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Right Rov. E. J. Dunne, biahop of
Dallas, Texas, is dead.
William L. Rico, a wealthy attor
ney of Cleveland, Ohio, was shot to
death in front of his homo and tho
crime is chargod to chicken thieves.
CvB. Colquitt's plurality for tho
democratic gubernatorial nomination
In Texas is GG,000.
Harvey W. Scott, oditor of the
Portland Orogonian, died as tho re
sult of an oporation at a Baltimore
hospital.
A Romo dispatch says tho hos
tility of tho Italian royal family to
the marriage of tho Duke of Abruzzl
(ind, Miss Catherine Elkins has been
withdrawn and that ofllclal announce
ment of their engagement will bo
made shortly.
Tho house at Delaware, 0., in
which tho lato President Rutherford
J3. Hayos was born in 1822 was de
stroyed by Are, duo to a defective
Hue.
An armed body of nationalists
took up a position i tho northern
part of Teheran, Persia, and wero
dislodged py government troops only
after an entire afternoon of fighting.
Dispatches from Formosa say that
fighting still continues, although the
Japanese troops have driven' the' head
Hunters back repeatedly anU cap
turod many points of importance.
volvlng more than 20,000 Indian
contracts, which had been decided
In favor of the government by tho
court of appeals of the Eighth cir
cuit. As tho matter had been taken
Into tho circuit court on a demurrer,
tho defendants had no right of ap
peal to the supremo court."
Tho enlisted strength of the army
for tho present fiscal year has been
fixed approximately at 87,000 men.
Thirteen persons were killed and
twelve were injured in a railroad
wreck near Ignacio, Cal.
The Colorado legislature met in
extra session Tuesday, August 9.
Governor Shafroth called the body
together in order to persuade, jit to
enact laws redeeming democratic
party pledges.
Governor Sanders has called tho
Louisiana legislature In session to
vote on an increased bond issue for
the benefit of the World's Panama
Exposition to be held at New Or
leans in 1915.
Governor Brown of Georgia, signed
the anti-betting bill and it is now
Illegal to make wagers on elections
In that state. An antl-lobbying bill
was passed by tho house, as -was the
go-called "white slave" bill. Both
dow go to tho senate.
One day's testimony before the In
dian contract Investigating commit
tee is told in the following report:
"Six hundred Indians assembled at
a 'war council' at Sulphur, Okla., and
using up almost an entiro bottle of
ink, wrote their signatures individ
ually to tho MJcMurray land con
tracts. Although informed that J.
F". McMurray, holder of the contracts,
would not a profit of from $2,000,000
to $3,000,000 in 'attorney's fees,'
tho Indians were advised that the
contracts afforded the quickest way
to realize on their land, estimated to
bo 450,000 acres in extent and val
ued at from $30,000,000 to $160,
000,000. In addition to the land
contracts, McMurray's agents had tho
Indians sign contracts for tax cases
against the government at a fee of
$10 a head. The land fee was 10
per cent contingent upon the sale of,
tho land. James H. Godfrey, a
Chickasaw Indian by intermarriage,
gave his testimony before the con
gressional Investigating committer
today, Godfrey said he Induced the
Indians to assemble at Sulphur
Springs to persuado them to sign
tho contracts, almost 10,000 of which
McMurray previously had secured.
McMurray,. ho said, had been suc
cessful in previous litigation for the
Indians, and the Indians believed if
they paid him 10 per cent attorney's
fees, he would be able to urge the
authorities at Washington to expedite
tho sale. 'Do you mean to say that
you told tho Indians it would be a
bargain to pay McMurray several
million dollars to do something which
the government already had promised
to do?' asked Senator T. P. Goro.
'Yes, we thought it would be a bar
gain, for the government had not
done anything The witness said
that in securing the tax contracts
McMurray allowed him $1 a head.
Ho said also a part of his expenses
were paid 'Who paid your expenses
to go to the meeting at Sapulpa?'
'A man named Bates gave me $5.
Ho lives at Robber Roost, Okla.'
