Muskogee Phoenix from Muskogee, Oklahoma • 1

VOIAJMK NlilillR USKOtlEIS INDIAN TKUmTOUlTTlUJKSDVY fcEPTEMBEK 10 IKHti WHOLE NUMBfrTm THE PATTERSON MERCANTILE CO'S I FALL AMOlOEMEimp We have now received and opened Up and have on sale our 17 inn togk of Dry Goods Dress Goods Satins Silk i nLL Woolen Goods Ribbons Laces Trimmings Notions Etc We have never shown a better line of Fall and Winter Goods and never bought them so cheaply before They will be sold for honest value and pur customers can always rely upon getting the best for their money We invite the ladies of Muskogee and surrounding country to call and examine our extensive line of IMPORTED DRESS PATTERNS rrsssa "I DRY GOODS GROCERIES CLOTHING BOOTS AND SHOES 300 PAIR LADIES' SHOES-SMALL SIZES ONLY-WILL BE CLOSED OUT AT LESS THAN HALF VALUE lnnr Alimil Ve were shown letter few that occasion mul who went beyond the lines to relieve themselves ijf the loaJ hy vomiting is the ciiuse of the lut'tliciiie niHn'i ilentli Therefore in Accordance wiih the usual custom the com glance int held overfill initio mid the spilits pmpiiiatid ly addltioinll nfft'tiup and a sti ict iulhei encc to the time lioiinicd lulis of llns 1 1 1 i 1 1 it I Tulsu Keptililican Kx-Gov Ilotulki Eniarlhta was in Kufault Moudav and ni'd the Journal iillke very pleiisant tiijh ilnlii'ke is a lion the only Indian in the I'lnk Nallml vho caiiits a tmnaliaw 1 If cal I us 1 hainlsouie nti' hu these dull lniu-s n( pence hi' itsis as pipe )ti ihe i pposlU- snle llii- hiii siei hi nil' (I the liille as is a p'pe winch the i I it I siii'kts I In i tn fi the liaiulit' Il i- --lout a pi mid a Ipjod pipe Knlmlt Joiiiiial A petit lias I'ci 1 hit id in I tXIIMI-t'AT rtHIH ritrrx Mi" Ar Yiju-t ulnl lor rlini- Ihfj Miiiilltil In alio In-tllMn Irrr'lory Tahis Tiixas Sept 5 Three men weie hanntd heie yt'Htetday in ihe Federal jail for murders committed in the Indian Territory Ahout loo peisoiS witnessed the execution thouyh ninny were on the outside of the jail noxious to witness the execution The fust tw 1) handed were Silas Lee and H'lcknian I'leemaii two negroes The ctiuie for which they wete haneeil is known 11s the shanty-Itoal murileiti one of the most dar-ug jhkI 1 tl liny of Indian Territory ciimt' and in which Cinady Maddox I'aulie Applt ale 11 hid of this place anil a not 1 pet son wetc iiuirdeied They were shot and cut to 'piece ilh mi Kvciv tfott was at tunc instituted In catch llir perpeti aim A ie-wai I as olftied hy the llniled Si ait iov ei uiiieiit ol $-Jix for eneh li iM'ii entaned in the uiuidet One ot vv 1) suspei Is weie inesled hut wi le vimi least fn lack of evi-1I1 it I ee and Fieenian weie a I let aids ill 1 esled on circumstantial evidence pi incipally While eniouic to I'i 1 is both nt'ttoes luoke tin compli'tely and confessed the clime They weie convicted on May it) The ciune was commit-p-d on Nov 1 Inst ear The crime fur which (jeme in i h'l siilfi ied ileath was nun-milled in the Choctaw Nation in (he vitinity of Tishomingo when he muideied I) Hohelt McL'alie oil June I ISyt They were neii-hliors IiviitK only a lew yaids apait The dillicully Conxion They me chareil with hoise theft and were found nt the house of a man named Exleen who was also hi rested charged with fo-ccivinu yjjoleil goods lCtt Sittle Jr of McAlester in Coinpiinyvvilh a drummer made fiihiful discoveiy Friday lust while on Coal cfeek to miles west of lete on a huntinj expedition Ahoul J(K) yards li) the slieiiin fiflm what ik known as the middle crossing they found the temnins of a human width through the raviicn of i and tlecompohitiou had Iti almost lediu ed to skeleton Near hv was found shreds of it woman's dres a vvoinan's shoe one siiu kin aiul a gaiter The liody i what was left of it was Iviiij near the sinam mid in a llne thai showed that liuie had lireii no elfoit made to cni'teal it South McAlester Capital A Si Joe Mo disp ilill sats A II I liy ot Chet'olih 1 I' I'isieiid at ihe Itnon House 1 in I iv ini'ht and was assimieil to a 1 1" mi I hel as a in the I'liiui ai some lime ilmiii the 1 1 1 1 1 1 Teliv I'le'v it mil Tiie'sn-lon if ihe is was si 1 1 1 win 1 1 lie is I il and the dm tins said lie ii Id ci MVi All toe hi 1 1 niiio lot- in t'iue-iiu 'i wiit old a I puh I ic sale 1 lies-illv I 1 int a Couimisiiuiet Itulli i nl lleui wile iindesii ahle and llir awiat'c pi iee was nh'oiit fyy I he "lilt ilesnihle lol sold limulil In' I'lie last lot sold was pm-i lia-id hv 1 Id I lilseH Claifinoti! 