Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-04
A NEW RICHMOND.
kingfiSher Enters the Contest for
Capital Of Oklahoma.
Over One Hundred Citizens Go From
Oklahoma City to Guthrie. Pre-
pared for Anything.
The Choctaw Council Ready to Sell the Leased
District to Uncle Sam-Coal Land
Leases to Be Looked Into
OKLAHOMA CAPITAL QUESTION.

| OKLAHOMA CAPITAL QUESTION.
| Special to the Gazette.
| GUTHRIE, o. T., Oct. 3.-The capital question
| is as far from settlement as it was at the begin
| ming OF the session of the legislature. with 4
| new and formidable opponent in the field.
| Kingfsher, taking advantage of yesterdays
! break by both Guthrie and Oklahoma Citv, has
announced boldly her intention of capturing the
| prize. Both of the former cities realize their
| mistake, and it is generally understood Okla
| homs City has abandoned the fight and will
throw her support to kingfsher as against
! Guthrie.
| The riot of yesterday has quoted. but its
| effects are plainly visible. Armed men by the
| score from Oklahoma City have thronged the
streets to-day in anticipation of = renewal Of
| the trouble
Speaker Daniels 10 confined to his room from
nervous prostratlon brought on by the excite
ment and personal encounter with enraged
citizen, Ill which he was considerably worsted-
| He sent a communication to the house this eve
ming stating that he signed the bill yesterday
under msapprehension, and asking pardon
| for his action. A resolution was at once intro
duced generating him and requesting the clerk
OF the council to return the bill TO the house.
The resolution was strongly opposed, but finally
passed by bare ma jority.
During the discussion excitement ran high
and another riot seemed imminent, but the
house cleared and order restored. Perry,
the member who on yesterday accused OF
stealing the bill from the clerks desk, and who
came so near being mobbed, did not show uT
until this morning, and then he did not appear
on the street except with heavily armed eS-
cort. It is thought that better Judgment has
now prevailed, and that no further trouble viii
ensue One thing is sure, if 1t does there will
be bloodshed.
SUBJECTS TO COME BEFORE THB CHoCTAw CoUS-
GIL
Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, Tex, Oct. 3.-Wllson n. Jones' gov
ernor of the Choctaw Nation, passed through
the city to-day enroute to Tuskahoma, the
Choctaw capital, where the council meets Mon
day. There has been some talk of contest by
Smaliwood, the defeated candidate. and the
first work of the council will bs Canvassing the
returns and counting the votes, Col. Jones is
preparing to meet any attempt at ousting him.
The most important business of the council
will be the disposition of the leased district now
occupied by the Comanche, Wichita and kiowa
tribes. The government offer of So 500 900 will
be accepted, the Choctaws arguing that as the
government leased 1t in 1915 for ninety nine
years and paid cash rental for the term of
$500, go, which is all gone and II is very apt
there will be no Choctaw nation sixty-fve years
from now, when the lease expires, they had bet
ter extinguish their title for the sum in hand Of
fered.
The council will also tackle the Choctaw coal
and railway company to the latter's injury.
This company has been taking ninety year
leases OF all the coal lands in the nation from
individuals and is now building a line OF road
through the center of the coal district. 1t is
backed by and is said to be branch OF the Le
high coal and railway company Of Pennsylvania.
They became alarmed for their
leases and attempted to secure the passage of
act by congress validating them. The
SCne1ne is q RranG one, ana would make tnein
masters of the finest coal fields in the South
west. The Indian lsws prohibit such individual
leases or for such terms These will be looked
into by the council, and probably some vigorous
action will take place. The Indians say, this
country in ten years will be open TO settlement
and be a state. to allow such monopoly to take
root would be outrageous.
OKLAHOMA CITY EXCITED.
Special to the Gazette.
