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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
RtBIE< ~ mNT 6IIR PtCk
~ THE bog 81 the wrsirh~.i~r keRWriS
Taken tut aud shot

wHITE PAINS April Is Ra"I.. Do
v..lup-d IN ih. kennels uf N" Me-tch"StFr
H'ut Club YESTERDAY. II wa found that
thr-, IT the Eugl.rh hound> hal "a" liz
ra-s and that NJ least '"n other animals
- the pack hal hs-"n bitten
several m-mtper- ~ the club held a
consolidation and decided thar the lest
thing ." d. wa, Q" destroy the whole
20 X. ~ rh. animals were taken thI-
morning - a patch uf woods and ,rhnt
Tn. dog warr valIsd AZ 8, ODn nemter
- the club will leave newt ws-k Tor Eng
land To buy hItY Uf the i,s.Si English hounds
Tor the club To replAce the Ons- destroyed
Il = heli-v-si that when the dogs were
taken On a hunt recently a mad dog bat
the three that developed rAbis-
The killing of ia. hounds means that
NJ NOR. hunts will - bsid 10y IN" club
ihi- spring
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
BrLL,S WV FLYING WiTHINF.
Thinks the TrIrAhrdraI VIII Prove Nurh
safer Than Other WOstsIs.

BANGOR. Me April Is Prof. Alexander
Graham Bell. stopping over here on his
way home 10 Washington. said he had bs--n
very successful IN his aviation experiments
AZ Baddeck. y. y. and has hops. that his
t-traheSIrnl aerOplans will revolui Unizs
aerOnautiCs.
This winter said Prof Bell we have
heen experimenting with three tyPe-
Of acroplanes. the mono. the biplans and
the tetraheCiral types. One % the mono
planes is to go "a Gardner q. Hubbard 81
Boston The biplanes have been under
the care Of y. W. Baldwin and J. A. Doug
Ias McCurdy and they have been having
good luck with the typ1.
Il have not been able 10 try the tetTa-
hedral type in the air. but u WORKS salts
factOrily ON the ice and there is every
reason to believe IL will Nv IN the air. We
did not have the right kind Of engine at
hand and the trial was put OF until next
month. IL may not BE- al Rirrhip Of speed
or great power. but , am quite sure e
viii b@ much safer in tiss Eir tnan All
others. as ia case Of accident u will slowly
float TO the ground. Most Of the accidents
with aeroplanes are due to the instability
OF the supporting sirfsces
MANY parts Of ths Earth now mac
cessibls TO present means Ot Transporter
ton can b~ reached In the airrhip. |
think this point has BEEN host wight OF
in the present cry over the us-s tO which
thu Aeropsane may L. ptlt. and ] think
u n the most important one.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
CYCLONE HITS THE FILTERS.
we Dead. TIVE Dying at Nonrnse,er
Farman'x works Damagrd.

Special Cdhis DssDaich 20 TIE Sun.
PANS. April rs "A cyclone struck
the aviation grounds at Mourmelon-le-
Petit this morning where huge mill
tary dirigihle balloon shed was in course
81 ConztruC ion. The building was blown
down in a moment. in it, fall burying
a dozen wOrhmen.
Two men were killed and two are dying
The others were seriously injured The
immense sts,,l gir,iers caused terrible
injuries.
But for thr cyclone coinciding with
the dinner interval. $50 persons would
have been IN tn" shed A II was. a ma ior-
ity of the WORT men Witnessed the de
strlction from "a safe distance.
Farman's works are on the grounds.
but nobody was hurt there Part of the
roof % his workshop was blown on and
carried three-q'nr,erS ~ a mile. A tent
shed corrupted Wy Prince BolotOn filed
like a balloon and scared Oh high in the
air for q long distance.
The total damage 10 figured at 500 OOo,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
WIS. HODES SIFEP> HEIT.
Takes . Nap SG Fr.w Thrr~ 10 FNr Da, =
Dace Q Meets.