1 i ii 1 1 A sptiial session o( the 1 1 1 1 1-1 1 it t'oiul imuined hell' MoHilni for lie Und nl I'ii itnd Sam K'lt'i (ot ihe kdlui of Nitk Kneels neat Oolaali in a family row mi June Stli Yesletdiv nltei tioini a yei-ilu I il (Mliliv was i eiuU'i id (iiid lh and Saul tete sentemt'd In he huuj ini Noveiiiliti i ph-- CI at c- nioi I 'i nii ess i plan is pioposeil and ill he tiinii'il mil In estahlish a poll Tuka (in Nov td anil hold an I lei tmi tin pi esiilenlia! iiudidates liallols will l''e pi mti i i ml judges ajipomted ami the elei i ml a tluU" aiilllol ico iiiaimei 1'idsa New t'ia said: "This is the man that shot my pupa" After shooting McCahe Wheeler came up und plneed the muzzle of his gun ngainst Mc-Cahe's heiid and tired again A verdict of go-i)ty wan rendered mid the court assessed the death penalty The case was Appealed the supreme court of the United States and was nllirincil I'ight men were fjlen the death penalty at the last term of the United States courts held in this city Three were the men executed und Hie remaining five were commuted from time to time hy the chief executive of tKe tuition The live commuted were Fillmore Hall John Hall Houtwell Taylor Hickman and Tom Davis ISI'IIHrtM TO AI'I'IM iSIS 4 oimrll In I nnill All I'llUvna Hhrlli-r Ity Hlunil or Mrrln It was reported some time ngo that iovcruor-Gardiicr iiad called a special session of the council to see that the interniai ried citizens and negioes weie prevented from oh-taming citienship We arc assuied hy Judge Stum of Stuart (iordon iVl Ilailey nttotneys for the Choc-taws that so ir fiom this heiug ti ue the council was called under advice for the purpose "of entolliuj all inteiiiiariied citiens Tliete lias heen no loll of thrill made since 'S The ohject of the call wjs to Fee that the roll contained the names of all wlm nie entitled to citizenship The interniai 1 led citiens ate the only ones of whom there is not a complete toll ot families The Dawes Commission nu-nounces that it will not enroll any interniai 1 ied citizen hose right is not disputed All othels must jo to tiihal aiithoiilies (oi1 cmollmcnl and it will he 11 waste of time to gn to the I )nw es Commission ith such Cases Sin 11 1 (iiinloii llailev aie aulholictl hy (ov (iaiilnel to accept service in ail applications for cilienship he law leipiiies that in these Applications one scl of pa-jieis must he sent to the governor or clncl This nuilioi ity saves lime and ituiov ant to' nil This statement is authoritative and may he fully icliedupou hy all applicants --South McAlester Capital days ago which unearths what purports to he 11 gigantic scheme lo rob the Choctaw people of much of their lauds hy admitting to citizen-fillip at the called Bessioii of the Choctaw council which meets on the Sth of this month people who have iki semblance of rights to citizenship in this nation It in stated tlmt there is company of individual (we will not say lawyers hecnuse no reputable lawyer wtruld he engaged in m)ch business) operating 'in Okluhoina Arka'isiu Kansas mid Texas taking applications for admission to citizenship in any of the tribes legaidless of who the people are and' guaranteeing the enrollment of their names for $500 each The statement is nude to the npphcants that full arrangements have been ninde with tlir citizenship committee of the Choc-tow council for their admission and standing witnesses are kept ready to make the necessary affidavits for all applicants N'ovv if there is any truth in tins report surely nothing is known concerning this scheme by the men who will compose the coining special session of the Choctaw council und it behooves them to be on the look-6ut for suck cases Two hundred names ate said to be abeady on this list for admission to Choctaw citizenship and many others for the other tribes They do not dare to go before the Dawes Commission with Mich frauds and the Choctaw council members should lie 011 the aleit that they may not he imposed upon in such 11 way They have much to fear fiom ipuulcts where they