Jim Crow" taw r
quires railroads to provlda sutn
coaches for whites and negroes' equal
In every way In comfort and conyen
lence. Five negroesseek to enjoin
the ralltoads fro men'forchg t'atf law,
They lost In tho lower federal courts.
wnlch went so far as to hold that rail
roads need not furnish sleeping cars
for negroes If there was hot sufaclent
demand by negroes for such accom
modation. , '
For sereral years a fight has bcoa
waged between white and negro
lodges of Knights of Pythlts la tha
south over the use of the name. The
negroes have brought the matter. Us v
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