4 BROOKLYN woman awakened az .
O'Clock yesterday afternoon from a thr."
DAYS slImter and by in the evening IN.
was yawninR and showing other sIgn
of want ~ sleep. THIS WIS not unusual
for her, for she sometimes sh-~T- five
DAYS AZ a stretch.
The. woman ~ Mrs Charles Ho-ie~ 81
sIi Blake avenue. Her husband and
son. arr taiIors. When she j. asleep her
mother and her young daughter do the
hotIsswork For three years shs has
taken a nap 81 from three 10 fv. days
duration every week Her usual tame for
retiring "a Friday night or saturday
morning. She sleeps until Tuesday or
Wednesday and wakes mp hungry and
feeling pretty well. She eats a few meals
of nutritious food. attends Ia neglected
ho,u-ework and goes TO sleep On Friday
night or che following morning.
Mir HOde- seems to sleep peacefully
and like one In natural sleep. She says
.be has pleasant dreams She cannot be-
awakened. Physicians have tried 90
wake her zap with needle pricks. electric
applications and IN other ways. but with
ont SUCCESS. Hypnotic suggestion ~ To
lie tried next
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
TIND SISTER LOvG MISSING
Miss NsuI. Nhs I.rT' Pi,tSba-< Ten Years
AGE. nlscO, errd tn TcNss

ArsTIN. Tex. April rs Miss ANNIE
Maui. said tn belong.to a wealthy family
In Fiitsbnrg. disappeared from home
ten years ago and after Oeing searched
for all over this continent and Europe
was found two DAYS ago in AUSTIN.
Mis- Maui u a stock holder in the Ger
man Savings and DepOat Bank Of Pittr-
burg. according 70 her brOthsr-In- Jaw
George = Torch ol Pittsburg
Mr. aud Mrs Torch and the latter
sister. Miss Margaret Maui. came To Aus
tin a. SOON A. they got a clue
Miss Annie Maui has lived in different
parts OF the Unit.d STATES aud Me1icO
in the ten years since shs left hom-
She came Ia Austin two wears ago. Shs
WAS we'll known 10 several local banks
" here she carried accounts.
4 few DAYS ago she drew on the German
Savings and DEPOSIT Bank 20 Pittsburg
informing the local hank that she Vas
a stock holder in that bank and had not
drawn a dividend for ten wears II was
this draft that carried knowledge oi
her " hereabout- Ia her PittSbuTk rela-
iiVe- When they got Ia Austin a long
cOnTereuC.. was held h.tW c..u the sisters
and Mr. Torch with the result that all
four left the city next dav tue report
SAYS they are ia san Antonio and another
that they are on thsir way o. Piitrburg
a. ~ said that Mis- Mails Dre>enCe in
Pittsburg - necessary TO settle certain
financial matters Connected with the
family estate.
PITTssU ma. April Is Annie Maui - a
dau Ghtsr Of FreCIs rick Maui late president
Of the German Savings ard Depo~st
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
IEHIGH RIISFS % IGE>.
AZ Glasses % Train service Wen t:s' ADJ
vance Dating From AprM o.

BETHLFUFI. PA April u After an all
teek conference between commit tse
oT trainmen and General Manager 4
Maguir- q the Ichigh Valley Railroad
/, was announced to-day that 200 train
men and haggagemeu will receive in
crease- Ia wages and the working hours
VIII he reduced from - 10 10 hours This
new wage scale will date from April !.
In the passenger service trninmen on
miscellaneous short runs will get 81 2s
instead ~ ., ~ and baExagemsn " rs
instead 81 81 ~ Through passenger
trainmen IN runs from Jersey City 70
Buffalo will Kst - 10 Der trip instead ~
o. Is and baggngem~O g. instead Of o. 81
Miscellaneous freight s"-'.ce employees
wall he raised from - s,'O 81 ~ and lOcal
Freigh' and pickup men from ~ IN 10 y 20
n day 4 straight increase Of 70 rents a
day viii be given Ia all ward s~ryicernsn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
SENATOR PERCY TO. CRITICS.
SAYS ne WSuIh Resign Rather Than IsolsI
Tainted CammlSSass.

