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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23
T1uo Territories
Continued.

Bile securing titles as did the former
six counties.
In 1891 the Cheyenne and Arapaho
Indians ceded with the government by
an agreement. In 1892 the president
OF the United States issued procla-
nation throwing these lands open to
settlement by another mad rush. The
homesteader to pay $l.25 per acre.
These reservations lie west of Cana
dian and Kingfisher counties. The
strip of land lying south from the
Kansas boundary line was known as
the Cherokee outlet, and the Chero
kee Indians did not use the reserva-
ton, except to lease the land to cat
tlemen. They asked $6,000,000 from
the government which was given them
and the government decided to throw
il open to settlement by taxing the
homesteader the price that would
make up this amount of money, so
that it would not come out of the
treasury of the United States. The
homesteader had to pay $3.50 per acre
OF the eastern portion of the Chero-
kee strip, s1.5O for the central and
100 for the western portion. After
a long fight by the republican dele
gate from Oklahoma, and the republi-
can congressman at Kansas, they Il
nally passed a bill through congress
removing these amounts per acre, so
the homesteaders could get their titles
by paying the homested fee of Sl4.
The president issued a proclamation
opening this Cherokee strip IN 1893.
In order to curtail a great amount of
contests that had occurred in former
openings, the secretary of the interior
adopted new plan by requiring ap-
plicants to have their registration GER
tificate before they could file on land.
He established a number of registra-
ton booths all around the boundary
lines, and commenced registering the
people about ten days before the legal
hour to open the land to settlement.
This did not relieve the situation, for
those who registered the first six days
sneaked in during the night by giving
soldiers a plug of tobacco, they en-
tered the promised lands and got to
the United States land office and filed
from one to two hours ahead of the
great mad rush. OF course these
fellows had registration certificates in
their pants pockets which allowed
them to file and therefore great ad-
vantage was given these fellows who
registered in the first few days.
Greer county was claimed by Texas,
they did not care to keep it, and ceded
it to Oklahoma Territory.
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York, and Judge Jesse j. Dunn of
supreme court, native of Illinois.
On the other hand the southern
democracy is represented in the
state offices as follows: Governor
Lee Cruce of Kentucky; Attorney
General West of Georgia; Lieutenant
Governor McAlester of Arkansas:
Secretary of State Harrison of the
Choctaw Nation; Corporation Com
missioner Love, of Texas; Corpora
ton Commissioner Watson, of Geor-
gia; Judge Turner, Of Tennessee;
Judge Armstrong of criminal court
of appeals, of Alabama; and Judge
Furman of South Carolina; State
School Superintendent Wilson, OF
Texas; Clerk of Supreme Court
Campbell of North Carolina; Insur.
ance Commissioner Ballard, of Ken
lucky; State Printer Farris, of Mis-
souri, President Bryan of state agri-
cultural board, of Missouri State
Labor Commissioner Daugherty, Of
Texas; State Mine Inspector Boyle,
of Kentucky; State Charity Commits
sioner Barnard, of Texas; United
States Senator owen, of Virginia;
and Gore of Mississippi; Congress
man Ferris of Missouri, Davenport
of Alabama, and Carter of ChoctaW
Nation, whose father was a Confed-
crate captain.
A tabulated list of the severa'
hundred state employees shows 50
per cent are the southern democracy,
as are also 81 per cent of the demo.
cratic district judges of the state, so
per cent of the democratic county OF
ficers, and 79 per cent of the demo
cratic members of the legislature
while of the heads of the state edu-
cational institutions and members of
the faculties 81 per cent are of the
southern democracy.
OF the men in charge of the dem
ocratic organization in Oklahoma
every mothers son of them is
southern democrat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23
THE SOUTH IN THE SADDLE.

