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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
LOGAN COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL
Report of the Principal Has
Been Rendered.
SHOWS SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Two-Thirds of the Students
Are from Outside the City

Guthrie, o. T., Feb. 5.-The report Of
w S. Calvert, principal Of the Logan
County High school, for the first term OF
the school year was rendered yesterday
to the board of trustees. As Logan is
the only county in the territory that has
taken advantage of The law providing for
a county high school in each county, it
is of interest to the territory generally
to know that the school in this county
has proven an unqualified success.
The report of the principal shows the
Total enrolment to be $50, exceeding the
enrolment for the city high school of
last year by 2i3. Little more than onS
third of this number came from the city
of Guthrie. the remaining two-thirds
coming from the rural districts of the
county. Mr. Calvert thinks these figures
speak eloquently for the consolidation
idea. which is just now attracting SO
much attention not only in Oklahoma but
throughout the country at large.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
WHAT FLYNN SAYS.
It Is Hard to Tell What Action VIII
Be Taken.

Oklahoma City, o. T., Feb. 5.-Dennis
Flynn and Cash Code, of Shawnee, chair
man of the territorial Republican com
mittee, have returned from Washington,
where they have been at the head of the
delegation in the interests of the Mcclure
double state bill. It is said that Mr..
Flynn has been looking after personal
political interests while in the naHenal
capital Asked about the prospects of
statehood for Oklahoma, Mr.. Flynn said:
1T is hard to tell about action on state
hood at this time. L am sure that moth
ing will be done in the senate with refer
ence to a hearing until the return Of SEN
ator Quay. He is quite i'll and has gone
to Florida to recuperate. The committee
has adopted a plan to hear all of the ter
ritories before taking any action. Arizona
and New Mexico have already presented
their cases.
do you think there will be statehood
legislation of any kind at this session."
he was asked.
II hope so, but it looks very doubtful
whether they will give us the kind Of Re
publican platform demanded. Quite
number of representatives from the Indian
Territory are in Washington who are will
ing for the Creek and Seminole nations
to be added on political grounds. 1t is
my Judgment that if any are added. all
will be. Mr.. Mcclure is doing everything
within his power for the passage of the
statehood bill, and it viii not be his fault
if he does not succeed"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
BODY is FOUND.
In the Pocket Was a Letter Admitting
His Guilt

Louisville. Ky, Feb. "a special to
the Evening Post from Bedford, Ind,
says the sheriff of that city has received
a letter from a man in New Albany, say
ing that a body has been found in the
Ohio river there and that in the coat
pocket was a letter admitting that the
writer was the murderer of Miss Sarah
Shaefer the Latin teacher. \ number
of letters from Miss Schaefer We're also
found on the body. On the corpse also
was found a gold watch inscribed pre-
scented to William Henry Mead by mem
bers of the Iroquois boating club, Janu
airy l, 1901" and ring engraved ''W''
TO ''S''
The letter was signed Wallace Willis
Sims. 1t was mailed at Louisville, Feb
ruary 4. The writer says he found the
body in the ice Of the Ohio river a mile
below New Albany and placed it in cold
storage. He refuses to tell where the
body is or to describe it. He says that
in one letter is detailed description of
the crime. This letter, Sims says, stated
that the writer arrived at Bedford at
4:30 p. m, January p. He went to the
Johnson boarding house and waited for
Miss Schaefer. They argued some time
on the subject of marriage. She asked
him to wait until morning. They quar-
relied, she slapped him and he struck her
with his fist, but not before she had
pulled his hair. She fell lifeless. He
pounded her head with a brick and car
ried her to the shed. He then escaped to
Louisville Sine says that he win give
no more information unless it is agreed
to pay the reward for the dead body and
to promise him protection. The authori-
ties say the letter is the work OF a crank.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
COLE YOUNGER THERE.
Went to Washington to Aid Joint
Statehood Movement.