may think they hate the least Atoka Citizen A ilNjiuguislied featuie of the September Notth American Review 11 uil open letter nddicssed to Sena- tor John Sherman by the venerable Dr Cytus Hamlin founder of Hubert College nt Constantinople in which under the title of "America's I 1 1 to Americans in Tiitkey" he protests ngaiiist the las piotcction bestowed by ilia American government on American uhssiimaries in" connection with the piesent tumbles ill Al inenia A It the 'i i-ek heliiMila iiik'HihI fur tlm TerritqriJ "Hews HingliiHT Hi os cuius will exhibit at South McAlester Nrprmfih Wcilnciliiy last foui-yeai-old of 1 1 WiUimiis living nc-ui Calvin I wih given huge dose ot pluiut winch was mistaken fol quinine As sixiii us 1 1 it 1 1 1 1 lit tvC VMIS llistO CM (I lI'M'tlllS wire calh'ii hut In no nvul Tin' child died about thin limns (J oO Ilulkr has been nppoiiitt il 1 1 Uhi I Mavi its j()-i uil touiiiiis-SIOUll to linive mul ml 1 ne il papers in citizenship eases Tlic general council ii( tlit- Clin JSi al ion is now in session it Tishomingo It is luinmcd mul tin- lepni I n- pi'ltlS to Collie stlaigllt ilini it-1 'Illl kllsllW ill phlCC" I lll ll lllllt- liuiiiiril while citizens on then lulls I iii will ti'L'ht nil- iirjjnv lilllsll The CllllkltSIWS lllll In inlil I it'll whites tin I'U'iili i I In: li-astd ihstiicl iiiiiucv i'l I last payment mul Ihe 1 hmliws uul nut --Aloha Cilifii 1 1 1 1 1 gas has I ecu Jim nv rlrl i Tim nili i si mill ii Vim i 1 1 1 'III" 1 No fill in billing ii well II Iminid llttl exploding ilnl in- jut mt tun iii tin it ii i The l'liplilists and 1 i-1 1 i ii I it- ill )khilimin Inn fused ml null ilati' ili'li'utt- 'I'' I 1 1 1 1 1--- Tlit'ii iillii'il tones iiiil in in- mi il'li' i 'iiiil'inilion 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i ic ill sll fit mil ot tlic tin re pintn-s' is in louiul niniil'iis: 1 t- 1 1 1 I ic 1 1 lg'Mi I')(nx: li'iiio-i lills Till' lull ll-l tin1 cyilmii' It ii will slnki' Iti'iiuis l-'lynil in Novtinl'i'i is tluis 1 1 hi'i'ii Smith ('i'piiiil- A VVl'I'k III 1l'll lIlIVS lllll I till' III- diiiii Cm it ninn wliitli mis In Iii nl "tin' stomp liintiils in this place ilic lattii pint 'l Jul Mt-tli-nif Mun Mikn-lisicu who pit pitii'tl the ineilicinc Ini the tin isinii wiis taktMl hick mul tlictl Accmilm to Iiitliaii iisii(4t's this vias the iisnll nl siolatimi of the ink's thi ovein th-sc tOH'ivuniics It is saul that Iiecniisi- sonic oi the yniin iiicn who piiltni'k n( the litem tion nil ml i und m'iiI Ij Maisiml Kiith-i'ilmil nipu-siiii Hi tt (Ji mt John- silica i iii U- Il'n i ot li us- 1 ki'i i i 1 1 with 1 1 1' a 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 I at Imi i ii Ms 1 (' 'J SOU ('(! Mi hiii' i I 'ini'siiil last 1 iio al l't I I tiki ill nil i t'V 1 I'l! I' ill "ll II 11 li ll I'M 11)111 lit I el il I 11 il-1 I I I in Jrlll III' lill i ti i im A i I lllll issiu lol tin' iiiti1! nl aiMitht I son( luit hi- had lied Ml-- Ci'-des is a widow and Is said he i i 1 1 i i 1 in I a' nil i l'hr Ini kasaw Nation is a le-' inii kild tnhie and pimlut lite hi nl i Notvvdhstiiitlinn a sitlv 'dats tlinulh metiiiiv al-nve I daily inid hoi inds ilntl pin the anssts s'ihiihhi -1 1 1 I Inn Hill he mole than iik')iiih hah of tut-lion In snp ami many thousand hushi'lk nt heat oats mid cm ill ihe sint nhmad to out less loitunate ileiujihoi Al mi ite ACnhned llaptist Inui nalimial i C'nnventimi the Indian Teititoiv will he held nt C'laieiuole toui- jlnid its origin over 11 cow On Ihe I afternoon nl the inuidei McCahe went out to til i ve up the cows ac- oiiipiinit'd liy his little -year old on who was the only witness the murder Alter having gone ahout too yards down the road Jie was shot down mid filled hy Wheeler The child lushed home and -told his mothr of the facts The child was a vcty ciedilnlile wiT-ttess Upon hcing interi orated ns to who killed his father he left the witness ho and walked over to the prisoner's ih 1 in the com Ii iiom and pouitin his fi 1 1 I at Whcelci mencniL 'ediiesiliv Iti Inhei is closing the lolltiwnii Suuda John Sjiideh iker and Tdein In ist i wen- i i'liiu 1 at I'uk lllll W'ediu'sdav 1 1 let Ilium if last week tu a' posse undo! Ilcjiitv l'i iled statLs Mii htU Vdv mul fall ti-Ni! nil Monday I ml.