The northern democracy is but
sparsely represented in the state of
fices in oklahoma and not represent
ed at all in the political organization
offices of that party in Oklahoma. Ia
fact out of the great number Of state
officials but seven are of northern
birth, including State Auditor Leo
Meyer, New York City native, but
resident of Texas after he was 10
years old. George Henshaw, men,
Der of the corporation commission,
native of Illinois; State Treasurer
Dunlop, native of Kansas; State Ex-
aminer and Inspector Taylor OF
Massachusetts; Judge Tom Doyle OF
criminal court of appeals, native of
Massachusetts; Judge NJ. ]. Kane
of supreme court, native of New
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welt and Uncle Joe Cannon that il
they would grant us an enabling act,
they would come home and make the
new state overwhelmingly republi'
can.
Previous to the granting of this
enabling act some of the Indian Ter
ritory leaders, irrespective of party,
headed by Chas. N. Haskell and vii
liam H. Murray, of the democratic
party, and Judge rnomas OF Mus
kogee and W. II. II. Keltner of Love
county of the republican party,
framed a constitution at Muskogee,
known as the "Sequoyah" COnstitu-
ton. They went to the people with
this constitution for its adoption
and if adopted by the people, it was
their intention to go before con
gress with it for ratification. The
citizens Of Indian Territory rejected
this constitution at the polls.
After the passage of the enabling
act by the national law makers,
came the great political fight of the
two territories to select a delegate
to the constitutional convention. Both
political parties made a grand fight
on the Indian Territory side, to eaten
the Indian vote, but the democratic
party won the victory and secured
almost all the delegates. Republicans
of Oklahoma Territory placed a pro-
.hibition plank in their platform, be-
lieying there was a tidal wave for pro-
hibition in the territory, and thai
would win the majority of delegates
to the constitutional convention. This
was great mistake, for nearly
every republican county in the Ter
ritory of Oklahoma elected demo.
cratic delegates and the convention
had only twelve republican apos-
ties" OF course the republicans of
the territories did not admire the
constitution that was framed, but
were anxious to secure statehood,
and they went to the polls and over
whelmingly voted for its adoption.
Then came the great fight for the
election of state officers and law
makers. The southern, southeastern
and southwestern counties received
an enormous immigration from
the southern states a-ter the consti
tuition was framed and these men
had been rocked in a democratic
cradle from babyhood they came
thoroughly enthused to run for office
and swell The big democratic vote in
the new state of the union. Again
the state republicans made a fatal
mistake by placing a ticket in the
field for election, and a plank in
their platform to reject the constitu-
ton. The Ok ahoma Territory poll
ticians of both parties had to CON
cede that the Indian Territory side
had the best political managers and
the brainiest statesmen, among
them being men with Indian blood
as well as intermarried citizens.
Since the state government is con-
trolled by democrats, the democratic
politicians of the Territory of Oklaho-
ma, which were principally northern
democrats have had to go away back
and sit down.
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ArdmOre and Car.
ter County Real
Estate Exchange

The Ardmore and Carter County
Real Estate Exchange is a new organ
ization and its object is to better the
conditions of the real estate dealers
in Ardmore and Carter county and to
bring about concerted action in secur-
ing people to purchase homes in the
city and farms in the county. The Of
ficers are:
President, U. T. Rexroat.
Vice President, w. S. Wolverton.
Secretary Treasurer. N. II. Mccoy.
Following is the list of real estate
dealers who have become active MEM
bers in the newly organized Ardmore
and Carter county real estate ex-
change:
C. l.. Wells Land Co., w. S. VOL
verton & Son, o. NJ Redfield, w. M.
Hills, j. S. Mullen, o. l.. Chancellor,
W. T. Freeman & Co., Post Curb Co.,
Mark Kirkpatrick, ]. R. Dexter, S. G.
Wood, Chas Won Weiss, A. ]. Chap
man, VI. L. Alexander, West e West,
w. r. Ingram, A. c. Burwell, ]. b.
Boone, Dyer & Fish, w. S. Smith, Mu-
tual Trust Co., Ramsey & Ramsey, t.