Guthrie. o. T.. Feb. 5.-A Washington
dispatch says it did not develop today
that the object Of Cole Younger's pres
ence in Washington at this time is to
assist in the movement TO secure joint
statehood for oklahoma and the Indian
Territory at this session Of congress. The
noted ex-outlaw arrived here yesterday
and is stopping at one of the leading
hotels in the capital 1t was not known
what he was doing there until he ap-
peared at the capitol this morning and
began TO inaugurate a small campaign Of
his own in favor of single statehood. The
announcement that Cole Younger was en-
listed in the good cause and was lending
the weight of his personal influence TO
the movement too kaway all interest in
the action of the committee on territories
which is giving whether Cole Younger win
appear before the committe and make a
personal appeal to that oody direct He
is said to prefer working the matter
in his own quiet and unobstrusive way.
Buffalo Jones is also a single statehood
boomer and he and Younger are working
toqat nor
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
BIT OF HISTORY.
Joe Chamberlain Thought the Beers
Wouldn't Fight.

London, Feb. 5.-An interesting bit of
anti-war history was revealed by the
Liberal leader. Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-
herman. in the house of commons today
in the debate o nthe proposed amendment
to the address in reply to the speech from
the throne Referring to Joseph Cham
berlains gibes at the attitude of the Op-
position when Mr. Chamberlain yesterday
defended the course of the government
toward the Transvaal, Sir Henry said
that when Mr. Chamberlain interviewed
him June %, 1899 prior to the war asked
him if the opposition would support the
government in sending out 10,OO0 troops
to Cape Colony he. Sir Henry. expressed
surprise, whereupon Mr.. Chamberlain
said
.'You need not be alarmed. There will
be no fighting. We know these fellows
won't fight We are playing game of
bluff"
Sir Henry added, the opposition refused
to relieve the government of any respon-
sibility regarding the course it chose TO
pursue The statement Of Sir Henry was
greeted with roars of laughter from the
opposition benches.
Mr.. Chamberlain, in reply said he did
not remember using the word bluff His
only object in approaching Sir Henry
was to make sure that the South African
question should not be treated in a party
spirit so the Beers might be convinced
Of the eanestness Of Great Britain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06

set forth in detail without comment, Mr.
Bonaparte evidently believing that it is
an administrative question to be decided
by President Roosevelt
The connection Of members of the
Dawes commission with land banking
companies as we'll as their investments in
town lots is set forth in detail Mr.
Bonaparte recommends that President
Roosevelt should place a limit upon the
operation Of all federal officers in the
territory with reference to holding stock
in development companies and as to land
speculation. even in town lote where IN
dian title has passed TO private owners.
He adds that federal officers should either
devote all their time to the duties of their
office or resign
The charges made by Mr.. Brosius agent
of the Indian Rights Association. were
each fully investigated so far as they in
volved officers under the department of
justice and it was found that such Off
GERS were connected with land companies.
but the particular companies. with but one
company was. it is said, making rather
unconscionable terms with allotees. but
the connection of officers under the de-
partment, which long since terminated.
was not found TO be such as to warrant
wismissal from Office. The principal
charge by Mr.. Brosius related to this
matter OF imposition upon the Indians
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
KATY HAS SUED.
Would Recover Alternate Sections of
Land Along Riqhto Way.

Guthrie. o. T. Feb. 5.--A dispatch from
Atoka says whatever the outcome Of the
suit of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railroad company to recover alternate
sections of land along its right Of way
through Indian Territory. there is no
doubt bur that the suit will cloud title TO
a great deal of Indian Territory land.
When a charter was granted the Mis-
souri,. Kansas x Texas Railroad company
To build its line through Indian Territory
the charter carried with 1t a concession
t. the effect that whenever the line came
the titles Of the l5ud of the Cherokees-
Creeks. Choctaws and Chickasaws should
pass from the Indian tribes. and the Mis-
souri. Kansas < Texas Railroad company
should be~entitled 10 every alternate see
tioa for ten miles on each side OF the
right Of way Of tho railroad extending
from the Kansas line 70 the Texas line
The Missouri Kansas & Texas Railroad
company is now preparing 10 iile suit 20
recover this land. Representa- tives Il the
Railroad are at MuskoEee compiling data
from the official records OF the Dawes
commission. and when this IS ready. the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06