OKLAHOMA CITY, I. t., Oct. 3.-The greatest
excitement prevails in this city over the dast-
resentstiye Perry OF this county. Over 100 well
armed and determined citizens went to Guthrie
to-day to see that fair play was had. The cap
ital bill was not called up, and comparative
quiet reigns there. The mob there yesterday
numbered 300 strong, and Perry was obliged to
flee for his life. The mob claim they thought
Perry was trying to steal the bill. No action
was taken by the governor, the captain COM
mandipg the troops there, nor the United States
marshal, to bring the members af the mob to
justice. The governor is supposed to be
of nerve, but thus far the city where he con-
trolls the legislature and the territorial offices.
are the prey OF a brutal mob without a dissent
ing effort on his part. Representatives OF the
legislature hunted like fugitives the
streets OF Guthrie yesterday, and the whole
Territory is terribly excited over It. The pass
age of the bill removing the capital to this city
wcs the cause of it ALL
ST. LOUIS CITY REPUBLICAN TICKET.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Oct. 3.-The Republican city
convention to-day sade the following nomina-
tons: Sheriff, ]. h. Pohlrnan; judge of circuit
court Horatio d. Wood; Judge OF the criminal
court, Ashley Glover; Judge of the court of Grim
mai correction. John A. Tally; probate Judge,
Rudolph sohutenburg; clerk of the circuit court,
Thos. B. Roger; recorder of deeds, VIM. A.
Hobbs; clerk of the criminal court, Joseph Nc
Donald; clerk of the court of criminal correc-
ton, Dan siegmund; prosecuting attorney. W.
II. Clarke; assistant prosecuting attorney, VIM
II. Farmer, a colored man; coroner, DR.. Frank.
DoNLEY COUNTY POLITICS.
Special to the Gazette.
CLARENDON, TEX, Oct. 3.-Local politics is
exciting the citizens OF Doniey, with the county
attOrneV's most exciting. and arOuRlnu
considerable luminosity.
SPOKE AT MEMPHIS.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
MEMPHIS, TEX, Oct. 2.-Our people who feel
an intere-t in selecting the officers who q Il the
important otices Of our district began TO gather
at the courthouse this evening to hear the speak
election the office Of district Judge of this the
Forty-sixth judicial district. The judge made
good talk. setting forth his platform, and we
believe il reelected he will make US a good
Judge, as has been the case heretofore.
UNLOCKED BY DARK HORSE.
Special to the Gazette.
LUFKIS, TEX, Oct. 3.-The convention held
at this place for the purpose of nominating q
after being locked until the l22nd ballot was
cast The two contestants, A. j. Murphy and
w. B. O'Guinp were withdrawn, and Judge E.
B. Lewis of Nacogdoches was nominated by &C
clamatlon.
SHERMAN NOTES.
Special to the Gazette.
D.
speak in this city Monday afternoon the 9Th.
He will be given q respectful hearing
Governor Wilson Jones Of the Choctaw Nation
was here to-day, route TO Paris and Tusca-
homa official business. The governor is not
uneasy about the contest over his recent cleo
ton.
IDAHO ELECTIONS.
BOISE CITY, IDAHO Oct. 3.-Returns thus far
received show that the Republican majority in
the state is !, 500 with three Republican coun-
ties and one doubtful one to hear from. The
legislature will be Republican by about 80 to Is.
1t will take some days to get full returns, as
some counties distant from telegraph COM
municaiion. The Democrats concede the state
by 900.
REPUBLICAN CLAIMS.
Republicans claim the election OF Thoup for
governor and Sweet for congress by l, 500 major
ity, and the entire state ticket by about the
same majority. They claim the legislature will
stand ~ Republicans to 10 Democrats, with two
members in doubt.
GRAMS OPPOSITION.
Special to the Gazette
AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. 3.-It may not be gener-
allv known, but it is quite certain that strong
and ugly fight viii be made against Congress-
man Grain. The friends of Spohn, the Republic
can nominee for congress against Grain, have
arranged active campaign and will at once
throw @ number Of speakers into the district,
and will move heaven and earth to down Grain
Chief among them will be the notorious Nat @.
ia m hah itr