L. Wright, U. T. Rexroat, president;
B S. Curtis, S. w. Downard. Adams
Bros, NJ. D. Smith, j. E. McCarty. j.
A. Carlock, Kinkade Realty Co., Union
Loan & investment Co.. L. l.. Tyer.
Morris Sass, Bourland & Chase, c. II.
Cook, A. Walcott, r. A. White & Co..
Ledbetter & Wimberly, j. F. McClat-
chey, G. II. Webb, w. S. Wolverton,
vice president; n. II. Mccoy, secre-
tary-treasurer.
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cuttings. Cotton on ten year average
Yields threefourths of a bale per
acre, while some seasons Yields one
and one-half per acre. He will plant
500 acres in cotton this season. He
resided in Berwyn fifteen years and
was the first mayor and held the
Office for six successive terms. He
was also postmaster at that place
for four years. In all these years he
says the most cash he received was
from selling hogs that he raised upon
the farm. In 1905 he moved to Ard
more and he has been one of the
most pubic-spirited men in the de
velopment of the city and county.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-16
TWO SHOT WHEN ROPE BREAKS
NEGRDES esq Ape ~ Ht\GI\t.. M 4
Won GETS THEN tNIUiI.
Masked Men Break Into Shcib, ,iiic ~, y
.'a'' and Tie Three Prisoners to Bridge
One Icft swinging WHITE the others
\rePursupd Into Woods aud kiiird

SHELBYvILLE. Ky. Jan. 10. Twenty
masked men visited the Sh.lbyvilla jail
this morning. demanded the keys of
Jailer Edward Thompson seized three
negroes who were in cells. dragged them
through the streets and hanged them Just
before daylight on the chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad bridge.
The three victims OF the ynchiug were
Eugene Marshall. who had been sem
fenced 10 be- hanged for the murder of an
old negro woman here; Wade Patterson,
charged with assaulting Elizabeth Ruben
white girl. and James West. charged
with assaulting Mary Coley. n white girl.
All pleaded for their lives
Before visiting the Jail the mob raided
a blacksmith shop and got sladge-
hammer. a bolt cutter and other tools
The frightened jailer surrendered the
keys. but the mob used he sedge hammers
anyway To break down he iron outer door.
Then they cut the bolts of the cage in
which the prisoners had been asleep.
As the negroes were being strung up
on the railroad bridge the rope which held
Patterson and West broke and the Two
ran through nearby woods to escape
Drawing their guns the mob riddled the
body Of Patterson. which was found this
morning lying beside a stream He had
been shot at least a dozen times The
body of West has not been found II Is
believed however. that he is dead
The body of Marshall was found this
morning hanging beneath the bridge
There was no excitement in the street :
and not person could be found who
admitted knowing that a lynching had
taken place
Feeling had been high against West
and Patterson and the pair were spirited
away several weeks ago TO the Jail IN
Louisville. They were to hav. be.n;t red
this week and were brought back to
Shelbyville two nights ago No prepara-
tion had been made by the authorities 10
protect them. and it was believed tina,
the to~nspeopie didn't know they We're
here
When the mob removed Patterson and
West from the Jail it il said tina; one Of
the members said they must not slight
Marshall. 40 a second trip was made TO
get the third negro The town IL quiet
tonight and though the Coroner will hold
an inquest il is believed that the case will
not be pushed. Many citizens say there
will he no estigation
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-16
SAILORS TRAMP 1000 MILES.
Crew Of the JEANNE and scientific Obsrr
yer. Wrecked Far North. Reach safety.

GIMLI, Manitoba. Jan. lj Prof J l..