'Was Robber Roost the headquarters
of McMurray's agents?' 'I don't
know.' "
expressly condemn tho proposition to
remove all duties from tho manufac
turers' raw material so long as such
duties remain on the manufacturers'
finished product.' This is favorable
to Senator Bailey's contention. As
to Governor Campbell and the pres
ent administration tho platform is
contradictory. A minority of the
platform committee of which Cone
Johnson, one of the prohibitionist
candidates for governor recently de
feated, was a member, also presented
a report. It offered in lieu of the
tariff plank adopted a reaffirmation
of the tariff plank of the Denver
platform; it demanded legislation
prohibiting United States senators,
congressmen and other public officers
from accepting employment ani fees
from public service corporations aud
others specially Interested In legisla
tion, this being familiarly known as
tho Randell bill, which is considered
by the Bailey faction as a reflection
upon Senator Bailey."
A Paper From
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Your Own State
Robert Treat Paine, president of
tho American Peace Society, died at
his home in Waltham, Mass.
Sonator Aldrich has written a long
letter in reply to Sonator Bristow of
Kansas. He denies Bris.ow's rub
ber charges.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, famous in
temperance work, died at a Washing
ton, D. C. hospital.
A Beverly, Mass., dispatch carried
by the Associated Press says: 'A
vigorous prosecution to reclaim title
to a vast amount of Indian land in
Oklahoma is being planned by tho
department of justice for tho coming
autumn. One of the principal ac
tions in prospect is to overcome tho
effect of an ingenious, 'jokor' which
was written intp the Indian appro
priation bill just before that measure
was handed to the president for his
signature. The 'joker' was discov
ered by Solicitor General Bowers,
but it was agreed between tho presi
dent and Mr. Bowers that It was too
lato to send tho bill back to con
gress and that a means of offsetting
the 'joker' would be devised. This
joker,' which is now a law, granted
the right of appeal to tho United
State supreme court Jn a case in-
Tho democratic convention met at
Galveston, Texas. Following is the
Associated Press report of the pro
ceedings: "After endorsing United
States Senator Joseph W. Bailey for
the democratic nomination for presi
dent in 1912 and nominating a full
state ticket headed by Oscar B. Col
quitt for governor and A. B. David
son for lieutenant governor, tho dem
ocratic state convention adjourned.
Both Colquitt and Davidlson are
antl-prohlbltlonlsts notwithstanding
tho fact that the party declared in
favor of the submission of a pro
hibition amendment to the people.
A declaration favoring tho submis
sion of the amendment was includ
ed in tho platform adopted. J. Shep
Williams, also an anti-prohlbltlonist,
was elected chairman of tho state
executive committee. Tho platform
is favorable to the policies of Col
quitt and upholds Senator Bailey in
his course. Tho tariff plank adopted
is as follows: 'Wo reaffirm the tariff
declarations of tho democratic state
and national platforms' of 1896 and
The Oklahoma democratic conven
tion met at Oklahoma City. An As
sociated Press report is as follows:
"An endorsement of the administra
tion of Governor Haskell and the
recommendation that the liquor ques
tion be eliminated from partisan
politics, were the chief features of
the platform adopted by the demo
cratic stato convention here, today
Among the speakers were United
States Senator Gore who, referring to
the charge against him, since the
congressional committee began in
vestigating the McMurray contracts,
said: 'He is s coward who would
be driven from the path of duty by
fear of calumny. I shall never be
deterred from the performance of
my duty, no matter what tho con
sequences. The issue as regards my
self is immaterial. I am but a tem
porary glow which rises and sinks
out of sight and is forgotten, but this
matter, so far as it relates to the
Immutable rights of the people, is
of tho highest concern. The con
gressional investigation will result
in incalculable good, equally to the
white man and tho red man.' 'The
platform endorses the bank guaranty
law, holds that the question of pro
hibition has been removed from part
isan politics, supports the policy of
the administration to erect a state
capital without cost to the taxpay
ers; declares for a strict enforce
ment of corporation laws; insists the
interior department's rule of Indian
affairs has resulted in a 'deplorable
condition resulting from misgovern
ment,' and demands that the United
States government 'immediately
right its wrongful policy and place
tne administration of laws in the
hands of those unselfish enough to
faithfully administer that great
trust.' In his keynote speech before
tho convention, Judge Thomas H.
Owen of Muskogee, the temporary
chairman, fully endorsed the admin
istration of Governor Charles N. Has
kell. 'I use the term administration
in its fullest and most complete
sense,' he said, 'and include every
democratic official in this state, from
United States senator to constable.
Three years ago we promised the
people if they would trust us with
the power of government we would
glvo them an honest administration,
a wise administration and an econ
omical administration. Wo enter
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