than that allowed by law. . per cent The
court overruled the demurrer and held
that the plaintiff was entitled To receive
s per cent interest. but forfeited the diff
ference between 5 per cent and 10 per
cent.
This case will go 10 the United States
court OF appeals.
Congress passed an act February 70,
1901. prescribing certain condition for cor
poratiOns doing business in indian Terri
tory 10 meet and it included a clause
providing that the legal rate of interest
in Indian Territory shall be per cent,
but parties may contract for a higher
rate of interest. but IN no case in excess
Of per cent. The laws Of Arkansas
when extended over Indian Territory.
substantially fixed the rate OF interest In
Indian Territory at 10 per cent. which re-
manned The law until the act OF February
10. 1861
The general belief was that the penalty
Of forfeiture of principal and interest fol-
lowed on notes drawing a rate OF interest
in excess of 3 per cent. but not exceeding
10 per cent. just the same as notes draw
ing more than 10 per cent interest. but
the question had never been passed upon
by the courts until this morning
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
Are They More Than Good
High Schools in Fact
MERELY LOCAL IN SCOPE
Saving the Community Cost
of High Schools


Guthrie. o. T, Feb. 5.--A subject Of re-
cent discussion among certain territorial
officials and others of high political
standing in the territory was the ques-
tion as to whether the rank OF the work
beine done by the higher educational in
stitutions Of the territory is what it was
designated TO be, whether these institu=
tions were filling the place they were in
tended % I'll. or whether, on the other
hand. they were not almost entirely high
school in the rank of their work and
local in their patronage and scope Of in
nuence.
The status Of Normal schools came UP
in this connection. 1t was stated that
these schools had been the source of
heavy expense to the territory and that it
is the expectation of the authorities Of
the Normals that the next legislature
will appropriate for considerable in
crease Of accommodations to take care of
an increased attendance; yet ii is claim
ed that the present accommodations are
ample and more than ample to take care
OF those doing tie work which the schools
were designed to do. In other words, th(
higher institutions of the territory are
very largely given over TO a local patron
age doing high school grade at the ex-
pCrse Of the territory.
Attention was called TO the heavy ex-
pense Under which Oklahoma has placed
herself to establish and maintain these
higher institutions.
No criticism is passed on the men at the
head Of the various Institutions. bat there
is some discussion about what has turned
these schools aside from their original
puTposo.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
INVOLVES 250 PEOPLE.
J. c. Sobherts viii Make an Arqu-
nneat Before Interior Denartr,en+


Enid. o. T.. Feb 5.-Ex-Attorney Cen
eral J. c. Roberts leaves in day or
two for Washington, where he will rep
resent the territory in an oral argument
before the secretary Of the interior de-
pariment in q contest effccting the owner
ship Of l0oe92 acres of land in the Kick
apoo reservation. contested by go set
tiers The particular case is that of J. J.
Ward and the decision rendered will set
tle the whole litigation Hon. Dick T.
Morgan represents Mr. Ward
IL 1884 -. y. Harvey. the first delegate
TO congress from oklahoma. was en-
powered by The territory TO prosecute the
claim of school lands in the Cheyenne
and other Indian nations. IN the Usage
nation there were no lands set aside in
plating the country.
Mr.. Harvey was employed to reserve
land in other nations to make UP for
the absence Of school land in the Chey-
enne and other reservations. He selected
1o0o20 acres.
This 100000 acres was settled on by
about 80 persons. who claim if as home
stead settlers. The claim they make is
that because there is no school land in
the Usage nation that the territory had
no right 10 go into any other reservation
and select land TO make up for it. and
hat when sections 16 and Sc had been
Set aside for school purposes in the Kick
epoo nation that was all that could be
allotted.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
GOES TO WASHINGTON
Pleasant Porter Would Get in Touch
With Legislation.