Macoun, assistant director Of the Cana
dian Geological Survey, with Capt Harold
Bartlett and the crew Of the steamer
JEANNE. from Brgus. Newfoundland. ar
rived here this afternoon after trip
through the barren Northlands of the
Hudson Bay country The party has
spent the past six months in research
minerals OF the districts 10 the north of
Hudson Bay and also in erecting portable
houses in the far North to assist lone
travellers whose duties call them there
The JEANNE. "A hundred ton schooner,
left North Sydney. Nova Scotia, on July
Il last with Capt Harold Bartlett. whose
cousin. Capt Robert Bartlett took Peary
on his voyage to the pole. in command
Despite the fact that he encountered
20o miles of drift ice in Hudson Straits
Fort Churchill was reached on August
l3 Ten days later they left for Cape
Fullerton. jU miles TO the north II
was September when they reached Wag-
ner Inlet, point hundred miles 10 the
north of Fullerton.
They anchored there, hut on September
"a gale blowing ninety miles an hour
wrecked the JEANNE by driving her on to
the rocky coast, Capt Bartlett, who had
spent q lifetime in the Arctic. says it was
the worst gale he ever experienced 1t
started with a fall Of snow which soon
became binding
What little they could save from the
wrecked steamer they packed. thirty
pounds to man. to Fort Churchill. an
overland trip Of approximately thousand
miles. which was not ralished by the
sailors. Al Churchill they met A. G.
Bachand and a party of the Dominion
Hydr"graphcal Survey and with them
came in by dog train To this settlement.
Scientifically the trip was great sue
cess. and many rare specimens and in
teresting data are being brought down
by the party, which will reach Winnipeg
o-morrow afternoon, Every one in the
party is well. though tired ont after the
long trip.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-16
iIItTOR DROPS INTO TREE.,
pinot Rises From Guttcnburs ami Falls
Trying n Loop

Marcel Pinot, an aviator. who has mace
mp his mind to fly from tho hilltop "
Jersey across the Hudson Rlycr l.iuw-
bus Circle, Manhattan, some dag, arse
with his Mohawk hiplau" fro Il ih"
Guttenhurg racetraCk an North Il" gen
late Yesterday afternoon and cam" '"n
IN n trectop within the track enclosure.
He had difficulty in getting hi motor
working and make a delayed starr near
the grand stand sending his machine I"
a height Of yenty five feet, wish me
nose pointed To the south, II" i''" ~.
a distance of half "A mile and dec'd'i l''
He then Crcled 10 ths west. intending u
make a loop around the grand stand 10,
the benefit Of 500 or more spectators 'hu
then allght
Something went wrong on N" Wy
back and the machine started 70 "appN
The hiplane lopped for a brief n"meh,
and drOpped into u tree west of m" gran"
stand. sticking in I'll" branches IKE
disabled umbrella Pinot wns tHro"I
out and tumbled fifteen feet TO the or otha
Jared hat unhurt. The machine "t'
wrecked. Men Skinned up the tree VII
ropes and lowered what was left ~ INV
biplane, o5
week ago last Saturday Pinot plann"
a flight to New York. but abandoned III
Journey after circling the hilltop AM, anu
struck some telegraph wires IL inIsims
a landing. slightly damaging his maeh'n''
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| FOR SALE, the skeleton Of Archdukc johann
| brother OF Emperor Franz Joseph OF Austria To.
genuine ana intact. Box i6. Denver. III.
DIED..

ALLAN. Suddenly, on January Is 1871. A.
Montclair j. George Smith hllan. n u
IN the 7ith year OF his age. Funeral service,
at his late residence. 2t5 Midland aN.. Mon
clair y. j. on Tuesday afernoot. Jaruar
Il, on arrival Of Lackawanna train Leaving
lIohokcn i.as. lnterment private.
BlRNIM. suddenly on Sunday morning Jan
AIRY IL. 1911. william Milo. infant son q
William Henry and Rosand Hazard BarnNr
bRoWNE.-On January Is, At his home. ~ Souta
loih St, Broosyn. William H. Browne. AZ
81 years. Private funeral SIS o'clock Tues.
day morning from Church Of Epiphsry
lntcrmcnt az Nalate. y. y.
tAltli.-On January IL. 1911 NJ Orange y
Sarah Elizabeth, widow OF Peter Il. Carll
Funeral at the residence Of her daughter, Mrs
George T. Coney, I5i Highland av.. Orange.
n. j., Tuesday, January H. at 1890 \. N.