JACKsoN. Miss. April Is Before n
joint session 81 the two houses % the
Legislature to-day United States senator
Leroy Percy arraiRned the persons who
have insinuated that his election was
won 10y fraud. Percy asserted that hs
would resign rather than hold a commits
sion that might appear to have been oh
tanned by corruption.
Johnston A. Strong. n supporter Of
Percy. introduced a resolution Offering
Co subject the validity Of senator Percy'S
election 10 a special State primary To b.,
held next November
Percy did not mince words in dealing
with his critics When he asserted that
the State % Mississippi could not have
greater DISASTER befall il than the elec-
ton Of James X. Vardaman 10 the Unitsd
States Senate a wave u applause swept
over the hall
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
CRIzT WOMaN FIREBTG .
VsRkerS Authsrul~- CoOJe~turr ~ 80
Rrcent Inrendlary FlFes

YoSKERs April Is FIr~- started early
this morning ia the frame dwellings at ,
Garfisld street and 40 Walnut street
The fires occurred within "A few minutes
81 each other. and IN both case- the flames
began in rags saturated with kerosene
aud placed Under the stairway. About
seventy perpOns live IN the buildings
Pa rick Hart 10 TN Walnut str-et. a
motoFInan. was returning home ~ about
"a. NJ when he saw n woman. hatIo~s and
with di-hevsIIed hair. dart out % the
doorway Of $40 Walnut street. She had >
bottIe in her hand and Hart noted an
0fsor like that % kerosene The woman
uttered a cry when she saw Hart and then
dartsd into an alley. The fire soon burst
out. One Of the tenants in the 0arheld
nfreet honss also saw q woman running
away just before FIRE Was discovered
there.
The authorities think thai these and
neaFiy a dozen other recent nres may
have been set by a woman who II de-
mentod.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
TOWER BUILDING STRIKE.
a isas order wss EsSek wh~a Gravity 81
the case o. Z Understood.


Had it not be~n for the speedy ending
81 sympathetic strike yesterday 81
several trades on the Liberty Tower
Building. Liberty and Nassau streets. IN
support - the striking Steamhtiers.
there would probably have been a lock-
but in all these trades and many thou
sands % building mechanics would have
been made idle for violation q the arb'tra-
ton plan.
The Tower Building. which 10 thirty
stories TALL - beng rushed TO compile
ton by the &, l.. Gray Construction
Company. y Broadway The strike was
a riIrprisc both To- the company. which IL
An association concern. and IN the officers
q the BbiIdinE Trades Employers ASsOcia-
ton. The United Board ~ Business
Agents Of III. Building Trades. which had
heen Repeatedly asked 10y the steam
filters tO SANCTION n sympathetic strike.
had ignored the request after meeting
twice
The plumbers ~ the Tower Building
decided to stand by the arbitration plan
Among the mechanics who struck were
the plasterers carpenters. structural iron
workers. painters. marble workers. cefnen'
ma sons and sheet metal workers. TASTY
meetings ~ the officers 81 the trade
associations " employers and the unions
In tbs. trades involved were called The
union leaders soon saw the gravity of
the situation and the strike was called on
The men in some % the trades were eager
"a get back
Chairman & a. Norman II the board
~ governor II the Binding Trades
Employers Association sad last evening
that the speedy ending of the strike saved
the building trades from very grave
crisis Obduracy on the part 20 IN"
unione would ha 70 meant the overturning
Of the srbitration plan and chaos an the
binding trades
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
ENRIGHr HES BINGHtW.
Acting captain Thinks Hr Was SIsnder~d
asp SbsDs narIh

Acting Captain Rirhard T. EnriEht.
president Of the Polio" l.ieut-nant- r.
nsVolent Association. who - nov IN
command of the ElizAi+th street station.
has brought suit for So 0O damages for
Islander against former Police I"mmi--
-ionsr Bingham b~cau~s of things Gen
Bingham -atd about him IA public
-I~erhe-
Enright'~ ComplaiOi sav- that "a on"
occasion Gen Bingham -aId that h" and
the iicut"nant- association ought - ID"
abolished and cleared out aud AT another
that EnriRht should ~ broke and 4 NV
term - hong enough IN lick hIm vet to
Enright -aid IN. former Commissioner also
said lie ought 90 b" watched. and will
own tn. police force II h. doesn't III.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
CORSETS ~ COURT.
Justice blanchard Declines To Examine
the EAhtbits.

u want 60 show your Honor thess
corsets.- said n lawyer in q case before
Supreme Court Justice Blanchard yester-
4, lay in asking for an injunction rest rain -
ing another company from copying the
designs 4 desire 20 offer them IN order
that the Court may faIniliarize himself
with thsir lines
Counsel need not trouble himself.'
said Justice Blanchard You may take
int consideration my years q experience
ON the bench-
MAY I file them as exhibits 20 your
Honor may examine them in chAmbersl"
continued the lawyer.
You may file what you wish and rest
assured l will cOnfiscass none of tho ex-
hibits. said the Court
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
FtVORITE HORSES KILLED.
Mrs aasIth SDrderra Them ChiSroG armed
Lest They VAN Into CFurI laaRsl~.