Guthrie. O. r, Feb. 5.-A Muskogee
dispatch says: Pleasant Porter. principal
chief Of the creek nation. left last night
for Washington. T. G. where he VIII re-
main Several weeks. The purpose of the
trip IS 10 get in touch with legislation
nov. pending before congress and 20 pre-
vent. If possible. the passage Of any
bills which he thinks viii De detrimental
To the creek nation. one of the bills 20
which he is opposed Is the granting u
statehood 70 Indian Territory before the
tribal governments expire IN 1895. Chez
Porter thinks the passage of any such
bill would seriously ia1srfere with The
tribal governments, and VIII Go all h
can - prevent IL
Before leaving Chief Porter wrote 4
circular letter. copies of which VIII o.
seHt To als members Of the Creek council
IN this letter he reviewed The work Il
his Office for me past three months. AMI
OF the disposition. II any. THAI has hene
made Of the bills passed hy Tire recent
Greek Council. The trouble which s. ne
OF the aHottees have had with u1sc-I-pliI-
Gus land dealers is dselr upon az IenSth
by hizn.ard through the council members
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06

company viii file it's suit against Indian
citizens holding their alIotments and all
persons who have purchased lands on the
alternate sections Of land in any OF the
four nations through whic hthe Katy line
passes. The United States government
will be Joined in the suit with the indi
Vidual land owners and made party in
the action
While lawyers who have made investi-
cation into the status of the company's
cfami are inclined to the belief that the
railroad company cannot take the land
from the individual Indians who have TAX
en- their alotments, nor from the white
people who have purchased Indian lands,
at the same time the suit probably will
result in so clouding that il Will hinder
the rapid development of Indian Terri
tory.
The city of Muskogee. one Of the best
towns in the southwest is located on the
alternate section of land claimed by the
railroad company. and that section is one
of the most valuable in the southwest, the
property now being worth millions of dol
lars.
Other LAWYERS contend that the act of
congress, giving the railroad such a claim
the United States government had no title
to the land through which the railroad
passed. The treaties with the indians all
guarantee to the Indian tribes the posses
sion of their lands ''as long as water
flows and grass grows. This is con-
strued that the United States government
had passed the title TO the Indians in
perpetuity and had not only given up
all claim to title, but had barred any
possibility to a later claim TO title being
made by the government. The govern
ment. therefore, having no title and no
possibility Of acquiring title, it is claimed
that congress had no right to make any
concession in the premises.
The filing of the suit undoubtedly will
cause considerable disqQietude and uneas-
mess in Indian Territory and will be
witched with intent interest. There is no
way of obtaining even an accurate esti-
mate of the value of the land that Will
be sued for, but it is safe to say that
its present value far exceeds $1,000, COO. .0Oo
as some of the finest coal lands and best
cities of Indian Territory are located on
the lands that will be involved in the
Silit
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
FoR SINGLE STATEHOOD.
Such a Bill Is Likely to Come From,
the Committee.

Guthrie o. r.. Feb. 5-A Washington
dispatch SAYS thar out OF all the aRfta-
ton for statehood for Oklahoma viii
probably come from the house committee
on territories "A bin providing for single
statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory jointly. prominent member e
the committee. who has been present "a
ali Of the hearings and taken deep inter-
est among members Of the house. sx-
pressed this as his opinion today. Said
he: Personally. I am FOR separate state
hood for Oklahoma with lts present
boundaries. and excluding the provisions
Of the Mcguire bin which allows congress
20 annex portions Of the Indian Territory
as IT mfy see 1T. I shall vote for this
proposition FOR several reasons. sufficicut
unto myself. but / am certain from what
1 know Of the sentiment among the other
members OF the committee. that taat
proposition Will be defeated. Sentiment
for statehood for the combined terituries.
which viii make a shapeiy. compact state.
AZ regards area and boundaries. and when
/ am out voted / shall support that sarC
OF a measure. II there IL statehood ieE-
islation ~ this session OF congress. ise-
lievs that Oklahoma will bs the territory
admitted. together with Indian Territory,
as one state Arizona and New Mexico
do not want 90 bs united az one. ana
We could not. snd have no desire -.
force them 90 come Il as one state ard
To adopt q constitution. There lg this
objection To- the HcGuiro bill u Il were
Iefs optional FOR congress 20 take tn a par
don " tho Indian TERRITORY when 81 felt
- disposed. a Democratic congress might
add one ~ the Indian nations The next
Republican congress might add another
Indiau nation ln order 70 make th- state
Republican. and 30 on II would be
political Fecsaw game uEtii an - TIE in-
dian Territory waT absorbed.
This D. the chief oblecslon g. The Sc
Gfilre bHl ft ls uu1erstpod ha1eerT.
that fhe advocates - thiH tlii ~ii eou-
rent fhaf those provisions resnrding fifs
acquisition - por;i0nv ~ the irsilsn Ter
ritorv nsv he stricken out. Tee erpisna-
ton "a made that they Eere iaciudei
81 TIRE biB largely for The purpose of eE-
cauua Interest sad satfI1asasEn ana crest
far sentiment IN tire fn6lsa Ternisrr f9r
afafates1-f
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
A HIDDEN TORTURER
DEATH PREFERABLE TO The
AGONY BORNE BY Mr.. COYLE.
Three Years of Excruciating Neuralgia
Terminated by SIX boxes OF
DR.. Williams Pink PIils.