GlBB. suddenly. on Friday January H. in .ts
oath year OF his age, Arthur Glib. husband o.
Emily NJ. Glib and eldest ing son o, ine
late John GLIB and Harriet Balsdou Gihb.
Funeral service at 4, NJ. on Monday, Jauuar
10 in Holy Trinity Church. Montague and
Clinton SITS, Brooklyn. kindly ONT, flowers
HARPER.-On January l3. 1911. a, sydney
y. :. W. William Armirage. son OF the late
Joseph ". Isrrer.
SANFORD On Saturday, January H. 1911. a,
Worcester. Mass, Adeline Forbes youngest
child OF the late Leonard j. and Anna Cutler
Sanford ~ New Haven. Conn.
Services at the residence OF Dr. Sanford 81
Temple st, New Haven. on Monday afternoon
AZ half past, O'Clock. Kindly omit flowers
STAFFORD on Sunday. January IS. William
\, II stafford
Funeral Tuesday a, / p. N. from his late resi-.
dcncc. la5 Central Park West
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-16
ACCIDENT TO 1 COED.
Miss lrOssman OF Huntington In iurcd h,
an Explosion Of Chemicals.

ITHACA, Jan, 10 Miss Mary & Cross
man of Huntington, y Y. a Cornell coed
in the junior class in the college of agri-
culture. was injured by an explosion in
the chemical laboratory in Morse Hall
late yesterday afternoon She had been
performing an experiment and 10y a mis-
take poured n wrong chemical substance
into glass tube which already contained
other chemicals. The fusion of the two
caused the explosion. The tube was
shattered and good many pieces of
glass lodged in Miss C-ossmans face
and neck and it was feared at first that
her eyes would be seriously injured
An examination by physicians after
she had been taken to the Cornell in
firmary proved that her eyesight had
probably not been affected. though her
face Is badly cut When the accident
occurred Miss Crossman was surrounded
by number of other coeds, all of whom
escaped without injury
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-16
"NNERS iPPL DS CRtW.
uoIfs or the Opposition To Shcehnn In.
ciu,ic n compromise Candidate.

some .ihe Democrats who are going
10 Albany ihls morning To fight apains,
Niiliam r. Sheehan hop. ,ha, Gov Dix
VIII be abl" To being about Sheehans
elimination without making a pnbllc
statement or throwing his Influence di.
rec'ly for any one of the other candidates
They said that while the Governor was a,
III" Hotel kn'ckerboclier here on Saturday
evening he told some of his friends that
he could not bring himself to any course
that would seem 10 infringe the Legisla-
lures preroga'ives but that he believed
the action of the caucus 10 be held in
Albany tonight would satisfy all branches
of the party.
Others who have emphatically opposed
MIR. Sheehan were not so sanguino
Former State Chairman William J, Con.
ners, hnrrying from Buffalo TO take hand
! IN the Senatorial fight telephoned TO j
Sergeant Cram last night from Rochester
and congratulated him on his protes,
against Mr.. Murphy's course Conners
ended his phone message with:
"lf We can only make the Goyernn,
stand up we've got Sheehan licked"
Richard T, Wilson of the general com.
'''''' ~ '"'i''"ilS nan II gong 10 \ J.
hany this morning to see if there is n
| chance of getting the caucus to aprae
! on compromise candidate as betweep
Edward NJ shepard and William +. Sbes.
han. Mr. Wilson thinks that If the So
lection OF senator We're left to the Tam
many organization Cram would be the
man picked, He believed that al least
twenty out of the thrty-tive district
leaders favored Cram. Some were for
shepard, som" for Sheehan and few
wanted Daniel +. Cohalan but Cram
according to Mr.. Wilson. would have had
ia majority, IN the organization if the
matter had been left to the leaders.