CHTCAOo. April Is-Two hADdsom.
black hOr--s. tbs property of the late
Mrs Beatrios Smith at Evanston. mother
It the late James Henry smith. were
chIoroFOrmed to-day in accordance with
the dying wishes Of their owner. who pre-
they fall into the hands Of those who might
40 treat them.
The horses had heen owned and used
by Mr.. smith for more than fifteen
years and we're well known IN thu suburbs.
One ~ th~En wns ~ years Odd and his mate
Wan "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
HUI., TtRRT aGE INVILLED
'u''."s '.ieE'rIrh IISIsI. That HIs WHr's
Iu,t NV cree Nas FPanfistirut.

u... age - George X Hall. Yale
r1rsulting engineer and ssseri-
30 20 Do Pennsylvania family
o.. ., May Hall. was annullsd yes
.. rupT.n. court Justice GieG
/ .." ground that Ave days bsfOre
.g- MR. Hall obtained a divOrCs,
rom b-f first husband. Howell
L ...
.f ..glitucut action was bTO'fght
IT,. shp met the. defs ndant in Col
=N while surveying for a rail-
". ." She Declared that Il was
'.- .I-st that she got a divorce from
and Justice Gtegerich hshd
rIIgh Mrs Hall proved in the
i Ton against Jones that he had
'- .."r. she practised a fraud upon
''- ..i upon the Court by declaring
-.H didn't know whero he Vas,
O"''Is Nv her testimony in the Hall
2" ."r' -le knew he was in Brazil and
M u.si"d a copy Of the summons 90
Bog '.s..
,J.''.." Gisgsrich holds that the courts
IA ate NAV inquire into the turis-
.... - she Colorado court over both
o. the action there and unless
~ have Jurisdiction the Judgment
nn' r'-luir8d % b. recognised hSrs
o. he fun faith and credit clanss
~ N0nstitutiOu u the Uniled statss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
ExPECT POET To BE PARDONED.
''Jahn q aTIer" Gets OSany Offers % PrOut-
nlpIc fnaJDloS meat.

ST PAUL. MINI. April Is Onsrs Of
employment at good wages have poured
in on John Carter tho penitentiary
prisoner whose poems have induced
magazine editors 10 Join in the plea for
his liberation. Tho pardon board will
naas Tomorrow. and IL II confidently
eHpectsd that . pardon will bePErantsd
M Garter ~ released he viii come %
~ Paul with Judge John ". Willis. a
local lodns has promtnsd % aoe 70 q that
he wants for nothing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
SAYS HE DREW u 'RVIN'S ~ avs.
yNrrlustr~t. suInE. says BSc Was Prom's~d
56nm 81 th~ Fers.

Supreme Court Justice Davis Ordsred a
ueaIeri verdict yesterday in a suit brought
AGAINST Michael J. Garvin. Tammany
Isadsr Of the Thirty third district in The
Bronx. by Oscar BleumneT. an arohitect.
a. reroVer his share % the archttSct' =
fsea In tho building q tho DeW bronE
borough Court House. Bleuhnn~r testiiod
Tor the building Ne drew plans that we're
rejected BY the Municipal Art Comma
sion and then engaged bleurnnsr %
draw the plans with the understanding
thaa he would gst half the fess. Hts
plnnn were accopted.
taan suunf on ths - CO. 000 building and
80 arrhitect's fses 20 date amount 20
a1aAfn nluumnNr thlnl1 Hhat t2osono ~
rkG.It what 10 - ontiflod ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
ST,OOO FROW RESTITUTION.
Treasurer BIgsncS Os the Erie RaIirOaC
Gets q Real shOrk.

