The Caucasian., 1911-07-18
OCCURRED
IN
OKLAHOMA.


toms of the Indians, Case was tha'
of Xavier Delonia, Canadian py
birth, who settled among the Rotta-
watomies, by whom he was adopted
He married an Indian woman, VINO
died, and he then married woman
not member of the tribe, He then
divorced her according TO the customs
of the tribe. Azelda Cyr, the divorced
woman, after the death of her former
husband, brought suit against his
heirs 10 obtain possession OF some OF
his property on the ground that the
divorce was Illegal not having the
| sanction of any court. Under Potta-
watomie laws man could divorce MS
wife merely by taking up with another
woman member of the tribe,
Muskogee and Tulsa, at the annual
meeting in Rochester, N. Y, of the
imperial council of the Shrine, were
granted Shrine temples in eastern
Oklahoma,
Mrs. Narcissa Owen, aged eighty
years, mother of United States Sena'
tor Owen, died at Guthrie as the result
of fall several weeks before She
was Cherokee Indian by blood, ma
tive of Webbers Falls in the old Indi-
an Territory and was an author and
artist. Her principal book was his
tory of the Cherokee Indians, while
her paintings won her fame in Wash
ington and other eastern cities. Maj
William Owen, another son, Is a re
tired army surgeon. Burial was be
side her late husband at Lynchburg
Va, who was prominent Old Domin
ion planter.
Wind, almost q hurricane, and
loudburst, visited small section a.
few miles north of Hobart House
of d. r. Banks and F. L. Mann, als'
ell ontbuildings, were rased. Fiv
, inches of Eaiu, 1T is estimated, fell II
: three hours.
Dan Anderson, negro, was con
} victed at Wagner cd charge of Kill
: ing John Vannoy near coweta an
3 given the death penalty. Execution
: date was fixed at Sept 2. His attor
. torneys will take the case to crimina
court of appeals.
Considering the drouth, the cond
tion of cotton in Oklahoma is fairl
) good.
A i n persons wer
: CRIMES killed and twent
a..~ etbapc iniIfrad SON
L CASUALTIES. seriously, by an e.
r plosion in dyn;
mite factory in the edge OF Frankfor
on the Main, Germany.
William Hunna, sixty-years OF ag
9 a brewery wo ker of San Antonio
n shot and killed himself
!, Applying at Dallas residence vii
II a chicken to sell youth made a dea
I, He was given $5 bill by the lady
J, whom he sold thesfowl and was asks
Ie to 90 and have 1t changed, He wen
g but returned not.
!. Samuel j. Cox, yardmaster for Il
= Missouri. Kansas and Texas railwt
. at Greenville, Tex, for the past s
= years, was killed while switching.
started tospass between two box ca
standing few feet apart when
string OF cars bumped against thel
o Mr.. Cox was caught between the dra
al heads, being struck just over t
y, heart, dying almost instantly, He
I'd survived by his widow.
- Miss Eva Booth, commander of t
" Salvation Army, was Frustrated
heat in New York. She had sever
fainting spells. She was to address t
Christian Endeavor convention at
10 lantic City.
w Daisy giraffe, said to be {
q, most beautiful in the country and b
sy value placed at S6, 600, died in the q
of cinnati Zoo of nervous prostl
IL tion. Fireworks display on -Four
be of July made the giraffe Ill and dai
81 thunder storms since frightened her
n much that she collaped and could I
er be revived Daisy" was noled
ne being the mother of two baby giraff
to the last of which is still living, or