My reason for going TO Gov. Dix on
saturday and protesting, said Mr.. Will
son, was that II seems a shame for the
party to be spit because Of an attempt
TO force through IA" caucus a nomination
displeasing 10 so many prominent Demo
Gratis, ! respect Mr., Sheehan for his
ability, have strong belief in his
personal integrity. | believe he would
make a good Senator. But the fact
remains that too many people regar rd
Mr., Sh"rhan with suspicion on account
of his alleged connection with certain
large interests, | have hopes, though,
that the situation viii ba saved Nobody
knows wha may happen N Albany IN
the next few hours"
i Sergeant Cram said last night that
he was going TO Albany because he thought
he had IA right 10 he on hand in the crisis.
1T may be political extinction for us. :
said Mr. Cram, and il seems damned
shame. I've been waiting eight cen wears
10 see the party come into power and
don't want to see It lost in seventeen
days"
Mr., Cram said he had been getting tele-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-16
VINO WILL HARMONIZE EMP
Barnes, Fassett. (;riscOm or Nobody just
Now for state Chairman:

AIRANy, Jan. is-Some of the Rep,ib-
Leans who talked here to-day about
successor to Ezra p Prentice as State
chairman were Nice-President Sherman
William Barnes. Jr., and Francis Hen
bricks. A humber Of Republicans have
called up Mr. Barnes by long distance
telephone and urged him 10 become
candidate Mr.. Rarnes up to this time
has demurred and has declined To an
nounce his intentions.
II is quite possible that the committee
may take up at its meeting the resigna-
ton of Mr.. Barnes. which the Albany
county leader forwarded to Chairman
Prentice Immediately after Mr. Prentice
had named his executive committee for
the recent campaign and. contrary to the
custom Of nearly twenty years. had not
appointed Mr.. Barnes to that commit
tee Chairman Prentice himself could not
accept that resignation. it was explained
1t could be accepted only AZ a meeting
of the committee, and no meeting has
been held or called for that purpose
The names of several Republicans were
gone over to-day as possible SUCCESSORS
to MIR. Prentice, and Representative
J Sloat Fassett came in for consideration
A number Of Republicans were of the
opinion that the headquarters in New
York city can he left in charge Of LAFAYETTE
II Gleason, secretary of the committee.
until next fall, when a campaign for
Assembymen will be on Others are
willing to get along without a state chair
man until year from next April when
the State convention to elect delegates
at large 10 the national convention is to
assemble.
The Republicans who discussed party
affairs admitted that they We're more or
less discouraged. They said that the tide
was evidently running against them in
the nation but Of course they were hoping
that something would turn up to check
the drift Some Of them gave il as their
opinion that IL Gov. Harmon of Ohio is
nominated by the Democrats for Presi-
dent in 1912 the Republicans will toe de-
feated.
One or two efforts to reorganile the
Republican State machine have been
made since election day. but nothing
came of them There have been talks
wi'h Henry W Taft in New York city
and with Others, There is a feeling among
many Republicans. il is stated, that Mr.,
Barnes should forthwith be made chair
man of the state committee, that Ray b.
Smith of Syracuse. formerly cleri of the
Assembly. should be elected secretary,
and that the proposed policy Of drifting
should be Immediately abandoned Others
are for triscom for chairman
Not until today was one sad feature.
Of the recent campaign in the state made
known. 4 bunch of thrifty Democrats
and platoon Of speculative Republicans
from New York city in the closing DAYS of
October roanred through the hide bound
Republican counties like Jefferson and
st. Lawrence picking up bets. In those
two counties especially the Republicans
believed that their ticker WAS to win
They could not and would not believe
anything else and the New York city
chaps captured bales of greenhacks.