n. W BigOney. TREASURER ~ the Erie
Railroad. Wa surprised yesterday morn
ing when he r~ceived an express package
from Philadelphia containing two $50
hills. Pinned to the money was sheet
81 letter paper on which was written
This 81 .OOO ~ due to the Erie Railroad
Company Please credit it 60 Re-titu-
ton
Mr. Bigoney said this amount was IN"
largest sum ever rcCeived a. -cpn.c innc,'
money by the Ere Railroad. Their.
have been no shortages IN accounts Tor
wears
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16

ApTii ISSh, NAY a and i7th VA M cbloago.
Jrnfun paelnc = North Western lAne. nom chl
eaFo. Ths ruote Of ne -nenver BpeGiai. through
a0lId eieraFie- lighted train. ony ale niGht en
route Automatic safety signals al thg Way. and
mars ma 1dD ullrs Double uRrk. Two trains
daily. Chicago - enlafNio pms FuN ~
anfaaaiioa 90 appnrpiina, "a n. 1ohqson. lsn-
gTsl hrFss, 9. A. ". ~. 90 BEua4WaY. New
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
FIFTH AVE. SHOP LIGHTING
FxteuuIaa &C the Ppes~ni System SG o.
lumksa1lsa % Ne ssasle.

lsmksa1lsR % NE ssasse.
Night lighting Of shop windows on
Fifth avenue. which has bson done
both sides % the block between Thirty
eightb and Thivty- ninth streets for several
weeks. IN 20 be sKtsnded. About the
middle Of newt week experimental light
ing will be- done in the blocks between
Thirtieth and ThiFty-third strogts. BY
NEXT tall. the Fifth Avenue Association
hopaa. the windows from Twenty -asventh
u Fosty-ssventh sarest will 10 iliu-
minated.
BOrOuHA Prsssdent McAneny. " 10 said
n % RmthoriEs the establishment ~
aiIth stEsst aBdat BoTtiSih strest IN Fifth
aVenua.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
THE OPIUM HABIT.
its Effects as Described by Bill Nye In
His Memoirs.

His Memoirs.
/ have always had horror of OPT
ates of all kinds. They are so seductive
and so stlll In their operations. They
steal through the blood like wolf on
the trail and they seize on the heart
with their white fnngs till it is still
forever.
Up the Laramie there Is cluster of
ranches at the base of the Medicine
Bow, near the north end of Sheep
mountain. Well. n young man whom
we will call Curtis lived at one
these ranches years ago. and, thoug
quiet. mind -your-own-b business fel-
low who had absolutely no enemies
among his companions, he /had the
misfortune to incur the wrath of a
tramp sheepherder, who waylaid Cur
lis one afternoon and shot him dead
as he sat in his buggy. Curtis wasn't
armed.
A rancher came into town and tele-
graphed to Curtis father, and then
half dozen citizens went out to help
capture the herder, who had fed to
the foothills.
They didn't get back till toward day
break, but they brought the herder
with them. / saw him in the gray of
the morning, lying in a coarse gray
blanket on the floor of the engine
house. He was dead.
/ asked, as reporter, how he came
to his death and they told me,
"opium." The murderer had taken
poison when he found that escape was
impossible.
was present at the inquest so that
| could report the case. There was
very little testimony, bH all the evi.
dence seemed to polntfo the fact that
life was extinct, AnH verdict of death
by his own hand Mas rendered.
1t was the fyM opium work I had
ever seen, anJit ardpsed my curiosity.
Death by e6ium, it seems, leaves a
dark ring around the neck. / did
not know this before. \People who die
by opium also tie their Nands together
before they die. This is one of the
eccentricities of opium poisoning that
| have never seen laid down in the
books. / bequeath it to medical
science. Whenever run up against a
new scientific discovery l just hand it
right over TO the public without cost.
Ever since the above incident | have
been very apprehensive about people
who seem to be likely to form the
opium habit. 1t is one of the most
deadly narcotics, especially in a new
country,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
TURNER'S AMBITION.
Tho Great Painter Achieved It b.