The pity of the modern world has al
WAYS been stirred by tales OF the suifer-
ings of the wretched victims in the tor
ture chambers once connected with
courts Of Justice The very sight OF a
gr7,esome collection Of pincers, tongs,
tb1Imbscrews and racks, used ages ago,
awes curious. spectators and makes them
trembIe with living horror. While such
cruelties survive now only among saw
age races. men still suffer from agonies
of disease so intense that they can IND
no terms fit to describe them save
words like torture and rack, which
call I'D vividly the barbarities Of the out
grown past The unhappy victims some
times as in the case which follows, faint
with the exhaustion OF intense pain, and
even Ions for death to hasten and end
sufferings which they have appealed so
long in vain to men to relieve. All help
that comes from drugs that deaden pain
for a brief season is only mockery, for
the short respites are always followed
by more terrible agony.
The story Of James 3. Coyle, mill
operative, residing at No. 9 Pond street,
Amesbury. Mass, is a striking recent
case in illustration. During the past
three years" said Mr. Coyle to re-
porter, y was troubled with neuralgia
in the head. 1T times the pains were
almost unbearabie and my sufferings
Were such that death would have been
welcome as relief. The pains began
right over my eyes and shot upward
through my head. They were so ex-
cruciating that they would almost make
me faint dead away from exhaustion.
Il consulted several physicians but,
while they all diagnosed my case as neu-
ralgia and prescribed for that. they gave
me only temporary relief Then 1 took
4 number of advertised neuralgia cures
with no better result About four
months ago a friend told me about DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
and / decided to try box, although then
I had but little faith in them. because
had taken SO many remedies without
benefit. After l had used one box 1 no
ticed that the pains were less frequent
and intense than before. So I took a
second box with additional Improvement.
After I had taken six boxes my neural
gia was entirely cured. and for two
months I have been free from pain
have sound restful sleep at night and
no feeling of languor during the day.
bless the day when l began to use DR..
Williams Pink Pills"
Cures equally remarkable for their
and permanence have also
been wrought by these pills in the case
of locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis,
ST. Vitus dance. sciatica. nervous head
ache, after-efects of the grip, palpita-
ton Of the heart, pale and sallow COM
HleNions and al forms of weakness in /
either male or female. DR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all
druggists, or Will be sent direct from
Or. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady. /
y. Y, postpaid, on receipt of price fifty
cents per box; six boxes for two dollars
and a half DO not he deceived into TAX
ing a substitute Nothing else has been
found equally good.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-06
FROM N. 8. sALTER.
(. p. McCabe Receives Another Com
mendatory Letter.

Guthrie. 0. r. Feb. 5.-E. P. McCabe
continues TO hear from prominent colored
men throughout the United States all OF
whom promise 70 throw their influence
toward the passage of the Quay amend
ment TO any statehood bill for The terri
tory. thus iusuring The negro a IN
restricted Suffrage here.
letter was received b. Mr. McCabe
today from a man ag well known perhaps
as Booker WashinEton--certainly 80
among the coiored people themselves-the
Right Rev " r. Salter y. D.. IL j..
presiding bishop q the TENN Episcopal
district, tho leading colored bishop in the
world. The letter follows.
"Charieston. :. O. Feb 2.
Hon. z. ?. McCabe, Depety Auditor.
Guthrie o T:
Dear sir-Your letter ~ Jan q re-
ceived and contents fully noted. heart
uy endorse the proposition and shall 90
all that IS in my power 20 bring ab0vt
tho desired results.
Yours. with best wfehcs far success.
n. y. sAT.TER