Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-07-22

convention at AnadarBo.. About $50
farmers were in attendance
Indians Are Visiting.-Six hundred
Cheyennes are visiting the Ponca
tribe OF Indians. The visit of such a
number of kin would cause the aver
age white settlement to be desert
ed.
Suit for Damages. - At Muskogee
w. ]. Crump. the attorney whose
Office was closed by order of the In
dian agent. has filed suit against Dana
S. Kelsey, United States Indian ageDt
for $4,000 damages.
Santa Claus Feat.-A man charged
with selling liquor to the Indians at
Apache was placed in Jail, but the
next morning was missing. He had
removed the chimney and performed
the Santa Claus feat.
Law Has Been Amended. The
regulations regarding the introduc
ton or holding of live stock in the
Choctov or Chickasaw Nations have
been amended in regard to the pen
atty for refusing or neglecting to pay
the tax.
Excitement at Muskogee. Sam
Morrow, a negro, has been placed in
Jail here, charged with having as
saulted and then shot and killed Miss
Mary Coleman. a 15-year-old white
girl. There is much excitement and
talk of Iynching.
New Methodist Church. = A new
Methodist Episcopal church congre-
cation has been organized in the
northwestern suburbs of Oklahoma
City and site for a church edifice
purchased from the University De
velopment Company.
Leasing Oil Lands.-At Sapulpa oil
and. gas leases are pouring into the
United States commissioners Office
for approval. AS many as forty a day
are being certified to. The Indians
are leasing their lands for periods of
five to fifteen years.
Tried for Cattle Stealing. = Joe
Mack and Jay Donaldson, sons of ].
w. Donaldson, one of Stroud's most
noted citizens, were tried in Judge
Jennings court at Bristow for whole
sale horse and cattle stealing yester-
day The three boys, and Lon Egnew,
who was tried on the same charge
were discharged.
Closed Their Doors. - The Indian
police, acting under special instruc-
tons from j. George Wright, Indian
inspector, closed the doors of the
Tulsa Title and Trust Company be-
cause of non-payment of taxes. The
trust company declines to pay the
taxes on the ground that the law
does not include business of that
class, while the Indian officials hold
that it comes under the head of real
estate dealers.
To Pay DeIaWares. - Indian Agent
Kelsey has arranged a conference
with the business committee of the
Delaware Indians, which will take
place in the agents Office at Musko-
gee July 10. The agent is preparing
to make out the payrolls for the dis.
tribution of the $15O,0OO which is to
be paid to the Delawares by the gov
eminent, and the leaders of the tribe
will be consulted as to the matter oil
making out the rolls.
Cherry Wine FataI.-At Henryetta
|. T., Johnnie Nelson, 10 years old, is
dead and three other youths of about
the same age are seriously i'll as a re
suit of drinking some wild cherry
wine of their own making. The four
boys went out into the woods few
days ago, and gathered a large guam
tity of wild cherries. Upon their re
turn one of the number suggested the
making of wine from the cherries
which were accordingly crushed in q
large vessel, seeds and ALL All of the
boys drank freely of the liquid thus
obtained. which produced serious eff
fects within few hours. The Nelson
boy died before help could be secured
but prompt medical assistance saved
the lives of the others.
Bifton Has Given Bond. N. Bill
ton, grocer of Waurika, who sever
al weeks ago shot and killed P. A
Cox, a commercial traveller of For
| Worth, Texas, during a difficulty a
Waurika, gave bond last evening il
| the sum OF $4,000 and was released
from the county Jail.
Killed by Explosion. = Jordan, JAG
obs and Jack Loftes. shotfirers, were
killed by an explosion in the McAles
ter Coal Mining Company's mine nea1
this city. Loftes was found lying or
| his face with his hand over his hear
and piece of his shirt clenched il
his hand. Jacobs was lying on his
back, terribly burned The cause o.
the explosion has not been ascertain
ed.
Claim Not Preferred. = The city.
| contention that it should be made {
| preferred creditor of the defunct Banl
of Lawtoa was denied by Judge Gil
| lette and the city will now have tt
take it's chances with the other de
| positors The court sustained those
whose deposits were made on the da,
the bank failed. holding that in sucl
| cases they were entitled to recover
in full the amount of their deposits.
Must Pay or Get out.-The Indiar
agent is going after the Delinquent
cattlemen in the Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations again. A force of In