The Great Painter Achieved II by
Years Of Self Sacrifice.
Turner could not bear 70 sell ia
vorite painting. He was always mel
ancholy after such transaction. IL
lost one of my children this week." he
would sadly exclaim. AZ meeting at
Somerset House It was decided TO pur-
chase his two great pictures. the
"Rise" and the Fan of Carthage" for
the National gallery. A Mr.. Griffiths
was commissioned to offer $4,000 for
them. "A noble Offer" said the paint
er. "a noble offer; but. no, cannot
part with them Impossible" Mr..
Griffiths, greatly disappointed. took his
leave. Turner ran after him. 'Tell
those gentlemen" he saidy that the
nation viii most likely hyve the pic
lures after ALL" Long before this
Turner had matiKed Purpose which
continued to be Wis dominant idea
while life lasted. Tbis was to be-
queath to his country a Turner gal
lery of pictures and yoNsmass 100000
to build and endow/an dNylum for de-
cayed artists. 1t kwas fA this great
object that he denied himseif> all pleas
ures that cost m9hey, all lux1sics His
resolve, once mdde, could not be shak
en-. On one occasion he was offered
100000 for the art treasures locked
up In the "den." "Give me the key
of the house, Mr. Turner" said a Liv-
erDOol merchant "and here is the
money" "No, thank you," replied
Turner. II have refused a better Of
fer" And that was true. By his will
he bequeathed f140,000 to found an
asylum for poor artists born in Eng
land and magnificent art collection
10 his country. This latter bequest
was, however. coupled with the con-
dition that his "Rise and Fall 'tof
Carthage should be hung in the Ma
tional gallery between Claude's Sea
port" and Mill."--London Graphlc.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
Coyote and Jack Rabbit.

The speed Of the Jack rabbit has al.
ways been proverbial among western
men. like the speed of a coyote. In a
straightaway race 1t is claimed that
the jack rabbit can distance the coyote,
but he usually falls victim to the
coyotes superior intelligence. The fa-
vorite coyote method for catching jack
rabbits is for zone of the animals TO
start jack and attend to the work of
keeping the victim on the run, while
the other coyote sits down, patiently
awaiting the arrival of his dinner.
The jack rabbit when. he has free
range Will run in circles, and the
coyotes cleverly count on this habit.
Before long the rabbit will arrive at
the place from which he started, and
there coyote No. 2, fresh and ready
for a short sprint, will swoop down
upon him and then divide the meal
with the coyote that has done the ac.
tual chasing.-New York Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-06
NJ CURTAIN
DECLARES
He Was Offered $4,000 to
Withdraw His
OPPOSITION TO Big SALE
Of Choctaw Lands, the Of
fer Being Made by
McMurray.
Testimony Created a Sen
sation and Will
Likely CIinch senator Cores Charges
When Followed up-SuillinG Pay
Dirt.
BY United press Wire.

Muskogee, Okla, Aug. G.-That he
was offered $4,000 as an induccment
to withdraw his objection to his pass
age Of a bill by congress that would
have resulted in the sale of 1000, 600
acres OF land in the Choctaw nation,
was the statehent made by d. c. Nc.
Curtain before the investigating COM
mttee which Isl probing the graft
charges here today
The offer, M4Cuftain said, was made
by j. r. McMurray.
McCurtain's statement followed soon
after Senator Charles Curtis Of KAN
sas had left the stand and had testi-
fed that McMmray's dealings had al
ways been fair, and that he did not
seem TO resort to improper methods
McCurtain is an Indian by blood a
practicing attorney and the son Of
Green McCurtain, for many years
principal chief of theSChoctaws
THE offer" said McCurtain. "was
made by McMurray in the lobby of
the Raleigh hotel, at Washington I
was introduced to Colonel Cecil Lyon.
on the occasion, but he was not pres
ent when McMurray made the offer.
was to get the $4,000 only in the
event that the secretary Of the in
terror should approve the bill as then
drawn.
"McMurray told me that he was
more powerful in Washington than
ever before. l feared that If | dis
Iplayed too much activity McMurray
would marshal his forces and bring
about the passage OF the bill. SO |
told him | would when measures for
their protection were up for passage
ID. c, McCurtain, an Indian, called
to stand, testified that ]. f.. Nc.
Murray offered TO give him $4,000
If he would withdraw his objection
to thesale of the indian lands. Nc
Curtain was at that time a dele.
gate representing the Choctaw ma
tion. t.tt
~ thought" said MeCurtain, "that
II displayed tooamuch activity Nc
Murray might marshal his forces anC
bring about The passage Of the bibl'
1.-THE offer of $4,000 was mad,